Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1847 — Page 1

IIMA:N WOLIS, Al tlSX 2S, 1S47. , To Correspondent. E. M.,Franklin. Cant Male the term fur any one. To Postmasteks. As we jet frequently receive letters under the olJ regulation, 5-19, drawing on the r. M. here for money deposited in other o3kes for subscribers, we would request all such postmasters to read chapter 34 of their new instructions, which repeals said regulation, 549, authorizing persons to subscribe for newspapers, by depositing the money with postmasters, i.e. Slid order went into eff.-ct from and after the first of July last.

03" A paragraph appeared in our semi-weekly of K 0-..1 l l i v i . . . . the Jth. Mast ednesdriv which rnnrliwVfl thiia "Suppose our county had taken the Railroad stock proposed some three years since! At this time, scarcely one cent would need to be collected for all county purposes. Let us not be so short-sighted again." It is very seldom that any editorial paragraph appears in this paper, in the sentiments of which its editors do not coincide in full. The above is an exception. 1 he writer of this opposed and voted against the proposition that the county should take stock and borrow money or assess taxes to build the road ) and thinks he did right in so doing, and would do so again. It may now appear that it would have been a successful speculation for the county ; but we imagine the resii'ts we now witness would have been very different from those we should have witnessed had the course alluded to been adopted by the people. In the opinion of the writer of this, the work has progressed sloicly and badly enough under the present management. It waa a piece of folly ever to have issued the land scrip; and the profits of some of the contractors and other persons interested, appear to have received rather too large a share of favor from the directors, at the expense of the public welfare. The road ought fr) have been completed a year or more ago, arid might liave been had its managers gone the rijrht way to work about it. This they did not appear to know, however, and are perhaps entitled to put in that want of knowledge, or of faith, as a plea of justification. Bui at the same time, the writer of this has no Jault that the result, such as it is, is as favorable, if not much more so, that it would have been had the work been done under tlio auspices of either Slate or County patronage; and that the interests of the people will be just as much subserved as the mat'er now stands, as they would or could have been, were the stock owned by the county instead of being the private property of its citizens. . -v j , fcj"The senior of the Sentinel denies coming out for Gen. Taylor for the Presidency during the recent canvass in this county for Representafive. We made the statement on the authority of one who heard him. The facts, as detailed to us, which we are persuaded, upon reflection, the Editor will not deny, are these: His opponent, Mr. Brown, put the question to the senior, as to who hi was for as a candidate for the Presidency. The senior replied, that he was for the nominee of the Democratic Convention, whoever he might be. Mr. Brown then asked him, whether he was not in favor of the nomination, by that contention, of Gen. Taylor, to which ho unequivocally replied, he was. This occurred nt one of the appointments fjr stump speaking, and before the people, which will be remembered by them. The above is in part true, and part not true. Now we will state the facts, and confidently appeal to all who heard us, if we do not state them correctly. At the commencement of every speech, (Mr. Brown following us) he began by saying that he owed no apology for being present, as it was by invitation of the democratic candidates, tc, and that if he were not there, they might say he was afraid to meet them ! lie would then declare himself a whig, and, probably fearing that he would not succeed without somebody's popularity to ride in upon, he straddled Gen. Taylor'? shoulders, by declarir.g himself in favor of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency ; and almost invariably adding, that Chapman was opposed to him." This assertion, its object being so palpable, was suffered to pass uunoticed in several instances, till wo checked him. He then asked, who are you in favor of J" We replied, the nominee of the Democratic National Convention, whoever he might be; that when the people, through their delegates Lad made their selection, we should fight for him, and elect him ton!" Mr. EnnVn then asked, " are you not opposed to Gen. Taylor personfl.7y" Cur reply was, " No !" We never said that we were in favor of his nomination by that convention, and hence the matter stands contradicted. It was not so cunning a trick as it was supposed to be, to make it appear on the 6tump, that we opposed Gen. Taylor. It wa9 too ßtupid a device, to be used by any but a demagogue. And as our sentiments are geuerally known to the people of this county on that subject, we had no desiro to controvert it on the stump. One word more: Mr. Brown has so unequivocally pledged himself on the stump to go for Taylor, " without a why or wherefore," we desire the whigs of Marion to mark how he carries out this, a3 well as many other pledges made. As these matters are of little interest to our numerous readers, we shall hardly notice them at length again. Kelset's Bee-Hive. Attention is requested to the advertisement of this Hive, which appears in another column. In reference to its qualities the Cincinnati Daily Times has the following : Eee Hives. Mr. Albert Kehsey, who is stopping at the Gait House, commends to the public one of the best models of a bee hive that we have ever seen, various 3 those contrivances are. It affords positive and complete protection from the bee moth or miller, and is bo arranged as to admit of a free circulation of air throcgh it at all times. The honsy can, at any time. be removed from the hive without disturbing the bees, or more can be added for the sustenance of the swarm if necessary, while the bees are kept healthy by liting in new comb, all the time. This hive embraces several other improvements, which we are nut apiarian enough to detail, but which are readily appreciated on inspection. We refer to the advertisement in another column. Th- New Albany Democrat of the 21th inst, recommends the same hive. It says Kelset's Alternating Bee Hive. Mr. Albert Kelsey, eon cf the patentee, has been for several weeks in tliis city, for the purpose of introducing the valuable invention to apiarians. Jude Sinex, Thomas Collins, Esq., and several other gentlemen of this city and vi- j Cinity l.ave purchased these hives, and pronounced them superior to any heretofore introduced here ; and we hive abundant evidence that this hive is all that it is represented to be by the patentee. We have been shown a hive in which a swarm has been at work about two week and they have already nearly filled one box with honey. It is so arranged as to affjrd a complete protection from the bee-moth or miller, and to admit a free circulation of air through it at all times. The honey can, at any time, be removed from the hive without disturbing the bees, or more can be added for the sustenance of the swartn if necessary, while the bees are kept healthy by living in new cmb all the time. It is Mr. Kelsey's indention to visit Indianapolis in a few days, and from the sat isfaction his hives have given here, we have no doubt I if a fair trial be given, lh?y will prove to be a source of profit and convenience to the bee culturists of Central Indiana. fjr-An Indianapolis correspondent of the N. York Tribune calls Mr. Owen "the most talented and gentlemanly locofico in Congress from this State." How d-3 this agree wi'h the imputation recently copied by Tbt: Journal, that Mr. O. is "an open revilcr of all hit is considered sacred!"

