Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1845 — Page 2

Snftianq Btatc fontincL HXrjiLY EDITION.

rrrKKAL vicilauce i the nice er iibf-xtY. IM)lAAroIJS JII.V til, IS 15. 07" We copy the following letter of Rev. Mr. Eeecber to the Cincinnati Herald, together with the editorial remarks or that paper, as matter of interest to this community. Front the Cincinnati Herald. The Outrage in liMliauupolfe. "We publish in another columti a long account by Rev. lt. W. Ueecher, of the late dreadful outrage in Indianapolis. Our recent notice was founded Un a letter from a gentlemin ui ludiauiupli to a friend ia thi city. Tlie letter was brought to us, with a request to give publicity in some way to its contents.We knew the writer, and believed him to be a man of truth ; and we made no statement in our article which' was not found in his letter. It seems from Mr. Ueecher's representation, which has intrinsic evidence of truthfulness, to say nothing of the hijjh character of the author, that the gentleman from whose letter we quoted, was mistaken in several point j, the two most material of which respect the conduct of the citizens of Indianapolis, and the conduct of Mr; Beecher. This gentleman appears to have acted with strict propriety, and we must express our regret that any statement should have appeared in our columns calculated to dj him injury. We take pleasure in giving a prompt iuscrtion to his communication; as the best reparation we can render him. For the Horning Herald. Itcv. II Wm IScccIicr- !lie Indianapolis 3'urdcr. Indianapolis, July, 1S-15. Du. Bailet I received last night the Herald and also tlie Gazette of July 14 ; bo'.h of which contained an account of the "Indianapolis murder," seemingly derived from a common authority, and both coupling my name with the transaction, as endeavuring, after tlie deed, to prevent its publication or, in your language, "to prevent Vie exposure of an act of infernal atrocity," and the Gazette says, having mentioned the same rumor, "The cord of an indignant public opinion should be drawn tight around the blackhearted villarfy which takes the life of the unoffending, or ike cmcard scoiuidrelism that would seek to conceal or defend that ti'lany in I am quite flattered at this language and at the credulous facility with which you have bclievtd a monstrous charge against me, from Lavinglieard only one side. You will, I trust, pard'ii the length of this letter, as mich a tissue of untruths caiiet be answered in a line or a paragraph. On tlie afternoon of the 4th of July, about 4 o'clock, a negro, very generally respected as a peaceable, industrious, worthy man, was rudely assailed by one Nick Wood, who was under the influence of liquor. The negro easily thrust him oIF, and went towards the Mayor's office, it is said, to make complaint. "Wood procuring a club, followed and overtook bim, nd a second squabble beun to which a crowd ran. The negro defended himself, knocking down Ed. Daria, who had assailed him with brickbats. All sorts of cries arose ; some, "kill him kill him ; and others, "let him alone, he's a peaceable negro." Many urged him to retreat or he would be hurt. This he began to do, bravely defending himself. At this time a man named Uallengcr met him from the other direction, and with a large c!ub felled hint, with, probably; a fatal blow; and Wood coming up, repeated Ecveral times the blows after he was dosvri. Tlie whole burst out suddenly, and not more than two minutes time intervened from the second attack to hi death. This account is bad enough, and your disingenous informant might have spared himself the trouble of falsification. I. You say "No effort was made to stay the mob, though at any moment there was enough of good so eiety to arrest the violence," and just before you eay, 'tbc poor fell av was murdered by a .gang of drunken ruffians, in the presence of two hundred people The irspre-wion made is, that an aud.ence of good citizens stood by, passive sjnx'tators of a murder. As near as I can collect the facts, the fight was at first scattering, and the mayor attempted to quell the rioters, as did several citizens, and others took the negro by the arm to urge him oif the ground. But when Pallenger assailed him, there seems to have been a rush of infuriated men, who surrounded the negro1, and killed hira almost instantaneously. There were less than one hundred people present at his downfall. A part were his assailants, a few endeavored to stop the tumult ; but tlie most part surprised at th i suddenness and rapidity of the thing, stood irresolute or timid, Laving no courageous man among them to cave the victim. II. You Bay : "In about two hours one of the murderers was seized another remained in town 21 hours af:er the deed, when, a warrant being issued, he slipped off." Now for the facts. In less than one hour Wood had been seized, examined before the Mayor,- sent, and safely conveyed to jail; Davis was 0 badly injured as to be conveyed to his house, and gave bail in $2,000 for his appearance at Court. In about one hour and a half a. warrant was out for Ballengcr, who bad already secreted himself. Instead of 24 hours the whole matter Vas issued in less than two ! The Mayor learned of liallenger's participation only after the commitment of Wood ; and then promptly issued a warrant for him. If one reflects, that a moral village, unaccustomed to Such scenes, is not usually furnished with a very energetic police, that on this day all the constables were scattered and had to be hunted up, the conduct of the Mayor must be regarded as prompt. The grocery gang would have resisted and fought any one who had attempted to make arrests, unless he wa the legal officer with a proper warrant. III. As to the attack upon Mr. De Fuy it was cowardly and subjected the assailant to the contempt of all good citizens, and excited for Mr. De Tuy more expressions of sympathy than we ever heard for him before. The mob did not attack bis house ; some half dozen j onrrg fellows, either to injure or alarm hira, went to his former residence and enquired for hira. The fact is not yet, 1 believe, generally known in town, as it must have been had there been a mob. IV. During all this time, it is stated, the good people of the city indulged in the taost inflammatory language' I came on the street very 6oon after the incarceration of Wood, visited the corpse, walked about among the crowd, heard on every side tlie conversation, and with the wish to ascertain the puhlic feeling ) and I never saw a community more mortified and indignant at an outrage than were the sober citizens of this.