Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1849 — Page 2

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0Ve are requs-sted t' announce Di.HiL Mwia of II nrt eunty, m a candidate for Tremurer of Snn. Qe are irqi'ilri ti nounc C. B. Bestlit, of -.lnee-nivy. a- a cmdidaie fi Principal Cleik uf tiic Home Slat fili:m Asylum. ttrThe ruizet. and DDfi at Iiidiiiili "are in for a Mii Orphan Asylum, to be ''catrd at Ihn i-int, and a imMic nitlii t ha -4lirady pointed a com ittee to ptepre the necea-ary ilitittk-i n the subject. Wi-h all pi"xr dfrrr.cr ui neighbor al ihe Capital, we must le allowed to y that hf rtm in loo much of hurry, and that a . movrmeni of that kind w..rild have cmc with a better src . from auo'hrr quarter. The De-f and Dumb, Insane, and B H'd Ajlu'ni hate ju-t been established there, and hat.it arema to u, should ouffice for Ilia present ; tJ say nothing uf . ih donMful expediency of the Stale becoming the step- ! m .herf all the i phan ebi dren of Indiana. Wt aay all," ; fr if the S'ate id pn ne orpbao, it'hould adpl every one, 1 ;av an equivalent lor it support aJ education. It occurs to o. 1 a fi'-t glance, that tt.i- is a new proposition, f r we d Dt lemeniber my Slnte Orphan AjIui 'hoe, we mei-,ixrliel und. i State control. New Yoik, Bo on, Baltimore, Phi'adi lphia, 8cc . hve tbeir city or euritr Al"in sopiwrted by municipal or individual chaiiti but if theie aie State Asyiums, wr ahould be glad to know it. The S'ah- has already done well in matins of chanty, and the people should be allowed a little brtaihiaj spell before new taxes aie leied. We want to see how the three Ajlum iheady established get long, how they ate mm- ; aged, and what they cot, before we can lend our aid to this ; oiphan reeula'ion The citizens of Indianapolis may : upon it that this tbiojr won't wotk now ; and our advice would le.that the citizens pr fd at once, lo rie mfD tu boild an Asvlum for the orphans of Marion county, and let us of the piovincts " take cate of otmelves, in the same quiet and unostentatious manner. Theie i. no ue in M riding a free hore to deith," and thil should be remembered by our metropolitan fiiend. Theie is an abundance of wealih al Indianapolis to build an Ayr ' . 1 j .Daw: ih. .vitn. ium tor laai pucej auu evcij coumy, iuuu"iu mc ( pie t f Maiion, wr! soon be induced to r and do likewise." , We hope that meeting will be again convened, and Ihe pto- ' gramme so chang d as to l ae the poor Slate out of the scrape." IVabask Express, Oct. 17. fj" While we regret, we confess that we are not at all surprised at Ute objections thus raised by tlio I Express. We hardly expected so mccii unfairness, however, from that paper, because we give the editor credit for some acuteness and judgment, if not for much benevolence of disposition. He suffers his zeal to mislead him in this matter. Who, for instance, has paid any thing about locating the proposed Asylum at Indianapolis? iN'Wj. That would be matter for the Legislature t- determine. We are accused of haste, too! Why did not the Express and its friend mnje first! The other objections of the Express are equally futile. It 6ays if the State adopts anyorplian.it should ndpt all. We disagree with it. Indigent or destitute orphans, without property or natural protectors, are in fact paupers, and are only aved from our wretched alms-houses, by the kindness, or the selfishness of strangers who may be disposed to adopt them. To transfer them from poorhouses to one or more well-regulated State Asylum.-, would nut ultimately increase the public burdens, while it might confer incalculable benefits ujou the W.kakLt? aaBvaaa Tt aaa1rf (va .k I if A m it n r r I Ii a It a a P I lb 11 Wiir ijs.iiav i nuuiu u ' j ö Ö 1 1 wj 1 vi - . and in fact lightening it by concentration. - In some j way or other the State is hmni to support many of these unfortunates, and all ice ask is that the people should think about it, and decide as ti the best tray. As t the personal interest, we have uone except such ai pp'ws out of an ordinary feeling of humanity. We have no children likely to need such relief, nor are we, at present, likely to have, so far as we know. Nor has the Rev. Mr. Myers, who moved first in this matter, any children of his own: he would like to have two or three, no doubt ; but he would expect to take care of them himself, just as every other man expect and hopes to do. But he. as well as ourseUea, believes that there are many children more unfortunate than those of the editor of the Express, children who have no legal protector but the State, and many of whom can only be saved from poverty, temptation and crime, by such institutions as we propose, and in which they shall early be taught that primary law of honesty and virtue, to earn tbeir bread by the Bweat of the brow. That no other State has a similar institution, is nothing to us. It is the very reason why we ought to have one, so as to set them a good example. But then the expense! Aye! here we have a manifestation of that unfortunate spirit by which our legislative councils, as well as our popular politicians have always been actuated or controlled. We may legislate for the benefit of the rich to all eternity, and nobody but some poor demagogue" will remonstrate; but propose any thing for the benefit uf the race, and the first cry that salutes your ear, will be, ' 0, the expense." But in this thing, we repeat, there will be no expense, or if any, it will be of so t'ifling an amount, the no man will feel it. The plan, by the way, is not fully digested, but so fir as we know, it is undctstood that the institution, if established, will be based upon the principle of the manual labor schools. The children would soon support themselves, under a s-ystem of judicious, well-directed industry. As to city and town institutions: let the Express attempt one in Terre Haute, one of the wealthiest towns in the State, and see bow it succeeds ! Let it act on the advice it so freely gives to Indianapolis, and we shall see the product ! We know what our rich men" would ay, most of them: they would tell you that they paid taxes enough already," especially, a rale for the support of paupers, and they woulJ refer you to the almshouse, if you had one. And any of our little towns, by the way, are very different things from those great cities mentioned by the Express, some of which contain a population almost equalling the total of our own State. Kut enough, with the Express, at present. We turn with more grateful feelings to the following paragraph on the same subject, from the Goshen Democrat of Oct. 17, to-wit : " The Citizens cf IotliapapolH are making a movement for the establishment ..f an Asylum f ! the benefit of destitute orphan chilJien. It is a noble charity and ought long since to have been brought to the notice of the Legislature. Such an in-tit''ioii would call down upon the bead of it originatormay a poor man djing th-asing, ai d make many a il -w'a hea.t leap for joy. In couoexion with ibis sut jeet we uget the piopiiely f eiablihii' Insiitme or woik ahops fo the reformation of Juvenile offenders. Add these to or intitu'i-tis f r the Itr-aoe, the Deaf and Dumb, and the B ind, and Indiana will staud ia the front rank of phiJaoturopy. An Institution for the reformation of juvenile offenders, sngges:ed by the Democrat, is very much needed. We should have had something to say about it long ago, but wc have postponed it, in order to bring it up in a discussion of a reform of our entire criminal system, previous to and during the session of the Constitutional Convention. OrLook in st Talboti's Jewtlry Store if you desire to see a very rich and freh assortment cf vslaable goods of various descriptions. See his advertisements for particulars. We chanced upon what we have long been anxious to get, a fountain pen. Of thete he has excellent'qjalities, and several varieties, well worthy the attention of those who would write with ease and convenience. He has also some very bautifuI 'Diamond ornaments, more massive and valuable than we are accustomed to see offered for sale here ; and the prices sppeared to us to be so low, that we could hardly believe our eyes and ears at the same time. Give him a call. The Mil waukie Sentinel estimates that 20,r00 bushels of wheat were received there on that day requiring ssven hundred teams to draw them.

