Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1847 — Page 3

The tliic.igo Convention. We give below most of the letter in the published proceedings. They will be read with interet. They were introduced and read on the 2d day of the proceeding. The letters' from the distinguished individuals whuse names appear with them will attract no small attention. The letters of Messra. Denton and Wright, says the Detroit Free Fress, no doubt speak the sentiments of the whole West. If tjie whirrs expected to make party capital out of this convention they no doubt have been disappointed : Seeon! Iay TnoIay, July G. Convention met Tuesday morning, pursuant to adjoumraeot, and protected to nad letters, of which the following re copies: Letter from Gov. Wright. Castus, May 3t, 1347. Gr.HTLEjiEjr: Your circular, inviting me to attend a "Northwestern Harbor and River Convention," lo be assembled at Chicago, on the firt Monday of July next, wa duly received, forwarded by Mr. Whiting, of your committee. My attention had been previously called to the subject by the invitation of a ftieod, at your city, to attend the Convention, and genetously tendering me quarter in his family during its sittings. 1 was forced, from the state of my private business, to inform hi n that I could not make the journey at the time named; an J the period which rwi elapsed since I declined his invitation his only tended to confirm the conclusion pronounced to him. Were it possible for me to attend the proposed convention, without an unreasonable siciifiee, I should most gladly do an, as my location eives me a strong feeling in refeience to the piosperi'y and safety of the commerce of the Lakes. The subject of the improvement of (he Lake Harbors is one which my service in Congress has rendered somewhat famil

iar to me in a legislative aspect, whit my personal liavel upon the two lower Lakes has made the necessity for these improvements manifest to my ren?es. I am awaie that questions of constitutional powers have been xaised in r feience lo appropriations of m inry by Congress for the hiproverncot of the Lake Harbors, and I am well convinced that honest men have (inceicly entertained strong scruples upon this point; but all my observation and expeiience have induced me to believe that these scruples, where the individual admits the power to improve the Atlantic Harbors, aiie from a want of an acquaintance with the Lakes a ml the commeice upon them, and an inability to believe the facts in relation to that commerce, when ttoly stated. It is not eay for one, familiar with the Lakes and Lake commerce, to realize the degree of inciedulitv as to the magnitude and importance of both which i found in the minds of honest and well-informed men residing in lemote portions of the Union, and having no acquaintance with either; while I do not recollect an instance of a membet of Congress, who has travelled the Lakes and observed the commerce upon them, within the last ten years, requiring any further evidence or argument to induce him to admit the constitutional power, aud the propiiety, of appropriations for Lake Il-tibors, as much as for those of the Atlantic coast I have been of the opiuiou, therefore, that to impress the minds of the people of all portions of the Union with a realizing sense of the facts as they ate in relation to these inland seas, and their already vast and rapidly increasing commeice, would be all that is required to secure such appropriations as the state of the National Treasury will, fiom time to time, peimit for the impiovemcnt of Lake lltibois. I mean the imptovement of such Haibois as the body of Lake cornmeice requiies fir its convenience and safety , as contradistinguished from the numeious applications f r these improvements, which the various conflicting local interests upon the shores of the Lakes may prompt ; and I make this distinction, because my own observation has shown that applications for Uarbot improvement, at the public expeuse, are made and pissed, within distances of a very few miles, and at locations where, from the natural position of the Lake and coast, a good H nbor at either point would secure to the commerce of the Lake all the convenience and safety of duplicate improvements. Much of the difficulty of obtaining appropriations grows out of these conflicting applications, and the sternness with which all are pressed as necessary to Like commerce impaiis the confidence of stiangers to the local chims and interests in the impoitance of all. It is the duty of th se who urge these improvement, for the great obj'.ct for which aloue they should be made at the expense of the Nation, viz : the convenience and safety of Lake commerce, to be honest with Congress, and to uige appropiiations ouly at points wheie these considerations de mand them. The River improvements constitute a much more difficult subject, and the connexion of them with the Lake Ilaibors lias often, to m v knowledge, fatally piejudiced the fotmer lhere applications lor impiovcmrnts of Kivets, about which. as a matter ol punciple and constitutional power, I have no mnie doubt than about the Harbors upon the Lakes. 01 the Atlantic coast, and there are those, which, in my judgment. come neiiner wnnin tne principle nor the constitutional power; but to draw a line between two classes of cases I cannet. I have witnessed numerous attempts to do this, but none ol them nave appealed very sound, or very practical. The facts and circumstances aie so varied between the various applications, that I doubt whether any general rule can be laid down, which will be fouuJ just and practical; and I think the course most likely to secure a satisfactory result, with (he least danger to the violation cf principle, woulJ be for wngress 10 an separately ana inaepenaentiy uton each apiication. There has appealed to me one broad distinction between these cases which has not always been regarded, but which I think always should be. It is between the ap plications to protect ana secure tne rarely ol commerce upon Iii vers where it exists and is regularly carried on in defiance of the obstructions sought to be removed, and iu the face of the dangers they place in its way; and those applications which ask the improvement of Rivers, lhat commerce may be extended upon them, where it is not. The one class ap pear to me to ask Congress to regulate and protect commerce upon Rivers where commerce in fact exists, and the other to create it upon Rivers where it does not exist. This distinction, if carefully observed, might aid iu determining some applications of both claa-es, but it it not a sufficient dividing hue for practical legislation, if it is for the settlement of the principle upon which all such applications should rest. I use the term "cornmeice" in this definition, a 1 do in this letter, in its constitutional sense and scope. I must ask your patdon, gentlemen, for troubling you with so long ana nasiy a communication, in reply lo your note si is not made lor any pur. uc use, out to express to you vety ; I in rsw 1 1 tw f I r suinA nl m v v lotav iiru-vrt (ha ir. iarr.cini es. ; r. hri.. m mv .ice hiM, I Jh.ii . .,. ..f communicating in neiatiu. and to saiisfv run ihn lam not indiireieut to your request. lie pieased to accept my thanks for your polite invitation, and to believe me, ' lour very respectful and ob'l seiv't, k'lf AO llrnfptll L rk OIVlllOl.A. Tift ATtr Tt limn an. I iitltora fr.r m . II.. 8.. Letter from Hon. Thomas II. Benton. At a meeringof the Delegation appointed to attend the Chicagi Convention, hel 1 at the Planters House, on Saturday, the 2Gth of June, F. M. Haiciit, Esq , in the Chair, James K. Ye atx an, Esq , presented Hie following letter from the Hon. Thom as II. Uektox, which was read, approved, and ordered to be piinted with the n poit of this Delegation 1 .t. Loims, June 20, 1347. To Messrs. Wyman Crow, Edward IVaUh, James . Yeatman, and others, a Committee, 4 c. Geistlem as : In my biii-f uote addressed to rou on mv return from Jetleison City, I expie-sed the gratification I should have felt in going with the St. Louis Delegation to the Chicago Convention, and nude knowu the reason which would pievent me from having that pleasure. The Lake and Rncr uivigttion of the tiieat West, to promote which the Convention is called, very early had a share of my attention, and I never hid a doubt of the constitutionality or expediency of bunging that navigation within the circle of internal improvement by the Federal Government, when the object to be i nproved should be one of general and uatioual irnpoi lance. The junctiou of the two great systems of waters which occupy so much of our country the Noitheru Lakes on one band, and the Mississippi river aud its tributaries on the other appealed to me to be an object of that character, and Chicago the proper point for effecting the union ; and near thirty years ago, I wrote and published articles in aSL Louis newspaper, in favor of that olj-ct, indicated and accomplished by naluie herself, and wanting but a helping hand from man to complete it. Articles in the St. Louis Euqtiirer of April, 1S19, express the opinions which I then enteitained, and the "report" of that period, published iu the same paper, to the Secietary of War, by Messrs. Graham and Philips, iu favor of thai canil, (and which "report" I wiote,) was probably the first formal communication, upon authentic data, in favor of the Chicago canal. These gentlemen, with Mr. John C. Sullivan, of Missouri, had been appointed by the Secretaty of War, to run a line fiom the south end of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. I proposed to them to examine the ground between Cbicag and the bead waters of the Illinois river, with a view to the construction of a canal by the Federal Government. They did so; and on their return to SC Louis, submitted all their observations to me, and hence the publications In the newspipers, and the report to the Secretary of War. I mentiou tnis to show lhat my opinions on this sutgect aie of long standing ; and that the nationality of the Chicago canal, and, of course, of the harbor at its mouth, are by no means a new conception with me. But, I must confers, that I did not foresee then what I have since keen the Falls of Niagara surmounted by a ship canal ! and a schooner clea.ing f.uin Chicago for Liverpool ! The liver navigation of the Great West is the most wonderful on the globe, and since the application of steam Dow er to the piopulsion cf vessels, possesses the essential quali ties ol ocean