Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1850 — Page 2

3nMaiia State Sentinel, ETERNAL VIGILASCE IS THE PEICE OF tllOTTi INDIANAPOLIS. INAKCIl 21, 1830.

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The writer is certainly not a rrsder et the paper, or he would know that we could do no sneli thing, for various reasons. Our rule la, to publish nothing anonymous. 8eConJ.it might be. coming: In such a "questionable shape," a devK-e of "the enemy," to divide and distract nor councils. We cannot work in the dark. J. G. J..Terre Haute. Csnnot reply to yours definitely Jost now. Will probably be enabled to do to in a week from this data. fjüOne tf the demands, as a condition of peace and continued alliance, on the part of the Southern leaders is, that the North shall silence the Abolitionists. The difficulty with us it, how to do it! Suppose the South sets an example 1 The following vvil' show that there are a few abolitionists in some parts of the South, and that they have tho audacity to express their sentiments openly. A Toice from Xorfh Carolin;! against Slavery Extension. Communicated or The Tribun." Orange Co. N. C. Feb. 2G, 1350. At a large and respectable meeting held at Pratt's Store, Orange County, N. C. on the 25th of Feb. at which a large number of the Society of Friends were a a Y V I .a II t . present, Lren. Horace rietener was called to the Chair, and Messrs. Michael Mitchell and S. Jones were appointed Secretaries. Mr. Jordan Swain then moved that a Committee of seven te appointed by the Chairman to draw up suitable resolutions for the meeting, which was agreed to, and the Chair appointed the following gentlemen : Messrs. Chesterfield Merrit, Morria Booihe, Nathaniel Hubbard, John B. Phillip, Willis Jenkins, Edmund Cell, and Charl-s A. Phillip-. During the interval, the meeting was addressed by Messrs. T. Kerby, Allen Uiley and C. J. Burnett. After retiring for a short time the Committee reported the following resolutions, through their Chairman, Chesterfield Merritt : 1. Resale td. That wa will hail with joy tha admission of leliloroia as a Mate or this Union, with a Constitution orerer prohibiting Slavery aud the slave traffic wiiLia its bor ders. 2. Retained. That we do condemn tha coarse pursued br Mr. Clingman, and other of our Representatives in Con gress, in resisting the pasae of tha Wiimot Proviso, and other kindred measures. 3. Resolved, That we do extend to our brethren of the North! o States, who hive instiucled their Senators to ie (ist the introduction tf Slavery into Ihe new Territories, onr warmeit sympathies, and at eamest'y hope that they will perieveia aud succeed in their rood intentions. 4. Resoleed, That we do condemn the course of tha la'e Secretary of State, James Buchanan, in conceding to Texas a g teat part of New Mexico, for the purpose ef establishing in ii usmeruic Mavery. 6. Resolevd, Thai we will frown down every attempt to dissolve this glorious Confederacy, and will seek to main, tain the Union for ever in its piistine purity. 6. Resolved, That the Chaitmao of this meeting, be requested lo transmit a copy of these resolutions to tha Edi tor I the New Yoik Tiibune and National Kia. 0;ber journals favorable to the caui! of libeity will pleaie copy. Messrs. Merritt, Bonthe, C. A. Phillips, Hubbard and J. Barbara addressed the meeting in support of trc resolution1. On motion the resolutious were adopted, and the meeting adjourned sine die. HORACE FELTER. Chairman. k.1. v-. .0, I O . M. Mitchell, f UCCICllliFI. The New Yorfc Courier and Enquirer quotes the following from a letter, written by an able and lead ing statesman of North Carolina, formerly a mem ber of the United elates Senate: I ana persuaded that ss the North intends to ie-enact the ordinance of 17S7.it had been better to pass it at once toe sooner the better fur a great rait -f thie strife comet from the agitation of inch a topic, still continumz and nev er ending. The ptan of operations at the South ia to make it terrible to the yoon and aspirins men of the States to take ground agatnit their leiden. Without ptoper calcula tion of consequences. I her ro ioto association at home lo threaten conditional resistance, barely far the puipose of preventing what in teality they hits no intention to retut j forcibly. Pride is thus committed against patriotism, end the plotters of evil know bow to excite the pasaion of a proud young man even lo a fjrgetfulnesi of the fust duty of an American pattiot. For, I would to heaven that Ihe majority would pass ihe proviso or drop it. Our people in ine r-ouin are ueluded by vacillation an.t postponement. It is a eintratst en'weMence to find Messrs. Clar and Ben ton in the year 1SÖO of one mind in surrendering the lead of their iepctire piriti and determined to break the f -ice of tins treasonable combination against the Union. God help them, is irr prayei. God and the people will sustain them in the cor.fiic, is my faith. Efforts will be mid' to itir into activity the elcmenti of discord in North Caio'ina. At a distance yon will only see the thing in newspapers. We who are