Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1847 — Page 3

Capital l'(iiii!nncut. H." No. VII.

0 tne Editors of the State Sentinel : . Ge.itlemes :In mv last. I toucheJ all the i 'vm of the v-outf, exre; im,' me o:ic in controversy, Kt the purpose of serin whether thev were still i fjurni t.'ie.n all ta te in foice f.tm tt.e c rr.wwril 0 muüiply, down t j the coven mt against a II od, ai d the hanzin of the bow in the clou J ai a sin ant lememhrauce of that covenant, la all candir. I now a-fc. if all that was cai.t t, find ta Noah atjj his sons, except the itemv iu contioveiy, is iu j fjiee at Ihn dar, does not tint fact give us a feasonable j

ground t, infer that ie controverted items are a'so in f.ice V',UJ be despotism ; but as our friend will c ertainly t ot I it Dot prima ficie proof (which become conclave if mt "te V"1 s-vMp'n "l g""'', we hall pass it by. rebutted) that it is o I humbly conceive it is. ! m 1 ' ''fablislitnei.t of our municipal l.iw, the mGod, when a new cieatiou is commencing, and a new P,er,,e power is obtained from the great mass uf the penwotlj of mankind are planted in that c mmenem creation, P,e w,,o nre governed by it, and who respectively surrenpeaki U the father of thit woill, an I to hit tout, whi are der certain individual rights and privileges, in order in

the f.ther f all the f imilies of t!iat w irld. litetallv and E'Ura ivelv. 'I her aid Dial Wort I in i.lili,.n In lt,.ir r,.n. - - - ...... fljct, prerogative, duninion, pr.;ity, diet, pieervation of ' - j ... ... - . . .. v . " ....... ailu aveiiwing spiuioj 01 tneir cioou, ana tne protection and pie-ei vii 11 of thern and of the whole auinial cieatioo a.mst a de-tructiou such as had j'it passed, that cicaii jii still in existence th.it world of mankind still in be in;, and all that wa said by God to them and of them In force alive, o;eiatinz, exi-iin, and tfin j on, excepting what iela;es t the preservjiion uf theii lives and the avenging of (he spiliirg of t.'ieu blood j and ihi alone foisooth, we mu?t presutn", (without the liist shaljwuf evidenre fn-m the divine rc.id ) to be annulled, merely to giatify Ihe f JSf i.!i unrs5 mid nuki-h and put lnled philanthropy, tut real mi'anthtupy of a few, who tell us that the airai'e 1 entj God made for ti it woilJ and thi creation, extehding fiom the fl 10I ;f Noah to the burning mentioned ly Peter and Paul, aia but the relics of a baibarou aje, and entiiely Unfit fjr mudorn wise, fine, civilized and räned societv! !! Verily, ihey aie extiemely moJet in what they ak of u! . Cut I take it, that, however un-uited it may be to their notions of civilira'ion ami refnemeut, that pait of the N a hie code i-t still in f.rce. The Apostles and el ler at Jerusalem ex;uesly decided that the annulling of Ihe law of Moes did not adTect this code as to blood and thiiu strangled. And if it did not affVct it a to that part, I see bo good iea-on why it should atrect it as to any other. No other pait of the divine volü.ne has been expiely, juridically, and divinely annulled, except the liw of Mes; by deciding that put if the Noichic code m-t annulled 10 tf.at annulment, the Apostles decile that Ihe Noichic code is di-tinct from the law uf Moes; and as ttiere bis been no other expie-s anuulmeut but that, iheicfore no put of the 1'oachic cole has bceu expre-sly annulled. And I have showu that it is not annulled by imj ticatiou ; for the reason of it, and thewjiM it was ad !ieed to, iven to, a-id extended over, exit now as Ihey did at the lirt. Much of it we know from our senses and djily obervaii m, is still in f rce. And a ra'i n il man cm come tv oj other rational conclusion than that ail of it i iu f ice. 1 have thus, at some leii' Ii, examined the question, I the Noachic code still in force ? mainly, decm-e if it is not. theie is no ue in wasting our time eximiuii g it to see what it a s on the subject under discussion j and serondai ily to com;. ly with the reuii'ion of my re.pomlent F., ho says that I mu-t how tint thia. the N' ,achic code as well as the Mosaic code, is still impeutive on us befoie su'Rcieiit i.npoitance can be attached to it to jn-tify Ihe 'judicial mu.dt r'of the ciiminal, even lluuzh be be a murdeier i f the deepest dye." And by the way, F. is just as much wiong in w bat he jy I'll have to do with the Mos lie co le, as he is in calling Ihe le.l execution of a minder of the 'eepe-t dye j"judicial rnuidir. Uow stiangely intizv and confused some men's ileas are! Murder is the unlawful kiliing, Le. If Ihe killing be unlawful it is not judicial ; and if it hejudiciil it is not unlawful 1 therefoie toe ph.ae judicial murder like the phra-e legal murder is a contiadictioa in terms, an I nonsense, as much as it would be to say there is a man drunk iibcr or, there is a man io'cr drunk. I have, as I humbly conceive, adduced sutfi-ifnt facts to show that the code still in force. 1 may though, as I proceed, give some other reasons which will natuially core in my way, and which have some weight iu my mind iu bunging me 10 that conclusion. Having now reached the point I wished t teich in my last number but could not, I will make it the couclom in of this. iMeanti.ne I am respectfully yours, ic, S. Doalli I'uuMiiiiciit. Editors of the Testis el: (Jenthinen As in a former number we sought leave to "add a lew lines occasionally" as this momentous question is discussing, we hope we are not out of order in doing so at the present tage. ".Mr. IS." has gone ahead with Ins four productions, in the second of which he sets out upon the granted premises, "that the Author of the Universe has a right to govern it;" "and that the Creator has a right to govern the human race ; and that he will exercise that right." And upon the argument based upon the conduct ot the Deity in respect to Cain and the food of .oah. In his fourth production he propounds the question, "Should the municipal law prescrioo and inflict the punishment of death on the murderer ?" We propose noticing these in turn, and 1. The argument based upon the conduct of the Deity in respect to Cain. We frankly acknowledge that we were greatly mistaken herein, in attributing argument to ".Mr. Ü; for upon examination we find that he honestly concedes the whole ground, and openly acknowledges that (Jod him self "prohibited capital punishment, and declared that feven-lold vengeance should be taken on him who avenged the blood of Abel." Now is it not strange that after making this frank concession, and in the face of so terrible a tnrealning denounced against the avengers of Abel, our friend and his crew should have the hardihood to harbour for a moment the idea of taking the life of Cain ! It is even so; and to screen themselves from the awful guilt would impute ignorance and mutability to the Fountain of wisdom, and linn who "is the saino yesterday, to-day, now, henceforth and forever." In the idea of trial, both ignorance and mutability are implied ; and trial is charged lo Almighty (Jod : for, says our friend, in setting a mark on Cain, lest any finding In in should kill, 'He ((Jod) fri what you and those who stand on your side of the qoei-ti n, are w nulling to get back to now," just as if he were unknown to t lie result of such an experiment, and subject to changes in the event it should turn out untavorald.. W e can only say that the ease in nana snows clearly thai ano only diu tjod Inmsell with' liold taking the .ife of (.am, but that he also declared his vengeance nennst him who would do it ; that we believe in the w isdom, the fore-know ledje .and the immutability of the Great I am. It will be seen by a reference to No. 5 of the items in sxid second production, that the propriety of setting a mark upon Cain, lest any. finding him should kill him, is called in question, because, forsooth, the reasons are not given, and because finite intelligences are unable to guess nt lliem ; but a final admission that the Loid siw lit to do so. Why, we cannot tell. Overpowering argument indeed ! We should like tJ know who .Mr. S." i. 2 In respect to the flood of Noah. Here again we find we were mistaken in our expectation. The first lliing we notice here is the admission that there was no otlier murder committed until alter the fl.od, a period of some lUOU years, and that our system firevailed during that w hole time, "and that man was prnlihited from indicting capital punishment on ihe murderer." Now it tins proves any thin?, it proves conclusively that capital put. ishment increases, no, not only iiirrear.es murd-r, but actually causes it ; inasmuch os dorn; that ; Ion period of It'UU years when the system was unknown, j .- - - . j not one single murder occurred, save Ihe one already mentioned. Another period of like duratio ., to which murder is a stranger, lhe annals of history are unable to furnish. Capital punishment with all i's horrors can never point to a period l.ke th.t. Ti e ISiMh however aays, that at the end of that period the earth vras filled tcllk violence, but not as'3Ir. ri." would niw h iv it. changing from his first admission, that ''the ciit;in;r of throats, and the b.-ting out of brains, universally pre- j vailed," ami that the !n.!e race' of in ink. 11J "had be-) come murderers," through the long prohibition of capital punishment. Mow the truth 1, the cr;,.iiir"s say . i7i! 1 earth wis f'.led tcit.'i tiJ'-nce, that the trie', elm st of man was great in the earth, and that crmj imagination of the thoughts of his heart truj Oily ttil continual! j &c' IS'ot i.ne word of nnird r is mentioned, ami although our friend has teen learning for forty years, one more perusal ! win ten niiTi 111. 11 cumng iiiru.ti, aim mkk King out Drains are not mentioned among the crimes for w hich the old ivorld was drowned. Now let us view his coiiclosion, that tht Deucalion fl od was the capita! punishment inflicted by the Deity himself for mi'ritrr. It is said tint after a trial of our system for tlm long period of IllOQ years, (and which we think would tie a long lime for even a blunt mortal to consume in testing an experiment, much less infinite wis lorn,) that (Jod discovred that his hitherto lenient government woul.L aot answer, and that capital punishment must be instituted, which was then inrlicled by the flood on every man save eight souls. It will be burn in mind that n.urder is not charged to the antediluvians, and that "Mr. $. made this admission; but even suppose it is implied in their catalogue of crimes, are there not also a multitude of other wrongs and misdemeanois, of various grades, some of greater, ome I less aggravation, also implied therein ? And if fco, what is the conclusion? Why simply, and as always will be the case when we set nut upon fallacious and erroneous premises, that if the flood of Noah is to be taken for a precedent for death punishment fir murder, it is also a precedent for death punishment for every kind and degree of wickedness; thus the whole world should be hanged. We ask an impartial people il this is not a fair conclusion from the premises? And will it not remain a correct conclusion until "Mr. S." can show conclusively that every man that was drowned, had been a murderer? This we are prepared to show is utterly impossible, but we pass it by and ask the question that if, as it is said, this world shall be purged with fire, shall we, as did the alntediluvians, patiently await the waya of heaven, o- shall we take the whole into our hands and burn il l p? Or (hall we attempt to cleanse it of all sin as we go along, and thus leave nothing for (lod to do ? Ina word, would we thwart the ways of heaven's eternal destiny to man? All these questions are incident to the premises of our friend. We sliall notice no more of the absurdities of this second production, save the one in the conclusion where, contrary to all that had gone belore, it is declared lhat capital punishment dij realjy exist during the whole 100') years. Without another word we now leave ihis No. invit'ng thoe concerned to rend f r themselves. ' 3d. Should the iniir icipfil law prescribe and inflict the puiiiaho.cnt of dtaih on the murderer f " This nileno-