uarvigation. peed, distance, cheapness, magnt tude of cargoes, are all there, and without the perils of the sea from storms and euernies. The steamboat is the ship of the liver, aud Iiuus in the .Mississippi and its tributaries the am plest tbeatie for the diffusion of its use, and the display of its power. Wonaeriui river: connecting with seas by the head and by the mouth stretching its arms towards the At lantic and the Pacific lying in a valley, which is a valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson's Bay drawing its first waters not fiom rugged mountains, but from a plateau of lakes in the centie ol toe continent, and in communication with the sources of the St. Lawrence and the streams which take their course north to Hudson's Bay draining the largest extent of rishest laud collecting the products of every clime. even the frigid, to bear the whole to a genial maikel in the sunny south, and thete to meet the products of the entiic world. Such is the Mississippi ! And who can calculate toe aggregate of its advantages, and the magnitude of its fu lure commeicial results i ManV years ago the late Governor Clark and myself un ter'ook to calculate the extent of Ihe boataOle water in the valley of the Mississippi; we made it about 50,000 miles ! of which 30,0t'O were computed to unite above Si. Louis, .o! 20 000 below. t)l course, we counted all the inlant streams on which a flat, a keel, or a batteao could be floated, ml i istlr.forerery tributary, of Ihe humblest boatable charactri, help to swell not only the volume of the central waten, but of tite commerce up a tneni. vi mu tinmvnie ex em o

river navigation, ill combined into one system of waters, St. I

T ...I. th ante. I . - J . ,.. . f . . . I I livuu w tu vsuu . eiiu me vttf rjsir vi us u iiic Jir9CUling even now, in its infancy, an astonishing and almost incredible amount of commeice, destined to increise forever. It is considered an inland town. Counting by time and money, the only true commercial measute ofdislanrc, and St. Louis is nearer to the sea than New Orleaus was before a si earn tow boat abridged the distance between that city and the mouth of the Mississippi. St. Louis is a sea port, as well as an inland city, and is a port of delivery by law, and has collected $50,0üÜ of duties on foreign Imports duiing the current year; and with a libeial custom law would become a great entrepot of foreign as well as of domestic commerce. With the attnbu'es öl chaiacteiWtie of a sea port, she is entitled to the benefits v( one, as fully and as clearly as New York or New Orleans. About twenty years ago, I moved in the Senate, and ob tained an appropriation for a survey of the lapid of Upper i Mississippi; it was potably the first appropiia'im ever ob' tained for the improvement of the op, er part of the river. About twenty-five years ago, I moved, and succeeded in the motion, to include tne Missouii river in a bill for the improvement of the wetem liver; it was the fi.st time that liv er bad been so included. Thus, on the important items of the I Chicago canal, the rapids of Upper Misw;pi, and the Mis- j soori river, I was am ng the firt to propre to include them l within the circle of iot -rnal improvement by the Federal Government. I had always beeu a fiier.d to that system, but not to its abuse ! and here lies the difficulty, and the danger, and the stumbling block to its success. Objects of general and national importance can alone claim the aid of the Federal Governneot ; aud in favor of such objects, I believe all the departments of the government to be united. Confined tr tbetn, and the constitution can reach them, aud the treasury sustain them. Extended to local or sectional objects and neither the constitution, nor the treasury could uphold them. National objects of improvement are few in number, definite in character, and manageable by (be treasury. Near twenty year ago the treasury was threatened with a demand for two bundled millions of dollars for objects of internal .improvement, theu applied for, and many of them of no national importance. The enoimity of the rum balked the system ; and so it must be again, if the proper (Si-crimination is not kept up between local and national subjects. It is for Congress to make that disciimioatiout the President cannot: he must eject or apptove the bill as a whole. Here, then, is the point at which the fiiends of the system, in Cong i ess, must exert all their care and vigilance. No arbitraiy rule can be given for the admission or exclusion of proper objnc's; but really national objects admit of no dispute; and, confined to then, I apprehend but little danger of losin; a bill, either from Executive vetoes, or for want of votes in Congress. Very respectfully, gentlemen, yo'ir mend and fellow-riti-zen. l hum AS li. BtMUS. Letter from Mr. Van Buren. Li.tDE.twALD, May 2lt, 1S47. Mr Deab. Sir: I thank you kindly for theubligiug teims in which you have been pleased to communicate to me the invitation of the committee to attend the North-western Harbor and River Convention, and b g you to be assured that you d me but justice in assuming that I am by no means iiiuiffeient to its objects. Having visited most parts of your interesting country, I witnessed with admiration and high hopes its peculiar capaci'ie, for improvement. I cannot but wih success to all constitutional doits which have thtt tliiection. Regielting that it will not be in my power to comply with your lequest, I beg you to make my acknowledgments to the committee for. this pi oof of their respect. 1 am vety respectfully aud tinly yours, E. W. TkacEy, Esq. M. VAN BUREN. Letter ft om Gen. Cass. Detroit, May 29th, 1S47. DcAaSm: I am obliged to you lor your kind attention in transmitting me an invitation toatend the Convention on Internal improvement, which will meet in Chicago in July. CiicumsUuces, however, will put it out of my power to be prescul at lhat time. I am, dear sir, respectfully yours, W. L. Whiting, Esq LEWIS CASS. Letter from Mr. Clay. Ashland, May 24th, 1347. Dear Sir : I received your fiieudly letter, accompanied by the ciicular of the committee, requesting my attendance at the Northwestern Haibor and River Convention, proposed to be held in Chicago, on the first Monday in July next. Cordially coucuriing in what is announced tobe the object of that convention, I should be happy to assist in the accomplishment of it, if it were iu my power j but I regret that I cannot conveniently attend the convention. Wihtug that its deliberations may be conducted in a spirit of harmony, and that they may lead to good practical results, I am, with great respect, your ob't serv't, E. W. Täacet, Esq. II. CLAY. The following are the propositions submitted by the Convention to their fellow citizens and the Federal Government, as expressive of their own sentiments and those of their constituents : First, That the Constitution of the United States was framed by practical men, for practical purposes, declared in its preamble, 'lo provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty ; and was mainly designed to create a govern meat whose functions should be adequate to the protection of the common interests of all the States, or of two or more of them, which could uot be maintained by the ac tion of the separated States. That in strict accordance with this object, the revenues derived from commerce were surrendered to the general government, with the express understanding lhat they should be applied to the promo tion of those common interests. 2. That among these common interests and objects were 1st. Foreign Commerce, to the regulation of which, the powers of the States severally were confessedly inadequate, and 2d, internal trade and navigation, wherever the con currence of two or more States was necessary to its preservation, or where the expense cf its maintenance should be equitab'y borne by two or more Slates, and, where, of course, those States must necessarily have a voice in its regulation ; and hence resulted the Constitutional grant of power to Congress, "to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states. 3. 1 hat being thus possess" J loth of the meins and of the owcr which were denied to the Slates respectively, J? Congress became obligated by every consideration of good fjilh nd common justice to cherish and increase both the (kinds of commerce thus committed to its care, by expandextending the means of conducting them, and of aff irding them all those facilities and all that protection which the States individually would have afforded, had the revenue and the authority been left to them. 4. That th's obligation has ever been recognised from the foundation of the government and has been fulfilled partially, by erecting light-houses, building piers for har bors, break waters and sea-walls, removing obstructions in rivers and providing other facilities fir the commerce car ried on from the ports on the Atlantic coast ; and the same obligations have been fulfilled to a much less extent in pro viding similar facilities for "commerce among the States; and lhat the principle has been most emphatically acknowl V B . a .-. aa a. a eugea to embrace tne western lakes anj rivers, by appro priations for numerous light-houses upon them, which ap propriations have never been questioned in Congress as wanting constitutional authority. 5. I hat thus by a series of acts which have received the sanction of the people of the U. S. and of every de partment of the Federal Government, under all Adininis trations, the common understanding of the intent and ob ject of the framerg of the constitution in granting to Con gress the power to regulate commerce has been manifested and has been confirmed by the People, and this understand ing has become as much a part of that instrument as any one ef its most explicit provisions. 6. I hat the power "to regulate commerce with Foicijrn IMations and among the Sta'es and with the Indian tribe,' is on its face so palpably applicable in its wholo extent to each of the subjects enumerated equally and in the same manner, a to render any attempt to make it more expli cit. idle and futile, and that those who admit the rightfu application of the power to Foreign Commerce, by facili taling and protecting its opperations by improving Har bors and clearing out navigable rivers, connot consistently deny that it equally authorizes similar facilities to "Com' merce among the States. 