Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1849 — Page 1

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IV ew Volumes. ; on ne-- volumes of the State Sentinel, viz: Volume? IX of tho Weekly, and Volume V of the Semiwe'll. It is usual among the fraternity, on entering new volumes, !o hold a social confab with their readers; and it too frequently is the case, that extraordinary promises are mails as to a fu'ure course, which are quite as freien ijyw;6t performed, if we have met the wishes- ?ur friends in the now nearly eleven years' that we have catered fur thetn and that without cne single ommUskm in the way of regular publication we are sali-(ied. That we have done s, a respectable list of natrons is some evidence. That we have picked all U nut to bo expected. But in endeavoring to do so, nt least so far as such an herculean task can le accomplished, we hate spared no pains rior expense no labor, mental or, physical. But our friends should remember that it is by their aid alone that we ca:i progress in this business. Apathy on Iheirpart, is death to u3. And after a severe set-back x occasioned by sickness, over which we could exercise neither control nor foresight, we confidently trust that we ury now, successfully appeal to them fur a continuance of their favors, and a renewal of their efforts to extend our circulation. And this we do, because we need it. Because it will strengthen our hearts and renew our energies. Because, being thus cheered, we can the mora vigorously aid in the progress of our cherished principles principles which we love principles which have redeemed the character of the Slate, and placed heron the proud eminence of solvency, and that without robbing and plundering her children. Should our friends, as one man, contribute to render such aid, we trust our former course will bo a sufficient guaranty that corresponding efforts will be made on our part, to still further minister to their gratification, and to endeavor to meet their expectations in every particular. Not desirous of writing a loner sermon on this subjtct at the present time, wo will pause, and only ask, Shall our appeal le in rain ? 0lt is exceedingly desirable that all persons indebted to the Sentioel Office, either on book or note account, should ', make immediate payment. We should be glad, also, to have all those whose subscriptions are about tö expire, or which have expired, renew the eame ; and could each one send us an additional subscriber, it would be gratifying indeed, and enable us to make such an improvement in the paper as would justify each one in the little trouble consequent on so doing. Shall we have to ask again 1 fJrWe invite attention to the Prospectus of the "Washington Union, in another column. It will be seen that Sir. Bcrve, late Commissioner of the Patent Oifice, has become associated with Mr. Ritchie in the editorial department. This arrangement will add much to iiin strength of the paper, and we have no doubt that it will be quite able to cope with the three National organs of the Whig party. other column. It is a very able and interesting paper, aside from its distinguishing feature, free soil. Slave Case. TJ. S. Circuit Court, May term, IS 19. Geo. Ray of Trimble co., Ky., vs. Luther A. Donnell and Win. Hamilton of Decatur co., Indiana. This was a suit to recover the value of certain slaves, a mother and four children, the latter nearly white, who had run away from their master in Kentucky, and, as was alleged, had been harbored by the defendants. The case was argued at great length by Marshall and Davidson for plaintiff, and 0. II. Smith and Stevens fur defendants. Verdict for plaintiff. The value of the slaves was estimated at $1500, and the costs, exclusive of lawyers fees, will be some J 9 I $000 : the whole not less than 2,500. In charging j K ...... , V , the jury, Judge McLane made what we thought, a very pretty little democratic speech, about the glory of the country, and the necessity of observing the compromises of the Constitution, in order to increase and perpetuate that glory. The concise recapitulation of the testimony by the Judge, no doubt had a good deal to do in settling the minds of the jury in icgard to it. A criminal suit, under the Statute laws of the State, had been previously decided against Donnell, in the Decatur circuit court, and a fine of $50 and costs

asse?ed against him. An a ppeal from this decision I .. r ? ). .... , , r, , treacherous to tie free soilers and their principles, ly has been taken to the Supreme Court, on the question i . . . , , , j , , ... . . ,. , , i agreeing to support Taylors administration, in its of the conshtu'iunahty ot the Statute, which author-1 .. ., ,. r ? i . ,t . J , , , . actum upon the. question of slavery, ichatecer that acizes a fine to thes extent of $o00and damage, against : . . , ' ,T. - . , . . . .,

any person who may harbor runaway slaves, or employ, or assist them to escape. Another suit may still be brought ogainst the defendant in this case, in the U. S. Court, under the law of Congress, which also imposes a fine of $500, j as our State Statute docs. We should think upon the whole, that there is' plenty of law in this State, on the subject, enough!. r J , , , . . . h to use up almost eny man detected in giving and comfort" to runaway negroe Indian Murders in Texas. The whole of the American population in the valley of the Rio Grande are in a state of extreme agitation,, in consequence of the recent barbarous outrages upon the whites by ' the Indians. The Brownsville Flag of the 10th May states that on Thursday, the 9th inst., that town was thrown ! into great excitement, by the receipt of intelligence; from Talo Alto that numerous and formidable bands of Indians had just made a descent upon that place, and committed the most savage acta of barbarity. The stage from Point Isabel had been interrupted on its way to Talo Alto, and Mr. Bangs, the proprietor, and Mr. Lorabardo, a passenger, were taken prisoners. A train cf transport wagons, containing valuable merchandise, had also been captured between Brownsville and Point Isabel. R fore the Indians retired, they lad committed acts of barbarity, the mention of which would curdle tl.c blood, and but parti il accounts have reached us of the acts of the savage marauders. The destruction of property ilongthe Rio Grande is immense, as many as seventy houses having been burned. : ' ' . A company, cf emigrants undr the command of Mr. Bang, had fortunately escaped from the savages, bnt it i3 stated, they were reduced to a mutinous con- . dition.- - - ' ' The above,'3y3 the Browns illle paper, is but on outline cf the savajr outrages that are reported to have been committed. A petition to the President of the United States, 'praying fur aid and protection, is in circulation for signature:. . Samuel Mahon has been nominated by the whips of the Fort Wayne District, , rt Congress. Delphi Herald, uhig.- . The IleralJ is mistaken. According to oar information the convention broke up in a 'raw, without making a nomination. ' Removats. Wo understand the following gentlemen were ye?terdry removed frcra- 4be Second Audi tr's office of the Treasury-Department, viz : George W. Jvitr.bcrly, of Indiana ; Thos. J. Robinson, of Kentucky; Berjimin F. Brown,, cf Ohio ; -Michael KTir and Abraham M." Farquhtir, of Pfcrtripylvania ; Christopher C. Cole, of Indiana ; and James M. Miner, of Virginia. Union, 2 1. . .

