Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1846 — Page 3

Clioa Company providing far capital of 1200.000 I

mas siacK waier oavixalioa od said Wild Cat creek er tr, running op the tame to the roilb branch, and as far up that bianco as nay be deemed advisable when $50,000 are acscuoea 10 ra into the operation, by (be election of Direc tgri, &c the charter to run far one buoJreJ jean, aid stockholder to be individually liable, &c ; which was lead twe and referred. By Mr Taber, a bill in relation to water power on the JVabaih aod Etie canal, which was lead twice aod ie-l nt lr. c. . . .i. . , BMrStapp to incorporate the Madison Fire Insurance Company, read twice and referred. fir Mr Dole, rrantin? the ruht of war for l rail and tarn pike romj in Vcimillioa coontjr ; read twice and referred. The bill for the relief of the Wabash College extending tbe time of payment of loan to tht unking fund five years, and reducing the rate of interest on said loan to five per cent. was, on motioo of Mr Ilazelriftr. taken frocn the table, aud the bill was read a third time. Mr Riley opposed the pasa;e of the bill, in it prevent shape. He was in favor of extend ng the time; bat was opposed to i educing the interest. He thought it would be a bad piecedeot, aud much as he muht wish to tee that insti tution pioper, and much as be mibt regret the mifoi tunes that had befallen it, he could not consent to place it on a different situation than individual banoweis fiom said fund. Mr Hazelrig piocreded to show the cause of this loan, which was in consequence of the destruction of the college edifice by fire a few tears since, for the purpose of rebuilding it lie then proceeded to shuw, that the institution pi 1 tot several years nine per cent, interest paying one yeai's interest in advance, at that rate, at the time of making tbe loan. According tj this calculation, at the end of the five years stated in tbe bill, the institution will have paid teren per cent, on tbe amount if the loan, should the bill jss. Mr Vaodeveer said, the proceeds of ibis fund are, in the end, to be set apart for commou schools, and he culd not surrender to a college any of the advantages of this fund. He therefore moved to recommit with instructions to stiike oat five and insert seven, as the rate t f interest He was willing to extend the time of payment. Mr. Thompson also opposed reducing the rate of interest He was in favor of extending the time, but wss in favor of another provision in the bill, that should tbe security be dnemed insufficient, additional security should be required. He had the most friendly feelings towards the institution claiming relief, but could not give it ad vantages at the expense of (he common schools of the country. Mr. Julian would make one suggestion : Gentlemen bad contended, that the interest of our common schools and Colleges were not in consonance with each other. He considered their interest indentical. This College was yearly sending forth swarms of competent teachers, who were felt in the common schools of the country. This institution would pay seven per cent, for the whole, time, and be hoped the amendment would not be made. Mr. Thompson replied, and contended that a reduction of interest in this instance, would be the entering wedge to a reduction in many others. Mr. Vandeveer ag-iin opposed a reduction of interest. Ho denied that tho college-bred gentry generally went into our common schools as teachers. They generally went into the practice of the law, and were the means of promoting strils and discord in the country. Mr. Hazetrtgg contended that the security was ample, the College edifice being now worth more than $16,000. He stated that the inxtitution, since its organization, had turned out more than 500 well educated students, more than 80 of whom had become common school teachers which would make one for every county in the State. Mr. Vandeveer again replied. Mr. Shanks rsmarked, that a few years since a bill was passed, extending the time of payment not only of the principal, but also of the interest. Since that time no interest hnd been paid. Mr. Carr thought that tho petition for further relief, by a reduction of interest, come with a had grace from an institution that bad already had the favors extended to her that she had, especially when an effort had been made to pay the d-bt in State bonds. The discusxion was further continued by Messrs. Riley and Julian ; when Mr. Clymer moved to amend the instructions, so as to include the interest already due. Air. Seawright moved to amend, so as to make the interest six per cent. Mr. Dowling opposed the commitment of the bill, and favored extending the relief asked for by the College. He considered that the rote that would be given to-d;iy, would decide the fate of that institution. It was this consideration that induced him to rise in behalf of this halls and out of these halls, which was that we ahould de unto others we would wish that they should do unto lis. The State of Indiana has not paid the interest on j har indebtedness for many years some were now willinji r v . 1 1 ti,. ..... .. r to par half the interest on our public debt, and some ; were for paving nothing at all. He wished them to apply these principles to the institution under consideration. I t rom a calculation it appeared, that site would pay seven per cent, for the full period to which the timeol payment j would be extended. He had not received a College edu-! cation nimseii; out ne regruea an men aiiKe, wiieiner ther had received their education in Colleges or the common schools of the country, or whether they had any education at all. He could vote for this bill and go home and appeal to the better feelings of his constituents and they would sustain him. Sir. Clymer considered, that the important situation in which Indiana was now placed, arose from profligate legislation similar to the matter now under consideration. Cla'tns for relief, beyond calculation, would be presented if this bill should pass without amendment. There was not one in a hundred of the children of the country that would ever think of a College education, and he was op posed to rubbing the barefooted urchins of an education for the benefit of the sons of the wealthy. Mr. Cookerly remarked, that this was a Manual Labor College where poor young men, without a dollar in their pocket, had received an education, and who would in time to come, shed a halo of glory on the land of their birtb. This College was sending forth common school teachers who were affording great benefits to the country. Mr. Dowling replied to the gentleman from Elkhart, nd rfrrd m rplirf extended tu ntirrlinspra of cnnal 1

lands, by reducing the penalty of forfeiture, from twenty-! proportion of the State debt, feels that he has but litfi ve to ten per cent., which greatly benefitted that gentle- tie concern in the matter. This is wrong individual man's constituents, which he (Mr. Dowling) supported, , .. .11 1 v. j i n...d which that gentleman advocated, wuh h.V usual fiun 13 none the less, because the debt is public.