Annexation of Canada. The Montreal Herald in an able article on the comparative advantages to Canada, of annexation with the United State- on the one hand, and on the other of a Federal Union of the British Provinces, with independence both of Great Britain and Ihe United States, pronounces the former to be the only probable remedy for the evils of its present condition. We quote the subttance of the article, premising that the Montreal herald is one of the ablest and most influential of the Cinid.-i journals : If we should establish a federation tomorrow, in order to find some business for the General Government to do, in order to prevent such an institution from becoming as useless a mockery as tat of the Governor-Genera Ihip, under our present system, e should have to oh; in from Great Britain the right to treat with independent nations as an independent Si at p. The cot of maintaining the army and navy would be necessarily thrown upon u?, ns a conse quence ; for it would be absurd to Mippose that we could be permitted to quarrel on our owu account, and that Great Britain would bear the brunt of the contest. We say, then, that a Federal Union and Independence are inseparable, and we pnceed to show, how much less advantageous that arrangement would be; thnn the Union with our Southern neighbors. The expenses if Government in case of a Federal Union would be divided into two parts, that which belongs to the ctt of Local or State Government, and that which belongs to the Federal Government. In Canada, at preent, we pay only the firt set of expt ne. Great Britain pays all those other charges, which in the United S'ates are borne by the Federal Government, and would hnve to be borne by the Federal Government io cas. of a Union of the Provinces. By a Federal Union, therefore, we eave nothing of sources of expense, which we should incur by annexation : it is easy to show that these expenses would be vastly greater in ihe former case than in the latter. We hove two millions of people in British North America. Joined to the U. S. we should form a nation of about 24,(X:0,000. But the two millions in order to the maintenance of a thorough system of diplomatic relations abroad, would require as many Ambassadors and Consuls, as would be necessary for the 22. The two millions would have to go to all the cost of paying for a President, instead of paying an eleventh part cf the cost of one such functionary for the 22. The two millions must keep up a great variety of other civil establishments, in the same way and out of their own resources, instead of sharing the bunlen with ten times tneir owi number. Lastly, the army and navy must either be manifestly useless, or it must be equally powerful with that army and navy, with which it would prolmbly have to contend in case of war. The nation with which the Nort! American Union wo-ild have to dread collision, would clearly be the United States ; therefore our army would either be utterly incapable of affording us protection, or it must be as numerous as theirs. Two millions of population, then, must go to the same expense a twenty millions ; or else waste all the outlay In useless form, whereas by a union with the twenty millions, which would diminish the necessary cost of the present military establishments maintained by the larger population, the same protection miolit be had for a tithe of the money. So far, then, it is evident, that the items of increased expense rendered necessary by a change, wuld be iticnlculably greater in the case if a Federal Union, than in that of Annexation. Le us see what would be Ihe advantages. The gre:it advantages to be looked for in cither cane, arise from enlarged markets for our produce an increased field for our future industrial enterprises. Now a Federal Union with the British Provinces would add, if they wefe all customers only, five hundred thousnnd people to our commercial system. Of our two staples, lumber and breadstuff!, these five hundred thousand people would require nothing but breadstuff's. But annexation to the United States would add twenty millions to our commercial system ; would give us markets wherever railroad, canal, sea-going ship, or pack-horse could transport our present produce, and would open the same vast regions to our manufactures, protected from foreign competition by a high differential tariff. Instead of taking our breadstuffs only, this immense population would, every year, require more and more of the produce of our forests, while the funds which came here in return would accumulate till they grew Into capital, and were reinvested in the manufacture of fresh sources of profit. Finally, the Federal Union would give no privileges to our Canadian vessels steamers or otherwisewhich they do not now possess; and annexation would give free entry to our craft in every water of the Continent. The contrast is succinctly stated, but we think it is sufficiently striking to induce any one who reflects upon it to give up the Federal Union, and cleave to the larger, and better measure. The Montreal Gazette propounds the scheme for cutting Canada into three States for annexation to the United States: 1. The State of Canada West, to include the whole of Upper Canada down to the foot of Lake Ontario. The population of this would be exclusively English, with the exception of some fifty or sixty thousand French, scattered over it or settled near Detroit. 2. The State of Canada East, to include the districts of Quebec and Three Rivers, with the exception of some of the southern townships. The imputation of this would be almost exclusively French, with the exception of Quebec, where the Irish laboring classes are pretty numerous, but go with the French the mercantile classes having no political influence, and indeed being quite apathetic. 3. Tli State of Central Canada, to consist of the Ottawa District, and of that portion f Upper Canada which Pus between the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, of the District of Montreal and of that of St. Francis, leaving to Canada East the bordering parishes of purely French character, and taking on the south, the townships of British law and settlement. Montkeal, October 10. A declaration in favor of annexation to the United States has been drawn up, and in the short spate of five hours received the signatures of 300 of our first merchants, land-holders, and professional men, including two members of Parliament and two of the Queen's Council.