Ritory, a we said btf.ie, is found in ".No. 4." Wo are bound to answer in the negative for the following reasons, and 1. F rtn l!:6 went of power in our municipal law. Now municip.il law is defined as being a rule of tizil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power of a State Ac, but w hence this rupreme power, and indispensable ingredient in government? We presume it will generally be conceded that in tins American Union , this power was obtained from the great body of the people by consent,

and not by coercion; lor if by the latter, our government '"ri, the sociul compact, and to eniov it superior bent tils i l'hil. ri rfit nr .1, i. ...r .....j I. .....I ...I . - - 'i I'-. t t . Liiiia auiiriiurririi. 11 1 rii j O ' a - j inn J OU -Ii II U I I l , IV HCl ; all cooilmitd. constitute "the supreme power, which pre scribes 1h.: rule of citil conduct, which is the iminii ipal ..iic inen is nie uaMs tu iis siruciure,a grant ironi the people, ltut as 00 combination of interior rights or powers can constitute a certain other difTereut superior one, so no tight not surrendered by those, respective individuals, can property and justly be exercised by the miprerne law of the land. Now the question arises in all its Imrrors. has man a ri?ht to take his own life! If Im I... ..... . r l as, y.,t justify g , de If he has not, how c m he grant that right ia others? And how can others obtain from h. 111 any such right? If A have not a right m a certain tract of land, I apprehend "Mr. S.V law books teach liim, that neither II. C. rmr miv other can obtain from " 6'""' ",7"u"' "S"' inerrio. 11 wouio ofl impossible. Ko'ially impossible is it lor onr municipal law liim .na I....I...A il . I. 111 justly to 1 lake the lives ol any of its citizens, having de - ... r,cl, ,en., uu neu .,1 iruin ana in fin I hev .avA nr.t tUu rl.i.r tn 1 . l . ii,.;, ... :..,i:; livt?. Tiiii it certninly fair reasoning, and to us itap - Hot 2. from its limiltd operations. It is a rule of civil eonduct, and is herein distinguishable from the natural and revealed law. It operates upon citil conduct, and not upon moral conduct, apart from cinl. The reason is that government has no concern with men exrept in the rapacity of citizens As moral agents we are accountable to another and a higher power. Therefore upon the cifmmission of murder our municipal laws have no right to inflict a punishment any firther than the ci'eiZ icron is concerned, Ihe illegal act, and not the moral vuilt. i f .. ... --'"t,JU .uvii a uii'piijj 10 100 aioiiK, not to . Mll'IdU . r r. r . n ....... ..m . I . . ... . I . . man. nor anv pf nl ' Imm-.n Tl... r ..in.in t the punish iient of moral guilt would be usurpation upon the jurisdiction of heaven, and therefore absolutely lT ii i,.ii us o i nr wrong. Again, moral wrong is punishable in a future state; and punishment in a luture slate is inflicted for moral wrongs. And the province of human government h.es not rear h mto e.ern.ty, but end. with time. But as an extinguishment of mans prohatioiiHrv existence secures his final destiny, and fixes his eternal fate, il is very evident that our municipal law, in takin- human life, is operating upon moral conduct, mid bevond its just liniits, which is contrary to the premises. I n acts which are both civil and moral wrongs, the p:inciple is not altered, ui.ii.iiu. 11 as our municipal law can inflict it punishment so far only as the eiril wrong is concerned. 6. t ram its object. The ohject of municipal law is lo secure the general happiness. And wnalever is productive of the greatest amount of human happiness, says the celebrated Dr. Pley, is right; and coiiKcquently what ever is suuversive ol tins noole end, and tails in its achievement, must be wrong, and should constitute no part of our municipal code. That the law inflicting capi - lal punishment is subversive of this end, let it be borne in mind that nothing casts a darker gloom, nothing de - tracts in greater portions from the sum of man's happiness, and adds more lo his bulk ol misery, than an annunciation of the death peu.ilty sentence, and its awful execution. That it fails in achieving said noble end, it is only necessary toreverlto the law in its onerntions f7rr in preventing Hie hanged man from ihe further cominis - sion of crime. JS'uw this is undoubtedly true. It does this much ; nut at the same time it does a great deal more; l..r I.i. f.! I..,!..- f.-...,- I..J I 1.: l. . :..