eloquence, before the committee on canals and internal improvements. He wished the gentleman to apply the golden rule to the bill under consideration Before the question waa taken, the House adjourned. ArTER300S session. Bill Passed. To incorporate the Brookville Manufacturing Company ; to incorporate the Evansville Medical Society, with authority to organize a medical college ; to incorporate the Union Medical Society r.f ISortlrern Indiana; for the relief of Benjamin Powell, &c; to amend the act incorporating Fort V"ayne, &c; providing for a road bridge on the V. and E. cariitl ; lor the relief of purchasers of school lands in Vigo county ; changing tho name of Dobsonville to Chatnbersburg; authorising John Huston to improve mill privileges in Allen ; to amend Revised Laws in relation to trust funds ; locating a road in Fulton and Marshall; authorising B F. C. Lodge to collect arrearages of taxes. The bill for the relief of purchasers of canal lands east and west of Tippecanoe, was read a second time; when Mr. Taber moved to amend, by adding an amendment, that in all cases where the owner of any canal land shall pay the whole amount, when the last payment is due, aid owner shall receive a credit on such final payment, of all penalties that may have been paid on such land, for the nonpayment of interest or any part of the principal, provided such persons shall not be the owners of more than ICO acres of said land. Mt. Taber advocsted the amendment in a few remarks thst were felt and appreciated by the House. ,1fr. Henton sjid.thst it would be criminal in him not to stand forward in defence of this bill. TV one knetv better, than bis worthy friend from Cass, the condition of those who are applying for relief. It is known that for the last two years the failure of .crops and the wet weather have been very oppressive on the meritorious class of citizens wbo hae purchased these lands. Jany of them are exceedingly por. He knew many industrious Germans, who for months had not eaten a full meal, fearing thst they might aot have the money to pay fr their lands. The amendment waa aJp'J and the bill ordered to be nsrrossed. Tbe bill for the relief of Huldah Richardson for a divorcewas taken from the table, and on the question, shall the bill be engrossed, it was decided in the affirmative, ayes 11, ives 43. Tbe bill for the relief of Thomas Murphy was taken op and the amendment adopted, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. .Iir. Pennington reported back tbe bill of the aensts, on tbe subject of estrsvs, with an amendme.it, that eatrsy notices shall be published in the local papers. Mt. Shanki wis a member of the siloct committee, and ke wsa not in favor of the amendment being placed to the till under consideration, and he was opposed to the alteration in the law, in this particular. Iir. Pennington contended with much earnestness that the eatrsy notices should be published in tbe local papers. Mt. Wilson of .1srion referred to the law on the subject, to be found in the Revised Statutes, which makes it tbe duty of the State printer, who publishes all the notices la tbe State, to forward a copy of his aper to each clerk's' office in the Mtate, where they are filed and aie open to tbe inspection of the public. The qiettion was taken on the amendment of the committee, and decided in the negative ayes 39, noes 49. Tbe bill was ordeied to a third reading. A mesage from the Senate, by Mr thiprnan of Lapoite, svoonnced the passage of a bill making an apportionment of Senators and Representatives for the nest Are years reducing (be number of Senators to 37, aud Repie seniatives to Tbe bill to provide for tbe appointment of townsh p stressors was taken frcm the table tbe pending amendment being on exempting Washington sod Owen which was adopted. Several other couatics were proposed to be ex-.rap'.ed.

Mr Biker thought a decisive vote had heretofore beeo taken against hia bill. The office of count asssor waa a link iu oar revenue system, tie, with the auditor and com mUsioner, composed the board of equalization, lie withe

to know whether all these township assessors would act as members of that board II nnved that the bill and amend' ments be lau on the table j which motion prevail! d. Several bills from the Senate were read a first Um and passed to the fuither action or the House. The amendment i.f the Senate to tbe bill of the House fixing the compensation of grarnl and petit jurors, so that taid jur0rs shall receive one dollar pi-r dv ; giving the ' ta ... hnir . . ,,,. Lll -In inP" aid compensation to ono dollar and twenty-five cents or 'diminish it to 75 cenla per dav, at their discretion. r i i. i . e was concurred in, ayea 60, noes it) to this will be the law when the (jovernor signs the bill The bill f the Senate fur remunerating Svlvexter House, of New York, for arrestin a fugitive from justice from the State of Indiana, wu read three times and puss ed. The House reciprocated the resolution of the Senate, pro ridin f r going into the election of superintendent of the New Albany and Vincennes road, ou to-mirrow at two o'clock The bill making an apportionment of Senators and Reptetentative!, fiom the Senate, was read a first time ; when Mr. Vandeveer oQV-reJ a resolution, that the message containing the bill be teturned t tbe Senate, there bring no eudoitement of the Secretary of its having pasted that body. Mr. Dowlirg taid. this was such a bill as we should not for a moment consider, and he wn in favor of sufTeiing the cletk to make any dupos.tion of it that he might deem proper. Mr. Pennington said, the omissi n w no dubt an oversight in tbe clerk, aod we should give them information. Mr. Vandeveer taid, that if the Senate intended to hoax the House with this bill, they had waked op the wron passenger. Ha was f r sending back the bill, and he was sony he had not bad time to express the con'empt be felt for the iudiiibity that had been cßeied to this body. Mt Thompson said, the remarks of the gentleman from Hrrison were well timed. Gentlemen should not go off in a tangent. lie would offer an amendment by aJJing to tbe resolution the following : M inasmuch as the certificate of the clerk is not endorsed upon tbe bill Mt Beerest said, he considered the whole matter as a practical joke, as the county of Jackson is not found in the bill. Mt Baker moved that the resolution and amendment be laid spun the table; which motion did not prevail. On motion, the House adjourned. Messrs. Editors : In a former communication I endeavored to show the necessity of some decisive action on the part of this Legislature, in reference to the State debt. Public opinion demands it ; the hon or of the State demands it; and justice to our injur ed creditors demands it. The fact, that a State can not be sued, furnishes an additional incentive, if any were necessary, to adopt a high and elevated standard of morals, leading to a scrupulous observance of the faith of engagements. If all laws fur the collection of debts w ere repealed, what a sifting of principle and character would follow ! Honest men would comply, as far as possible, with their engagements without the coercion of law, whilo the dishonest would disregard their obligations and become degraded. Should not a sovereign State stand upon the same elevated ground, which the broad moral sense ! of community would require of an individual ? an individual should make bad bargains, or be unsuccessful in business, and become unable to meet hia engagements without inconvenience and even priva- . 