Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1847 — Page 2

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ET E ft 3 A L TICItASCe IS TIIC PBICC OF LIBEBTT. KIHAX.U'OLIS, JAJX. 2f, JIH47. Our Terms. TtarinswiUlKTOftertoltelw of the Wetklv Indiana State Stntinel: O-rayments to be made always in advance. One i:onv. one vcar. S--0f i j ' Three copies, one year, CO a Five copies, one year, i i 8.0D Tea copies, one year 13.00

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1 wenty copies, one year.d.rectcd to one person, SciiilOVcrkljr. (Pullislied three times a we k durinjj the session.) Oue copy, $ i.00 Three copies, $UU 0 One copy during the session, 1 0 Tiiree or more copies, each Constitution:!! Reform. We sec it stated, that " the patronage left to the Governor of the great State of .New ork is the ap - pointment of an Adjutant General, also a pr.vate Secretary and doorkeeper, and na more. All the rest the new constitution hands over to the people The new constitution of New York was adopted by an overwhelming majority, at an election, at which a whig Governor was elected by a majority of 10,000 and a democratic Lieut. Governor by a majority of 13,000; an indication that the body of the people of that great State, regardless of party distinctions, have determined to assume to themselves the exercise of those right, which properly belong to them for exercise, under our form of government. "We in Indiana, have abundant reason to deprecate the fact, of these rights being held for exercise, by others than the great mass of the people. This winter, we have seen a democratic Governor inaugurated, who was phced in power by a majority of 4,C09 votes, while an accidental whig majority in the Legislature, have filled the offices of Treasurer and Auditor of State and Circuit Judge, with men of opposite political principles from those entertained by a majority of our people. Whit becomes of the popular will under such a state of things ! It appears hardly to enter into the thoughts of those, who use power but to abuse it. The same would perhaps have occurred, had the reverse been the case. All we desire to enforce is, the great principle, that for the purpose of giving force to the will of the people, they should ex .V. -v.ww..... ...... , , ve present uieao con-iuera wuiia ?o " I ask thcra it they are not just; and n it is not mg:i time that tney, the sovereigns ot this great otatc, should speak out on this question 1 07-In alluding to a debate which occurred in the Senate, on Friday, on a resolution proposing to go into the election of State Frinter on Saturday last, we stated that "Mr. Orth advocated the resolution, and charged that Mr. Davis had said a few days ago that the Eutler bill should not pass until after the election of State Trinter;''' and that "Mr. Orth thought the sudden change in Mr. Davis's course squinted much more strongly towards corruption than any thing else which had been elicited" during the discussion. Tnis is the understanding which net only we, but several others with whom we conversed, had of the matter. Eut on Saturday, Mr. Davis brought up the matter in the Senate, and, according to the explanations which passed between him and Mr. Orth, it would appear that we were mistaken in so far as to have inferred any charge of " corruption" in consequence of the declaration of Mr. Davis alluded to. The whole matter was resolved into a Pickwickian affair, saying a good deal, but meaning nothing. j Of course we take it all back, so far as the inference nronmiMlnn w mncrrnp Tint 5n on ,?mnr wa An . , 4 ,,. r . 1 1 ,1 1 not aim t the correctness of the report given by the ,. . btate Journal 01 me atuir. that report is a repon is a gross ! and wilful perversion of the facts of the case. fj7-Some hypocritical puppy, under the signature of A Citizen " propounds several very ir ist queries to Mr. West, the editor of the Common School Advocate, relative to a late the schools of Indianapolis. article in relation to If Mr. W. thinks the ! writer worthy of notice he will no doubt reply to him. As to the question addressed to us, to wit : Will the Sentinel tell us how long it will take for " hypocrites," to say nothing about "self-righteous pharisees," to correct the morals of society by profaning the Sabbath by dodging into groceries and other places of resort !" Not longer, we suppose; than it would take to make an honest man out of such hypocrites as the writer probably is, or out of the concoctcrs of fraudulent laws by which the poor may be swindled out of their lands, or out of men who build or rent bawdy houses, and then pretend to feel a holy horror that they are visited. Died, Yesterdiy afternoon, (Jan. IS,) at the Palmar House, ia this town, Abraham Ceppr, a member of the State Senate from the couatiei of Elkhart, fce. Mr. Cuppy had been for some days very ill of inflammatory rheumatism, and the disease appeared to be of a typo sd railijaant a3 to defy the retneJial means of medicine. Immediately upon the announcement of the melancholy event, both Houses of the General Assembly adjourned, as a slight evidence of respect to the character of the deceased. In this feeling, and in deep regret for hii demise, all who knew him fully participate, and deeply sympathise with his family and other near conncctijns, to whom the knowledge of their berea- emen will come with the most piinfi.1 effect. Funeral ceremonies will take place at the capitol this morning at 10 o'clock. ftTbe State Journal compares our correspondent "Junius" to the Ass of Balaam, and of course the editor puts himself in the position of the prophet. It is admitted that the ass on that occasion was wiser than his master, though his master beat him for what he presumed to be Btupidity, as the editor of the Journal now belabors "Junius." Time will verify the truth of the parallel. C-The Rank of France having been nearly drained of its specie, has applied to the bank of-England for the loan of a million sterling, which ha been granted. Some years sgo the Rank of England hii a similar accommodation from the Lank of France. fj-The title of the Shelbyville "Recorder" has been exchanged for that of the Volunteer," and the paper has been much enlarged and improved. We hope that our friend Thacher'a labors will be liberally rewarded by an increase of subscribers. Lieutenant General. It has been asserted that this rank is unknown to our service. This is an error. General Washington was appointed Lieutenant General by the elder Adams at the time of our difficulties with France. The Cincinnati Gazette of Jan. 13th, reports sales ef floor at 3 80 to 3 00. Hogs were freely offered at 4 00, and some very heavy sold at that price. For lighte kls 3 73 to 3 80 was offered. fjr We are glad to see that Senator Taber, who had been very il fo? some days past, appeared in his ecat yesterday. C7- Senator Green has leen ill, but we are informed not dangerously so.

Xcws fron the Army U. S. iKMT of Invasion. Monteeey, December 11, It? lü.

