Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1845 — Page 2

wir!, Bit a wir of extermination ! A wir, wh-jre the eye pities not ! where the sword spares not ! where the cuinm ind is, to save alive none that breathe ! Conquerors, even ia the flush of victory, have wept over a fteld of battle, where the strong man died, his weapon in hi hand, ths frown of defiance yet unfaded from his brow. But a field of slaughter, indiscriminate laughter, slaughter of the defenceless, the unresisting ! a field, where mingle, defiled in dust and pore, the white lucks of venerable age and the fair soft hair of unoflending childhood ! Think think what it is this carnage of a nation', without distinction of age, tX condition there is yet more of SEX ! Do you remember the words of the Dramatist ! "The mtn who tart his hand spoil a woman, Fre to ihe way of kindocti, it a wrrtth, U'h xn ticere Lue flattery to call a coward! " And it is woman it in that gentle being whom the desert lion himself is said to pity and to spare-it is the young m ithcr her infant charge sheltered in her

arms it is the wife and mother, fleeing to rescue her person from the pollution of a brutal banditry to save the child of her bosom from their marderou steel it is even she, to adopt, in all the cold official atrocity, thi word of the decree of blood, who, if she be rash enough to fly "at the sight of this approaching horde of assassins- -ia to be pursued until taken or pot to death !' And what then ! The report of these deeds of crime and shams is to come to U3 across the Sibine. The story of each succeeding brutality is to sink down, in all its damning detail, into the hearts of our people. The South, with her fiery pulse and her hot chivalry, is to hear iL Tho West, with her fparlesi spirit and her quick sympathies, is to hear it.' The North yes, the North, less quickly roused, yet bearing, under her snow, a warm heart of pity is to hear it. And, when the shadow of these deeds of darkness has settled down, like a pall over the entire land, I ak it yet again, what then ! " It is no concern of our. Let tnem pjrish!" Will that bo the languagethat the spirit of young America 1 I but her adopted child even I dsre, m this, to answer for heri No, no, a thousand times no ! We may turn over here the leaves of musty volumes ; we way quote black letter within these walls, in proof, that it is our bounden duty to stand passively by, Without aa effort to save, without a protest to avert, and see öur brethren of Texas, their wive and their little ones, butchered before our eyes. See if the People wtll not make the cae their own ! We have not yet, in this hemisphere, reached the age of placid iuditTerence. A nation's early youth, like man's, is full of warm and generous impulse. You will see it ! Mark what the decision of this nation will be ! That we have a right to interfere. I tell you, no ! other than that will be r?jr language that wa have no right to hold back ! There is a law cure holy, far more imperative than ths U;v of tho statute book the unwritten law of ths human heart that law, Which taught the Samaritan that he was the neighbor of him who fell among thieves. And that law, speaking from the hearts of a young and noble people, will declare to us, that if we pas by on the other aid? and abandon onr neighbors of Texas to their fate, ours is the crime,' ours the scandal, ours, before the world, the shame! And so it is ! When we sit tamely down under threats like these when mrcy and courage are so quenched within u that we suffer, unprotested, outrage thus infamous on the law of nature and of nations outrage, we are expressly told, that is to spread its crimson stain even t ) its very borders then let our fair national escutcheon trail, shame-stained, in the dust ; we are njt worthy to give its broad fldds to the free and gentle breeze of Heaven ! t I speak .warmly, sir, I feel warmly. Who may 'touch on suljects like that with a quiet pulse 1 Yet d I place my confidence ia an appeal to sober judgment, not to hasty passion. I but ask you, to lüok into the future before you act. That is the part of wbdom. I but ask you, to examine, step by step, the issus tf the pjlby which tb.3 friend of peace at any price would have us pursue. I ask you to reflect, whether, ia taking those steps, we shall be sustained by those who sent us here. I put to you the question: will our constituents be satisfied, in the present attitude of Mexico, with apathetic inaction, tame indifference, stocial neutrally ! Each one must answer that question für himsalf. I can but say, that it is not my judgment of our people. I have found them neither cold nor pasäionlcs. And they must be both, if they demanded not that now, even at tho threshold of these menaced atrocities, while yet the assassin's sword is 1 .1 . I . s -. 1 interposed) in the name of outraged humanity, in the name of violated law, itj solemn protest against them. And should that protest prove unavailing, and the butchery, in very deed proceed, the spirit of their fathers must be dead within them, if they grudged their treasure or their blood, should both be needed, to arrest Mexican barbarity. My conclusion arc, then: that it is both wise and lawful to accede 1 1 the wishes of Texas, and incorporate thi country into our Union ; and that, till that " incorporation is consummated, it is our duty to prolesi, ana ii nseu oe, to proiecx lexas, agamsi an violations of international law, with which she has been menaced. Tho custom of nation permits this course; our nitional honor demand it. Boldness and plain dealing, chastened by prudent foresight, are a nation's b?st rewjrea against foreign encroachment ; her surest mcan3 to avert the calim.ties of war. Boldly, then, and without reserve, let u meet this question. Let us annex Texas at once. Ths l.bcral portion of the world will approve, the rest will acquiesce ; and, ir t?n years, the wonder w4ll be, not that Texas has settled quietly down into an integral portion of