Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1848 — Page 2

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BtlHl VICILAIICE l THL ftlCC Cf UltKTT. IXDIAXirOLIS, SEIT. 14, 1849. Our Terms. The following will hereafter be the permanent terms of Hie Weekly Indiana State Sentinel: (vpPayments to be made alway in advance. One copy, one vear, r'nn Three copies, one year, am five copies, one year, ; Ten copte. one year, in m Twenty copies, one year. -W-W (Published three lime a week during the session.) One copy, Three copies, $10.00 One corv during the session. 1-00 FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. SEKATOatAL. ROBERT DALE OWEN, of Poey Cootjtj. KBEN'EZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Elkhart county. DISTaiCT. 1. NATHANIEL ALBERTSON, of Harrison county. 2. CYRUS L. DUNHAM, of Washington county. 3. WILLIAM M. McCARTY, of Franklin county. 4. CHARLES H. TEST, of Wayne eoontjr. 5. JAMES R ITC HEY, of Johnson comity. 6. GEORGE W. CARR, of Lawrence cuunty. 7. JAMES M. HA NN A, of Hay county. 8. DANIET. MACK, of Tippecanoe conty. 9. GRAHAM N. FITCH, of Can wanty. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Gram county. Democratic State Central Committee. LIVINGSTON DUN LAP, DAVID REYNOLDS, JAMES P. DRAKE, . Ii BO. A. CHAPMAN, E. It. SUIMER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAYER. KOBERT DAL.E OWEN, Democratic Senatorial Elector, Will address the people on the subject of National Politics, at the following, titles and places: At Noblesville, on Thursday, September 14, 1549. At Anderson, on Friday, September 15, 1843. At Muncietown, on Saturelay, Septeuiber 16, 1818. At Winchester, on Monday, September 18, 1848. At Jay Court House, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1843. At Decatur, on Thursday, September 21, 1843. At Fort Wayne, on Saturday, September, 23, 1949. At Auburn, Monday, September 25. At Angola. Tuesday, September 26. At Lima, Wednesday, September 27. At Goshen, Friday, September 29. At Warsaw, Saturday, September SO. At Wabash, Monday, October 2. At Peru, Tuesday. October 3. At Logansport, Wednesday, October 4. At Delphi, Thursday, October Ä. At Lafayette, Friday, October C. At Frankfort, Saturday, October 7. At Crawford:vilIe, Monday, October 9. Ar Covington, Tuesday, October 10. At Rockville, Thursday, October 12. At Terre Haute, Friday, October 13. At Bowling Green, Saturday, October 14. (7- Wherever there is interval of a week day between any two appointments, as above, and the citizens see fit to call tigether an additional meeting' at some half-way point, on the intermediate day, Air. Owen will i&eet it. HONOR TO THE VOLUNTEERS. The great Democratic Festival, in honor of General Joseph Lane and the officers and soldiers from Indiana in the Mexican war has not been postponed on account of the appointment of General Lane as Governor of Oregon, but will take place at Indianapolis, on Wednesday the 4th of October next, a heretofore announced. General William O. Butler of Kentucky has been invited to attend the celebration, together with a number of other distinguished gentlemen from other Oiaies in wo um. . .t. ttr . The invitation is general, embracing every officer and Foldier from Indiana who participated in the Mexican war. With the co-operation of our fellow citizens in Central Indiana, surrounding Indianapolis, preparations will be made on a scale worthy of the occasion ; and distinguished speakers from our own aud other States will be present to address the vast multitude that will assemble to do honor to our citizen soldiery Indiana sent to the field during the Mexican war between six and seven thousand of her sons and we would be glad to see all of them present, who have survived the contest. We would not confine our invitation tottie citizens of our own State; but would be most happy to meet the citizens of the surrounding States who can make it convenient to attend. Arrangements will be made with the Railroad Company f-r passengers, at the reduced prices usual on such occasions, embracing the citizens from Onio and Kentucky who may be pleased to sttend. By order of the COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. 07-Tapers throughout the State and ia the West are requested to copy. Ex-G or. Letcher, or Kentucky. A sketch of what this gentleman said in his speech at the Court House, on Saturday last, appears in our columns today, but it comes far short of the severity with which this arrant old humbugger ehould be noticed. We wer at first inclined to the opinion that he was badly informed on the topics of which he spoke. His friends claim for him an intimate acquaintance with political affairs and the history of the country. This being the case, he cannot extricate himself from the charge we make against him. Let no man say we attack his person roughly. It is not true. He perverted history, asserted what is well known to be false, and shocked the public sense of truth by the most shamefully incorrect statements. This gives us a right to speak of him, and we feel authorized in doing it f 1 ITT II '.- 3 ? reeiv. v e coma excuse missiaiemcms ana inaccu racies in a public speech from a young man whose knowledge might be limited, and whose fancy would lead him astray, but in the case of such a person as Ex-Gov. Letcher, who has been the Chief Magistrate of a great State, and to whom people naturally look for an example, it is shameful it is more, it is disgusting! It gives one a poor opinion of human nature and of his race ! r- We learn that it has. been ascertained by the survey of the first section of the Indianapolis and Bcllefontame Kailrnad, from Indianapolis to renrtle ton, that 25 miles of the road can be run on a straight line, over remarkably favorable ground. The perma nent location of the road will bo made by the Engineer in Chief without delay, preparatory to the letting Now is the time for persons wishing to take stock to come up to the aid of this company in the construe tion of this great work. See notice of the letting in another column. The Great Tclesrrapb Stilt Decided. We learn by the Louisville papers of the 11th inst. that the prayer of Prof. 5. F. B. Morse for an imune rioa to prevent O'Rielly &. Co. from using a telegraph which is alleged to be an infringrnent of his (Morse's) pateet, ha been granted. The case no doubt will be appealed. Grawd "Masonic 'Hall or Indiana. The corner tone cf this extensive building will be laid, with aptrooriate cerementes, oa Wednesday the 2oth of Oc tober, next. We shall hsve something to say of this commendable enterprise as it progresses further towar dJ completion.

