Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1845 — Page 2

THE STATE SENTINEL. rrrijAL ticilakcc i thk ratcc or tmin. TIIU iM.4, FC 11 It U .4 ICY G. 1S45. (fc-Send ia those petitions at once. We're off! The Slate Debt. Many of the newspapers are at present very butäly engaged in figuring out" the ability of the people to pay up the interest on the Slate Debt If we could rely on the statements of some of them, the imposition of a tax sufficient to meet the demands of our creditors, would be but a mere La pat eile. Whether they have

rtken as calm and theroush a review of the available resources cf the State, as was done by the last Committee of Ways and Means, may be a matter of some doubt. If that Committee had possessed the courage of Editors, perhaps instead of indirectly recommending a compromise with our creoitors, they Would hare assumed as a fact the ability of the people to pay in full, and reported a revenue bill accordingly. Ee this as it may, we are glad to see the .subject agitated, for whether the ability of the people to pay , be over or under-rated, the tendency of the discussion will probably lead to the election to the next General Assembly, of men who will do something to adjust the claims of the State creditors, or at least who will not refuse, as the Whigs of the last House of Representatives reused, to pass any act looking to such adjustment, by compromise cr otherwise. Our purpose at prevent is, not to go into a general discussion of the subject, but to notice some misapprehension'? which prevail to a certain extent, as to the action of the Senate on the bill introduced by Mr. Defrees, and in relation to a supposed agent of our Bond holders," who was in Indianapolis during the session. -Among tho.e who speak in the most positive tone upon the subject is the editor of the Grcensburgh j Repository. In a late article, he says "As our renders are avvjre an agent of our Cond hohler wis in Indianapolis this winter during the session of the Leialjtuie, who km authorized tu make proposals to the authorise of ihn tte fir adjusting the public debt. He was willing to fund the Slate uVbt, principe! and interest, up to lrMi the intercut 3 per cent. ; provided that iIia State would levy a tax of 3) cent oil each 100 worth of property, and continue it, as long as that amount Wits i)ei-c4 try t pay the mti-rest. In accordance with the spirit of lliis proposition, Air. Dffrees, cd the Senate, propo-M-d a plan fur adjusting our debts, lie proposed l limit the interest now duo on our bonds with the prinripnl and the interest for one ye.ir in advance, oil ut whu.li would maVio tl.e sum of $ 1 3,007,320. This amount to be taker, up by an iuo of new bond, bearing three per cent, interest, paj aide annually, and the principal after the expiration of thirty jears. The interest on this mini would b -1 17,21!) ; ftnd the annual expense if the Stale are atiout $75 000. This would make $t'.r2,2I9 to !e raised every jear. A tax of 30 cents o.i each one hundred dollars worlli of properly, and $1 on each poll, Would, independent of our Other resources, huve been sutScinnt to pay it. T say t lie) least of It, Mr. Delrees' pt.-iu wa a good one, though we had mui-h rather our i?wtn would come up to the works and pay otT the whole of the interest on her d bt, as ahe promised to do." The supp jsed Agent of our Bo.id holders " about whom the writer of the above so positively speaks, was neither more nor les than a broker of Cincinnati, who is believed to have been quite as deeply interested ia getting the Legilature to pass a law for tne redemption cf 6 per cent. 6crip with new quarter per cents. In thU scheme he was succcs.-ful, and ro doubt po-.-keted a round sum by it. In his other scheme, acting as the pretended agent of bond holders, he was not successful. There was no evidtnee, further than hi own assertion, that he was an agent for any b.nly but himself, so fir as we know. And it is further true, that in the communications sent to the Governor, from our bond holders, and the agents of our European creditors, in New York, they made no distinct enunciation of their desires, further than to ask for some action in their favor from the Legislature. The wri er cf the financial articles of the N. Y. News, formerly the money writer of th.3 Herald, probably has as g)od a knowledge of the deposition of our creditors and their agents in that city as any one except themselves poseses. Of the supposed agent who visited this city during the session, this writer under date of Jan. 23, spoke in these terms : u An indivtdunl holding a tew bonds which he bad purchased at a low price, represented to the Legislature ami Eieeutive.tlial lie w s empowered to compromise the debt on behalf of the creditors of the Slate ; that the latter, holders of d, 00 9, 000 bonds, had proposed through Iii m to fund the debt up to Idtl), relinquishing one half the interest that has accrued, and shall accrue, up to that period. The 6 st year after that time the debt is to bear one per cent iuteiest, the two succeeding years two ei cent., and subsequently to continue at three per cent. The Legislature rejected it by a vote ot 4 to 33. "An attempt whs made, through Mr. Defrees, to hurry through a bill to this effect, before the facts should be in vest ignted, or the deception discovered. This three per cent, payment would be an itnmene profit to the broker, although a serious loss to the bona hoe creditors of the State, who made no such proposition. They merely proposed that tbe Slate should make a small payment now, and the remainder to be paid " in full " at noine futtira time : on ihn cuntmry, the pretended agent Industriously circulated throughout ihe State that ihe proposition was to receive a payment of three per cent, in full. On this false representation, a petition was Ireely circulated throughout the northern part of the State, lor the Legis l.itufe to impose tint necessary tax to meet this, which was supposed to be an offer from the creditors. Had this plot succeeded the scheming broker would have become