Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1848 — Page 4

INDIANAPOLIS, rniKUAUY 12, 1848. D. P. I! , 11.. nttvillr. Cot-iialy w ill. Semi Vm along. J A , Tr iwrlo i. 141 rmnly wilb jroiir IfqnrH lhi limo ; hut k etiM lu im lb t it would Im emier ( bMt hi get acamwiudalej by a aig!.bor,aa it would not coal litem naif the utmhle k wiU snake as. J. U. D., Coaport. Will endeavor to comply lih your request. It would baft been done ill along, bad ihe dry proceeding of tha lejiaklar sat occupied w much suae to J liul purpose. Bicknoaa baa aim interfered Mb our aftanj-emenU. -An Old PtUj jr.faB. Tour communication ii Important to tbe Bwmbere of tha LiiUMra, at lea it, an J w regret that h arrived too lata fur this, Sauirday'a, paper. It ahall bar a ptaca la our next. D., Washington Cky. Please '-hol J your horses." WIU wilu you to-day or to-morrow. H. A. II. Beloil., W. T. Your letter should bare been directed to George II. C. He U now In the Gulf of Mexico, 00 board the frigate Cumberland, where you caa address bhn, fttagi paid, to injure safe conveyance. We bave fivwarded yours. O. T., Eagle Village. Will fi!l your order at aa early a day ai possible, and endeavor lo make k salislactory. J. P. C, being "In ordinary," rather crowd as. J, H., Germantowa. Please write and explain now yon with thoae papers directed. Are they a portion of the old club, kc, or are they all new once. Pleaac be particular. J. LH. We have "marked tb alloys," and will endeavor lo catcb Ibem very soon. Your "story" hall be noticed.

Small Pox. W e it stated that G. A. Chapnan, one of the editors of the State Sentinel. is suf. rar;n .,n.i.n tt nf fntl v i.-. . Ivl IU" MUUV. aavae i vu s va .wauaaj vvAe v v w SIV 1 fäV s mistake. Ft. Waune Times. It is a mistake now, friend Wood, and has been for three weeks past. We had an attack, and "laid it out" in short order. Since then, the Junior has had

quite a severe attack ; and in answer to numerous in- ,ine (Gen- Taylor.) He then complained of the Presquiries, we will state that he is getting along very dfen superseding Gen. Taylor by sending Scott into

well, and we hope to announce his being at his post before long V e tender our kindest regard? to our cotemporaries of both parties, who have expressed their sympathy for us, and assure them that wc shall always cherish such sentiments of esteem for them personally as they ought to be cherished : and we trust their paths may be so strewn with roses and the blessing of health as never to require it in kind. The younger Chapman has it the small pox and some others of the crowing tamily are said to be afflicted with it, So writes the senior editor of the Richmond Palla dium. We are happy lo state that it is all a mistake, except as regards the Junior. We are happy al-o to state that no new cases have apwarcd for several days; and the few (not exceed ing the, ti.ree of whom are colored) are all convalescent. The panic is almost s bsided ; and we doubt not w. shall noon he entirely clear of it. The weath er is favvrable aud very tine for the season. The j;int resolution paraded in the columns of the list Sutim I as the "voice from the Senate of Indiana in favor of the justice of the War," was passed through that body in one of those moments of inattention to business too frequent in our Legislative assemblies, near the close of session, and is not the voice of the whig portion of the Senate. As soon as their purport wa known, a motion to reconsider was made by Mr. Walpole, which we presume will be done, and then such portion of the resolutions es are italicized by the Sentinel will be stricken out, if the whigs have the power to do it. Journal. Tiiey will, will they ? We wish our readers to re examine those portions "in italics," and remember to preserve them with the above. But another choice feature of the above i, the ndmissinn that this Legis" lature, whig as it is, is "inattentive to business." That it is "too frequent," in our Legislature, is also true, because no such moments should ever occur. But that this Legislature, in their des. re to figure as politicians, has been "inattentive to business" at least half their time, we think the record over will showTrue it is, and pity 'tis 'tis true.' Of course, there are exceptions; but they are few, compared with for mer years ; and we believe every observant person, be he whig or democrat, will justify this assertion. C7The correspondent of the Baltimore Sim, writ ing from th e City of Washington, on the 1st inst., say? that "the disposition of the House is to refuse the administration everything, men, money, and offi cers;" and that "General Scott will not be tried at Perote, as is asserted in some papers ; he will merely attend the court as a witness. You may depend on it the hero of Cerro Gordo has himself requested to be recalled, and the administration has gratified him." Bsactitui. Sentiment. We heard an intelligent lady, not long since, express herself in this wise : Said she, "If I were allowed a vote for President of these United States, and were that vote my last; and were I also, conscious that immediately following the inaugural ceremonies would be the funeral requiems, it would be my highest ambition to cast that vote for Gen. Thomas Thcmb ! I'm so fond of milintery men !" (7- The marriage of Thomas J. Myers, of Rich mond, Va., to Senorita Carmcacita Ferez, of Monte rey, Mexico, has been announced. This is the same Myer whose former wife became enamored of a young man and wrote a series of extraordinary letters. The husband became desperate; shot the paramour, and it seems has now married again. Every one remembers the Richmond affair. Steamboat Accident. Several Lives Louisville, Feb. 4, A. M. A steamboat accident happened in the Ohio river below HawesviIIe, yesterday, caused by the Paul Jones running into the Major Barbour, sinking her to the hurricane deck. Coat and cargo a total Jobs. I learn that several lives were lost by this accident, but have not yet ascertained how many, or the names of I tnose who perished. American Navy. According to the official report we now haw 5 .hipu of the line, 1 razee, 4 frigates, 13 bl.jops, 5 brigs, 11 schooners, 4 bomb gun vessels, 1 ordnance transport, 12 steamers, 6 storeships total 62. Vessels in ordinary, Nov. 18471 hip f the line, 8 frigates, 10 sloops of war, 2 team ers, total 21. The "Parke CVwiity Wmg," among other whig paper, hits the Legislature a severe dig. We are sorry we have not room to copy its article, or a por tion of it. It sems to u, that the farther they try to heal thü elements of political discord, the greater becomes the breach in the several cohorts of whiggery. "Whom the gods intend to destroy," etc. Mors Harmony. Hind-bills were posted up yes,terdiy calling upon the friends of Gen. Scott to meet at the Capitol last evening. We don't, know what t they have done as yet. It shows a beautiful harmony .between the Clay whigs, the Taylorites, and the Scott .men ! Appointment Editorial. Rolla Doolittle, Esq., of the Madison Courier, has been appointed postmaster at Madison, tice W. M. Taylor, resigned. We congratulate brother D. on his food fortune, and I hope he will exemplify the truth that editors make the beat officers in the world. The Mithawaka Dee has at its head the name of Thomas Corw in for the Presidency. The leading edi torial for a few weeks past, commences thus : "We will sell our office to any person on very reasonable terms.,: We just "put that and that together," and wish the editor luck in finding a purchaser. Fcicid or x Bride. The Saratoga Sentinel, says that ilr. Rachel Vandermaker, 2U veara old, and married only three weeks, cut her throal with a razor on the 2Ulh git. I The dathbf CoL Tane, trotaer of T Chief Jus-

