Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1845 — Page 2

'HlOfctAttA fttstf . aK! 'Mr Morrison, fear to come out boldly tnd say sol

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TtaüL viciiusca I THt met ar liiutt. 1IIAAIM)L1S, ÄLCLST 31, 145. i'oliiicul Mysteries of Indianapolis.

CHAPTER II. "A. remind hurried shvjfiing of the cards by the 'cabal of political gamlUrs to whom we alluded in our proemial chapter, induces us to anticipate the regular detail of the baseness we intend t3 expose in full, so that the people can be put on their guard

gainst the tricks about to be played upon tbchi, and

look out for theirvcArfi as well as their principles. The BeviU it is written,, sometimes clothes himself in the garb of an angel of light, the more easily to en trip and secure his prey. It is seldom that stronger VvMencecf the fact has bwn presented, than is evinced in the following specious document, for a copy of which we tie indebted to a Whig friend. proposals For rubHsingt at Indianapolis, a Xeicspoper, Entitled, the HDIWA DI11IOCUAT: - Br A. F. Morrison and S. F. Covington. Many of tha citizens of this State are impressed with tha belief that another Democratic papar at Ibdianapoht, if properly conducted, would ba productive ol good Yeaulls, and promote tha strength and interests of the party, by increasing the meana of disseminating political mm4 other intelligence more generally among the people. In response to the urgent solicitations of flumtrous Iriendi, tSe atibmpt will now ba made, and tha patronage of the peoule ia respectfully desired. Whan it Is remembered that there is about ona hundred and forty thousand aduU freemnn. in Indiana, and rrtore than one half of them are already of the Democratic With; We think there Kay and should ba support sufficient to ttiitairt our prar, without trenching upon the patronage Wnicltshould.be extended to other. , Tha mora papera which are circulated among tha people'! the mure the people be enlightened, and when enlightened they are

always right, and cannot ba misled by demagogue, or made subservient to the sinister designs of cliques or managers. Tha number of Democratic paper at present in tha Stale, is too limited, and the subscription luts are too small to come into fair competition with their opponents. The Democrat, (a lavotite name with us) as lis title Imports, will sustain the principles of the Democratic party, aa given forth in the resolutions of tha National Convention at Baltimore, and as denned in tha Inaugural Address of President Polk. One of its gieat objects will

tie to promote unity and harmony in tha party, and to

place all Democrats upon a fair equality in all respects. Its lavorite object wilt bo the promotion of the welfare

rt the people, and the prosperity and succesa ol Democraue principles. Its preferences for men will be

governed by their qualifications, integrity, and known

devotion to tha country and its interests) and such as have shown themifelves worthy of tha Confidence of the people, it will not advocate wild speculations in politics ; li wilt encourage no jacobinical or agrarian feelings or sentiments. Its object will be the advancement of all

the great interests ol tha State in her political, financial,

and commercial connections, it win sustain tha majesty

Are they afraid to tell the tftilh to the people because they never hare to!d it before ! Now the Sentinel las done its duty faithfully, r it Khs n?t If it baa, it should be supported : if It Lai n&t, it should be openly ca'.lel 6 account, and hokzfr'aLiy jut down, or repudiated äs one of the organs of the party. The more papera are circulated among the people, the more will the people become enlightened, continues Morrison. That depends in somo degree as to what kind of papers thry vre. We have heard of and seen papers which failed to produce that effect, and tended rather to darken than to enlighten the minds of the people ; and we have often -thought how fortunate it was, that the People collectively had quite as much.

and a little more, sense, 'and a greater degree of

discrimination and eound judgment, than many self-

important, cunning and cute Editors rave them credit

for ! The old Democrat, under Morrison's manage

ment, no doubt, had a great deal of cuteness, but It

seemed to be rather unfortunate as to the "enlightening"

part. A Rip Van Winkle nap of five or six years may awake it to more vigorous and more successful

usefulness I

Something is said about demagogues, and subserv

iency to the sinister designs of cliques and managers. The coolness of this is almost equal to the promise of a confirmed Blackleg to giveAi aid and countenance to religion and morals !.! I Not Morrison himself will charge that are have ever degraded Ourselves, or betrayed the cause of the people in this manner. He knows tHat hii Own dissatisfactiouand that of his

coadjutors, towards us, grovvs out of the fact, that

we have hid tod much self-respect, if not too much integrity, to submit to the dictation of a few men in in this city, or to yield our support to them in aid of their purely selfish ends and aims. He knows equally

well, that the revived 'Democrat," under his editorial management, is to be the"org'ah cf a clique or junto

and nothing else. He knows right well'-hat he alone, of his owu accord; and ia the present stale of the

money market, would not undertake the task of putting down the State Sentinel : but he knows also, and this

was too strctng a temptation to resist that he will

bo well backed up for a year or two at least. Very

well : this is " a fair business transaction between him and his cabal, perhaps, w ith which we have no special right to interfere. Be it so. But it would be quite as well for the notorious instrument bf cliques

and managers not to be too free in speaking of the possible subjection of others to similar thraldom.

Morrison concludes his second paragraph by assert

ing that the dumber öf Democratic papers in the State

is now too limited, and their circulation too small. He is right in regard to the circulation, but wrong as"

to the humbef of papers'. There are twice as rriäny

SXarion Circuit Co art. I . MavzlrA.

