Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1849 — Page 1

WDIAg 4PjS.PTEjnIlCIt 27, 1819. Corn. We are in ad need of some corn. Bring us along a load, one of a dozen cf our friend. It pays as well as cash at market prices. If you have not corn, depend upon it, we will not refuse gold or silver dollars, nor j aper representatives, if brought early in the morning. N. B. Falher M. may bring in those "spuds. OThe gifted Edgar A. Poe, ha quitted hia intemperate habits and joined the Sons of Temperance. So says the Cincinnati Times. Accident. A son of the Hon. Jas. Cooper, U. SSenator, had his leg cut off last week, at Pot!?vilIe, Pa., by a car passing over it. He attempted to jump from the car, and unfortunately fill.

07 7T Irring Family, of whom we have seen many complimentary notices in the newspapers, give a concert at the 2J Presbyterian church, this evening. See their advertisement. $0,01 steward, Is offered for the name of that Democrat who proposed to John D. Defrees to re-elect him State Printer, if Dcfrees in turn would secure bis (the Democrat's) election as Auditor of State. Maine Election. We have not yet received the details of the Maine election news, but it is admitted by the eastern papers and the telegraph, that Hubbard, the Democratic candidate fur Governor is elected, and that there H a democratic majority in the Legislature. fJrThe Democratic Convention in Ohio nave nominated Hon. Amos E. Wood, as the Democratic candidate for Congress in lh? vacant district, to (ill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. R. Dickinson a nomination is equivalent to an election. C-Gen. Henry Dodge, United States Senator from Wisconsin, is dangerously sick at Washington, whence he has been unable to return since the last session. His son, Augustus, Senator from Iowa, passed through Buffalo last week on his way to him. 07Mr. Bancroft, late American Minister to England, returned in the steamer Europa. During his residence in London he has obtained valuable materials for his history of the United States. He has also searched the public libraries of Paris for important information connected with this work. Offending Midshipmen. It is stated that the names of some dozen midshipmen have bcew stricken from the roll by the Secretary of the Navy, orf the recommendation of the Court of Inquiry, in consequence of having participated in the disturbances at the naval school, sometime during the month of March last. Whig Nominations in Illinois. The Whigs of Illinois have designated the following persons to go through the motions as candidates for State offices, to-wit: For Governor, Ale. R. Collins; Lieut. Governor, Timothy O. Howe; Secretary of Sta'e, Levi Alden; Attorney General, Morris Butterfield; Treasurer, J. B. Terry. Gen. D. Reynolds. A correspondent in another j

column mentions the name of this gentleman in con- J "Dr. Ellis, Editor of the Goshen Democrat, is annection with the office of Agent of Slate. The Gen- nounced as a candidate for State Auditor. If Dongeral is known here as a gentleman and an unswerv- , ass MS' be superceded by a democrat, we , .j .u ci l ' hope the Doctor will be the man. for he has battled ing democrat, and possesses the confidence and es- . , j r-.irn ii- ' 1 . j for his party long and fa ithfilly ; and his experience teem of a very large acquaintance. He has many . 89 County Auditor ever since the office was establish-

friends who would be well pleased to see hiiu honored . in the manner proposed. Baltimore, Sept. 13. The Washington correspondent of the Sun says : Some weeks since, M. Poussin, the French Minister, addressed an imperti-

nem note ,o me oecreiary o, ou.e, wnereupv.. j throughout the State as editor of the Goshen DemoPresident addressed a note to the French Government ; cratt one of the best conducted papers in the North, demanding the recall of M. Poussin. This not being , He has also been Auditor of Elkhart county for a

done, the President tendered M. Poussin his pass ports, which were accepted! iVT-The Lorr&nsoort Journal comnlaina bitterlv of I U3 for publishing certain extracts from Taylor's late vfr - f J I speeches. If they tend to "our national degradation," j as the editor seems to think, are ice to blame! Rather let the Journal hang its head in shame for having assisted to elevate to that high position a man t j l .. i t , who is admitted to be utterly unfit for any such ! J 1 ; P'ace State Officers to Elect. It wäll devolve upon the next Legislature of this State :o elect the follow ing State Officers : An Auditor of State, in place of D. Maguire, Esq. ; a Treasurer of State, in place of I Samuel Hannah, Esq.; an Agent of State, in place of J. Collins, Jr. E?q.; and a State Printer, in place of John D. Defree?, Rq. A Circuit Judge of the Indianapolis Judicial Circuit will be to elect also. We do not remember whether any of the other Judgeships become vacant at this time or not. The Fall of Hungary. The news of the sad fate which has attended ll.e Hungarian struggle is confirmed by the late arrival. The cause of that gellant people is tost irrevocably, and the IeaderF, who deserved to rule her as an independent nation, are fugitives from the wrath of despotism, whose hate is nut diminished by the fear their noble actions created. The war was a brilliant episode in the history of the general revolution in Europe which the last two years has witnessed; but its spirit could not save it from the fate which has attended every attempt of the kind in the recent outbreak of popular freedom. Despotism is yet too powerful for the friends of liberty, and having by the strong srm of furce beat them down into the dust again, it will load them with chains still more galling and severe, until human patience can no longer endure the restrict ions, and then will come another general outbreak and convulsion that will shake some of the old fabrics of tyranny to their fall. Heaven speed the day. War with France. Old Zack and his Secretary of Slate have managed to get into difficulty with France, through the French minister at Washington, who has been tendered his passports, without being asked for, which is equivalent to ordering him out of the country. The nature of the difficulty is said to be this. M. Poussin. the French Minister, brought certain claims against the United States for damages done to French property at the storming of Vera Cruz. Mr. Clayton did nt attend to the claims with sufficient despatch to suit M. Fou.in, who became, the t ell-lie. graph says, impertinent in pressing them upon the Secretary. A tart correspondence ensued ; the matter was referred to old Zack, (in my rye) who demanded of the French government that M. Poussin should be recalled. The French government declined, whereupon the Minister's pasports were tendered him, and accepted. The remainder of the ktory Is to be told by time. It may be a farce, sod it may be a tragedy. Whichever it may be, it is manifest that the whigs are incompetent to manage the affairs of the government. However, the French deserve a flogging just at this time, and there is n people who could give it to them near so di ctntly or so quick as the Yankees. It will be richt however, to get involved in a war by the "peace party ! Max. Daniel Mace. The People's Friend, pub lishei at Covington, in speaking of the officers to le elected bv the Legislature next winter, urge the claims of Daniel Mace, to the State Auditorship. in which we most heartily concur, as we are confident that no man could discharge the duties of that office more satisfactory than Mr. Mtce.DefpM Times.

