Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1848 — Page 2

3nMaua State Sentinel. BTKBÜAL VlQlLAWCt I THE PUCt OF tIBCKTT. I.UlAAl'OHS, MAY 35, 1S48. Our Terms. The following will hereafter be the permanent terms of the Weekly Indiana Slate Sentinel: Oy Payments to be made always in advanceOne copy, one year, $2.00 Three copies, one year, 5.00 Five copies, one year, 8.00 Ten copies, one year, .15.00 Twenty copies, one year, 20.00 Seinl-Weekly.

U Ul VVl W J 9 VV Wt MM! " w . w One copy,..-... 1.00 Three copies, $10.00 One copy during the session, 1-00 PRESIDENTIAL. ELECTOI5S. SEIf ATOSIAL. ROBERT DALE OWEN, of Potey County. ECEXEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Elkhart county. DUTBICT. 1. NATHANIEL ALBERTON. of Harrison county. 2. CYRUS L. DUNHAM, of Washington county. 3. WILLIAM M. McCARTY, of Franklin county. .4. CHARLES II. TEST, of Wayne county. 6. JAMES R ITC II EY, of Johnson county. 8. GEORGE W. CARR, of Lawrence county. 7. HENRY SECREST, of Putnam county. S. DANIEL MACE, of Tippecanoe county. 9. GRAHAM N. FITCH, of Cut county. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Grant county. Democratic State Central Committee. LIVINGSTON DUN LAP, DAVID REYNOLDS, JAMES P. DRAKE, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, E. N. SUIMER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAYER. Democratic County Committee. Centre J. P. CHAPMAN, S. W. NORRIS, POWELL IIOWLAND. Decatur D. L. McFARLAND. Frankl in JACOB SPRINGER. Lawrence J. PERRY, Sa. Perry U. P. TODD. Pike ADAM WRIGHT. Warren E. N. SHIM ER. Washington ELIJAH JAMES. Wayne JAMES JOHNSON. CrSee first page Serai-Weekly. To Correspondents. N. T. C. "A Fomken Wife." We he rec el-red your communication ; and if we could make it out eiearly, would astltt in exposing the "rascally teducer." Have the fact re written, and we will follow the "Doctor," eren if he atood over "six feet two Inches high ; and no doubt our cutemporariea will lend a hand. P.B., St. Omer. If i pays for CO copies, it ftrikei ui that $16 will pay for 10 copiu. You sent us 43 names and 910. Are we not understood T We take it to be at the rate of 40 cents per copy. We must not get vcied OTtr tri disjoint uincy Adams. Ox TH3 day, Wednesday, the Eulogy on tie Life and Character of the late deceased President of the United States, John Qcinct Adams, will be delivered, in the first Presbyterian Church (Mr. Gurley's.) The citizens generally, from city and country, are invited to attend. The following is the Order of the Exerciues Prayer by Rev. Mr. Gurley. Hymn by the choir. Eulogy by Hon. David Wallace. Anthem. Benediction. The services will commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. On this interesting and solemn occasion, we hope to see a full attendance. Baetholomew County. The democrats of Bartholomew have nominated II. II. Barbour, Esq., for the Assembly; and for the district composed of that and Jennings county, Major Z. Tannehill. This is as good and as strong a ticket, in our opinion, as could be made. Both nominees are experienced, true, honest and capable ; and we doubt not their election by larger majorities than usual. The whole State is interested in the election of euch men. We understand from Col. Ei.ake, who pnesed through this city on his return from Washington City, inai congress passea an act permuting auaiuonai selections of land to be made to aid in the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal. Under its provisions it is estimated that about one hundred thousand acres will be received for that object. Indiana Journal. In connection with the above subject, the following .. " j t , . . - l letter has been received from the Commissioner of the General Land Office by the Register and Receiver of the land office in this city. It will appear from this letter that the lands in the late Miami Reserve are excluded from this selection, not being subject to private entry on the first of April last. Gisxral Laud Omer., May TOtti 1843. Gentlemen By the act of Congress, approved 9th May, 1843, entitled "an act in addition to an act therein mentioned," the State of Indiana is authoiizod "to select out cf any of the public land in said Slate, subject to private entry a quantity or land, which, together with the land already received and holden by said State for the con struction of the Wabash and Erie Canal, will make the .full amount equal to one half of five section in width, on each aide of said canal. Provided, nevertheless, That no selection shall be made of any land, bat such as waa subject to private entry on the first day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight." As it is understood, that the Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, represent the State of Indiana, so far as the grants for that Canal are concerned, you will receive and note, on your plats and tract books, any selections of land in your District, that may De made oy them under that law, for this canal, or by their duly authorized agents; and permit no entry or sales of any lands so se lected. without authority from this office. These selections, you will perceive, can only be made of lands which were subject to private entry on the first day of April, lef-is, and so Tar as any ot them may interfere with pre-emption claims, or declaratory statements they will be governed by the refutations now in force In relation to purchases of land lor cash, at private entry Very respectfully, Your obt. servt. RICHARD M. YOUNG, Commissioner. Register Sl Receiver, Indianapolis, Indiana. " The Clinton Floridian, of the 22d, says : We learn that on the receipt of Clay's circular, the eld General (Taylor) read it with some appearance of emotion. On finishing it, he remarked, 'That from AT r f:1v tnnL'am.nla lio um nnt nttntrMthr nnnrn. pared for this determination. As regarded himself l.z continued., it mde no change in hie position. He was the people's candidate for the Presidency, and as each submitted his name for their consideration."' A hail storm passed, on the 9th inst., over the south-eastern part of this county, blowing down forests, and fences. Several barns and two or three houses had their roofs blown off. The hail fell in great quantities and of large size, breaking windows, killing pigs, lambs, geese and ducks and greatly injuring the growing crops. Some of the hail stones rnaatu-jd over four inches in circumference. GreenJitld Investigator. A letter from Paris addressed to Mr. Vattemare, now at Washington, states that Monsieur Cormenin, well known for his works under the fictitious name of Timon, is employed in framing a project of the . i . i . 1 i i new corjsiuuuon ana uisi us is uuugiy pre-pueeeava in favor of American institutions. Sau ot Lands. We hope none of our readers will fail to read the government advertisement for the sale of the public lands, published in this paper. Our eastern readers will be particularly interested in those offered Tor sale in Wisconsin. What Nxxt 1 On yesterday aAernoon, about 4 o'clock a severe hail storm smote us from the south west, breaking many of our sky-light and other win.dow glass. Many of the hail stones were half as large as hens' eggs. The Detroit Free Press estimates the amount of damage by the late disastrous fire in that city at $CC0,000 ; ZOO families are houseless in consequence ! Re. Dr. Matthews of the New Albany (Ind.) Theological Seminary, died in that city on the ISth jasL, ia the 77th year of his age.

