Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1845 — Page 4

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

IXDlASArOLlS, UECE31BE 13. ISIS. The Sinking Fund. By reference to our lljuse report, it will be seen that, "J. Morrison, Jacob Walker, and J. P. Drake, have sent to the Legislature a communication," aakinjr an investigation of their conduct, in conseouence of charges and insinuation made a gainst them 1 7 w by a leading newspaper at Indianapolis." If our reporter has correctly defined the inject and terms of said communication, (which we believe he .11,1. , . tK, -M-h it i. asserted made " r T .7 ," w- nnm, w ri charges against the individual above named, we feel ; called upon to notice it. First--We never made such charges against either of the individuals named. Second what we did ay was, that " rumors were rifa" relative to the Sinking Fund, including its general management. Now, while we had, and could have, n-J personal knowledge of its nianigenient, past or present, yet, on the strength of what we had heard others say, and of what we had reason to believe was true, and again, of admissions made by some connected with its man agement, independent of it secret operations, we felt bound, in justice to ourselves as well as to the whole people of the State, to call the attention of the Legislature to th". subject. The Legislature is the only body which can examine this secret concern, or force them to show their hands. We recommended also, that an agent, invested with full power, should be appointed to examine into the affairs of Ihi fund, instead of any legislative committee, fur reasons which will suggest themselves to every honest mind. We still hope that such an agent may be appointed ; one who is neither to be bought nor bribed, and who will have time to give the whole matter a thorough overhauling. If it has been rightly managed if it is nrno properly conducted, it will bear this examination with credit. If otherwise, the people should tnow it. The very communication in question strengthens our opinion of its entire corruption. Why this anxiety to have a white-washing "committee" appointed because of our suggestion ! Why did these commissioners not ask the appointment of an honest, qualified agent, with time and powers, to make a thorough examination ? Let our Legislatrre remember how many slurs were cast upon those who wished for, and appointed an agent to examine the State B ink. Then was it asked, ' do they expect to find a mare's nest!" and lo! it was found within breathing distance of the questioner and, in all probability, the examination caused thousands to be saved, and left the State with one rjue less. A committee mnrlit have been deceived in that case, as was attempted with the agent. We then urge it upon the Legislature to appoint such an agent. We are not satisfied, unless a committee pays more attention than they ordinarily dj to euch matters, tint the Legislature will be any wiser than they were before, and it will be time lost. roreiii Koutllioltlors. On Thursday a communication from Mr. Charles Eutler, in behalf of the Foreign Bondholders of this State, wn presented to the House of Representatives, under an envelope from the Governor, recommending the same to the consideration of the House. . The Speaker suggested that Mr. Butler should be permitted to read his communication, anithe House readily assented to the proposition. It went into an abie analvsis of the financial condition of the State, and its means and abilities past and prospective; and presented the claims of our creditors in a very strong light. It was listened to with great attention by the House, and members generally seemed to acquiesce in the justice and soundness of its positions. 1.0C0 copies were ordered of the State Printer. We ßhall lay the communication before the public ia the columns of the State Sentinel. C7" Morrison 44 wonders how Chapman likes the election of Mr. Bright to the Senate," and intimates that we are disappointed by asserting that " though we may speak loud on paper, we are sick at heart." We can assure Morrison that we like the election of Mr. Bright a great deal better than he (Morrison) likes the principle established by Mr. Bright's nomination and election. We mean the measure of the caucus, and the majority rule involved in it. It is an example that we like ; and it is one as much disliked by Morrison ; for it will have a tendency to break up that corrupt system of bargaining and intrigue, by which alone a few mousing politicians here, have always worked themselves into office. This, to u3, is far more gratifying than the election of our best personal friend could be. It will fix the future policy of the party, and will so effectually use up men of the Morrison stripe the mere traders that there will not long be left enough for a corporal's guard. CT It is gratifying to witness the manner in which business has thus far progressed in the House of Representatives. On yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the files of the House were completely cleared. " Order," it ia said by the poet, 44 is Heaven's first law," and should business progress in the House of Representatives for the balance of the session, in the orderly manner in which it has been transacted for the past two weeks, Mr. Simonson will reap golden opinions in performing the duties of the chair legislation so far as the House is concerned, will progress with great rapidity, and the public interests be greatly promoted. It is to be hoped that the files of the House will not be suffered to bo crowded as they were at the last session, and the scenes which were witnessed at the close of the session last winter again bo transacted. One hundred and fourteen bills and joint resolutions have already been presented and acted on in the House of Representatives. &V By some sort of arrangement, the precise particulars of which we are not able to state, Mr. Godlove S. Orth, was on Fiiday morning elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the 90th balloting. The Senate then proceeded to the transaction of business, and cleared the files of every thing at an early hour of the afternoon. Cheap Tostage. A Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says : 44 We s hall find that the cheap postage law has made our republican government more economical, and less alle to satisfy the inordinate demands of political favorites : therefore leas expensive to the people : their public officers les3 liable to the charge of collusion and corruption. These consequences are the legitimate fruits of the reform : and I feel rcry confident that dodiid is better fitted to carry out the work, than ita present faithful, able and laborious head." IIcsbaso axz Wife to be Hcxg At Fayettesrille, Arkansas, on the 10th ult., sentence of death waa parsed upon Crawford and Lavinia Burnett, (husband and wife,) they having bn found guilty of being accessaries before the fact, ia the murder of Jonathan Silley, oa the 12th of August last, in that county. Silbey was a bachelor, lived alone, an unoffending and worthy man. At the instigation of the father an J mother, above referred to, their son, "John Burnett In'conipany , with his cousin, by the name of Sharp, repaired to the dwelling of Silbey in the night, situated about a mile and a half from theirs, and deliberately crushed hi head to pieces with a hitxhet, look what money they could find, and rcturntHLrnc. John Bor&ctt U still at large.

Col. A. C. Pepper.