0:The Louisville Journal brags over the appointment of Major Gaines of Ky., to supercede Lane as Governor of Oregon, as evidence of the disposition of the Taylor Regency, to reward the heroes of the Mexican war. The Journal is certainly joking at the expense of the regency, for the New Albany Ledger had just reminded it of the fact, that Lincoln, who was offered the place before Gaines got it, "was one of the 'fourteen' who in Congress voted against granting supplies of men and money to the American army in Mexico. Yet at the very hour when Lincoln was giving this vote, Lane, almost fainting from the loss of blood received from a Mexican ball, was- on the field of Buena Vista inspiring our gallant troops to victory." And as to Gaines's heroism, the Journal had, or now has, the following rtminder from the Ohio Statesman : "Major Gaines would make a good successor of the brave Lane, who fought and bled for his country, and gained fr himself a reputation second to none in the army. Gaines is ihe hero of Eucarnacion, who surrendered to the Mexicans without striking a blow, and was defeated in a Taylor district for Congress. Send him to Oregon to get rid of him, and let the brave Lane return, for he dared to be a patriot, and what is equally bad, be dared defend the brave volunteers of Indiana from unjust censure. Bring him buck, for he has no business to peril his life in the snnwsof the Rocky Mountains in his winter trip across it, to serve the Pioneers of that fir off region from massacre by the Indians!" We were the first journalist in the country to nominate Gen. Taylor, and to advocate his election. We supported him all through, and will continue to do o.-iY. York Herald. And we were "the first journalist in the country to" oppose Taylor's nomination, and wrote the first paragraph against him, before a good many others had their minds made up. We have never had cause to regret our opposition; but the Herald, as well as some other papers, are ashamed of their folly, and can only get out of the scrape by blaming Taylor Cibinet. .

l'aciiic Hail road Convention. St. Locis, Missouri,) OcloW IG, 1319. Gentlemen : The papers will give you tue detail.of our proceedings tip to this evening. The Convention is a mighty gathering of the people and their representatives, and all seem to be animated bone spirit, that of constructing a Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. No one seems to doubt the success of this great national enterprise. I confess that the spirit, feeling and confidence, far exceed any thing of the kind I have ever witnessed. Col. Benton made an able and interesting speech to-day, which was received with repeated bursts of applause. He

read a letter from Col. Fremont, in which the Colonel ' speaks in most satisfactory terms of a route for a railway recently explored by him, arross the Rocky .Mountains to the Bay f Sun Francisco, with a Litleral branch on the west side of the mountains to Oregon. Col. B'-nion spolie with the greatest confidence i of the construction of the work by the Government at an early day. Ti, ..,; ,.r si. f.. ti. I coiumenceinnt brought distinctly before the Convention, as it is j feared that it mij,ht produce bad results at this time. Still, it is evident to us all, that the main line must commence at St. Louis, and that branch lines will intersect it from the northeast and southeast, at the mouth of the Kanzas or Tlatte river, continuing the main line to the Pacific. On tin east of the Mississippi there will of course be many branches to be constructed by individual or coinpnuy enterprise. We have suspended over our heads a large map on which all the leading lines ar.d connecting branches between the Atlantic and Pacific are distinctly marked. I confess that I frit highly gratified to see the position of Indinnnpolis on the great line, east from St. Louis to the eastern Atlantic cities, and especially so to find the hue of railway with which I am connected, from Indianapolis to the Ohio line, as a part of the Pittsburgh line, mnrked upon it as the leading line from St. Lotus to Philadclph a, with the connecting links from Sandusky and Cleveland. Our position at Indianapolis places ns upon the great line, the result of which will be to give to our city as well as to central Indiana, a pre-eminence ultimately that we could not have anticipated a few years ago. The Convention may sit several days yet, as ihc-e are so many who seem to desire to be heard on the great questions before the Convention, but you v.ill see all in the papers. Very truly, 0. H. SMITH. OrWe have the follo wing particulars from the Cincinnati Gazette. The number of delegates is about 1,0(10, from sixteen States Senator Douglass (of Illinois) was appointed the President, but resinned on the third diy, in conse quence of some offensive allusions to Iiis opinions as expressed at a mass meeting. Mr. Henry S. Gyer, ! (Vice President) of .Mississippi, was then installed President, and Senator Douglass made a speech in his own defence. Mr. President Gyer next resigned, but for what cause we know not. The committee on resolutions recommended that Congress make immediate provision for building a great trunk road to the Pacific in California, from some point sn the Mississippi, with a branch to Oregon; and that all Eastern Lines tending towards the West be considered parts of the same grand trunk, Jcr. To this portion of the resolutions, J. W. Thompson (of Indiana) offered as an amendment the followmg : That a grand trunk Railroad connection be con-' strticted, with branches to St. Louis, Memphis and I Ctiirago; and that a commit lee f fifty be sent to the Memphis Convention, requesting the co-operation of . that body. This p-Eolution, as amended, passed unanimously, and from it we ir.fcr that no recommendation as to the particular rtrule. will be made but simply a grand trunk road, so located as to render practicable a branch connection with the three rival cities Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis. The