Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1845 — Page 2

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Vei:hxy editio.v. miHAt T1CILAHCK H THÜ TKICt T UBFaTV. I D1.4MAP01.IS JITY 24, IS15. For Congress, Fifth District. WILLI A 31 W. W I C K. AVÜli Mii X1 Wiek Will address the citizens of Terry township, on Friday next, (the 23th inst) in the afternoon, at 1 o'clock on the farm of Noah Wright, Esq., on the Madison road, four and a half miles south of Indianapolis. Mr. Wright, although a political opponent, Laving generoasly given the use of his premises for that purpose. Yolney B. Talnier is our agent for obtaining subscribers and advertisements for the We'tkly and Semi-Weekly State Sentinel in the cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia) New York, and Boston. His offices are southeast corner of Baltimore and Calvert street?, Baltimore; north wc&t coVncr of Third and Chesnut stre-i? Philadelphia; Tribune buildings, opposite the City IlalU N. York ; No. 12 State street, Boston, tf. Mexico. Arrivals at New Orleans on the 6th instl, bring news from Vera Cruz to the 21th ult. It is stated that Gen. Bustamente arrived at Vera Cruz on the 17th ultimo, and offered Lis services to sustain the integrity of the Mexican territory, and the "dignity of the republish He was rather coolly received by the government ; and it is reported that he refused the military honors tendered him on bis arrival. It was believed that bis redirn was not invited by any party, and that be had nd desire to meddle in public affairs. The people generally were quiet, and not at all alarmed, notwithstanding the war-cries made by the federalists and the partisans of Santa Ana who are loud in denouncing the government for want of energy. The state of the finances was presumed to be pretty low, as the officers in the employ of the government found great difficulty in obtaining one-fourth of their salaries: Business Vra9 Very dull. The publication f Ihe tfew tariff law was daily anticipated. The Tomito, br yellow fever, was prevailing to a very ag- . gravated extent at Vera Cruz. The French sloop-of-war La Perouse arrived at Vera Cruz on the 21th, from Galveston, with intelligence of the action of the Texan Congress on the annexalton question. A correspondent of the "Tropic," writing from Vera Cruz, under date of June 22, in speaking of the action of the Mexican Congress against the annexation of Texas, says that, in consequence thereof, the government have decreed "to put nnder arms all the force of the army, conformably to the authority con ceded by the existing laws ; and for the preservation of public order, sustaining the institutions ; and, if necessity requires, to serve as a reserve to the army ; the government using the facilities conceded on the 9th December, may raise forces, of which the said decree speaks, under the name of defenders cf the independence and of the laws." A proclamation has been issued for holding an election for President on the first of August. The candidates are Gomez Farias, (for many mouths an exile in New York,) Gen. Almonte and Gen. Ilerrera, the present incumbent. Farias, who is supposed to be in favor of ths federal form of government, is deemed most likely to be elected. The Array nlitl Navy. The steamboat Yazoo arrived at New Orleans on July 4th, from Fort Jessup, with companies of the 4th regiment of the U. S. infautry, which proceeded immediately .to the barrack below the city. On the 6th, the steamboat Kodolph arrived at the same place, bringing from the same military ptfet the staff officers of the 3d and 4th regiments of infantry, and three companies of troops, which also proceeded to the barracks. The whole detachment including the dragoons, will amount to about 15(H) men. The infantry will proceed by sea for Texas. Col. Twiggy, commanding the first regiment of dragoons, has proceeded by land from Fort Jesup to the Rio Grande. The Washington Union states that the steam frigate Princeton has been ordered to return to the Gulf of Mexico ; and that as soon as her boilers, which may require some slight repairs, can be overhauled, he will immediately rejoin the squadron. It is not the intention of the Department to diminish the naval force in that sea, but rather to increase it, during the threatened declaration of hostilities from Mexico; being assured that the most certain means of securing peace, is to be prepared for war. In connection with this fact, the same paper corrects a report which had obtained currency, viz : "the Secretary of the Navy has ordered the ship-of-the-line Pennsylvania to be immediately fitted out for sea. . This looks very squally." The Philadelphia Ledger says that the frigate Constellation, the gallant ship which won the first laurels for our infant navy in 1799 and 1500 under Commodore Truxton, is to be metamorphosed into a stcamrjr,nnder the directions of Commodore Stockton. We learn from the Norfolk Herald that thirty feet is to be added to her length, (which will then be 200) and be will take on bodTd the great Stockton gun which is now carried by the Princeton, and also the one which has been manufactured in England, to the order of the Navy Department. The Princeton, it is ascertained, is to'j small to carry, without detriment, either of these enormous engines of destruction. The Constellation, we believe, was built at Baltimore, and was universally acknowledged to be the most beautiful and perfect ship of her class in the world. ' TIic Streets. We are glad to see that the city government are at 3"-st doing something sensible and permanently useful in the way of street improvement. The g-a veiling already done oi' Washington street is worth more than all former wJr"I on the same street for the last five years, and we hope they will "progress" as they have begun. The custom heretofore has been to remove the mud from the gutters to the middle of the street, every year thus. making bad worse. It Mi as if this operation was to be repeated in Illinois street ; but we hope not Work of this kind once well done is twice done. The taxes are heavy, our Bhare being about $11 ; but we will cheerfully pay, if we can only have the money judiciously expended, and not fooled away as heretofore. ' Thx Steamboat Explosion at New Orleans. We learn by the New Orleans papers that Captain Tnrpin and Jlr. Hays, the engineer of the Marquette, have been arrested on a ch.irge of manslaughter ; the 'former gave bail in $5,000, and the latter, in default, was committed. Among those who were injured by the explosion were Bernard: Osborrib, a boy 14 years old, and John Melton, both from Indiana'.' They are reported to have died in the Hospital. W. & E. Cahal. The Fort Wayne Seht'üJfcl of the 12th tays : "The supply of water to Hie Canal was cut off yeaterday, for the purpose of putting in a' new aqueduct on the Feeder, and making 'other re' pairs. With a view of preventing any injurious effects on the health of our citizens, the atcr will be left in those levels on which no repairs are neetlcd. Navigation will be suspended about three weeks."