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Published every Thursday. Slate O Hirer. From the Fort Wayne Sentinel. Auditor of Static. An Auditor or State and Treasurer u ill have to be elected at the coming ression of nur Legislature. Wc notice in the Slate Sentinel that the name f Dr. E. W. H. Ellis, editor of the Goshen Democrat, is announced as a candidate for Auditor of State, and that paper speaks quite favorably of the claims of Dr. Ellis to the nomination. We hope the democrats in the Legislature may dthe fair th ng towards the north this time, and elect Dr. Ellis. Among all the aspirants who may present their claims, there will be no one, we venture to assert, better qualified, and perhaps few as well, to perform the duties of the station tha,: our friend the Doctor; and assuredly there ein be none who havo stronger claims to the support of the party than he. For years he lias done his duty faithfully, earnestly, and with ability, in support of the principles of the party, and as editor of the Gohen Democrat has wielded a powerful influence in the political regeneration of the State. That his labors have not been without effect is manifested by the viet increase in the democratic vote of the counties in which his paper circuities. The north ban now become the strongest and most reliably democratic portion of the State; but yet, strange as it may appear, its citizens have been generally overlooked in the selection of candidates fur office; and even when they have been nominated in legislative caucus, they have been basely forsaken by professing democratic members from the South. It islin.e this species of trickery and bargaining should cease, and we do hope that Dr. Ellis may be treated with fairness and honesty, and if be be selected by the caucus as the democratic candidate, that tcery democrat in the Legislature may feci in honor bound to vote for him. If the caucus, which we suppose will be held to decide which of the aspirants shall be selected as the democratic candidate, be conducted fairly, we know enough of Dr. Ellis to justify us in promising for him that he will cheerfully acquiesce in its decision, and it he should not be the nominee, will expect bis friends to give the same support to the one selected that they should to him. Hut if, on the contrary, there should be any of that trickery and insincerity manifested by members from other parts of the State which have somttiir.es exhibited them, selves on similar occasions, it may then be a question whether the democrats of th north ought longer to submit to the proscription we have so long endured. Much as we deprecate local and sectional differences and distentions in our ranks, we are not prepared to Fay that wc ought longer to siKXutnb to this unfair course towards the north ; if it should again he attempted we would prefer to see all the members from that portion of the State vote against the nominee, instead of tacitly aiding the efforts of those who have hitherto oppressed us, by supporting their candidate. We trust however no such difficulty will arise. The north is fairly entitled this time to one of the State offices. Dr. Ellis is the candidate of the north, and as such we hope he may be elected. The Lafayette Journal (whig) speaks thus favorably of Dr. Ellis's qualifications for the office in qucsion ed in this State, has given abundant proof of his honesty and efficiency as a public officer." Auditor of State. Wo notice, in the last number of the State Sentinel the name of Dr. E. W. II. Ellis, of Elkhart county, as a candidate for Auditor rr s:r . to n pit;. ; - .....it nj i.i i j number of years. His qualifications for the office are second to those of no other man in the State. I It strikes us that this is a most excellent nominalion; an w hve Ütll doubt but that his name will be one of the most prominent for that office before our Legislature. Since the organization of the State, 8U far we can recoliect, no citizen of Northern Indiana has held any prominent office under the State Government. This is not as it should bo. For ourself, we care but little what part of the State furnishes its officers, provided that they have the requiit . i r . p . i . .t ir i site qualifications. Jut such is not the general feelin in this or any other State. Whenever ouahfied in in this or any other State. and proper men are to be found in the various sections of the Slate simple justice demands a fair and equal ! distribution of ufficcs; and this equal banded justice experience teaches us, is necessary to the effective cf Par'y-. That Dr. ueerM wen w ine iemocraiic party, let the three hundred and four hundred majorities f old staunch Democratic Elkhart testify. His election to lhe office for which be ii a candidtr will be a simple act of political justice to the !if leded isoriii, which while it respects and supports toe rightful claims of all sections of the Slate, desires that she may not be entirely ostracised from participation in the honors nnd responsihilities of the State Government. Michigm City Xeics. The following from a leading northern whig paper, edited by Millikan, a member elect, may go for what it is worth, and that is not much. According to the Whig, old Zuck must have "lent himself to party schemes :' We ee that Dr. Ellis, editor of the G-6hen Democrat, is aiinounred in the