Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1845 — Page 4

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

IHIJlA.Vwl'OLl!, DIXKMIILIC IS. j - rnnsuued 'C09Ud j relief to tbe Legislative. Tn the S'nat, the mot of yesterday was in the discussion of a proposition lor Wabash Co'.leire, whose Collrge edifice was destroyed ty fire tome year aince, giving the privilege to the trustees of said institution, to pay a loan of sumr S.COO, from the Sinking Fund, in State Bonds. Those who engaged in the discussion were Jlessrs. Davis, Orth, Revburn, Todd and Ellis, in favor of receiving ;he bonds owned ty the College in liquidation of the debt due the State. Messrs. Murphy, Lane, Edmonson, Hamrick, Handy, English and Wincbell, were opposed. Th committee on EJucaticm to whom the memorial ef the Tresident of the College was referred, reported it inexpedient tu legislate on the subject at present; which report was concurred in by a vote cf 32 to 17. In he House of Representatives, yeVerday, tbe perjlexinj question of the compensation of grand and petit juror in the several counties, was settled, by tbe engrossment of a bill fixing ?aid compensation at one dollar and twenty-five cents in the several counties in this State. This looks like the entering wedje to a more general system of legislation, in other particular. The joint committees of t!w two Houses, to which the communication of Mr. Cutler, tbe .Agent of our Bondholder, has been referred, heW a meeting in the Supreme Court Room, r.nthe evening before last, and organized by the appointment of Mr. Lane, the Senator from Vanderburgh, as Chairman. A resolution, we understood, was adopted, providing that the deliberations of the committee should be held with closed ctaors. The oVjtxrt no doubt is, to prevent interruption, anJ to enable the committee to have a fall and free conference with the Agent as to the extent of his power, &c. Considerable discussion took place, on yesterday, providing for a compensation to the examiners of com mon school teachers of one dollar for euch examination, to be paid by the applicant. After being amended so as to reduce th3 compensation to seventy-Gve cents the bill fell, on the question of engrossment, by a vote cf ayes 37, noes 50. The files of t!ie House being completely cleared of bills and messages from the Senate, on yesterday afternoon, " Mr. Ilizelrigg, from a select committee, on leave, reported against abolishing the oSce of State Agent, accompanied by a bill reducing tbe salary and com- ' pensation of that officer. Mr. Sec rest said, as there were some charges in the report against the State Agent, he would move that the report and bill be laid on the table ; which motion prevailed. The Speaker then laid before the House, a report of the Agent of State, in relation to State bonds 6old oa credit, &c, taking the ground that the Suite is bound for the payment of such bonds, when not in the hand of the original holder, although we have . received no consideration ; such are his opinions, and he gives them with reluctance. Before any action on tas report, the House adjourned. Tlic Sinking Fund. By reference to the Royal Family Gazette, or Morrison's Bank Democrat, of December lGth, it will be seen that the adcertUing of that fund is to le thrown into the laps of the Royal Family. This we expected, whsn we dared to suspicion its integrity of management, or to call the attention of the people to the necessity of a thorough examination of its affairs. It only adds to our suspicions ; and 60 far from being a punishment to us, as was no doubt intended, it will operate reversely. It must cause the honest, thinking people, of Indiana to insist on a thorough, sifting, Ao;itsl and fair examination of the management of that fund from its very commencement to the present day ; and that too by an AGENT ; one qualifed and huntst. The examination of a committee will result in nothing. Give such an agent powers, also, not only to examine and figure up the books ; but give him power to examine witnesses under oath. The representatives of the people owe it to themselves, and their constituents, of all parties, to see that it is faithfully done. It seem3 now, that the Bank and Sinking Fund very near twins have established, and are determined, so far as tiieir patronage is concerned, to support a Bank Organ. So be it. We ask in return only for all we lose by it, the support of the honest people . of the State. They or the Bank must rule. The determination of the matte is in their hands. If they t'l-".:ii:.l t. "or ivr? iMvrrrn ric TOCRAC JT, let them support the Bank, its Organ, and the whole Rivjal Family. If they would te frte, if they would continue to enjoy the inheritance which is their birthright, sanctified by the blood of their revered sires, then must they crush at once ALL attempts to fasten the manacles upon their limbs, the fotters upon their liberties, now being attempted. Safer, far safer, would their rights and liberties be on the deck of a pirate, than under the control tf these money gods . Look well to iL Delays are dangerous, j t concern, the Sinking Fund geta whiteLet but that washing from a committee, and the balance of your lands worth a groat, are gone, the officers enriched, and not swamps enough left to offer a reward for the detection of the already runaway scoundrels. We hope our suspicions may prove untrue ; but until a thorough examination is had, we shall never be satisfied. Will the Legislature see it done. Trust to nothing but a sworn, honest agent, who will act independently. O-Mr. Baker, of Vanderburgh, in a letter to the Evansville Journal, dited Dec. d, says Our House don't take the papers the Senate, however does ; please inform my constituents of the fact." One would draw an unfavorable inference against the intelligence of the Hous?, perhaps, on the above statement; we therefore think it due to the House to state, that it afterwards did authorize a subscription for one copy of the State Sentinel and two copies of the State Journal for each member. We hope the Whigs woa't find any cause to grumble about this. It is certainly a pretty fair arrangement for them. (t-We should like to know ho'w much the Sinking Fund allows their Organ for his advertisement. In the Journal or Sentinel, under the old rule, we should have been allowed $3,73. But we suppose they have " increased the price, thus making the people pay for assisting to support their Bank Organ, the Royal T- , - xamiiy uazeue. ' Wonder if these Bank Aristocrats ever imagined that they supported the State Sentinel Establishment 1 C3-Mot of the Whig editors in this State set upon the Governor's Annual Message, like a set of r-galar curs. We should like to ask of them, what they think cf the praises of the same message by ach papers as the Louisville Journal, the New York Tribune, Express, Journal of Commerce, and other respectable papers 1 " 0- The subscribers of th"e Congressional Union and Appendix, have been transferred to the Congressional Globe and Appendix, by an arrangement between Ritchie and Heiss, and Blair and Rive. This is a good arrangement all round. , The semi-weekly and weekly Union will be continued at 2 .PH) and $1, the iM?e;oa. .