Gentlemen : It is uow the middle of December, and still we have nothing1 in the shape of weather to indicate that the year is passing away ; and should some Rip Van Wrinkle of a fellow wake up here now. he would be looking for May-day rather than Fur mild and pleasant weather, this place of .Monterey is hard to beat. A gentleman came in from Saltillo last night, Laving left on the morning of the 8t!i. The Mexican cavalry, of whom mention was made in a previous tetter, as advancing, had reached the fcabdo, within ' v .r f , r:." .,"ri Gen. Uonzales, and a fair proportion of them rancheros. There had arisen some doubt at Saltillo as to their intentions', and many speculations were advanced. Some were of opinion tint in their order to reconnoitre the country, in anticipation of our ad- ' vance, they were instructed to proceed as far as the Salado, and no further. Others seem t think that it v.v -d ii rd ri-.t t Ii r A rrv a r na 1 1 . iir n r ffl ft T fl 2 , lhe- &f he above named gtreani are M tQ !afjarj excellent grazin". A third party, however. attach mach importance to the nnvement, and express lilt: i;iiliiuu liKil men ui;uuaii"u la cauwiuiuiiu int.ii object the disloduement of General Worth. Some of the principal Mexican families in that place arc of a like belief, and have hinted to theGrn. the propriety of taking an advantageous position beyond the city. Gen. Worth is perfectly easy in the meantime, and, whilst every precaution is taking against surprise, sleeps well. Something later from Sin Luis Totosi per Mexicans 3,0l0 men had left that place for Victoria, without artillery or wagons, and would be enabled to reach it in a short time, by going over a light chain of mountains. In looking at the Mexican army as it was in San Luis a short time Eincc over 30,000 strong the question arises, what is to be done with these men ? How can a government, without money or credit, sustain them in the field for any length of time ! 30.CC0 mouths are difficult to feed, at all times, by countries whose resource are boundless in comparison to those of Mexico; and for her to make any advantageous move, she must do it quickly, else even the magic name of Santa Anna will fail to keep discord from their ranks. Gen. Worth has issued an order in Saltillo, that all o.Ticcrs and soldiers und-r h s command must appear at the next dress parade without whiskers. Many a face that has not come in contact with a razor for months, must now come to the scratch. The barbers of Saltillo no doubt thinks it a very judicious order. Capt. Blanchard, being a volunteer, and cheri ami of v orth s, was at first excused from the general shcarin3 Jike tQ rajse a mut(nV) and with tears in Iiis eyes Bat down to the operation. The 0. Delta of the 5th inst. says We await, with great impatience, the arrival of the Alabama, now detained at Brazos f r the purpose of bringing over despatches relating to the movement of the .Mexican army on Saltillo. If the statements of Santa Anna's advance be true, events have occurred of great moment in the vicinity of Saltillo. If Generals Taylor and Wool have had time to join Worth, we have no doubt that they will maintain their position in Saltillo, and defeat Santa Anna. And if their success would be followed up, Santa Anna will be driven to a most disastrous retreat across a desert and rough country. The retreat of the Mexican army under Filasola, through Texas, after the battle of San Jacinto, would be child's play compared with the retreat of such a force as Santa Anna has under his command, over the dreary waste and through the rocky defiles of the country lying between Sin Luis and Saltilo. Gen. Taylor seems to be better fitted to fight and gain battles than to pursue and destroy a conquered and retreating enemy. The only points in his career which have given lise to any difference of opinion, related to the undisturbed retreat of Arista, after the battle of Palo Alto, and the capitulation of Monterey. These omissions, however, to follow up his advantages are, perhap, attributable to the instructions under which he has acted, which has alwavs inculcated forbearance towards the enemy; and measures rather of a defensive than offensive character. Eut we trust that in future, no 6uch concessions will be made, and that our army will not rest contented merely to defeat, bu 11. .1 3 -.. t5iey W1" pursue and destroy the enemy, whiti but that hithcrsoever they may 11 y. Should General Worth but effect a inaction with Taylor and Wool, he will be able to hold Santa Anna in check uitil our other forces come up. We again therefore, in spite of the croaking of ill-omened pro phets, declare our conviction that the advance of Santa Anna will hr na rrr:it n fnilnro na hi ?Tnnr-ieon-like " daIi or Houston at San Jacinto in 133G. Our only annrehens ion is. that he may escano total deetruct on by the neglect of our army to follow up its advantages. The Tropic of the 5lh says There was a silly report in the city yesterday, that Generals Taylor and Worth had encountered Santa Anna at Saltillo, and the result was deplorably disas trous to our brave army. We dislike to give publicity to reports of this character, nor would we do so in this case, but from the conviction that the rumor will have found its way to distant parts of the country, and we think the antidote should accompany the poison. The report is ridiculously and wickedly ftlse. There has been no arrival from the seat of war since the intelligence received by the Edith, published in our paper yesterday. Orders were issued from head quarters, at Monterey, on Dec. 10th, as follows : The troops of the 1st Division, as organized, will be held ready to march 011 Sunday, the loth inst. in the direction of Victoria. The Field Division organized in order No. 108, of August 23th, is broken up ; the Ohio and Kentucky Regiments will report tJ .Major General Ruller and the 1st Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi Regiments, will b held ready to march as above under the orders of Brigadier General Quitman. The troops will carry 4 days rations in their haversacks and 200 rounds of ammunition, per man, of which 40 will be taken in their boxes the regulation allowance of transport, one wagon for each company, and such allowance for ammunition as may be found necessary. Düc. 111. Yesterday, a portion of the Division destined for Victoria, left camp, and this morning early the 7th Infantry and a part of the llifleros left the Piaza. To-morrow, the residue will leave, and before noon the whole Division will be in motion. Dec. 1 1. This morning every thing is in motion, and the Victoria army is putting out. Jcxics returns his respects to the Editor of the Indiana State Journal for the very complimentary notice paid him in that paper of this morning. It is said that things may be perpetrated, that would cause the very stones to cry out. So in the case of this great prophet of Indiana. Ralaam was reproved by a very stupid animal and the editor of the Journal has rendered himself so very ridiculous that should the whig party take him to their embrace as State Trinter will catch not a live Prophet, but a Tartar! and this they will find out in due time. He virtually endorses the charge that he wishes o defeat the State debt arrangement by his silence. Jan. Id, 1317. Rcmor. The St. Louis Reporter says it is rumored that an express left that city fir Santa Fe, bearing orders to Gen Kearney and Cel. Dosifhan to proceed south immediately and effect a junction with General Taylor, at San Luis Potosi, 60 as to be ready for further operations in that quarter next spring. . The late revolutionary disturbances in Venezuela have been completely quelled. Antonio Leocadio Guxman, the chief in the insurrection, (formerly editor of III Pat r iota in Caraccas) had been tried as a conspirator and condemned to death. General Jose" Tadeo Mona gas is, without doubt, elected President of the Republic of Venezuela. The noble addrces of La Rochejacqueliu to his soldiers is one of the finest specimens of the laconic : "If I advance, follow me; if I fall, avenge me; if I ßinch, kill mc."

