Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 November 1847 — Page 1

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llnllroads. ' The N". Y. Journal of Commerce says that the New Yori and Erie Railroad is expected to be open for travel as far west as Port Jervis, Delaware county, before the close of the present calendar year. From Fort Jcrvia to Einghampton, a distance of 130 miles, Uie Railroad is under contract 5000 men being em-jp plcryed on that section and is expected to be coinplelea iu the tall of 1843, or about one year hence. is the road which, when finished, if well managed, will take a very great portion of the western travel direct tu New York and other eastern cities. We shall be able to reach New York from this place, By the way of the Madison railroad and river to Cincinnati, arid from thence by the Miami and Mad river railroads and the lake to Erie, and the Erie railroad tu New York, in three days at farthest, if the routes be all well arranged, as they may be. We have no particular interest in pvffmg the New York and Erie railroad, but we have some indirect interest in favoring any new route that will aid in correcting the miserable management which prevails on the railroads from Buffalo to Albany and from Cumberland to Baltimore. The former, especially, is one of the most ricketty concerns in the whole country, and upon both, the accommodation of passengers is the very last thing thought of. Their managers seem to think that people travel only for the purpose cf allying themselves to be abused and fleeced, in every possible way which ingenious roguery can devise. Nothing but a rival route can eradicate these evils, and that is the reason why we are very glad to see the Erie railroid going ahead. Tint it will be one of the best and most profitable roads in the country, we Lave not a doubt. Saratoga and Washlngtox Railroad. The work on this road is said to be going: on vigorously along the whole line, and will probably be finished in July next. The travel on Lake Champlain, notwithstanding the prevailing sickness in Montreal and Quebec, has increased this year more than 25 per cent, over any former year. The prospect, too, of the speedy construction of a ship canal, a distance of 'only 19 mile, connecting Lake Champlain with the 'upper lakes, which will enable steamboats and sloops to pass between Chicago and Whitehall, leaving a 'distance of only CO to 70' miles by railroad or the Champiain canal to reach the Hudson river at Troy or Albany, oust necessarily divert a large amount of freight that now passes over the western railroads and the Erie caeal, and that the travel will be greatly .tiiigmentsd there cannot be a doubt. Fitchwteu am Worcester Railroad. The requisite amount of stock has been taken up, to warrant (lie immediate commencement of the work on this road. This is a sort of cross cut", road, connecting at each end with lines running to Boston. Twenty years ego, one would have been caged as a lunatic for thinking of such a "scheme. Cars are now running on the new railroad from Providence to Worcester. The WatervilJe '(Me.) Mail announces that the whole of the Lewistown and Waterville Railroad is now under contract, add that the work is to proceed ivith all possible despatch. The Directors of the Galena and Chicago Railroad acknowledge subscriptions to the amount of $230,000. "When the subscriptions shall amount to $100,000, op 'rations will be commenced. A few days since a train of ten cars loaded with xvh eat in bulk, went into Sandusky City at rather a rapid rate, and w ith serious results to the property on to ard. As the train neared the warehouse, the locomotive was detached nnd took one track, while the tr in proceeded On towards the warehouse. For some reason the brakes were not applied soon enough, and away went the train through the warehouse, across the dock car No. 1 striking on board the schooner Alps, waiting for a fold car No. 2 taking position on top of Ko. 1, and No. 3 passing entirely across the ressel into'the harbor. The vessel was loaded in a hurry, and the train was thrown into & good deal of confusion; JSo lives were lost, but one person was rather severely injured. The loss by way of damage to the cars; Spilling out of the wheat, &c. &.C., amounts to some $5000. A train cm the Massachusetts and Vermont railroad was recently crossing a new bridge, about four miles south of Athdl, when the bridge grave way, and bridge and train were precipitated into the water, a distance f about 30 feet: there were 13 men on the train, four.of them were found dead two others could not live, it was thought ;' the others were badly injured, with broken legs, arms, tfce. "Iron Caheon." Our ingenious felldw citizen, Joiix Kellt, has Invented a compound for hardening iron, rendering it like steel, but retaining- its toughness, in a very simple manner and in a few minutes. He has left a specirrten with us; piece of common Jioop iron, 000. end of which is ''carbonized." being s hard as steel, and on which a file will scarcely makeup impression, while the balance is ia its original soft state. We should judge the discovery to' be of immense advantage, and We are glad to' learn that Mr. Kelly is preparing to manufacture the compound for sale. "He has filed an application for letters patent. Walker's School Dictionary. A Critical Pro nouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the .English Language, in which life meaning of every Word is explained, and the sound of every Syllable distinctly shown. To which is prefixed, an Abstract of English Pronunciation, and directions to foreigners for acqui ring a knowledge of the use of this Dictionary. By John Walker, author of "Elements of Elocution," ' "Rhyming Dictionary," &c. ice. Abridged for the me of Schools, by an American Citizen. This is a new edition, oh fine paper, and improved in printing and binding. Published by Grigg & Elli ott. Philadelphia. Teachers and others should exam ine it before purchafg other editions. Rciv: A correspondent of the N. Y: Evening Post, during a recent visit to the eight or ten ship yards along the East river, counted twenty-seven ships" and steamers of the first magnitude Cow on the ßtocks, or lately launched. Of the ten steamers, several steamships for the ocean. Ohio Wine. "The day is not distant," says Mr. Longworth, " when the bnnks of the Ohio will rival the Rhine in the quality and quantity of the wine. Our German emigrants are the people who wili accomplish it." Who will drink the wine m these temperance times 1 07-Our readers can learn something of the ideas in reference to the question of "no more territory," which are extending themselves at the east, by reading an article on the subject, which we copy from the Philadelphia Ledger. fr-We have received sundry documents from Lt. Gov. Dunning, in reference to' charges made e'ome time since agsinst him while on the Rio Grande. We shall endeavor to get them into our next paper. O-The potato rot is said to have made its appearance in the southern part of this State.