Great Scott Dciuoiistruiiou ut Iudian:tp ll. Musaas. Ciup.ums & &ann. I was greatly amused 011 WdiiiiJdv ev rung Jaat, on visit in the Hall of th- II u-e of Representatives, to see the great whig party of Indiana, now at Indianapolis, composed of member of the Legislature and others, sitting in solemn assembly, tu abuse the President of the United States and make a demonstration in favor of General Scott to use the sentiment of one of the resolutions being well qualified to fill any station within the gift of the American people. There was a pretty full meeting of the whigs, now at the Capital. Mr. Senator Beard was chosen Presdent, Job EJdrcdge, Esq., of Cass county Vice President, Mr. Ferguson of Clark and Mr. Greer of Marion, Secretaries. Mr. Beard, on taking the chair, remarked, that they did not come together to nominate a candidate for President; that they had agreed in State Convention not to nominate a candidate, but to express their feelings in relation to the arrest of General Scott in Mexico. A committee, of which Mr. O'Neal, of Indianapolis, was chairman, was then appointed to prepare resolutions, whi left tie Hall for that nurpose, when

yoawve 0. urwt one ot the Mate Whig Electors De cauea up., oeiivereu an eulogy on the military character ot General Scott, and in praise of his bnl- . . lnt mpaign in Mexico. He complained, that, at the commencement of the war, the command of the armv had nnr hn at nnro rrivrn in Honnral Xentt wno was the commander-in-chief, instead of bein conferred, as he remarked, on a mere Colonel of the wAiw, uciicki lajiui jiau gmiicu a name, which migut be inferred from his remarks, that was making him a prominent candidate for President. The President faltered, he remarked, in reference to the possibility of taking Vera Cruz. Scott recommen ded it and went to the scene of conflict. He captured the city with its castle, whipped Santa Anna on the heights of Cerro Gordo and finally planted the American standard on the halls of the Montezumas. Mr. O'Neal, as chairman of the committee, now presented the resolutions, condemning the President for arresting General Scott and declaring him well qualified to fill any station within the gift of the American people. I he great 6iwech of the evening was then made by Mr. O'Neal, who for the last several months has been abusing Defrees for concealing the prominent acts of General Scott givhg him and his paper, now and then a lew ot ins choicest shols for doing General Scott so much injustice. In the course of his speech lie remarked, that General Scott did not depend alone on this Mexican war for his fame. That the war with England witnessed his brilliant exploits, where he had met in deadly conflict and defeated the selfstyled invincibles of Europe. He had shed his blood in that war. lhat his promotion was as rapid and almost as brilliant as that man of destiny, Napoleon, tor at the age of twenty-eicht he became a Maior General of the American Army. AH this too, said he, happened long before this Mexican war was dreameu of. Further; General Scott was not destitute of civil qualifications. He had been a prominent candi date ot the whigs tor President, and on two occasions came near receiving a nomination. What did he du, said he, on those occasions ! He boldly advocated the nominee ot the Convention and showed his devo tion to whig principles. There was no concealment in him, and he could be safely trusted in any office, within the gilt of the American people. When he looked at his whole military career, ending in his tri umphal entry into the Halls of the Montezumas, he stood forth, unrivalled, as the greatest General of the present day, and of the world. Napoleon only excepted. After this eloquent speech, the resolutions were adopted unanimously, by acclamation. Mr. Ortoti, of Laporte, was ihen called for, who, in respond. ng to the call, di?pliyed more cautiousness than either of the other speakers. Afler abusing the i'resident, as is usual with whig speakers, he made the following grandiloquent flourish: "If, said he. General Scott, is under arrest ; if a court martial is appointed to try him; if this meeting has assembled to express its indignation ; if, in fine, this is an indignation meeting, then, said he, using a most vio lent jesture with both hands then am i indignant !" The meeting then adjourned, sine die. Isaac C. Elstou. The Logansport Pharos has the following in rela tion to the gentleman whose name heads this article. We know not if the charges are correct; but if they should prove so, it should certainly be a subject for the action of the State Central Committee ; and they will no doubt inquire into the matter. We are sorry, if it should prove true, that Mr. E. is so short-sight ed, as the event will most assuredly prove him to have been. In some cases we are 6ure our party will be the gainer by these disaflections, if not in all. They can arise from no conviction that our principles are wrong. It is only from expediency, such as has, and will still continue to govern the whig party. "Availability," that they may get office, that's all. The people will 6ee it all, and apply the corrective by sus taining their principles by supporting their own chosen standard bearer. Stkike off his name. We learn from th? Crawfordsville Review that Isaac C. Elston who was appointed by our Stati Convention as one of the contingent Senatorial Delegates to the Democratic National Gonvention is now Going for Taylor therefore, Without a why or wherefore ! And, with fifty-two others, is hot-foot for holding a convention to take measures for organizing a Taylor Electoral Ticket. Therefore we ay, strike off his name ! He may have been a Democrat once, but by this move he has certainly thrown away all claim even to the title ; and