Corrcspondtiue rf the Jjurnal cf Cunvnme. Washington, Wednesday, Jan. G. The indications to-day aremorc favorable to the administration, and it is now probable that some of its measures, recently recommended, may pass. 'Ihe war is in our hands and it must be met, with all its dillicultics, however reluctant Congress may btj to

tax a "e, the people or to increase Lxccutive patronI understand that the Senate committee on ililtary Atiairs have agreed to repoit a bill for tiie esiablishment of the ofiice of a " General Officer" to take the chief command, and it is believed that the bJl will pass that tndy. ihe House found that they had acted precipitately :nt a Lieut. tiVncral. and after a severe stru-le, to-day, the vote was reconsidered by a majority of two votes. and it was commuted to the Committee of the Whole on the S;ate of the Union, where it can, at any tune be taken up. Many members are of the opinion that the ill succcs i of tiie war and the wasteful expenditures attending it, and the accumulation of men at points where they have nothing to d., is, in part, owing to the want of a general ofucer on the spot, with discretionary powers of action. As the force employed is a mixed one of regulars and volunteers, it is argued thai the entire command ought not be devolved on the Major Generals of the regular army Scott and Taylor. Then ngain it has beon argued that, unless this appointment of a Lieut. General is authorized. General Scott must have the entire command, and the democrats are not entirely prepared to agree to this, for they think that Scott may be fighting for the Presidency; and if the Mexican war must make the next President, they would prefer Benton, or Butler or any other democrat to Scott. This last consideration lias probably had r.s much weight as any other. Certain it is, at all events, that a great change has come over the opinion of the House on this subject, and that thpre is now a fair chanca that the ollice of Lieut. General will be created by law. The bill to increase the army ly adding ten regiments p,f regulars is still under consideration and meets with much opposition. The vast incrcae of Executive patronage which it involves is a grent objection to it. Congress might have thought of all this before they made the war. Wars are, of course, inconsistent with the principles of a republic, and must, in the end, destroy it. Rut war cannot be conducted economically or efficiently except by aid of that strict discipline which can alone be enforced in a regular army, and which the volunteers are not suscept.ble of. It is supposed that the bill will be essentially modified perhaps by giving the appointment of the officers to the States. The committee of Ways and Means hold a meeting yesterday on tiie subject of the state of the financed. They arc at a loss what taxes to propose. Mr. Secretary Walker is busy in preparing or perhaps has prepared a scheme of taxation, by which s mio three of four millions con be raised, and which will be proposed as a substitute for the duty on tea and coffee. He will propose a tax on plate, jewelry, watches, &.CThe Senate, in Executive session to-day, ratified the treaty with Hanover, and confirmed the nomination of Richard M. Young, as Commissioner of the Land Ofiice, in place of Gen. Shields. Washington, Jan. 7. House of Representatives. Mr. Haralson offered a resolution to terminate the debate on the increase of the army. The bill was amended to be read Saturday next and adopted. Mr. Semans, of 2cw York, then gave notice that he would introduce a bill to provide means to prevent the importation of foreign paupers. The House then went into committee of the whole on the bill to increase the regular army. Mr. Dargin, of Alabama, took the floor, and was followed v Mr. G rover, of New York. The House then took up the bill to encourage enlistments in the army, w hich was passed with the amendment, so that the government be enabled to discharge sj'.diers at any time. In the Senate. The bill authorizing the increase in the National establishments was referred to the committee of the whole. A resolution was passed to ask the President what is the expense of the Executive department under the new postage bill; also, a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the amouut of public moneys in the public depositories, and to inquire why a monthly statement has not been published. A rpport from the Navy Department concerning the loss of the brig Somcrs was then received ; also, a report from the Department, giving a statement of all appropriations and expenditures made for the improvement of harbors, rivers, &.c. Remonstrances were presentedagainst the repeal of the Pilot laws. The resolution of Mr. Cameron, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report on what articles were embraced in the tariff of 'do, on which the duties might hi? increased so as to augment the revenue. On this a long debate ensued. Mr. Niles denounced the financial measures of the Government, as utterly unfit fur the present situation of the country. Several slight amendments were made to the resolution, and it was passed. Mr. Renton introduced a bill encouraging the enlistment of soldiers, and strenuously urged its rdoptioti. Mr. Crittenden said, that he should vote for the bill, that he was in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, and should accordingly vote for a liberal supply of men and money to further that objoct. The bill was passed, and subsequently pas-cd the House. A long debate on printing a memorial followed, after which the Senate adjourned. For the Indiana State Sentinel. To the Citizens of Allen County. As an art of justice to myself, and lh discharge of a duty I owe la those who elevated me to the- olae of Probate Juilge of Allen county, I conceive it proper, now that the charges preferred cgiiust me f.r my course in regard to the discharge of Cuihles Iijct:ix" on bail , from thejiilof siid county, have been acteJ upon by the tribunal designated by the constitution of our totale to submit for iba consideration of the public, the fallowing brief abstract of the facts which characterize la's case, in order if possible tu rescue my name from the infamous aspersions of malignant slander, and my motives from .he disingenuous attacks of personal hostility. For well I know, that my enemies have been prodigal of tC.Tts to fling over my conduct the veil of official treachery, and to bUcken my motives by attributing to me the promise of pecuniary reward ; no pains have been spared to arouse prejudice, irjflime passion, excite animosity anj beget hatred, by coining in the mintpf their own prolific depravity, the nioet subtle and mali ious falsehoods, l!ie most ruthless and abominable hypothesis, the most vile and reckless presumptions of corruption and malfeasance on my part, and heralding them to the world backed and forlilied by the resistless magic of responsible names, and invincible logic of all-powerful wealth. These persons