. ., . . . UullSllCU CYCf' 1 IlllrSüa Y.J New. York. We have already alluded to the difficulties among the democracy of New York, the seeds of which were son by Southern politicians three years ago, and are now beginning to be developed. Dissatisfaction was freely expressed at the action of the late State Convention at Syracuse, and a mass convention was proposed, and was held at Herkimer on the iluth ult. We copy the following telegraphic despatch to the New York Herald, which paper, by the way, is not of the most reliable character in these matters : ' The democratic mass convention met at Herkimer to-day, at 2 o'clock. W. C. Crane was appointed temporary chairman. Committees were appointed to teport suitable officers for the meeting. They reported for President C. C. CambrelengJ They also reported sixteen vice presidents; and four secretaries. Mr. Cambreleng was installed president: Committees were appointed tu prepare an address and resolutions. A resolution was offered, that the convention will proceed to nominate a new ticket for State officers. It was1 violently opposed by Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, Van Buren; of New York, and others, and defeated. Wilmot's speech was a vindication of his proviso; and a denunciation of its opposers. His language was incendiary, and his delivery most passionate. While he was speaking, several men were observed to be in tears. The address was very long, and read by Mr. Van Buren: It will be found to be an extraordinary document. A great number of resolutions were reported. The following was among the number : Resolved, therefore, That in the territory of Oregon, and in any territory hereafter acquired by the United States on this continent, neither-slavery nor involuntary servitude should be allowed while it remained under the dominion of the Union, except for crime, whereof the party shall be first duly convicted. A second resolution was adopted, calling a State Convention at Herkimer on the 22d of February next, for the appointment of thirty-six delegates tu the Baltimore convention in 1943. Address and resolution unanimously carried. 07"Co!: Jefferson Davis has signified his determination to support the nominee of the Democratic National Convention, whoever he may be. This is the man for whom certain locofoco papers of this State charged Geri. Taylor with showing an undue partiality in his official report of the Bucna Vista affair. Ind. Journal, Oct. '-ti. The Journal only tells half the truth in the above, and hardly that. Col. Davis, in a letter published in the Vicksburgh Sentinel, which we suppose to be the source of the Journal's information, says; that he never anticipated a eparation from the Democratic party upon the subject of the Presidency, and that he is in fivor of a National Convention to nominate candidates. But he says further, that the northern Democracy must disavow the principles of the Wilmot proviso in the National Convention ; otherwise the southern delegates will withdraw and unite on some southern man, regardless of party General Taylor, we presume, is meant.Col. Davis's adherence tu the Democratic party is, therefore, conditional, which condition the Journal was willing to keep from its readers, for reasons which cannot be misapprehended. It is willing to go for Taylor, even as the exclusive Southern candidate; for the 6ake of the spoils," arid that is the reason why, in addition to the above errodeous statement, it recently disavowed its " abolitionism." 07-The recent flood in Ohio was almost as bad as that of last winter. Along the Little Miami, which was higher than it has been known for years, the damage done is beyond parallel. In a number of instances, barns have been swept away, and thousands of bushels of grain destroyed. The fences for fifty miles along the river have shared in the general destruction, and there is no telling at the-present time tlie extent of the damage done. The bottom lands have been overflowed, and the Little Miami, for miles, formed a broad lake. They have had tremendous rains in New York. The Mohawk river was entirely over its banks. Near CariaStota, the water was never known to be higher. The railroad bridge over the old canal at Rome was washed away, and the track is flooded and obstructed with drift-wood, and in some places washed away. Cars had ceased running between Attica and Syracusc: The "Washington Union of the 23th Oct. says, the following extract of a letter from Major Turnbull, a distinguished officer of the corps of topographical en gineers, to Colonel Abert; the head of the bureau, written on the 2Gth September, may shed some light on the detention of General Scott's despatches : "We have all been engaged in making ä f ürvey of the different battles, and connecting them. A copy of the operations of the lUth and 20th was sent with the Gerteial's official reports, which went by a messenger with a passport from Santa Anna, during the armis tice : but I doubt if it be received, as it ii most likely it never left the city. I should like td send a copy by this conveyance, but it is impossible. We art now engaged in making surveys tu connect the opera tions of the 12th and 14th September with those 0 the lütli and ISJth of August' ftfjThe whiss are beeinninjr. to snuff the Cinal Trusteeship with much greediness; It is to be dis'pos ed of this winter by the Legislature, and may possi bly exercise some influence on other measures of legis lation, as the disposal of fat offices usually does.