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anotner state 01 things, he can do neither right nor wrong, as respects this life. It is evident that if man be so situated that it is impossible for him to do wrong, it is impostohle at the nine time for him lo do right. Withhold the possibility of practising vice, and virtue will no longer be known. Should our laws be therefore so foolishly constituted as forever to lose virtue, in order to punish vice; so to punish wrongs as to prevent rights, thus dumping their first great object, the promotion of the general happiness ? general happiness It would be like the boy who purposely dulled his scythe, because forsooth it cut his fingers while awkwardly whetting it, but who soon found to his sorrow thatil the scythe were incapable of cutting his finget, neither could it cut the grass. Why should our law be thus inconsistent in punishing crime, when other modes have all the advantages and none of the improprieties and absurdities of such a system. Secondly, in deterring others. Ihis, as a quality of the system we wholly deny, ill an nature and disposition teach us another) lesson. The love of l.ber.v is the firt principle of hi. ! soul; and unnecessary restraint provokes his aner Leave man alone in his private chamber, and there will he remain for weeks together without ever sallying out ; but lock him in, fasten the doors and windows, ami tell him he shall not go out, that he is bound to remain there, and then it is you see eveiy nerve beginning to move, every effort made, and at the rifk of life will he rend the locks, burst the doors, shatter the windows, and go foam- ! lug and thundering out in open defiance of all threats and orders. The colonies regarded not the tai, double Ihe amount would they voluntarily have paid, but compulsion was out of the question, (jeuerally, mankind are easily lead, but hosts often fill in driving ihem. When in the heat of passion, threaten man with the gallows; tell him, " kill me sir, and you !.ill hang! your life shall bo taken the law will take you in hand, sir," and truth for it. you only increase his passion, cast fuel ill to the fire of his wrath, and provoka his utmost liidi"tion, and ten chances to one if blood is not shed and taken. Step by step he approaches depair, until he i "Wallowed up in ihe vortex of fire and rae, then like a maniac, he becomes the subject of the most hellish deeds. " .Man is a curious creaiure, he w ill not agree to be killed by another, but let liim alon and lie will die himself ?" That which he is commanded not to do is that which he is most inclined to do. Charge a child very particularly not to divulge to its parents a certain secret, tind my 'word f r it if that is not the very first thing lofd. Is not this a principle iiriplanted in our nalure, arisin either fr-m curiosity, or an innate hatred of what 1 we siiPtM.se unnecessary restrni.il It wns I Ms it... I... I ! poor old Eve to eat (he forbidden fruit. There lliny i have reen many other trees utaii.Iing in the C'r1en Of which she had not yet tasted; or perchance hail she nt been commanded not to eat a certain fruit, she never would have eaten it, perhaps never have thoiijlit of it. Who is it that does not remember the antii'ie tale of Iii o! J man in the town of IJ.ig l id ? The King had occa- j t' iile his decree that no man should go w'uhoiit ! l',e suburbs of the town for 30 clays on pain of being ' burned. .Now this o!d man is said to have attained his j suticth year, and never to have gone out of the town ; : hu: now, no longer üble to restrain himself, either from j ' euriosity, or in del-anre of the King, he aroused his latent j ' energies, resorted lo every po-siole means, and finally ! stood without the lown of i!..gdad. (lad the decree not i pone forth, iu all prohab.liiy the old man would never : have even t!i;jur!it of 20m out. Cut when it is said. you 'il not go, then it is we begin to muster out trenih. All time has proven that the more lenient laws are, the H-wer are t!i enures ciooiiit -d, and nVrt rtrsti. hen .here wis h law in the Carolinas to hang a 'nan f' 'r fealmg a h jrsv?. ten horses were stolen to one since i"trog-itio:i. 0 in England and Irel .nd, and in every portion of the world where those rigid and inhuman laws !,re "tfered to prevail is this prim i'ile. tlearly seen to U'ls clay. It is contrary !o man a nature, ami opposed by nil past experience. Thirdly, in its uncerlainties iu pun ishing the guilty. Those uncertainties arise Irom ihe degree of crime. As murder is amongst the highest of crimes known to our la w, it is involved in tint greatest uncertainties. The demon, inlent upon the life of his follow, avails linns'. II of all secresy. The midnight hour, the secluded sp..t nd the unsuspected moment are amongst the circumstances that mostly tell the tale. Few persons h ive ever been hung by evidence freed from ambiguity. The innocent must therefore sulfer, and feeble widows and orphans thrown upon lhf mercies uf a cold an. uncharitable world. Certainly lhat great and noble end f the social compact is lost tight of the general happiness. Again : fe'.T persons are now w illing to admit that any man in Ins right mind is susceptible of committing so horrible a crime as murder. If this be true, and it appears highly probable, wo to the advocates of death punishment, and all former executions. When reason recedes, and passion reigns alone, poor man, heedless of his doings, commits an act, and is doomed to die. Where is humanity ! Ah, where is justice ! Must the idiot be punished, and the insane man be hung ? It is Well known how easily circumstances may operate against the innocept. A murdered man an incensed populace a ruined character partial witnesses an anxious jury, and a fallible judge, are a few of the difficulties and disadvantages innocence is often brought to encounter. The tale of the poor innocent condemned culprit in Kentucky .would be appropriate here, but we forbear. Ixistly, in its execution. low wo grant Ihe premises of our friend, that find governs lhe world ; but as we said before, we know not where he has any where consigned this power to man. Neither do we believe that man is punished in this life for the crimes ho commits, ami is lima hel.l to tiouudeii rtiitv. We lake it that man is a free atei.i. if the nhrase he admitted : that !

in his congregated, as well as iu his individual capacity, rioua Indian tribes. The otficers of the army in their he is left free to himself, to lar as civil and moral laws progress came in possessionof these Mexican mothers are concerned. The penahies of natural und civil la ws a,1(j children whom' they clothed and transported to ire confined to lime; of moral or revealed, to eternity, tl cif repCctivc homes, under a hw of Congress, maor a futme state. Is not this the plan of the Christian ,.- . , .. i.r .11.1 n,,,. ,:. ,0 .. . 1 11 king an appropriation expressly lu? that purpose, religion? Or is " Mrft. a univcrsalist, drnj mg all, r 1 ' future punishment, and assuming the position that the! " " ' penalty follow rpiick upon the heels ol transgression?; Ha who goes t bed in anger has the devil f;r a 1'erhaps the Old bible will be ogam referred to; but as Led fellow.

the New Testament is now our religious code, may wo not say as " Mr. S." has done before us, that perhaps the ancient dispensation was tried iong enough, but finally laid aside, when a more propitious event introduced ano

