Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1846 — Page 3

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iveekLy edition. CTCKRAL VI0ILA9CK IS THE FtlCC OF LI BEB TT 1XU1AXAPOL1S, DEC. 99, 1846. Our Term. The follow iog will hereafter be the permanent terms vi uic irecviy jnaiana vaie sentinel: (Payments to be made always in advance. une copy, one year, 2.00 Three copies, one year, 5.C0 ive copies, one year, 8.00 Ten copies, one year, 15.00 Twenty copies, one year, directed to one person, 20.00 Semi -Weekly. (Published three times a week durin jr the session.) Une copy, $1.00 Three copies, 810.00 One copy during the session, 1.00 Three or more copies, each 75 State Pkixter. An Indianapolis correspondent of the Lafayette Courier, writes in relation to the election of State Printer, as follows : " With regard to the election of Stats Frinter, on a C ireful review of the Rem eJ Statute, it has been ascertained that that election cannot take place until January, 1843, without the enactment of a new law on the subject, which the Senate, I am inclined to think will not be disposed to do, for the testification of your friend Maj. Semens, and five or six other whig, that are here, from different parts of the State, to try their fortunes for that office. As Defreea'a cake would be dough, owing to his connexion with the Morris family, should the election come on this winter, be will be in rather a quandary afraid to let the law remain anthoriziug the election in 1848, because a Democratic sntjoritjr may be returned next August, and quaking all over for fear that Major Seahoss, backed by the omnipotent Wabash interest, may be elected oter him. To lot the law remsin, as it stands on Iba Statute book, will not in the least compromise the public interest, as the Chapman will only be required to do some two or three hundred dollars worth of printing till the next session, when the law can be altered and the printer elected the second day tof the session, if necessary for the public good." These speculations seem to have excited great tribulation in the mind of our abolition-whig friend, the i tor of the Tippecanoe Journal, who comments as follows : 44 It is said to be the purpose of some of the wire-workers "ot the Loco Foco party at Indianapolis, to stave off the election of a State Printer, until another session. This cannot be done, of course.without a palpable violation of an existing law of the State ; but what of that ! When did a law or even a Constitution, present any impediment to the accomplishment of whatever the Locofoco leaders purposed, if they had the numerical atrength to accomplish it I The Locofoco majority in the Senate msy, if it choose to assume the responsibility, refuse to go into the election, and thus defest the Isw. This, we are assured, by a distinguished Democrat, one of the defeated candidates, thst Senators had secretly resolved to do. We are not willing to believe, (if we can avoid it) that ao much recklessness exists among the members of the Senate, as this declaration on the part of one of the distinguished wire-workers (not hUuself a member) would seern to indicate ; but time will determine. We remsrked to the individual from whom we received the assurance, that ha certainly must be mistaken for, said we, the Isw requires that the election take place in January, and it cannot be that ita provisions will be disregarded. He laughed at us. u Sir," said he yoa are behind the times. Mark what I tell you. Twenty tix votes in the Senate can put off the election. The Democracy have that number and the election will sot come on." Passing over, for the present, the gratuitous flings of the excited editor of the Journal against the Locofoco leaders," let us for a moment look at the terms of the law referred to, and ascertain, if we can, its plain and simple meaning. In the first place, Art. 5, Chap. 4, of the Revised Statutes, prescribes the tenure of the office of State Printer as follows : Sec. 3-1. The State Printer shall hold his office for the term of three years, and until his successor is chosen and qualified." Art. 6, Chapter 6, sec. CI, further provides that " There shall be elected triennially, counting from the month of January, 1311, a State Printer, who shall serve for three years, from and after the first day of August next after his election." This is all the law there is on the subject of the election of State Printer, except an act of 1944, amending the above section in relation to the manner of Toting. T'nere is no precise time ßxed for such election. The Legislature by the terms of the law, have an enlire year at their disposal, and can elect in January of this, or December of next year, as they may choose. 'There shall be elected triennially, counting from the raoath of January, 1311," is saying nothing but that an election shall be had once in three years, counting from a certain time, and thus counting not to fix precisely the time of the election, but merely to prescribe the term during which an election shall take place. The fixing the terra of the Printer " from and after the first day of August next after his election," would however have the effect to prevent a new election until the last year of the term above prescribed, as otherwise a violation of contract would be involved. The position assumed by the writer in the Lafayette Courier is therefore much more tenable than that assumed by the editor of the Lafayette Jouri al, who evidently bad not carefully reacTthe law which he sup poses that the Locofuco leaders " are about to recklessly violate." The fears and indignation of the Editor of the Tip pecanoe Journal are greatly magnified, no doubt, on account of the personal interest he has in the matter being a candidate himself for the printing. Bs his fears as well aa his hopes allayed ! If the Legislature were ever so much disposed to regard his pretensions with favor, they are putting it out of their own power te gratify him. A bill has already passed the Senate, and we have no doubt will also pas3 the House, providing for giving the contract for the public printing to the lowest bidder. Under such a law the worst enemies of Major Semans would chuckle to see him interpose a bid, and would laugh outright to see the contract nail hin. ! O"" Whenever the Democracy have thr power they Hise it regardless of consequences. The death of a Whig Senator, and the sickness of another, gave the Democracy a majority in the Ohio Senate, and they immediately passed a resolution appointing Sam. Medary, (Loco,) printer to that body, notwithstanding a Mr. Scott had been selected last year, and whose eontract does not expire for two years to cornel The Secretary of State refused to furnish Medarv with State paper, and they passed another resolution direct- ' lag it to be done. Whether the Sccretery will com ply with the order remains to be aecn. Journal. Our neighbor only tells half of the story. The whole of it, in brief, is this. Two years ago, or so, the Whigs of the Ohio Legislature, in order to give the printing to a Whig, deliberately violated the contract of Mr. Medary, which had then a year or two to run before it could legally expire. To accomplish this, they had to violate the provisions of the State Constitution in two particulars. The Whigs, therefore, commenced the wrong to remedy which the De mocrats of the Senate have now set aside the unlawful and unconstitutional act of the Whigs. The Democrats justify themselves by appealing to the spe cific requirements of the Constitution, and tbe people will sustain them, as they ought to do. Wabash Bridge at Teere Haute. TLe Wabash Courier of the 28th says As we go to press the last tplanks are being laid on the D-aw of the Bridge over the Wabash at this place. We are authorized to an nounce the Eridge as ready and opened for the travel ing community. The Toll:board is up and tbe man ready for his pay. C3Tbe Journal assails the postmasters because the mails are not well.cai ried ! We suppose the fau should attach rather to the contractors for carrying the mail. They bid too .tow for the service, perhaps ; and the public consequently suffers, as in all similar cases

Heads of tbe II on sc. . 8T.KX3IO. T. S. Staxfiild, tbe member from St. Joseph, is a gentleman of handsome address and fine person. Eeing of the legal profession' he has had considerable experience in debate; anil he is an excellent speaker not that he is one df those quicksilver geniuses wbo