Published cverv Thursday. ,. Wrojo.-The State Sentinel says that Gen. Taylor censured the conduct o! Majr Guinea, in surrendering hi force at Encarnacion, in the severest terms, and rep- ! regents the old General as uaing the most prolan ian!suae " pe.ik.ng of the matter We regar.1 the publiKamm m me inoguaze aunuuiru 10 uencioi 7 .u- ci . ,r-.L- .i ... i. ...A the Sentinel, as very wrong. If it be true that he used such language, lie is justly censurable fr hi prolanity. It is certainly not necessary, however, in order io mem ..1. . . . .1 e 1 1;... ...i.. out that censure, to put the curses from his lips into me mouth or every one, both old and younK, who read, the public journals of the country. If he did not use the Ianguage attributed to him by the Sentinel, it is certainly the greatest injustice to publish such things t the prejudice of the old General. And the conductor of a public journal who would publish auch, knowing then, to be una man so worthy ss Gen. laytor, who is in a foreign tV'UIIHTj llllllfl n i I r a . karn 1m .nr.ail ujitk Infinil. ! ncss of soul. We have too hi2h an opinion ol the candor ! 1 1 " .inn a ticv..a-wiwu i k 1 1 iiiuillli III (vn i and fairness of the editors of the Sentinel, to believe they would act thus. We think, however, in either event, whether true or false, (and we have no doubt of its fallacy) a newspaper is not the place for detailing conversations notoriously profane. iVayne Co. Record. $Cjrc kept the paragraph alluded to on our table for several weeks before we published it, in order to see if it should be contradicted by any one. The Warsaw Herald kept the paragraph standing in its columns during the congressional canvass in Kentucky, and it was copied by many other papers as authentic. Under such circumstances we thought it right to copy it for various reasons, more particularly because it professed to give Gen. Taylor's opinion of the surrender of the Americans at Encarnacion. We thought it no more than ä matter of propriety to give that opinion as reputed to be expressed in his own words, only that he might not be misunderstood, and ire misrepresented. If his language is improper, that is not our fault ; and if he is to be censured for the use of it, the public can only justly apportion censure, after knowing the precise nature of it. Our whig friends do not think it at all improper to impute certain objectionable speculative opinions to their opponents, and to obtain their defeat by 6uch means, if they can ; and we do riot see why they should be so very sensitive when others speak of the practices of certain personages whomi for the time being, the whigs may think it expedient to represent as immaculate in all respects. This is the second time wo have been censured for publishing. language attributed to Gen. Taylor by his own friends. The first grew out of on anecdote which was fabricated by. the Ticayune, immediately after the battle of Buena Vista, for the benefit of Taylor and the Kentuckians. It was copied by the Indiana Journal and many other whig papers, with approbation. We. afterwards copied it for the purpose of shcNving our readers what kind of clap-trap Taylor's friends relied uj,"on- to create for him political popularity among t!iej?eople. We at the same time exonerated Gen. Taylor by saying that we doubted the authenticity of the aaecdote and the language imputed to him. Not word of censure had been expressed by the whig press up to that time ; but then, the Cincinnati Chronicle, in the most abusive and scurrilous style thought it proper and expedient to impute to us base designs in copying what the whigs themselves had thought to be a first rate joke from a first rate man. The Evansville Journal and others of the small fry, "followed suit" after the Chronicle. They all charged us with slandering the General, and as being instigated by the wickedest designs. Our. purpose was accomplished, the anecdote was killed dead. We therefore said nothing, though wc could afterwards have shown, on the authority of the Picayune, that Geo. T. did use the language originally ascribed to him. That paper, in answer to the objections of the Chronicle, positively asserted that the lanunrre was that of Gen. Taylor, and that it could DO substantiate its assertion by direct proof. It furthermore justified its use uron the occasion, and ridiculed the Chronicle for its apparent fastidiousness in regard to the use of profane language Dy a "rrreat man." Our whig friend of the Record is right in supposing that we have too much candor and fairness to publish such things "with a view to poison public opinion against so worthy a man ai Gen. Taylor." Our remark? on both occasions were sufficient to show that we had no such purpose in view. It is true that we do not, by any means, consider Gen. Taylor superior to all other officers in the field, though he has been very fortunate and successful in battle, if we judge of success by victory alone. We are quite willing to give him all, and more than All the credit which is his due in these respects'. But that does not blind us to the fact that he is still human, and may err as other men sometimes do. His treatment of the Indian Volunteers especially, we think exceedingly unjust and ungenerous, and not only proyes that he can err, but that he can adhere to error after it has been manifested to him. Cj-That Gen: Taylor recommended the erriployment of bloodhounds, is proved by the following extract from his official letter, dated at Tallahasse, August 20, 1S:V3, written to Gov. Call, of Florida: "Under this Btate of things I have suggested to the Department the propriety of employing the bloodhounds of Cuba, with several Spaniards accustomed to manage them, to aid us in ferreting out the enemy, to be used alone as trackers, to enable us to come up with them, and I would be glad to have your opinion in regard to this measure, and if approved, your influence in carrying the same into effect, in the first instance barely as an experiment." This is one reason, we suppose, why some of the whigs are so strongly in favor of the General's elec tion to the Presidency. They admired the blood hound suggestion very much in 13 10 ! That Circular. From all the facts which we have been able to gather up to this time, it appears probable to us, that the flagitio-is circular, issued in the Gib district, on the eve of the election, and circu lated by whigs for the purpose of defeating the demo cratic nominee, and which it apprara accomplished that purpose, was printed if not concocted in the ofCeo of the Yincennes Gazelle. If this be true, it should damn that concern, and its managers, in the estimation of every honest man, whig and democrat C7Tl.e following resolution was passed at "the colored people's Educational Convention," recently he ld in this city : llesohfl. That the white people of this State : ought not to reproach us' with being ignorant, degrai ded,and poor, while thev tax our property to support their own poor, and their own D!ina,ueai ana insane, and educate their own children, while denying to ours the benefits and blessings conferred by this taxation." Pungent to say the least. lYi-Thc triumphs claimed br the whigs in the re cent elections, will no doubt make the Mexicans still ' ... . , . i , more stubborn in the rejection of the peace oilers our government, iney reiy upon tue ueip oi me wbif in our Congress. Murderer Sentenced. Aaron Knight was recently convicted, in Knox county, of murder in the Bjcond degree, upon the person of Ilezektah Embrce, aad was sentenced by the jury to confinement in the pcuitent.ary during the term of his" life.'

INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTE3IBER 2, 1847.

Good Acws for Hie Canal L.:iml PlirClin vets la the Seven Jlilc Slrip," und elsewhere- ' Considerable uneasiness was felt by a number of our citizens u ho had purchased hnds from the State, especially in the seven mile strip," on the appearance of 1 1 1 .1 c. . e - . " public lands in this Stale, from a four that. OS some , . . " L' . ' !' um' " , " , t" nsh.ps were named in it u h.ch. or r am of which had been already sofd by lie State, that they would be again sold by the United Slates. . f ., (j-..rM OmVe fuherf. the ' Af attention or the General Office t here the by Guv. Whitcomb, in a letter dated on the 5th of I i t . . .... Juiy last' as 8Uon H9 "e was prized vT the tears ot the purchasers in relation to the subject, and we are gratified to lind, by the Commissionsr'a reply, which we subjoin below, that the whole ground of alarm originated in mistake', as was confidently predicted by the Governor to those citizens who called here to make the matter known to him. It is true that divers tracts were named in the proclamation, portions of which had been previously selected and sold by the State ; but, as the Commissioner remarks, in his let ter, these portions, so previously sold, will be found to be "expressly excluded from the sales by the last part of the proclamation," and that to prevent all uneasiness, they will be entirely excluded even from b?ing named, in the revived proclamations, which will be issued before the sales. These sales, it will be remembered, have already been postponed by the resident until in May next. General Land Office, August 5th, IS 17. Sir : In answer to your communication of tl.iröth ultimo, I have the honor, to state, that in preparing the proclamation of the 25th May lust, for the sale of the lands within the recent Miami cessions in Indiana, several townships were included in which the State had made selections under the laws gr?nting and to aid in the construction of the Wabasi and Erie Canal ; but the portions belonging to the State, under those laws, you wid find expressly excluded from the sales, by the last part of the proclamation. You have been apprised by this oflice, of the order for the postponement of the 6alcs of these Miami lands, till May next; and in order to prevent any uneasiness on the part of those who hold by purchase from the State, all the lands belonging to the State will be excluded, in reviving the publications of these proclamations, before the contemplated sales. With great respect, Your obedient servant, RICHARD M. YOUNG, Com in ission er. His Excellency, James Whitcomb, Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis. Post Office stamps can now be purchased at the Post OHice in this city. This will be a grcnt conve nience to all who wish to pre-pay tlieir letters, and will only cost them the usual postage. The following is the section of the law authorizing the issue of these stamps : , . "Sec. -11. And It il further enacted, That to facilitate the transportation of letters in the mail, the Postmaster General be authorized to prepare postage stamps, which, when attached to any letter or packet, shall be evidence of the payment of the postage chargeable on such letter, which said stamps the I'ostmatler General may deliver to any deputy postmaster who may apply for the same, the deputy postmaster paying, or becoming accountable for the amount of the stamps a received by him; and if any of said stamps shall not be used, but be returned to the General Tost UOlce, the amount so returned shall be credited to auch deputy postmaster; and such deputy postmaster may sell or oispose oi any stamps so received by him, to any person who may wish to use the same; but it shall not be lawful for any deputy postmaster to prepare, use, or dispose of any postage stamps not au thorized by and received from the Postmaster General; and any person who shall falsely and fraudulently make, utter, or forge any postage stamp, with the intent to de fraud the 1 ost Uluce Department, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction shall be subject to the cam punishment as is provided in the twen'y-first section of the act approved the iniru day oi Tiaren, eighteen hundred and twenty-rive, entitled 'An act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post Of fice Department. " The stamps are ot the denominations ol five and ten cents, and sold for the face of them. An English Freetrader. The National Intelligencer recommends that those who quote the exam, pie of Great llritain to justify the removal of all pro tection, should read the following extract Irom a speech made to his constituents by Mr. Smythe, one ot the most emcient co-operators with oir itooeri Peel in his recent free-trade measures I cannot, however, quit this subject of Free Trade without expressing my opinion on the abstract principle I bv no means hold that the principle of free trade is ab sotutely true, nor that it is of universal application. I were an .American, the citiztn of a young country, I should be a protectionist. If I were a Frenchman the native of an old country with its industry undeveloped I should equally be a prolacliouiat." Well, we lavo read it for one ; and we think it only proves that the Englishman is just as ignorant of the true interests, the resources and the capacities of America, as many of our domestic whigs undoubtedly are. If he should live ten years he and they may learn how Ignorant they have been. 0-In a recent address to the people at Philadel phia, Mr. Clay concluded by saying: That it was the duty of every. American to give the government all his aid and influence; mo as to enable it to bring about peace between the two coun tries." The whig editors arid politicians are pursuing a course the very reverse of that here indicated. Mr' Clay's remark is & severe rebuke to them ; but we suppose they will attribute it to the circumstance that the Mexicans brutally murdered his son, for which he feels a desire to revenge himself upon them, as perhaps Mr. Crittenden felt for their imprisonment of his son three years ago. They of course will not attribute it to a patriotic motive; for by so doing they must condemn themselves. "The Ar, and Odd Fellows' Western Monthly Magazine," is the title of a periodical, published at Columbus, Ohio, by Alex. E. Glenn, Csq' It is devoted especially io the cause of Odd Fellowship; but while it contains a good deal of matter of particular interest to that order, it also embraces much of a general literary and miscellaneous character, .we confess that we are not prejudiced very much in favor of publications of this kind, for several reasons not necessary to state; but the "Ark," does not come within the category of our objections ; on thecontraryj we believe it to be worthy of the liberal patronage and support of those to whose interests it is especially devoted, and it may be read with profit by all. It is very cheap at $1 per year. Irish Relief. The editor of th'o American Alma nc wishes to place in the next number, a list of contributions for the relief of Ireland. Those who have "1. charge of the contributions, at variouV places, are ! I 4 I. i ,.n kll.iiiln J V- l4 S1 vi I J lilll'tl siuesirt'u i" nte me rui i icuui io i lanni jjuntu, ot nr. ... The daily expense of France under the Emperpj Napoleon, was 2,100,000 francs under the Picstoraf tion, 2,800,0(X), and under Louis I'hillippo they ari 4,200,C00. The Baltimore Argus announces the death of Col. Phillip F. Thomas, the Democratic candidate fur Governor1 of Maryland.

