Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1848 — Page 2

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ll)IAAl'OLIS, MAY 4. 1H48. Our Terras. The following will hereafter be the permanent terms of the Weekly Indiana State Sentinel: CO"r ajmcnts to be made alwaya in advance. One copy, one year. $2.00 Three copies, one year, Five copies, one year, . Ten copies, one year, Twenty copies, one year, 5.0O 8.00 15.00 20.00 Scmi-Weekljr. (Published three times a week during the session.) One copy, SL00 Three copies, 10.00 One copy during the session, 100 PRCSIDITVTIAL EL.ECTOKS. SEXAT0IIAL. ROBERT DALE OWEV. of Posey County. EB&NEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Elkhart county. DISTRICT. 1. NATHANIEL ALBERTSON, of Hairison county. 2. CYRUS L. DUNHAM, of Washington county. . 3. WILLIAM M. McCARTY, of Franklin comity. 4. CHARLES H. TEST, of Wayne county. 5. JAMES RITCHEY, of Johnson county. 6. GEORGE W. CA RR, of Lawrence county. 7. HENRY SECREST, of Putnam county. 8. DANIEL MACE, of Tipnecsno eoucty. 9. GRAHAM N. FITCH, of C.ii county. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Grant county. Democratic State Cciitntl Committee. LIVINGSTON DUNLAP, DAVID REYNOLDS, JAMES P. DRAKE, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, E. N. SHIM ER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAV5A. Democratic County Committee. Centre J P. CHAPMAN, S. VV. NORRIS, POWELL HOW LAND. Decatur D L McFARLAND. Franklin JACOB SPRINGER. Lawrence J. PERRY, Sa. Perry H. P. TODD. Pike ADAM WRIGHT. Warren V N. SHIM ER. Wathington ELIJAH JAMES. Wayne JAMES JOHNSON. fjSee first page Semi-Weekly. City Election. At the election held on Saturday last, the following persons were seTerally elected Councilmen in their respective wards : lit Ward, FREDERICK H. BRANDT. 2d 44 HENRY TUTEWILER. 3d " MATTHE V ALF0RD. 4th " THOMAS EAGLESFIELD. 5th 44 GEO. A. CHAPMAN. 7th HIRAM SI BERT. For Special Tax 33. Against it 239. In the Cth ward no poll was opened. By reference ta the proceedings of the Council, it will be seen that the citizens have a chance to express their preference for an appointee; which, if attended to, will be tantamount tu an election. The ticket elected ia what was denominated the Liberal Ticket," and singularly enough, it is Democratic throughout. Eacked Out. The Old Council kicked themselves out of office with a tolerable decent act, and a very indecent one! They repealed, or rather amended their foolish irootf" law; and they left a city debt! as w verily believe, of not less than 6,000 111 Well, boys, we must try to get out of it ; and we believe the present Council, as soon as they can 44 view the ground," will make a strong effort to accomplish iL So far, we belive, they are generally their 44 own t men." CCtBexjajhn Morgan, Esq., requests us to state that it is not his personal desire to become a candi- ' date for sheriff at present. He now holds an office by the favor of the citizens of his own township, the duties of which he feels it proper to execute, until they manifest an unequivocal desire that he should act in some other capacity, and until the expiration of the 'term for which he was elected. After that, he is wil ling to undertake the execution of any other duties which his fellow citizens may think it proper to im poöe upon him, and which may be within his capacity to perform. ' Our Washington correspondent, eays the N. Y Tribune, mentions that another and a more satisfactory bid for the Presidency from Gen. Taylor is expected shortly. We understand, by advices from that city, that a letter was prepared by some Taylor men in Congress, was agreed upon as satisfactory, and sent on to be transcribed and returned in the hand writing of Gen. Taylor as bis opinions. If this is what our correspondent refers to, surely this letter will not be forthcoming. Gen. Taylor must have too much self-respect to take part in any such transac tionPiihlic Lands. The amount received from the sales of the public lands at the Land Office at Indianapolis, during tho month f April, 1343, was $52,443 43, principally from pre-emption claimants on the late Miami Reserve. The public aale of lands in the Reserve is now in progress in this city ; but in consequence of the large quantity sold to pre-emption claimants, those wishing to purchase, without settlement, have generally preferred waiting until after the public sales and the expiration of the pre-emption law before making their elections, consequently but comparatively few tracts will be sold at the present sale. There are still, we are informed, about one hundred and fifty thousand acres unsold in the Reserve, at this Land OfSce, and those wishing to make investments would do well to give these lands their attention. The public sale, it is expected, will close the latter part of this week, and in two weeks after the beginning of ihe public sale, which commenced on Monday last, these lands will be subject to private entry at two dollars per acre. From the quantity of land sold at Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Winamac to actual settlers, the Miami Reserve will soon be the best improved and most densely populated portion of Indiana. C$r Wc would call the especial attention of our readers, td the extensive sale of valuable lands in the State of Michigan, which is to take place in July next. These lands are in the immediate vicinity of Lake Superior one of the most extensiv mineral regions in the country; and the sale will doubtless command the attention of capitalists from every part of the country. The nomination of Judge McLean will bring to his support the whole whig party and many thousands of honest thinking Democrats. Indiana Journal. Oh ! oh ! oh ! Judge McLean receive the support of democrats! Judge McLean, the recipient of a lite office from General Jackson, and afterwards his bitter re7i!er and uncompromising opponent, receive the support of democrats! Judge McLean, who steps from his seat on the lupreme bench to write letters denouncing the Mexican war as a 44 miserable and un constitutional war," and avowing his opinion, that if the people were compelled to pay its costs in direct taxes, they would soon put a stop ti it receive the support of democrats ! Ah ! ah ! ah ! try again, Mr. Journal. New Albany Democrat. CtrThe "Eransville Journal" is now published daily. It is the most uncourleous as weil as perhaps the roost unfairly conducted newspaper in this State. If these shall be considered meritorious qualities by the whigs of Evansville, the publishers of the Journal may possibly get rich.

Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. "The Scenes 1 1811 arc about bcin? ISe-enacted." Washington, April 21, 1843. Reader, you will find the words of my text recorded in a letter addressed to the whigs of Virginia, what few there are, by a man who, it is scarcely worth while for me to say, is a whig member of Congress from that State, and bears the name and title of Jim. John M. Boils. So sincerely so I thank him fur the confession, that I Laste tu record it in the columns of a newspaper tint will be particular to preserve it for future use and reference, instead of lending itself to its suppression, and thereby keeping it from the public eye. How often du witnesses in court, in their zeal to give their testimony a peculiar turn in favor of one of the parties, and in expressions and remarks too that they little dream will prove so fatal to the very object they are aiming to effect, drop an unguarded word that subsequently comes up in judgement against them, and that when they least expect it. Such is the predicament of Mr. Butts: a federalist of the old school, he is burthened with a nervous system that revolts most manifestly at Taylorism, an affection that prevails moot fearfully in his section of the whig vineyard. He addressed a letter some months ago, of great length and severity, animadverting upon the conduct of those, in Washington and elsewhere, who were'lending their names and influence to the proposition and project of making General Taylor the whig candidate for the Presidency, and certifying him to tbi country at the same time as a no-party-man, and his consequently peculiar fitness to he their candidate : to this letter, some four other whig members from Virginia replied, with a good deal of pungency aud retaliation: one of thee four was a Mr. i'endleton; a man whose moral character I am an entire Etranger to, and which I cannot therefore describe; but I have read his speeches an J published letters, since he has been in Congress, so attentively that I have become perfectly familiar with him as a politician : and I must say that he is the most perfect model of a political black leg, extant. The success of bis party, principles or no principles, seems to be his entire aim and end; to accomplish which every other consideration must be made secondary. Mr. Botts is out with a rejoinder to this letter of (to use Mr. B's. own expression) Messrs. Pendleton & Co.; and from this rejoinder I cull the sentence to which I invite your particular attention. It speaks a volume. What more unequivocal and unmistakable warning does the democracy of our country need to satisfy them of what will be the result of a whig triumph at the next presidential election, than that "the scenes, of 1S41 are about being re-enacted I" And this timely notice given too, as it is, by a man who stands, in the whig council house, second perhaps to none, or, if second at all, only to Mr. Clay. You remember, doubtless, what the character of those scenes were! You remember, do you not, when a whig Senator from South Carolina Mr. Preston said in a senatorial speech that, so help him God, "under a whig administration, prescription itself must be proscribed," and in twenty minutes turned around and voted in favor of a resolution to dismiss Blair &. Rives from the office of Printer to the Senate, without any charge whatever against them, save that they were democrats! You remember, do you not, the magnificent procession in Petersbuigh, Va. in which the Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, wos the distinguished guest, and in which a banner was borne bearing the inscription "no bank of the United States!" You remember, do you not, that address put forth by the whig, central Committee of Virginia, in which it was pronounced a base libel upon the whig party, to say that they were in favor of a restoration of a protective tariff; that they stood, through good report and through evil report, by the compromise act of 1S33 ! You remember, do you not, the princely pageant in Boston, where the same identical party displayed upon a banner of oriental richness, 4,Tip, Tye and Tariff!" You remember, do you not, where the millionaires of this party were so very anxious to let poor men know, until after the election, how they loved them that they inscribed upon one of their banners at Baltimore, "we stoop to conquer 1" You remember, do you not, that upon another of the Boston banners, was"inscribed on the one side "Van Buren's policy, 12i cents a day and bean soup," and upon the other side "whig policy, two dollars a day and roast beef!" You remember, do you not, how bank officers, teachers of youth, professors of religion, lawyers, doctors, and preachers of the gospel men who so often boasted that in their party existed all the learning and all the decency were to be found, and, their young children with them too, at log-cabin orpies and carousals; in a waggon, a-straddle of a whiskey barrel, with an acre of gingerbread in one hand and a white mug of cider in the other; eating the one and drinking the other with all the assumed vulgarity and coarseness of a hog : and in an hour's time, in relation to some other subject, expressing his wonderful veneration for law and order J You remember their success, do you not, and what followed it ! You remember, do you not, how they restored the protective tariff; tried to restore Ihe United States Bank ; rubbed out every scoundrel's pecuniary liabilities; tried to buy up all the indebted States to whiggery, with their distribution scheme, immense outlays of public money, and their two hundred million of assumed debts! I ask you again, reader, if you do not remember these "scenes of 1841 1" Well they are all "alxmt being re-enacted." I do not ask you to take my word for it I introduce a witness from among those who are to do the acts. If you are a democrat, I have but two words more, and they are words of admonition : EE AWARE!! G.W.K.