are always jumping op and crying out "Mr. Speaker!" to the great annoyance of every sensible member; but on the contrary, he speaks but seldom, and oiily when he has something to say. He is a man of tal ent, and takes practical and common sense views of things. E. D. Cr-OOKSiiAXK. from Franklin, belies his name, i in that he has a most shapely person. He is a rreat !, -c, ,, j . i i -,i .1 . ! humorist, and can pass and take jokes with the utmost good nature. His benevolence of deposition is manifested in almost all his actions, and particularly in the practice of his profession of physician. In all the relations of life, and particularly in the more private ones, hts kindness makes him an object of high i estecm. A truer or warmer friend one could not de sire to possess. George Bcbto.n TaoMrsox, from Terry, is a very eccentric character. In every thing he avoids the beaten track, and pursues a course purely his own. I his brings Iura in frequent collision with others, and he never shrinks from the encounter in which he becomes involved ; nor need he, for his readiness at repartee makes him a formidable antagonist. He is an erudite scholar, and has a profound contempt for ignorance, especially when coupled with egotism. Were ho in Congress, he would attract as much notice as he does in his present more humble station. Henrt Secp.est, from Putnam, is a very remarka ble man. As a lawyer he has long been remarked for the clearness of his apprehension, and for his lucid exposition of the most knotty questions. Though this is the second time that he has been in the Legis-; ature, he has already acquired great celebrity as a member of the House. No man comprehends a subect more readily, or is more ready at a reply. It is impossible to take him at fault. Though from his personal appearance no one would judge him to possess great mental activity, yet his vigilance is perfectly unremitting. He is not fond of action, yet he discharges duties involving the severest labor with a promptness seldom equalled. He is a philanthropist in the enlarged sense of the term, and in all his measures has an eye roainly to the promotion of some great public good. His mirthfulness is unbounded, and he can no .nore forbear joking and laughter, than he can dispense with food and sleep. William P. Dole, from Vermillion, has served several years in the Legislature. He is one of those men who always have some particular object in view, to the accomplishment of which be bends all his energies with an unremitting perseverance;-which is one of the best elements of success ; and which enables them to accomplish results which men of more showy parts would never arrive at Whatever he is, he owes to his own exertions. No man can be more faithful to the trusts reposed in his hands ; and whatever can be accomplished by fidelity aud effort, may be expected from him. He takes every thing in earnest is never troubled with flights of imagination, and never offends any one by perpetrating a witticism at his expense. Col. Benton aud the War. In the "Daily Fountain," a paper published at Washington, of a recent date, we find the following paragraphs, which will be read with some interest: "The influence of Senator Benton in the councils of the country, has been and is far greater than what it is commonly supposed to be. It is now a matter of history that it was his moral power which induced the Executive to agree to a settlement ot the Uregon boundary on the basis of the recent treaty. But it is not so well known that Mr. Benton's opinion and advice were asked by the Government after the battles of the 8th and 9th of May last, and that he is the real author of the operations in New Mexico and the Californias. Nor is it so well known, that his opinion and advice were again asked by the Government after the storming of Monterey, and that he is the author of the new basis of operations against Vera Cruz and the Mexican Capital. But that such are the facta in the premises is no longer doubted even by the most sceptical. But his power in controlling the operations of the war with Mexico U not and has not been of his own seeking. He has been sought, and his counsel followed. And such high confidence has the Executive in his wisdom and judgment, that the Administration has determined to send him to the seat of war with power to direct the movements of the Army of Invasion and to treat of peace whenever the enemy may sue for it if Congress will take the necessary steps to authorize such a mission. It is confidently stated in high quarters that Mr. Benton is ready to undertake such a missiou whenever it shall be tendered to him, and that Congress will be called upon at an early day to sanction the project." Confirmatory of the latter statements above, we have the following in the Washington correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger, under date of Dec. 19ih : Col. Benton, as I wrote last night, is very plainly talked of as Lieutenant General ; but if I mistake not, he will rather be the Commissioner and Minister Plenipotentiary sent there to negotiate peace, should the Mexican Congress be disposed to accept the over tures made by the Secretary ot estate. The same correspondence say A rumor that our garrison at Monterey, on the Pacific, has been surprised, and put to the sword by the Mexicans, which has circulated this morning, is no thing but a hoax. No information of tho kind has been received by the Government, and no mention ia made of it in the Cabinet Council ot this day. frV Fields, the individual recently tried and sen tenced to death, in the Crawford county Circuit Court, for the murder of hia mother, expiated the sentence of the law on Friday, the 13th instant, between the hours of 12 and 2 o clock, F. M. We understand, from & private letter received on Saturday evening, by ccntlcman of this city, written Irom Leavenworth, that the rope broke on the first attempt at his execu tion, which caused some delay while a more efficient one was being procured. Wc also learn that a petition, signed by ii)U men and women of that county, was presented to the Governor, praying a change of his punishment to " fenitentiary for life" but that prayer was not heard. Aeic Albany Bulletin. We think the Governor did right in not commuting the punishment prescribed by the jury in this case. We understand that Fields murdered his mother for no other reason than to rid himself of tho duty of assisting to provide for her support ; an ! that he had before attempted to kill her without success. Such a a wretch should be considered beyond the pale of hu inanity ; and worthy only of death. Mineral Lands. It will be seen by" a reference to our advertising columns that the President has issued his proclamation for the sale of a large tract of the most valuable mineral land in the West. This land contains many of the most valuable lend mines acta ally opened and worked, which have yet been discov ered. The sale commences at Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of May next. Died, in this city on Saturday last, Mrs. Cassatt the wife of a member of the General Assembly. Mrs C. was an amiable and accomplished lady, and we sin cerely sympathizo with those immediately connected with the deceased. She had been for some time afllict ed with consumption, and it was with the hope of ob taining relief through the medical skill of this city that she accompanied her husband hither. Cut she was beyond the reach of such aid, and has gone to her eternal rest. May we all profit by tbe monrnfu tvent I

