Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1846 — Page 2

Indiana State Sentinel WEEKLY EDITION.

ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY. INDIANAPOLIS, SEPT. 10, 1846. Our Terms. The follow inj will hcrcafU r be the jeriiuinnit tcrmi vt the 'ek!y Indiana Slate Stntinrl : Ql'uyinrnt t' be made always in advance. Oi i-o )v. ono voir fc'.'.OO , rf . j , Three copies, unc year, i a i I 0 Five copien, ono cnr, h.ixi i, ' . . . iwi Tm con-, nn year, . im Twenty copies, duo year, d. reeled to one person, XTM'U ,. . . M'liil-lViM'My. ' '(Published thrrc tiuus a wet k during the action.) (.Inf rt nv. ..HM ) Three eop es. ft I '.) i i ' ' ' larl it ii l:ir IVollco. Kln PMl'(iltiir InriKiiMikm roivcilkl llii t-mrc, w ' II la mrlm tud ttwulli tu wllli.lr e all mir lrrl!iii nm lr, rrr(in thrtuf B. . Til n l ln, II rrnnginiit li fdint mmla wlili th Vita tul0rll4,, n. fwiiiiiif wi fir a lu IJ jmftiHi W4i cottcrrnrd. Willi (ha new cuduclur iif lit njr, i.o nrnnMa nu i Imwii m.t.W. Ant- I, IC4'I. U.I3W O. A. It I. r. I. IIAPMAi, I . 1 ! Aiixtor or SriTR'H Okip k, ) .srjt. m, ha $ Ths attention of pm n, tho interest on whose mortjjngea to tho dill'erent tnmt funds inny Im in ar rear, it invited to Iho following jmni-i n of tho net of January 1Ü, MIX It wilt to seen that the penaltic fjr non-payment are heavier thon hue heretofore been charged ; und it will bo materially to Iho advantage of mortgagor to call and etile for all interest due for ix month, prior to the lt of October next, 110KATIU J. 1IAKKIS, Au'litor if State. Fr. S. It thitl b the doty ot the Au.litur vt 5Nt by the Bril thy vt April and lh liit it y of Octuter lu e-icl yrar, t-J fntko o'lt a lit of all mortgiir t I! fumt, upon which the n.oiig.Kof hart failed fr more llun ix inontln t' p-y lb hmounl ut initifit dn, (riling faith in uch li-t Ihr bamt of th mottjgcir, a drtciiptiuii uf lie Und inoitj-'icrd, and the amount due Ihrrrou i hielt l.iil the Auiti'oi lull publ h in tome on vt the ncwi aprt ptit lmhril in IuJi.inpoll, harlej the moil rmral i iirujiin, fur t ut iu n -ivc wttki after the fmt day ef A pi it nJ Octulur, icfff tivcly, apeeifyinK a day in tail publication, afier the rxpiratiun of lb raid four wtk, when th ;ind upon whirli int( I ie mam unpaid, hall L olj arroidinj lo Hie law new tu force in rtlition t i the aale of luch land, exctt io fat 5 th tame are modified by ihW act. Si c. 4. Any moitgagoi whoe landimay have been alrcr tiled for alf, ai ipeciße i in the pirrrd i'jr icciion, may I any time before an actual (ale llicie f, rr-intate hi'iiioitfg, by payha: the interest due at thr time of le-imtaiieu the tame, together with the conti of advriti.ing the laitiU, and tv per cculum damage on the principal due. 29 , Ollli lal K Hult. - -We havo now tho full return from the Stute, rxcej.tinjr I'ulahki county. Tho Secretary of Stuto cannot pub) Uli them until that received. For tho information of our readers, wc hnvc compared them carefully, and Gud the result as follow: loR governor: Whitcomb, - - G:),9I Marshall, b'Jtf'Sl Whitcomb' majority, ... Tiilaiki i reported at 'JO to 11 for Whitcoml, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 1,01 Dunninjr, ...... S.ephensju, ..... fiD.oa-j Dunning' majority, Steven, Abolition, (Jovcrnor, Harding, Abolition, I.t. Governor, For Convention, - -gainst Convention, - Majority Cor Convention, Aggregate vote at Presidential election, 3,17(5 3:5,173 - 1,330 Ajrirrejfate vote th; year, (I'ulaski say deducted,) Falling ofT, - 1 1,170 Indiana Sentinel. The Sentinel of the 2Gih Auffust contained the (tßeial vote for (Joxcrnor, of all the Counties of the State, except Henry and mine three or fur others; accompanied with a brief lecture to th Clerk of those counties for neglecting to forward the official vote to Indianapolis in tho proper time. For the purpose of placing Mr. Hoover, Clerk of this county, - right aide up," we give place to the following receipt; ami at tho Mine tunc, (in justice to Mr. II.,) ask the Sentinel to make the amende honorable through the same channel tho lecture came ithat the antidote may go with thepois n. Indiana Courier. Kec'd, Agnt 6, IS 16, of Samuel Hoovrr, C. II. C. C, the official vote given far the camlil4tc Cot Coveinur aud Lieutenant Governor at Aunst election, 13 16, directed " lo the Speaker of the Home of Representatives, to the care of Secretary of State, Indianapolis, Ind." Ti. W. SCOTT. P. M. If it helps Mr. Hoover any, wc .give hitn the benefit of the above. But we would inform the editor of the Courier, as well as Mr. Hoover aud same other clerks, that the above is only a partial compliance with the o'd section, chapter 5, of the Revised Statutes. If they will turn to the COth Fcction of the same chapter, they will find there is another return to ba made to the Secretary of State, if they wish to comply with the law. The Secretary of State has no fight to break the seals of returns directed to the Speaker of the House. At the time we penned our first article, Mr. II. bad not sent the returns to the Secretary of State, and therefore we cannot see w hat poison" has gone forth. Without intending to controvert the opinion of the Sentinel, as a general proposition, we may ask if that opinion would bold good, in case a small number only of the legal voters should have expressed an opinion on the Convention ! Say 150,000 votes should be cast for Governor, and at the same election 1000 votes should be cast on the Convention question, 505 of which were in favor or calling a Convention, would tuch otc require provision for electing delegates ! Cincinnati Gazette. 0-We think it would, because any other rulo would lead to the most absurd and unjust result?. Every voter had due notice to vote, and could exercise that right or not, at his own option. His failing to Vote is jast as good evidence of his iciilingmss to epe a Convention called, as of his un-willingness, an evidence of indifference, and therefore not to be taken into account at all. Ri terse the proposition of the Gazette, and suppose that at some election for Governor, the people generally failing to vote for either candidate, for any cause, the successful candidate should be elected by I(K 0 votes, while at the tame election the vote on the Convention question thould be 1001 for il, and 149,999 against ."would such a vote require provision for electing delegates 1" In tho way the Constitutional provision is construed by some, it would ; b;t is not such ff conclusion perfectly absurd 1 The very fact that such a question as this can be niscd, proves the defectiveness of our present Constitution in t!i part at least. A Convention will demonstrate that it may be advantageously amended in many particulars. MoDEST. By a letter from Indianapolis, we learn there are just 17 candidates for the office of Slate Treasurer and State Auditor all the olj hunker uf both panier, beside one or two who have, heretofore made some efforts to make a living by honest industry. Brooktil'e American. ' ' 07"If tbera 13 any truth in the above scandalous" abatement, it can only be so far as it applies to the Whigs ; for here, among Democrat, a s yet, we have heard no gentlemen named as likely to be candidates, Other than the present faithful incumbents of the offices mentioned fj7"Th New York Constitutional Convention has decided in favor of creating a' Court of Appeals to consist of eight judges, four lo be elected by the People, and four to be selected from the bem-h of supreme judges. The vote stood yeas C3, nays ill.