- Some violent haters of the blacks, tiro refuse of the groceries, and a very few hairbrained young fellows indulged in inflammatory language. But it was" my judgment, and that of others better capable or forming an opinion, that the mass of the community felt as they ought to do, or as a gentleman expressed it to me " I found tlie people feeling right they were sound." I therefore pronounce this statement false. V. You say, ' on the following Saturday, however, becoming ashamed of themselves, or recollecting, probably, tlie use which might be made of the outrage. and their conduct, against themselves, they raised a subscription and hired two lawyers." Would not one suppose by the term on the following Saturday" that a very culpably long period of time was allowed to slip away ! The murder happened on Friday evening, and the next morning, was that " following Saturday !' But even here your informant, as usual. is false, for the sun did not go down on the murder until the two ablest counsel our place could afford were engaged to prosecute the case. The next moraine before severr o'clock-, the same influential erentlemen were astir again who had employed counsel the night previous ; a consultation meeting was bald in Alfred Harrison 'a store; he, and Calvin-Fletcher, Esq., Jen no prtKientiai measures unarrajrned: pecuniary means were promptly raised ; an examination of tlie corpse by physicians and in the presence of legal counsel was made and K regular innuest returned. I only need to mention the names of O. II. Smith, late IT t C . 1 T 1 T . . . j. o. ocuiurua juujjo jaiuea uiornson, ITesident of the State Bank of Indiana, to satisfy you that the State could aflbrd no better connsel for the Drosecution. The falsification, under this fifth head, is so flagrant that one can hardly refrain from supposing it to have been intentional. VI. Of course, if my name were - mentioned by your informant, it would be with misrepresentations. A dentation, consisting of tho Hey. Henry JJeechcr and a lawyer, waited on De Toy, to advise him to say nothing about the murder ! ! f" (I quote the punctuation as i stands in your paper) and the nature of that advice, a represented to you by your informant, may

be learned from. wfytt you eay next. " This is so strange; fö mortifying, so gros an offence against

justice-a minister vT Jesus Cnri;t', a proft Slaverv man. too. interposing if-c italics are mine) toprexenl the exposure di an act 01 Anjerr.at atrocity, and the denunciation of conduct on the part of .Respectable citizens, utterly disgraceful that we could not believe if, were it not Jor the character of our informant . , The Gazette is yet more emphatic in its denunciation of this coward-scouridrciism that would seek to defend or conceal villainy." I am indeed surprised that you should have f.ung this representation of a mendacious informant into the channels of news with so little reserve, and without a question of its truth ; nay, with a statement that you did believe it. It is intrinsically impossible. No man that ever knew me, could be made to believe any such tiling. . What, then, were the ftets 1 On the ' following Saturday morning," Mr. Fletcher, (to whose judicious counsel and prompt action, w e arc indebted very much for the steps taken to aecüre-juä'lce, and who gave himself no rest until every thing had L-ccn done that ought to be done) learning the difpoMtion of those who sympathized with the murder, to cover the true issue, : and mislead tlie public mind, advised with several Abolitionists, urging them to remain quiet. While doing this, he learned that De Puy was about to issue an Extra, setting forth the whole affair, and his own personal mal-treatment. Under existing circumstances, the Court setting in about two weeks, and the whole affair having been put in a legal train, such an Extra, it was feared, would make a question between Abolitionists and their adversaries, or between the blacks and the whites, whereas the simple fact to go before a jury was; that a MAN had been murdered. . Dr. Ackley, (not stispecte'il here of being too cool in the cause of Abolition) a personal and political friend of De Fuy, an ardent co-laborer, urged Mr. . , . . . f . Fletcher t'J miike that visit, which has called down upon him and upon ire, such ill-deserved reproach. The Doctor went nearly a mile out of town to find De Fuy came intojthe printing office while we were waiting for him, and expressed a concurrence in our views of the course to bo pursued. Not being in, Mr. Fletcher and myself saw Mr. De Puy separately. Mr. F. informed him of the steps Ukn, the employment of able counsel, the general feeling of indignation at the deed, of the sympathy expressed for him under the cowardly assault of tlie councilman. He told him that the Court would set in a few days ; that to his personal knowledge, every thing had been done that could be donp to tecufe justice. When I visited De Buy, I told him that if he mentioned the event, I should advise him to state simply tlie facta: and without makinrr artv comments at r re sent. He expressed a desire to give a history of tlie causes which led to the catastrophe, and to his own ill usage. I said I should be glad to see stich an account from" his pen, but hoped thut he would defer it until afler the trial, as I feared that it might raise unnecessary prejudices by which the guilty might be able to escape justice. I also confirmed the statement of Jlr. Fletcher. This is not all : Mr. Fletcher went to various persons to urge them to sec that De Tuy was not permitted to he injured ; and lieing obliged to leave trwn on Monday, he wrote to an influential gentleman, asking him to" see the editors of the papers in town, and to request them to assert for De Buy his conimou rights of citizenship. It ia this visit, most warmly urged by the personal friend of De Buy ; made, in part, for his personal good ; and to prevent any course which designing men could pervert to the thwarting of justice, that has led you on the authority of an anonymous informant, to denounce the Kev. Henry Beecher and a lawyer," as conspiring " to piievent the exposure of an act of inferiial atrocity." 