our confederacy ; but tLat men should ever have been fjund, so blind to the interests of their country as to rppose her annexation. Later nndlmpoi taut Trom McxIcd. Con- ; lii-inatiuii of Saut Anna' Overthrow Decace of lsuiiislmieiit ngaitasc liina. . The rS'cw Oileans papers of the 30th ult., contain intelligence from Vera Cruz In the 13th ult., and from Melt- " co tu Ilia Ulli, brine aevrral days later than the news re. ceived by way ol New York. This intelligence confirms the previou accounts ol the revolution in that country, the -mplta overthrow of Santa Ann, and the formation of a new government. The detail of these proceedings have been already published; we extract luch items as re new. - According to the last information, Santa Anna remained inactive at Queretarn, with bopt 2300 troops. Con grr-e, it is saiJ, has outlawed him, in case he should not lay down the command of the troops, which latter, it may Im expected, will gradually abandon him, and then he is doubl lens done lor. There is every probability that lie wilt he, ultimately left klone, and that lie may be ao hemmed in by his cnemie, as lo leave him no chance of quitting the country. Should he succeed in escaping, he will proceed tn Coba, where, with his princely revenue, he ran itill live in his accustomed plendor. Iiis urivate f. rtune is entimr.ted at some four millions of dollars. For the last twer.ly-three years Santa Anna has, wilh very brief intervals, wielded the destinies of -Mexico, but his car.r appears now to be really drawing to a close, leaving him the alternative of a disgraceful flight or an ignominious death. Speaking uf the New Government, tho New Orleans Bee ay: "On l Im? 7th instant, a New Government was organized. (Jen. Ilerrera was constituted Provisional President rfthe Republic. His Cabinet consists m follows: Don Pedro Echeverria, Minister of Internal Affairs; Don Luis (. Cuevas, of Foreign Affair; Don Mariano Rivapal.icio, Minister of Justice and Public Itintructioni; Gen. Pedro G irri Cond, Minister of War and Marine. The new niiniflry, we understand, is composed of the ablest and m'oft honest men in the republic. Around it are arrajed all the power, weilili and influence of the nation. Echeverria is a member of the firm vt Widow, Echeverria &. 8 n well known in the commercial world f r its repecl.ihilitv and iiifliipnr. IIa Wim elnvate in F.mtinJ mA - j . - - , ' 14 man of enlightened and ngacious intellect. S?enor Cuevas occupied the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs during- the French contest, and acquitted himself with signal ability. IIa wa educated for a diplomatic career, and figured once as a Minister to Prussia. Conde is chief of the engineer corps; he is the son of a Spanish General nd said tn be a clever young man. We have reason Ij believe that under the new government no alteration will take pliee in the foreign relations of Mexico, but that on the contrary they will be maintained with increased vigor and energy." . No sooner was the revolution in Mexico completed than the city appeared to be filled with rejoicings and festivi tie. Every trophy of Sinti Anna, hi portraits and statutes were torn into shreds and acaftered to pieces. . His amputated leg, which bad been embalmed and buried with military honor, wna disinterred, broken to nieces and Rxjced about the town with every mark of indignity and contwmpt. In addition to- the abeve intelligence, the Aladisonian of Tof-sJ.iy announces that intelligence had been received at Washington, from an authentic aonrce, that Santa Anna had txrn formally Vanished Jrom Mexico iijatUcree of thi Goternmint. The Senate of Ohio have imposed opon themselves a poll tax cf a dollar a head to pay for opening their daily meetings with prayer. The House had refused t j tax the Slate for the purpose.

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j urn mi ( vision tf IA Uentrml AsttmUf ef 1844-5, f mpprovU y Hit Excfiltncy, Jama H kUcmb. ORISrSATtn IS THE HOC IE. An act to vacate a certain alley ia town ef West Logn. Providing foe tbe loaning of school fends ia Clay rml Poey roumiea. Relative tn the appointment of a Bard of county commiiooers in act as Library Trustees In Grant county. Providing fbr holding a spectal term of the Cass Circuit Court. To repeal a portion ef an act declaring Patoka a public highway. To change the name ef the town of Palestine to Posy vilhs To amend an act to incorporate the Porter county Man afaeturing Company. In relation to patents Tot reserved land in Gibson am) Monroe counties. To incorporate the Philadelphia Industrial Association. Supplemental to an act to thange a State road in Snl livan rounty. To repeal an act to limit the Trustees of Evansville to a certain tai. To amend an act relative te school commissioners in Terry and BlarshaU counties. To chng the time of holding Probate Courts in Da viess county.. . Tn authorise the holding of a special election ia Gib on county. To legalize the official acta of the commissioner of the Wabaan and Erie canal. ' To extend the lima of the county board of Jefferson county. To amend an act abolishing docket fees, &c. - To change, the name tf James Cowdrey fjmith. Relative tn Jackon lowhip in Washington county. For the retief of Jacob Anghe of Warren county. To abolish the office of County Auditor in Tipton connty. To amend n act for tne election of refrool commissioner in Putnam county. To amend an act .amendatory to tbe Michigan city charter. . To authorise Duet Star fa erect a mill dam. To repeal the Posey county rd law. Legalizing certain proceeding of the sc boot commissioner ol Marshall county. - . To authorise the Board of commissioners of Bartholomew county to erect a lolf bridge. Tiling tbe time of holding courts in the 8th judicial circuit. Limiting the fees of Sheriffs for extra services ia Mar shall county. ; To repeal i certain act to fir aa it relates to the county of Pike. J Declaring Clack creek a navigable stream. To repeal an act relative to overseers