Hew French anil Kus1i!i Ircaty. The "Union" copies in full the new treaty between England and France, for the suppression of the slave trade on the African coast, and agreeing to the mutual riht of searching suspicious vessels wearing the flag of either nation.' The N. Y. News alludes to this treaty as follows : "The broad basis cf the treaty appears to be, that France and England agree t keep an equal force afloat on the African seas, end have conceded to each other the right of visit to vessels bearing each other's flag only in such cases where such strung reasons to 6US3ect fraud exist, as tu authorize it. The validity

of these reasons must he made good in justification j of the act. Some of the papers look upon this partial ; concession of the right of search as a matter of great moment to the United States. We Apprehend,, however, that it is only so fir as that the moral iufluence j of the French concessions may be supo-ed to give weight to any new demands upon the untied States for a similar treaty. This mutual agreement On the pnrt of those two powers in no respect affects the position of the American flag, which does and always will cover the ship that bears It A member of the English Ministry stated in Parliament that the American navy va3 by far the most cllicicht in checking the s-lave trade. When, therefore, a vessel appears among the fleets of the three nations on that coast, no necessity whatever ein exit for permitting her to be subjected to the rude visits tf the subordinate Eng: lisli officers; If the vrsej bear a French flag no matter what may bo her nation the French treaty permits her to be vUited by an English vessel, the officer cf which docs it at his proper peril, relying on such reasons as he can offer for si doing. If she boar an English flag, the French assume the same risk. If she bear the American flag, it is the duty of the English ofilcer;, if they suspect her, to report her to the first American .they fall in with. The insolent violence which has heretofo remarked English visits to American vessels must no longer be permitted." V ; rraiicc sihtCIVxiw Aimexnl ion.By late arrivals we. loaf that M. Guizot, the head of the French Ministry; gave the following explanation of the policy of France with rtard to Texas, on the first evening of bi3 reappearance in the Chamber of Deputies. . He said No connection between the policy he had followed with regard to Texas and the abolition of right of search. If Texas wished t'd renounce its independence, and enter the American1 Union, nobody had a right to interfere or oppose the wish of the people. If the Texans, on the contrary, are desirous to preserve their independence, not only have we no right to oppose their resolution, but I do not hesitate to say that France would approve their conduct, and acknowledge that they were right. We have recognized the independence of Texas ; we consider it real, and we were interested in doing so. We not only recognized the inßependerice of Texas, but we have concluded with that country treaties of commerce, which will cease to exist the moment it shall be no longer an independent State. France is interested in the duration and mnintenance of inUepcndent States In America. There are in America three ireat now- . c I i ers England, the United States, and the republics of Spanth origin. "France is not an American power, but she has interests in that continent ; phe must consequently desire that independent States should continue independent, that a balance should subsist between the three preat American powers, and that none of them should obtain the preponderance. We do not mean to protest against the annexation cf Texas to the United States, nor to engage iii a struggle to present that annexation if it is to take place. We wUh to leave Texas at liberty to act as she pleases ; if they are not, they are free to remain as they are; France cart only interfere by throwing her influence into the scale, and e.xpresing her opinion in favor of the alternative which appears most conducive to her interests. She is not called upon to act a compromising part, nor to involve herself in future difficulties, but it behoves us to protect, by the authority cf her name, the indepen dence of States, and to maintain the equilibrium of the great political powers in America Upon this development a very interesting debate occurred, in the course of which, the conduct of the Miuistcrs was strongly censured by the leading depu ties. The Ministry therefore not only find their intrigues defeated "bv the action of Texas, lilt condemned by , the public, sentiment of their own country, 07"Otir attention has been called to the following paragraph, which'appeared in the Freeman of July 12 V CiTArLAixs. The Crawfordstille 'Review savs If the Iiegislattrre inould act like Congress, and elect a Chaplain tobe paid out öf the people's moneywould not the members of thai body on their appearance among their constituents hear a buzzing about their ears that wonld be any 'hing but egfeeablö muic! No. Mr. Review, they would not. The last Leirisla ture paid the "Rev. Mr. Gtirley five dollars of the people s money, tor opening the session with prayer, ana we rrave heard no buzzing yet. The statement of tue Freeman is incorrect. Mr. Robinson, the Speaker, did move an amendment to the specific appropriation bill, for the payment of to the Rev. Mr. Gifrley: Objections Were made against the amendment ; and Mr Robinson being informed that Mr. Gurlcy would not take the money out of the Treasury, even if it was voted to him, withdrew his proposed amendment and no such appropriation was made. OrThe Herald, abolition paper, of Cincinnati, speaking of Guizot, the French Minister's remarks about keeping up the balance of power between republics on this continent, says : "That he and the British Minister, should seek the independence of Texas with a view of limiting the extension of s!a very, was honorable; but if their object indeed was chiefly to obstruct the growth of the United States, and established on this continent their detestable balance of power fystem then, much as we deplore the annexation with slavery, we still take some conscation in the fact that they were defeated. Let Eurojiean politics' be confined to Europe. ' Heaven knews we have corruption enough of our own, without importing the knavery and trickery of foreign politics." 