1 have taken pains to state only such facts'as seemed undoubted in relation to the scuffle, and. tlie murder, and though in some immaterial point, I may have beert misinformed, I, hold myself responsible for the cdrtectrefs of tlie foregoing narrative. You will now be able to put a just estimate upon the "character of your informant," and you will naturally experience indignation at having been made unwittingly to do such injustice to innocent persons, and to a whole community by reason of the gross inaccuracies and falsehoods of your correspondent. In view of all the facts, I feel myself entitled, to know the name of your informant, and I request that you will let it be published. As the Gazette has made similar misstatements in reopect to my course, I will thank the gentlemen who , conduct it to republish this letter. I am respectfully yours, II. W. BEECHER. Caution ! The Whigs, in Perry township, on ah examination r l . - 1 j- . . - j of the election law. finninnr that tliev cannot dnrive tne naturalized citizens on ttie Kaiiroad or tneir votes, it is understood that a plan will be put in prac tice to defeat some of the Democrats by spurious tick ets, containing only a part of the Democratic candidates. The following is the full Democratic ticket in this county, to wit : For Corigressi Fifth District WILLIAM W. WICK. For Representatives, gR. g; For County Auditor, NATHANIEL BOLTON; For Assessor, AIIIRA WELLS. I For County Commissioner i JOHN McFALL. f7Dr. Cotton is the Whig candidate fur re-election to the Senate from the district of Warrick, Spencer, and Terry. He professes to be opposed to the reception of the 800,000 acres of land granted by Congress to this State, for the benefit of the Wabash arid Erie canal ; and urges his own re-election as one means of defeating tlie grant. He imagines that tlie peonle of his district will be so strongly infected by local interest and prejudice, as to he led tö vo!e in Iiis favör and against the general interest of tlie whole State. Not a word more is necessary to show transparently the true character of the man. Every body will admit that the State will be much better without his doctoring than with it. The Charge of Swindling. reepaugh, who was charged by II. S. Carow, of obtaining money under false pretences, was released ori Friday last, Carow having obtained the money he cfaimeT, and left the city. Peepaugh remained here until Sunday night arid still declared, as he had done at first, that the Charge of Carow was untrue. There is one circumstance not very favorable to Carow. On his journey hither, he called his name Simpson ; at the Palmer House, he registered ii as F. Simons ; but when addressed afterwards rrr this way, said it was Simpson. Irf his affidavit he subscfrbed himself as Henry Simpson Carow. It is a hard case altogether. A kind of a sort of a game of heads I win, tails you lose." Our opinion is a very indefinite one, about this time, as to the comparative honesty of tlie parties. OtrWe understand that indictments have been found against Wm. Watson, David Buckhart, and other individuals, whose naffies wo could not learn, for participating in the affray on the 4th inst as charged. Buckhart being somewhat obstreperous in court, he was committed till he gets sober. A Chance for C'asli. Any pfersorr who has a snug farm within eight miles of this' city, and- willing to sell the same for a reasonable price for Cash iir" harnl, can hear of a person desirous of purchasing by applying to the editors of this paper. Commendable. The editor of the Vinc'erinea Gazette has heard" of two " whig gitls," who have each of them made a quilt! We rather expect that by copying after Democratic girhj generally, these young ladies desired Democratic husbands. We hope they will get them ; for none but the brave deserve the fair." Yidt whigs on " war !" whir Mexico'! 07" Every voter must vote in his own? Township.

Tlie Great Fire in Kew Yorlt. The crowded slate of uur coiumns forbids us giving more than a mere outline of the terrible conflagration which occurred in New York, c'n Saturday, L'e 19th of July'. The fire commenced in a packing box maker's shop on New street. Just as tlie flames were being partially subdued, three tremendous explosions occurred in an adjoining warehouse, which blew up several buildings, destroyed several lives, and forced the flames in every direction. The fire then raged through Broad St., New 6t, Broadway, Whitehall, Beaver, Marketfield, Stone and South William sts.,

and Exchange Place, destroying, on tlie streets, 2G3 buildings, and including back buildings, 310, as estimated by the reporters. The total loss is estimated at five to äix millions of dollars. Fr -ni the report of the Chief Engineer, it would seem that a large quantity of powder was the cause of the explosion. The owners of the store deny it, as of course they would ; for any one who would violate the law, thereby endangering the lives of the community, merely for the sake of gain, would do nothing else. The store in question also contained a large amount of salt-petre. The number of those known to be killed is five, though it is rumored that at least twenty-five are missing. We give below a hasty sketch, made in a hurry, and for a copy of which we are indebted to the Boston Times: . TTft rsJ ' T - 'y U A is Uowliug Green. " " B stands for Battery. C fjr Castle Garden. Efor Merchants' Exchange'. 0 is where the fire broke out on New street, next East, and ronning parallel with Broadway. It will be understood that the fire was in the lower part of the city, commencing a little below Wall street and that the burnt district is represented on the inap as sketched n lines. Though roughly delineated, all necessary information may be derived from the hasty sketch which we have given of the main ftaturcs of the lower part of the city North and East rivers, and tho names of the principal 6trects. The Penitentiary. From a letter written by Charles II. Test, Esq., and published in the Newcastle Courier, giving an account of a recent visit of the writer to the Penitentiary of the State, at Jefferson villc, we niaka the following extract. The subject should attract the special attention of the next Legislature. "More than half the prisoners were out under the guard of armed men, at work upon the new prison. The Penitentiary now being erected is a vast improvement upon the old. In fact the one at present occupied is a disgrace to the State. The enclosure ia a contracted one, the cells small, and wit'iout air. I do not know how its inmates can exist, confined as they are during the night within their close and airless dens. It is absolute inhumanity. ' The new prison encloses an area of some four or five acres of ground the prison houses far more spacious, and the colls much larcr and more ail7- It3 construction is tstiljiiiuru iu trust auoui one uuiiureu miu niiy uiuiioaua . 