Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1846 — Page 2

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Another Infamous Lie bailed. . - vv e nave receiver irom iix. running a manuscripi copy of the following letter, addressed by him to the Evansville Journal, a virulent Whig paper published in Vanderburgh county. The letter speaks for itself. It nails to the counter one of ile most infamous lies, conedctel by the Marshall men at the Camp, and put in circulation1 by tin lunder-st rappers all over the State. We had thought that these politicians by trade" could not exceed the baseness of which they had been guilty in times past, and in consequence of which they were overthrown and turned out of power ly the people whom they had cheated, deceived and plundered, for a long 6eries of years. Eut their iniquity increases in a ratio fully equal to the hopelessness of the prospect of their regaining the power so much abused by them. We have already noted several of the more recent slanders propagated by them against Gov. Whitcomb, and showed them to be utterly false and unfounded in reason and in fact. The lie with which they have associated Mr. Dunning's name, it seems to us, is one of the most infamous acts of which any set of politicians were ever guilty. Its object was to throw the Democratic party into a quandary similar to that inflicted upon the Whigs by the voluntary withdrawal of Mr. Orth an act as injurious to his party as it was inexcusable in himself. But the scheme, adroitly contrived as it was, will not work. Though first put into public circulation through an obscure paper in an extreme corner of the State, from whence it was to be, and is being, disseminated, it has been discovered and refuted with a promptitude which cannot fail to curtail its . power of mischief. The perpetration of such frauds ought and we hope will arouse every Jionest man in the State against tl.e perpetrators. Not only Democrats, bot Whigs, have a personal interest in putting down the system of Lying and Humbug, which bas been so frequently put into operation just on the eve of an election. A party mny profit by it occasionally, but a triumph gained by such means is worse in its moral effects than twenty defeats on honorable ground. It will be seen that Mr. Dunning not only declares the entire falsity of the expressions attributed to him, but that he also adds the weight of his own testimony in favor of the efficiency and promptitude of the Governor's course in relation to the Volunteers. The circular to which Mr. Dunning alludes, will be found in another column. The Whig Editors who have either ignorantly or maliciously assailed Governor - Whitcomb, will perceive that it is subscribed to by the Whig as well as Democratic officers. Will they have the manliness to let their readers see it ! We hall see. New Albany, July 8, 1S40. To the Editor of the EvansxiUe Journal : Dear Sir A friend has just placed in my hands a number of your paper of the 2d of July, and in an article headed " Gov. Whitcomb and the Volunteers," I find the following: Paris C. Dunning the Locofoco candidate for Lt. Governor publicly declared that he would not run upon the,' Ticket with such a d d scoundrel as Whitcomb has proved himself to be." ''You will judge of my surprise at reading the above paragraph, when I tell you that it is false in every particular. Governor Whitcomb's course in organizing the Indiana Volunteers met my approbation. Indeed Governor Whitcomb omitted no duty necessary to be performed, nor did he avoid any responsibility necessary to be assumed by him in organizing our Volunteers. Almost every officer of the field, stafT, and line, of each Regiment, has signed a letter approving the Governor's course, a copy of which I also send you. I regret exceedingly thai euch an unfounded statement should have found its way into the public prints, and have to ask of you as a favor, that you will publish this letter and the enclosed copy in your next paper as an act of justice to Governor Whitcomb and myself. Respectfully your ob't serv't, PARIS C. DUNNING. Mose Fanatic Abuse. By reference to the com munication of "A Citizen," in this paper, it will be seen that the old slander urged against Gov. Whitcomb is revived, namely: That he is a Methodist! and that he attends Sabbath Schools and addresses the Children there assembled; that he also associates with the ministers! Verily, Whiggery is at a low ebb! The lies about the volunteers are falling harmless ; or we should rather say, are recoiling on the heads of their authors; and now, forsooth, the old Junto, whose aristocratic habits and notions cause them to suppose themselves better than others, and who suppose themselves holier for sitting in high places in rich churches, are instructing their tools to cry dowu Gov. Whitcomb for daring to attend Sabbath Schools and addressing the scholars ! ! Are they afraid of his influence over the young mind ! Shame ! Shame! on such hypocrisy! Shame on the base authors thereof! What will the Poor Coons do now! By reference to the circular of Parrxs C. Dunning, the Democratic Candidate for Lt. Governor, it will be seen that that gentleman is on his way to Mexico as a volunteer. The poor coon lie of his bac'iing out goes with all the others so industriously circulated by the Old Junto, What say the Democrats! Will you elect Jo Marshall and his coon attaches, who go about denouncing the war, and whose endeavors have been to prevent the volunteers from going and to make them disgrace themselves; or will you elect the brave men who have sent them off comfortably, honorably, expeditiously, and according to the testimony of the U. S. Officers, iu better order than those of any other State; and further, one of whom has gone himself! Who doubts the patriotic reply ? The Eail Road. We hear complaints of the mmngem'nt of the Rail Road that is, relative to its completion, and the general management of its business. Is it true that a thousand or two dollars are unaccounted for by an officer 1 We are sorry, extremely sorry, that a business of no greater magnitude than this cannot be properly managed. No one can be more favorably disposed towards the work than ourselves ; but if its benefits are to bo monopolized by individuals, depend upon it, we shall not look tamely on. If there is no ground for these complaints, let the matter be placed fairly before the" public. It docs seem to us that there is unnecessary delay some where; and too many bonuses given.