'ft tf 1 ' Hons, public sentiment would not exonerate lumen that account, frcm making every exertion in his power to meet his liabilities as far as he was able. Nor is a sovereign State less at liberty than an individual to disregard its engagements. Jlay it not be asked in all seriousness, and with due respect to the public authorities too, with what propriety docs the law makm3 power compel indiv iduals to perform their obligations, and at the same time neglect to provide the meang b which the crfdit of the gtate fce ' . . . preserved J 1 lie moral OUllgailUU Ol CUUtXatU, pup lie as well as private, lies at the very foundation of society. Reflecting men Ece and feel this ; and deeply deplore the tendency ot tire circumstances winch 6Urround US, to deterioration Ot moral principle. 1T1vate and public virtue must ever constitute the only stable foundations of civil and religious liberty, and republican institutions. It is too late now to enquire by what means we became ro deeply indebted, or at whose door the fault should be Lid. Such a course would only be a source of irritation without benefit, and would militate against that spirit of amity, conciliation and conces sion so indispensably necessary to the accomplishment of any important object, especially where conflicting interests are to be harmonized. In proportion as responsibility is divided, those who share it feci their portion to be less. This is the great difficulty to be apprehended in making any arrangement of the State debt. The resonsibility is thrown upon the State in the aggregate, while each individual, who is actually a debtor to the amount of his due The Mate debt naturally suggests to my mind, these propositions. The first is to pay the interest nunctually from year to year, according to the terms of the loan, and the principal when it falls "due. This, from our mismanagement and the unproductiveness of the works upon which loans cf monej were expended, seems hardly to be practicable or possible. But, nevertheless, we are bound, in honor, to do all in our pow er to meet the just claims of our creditors. The second proposition is, to wipe out the debt at once by Repudiation. Believing, as I do, that it would be gross injustice to charge the people of Indiana with such moral turpitude as Repudiation involves, I shall dismiss this proposition as disgraceful and unworthy of consideration. The third, and only practicable and honorable proposition for an adjustment of the State debt, is a compromise with our creditors by means of which, their interest and rights will be protected, our honor preserved, and the way opened for them to receive what we are able to pay. What shall be the terms of this compromise 1 That is for the Legislature, the representatives of the people to say, and is to be hoped they will consider it well. AGRICULA. The MisstNG Mexican Instalments More Mrstery. A letter from Gen. Santa Anna, to Charles Challaghan, a merchant of New York, is published in the New York Tribune, of late date, from which we make an extract, touching the long missing indemnity. After mentioning that the money was raised in cash, and the first instalments paid in that medium, be then says in reference to the instalment of July 30 : " I dictated all tho necessary measures, and positively ordered the Secretary of the Treasury to make the payment in specie according to my anterior provisions ; so that, if, in defiance of my orders, the payment was made in bills or drafts, that functionary violated his duties by disobeying my commands, and the agent Don Einiho Voss was not less guilty in receiving, te he received, according to what you say, the amount in piper. At that sama period I dictated in advance, other orders for the successive instalments with all exactitude, and in ready cash; for, the people having contributed it in cash, I resolved and ordered that the money should not be employed for any other purpose; and my conversation with the Minister Shannon, which you mention, alludes to this. " In short, in my opinion, the instalments to which you refer, were paid in ready cash ; but, if it is not so, the Minister and the agent Vos3, are responsible ; the former for havinj? disobeyed my positive orders, and tha latter fsr not having fulfilled the orders of his constituents." What eaya the Minister, Siiannon ! Fifteen Feet or Snow. The Quebec Gazette of the 5:h says, that the thermometer at that place was down to ten degrees below zero, and the snow lies in heaps more than fifteen feet, and then filling so thick that it was impossible to see at a distance of a few feet. The St. Lawrence was piled up with floating ice. This degree of cold is more severe than the frightful climate of Moscow in 19K.

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wcriiLY iiimiov, ETCBMAL VI0ILA5CE IS THE FBICC OF USEBTV. l!VIIAXAlOLlS, JAXUAUY I, 1816. The B.i n It President- A Question cf veracity. "With that peculiar audacity which seems to be an easily acquired, if not a natural habit with all papermoney mongers, the Bank President asserts that tho State Sentinel 44 bus had the effrontery, in the face of the printed " report from which it pretended to quote, to any that I "reeommentru? to the legislature, last winter, the contin"untion to the Dank of tbe privilege of issuing small " bills. This I positively deny, nd challenge the Sentinel " to the proof. . Now, it is well known to our readers tliat the State Sentinel made no such assertion ; and we defy Morri son to make his statement good by the slightest evidence whatever. If we had mad? such a statement, it could only have been through inadvertence; for at the first glance over his report last winter, we saw at once, that he carefully endeavored to maintain a position of entire non-committalism, so far as speech was concerned, though we were well satisfied in our own minds which way hU sympathies really tended. He was cunning enough to know that the safest way for hU future political prospects, especially in regard to the U. S. Senate, was to take the non-committal course he did : do every thing he could to favor the project in view indirectly ; but nothing openly and manfully. That the public may have full knowledge of the manner in which the Bank President mt naged the matter, we copy from bis report of last year ail that he said upon if, to-wit : " At the late November session, the following resolutions were adopted by the Slate Board : " Resolved, That the President of the Bank be requested to make the usual annual report to the Legislature. 