ther ?ytetn', tk-lerring the punishment uf crimes to ano- ; tl.er state of existence. And n.w until it is proven that UJ revcrt:d Shift latter vystetii or government, wo call in question the idea that lie either directly or mdi rectly takes part in the infliction of penalties iu this life. cUl.ji.K, m.ntrer, ut a moment mat Uud, through the only remark that it we could venture thus far, we should leri ni.iy go one link iartl.er, and lather believe that as crinio than sutler it, in order to p.,ur out his wrath on - r J.' """ !'"" "au prevent pour mortals, The conclusion is, that (Jod has seen tit to govern the world ot mankind by placing luture rewards aiid puninhnients before him. "Therefore in every punishment, as well as in every reward appertaining lu or whose effects are extended into a iutuie state, tiA himself, and not man. should be the eT..rnn,..,r i.,t 1 .,.. 1 ... . . .. pni.pl who would usurp the reins of Heaven and seal U,e ruined fate of ono ...u on earth 1W man conceved m society a haj.pur etate of ihin-s lie anticipiled 1,0 exert i'se of powers beyond those granted. Let the Ii i. its of cit il lw I. where the nill.l.-v enn,.t ! " 1. I . ... j p"Moiy exienu 10 me taking ol human IHe. It is a usorp1 (iun upon the jurisdiction of Heaven; and beware lest ; o dire a vengeance as once liefe I the old world, when, s .'ir. o. s.iys, u w,s nile.l with violence and blood, .in r. , i 1. rn :. .f 1 ' ldai. X. in nil CrSill'iria a f - f Yanixersary f tht .jmean Slt, for the Ahch - Imnat Lai-ttal Punishment. rt-i !.. ' 1 . . r Ihe fHlouing are the persona tlecUd for the ensuing year as oH'.cers of tl.is society : 1'reident, Jlon: (Jeorge M. bulla?, of Ta.; Vice j Presidents, the Iidonls f the soverijl Stale Societies: currrsnoiwlii r S'.'Prel.irr 1 I. f I'SSoll , ri . Po. " cording Secretary, Horace Cr.'eley ; Treasurer, Jacob I If. r V V I tl v' .riui,c wiuiin.iiw, i-.ev. 1. Vy. i . . . j l,,,,im U-t of Elaine Holl. Joltll V. Hale, of . ! U-i Kev. E. H. Cliapin: of Alass.: J. Smnton Gould. ' f ?T. Y. B. Rtisli riutnlev, of N. J.; Hon. John j Galbraith, of Ta.; Hon. M r. ".Moultoii, of Ohio ; Rev. C. F. . Lrfcvre, of Wico,i.-in ; Hon. Mr. Ilatlitr, of j La.; Hon. B,pjatnin F. Porter, of Ala. -ri,. ,1 . c .1 . .1 . .1 I , i otmbers of the soc.ety met lasterening in the j ,poi , ?al,,ü" Broadway. A fow minutes past eij-ht j l"e c!'alr. was taken .!))' BecokdER StOlT, who opened J ,ne Meeting w ith a few irm irks. t lie Fpoke of the continuance of the penalty of tlealli on the statute book as a reproach to the l.uuianity ol the age. He read a lftter from the'Uev. Dr. l ord, who was for many years Ordinary of the Old Bailey, in which he expressed opinions, founded on hng experience and observation of the effects of diff.;n nt methods of punishment.' Dr. Ford would en I tirely dispense with the gallows ; he argues etnaigly ! ngain-t its ulil.ty ii; any case, and insists Upon the i propriety of granting ihe criminal room for j.ei hence 1 and reformation of character. The floor was then taken by Lloyd Garrison,' who made a clever speech. lie argued against capital punishments, from the very circumstance that it was now admitted on all hands that the very fight of them 1 ha J Ihe ttL'ct to demoralize. . Even in Virginia, said I he, only twelve men are admitted to see an execution. j I he less publicity MVcn to euch a proceeding, the bet . r .. r ,J F . .' .v.. Why not then abolish the gallows altogether; why not d away with a custom so cruel and bloody, that when you practise it, you are compelled, lest tour example should have a bad effect tiHti s 'ciuty, to practice it secretly! He also contended that no authority fur capital punishment could be found in the teachings of Christ, and adverted to the fact that its advocates went behind the gosoel to the old dispensation: for ,i.,.; : c ..' IllCil JU.-lllH UU" Br. William Elder, of Philadelphia, wa. then in troduced to the meeting by Judge Scott. Br. Elder is a very impressive and persuasive speaker, and the first part of his ppetch was iiiti-h to the purpose.' He talked too long, however, and towards the close wandered oil to the .Mexican war, and seemed to forget the object of the meeting and the purpose of ihe aM 1 datio )e came lo address. He was interrupted by r . .1 1 r in.... "' 00 oisnpprovtu 01 1,1s utiempt w f;iiu .lie pi iii.tuus u u.u'-ir: i uni-i:uuii iroiii what was intended by the tnembi rs of the society. He took them, however, in good pirt, and gave the atdijnct; leave to hiss, as long s 'hey gave him leave to talk. James II. Titus rose, and afiei a mild but firm pro test ngaint the introduction of irrelevant topics, pre sonted the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted : Res'dred. That as a na'ion, the United States rrjoys a ict'U Uti.'ii f. r intelligence' and viitue un-urpjird by any othei that it is in lebied for this enviable honor to ihe pievaletice of Croatian prii ciples among its Citizen; and that while tho-e pi inriflcs continue 10 rule Ihe conduct of its citizens, and aie upheld as the stiintaid of ils law, so long shall we rt m iin a h ippy and pruspeious people 0 long shall our leputatioii continue fair and flouiishing so long as thai co!li-cu:n stands, so long shall the nation stand. Resulted, That in the laws of a nation the intelligence and viitue of its citizens should always be manifested that ina Republic like ours ihe people aie alike the lulrrs and the legislators 1h.1t when di-oider prevails or bad laws exist, the people are in fault ami the delinquency being with them, f.om them iefi matioi. must pmceed. Resolved, That the sanguinary laws which prevail in nur State ai.d National cedes aie not 11 q'iiied by natuial justice not oblijjatoiy upon us by any command of the Sen; tuies not pieciibed to us by any precept of ihe Go-pel that such Ijws tend to remluf moie Sequent Ihe occuueuce of sai guiuary dimes that they npeiateon the mind of the community depiecutieg Ihe pioier estimation of the sanctity of huau Jlf. d in heir effects aie destructive of the nioials f f 1 ... . 1 r l - i , R.suhed, That a sacird and impeiious obligifion tests uon evtiy individual of Una Nation, as a ruler an I Irgi-li-ti.r, seii usly to consider Ihe subject of capital punishmen' that when and whenver such investigations of the subject have been had, eithei by ndivi.loals, by associations, or by Legislative holies, the rest II has be'en to ciicu nsciibe the spheie of aclion previou-lj xru, ied by the hangman and by the glws. Httolved, That the experience under Ihe diminution of ci;.tal punishment a. ways has hem a suppiessi -n of those dimes for which the exaction of blood had been demanded a" ex.'ia'ioii, and th. iefoie reason and analogy vv auai t ,he belief that Ihe tutal abol.tion of capital punishment will reul1 . J'"t ous y lo the safety and wclfaie of society a ; w ''' witn ttie p.iucipies ol cmisttanity aod congenial to tue benevoh i.t spiiit of this ae Fihilly, it is then foe R'sdced. That chiistun .benevolence the lelative duties of individuals in social iutercurse lhe welfaie of society the good name of each State and the honor of the nation, all demand (hat eveiy citiz 11 aff nd his deary aid aud co-opciatk.n iu the to al demolition of lhe gülloWS. Coleridge pronounced tho following sort net on Xighl, by the late llcv. I. Blanko White, the finest and most grandly conceived in our language : '.'tysteri 'US Night ! wIkmi our first parent knew 'Mice, fmm leport divine, and he.irJ thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame This gloi . 01s canopy of liht au.l blue? Vet 'neath a curient of tiauspicent dew . Ila hed in ihe js of the gteat jetting Ihme, lle-peius w ith lhe hosts of hvvcn came. And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought uch daikhets lay conccaleJ Within ihy b.'imt, O sun ? or who could find, Whi. it fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed. That to such counttM 01 bs thou mad'sl us blind Why do we then, shun death with aoxioes strife If liht can thus deceive, wheicfoic nut life ?" Destruction of Sr. Paul's Church Philadelphia. A few days since, during a severe thunderstorm, the German Lutheran church, (St. Pauls,) corner of Brown and St. John streets, was struck by lightning,' and quickly set on tire.' The fluid" passed down the steeple to its base, communicating flames to the organ immediately beneath, and the whole southern portion was in a blaze in a few minutes. The entire wood-work of the building w as destroyed, with two organs, bells and clock. The cost of the structure was jJi'J.UfJ1', only -9,(X!0 of which was covered by insurance. The congregation had been dismissed but fifteen minutes previous to the catastrophe, and the !exton had left the building only a moment before. Had not this been the case, a melancholy loss of life might have ensued. The rain was falling in torrents during the whole time of the conflagration. The Washington Uniun says : ,4A number of Mexican women and children hd boen captured by the va

instrumenta itr r.f man cluintH in th P!iSH f.r noir.4..r .. ...... r . .. .. a nes 01 the several contiacts, the ehenfT houlJ proceed

t-,, . a J I ' , " " -""Wim inic 1 ruin ivnivoo tu me Hiissoiin river pnn- geil titu so n.ucn of the D-oicrtr a is necra.v : 1. aii fit to condescend and pour out hi vengeance u.kui lie ;,..! : ,,i , .111, r' t'l 1 ' nece.aij 10 a.itit murderer, he being un.form, would intercede o ill occa- CM,J,,Jr .", ttl1e Ul U um ,1,e ,,L'ad WC of Grand ihr e-e.ill..n u.on the oldest j ,därT.ent or th,t fa.-t 10 b( e.ons of l.ke trans. resMon,.nd hence what is. is ri-ht I"'1' l,,e Llltle 1 ial,e' and ,he f,rcan,: of 'he Ishna- i ''J1 . cro,d"S ' the- I iw oveiuin the co.ti.ct i.in, 'Pi... .. it ; 1 .1 1. 11 i botsiiv. in the trrrilorv Iitflv rrdi-il ti tln f'mipil ,r,r J",I'n,1't w" reiideied, tuen a utficieia ooitiuu 10 satisfy Ih.te N not!,,,,, wrong under the sun. It .s all under '""f" C",y , 1 . Cf,, l Ve , L the Vxccuti-u next . o.der, and w o.,, PU cei-iuly, un:il ail the iii.ii.e.li .i e.o.t.ol oi the Deity, man having no choice kates by the I ottaw atomies. 1 he main Wy rf ,,e M!uutj or the wowrtv exhu.te.i ."'"' at all.and iiotl,:n2 Can possibly go wrong. We shall them arc about 40 miles east of the Lhifii. u huh. I vvu.. n,.'..-.i, ... .. . ..'.,;'. . - , .

llic Mormons in llic Wilderness. As iSe public are already aware, the bead quarters of thij sect, fjr some tune past, have bce;i at the