0-The members of the Legislature of Rhode Island have refused to authorizfe the appointment of a Chaplain to the State Prison. Boston Time. Here's a chance now for the excessively pious Whig editors of the th, district to let off their surplus thunder against their Algerine friends; They are terribly alarmed about Pettit'a proposition concerning Congressional Chaplains. What, will they say to tluf absolute refusal of the benefit of a Chaplain to unfortunate men in prisbii'f Cunft they riise one hypocritical howl 1 . worthy old gentleman, and a Whig too,- iViink that Mr. Foley, the elf tiominateJ candidate (or Con gresa, bu an extraordinary development of the perceptive faculties, notwithstanding the poor opinion entertained of him by the Journat and most of the whig party. The old gentleman aJJucea in proof of thia remarkable developmeet, that Mr. Foley wn the fiiat to perceive that be waa the right man to be elected to the State Striate ; but hi party being too obtuse to diacover hi merit, and refusing to nominate friai, he all at once, and before any body dreamed of such a (hing, suddenly perceived that he was tbe very man, of altoibera, lo run for Cong re. (Jj When Foley waa lat a candidate for nomination a ReprrerDtalive, before a Convention f hi party, in Hancock county, he diJnot get a tin'e vote I They bad tried him once, and did not waiit lo try him again. He then aspired to bo candidate for the Senate, but hi parly discountenanced that Now, at if auch bl'ffing had increased his calibre, h sets up for Cöfcgreta on his own hook! Will tho ho refused to send l im to either branch of the General Assembly vote for him to go to Congress I It would look. very illy and ih?pnietcnt to do to, that's certain. 03rMr. Gamxrvoort Melleville, of New York, has hern appointed Secretary of the American legation to he Eritish Court.- . -

Highway Robbers In Mexico

The Mexican "minions of the moon," are said to be decidedly the most courteous and polished class of the whole population. As one of the victims of "Faul Clifford" observed, it is really a pleasure to be robbed by such accomplished gentlemen. Gov. Shannon has furnished to the editor of the .Washington Union a pleasant account of his road-side interview with them, and assures the editor that their conduct towards him was marked , by that characteristic politeness, and suavity, for which they enjoy deserved celebrity. The The Governor had the luck to be robbed both on bis way to and from the capital. The particulars are thus related by the Union : "The scene of his interview vriih them, was some fcnguci cat T the city of Put b la, where the road, not wide enough for two coaches lo paw', Yxin for a q'iarler of a mile through a barranca, or ravine, cut like a canal uh perpendicular sides. The läse was accompanied by an escort, furuithrd him by the Mexican government. But A few monitor's before they entered the ravine, the captain of the escort rode up, and informed him that he had pawed the haunts ot the robben, and was do longer in any dinger from them ; and, having received the customary "gratification " retired. From whrt immediately after took plac, there is every reason to suspect a full undrrltandiii; and a collusion between the guard arid the robbers, i'ive minutes afterward, while the traveiiera were still congratulating each other upon having parsed through all the dangers of the road unscathed, the stage luiMenly stopped in the middle or the ravine, and seven or eight big muzzled enrbints at once enlightened them as to the treachery of their escort, and reminded them of the niutnbiüty vT ounce from the purses of travellers to I lie pockets of the roadside gentry. They were politely invited to a conference on loot, and, making a merit of necessity, descended from the stage with as good a grace as possible. The ceremony of- searching trunks and handing over" then began. While it lasted, Gov. Shan non liad an opportunity ft observing trie tactics ol lus new acquaintances. Around the stage were fourteen in number, all masked arid well armed, each with a carbine, a ion kn'lc, a sword, and pistols suspended in bells around the waist. Seven remained on hcr.vback, vf;U caibincs levelled, ready Tor action in ras of resistance. a. . tat. .a a ' 1 lie others dismounieu. 10 aearcn ior and select me doo- ... . - ty. Ill Ine distance were soma niteen or twenty others, stationed as sentinels. The search was conducted with great order and decorum, and accompanied with all the obtest phrases I the tpamsli language. When it was over, having duly admired Gov. Shannon's dress-tword, and expressed their approbation of its workmanship, they returned 11 to mm,iogeiner wuii ins papers. Aiien,wiin many apologies for the detention they had caused him, ihey took their leav ; not, however, until they had a?ked for him the blessing of God, and invoked in his be half the protection cf the Blessed irgin, "our Lad y cf Uymdalotipt. ". . . , "Another more amusing acene took place immediately afterwards. They bad parted with the first set of bundiui but a few moments, when another set appeared in . t. 1 1 rri -1 . -i I. - I .: me loiiu. 