Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1848 — Page 1

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0OT he whig papers are blackguarding Mr". Walker, tlie Secretary of the Treasury, because he remitted the tariff duties on the irpn, brought over as ballast in the frigate Macedonian, on her return trip from Ireland. She wis one of our national Bhips, which had been loaned by the government to carry provisions to the Irish poor, who arc starving under British whig rule. The facts, as the Journal of Commerce says, are few and simple. .The ship must come home, and must have ballast, if she was to get home ! right side up. It was quite as well to bring some- j thing worth bringing, as to ballast with mere stones j or gravel. A Glasgow house offered to ballast tlia ship with pig iron, paying freight and duty as if it had come by any other vessel. The Secretary of the Treasury thought it was right that Com. LeKay should have the benefit of both, as some remuneration for his disbursements ; or rather perhaps, that it would not be honorable, or according to any law, to exact duly on the ballast of a national ship. The Collector of New York, therefore, by ordor of the Secretary, gave a free permit for landing the goods, and the amouiit of duty, $3,304, was paid to Com. DeKay by Doorman, Johnson & Co.,. consignees of the iron, the freight having been paid at Glasgow. Com. DeKay says he paid $16,000 out of his own pocket on account of the expenses of the ship, and declares that ratlu-r than have, paid the duty on the ballast, he should have retained possession of the ship at still greater cost, and have appealed to congress to remit the duties and his costs. The whig papers endeavor to make capital out of the refusal of Congress to appropriate five hundred thousand dolTars out of the national treasury for the relief of Ireland, and at the same time curse the Secretary of the Treasury because he did not think it proper to make Com. DeKay pay $3,354 freight, which it was necessary to take on board of the ship after her cargo was discharged," so (hat she might be brought home safely. Our western whig editors join in this cry, not because our- "iron mas ters'Mose so much "protection," but; simply because they do not know that it is necessary for any ship to carry ballast. Three quarters of them never saw a ship in their lives, and if they should see one would not know its use. Every -Irishman can teach them about shipping, and the necessity of ballast as well as sail. The Iocöfoco leaders are in a great stew for fear the committee of ways and means in Congress will provide for the, expenses of Mrf Polk's war, by levying a direct Hx upon the people making them feel the beauties of this locofoco administration ? We hope their fears may be realized. This is all the "aid and comfort" we can afford them in this distress. State Journal, Jan. 3"! f The Journal ha been accustonJQd to charge that the democrats were in faor o,f a system of "direct taxation" to pay the ordinary 'expenses of the General Government, and seemed to regard the idea with perfect horror. Now, however, it freely expresses the hope that direct taxes may be imposed by the whig Congres, 6o a6 to make our people "feel the evils of the war." The reason of this is apparent it wishes to piuiisk our people because they demand justice at the hands of its Mexicano friends, and thus "i id and comfort" the public enemy. Remember, that the Indiana Journal declares itself 'n favor of direct wax laxes upon our own peopie, instead oi Jevyinj; them upon the Mexicans. C-The Editor of the New York Courier states that lie recently met with a soldier who served in the battles before the city of Mexico. At Churubusco, while crossing the corn-field and within ten or fifteen rods of the enemy, just as he was biting the end from a cartridge to load his musket, a ball struck his temple, passed behind one eye, under the bridge of his nose, beiiind the other eye and out at the other tern pic ! Being exposed to a cross fire irom our troops, he thinks the ball came from them. It did not knock Iiim down, nor has he suffered any other result, from it than the loss ff eight, which is almost total. He can distinguish light from darkness, and nothing more His eyeballs have fallen in, and the lids are closed . but his general health has not suffered at all. This is certainly a singular case. OT" A serious affair recently occurred at New Häven, between two students and two Tutors. It re s', lted ia tabbing one of the latter with a -sword cane, (not likely to prove fatal,) and knocking down another with a. bar of iron, which it is feared will prove fatal. Names of the students, Towar of Philadelphia, Ewen of Tennessee. Names of the Tutors, Emerson and Goodrich, son of Professor Goodrich, of Yale College. The two 6tudenta were arrested and held to bail. A year or two ago, Tutor Dwight, of the same college, was murdered by a student, and the student was suffered t9 escape, because he had rich friends. A northern editor, in the city of Mexico, appears well satisfied with his present location. After discantiag upon various enjoyments, he ends as follows: "AH lumped, we enjoy Mexico hugely, and expect io for an indefinite period. It is one of the most magnificent cities a man ever fell into, and at present is as qAiiet and agreeable as any in the other portions of America, governed by the children of Uncle Sam." We have a notion of going to the Mexican Capital, mounting the halls of the Montezuma, and giving one of our loudest crows ! Would'nttbe Mexicanoes imagine it a young earthquake? The Palmer House. Since the death of Hon. Mr. Kennedy, the proprietor of the Palmer House has had it thoroughly cleaned, and thoroughly disinfected. All articles used in the apartment occupied by the late 'deceased, have been burned; and we arc authorized to say, that no danger may be feared to any of the inmates, at least so far as contagion is concerned. The proprietor deserves credit for his exertions to render his patrous safe and comfortable. 