- The New Albany Bulletin says that James Collins would like to have the office, and we have no doubt of it. He would like to lord it over some of the "ignora'nt foreigners" as he calls them, who dig the canal. The Vincennes" Gazette would prefer Willard Carpenter of Evansville, and the Vincennes Sun, Ex-Speaker Carnan. The Fort Wayne Sentinel thinks that Sam uel Hanna would be better than either. Any more 1 Speak out, gentlemen, it's the last chance ! (tV'The liberating from prison and arming1 of 1000 Mexican criminals, was among the last acts of Santa Anna before abandoning the capital. He thus put it and all its wealth and peaceful citizens, at the mercy of these convicted villains, armed by his orders, and much more likely to turn their arms against their own defenceless countrymen, abandoned by their owri army and its officers, than against the well-armed and fishtinjj Americans. The mischief which these cut-throats did, will, of course, be laid to our soldiers and our Mexican whig editors will help to circulate the slander. Who wants a Salary ! The Boston Tost hn received from a "benevolent gentleman'," and pub-' lished a "card." Here it is : Wanted immediately, a person of fair character (age or sex immaterial,) at a salary of $5U0 per an num. merely to mind hia 6wn business, with a peri odical increase, equivalent to $100 per annum, only to leave omer peopie a.o, M., testimonial?, to be addressed to the honorary secretary .1 .1 ft ! (lAna of the "Neglected Home Department The salary named is too low, decidedly, not half enough. (grThe general court martial assembled at Washington on the 2d int., for the trial tf Lieut; Colonel Fremont

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Webster Thunder. Mr. Webster, in his Massachusetts whig convention speech, claimed to bo tne father of the Wilmot Proviso, and added : I must be permitted, sir, to say. that I do not now consent that more recent discoverers should take out a patent for the discovery, i do not quite consent that they should undertake to appropriate to themselves all the benefit and honor of it. I deny the priority of their invention. Allow me to say, sir, it is not their thunder." Upon this bint, the Boston Chronotype speaks in this wise: " Tlie .following advertisement may probably be found id all the respectable whig papers. We give it a conspicuous place in our editorial columns without charge: 'Stolen From the smithy of the subscriber, duf ring the last session of Congress; a prime piece. of political Thunder. Said Thunder was eight or nine years of age, having been forged by the subscriber for electioneering purposes. It was stolen by one Wilmot, a democrat, who has been making a great noise with it, and has almost split the whig part by his reckless use of it. Whoever will bring home to me at Marshfield the said Thunder, or secure and lodire it so that I can get it, shall receive my best rt)urham Bull, warranted not to book, and the thanks of all the cotton whigs, as well as their pensioner, . . DANIEL WEBSTER. Marshfield, Sept. 29, 1347. The Brookville American, a Whig paper, has the following, which we commend to our " no more terriory" neighbor : The Whig Partt ix Danger. A writer in the National Intelligencer advises the whig pahy to abandon the Wilmot Proviso, and take the issue 01 no more territory.' " If It does so, it is fooled and betrayed A thousand times better disband. We go the principle of the Wilmot Proviso, or rather of the ordinance of '87, without curtailment or compromise; and. we not oidy protest against the substitution ol the "no territory" lssuo in its 6tead, but we take it upon us to warn the wh'g party that any sdeh aban donment of principle, or surrender of rioht, will not only paralyze its moral power, but reduce its" numerical strength in the north and northwest, by the defec tion of tens of thousands of as honest and patriotic whigs as ever cast a ballot. Mrs. Flocrsot and her Children. Somewhere d own in Alabama there lives a Mrs. Flournoy, who his a eenius for progress in population. Some one said that she has had five children in eleven months ! This her husband considered a slander, inasmuch os it staled but part of her merits in that important particular. Whereupon he writes a note, stating that his wife has had nine children that were born alive, with the exception of two that were born dead, in a ittle better than three years. Two were born on the 23d of July, 1313; on the 29th of April, 1314, she had two more; on tlie 4th of June, 134Ö, she had three, and on the 20th of April, 1347, she had two more. She has had fourteen1 children in eleven years and few months seven sons and seven daughters. Seven are living at this time, and seven dead. The Towder Explosion at Nashville. The Nashville Orthopolitan gives a complete list of the disasters caused by the explosion cf the powder maga zine in that city, which we condense as follows": Houses destroyed. Twenty-three, of which sixteen ivere frame, five brick and two log. . Houses much ' damaged. Twenty-clgtlt,' Of w Lieft ten were brick, the others frame: This list includes a new Methodist church. The Orphan Asylum (not included) was so much damaged as to be uninhabitable. The Orthopolitan adds that scarcely a house or church in the city escaped altogether without injury, and that there is not glass enough in tho whole State of Tennessee to replace what was broken. Five persons were killed, and several dangerously hurt. O-The Louisville Courier, a whig paper, says that the Indiana Journal 44 savors' entirely too much of Abolitionism and Mexicanism " to suit the Courier's taste. The Journal, in reply, thinks that its abolition ism will be news to its readers, asserts that it has ever deprecated the course of the " liberty party,' and declares that the slave States alone should have the control of the question of slavery. We think this will be news to some of the Journal's readers The Journal retorts the imputation of Mexicanism," by saying that the man who makes it would be very ikely to sell his country for a consideration." So the parties are about even," taking their own words for it. ''All whigs, anyhow. (c-In obedience to the call of the State Sentinel and the desire of our citizens generally, the City Council have altered the hours of opening the markets. As an encouragement to early rising, and a fair chance at the sausages, they have wi-ely concluded to make it the duty of the market master to open tlie market at day light: The 6iiatch-jjame" is thus ended, as well as ail further bad leelnis engendered thereby. Go'd ! Journal. We doubt if the new ordinance will entirely end tire "6natch-game ; but it