most certainly he ought not to be admitted, in any contingency, into the Democratic National Convention as a representative of the wish es of the Democracy of Indiana. Our State had better be unrepresented in the National Convention than lo be misrepresented by such half-and-half, over-and-under, wheel-aboul-and-turn-aboiit politicians as Mr. Elston. They are of no benefit to any party, and the ooncr our party gets rid of all such characters, the better for its succpss. Henry Clay. The great Clay meeting in Pittsburgh, the call for which was signed by about fourteen hundred names, came off Tuesday before last. It is represented to have been quite enthusiastic ; and for the benefit of the Taylor hybrids, we extract the following from the proceedings: Mr. Loom is in the clearest manner enumerated the many claims of Mr. Glay, to thefuiTrages of the people for the Presidency. In no part of the State had there been a distinct nomination made for that high office and it was mot proper to make the first movement here in the Iron city, and he would therefore ttominate Henrf Clay. Here the Speaker was interrupted by the most enthusiastic and long continued cheering. Mr. Clay, he said was the first choice, and after him the man who should receive the nomination rom a national convention, no matter who it teas, so he teas a whig. Among the resolutions adopted are the following : lletolced, That nut first choice for the Presidency is the great civilian Henry Clay. lle&ilced. That we prefer him because of his long and eminent services, as t'ie champion of his country's rights on the floor of Congres, as negotiator of peace at Ghent, as an ablo and long tried Statesman, as the father of the American system, and as the advocate of a speedy aud honorable peace. How will this suit the political gamblers who are attempting to ride into office on the war popularity of Gen. Taylor! 0"The Daily Commercial of Cincinnati, says Lieut. Col. Fremont, in his defence before the court martial at Washington, charges Gen. Kearney with having borne fa lue witness against him ; and more that he vwore to falsehood before the court, concerning the said Lieut. Col. Fremont! From what we heard of Kearney while in Washington, we incline to believe all that is acid of him." Taylor Meetings and LtTortf. To tht Editors of th Cincinnati Caxtttt. ; Gentlemen : I have been a spectator of the Taylor meetings and whig efforts in this city f.r makin? I General Taylor President of the United States. In L Vhc emphatic, language of the day, it is my opinion

Whig Harmony. We cannot resist the temptation to give the following as a specimen of whig harmony. It is extremely rich, and its irony, with truth in close connexion, would be hardly allowed to pass, if original in a democratic paper. It is from the Rrookville American. David P. Holloway. We took occasion to remark, two weeks since, that there was much dissntis-

faction among the friends of Gen. Taylor, at the selection of Electors by the Whig Convention. But in this region, the greatest opposition was to Mr. Holloway, as they knew his sentiments better than they did any others. They do not object to him because he is not a devoted Whip- on the contrarv. thev know him to be a perfect 6lave to the whig party willing at any time to sell his vote or liberty, at the bidding of any Convention of political demagogues and knaves, who might convene for political barter. I hey do not object to him either, for any private or personal considerations. In this respect they recognize him to be as much cf a gentleman as any one can be who is so great a slave of party. ihe Indiana Journal and Cincinnati Gazette appear surprised at our objection to Hollovvay. We can easily set them right. We ore for Gen. Taylor for rresident, and we are opposed to those who are not for him unconditionally Will the Journal or the Gazette deny us this right! Besides, Holloway has said and written things about the Mexican war we never can and never will endorse. Wc look upon them as treasonable in the highest degree injurious to the honor and the interests of our country, and as such we will uever indorse them by voting for him, until he repents in dust and ashes. So long as he was a private man, or the representative of Wayne county. he might entertain any opinions he might elect, but when he becomes a candidate for elector, and asks for our vote, we have a right to give our objections, without being called to account by the independent editor of the Journal, or the old federal editor of the Ga zette. We do think it was unwise and injudicious in the State Convention, when there were such wide differences of opinion among the whigs of the State, to select the ultra, or the rabid of either extreme. If they had been disposed to conciliate, or to treat with courtesy, a large majority of tie whigs of the State, they I would not have selected a man 60 objectionable. Many of us honestly think his opinions and writings are opposed to the honor and interest ot our country. Thev have in lhat district several abler, sounder, and less objectionable whigs, who have not said so many rasli things, for which the whig party will now be responsible. For these reason we object to him. Personally, the most amicable relations exist between us. We know not the present political opinions of Mr. Gregg, the elector of this district, nor do we care, if he is only for his own country in preference to all others. In due time, he will be called on for opinions. And as a counterpart, we add the following, from the Tippecanoe (whig) Journal. We have no desire to shorten it one word. Our readers will thus have a little whiggery for the benefit of their neighbors. The Taylor Movement in Crawtokdsville. We learn, as well from the papers, as through private channels, tnai there was a large concourse or people in attendance at the recent public meeting in Crawfordsville, assembled in pursuance of a call made by some fifky-odd Taylorites some of them prominent Democrats and others prominent Whigs. Uur information is such as to warrant us in saying, however, lhat though the audience was large, it was merely an audience, and nothing else. The people went to see what was to be seen, pretty much as they would have gone to see ajmenagerie of wild animals, or any other interesting show. They were not actors but spectators. Samuel C. Willson, Esq., several times defeated as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in this district, was President of the meeting, and made a speech, lie was succeeded by the lion. Henry S. Lane, who, it may be remembered, presented the resolutions to the recent Whig County Convention for Montgomery County. He said: "I go For Gen. laylor because, as the people are all going for him. I wish to keep