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Published every Thursday. Important Facts for flic Coi:1raliuii of tlie i'coplc of IiiIi:iiia Xo. '2, Under the above head we have already adverted to the peculiar attitude of political parlies in the present contest showing that the whig prty, fearful of depending upon past issues, now relif s for success solely onits p:ctendcd sincere and exclusive hostility to slavery extension. f We have said, and maintain, in reply to this pretext, that the whig party, nationally, is not committed upon this or any other topic. Tiieir last National Convention hooted down every attempt to define the position of the party on any and all subjects. Nothing remains to the party now, but to follow the lead of Taylor and his Cabinet, wherever they may go, and whatever they may do. The whig party must da this, or it mut voluntarily surrender it; power to do any thing! This result is inevitable! It nrannot possibly Le avoided. Notwithstanding their pretences, the whigs know this to be true. Th?y cannot even deceive themselves. They cannot but realize the truth, that, no matter how much they may sincerely deprecate the extension of slavery, neither Taylor nor his cabinet sympathise with them. So the National Intelligencer has declared of Taylor; 6o we must infer from his attempt to defeat the proviso by his personal influence, on his first arrival at Washington ; so we mt'st be assured by his own private interests and relations, as well as from the, fact, that" he is socially and politically a Southern man. The whig leaders here Inoic this to le true, notWithstanding the efforts of i he State Journal to delude the people, by partial sketches of past events. That they do know it to be true, is established by their recent attempts to form a junction with the free soilers. We happen to be certified -f the fact, by the most indubitable evidence, that immediately after the declination of Embrce, a correspondence was opened by the whig managers with Mr. Cravens, the Free Soil nominee for Governor, on the subject of uniting the vote of the whig party upon him, and that the subject was further considered (sub rosa,) by the whig convention which nominated Mr. Matson. The Tippecanoe Journal, a whig paper, recently in effect admitted this, and excused the whigs for not taking up Mr. Cravens, by alleging that he was impracticable upon other questions of interest to the whig party, and that they could not have united upon the Free soil candidate, without a sacrifice of opinions upon other measures than those connected with slavery. We know this to be untrue; and we wish to attract the j particular attention of tho people to the matter, for the action of the whig leauers demonstrates their insincerity. We repeat it, that Mr. Cravens was addressed on this subject by many of the most distinguished men of the whig party, not only of this city, but of other localities. They desired him to define his position as to whig measures, ar.d as to his attitude towards Gen. Taylor. We are certain of the fact, that Mr. Cravens in reply, stated that he had severed his connection with the whig party solely on account of slavery ; that he could not conscientiously vote for Taylor for Fresident, because he could not risk the settlement of that question in his hairdo; that he hoped these fears 4 would prove groundless, though he still entertained them ; that his own sympathies were still with the ivhirr r-irtv in it crnprnl nnlier. tiq ihpv rvfr had ' , " ., : c n i . j .i u M noon thnt en. fir n I nvlnr cnalmnn thorn n a tjuAiill , r . , i . i. j: r. freely and gladly support him : in eher!, and in effect, that he would be with the whigs and Taylor in every measure believed to be right according to whig notions, and would oppose nothing which it was probable Taylor would sanction, except on the question of slavery extension. Ho could n.ake no sacrifice of principle in favor of slavery, and this was the only reservation which he made. The result every body knows. Notwithstanding their professed hostility to slavery extension, the whigs refused to laJce up Mr. Cravens, unlesi he llf( IHiLlUb UC i AI Jill. Itltiu ll'iu CIIIIU 41 ttlilingness to becomes thus treacherous and false to the question of freedom, he would this day be the candidate of the Whigs as well as the Free Soilers ! Let not the people suppose that we make this as sertion lightly. They know that we have never defAiuri1 tlinm i'ot a nil trA tttif trill f! fin in friiffi rnu , . ... . . . j n . .1 1 . e 1 beyond all question, though jt is of such a nature i .1 . a l : -j . . . 7 mil it cannot ix; cummumcaieu ui present. 11 any man doubts, time will teach him his error. Now in the face cf such facts as these, facts of the utmost consequence in determining the que tion, what. ; confidence can tho sincere" opponents of slavery ex tension put in the present professions of the whig managers. Of what use is it for the State Journal to go back to the past, and to present one-sided and partial views of the Texas question.skipping over every great incident, like that of Mr. Clay's course on the subject, which involved the whigs as well as the Democrats ! The question at that time was not within the reach of the people, as the Journal and every intelligent man knows. But notr, it is altogether different. It is the great question in conflict, and within the reach of the people of all parties. If the anti-elavcry professions of the whig lenders are sincere ; if hey did not feel satisfied that Taylor is with the South; why did they not unite upon the Free Soil carulidate ? They knew he was true, be cause Xhey had tried him ! They knew, for he had plainly told them, that he would support Taylor in every thing but slavery extension. Why md they not take him then 1 Simply because they arc insincere in their professions, and arc willing, as in the case of Taylors nomination, to sacriCce every thing to the lust of poire r ! With all its frailties ; with all its unjust measures ; with all its hostility to popular rights and principles, never before was the whig party sunk to a degradation so low, as it occupies at . this moment. It has gained the Fpoils of victory it is true, but it has surrendered oil its integrity and moral influence. It has prostitu'ed itself for the pecuniary benefits of power alone, and hiving become recklessly vicious, it can aspire to nothing virtuous, not even to the merit of sincerity. The Late Postmaster oe Philadelphia. -The Press of this city unites, we believe without exception, in bearing testimony to the unexceptionable mauucr iu which Dr, Lehman administered the Tost Office, and in tendering, on hit departure from it, wishes for his welfare. The Doctor was unqv.etionab!y an efficient, amiable and excellent officer, and we trust that he may be as happy in private as he was blameless in public life. 