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"We have received New Orleans papers of the 15th, from which we condense the following: The Alabama, from Brazos on the 11th, had reaehfd that city, bringing as passengers, Col. A. M. Mitch ell, Adj. Armstrong, and a number of other officers, besides -'jo sick and discharged volunteers. A heavy storm had taken place at the Erazos, in which the eteamer Sea was completely wrecked upon Brazos bar. The steamer William Ivy, with t cargo of mules on board, had been blown off and ber fate was not known. The troops below Camargo are all on tho qui rice for Tampico, undercommand of Gen. Patterson. a report was current at Jlalamoras on the yth, but ?,s"eI by tho t lag, that a tram or C d been captured between Camargo and M q.. . . " . Cö wajron ontercy by Cauales. Information had been received at Matamoras that the Alcaldes of Reynosa had in their possession two trunks and other valuables belonging to the Rogers family; murdered on the Colorado Inst spring. A division of the plunder, it was said, had caused dissatisfactiorif ,nd'induced disclosures to bo made, A correspondent of tho Delta, at Uraztn, writes thus: " It is considered to be the intention of General Taylor to march his army to San Luis Potosi, leaving a sufficient garrison at Monterey, and that the troops at Camargo and Matamoras, in like manner, leaving sufficient garrisons, will be shipped and marched to Tampico from this point." Santa A nta is said to be at Victoria with 10,000 men. Our officers expect to have hard fighting shortly. A rumor states that GO Government wagons, specie, &c, have been captured by Canales, somewhere between Camargo and Mier. From the Matamoras Flag we learn that a meeting took place on the evening of the 5Ui instant, at the mouth of tho Rio Grande, between Capt. Stewart and Col. Tl ompson, of the U. S. Quartermaster's Department. After an exchange of shots, the dLTiculty was amicably settled. Mexican News. The National Intelligencer has received late Mexican papers. The most important item of news is the butchery of Americans in California. The account is from the Mexican Monitor of the 13th, as fallows: "Massacre of the North Amekicaxs at Cicdad de los Angelus. Mazallan, Od. 28. By the arrival of the French corvette of war La Brilliante,' from San Francisco and Monterey of Upper California, we have the following important news: "The necessity of covering that wide territory at many points, nearly all threatened by the Indians, has compelled the Americans to leave in each of them a most insignificant number of men ; so that at Monterey which, as the capital, is the most important station to defend there were only thirty soldiers ; at San Francisco, where a block-house has been erected, only ten or twelve men. " At Los Angeles, formerly the seat of the political authorities of the territories, the Indians, uniting with the other inhabitants, fell upon and put to death one hundred and fifty soldiers of the American squadron; and this news which is, to a certain point, confirmed fcy what we have previously published of the rising in that town, and seems a natural consequence of that movement, is authenticated from various trustworthy sources of information." The Cincinnati Enquirer observes : " This rewa of a butchery at Los Angelas seems to come from so many sources, and in such shapes, that we are constrained, reluctantly, to admit its truth, re marking that it is doubtless colored with the usual Mexican exaggeration. We call it a ectchery for a battle it couid not have been, or our forces would have been victorious; and the enemy's own account represents it as an insurrection, a rising of inhabit ants, aided by savages. Such is the spirit of the foe such the people for whom we have so much lachrv mose cant and whining sympathy by a portion of the press here at home. , Judge McLeaü. We published a paragraph from the Albany Evening Journal a few days since, in which it was intimated very plainly that the Demo cratic Whigs of New York, under the lead of Greeley, Weed and Seward, would not support McLean for the Presidency. Some of the Ohio Whig papers are making similar demonstrations. The Eaton Register says 44 In making a selection, we hope the whigs will take a pure, unadulterated Whig, one vrho is not tainted with any other principles remember, we have bad a Tyler, a man who had been but recently baptised into the whig ranks, and who proved himself a hypocrite and backslider. We want a man who was alwsjs a whig and are un qualiGedly against any ona who msy have been in th Jackson ranks and by him promoted to office and wbo hns never shown that be is a sterling whir. Hence we ssy we oppose Judge McLean. Upon which, tho Lower Sandusky Telegraph ob serves : M These are our sentiments pretty nearly. We would not object to a man because be happened to be a Jack.onin, if be repented and has given ample credence that he is a good and true Y htg, and has Inen so for years. " We ol ject to Judge McLean being forced on the party as the csndidale, first, because we believe he ia far from being tbe most available man, and this should be a promi nrnt object will: the whigs. We do not believe be could command the influence of tbe masses; indeed we feel absolutely certain he could not. But we object to the Judge, secondly, become his political opinions are not sufficiently known to entitle him to the support of the whigs. Is he in favor of a protective tariff and distribution 1 Nobody knows. He may be a rabid free trader, and as he hss been a loco foco, it would be best for the whigs to let bun alone, if they do not wish to be Tylcrixid. It is not very long since the JuJge wrote a letter, which was published in all the loco foco papers, and highly eulogised. That is enough for us to oppose him or any other man." Funeral Solemnities. In New Orleans, on t!;e 7lh inst., a splendid funeral cortege, military and civic, followed the remains of Messrs. Ringgold and Cochrane from the railroad depot to the steamer, on which they were to be forwarded to Baltimore. Every possible demonstration of respect was paid to the memory of these heroes. The New Orleans Bulletin says: "One man was there to weep bitter burning tear3. He stood by the cenotaph, when the bodies were removed, motionless with grief. The eventful viciasitudes of a stirring life in scenes of battle and blood shed were apparently all forgotten. The arm, which ho left on the banks of the Rio Granda as a memento of his bravery, ceased to trouble his thoughts. Before him wero suggestions of far more absorbing interest at that moment than any tint might pring from a reminiscence of his personal history, lie gazed, with fixed eye, upon the relics of a noble, a chival rous, a magnanimous, a generous hearted friend, and ie wept like a child. We refer to kelley, the soldier and companion of Rintrrrold. About noon, the cotniis were removed Irom the cenotaph on which they had lain since Saturday, and the military and civil procession was formed. The dire was sounded, and the " slow and solemn tread" commenced. The scene at this moment was ex tremely imposing. The multitude which thronged the street were moved, many ot them, to tears, Nothing but the death-dirge and the tramp or feet broke the almost appalling stillness, as the bier and ita sacred burthen passed on. I here again was the veteran Kelley, and there again were visible his manly tears. The flowers, which had been, the day before, so profusely scattered over the colli ns, and which had now been gathered up to adorn and hallow the graves of the departed heroes in the home-spots of their boy. hood, were borne alonir upon tbe bier, lheir fra grance was not gone, and we were childish enough to breathe a silent prayer, that it might last, and that the beauty of the flowers, like that of the lives of the heroes, might perpetually bloom." A collection for the benefit of Kelley was taken up, ht enable bim to proceed with tho remains of his late commander to Baltimore. Two hundred and fortyfive dollars were raised for the purpose, and the gallant soldier enabled to go ot . " NOTICE IS hereby given, that I have taken out letter of administration oa th. estate of William Hutünirtoa, lata of Marion county, State ot Indiana. All persons Indebted to .aid estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them for settlement. A sale of th personal effects of the deceased will tsk. place at his lata residence, south of Indianapolis, on th. old Redding farm, on Friday, the fifteenth day of January, ie47.commenrioz at ten o'clock. A. M.. on said dar. when will be offered the deceased's share in the corn raised on said farm ; also, two younz horses, a watch, ax. All sums over three dollar, will be on a credit of six months, purchaser giving a not. with (Tool security, without any reuw whatever from valuation or appraisement laws, Dec. 51, 18. 27-3 JOSHUA STEVENS, Admmuttatoc,

IVews from Iff ex fco. On the 10th of November Gen. Sjnta Anna trans

mitted to the Secretary of War, from San Luis Totoei, his correspondence with Gen. Taylor, relating to the r .i - rr-t c . T termination of the armistice. The first letter is from the Governor of Coahuila, covering Gen. Taylor'a letter forwariVit hv tho hnnrUnf Mai (Jrnl.mn lor s 'etter, iorw arced by the nanus ot May orauaui. f Gen. Taylors letter IS dated November Oth, and (

afler informing Santa Anna that th armistice will k. for f,r years, . -j i . t .1 i. .l i . Brat day of April, 1M, rrept for the buiea of Virnni. Warrbe considered at an end on the lo'.n, proceeds as.und.uie niMrirt r coiumM, North caroim, south Carolina.