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In the case of the State vs. Nichols Wood, one of I Dtes from Matamoraa to the 21st of July have

the parties indicted for the killing f John Tucker, Deen received at New Orleans. The inhabitants were

the testimony was similar Ko that introduced on the I talking of taking possession of Texas and the United

trial of E. Davis. .On Saturday evening last the Ju-1 States. TS troops cf Mitarhoraa are composed of

such material as FalstaQ". They count about six bun

dred discontented fellows, badly fed, and worse cloth

ed. Gen. Paredes, at San Luis Potosi, has an army

of five thousand troops in good

uniformed. They were on the

ry, after being out an hour or two, returned a Terdict of guilty, and sentenced Wood to three years imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Some surprise was felt in community at the rendition of such a verdict after the acquittal of Davis. There were two points very

unfavorable to Wobdj how ever, which were not re- Gen. Arista, who is in bad health

fleeted upoa, perhaps, sufficiently by people in gener- nj amj ua. ..bout throe thousand half starved sol

al. These were, the facts, that Y ood commenced the diert im Jam. They are mostly cavalry, ba.t their

a Bray, and followed it opto its conclusion, striking hor8es are represented as mere skeletons, not having or attempting to strike Tucker; after b'e bad" received had any other food than crass for some time, and that

the ratal blow. O. II; Smith. Esq., one ot the coun- being indifferent in the neighborhood. Arista can sei for the prosecution dwelt en these points with hardly obtain money enough from the Goyerproent to great force and effect. There were no such strong pUrCüase. provisions even for himself and officers, to

points against Davis, or, if there were, they were not iufch straits is he driven, while the poor soldiers are

To Iii citizens of the fifth Congrcssion-'

al District. - Jlr Friends : You have much anxiety on the subject of appropriations for our Cumberland road. In former times such appropriations' were made annually. But for tlie" several years last past they have been withheld. -You wonder what thS reason is. It has

: General Jackson. The Dublin .alion a liberal Irish papej. ona of whose editors resided in this country for several yeans thus speaks of the Western hero: " A working, upright, unaffected man was Andrew Jackson. He found his country beset with difficulties he 6cnt the foreigner howling from its borders and the rambler from its canitul. We honored mach Iiis

i

been said, in great folly, by some, that it tas beeu valor, his sagacity, and his imboasting patriotism

man and a true citizen ; nor can

I AH.!n A tt.. .AjeA9 v.ABAnal ttsil ititf 1 vtP vnis ' xm'A r.rrk era1 riim 9 1

.. unii iu liic i iiat (u lvti . mil buiibi ui A'v iiiii.au m ivui i n m'nui vm w

condition and well I. n i. c , v-t his uniform concern for Ireland be forgotten, while

march tu Monterey. , , . . , , . our struIcs fur reliffious and national liberty. is re-

. i still at Monte-. -i- "J - J r . "TV"" membcred. He was nJt an Irijhnian. ILougti the

v " a . a a v - a , a. sr r : i.i: i - - -

sd successfully urged upon the jury by the State Coun

sel. Strong as Mr. Smith's speech was, in the biain. there were some parts in which he father weakened

his cause. We rtfer to certain digressions, well

enough perhaps in their place, but in our estimation,

rather out of place in his argument. This is a mat

ter of taste, however, and if we are correct. Wood

and his friends, have less occasion than they might

otherwise think they had, to find -faulu with Mr.

Smith, for the tendency of the part we speak of,

would be td render the jury lenient to "Wood rather

than extremely severe.

We understand that petitions are in circulation;

I praying of the Executive pardon for Wood.

(5 Some complaiut has been made to us of the incorrectness, in point of fact, of the report of the evi

dence in the case of the State vs. Davis. A certain

portion was questioned in Court by the lawyers ; and

Mr. J. F. Ramsey says he is reported astestifiying to

facts to which he did not testify.

We can only say, that it was our anxious desire to

have a report as correct in every way as possible. For this reason we permitted burselves to be prevailed on

to accept the voluntarily proffered services of a gen-

tletdah In whose ability the lawyers had more confi

dence than they had in another reporter we had at first

intended to employ.

We cannot suppose, that the gentleman who made

the report had any sinister design of wilfully mis

representing, or ih giving a false coloring to facts

s testified. To suppose the contrary, would be equiv

alent to supposing him capable of perpetrating almost

any wickedness.

At any rate the result of the trial was satisfactory

to those most immediately concerned, and the whole

rridtter inay safely be permitted to rest as it is.

of the laws, the peace of society, and public order, already as are profitably supported. We advertise Keligion, Education, Morals, and Social Improvement, t(Jay ci6 oUegt and most efficient, for sale; and will receive its aid and countenance. It will follow the A v . ; ; . .,-.:, , , will of ths people instead or attempting to imperiously three quarters of the whole number coiild doubtless be direct it. Everv politician in the State shall have ita bought for less than the first cost of press and types.