11 dollars. j --.dui. uur wnoie i enneniiary Eysiem is wrong, u i is farmed out to those who will give most for thö la ; bor of the convicts. Of course it is the interest of !)... .J Tl- ! t. ; T t,ie purchaser to keep the inmates at work whether sick or well. Nor does the system ensure to the con vict even comfortable clothing. Truth compels me to say that at this time no good understanding exists between the keeper and the clerk of tlie establishment. The clerk is also the physician of the prison. The latter declares that certain convicts are not sufficiently clad, and are without shoes, in consequence of which they have become sick and unable to labor. The keeper ori the contrary contends that the doctor is too credulous to the complaints of tlie prisoners, tnd suffers himself to be imposed upon; 1 will not pretend to decide who is in the right ; .but such difficulties furnish conclusive evidence that the system in itself is wrong. Confinement in a well conducted State prison is the proper mode tf punishment to the guilty, who by their crimes have rendered themselves unfitted f r society ; but humanity dictates that a system should not be adopted calculated, to murder them by inches ; nor at the ßame time preclude all hope of a reformation in the party punished." To Irishmen. The Boston Repeal Association, recently addressed a circular to the friends of the emancipation of Ireland, in this country. The Pilot promisee, that New England will shortly ring again with io-pTans for New Ireland, and alludes to the oppressions of English tyranny in the following energetic and eloquent lan;uaire : Let our voice each the hearts of our countrymen in city and field ; let the vows delivered at the Rotunda on the SOlh of May be the spells to animate us td exertion. Five hundred chief men of Ireland the flower of the nation vowed on that day that their country should be free. We are part of those men. We acknowledge and support their views and their acts with our money and our lives. Wre are part of those who assembled on that memorable day; We feel their woes we endure tlie insults flung upon them ; when the green flag is torn down from the Irish mast in Cork harbor, it sharpens our resolve to haul down the union jack. . A day may coiik; and soon may it be when we shall have an opportunity of avenging this insult. When, in the language of the Nation : MThc jealout English Tyrant now hat hannM the Iri.h Grrrn, And 1i forced to eniiefal il like (oim-thing foul and mean ; But w, by lleavt-ni I Ijc'll ooiier mie hi victim front the dead, 'than lurcrour fit-iiU to te iheOmn and ioltuw tu the KeU. Sure for thit lord F.-Uard died, and Wolf Tune unk to-rr tw it' raupe I dry euM nol btar tt Irave ine Rrtt above the Green ; And 'Iwan fur tlu that Onen lought, and Sarsrield nobl bird, Hi taiue their re were hut taire the Gft-eu above the Hd.w And we feci our eye's burning, and our hearts sickening to hear how the flag of our country is torn down by the puppy middies of the pirate nation'. Let that last outrage in Cork harbor go forth epön the wings of the press to the Irishmen in exile throughout the world. Let them who fight abroad to keep the (lag of this pirate aristocracy afloat, remember that the dear flag of their own dear country is pulled down and thrown scornfully and contemptuously into the wave. Let them treasure this wrong with the thousand others that are there before and let them watch and wait for the hour of vengeance." Vermont. The Democrats of Vermont have nominated Daniel Kellogg for Governor, Wyllys Lyman for Lieut. Governor, and Daniel Baldwin for Treasurer. The Birneyites have nominated William R. Shafler lor Governor andAaroii Angicr for Lieut. Governor. i lie 6iorie3 wmcn have oecn m circulation against fcecreary Y alker, representing him as having acted unfairly m the matter of appointing a Senator to take his place in the United States Senate, last" winter, have been proved to be without foundation.' J

Kcw Hooks. ! Turner has just received, direct from the Harpers, tlie following among other new books : Nos. 29, 30 and 31, of the Illuminated Bible, and No. 57 & 0-3 of the Illuminated edition of Shakspearc. Tarts 8 and 9 of Copland's Medical Dictionary,

containing elaborate treatises on various forms of fe ver, diseases of the eye, fainting, feigning disease, fibrous tissue, flatulency, fa-tus, fungoid diseases, fu-j runcular diseases, &,c. .. ; Nos. 4, 5; and 6, of the Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, remaining a multitude of thing useful to all scrts 'of people: , "Th Wandering Jw1 Nos. 12 and 13. "A Pilgrimage to Trews, through the Valley of the Meuse and the Forest of Ardennes, in the year 114." Among many other incidents related in this book, is a sketch of the history of the Holy Coat of Treves, which is affirmed by Catholic devotees to be tlie identical coat without seam, worn by Jesus Christ. Circumstances connected with this relic hare created a tremendous sensation in Germany, not tlie least of which is the denunciation of it by John Ronge, a catholic priest, as an imposture. In concluding his sketch of its history, the author of this book observes, that 4,ia tpite of all invalidating circumstances, the least credulous cf the thoasands here assembled insist ' that its genuineness" is fitill possible, arid the slightest possibility of this kind is sufficient to make it an in teresting object, which it is impossible to view with out some emotion." The relic has been preserved in the cathedral of Treves for several hundred years, and has only been occasionally