Dcalli of Com. Elliot. The Philadelphia Ledger of December' 11th, eon-

tinJ the following melancholy announcement: We learn, with regret, that Comrnc dore Jesse D. ENiott. commandant at the Navy Yard at th.s station, died la t evening, about 11 o'clock, at l.:s knl.ng houfle ,n tl,is c.ty, Mrs. Northrop', No. 63 Soulh We learn, with reerret. tint Cormncdore Jesse D. Fourth street. 1 he Lomuuxlore has Dten in lor uie last six months of a complication of disorders including a disease of the heart. He was unconscious, we learn, for the last forty-eight hours previous to his death. He was in the sixty-iccocd year of bis age at the time of bis decease. - "Commodore Elliot has played a conspicuous part in our naval history, and rendered important service to h.s country. His death m a lois to the service as well as to the public and his friend, by whom he was much respected. Thus pass away one by one the veterans of the late war, whose bravery added to the . . Ml 4 .i glory and renown of the Amcricau name. Another blow up, mid burst up. The sins of tbe times, says the Goshen Democrat, are indicative of another expansion cf the circulation, perhaps not to such sn extent as that of 3G, but sufficient tJ make considerable of a bubble. So many new banks are going in'o operation in Ohio and else where, thit it may eaf Jy be predicted that we may soon run again the round of prosperity, speculation, disaster and ruin. On this subject, Thompson's Bank note Reporter for November, good authority too, by the way, ha? the following : Banks. The year 1313, will be memorable for the commencement of another Bank expansion in this country. The reports of the Banks in this State for this quarter. Will show a larger circulation than ever before. In Ohio, twenty new bnnks have just sprung into existence. Six new ones are organizign in this State ; one in Vermont, and notices are published in the Pennsylvania papers, that application will be made to the legislature for ten new bunks and for seven renewals of old charters in all, $7,4( 0,( 00 of capital. Before long we shall see the arts and sciences of BanJcing revived in Michigan, Illinois and Mississippi. The recent election jh Ohio demonstrates conclusively that the arts cf banking are again popular. There are a few behind-tlie-times politicians who prate away against Banks; but they are, or noon will be, obselete ideas." Finale. Clear the track and let us all have a fair swing. We are a great country we can carry more steam and make more revolutim than any rave na tions on earth We shall make a glorious run until ' lrJöt, when, in all probability, we shall bring up all standing, with at least one hundred broken binks, ten thousand bursted speculators, and bankruptcy as thick as blackberries. We shall ring the bell when it's time to jump overbonrd. South Carolina. Tue Legislature of this State convened in the Capitol at Columbia on the 21th ultimo. Gov. Aiken's message, occupying about four columns in the Charleston papers, was delivered to the Senate on the S5lh. This document states that the present debt of the wati.m tu v Ifta av V'U . UI1U UU1( Uliwn - wa . . 1 , ..... , . ... , . ,, md.cate the probability that it will be punctually tnfo amrinnta tr aaKint 1 1 1 rnn an1 ta V 1 f mil1irna n rwl paid as it falls due. by the means already provided, The Governor acknowledges that the operations of: the State Bank "have yielded a fair and satisfactory income to the State," but more than insinuates that its charter ought not to be extended any further than us present niniiauons. aucse are nis worus ; "The wisdom of State institutions of this charactcr has been a question of great perplexity and much discussion, and perhaps it would be well for us to refleet whether its continuance would be desirable after the exDiration of iu charter, which will take nlaee in

I 1 C CT O J lbOG." j Oregon, though I might be certain that a declaration ! of war against us by every power in Europe, would Illinois and Michigan Canal. We understand : be the result. They gave me their votes understandsays the Ottawa Constitutionalist, from Mr. Goodin?.' Jn-rlir A T hn nnt;fiot tlm nf tho mnrva T in.

the cuief Lngmcer, that the wor on the whole line piuicoa.u- cij lapwij, mcic uu ucui ai work 15tX) men, and a proportionate number of teams, carts, dec. He thinks, that if the weather should ( continue as favorable during the next ten months, as it has since the work commenced, the main line of the canal will be completed by the first of next Sep- ' tember certainly by November. From the above extract it will be seen that tho " Illinois and Michigan Canal " is in a fair way to be iü .... m, . , ... ! completed the ensuing year. lhe whole distance1 r , 1,1 i under contract is about one hundred miles, and should tne anticipations ot the Lnginaer be realized "that the work will be finished by the first of November next "the whole work will then have been completed in about fourteen mouths from the time of its com mencement. May we not hope that the same zeal and energy will be exercised in regard to the completion of the Wabash and Eric Canal to the Ohio river 1 Dr. James Ititchcy. By reference to the report of the proceedings of the Johnson County Convention, published in our last Tri-weekly, it will be seen that Dr. James Ritchey is recommended as a suitable person to be placed on the Democratic ticket for Lieutenant Governor. OCT Politics should have nothing to do with the judiciary, say the Whigs. Reader do you remember that as long as ten years ago, that party elected Gustavus A. Everts as President Judge over the lamented Gen. Howard, for the northern circuit? Hyperion to a satyr ! What a parallel ! But then you must recollect that-Everts was a whig and poor How ard was a Democrat. And vet thev tell vou that politics mu.t have nothing to do with tlft judiciary, Ca any OQe reraember at DemoCrat that the Whjleaaers inougnr. quaimcd lor onice .' it so, just name ! llf 111 .1 ll' M .. mm: v e 11 give me wijoie range 0: our history and one week to do it in. fjyMorrison pretends to have received a letter from noless than "a member of Congress," asserting that Benton will "go against the Administration." We do not believe that iVIorrison has received any euch thin j; and be pretends to it merely as an excuse for giving Lonton a stab in the back. C7By a statement in the Madison Banner, wa are made aware, for the first time, that Morrrison mutilated the Presidents message in hispaper, by leaving out about two columns of it ! This was done we suppose, for the sake of saving a few dimes as well as attempting to beat ns. It is Mr rrison all over ! The Woman's Bill has passed the Senate of Georgia, securing the married women their own property, and similar to the law on the same subject in Louisiana and Mississippi. There is a probability of its passing the House. One of its provisions is, that the property, real or personal, in the possessim of a wo man at the time of her marriage, or which may be come hers as legatee after her marriage, with the natural increase of such property, shall not be vested in her husband, or liable for his debts but that the artificial increase of such property, after deducting expenses of support cf family, education of children, &.C may go to the use of the husband. Funny. The St. Joseph Valley Register made some prophecies some time since, respecting a U.' S. Senator. We promised to call its attention to them at a future day, which we now do, with no time for comment. We would also call its attention to an article of a late date, headed "The next Governor," wherein it is prophesied that Jesse D. Bright would probably be "the Competitor of" Orth ! in tbe next gubernatorial race ! t What think you of prophecy now, gentlemen ! Do you lack experience 1 Fifteen years of editorial life miy make you better prophets. - The Steamship Gheat Britain on her way to England, broke her propeller on the I'.Oth ult.. after being out three days. She did not reach England till the 17th, under saH. The Great Western' arrived out in 13 days. j