State

Extract of a Idler from an American in Mexico to a friend in Indiana, dated Monterey, Mexico, July ii 1317 suppose that the lion of the States nothing else, I should u crcai ucai, i lunik is uu. 1 uou 1 kuow wi.ai your 1 li- 1 . 1 1 opinions are concerning hip, but mine rre decidedly .. Native." And. if there is one man in Indiana, who has any pride of feeling for his Slate, and those of her unfortunate citizens who were oüt here, who can consistently, be a Taylor man. I shoi.ld like to IIe (en. h3 been extremely fortunate A -I , . I I ! Vm ... r ' .1.. 1 . . Mil... lie uciti lia vctu cAiicuicijr imiuiiaie in all of his buttles but it does not, in my opinion, follow that he will make a good President. Yetsucli seems to be the opinion of the people. They seem to pay no attention to talents, actually, but go for Taylor, therefore, without a why or wherefore." "If he is, or should be the candidate for President', and Indiana gives him anything like a respectal!e vote', she deserves all he lias said about her, which I think was entirely uncalled for and I believe, had not some secret motive been at the bottom of it, it never would have come forth. But so it is ; it has gone forth, that the Jd regiment of Indiana volunteers were cowards all except Col. Bowles, and he was a brave and gallant officer and could not make some people believe anything else because den. Taylor said so.'.'.' JJut it should be recollected that Gen. Taylor is flesh and blood and therefore as likely to err as anv other man. It vexes me to think about it. Magnetic Telegraph to Indianapolis Hurrah ! We find tiie following gratifying announcement in the Cincinnati Enquirer of Aug. 23d : Going Ahead. The Telegraph is at length here, and we have seen what immense advantages can be derived from it. The builders are satisfied with their work, and well they may be, for it operates beautifully. The Messrs. O'Reilly have informed us that the line from Louisville to Nashville will be commenced to-day', and from Louisville to Lexington at the same time. In the latter line lhe stock is already taken, and the stock from Nashville to New Oilcans is guarantied, so that the company will progress with it immediately. 3Ir. O'R. contemplates finishing the line to New Orleans a little before the first of next January, and as he has fulfilled all his engagements so far, we can readily believe that he will not fail in this. Captain O'Reilly leaves this morning for Chicago, to make arrangements for extending the line from thereto Indianapolis, and from thence to St. Louis. The Lake line is also building from Buffalo to Detroit, and so en roule to Chicago. Our citizens, and all those interested in the progress of the Telegraph, at the different points we have named, can form some idea with what expedition the-whole will be accomplished, from what the Messrs. O'Reillys and their associates have already done. Mr. Henry and Capt. John are both go-ahead men. Abduction. A singular case of abduction took place in this city yesterday morning, which, as it created some notoriety, may require a public exposition. A man named Hart, lately, as we understand, connected with the Theological School in this city, had some difficulty with his wife, whose fidelity he suspected, and they lived in a separate state some time. About three weeks -since his wife was confined and had a child, for whose expenses Hart was sent a bill a day or two since, and finding himself liable for the expense determined to possess the child. Accordingly, at an early hour yesterday morning he repaired lo his wife's residence, a house in Martin st., and suddenly and rudely seizing the child, ran off with it in the direction of Broadway, where stopping under a horseshed, hcwrapped it in his own coat, and again starting off, followed by a number of persons, made his way through a corn field to the back of the burying ground, and thence to the residence of Prof. Silliman, where He stopped and claimed protection. Being known to Mr Silliman as a former member of the college hejrave him a temporary asylum, and relieved him from his