Deputate or flic ltiilciiicu. On Tuesday m -ruing, the recruits enlisted by Lieut. M. L Van Hrr.c for iho mounted rifle service in t!io U. S. Army for five yean, left our city for Newport, Ky., tlienro to Jefferson Hurracks, Mo. They nunv lend about Ol); but on tbo morning of departuro it tccutnu utrrrsary for the Lieutenant, owing tu tho ctiridtM ih--linnü of tome, and the annoyance of oil. or, to rrpcl five os likely looking mm as the army could boat. Willi tent in their eyes, tboy took huvo of their htu comrade; and ono even I... ...... I I.., ifiin I it, 1. 1 ! it.. I !i.nttm rt'a kprv irc.

.,. , vrrsmia'ttf, and pro flcrcd to pay In own exprnnrs, o . i i that he nullit not bo separated from those with whom ( lie supposed he had cant Ins lot lor yenr. their regret ut not being able to Icaie with their comrade wero fully appreciated by tho vast concourse- preaent to witnrs their departure, j The mjmd was formed in t!io morning, and wm ( ftiMrc. d by Governor Wniit-oMn, previous to taking ( up it Imo of march, in a very impressive manner. M.uiV of tlio bruto licnrt, wh an hour previous were joyous at the pnmpect of removal from their confined (partem, and anxious to bo on regular duty, whether to fight or wtir'k, were bo afivctcd that tho manly tear uubiiklingly showed itnelf, till it became iilfeCtioUl ; nud when, tlirougli abflute debility, tho Governor cloned, no rhatieo for a formal response was given, but up went instantaneous cheers, nud thnt of a kind i to relieve tlio suppressed feeling" of all. Tho giddier then bid each ndim to their friends, and h fi. Wo have only timo to again tender to them nil our best wishes for their proMjM-rity and safety. Know lug, as wc do, many of tlicin personally, we shall keep a watchful eye on their peculiar service; nnd when in our power, they hall bo uro to hear from us. God bo with them all. A THE lNTEf.MJENCE r Tho Editor of tho j oo.ri'c Amcrimn, has always professed to bo j wio above w hat is written." As an evidence not i only of his u ixhim, but of his knowledge of public ; ttt"airs, we present tho following instances from his paper of Sept. 1, instant : There oro two members of the Scnato almeut in , the army in Mexico b.ith Democrats, to wit : Hemnn ! II. Uarbmr, tf JJ.irtholomcw and Jeimiug, and )rgud. er General Lane of Vanderburgh. Should tho war bo protracted, theao men will not be in their! seal, which will make the Senate a tie. Should they resign, their place will in all probability be filled with ono Whig and ono Democrat, and tho Senate will Ptill bo tied." Now it so happens that " I'rigidier General Lane of Vanderburgh" is uot a member of tho Senate, lie resigned bin seat previous to the late election, j On the first Monday of August last, tho vacancy j was filled by the election of Dr. W. II. Stock wem. j of Evansville, a gentleman of e.vtrnordiuary accom- J plishmiii's, aud against whom tho Whig dared muko j no opposition", though claiming a clear majority in the j county of Vanderburgh of between 1T0 and U). Dr. Slock well is a Democrat, and in point of talents pro- . bably has not a superior in the Senatorial body. So much fjr the American's statements concerning this matter. Again: Speaking tf the law providing fur taking thy tense of the people oil the quo-lion of culling a State Convention for the amendment of the Constitution, the Editor of the American rays " At the time the law was pnscd we knew if, and it rnny have occurred to US afterward, hut it never come to our mind on tho day of the election. And although wc saw the word "Convention" on the Democratic ticket, we thought it Was only intended B3 instructions to ihe party that that teas the County Contention 7.tf." Jehoeaphat! What a confession for one of tho most intelligent Whig editors of Indiana to make ! Tho ignorant locofocos " it seems were aware that they were to vote upon a proposition to amend the fundamental law of the land; but tho "intelligent Whigs" who depended on tho Amrriran for political information knew nothing at all about it I And therefore, in tho present opinion of the sagacious Editor of that paper, tho law calling for a vote of the people on tho question, was unconstitutional