07The State Journal is Ijorror stricken at the idea of taxing tea and coffee half a cent per pound, for the purpose of diminishing the war debt, but is very anxiousthat direct taxes shall be levied upon our people for the full amount of the war expenses as they accrue. It knows that nobody would feel the tea and coffee tax. but they would feel the direct taxes. San ta Anna and the Journal, no doubt would agree on this point os well as others. The Locomotive." This pithy little paper has been revived by its former conductors, Messrs. David R. Elper & Co. The b'hoya say they are better than ever prepared to please and entertain their readers Let all who doubt subscribe and see for themselves. It is issued from the book and job office o. Douglass &. Elder, where all desiring it will be waited upon. (gj-The Ohio Court in Dank, Indian for Supreme Court,) recently decided that the right of the State to oust Dr. Beecher from his professorship in the Lane Seminary was barred by the atutute requiring such cases to be prosecuted within three years aften the cause of ouster arose and accrued. Lost, a few evenings since, theJop of a silver plated candlestick. It was dropped between the lower market and the court house. The finder will please leave it at this oSce, and receive the thanks of the owner. . i

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Published everv Thursday. THE GIJIMT MATCH! Tipton fairly in flic Field! Tiptoe, Tipton County, Ind., ) Dec. 30, IS 17. Messrs. Chafmans &. Spann: The Democracy are anxious-to take the premium offered by you of one year's subscription to the State Sentinel free, and in ordor to enable us to act advisedly in the matter, I propound the following question, to-wit: In deciding the question, will you count from where the subscriptions are sent, or to where they are sent T We think it should count from where they are sent, and not to where they are sent. Our reason fir so thinking is as follows: there are but three post offices in ur county, and as a matter of course a portion of our citizens arc remote from any P. O. situated in this county, and closer to some P.- O. in an adjoining county. Such especially is the case with the southern, south-western and north-western portions of our county. ' Now if they could have their papers sent to the P. O. nearest to them, we will be able to enter the lists with a reasonable prospect of success, and add to your subscription list this year double or thrice the number of any former year. Hoping that you will answer this agreeable to our wishes, I remain yours in the Bonds of Democracy, J. S. R. Onr valued correspondent is right, according to our judgement. In a sparsely settled part of the State, where post ofikes ore few and far between, we think that if the residents of one county live nearer to a post office in another county, they should have their papers so directed, and still be counted from whence they pent, or where they reside. Such will be our decision. We thank our friends for their interest, and hope others will not let them "walk over" the track without an effort. Indeed, there are already two entries, and from present appearances, the purse will be one worth running for. . Bank Failures. The Banks of a swindling character, having during the past season of prosperity been able to thrust upon the community large amounts of their fraudulent, notes, are now beginning to smash up rapidly. Strange that people will tolerate these legalized robbers, as they do! Here is a list of the latest failures. The "Susquehanna county Bank" in Pennsylvania; the "Delaware Bridge Company Bank," in New Jersey; the "Janes Bank," at Janesvillc;' the "Commercial Bank," of Friendship; the "Security Bank," of Huntsville; the "Merchants' Bank," of Canandaigua; and the "Franklin Bank,'- of French Creek; all in the State of New York, are reported to have broken. We shall soon have a general smash among the rotten and swindling concerns of Ohio. Don't keep any of these worthless rags on hand. Plainfield Bank, N. J. The Whig Governor, Younjr, of New York, has refused to surrender two of the Beaches, citizens of New York, to the Governor of New Jersey for trial on an indictment charging them with the embezzlement of a large amount of the funds of the Hainfield Bank, of which one of them wasjCashicr and the other a Director. Upon this course of the Whig Governor, the N. Y. Courier &. Enquirer a whig paper, remarks as follows: "Here, then, we find Gov. Young, elected to his high othce, through a tampering with crime in our own States making ready to set at nought the Constituton of the U. S., ns unconcernedly as he did the laws and Constitution ofN. Y., and all in furtherance of crime. "The pretence that a Governor receiving a requisition from another Governor in due form, on an indictment for crime, has a discretion whether or not to comply with Mich requisition, seems to us as trifling and illogical as the subterfuge attempted as to whether embezzlement was an indictable "crime" at the time of the adoption of the federal constitution, is immoral. "Unhappily, the constitution provides-tio remedy for euch a breach of official duty in the intercourse of two States, and the people of New York law abiding as a people must submit yet awhile to the humiliation of being misrepresented by a Chief Magistrate who seems so little to partake ia their respect for law." Old Hull capitulated, and old Rogers and old Chauncey cruised in vain for the enemy; while young Scott, Brown, &.C., beat him on every field, and young Hull and young Perry, &c, swept him from the waters. Philadelphia paper. You tell us what "young Scott," did in the war with Great Britain. Now; tell us what old Scott has done in the war with Mexico. Please tell us a little too about the doings of old Baylor. Louisville Journal. . "Old" Scott and Taylor did.inMexico what we do not believe they would have done if they had been twenty-five years younger. "Old" Taylor permitted the Mexicans to march out of Monterey with arms and ammunition, and hadrto meet the same men at Buena Vista ; and "Old" Scott granted an armistice at the city of Mexico, which gave the Mexican army time to recover themselves, and to defend the city much more energetically than they could have done, if the armistice had not been granted. These two errors cost the lives of perhaps a thousand American soldiers. The Ten Hour System. The following bill. has been introduced into the Ohio Legislature. Such a law ought to exist in every State: A Dill to establish the Ten Hour System of Lubor in Ohio. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That, in all contracts for, or relating to labor, ten hours of actual labor shall be taken to be a day's work, unless otherwise agreed by the paities ; and no person shall be required or holden to perform more than ten hours labor in any one day, except in pursuance of an express contract requiring a greater time. Sec. 2. No minor shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment more than ten hours the day, in any labor, without the written consent of the parent or guardian of ucl. minor be first obtained. If any manufacturer or corporation, or the agent of any manufacturer or corporation, shall employ any such minor in violation of the provisions of this section, they shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars. - . Oj-The Ivnoxville Tribune,. a bitter 'whig paper, thus denounces tlte whig legislature of that Str.te : We think the good people of the State or.giit to send a delegation to Nashville competent To instruct our law-makers in the way they should go. A motion has been made to adjourn nn the 2ihh instant, and we sincerely trust, as do the people, that it will pass, and that they will g' home ard bo permitted toirtay there. is to he hoped thil such another Legislature will neier assemble in Ttnntisce." We hope so too ! Tits West. There is no part of the world about which the people of our Eastern States are more erroneously informed than our own Western country. A. V. Jour, of Com. ' K There is truth in lhal declaration, certain. We arc glad to see that the Journal 6f Commerce is trying to .enlighten our eastern brethren on the subject. two niembers of the Hartford Convention survive.

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INDIANAPOLIS, JANUARY 13, 1848.

C'OH'M'CSS Washington City, Jan. 3. Senate The bill providing for the clothing of the Volunteers was read the third time and passed. . The bill to raise ten new regiments laid over from Friday, being tin- rxt in Rrder. came up. , J r. Cnss u as in lave of its immediate passage. JMr. Crittenden moved its postponement, , to hear Mr. Cal! loun op his resolutions, which provoked an animated debate. . The bill was laid over till Wednesday, and the Senale adjourned , . , . , , tt i i T res?lu,.lon V1 "bmitted by Mr HudMass., advis.ng the withdrawal of the troops House fon, ot e . 'HT ; i . i no... ..laiu-u, rei inquiring inaeinnny, pioviui"- i.ie pnnvnitinti uof t a -J.I sliimu rT.-ti'ivi t ! r mi f 1 1 r table was negatived by 54 to 125. The resolution was V IMIUII JL. HIU. SIU Wia 11 3. HlllWII IV IfW killed by a vote of 41 to 135. Mr. Houston's amendment to the "resolution of thanks to General Scott, declaring the war iinnecesary and begun by the President, was adopted yeaä 83, nays 81. Resolution lies oVer amended. Adjourned. One Slanper against Gen. Lane apmittep. There is hardly a general officer of democratic politics in the fielJ, who has not been more or less slandered by the Mexican Division of the whig press. Our General Lane, as brave a man as any enrolled in the army, has had to stand his full share of abuse; and many of our whig editors, though State pride ought to have operated äs some restraint, hare assisted to circulate slanders against him. The State Journal, however, has at last had the magnanimity to admit that one of the statements made against the General is false. The Journal of the 3d inst., has the following paragraph, which explains itself: We are happy to find a contradiction of the report in reference to Gen. Lane's leaving Vera Cruz with barely sufficient ammunition to last him to the National Bridge, and having to detail a portion of his force to 6end back after more. We could never bring ourselves tobelive this report, reflecting so much dishonor upon the military capacities of Gen. Lane, al though it has gone uncontradicted until the present time. . ' "Capt. R. M. Evans, of the 5th regiment of Indiana volunteers, writes to the Lvansville Journal, from Vera Cruz, and gives the whole particulars of the transaction upon which the report was predicated, and clearly exonerates Gen. Lane from all censure- In fact there was not a word of truth in the whole story with the exception of the detail of a portion of his men at the National Bridie to 6end back to Vera Cruz; but instead of sending them after ammunition, Gen. Lane sent them as an escort to an u protected downward train which he had met at the former place, and which was going to Vera Cruz after provisions to relieve the beseiged garrison at Perote, Jalapa, and Puebla. Gen. Lane started from Vera Cruz with 2,11)0 men, and with ample provisions to last them clear through to Mexico. He had also four waggons loaded with ammunition, besides forty rounds earned by each soldier." Counterfeit Treasury Notes. The first fraud upon Treasury Notes made its appearance in N York on Saturday. It purport to be & Treasury note of ftoOU, and was received by Messrs. Coming &. .Co from their correspondent at Nashville. It was known some monlhs since by. the Treasury Department that a spurious note was in preparation, but the informa tion was too vague for action. The above note is al tered from a plate engraved originally for the Eagle Mining Co., of Indiana, and was engraved at New Orleans for a Mr. J. C. Newman. It bears no resem blanee whatever, to any of the issues of genuine Trea ury iotes, ana is not even an attempt at an imita tion, excepting in the lettering and filling up. Tho words "Eagle Mining Company" have been taken out, and "1 lie United btates inserted, the origi nal notes are nearly covered on the back with origi nal dye work printed in red ink, while the spurious note has only the denomination in red fignres.V The spiiriffus note js nearly on inch longer, and a quarter of-an inch wider than the genuine, and the red ink used is of a lighter color. It is signed R. A. Gillett, Register and dated 20th August, 1817, whereas Mr, Gillelt was not Register afier June l, 1317. The signatures are exceedingly well imitated and well calculated to deceive a casual observer. 