The Lying Game Exploded. The Great Lying Game, set on foot by the Old Junto of Federal Whigs in this place, with the sanction, if not by the advice of the federal whig candidate for Governor, Marshall, is completely exploded. The following circular, copied from the New Albany Democrat, with its remarks thereon, cannot fail to convince the whole people of Indiana of the falsity of the charges of the whig press, and a few dishonest whig letter writers, no doubt employed for the purpose. After 8u:h a testimonial, voluntarily given by brave volunteers themselves, whigs as well as democrats, what can be thought of the instigators of the numerous falsehoods simultaneously put afloat 1 It argues to us that the whigs have no charges which they can successfully make against Governor Whitcomb, because if they had they would have made them. Not a charge of misfeasance or malfeasance in office have they offered. Not one can be found. The charge of stinginess, probably afflicts that party. They cannot bear to see the people's money husbanded ; and the expenses of the State reduced one-fourth or more. They desire to see Whig Times again, when millions can Iks borrowed and scattered with a profuse hand ; and when the taxes may be raised and divided as plunder among partisan favorites. No wonder they grumble at stinginess. Rut to the Circular. From the New Albany Democrat. J. G. M:uli:i and his Old Clique :iffjint Governor Whitcomb and the Soldiers -the lie given to slanders by olHccr or nil parties. READ WHAT THEY SAY. The last few weeks have been the most eventful in the history of our Slate. For the first time, she has been

called upon to defend the lives and honor of this mighty nnd Iree people, livery patnoi in in land Has, in some way or other, contributed hia mite, either by volunteer ing, furnishing means, speaking a kind word of encouragement to the brave young soldiers, or by assisting tlie Governor in devising tne ways and means to accomplish this great work ol patriotism. What has Ike Hon. J. O. Ma: shall done f From the 21st of May last to the present time, Governor Whitcomb and Adjutnnt General Reynolds have thrown ns-iile every interest in the world, and labored from early dawn until 12, and niter 2 o'clock in the morning, in this aiduous business, fur the honor of our State and the comfort nnd happiness of her brave soldiers. They have been in the Camp nearly ever since it was pitched on trie bank ol tlie uiuo, and watched every event with an eye single to the cause of the country. Indiana was called upon for three regiments of Volunteers, in the absence of all military organization. ISot one cent was phired nt the Governor's disposal, by the United Slates, for clothing, subsistence, and the transportation of the soldiers to this place; and yef, notwithstanding all these embarrassment., and the constant efforts of ma. licioijs men to thwart his noble purposes, he has assembled here, in a time so very short as to astonish the offi cer of the U. S. Army, a troop of his fellow citizens that challenge comparison with those ot any other elate. Where has Marshall been? We know not where he has been all the time, but we know he has not been here, in tetstn but we believe he has been strongly repre sented here, lie said at Indianapolis, in substance, that "it is a pity that this is not a jut war, Kir then we could have the prayers of the Church,'" meaning thereby that this is an lvnholu tear,' as it is called by many of the Whig papers and that therefore the church ought not to intercede with a holy God for our fathers and brothers who are now cone to fight for their country. We say then that he has been strongly represented here, for we have seen hosts of his old friends Iriends in the days of his "deep digging f,'nT' who nave used every means to throw into the ranks of our army the fire-brand of mu tiny, by lying upon Governor Whitcomb; yes, and by trying to get the soldier to BURN THEIR GOVERISOll IIN LH Hil ! W here, men, we ask again, was Marshall? The Soldiers say.IIe has never been here with us." In view of the many falsehoods which have been put afloat for the purpose of elevating the same an ti-war Joseph G. Marshall over Governor Whitcomb, the friends of tustice and truth have presented to us the lol lowing Circular, signed by the high-minded officers, whose names and ranks are here exhibited men who have been with Gov Whitcomb day and night, and who therefore, know all about the conduct of their Governor men who have so much of the honesty of the soldier that, though many of them are politically opposed to him, vet they cannot, nor wouic not sutler him to be lied down by men who had not the patriotism to participate in defending the glory and honor of American liberty. Let eery one who has a father, or boo, or brother, or fiiend in our army, read what they say in their Circular below; and when they have read it, we ask that they will remember it We regret that the great hurry of the troops to depart, prevented the presentation or this Cir cular to all the officers of the army. CIRCULAR. Camp Whitcomb, July 2J, 1846. We, the undersigned, officers of the Indiana Volun teers, now encamped at this place, desire, before leaving our shores for the seat of war in Mexico, to express our decided approbation ol the conduct ot Liovernor Whitcomb in the military operations generally, as connected with raising, assisting, assembling and organizing the volunteers at this place. Although many obstacles lay j in the way when the call on Indiana was first made, and during the progress until the final