is good so fir as it goes. and the Cutfucil are entitled to thanks for tlie amendment. To Printers. We are advised of several Fruit ing Establishments now in operation, eligibly located. Which are for ealc, being of both political parties, either of which, to our minds; is as favorable a chance as can be found in Indiana for local paper. Those desirous of purchasing may addres's us, post paid, and their communications will be ans'wered direct; or re' ferred to those proposing to sell. Death bt Telegkapk Wires. The Cincinnati Signal learns that on the 17th, as Mr. Shawyer, a young gentleman of high respectability, was riding at a very fast rate to see a female acquaintance in Dear born ccunty, Indiana, he came up against the tele graph wires; which cut his throat, producing almost instant death. The wires had been lowered for the purpose of making certain repairs on the line. 07-The Adjutant of West Point Military Academy requests all graduates'from that institution, who are not in the regular army, to forward their addresses to him, that they may be entered in the Triennial Reg ister of the academy. Wabash Weekly Gazette," is the title of a new paper, published at Wabash, Ind., by Gordon & Co., Geo. E. Gordon", editor". It is respectable in appear ance, but we are not able to define its political char acter, 1o a certainty, from any thing which appears in its columns. We guess, however, it is whig OrOver forty miles of the plank road between T? rmt anrl 0u,a?rrri r nrnnlnt m nl tKo t& artr ia MUr r ; 8j Id, Thig iU le , t , fc t r " ., ,T 10 nr. . ... .. road in the United States. Who will begin' in this quarter 1 The Fennsylvanian says that a young lady at New Brunswick horsewhipped a lawyer for laming her dog. It is reported that the parties were' privately married three days after1 the occurrence.

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Putnam County. Pursuant to previous notice the Democracy of Putnam county convened at the Court House in Greeucastle, on the 1st of November, 1847. On motion f D. R. Ecklcs, Wm. D. Allen was called to the Chair, James M. Hanna appointed Secretary, and Alex. DunniD'ton, Assistant Secretary. On motion, D. R. Eckles was chosen Vice President On motion of H. Seciest, a committee of one fio'ii each Township way ap,xjint-tl tu report the names of suitable prisons a dclrgate to the Slate Convention. Whereupon, the following peuoos weie appointed by the Cbair as such committee t Washington Townthip Abraham Jackson; WarrenG. Conellyj Clover Dale 11. McGill 1 Jtfcrsm A.Coopet, E-q ; Marion J. Duckworth t Ji kton Charles Juhooiit Floyd Lloyd Glazrbrok t Monroe Kobeit Brown; Clin ton Isaac Mler Madison Samuel Gardiner Grtencastie Jamei AI. Haooa : Rus-elt f ranklin Oa motion of Jamei M. Haooa, the committee wit direct ed, a ao additional duty, to report a let of Resolution! for the action of this meeting. fcaid committee retired to consult 1 during their absence a general call bei rig made, Mr. Secrest addressed the meeting at some length in hi usual cogeut manner; after be bad concluded, the said committee, tbrous! Mr Hanna, report d the following resolutions, and also the following names as delegates to (he State Convention t Washington Township N. Sellais, J. S. Wngbt, John M. Purtll, Esq., and J.hn Thompson. Warren lovonship Wm. G. Purk worth, B. blazebrook, D. Barnes, Wm., Jones, and D. B. Gammon. 'Jefferson Township B. Cunningham, Wm. Haven, Wm. T. May, C G. Vinzaot, and Asa Oxiper. Marion Township Wm. Leachman, M. T. Bridge, B. Purcel, and K. Glazebrook. I Greeneastle Township Ü. Secrest, D. It. Eckles, D. A. Farley, S. Catherwod, A. Dunoington and J. M. Hanna. Madison Township Samuel Adams, J. Wright, J. M. Mc Phetus, S. Gardiner, and S. D Wood. Floyd Township E. Lake, Wm. Collins; A.B. Matthews, John S. Allen, James Shoemaker and Lloyd Glazebrook. Monroe Township P. Ford, S. UairUob, Geo. Priest, sr., J. Starr and Jesne Hill. Clinton Township A. Walker, A. Sigler, E. August, A. Adams and J. M. Sigler. Russell Township B. Waiden, X. B. Danton, Hughes Wilson, J. Dmham and C. Bridges. Franklin TownthipA.. D. Billibgsly, R. Moss, H. Diclicrsnn and S. Beck. Jackson Township A. Bowen, G. JeflYies, II. Johnson, J. Mc.Muny, and Wm. M. Sandels. The Resolutions were thereupon severally read and adopted, as follows, to-wit: Whereas, the Central Committee of trie State ha vine; called upon the Democracy of the State to meet in Conveution'at the city of Indiaaapoli?, on the b'tb day of January next fur the puipoe of nominating delegates tj a National Convention heieafter to be holden, and also for the purpose of naming persona to bt voted for as electors of Piesident and Vice PiesiJent on the fiist Tuesday after the first Monday of November, I84S, by the Democracy of the State ; therefore Resolved, That the demociacy of Putnam will appoint delegate to that convention. Resolved, That as democrats we feel a more deep and abiding interest ia the welfare, prosperity and progress of our beloved country, since the fci is now apparent and notorious as it was duraig the last war with F2ngland that the duty mainly devolves upon the scxocsact to sustain and uphold the Government of our country wnilt engaged iu a war with a foieign power. Resolved, That we feel deeply chagiined to see paity feeling cairv the leaders of wbiggeiy to a point which is equiva lent to an open advocacy of the cause of our public enemy ; and that we do not believe that u:h tiaitorous demonstra tions will be sanctioned by the people. Resolved, That we believe thai a vigorous prosecution of the existing war, commenced by the Mates ot Mexico against the U. States, will ensure a peace at an earlier day, and of a more peimanent character, than any other couise ot policy Resolved, That we sinceiely believe that the manner in which a portion of the leaders of a party in Ibis country have espoused the cause of Mexico, has, in our opinion, as well as in the opinion of many eminent men, had a poweiful effect in influencing the deluded people of (Aar country to urolonz the existing war, under the vain hope