1 he tout ensemble of the note, however, is so entirely different from the genuine that no one in the habit of handling Treasury notes would be deceived. A. 1. Tribune. Who can tell us any thing about the "Eagle Mining Co., of Indiana!" . Accident to Me. Pettit. The following card ap--pcars in the last Washington Union: Sir: Presuming that you may not be advised of the facts in regard to the accident that happened to Mr. Pettit last evening, as his friend I deem it proper to give them as they occurred, which are as follows After tea, Mr. Pettit visited the Ladies' Fair at the Appollo Hall, and, on his return home, in company with myself, down the avenue, (a slight 6now having fallen in the meantime,) his foot slipped, and he fell to the pavement, re-breaking the leg which he broke in July last by being thrown from his carriage while canvassing his district. ' Mr. P. is doing as well this evening as could be expected. - By publishing this note you will oblige, Yours, respectfully, JAS. COLEMAN. Washington, Dec. 23, 134 ' Y Subsisting on the ENEMYt-An extract of a letter received in Washington from an officer at Monterey, dated the lGth November, approves of the order said to be transmitted to Gen. Taylor, to subsist the army off the country. The writer says : "The country this side of the mountains can subsist and pay the army here, and not feel more annoyed than they do from their own government in times of peace. I hope this system will be carried out on both lines. I heard, to-day, that a richly laden train of mules, (lil) in number,) with lead, gold dust, &c, had been captured near Saltillo, a few days since. The lead being contraband, the whole will be confiscated. It is said to be worth $70,000. Its destination was San Luis Potosi, or some place the other side of the mountains. Ihreenrthe hombres are said tobe in confinement at Saltillo who were in possession of the property. The Whigs, however, want our people to feel he evils of the war, and therefore desire to make them pay the expenses of the war instead of the Mexicans. r The N. Y. Evening Post, one of the organs of the "Barnburners," announces the following creed: "Free Trade, Free .Soil, Free Labor, and Free Speech; "Separation of GoTeroment from all paper issues; "Individual liability of all corporators; 'Internal improvement by the General Government to the extent indicated in the letter of Silas Wright to the Chicago Convention; "A return of the patronage of the General Government into the hands of the People." 07" The respect which whig edjtors entertain for the assertions of Mr. Clay, is being beautifully exhibited by the Louisville Journal. und Indiana Journal J both of whom say that Mr. Gallatin was one of the "greatest champions of the last war with Great Britain." Mr. Clay says jostively that Mr. Gallatin was opposed to it up to the time of its declaratlon.-.Yeio Albany Demotrat. ' ' Howe's Cough Candy. This candy is having quite a run,' and is paid tj those who have" tried it, to operate admirably. , Try it.' It is for saleby Tomlinson Brothers. , . , ; Mr. Alex. Campbell says of Queen Victoria, that "the youthful fact of England's Quoen rs as care worn as that of any other mother in America who can show five such lusty children." '

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Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. Washington Dec. 28, 1817. On the 2tli inst., Mr. Richardson, (democrat) of Illinois, offered in the U. SIIouse of Representatives jJie following resolutions: RtStlixei That tI.e existing war with Mexico vas just am, neccsMrr 0 our , and prw50cul. ' y , ,, ,, , V ., ' ,; , V. . Ikll lliC SJtZ l.Ul Wl V 1IIUILÜIII " Will 1 ill L 1 'llil. rights and honor, and of security an honorable peace. r i o Resolved, That the rejection of our repeated over tures of peace, leaves this government no alternative but the most vigorous prosecution of the war in such manner consi!Teut wit!, the law f nations, as will ,he e fee, M ng ca,amitjea anJ burde . ,; . ,. . 1it . ilfW1Pni,ia - . - . oeace, providing satisfactory indemnity, in money or territory, for past injuries, including the expenses of the war. Resolved, That the amount of indemnity must ne cessarily depend upon the obstinacy of the enemy, and the duration of the war. Subsequently notice was jriven that, when it might be in order to dj so, the following would be offered, as substitutes for these resolutions, viz : By Mr. Stevens, (whig) of Georgia : Whereas, it is no less desirable that the interests and honor of our country should be cordially sustained and defended so long as the present war with Mexico continues to exist, than that the conflict should not be unnecessarily prolonged, but should be terminated as soon as an honorable peace can be obtained; and whereas it is believed that a diversity of opinion prevails to a considerable extent as to the ultimate aims and objects for which the war should be prosecuted; and it being proper that this matter should be settled by the clear expression of the legislative will, solemnly proclaimed