organization of the ! troops, yet they have all been happily surmounted, and, as we believe, with all practicable expedition. We are satisfied that his conduct throughout has been governed by a regard for the character of the State, and for the welfare and best interests of the soldier, and that it has merited the preference bestowed upon it by officers of the regular army, when compared with that of other Slates. We make this statement as an act of justice, without distinction of party, in view of the many unfounded statements that are afloat. James P. Drake, Colonel 1st Reg. Indiana volunteers. C. C. Nave, Lt. Colonel, do. Wm. E. Pearsons, Adj. do. C. V. Jones, Surgeon, do. D. R. Eckles, Q. M. Sergeant, do. Joseph Lane, Colonel 2d Regiment. Wm. R. Madden, Lt. Colonel, do. James A. Cravens, Major, do. L. Q. Iloggatt, Adjutant, do. Lewis L. Gorncr, Chief Musician, do. D. S. Lane, Surgeon, do. James II. Lane, Colonel 3J Regiment. Willis A. Gorman, Major, do. II. II. Barbour, Adjutant, do. J. S. Athen, Surgeon, do. Stanislaus Lamelle, Captain Cass County Volunteers. Wm. L. Brown, 1st Lieutenant, do. J. McLane, Captain Mad Anthony Guards. T. K. Lewis, 1st Lieutenant, do. J. V. Curtis, 1st Lieutenant Wabash Rangers. R. (1. Milroy, Captain Wabash luvincibles. A. L. Robinson, 1st Lieutenant, do. Henry Davis. Captain Lawrence Greys. V. Conover, Captain Shelby Riflemen. Jon. Keith, 2d Lieutenant, do. Daniel A. Farley, 1st Lieutanant Putnam Blues. R. W. Jones, 2d Lieutenant, do. J. B. Powers, Captain Montgomery Volunteers. Allen May, 1st Lieutenant, do. V. A. Bowles, Captain Hoosier Boys. T. B. Kinder, 1st Lieutenant, do. II. Daily, 1st Lieutenant Clark Guards. D. L. Fonts, 2d Lieutenant, do. Nathan Kimball, Captain Posey Guards. David W. Lewis, Captain Wayne Guards. S. C. Crawford, Captain Hendricks County Volunteers. John McDougal, Captain Marion Volunteers. John Cller, 1st Lieutenant Monroe Guards. S. D. Cowden, 1st Lieutenant Washington Guards. John M. Lord, ad 2J Lieutenant, do. Robert M. Lyon, 1st Lieutenant Fountain Volunteers. James McManamy,2d Lieutenant, do. C. L. Hansickers, ad 2d Lieutenant, do. F. L. Maddox, of Fountain Volunteers. W. L. Sanderson, Captain Spencer lire's. W. Walker, Captain Indiana Riflemen. A. Dennis, Captain Washington Riflemen. M.'Siinsan, 1st Lieutenant Indiana Riflemen. J. Moore, ad 2d Lieutenant Clay County Volunteers. Adam Strops, 1st Lieutenant Greeno County Volunteers. I Boardman, Captain Bartholomew Volunteers. I). Irwin, 2 1 Lieutenant Greene County Volunteers. Z. Sims, ad 2d Lieutenant, do. E. F. Pennington, 2J Lieutenant Lanesville Legion. Ph. Zenor, ad 2d Lieutenant, do. J. Davis, 1st Lieutenant Sullivan Volunteer. G. W Peck, ad 2d Lieutenant, Indiana Riflemen. J Taggart, Captain Brown County Blues. T. Rogers, nd 2d Lieutenant Monroe Guards. 1 A. Rogers, 2J Lieutenant, do. R. MrGarvey, 4th Sergeant Dearborn Volunteers. David Allen, Captain Johnson Guards. E. Matties, 2J Lieutenant, do. J. D. Tilson, 3d Sergeant, do: S. Loudermilk, nd 2d Lieutenant Sullivan Volunteers. A. T. Rone, 1st Lieutenant Clay County Volunteers. 0"The manuscript of the above Circular, in connexion with the officers names annexed the genuine handwriting can be inspected at the Democrat office. (rFlour continues very dull in Cincinnati. 'The Gazette reports a sale on the 11th of 70 barrels from canal at $2,53. . '

The Falsehood llcpenfed. We are informed that Mr. Marshall, the Whig candidate for Governor, stated in a speech, recently, at Greencastle, that two-thirds of the Indiana Volunteers are Whigs. The Louisville Journal, we see, pretends to "suppose' tlie same thing. That the Journal should propagate such a falsehood is not surprising, it but pursues its natural vocation, but Marshall ought to leave such dirty work to others, and not dabble irr it himself. He ought to have more respect for the people, if not for himself. So far as

the statement is concerned, we are assured by those 1 w ho took some pains to find out the true state of the j case, at Camp Whitcomb, that the truth is the very reverse of what is stated bv Marohall and tlie Louis-' ville Journal. A careful examination and enquiry ! resulted in showing that the Volunteers were politically divided into about 1800 Democrats and COO Whigs giving a majority of twelve hundred Democrats in the Camp. This may appear an exaggeration, it at first seemed so to us, but we cannot suppose that the gentlemen who made the investigation were likely to be deceived. This shows Mr. Marshall's veracity, and the relative patriotism of the two parties in our State. The assertion was made by Daniel Webster, on the floor of the United States Senate, that the expenses of the General Government, since the commencement of the war with Mexico, exceeded half a million of dollars per day. We have since seen it asserted, that Mr. W ebster had taken back this statement, and corrected himself by placing the Government expenses r.t a mllion of dollars per month. There is an evident mistake somewhere; for while we do not believe them yet to have amounted to the enormous cum of half a million a day, they were known to have been at the rate cf about two millions per month under Mr. Van Buren's administration, when there was no war at all. People's Press. Wc notice the above statement of a whig press for two purposes. First that the statement of Webster, as corrected, must be incorrect: unless it may possibly allude to the uar expenses of the Government; for no one pretends that the Government expenses can be less than twenty-four or twenty-five millions a year in