State Sentinel ns a candidate for State Auditor. Mijor Muce has friends also, who are urging his claims for an election to the sä me office, and how many more ciodidates will be presented for the same office we know not ; but as our locofoco friends have a pretty large majority in the Legislature, we presume they will feet pretty confident of electing men of their party to all the vacant offices, and the probability is that there will be but little short of half a score of candidates for each office to be filled. Knowing that they have nothing to expect in the way of office from the General Government, the capital of this State will unquestionably be thronged next winter, with the hungriest set of locofoco office-seekers that ever infested the capital of any State. Lnporlt Whig. A S'ate Printer will be elected this winter, in place of John D. Df frees. The Clnpmans of the State Sentinel, it is supposed, will be elected. The printing for the State was never done half as good previous to the election of Mr. Defrees, but we presume this will d no good now. Lafayette Jiurnal. Now that a smart paragraph, cons'dering the fids. Is the editor of the Journal a fool or a knave? We see the names of Dr. Ellis, Editor of the Goshen Democrat, and Maj. Mace, of Lafayette, mentioned as candidates fur Auditor of State before the next Legislature. Either of these gentlemen, wo presume, would make good officers. " We hope ou'r Democratic friends in the next Legislature, will elect the State officers accord to parly usage or at least what ought to be party usage, without the bickering and divisions which have io often characterized these elections heretofore. Hushcil!e Jacksoitim. Ihm. S. S. Mickle. The Fort Wayne Sentinel saya, in relation to the nomination of this gentleman for Speaker of the next House of Representatives: "We cordially second the nomination. We are fully con vi need that Mr. Mickle would discharge the duties of the station in an able, dignified and impartial manner; and hij election to it would be a proper compliment and just tribute to the unwavering firm ness and zeal in the democratic cause which his constituents have always maintained." The Huntington Democratic Age responds "Amen. Kobsutii's Lettefs Intelligent Hungarians, in New York, believe that the letters lately published s Kossuth's are Austrian compositions.

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INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1849.

latest Ifcws from Europe. Worse News from Hangar y-Capilvkliox of Comorn Kossuth gone to England. The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, of the 13th, con-1 tains the following highly important intelligence contained in a telegraphic dispatch, dated London, Sept. 1, P. M: HUNGARY. Comorn has capitulated. The Austrian Minister of War entered the fortress on the 23tbr The country if the Waag is entirely etacuatad by the Hungarians. Kossuth is positively said to have left Ar ad for England, on the 111 h, with the Hungarian Crown jewels. FRANCE. Paris, Friday Morning. The permaneut committee of the Legislative Assembly met yesterday. No motion was brought forward for the convocation of the Assembly on the 20ih September, ns it was reported would bo the case the Assembly will consequently meet as originally fixed, on the 1st of October. Gen. Changarnier attended the meeting of the committee yesterday, and gave a very favorable report of the state of Paris, which is perfectly tranquil. A second edition of the Cologne Gazette mentions the death of the grand Duke Michel of Austria. He died of apoplexy. ITALY. Trouble Between the Pope and France. Letters from Toulon to the 27ih, mention the arrival there of two couriers from Civita Vecchia. It was said that the relations between the French and the authorities at Rorau were not at all friendly, and that the Issue of the negotiatrns at Gaeta would perhaps baffle all calculation. The Roman population and the French army were, however, on excellent terms, and the French officers did not conceal their disgust at the conduct of the Pontifical Government. The promises of the Pope were of a very vague character. It was believed at Civita Vecchia that the Pope would at last go to Bologna, and remain under the protection of the Austrians, Neapolitans, and Spaniards. The number of sick at Rome was considerable, and the hospitals were crowded. Two hospitals at Toulon received 1.000 sick between them, proceeding from Civita Vecchia, and it would be necessary to establish more hospitals. Tiieir batteries of siege artillery that had been ordered back to Rome, were countermanded, and it was said that there was no intention of reducing the expeditionary army', and that it was impossible to assign a term to the occupation of Rome by the French. The Times has received letters of the 23d from its correspondent at Naples. The city was perfectly tranquil. The new Cabinet was proceeding to wise and moderately liberal principles, and a fair promise is held out that the Constitution will be renewed as soon os the north of Italy and the dominions of the Pope had order restored to thtm. The King and the Pope were expected at Naples from Gaeta, and the Palace at Porticia was being fitted up fr the occasion of tbe latter. . Queen Victoria, with Prince Albert and their children, are rusticating in