Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1845 — Page 1
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL: TUE OFFICIAL UAZZTTE OF THE STATE (grQjics on Illinois Slrert, North of Washington. G. A. k J. P. CHAPMAN, Editors.
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INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 2, 1845;
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State Central Committee. Why don't the State Central Committee attend to calling a convention 1 Other matters should also be acted on. They should, in our ojinion, meet at once, and at least consult on matters and thing?. Its duty is important ; and while we are free to confess that the Junto managed to be strongly represented there, we have no fears of their combined action. Meet, gentlemen i and see then trho dares go agairst the usages of the party. We give the names of the committee; especially as some may have forgotten that they belong either to the democratic party or to the committee. L. Dunlap, II. J. Harris, J. T. Chapman, A. F. Morrison, Thos. Johnson, E. N. Shimer, S. P. Daniels, Ab. Koohtz, J. P. Drake, N. B. Palmer, Chas. Tarry, John Cain, E. Hedderly, N. West, J. Nicolai.
A Xew 3Iove of the Political Gamblers. The Junto, finding that we are neither to be driven nor coaxed from our proper course, and having failed to enlist and keep an honest man in their toils, have opened up a new game. The new paper, as we suspected, they intend shall go on, until the editor gets what has been subscribed or promised, and Until the
Junto have an opportunity to K t out a little of their bottled up wrath. Let them come on. Our object now, is only to notify the public of what is understood "to bo the neio arrangement. Morrison himself would see the party scattered to the four winds of heaven before he would invest a dollar in the contemplated new establishment ; and hence his desire to have it assumed by others. He will How as long as the money lasts. Hence the new arrangement is understood to be, that the paper is to be published by Mr. Chamberlain, a whig. But to keep off the curse of the name, a young gentleman by the name of Spann, a democrat, is to be used; and we guarantee that his money will be used also, if be is not careful. As soon as the blow is out; the editor will retire, and we warrant that he will not be held for one cent after that. When less hurried, we will take occasion to examine this and a few other phases of the arrangement, and especially the one, "that if ve enn't beat the Chapmans, we can come out for Judge McLean, and beat the Journal ; and if we can get a whig majority, tee can gel the State Printing ! " Travellers.
This is the season that those in search of a home
in the beautiful west arc on the mote. An observation of some weeks leads us to believe that immigration will probably be larger this year than in any for
mer one. Day and nicht, one cont.nuous line of
wagons, with all their paraphernalia of women, ur
chins, and stock, are moving en. From personal in
quiry, we find many who design settling in the north
part ot our btate; while others are lor .aiichigan,
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa; Wisconsin, and some for no
place in particular so they get vest. Success to them
all.
MOiniOX TKOUI1LHS. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Warsaw, under date of Sept. 11, gives the following particulars of another outbreak in the Mormon neighborhood : 'On Tuesday morning last, the 9th inst., an attack was made on a school house in Rocky Run Frecinct, by some persons unknown, but supposed to be Mormons, in which there was at the time of the attack a convention of Anti-Mormons, or old settlers of the county. The door and windows of the house were completely riddled by the shots fired by the assailants. The attacking party approached undercover of the wood and bushes, and tired one round and fled. No person was injured, but many were, I presume, much frightened at this sudden and unexpected assault. The old settlers in that section of the county, armed themselves for defence, and if they are backed by their friends in other parts of the county, blood will flow. By a messenger just in, who came to purchase lead, powder, flints, ic, I learned that four buildings were burned down last night, and one man shot, and very badly wounded, but not mortally. Yesterday, thirteen waguns, loaded with furniturp, were
seen wending their way to the city of Refuge, (rauvoo.) 2 o'clock, P. 31. Another messenger has just arrived from the countrv. and reports that larrre bodies
of Mormons are patroling the southern part3 of the j ly adopted
county, and that a number of families from the inte
rior arc on their way to YV arsaw, seeking protection. I can form no opinion what the result will be. Latest Intelligence Houses burned a conßict
apprehended,
OJJlce of the Daily Mnrning Courier
Quincy, Adams co., 111., Sept. 14, lSk).
it en tit men W e write in haste to inform ycu of a serious disturbance that has taken place in the upper part of this county, between a portion of the "old citizens" of this and Hancock county, and the Mor-
shoot him if he Btirrcd away. They took him towards Warsaw, in the neighborhood of which a large mob is burning buildings, grain, &c, and left the mail in the Lands of the mcb. The charge against him was, that he was ordered not to change the mail again, and he did not mind. The Postmaster, Chauncey Robinson, was driven out of the county also. His life was threatened. These acts of violence are committed by a party styling themselves Anti-Mormons. I give you this information that sometLing may be
done. The driver knows some of the persons in the
not. I may not have the privilege ot changing the mail again myself. Respectfully, yonr obedient servant, . J. E. JOHNSON, T. M. P. S. There is a mob burning every Mormon's bouse and grain in the county, and several lives have been
lost
From the N. Y. Globe.