gazing at this occurrence through the murky medium of their own distorted feelings, willingly contemplate ol jecU in an inverted position and alarmed at the frightful creations of their own imaginations, have enJeavored to make me the victim of tbeir vengeance, their invectives, their ferocity and their censure. They have converted what I conceived to be the honest discharge of my official functions into the very instrument for butchering my own character, blighting my prospects, and driving me away from among the people with whom I have lived from my boyhood, by lobbing me of the confidence wiih which they have honored mc, and for which I shall always feel grateful. Had my enemies, and Lere let me observe, that the hostility of those who have been the most violent in their denunciations of me, was not the offspring of the present circumstance or engendered by the present transaction ; they have cherished the same sentiment ia the secret recess of their relentless baso.ns eve since my election to the office which I have the honor to bold ; it was quiescent and not unmasked to public observation, only because nothing had occurred either in the discharge of my private or the administration of my public duties to justify its open and cand d revelation to the public eye there it had continued smothered and concealed beneath i the delusive guise of pbasaut smiles, aud the deceptive pretensions ol courteous lriendhip ; until increased and augmented by their efforts to confine il thaexpansive force becoming unmanageable; they seized- upon the present occasion as a favorable opportunity to empty the festering contents of tht.r hearts upon me, the object of their uncompromising dislike. Had these persons not leaped far beyond the plain and obvious limits of sober truth, and lost themselves in the sh.idowy intricacies of falsehood and intentional error, I had been spared the unpleasant duly of troubling the public with this communication, the State the expense attending this absurd attempt at impeachment and they themtelves the pleasuie of banqueting their vulture appetites fir slander and detraction upon the luxuries of private character and the delicacy of a good rrpuution. They have attribuUd lo me, though young in years and youthful in experience, all that nerfeo J lifn of deprsvity ond adroitness in knavery, which a long

and faithful pupibge to vice and iniquity ha alone been able lo confer upon themselves they have endeavoreJ by tiie fi?rceiec s of their persecutions to convince the people

! that i'ity wer.? the pure pellailiums of public virtue, the j firm dtlendera of social o:dir, and t'.e disinterested cham pions of put lie iiht they have proclaimed abroad that the penalties of tiie hw instead" of bving the guirdii.i of the lives f our ciiiz-ms and the security of tbeir propeity was but the pUythin of scoundrels and th pup;"t of crime, that culprits coi.llaeJ fr the coinm:shn i f crimes and misdemeanna were tj be released from custody . by corrupt judicial Heers and s-mt fi h a?u-eJ of immunity to prey upon the vilals of -ciety and co:u nit depre dations upon the harnwny i f the coriimu .ity they have ; ii'it been able to draw from the migizi ;ie of their n.alice, . r pi.hets sufficiently forcible to des: rbe, or colors suiTi-icn-'lydark to depict the cnormi'y of the present occasion. ! How strange an ii.cous.stency to see pcrs iiis thus gratuitously thrust themselves forward in the support of propriety ! and rectitude cf conduct, who themselves are mere tyros j in the rudiments of common honesty, juveniles in the first lessons of morality, and t.tal strangers to the funda-. mental principles of the christian rel gi.n 1 Would it not be well, could they spj retiato to it full extent, the bearing which their own lives have Uhiii the well-being of the community in which they move, 111 order that thy rn'g'it be prepared lo lead off in the refoimation of which they ! prate with s much volubility ! j The political jailer, bankrupt of the standing and j popularity that would enable hint to attain the eminence whither -his hungry aspirations for power, aud his drf-j bauched lust for preferment mount the in in that would barter his country, her prosperity, and honor to promote Iii cuiii ol n;s own private interest, lual would sacrm:e her glory to reach the goal of his sordid ambition, has foui d mate rml in this exercise ef judicial power for convincing tiie? world of his lofty patriotism, his love for the people, his aff.-ciion for law and good order, and his ii. flexible hostili'y to wron?, dishonesty and crinn. The diseased and distempered debauchee, whoe continued indulgence in licentious excesses has converted his body into a moving bagnio, his appetite into the low and vicioui ministers to an abandoned nature, and his principles and practices into the unhallowed agents for the propa'ution of vice. immorality and social corruption ; who-e wh.'le hfo h i been passed in polluting the purity and j tlast'iig the virturc of the defenct les aud unsuspecting, m.d whose trophies. are the destruction of itinocence and the corruption of honor, even he, though infectious as a pool rf mural putrefaction, haa discovcrel in this discharge of fliciil duty, consequences so ruinous in their nature as to ireboJe the destruction of the social fabric atid the banishment of social order from amongst a. The counterfeit christain, an infidel in principle aid a hypocrite in practice who has " stolen the livery of heaveH to serve the devil in," and who, more mercenary than Judas, wouM remorselessly sell his Saviour f r a 'as number than thirty pieces of silver, with searching astutei ess, has discovered in this exercise If jud cia! prerogative, features of so revolting a nature as to la.-h his sensitive and lender concience iulo indignant rebellion, and to cause his delicate feelings to overflow wi h pious bile; since it shadows forth to his prophetic vision the dissolution cf society, the prostration if religion, the overthrow of morality, the triumph of crime and the prevalence of general a larcl.y and universal mUrule. The profl gate speculator, dcstiluto of m ral honesty and pecuniarily insolvent, through the reckless extravagance of his rnouey-nicking Tejocts, and the ruinous tendencies of mercantile gambling ; who has viol itcd his solemn contracts and repudiated with calm composure his jiut liabilities, finds in this d schargc of utlioi d duty, trai s of so heinous a cast as to wake the half starved susceptibilities of his seated and 6teri'e conscience, and to arm him with holy zeal in the moral elevation of his species, the suppress on of crime, the legal execution of laws and the preservation of those high principles of action which have ever been the sport of his avarice and the dupe of his whims. The wiley and heartless hawker, intent alone upon increaMiig his heaps of ill-gotten gain, by entrapping the unwary and impo.