Camp uf the 44 Twelve," near Council I3iutis, west of i ,lie lissouri fiver, ill the Indian territory. I tli 13 I.K-ality about 4,CUO remained during the ost winter ; while the rernauid-.T of tbcae who kit Illinois and who did ikjI dipcree over er the country, amounting to i i c. , tre scattered: it!onS in a due tome 1 10 or l'J thousand bviiijj well timbered, enabled tliem to prepare for the rigors of the past w inter. It is the intention of tlitH whole of them tu catl.rr at th '.luffs . ff tl. can, uitli ihe bona fide dosijrn of removing lo Cul.f rnia as many crowing the -Mountains eacli season as can possibly be prepared for the journey. Last year they founded two principal stoppings in Iowa, immediately west of the county of Appanoose, wheie large iiutnlen of them congregated who had ""-s'n 1 I'liM.trt-uiiii; laiincr. ji vacn or llltfte ' VUC,.S f known , (Itnl. n (Jrov.. nml Al .i.nt Pi.,-.!. Wa 83 UardUl Urove and .Mount 1 isgan.) ,ey put ," cr",s' -lhoewho occupied these points ',al.sea90" are l" remove one stage farther wet thi spring (peril? PS to the Lluhfs ) and tlieir imDruve- . ! . .. merits are to be taken iMsesttiou of by the retnna: t who left Illinois late last Fall, and have ben scatter1 ed in the frontier settlements of aMlMsoiiri and Iowa i They intend farminr larfrclv at the riliitTi tl I . " . " ' Ilu . r"unK largely at me UIUIU II his i-cason. in order to fit out a large number to clniirrate to Cali fornia next Spring. Ill Aoril hist Ihn len.Icl- i.f ft o PI Will. riinnrir pnrm uf tl - vi inr.r; uuiiiiifu Wll. tTII Will lvM Wlth seeds tud utensils for farming started f r Iii.o fl.. n;. . 1 . r Anvil iiiuinn;ii is i' unmTU 1 I.I r OS Uible up to the period of necessary planting time, when they will stop and commence a crop. The leaders will make but & short delay at this point, and will proceed over into California and communicate with or join the disband d forces of the ' iMormon Uattalion," whose period of service will expire about the first of July next. With these, they will select a locality as a focus Tor immigration; and make such provision for the arrival of their friends as may seem to them best under the circumstances. The pioneers who left the ElutTs were expected to cross the mountains and reach Dear Itiver Valley iu tune to plant. In this, we think they will hi disappointed, unless they proceed with greater celerity than we suppose them capable to erform. The whole of that region 19 too sterile for cultivation, with the exception of a small valley within about twenty miles of the mouth of Lear river, where h empties into the Salt Lake, known by trapjers as Cache Valley, where they usually wintered when trapping was pursued in that vicinity. We think this point too remote to reach in time fur planting this season. About the first i f next month, between one and two hundred families, carrying with them eighteen months' outfit, of provisions, &.C.; With ä train of over four hundred wagons, will start to crors the mountains some to overtake and remain with the pioneers, and others to proceed to the end of their journey, as they ilny severally be able. They will M'tid at least one thousand souls west of the mountains this season, destined to centre in California. Tiieso, with tome hundreds who have reached there by sea, together with near five hundred of their battalion," will, within a few months, make them nmlo HO into. rest nurl inn rF f. IlinOn.l I...! C r - ; . 1 ' "7 Fwpu...iio 1 I MliTi.rnin Amt mnro th-in I hrna rr titan nn . . . ' r """ 3-V nhn0 If 1 1 i.f ... 1 1 in . a 1 1. 1 p Qit.iffv.linM . .iiv, lv.iii.iii invn cui.iaiiui: zs hierin. . ... ... Qanu iney are sure to tlo that,; before these people will treble, if ii-t rmadruple, the entire present population of that territory. At this time they are making strenuous exertions in England, and from that quarter they have reason luxtapoMtmn. mat tneir social and p racteristics will be stumped uion the future condition and history .f California, we bclievo to be certain; and we fL-ar will not show a progress in the inoral elevation of ihe n resent era. Industry they undoubtedly have, and tlioy possess within themselves all the element to make any enrjmunity prosperous ; but they are imbued with dogmas which deeply a fleet sociil arid domestic condition; we fear rumor does not slander them in this. AVIiois i:itisille for the AVarl . The Albany Evening Journal says ''Virginia, through her John Tvler. and his Secretary Uosher. - a originated the scheme of Annexation which intnlvid us in war tcith Mxi'-o." Indeed! and who is rcsiponsible for the election of John Tyler! If, as the Evening Journal, will not pretend to deny, the Whigs are solely responsible, and if "John Tyler and his Secretary oririiiiteJ the scheme of Annexation, which involved us in war with Mexico,' how can these name Whigs get rid of the responsibility of having themselves been the original cause of our being 'involved in a war with Mexico!" If President Tolk aided in perfecting the ."ßclieme of annexation" he has only carried out a "scheme which, according to their own claims, was "originated" by the functionary elected by lhe Whigs, and a "scheme" too, against which Mr. Clay, the great embodiment of whig principles, "personally had na objection.' It was the Whigs who went for " Tyler,' therefore,' without a why or wherefore." Let us, then, hear 110 more aliotit ." President Poik's unconstitutional war." He would have proved recreant to his country had he not prosecuted vigorously the war in which we had become "involved," no matter if it had been provoked by measures "or iginated by men placed in power by the Whigs, even, and against which their leaders had no "personal objection." X. Y. (Hobe. The Dritish Pot-n(Iice has put a damper on our transatlantic steam enterprise, by charging a shilling extra on each of our fihip letters destined for Great Urita 211 or Ireland. This has led to a correspondence b 'tween Mr. Uancroft and Lord Palmertson, and 10 reprisals on the part of our Government as far as regards the carrying of the ilritish mail from lloston to Canada, which has hitherto been done for nothing though lhe law of Congress allows the Postmaster to charge t cents per letter. The proper retaLatiuii, however, will be a proposition made to Congress to charge 2.3 cents for each British ship letter directed to the United .States, if England should not, iu the meantime, resolve to act more generously and becoming a great nation in the premises. Bui England yields with very had crace to the rival inlluem-cs of her offspring;. Ts'o Englishman, commanding "the Invincible" and "the' Glory," frigates, would ever have struck his colors, and saluted his antagonist with the handsome pun. "You hare conquered the Intincihle, and Glory (which was taken in tow) follows you.' Such agreeable things can only be told by a Frenchman, who preserves his good humor and politeness under the most adverse circumstances. John Bull is an everlasting grumbler like ourselves," only with infinitely less enthusiasm. Pa. Ledger Tkescott, the Historian,' is nearly blind. lie has the use. of but one eye on an average about an hour each day; .His last work, "The Conquest of Peru,", was written at a time when he could not see at all. lie had to employ a' secretary td read his foreign letters, and gradually accustom himself in this way to the sound of the foreign tongues, 60 as to comprehend thefeading. He wrote with writig riiaterial such as the blind use. Under these great difficulties he has composed a work which will do honor to the literature of the country, as well aiTadd to" his own" well acquired fame as "a" historian.' La Satira.'the SparJsh paper at New Orleans', published an a1)tird letter from Ha vana, a few days ago, which Ave shall expert to see made the burden of many a Whig ecog hereafter.' It, purports to., give an account of the manner in which several distuinguished Mexicans have been bought up with the $3,l)uO,KKJ entrusted to President Polk, by act of Congress. The 6tory is ridiculous, as most Mexicans tales. St. Louis Union. EsnonATio.v to California. A company of young men are about organizing in Boston, with the intention of removing to California shortly, and becoming ßettlers of that portion of our newly acquired terr.-tory.

I,rrr inn 6rrn'l " yt C,,n Vf t ,M;Cu,n" f"u,,d l'' ,l,e Zlr of ,niKeh,ef to charge ,h i mil.Ms'E II ltÖlrSi;: a,y asMStan:e, but a arge number of families. What war as alTecting, ,n any way, relimus f.el.n-. The -TV own u..,.iAiJ,.,r,.V SMV-,r will give them a greater preponderance there is, that T ,rn,l 1. 1 vi-nm einteilt 1.., thi n,i r.. lt. . m , ot A"-Mi5'- e-.tie-.. iM-ou-.n- orher. from their former ch ir-ieli-r t'li ir s.-iil and nol.tienl J.JU"1,' Us,1 -l"?, Snatches u( thl nitsrt,.! e HU- ute 0, Frederick h.et.uecr;'v-d, will be sol i 1 v ihe ui.le.s rnirom their lormer characler Utir fcocial and political tiun, as a choice morsel. The f.lloiviii", printed in ' ei. a itn.a st, atom! , aid estate, ai pu ü amiwat tl uu, t.'ü. DS.-cm.ancy Will be dreaded ahd the tide of every ie ci,y w,,pru lhe Rpv. McCal!a MTfi, ,. sh. WfJ -f .he dece. se.1. i Lawrence lown.hi,, .Vano.i roio.ty. O her class of etnirrratlOIl Wll be diverted tO Ilirrier ... . Tl I . . C r Indom. on a c.ed.t a nine n..ntl son II sum. over iLree :o!l.i.. . ... , . . 1 1 f I'1..1'1 " tl ) the mutter. f he letfer-wntcrs from W iishil-g , u t,ie ,,UICi ar pivi.. approved noies withom b. mtu ol valua-i on atitud-s where there will Le no comminghng or s.'v .,1? nr;(unt hrnnnim,.M ,u r,:irw i,ii,. t, ! or rai. ...eo l,ws. hale to comn.er.ee at lo Mock i the

Sll'JtCJIU COIKT or I.II A.M. Mty Term,Si7. arroiTto roa the estinel it a. k. cabsaii e q JVLT 19. Harrison el al. v. Sifp. Error ta the Miiiou C. C Smith, J.