The Mexican and Texlnm The Barbar
ity or the one and the Chivalry or the
other. The enemies of TexLi and the Annexation of Tex
as have long indulged in violent abuse of the Tcxians, have neglected no occasion to denounce. the revolutionary movement of Texas as rile rebellion, and
even now look upon Annexation as a violation of in
ternational law and an usurpation of the rights of I
Mexico. It was not enough that the people of Texas had protested against the treaty Made by this Gov
ernment with Spain in 1919, by which that country
and its people were sold to a monarchical Govern
ment it was not enough that when Mexico subse
quently became independent of the Spanish crown,
(and by the efforts of the Texians, too,) the promise
of a constitutional Government was not fulfilled, and
exe-
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" Resolved that the chair appoint five persona to
an adjourned session of this meeting, on the propriety of passing an act of Congress to authorize the President to Purchase the Island of Cuba, with the consent of the white population thereof."
Extract of a Letter from Tamtico of 29th August, received in this City. There is a good deal of sickness here, but not sd fatal as usual. Ger. Paredes has an army of 80CÜ devoted followers. Cf them, 2000 are on their way to this place, and with the remaining G000 he is marching to the capital, for
from Lima, in the vicinity of the outbreaks, last eve
ning, and informs us that on Ihursday last the antiMormons at kicked a settlement known by the name of "Morlcy's Settlement," a short distance northeast of Lima, in this county, and that up to the time he left, twenty-fite or thirty houses had been burnt, to
gether with several barns and wheat stacks. I he excitement was very great, and large numbers of anti-
Mormons were pouring in trom the adjoining counties and from Missouri, and they were still burning and destroying property, and were determined to drive
the Mormons out of the county. Our informant saw about 5 Mormons under arms, within about two miles from the settlement, who appeared determined to defend themselves. It was in contemplation by the
anti-.Mormons to attack two more settlements last
evening. in haste, yours; dec.
The St. Louis Republican, from which the follow
ing is taken, says :
"In addition to what is stated in the above letter,
we learn by the Die Vernon, that the gentleman who had visited the camp of the anti-Mormons, near Lima, estimated them to be about three hundred strong.
He was also at the camp of the Mormons, and found
them to number about one hundred. After leaving
the camps, he returned to Warsaw, where he remained some time, and learned there that the Mormons
had all moved into Nauvoo, and that Eackenstos, the Mormon Sheriff, had ordered out the Legion to arre3t those who had commenced these disorders. If this
I may not be permitted to mail another letter, i a military despotism, despotic restrictions and tyran-
. nical laws established it was not enough that the
TcrxnASE or the Island of Cuba. A large meet- Texians inheriting the spirit and patriotism and inde-
ing was held m St. Clair county, Illinois, at which the pendence of the Norman Saxon race, and following
following resolution, offered by the Hon. John Key-, the example of their fathers in our revolution, took
nold3, late Governor of the btate, and for many y.eare UD arms and. against fearful odds, achieved their lib-
I a distinguished mtmber of Congress, was unanimous- j erty it was not enough that the national existence
of Texas was recognized by our Government and by the great European powers it was not enough that for eight years Texas was, de facto and de jure, a Government of herself, defying the power of Mexico,
though the object of the uncivilized and cowardly
marauding of Mexican banditti ; all these facts were not sufficient to awaken a patriotic throb in the bo
som of Federalism or suppress the opposition of a few eelfish and faithless partisans, who thought they saw in the great national question of Annexation a
033 of influence, power and place. No ! The Texi
ans were rebels Texas was a Botany Bay "the re
eptacle of all things lost on earth," superlative
abuse and denunciation have distinguished the oppo
sition to iexas and lexas Annexation, this very
question of Annexation determined the result of, the
ast Presidential election, and in that result and the
circumstances which preceded it, we witness the irre
sistible power of the popular will. Leaders of party mere politicians who study with nicety political
chances, with no regard to measures or stationed in
terest seemingly all powerful, fell as chaff before
lie win 3 .when the people spoke. Results deemed in
evitable did not take place Henry Clay was not elect
ed and James K. Polk was not defeated. , It was Tex
as the Annexation of Texas the addition of an
Empire to the Republic and the re-union of a People
who should never have been dissevered from usthat
awakened the popular impulse and gave life, anima
tion, action, td the Republican hosts, ihus will it
mons. A gentleman belonging to this city, returned j Uie pUrpoSet as is supposed, of supplanting the newly
chosen President. There is a rumor that Santa Aca is concealed in the country, but no one know s where! Every one here deemed it impossible until within a very few days, for this government to avoid a declaration of war against the United States yet no or.e thinks the country in a condition for war, and the
i general opinion of all the Americans in Tampico is,
there will be no war. Courier.
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China ! The Journal of Commerce has late news from Chi-
from which we condense the following. In the
Honan province, an earthquake, destroyed len thousand houses and upwards of four thousand people were killed. A great fire occurred at Canton, commencing in a mat house while a theatrical entertain
ment was going on. Some thirty houses were destroyed, and not less than two thousand people were burnt to death. Many were awfully burned who still
lived.