We find the following in the üoehen Democrat of December 4. We had not intended to bay any thing more at present in relation to the person alluded to, but the remark cf the Democrat ere bo pithy and appropriate, that we cannot deny Our readers the benefit of them. We have no more disposition, by the way, to disparage the 12 months' military services of Col. P., than the editor of the Democrat has ; but if such services, while yet a boy, entitle him to Le kept in the fattest civil oXcea for the remainder of bis life, we should like to come under the same rule; for it is a fact, that the name of one of the editors of thtf paper will be found on the Army ro.ls of 1312, as well as that of Col. IVpper; and it i also true, . r.r ... . . that if he is not now a Colonel, he is a Captain of Militia, which, by some, since the rra of Captain Tyler, is supposed to be one of the mcst popular tf military grades! We don't know but Dr. Ellis himself might participate in the benefit of the same rule; for though bis name may not be upon the Army list, and though he may never have killed an injun ; " he no doubt, like another Doctor we wot of, has bled for his county, and not only bled but blistered too ! But hear the Doctor : The Madison Courier cf the 15t!i ult., has a labored article in defence of this gentleman, in reply to a few paragraphs published by us sometime last August, At we have not room for so lengthy a production, we can only give its substance, which is, that he sered 12 months during the last war, and was honorably discharged that he held the office of Commissionerwas member of the Legislature several times came within 500 votes of being elected Lieut. Governorheld the office of Indian Agent for 12 years, and has been Commissioner of the Sinking Fund; and is a man liked by his neighbors, and of good moral character ; supported the nomination of Col. Tolk, and is moreover so straight a politician,. that the Courier soys : Had Dr. Ellis himself Leen appointed, (and he was not an applicant,) Col. Tepper never would have said auht against it." All this may be true enough, but docs not controvert a word we have said. We asserted that he had been constantly an office-seeker and as constantly in office that he had grown rich and fat at the public crib that instead of healing the dissensions in his party, in his own county, he was in pursuit of personal emolument, and that there were other men and poor men, who had pei formed as important services for their country and their pnriy, as Col. Tepper ; and who would make as good and efficient officers os he. No man questions the Col's, right to be an applicant for ali the offices in the State ; but whether he is entitled to them all is another question We shall bear up with christian fortitude under the infliction for the next four years, full in the faith that as every thing earthly has a terminus, so will these peppering also come to an end. If it require forty years of the best offices in the State, to compensate him for his twelve months service during the last war, (and for what other means is this pompous parade of his honorable discharge!) let him have them, and then let him retire contented and happy, as we hope he will be. With him we have no qtiarrol, but to those who looked one way and rowed another, at the proper time, we have something to say. The Tariff :Iie Currency. We find the following valuable statistics in the N. V. Morning News : The state of the foreign trade continues very heavy under the weight of the Tariff, not counteracted by any material expansion of paper credits. The influ ence of the duties is to raise the price of certain. articles, and when that is the case during a season oi generally low prices, the consumption of those articles the prices of which are so enhanced is greatly checked ; when, however, through the influence of paper money, prices generally are raised, that effect of the tariff is counterbalanced, and the usual consumption is resumed. In illustration, we take from official sources the following table of the quantity cf foreign goods, less specie, conumed in the United States under the tariff of 1923-30, and under those of 131142: cosacMFTio or rontiox coons in rati or dutt VDER TRI OL! ASI KfW TAMFr. Foreign goods Consumed Dutiable consumed, prhtad. imports. firof Duiif duties. vr cf. 1823 1829 1830 1831 1841 1842 1813 1844 66.914,807 5 9() 55,354.467 4.75 76.130.648 29,951.251 39 62.687 026 27.f88 70t 45 58.130,675 28,389.305 48 89,734 499 36 596.118 39 61.926.446 19,919.492 32 69,534,601 16,622,746 23 29.179.215 10,314,517 36 0 83,668,154 29,137,060 34.9 93,043,661 27.427.325 29.4 49.575,099 63,157.593 112,477.096 88.067,072 37,294,696 90,391.554 420 630 6.40 4.60 2.00 505 5.26 1845 104,178,212

The tariff of 1841 imposed 20 per cent, duties upon j The committee having retired, in a short time remost articles before free, and produced a material ported to the meeting the names of the following deleffect upon the consumption of goods. 19 13 was the first egates, to-wit : year of the operation of the tariff of 18-12, as was j "Sand Creek Township. Morris Wildey, John Kel13:29 the first of that of 1S23. In each year the con-' lay, D. C. Jones, James McCammon, William A. sumption of goods per head declined 30 per cent; in ! Jones. 13-13, however, as compared with 1341, which period j Columlia Township. llr. Hargct, Dorsey Chancy, embraced the operation of two tariffs, the consumption Samuel Glasgow, Wm. P. Shields, Seth Stratton. per head fell exactly L0 per cent., the figures being j Campbell Township. Bowen C. Heath, Jasper II. for nine months only. The consumption per. head is . Grinstend, Martin Swa veered. John T. Grinstead.