'Phil. Ainct. Such is the testimony of a leading whig paper in the cage cf a retiring democratic office-holder, who has been dismissed "for ' cause." In view of those pledges, how can any one resist the conclusion that Tujlor arwl tho federal party are alike guilty of moral perjury! . All mut feel, u they do not acknowledge, that they are guilty ! ,

INDIANAPOLIS, Fnm our Extra of Sat Ui day the Olh. The Very Latest Foreign News. The Ilimarimi IVarllusinits Totally cfculct! 3Ü.OOO Kassian StirI cmlcrcil ! Atistrians rurtifviiig Viemia. ' The stcatnshin Europa arrivrJ nt her wharf todav. The foreign letters and pepers will be due in Cincinnati on Monday. . A letter to M. Rothschild, from Frankfort, dated May 17:luays, the Hungarians totally defeated the. Russians, f.rcing them to fall hack upon Cracow. a . ! ..,-.1, r T- .1 ' m A A proclamation from Kossuth says 30,000 Russians surrendered to the Hungarians. The Austrians were fortifying Vienna, preparing for an attack. ' . . t j 1 ' it which must MHn be made by tne Hungarian soldiers, Atiotlicr pistol has been fired at Queen Victoria. without, however, anviniurious rnnsonnoncp Thr. I criminal, who is a stupid Irishman, seemed to have , no ot tier oljct in view than to obtain notoriety, as the pistol only contained powder, Political affairs on the continent exhibit "no im provement. The recent elections in France have resulted in fa vor of the Socialists and Red Republ cans, to a far greater extent than anticipated. They will muster about two hundred and forty stron? against three hundred. The number, who though composed of parties, entert lining opinions the very opposite to each other, are considered the friends ofi order. The funds fell thirteen per cent. In the French Assembly the Roman and Hungarian questions being tinder consideration, a debate arose, which is decibed as the most exciting and violent which has ever been witnessed. Propositions of an immediate declaration of war againt Russia and Austria were urged by several speakers, which were subsequently modified by the adoption of a resolution proposed by Central Cavaignac, recommending the Government to adopt energetic measures to protect boih the internal and external intererests of the Republic. This resolution, though violently opposed by the ministry, was carried by a majority of 493 to 135. Nothing has been arranged in regard to a change of the ministry. Ihc war between the Danes and Prussians contin ues without any decisive result. In the uoman btatcs there has been no material change since tho date of previous advices. Neither the rrenrh nor Neapolitans have as yet entered Rome. The Republican government maintained its ground at every point against the combined forces of rrane, i.apicsand opain. In Germany, insurrections and commotions exist everywhere. Ihe Hungarians, in their unequal contest with Austria anJ Russia, exhibit no want of courage, and are evidently preparing for a desperate struggle. The Emperor of Russia has recognised the French Republic, and he has simultaneously issued a manifesto, announcing his determination to interfere in the Austrian and Hungarian quarrel, in which he speaks of his mission as thai of his God, to pres-rve the Na tion, and the name or the Almighty leader of Battles and Lord of Victories; and commands his armies to move forward for the extinction of rebellion, and de struction of audacious and evil intentioncd men. 07The Washington Union copies the telegraphic despatch from St. Louis, relative to Col. Benton's speech on the slavery flnestion, at Jefferson citv. Mo., the substance of which we copied on the 2d June. Only a part of Mr. B.'a speech, it will be re membered, had at the dote of the despatch been pub lished. Nevertheless, the Union feels warranted in condemning Col. Benton, in advance. So far as tee are concerned, we shall wait until we shall have the whole of Col. Benton's speech, before we condemn or approve, l lie Union speaks as lollows : "This speech will not reach us yet for two or three days. But in the mean time, we do not hesitate to say that the positions taken by the senator from Mis 60uri are directly contrary to that great principle of non-intervention, on winch Gen. Cass and the major lty of his friends fought the last campaign. His course is directly in the teeth, too, of that spirit of compromise on which the constitution is formed, and on which the Missouri question was adjusted. We know not how tar California is about to assist in cut ting the knot, and settling it for herself. But if the question is opened r fresh at the next spssion of Con gress, Mr. Benton is now doing more than any other politician in this country to procrastinate and embit ter the controversy. "Col. Benton forgets that the Union consists of a confederacy of sovereign Ststes; that its basis is equality; and that each is entitled to participate in the benilits of the L nion, as well as bound to parlici pate in its common burdens. JF his positions are correc'Iy stated in the above telegrapic despatch, they run counter to this great principle. They would abandon the ground of non-intervention, and, indeed,! trompromise in every form ; and we can scarcely be lieve that tho people of Missouri con be induced, by all his ingenuity, to subscribe to his doctrines." fjThe Union evidently looks through Southern spectacles exclusively. We shall examine Mr. Benton's speech through Western ones, as soon as we get it. There are two professed democratic papers publish ed at Jefferson city, the capital of Mo., one of which the old "Inquirer," supports Col. Benton, and