t "A Daniel," verly ! Dir.n, at tho Tulmer House, on Saturday last, Joeph Kcernan, junior, of Dayton or Warren county, Ohio. He was on his way home, having left his father nick at Covington. His disease, we understand was chill?, or chills and fever, and he was attended by Dr. McClure, junior. To be thus prostrated by disease among strangers, and to be deprived of the tender care of relatives and friends who no djubt would have gladly attended to his" every wish as well os every want, could not but Lave & tendency to hasten his passage to the grave. Rumors have been very freely circulated about town, since the decease of the joung man above mentioned, that he was treated with neglect while he lay sick ; but we have been assured by Mr. Scovillc, the superintendent of the Falmer House, that he bestowed every attention upon the deceased which it was in his power to afford, and that, o far as he is aware, the wants and wishes of the deceased were attended to in every particular. 0O"Santa Ajina took passage from Havana in the British steamship Arab. On her appearance at Vera Cruz, Com. Conner repaired on board the steamer Princeton, and an attempt was made to intercept the Arab ; but the morning was calm, and she clipped into port', without hindrance with her valuable freight. Opinions -differ as to the intention of the Commodore towards Santa Anna, some believing that he had no desire to intercept him. It is said, that before leaving Havana, Santa Anr.a requested and received from Col. Campbell a letter of introduction to Com. Conner, lie also took with him a valuable box of cigars, intended as a present for the Commodore. Upon arrivJ ing c ff Vera Cruz, he took good care to waste no time in the presentation of his letter or cigars. New Mexican Cabinet. On the 31st of July, a new cabinet was formed, composed of the following persons: Jose Joinquim Tcsado, minister of foreign aHairs; Jose Maria Jiinones, interior; Antonio Garayt finance; and Ignacio Moro y Villamil, minister of war. .It is said this ministry are all in favor of making peace immediately with the United States, and of calling a new Congress to form a liberal constitution. Ctr-A Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says that cur Government cannot maintain a war with mny nation on equal terms, so far as oxpcihC i.1 concerned ; fur there is no system of accountability in the various departments of our public fcCN vice. Wc saw daily proofs of this in Uie late war wiih Great Britain and in the Florida war, and now it is strongly exemplified in every movement in the Mexican war. 0O"The Treasury department of the United States has transmitted to the Governor of Louisiana, a draft on the Mint for $42,213 90 to pay the interest on the j mnnejr borrowed by the Governor to equip volunteers in New Orleans. C3":Gov. Ford, of Illinois, has remitted thirty thousand dollars to New York, to bo appropriated to the payment of the July interest on the public debt. The Springfield Register says that there is, or will be, thirty or forty thousand dollars on hand to meet the January interest

California. Wc fiud tho following interesting paragraph in the Washington "Union" of Sept. 2: "We havo received information, on which wo hce implicit reliance, that Commodore Sloat took purgesioti if Monterey on tho Cth July lait. On the Ulh July, Commander John U. Montgomery, of the I'orUmouth, rummoned the commandant tf Verba llucnn to surrender. What the result of this summons was, we are not informed. A few dnya previous to the filh July, a iletaihu'.cnt fron Col. En tnotit'n force took jHwcusi'.n of a frontier pout called Sonoma, to !!s north of San EraticisCO. G.-neral Castro attempted todinlodge them ; but, aAcr a alight akirminh, and tho arrival of Col. Eremont in person, he, Castro, retreated. "There appears to have been os much dineniion among tho Californians before tho arrival of Couuno. dure Sloat, as existed in other ports tf Mexico. On tho lötli Juno a 'unit met at Santa llarbara, headed by Gov. 1'ico, to declare California independent; which movement was met by a proclamation from the Commandant General Castro, declaring martial law throughout the country. ha Uta IV.