here know that Ihe appearance it delusive DEccmvc OUR PtOPLE ARE NOT FOB DISUNION" WITH OR WITHOUT A PROVISO. i me leadeia ui me wni par y in Piorta careliua are cowardly, otherwise, before this lime, onr Slate would have made demonitia ions fur (be Uuioo unconditionally. They are aft aid of losing the Governor ! Reckoniog upon a false etimateof popular pttriotiam. ihey temporize with the de mon of faction, forgetting that it is of all O'hers the surest road to defeat. Mure thin half the Demociati would all op the places of the deserters ia a bold fight f jr the Union. The following resolutions introduced by ex-Gover nor Morehcad, at a meeting in Guilford county, will command attention abroad as well as at home. The Raleigh Register eays that they employ the sen timents of a large majority of the people of North Carolina: Rnolvei, That the interests of every portion of the Union, as guaranteed by the Constitution, ouht to be respected and snuat ba maintained. Retoited, That the Union of these Unitei States is in dispensable to tba happiness and welfare of tho American people, end to the security of political liberty lo the world. and it must be maintained. Whose Fault I? IT 1 The Madison Bannerand Madison Courier, both daily papers with which we exchange, generally reach us the day after the arrival of the Madiison mail by railroad. Those which we should have received by the last Saturday's cars, wer obtained from our post-office at half f sst eight o'clock on Monday morning. One of the Banners was of the Thursday previous. They sometimes are not received at ail ; and again, they are as frequent ly left at the depot, being thrown out on the plat form. Now each tiain carries a postmaster; and the facts stated above makes it certain that the dere-l liction of duty is not in our post-office, if our Mad-! iso ii eotemporaries properly mail their papers, the I fault is with their postmaster. Otherwise it is with' those on the trains. We hope to sec this dereliction a corrected voluntarily and promptly, exist where may. 1

The Georgia Lands. The New Albany Bulletin of the 17th int. noting the advertisements relative l these lands, which Lave appfnred in the Snte Sentinel, observes "Now, if these lands were sold 5ih of March, 1519, why did not Green pay the m mey then, for they could not be sold on credit ? Why was not the money paid into the treasury when Dunning receiv

ed it! On the 21st of February, HjO, th money had not been paid in. Why did Dunning hold the State's money three months why hold il uow 1 If -Dunning and G recti wero whig, the Slate Sentinel would have a great deal to say nbo it them; but they are locofocos, and the Slate Sentinel almost regrets that the Governor has determined to prevent th fraud that i about lo be practiced on tho State, by this exGo; ernor and Senator. Ve hope Gov. Wright will do hie duty in this matter, as well as in tte McGmley case. We think that he will be able to show that Dunning and G-een are acting in concert to jret these lands for on? thousand dollars, after the Agent of State had eo!d them for Jive thousand. We think the Governor will be able to show that Dunning advised the Agent of State in sell these lands after January, or February, or March, or mm April. 1349. And we think there ia enough over Dunning's own signature to show that he never sold the lands to Green, until nfler the State Agent had sold then? for fite thousand dollars; and we think the Governor has this evidence. The Bullet iu is a whig paper, and no doubt enjya the confidence of the late prudent and, economical Agent of State, Mr. Collins. We fuither think that there can be no doubt that the said agent furnished, lo the Rulletin the above statement of facts, probablyin writing. ' This is of no consequence, except aa showing what the opinion of the Stale Agent is, and that the Governor is justified by that opinion in the action rvhiclthu has taken. The ex-Agent is mistaken in supposing that we almost regret that tho Governor has determined to prevent fraud, if fraud there be in either this or in the McGinley case. WLile we have expressed full faith in the purity of Gov. Wright's intentions, we have not thought it necessary to prejudice this case, though it might be to the personal interest of tho ex-Agent, if we should dj so; we know nothing about this lat point, however; as little as he does about our "regrets. The course of Gov. Wright will accomplish one good end, we hope, and that will bean investigation of tho matter by some competent tribunal. If there has been wrong done, we hope it will be fully exposed. This ia an item quite a important to the people as the value of the lands, whatever that may be. Of tleir real taloe we know but little; the ex-Agent ought to know a good deal. The following statement, made by Mr. Senator Holloway, through the Richmond Palladium, we suppose to be correct so far as it goes : "The State acquired these lauds from Ihe Western Bank of New York, in part payment for bonds sold to that company on credit. Of the $300,000 of bonds sold, the State received $G0,C00 in cash, and eotue 