the other, the new "Metropolitan, opposes him. In reference to the abuse of the latter, the St. Louis "Union," of June 4, has the following. It does not sound much like the hasty denunciation of the Washington "Un ion." , 'The last Jefferson Metropolitan is ricli in more senses than one. The editor savs he has received 'one hundred and one letters and communications, denouncing Col. Benton. Each k-tter and communication, no doubt, contained a quid pro quo worth at least ten dimes, and consequently, the Metropolitan denounced Benton. This may do for the present, or as long as the appliances of the 101 an ominous number will last, but after their gold and gas is expended, the opinions and wishes of the thinking portion of the community must be consulted. "In charity to the editor of the Metropolitan, we suppose that he was absent, either in body or mind, when his last number was made up. Athough we do not enjoy a personal acquaintance with him, yet, we are unwilling to believe that a respectable editor as we believe Mr. Boon to be, would willingly indite and publish the amount of abusive matter against prominent democrats which appeared in his paper of the 29th ult. His references to Col. Benton are disgraceful to the columns of a Democratic journal, and his remarks about our reppected Fellow citizen, John Smith, would soil the foulest whig sheet in the Union." Tub Washington , Democrat. This excelleut democratic paper, which has been for eighteen months past, conducted by John I. Morrison, Esq., Senator from Washington, a gentleman of education and talents, will hereafter be published and edited by Messrs. Williams &, Owens. Of hia successors, Mr. Morrison says: ''The gentlemen into whose hands the paper will pass, art not without experience in the tuiu in which they are about to embark. The former has been foreman in this Office, for the last fourteen months; and to his atsi duity and industry the subscribers to the paper are, main ly, indebted for its refAlar and unbroken weekly visits. liio columns ot the Democrat have, occasionally, been enriched by the contributions oi lite l itter, iliey are both young men of enterprise and talent, and we ran cheerfully commend them, as true doiuocratg, to tbe lia itinerary of Washington and the adjacent counties and in voke in their behalf, the confidence and patronage of the public. Our warmest good wishes are tendjred to Mr. Mor risen in his retirement, and we hope he will find that comfort and prosperity in other pursuits which edito rial life seldom yield.

JUNE 14, 1849. Four Days filter from San Cr ncico. TV tleamers California and Orfg'm D worer 1 if Silver and Q iickiilcer Miix A Lmrp of Co d tight f ounds in weight Diamonds and Eweraldi found JÄeut. Dcali1 journey A'tne' Mtn Loa on the Cila. 1 J The New York pnpirs of yesfprdnv contain late! ",ed b-v LlPU?- ljl'al0' f ,he U- S- Navy, snd Mr. Parrot u- s- Consul at Mazatlan, just arrived in the Southerner. Tt.e news is to the 13ih of April. Lt. JfaleT ',as,a lumP of" ,J eiht 1"" in weight. r'i Y J ."T ' n , , ,ca'" "?l L.'f ul' B"a,,f ha" I? V0"10. wntcli, encaseit in a bia lnmn of pure Calilnrnia "l.1,2.;i carM, nnp wi,h , bra calle wi( , fIm -m n-rhi.! t,. ... ii., h.mm.r.,l ; in th ..-ii.li- iiu mm 1 1 1 will villi "'I liiil "i"' 1 ron - rlirst nrl rirlipi nr,,r,i-i,,i. n; lnmna ofmlil w.ri o - - I r r - hsmmercil towptliei around the watch, till the whola, cppting the nice, v r.nrni'J in the prerimis metal. The kJ w" "chunk" of soil, with the pine inserted in it ,0' . On the Gib oF SIsv. the eteomshin Cnlifrni arrived at Panama rrotn San Francisco. The Tribune gives the following account of what Lieut. Cale communicated : lie states that (lis steamship Oregon reached San Francisco on the I st oF April. Immediately on tier nrrivnl, the crew was put on bonrd the U. S. ship Ohio. and there kept in irons nntil the evening before she started on her return voyage. The Oregon reached Snn Bias on the 2"J I of April, remained there fire dns (eonling) ; left 2?lh, and arrived at Panama on the 5th of My, at 9 P. M , afler tourhing at Arapulo lor water. As Lieut. Ceale was leaving P.mama nn the morning of the Gih, the California, which ssiled from San Frahcinco five dys afler the Oregon, was coming into the harbor. The running time or the Oregon to Panama, was 11 days, three of w hirli were made with sails. Tbe amount of gold brought by the two ve-els is not known with cer tainty, but is estimnted at 400,000, about $30,000 of which is consigned to Mr. I arrott. A much greater amount would have been Forwarded but for the Fart that bill of lading were not given further than Panama, where the gold is obliged to be carried across the Isth mi 3 at some rik, and a new bill obtained at Cliagres. The number of passengers nn board the Oregon" was small. Among them was Rev. Waller Colton, Ex-Alcalde of Monterey, whom Lieut. D. left at Chagres. The crews on the steamers were paid $100 per month each, and the rooks $150. The U. S. transport ships' Iowa, Gen.'Tajlor, and Rome, have arrived at Monterey with troops. Gen. Riley, who went out in charge of them was at that place when Lieut. B. left. There were about 73 vessels lying in the Itay of San Francisco, and others wr,-e arriving every day. . With very Few eiceptions, their crews desert immediately upon their arrival, and they are unable to lenve. The town is crowded with people, and about two thirds of the inhabitants are living in enmp. The houses ore filled to overflowing, and the smallest rooms rent For $3 a day ; good board at the hotels is $10 a day. Gen. Smith is livinz For the present in the old hou?e oF the Hudson's Bay Company. One F the volunteers oF Stevenson's Regiment, who made enough at ihc diggins to purchase a frame house in the place, offered to rent it to him, but coolly demanded $13,000 a year, giving Gen. S. one d.iv to decide on the oiler. The snow was melting very fast, and the placers were almost entirely clear. Companies were leaving San Francisco daily for the fcJicgings, and miners constantly arriving with the products oF their labors ; the Fair to Sutter's Fort varied from $25 to $30, according to the style of conveyance. Therewas a t reat deal of drink ing and gambling