Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1849 — Page 2

Tr'tgraphed for the Statt Journal. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and if the Ilmse of Representatives: Sixty years have elapsed since the etablihment of 0-T government; and the Congrpss uf tlie United State has again assembled tu legislate for an empire of freemen. The predictions of evil prophets, wbo formerly pretended to furctell Ihc downfall of our institutions, are now remembered only to be derided, and tho United States of America, at tlii inument, presents to the world the most stable and permanent government on earth. Such is the result f the labor uf those who have pone before us. Upon Congress, eminently will depend the future maintenance f our system of free government, and and the transmission of it, unimpaired, tu posterity. We are at peace with all the world, and seek to maintain our cherished relation- of amity with the rest of mankind. During the past year we have boon blest, by a kind providence, with an abundance rf the fruits of the earih ; and although the destroying angel, for a time, visited ex'eniive portions of our territory with the ravages of a dreadful pestilence, yet the Almighty ha, at length, deigned to stay his hand, and l retor the inestimable blessing of general health to a people who have acknowledged His power, deprecated His wrath, and implored his merciful protection. While enjoying the benefits of amicable intercourse witn foreign nations, we have not been insensible to the destruction and wars which have prevailed in ether quarters of the world. It is a proper theme of thanksgiving to Him who rule the oVstinie-i of nations, that we have been able to maintain, amidst all these contests, an independent and ntutral position towards all hclligeraut powers. Our re'atioKB v ith Great Britain are of the most friendly character. In consequence of the recent alterations of the Britith navigation acts, British vessels from ttritisii and other foreign purl, will, after1 the first of January next, be admitted to enter in our ports with cargoes of the growth, manufacture, or production of any part of the world, on the same terms as to duties, imports and charges, as vessel of the Un;ted States, ith thrir cargoes; and our vessels will be admitted to the same advantages in the British port. entering them on the same term as British vessels. Should no order in council disturb this legislative arrangement, the acts of the British Parliament by which Great Britain is brought within the terms proposed by th-? act of Congress of the 1st of March, 1317, it is hoped will be productive of benefits to both countries. A light interruption of Diplomatic intercourse, which occurred between this Government and France, I arn Lappy to say, has been terminated, and our Minister there has been received. It ia, therefore, unnecessary to refer, now, to the circumstances which led to that interruption. I need not express to you the sincere satisfaction with which we should welcome the arrival of another Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, from a sister Republic, to which we have m long been, and still remain bound by the strongest tics of amity. Shortly after I had entered upon the discharge of the Executive duties, I was apprised that a warstenm-

rr belonging to the German Empire, had been fined : out in the harbor of New York, with the aid of our naval officers, rendered under the permission of the late Secretary of the Navy. This permission was granted during an armistice between that em lire and the kingdom of Denmark, which had been engiged in the Schleswig war. Apprehensive that this act of intervention on our part might be received as a violation of our neutral obligation?, incurred by the treaty with Denmark, and with the provisions of the act of Congress of 20th of April, ldl9, I directed that no further aid should be rendered by any agent or officer of the navy and instructed the Secretary of State to apprize the minister of the German Empire, accredited to ti'i government, of my determination to enforce the laws of the United States, and to maintain tbe faith of treaties with all nation. The correspondence which ensued between the departments of State and the minister of the German Empire, is herewith laid before you. The execution of the laws, and the observance of the treaty were deemed by me, to be due to the honor of this country, as well as the sacred obligations of the Constitution. I shall not fail to pursue the same course should a similar case arise with any other nation. Having avowed tho opinion, in taking the oath of office, that "in disputes between foreign governments, it is our interest, no less than our di.ty, to remain strictly neutral," 1 shall not abandon it. You will perceive from tht correspondence, sub mitted to you in connexion with the subject, that the course adopted in this cape has been properly regarded by the belligerant powers, interested in thia matter. Although a minister of the United States to the German Empire was appointed by my predecessor, in August 1S-13, and has, for a long time, been in attendance at Fraakfort-on-the-Maine, and although a minister appointed to represent that empire was received and accredited, but yet no such government as that of the German Empire has been definitely constituted. Mr. Donaldson, our representative at Frankfort, remained there several months in the expectation that a onion of the German States under oue constitution or fonn of government might, at length, be organized. ft is believed, by those well acquainted with the existing relations between Prussia and the States of Germany, that no such onion can be permanently established with out her co-operation. In the event of the formation of such a onion, and the organization of a central power, in Germany, of which she should form a part, it would become necessary to withdraw our minister at Berlin; but while Prussia exists as an independent kingdom, and diplomatic relations are maintained with her, there can be no necessity for the continuance of tbe Minister to Frankfort. 1 therefore recently recalled Mr. Donaldson, and directed the archives of the legation at Frankfort to bo transferred to the American legation at BerlinHaving been apprised that a considerable number of adventurers were engaged in fitting out a military expedition, with threats against a foreign country, and believing, from the best information I could obtain, that it was destined to invade the Island of Cuba, I deemed it due to the friendly relations existing between the United States and Spain, to the treaty between the two nations, t the lawa of the United States, above all, to the American honor, to exert the lawful authority of this government in suppressing the expedition, and preventing the invasion. To this end I issued a proclamation, enjoining it upon the officers of the United States, civil and military, to use all lawful means within their power. A copy of that proclamation is herewith submitted. The expedition has been suppressed. So long as the act of Congress of the 20th of April, 1818, which owes its existence to the law of nations, and to the policy of Washington himself, shall remain on our statute books, I bold it to be the duty of tbe Executive faithfully to obey its injunctions. While this expedition was in progress, I was informed that a foreigner, who claimed our protection, had been clandestinely, and, as was supposed, forcibly carried off in a vessel trorn INew Urlcans, to the Island of Cuba. I immediately caused such steps to be taken as I thought necessary, in case the information I had received should prove correct, to vindicate the honor of the country, and the right of every person, seeking an asylum on our soil, to the protection of our laws. The person alleged to have been abducted was promptly restored, and the circumstances of the ease are now abont to undergo an investigation before a judicial tribunal. I would respectfully saggeat that, although the crimes charged to have been committed in this case, are held odious, as being in conflict with oar opinions on the subject of natioual sove reignty, aod personal freedom, there is no prohibition of it or punisnmcni lor u proviuru in any act oi congress. The expediency of supplying this defect in our criminal code is therefore recommended to your consideration. I bavt (ciupuiau'lf avuidi d any i tif-rtnce in th war sod contention which teeeatly distraeted V.avtm. Duiinc the lats conflict between AuOii anil Hungary, there seem, d to be a prospeel that lbs laltet minht become an independent nation. Howevei f.inl that pro peel a! the lim ytitrd, 1 Iboaeht it ray duy, in accordance with tbe general tut ratet of tht American people, who deeply syropathiz d with the Msgyar pair Ota, to stand pienrd, apon the rO'itingrD cy of lbs establishment by i r f s permanent rovt-tmnrnt ts be the first U welcome Independent Hungary into Ihe family of ration. For the puriof I invented an agent then in Europe with power to declare ai wiMoii.ct piomply to recognize hei ind' pend -ne in the evenr f her ability io esoain it. Tbc iwtrf.i intervention of".Russia in lh e.-n-I. tiireni4'"d ihe hoptf tht sttegiting Afsjvar. I be United 5iae did t'Ot. at any ti-ne. intei fers in ihe toii'e.f,; bal the feeling -l the nattsn wer verjr merh entitled in the eaoe. a'd by the soVriug of a b vr po 'e, wbo bad mica a gallant thrgh unsnrcet-ful ffrt to be free. Our claims opoo Portugal bavt btao, during the past year, prosecuted with renewed vigr. and II has been my object to employ every effort if honorable diplomacy lo proteente their adjuatnicoi. Onr ia'e Charge d'AfT-ii at LUb. a, iht , Hotk Geo- W. Hop It in mm dt aMe and energetic, but ensue cesfal tfT'tf to seitl thes unpleasant mailers of eontiovary, and to obtain indemo ty I t tht wrongs which writ the subject f reroidslnr. Our rreat Char rl'Aff.ir at thai poit will alto biing to tht eoosideratbn of th claims, ', abi'iiy and zeal. j Tht rTo!yti-nirj and ei'frte'el eondi'i.'n if forte,:! io