Gov. Letcher Hi ruin Speech Gen. Taylor's position A pathetic scene describedAn attempt 1 o humbug the Free Sollen Humbug; in abundance A talented you tiff man. Our city was honored (!) on"Saturday last by a visit from Ex-Governor Roheit p. Letcher, of Kentucky. The whigs succeeded in raiding an ar-'ience on that day, after having postponed the meeting from a previous day, and noised through the city aud country that the great gun of whiggery from Kentucky would be on hand. The Governor is a tolerab'y fair stump orator; but being rather old and somewhat fleshy, in commencing a speech he labors under some little difficulty to get under full headway, as he advances he becomes enthusiastic, deals in anecdotes and illustrations freely, in facts seldom, and in arguments never. In his illustrations he fancifully skims over the surface, presents only a birds-eye view of matters, and to arrest all investigation, he quickly follows with an anecdote which seldom fails to draw forth a horse Hugh from a portion of his audience. -The time has been when such politicians have succeeded to some extent, but that time has passed it is among the things that were and the herors who then fanned the flames and proclaimed that the time' fur reason had gone by are the only relics of these by-gone days; but they too seek to rise like th Phoenix from the ashes, snd revive the days of old as well as the humbugs that enabled them to flourish for a little season. The Governor commenced by asking why it was that an old man like himself one who bid retired to private life w)snjejpcted nothing and asked for nothing should take the field as a political speaker! He answered the question by saying it was "because he loved his country." 0, yes, he loved his country . dearly, and he would fain make his countrymen believe of him as did David when speaking of Jonathan, exclaiming thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." The Governor took occasion to say in another part of his speech that politicians always professed to have a great regard for the people, but that they often proved false to their professions. A yocog man, said the Governor, may profess to love that fair young lady, but have no regard for her at oil. This was a very apt illustration' but not less unfortunate for the speaker. He placed himself in a position similar to that of Haman of old who prepared a gallows to hang himself. With all his professed love for his country, the Governor denounced the war with Mexico, as an ; unnecessary and "unholy war" and as he pronounced these words a flash of indignation seemed to shoot through the audience; but the old coon had caught himself, and the public could see at once the aptness of his former illustration, and know just how far to value his dear love of country. The Governor alluded to the principles cf the two candidates. He asserted that Gen. Cass did not come out and avow his principles; but that Gen. Taylor had come out openly and manly and avowed his opinirms on all questions ! ! The audience could no longer preserve their gravity there was a general burst of laughter. But said the Governor, do you ask what Gen. Taylor's principles are! I will tell you : he is in favor of having the people rule ho will administer the Government according to the Constitution. Here the laughter became more intense, on hearing a repetition of the old stale declaration that had been in the mouth of every aspiring politician that scu?ht office since the formation of our Republic The Governor continued by saying that Gen. Taylor was frank, manly, and always ready to give his opinions on all questions. If the whigs swallowed this kind of humbug they were easily pleased ; but it was amusement to the democrats to hear such declarations come from the mouth of a mau, and it was a matter of serious inquiry with some whether the old coon was r.ot crazy. One little extract from Gen. Taylor's letter to Mr. MtConkey shows how much confidence can be placed in the broad declaration of the Governor that the old hero is so willing to define his po'sition. In this letter, Gen. Taylor says : In reply to your inquiries I have to inform you that I have laid it down as a principle, not to give my opinion upon, or prejudge in any way, the various questions of policy now at issue between the two political parties of the country, nor promise what I would or would not do, were I elected to the Presidency of the United States; and that in the cases presented in your letter, I regret to add I see no reason for departing from this principle." Here is Gen. Taylor's frankness. When called upon to give his opinions, he states in substance, that he has laid it down as a principle to conceal his opinions. But the Governor that loved his country so dearly was in great distress of mind, and had the hardihood to attempt to palm upon the audience that the country would be ruined if Gen. Taylor was not elected President. This is the old game that the Whigs have attempted to gull the public with so long that the more discreet of that party have become ashamed of it. The election of Jackson we were told would ruin the country, and the same has been