exhibited. These exhibitions attracted immense crowds of pilgrims. At the exposition, in 1310, which lasted 19 days, the number of strangers who visited Treves was y7,000, and the sight and touch of the e'acred relic was said to have wrought miraculous cures. The exposition of the same relic in 13 H, the only one since 1810, attracted a still greater number, amounting, from the 17th August to the 6 Ji of October, to upwards of 450, 000 persons ! "John Ronge, the Holy Coat of Treves, and the New German Catholic Church." This is a bold book, by an ex-cathblic priest, on the BUbject alluded to in the preceding notice. The preface says--" The object aimed at throughout this publication has been tlie sim pie statement of what has taken placcj with a view td general information on this most interesting move ment." The detail being brought down to the latest period. Notes, explanatory and practical, on the Epistles of Pailltothe Thessalonlans, to Timothy, to Titus,' and to Vhi-'emon. By Albert Barnes : A valuable book to critical readers of the New Testament. The Seeress of Prevosf, being revelations concern ing the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit. Communicat ed by Justinus Kerner, chief physician of Weinsbcrg Translated from the German. In this book are de tailed most wonderful facts connected with prophetic dreams, second-sight, ghost-seeing, and animal mag nctism. t Westward llo! A novel, by James K. Paulding! Pocket edition, without abridzement. 2 vols Trice 25 cts. The Smuggler: A Tale by G. T. R. James. Cheap edition. Self. By the tüthorof "Cecil." Cheap edition. Common Law. As 6ome of our readers do not, or may not, fully understand what is meant by tlie term Common Law, we will endeavor to explain it to them In Webster's dictionary it is defined thus, 44 Common Ijaic in Great Britain ana the United Slates; the un written law, the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, in distinction from the written or statute law." Curnuion law, then, is just no law at all ; but mere ly 'immemorial usage, and in order to ascertain what that usage is, the Courts have to go back and examine the decisions of other Courts, and when they can string enough to gethcT to' make out a common or immemorial usage, they call it Common Law ! Law (says Dr. Chatfield) English see Hocus Tocus, and Chicanery. The following character, or rather sentence of condemnation, was pronounced upo it by one well acquainted with his subject the lectuier over the remains of the late Jeremy Bentham. In answer to the question, what is this boasted English law, which, as we have been told for ages, renders us the envy and admiration of surrounding nations, he replies, The substantive part of it, whether written in books or expounded by judges, a chaos, fathomless and boundless ; the huge and monstrous mass being made up of fiction, tautology, technicality, circuity, irregularity, arid inconsistency ; tlie administrative part of it, a system of exquisitely contrived chicanery ; a ßystem which constantly places the interest of the judicial minister in opposition to Ris duty ; so that in the very proportion in which it serves his ends, it defeats the end cf justice. A Judicial Scene in Vikgixu.. On loDkinr over some old Magazines lately, we came across the fol lowing capital description or a curious scene in a Court Boom in .Virginia, during the last war with Great Britain. It was during the last war, when the vessels of Admiral Gordon were miking their way up the Poto mac to Alexandria, that a negro woman was arraigned for killing one of her own7 sex arid color ; he had been committed for murder, but the evidence went clearly to establish tlie deed to be manslaughter, inasmuch as it was done in sudden heat, and without malice aforethought. The Attorney for the Common wealth waived the prosecution for murder, hut quoted British authorities to show that she might be convicted of manslaughter, though committed for murder. The counsel for the accused arose, and in the most solemn manner, asked the court if it was a thing ever heard ofj that an individual accused of one crime, and acquitted, should be arraigned immediately for another, undfr the same prosecution 1 At intervalsboom boom boom went the British cannon., "British. authorities !" exclaimed the counsel, .ttBrilish aw thorities, gentlemen ! ! Is there any one upon that bench so dead to the feelings of patriotism as at such moment to listen to British authorities, when the British cannon is shaking the .very walls of your court house to their foundation i " .This appeal was too cogent to be raised. Up jumped one cne of the.Justices, and protested that it was not to be borne ; let the prisoner go ; away with your British authorities ! The counsel for the accused rub bed bis hands, and winked at the attorney : the at torney stood aghast ; his astonishment was too great for utterance, and tlie negro was half wray home be töre he recovered; irom bis amazement." Reducing Wage. The Lowell, Mass. Advertiser says : "That the wages of many of the operatives in one of the largest woollen corporations in that place, have been reduced one-fourth. The same company is about building new mills for the purpose of extending its operations, while at the same time its managers are reducing the wages of their laborers below any lorraer precedent, ine hard laboring community Will soon iiilJy understand that tat dividends to stock holders afford no surety to just and liberal wages. This is a progressive system. . As agriculture in N. England decays, and the "populace" become more dependent upon factory wages, their earnings will be reduced until their productions will indeed be tlie re sult of pauper labor. We AYe rfbmewiat surprised,- ears the tlarlford (Conn.) Courant, to find that there are more Pest Ollices within thirty miles of Hartford than any other larjre city in the Union.' The number is 113 ! With in thirty railes of Boston, there are lB-and within that distance of New York, 82. A mistake : Philadelphia has 156 pdst offices with in the circuit of thirty miles and perhaps has a larger population included, than any other similar area in t L a I Tnirin The Morris Canal. The Morrid canal enlarge ment has been comnleted. and barea of the UVo-pr pize passed through' its entire length on Salorday week.