that the whig party will get into tower bete, and they will then bivtfriends totieatwith: t herefore, the expenses 01 a prolongation ol the war, and all the horrois, which aie talked of so flippantly by the opposition, ate justly ch irge able to that party, in this country, which has, by its action, thus influenced the euemy. Resolved, That viewin thü war, as we do, as just and u uu, .u Uuitu uic turu,,. honorable upon the part of the U. States, we could not, as friends of our country, approve ot any treaty ol pace which did not include indemnity for the past ant accurity for the futuie. Resolved, That any attempt opon the part of Conetes, nudcr present ctrcntiKtancet. to bind the future inhabitants of any portion of our teuitory, as to the local institutions, or internal affairs which are to exist in that territory after it is formed into a State, is anti- republican. Resolved, That having undiminished confidence in the talents, patriotism and democracy of Gen. Cass, we recommend to the State convention to appoint deletes fiom this Conpressional distiict to the National Convention, favorable to that distinguished patiiot as the next candidate for ibe Presidency, and Gen. Pillow for Vice President Resolved, That as more revenue has been, this year, delived fiom the low, democratic tariff of 1846, tbao ever was in one year fiom the bi'ih' Uriff of 1S42, and as the country was never more pro?perou's, we respectfully recommend to whijj leadeis to put on their leather peciacles aud hunt up, and point out to us. the ruin which they piedicted would follow ibe repeal of the tariff of 1842, aud the bankruptcy which would result to the treasury. Resolved, That we recommend to the State convention to prepare and publish ao address to the people of the State devoted exclusively to the causes and results of the Mexican wr. , Resolved, That the publishers of the Wabash Sentinel and State Seutioel be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. Ou motion, the meeting adjourned sine die. WM. D. ALLES, President. J. McClaiw IIaska, Sec'y Alex. Dunwiwotow, Ab'U The Lnrayctfc Railroad lis effort on Indianapolis wlicu complete!. Messrs. Chapman 4 Spann It ia now ascertained to be a fixed fact, that a railroad will be finished from this city to Lalayette, in from two to three years at the farthest. The company having this work in chargo have elected a directory, composed ol wealthy and enterpris ing gentlemen, whosd individual credit, DacKea vj tne work, il they chose to exercise 11 in mis wny,wuuiu command surHcient monev at once to finr-li the road ; but this will not be necessary. Money is now abundant in the. hand of the farmer on the Wabash, and they are taking Block with a liberality that forbid the idea that the enterprise will fail or a peedy completion, or need bther assistance. Indeed an assessment has already been made on the lock, to be paid on the first day ot next month (December.) If thu doea not look like going ahead, 1 don't know what "go ahead'' meani. The charter makes Lebanon, in Boone county, a point. The citizens of Frankfort and Clinton cocnty agree to make a verv liberal ubscriDtion of stock say SIw,UUU if Frankfort, the county town of Clinton, is made a point. If this were done, t ranklort would become a ve- . . j -i . .... ry important point. 11 is suuaiea uuuui iwcuiy-iw miles from Kokomo, the county town of Howard county, in the very heart of the late Miami Reserve, which is now ettliii with unprecedented rapidity, almost every cruarter section of land having now, or will shortly have, ... t . . 1 i- ' r..ll.. a settler upon 11. il is awui iweinj iiiiivb nuin aci'iu the county town Of Carroll, and only thirty mile from Logansport, varying hut little from a direct line from the latter city to Indianapolis. I ask the citizens of Indiananolif iust to look at thu picture and aee what a trade might centre here, if Indianapolis only exhibits the proper enterprise, in the winter season when the canal ia frozen uo. In the summer and fill it ia true, Lafayette might reap a good harvest when the canal ia navigu'ile, but aha would deserve 11, 11 ane maxea tne roaa , out una would not detract from Indianapolis. Our wheat trade would4 to north in the fall, for Lafayette is twenty-two miles' nearer Lake Erie than Cincinnati, and there would be only one tr ins-shiprnent instead of three when we go . . . , 1 1 1 j.. t ..rr. ' round Kooin uoou s unm, as wo now u, uw nj Cincinnati lo the Lakes Look at the map. In the winter the natural channel for wheal and flour is via Mew UrtAMfftfti.. A few davs since t conversed with Senator Beard of Crawfnrdsville. who is in favor of Lafayette and his town slinking: hands, and hearing old breaches. He dys Crawfordsville will connect with the Lafayette and Indianapolis road at some convenient point, and this can be done by mtfking a road from sixteen to twenty mites in length, which Montgomery county atone is more than able todo. Look at this again, citizens of Indianapolis. Alight nut, the whole upper Vabash country, the very" garden spot of the whole Union, De snaae iriooiiry 10 irraianapoiis, in a great degree, during the winter months, it the proper mrit nl enterorise is- exhibited ? Yet, in the lac ol all these tacts, there are contraciea spirits in the capital of Indiin'a, who, if they could, would prevent the completion of the Lafayette mad. This they now know they cannot do, and they are making long faces and dolefully complaining, that if the Wabash is connected by railroad, the cars would run 1 r ..... . . . 'i through the city, and trade and enierprine entirely vanish. Instesd of talking thus, they should t;o to ExSenator White, whe stands at the head of the Lafayette road, and beg of him, as a privilege, to let them subscribe lor stock, auch are the Denents ne ana ouier Kinarea spirits are about forcing upon Indianapolis, whila they are hardly dreaming about it. A LOUK.ER ON. 07-Appearancca in.Equodor are very alarming; all things betoken a revolutionary movement. It is stated that the metnbera of Gc'ril' FlorcsV family are in great distress.'