out of the crowd. I so for Gen. Taylor, not because ho is a whig or a democrat, but because he is an American of capacity, of hones ty, and merit." The Colonel insisted that he had not "changed his party predictions tht t he had not departed from the Whigs, with whom, he said, he had always acted ; but he now favors laylor s election because he deserves it." He alluded to his Matamoras speech, and declared that he had "not one word of that speech to qualify or take back." His conclu ding remarks, as we infer from the scanty report of his speech which we find in the reople 8 rress, was the following: "If I were about to die, and desired my works to live after me, I would prefer this Matamoras speech to any that I have ever made, to be inscribed on my tomb-stone." Judge Naylor a delegate to the National Whig Convention appointed before it was known that he was for Taylor ct all hazards, but who intimates that he'll serve, nevertheless introduced the resolutions and made a no parly speech ! That is said to have been the richest part of this luscious "feast of fat tnings." Judge Naylor making a no party speech ! ! Well, well whether wondex will ever cease or not it is very certain that they have'nt yet, any how ! He spoke of Gen. Taylor's long military service. Thought he was right in not making pledges. "The men who make the loudest ostensible pledges," said the Judge, "are the greatest hypocrites, in politics and religion." (Wonder who that hits!) He thought that, other things being equal, the military man should have the precedence oxer the citilian and po!ili ciVm." We have a great deal of respect for the opinions of Judge Naylor, of course; but here we must be allowed to dissent. We think precisely the reverse, and have the vanity to believe that nine-tenths of the virtuous and the good throughout our entire country, if they would speak out their sincere convictions, are with us. We shall not argue the point, however. Judge Naylor has been, himself, a military man in his time, we admit and that he makes a good Judge it is not our purpose to question. Still, we doubt very much whether his military has had as much to do as bis legal attainments, in qualifying him for .so important a station. AH our accounts from the meeting in question, concur in confining the movement to a very few individuals. When the resolutions were passed, we are assured that not over half a dozen voices were heard in their favor. 'Twas, after all, not only a magnifi cent farce, but, as the Frenchman would say, "one very grand lailure. An Admirable Decision by a Jury. A cass was recently submitted to a jury in this county, which, for its novelty and happy result, deserves a place in "the reports." It arose from the following circumstance : two men, living near neighbors, had a falling out about the cow of one of the parties frequently getting into the enclosure of the other, and which finally resulted in the death of the cow she having been eel on by dogs and chased till ehe ran against a slump and broke her neck. The case was submitted to a jury of respectable and wealthy farmers. After hearing all the circumstances related, the jury made up their minds that the owner of the cow couldn't afford to loose her, and that the owner of the dogs wasn't able to pay for her they therefore rendered the following verdict: that the jury should pay the value of the cow, the magistrate treat the party, and the constable pay the costs. The verdict was immediately ratified and satisfied, to the great joy of the entire neighborhood. Lou. Democrat. The birthday of Franklin was celebrated in splen did style by the Printers of Rochester. In that city, the craft are always wide awake for such celebrations. We regret to say that the fraternity, in latter yeirs, too seldom cultivate social intercourse in this way. The small pox is " doing a good business" in Cia cinnati. The Doctors urge vaccination, and, we no tice their attention and that of the clergy called to provide the poor gratis There have been late foreign arrivals, but the news is of little consequence. The prices of bread-atuffd h id fallen. A Sign. The Umcinnatt uazeuc, me lead'ng whi piper of Ohio, is out strong for Judge McLean for iftofl t

The Atlitutle of the YUiij;s. We were wrong iu our Matement yesterday, that the whig majority in the House of Representatives bad accomplished the reference of the President's message to the appropriate committees. The shameful fact the foully shameful fact is, lhat in a time of war eight weeks of the session have passed, and this first preliminaryslep to the intelligent transaction of the public business of this American people has not yet been taken. The motive of the whig party in this scandalous waste of the time of tiie people by their servants in Congress is not doubtful. The wuigs of the House take this course, and are encouraged by some of their leading journals to take it, in order to prolong the war, and defeat the efforts of the administration to

Irin it to an honorable close. In this manner the whio-s seek to prostrate the administration, lothis end "they seem tobe entirely willing at the same time to sacrifice the character and the best interests of the country in the war with Mexico. Blind to all the dan gers and evils involved in this needless delay of the return of just peace, their eyes are open only to the fallacious prospect of whig ascendency and the spoils of proscription which it will bring. Intent upon providing for the hungry throng of their unscrupulous and corrupt followers, the leaders of the whig party almost openly avow, and most plainly indicate by their action, or inaction, that they regard the suitable provision for the supply and reinforcement of our army in Mexico as being, iu the comparison, but dust in the balance. A thousand voices from Mexico voices both of whigs and democrats of men in civil life, ond of soldiers tell of the effect in that country of this policy of the whigs. We hear, from every source of information in Mexico, that her military rulers look to the whig leaders of this country os their allies and friends their sole hope and reliance in refusing pence and protracting the war. The Mexican journals are filled with anti-American diatribes of American politicians and journalists against the war. Already that mot outrageous vote of 02 to 81, in which, by a majority of one voice, the whigs of the House have declared that this war is "unnecessary and unconstitutional" on our part, and "begun by the President of the United States" that declaration which (in view of the fact that the war bill of May 15, 1846, providing for and authorizing the prosecoution of a war of invasion against .Mexico, was voted lor by almost the entire mass of the whig party in Congress) must, in