INDIAXAPOLIS, DCCE3IDEIB 20, 115.

W ' ".,,,-.. - . - " - ' ' ' iUaoljington torrcsponöcncc. Hall cr Refkesextatives, ) Dec. 15, 1845. , Messrs. Editnrt: You have seen the message. Our people have, I hope, read it. and are coüsioVririjr of it. Its Tariff doctrines will be perfectly accepta bleto the Democracy. Th President has renewed the offer, repeatedly made by his predecessors, to concede to Great Britain all of Oregon north of latitude 49, and added to the proposition the Tree navigation olu.nbia river. I think I have no constituncomhatants excepted, (and it is of no use of the Col ents, non to argue with them,) who will not say that the Treeitin i a. inn unci cu ruw iii sua ss'' v v v. nt has ottered enongii, tor me siwe oi peace. Manv will think he oJereil too much. Tlii prutKJSition.mad, only in great love of peace, lias bee,, fe-: a a jected. Many of my const ituent. w.ll jo!Ce that It . li hn roivtpfl and will be lovc lo Dlieve that ll has been rejected , and w in &e ioW t u DJf e j tred of Republics, and envy us our happiness, and rapid advancement in all the elements of national greatness. Hence we must stand up for ourselves and arbitrate our own controversies. You have sen the resolutions introduced in the Senate by Gen. Cass, and have, of course, published them, so that, by this lime, my constituents are acquainted with their purport. It is the opinion of many intelligent persons, here, in public life, that War is inevitable, l am ry that cpininn. Great Britain will not recede. We cannot, vilh honor, recede. I know that the selfishness of the great cities will be appealed to. They will lose their Commerce, nnd be in danger of bombardment. So, too, the selfishness of the cotton planter will be addressed. He will be told that he will, by war, be deprived of the English mirkets. fur his cotton. But I cannot yet believe that considerations so grovelling as these will operate on more than some half dozen votes in the House of Representatives. The resolutions of the Baltimore Convention, by which the President wa nominated, declared the will of the Nation. The message of the President is a well elab . a. . m . ST J orated, and perspicuous commentary upon those resolutions, and the Executive action, on the subject of Oregon, will be sustained not only by the majority, but by the minority party, in rural places. War, then, may be delayed, for some time, (though I can i . m j . . : . . scarcely conceive ot anyway in which suusianuai delay can be brought about,) but in the end it is almost certain. 11 is mereiore me cuxy 01 every cuiy.en to be prepared. Congress may pass an Oregon bill, which Grat Britain may afffd not to take offence at. But the affectation wiil be only put on to gain time for further preparation for war, or to secure peace at home. When we come to execute our Oregon bill, by tarrying out our plan of populating the country, and by the erection of military posts, War will come, unless Great Britain fhould then be fettered by an unaupicious state of things at home, or in her colonies : and such a state of things is not probable. lha past year has been one of almost unexampled I . . , . eTt- mi substantial prosperity to the people of Indiana. Th 'uiators mav sav it ha9 bePn ..nolrreat thirds.' e j for there has ben no artificial rise in property or prices; but our farmers had a tine crop, and a fair market. Let my voice reach them, and warn them to economise the proceeds of their prosperity. Inatnil rtf mM nitor l nrr tliA npivtaeitj fif f Vi o 1 nrt 1 vo t" r j pd s in .. cneap "goods," let them hoard them, for j thir country s service. I scarce addressed the working people last summer, on anv occasion, where I failed to tell them that they had the fighting and the ' paying to do. I told them that I would vote for the admission of Texas as a State, and for every measure assertin- and maintaining our rirht to everv foot of . tended to purf- ie, it is fny duty now to warn them of evenis to be expected. Lot mem take care or tue proceeds of the last crop, and pay their debts, if any they owe, and let them plough deep, early in the spring, and clear more land this winter, for a crop next summer not for lucre but because their coun try may have to tax them to carry On a war their country may want their crops to feed its armies and their boys may be in the tented field, next year or the after instead of aiding them on their farms. The great valley in the event of a war, will necessai .1 . l e .1 j .i i e nlv he the store house of the army, and the hive from which will sally forth swarms of riflemen to meet 'the sudden emergencies of war, besides contributing its full quota to the regular army I do not wish to be an alarmist. I hope my fears may turn out to be vain. I can see ways in which war mi v tu nvnito.t trot T .Ii eriwcl irF Tit nmnitro ; for it ;s wise bv not wasting resources bv orena- ' ring to be taxed by planting for our army and by nerving up resolution, and love of country Far be it from me to wish to set our people to talking, and vaporing and wasting time. I say, waste no time, work hard, save well, and prepare to be taxed and to fight. I told the people last summer and the summer before the list, that if there were a war or a great system of improvement, or a bank, or a public officer to be supported, they (the people who labor,) must do it. I but tell them the same now. Yours truly, W. W. WICK. The resolutions of Gen. Cass, referred to in the j ftbove letter were offered on the 9lh inst Thcy pro posed instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the condition of the national fortifica tions and of their armaments, and whether other de fensive works are necessary ; and into the condition and quantity of the military supplies; and into the state of the means possessed by tbe government for the defence of the country. Another instructing the Committe on tho Militia lo inauire into the Dresent ; condition of that great branch of the public service, and into the state of the militia laws; and that they be instructed to report such changes in the existing system as will give more experience and efficiency to that arm of defence, and will place it in the beet con dition for protecting the country, should it be exposed to foreign invasion. And another instucting the Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire into the condition of the Navy of tho United States, and into the juantity and condition of the naval supplies now on hand, and whether an increase of them is not necessary to the efficient operations of the navy, its capacity for defending our coast and our commerce, and for any service the exigencies of the country may probably require. These resolutions will be interpreted as denoting a foregone conclusion, whatever their fate may be in the Senate. " Cran-V iu his portraiture of one of our State Senators, in Tuesday's Spectator, says that he (the Senator) is from a cotmty of the same name as one of the two of our Supreme Judges, who was deposed last winter by Gov. Whitcomb." We cannot suffer such a statement to pass without contradiction. There were no Judges deposed last winter. Nor was there any attempt to depose the Judges. Their terms were about to expire. Time, that deposes all offices except those holding for life, was about to depose them, not Gov. Whitcomb. They had no claim to a reappointment, over any other qualified persons. The Constitution ha? limited their terra to seven years. But it is becoming fashionable in some quarters to disregard Constitutions. Hence the rule, once in office always in office. But as Crank talks of deposing men from office, we can give him a genuine instance. James Whitcomb himself was deposed and turned out of office from his station as the Head of the General Land Office, by the Whig party in 1341, before his term expired. There was no pretence that he had not discharged his duties faithfully. Where were the lamentations then ! OOThere never was a grosser humbug than Morrison's pretended reports of the legislative proceedings. Not one half of tbem are given in his paper. How ever he hss the subscription of the Legif-latorr, snd that's the main thing with him.1