For the St alt Senttntt. THE 31IKACLE OF HAUT. ST MB. CA. A I! T. BOLTOW. Brightly and silently the sunlight beams Upon Judea't hills an J vales and streams; The !ty ii calm, the earth at fair and bright As if the cutis of sio bad left no blight Upon its breast ; yet there are toil and fears, . Corroding caret, seared bopet and burning tsars j And Ihera are dtrkeoed homes where lone ones keep Vigil betide the dead and watch and weep Through long, loo; hours ; e'en now a funeral train Winds slewly, sadly through the gate of Nain. The mourner is a widow, bowed with giicf T t deep to aik, or stele, or hope relief, d bad been happy tie haj heard the mirth Of joyous children roucd her quiet beartb. But death, the strong oie, came, with fatal power. To tpoil that beautiful, domestic bower, ' And from the home white joy and peace were rife, r litt guide, the partner if hersheart and life, Passed out forever thin the blossoms fair, The objects of s motht 's love and care Faded away, till only one was left. Oh ! bow that heart, s broken, so bereft Of all its idols, loved tiat only child. The fair, the beautiful, the uodefilad. lie was a bright, a soli ary beam, Of light and gladness ot life's turbid stresm. The object of all hope, desire aod fear; All, all the weary wort) contained for her. lie grew in beauty i swiftly pasted the hcurs To youth, with all its deams and stars aod flowert. Then death insatiate, caimed another prey, Aod he, the last, the lo'eliest, patted away. She law his fading cbetk, bit failing brtatbj Ehe taw the fatal sign cad seal of death She knew the voice she loved so well was hushed, And still her heart bea on, wrecked, ruined, crushed. She bad known toil am sorrow, tesrs and care; But not till then that &ep, that dark despair, That leaves the rutin, tik ! ivtt Upon s starlest sea, where all is lost. She gazed vpon the face, so lifelets now 2he pressed one last, long kiss upon his brow, And Iben went forth, to lay bis fair young bead In the lone city of the silent dead. But who Is be, that way-worn traveler? Whtnce came the man, and wherefore is he hers ? His brow is maricd by weary toils and cares, Aid poor and bumble is the garb he wears. Why do the bearers of the dead stand still? What are the wondeious words that seem to thrill The heart strings of the bearers ? Is that breath That stirs that pulteleu boiom f Mighty death ! The Son of God bath rpuken, thou bait heard. And given up thy victim at his word. And now, the life-tide rutbes, free aod warm, Through every vein of that cold pallid form. The lip it tremulous, the brow grows bright, And the dim eye retumes its wonted light. Oh, who can tell the wild, the frantic joy, Of that fund mother o'er her living boy ! And it the hue of life upon hit cheek ? And ein be see, and hear and feel and speak ? Gieat God ! in human form, whote mighty power Called back the tpirit in that tiiamph hour. What shall we say, when thou sbslt corns again. With twice ten thousand angelt in tby train, To shake the solid earth, sod rend the skies, And bid the myriads of the dead arise.

Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. Washington, May 10, 1819. Twelve months ago it was peculiarly amusing to walk through the public departments here, and listen to and observe the great estimation that had so suddenly sprung up for Virginia and her time-honored name and fame. One could not refrain from asking what it was that had made ber such a favorite, all at once, of federalism. The answer invariably was, that she looked now as if the dawn of wisdom was discernable in her future course of policy she was about to enter into the company of the select she was turning viig. In vain democrats attempted to convince them taat an apathy, which they themselves had so often tasted in periodical elections, had paralyzed the strength cf the democratic party in that State, and caused the results over which they wero exulting; and could not, in the natural course of political event, bo of but short duration. Not so : they knew Virginia too well for that : she was redeemed, regenerated, and converted from locofocoistn to the true fuith : she had taken her position with Massachusetts, Vermont, North Carolina and Kentucky, in the great conflict for home industry, etc. etc. 1 could not, for tho life of me, help being reminded of all this, a few days since. My domestic engagements led me, two days subsequent to the late annual election in Virginia, eome forty miles west of here, into that State, where I remained six days, during which time, being in a beautiful but secluded neighborhood, I did not see or hear any thing of the result of the election, until I returned to the county seat of one of the strongest federal counties in the State, to take the return stage to Washington. ; At this place I asked for the desired information. I found it was a subject upon which but few feltdisposed toconver.se; and those who were somewhat communicative, remarked that the various reports were so contradictory, that no satisfactory estimate could be nude of the relative strength of parties in their next legislature. The news was entirely satisfactory to me. I could have sworn that, if federalism bad gained a single scrapie, it would not only have reached there, bat the farthermost ends of the earth. On reaching Washington, my first impressions were fully realized. U found the mother of States and Statesmen the Ibirth land of Jefferson true to her ancient faith, lie faith of her purest and palmiest days. I could sot refrain from an honest exultation that the democracy of the United States were shouting at the return of the old tenth legion from her apparent deviatioa, which, a year back, so much elated the enemies of free principles, with the hope that she would be with them in their next struggle for exclusive privileges.1 It is not necessary for me to give you the details j they have reached you through more direct and authentic channels. I will only speak in general terms. The State is heard from, complete, ' and there is a net democratic gain of sixteen memberscold comfort for those who, in every difficulty between their own country and a foreign one, are uniformly on the side of the enemy ; and tha, too, in the sacred but abused name of religion of law and order. . Speaking of tlaw and order" you have observed doubtless how pat that expression has become with whigs, have you not! Did it ever occur to you that they had a meaning for it, that simple-minded democrats never suspected 1 1 1 has to me, frequently ; and I have spent many and many a thought upon the subject, trying to unriddle.it; but I never could appreciate it fully, until, eome six weeks ngo,at the" first sympathy meeting held in this city, at Odd Fellows' llall, to respond to the movements of republicanism in France, it was ckarly explained in a speech from the most perfect model of an American democratic Statesman, William Allen, of Ohio; a man whose equal, in forensic