pos sessed of large profits, while ihe creditors on one hand, and the Statu on the other, would have found themselves as for frou seiileineiit as ever : a large majority of those who signed the petition for the payment of the tax did so in the belief that the otter el compromise had really Rome Iroin the creditors and tlierefore to accomplish it, would lay the State open to the charge of repudiation, which we believe very few of them would countenance; nor would they asent to any thing less than an otter ol fjii payment on the part of the Slate. The same writer had previously made the following statement on the same subject: "We recently slated that a petition was in circulation in Indiana, purporting to pmv fot thu imposition of m tax in liquidation of the Slate debt. The documeut ret forth that a compromise could he mnde with the State creditots for the payment of three per cent, on the State debt, tns'ead of five per cent. This is an impression, although a fa lie one, which has gained ground in Indiana. Her creditors are of two classes. The largest and most influential is composed of those who lent the State their money in good faith, at a low rate of interest. Some of them paid a premium. The other cl is ennit of a cliqtin ol small spectators in Wall street wilh "iny house" at their head. These have bought tha State bonds at from 12 to 20 per cent, of their value, and are very ready to compromise for what they can get. The former class -Ihe honest bona fide Slate creditors will not compromise. The stock debt of Indiana is $12,210,000. Or this 11,000,000 is held by bona fide creditors, and 1,200,000, at the outside, by speculators who have purchased some as low at 12 per cent ; if we call the average 25 per cent., whnt they hold cost them $5i)0,000. Now the effort of compromise would be this the holders of the first amount would receive $200 009, when there is ;VO.0iH due them, and the latter holders would get 3G.0(H), or 12 per cent, per annum for their outlay, and ultimately receive 2 dollars for one of principal. If the atock was redeemable in twenty years the sjieculntors lor an outby of 1,000, would get ultimately $5.230, while the honest creditor of the Stale would, for the siuue outlay, get .$l.4' H) only. It is fr this reason this small class of speculator are willing that the State should riislionor herself by repudiating half her debt. This, however, the regular creditors will not assent to. The State is able to pay ami must pay." ...Now, although these statements may possibly be influenced by creditors who hope to obtain full payment of their, claims, by making it appear that they will accept of nothing less, still, they afford very conclusive proof that the visiting agent spoken of by the Grednsbargh Repository, was not quite so fully clothed with plenary powers for settlement, as that paper seems to rufcposer: , . . ; .Jj&Jq&'U. Defrees plan," as it is called by the Repository, we fear it will be found as impracticable for the present as it was considered to be when first Ri zzes'.&l by the late Gen.'IIowAKD, two years since. Indeed, General Howard never seemed to feel certain that it would be considered sati -factory ; but only spoke of it as a dernier reaort in the absence of a better plan. For our own part, .though we should be Willing '"to' ädypt this plan, if we could get nothing I,..- - .-. . v . ..v.r.i. t.., rrv tic prefer si rcdiK.

tion of the principal of the debt, instead of the

interest, as this plan proposes, if it conld be satisfactorily accomplished. In this way posterity would be less unjustly treated, and wo should be just as much benefitted. As to tho ability of the people to pay, which the Repository seems to think is so full and ample, and a matter of such great ease we may discuss the point hereafter. Apportionment Kill oif IS 10.' Two or three weeks ago the following note was sent to us by Mr. Leslie, a member of the House of Representatives frort Harrison county. It is a little singular, but nevertheless it seems to bo the fact, that the Whigs have a very strong propensity to make Bsc of the State Sentinel as a medium of communication with the public, in preference to their own organ, the State Journal. It would be more gratifying to us were it otherwise; for we Lave constantly a great quantity of matter-, more appropriate to our columns, which we cannot find room to publish. Nevertheless we ate constrained, from feelings of courtesy, to gratify Sur opponents, as far as we can, without inflicting too biüch injustice upon our readers. Therefore we publish this note, which would have appeared tcforo now, if it bad been possible. Cesti.exek : In your paper of the 2Cih Dec. 18-1-1, yo are pleased to associate my name in connection with what you are kind enough to rati the " gerrv mandering apportionment bill of lc40."" The clje l of" the writer of Ihe artirhi containin; that charge haing been "undoubtedly" to lurnish an apology 'tu the Democratic Senators to oid. pone the eoiitotal vleelion, and that object now having been accompluUied, I can see no particular reason why this note shall not appear in your columns. True, 1 was one of the committee of the House to whif h was referred he apportionment hill of the Senate of 140 aud who consented to "the report made to the House with the several amendments ; and as a member. niv attention-was Dartiriilaily dirrrted to the seeond judi cial rirruit. Ereru member from that circuit expressed ihemseUes perfectly satn-fiVd wi.h its provisions ; and all of them voted for it, wilh the exeplion of Air. iowls of Orange, who, nevertheless, ex pressed consent toils provisions so far as his district was concerned. On the mo tion of Sir T J.