its plain self-contradiction, in its manifestly factious purpose, in its gross disregard ol the tacts ot the case, iu its necessary operation upon the govern ment of Mexico, and its wantonness ot assault upon a cause which with the previous concurrence of the whigs, has been made, now for more than eighteen months, the cause of our whole country against her foe this formal whig declaration, thus infamous in its character, has doubtless already reached the Mexcan government at Queretaro, and is at this moment published and placarded in the city of Mexico, to rouse up the war faction there to new malignity, and new courage, and new efforts against our army and against peace! ihe whigs ot the House, rinding no time as yet even to put the President s message in the hands of their committees, and so to prepare for the wont of legislation mo-t needful to give the government the means of securing peace, find ample time to put forth this tote, which must make the ear of every patriotic American who hears it to tingle with shame that his country is thus maligned, and with indignation against her defamers! Not only is this shameful vote against the executive government not true. but it is without any decent pretence of truth ; for if it have anything like a probable cause to stand upon, why is it not followed up by the great and solemn remedy for violations of the constitution by Executive power? Why, in 6uch a case, does the sword of tmpeachmenl, instead of executing justice upon the guilty, yet rust in its scabbard ! Prompt and zealous thus to slander and outrage the government and the cause of their country ready and active to rouse up our Mexicaa foes to new obstinacy, and fury, and slaughter, the whig leaders seem well contented with their single deed, and, taking no more heed of the urgent business of the country, have gone composedly to sleep upon its laurels ! To adopt the no-indemnity policy of "no more ter ritory to decare a war begun and prosecuted upon their own party votes, a violation of the constitution to defeat, or delay till delay is equivalent to defeat. the supplies of men and money wanted to close the war, upon the pledge to vote which supplies not a few of them were chosen to keep the public business away from even the preparatory consideration of committees, as if in the nefarious hope that disaster may overtake our army, or bankruptcy farce its way into our national treasury to delay or retuse all proper facilities to the government for the negotiation or' a war loan, and at the same time to create an artificial panic in the money market, by predicting a financial pressure, which cannot come to the treasury, or the country in general, unless through the needless alarm of whig clamors and the suicidal coercion of whig votes to declare to capitalists that there is little hope of peace while our army remains in Mexico as it is, yet to withhold the additional regiments wanted to make its action more efficient to secure peace to proclaim that without a slight and temporary wartax on tea and coffee, the treasury will find it difficult to borrow money ; yet to refuse such a war-tax, which a patriotic people would gladly pay in such a cause to flinch away from a vote lo withdraw our troops, and yet to delay suitable provision for their adequate maintenance in Mexico to cry out, in a word, that something must be done to 6tate off ruin to our national interests, and yet to delay, day after day, and week after week, either to do anything, or to get ready to do anything, useful : this all this, and just this seems now to be the way in which the whig leaders in Con gress are inclined to stand by and sustain their country and their government in a time of war ! Such a policy is the death-warrant ot any party in this country which shall dare to carry it out. Such a policy is a return to the worst days of the Essex Junto of the Hartford Convention of the "Black Cockades," and the "Blue Lights !" It is the old cry of "Jim Madison's war, and Jim Madison may fight it out, put forth again in the 6ame fell spirit of 'moral treason" which, in 1812, dashed to pieces a powerful, and wealthy, and well-organized party, in its shock against the steadfast patriotism of the Aiucrcan people ! Union. Affecting Anecdote oe Peter the Great. The following anecdote is related to show that the Emperor Peter the Great, was not so savage as some have represented him to be : Peter had a violent passion for an officer's daughter named Munce or Moens, and used more assiduous means to gain her than monarchs generally are forced to; at last she yielded, and became his public mistress, and he loved her for many years with a fondness rarely found. One fatal day he went to 6ee a castle he had built in the 6ea, attended by his own and foreign ministers. At their return, the Polish minister, by some accident fell over the draw-bridge and was drowned, notwithstanding all endeavors to save him. The emperor ordered all the papers in his pockets to be taken out and scaled up before the company. On searching his pockets, a picture dropped which the emperor took up, and judge his surprise when he found it was the portrait of his lady. In a sudden gust of passion he tore open some of the papers, and found several letters from her to the deceised in the tenderest style. lie left the company that instant, came alone to the apartment of my informant and ordered her to 6end for the lady thither ; he then produced the picture and letters, and when he told her of his death, she burst into tears, while he reproached her with ingratitude in such a storm of passion, that my author expected to see her murdered ; but on a sudden he also melted to tears, and said he forgave her since he so severely felt how impossible it was to conquer inclination, '-for," he added, "notwithstanding you have returned my fondness with falsehood, I find I cannot hate you though I do myself for the meaness of spirit I am guilty of; but it would be quite despicable in me to continue to live with you ; therefore begone while I can keep my passion within the bounds of humanity. You shall never want, but I will never see you more." He kept his word, and soon afler married her to one who had an employment at a distance, and was alwnys kind to them in point of fortune. . Thenceforward his attachment to the fair sex was confined solely tu Catharine, whose good conduct and affection, and unremitted attention fully entitled her to his undivided love, confidence and esteem. Letters from a lady wfio resided sometime in liussia. The Effects of tiie Pan.c. The Albany Evening Journal savs that many of the Free Danks afc sending in their hills to the Comptroller, sind withdrawing their stocks. Some 70 or ,r ,0,000 were sent in on Wednesday.