follows: " I have been informed that several Americans, who were taken prisoners at China and other points. are now at San Luis, detained as such. I trut that you will deem it an act of justice to release these men, and allow them to rejoin the force under my command. " When the convention was entered into to which I have referred, I entertained the hope that the terms in which it was conceived would open the way for the two Republics to agree upon an honorable peace; and, acting upon this conviction, I at once released the prisoners who were in my power, among whom were three officer. At that time I did not know that there were any American prisoners who had been sent into the interior. I trust that my conduct will be deemed a sufficient ground to justify you in yielding to this request and to the dictates of human ity towards the American prisoners who 1 am told are at San Luis. "In case Major Graham, the bearer of this com munication, reaches your head quarters; I take the liberty to commend him to your courtesy, and I 6hall be pleased to receive by him your reply to this com munication, Whatever it may be. Santa Anna s reply is dated on the lUth. lie says: "Believing that the terms stipulated in fa id con vention should be religiously observed by both parties, I bad taken no step which should tend to vacate it, but in view of the obligation you detm imposed upon you by the orders of your government, I confine myself by replying, that you can,' when it pleases you, commence hostilities, to which I shall corres pond accordingly. "In regard to the American prisoners, let mc say tliat lh(r urn nnlv spvpn nf them at thia nost. a list I ri. J, , i . . - I of whom is annexed; and relying upon your representation in regard to the release of several Jlexi-I nana T .WrminpJ in rpsnniul tn vonr rr-nproait v . . . - i I i i . i i . i . i i Oy UOing Uie Same XO llie seven reierrcu u, wiium me I Commissary of this army will supply with u for their sustenance upon the road. "You remark that when the convention was entered into at Monterey, you entertained the hope that the terms in which it was conceived wculd open the way for the two Republics to agree upon an hon orable peace. Laying out of the question whether that convention was the rc6ultof necessity or of the I noble views now discioseu oy you, 1 content myseu ... ! t . ir u-ith RavinT. that from the soirit and decision mani-1 fested bv all Mexicans, you should banish all idea of Dcace while a single North American in arms, treads nnnn th tprritor of thi renuu he. and there remain I j - i -- -- - - - , I in Irontot lis poria me equaurons wnicn maue war i nnon t ipm. Nevertheless, the extraordinary Con- I ... .... ... . .1 . I sseuiue in me capuai luworus me ei.u ui the ore8ent vear. and this ourust bodv will determine what it shall judge most suitable tor tbe Honor and interests of the nation. "Major Graham has not arrived at my quarters, . i.ii i ' i .i . Had he done so, he would nave oeen receivea in me manner due to his rank and employment, and in con fonnity with the wishes expressed to me in his behalf by you." The following is a list of th3 prisoners whom Ser geant Muriano Hernandez conducted to San Luis Potosi, and who have been set at liberty by general Santa Anna : Charles W. Tufts, John Harrisman, Edward F Fccny, Henry P. Lyon, James Q. Head, Elisha Puctt, and I homas uillespic Ti. 1.,. r .1. .nrrocnnnn mn v 1. 11X3 I CaUWl V - .vi s v riviiuvuvu curious to know how the Mexicans regard the re--f i . I . l.j.. nr sumption oi nusumii-s. '."c' the official journal of the Htli ult., wuich 13 by no meari9 so arrogant and Eelt-coiiüüeni as 13 usual wun Mexican editors. "Uv the communication which we thia day in scrt, our readers will learn that Gen. Taylor has declared that he is about to -recommence hostilities UDon the Republic. The moment has arrived; the ... , . ! !ll. ...I --I. 1 I result is close at nana oi a terriuie cuiunci wuicu is in AaAa tha future W nf thn nation. ' " 1 he enthusiasm oi our army is great: u is uctermincd to tall or triumph, and we trust it win know how to avenge with honor the Mexican blood which a... . - - ll a flowed at JUatamoras ana Monterey. "The whole world is contemplating this struggle ; its eyes are fixed upon our Republic, whose rights 4 a. a ana prerogatives as an maepenueni anu sovereign nation have been as audaciously as pernuiousiy trampled upon by the United States of the North. If the Republic rises with the emergency if by the elastic impulse of all its citizens it shall chastise its enemics, and if by lorce ot arms it makes, iw international risrhts respected, from that day forth the fate of Mexico will be eternally fixed, since it assures its i i : .-u:i:.- -k i inoepenuunce, lis respuciauiuijr suiwau a.uu iwviijr at home. 4 Mexicans ! thii is not a question of party it concerns our political existence. Let us, then, assist by every means in our power m the national delence ; let us sacrifice ourstlves, if it be necessary ; but in succumbing, let our last words be 'Independence and Liberty ! " lir Iii President of the United State.. pursuance bf an act of Congress, approved on the tffj' lTi.nth dav ol Julv. 1(4. entitled. "An act to authorize of tha UnltnJ States to sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin laml owa. auniMMed to contain lead ore." I. JAMES K. POLK, President of tbe Un ited Slate of America, do hereby declare and nt.tnnin tha I lll.lift Sales of the lindt HCKKTOVoaC WIT HHKLD raoM sale, in the State of ILLINOIS, ow account or the valc slk lcad Mics THCBCtN. Will t ncia at me BBiiermcnuoiieii ianu O dices, in said State, at tho periods hereinafter designated, to-wit : a i iv t n,t ntfira at DIXON, commencing on Monday, tne nun day of April nest, foe th disposal of the public lands witliin the lollowin' lownsnips ana iracuuuai wuifi Aarla af Ihm bäit lint an rati er las ri viibcii Fractional townships twenty-seven, twentj -tight, and ttcty nine, of ranjo one. Townships twenty-seven anu iwtuij-cijjui, uu ' -v.-. - Viin taarAnvu-ninA nff rnnfi t WO. Townships twenty-seven and twenty-eight, aud fractional townttil.. (wftrtv.nin. nf ranrre throe. - The north half of township twenty-seven, township twentv-igbt, and fractional town-hsp twenty-alne, ol range lour. Fractional townships twenty-seven, twenty -eight, and twantynine, of range one. . . Fractional tornnipiiwmiT-:ni bt,u i.cuij'uuic.vi . . -At h. i.i K Mil AYVNKETOWN. comroencine on Mo day, the nineteenth day of April next, for the disposal of the public Unas within the following sections ana parw . vc JsLraatf ft mTilk Jki f.. ATMaf ML Z OT IHM UUrtX PrimClBiU awcriwaisa. Section ttenJv-4v to Ibmhivumc; inclusive, aud sasctiou thirty . a L;-im; t inrl naiwM nf towiiihij eleven: section to five, inclusive, and lectioni tight to facere, inclusive, ia township twelve, oi range seven. an. nn. a. n inrliixir. amotions fiflttn to lwtntHw, inm.nA urii.il. J....ri.. to thirttfttje. inclusive. of township eleven;'rCtion$ ne, tw, rAre,the north half and touthewt quarter of section four ; sections fir to cJrren, inclusive ; im luioaw.Hter of section twrlre ; the north half of section fourteen, and sections fltrm to eighteen, inclusive, in township twelve, of range sine. , Lands arnrooriated tT law for the use oi scnoois, muuary.or other purposes, will bo excluded from tha sales ; also all quarter Quarter sections covered in whole, or in part, by thos mining leases which shall not do acierminea oy tne uj a " mfneement of the sales the sale. -t t ,. f the above lands i'i.'.'.bi" hb.ebn ontWtn. Sblffl Pre-emption become subject to Private entry ; ana a i oi "ÖVk-rT IJ 3uS ' . i.ik..i.ui.mnd ftftv cents per ucn niuiv or !:, . uv. - - . . acre. . . AV - i -t- - ... , 1.-. o rr tar .Vc fnnless the lands A uc aica w in t I. ii w Acii v-y. -- - . . are sooner disposed ol, land in the township! admitted until after tl "tTr?.; .! th. .d act. 1 have ..used th. Commit .! r .k. i i ..i niKr. to mihlith with this proclamation UUUn W 1UV VI "VIOI &nuu vu.vw .w , -- -- . . m hrif rt,-aeritlinn of the mineral reziorrs in wm. n imh " ' .-- .--.. , . - I r.. r'rZ. . ' . 1 . . - i I. : l v. Oiren under my hand at the Cut oi ashing tf talawnl am Vk4r ei w-. Rt tha Prasii(tsSit r JA James H. Pirxa, Acting Commietxoner of 1. Cenerdl The lands In tha DIXON district, embraced In tho abov. procla- . : m .v. u ; . Mr v. - 11. ii atatea. were exuiunM or mr. Owen, th geologi of Iho State of Iaf iana, under iostructions r ort the Treasury Department, and in comuliance with a resoluuoti of IV,. IfAiisa vl If Ur.n.icanlltltIH nflStAil lilQ I" fill UttI T . IC.ir av rcpoit ot this gentleman, published as document No. 339, House ol Kepresentativea, first sea-ion of 26th Congress, show, that these land, include all the productive mines, sua mo i-uim .-s.v . kk rm .hr..i!,ini dnrinsr his xurveT. thero is reason to K.ti. ihnt vnlnaMn veins of ore may readily be found. Further, that in 1KO, the lead mines or Illinois. Iowa. ana wiscouua.iuo .Ku ouly partially worked, prodnccd upwardsof tlürty millions pounds I I...I. tk...r vif.l,linff their full x3rODOrtiop--ana that th. ir-.mu v. n , f .' ,, ,....1 I J hoi. district, if properly mined, wouiu, j icw " ty millions pounds per annum. , a these lands being situated on and near the Mirsisippi and Fever river, th. cost of transporting the products' of tbem to &t. Louis It f

and frtionai township. Vo offered will b. The sale will be kept open for tw o week., tun.es. th. un ar. l.ttÄ. from th. com jooner U?X l'ÄÄ

only about filteen cent per hundred rounds. 1 U. sou is oi excellent quality, and viel Is abundantly all th. products ol that latitude, Th. tends in the 8IUWNEETOW.N districthav.no been eiplored as fully a those in Dixon. Recent discover!- bay. bo. made, however. 0f rich veins of the sulphuret of lead and une contiiruous to and on both side, of these lands. Indicating the uteoce of similar depoMtes w ithin them. Th. facilitiet for manuinctuung white and led lead are represented as being ampV ; and as the lands are situated within about .even mile, of the Ol4o rtv.r, the metal, in .ny form, can bo transported to all the ""k"U V triPi.ra- eoat- JAMES ritt. IV, , 1 1 Jlctinf Caa.fsii.ner . th GenAol Land Öjic. Stftimltrtih.nMI, "