going on in San Francisco. Many oF the g.imb!ers who followed the American army through Mexico have gone on to California, and by means of monte, roulette, and faro tables,' fleece the natives very extensively. Lieut. Bjalo speaks in high termä of the order maintained by the population on the placers as well as in the more settled parts There are few disturbances of anyj kind, and owing to l tie strict administration of a kind of extempore justice, crimes have become less Freq'ient. The only punishment i9 hanging. When a person com mits any theft or outrage, he is brought before a jury of twelve men, selected lor the purpose, who go llirougn tho regular form oF trial, and if convicted, he is at once executed. Three men have lately been bung at the diggings, one of them for stealing a horse. The lasHieard from Col. Fremont, he was on the Gila with his company. The report of his arrival in California, For which tome of the .papers give credit to Col. Denle, is incorrect. Mrs. Fremont was at Panama, and would leave in the first steamer for San Francisco. Lieut. Beale left St Louis en his way out, on the 1st of November last. lie was the bearer of despatches, and had n body tf 23 men under his command. After reaching Santa Fe he took the Gila route, and on tliis part of the journey underwent the most terrible sufferings. The party was visited by the winter storm among tho mountains, which proved fatal to so many or Fremont's men, and nine soldiers perished with cold and exposure. They were several times attacked by Indians, and some of the troops were severely wounded. Lieut. Beale's appearance bears tokens of llf hardships ha has undergone. ' He brings with him a lump of pure gold,, weighing eighty ounces, and consequently worth nearly fJIoUO. It was found ot I ho dry diggings by a man named Weaver. We had a sight of this precious piece yesterday. It was exhibited for a short time on 'Change, und produced quite a sensation. Lieut. B. went on to Washington by the Southern Irain yesterday afternoon.- When he leTt Pan ama, the Oregon and California wer to leave in about 10 da) s. There were several Sitiling vessels also there, fitting up for passengers. The mails brought by the Ore gon and California were at the Isthmus, waiting the arrival of a steamer at Chagres. Mr. Farrotl, our consul at Mazatlan, is now staving at the Aftor House. He left Mazatlan on the 10th April, after his return from an exploration f.f the gold regions of the Sacramento ; reached Mexico on the I lilt ntiWay, Vera Cruz on the 17th, and Mobile on the 21st. He re ports havin met with companies continually during Ins overland journey. The road to the Pacific is lined with them, and they are all, eo Tar as he snw, doing .veil. Cnpt. Iluttnn's company sailed From San Bias in the Cayuga. April 13; Capt. Earla's was at Guadalajara nn the linn. There wpre four or live vessels at Mazatlan and two or three at San Bias, for California. The passage varied From $."0 to $'i"0, according lo the nccommo. dalions. Mr. P. lelU a stnrv of a rahin-bov who desert ed one of Ilargon's ships at Vera Cruz and walked the whole way to an Ulas, where he arrived sale and sound, on his way to California. We are indebted to the courtesy ol Mr. l arrotl toi much new and interesting information concerning the mineral wealth oF California. His visit to the placers was undertaken for the purpose oljnlorming himsell on these points, and his revelations are even more astonishins than anv which have previously resehed us. in an that concerns the digging of gold, he fully confirms all former statements. The limits of the placers toward the South are constantly being extended by new discoveries; the INorthern districts, owing to their remoteness Irom civilization, have not vet been fully explored. The earth in some places has been dug to the depth ol nine leet, and the proportion of gold found to be quite as great as on the surface. The richness of the dry diggings is in some places almost incredible. Mr. Parrott estimates the amwint or gol.l which will be obtained, the present year, at thirty minimis of dollars But the riches of California do not consist in gold alone. - All the precious metal are there fonnd, in great' er or less profusion's well as the rarest and most valuable jewels. Two mineg of silver have been lately discovered, one of which is known to but Few persons, who jealously keep the secret. Platinum is also known to exist in considerable quantities. A rough diamond near iv the size oF a hen's egg has been found bv one of the miners in the Sacramento Valley, fian. V allei, who was Mr. Parrolt's informant, says that it was brought to htm hy the finder, who demanded SI.uoU lor it Emeralds oF large size are Frequently met with, but their value is scarcely known. Three or four new quicksilver mines have been discovered, una or which. & vtry rich deposit, lies between the valley oF Santa Clara bnd San Jonqoim. The Forbes mines, however, is the only one worked aa yet. The extent, and value of these quicksilver mines is not equalled by any other locality in the world. s ' Beds of coal have also been found, near the coast, but cannot of course be worked under the present stale of things. Mr. Parrott informs us that in the Sierra Nevada, to the northeast of San Francisco, there is a volcano in active operation- On the 3J ot March the heaviest snow storms in the memory of the inhabitants took place. There are but Ay women in Ihe town of San Francisco, twenty of whom are Americans. The arrival of a ship load of Female emigrants would be a cause of public rejoicing, and nil the sinsle nnee would receive offers before they landed. Mrs. Ward, of this city, while riding in the vicinity of San Francisco, was thrown from her horse and injured. The price of lots in the town is, aa before stated, enormous. The sales take place, however, with little ragird to the title or ilia property, and a there are two or three separate claims to a groat part F it, this may lead to grent ditiiculty in trio 'uturo. sometimes tue same ianu is sold to different partis by two" Alcaldes. The U. S. sloop F war Dale, which sailed from San Francisco fr the United States, on the 2Jth of March, has $200,000 in gold dost on beard.

