Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1846 — Page 2

Sl)e 3nManct legislature. Repvrtti for the Indiana St SntinL SENATE. Tbcssbax, January 1,184. The Senate assembled. Tb Je-arnal being read, Mr, Pomeroy, on let, introduced a revolution reqniriof the Senate to proceed to the or Jen of the day, at two 'clock each day daring lha remainder of the sesaion ( which was adopted. Reports frm Standing Comrtifiee. Mr Ellis, frora lh judiciary, reported back the bill of the House in retatiou to alien holding; real tale, with eoe amendment, and recommended in passige ; laid on the ubl. Mr Henry, from the same committee, reported back the hill providing for the punishment of libellers by indictment, and recommended ita indefinite postponement con coned in. Mr Alliaon, from the committee on education, reported back the bill authorizing the agent of the aurplua revenue fund of Allen county, to receive a deed of conveyance from a former agent, and recommended ita passage ( the report waa not concurred iih Mr Barbour, from the committee on federal relation to which waa referred ao much of the Governor' message aa relatee to a " crista in the affaire of the State, reported that ttey did not aufSciently understand the crisis to make any recommendation ; concurred in. Also, reported againal the expediency of memors'iaing Congreaa to grant a donation of land in Oregon to the free blacka of the United States ; concurred in. Alao, reported against the joint reaolution for the im provement of the St. Joseph a river; not concurred in. The reaolution waa then, on motion of Mr Pomeroy, referred to a select committee. Mr Allison, from the committee on education, reported back the bill providing for the more economical manage meot of the achool fund, and recommended ita paaaage ; the bill waa lost, ayea 10, noes 31. Mr Read, from the committee on federal relatione, re ported back the resolution in relation to the inland aeaa of Indiana, and recommended that it be laid on the table; concurred in. ' Mr Lane, from the committee on canal and internal improvements, reported back the bill in relation to the purchasers of Wabash and Erie canal lends; ordered to third reading. Mr Coffin, fnm the asm a committee, reported a bill to change-tha location of the feeder dam acroaa the Wabash river, in Parke county ; paaed to a third reading. Mr Logan, from the committee on claims reported a bill for the relief of Owen McManna; passed to a second reading. . Alao, reported back the bill for the relief of J. Pitapatrick ; ordered to a third reading. Mr Berry of M, from the committee on the State Li

brary, reported a bill to provide for the distribution of certain publie document remaining in the Slate Library ; ordered to a third reading. Mr Lane, from the committee , on the State Bank, to which waa referred the subject of repealing the lawa au thorizing Iba State Uank to issue note of a less denomi nation than five dollar, reported the aame back, and re commended ita indefinite postponement ; which waa con curred in by the following vote : Aria Mraara. Alliaon, Bowera, Bradbury, Chenowith, Coffin, Conner, Davia, Ellis, Uoodenow, Hamer, Hamrick, Holloway, Howell, Jackson, Lane, Major, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan of D., Morgan of R., Murphey, Pome roy, Keyburn, Kxkhill, Todd, Yerbnke, and Zenor 27. Nobs Messrs. Akin, Barbour, Berry of F., Berry of Jkl., Buell, Chapman of D., Chapman of L , Cuppy, Edmonaon, English. Handy, Hardin, Henry, Herriman, Jones, Leviston, Logan, Miller, -Orth, Parka, Read,' and Wood 22. On motion of Mr. Alliaon, the bill incorporating the Lafayette Hydraulic company, waa taken from the tablebe moved the consideration of the vote adopting a certain amendment; waa an reconsidered, ayea 31, noes 15. Tha bill waa then read a third time and passed. Mr. Orth moved to take from the table the bill in relation to the continuation of the Madison and Indianapolis Rail road to Lafayette ; which waa agreed to. Mr, Alliaon introduced an amendment modifying the section granting the Legislature power to repeal. Mr. Conner moved, to amend by requiring the road to be laid out on the moat eligible rout, by way of Lebanon and Thorn town, in Boone county. On motion of Mr. Orth, Thorntown waa struck out. Mr. Berry of F., introduced aa amendment incorporating the individual liability clause, in a modified form ; adopted. Tha bill waa then read the third time and passed. Mr. Morgan of D. from the committee on UufinUhed buiinesa, reported a bill for the better preservation of Legislative papers. Adopted. Report from Select Committee. Mr. Todd reported a bill to dissolve the bands of matrimony between J. Neal and Jane, kia wife ; passed to a second reading. Mr. Allison reported a bill to incorporate the White river Presbyterian Church of Greene county ; referred to the committee on corporations. Mr. Handy reported a bill dissolving tha bands of matrimony between Joel Huffman and bis wife ; ordered to a ae conti reading;. Mr. Parka from the committee to investigate certain cturges preferred against the commissioners of the Sinking fund ; lha report was laid on tha Uble without reading. On motion of Mr. Coffin, the bill for the relief of Fran eia Lafontain and others, was taken from the table ; and passed. Mr. Berry of F., introduced a bill to repeal the act giving further time to Assessors ; passed to a third reading. Mr. Hewell introduced a resolution that when the Senate adjurns it will atand adjourned until Friday morning; adopted, ayea 27, noea 21. Mr. Cuppy reported a bill to incorporate the Fort Wayne and Plymouth Turnpike company ; referred to tha com mitte on corporations. Mr. Handy reported againat the expediency of levy, ing a tax on dogs, according to cerain petition from citiwni of Henry and Wayne countiea; concurred in. Mr. Coffin reported back the bill for the relief of Nathan Birchfield, and recommended its passage ; laid on uble. A large number of billa were read the aecond time and referred or paaaed to the aecond reading. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, January 1, 1940. Mr. Fuller on leave, offered a resolution that when the House adjourns on this day, it adjourns until tomorrow. Tbe reason advanced, for the resolution, being that members might be able to serve on impor tant committees. - ' Mr. Secrest remarked, that if the House would give a part of the day to the joint committee on the public debt, they would be able to report on to-morrow. Mr. Hall of Gibson was in favor of holding a eesion until twelve o clock and then adjourn. The resolution was adopted. A motion was then made to adjourn ; which motion did not prevail, ayes Zl, noes b-l. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. The House-again resumed the consideration of the bill of the House, abolishing capital punishment the pending question being on amendment, so that the punishment shall be by hard labor in the Penitentiary for life and by solitary confinement, at the discretion of the jury. Mr. Thompson hoped that the consideration of the bill would be deferred for the present. The House was not in a fit mood, this morning1, to entertain so important a question. The bill was then made the special order for Sat urday morning, at ten o clock. Petitions, &c. were presented by Messrs. Harvey, Moore, Cruikshanks, Tedford, Henry, Mickle, Rousseau, Clymer, Smith and Baker ; which were appropriately disposed of. Mr. Cruik shank, from the committee On elections, reported back the bill repealing the law confining voters to their own townships, so far as Owen and Boone were concerned, with a recommendation that tbe bill be indefinitely postponed. The question was now taken on concurring in the report, and decided in the affirmative, ayes 57, noes 34. Mr. McDonald then moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed. On this question, a discussion took plaee, in which Messrs. Clements, Vandeveer and Thompson participated; when, On motion of Mr. Lowe, the bill was laid on the table. . Mr. Thompson, from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill to subject certain lands to taxationtaxing school lands ten rears after sale, on amount paid ; parsed to a second reading. Mr. McDonald reported a bill to define the powers f Judges when acting on writs of habeas corpus and applications for writs of injunction ; passed to a second reading. Mr. Riley reported back a till in relation to deeds and mortgages; making it duty to record deeds, rnortf ages, having three years to run, Slc. within thirty days.

Mr. Secrest moved to amend by striking out " 30 and inserting-" 60." Mr. Harvey moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed ; which motion prevailed. , Mr. S.ianks reported a bill authorizing District and Toweehip school trustees to administer oatlis which passed to a second reading. Mr. Itxelrig reported a bill for tha relief of the heirs of Hinry :evcnon, deceased ; parsed to a second reading. Mr. Carman reported a bill in relation to apprentices, with regard to schooling, &.C.; parsed to a second reading. Mr. Davis offered a resolut i n, as to the expediency of organiz ng the mihtia, so that the State shall receive her quota of arms; whbh was adopted. Mr. Riley made a minority report, in relation to the conduct of the Superintendent Joseph R. Pratt, as Agent of the State prison, highly censuring the conduct cf the clerk and superintendent, in inflicting

unnecessary rigor on the prisoners, vtc, accompanied by a joint resolution removing the Superintendent and censuring, tho clerk and requesting the Governor to remove turn. The S:eaker decided that the report could be enter ed on the Journal by way of protest Mr. Riley not being a rcguur member of the committee, and only a member by a rule of the House, which makes the mover of a resolution a member, while any particular subject is under consideration the committee proper were unanimous in the report heretofore made. On motion the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, it being now half-past one o'clock. SENATE. Fkidat, Jan. 2, 1840. Mr. Akin presented the petition of Matilda Knight, and 100 others, praying the divorce of the said Ala tilda from her husband; referred to a select com mittee. Mr. Pomeroy presented a petition, also praying a divorce ; referred to a select committee without reading. Mr. Montgomery presented several petitions, which were referred without rrad.ng. Reports from Standing Committees. Mr. Akin, from the committee on finance, reported back the bill to abolish the office of county auditor for Ohio county ; laid on the table. Mr. Barbour, from the same committee, reported back the bill in relation to fixing corners on land by private surveys, and reported the same in part to be unconstitutional. Messrs. Parks and Berry of M. supported the bill. Mr. Chapman of L. opposed it. The bill was lost ayes 21, noes 27. Mr. Morgan of D. (on leave) introduced the bill to amend the bill permitting the common council of Lawrenceburgh to subscribe for 6tock in the Lawrenccburgh and Napoleon turnpike company, to the amount of 4,500 dollars ; referred to the committee on corporations. Mr. romeroy, from the same committee, reported back the bill fixing the fees of certain officers not allowed in the fee bill of 1S31. Mr. Howell moved to lay the bill on the table ; not carried. The bill was then ordered to a second reading. Mr. Akin, from the same committee, reported back the bill in relation to not paying county orders, while the person is in arrears to the county, and recommended its indefinite postponement ; concurred in. Also, the bill for the relief of Nathaniel Cole, of Wayne county ; passed to a third reading. Mr. Chapman of L.. from