pursuers. What the result is or ha been in regard to the mother arid child we do not know. .V. JIacen Jour., l'ith. Immense Importation of Specie. The New York Herald, speaking of the immense importations of specie into the country, this year, Eays: f "There has been an importation into this country, according to Custom House returns, since the 1st of Janua ry last, of about twenty five millions of dollars in specie, and the arrivals of specie in the country, in the poisession of emigrants, within that period, have been at least five millions of dollars more, making about thirty mil lions of dollars in. specie, added lo the gold and silver currency or tun country in about six months. THIRTY MILLIONS of Cold end silver, import ed into our country in about six months! lhis is about double the amount the United States Bank ever had in circulation at onetime! This large amount of gold and silver was mostly 6ent here to purchase the farmers produce, except- what was brought by emigrants. Uut how much of it has ever been seen by the farmers How much of it ever got into the pockets of the people, for whom it was designed! Let every man who handles money m the State an Bwer the question for himself. And why did ho not get his portion of it? That is just as easily answer ed. Ohio statesman. Step Lightlt. The Washington Union of a late date stated, that "troops (and a peculiar species) are about to assail and overwhelm tho guerrillas and restore the line of communication between the capital Mexican and the coast." Upon this the Louisville Journal asks, whether these troops of a "peculiar species," that are to be employed against the Mexi cans, are "Cuba bloodhounds: We cant say whether General Tavlok has recommended to Mr. Polk to employ Cuba bloodhounds to hunt down the guerrillas in Mexico, as he did to President Vau Buren, to hunt the Seminoles in Florida, but this wc will say, that if old Zac has made any such recommendation, and Mr. Polk should ad pt it, the Journal will be among the first to hud the 'wisdom and humanity of employing this "peculiar species" of troops, mau gre its former professions. Ci'n. Enq. fj7The Washington correspondent of the Ohio Statesman says Lt. Col. Lane of the Indiana volunteers has ten dered a new regimeut already organized and standing prepared to start at a day's notice. I think it will be accepted in the course of forty-eight hours. Indeed it is believed in Washington that the Executive designs calling out all the men the law will still permit him to 6end to the seat of war. These are the balance of the 50;O0U one year men, you will recollect. I hear that the Adjutant General has been busy with estimates &.c'.', to ennble the President to judge of the number he can bring into service, and. , by what time they may be .nmstered. Information from our commanding generals advising against further reinforcements, will of course change his determination, if it lias been entered upon, as supposed. A Pii.L' rcR Federalism, Col. Henry S. Lane' of Indiana," a talented whig, who has recently returned home, from Mexico,' delivered an eloquent aud.patriotic sDeech at Crawfofdsville, a few days ago. to a verc InrfT eon'eonrse ol citizens. In ifce course of his remarks he alluded o the speech of ..Senator C fwin, of Ohio, upon the Mexican war, m the follow ini' lancuaire : . . ,.. , It is tha emanation of a master mind, but the eloquent language in which it is clothed cannot conceaj its dam- - . . .it f f e . i ...l.A...r,..i.1t in.Ai. nut" treason: in sneiiHinc oi ine men w uu iciuacu , i .i . . i i- . i :j .li. .......... ...... .1.1 aunulies to ino war-worn Bonner, no nauj, - uigiuvo follow their posterity, and inlainy bang ovar their graves . Swit preached an assize sermon, and in the course of it was S2v;-e upon the lawyers for pleading against their consciences. After dinner, a.young counsel said mime severe tbimrs unon the clergy, and did uot doubt, were the devil to die, a parson might bo found preach his funeral sermon. "Ye," said Swift, would: and give thejfcvil his due, as I did his chil dien this morjiing."