-ing upon the unsufpicious he whose sordid bosom never felt a single emotion of b?nrYo!euce, nor throbbed with a single pulsation of kindness who, inaccessible to all the kindlier and gentler feeling of his nature, could contempl ile with calmness and indilTerencc the misfortunes and miseries of others, and not experience the hast glimpse cf compassion nr pity, has suspended for a moment the objects of his selfishness to contributo his quantum of abuse upon this exercise of judicial power, which he discovers must endanger the security of hit person, but mnl tf a'l, tie safety of hit pTojiertv. The paltry office holder, whose whole life exhibits but! one unvaried and connected display of meanness and scr-1 viüty but one unbroken and monotonous matiilestiiion cf j lust for spoils aud crving for place whose education and character better qualify him for the sphere of the gilley slave than the discharge of the duties which circumstances have confided to him even he, though a pauper in principle and beggared in morals has been able to discern in this exercise of legitimate power, the commencement ol ruinous innovation, the subversion e f social order, and the ! prostitution of ofH.ial power to the purposes of fljgrant injustice and manifest wrong. The sly and dishonest pellif tgger, familiar alone wiih the kitchra work of his profession, and compelled to skulk in obscurity aud peddle out conscience at five dollars a draught; whose career can boast of nothing but incessant industry in mullip'ying d.flicuhies, generating, dissentions, nourishing feuds and stirring up hostilities of nothing bu; c bleak barren wa.-de of moral degradation even he, though a libel on his species, and a disgrace to his profes.-ion-vrwithout a positive virtue to cast one feeble ray of iight over the group of dark vices that invest his character, has crept out for a moment and croaked forth his maledictions against this wicked perversion of the ends cf justice, forgetting that had justice at all times been promptly avenged, obscurity of a more solitary nature uiisht have been his, than that which now envelops him. The impudent and senseless quack, licensed lo commit homicide and perpf trat' piracies on human life, under the imposing title of M. D.; with just enough perception to abstain from taking h i own pernicious nostrums, but reckless and hardy enough to administer them to others who is not scouted add hooted out of community only because dead men are speechless and unable to avencre their wrongs ; aud whose dismal pathway through life is all s rewed .with human bones, and haunted by the piping ghosts of his murdered victims, and who, after he has resolved anaiii to bis kinJrcJ dirt, will leave behind no evi dence that he ever existed, save tho numherless tombs in! the gloomy graveyard he t o has for a season suspended j his work of destruction lo exhibit h's ind gnation at this: legal and honest discharge f otii.ial trust, which he discovers must endanger the security of private property, and jeopardize the lives and safely of the peop'e. Such men, with not a few others, who, lost in the imnieiisity of their own insignificance, it would be a nasty and useless consumption of time to describe, and whom I ' will leave to contemplate in obscurity and filih the loathe-' someuess of their own characters, is' the pack that have been unkennelled to hunt me d wn, to clime my reputation ' and traJute my motives lo call down imprecations and invoke curses on my head for the fearless discharge of my official duties, which the laws of my coun'ry in ado obligatory upon me, and for the assumption of responsibility demanded by my station, and which it would have been recreant to avoid and puerile to shun. And why this enmity on the part of these persons ! I respond for these reasons. Because in the administration of my official duties, I happened, unfortunately perhaps for myself, to be composed of sterner material, than to bend my convictions of right and duty to suit the peculiar whims of any man or set of men unschooled in the catchisrn of passive servility, I have dared to act according to the suggestions of my own judgment, and lo pursue with unwavering fidelity the line of my duty, unwarped by the flattery, and regard'ess of the threats of any faction or particular class of individuals because I scorned to make-the powers of my ofiice pander to the private interests of any man, or subservient to the purposes of any set cf men because I thought it more honorable independently and faithfu'y tj discharge the obliglionsof my ofiice, than by a sacrifice of principle and a dereliction of duty, to purchase the friendship of any man, or the favor of any set of men because I scorned to degrade myself and my ofiice by meanly resigning the exercise of my own judgment and adopt the shallow suggestions of any man, or the insolent dictatiou of any set! cf men. For these reasons have I become odiou?, and incurred the uncompromising displeasure of my enemies, who come scouring along my path witha!l the phienzy of bloodhounds resolutely determined either to conquer or destroy, in the happening of either of which events, I suppose they would stick some flixible automaton in the placo I now occvpy, who will have neither perception to d.scern nor the independence to discharge the duties devolving upon him, but who will faithfully echo ihe sentiments and promote the immediate interests of his houest originals. Again, had any olh?r man than Engleman been the subject of the same exercise of official power, I venture the assertion that no one, not even these .great apostles of justice, would have deemed il worthy of a mouvntary consideration it would have been legal it would have been right. And bow came this man Engleman to attain so high a place in the calendar of great names ! Let the S3qicl answer. Engleman came to Fort Wayne first in ihe ) pr A. D. 1813, a stranger lo all alone, he came without recommendation, and destitute even of a fair exterior to attract respect : coarse in manners and vulgar in address, without the polis.li of education to interest, or the graces ol refined manners to please, without ihe intelligence" to render him an agreeable companion, or ihe virtues to make him a desirable friend ; on the contrary, ijnorance aud impudence were the leading traits ia his character, aud these had nature herself inscribed in living characters upon his countenance. Thus ho came and thrcw himself

amongst ns whispered that money was his that a con- wicked perversion of power, and my motives impugned as siderable amount was monthly transmitted to bi n by his the vicious promptings of an evil nature. Condemnatory vrca'lby friends in Uerminy. This was sufficient; no resolutions were oCereJ. indirect insinuations of bribery further evidence of honesty .'integrity and worth were de- were thrown out, corruption anJ malconduct were oponly sired. These very men now so vioie-d ia their deiiuncia-1 charged, threats of personal violence and impeachment tions, gave him the warm baud of friendship, and bade j were ma !e, and nothing was left undone to excite prejuhim a cordial welcome, they received him into strictest ' dice and faietad puMic op nion against me. At length confidence, and thus became the endorsers cf his character : a com nittee was lppninteJ t J investigate the transaction, to the rest of community they them-elves gave hi:n cur- and report to a subsequent meeting of the citizens, the re. reney by the warmth and kindness of iheir attentions. , suit cf their inquiries, whirh was tlT-ctrd by an examina-