It is not the number of papers that makes them profitable either to the publishers or the public ; as to both, the reverse is the fact. " The same or a less

amount of capital, and the same or a greater amount of talent and labor, could be more profitably invested

in hoff the number of papers nbV existing -more

good will and help,. whose principles and conduct are

rvruuted by a proiter regard to the will ol the Uemocracy

Political opponents will be treated with due courtesy, and

a mere difference on political questions will not be deemed a reason to treat them Itarshl or unfairly. Every man

Snd Institution will be treated and viewed in accordance

wlih their deserts. It will be under no influence whieh

can make it exercise improper partialities towards any

portion of the Democratic family in Indiana, or elsewhere. I e , , . . . , . . The nam. of GEN. LEW IS CASS, of Michis.n. Profitably to the pockets of the publishers and printers,

will be placed at the head of its columns as the mart and more profitably to the public, depending on whom it prefers for the next Presidency, and in due time tliera fot infofmatiörl. These are facta which every it will give its reasons for such preference. We shall .... . . a 4. v. . v u shsoera no other man in the nation, but on the contrary, enlightened and reflecting editor is taught by experi-

most unequivocally declare, that whoever stall receive ence if by nothing else. Besides, as the number is the nomination of a Democratic National Contention; roultiplled, while their circulation and means are ealksall SAaiiai svtfa ftM I I Sa ni I Ski I ft Wirt '

Agricultural, Mechanical, Literary, ahd Sciehiifie sub- comparatively circumscribed and reduced, to the same jects will be closely attended to. presented and discussed, extent are they shorn of all spirit of independence integrity, and brought by necessity under the

will be diligently given. Legislative report, reportJ of ctirftiptirlg and selfish influence of cliques and mana-

etsesin the Supreme Court, and in the United Slats gers, who, to attain their own ends, club together; :ii l r. . 1 1 J lo ' '

A. F. Morrison i. well known to the Demoeraev of contribute to their support, and prostitute their bflu

Indiana in connexion with the press, and submits to them I ence. McJrfh Hi well knows these facts: and his

a review of his former labors as au evidence of bis forth- knowledge bf theä itoffrcieütly explains way, before

Win 1 " f wisvsa S. F. Covington has several

publication ol a paper

obliged to pick up a scanty subsistence as best they

can. These are the individuals who intend to invade the United States and take the capital. The Ficay-

une eajs

Two anecdote have been told ut. which Bhow the

wretched condition of the Mexican treasury, and the

extreme poverty of the soldiers of the army. One of

the latter lately sold his only blanket to an American for half its value, the purchaser not wanting it, but giving him the money as he slated he was absolutely in want of the necessaries oF life. Another officer

asked a gentleman for the loan of ten dollars, and on

being questioned as to w hat security he could give,

offered his wife,. a .young and prettry woman of some sixteen years ! He had uotbing else to offer, and pos

itively told the gentleman elie might reteam with him until the debt was paid !"

The Ticayune of the 5th says that it was the day

before rumored that the Mexican consul, Senor Arrangoiij was to leave for Vera Cruz in a day or two,

and that Ids departure is to be the signal for the pas

sage ol a non-intercotltse vt; or law: Of the truth

of this we are not prepared to decide. Should Senor

A. be called home by the existing difficulties, we hope

that, on their friendly settlement, he may be sent back among us ; for we believe that, jn the duties of his statical, he has always given satisfaction.

OThe mammoth iron Steamship, Great Britain,

arrived at New York on the 10th inst. in fifteen days from LiverpooL She passed the Battery a little iLftcr 3 o'clock, firing a guH, which was responded to by

hearty cheers from the assembled thousands. Capt. Hoskins is all old and general favorite in New York; and his return iu so noble a vefiscl i heartily welcomed by all. He had 45 passengers.

The Great Britain brings no news of importance.

A Dialogue.

IVÄtcA actually occurred on the day of the reception

of President Polk's nomHdlionl at Indianapolis.

M. Well, what do you think of the nomination 1

C. Just think it could not be bettered under the

circumstances. .

M. And think it a dd foolish one ; and you

änd your brother have been dd foolish enough to

bring it about by the course you have pursued in ydur

paper.

C. And how can you help yourself! It is made; and every Democrat slrould sustain it, and it is bound

to succeed, whatever demagogues may do or say to the cnaractef.

New llooks. Turner has just received, direct from the Harpers,

another lot of new books, including the following !

The Illuminated Bible, Nos. 32, 33. an3 34. The Illustrated Shakspeare, Nos. 57, 53, 59, and 60. Those who have nb'l yet subscribed for these beau

tiful editions, should tail 'on Turner without delay

and do sd.

The Wandering Jew, No. 15. Part 10, of Copland's Dictionary of Practical Medi-

cine, contents: uaii-niaaoer ana uucis; gangrene; gastro-enteric disease ; glanders gout ; haemorrhage ;

haemorrhoids ; hair, alterations of ; headache hearing, loss of. Every article is of the most elaborate

contrary

M. Succeed ! Who in h 1 knows folk ! It will

beat us in Indiana 15000 votes.

After a little more conversation, the parties scpara

ted. At the eleventh' bouri when victory's shouts

Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy; comprising

such subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping. No's.' 7 and S. A very valuable book

to etefy bö3y; '

Etelina: a novel: being No. 12 of the Pocket

..v.- - . fc' ' iulition ot öciect isoveis. ine autnoresa ot ".cveiina, t s a.it ik.T itsl

pernapsi lor it is yei aououui. ..ixo sooner naa trie Misa BurneVt (stece Mdame D'Arblay,) says in her enemy surrenuered, and even while the groans of the preface ü)e worlj it9 attempted piaa i(,t t0 draw

vuvTf ivu'c avav uiiAa fiua-wtuuj t A.aäi.iia-3 nujf lAituio XQIB SUUJvCi Will IUI l sveral years been engaged In th hls ttempte resufrecÜoa of the old Democrat, he political mysteries, at Rising Sun, and refers to the has secured the pledges of a clique or junto to aid his times, places, and wi

public in that vicinity for a testimonial of his pretensions

- The Democrat will be printed on rood paper, on new

and elegant type, and contain as much reading matter as

ait paper in the West. It will be published once a week,

until the session or the Legislature, during which time it

will be semi-weekly, each subscriber paying for every

i numbers lor one year

Price $2 00 in advance, $2 50 at six months, or $3 at the end of the year. Advance payment is prelerred, and tha publishers reserve the right to discontinue at any time when pavments are rtot made iff advance.