For the Indiana State Sentinel. Action ! The Democratic National Convention, which meets on the 22d instant, in the city of Baltimore, is looked to with deep interest by the democracy throughout the whole country. The results of that convention will be felt for years to come. It is to be hoped that the convention will be fully attended, as doubtless it will ; for all the States have held conventions, and selected large delegations of good men and true men, who have been selected because of their well known aud long tried advocacy of democratic measures. It matters little who the nominees of the convention may be, so that they are true democrats fully capable and competent to discharge the duties of the high stations for which they may be selected. It has always been a cherished axiom with the democracy, that principles and not men should be their rule of action; and most careful have they been in carrying out the sentirr.ent to the fullest extent. A clear demonstration was made of this assertion in the selec tion of J. K. Polk. He was taken from the walks of private life, solely on the ground of his known advocacy of democratic principles, and not on account of hi? personal popularity. And his election clearly elucidated the fact that principles, and not men, governed the American people in their choice. But I am digressing. The convention will, doubtless, be governed by the rules of former conventions of the kind. The success of democratic principles will be the paramount object, and men will be selected who will be chosen who are well qualified to carry out their views, as well as those of the great democratic party of the whole Union, whom they represent. And it is hoped and believed that harmony and concession will characterize their deliberations. But before as well as after the selections shall have been made, it behooves the democracy of the whole country to organize to gird on the political armor, and be ready for the great battle which id fast approximating, and must eventuate in the triumph of correct principles, or the downfall of everything that free. nen cherish. The contest will be no ordinary one. The enemy, as on former occasions, will resort to the basest purposes to accomplish their views. They will carry out to the fullest extent, the principle that "the end justifies the means." Then let every democrat be on the alert be vigileut discharge the duty he owes himself, his country, and his God, and eo sure as the election comes on, just so certain will our principles triumph, and consequently the rights und liberties of the people b8 maintained. A YOUNG DEMOCRAT. Ths Prospect. As the election returns this spring are received, the Democratic cause is found ta be returning to its wonted vigor and success. St. Louis led off with a splendid triumph. New York City Las, notwithstanding the serious schism in our ranks there, achieved a slendid victory. Iowa has been redeemed. Keep that ball rolling ! St. Imis Union. Columecs and Xe.ma Rail Road. Proposals for grading 25 miles of this road will be received at the office of the company in Columbus until tho Gth of May. There is now but little doubt but that the road will be made. w

Electing of the Country People. Pursuant to previous notice a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Marion county coimr.td at the Court House in Indianapolis, ou the 1st day of May, 1943. The meeting wras organized lv choosing Daniel Roberts, chairifian, and Hiram Wiight, secretary. When, n motion, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of ihe srnse of the meeting, consisting of Steward Mason, John Alexander, Aquilla Hilton, H. B. McDowell, Thomas Hugjrins, J. P. Fidherand Mr. Shield. When, on motion of Ur. Bryan, II. Rains was added to the above committee. The committee, after beinr absent a short time, reported the following preamble and resolutions which, on motion, were adopted. Whereas, in the course of human events itlocomes necessary for one portion of community to resist the encroachments upon their rights by another portion, a decent respect for the opinions of thtir .fvKjw-ciü-zens requires that they should declare tho causes which impel them to action. We hold these truths to be self-evident; that that people who would main'sin their just rights must ever be jealous uf them and resist every luwthal encroaches upon those rights by forcin the power to return back to the people by whom it has been delegated and, selecting others with whom to entrust it. Prudence indeed will dictate that sectional jealousy should not be countenanced only when absolutely necessary. Accordingly all experience hath shown that men are more disposed to submit to firpt encroachments upon their rights than to foment dißcord while they can consistently avoid it; but when a city incorporated with unnecessary powers manifest by the passage of unjust and oppressive laws a determination to oppress their fellow citizens of the surrounding country, it is a duty they owe to themselves and posterity to rise in their sovereignty and stay the onward progress of oppression. Such has been the patient forbearance of the people of Marion county and such is now the necessity which has called us together. The history of the past and pres