Tlic Unsold Lands. BT DUCAH.lt. "The Uiiiied States cUim to on moie than 1. 000. 000. 000 aciea or unsettled Unit. iSeua.e Doc. 446, XXIXib Congicas, 1ft Seiijii. A billion of aerci of untold land Aie lying in grievou deaith; And million of men in the image of God Are tiarving all over the eanh ! O ! tell me, ye aons of Ameiica, How much men'a iouIi are woith ! Ten hundred million! of acre cod. That never knew pade or plough And a million of souls in our goodly land, Are pining in want, I trow ; Anil orphans aie crying for bread this day. And widows in mheiy bow ! To whom do thee acres of land belong And why do ihey thriftless lie ? And why is the wi. low's lament unheard ? And stifled the orphan's cry ? And why are the poor-house and prison full, And the gallows tiee built high i Those millions of acres belong to Man ! And his claim is, that he oeeds ! And his title is signed by the hand of God Our God, who the raven feeds. And the starving soul of each famished man, At (he throne of Justice pleads ! Ye may not heed it, ye haughty men, Whose heaits as rocks are cold But Ihe time shall come when the fiat of God In thunder shall be told ! For the voice f ihe great I AM hath said That the " land shall not be sold. " Western Exchange, Phila., Dec. 13th, 1817. Young America.

For the State Sentinel. Messrs. Editors: I notice an article in the Journal of this morning signed "A Taylor Whig," in which it is attempted to screen Gen. Taylor, by throwing the blame on Gen. Jos. Lane. If the writer supposes Gen. Jos. Lane has no defenders, I can inform him he is much mistaken ; and permit me to say to that gentleman, that he is making his calculations without his host; that his broad statements, and low insinuations, do not amount to proof, and he cannot sustain his position, eo far as Jos. Lane is concerned. And I will refer ihe author to Gen. Taylor's report, and particularly that part referring to the second regiment where he applies the term Fugitives to Indianians, and has never withdrawn it. An Indiana Democrat. Small Pox. Messrs. Chapmans & Spann Permit me, through the medium of your paper, to say, that no case of small pox or varioloid has occurred at the Palmer House, since the recovery of Mrs. Palmer, (about 3 weeks since.) The house has been thoroughly ven tilated, and no danger need be apprehended of contracting the disease, by those visiting the house. The rumor that Mrs. McDougnl, or her children, had con traded the disease, is wholly without foundation. J. F. MERRILL, M. D. Indianapolis, Feb. 11, 1948. linier from Fort Ulaiin. Concentration of Mexicans and Indians Americans preparing for an attack. St. Louis, Feb. 8th. Intelligence from Fort Mann to the 20th of Janu ary has been received. Col. Gilpin was still at Fort Brent. The Mexicans and Camanches were gathering in great numbers about 250 miles south of the Fort, preparing to make an attack upon Gilpin. One company and one sec lion of artillery have been ordered to join him, and it is stated that he will march against the enemy about the middle of this month. Gilpin's horses were nearly all dead; and out of btXi cattle only lo remain. Ihe wolves were daily destroying the property in the vicinity of the Fort. Great difficulty is experienced at Fort Mann, the trooDs bein? almost entirely disrejrardful of the a o - orders. A detachment under Lieut. O'Harra having been ordered to escort the sutler's train, deserted to a man. A court martial had been ordered, but the result of the proceedings was not known on the day our corres pondent closed his letter. Peltzer and Holdcheitzer garrison the Fort, the troops being almost entirely disregardful of all orders Supplcmeutal Order. General Oiidels,) War Department, Adjutant General's Office, No. 3. ) Washington, Jan. 17, 1849 The following order, received from the Secretary o War, is published for the information and guidance of the officers concerned : War Department, Jan. 17, 1843. By direction of the President, the order of the 13tl instant, instituting a court of inquiry, with instruc tions to conv. ne in the castle of Perote, Mexico, on the 13th of February, is changed and modified by de tailing Brevet Colonel Belknap, lieutenant colonel of the 5th regiment of infantry, a member in place of Colonel Butler, 3d dragoons, relieved: and appointing Capt. S. C. Kidgely, of the 4th regiment of artillery, the judge advocate and recorder, in place of First Lieutenant Hammond, of the 3d regiment of artillery. The court will assemble in the city of Puebla on the 13th day of February next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, instead of the Castle of Perote, with the same discretionary power to adjourn from place to place, as authorized in the original order for its institution. W. L. MAPtCY, Secretary of War. By order. R. Jones, Adjutant General. "Strike mt name from the Nottingham List." This sentence was rung in the ears of the democrats in 40, by every hard cider guzzler in the land. The people were deceived, and whiggery, or tomfoolery, triumphed. Since then the tables have been changed. Whiggery was weighed in the balance and found wanting. It is now our turn to 6trike names from the whig roll. The following renunciation, from an old German, heads the list. There are many more in the whig ranks who, like Mr. Lower, have become disgusted with the treason of their party leaders, yet lack the resolution to break through the barriers of party, and come out on the side of their country : Clark Co. Democrat. German Township, Jan. 29, 1343. Mr. West Sir : You will please announce to the public that I am no longer a whig : that I am sick and tired of hearing treason to our government eulogised, and such men as Tom Corwin; and others, instead of being branded