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j r , roIume A II:::::::::iumucr 10. u 1 JLatCSt from Mexico. j New Orleans usners of the 13;h publish further i important Mexican documents, among which are two and 1 a tli of July, mister of Foreign erent States, which by the Picayune as the latest and Lest exposition i.f Santa Anna's views. The first abounds in fulsome Panegyrics of Santa Anna, and declaring his whole antecedent life a continued scene f yinry'; and that his name is indisolubly connectCil with the hit-tory of this war. It denies that he has uny understanding with the Americans or any plan of preparations for making eace; but H at lie is listening only to the dicta tes of the peace party, and the wishes of the Legiilatures and Governors of Slates, before encountering the enemy that they may all have their share of the honors of a victory. 1 The second circular intimates that the whole civilized world is favorable to the side of Mexico"; and that an almost equally general opinion in her favor prevails in the United Stairs; that our army cannot j triumph, except by intrigue and distentions among the ditferent portions f the Mexican Republic: that her Britannic Majesty's Government still maintains friendly relations with Mexico ; that they are pledged not to recognize any revolutionary government, but only that legitimately CNtablihhtd when,a 1 resident is named; and that should the chances of war compel the government to leave the capital, letters from Lord Palmers ton, which accompany the document, assure the Mexican government that the English resident minister will consider it his uuty to follow the government, and maintain friendly relations with it, what ever part of the Mexican territory the said govern ment may hx ujon tor its residence. By way of Havana, the N. O. Picayune has ac counts from Mexico, which although no later as re gards dates, is highly important so far as the question of peace is concerned. The news was brought by the Mary Kingslund." The Mexican Secretary of foreign affairs transmit ted a communn ation to Congress, urging that body t assume the responsibility of answering BuchananV despatch, a responsibility which he declined. Nei ther was Swnta Anna willing to take that responsibility. The Executive did not consult Congress to know whether he could take the initiative in making propo sitions for peace, but desired tu know if Congres wished him to entertain the overtures proffered by the United States government. The dignity of the Mexican nation required some answer to Buchanan's letter. The Executive did net undertake to make that reply", but desired to make such answer as would expose the views of Congn ss. In conclusion, the Secretary av that the MEXI CAN GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED FOR WAR, AND CONFIDENT OF A TRIUMPHAL DE FENCE OF THEIR CAPITAL; but "as to the prelude, God only can determine." Jhe Mexican Executive insists that Congress shall make express declaration whether the Mexican nation shall listen to any proposition from the United States. The action cf Congress upon this communication is not known. The N. O. Bulletin publishes a letter from Jala pa, bearing date of(the 3d of August, lhe writer of which says be has seen the Diario del Gobiemo, (the Gov ernment journal) published at the Capital on the 31st of July, lhe othcial editor ot that journal holds that though peace may in due course be concluded on some proper basis, he is of the opinion ft-I'll AT PEACE CAN NEVER BE MADE WiTH THE UNITED STATES UNTIL THE MEXICAN ARMY IS VICTORIOUS. Th official editor also strongly favors the REMOV AL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. Santa Anna is violently opposed to the removal of the seat of government, from which some infer that he is scheming to make the fate of the capital produce a crisi9 in Mexican affairs. If the capital fall., it is thought by those who hold these opinions that Santa Anna will favor nence. Should it result that the capital is successfully defended, and Gen. Scotts army overwhelmed, (and the Mexicans entertain great hopes of totally destroying Jlhe Au-erican army in the great battle which is to be f-.-nght before the capital,) the power and influence cf Santa Anna will be immeasurably increased. The N. O. Bulletin understands that a division of the Mexican army has been willidrawn from the capital to operate near Vera Cruz, in cutting ofT entirely, the communications of the American army. The same paper mentions that extensive preparations are makinr to harrass the trains, vhi:h left Vera Cruz on the 0th, with supplies for the American army The N. O. Delta, lias a lt-tter from Monterey, cited on the 27th of July, which says that all departments connected with Gen. Taylor's forces, were actively preparing for a movement on San Luis Polosi, on the 1st of September, the tinm designated for the intended movement against that city. Hcv TiTinn Ar: tv. With !1 thr nersniruitv ........ t- - .-- j 1 j claimed for Gen. Taylor as a writer, and although he lets no occasion for writing pass without improving it, it seems impossible to tell what his real opinions and positions are. He has several times said that he would not be a candidate of any party, and yet the Chronicle , insists that he des riot mean , any such thing. In his letter to the. Sigr.al, he approved the views of an Editorial, which urged the approval of the wilrriot proviso, ae one f the conditions on which alone he could, be, made President. On the,authority of the Washington Correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, it is stated, that Bailie Tevtoa has written to -Dixon l!. Lewis, oh the subject of General Taylor's opinions' which has high"yi delighted the Alabama Senator, who on the strength of it.has declared that he will be supported by all the Southern States. t. ;. , It strikes us that those who consider tho.nomina-. tion and election of Gen. Taylor, as settled matters,, will be disappointed. Thpre's rnnny a slip between cup and lip. We do not believe he can be , elected in any other way, if he can bo at a!!, than as the candidate of a party. Cincinnati Herald. New Establishment. More Ruin. We have been in the habit) of importing nearly all our parchinent from England. But an establishment has been recently erected in the city of New York, by Mrs.S. Maverick and Mr. Reynolds, which supplies the Land OiSce of the United Srtes.with a very superior article of American manufacture. This bureau receives I at the rateofGü.'JÜO orTU.tfOO parchments per annum, and the land patents of the United blates will be made out upon them. They are printed in blank at the same establishment, and these blanks are thereafter filled up at Washington. The superintendents of this new .manufactory have not however, been able to obtain lhe necessary number of sheepskins at home, and they, have been compelled to import the most of them from abroad. Now, it ii lo be hop?d, that they will be able to obtain a home supply from the backs of our own 6heep, as a market is tim to be had for the raw materia! at our owui door. W. Union. Death on a Steamboat. A Welsh woman, the mother of nine children, died on board of the Empire, yesterday niorninir," between Cleveland and this port. They were with a party of immigrants,' on their way to. seek a western home in Wisconsin. . It. wjis a '' .1. .1 1 .t I . ,,...,.1 (La LtfnniTfcl lionrr - scene that would have moved the strongest heart, to