Dlcxico Tlie following is the Proclamation of the Mexican President to which we hare before alluded. Jose Joaquin de Herrera General of Division an! President ad interim of the Mexican Republic, to the citizens thereof. ..Be it known: That the General Congress Las decreed, and the Executive sanctioned, the following: The National Congress of the Mexican Republic

considering ... That tlie Conjrress of the United States of the North has, by a decree, which its Executive has sactioncd, resolved to incorporate the Territory of Texas with the American Union : That this rhanncr of appropriating to itself territo ries upon which other nations have rights, introduces monstrous novcltv. ennan"erinjr the peace ot tlie world, and violating the eovereignty of nations That this usurpation, now consummated to the pre judice of Mexico, has been in insidious preparation tor a long time ; at tlie same time that the most cordial friendship was proclaimed, and that, on the part of this Republic, the existing treaties between it and tlio-se States were respected scrupulously and legally ; lhatthe said annexation of lexas to the Lnitcd States tramples on the conservative principles of society, attacks all the rights that Mexico Las to that territory, is an insult to her dignity as a sovereign nation, and threatens her independence and political existence ; . That the law of the United States, in reference to the annexation of Texas to the United States, does in nowise destroy tlie rights that Mexico has, and will enforce upon that department ; That the United btates having trampled on tlie prin ciples which served as a basis to the treaties of friend ship, commerce, and navigation, and more especially to those of boundaries fixed with precision, even pre vious to 1832, they are considered as violated by that nation : And, finally, that the unjust spoliation .of which they wish to make the Mexican nation the victim, gives her the clear right to Use all her resources and power to resist, io uie iasi moment, saia annexation ; IT IS UfcUUEKD: lstl The Mexican Nation calls upon all her children to the defence of her national independence, threatened by the usurpation of Texas, which is in tended to be realized by the decree of annexation passed by the Congress, and sanctioned by the Tresi dent of the United States of the North. 2d. in consequence, the Government will call to arms all the forces of tlie army, according to the au thority granted it by the existing laws : and, for the preservation of public order, for the support of her institutions, and, in case of necessity, to serve as a reserve to the army, the Government, according to the powers given it on the 9th of December, 1814, will raise the corps specified by said decree, under the name of "Defenders of the Indppendaice and of the Lavs." 3I1ÜUEL. AUTISTAM, President of the Deputies FRANCISCO CALDERN, i a. it.aiui'Uk ui uic kA.uavc Approved, arid ordered to be printed and published. JOSL JUAU.UL.N UL, HLKKLliA. A. D. Luis G. Cuevas. Talace of tha National Government; City of Mexico, June 4, 1345. The Mexican Navv. The Vera Cruz Siglo Diezy Nueve of tlie 9th ult., furnishes a list of tlie very for midable force composing the Mexican Navy at Vera Cruz. It is as follows : Stcaraer Güadaloupe, 773 tons ; two CS pounders amicships, four 1J pound carronades, and one mortar Steamer Montezuma, 1100 tous; one 68 pounder amidships, two 82 pounders for carronades, and one mortar. Brig Mcxicanö; one 12 pounder amidships, and fourteen 13 pound carronades. Brig Veracruzano Libre ; Orie 32 pounder amidships j six 13 pound carronades, and two 12 pound carronades. ' Brig Zempoalteca ; six 12 pound carronades. Schooner Aguila ; one 32 pounder amidships, and eight carronades. Schooner Libertad ; one 12 pounder amidships. Gafltopsail ßchoonef Morelos ; one 12 pounder amidships. Five gunboats, each carrying a 24 pounder amidships. After giving the above list, the Sigh Diez y Nueve thus expatiates on their condition : The greater part of these vessels, except the two steamers, and the three new gunboats, are in a very bad state, and require great repairs so as to make them last some time longer. All of them, without one exception, are in want of men, of rigging, and other indispensable necessaries to fit them Out for sea m order to do some service. . Anecdote of General Jackson. A Washington correspondent of the Boston Tost relates tlie following anecdote of Gen. Jackson : "In the winter of 1832, President Jackson conferred the mission to Russia upon a justly distinguished son of Pennsylvania. Before the newly appointed minister, however,' had departed on his mission, he deemed it due to the President to ask his counsel in reference to the selection of a secretary of legation. The President declined all interference, and remarked to the minister that the United States government would hold him responsible for the manner in which he discharged his duties, and that he would consequently be at liberty to choose his own secretary. The minister returned his respectful acknowledgment, but before taking a final leave, s night his especial advice in regard to a young gentleman then in the Bervice of tlie State department, and who was highly recommended by the (then) secretary. Gen. Jackson promptly said, 4I advise you, sir, not to take the man, he is not a good judge of preaching The minister seemt;d pUr.zlcd, and observed that tlie objection needed explanation. 4I am able to .give it,' paid the old hero, and he thus continued. 