7. That "Foreign Commerce" is dependent upon inter nal trade for the distribution of its freights, and for the means of paying for them, o that whatever improves the one, advances the other; and they are so inseparable that they should be regarded as one. 1 hat an export from the American shore to a Iintish port in Canada n as much foreign commerce as if it had been carried directly to L-tv erpool, and lhat an exportation to Liverpool neither gain nor loses any of the characteristics o( foreign commerce, by the directness or circuity of the route, whether it passes through a custom-house on the British side of the Si. Lawrence, or descends through that river and its connect ing canals, to the ocean, or whether it passes along the ar lilicial communications and natural streams of any of the Slates to the Atlantic. 8. That the general government by extending iu juris diction over lakes and navigable rivers, subjecting them to the same laws which prevail on the ocean, and on its bays and ports, not only for purposes of revenue, but to give security to life and property, by the regulation of Steam Boats, has precluded itself front denying that jurisdiction for any other legitimate regulation of Commerce. If it has power to control and restrain, it must have the same power to protect, assist und facilitate, and if it denies the jurisdiction in the one mode of action, it should renounce it in the other. 9. 1'hat in consequence of the peculiar dangers of the navigation of the Lakes, arising from the want of Harbors for shelter, and of the Western Rivers from snags and other obstructions, there are no parts of the United Stales more emphatically demanding the prompt and continued care of the Government to diminish those dangers and to protect the property anJ life exposed to them ; and that any one who can regard provuions for tueae purpose as section n n 'nformal ' u oi"1 "VpVn illZ T"kes I al, local aad not national, must be wanti tne extent oi the commerce carried on up .a .. a and river, and of the amount of teeming population occupied or interested in that navigation. 10. That having regard to relative population or to the extent of com. rerce, Ihe appropriations heretofore made; lot tiiO niter! or rivers ana like an J t'je streams connecting

them with the pceta, hate not been in a just and fair pro

portion to thou made for the benefit of the Atlantic coast: and that the tine hcu arrived when this irjuatice ahouid be corrected in "he only mode in which it csn be done by the united, determined and persevering efTtrts of those whose right btve been overlooked. 1 1. That independent of this right to protection of Commerce among the Slates," the right of "common defence'' guarantied by the Constitution, entitles those citizens inhabiting the country bordering upon the interior lakea and rivers, to such safe and convenient harttor as may affird shelter to a Navy whenever it shall be rendered necessary by hostilities with cur neighbors ; and that the construction of auch harbors cannot safely be delayed to the time which will demand their immediate use. 12. That the argument most commonly urgeJ against appropriation to protect "commerce atnonj the State,' and to defend the inhabitants of the frontier, that they invite sectional combinations, to insure success to many unworthy nbj 'cts, is founded on a practical distrust of the Republican principle of our Government and of the caI pacity of the people to select competent and honest reprc entatives. That it may be urged with equal force against legislation upon any other subject, involving various and extensive interests. That a just appreciation of the rights nd interests of al! our ft How citizen, in every quarter of the Union disclaiming selfish and loci I purpose, will ead intelligent representatives to such a distribution of the means in the Treasury, upon a system of moderation nd ultimate equality, as will in time meet the most ur gent wants of all, and prevent those jealousies and ruspi ions which threaten the most serious danger to our con federacy. , 13. That we are utterly incapable of perceiving the dif ference between a harbor for shelter and a harbor for commerce, and suppose that a mole or pier which will afjra sate ancu'irage ana protection to a vessel against i storm, mu-t necessarily improve uch harbor, and adapt it I to commercial purpose. 11. That the imposts on Foreign goods being taken mainly from the pockets of the consumers, and the public and being the common heritage of all our citizens, so ong as (bene resources continue, the imposition of any pecial burden on any portion of the people, to obtain the means of accomplishing objects equally within the duty and the competency of the General Government, would be unjust and oppressive. 15. lhat we disavow all and every attempt to connect the cause of internal trade and "Commerce among the States" with the fortunes of any pilitical party, but that we mean to place that cause Uj on such immutable princt pies of truth, justice and constitutional duty, as shall corn mand the respect of all parties, and the deference of all candidates for public favor. The Whigs and General Taylor. It seems that a -mall section of the whig press who are peculiar for llieir extravagance of their views and the gen eral violence of their language, have conceived the idea of taking Gen. Taylor under their peculiar care, and by nom nating nirn lor l resident in 143, and making a great clamor upon the sutject, they hope for once to have a man for President whom ihey atarted. Ii i welt for the noto riety of (ien. Taylor, that these presses have proposed hint; for they have ever been conspicuous as the most windy and nuiey parlizins in the country, but il is rather an un favorable indication of hia success in 'IS, for we have not known, in a long courne of years, any public measures or proposition brought forward by this section of the press. lo attain what they considered a favorable isue. 1 hey are not actuated by the principles and feeiing that move the masses of the people in this country, and all their syra pathies with them are momentary. Gen. Taylor c m manding an army in Mexico, may appear to them to be a very suitable person to propone for the next President, but Gen. Taylor on his farm in Louisiana, saying that he is opposed to a system of protective duties, and a United States Uanking system, that be advocated the movements of our troops to the Kio Grande, and lhat he believed in the justness of the war against Mem o, in which, he was ready at any moment to shed his blood, and to undergo the fatigues and hardships of a camp life, and that he insisted upon strict impartiality in the administration of the pub lic atlairs, and a rigid military obedience to the Constitution and the lawa of the land, would, we think, prove a very distasteful candidate to these partiztns. They yield such n obedience to the laws as they imagine their spirit requires. He is trained lo the most implicit military sub mission, tie has been accustomed to see honors and re wards distributed around him according to merit in the public services. They would beslow all offices and all re wards according to the quantity of "hard cider consumed. 1 he habits and the firm and decisive trails of mind pecu liar to a military commander are most obnoxious to these panizans. They could never have brought themselves to have sustained Harrison through a single campaign if the little military spirit be ever postered bad not in years be fore oozed out of him These considerations are however, of no weight in their minds. I hey still propose to call Gen. Taylor home from the command of the army, and to commit to him the ad ministration of the civil alTair of the nation. Even the republican spirit of half civilized Rome, could .not endure such a proposition until the days of her degeneracy. But these men with spirit rrJore servile and destitute of the dignity of manly independence than the heathen Romans, are ready to recall their General from the battle field and to commit the entire civil administration of the country to him already flushed with the spqil of victory. This is the more worthy of notice, as it is but a few years since these peculiar patriots affect eJ great horror at the election of a man in the "sere and yellow leaf" of life to the Presiden cy, and wbo had in the days of his prime, done the coun try some service, I he country may see fit here.ifter, for aught we know. to elect Gen. '1 ay lor Presidenl ; but the people must know more about him than they d al present. No committees of silence can be placed around him like the Cincinnati committee of Gen. Harrison. 'There are many great and important questions before the ration, involving immense interests that the people of this country will never over look, or entrust to a man of whose views they are, to say the least, ignorant. IS'or is this all, they never will elect any man to the presidency who is not a hearty supporter of Ihette great mterei-U, IC il t lhi taliift nfAuciis thrituuinfT ai.li all ertnutittf ratiitna of this kind.to Ihe disgrace of themselves ad the discredit of their party, shout and foolishly expect to win a race when they nave not even the important limbs which are necessa ry to move with. IS. 1. Putt. The "Whirr. Central Committee of the State of Oliio " have issued an "Address" to the Whigs of that State, in which after denouncing the annexation of Texas and the war with .Mexico as " impoli tic, expensive, ilemoralizinrr, and ai;nin:r at the extension of slavery ," and ih clariujr that, " as citi zens of a free State, tliey never will consent to the further extension of slavery " they take occasion to say a few words on the suhject of the Presidency, which, in connexion with such introductory avowals, are not at all equivocal : M A wotd on the subject of the Presidential candidates: Far be it frum us to dt bar any man, even il we had the power, from apiring to the highest office within the gift of the people, neither trau a ice m ike military success, how ever brilliant, a test if qu ilificutioru And while we con demn aud reject uo man, o neither do we propose any man iu conoexiou with the Presidency. We are pledged lo no one we are committej to no one. We do nut think the present a proper time to select a candidate. Let us re-assett our principles, and declare the policy on which ve iuleud to act. That the Whig Central Committee," at this par ticular time, would have put forth such explicit declarations without being fully warranted by the public opinion of their party, is exceedingly impro bable. That any whi-j can be elected to the I'resi dency without the vote of Ohio, stilt