v Iii n piopeitj i levied upon ty virtue of several execuli,,n' by J. Jerriit law, as lo th. It H lo te o.t, in rcj;d nice wiih liif j d,lts of ,he ,;vfril roiltl8ctS) ,e , iff e tern. s upon whic!. in foi re a I the lu same oidei slu uld be observed, as far as pin licalle, ai d ihe ale should be made up,.u the teims ieqiiud by tae execu tion tii l to be sati-ued out vl the pioceeds. A irtuin of an appiai.tmciit made by tiro appraisers selected by ike sheriff, ithuut showing that a tl.i.d had been lppointtd and bau acttd, is no! sutScient, titlier under ihe act of 1641, which r.quiied the valuation tj be made by hi ee appiai-ers 'elected by ihe heiiiF, or under the act of 1543, hieb provided that the execution creditor and debtor Miuul.1 earn select one p, raiser, and in cae enhei or boih thould ueetect or refuse so lo d , the thrriff il.oulJ a point. In the latter ca-, as the sheulf was authorized to appoint only on the happening of a d Uirjency, the occuircnce of such a contingency vhoulJ have been fchown atHi.i atnely by the return. The pprai-errei t should be mide iu conformity with the same valuation anJ appiaiseitieut laws under which the propelty is lo be sold, and not accoidiu lo the mode piesciibed by Ihe law in foica at Hie date of the sale. Aßutnel. Hefner el al. t. Yount et ct. E1101 to Ihe li, pecanoc C. C. A. and his wife B Coiiveted ceitain piet;ie to C. an l D. with cei'aiu coudnions ai nexrd to the deid.amon which aie these: Thit said A. and li. ahould Le pfimill. d (o lemaiu iu Ihe occupancy of the hou-e situated upon the piemics, and that the said C. and I)., Iheii heir, Le., should atf j.d I tiiem a decent and c mforuble snpjort dming their lpt1. J U., then the wife, and now the wiJow of A., joined in the coneance as a giantor of her dower interest on those conüitiui.s. Held Per Curiam, that the widow is entitled not1 un'y to the i-cruo.uev of Ihe h U-e specified, but also M a suitable support, and lu case i.f failuie bv C and D . or tho.e claiming under them, to peifoim such c ndition, she may' ngnu.iiiy claim her dowei in the whole rrriiss. The lenuiiider of the rieciee Affirmed. hely v. Lot jy. Eiror to the Decatur C. C. Terklis, J. The iu!e heretofore aj 'Died by the coil in leiaiiun to -landerou wotds, &c., is, tau all of any givcu set of woids need not nece3aii;y be pioxed, but to many only of the ideulical woids charged in such si t as are necessaiy to Constitute of themselves the slanderous accusatiwn. The Couise of piaclice to be paisued when a piity discov ers a witness to be int. Xicated. as eiven ia the case uf Mann et al. v. Clifton. 3J Ulackf.. 304. is beld lo be coiicct. Affiimed. State v Hyatt. Hir.T lo the Tippecanoe C. C. Affxrm-d. S'ate v Walking tt at. Ei nr to the Floyd C C. Atfinued. ISowser tt at. v. Blacksom et al. Enor to the AUeu C. C. Affirmed. Connelly t. Way n ich. Eiror to the Putnam C. C Af. firmed. Pet 1 ions for le-heaiing were ovenuled in the following cases: Uumont V. Jciihuii: Kirkett ys Güstin 1 McKay v. McKay : (lalOiealli y. üoe ex dem. Zooke et al Dotcmus y. Bond; Limatcis v. Aloielaud; McCullougli y. heim.u; Mutphejr v. Merry. The couit thin adjourned. Taking another Tack. But a few diys since the fid.Tal pi; rs were all honey and sogar lo tiie Catholic Trusts anj the Catiioli; Church. iN'ever had Church snoii d. .fenders as they t'je m ist gra i .us and humid the mot devoted and sin.-er'. T b ure tliey wer.; ! .And who doubted ! Why, nobody doulni it, of course, exept honest poople, and wiio cared for llntii V.'ell, vp have not got through a, single raivu, until we find the.-e holy defendora of the Catu dic f.itl, rl.; tt.nt ....-.1.. r-,.l...l.. t.-;. CIL I ÜUIC V.U.O-.., a..t.-, ul.o weit as Chaplains with General Tavlor's army I . . . J in illexico. wil 1 nrnr there as sines' v.-s. f-nr.s ! 1 I 4 -'

I " " i'-'sj sunruiiuic m UiVll'll. III?

spies in the worst sense T t!ir word, been u -e g'lngj 'VOl It n is h.rel y piveu. tl at in Ai 7. 1.-1:. 'tt of. .'- under the cloak of religio. The winde e .on.ry ' 1 inis.rMiou on ihe .-Hte of r.e.ie.ic h. - i .teoi Mri. n 1 e C i . .. .1- es. - . con-v . In... na. dec. aed,weee duly prr.r.'e.i to tb.-iri-i.ifi Tt-:. we speak ot its Irientls, not the allies of s.ii.i estate is mj pos. d to t .ol. .,t. ah ..r ms uu.i.t.-.t toib-

approved of President Polk'n appointing Catlö'ic .Chaplains to the army of General Taylor, bic.iil e j Mexico Ohio Ulalesm irt. From the Pennsylvania. A WICKED IIU.MIIUIJ. The fedetal paprr ate just row luxunstit.g upon lhe accusations i f the Rev. W. L. McCai.la, s contained in the following, fiom Ihe National Intelligencer : " Chaplains in the Army. " llon.-reter A. Biowne, of I'nil .delj.hi 1, 1 itely ad hessed the full. iwing letter to Ilev. V. L. McCalU, brother uf II in. J. M. McCalU, Ue of Lexington, (Ky.) aid now of "Va-h-liigton. o f , 4 " UAR MR: l earnestly HUt lespecllnlly icqnet you 0 answer tiuly, candiJIy, and fully, t.'ie f illuw ii'i questinns : " 1st. Weie you not lecently an applicant fur the situation of chaplain iu the Am-iicau aimy now m Mexico "21. fl .dyou a peisonal intetview wilh hi Excellency, James K. Polk; on lhat subject I "3d. Did. the 1'iesidetil te.ll you that when he appoin'ed two Catholic priest chapl uns, ie knew he had no such olli' e viihin his pift; but tiiat he had appointed them Chaplains nominally, th it they might become spies." " To liiesc questions Mr. Mi C ilia n tuir.ed the f.lhiwing laconic answers al the conclusion uf a Ion; leitet, tejlecting severely oi the Cathulic church, which has nothing to r!o with ihe pjiticuUr point under cou-iJcu'.iun, for whicli reason it is omi'tedi . . My answer to your nist qu'estion is, I wasj to your t;d, I had s to your third, he did. . I SCCOßl Respectfully yours, W. L. McCALLA. Theje same papers, a few days ao, weie desi.ous of con- ; vincin,; Ihe country that t.ie admimstiation u as . pp. s d 'o the Catholicj and U0 they aie Uboii;i to degrade them by ' ttemptioi! to piove the cha-ge container in lhe above wjik- j ed calumny. We p.esu i.e the Catholics will be f .uod to be I leepijr M'i..iuicii inisucw lavoi ai nie ii.uu.. vi ..ic tut , ralisis. The lealer will not fail, in ihfs cuunexion, al-o to ', obseive wi Ii shit skill that .oition of the letter if Ihe Rev. Mr. McCall a . M u flee Im cveielv vii the Catholics " is up;icsseu -as , Hineeu, Hie insuii upou ue iii'cuju:c and exen plary cleit;)nirn u-feticd to weie inae any lta pointed by such a coyr e. "The Hev. Mr. McCail'V" is known s a somewhat sangnu.eous cleigt man -a peion as fond of battle as of took) in a w.nd. a soit of l.i'otud kni 'h;-eiraut, always on . . r a . u . i . .. . t. . a.P.... some hair-biai. ed enteip'i-e intent. The New Yoik Commercial, with a peat deal of airlines, saj i he beais a name not unknown lo lhe citiz. ns peneially, or now hcaid for Ihe firt lime." A very rjuestioiuble coiiiiiucte n rr.iht be placed upon teims o equivocal. Of the two Ca'holie clergymen nent by lhe Piesi.lent to Mexico, ine, Mr. Ilct, raennccd l i life to his God and his countiy, and the other, Mr. M'EiroV, has tecently le.turt cd lo hi hone. Mr. M'Elrot i a patient and ezempl-ry person, aud will m doubt lake an eaily oppoitui.ity to defend Litnself against the aspeision of hi sUndeieis. In Ihe meantime while we be lo fay that lhe hole accusation, as quoted fiom Ihe Nitiomtl Intelligencer, is a fabrication maiiufactuied out uf the whole cloili. Ii has not even a suspicion u,on which t lely. Upon the highest and the best autüority, we pmnouiice il aulouoded and undue. The Tresideul is too cautious to make a confident of a leak) and erratic clergyman like Mr. McCalla, and he has too high a sense of Ins own duties, and apfietiatei too keenly Ihe lights and t'celing of otheis, la indulge a design so ba-e and degrading as that alluded to in Mr. AIcCalla's letter, and by him aliened to be enteitained by the Executive in icüar.l t ihe Catholic Ch .plains. 9 It is the province of the Chief M-igistiata of this greal countiy lo -ub nit to abuse without the opp-'ituiuiy lo reply, lint in the piesent instance, the clui;e is ue that d n.ands the answci we have given to it, .f only as in act of j.iiict lo the intrepid men who accepted Ihe appointment coufcrivd upon them by the Picsulent, aud (1ichaiged tin duties in so nuble and chnsiiau a spiiit. Death tkom Quack Doctoks. A nvoner's inquest was held in jtuckort on the löth of July last, on the body of Martin Vari S.ckler,' who came to his death under the fallowing circumstances. He He called on Dr. John IL Phillip, a . homoeopathic physician; for some pills for a Qain in the side, &.C Dr.' rhillip gav e him two vials of pills, one containing 2-1, a nd thi other 3'J pilN. with, w.itten directions to take one three times a day, aud if it produced any burning pain, then to take but half of one at a time. It 6eeuied from lhe testimony on the inquest, that Van Sickler's illness was feigned, and that there was aii understanding between him and Dr. Schermerhorn, of Stockport, that he should get the pills and take them, for the purpose of ridiculing Dr. Phillip and his medicine. Dr. Schertnerhorn assured Van JSickler that he . need not be afraid to take the whole lot, as they would hurt no one. Accordingly Van Sickler took'the whole of the pills, under the advice of Dr. S., and the result was his death the nex morning. ; . . Dr. Phillip testified that he was called on the night of the llith, by Dr. Sehermerhorn, who wished him immediately lo go and 6ce the deceased. Dr. P. told him it was useless if he had taken all the medicine be sent him at once, as it would produce death. According to the lestitnouy of Dr. Witbeck, of Hudson, the deceased came to' his' death by taking an over-dose of strichnine and arsenic pills. Accordingly the jury found that lie cat'ne to his death by taking the medicine contrary to the direction of Dr. Phillip. JCinderho-'fi' Sinti neh'