past limes haa baen itpreented as oo of Ihe leading caoea of delay in iudemuif) iog our auffriiog ci'izens, but I mstt nvw ay, it it a m ter f profjuud icgrct that their claim havt not yet been settled. The onrtiFf ion of Portngal to do jnitie to th Amsiiean claimant- haa now aumed a character to gravt aid aeiious that 1 (hall shortly make it the luhject of a pecial miji

to Cuigres. with a view lo aoeh ultimata acliuu at i:t widom and pattiotiaui mar auggct. With Russia. Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, Betgiam, the Netherlands and iht ltaliau States, we atill miiutaiH our acraxtomed amicable iclaiiona. Pining the revolmions in the papal SU'et unr Caarga d'Affjiti at Rome h- been unable t present his letter if ciedeore, which, indeed, he was diiectrd. by my predocenr, lo withhnld until be liiuld icceiv fuither oidei. tiucn wa the uifctihd condition of things in tlio-e Statri that it waa nol deemed expdi-nl to give Ii im any iniiuctiiii n lh ful ject of preventing hi cr-dential le'ter, diGT-ieil fioni Ihoae with whiih he had bei n fun i-hed by Ihe I tie a'tminit ra t i ii , umil the 25 h if June, when, in consequence uf tue waul f acetitate ii'fumati n of the sxact Uic of Illing at lliat distance fioin na he was i istmfted l exerciie bit own dicirtion in preenin liiiiMelf lo the then existing g'jfernment. if, iu hit judgment, sufficiently atable, or, if not, lo wait further event. Sn.ce that period Rome iwt undergone another levulution, and he abide the eaiatlihment f a government utHcien'ly permineot to justify hiiu in opening dip'umatic in'eicoue with it. With the Republic uf Mexico, it ia our line policy to cultivate fiinjly lelation Since Hit i at ideation 'f the licaty of Gaudalou-e Hidalgo, nuihing haa uccnntd cf a ariinut character to diiu:b them. A faitnful bei Vane of Iht Ileal r. an J a turne lerprcl foe her liichl, cannot fail lo tecuit the Uting roi filrnce and friendship of th! Krpubhc. The C .mmi-.iiMier on the pa. I if the United Slates f r mailtii'g the boundary between Iht two Republics, though dela)ed in reaching San Antoi'l ty nnfieeen ubtaret airired at Ibai i Uce within a hört period afiei the time rrqui fd by the iieaiy, end vea Iheie joined by the Comtnisioner on the j a t nf Mexico. They eniered Uon thi ir durie, and at the da'ea i f II atet intelligence from that qua ler, t me pngiea had bern made in the suitry. The expenses liicilent loth ciamzivn if Iba contmissicii and toil comeyai.ee to the putm wheie its o;.erain s weie begin hare to much ledncrd ihe fund appirptiatcd by C n;re, thai further um, in cover the expeiite which muil ! incurred during ihe piesenl ficalyear, will l.e i.ereaiy. The great lergih of frontier a'o"g whuh the boundtiy extend, the vratcis f the ajjicent ter itory, and 'he ditSculty of ob- . taining upplie exc pt at vt near ihe ex'ieme uf iht line, rend-ritals iiidipt-nablt that a liberal piovii i liou'd be nde to meet the mcei y rharei during the fiscal year endh g on Hit 30th uf Sun, IS5I. I accurdiuly iccummend lhi tut ject to your attention. The in(ae of my pieJecetaor to the Huue of Representative, the Sih of February last, communicated in compliance with a letoluiioa of ibat b dy, a cpy of a paper called a piotocul, signed at Quaretero on the 30th of May, 1643, by the Cimmiium-f ol Iht United States and the Mii'Ltter of Foreign Affair of Iht Mexican government, haii ig been a subject of conespondence between tbe Depaitment of Stale aud Iht Knvoy Extiaordmary and Afinisler Plenipotentiary of Ibat Republic, accredited lo thi govemment, a liansciipt of Ibat corirspoudenct it beiewith submitted. In the adjustment of tht claims of Ameiicau citizens on Mrsic, provided for by tbe lato tieity, tht t.nploynieiit of counsel on tbe pari of tht government may become impoitant for the purpose of asiatiog Hie Commitioneit in protecting tht inter tit of the United States. I recommend thi subject to the early and favorable conideiation of Cungica. . v Complaints have been made in regard lo Ihc imfSciency of the means provided by the government of New Grenada for tiantpoiiing tbe United Sttes mail aero a ihe isthmus of Panama, pursuant lo our pota cutiventim with thai Republic of Iba 9th of Match, IS44. Our Charge d'AfXaiiet at Bogota bas been directed io make such icpiesenations to tbe goveinment uf New Gienada as will, it i hoped, leaj tu a prompt removal of this cause of complaint. . The tanguioary contett with which the Republic nf Venezuela haa for tome time past been itvajed.hae been brought In a e!oe. In its pioces ihe lights of our citizens, teiletit or Iradeis there, have been violated. The lestoiation of older will aff.-iid Iht Venezuchan government an nppoiluniy t.i icmedy thi-ss and other grievances of longer standing, which our iepiteutaiives at Caiacca bavt hiltieito ineffectually urged upon ihe atlention of Ibit government. From the extension uf the coast of tho United States on the Pucific, and tho unexampled rapidity with which the inhabitants t f California (Tiiere is apparently something left out here. Ed. JnurJ) wlitru territories border upon the ocean. It is probiible that the intercourse between thse cotiutriesaiid tiur own possesfiou in that quarter, particularly with the Republic of Cnili, will become extensive and mutually advantapvous, in projortion as California and Oregon shall increase iu population and wealth. It is desirable, therefore, that this guvernment should du every thing in its power tu foster aud strengthen i's relations with those Stales, and that the spirit of amity between us should be cordial and mutual. I recommend the observance of the same course towards all oilier American Slates. The United Slates stands as the great American power, to which, as their natural allies and friends, they will be disposed to look for mediation and assistance, in the event of any collision between thom and any European nation. Ab such, we may often kindly mediate in their behalf, without entangling ourselves in foreign wars, cr unnecessary coniroverfies. Whenever ibe faith of our treaties with any of them shall require our interference, we must iieceesnrily interpose. A Convention has been granted with Erazil providing for the satisfaction of American claims on that government, and it will be submitted to the Senate. Cilice the last session of Congress, we have received an Envoy Extraordinary and .Minister Plenipotentiary from that empire, and our relations with it are founded upon the inot amicable understanding. Yi'ur attention is earnestly invited to an amendment of our existing lows relating to tho African slave trade, with a view to the more effectual u;protion of that barbarous traffic. It is not to be denied that this trade is tili in part carried on by means of vessels built in the United States, and owned and navigated by some of uur citizens. The correspondence between the deparlmeu of State aud the Mmiter and Consul of the diked States at Rio de Janeiro which has, from time to time, beeu laid before C mgress, represents that it is a customary device to evade the penally of our laws by mean of sea letters. Vessels sold in Brazil provided with urh papers by th Consul, instead of returning to the Uui leu Slates f r a new register, proceed at once lo the coast of Afnca f r the purpose of obtoining cargoes of slaves. aMuch additional information of the same character has recently been transmitted to the Department of Slate. It Las not bern considered the policy of our laws to subject American citizens within a foreign country who purchas vessels built within the United States, to the inconveuienco of ending h'ine for a new register before permitting her to prncec'j on a voyage. Any alteration of the laws which might hate a tendency to impede th transfer of the property in ves-els between our citizon or the free navigati m of those vessels between d fferent parts of tin: world when employed in coin-m-.-rce, should be well and carefully conid'.'rcd, but I trust that your wbdoni will devise a method by wliica our general policy iu this respect may be preserved, and, at th'j same time, the abuse of our flag, by means of sea letters in the manner indicated may be prevented. Having ascertained that there ia no prospect of the reunion of the five Slate of (zentral America, which formerly comprised the Uepnhlic of that name, we have separately negotiated with some of them treaties of amity and commerce, which will be laid before the Senate. A contract having been concluded with the täte of Nicaragua, by a comparry composed of American citizens, for conatrocting ihn ship canal through the territory of that Slate' to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oensns, I bavs directed the negotiation of a treaty with Nicaragua, pledging both governments to protect those who shall enaage in and perfect the work. - All other nations are invited, by the State of Nicaragua, t enter ito the same treaty atipulaliona Tht benefit ti be derived by each from such an arrangement will be tht protection of their inter-oceanic communication against any power which might seek to obstruct or monopolise its advantage. All States entering into such s treaty will enjoy the rights itf passing through ihs can il, on the payment of tht asms charges. The woik of constructing this canal, under thee guaranties, will become s Inind of pacs instead or s subject of contention and strife between the nations of the earth. Should tba great raaratime states of Europe consent to this snangemeni, and we have no rea-ou to auppst that a proposition so fair and honoraMs wi; 1 opposed by any, the energies of their people and our will npeiatt in promoting iht success of lbs rntfrprize. I do not recommend any appropriation from tbe na:innl treasury for this puriios, nor d 1 believe thai any such appropriation it nerrssiry. Private enterprij , if propeity protected, will romi'Me the work, should itprovelobaft-asiMe. The patties who have procured the charter from Nicaragua for its construction, desire no assistance from this government, be yoml its protection, and they profeas that having examined thi pr posed line of communication the; wi l ha ready to rom-oenrs ihe undertaking whenever that prnterti oi a'iall b extended in ibem Hhou'd there sppear la be ron, on eiatniiiiog the whole evidence, to entertain a serious ilouht of the practicability of constructing such a cnal, that doubt could It easily solved by au actual examination i f tht route. - MionI.I such r woik bt e ntructed, tht consti action under Iht enmmou c-r.HectHJii of all tht na'iuns fr eq'ial btneht lo alt. il would bt Bri ber jit nor expedient that a-.y great moi'.imt stait should command tht communication. Tbe leuitory through which tht canal may bt opened, nuht tu bt fired from the claims of any foreign pvwtr. No tseta pow er should Kcupy a position thai would enablt it heieafier to a aticist so ecDtiotlinf an io flue net out tht cotnuieret of tht