uum , "7 , Commends. Merit should be es;abl:Miea as tue grenna , ,bit collpn good4 not djeJ. colored, printed, or stained, FE Z' mnui1! - tn Z iStit. of a friTndlv iow of ; and a single regard to that, with prop- wding in ,.Iu. i.B,y ee rir aqu.r. yard, .hall leave the matter to the arbitration of a friendly pow- f ds jnst favor or partizan influence, es- u ,ueJ ten.y cent, per square y.rJ. If. then, iho er. or assert our own rights. It is absurd to support taMI,,ied and tigi!iy maintained. And in addition rf. ,ue of tte cheapest cotton goods is but four cents a a m an mm a w an huv . ak I m ml aa t a i m 1 jt a -n aar aTS V list t aa m I

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The Navy Report. Mr. Bancroft's report is a thorough business document. Tbe detail showing the occurrences in the service during the past year, and the present condition of the department, are mot clearly and

concisely stated, and accompanied by many ex- 1

cellent suggestions. We have always bad a higt disciiniinatra in favor of the manufacturer, and again opinion of the ability of the Secretary of the lo merchant, by iijurious restrictions upon trade and Navy, but he proves himself to be alvwid of our most commerce ; ageinst the ship tuiUliuc; and navigating favorable anticipation. It is evident that he i8 a intend, by heavy duties on al most every article used in vigilant and efficient officer, aud a thorough re- ItoilJiitj or navigating teste's. It discriminates in favor former. 'of manufacture and against export a, which are ss truly

Mr. Bancroft fhows that there is pressing occasion fof ,ie inrcrpog4tl0 0f Congress. The service is nurse of abtl8e incompetency, and waste. Pror iong not foliVied on merit, but on age; and, c e S the Promo8equcntly lhe hi?ier ades of officers number many rr; and. rnn. w,;0 auttePly unabie to perform the p i 1 . l i i.a t duties of ..... ..Ci r. .kllinir cisiinns inn iliiii rPIIIIPr IUI Illlllll rilL IUI IIIS . T,e srela pro - . we .... Con?ress mi' wiselv . . . t . Bfe the pruning knife, even more freely than he rebe immediately reduced to its wonts; the brst one be ing retained, and suitable provision made for the oth ers. If this were dune, and hereafter an emergency arUes which renders an increase of the number necessary, it can be made by promoting younger men from the inferior ranks. A school has lyen established at Tort Severn, near Annipolis, to which midshipmen will be sent when on shore, instead of being left to lounge away their t m. Tho ßit MiiiK mmt -micr nn fliVitmnal pvrtpntp.

..., - , . . J 'percent, minimum. Inn dill being maintained out of the appropriations for m- port.Uon, and show, an s structors at &ea, which offices had degenerate into b on coUo, imp0M, of - ' XT ! ! I ! . . I i C. I. 1... ....