of the poor, A.c. Tn authorise supervisors to purchase tooU, Sic. For the relief of Jahn Sanky of Vigo county. To legalize the election of the Trustees of the Enon church. For the relief Joseph Proctor and others. To authorize D. C. Shannon to erect a mill dam across the Alississinewa. To repeal a part of the SCih art. chep. 12 in the Revised Statutes of 1S43. To authorise the Treasurer of Stale to receive certain treasury notes, Vc. Exempting personal property from execution. To authorise the aale of school section in Jefferson county. To incorporate the Terre Haute draw-bridge company. For the relief ef A. C. Harvey and L. D. Harvey. To vacate an alley in Pittsburg, Carroll county. For the relief of Ann .Mathews. To authorise W. J. and II. Hoover to construct a dam across the Wabash. To confine voters to their respective township. To authorise Gustavus A. Rose and others to file their petitions. - To change the name of S. Toe. Tn amend an act providing for loaning the school funds Vigo county. For the relief of Daniel Wise. - To authorise plaintiffs to collect bids of purchasers at sheriffs' and constables' sales. To regulate the fees of county Treasurers for retelling seminary funds. To vacate a State road therein named. To authorise George French to construct a milt dam across the Wabash. To amend an act to incorporate the town of Columbus. To extend the time ef the session of the board of commissioners of Dartholomew county. Providing for the location of a State road in Kosciusko county. To amend an act entitled an act relative to tbe licensing of groceries, &4J. To authorise Abraham J. I loste tier to convey certain real estate. To chance the mode of doing county business in the county of Crawford. , To more properly define the boundaries of Dearborn county. " - To amend an act lor the protection of wild fruit. To amend article 4, chapter 45, of the Revised Statutes of lrf43. To amend sec. 3, chap. 43, art. 4, patt 3, of the Revised Statutea of 143.. Regulating elections of supervisors uf roads and high ways in De Kalb con My. To authorise an additional place of holding elections in Jackson county. Tu authorise the borrow era of the congressional township fund lo secure their loans by lands iu their proper congressional townships. For the relief of Wni. G. Pomeroy. Legalizing special sessions of the Board of Commissioners of Daviess county. - To amend an act to incorporate the Vevay and Napoleon and other Turnpike companies. To locate a State road therein named. To abolish the office of County Auditor in the county of Orange. - Defining the mode of electing a Secretary of Stale. To amend an act to incorporate tbe Warren county canal company. To ehango the name of Ann Maria Schmoll. Repealing sec. 7l, art. 4, chap. 15, of tbe school law, &f. To appoint examiners of common school teachers in the coui.iies of Switzerland, Hancock, Allen and Orange. Extending the provisions of an act for the appointment of township assessors, fcc. To restrict the grand jury of Franklin county to a limited time, !tc. Dunging the election of school truiteei in the conn lies of lie Kalb, See. To provide for a uniform mode of doing townsl.'.p bomess in the county of Clay. For the relief ot the Pre si 'resident and trustees of the town of Greencastle. Fur the relief of Sinlba Parks, widow of A. Parks, deceased. To amend an act for the- relief of John Law, Lucius II. Scott and others. For the appointment of commissioners of reserved townships in the counties of Gibson and Monroe. To establish a county road on the county line between St. Joseph and Eikhart. To improve the navigation of Lost River. Declaring Deer Creek in Perry county a navigable stream. To incorporate the New Castle Hand of Musicians. For the relief of Milton Slapp. To extend the time ol holding Probate Courts in the county of Montgomery. A r To authorise the county' treasurer of De Kalb county to apply certain State revenue, For the relief öf the securities of Wm. II. Darnell. To' amend the law relative 'to license to sell clocks. For the relief of Robert Harbison. Relative to justice of Importe county. Authorising the election uf a County Auditor in Clay county. Filing a certain compensation to the Auditor of Hamilton county. To legalize certain proceedings in the Probate Court of Carroll county. Fixing the lime of holding courts in the 5ih judicial circuit. Relative to selling clocks by religioos societies. . To allow a bounty on wolf scalps. Requiring an enumeration of the white male inhabitants of this State. To authorise pirogues and canoes to navigate the Wabash and Erie ranal. To extend lime to Collectors of tbe counties of Dartholomew and Delaware. To locate a State road in the counties of Whitley and Kosciusko. To locate a Slate road therein mentioned. To authorise a settlement with Cornelius Tevree, and for niher purposes. Providing for the location of a State road in Randolph and Jay counties. Tolocato.a State, road in the counties of Allen and NoMe. To incorporate the Union Literary Society of South Hanover Colleg. To legalize the aelerfingof grand and pelit jurors, &.c. Incorporating the Kosciukko snd Allen turnpike company. Correcting the boundary line of Ilichardfvilla county. To regulate the jurisdiction of justices of tbe peace in in !ake and Potter coonlie. To amend an act to provide for the collection of delta due from the Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis 'Railroad company. To legalize the official act of Mark Maoto7e, Road commissioner. . Relativ to official bond. Declaring Lick Creek in Owen county a public highway. . Relative to proceeding upon writs of f qtuxt dtinmum. To amend an act entitled an act to provide for tbe con.

tinuance of construction of all or aay part of tbe public works of this State, &e. To amend the Probate law. Fixing tbe time ol holding courts in the lOih judicial circuit. To relocate a part or a State road therein toametf. Providing for the be tret collection of water rents tfce the State.