time of peace. Of course, war must increase them, especially the first year. Secondly, we are glad that the editor has published something near the truth about the expenses of Mr. Van Buren's administration. Two millions a month, which the editor says was known to have been about the rate of expenditure, is twenty-four millions a year. This is what the Democrats claimed in 1339 and 1340, and what the Whigs as constantly denied. Thin they insisted that forty millions was the minimum. It is gratifying, to say the least, that such errors are corrected, especially by the party that made them; and we hope all will be equally honest, now that no good can result from an adherence to the falsehood. Supreme Court Utilities. We learn that among other stories which Marshall tells the people, in the hope of bamboozling them into his support, is one to the effect that in consequence of the appointment of a new person to a seat on the Supreme Bench, the business of that court had been deranged and retarded. This is the very reverse of the truth. The business has in fact been facilitated by the new arrangement. The court has not only disposed of all the new cases at the present term, but has also passed judgment on many old ones, and during the continuance of the session will clear the old musty and dusty files of many more. The truth of this may be ascertained by those who doubt, by mak ing inquiry of Mr. Cobukn, the Clerk of the Court, who though a whig will not hesitate to tell the truth about the matter, to the shame and confusion of Mr. Marshall, and those who help him retail his unfounded slanders. The State of Indiana Cow-Hided. That tattling old Jade, Madame Rumor, kicked up quite a rumpus in our town the first of this week, by setting afloat a report that Captain Spear S. Tipton had. some time last week, given His excellency, James Whitcomb, a comfortable cow-hiding. Gr eensburg Repository, llih. Well sir, Madam Rumor lies as usual. She is rery busy too, about this time for the benefit of the Whig party ; but unless she can tell more plausible lies than the above, she will not help Marshall much. The Whig Editors complained a good deal about personalities at the commencement of the campaign, but having no other capital to work upon, they have kept up a constant stream of personal abuse and slander against Gov. Whitcomb, that uhite men ought to be ashamed of. The people understand their object and will defeat it. The Mexican Generals are as bad a set of scoundrels as the members of the Old Junto of Indianapolis. To illustrate the treachery of Gen. Alvarez towards raredes, the story is circulated at Vera Cruz that the former, who had the command of the forces at Mazatlan, was supplied with $1,5(X),000 with which to act against the American Bquadron in the Pacific. No sooner had Alvarez obtained the funds than he pronounced against Paredes, kept all the money, and even sold the cannon in the forts. This is going it on the Beckwith principle distinctly. Do the Hoosiers wish to try it over by electing Mr. Marshall ! The Nw York Convention. The convention for revising the contitution of the State of New York has been in session three weeks, and has just passed the threshl.old of business. The first report of a committee that has been submitted, relates to the powers and duties of the Governor. Several immaterial changes are proposed such as : The freehold qualification is abolished; the salary, instead of being fixed by the Legislature, is established at 4000 per annum, with the allowance of $G0O for a private secretary, and also the rent of a dwelling house; the Governor to hold no other office of honor or profit ; and the veto power is so modified, as that a bill may become a law notwithstanding a veto, if it shall be passed by a majority of a subsequent Legislature. (7In the U. S. House of Representatives, on the Gth, the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means introduced two important bills ; one authorizing the issue of treasury notes and a loan, the other making appropriations for the payment of the volunteer corps, authorized to be raised for the prosecution of the Mexican war. The two bills were referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A wise man will speak well of his neighbor, love his wife, and pay for his newspaper. Boston Tocsin. That's pretty, for a Native American paper ! Wise men out west love their oirn wives, and respect the wives of their neighbors. Good men and wise men here also speak well of their neighbors or say nothing, and also pay for their newspapers in advance. We warn this or any other administration that may tax these articles, tea and coffee that they may expect to encounter the decided hostility of all the old ladies in the country. Indiana Courier. "True; and Grubbs is the first old woman to commence. But his alarm is premature. The bill, as it passed the House, leaves those articles free. Try again, grand ma'am. Can any one inform us what particular medicine it is which caused Tour individuals to make such a crook cd wake lately from a diagonal corner 1

The Tariff Dill in the Senate. The Revenue Tariff bill, which had passed the House, was taken up in the Senate on the Cth inst. Mr. Sevier moved that it be printed and made the special order for the following Monday. The motion was divided, and the printihg ordered. Mr. Evans moved to refer the bill to the finance committee. Mr. Sevier opposed this. reference because a member being absent, the committee were equally divided for and against the bill, and no report could be soon expected.