calculated at tne actual population ot each vear accord-. ing to the ratio of increase from census to etnsu; as for instance, the increae of population from 1820 to 1830 was 23:20 per cent., and from ISoO to 1340, 32.G7 per cent.; at this decreasing ratio, therefore, the population of 1845 was 16 per cent, more than that of 1910, which Was 17,CG9,453; the increase was therefore 2,731,1 12, and the population 19,b00,565. On this principle the consumption lias been calculated in each year. The efiect of the decreased consumption in 1630 was an advance of 50 per cent, in the consumption of the following year, and the result was precisely the same in 1814. with the exception that the consumption per head was never before so small as in 1843, and the reaction should therefore have been much larger. This was not, however, the case, be cause there was no artificial means of purchasing through bank influence compared with what existed at the former period. In order to illustrate this, we will take a table of the loans and circulation of the late National Bank, and those of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, in 1830 and nearest to 1832: iricu A3B ciacctiTio.N er cebtaii bisii is 1830 AND 1S32. 1630. 1832. Loans. Circurn. Jjtant. Circufn. U.S.D'k 40.S63.805 12,194,145 66,293,707 21,355,724 Mans. 27.957,231 5.124.098 38.889.727 7,122,850 N. Y. 20,370,693 7.959.280 57.689.704 17,820,402 Penn. 21,474,173 7,308,363 31.587.030 10,366,232 Total 110,495,905 32.585,687 194.460,168 56.665.208 Increase 83,964.263 34,079,325 Here was an enormous expansion at the great commercial centres, which, extending into the remote interior, gave vitality to thore long dated bills, which enabled dealers of all classes to sell their goods at extended credits, and thus swell the imports. In those two years the United States Bank and the New York banks increased their loans $03,OUO,CCO. The former has now ceased to exist, anl the banks of New York, from 1842 to August, 1S44, added but $15,243,9Ö6 to their loans. In these facts we have sufficient cause for the moderate reaction of 1844, as compared with that of 1831. The imports into the United States for the first quarter, ending September 30, 184G, sliows a decline of 11 per cent, from the corresponding quarter of 1345. Florida. The St. Augustine Herald, of the 15th, has the following : 4 We understand that Captain Sprague meets the chiefs Billy Bowlegs and Sara Jones at Charlotte's Harbor, on the 25lh proximo, by appointment, in reference to their present s.tuation and emigration to the country assigned the Seminole in the Weft. 44 Every Fioridian will rejoice with us, that there is a prospect that all cause of disquietude will be removed speedily. We have every confidence in the prudence, patriotism and energy of Captain Sprague, and believe that he wilt be able to effect what years of offensive war could not accomplish. 44 This is the first time that Sam has consented to meet us on the basis of removal ; and we ardently wish that be may yield to peaceable influence." Pretti Heavy Damages. At Staunton, ,Vt., a few days since, Jacob Gpenhaver recovered $r3,0(X) damag-es of Sampson Pelter, for seducinjr the dauprhtci of the former, a gill 17 years old. "Served him right." . .

DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.

Knox County. A meeting of the Democrats of Vincennes township, Knox county, Waa held at the Town Hall, in Vincennes, on the 20th ult., and Wm. Bcetch, Esq., was appointed chairman, and S. II. Elliott, Secretary". The following gentlemen were appointed delegates to the Democratic State Convention, to be held in this city on the 8th of Januarv, viz: John Law, Win. W. C'ärr, John R. Jones, Jerome B. Myers, James Scott, Wm. J. Wise, John J.Ioore, John B. Hannah, John .Marneyt Wm. Hayes, Davis Rran, S. H. Elliott. James S. Mayes, Wm. C. Scott, Jthn Caldwell, R M. Thomas, Robert Hodgens, Jas. P. Badollet, and M. L. Edson. After the transaction of some local business, the following resolution was adopted, on motion of J. B. Myers, Esq. : Resolved, That we will most cordially give our support to the Democratic nominees fir Governor and Lieutenant Governor, when nominated by the Democratic Convention which meets at Indianapolis on the 8th of January next, and use all honorable means for their election. The following resolutions were then introduced by the Hon. John Law, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the principles and policy of the Jfemucratic party as manifested in their resolutions ! adapted at the convention,, at Baltimore, in November last, are the true principles and policy of the party now. That with those principles borne aloft, wc entered into the erntest which resulted in the election of James K. Folk and Geo. M. Dallas. That the election thus terminating in behalf of the Democratic party, by a large and decided majority, is a clear indication of the popular sentiment in favor of those resolutions, and of the earnest desire and wish tif the Democratic party to see them carried out in all their bearings by the present administration. Resolved, That among the resolutions there adopted, none were more cordially responded to by the democracy of the west than that which declared 'our title to the uluJt of the territory of Oregon clear and indisputable; that no portion of it ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the occupation of Oregon, at the earliest practicable period, was a great American measure, recommending itself to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union." Resolved, That, as a portion of that democracy, we so view the question as 44 a great