to the world : Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales in Congress assembled, That the present war with Mexico should not be waged or prosecuted "with a view to conquest," either by the subjugation or dismemberment of that Republic. lie it therefore resolved by the authority aforesaid, That it is the desire of the United States that hostilities should be terminated upon terms honorable to both parties, embracing a mutual settlement of the questions growing out of the "proper and rightful" boundary of Texas, and a full recognition and proper provision on her part to be made for all the just claims of our citizens against that country the whole to be adjusted by negotiation, to be instituted and effected according to the constitutional forms of each government respectively. By Mr. Botts, (whig) of Virginia : 1. Resolved, That among the highest duties that can devolve upon the Representatives of the people is .the preservation of the national integrity, a strict observance of the limitations of the constitution, and a firm resistance to Executive encroachment. 2. Resolved, That any war which has for its object the acquisition of territory by conquest, brings into question the national character, is in violation of the constitution of the United States, in conflict with the genius and spirit of our institutions, and dangerous to the perpetuity of the Union. 3. Resolved, That the war in which we are now engaged was not brought on by the act of Mexico. 4. Realised, That the war with Mexico was brought on by the unauthorized act of the President of the United States, in ordering the army under the command of General Taylor into territory then in possession of the Mexican Republic. '5. Resolved, That we have no right to claim indemnity fur the expenses of a war brought on by the illadvised and unprovoked act of our own public functionaries. . . . 0. Resolved, That the honor of this nation does not consist in exacting territory from Mexico, to which we have no claim, and yielding to Great Britain territory tlie title to which was asserted to be "clear and unquestionable;" and that to evade the strong and pursue the weak does not present the honor, courage, or greatness of our people in their true light. 7. Resolved,' That to exact indemnity from Mexico ..on Id devolve upon us the necessity of making a similar demand in all future wars, which would involve us in interminable conflict, or of surrendering a principle now insisted, on as indispensable to the preservation pf our national honor.--8. Resolved, That no new' territory can be annexed to the United States by virtue of the war, without involving the agitation of domestic difficulties, begetting sectional animosities, and weakening the ties that connect us together. 9. Resolved, Tnat if the conquest of territory be not the object of the war,4 we can perceive 110 good reason for continuing our troops in the heart of the enemy's country, by which their lives are unnecessarily exposed and our resources uselessly expended. 10. Resolved, That u conquering nation has nothing to apprehend from an exhibition of magnanimity and generosity to a defeated foe ; and that a victorious army may retire from the pursuit of carnage and slaughter without incurring the imputation 01 retreat- . m . . . ... - f . ing trom the scattered ana oiscomnuea iorces 01 uie enemy. 11. Resolved, That the most efficient if not only means of restoring a speedy and honorable peace would be, under proper preliminary arrangements, to withdraw our troops, already covered with glory and surfeited with succes, to the true and legitimate boundary of Texas'at the time of its annexation to the United States. 12. Resolved, That our institutions, founded on the rights of man, repudiate jhe. doctrine that "might makes right," as the freebooter's plea and the pirate's law; and so long as we offer an asylum to the oppressed and recognize"" life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" among the inalienable rights of men, -we cannot insist upon the dismemberment of an empire as the price of peace. 13. Resolved, That if, upon the restoration of peace, the necessities of our commerce Bhall require a harbor in any part of the Mexican territory in California, we are able, and should bo willing to pay therefor, as would become a great and an honest people. 14. Resolved, That if it shall be determined by the people, through their Representatives, that this war Bhall be further prosecuted in Mexico, it then becomes the duty of all parties to protect our national flag and brave army by furnishing all needful supplies of men and money to carry it on with vigor and effect. By Mr. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana : Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates in Congress assembled. That, in the opinion of Congress, the President of the United States should. forthwith cause to be" communicated to the government of Mexico that peace may be immediately established between the two countries upon the following terms, to-wit : First. That the boundary line between the United States and Mexico shall be as follows, to-wit: beginning at tho Gulf of Mexico, near the mouth of the RirTNueces, and running thence northwest; with the course of said Rio Nueces, bo as to include all the Texan settlements south and west of said river, made prior to the annexation of Texas to the United States; thence, up tho said Rio Nueces, until it reacWes tlie line which separated tlie' province of Texas, before her independence, from the provinces of New Mexico, Coahuila, and .Tamaulipis; and , thence, along said Jine, to the U10 Roxo or Red River. . . Second. That the Government of the United States, disavowing the intention of acquiring or holding tlie same by conquest, will purchase from Mexico,. with the consent of the Government of Mexico, the tcrrW tory" embraced within the following boundary, to-wit: heirinninsr at a point on the Gulf of Mexico as near as may be to the centre of the great desert or prairta which lies between the, waters of the'Rio Grande and the Rio Nncce ; thence, following hc course of the centre of the said deecrt or prairie, northwest,' to the MmTe of mountains which divide tlie waters of thrt RkTUrande from those' that run eastward to the Gulf of 'Mexico, and pursuing said range of mountains until it strikai the line of north. latitude 36 3D"; thcncV, by that parallel of lalif.ide, west, to, the Pa cific ocenn, so as tcim-hide within the United. States the hay a:id city of Monterey, irt upper California. Tuinh 'That, in consiJ.-nition of the cession Gf