Mr. N. Cot. burn who left Santa Ee on tho !hl of August, arrived a few days sinco at Independence, Mo. Ho communicates intelligence of interest, which we find in the St. Louis Union": There wero then 4"0 .Mexican soldiers stationed at Santa Ee, but-tho authorities stated that they had 7,01 0 men ready to march at a moment's warninj? to meet Gen. K'-arney, and -,UIX wero expected from the lower country. This, however, was doubted. Nothing hud been heard of Gen. Kearney's movements for fifteen days previous. It was not then known that Gen. Wool wos moving agniiiHt Chihuahua. Mr. Coltuirn reached tho eroHning of the Arkansas in ten days. He found grnn and water wane. Ilo there met dipt. Worcester, of tho U. S. Artillery, T. Caldwell and Chan. llnt,tnly ten davs from Independence. From this party he heard of tho murder, on the evening before, of Mr. W. '.. Swan, of Nor thampton, Muss. He wns returning from Dom' Fort, in company with Major G. Clark, and wns shot from his horse, when near their camp, by Indians. On the lth, ho met Mr. Turly's company i-f three wagons, aud forty-three government wagons and 51 men. On tho lCih he met ixty wagons loaded wilh mer ehnmlizc at Eawnee Fork, belonging to Arunjo and others. On the 17th at Cow Creek, met Messrs. Earnes and Allen, with thirty-one government wagons, and fortythree men. They had been attacked by the Indiana and some ulight damage done. On the 19th, met Doylo and Garvey's six wagons, and twenty-fivo wagons with stores for the United States Army. On the "'-id, met McCaullcy and Sandford's wagon with merchandize, and two companies of Trice's regiment, ono under Capt. Giddings. On tho Uihl, met two companies at Council Grove, under Capts. McMilh-n ond lloriue, and forty baggage waoiiH, ond four howitzers. On the 21lh, met Maj. Spalding, with twt-Uc wa-1 gnus and two pieces of Artillery. Met otao, three companies of Price's regiment, under command of , Cnpts. lleiily, Eobinson and Hollo-way, with nineteen wagons, and five companies of Mormon infantry. j On the .":b, met secu wagons bcljuging to Tharp and Eee. Same day, met Lieut. Col. Mitchell and Mnj. Walker, and the reiuainir.g companies of Trice s regiment, together w ith Col. 1 rice at Kock Creek. On the "Gih, met Armijo, with thirteen wagons at Hickory point. Lieut. Oxley was at tho same place. ' Met also, thirty-one wagons for U. S. Army in charge j of Thompson. On tlio '7th, betöre arriving at Independence, met four wagons belonging to Miller and Reed. Mr. Colburn represents trade dull, and crops poor. Itrmt f i out tlto A mi 7. fc-Among tho volunteers from this neighborhood of whoso decease we have heard, are tho following who dieu on the Gulf: Jesse McMahati, Lewis Moore, and Shetlrach Arnot members of tho Shelbyvillo Company, and Heese Brummot, from Brown county. Indiana Volcnteers. This brigade, comprising threo regiments, is now at Camp Eelknap, opposite I'urita, and is commanded by (Jen. Joseph Lane, A. S. Robinson, aid. ... Tho third regiment of Ohio volunteers is 6tationcd at Matamoras. ' , About two hundred recruits for the regular service arrived on the Ii!th, from New York, via Eoint Is-abcl. In fact, there is a general , movement of all troops, not required to hold the several stations along the river, on to Camargo, which is to be the starting point for future advances and operations. May has moved up with his dragoons. Raker's independent regiment is. the only one at the Brazos. Some of the volunteers have gone on to headquarters. The rumor is that the army will move from Camargo about the iiOth. Good health still prevails. The climate has been no impediment to the operation. The six-months volunteers have all gone home. You hear one common remark, which is very grateful to a truly republican ear, that where the men havo the selection of their own officer?, they exhibit a much sounder discrimination than that shown by their executives. Military knowledge, character, ar.d experience, if known, always command their ßunrages. iso ofheer without them will long command their respect. A fair trial and time for preparation will be awarded every one. Failure in attaining the qualities to command leads to merited contempt. O-The remains of Lieutenant Torter, who was inhumanly murdered by the Mexicans have been recently interred at Chester, Ta., by request of his family. ft-One of the Alabama volunteers writing home from the Army, says, 'It is pretty tough, I "tell you wages only $7 a month, whiskey from one to two dollars a gallon, and other necessaries of life in proportion !" 0OThe Pcnnsyltanuin deserves well for its firmness and ability in maintaining the right upon the Tariff question against the besotted fury of the effigy burners. We are glad to ece that other papers also are endeavoring to present the subject in its true light and thus enlightening the people, instead of pandering longer lo prejudice and ignorance. All that is necessary for the people of Pennsylvania is fairly to comprehend the matter, and there is no danger. Some of the Pennsylvania politicians have been very much mistaken on this subject, and others have been very cowardiy if not dishonest. They must chance their course if they desire to keep Pennsylvania permanently democratic. 0-The editor of the Goshen Democrat treats the political Tom II ir rises in his own neighborhood with a good deal of freedom, and we think he is about right.- We give him credit for gool motives at least. Hre shall take the liberty of treating politicians of the same genus with equal freedom here, whether it be offensive to Dr. Ellis or not. If he does not like it, perhaps ho roijr bo ablo to adjust all evils, both real and apparent, by removing his Own prOiS to Indianapolis. Arkansas Election. In ten senatorial districts heard from, the whigs are reported to have elected three Senatt rs, and the democrats seven. In thirtyeight counties, the whigs have elected fifteen Representatives, and the democrats forty-seven. It is supposed that Colonel Ashley will Btaud the best chance for United States Senator 07-The majority of french for Governor, and Wells fur Lt. Governor of Illinois, is twenty thousand! There is also a decided majority for a constitutional convention. 07-A second breach has occurred in the Pennsylvania canal, about 20 miles cast of Pittsburgh.

'Ihe .M:iiIUoii Mood. An extra from tho Madison Banner gives the fd-lo-.vin" narticulars 1 f the iWd which occurred in that