Extending the time of Irvlding courts in Allen county, .Vc. Tn locate a State road lire ein named. To regulate the auerrdemce of grand jurors in the 6th judicial cirmit. . Tn prevent the election of public defaulters. To locate a certain State road thereiii named. To carrv into effect tn act therrin named. To amend an act for the rebel of Ann Frankhonner. To extend the February term of the Miami Probate tonn. Changing the mode of doing county business in Prown county. To vacate a part cf a certain State road In the couuty of Wayne. To incorporate the Bliebt run road company. To amend tho 1st art. ot tbe &Uth chap. of the Revised Statutes. To change the time of holding Probate Courts in the countK-s of Marlin and franklin. To locate a State road in the counties of Vermillion and Vijo. T amend the Tin art.tf the )3lh cbep.of the Revised ttatutes. To regulate judicial notices in Daviess ttoUhty Declaring a road in Tippecanoe county a State read. To regulate the mode uf doing township business in Elkhart county. To authorise a special term of tbe Ilenrv circuit court. For the relief of the heirs of Hezckiah D. Lucket aod S. Yandel. To relocate the county seat of Martin ennnty. To locate a State road in Randolph and Delaware coun ties. To legalize the acts of John Ilirdin, a justice of the peace of Hamilton county. ' Fot rammuning grand and petit jurors for Madison and Hancock counties. To establish a State road in Putnam and Clay counties lo authorise the county Uoard of De Kalb county to awes a road tax For the relief of John Granei, deceased, late of Clay county. Cor the relief of Joana Mahonay. Te authorise the leveeing of Clue river in Sbelby ce. For the relief of George French. For the benefit of John Youflt. 1 To legalise the publication of lands returned delinouent for taxes in Cass countv. Amendatory of an act lor the relief of the sectuUieaof W m. II. Darnell. To incorporate the Logansport Draus Band. For the relief of the strut itiea uf Daniel Carle. To locate a State road therein named. To change a Certain State road in Elkhart county. To locale a State road in Marshall county. For the relief r Alexander Ueard. For the relief of Alexander McClelland. Declaring Dig Blue river a public highway. Te incorporate the town of Blonmington. Vacating a part of a State road therein named. To authorise the school commissioner of Porter county to sell a tract of land. vc. To change the mode of doing county business in tbe county or Putnam. To rhnnee nart of a State road in Tippecanoe county To legalize the proceedings of the county Board of Martin county. . To change the name of New Market. To locate a State road in Sullivan county. To repeal part of an act vesting the duties of School Commissioner in the County Treasurer of certain coun ties. To incorporate the College Corner and Liberty Turnpike Company, &e. &e. To incorporate the Lagrange Phalanx. To revive an act to incorporate the city of Logansport. To locate a State road in Miami county. To revive an net therein named. To amend the 5th art. 12' h chap, of the Revised Statutes so far as it relates to the county of Morgan. To amhnrta Wm. Con tier and John D. Stephenson to erect a mill dam across Y lute river in Hamilton county. To compel speculators to pay a road tax equal to that raid bV actual settlers. Defining the duties cf petitioners for the formation of new counties. For the relic! tf E. Goddard. To amend an act abolishing fees for the issuing of pat ents to purchasers uf VYabatli and Lne canal lands. For the relief of purchasers of school lands in Ran lotnli and Delaware counties. To amend an act to establish an asylurn for Deaf and Dumb. Limiting the feet of Auditor in the county of Marshall To legalize the acts of Master in Chancery, &.C. Tn incorporate the Milltown Bridge Company. Allowing additional compensation to the Auditor of Monroe county. To repeal an act changing the mode of doing county business in Scott county. To amend an act for the relief of David D. Waddle of Brown county. For the relief of purchasers of Seminary lands in Monroe county. To amend ah act changing the mode of doing t otlnty business in the county of Clav. In relation to the feea of 'Recorder. iSte., of Wabash county. fc Making general appropriations lor the year t84o. To raise a revenue for State purposes. To provide for the binding of laws and journals. . To raise a revenue for Stale purposes. To authorize the county commissioners of White county to grant license to clrck pedlers. For the relief of the collector of Green cntlniyi To locate a Slate road in Tippecanoe and Warret. counties. To correct an error in an act nutlmritinr ihe Board doing county business in the county of Clay lo transcribe a certain record therein named and fr other purposes. Reviving and amending a certain act to compel specuIato:i to piry a lax equal t I hat pntd oy actual seiners. To chabge the name of Fellhsville to Parkerburg. To improve the breed of horses in Jay county. To tacaie the town of Berlin in Fayette county. . In rel'itton to proceedings in ihe Probate eoUrts. Providing for the fees of the Auditor of Hancock county. To incorporate the New Castle Turnpike Company. For the extension of a Stale road in Laporte county. For the relief of the county Seminary of Tippecanoe county. Relative to the school funds in township 10 lNorlh of Range t West in Monroe eoonty. To amend an act to detach certain territory from the county of Miami and attach it to the county or Fulton. For the relict of the administrators of John Coce of Dearborn county. Makinir snecific appropriations for 1845. To incorporate the Michigan Road Company south of Indianapolis. Authorizing copii-s of State documents to be furnished to the New York Historical Society. ORIGINATED IN THE SCHATE. Tn varate nart of the town uf Mongoouinong. Relative to the collection of taxes in the town of Rising Sun For the relief of Pierre, alias Peter Poncin. To extend the time of holding; Ptobate courts in the counties of Itipley, Washington and Jefferson. To repeal an act to incorporate the Terre Haute Draw Bridge Company. Relative to the fall terms of Circuit courts in the I2tb judicial circuit. . To vacate a part of a State road in Noble county. To repeal a certain act therein named. To legalize certain proceedings therein named. To. extend the time of holding the May term of the Dearborn Circuit court. To amend an act to incorporate the Lawrenceburg and Napolean Turnpike company. To authorize the Treasurer of Dubois county to act as school commissioner. To authorize the Board of commissioners of Marion county to settle with John Elder. Providing for the re-chaiter of the Hanover College. For the relief ol Wilson McConnell of Elkhart county. To revive and amend an act incorporating the Richmond and Boston Turnpike company. To amend an act to locate a Slate road in Green and Sullivan cocnlice. ... To amend an act providing for the election of supervisors in Decatur coutttv. For the relief of Isaiah W. Craven and Daniel McCaughn. . ' To change tbe name of Cornelia Minerva Nevio. P For the relief of Francia Linck and Bay less Bennett. To amend an act restoring Ihe records of Miami county. To change the mode of selecting jurors in Bartholomew county. ' ' ' - , To extend certain privileges in sn act therein named. Providing for a special session ot the Shelby Circuit court. . . . - ' To change a county road to a State road. To incorporate a Preibvterian church in Wells county. To ntify the proceedingt of the common council of Fort V. ayne. - ' To incorporate the German Military Band at Indianapolie. Defining the duties cf county Treasurers in certain cases. w. To change the lime of holding Probate court in Dearborn county. , ' Legalising the proceedings ef the ootid of commuiirnerl of Daviess county. ... . FixiP tbe time of holding Trobate courts m Mauon W"i?:he relief of the heirs of Teter Ribold. To restrict the county commissioners in Noble and LaCnrge counties to a t-x of 50 cts. on $100 valuation. To etabli an additional place cf boMirfg auctions la Floyd county.

