Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1848 — Page 2

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KTCtJIAL VIOILARCK IS THE fllCC OF LISMTT. IXDIAWArOLIS, SClTMt 31. 1848. Our TtTms. The following will hereafter be the permanent term or the Weekly Indiana State Sentinel: $X Payments to be made always in advance. One copy, one vear, Three cop;es, one year, ...... 500 8.00 r ive epics, ore year, Ti'.'i upli.'s, one year,. ........ Twenty c pi-?s, one ys-ar, 15.CC tfJ.OO Semi-Weekly (Published three times a week during the session.) One copy........ 4.00 Three copies, $10.00 One copy durin? th iwgion. 1.00 FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. GEN. WE O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. PRESIUCIHTIAL ELECTORS. SEHATOBlAU ROBERT DALE OWfcN, of Pussy County. EBENEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Elkbirt coaoty. Dirrsicr. 1. NATHANIEL A LD ERTHON, of Harrison eouDljr. 2. CYRUS L. DUNHAM, of Washington county. 3. WILLIAM M. McCARTY, of Franklin county. 4. CHARLES II. TEST, of Wayne county. 6. JAMES RITCHEY, of Johnon county. 6. GEORGE W. CARR, of Liwietice ruunty. 7. JAMES M. HANN A, of Clay county. 5. DANIEL MACE, of Tippecanoe county. 9. GRAHAM N. FltCH, of Cats county. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Grant county. Change of Appointments. Hon. Robe kt Dalx Owe writes us under date of Muncie, Sejt. 16, 1949, that he has had to change eight of Lis appointments, in order to meet an invitation from Grant county. They rill now read thus' At Wabash, Monday, October 2. At Marion. Tuesday, October 3. At Peru, Wednesday, October 4. At Logaesport, Thursday, Oct. 5. At Delphi, Friday, October G. At Lafayette, Saturday, Oct. 7. At Frankfurt, Monday, Oct. 0. At Crawfordsvüle, Tuesday, Oct. 10. At Covington, Wednesday, Oct. 11. The balance will remain as heretofore noticed. Our cotcmporaries will please notice the change. KÖDERT DALE OWEN, Democratic Senatorial Elector, Wit! address the people on the subject of National Politics, at the following times and places: At Fort Wayne, on Saturday, September, 23, 1848. At Auburn, Monday, September 25. At Angola. Tuesday, September 2G. At Lima, Wednesday, September 27. At Goshen, Friday, September 29. At Warsaw, Saturday, September 30. At Rockville, Thursday, Ociober 12. At Terre Haute, Friday, October 13. At Bowling Green, Saturday, October 14. At Spencer, ou Monday October 16. At Blootnington, on Tuesday, October 17. At Nashville, on Wednesday, October 18. At Franklin, on Thursday, October 19. At Columbus, on Friday, October 20. At Prownstown, on Saturday, October 21. OCT Wherever there is interval of a week day between any two appointments, as above, and the citizens see fit to call together an additional meeting at some half-way point, on the intermediate day, Mr. Owen will ineet it. DR. I1ITCIIEY, Democratic candidate for Elector, will adJiess as many of his fellow citizens of Marion county as may be able to attend at the following times and places. At Judge Wright's, in Pike township, on Thursday, September 21. At Esq. Morrow's, in Wayne township, on Friday, September 22. At Dem L- M'Farltind's, in Decatur township, on Saturday, September 23. Speaking to commence at 1 o'clock P. M. on each day. A general aitendance is desired. To Correspondents. J. P. t Co Iambus. Youra wis received during our absence, which will aceou&t for the delay. You had bettet hereafter lend direct to Sm k Co., who are always prompt ia answering such order. Mioy communication! its on hand, which will be answered by aaail at the earliest opportunity. TUIIN OUT! TUUX OUT! There will be a Democratic Meeting to-night at the Court House. Let there be a good attendance. It is expected that there will be a Democratic Club formed, to assist at the Democratic Festival in honor of the Volunteers and other matters of importance transacted. Remember to-night, at the Court House. A number of Democratic speakers will be present. The whiga are trying to more. Let us not be caught napping. " Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty. The Committee having the Democratic Festival in charge, in honor of the Volunteers, is invited to be present. MANY DEMOCRATS. OOOur friends must have a Jittle patience with us for a few weeks. Such has been the crow d of work, and the de-nand upon our advertising columns, that we have been compelled to visit Cincinnati for extra force, and in a measure to curtail our usual variety of reading matter. This, while profitable to us, is no doubt perplexing to our readers ; but we will obviate the difficulty soon, so as to give more attention to the paper. To assist in this, we hope all indebted to the office will endeavor to settle their accounts without being called upon personally. Fair notice has been given, and we hope there will be no holding back. A (food beginning: Tor the Free Barbecue, In honor of the Volunteers! One of the bachelor members on the genersl committee for tho Free Barbecue, backed by the Democratic Ladies of Indianapolis, we understand, will be ready on the 4th of October with FIFTEEM HUNDRED PIES, for the occasion. This is a good beginning, when the Ladies take a thing in hand, particularly to honor the brave defenders of tl cir country, there is no such word as fail. We Ik now our fair friends in the country will not be behind those of the city with other fixens. Many of them sent their sons to the battlo field, and will now be proud to do them honor. The Ladies are particularly invited and are expected to attend tbe Festival. Vote tor Presides! on Steamer General Worth. R. W. Lyons Esq., of Covington, Ind., informs us that on Frldsy last as he came on the above boat, the vote was taken for President, which resulted 31 for Cass, Taylor 19, Van Buren 1 and Clay 1. Heretofore tho whiga have always claimed elections, in advance, by takiDg votes on steamboats, but cow it seems tl.at old Zack falls far behind even on steamboats when this is tbe case, what will be tbe result amongst the toiling millions ! Railkoad Acctdeht. For the first time under the present superintendence of the M. & I. Railroad, so far as we know, a triflin? accident occurred on Saturday last; a locomotive running partially ofT the track, which detained the up-train several hours. Not a particle of damage was done to the engine, ears, or road. Robert's Chatel, Ikdiawapolis. Rev. G. M. Riswick has been appointed by the North Indiana Conference to this charge, and Rev. S. T. Gillet, appointed the presiding Elder o( the Centreville Dis trict.