Thus enrourarpJ ;mJ thus sustained, he flourished in the most elegant ciicles of society, mingled with the moft rcfi ltd, and was caressed arrd flittered hy the most respectable. His gr ossness was neg itived or more than compensated by the length of his purse, and his faults and vices were transformed into positive virtues under the talis:na -ic iitflaence of gold. Hi extravagance and prodigality were eulogWd as the tangible -illustrations of a generous nature; and in short he received the same hornige and worship that ene ni'sht imagine the S3i'ie persons would exteaJ to the great (Jod of their idolatry Mammon himself, or the for una'e finder of the philosopher's stone. Thus flj.ved the tidt. when E igleinan, wearied by the dull monotony and threadbare amusements cf a country toivn, res lived t change the theatre of his operations to the city eif Cincinn iti, where pleasures would be enhanced by varietv-, and the facilities for enjiymcnl increased by enlarging the field. So off ho went, but his devoted friends ever solicitous for his well being, to preclude the necessity of his submitting to Ihe ordinary test of riding qu irautine" f or a sufficient len'h of li ne after his arrival, to prove him worthy, loaded him with letters of recommendation with testimonials of good moral character, and thereby secured him the confidence and respect, which, under other circumstances, is the fruit alona of long and favorable acquaintance, l'uring his absence it was discovered that he (E 'gletnan) was not the man he was supposed lo be. Doubts and surmises as to his honesty were first put in circulation. One recollected this strange and mysterious circumstance another that all at once and for the first time, some of his dear friends ascertained thai be had stolen lare amounts of money from them, amounting in some instances from one to two thousand d A ars. At length he was charged with having stolen from the post cfli:e in Fort Wayne a certificate of deposite for some thirty dollars. During bis absence it had also been ascertained lhal instead of being the wealthy heir of wealthy parents, he was indeed but a poor adventurer wandering in a foreign hind far from his friends and far from his home, arid that instead of receiving some three cr four thousand dollars annually from Germany, be had never received a farthing ficm that quarter; which facts made it more probable that he was guilty of s me of the thefts alleged against him. In the meantime, Engleman, being ignorant that such disclosure wero made, and longing to restore himseif to the fond embraces of his quondam frie;.d, in Sep'enber, A. D. 1S4C, returned to Fort Wayne; but woe Is nie ! on his arrival, instead of meeting with the war n kiss of friendship, and the social gratulalions cf kind.tess, he was met, so s ion as he landed from the boat which brotight him back to the scene ot Ids former greatr.es, by an officer of the law, who immediately took him before ihe Mayor, on the charge of having stolen the before mentioned certificate of deposite. II; was held to bail for his appearance the next morning in the sum cf five hundred dollars. In the int. rim a large concourse of peop'e had gathf-red together. Engleman was denounced as an i:n poster a scoundrel, and with being guilty of having committed nearly all the offences in the catalogue tf crime. Several inflammatory speeches were made against him; and he who had but a short time btfire been overstocked wiih friends, now was friendless they who but a short time previous had contended as to who should give him the warmest greeting and kindest embrace, now contended as to who 6hou!d pronoucc against him the heaviest malediction, or the bitteres-t curse. To avoid the fury and indigna'ion of the multitude, among whom were many of his former ffiends now his worst enemies who threatened hi.n with lifr and feathers riding on a rail ducking in the canal lynching, &c. &c. he fled to the suburbs of the city, and concealed himself in a cellar. What a charge What a fill " lie who was once as jieat as Ca;sar Was now as low as Netuclia Jui zzcr." His retreat was in dun time discovered and at the oppointed hour he was asnin brought before the Mayor, litre a sad dilemma awaited the prosecution, although an affidavit had been filed charging Engleman with the larceny of the certificate of deposit, the charge still remained without .v d.'nce to support it, and was consequently wholly iihandoned by the prosecution, and was never alterwards resuscitated, or even mentioned until he had been let to bail by me, in November hist. And I venture to say it was only then, dragged from its resting place to make capital ajpilnst me. Eut Engleman was not allowed to escape; in the mean time his trunks had been seized, broken open and examined, and in one of them was found some county orders on Allen county, which were identi fied under oath as the property of a respectable mercantile ieu unuer oaui ns uic property oi a respecifioie mercantile .ouse of tort Wavne and which had been previously tolen therefrom. Tor the larceny of these orders, which nous were ol the value or id dollars, as allesed in the uihdaut filed before the Mayor in that behalt, E'ogleman was agüin arrested. Iiis counsel waived an examination thinking perhaps that an eximiiiition would be useles?, owing to lha great excitement and prejudice which prevailed against him, and ho was recognized lo appear at the nxt term of tho Allen circuit court to answer said last mentioned charge, and the amount of his bail fixed at fifteen hundred dollars. He was unablo to give such bail and was forthwith committed to j til, where he remained unttl the October terin. A. D. l:lo. of tha Allen circuit court, at which term an indictment was lound against him for tho l.irccny of ihi soi 1 county orders, the value of which is alleged in the indictment at fifty-four dollars. Engleman noi buinj ready for trial at that term the circuit court, owing to the absence of a material wituess on Iiis behalf, on his atli lavit an 1 motion tho case was con tinued until the February term, A. D. ls'47, of said circuit court, and he was ordered to enter into a recognizance in tha sum of fiftRen hundred dollars for his i'ppearance at that term. Still being unable to give bail to so large an amount, he was again imprisoned, but no order of commitment was made or entered on the records of the circuit court in that behalf, so that from that time to the time of