again and again reiterated in relation to other democratic candidates ; but our country has prospered under democratic rule and it will continue to prosper in spite of tha teachings of false prophets. There is but little danger of our country being ruined but if it ever should be ruined it will be as likely to fall in consequence of men getting into office with their political principles concealed ai from 'any other cause. But there is too much stability in the judgment of the people to warrant the belief that masked politicians can succeed in a country like ours. The Governor labored long and hard to find some fault with Gen. Cass for his conduct as Minister to France, but he could not point to a single official act of the General that was not in strict accordance with the interests cf our country. This part of his speech was made up principally of insinuations, and deserve not even a passing notice. However, the drift of his discourse went to show that Gen. Cass was a verv polite gentlemen while in France, and that he sometimes used a white handkerchief. But this is altogether a matter of taste. It strikes us that it is of very little importance whether a candidate for the Presidency wears a white handkerchief or rides a white horse. The Governor spoke of Gen. Scott taking away the troops of Gen. Taylor, and said that it was not the fault of Gen. Scott, but of the President. If he had turned to the correspondence of the War Department lie would there find that the President left the whole matter at the discretion of Gen. Scott. The Governor stated that when Gen. Taylor had concentrated his forces at Agua Nueva, he received an order from Gen. Scott to send him a large amount of his force, when he Taylor consented to let him take his troops. Here the Governor became quite pathetic and eloquent in describing the departure of the troops. He said as the troops passed Gen. Taylor's quarters tears trickled down the cheeks of. brave men the old Central gazed npon them as they passed and cried like a child. It wts indeed humiliating to hear a man who had filled the Executive Chair of a neighboring State attempt to palm such a fancy sketch upon the pul.ic, when ev.-ry one acquainted with the history of the war knew that he was describing scenes not warranted by facts. By a reference to tha War Correspondence, it will be seen that Gen. Scott wrote from Camargo to Gen. Butler on the 3d of January, 1947, ordering him to send the troops alluded to immediate ly, before delaying to communicate to Gen. Taylor, I who was then on his march for Victoria that Gen.

(Butler issued orders fur the march of- Gen. Worth's , division on the 6J1 of the same month that on the j9th, Gen. Worth writes to Gen. Scott and reports his division in motion. It will also be seen by referring

to a letter from Gen. Taylor dated 44 Cimp near Victoria, Jan. 15, 1347," that he knew nothing of the order until the 14lh of ihe some month, after the troops had passed Monterey on their way to the Rio Grande. Instead of passing Gen. Taylor's quar ters tb.cy did not pass within 2ÜU ini'.es of old Rough j and Ready. Gen. Taylor did not arrire at Saltiüo until some ti tie in February, nearly a month after Gen. Worth's division left that city. It will bo seen that the Governor's speech is spoiled by official correspondence. What a pity it is that Mexico did not have a telegraph so that tho old General could have spnt a few tear by lightning ! In the concluding part of his speech he endeavored. to catch the free soil vote. He stated that there were 15 free States and 15 slave-holding States, and that should the line be drawn in the U. S. Senate between the North and South, the vote would stand 30 to 30 a tie. But, said he, if Cass and Butler should be elected, Gen. Butler, being from a slave-holding State, would give the casting vote for the South ; but elect the Whig candidates, and Mr. Fillmore will give the casting vote for the North. The Governor did not pursue this question further he found that it was for the interest of his party in the North to stop at this point. He might have added according to the same parity of reasoning, that Gen. Taylor bting from the South would veto a measure of the Northern free soil parly. His whole speech was made up cf the same kind of humbuggery. In short, every position that lie as sumed was of such a character that by pursuing the point a little further would annihilate the conclusions he attempted to force upon his audience. The course of the Whig party is, to say to the South elect Taylor and your cherished institutions are safe and to the North elect the Whig nominees and Fillmore will give the casting vote for the North. The Southern Whig press has reiterated the sentiment that Gen. Taylor's interests, his feelings, are all with the South." The Governor could not conclude without igain