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THE LATEST NEWS.Important f rom Mexico. Telegraphic Despatches of the Cincinnati Gazette. Col. Childs attacked by Santa Anna Mexicans Repulsed Santa Ann t marched to Onjaca Gen. Ilea still in possession of Puibla Success of Patterson's Expedition Guerillas en:ounlered and defeated A Company of Ttxan Rangers cut off Difficulty in the Massachusetts R'giment Sixty men disarmed and detached -Xo news from the capital. RICHMOND, Nov. 1, P. M. Vera Cruz dates of the 19th, received at New Orleans on the 25th ult., state that Santa Anna, with 8,000 men entered Puebla on the 25th of September, and addreed n note to Col. Childs asking him to surrender, to which the latter replied that he was fully able to maintain his position and would do so. On the 27th the Mexicans commenced a heavy cannonade on the Americans, while the latter threw cannon shots, bombs, and grenades into the centre of the city, which suffered considerable injury. On the 25th, the cannonade re-commenced, and by order of Santa Anna breast-works of cotton bale? were raised to protect the city from the destructive fire of the Americans. To prevent the completion of the breast-works. Col. Childs turned the battery of San Jose upon the men who were on tlie work. On the 30th partial tranquility prevailed in the city, and Gen. Ilea ordered the battery to ODcn unon San ' Jose. Santa Anna's armt had all deserted, except 130 persons, guards, who with their leader marched to Oajaca, and after their departure, the city was com paratively quiet. The expedition against the guerrillas, planned by Gen. Fatterson, had returned, after having successful ly encountered and dispersed several parties. . There was a report at Vera Cruz on the 13th that a company of Texan Itanjjers had been attacked by Guerrillas, about twelve miles from the city, and all but two cut oil. An express arrived 6tating that one man had been killed and eighteen were missing. A dilUculty occurred in the Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers, and Gen. Cushing disarmed and de tached sixty men from tlie regiment; 07-The whig party are not without their troubles in ew York as well äs the Democrats. The City correspondent of the Union, under date of Oct. 2dth, writes as follows : The harmonious whig party had their county meeting to ratify the nominations of their convention at Syracuse; and a very noisy and turbulent meeting it was. The resolutions of the committee set the fun a-going, and it soon was "fast and furious." The second of them had reference to the war ; recognised the fact that war existed between this country and Mexico whirli was not a great deal to admit, even for whig resolutions; determined that "we will faithfully discharge all the duties constitutionally involved in that condition," but condemned "the lust of territorial aggrandizement," and so on. In the usual strain. This ambiguous style of resolving in relation to the war did not suit the military editor, of the Courier and Enquirer, arid lie presented himself other resolutions, which, he said, were more hearty aud unequivocal in their support of the war, and "recognised the princi ple that, once involved iu the war, it is the duty of every patriot to ßtand by the country, and unite 111 the adoption of measures best calculated to sustain the national honor, and td achieve an early and honorable pence." Then arose a great hubbub. Friend Greely tried to' speak, but his philosophic accents could not be heard, lt was understood to be a struggle between the war and anti-war sections iu the "universal whig party." Finally, after much noise , ... -- . -. J:,J ..... ., ... n".u J. . . , . . . tions of CoL Webb were adopted as an addition to t!io-e of the committee. But with this the tumult did not cease, h'or until the meeting adjourned. The whijs have been making much of "divisions" in our ranks'. They have now some to take care of In their own. LiEüt. W. Armstrong. We are pained to see among the list of killed of Gen. Worth's division, at the battle of El Key; the name of Lieut. W. Ak.M' 8troniJ, of the 2d Artillery. He was a son of Wal ter, Armstrong, Esq., of Vcvay, Indiana, and was a young officer of rjreat me it and bravery, lie was in the battle of Cerro Gordo and all the subsequent battles under Gen. Worth," until he lost his life in the terrible conflict at El ey. The country has, in Lieut. Arm strong, lost one amonr the most promising of her yourig officers. Cincinnati Eng. Indiana has to mourn the lo-s of another son in the person of Lieut. Calvin Benjamin. Lieut. Ben jamin was a brave and meritorious officer of the 4th artillery. He was in the battle of Falo Alto, Resaca, Monterey, and Vera Cruz. At Cerro Gordo he commanded a company, and conducted himself with such ekill anid bravery as to draw forth the warm com mendations of his commanding officers in their official reports. He was with his regiment in the several hard-foujrht battles before the city, and fell ia the last struggle at the gites. Union. Mount Vernon. An effort will be made during the next session of Congress to secure an appropriation of $100,01)0 for the purchase of Mt. Vernon. The present proprietress of Mount Vernon, Sirs. Jane C. Washington, is" willing to dispose of the property on the following terms : The remains of Gen. Washington, and every other member of the family now in the fatnry Vault at Mount Venio'n, shall never be removed from their present n-stin place. Every member of the Washington family now living, (and no one else,) who may desire it, may be buried there, and shall not be removed afterwards. The Government shall never sell, rent, nor give fhe whole nor any portion of the property that may be conveyed, to any third person. In the event of a dissolution of the existing Federal Government, the property shall revert to the heirs of John A. Washington, the oldest son of the present proprietor ; 'and lastly, that tlie sum of .;lOO,(yiHI in money, or United States six percent stock, running not less than ten, nor more than twenty years, with interest, payable semi-annually, shall be paid to Mrs. Jane C. Washington, or ip her duly authorized agent, upon tlie conveyance of the property to the United States. 