vicinity on the 'M iuat., a brief account tf which wo jjavo ill Saturdiy's Semi-Weekly : Awful C'ul.uiillj Mno I.tvc Lo! ntitl ' ji.it i4-kiiiictioii ut' l'roM-tfy. I Yesterday, Thursday, September !td, about two! o'clock, r. M., a Ikmvv thud rtMnl over this cuy, from which tho rnln di g, ended in a stream for the space of two hours or more. In a idiorl time the mad waters ramo tumbling down from every hollow, in every hill ide, and fVoA-. ('rrrf, (a very Mnail Htrivim running parallel with tho Ohio River, between the lulls back and the city) n.iso above its banks; and Iho bottom," or " common," between tho Michigan road and the high ground upon w hieh the city i bmlf, wan aooii converted into a like or broad liver. Tho large and beautiful culvert under the artifirml hill thrown up acfom the hollow, in tho construction of the Railroad, at the lower end of the city, was s'm choked up with floating houses, and other material, and tho waters, dammed up below, and rushing with mad fury from nhovc, immediately extended uu each nde, o os fi cover tho whole paco known us the Commons," extending from tho northern limits 'f the city to the hills beyond. Tho backwater, however, did not reach higher than two or three hundred yards above the new powder houso beforo the culvert gave way, end tho torrent swept off the hih embankmentearth, stone, nnd all making a gap above of ome 70 or UK) yards wide, and a 1 mirth bed below, some "0 yards in w idth, resembling very much, on a small scale, tho pasxajje of tho Potomac through tho Blue Ridjje at Harper's Ferry and thus completely cutting iiiT the railroad communication between the Hill Iepot nti J tho city. .. But, tho injury to the Railroad Company is only a small part of tho lofs sustained by this unprecedented Hood. All the bridges ocrops Crooked Creek have been swept oh", and nearly all the property in the immediate vicinty of its banks has been c.ther entirely deKtroycd or greatly injured. Messrs. Jacob S!iuh, Whitney it Hendricks, and Mitchell &. McNauhlcn ore among tho greatest h ufere rs though neither of them, as we ore informed, will bo compelled to stop husineim; but it will take some timo to repair their damages. Tho grnvo yard, nnd the pnrdon, nortli of tho creek, havo also been materially injured. Tho lofAof property is variously estimated. Some iutelligent persons pay that, including the breach in the railroad embankment, tho Iocs cuiinot be lens than .A100,(K (). Others pay that thirty, forty, or, at most, fifty thousand will cover nil tho damages. We have made diligent impiii'y, but can form no estimate. Tho worst remains to bo told. It is certain that nine, persons havo lopt their lives by this flood, viz: Mr. Walker and child, drowned in "Eagle Hollow" Mr. Judgo ond two children, in Irish Hollow" Mrs. Scott, (daughter of .Mr. Custom,) swept ofT from her dwelling, between Mulberry and Weft streets and threo colored people, Chnrlotte, Edward, and Israel. ToiiAcro. Mr. Walsh writes in his letter from Turis: Dr. Rowling's exposition in tho lloiiso of Commons, on tho l.th jn.-t., of the tobacco question in (Jreat Britnin, went to tlio United States by the steamer of the I'Jih : but 1 cannot refrain from indicating it to yon and your renders. Tho high duties and the consequent contraband are rxhib'ted in most instructive magnitude nnd deformity. Tho amount f-mtiggle.l is at lenst emial to that on which tho duty is paid ; that duty being between SOU and 900 per cent, on tho value of the raw commodity. This year tho convictions in the courts f-r smuggling have been five hundred and thirty-eight and before magistrates not lo?a than eight hundred nnd seventy-two, in England alone. The Doctor added : Tho ratio il Ireland and Scotland was even greater ; for whilo in England they were lP'J percent., in Ireland they were !2ÖV per cent., and in Scotland 451 per cent.; but of 333 persons convicted last year of smuggling tobacco in quantities exceeding KMJ pounds, only fifteen persons had paid ony fines, and tho aggregate amount cf those fnics Was only J)('"). The enormous charges that fell upon tho public in consequence deserved consideration prisoners had to bo maintained in jail, at a cost of moro than JT.-,0'JO, without reference to the cost of prosecution and other incidental expenses. It was grievous to sec also, that the greater portion of tho parties convicted of smuggling tobacco were British sailors." Nearly twenty-two millions of pounds were fraudulently introduced cvyy year; in London alone there are not fewer than a hundred and thirty thousand shops in which tobacco is sold. The motive for contraband operates to occasion adalturat ion in a like degree. Dr.'Bwring expatiated on the immorality, crime and misery, as a consideration more important, even for the government, than any tobacco income. He adverted also to tho heavy cost of the coast-guard, 0 mounting to li00,00U. or j;70a,0(!0 per annum, much of which might be saved if the duty -were lowered and the inducement to'stnuggle thereby diminished. It seems probable that the duty will be considerably lowered, on clear calculations of liscal pain. Congressional Si-eeches. A Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce writes as follows. We presume few w ill except to the remarks which he makes : It is a very fortunate circumstance for the country that the editors of the two leading journals of this city have come to the wise determination neither to reiort nor publish hereafter the long and verbose and inane speeches of ir.embers of Congress. It will-relieve their readers from a bore, and the public taste from an opprobrium. Mr. Walsh, in one of his recent letters, remarks, very justly, that the oratory of our Congress lias become more turgid and bombastic than it was formerly, and the reason is that so much encouragement is given, by these newspaper reports, to the vainest and most windy of our ort-tors. Mr. Walsh referred particularly to the Oregon speeches, but he has a better example in the Mexican war speeches, now in course of publication. Some of these are very amusing. State Boarders. Four cf the Counterfeiters, whose arrest at Delphi we recently noticed, passed through this city on Monday morning last, on their way to the Penitentiary, at Jeflersonville. They are registered on the Talmer Ilou-se books as follows: John A. Donagal, of St. Louis; Ed. Grooves, Illinois; S. F. Cook, Chicago; Geo. W. Spencer, Iowa. Judge Weigtit provided the gentlemen with lodgings under the supervision of the State with promptitude. Two more of the gang remain at Delphi for trial. These were sentenced for terms of two and three years. OrThe Whig politicians censure Mr. Tolk very severely for the veto of the French spoliation bill. They ought, as the Louisville Democrat observes, to includo Adams and Chy, or the Whig party generally in their censures. Mr. Clay was once called upon for a report and his opinion as to the justice of these claims, when he was Secretary of State. With all the documents before him he would give no opinion, and a Whig Congress, President, Secretary, and all, passed the whole subject over. (fc-The New Bedford Mercury, 'a whig paper, asks "Ilowdo the whigs of the Union standi" and answers the question by a column of comments, the spirit of which may be judged of by the conclusion, to-wit : . " The n hig pot ty is ireok every irhere out ff iVew 'l'nqhnd At the west, geflaut Ohio stands joined only ir Uh Kentucky ,1 the south thev hate liexl 10 nothing At the north they are in a minority." Resignation of Hon. Geokge McDurriE. The Coluinb.a Carolinian says, " in consequence of his physical prostration, it is now understood Mr. McDuflle will vacate Ms seat in the Senate of the United Slates. fcSrGen. Cass has accepted an invitation to deliver a lecture before a literary institution in Boston in November" Duff Grom has established a new cotton factory near Fredericksburg, Va., being the third in that vicinity. A hen with four legs is on exhibition at Providence, R. I