Ia relation to school commtm!onvrs. Regulating tbe election of Fieidet)t Jodf. To smeha aa act aulhoriz ng Iba sale of certaia lands ia Dubois county. Te extend the Jone term ef tbe Sjard f eeftoty tommisrröner of Randolph County. TO Wate a State toad ia Allen county. la ic Fa i too to the sates of real estate by ex ecu tors and tdmintstratvis. f o attach additional territory to the tounty of Ohio. rioviJiug compensation to supervisors of roads and highways. To provide for tbe erection of a bridge across Laogbcry Cieek. . To rtpeal an art for the better 1m Drovement of Slat mailt

tn the counties of Allen, De Kalb, fee. . To provide for a special session of the Whitley Circuit COOlt. To locate a State road in Switzerland county. To alter tbe times of holding Circuit courts in Marion county. Relativ to petit jorors in the county of Torter. Pu t pre menu I to an act relative to water power at Tfortbfierd. ' Fortie relrefor tbe estate of Samuel Lewi, deceased, late of Allen county. Tc amend an act lo locate a certaia State mi. ' To amend aa act therein Harriot. Providing the sttirlbatlon of the Saline and Bank tax foud. To change the amt of tbe Indiana Baptist Msaaal Labor loMitute to that cf Franklin College. To declare a certain road a State f sad. To secure to Rrcordeis their fees in Certain ees. To amend aa act re incorporate the Princeton Library Company. To incorporate the Mechanic's Institute at Lafayette, ' Te amend article 4 chap. 43 of the Revised Slaiotes. Dec rat a rot y of the meaning of sec 9tb,cbap. 31t, art 3d of Revised Statute. rertilbinr a uniform mode of ascertaining by weight the nnea'ure of different kinds of gialh. To ratend an act for the relief uf setUei! on tbe Wabash and Rue canal land. - To legalize certain chool loans in the county of Davieis. Ia reUtion to a State road in Paike and Hamilton counties. To incorporate th propihuors of the La WreBteburg Cetne tery. . To amen J an set to incorporate the city of New Albaay. To locate a State rosd in Randolph and Jay cUnties. To authorise the county commisi loners of Floyd county to employ a' physician. To incorporate the Elkhart Brav Band. To authorize the reocrupation of lands set off for tbe use of the State for Internal Improvement purposes. ' For the relief of Elijah Masters of Davieis county, To revive in part tbe lit section 8th chap, of the schoel la weft 838. " To incorporate the Ciawfordsville and Wabash Railroad company. To amend an act to incorporate the University of Notre Dame Du Lac. Subjectinc equitable interest in school lands, etc. To provide for the payment of members aod officers of the pieent General Assembly. To rrquiie the Auditor and Treasurer of State to annex a litt of defaulters to ibeir annual repot ts. To amend an act to establish a levee from the town of Vincennes through tbe lower ptalxle near tbe Wabash liver to 1 be Grand Coo tee. For the benefit of bail for the stay of executions. Repealing a certain act therein darned. For the relief of Henry Pödinger. To repeal an act to amend an act granting a city charter to Mactson and Laarrenrrbutg. To amend an act to incoiporate tbe Peirysville Canal Lock Company. ' Repeating certain arts relative to Bank Districts. Fur the iclief of Millens Lormrts To continue ia force an act incorporating the Brookville and Richmond canal Company. T change tbe name of MuncietoWn. To locate a certain Slate road tbeiein named in Orange eoanly. To change the mode of doing county business in the eoUnty of Paike. For the relitf of the heirs of Francis Godfrey. To incorpoiate the Lafayette and Ohio Turnpike Company. To authorize the purchase of rea' estate of Geo. V. Lane. To amend an art regulating the time of holding Couila in Tippecanoe county. Providing for the distribution of the road tax paid by the State tank. To locate a State road In Orange and Mattln count ie. To authoiite tbe revaluation of school lai ds la Ciawford County. Ccnceining ceitain conveyances therein named. In telaiion to tbe Auditor and Treasurer of Elkhart county. For tbe rtlirr of Denoni Stibson ind Geo. W. Miller. To Incorpoiate the Lawrenceburg Seminary of learning in Deaibom ccuntyi In relation to expenses on change of venoe In civil eaes. To amend an act to incoiporate the College Coibcf and Libeity Tun pike company and the Liberty and Abington Turnpike cohipany. To incorporate