his being brought before mc on a writ of habeas corpus, to j crushed for daring to discharge his duties fearlessly and be let lo bail, his imprisonment was illegal however no j without regard io f.e!ing or favor; if a man must be iraadvamago wa, allowed to be taken -ft ,s fact, and it is InoIaIcJ tl)g!ti,f,, .he resentment of an arrogant and domi-

merely mentioned here to rebut in part the charges of cor ruption and in illeasanec made ngainst mo lor my acts in tiie premises ; lor 1 could, had I lelt Uippnsed or wished tri l.nv.. otrt rArm.tl. Ini tinli-ir.rnit liim ivitlioill In. .. . . V.J.' r kin:; from him, as I did, a recognizance for his appearance at the t ebruary term, A. U. Is47, ol the circuit circuit court, and 0;nr A-ccn three and tiie law would have sustained rne in so doiti On llipitli il.iv rif Mocinnhnr lal, helwre four o'clock in tbe afternoon, the same being the third ju-! dieial day of the November term of the Probate court of j Allen county, a petition from Engleman praying a writ ol j hulcas corpus, for ihe purpose as alleged in ihe petition of; I . . . I . a - s .a. I - . miring rue prisoner io oau, was presentea to me, i imntediately endorsed on the petition an order for a writ re turnable instanter, and returned the same to the attorney of Fugleman. A delay was occasioned in isuin and aertiug lib win uw.ng in pari vi uia ausence ui me eiern and sheriff from their olhces ; and before the prisoner was uiuuiu uciutc in i3 um ctcuiii iiduauianecu tupai uitiu i l. i.c.. . ,i. :i.. i-i r. ...;.. o clod; , ... i i . i .i .. .i.i I then wished lo adjourn the matter unul the i...... r . i , next riorniug, but the counsel 01 Loizieman wouiu nui conser t thereto, and as the application was only to let to bail, and required no notice to ihe prosecuting attorney or complaining party, I waived my objection to act, and lei tha prisoner to bail taking from him a recognizance in the sum of five hundred dollars' for his appearance at the next (February) term of the Allen circuit court, with one Conrad Mill as surety thereon, who I supposed at that time perfectly good lor lhal amount, and who I still think good for the sain?, nol. ithstanding tho declarations of some to tha contrary. Now it may be asked way I reduced the bail from fifteen to five hundred dollars ? I answer, 1 did so because I was then, fiad always been, and still am of the opinion that fifteen hundred dollars was excessive bail; because fifteen hundred dollars was one thousand dollars more than had ever been required in Allen county for offences of the like, and even of a higher nature; and" because I saw no reason why a distinction should be made between Engleman and other criminals, even if he had once enjoyed a high position in society. That night Engleman left, whether he will appear or not in compliance with his recognizance is a question which I nor no one else can answer, until the npproriate time for his appearance rolls round, and a forfeiture of his recognizance is taken, no matter how strong the probability to tho contrary, no one has a riht lo say he will not. It is contended by some thit I ha I no riht to take cotjnizince of the case, and no right to issue the writ of habeai corpus. For the purpose of convincing all of my jurisdiction in the premises, I will insert herein the 3d section of a law approved December 23d, ISlo, and which may ba f und on pi tie 73 of the general laws cf the session of 1813-6, in which il is enacted, " 1 hat hereafter tt shall 1 . . and inay be lawful for the Probate Jud Judges of said (Allen) county, to issue writs of habeas corpus, and proceed to trial herein atid hear and determine the same in like manner as other Judges of this State are now by taw authorized to do." O.J the monrn;, after Lriglemans disilnrge on bail, considerable etcitcment prevailed on trie su' ject and tnere were not wanting demagogues who proclaimed the b.ack-llC-S and corruption oi ine ce u me wuriu. 11 rui n things, sa!d they, wcra allowed to pas unnoticed, there soon wou'J be an end of a'l law and order, and anarchy atid misrule would uurp the place of government and trample all authority in the dust. The alarm was sounded and spread with Wie rapidity of light, and Ensleman'a h'uherto warmest friend were fiercest in their denunciations uf nie for reducing or even letting him to bail at all. Public meetings were called inflammatory harangues made to the people distorting the transaction into a wanton invasion of justice- I was mado the focus of abuse, and lhe mark at which nn'ignity and defamation levelled their envenomed shaf.s. My conduct was condemned as a

in o" witnesses under oatn, anu a collection ana compar

ism ct a'l the facts touching tke case, and the chairman of that com.nittee a man of the strictest integrity and moral honesty not subject to the dominion of low prejudice and animal excitement a man who is universally admired for the possession of those high qualities of mind, c rrecl discrimination and penetrating sagacity, after presetitit g the report of the committee, stated to the meeting that there was no evidence of corruption, atid no ground of impeachment, but all to no purpose. .My personal enemies, still intei.t upon efT cling my ruin, by driving me to an expense which my limited mcaas but iily enable ms to sustaio, still insisted upon the prosecution of an impeachment, which has Wen attempted, and after an investigation r f all the fads, has terminated as I was conscious it mut, in my en'ire exoneration from ihe guilt of all tha accusations alleged again-t trie, as will be seen by a perusal of thp report of the committee on the subject, presented by thi lion. Th-imas S. SianJietJ concurred in by the House of Representatives, and w hich is as follows : " The committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the memorial of William G. Ewing and others praying, that articles cf impeachment might be preferred against CJeore Johnson, Probate Judge of the Allen county Probate court, have had the same under consideration and directed me to make the following report: 'Tiiat they have attentively heird the evidence in support of the cl a-ges in siid memorial. The first charge) is as follows : At the last term of the Allen circuit court, one Charles Engleman, then being in the county j til under a commitment from a Justice of tho Peace, was indicted for st aling flty-feur d dlars worth of county orders, that aft. r the circuit court had fixed the amount of bail at $1500, Judge Johnson on the 4th day of November, on the i etiu.m of Encleman, ordered a writ of habeas ctrpus to be issued for Engleman, upon w hich be was brought before Jude Johnson between nine and ten o'clock at night, anJ the amount of biil required by the circuit court reduceJ to ?500, and Eng'eman let to bail on the re cog nizancc cf one Coruad Mill, at that time notorious'y in,solvent. " It is true, that Judge Johnson did reduc the bail from 1500 to $500, but the committee cannot pereeiv that he was actuated by corrupt motives. The usual amount of bail required by the circuit court