Tlic .cv .Hormon War. An Extra frem tho office of tho St. Iouis New Era, dated Augintt -MJ, -i p. in., yivrs a detailed account of the preparations which oro going on between the two conflicting parties iho new c.ti7.( tis cf Nauvoo nnd tho remaining Mormons on one part, and tho antiMormons 0:1 the other. Gov. Ford has authorized

Mni.ir Jus. R. Barker, a militia oilicer, to take com maud of muh voluntccra as may o'.h r their service, free of cost to the State, to repel any attack 011 Nau voo ond defend that city; to arrest the rioters ; to as. aist any peace oilicer in making arrests, and gaud the prisoners from mob violence during their trial. Major Turk' r has is .tied a proclamation, in pursuance of the nliove instructions from the Governor, calling on nil good citizens to preserve the peace, and ordering ll.o bodies of armed men, which had assembled in vaiuu parts of the country to disperse. Ilo also offers his pcrvices to any oilicer in the county t As there is no illegal assemblage of men in this county, I take it for grunted thut your proclamation is directed j the people assembling under my orders as a posse coirnt.Uu. If such is the case, I have tho honor t ) inform you thut I am a legal oilicer ; that .omn day ago writs wero placed in my hands to bo served 011 persons in N iuvoo ; that I was resisted in said c.ly by Win. Pickett: that he told tu that if I attempted t take him he would kill me, in which ho was MMtaincd and encouraged by tho crowd around him. Tho citizens aro now assembling in largo bodies to act os a posse, nnd I expect in a few days to have force sufficient to execute tho wnrmnts in my hands. So soon us 1 mo sufficient f ree 1 hall attempt to discharge my duty, and do not acknowledge tho authority of any person in ihe State to forbid me from doinj that which every officer is commanded to do by tho laws." M ijor Barker answers this letter of the heriiT by avowing his willingne-s to aid nud assist him in exccuting any legal writ, nnd says : 'I understand that Bickctt pave himself up to a justice, nnd offered to give bail lor his appearance nt tho next term of tho circuit court, and that the justice refused to take cogni.anco of tho case, because no complaint had been filed ngaiii't Pickett. -I nut nleo informed, on tho best authority, that tho intent ion of your posse is to e.xecutccertain writs and set the Mormons over tho river, which could be no part of the duty of a posse, under tho command of a peace officer, legally culled out nt this time. You cannot expect that you can be permitted to enter this town with your pose ut (his time; in case yon should make an attempt to do so, I shall bo compelled to doclaro jour posse a mob, and disperse them ns such. After having issued my proclamation, nnd a reusonaj bio time has elapsed for any armed bodies of men in the county to d.sperso nnd go to their homes, I -hall bo compelled to regard any large assemblages of armed men ns an unlawful assemblage, and calculated to disturb tho peace of the county, and t-hall bo compelled to treat them ns fuih." A correspondent of the Era, who was nt Nauvoo and Warsaw on the V7th ult., communicates the following information : 'Should the antics not abandon their project in three days, (which, by the bye, they have not done,) Major Parker has promised a large company of Mormons the privilege of attacking them in their quar ters, in Carthage, and effectually dispersing them un der le:al pretence. Iho excitement among tho .Mormons is intense, nud man to man seems ured 011 to desperation. The new and old citizens of Nbuvoj seem united in their purpose of defence ; or rather, the new citizens constitute the directing, and the old Mortn Jii citizens the ttl 'ding piwer. The usurpers, it will bo seen, seem determined to make the uxurjeJ the defenders of tho usurpation. I hey have about f-vi hioiitrnil wfll Atr idi nod men. the bin -er nor! ion of whom can fire twenty rounds. I noticed some six or eight camps in Iowa, opposite the city, und numhers of Mormons lingering around, as if watching the forthcoming destiny of their friends nnd only hopes. The Mormons cast three pieces of cannon this week and have in toto five six-pounders. Tho Antics have collected to the number of six j hundred men in Carthage, have five pieces of artille ry, observe minute military order, and appear determined to enter Nauvoo on Saturday next. Their numbers are increasing daily, and 1 think there is very little probability uf auy demonstration betöre they gather one thousand. '.. -,; The destruction and defence of the temple arc, to a great extent, the watchword of the parlies. I am fully persuaded from all that I can sec and I learn of the Mormon action and lechng that the tern1 pie is the essential nucleus around which all. their j troubles at the present time gather. Their oppo nents think, and justly, too, that destroying" this, their every hopo must fall, and, consequently, all contention cease; for never did Moslem to his Mecca turn with more delight than these deli ded souls do to their temple. But the destruction of a fabric so magnificent and noble, would be alike cruel to genius, good taste, and the better dictates of refined usage." The reason the Governor assigns for taking the initiative.in the present state of allairs, is that hitherto the contest has been between the Mormons and anti' Mormons ; now, between citizens and citizens. The Flying Artilleev. When a good man has been clamored down, his best avenger is time. No one can have forgotten the odium heaped upon Mr. Van Buken and his able Secretary of War, Mr. TolNSETT, about the Standing Army of 1? 10. How much sooner might not tho volunteer force have been organized for the Mexican service, had Mr. Poinsett's plan prevailed, and how much more ready and effective would' not the men have been brought into the field! The Greenville Mountaineer states that it is to the military f irecast of Mr. Poinsett the country is indebted for the corps of Flying Artillery, which did such essential service in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca da la Palma. When he was Secretary of War, Toinsett earnestly recommended and succeeded in procuring the estab-