the Ls porta county Mutual insurance Company. An act to amend the sevetal acts for loaaing and collecting the Sinking Fund, and for other puiposes therein narned. To amend an act regulating a lien on boat. In relation to the County seminary of Laporte county. To moie effectually enable supeiVisors to open and keep In repair highways, kc. To incoiporate tbe Silver creek bridge company. To procuie a suitable site fur the erection of a Slate Lunatic Asylum. To legalize the proceedings of S. Casey. To incorporate the Noland's Foik canal company. To change the mode of doing cuünty business in the county of Washlnptom To change tbe time cf holding Probate coUrta in Ripley coupiv. An'att for the relief of Lewis Orth. Abolishing tbe office of county Auditot lb the County of Blackford. To establish a free tbrnpike road in Adami rounty. To authorize i. Quiun and another lo erect bridges. Ice. For the relief of the administrator of John Sims, dee'd. To establish a free tmtipike road in Jay eoubty. Fur the relief of Alfred and Mary Miles. For the relief of Elijah Reeves. For the telirf of purchasers ef SeJl inary lands in Monroe county. For the relief of Piisrllla Lazebby. To amend an act Ineof poiallng the town of Adroit. To extend the terms of tbe M.tits;omery Probate courts. To ratend tbe time of payment to puicbasers of school lands, JiC , , , . AmeoJatory to an act to incorporate the Monroe county Female Seminaiy Te smend an act lo incorporate Cambridge City. To incorporate the Valparaiso Turnpike company Relative lo the renders of the poor in Ripley eoonty. To ioeorpotste the f bllulethiaa aod Literary society of South Uatiover Colleje.. To vacate a part of the town ofNuma In rarke county. To amend aa act incorporating the Prioceton Library company rehiion to water power on the Wibash ind Erie canil. divide tbe county of Dearborn into commitsionei's lo To d' TtCauthoiize the Pieshlcnt and Council of Lawreneebnrg to sub-ciibe stock to the Lawreueebnrg and Napoleon TurnDike company. . ' . Authoring a change in the application of water power at dam No. 1, fcc, on Wabash and Erie canal. To locate State road In Jay and Blackford eounties. Incorporating the Ciceronian Socie-y of Franklin college. For, he benefit of the clerk of St. Joseph county. For the reli f of James Silvers. For the relief of Thomas Murphy. . . To amend aa act to iocorpotste tbe Buffalo and Mississippi railroad company. .vv r tT-w-c To amend an act io locoipwi. u B,For'!hn; distribution of the surplus copies of tbe Revfced Statutes of 1843. wtt.. To Icralize the assignment -r.-... . To authorize the tleetien of a school commissioner in A utilizing the location ef a State road in Daviess county. To f rant new trials in certain cases therein named. ; xinTbe ime ofholding Probate cou.M in Green county. Res-oUting the iaue of writs of superdeas. Vat ihe relief of Paimenter M. Paiks. ' Au.hmiz'ne the Superintendent of the New Albany and AUMOtizii'B t ..j;,a f State and authoriVincennes roatt to repon iu me -r zing 'be Auditing of reports heretofore made to the Treas- " For the relief of Geo. H. Dunn. For the relief or Juddy Whtsman. . In relation to school district No. 1, in Congressional town ship 15 in Marion c ounty. Laporte To amend an sei u miwr University. ' , . .rt To vacate Lanii sireei m JOINT aCSOLUTIOM. Originated tn I Iloute. A joint resolution relative to a grant of land for tbe completi.,. ot " of refui. public A joint rcoiui"- -s in the Stote of M-.wm th0 polinf- Aadilor 0f VanI ItHIIUII" - Bloomingion to . back on salt. . . r.i..Mikiia A jmnt '"f ief of heirs of Henry Martin. K Sn SS on theVubject of tbe W. and E. can... A f .esotutiou on ihe subject of O.egon territory. J joint 'esoluiion to leaQ a theodol.te to the A.bury U.aTe,",3r, Originated in the Senatt. : A i"t resolution reaving in pa.t an act therein named. and Ohio caoai. ,..".. .i.. Unniietat f a ... A joint resolution in rsu r the WACt:int,lrresoiBtion cn .he subject cf Robert Downey's new method cf tanning leather. . .. Yeaket and A joint tesolutiou lor me i - 'TÄ.ionrrayincfor.cr.ntof land to con.lruct the Notibern cross railroad. u..oi, documents with A joint resolution in relation a -o - other FUtes. ' ' - ' ' , -a;-,;B- Stale debts A joint resolution on iaa sviujvvv . .

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THE STATE SENTINEL.