300,000 acres of pine lauds iu Georgia, on which il was said there was a saw trull running 14 saws. These lands were taken to secure a debt of $240,('00. In 1S42. Mr. Bright, tho Agent of State, reported to tho legislature, that he supposed the lai.ds were not worth over 50 or 60,000 dollars, if so much. yet he gave tlwm some value. They consist of 1500 lots of !J()J acres each. In 1845 Mr. Bright paid &"307 taxra on tne-io satna land. Iti 1811 the Siate v.as offered $5000 for her rights in these lands, hut the legislature refused to take it. deeming them of greater value. At the session of 43 and '49 however, the Governor or Agent of State were authorized to eIl them f r any sum not less than $1000. At the late session Gov. Dunning reported that he had Hold the Georgia lands to M. R. Green, at 1000. From the report of the Treasurer of State, it appear ed no money had been paid him on account of said sale, and in reply to a resolution of the House that cficer made a positive statement of the fact. 'It is understood however, that Mr. Green has paid the money to Governor Dunning, but why he I 1 . . -. m . .. nas not paia it into the lreasury is unexplained." The legislature of 43-49, was, by some means. made to believe that the lands were not worth much, and the general desire was, to close up the old infer nal improvement business as rapidly as possible, so as to get it out of sight and hearing. It appears, however, that the lands are worth something, for two parties desire to get possession. We care not who ucr.eeds, so they sucred with any degree of hon esty. OrWe have been much gratified at the tone of the OHii Statesman for some time post, in reference to the political aspect of affairs at Washington. It has seemed to fpeak as if it truly apprehended the tendency which has too long existed there, to sacrifice the entire interests of the Democratic Party, for the purpose of unjustly favoring the interest of a certain sectiou of the confederacy. It is high time that a st p should b-i put to such a condition of things. It is time to checkmate a game, the end if not the object of which, tends to perpetuate the power of whiggery. bees use it is willing, for the sake of power, to become the pander of Slaveocracy. It is tin.e to do this, not only to oroiJ any just imputation ;f sectionalism. which may be unfairly made against us, but also that we may at least retain our self-respect as well as the esteem f conscientious men. -The speech of Webster is but the dentni nent of the game which hae been playing at Washington du ring the whole of the present session, a session which paeses in disgrace any thing ever enacted in Mexico. This speech, which is nothing but a bid by Webster for ultra Southern support for the Presiden cy, will, as it nhould, damn him to the lowest pit of political perdition. And yet some democratic paper puff the venal thing, and cry hosannaa to the most InfarnouB of libels against the democratic party. The Ohio Statesman justly speaks of it thus : We have tead tins late "remarkable a perch of this most remarkably inconsistent New England statesman and we must express our astonishment that any liberal minded, just hearted, intelligent na tional patriot, can feel it proper to utter aught but prompt and entiro condemnation of the tone, the ob vious motive, and the ill-concealed and too palpable object, of 6uch a production, at such a time, and from such an author! That Mr. Webster believes the Union in any real danger, we have not the slightest idea. That he has put forth this mongrel mixture of good and bad a speech aimed to countenance sectional excitement and then to soothe it, aud at the same time denunciatory of the whole "Northern Democracy"for hia otrn mere exclusire personal advantage, we have not the slightest particle of a doubt. A "uohle" and manly" effort, forsooth! reeking with poor, paltry, partizan falsehoods against the "Northsrn Democracy." It ia eay to conceive in whst nook of a man's heart lies the feeling that .seeks utterance in the form of praise for auch a production as Daniel Webster late apeet-h !" (fc-The State Sentinel, with some of its correspondent have been suggesting the policy of abolishing Grand Juries by a, restrictive clause in the Amended State Constitution. The Cambridge Reveille mercilessly knocks into j two or three "columns of the Sentinel's really able argument on this point by quoting the 5th amendment of Ihe Constitution of the United States. South Bend Register. Much easier said than done, friend Colfax. Read "P.V article in our paper of the 16th, weigh the matter well, and see whose pi it is. Godet's Lady's Book for March has at Inst turned tip among the huuJreds of sacks of delayed mails. and a rich number it is. We still urge that (t is the best of the popular magazines of the diy. It bas a genuine article on the local presses of the country. which we hope will be duly noted. "The D mocratic Stato Register," is the title of a ' new paper, at Watertown, Wisconsin, by E. R. Qui it rter. It puts Thomas 11. Benton at the head of its ed i itcrisl cr!u:nns fr President.