Scotland, where the plainness of dress, and the motherly attention of the Queen to her children, was exciting great odmiration. The intelligence from the Irish crops was of the most satisfactory character, and the crop of potatoes sown is said to be the largest ever known. lortl:iml nnd Montreal Ilnilroatl. We learn that contracts have been made by the Directors of this great line of railway, both iu Canada and the United . States, with Messrs. Black and Wood, to construct the unfinished part of this road, a distance of about 200 miles, for $27,000 per tnile, or for $26,200, in case the companies elect to pay the Engineering and build the Station and Engine houses. The whole line is to be completed within three years. The contractors, Messrs. Black and Wood, are well known throughout the whole country as men of large property, and as most energetic and successful con tractors. These gentlemen have built the portion of the road already finished, making about 80 miles, to the entire satisfaction of both the American and Canadian companies; and as each company has abundant means provided for the whole work, we may set down the completion of th " road within the time agreed upon as a fixed fact. We learn verbally, that on the Canadian end of the line, the contractors take in payment, one Quarter of the amount in stock of the company, and the balance in" the city of Montreal bonds, and the guarantee of the Colonial Government. On the American eide they take one quarter in (stock, one quarter in the bonds of the company. and the balance in cash, as the work progresses. To provide the cash payment, this company has tbe bonds of tiie city of Portland for about $1.1K'0,000, WhiCh can be converted into cash at par, at will. We take great pleasure in announcing the above result. We think that the gentlemen entrusted with the management of this work in making the above contract, have acted with that wisdom and prudence which has characterized their whole conduct since the first commencement of the undertaking. When this road was first proposed the entire community, with the exception of those immediately interested in the road, were utterly incredulous, not only as to the ability of those engaged in it to construct it, but also to the practicability of the whole idea. Not a cent cojld be obtained out of Maine for this portion of it, and as no road of magnitude, in New England had been built, without the aid of Boston, the mother of New England railroads, this fact alone was regarded as settling the whole question, and the efforts of the people of Portland were looked upon as resulting in a loss of all their money expended upon a project which must surely fail. Yet despite of all this, the road was commenced and pushed forward with extraordinary vigor during a season of unexampled pecuniary pressure, which prostrated so many of the Massachusetts enterprises. The prompt payment of its subscription list has furnished ample means to meet all engagements as they have matured. The credit of the company is without a stain, but very few shares have been sold, and these at very nearly a remunerative price, and most of the stock still in the hands of original stockholders. It has created no 6tock at a discount, nor has it wasted its means by hiring large sums of money at an enorrhous shave. And while no pains or expenses have been spared to make a first class road, and in this respect it is not inferior to any one in the country, the strictest economy has been maintained, and stockholders have the satisfaction of finding that the business of the part already constructed assures an ample return upon their money invested. By making the above contract, the price of the stock will advance as the work progresses, as both the contractors and the stockholders have a mutual interest in maintaining its value. The mere fact that gentlemen of admitted pecuniary ability, and distinguished for their energy and sagacity, as are the contractors, and who are thoroughly acquainted with the value of its stocks, should be willing to take so large a proportion of it in payment, is the very best evidence of its ultimate value, and must exert a very salutary influence upon its market val'ie. Among the many schemes to bring to the Atlantic the produce and business of the west by railway, the above road has been the last proposed, and bids fair to be one of the first to be completed. None have gne forward with such an uniform step as this, and there are none, the affairs of which have been managed with greater skill and prudence;' and we deem it duo to Mr. Morton, the Cuief Engineer of the American, and for a time the Chief Engineer of the whole line, to ray, that the success of the work thus far, is to a very considerable extent due to his fckill as an engineer, to his practical good sense, his untiring industry, and more than all, to the in flexible honesty and straightforwardness of his character. which qualities, in the end, were certain to ifiirA Ihn iilfirnfifA nfirit inn nf Iii 4 uiouvf linwovor much In the outset they may have been opposed to those of the Directors or tho public. The success of, the work under all its obstacles, is the best tribute to his qualities as an Engineer, and its completion cannot fail to give him a high rank among tho leading! members of his profession. American Railroad Journal.