Convention adjourned on the 13:h at noon, to re-assemble in Philadelphia the first Monday in April next, with a recommendation that the Memphis Convention do the same. "Tai; and Feathers." The White River Standard, on the 18th inst., renews his condemnation" of our strictures upon Taylor's myites" in removing Gen. Lane. He says we " take it for granted," that Taylor's motives were those of personal revenge. We referred him, on whig authority, to Taylor's de.lrM.,n .r AT,i;nn wu I,;,, ...... t.. .tAtUIJWIIt VVf.J.tt VII 111.9 HOT J is aoiiiijf ...I,., k;. p..:j. j -u-.Tj w " x '"'uc" . be the removal of Lane, who had (he said) treated him d d unfairly, &c., together with the admission of the Louisville Journal and other whig prints, that the removal wa, occasioned, and justly so. by the personal hostility which Taylor entertained towards Lane. And what now dots the Standard offer in disproof of all this ! Nothing : on the contrary, it admits and justifies it, in the following words: " We caie not what may have been uttered by the Editor of the Louitville Journal, in leference to the motives "of the President in recalling Gen. Line t we are satisfied, and the people are satisfied that it was due that Gen Laoe hnuld be removed, a be obtained the appointment as the ictvard of LU bitter and active opposition to Gen. Tayloi's election, evidenced by a most tecklri cour-e of party servility and misrepresentation uf Gen. Tayloi's M motives The very day be signified hi determination to accept the appointment he ma'le a most bitter and denunriaiory spr-ech against Gen. Talor, and when leaving the State he left behind him a communication filled with the most unwarrantable assertions in icfeience to his official iepii of the battle uf Buena Vista, for Jhe publication uf matter which was nb'aiued fiom the fcffiual tepoit of Gen. Line himself which statement was published by the leadinir democratic papeis. and circu lated throughout the whole country. Any appointment made under such circumstance should be revoked, and wc feel assured was levoked from " motives ' other than tbuse of a " supposed personal affiont." Now here is a full confession and an attempted justification of Taylor's revengeful motives, notwith standing the editor concludes by pulling the wool over his oicn eyes with the intent of blinding others. All this must be so manifest to impartial minds, that we think it would be a waste of time to prolong the argument. In view of the fact, that the editor of the Standard justifies Taylor in falsifying his pledged word that he would do justice to our slandered volunteers, while it condemns and abuses Lane for defending them, we may well apply his own words to himself, with emphasis, for they fit him as closely as a shoe can be made to fit a last : M When the conductors of the press, tesort to fach means to bolster up and sustain Iheir political creed, when they seek by niirepreen.tation of "sets" and "motives" to poison the public mind and infuse into the people a spirit of opposition to ihe principles and policy of the countiy, thus misleading the public mind we say they are without excuse. and should foifeit all claims to tbeir confidence and suppoit." The American Citizen and Emigrant Adviser, is the title of a new paper, published at Philadelphia and New York, at $2 per year. It professes to be devoted to the interests of people in both hemis pheres: being on the other side of the Atlantic what Wilmer &. Smith's Times is on this. "Its politics will be those of the United Slates, without respect to parties : its religion will be anti-sectarian." The numbers received by us are well filled with matter of - a interest both lo the native and voluntary citizen, and if ubsequent numbers are as unexceptionable tire paper will be well worthy of patronage. ftr-TLe democratic members elect from Hamilton county, Ohio, (live Representatives and one Senator) have all received certificates of election to the Legislature, in spite of the whigs and their infamous apportionment law. This is right. It now remains to be seen whether the whigs in the Legislature of that Slate will re-enact the preposterous scenes of last wintir, so disgraceful to the Slate and to themselves. It is lo be hoped they will not, as it is useless. OrThe "Wabash Commercial, published at William-port, Warren Co., Ia., is offered for sale, in consequence of tho ill-health o.' the present proprietor, Enos M'Knutt, E-q. Union Plank Road Company;. This Company has just declared a dividend of 7 per cent for 3 months, (the average time of receiving toll) on the stock paid in. The mad will probably nett 8 or 10 per cent, annually when completed. Jf ichigan City News

The JlaiU. We have only to t-ay in reference to the following complaint, what we have said concerning others of a similar nature : we Anow that our pipers are regularly put into the post oflice in this city in good season, and t.'iat the irregularity is wholly in the posto.Tices, and not in us. But we are tired of complaining: we have got accutbirnrd 10 the reception of ihe Columbus, Ohio, the Madison, and the Cincinnati diVy papers, every two or three days, instead of etery day ; and we should still consider ourselves favored, uiuVr the circumstances, to get them even once a week. The General Government affairs, at home and abroad, are in a beautiful fix, iuded. KtkK Baltimors, Warres Co , Ia., O- t. 16, 1349. Gent. I regret to say that your iNi-r does not reach me in any regular time whatever. YY.Jlhin the Inst three months, it is olien lines ueeks from the time it is pub linhed befire 1 receive it; find ntioul every thin one 1