American measure," and that we hail with pleasure the prompt, manly, patriotic and American response of the President to that resolution, in his inaugural speech, in which he repeats "that our right is clear and unquestionable;" and that we trust, hope and believe, that, in his forthcoming message, he will repeat the sentiment, and advise such measures as may be deemed necessary to more fully ascert our right, and terminate the joint occupancy of the territory. Resolved, That the reassertion by the President of our right and title to the whole of Oregon, will be hailed by the Democratic party, and by all true patriots throughout the length and breadth of the land, with joy and gladness, as asserting 44 a right clear and unquestionable," aud one which, if necessary, must be maintained at all hazards. Resolved, That the title of the United States to the Territory of Oregon, above the forty-ninth parallel of latitigffcyto fifty-four degrees forty minutes, is as clear and unquestionable as that to the territory between the forty-second and forty-ninth parallels that if we are not entitled to the one by discovery, occupation. cession, in fine by all the muuimccts which ghe title to a nation, we are not to the other. Resolved, That looking to the inordinate thirst of territory, the ep-rit cf aggrandizement, and to the tortuous course of English policy, whenever her own selfish views are to be carried out, we cannot too often reiterate the sentiment of Ir. Monroe, a sentiment which is, we believe, responded to by the whole west, 44 that no foreign power must in any event be permitted to colonize any portion of the American continent." Joining County. At a meeting of Democrats of Jennings county, held at the Court House in Vernon, on Saturday the 6th day of December, 1845, for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent them in the State Convention tobe held at Indianapolis on the 6th of Januarv next, to seiect candidates to De run on lae vcaiocratic ticket for Governor and Lt. Governor at the i . ensuing August election J On motion of Achilles Vawter, John McGannon, Esq., was called to the chair, and W. Jennings Yawter appointed Secretary. On motion, it v. as Voted that the chair appoint a committee of three to select from each township in 8aid county, five delegates. Whereupon the chair announced the following as said committee : Achilles Vawter. Dr. P. Aill nrl Morrl. WilrW P. Frederick Weal. Bigzer Township. Thomas Eland, Azariah Merrill, Wm. Wngncr, John Merrill. Montgomery Toicnship.V. M. Hill, John Cobb, Eoyd W. Hudson, Wm. Redman, Isaac Coryell. Marion Township. Andrew Wilson, Geo. Bridges, Leonard Barnes, Evan Wilson, Sidney Butler. . Spencer Township. Jesse Whitcomb, C. S. Maynard, II. C. Haws, Monroe Swarthout, Henry Sullivan. Geneva Township. Albert Andrews, Dr. McClure, Ecnjamin Mapcs. James Clark, Dr. Andrews. Vernon Township. Achilles Vawter, P. Hill, Jas. E. Wilson, James Shields, Francis Tweedy. On motion, the meeting concurred in the report of said committee. On motion of D. G. Vawter, the meeting adopted unanimously the following resolutions: R' solved. That we have full and undiminished confidence in the political honesty and integrity of Jas. K. Tolk and Geo. M. Dallas, President aud Vice President of the U. S. Resolved, That our opinion, heretofore expressed at the ballot box, of James W'hitxomb and Jesse D. Bright, Governor and Lt. Governor of Indiana, is unshaken, and we will be on all occasions prepared to give them our undivided support. Resolved, That we fully approve of the course pursued by J. P. and Geo. A. Chapman, editors of the State Sentinel, since the commencement of its publication; and tli at we disapprove of the course taken by a few office seeking politicians who inhabit in and about the capital; and further, that we believe the course pursued by a certain set of self-called demo-c-ats is calculated to disorganize and distract ns as a party and strengthen the cause of Federalism. On motion, the editors of the State Sentinel, Ex periment and Madison Courier are requested to make publication of the foregoing proceedings. On motion, the meeting adjourned. JOHN McGANXON, Tres't. W. Jenmxgs Vawter, Sec'y. Mr. Greelt ox Mr. Clat. The Express, says the Tribune, ia surely the basest and paltriest of all journals. It accuses us of agitating the Texas question from a concealed impulse of hostility to Mr. Clay fjr the next President, when the Express itself took ground for John McLean months ago ! We said then what we have uniformly said in public and private, that the Whig party will not patiently hear of new candidates for President for a long time yet, or until the future shall be clearer than it now is. If, in lb!7, it fchall appear that the Whi party can elect whom it pleases President, it will choose nobody but Henry Clay. . If clouds and darkness obscure the prospect if. we are to select a candidate on whom to rally for a dubious and desperate contest, Mr. Clay can hardly consent to be placed in such a position. It is indignity and humiliation enough for such a man to be beaten once by a being of the Polk order. The Tribune will endeavor to keep clear of all Presidential agitcticn these coming two years. The calumny that' our unarm j nosinny to lexas is in any way imoelled or instigated by opposition to Mr. Clay, is worthy of lis source. Aiiey are no mentis to .air. day who are forever thrusting him forward as a vhampion of slavery and desirous of its extension, which Lis reoeated declarations disprove. We stand on the doctrines of his Fvaleieh letter; let those that intimate that he has I abandoned them, produce the evidence.