Parlies and lliclr Change. Evcr 8incc lhe establishment of our government partie! ,lave preTailwlt and wiH contlnue to exisl urjder any form of government that is created. There are always two parties in every community, tho-e who; wish to keep things as tliev are. fearing a chnrce. arid , those who wish something belter, looking to perfVctiwn. Those who begiu with reform, once in power, ! forget the principles that caused their success, dopen- ' erate, and are swept away by new parties. And ihn, ' we shall be told, is an argument against all change; for if new parties in becoming old, are no better than their predecessors, what des the world gain by the contest Wereplythaf.it is an argument in favor . of continual change; fr however any s-t of tarn t may fall from power and become corrupted, yet the ' good which they have done remains, and renin ins too ! as a base line of operations for new doers of good. All reformations are begun by the poor, the weak, the humble, and are opposed by the strong, the powerful. The rcaon f this is f utidcd in the constitution of man, and in that creation of God, so much qu ited, yet so little undrsiood, "the nature of things." Men wiih little or nothing, surrounded by impediments and obstructions in the race of life, all of human creation, want freedom, a clear field, a fair chance in the race. Those with much, with the lion's share of worldly goods, with wealth and learning and power, wish to keep what they have got, and are therefore conservatives. "And to keep what they have got, for their children as .well as themselves, and therefore to check the progress of reformation, they denounce, ridicule and slander all partisans of progress. Thus the Pharisees denounced as publicans and sinners, the especial instruments of a certain great movement. Thus the princes and nobility of France denounced the revolutionists os sans culottes, "poor devils without breeches." They were "poor devils," and barelegged, and made so by laws which prevented them from dressing better, yet gave to every conservative a dozen superfluous pain. They knew that they had a natural right to breeches, and wished to get some. Hence they were the very men to begin or join a party cf reformation and progress. And what are reformations ? Merely the application of principles to human affiiirs. God made principles; and if these principles were honestly carried out by all men, no wrong would be done, and no oppression would be practiced. But as all men do not thus, principles and practice are continually at variance, the practice departing from the principle, tili the evil becomes intolerable. Then rise parties devoted to reformation; and they always rise among the people, against princes and Pharisees, because the people are the sufferers by the evil to be reformed. And then the Pharisees cry out against innovation and revolution anddestruction, because they are thegaiuers by the evil, and wish to prolong tbe gain, and transmit it to their children. Hence all parties begin with some great principle of right; nnd though they are weak at first, they grow and expand till they become victorious. But every movement "must have leaders, precisely as every army must have officers. And after the victory is gained, and the new party rules, then its leaders, like all predecessors, begin to feel the corrupting influences of power, and eventually become opposers of progress, till they in their turn are swept away by a new party of progress, arising from the necessity of new reforms and new principles to be established. But while parlies are thus rising, succeeding, degenerating and dying, principles, God's work, ore marching onward, and mankind arc gaining, and usiug the gains of yesterday as levers for gaining to-morrow. Therefore we say to all men, contend for progress, and regard parties and leaders as mere instruments for carrying out principles. -Pa. Ledger. ' A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald gives the following as the way in which Ewbank got to be Commissioners of patents: I dare say, you New Yorkers were a good deal astonished at the appointment of Mr. Ewbank as Commissioner of Patents. That an English plumber should be selected as the head of one of the most important departments here, was indeed something of a stumper. "Ewbank" "Ewbank!" "Whoisher Such were the exclamatory inquiries hereabouts when this appointment was made. I happen to know all about it. The appointment was made through the influence of Ewing the mo'ive power was supplied by Greeley &. Mucklewraith, of your city. Mr. Ewbank, who is a very decent, dull, respectable, stupid man, compiled a volume on "hydraulics," for the press of Mucklewraith, which proved a failure. Thequestion then arose, how this loss was to be repairad; and during the deliberations which ensued, it was suggested that Mr. Ewbank might have a chance to be made Commissioner of Patents. Mucklewraith jumped at the hint, and with Seward and Ewing negotiations were at once opened. The result was the nomination of Ewbank to the patent ofce upon which, the firm of Greeley c Mucklewraith greatly felicitated themselves, inasmuch as this success was quite a triumph for the principles of "association," or "sK:ialism" Greeley doing the pure morality, and Mucklewraith the dirty work of the concern. But there was something beyond all this mere pecuniary motive on the part of Mucklewiaith. It w .s well known to Seward, Greeley, and the abolition clique which they represent, that the census of the United States was soon to he taken, and th it the management of that important business would fill into the hands of the Commissioner of Patents. Hence the anxiety to get Ewbank, their creature, appointed. You will perceive, at a glance, the vast importance with which this appointment of Mr. Ewbank becomes invested, in this point of view. You may depend that there is a well-concerted viotemenl now in progress to control the taking of the nrxl census in such a way as to give, a greater additional representation to the North than that to which it ts rightly entitled, while at the same lime the representative rights of the South will be curtailed. I do not speak idly or without authority. This Mr. Ewbank is the agent, the suppliant tool of the Greeley abolition clique, and the knowledge of this fact is already beginning to excite the greatest uneasiness and alarm among those here who are devoted to the rights and interests of the South. I have a great deal more to say on this point, the importance of which you will readily see. . Swindler Caught. A fellow calling himself Robinson who has been travelling around the country, passing himself off as a General Mail Agent, and in some places as a nephew of S. R. Ilobbic, 1st Assis tint Postmaster General, and, under various preten ces, obtaining money of postmasters, stage agents, and ethers connected wilh the poet-office department, has been arrested at Evansville, Ind. He had wha1 purported to be a letter of credit from Mr. Hobbie, which he wmild present to bis victims, stating that ho had been unexpectedly caught without "funds, would remit on reaching a certain point, &c. Strange as it may appear he succeeded in obtaining money in this way at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburgh, Chamberfrburgh, Bedford, &c. He asked the modest sum of $100 of the Evansville postmaster, who, suspecting all was not rijht, put him off until the next day.. In the meonlime the postmaster telegraphed Mr. Hobbie and received for answer that Robinson was an impostor. The postmaster had an officer in waiting, and when Robinson presented himself, twenty dollars was handed him, his receipt taken, together with the letter of credit, and he was arrested on the spot. Robinson was brought to appear during the day before his Honor, Justice Mills, and after a hearing was held to bail in the sum of $5000, which he fri'wl g've. nd wa committed to jail to await his trial at the term of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court, 'which sits on the fourth Monday in this month, fjrPresident Roberts of Liberia has sect an Agent to France, to purchase a steamship and a steam sloop, which will cons itute the navy of his little Republic.