The TThlg Tress and Gcu. Lane The noble and chivalrous Lane is nw far on his road to the distant field of his future labors, and as a consequence the whole pack of Taylor's hounds have been let looso upon him, and are now giving vent to the deadly malice which they dare not utter while he was here to defend himself! lie needs no defence, however, for he is unqueetionablf the first man in the hearts of the people of Indiana, even now sinco he is no more of us. How noble and disinterested are the last words which he addresved to Indiana : 'IIer reputation I shall never shrink from defending. The reputation of her brave troops wUm I know to be as valient ss any the world can produce, is as dear to me as my own." And yet, after all the pains which Gen. Lane has token to set the volunteers of the 2d regiment and of Indiana in their true light before the world, the wretches who control the whig presses of Indiana are coolly asserting that Gen. Lane and ixt Gen. Taylor is to blame fur her disgrace if she be disgraced ! Tbe State Journal of the 8th contained a scurrillous article in which it is said that "Gen. Joseph Lane has deliberately stated that which he knew to be untrue." Now every man who knows Gen. Lane knows that he is utterly i oca pa bio of doing any such thing. This was to be expected, however, for the recklessness of the Journal is well known. The Tippecanoe Journal, which neither supports Cass nor Tzylor, and which is therefore aa impartial judge, says of the Journal : "There is not a more unscrupulously dishonest paper in the Union, than the Indiana State Journal. Formerly Mr. Defreee did seem, now and then, to have some regard for truth and honesty ; now he stops at nothing, no matter how dishonest, mean, or contemptible." How much then can be believed of what appears editorially in that paper ! Just nothing at all. If the Journal will publish Gen. Lane's address to the public entire, we will rest the whole controversy upon that and the other evidence already before the country. Will the editor of the Journal have the fairness to do this 1 We shall see.

The Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. In our late trip over this road, we had an opportunity of examining personally the great improvements in progress, and the large amount accomplished in the past six months. The heavy T rail is being rapidly but firmly laid down, and in a manner not surpassed by any road in the country. New powerful eng'nes, and cirs which would put many at the east to shame, have been added and before spoken of. And the officers, from the President, to the humblest brakeman, ire gentlemen ; pleasing and accommodating, and such as we have seldom met with in tens of thousands of miles of railroad travelling. Constant attention is paid to every one, as well as to their other duties, by the officers, even to the passing to the passengers, at intervals, a cooling glass of fresh water. This to some may seem a small matter; but the traveller can appreciate such courtesies, and well knows their worth. From present appearances, the road will be laid with the heavy iron throughout before spring; and with the improvement at tbe "deep diggings" so called, it is bound to be as safe and gol a road as any in the country. We would speak of its benefits and profits, had we time and space. Bui those interested will find it in the official reports of the company, as well as in the weekly reports published in this paper. Suffice it to say, that we uuderstatid the stock to be thirty per cent, above par, and not to be had in quantities at that. Seccess to it, and its enterprising managers, we say. Madison and Cincinnati Steam Packets. We lately had a rid: on these two excellent steamers, the Wisconsin and Madison Belle, which run as regular packets between Madison and Cincinnati. They are commanded by the brothers Wright, than whom, two more accomplished or able commanders are not to be found. As careful and experienced, we may mention that neither hate had an accident occur to the boats under their charge. This is certainly a recommendation to the travelling public; and judging from lite extensive patronage they receive, is duly appreciated. The advantages of taking this line by all travellers over the M. and I. Railroad is obvious ; as all hotel and porter expenses are saved at Madison, and no time lust. Passengers coming north on the railroad are accommodated on board the boat near the depot without charge ; and those going in the opposite direction, lose not a moment's time. Our readers will do well to try this line. One Candid Whig. R. W. Thompson, M. C. from Indiana, on his way home, addressed a Taylor meeting at Zanesville. The Aurora gives the following as a portion of his remarks : "Mr. Thompson stated that Gen. Ca es had stood up manfully at all time, fur Harbor and River improvements. He stated further that General Cass was a gentleman for whom he had a high personal regard, and nothing could successfully be charged against his character; but that he, Thompson, dissented from Gen. Cass's political principles, and hence opposed him." It is refreshing occasionally to find an opponent who will admit the truth, and discarding the low meannesses of his party, do justice to the high, character of Gen. Cas, placing his opposition upon the ground of principle. Cin. Enq. We have never regarded Mr. Thompson as a very candid politician: in fact this is the first instance of his candor we remember to have heard of: and if it be really true, very well ! We put it upon record to his credit as a remarkable fact. O-The State Bank of Illinois has advertised all its valuable lots and lands situated in the city of Chicago and county of Cook, for sale at public auction, to take jl s co on the 9th day of October next, at Chicago, ray men t caubejnade for the same in the certificates os bills of tbe bank. The sale is to take place under the superintendence of Wm. II. Brown, Esq., the bank agent in that city. OThe anniversary of the battle of Monterey, September 21st, is to be observed by a State Maas Meeting at Dayton, Ohio. It is expected that a very large number will be in aitendance. Those of our own State having leisure and opportunity to go, will no doubt find it a profitable investment of time. The Washington Monument, in the city of Washington, is progressing finely -GO workmen are employed on it. The foundation, which is of blue roctr, said to be heavier and more durable than granite, will be even with the ground in about two weeks. This, we learn, is 86 feet in breadth at the bottom and 21 feet deep, extending seven feet below the surface of the earth. . The facings of the shaft (intended to be 500 feet in height and over 50 feet in diameter at llie base) will consist of heavy blocks of white marble. Public Debt or the United States. The amount of debt on the 4th of March, 1345, when the present administration came into power, was 3l7.7S3.799.62; of which there has been paid uff,$l,525.4&3.25, Leaving a balance due ol $10,327,559 37 The amount of debt contracted etnee that time, including the last loan, is 53,4o0,891 04 Making an aggregate of $75,779,450 41 It will be seen that the total amount of the war, instead of being over one hundred, is less than ixty millions. The Isst loan, which makes a part of this debt, is considered sufficient to pay up all arrearages, and meet contingent expenses. (rThe steamboat Mart Pbll will receive a notice in our next.