5"The Journal devotes a leader to a short article published by us from tlie Indiana State Sentinel, covering an extract from Cor win's anti-war speech.' The journal brands the extract as a forgery, and eays there is nothing like it in the speech. If our neighbor will look at the speech, as published by the reporter" at Washington, who heard it delivered, it strikes us that the extract will be found to be correct.' The speech'," as delivered, we have frequently heard il charged, was a very different affair from the speech as published, though the latter is infamous enough in all conscience. Ohio SlaUsman. 0The St. Louis Uni'in says that the IfVn. Dixon II. Lewis, of Alabama, has published an unequivocal contradiction of the rnmor that he is committed in fivor of General Taylor for the Presidency. The Bailie Peyton letters" expressed the views of the writer, but did not convince Mr. Lewis that the Democracy of the country ought to rally to the support of a man for President who says he has no fixed political sentiments, but prefers the election of M7. Clay over all others.' Qualification of Voters. The following are the qualifications of voters under the new Constitution of New York : Every voter must be a citizen ten dajst ianan inhabitant of the State one year preceding" any election, and for the last four months a resident of the county where he may offer his vote. 'Hut such citizen elia II have been for thirty days next preceding election. a resiaent 01 me uisirtM irom wiucn the olücer is to be chosen for which he offers his vote. Dmu.-Tk. defclci oTthe teller of .he Lynchburgh branch of the bank of Virginia, which on the 1st of October, 1S47, was put down in tlie general statement at jsö3,7Ü7 02 has since swelled to jsO.000, and it is net yet certain that the full amount is fctfown.

BY TIIC LAST MAILS. Telegraphic despatches to the Cincinnati papers bring tlie following news : NEW YORK. Nov. 3.. 8 p. m. . . The whigs have carried three-fourths of the Slate Legislature by from twenty to fifty thousand mnjunty. In New Jersey the democrat have elected their ' Governor by 2,000 majority. There is'a large ma

jority of the Legislature whig. .Senator Huntingdon, of Connecticut, is dead. NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 10 p. m. The French steamer Philadelphia arrived in 'his city via Halifax, with papers, which contain London dates of the 7lh ult., in which is mentioned the failure of Roufuioult &, Bro. ; John Thomas, Sons Bro. ; Jersey &, Co. ; Mr. Van Zellire, the Portuguese Consul; and au English Imuso in Calcutta, for over half a million. French funds had declined fifteen to twenty centimes, in consequence of a rumor that the Barings had obtained eleven millions from-the French treasu ry to relieve the present pressure. Navaez has triumphed iu Spain, and the Queen hat formed a new ministry. Xo inure Territory. Thope who think that the United Slates should acquire no more territory, do not appear to consider the necessities nor the policy of the future. Their judgments embrace only a condition of things similar to the present. Taking no other circumstances into contemplation than what now exist, it would, perhaps, be difficult to determine whether additional territory would be beneficial to us or not. In this limited view, there are two sides to tlie question, both of which could be supported with, much strength of argument. But in proportion as the highly probable condition of this continent, in its progress hereafter, is embraced, the reasons f r the acquisition i-f territory grow stronger, and 'those opposed to it weaker. There was an opposition to the acquisition of Louisiana ; but if the opponents of that measure could have foreseen the existence of the man) noble members of our confederacy which have been carved out of its soil, their opposition .would have been paralyzed. They could no more have been willing to prevent the acquisition of this fine territory, than they would now be willing to sever the States West of the Mississippi Irom the Union. . 1 he value ot their annual product is now many fold greater than the price paid fortheru and it is increasing with unexampled rapidity. There were wise men enough at that time to calculate their future value, and to secure their acquisition. So now. we must I.ok to what the future will produce, to de termine widely upon present policy. . . I he increase of population in the United Slates since 1790, when, the first census was taken, has ave raged a little over .thirtv-four per cent, in every tea years. It) a period of rapid prosperity, from 1?0I to 1-31U, 11 was iiiirty-six ana a nair per cent, uur prt-. sent population is about 21,000,CU, and with the increase of thirty-four per cent, every ten years, in oce. halt century, which many of the present generation. will live to see, it will be over lUO.ttUU.lKXJ. .Ilwsia but little less than the population of France, Gertna? ny and Austria united, three of the most powerful nations of Europe. The migratory and adventurous spirit of the American people, will not be checked till the continent is qla-d up, and then only because it is full. In the mean ,time it will be covered with