1110 cuiiuuiiui vi 1110 au(C iiuncicr, cunun lied to drive on ; addressing them, en passant, with inexpressible naivete and inirtli in bis manner, telling them that, unfortunately, they were rather ton late; that the work had been already done to their .hand; the robbery was just over, the market spoiled, and the goods rifled. "Gov. Shannon lost, probably, on both expeditions, in money, clothes, tc, to the amount of $500 or $000. . "These honorable evidences of the fine police which prevails on the high-road between Vera Cruz and the capital, is a noble exposition of the . police, good orderj hnd strength of the government of Mexico." The Illinois Legislature incorporated the Willmantic Brass Band ! with the privilege of issuing notes'. as a matter of course. Indianapolis Sentinel. Chapman appears to have written the above withas out a single loco shudder, notwithstanding his dislike to notes generally. Tcrhaps the fact that the emission will be sound wr.h a " metnlic base, is the reason for this apparent hdrmonwus acquiescence. It is hoped that this privileged company may never excite in our friend any discordant feelings by their issues. Cin cinnati Chronicle. It depends, sir, on the manner in which the. notes are issued, whether they produce on us discordant or concordant impressions. . By the way, there are more points of resemblance between Bank notes and Band nhtes; than'you rray at first have imagined." There is a good deal more of sound than substance in both ; each owing as much for their existence to triad, as to any thing else. And as to the ttietalic basis if it depends ou brass any set of bank managers in the country can furnish enough to put a dozen bands in full blast. ' If thev have brass enough too, It matters but little about the' pewter, in cither case. t- .... Mercantile Crepit. The New York Morning News, speaking of the different causes which have , tended to circumscribe mercantile credits, alludes to the system of espionage practised upon all country dealers. It says that " in every village there is a spy or spies, generally young lawyers, who note every business man, his capital, nature and extent of his business, habits cf business, moral character, social habits, and occupation, &.c. & c. These are all reported and recorded in books kept for the purpose, by an individual occupying an office in the Merchant's rxchaDge To this quarter information is applied for by those proposing to give credit, and for a fee it is obtained. The collectors of the information have their reward in any little law business that may be trumped up. It is obvious that this system, organized ostensibly for commercial information, may be extended, in" the bands of an unprincipled fanatic, to making the religious or . political opinions fatal to their credit. Its effect, however, in the main, seems to be destruction of general credit, and is a system wnich should not be tolerated.'' Acqcittaiof Caleb J. McNultv. Mr. McNulty, late clerk of the House of Representatives, charged with embezzlemei t of the public funds, has been acquitted in the firt case brought to an issue, which contained three counts "the first charging a felonious conversion of the sum of 750 of the money of the United States to his own use the second a felonious investment of the like sum in" propertythe third, with having embezzled a like sum by loaning it to one Thomas Moody. There are yet five other indictments against him, the trial of which has been postponed until the December term of the courf. Judge Dil'nlap refused a motion made to reduce the amount of bail, and ho is still held in $17,000 for his appearauce to answer the charge of embezzlement. Canada Potatoes. We notice by the last Cleve land, Ohio papers, that several cargoes of potatoes have been discharged at that port from Canada. The cost in Canada is 10 cents per bushel, duty 20 per cent. adS'aloremr, and they sell at Cleveland for 374 cents per bushel. The paper says the trade will be a short Kvcd one, as the Ohio crop will soon be irr,- and it is Very- abundant. - Q tere. Are the above tacts -an' evidence of the truth of the Whig doctrine that high duties decrease prices ! . .' ... , . . '. Foot Race. At a foot race near" Slohingiorr, Ct., recently,' Major Champlin ran a mile in the astonishing short tifrfe of four minutes and nineteen seconds ; and uow challenges any clan in the United States to run one mila against him' for $1000. An army of such men would be first rate in a retreat ! The Fostmaster of New York", fat order to' accommot'ate the public, is . about to have stamped envelopes engraved, in order to save them the trouble of paying postage in cash. They will be sold by the quantity at one cent each. Very convenient. ji i i hi i i Inducing Soldiers to Desert. A man calling himself a Kentuckianj has been committed for trial in London, U. C, for endeavoring to. induce some soldiers of the 81st Regiment to desert. A commission merehanl io Philadelphia, named Isaac Jaci'bf, an Engli-hman by birth, ha swindled various houses' eilt of soma fifty thousand dollars, and tak en French leave. A: book-keeper of a Philadelphia bank hss been detected in embVzling' the bsbk'e funds. The pcculator had a handsome' residence nearly completed, and tattf;l furniture bespoke. He waV arrested.