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Volume JX:::::::::XinnLcr 1, N irty the whol.i of Capt. Surer 41 t'00 bushel of grain rotted in the fii-lJ,-tnr want of hands to harvest it. The price f fl n r at the diggings vlun Mr. Parrott left, wna $3 per lb. though at San Franrisco it was down lo $10 per brl. There wis not much sickness at tho digging except some scurvy and a few rases of Fever. There was a's sonic: scurvy at San Francisco, owing to the want of vegetable Food, the cultivation cF the soil being entirely neglected. A Boston man, named Tyler, son ol a Boston auctioncer of thai name, purchased a sort oF shed, and started the first .-luclicn store in the place. The novelty of the thing attracted crowds, end he soon did a very profitable business. Two or lliree Peter Funk establishments soon started up and entrapped many of the green miners who came down from t lie diggings. So fist is the progress of civilization in California. We shall endeavor to give Further pa-iirulars in a day or two. Mr. Parrott. who has spent nearly twenty years of his life on the P.icifio Coast, displays a thorough kmiwledgo oF I lie condition ol California and an entire confidence in the vast extent oFher mineral wealth. He has prepared, lor the use of the U. S. Government, we believe, the most complete map of the gold region whir h has jet been made. lie tells us that some years ngn he was offered the whole of the ground now occupied by San Francisco fi r about $1000. There was at Panama a rumor to the effect that a mutiny had broken out on board the Ohio and that several men had been executed, but neilhet Mr. Parrott nor Lt. Beale gives credit to it. Gen. Smith is at present re mnining in San Francisco with several oF his officers, but he has done nothing of importance since his arrival. We have received a copy oF Le Trait a" Union, French paper published in the city I Mexico, May 12i.lt, in which we find ndvices from California to April 9th. Gen Smith published on the 1st f April a circular, whose provisions are oF considerable importance. AFter proclaiming Hint the fiscal and other laws were in Force over the territory of California, he announces that merchandise subject to duty cannot be disembarked at eny port, since no officer has has been appointed by Congress to receive such duties. lie also informs all adventurers who go to seek gold on the public lands oF California, that by doing so they inlringe the established lawa and render themselves liable to fine and imprisonment. Half the City Iiiuiiilnird ISusincss almost Suspended, Ac. New Okleans, May SO, 1S49. In spite of all the efforts to stop the great crevasse, tin water is still rising, and labor is perfectly lost in attempting to subdue it. Already half the city is inundated. The inhabitants are flying from their homes, and business matters are being wound up. The total sales of cotton since the Caledonia, have not exceeded 13,000 bale.", which were done at full prices. Ohio flour is held at 81 75, and corn at 55 cents. Damage? to Gev. Tayxor's Plantation- Br the Overflow of the Mississippi. The overflow of the Mississippi has injured Gen. Taylor's cotton plantation to the amount of thirty thousand dollars! The Crf.vasse New Orleans, June 1. The crevasse was partly stopped, but njrain broke away, and the engineers have retired in despair. The river has fdllen 13 inches. . Godev's Lads-'s ItooK. This Magazine comes to u? punctually, and is one of thöc few magazines that we can recommend. The immense circulation of the Book is the only means by which the enterprising publisher could possibly afford to bestow so mach expense upon it. We have v often noticed it, that it seems almost supercrjatory to add a word additional. Hut as every number has some new feature, there is constant room. Besides its beinj the largest, of the magazine?, so is it the beet in reading of any . of its kind. .Its engraving?, too, sometimes numbering dozens in a single issue, are not to fie approached by those of the common masazincs of the day. All desirous of a good work of the kind, should, obtain Godey's by all means. ' ' What do our "Sentinel" .neighbors think about' that remarkable coincidence in the thoughts and worda of Mr. Brown of Tennessee, and Mr. Wright of Indiana, brought to their consideration by the Journal a few days ago ! Journal. Surely our smart neighbors must be hard run for something to say in the way of making capital. We have never heard any thing said against the language referred to, by any party ; but simply because of its truth and beauty, was it wrong for Mr. W. to use it! If so, then would it be wrong in our neighbors to repeat, (if ever they do it,), that excellent prayer of our Lord and iSaviour, commencing "Our Father which art in heaven," &c. And if they ever do use the said prayer, should we expect to make capital against them, by charging that there was any thing wrong in their using it ! Therefore the bringing of such matter to our "con sideration," only excites our pity. Tenth District. The whigs of ihe Tenth District had a rich time at their convention to nominate a candidate for Congress. The Fort rayne Sentinel 6ays but seven of the fourteen counties were represented, and that the convention fizzled out with out makiug a nomination ! The majority of those in attendance were in favor of Allen Hamilton of Fort Wayne, but one David Kilgorc being a candi"dnte 'on his own hook," Mr. II. did not permit his . friends formally to nominate him. The Fort Wayne Times is dumb on the subject while trie Huntington, Herald hoists tho name of Samuel Mahon as its candidate. They aro giving themselves a great deal of trouble about a district which they could scarcely hope to carry under any circumstances. Put them through, Harlan ! . Cholera. The cholera is