in that circuit for such offences has ranged from $250 to 500. The testimony leaves a eood deal of uncertainty, not only as to the notoriety of Nilf insolvency, bat as to the fact of his insolvency : this uncertainty seems to arise from two facts ; the one that IS'ill had been worth considerable property but had, some six or eight months ago, made a fraudulent conveyance ef his real estate to his father-in-law, to prevent Ihe creditors of a n ercar.tile house in Fort Wayne, with which he was involved, makirg his property snlj cl to the piyment of their claims; the other, that it was generally understood about the time Nill became Er.glenian's bail that he had been discharged from all, or nearly all of his debts, without much loss, and in that event would be worth about $2000 ; that Judge Johnson's conduct was imprudent and careless of the public pood, there can be no doubt. He should hav sworn and examined him upon his oath, as to bis ability to pay the amount of his recognizance, before he accepted him as the bail of Engleman. The committee, however, have not been able to perceive that he was actuated ty improper or corrupt motives. " The second chirge is that of bribery, and if as f. Hows: some time in ihe latter part of February, 1815, one George W. Collar was desirous of being appointed administrator of the estate of Ebenczer Collar, deceased, and to induce Judije Johnson to give the appointment, he agree I to pay bim one hundred dollars, and did afterwards ttive Judge Johnson his two promissory notes of $50 eachThis charge is supported by no other evidence than Collar's. From his manner in testifying; the contradictions in his testimony, and the very apparent want of principle in the witness, have induced the committee to place but little reliance nt-on his testimony. ' The committee are therefore of opinion that articles of impeachment ought not lo be preferred against the said George Johnson, apd pray to be discharged from a further consideration of the subject." I w id here say a few words in relation to the charge of bribery the second charge mentioned in said report, and a very few. words I think will suffice. It was well known to the persons most prominent in prosecuting the impeachment against me,. that 1 had only sent for witnesses on the lirst cnarge, (fir (bere was no charge of bribery in the : , . . , . T . . ! niem' rlal Er.t presented to the I.eglslature,) and hoping i ? take rne unprepareJ, they preferred the said second I "? ",c ai'cl ,uu" u witnesses nau arnvea I ?l .the yafJ,l'' trom Fort Wayne, and this was the first intimation I had of ihe charge, and to sustain ihe same, a d witness wae produced, who perjured himself in J swearing t ) the falsehoods mentioned in said report ; for, j in addition to "his manner in testifying, the contradictions in his testimony, and the very apparent want cf principle , in the witness," I proved before the committee that the j two fifty dollar note were eiven for another and a letriti- ; mate miller. The very charge itself carries its own falsity j cn its face, and is too ridiculous to merit further com- ; merit. I have thus attempted, to lay this case with all its attendant circumstances before the public, I have purposely avoided personalities at the same time that I have aimed to sketch with truth and candor, some characters. If the descriptions are inapplicable and misconceived, none can take umbrage if on the centrary the pictures are true t nature, it is well ; for such characters should be pointed, out and Iranded as with " the -mark cf the beast" in order that they may be avoided as one would avoid an embodied pestilence. And now in conclusion let me say. if a man must La neering Jew, if there is no merit in independent thought and untramnelled action; if honesty of purpose is no ' "-'B Ol OlllClal CUly, IDen Have i jlaiicdlo secure that projection which it has ever been ray I ol'i'cl to merit, and my right to expect; and however j ardently I may desire the ap,.robation of the public, whatCVirl!ieirvtrJict my be in the present case, whether it . t l'e ,or or ncincr be against me, 1 shall nevertheless have the interna! satisfaction of knowing that motivra cf the purist nature have uniformly been the moving spring' cf all my cacial acts. If at anj lime I may have ctreJ til ana v no lias not I it was an error of the judgment mid not connected with the heart, but of this I do not flitter myself I shall be able to convince my enemies ihey sra resolved I have done wrong, and though evidence to the- , Cl)lUrarT wa3 .,jed up as high 83 heaven their ! ..,.., ' ain ,.,., . , as biih as heaven, their opinions. " : J V" i "erne closing mis communication 1 cannot retrain Irora . , , . ., r , . , tendering to th se of mv friends whose fide nv nd k nd1 S i. .u: ' .... - . , - j - iicss ntreHiiu ma 1:1 me emoarassmenti and uiliiculties iuiu;:i nuicu i nave passed, mewarmest oüc-nng ol a grateful heart, and to assure them that under all circumstances, I shall remenibci with pride and satisfaction, the generous services they have rendered me, and forever continue to cherish therefor sentiments cf the most profound Sra,'tuJe. GEORGE JOHNSON. Indian epulis, Jan. ISM, 1817. u. u i- ri . i i . . Insult to ocs Irish Citizens. A discussion in the Senate, this morning, on a bill to grant the privi--lege of practis'n law to an Irishman who had been two years in Ohio, brought out some of the real doc trines and fctlinss of the whig party. Mr. Ford wanted to know if Mr. Reemelin, who advocated the bill, would include, in his wide philanthropy, Negroes as well as Irishmen and others. And Mr. Eekley said there was a Ncgto in his county that wanted to practice law, and if this bill was to pass, granting the pri virtue to the Irishman named, he would move to amend the bill by putting cn his Nejro ! What think you, Irishmen, of Whigjery by this time! Ohio Statesman. The 1.av of Brand. A suit was decided in tha Supreme Court of Ohio, last week, brought againet 2Ies?rs. -liller, Brown &. Hawkins, for damages occasioned by a reliance upon their brand. The plavI -T , r 1 11 , . mi (.L-au rence; hau bought a quantity of mess pork ot the defendants, without any other examination than that of their brand. That corresponded with the purchase. It turned out to be either not mesa pork, or of inferior quality, thin pieces, &c The question was w hether the defendants could be held able for the loss incurred by a reliance upon tbeir trand- The Court ieIJ t, couJ and lhe . a(j ; . ,amafToa .cconWW. Investigation. .The Troy Telegraph 6ays, a drunken sailor, in riding through the streets recently, found himself seized with an irresistible propensity to pitch förward, much to his annoyance, and to the complete sacrifice of all horsemanship. Not being able lo recover his centre of gravity, aud far from suspecting that the cause was in any way connected with himself, he swore that the fore legs of his steed inn st JL9 shorter than the hind, and actually stopnedj mul measured them.