settlers, in places sparsely, but -it will be covered. Jf this vast population should divide into separate governments, they will have separate aud conflicting interests, and these will sow the fruitful seeds of .wars and dissensions. Let the history of Europe bear withess to the effects of different nations, lying contiguous to each other, with imaginary lines and fordable rivers as boundaries. Let our present war with Mexico also bear witness to the consequences of a dispute between contiguous nations. It has been suggested by the philanthropic, that for the purpose of preventing the calamities of war, a congress of nations should be formed to settle disputes that might arise among them. Such a congress, In some instances, might have influence sufficient to preserve peace among the nations represented in it. It might easily adjust matters of small importance ; it would have greater difficulty in graver affairs, and in cases of high moment could scarcely succeed, if at all, in reconciling contending parties. It would not be free from mistakes, partialities, intrigues, and managing diplomacy. Unlos it could act 011 all occasions with strict justice, there would be .dissatisfaction ; the dissatisfied would complain, divisions f opinion would follow, and the different nations would take sides on the question raised, according as they were biassed by interest or feeling. A refusal to acquiesce in the decision cf the coi.gress would produce its dissolution. How would it enforce its decrees? Only by the power of the nation? represented in it. But occasions would arise in which they would not generally .concur, and upon the application of forceby part, resistance by force would ensue, and this would be war, and a war too that would probably involve all the nations represented in the congress. How much superior is our system, which embraces a!l in one government, that makes all one people, that attracts the attachment, affections and confidence of all, and that imparts to every individual a full and equal thare in the advantages and honors of the country. The laws of tlie United States are recognizt-d by every. citizen as his own laws, passed by his own representatives ; and he feels interested in promoting a spirit of obedience to them, while he obeys them hinist If. Dur plan of government is fitted to comprehend all the commit pities of a continent, and to harmonize their interests.' Under its administrationthe reign of peace will be uninterrupted, because it precludes the causes of war, national jealousies and collisions. As it is highly important to tne repose of America that there should be but one supreme govt rnment, i. is desirable that the United States should acquire ter-;. ritory extensively and early, because it can now be obtained easily. We would not go to war to ret it. but if it acquisition be the result of war entered into for other causes, it ,w ill not be inconsistent with national honor and justice by Us means to enlarge our. boundaries. It would be better, aud far more in. accordance with the principles of ju-iice, to purchase territory than to take it by force, and no price tliLt can now be reasonably demanded for any that n vacant can be high. It will soon be immeasurably more valuable than it is at present. In lb03',ffie United States purchased Louisiana for fifteen niil'j'ons of .dollars. At this time, at the end of fmty forty-lour. years, the price paid multiplied by thousands, coulrl not repurchase the counfry then acquired. Indeed jt is impossible now-to calculate the prospective value of the great West, it is a subject for the imngiitation, that may take for its data the important act, that it produces at present enough to support the whole nation. 1 1 We are believers in tjie superintendence of a directing Providence, and i when we contemplate the rice and amazing progress of the United States, the nature of our government, the character of our people, and the occurrence of unforeseen events, all lending to one great accomplishment, wfc are impressed with a conviction, that the decree is made, and in the process of execution, that this continent is to be but one nation, under one sytm cf free institutions. This is" said iu no spirit of prophecy, but is the conclusion of reason, from thp frmer progress f this country, its present condition, and the natural tendency jS the moral and physical elements at work. On this hemisphere principles have teen developed calculated to revolutionize the old habits' of thinking among men, to disprove the divine right of kin'. u explode tne reverenced maxim, of tyranny, and to establish a rational political liberty for the human race. These principles have alrrady, in some measure, regenerated the rights of man ui Europo, but to its full accomplishment the example of a contineut of freemen may be required, wh- se power can awe the opposition of kingdoms, and whose moral influence will impress a deep sense of human rights upon the minds of all mankind. When the spectacle of a whole continent, reposing in peace and prusperity, where' every one enjoys the" same religious, civ il and politi-' cal rights, is beheld from beyond the Atlantic and Pacific, the principles of despotism, do matter how mild' their form, must give way, and men will reasfume" ther rights and prerogatives." The prgrcs of events points to a time when men will be astonished that' their ancestors were ever wsuuk in ignorance and delusion, as to hate patiently .submitted to wear t!' r " sujt-virori mat. B long galled their necks and iSl'ZÄS "-' Pa. Ledger. 0 iiuu c.a.in ij.aj De rcnoiiy removed from w .;te nrusiiiis, y immersing tne ftaincd part in toil rr water,' or" pouring it upon theni nithout rubbing.