world, sr lo obstruct a highway which ouht to be dedicated lo tht common me of mankind. " 1 I The routes across the isthmus at Tehuaniepec and

' Panama are also worthy of our serious consideration. lhey did not fail to eintrage the attention of my predecessor. The negotiator of the treaty of Oaudaloup Hidalgo was instructed to i.flkr a very largs sum of j monpy fur tho right of trankt aero the intimitis at le!iU!tntepT. The Mexican government cid nt ai ceoe to the pnrrlmse of th ijht of war, probably because it had alrtady contracted with private individuals for the roast ruction of a pusage from 'tu.ikcualco river to Tehu-witepc. I hi!l not renew any proposition to purdite for money a riht which ought t be equally secured to all nations on payiiient uf a reisunnb!e lull lo ihi owners of ibe improvement, who would, doubtless b well contented with thai compensation, and the "uaranlit'S of the maralirnu state of the world in separate treaties ri gotiated with Mexico, binding her and them to protect thou? who should construct the work. S ich guarantiee would do more to secure the completion of the cotnnnjiiication through the territory of Mexico, than any other rtaonable consideration that could be offered. And a- Mexico herself will ho the greatest gainer by the opening of this communication between tue gulf and the Pacific ocean, it is presumed that she would not Iiesiiate to yield her aid in the: manner precrih.'d to sccomplioli an improvement so important to her own best Interests. ' We have ream to Imnelhat the proposed Railroad across the Ilhmu4 at Panama, will be successfully constructed under the protection of the late treaty whi h New (Jrenadi tatitid and enlarged by my predecessor o:i t!is tenth diy of June 1343, which guarantee the porf-ct neutrality of tin Isthmus and j the rights of sovereignty and property of New Grenada, over that territory, with a view that the tränst from Ocean to Ocean, m iy not be interrupted or enlarrassed during the exis'enoo tf the trntv. nseouenca or the intcrcouma with our Doasessioni the Pacific . j The position of the Sandwich Islands, with reference to . the territory of the United States on the Pacific; the suecess of our persevering and benevolent arlizaus wholiave by our own numerous ships Islands, as places of resort for obtaining refreshments aud repairs, all combine to render their destiny peculiarly interesting to us. It is our dutv to encourage the authorities of those isl ands in their efforts to improve and elevate the moral and

ills our policy to encourage every pracucaoie rouw ; 0p v,et magnitude and Pxpeme, arid one whith must, across th Isthmus which connects North and South J jf it indeed practicable, encounter many difficulties America, either by railroad or canals, which the energies . . , rp. r ' , . . of our citizens may induce them to complete; and I con- !n ,,tS ro ,'n,n,i,":n and u'e' Therefore, to a.o.d aider it obligatory on me to adopt that policy, particularly ! M.ur 8n? disappointment, and to enable Congress in conaeouenca of the intrcounia with our noaaeiKiona on ' l" Judi whether. 111 the Condition of the COIin'ry