1'HOrOSALS FOIt BL.4XKS. Post Ornct DcrSTwtwT, I

compliant res.icf.alix fiarjr Meels as hi JSoreniber H. lrMö. f with the seTcnteenth st-ciion of the art of Con una and making appropriations for vrli nrsja-ri-tioa win out aucuoritr of i.w nH t- . rvi.u eertaie Inciileulal lpeiiiof tlie department and oltice of Iii f'''. ' olhfr pornom." approrrd Aormt 26th, ,2. pror! win b remr.d at u.m department r.t.1 Hie 3lt day of Derrmtxr next, for rurnnlunc the following de Gtorfia. Alabama and Florida, contracts for wliicli Suits will commence on the lt July, lcl7. Mnila received. Mail acnt. Account of newjpnricr snd pamphlets rcceU-ed. Mails received at distributing Aires. All t!ie aHova on royal paper, at leaat 2j ljr 19 inrhea. printed on l-oth sides, and feint ruled, with not less tuan 43 lines on a pare. Mails sent from distribntins oftVrs; same aiae rtaper as stave, ant folded lenKthwise. and with 50 liues on a pate. Free mail matter; paper small royal 23 by ITJ Inches, St lines on a p;e. Affidavit of official Icttern, on foo'seap.fmir on s sliect. Accounts current, foolscan. tiro on n sheet. Mail laUures,4t post, circular, one pae. Special report, 4to pout, do do Post Mils, foolscap, 12 on a sheet, wfhout signatures. Post f ills do 13 da Ith do Ditto for dii:ri'Utiif offices 9 on a sheet, with signatures. Post hills for dis'rii-ntinc offices, 6 on a slieet with signatures. Tiie pitKsala must be foe each f täte separately, and must stats the price. In one snm, per ream, for each kind of Mar lis, for paper, pristine, ruling and pnrkinf. They are to te delivered in such quantities and at rnrli times as may required by the different post offices, and on Its requisitions of postmaster, endorsed by Hie paotmanter at the place where Die contractor 3ay reside, or such other pla-e ns the department may drslgnkte. None will he ton;irereJ as delivered, or will he aid for, except on soch re quisitioni. , . Each reqniit!on, or quantity ordered, to te securely rrVTied or parked for transKrlation, and directed io the pot office at 'h expense, of the contractors. The right is reserved of rrjcriir; any l.i.l which may he considered extravagant, and alo to rive to anyone bidder the priming for one or more States siljolniit tl.e 8tate of bis residenre. In cs of the acceptance of the proposal of a person residing out of the State he I n! for, l.e muni, at his own ex;irniie, furnish the Hanks or keep them on depoite st some place within the State, to he dci;nated ly the department. Each proposal must t accompanied by suliiciciit evidence of the ahiliiy of the proposer to comply with the terms of his pro ponl. The sirffwful liitMer wiM Ire required to enter Int contract, with surety, in strict compliance w ith the provU.on of the law. to which bidders are referred. Failures to furnish blanks promptly when ordered, furnishing those of inferior qua.ity as Io paper, printing or rulinz.nr any attempt to evade the true meaning of the contract, will be considered sufficient cause for ita forfeiture. Payment will he made quarter yearly, one month after the exniration of each Qiinrter. The lilanka muHt h equal to the lientof tho now in ute. timen. ..een sttherarioas mt office. SpeThe foiiowinr quantities for the evera states ar from the hM estimates that can be i made tor on'- year'a eon.nmptioii ; J ut tliev mav rxreed or mT fall hört oft -e ananliliearwiuiren. I lie . . - . - department loca not bind irseirto any apetiurquaniuy or amount 8T.ITE fJF OHIO. Re-mi. Mails received, Mails sent, - - Account of newspapers and pamfihlels received. Mails received at distributing ofiu-esj 75 e to 13 13 15 9 13 3 8 Mails sent liotu do do Kree mall matter, ... Altiilavlls ol othcial letters, Arcouuis i urreut, loolacap, 3 on a sheet. mu raiiuna. special rrporis, nwi i'iii FooicaD. 12 on a sheet, wit'iout siznaturffl Do l-l do with do I on,eM' " on . CSS Do tor dMtrihutinc'offices, s on a ahect ,4n aignaiurc, j STATE OF MIUllliAIV. Hems. 8 Malia reeeiyed aiia arm. ArrOU a 3 3 4 3 i 3 3 Mail recrive.l at tii-tril uiinic otJires. Muiu aentiiom do do Ym.vVuio r official letters. Accounts current, loolacap, $ on s sheet. r1-"1""1 urc,'t Special reuoit spoils, - - - j. bin Foolscap, lion a sheet, without signatures, "J lo 11 io Willi Co i Do for ditrihuting oflice, 9 on a alteet I with signatures, f Do for distributing offices, 6 on a slieet with signatures, J STATE OF IXDIAXA. 123 Reams. Id 8 S 3 5 3 5 3 ft Mails received, Mails sent, ... Account of newspapers and paanph!eta received. Mails received at distributing omces, Maila sent from do do Free tnail matter, ... Affidavit of official letters. Accounts current, looiscap, on a sueet, a, . , f :rM Pacini reports, Pud ji i Foolacao.12 on ashcet. withoutsi2natures,"l Vo i do with io 1 lo I a sheet; I i a sheet. I ' Do for distributing; olTicts,9on i 140 with signatures. Do lor distributing offices, 6 on i Ith signatures. Beams, Mails received, Mails sent. .... Account of newspapers and pamphlets received. i.2 I e 3 3 8 3 8 3 3 Mails received st disliiiiuiiiij; oitices. Uü.seut irom do do I Free mull matter: ..., ,urreilr fooiscsi.. 3 on a sheet. I " man failures, rorU Foolscap, 12 on a sheet, without sljnatures,1 I to 1st do witii no I)o for distributing offices, 9 on a sheet, with signatures. Do for distributing offices, 6 on a sheet, with signatures. . . 