Tfje p'nper will certainly be pdbh'ähed ui early aa tha first week in November, and sooner if possible.

tD"All papers sent M a post office within thirty miles

ol lndianaolis go tree ot postage (L7Those persons to whom this prospectus M especial!

directed, will receive the first number of the Demodai immediately after iu publication. IO"lersons with whom this prospectus ia left wi confers favor by informing the publishers as to the number

ol subscribers obtained by the lOih of October JsoiisiroLis, August 13, 1Ö45.

discomfited foe still reverberated through the land,

M. and his whole family were applicants for office !

This subject will form an interesting feature in the

when developed with names,

ltnesses.

purposes by their promises and pledges of large strms of money.

We have thus, as briefly as we could, noticed some

IT. 9. Senator.

We have heard the following names mentioned Iri

of the falte pretences of the two first paragraphs' only;, Connection with the ofl.ee of U. b. Senator, to be

of this invulnerable and cunnWlv contrived nrmimvf nV e,ccled nexl wimer " e ,n82n era ipn"!'

BV r 1

We have something to say of several others ; but for

fear we may trespass too much on the patience of our

readers, we defer further comments till our next

characters from nature, though not from life,' and to

mark the manners of the times. For this purpose, a

young female educated in the most secluded retire

ment makes, at the age of seventeen, her first appear

ance upon tho great and busy tage of life, with a

virtuous mind, a cultivated understanding, and a feeling heart ; her ignorance of the forms and inexperi

ence of the manners of the world occasion all the little incidents which the volumes record, and which form

Lt Gov. Bright, Robert Dale Owen, M. C, James ni"u progression oi ire me oi a young woman

Morrison. President of State Bank. W. J. Peaslee. OI onscure mrui, oax oi conspicuous oeauiy, tor Uie six

Another Offer.

THE STATE SEXTIAEL EOU $1,50!

All present subscribers who will forward us the

name of a new one, and three dollars in cash, shall

each bate the Sentinel sent them one year. Tbat is,

both the old fori! ew fubscribers shall have it accord

ing to direction one year; being $1,50 each

We hope that this preposition will be generally ae-

Now we bog the patience of every honest reader, ceded to, as it is only by a large increase that we tun

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wuiio we np me uvtucriuca.i m.au ranuag uisguise i aiiord to rate the paper so low. lt will takeout a

from this conglomeration of knavish hypocrisy ; as Tery little effort on the part of our friends to increase

cow ardly and sneaking as it is base ; not even having our list at least a thousand in a few weeks. tf.

the merit of courageous rascality.

Let the reader c&refulljr scan the pretended reasons. Travelling Age nil.

for this proposed revival of the old " Indiana Demo- We have appointed Edward S. Ttxeh and Eenja

erat a given in the two first paragraphs of this MIX iRCM, iaq's. ueneral I ravelling Agents lor the

nrosDectus. At th first blush, one would natufalVv State Sentinel. The latter for Illinois and northern

. j j uPDOse that the world was Tust set. in motion : thai Indiana more particularly. tf.

months after hr entrance into the vorU.

a .

Life in Dalccarlia : The Farsonage of Mora. It is

only necessary to mention the name of the authoress of

this book Frederika Bremerto secure for it the atten ticfn of those who have read any of the former produc

tions of this favorite writer. Cheap edition.

Frfcsident Judge 5th Circuit, Gov. Jas. Whitcomb;

and lion. Jos. A. Wriirht.

Would it not be well for the local press to give ex

pression on this Eubjcct, that the Democraric party

may act unitedly next winter f

It is proper" to add that we have no authority from

either individual to say tbat be will be a candidate,

and announce it only as every day rumor.

TbATfA;iftten.tP..nnwronfitituted.fgavs Patent PumP- Its properties are those of a fire

the Journal of Commerce.) comprisea 24 whics and engine, simplified, and can be placed in almost any.

26 democrats. There are four vacancies, viz : one if indeed it cannot be in all, situations, without danger

from Virginia, one from Mississippi, (both of which 0 freezing. They can be made upon af.y scale, and

are certain to Dcnuea wnn democrats, l one irom in- t. . .;flf.,j

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every thing was working all right ; and that all that

was necessary to keep it right, is to affix Alexander

Morrison as a sort of fy-uheel to the machinery, in

order to regulate it!. But if every thing is right already, as seems to be admitted, why is the new flyw heel, or if you like it better, the new' propeller , needed ! Would it not be as well for all hands to

let well enough alone V

Arid is riot every thing going ott about rFgbt tor the Democracy in the political worJd of this State ! Have we not just conte Cut of a contest with flying colors, and in possession of the citadel as well as the strong

out-posts ! Certainly, we have ) and it strikes us to

be rather late in the day to enlist riew reinforcement

'of troops, after the battle has been foMghij and the

enemy conquered !

to be a rush of the

Is not the " array ,v quite as likely " camp followers' fct the spoils ;

Tit our brother Editor.