increasing, we regre1 to state, at the various points from which we have information, -Cincinnati, Louisville, New York, New Orleans, and on the plantations of Mississippi and Louisiana. A few cases have occurred again at New Albany and Mauckport, Ind. Our people should bo careful of exposure, and keep cool : fright is about the worst feature in cholera. C3-Dr. W. W. McCoy, formerly of Shelbyville, has been nominated forthe Senate in the district composed of the counties of Laporte, Porter, and Lake. The Dr. is an old member of the House from Shelby county. His return would be grateful to many old friends. Above all, we hope that district will not inflict that chattering little Osborne upon the Senate again. It would be the death of them, certain, and him too, perhaps. We learn, unofficially but certainly, that the Hon. Elisha Whittles y, f Ohio, has been appointed, by the President of the United States, to be Fir&t Comptroller of the Treasury. Mr. Ff.euerick G. Skinner, of Maryland, eon oT the eminent agricultural writer, and for-some tim past joint editor with his father of the popular magazine, " tho Plough, the Loom, nnd the Anvil," has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior lo the subbureau in tho Patent Ofticc charged with the collec tion and d'geet of agricultural and other statistics. From the National Whig we learn that Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro, Esq., has been appointed to a place in the consular branch of the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Through other channels we heve learnt also that Charles F. Hoffman, Erj., a gentleman favorably known to the world by his literary productions, has been appointed to a respectable position in the Department of State. , We. learn unofficially that the Hon. Geokgk P. Marsh, of Vermont, has been appointed by the President Minister Resident at Constantinople, in the place of D. S. Carr, recalled. , Also, that Dr. Thomas M. Foote, of Buffilo, N. Y., has been appointed Charge d'Affaires at Corro'a, in the place o!' B. A. Bidlack deceased, Nat. Intel' ligtneer . v - . . -

coiuicsi'oxun.xci:. VtvT, Isn.. May 2, 11?. Messrs. -CLipmans 4" SpanHGtHi'.tint: Wishing to be informed f the manner In whirh the dem ocracy are doing up the whig ifiis un:mer. I vif you to - 'l me jour S-ni-wteUly Sentinel Belong as the tuet jsd $1 will pay for iL 1 hope that Indiana -oar rbanga itr Je'ita:ion i" Congress so that without any tl.er gams in th oilier irt . U s yet l ilect, that the democracy night have the ascendency in the House oF Rcpreseniaüves. The whigs hereiiloul niake grat calctlatifa ahont heating John L. Itobir.son fr Congress wiih '"O-d Joe," n tVy all iheir candidate : bot 1 am of the opinion thai lhy are counting their chiekens belore l''y ei ha; Ii- d. -' 1 think the democracy t the steadfast third r-n 'o it to whigzery and Joe Robinson to the tunj cf about five or six hundred. - - Tim whigs think and some say that as Joe is a "Trie Sailer," he vfill get all that party lo vote For him. If lie is a Free soiler, I have never heard it iiiti:nated until this day. While in conversaiion with a whig, I reuiaik-d that I thought John L. Uobinson would b) elected, and he asked me how many abolitionists there were in this district, and remarked that 1 did r.nt know- or rare how many. "Why," says the whig, 'UId Joe is such a good Free soil map that he will get the votes ol all the abolitionists and free soilers." Yours, in haste, D. Washington, June 2. Isl'J. To the F.dilors of lh. Slate Sentinel Gentlemen : When a man pays for a thing he has a right to enjoy it ; consequently, 1 hive a rieht to be a democrat, for I paid the penally yesterday, and I mean lo enjoy it in its liest fruition. I was removed from a clerkship in the Second Auditor's office, with an acknowledgment Frm tba

rnditor that no charges, except of a political character, tad been preferred against me. I will lenvo here in t'ie course or Four or five days, For where I purpose spending the remainder of my life. My duty tj niy Family will, 1 Fear, prevent me From giving much of my rime or mind lo political matters ; but hat I can spare, will be religiously devoted to an "eternal hostility to every form oF tyranny over the mind of m:in." , . So Far as me and mine are concerned, I request that ro reflections be cast upon this transaction, ll'theyeople are content to see a man procure ofiice by promising to remove no one on account of his politics; and, in less than one month, turning out such men as Living-ton Dunlap, Abel C. Pepper, and hosts cf otheis, too tedious here to men ; why, respecilully bow to their decision ; besides, Father Ritchie beseeches me to recollect that the "blood of the vuttlyrs is tbe seed oFjhe church." . Voura, at the August election. G. W. KIMBERLV. SIJPREJIE COURT OF IXDIAXA. SCPOXTED IT ALBERT O. POBTCa, AITD BOBATIJ) C. HIV COMB, EQas. Tceday. Jane 5. Nimmon et at. v. Worthinglon tt at. Error lo the Noble C.C. - Blacefosd, J. Tbe circuit couit permitted a summons lo be amended bv the precipe, by inerting the rhiistian names of the plain I iff : the defendants then pleaded the general isue, without oa'b." Held, that the amei.dmcnt w properly allowed. Where an indorsement of a promisi.iry note purports to have been made by an tf"rney or sent of the patee. it is not necesary in a suit ty Ihe indorsee sza'inM the maker, to piove the au'hoil'y of the attorney or azent. iinlj the indorsement is denied under oath Affirmed, with 8 pr cent, damage. Jr B. Hon e for plaintiffs, Wm. II. Coomb fr defendants. Heirs of Daniel J. Taylor v. Parker et at. Error to Probate Ouit of Tippecanoe county. Smith, J. It is error to render a decree apainst it Fants without proof, not withMandinc the dmn"i.n of tKir euarrlian ad litem. Reversed. G. S. Oith for