'On last Sabbath morning I attended divine service in the Methodist Episcopal Church in this city. There I listened to a soul-inspiring sermon by Professor Durbin, of Carlisle, one of the ablest pulpit orators in America. Seated in a pew near me, I observed this identical young man, apparently an attentive listener. On the ay following he came into this chamber on business, when I had tlie curiosit to ask his opinion of the sermon and the preacher, And what think you, sir, the young upstart, with consummate assurance, pronounced that sermon all froth, and Professor Durbin a humbug ! I took the liberty of saying to him my young' man you are a humbug yourself i and don't know it. And now, continued the venerable old man, his eye lighted up with intense animation, 'rest assured my dear sir, that a man who is not a better judge of preaching than that, is unfit to b6 your companion. .And besides,' he added, if he were the prodigy the secretary of State represents him to be, he would be less anxious to confer his services upon you he would rather be anxious to re tain them himself. .The President's advice was of course, followed by the ambassador, and the young man's subsequent career of vice and folly proved that the general's estimate of his character, albeit founded upon a common-place incident, was substantially correct." Englis'ii Pennt Postage Svstem. The Times of tlie 17th of last monthgives the following encouraging facts touching the Tenny Tostage System : The Post Oßce.Txom a return recently issued by order of Parliament, it appears that in the month ending 20th of June, 184D, 3,GG5,193 letters passed through the London General .Post Office, .imvtfrds and outwards ; in the month ending 19th of Julie,' 1941, the number was 5.342.GG9 ; in that ending 18th of June, 1312, it amounted to 5,333,950 ; in that ending 17th of June, 1;43, ta 5,9U7,531 ; in tlie month ending 15th of June, 1S44, to 0,202,339 ; and in tlie month ending on the 17th ult., to 6JGG,331. The estimated average for four weeks in 1839, from the London district po6t, was 1,021,360 ; whilst for the month ending oh the 17th ult., it amounted to 2,111,170. The net revenue of the post office of the united kingdom in the year ending 5th of January, 1839, amounted to 1,614,353.; in the year ending 5th of January,' 1844, to 523,714.",' and in the ycaf ending 5th of January, 1845, to'010,724. It fs hence manifest, that the revenue of the post clfiee department is gradually recovering from the discouragement given to it (for a time,) by the reduction of the charge to a penny per letter The lowest net revenue received since the adoption of tlie "penny system was that ! received in the year ending 5th of January, 1311,' (the first after the alteration,) when it was1 as low as 410,028.

SCPUEJIE COURT OF IDIAA. Cases Determined at the May Term, 1S43. RcprUi Jar tkt 7afiaa Sutt SemttmL Thirsdit, July 17, 1845. fVest v. Romsseau. In rror to the Green C. C. Opinion by SiLUVA" 1' 1- I" n euon of T. A. &- B. whir but a ingle act .of trpiM i complained ol, if th defendant plead son assault, and the plaioiiflT new asaif a, a!Uing that the trespass complained of is not tbe one justified iri the defendant's plea, but another and different trennaKS on which isaue if taken ; it will be uflicient to

maintain the issue on the part of the plaintiff if be prove the trespass set out in the new assignment. ' 2. But if in such action there be two counts in the declaration and the defendant, besides the general issue to the whole declaration, plead a justification to one of lb counts, and tlie plaintitf as to the special pjea, new as sign, it will then be necesMry lor Inm io prove two assaults besides that which he has waived, to avail himself of the trespass in the ccunt not justified. Judgment r$tersed. Doe d. Moore el z. r. .Qbemmthy. la error to the Kosh C. C. Opinion by Üiwn J. A deed of bargain and sale of real estate made by an infant ii a voidable, and not a void contract. Ivicli a deed mar be disaffirmed after the arrival of the grantor at full ape, by giving written notice to the grantee or person in possession, of the intention Io disaffirm it, and by commencing an action of ejectment for tbe prem ises to reclaimed. - A female infant residing in Pennsylvania executed a deed of bargnin end sale, there, for land lying in this State. She ufterwards married, but whether before or af ter her majority is not known, nor is it known where she and her husband resided since the conrejance. Held, that tlie lapse of five years after the wife's majority, without any attempt to disaHirm the conveyance, did not ander the circumstances stated preclude tha husband and wile from disattirming it. : , Brothers fnd sisters or the half blood inherited, under the law prevailing in lS3d, the estate of a deceased brother equally with brothers and sisters of the full blood. Before the commencement ot an action of ejectment, on disaffirming an infant's deed, the grantee or tenant in possession must have notice of the intention to disaffirm. In an action of ejectment fur an entire tract ot land any undivided portion of it maybe recovered. Judgment rtverstd. SitcRDit, Jnly 19. Bell et al. v. State Bank of Ind. In eiror to Tippecanoe C. C. Opinion by Diwir J. A signed, and B endorsed,' a printed form of a promissory note, payable ninety dajs after date at the Branch Bank at Lafayette ; there ' were blanks for the date, the name of the payee, and the sum to be paid ; in the margin was printed "credit the drawer," signed by B. In this shape the note was submitted by A to the Directors of the Branch Bank lor the purpose of renewing a note in Bank between the same, parties about to become due. A not being prepared la pay the usual curtailment, the directors refused to renew at ninety days, but were willing to renew at thiity days. Tbe clerk of the board and of the bank communicated the result to A, who directed the clerk to make the blank a thirty day note, which was accordingly done without the. knowledge or consent ot B. The blank for the date was filled up with .the day on whicu the Id note.wss due, and ninety days erased and thirty iosertel -in Sts place. Heldthat B was not liable on the note as finally perfected. The indorser lived in tho