He wanted early action. He called for the ayes and upon their return to the vita mollis, at their respective noes on the motion to refer. A debate occurred inlbo9- There was one instance of a militia captain which the onoonents of the bill advocated rrrnre. ho was with convulsions the first night he lay

Ittii its fpiAnihi Annncnrf V r H loms viIaH a rlrr bkIiam ! puu ,v, '--v , on the bill by the Senate. ' Mr. Benton said that there was no disposition on the part of any member of the committee to avoid the labor of giving to this bill the fullest examination. Eut he was cor.fidcnt that all the labor thus bestowed would be of little practical value. It would be quite mwssible for the committee to examine the details of the bill in a short time. Every item would require separate consideration. In his opinion it would be entirely useless to send the bill to the committee. The only practical course to be adopted was to pro ceed at once to tlie consideration of the bill item by item. He need hardly say that the important character of the b.ll demanded for it the fullest investigation and thc tnost serious consideration. The most advis able course was to name a day on which the bill would be taken up, and then t) proceed calmly and deliberately to its consideration. Mr. Hannean next addressed the senate. He said that he should vote on this question in strict consistency, as he took it, with the course which he had heretofore pursued on other matters. An allusion had been made to the attempts made to fix a day for the adjournment of Cougre-s, and that one of the objects of these efforts had been to defeat this bill. In making his motion to fix the day cf adjournment, he (Mr. H.) had expressly disclaimed any 6uch intention. But there had been ample time for action on this and all the other important measures before the body, priot to the 20th of July, if the proper disposition had existed. He 6till thought that they might adjourn in three or four weeks from this day ; but now that they had this bill completely in their power, he would be unwilling to fix a day for the ar'j lurnment until they had passed upon it one way or the other; and he hoped that that day would not be far distant. He would oppose the reference of the bill to any committee, select or standing, for the reasons assigned by the chairman of the Committee on Finance, and his friends who had spoken on the same side. He opposed that procedure, because he believed it to be dilatory in all its tendencies he did not sriy intentionally so, but so it would be in effect. They had no guarantee whatever, that if the bill were sent to the committee, it would be reported to the Senate in a month. The Senator from Maryland had asked tlie chairman of the Committee on Finance very significantly indeed if he had examined ail the details of this bill, so as to be able to give a list of the items 1 He (Mr. II.) would ask the Senator from Maryland, in his turn, if he had examined, and could give in detail, all the items taxed under the present tariff law, or any other that ever existed. He presumed that such an exercise of memory would be labor wasted. It would be very foolish, indeed, for the chairman of the committee, or any other gentleman, to commit to memory a parcel of outlandish names, as were many of those to be found in the bill. The bill had been in print since last Saturday morning. He had read it in the Union." He was perfectly satisfied with its general principles, which corresponded with his own opinions. He had examined the details as far as he could understand them, and had arrived at the conclusion that tho bill should have his support without amendment or alteration. It contained one great principle which he held to be right, and that was the exclusion of two most obnoxious features from the taritf system the minimum and specific duties. Had either of these features been included in the bill, it never could have received his assent. So far as the duty on salt was concerned, he would with great pleasure give the Senator from Maryland his construction of that item of the bill. It was in his opinion a revenue duty. As to its oppressing the poor man, he had only to say, contrast it with the present taxation of that article,.and you can ascertain in a moment which system was most oppressive to the poor man, for whose stomach the Senator nnnearcd to cherish such an affectionate regard. If he recollected right, the duty under the present law on the article of salt was specific, amounting to eight cents per bushel. In the bill before them, the duty was ad valorem, 20 per cent.; so that the duty would be about U cent per bushel at most. So much for the oppressive character of this act. A good deal had been said about observing strictly the rules of the Senate. Where was the necessity of delaying action on account of what was confes-cdly in this case an idle form 1 He must be permitted to remind his friends over the way, who were such sticklers for strict observance of forms, that not kng since a measure of far greater importance than this was disposed of without any reference whatever nay, disposed of summarily, after all freedom of debate had been absolutely stifled. There was a precedent which fully sustained him on this occasion. Mr. Archer. To what measure do you allude ! Mr. Haxxegan. It will be no great stretch of memory to enable the Senator to find an answer to his inquiry. Let me help the gentleman, however. It is not quite two weeks since. Is it necessary for me to be more particular? Mr. Archer. It is not necessary, sir. I understand you. There is no need for an explanation. Mr. Haxxegan. Very well, sir; 'if the rule is cood. it is rrood for both sides. After that