- Henley ol Clark; it was engrossed and read a third lime, und was toted for by Messis. Henley and Rend, at well as myself, and quite a number ol w lug's voted again! it, and I tAe this occasion to reinntk that up to Ihe period of tht article in the Sentinel I have never heard the provisions of that bill denounced as unfair in &IIV respect, and I am confident that the whole delegation, then and now, from that circuit are" as wtli as their constituents, entirely satisfied with my action as a member ol that commmittee. With respect vonrs. Editors Sry-ruci.. I'RCDERICK LESLIE. January 13, 1345. rassinjr over the remarkable degree cf wisdom evinced in his first paragraph by Mr. Leslie, we come to his specific postulata, to-wit : He asserts 1. that so far as the second judicial circuit was concerned, every member was satisfied with the provisions of the bill in question, and all, with one exception, voted for it; and 2. that up to the period of the article aKuded to, in the Sentinel, he, Mr. Leslie, never had heard the bill denounced as unfair in any respect ; and is yet confident that the members referred to, then and note, as well as their constituents, are entirely satisfied with his action on that bill, and, of course, with the bill itself. As to the first postulate, we have to oppose not only the admission made by Mr. Leslie, that Mr. Bowks actually voted against the bill a very equivocal way of showing his consent to it, truly but we have al-o in memory the explanation of Mr. Reed's vote, made by him in a speech at the recent session, in which he stated that he voted as he did, to settle the question, and to take it out of the hanüs of the reckless Whip majority, in order to prevent the infliction of still greater injustice, to the consummation tf which, under the tutelage of Sara- Judah, the whig majority were daily hardening themselves. Their course, ia dis charging the original committee of fourteen, on which one democrat had been' accidentally appointed, just as said committee was ready to report, and superseding it by a commtitee of twenty-two whigs, unrestrained by a single democrat, afforded convincing proof of the dangerous disposition which infected the whig majority. We therefore claim a deduction of at least fifty per cent, from this branch of Mr. Leslie's assertion. Eut even if this deduction s-hould not be allowed, or could not justly be claimed, it would matter but Lttle as to the true merits of the question. There have been several laws passed by the representatives of the people within the last trn years, which were voted for no doubt by them in good faith, aud in a belief of their jua ncss and gtx.dnss in most respects ; bu'. which have turned out widely contrary to their expec tations, and those of the people. It is unnecessary to be specific ; the truth is too well understood by the people to require more than a bint they have had the kicks in advance. This leads us to Mr. Leslie s recond position : that up to the time of the exposition of the matter by the State Sentinel, he had never heard the bill denounced as unfair, &.C.- Tho possibility is that Mr. Leslie never read the newspapers very probably not the Democratic ones certainly not those published by us ince the enactment cf the apportionment act of 1340, We have I.eard the bill frequently denounced from that time to this, if he has not ; and we have had some voice in denouncing it. We conftss, however, that, considering it, for the time being, an irremediable evil ; one that could neither be avoided uor corrected, until the lapse of the five years stipulated by the Constitution as the term of the existence of apportion ment laws ; we, and others probably, said less about it than we otherwise should have done. We however thank fortune, fate, or Providence, just as Mr. Leslie chooses, that the Democrats of the Senate at the late session posseted ; firtiness suhlcicnt to prevent the Whigs from at present enjoying the fruits of their past iniquity. And we comfort ourselves with the ftdl assurance, that, .the people, at the cominjr " i t O elections, will be, directed by impulses equally wise and just, to confirm the righteous determination of the Democratic Senators. In conclusion ; .Mr. Leslie further says, that the members from the second circuit, then (13i0) and mir, as well as .their constituents, were and are entirely satisfied with the bill. We hare already replied as to a part of the members, and Bhown Mr. L. to be in error. We have no doubt, if we could ascertain the opinions of the others, he would prove to bo ia error regarding them. It is so easy for men to be mistaken ! As to the opinions of "their constituents" at the timo of the passage of the bill, it would not be surprising, if they were " satisfied." They of course could know little if any thing of its details less cf its rascality. . Why, even the mass of members themselves seldom, in our Legislature, know much of the details of such. bills. They are concocted in committees hardly ever printed very rarely considered in committee of the whole, to be subjected to freo and searching discu-sion, unincumbered by the " rules of the House.- The leaders and committees know all about thenlthey are ushered in without warning and rushed through, perhaps under the gag of the-" previous. question," and are passed before you can jsay .Jack.'Rxbinson 1!. All this is wrong even Mr. Leslie will admit; fcut he will alio acknowledge it ia true'; -andit" is ' tfie.-canse'-of the passsge"of so many nnwhoiesorne liw.. "" " ... . But as to tha" present . opinions of the people in the second circuit, we. -are-quite sure that Mr. Leslie matc3 still another very great mistake. We have sufficient evidence of this fact to convince even a greater doubter than Mr. L. himself ; but as we have already said more than wie at first intended, we must beg him to be content with the subjoined extract from a newspaper rf Clark county, the Southern Indinnian,

which we recommend Mr. Leslie immediately to subscribe and pay for in advance. That paper of January 1, 1915. echoed the sentiments of the people as follows : . ; We have before said that the present L'gislatuVa doYi not reflect the popular will. " This assertion the late Presidential election has proven. We said that the whigs 'obtained their present majority in the Legislature by an Unjust and unlair apportionment of the Representatives. This we will proceed to show hy a few eiamplea.