the judiciary committee, reported back the bill requiring private embezzlement to be punished in the same way as grand larceny ; indefinitely postponed. ANo, the bill in relation to masters and apprenti ces, and recommended its indefinite postponement. Mr. Miller moved to recommit the bill with instruc tions to require masters or employers to provide for at least one year's schooling to children bound for a term of years. The Senate refused to re-commit the dm. The report of the committee was then concurred in, ayes 31, noes 15. Mr. lienrv. from the same committee, reporxea a bill for the relief of James Rutherford ; passed. Mr. Chapman of L., from the same committee, re ported a bill amending the execution laws so as to re quire the sale of property to the highest and best bidder on all contracts' entered into after the first day of May next ; passed to a second reading. lae Senate then adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSIO.f. The President laid befoie tbe Senate a communication from the State Printer, in reply to a resolution or the Senate, in relation to the copies of the Goveinor'a Message ordered to be printed in tbe German aud French languages. Laid on the Uble. Order of tht Day. The bill (Mr. HerrimanM to district the State and appor tion Senators and Representatives for the next & year. Mr. Handy moved to refer the bill, wtin certain instruc tions. Failed. Mr. Henry l.o moved certain instructions, which failed. The bill was then paued, by the. following vote; A i zs Messrs. Berry of F., Betty of M., Bower-, Chapman ol v., Conner, bdmoDion, tmi, enguso, naumi-., Hawell, Jone-, Lane, Leviston, Logan, Major, Montgomery, Moore, Moigan of D., Morgan of R , Murphey, Orth, Pomeroy, Read, Reyburn, Todd, Vetbiike and Wood 27. Noes. Messrs. Akin, Allien, Bvboor, Bridbury, Buell, Chapman of L , Chenowith, Coffin, Cuppy, Davis, Goodenow, Hamer, Handy, Hardin, Henry, Heriiman, Holloway, Jackson. Miller, Parks, Rockhill and Zenor 22. The bill to incorporate tbe Crawiurdsvilie and laiayette Railroad. Alao, The bill allowing certain fees to county Auditora; passed. Also, . ... .. . m . - rt I r The bin encoding me time or certain lumpi vompanies to finish their work ; passed. Alao, The bill vacating 60 lota in the town of Harriaonville ; passed. Also, The bill abolishing the road tax in Daviess county; passed. Alao, The bill relating to the northern portion of the Central Canal; passed. Also, The bill relaUng to Wabash and Erie cana! lands; passed. The bill in relation to the water power at North Point, wan referred to a select committee. The bill in relation to the Sc hoc 1 Fund in Lagrange county; passed. Also, The bill relative to certain public documents ; passed. Also, The bill to reduce the salary of the Auditor of Putnam county; passed. Also, The bill for the relief of Martin Fitzpatrick ; passed. The bill to repeal the act giving furthar time to Assesaors, was laid on tha table. House bills on thnr third reading. Tbe bill to declare a certain county road in Dearborn counly a State road; passed. Also, Tbe bill in relation to the costs of cases appealed from Justices ol the peace was lost The bill in relation to Supervisors in Kosciusko and Whitley; passed. The bill for the relief of borrowers of the achool fund in the several counties, waa laid on the Uble. The bill for the relief of William Chaplin (a divorce bill) was pa-aed, ayea 25, noea 19. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Fridat, Jan. 2, 1840. The bill to change that part of the Crawfordaville turnpike road that lies between New Albany and Salem, to a Railroad, and authorising the formation of a company, under the act giving out the works to private companies, was read a third time and passed. The road ia authorised to be extended to White liver. The bill to authorise the superintendent of the Wabash and Erie canal to employ an Engineer, dec., was ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Moore reported a bill for the relief of Mary Wood and others ; which passed to a second reading ; also, a bill providing tor compensation to Marshals giving notice to Presidential electors; which paaaed to a second reading. Mr. Snook reported a bill to amend the act for the preservation cf the State llouao, legislative papera, &c.; which passed to a second reading. Mr. Vandeveer reported a bill to establish a State road in Dekalb and Allen ; whf :b pa-aed to a second reading. The bill to require plaintiffs, in Washington county, to give aecurity for costs ii certain cases therein named, wan read three times and passed. The bill to incorporate the Wabash Navigation Company was ordeied to a third reading. Air. llenton reported a bill to authorise Aaron R. Sayr, to bmld a dam across the Miasisainewa river; was read and paaaed to a aecond reading. Air. Conkerly reported bnck the bill tor the punishment of professed gamblera, with an amendment, punishing the first offence by fine and imprisonment in the county jail, and the second in the penitentiary. On motion of Mr. Daker, the bill and amendment was laid on tbe table. Air. Bake reported a bill requiring certain acts tht take effect from and after their passage, to be published in newspapers at Indianapolis; which passed to a second reading. Execution Lavs. Mr. Osborn of La porta reported a bill to amend the execution laws so iiiat real estate shall hereafter sell for

one half its appraised value, deducting all incumbrances and liens; an J personal property when selected by the defendant, to b sold for the beat price U wilt bring, and When selected by the plaintiff, at on half ita appraised value, deducting- incumbrance!. The pruTisiotii of the bill to apply to debts contracted after the first of Alay nest, and none other; which paaaed to a aecond reading. The bill for the relief ol Jamei Miller, was read three times and passed.