Li OLD 1YIINE OF IjrAUDA LOUPE, IN THE lOWN OF
Cosalo, in Mexico. This is supposed to be the
richest mine in the world. It belongs to Signor Yriarte, who refuses to work it to any great degree
of productiveness, because he could not dispose of
tin immense revenue it wou'd yield, amounting to
several minions oi uonars. lie has now tar more
renort should be true, and the Legion turn3 out. a
conflict is inevitable. A letter to Messrs. Matthews l than he wants, and says that his money is safest un
aer ground. we thin k he had "better let it be" at
Den Hi of Professor IJieliaxrison.
The Lexington Observer brings us the intelligence
of the death of Professor Richardson, of Transylvania University. Dr. R. was a gentleman much esteemed for his acquirements and amiability, and his
loss will be sincerely regretted not only by his friends
but by the friends of the institution. We are glad to learn, however, that no interruption in the course cf Lectures, at the approaching session of the Medical School, will be caused by this melancholy event, as arrangements have been made for the delivery of a full course of Lectures upon Professor R.'s department, by Professor Mitchell, whose ability to do justice to it is fully known and appreciated.
Types ! What of types, you inquire ! Well, we do not mean types of all the imagination can conceive, nor type of evil, nor type of good, nor type of sin, nor type of righteousness, nor any other types but such as are made by Horace Wells, Esq. at the Cincinnati Type Foundry. Since Mr. Wells first took charge cf the concern, great and varied improvements have been made in every department ; and his foundry can now vie with almost any one in the country. We have just received specimens of a large variety of job type, some of which cannot be beaten any tchere. We advise our comps. to give him a call, and in all probability it will save them a journey east, they will return to their anxious families sooner, and be better satisfied.
07-Levi Woodbury has received the appointment to the vacant seat on the Bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. This we regard as one of the very best of the President's appointments. 0O"Do the Madison Banner and the Laheaster, Ta. Intelligencer, do business correct or promptly ! Chapman of the Indianapolis Sentinel, is evidently puzzled to decide what he is to do after being superceded by the forthcoming Locofuco paper at that place. Can't he, with the experience he has, make a pretty tolerable livelihood bv committing perjury and
forging the certificates of free negroes ! Ijouisvüle Journal. No sir ; nor by seducing colored girls, because that is apt to give one a ru7-ride.
The whigs are likely to lose Prentice of the Louisville Journal. Hear him : "Let the penitentiaries swing wide their gates and receive their dues." Toor Fellow !
Protection. The girla of Pittsburgh who struck
for the ten hour system have, as usual in such cases, failed in their efforts ; and are compelled to submit to the terms of their employers, who have, it is said, sent to England for the purpose of importing laborers. ThU ia the way the whigs protect American industry. 07Ninety-five trains of railroad cars leave the city of B ton daily. Wc shan't reach that number for a couple of years yet. CTlt is said that a private horse race is shortly to come off over the Union Course, the horses to be ridden by female jockeys.
&, Patch, of this city, on Saturday evening, from
Warsaw, says that business was suspended, on account of the difficulties with the Mormons, and that several houses had been burned and lives lost." STILL LATER. We have just received a slip from the IllTnois State Register, dated Sunday, Sept. 21, as fallows : We issue an extra for the purpos e of furnishing the latest news from Hancock. It appears that the anti-Mormons continued their work of destruction until upwards of 100 houses were consumed. Sheriff Packenstos failed in raising a posse strong enough to stop these movements without resorting to Nauvoo, owing t the fear of all well-disposed persons in the country, that their own houses might be consumed. Wc learn that he had raised about 5C0 men. from Nauvoo, all well armed, with which he had dispersed the riotors, commanded by Col. Williams, at Green Tlains. In this affair no lives were lost, as the "Antis" run and took shelter in a corn-Celd, before the posse came within firing distance. Backenstos had been driven away from Carthage;
and returned with about 500 men, to remove his family ; on his retreat, he fell in with a large body of anti-Mormons, when a battle ensued. It is said that eighteen anti-Mormons and three Mormons were killed. It appears that Williams, Sharp, Davii and other leaders, escaped. A large number of the antiMormons were taken prisoners and are now confined and guarded in the court house at Carthage. The people had all fled from Carthage, Augusta, and other anti-Mormon towns, and carried their families into the counties of Adams, Marquette, Schuyler, and McDonough, and are beating up for volunteers in those counties, to recruit their forces, with which to renew the war. It is unknown bow many men they will be able to raise ; but it is believed that they have so dirraccd themselves by the incendiary mode
in which they Lave carried on the war, that their
success will not be very irreat. But if they succeed,
another bloody battle may be expected, in the course
of tins week.
Before this news arrived the Governor had issued a
call for five hundred men 4o quell the disturbances.
We are advised that it is a fact that no letters have
been received at this place from any of the Mormon
party since the commencement of these troubles, ex
cept one trom a very obscure man in JNauvoo, ana
another from McDonough couuty, and no newspa
pers. It is rumored that the mnila have been stopped
and there i3 a story afloat that one mail carrier has
been murdered. No messenger has arrived from all that section of country until to-day, when a commit
tee arrived from Mt. Sterling.