'"""e entire. I suppose ttiey must ie n king tlie circuit ., ;. ,i,: ,. ti,.r. r,;- .. ,i,t mail them in time. Now all I have to say is, that if the fault is in the newly appointed postm.-mtera on the line, it i high lima they would begin to qualify themselves for tha laithful discharge of their duties, and if not qualified, they should be made to give place to thooe who are. The Covington paper is often two werks reaching me, when the postofiice is only three miles distant, nod tha mail pasaing regular. Such conduct is highly reprehensibla in agents charged with the transportation of the mails. 1 remain, very respectfully, C. F. L. Col. Ehenezer Dumont of Lawreneebnrgh is a candidate for State Agent. He is well qualified for the place, and is a meritorious gen.leman. llushtille Jackson ian. We learn from the State Sentinel, that 0. P. Morton, E-q., of this place, is a candidate for Sate Agent. As a Democrat will be elected, we know of no one, we would rather see chosen, than Mr. Morton. He is young man of fine talents, good legal acquirements, and in every respect a gentleman. We hope he will be elected, and we know if he is, he will beat Hughe all hollow in an Oyster supper. Centre' xille U'AiV. Gen. D. Reynolds, has been recommended, by a correspondent of the Stare Sentinel, for State Agent. There can be no doubt as to Mr. Reynolds' qualifica tion to discharge the du tie of that station. We hope that he will be elected for he is a man of ster ling worth; and, we thitik, entitled to the office. Del phi Times. Ihe Uemocratic Tress, throughout the itate, is in favor of electing Messrs. Chapmans & Spann, of the öentinel, ötate l'rtnters. We say, most emphatically, that wc are in favor of their election ; for the very reason that they arc the best printers that have ever been selected to do the printing for the Stale. Delphi Meekly Times. Thank you, Sir ! A State Printer is to be elected by our next Legis lature. Messrs Chapmans &, Spann publishers of the Slate Sentinel, are spoken of as candidates for the position. They will be pretty certain to obtain it, as there will be a majority of Democrats in that body and when they have the power they never fail to re ward individuals for unscrupulous partisan service. Salem Ieics, Whig. Railroad. The Wilmington and Manchester (N. C.) Railroad, which is to be one hundred and sixty-two miles long, is under contract to the extent ! of one hundred and twenty-nine and a half miles. j In Alabama, a new impetus lias been piven to rajlroad enterprises. The most important is that connecting Mobile with the mouth of the Ohio river, Next in importance is one startinff on the Alabama j river, at Montgomery, extending to North Alabama and terminating on the Tennessee river near Hunts . ville ; and the last route suggested is to connect the Montgomery and West Point Railroad with Ihe Coosa river at Gladsden, and thence to the Tennessee river at or near Gunter'e landing. Destructive Fire in the West Jersey Tines. A wide-spread conflagration swept over the shore section of iiurlington and Monmouth counties last week, destroying an immense quantity of timber. It broke out on Sunday morning the 23d ult. being doubtless kindled by some incendiary, in a branberry ! meadow near Hampton Forge, and swept northeasti i , . s I erly through the forests for nearly a week, tennma ting not far from the sea-beach. The territory burnt is over 20 miles long by a breadth averan-ine from 3 to 10 miles, widening gradually from the startup Pint "Tranquility," and "Savage" swamps, Ce , d" " fan0US tractg f Pine fure,t' were burnl 0Ver' Dreadful Calamity. Rev. James Nichols, of Caroline county, Md., who has for a long time been laboring under an aberation of mind, on Tuesday list, shot dead Miss Juliet Nichols. It appears thnt she and several of the family were up stairs at the U3ual time of Mr. N. holding family prayer, when be summoned them to bis room. Upon the unfortunate laJy opening the door, Nichols levelled a gun at her and shot her dead. He then, in his murderous insani ty. dragged her cut of the house some distance to hog pen, and attempted to throw her into it. Failinsr to do this, he fled, and has not since been beard of. Extensive Fracd. The Commercial states that an extensive fraud has been practiced for sometime past upon the public, by tho circulation of a large amount of counterfeit one dolla r bills on the "Northern Bank of Kentucky.' The detectors describe the said bill thus: "l's, vig. a female in a sitting posture, cattle, &c, a bust of Washington on' the left end, as also Henry Clay ; upon the right a female bust. Intended to represent the genuine. The names of Scott and Tilford are engraved." Tho Commercial intimates that some of the moneyed institutions must have been accessory to the fraud, as it would have been impossible for a set of counterfeiters to have circulated the amount said to be in circulation, which is estimated at o:ie million of dollars. Ar. A. Bulletin. The Locomotive for the New Albany and Salem Railroad was landed from the steamer Meteor on Saturday; it is of the largest class, and is just such as will be necessary for the heavy butiness that will be done on this road. Soon, our friends on the line of the road, may expect to hear the snort of the "Iron Horse" as it winds along its route, creating life and vit;or in every village, hamlet and farm-house in the neighborhood of the road. A". Alb. Ledger, olh. Distressing Accident. As the steamer Isaac Newton was receiving her passengers at Albany on Thursday evening, an elderly Quaker gentleman, Mr. Nathan O. Banks, from Putnam county, whileattempting to pas from the wharf to the boat was crowded off or atepped from the plank, and was swept out of sight in a moment by the tide. All efforts to rescue him proved in vain. His afflicted wife who but a moment before was leaning on bis arm, returned from the boat a widow, without a single acquaintance in Albany. JV. Alb. Ledger, Oct. 15. ot. .Ovis, uct. im. uoi. enton addressed an im mense meeting last evening, on the subject of instruction to the Legislature. He refused to answer a I question respectfully put relative to future action in -1 iara ; Congress on me suojeci or ölavery. Another lirge meeting, held in the Rotunda, pass ed resolutions strongly condemnatory of Benton There was much disorder, and the police were called in to quiet the disturbance, A vessel has arrived at New London, from Davis's Straits, the Captain of which reports having heard from the natives that the ship of Sir John Franklin was in Prince Regent s Inlet, where she had renin in ed four seasons or more, surrounded by ice. They also stated that the crew were alive and well. This intelligence confirms the English accounts Pope Pius IXth has issued a manifesto to the people ol Rome, in which no allusion is made to Louis Na poleon nor the trench nation, i his omission is said to have given umbrage to the President of France. The document is of Ltllc interest this side the Atlantic. A Painteress. A lady is painting portraits in L Indianapolis. We don't think she can succeed, for how can a man keep his face straight, and a pretty woman staring at it, endeavoring to catch every twinkle of your cyel It's impossible! Goshen Dem. K