150 Jtcrms. Mails received, - - - - Maila sent. 10 8 5 9 3 5 3 s 3 a Account of newspapers and pamphlets received. Marls received at distributing oinces, . -Mails sent from do do - Free mail matter, - A (!i Ja vit of official letters, I Accounts current, foolscap, 2 on a sheet, - I Mail failures, - I pp8ri reports. l'oat bilia Foolscap, I? On s rheet, without signcturcs.l no it ao . wun uo Do for distributing offices, 9 o'n a sl eet, with sicnntiire. Do for distributing offices, S on a sheet, mril h tf.nntiirea. . - 125 TERRITORIES OF IOWA AND WISCONSIN'. Reams, Mai's received, - -Mails sent, - - Account of newspapers and pamphlets received, 15 13 4 4 3 3 3 4 Free mail matter, - Arli.lavits of official letters; - Mail failures. ,.-. renorta. - Accounts current, foolscap, S on a eliet t, Prt liilla I unlacap, 12 on a sheet, without signatures, I I In -l Art with llo ( 90 Proposals should be marked, 'Proposals for printing Hanks,' and i addressed to the 'Second Asslslaiit roim:iier i.rnrrai. . J C. JOHNSON, P. M. G. U'.ilnMTo Pitt. II. C. To lie DiiWished once a week for four weeks, in the Advertiser Cinrinnnti ; Sentinel, Indianapolis: Free Pres, Detroit; Re;iter. SpriiisheH, III. ; The Union, ei. i,ouis; jitwoun Ioveinner SJ, lo-io. 52-4 w Ily the President of the L'iiit(l Stales. f I2i pursuance 01 an act 01 i.oa;m, n"i on iu . ' 1 eleventh lav ol Julv. dm, en'iueu. -ab ici 10 uuwn the President of the 'United States to sell tho reserved mineral lands ia the State of Illinois and Arkansas, and Terriiorios of W isconsin and Iowa, sup'pox-d to contain lead ore," I. JAME3 K. POLK, President of the United Plates of America,' do hereby declare and make known that a public sale w ill be held at tho land otiice at DUKUQL'E, in the Territory of Iowa, commencing on Monday, the eighth day of March nekt, for the sale of the public Janas HEKETOFORt WITHHELD rSOM ItLC O! ACCOUNT or T M fil.Ll mi.m. tin mikes THEBtiif . within tho following townships and fractional townships, known at the ich leib mirk distsict , to-w it . A ort eftht bait Une anil el oj utjyi principal Townrhips eishtr-cight, eighty-uine, and ninety, and fractional townahip ninety -one, of rang one. Township eiguty-eigut, anu iracuonai 10 nmj- riSui;-uiu., ninety; and ninrty-one, of range two. . Township eighty-seven, and fractional townslilpt eighty-eight anil eighty-nine, cT range three. Kravttoual townships eJgmyevcn ami risuiytigai, i" -"b- '"" Fractional township eighty-seven, of range five. North of the boot line rnnm wH or tnejtjiit principal mri '-'-Township ninety, and fractional township ninety-one, ol rai ranga v-"7' . .... .... .. Fractional townships ninety-one, ninety-two, ana ninety-mree, oi rantre two. 1'.... 4. n n:ntwwnA Ar ran- tlirpiL. I .nit. annronr ated bv law lor tn use 01 scnoois, munMrj, ..m 1 J . or. lnr. J other purposes, will be excluded from sale; also all quarter quarter sections covered in whole, or in part, by those mining Icava, which " tennined by th. day fixil for ,h commencement of Pmpüon claims will not be allowed to any of th. abov. lands, nTeyT been olfc-ad at I to n Ivate entry : and all ot sncn contain a mine or mines Ifi I.. .-ti. of lead ore actually discovered and being worked, w ill ha sold in - 1 ....k such legal sifbdivuion or aulxUvisions as w in mci .ue .ucn .u. or milled ..til after th. expiration of tw6 week, from th. commencsv mrnt of said salo. lrni oi auiu aoiu. . , , In further execution of the said art. I have caused th. Commn .L.n.. r (h. ng I unit liniPl! IO Dünn! Wim mil piw mmmmii ;brWr-Ä... io ner,egion.- which tb.e land, lio. Ttv tKaa Praii1nnf James 1L ririB,5tlin C.mwii'flionrT fie Gtneral Und Oßct. -T-k.'t.r.. in i.tnlnrnl reri n. embraced in the ahove procla mation of the Presi lent of the Culled States, are believed to coutaiq th richest mines of Ictd that have ) t been discovertd ; the ore yielding about eighty per cent-ol Vur wai. copper, aiw, ua been Ibuftd in thi reffion in considerable quantities. rir-i . Uoni-.,r. r aaiJ to exb-t for the manuf-icture of lead in yario'ia forms, rartliMiYirly lutosAor, the river banks btinj so elevated as to require Ii. tie or no expense in the erection of tower.j and the ore, from ,ts great purity, may bo manufactured into shot by tha first aniawHintT. a Tl. Wat hm f these mines nl near the MissUippi river, abrd. great facilities oft aoportation,theaveiasecottof which to St. Louis F. aiLi fineen enOi tr.r b jnJred noum's. Th. soil is represented a. being unAisuruty, if um. pnwmuij i."1' 6' abundance, and t-irnibin uxccllint ranre for caMitthtts prescnt- : . . .i anJt..inL.ntfl tn it. agriculturist and th. mrner. . Th. DUBCQUE mine, in f actional townships eigWy-eigtit. eichty-nlne. sod ninety, cfVange two east, situated on the barks of Wis Mifaslpi, are considared the most important; the DURANOQ mines in ttvwaihips eighty-nine and ninety, of. range on. east, ar the nct. lit value; and th. CATTESE mines la fractional tcawnKhia eighty-eight, of range three east, also on the river, are th. third. Uihtrr mine. bav. been di-covcrod in thi. region ; and it is very probable tbtt future explorations w i 1 bring to light others as rich -nd erpdaeüra a. any now known .rfpf Csaiiiensr of tktGrrral Laud Ojftc. SffUmUrSth.ls:--wi