It is intimated that an attempt will be made to in

jure us, by asserting that the reduction in price of

our paper is intended to interfere with our local co-

temporaries. We have only to say, once for all, that no such object eilst. ' Thtrs hla intended slander is

met and crushed

We will take this occasion to say, that no political

paper ever published at the capital, either whig or democratic, has ever had such a subscription list as ! . i ' t - - . ... . .

wouiu warrant me expense ot pnonsning such, a one as would be either acceptable to the locaf preis or to the mass of either party. To remedy this defect as

far as our humble means and abilities would permit.

we have drawn on the earnings of years "of toil we have appropriated nearly every cent of other profits

or a battalion of "mercenaries" m seafch 6f pay or L, .. . , . , ... , . . . . j u- l j e i. e . . .tthecard table to Win their ammgs back to enable prey, and which, in default of one or the other, will f . a .- f- r

take the first chance of betraying the camp 1

Something is said in ' the first paragraph about properly conducting the paper, and something in the

second, about there being Democrats enough in the

State to support it without trenching upon Others.

This is all gammon and soft sawder ; and no man knows it to be so better than A. F. Morrison. He

knows, and so do we, that he or we must "go to the

trail. He m;ght as well talk of probable harmony

in the household of a virtuous wife, upon the intro

duction of a strnmpet to share with her the favors of

her husband, as to taHt abotrt harmony in political effort between himself and lis. Those who do not know the why and whereOre of tMs, shall know it in due time. Again j If, as seems tacitly admitted, and as events seem to- approve, the Slate Sentinel has been, in the irmirr, " properly conducted," why should it be crippled- or put dovrn ! If its circulation- ia not krje enocjlrtasati-fy these sympathetic and generous

hearted men, wby, if it dfetfjrverso much, should they not aid in extending its circulation and irr making tf more userul t Why instead- of doing this should they, as-they have done for the'past two-or thretfyears, throv evefy impediment in its way which lay hi their power! If, or the other hand, the Sentinel has not been meritoriously, not judiciously, nor successfully Conducted, why should C.ttll Junto, or their exponent,

us to meet the wishes and anticipations of our co temporaries ahd the party generally.- How far we have

succeeded the resolt must tell.

We can hare bat little doubt, ftit otr cctempo-

raries, in full view of our position, would have ad

vised to the precise course we have adopted. But we have other and stronger reasons. An attempt, long meditated, and now about (o te consummated, is to be made to break down the Sentinel. Finding, after repeated solicitations, that we viere not made Of wax, .to be moulded at pleasure by designing political knaves ; that we cared more for Democratic principles and the rights of the people, than for boosting them rnto power ; that we preferred the pcople'i choie'd in contradistinction to that of intriguers of the parlor political school we received from them" hateir' instead of help in fighting the' common enemy. But these matters are to be more fully and minutely detailed; and

our desire is, that as office holding and money power is to be brought into req-.tsttRjir to scatter broadcast

A TVoVelty.

On Monday we had the pleasure of witnersing

quite a novelty in its way.

It is called Warner's

diana, and one from Tennessee : total 54, which in

eludes the two.from Florida. Two from Texaa will doubtless be added early next winter; which will in

crease the total to uo. . .

The House of Representatives, as now constituted,

on the 1st instar t comprised 53 whigs, 6 American

republicans, and 99 democrats; total lüo. ihere

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larger, to correspond with tne connections

of fire apparatus of ordinary size wctrld he hi valuable

in country towns, where but one oi two engines a'fe

employed. . Indeed, were these pumps in general use

0113 half the fires could be extinguished before an

engine conld reach the spot., We have not tfrA'e to

character, and by whigs and democrats, of fair abili

ty and undoubted industry, who have failed in their

efforts to obtain appropriations. The true reasons are

as follows : Appropriations were formerly made out

of the two per ceüt fund. That fund is long since exhausted. The fact of its being exhausted was not

known ior many years, after it was all expended, and consequently the appropriations were continued. But

about 19oU the fact was made known, by a member of Congress who investigated the subject. Since then no appropriations have been made. An appropriation can be, and has, beeh.made.to pass the Senate with ease, because the Senators are few in number, and the Senate therefore acts promptly. But. the House is composed of about two hundred arid forty members, and "large bodies move slowly." Al the late

session ot Congress a bill passed, among appropriations for a great variety tf other objects; making an appropriation for the Cumberland Rood. It failed to receive the approbation cf the President (Tyler,) as it

is understood, on the ground that it contained an ap

propriation for the Hudson river a river, which Mr.

Tyler held to be not a National, but a State river, as i rises, and disembogues into the Ocean within the bounds of a single State. Under the rules of the House it requires a vote of two-thirds to take up a

bill, or measure out. oi Its turn, for several years

no till, or measure (or certainly but a few,) has been

sctcd upon, in its turn, because a majority of twothirds does, day by day, take up business to occupy

the entire time of tbo House, during the session. In

order to get two-third to favor ah appropriation for the Cumberland road, other appropriations interesting to two-thirds of the members of the House must be included in the bill. To say nothing in reprehension

of this log rolling mode of legislation; nor of the itrihieftse expenditure which we have to contribute to objects in which we have no interest, in order to procure au appropriation for our road in this way, some unconstitutional appropriation is apt to find its way

into the bill in order to secure a two-thirds vote. For

instance : The bill which passed last session could

not be made to pass without purchasing the votes of

the New York members by an appropriation for the

Iudson riter, arid that appropriation1 was deemed un

constitutional by Mr. Tyler, and therefore he refused

his assent to our bill, whether in right of in wrong is

not for me to say.