Every good citizen must regret this state of things.
From the information in cur possession, it wCulil
seem that this attack on the Mormons was wholly un
provoked and uncalled for, and no doubt originated
with persons too lazy to do any thing but rob and
plunder. We have not a single sympathy with the tenets of the Mormons ; but we do contend that while
they demean themselves peaceably, they have a right
to the protection of the laws. Because a few fanatics among them occasionally "act the fool," it does not
invest the mob with the right cf inflicting punish
ment or assuming to be executors of the law, even if
no outrage be committed. We have noticed for some
0 time the inflammatory language of several of the U
linois presses, and could apprehend none other than
an outbreak. Their appeals to the lowest and bases
passions, entertained only by men without reason c
reflection, for no other purpose than to gratify private spleen or supposed personal wrong, or perhaps real wrong, argues only extrem cmcardice in every tiling that makes a man. We hope that the authorities will spare no pains to have justice done in the
premises, let the consequences be what they may.
present, tome itoosier will nnd out how to dispose
of it and work it, too, one of these days, if Don Blus ter i3 not careful.
The Louisville Journal finds fault with the follow
mjr parajrapD, which it attributes to a democratic
ournal :
We publish a communication to-day, because this
press is free not because we agree with the doctrine advanced by the author. We are in favor of remo
vals from office for opinion's sake; it is one of the first articles in our political creed. If we had our
way 111 this matter, there should not be a einöle fed
eralist kept in office twentv-four hours. It is treach
ery to the democratic parry to feed our political cne
mies.
We go the same doctririe,' and consider the keep
ing a whig in omce ot the same character as their
acts of burnijg blue lights and otherwise encourasr
ing the enemies of the country. With Gen. Wash
Ington, we believe it "political suicide. redeeming trait of 1840 whiggery was in the same doctrine as lorg as they could, every mother's son of them, say we.
The only
practising
Turn out
COUllESPOKDEXCE.
ever be, and thus may it ever be, when
would restrain the national desire.
great" men
VEVAY, Ind., Sept. 24, 1845.
Messrs. Chipmix. I am much pained to see the con
troversie going on against you and many leading and dis
tinßuished Democrats in Indiana, through the culumna of
uch papera as the Political Beacon, published by Major John P. Dunn, at Lawrenceburgh.
It doca appear to me that the Major's course is the
height of imprudence and folly, at a time when the De
mocracy of Indiana have nerd of union ai.d harmony to
sustain thrmsrlvrs, after the succession of victoriea which they have achieved in 1843, '44, '45, and which they would
continue to achieve for a succession of years, if auch indiscreet men as the Major and perhaps othera in and about
the seat 01 government, would be content that the party,
or a muj rily of the party, ehould select ibe men who are
to nil tue various offices and stations of honor and trust, even though their favorites, particular friends, or even they themselves should be superceded, and they bao to bide their time. It doea appear to me that one or two papers
in the Democratic ranks, to pursue the course of the
Major, would do more harm to the party than twenty, yea
a nui.'drea ot tue moat tabid t eUeral papers could in a
century.
out I feel assured of one thing that ia, that the Democrats in the Legislature this winter will select a good and true Democrat as U. S. Senator not one of jour milk and water politicians, who would sacrifice party and principle, to attain his end. In 1843, Majoi Dunn in hi Deacon said not a word tu refute the many alanders and liea with which the Federal papera teemed, against Wbitcomb and Bright, aa he asserted, for fear of interfering with the local question in Dearborn county. But aa bid course towards thosq two dis(ingdithed champion of the Democratic cause since tiien, has been any thing but courteous, or such aa to show that he waa friendly 13 them, I, for one, conclu Je that it would not have been a very hard matter to have procured hit ser
vices in the big ranks at that time. In this I may err ; bat euch ia rhy opinion from the course he has taken. For my own part, if I had a vote iit the Legislature this winter for U. ä. Senator, I should without any instructions from the party of my county give that vole for James Whitcomb; and if I should be a Delegate in the Convention n the 8ih of January neit, I should most certainly vote for the nomination of Jesse D. Bright as the Democratic candidate for Governor, and some thorough-going Democrat for Lt. Governor. I bsve heard but one sentiment as yet among the Dem
ocrats of thu county in relation to a new Democratic' paper at Indianapolis, and that is, in eppoution to the project. Very respectfully yours, - 1). ,
But we ask our readers, that they may be better
satisfied of the injustice which the opponents of An
nexation have reudered the people cf Texas, not to
say treachery to our national interests, our national institutions, to the progress of our national glory, and
to the curtailment of European influence on this con
tinent, to read the extracts which form the body of
this article. They are taken from the book, soon to
be ißsued by the Harpers, written by Gen. Green, of
Texas, commander of the Meir expedition and a pris
oner for a long time in the castle of Terote. These extracts show the inhuman and unexampled barbarity
of the Mexicans, and the coble, republican, Norman Saxon chivalry of the Texians. They will show the
kind of sympathy we should have for the Mexicans
they w ill start the blood of every friend of liberty and humanity and shame, if that be possible, those cold
and callous partisans who would have postponed an
nexatiori until "some future" period," and permitted, in the interim, Texas to be overrun, and her men, women and children slaughtered. What follows is
an extract relating to the decimation and the shooting of every tenth Texian taken prisoner at the Meir bat
tle:
On the 21th marched eleven leagues, On the 25th
marched early, and arrived at the Salado abcut 2 o'clock, P. M. Soon after they arrived, our men re
ceived the melancholy intelligence that they were to
be decimated, and each tenth man 6hot
It was now too late to resist this horrible order
Our men were closely ironed and drawn up in front
ci meir guarus, wun arms in reauiness 10 lire, iouid. they have known it previously they would have again
charged their guards, and made them dearly pay for this last perfidious breach of national faith. It was now too late ! A manly gloom and a proud defiance
pervaded all countenances. They had but one alter
native, and that was to invoke their country s ven
ceance upon their murderers, consign their souls to
God, and die like men. Could these martyrs in liberty's cause, who so proudly yielded up their lives for their country, have known that their President had endorsed their execution by the most villainous of all
falsphfwi rlprlarinrr thorn hriTfinn rrrnut find
what would have been their feelings !