ent corporation of Indiani polis has been a history of repeated injuries upon tho rights of .the people oi the country by the enactment of unjust laws all having a direct tendency to trample upon our rights as freemen and alienate our friendly feelings for our brethren of the city of Indianapolis. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid community. They have established the Hay law, subjecting us thereby to unnecessary troul le and expense in weighing our hay without allowing us the privilege of selling it by the lead. They have passed unnecessary and arbitrary laws regulating the sale of marketing, whereby the innocent and unsuspecting have frequently been robbed of their produce by not being able to keep pace with the laws passed from time to time. They have frequently by their oppressive laws subjected our fellow citizens to great expense and inconvenience by imposing upon them unjust fines with heavy costs for pretended offences when absent from their homes, thereby depriving them of the benefits cf the stay laws of the State. And last of all they have enacted the odious wood law which takes effect this 1st day of May, ISIS. We have modestly calmly, and in the spirit of forbearance which should ever characterize a people desirous of cultivating good feelings between thecitizens of the town and the country, remonstrated against these encroachments upon our rights, but our remonstrances have been answered only by sneers end contempt. A corporate body thus marked by acts of so much injustice is unfit in our opinion longer to ex ist. Nor have we been wanting in attention to our brethren of Indianapolis. We have reminded them of the injustice of their rulers towards us. We have reminded them that we were their fellow citizens and should be met on equal ground. We have warned them of the dangers of such encroachments upon our rights as operating injuriously upon them as well as ourselves. We have conjured them by the ties cf citizenship to cease placing such men in power. They too have turned a deaf ear to our warning. We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity of denouncing this corporation as unworthy longer to be tolerated in a republican community and ought to be abolished. To this end, with a firm reliance upon the Constitution of our common country and the intelligence of tue people of this State to elect faithful and worthy representatives, we pledge ourselves never to give up the struggle until this corporation shall be abolished or these odious laws are repealed. Resolved, That the meeting recommend to the wood haulers and farmers of this county to sell their wood at two dollars and fifty cents per cord, aud the productions of their farms in proportion. Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns it adjourns to meet again on the first Saturday in September next, ond request a general attendance of the citizens of the county. Resolved, That the editors of the State Sentinel and State Journal be requested to publish the foregoing preamble and resolutions. The following resolution was offered by Hiram Rains, and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That in our opinion this corporation is opposed to the interest of o large majority of the citizens of this county, and that we will not vote for any candidate for the office of Representative, unless he pledges himself to vote for the repeal of said corporation. Prodded the present council docs not repeal the Wood, Butter, and Hay laws. The Journal will please copy. Proceedings of the City Council. Council Chamber, ) Indianapolis, May 1, 1S49. $ The Councilmen elected pursuant to the provisions of the Charter incorporating the city of Indianapolis, of Saturday the 29th day of April, 1843, met at tho council chamber in said city, on Monday, the 1st day of May, 1843, presented their certificates of election, with the proper oaths ot omce endorsed thereon, and took their seats, viz : From the 1st Ward Frederick II. Brandt. 44 2d 44 3d 4th 44 5th 44 7th Henry Tctewiler. Matthew Alford. Thomas Eaglesfield. George A. Chapman. Hiram Sibert. 4 4 . ( And organized by the election, on the second ballot, of George A. Chapman as President of .the City Council, for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. On motion of Mr. Alford, the Council proceeded to the election of a Secretary, Messrs. Alford and Eaglesfield acting as Tellers. Whereupon on the first ballot, James G. Jordan, having received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected Secretary cf the City Council for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Mr. Tutewiler offered for adoption the following : Whereas, it appears that the Cth Ward failed to open a poll at the recent city election, for the purpose of selecting a Councilman for the present year. And whereas, by such failure to elect, the office of Councilman for said Ward is hereby declared vacant. And whereas it is the desire of the Council to appoint a Councilman for said Ward in accordance with the wishes thereof. Therefore Resolved, That the voters in said Cth Ward, be, and they are hereby recommended to hold an informal poll on Saturday the Cih day of Alar inst. choosing their own officers therefor, for the purpose of giving their votes for a person of their own choice to be appointed by the City Council. Adopted. And the council adjourned to meet on the 2d inst. at 2 o'clock, P. M. To the Voters of Tipton County. At a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee of Tipton county, Indiana, held in Tiptön, on Monday the 10th day of April, A. D., 1813, for the purpose of calling a county convention, to nominate some suitable person as a candidate for the Legislature, to be elected jointly by the counties of Clinton and Tipton ; also fur the nomination of other county officers. It was unanimously agreed to hold said convention on the first Saturday of June next, en which day said committee would invite a full attendance of the township delegations. Resolved, That in the opinion of this committee, for the Union and harmony of the Democratic ranks in the county of Tipton, it is highly necessary that the different township delegates discuss the matter well and freely with their constituents, so that they may be able to act advisedly and agreeably to the wishes of the people when they meet in convention. Resolved, That tho proceedings of this meeting bo published in the Indiana State Sentinel. C. T. JACKSON, JOS. PRICE, WM. H. NELSON, A. W. YOUNG, N. J. JACKSON, D. B. REDMON, Central Committee.