Letters from the Junior Editor. Nuoaba Falls, Sept. 7, 1513Deab Brother : Here I am, almost unexpectedly, at the thundering fills of Niagara, about which so much has been said, both in pro and poetry, but a correct idea of which, I have never yet seen portrayed, either in proee, poetry or paintiug. I am J i ap

pointed : but not as most unfashionable people are, at first sight, at the reality. I thou Id have been disa greeably disappointed " when I was young," but, my! ideality having been chastpnnd by experience, and rendered less heroic, by the fact, tl.at I feel tLat the green leave of youth are withering upon my dying uranme. my iisappomiment lias been, ss I antici - paled it would be. agrceah'e. I have nothing to regret, but that I have not you. and all our near and dear friend with me, to admire this grandest exbibilion ol the prowess and the beauty of Nature. Yet, would you believe it 1 right upou tbe Sable Rock, you are importuned for a ftp, to pay for the privilege of looking into a box of panoramic pictures, pulled up by a low string, which the exhibitor will assure you are cf much greater interest than the living picture eternally roaring its magnificence around you. They will invite you to view the falls, (on the Canada side,) through a miserable prism, hawked about by an unfortunate girl, while nature herself is making prism of all sizes and shapes, constantly, and with all the real beauties of the rainbow. How entirely is all the religion of nature and of Christ lust upon u. that such things can be! The poverty and misery of the social state, prostituted as it is, almost totally, to the "spirit of gain," is as wonderful to the contemplative mind, as even the roaring wonder of the world which is now within the compass of my sight and vision. Our passage across the Lake was rather rough, so that, of a large number of passengers, nearly all, men and women, were sick during the forenoon, hi the1 afternoon the water became smoother, and the passage was pleasant; but at night, the wind blew freshly, and again nearly all were sickened. I myself was a little nauseated, but stood it a little better than most of them. The Boat was the "Ohio," a second rate concern, running in connection with the railroads from Cincinnati to Sandusky. It would be well if the several companies would manage matters a little belter than they do. Buffalo was thronged with people attending the great State Agricultural Fair, and that was one chief reason why I came to the Falls, without stopping. Every hotel was jammed to overflowing. To-day was the last of the Fair, and hundreds are now crowding this place on their way home. At the Cataract" hotel, which is very large, there cannot have been much less than SOU arrivals to-day, ai.d all the other houses, of which there are several, I suppose are crowded. Hotel business seems to be the chief occupation here, and hack driving tho next. Every thing else, excepting the Fall:, sj far as 1 have6t-cu, is tinctured with humbug, all directed to the great end of making money. In the way of improvement, but very little has been done, and all that is on the American side. The amount of this is a manufactory or two. Excepting these, which give no great evidence of activity, all the other buildings about the Falls, are only indicative of dilapidation and humbug "curiosity 011008," the latter chiefly offering to the admiring gaze embroidered Indian mot-asm?, &.c. On the way here, I have seen a great many people

There were three large car loads of passengers on our cnd'd:Uej "L0 wiU beb,tt to e,utt members to iho ,. -1 i r t T , Iwo houses of Congress, get an augmentation of whig the raUrond from Cincinnati to the Lake. But from ! regtii, the whig majority in the House of Representsthe time I left home till I pot to the Lake. I did not! lives will he increased, and the locoforo majority in the ' s i r-si .