. Tippecanoe county, in 1840, had population of 13,721. Fountain cuutv,in ld40, hd a imputation el IIIÜ. ' Difference, 2,50G. Tippecanoe lias, in tha present House 'of Representative, three - members r oiititain has, in the present House of Representatives, one member. According to the atioVe staiement, Tippecanoe county sends, the present year, "one Representative for every 4.f71 inhabitants, while Fountain county, this year sends but one Representative for the winde population, amounting td 11,213 souls that is, one person in Tppecane county-, has nearly as much weight in the present Legislature, as three individuals in Fountain county. ' AgHin, let us compare Vigo and Sullivan tha former a Whig and the latter a Democratic county". Vigo, in 140, had a population of 12,0?fi. She hs three Representatives. Sullivan, in 1-10, had a population of 8,315. She has one Representative . Vipi, then, this year, sends one Representative for every 4,019 inhabitants whereas Sullivan sends nns Representative fr her whole population; consequently it requires 4j?J(i more inhabitant to send a Representative Ironi Democratic Sullivan, than i requires lo send one front Federal iro. Une more example and we have dm e. I) example and we have doi e. He mo- I iratic Clark bus a population of 145, and two Uepre - senimives ; ana reuerai i ipM-canoe uns a population 01 l.4. and three Representatives. 1 nil is, Clark countr has b71 more inhabitant., and one Representative lets than Tippecanoe. We mir til g on and iimtitute similar crmpnriaoi between the Detoorratie and Whig rounties. bul forbear for the present. Can nny peronasiin a valid reason why an individual residing in a Whig county, should exercise as much influence in the legislature f tiie Stale as three persons residing in a Democratic county f 1 he whigs have set tircr their present m:ij-iny. by means the most base and tlislioimraule, and should Hie liemorrats, liavtnar it in their iHiwrr to prevent it, snfiVr them tu reap the rewards of their villainy t ' ' II not, then let the election for Senator be pontpoiied, and. let the question be again ühmitted lo the people. We believe thnt every Democrat w ho votes to bring nn the eleetion this winter, will disregard the will of his constituents, and become a P:,r'T to the fraud which the wh es have practised upon the people. Wo arum ssy , let ihn election be postponed, and thus give the people au opportunity to vindicate their rights." Opinion? oT the Democratic Pms. We copy extracts from sundry Democratic papers of this State, on the tulj'-ct cf the postponement of ti c election of a U. S. Senator. The Goshen Democrat, of Jan. 23, comments as follows: IllVa ftfiall evnart n a mnffer rtT rntirA a torrent of abuse on this snhjert, and noisy outbreaks ol patriotic indonation will occupy Ihe N Ins prey and his crntor ft V L II Vl W I ' I' v. ww for the next six months. The coon will imagine they have laidied the political sea into a perltet tempest, Lul in the midst of tins war of elements our advice to them is to keep cool and hold on to their pautaloor.s. There will not be much of a shower after all. "The quesiion was presented lo the btst Legislature, whether a majority of the Legislature, elected under the iniquitous apportionment bill of 1;40 khould be represented in the Untied Slates Sennte, or a majority of the people. The Whigs took the loriner ground, and the Democrats the latter. The people of Indiana, after the election of the Legislature, with the Inrgesl vote ever Milled, with the various politicnl questions ably discussed in every nook arid corner ol tne Statte, derided for Democracy nnd gave their electoral vote fir James K. Polk. As the source of nil power, it is their tight to demand that their repres ntntives in the United States Senate, should he a representative not only in name but in fact, that he should he governed by the same political creed which they profess. th.t their interests should ho his interests, and that in his votes in the Senate he should reflect the popular will, and sustain the administration of the People's Pres. idem. It whs right then to submit this great question, uneriibarriiFsed by local influences, once more to the people, and let them pass upon it tliernschcs. No injury can accrue by the postponement, but on the contrary the great cause of truth and justice will he promoted. The poor disappointed coons may as well come down, and make up their minds to grin and bear it." The Indiana Statesman, published at New Harmony, has the following, under date of Jan. 13 : "Our last advices from Indianapolis state that the noble band of Democrats in our Stale Senate have pned a reSolution indrfinitely postponing tha election of U. 8. Senator. This is glorious indeed. The Whigs will thus be disnppeinted in sending one of their pmlj to the U. S. Senate, merely to-annoy the administration of 3lr. Polk, without doing one particle of good. 'We rejoice at this disposition of the matter, because the people will have a chance of reconsidering the claims of many ol their represeut-ttives, and of reiterating their verdict of approval of Democratic principles. Our opponents cannot reasonably complain ol the matter being thus referred back to tne people, when they recollect that their chance of sucre m (il they are correct) is as fair as ours next AiEtist. The people then must finally decide w I. ether a Whig or Democrat shall represent Indiana in the U. S. Senate lor six yean to come." - The New Albany Democrat comments on the same subject as follows : "We are of opinion that the democratic members of the Senate have pursued a course which will be heartily approved, and jusiitied by the people 'Had a Senator been elected this winter, the choice must have fallen on a whig, who woold unquestionably misrepresented the popular majority of the State. More than this, such an election would, in all probability, as parties now stand in the United States Senate, have given the whigs a majority in that body, and enabled them to commence, and carry out, a ) Stem" of factious opposition from the very commencement of Mr. Polk's administration. That they would have every deposition to do so, is manifest from every sign of the tunes. "Should this be permiiteri ? Every democrat, and many reaunablo whig, will unhesitatingly answer NO. Even the latter will, and do admit, that since Mr. Polk has been elected, he should have a reasonable chance to manage his administration successfully. This he could not have done with nu jurity in the Senate against him. Il he is to be respon.