telling the people that he loved his country, and that they must rally and save the country in this contest or it would be too late and tne days of the republic would be numbered. He did not want any odice, ho was too old but when he saw his counyy in a condition in which she was likely to suffer he was ready to lend his assistance. Yon have many good men, said the Governor, in your State let them take the field. Indeed, you have one very ta.pntnd-young man in your own community. I hope, said he, that he will do great service in this canvass and tLtat you will hear from him often. The Governor concluded, when the crowd scattered. If they have any more Whir speakers of the same sort in Kentucky, let them come over it is fun for the Democrats to hear them. fj-The whigs hereabouts lately made a great outcry about democratic papers and prominent demo cratic politicians deserting Gen. Caes in his own State. We knew at the time it was all untrue, and that the evidence f its falsity would quickly follow npon the heels of the statement. The only paper which changed front was a miserable little concern at Ann Arbor, and here is an explanation of the matter: Ann Arbor, July 30, 1348. "You will hare seen thit the True Democrat' has raised the Van Buren Mag. A word or two in relatiou to it. There were two democratic papers published here. One a fishy, uncertain, miserable concern, with only one or two hundred subscribers, called the 4 Truo Democrat. was abnnt to go down for the want of support, when it vru purchased by the Abolitionists, and anti-Taylor whigs, with one renegade from our ranks, and converted into a frce soil ' advocate. It is to be edited and conducted by a late whig member of the legislature, and will be the organ of the anti-Taylor whigs of the State, supporting the nominee of the Buffalo Convention. None of our friends who have voted with the party for the last five years are affected by the free soil, abolition humbug ;' while thousands of .whigs, hostile to Gen. Taylor, will take this opportunity to fly the track. You may set down Michigan as certain for 7,000 majority for her old Governor, the brave, gallant Old Volunteer, Gen. Ciss. He has elept in our log cabins, and we will place him in the White House. It is needless to sny that the whole outcry was over this one drop of comfort, and that Michigan, like all the other democratic States, is right side up. 7-St ate Elections this year take place as follows: Vermont, Tuesday, September 5. Maine, Monday, September 11. Georgia, Monday, October 2. Florida, Monday, October 2. Maryland, Wednesday, October 4. South Carolina, Monday, October O. Ohio, Tuesday, October 10. Pennsylvania, Tuesday, October 10. Michigan, Monday, November C. Mississippi, Monday, November 0. Louisiana, Monday, November G. Texas, Monday, November 6. New York, Tuesday, November 7. Massachusetts, Monday, November 13. Delaware, Tuesday, November 14. Those marked with a elect members of Congress as well as State officers. OCT The great Taylor demonstration at Fort Harrison, near Terre Haute, Ind., which has been advertised for the last three or four months past so extensively, came off on the 5th inst. It is represented as being rather a large meeting, probably 5 or 6,000 present judging from whig accounts. We notice among the speakers Hon. John II. Thompson, Secretary of State, and old Ewing of Knox ! The audience must have been vastly entertained by such speakers as these. Some of the others were not much better. It is stated on good authority that the Hon. J. N. Arnold, one of the Polk electors, has declared in favor of Rough and Ready." Bedford Herald. Indeed ! This is truly a remarkable piece of news. "One of the Polk electors! We were not aware that there had been any Polk electors in the field since 1944. He don't seem to be from any particular State either ! Perhaps he's like the boy's book which was only lost, a little kinder in the house, down sullar, in the barn, or round out doors sommers, I guess; prc'aps up garret, cr ahind the wood-pile." 0O""Oass is an old Federalists," say the whigs. 44 1 nominate Lewis Cass, Governor of the Territory of Michigan," said Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of American Independence. 'I nominate Lewis Cass, Governor of tha Territory of Michigan," said James Madison. " I nominate Lewis Cass Minister to France," paid Gen. Jackson, the man who whipt the Federalists at more places than the ballot-box. Will you believe these nld fathers of Democracy, or these hunters after spoils! B. G. Eenn2TT, Esq. has retired from the editorial chair of the La Grange Democrat, and Wm. Norton fills his place. John Tyler is said to be in favor of Cass and But ler. Glad of it. Richmond Palladium. Ob, Holloway, what n lie! The death of Capt. Marryatt, the celebrated English novelist, is announced in the English papers.