44 Resolved, That the President respectfully request of the Legislature a rortrtnua'iire, on th part or the I5ank, s - i a. t II. m oi ma ngnt oi issuing small notes, as a permanent privilege, during the lile of the charter, not exceeding f 1 ,000,OtM); in the discietion and according to the oruer of the President and Directors of the Dank on the part of the State, as to the amount to be issued, from time to time, provided, the amount shall at no time be reduced to a less urn than $0U0,0W." "On the adoption of the latter resolution, Mere teas but one dissentient voice, and his only objection was, that the issue should be limited to $.X)0,0UU. "The argument for an extension of the privilege, and at the present session, and as claimed to have been tested by past experience, was, that the public sentiment was in favor of it; that the consequences of the issue thus lar, had not been oi the injurious character anticipated by many; that it had not expelled the small change specie circulation; on the contrary, that it had superseded and driven nut a foreign small tiote circulation, that was not only of doubtful but dangerous character; that there are now but lew small notes circulating in the state, ex If. ceplour own, and that the public have confidence in them; that it may be reasonably expected tjiat other Mat will fill up the vacuum made by the withdrawal of our that the existing privilege hating yet a year to run, it might be considered that action could very properly b itfilafrAil fill lli navl mum i -i r f I k. ü.nap.l A ..Ami. I . alt II 1 1 - J I DVS..KII VI II V. IIIVI I JDVWIIIWI , but that b 1ke middle of that session, rnx rRiviLtcit WILL HAVE KXriRLD; and that the with holding of the issue of that portion of the circulation from the community will consequently commence before the next legislature could act, and the Branches without legislation, will meanwhile be naturally shaping their business accordingly." This is all that the Bank President said on the subject in his annual report of last year ; and for fear of typographical errors, we refer our readers to the report itself, which will be found in the Dcumentary Journal for the session of 1311-5, page 112. And this was all lie could say in favor of a continuation of the privilege, without committing himself beyond dispute or question. He urges every possible argument, and every pretext capable of being glossed into an apparent argument, in favor of tho continuation of the small note privilege. Yet he does not " recommend " it directly ; he only says every thing lut that. Rut his attempted noncommittalism was far from being adroitly managed ; the disguise was too transparent. No man can read his report without being entirely satisfied i:i bis own mind, that the President was in fovor of the thing he asked for as the vehicle" of the Bank Directory. Morrison now Fees this, though it appears with all his wisdom, he did not see it last year. He was as much mistaken about this, as he was about the laic conferring the shinplaster privilege. Nor is the array of arguments and specious pretexts, in his report of last year the only evidence in favor of the fact, which the Bank President now so posttizely denies, of his being in favor of a continuance of the shinplaster privilege to the Bank. In his annual report of this year, made to the present general assembly, he urges the same matter on his 14 own hook," which last year he urged as the vehicle " of the Directory. In his report of this year, page 4, he says: " By a resolution oi the Board of Directors at their quarterly meeting in November, 1644, the undersigned was made the vehicle of requesting from the last General Assembly a continuation of the privilege ot issuing notes of a less denomination than five dollars, as a permaneut privilege during the life or the charter, and it was assumed by the undersigned, that the existing privilege would expire during the present session. This conclusion was not from an examination of the law conferring the privilege, but was adopted in concurrence with what appeared to be the then opinion of the Board of Directors. " He was, however, soon after convinced, on a careful examination of the law, that such a construction was erroneous, and he came to the opinion, that the privilege, as conferred, is a continuing one, until repealed by the General Assembly. "Thus much, and without attempting to argue the question, the undersigned has considered it his duty to state to the General Assembly ; and although he has not been expressly requested to renew the application made at the last session, yet hi knoxes the Board would be gratified to hate the pritilege then asked. " Believing, however, that the people's representatives are ever ready t reflect their will in all matteis of public concernment, the undersigned would mixt respectfully submit the subject to the wisdom of tbe General Assentbly." This is all the Bank President says this year. He had clutnjed, radically, his opinion, as to the letter and spirit of the law ; he admits that he, as well as the Directory, had assumed that the shinplaster privi lege expired this year ; and he still tries to maintain his non-committal attitude, and to throw the responsi bility altogether upon the general assembly, while at the same time ha suggests that they may evade it, by construing the law, as he himself now does, to convey & perpetual instead of a limited privilege. Now what are we to think of these positions of the President of the Bank, as contrasted with his positive denial, in the Family Orgau, that he had recommend ed" a continuation of the shinplaster privilege ! Th"i3 thing is sure and certain : The president as the 44 vehicle" or conduit of the Directory spoke fa vorably of the shinplaster issue, and sustained their recommendation with all the ability in his power. If his positive denial now, of being in favor of a contin uance ofthat privilege for he means this if he honestly means any thing is to be taken for his real opinion, he stands setf-conrided before the world of having been made ihe "vehicle" of olkers in favor of a measure which hii own conscience tells him is wrong, and for which he dares not take an open, bold and honest stand. Here is a dilemma, upon one or the other horn of which Judge Morrison is necessarily impaled. " It is indeed truly painful to us thus to expose the weiknesa of a professed democrat ; but the duty we owe to the principles and integrity of the Democratic party imperatively requires it at our hand. We re grct and lament this necessity as much as any one can do; but, we remember the sacred injunction also, which is infinitely more weighty: 44 If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body bhouM be cast into hell." Mail. 5: 00.