-ible for his measures, he should have the power tu carry them out. " These reasons taken in connection with the well known facts, that the popular majority of the State is democratic, and that the present whig majority in the Legislature, was brought about by an iim-quaf, and unfair system ol representation, to say the least of it, there cannot be a question but that the Senate aeted perfectly right in postponing the election, and referring the subject back to the people. For what purpose, were all the exertiona of the late canvass? To determine whether whig or democratic principles should prevail in the administration of the government. The decision has been in favor of the latter, and now shall we under such circumstances, permit the whole Hütts of our victory to be rav'udied from u, in eonsequeiiee of this accidental majority in the Indiana Legislature? Not so. This question must go back to the people, the fountain ol all powet, and if I hey shall deliberately say, that the new democratic administration shall be crippled and thwarted from the very moment of its commencement, why theo we must submit. We have no apureheiislons, however, of any such result. They will säy, in this matter, that the democratic Senators have assumed a proper resHiiisibiliiy, and have deserved well of their constituents, and they will say further, that Indiana SHALL be represented in the Ü. S. Senate, by a democrat, and a friend of the administration." The Taoli American ap-eals to the Democracy in a spirited manner, to wit f . "Democrats ol Indiana, up and do your duty. Our friends in the Senate have taken the responsibility upon themselves of putting off the election ol Senator until next winter, in order that the people might be fairly represented in the Senate of the United Slates, and it now depends upon you, whether a whig or democrat is to be elected, aud our . worthy Senators auMaitied in the course they have taken.' With a decided democratic majority in the State, shall we so (Ter our opponents agnin to secure a majority in the Legislature, and elect a whig Senator, contrary to ihe wishes of a' majority ol the people ? Every democrat will aay no! "Democrats, it is now in your hands, and yott hive the power to say whether a majori'y ol democrats or whigs shall be sent to the next legislature Then go to work, and do your duty. Organize in every county, and hold conventions and nominate your candidates, and then put your shoulders lo the wheel, and all give it a push, and all will be safe. Support no pledged whig candidates. Let no democrat pledge himself to vote for a whig, even il he is in a whig county, and lake no pledge from a whig in a democratic county. "Look at the course of the whigs from democratic counties this winter. If they had been honest enough to have voted as their counties did in the Presidential election, we. would. have given them tho democrats from whig counties, and then have SIX on joint ballot.'' Tili was proposed to them ;' but they would not agree to it. - They were determined to elect a whif Senator, regardless of tha wishes of their constiiuents. Will you trtist them again ? We think not. Draw the lines on litem, for the whi ' will draw them on us, and if they then beat us, we will give up without a murmur. The democrat have suffered the whigs to stuff soft corn down them long enough." The Mi;hawafca Tocsin, of Jan. 13, observe- " "No U. S.. Senator bas been chosen. thanks to theater, ling democracy of the-Senate, who have preserved tba rights of tire people unimpaired. This ensures us a Dcrnceritic Senator at tha neat scnion."

Refusal of the AVhip to elect a V. S. Senator f u Virgluta. It will be seen by the following extract, that the

Whiff minority in the House of Representativea of Virginia, have repudiated their own resolution fixing the time for the election Of a U. S. Senator, whtrh had been assented to by the Senate. At the time of the passag! of the resolution, the Whigs felt sure of a majority on joint ballot ; but by the arrival of the time nxed, tne scale had turned, their power bad de . ....... parted from them, and they nullified their own law by a positive refusal to obey its requisitions. What will the Whig editors of this State say to this conduct of their friends in Virginia 1 Will they taunt them with a violation cf their official oaths, a total disregard of the Constitution and latvs, and with designs of anarchy and revolution ! We shall see. VIRGINIA UNITED STATES SENATOR WllIG(IERY REPUDIATING ITS UW.N RESOLUTION. The Richmond Enquirer bring o this relation of the backing out of the whigs from their own resolution to elect a United States Senator oh yesterday Globe. "No scüaTor elected the ioi.iT order srores BT THE W H 16 S THE HoCSE OT DELEGATES. The whigs would not come up to the scratch yesterday, and undertook to adjourn whilst the Senate were te -dy to ro ;i0 ,t,e execution of the ioint order. Thev arii.mrneo in ,IC iace of the Senate, and thus broke up the joint rder, contrary to the almost uniform stream of piecerlents. Tins outrage upon the courtesies which were due to the Senate, was committed because they found that they wete about lo be defeated, and a democratic senator woulil have been elected t enrrv out the wishes ol 6,000 majority "of the people of Virginia, pronounced at the polls in Ndveinbpr last. "The whigs had originally determined to to into the elerlion yesterday. Tbey had fixed on their own period ; but two of their men were absent, whi!st one of the democrats was; aud they availed themselves of this excuse l escape from their own joint resolution ; yet if every member of both Houses had bech present, ttie whigs cniiUl not have elected their candidate; fir Mr. Wood, of Elizabeth City, had told the whijr, caucus on Tuesday nizh he should vote for R. ALT. Hunter, democrat ; and Mr. llillup, of Mathews and Middlesex, in ihe epirit o tho representative w ho obeys the instruriion of Ins people, would, in all probability, have voted for the nemocratie candidate. What now become of the taunts and the charges of the Richmond Whig? Who are rmw Ihe disorganize ? Who are they who prevent the election of a United States senator? Who are they that break up a joint order, submitted by themselves, and violate ail order and precedent, rather than carry nut the will ol the Iieople by electing a democratic senator ? It is Ihe vhigi. f either party be the revolutionary disorgauizers if either party deserve the sneers and censures of the Richmond Whig, it is 'Ii whigs of the house of delegates. "Thay have put every thing now at sea ; and it is ihe received opinion of intelligent men of both parties, that no senator will hh elected this winter. For one, We Would cheerfullv join issue wilh the wbis, and appeal once mora to the people. Before that tribunal we are willing lo appear; and by its verdict we are willing to abide. 