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Volume lX:::::::::Nurabcr 16. IVo Sin to oppose ilic Country and to aid lhe Country's Toe, but a Great Crime to oppose Gnu. Taylor. The removal of General Lane by the present ultra Whig administration, which came into r;wer with the flattering falsehood upon its lips, of being hostile til party, has at Intst found an apologist and a defender. The infamous LouisxiUe Journal, which de i:ounced the war with Mexico as accursed f God, has filly undertaken the task of justifying it precription of one of those gallant men who aided in turning the fortunes of the fearful day of Angostura. Geo. Lane, according to the Journal, has been appropriatelyvpunished for daring to speak against Gf-n. Taylor! The head and front of his offending, hath this extent, no more. In the feudil times, when the monarch was almost a ds;ot, it was no uncommon thing for a bold baron to beard the monarch to his teeth, and even the proudest head that ever wore a crown, did not deem it unkingly to permit the brave knight to proclaim his disapprobation of some royal decree. In England, at the present day, that public man is regarded as a coward who will not proclaim his opinions, no matter how hostile to the ministry. In France, the revolution which deposed Luis Philippe began at the Banquets which he tried to suppress, because those who attended them dared to speak against the abuses of Iiis administration. A similar fate threatens Austria, because of an attempt to control the free speech of the Magyar. In Russia it is said that even among the coufidantes of the Czar, the bitterest hostility is avowed, with impunity, to the policy that has led him into Hungary. Even in Rome, now the citadel of an armed absolutism, Mazzi'ii's proclamations are circulated and read by the people, in defiance of the papal soldiery. The British Queen passes through Ireland, while the British press denounces her government, and defies her indignation. But in this free country, a weather-beaten, battle-scarred soldier, who has fought through nearly the entire war with Mexico, ending his career in the last gallant adventure of our arms in the valley of Mexico now distant in the inlmfpitable wilds of Oregon, whither he was sent by a former Executive is sought out by the blood-hounds of Federalism, and offered up os a sacrifice to party vengeance, becaue he has dared to differ with Gen. Taylor, in regard to the report of a battle and because he was bold and brave enough to proclaim his objections to a candidate who published and proved his own incompetency as a civilian. The worst despotism of the present day has rarely dared to go farther than this; and when it has gone farther, a just retribution has been prompt to punish and avenge. While General Taylor proscribes General Lane for daring to say that he is neither a Napoleon in war nor a Washington in peace, while he applies the scourge of indignation to one who will not fall down and worship himselj how does he treat the foes and the revilers of the country? General Lane, who stod the iron hail of the Mexicans at Buena Vista, and in the engagements with Jarauta and his fierce banditti, is branded with ignominy for daring to differ from General Taylor, while General Taylor crowds into the high places of the government the violent and audacious revilers of the nation's honor. General Lane is decapitated because he will not idolize Taylor; while Hudson, Collamer, M'Gaughey, Olis, Davis, Penrose, and other enemies of the country, and aiders and comforters of the country' foe, receive the supreme approval of the Regency and the President! To differ from General Taylor is a crime, punishable with the severest mark of displeasure, while to defame the country's war, and to aid the country's enemy, is a new title to the confidence and preference of the present illustrious administration! We need not elaborate an argument which so powerfully illustrates the utter recklessness and incompetency of our present rulers. Pennsyhanian. Horrible Murder and Suicide The following, which appears in the Mobile Register of August 29th, details one of the most tragic occurrences we have ever seen iu print. The murder was committed at Cedar Grove, Jefferson county, Alabama: Brother Chambliss: Lst Sabbath evening, on my return from the Minister' and Deacon Meciinfc, I received the sad iotellijrnce that my brother-in-law hjd been barbarously moideied by a negro the evening before! I reached the grave-vard ib coffin was at the grave. I tit held the mother, who had gives, li tt to fifteen children, weeping over ber firnt-boin the wife and tuend were giviog vent to their gi ief! Peuon kanwing the circumstances gave me a statement of the fict, which are as follow: A uero boy, belonging to Mr. Me Da n it; I, bad insulted and thieatened ibe patrol, cnnoiHting cf Pearson, MYJuire. and other, who determined 10 chastise the impudent and iisulting fellow. Aecoidingly they went, in their round, to the houe of Mr. McDanii-i, who infoitncd them where they miht find the boy, and detired them to whip him well. The r tailed in qoet of the offender, not supecting any danger, t king no weapon, and separating Ibemtelvet o to sunoutid bim, fh uld he atiempt to ecipc. He dicoveicd tome of ibe company, and iinmeditiely fleJ into the field, being closely pursued by Mr. Pearfon. Peiceiving Ibi. be sudJenly stopped and tinned against hi pursuer, who threw a lock a he appioached. but unfortunately misieJ. The negto came upon bim with his kuife, inflicting blows and wound catting his head, his breat, and hi left arm, to as to iable it, whiUt Pearson was making such lesisiance as lay in his power. At length others of the company came to his telief. The oegio again fled was discovered by McGuire, wh , ignorant of w hat bid taken place, pursued hard after him, on hone, till they came to a fence over whirh the lie cm leaped McGuire tiism unted, tan before the negro, perhaps ordcied him tt Mand, but the negro came toward him attempting to grap him round the aims and waist, but the te'io drew hi head under bis aim, and miseiably lacerated his body before he could be rescued. lie was heard to exclaim, I am a dead man!" and expired. The .negro, having