eloquence, and pure, classic logic, I have never beard sir.ee the days of our Howard. Senator Allen said they meant, by the phrase " law and order," "pat Torn taxes, axd don't grumble .'" G. W. K. Indianapolis & Ilellcfotitaiiic Railroad. Since the pu'olie attention has been directed to this msjn central route from Boston and New York to St. Louis, through Sandusky, Bollefontaine and Indianapolis, its importance has been universally conceded by the press and the people, both east and west, and no one now, doubts so far as I have heard or read, but that it is destined when constructed to become the great thoroughfare of travel and business through the interior centre of the west. It may be gratifying to the friends of this great work to learn, that the link from Indian'.polis to the Ohio line, will be certainly made with the least possible delay. The books were only opened for subscriptions on the first of this month, and already over $210,000 or more than one third of the wliole stock necessary to complete the work to the Osk line, has been taken, and the subscriptions are still actively being made. So that I hazzard little in believing that within the first thirty days, there will be stock enough taken to complete ready for the cars tho first forty miles. The books will be closed on the last of next week, and it will be well for persons wishing to subscribe to do so before that time, that they may be authorized to vote under the charter for the directors of the company in its organization. S. At Norfolk a company has been formed to distill alcohol from tomatoes. Tho plan has been tasted.

For the Indiana State Sentinel. Lafayette mid Indianapolis Railroad. No. III. RELATIONS TO THE TB RES CITIES. If the Madison and Indianapolis Ttilroad were des

tined to terminate st this latter city, without an extension, it would confer upon the city all the advantages enjoyed by either of the county seats which lies at the extremity of a branch, and no more. Suppose, for example, the construction extended to Shelbyville, placing that town in as favorable a position, in relation to the southern market and its own agricultural region, as Indiana jolis in relation to her own; go, now, on the M. & I. railroad to tho point of junc tion of the two sections, one leading to Shelby ville end the other to Indianapolis, and you may as reasonably ask which is the main road and which the branch, as you might, above Pittsburgh, put a like question respecting the two streams which conibiuo to form the Ohio. The vigorous increase of such towns as Worcester and Springfield in Massachusetts, which are not termini of auy road, but are merely located at the inter section of different channels of communication and transit, are, of themselvdli sufficient to cviuco the practical principles which govern this subject. A mere country seat enjoying a cheap and easy commu nication with some creat market will iiourtan weu on on the trade of the region of which it is the natural centre, if that region is rich and populous. Its mer chants will rather in the rich products ot the sou ana give in exchange the groceries, manufactures and i i i .i ... t ..n.j.j r i j t.. luxuries wnicn xney nave coueciea irom auroau. jui the growth of the place has the same limit as the magnitude and extent or tho interests it subserves, and of tho region for which it transact. Whenever this is limited to the reach and performance of com mon wagons, the town experiences a tardy rate of progress. Lut in a large town or city a great variety of interests congregate and conspire, looking to the local investment of capital and making the town itself' a source of vast production. If water power is present or obtainahls, that i3 improved; if not, steam mills and factories rise on every side.' Articles of furniture, of clothing, of convenience, of use and of luxury, are turned out in quantities a hundred fold greater than the local region would of itself consume or furnish the staples for, and these are widely dispersed on every side by the breath of commerce. It is no mystery that masses of men engaged in these transactions, or in the branches of business incidental to or cotiscquent upon them, choose to settle in towns where they have ready access to a great region on every side, eo as to supply, to a considerable extent, the very county seats themselves, and become their market. Men of business have settled it that they choose to live in public and not in any retirement, whether partial or complete. If some great channel of transit, or still more, if different channels crossing one an ther pour, through a town, a stream of travel and freight, although the mass may go by, yet they know that the fraction which lodges is ten times what the whole would bo without the passage of the stream. It is like a water power at the falls of the Ohio, where the ros is of liquid will flow ia its own channel without touching a wheel, but the fraction that shall be mechanically employed will vastly transcend the limited brooks and creeks that give power to ordinary mills. Iksidea all this, the reputation of a city the favorable knowledge which men at large have of it are no les8 important as an element of prosperity, than (he same in the case of an individual. In the instance of such a city as Indianapolis, the metropolis of a State, attractive by its ornamental grounds and architecture, dignified with humane and benevolent institutions and supplied with capital and enterprise, there is every thing in its external aspect, as well as its intrinsic character, to invite population of the most profitable description. Shall the knowledge of these things be committed to the common school geographies, or the accounts of eome curious traveller, some occasional letter writer for the newspapers, or shall they be witnessed by fifty thousand people a year, as they pass along, or stop, to be, by them, en quired into, reflected apon and thus made made matters of general conversation and notoriety 1 The stream of emigration from the. old States receives a determinate direction at its fountain heads derived from some gc.icral knowledge which men have picked up, near their own homes, concerning- the States, places and towns they coxe out to examine, with a view to settlement. All the interests, then, which Indianapolis may have beyond the ambition and the destiny of a mere county town, are concerned in the execution of these works which will give variety and extension to the pursuits of her citizens, expand the area of her business out of her local region, accumulate manufacturing capital and mechanic euterprise, and give rise, throughout the country, to a just appreciation of her real advantages and attractions. To Madison and Lafayette the same considerations apply, in a modified degree, together with some which are peculiar. The point to which all this tends is easy and obvious. If the certainty and variety of these interests are under stood and explicitly admitted (and how can men doubt that, since there will be railroads all about them, thev had better secure them at their own localities,) it cannot be supposed that individuals of substance, or even of moderate means, will be sluggish to supply, according to their means, the subscriptions and the instalments for the speedy commencement and the ra pid execution of any work which so affects 'their prosperity as this to which our observations peculiarly apply. What Lafayette will add to her present sub scription is soon to be known, and, as we trust, favorably known. If, north of Indianapolis, the subscription shall amount to $250,000, is there room to disbelieve that, at Indianapolis and Madison, and places be tween, one fifth part of the same, or $50,000, can be taken up 1 If it can, our way is clear to put in the 6hovel at Indianapolis, in ehort order, and prepare, after about two years, to send off to the north, from that metropolis the first train with Freight and passengers that shall move upon the road. But whence are we to be supplied, for this purpose, with'engines, cars and other equipments, since the 300,000, with the stock assumed by contractors, will barely sulLce to prepare the road for reception of the train: This important question is reserved lor my next. A. C. T. May 20th, 1843. The Knickebbocker tor Mat, a rich number, is placed on cur table by T. Wiley, Jr. 20 State street. Besides the racy medley of the Editor's Table, and numerous articles we my particularly mention a lib eral and instructive article on the Law reform in New York. We are glad to see so fashionablo a journal as the Knickerbocker taking the side of a common sense reform which will send half the lawyers at least tojioeing corn or some other employment. The ridicule which is here expended upon the tern-foolery o( legal pleadings is richly merited and cannot but be useful. We give a specimen : 'The pleadings in this particular action (assault) are admirably hit off in a scarce English book entitled "The Header's Guide a Didactic Toem, in two parts, containing Mr. Surrebutter's Poetical Lectures on the conduct of a suit at law, including the arguments of Counccllor Botherum and Counsellor Boreum in an action for assault and betwixt John-A-Gull and John-A-Gudgeon." An extract from Counsellor Both -J erum s opening to the jury is here given :Lhrono ly?. The pleadings state 'that John-A-Gull, With envy, wrath and malice full, With swords, knives, stickt, staves, fist and bludgeon, Beat, bruised and wounded John-A-Gudgoon. First count's, 'for that' with diver jugs, Tn-wit, twelve pots, twelve cups, twelve mugs Of certain tulgur drink, called toddy, Said Gull did aluice said Gudgeon's body; The second count's for 'other toddy, Cast, flung, or hurled on Gudgeon s body ; To-wit, his gold laced hat and hair on, And clothee which he had then and there on; To-wit, twelve jackets, twelve surtouts, Twelve paataloons, twelve pair of boots, Which did thereby much discompose Said Gudgeon's mouth, eyes, ears and nose, Back, belly, neck, thighs, feet and toes ; By which, and many wrongs unheard pf, J lis clothes were spoiled and life djpa1red of.' To all these counts the plea 1 find , la son assault, and issue's joined.' ' V Fjgeons.-We hear that the wtole face of the country in Indiana, from Corydon jo Evanavillc, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, is covered with pigeons. Every species of grain put in the ground by the farmers is destroyed forthwith. The slaughter is of course terrible. We hava heard of wagon loads of pigeons sent in all directions. Lmmrito Journal of

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From the Baltimore Sun. ' rou Lie; ivnus ar tn a STE.iMSHIP CAMBRIA.

arVST; as Seven days Later from Europe. Th French Elections Triumph cf Lamartine New Reform Movement in England Progress of Repeal France all Quiet A Battle between the Danes and Ilolsieiners Affairs in Ireland Address to tli Irishmen in America Spain, Portugal and Germany. Tbc Chartists. In accordance whh a resolution come to, during the late sittings of the Chartist National Convention, simultaneous meetings were held throughout the kingdom, on tho 21st inst., to elect delegates to represent the different districts at the National Assembly, which commences its sittings in London on the 24th of May. , It is presupposed by those friendly to the principles of the charter, that this assembly will embrace the bona Jide representatives of "the people," and, as such, be the exponents of public opinion. At como of the meetings in the town, over twenty thousand persons were present ! at Glasgow over filly thousand attended ; at Greenwich, after the meeting, the assembly walked in procession towards the town, although forbidden to do so by the authorities. Both parties met and had .soma screre scuffling. Eventually the rioters were diecomfiited, not, however, without some bones being broken. At some of the meetings, cheers, loud and lusty, were given for "revolution," "Mestrs. O'Brien, Mitchell and Co., and "the charter," and groans in abundance for the "autocrat" of Uussia, and the "hoary-hcaded" Ernest of Hanover. About filty members of tho House of Commons, comprising Messrs. Hume, Cobden, Bright, Kershaw, Sir J. Walmsley, Col. Thompson, and other leading Reformen, having originated a movement in favor of four out of the eral districts throughout England in lavor o( the project aix points of the charier. Meetings have been held in sevIreland. Speechesand letiers from Mitchell, Duffy, and others, continue to keen up the political excitement which has prevailed in this country for a lengthened period. On thi other hand, demonstrations of loyalty and expressions ot confidence in our government, and a satisfaction with trie institutions or the country, are gmg lurwnrd, chinfljr in Ulster. It mmi be odmiiud, that as far as numbers Bie concerned, throughout Ireland there are at least ten to one in favor of repeal. On the part of the govern ment activity prevails. They seem to be in possession of reaio-secret, warning them ot the near approach of a crisis, when the daring boasts of the Irish confederates will be put into operation, and an attempt made to throw off the yoke of "Saxon oppression." Irom all we can see in the Irish papers, as well as the tenor of our private advicea from several parts of the island, we are disposed to consider that tho authorities will be able to put down in a vcrv short time, anv attemDt at insurrection. The crown leemi determined to push on the trials of the conspirators with the ioaat possible delay. The Repeal Association continues its meeting, and the advocacy of the agitation on the principles of moral force only. I he utual weekly meeting of tho repeal association was held on the 24th, Mr. J. Delany in the chair. The police were present, taking notes; and some curiosity was felt as to tbo tone which the speakers would assume at this, the first meeting under the crown and