'It is understood that Win. C. Rives was the nominee of the whig caucus. Mr. Hunter was nominated by Mr. Stovall as the republican candidate." Tlic Judges April il. A long winded lawyer conti ibutcs an argument cf more than a column in length, to the State Journal of Jan. 20th, the object of which is to invalidate our paragraph of a previous date, in relation to the ap pointment of Judges on the Supreme bench. He ex cepts to and den.es our assertion that the Y lug authorities of the State had never rUuntari'y appointed any but Whigs or Federalists, to offices of the k-nd ; and to sustain hi3 denial, quotes the re-appointment of Blackford, by Gov. Wallace, in 1S33 ! That was the only exception to the general rue, and proves instead of disproves our statement. Wallace did not dare to incur the certain odium which would have fol lowed his failure to act a3 ho did. The admirable qualifications of Judge Blackford were as well known at that time as they are now, and it would not have looked veil to any body to bring the bead of 6uch a man to the gory guillotine of whiggery, on account of a mere tast ive difference of political opinion. But if Blackford had not entrenched himself, as it were, in the o3ico cf Judge, by hi universally acknowledged merits, would he have received that extraordinary and rare favor at the hands of Gov. Wallace 1 We trow not. No thanks therefore are due Wbiggery for tills act of unparalleled liberality The writer endeavors to show another discrepancy between the facts, and our statement relatäe to the course of Bigger and the Judgeship of the 5th circuit. He presumes and has no doubt of the fact, that that appointment was tendered to Messrs. Wick and Major. Well, if it was, it was only dne to cover up the real foclings of Bigger, for he knew they would not acceDt the appointment, it tendered, lie vas a a very careful not to tempt any democrat who would have been likely to have taken the ofTice. But it would be a useless waste of time to follow up the writer in detail. We will notic but one point more, which involves the principal purpose sought to be obtained by him. lie speaks of Messrs. Dewey and Sullivan, as men " whose character for legal ability, mental endowment- and moral worth, hare secured " hour A.'- hest court the confidence of the ichule com munily." Now this certainly is claiming a little too much. The reputation of the Court was just as well maintained and established before these gentle' men became a part of it, as it has been since ; and it was earned too by Blackford, and no other, notwithstanding this friend of D. and S. now fails to acknowledge the fact, even if he does not endeavor intentionally to deprive him of the credit so Well deserved. Tlüs attempt, however, if intended, will not be successful. Those who know any thing about the matter, instead of stultifying Elackford, will be much more apt to regard him in the light of tbe president judge, and the others as associates. We have no disposition to'say more, but we would, in a friendly way," suggest to the friends of D. and S. not to claim too much, nor to invite comparisons. They are often odious, and perhaps may not end veil for their side. Slight DifTercitccs. The New Castle Courier states it as a fict on the personal veracity of the editor thereof, that Governor Whitcomb has gone to Washington after an office supposing, we presume that Mr. Tyler could appoint the Governor to a seat in Mr. Polk's Cabinet and other Whig papers copy and give full credence to the statement of the Courier. At the same time, the Madison Banner charges that the Governor is amusing himself at Madison in writing editorials for the democratic paper at that place. We shall expect to see all the whig papers soon copy the latter fact, and as irr the former case, give it full endorsement. This is about as consistent as they usually are, and we may add, about as sensible for the ubiquity and ability with which they thus unintentionally clothe the Governor, certainly cannot operate much to his disadvantage in the long run, in the estimation of the people. The truth is, we believe, that the Governor's agency in the construction of the new peniteutiary required him to visit JcfFersonville, where we presume he now is. So much for these Whig Humbugs. Consistent The Louisville Journal is in ecstacies at the election of Daniel Webster to the U. S. Senate, and brags him to the skies.. Yet how short a time has elapsed since this same editor charged him with one of the worst crimes in the calendarthat of attempting to seduce the wife of one of his clerks ! Such is wbiggery. ; , . quere Is It genllemaiHy to expose a private letter, marked "confidential 1 " We only ask for information ! It has done no harm. Afpointments. Jesse Miller, as Secretary of State, and John K. Kane, as Attorney General, were ap pointed for X cnnsylrania, at the inauguration or Gov Shunk

Another Editor Tar the Indiana Jonrnnl. By the last number of the Journal, we are informed that Mr. Jon D. Defrees, who is the Slats Senator from the district of St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton,