Can't Swallow Him. Gen. Taylor is a pill so bitter to the Gay whigs i. e. the rfaJSinvm Pure, those who profess to hae certain principles and advocate certain measures that many cf them cannot, and if .7 tmt swallow bin ioe know one such, just about here. Of this nutuber, some of them are men of prominence, some have filled stations of honor and Irtiet, aud some are editors of political journals. Of this latter class is the editor

of the Jouesboruugh Ei-l Ttunessve Whig who j rejects the pill with a disgust near akin to loa tiling; hear him: We doubt whether the election of General Tylor will overthrow the loco f wo party or not bring the government back to its old paths and restore the country to its wonted prosperity. And why are we filled with doubts of thi kind I Because tee hate no conldence in the man. He has now written sixteen tiuti-coii.mittal letters, in all of which he has made effort to define his. position. His last, written to Allison his brother in-hw goes more into detail than the other of the series, and was dtawn out pursuant to a plan concocted in Washington, as a last desperate effort to get him into a position to make him go down with the Philadelphia Convention. From the first to the last, he has been willing tu gull the whigs if he could, and hence the senseless slang that he 44 is a whig, but not an ultra one." "The Allison letter had scarcely made its appearance, until another full of gammon, bearing date two days earlier, addressed 10 a Richmond editor, came forth nullifying the effects of the former, and upsetting the results intended to be produced by it. We confess says the Whig that we areata loss to know which most to despise, the vanity and insolence 0 Gen. Taylor, or the creeping servility of a whig convention iliat'would nominate him after the publication of this letter. Were it not that the General iaa military man, instead of a civilian, his letters fro 10 first tu the last, would prove a subject of ridicule from Maine to the Golf of Mexico, and draw down upon him nothing but the contempt which any man deserves, who will resort to such hallow attcnipts to thrust himself, upon a party who dj not want bun and cannot confide iu him." 44 It has suffered itself to be dashed to peiccs by a man because he was believed to be available! The spirits of all true and noble whigs will flash fire at this imperious dictation. For one, wo will not humble our pride, principles and honor in the dust by failing into the suport of any such a man as Zachary -Taylor lias shown himself to be. AND IF WE HAD ANY ASSURANCE THAT TAYLOR WOULD DIE, as soon as he is elected, and Mr. Fillmore would take his place, we would support the ticket. As it is, WE WILL NOT.' Iowa Erect. From .the subjoined letter from our friends of the Dispatch, it will be seen that the Democrats of Iowa have both branches of the Legislature under their control. Iowa now occupies a proud position among the Democratic Slates of the Union, and is sure for two U. S. Senators. St. Louis Union. Dispatch Office, Keokuk, Iowa,) Sept. 4. IS 19. To the Editors of the Union Gents: By the stage driver from Fairtiehl, whofc statements may be relied upon with the fullest confidence, we learn that the election on Saturday last, 10 decide the tie for Senator from that county, resulted in the re-election of that staunch old Democrat, John Howell, by a majority of twenty-four votes. This result secures to Iowa both Houses of the Legislature, without the possibility of doubt, with all the trimmings to the Democracy Iowa has at length wiped out the foul stain, heretofore resting upon her, the funds of eastern corruptionists. in securing the vote of the Mormons having been thrown away. In haste, yours in Democratic ties, EDS. DISPATCH. Vermont Election. The returns indicate that Ihero will be no choice for Governor by the people The Legistaturc being largely whig, however, a whig Governor will of course be elected. Taylor in Massachusetts. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Massachusetts, says: ' I am told that in the city of Worcester, polling in an active canvass about 171H) votes of both parties, that over 1,000 voters are already pledged for free soil; Senator John Davis, ex-Governor Levi Lincoln, both resident there, to the contrary notwithstanding, they coing r Taylor, who will get two to three hun d red votes there; the usual whig vote being about 1200." From this it appears that nearly the entire free soil vote is taken from the whigs. Van Buren in Ohio. A gentleman who has re cently been over the whole couuty of Scioto, informs us, that of about J. thnt hs ascertained would go for Van Buren, some 65 were whigs. A much larger vote than this will be polled for Van Buren in the county, but we are confident the proportion will not be materially varied. Portsmouth Inquirer. A -most terrible Incident occurred in the river, on the 30th ult., in front of the city of Baltimore, which has - excited -considerable attention. A young lad, about 17 vears of aire, was swimming from a vessel -jn front of the city, when he was attacked by a shark He, however, gu loose from him, and his cries attracting the attention of some person on the wharf, they came to his relief; and on drawing him from the water, his left leg was found to have been cut to the bone by the teeth of a shark, both above and below his knee, and even an indentation of the teeth was made 011 the bone. The wound is an awful one, but he is under medical attention, and it is hoped that his leg will be saved. '' The Prospect in Louisiana. The Demvxrracy of Louisiana never were so unanimous, so enthusiastic. and conseouentlv so stron? as they are now. From 11 parts of the State we hear the most cheering ac counts. In a few days there is to be a grand barbecue in Pointe Coupee, where our friends are confident that Cass and Butler will have a majority of one hun dred votes. In the West, Taylor and Fillmore are nowhere. We have just seen letters from Bayou Robert, in Rapides, which state that our ticket will have a majority of at least sittl 111 that parish, tvery thing indicates the most triumphant and glorious termination of the campaign in those parts. In fact no one doubts that Louisiana will give a larger majority for Cass and Butler, than she ever gave at any previ ous election for President and Vice President. AT. O. Courier. - - - - -1 Take care! take care!! Col. Balie Peyton in his speech at the Court House on Thursday, states that Gen. Taylor had recently invested one hundred thousand dollars in negroes, and therefore could not be in favor of the Wilmot proviso. Phis startling declara tion from the "ercat available a curator ad hoc, pro duced decided symptoms of vertigo in the heads of some cf his whig hearers, inasmuch as the General had not long since denied the ,4soft impeachment," nnJ the whigs of the north are every day rallying their scattered forces under the war cry of the "Signal letter." We hope this fresh argument will not find its wr.y to tiic latitude for which this letter was intended. Bayou Sara (La.) Ledger, Avg. 26, 1S4S. A Strong Team. Messrs. C lquitt end McAllister, two of the most eloquent meu in the South, are the two electors at large for the democratic ticket in Georgia and both have taken the stump, and are cutting wide swaths through the Taylor ranks in that State. A friend writes us, that "Georgia is sure and no mistake for Cass and Butler." Push on the column ! John Jones. The world-renowned editor of John Tvler's Madisonian. has declared for Taylor. He rays Cabs is an abolitionist. Smart man is John Jones. A FAMILY divided TN ITSELF. Father and Son. Moses B. Corwin is the whig candidate for Congress in the Champaign district of Ohio, and his son, John A. Corwin, is the democratic candidate. . The New Orleans National, the great Southern or tan of the Taylor party, has ceased to exist. Its sub' scribers have been turned over te the Bulletin of that city. Batoa Rongc Adv.