country about four or fiv miles from Lafayette, which was as near his residence as any other poet town ; the indorser used the post office at Lafayette, a notice of the non payment of the note directed to the indorser at Lalayette was put into the. post at that place. Held, that the notice was sufficient. Judgment reversed. . . , . . Bridges v. Floyd. Error to the Sullivan, Probate C. Judgment affirmed. Three per cent damages. Board of Trustees of t'incennes University . disk Embree. On motion. Opinion by Blackford J. If a bill of exceptions, tendered to the Judges of the Circuit Court to be sealed, appear on its face to be incomplete, for example, if a blank be left lor the insertion of certain papers; the judges are not bound to teal the bill. .Motion overruled. Wilcox v. -State. In error to the Tippecanoe C. C. Opinion by SuLLiviii J. Where an indictment alleged that the defendant by playing at cards, &e. had won from IL C. &. II. a certain article of value, and the proof was that the winning was by the defendant and 11. as partners from C and 11. who were also partners in the game. Held, that the proof did not sustain tbe charge laid in tbe indictment. Judgment reversed. 3IAKIO. CIUCl'IT COUIIT; Criminal Cases Reported for the Statt Sentinel. Mohdat, July 23, 1845. Slate vs. Benjamin Chapman. On the charge of being: engaged in an affray. Plea not guilty. ' It was proven that said Chapman had thre fight with one Prrjr Jobsson, and thai Johnson had struck Chapman, and the evidence went to show that the fights could not be considered as affrays, in the meaning of the Statute. The Court decided that the defendant was not guilty of being engaged in an affray. State vs. William Manley. On the charge of an assault and battery.. It was proven that the said Manlej, a black man, had committed an assaglt upon one Smock, a while man, at the African church in Ind'polis,on a certain even- ' iog. It was given in evidence to show the provocation, that said Manley's hat had been cut up, on the night referred to. Mr. Bradley, counsel of ihe defendant, wished to go back and prove that certain white people had been in the habit of going to said church and disturbing the congregation previous to the night refeired to. Air. Hammond, the Prosecutor, objected, and the Court decided that Ihey had no right to go back any further than the evening the assault was committed. The Court fined Manley five dollars and costs. Slate rs. Robert Lancaster. On the charge of committing an assault and battery upon sortie nnknown person. The Court decided that the defendant was not guilty. Tcesdav, July 29. Slate ts. Edwards. On the charge of passing counterfeit money. Continued till the next term on the account of the absence of a material witness. Slate vs. Benjamin Patterson, (a black man.) On the charge of committing an assault opon the person of Airs. Mary McCormick, a white lady. II. A. Hammond for the State, and V. Quarles for the defendant. The case was submitted to a jury which. aAer hearing the evidence, retired a short time and returned a verdict, finding the defendant guilty fining him $000 and six months imprisonment in the county jail. State ts. Wm. Hope. On the charge of grand larceny. The evidence showed that said Hope had stolen a box of lace from the store of Carleton & Brother, one night last week. Hooker and Davenport followed him, but the hopeil youth appeaed lo be little the fleetest racer ; however, as he turned the corner of the street he came io contact with a temperance meeting that had just adjourned, which intercepted him and prevented him from running to excess, and he was arrested. The Court sentenced him to two years' imprisonment, a disfranchisement for five years, and to pay a fine of one dollar. Memphis Convention. The Convention which assembled in Memphis, Tennessee, on the 4th instant, was composed of one hundred and fifty delegates from several of the "Western States, but as the attendance was partial, and as some of the most important States were not represented, no final action was had. Tbe Convention, therefore, adjourned over to tlie twelfth of November next. We learn from the Cincinnati Gazette that there was a full discussion of Western interests in tlie Convention. At first, (adds the Gazette,) it was indeed simply to act upun South Western interests. Uut a larger view was taken, and now it is desired to have the whole valley of tbe Ohio and Mississippi fully represented. Committees were appointed, therefore, to report on the following subjects, at the adjourned meeting in November. 1. On the Military and Naval resources of tlie Siississippi Valley, and its ability to create and sustain a Steam Military Marine 2. On the improvement of the Ohio river, and on the subject of a Free Canal at the Falls of Ohio. This Committee consists of J. Uigham and Jog iah King, of Pittsburg; Jas. Hall,. of Cincinnati ; Clias. M. Strader, of Louisville and Mr. Taxon, of Uew Albany. 3. On the improvement of tlie Mississippi river and its tributaries. 4. On a Western National Armory. 5. On a National Ship Canal, to connect the Mississippi with the Northern Lakes. C. On Mail Ttoutcs on tlie Western rivers. 7. On a Military Road through the public Lands in the South West, 8. On the reclaiming tlie submerged grounds along the margins of the Western rivers. 9. On the growth of Cotton. 10. On Manufacturing at the South. 11. On the completion of the Ilailroad from diarieston to Memphis. The prospects of agriculture are better than for some years past, owing chiefly to the modification of the Tariff of England.. Especially do our Euttcr and Cheese find a boundless market the're.'which undoubtedly imparts full half its present value to the latter article. Beef, pork, lard, in fact all the products of the boundless West,' are' favorably affected' frbAf t5le5 same cause.

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