The decimator, Colonel Domingo Ilucrta, who was
especially nominated to this black deed after Govern
or Mexier refused its execution, had arrived at Salado ahead of our men. The Red-cap' company were to be our executioners ; those men whose lives had been so humanely spared by our men at this place on
the 11th of February
The decimation took place by the drawing of black
and white beans from a small earthen mug. .The
white ones signified exemption, and the black, death.
One hundred and fifty-nine white beans were placed in the bottom of the mug. and seventen black one3 placed upon the top of them. The beans were not
stirred, and had so slight a shake that it was perfect-
PCSTSCKirT. Lutcr from the Mormons! Thursday afternoon, 5 o'clock. Our Tostmaster has just handed us the following : Macedonia, III., Sept. 17, 1845. P. M. Indianapolis : Dear ÄirAs the mail was iri Carthage this evening, and the deputy Postmaster was changing the mail, an armed force of some forty persons walked op and pointed their guns at him, and threatened to
P'JRÜ, Ind., Sept 20, 1845. Dear Sias: lam, I assure you, heartily glad to see the Democracy of the State standing by you in the hour of need, as is evinced by the Democratic papers from all sections. Humbug Morrison will Cud it not so easy a mailer to alienate the party from any portion or from you. I tunra you the feeling here, when the news of the plan of ondermininz vou arrived, wai to sustain vou at all
hazards. 1 joined in it from the bottom ot my brt. You have done more than any man in the cUate bring the party to ita present prosperity, and I go for your paper heart and aoul. Sincerely your friend, S. OrThe Lancaster Eagle says that the citizens of that place have determined to build a rail road to Columbus, there to intersect the road by Xenia to Cia cinnati. The estimated cost is 120,((K), and one gentleman Las profltrc J to take gi'i.tfOO of the 6tock.
It clear they had not been mixed together. Such was
their anxiety to shoot Capt. Cameron, and perhaps the balance of the officers, that first Cameron, and afterward they, were made to draw a bean each from the mug in this condition. The opposite plate sketched by Charles McLaughlin, who was an eye-witness, and so fortunate as to draw clear, represents the gallant Cameron in the act of drawing first. He said, with his usual coolness, Well, boys, We hove to draw, let's be at it so saying he thrust his hand into the mug, and. drew out a white bean. Next came CoL Wm. F. Wilson, who was chained to him ; then Capt. Wni. Ryan, and then Judge F. M. Gibson, all of whom drew while bean3. Next came Capt. Eastland, who drew the first black one, and then came the balance of the men. They all drew their beans with that manly dignity and firmness which showed them superior to their condition. Some of lisrhter temrer jested over the bloody trage
dy. One would say, 'Boys, this beats raffling all to pieces;' another would say, that 'this, is the tallest gambling scrape I ever was in,' and such like remarks. None showed a change of countenance; and as the Hack beans failed to depress, so did the white fail to elate. The knocking off the irons from the unfortunate alone tuld who they were. Poor Pvobert Deard, who lay upon the ground near by, exceedingly ill. and nearly exhausted from his force J marches and
sufferings, called his brother William, who was bringing him a cup of water, and said, 'Brother, if you draw a black bean, I'll take your place ; I want to die.' The brother, with overwhelming anguish, said 'No ! I will keep my owu place-, I am stronger, and better able to die than you.' Thesa noble youths both drew clear, but both Boon after died, leaving this last Ftoman legacy to their venerable parents in Texas. "Several of the Mexican oukcrs who ofli-ciaU-d in this cruel violation of their country's faith, expressed great dissatisfaction thereat, and some wept bitterly. Soon af.cr, the" fated were placed iu a sepa
rate court-yard, where, about dark, they were
cuted. .