My democratic friends will perceive, from this

statement, the embarrassments with which your Representative must contend in efforts to obtain appro

priations fot our road. Candid political opponents

will see the same thing. From those political oppo

nents who, during the past summer, denied, and de

nounced as false, plain statements of facts substanti

ated by indubitable testimony, or composing a part oi

the history of the period, and who swallowed like young birds every foolish falsehood promdlged by in

terested witnesses to the prejudice of my persona! character, and concerning my sayings, doings and iu

tentions, I neither ask, nor expect any thing, excen

that, by redoubling their injustice to me; they may

make the same as glaring as possible.

It is my desire to present this subject to Congress

sustained by the voices of my constituency. To this

6nd I have caused to be printed a hundred, or more

copies of a memorial to Congress praying ah appro

priation of money or refuse lands, to be expended up

on the roafl, and for a speedy appropriation of money

to erect a guard wall around the middle pier of White

River Bridge, which, without repair, will certainly not sustain the bridge for many years, or perhaps

months longer. These petitions will be left for sig

nature at the post office in Indianapolis, and at the

mills and clerks offices, and other public places in

the District, where I hope they will be ßigned by those

interested. I invite the co-operation of all libera

men in obtaining signatures. Copies of the petition

can be had at the Sentinel Office.

I invite the attention of my Congressional Col

leagues to this subject. Will not they (cr-pecially C,

B. Smith and McGaughey) adopt the proper measures to bring about public action on this subject 1 Will

not our members of the Legislature bring the subject

before their respective Houses ! Especially will they not institute an inquiry into the condition of the

bridge pier, and present the same to Congress. In a matter of common interest every one ought to be an actor.

Moet respectfully, your fellow citizen, W. W. WICK. Note. Wben signatures have been obtained, di

rect tbi petitions to me at Washington, in Nov. next.

The Indiana State Journal will oblige me by inserting the above. W.- W. W.

w a 1 . 1 . . I .

son oi men peasants, ue w as wru m, tuu ut,

fought and thought for America; considered himself

n .American, and was, so in character, interests and

feelings. His claims for the gratitude and regret of

reland are far higher than any ties of blood could

give lie was.ireiami a siauucn unoongiu, ineuu, mi one of the most useful if not the most showy soldiers

bf freedom in our age. He is gone where Mjltiades

nd Epaminondas, Tell and W ashmgton, Bruce and

Tone, are gone before him. Troud be the flight o

America a eagle over his tomb ! May never a foeman

to his republic plant a standard there ! May the soil

that holds him never lack as honest a I residem, and

as successful a General ! !'

remain to be beerd from 61. including the member nouce inw improvement more particularly; out we

from Florida ; 62 if we include also the member do hope that our City Fathers will see the propriety

from Texas, totnl 224 without Texas, or 225 -with

Texas.

Of the members elected to. the House, 40 voted in the last Congrc t fbf Gen; McKay's bill reducing the

tariff, and od against it.

fjtjrTv?o days afler the election, w e said that if the Democracy of other counties had done as well as they

did in Marion, we should have' a majority of 20 oh joint ballot. But some other counties did not do as well comparatively, and we consequently .fall short of our

anticipated majority in the General Assembly, it

being on joint ballot, ten. Thy Senate is equally

divided politically; A llifili Compliment.

Dr. Ellis, Auditor of Elkhart county, and the able

Editor of the Goshen Democrat, has been re-elected,

Auditor by a majority of about four hundred. This ia an acknowledgment of his ability as an officer, and a hiffh compliment to his integrity. Whig abuse doea

some good after aft.

if net the absolute necessity of obtaining them for all

the public wells at least.

Marion County Seminary.

The Examination and Exhibition at the above

named Seminary took place on Thursday and Friday

hist. A multiplicity of duties prevented us attending

which we much.' regret j but we can say, that we have heard of -but one expression of opinion ) and that is

general, viz; that it was one of the most interesting noticed nere for years, both as regards the acquirements of - tho students, and the abilities of their

instructors as1 exhibited nr those acquirements.

fj7"Will the Editor of the Journal, or any other

Whig editor, give us their opinions or understanding of the 2d paragraph of Sec. 3, Art 1. of the Constitution of the United States 1 ' It will be found on page 3, Revised Code, 1843. rerh'aps that! may BttCe

tfieir wailings about a U. S". Senator not being elected

last winter.

abled to be heard by lliosa who are finally to be our

judges-.

tannic of Woosfcr. We caution oo subscribers against the notes of the Bank of Wooslfer.- (rThcy will no linger be re

ceived by us.

More Steam.

The result in Indiana is indeed glorious. The retill t- tkn HAnivsAaaiAnal 1 i An inliiatasi tvtnnl V

Tk... i e :t..i -V-i.i -T w v,.oiul.-.. u. luu.v.Ka . j.

u.,k uiiuiun u. . piiguuy j"-- democrat maicrity of at least 5.000. Washington

aT a a T. 1 ' 1. 1-1 .1 . . .

i nrnmnnva w mrv raion Fmoiuon ir lai . riii ri i eiimi i wt -

m tnn city by JUessrs. Uhr, Pulley ot ka. ana is urr- Indiana has done nobly. She has sustained

derstood' to be neutral in politics. With industry and I nobly sustained the reputation earned in November

perseverance, and an adherence to the spirit which last. Wheeling, a. Argus

governs the flrst number, it may yet, one day, rank

..a a a a mm 9 - 1 .1 I'

as a " large established" dairy." we vritfn tire young

gentlemen-air success. " Tall oaks from little acctns

grow.

iNDiANArThe returns of this State come in most

gloriously for the Democracy. Chillicothe O. Adver

tiser.