government security act An address was lead from the committee of the association, referring to the recent declaration of Lord John Russell against repeal, and reminding the people that similar declarations had been made against emancipation and the reform act shortly previous to the realization of both those great measures. The repealers, therefore, were urged to ruurage and confidence, and exhorted that there waa no cause lor depression. Mr. Reynolds, in adressin g the meeting, in relerence to the "gagging bill," said he was determined to speak ss he always had done, und to denounce the wrongs of his country as he had for twenty-five years. He was ready to maintain tho riehts of Ireland at the expense of time and property, and, if wis iiperties oi nis country were vioiatea, ne wouia sacrifice his life. , The following repeal declaration is to be distributed for signatures throughout the country: "We, the undersigned inhabitants of Ireland, believing that the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland has proved de;rimental to the interests of all classes of Irishmen, hereby declare our solemn conviction that its continuance is a grievance, and that the permanont peace and prosperity of this country, and the rights of property Hierein, can only be secured by an immediate repeal of that measure, and the re-establishment of an Irish legislature, and we hereby, individually and collectively, pledge ourselves to use our bett exertions for the attainment of that object. Bring also thoroughly convinced ot the Dischief of religious ascendancy, we pledge ourselves at all times to oppose anv infringement of the rights of conscience, or exclusion from political power of any ciass ci insnmen, on account ot their religious faith. The confederates have also isnued a declaration of a similar import, but mors stringent and belligerent in its nature. It was signed by a large party at Limerick, where Mr. 9. O'Brien addressed a party of bis followers on Sunday last. The government have issued a circular to the various magistrates of petty sessions throughout Ireland, calling the attention to tho practice of drilling in the use of arms wheh now prevails. In order to put a stop to the prevailing excitement, the migittratea of the county of Dublin have called upon the government to proclaim the metropolis and disarm the disnfTected. The magistrates throughout the entire kingdom are recommended by government to swear in special constables in every parish. A circalar to that effect had betn issued from Dublin Castle. A memorial to the Queen from tho Roman Catholic bishop and clergy of the dioceses of Cloytie and Rose, countv Cork, has just been published. This document sts forth that there is a deep and general discontent in l eland, and that English legislation is totally inadequate Cj remedy the evils of our social condition ; and prays (.at her fllajesty will order the summoning ot the Irish Parliament of Lords and Commons in Dublin to allay the tiscontent alluded to. This memorial is signed by the tishop and 140 priests, being every individual of that orler in the dioceses. Application for Itlacilal I,nv In Dublin Letters from Dublin city, says Wilmer & Smith's Times of the 29th ultimo, datd last night, says: The tone of the repeal organs is much abated a re salt, no doubt, of the new "gagging" act. The most im port ant item of news is a letter from the Bishop of El plin to Lord Shrewsbury, in which the writer gives the names and residences of 3000 individuals ejected by the late Maior Mahon. The Cork corporation had adopted an address to the Qjeen m favor of repeal. No confirmation of the proclaiming of Dublin has as yet appeared in tho Irish metropolitan journals. At a meeting of the magistrates of the county and city of Dublin, however, held at Kilmainham yesterday, Lord Brabazon in the chair, a memorial to the Lord Lieutenant was adopted, praying his excellency to place the city of Dublin under the provisions of the Coercion Act. Mr. John O'Connell has addressed a long letter to the Lord Lieutenant, through the Pilot, informing him that he withdrew his signature from the Downshire declaration, in consequence of the presentation of that document to his excellency, and not to her Majesty in person. The honorable gentleman also says, that it his excellency will arm the protettantt, he, Mr. O'Connell, will recommend the catholics to arm. The Belfast Vindicator has the following : The trade of pipe-making io Belfnst is, we understand, in a most flourishing condition. The home market is excellent ; and, from all we can learn, the farmers oi the surrounding neighboihood are sending in large orders. Down and Antrim will be armed to a man before three weeks, if there be not a change in the tone and temper of tho times ; and, if the rise in the price of lead bo any indication of preparation for the worst, there is ample proof in the ftcl that tea-chest lead, that sold some months ago at Id per Ib., goes off now at lid and 2d with the greatest facility. We may add, that there is not Ilia remotest fear of the people tuning these arms against one another. The Lurgan Orangemen tore their flags the other day and shouted tor repeal. The Protestants, Catholics, and Presbyterians club their money, we are credibly informed, and buy pikes and guns, and lend each ''other moulds to run bullets. No wonder their leaders are alarmed. y France. : The progress of revolution throughout Eutope, since our last number, is marked rather by steadiness and determination, than by that precipitancy and rashness which formed prominent features in its earlier stages; and events, therefore, do not follow etch other in that rapid succession which some time ago characterised them. As the movement had its origin in France, so affairs seem to be there settling down earlies intp order; and if, as is anticipated, the elections prove favorable to the Lamartine or moderate party, the spirit of republicanism will get a fair trial in that country. In other portions of the continent the movement is not so fully matured ; and we may,, therefore, look forward, frr some time yet, to intelligence of a similar character to that we now publish. The elections to the assembly form almost the absorbing lonle in French affairs ; and, although it was not exE octet! that the choice of the e lue tors would be made nown in Varia till this mdtniog,1 sufficient hss transpired to indicate the complexioa that bodjr will asssme. The votes examined up to the eveningof the !2Ctb, gives an imposing majority in Faris, In the following order: 1, Lamartine; 2, Dupont (de L'Eurep 3, Gamier Pages; 4, M. Arrr.go ;.5, Marraat; 6,Maris; 7, Helhmont ; 8, Cormeuin ; 9, Caesaidiere ; 10, Boranger ; ll.Cremeux; 12, Bucber; 13, Duvivier; 14, Carnolt 15, Berber; 16, Aloreau : 17r Cavaignac ; 18, Lamoriciere. These all i have at least 100,000 votes. There is some dut ifLedm Rollin will have suffi-. cient votes ta secure' his return.. MM. Louis. Ulanc, Albert, FIocoo, Rtspail and'Cabet are distanced a long way. M. Lamsrtiue tins gonerally obtained 9ä per rent., end ,M. Ledru Rellin 35 percent, of the votes. . Lnuis Blanc a.t J Albert, each: aU" t X vote in 40. . Tis Mate