Several of our men were permitted to visit the un
fortunate previously to the execution, to receive their
dying requests. Poor Major Cocks, when he first
drew the fatal bean, held it up between his fore-fin
ger and thumb, and with a smile of contempt, said, 4 Boys; I told you eo; I never failed in my life to
draw a prize, and then he said to Judge Gibson,
Well, Judge, eay to my friends that I died in grace.' The Judge, much affected at this last sad parting,
showed it from bis tears. The .Major replied, 'They only rob me of forty years,' and then sat . down and
wrote a sensible and dignified letter of remonstrance
to Gen. Waddy Thompson, the United States Minis
ter m Mexico; and knowing that h;3 remains would be robbed of his clothes after his death, drew off his pantaloons, handed them to his surviving comrades.
and died in his under-clo'.hbs.
Foor Henry Whaling, one of Cameron's best fight
ers, as he dreyi- hi3 black bean, said, with as bright a
look as ever lighted man's countenance, Well, thcr
don't make much off me, any how, for I know I have
killed twenty-five of the yellow-beliies ; then demanding his dinner ia a firm tone, and saying that 'they shall not cheat me out of it, he ate heartily,
6moked a cigar, and in twenty minute after, was launched into eternity t The Mexicans said that this
man had the biggest heart of any they ever saw. They
shot him fifteen titties before he expired !
Poor lorrey. quite a youth, but in spirit a p-ant. I
said that 'he was perfectly willing to meet his fate ; that for the glory of his country he had fuught, and
for her glory he was willing to die, and turning to the officer, 6aid, 'After the battle of San Jacinto, my family took one of your prisoner youths, raised and
educated him, and this is our requital.'
Ldward Lste spoke ot his fate with the coolest in
difference, and said that he would rather be shot than dragged along in this manner. Cash said. 'Well.
they murdered my brother with Col. Fannin, and they
are about to murder me
J. L. Jones said to the interpreter, 4Tell the officer
to look upon men who are not afraid to die for their
country.
Captain Eastland behaved with the most patriotic
dignity ; he desired that his country should not par
ticularly avenge his death, but for her own honor he
implored her never to lay down her arms until the
most ample reparation aud her unconditional freedom should be secured. He raid, ! know that some have
thought me timid, but thank God ! death has.no tcr
rors for me. Major Robert Dunham said 'he was
prepared to die, and would to God that he had i chance to do the same thing over again ; and he glo
ried in the demonstxatiou they had made, which
showed Texans without arai3 to be more than equal
to luexicans wun them. James .ujrden, wan his
usual equanimity of temper, smiled at his fate, and said, 4I am prepared.'
loung Robert W. Harris behaved in the most un
flinching manner, and called upon his companions to avenge the murder, while their flowing tears and
bursting hearts, invoking heaven for their witness,
responded to the call. 1 have the utmost confidence that this pledge, so solemnly plighted, .will be redeemed.
Thev one and all inveked their country to do both
them and herself justice. Capt. Cameron, in taking j
his leave of these brave men, and particularly of
Turnbull, a brother Scotchman, with whom he had been in many dangers, wept bitterly, and implored the
officers to execute hnn and spare his men. .
Just previous to the firing they were bound toge
ther with cords, and their eyes being bandaged, they
were set upon a log near the wall, with their backs
to their executioners. They all begged the officer to
shoot them in front,' and at a short distance; that
they were not afraid to look death in the face.' This
he r -fused ; and, to make his cruelty as refined as possible, fired at several paces, and continued the
firing from ten to twelve minutes, lacerating and mangling these heroes in a manner too horrible for description. . Our interpreter, who was permitted to remain with them to the last, says that 'fifteen times they wound
ed that iron-nerved soul, Henry .vv haling; and it
would seem that Trovidunce had a special care in pro
longing his existence, that he might demonstrate to
his enemies the national character they had to con
tend with ; for he gritted his teeth and defied them m terms of withering reproach, until they placed a gün
to his head and blew lus brains against the wall. Such
was the effect cf tins horrible massacre upon their own soldiers, who Ivere stationed as a guard upon the
wall above, that one cf them fainted, and came near
falling over, but was caught by his comrades.
During the martyrdom of these noble patriots, the
main body of our men were separated from them by
a stone wall of some fifteen feet high, and heard their
last agonized groans with feelings of which it would
be mockery to attempt the description. The next
morning, as they were marched on the road to Mexico, tiiey passed the mangled bodies of their dead com
rades, whose bones now lie bleaching upon the plains
of Salado, a perishing remembrance of exalted patn otism, but a lasting one of the infamy of their Presi
dent, Sam Houston, who caused them to be falsely
executed as robbers and marauders upon Mexico,
Thirty days had now elapsed and the bloody appe
tites of the Mexicans increased. The gallant Capt.
Cameron was doomed, even though he had passed the
ordeal of drawing a 'white' bean iristead of a 'black'
one. Who can read the simple recital of the murder
of Cameron and the nobility of his death arid remain
unmoved !