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ana inducing inem to aoopt a system oi covernment oi ; ..,i:.:... . ' . n . . . . . .b ... as a preliminary measure, a cureinl reconn laws ndmsted to their canacitr and wants, and the use. r . - ' . .

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political condition of their inhabitants, and we should make , tu the report oi the secretary or the Interior, reasonable allowance for the difficulties inseparable from I 1 recommend early appropriations lor continuing the this task. We desire that tho islands may maintain their river nnd bnrhor improvements which have been already indepeudence, and that other natious should concur with , begun, and also (or the construction of those fr which ua in this sentiment We could, in no event, be indifler- estimates have been made, as well as examined ones, ent to their passing under the dominion of any other pow- ' and estimates preparatory to the commencement of auch er. The principal commercial States have, in this, a com-1 others as the wants of the country especially the admon interest, and it is to be hoped that no one of them ' vancement ol our population over new districts, and the will attempt to oppose obstacles to the entire independence . extension of commerce may render necessary. . An esof these islands. timate nf the amountthnt ran t advantageously rxpenThe receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal year ending ded within the nest fiscsl year, under the direction of on the 30tU of Juno last, were, in cash, $43,830,097.50; the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, accompanies the in treasury notes, funded, $10,b33,000, making $59,6t3,- report of the Secretary nf Wnr, to which I respectfully 097.50, and the expenses for the same time were, in cash, invite the attention of Congiess. $4G,7d,72, and in Treasury Notes, funded, $10,833,000. The cession of territory made by the late trealy with . " Mexico has greatly extended our exposed frontier, and The account and estimates which will be submitted to rendered its defence more difficult. That treaty line alCongress, in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, so brought us under obligations to Mexico, to comply show that theve will probably be a deficiency occasioned with which a military force is requisite; but our military by the expenses of the Mexican war, and treaty, on tbe establishment is not materially changed, as toils eflicifirst day of June next, of $5,823,121.66, nnd on the first eiency, from the condition in which it stood before Ihe day of July of $10,470,927.30. making in the whole, a Mexican war. Some addition lo it will therefor be nee probable deficit to be provided for, of $16,375,243.39. The eisary, and I recommend lo the favorable consideration extraordinary expenses of the war with Mexico, and the (f Congress an increase of the several corps of the army purchase of California and New Mexico, exceed in amount al our distant western parts, as proposed by the accompathis deficit, together with the loan heretofore made for ying report of the Secretary of" war. these obiects. I therefore recommend that authority be Great embarrassments have resulted from the effect

given to borrow whatever sum may be necessary to cover Ulis deficit The observance nf ihe strictest economy in the appropriation and expenditure of public moneys, is essential to permanent prosperity. I recommend the revision of the existing tariff, and its adjustment on a basis which may anginem the revenue. I do not doubt Hie right or duty of Congress to encourage domestic industry, which is a erent source of national aa well as individual wealth and proapertly. I look to the wisdom and patriotism of Congress fur the adoption of a system which may place homo labor at least on a aura and permanent fooling, and by ihe encooragt-ment of manufactures, give a new and increased impulse to agriculture, and promote the develop ment of our vast resources, and extension of our coin

merce. Believing that the attainment ot these ends, as ! merce, have enjoyed its benefits. Wherever our naval well as augmenting the revenue, and the preventing of , vessels have gone they have been received with respect, frauds, to be accomplished by a system ol specific duties, ! ur officers have been treated with kindness and eourteI atrongly recommend to Congress that system, fixing ' d '" " all occasions, pursued a courae or the duties at rates high enough lo sflord substantial and ricl neutrality in sccurdance with Hie policy of our gov-

nfFii'iiiii t ncniirninint In mir n wn inrloslrv. a n rf al flm j aamo lime, so adjusted as to insure stability. I Tha miMtiun nf the continuance of the anb-treasuiv ! avstm. ia resnertf.i!l uhmiit-d lo the wisdom of Cnn. I ' ir : i ! r:. greas. si coiiimueo, important mooiiicaiiuns oi it appear indisponible. For further details and viewaot the above and other matters connected with commerce, the finances and revenue, you are referred to the report of the Secre tary ot the Ireaaury. I No direct nid has been given by the General Govern ' menl, to improvements of agriculture, except by expen- ; ditures lor Ihe collection and publishing of agricultural statistics, and fr some chemical analyses which have benn thus far paid for out ot the patent fund. Thia aid, in tny opinion, is wholly inadequate lo give this leading ! branch of American industry the encouragement which it merits. I esnnciallv recommend Ihe establishment of an agricultural bureau, lo be connected with the depart- i ' ment of the interior. To elevate the social condition ofi ! the agricultarist, to increase his prosperity, and to extend I I.;. ........ . r ....r., l... ,n..nr. k. mnti'.ni.ln I; ' I sources of information, should be the a udy ol every I statesman, and primary object with every legislator, j No civil government having been provided by Congress : (or California, ihe people ofthat territory, impelled by ' the necessities of their political condition, recently met i met in convention for the purpose of forming a constitu tion andb'.ate Government, which the latest advices give reas"i to suppose haa been accomplished, and, it is believed flier will shortly apply for ihe admission of Cali fornia inli the Union, na a sovereign State. Should such be the ejse. and should their ronatitution be comnaiihla I 7 . ; to the requisition of Ihe constitution of the Uniled Slates, 1 1 rocomnicnu tneir application 10 ins lavorauie conaioera- ! tion of Congress. i TIir people of New Mexico, also, it is believed, at no very ditant period, will present lliemeelvos for ad mission intoour Union. Preparatory to the admission of California and New Mexico, the people of each, will have constituted for themselves a republican form of government, layinjr its foundation i-n such principles,

and organizing its powers in such form as to tnem- i a change may safely be made, reducing all single letselves shall seem most likely to a9ect their fafety and t ter poMage to the uniform rate of five cents, regard-