plaintiff, A. S. White for defendants. Wednesday, Jane 6. The conrt delivered no opinions to-Aav. ' THrRo.Y, June 7. - Clark el at. v. Snelling. Eimr to Ihe Decatur C C. Ulackfohd. J. In an action on piomisaiy note the defendant pleaded inter alia, that the note urd on teas cirrn in cons'htf laiion of the si e, by the plainttfTs, to one cf the defendants, cf a ceitaiu tract of land ; that on tha day tbe -nute was given the pljintilT executed to said defendant a deed foi the land wiih coveri'nls eint incumbrance, foe j that the ptaio'ifPs litte was derived by u ill from hi father, who at the time of his death was iin'eb:d in the sun if $4.000, for the teeovety.cf which ?uit was !hcn p tdrg gint the pei$ona1 repretative,"fccv -Iletd. that the pie was i!infS ient. It does Jit thow an eviction, in coi.equence of tbe debt, tur fiat tl.e defendant lud paid i the pmchascr t.t mot, occoiJing to hiV plea, hat a claim for nominal dampers f ir the bieach co.nplained of, and uch claim i ho dcfVnce to a snit"fr the piKcof the land -5th Blackford 100 and 541,' 7th lb. 55. 8th la. 142. A covenant by the holder of a promissory note, wiib tha maker, never to biing suit oa tbe note, will be a bar to such suit i but a ciivrn iDl to forbcir far a limited time after the same becomes due. is no bar to a mit bioiwht on the rte before the expiration of Ihe given time Sth B'.ackfoid 125, 3 Ib. 2S2, 3 Meon and Welsby 2l0. Affirmed, tri n 5 per rent, damage. - C. H. Test atid G. H. Dunu für pUiutitT, A. Üavisnn f r defendant. Easye, Admr. ifC. v Daniell etat. Enor to the Spencer &a Smith, J. A deed must be founded upon a rateable corJJ federation and must also be bona fide to be va'id as aaimt existing creditois. Revertti. Jobn Pitcher for plaiutiiF, S. Yandes for de fends nt. ' Francisco v. the State. Error to the Jenniozs C. C. , Emoik confessed and cause irmanded with ii.stiuction? to tbe ciiroii court to quash the indictment. S. R. Tioxcll far plaintiff, D. Wallace for State. Wilson v. the Board f Commisiionert of the Sinking Fund. Petition for a reheaiicg overruled. FaiDAT, June S. " Tbe court delivered no opinions to-day. St. Louts The Extent of -the Damage. The " Republican says that, very exaggerated accounts of the loss by the re, and the suffering of the people cf St. Louis have rrone abroad and are extensively published and believed. It says: . . Of three millions of property destroyed, it is computed that two millions were insured, and aside from tuts, many goons ana vaiuaoies were saveu. i. actual 163 to the sufferers will not be more than $1,000,000. and much of this loss falls upon thse v i r are able to bear it. Two weeks have passed since the calamity occurred, and those who were unhoused -have already found comfortable places, and men of business, mechanics and trades-people, are making 1 Dlans to retrieve their disasters. Never have wo seen a coniTiiuuuy v hu ei.iru inc ii n losses, or who felt so little anxiety about their alility to sustain themselves, in despite of this mi&fjrtune. With them there is no such word as foxL iar as me real esmie la twnri neu, min: 3 j'-vjk reason to believe that the disaster may be turned o 1 ' . i .tt.. C it. t,...t.lt., , Vi.a 7 .1 1 i... . . I I . w n . rr, , . 1 auvaniao-e, in ine ecuii'y vi iuc uuhuihd m ia erected the taste and uniformity wit! which they will be constructed, and the enlarged streets and alleys running through the main part of the burnt oistrict. The extension of Main street so as to make it sixty feet wide, and the connexion of Commercial street "with Market street, are improvement! which are sure to be made, and others are -ontetrplated. When we'udd; that contracts are dailv made fr the immediate erection of splendid stores, and that al most every owner or real cetate is abe to buiid. it may very readily be supposed, that iu less than twelve months scarcely a vestige of the ruins w.ll bo vie. hie. - V How is this! We observe that the call for a wh'j meeting is signed Marcus Mcrriman, jr., and Georje Treadway tw6 of the new ctistom-houe officer ! When it is considered that Creneral laylor hoejut removed all the democrats from the ccstom-houe, on the ground of "interfering in elections," ihm hardihood of these new officers is surprising ! Where is Mr. Meredith! where is the virtuous Fitz Warrm! ay ! where is old Whiley?" iVero Haven Register. B. F. Wallace formerly of this State, is a candi date for Conjrress in the 10:h district, Indians. . JIr. V. is a whiff, but runs on his own hook. He tried hard while here to be sent to Congress, but his merits were tiot appreciated; so he picked up his trunk and returned to Hoosicrdom. After all his effort we think it likely he will have to content himself wi'h the honor of being a candidate Iowa Stale Gati'.le. Mr. Eliae II. Day, a printer, who lately left this city to visit his mends in tlc east, died at jSewaric, N. J., on the tilt., of consumption, ihe pcbiia houses were closed acrainst bim, from apprehensio n lhat his disease was the cholera, and he died in an ofice of Mr. Corapton, who did everything ini lis power to make the dying stranger comfortable. An e know not which most to condemn the inexcusable .i - i . r r . i . ,. ignorance or nie ncari.essiicss ui eonicoi u.e ci jut of Newark. ' Gexekal Jacssox's SlATnr.i-'ile horte i;.ni-J for tbe Jackson monument was seen ty tbe pu'.-ii;: in Mill's atudio at Washington on Saturday, represented in a statu-tf plaster cf pari over an iron skeleton, in a prancing attilude. A perfect balance. i attained by throwing the hind feet under the centr .f the body. Its weight is. three tons. Ti.j ! -';e h t j be finished fn brenza, from bra fa cannon csj.-turr-d hy the" 'old hero, which will be cast at lhe: f-on.irv of l' e i n vy yard. The vessel with thete gur. i !.ss just tri iveo.