Fur the ludiaue State Sentinel. ' At 1a Ccnv:;:;onT us fin, Mod at Mount Sidney, Ja:ks.tii co -u'y, Aj i.l.'i:L't 184"S, to twioinaie a democratic r.-u.didait; tor Stat ivnntor, to represent ihe Senatorial district criiijioa-.d cf the counties of Jackson and Scott, the lion. .iiha G. English, of Scott county, having received tli nomination, the following were appointed by the Convention a committee to inform him thereof: IIuu. John L. Ford. H. Smith, Esq., Captain 13. Noakes, aud Thornton Triplett, who immediately addressed to him, then in Washington City, the following note : Mount Sydney", Jackson Co., Ia., April 8, 1813. Hon. Elisha G. English Dear Sir : The unders'gned, having been appointed by the Convention assembled at this place to nominate a democratic candidate for State Senator, to represent the Senatorial district composed tf the counties of Jackson and Scott, to inform you that you that you have been nominated by said convention as the candidate for that cilice, and request your acceptance of the satn;. Very respectfully, JOHN L. FORD, H. SMITH, - BENIN. NOAKES, -T. TRIPLETT. And by due course of mail received the following reply : Washington City, April 17th, 1S43. Gentlemen : Your letter of the 8th instant was duly received, informing me that I had been nominated

as a candidate for the State Senate by the citizens of tlie counties ot bcott and Jackson, assembled at Mt. Sidney on that day, and that you had been appointed a committee to inform me of such nomination, &.c. In reply, gentlemen, I have to say, that I accept the nomination, and should do so even if it were (as it is not) repugnant to my own inclinations. I feel too grateful to the good people of those counties for past favors, not to act cheerfully, in any situation they might assign me, whether as officer or private, and in the latter capacity should render service with as much zeal and cheerfulness as in the former. During the seven years I have been honored with a scat in the Legislature of Indiana, it has been my constant effort, in all. matters of national concern ment, to adhere with the strictest fidelity to the prin ciples of the democratic party, believing, as I conscientiously do, that those principles are best calcu lated to secure the happiness and welfare of the country. At the same time, and I think with success, I have endeavored to discard any thinj like party con siderations in matters of Statu policy and individual business. Such is the course I ßhall continue to pur sue, should 1 be re-elected to the Senate. I shall be with you, gentlemen, and those you have the honor to represent, so soon as my duties to the national convention now soon to assemble shall terminate, when I shall be ready at all time3, in my plain farmer-like-way, to give my opinions as to all questions likely to come before the Legislature. With feelings of friendship and esteem for you all, I subscribe myself with great respect. Your obedient servant, E. G. ENGLISH. To Hon. John L. Ford, II. Smith, Esq., Capt. B Noakes, and T. Triplett, Esq., Committee. Bartholomew County. At the Bartholomew county convention held at the court house in Columbus, on Saturday the 2uth inst Major Zachariah Tannehill was called to the chair, and Thomas Essex, Esq., chosen secretary. Upon motion thy respective townships from the county reported themselves represented. It wa further moved and carried that the delegates from the different townships choose from among them selves a committee of two, each, and that all the com mittecs thus chosen should together nominate a full democratic ticket for the county and State offices to be filled at the next August election. During the absence of the committee thus created, the meeting was ably nnd entertainingly addressed by Maj. Z. Taunehill and 11. 11. Barbour Esq. During some of the remarks of the latter a portion of the wings were mad" to coil, and one or two of their im portant ones to swear wrath and destruction against the speaker and our party, discovering most conclu sively that truth was meeting them in horror. The committee ogrced upon to nominate candi dates, returned the following list of nominations, winch were severally confirmed by the meeting: Jr Senator Maj. Zachariah Tannrhill. For Representatives II. II. Barbour and Charles Jones. For Clerk Isaac S. Boardman. For Sheriff Col Thos. G. Lee. For Associate Judges Jno. P. E'.um and Col Jacob Lain. For County Commissioner David McLain. For Prostcuting Attorney N. S. Häuser. Ordered that the proceedings be forwarded for pub lication in the State Sentinel and Columbus Gazette. ZACH. TANNEIIILL, Chairman. Tho9. Essex, Secretary. Decatur Township Meeting. In pursuance of public notice, a numerous meeting of the Democrats convened at the house of Mr. Wright in Decatur township, on Saturday, April 29th. Merry McUuire was called to the chair, and J. rriee chosen Secretary. The object of the meeting was made known by the Chairman, the exchange of sentiments was freely and harmoniously made after which the meeting proceeded to appoint delegates to meet m County Convention at Indianapolis, on the last Saturday in May, for the purpose of selecting suitable persons to be voted fur at the August election. Whereupon the following persons were chosen delegates: V. L McFarland, Jesse Price, Aaron Wright, Noah McCreary, Alexander D. Cuddington. ResUied, That all the Democrats in Decatur town ship be respectfully invited to attend said Convention. x he following resolutions were offered and adopted llesdttd. That we highly approve of the law introduced by our Senator, and passed by the Senate, defining the 6alary of our county officers; aud cs tax payers we repudiate the course of our Representative the Hon. S. Harding, in killing it in the House of Representatives. Resolved, That we, the laboring class, have a righ to know the perquisites and amount received by o jr county officers, and that they ought to report the same semi-annually to tho County Board to publish the same immediately. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Sentinel. MERRY McGUIRE, Chairman. Jesse Price, Secretary. Who is in the Right. There is quite a controversy going on between the State Sentinel on the one side and the Express on the other. The matter is this, Hon. R. W. Thompson, our representative in Congress, left the deliberations of that body and went into Connecticut to make whig speeches, in company with Toni. Corwin of Ohio, and receives his 3 per diem for the time he was absent. For this the Sentinel condemns him, and the Express excuses him, and condemns the Sentinel. Now it would afford us no little satisfaction to be able to agree with our democratic friends of the Sentinel, but in conscience we cannot do so tAis time. We think Dick did right in every thing but one. It was right for him to quit Congress, because he did mote harm than good while he was there. It was right he should receive his pay after he did leave it, for the reasons that he needed it, aud it was right for him to go td Hartford to make speeches, for the reason that there was more sympathy there for his "patriotic creed" than auywhere else, unless there has been improvement there since the Tories of the war of 1S13 held their blue light convention there ; but it was wrong that he should go back to Congress again, for the reason, that it would be more creditable to the district to be without representation. InJ. Patriot. Liberty in Cuba. The Captain General of Cuba, Gen. Roncall, prohibited the sale of tho Correo de Ultramar, (a Paris paper,) which contained the late news of the French revolution, and threatened to banish the agent if ho sold any more numbers, lie also summoned the French Consul, and told him that he had been informed that several Frenchmen had sung the Marseilles hymn in a private house, and that should any of them sing it ogain he would have them banished in twenty-four hours. Wife Murder. Tho examination of the Rev. Eik4, Dudley, at Canaan, N. II., for tho murder of his wife at Grafton, has resulted in fully committing him fur trial.

Foreign Sews. We continue our summary of the mterretinj foreign news brought by lite Acadia. . The intelligence rrctiiiz tho insurrection in Lorn-

bnrdy has bet-n runfirined, with the lutiher impoitant feature thai the King of Sardinia, at the bend of an army of 30,000 troops, crowd the Piedmuntese territory into Loinhardy, issuing a declaration ef vvai as he passed the frontier against the Austrian!, and marched to Milan. The Austrian, defeated at every point, fled as he ap proached, and having successfully buen driven irom l ainia, Porescia, and Delensean, endeavored to establish lltemselves in the Nunces. The Italian duchies have bii'St out into an insurrection. Modena and Parma are revolutionized, and Wince, which has been dvine daily since the fatal 18th oi Jannary, 179H, now just half a century, when the Austriana took p.iseesion of lh.it city by virtue of the l.eaty of Carnpo Formofo, again shows signs of life. in Austria proper, evervlhing seems disorganized, and amidst the ch.mtic contusion which prevails, it is quite impossible to fix the hourly chancing scene. It is anti cipated that the Austrian general, Kadelsky, who is afraid to enter 31 anlua lor want of provisions, will be compelled to capitulate upon the appearance -of the Sardinian troops. It is said that a disposable force will shortly be at the command of Charles Albert of not less than Uo0 ,000 men. With such an army, not only will all Lombardy be liberated, but Austria may be threatened even at the gates of Vienna. Savoy has declared itself a republic. , .' In Switzerland a strict neutrality seems to be aimed at, and the levying of troops is discountenanced by tbe authorities. All the countries on the right bank of the Rhin have been violently convulsed. At Baden, Wurteinburg, and Saxony liberal governments have be been conceded to to the people. In Honover the triumph of popular feeling has been complete. In Prussia, after the bloody scenes which look place in Derlin, the King lias put himself at the head of the German Confederation, and promises extensive constitutional reforms. At the same time, he has plunged headlong into a dispute with the Danes respecting the long contested duchies of Holstein and Schleswig, which by force he seems resolved to detach fiom Denmark. On the other hand, he is exasperating the Autocrat of Russia to the highest bounds of paion, by encouraging the Poles to e'reel an independent government in the duchy of losen. All Silesia, Breslau, and Lithuania, appear to be in an alarming state of convulsion. - It is rumored that 50,000 Cossacks suddenly appeared at TiUit ; and, in the state of excitement in which the emperor is at the moment, should the King of Prussia waver, the consequences may he serious. The Emperor himself is vigorous and decided. He is said to have ordered every man in Russian Poland, between the ago of IS and 35, to be removed into the interior of Russia. Russia is concentrating a vast army in southern Russia, which we should deem sufficient to crush any attempt to erect a republic in that division of the empire. . ihe Lmperor had issued a manifesto. In Denmark no actual hostilities had taken place in regard to the duchies which declared their independ ence, but the Danes are preparing their Meet lor otlen sive and defensive operations : and as it is in excellent condition, it would inflict incalculable injury on the Prus sian commerce, if actual war takes place. Correspond' inr hesitation on both sides as to which shall strike the first blow. Hanover is preparing an army to march in favor of the German side of the quarrel in Belgium. All attempts to overthrow the government, or to create disturbance, have failed. Belgium and Holland are comparatively tranquil. It is reported that the Turkish government, under the influence of the Russian ambassador, refused to acknowl edge the French republic. Additional precautions have been taken in Fiance to keep secure the persons of Abd-el-Kader. A violent emexdt took place at Madrid, on the