quia d'Aoncourt, large proprietor, and ofthe moderate Eiarty, ia elected tor the 1 as de Calais. Bo far aa it can te ascertained nt pretant, it sppeara that not more than t eihird of the qualified electors in Paris have exercised the right of voting. Naxt to the elections, the internal dimensions or the government excite attention." Another explosion is reported to have taken place on the 24th irttant, in which, astttoal. MM. Lamartina and Ledru Rolhn were in open

couSict; the latter datired tho further postponement of the meeting of the assembly, the iormer epposea it ; tne latter threatened a demonstration, the former treated the menace with contempt; M. Ledru llollin then declared that he would have Paris covered with barricades. M. Lamartine declared that he set his colleague at defiance, that the majority of the government were quite prepared for any measure of that description promoted by the Minister ofthe Interior, and thoy would resort to effectual measures to defend it. . fter this M. Ledru Rollin lowered his tone. The breach which separates the moderates frem the ultra-democrats within the government widens every day, and it is now said that M. Ledru Rollin has spoken of giving in his resignation, and withdrawing from the Eovernment, to be followed, of course, by MM. Louis lane, Albert and Flocon. M. Lamartine has replied to this by assuring Ledru Rollin that, if his resignation were seriously offered, it would be immediately accepted. Ledru Rollin seems to be far from occupying a good place in the opinions of any class not even the operatives; and his recent endeavors to suppress thPtsedom of election have called forth the indignation of the entire community. At another meeting of the council a decree was adopted definitely abolishing slavery in all the colonies and possessions of the French Republic. The decree is to take e fleet two months after its publication in the colonies. An indemnity is to be granted to the slave-holders, the amount and form of which will be fixed by the national assembly. Reports continue to arrive of dissensions in the provinces between the population and the government comroisfaries. Bat.ds of thieves are laying waste the country around St. Etienne. These malefactors have directed their designs of devastation particularly against religious houses, under the impression that they mutt contain monay. They entered a convent at Jenest Lerph, and, finding nothing of valu that they could take away, demroyeH the furniture and did as much dam"g they could. They also visited convents at Villard and St. Priest, and, after breaking the furniture to pieces, set fire to it. At Latour the nuns gave their unwelcome visitors drink, and thus gaining time, were saved by the population coming to their aid. abater from France. By Telegraph Latest advices from Paris state that the election returns, from the sections as well as from the departments, continue to be most satisfactory to those who desire to see the moderate party represented in the provisional government by M. Lamnrtine, prevail. In almost every arrondissement in Paris M.Lamartine and the moderate party in the government head the lists, and throughout the departments the commissaries of M. Ledru Rollin are at a great discount. On Wednesday Mr. Richard Rush, the Minister of the United States in Paris, waited on M. Lamartine, at the Hotel do Ville, and formally recognized the French Re public in the name of the American Union. The French army now comprises 530,000 men, and has greatly increased since the revolution. In the provinces great discontent prevails, and the schemes of the ultras to overthrow the government still caused apprehension in Paris. A plot to blow up tho Hotel de Ville, and to make the Republic more democratic than is meditated by the provisional government, has been detected, and a judicial inquiry is now in progress into the alleged conspiracy, which, it is said, will compromise some persons in nigh station. The National Guards would doubtless preserve order, should any such horrible schemes be anticipated. Prussia. The accounti from Pruttia, tays the European Times are very unsatisfactory. The people have no confidence in tbeir King, who remains at Potsdam, surrounded by the men whote comrades rail bravely but ingloriously. Hit Majesty bopet to regain their confidence, and trutts that tbey will stand by bim in case of need. But, according to latest intelligence, tnit win not oe in tneir power. Some teiiout riots took place on the 17th inst at Breslau, aod the liotert, who bad attacked several shops, returned the tire of the civic guard, which was summoned to restore or der. Ultimately the tfgulir troops were employed against the mob, which was dispersed, but not before thirty or forty pcrtons bad been killed or wounded. The accounts from Prussian Poland continue to be most melancholy. According to the Deutsche Allgemein Zeitung the Polith insurgents are committing the grossest excesses. Tbey have broken up, it appears, into small bao&v'd they ate now wandciing about the country, levying bLck mail on tbo inhabitants. A letter from Cologne, of the 24tb, stales that a great meeting, to have been held there on that day, would be postponed. It was expected that the eleciiont, which are fixed for the 1st of May, would not pass orer without tome disturbances. Denmark and the Duchies. The fust battle or the Dakes ahd Geimaits. A sharp action took place on the 21it, between the "Free Corps," consittiug of Hamburgherl, Berliners, kc, and tome Danith iufanlry, about 800 men in all, tupporttd by a small body of cavalry and a couple of field pieces. These poor deluded young men supposed that they could canity regain their reputation lost in the action of Baa by turprisiog a Danish outpost, but after trying their courage for a few bouri against their better diciplioed and organized adversaries, ard really fighting with considerable courage and enthusiasm for tome time, at a long range of shot, they attempted to charge them with the bayonet, when tbey were received by a party of Schleswig volunteers, the regular Danish troops makirg way for them, and completely defeated, with the lots of 20 men killed and 50 wounded, accoiding to the version given by tho Holateinert, but more likely with double that number. Great llattle and taking of Schleswig by the Prussians. Altona. Monday, April 24, Noon. The train from Rendtburgh bat brought intelligence of the taking of the town of Schletwig by the troops of the confederation, after an en gagement which lasted from 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Easter Sunday until 1 1 at night 1 be lorlincation called tbe Dannevhk, on whieb the Danith artillery was placed, was taken by the Piustiant