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The Boston Chronicle concludes an article on this subject, as follows : The business might have been simplified, both in the general post office and in every oflice in the coun try, had they at once adopted, in regard to all letters, the rate now prescribed for printed circulars, of two cents for any distance, and then added, as they might, a provision that all letters not pre-paid shall be charged double postage. By tins one measure, the British system has done iay with all the complexity of the business, so that the accouuts can be kept by beans and chalks about os weü as 5a a book. And now, about 93 per cent., or ninete:a letters out of every tweuty sent by mail, are pre-paid And by the use of postage stamps, this is all done without the trouble of making change, and a great amount cf time is saved in mailing, so that mails can be kept open al most op to the moment or starting. "Wo therefore üeny tiiat the question of postage reform is to be judged at all by the results of this bill. Wc care not in how mr.ny respects it may fail. We feel no responsibility lo give it success. We know it will Fail to satisfy tie people, because it ought nut to satisfy them. We insist that the good or ill success of this awkward and ill-bcgottcn affair has nothing to do with the question of rcjcctirg the old system and adopting the new. system. It is a mongrel, a mon ster. We pursue our original demaud, the same as if this had not been done. Jackson's iTIilitiiry Sagacity The Washington correspondent of the Boetort Tost, relates the following ahnccdute illustrating the military sagacity of General Jackson : "When the hostilities between Texas end Mexico, some years since, had nearly reached their climax. and public expectation" wis oti constant tip-toe to hear of some decisive engagement, a gentleman called to see the old General at the " White House." He found him alone, holding in his hand a morning paper, and inteut upon tracing the outlines of a map that was suspended from the wall. The General invited his friend iei his side, and then remarked : "I have been engaged in tracing on this map the relative position of the Texad and Mexican armies, in order to discern their several advantages. I now declare td you, tr'y dear sir, that if my old friend and companion-in-arms, Gen. Houston, is worth one baubee, he wil cut öanta Anna's army to pieces at tftis voi)U. The remark was attended with fch peculiar emphasis, that the gentleman was induced to remember the place thus singled out. It was San Jacinto. In less than a tort night thereafter, intelligence f Houston's victory on that spot was received, thus demonstrating the almost more than human sagacity of "Uld Hickory. At the distance of many thousand miles, by the outlines of a musty chart, he was able to foresee the result to which his old associate could direct the struggle, if he but comprehended his position. II. did compre hend it, and won the battle, as Gen. Jackson bad thus ßingularly predicted he would. Tub Falace of Versailles! This magnificent palace, built by the French King Louis XIX., has since the accession of Louis Phillippe to the throne, been turned into an immense museum of pictures, representing the principal events in French history (with the exception of those of the first revolution,) the principal battles gained by the French army, to gether with portraits and statues of eminent generals, admirals, statesmen, authors, artists, and members of "ihe royal family. It is the most splendid and complete collection of the kind in the world, and has cost Louis Thilippe the immense sum of four millions sterling, or twenty million öf dollars. It has been presented by the King to" the' nation, and is certainly such an immensely valuable present as no King has evef before given, and rib nation ever before received. One. of the m )st conspicuous pictures the galleries contain, is a representation of George Washington giving his final instruction previous to one of. bis great battles against the British. Irl other galleries there are portraits of Washington, of Franklin, and of sortie other distinguished American patriots. Rcrurcs Matrimonial. A terrible rumpus" was kicked, up the' other day at ViImington, Delaware, on account of the following circumstances. A Mr. Darney sought the hand of a daughter of Judge Booth. Her father refused until Mr. I. recovered a verdict in his favor, in a suit for libel then pending, and exhibited proofs of his estate. He finally recovered the one and exhibited the other. Still the Judge was Inexorable, when Mr. B. and tlfe girl eloped, ttrrit to Wilmington and were privately married by Father Reilly. The young woman subsequently grew alarmed, confessed the marriage, but said it was a conditional one ! Her father at first indignant, saw the necessity of reason, but his brother, in a somewhat disordered state ran about the streets of the town calling for vengeance" on the whole Catholic cömmünity. The sheriff arrested him and order was restored. Electro Magnetism. It is stated thut a gentleman of Pennsylvania has discovered a means of applying the force generated by electro magnetism to the propelling of railroad cars and trains, so as to reduce immensely the cost of locomotive power. The invention has the farther effect of preventing any running oil" the track, and so ensuring the safety of passengers from what has hitherto been a formidable danger, especially while in rapid motion. He is now taking out patents for this cdtmtry, and intends to do so for all Europe before the process is disclosed to the public. Slicids. We find the following in tlie last number of the Harrisburgh (Pa.) Telegraph : Our citizens were very much surprised to learn, on Saturday evening last, that George W. Kline, a Wealthy aud distinguished attorney of Lebanon, had committed suicide. He had been in a state of great mental suffering and fearful agitation of mind, ever since the death of his only daughter,' last winter, by scarlet fever, a young lady of the highest attainments that a thost finished education and every other advantage could bestow, andLon whom he doated with a parental fondness and affection never excelled. Every effort was made, by travelling and a change of scenes, to dispel the gloom that her death cast upon him, but witltout effect. . fears, were entertained" tha.t Jie might take his own Lfe, and" be was consequently closely watched. He however eluded all vigilance, and on Saturday last