watch the anguish ,f the bereaved husband, and hear j me. wn;g ranws ui mis nine, aim wc i.ope iini seethe lamentations of t,h'e motherless children, ns they ; thing like harmonious action may bettninod rytbe rva7ed for the Inst time iiDon the face of her who had , proposed convention, clkervise il unuld be betltr I

so tenderly euiJed their steps from infancy, and now far away from their native home, in a strange land a moiir strangers with no familiar voice to breathe - a . i intn their ears the tender words ot consolation and t ... ...... - - -, - , r - - 1 sympathy. They were called . upon to follow to their

final resting place,' the remain's of all that was dear' who he was." In this, they evjnced considerably to them on this earth a mother ! Detroit Fite more "gumption" than did the .whigs when they immPress. inated.hiin for ;lhe Presidency ; for they se-'em ur" I i : i i i f . . .. . . . .

In Constantine, Michigan, a gentleman was shoot-i I ing birds wj.tli a rifle, when one of the balls danced,! to . and, entering a window at me uisianrc oi Liiy n us, "I struck a young lady on the cheek, split he r tongue, - j and knocked out several teeth ; but s.he will probably I survive the wound.

The Bankrupt Law. The following statement by

the .Yew York Tribune, will illustrate the operation of the whig mode of paying debts in 1S41 and 1S42. That law was one of the system of measures grovviug out of the whig triumph of "the aggregate amount of drbts gin in y sppliceM for the benefit of the Bankrupt Act of 1 841, in tweniy. seen Mate snd J emtorie. was 5i4l.'JJ4 o la. in amount of property surrender d was J13,697,3U7. lbs number of applicants wis 33,739 ; numkr discharged 28,291; numir Who.-d.scb.r w.. retu..d 766. ai;grrgale number of crrj;t,.r 1.049. 6C3. Csis of juJicial proceeding, f 60?,322. or neatly 15percent.cn ih nominal property aurrendereJ. The average per centum l'id on he debit cannot be ascertained fn.m the aja-e-merit, but il is very email. The Urgent recipient of the benefits of this act wsa the fnutheru D net of New York, where the rrnurit of debts was $10 580,415 The next was tVe Northern Diftn-1 of New York. $!, 556,405: the next the Southern DiMritl of Mistjstippi, f 46.156.510; next. Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ,31,965,723 ; next Southern Jj irirt vf Alabama, $25 -022.243: Massachusetts. $24,752 932 ; New Jrr.ey. f 17.811,203; Kentucky. $16.241,171. Michigan. $16 731.. 685; Illinois, $14.293,396; Connecticut, $10 459.273. The Southern District of New York, wi'h $120.0UU.UUU of debts, returned only $140.000. cf property, of this the juJicial proceedings swallowed up $ 1 1 0,000. The largest amount of property, in proportion lo the debts, Was returned by Massachusetts and Eat FioiiJ. Tut to Flight. When the new Indiana rejrimtnt was on its way lo Cumarin, a few weeks- ro, it evinced no disposition to obey llw otlicers of the M earn er, although prompt to yiuld subnu.on to its military superiors. As the IeHin-bat was breasting the current under full head of steam, lhe Volunteers placed themselves on the shady fide, list.ng the boat so as to make her rather unrnanaireble. Ti.e Engineer called out: "trim boat," but n. one anwered. The request was repeated, but the volunteers stood their rrnnnd, determined to meet the dan'grr of "burstir.g boilers" or "collapsed fluffs" rather than fores th! comfort of the moment. The Engineer thought that if the volunteers would "krep shady," he might us well test their courage, and at the same. t,n:e force them to "keep cool." , As the leal showed that there was only four feet water in the channel, he sudJeidy raised the mud valve, and let looäe(a current of steam upon his military heroes, who were'.ia aa instant, overboard and up to their; arm pits in thfj. river., TJih lord of stenm had routed nearly a whole regiment, which fled inglorious'y at the lirst charge. S. Lnuix Union. C7-A Shockivj Acciiext. On the C3d of Julv, ve are informed that a Mr. John A. Johnson, of Clarence, in this county, a toope- by trade, aged about vI3 years, went into a swamp about three fourths of a mile from home, to cut some timber fr trus hoops lie cut a tree, so that it fell lengthwise of a log and lodged nirainst another tree, lie then stepped out ;he log for the purpose of cutting ti e tree off. On striking the second blow, the tree fr)!, knocked the axe out of his handy, and throwing it some four or five feet, knocked him down, and caught his left. leg between the log and the tree, and broke it in ihre places, between tiie knee and the ankle crushing the ankle us ow as .the-heel of the bout would i-errnit. He lay in this situatioit rime time, crying for help. Lut none came ,to his assistance. At h?tigth, reiictiing out his hand, with much difficulty.. he got held vf a sticky and with that succeeded in getting .his ax within reach. With one hand he cut the tree in two. and liberated himself. . lie then crawled to tlio top of the tree, at4 cut a limb for a crutch, and with that and his axe he hopped reirly half a mile, when his cries brought assistance and lie was carried home, great doubts are entertained of his recovery. Bujj'ulit Advertiser. 