more iniprobabies in fact out of the question. The Whig-Taylor Movement. The 'National Era commenting ably, upon the sudden love-at firsteight which so unexpectedly to themselves seized the whigs at the first blush of Taylor's military achieve ment and their worship so quickly offered upattheal tar of availability, says: It involves, on the part of the wiiirs, an utter abnegation of all principle, all con sisteucy. They have denounced the policy of making the camp the stepping stono to the presidency. row they are anxious to place in that chair a man smoking with the blood ot battle and known only as a war rior. lliry hare anathematized tlii3 Mexican war as wicked and infamous; but they arc resolved to crown with highest honor him who has made xcickedness triumphant, ami infamy "glorious." They pass sentence of condemnation upon Air. Folk for having ordered the march of the army to the Rio Graink a top which they declare was the immediate cuu-ie of the war arid then would make a President of the man who first recommended that measure. They pronounce the extension of trlavery the greatest curse that ran bt full this nation, and yet can think of nothing el? than electing to the Presidency, and investing with the veto twwer, one whose whole interest is idenli,k,J wilh lavcr anJ who wtm,d dbtless veto a,,y "eluding it from newv territory ! They affect io Dfucveiii.it inuir principles in relation to uomestic industry and tariff-, linance and banking, internal improvements and public lands, are vital to the Republic, the only I rue basis of its welfare; and yet they not only kivnr nothiu certainly of the political

principles of their favorite caudidate, but have taken extraordinary pains to "keep themselves in the dark. Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, publishes a letter, in which he declares that he his understood, from intimate friends of General Taylor, that lie was always regarded a denmcratic in bis views of public policy ; and we have seen no opposing testimony of equal weight. But the whij leaders want no light up'in the subject, though they are firmly cnvincid

the country will be ruined unless their principles are carried out. i heir "principlesl" 1 he committee of correspondence, appointed by the great meeting at Philadelphia, (a meeting rppnrted to be without distinction of party,") to notify Gen. Taylor of his iotni nation, announces to him its desire that he should occupy the Presidential chair, "with no pledge but those contained in the official oath, at his inaugu ration," and "with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution" as his "guides," aud it closes its letter with the following paragraph : "Ihe undersigned, under these circumstances, take the liberty of 'assuring you that they neither desire nor expect an answer to this communication." "Loo befnrt you leap," is a maxim of ordinary prudence. But these men profited so hugely by disregarding it in 1310, that they must try the experi ment again. 1 hey will leap, then look, and perhaps catch a Tyler. Such stultification to often marks the 6habby politics of this country. Think cf it the whole wh;g party tying itself hand and foot, blindfolding itself, and then delivering itnelf over, soul, body, and spirit, to the eafekeeping of a man whose political principles they know nothing about, and whose ability to govern they only guess at ! Such a movement may succeed fjr Hie time, but in the end vviil prove the death of the party responsible for it Tactics like the; will teach the rx'ople to discredit its principles, end laugh at its professions. Refublican Aristocracy. The intellijent Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, adverts to I a fact both amusing and instructive, as showing bow a certain feature in the physiognomy of all govern ments is preserved at V ashington as it is in Lurope: " 1 would allude to the fact, that among the clhcers whose service is comparatively easv, and requiring either litUe experience, or frw preparatory studios, . . a. a - you always find those who are mot respectably con neclexl with " the first families" of the land. Thus amon2 ,he cavalry officers of England and France, you find the names of all the distinguished families of those kingdoms, and so with the different bureaux and civil othcers of thoe countries. But when you inquire into the families of artillery officers, distin gmshed engineers, heads of departments, chiefs of bureaux, which require labor, experience, and science. you will always find that nine-tenths of them are what the idiots of the "upper reirioti" call parvenus, that is, risen by their own merit and intrinsic worth, simply because the "old families," with all the influence they may possess, have not the requisite talent to fi! the phices. "It is so here in Washington with the heads of bureaux and departments, who are generally partenus, while the hopeful scions of the " first families" are content to hoid clerks! ips under them Skei.etov of the Kegiment. During the Ameri can war, whil-t Cnl. Burgoyne commanded in Cork he saw a corpulent soldier among the spectators on parade, whom he addressed as follows : ' Who are you, sir: you must be urillfd twice a cay to bring down your corporation. Who are you, sir !" 1 lease your honor," replied the soldier, " I am, sir the skeleton of the fifth regiment of foot, which has just marched over from America." The fact was so for such was the carnage of the disastrous war, that only this fat soldier and Capt. Webb returned to Eu rope, out of a full regimeut that landed iu America. Uttl sir's Fills- Sometime last summer the agent of the manufacturer, left us some half dozen boxes of this medicine, some of which have ren osed by our friends in the country, ana the balance by the tnnds of this office. From the country we have heard flattering accounts of these pills, and as they have been the only medicine used here, we know they have been the cause of abating disease and speedily restoring health. Many of the nostrums of the day are mere money making schemes, got up for imposing upon the credulous sick; we think, however, that these pills may be regarded as a public benefit, and are entitled to generel confidence. Their being coated with sugar. while it does not I ipair their effects, adds greatly to their being easily swallowed. Let the public try them. Torre Haute Ljcprets. Tin: 31 A It It ETS. CINCINNATI, July 16 6 o'clock, p. m FfourThere was considerable willingness to-dir to sell below $4, bold ers askin $3 S7 a 3 90, or thereabouts, but buyers were scarce at these rates, and only transactions lepotted were IUU brK liora store at 3 93 delivered, and 300 do at 3 87. Provisions The only sale reported to-day were 42,000 lbs. llacon Shoulders, ju't from smoke, at 6le, packed; 7 hhds. Shoulders at 6c. hhds. 1 50 ; 15 let. extra suar cured Harn, canvaied, at lOJc kd. Whisky Sales of o2 bils. fiom distillery at lite t SO do at 17c ; 150 do from store at 17 jc ; 60, 32 and 0 bris, fiom river at I7jc j 37 d at 17e ; 206 and 200 do from canal al 17c s 12 do copper distilled, at same; 159 do from railioad at 17c. Com A sale of 5000 bush in bulk, to a distiller, at 31c : 40 brl at 30c, bt Is included. Cincinnati Gazette. NKW YORK, July 14th, 8 p m. The market for Flour presented a mote steady appearance to-day at previous quo tations, tienesee sold to a fair extent at $6 a 6 124, aoJ Western at 5 50 a 5 7-3. Prime White Wheat sold to a moderate extent at 130 a 131c. Of Red (not piime) 20,000 buh sold at 1 15 a 120c. Of Yellow Cora theie were sales of Piime at C7 a 6Sc. Whisky has declined to 22 cents per brl. . The maiket for Provisions is dull and prices aie drooping. Dealers in ßreadstutTi manifest a disposition to wait for the ü" ieuin UJ Married, On the 16lh instant, by the Rev. A. II. Alyi m m m . w a ers, nir. coward i. iicftisgtob, to juius Harriet Tt'Rrtr.R, both of Marion county. On the lth, by the same, Mr. Jacob Iorner, to Airs Mart Harris, both of this county. DIED, On Saturday afternoon last, Martha Anh. contort of Governor V hitcomb On Monday, after the performance of religious services at the Governor s house, the remains ol the deceased were accompanied by a funeral train to the eastern boun dary of the city, from whence the corpse was tn be con veyed lo (Jruo. tve are not in possession ol lurther par ticulars On the 15th July, of intlnmatinn of the lung, William II. A. Armstrong, son of Judge Armstrong of this county. in the 20th year of his age. v Vor Congress, WILLIAM W. WICK. ?iii:io coukty" W03IIMATIOXS. , .. S THOMAS W. COUNSEL, Representatives, j GEORGE A. CHAPMAN. County Treasurer, JOHN M. TALUOTT. County Assessor, AH IK A VELLS. County Ctnnmhsvmer, ELIAS N. SHIMER. School Commissioner, WILLIAM MARTIN. XjVe are requested t announce LUCIAN BAR B(R M , canJi jille for ,e tffice of pro8ecuii..g Attor ney at the ensuing election. rT7"Ve are requested tn announce DAVID IVAI LACE as a candidate t-.r the office of Proseculirrg Attor ney in Marion county, at the August eleclioi. We are authorized to announce Jacob Landu as a candi date for county Treasurer. " Canton Ta Company's 'IVas. rBMIE iiuiiersir'ncd is the only authorized asent at Indianapolis, JL for the sale of thce niirivalled Teas, lie keejri constantly on hand, a full assortment or all the varieties, and sells them at New York prices. He invite the nuimc to can ana try mem. July 10,18. A. II. DAVIDSON, opposite the Palmer House, wf AIR Cloth, Hain aiu! Damask for Sofas and Chnirs. fine as Mm sortment, Just receiver! at lGR.irDO.VS. fcjPANISH Moss, Gum elastic Cloth, Curtain stutf. Oil Cloth Luces, Frinjre.&e., Just received at U lituiruux s. .I'LENI)IU assortment oi torne in solar Lara Lamps lor lj Parlors and Churches; Lxtra Glutei and Chimneys, wirfcs. Sir.. Just received at 4.1 GRiroovs. Ot'QUET Holders," silven-d and tilt, a benutilul article, for X Mautel and Centre 1 allies, Juki received at li GRJtYDOyS. Im B ILL end Oross Cut Saws made liy William Uuw lund, TUite XlM. delphia, and ail warranted, just received at 15 GR.irro"S nl'ILUlMJ Materials of every description just received M ij GR.irpoys. rm TENT I'roi) Latches, a new article, lust rer-eired at I ' ii fjo m xrni n GRAYDQVS. vr ONE33 Pa" Locks, a new ankle as a Substitute for weights J .ml nnllies. lust received at 13 GRJtYDOSS. MAHOGANY Ver Juit received at AHOGANY Veneers, Lnreau Nobs, 4.C. for Cabinet work, COFFI2R MG4K. AGOOD arti -Ieol I heckered Slore, GOOD arti leof llio Coffse and N. O. Suear c.he.ap.'at the W. B. I KE9TO.N v CO. l idiattopolis, Juna ,19I7.