mere sinecures, neiwifr is n iu imtiitric im nie Apprentice System, which Air. Bancroft suggests 6hould be improved and increased in usefulness. War Report. The Report of the Secretary of War Department, like those of the heads of the other Departments, is a valuable paper. The condition of the Army, and the disposition of regiments of which it consists, are first 6et forth. One regiment alone is placed on the Northern frontier, from Maine to Lake Superior, an extent of two thousand miles ; and on the line from the Falls of St. Anthony to New Of leans "fifteen hundred miles there is only one regiment of dragoons and two of j infantry. 1 he Artillery regiments, reduced .by detach-1 ments of four comjanies from each, now garrison the seaboard from Newport to New Orleans. The residue of our army, which in the aggregate, does not exceed G.500 men, is now stationed ia Texas. The Secretary clearly, explicitly, and eloquently shows the necessity which prompted this disposition of our little Army, and intimates that no change may be expected until our relations with Mexico have assumed a more amicable character. The Report suggests, in case of necessity, a judicious mode of increasing the Army by filling up the companies without an increase of otBcers; but the necessity for another Regiment of uragoons is pointed out, to occupy our posis, wincn the government mut extend to the Rocky Mountains. A corps of Sappers and Miners and Tontoniers is recommended, to aasist in constructing bridges, to facilitate the movement of the army in Texas. The expenditures for the Army, which shew an economical administration of the appropriations, are set forth, and the estimates for the ensuing year are given, and notwithstanding the extraordinary sarvices which have been and will be required, an inconsiderable increase ! only hns been suggested. For arming fortifications glDO.t 00 is the increase, and Congress is invoked to a consideration cf our fortifications, armories, found ries for cannon, &.c. Particular reference is made to our fortifications at Sandy Hook, Staten Island, and j with great propriety for a city like this should not i be leu with insufficient defences. Col. Kearnev'sex pedition to the South fuss of the Rocky Mountain and Captain Fremont's expedition, the West Point Academy, the Militia, and a variety of other topics are ably oiBcussed, and much valuable information furnished, ahd reforms suggested. Report of flic Post Master General. The Washington Union gives the following synop sis of the report of the Foslmaster General. On the 30th of June last, the transportation of the mails covered an extent of 143,84-4 miles. The an nual transportation on the routes, on the same day was 35,(W4,2G9 miles involving an expenditure of S"A'J)oXU4. The number of mail contractors on the day above mentioned was o,y7. It is stated, that while the annual transportation in 1945 was greater than in the preceding year by 224,1 - . 1. 1 1 1 t - v-t-j nines, me cusi nas ueen less uy u-j,iui. On the 30th of June, 115, there were 14,133 post offices ; during the preceding year, 3o2 were created, and i-bU were discontinued. The revenue of the department for the period men tioned amountfd to $l,&,S-al 80; and the expendi tures for the same time were 4,320,731 99. . The nett revenue of the department amounted to $2,942,217 17. It is estimated, from data given in the report, that there will be a falling oa in the next revenue to the amount of forty-five per cent.; and, under the suppo sition that the savings on the contracts will not trans cend the expense of "new routes," and other mcdi tatcd improvements, the conclusion is drawn, that the means of the department for the present year will be lessened $l,VJl. The deficieucy for the current year, as calculated upon the returns for the quarter ending the COlh Sep tember, will be more than a million and a quarter and it i3 stated that it will not be less than a million next year, without an amendment of the existing law An increase of the revenue of the department is rc commended. The rating of letters by weight, instead of by the single sheet, is said to have been productive of very injurious practices. Under this branch, the Postmaster General goes into much detail, showing through what expedients the just rights of the Government have been more or less impaired. The report recommends a continuance of the rates of postage on written communications, subject to these modifications : That five cents pay for each single letter for fifty miles and under ; that ten cents pay for each letter fur any distance between fifty and three hundred miles, until the 30A June, 1649 ; and after that time that the ten cents pay for any distance over Buy miles ; and that fifteen cents be paid on each single letter for any distance over three hundred miles, until the outh June, 1043, when it shall cease. It U Bupposed by the Postmaster General that, if other suggestions which be makes, of a kindred cha racter, are adopted, the cheap-postage svstem mav, after the present year, be continued, without burdening the treasury. Prepayment of postages, hitherto often recommend ed, is pressed upon the favorable consideration of Congress, and anous considerations justifying the innovation are presented. The Treasury Iteport. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury is a document second in interest to the President's mes sage only. Mr. Walker takes bold ground in favor of just policy on the great questions of taxation and finance, and manfully speaks the truth right out ! We are sure the democratic people of Indiana will, with us, thank him for so doing and will rejoice that he has no desire to compromise with error, entrenched though it be, in strong holds. We are sorry that the pressure on our columns prevents us from giving his very able report at full length. As it is, we are compelled to be content with the copious ex tracts in relation to the Tariff, which follow : An appeal ha been made to the poor by the friends of protection, on the ground that it augments tbe wages of labor. Iu reply.it is contended that trie wages ot labor have not augmented since lhe tariff of 1312, and that in some cases ihey have diaiiuuhed. A protective tariff is a question regarding tho enhancement of tbe profits cf capital. That is its object, and not to augment the wages of labor, which would reduce those prod's. It is a question of per centage, aud is to decide whether money vested in our manufactures shall, by special legislation, yietJ a profit of ten, twenty, or thirty per cent., or whether it sball remain aatiafied with a dividend equal te that accruing from the same capital, when infested in agricultural commerce, or navigation. The present tariff is unjust and unequal, as well in its details s in the principles upon which it is founded. Ou some articles the duties are entirely prohibitory, and on vihrra ibrie is s partial prohibition. Il discriminates in

fat or of manufactures, and against agriculture, by im- 1 potmjf many hichr thites upon lbs manufactured fabric than -upon the agricultural product out of which it ia made. Il discriminate in favor of tbe manufacturer, and against iwhrnin 1 man hieher Julies nuan the rninnfjc.