lüasljtngton Corrcsponbcnce.

WASHINGTON, ) Saturday Evening, Dec. 6, 1343. J iletsri. Editors of the Indiana Statt Sentinel: Since my last, little else has been done by either branch of Congress, than to progress with preliminaries. Both Houses, on Thursday, adjourned over until Monday next. In the previous time, the House cf, representatives had perfected its organization, by the election of B. B. French of New Hampshire, as Clerk, Bitchie &, Hebs, publishers of the "Union," as printers, Newton Laue ej Sergeant-at-Arms; Cor nelius S. Whitney cf Illinois as Doorkeeper, and Jas. R. Johnson as Postmaster. Messrs. French, Lane and Johnson held the same places under the last Congress, i The Senate has not yet elected its officers. Cau cuses were held on Friday by members of each polit ical party, at which nominations wer-i made, and the election will probably come off on Monday or Tuesday. The Democrats nominated for Secretary, the Hon. Jos. Sturgess of Georgia ; for printers, Messrs. Ritchie &- Heiss ; for Sergeant-at-Arms, Hobt. Eeale of Virginia, and for. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Dr. Seth Salsbury of Pennsylvania. I did not learn the nominations made by the Whigs, further than that of Asbury Dickens, the prescht incumbent for Secretary. The other questions attract but little interest, compared to this, which produces considerable excitement on account of the great amount of money patrouace connected with it the number of clerks dependent on the Secretary; and the ftars of some and the' hopes of others that some of the democratic Senators particularly Mr. Benton will sustain Mr. Dickens, notwithstanding his whig principles. It is understood that if a change of the Principal takes place, it will be followed by a change of all the subordinates; and that if Mr. Dickens is continued, all the dependencies will remain. For tins reason, if for no other, I could hope that no democrat would do such violence to the wishes of his friends and the rights of the party and I may add the interest of the public, as to vote for the re-f lection of Mr. D. But I look further. If the democratic Senators and Representatives, coming 44fresh from the ranks of the people," have not the heart or disposition to employ their friends instead of their enemies, what grounds have we for asking the administration to displace any of the four hundred and odd whias now in office in the various departments here 1 A warm debate occurred in the Senate on Thursday, on a motion to dispense with the rule, which provides that standing committees shall be chosen by ballot, and to give the power of appointing them to the Vice President. Messrs. Allen, Benton, Breese; Manirum. and some others took part in the debate; and the motion was finally lost, by the whigs, en masse, and Messrs. Bagby, Benton, Haywood, and Wcstcott, voting in the negative. On the same day, an interesting, and on the whole, very laughable scene, occurred in the House of Representatives, by the discussion, adoption, and carrying into effect of a resolution, previously introduced, annulling the old rule, relative to the selection of scats by the members, and disposing of them anew by lottery. It seems that the practice this year, under the previous rule, requiring each member to select his seat "in person," and giving them the benefit of the miller's rule 44 first come, first serve, " had given great umbrage. The members of the last Congrsss who were re-elected to this, and who remained to the close of the last session, made their selections before leaving the city, and some as soon after the adjournment as they could, jump from their old seats to those of their choice. This forced new members into " Sleepy Hollow, " and outside rows, which to some was exceedingly disagreeable, especially those who have come with the expectation of surprising the nation with their eloquence, and who wanted a good place to 44 show off. " A rich, spicy and animated debate occurred on the resolution, but which was cut short by the previous question being called and suftained, and the resolution adopted. Then came a scene, which no Hogarth or Cruikshank could improve upon. The two hundred and twenty-six names of members were placed in a box. and severally drawn out the first drawn haying the first choice, and so on. Then might be seen grave members and gay, jostling each other, right and left, up out-side and down the middle, 6ome scolding, some laughing, some swearing, (for membets of Congress, I find, can swear,) lugging armsfull of books and stationery, dropping, now and then, a bundle, an ink-stand or wafer-box, and in stooping to gather this, becoming a stumbling block for others, then rising and hastening to another quarter, where they might enjoy 44 for better or worse," another eighteen inch office. Among the amusing incidents, was that presented by the celebrated Mr. McConnell, from Alabama, who had selected a seat at the close of the last session, and before he was known even as a candidate for election to this Congress. Failing in his opposition to the resolution, he planted himself in his chair, announcing his intention to adhere to it at all hazards. Fortunately for him, his was the first name drawn, and consequently, he was enabled to make good bis words, without interfering with the destinies of others. The President's message has been the theme of contemplation and remark, until the subject has become exhausted if a theme so prolific, a production so rich, can become exhausted. It is but a weak expression of the fact to say that no message, from the days of Washington down, has received so great an amount of praise; or kindled a greater degree of enthusiasm in the hearts of the American people. This, however, you have unquestionably read, in your ex change papers have seen on every republican coun tenance. Even the Whigs have now found out 44 who James K. Polk is," and acknowledge that he is not the 44 third-rate lawyer" they had represented him to be in 1844. Nor are the documents which accompanied the Message any less important, or less able productions. The correspondence with the British Government on the territory West of the Rocky Mountains, will show to the world what we claim, why we claim it, and that we have done all that an honorable nation could be asked to do, on the subject and even more ; and having done this much, no nation or individual can, in justice, say aught against us if we now suspend diplomacy on the subject und apply to the first law of nature. It is seen that the oner, renewed by Mr. Buchanan, lo make the 49th parallel of latitude our northern boundary, was not accepted by the British Government ; though I do not regret, nor can I condemn tne policy which ' induced the oner to be made. Had this offer been acceded to, the people of this country would never have been satisfied. Knowing what belonged to them, they would never have sanctioned the act. Never will that day arrive when the masses in the United States, will be willing to surrender one tittle of their rights to British arro gance or British cupidity. With them the motto is 4 not one cent for tribute, but millions for defence ; not one inch of American soil for temporizing diulomocy, but oceans of blood, if necessary, for a free continent. But the die is now cast. Diplomacy on this subject must now cease. It can go no further; and it rests with Congress to decide upon those measures necessa ry to secure us in the quiet possession of our rights, and our people in the exercise of those prerogatives tit . t .... . wnicn Deiong 10 mem, and tnem alone. J.he question of policy, as well as. right, now is, 44 all of Oregon or none. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows great research, and when we consider the magnitude of the duties imposed upon him by his office, the most lndefatigible industry. The grounds he assumes are ably defended his positions forcibly illustrated. In the report of the Secretary of the Navy, the reputation of the Historian of America loses nothing, on the score of erudition. But this feature is far from being the greatest merit in that production. Tbe keen perception of the statesman is seen in every line ; and the boldness of the patriot In every suggestion. That branch of the public service has long been an eye-6ore to the sober thinking, honest, and working portion of the people of the United Stales. Abuses and errors have long existed, and yet, till now, we have not had a head to that branch of the government with the skill to ferret them out, and the nerve to call the attention of Congress to them. J could particularize and comment, until I should fill all the reading space in your paper, and yet not half exnausi me sunjeci ; dut i mist you will not tail to publish entire a document sj replete with wholesome recommendations, i will, however,, add the single

remark that with all the foresight and diligence of

Mr. Bancroft, it will be exceedingly difficult for him to produce the thorough, radical reform necessary so long as the several Bureaux in that Department are required to be filled.by officers in that service ; men who from long enjoyment of life stations, under enormous salaries, have become aristocratic, and lost all ideas oficonomy, or regard for popular views and feelings. If Congress really desires to carry out the reforms he so clearly shows tobe necessary, they will lose no time in relieving him of this incumbrance, and give

him an opportunity to call to his aid the common f A vauance between ibe u.e or a bona aet rortb ia tie de.j ,.f t;o1 ,non : claration, and that produced oo ojer it htal cd dcmutier.