evening of the SCth. The ptople and the sobers fought in the streets from 7 o'clock in the evening until 4 in the mornior, and a considerable number were slain on both sides. The cause was said to be a republican movement, and it was wholly unexpected. Courts martial have been held on many of the persons, but no executions took place. Queen Christina was said to have fled during the conflict. Cassivro, the minister, was shot in the leg, and a Mr. Whitewell, an English engineer, wss killed. The city, on the 27lh, was declared to be in a state of siege. Tranquility has since prevailed, but the provinces are excited to an alarming degree. Molasago and Alessassara have both been arrested by Narvaez. In Portugal matters continue tranquil at present. " In Sicily the Parliament is constituted, and the separation of the island from Naples is complete. It is generally believed that the King of Naples has altogether abdicated his rights over Sicily. The advices from Athens state that the Greek minister had resigned. Conduriolli had accepted the task of forming a new cabinet. France. The wounded in the late revolution, received in the public hospitals of Paris, were G33 ; namely, C24 men, 14 women. Of these, there had been discharged, cured, and convalescent, 287; and OS died. There now remains 253 24G men and 7 women. The department of the. Minister of War has been very busy since the account came of the disturbances at Vienna, and it is said that the government has given orders lor an armr to be assembled on the eastern frontier of France, to watch the movements which they expect to follow in Lombardy and Ihe rest of Italy. The 3d inst. being ihe day for the reception of the Irish republicans by the provisional government, Mr. Smith O'Brien and the other members of the confederation went to the hotel at half-past three o'clock, to present their address. They were received by M. de Lamartine. Besides the address of the Irish Confederation, addresses were presented by R. O Gorman, jr., from the citizens of Dublin ; by Air. Aleagher, irom the repealers in Manchester ; and Mr. McDerniot, from the members of ths Irish Confederation resident in Liverpool. From the Liverpool Albion, April 2d. Events rush in upon us in such an overwhelming fashion, that what we write this moment, will probably be old when it is submitted to our readers. Suffice it to say that a European war has commenced. The King of Sar dinia, with "Italia" on his banners, has been the first to take the field, as we always expected and prophesied that he would. His troops are advancing llirougii l.omiardy almost unopposed, the Austrians being already in full retreat before the popular insurrection. The Duke of Tuscany is moving in the same direction. The Swiss are in the field, and a French army is rapidly concentrating in Dauphiny for a forward movement into the Bcene of action. Good night to Austrian despotism in the lung and cruelly oppressed provinces of northern Italy. They will probably fall to the share of Charles Albert, who, merging the title of King of Sardinia in that of King of Italy, will be the virtual head of the whole peninsula, united in a federal government, and advanced to something of its old importance in the scale of nations. But a blacker cloud (probably already burst) looms through the horizon when we turn our eyes in a northern direction. Poland is the cause, and is to be the prize, of the terrible struggle over which humanity lias to shudder in that quarter. Russia will not forego her zraso until compelled to it. The autocrat rushes to the conflict confident in his strength, and it is the strength of a giant, but he has giants to contend with. 1 ha I oles themselves are decidedly the bravest of the brave on the whole wide surface of the earth. Prussia will be with them, and so will France. And it is not quite ceitain that Nicholas can bring the whole strength of Russia to bear against them. Some of the Cossack tribes are disconteutod, and part of his Tartar subjects are said to be in open rebellion. The Circassians, too, whose tanks are filed with deserters, will take advantage of the opportunity to push iheir arch enemy more vigorously than ever. 44 To horse!" exclaimed the Emperor when lie heard of the outburst at Pari. But, according to the old sporting proverb, "when a man gels on horseback, he does not know how, or when, or where he shall get off again." Nicholas starts from St. Petersburg!! in all the pomp and circumstances of war, but how will he, or will he ever, re-enter it i The Prince of Prussia ia in London. Will the Russian Emperor be the next arrival i Death of a Passenger. On Monday, the Bteamer Lady Madison put off, at our wharf, the corpse of a man by the name of Oliver Moore, who had died the night previous on board of said boat.- He had been to visit his son iu Illinois, and was on his way back to Cincinnati, his home. He died in the hall of the boat, without being observed by any one. These facts we have obtained from Mr. Johnson the Corouer, who held an inouest over the body. -The verdict of the jury was, "that the said Oliver Moore came to his death by a convulsion, as we believe from testimony had there being no marks of violence jpon his body sufficient to warrant the conclusion that he came to his dath by violence." Madison Banner, 2GzA. Senator llanncgan (who now fills the important and highly responsible situation of Chairman of the Committee on Foreign relations) has been winning golden opinions at Washington this winter. Already he ranks high among our best orators, and is achieving for hims.jlf a reputation no less deserved than enviable. We look upon Mr. II. as one of Indiana's favorite sons. We do not expect to see the honorable office of U. S. Senator for the State of Indiana better filled than it now is by the tnlented gentleman whose name we have mentioned. Michigan City News. It is said that in the cities of New York and Philadelphia there ore 6UD0 poor boys, between sixteen and twenty jcars of age, wihout any permanent employment.