arose suddenly from the dinner table, proceeded to his chamber, and before any daflgtr' was apprehended, committed the fatal deed by shooting himself .with a gun, the explosion of which was a shock that told too well the sad catastrophe. Upon rushing to the room, they found him prostrated on the floor; mortally wounded. lie lived several hoora after the event before bö expired, but we understand was insensible. Marbiage no- Experiment. The (North) Caroi Una Watchman chronicles the following case of mato rimony at Statesville in its neighborhood : - 'Mr. John Martin Sliarpe was reanncxed to his former wife and partner, Mrs. Luc) Sharpe, on the Oth June; by Wm. Moore, Esq., having beeu divorced from each other on the 10th of March last Having been married ten years, tlie old "stock of love" ran out, it seems- They divorced, courted and married azain. Jonathan F.' Woodsde, Esq., late U. S. Charge d'Affiires at Copenhagen, died very suddenly at bis residence af Chillicothe, Ohiol on the 2ÖÜ ulL, jged 30 years. A young mini was knocked down in the streets of Philadelphia and rebbed of his money, a few days since, at 5 o'clock' in the mornuT. RoxsiiTii Axsi Gait. Anne Gray waa arrested in New York for atealiog three noveta' found hr St. Paul's churchyard readinfthtm; recently She was Omnibusses, with differeut apartjiente for ladies and gentlemen, have been introduced in New York. It is said that ladies now order and receive lace collars by mail. Delightful f

Free Trade Cause in England. ! It is a matter of wonder that, while the cause of

free trade is making such rapid progress in England, and the alarmed landed aristocracy there are driven to propose allotments of land and charities of vast extent, to alleviate the miseries their monopoly has brought upon the producing classes, this free country should witness a, relaps under privilege a falling back into the arms of restriction, rjigland, alter vears nF experiment, now sees the fatal consumma tion of her system of monopoly in the myriads of wretched pntijiers which infest the cities m trie fires throughout her agricultural districts, lighted by the desperate tenantry who are compelled to suffer the tortures of lamine araidft the abundance their toll lias created und in the agitations of the monster public meetings both in Ireland and Great Britain, wherein the substantial middle classes of society thunder their denunciations gaint an iniquitous system, which makes the industry of the great body of the people a prey to the wanton luxury, sport and Idleness of a privileged gentry an insufferable burden to church, and state, and people. This origin of the grievances, which were gradually undermining the base of Lritish power, by impoverishing its hardy yeomanry, while its sijmmit was, made top-heavy by the increased wealth engrossed by coronets and crowns, was detected long since by the eagle glance tf Lord Chatham. We find in the. newspaper of the League in England, the following passage from one of the speeches of the great statesman. He saw in the dawn of political economy what is still invisible in the full day of the science that the wealth and strength and prosperity of a country consist in the well being of the great body of the people, rather than the excessive rrandcilr of a class. The creat Lord Chatham said in the House of Lords : do not despair of rny country ; and I hare no ob jection to stale what, in my opinion, vould restore the country to its once flourishing condition, (tire free dom to commerce, and lighten the pressure oj taxalum, and you trill hate no conipldining in yZur streets. As commerce is always a change of equivalents, a nation that will not buy cannot sell ; and every ibrtrklion upon import is an obstacle to export. On. the other' hand, the more ve admit the productions of foreign coun tries, Vie more extensive becomes their demand J or our commodities. Let the absurd system of our otcn latcs be graduwlti and cautiously abolished, and CUlow the cheap agricultural produce of Vie north of Europe, and of the continents of America and Africa, to be frech introduced, and tre shall obtain an unlimited vent of our manufactures. A rigid and efficient system of retrencJimcnl, auoxrtng us 10 lane tjj ine taxes upon salt', itpori soap, upon leather, upon iron, and a few other articles of subsistence, our advantages, from position, from coal mines, arid frbm the skid and energy of our people, are so consider alle3 that, tcere it notjor unwise laws and overstrained taxation. Britain, for ages to corhe, might Continue t'd be the great workshop hj the world." This is the wisdom of England's greatest and wisest statesman :, and it is the foundation of the great party against monopoly at tins day, headed by Cobden," Lord Villiers, Bright, and a host of the ablest men in England. They have made the true distinctlod between imposts levied for tlie benefit of the State," and Ihosüc levied for the benefit of a class ; and have made the discrimination between a tax for reve nue and a tax for monopoly. Bancroft's Eulogy ou Jackson. Mr. .Bancroft s admirable oration on the occasion of the funeral honors to Jackson at Washington, on j Friday,' tlie 27th ult.; will need no recommendation of ours to secure the attention of our readers. We copy it from the Union, which paper prefaces it with me loiiowwg remarKs : " It is marked with all the powers of its gifted author. Who will not appreciate its just tribute to the extraordinary life and qualities ot the man, who, of twenty millions of great people, was alone able to si i a i t 1 . 'i draw down upon nis tomo sucn a oecp-ieii inouie o a nation's reirrets and respects its fine and fearless exposition of the great principles which form the ba sis of our popular institutions, and will constitute, in a great degree, the bold pioneer which is to trace out the course of the present administration its splendid eulogy to the peculiar beauties of our free government, to which Andrew Jackson himself is indebted for his own elevation, and fame, and greatness in achievement, and without which so many of our distinguished men would have been but like the gems which are btfried in the " dark unfathomcd catcs of ocean,", or like iloweis' 'borii to blush unseen" under tlie dull and withering atmosphere of monarchical government! The only wonder with us is, how the orator could have found time to pour forth so long and admirable a" production. We know that he never put pen to paper until Monday that he has been compelled to attend to all the duties and details of two of tne executive cfepartmcnts the Navy and the War. We know that he dined out on Tuesday, at one of the most agreeable parties in the city, where he remained until a late hour ; that he was also visiting three evenings in the week, and was compelled to attend as a witness upon Captain VoorheVs court martial at Coleman's on Tuesday ; and yet Mr. Bancroft has contrived to produce an Cration which would do honor to any orator in America. . It Is only an evidence of the astonishing rapidity of the pen of the ' historian of America" so far beyond anything that we had anticipated, and so agreeably disappointed have we bjeu with the result of his labors.'