RAYMOND & WAKING'S

GRAM) ZOOLOGICAL. LXIIIISITI OX Triumphal Entry of the .cv and Ciorjrooii ROMAN BAND CHARIOT! Drawn hi Ten Greif Jltraes of the Jjtrcesl Size. Thii maimifircnt Car onivlrt in tx-autv and (plendor anv tblna of the kind ever behrld. In Croat it p-esem iwo Htrrnlean fijeures one rt-presenting Neptune blowing hissea h II, the other hat of the CoIossim ol Khle be.irrtg an einMcm ot h''a:nn mytholoT. TlM whnle chariot ii miml nf ataiuarv and literal.) covered with Geld. Tb anel are a tomej with aproriate painnng't. The lout tiuemblt is per'e -t, tjtn? unnoiinie i i y an immense canopy, supported tyt o Girtfftt, ami dec" atfd with ilkt-n tapeatry.'on tue spei of which in perched the jlmeritmn "' . . Tne irngpn oi tr.e cnariot, ieeu Height to summit of canopy, 50 f'--t. The weight in full. 8.1MI ranili Will tra exhibit! at Indianapolis on Ttinrcilor. July 89. let?. (for one day only,, open from !ie F, M., to fouj P. M. Admission Sj cent; rniidreti an 'er ten yea-i oi a;e i conn RAYMOND k. WARING would annonn'e to the ciiix-ni of the Weit that tliey w ill now have an opportunity or seeing the relebrateJ, brave and powerful 1 1 err I) ri Council. with his bizhly trained Lion. TiRent. and IoparHs. lie stands at the head of al timer of wild beats, n l la tteen aiib-d by rriti-aihe - A'ine," a he has exposed hit iife b-fore t lis in lulxluinir the largest and mtt terri' le Linn cvercui;ht ; tliisani mal is at present in his po-siHt, and has repeatedly aeii iu lite, when eserriMine the other beasts it the peMormin? eage. Dnesbach pet Tiger s feats, together w ith thoe or tlie Uvn and Leonard, hare been beheld and admired by millions : be actually drives a wild Lion, liarnescd to a car, thus showing the supreme nmiesty of man alove Ihe brute. Tlie wild tenants of the forest, from the hnffe and doeile Ele phant, the majestic Lion of unexplored Africa, the fierce Tipr of the Bengal Jim es. ine ueatiuiui ieopari, in piajiui inn irioni Bear, eentle Gixellp. the uefu! and niitient Cnnn-I, the curi ously striped Zelira, the grave roh'-ins Hyena, thestealrhy Panther, the avnee Wo, the cunniu fox. down inroiign an tne ieser srades, are here hclie'd with perfect safety, true lo their nature al time, but perfectly sulj-'Ct to the control ol uihii, tue i.ora oi Creation. 'articular reference is given to the Mammoth Ulli, Posters and I.ithntfr.iijhsi in the prinrnml Hotels. fcraTlie w holn Menagerie, iu entering earh town preceded bv the Chariot, containing the New York Itr B?"d.wi!l form a fSrand Prr-esioii of thirty carriages, containing the various uni. mal-), and drawn by one hundred horses. 1 J TO lMIYSIl'IAXS. 20 ounees ruTph. Morphia 21 do pureKreosole IS Co Iodine 2 lo Veratiine 5 lo Iodine of Iron 2 do Chinoiitin 2 do ProtkV.rie Mrrcnry ounce Carburet of Sutphur 30 pounds Turkey Oi'iom inn do Powd. Rhuliarb Stl do Cream Tartar M do Towdcred Iperae 2 barrel Gum Camphor CO ounces of I'iperine :'2 do Nitrala Silver 24 do II vit. rutasMura 2U do Sali'ine 3 do Oil F.rgot 3 do Prtvo lod. Iron 3 do Fermcvatircret Iron 1 Ounce Dmminri H!0 pounds Cloml An. Si Eng 411 lo lllue .Mass no do .'0 du Pup. C 'Oil a .10 do Fow l. Jalap 1 ca.e Aloes fnct ram.is.l warranter! nnre and fjie bji le low bv July 13. 147. 15 I. CR Alf! 11 RAT). Ci QI'. Cask.! Brandy. 2 ur casks pure fort Wine, one Lam Madeira Wine, one barrW Sherry Wine, one barrel Sweet Main pa V ine.one barrel Holland t.in, selected expressly lor me diriual purposes, and war ran UM pure, and lor ale ny July 13, lr-17, 13 D. DRM1HEAD I CASK Madder. 2 Ceroons Indiiro : also Logwood, Camwood BL Futie. Branil wood. Turmeric, Alum, Coppera, Blue Vitriol VerdigrU, &c. Ac, all of the very best quality. Just reeeived and opened at the drug store of u. IKaiohlau Julv 15. IK-IT. 1.) Sliaviusr "o:is, Ac A LOT of Gales'i Walnut Oil Military Shaving Poap ; also a rrreat varietv of other soans anil shavinf compound, just peneu at iftrtiuiib.ii' -" 1 . r n I l-Il P Tt'J n .tt.r Ct.... July t , 147. 15 Cigars. A CHOICE lot of Cigars, a great variety of brands just opened at CRAIGHEAD'S Diu Stora. at Jnlv 15. 1P47. ft ' I.MtUW lLA3S Ol ail iws ranging tram o 'j iw tv ;i "j :16 : alo a great variety ofme.licnl slss ware, iut reee.iV' ed and Tor sale at reduced prices at ciiaiuiie. au 3 Drug store. Jnlv 13. im7. 13 ruini. Vc. fg DBLS. 8t. Turpentine, 1UO kef's White Lead : alsoCopa HF and Japan Varnish, Linseed Oil, Red lead, Lil harre, Ve netinn Red, Lamp BItck, Drop Black, and every other article in the line of painting, just received and for sale at the very lowest prices at i,KAHiiitA!i s urug store. jury 13, I'M. n fT OOKIVG CLASS PLATES, all sire, rrom 8 t y in, to IU ly JkA S6. for sale at CRAIGHEAD'S Drug Store. July 13, 1P47. 13 ANVILS, Vkes, Screw Plates, Wrenches, E!iti- Springs, Pal ent Axels, Mill 8 rews, Pipe Boxes (ground) W;nn and Bug n . i . r n i. t ' r r& fj noxts, just rereiveu at 15 GRA'DOSS. WANTED -Flour, Corn Meal, butter, Ejr?s. Beeswax. Feath ' erg. Flax and Tow Linen; for all of which the htphet pri ces will he paid in too ls at July IH, 147. I)AV1D!U. s. MES'S and Rowland's Shovvls, uiunurcand hay forks lust rereived ut 13 GR.IYDOS 1))ANEL, Hand, Tenon, Compass, Key hole, Frameai.d ool a Suws just receivea at u. iijuiiuim a alLANES, Bench Screws, Tri-Metreand Bevel squa'. s just re reived at 15 GR.lYn Vf. riic Mate of Inliaiia, Mai ion Cotuiiy 1k thb Marion Cibcuit Codst, it AraiL Tcsat, A. U. im Crou Bill i Chancer. Ailoltihus H. Smith vs. James L. Civan, and Rhoda Giv.m. h wile, and David Lontr. and Hester Lnnsr. his w ite, and others 'BtHE said defendants. James L. Givan. and Klioda divan, b JL wife and David Long, and Hester Lon, his wife, who are not residents nf the State of Indiana, a-e hereby notified, tlml at the April Term in the year r47 ol said PI arum circuit rottrt, said Ado'Dhus IL in lib. tiled his cross bill of romp aiut ajainw them and otbers, in the suit in chancery the-i pendiuj in said court, ot A-irun Alldridge atrinst said tmita and others : that said rrnvs bill ia now itendin-e in said court, and that unless they aniiear and pleatl to. or answer the same on or before the railing ol the cau- on the first day of the neat term of said court, lo be held attheroun house in the town of lnitianno!is, on Ihe third Monday in Orlobeiitext.said cross bill and the matters and things therein contained, will lie taken a confessed, and held as true aua'nst sai.l defendant. James L. and Rhoda Givan, David and Ib-ster Lour. Bv order of the court. 