Volume VII:::::::::NuD!ler 30. the territory embraced wihtin the foregoing boundary, the Government of the United States shall pay to the Government of Mexico such sum of money as may be agreed upon by and between, commissioners to lie appointed on the part cf ech Government: Provided, That there shall be deducted out of the sum so agreed on wbitcver amount may have been due by Mexico to the United Statrs before the commencement of the war, if the sum so agreed on shall exceed the amount so found to be due to the United States. Fourth. That the Government of the United States shall ask from the Government of Mexico no indemnity whatsoever for the expenses of the war. Fifth. That, so soon as a treaty of peace shall have been made and ratified by and between the two Governments, tlie army of the United States shall be withdrawn from every portion of the territory of Mexico now or at that time in its ossession. Sixth. That the Government of the United States will guaranty to the Government of Mexico that all persons, now citizens of Mexico, who possess property within the territory thus proposed to be ceded to the United States, shall continue to hold and enjoy the sa ne under the laws and institutions of the United States. By Mr. Toombs, (whig) of Georgia: Resolved, That neither the honor nor the interest of this republic demands the dismemberment of Mexico, or the annexation of any portion of her territory to tlie United btates, as an indispensable condition to the restoration of peace. By Mr. Van Dyke, (whig) of New Jersey : Resolved, That in the opinion of this House, the order of this Government that General Taylor with his army should take position on the bank of the Rio Grande, which resulted in the blockade of that river and the pointing of the guns of the United Slates upon a Mexican town on the other side, was unnecessary and unwise, was on act of aggression in itself, and the immediate cause of conflict between the two nations. Resolved, That the invasion of the territories of Mexico south and west of the Rio Grande, either by sea or by land, and the storming and capturing of her towns and the slaying of her people within such territories, were acts of injustice, cruelty, and wrong; and that the requiring of Mexico, al the peril of her national existence, to enter into treaty stipulations with us, while her country is surrounded bj our navy, her capital and chief towns in our possession, her country subjugated and her people crushed and prostrate beneath our power, and with our resistless cannon frowning upon her, and our conquering sword gleaming above her, is unreasonable and unfair towards Mexico, as one of the contracting parties, and unmagnanimous and unchristian in us. . Resolved, That the present war with Mexico should not be prosecuted any further for any purpose whatever; that the whole of our forces in the Mexican country should be withdrawn as speedily as possible, and placed on territory which belongs to this country; and that the Administration be furnished with all the men end money necessary to protect our troops now in Mexico, and to accomplish such withdrawal in the most practicable way, without harm or danger. Resolved, That, after the withdrawal of our troops as aforesaid east of the Rio Grande, the President of the United States be requested to send a commissioner or commissioners to Mexico to settle he question of boundary between this country and Mexico, together with such other questions as may properly come before them. I submit, without remark, this plain statement of facts, which I take from the journals of Congress, to the eye and understanding of such whigs in Indiana and elsewhere, ns retain in their souls even an atom of response to tho sentiment of the gallant, patriotic Decatur "Our country : always right but, right or vrong, our country." . I submit the statement, I say, without remark ; but they must excuse me for asking them, after they have read and pondered upon it fully, two honest, serious, and frank questious ; to which I ask as honest, as serious, and as frank answers : 1. Do you need any further evidence that the whig party of 1347, the federal party of 1812, and the tory party of 177(3, are identical one and the same? 2. Who ore now on the side of their country ! the whigs with Messrs. Stevens, Eotts, Thompson, Toombs and Van Dyke; or the democracy with Mr. Richardson, who, 1 am credibly informed, Ecaled his faith in the justice of this war on our part, upon the sanguinary field of Buena Vista, at the head of a company of Illinois volunteers, that was proudly compared, in the reports of that bloody conflict, with the veterans of Austerlitz! G. W. K. JlTessrs. Editors of the Sentinel: It appears by the accounts in the journals, that the famine in Ireland is again likely to be nearly, or quite as distress-' ing as heretofore. It has been stated that nearly a million of the Irish people perished by hunger during the past year. Knowing what Ireland is by nature, we cannot believe that the sufferings of her people could be so great as they are at present, if she had a well-regulated government. We trust that a brighter day will, ere long, dawn on the classic land of the Emerald Isle. To Ireland. Why cold ii thy harp i why lings not with gladness The