COKIC ESP02VD Ei CC The Fort II;iirisou Meeting. Ttaae IIactx. Scpietab 6, 1343. Editors UdUns Statt StiUiiel: Gen tl cm ls: Vott id-. 1 unJoubtrdly awais thl the Wii f ti.i county held a mwtine at t!m pUcc iu iht menthol Jone Ian, for the puipoe of r-a(iig tcsla ior.i sod making ibe nerrisaiy pici-aiatinna picviou lo noMii'g what they term A G.et Kahuna! Jabilet" i" favor 1 Whiggery geneiallv, aud nioie paittcolaily in fiVur of Gen. Tayloi, trie Ftdeial nomine for the PreJeoey. The pot aelecied fur the celebration wat old Fort Harrwoo a fUct once reletuatrd a having been the ihratit f an irnpvriant actiou, but mie rrcetilly cekbialed at rwviog ben doeciatei by ibem Iu ibe aabuly puiposea of abuac of oar beat and most devoted putt K Tbe day fixed lor the assembling of the friends of lbs definier of Indiana cbivaliy at lat cams luund, aod vrih it I expected to behold one living, mviug ma f human beings uch au one at was pie-etited to the gie of Leouidat at at tha pass of Thermopylae! I at like Whi professions, when the boar of action arrives, you ) in vsiu fr their eonsumtnsiijn j juit o with tbi great National alreling when you come to look around you far the tens of iBoutnj that weia promb-ed lo have been present, to and behold tbey were not theie! They bad all vauished ! nch writ the impiesioni made upon my mind on the morning vf the fifth, after having taken a minute survey o( tbe I'edeial fjices in aud aiouud ibe grounds once devoted to Iba exercise of aims. , The whole crowd beirg a?embled, tbe signal for commencing operations was giveo by the fiiii g of a few iunds from a foai-poondrr, followed by the baisb and dieodant sound cf a bacd of muic, catling themselves The Salem Rough and Beady Brai Band,1 a name, jailing from Iheii music, that alinck me at being peculiarl appropiiale. I appioacbed the staod elected for the rpeake.r, felicitating myself upon heating some gieat s'a:enuo aJdrei 1 he meeting io a dignified and able manner: I exfected to hei the claima uf I heir candidate preseuted in a calm and dipasiunatc minrirr, upon the ground of piinripe bigh and elevated principle uch as should rhaacieiize the fceliogs and tables vf a liee and a great people. Here a.iu I was doomed to disappointment. I lookid op and beheld a tall, well-drrssed gemltman occupying the t-peakei' stand, evidently in a high täte if txcittmeutt had eiy rnuca the appeaiai.ee of a man that w iroutilt-d, with oicaiotial Cu of pjMiiodic cholic. I fuppund Le lud aii en fur the pmpoe of piocuiifig medical aid. but not he. I saw bitn thrust bi hand in bis vest pocket draw therefruin untethii.g in he ibape of a watcb, which I aftriwjid ascertained to be a quizzing glass, aud afiei taking a saieev of the crowd, announced ih (he most fii.kd arf elegantly fattidivu mia-Dt-r that apeakin was now ii order." Alter making this important rJedmtion in the most sppinttd Whig style, ibe gem It man with the glatt withdrew amid ibe ahouU of the multitude, stemingly inspired with the utm st feelings of emotion aud srlf-tatitaction. 1 looked again, and behfld the stand occupied by another aud ditfetetii luoking nunThis I understood wa tbe s;eaker. Who do you snppoxe it was ? Can you foim any idea I Well, I'll tell yooi it n no other but D.ck Thompson! 1 his was the disiinguihrd getitlt-tnaa vtho wi to entertain the meeting. He commenced by tellii.g the people thai as be had j'ist retained from Congress after a lai g and aiduous ekiu, .hat it would most piobably be expected f bint to give an account of bis stewardship. TbU he declined to io, upon the ground that be C"Uld do moie goid by speaking for Old Zck a vny wife conclusion, if be had fallowed it up. The whole beiden of hi speech was dnected against Mr. Potk'a admioutration, and reminding th m of Hie cauii o thai he had given them in '44, the pirdictions he had made, and bow they had been fulfilled. He laboied h.id tu establish his claimi as a prophet, but whether he succeeded in doing I cannot say. But thus much I do know, that 1,1 1,1 was always Uppermost, so much so that a gentleman standing by my side suggested that the Whig party hold a meeting aud pass a ies-.luii.m calling upon -the pexkrr fumih the silver goblet presented him by tbe Whigs of IMtimoic, to be

run up and niuulded into capital Is for the purpose of punting his kpeech. After the Conclusion of Mi. Thorrptii speech, Ex-Gov. Letcher of Ky was called for. He itsponded to the call, aud like all other wbig speeches I have bcaid duiing this caitvass, it was entirely devoted to the eulogizing of Gen. Tay lor a military caieer, aud w holesale a! ue of Mr. Cass. This

I consider wit course for the r-iiy to pursue iu the ab- lit u j .1 a r .ene. of a plalform whe.cot, to .land 'and do battle. I mav ! J Inforrnation has reached the government that Parasuit the leaders of tbe whig party, but it will never suit the I des bad taken reluge among the ind.ans in Sierra intelligent, hard-w ikiog masse?, who go to the polls and j Gorda. He is denounced by the Monitor as now trycast their votes ftom piiuciple bo ate prompted alone by iuv lo raise up a war of cartes. a . r . . a . . . .

- - ----- These two gentlemen weie the pnnripal speakers at this great National Convention that has been so long and boast0. o. cuumry.ana on me pan 01 inose 101 wnom tiiey vote.

ingly talked of. The others weie what aie geneially term- a ed the "small fry,- such for instance as Henry S. Lane, U. Important Decision. The Law Journal for July F.Lmdci of Illinois, and other of a limilar stupe aud cali- contains au eloquent opinion by Judge Lewis, delivrTh most amusing thing that came eff during the me,tiug ! ercd l ,he Junc T,rm of Cniunu Pitas Court at Lanwere the speeches of Capt. Rounseau and Capt. Uaborn. These ; cistor, on a case where a certain man devised to his two worthies bciug loudly and vocifcioncly called for.moun- ! widow nil his property, 'proiilrJ the remain a widtcd the rostrum aud claimed the undivided attention of the ! eiw durin" her l.fot but in eise she should marrv