Mr. Mickle reported bill to abolish the necewity of ea a.. aa aa .- . special legislation in Adams and jj counties, in reiauon to road taxi passed to a second reading. Mr Henry reported a bill divorcing Peter Johnson; which pa-aed to a second reading. The bill for the b-nefit of supervisors of Scott was read a third time and passed. The biil to amend t: act incorporating the Michigan rood company, aouth of Indianapolis was ordered tube eni ros-eJ. Mr. Henry reported a bill divorcing Mary Ann Banks; which passed e a second reading. Air. Thompson reported against the petition lor attach-in-; a part of Perrv to Crawiurd. in consequence of no notice bavin been given. Air. Clymer moved to take up the apportionment bill and make ll the special order of the day for to-morrow, at two o'clock. Mr. Lowe moved to amend the motion, so as to make It the order of the day for Monday next. On to-morrow, Mr. L. remarked, the principal part of the day would be taken up in the discussion of the bill for abolishiaj capital punishment. A division of the qaestion was called for, and the bill was taken from the table. The bill waa then committed for MnnJay next. Air $eawright offered a reaolution that the com mit toe of ways and means be instructed to inquire into and report to this House, whether the Secretary of the Treasury or the United States, in withholding that portion of the moneys accruing on the sales of the publie lands within this State, known ss the three per, cent, fund, has not violated Section 6th, article third, of the act of Congress of 1816, granting said fund to this State, and if so, that we memorialize Congress on that sulject. Adopted. Mr Fuller offered a lesoloUon ss to the expediency ol stopping interest on old scrip, after 1848 ; which waa not adopted. , Air Jones oft-red a resolution providing for an adjourn ment tine die, on tbe 19th inst. Air Riley moved to lay on the table ; which motion did not prevail, ayes 34, noes 60. Mr Cox moved to amend by inserting the 15th inst.; which did not prevail. Air 8miih propoaed the 12th , which did not prevail. Mr Osborn of L. moved to postpone until Monday next. Mr Osborn of L. withdrew his motion to postpone. Mr Dowling renewed the motion to postpone until Mon day ; which did not prevail, ayes 41, noes 53. Tbe question waa then taken on tbe resolution, provid ing for aa-adjournment on the 19ih, and decided in the affirmative, ayea 66, noea 29. Uy Air Kerr, as to tbe expediency of establishing trie mute asylum on the manual labor system, and procuring a farm, Stc. Adopted. By Mr Wise, in relation to achool commissioners bonds. Adopted. By Mr Baker, for amending the practice act. Adopted. Mr Rilev now introduced his resolution removing Jo. seph It. Pratt as superintendent of the State PiUon, and eenturing Dr. Collum, the clerk, und requeating the Gov ernor to remove him. Mr Meeker moved that the resolution be rejected. A discussion now look place, in which Alesars. Riley, Thompson, Vandeveer, and Hall of Gibson participated ; hen Air Meeker withdrew the motion. The joint reaolution waa now read a aecond time; when Mr Sleeth moved to lay the joint resolution on the ta ble ; which motion did not prevail. Air Hall of Gibson moved to refer to the committee on the State Prison. Air Rilev moved to commit to a committee of tbe whole House, and that the witnesses in the case be compelled t appear betöre tne bar ol tne nouse. . . . . ... ... .Ur Shanke moved tnat tne jint reeoiuuon oe inuennitely postponed ; which motion did not prevail, ayea 26, noea 64. The question was then taken on referring to the com mittee on the State Priaon, and decided in the negative ; and. On motion, the joint resolution was referred to a select committee. Before the committee wss announced, The House sojourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Speaker appointed ,1f-srs. Hall of Gibson, Clymer, Dowline. .Wickle. DUckwell, Watt, and Arnold, the aelect committee on the joint resolution, in relation to the removal of the superintendent and clerk of the State Prison. The following bills were read a third time and passed : To provide for the permanent location of the seat of justice of Noble county ; To amend the act incorporating tne uity. oi new Al bany ; Concerning road tax in ells county ; To vacate Ulakesburgh in Putnam county ; For the relief of Eliza Ann Storm ; To define the powers of judges while acting on writs of habeas corpus in writs of injunction. Th bill to authorize Nicholas -McCorty to build a mill dam across White River, was read a second time; when Mr Webber moved to re-commit to a select committee hich motion prevailed ; and .Messrs Leymah, Parks, and; Kiroberlin were appointed the committee. The bill to authorise the State Bank or Indiana to is sue notes of a less denomination than five dollars, and for other purposes ; provided no Cashier shall receive a greater salary than 800, or President of any branch more than $400 ; and no order be taken without a mojority of the board of directora being present, &e. Bit Stanfield moved to amend, when .Mr Vandeveer moved that the bill and amendments be indt finitely postponed. .Ur Osborn of Laporte said, that the best lawyera ol the country differed on the question, whether the bank has, or haa not the power to issue small billa. If ahe has not the power, the notes could not be redeemed. Afr Clymer hoped the gentleman from Urange would withdraw the motion. There were -many good provuions in tbe bill. Vr Vandeveer waa opposed to permitting the bank to draw into ber vaults all the specie of the country. Tha discussion was continued by .Messrs. .McDonald and Stapp ; whea .Ifr Vandeveer withdrew the motion to postpone. Mr Clymer moved to refer to a aelect committee; which motion paevailed ; and .Uessra. Stanfield, Clymer, and Dowling were appointed the committee. The act in relation to printing tbe lawa in Uerman ; was read twice and referred to the committee on education. On motion of Mt H-zelrisr, the bill for the relief of Jacob Jones, Sr., was referred to a select committee. .Ifr Yocura introduced a resolution in relation to lands not assessed since 1841. Adopted. On motion of Air AlcCormick, the bill for the punishment of professed gamblers, dec, waa taken op and discussed, and ordered to be engrossed. The bill to attach certain territory to the county of Jennings was taken from the table, amended, and ordered to be engrossed. The bill of the Senate, to incorporate the Lafayette Hydraulic Company, was read and passed to a second resding. Mt Stapp introduced a bill relating to interest, allowing 6 per cent, on judgments where ten per tent, is expressed in writing ; read twice aud referred. Dy Mr Clements, amendatory of the Revised Laws; resd twice and referred. By Mr Dowling, a bill declaring a misprint ; passed to a second reading. Dy Mr Slater, to incorporate the Lawrenceburgh and Rushvilla Turnpike Company ; read twice and referred. By ,lfr Hinchrtitn, for the relief of James Kitcher; read twice and referred. By Mr Osborn of L., for the aale of school Isnds in Laporte county ; read three timea and passt d. By Air Kimbertio, for the collection of road taxes, in Hamilton county ; paaaed to a second reading. By Mr Mickle, for a free turnpike road in Jay county ; read and paased to a second reading. By Air Cookerly, to amend the election law ; read twice and referred. By AI Parker, to authorise the superintendent to employ engineers to survey a feeder dam on tha Wabash and Erie canal ; read twice and referred. By Mr Leyman, to explain certain sections of Revised laws ; twice read aod referred. By Mr Jone, for tha relief of Lucinda Shaiks j read and paed to a second reading. By Mr Wiley, to authorize the State to take posession of the White Water Valley Canal, making it the duty of the Governor to appoint an agent preparatory to the Slate taking tbe canal, to report to the neat Legislature parsed to a second reading. Also, to authoiite tbe levy of a road tax in Franklin county. fly Mr Tedford, to authorize the commissioners of Carroll to make a certain appropriation ; passed to a second reading. By Mr Carr, to amend the school law passed to a second reading. By Mr Blackwell, to amend the law in relation to supet-vi-ors of roads ; passed to a second reading. By Mr Kimberlin, to extend tbe time of holding commissioners' courts in Hamilton t passed loa second reading. Petitions were pieseoted by Messrs. Hazelrigg and Smith; which were referred; when The Hou5e adjourned.