13-3w Attest: U. B. DUNCAN, Clerk. M!i:siirr silk. RY virtue of a w lit of decree to me directed from therlerk's of fire of the Marion rirruit court. I will rxpnue lo public, sale. on the 7th day of August, IM7, at the Court House door, in the town of liiili.iiiiiiioli. within the hours prescriltetl by law, the rents and profits for seven years, of tlie lollowin real es'ate, to wit : Com nenrinii ai the north east corner of lot No. 12, in aipiare No. 74. in the town of Indianapolis: thence west along the alley to trie norm west corner ot toi .o. io in sniu njuare, iw u-t mmiu n'.l f et : thence east to Muioih street ; thence north 3J f.-et to tue place of bceinniiijr; and on failure to realixe tlie full amount of judement, interest and rosta, I will, at the same time and place. entöle tne tee simple oi said rem eintc. i kcn as me proiwiv of Ann Allee, Henry Allee, and Albert Allee, at the suit of Alfred Harrison. A. w. mwhUi, ,13 3w ($2.00) Sheritr of Marion County. State or Indiana, llatnilloii Count), . Is the raosttf Ooust or Hashltoa Cot'HTV, Mav 1 kh, 1647. Estate of Richard t'odc, deceased. reliti-u Im tell real TiJOW comes Edward Hall, admint-trabtr of the estate of said Rkh.ird C'ouk. drce.ircd.and it aittrariue from the berUfs re turn on the aiiiiiiiions issuel lierrin, that the aid tleleinlanU, Henry htaen and ElrKaheth relate, are not footid. and rmideuce unknown. It hi thetehire ordered hy lite court, that the said deleiidanu, Henry Pias and Elizabeth Stage, be maitied of the pendenry nf Ihm itetriam hy publication lor three weeks succeosivrly in the Indi. iia Stale Sen Intel, a weekly put die newuairr of rwal circulatam printed and puhliidied at Indianapolia, Marion ct nty, Indiana, ivaif) in nd de Icnil mts that unless they will appear ou ile ca'ting of the came at ihr neu term of this rouit, and sliotv cause why lire fe-tl eslate of said deceased shall not be sold, and made asrU in the hatidn of smd ad miniKlrati' forlhe purpose of tn the dehls due from tlie same, tlie said petilkui and tlie milters therein contained, will he taken as confessed. Altert, JOHN tl. BURNS. Ork. NoMeerilte, July 6, 1847. jjlb Jrtuteof Indiana, Ilaniiltoii Count) , ss. HaafiLTO! Ciact it CotST, Maatrt Teasi, 1S47. is Chunreru. Joha tj. V. rns v. Jolia Lucy, Jat ksoii Lacy. Joseph mitli. Nancy Smith, Archibald Alexander, Alvita Alejaudrr, Maty tJcy, John Thiri'. Mry Ttnrp, M area ret Jan Suwart, Sumtiel Stewart, and Imnel Stewart, and Earl t. Stone. 'UW ci h ties ihe contrfainant by Rirboor and Oarver hia soliriaira W and tt appearing trotn the sheriff's return tm the Hi!.-na wmied herein, that tlie uVlendant, Archtba.tl Aletrander, is not fnind.atid that his residence is unknown. It la llM-reftire ordered by Iii Ciairt, that llKt said Archibald Alexander be notified of the pende.K-y of this sum hy publriition for three weeks in succession In tlie Indiana State Sentinel, a public newspaper of jtem ral circulation, printed and published at Itrdiaiintioli, Marion contily, Indiana, tlie 14 td winch tlilicatMMi to be at least äity davs brle lite fiM day of the next lernt of this court, and Hint unle he will irar on Hie rallmg of llteianeat the nest lerm of Una ctairt, and plead, answer or demur In the bill of complaint and stipptriiieiiL-il bill hrrelti, U same w ill be btken asrou-fes-ed. By the etlurt, Attest, . JOHN O. BURNS, Clerk. S3wis SIIEltiri'S SAMfmY virtue of an execution to me dire-te.l fiwiri the clerk's offire M9 of 'be Marion cirruit court. I will expoxe to public s.ile, on the 31st dar of Ju'y, 1H17, at the Court House door, in the county of Marion, and Slate of Indiana, w i hin the hours prescribed by law, the rents and profits lor seven years, oi tue luiiowina real estate, tu-wit: The undivlled half of the west two thirds of lot number 3, in square nurrrlicr 63, in the town of Indianapolis; and on failure lo realize the full rmonnt of jttilimrn, intei-eid and cns, I will at the same time and place, expose the fee simple of said real estate. Taken as the property of JarksouOrerhail. at the suit of Naury Valentine. A. W. KUSSEL, . Il-4w (flii) Pherltf of M;non County. SIIIJCIFF'S SU.I, BY virtue of al eaecntnra to me dire-ted fron the c lerks office of the Marion circuit court. will expose to ptrlilic sa'e, on tha SM day of July, 18it al llwLVbtt bou-e t'onr ir Indianapolis, within the hours proscribr! by law, I in tne town of the rents and profits, for seven rears, of the futlowirej rred estate, to-wil: The undivided t'tteret of Jesse King in tli soinii east ijuaiter of the south west quarter of suction number 22, in township nnniber J4, of ranse number 5 east, containing 40 arres ; and on failure to realiss the full amouot of judtment, interest and costs, I w ill at the same tim and place, expo- the f e simple of ssid real e'nte. Taken as the proiiertv of Jces Kin, nt Iba suit of Francis Kersey. A. W. Rl'Ssl.i. ,t."- r "r eu; , f i . , f-r ....

IVAYY IIi:CF AM FOltK lOlt 11.