area., visilacb is Ihe ?aica or Lieear-r. THURSDAY, JAMAIlV ÖS, 1S43. Laus of Ihe lale Session, Vc It will be seen by the liat of acts inserted in thi a day's paper, that most of the law passed at the late! session are of a local character. - , . . , , .- , , i Arnnnrrst, th rrpnpral lava will be lonnd an art confining voters to their respective townships, in giving their votes. This is an important change in our election lata J voters having the privilege, hereto fore, of voting ia any township in the county io which tbey resided, whith ccmgreg&tcd at the county seata of many of the counties more than one-half of the voters of a county. Petitions were presented from all parts of the State in favor of the change. A bill was presented by Mr. Whight to preserve the purity of elections, similar to the law of Ohio on the same subject, punishing illegal voting with fine and imprisonment. It was ordered to be ctigrosscd in the House, by a considerable majority ; but, owing to the lateness of the session, did not pass. A bill passed the Senate, extending to tbe Bank the privilege of issuing small bills for five years ; provided the Bank would pay a bonus of one per cent, to be devoted to Common school purposes. On being reported to the House of Representatives, amendments Were made striking tont the ewttra of one per cenL, and extending the privilege of issuing small bills to the end of the charter. These amendments were die greed lo by the Senate. A first and second committee of free conference, was appointed on the part of the respective Houses ; but failed to agree in both instances, and the bill was consequently lost. The privilege of the Bank to issue small bills expires some time during the next session of the Legislature. A bill was reported from the committee of Ways and Means, in the House of Representatives, giving authority to the .Agent of State, Michael G. Bright, Esq., to make a comprom'.eu or arrangement with our public creditors, with, a view to the payment of the principal and interest on the public debt empowering him to call to his assistance the Executive officers of the Stattj the arrangement to be one that should be consistent with the honor and integrity of the State ; but not to be binding, until ratified by the Kepresenta tives of the people. On reflection, it was, no doubt, considered a measure that would place the Democratic Executive of the State in a condition to lay before the next Legislature some definite plan for a satisfactory arrangement with our public creditors. This, it was thought should be prevented, in order to afford a pretext for the continuance of the abuse of the whig leaders against the Governor, because he does hot, in 4he absence of all necessary knowledge on the subject, lay before the Legislature a plan for the payment of our public debt. Knowing that it would never do to vote against so reasonable a proposition, as the one above mentioned, it wao determined that it should be defeated by an amendment; and Mr. Speaker Stevenson came down from the chair, and, on hie motion, by a party vote, the Agent of State was stricken out, and the whole duty of making a compromise or arrangement with our bond-holdors, in this country and in Europe was saddled on the Executive -a proposition so very absurd on its face so well calculated to embarrass the Governor in his future recommendations to the Legislature, and to make him the target for moneyed men to shoot at, besides imposing duties that would oblige the Governor to leave the State to perform them that it is unneccessary to dwell upon iL The bill thus amended passed tbe House of Representatives and was sint to the Senate. That body reinstated the State Agent, allowing him, as in the original bill reported from the committee of Ways and Means, to call to his aid the Executive officers of the State. This bill was reported back to the House of Representatives! between ten and eleven o'clock, on the last night of the session, just after Mr. Smith of Spencer's Jackasa had been led up to tbe Speaker's seat, amid all the fun and frolic of a last night of the session. The whig party, ever watchful and determined in every way to embarrass the Executive were again led off by Air. Speaker Stevenson, in a tirade against the amendment of the Senate and the measure of the financial committee of the House. The Speaker now descended to the pitiful subterfrge of attacking the State Agent, because he had aglced tö pay the Attorney's fees contracted by his predecessor, Gov. Noble, and took the ground, that Mr. Bright, as Agent of State, was too - expensive in his living. While in the Eastern cities as our public .Agent; such, we presume, as his bills at the As tor House for board, &c. in the city of New York. But these flimsy excuses bad their effect, tbe party warwhoop was raised, and the amendment Was not adopted A committee of free conference was the result neither bddy would yield, and this important bill tho fell between the two Houses. Iü (he general appropriation bill, ten thousand dollars has been appropriated towards the completion of the new State prison at Jeflersonville. The plan of the new State prison has been altered by the Executive of the State, under a saw öf the last session. so at to reduce the cost, to a considerable extent, as well as other modifications, ic accordance with the improvements of the times. Fifteen thousand dollars was asked" by Sir. Simbnson, the Chairman of tbe committee on the State prison and adopted by the House, but the Senate refused to appropriate more than ten thousand for the present year. The policy of j fanning out the State prison will not be continued, it is supposed after the expiration of the present contract ; but will be placed under a .Superintendent, to be appointed by the Governor or the Legislature. The Governor, we understand, is prepariitg a system tor its regulation and government, which will in due time, be laid before the Legislature. We are pleased to learn that this subject is committed to such able hands. . In regard to the amount of revenue to be raised for the next year, the Whig House of Representatives, reduced the taxes one cent on the hundred dollars, compared with the last year. On being sent to the Senate, that body increased the taxes one cent on the hundred dollars over last yea r's taxation. Tbe revenue bill, as it passed both Houses, provides for a poll tax of fifty ccnt8 and a levy of 20 cents on the hundred dollars worth of property, for general expenditures 5 cents of which are to be devoted, in connection with the poll tax, to defray the ordinary expenses of government, and fifteen cents towards the payment of our domestic debt, and one cent for a Lunatic Asylum, 5 mills for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, two mills for the education of the Blind. " A bill was passed, which originated in the Senate, and is now a law, authorizing James Blake, Livingston Dunlap, and Dr. Evans, to purchase a farm, not exceeding two hundred acres, and at a price not exceeding six thousand dollars, for the purpose of erecting a Lunatic Asylum. The present Democratic Executive of our State, has the credit, rndcr his administration of making provisions for the restoration of the reasoning powers to the Insane, and for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind. It is one of the great principles of Democracy to protect and foster those, by salutary enactments, who arc unable to protect themselves ; in distinction from Whig policy, w hoee efforts are to throw its favors into the hands of associated wealth and soulless corporations, in preference to protecting the rights of the poor, and unfortunate, and the great laboring classes, who most need protection of government. In con-

Dcctioo with the above institutions, Governor Wright, in hi rdccflt Icailjural Addrcw to the New York Legislature give the following gratifying accounts Tbe public charities) of the State form another class of objects for your ra.ternal care. Among them no one stands more prominent than the provieion ma da for the insane, and especially for the insane poor.