min t nut l.-s than two dollars and blty cents per ace.

On. lull eienin uar i anu vi - i . r hundred and forty oliicial documents and other tnen of infoimatwii.

. t ;A..1 .1 -I 1 nr l.n1, haw nllt-nvl lor aale. W I11CU DC lias li;i:iaivu iiviii

w !:- K. POLK. I Uivwa unler my hand at tn. i y oi vrawninBv, - j

Land OSUt. I September, Anno Uomiru ona wouaaou c.Bu. -""':;- p AY

Ry the Provident of the rallied Stairs.

"iT I N pnmirt-e of aa art of Covfrrm srpfmed on tha I Ilk df I a of Julv. I. nUUra Aa Oct ta au(Diza the Pmideas ni iiw L nrs rtam io sell the rr-rrvrd mineral lanaa to the Suiesof 11linoisand Arkanms, and TrTriiwirs of Wwnwis and Iowa, suptmarcl tocnnuia lead oro." I.JAIIU K. POLK, Parwocnv or tmb l'ritio States or AMtai-A, do hereby declare aad make know a, that a riUtr aal will be held at the land office at M I FJt A L Pvl T, la lfc IVmbyof Hheomun, enmnsencinc oa MON1IA Y. the Stlh day of May nest. Pit the damaj of Uw allowing sectMina and parts of aaav taris of land Nratroroai aiitiTto raoM saui as cosTAiama vaxtABM LEAD MlüEt, to W it : H'eM of Ike fmurtk mrimriaul nn. Parts ofseetlons sii.arven. eittit. nine. Ira. twelve, twrntv lre. twenty-eight, twenty-nin. üility, thirty two, and thirty-Uin, la Iowsjsliip one. iortum als and eict. and Darts of aectima twrn. ten. and Ihirlv nne. ia township two. .erUtis hfu-en. seventeen, nrnrterir: twentv. Iwenf v nine, thirtv. nd thirty-three : and nartsnf arclams lea. fiairteen. Iwenivme. Iwriwo, twenty-live. tweiitv-riE.twen(vislit. thirtv two. ilnitv tur.and thirty-five, in Inwosbio three. frk-rtKma Iwetve, thirteen, twrntv f ur. tw entr seven, and thlrtTIbnr; krtd parts of aertioiM arven. eiiut. fourteen, fifteen, and eichSeen, in Inwnauin four. erti nine, ten, and thirty-eis ; and parts of section" eieren, (. teen, fifteen, twenry vn, twenty six, twenty seven, thirty turn, and thirty five, in tow n hip five. HectN etsht, and parts ot aectiona two, twenty-four, twenty five, and thirty six. In tow nslnp six. ctectinti twenty -mi, md porta of sections thirtv four and thirtv six. In townahtp aevea ; and tcthi twenty fair, m township eifht ; all of nne one. Pertino twenty sieht, thaiy three, and Uirrty-x : fractional aed-orta twenty nine and thury-twn, on the main bind; and parts of sections two, twelve, and tweu'y five, in township one. reciMta, twenty, ana parts of perinis ait, seven, nineteen, twentyilht, ihirty-thrre, Ihiily-five, and thirty-sit, ia tnwiMhip two. r!cetn thirty six. and parte of aecuuna aloe. Uurtv. and Ihirtv-ooe. in township lh;rc , i Section thirteen, and part ofarxtiORS twentT-e!c!:t aüd thirtv two. in township Snir ; and . Pertain twenty finir, in township five.; all cf rsr je two. FertHwia ihre and twelve, and paris of sectkint four and five. In tow nship two. .... beciHiua twenrr seven, t:i irty.fi. nr. and lliirtv.flre : and naru nf are. tlon th:rtr.n . tw-ettty ll'rre, twenty-üair, to eniv-ISve. Inentv ni, thir ty three, and thirty -six, in btwntditu three ; and I l"art ol seclam thirty, in township four ; all of mn2e 4 .ires. Part rf aertion twenty, in tm nnhip three : ect:otia twentv. twentynine, and thirtv ; and parts. section iilit, srveptren.eirhteen, nineIren, and tweuty eilit, in lownxtiip fout ; and part of seuao twenty. if ni. in lownMiip seven ; au M ranee lmr. Srriion tweniy-H?.cnd pans of tertions six and twerrtv. In town ship three; p: rts of a. r I khmi twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty nine, thirty-fimr, thirty-live, rnd thirty six, ia lnwnliip (uur j and part of arcUxi fourtrrn, in tnwnlnp five; all of ranee five. tJi of tK fouk prmenud meruliem. - Fectlorts fonr, eiehi, nine, Iwenty, Iwenty-fbtar, twenty six, twentynine, and thirty one ; and ptrtsnl sertHMis two, five, srvrn, ten, eleven, . twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, aeveoreeir, eiphtif n, nineteen, twen-tv-r-ne. twenty two. twenty I liree, twentt fii-e, twrnty-even. Iwentyipht, thirty, tliirtjr-two, iinrty-itiree, and llnriy-fiair, in tow nl up ttrf. raits nf seclwnn twenW-live, thHtvne, thirty-two, Unity Ihrer, lliir-ty-fiHir, thirty-five. and Itiirty-six, hi towmdnp iwo. Parte ot sectious twenty, twenty nine, anl tliirty five, la township three.' Parts nf settmrts one and twenty-one, ia township Cair.. Fertion thirty, and parte id" erths Üiiee. rizlit, niite, thirteen, firleen, eiehteen, twenty, twenty-lwn, twenty live, teitly-i-ven, twen-ty-nine, tinny one, uiirty lour, miry Dve, and thirty six, in tow nsrnp five. Ferikim three, f sir, and nine, and p..iUof sections five and eight. in township six ; and . Sections twenty-nrven. twenty eisht. Iwentv-nine, and thnty-three, and parte of sections nine, ten, twenty, and Uiiny-aKir, in township seven ; 11 of ranee oiie. Sections two. tliree, fonr. six. seven, eljl. nine, ten, eleven, tw I ve. thirteen, and twenty, anil pans of secltuos one. five, fiwrteen. fil'ieee. seventeen, richleen. nineteen. twenty one. lneiit -twO,tweiity three, thirty, th rly one, thirty two.lhir'y-thmend thirty -sil.in towwliip wie. r-ertmn twemy nve, twenty six, twenty-seven, twenty etcln. twenty nine, thirty, thirty th.es tr.irty liir. lluity-flve. and tiilny-iux ; and parts of sen ii mis two, thirty-one, and thirty two, in townchip two. I'arts or seer ..na eleven and tinny. In tew nulup Ihre. -. Parts of arctxins one, two, four, five, aix, arven. and twelve, in tewnsliip lour. SectMns t hree, S nr, five, six. seven. eicht, nine, ten, eleven, twel thirteen, seventeen, eiehteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, and tl srty-, six ; and inrts of sections tpurtrrn, fifteen, twenty-two, tenty-Knr,' wenty five, twenty-aix, thirty, thirty -one, tliirty -two, thirty-thn,and tiiirty five, in tow ru-hip five. r-ectront twenty, and twentr-onet and nana of aertioni twentythree, tw enty fc.ur, Uiirty three, and thirty-lour, ia tow aaliip six all of

ranee two- 1 t . -.. .

Parts of sections sit, and twenty eiclit. in township one. t-'ections thirty, and thirty-one: and uaruof aertions four. ail. twnlve. ' twenlv (me, twenty-five, and thirty-aix, in township two. , ecllns nve ami seventeen ; and parts of teuumi fc-ur, mne.lrn, . fourteen, fitleen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-four, and twenty-nine, in lownbip lltrre. - r tertions five, six, eistit, and tnrrslT-elrJiti and ucrti of sections so. ven, seventeen, twenty, twenty five, and thirty three. In.ttrwnstrpfi ur. hectiooa five, six, seven, seventeen. eiinen, ninsteen, twenty, thrr-ly-one, and Uiirty two-, and parts of -tin eiht, ten, twenty five, twenty -nine, thirty, and thirty three, in low nslnp cv, . ' Sections ntteen and twenty two: and parts of aeclKins thirteen, sovenleen, twenly-one, twenty-txir. twenty-seven, tweniy-eic:lit,thirly-three, and thirty-fntir, in township six; and parts of sectious twenty, ami iwe.ity nine, in township tevr n ; alt of range thrrf . Part of Seeth nine, in tuwnidnp one. ...... t ejection nineteen, anil tneniv .ir : and mrt 1 of sections three, ten. twelve, thirteen, and ei-leen, in bmnshrp two. Pnit of atrtMin seveiitren, in township tliree, Paitsof sections fourteen, nineteen, t went v. twenty three, thir ty, and thirty one, in township fiair. I'art ot section ininy-nve, la townrnip n ve ; and Sections nineteen and twenty-six; and part if sections five, nine, eleven, fifteen, eighteen, twenty one, twenty-two, juventythree, twenty-seven, twenty -eight, thirty one, aud thuty-lwo, in tovni-hip six ; all of range fmr. Parts of sections eight, seventeen, and eighteen. In township one. Sections eventeen. and twenty; and paitj of sections lixir,el;ri teen .and nineteen, in township two. Parta itf aectiona fitur and Uurtv in tnwnaliin llirre.

Sections twenty-seven, and twenty-elcht ; and parts of sections elrvrn. nineteen, twenty, twenty-nine, and thirty, in townthip lour ; and sections one, two, and eiehteen; and parts of sections srvrn, . ; e'rht; niiirteen, seventeen, nineteen, and twenty-five, in toWBsbip ail; all of ranpe five. Section eleven, and parts of Vclirm eirht, In township three ; and . ' . parts of sections five six, seven, eixht, eighteen, lwenly-4-oe, twentytwo, twenty-six, twciuy -seven, and lli my, in township aix; all of , range six. . I ' 1'aiUof nrctions two, three, ten, eleven, thirteen, and twenty ei-U, Intown-thiplwo; and p.trt of section tnirty-four, lu low nship itiirt ; " all of range erven. Part of srctHMi four, in township three. Parte nf arrtions twenty seven, thirty-f.or, and thirty-five, in town shin four : and port of section seven , to township aeven j all of range

eight. J1U fuorler qitaner setiiotu lr aftors In, efrerra ta rmc err m part bw tMot mirniof Itmoa rare rkall not ot äriermiwrel sy the elowßzod .-

fur Iht aminrnamtnt of Ik mit, wilt be ezcltuUd Vtertfri at. .. ?. , .'