To Printers.

We would reierto't&e advertisement of Mr. Elder, offering the JefTcrsonian for sale. vVe consider it a

I very eligible point? and although the District is al

most irretrievably Whig,-yet we think energy, pru-

among the people all sorts Of fictions, w?i msy be en- f dence and patience might enlarge the breach in that

party so gallantly commenced1 by the Jeflfersonian.

Bxxr Swindling. The Newark O., Advocate of

the 2Gtb July says Suits were brought in three in

stances this week before Justice Bancroft, by the hold

era of the paper of the Bank of St. Clair, indorsed by the Smiths, against the indorsers, and the only de

fence they set up' was, that the notes vert issued in

tiolation of the laws of the State, and that they there

fore were not liable for their redctfiptioa ! Thejur'y

weie unable to agree upon' a verdict in' all these cases

(Xr-Those gentleman who came forward on Satur- and were discharged. t.ft tef m. w. a.M I.hmiU. a. .. ! 3 n . M r til .iiVtAviliI ni. I 1

Uli, aim rTC us iaiiJ lUlB oiucutc, vi auucwiuuii-, .1 . , ., mi , ' " OtT Justice Johi McLtAN. of Ohio, was nomina

u , V TL by Native American' Cotrvention of Massacnu thanks. We promise that thar suggestions shall be 8cUSf which mcX in- Faneuil HslK for the office o

uuiy weigtieav 1 1 resident ot the United States. Boston Timer.

Kentucky Election. The following are the names of the members elected

to Congress from this State :

1. Lynn Boyd, D. 6. John It. Martin, D. . 2. John II.McHenry.W. 7. W. P. Thomawoo, W. 3. Henry Grider, W- & Garrett Davis, W. 4. Joshua F. Bell, W. 9. Andrew Trumbo, W. 5. Bryan It. Young, V. 10. John W. Tihbatts, D. The Legislature will stand, provided twelve Representatives to hear from go as last year : House, Gl

Whigs, 39 Democrats; Senate, 24 Whigs, 14 Demo

crats giving the Whigs thirty-two majority on joint ballot.

From the Dublin f Ireland ) Freewtan's Journal. Death, or General Jackson. A packet Fhip '

arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday lost, furnishes xm, though having but one day's later news from America;

with the deeply to be lamented tidings of General

Jackson's death. This event took place at his private

residence, tho Hermitage," in the western state of Tennessee, on the 8th June last, iu the 7"th year of

lis age. An old comrade in arms, hurrying to the

veteran's dying bed to abide with him in the final

conflict, which it is the lot of all men to sustain, met

lis physician on the way, proclaiming that the hero

was no more.

We can imagine how this intelligence has been

received throughout America. Friends palsied with

a sudden grief, and they who were once his foes, now

voluble eulogists of his character. Over his grave

there is heard but one gush of universal sorrow. His death is indeed a national calamity to his countrymen, and a wide void left in the ranks of manhood. Tho'for years he had not mingled in active public life, the oracle,, rhemorable for truth and age th,u. veiled in honorable privacy, was heard in the farthest and

respected in the highest quarters. His very mutterings were treasured by the favored" few, w ho lately saw him face to face ; and the word of bis mouth decided the destiny of the Continent! A great career, indeed, is closed ; a luminary has gone down in the

West, and the flash of his sunset has come out to us, across the waters.

.America, mav well lament her loss. I If had rrrnw-n

with her growth, a lamb of the giant oak ; and in hie

fall the stems and all the branches are shaken. Kings

die often, and the common herd of conquerors rush down the precipices of time to their ow n undoing.4 but the fall of a virtuous citizen, brave and merciful in war, straightforward arid incorruptible in peace,'

who made bis arms a shield, and his power beloved, cannot be sustained by any country, however rich id public virtue, witheut the sense of bereavement which is never entirely forgotten. The new world has lost

a second Washington, in Jackson sjleatb. for though their characters may differ somewhat, their moral

construction was the same. Times and temperament

modify the operation . of similar, principles, and sd

with them. Jackson was more ardent, more tenacious, more of the iron cast of Napoleon in his action. He wis a man of unparalleled firmness in the camp ana

in tne cabinet, iuaae as n to mould the luture -

national character of America, his own was deeply marked with all the great Republican lineament;