Tbe 5llle Latic Asylum, lately tablibcd at Utic' r-rttcularly designed for the rehtf of tLu umjdt. unionunate ciass ui our iciiow ocinrs, anu tne - t . . V . munificence of preceding Legislatures towards it, and the promptness With which the counties and towns or tbe State availed themselves or its benefit, aflbrded . the highest evidence of the rtrcngth tf that charity in the a flections of cur people. There is not, perhapa, an instance upon record where a pubLc Institution of that description and extent has been so promptly filled with patients and certainly few where tue happy result of entire restoration to reason, considering the condition of the patients when received and the dura tion of th malady befora that . time, have borne & greater proportion to the whole number of cases treated. There were at the Asylum, et the commencement of the last year, 196 patients, received into it during the the year 275, making the whole number of cases within the year. 471. Of this number 132 were discharged cured, 47 improved, 16 not improved, and 16 died, leaving VGO patients in the Institution at the close of the year. Of this number 131 were males, and 129 females, and patients were included from forty-nine of the fifty -nine organized counties of the" State." " The number of deaf mutes resident in the Institution on the second of December last, was one hundred and eighty-five, of whom three were connected with tbe department of instruction, seven with the mechanical department, seven were employed in domestic household duties, and one hundred and sixty five were pupils of the school. The eums received and to be received, from the State, from the various appropriations to this Institution! were estimated to amount, for the year, to something more than twenty-two thousand dollars. The New York Institution for the Blind is another public charity only second to the two which have been mentioned. A statement from the corresponding secretary of the Incorporation gives the present number of pupils at one hundred and ten, of whom eighty -eight are supported by the State at the annual expense of one hundred and thirty dollars each. This will amount to $11,440 per annum, paid from th5 public treasury for the education cf pupils in this school for the blind. The account given of theJ advancement of these unfortunate children in the various branches of education, in the science of music and in mechanical and manufacturing industry is one of deep interest" . The Committee of Ways and Mcätis of the lloUso of Representatives made a calculation as to the time our domestic debt can be fully paid, Which takes, according to their calculation, under present taxation, and under the system of receiving tolls and watef rents on the Wabash and Erie Canal, in Scrip, until the year 1353. In this calculation, however, tbey take into account the seven hundred thousand dollars of Bank scrip, issued to pay the debt to that Institution. This debt is well secufed tö the Bank by a pledge of the Sinking Fund, and if the bill authorizing the State! Agent to make arrangements with our public creditors had passed this debt might be paid, without immediately calling on the people to pay it. If nothing else? could be done, State stock in the Bank might be sunk to discharge it. Under a plan of this kind, and deduct' ing the bank dcbt,the out-standing six per cent, treasury notes might be fully redeemed in about three years But the Whig House of Representatives determined to throw every obstacle in the way of the present Executive's doing any thing towards an adjustment with our public creditors. A law has passed, providing for ah enumeration of the white male inhabitants of the State, with a view to the apportionment of Representatives It the next session, it being the duty of the Legislature at that time, under a provision of the Constitution, to make such apportionment. We rcepectfully suggest, whether, under the system of economy, which the Democratic party hate adopted, at the commencement of the administration of Governor Wbitcomb, in reducing the expenditures of the State, by a reduction of salaries, and the adoption of a policy w hich has resulted in six week's sessions, instead of ten, the number of Senators ahd Representatives might not also be reduced one-third, as well as tbe exenses of the State government. We have no doubt that as wise and salutary laws would be enacted. We shall probably continue the above abstract in it futtife number. United States Scnafofr The Whig preEs of Indiana is out in full cry against the Lieutenant Governor and Democrats in the Senate for postponing the election of United States Senator" until next Winter, and state as their great reason that it is an alarming precedent, revolutionary in its tendencies and subversive of good government.. These are the great and paramount reasons that are urged. Against these, it is tfnly necessary to remark, that before the Democratic party agreed to put off the election, it wis clearly ascertained, that tbe whig majority in the Legislature, by public expression, which they are challenged to deny, boldly proclaimed their intention to violate the wishes of a majority of the people of Indiana, expressed in an election of a Democratic Governor and Liiutenant Govrrnor, Ij ecine two thousand majority in tbe popular vote at the last August election, and giving the Electoral tote of the State to James K. Tv)k by a clear and decidc4 rnsjoHty over whigs and abolitionists combined. We appeal to the good echsc of the people, whether in view of so flagrant an outrage as was about to be perpetrated cnthe rights of majorities, the mere reference of the subject back to tbe people, the fountain of all power, for their decision in the matter, can be fraught with such e il consequences? They fear, as the federal party always have feared, the voice cf the people, in their cahn and potential decif ion at the ballotbox they show, by their actions, more strongly than we can express it, their fcars of defeat ; hence the pain that liave been taken to prove by assertions, without a shadow of proof, that an outrage has been com mitted1. What outrage !. Why the only outrage that Jesse D. Bright and the Democracy cf the Senate have been guilty of, is, that being convinced that the public will was about to be grossly violated, in the face of the most positive instructions given at the ballot-box,, - they have referred the question to another decision of the people. It is the fears that are entertained of that decision, that causes the complaints cf the whigs. No other valid reason can be given. 41 Ve Jone the dceJdüTsl thou not hear a oise V Indiana Journal. The above is the caption of an article in a late Journal, by the poetical editor thereof ; and if we were to judge by the tone of the Coon press generally, it seems to be understood, as undoubtedly it was intended, as a leading sign to commence howling and yelping. Among them all, however, none has amused us more. than that of one of Senator Davis's constituents like master, like man. The Senator we shall ue when in want of more important matter ; and shall only give a few choice morsels from one of Lis tools, a published in the New Albany Gazette, vis : "Dsmnablo outrage infamous scoundrels scamps scullions of the loeofoco kitchen vagabonding gambler Jesse Dorr Bright," tc. &.c. Tho innocent youth must cerUinly feci belter, after thus disgorging bimelf. Suppose he takes a literary lesson from Iiis master ! Ixiok. Out ! From the several burglaries lately committed in town, it ia evident we have amongst ua a set of desperadoes of the vilest kind. It behooves our citizens to be on a sharp look out. 4