4vf Drmtwv. tOHALEII IKOI'OfALS. r -riof-ow'S lor F-f." 4 3 -rrwpKiuil for Purk," as the ruse m I. v iil If nC' iH al it erne-until 3 nvdKk, r. M.. on VoudJ . ihr C4 d.n ot An 5 I m t. for (uruixlon j and dcUtrtlug, fri-e of iI; a et ml rk U tie I n.-. Matm Kire O oiaiil four lmntr-. I arr! navr bctT. '1 t""" 1" j" rich! buii-Irt 1 nvii navy -ok : Earh harrvl to rontaia not It-sn llian two bn.lrv pnnn Ii nl Wright of or poik : aorc-ruf i;lil in ntin-r rHf ti I e rwi.! lor. lo Ire drliveretl at the itttrccitve navy cre, a luliows: Barrrlt Strf. I.XK1 ll PtfttU Pmtk. ,l. 1,(0 1 u-o AtChnrlitown, Mass., At BruoVl; n, N. V., At LoiKrt, Vj., 4, lit) Si'iJ 1-eef and porV must le de'ivrn d. oneha'f lteen the f.rtt ar of J.inuarv. MIÖ. and Ihe firnt dav of April. Uli : ainl ih'-wh-rr Imlflx-twern thelVh dav of Apri', l"if. n.l tie .,-h ! of Ue, I?!?, unless earlier deliveries hnti. lie rttimrej l tnettirtl !' this Bureau. O fers must lx? made :'r Carh hall .-j-rtelt and istiiH-tly rhat is. for the Imlf leliTer.dile letwe.-ritl e rirst of Jirtuary and first of Ai-ril, a-d tr ti e I all lciivertile Uimrrs tt-e Ijtii ol April and lirh of Jilne. Iff. ravin'-nt fur tlie first r.ail to be made within thirty dys after deüvrrj ; Ad lor the wroud half in t'-irty days aller tle I jth June. J. lheli-f must e from w ell fattened cattle, s'amr'-terrri N-tvtrn 1'ie tirst day of November, 14?, pnd ti e first day of Februar v. IM", and wei' inj not 'ess than stj hundred pounds, net weic'n. each. T e less and le rantlf ft the hinrl narter. and tl-e hin and shotlld.-r rlo.U. ant at leasi elirht -Mjim-is from tlie mt-V etnlof each fore quarter, or the parts ntarked Nus. 1, S, and 3, c-n drawintor delineation of the fore and I ind riort r of an o. which w ill be attached to and Intm a p.-rt tt' the cmtra--t, tftu holly CkCluded from each riarref and ht.lt barrel, anritte re-writ-iteroi tlie rare ass must he cut la rtecesof noi lew ti.au cigta potiuilttrh. The iwik must be narked lrtm eorn-f. d. well fattened ho-. 'uglKrU between thtr 1st day tif Noreniir, l4T. end he Ärxt lay of Kebruarv. Ifr1, and we:zl v e not less than two hundred pounds each, i xclui'ing the h a.ls,jli-s, neckt, houldeis, l am. egs, i-tt and lard, and II n lui-e fieces ; and must te cut In tM S'.mj not less than six poumt rtrh. B-ilh the lieef and iorW mu-t be tailed wrh at 1 irct one statute bthhelof Turk's Isiand, Ut of Mat, or Si. I'Ut a't ; .AJ'ts eef must l ave five ounces of line pulverized sal: p-tre to each bsrr 1. esclnvit-.- of a pickle, to be male fiom freoli wat. r, as strung alt v. ill make it. One fourth t!ic qmntity of lnvf, arJ one fourth the nnnrrti'v 'f pork, mut be pa Led iu half battels, and ronw'in one hundred poumla nett w. i -ht of each, a the caw mir W: and. im n'.imiinfr the price, tnu b.- lf Mrrels are to lie rontiJrred as one barrel. Tlie barrels and balf barrels must lie made of the liest n a-t-ned white oak, or white ah staves and lieailinir: if of the forrfier.to be not les t'mn llilve-Hninhj of art l.x-H thick : if of tte l.itirr. to be not less than an inch thick tor ber-ers, and thrre funrths of ai inert lor nan l a-reis, and to be hooped at least three Mirth! ever m-ith ti:e .est white ?ak or hirkor hoofs. rH-ri narrcl and :i ill bjrrcl must be b- anded on its he.id "iavv ""("or -N Pork. stle rase mav be. Willi tlie rOtltraclor'a name and the year when parked. I ne "eel an J por will. U' less otherwise din-eted bv tie ebi-f ofth'S Buri aii, he tuspeited by tlie iipe'tins itlieers at Hie re-spee-tive navv yr-l aforesaid, and bv 'ttie -sworn innpeclor of ta in lnmi-Kin,," who sill I ae't-eted bv the respect tve Commatiüiue ollicen; but their rhtrgrs for stirh f"Section must tti iid hy ttterecciive contraeiois, who must likewise l ave the arrvls Mit in gond shipping order lo tin' -a'lrfactiiitt of the tintmmdanu or the r--( etive navy yards aforesaid, after instectkin, and at their o n riprnse. Bidders must Siiccifv tl.eir iirires senarab lt and distinrtlr in SeKirate ortets hrr tlie beef and for tie ik.i'nl for each ot the place oi tlelivrry , coverini; a I rtiw and ail rhar;e. Iioiiits in one tlurd the amount M tlie ret-pe ttve contracts w ill e teouireil, and left per ceiititm iu a-iilition wilt It- withliebl front th amount of e:irli p,.ymeiil to lie made, as roll iters! senirt'y fur the due and fait! ful irrforiiiance of llieir reiet ttve rontrarta. kvi.icii win ou no arrou-t l paid until tl e rumra-1 are rompn.i witli in all resiiM-cts, and is to m torlei'ed to tlie United R'ati- in t':e event of lailurn to roitip'ele ihe itelive'ii-s w it'n H e prevt ibed period. An-I in raseol fai'u-e on tl.e p.-.rl of th- cOnlraf'tif to b-!i er the atutesaid lieef and pork within lite time specified. Hia rimi oi the liureau il I'lttiisHins and riothn g sba I have I be ri:ht to direct purrhaiu-s to made lo m p y the iletirii-nrie, aud any excess of roils slia I le eta red lo and faul bv 'he rout-ac tors. Tay ment will I c made ! ) Ihe United Stile at the periods a'ove sp- cifieil. (etreidin the ten p r -entufln to 1-e w nl hi 1,1 until t' erompleiion td the contractu as lwlore st;.i H,) after the mid 'et f and pork shall have hern ini-ctiil Pd ret-eive-t, .nd bill-Kr the same s'mll b;ive turn pn aettliM lottie rinvj ajt fits rrspecuvely, duly approved bv the cminrO Jun's cl the rrjiccUte nary yarrls,- aeccirdinr to the ti-rms of the corrmets. 1 1 e parrs of ihe be f t beexcludiil w i I tie puricularlv dei;nated in the t-nirravin-' to l e attai-hed to tl erontra t-. I'trrOii intereted can o' tun tl.em on aprlic:it-6tt at this other. uidiiers no-e pro: als a'e a-ceited (.-nd n inr other) w it! M forthwith notified, and a c-rlv as prarti aide a contr-t and bored will he transmitted to tl ent for etoiitiou; which inntracl ai-d ttond must lie returned to the Eun-au witt-iu ten da s, cvfj-ire of the time required for lhj ri-iilar trai.srrrissinti of the mail. Every o:fer made must be aecomtianied (as diiecti d in the tilh sectkm of tlie act of Cr'rres mak-n; appropriations tor ti c naval ervire Tor lr- , approved 1 Cat It Auut, 10. s rO;-y d t lieh is sti' joined,) by m written trttaranry, sij-icJ by otie or inorf- feprnsible persrmsto the ell'.-ct lb l be or tliey undertake ti nt the l td -der or I Mders wilt, if bis or their bid be accepted, ent. t into an oblilntion w ithin ten datS. with good and sufficit-tit uretn:, to futnh the articles proioe.l. This guaranty annst l aceompanlej by the eertificite of the Ü. S. Dirtrict iudec. U. S. fintm t A'torn'ev. Navv Aeefit. er aim otlicer tff the General Government, or individtiul knovt rt to the Cureau , that tlie guarantors are aide to m. ke göod tin ir rtiaranty. No proposai will le considered unless accompanied by such guararrty. , The i'idder's name aid residence, and ti e naae of each mom" w of a tirm, w hktt company oder, shotihl t dulinc'tiy stated. Evtract from the act or Conpre approved Anffust 10, IS-IG i ''Stc-ti. Anibt il further uudnl, Tl a , from n.d alter tl.e puSaeeol thin act, every proH;ul lor naval supplies invited l y the Secretary of the Navy, under the proviso to the (reneral airoi-rt' ation bill for the iiary'v approved March third, eighteen bn-id ed and forty-three, th.ill b; accompnnierf by y ritten pnarant) .nailed by true or mote resioi.titile pcrxm. to the ertei-t th.-t he or Ihey undertake that the bidder or bid. lers will,- if hi or their I id l e e repted, enter iftH an e"diiation in such time as m:.y I e pr.