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BY THE 1PJ aaAisr-a-i ---- S 7 i-i.ll SHIP JfUtOJRJS. 'I lie attention of all Europe is directed to the Nurtii, to learn the isue f Prince radiznil's visit to the Czar. Tlie Sultan has countermanded his voyage to Smyrna and the Archipel? o. The army of Ronelma is ordered to hold itself in readiness. There is no reason to doubt but tlie best accord prevails between the English and French Cabinet, and it is said that powerful English and French fleets have been ordered into the Mediterranean, forthwith. Austrian politics are of subordinate interest. It is reported that the frtress of C morn surrendered, thereby saving great effusion of blood. In Prus&ia every th:ng remains quiet. France. M. DeTocqueville has demanded an additional credit of 140,000 franc6 besides the sums already voted for the expenses of the Roman intervention. The suspension of the intercourse between the French Minister and the American Government caused much sensation in Pari", out a rumor having gained ground that England had offered her mediation, the fes-iing subsided. M. Marrast, or M. Thiers, is expected :o be sent to Washington in the place of M. Poussin. Gen. Lamonrier8 mission to Russia has proved a failjre, and he is on his return without seeing the Emperor. It was reported at Vienna that Gorgey had been shot by Count Zickey, who--e brother was executed by Gorgey's decree, at Cressi-1. A communication from the Lords of the Admiralty states that hopes are entertained for the safety of Sir John Franklin. It i reported that his ship was beset by ire in Prince Regent's Inlet. The Paris correspondent of tlie London Times assure its reades, on the best authority, that France and England have determined lo act together in the difficulty between Russia and Turkey. They will take the part of the latter power. The decided attitude of the two governments will inform the Russian Emperor that his pretentions will not be tolerated with impunity. It is not believed that the affair will end in a war, for Russia will back out from the position she now takes. The Diplomatic Flurry. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, one of the earliest and most potent friends of Tay W, on the 10th inst. publishes a long and very ably written communication, which, as the Journal say 8, reviews with much clearness and ability, the correspondence between Mr. Clayton, the American Secretary of State, and M. Poussin, the French Min ister, recently published, and comes to the conclusion that the fault of the rupture rests with the former, quite as much as the latter. He shows that the manner in which the complaints of the French Minister were treated by Mr. Clayton, was calculated to irri ttte rather than convince ; that Mr. Clayton misapprehended or evaded the precise points which the French Minister w ished to make; that those points were well taken, and are probably tenable, &-C Tlie concluding parngrnphs of the article, which would make four or five columns in our paper, are as follows, and the preceding facts and arguments ad vanced bv the writer, demonstrate that these cone I u s 9 sior.8 are just and true: "It has been said at the beginning of this paper, that Mr. Clayton had compromised the dignitfof the government, and had left it in that state. If Mr. Pousein had really insulted the American government, it was the duty of Mr. Clayton to dismiss him at once, and not to refei his conduct to the French government. After the latter government had declined to reprove its minister, Mr. Clayton declares "This government is the guardian of its own honor," and proceeds to dismiss M. Poussin. He should have thought of that before ! The remedy is now applied too late! Whn the conduct of Mr. Poussin was declared by Mr. Clayton to be insulting, and was thereupon referred to the French government, and not disapproved by them, the act of Mr. Poussin became the act of his government. Henceforth it is an affair be tween the principals, and the personal punishment of the agent is an insufficient redress. Yet Mr. Clayton, adopting tho uncourageous course of taking vengeance upon Mr. Poussin, expresses to Mr. Toqueville sentiments of reiterated and elaborate conciliation and courtesy, as to the relations of the two governments ! Mr. Clayton may possibly suppose that the imputations of Mr. Toqueville against the courtesy of the American part of the correspondenceMr. Tocqueville'8 " recriminations." as he terms them are paid off by the round scolding which he gives him in his letter of September 8 ; but the act done, and the altitude assumed by the French government, in sustaining Mr. Poussin in what the American government had declared they considered as insulting to them, not only remain unrtsented, but have been met with the demonstrations of a fawning courtesy. "It maybe added also, that both the subjects of correspondence between Mr. Clayton and Mr. Poussin, still stand open and unsettled. Mr. Clayton never replied to Mr. Pousins letter of April IS, on Ihe subject of Mr. Port's claim. He had restnd the whole defence against that .claim upon the ground of ihe claimant's fraud ; and tint ground, every candid mind will admit, is entirely