assist hon in executing any lawful writs. A copy ol piacu ucm ,iur, au um 0 ......wthis prochm itioii was forwarded to John Cnilm, tho Ihe year following, wo hould like to fcco an orgamza. sheriff of Ih.icock county. Tho hearers of it wero G011 lh,s Fall. We are in favor of a State Convention Mhamefullr maltreated. The hheriff repl.es to tho to ho held as usual on the bth of January next. Lut nt.i... .- V.11 .... . we ho:.o if it 11 decided to hold one, that it will bC a

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hsliment by Congress or tins arm of defence; and if vor and extraordinary size are also grown, far snrwe mistake not, was the means of instituting at the pasin those of the West Indies: whilst corn, and

West Point Academy a system of thorough instruction in every thing connected with it. And that nothing might be wanting to make the Flying Artillery perfect in its organization and equipment, Mr. Poinsett sent skilful officers to Europe, who returned with models of the best guns and plans for such a corps. The Mountaineer also observes that Mr. Toinsett, while Secretary of War, urged upon Congress to establish a corps of Pontoneers ; and if he had succeeded as he did in his reeommenditions of the Flying Artillery, Gen. Taylor would have been placed in possession of the very means he desired to enable him to operate with complete success against the enemy. Gen. Taylor states in one of his despatches, after the two battles, that a Pontoncer train would have enabled him to capture the Mexican armv after the battle of the 0th of May. " Those Inland Sf.a3! The Cleveland Plain Dealer, in an article on the 41 Lake Country," pays that its Trade and Commerce in a fey years will nearly equal the commerce of the Atlantic. At the present moment it exhibits evidence of gigantic increase. It is known that the first steamboat which reached Mackinaw was in Irj, and 111 l'So steamboats navigated Lake Michigan. In 1S&3 there were on the Lakes, eleven steamers, which cost :tG(,lK0, nnd which conveyed anu irom 11.eL.aKe ports uj.,-w passengers. In 1331 there were eighteen steamboats in the trade, which cost SOOO.OOO. In 1845 the following vessels navigated the lakes above the falls of Niagara" steamboats. 129,500 tons; propellers, B 2,500 tons; brigs, 5!) ll.O. O tons; schooners, 270 l '.OlK) tons. Total, USO "i(3,( 0v) tons. The cost of the construction of these vessels was $1,600,000. In the ame year there were on Lake Ontario 7 steamboats, 8 large propeller?, and 100 brigs and schooners. The tonnage id estimated at 8,000. The navigation of the Lakes i- critical, aud requires great improvements in light houses, beacons, buoys, harbors, &c. During the last five years more than 400 lives have been lost, and last fall, during the boisterous weather, were loat, DJ vessels driven ahore, 20 became total wrecks, foundered, and the loss of property was estimated at sJVAHJ.OOO. In 13 15, not less than l.COO,000 barrels of Hour passed over the Lakes, and x0,ooo passengers. At the present time the commerce of the Lakes may be fairly estimated at ÄilüO.OOÜ.OOü pcrannu;n. This is in evidence of what that com-. merce will be hereafter.

Ifiiiorrntlc Oiunnlxutlon. The Franklin IV inocrat is out in favor of a thorough and ppeedy organization of our party in this State. Wc Will wi-cond tho motion of the Democrat, but though it tuny I e put to vote, and carried unaiiimoualy, we fear the pm,.er action will not follow. Tho result of the J 1 to cl. cti n eeilaiuly discloses tho want of it,