at tbe point of the bayonet, after the battery bad been silenced by tbe field piecet of tbe Hanoverian contingent. Scbleawig then fell into tho handt of the Confederation. Tbe conflict was a bloody one, the Danes having a strong position, and doing great execution with tbeir artilery and riflemen before it was cariied. The Daoea had fiorn 10,000 to 12.000 mtn. the force of tbe confederation was the great est, but it was not all engaged ; four Prussian regiments of the euaid and line formed the bulk of the attacking army. The lots of the Prussians, to fsr as can be gathered from tbe unauthenticatcd accounts, is about 300 men killed aod wounded, principally of the 2d and 20th regiments. Up to Monday morning 116 wounded had been brought into the Rendsburg hospital. That tbe Danes is not yet known, but probably, from having fought comparatively under cover, it is not so great. That the Danes fought well is freely acknowledged ; they retired fighting fiom point to point, and held out till the last. The foitificd woik or dam, called tbe Danneviik, was tho main defence of the Danes, and when this was carried, tbo fight seam to have been for tome time a battle of artillery. in which the bouses of tbe subuibs were much injured, and several set on fiie. Taking of Flensburg. Hamburo, Monday, April 24, 10 P. M. A telgraphic despatch just received at Altona announces the entry of tbe Gsrmau troops into Flensburg, on which town they advanced, after taking possession of Schleswig, without opposition. Germany. The news from Germany i much of tho lime character si it was last wee?. -"' ' artial agilatiooJroduced by the first ihocir&t tie subsided una a gen eral fetment Republicanism iai;.J i.'s bead hero sua tbaie, but meets at present with little sympathy. . : Tbe King of Hanover has made a reply to an address from the deputies of the general assembly of the vttates of tbe kingdom, thanking tbem for tbeir assurances of wyallj-j and assuring them of bit desire of ameliorating the condition of bit kingdom but intimating bis intention or abdicating rather than submit to dictation by fores. Oo the' ISth a rsolt took place at Hildesheim, bot was soon quelled by tbe military, without any bloodthed. Hesse Cassel has been restored to tranquility. Ia the portion of the Duchy of Baden bordeiing on tbe Lake of Conttance tbe republicans had seized Donaneachingen, wbeiethey established a provirional government but they were diiven thence by some Wurtemberg troops, and it appeared that the troops of Bavaria, Warteraberg, fee, bad alieady quelled the inturrection. The numbers of the republicans, who wets beaded by Ilecker and Stiuve, are very vaiioutly estimated, and a considerable portion of them teems to be composed of workmen from Fiance and Switzerland. The tepublican bandt continue to ot errun the frontier portions of the Grtnd Duchy. A letter from ShafThausen states, that the republicans are ttationed all along the road between Engeo, Bloomberg, aod Stuhlingen. A letteY from Offenburg, of the 20tb, tayt that tbe inhibition of that town were dividd one-tenth for tbe republic, and tbo other niutteulbt for tbe present order of things. loland. ' The Cowrier de Cracovie annouuees that at tbe instigation of the prince-Governor, a deputation of four of the principal magnates of Poland, headed by Krasinski.will present itself to the Emperor at St, Petersburg, with tne object of entreating for the re-establihment of the kingdom of Poland, as it was previous to tbe revolution, and for taking all nocetsary ttept that thote parts not actually now farming a part of Poland may be also united together under tho Russian Crown. Of those parts, Gallicia and tho Grand Duchy of Potca are tob understood at two. If tbe Prince-Governor be really tbe penoa who ht advited this step, tbe information it cf great importance. From Konigberg, under data of tho 17th April, we hear that three regiments of Ruttian Gutidt tome diyt tinea left St Petersburg that tbey will take up their Quarten for tba present at Riga. The i omor, according to which llusiia would conisnt to tbe te'eonttitotton of the kingdum of Poland, acquiret more probability A Utter in the Bistlao Gazette ot the 16th of April, tatet that the Polish constitution is to be re-established, wid an independent king (the Grand Duke Cutiatantine or Piinee Leuchtenberg) proclaimed, who would demand tho restitution of Gallicia and Poseu.

Sweden. By advicet from Stockholm of tba 14t?Lff ApIV w- ,r that tbe minority cf the ccrmrniltee, consisting of 'mtmteis of the towns and country placet, bat remitted to tbe King an

eaareti emremung Dim iv prrseni loin, uiti ei present titling a project for changing tbe constitution bated upon the principle of general elections. Tbe King bid replied tbat he bad already determined, with tbe unanimous consent of bit ministers, to present immediately a project based coon reneril elections, without reference to different classes, merely keeo- - . f ... ". . 4 t . log iccvuui vi tjciij iiu ivnuut. $paln. Carlitt bandt are becoming more nnmereut. Good Friday passed over quietly in the capital. Tbe Duke and Ducbets of Montptctier bad left for Aianjuez. I mentioned io a former letter that tbe duke and duchtas bad betn compelled to leave London. A new light baa betn throtto upon the tubject, though the romored plot to poison the Queen of Spaio bat not betn confirmed. Anticipated Trouble In Portugal. According to the last acconntt from Lisbon, which are of tbe 19th, Porugtl seemed to be on the era of tome serious movement. Publications have been extensively circulated, in which are openly canvassed "the abdication of tbe Queen in favor of her son ; a new dynasty, entirely new; and even a republic" Tbo latter form of government, after discussing tbe question in very inflammatory language,' it declared to be the bett, and tbat the nation desires it. When such language as this is held in monarchical Portugal, it portends something ominous. The finances appear to bo in a most wretched state. The Mexican Ilace. There has been nothing, during the progress of tho present war that has cti:sed to much surprise, or occasioned such frequent remark, as the revolutions and counter-revolutions at the city of Mexico. Three or four diDerent governments have succeeded each other in the short epace of eighteen months. To day Farias is in power, as yesterday Paredes was, and before him Herrera. In one hour a successful conspirator rises to be the first man in the republic, in another he falls to obscurity, perbaps to a prison or to death. The spectacle reminds one of the shifting scenes at a theatre, of the incidents of eastern tale, where, by the same turn of the wheel, tho camel-driver rises to & monarch, and the sultan sinks to a slave. We cannot understand this seemingly puzzling condition of things, without looking a little more closely at the Mexican character than has been usual heretofore. It seems almost incredible to an Anglo Saxon mind, that