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 1945.) AI on dat Evening. ) . To the Editors cf lU Indiana Stile Scntinrl: Since my last, the Senate did not eit until to-day ; and the House, on Friday, adjourned over until to-day not however until it had evinced, by its action, a decided stand on sundry measures now prominent before the public mind. A bill was reported by the committee on Territories, providing for the protec tion of American citizens residing in the Oregon Tcrritory, until such time as the joint occupation of . . mm tion so as to surrender auy portion of it south of the parallel of 54 dog. 40 min. rorlh latitude, and that it was not a subject to be settled by arbitration. Also, j instructing the appropriate committee to inquire into the expediency of organizing a government for the Territory of Oregon of erecting a line of block houses and forts, and establishing a mail route from the frontiers of Mississippi to the Columbia River of raising a corps of mounted riflemen, to protect emigrants on their way to, and American citizens in, that country of establishing a system of land surveys, and doaating lands to actual settlers there, and organizing an exploring expedition to select the most practicable route for connecting the head waters of the Mississippi with those of the Columbia River. Other resolutions were adopted, having in view the preparation of the country for defence, in case of necessity. So, you will see there is no lack of disposition on the part of either branch of Cccgrejs, to stand firm in support of the grounds taken by the administration. To-day the great work has been perfected of adding another State to this great and glorious confederation. The 44 lone star, " has now taken her place in the constellation. In Senate, Mr. Calhoun appeared, and was sworn in. After the presentation of a few petitions and remonstrances, 44 against the admission of Texas as a sljive State," the resolutit ns for her admiesion into the Union, w hich had previously passed the Ilcuse, were taken up, Messrs. Webster, Ecrrian, Bagby, Niles, and some others delated the question fur some time, each distinguirhing himself according to hie bwn peculiar bias. Mr. Webster ppoke at greatest length, and as might be expected from his peculiar position, took ground f gainst the meniurc, on account of the unequal power she would have, ly l.er slave population, as compared to other States in the Union. Mr.. Huntington also spoke at seme length, and took the same ground as Mr. W. Messrs. Der rian and Eagby tcok the opposite side, and cortended that the matter was already settled Ly the action of the American people. The latter took occasion to dc fine his position in relation to the matter, and de clared he had never entertained any other idea, but one favorable to the admission The question was then taken and the resolutions adopted by a vote cf 31 to 13 Immediately after the passnge of these resolutions, Mr. Levy offered another, having in view the opening of negotiations with Spain fur the annexation of the Island of Cuba to the United States. Mr. Benton then submitted a resolution, instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of organizing a regiment of volunteers to protect emigration to Oregon Mr. Speight introduced a bill to aid the State of Mississippi in constructing a Rail Road from Jackson in that State, to the Western boundary of Alabama. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill for the admission of Texas into the Union, and providing for the extension of our general laws over that State, creating judicial districts, .Sec. The most important business of the House, to-day. was th3 election of Chaplain, for which three ballotinjrs were had. On tne third ballot Mr. Milburn re ceived 105 votes out of 183 cast, being 13 more than necessary to constitute a choice, and was therefore declared to be elected. You will probably have 4 seen before this reaches you, a rumor propagated by the letter writers for the N. Y. Herald and some other papers that negotiations have been renewed between the British Minister and eur Government, in relation to the Oregon question. I have taken some pains to investigate the matter and am satisfied there is nothing in the rumor. It is a somewhat interesting coincidence with the annexation of Texas to the United States that a large party are at this moment celebrating by a splendid banquet at the United States Hotel, "the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. It is seriously to be hoped that the acts of this day may b 3 as auspicious for the advancement of human liberty as the event now being commemorated. Yours truly, TIM0LE0N. P. S. I had neatly forgotten to mention that a resolution passed tbe House on Tuesday, instructing the Commitiee on the Judiciary to report a bill providing that the auditors, clerks, and messengers in the departments here should be appointed from the States and Territories in proportion to the representa tive population of each and limiting their terra o' office to four years DT The Democrat of Friday chuckled very much over the fact, that Mr. Buell from the State Bunk committee, had made a report in favor of the Morrison view of the shinplaster law ; and chuckled still more that the report was concurred in without opposition. Thus," f aid the Bank Democrat, " has the Senate "concurred in the opinion declared by the President of the State Bank, that the existing laws do confer on the Bank, the power to issue small bills." Nor did the eelf-complacency of the "Family Organ' stop here. It went on modestly to glorify the head of the family " at our expense in this wise : " Tbe puhhc will place a just estimate upon the efforts of the Chapmans to call iu question the legal opinions of Judge Morrison in the construction of tne law, &x. But the wind was quite suddenly let out of the gentlemen who Lad thus puffed themselves up at the expense of others, as nsual. No sooner had the ridiculous assumption of the Democrat. made its opDcarance in the Senate, than a reconsideration of a the voto concurring in Mr. Buell's report was carried without opposition, and the report was laid on lie table! After such a rebuke as this, we Ehould think that Morrison would endeavor to display a little less of his hard-faced impudence. p. S. Mr. Buell's report is in ludicrous contrast with one on the same subject by him last year. We may show the matter up by-and-by. Morrison has used a 'term in relation to us, which we are totally at a loss to understand or find out. It maybe a gambling term, for aught we know; but whatever the insinuation nvty mean, we foel assured it doe of mean that we ever stole our partner's jacket book, coutaining some one hundred and sixty dullars. Good. Tho Indiana Journal goes in for Gen. Cass for the next Trcaidcnt. It has begun to blackguard him. - Q7-Mr. Ellswoktu, our new Minister to Sweden, arrived at Stockholm oa the -"Jin ot Uctober.

that territory shall cecse ; wl ich was read twice and ibttt " p'actd ,t ti e mmatd of Covem-1 wTh eon,ritB, on i tMM, f, ,our imedia e nrroaes j f 1 , : f ,, , r ,1 . is t , rnent in the evrnt tf their bm.g nquntd .1 vcrnls tf wsr. j, cf Tery uiinjC tmutBt , it Wuuid not be eay te faiesre made the order cf the day for the first Tuesday m Thee fin. ves -Is wt re exanii ed a. to their stiength for what calls rosy not be made upon any of us in lb. coerve of January. Resolutions were also adopted, declaring carrying guns ai d capab l.ties as war tc?mcis. in ihe event the ensuing year; but I wifh to rccoid, in the most emphatic tMt the OrrPon Territory is not -Bubicct for ncjrclia- th,"' Vfi T! r "J'' Proi.s from W1J i Df my COOvictioo that tie time is o-me for . final mil me ...,v,j ujvv. .v. Woolwich Uotktard Nfi-ie tLer left the Last India Docks at rrii ,f it rnrn.i.w ntm

rOKLIGX SEWS. The Steamship Acadia arrived at Eotrton on the 19th inst. bringing news from England to December 4, Efleen days later than previous advices : Our extract ire chiefly dented f ern Wiltner aod Smith's European Times. Tbe grain maikets were in r eaily tbe same state as at tbe dale of our former advicts. Cotton hid cfiVred a fuither decline. Inn also, td Mil-way th.nt. ILestiicture upon tbe money inaiket coiitinurd.