precedent no crentleman on the opposite side could complain of any want ot proper courtesy in noiaing tiieni to me same rule. With regard to the time likely to be occupied in the discussion of this measure, he believed he could refer to another precedent. Tlie famous compromise act" which presented the tariff question in a more important aspect than it ever had assumed, or probably ever would assumeoccupied but ten days in its discussion in both houses. And vet that great measure arrested the progress of intestine hostilities, lt passed me House ot Representatives my friend from South Carolina tells me in twenty minutes. The present question has had a most thorough discussion. Not only in the halls of Congress, but in every town, village, and hamlet, at every cross roada throughout the Union, has it been discussed. Its great principles are known to the masses of the people I speak, of course, cf its principles, not its details ; why, then, should we be asked to give perhaps months to the consideration and discussion of a subject as familiar to the people as a household word," and upon which I suppose the mind of every intelligent citizen is fully made up ! Yet, for his'own part, he would listen with pleasure to the discussion of th? merits of the bill by gentlemen who felt called up-m to make speeches, either for the Senate or for home consumption. He would be perfectly willing to afbrd full latitude of debate so long as any gentlemen desired to express his views. Niles of Connecticut, who was once a good democrat, advocated tlie reference. He v;z.s the only Democratic Senator who intimated that be should vote against the bill. After some further debate, the motion to refer was lost, ayes 22, noes 21, as follows: Yeas Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M.Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Evans, Huntington. Jarnagin, Johnson of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Mangum, Morehead, Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Sturgeon, Upham and Woodbridge -TJ. Nats Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houston, Lewis, McDuffie, Pennvbacker, Rusk, Semple, Sevier, Turney Westcott, and'Yulec 24. Mr. Greene, though present, did not vote, having agreed to pair off with Mr. Atherton, who was necessarily absent. The question recurring upon the motion by Mr. Sevier, that the bill under consideration be made tlie special order for Monday next, and every day thereafter until disposed of, it was decided in the affirmative. AVlll he do ill Wonder if Mr. Marshall, who never read the Butler Bill," or the bill providing for the settlement of the public debt, will read the circular of the Volunteers in this paper 1 Terhapa it won't hurt him, if he can keep awake long enough.

Health In Camps. Dr. Benjamin Rush was Surgeon General of tlie the United States Army during a greater portion of the Revolutionary War. The following statement from him may not be inapplicable at this time: 'The army, when it laid in tents, was always more 6ickly than when it lay in the open air; it was always more healthy when kept in motion than when it lay in an encampment. Militia officers and soldiers who enjoyed health

during the campaign, were often seized with fevers several months on a J ttrrss nr.d on the ground. The fever was produced by the sudden change in the manner of sleeping, living, &.C. It was prevented, in many cases, by the person lying, for a few nights after his return to his family, on a blanket befure the fire. 'Those officers who wore flannel shirts or waist coats next to their skin, in general escaped fevers and diseases of all kinds. 44 The native Americans were more sickly than the Europeans. "Men above thirty and thirty-five years of age were the hardiest soldiers in the army. Perhaps this was the reason why the Europeans were more healthy than the native Americans ; they were more advanced in life. "The troops from Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina sickened for the want of salt provisions. Their strength and spirits were only restored to them by means of salt bacon. I once saw a private in a Virginia regiment throw away his ration of freh beef, and cive seven shillings and sixpence specie for a pound of salt meat. "Most of the sufferings and mortality in our hospitals were occasioned, not so much by the actual want or scarcity of anything, as by the ignorance, negligence, &lc, in providing necessaries for then:. After the purveying and directing departments were separated (ajrreeably to the advice of Dr. Munro) in the year 1?5, very few of the American army died in our hoppitals." Q-The following extract from a letter written by Cortdox Doxxavan, will be read with interest. His friends will be jjlad to learn that Mr. D. is doing tcdl ia all respects. Steamer Ontario. ) Rio Grande River, June 19, 1S46. ( Dear Boys: You will doubtless be surprised to hear from me at this foVi,'and at once attribute it to my patriotism, and set me down as a soger" in the regular service; though it is otherwise. The boat on which I have been employed as Clerk since the last of April, was engaged to convey a regiment of volunteers from Nashville to New Orleans, and from there to Foint Isabel; so rather than lose my situ ation, and there being little danger of having to fight, after the licking the Mexicans got on the 8th and 9th of May, I concluded to go. To-morrow we shall be engaged in transporting troops and munitions of war to the point nearest Monterey; and at what time I 6hall return to New Orleans is rather uncertain, but I think in two weeks. I doubt not you have seen a better description of the place and things here than I can give, at least in a short