and has one year, we believe, still to serve in that capacity, will take the Editorial chair of the Journal, jn piace 0f 31 r. Kent, the present editor. Mr. Kent -u a gentleman of talents and personal respectability, but is not reckless cnouzb to edit a Whirr Dancr ac- " ceptably at this point. Mr. Defrees will probably be much more efficient, but whether more successful than his predecessors for the last few years, time will show. Mr. Delrees, it will be recollected, was the Senator who introduced a bill at the last session in relation to the payment of the interest on tbe State Debt. Has his consent to act as the Editor of the Journal, any peculiar connexion with that subject ) We should like to answer this question if we could with certainty. As we cannot, we must wait for tbe develop ments of time and future events. We think it right, however, to state the fact to the public, that a certain reputed agent of our Bondholders, who visited this city this winter, thought it very essential to the in terests he was supposed to represent, that a paper should be started at the capital which would advocate the claims of our creditors. But at the same time thought it would be more satisfactory for them to give a fair quid pro quo, to secure the services of an efucient paper already possessing the confidence of the people. Tcople may gwss for the present, to whom these EUrrestions were made. We merely allude to the fact, because it was brought to vivid recollection, the instant the new editorial announccmeut was communicated. There may possibly be no just ground for the association of these circumstances. This, as we have already said, time will prove. One thing however, seems to be certain : we shall have a pretty severe brush with our Whig friends next Eummer, and we are inclined to think we shall have to give them another volume of the Coon Skinner. We shall see; T. S. Will Mr. Defrees resign his seat in the Senate! Gov. Wliitcauib. The coon journals in different parts of the State, are wondrously troubled about Gov. Whitcomb's whereabouts. Those in the neighborhood of where he is, say nothing about it ; those in Kentucky, as well as some democratic journals, assert that he is lying sick at JefTersonville. The Louisville Democrat of Jan. 23, has the following : "Gov. Whitcomb, of Indiana, is lying sick at Jeffersonville, we are not apprised of his d.sease, but un derstand he is ser.ously indisposed so much so, that he sent to this city for a Physician last night." We are not apprised whether the foregoing is cor rect as to his sickness ; though we are somewhat in cLned to think it is. But it shows how Lttle reliance is to be placed on the assertions of whig papers. John II. Bradley. It would seem from notices in some of our exchange papers, tliat this gentleman's V htggery has been attacked. The Palladium containing Mr. Holloway's remarks has been mishid. We cannot, therefore, judge correctly of the nature or extent of the assault, r roni an intimate acquaintance with .Mr. Bradley, we feel confident that no man in the State is more firmly attached to the Whig party than he Is, or more ready to do battle for its principles. Mr. Ilolloway hns dcrubtless acted upon mis information, as he usually does justice to "men and measures.' We hope if he has inadvertently departed from this rule in this instance, he will make the amende honorable ! Let us have union, peace and harmony. Rushtille Whig. The editor of the Whig is right, so far as Mr. Bradley is concerned in politics ; but wrong in giving the editor of the Palladium credit for "doing justice" in any sense. The facts are, Mr. Bradley is a gentleman in social life, and associates with gentlemen. In a confab with one of opposite politics, a listener was near ; and it being known to the democrat, a ßca was put in his ear, the democrat surmising the result. It turned out as anticipated. Tbe next Pallad.um came out with its usual slang, attacking Mr. Bradley, and without his knowledge, stripping him of his party caste, and all from a single expression gathered by a listener ! The Hickory Pole. We had intended to let our noble Hickory Tole, stand during the whole term of Tolk and Dallas, and perhaps longer ; but as Whig Scoundrels, who would prove traitors to their country, if they had a chance, have stolen all the flag ropes, and cut and stolen all they could of one of the guys, we have determined to cut down the pole on Saturday next at 9 o'clock, a. m., should the weather be not too unfavosfthle, and we shall want the assistance of a few sturdy democrats on the occasion. Though we cut down the pole contrary to our ori ginal intention, in consequence of the visitation of Whig meanness above noted meanness the more inexcusable, as no flags but those of our own country ever floated from it we can do so, we are quite sure, with a much better grace, than our discomfited opponents can perform the same ultimately inevitable task upon their poles of ash. fj-Grubbs, (the euphony of the word makes us forego our usual custom of not mentioning the names of editors.) manufactures the . following veracious statement for his Courier : "The President elect has a brother who has been figuring for some time past at Washington : he goes under the name of Col. Polk. The Col." became so impatient to receive his share of the spoils that he could not wait until his brother 'Jemes' came in, so he applies to Captain Tyler, who nominates him as Minister to Naples." As usual, Grubbs is wide from the truth. Pres. Tyler did nominate Mr. Tolk as Charge to Naples, but without the consultation or knowledge of Mr. Polk, who was in New York at the time. The correspondent of the rhil. Ledger, on the 25th Jan. says "Col. W. II. Polk's nomination as Charge d' Affaires to Naples, still remains before the Senate, notwith standing he addressed a special letter to the Pre.-ident, on his return from New York, declining to accept the appointment. It was but reasonable to suppose, under such circumstances, that hU name would have been withdrawn by the Executive, and 'hose in the confidence of Mr. Tyler expressed themselves to that effect repeatedly in my presence." If Grubbs would inform himself i little better about subjects on which he has a propensity to scribble, he would not so often g off half cocked. Oy-The Columbus Gazette, speaking of McNulty's case, says "This defalcation, the first under the new Sub-Trea sury, is merely a foretaste of what will be. We shall look for the exposure of no small number of embezzlements and defalcations, quite as magnificent as that of McNulty. Where there is a sub-Treasury there will be defaulters." This fellow must be knave or fool, or both. He is so ignorant it seems, as to suppose because the subtreasury bill passed the House, that it is tbe law ; and so Wonderfully awtute as to think, that subjecting a defaulter to imprisonment in .the penitentiary is the way to make him steal ! A good spanking by his mother might learn the child some sense. The "Rushville Whig" stands about on a par with this saphead. Tlie Weather. After a season of unexampled mildness, we this week, in this quarter, had a touch of old fashioned trinteri fain, enow wind and cold by wholesale. Well, any thing is better than :i J. to our taste, except Whiggcry.