Ftmftoji r Within the !stfewdsys a survey has Leen goirg en, undu the dnectu n of a uial Ccer high in ik, .f ihe laige meiomiie steamers iu the mail service ( of her Majesty, v.iih a iew to ihe areiUit.ii g of tbrir eanalihlie fir ram it r puis if the ljifi-tt rsiihie. An r - -i bb a - - --- -------w anangrmf nt h-.t also been enteud ii to.in s 11 tue f f which Blackwell for the conveyance of the maili, and copies of the reports eie Iixlired at tbe Admnalty relative to Ibetn npwsids ol two years a 20. Iudced the Admiralty have been for toeme time in po$scsio of suCicknt information to be able to arm ihem, and tbe General Steam Navigation Ccmpany's and other laige vcscl,on the holtest notice. Costisehtal Maskets The rcpoits fiom the Dsnule represents me grsin tiade there as bring muco excited, about zu.uou quaneis caving been bought fur Italian account. Piicri aie qui ted at 29 to 30s 6 per qcsrtcr, fiee on boaid. The prices at the Rai ic maikets have lately ireeded about is per quauer. in tbe noith I Europe the potato diseate teems to have spread conideiat!y, and it is sniiripated that theie will le much scarcity of common focd text yesr,ard possib'7 faring the ensuing winter. At Odessa, an enormous busi'.'-.v has la teily I e n done in wheat, aod trices sre lepoited as teirf Is to 2 per qnaiter higher. There has teco an active demand f.r wheat at Antwerp, and evety thing i-tfeiins; ha been taken at improved pi ices fur consumption in the intriiur Ihe average prices on tte 15th ult. sre quoted at f 24,73. Recent accounts I; em Ilamtotrh täte that a tnateiia im provement had t-ktn place in ll.e giain trade from the 2WI alt., and that several thousand cuaitmof wheat had charr ed hands at enhanced rates. Ey the latent sdvirts from the Mediterranean, we learn that ihe dull irport from Ei eland had an ir.flurnre on prices in that quaiter, at the same time ! sellers had been extremely reluctant to accept lc?s money, an opinion pievailiue; that the s wk of whrat would be sure to be all required. The latest tuihaes made at Leghorn on'Biiti'h acrouot had been 2:0 qiiiilru Maiianoioli at 4ös IQd, aud lvHJO quartets reluh OUea at 47s bJ per quaiter. j Eevrr. The Viceroy's Pi irre Minister. Artim Bey. issued a notice on tbe 22J inst , tliat Iii llihoos, ever stut ine the welfare of Egtpt, had drcidet n pohtbiting fur the piesent the exportation of all giaiu and pulse, in consequecce of tbe siioit crops. LirrnrocL Dec. 4. The thteatenrd famine continues to ccrupy mei s mind. Aothiog. cuiing the last foitnight. lias altered the p:evious aorxit of artVirs as respects tlie extent of the deficiency. The pot i to dieae continues to progicss in sume.quaiteis.atid tobe aneted in others. The accounts from lit-lard vaiy, but the mol favoiaule repaid a fourth tf the people's fjed as being ?etnyed. In Lngland, the disease also pmr.reses in the south and west mote especially. In the t'tlief that S'methirg will yet be d ne by ministers, the food market are in a state of transition. What ll.e M something " msy te m a mvstery.and the unctttainty which. hangi over the future, affords abiindint fcoe fur speculation, not unniixid with aufciy recrimination. Two r thiee cabinet meetings have been held dming the past foitnight, Ihe last of whirh took pljce n Tue'diy. Matters may be said at the present moment to le in statu quo, but the popular anxiety as repaid the apprehended scaicity is now pattkipated in by ihe great tiadeis und captalitt men. too, wbo aie above bcit g influenced in a truttn so vitally impottant, by iJle fears, still less by psity or per-onal ptedilections. Tiaiie is alieady stageiii g under the blow which tbe impending scaicity, or what is the same thing, the fear of it, has piodured. In the manufuctutirg ditiicU tiieie has Lren a sad fa limit eff in the demand tor goods, and the gloomy prospects which Ihe arpioaching winter presents, is shaied by persons whose inteiests and ternnersment would induce them to look at matters in the mcsl favorable point of view. Wilh the ciuntiy in this fiame of mind Laiiassed by the fears of scarcity, and listening daily to tbe most eloquent sod emphatic objurgation of tbe Corn Laws, to the cpetation of which the evil is more or less attribu'ed has appeared a letter addressed by Luid John Rusell to bis constituents, the city of London, in which he imphatically condemns the sliding scale, and declares himself an unconditional lepealer. The sensation which this lettci ias excited, is proj-oi tionf d to the station of the writer, to the important inteiests at stake, and I to the new combination of patties v. hielt it in - volves. Many regard it as ihe doom of the exi-tu g ministiy it is certainly the doom of tle corn laws. As a ticke of policy, this movement of the Whig leader is admiuble, and as it would appear, has been fallowed, without concert, by Lord Morpeth, w ho has uol onlydeclaied for total repeal, but has joined the league. 1 be Free Tia le paity, by this aristocratic accession, are now io a position to assume the teins of power, and to fuim a Government at any moment. The noblemen we have - 1 named ate the foiemost men, the choice spiiits, the hope of the Whig paity.and in thus giving their adhesion to the League, they receive as eil as commuuicate stiength and power. The news fiom the Western shotesof the Atlantic recently, has excited muie than oidinaiy interest- The Great Western, on her lat trip, Irought borne a document whkh created neatly as much amazement as if a shell had been unexpectedly thrown, with hostile it tent, into a friendly citadel. Tbe number of the Washington Union hich claimed the whult of Oiegon fur the United States, and repudiated all negotiation on the subject, was scanned with painful feelings was presumed to steak tbe sentiments of PiesideDt Folk, and to foiesh.dow tbe forthcoming Message. The effect was such as we have desciibed it War ai d all its o1ious horrors stared every one in the face. Tbere appealed to be no escape ficm it no loop-bole by which an honorable exit could be made. Writbirg under the influence of this exciUd feelh e.the Caledonia ariived on t'iiJjy. with intellicence a week in advance of the Great Western, aid the nature of hor despatches had an emollient effect 0 tbe iiatiutial pulse, which now beats again with comparative coolness. .It was then found that tbe article in the official paper was not uocieistood by thoc on the sjot to have an official character that Mr. Pulk bad not yet thrown sway the scabbard that the Whis with their ihue t" peace, prospeiitr snd progression " were inimical to war. and that Mr. Webster, at Boston, bad made a speech of a pacific aud elevated