mäned one and wounded another, made an eff.m to lay the third; but at that instant a stone stopped lhe force of his effort, he only cut the gimeuts ab"iii the wit! He made riff 10 bis master's dwelling, followed by Mr. Pearjon, and seizing an axe, runhed into the house to ki.l his master! AlieaJy the weapon of death was lifted over McDanlel's head wben the daughter threw herself against the negro, so that he only glanced the head and breast of McDanicl. He ttiuck twice moie.butthe daughter continued to divert the instrument of denti action. Mr. McD ran, the negro after him, round the bouse, and through the home, leaving traces of blood wherever they went. At length meeting Mr. Pearson, the negro thought to dispatch him fimt, and was in. the act of to doing, when Mr. P. (having got a gun,) shot him throtuh the arm the monter soon dropped the axe and went off multeiing fainted two or three times, arose and cut his own throat! Mr. McGuire was a member of the Hebron Baptist Church was cut off iu the ptitne of life leatiog a wife and two babes. Yours, &c, ' JOSEPH MOOR. 07"The Cincinnati Times recently had an insulting editorial article headed "the credit of Indiana, its leading men and the citizens generally." It objects to the appropriation of 1,000,000 to construct the Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad through this State, because of the alleged 4ruined public credit of Indiana in consequence of her bad faith in money matters," and affects to think our people unsafe partners in such an enterprise ! It also volunteers the assertion that Indiana does not pay the interest on her public debt, and that she has made no provision for the principal. The Times says j-lainly, that Indianians are very good customers when they come with money in their hands, but that there is a certain system of ethics controlling the leading men of this State, and t ie people at large, which prevents them from paying their honest debts J All this only goes to prove the editor of the Times to be a very ignorant and impudent blockhead. As to their St. Louis railroad running 150 miles along the Ohio ricer, we care nothing whether they build it or let it alone. If Cincinnati wants access to Indi tna and her trade, let her build the channel to reach it. We want no access to her, and the les our people have to do with her the better. " Vj. Sloan, of New Albany, Ind., recently performed an interesting operation on the eyes of the Rev. N. Hoskins, of Crawford county, who ht.d been blind from his birth The operation proves to be entirely uccessrul.

A IVew Way to Pay Old Debts. Some wie and bonet tout baa introduced into tbe Wiseonin Legislature a bill for the abolition of ill laws hi the collect! . 11 of debts. Why not a bill for the repeal of all laws of alt kind'.' Or why not, to complete and peifect Ibis sagacious lefoim at one arid a single step, incoiporate into tbe bill a provision making it a capital otTence for one man tu lend or tiust another man or give him anv kind of eiedit in any wiy or for any purpose whatever Exchange Paper. The above is a specimen of the stylo of argument peculiar to a portion of the press, and which affects intelligently to inform the public mind. It is by no means a "modern instance" -of intuitive sagacity. There was never yet declared a sound principle of science, art, ethics, or law, but awok the fpirit of the caviler, kindled the indignation of the rynie, and excited the r.dicule of the self-sufficient and superficial. Such persons in the display of their oracular infallibility, however sententious they may make it, are eure to commit some absurdity which betrays the feeble force of their hostility. And tho writer of the foregoing paragraph is not exempt from the common firailtv. What poes.ble analogy, we would likn to know, can exist between the abolition of all liws for the collection of debls," and 'the repeal of all laws of all kinds!" Just as much as there is between one man's borrowing a dollar to-day and blowing his friend's brains out to-morrow. Or what application has the proposal of a bill, "making it a capital offence for one man to lend or trust another," to the abolitim of all laws for the collection of debts! The derisive association i without point, and serves only ! show the very weakness of the Ehaft the writer hurls at the target before him. It has been justly remarked that while the old Atlantic Slates affect a monopoly of all the wisdom of the age, they will yet have to learn the practicability and efficiency of true democratic principles from some of the younger States of the confederacy. And, from our observation of recent proceedings in Wisconsin, we anticipate in that State a gallant pioneer in the elaboration of fundamental ideas, too profound in their simplicity to be even spoken of upon the Atlantic border, without a sublime effort at a jest. We do not hesitate to predict, howcv-r, though we will not limit the period for the fulfilment of our prophecy to the present century, that the time will come when all laws for the collection of debts will be abolished when these very laws will be spoken of with ridicule and contempt. It may be said that we have taken care to extend the time of our prophecy beyond the probable period of our personal responsibility; but we put it on record nevertheless, and shall leave the responsibility we assume in the matteras an honorable legacy to the Sun. It will be abundantly redeemed. Somebody will inquire some day, where a man, who persuades a neighbor to buy a hat or a coat, or sells him one upon his own application on credit, acquires the right to call in the power of the State to enforce payment for the same! O, he gets it from the law of course. And where does the law come from! From the legislature. And the legislature! From the people. So, then, we shall find the principle in operation amongst tbe people, we suppose. LH us look for it. And we must set out with th? supposition that such a thing has never been known as law for the collection of debts. A. goes to B. and buys a hat. but can't pay for it at present. "O, never mind," says B. "take that nnd another." After a while. B. sends in the bill, but A. can't pay. He is unfortunate or dishonest.