sense and co-oncration of practical men The report cf the Secretary of War, also contains many valuable suggestions, promulgated in Mr. Marcy's usual plain and forcible manner ; and that of the Postmaster General shows that he has not been idle or inattentive to the important interests over which he has been called to preside. It is to be regretted that the new postage system works so badly as to require an increase of the rates of postage. Still the increase which Mr. Johnson recommends is so small, compared to the old rates, that I suppose Congress ,,r, , , I l i mi.iviiu luoiuiuvu iu mvuuui -"v. ""u inffly I regret to learn that Mr. McDufiie is so indisposed that it is doubtful whether he will be able to be in the Senate at the election of officers to-morrow. Senator Woodbridjre is also confined to his room. Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Calhoun have not yet arrived, I am pained also, with a report this evening, that that valuable officer, Maj. llobbie. First Assistant Postmaster General, lies at the point of death. Yours truly, TI.UOLEON SUPItETIC COUItT OF INDIANA. CASES DITSnülüID AT THE HOYIMBIR TI1X, 1615. Reported fur the Indiana Stats Sentinel, BT A. X. CAaHAHAV. TrrsDAT, Dec. 2J, 1845. llonestone v. Vauhen and others. En or to tbe Allen C. C. Opinion by Dewet J. In proceedings, on application for .... . . a writ cftajpn dam3t.nuing a mill dam the num, in lelation to the erection or con petition, the writ, and the inquest of the jury, or at least the latter, must embrace a'l the proprietors of land both above and below the Kite of the dam, ho may be, or bave been, in any way injuied by it. Aßrmed. Coiericlc and Walpole for the plaintiff ; Bigger, Bieckenridge, Combi aod Kieistrd for the defendant. Fletcher and another v. Piatt. Error lo the Fountain C. C. Opiuion by Dewet J. Assumpsit will not be upon a specialty. j If there be a misjoinder of actions, there should not be ( sepaiate demurrers to each count, but one demurrer to the whole declaration. A corenant or written promise of indemnity is assignable. I Reversed, D. Biier and R. C. Gregory for the p1aintiUi j S. S. B:icr for the defendant. McDonald v. l ogins. Eiror to tbe Monroe C. C. Opio- , ion by Klackfobd J. Each county in the State has a right to rend two students to be educated fice of charge in tbe Law department of the Indiana University, as well as in the other depaitments of tbe institution. Affirmed. Hester for plaintiff, Watts fot j defendant. Jatlison et at. v. Yandes et al. Error to tbe Tippecanoe ; C. C. Opinion by Elacktobd J. ' A guarantee directed to Messrs. Yandes and Barbee was delivered to the plaintiff, William Baibee, Daniel Yandes, and James W. Yandes, who furnished the goods ai tequested by tbe guarantee. The declaration alleged, that the promise was made to the plaintiffs by the name of Messrs. ble or not, is a me:e Question of fact for the jury And if auch person was insolvent, no notice of his default to the guarantors is necessary. The judgment in this case is far too much, bot if ihe over plus be remitted, the judgment can be affirmed otherwise it must be reverted. Ingram aod Jones fur the plaioiUTs. K. C. : Giegory for tbe defeudatits. Wtdsesdat, Dec. 3. The State on rel. of Adamt v. Johnson et al. Kiror to the Deaitoin C. C. Opiniun by Dewet J. If an administrator lend the money of an estate, while there are debts cf the estate to pay, and the money be not repai J.it is a perversion of the assets from their proper use, and amounts under the statute to waste. For such misapplication of assets an adstatute to waste, tor sucn misapplication oi assets an aaDinmumr, au n iuuwuuj irmgitu, is i muic u suretv. on bis official bond, on the relation of the dminis trator de bonis non without a previous judgment against him. If it appear in pleadings that a Probate Court bai removed an administrator, the presumption is the same court appointed him. Reversed. Black v. Wilson. Appeal from the Wayne C. C. Opinion by Blacktord J. 1. The maker of a promissory no'e died leaving considerable personal property, but not sufficient to pay all bis debts. His real etate was sold after his death but did not bring sufficient to pay the liens on iL 2. The maker of the note died on the fifth day of the teim of court next after the assignment of the note by tbe payee to the plaintiff. The dates of the liens were not proven. In a suit against the assignor, the plaintiff relied on the above facts to show the makei's insolvency as an excuse for not suing him. Held, that as judgment might have been obtained for any thing shown, before tbe liens were cieated, and that execution on such judgment might bave been put into the hands of the sheriff before the rraket'i death, the eicise of not suing tbe maker was insufficient. Held, also, that the circumstance that several suits by other peri ns aginst the decedent had abated, was not sufficient evi lence of itself, to show that the plaintiff could not have obtained judgment against bim. Reverted. Thckdav, Dec. 4. Parks v. Htzelrigg. Error to the Hendricks C. C Opinion by Sullivan J. 1. At common law tigning was not essential to the validity of a deed. 2. We have no statute which changes the law in this respect. A bond therefore that baa been sealed by an obligor, though üol sign d by bim is valid. Reverted. Conwell v. Buckingham. Error to the Ripley C. C. Opinion by Sullivan J. I. Where a jury has weighed and decided upon testimony that is appaiently contradictory, this court will net grant a new tiial upon the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the vetdict. 2. Where an account of more than five years standing was presented to the defendant, who did not otject to the account but said be thought he had piid it, and that be had a receipt at home. Held, that this was not a sufficient promise to take tbe case out of the statute of limitations. To take the case out of tbe statute, there must be aa express promise lo pay, or such an admission, that a promise to pay may be implied from it. 3. Where it is established that there is a debt from tbe defendant to the plaintiff on which th statute operates proof of payment by the defendant on account of principal or interest, as part performance of the promi-e laid in the declaration wiitien five years before the commencement of the action, will take tbe case out of the statute of limitations, for auch payment is deemed a recognition of the existence of the cause of action, aod to be equivalent to a new promise. Affirmed. Hays v. Walker. Error to the Dearborn C. C. Opinion by Sullivan J. 1. A note made, and endorsed to be negotiable, and actually negotiable, at more than legal interest ia usurious. 2. Such nute however is not void, but the principal sum without interest may be recovered. Reverted. Ellis v. the Stat. Error to the Tippecanoe C. C. Opinion by Sullivah J. On an indictment for erecting a building in which an offensive trade is carried on alleged to be a nuisance, the defendant may prove, in bar of tbe indictment, that when the building wai elected, it was remote from habitations, and that aftei wards, the persons offended by it built their habitations within tbe reach of its noxious effects. Reversed. Sutton v. Hays et al. Error to the Claik C. C Opinion oy Blackford j. Process agint A., B. and C, served on the two former and returned 4,not found" n to the latter. Held, that the plaintiff was entitled to a continuance in order to procure the attendance of C. Reversed. Vaneman v. Fairbrother. Error to tbe Kosciuskd C. C Opinion by Dewey J. If a court of equity order tbe bill to be dismissed, on motion of the complainant, and insert iu the order "with prejudice," such oider of dismission is not peremptory, and does not operate like a decree of dismission or final bearing, to bar other proceedings for tbe same cause. Hot can Ihe complainant piosecute a writ of erior upon such an order. Reversed. Fiidat, Dec. 5. Murray v. Buchanan. Error to the Huntington C. Court. Opinion by Sullivan J. 1. If a plaintiff die after fieri facias issued but, the executor or administrator shall bave the money i or if the plaintiff has made no executor, or administrator be not gi anted, the money must be brought into couit and deposited until there be a repiesentative to receive it. 2. To admit proof of tbe contents of a paper which has been lost or destroyed, it is necessaiy, if positive proof of the destruction of the paper cannot be had. to show that a bona fide and diligent search has been made for the instrument in vain, wbeie it was likely to be found, and in general, the loss of it must be proven by the person in whose hands it was it tbe time of its loss, or to wbose custody it is traced, if the person be living. It seems, that for any description of injury to the personal property of a deceased person, whereby it is rendered less beneficial lo the executor or administrator, done even before administration granted, the executor or administrator may recover for Ihe injury notwithstanding the action is in form ex delicto. Retened. Far low v . Kemp. Error lo the Parke C. C. Opinion by Sullivan J. 1. The defendant received from Mr. V. ia North Carolina a sum of money which he promised to carry and pay over to J. V. in Indianapolis, for a ceitain reasonable reward to be paid by J. V. Tbe contract was made with Mr. F., and there was no averment in tbe declaration that Ihe money belonged to J. F., or that he recognized tbe agency of the defendant. Heid, on a demurrer to the dec la lation, that J F. comIJ not maintain an action for the money. L It is a general rule upon all actions upon contracts, that the eonsideration of Ihe promise move from the plaintiff, or he cannot maintain an action upon it. - 3. Where pa'ity brings on a contract made with another person for bis benefit, he must, in order to maintain hh suit, show a relationhip, as for example, of debtor and creditor, principal and ! agent, kc. io exist, or prove aa express promue to pay tne money. Jßrmti. Dixon : Boyer. Error to Ihe Claik C. C. Opinion by Svllivan I. Ia the case of a Judgment by default, if it ar pears in tbe judgment tbat the court was satisfied by proof that tbe process bad been duly served, rt will be sufficket