. Curious Diplomatic Operations. The Washing ton journals have been enlivened for some time by a controversy between Mr. Green, lately our Charge to Mexico, and Senor Autocha, a Mexican; The latter, in a recent letter, makes a singular expose of the conduct of Mr. Green, which reflects rather seriously upon his official character. He says : Yet I must do him justice ; there are diplomatic exploits of which he showed himself capable,-and which won him' a renown there even more permanent than the fame of his State papers. Of one of them, let me, though unworthy,- be tlie historian. Just oppo site the Gran Sociedad, in the street del Rufugto, No. 22, there dwelt in a lodging humble and" ill-fur nished, (such as distressed beauty and virtue usually inhabits in a novel,) what Sir Teter Teazle in the play calls a little French milliner." The goods which she sold were brought to New Orleans ; and I being the banker with whom she deposited the money, always settled for her, at the Custom Hctrse, the duties on them. Upon one occasion, she shewed me certain fashionable articles as just received, of the arrival of which I had not been apprised. I asked her, therefore, how she was able to sell them before she had paid the duties ? She answered they were a part of several trunks of similar articles which Senor Green, the American charge, Qwhose company she enjoyed Borne two or three times a week, had done her the. kindness to have brought from New Orleans far her and passed free" through the Custom" house, by virtue of having them directed 'to TAe United Slates Legation, Mexico. Young Mr. Green, she assures' rne, Was "a very able diplomate, and highly useful to her. " Acknowledge ;hcn, that this ornaraent of Cabinets is capable of other . finesses besides his singular I exploit of denouncing and calumniating his chief, in an auair iur vwuiu ne imusscu aiuuw is jcoiuusi.uiG if, indeed, such a diplomatic immcent could be held responsible for any thing. As a little French Milliner is ustalty not very reserved with lrer fellow-griscUcs, and as M'lle Eleonore and her class -arc commonly provided with several admirers, to all of whom they are eqüäfly communicative, I need hardly say that the scandal of such' ah abuse of our Charge's functions was soon widery blown in Mexico, to the utter eliame of all Americans, who are unaccustomed' to' see1' the" national revenue defrauded and the American flag degraded, in order that a loose boy.tnay coodnct his amourettes in the cheap forni of smuggling 1 It was soon known that the goods for this respectable commerce were consigned as above described, to an eminent American house the only one in'Vera Cruz so that I need not name it. The Government and diplomatic corps at Mexico of course speedily learned the affair, in a city where spies abound; and you may guess how much the brilliant position achieved by the Charge's diplomacy was improved in social' consideration." ' . Mr. Green in answer to the charge, says that he did smuggle through a box of cigars, according to general usage, and that's all.,- He charges Brantz Meyer with being the author of Autocha's letters. CtfRiors Relic. The iron bolt to which' Christopher Columbus was chained during his imprisonment in St. Domingo, has been received at Newbern, N. C. It was procured by Robert S. Moore, late purser' in tlie Uriitcd S fates Navy.

COIttML'IMCATIONS. Federalism the Same. In the Indiana Journal, the phrase, " progressive

Democracy , used in an opprobrious sense, constantly meets the eye. The doctrines of the Democratic party have always been extremely odious to federalist from the days of Alexander Hamiltun, who in the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States, declared tliat the people are turbulent and changing ; seldom judging or determining right. The doctrine that the people are capable of selfgovernment has been a leading article in the creed of the Democratic party. This is a terror to aristocrats, who are not willing to admit cither the capacity or right of tlie common people to govern themselves. It is too humiliating to their pride to put them on a common level with the laboring man, and to give to tlie latter an equal voice in tlie government. That the rights of men have been progressively recognized none can douoi. me consuiuucn 01 ice nucu 'tales which recojrnizes the rieht and capacity of the people to govern themselves, was a long stride in ad vance of the doctrine cf KiDgs, prevalent at tlie time of its formation, who claimed, by the grace of (Jod, the right, booted and spurred, to ride the rest of mankind according to their will and pleasure. Cut what do we understand by the term Democracy, as now used in the United Slates ! Do the party which now bear the name differ in a single principle from the old Republican party 1 Some measures may have at times becii advocated by a portion of the party which experience showed was not of general utility. Did the party, like the Federalists, cling to their own errors! No, they abandoned thcra. v as tins wrong, to nave been governed by experience ! to have forsaken an error 1 To err is human, but to correct our errors is the part of wisdom. But in what respect have the party changed, that tLe "progressive Democracy" is so constantly iri. -tlie mouths of federalists 1 Did not the old Republican party oppose, a bank ot tbe United States on party principles ! Henry Clay, now the embodiment of Federalism, declared in his speech against the bank, in 1311, that that question was one of the causes which originally divided the people into parties ; aud he further declared that both parties at that time were the one advocating and the other op posing a bank on party principles. The assumption of the debts of the States by the general Government in 1 90, was advocated by the