B. call upon his neighbor C. and says, "two of us are stronger than one; A. owes me for two or three j hats; let us go to his hon e, 6eizc him, put a fetter about leg, and chrin him to a lamp-poet, till he ! pays." This would be imprisonment for debt. But ' C. demurs, and inquires of B. why he gave him crei dit. "O," says B., "I thought he might pay me; but I at the same time I had this in my head, that if he ; didn't, you and I could serve him out, in the style I ; propose." But C, as an honest man, denounces tue ; coue of B. as refined cruelty, dishonest in its incep tion and practice, and unworthy of toleration by a civilized people. "Well," says B., if you won't do that, help me to go and take something he has got, by way of satisfying myself for the hats." C. demurs again, and says to B., 11 you gave him credit; the profit of the business wos to be exclusively yours; why would you have me occupy myself about y.ur affairs!" "O,. says B., "I'll pay ail expenses, and pay you for your time; I only want your power, nnd I'll do as much for you another time." " don't want your help," says C, "and I can't lend you nine. If you sold the man the hats without a proper inquiry into his character and capacity, you were greedy of gain imposed only upon yourself. "If he d'fraudtd you by false representations, I would lend you my power to aid in his punishment; but as it is, you must take the consequences." To settle the matter, however, they make A. a visit together and ask him to pay for the hats. A. replies, at first, that he "can't pay," and then, that he "won't pay." At thi both feel a little honest indignation, and B., under the pressure of his wrong, declares that he will never credit A. again, and moreover, will warn his friends against him. C. also adds, prudently, that A. must not expect credit from him, and thus they leave tbe refractory debtor. Reflection brings A. to his senses, and he reasons sensibly enough that this practice won't do. In a little time he finds it fatal to all his projects, lie has killed his reputation; and with that his credit is gone. From this simple illustration of the principle involved in the Wisconsin proposition, we have the direct inference that the effect would be to make reputation real, practical honesty, industry, and prudential economy the alone basis of credit. But here the subject expands, and we defer enlarged remark. Bali. Sun. ClAWFOKDsnLLE AND LAFAYETTE RaILF.OAP. A correspondent of the Lafayette Daily Journal writes that "this road is progressing with the speed of a Locomotive. There is a continued string of work men fr seventeen miles on this end of the line. Immediately on this side of Crawfordsville, the number of ehanties indicate a host of workmen in that vicinity. One half of the road will be ready for grading by the first of December next. Tl.is enterprise the energy with which it is progressing, specks well for the citizens of Crawfordsville. The scheme, put in. operation since last winter, and in less than one year over half of the road almost ready for the wood structure, and that too, by money raised at home, ia a thing unparalleled in Hoosier enterprise. The able and efficient President, Alajor Elston, knows what can be done, and is exerting himself nobly in its behalf, as much so as though it were an individual concern. They have only paid, as yet, three dollars on a share; another assessment takes place in a few days." Author of State. The Covington Tcople's Friend recommends Maj. Dan. Mace as a candidate for Auditor of State, and we observe that Dr. E. W. II. Ellis, of Elkhart county, Editor of the Goshen Domocrat, is announced in the State Sentinel as a candidate for the same office. Maj. Mace did valiant service, as Elector, in the late campaign, and was necessarily at heavy expenso in traversing the district. lie has made many sacrifices for the party, and deserves to be rewarded. Dr. Ellis is well known throughout Northern Indiana, as the able and eff.cie.it Editor of the 'Goshen Democrat.' He has ever been a working member of the party, and has done much to regenerate and purify the political character of our State. There will, without doubt, be more than one candidate for the soveral offices on which the Legislature has to act, and we concur with the Sentinel in expressing the hope that, among thcrn all, there may prevail tho true democratic spirit that each will yield to the will of the majority. Clinton Sews. . Col. Bkxtom Before the Teople. Jackson county has again repudiated the aiders and abettors of the ne farious scheme concocted by a few plotters last winter to prostrate Col. Benton. The Hon. John S. Phelps, the talented Representative ia Congress from the suth-west, delivered an address at Independence a few days since, at the conclusion of which the vote was taken and counted, and the result was a large majority for Benton. No sane man will pretend to doubt that a majority of the people of Jackson county are for Benton. From every quarter of the State, the glorious news still comes that the people are with Col. Benton. Jefferson Mo.) Inquirer. SrCassius M. Clay has now entirely recovered I from the wounds he received in hit last fight.