hear more than too persons talk about politics. Across the LAue, with iW passengers, I only heard the sub-, ject alluded to by two or three. From Buffalo to the Falls with an immense extra train, covered with pooiu wiiu pi.ople inside and upon the top of the cars, I heard one

man attempt to sing a Taylor song, who was laughci' laylor has b:en nominated fairly, aa far as I .... . , , , , , i know, and 1 cannot, therefore, and shall not oppose his at for his pains, and when another attempted to take . eeclion. At the same lime, there is no man who is more a vote, his proposition was received with such deris- 'firmly of opinion Unit such a nomination was not fit to bt

ion that he was glad to say no more, und back out of the attempt. Here, I have heard a Barnburner talk loudly for a few moments, but be soon g.t out of wind. The truth is, there is no excitement to be met willi thus whicl say tion. What little there may he, will be sure to operate to the detriment of the already very poor prospects of Taylor. m t i .i . ro-morrow morning I leave this piaee in con.pany with Mr. T tt. and lady of Indianapolis, and her sister, Mrs. B. of Cincinnati, who are on their way east. We had intended to proceed on from here by way of Lake Ontario, but find that a day may be! ... .n ., e lA ,,. , gaineu ana ome u mues o. canai travelling avoiaeu, Dy returning 10 jjumiio, ana tusing me ranroaa cireci to Troy. I can get but little opportunity tu write on the road, but will endeavor to send you a line from New York, if I think I can say any thing worth listening to. J. P. C. Albant, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1343. DtarBro: I reached this city last uiht, by way , . . , Z 1 v of Troy, and was s few minutes too late lor tho New York boat, having ben detained in Troy something like an hour. Travellers should keep tho direct route . r to Albany. It is bad enough at that. So far as the i ai7 are concerned, the road is a great deal better than it was a year ago ; the track too has been amended: but in many other respects there are evils which only competition can correct. The travel over this line, from Buffalo to Albany, is by thousands daily ; and there is no excuse for the blunders, mismanagement, and inconveniences that exist. It is not near so well managed as our own railroad. My baggage was left, through a blunder of those having charge of it, at Rochester. But by perseverance, I got it again at this city this morning. The telegraph did ma one good turn in this case, for which I give it credit. Ou the cars I met with Horace Greeley and Thürlow Weed, two of the most distinguished editors of this State, as you know, and sundry noted politicians, aa much talked about as most editors, but of much leas real consequence-. Greeley's personal appearance is almost as well known as his fame, and few would suppose him a remarkable man, unless they should sec him "with his hat oif." He has a head with brains in it, yet indicative of something erratic. He was ou his return from the copper regions, in which he is interested, unlike most editors, who deal chiefly in brass. I suppose he thinks copper mining to be quite as profitable, under present circumstances, as politics. He still says, perhaps jokingly, that he goes for Clay ! His altitude is indefinite, as an editor, certainly. Weed's personal appearance is indicative of that sound sense, and invariable shrewdness, for which he has so long beeu highly distinguished. I was struck by it, and contemplated his face with interest, before I had the pleasure of bing intnniuced to him by Greeley. I khould have been glad to have seen him again at Albany, but had not time. Along the road, I also fell in with Butts, the talented editor of the Rochester Republican. He is a zealous barnburner you know, and laughed when I told him that "we go in for Cass and Free Soil too " I have heard more talk shout politics in this State, than for three mouths at home or elsewhere. Parties here are all split up into fragments, and how or in what way they will reunite is a problem hard to

far, oa the questions of politic.-, over th-route cation from au esteemed correspondent, in which Uen. !r-ir n Ii. I

i I have travelled, and no man will undertake to: V 'J"" w lavorawy spoKen oi as a canui-

. ., ... dale for öecretary ol aiate. ine present secretary, that there will be any on the Presidential ques- cnns.,n. i,.,,1 lfi ,reBsurv.