IXDIAXAPOLIS, JAKUAKY 3, 1816. lUaoljincjton vCorrcsponbcncc. Washington', Dec. 22, 1945. Messrs. Chafmanb: My letter to you, of tbe 15th inst, has returned to mc ia tbe columns of the Sentinel. On reading it, I perceive that I have committed an error in fact. I therein state that ' tbe President has- renewed the offer. repcaf?d!y made by

his predecessors, to concede to Great Eritain all of Oregon north of latitude 4'J, and added to the proposition the free navigation of Columbia river." My intention was to say : " The President has renewed the offer, repeatedly made by his predecessors, to concede to Great Britain all of Oregon north of latitude 40, detracting from the proposition of his predecessors the offer or the free navigation of the Columbia river." Opinions of various shades prevail here on the subject of Oregon. AÜ agree that if wo f6 ahead" to act thoroughly in the enforcement of our claim to the whole of Oregon.--there will be a point in our proceedin rs. when and where, war will meet Us. The point of lime, and event, will be, when we, by legal enactment, or by other act, assert Our right to sovereignty and exclusive possession, to that part of Oregon north of the Columbia It is not apprehended from a law extending the jurisdiction of the Courts of Iowa, or other contiguous State or Territory, over our citizens in Oregon, to the exclusion of Uritish subjects, or giving the notice provided for in the Treaty, nor even from the erection of commercial porta north of the Columbia river. But the granting of lands, or the erection of military posts, north of the river, or the admission of Oregon as a Territory, or State, we are assured will be considered cause of war by Great Britain. Let her try it, say we. Editors. Now it is easy to ees, that the time for doing all of these things ia not far distant. We can choose our own time. We can prepare for war ; and then erect military posts, and make grants north of the river, and extend our authority over it as a Territory, or a State. And the time far doing each of these things, as well as other acts of sovereignty, cannot be long postponed, and may be precipitated during the coming year even during the present session of Congress. No one can tell what a day may bring forth. Yours, respectfully, W. W. WICK. The Profits of the Bank The barberoaa operations of tbe State Bank of Indiana are exemplified in a report in relation to the profits of tbe branches for the last year. Several of them range from C to 8 per cent., while the Fort Wayne Branch has paid 9i per cent., South Bend 10 per cent., Richmond IUI percent, and Michigan City 12 per cent. This is what we call banking with a vengeance. And yet, while the Bank has been enabled to declare such a profit while even the South Bend cripple pays ten per cent., we may well ask who have enjoyed the benefits of the institution ! Have you, Mr .Farmer, or you, Mr. Mechanic ! Not a penny. The best farmer in Elkhart county, backed by the wealth of her prairies, could not obtain the accommodation of a hundred dollars, while the speculator on the farmer's wheat has drawn his thousands, and that too, without his being a resident even of the State. And yet the Bank, not satisfied with these enormous profits, asks the privilege pf continuing, the issue of small bills during the life-time of its charter, that the pockets of the people may be crammed with the dirty rags, instead of the pure white coin of the nation. Instead of yielding to such a request, we say, chain the tiger while it is young keep it in subjection, and when it has arrived at maturity when its career of intrigue and oppression and outrage has been run, let it die the death of a dog, and be consigned to merited oblivion, unwept, unhonored and unsung." Goshen Democrat, Dec. 25. This brings to mind some recent transactions here. While our own citizens, the best of them, can at most obtain a paltry hundred dollars or two, foreign speculators can get their thousands. It is very well known that the first speculation in flour, this season, was accomplished in this way. Gentlemen from Columbus got their thousands at a moment" s notice, and with it bouüht flour at low rates from our millers. If it had not been for this combination of the Bank and foreign speculators, our own millers would have received the benefit of the increased price, and could then have afforded to give better prices to the farmers for their wheat than they can now do. These tilings are absolutely damnable. Yet in the face and eyes of the above facts, there is undoubtedly a strong disposition in the Legislature to increase the privileges of the Bank. But we predict, if it be done, or if tbe small note issue be continued, there is not an honest man who votes for it, whether Whig or Democrat, but will ultimately bitterly regret the act. Let the wise be prudent. i Irish Railways and their Uses. The Repealers J in Ireland have discovered another use for railways in that country, their importance as a means for overrunning the Island with British troops, aa was recently threatened by a London journal. The Dublin Nation retorts that the Irish people understand the military uses or abuses of railways as well as the English. The iron rail, the track, embankments, tunnels and deep cuts, might be converted to other uses than assisting locomotion, and a deadlier ambush could scarcely be desired than the banks of a deep cutting. The savage intimation of the Nation, which shows the desperation of the Irish, has roused the indignation of the English journals, who characterize it, as a most barbarous and atrocious threat, which will have the effect of destroying confidence in such investments in that country. The Irish have given specimens already of their skill in forming an ambush. In the rebellion of 1797, a feint was made by Gen. Holt, of the rebel party so as to decoy a regiment of the Denbigh militia, under the command of Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, into a road cut through a hill, and having a high bank i on each side of it, where the whole regiment was cut off, very few escaping. QT There appears to be some disposition in the Legislature to change the law in relation to the collection of debts. Whatever change may be effected to secure prompt settlements, and they are very desirable, we hope that a judicious appraisement law will be still maintained. This can be done with great benefit to the community at large, and ought to be dune. It is one of the most beneficent and useful of all the laws in relation to the collection of debts 0- It will be seen" by the letter of Judge Wick, which we publish to-diy, that he corrects the error which occurred in a former letter, and upon which Morrison pounced with great avidity, in the hope of injuring the Judge. It would be well for the Royal Family if they never had made worse mistakes. John Van Buren. This gentleman has earned for himself in a day, a national reputation. His recent argument in the Supreme Court of the United States elicits on every side, without the slightest regard to political differences, the highest encomiums. .t-Edmund Burke, the Commissioner of Tatents, is stated in the Washington Union to be the author of the very, valuable articles on the Tariff, over the signature of Bundelcund," which have lately appeared in that journal. The Cherokee. Several murders have recently been perpetrated among the Cherokecs. The murdered men belong to what is called the M treaty party," and the murderer to the Roes party. Our government has ordered Gen. Arbuckle, commanding at Fort Gibson, to employ the troops under command to put an end to the outrages. An editor at a dinner table, being asked if he would take some pudding, replied Owing to a crowd cf other matter, I am unable to make room for it !