ong of thy children, O ! Erin the fair I Whence is thy misery, tbf orrow, thy sadneis ? '0! will not the voice of freedom declare ? See, tee on the cheek of Hibernia' beauty, Oppression'i fell reptile reveli to lay Set, tee but the patriot, dauntless in duty; Like Erin's past glory, be is doomed to decay. There is wail by the hovel, the clear sunny fountain, The hamlet, the cottage for famine is there. We will seek then the Aged, afar on the mountain. And learn what oppression his people do bear. He will point to Ibe rich purple valleys of Erin, Her hills greenly clad, and her pure azure skies. He will teach thee how lavish kind natuie has been, Io bestowing her blessing, her needful supplies. And yet of these blessings so sadly perverted, ' He surely might claim of reflection a sign. And well might he ask, though their freedom be fled, . If his people foiever, by hunger, must die ? How faded tby glory, tbou land of dead joy ! . Shall the light of thy genius survive not the tomb ? Shall the night of thy winter forever destroy . The flowers that, living, in gtandear might bloom ? . Lebanon, Ind. - k S. N. Something Rich. The' Tennessee legislature was' still balloting for a United States Senator. To the leading, whig candidates for the. office a series of: questions concerning national politics had been propounded. 1st, in relation to the tariff; secondly, in : relation to the war ; and thirdly, in relation to the '. Wil mot Proviso. All parties avow a disposition to try the present tariff: to support the war vigorously, : and they express a decided hostility to the Wilmot Proviso. . '. The following copy of a letter from one of the whig, candidates and a member of the State Senate (Gen.: Bradberry) is decidedly rich : " . Nashville, Nov. 11, 1347.' Gentlemen With deep sensibility I respond to your interrogatories finding myself suddenly placed in delicate and responsible relations. : I am in favor of tho war, first, last, and all the time. Most candidates say they are for a "vigorous vroseculion." I g further than that I am lor giv-! jng the Mexicans tlie very oevn. 1 no war is unjust and infernal on the part of Mexico, who began it; and President Polk's only mistake was in not understanding, a year sooner than he did, the circumvention of John Hull and the diabolical collusion of the Mexican?'.; ' '" , 'V ' '-' iJ. Now, I am not for disturbing that tariff of '45.' St. Tatrick. and John Uull Jiave now tasted our corn bread let them have it, I say, tariff or no tariff. At any rate, let us feed thein as long as they can pay for it. ;id. I take it rather as personal that your interrogatories do not refer me 40 the Wilmot Proviso. I know and care but little of tlie ' Troviso ; but 1 think Wilmot" himself deserves to be hung. With profound respect, yo'ur humble and devoted servant, ' . II. BRADBERRY. Messrs. J. Dunlap, E. Tc-lk, J.G.Harri.

To the Editors of the State Sentinel:

It may perhaps be a matter of gome curiosity to you to know how many members of the Legislature have remained at the Palmer House dunnr tu: recess. I herewith send you a list none of whom have taken the small-pox as yet. It may be proper to say, how ever, that all of them except one Lad been previouly vaccinated. They are as follows : Senators Marsh and Randall, and Reps. McDonald of Lake, Siirvock, Terry and Dobson. Senator Dav and Rep. Cookcrly, also, remained here some time afier the adjournment. I do not however wish to be understood as catin censure on those who voted to adjourn and go home. F.. I mitt itrnll tl.t .. 1 11 . it.... I 1 1. l..n.Aa to take the disease, t!ey secured to themselvrs the inestimable privilege of being in the bosom of their, family and friends, should" they be overtaken by this fell destroyer of human life. It is true perhaps that they have exposed themselves to the ridicule of the community to noine extent. Lot it is equally true that some who Lave had the courage to stay here have been held aloof and shunned by a portion of the good people cf this town as they would shun messi nger of evil. This seems stranire and unnatural indeed to one who has never felt the terrific fear which small-pox carries to the Iiearts of frail men. Rut it ii not won derful that the multitude should tremble at the presence of the monster, when men of the most exalted station in society men armed with the shield of faith, and commissioned to minister to the spiritual wants of their dymr fellow men, falter m the dis charge of their sacred duty. Public opinion and the custom of the profession from time immemorial, have as clearly pointed out the duty of medical men towards suffering humanity as could any legislative enactment; and I rejoice to know that in the case of Mr. Kennedy, those who were thus called to administer, most nobly discharged their duty, without waiting to count the consequences to themselves. Mr. Kennedy was strongly impressed with the belief that the baud of death was about him, from the commencement of his sickness. Whilst suffering under those violent spasms by which the disease was ushered in, he was able, at intervening moments, to converse with his friends. He exclaimed at one time, "How hard it is to be strangled in the full vigor of life ! " . At other times he called on his God to have , mercy on him. After he was relieved from the spasms and restored to a somewhat comfortable condition, he submitted himself patiently to the skill of his physicians. A few days before his death he became satisfied they could not raise him. He expressed, deep concern about the change he soon must make,, and desired that a clergyman should be sent for;: which wns done. The clergyman came, but owing no doubt to the fact that he was deterred from a sue- . cessful discharge of his mission, at the sight of so horrible a disease, his visit was not satisfactory to Mr. Kennedy. Rut I have good reason to believe that there is no truth in the report that Mr. Kennedy used improper