,h. ,h- mlticUi ..j ,0. 0r i,, th n.h.i. the pioduct of American industry as manufacture. It tJiscriminstes in Iaor ot ins ncn ana against ine poor, cy high duties upon nearly all the neefaries of life, and by n.iiiiin.ii.. 'ithuv -i " " - lu ntuch Li-h" 0B lhe ch"P lb,a uPn lhe CnB "i M.mroum mre mücuuw vloe, assumed bt !w, insted - J 'TmV , J"" v ,f "7.j i : ' :. i 01 lO l., uuii i vet icnu .aiwiciii i.io'iru wuuii ni.nBflc. u of eo,U . bu. th. ,.w further wni.i wrii. nr mniri varit. anil the ifiifv !vijl nn the I inimi v. I M ' j . j - - - - Iirtriout value raising 11 uc umc mgurr on nie curap article enncumrd by the poor, than upon tbe fine article purchased by the more wealthy. Indeed, by IIue document No. 306, of the lt scfaion of the 38ih Congress, this difference, by actual importation was 65 per cent, be tween the cheaptr and the bner article of the 20 per cent, riiinimum, 131 percent, on tbe 0 per cent, minimum, 48 per cent, on the 35 per cent, minimum, 84 per cent, on tbe 60 per cent, minimum, and 64 per cent, on tbe 75 1 b;s dinerence is founded on actual verage discrimination against S2 per cent, beyond what the tax would be if aesed upon the actual value. The operation of the specific duty presents a similar discrimination against the poor and in favor cf the rich. Thus upon salt the duty is not upon the value, bat it is eight cents a bushel, whether tbe article be coarse or fine showing by the same document from actual importation, a discrimination of C4 per cent against tbe cheap and in favor of the finer article ; and this to a greater or lesa extent is the effect rf all specific duties. When wa consider that S2.892.62l 74 of the revenue last year was collected by minimum du'ies, and $13,311,05 46 by specific duties, the discrimination against the cheaper article inuat amouut. by estimates founded on the same document, to a tax of $5,108.422, exacted by miuimums and specific duties an rtualty from the poorer classes, by raising ihus the duties on the cbeicr article above what they would be if the duty were assessed, upon tbe actual value. If direct tsxet were made specific, they would be intolerable. Thus, if an in nual tax of thirty dollars was assessed on all houses, with nut repect to their actual value, making the owner of the humble tenement or cabin pay a tax of thirty dollars. and the owner of the costly mansion a tax of but thiry dollars on their respective bouses, it would differ only in ilegrre, but not in principle. Irom the same unvarying specified duly on cheap as on fine articles. If any discrimination should be made, il should be the rzverse of the speciGc duty, and of the minimum principle, for eub lishing a maximum standard, aboe which value the du ly on the finer article should be higher, and below which they should be lower on the cheaper articles. 7 be las upon the actual value is the most equal, and can on'y be accomplished by aJ valorem duties. Al to fraudulent invoice and under-valuation, these dangers are believed to be arrested effectually by the stringent provisions and severe penalty of the 17th section of the tariff of 1842; snd now one-half tbe revenue is collected from ad valorem duties'. Il seems strange, that while the profit of agriculture varies from 1 to 8 per cent., that of manufactures is more than double, i be reason is, that whilst the high duiiea secure nearly a monopoly of the home market to tbe man ufacturer, the farmer end planter are deprived to a gteat extent of the foreign market by these duties. The farmer and planter are, to a great extent, forbidden to buy in the foreign market, and cenfined to the domestic articles en hanced in price by the duties. The tariff is thus a double benefit to the manufacturer, and a double loss to lhe farmer and planter a benefit to the farmer, in nearly a mo nopoly of lha home market, and in enhanced prices of their fabrics, and a loss to the latter, in the payment of those high prices, and in tot I or partial exclusion from the foreign market. Tbe true question is, whether the farmer and planter shall, to a great extent, supply our peo ple with their agricultural producU, or whethtr this ex change shall be forbidden by high duties on such manu factures, and their supply thrown, as a monopoly, at large prices, by high tariff's into the hands of our own manufacturers. The number of manufacturing capitalists who desire tbe benebt from tbe heavy taxes exti acted by the tariff from twenty millions ef people, does not exceed ten thousand. J he whole number (including the work ing classes engaged in our manufactures) deriving any benefit from the laiiff, does not exceed 400,000, of whom not more than 40.000 have been brought into this pursuit by the list tanü. Uut this small number of 40.000 would still have been in tbe country, consuming our agricultural products ; and in the attempt lo secure them as purchasers, so sjiall in number, and not conauming one-half tbe supply i nany countries, the farmer and planter are asked to sacrifice the markets of the world, containing a population of eight hundred millions, disabled from purchasing our products by our high duties on all they would tell in ex change. Tbe farmer and planter would Lave tbe foreign market also to a much greater extent, but for the total or partial prohibition i.f the last tariff. We have more fertile lands than any other nation, can raise a greater variety of products, and, it may be said, could feed and clothe the people of nearly a l the world. The home market, of itself, is wholly inadequate for such products. They must have the foreign market, or a large surplus, accomplished by great depression in price, must be the result. I he ststes of Ohio, Indians, and Illinois, if cultivated to their fullest extent, could, of themselves. raise more than sufficient fjod to supply tbe entire home market. The Indiana Democrat "Bank Demo crats," &c In the last number of the "Indiana Democrat" so called -we find a paragraph devoted to oursclf. which came in t ie shape of "words of kindness." In reply to these "words or kindness, we say we are in the habit of denouncing "Bank Democrats, as worse than whigs. But we have repeatedly said that it is not every man who owns stock in a Bank is a "Lank Democrat. lhe case of Mr. bnntli is this he is a State Director in the New Albany Branch of the rag tactory. I he necessity for having Democrats to nil these places, arises out of the facts of the existence of the Bank and the Democratic ascendancy in the State. The State Administration is responsi ble for the safety of the interests of the State, and should have a watchful eye over the various branches, and must necessarily employ Democrats to exert that vigilance. What tre mean by "Bank Democrats," are thope who favor the creating and sustaining such institutions. Such men as the editor of the "Indiana Democrat" and his brother, the President. Men, whose whole souls are wrapped up in the antidemocratic design of continuing and supporting these swindling concerns; men who are beseeching the Legislature, this very minute, to extend a perpetual privilege to the otate liink to issue small notes ; and . 1 B 11 tm . s. A in uie ena, win go lor the renewal oj its charter. Uur opinion of the design in getting np the "Indiana De mocrat," is to make it the orgari of the Bank, to threaten division and create dissensions in the Democratic ranks, in order that such disaffection may be found to favor the Whigs in extending everv privi lege to the concern that she may ask for. And to sustain this paper, the money of the Bank can be freely spent. And in the end, the whole concern, President, Editor and all his adjuncts, will go over to tue wnig party. Already do they manifest their design, by appointing trAt Directors of the Branches. As for ourselves, we say go. We had rather have you against us open-handed, with banners flying, than endorse your characters as Democrats. The Bank clique have passed their resolution to apply to the Legislature to extend the privilege of issuing small notes. For what purpose ! Why, to extend the cir culation of the Bank, and drive gold and silver out of circulation. They say Ohio bills will supply the place of our own. Nice argument this. To cure the man who about to take one glass of liquor, you must get him drunk at once. Ohio bills will not compete with Indiana bills. Bot h will compete with specie ; and be tween the twojndiana would become as barren of specie as the Morrisons' heads and hearts are of Democratic principles. If ever there was a time when a Democratic Legislature was called upon for great and noble ends to adhere to the Democratic faith, now is the time! hvery thing indicates a great expansion in the paper system ; and unless the Bank of Indiana is held with. in proper limits, the whole concern will go the way others aro fast hastening. The safety of the State stock in that Bank, calls loudly for protection. And the people cry out, that they may be spared from another such a dreadful robbery as they have suffered in the few last years. If thi Legislature exteftds the privilege of the Bank this year, the day of repent-

ance may come too late. We say then, hold tight tbe rein. Let these "Bank Democrats" be taught a lesson that will lael them the remainder of their lives, and if they get mad and go over to the Fed, call a grand jubilee of the Democratic party, and all in the State will attend. JNVu Albany Dimocrat, Dec. 11.