TXadisou nnd Indianapolis Railroad. From what we learn Crom various quarters, we are inclined to think that the rail road will speedily be completed. We speak advisedly, when we say, that we do not beiieve that a more profitable investmec t fcr capital can be found In the State. Of its benefit to the State at large, and to southern and central In diana in particular, none who have examined tbe sub-

ject can for a moment doubt. Severe lessons Lave i00 taught our people ; and tbey seem not to have lo6t tIieir oa the managers of public works, Hence we now see them advancing with prudence and caution, yet steadily. In this way, they are gaining lüe confidence of the people ; and instead of the wild . recklessness of former days, the interest nf all is carefully studied. We have several letters on the subject, which want of space prerents our noticing at ",1S time, except to give tbe following extract from one of them. Madisox, Jix. 21, 1945. Messes. Cimfxans: I feel a deep interest as a large stockholder in the compktion of this road to your place, and shall contribute the little aid in my pow er to produce so deirable a result. I can speak for the directors and other stockhold ers, that the entire energies of the company will now We are greatly encouraged to do so in the late Act of ne airecteu to ine immediate completion ol tne road the Legislature, which, while it gives great advant ages to the stockholders, in the end will enure to the advantage of the State. We can now offer the best of security to the lenders of money, viz : the entire road, with the cars, locomotives, depots, &.C., which cost the State some six teen hundred thousand dollars, and the company about two hundred thousand in all, one million, eight hun dred thousand dollars. We have just received one of Baldwin &, Whit ney's best locomotives, warranted to draw 250 ton on level, and 30 tons up the plane at this place. This additional power so much needf d, will add greatly to' the receipts of the company, and the usefulness of the road. Iu this matter, Indianapolis and Madison have a common interest, and we ought to work together. lours, &.c. . J. Illinois Canal Loan. It appears by the London papers last received, that the Illinois Commissioners, appointed to negotiate a loan from the Bondholders of Illinois, to enable the State to finish the canal, has been successful, on condition that certain enactments hall be made by the Legislature, now in session, necessary to the restoration of the credit of the State ; or, in other words, guaranteeing the payment of the interest due on the State DetL The London Chronicle of Jan. 3d says u This loxn, lor such it really is, mnde by a few houses and individual in London, Anmterdani, and Paris, i remarkable aa bfing the onlj Kurojiean transaction f the kind, that luis been entered upon with any of the States inca Guv. ilrlS'utt, of tMUnirYippi, find proclaimed the doctine of ri-potimion." Col. Oaklry aud Mr. Ran have dune fur Illinois what Mr. Rohmson a few jears ago yA unable to effect for the government nl the Uuited Staff. So deep and so general ia the feeling tt distrust which repudiation hns produrrd (confirmed as it has beet) by the delinquent conduct of lYiin) Ivanin) that, great as the eicrtiona of the Illinois conitiiiMionert hate been, and advantageous as this loan which is the result nf them is eipected to p'ove to the interest of the lenders, it may be doubled whether the amount required could lae been oTrtnined in Europe had il not been for tli presence and co-opefation of Air. Leavitt, the president of a bank at New ork, the proprietors of which are considered holder of these bonds. Mr. Leavitt fravs by his' sul'scription an example of the con6dence and liberality which he atronely recommended for the adoption of the European bondholders. R u in and Xoscgays. The following extract is the conclusion of an "Order for the Day," issued by Gen. Washington, in -May, 1773, commanding a general parade, palute, and feu-de-jote, on the occasion cf France having espoused the cause of the American Revolution : "The line is to be formed with an interval of a foot between the files. Each man is to have a gill of rum. The Quarter-masters of the several brigades will apply to the Adjutant General for an order on tie Commissi ry cf Military Stares for the number of blank cartridges that may be wanted. Each officer ar;d soldier is to have a nosegay in his hat.'' A "gill ot rum and a nosegay !' How fortunate it must have been m the opinion of some, thai Gen. Washington died childless ! Otherwise; in their opinion, he "would not only have sent his children to perdition, but to hell itself!" When will a good cause be kept clear from canting fanaticism ! CGov. Tallmadge of Wlskonsln, in his message to the Territorial Legislature, thus rebukes the Nativists : 44 Intimately related to this question of suffrage,- is the subject of our naturalization laws. It is one in which many of the people of the Territory have a deep interest. It was the early policy of the Government of the United States, to invite to our shores the emigrant from other countries. The time within which, and the terms upon which, he was entitled to all the privileges of an American citizen, were fixed by the Patriots of the Revolution, were sanctioned by Jefferson, and have ever s.nce been maintained by those who profess and are governed by his principles 44 The movement now in progress in vanens parts of the Union, to extend the period of naturalization to twenty -one years, is calculated, if successful, materially to abridge the rights, which this portion of our population have expected to enjoy. Stich a measure would be unjust, as it is impolitic." What does the Rushville Whig, the admirer of Gov. T., think of this ! Voter?, Itcmeinter, That every voter is now required to rote in the township in which he resides. This will give the township committees a sure chance to detect frauds,' should they be attempted. Begin to organize nctc; We shall have no child's play in August; Wotiru Gniniuiar. We have received from the publishers, at Terre Haute, A. C. King and Geo. II. Spencer, Esqs., a copy of the 44 Western Grammar of the English Language." There are many things in it worthy of consideration ; and much that needs correction. When the hurry of our winter's business is over, we will endeavor to point out its excellencies and its faults. Rail Road Journal. This able Journal, formerly published in 8vo form, has been changed to an elegant double quarto, some-, what similar to the Congressional Globe. It is a most excellent work ; and all persons connected, or expecting to be connected with our Rail Road, should subscribe for a copy. It is published weekly at 23, Chambers street, New York, at the low price of three dollars a year. Does not the publisher receive onr paper regnlarly J It is regularly mailed. Ohio Cultivator. This is the title of an excellent quarto semi-monthly publication, published at Columbus, O., at one dollar per annum. It is edited by M. B. Bateman, Esq well known throughout the country as an able writer on rgricultural and horticultural science. We want the numbers, commencing at No. 2. 'Dally Mechanic," Is the title of a sprightly little paper lately started at Madison, by Rogers & Somers. We wish it sucCCSS. Romaxce Spoiled. It is now stated on good authority, that the Factory girl, Miss Ireno Nichola, was married by proxy, not to Herrera, the Revolutionary President of Mexico, but to a respectable German namtd Hanschild, a book-keeper in an extensive German mercantile house in Durango. Much the most fortunate match for Irene. " ,