letter like this. The climate is not so hot or so disagreeable as an Indiana June sometimes is. On the boat it is extremely pleasant; and even on land there is a constant breeze, wafted from the dis tant "orange groves." It is true, that on our pas sajje my olfactories were often regaled with the odors from the orange trees. I have trodden and trodden lightly upon the graves of the brave men who fell on the 8th and 9th of May I have been upon the battle field, where but a few days previously the bul lets whistled and fell thick as hau ! I have seen "Old Rough and Ready;" and indeed I rejrard him as a very common man. He may possess intellect intrinsic intellect, and goodness too but he must belie his looks. Unless Gen. Taylor has orders to march to the City of Mexico, I think the war is ended indeed, those Mexicans in Matamoras all think so. They are in la vor ot "annexation," and are much de lighted with our people, whether from interest or principle is doubtful. The life of a soldier is, or seems to be, pleasant enough here, for all 1 know. 1 hey have to endure a good deal of filth, it is true, but they have but little to do but drill a tew hours in the day then fish and hunt. Fishing and hunting fine. Ti I 1 r . ,.. Aiiere is a rumor ntre 01 anoiner revolution in Mexico, ond that Ilerrera is in the ascendant. It is believed by many, though not by all. (-A letter from the Army, dated on the 9th June, and published in the St. Louis Reporter, states that "Gen. Taylor says Paredes has sent him word that if he will attack him, man for man, and the Mexicans are beaten, he will give up the city of Mexico. The Mexican forces are said to number about 30,000. The Americans will number about 20,000. Taylor expects to attack the Mexicans about the 20th inst. Gen. T. thinks it will be one of the bloodiest battles on record, as the Mexican soldiers under Taredes are the best in the country." 0The President has accepted the services of another regiment of mounted volunteers, and a separate battallion of artillery, to be composed of five compa nies. These troops are lo rendezvous at Independence, it is said, by the first of August next, and are to rein force the command of Col. Kearney, destined to operate against New Mexico The Oregon Treatf. In allusion to this treaty, the Boston lyost remarks: A like instance of receding from a point inflexibly held for twenty-eight years, has never before occurred in the history of British diplomacy. We are disposed to regard it not as 'a concession for fear of results, but as a liberal view of the relations be twen the two countries, brought about by an irresisti ble conviction carried home to the most enlightened minds in England from the force of the arguments in defence of the American side of the question, and the dignity and consistency with which the negotia tion has been conducted under tlie guidance of the l resident Shelby Counts'. We are informed that J. M. Sleeth, Esq. is the regular democratic nominee for the Legislature, from Shelby county. He is opposed by one Fletcher Tevis, of notorious memory, and who, if the whigs send up here again, we will endeavor to keep, if there is any virtue in a capias. But there is little .danger of it we think if the good people of Shelby Btudy their own interests. Mr. Sleeth has ably represented that county, and we hesitate not to say, is among the very best of legislators. To supersede him by such a roaring hypocrite as Tevis, would be an everlasting shame. (The New York Express, a Whig paper, is a little more sensible than most of its brethren Speaking of tlie repeal of the English Corn Laws, it says "That it will prcmote.the interest of the country is most certain : although wc may not always be able to ship bread stuffs, yet it is quite certain that whenever flour settles down to the present prices, England will take our surplus and relieve our market of the excess we may have on hand. The Mishawaka Bee is the title of a new paper at Mishawaka, edited by S. P. Hart, Esq. Its me chanical appearance is neat. In politics it professes to be neutral ; but we discover whiggery sticking out in several places. It is a difficult thing for a partizan to publish a strictly neutral paper. Hoping, if it intends to continue neutral, it will be cautious in this respect, we wish it all success. Accounts from the north assure us that the " sleeping lion" makes but poor headway. The people are fond of economy in their public mai'ers ; and they like Whitcomb's practice of it better than Marshall's preaching, while his practice has been the reverse. The Locusts have made sad havoc in the wood in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio.

To the People of Indiana. Fellow Citizens At tlie time my name was placed upon the Democratic ticket for the office of Lieutenant Governor of the State, peace prevailed throughout our happy land. Since that time our country baa been invaded by a foreign enemy, and is now in a state of war with Mexico. I feel myself as much called upon as any other citizen to contribute to the eupport of th army w hich defends her insulted and injured honor. When the requisition was made upon Indiana for three regiments of volunteers, I warmly impressed upon my fellow citizens of Monroe county the necessity of responding patriotically to that call. Some, I -have no doubt, impelled by a deep and abiding sense of patriotism, and by the appeals made to them by myself in this great cause, were induced to volunteer their services to the country. I promised that I would likewise go as a volunteer. This promise I am now attempting to redeem as nearly as, under the arbitrary rule adopted by the United States inspecting officer, I am allowed to do.