V ande. and Barbee. Held, that tbe allegation was sustain- , u Q a pub,ic (.f ' ithe'caseof a conclusive guarantee-not a mere over- i 11 Z'!?" T "V" -1 . not Denent the delcndant, in this pioceeding in tbe Cncuit ,U wi0oDeTKn0tiCf r.l,,.KCffIrttn,Ce I' nl "cessar- m f Court, they not having shown that they had given the secohetletthe not.ee to he defendants of the noo-pajmeM, J maintenance tc.of the infant requi.ed by Ihe by the person for whom they were guarantors, was reasoua- , aw,,i -

videnct of the fact withoat making 2 rctorn to tba writ a pai t of tba recoid. J firmed. Satt at. De. C, 1845. Thompson vs. Wearer. Error to tbe Paikt C. C. Opiaioa by SCLLIVA5, J. 1. It it do objection to a declaration in debt, Ihtt tb mm demanded ia the qmi-ritur, U greater than Iba aia declared for. 2. A note tnaJe payable lo a per at School Cirraxisieoer, for money rfUe to the ebool fui.d, may fine the R. 8. of 1S43, be aued oa ia Ute otst of the payee of tbe sot. Reversed. Qompartt et at. x. the State ( on ret. fc J Error to the

Huntington C. C. Opinion by scllitap, J. Rt ter ted. Xichotton rt. Foster and Johnson. Error to the Dubois C C. Opinion by Scllitan, J. A scire facias to hare execution apaintt real estate, mnt show that a transoipt of the justice's judgment, and of the proceedings before hin, was bled in tbe cietk'a o3ke be fare the wiit isvued. Reverted. J-irrel et at. ts. Snyder. Error to tbe Shelby C. C. Opinion by Sullivan, J. I. A defendant who is convicted before a justice of the peace for a breach of the peace, tbe affixed penalty of which does no', exceed three dollars, is enti'led to an appeal from auch judgment totnecucuit couit. 2. The extlutite tun dirtton conferred on justices by the 77! h eclica of the act ef 1S38, relative to crime and punishment, d s not mean final juiisdiction. The statute meant excluire original jurisdiction, as contradistinguished from tbe power to bear aad finally deteimioe. Ajjimtd, Mohdav, Dee. 8, 1S45. Dudley vt. Fither. Ettor to the Orange C. C. Opinion by Scllivaic, J. A motion to dismiss a suit commerced befoie a justice of the peace, 4o which the defendant appeared and pleaded in bar, cannot be made in the Circuit Cou t, on account of an irregnlaiity in the pioces. Reversed, Lucy ts. Fail man. Lrror to the Vermillion C. C. Opinion by Sl ULlTAW, J. The faituie of a justice of the peaee to file the papers ia n appeal case, in the Circuit Court w jihin 0 days after taking the appeal bond, ia no good cause for dismissing tbe appeal. Rtterted. Laverty et, al. vs. Chamberlain. Error to the Allen C C. Opinion by Sullivan, J. 1. A motion for judgment against a peisoti wbo has purchased property at sheriffs sale, but wbo neglects or refusei to pay tbe purchase money, must according to tbe statute be 1 made by the officer who conducted the sale and not by tbe , (. iu ecutiotl t A cour, of chincery , . ake $tfpt ruichme of eU tlte ,o!d u'oder , de cree of the coutt to compel bim to peiloim tbe decree, until a report of the sale has been made and confiimed. Affirmed. Gm f ter vt. Fwler et. al. Error to Ibe Knox C. C. Opinion by Sl'LLIVAK, J. A new tiial will not be granted on the ground that a wit. ness has sworn contrary lo the expectation of the patty that introduced bim, tbeie being no evidence of nick, or that the witness was tampeied with by the opposite parly, at that he was influenced tu swear falsely. Affirmed, Slaffield and IVife vt. Filler. Error to the Kosciusko C C. Opinion by Diwet, J. An action of debt will be on a judgment, rendered in Ohio against the putative father of an illegitimate child, chaigirg him, in a ceitain sum payable by instalment with the maintenance of tbe child ; but tbe declaration mut show that the plaintiff has maintained, and is theiefore entitled to the benefit of Ihe judgment. Affirmed. Hirvey and Wife vt. Morris. Error to tbe Cat roll C. C. Opinion by Blackfobd, J. A petition to the Circuit Ccnit, which was sworn to, for a writ of Habeas Corpu, stated that tbe petitioner wa Ihe guardian of the peison and the property of a certain infant ; that the infant was the daughter of A. deceased, and bis wife B. who has since her husband's death mairied one C; that the infant is illegally restrained of her liberty and detained from tbe custody of the petitioner. Held, that tbe petition was sufficient to authorize tbe wiit. Held, also, that the statute of 1S45, entitled " An act fur the relief of Abigail Card. To the Democrats of Indiana. As one of the persons whose names were presented to the Nominating Convention, as a candidate for United States Senator, I cannot injustice to my feelings and devotion to Democratic principles and usages, forbear to express tbe gratification I" feel at the una. nimity with which that selection was made, and ihe harmony attending its result, although the choice of J our Democratic fnends has fallen upon another than ! mr..ic ; mvsclf p . , . . , jAi,ijw iuiu kjjc iiiuiic; ui wits iiiajoiiiv, iuu perfect unanimity with which my more immediate friends concurred; and the cheerfulness with which they as well as those of the other gentlemen named, acquiesced in that