From the Richmond Jftrtonian. Icsistlati vc Si-bsior s. Should the Sessions of the Legislature be annual or biennial ? is a question cfleu asked and answered; and, perhaps-, the prevalence of opinion indicated by the answers is in favor of the latter. I doubt the correctness of the opinion. I think it anli-dmocratjc,

at least, in theory. We must have a government. and there must be powers competent to its administration vested somewhere. If the Legislature were all the time in session, those powers might bo exercised by if, the ex'.vutive officer dlfpeng-.-d with,' and the government thus administered by the immediate representatives of the people, elected for short periods. This, however, will not be the case, and power muet be gtvou to executive officers to carry on tho govern ment during tho intervals between the sessions or Ihe Leibittire. Now, that power must be incrented just in proportion as the frequency of tha legislntivo ses sions in d'Creased ; or else, if the power is not given by the constitution and laws, it will naturally, if not necessarily, be usurped as exigencies occur fur its cxercis. In England, the struggle f r liberty, as every rendr of her history knows, centered very much in Ihe contest between the king on ne aide againat, and the people on the other for, frequent parliaments. Con gress meets annually, and who would be willing for the President lo govern two years without a Congress, without a Parliament ! Even nn extra session has been called by two Presidents w.thin our memory, and yet they have been charged with usurpation in acts done without the ronscnt if Congress. In all tha free Stale?. I be Leve. except two, the Legislature meets annually. Some of these Slates have lately re-modelled their forma of Government, but have retained this provision. In the slave States it is more frequently diaponeed with; but in thoee States thero is little enterprise, little improvement, an aristocratic order ot things generally, and hence litllo need, aud, perhaps little disposition, for annual Legislatures. . The powers entrusted to the executive are very liable to abuse, and should ba a few and limited aa pos sible, and be subjected to as frequent review and con trol as convenient, by the representatives of the people. This proposition will not be required to be sunported, at this time, by any course of reasoning. Il will be sufficiently sustained by a simple reference to the administration of the immediate predecessor of Gov. Wright, unless that administration be outrageously belied by public rumor. Yon have had an opportunity of judging of the foundation of those rumors. I have not. SuppVing thetn to be true, what might not such an executive have accomplished in an interval of two years without a Legislature 1 But the cost is objected to nnnuaj sessions. The expense of a session may be put down at $30,000 the number of voters in the. Sate at 150,000 that makes 20 cents a voter 20 cents saved once in two years, equal to ten cents a year. This is upon the supposition, however, that no extra sessions are called, and that the Legislatur does not sit any longer when meeting biennially, than when it holds annual ee-ioris. But 1 think il would sil twice as long, and hence effect no saving. Again: it is said had laws are passed. Admit it; would Ihey he any better because enacted biennially than annually! And is this uot a reas n for, rather than sgainKt annual meetings ! If had laws are passed, the Kooner the power to repeal is put in operation, the better. But, it is nllegcd, that the laws are two frequently changed. Bad laws ought to be changed. But suppose good ones are too frequently so. Does this evil over-balance the benefits of frequent sessions! I think not. The acts of the public officers should be reviewed, and their accounts inventignted ns o'ten as once a year. The taxes should be laid and appropriations made annually and adjusted to the wants or each year. Bad laws should be repealed beforothev have exist ed loncer than a year and rights become permanently vested under them. We are comparatively young, and are a growing and enterprising State. New interests and wants are constantly developing themselves, and new territory is being densely peopled. Tho aid of the legislative power is frequently, really demanded. Again : the Legislature is the great political school in which