I solve. The Ci-y whigs are making some demonstra

tion, as you will see by the papers, but what thy will effectuate, if any thing, I cannot tnw pretend to guex. The Cass democrats in this State, and all along, mo far as I have seen, are zealous and active. They don't mean to be beaten, if beaten at all, quietly. In this State, they know they hate work to do, and they will do if. I will endeavor to drop you a line or two from New York city, for which I shall leave at six o'clock r. M. A gentleman by the name of Hartwell, commission merchant of Cincinnati, died at Stanwix Hall, 1 (wiere st0p) last evening. He leaves a wife and y01ing children at Cincinnati. The sad news will be ; afHtctiu- to them. j "yours, affectionately, J. F. C. Dir. Webster's Marsh field Speech. We really wish we could make room for the whole of this extraordinary speech. Ho supports Taylor, but it it with much hesitation. The speech is cool, deliberate and cutting, and if the whig party does not smart uiJt the infliction, it is because they have already suffered so much self-degradation of late as to make them so callous that nothing can be added to their shame. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, a leading Taylor paper admits that "the speech of Mr. Webster has been read with regret by many of his brst friends. True, he assents to the nomination of Gen. Taylor, but it is given with such apparent reluctance, and with so many abatements, that silence would have been a kindness in the comparison." We give a few extracts below, and hope it will be reid by etery one. Gen. Taylor is far from being a fit person for President, according to Mr. Webster's own showing: u But the nomination of the candidate for the presiden-' ry by the whig convention in Philadelphia, ia not satisfactory to the whigs of Massachusetts : ihnt ia certain; and it would be idle lo attempt to conceal the lact. 4 However so much respectable and distinguished to the line of Iii own profession, or however so much estimable as a private citizen, General Taylor is a military min, and a military man merely. He has had no training in civil affairs. He has performed no lunctiona of a civil character under tin constitution of hit country. He has been knowu, and only known, by his brilliant achievements at the hi-.ad ol the army. Now the whigs of Massachusetts, and 1 among them, are of opinion that it was not wise nr discreet to go to the army for a selection of a candidate for the presidency of the United States. It is the firit instance in our history in which any man of a mere military character has been proposed (or thai high office. Washington had a great military, but by far a greater civil character. He had been employed in the councils ol Iiis country from the earliest dawn of the revolution; he hnd been in the Continental Congress; he had established a great character for wisdom and judgment in civil affairs. After the war, as you all know, he was elected a member of that convention which framed the constitution of the United Slates; and it was one of the most honorable tributes ever paid to him, that, by that assembly of great and wise men, he was selected to preside over their deliberations, and hnd his menu first attached to the constitution under which we live. President Harrison was a brave old soldier. and, at different periods of his life, rendered important! military services; out ne, tiMverineiess, ior tne mucn greater part of his life, was more employed in civil than ia military a flairs. For twenty years he was either governor of a Territory, member of Congress, or minister abroad ; and he discharged all the duties appertaining to those cilices to the satisfaction of the country. This cum, therefore the nomination of General Taylorstands by itself; without precedent and without justification from anything in our previous hi-lory. " Their reasoning was this : Gen. Ty hr is a whig, not eminent in rivil life, nor known in civil life, but still a mito of sound whig principles. Circumstances have given him reputation and the eclat of the country. As he ia tne wing candidate, lie will be chosen; and with him as j llrt i nat was tue view, ana mat ise or unwise, which governed a great portion of that assembly in Philadelphia. Now, gentlemen, in my opinion, this was unwise policy. It was not auitable to the whig character it was not recon- , . i -. , wittdom it wsa short-siffhted. and tem ' porting, on a great question of principle. " . ma4UFrom tt Rev Albany Democrat. Secretary of State Gen. D. Reynolds. It gives us pleasure to publish the following rommuuiha3 failed to perform his dui iea to the satisfaction of the public. While he has drawn more money from i the treasury than any of his predecessors, m the shape ' " extras, " his omcial dutiei have been most crcss- : . .,.-,, w. t!.t l.fW oillrers will b elected for their Qiuilxficalions, and not from mere sympathy, or because they happened to marry a good loan's widow. 3en. Reynolds is amply qualified for this station, and should h.j be tho choice of the democratic members t,f the legislature, and be elected, we warrant that the duties of the office will be efficiently and faithful ly discharged : GEN. REYNOLDS. An article from this officer in a late number of the State Sentinel, showing that the fourth Indiana regiment were : the first 10 plant their banner on the walls of Huamantla, j reminds me that he has never been paid one cent for his j heavy expenses and incessant labors in organizing the rourin ana nitn regiments ol Indiana volunteers in ic-i. Uen. Reynolds, under orders, was with the above regt Jeffer-onvilla and Madison, until U.ey embarked, J laboring day and night in ihe discharge of the various and complicated dutiea of Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant ueneral, becreiary of Slate, and Financial Agent, (and ,,a, ,00' wilh-oul eJll,er drk r. '.) nd. ,Pid . his expenses irum his own pocket. As Financial Agent, . he collected all ihe moneys advanced by the Governor, except about $200. while Michigan expended $15.000 in organizing one regiment ! But while everybody else have been liberally paid for their services, real or irusginary, in relation to the volunteers, the Legislature of Indiana has not rendered to him one cent of compensation. Gen. Reynolds' circumstances made it inconvenient to him lo ba thus deprived iiol lo say robbed of a just compensation for his services ; and I Consider the conduct of tho Legislature towards him, in this respect, as a blot 011 the character of the State. Gen. Reynolds is a self-made man. He supported himself at college entirely by his own exertions, until he obtained a sound, practical education; and when he left college he went on foot to the capital, to read law, and to AtCmy Ids expenses, until he could be admitted to the bar, taught classes in grammar, political economy, &c Afinr his admission to the bar of tbe supreme court, he succeeded (en. Wick as a full partner 111 the late firm of Wick &, Harbour; but the first lequisilion for volunteers having been mudu soon after this event, he withdrew from that partnership, which was lucrative and flattering to his hope, deeming his duties towards the volunteers sufficient for the time to engross his entire attention, and paramount to the accomplishment of any inure private gain. In 1Ö4G, at New Albany, he voluntarily performed the duties tif Secretary of Stale, in filling commissions, (or the accommodation of the volunteers; and last winter, one Alf in Blackledge, who hnd been an uuder-clerk of the Secretary of Stale, and who had not put his pen to a commission, was paid fur the same. In IS 17, el JefTerkonville and Madison, he performed the. same services for the fourth and fifth reeiments, and last winter tho Secretary ol Slate was paid $100 extra for his services in Ailing up commissions for the militia!, I, together with a large number of other citizens, were much gratified w ith the resolution of thanks passed by the volunteers, expressive of their sense of the services of General Reynolds, as well as the expression of the pre; and among other papers of the Indiana Journal, the leading Slate whig paper, in a number in November, I nut, which, in an article commendatory of the General, which I have not now room or time to quote, has the following significant remark . 11 He is a man who, horn his exertions, has rapidly riseu to usefulness and general public esteem." Gen. Reynolds has, for the convenience of the volunteers, wliil with them, performed the duties of Secretary of Stale, and others have been paid for his services. It will devolve upon the next Legislature to elect a new Secretary of State; and I put the question, whom, with a just regard for past services and qualifications, ought they to elect? We are assured from high sources that North Carolina will go for Gen. Taylor, by a majority of twelve or fifteen thousand at Itaxt. Lonistille Journal. That high source, must be the man in the Mann, w ho has been conferring with you as a brother lunatic Portsmouth Enquirer.