result, is to me a source of unfei gned rrratirication; evincing as it does the sincerity cf our professions of 4 attachment to principles, rather than men.' The example is as salutary to our friends of this State and of the Union, as I trust it will be efficient. We must preserve harmony for the sake cf our principles, we must preserve our principles for the sake of our country. This done all is well. E. M. CIIAilBERLAIX. Indianapolis, Dec. 8, 194Ö. Foreign IVcws. The Cambria has arrived at Boston, bringing 15 days later news from England. The most important item is that the British Government have come to the conclusion not to open the ports for the free admission of grain for the present. It is inferred from this that bad as things are in that country, they are not so bad as has been represented. Nevertheless, the corn market was still on the rise, perhaps in consequence of the refusal to open the ports. Liberality. A lad lost his arm in one of the Lowell factories by getting entangled in the machinery. The company kindly gave him JS30Ö, and the hands employed made up three thousand dollars for the unfortunate boy. Obituary. Departed this life, on tbe morning of the 25th November, near Greenfield, Hancock co., Mis. Isabella Miloy, aged 61 years, 6 months aod 7 days. She has been a sickly woman for many yeau. She wu taken to her bed tbe 19th September, and lingered on in extreme pain to the morning of 25th. She met death in Cbiistian faith and hope of a happy immortality. She bas been a member of tbe Tresbyteiian church for many years. XOVOIUUl KLPOUT Of the Mutual Life Insurance Co in past y ot Ztcw York, 5G Wall St. THIS Institution, during Ibe month of November, iaaued eijlity. nine new Policies, vis: lo Merchants and Traders, To Manulacturera, To Brokers, To Clerks, To Auctioneers, To Agent. To Bank Officers, To Sue Refiner, To Express MesNengsr, To Police Officer, To Surveyor, To Kiigineer, To Dentin, To Toll Collrctof, To Clergymen, if 1 1 o I'bysiciant, 3 4 To Lawyers, j 4 To Mechanics, 9 8 To Farmers, 4 ) To Teachers, a 1 To Hotel Keepers, 2.To Officers of U.S. Army, 1 1 DoinNavr, i 1 To frof. ia Miiaary Acad. 1 1 To Editor, i I To Ilookieller. 1 To Ladies, li Lives Insured, 3 ä! Pcit IIiixiT, Secretary. M. ROBINSOX, Presides Mt.Tum foiT, rbysician,5)4 Broadway. C. W. CA1Y, Agent at Indianapolis. sali: of school la.d Iii iTIi:imi County, Indiana. jVOTICE is hereby given, that the school bind, being section nam. br sixteen, (16) in congressional township number twenty sn, (26) north, range number mir M) east, a it 0 sie in the county of Miami and Slate of Indiana, 3 miles S. S. IV. from Pera, the county seal of said county, will le offered fi sale by the Nndertigned oa Tuesday the ItKh day of February, A. D. 165. between U boars of 10 o'clock, A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M.ousaid day ,at the dour of lbs Court Hvurc, (lo wit, the Presbyfrian Church, now need as a Court House,) in the town of Peru, in said county, in separate lots of 40 acres, (some a lew hundredths of aa acre over, and some a few less,) according ton division of the proper trustees of said lowio-hip, and surveyed by lbs proper count Surveyor, a part of w hich will be exhibited on the day of aale. The aforesaid sale will be made anhject to the following conditions, to wk 1 One fourth of the puichaiw anua. ey to be paid on lira day of aale, I egal interest (7 per cent per annum ) lor the residue for one year In advance, and Uie residue in every Bva )eara from tuen rale, with wiin like Interest annually in advarte, rem, Miami county la.,) J. M. HEFRF.ES, Auditor M. C. Q ? 6 A- l845" MEN UEi ALL.. Hchoc4 Com. - 5S-9W MHmi Ciwikt. State of Indiana Roonc County. Boone Pkobatb Corax, November Trau, 1S45. Joseph Larimore, Adm, of James Berryhill, deceased, vs. Esther Bctryhill, Alexander M. Berryhill, Joseph Berrrbill and others. Complaint of Insolvency. COMES now the said Joseph Laiiraore, aiministratoj cf said deceased, and it appealing to tbe Court that the vfrits herein Usued have been returned served on the sail defendants, except sail Joseph fletryhill, and on motion of said administtalor this catie is continued to the next teim of this Court, and publication ordered as to saiJ Joseph Der ryhill io the Indiana Stute Sentinel, a weekly petvepaper published at Indianapolis in said State, notify ing the sail Joseph Berryhill that said petition of insolveucy is still pending in said Court, and if not p'ead to or antweieJ on or befoie the- calling of tbe catrse at the next term of said Cotrit, the same will be taken as confessed and tiue agaiiitt htm. By crder of the Conrt. Attest, LEVI LANE, Clk. Garen & Spit, Att's for Comi I. 51-3 i State of IiKliit aa;i-sIfoosi Coastify. T the November terra of Ibe Bonne Pinhole Court, A. l. If 45, . Mid court declared the estate of Jese hinith, deceased, to be probably insolvent creditors am therefor required to Hie' their claims amiiiat tne eatafci for anowanca to tha M f-i. Adalbert, wnnin wn momiM irotu tu am hereof or they win not be entitle AARO.l SU ITH, Adm. 1813.

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