swept away by Mr. Poussin. When the subject is renewed, our government cannot keep its ground with success, nor concede it with dignity. In regard to the affair of Commander Girpendrr, when thnt Correspondence is re-opened, and Mr. Clayton is mde for the first time to understand the case, how can he either stand still, or go forward, or go backward, or go on either side of the impossible position into which he has stumbled! Whatever opinion the unbiassed reader of the correspondence may furm on other points, or about other persons, there can remiin no doubt in his mi. id of Mr. Clayton's total inaipacity, in point of intelience and tamper, la conduct tcilh propriety the diplomatic relations of the United iitates.,, How much the present administration seem inclined to ape after foreign governments in their appointments to office. It is customary for the sons of nobles and princes soon lo be appointed to station, and knighted, with or without sense, and a high salary affixed. See how near Gen. Taylor comes to it ! He appoints his own son-in-law, Colonel Bliss, the prince of letter-writers, to be Inspector-General ; the son of Henry Clay, the king of whiggerr, to a consulship ; the son of the Prince of Tayloristn and general wire-worker, J. J. Crittenden, as consul lo Liverpool, in place of the gallant Gen. Armstrong-, removed ; the son of Rives, the prince of apostates, to a legation; the son of Harrison GrayGtis, the prince of Hartford Conventionism, to a legation; the son of John Davis, the King of Federalism, to a legation. Some of these young men are inexperienced, silk stocking and ruffled thitt gentry, sporting ujx n their fathers' money and heirs to millions. Worthy and experienced democrats, who represented qur country with honor abroad, have been removed to make place for them. There were many honorable whigs in our country uf fine talents, but in moderate circumstances, not the sons of great men or Hartford Conveutioiiists, that could have filled the places with as much honor. But aristocracy must be kept alive by the Regency in power. Shelby Volunteer. New Mode of Building. A small house may be tuilt in the following manner with a saving of ex pense, whereter lumber is as plenty and as cheap as in this city, and where planing can be dono by machinery. Take two inch plank, plane them on one side, and tongue and groove them. Provide good sills, and erect the building by setting the planks tipright; and battening the joints wiTh strips of half an inch stuff, the strips two inches wide. This forms the ouls de wall. Furr out on the inside with half inch stuff, and lath to that. The half inch furring give9 sufficient room for the plastering to clinch, yet leaves the space too narrow for mice. For small onestory houses this is a very preity mode of building, cheaper than by studs and clap-boards, and in many respects, better. Several such house! have been built in this city, and give good satisfaction. Burlington Gaz. Mortal: tv on Board the U. S. Sloof-of-war Preble. The Bulletin states that it has a letter which mentions that Ihe U. S. Sloop-of-war Preble was spoken bv the Ohio about tho 10th of July, in long. 144 44 W., lat. 38 15 N. She had been out 60 days from China, and out of a complement of 150 men, 44 were sick with a violent form of dysentery; 1G had died on the passage, and 14 were not expected to live. Captain Stribling of the Ohio, ordered the Table to be taken to the Sandwich Islands.

Illustrious .Mechanics. Adam, the father of the human race, was a gardener. He had, however, a strange propensity for tasting unwholesome fruit, which produced very injurious effects, both upon himselfand his off pri-ig. Noah was a shipwright and a husbandman; he navigated the whole eirth in his ark, end got "seas over" in his vineyard. Solomon was an architect, a poet and a philosopher, Iii conduct, however was not always by line and rule, he trod the circle of dissipation, was erratic in his imagination, and violated his own maxims. His conscience and strength of mind, however, reclaimed hirn, and his repentance is the most beautiful of the works which he lias left for the contemplation of his species. The Apostle Paul was a tent maker, and labored with his hands at his vocation, while he endeavored to infuse into the minds of his fellow men, the impor

tant truths of revelation. While he screened them with earthly tabernacles from the weather, he held above their souls the a?gis of divine protection. Matthew was a poor fisherman, he relinquished bin humble callinü for that of a missionary, and toiled as siduously to draw men from the fiery billows of perdi tion. Quintus Cincinnatus was a ploughman, and was invoked to the government and dictatorship of Rome. His labors in the political field were as successful as those upon the soil. Arsaces was a private mechanic, and was railed to found the Parthian Empire. He built up a powerful mtion, and erected fr himself a mausoleum of fame, which is indestructible. Tamerlane tlie Cnq ieror of Asia, was also a me chanic; Ifj rough hetced Bajazet, and carved bis way to f irtune and glory. Massaniello, a Neapolitan fisherman, was raised to the command of fifty thousand men, and gave up fish lines for lines of bayonets, and river scenes for scenes of carnage. John of Leyden. in Grmanv, was a tailor, and rose to the dignity of king. He cut out for himself a bad piece of work, however, and afterwards came to a miserable end. Hi goose did nol fly well. Zeno, the famous Bishop of Constantia, who had the largest diocese in that country, was a weaver. He directed his attention to the habit both of soul and body. Stephen Tudiner, a hatter in Upper Austria, was made general, and commanded sixty thousand of an army. He made hats for the others, but preferred for himself a chapeau. Walmer, a shoemaker, succeeded him in command, but was slain by Count Papenheim. He converted his awl into a sword: "his last state was worse than the first." Mr. Edmund, a baker, of Sterling, in Scotland, showed such unparalleled bravery in the Swedish wars under that "thunderbolt of war, Gustavus Ado!phus," that he was made a general. A maker of bread might be supposed to know how to rise. Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, worked at ship-building. He learned the Russian Bear how to manage a boat. Charles II., of England, was a turner in ivory, nor could affairs of State d vert him from his morning task at the lathe. He turned his mind however to other amusements which tasked his health, and pared away his reputation. I)uis XIV., of France, was one of thebet watchmakers of hia reign. He forgot the burdens of power, in following the light fiotsteps of time, and escaped the llutterings of parasites, on the pinions of chronometers. wa m sn a a a William IV., ot England was a sailor, and rose from the forecastle to the throne; he managed the ship of State with nautical nddres, and beat her a considerable way up the harbor of Reform. Benjamin Franklin wms a printer, philosopher and statesman. He drew lightning from Heaven, and left his name in large Caps upon the annals of his country. His stnirit is among the . George Washington. Andrew Jackson and Wm. Henry Harr'non were farmers. From the pursuit of asriculture they went f rtli to pursue the enemies of their country, and from the fields of death gathered the "Golden Immortal." Sir Richard Arkw right, who first conceived the idea of spinning cotton by means of machinery, passed the early years of his life in pursuing the humble occupation of a barber. His genius proved brighter than his razors. John Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in Edinburg, was the son of a poor farmer in Largo, Scotland. He was employed in the capacity of herdsman. His pencil was a stick, and the ground his slate. From being the companion of cattle, he became the peer of learned men. James Furguson was in earlier years a shepherd, watched the stars at night lik" his predecessors of Chaldea, and like them was led by his favoriie planet to the contemplation of the goodness and magnificence of the works of the Dciiy. William Gilford was bound out to a shoemaker, after having served a number of years in a small coaster as cabin boy. Being too poor to purchase ' stationery, he used to hammer out as smoothly as pos sible, small bit of leather, on which he traced problems with his awl. In later years, his critical awl pierced the souls of many luckless scribblers. OTlie following is one of the most singular cases on record. We give the language cf the physician who attended the cae. Vernon, Ia., Times. Case of Poisoning sr ihe Bite of a Spider. About 3 o'clock on the morning of the 21 of October, inst., I was called in haute to see Mr. Philip Lish. living on the farm of Mr. James E. Wilson, about two miles from Vernon; the messenger stated that he had been bitten by a spider, and would probably die before I could get there. On my arrival, I learned from Mrs. Lish that her hueband felt the bite of the spider about 11 o'clock, caught it in his hand, and threw it out of the bed, and she got up and killed it. She said the spider was large, and of a bluish color, with red stripes on its back. On examination I found the bile to be immediately over the regiou of the heart, and the surface of (he whole left side of the chest of a dark, livid appearance. He stated that immediately after he felt the bite, he lost the use of Iiis left arm, but had in a measure recJtered it before I got there. I found him suffering the most excrutiating pains in the back and legs n ue of his lower extremities whatever, scarcely any pulse to be perceived, and in fact his whole general appearance was the same as that of a man in the collapsed stage of cholera; and I expressed myself to Mr. Wilson that he would probably die; but under a stimulant course of treatment he has so far recovered that he is now able to walk about, and will probably entirely recover. P. HILL. Onto Elections False Telegraphic Reports. We see all over the country the most 6hameful reports of the Ohio elections, giving the Ttylor whigs a victory. Nothing is more ridiculously false. The real Taylor whigs are in a most shabby minority ia both branches, alter giving them every thing that in any probability will vote with them, such as Blake, Beaver, &-c, they can muster but 17 in the Senate out of 36 members, and some 23 or 29 in the House out of 72, the number of members of that branch. So sensible are tlie whigs here, "the whigs of the centre," of their total defeat as a whig party, both in the election of members of the Legislature and on the still greater question of a new Constitution, that they are after a whole summer's abuse of the free toilers and the vilest language, now patting them on the back a, a most conscientious and clever set of fellows, ex actly made fi r Kaders of Taylorism, and the Journal at one dash ffers the whole whig party as a sacrifice. if the free suiters will only forgive it for its sins, crimes, falsehoods and scandal of the past year! Poor thing, it is penitent to the last degree, and we refer its case, especially to the whig Committee of Muskingum county, whose decent proclamation on "negro suffrage" &.c., &c, is in our columns to day. OAj'o Statesman, nth. Horrible Detravitv and Escape of the Villains. In the Month of October, 1843, the vault of the Van Rensselear family was entered at midnight, by some sacriligious wrctehes, the coffins were broke u open and, the silver plates forcibly wrenched from them. The ghouls then proceeded to rob the bodies of every article of value, says the Knickerbocker, cruelly mutilating them to obtain the rings, &c. After having completed their horrible work, they left the vault, and Dotwilhsland.ng the most unremitting search, no clue could be obtained, by the police, of them. A short time since one of their number, probably apprehending danger, or conscience smitten, turned State's evidence, and exposed the names of his associates in the crime but thi-y got wind of it, and made their escape from the city.