as traitors, lauded to the extreme for their traitorous conduct to their country; and that I arn particularly in favor of the late democratic nomination for Governor, to wit : Col. Weller. ROBERT LOWER. Mr. Botts and Mr. Clay. The Richmond Times publishes a long letter from Mr. Botts, in which he declares his preference for Mr. Clay as a whig over General Taylor as a no-party man, and asserts his firm couviction and belief that Mr. Clay can be elected to the presidency by the whig party, if they again unite on him. He says t When I say I feel confident that Mr. Clay can be elected, I know I shall be answered, So you thought in 1344. True, I did so did we all but that is no reason we should be deceived again : it is, on the contrary, the very best reason why we should not be I am only rendered the more cautiius in my calcutions by that unexpected and disastrous defeat" Baltimore Sun. Mr. Botts advocates a whig national convention, and Henry Clay as the whig candidate, of whose election, he says, there is no doubt. He is opposed to Gen. Taylor, because he will not openly avow himself a whig. Baltimore Clipper. O-Corded skirts are serviceable sometimes. A Michigan paper says that a lady and gentleman, while out ridinf lately, had the misfortune to break one of the shafts of the buggy, and being destitute of all material for repairing it, the young lady called for a knife, and soon presented the young man with some seven or eight feet of bed-cord, which enabled him to make all necessary repairs fur proceeding, and they went on their way rejoicing. , Mr. Bancroft is defending his government in the London New s against the bitter tirades of the English paper?, upon the Mexican war. This is sufficient cause for some of the journals in the United Slates to abuse Mr. Bancroft, and we see that they fall upon him with as little mercy as the roncheros and guerrillas do upon any single American that happens unfortunately to fall in their power. Ledger. Taking the Veil. Miss Sophia Sharker, cf this city, look the while veil, on the Ctli inst., at the Convent of the Violation, Georgetown, D. C. Philaflflphii Bulletin.

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a r av "a: aw ny AUTHORITY. Acts and Resolutions passed at the First Session cf Vie Thirtieth Congress. Public No. I. AM ACT making an ap .mpriaiion in aiir-pty, in part, a deficiency in the appropnntioaa far suheMenee in kind of (lie army and volunterra dtirin(the year ending Ihe 30th June, 13V. Be it enacted by Vie Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is herei b)' sppiopriated to supply, in part, a deficiency in the appro priations lor the subsistence in kind of (be army and olunteers during Ihe year ending (he thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and foity-eight, to be paid out ot soy money io the tieasury not otherwise appinpiiated. ROBT. C. WINTHROP, Speaker of the Houe of Representatives, G. M. DALLAS, PiesiJeol of the Senate. Approved January 4, 1843: JAMES K. rOLK. rPrnnr Xn. 21 AN ACT lo authorize the iauin of a reenter toine baraoe Cantnn. He tt enacted by the Senate and Hjuse of Ilrvrnemtatier of the United States of America in Congress assembUJtThit mere oe issued, under the direction of ibe Secretary of ti.e Treasury, a register for the barque Canton, f.nmerir a Havtien veel, bui now owned by William T. Siywaid, J. R. Kimball, and II. C. Lowell, citizens of the State of Maine ; and which said vessel, havin? been wreclcrd and condemned on oue of Ihe Muscle Ril,re Islands, was purchased by them. im wmca iney nave caused t be icpaired and refitted for sea again i Provided, It shall te Droved to ihe satisfaction f Ihe Secielary of the Tieasurv lhat the cost of tha remira made in the United States, after the puichase of the said ves sel oy me present owners, exceeds thiee-fourths of the oiigini cost of building a vessel of the am ffinnatrs in 1ha United States. b Approved January 14, IS43. fPUBLlC No. 31 AN ACT authorizing tlm Secretary nf the Treasury to grant a regiaici u me uanjiie canin ana tnzv Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rmretrntatirr of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Iheie be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Tieasury, a register fur the baique Saiak and Eliza, foimerly a British vessel, but now owned br Joshua T. Jones. Charles Ii. Jones, and Thomas Bell, citizens of the State of X' -sr... i. j . i .. . new ui j .uu wnicn said vessel having Deen wiecked and condemned on the cuat of Maryland, was nurehased hr them, got t ff, and towed to New Yoik, repaired, and lefitted for ca i Provided, it shall be Droved tit the afiftfariiiiii i.f the Secretary of Ihe Tieasurv lhat Ihe cost thereof, aftei tht purchase of the said vessel by the present owneis, exceeds inree-iourtns 01 the original cost of builJin? a vessel of Ihe same tonnage in Ihe United States. Approved January 26, 1S4S. Public No. 4. AN ACT tn amend an act emitted "An act lo reorganize the Generai lind Office,' appwed July fourth, one thousand eight bundled and ihiny-aix. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States cf America in Congress assembled, That if at any time ihe number of patents fr lands sold 01 granted under the authority of the United States, shall besuch that they cannot be signed in reasonable lime by the secretary appointed for that purpose under the sixth section of the above recited act, that, in thai case the Piesident shall be, and is hereby, aulhotized lo appoint an assistant secretaiy, to sign the same, but the said assistant shall be employed by the express direction of the President, and only for such time as may be necessaiy to bring up the arrears of patents which may be leady for signature. Approved January 26, 1S43. Pcblic Xo. 5 AN ACT concerning certain collection districts, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tbtl from and after the passage of this act, Cold Spiinr, on ibe north side of Log Island, in the Slate of New Voilc.be, and the ssme is hereby, made a port of delivery within the collection distiict of the port of New Yoik, and that a surveyor be appoiutcd by the President, with the advice and consent of Ihe Senate, to reside at the said port of Culd Spring, who shall have power lo enrol and license vessels Id be employed in the coasting tia.le end fishenes, and to enter and clear, and grant registers and other usual papers to vessels employed iu the whale fishery, under such restrictions and regulations as the Secretary of the Tieasury may deem necessaiy, and who shall give the usual bond, peifurm the usual duties io Ihe manner preciibed, and be entitled to receive the fees allowed by law to surveyois and coilectois for the same duties, and no more. But all caigoes chaigeable with duties shall be entered and the duties paid at the port of New Yoik, before permission shall be giauted to discharge the same at Cold Spring ; that Greenport, on the uoiti-east part of Long Island, in the State of New Yoik, be, and the same is heieby, made a port of delivery for the towns of Southhold and Riveihead, wi'hin the collection distiict of the poit of Sag Haibor, and that a surveyor be appointed by tbe President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to teside at the said pott ot" Giee-poit, who shall have like powers and fees, and be undei ibe like restiictions, as is provided io this act for the suireyor of Culd Spring; but all cargoes chargeable with duties shall be entered and tbe duties paid at the port of Sag Haiboi, before permisiou shall be granted to dischaige the same at Gleenport. Approved January 26, IS48. Public No. 6. AN ACT to provide clothing for volunteers in tbe service of tbe United Estates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'l hat in lieu of the money which, under existing laws, is allowed to volunteers as a commutation for clothing, the President be, and he is hereby, aulhotized lo cause the volunteets to be furnished with clothing in kind, at the same rates, according lo grades, as is provided for the troops of tbe regular a i my. AppaoTtp January 26, 1843. SUI'IICIIE COIUT Or INDIANA. November Term, 1347. REPORTED FOR THE SE9TIÜII. BT A. K. C1RS1H1S, ISO,. February, öih, 164ä. Collins vs. Sutton. Error to the Fulton C. C. Per Curiam. Without the aid of the statute of 1S34, p. CO, a promise by a purchaser of land from the U. d. to a settler on such land to pay him for improvements marln by him on tbe land, w hile it belonged tu the U. S., could not be made the foundation of a aim, for the want of consideration. That act was repealed by the R. S. of 1843. This snit, therefore, which is founded on such a promise aa is above named, cannot be maintained. Reversed. Doeez dem. Calvert vs. Makepeace. Eiror to Madison C. C. Per Curiam. -A bill of exceptions was certified by the associate judges of ihe Circuit Court, containing at the lime it was so certified, several blanks, which the Court ordered the clerk to fill in making up the record. The opposite party objected at the time to the bill being certified in an unfinished and incomplete state. Held, that the objection was well taken, and that the bill of exceptions could not be noticed. Affirmed. Draper vs. Williams Appeal from Tippecanoe C. C. Smith, i. A paper purporting lo be an affidavit to procure a writ of foreign attachment, made be for o a commissioner, In the State of New York, to lake depositions, affidavits, acknowledgment of deeds, appointed by the Governor of this State, under the authority of the 12 b sect, of the 9ih chapter of the R. S., and certified by said commissioner, is not admissible in evidence without proof of its authenticity ; the statute making no provision that such commissioner ahall keep an official teal, or that auch certificate shall be evidence of itaelf without such proof. Affirmed. The State ts. Kesler Ktsler.Lrror to the Hendricks C. C. Per Curiam. An indictment will lie under the statute for an assault and battery, with intent to commit murder in the second decree. Reversed. Carpenter Co. ts. Robinson. Error to the Jefferson C. C. A judgment was obtained before a Justice of the Peace against William Carpenter &. Co.," and execution issued thereon against the said William Carpenter &. Co. Upon an appeal to the Circuit Court, the judgment and execution were void, for being in the name of William Carpenter & Ce., &c. Held, per Curiam, if the said William Carpenter & Co. was a single individual, doing business under such name and style, and that fact waa proved on the trial under the general issue, the C. C. should have rendered judgment in the name of William Carpenter & Co. there being in auch case no other names to appear upon the record. Dut if there were other individual names included in the firm name of C. & Co., the judgment and execution would not be roii for the reason upon which they were so declared. Reversed. Ross ts. Plummer. Error to the Vermillion C. C. Affirmed. Manlove ts. Ezra. Appeal from the Tippecanoe C. C. Affirmed. Fuller et al. ts. Garrigus. Error to the Parke C. C. Dismiaaed by plaintiffsDunkle ts. McCormick. Error to the Cass C. C. Affirmed. A Point of Order. In the New York Legislature a member paused in tho midst of a remarkably windj speech, to take a drink of water. Another member named Bloss, rose to a point of order. Every body started, wondering what the point of order was. What is it!" said the speaker. I thiuk, sir," continued Blocs, "it is out of order for a wind mill to go by water."