happiness. By awaiting, all causes of uneasiness mar be avoided, and confidence and good feeling pre eented with a view of mainiainine the harmony aud and prosperity 60 dear to all. We should abstain from the introduction of those exciting topics of sectional character which have hitherto produced painful apprehensions in the public mind I repeat the solemn warning of ihe first aud most illustrious of my predecessors againt any ground for characterising pa 1 tics by geographical discriminations. A collector has been appointed at San Francisco, ander the act of Congress extending the .revenue laws over California; and measures have been taken J to organize custom houses at that and the other ports ! mentioned In the set, at t lie earliest period practicable. The collector proceeded over land, and advices have nol been received of his arrivn at San rrancisco. Meanwhile, it is understood, the custom house duties continue to Le coiWtr-d there, by officers acting nuder the military authorities, as they were during the administration of my predecessor. I Ihink it will he 'expedient to ronfirinjhe collet ton thus made, nnd di rect the avails, af.er such allowance as Congress may think ft to authorize to he rxp 'tided within the cuun try to hi paid into Ihe treasury, tor the purpose ol gelling apppopriations for the improvement of our rivers and harbors. A party engaged on the coast survey was dispatched ! Oregon in January lift. Arrording to the latest advices, they had nrt left Cali'ornia, and directions have 1-cn given them aa soon as t'iey hall have fixed on Ihe sites of the two light houses, and th'J buoys authorized to be constructed and placed in Oregon, to propped without deliy to 111:1 ke rati nniant:e or Ihe moat imp Ttanl points on the coatof Clifruia. and especially to examine and determine o.t fites f r light houses ou the coast, the ajveedy erc'ioo of which i urgently demanded bv our rapidly j'icreasinjf commerce. I hav) tranifpufd tha Indian agency from Council Bluff Ii S.nia Fe nd Slt Lake, and have caused to be appointed iib-aei in ibe valley nf ihe Gda, ihe Sacarmcnto and Ihe Su Joachim liver. Still further legislative provisions will ba nerrary for the effctiive and successful extension of our system of li.Jian Agencies aver the new tsriltcri'S. I recommend the establishment of a branch mint in California, as it will, iu my opini.i, affird important ficilitii to those engaged in mining, as well as lo the government, in the disposition of the mineral la rieft. I a!sj recommend that commissioners be

organized in companirs, to examine and decide ( upon the valid ty of 'he present subsisting land titles j in California and new Mexico, and thtt provision be

made for the establishment of the office of Sjrveyor General in New Mxh-o, California and Oregon, and t Ihe sunning and bringing into market, publ.c lands in thoe territorial. Those land f remote po sitions and iiüi.nl; .f acc-e. ought io In? disposed of j ... .1. ,i ..t.t on tertnt Ith' ral t.j all, but especially lavoraoie io neearly cungrnut. In order thai the ritnatioii sod character of the principal uui.eral ilepi's in C-iliP-rnia tnnj be ascertained I reromtiMriid limt p-olnjical and minemlogicitl exploration be riin'cttd with the inner surveys, and that ihe mineral lands be divided into small lots suitable for iniuaij-. slid dipn'd of by sale or lease, o s to i;ive our riti.eii' an opportunity of liriH-urit'g a perniati' nt ri.ht f proporty in Ihe soil. Tili woiil I in io ! si import -tut io the success of mining as i f ariruitural purposes. The preal miiur;il wealth of California, and the advantages ho-h it conti!' and harbor, and those of Oregon, afford rotiiMieree, nnd rsptvislly with the islands of the Pacific aud Indian Oieaus, and the populous regions of Eastern Asia, make it certain ihul tiiere will arise, in a few years, large and prosperous communities on our western coast, t, llierefore, becomcM mjx.rtant that a line f conimunication tlie best snd most expeditious that the country will admit should be opened within the territory oftln United States, from the navigable wat-r of ti.e Atlantic, or the Gulf of Mexico, to the Pacific. Opinions, as elicited and expressed by two large aud respectable conventions, lately assembled at M. Louis and Memphis, prouose several routes for ils location, which, if practicable, will meet the wishes and wants of the country. Jjut while this, if in eiircesrul operation, would tea work of great national importance, nnd of a value to the country which it would be difficult to estimate, it is also to be regarded as 'an undertaking through which it passes, the work be feasible, and if it be found so, whether it should be undertaken as a natron 1 improvement, or Jeft to individual cnterprize, and of the latter alternative, what aid. if any, outfit recommend. nssance of corps, - and a report as to the practicability of miking such a road, with an estimate of the at of its construction and sunnort. For further iewa nf these and other matters, ennnect- ! ed with the duties of ihe Home Department, 1 refer you upon the rank in the army, heretofore given to brevet and stuff officers. The views of the Secretary of war on this subject are deemed important, and if carried into ef fect will, it is believed, promote the harmony of the seivice. The plan proposed for retiring disabled officers, and providing an asylum for such of the lank and fits, aa from age, wounds, and other inhrmiues occasioned oy disease, have become unfit to perPirin their respective duties, is recommended aa a means of increasing the efficiency of the field officers, and as an act vf justice due from a grateful country to the fatlhlul snldiei. The accompanying report ol the Secretary of the Navy presents a full and satislnclcry account of the condition and operation ol the naval service during the past yesr. Our sailors engaged in the legitimate pursuits of com i eminent The naval force at present in commission is as large as is admissible with the number of men authorized by Con- ' cress to be employed. I incite your attention to tlie re I mmmnnrlntinn nf ihn Srrlrv nf the Narv nn thn mil). i j - '. ject of a re-organization of the Navy in its various gTades i olhcers, and the establishment of a retired list for buch officers as are disqualified for active and effectual service. 1 Should Congress adopt some such measure, as is recommended, it will greatly increase the efficiency of the Navy nd reduce its expenditures. I also ask your attention to tho views expressed by him in reference to the employment of war steamers, and in regard to contracts for the transportation of the United. States Mails, and to the operation of tho system upon the prosperity of the navy. Bv an act of Coutrress. passed August 14th, 1843, pro vision was made for extending post offices and mail accommodations to California and Oregon. Exertions have teen made to execute that law, but the limited provisions are inadequate to its entire fulfilment. It authorizes the noan tat ion of oar oost office laws to the situation of that iiAnnfrv nA fh tiiAjtanrA nf pimnAnsslinn far ftervicea " . w. allowed by those laws, compared with the prices of labor and rents in California, render those provisions, in a great 1 degree, ineffectual. More particular and elacient provision by law, is required on this subjectTho act of 1845, reducing postage, has now, by its operation during four years, produced results fully showing that tlie income from such reduced postage is sufficient to sustain the whole expense of the service of the post office Department, not including the cost of transporting by 1 mail steamers, on the lines from New York to Chagres, I ass t A l t I I J j ana irom ranama to ASiona, wnicn nas noi rjeen consia ered by Congress as properly belonging to the mail service. ' It i submitted to the wisdom uf Congress, whether a further reduction of postage should not now be made, tnoro particularly on the letter correspondence. This should be relieved from the unjust burden uf transporting and delivering of the franked matter nf Congress, for which public service, provision should be made from the treasury. I confidently believe that , less nf distance, without thereby imposing any great er tax on the treasury, than would constitute a very moderate compensation for this public service, and, 1 would therefore recommend such a reduction. Should Congress prefer to aboliah the Franking privilege, it seems probable that 00 demand oa the treasury would result from the proposed reduction uf postage. WhctU r still further diminution should now be made, or the result of the reduction to five cent, which 1 have been recommending, be first tried, is submitted to your discretion. N Since the commencement of the last session of Congress, a postal treaty with Great Britain has been received and ratified, and such regulations have two formed by the Tost. Office Departments of the two countries in pursuance of that treaty, as to tarry its provixions into full operation. The attempt to extend the same arrangement through England and France, has not been abandoned. For a particular statement of the condition of the i'ost Office Department, and other matters connected with that branch of the public srrvice, I refor you to the report of the Post Master General. By act of the 3d of March, 1849, a Board was constituted to make arrangements for taking the seveutb census comosed of the Secretary of State, the Attorns)' General, aud the Pott Mastt-r General, aud it was made the duty f this board to prepare and cause to bo prepared such forms and schedules fur collecting, in statistical tables, under proper heads such information as to moneys, agriculture, commerce, manufacture, education and other topics as would exhibit a full view of the pursuits uf industry, education, and resources uf the country. The duties enjoined upn the census board thus established having been per formed, it novv re-ts with Congress to enact a law for carrying into effect the provisions of the constitution which require an actual enumeration of tlie people of the United States in the ensuing year Among the duties assigned by the constitution uf the General of Government is oue uf local, and Iim itcd application; but not nn that account Ihe less ob ligatory. I allude tis the trust c-Hnmitted to Congress as me exclusive legislature aiio soie guaruu n 01 tne iiiterctis of the District td Columbia. . . 1 beg to com mend these interests to tour kind attention. As 1 national metropolis, the city of Washington mnst be an object of general interest, and, founded as it was,