character, in which an appeal to physical force ou tbe Oiegon question was denounctd as folly and madness. We have befote stated, and the repetition at tbe preent time is almost suptiflu. u, that, as regards England, people here care little in what way the Oiegn dispu may be patched np; the value of the teui'ory is hardly rated be) oiid a piD's-fte, and right glaJ would the thinking, intelligent portion of the couutry Le, if the 49 tU parallel of latitude would hit tbe views and the tastes of the American Government ai.d people. The anuojai ct, the irntation, arises out of what is conceived ta be the" bullying spiiit" with which the United States' claim is advanced, which naturally wounds out national pude, and creates a fiamet f mind lulls calculated to pioduce amity or end in foibrarance. The refusal of the i'iesidt nt to lefer the dispute to aibitration, looks like a " foregone conclusion," and i pointed to as a pi oof that the woist may still be apptehendt d fiom obstinate councils. It has transpiicd duiii g the last d ')' or two, that Mr. Polk has repeated to the English Cabim t the 1 tTer which they have lejected two or three ti n s during the la'f quarter of a century, namely, to divide the tenitoiy by the 49th parallel of north latitude, and that thry still adhoie to makiug the Columbia the boundary, each nation being free of its wateis. It is our cure to hate a monopoly of some kind or other always to fight for or to drfend some" vested interest" about which the people in the aggngte know and caie as much as a cow does for astionomy. Tbe nation, if noses had been counted, would have accepted this ofTer by an overwhelming msjoiity, but then the interests of the people, and the inteiests of a powerful incorporated ccmpauy diverge, and the Government, I ke a hareh atepmotber, pets tbe favoiite, and plunders the family. It is painful to talk cf wailike preparations in the same bieath that we refer to a misuiideistaudirg with a fiiendly country, as it savors somewhat of the inilesian mode of settling a cuutroveisy wiib uplifted sbillelah. But the fus and potherthe activity and incessant energy which prevail in tbe English dot k-yards, tbe survey irgol the coat and the steam oavy, all indicates a " black cloud " somewhere 1 it may be in the west or in the south, but the "powers that be" seem to be fiimly impiessed with a belief that evcoti aie transpa:ent enough to make this activity and ou'Uy unnecessary. Cap'ain Austin visited Livcipool lat wet k by orders of Ihe Admiralty, to gauge the capacity of the first class of steamers as regtids the carrying of heavy metal. The British and North American, the West Indian, and ether vessels have uudergoae similar inspections, Loan J0111 Russell o the Repeal or the CoanLaws. A very iimjikabie letter from Lord John Ruell to the electors of London appealed in the Morning Chronicle of the 26th ult. Iiis Loidship applies himself tu two questions first, the disease in ihe potato crops, which, he says, seiiouly atfi cts parts cf England snd Scotland, and is coir.n itting fesiful lavages in Ireland; and nelt the defects in the picsent corn-law. With reference to the corn-law he says 1 1 confess that on the general subject my views have in the couise r f twenty years uodrrgoue a great altetation. 1 used to be of opinion that corn was an exceptiou to the geneial rules of puliikal eeonr.nyi but observation and experience have convinced me that we ought to abstain from all interfeience with the supply i f food. Neither a Goveinment nor a Legtslatuie can evtr regulate the corn market with the benrticial effects which the rntite fieedom of sale snJ purchase sre sbte of themselves to pioduce. Let us. then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved ti be the blight of commerce, the bane of agricultuie, the source of bitter divisions among clashes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality and crime among tbe people The Government appear to be waiting for some excuse to give up the piesent corn-law. Let the people, by petition, by adJiess, by remoustiance, afljid tbcm the excuse they seek. Let the miniitry propose such a revision of tbe taxes as in their opinion may tender the public burthen more joint snd mate equal let them add any otbei piovisiuns which caution and even sciupulous forbearance my suggest 1 but let the removal of restrictions on the admission of ihe main articles of food and clothinr used by the mas of the poute be required, in plain terms as use ful to all great ioteiets, and iudispcusable to tbe prsgres cd t.m ! .tm tlWIH Lord MoartTH s . Accrssio to ibc Aim-Cons Law Lcacic A latge meeting of the free tiaders of Leeds aod its tci;hbotbood w is held on tbe 2öttj tust., Mr. J. D. Luc

cock, the ! a; or in the chair. Mem . Cohere and Bii;ht ldre4 tbe aen.b!r;;e,an4 is) the ceore of the evetiig tbe follow id j letter as read by Mr. C Baines. Junj " Caf Til Howaid, Nov. 24, 1543. My Dear perceive that yon ate about to have a meet. on at Leeds to promote the qualification ef e tec tor, with a view to farther the object f the Anti-Coro-law Learue. You will probably rr member being prat poa) an occa

sion wien, amuiM very s'rurg seirvending inducements, I foiebore fiom plsdjine, myself to the eatire extent tf those object. All that has since .Mertei.ed II especially that iai RnW (Wr Uti inar tm 1 1 . a aaar t aaaW a.: .a fiuln, (although I less than ever anticipate ny protsble tenrwil of a political conneiion between as ) end a iene f bat has bea effected br the Aati-Corn-Uw Lerue fa advance their great etd alike combine to put an end to alt r...k.. ...1. r - . ...j :. ... im 1 iir iiuui 1 tva Btrj-Kiaar a;rs sii vw 11 a' 1 ri t a aar . 