A IVliig leader 011 Taylor Admission flint l; "i doornail 1 certain, i 11 e vi table :iud dir.t rfiil Drfvaf." For the rs-Ht ial gratifies '.im of our neighbor of the Jioiriial, we in-rt tn-day, from the New York Tribune, the letter .f .Mm M. litt, to the officers of the meeting alluded to in the note he telegraphed, and which was read to the meet inc. Mr. Botts is a shrewd man a leading politician of

the whig school, and one of the principal betters of that party. In his letter, he states the home truth, that Gen. Taylor "is DOOMED TO CERTAIN. IN EVITABLE. AND DISGRACEFUL DEFEAT, and every man not vVj'uVu WwJsicstsee it." If this be not a "lixed fact" we know not what is. The letter of Mr. Botts is published by order of the Clay committee and its eeutiments are thus endorsed by them. We trust the Journal will publish it in full. From the New York Tribun. Letter from John Irl. Holls. Published by order of the Clay Committee. Richmond, Sept. G, '43. Mv Diar Sir: I received your letter yesletdsy,by which I was delighted lo hear cf the ft zed purpose not an Albany rljsh-in-the-pan of the determined friends of the whig cause, and ol whig principles to nominate Hen ry Clay ; for as mailers now stand, admitting Gen. Taylor to be a whig candidate, (which I utterly deny,) the party is doomed to certain, inevitable and disgraceful defeat, and every man not willfully blind must see it. ll was an inexcusable blunder to suppose that from a million and a quarter to a million and a hall of free, independent whig toiers could be wheedled into line at the word of command from some fi fly or sixty Washington politicians (moet of wbnin had scarcely shed their pin. feathers in politics) fr a candidate who had never filled a civil station, and who had not lor forty years, and perhaps in his life, given a vote ior man i-r measure ; without experience or knowledge of the practical operations of any one of the domestic questions about which we bad differed ; of 110 acquaintance with oar Civeigii relations; who bad said to the people, "You must lute ma oiryour own responsibility" "1 will not be the candidate of a party," nor "will 1 be the exponent of your party piim-i-ples,' nor Mook to the doctrines of your parly aa ihe rule ol my action ; and while he professed to shrink from no responsibility, steadily refused to give his opinion on any one question, except the pra-tical use of the Veto power; and declared his determination not te be governed by the action of the Convention, but would be a candidate no matter who might be nominated ; and in my judgement his name never should have been considered in that Con vention after he made that declaration. But this las obji ction, it was said, had been removed by the pledges made for him by Judge Saunders in behalf of the Louisiana delegation, which he subsequently adopt ed by n card written by Ins authority and published by Bailie Peyton, Bullelt, &c and this declaration was held up by the Taylor men and whig presses of the country as sutUQieut to reconcile all whigs to his election. I he rey ton "ward and his cordial acceptance ol the nomination had placed him upon the whig platform ; and just at the moment that manv of us had brought out minds to the conclusion to vote for hint, however reluctantly, lie writes another letter, in which he says he would have accepted the nomination from the Baltimore Convention on the same terms on which he accepted the Philadelphia uoro inalion! What becomes, then, of the Saunders pledge? hat becomes ol the reytn Uard f And 11 U be true that there were no terms expressed or implied in the Phil adelphia nomination that would he inconsistent with an acceptance ol llu democratic nomination at Baltimore, in what an attitude does it place the whig party, selecting as their candidate one who could with eaual nronrietv have become the candidate of their opponents? And if not true, in what a position does it place den. laylorf But what I desire to learn is this. If Gen. Taylor is not bound by the action of the Philadelphia Convention, who is? And if he is bound by their action, what rieht has he to lend ihe influence of his name In the defeat of Mr. Fillmore who was associated with him, by the same body of men,' by accepting a nomination with Gen. Butler, a locofoco, whose election he hereby assists in promoting. In short his whole course of conduct is insulting to the whig party, and especially to all those who participated in the proceedings at Philadelphia, and if they had anv whig spirit left in them thry would resent it. If it ia ascertained that the purpose of that convention was perveited from