audict ce upon the ground that Ihey were the t eat heroes of Iluena Vutat ergo, tbey must be beard. They sustained Gen. Taylor iu bispoit of that actio., and iu bis etiictuies upon Ibe conduct of tbe Indiana Regiments upon the field of battle, and labnrc d haid to throw the odium of having disgraced the state upon Gen. Lsne. They heaped tbe most oppiobious epithets upon him, deni-.nced the biave old Geneial as a liar, Le. and expresed the utmost dipjfiiion to meet with him in order that they night tell him so face to face. Now, airs, I was forcibly leminded of a scene in Bombastes Koiioso. I only wauled lo te the Old Hero make his appearance in oider that they might be gratified. But whiggery vi!l expose itself if let alone, and they bad not proceeded far before tbey " let tbe cat out of the bag." I soon taw that all their halted of Gen. Lane aio-e from the fact that their names were not mentioned in the General' Report. N-w, most men occupying the poitiou they do, (foi tbey acknowledged they did tun,) would be quiet, and would like to have as little aaid as possible. But some men aie so fand of seeing their names io the public prints, that ibry are indifferent as to tbe manner, whether it reflect honor or dishonor, and I judge these two gentlemen c.-me under that head. Tbc.e weie the concluding speeches on the occasion, aud I must say I think the De-uuciats weie the gainers by the Convention ; I judge fiom my t wo feelings, aod the opinions I heard expieed After ihe meeting adjourned I ie'ired to sleep about as wire as to their pi incite aod the policy they iL tended to pursue in cae ihey succeeded, as 1 wa in tbe morning when I first visited tht ground. After carefully deliberating upon tbe events and occunence of the day, I involuntaiialjr exclaimed lo myself, ' and this is vthiggery." A LOOK LR ON IN VEN1CÜ. "Catching a Tartar." The whigs of Mobile, Ala., lately invited the Hon.S. S Prentiss, the famous Southern t rator, to come up to their iielp against Cass and Butler !" He accepted ; and what fi llowed is related in the following extract of a letter from a Deineicrat who was present. " After passing a high and well merited euloyy on old Zack, he touched upon Gm. Cass and Gen. liutler men, he said, distinguished above the ordinary level, and an honor to anv vartu. Gen. Cash, he said, he j ' 1 knew personally as a man of sterling worth, and possessed of those high moral qualities andqualifi-i linns tlmt ct.mn tlio irpiitlnm-n ,nrt t.-lw.1i r f..r vwtiviia . aar luv uviiiiv uiw aw w a ai mn, u'ii . 1 . . his early daring iu defence of ihe rights of his country, and the recent proud stand he took in reference to the Quintuple Treaty, while Minister at the Court of St. Cloud, he admired the man and the patriot. The whigs looked dumb-founded, and reasoned among themselves whether or not they had been bit iu sending to New Orleans fur Prentiss. However, he continued. For this reason said Prentiss, I could wish in ray heart that Gen. Ciss was a whig. He "then touched upon Butler: and here is a mau, said he, that 1 love with my whole heart a nobler spirit, or one of loAier daring lives not (and here you might have heard the democrats scream and hurrah for miles) but he could not help regretting most bitterly that he should have to vote against l.im ; that if Gen. Bullet was only on the ticket with Taylor, he would labor night and day to elevate him ; he didn't care if he was a democrat. On the wh'de, I thought his speech would do ; ai3 if the whigs were satisfied with it, I'll swear the democrats were." The whigs are in a predicament about H. A. Wise. They say that in 1837 Mr Wise, on oath, testified that he believed ! Gen. Cass speculated in public lands while secretary of war, made exorbitant allowances to favorites, SLc. Mr. Wise was then a whig, and believed " whig slanders. Mr. Wise is now a democrat, a Cass and Butler candidate for elector in Virginia, and gives the strongest possible assurance that he dow nol now believe" the whig slanders of 1i$I7 against Gen. Cass, which fell to the ground. The whigs, in reviving their s:ale falsehoods, revive the memory of their own shame, and give Mr. Wise nn opportunity to testify to the baseness of the wbiggery with which he was ia communion. Gen. Cass and the Volunteers. ThetoAf- adjutant general, Gen. Jones, thus writes in regard to the charge against Gen. Csss, relative to the volunteer clothing bill : . "It is certainly unjust to attribute to Gen. Co any agency in construing the last act of Congress in any woy prejudicial to the volunteers, and I may add, I well know that his view are always liberal, and that he would be the? last to advocate any measure Which had for its object the reduction of their pay and allowances. " R. JONES, Adjutant General." Tbe ''Tatlok Club" at Lansing, Mich., has resolved to support Martin Van Buhen and Chas F. Adams. A resolution was passed to that effect by the club, on the night of the receipt of the Buffalo nominations. The Old English Whig, published at Attica, N. V., has hauled down the oamcs of Taylor and Fillmore, and run up those of Van Buren and Adams. The Western R sserve Chronicle (Whig,) announces its intcntiou to support (he Buffalo nominations.

roi:ciG kcw. Seven d;?y$ later front Europe Arrival cf tht McuttiMiip tliiei m:. Ship lurnfd al 6n One hundred lirts lti IrUh grail crops (Jhu lil muitiimi ditctrrd Contiimlnl Nncs Pactfc N outbreak in Paris Neics fi vm Ireland. PosTo. Sept. fcHh, 2 P. M. The Royal Mail Steamer llibcrnia has arnrd, bringing seven day's lat-r news Irooi all parts of Europe, having sailed on the 25th ultThe news is important. Corn had advanced at London to 3035 per qr. Corn Meal 16al7a Gd per bbl. American Flour 31a 6da35. The Irish grain crops will be b low an average yield. The ship Ocean Monarch, fror Literal to Boston, was destroyed by fire 8 miles from Greaiarms-head. She bad os board 3DÖ persons, of whom 150 perished. Several vessel wer in sight when the re occurred. Mr. Littledale's Yatch bore down, but the wind blowing too bard, tbe life boat was lowered, which saved 17 souis. The Brazilian frigate Alphonzo, on a pleasure excursion, commanded by the Marquis of Liaboa, with thj Prince de Joinville and Auuiale and wives, and large companies of nobility, ala hove in sight and lowered all the boats on board. The Prince da Joinville particularly was very aar-diioua, and the company succeeded in saving 150 live, and fxO were saved by Iber vesnels. The Continental news is generally pacific. Additional fo reis 11 news ltcporteri Re volutioti in Itussi.stl Bostok, Spt. 8ih, 6 P. M. The latest foreign papers contain a report of a rumored revolution in Russia. Advices from Crucian state that it broke out simultaneously in 1'eteraburgli and Warsaw. This statement was confirmed by travellers. The Emperor fled to Conct-itidl, and a provisional government was established at Pelerburgli. The Cholera was raging horribly in Austria.