Bank Failures. The rtason vhy Bankers and DnAtrs lose nothing by exploded Banks. We have before frequently spoken of the fact, that in bank failures, the loss, as an almost invariable rule, falls upon the industrious class, while tbe banker and broker escape, llow Uus la done can be seen by tl.c iouuwing fact: Some three years 6ince, the Granville Bank bursted up. The morning before the failure was known in the village where the concern was situated, a letter was mailed by the cashier of the bank at the village of Luray, 6ix" mile sjuth of Granville, on the National Road, where a daily mail passed each day. directed to a broker by the name tf Atwood, in Chillicothe. Before the failure was known in Granville it was known by the brokers and bankers in Chillicothe, some sixty or seventy miles distant. The cashier's friend, Atwood, happening not to have inr of the notes of the bank oa hand, handed the letter over for publication, and thus the facts became known. The day it was mailed was on the Sabbath. The day previous the directors agreed to close the concern oa Monday following; and thus was time given to the cashier to warn the bank pets of the crash. Thus will it ever be, so long as the present system of banking is allowed to exist. While bank charters are so framed as to make it the interest of those doing business under them to swindle, so long will the public morals be shocked by bank outrages. Tbe public are looked upon an a goose, and he who can pluck the most feathers is the greatest financier. Each banker will take care of his particular friends, as in the case mentioned ; but they who are so unfortunate as not to have a friend in the Iiink parlor, must exiect to be swindled, or the experience of past ages teaches us falsely. Detroit Free Press. siTinn.Tic couut of Indiana. at m SP CASKS DITIB.MI5ED AT THE HOVXNBIR TXRX, 100. Reported for the Indiana State Sentinel, BT A. X. CARXANAK. Tcedat, Dec. 9th. IUrt it al. v. Woods. Art8' hm '1' HJ C- C. Opin ion by llLAcKroao J. At a public sale of town lota, a per 011 bid off a lot, and tbe cleik of the sale made a memo randum of tbe puichase tn the tale book. luiat tnat tbe luichae was valid under the statute of fiaudt. By a conti act lor the aale of teal ettate lhe dee1 was to be made on the payment of the purchase money. The ven dor, afteiwaid, oueicd to the vennce a deed for the land, on being (.aid the pi ice. which oflVr waa iefued. Held, tliat the pmchae money, alter uch tender and refusal, became a h-git matter of set-off, in an action of debt by tbe vendor against the vendee on a promissory note. Reversed. Crtggt v. Voorhtet et al. En or to the Allen C. C. Opinion by nLUVA!f J. 1. Where a suit ia bu ught by a non lesident plaintiff for the use of a person who is a lesideot of the State, and that fact appears oil the leeoid, tbe defendant may not willisla nding lequiie the plaiotiff to give setnlity for cot. 2. A plea letting up a it lease of a debt due by aa instrument under seal, niut f how that tlie iattiument leated was alo under real, or the plea will be bad on special demun er. 3. Derivations made by a witues out of court, that be haa an inieiet in the suit, are not sufficient to exclude the witness from being worn. Uttel ted. Brewer v. Murry. Appeal from the TorterC. C. Opinion by Dcwet J. Aa appeal lies fiom the final jodgmentof a Justice cf tbe Peace, howevet informal the judgment may be. If the surety in a replevin bond be a material witness for the plaintiff in tbe action of replevin, another surely may be substituted in his pUce, and be rendered a competent witnes. Reversed. Filch v. Polke. CeitifieJ fiorn the Cass C. C. Decree granted for tbe complainants. Thvedat, Dec. II, 1845. D:nnit v. Dennis. Apral fiom tbe Washington Probate Couit. Opinion by ScxLiVAir J. Bill in chancery for the assignment of dower. Tbe answer denies the complainant's light lo dower in the premises. Held, that the iccoid must how, to entitle the com plainant to a dower, that the husband was seized of tbe premise dui in the coverture. Reverted. Al.bott v. Warriner. Erior to the Decatur C. C. Opinion by BLACKrCKD J. The defendant in foreign attachment mav plead in abatement, without filii'g special baiL Reversed. Walls v. the Slate. Erior to lhe Maiion C. C. Opinion by Dcwet J. If a person, not beine a traveller, carry a pistol concealed about his person, whatever may be bis motive fur carrjiog it, he is guilty of a ciiminal i fTVnce. Ajfirmed. Clark et al. t. the State (on ret. S;C.J Appeal frrm tbe Ilendiicks C. C. Opinion by Sullivar J. 1. Debt on the official bor.d of a Sheriff. The defendants craved oyer of the boid, condition, attestation, and approval pf the bond by the associate Judge. To lhe demand of oyer of tbe approval of tbe bond, lhe plaintiff demuried. Held, that the demaner was well taken. The approval by the judges was a collateial matter, independent of the execution of the boud, and equally accessible to plaintiff and deft ndant. 