-M-fit.ed by the Secretary of the Svy, w ith ro4d and sult ci. nt sufi Ucs. to furnish the stlpplies proposed. No proposal shall be coiitbiered unlets acrtfmpxnieil l-y such piarauty. If. after the arceptance of a fropMi I , ahd a notitirati..n thercot to tbr bidder or 1-lddef, be of they shall fail to enter into an ol ligation witt in the time prescribed by the Necntary of the Navy, t at Is pood Snd siilt'.cieiit luretm for furnishiiiv the anpplies, then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed to centra t wilh some other person) or penon fnt furnh-h-injr ihe said supplies ; and shall forthwith aue the ditT'eienre be tween :be amount contained in the p'0poal so naraiitltHl and the auionnt lor which he nay hare contracted tor furnKhlne tbr sjid supplies, fur the whole jie i. of tt e proposal, ! be rba;ed nn aRaiiitt said bi.lderor t i.ldi-rs. and his or their griamittoT or pnnraniors; and the same may be immediately recovered by the United States, for the use of II. e Navy Dep ;rtinciit, in an at tion of debt against either or all of ta il persons." June :ttt 0 I a w I a t Aug j jw lly the I'roMtli'iit of flu I'ltilrd Hntc. r -J IM purtMianre nf law, I, Jmnes K. rotk, I lesinent nl tlie 1 UL4 united Plalesor Ana-rtca,do hereby declare and make known lh.il pnlilic sales will be held i-t the undermentioned land onVes in tlie State of Indiana, nt Ihe peihaU hereinafter designated, f.4 Uir sale of Hie ftalowitifi de ribed lands sittbib.il in the late Mian.i cewitms, in said SUle, to wit ! At Um lnd tttTtce at Imtiamnris, entnmencin on Vondat, iImi 0th day of SrSruiher nest, fi.rtlie diiipnuil of pohhe lands w Itliiii tint Utideruieiilloned lownsliips and Iractional low nliiis. lo wit; A'vrfk of Ikt ki Um aJ et nf th trramd frxmcipei mehjiam. FraclKjiinl tii'vnttuns 1st mjr tMie. twenty-two, and twent) -Unee, ia the banirr threat .viiaim Keefve,"ol ranse one Fractional township twenty one, and tu nslii; Iwenty4wri and twenty-thrce in the fi-iiier "tirrat Miami ltesrivr," of ianes two, thn-e, ftair, live, and six. FnM iiortal ii.wnsliijis twenty two and twenty Ihre In Ute fotHier Great lhnd Kearrve," of ranee seven. Frarttonnl township tMnty-thiee hi tlie trftoer reserve of "two miles erpians on tint Salanmnia river," ranees thirteen and fourteen. Al Ilk; Land Oilier at Fort ayne, eomiileiictnc nil Monday, the 20th day of Septnnhrr i.rit, for tlie' dipw;tl of the pti' lir h-nds with in list! umiermriilioned townships and traitamal towns hirst, in wk I .Yurlk ef the tf.itt Im und cent of tie ff.n4 principal strrni. Townliti5 twenty I. air twenty live, and twenty six, and liaettntml townhtp twenty-seven in the former Gre:a Miami Kcserve," ii rati re five and six. Frtetional btwuships Iwe.ify fcair, twenty fire, twetrty six, and twrnty -seven, in tlie mrnier "Great Miami lieserve," and Iractional tuwiis'lilw thiity-lbree and thirty fnuf iu the formrr icH-ive at "Flat Bell1 Village," of rane seven Frat inki.iI iowiii-Iii;hi tvtruty seven and Iwcnty-eizht, in Ihe (mer reta-rve of Six miles npiate al tire forts of lite V aha-li fiver," and fractainal biwnslnps lliiiiy Hiree -ud Hiiri) -lour, in the f uu f resrrra at '-Fiat llelh's Villaar." iif r.nr. ichl. FrictMirutl lnwunhiM twenty seven and twrnty eielit, in the Punier reserve ol 'Six milesMjuare ut the furksol tin H'alash fiver." and fraclaantl township llinly txte, in the lisinef reeerve at Seek' vHlare," td ranee lime. Fnciaimil biwnhip twenty-seven, in tlie fiwmcf sr.i-rve nt " lT.it Rock ;" Intel n mal lownrdiip Iwrnty-etcld. iwrnly ninr. and thirty, tlie fisnier resrfves at the "inntilh U th Alxate rfrer." and Hat R.ltciain Village," and Irarlional (ownslnp llnrly one, in the lormer reserve at "Srek's Villaee," of rame Ien. Fractional tnwuliiM IwetHy seven, twenty -eisht. twrnty nine, and thitty, in I lie tsioer reserve I -Flat rifk," the Mornb ol tlie AlioiU; river,'' and the MK;icaiA Villa-e," id" range eleven. Fractlomil townshipa twetily eitrlrt rfml leiit -nine, tn the former iwarree at lis Month "f Ihe Ä'-otte liver." 4 ranae I Mel re. Althe Lainl UlhceM V'iiMmac,omiHe-tM'liig im Monday, the 27th) day of Septeuiher neil. f. Ihe dtpiwd td" the puMic lands tsilhin Ui undel tneni Mined lownhiai and fi. 'sni.il biMiiirM. ht-sl j Aurf lae bae line nnJ earl nf the nrrmn4 fruKwal mrrtdmn. Fractional Uiwm-hi lenl-l".air, twcniy-livr, and leuty-MX, ia the bwiittt'Miieal Mamii Kr.o-fve." l t.'liseiHie. Ttiwnhtis teiit -ksir, iweiity five, and twenty six, and fractional lownsliip iweniy arvrn, lu tlie limner Great iiimt lUrrerve,"of ranges twnand tliree. Tow rrshia twenty (str.lwerrty the, and twenty six, and frrrtnnnl townslup.-lwenty sevenand liieidy rij:lit,m the lornnY ki;reat .Miami Eeseive." and llie Keseive hel v. ecu the Walnrh and Erl nvris," of lanse liir. Fractional low n-hijia Iwrnty srvrn nml twenty risM. in Uw futiorr feierte "11 .teen Ihr Walush and la I rtxrrs1r'iif r.injr five. I ai iids afsimtH ailed hy law f. tlie use of sHim.U, military, or other pirrpoars. and I tie a.tenmte secjsis rantrd ur iIm Stte ol Ind ana, ha- Ihe Miiwwe of ;,Klmj said M ile iu o(eniti j a canal In rnttnect Ihe waten- of IMe Va!utdi liver wilh the of lilte Eric," ly ihe art approved tfd Marrh, If 27, blether with the ir trLt wlih h Iwre been mmlecled and ajijiioied under lite act of -r.tli Ausist. In4f . in lien ,4 the purtMMis tf snid nlleinale eecla-ni rawerrd by individual Indian re serves undel tint treat an, Witt he excluded Imtn tlie s .les. The In mis w ill ma he sold f. a less price thin to ihilbirs nrr acre, a pnivuted by tlie hist seclHm nl" I lie i.rl entitled "An nrt k rant Urn fight of pre eiithin lo actual settlers tm Ihe land acquired by treaty fnan the Miami liuhans. in Indiana," appiovrd on ihr M of August, It? Hi. And iFre nirrriiii of the same w ill he r tone need tm Hie dajs appointed, and .s-eed in tlie eaioe ordVr in vi ha h tliey are adverti-d w Uli all convrmeiit dno;ilt l, until tue w tn.!e eliall have m-rn offered aud tin? sles thu rlnwd. ibil Ihi wie t-kaM he kein njrn hitiper Ih.in two weeks and nowivale rnlry id any of the lands Iii be admitted Sntil afit-t iheripiralmn ol two weeks. tiiven linder nty hand, at the my of Washiiijlun. this 2.Vh day of Mav, Anno INmiiiim, otie llaaisaiid eicht lian.hrdsad fimy eeven It'v lite President : J AMES K. PuLK. IllCllARD M. OUNG Ctnriuii.Hrrr of lite Grueral Land Otlica. NOTICfc TO rUEEMPTION CLAIMANTS. Every peraoit entitled lo the rifilit of KV emplaa; lo aHv lands within Ibetowuxliipsand ftac.iaaial U te-lrteialiveeuuunraii-i, is n mined lo rst ibliidi the same lo tfie salrstacihin td the liest r and Ret ncr id tite Hor Imvvl Ottfre, an I nr.tke paymeiit llR-rebw at the tale i f two dtrllars pe' arrr price fixed Iry the act of Kurd An;-, a stain a prw IM-Jibt nl'ter freuig tin. ma ice, and helura Um day 'nppiMnteit ft llw om:neemeiil ol tlie nilila- sale tl. Unnhj etnUiactne the (r.M-t clanneil, otherwise eorh claim shall be f.icl, nV.. RICH AUD M. Vtrl'.Nt;, Comaiissiomrtd" ihe Gea. Laud Olfice. a-!3w I'osiro.Mi aOf the IsinJ &,., in Ik? IS I) I A S. I'OI.fS, FORT WAYS'- rA.l.W.lC District, in the .NMfe IMßl.AA. mrtlTlt'E bt beieby riven, that the mles of Hie lands la the Mi-ml ll eessiofts, Is? Iitrttaiia, onk red by pficlamaiaat iw tlret I'resi W-ii of Ihe IhiHed Mate-, dated Itte lwenl til h day id Mav, ltM7, Iw held at the Land IMhce at I iidmnaiiiK, ,m tite mUi d.iv d !S-'riem -her, tl; 1 1 the Lund Olhre at Fort avni on tlie inh Septrmls-f, and at 'be Land Olive nt Wiihumc un llie inenlt neveuiu Srplrtnliel, ltM7,are det hired a Ke prlwl until, and lacuwKirnte oil Monday, the 'Mtt ,J:,y ,r Drienitier. r7. (Jiveti under s,y hand, at the ray of V'.U,ni1ri,,n. this second day ol Jnlv. annoHtHtiiniuiH! l!l.)tM.-iJ ir'w lHin.lt-d and imt "-cb. Ity tlie I'.tr-id. nl, MM HM'Ji M VUIM.,