the peoplo are educated and enlisted in pout ical and governmental affairs, and led to watch for and correct abuses. The Russian serf plods on from day lo day, indifferent whether the Emperor Nocholas or some other monster be his master, careless, be' cause ignorant of, and powerless as to, what may be passing at St. Petersburg in relation to his own snd the empire's welfare. Change that government; let the serf become an elector, or an elected, with the right to go up to the Capitol, and with power to investigate what has been, aud what shall be done for the government of the State, and how interested does that person become in all that pertains to the genera welfare, and how elevated in character himself ! The more frequent aud numerous such visits are, the more do you engage the affections of the people in their government, and the more do you awake their watch fulness as to its conduct. These and other reasons which might be assigned lead me to incline to annual meetings of the represen tatives of the people. , . P, Free Neguoes Competent Witnesses in Louißi- ! ivi Wp fm. in the New Orleans Picavune of Ihe 17 th ult., the report of a case decided in the So pretne Court of that State, which settles the law in Louisiana in relation to the competency of free per sons of color to testify in cases in which the rights of wtiite persons are concerned. In that Slate that class of population are competent witnesses iu al cases, no odds who aro the parlies. Judge Kino in his opinion says : "Our legislation and jurisprudence upon this sub ject differs materially from those or the slave States generally, m which the rule contended lor prevails This difference or public policy Las no doubt arisen from the different condition or that class or persons in this State. At the dale of our uarlieet legislation as a territory, as well as at the present day, free per sons of color constituted a numerous class. In some districts they are respectable from their intelligence industry and good order. Many or them are highly educated, and the instances are by no means rare in which they are large property holders. So far from being in that degraded state which renders them on worthy of belief, they are sue!) persona as court and juries would not hesitate to believe under oath. Moreover, this numerous class is entitled lo the pro tection of our laws, but that protection would, in many cases be illusory, and the greatest offences against their persons and property might be commit ted with impunity by white persons, if ihe rule or ex clusion cotended for were recognized. They are also included in article 2260 of our Civil Code as compe tent persons to testify in civil matters." . The law uf Louisiana is not only a good deal more sensible than that or" "the slave Stales generally," but puts to shame the law of Indiana on the same subject. The law of our Revised biatues, is this: . No negro, mulatto or Indian, shall be a witness, except. in pleas of the Stale against liegrota, mulattoes or Indians, and in civil causes where negroes, inu'altoes or Indians alone aro parties: every person other than a negro having one fourth part of negro blood or more, or any one of whose grandfather or grandmothers ehail Imvu been a negro. thall be deemed an incompe'etit witness, within the pro? wions of this article." R. S. chap. 40, etc, 251. This is one of the mo', foolish enactments of our big statute book. There is no reason in it nothing but the most unreasonable, ignorant, blind prejudice. It however hurts whites more than negroes, by a great dual, for a white may have ever so many negro witnesses to any transacuou, ana they avail aim nothing, though they would avail auy nryro. . One white man may rape another white man's wife daughter, a negro of the best dsgree might be a wit acs of it, but his testimony could not be received . -. . . .. . .. before a court. There is probably some few negroes, inulattoes or Indians, whose testimony would be more valid than some white rascal': this evry body will admit, yet the law says no. V e ought to take testimony in law, as we would in every other relation of life. eiving to it as much weight as we thought prudent, and no more. . GOSul'Tn (ho British Charge who was caned - by Col. Putter at Valparaiso recently, has resigned His infamous conduct aud that caring mado the place too hot for him.