03" The Cleveland True Democrat, a leading and influential whiff .paper of the west, avows openly it, hostilily to Taylor as a candidate fur the, Presidency; and it gives its reasons in justification of its course. "TAYLOR IS NO MORE A WHIG THAN SILAS WRIGHT. IIk kefoes to rvs as the mhk; candidate. He vever his been identified irith the uhig parttr. HE NEVER CAST A WHIG VOTE. THE LAST VOTE HE EVER GAVE WAS FOR GEN, JACKSON. Why then thould the whigs support him in preference-to Silas W right ! Rut we do not expect to vote for either. 'Sink or swim, live, or lie," wo. mean to vote for no one who does not openly tij fearlessly maintain our sentiments, and is willing to stike bis all upon their success, let the result be what it may." " ". '. Gkeat Invention ! !-r-A gentleman in this city has discovered a plan by a which Jie can seud a man fron this city to New York to transact business -in two and a half hours by a railroad which will not cofI moro. than three times as much as the. Telegraph, including Viaducts and other etceteras. He ran also, he says, transport fiom Cincinnati to !Sew York, in a day of ten hours, four hundred tons of merchandise, and at a cost not exceeding the usual rates, and that uithou; steam or horse power. In short, the plan -is entirely. practicable. For further particulars we refer all- interested to Mr. Horace Wells of the Cincinnati Type Foundry, who is lendy to eiplain lli plan and give answars in relation thereto. Cinci nnali Times. Cahtal Punishment. The New Hampshire Sjatrsman say6 "No man who votes for the atxililiou of th gallotvs will ever commit a murder. It is lhecowafd spirit that hates humanity enough to hang it by the neck in cold, blood, that will murder under temptation.' I will trust my. life implicitly with Iho ten, thousand in this State who went fir the abolition of thw gallows. . IIen too tender if human life, to hang a niiiTderer, will never commit -murder JJurderers never, think of thn gallows , till after tlvey have .hilled,, and then they are more afraid of themselves than of that. They , often run to the gallows for relief from themselves and from a murderous community arcmd them." The New York True Sun ayu, tint "in a . fi w ! weeks a, colony of emigrants, numbering sorne forty or fifty, at. present residents of IrookIyn. will take up ijieir line of inarch for the western part of Vir ginia, where they have purchased several bnudrrd acres of wild land, neat: the banks of the Ohio river, about tvp hundred miles from Cincinnati, with which place there is tin easy communication by water. These lauds, which are. represented to be remarkably fertile, were recently in possession of Mr. Clark, and several gentleman of Prooklyn, and lavo been diposexl of to these actual settlers at the price of 1. i'2 1-2 per acre." ? . : : . IIov.' ;t,was Done. The Louisville Courier says "The democrats have gained one: congressman and the whigs Jiave not lost all their districis. They should not have lost Todd's and Waddill's, for they have not lost them by the increased popularity of democracy, so much as by the suicidal course of Todd and Waddill iitvm the war question. Instead of plnntincr 1 themselves firmly on ths principle enunciated by that sterling statesman, J. J. Crittenden, when he declared j it tru his purpose t ßo jor a vigorous truxecuii"n f the war, they adopted the dclritie of doing mtilting more t near as ynisiruling the. uar. Ey the official vote, published in the Indisnnpolis papers, (ieorgeG. Dunn, whig, is elected to congress overDubsoii, in, the sixth district, by a mrjority of 1J votes. We see, by the Pedford Sun, that the vote of Coon tovnvhip, Lawrence county, which gave Dobstni 11 majority, was, from some cause not monti'vied, rejected ; so thut 1 ttnti's real tnnjnrity "in tJM. ditrict is oi tote ! AVio Albany (Indiana) Dimocrat. , A roLiTic suggestion. In response to. the call of the whig State Convention, the Columbia N.. Y. republican says, with great frankness and'truth : .'It is idle to attempt todi-gnise the fact t.hntthero j is a decided lack of unity of purpose u-nd feeling, in i let the election next J nil go hy d fault" The Palladium 6ays, The boys in the ten-pin alley tatthe'White Sulphur Sriugs,. refused t bet up thV . n . . , pins for Es-l resident lyler when, tl,py a-cerloin d jl0 whole party ! They'll neve string" with Jonny. AVk Jl u iiiiuui huiminjj nun, iuu ins nrsi an knocked down never want tu 4 Toil another Uten 1'2 nler . . Tho Oiii Ufatennan bvs. that the OhioCmifercnre '.of-thOL L. Church (North) will be held in t'.e c4y -ef Columbus,' W curunicuc'i ou the fir tt t-f icÄthl'r.th."

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