under the authority of him whose immortal name it The Voice of Virginia.' bears, its claims to the fostering care of Congress Governor Floyd, of ihe Old Dominion, ha dejivpresenl themselves with additional strength, and ered his official manifesto, denouncing the anti-slave-whatever can contribute to its prosperity, must appeal ry sentiments of the Northern men ' all "humto the feelings of its constituted guardians and com- bug," and proclaiming ihe fixcJ resolve of the chivmand their favorable consideration. alric South to draw tlie sword, and throw away the Our government is ons uf limited powers, and its auc- scabbard in defence of tho pecul.ar institution. cesaful administration eminently depends on the confine- He says : ment of each of its co-oidmaie branches within its appro- . TIÄ men of the South will not remain p.issve.

pnate apbere. The firat section of the constitution oruama in an legislative rower tnerein srraniea auau o vested in a Congress of the United States, which consist of a Senate snd House of Representatives.

i no executive nas auinoiuy io rscommenu noiwuicv , . . . täte measures to Congre,,. Having performed that duty, . J 8 M ." Il V. w;,rfR ,JIe l? df 089 l""ths Executive Department of the Government cannot con- .l.10US f elCB. Wi, h ,he ?ntl.,Ria,t wl, denounce trol the deciaion of Congreas until that deciaion shall have " n6,lTu?,,, eslabl.ahed by the command been officiallv submitted It the President for approval. r Uod "melf, and who aspire to teach a morality The check provided by tbe Constitution in the clause eon- Pur(,r t,,an I'"' r our Kcdcrmer." firming the qualified veto will never be exerrised by me, He Insists that the question of slavery shall be except in the cases contemplated by the fathers of the Re settled now and forever," and adds let us have nu public I view it as an extreme measure, to be exercised palliatives, no deceptive truces, no delays no comonly in extraordinary cases, aa when il may become neces-1 promises which leave the question open for future eary to defend the Executive against the encroachment of adjustment.' the Legislative power, or lo prevent hasty, inconsiderate,! He says that submission to the proposed action of or unconstitutional legislation. j Congress would be a surrender of Ihe entire South to By cauiims'y confining this remedr within the spheie t,e African lace ; that to confine slavery whhio its preciibej to it in the Constitution, in the cmiempoianeoui .;,i e r - o. . j Up.Mti.,nof th.fr.mcr.nf m. cwti.ution. .h. win ,.f .he Preef,nt. ''mite, with a g.rdie of free States around, pe..p!e. leeititnaiety exp.eel. on ail eatjta i.f lecioUti .n, would in a tew years drive the white men beyond its through their constitutional oigans, tt e Seiiat.'i anH Repra- J limit. That the sturdy laborer would soon leave a en'a ives of the Uni'ed State, will have ils full etTi-ct. country swarming with negroes, for a residence ia