federalists and opposed by the Republican party. Eut the whig party now claim to have been the trtie Republican party from tbe days of Mr. Madison, from the fact that he advocated a bank and signed a bill incorporating that institution, during the last year cf his administration. A simple question, however when candidly answered, will set this argument aside. Was Mr. Madison, when he became a bank man in 1616, acting in accordance with his former principles ! If he and Clay had, as members of the old Republican party, opposed a bank on party principles, did they not forsake those principles and identify themselves with the federal party when they became advocates of the bankl The former grounds of difference between the parties had almost been forgotten at, the close of the last War. The federalists very adroitly dropped their name, as they have since done two or three times, which had been rendered odious by their opposition to tlie war, and their attempts, to dissolve the Union, and under the popular title of Republicans took the lead in the Government but though they had changed their names and stolen that of their former opponents, their principles and measures were the same, and so continued up to the administration of Gen. JackSorl. At that time tlie people, like the ancient Jews when they returned from their captivity in Babylon, had become a mixed multitude ; they spoke partly in the language oi the Jews and partly in the language of Ashdod ; but the immortal Jackson, like old Nehemiah, determined that this amalgamation should not continue, and tlie Republican party, in obedience to the Constitution, were induced to separate themselves from Ashdod, and put away their strange wives and those born of them. The present whig party are therefore the offspring of Ashdod; Moab and Ammon i and if Republicans are their fathers, it must be admitted that they were conceived ifi sin and brought forth in iniquity," and true to their ancient idolatry they are still found advocating banks and high tariff regulations, by which capitalists are enabled to plunder the laborer. Their identity with the old federalists is evident from their opposition to any extension of our territory. The croaking of the old federalists about a diasolation of tlie Union inconsequence of the acquisition of Louisiana is instructive with their offspring, the present whif party, when the annexation of Texas is mentioned. The old federalists were opposed to the war opposed to any defence of our rights as a nation negociation was tlie cry then, and the cry now with their legitimate descendants. We must give up a part of Maine surrender Oregon:,' räther than defend our territory rather than go to war; If Democracy is progressive it must be admitted that federalism, alias modern whiggery, is stationary at least, if not retrogading. Democracy, " a government in which tlie sovereign power is lodged in the people." Progressive, advancing. Yes, let it advance, till equal rights and equal laws, and man's capacity for self-government shall obtain throughout the earth. II. Hon. II. Gc Hnzclrigg. Mr. Hazelrigg is a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives. Some of Mr. H's friends are very anxious to convince the people that he has been so faithful to their interests that he deserves to be again honored with a seat in the Legislature. I antat a loss to know what measures he has supported that should entitle him to any higher place in the public estimation than many of his fellow members that have worked mare and talked less. In looking over tlie Journal of the House, of the last session, I observe that on the passage of "a bill to amend an act to provide for the continuance and construction of any part of the public works," &c., the name of Mr. Hazelrigg is recorded in the negative. (See House Journal, p. 49G.) This bill, which is now the law of the land, amended the charter of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, and authorized its lettings, &.c. &c. The law has been published in the Sentinel and Journal a?d is well known to many of the people. It requires no syllogistical reasoning to prove that the completion of this railroad would do more to create & home market for the people of Boone county, than all the protective tariffs our government ever imposed; and yet vve are called upon to elect the very man that opposed this measure, and thus to endorse his antirailroad. vitws, in obedience to tlie dictates of a few manufacturers of public opinion. D. Perry township, Boone County. .-N. B. I observe by referring to the Journal that Mr. Conner, the present Whig candidate for the Senate did not vote on tlie passage of the railroad bilL Perhaps it was not worthy of his notice. D. Another Warning. Last week in Boston, a boy, named Charles H. Flint, about eight years old, ws playing in a room with his mother and a young man natacd Brewer ; he took up a pistol which was laid in a table drawer and snapped it without discharging it, at his. mother and Mr. Brewer. Neither of them supposed that it was loaded, ahd Mr. B. took it out of his hand and snapped it quickly, when it went off, lodging the contents in the temple of the lad, splitting the ball pn the bone. Medical aid was immediately obtained, and one half of the ball extracted, but the Other remained in the head until the 27th ult., when he died, having lingered several days in the most excru ciating agony. Tue Mokmon Mukdefs. The prosecution of the parties charged with the murder of Hiram Smith, the brother of the prophet, has been abandoned. Th d. fendants presented themselves in Court at the appointed time, but neither of the district attorney nor the special" prosecutor assigned for this trial appeared, and the Judge ordered the defendants to be discharged. li.li Smith, brother of Jo and Hyrum. ( murdered. has succeeded to the oflice of Patriarch of the Mormons, and is so acknowledge by the Nauvoo Neighbor. Bill is tlie lat ef the familv. af ' Got. Yell arrived in . Van Uurt-n., Ark., on tha 17th inat., from his tiip to Texaa sod through tha gute. , Hj informs tha editor of the Intelligencer Lbat a cor Jon, of. fort will be thrown from Fort Waabila to th Riy Grants,. Fort Was-hita to remain, a fort to be established" on tha' head watera of tbe Trinity or Colorado, and one to be located on the Rio Grande. Ban Antonio will be the place of head quarters. A clock prtsented by Oliver Cromwell to hisdatirrh t?r on her marriage, is now in possession of a genUenTan in Cincinnati."'