And he has impressed himself more deeply, than any

other man, Washington or Franklin not excepted, on the general character of bis people. He has given them a boundless national ambition an ambition not, to enslave but to liberate not to centralise, but tat

diffuse power not to heap wealth in one imperial fortress, but to partition its influences, and scatter its advantages over the arena of the confederacy. , The illustrious deceased has been fortunate in his. biographers in both hemispheres. Amongst Europe ans, Cobbett's was the nature most general to his' own ; and in America, Kendall has a character worthy the great subject of his pen. General Jackson was, born in March, 17G7, of Irish parents. While yet a( lad, he entered the army of the Revolution, and carried his musket through the war of Independence.' The greatest event in his military career was the proud prerogative he enjoyed, of terminating by one master-stroke the war with England of 1912-'15. Ort, the banks of the Mississippi, at New Orleans, he encountered the veterans of the Teninsula, and their settled hosts were levelled with their marthy waste which they had polluted by their presence. In punishing the incursions of the Indians, his usual fortune, attended him civilized skill and savage wile were alike broken before him. There grew up in America after the second war with England, a moneyed monopoly, called the.United States Bank.' This great machine, in the hands of reckless and negligent men, would, if suffered to exist have long since jeopardized the liberties and the prosperity of that country. Jackson was made Presi

dent, and he overthrew, by an exertion of his daring genius, this dangerous enormity. The factious railed,' and the avaricious conspired against hint ; never was

statesmen so batted . by the snarling emissaries of a bastard aristocracy, he stayed not to retort or to bear,

but working under the fury of the storm, with a faithful few, he swept away his standing army of usurers as completely as he had swept away the hosts of Fackenham. The public voice at last was heard in

his defence, and he was placed a second time in the chair of the Presidents. In his eight years of offici he gave a new complexion to American politics, and one which has never since been changed. Even the nominee of his opponents (Mr. Tyler) was commuted to the political faith which he had inculcated. We cannot here enter at length into the consideration of the varied events of the leng life of this illus-4 trious man. We say illustrious, not in common place of senseless eulogy ; but because we consider that great integrity, without pretension, ambition without selfishness' and success without arrogance, are among the best titles to that high appellative. The world has known no man more pure than Jackson. America will feel his loss most intimately. But why should not we here, throughout the hero's fatherland, give voice to deep regret and utterance to our melancholy pride in the departed 1 The home which his parents loved the altar where they were married the last spot of Irish soil they saw may be unknown, but the fame of their son reflects back upon their country too broadly and brightly to be confined to localities, or have limits less extensive than this island. Ever in his life he was proud of his descent, and his heart would glow at the sight of any of Ireland's humblest sons. While a grateful people over whose growth he has watched, for whose rights he braved death in the field, and the fury of a strong bad faction in peace while they are rendering doe honor to his virtues, his services,- and his example, some son of Ireland, banished by misrule, will we trust, as a representative of the people of the hero's fathers, mingle in their grief, and claim, as a sad prerogative of his birthright, to mourn for t,he illustrious dead.

Secretary or the State of Kentucky.

The following paragraph from the Kentucky Gazette,

gives an explanation of the reports in circulation

respecting Ben. Harden, Secretary of the State of

Kentucky. We think the Louisville Journal and Madison Banner must feel rather, sore at the downfall of their pet, one whom they but lately lauded to the

skies. . .

A friend residing in or near Bardstown, confided to the care and protection of the Secretary, a daughter who' wished to complete her knowledge of the millinery business, requesting him to procure boarding for her in a reputable family. The Secretary took her to a

house of ill fame, and attempted to seduce her. A

citizen of Frankfort acquiring a knowledge of her situation rescued her from the perilous condition and took her to his own house. As soon as these facts

transpired, the public indignation arose to'Such a pitch

that the Secretary was forced to leave Frankfort to

avoid a ducking in the Kentucky river, or a suit of

tar and feathers.

Such is the tale which has reached this city ; whether tf'ute or false, we know not, its truth appears probable

from the flight of the Secretary, and the 44 highly

excited " state of " popular feeling against him. Method in" ms Madness. A lunatic in Raleigh, N,

A C, recently penn,ed"the following magnificent, ay ! sub

lime lines,- and' sent them to the Register of that

place, lor publication : Tell them I AM, Jehovah said To Moses while earth heard iu dread, . And smitten to the heart, At once, i.bove, beneath, around. Replied, O Loed, THOU ART !

.. Speed or Lightning. M. Arago, the eminent

French Philosopher, lately stated at the Academy of Paris, that if a flash of liffhtninrr be seen bv a person

, - v j . . the danrer is over, the electric fluid" travelling more

rapidly than the light occasioned-by the discharge. J.at only !f,l&2,2U0 pcranndui."

Coinage. Orders have been received at the New" Orleans Custom House and the Post Office, to send alt the foreign coins received by them to the branch Mint, to be re-coined into American pieces the gold into half and quarter eagles, and the silver into quarter dollars-Whenever it may be done without loss. The importation of specie here chiefly consists of Mexican dollars, on which, when re-coined, there is it" slight gain, especially on the coinage of Durango. The mint of of Zacatecas uses more alloy, and is not in such good repute. On Spanish hammered dollars, and on German' coins of all descriptions, there is a loss, when broken op and worked over much greater than on English sovereigns' and French coins.

Shameful. A Cincinnati paper contains a continuV ation of the hoax in relation to the killing of Tecunsehi by Maj. Figg, and publishes a letter from Col. Johnson to Figg, apologizing for and' regretting a puMic;fti6n' in one of the papers, denying the genuine character of the Figg Correspondence. The practice of hoaxing in which some editors indulge, is a very unworthy trick, arid outfit to be considered an unpardonable dffenbe by their readers. It almost justifies the severe' remark or Judge Bell, of Chester, that 44 a statement of a fact in' a newspaper, is now considered prima facie evidence that it is not true." Phüa. Ledger. The 44 Union" estimates the postage which will be" chargeable to the Government for its correspondence"