sTa . r . a . a . 1 1 lon-p-naaoie ,o .n Preervanon ..i our sj-iem oi sen-, eoveremeni, ihe independence of the llpieeotaiive ol the States a...l the people is guarded by the consti.ution, and j ihey owe no repoitilry t any human power but Iheir cunstita'nt. Uy holtling Ihe Representative responsihla only to ihe people and exempting him fr.tn all other iuflneicr, we elevate the character of the constituent, and quicken hi sense of responsibility lo hi- country II i under these chewmstances only that the elector cau feel that in the choice of the law-makei he is himself tiulv a com;oDent mt of the sovereign power of the na'ion. With equal cue we sh-'Uld s'udy to dtfeod lh lights of Ihe execniive and judirial depaitnient. Our -vemment cn nnly be preserved In its parity by the suppression a in the entire elimination uf every claim or teudency of one coordinate braneh ts encroach upon amitlK-r. While we are eaideil by Ü airict uoaervance of tliis rale and tbe other injunctions r Ihe consiitutnn, with a sedulous Ineulcitionof thit resnrd and love U ihe Union which our fdthers cherished and njooied nton Uieir children and with tho aid of that oveirulma Providence wbK.li bas so long and so kindly guarded oar liberties and in mutkms, we m-iy reastMiahly etpect to transmit Uiem. with their innumerable B'eings, to the remotest postersy. But attachment to lb onion of His States should be habitually fostered Hi every A met tea u heart. Fur more than half a century, urin- which time kingdoms and empires have fallen, the Union has stod nohaken. . . The patriots wbo formed it have long since descen Jed to the grave ; yet it Mill retnaios lbs proudest monument to their memory, and the bjstt ot affection and admwstion with every ma wiathy lo bear the American name. Ia my Judgment, H dissolution would be the greatest of calamities, and lo avert it should be Um study of every Ameiiean. Upon iu preservation must depend nur hapoiiiess, and that of countless generation to come. Wliatever dangers threaten it, I shall atand by it and maintain a Ic the full extent ol the obligation impossd, and lbs power conferred npoo ins by lbs Constitution. Z. TAYLOR. Principal Towns in Indiana. Chamberlain's Indiana Gazeteer, gives the following stalls tical information in regard to soma of the principal towns in Indiana: Towns. Indianapolis Madison, New Albany, Lafayette, Evaiisville, Richmond, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Busines Houses. 121 not rep. 120 7S Il-'t lep. 70 not rap. Churches. 17 15 11 3 ; 7 9 9 8 Laid out. 1821 180S 1313 1825 1816 1KI6 1818 Pop. 6.506 7.000 7.0C0 7,000 5O00 3.000 3.500 5.000 'I Tbe amount of taxes paid to the Stale in 1843, by the several counties in which these are located, upon the lauds taxable in each, is as follown: Indianapolis, Marion County, $12,239.17 Madison, JrfiVson, 11,032.64 New Albany, Flojd, 6 823 43 " Lafayette. Tippecanoe " 9.C43.69 Evsnaville, Vanderburg M 5 515.27 Richmond, Wayne 17.69U.Ul Terre Haute, Vigo " 8,96 ,67 Fort Wayne, Allen , 6,720,87 Huxons to the Gkeat Dead. Tiie ceremonies in honor of the Gr-nt Dead Worth, Duncan and Gaines, which took place in New York un the 15th ult., must have been of the most impressive and i itteres! ing character. At sunrise this morning, the flags on the City Hall, the hotels, and other principal buildings throughout tha city, displayed the national colors at half-mast, as did also the shipping in the harbor; the municipal

offices were all closed, the places of busiuess on the! died July 27, 18ti4, aged 25; Mrs. Mary Thurston, line of procession were in the majority likewUe jdied Marrh 3, 1303, aged 27; Hon. Nathaniel Thürs closed, end the houses of the occupants draped with ' ton, died in Lansingburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1311,

mourning. Lafsyette tiall was beautifully shrouded in crape, ihe broad way 1 heitre suspended a national flag across the street, appropriately covered with emblems of mourning; two natioual banners similarly prepared were displayed from '-tlie balcony, and the flag was at half-mast 011 the roof. Among the othir iuMances of respect manifested on the occasion, and worthy of notice. Seaman & Muir hung the front of their store with black broad-cloth. Stewart's great marble palace showed to much advantage, large fed onus uf crape and black, intertwined with own and knots of white muslin. The I : tr I ...1. 1 - Irving iiouse, opposite, was completely cuvereu in front with b.ack and whi.e muslin intertwined, and an eagle shrouded in crape occupied a conspicuous place in Ibe balcony. Tue Astor Houe was beauti-

luujr umpcu wiui crape, wutcu iiung in neavy les- j et m village store Mr a mowing scytne. "Sony, sir, re toons from every window in the building facing on ; plied the peit youngster leh-nd the counter, we have no Broad vay, the portico was nearly hidden in the (olds scythe, but we've got some first chop pen-knives. Tbe of the dark material. following circumstance, related in a Scotch paper, is of ihe The American Museum and other principal hotels, same nature. Lovejoy's, Earls, etc., wore all appropriately prepar- j A vender of buttona, buckles, and other small ware, whs cd for the occasion; and evinced a prais-worthy and occup'! -mall ahop at the head of tbe street in Glasgow, delicate sympathy in the great loss the nation had in which' b while, the notable Bailie Nichol Jarvie dornsustained in the untimely death of these noble heroes. ! '? "ot,ceJ VC0.T1r'L .'T t-Hj,n8 w'"dw At 10 o'clock, all the vehicles were withdrawn from , d,J. !"lfh " onJ1ec.,JeJ klnJ -".oS-to-bUy expression. the line of procession, as well as from West Broad- j on V,J ,fl-u're.J ,whel ie. .b? "'nf P,to tor r 1 . . u .1 Li j sell. j be shopman bad long studied the counter loeic of way and Canal street, where the troops assembled ,u , cndetf0ri ,0 iJe . cuftomef t0 b wh,t , great strength at a.i early hour . for .ale, rather ih.n what tbe customer may ask for. At eleven o clock the fire alarm aud church bells . .MtBf-.,ij be,"wl,aibe the use ofs pistoltoyoo. Lame commenced to lull a solemn dirge, the veteran corps ! TOur,f,f a0 m,T u lom, ilber y00 ihtl, of heavy artillery, Capt. Raynor, fired the first signal j i,UJ a flule . tee, thcr's ane, an it's no sae dear as a pistol, gun from the Battery, and the mournful cavalcade just top an open fin?er shout ihe six wee holes, and blaw moved up Broadway through the west gate of the ; iu at tbe big a.ie, en ye can bae any tune ye like after a Park, the solemn music of the numerous bands, ihe' a wee while's practice; besides, you'll maybe blaw a tana toll of many bells, and regular booming of the minute into the heart o some blithe lassie that will bring to yoa guns from Ihe battery, during the procession, adding the worth o. thousand pistols or German flutes ither. much soltmuity to the occasion. . j "Min," said the simpleton,, -I am glad that I met wi yon j the day just tie't no ; and paying down the price asked, SECTIOS L FoiLr-A proposition has been made ai bidding 'guid day, with a significsnt nod of tbe bead, in the Legislature of Georgia to impose a tax of 50 remarked, "it'll not be my faut gin ye get na an opportu percent, upon all citizens ofthat Slate, buying or j D,,T of nJ,na la broose at rny wadding, sin' ye bae selliurr articles frrown or mi nufactured in a ffea tawoed m. 10 be my am pipar.

State ! o - o - - Chiracs, is said to he tha larsast beef-nackinir market in the Union. The amount already packed there thia year is! reported at sixty thousand barrels, some twenty thousand beef cattle having been killed in the last seven weeks. - Dr. Parkman has left, it is understood, a fortune of some $700.000 or f 800,000, snd the timely discovery of the body will enable his relatives to administer 10 the estate, which otherwise might been kept in abeyance, probably for years. . . Olb Hats' cf Nsw Yobs:. This venerable and shiny-headed patriarch of policemen end pet of the Common Council Chambers, now in his eightieth year, was on Monday sworn as High Constable for the forty-ninth time. t2jMra. Bjrum. wife of David By rum, living in Otter Creek township, Vigo county, waa killed 00 lbs evening of the 5th instant, l-y being thrown from the buggv in which she was riding with her daughter and little child. She waa thrown againat a tree and almost inatantly killed. Racil, Wiacossis. We sea by the Commercial Advertiser, of Racine, that the shipments from that port for Ibis fall, amouoia" to nearly 400,000 bushels nf wheat, 20,000 brls flour, 4,000 brls be. t, 6,000 bushels barley, and 6,000 buabela oats. . The Indian name efthe stream that skirts nur village on the north and east, and which fl iwa into the Souhegan. ia Quthqtunapaitakestannajneg. The b y that can tell the name ot it may taae nia place at tae neaa. wimnem X. If ) Cabinet. The California EMiiiHATio. Since the breakout of the California fever, les than a year, seven hundred and thirty vessels have loft the Atlantic ports fur that cuntrj, by way uf Cape Horn, containing about fify thousand persons as passengers. There" have arrived, at as late as intelligence ha been received, two hundred and sixty-five of the above number. Arban, the celebrated aeronaut who lately crossed the Alps iu a balloon, nnde his last ascension from Barcelona some few weeks since. Hi dead body has betii fouud on the Spanish coast near Roe-is.