Ausübt Election. The following announcements are mad', subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention ; For Representatives. PO WELL HOW LAND CHRISTOPHER O. WERBE, Gen. J A MES P. DR A KE, GEORGE A. CHAPMAN, DANIEL MOORE. For Sheriff. CHARLES C. CAMPBELL. BENJAMIN MORGAN, ELI HAVERSTICK, JACOB VANDEG RIFF. . " For Recorder. TOLIVER L. HARLIN, CHARLES STEPHENS, ZENAS LAKE, JOHN S. ALLEN.

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And as "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," let us all resolve, by upholding and sustaining Democratic doctrines, to continue those measures which none will deny have been eo beneficial to us as a fctate and as citizens. To this end, the Coon Skinner will also be devoted, not doubting that the Democracy will manfully sustain themselves iu the coming contest. Terms. Single copy, 50 Ten copies, $1.50 Twenty copies, $S,C0 And all larger numbers in proportion. fj-Cash always in odvance. fjT" Our Agents would save us a very large amount of labor by having some person in their vicinity who will direct the papers, leaving it to us to envelope them to one address only. In packages of 20, where this is done, we will add numbers enough to make it an object, and so for larger numbers. CHAPMANS & SPANN Q7 Will our brother editors please notice ' For the Indiana State Sentinel. Messrs. Chafmans. I see in" the Journal of this week on article on the subject of the location of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad Depot at Indianapolis, by W. J. Holman : and 1 avail myself of this opportunity of turning the attention, once more, of the good people of Indianapolis to that important subject. It is feared that many who intend competing for it Will let the day pass without thinking, when it must be forever too late. It is hoped that all will bear in mind that the day fixed, upon which to receive propositions, is Monday, the 8:h day of May. Next Monday, at the 44 Palmer House," between the hours of 9 o'clock, A. M., and 3 o'clock, P. M. Asremaikrd in the article referred to above 44 7Ats location can be made but once, and in but one place." And all must see and feel the importance of that location. No single individual should think of competing successfully for the depot; but the different seclions of the city, interested in a particular location, should join together, and unitedly compete for it. . It has been intimated that clubs are secretly forming in certain parts of the city. And all that could be desired is that men will act in the premises understanding, and in such a way as not to reproach themselves, in a defeat, for not having been more liberal in their propositions, and more energetic in their action. This work is going right on ; and if men desire to act in the premises, they must do it at once. Twentyone miles of the road between this place and Indianapolis, will be finished, ready for the produce of the fall of the next year. I speak advisedly. The allotments of subscriptions for each of the counties along the line of road, it is believed, may be subscribed in the coming three months; and the balance, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, the ogent of the company, Mr. W. J. Holman, feels sanguine of procuring eastward: and, with our advantages and prospects, can it be doubted that men of Capital, with ordinary penetration and foresight will come up, and at once subscribe for this balance of the stock. They will ! and this road will speedily be completed. It must , can, will and shall be made, and speedily made, is the unanimous sentiment of the Directory, and the country generally. Remember therefore the blh day of May Monday next and submit your propositions at the Palmer House. Respectfully, SAMUEL DALE. Noelesville, April 20, 1848. Gen. Lane. We have given the reports of Gen. Lane, ond several of the many notices of him, which have come to hand. In doing so we have gratified our reader's and our own feelings. Gen. Lane is an. honor to Indiana, and one of the purest and brightest ornaments of the army, and we are rejoiced to witness the golden opinions he has won for himself upon Gen. Scott's line of the army. We do not believe however, that he has rendered more meritorious service, on this line, than he did on ths t of Gen. Taylor's. The difference is in the commanders of the two lines. The truth is, that Joe Lane was the real hero of Buena Vista, and impartial history will so record it. Indiana Patriot. The Postmaster General has succeeded this jeer in letting the mail routes of the middle States at one hundred thousand dollars less than the last year. This is a saving of one out of every eeven hundred thousand dollars, or equal to above 14 per cent. Several Railroad companies that have Storni out, have come to tho terms propotMd by Mr. Cave Johnson, and the Department will go on perfectly smooth in a s iort time. With these savings, the spfeedy introduction of the cheap uniform postage system is reduced to a certainty. Death of the Bisnop of Vincennes. We regret to learn from the Vincennes Sun, that the Right Rev. John Stephen Barin, Bishop of Vincennes, died on Sunday last of pneumonia. Dr. B. ia represented to have been a very estimable man, ond beloved by those whose spiritual guide he was. It was but a few months since he was called to the head of the church in Indiana. . The Ripht Rev. Dr. Qnarlier, Bishop of Chicago, als- died recently thus suddnely leaving the neighboring diocesscsof Indiai.a and Ilhtio.s without an episcopal head. New Albany Danoa al.

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