2. A demurrer to a replication assigning breaches in a suit brought tinder lhe statute cf 1S3S, on a hoed w:th a condition, admits Ibe facts staled in the breaches, and on a wiit of inquiiy to assess the plaintiff's damages, the facts admitted need not be proved. Tbe defendant, however, may introduce testimony in unitization, and tbe juiy must assets the datnagra accoidingly. Ajfirmed. Slate of Indiana Boone County. Coor Pbobatc Cocrt, ovEMBca Term, I $45. Joseph Larimote, Adm. of James Bern hill, deceased, vs. Em her Ueirybill, Alexander M. Berry hill, Joseph-Berry -bill and others. : Complaint of Insolvency. COMES now the said Joseph Lai imore, administrator of said deceased, and it apeaiiiig to tbe Court that tbe wiits herein issued have been returned served on the taid defendants, except said Joseph Beirj hill, and on motion of said administtator this cause is continued to 'lie next teitn of this Court, and publication ordered as to said Joseph Berry hill in the Indiana State Sentinel, a weekly newspaper published at Indianapolis in said State, notify iiig the said Joseph Berryhill that said petition of insolvency is still pending in laid Court, and if not plead to or acsweied on or before the calling of Ibe cause at the next term of said Couit, the same will be taken as confessed and ttue against him. By order of the Court Attest, LEVI LANE. Clk. Griggs & Suit, Att'a for Ccmt l. 51-3 is Slate of liidiaiin Iloonc County-. VT the November lenn of the Bonne Piobale Court, A. iJ. 1845, said court declared the ealale of Jesse fc-initb, deceamd, 1 be probably insolvent ; creditors are therefore required to file their claims asainst the entitle for allowance in the said Probate Court within ten montua from tue date hereof or they will not be entitled to payment. AARON fcallTll, Adm. tovemlier 18, 1845. . SO 3 iT Slate of Indiana Ilencricks County. l)Binaicis PaoaiTB CoviT. Samuel J. Cnem Inger and Robert M.Megee, Adminietnilora of the stale of William Megee, deceased, vs. William McAuley and Jane, his wife, Ellison Meeee, Allen Ileus an faran, h ia w lie, Diz:.beth Aiepee, Georpean Burk, William H. Burks, Frances Jane Burks, Eni beta Burks, Mary J. Burks and Joua J. Barks, heirs ol said eatate. rrtitio ( aeU Real Estate. TnC above named William McAuley and Jane, bis wife, Ellison Megee, Elizabeth Me-ee, William II. Burks, Fnneea Jbm Burks, Klizahetn Bnrks and slary J. Burks, who are Moa-rerklemaof this Male, are hereby notified that, at the November term, 1845 of our said Hrndrkk Probate Court, the said Samuel J. Ensmingtr and Robert M. Me pee, administrators aa aforesaid, filed is said court tseie pelitma. showing tlie insufficiency of the personal property to pa and satisfy lhe debt, otilFtandiiig ag.nnrt said estate, and praying for aa order to cell certain real estate of which the said William Megee died seized, to wit ; the north half of lhe north eatt euailcr of Sectios 3. township IS norui. of range om west; and that Uie sbmI pstiuoa will be beard and determined by said court on tbe first day of the neat term to he holden at the Court House in Danville on the second Monday in February, In lhe year 184H, when and where they can attend and oppose if they think proper so to do. Attest, JOSHUA D. PARKER. Clerk. G0-:i 1 St:U of Indiana Hendricks County. T the November term of Ibe endrieks Probate Court, A. D. Ü 1845, said court declared the estate of William Mecee. deceased to I probably insolvent. The credhota are therefor required to file their claims againtt the estate for allowance in tbe said Probate Court wiinia ten tuoniua Horn uie o.ue nereof, or Ihey will not hs entitled lopaynteub BAMUCI, J. SMINGEk.i . . COBEUT AI. MEGEE, 'Adms. Danville, Dee. 10, 1845. C0-3wiT sali: OF SCHOOL. L,A!Via Iii Miami County. Indiana. JVOTtCE ia hereby given, that the school land, being section nom1 ber sixteen. (16) in congressional townshm number nr.i. (26) north, range number lour H) east, situate in thaunniirihii! ami and State of Indians, 3 miles S. S. IV. from Peru, Uie county seat of said county, will be ollered for sale by the undersigned or Tuesday lhe 10th day of February, A. D. I Sir,, between tl.e hoars of 10 o'clock, A. M. and 4 o'clock P.M. on said day ,at the dour of the Court Anise, (to wit, the Presbyterian Church, now awed as a Court House,) ia tbe bnvn of Peru, in aäid couaiy, in separata kits of 4(J acres, (some a few hundredths of an acre over, and soma a few Wsa according tua division of the proper trustees of said township, and surveyed by the proper count v Kurvevor, a part of which wiilbeeaklbited on the day of sale. Tbe aforemid sale will be made subject lo the following conditions, to wit s One fourth nf Uie puichare num. ey to be paid on lhe day of sale, legal interest (7 per cent pet annum ) for the residue for one year in advance, and Die residue In every five years from such sie, with with like interest annually in advance jeru, .nianii county ia., i j. ju, utr Rhts, Auditor M.C. Dec. 6. A.D. 1845. ) ll.Wc.DEMI ALL. cboul O n. sa-w Miami County. Stale of Intliaun Ilciidrirlis Counlr. . Green Rirharrfsnn vs. Joel Ricbart-oo. t'vreiirn wSMseAsieiit. 4 Tip JTE defendant, the mid Jorl Kieharrtson, Is hereby notified that Js. on tlie SStti duy of November, 18 Ul, the said Green Kiebardso aoed out of lhe office of Stephen C. Crawford, a Jostirs of the Peace in and for the county if friidr icks. In the Mute of Indiana a writ of Foreign Attachment, by virtue of which the sum of $l 94ia cat Ir hcv been seised upox and taken as money belonging lo the said or lead ant, and ihHtsaM writ isstil pending and ndetennlned. Given nn der my hand and seal this lutU day ot December, lft.S. CO-3wHT H. c. CRAWKOgn. J. f. CLOTHS. A FINE assortment of Fjiglieh. French and America CleWba. some of superior quali y, at R. C. MELliRCM'S. 61 GOLD FCS. SMALL lot of Gold diamond pointed JPent and PeaeiteM ih very finest q-iatXj, fot sate ty 0. A. FLSCiCSOX. A