its oiinal legitimate objects of ascertaining aud giving expression to public sentiment; by smoothing 11 on the one hand, and manulrcluiing it on the other, or in other words, if it has been ascertained, (of which there is 110 doubt,) that the nomination was made through the intstrumenulity of politicians without the slightest reference to the public will, and that the interests of the parly are likely to be sacrificed by it; then I hold, that the error ought 10 be corrected by the people themselves, and I trust in God, the meeting you notify ine of, may put the ball in motion, that it may roll, and gather as it rolls, until the whig party shall have its eyes opened to its true condition, and writing is one man, on the only one who lives embalmed in tle hearts of his countrymen, we may command a triumph, that our real strength entitles as to achieve. 1 shall be iu New York very shortly. Yours, truly, in sreat haste, JOHN M. BOTTS. An Interesting Letter Chancellor Walworth, of New York, says the Pennylvanian, is well known throughout the nation as an upright citizen and able jurist. For some twenty years, he has been a prominent leader in the Temperance movement, which all will acknowledge to lie one of the most radical reforms of the day. His allusion to the exemplary moral character cf Gen. Cass is most appropriate. In this respect, the democratic nominee is a model to both young and old. The purity and integrity of Chancellor Walworth's character is widely known, and at a time w hen so much of vituperation and slander is pourd out on Gen. Cass, testimonials from euch a 6ourcc must have its weight with all sensible men. The present bitter canvass is an ordeal through which all statesmen must go but the truly meritorious come out strength ened by the trial, and in the renewed confidence of the people. Saratoga Spuing, July llih, 1813. Gentlemen I have just received yours of the 7th instant, inviting me to be present at, and to address a meeting to be held at the Park, on Tuesday next, for the purpose of ratifying the nomination of Mr. Van Buren for ihe Presidency, and of contributing to the iztensinn of Free Soil and the perpetuation of Free Labor. Although from my official situation for the list twenty-five years, I have been withdrawn from political strife, my sympathies have ever been with my old political friends, the democratic party of this Stale and of the Union. I therefore witnessed with deep regret, the division in that party in this State, which has finally resulted in a secession of a part of them from the residue of the democracy here, and from the entire party iu the other States ; a sccevüion too which embraces many who have been among my best and most devoted friends. But however much I respect those friends, I cannot consent to go.vilii them contrary to my own convictions of duty to the great democratic family of the whole United States. When I was applied to therefore in behalf of some of the most respectable delegations iu the State, and by thoe who were my personal friends, to allow my name to be used at L'tica. as a candidate in opposition to the nominee of the National Convention at Baltimore, I promptly and unequivocally declined. I alo stated to some f those who applied to me personallv, and by letters, to allow them the use of my name, that I had for many years been tfie personal as well as the political friend of Governor Cass, that having the highest respect for Lh most exemplary moral character, and knowing the unwavering support which he had always given to the principles in which I had been brought up, he was my first choice for the next Presidency; and that as he was the regular candidate of the democracy of the Union, I could not, under any circutnstaiices, cutiscut to oppose his electioti. I also stated to some i-f the geutlemeit who applied to me, that they weir knew 1 had always been oppoßcd to the agitation f the slavery question at the North, because it retarded the cause of freedom by paralyzing the efforts ol the. philanthropists at the South in favor of a gradual system of emancipation the only practicable mode of, relieving our brethren-of that portion of the Union and their posterity from the acknowledged evils of slavery. Entertaining these views, you will see that it is impossible for me to take a part in the meeting of Tuesday next. I am, gentlemen, with respect, yours, &.C. H. H. WALWORTH. To Jhn Cjchran, Eugcno Casserlej r and others, committee. The Hon. B-tlford Crown, of Virginia, whom the whigs claimed as a Taylor man, turns out like other democrats converted U Taylor, lie goes for Cass and Puller.