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LlSlITMXI iTb TLKv.KaPlI WlfiU.- T..e Ue: Lei vhurch at Newark, was struck during a ti.-'i'd'f i.o.ver a few days ago, though :ily a ;e.v st. ps lr--ni he tIeorap)i wires and ti.r s n ilro.id track. A K-;en-ti!ic friend, J. J. Bik'-r; of New lun.ucfc, M.c';es:.J to us Miw ears ag . w lie.l ra.!r .ad 1. 1 -t Lc: u to null. ply, tht they migM in their y.r-r- s o i.s.riVite the eltrtncitv rs to prevent vt, sions. Lut that 'pood tune" lias ceria,i,ly riot coc. jc;. 4Yrir'rk AJcrtiser.

iiii: 31 vuiwi:x. CI NCI XX ATI, August 6.F!.ur-Pt ires were firmer tdiylhan a:rx aiai'res at ll fl..i i.f Ti.uiJ.v'. 1,1. iDdxated. The sales wne SO bils f.U:n to.e.'4J il.lia.i nilroal, 100 and J '0 d fiom City Mi. Is at 4 j; IJS do 'mm canal at 4 Üü ; 2)0 do f.o u stoie al .t. Most holJeis k the h.j;het ia'e named of over. Psotisi ms- Nj sates t.ausptie.i to-day. Whiskey The sales repoit-d lo-da indicated a Serine of i to j per call n on tales if ihe previ day. . "3 ijj iu two lots, were sold at 17r; 17 dj at 17jc; löj bilt iu three lots at 17:. 4 , , AfcesT II. Wheat at Io liiüapo'is mills 50 ctms. 87-TIIIS REMEDY will prra.ote I eit:.v j-rrtii.Kt tnJ ramove ' structicDs orlgii-r.'.ii g f.om a morl ij a. uon of !e Ii r aud l ilisry orj: 11. Ia a durale li:.e this, where the . en erpu a. of vitiate.t snü ri!ui daut l,i.e are so reva'tnt. they are an invaluable remedy. lbeym.-y be givii to the Vujol Jpaut witU üfitj , u tl ej contain no d:stic er CiliU rions du g. which ii too of:e:i used tr tl is pur j oe, and Li.Te ont'-.eJ mauy a L lp eis vi. tim to a i remaiure rrave. Wh-n a tende-.cy to rotoenet peints cut tl e ne d of a cathaitir to n lieve tl e sj r. m, i.otl in ra l;tettcra!apUdto the pu-pose than llr. Brum's h i mn intt I'ttettble tvgnr-eotttd mmli-U "iuti V It. Try tl in oi rr, and jow never will taWe ai y otlier pill. They wear a coat of w Lile sugar, tl e color itxlf leing a staking ca.blini c f.i.noo nee. For sh. j Tomlirten JWo ktrt. -gn of the CJ J'dcn Mortar, a:.d ty S. J. Wade, üru.-gist, la.üni; pol . IM JLXT COXl.ii; lVLM:HVi:it. ' I Mir. a i 11:10.1 of the ,.ui,iic it res,-. t,u J ! ire I lo ih. ue 1 ly i . vi n;el a, par. tu. . Tl e o! 'ycl U,r Licit it i int-i Jiv ipif. ctly 10 pretrve corpus Iruin decv for any length ol -line, wi.hout lei J ury ise oifei.kive to 1elica-y , or uuwmli pp'.iri ce The value of ucli a marlnre t i'i..ot I e estima . J U,t ' y t ose ender teehng w h ell kn lor ti.e preervatio of a d'-iartei,lrii nd ; a d BTnon; th.e w lit have U, en comi c' ei to use it cn uccoimt 01 the tat d-.taj in- .f th.ir frieil, i je 'eral .-.ml pleasing satisf; ciion Las be. .. given : lor none cat. peak cj I ijjhiy cf u. h an iini'lnnt ami us. ful i- v ntiun. Ener.il, nt i sntutions inj ill others whs des. re o delay fune alsun ilihe arrival of dis-ant r. I. lives, or m muke sui-.ab .re.aratioa for interment, ran, bv t! e u.-e of this n.acl.ine, pre serve them forw .s k in a peif-cily ino.7ensJve Kate, allow ill 10 g; l ujxiii ihem. Tl:e m.dersijnej I as seenrrd the p-itent for Marion county o t' is valu.O 'e a. id uiik b n. e.ie.l a: j aun. It 1 sn be Use,l it. tin ' est 100m In ti e house without ti e lei st Lm onveiiiene, and ii ,t does not "iveiuiis.'action. no cl arj will te mnde. Tl is f. a.utus run Inj set n a-i.t will be i pplie.l by the un.leisignej, I u lertaker and.Cortui t:ker, at Li ol.l j'.d. si'ii f i.e K c!c Main street. Iulian:. o is. J. I. STIir.TCIK-'.R. X. C. The un.lersijjtiei hat two hearses rind carriage. 1 n. he la st nn I uio-L c.iietul l ands ia LU emd.T ; o that, if i -boul 1 happen th..t he is absent Oo prof. smuh'I dutv.tai al .'ders left at his pla.-e cf buine-, w ill e a'tend -d to in as goo. -'vie, an I as punctually, as '11 enS he Lin.selr w Lhre. i L iiie.ressioii tein a' ro:id that when prole -ionaiy absent in ?rsou wont I atlenj funerals, he w ist.es Lis lne..!sanj the pub ic to uudit:a id, that they can -e ate...t -, u. bv those in hi inpl.iy, 0 I eir satisfaction. K.n.!e ma.le co.'l.us alwats 01 b'i I '--P.inrNial s't.-n t-nre 'l hours. si jf Wils'iii AiiM-r.ran IlisM-ry. 'pillisan.-w anJ splen.liil woik re. e t!y 1' ui-lislie.l contrinie nearly tdfl iti;s ix'iavo, comiirisii j; a L;story ol" the In ti.,u t'ÜH; a ilescripl on of A.neriCai. 8i.liiui:ies ; l.ittorv ..I the L nitedSintes; Uli-is 1 provinCi-s; Listoir "f Mexico row'n to the battle of Morrerv ; and Te:.s to fie time of e.s a.lT.i-sieT iy:; tl. American fnion. with marginal d.tes. i,nj -.'T m.otrinal nn-nF an-l charts j;iusr:.tive of the woik. I'eitois not ruled on . rntv. serip-ion. can have the work b calli.ig at n.v r. ..!.-n. e . ej per S -i-i.-u street. I.." W Vtft;. New A Hi nr, In J.. J-me 23. rl 8w G.neial At'ent lor In h.-.na. vati:i. Fi,ora "ftive "d ,,,'tri Ö'fcomaveryotiu-Ie trioiK mm, of poo. I business honi, to t ni)io.-meut 1.1 t- irnei. Al'l'liiUly. for iiart'CuLri in-n.ire this c M f, , st Im-..uade l.ll Illcdl il el -- a..j9 t ?.v 1IJIIVUS ITOit'N aVOTIC'i:. csia'e a e potihetl to m. kepajment w.il.i.jt nelav ; an ! i,u . hav In cbiinis ppa.nst the same, to pri sent tin ir claims w ii: in ths lime liiniiei! l-y law, p.oper.y Ul:jUI.i l..r i. i l. m. to. i't-"i Mi)! '.Vf.nrt. A.'-er ( triieep, to-lior&e wagon, frmin ut- n-ils, Lous, l.o i anu Lin Uro i.iriiiiuie, i"i tonne ruus omer auices -in e l i iarmerT live. ! si ?w M ADi sov v. t:nc. a i..,r. n:ris . mti rpMIE suWri'er have tr.e p:isile f .ajing t.i their fiin.'v a id tie puulic, ti.at il.L-y are now receivn gtheir summ, r m.J full ftock of ... Urns uihI !Uedi ie, I';iiiiis, ftycWoods. Gl is-V ire, i:t:itlic :iiiil I'aleut .licit irinr. tir---""i'iii'a'cwiinii mm a til int pan m ir.r l v , r U:iIity anil che;u.i.e-. We wiuLl r.