Some cf my democratic friends, from various por tions of Indiana, have attempted to satisfy me that it was my duty to remain at home and prosecute the present canvass for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. I cannot view it in that licht. It is true that when I received the nomination I promised that I w ould do all in my power that could bo honorably done, to secure the success of the democratic ticket at the ensuing August election. This pledge I have faithfully redeemed up to the present day, and I shall continue to redeem it for the remaining few days of my stay in Indiana. I cannot believe that my duty to those friend in various portions of the State whom I have induced to volunteer in defence of the country can be better consulted by my remaining at home than by going with them ; and many of my friends in various portions of Indiana, even of those who signed a call upon me to remain at home, have said to me, Go with the volunteers, and whilst you are gone we will do the voting. It may be objected that I am ineligible to the office. The whigs need not render themselves uneasy upon that subject. My business is intimately connected with the welfare of the army, jet I hold no office or appointment in it which at all disqualifies me from holding the office to which (through the kindness of my friends) I am aspiring. It may be urged that I owe it lo the party of which I am an humble member to devote my time to the prosecution of the present canvass. In reply I have only to say, that at the same time I pledged myself to them, they, through the convention, pledged me the united support of those prominent and influential democrats who have volunteered in the service of their country. The truth is, things are much changed a new and important crisis has arisen in the affairs of our country, and my democratic friends who have volunteered have done right, and I humbly conceive I have done likewise. The nature of my connexion with the army is such as to allow me to return home in time to serve as President of the Senate in case I am elected. It is the anxious desire of every man in the company of volunteers from Monroe county, without distinction of party, that I should go with them in some capacity. This I intend to do they are my neighbors and friends, and I am fond of their friendship and patriotism, and I urge it to my democratic friends as an argument in favor of the course which I have determined to adopt. I shall not at this time enter into an elaborate discusston of State or National politics. I shall only repeat in this brief addres?, that so far as national politics are concerned, I am opposed to a high protective tariff, a national bank of any kind whatever, the assumption of the debts of tlie States, or the distribution of the proceeds of the saies of the public lands amongst the various States of the Union. If any attempt by joint resolution or memorial shall be made in the Senate to represent the will of the people of the State as being in favor of any one or all of those fatal measures, my influence (if I am elected) shall be directed against such expression ; and in the contingency of a tie vote of the Senate upon any of those questions, my vote will be cast in the negative. I am in favor of a revenue standard of tariff duties, affording incidental protection, to be levied in such manner as to fall most heavily upon luxuries, and lightly upon such articles as are of common consumption amongst the laboring classes of community. I am in favor of the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands, and the extension of the right cf pre-emption laws to actual settlers. I advocate these measures from considerations of expediency and for revenue. The 6ooner the public lands are disposed of at reduced prices, the 6ooner wrll our citizens become freeholders, and the lands subject to taxation, thereby making more freeholders and taxpayers in our State. It may be said that these measures more properly belong to Congress. True, they do; yet the people have a right to express their will and wishes through the Legislatures of the respective States. So far as questions of State policy are concerned, I am in favor of economy in the administration of our State government. Upon this question I presume Whigs and Democrats w ill all agree. For an early and punctual settlement of our State debt, under the law of the last session, if acceded. to by our bondholders. That law may not be the most perfect in all its provisions, yet under all the circumstances, I believe it was the best arrangement that the Representatives of the people could effect, and most assuredly it is much better than repudiation, or any other plan which has heretofore been suggested for the liquidation of our indebtedness. In conclusion, fellow-citizens, permit me to remark that the charge which has been made upon toy motives in advocating the prosecution of the war in which we are now engaged with Mexico, and for offering to volunteer my services, is uncharitable and unfounded. I ask no favor or popularity to accrue to me, if I was even a private in the ranks or an officer in the field, yet I have a right to ask of a patriotic and magnanimous people not to condemn me for desiring to aid in prosecuting it to a speedy and successful issue. In however humble a capacity I may operate, I also have a right whilst lam absent to indulge the hope that before I return to my country, my family, and my friends, that those men who can coolly set down and pen articles for publication, impugning the motives of their fellsw-citizens, and attempting to cast a stigma upon their character and that of their ft milies, may have their hearts and feelings regenerated, that they may really imbibe some of those noble and chivalrous sentiments which distinguish the gentleman from the blackguard. I have been accused of calling the Whigs Mexicans. I have denied it, and now repeat tlie denial. I am sorry that the Whig papers which hare made this charge have not had the generosity to publish my disclaimer that the antidote may go with the poison. I am aware cf the object of my enemies they fear many highmmded and patriotic Whigs are disposed to vote for me, and it is necessary to create some prejudice in the minds of such to arrest them from their purpose. I respectfully appeal to such of my Whig friends and neighbors as have intimated an intention to yield me their support, if they can or will be turned from their purpose by such shallow pretexts. I hope not, I believe not but upon the contrary I hope and believe that in my absence on duty, my friends, both personal and political, without distinction of party, will yield me a handsome support, and teach such dishonest demagogues and intriguers that their purposes are appreciated. Fellow-citizens, I shall abide your decision (be it as it may) with that manly bearing which ought always to characterize the conduct of him who believes in the honesty and intelligence of the people. If elected I will serve you faithfully, hoping that whatever I may see or learn during my absence will not render me any the less qualified for the discharge of tlie duties of the high and responsible office for which I am a candidate, but upon the contrary, that I maj learn from experience and observation the various wants and interests of the great mass of the people, for whose benefit and advancement legislation should mostly be directed. If defeat awaits me, (which I do not for one moment believe,) and I hear it in my own or a foreign country, I shall feel none the less disposed to do my duty, nor will it abate in the least degree my deep and abiding confidence in the correctness of the principles I advocate, and the honesty and intelligence of the people. Your fellow-citizen. PAK IS C. DUNNING. New Albany, July 7, 1846. Splendid Circus Company ! We have room only to direct attention to the advertisement of Spaulding's Splendid Circus Company," said to be unrivalled in the United States. Every body who can raise the dimes will certainly go to witness the magnificent performances.