Thirty days afier the horrible murder of our seven
teen countrvmen at balado un the -lorn of March, the
main body of the survivors were marched on the road to the capital, a distance of five hundred miles, under suffering the most cruel, which killed several; and many others, being unable td travel, were left in the hospitals cf Sau Luis Polosi, Dolores, and San Juan del Rio, from which miserable sinks but few ever returned. It would be swelling this journal beyond all reasonable bounds to detail the actual suffering of these men ; indeed, language would give the
reader but a poor idea of these sad recollections. Thus, after thirty days march, they arrived at the village cf Huehuetoca,' seven leagues from the city of Mexico, where they were crowded together in a room too small to permit of their lying down, and into which not a breath of air could enter when the door was closed. In a very little time the air became so impure, from the exhaustion of the oxygen," that the candles went out, and respiration became exceedingly difficult. They in vain appealed to the guards at the door to let in fresh air, and when death the most cruel stared them wholesale in the face, as a last alternative they had recourse to cutting holes in the door with their pocket knives, and alternately breathing at these small orifices. This was, indeed, as the Mexican soldiers called it, la noclie triste, 'the sad night.' Their march of many leagues the day before,' through an insufferable dust,
a burning sun, the want of food and water, and then at night riot even space sufficient of the stone floor to
he upon, and a suffocating atmosphere to breathe, was not their full measure of wo. About 8 o'clock
at night a menial murderer, with a pair of epaulets
upon his shoulders, and a guard of about one dozen
mounted men, under broad-brimmed hats, arrived with orders from the tyrant Santa Ana to shoot the
bold and beloved Captain Ewin Cameron. . Cant. Cameron was unchained from bis partner
Col. Wm. F. Wilson, and, With his interpreter, Al
fred Thurmond, taken out of prison, and kept under a separate guard until morning ; and when informed
that he was to be shot, wrote a manly and dignified letter of remonstrance to the British minister against euch a cold-blooded murder of a national enmy and
a British subject. The writer regrets lis inability as
yet to bo able to procure this last letter.
The next morning, alter our men were marched for
the city of Mexico, he was taken out in the rear of the village to the place of execution. A priest, the usual attendant of Mexican executions, was in waiting, and when he was bp ked if he wished to confess to the father, he promptly answered, "No 1 throughout life I believe that I have lived an upright man, and if I have to confers it shall be to my Maker." His arms were then tied with a cord at the elbows
and drawn back, and when the giard advanced to bandage his eyes, he s-aid to his interpreter,' them no ! Etcin Cameron can now, as he has often d.me before for the li!rty of Texas, look death in tie fact Kiihout vinking." So saying, he threw his hat and blanket upon the ground, o?encd the bosom of hia hunting shin, presented his naked breast, and gave the word 'Fire!' when his noble eoul in a twinkling passed into another, we trust a better world. Thus fell Ewin Cameron ! Long, bng will the patriotic of his adopted country cherish the memory of one whose bosom was bared to every danger, and whose life was sacrificed to liberty. As we have before said, he was a Scotchman, and a more honorcble or bolder Scotchman never left hi native land. He was about thirty-six fears of age, tall and well proportioned, weighing nearly two hundred pounds, and of extraordinary physical power, which was in perfect keeping with his manly countenance and lion heart. We recollect him well at tha battle of Mier, defending with his gallant company one of our most exposed situations. He wore a bowie-knife at his side, and held in his band a tremendous rifle which carried ten balls to the pound ; and it was certain death for an enemy to cover his eight at three hundred yard. On one occasion, during the action, a column of the enemy charged so near upoo his position, along a low stone wall four feet high, and not having time to re-load, he thundered out, ia his ever-memorable, glorious Highland brogqe, Boys, to your stones ." No sooner said than a shower of fifty well aimed pebbles, about the size of one's fist, saluted the assailants, knocking down many, and scattering the remainder to the four winds. This sensible man, with an intuitive forecact which he could neer have picked from all the bocks of all the wars, previous to the charge. ordered Lis company, stationed along the before-mentioned wall, to pile up good-sized throwing stones, and keep them in readiness as a corps de reserve. They proved to be a a ef
fective as if they had been burled bv steam power:
for the fact was ascertain! after the battle that several of the enemy were found dead without having their skins broken, such was the effect of this novel repulse. , - - .
What a victory we have achieved that is, the De
mocracy in the acquistion of Texas ! Should such a people have come to us with their independence in
one hand and the war weapon with which they achiev
ed it in the other, and tender them for ths etrength
and defence of our Union, aud be repulsed t Never, by the American Democracy.