language in relation to this worthy clercyman. On the contrary, he, like a really penitent man, continued to worry himself about his soul' future happiness. His physician told him that it was his privilege, if he felt so . inclined, to commune directly with his God, unaided by any human power. On the next morning he told his medical friend that he had acted on his suggestion, that he had pleasant exercises of mind during tlie night, and that he felt resigned to trie will of God. From that time till he breathed his last, he calmly waited the hour of disso lution. How melancholy the spectacle ! to see a man in the full tide of earthly prosperity, whose intellectual star had risen so rapidly and shone so brilliantly, away from family and home, cut down by a disease so loathsome and contagious as to deprive him of the privilege of taking his friends by the hand to bid them a last farewell. And yet how 6ublime the scene! to behold the same fellow. being, whose life had notbeen apent in strict accordance with the man'Ntea of the Bible, whilst shut out from the society of a christian community, calling ujon that God, under-whose , providence he was brought to a dyiug bed, to forgive his sins and pn-pare his immortal .spirit to take its flight from its crumbling tenement of clay, to that blissful world where pain and sorrow are felt no more! ' 8 : W. -. Mr. Clay's Speech. The Emancipator very ably serves up the main practical pith of Mr. Clay 'h speech as follows. Mr. tlay says, If the enemy should refuse to conclude a treaty, containing stipulations securing the objects, designawhole government to prosecute the war, with II the national energy, until those objects were obtained by a treaty of peace." V ' Now, this is barbarous.. . Here is proof. Mr. Clay says : ; . 1. The war was unconstitutionally commenced. 2. We were the first aggressors.- j 3. We have been the aggressors throughout) "This is no war of defence, but one unnecessary and of offensive aggression. It is Mexico that is defending her firesides, her castles and her altars, noj we," says Mr. Clay.' "'.'' 4. Congress ought to declare for what purposes and objects the war is to be further prosecuted, - and the President ought to conform to this declaration. 5. Mr. Clay does not designate the purposes and objects which Congress ought to set forth in its declaration. Mark this ! 6. If Mexico refuses to conclude a treaty, containing stipulations securing the objects designated by Congress in its declaration, then thrust the cold steel to her heart, "with all the national energy," until those objects are attained. s Though this doctrine is hidden under a vast amplitude of patriotic and pious rhetoric, about the horrors of War. &.C., yet there it is and it is the whole doctrine of the speech of this grey haired old man, on the subject of the war. Is it not diabolical! Sum it up. The war was unconstitutionally commenced, and is not only unnecessary, but is offensively aggressive, and is waged against the firesides, the castles, and the altars of a sister republic. Let the aggressors now declare for what objects it is to be further prosecuted, and then draw up a treaty securing those objects, and if the party which is defending its fireside and its altars refuses to sign it, let the national energy unleash more war-dogs to howl on her track till she will. If she yields, well. If not, grind her to pow der! Is not this the doctrine of ti e speech : lhe Peace; candv ate indeed! We will not tntnee our words! nor speak with baited breath, on such a subject. The policy here recommended is miamous. ftp- Jast read what that impudent whig, Webb, of. the New York Courier and inquirer, says about our duty to Mexico. , Our neighbor ought to step over and whip him: . ' . "For twenty years Mexico has been no better than a hest of pirates, among whom the property and persona of foreigners have been unsafe, at the same time that, she has been recognized and represented at all the civilized courts of the world, as a responsible nation. Revolution has followed revolution in quick succession. Her military chieftains have violated the rights of foreigners residing within her borders, and trampled upon the quiet and peaceful of her own citizens; and yet we have virtually said to Europe- "Hands off we are the nation of North "America, and will not permit your interference. No monarchy shall be established in our neighborhood." "Such has been pur language; and it cannot be denied,, that while we hold this language which is just and proper, and which the whole nation is prepared to maintain we are responsible fir the quiet and wellbeing of Mexico, so far os foreigners are concerned. If we will not permit others to compel her to conduct herself as becomes a civilized nation, it becomes our duty to do it; and from this obligation we may net shrink. It is in evidence too, that at this very lime, the peace party in Mexico the quiet, order loving among her people avow their feats that if a peace be negotiated and our army withdrawn, they will ngainbecome the prey of the horde of reckles, worthless military chieftains, whose only .means of. living has been and is, the necessity forjheir services prowin out of disturbances created by themselves! These vampires are now dispersed; and if we will re-establish in Mexico the government of 1821, and leave ten thousand of our troops in her capital and half the number at Vera Cruz and the intermediate cities to protect it, she can well afford to pay the expense nf such army in consideration of the peace and prosperity it would cuarantee to her. Such a course of proceeding would give peace, quiet and prosperity to Mexico, and at once terminate the existing war and the expenditures attending it Qp" Joseph Cunard, of Miarmielii, Nova Scotia, recently failed for. an immense amount. This is not the Cunard, the proprietor of the royal mail steamers, although the two have been confounded together.