-si etlulv ark o.ir In. liis a.:J tha pu'd ic to at L-.ist compare nil. es fore rnr. Lainj a.iSr. J. j. ansLEV C: . i:i:i;ii:s: ii'iimu::: ft H'Pr-lilOJR lot nf h:iir and rl..iL liusles, f.-h Iriohes, W, shoe aeil i.orse (jiü' sweejiinij and ' rul.l.lii; liuL."S, varEis'i rrinli.-s. Itc., ftr tale l y iitrfi 1 J J. hn-fiLF.r " ITItri JILIlV. r. P V Ol SSnL'S rl,r -L.'ine .; I.a Is. tl.a.n- crra-a rirrs. si ;n soap, fhi'i. om'e. h nrV oil, extrSrt ei tw na, toilii ivwder, chalk Lal s, sui hetts. kc-, lor sale w-r) low I u"f. ai j. j. on lev It r. 100 LltS. Iwft t spe A oft auirS SI -for sal. Kw It j. j. onsi.F.r l Ts. -ja d Iv9 LBS. Pnlv. Rhubarb s. ariante p.t.e. for -! l-r a.ic 21 J. J. Oll SLEV 4' "- rP cb g.Va --.10 1!,$., of sepr rior cuMi'. . on hs.., a.-r! for "le I y a.igii 21 J. J. OWSLEV C. GLI ?H an I Ameiiran Calomel, 100 p .. f- Ie jt j j.uiii J. J. otVSI.F.Y tr r. . . n . r . v. r- ' r 7T A Capvcum-gei.ui .e .fory ty 2VL. B;i!cry 1( 0 lbs., of U-st qiuh'tr, or ;.le an,'! ai j.j. onsLnr tr C: ?Z lns 75 I'ulr. 1.' eliiwrw ar.ai.t ..I jrn.ine nr f-h. icr ;.lot-y a.igr, C! J. J. OH'SLF.y 1). riOTAL Vri,i-h MO cUloii, lest qti: P.v, for le Lv V nie SI J. J. O U'SLf. V 4rpritr".N"MNK jsJ gallons, on l.an.1 en.l for .! , re jfi SI 4. J. Oll'S I. Ef' Sr t GROSS Nerve and Woe I.in, am. n', for -ntphr uirfi SI J J. OU Si.EV r. IJ AMI' Ll-k SWI p i., of lhe very I ot e.a m .n , u :. 1 . lor E t i y ug '-i JjJ-9 ;LS1 Er CoST IN SEED Oi' ClU gallons on land and fo' s: lel.v J Ä i ng 11 J J. On SLEV C: ".Art OZ. Qainin. just receive aud for alc i0JJ B,.u 2l j j. 0 SLEF 4- Ce. HITE Lead rXI kegs, pure and No. 1. a-tsniej at.. fresh, for s: e tv an'O 31 J J. O S.J1 4" t . 1 TlAL and Bot I.-Co'Ls ll 0 frost, ast-orted i.es ; alw Cork wood u'tahle for Iioot sous, lor sa'e I y . au.6 St J.J, OirSLEV f Co. "PSOM Salts iOO I.., l est quality, fosrle low -t r.i-.-r. :i j.j. oirsLEYt r. w r 11ITING IjOO 11 Ukt quality, for sale hr augö Jl J.J. OH'SLF.Y 4" C-k-vj T DOZ. Paint Biuthtt of the very hot riualitv. or sale I y JZ9 a.igg a i . J. J. oirsLEY ( !tIAJ:MI MS- sii.r. SP V virtue of Iw. w.its .f eie.tK.ns (Fl Fa.'s) in me directed frrsn i lliecler.'solfirrof the cimill curt II. I nitr.l Male f Um diso in of li.d.uis. I n Hl tfer (.Ml at Um. r.ui house tUs tu tlw c.sinty of !adi-ii and late .4" In.luna.en lite 4t:i il.iy .it e4 m er pH. Iieiween la A. Al. ami 4 I. M., Ihe rents and 4 refits U r ven years t toe loUowinf .lea. r:bed fr.il estnle, I . U : Tlie li .lf of tla s w qr.a.iJ w ll.ir 4 Um- e qr Mrlio vil, Iowa '24 nine? ra.4. anil w iiiilf w'lhe se qr a-Unm '2J,low n 1 ii.rT.ii, m-.f eat, si!u..ie in district ol hunls Mit.jerl to s..le at Fort iir. hnli ina. Ami on Irtiluie to rralize a siilhrieMt tan Ut aati-fy tl. 0, nian.ls I win M Ihe Klllis Imie. ui .Uce..ler for oil the lee simple .4 a; Kl a ore drsri.l.eil real estate, Liken us lhe ir.itt-rty of Isaac IVcU.iul.at the amis Miikrand Cier vs. auiJ Isaac B.iul, and np-iuH ll.oiuasLe.siard and Bedsaul. A. t.'. I'KPriiR, J. S. Marh .1 In P. Indiana. Ity Uu. Wc"cvr, UeiHitr. July 31rt, IS47. (Pr.fea$;i i7lre,4 4. v . Kfii:uirr-s &i.r ?J? virtue ori FxerOon to ii.e .'ir tej from the cl- rkNcfa a. of the Msriun rirruit cour. I will epe to ptilJi - ale, r.n th 2tu .toy of Aujr, 181'., at the Ton 11...1- oor in the tova of In.lianapo.u.. wit.nn the hours p-esc. iU J bv 1 .w. tl e renri ul profits, iorsevea years, of thelallowin; reif e-tar, t.e i : Commencing at Hie south wit eot ncrcl it -e su:h t-w quarter of ertli.n No. 19, lownsl tp o. 17, an.l rtn.e 4. e;.f , th.nc est SO rods; thenre nortJi fr quinliiy .dm to n.hr..ct '.ti acrts. in iha south wt corner, of said quarter section, or so n.u. h ti.e i-ol as ill satisfy vaiJ j.nl. meiit ami a. I rests. An.l on failure to rcl?24th full ainom t cfpi'lrmepr, u terest an. I cufcts. I will at tri saiua tim an.l place. e...e t.w Mmple of said real estate. Taken as lhe proH.nj of l o-ral Colis, I ih suitof Jonu Lurk. A.ln.r. A. W. IM'.sIil, l.l-3w PheriTct Marion Count; . I'lio M.itc 'r IiKtknua, Elat ion roitu'.y. Is tni -Mio. CiacriT Cocbt, t AraiL lua, A. I. IMT. Crs BUt ia Chattet f.. A'lolphnsH. Smith vs. James I. Givan, a- d Fho.t.i Civr.n. hit Kiie. an I Daid Lor.?, and Hester Long, his I'e, ai d ott ers. 'JMIKmi.i l lelrB-t' O . Ji.snes L. Cirnat, and Ri isla C.iau, l is M. wife and David Lone, and Hester Lous, h's w.e, w: ane not resi.h n-n.f :hn St; te öf In 'iaaa, a-e I., rehy no .tie.i, ti I at t' April Term in the year lfl7 of said Marion circuit court, sai.l A ln'pliuf II. Smith iiled hi rross b I! ot roirt aii.t a:tns tlietn inJ otl.ers, in the suit iu chance-r the i pei.dn.? in uid enurt. oi V.ron AIMri.i pj;..inst faul f'nmh and others; that rrrk-still is now pen.lin in &ai I rt urt, mul llu.t ui.lru thry a.( ear and p..l .o. or answer tUe same oa or I cfire the ral.injf oi ti.e ran e on tt; irM dsv of tt. ncoVm of r.d court, to 1. I elj al lhe rout louse in the tov n of ln'Uaiupolis, on thetl.iid Monlnj -in O- toia-r .eit.sui.l rross bill and lue u...tieri and tilings tlavi. iu cni.l . I. will he taken 8 confessed, and held a trstc ta:nsl si.i 1 fei.nt.-' . limes L.and RI oAi Givan. D:'vid anilij M.r I.onf. Bv ovde. of .he court. 15 Jw Attest: K. It DI ' V N .V. rk. EU VTENT l'rj;' Latchrs, n new e. :ideun i,-ei,ei :.: " 15 GR.iT---

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