From the X. O. Delia, Aug. 27. Later fkum Mexico. The ichooner Jane Elizibelh, Capt. Filkins, arrived hore yesterday from Vera Cruz, the 17th, bringing us files of Fll Aren-Iris o the day if her departure. N ews froui the inter inr announces the gradual subsidence the elc:nenl of disorder, which xveitrl!cJ into Puch active operation during the late l.uti!i!ie, into the wholesome regularity of pence and tranquility. The public bodies are introducing ameliora! ions everywhere, under the industrious administration o.' Herrcra. The Monitor Kepnblicano announces that an official notice was lately published iu the Guatemala Gazet, giving an account T a triumph achieved over the Indian insurrectionists iu Gavia. The same periodical, in speaking of late events in'Chisprs, states that more is to be feared f r- m the collision of parties in that State, than in the war cf castes. Intelligence has readied the Capital of the final evacuation of the city of Ctiihimhua by the American troops. It took place en the 13ih ult. . A remarkable mortality has lately prevailed among the c-'tc of sciety in Mexico; no less than five centrals have deceased, among whom is Gen. Don Gabriel Valencia. Tranquility will soon be re-established in Mazatlati. Gen. Annaya has united under his command a sufficient firce to crush the insurgents instantly. The ffiicial or an at Monterey announces that a party of Americans from Laredo, hd cmmiitod several robberies and murders in the Siate of New Leon. They had obtained a bo-My ef gl 11,000, in .sacking the The Senate had ei.Mended its sit: nrrs for a vh h. x ucimic 1 1 j 10 consequence f a wa ut 01 a quorum. j j,, my wij, ls she eI,aI1 J,ave Uie premies," &x. rr; i t - : i . t . 'ldü,W- marrtej a-am. suit was brought by oiher heirs of ihe husband to recover the property. Judge Lewis decided that "the condition in restraint of marriage is void, andhe second marriage of the widow des not divest her estate" "the principles of morality the policy of the nation the doctrines of the common law the law of nature aud law of God, unite in condemning ss void the couu'.iioii attempted to be imposed by this testator upon his widow." The Quintuple Treaty G en. Jackson. General Jackson in his letter to General Cass, congratulating him upon the success of his efforts in defeating the quintuple alliance, said : . " Had Great Britain obtained the sanction of Franco to this treaty, (with llu late disgraceful treaty at Washington so disreputable to our national character and injurious to our national safety) then indeed we might have hung otir harp upon the willows, and resigned our national independence. TO YOU toe are indebted for the shirhl Ihruien rrr us from Out impending danger tehich the ratification of tht quintupletreaty by France icuAf have bi ought upon vs." A Coixcidknxe. U is a striking eoin-.-idnce, and one illustrative of the spirit r,f the ac, well as of the strong feelings of fraternity which bind Friuce and our country together, that at the aue time that our country wss conforrinjr upon Mr. Vettemarethe appointment of the United rotates agent in Paris fr international exchange, the French Government selected Major Poussin, an American citizen, and fr fi.tet.n years an officer in our service, and still bearing an American title of military rank, as its diplomatic representative near our government. The Indiana Journal (Whig) says of the returns i from that Stute "tliev come in alowlvanri uitceF. a ------ - j j I .a at r a V . .a t- mm tainly, and on the wnoie, utiliivoraDie to nie wings. It consoles itself under it- defeat by saying, it never expected In succeed in Indiana at that election. But it and its friends claimed Hoosierdom as certain for the man who libelled the volunteers. The crowing of Ihe whigs always happens, however, before election. The democrats da their crowing afterwards. St. Louis Unüm. It is no credit to a man to he a Democrat when every thing goes smoothly, and the party is universally triumphant. It is when there U a conflict with the enemy ; when there are those that a-e falteriug, that men's true character their real stamina is known. In the approaching canva-s, men's characters will be put to the test, and it will be for men la pause before they ali.nato themselves from the old Democratic party. Chicago Democrat. . .. . . . , - Change in the law of Evidence in New York.' The Western Law Journal remarks, that on the 1st July the new provision of the law of evidence took effect in New York, whereby 'no person offered as a witness shall be excluded by reason of his interest in the event of the action." All discussion of the point of interest is precluded and the credibility lefi. to the jury. Miss Julia Ann Van Doojer, of Racine, Wis., was engaged to be married. The wedding dress was already made, and just before the day arrived, her lover left, without giviutf any reason, aud went East, Miss Van D'jozer was soon afterwards taken ill, and died, requesting on her death-bed that she might be buried in her wedding dress. The Taylor men at the East represent Gen. Taylor as a free soil man, while at the South he is looked upon as friendly to the peculiar institution." This we suppose is unadulterated Taylor wbiggery, suitable for the candidate of " the whole people and not of a party." Lou. Dem. ANOTIIEU REBEL. The Western Star, published at Elkhorn, Wis., and which is one of the stauncheft and most reliable whig papers in Wisconsiu, has hauled down Ihe Taylor banner and come out in favm of the nominee of the Buffalo Convention. Detroit Frt Press. Methodist Ehscopai. Chuech South. The statistical reports of this denomination show the number of members tobe as follows: white 334.659; colonel, 127, 210 total. 40J,Ul0; and the nurnl-er of ministers, itiuerant, 1.4C0 ; local. 3,14:3 total 4,543. A YocNa Fri.oN. One of the charges specified in the indictment against the Felon newjaper, is a song written by a sou of Juhu Mitchell, ten years cf ag!

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