Indiana 1'ublic Dcbtl Since the first failure of this State to to meet her interest, the subject seems almost to have dropped from the public mind. Resting as the debt docs, an incubus upon the State, the tax payers secrned to hava given up to despair, and the orators who had seduced them to their sad Situation have hesitated to call their thoughts to so unpleasant a topic. This indifTerence has been increased by the reflection that the enforcement of the collection of this debt through tli": Courts at law was not to be apprehended. 'But the time is ceming--it bas ccme when the public attention should be turned to this subject in all seriousness. This debt Las, in some way or other, at some time or other, to bo
cancelled. It is increasing, perhaps, ia a greater ratio, than the resources of the State. It should not be repudiated, and yet it cannot be paid. It is true, there are some bankrupt fellows who pay no lay, and who have repudiated their owu privat debt through bankrupt and insolvent laws, that scout the idea of tbe State's inability to pay, and are ttruek tf'kh amazement at the -suggestiou of compromising, in any form, the debt of the State. Eut the truth is, the State is broke. She can't pay her debt. Such has been the concurrent testimony of her public ofücers.
Gov. V hitcomb, in his last message, says : "The great mass of my fellow citizens, I will not suffer myself to doubt, are willing, nay, anxious to
meet all our just obi 1 (rations. i;h them .it is not a
question of inclination, but of ability. Rut the ex
tent of the debt, the actual condition, and the means of the State, and a more thorough examination of the
whole subject, have only served to coufirm me m the opinion I expressed on a former occasion; that it is beyond our power to meet our liabilities. Inched, so
far as my observation bp.s extended, the opiuion advanced by my predecessor in his last annual mcssace.
that we caunot now pay the interest on our public
deht,' is universally entertained among tbe people cf the State."
This debt, however, must in sorne.way be, rot rid
of. If it is not removed, its weight must utir,tattly crush the energy of our people. How shall it be done !
V e see no reason why it ehould not be accomplished in the same way that broken individuals dispi ae of theirs by compounding. Why should not this course be adopted ! There is nothing iu tbe -character cf the c"e!jt of, the consideration, received for it, or the) situation of the preceut bondholders, that forbid it. The debt grows out of business transactions the ccnsideration of it was tape and calico at quadruple price, and the present bondholders Lave paid a fifih of the face of th bonds fur them. Those who dealt with Indiana were bound, as is man in dealing with man, to judge for thcmsclvts of the ability of the State, and to risk her insolvency, and their consequent loss. Then let this debt be compounded. Let a law be passed offering to issue new bonds to the present holders, allowing them fifty cents on the dollar of the old ones, and make the provision, that to all who accept euch an arrangement, the interest shall be annually paid, and the principal, as it shall become due. Then lay on the tax and fulfil the agreement. This would pay the bondholders more value than the people of the State ever got for them, and would bring the debt within tbe ability of our people. That something of this kind is the plan of Gov. Whitcomb, we infer from his judicious suggestions in bis last message. He says : - . . "Under all the circumstances, I wculd recommend that provision be made by law for the appointment of one or more commissioners, to receive any such Communications as may be hereafter addressed to the authorities of the State, in reference to this matter, in the hone of making an arrangement 8 to all our just
debts, which, while it will bring the subject within our means, will save the honor of the State, and be satisfactory to our creditors. Such an arrangement should, of course,' not be binding until ratified by the
Legislature, or what is perhaps better, confirmed by
a direct vote of the people. The latter, it is under
stood, was the course adopted by Michigan in relation to a portion of Ler debt, and that the arrangement was duly ratified at the polls by her citizens." JfjFersonian.
Bhanch Bask. We are infermed that this Institu
tion has plenty of funds to loan on good business paper. Laicrcnceburgh Ia. beacon. .
that is, you mean to say that the rag-tsciory ai
Lawrenceburgh, has plenty of bits of worthless yoper with a few nice pictures ar.d a whig promise upen each cf them that her officers would be glad to swap off for something really valuable. How it must f4?s-a
these "legalized swindlers to think how th.")' tlo humbug and swindle the community. How. they laugh in their sleeves to thipk that the pecp'i are to ignorant as to allow them to print dollars instead of
working for them. .What a nice difference there it between a Banker and a farmer, mechanic or any other artisan. When the Banker wants a ciliar, h orders his workman to go and print him one ; but when the latter are in need of a dollar they have to work for it. The paper money Banking system is nothing more nor less than a system by. which a etc are enabled to live in idleness and luxury at the expense of the many ; or, in other words, a system by w hieb, the dishonest, idle, lazy wretches of our land are enabled to steal (indirectly,) cheat, defraud and swindle the honest producers of the commuuity "by authority." Slill we have sowie things professing to be Dc mocrais who indirectly are its defenders. Xsv A'tany Dem. . The Lawrenceburgh Beacon, a coon paper ia disguise, takes exceptioas to. our coursa in warning tha democracy not to be deceived into the support of the "Indiana Democrat," and 6ays the Chapmani have whipped us into, their eupport... Don't be uneaer, Ar. Dunn, about us, if you please. To your question, "where is Coleman," we reply, where the editor cf the Beacon will never be, in good standing in the de- ' . . -aTH. -! t
mocratic party, rv tae way, um uwwu i uj vh.j paper in the State "that makes pretensions to democracy that opposes the Sentinel. Strawa, &.c Delphi Oracle "Ilell haa no fury lika a woman acorued, has been made to read, Heil La no fury Iikt a woman come J."