1 as 1 r. 1 ai without cor cert or con-ultation with snr one eUe my rrote inaction cf the f täte in the peent meigeocy. B I et me, my dear Mr. Baines, yours very fa.thfelly, " Moat cm. 44 Kdwatd Baines, jun., E q." Mr. Cobden remarked that the 5 jnst sent by Loid M rpeth was worth any JL5000 that had pieiusly bees) eot U the League i and he predicted that the sdheia cf his Lordship to the cause of fiee trade would strike tenor inte tbe hearts of tbe MiriMry and the corn-law monopolists. Secession rsoxt the Potestat to the Roms Fait sr. Tbe Chmcb srd Sia'e Gazette announces moie wredrr I the Roman Catholic ftith i they are ihe Reverend F. W. Kater, late Fell .w of University CoÜrge, Oxford t l be Iter. W. U. Richaids, M. A , Exetet College Mr. John James Caiman, B. A., Worcester College; Mr. E. Eal Weiber, M. A. Fellow of Magdi-lene Colleges three, if Dot four, clergymer- of the Church i f England, and a young grrtlrman from Litllemoie, and Mr. T. Wood, a barii-trr an 4 member of Mr. Richard's cnngreration st Maigmt Chapel. Tbe Reverend Mr. CofSn does not yet j in tbe Church of Heme, but remains in lay communion; snd be is to reside wilh Dr. Tusey at Chiist Church. It is exj-ccted thst Dr. Pusey wil', in like manner abstain fr'-m entering tbe Romub piicfctbood, but will become a lay mi m! er of it. The Railwat Pakic. Ltrcrpoo, Dee. 4. The railway panic has not- subsided. On the conttaiy, it is in full foice. Investments of this deenr'ion are piotrate the collar continues. I he Gazette has recently published no'ices from several hundreds cf the nt w Jines, which piopose to apply to Pailiament duiir g the ensuirg session for their sets. Tbe peiiod for giving notices expiied on Sunday ta.t, the end of Novcml er, and to afford time for the deposit of the nccestaiy documents, fpecificaiRris.ard compliances with ihe standing orders of the Houe of Crmmons. the Boaid cf Trade lemained npen all day on Sunday, and only closed at midnight. More than 700 of the new rrc-jects have deposited their p ans; lut a large number have failed, nevertheless, to com ply literal'y with the standin oidcrs, in which case they cannot go before Pailiament next session. Theotj ct, ia many instance, has leeo to throw dust io the ryei of II. proprietor, by professing to have made an effort ta comply wiib the lrrla'ive requirement in sloit. keeping ill woid of promise to the ear, but bieakirg it to tbe hopes -of their piopiietois. The swindle, in such cases, is cleter, but alas ! loo tianparent. The feeling of depodarr which prevails in the ptincipal s'cck maiketeof Erglactl relative to iion road, exM in Paris and other Continental maikets with scarcely less f.ice. The biokeis hare sufTcicd seserely duiinz the late gambling mania, and ma ti of thm are being used up " in all directions. Eveu in France some of these personages aie flying to England, in otder to get out cf the way. Axotiiek Fiee. 0a Fridiy aftern on, the Palmer House was discovered to be on fire; but by active exertions with buckets it was soon extinguished. It caught from the fire falling from a fire place in th third story, which burned through the floor, and damaged the room below and the roof above. Had this fire not been discovered as it was, that noble structure would in all probability have been destroyed, carrying with it at least one or two square; and from this cause : want of eßeient apparatus, and proper organization. It is discouraging to our excellent firemen, and to all good citizens, to witness tho apathy of our public oJEces in those rpects. Aa an instance of the negligence of the city council, (God help them, os a whole !) not a stick of wood, ; ha8 bcen provcJ for one 0f the en?ing haucC. Do ' 0 . they think the old machine not worth it ! Then sell it, and let us know what to dopend cn. If thfy expect en eng'ne to be kept in order in such weather as we have had for the last month, without fire and oil, they had better lend a hand to do it. Look at tho public pumps, also. Not one half hare delivered i drop 'of water for years. Yet Lese good souls would have fires extinguished not only tioso which consume the dwellings of cur citizens, but those which consumo citizens, (sometimes) themselves ! Give us water, and give us machines, worthy of the name (and we ought- to have, also, fve limes as much new hose as we have got, additional,) "and the boys of the Good Intent and Marion, with the linking chaps, will make your slumbers refreshing, especially you with the dimes. It might happen, sometime, that a house might boon fire, when you would wish that you had started the project of getting apparatus rot always out of order. 07-Mr. Arnold's name was accidentally omitted in our House Report of Die 19;h, on the rote taken on concurring in the amendment proposed by the Committee on Corporation, to the bill to incorporate the Logan'port and Rochester Michigan Road Company. He voted in the affirmative. Feamlix Examiner. This i3 the title of a new paper just started at Franklin, the capital of Johnson County, by J. R. Kerr Esq. It is of course, democratic in politics. The number before us is not so legibly printed as it ought to be oiring to the old type used. With a little attention on th part of the w prkmen, (a journeyman, by the way, h advertised for,) it will easily be good enough to disseminate truth, till the liberal citizens of ' Old Tecumseh " feel enabled to provide the new materials necessary, 5-The late Wabash Stasdsrd has been passed over to Jons ltos'tft, Esq , a whig, and ia now called the " Courier." We regret that a firm and able democratic sheet cannot be kept up at Lafayette. It certainly ought not to be charged to the sturdy democracy of Tippecanoe.. The present editor is understood to be democratic ; and, we hope lie will continue firm in the faith, and receive a liberal support. We notice that Morrison, the tail of the Royal Family, urges the whis to eupport the new paper. The Taoli American is Informed that the discontinuance of their exchange was caused by the error of a clerk. New Post Office. A new Post Office has been established at Canton, Tipton county, Ind., and John S. Kessler appointed postmaster. The Sugar Crop. The New Orleans Bee of the 3d ventures upon an estimate of the suar crop of Lotulana lor the present year at lcW'.WU finds. Jn fifteen Parities it falls short about 33,000 hhda. In 1344 it was lDe.OOU. Wheat ix Illinois. The wheat in store, rea-!y for shipment, on the Illinois river, amounts to three hundred and thirty-four thousand bushels. TIIC 3IAUKETS, CINCINNATI, Dec.24 The liver was f-tho-; anew at night, with a proepeet for rain. llocs prices ranged at from $4 00 to $4 J?iFlocb $4 C21 to $4 C5. MADISON, Dee. 21. 1S45. Dusines still brisk In tMs city, but prices are downwaid. The highest price cf poik is $3,75. ranging down to $3,2 i. Fbur $ per barret. Wheat 73 to bO cents per bushel. Groceries have advanced a shade, in the retail stoics, since our last, and theie is very little sugar in msrfcet. Cincinnati Prices Current. - Corrected from tht Chronicle of December 21. FfoT,city mills, bl f 4,75a5.00jO7, liecd. gall 0 C5a0 CC Canal & wagons, 4 62a4.65.SJI Kanawhs.ttlik 23a0 2i nraim avheat.buAh O.!5a0 OU.Sectfs. fiax.busb liutl.i Corn, 0.3i0 3i Timothy, Oati, 25a0.2f Clover. Hay, loose., ton, 14 00al6 00.irA;say gall l.bOaSO 6.60a.O 0 2ija0 2li i on saix. . . w . u. V LARGE twe nrr Brick House, v. t-r ,u,'" cuitfamiuc 14 ramtaa4 swrr.lwa. fmt ne rear, fooe cena, two wellsol food water. smoke a4 wa ives. timO.U.. corner of M?! pk-asant an ine imprvrwmwu -,. . j - - - - . ana vraenii tsteta. t-ul'iiie ol tl-tf JOHN ELD LR, Real Cauis AjtL