TIXrCiR 11MIIC !I)VS. I3.-.T... S, p. 12. V. M. Maine Election. We hive return, wh.cli fhow the following result : Cjnitieil uid roomy, sixteen t-wu heard from, as follow: K- r Governor Hamlm (-vhijj) Ü.S.77, Dana (dem.) 3,.r51; FesMMidi'ii (fre m.1) f,lC9. York rouniv. four towns returns as follow: Hamlin 797; Dana o.)4; F wud n 70. In the Cumberland district, fifteen towns heard from, the vol f r Congres stands Lincoln (hig) 2.837; Littltfield (dem.) 3,143, and Fes.cudn (free soil) 1.C39. These are all tbe returns I have thus far been able to obtain. From the above and other news frtm Maine we are inclined to believe that Dana (dem.) is elected Governor over both w higs and free-siiJers. Five dem

ocratic and two whig congressmen elected. MEnrnis, Sep. 10. In Arkansas Johnson has a majority of 4,037 five counties not reported. At New Orleaus 00 the 9th there were 12 deaths frra yellow feer. Death of Commniider McKenzie. IM tti tie Elect ion. .oniinnlloua. New Yokk, Sept. 15th, P. M. Commander McKenzie died suddenly yesterday at Sing Si ig. He wos internally injured by a fall from his horse a short time since, which undoubtedly was the caue f his sudden death. Tne democrats have carried the State of Maine ex cepting the third and fourth Congressional district which are whig. The whiirs of the Slate have nominated Hamilton Fish for Governor. The barnburner bate nominated J"hn A. D;x foi Governor and Seth M. Gath fr Lieut. Governor. The equinoctial storm at Philadelphia and Balti more is severe. Frum the 2f O. Picayune, Sept. 5. Xens Trout .Ucxico. The ship St. Louis, Cant. Hali-v, arrived here on Sunday from Vera Cruz, having sailed thence 011 the 21st ult. Our files from th city of Mexico, by this arrival, ci-ine down to Ihe 15th nit. The name of Sr. Ignacio M'-ra y Villamil was sent in to the Senate for Minister to the C States. The Senate having delayed ailing upon the nomination, that gentleman declined the ajsiiutment, and another was nominated in his place. His name is not given, but he was a niemU-r of tbe cabinet which negotiated the rtcent treaty. Letters from Tan; pico, published in papers of the capital, represent that city and mi t inn of the country as a prey to internal di.sciision, and that the only adequate remedy is the appointment rf some military man to the command 1hre who may obtain public confidence, and mediate between the people and military tyranny by which hitherto they have been -p-preesed. Tatnpico is said tu b p-rfectly defenceless not a single cannon there. It is said, too, that the American volunteers formerly stationed there are rapidly returning thither agreeably to prtxions orrangtvictd. The government i warned to dopatcli a force thither in treason to arret further '-annexation." One of the papers announces that the gorernment had taken the alarm, and is about to aid the royal inhabitants by fitatininr a competent force there. The Mexican papers lead us to believe the disaffection among the inhabitants of the country to be more exten-ive than we had hitherto supposed. Sr. Ortega lias brought frward in the Mexican Congress a proposition to allow every mau to forward letters by such cunvryance as he may chon.e and in short to do awsy with the moiiojady of the Post Department. It is opos.-d as an attack upon the revenue of the government. The Indian insurrection of the Sierra Gordo i not yet completely suppressed. Pa red es is among the insurgents. si the papers say. Sr. ValdivieUo has been appointed minister to Rome, in place of Sr. Montoya, now in Home. The appointment is complained of as unnecessary and involving useless expense. Those members of the disbanded St. Put rick coinpanics which were allowed lo go at large, are soliciting alms about the country, and nfieu not satisfied with these they insult those who have befriendtl them even lad.es. So the Mexican papers charirr. and tlu-y ndvie the government either to clear thrtn nut of ine country or lo furuuh them with some employment. We reed of continual robberies and thefts committed in the capital. The public rondi would scent to bo rather more secure than tiiey have hitherto been, though the Vera Cruz diligences wiih fifteen passengers was recently plundered by six scoundrels uear Rio Frio. There are a large number of American tenm-ters now iu the country. Two hundred entered Mexic one day w ith wagons loaded with gMd, principally cotton. TI1.5 military companies mad up in part f Mexicans and in prt of de--rter- from our army, do not work well together. The -sergeants speak English only, which the "greasors" eiittndr. They are to be organ. zed .ind sj.irnt l. A plan is kii fool iu .Mexico to ihtrodme an Italian open coinprtny. The design is to obtain a liberal subscript ion which uuy justify the manager f the National Thpatre in making the iieces-ary tngigi meuls. The prospect of Kticrens is flattering. The insurrection f Ma zu t lan has ben Mispressed. The leader cf it, Palacios Miranda, cm aped towards Durango. Four of his officers were taken prisoner. The object of the whole conspiracy was nitre plunder. ai;d the officers taken are likelv to swing fr V. Two foreigners named Carh Cipdeville and PJchar Mafcta have been arretted fr conspiring against the government. They are accused of tampering with the polite force, of which the deserters from our army form a part. The affair docs not yet eppnor to have been of any moment. Cngress i5 in p.eion and apparently attentive lo business. The general aspect f things in the uuntry is much more quiet than is wont. The papers are discussing various projpcls fr the im-irotemc-iit of the country. The cabinet 'f General Herren seems faithful and energetic, and the only cloud that appears to threaten the country is in the direction of Tampico, and that is treated with much less seriousness by the press of Mexico than we could have anticipated. Interesting Facts in War. John M. Scott, who delivered an oration in Philadelphia on the occasion cf the reception of the volunteers, institutes a compariii) between the amount slain in some of the Mexican bottles and the most desperately fought European engagements. At the f-reat battle of Ligny. blwa the French under Napoleon and the Prusians under Elucher, which was fought with the biitereit animosity on both sides, NapoU-on, who was the victor, lost from ten to eleven out of every hundred men, according to the English accounts. At Bnena Vista, the American loss was a fraction over fifteen out of every hundred. At the famous battle of Waterl.xi, upon the issue j of which depended the fortune of Napoleon, and where his star set in blood, the Anglo alt. red army, under the duke of Wellington, gained the victory, w itb & loss of killed, wounded and missing, of tweury-three out of every hundred. This was one of the most murderous baUlcs every fought. At 1 Molina del Rcy, the American force eng-ag was 3,251, and the Ioa in killed and wounded 709 eng-aged or nearly 26 in every hundred. These fads speak for themselves. "Something in It." Magnetism, from late accounts, says the St. Louis Reveille, is likely to soon play au important part iu determining the healthiness of the atmosphere. Oa the appearance of the cholera at Berlin, the telegraph wire refused to work, anJ the barometer fell from 80 to 30, in the space of a few hoirs. This led to a scientific investigation, when it was discovered that the magnets of the telegraph were affccled.by the atmosphere, whith it wag supjiosed had been rendered foul by the approach T the epidemic. This will account for the fact cf the magnets of our telegraphs oflen refusing to work when the air is befouled by impending storms affecting the equilibrium of electricity. It will Le easy Tor the scientific to determine with precision, by experiments, when the atmosphere 1 vicious, and what are the caus-s that make tt w. Experiments pet formed in close rnnnt. charged with foul air, will settle the matter, sud it i not impossible tl.at iiiagueliin will yet b the tet l wiru us of the approach of foul and iufrctious dUeaes.

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