I r though wc l ave elected our tiovcrnor by an in'cren - ed inijoiity, yet by the want or management, Ot nv enu inao.iemi 111 01 1110 I'cmocrnn 111 pviciii wuut;e, we have ht one branch of the Legislature. Indiam, howetcr, is now chorly and undeniably Dcmocruti?. Nie an, whenever alio exerts her power, give u ltige Ik-iuocratio majority, and in a renctal election is now wholly beyond the reach of the Whigs. We will Imvo very ftllo trouble hereafter, so far as that is comerm-d, with only a tolcrablo degre of unanimity and energy. In view ol tho imortaut elections tl.at aro 10 take convention of delegates properly appointed, and not a mero ashcmbb'pc of the In mocrattc members 01 mo Legislature, and a few politicians who find leisure to hang around iho capital during the winter. It is too often the case, that such generally manage and control our State Conventions. In fact, they generally hav the business "cut and dried" before tho delegates arrive. Tho only proper course to pursue, is for every county to send delegates regularly appointed men, and w hen appointed vtakr them pa. We do not like tho plan that too often prevails, of appointing rreryWy, it does well enough if a mass meeting by way of demonstration is desired, but, for a business convention, which we hope this will be, if we have one, it do not answer. If each county will select a reasonable number of delegates, and a reasonable number only, say not over one for each township, and we believe it would to better if less than this number were kt-Iectcd, a better and moro punctual attendance would be secured, nud the business done in a much more orderly and satisfactory manner. If wo could get such a convention as this together, with the understanding that they uss'.Mubled to do businc, and that business was to be done before the Convention adjourned, even 'if it took more than one day, it would doubtless be productive of much good. We nro in favor of such a convention. If such an one is to be held, wo Pee 110 better plan to brinjr it about than for the State Central Committee, to issue a circular calling one ; and if they thould decido to do ho, we hope they will urgo tho view we have taken, that is, of appointing a certain number of delegates, with a view to their punctual attendance, they might even agree upon tho number each county ought to to send, it would, wc doubt not, bring out a better delegation. Wo presume, however that they will not net in tho premi-.es without a general expression from the Democratic press of tho State. Jacksonian. The rcr.uc Lam. The President has ordered tho sale of about ten and a half millions of acres of public lands in Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, aud Florida. ' Tlic pales in Wisconsin embrace about 1,130,000 acres of tine wheat land, situated north and west of (1 ree-n Bay and lake Winnebago, and between tho Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. Part of it is on the .Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Eox rivers; and all of it is well watered by those streams and their tributaries, which afford a ready access to a southern or eastern market. The lands directed to bs sold in Iowa, include about K)3,(K)() acres, lying on the Red, Cedar, Iowa, English, Des Moines, and Chiriton rivers, and their branches. These lands are exceedingly fertile, and Will adapted to tho cultivation of all the email grains; and, like those in Wisconsin, being interspersed with timber end prairie, tho labor of clearing is avoided, w hile abundance of the finest timber for building and all farming purposes is convenient. These facilities are such, that with the outlay of f.fly or one hundred dollars, and the labor of a single season, a settkr can procure a valuable larm, yielding every necessary for the support of his family, and a surplus fur market. In Missouri about 3,10'?,000 acres are offered; part of which, near the boundary bctwcccn Missouri and Iowa, and in the Pldttsburg district, is in what has been called " the garden of the west j" and the balance is in the centre and south-western section of the Statd. Several townships lie immediately on the Missouri and Platte rivers, and the forks of Grand river; and all of it is well watered, commanding ready access to markets. The soil in Missouri, it is well known, is as fine as any ia the world, yielding in great abundance, tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, and all the small grains; besides which, rich lead and iron ores are, frequently found in great quantities. Upwards of three and a half millions of acres in Arkansas are also proclaimed, lyinjj in detached bodies in almost every part tf the State. Tart of this land is on the Mississippi, St. Francis, White Ouachita, and Saline rivers, ar.d all of it is well watered by those streams and their tributaries, and those flow ing into the Arkansas and Red rivers. The soil is exccedingjv fertile, the timber of the very bct quality, and t?i fiiiV ' ' with prairies, that ft valuable farm may be put in cultivation at a trilling expense. In Mississippi nearly 300,000 acres are offered, lying near the boundary between that State and Alabama, contiguous also to the Gulf coast, the Bay of Biloxi, and on Tearl river. These lands are well adapted to the cultivation of sugar, cotton, corn, and fruits of every character. Upwards of a million and a quarter of acres in Florida are also embraced by these proclamations, part lying between Tampa Bay nnd the gulf coast, part on and near the Withlacoochie river and its branches, and by fir the greater portion on the St. John's Kissimie, St. Lucie, and Indian. 'rivers, Key Biscayne Bay, Jupiter and Hillsboro' inlets embracing, in fact, most of the Atlantic border south of Musquito lagoon. These are among the finest lands in the world, yielding abundantly all the necessaries and luxuries of life. Cotton and sugar of the finest quality are produced, and are not subject to damage from frost. Ihe tobacco raised is said to be equal to the finest in Cuba ; oranges of the most delicious fla all the tropieal fruits and plants flourish in great perfection. This 1 in fact, the ancient El Dorado, where it was supposed a river could be found, thä waters of which would impart continual youth and beauty, if not the spot where the cavaliers of Spain sought for the fountains of perpetual health ; ar.l when the fertility of the soil and salubrity of th climate arc considered, this idea will not be considered entirely preposterous. Union. 07-Couritcrfeit Mexican Dollars are in circulation. They are made of copper, covered w ith a thin silver plate, so that they resist the ordinary tests. They are dated 110. Ruin The proprietors of our iron founderies haver raised the wages of their working men from 15 to iX) per cent, since the passage of the new tariff; wages are still on the rise hands 6carce. We are informed that the wages of hands at our boat yards have also been raided. The b'hoys are beginning tcr think of ' two dollars per day and good roast beef." So much for the panic in this region. Louistilli Democrat. More Knw The rhiljdclphia E-iston Argus says : The proprietor of the Glenden Iron works, above South Easton.has largely increased his business since the passage of the new tariff. Why is it that the owner of these works docs not complain for the want of protection ! A ClIATTER OF Crimes. Epes suspected vf three other murders. It appears that Epes, the murderer of ycunr Muir, in Dinwiddie county, Va., is now sue. pctftfd of having murdered several other persons in the same county, and among the number his own 60D, the mother or ioother-in-law of Mrs. Epes, and a droyer. Trouble in Boston. Serious charges have been made, in print"by the Rev. C. W. Denison, of the Bethel Chapel, against the Rev. Alr.Colver, a distinguished minister, who preaches at the Tremont Temple. IWr. Colver is accused of taking indecent liberties with several ladies. -. Mr. FßExrir, the newly elected Governor of Illinois, is a native of the town of HilL New Hampshire, and is 33 years of age.. Or-The Hutchinson Family the' band of brothers in the Old Granite State, during their year's sojourn I in England, cleared $30,000.

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