, i-ic ewuiu ui nui rest in us ecaoosra, wnnsi Ianaiil l. cism is erecting at our harth-stones an altar, upon which the victims of eicnfue are to be our daugh- ,. ters and our wive-."

laf eword will not rest in its ecabbsrd. whilst fanatianother land, and ihe master too, would follow, find :, . M?P 1 ,mP'!"bIe rt remain. . 1 " ,l 11 "ts that more Slave territory If in dipcnab!e for the welfare of the South, in Governor Floyd's opinion. He ali contends that tlie North or Free States require mor lave territory fcr their future prosperity he insists that il is slavery which produces the jjreat American staple, which sustain the commerce nf the northerners that it is slavery which irives them a home market f.r iheir manufactures and that without f!acry, the thrift and prosperity which now pre-eminently characterises the working; claaes of New England and the North would vanish away; and the mechanic and laborer would discover, when too late, that, whiUf striking the manacles of legal slavery from the hands cf the African, he had riveted upon Ihe necks of his own children the bondage of necessity, which no earthly power could ever again remove." Cin. Gat. Bbütal Arrxitt. On Monday rveninsr about 4 o'clock, a youth by the name of Andrew McDannald äs interrtd in the Chestnut Grove Cemetry; and ua yesterday it was discovered by the sexton that the fastenings of the gate had been forcibly broken open, the grave rifled, and the corpse removed. Search was instituted by the Trustees of the Ometry and friends of the deceased, and after several hours ferreting out the affiir, the corpsrLj found locked u; in a vacant house on Spring street, inot shamefully abused. Youn; McDannald died of consumption, wassn orphan boy of exemplary habits, and had after the death of hij father, engaged in the sale of milk, by which he KUDported his mother and little sisters. Last summer his mother died and left him and three little daughters to the orphan's fate. Andrew was sinking under the ennsumotion. of which he died as before I stated. He was decently interred by his friends iu a ; new suit of broadcloth, which he had ntirrhasd with the proceeds of hi own earnings, which was torn off and thrown away or left in the grave. It was the intention of the oerpetntors of this outrage to take ihe corpse tu Louisville for disnectii n. They are known to the community, and we trut they will be made to suffer for this violation of the rights of Ihe dead and the feelings of the living. Such men slmul 1 be taught that while the science of medicine is lo be cultivated and cherished, there are ways in which il can be done wi'.boul dragging our sous aud daughters from their last n-sting place to be chopped op like hoys, and their fragments scattered to tLe fo.ir v.iiii.JJfert'inci.'le litpubliain, Dec. 12. Extraordinary MuLTiPuctTr or Wives and Husbands. In the town of West ßradfrd, Fa., ,,,ere " ?? 'a c'''cnyaru in which sli.id si ven tombs BtuucD, lue uy biuv, cuvt-rio uie remains o: n.'e xion. Nathaniel Thurston and Mm rix trie. They stand in crder as follows : Mrs. Betsev Thurston, died Nov. 2ö, 1790, aged 8i; Mrs. Martha Thurston, died .May 12, 1789, aeed 32; Mrs. Huldih Thurston, died September 8, 1301. aged 21; Mr. Clarissa Thurston, died IVov. 14. aged 36 ; Mrs. Martha Thurston, , aged OO. This case hardly beats a more modern ono ue knew of, a little nearer home. A deacon in one our most prominent churches in this city, and his amiable better-half, fo.ma queer instance in matrimony. The deacon is the fifth husband of the ladj, while the lady is the deacon's fourth vife ! Beat that, u ha can. Connecticut paper. 07- We can beat the above, all to pieces ; for we have a man in this vicinity, yet in the prime of life, who is now living with his fourteenth wife. 1 How TiDiJ-Per.uAy. a man tvhat he van,,. ; It U tttndwg rule with al ionk eepera, when asked for j , article which is not in their slock, to oflW something resembling in iL Thus we heard a countryman inuuirinr I . , rssssTLVASia, PcsLtc WeaKs. The Harrisburgh Keystoue haa tbe following statement of the revenue from the Pennsylvania State works: We learn that tbe actual receipts at the Stale Treasury from 1st December, 1848, to 1st December. 1849, on account of railroad tolls are $1,623,860 13 From the same source the preceding ) year. 1.550.555 03 Increase for the year 1843 9 over 1847-8 $78,305 10 The estimated amount tj the late State Treasurer, Mr. Plumer, for the year just closed, was $1.650,000 The receipts have therefore fallen below the estimate $21,131:87. This deficiency was occasioned by tbe long continued dry weither and a consequent want of water both in the Ohio river and in the canal. Hid il not bsen for thia, tbe receipts would have exceeded the estimato.' Divorces in Connecticut. A clerical gentleman of Hartford attended the House of Representatives last Sprinj to re id the prayer, and boin politely requested to remtin sealed near the Speaker during the d bite, he found himself the spectator of an unmnrrying process, so alien to his own Vocation, and so characteristic of the Legislature uf Connecticut, that thi ieult was the following : Impromptu, Addresttd by m Prittl 10 the Legislature of Connecticut. Fi ctrr-ting all cows ccT-iona famed, CoHSECT-i-ccT is Isirly named ! I twain C 'KSECT in one, but you Cut tbo whom I coshect m two. Each Legislatuie seems tosav. What you cossr.CT-I-ccT asray. California has prepared a coat of arms and a seal. Upon the foreground there is a grizzly bear, feeding upon a cluster of grapes. Upon the rifht is a representation of Minerva, holding the Gorgon shield in one hand, and a spear in the other. The reverse ts the representation of the miner with pick and spade and implements of mining, toiling for the precious treasure. In the middle, a river, in which are seen steamboats. In the distance ia tho snow-clad tops of the Sierra Nevada ; and on the top tbe motto, "Eureka," (I have found it.) rXjGaoi Camphor laid in tha track of ante ia a aid to be excellent for kseping away these troublesome insects.