Gen. Sam Houston. On the 15th of last month, some eighty of the most respectable citizens of Galveston, Texas, addressed a letter to General M. B. Lamar, requesting his opinion of the course of Gen. Sara Houston, relative to the annexation question ; his answer is direct and pointed, and exposes the character and movements of Houston as fully as it shows his meanness in attempting to make political capital by denying his former measures. We give the following extract which forms the conclusion of Gen. Lamar'3 reply. It is useless to pile Ossa on Felion. If the facts aod reasonings already adJuced are insuiTicient to satisfy the reader of the utter falsehood or Gen. Houston's declara

tion, that all this apparent opposition to anneralion, was onl. intended to dereiwa the Hriii.h Minder. I fear that his mind is, npon this question, impervious to truth ; and it would be useless to oree Uooti him anv further considersw a tiBis. 1 1 frt t vavät w ear iKaat i aa arval lutni assminas jar dence,who is slow in receiving conviction, yet willing k r.:.i i. v.. passions to the sscred cauee cf truth, to him I will addreee one more argument or rather I will present sorrie of the past arguments in a new shape, and then leave the matter, in the elegant and perspicuous language ef the present Excellency te i." ctntinjeneiet.' Let us then, for a little while, suppose that Gen. Houston to be arraigned by Capt. Elliott upon the charge of inaincerity. Suppose the minister were to say to him t ' Sir, you assured me upon your official honor that you were opposed to the annexation of Texaa to the United States ; and you desired roe tt notify my government of the fact. Why, then, have you ainre declared that our correspondence and intercourse upon this subject, was mere coquetry on your part ? ' Against the depravity implied in this charge, and in tbe defence of his honor, the General might very justly and triumphantly reply, in the following language. He might aay to the minister ' Sir, you know very well that this declaration waa extorted from me by the dangeroua position in which I was placed by my fiJelity to you. Had I acknowledged to tbe truth and validity of my pledges to your govern ment, it would have involved me in treason to my own people. To gloss them over, therefore, under the plea of coquetry, wss my only alternative. It was not done in malice to you, but in safety to myself. That I have acted in good faith to your government, you have every reason to believe ; and have no testimony to disprove. Did not my Cabinet oppose lie annexation Did not my press. my partisans, my foreign ministers, my officers of govern ment, and all others over whom I had any control, do the same T Via I not, under your advice, issue my proclama tion of an Armistice, and send my commissioners to Mex ico 1 Did I not also cause Dr. Janes to be elected to the Presidency for the avowed purpose of having my pledges to you carried out ! And haa be not done so to the full extent of bis abilities ! Did he not furnish you with tbe basis of the Treaty with Mexico, one of the proviaions of which expresaly denounced annexation 1 Did he not delay the calling of Congress until your return with that Treaty, snd as soon ss he received it, did be not issue a Proclamation of an Armistice, in which he distinctly indicated his preference of independence to annexation! And did I not throughout this period, whilst thewhole country was clamoroua ' for annexation, maintain a sullen silence, even though strongly appealed to, by the dying Hero of New Orleans, to come out in favor of it t What stronger proof can you require of my fidelity t I defy you to name tha first act that I bava ever committed in favor of the measure, or the first one omitted, which it waa in my power to employ against it, without utter ruin to myself. What then becomes of your charge against me! Produce your evidence. Da you hope to convict me by my own confession T You know as well aa I do the necessity of my repudiating the past: and you cannot oppose my extotted acknowledgment to the long train of consistent conduct which haa come under your own observation Actions speak, louder than words; let me be judged by them. And now, gentlemen, suppose Uen. Houston were to make such a speech as this to the British Ministerin reply to bis imputation what answer could the minister ofTer He would be compelled to acknowledge tbe force and va lidity of the argument, and withdraw his charge. And these facts and reasonings are sufficient to produce con viclion, when urged by Gen. Houston himself, in wbst re spect are their weight and authority diminished by their being urged in bis behalf by another 1 And now, gentlemen, what are the conclusions to be drawn from this conduct! No man enters into intrigues without some object, either public or private. hat, then, waa the object of Sam Houston in these disgraceful ne gotiations with the British Minister and the Mexican Gov ernment ! He is pleased to denominate these negotiations by the gentle appellation of ' cuquetry.' What, then, waa the object of his coquetry ! What publie good did he propose to accomplish by it 1 Waa the re-union cf Texas and Mexico intended ! This he denies. Was the per manent independence of the country, the object ! This he also denies. What, then, was his object! Like criminal who rushes vainly against the bars of his prison. Gen. Houston now imprisoned in triple walls, by hia in trigues, endeavora to escape by a desperate plunge at the door of annexation. But that door is barred against him with a fastening which he cannot rend. What, then, was the object of his gentle coquetry with Great Britain and Mexico ! In the absence of all public reasons, we are left to conjecture the private ones. If he has received from the British Minister, or from the Mexican Govern ment, any personal favor, as the reward of his negotiations with them, then is be a double traitor first to bis coun trv, and then to them and merits a double execration. But on the other hand, if he has received from these quar ters, assurances which have not been redeemed, then is he in the miserable condition of a disappointed traitor, who recriminates for revenge. . Such, gentlemen, haa been the conduct of Oen. Hou ton on the question of annexation. In all the phases of his tortuous snd elaborate perfidy, it is but an epitome of hia life. The crowning act consistent only with himself is the climax of audacity. Doea he blash at the expos ure of his treason ! No I He raakea a merit of his goiit snd turning to the people he has dishonored, aa if in mock ery of all human virtue, he demands the patriots reward lor the traitor a crime. Your fellow-citizen, MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. Oregon. The following is Afr. Douglass's " bill to protect the rights of American settlers in the Territory of Oregon until the termination of the joint occupation of the same;" which waa read a first and aecond time, and referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, end made the special order of the day for the 1st Tuesday of January. A BUI to protect American Citizens residing in the Oregon Territory. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction of tbe Supreme Court ol the Territory of Iowa, and the lawa of said Territory, so far as the same may be applicable, are hereby extended over all that portion of the territory ot the United Stales which lies within the following limits, to wit; bounded on the South by the forty-second parallel of north latitude; on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains; on the north by the line of .54 deg. and 40 min. north latitude, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean including the sfreams adjacent to the coaat; and also over all that portion of the intermediate countrv west of the Alissoun river, and between the 40th and 43d parallels of norm lautuue; rroviueu, inn mis act snail not be construed or executed in such a manner as to deprive the subjects of Great Britain of any of the rights and privileges secured by the third article of the treaty signed at London, October 20, 1818, and continued in force by the treaty of August (J, 1627, until such treaty stipulation shall cease by virtue of tbe notice provided fur in the aecond article of said last mentioned treaty. 2. Be it further enacted, That all the country described in the firtt section of this act, shall constitute one Jodidicial District, and a District Court shall be held therein by the Judge to be appointed under thia act, at auch times and places as he shall designate, and said Court ahall possess all the powers and authority vested in the present district courts of said Territory of Iowa. An additional Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Iowa shall be appointed, who ahall, hold hia office by the same tenure, receive the same compensation, possess the same powers and authority as are conferred by law upon other Justices of the said Court, who shall hold the District Courts in the said District as aforesaid. 3. Beit further enacted, That the President be hereby authorized to appoint the requisite number of Justices of the Peace, and such ministerial officers as shall be necessary for the due execution of the laws; Provided that any aubject of Great Britain who ahall be arrested under lha provisions of this act for crime rllegedto have been committed within the territory of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains, while the same remains free and open to the vessels, citizens and etibjects of the United States, and of Great Biitain, pursuant to stipulations between the two powers, shall be delivered up for trial on proof of his being such British sobject, to the nearest and most convenient aulhorrties having cognizance of such offence, by the lawa of Great Britain. 4. Be it further enacted, That provision shall be made by law, to secure and grant 140 acrea cf land, to every white male inhabitant of the territory of Oregon, of the age of 18 years, and upwards, who- may have heretofore, ur shall hereafter, within two years from the passage of this act, move from any State or territory cf the United Slates, snd have settled in said territory of Oregon, and who ahall have cultivated and used the same for Ave consecutive years, and to his heirs at law in case of his decease; and to the wife of every such inhabitant, and to

such of his children who may have been removed to said Territory-, or shall have been born therein, provision sha!l be road's to grant 100 acres, and to their beira respectively, in case of their decease. 5. B it further enacted, That th hall b appoiated, in the Cienner provided bv law for similar officers, a superintendent of tridian Affair, and such Indian agent! and sob-sgenra aa shall b necessary to the public interests, to Whom may be trusted, under tbe direction of the President, and in ercordance with the existing !anit eo far as they may fee consistent with the pUrftort of this act, the regulation of trade and intercourse with tbe Indian tribes, and the execution of the lawa herein extended over the country described in the first section Cf this act. 6. Be it further enacted, That the President be and ho is hereby authorised to cause to be erected such block houses, stockades, or military posts, aa aliall be necea-

I sary to protect emigrants on the route to and in the territor of Oregon, against inaian depredations and aggres- . .. 'on nd to furnish such ammo niticna and supplies as I n" 'r a''5nc7. Be it further enacted, That the President be herej "u ' peered and equ.Pped in such a manner aa the lVeaident shall direct, two regiments of mounted men, to guard and protect emigrants, setllera and traders ainst the Indians. 8. Bo it further enacted. That a mail route be and is hereby established from St Josephs to the mouth ol the Columbia river. 9- Be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to carrv the provisions of this act into effect. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President Le advised forthwith to give the one year's notice provided fr in the second article of the treaty of the Clh of August, 1S27, to terminate the third article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London, October 20, 1813, and all other treaties for tbe joint occupation of the Oregon Territory. The Union Says; We understand another bill will be reported, extending a Territorial government over Oregon, after the bill now introduced has been enacted upon. The Mormons. Mrs. Smith, the widow of the Mormon prophet, has addressed a letter to the New York Sun, declaring that it is not her intention to go to California, or any other remote place, with the Mormons. She Bays : 'The laws of the United Statee are quite good enough for me and my children, and my settled intcntion is to remain where I am, take care of my property, and if I cannot educate my children here, send them to New York or New England for that purpose. Many of the Mormons will, no doubt, remove in the spring, and many more will remain here ; and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have a mixed tocitty in Nauvoo, as in other cities, and all exclusive religious distinctions abolished. must now say that I never for a moment believed in vhat my husband called his apparitions and revelations, as I thought him laboring under a diseased mind ; yef , they may all be true, as a prophet is seldom without credence or honor, excepting in his own family or country ; but as my conviction is to the contrary, I shall educate my children in a different faith, and teach them to obey and reverence the lawa and institutions of their country." She also says : "I am left here, sir, with a family of children to attend to, without any means of giving thcra an education, for there is not a school in the city, nor is it intended there ehall be any here, or at any other place where the men who now govern this infatuated, simple-minded people have Bway. I have not the least objection that these petty tyrants remove to California or any other remote place, out of the world if they wish, for they will never be of any service to the Mormons, or the human family, no matter where they go. Their object is to keep the people over whom they rule in the greatest ignorance, and most abject religious bondage, and if these poor confiding creatures remove with them, they will die in the wilderness." Arrest of Tirrel, the jfan charged vilh the murder of Maria Bickford, in New Orleans. Tirrel, who murdered Mrs. Bickford, at Bcwton, a month or eo ago, has been arrested in New Orleans. Tbe police of that city had received intelligence that Tirrel, t-ftcr having evaded the pursuit of the officers of justice in Massachusetts, had taken passage in a New York packet for that port, under the name of William Dennis. Capt. Youenes hired a pilot boat, end proceeded to the Balize. He boarded every vessel successively as ehe came in from sea, and for some time ineffectually, no one of the name of William Dennis appearing on the passengers' list- On Friday morning, the 15th inst., however, tbe Sultana, from New York, a regular trader, came in sight, when she was boarded, and on referring to tbe names of her passengers, the anxiously expected name appeared. A muster was resolved on, the Custom-house officer, Mr. Bowditch, calling over the names. Tirrell bore the appearance of much mental suffering. His face was haggard and careworn, while every feature betrayed, during his examination, the tumult that was going on within. His anxiety was extreme. It will be recollected that the unfortunate Maria A. Bickford was Tirrel 18 mistress, and that after the murder, the assassin set fire to the room where the tragedy was enacted. On the person of the prisoner was found a revolving pistol, loaded and capped. His trunk was empty. He made an attempt to jump overboard from the towboat, as she was on her way to the city. Much activity has been, displayed by the police of Boston, New York and Philadelphia towards effecting a capture. We are told that a police officer, named RiJgely, from Boston, had been for some days off the Balize, in a pilot boat, looking out for Tirrell. Our indefatigable chief of police, Youenes, has distanced the whole of them, and the larjre reward, $3000, offered by the Boston authorities i fairly his. Tirrell, we learn from the Picayune, is constantly watched, as his conduct left no doubt of his intention to destroy himself. Terrible Accident. On Saturday, the 22d ult., as we learn by the Missouri Reporter, of the 6th inst., the prairie, about nine miles north of Monticello, in Clark county, Missouri, was set on fire, and the wind being high, the flames spread with great rapidity. The family of Mr. Kyle resides on this prairie. On perceiving the rapid approach of the flames, Mrs. Kyle, an old lady, the mother-in-law of the Hon. Amos Kendall, accompanied by her 60n, endeavored to save the fence surrounding the farm from impending destruction. The old lady was soon enveloped in the flames, and the eon in endeavoring to save her, perished with her. From a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, we glean tbe following distressing occurrence : ' Early in April, 1841, the venerable couple, at tended by their son, nephew and one or two others, eft this city to establish themselves in the Far West : and tbe high regard in which they were held by citizens of all classes, was fully attested by the host of friends who visited them on tbe evening previous to their departure. They located themselves in Clark county, Missouri, about ten miles from Monticello. About noon on the day of the calamity, a fire broke out in the Prairie, which soon threatened to destroy 1 .1 " V VJ -mm w a . an ineir gram. j.urs. ivyje, Air. Äyie Der son, and a young man in their employ, hastened out to endeavor to save it. Tbe fire gained on them so ranidJv. that the young man proposed a retreat, but Mrs. K. thought that with a little more perseverance, some of stacks could be preserved. The young man made his way out ran a short distance, and then looked back, when all he could discover was a volume of black smoke proceeding from the spot where he left them. He hastened back, where he found Mrs. Kyle entirely consumed, except a portion of her body, with some frajrments of her clothing still attached thereto. A ew feet from her "lay her son with all his clothes burned off his body a perfect crisp. Near his mother were some parts of his clothing, clearly indicating that in the agonizing struggle the devoted son endea vored to save his idolized mother. (7"At a celebration in Western New York, an Odd Fellow gave t!io following toast in regard to Oregon: . Tte 49 A degree. England will be i scarlet mem ber before she takes it TUG JTIARKirrS. CISCISNATI. Dec. 30. Ice was still running in the river. tboojh theie wss a prospect of resamptioa of navigation ra a day or two. iogs. Prices are well sustained, and sales Were made of lots at prices rangtag fiorn $4 to f 4 20. From wagons sales were freely rnide at $ 4 to $4.25. Flour. In small lots at $t.S5a4.3I. Paovisioirs. A sale of 873 Hams from block at $.5.70 1 900 do at 5jct about 10,000 in 3 lots since last Friday, at $5.50; I50bbls No. 1 Lard, city reodeied, at 6jc It is proper to remark that this is considerably below tbe general iew of sellers. Chronic?.