any people could be engaged in privata broils while an enemy was thundering at her gates. But here is the solution of the mystery. The Americans and the Mexicans came of two different races. The one, from the hour when it first made its appearance on the stage of history and assumed the position, which the Romans had loet by intermarriage and the consequent decay of their stock, up to the present hour, has been distinguished for indomitable courage, fur great perseverance, for an unquenchable love of country; tho other has inherited, with its Arab blood, tho wild and turbulent spirit, conjoined with the vindictive hatred of tho lehmaelites. For the Mexican race we speak now of the Spanish portion of it, and not of the Indian is strongly tinged with the blood of the desert. Little doubt now exists that the original inhabitants of Spain, or Lusitania, as it was called by the Romans, was, at the time of its conquest by the latter, settled by a peoplo of Moorish descent. We know tliat it has been extensively colonized by the Carthagenians, and, before that event, it is probable, from its contiguity to Africa, that it had been occupied by tbo Arabs ; at any rate, all that we know of the habit and character of its population favors the idea that the Lusitaniana were, in reality, Moors, or, at least, belonged to tho same great family. The invasion of the Goths, on tho decline of the Roman Empire, did not change the character of this population ; indeed invasions never do, unless extermination follows; the masters may bo different, but the body of the people continue the same ; witness Ireland under the Anglo-Saxon, England under the Norman, and Mexico under tbe Spanish conquests. Hence, with various admixtures of Roman, Gothic and other blood, the greater part of tbe population of Spam, especially in the Southern provinces, were of Arab blood. The subsequent invasian of the Moors added new infusions and tended to restore the common stock. We state a plain physiological fact, easily capable of being disproved if untrue, when we say that the Spanish conquerors, and especially the immigrant who followed after thetn, had more Arab than any other kind of blood in their composition, and inherited a large portion of the qualities peculiar to that great branch of the human family. For there is more in race than is ordinarily supposed. All history proves that certain inherent characteristics pertain to different cations, that these characteristics exist independent of circumstances, and indeed in defiance of them, and that moreover they are transmissible from generation to generation, exactly like physical qualities, are transmissible in animals of a leseer grade than man. The Tartar of to-day ia the same individual described by the Oriental writers thousands of years ago, and displays similar attributes whether roaming in the desert or seated on a conquered throne. The Greek of the nineteenth century differs less from the Greek of the time of Socrates than does the Romanic he now speaks from the pure Attic tongue of Pericles. The German, as described by Tacitus in the second century of the Christian era, is the exact counterpart of the German now, allowing for the difference of education and government. A Frenchman of pure blood under Louis Fhillippe might sit for the portrait of a Gaul, as drawn by the inimitable perj of Caesar in his Commentaries. The Highlander, who followed Charles Edwards to Preston Pans, charged it the very manner their ancestors did eighteen hundred years before. Mountains may change, continents alter, but races of men are always the same. As far back as we ban go in history we find the Celt, the Saxon, and the Arab, jnst as he remains to this day, and as fur forward as we can conjecture we are justified in supposing that they will still continue tho same. The Mexican race, we shall find, is true to its parentage. In it are displayed not only many of the poculfarities of the Arab physiognomy and frame, but most of the characteristics for which these sons of the desert have been celebrated since they first went forth, under Ishmael. Do wo want a name for perfidy ! ia Europe they call it Arab treachery, in America, Mexican deceit. Do we wish to peak of a nation divided against itself? Abroad, they cite theturbulency of the Bedoureens, here, the revolutions and counter-revolutions in Mexico. Do we desire to conjure up tho figure of a desperate marauder ! On the continent they refer to the plunderer of the desert, on tho other to the ranchero. The Arab will lie in wait for his prey, and ehoot him from behind a rock; the Mexican horseman lingers in the Chapparel and nets his unsuspecting enemy with a lasso. How different, in all respects, the Anglo-Saxon 1 lie ia for a fair, open, honorable fight; even in a street brawl he will not allow a man who is down to be struck. Indeed, the Anglo-Saxon and the Mexican are at the opposite poles of the human race. The one is frank and unsuspecting; the other deceitful and suspicious. The one succeeds best by downright force of character; the other by cunning, intrigue, and all the arts of chicanery. The. AngloSaxons always ga'.n their advantages by arms or honest purchase ; the Mexicans have the character in Europe, of being among the most subtle diplomat!'. ts In the world. The different characters of the two races may be seen in the despatches of the opposing leader in this war. Santa Anna is a boaster, Gen. Taylor modest; yet the former is the fugitive, the latter the victor. . m From time immemorial the Arab race, in all its various branches, has been celebrated for its intestine di8sentions. Rome, when Hannibal was at her gates, had but one common and heroic sentiment, and that was that each citizen must die for his country. But the Arabs under Caliphs, as well as the Moors in Grenada, quarreled with and murdered each other when their very town was under siege. There is no instance where an Anglo-Saxon people did this. The instant a foreign foe lands on their soil, their civil broils are forgotten, they unite for the common defence, and either repel the enemy, or die gloriously in the attempt. When Napoleon was about fo invade England, Whig and Tory forgot their differences, and presented one common front of Anglo-Saxon hearts against the threatened Gallic inroad. But in Mexico, even while our armies are close to the capita, the various factions wrangle and dispute, careless of the peril. And we prophecy they will do so to the end. It is ia their blood. They do but fulfil tho destiny of their race. Give them aa many constitutione as you please, call their chief executive a Fresidcnt, a General, or what you please, the Mexican race will still, true to its Arab stock, be wild and turbulent as a nation, deceitful and treacherous in the individual. Mexico, under tho government of this race, must al ways be accursed. Sisceritt. The tongue of sincerity is rooted in the hoart; hypocrisy and deceit have no place there.