rre-emilon riauiM w in n. tie aikiwed to any ot meaiovn nnuii nntil after they have been ofirred at public sale, and brcine stil'iee - to private entry : and all of anrh lands aa contain a mine or mtov' f T. lead ore, actually discovered and belne arotked, will lest ld msüch leptl snbi!ivLion or wirMiivisions as ill include riii.h mint or niüies, at not less thnn two dollars-and Oily cents per acre. - Tim Kiln wlti 1 k flit (wm-b fitr-fti-A nvk, unleaa I tie lands S1 '

anoner dipied ol,) and no Ion? er; and ao puvale entries of law! .Kf r- ,. the sertHHK and parts nf sections so offered will tie admi'ted until slier - ' the expiration of iwo weekr Initn ttw enmiuenceuleiil cf aaitt sah. In liirther execution of the said act, 1 have caused lh Cnnitwwiiwierof tlie Uenet;ü Land Ofiic to piiblwh. win tins proclamation, a brief desc ription of Die mineral region in which these lands lie, and of the lands Bw offered lis- sale, vrlikh bus been prepared trout rlücial documents and other means of int.rm itinn. Given ander my h.ind at the City of Washinelon, this twentieth; dtv nf November. Anno Domini one thousand eisht hundred and

forty-six. . . "

lij Hie i rric.rni : j.i iro i"w James'U. Pirtt Acting Commissioner of tXe General Luul OJice. Tbe lamls embraced by ihe above proelamaiion of the l'rt-iiVrnt . of the United States, enntain many of tbe mimt valuable bad aiiitee Z actually oK-ied and orked, hich have jet bet-n dicoVertif t aud . fmm irdicalmn on the surface, and experiment made in 5iccinr, ' : it is believed lhat many others equally valuable rit, and but.Im explort-d at a trillin? expeiw. ' r ' '.-x - From t,lie trtat number of these mines. It would He'im arartirstile to irire an ak-qnate idea of their charaetet and locatitm, it K . -out exienttjiir thi notier beyond proncv hnunds. It is autrirx-nt - - -

fiaiethat thi-y are situatetl in the section ot etmntry .tmtind -d oil the south by tbe llhmtis Mate line ; on the wnt, by the Mi-iii I river ; on the north, by a line drawn nearly parallel to ibe suuik side of the Wisconsin rirer, at Ihr averarr dinance of tin oriwi le milt s tlirrefroni; and on lh east by a meridian line paiiine thrur,h ' the source of Sucar Cteek, the whole district eovcrine a 'iiitara . equal to about sixty full tonhis. All necea-ary färilitirt tor tiantpomne; tne products loa market are anonli-tl by the ;li-ii-, pi and Wisconsin rivers, and their tributaries, the ' Blue, Grant, I la it e, Pckatoiiika, and other rivers by which the district i luter st-cted. 1 he above district an explored by Dr. Orn, the reoIorUt of he State of Indiana. uiult-r iii-troeiiiis from the '1 reaMtrv lit partinenl, and in compliance with a resolution of the Henr f ti rr-semaiivt-a, pastrd the flli of February, 18"0. 1 lie ahle report of

inis freniK-nan, puoiinnea in ir, iia me mini ana iiiiirrTM'iif (Senate doeumt.-it, .Vo. 7, UI rwian, JSlh ( witnn,; cnnuiH ' prr-cie inr.nn.aiion as to the location of each mite, ai.d ,ho, '. . hat in 1S39. the lead miiu-i ol Illinois. luwa. atl VV iiruiwin. thnnrb

only partially nmktd, pii.tlrcttl upwart' ol t'iirty niilli-.m rxniiHl cf lead, of which llioae in Witeon.in, it appears, ) icldrd the larere proptH-tHin ; and tiinher, thai the whole diMrtct, ir trrrly ntined, would yirW one bnndred and fifty millions round per annum. I'ariicular ItMs of the sections and parts ol Ou-n to he .(JVird at said sale, hare been fumi'lied to the retri'er and neeiverat ninrni runt', uz.-iifrr wi.n m. . iih . mr wciiwhw t-wcak Inrt . dei?nated : all of which will be aub-el to the eanntiatw m ..I ih .t.lnnt 1 Mirrhlt. J AMPS tl I' I I-k it . JltUng Uommuiioner of Uu uentral land Vf.cu .VwermVr DO. 1? Ifi. -. i-ih'-iflAltSIl AL'S fi.lLi;. trp Y virtue of a. writif e tecution Id. fa.) to ni' dirctr'd,!1y the clerk fija of tlie circuit oairt tif tiie t.'nileil Elates T I he uh-jt iV Indi ana, 1 will nflV-r Ii aale in Um town of IiMrmirirW, Green e.mniy la. dinna,al Ihe Court llouee diair, on tlie -'Xo day of January nett, between III a. m. and 4 p m.,tlie rent and profus lor ac-vr a jeara of the: follow ing real estate, lowil: west half of th. s--.ithveat quarter and stHithwet c-'iarter of thn nothve-4 quarter of secii.Hi iwerfy five,. mwnrnip seventeen ravta. r. ne nve M, ann on tailing n-alixrra . siitiir.ietil sum to satisfy the neuiand, I will at the same Mneand pbic offer fir sale the lee simple of said above denrrrbrd md estate. Taken in execution as the r. prrty af lb. defendants et l'ie.r'itt of Jhu U. Iht via vs. Andrew Uuwuiug et aU A. .:. PfN'KRv .. U.a. .Marshal Di'trkt Imlinna, Dec n4,13iri. C3-t29Jan. Ily Geo. Mc 'cat, t)rp. Slate or lnIf:iiin, II-t tuiltoii f'ossitt-. fr: lit the raostTE cocst op Hamilton Cocstt, 1 August Term, 1846. j Cnirp'aiaf of Intolt enry. , . -Matters in tlie Esuite of Alordecai Moor, deceased. .1 SI is ordered by the; Court that the pendency ol this complaint bo' ma. e known, to the creditors of.xatl dceAied. bv rniihi irtinn nf this order for six weeks succesaivt ly in Uie Indian j-.ate tientint l .

a weekly newtpaper, pui.iisoea lu maiariaiKMis, .Marion countv , in this State, and that thy be informed that unni they pot if e the administrator cf the said estate, of the existence and xtenj f their respective claiirrs. l y n ing tbe same, or a statement of tho nature, date, and deription of thecoiitractorasftimtxiit npon hich. the same may tie founded, in the otfic.of the rlikof this ronri, previous to the final diwtribtition of the a-te of the etate of aÜ -deceased, .nch cl.ims will be postponed in favor ol the claims of lh. more diligent crcli'or. Bvthecourt. . . S7-6ut lAttct, JOHN' C. EVENS, fie It.

. ssiuziiraTs s.n.s:. rY virtue of avinvütioni cxyonas to ma directel Irom he cleiVi äß oCiceofthe Viarioncirroit court, I will exjwe to public f!e, on tbe Kith day of January, ltvl', at the court. house duor in lnüt:iii spoils, w i bin the hours jirt-scnbed by law, the n nts and p oliu, lor M-vrn years, of the follow ing real eatate, to-wil; Tbc nor.h-wen quarter of st?ction number .bftcen, towtubip numl cr f fitt-n north, of range number three ead, containing one hundred and srxty acres ; and on failure to realize the lull amount of juJirm.tit, interest, and costs, I w ill at the same time and place expose the f-r simple ot said real estate. Taken as the property of Andrew M'ilson, at the suit of E. N. Shlmer. a7-3w-SI-gi , . A.W. TtUSSLL, ShcrirT Vat Ion Co. -arj V yirtoe of a.iexecu'ion to me'i'ccted rron T.iC cl-k effiro K "9 of the Mai ion circuit toott, 1 will expose to public sale, oil the !f'h day of January, lrft. tt the con t bcnire drOr in Indisnapnlis, witbin the hours prescribed hy Itw.tii" nuts a:J promts, seven y. ir, of the follow ing real est ru , to-wit : The m hair ot the south-west quarter of section nnmlicr twenty-seven. towDhn number fifteen porth, of ranire nnmN-r four east, containing eir hty acre. ; and on failnr. to rcal'z. tbe full .mount of fu 1,-Tni-nt, ihier est, and costs, I will at the cam. time und place etpAe Uie f.-e simply of said real estate. Taken . the propoity of William R. Rose, td the, siiit ol Cooper, flieen fc foorr. S7-Jwl.tfJ X.W. trS6tLL;8har aficrJ fjr' ft i