The Slavery Question. A New Project for its Adjustment. The Washington correspondent of the I'h.ladelphia North American, writing on '.he 23d ultimo in reference to the compromises and projects for adjusting the elavery question, which are now the ord.rr of the day, says: . Within a few day p. si sevc-ial distinguished members of tha Senate, repiesentiu didWnt sectional interests, have cunfeiied together for Ihe purpose of cnriirinz a mode of seit.lrment on the ban of the resolutions annexing Trxas, which, it will be remembered, e mtcmilnej the admisiioo of fiur S'atrs a u h of the pirilrl f 35 30. The plan is not entirely matured such features i.f it as have Veen roughlyrn ulJeil have teen se.bruhlcd 10 Mr. Webster, ami o her gen-Uemt-n from ihe fiee States, for their calm coiolleration.aod with a view of eliri ing auch o'j -ciioiis if any eiiti, as may lead to the uigamzatioti of a ua-i of coTpro nie or a.!jntmeut. As it i dt-siiabte tint the eountij show 1 1 be inf-om-ed uf every pha which thi ( rit itK.'i mi s.tumes. I have lik n ihe pains lo pu.es ray-all" of ihe main features of Ihe pient piuject, which aie subj. ct to muUiöcation and amendment. After preamble reci ing the necesity for harmony and uniuu anvntg the States, it piop.isea to iustiucl ihe committee on teiiiluiie lu enquire into tue expe liency, with the consent of the Legidatuie uf Texas, lo provide foi three States within the limits of the said bta;e of Texas, as IjIIjw i the firt biale lo extend frm the present eastern boundary, west to (be Trinil river, and noilh from the miutfi of that tirrr, up its course lo the uoilhern line ui Cook county, and alon that line to ths Red liver. The second Slate lo extend from the wet liue of the first State, or eastern Texas, to the Colorado, taking as ii steilem boundary the course of thai river, from its mouth to the led fork branch of the same, until it leaches the 100 b degree of west longitude to the 31h degiss of north latitude. The thiid Stats lo be formed out of lhal pur ion of ihe lertitory of Texas lying west of the Colorado to the Rio Grande, and taking the course of that liver lo the 34th degere of north la node. This territoiy to ir-

miiu under the jmidiction aud comitate a part of the State o! western I exas, until she has a sutBcieiit population for admission into the Union. Instruction lo the tame committee to inuuire into the ex pediency of purchasing all the test and re-iJue f Ihe lenioty of Texas, at a cot not exceeding ml lions of dolars, extending from the 34th to the 4M deztee of north lat itude along the line established as ihe boundary between Ihe United States and Mexico, that the same, or part of the same, inay be added lo New Mexico lo form a State of suitable size Dd wi h proper boundaries, which may hereafter be admit ted iuto the Union. In.trucliooa tu the same committee to ioaoire into the exped.ency of providing by law, when ihe people of Texas man uave giveu ineir consent to ihe aforesaid Cnuioni of he territory (subject to euch modification of boundaties as they may lequire.) for the immediate admission of Ihe two ew Maies vi Kastern aud Western Texas, and for the far ther admission of the third new State ia Soutb-westera Texs. when that territory shall have acquired sufficient popula tion to entitle it to apply for admissiou. lastiuction io the same committee to innvine into the ex pedieucy of legulalinr by law Ihe form the mode bv which me innaimain. ii a territory shall in all casoa hereafter ap ply, in unci comormity with Ihe proviuoos of the constitu lou of the United Slatea for admin ion into the Union. Iiutiuctious to the same committee to inauiie into the ex pedieucy of incorporating iu any bill that may be reported for ne loregomgoDjecis.a decluatory clauie, that Her Congress ball hare given its consent lo the inhabitants of a territorr lo foim a constitution preparatory to iheii admission, it shall be alone within the competency of tte inhabitant of said erutoiy m establish and foitn such domestic institution as may, in their opinion, be best fi ted lo their social condition. Instructions lo the same Com nitlee to ii ouire into Ihe ex pediency o authorizing the corporations of Gcoigetiwn aud Washington lo iczulats the sale of slaves, in the District of Columbia. The prrject further contemplates the admission of Califor nia wi'.b Hi present boundaries aud con'tilatiou, sod (be establiahmeiil uf tetritoiial governments over the lemaining portion of the territoiy lying eat of that State, without any cimici.oiis as io Slavery. It wi'l be seen, from these detail, that this plan rest up on the bain of the icsolu'ions annexing Texas, with some important alteration ; such as reducing the northern boundary down to the 34;!i parallel, and esiablibing thiee States oath of that line. Some of the friends of the roeauic express rauch conti lence that one of these Slates would piohibit slavery wf iia own accord. That is a question, however, uot tu be detetmined by mere conjecture, an 1 about which individual opinion is worth very little. Thi prop .ai-ion bai o.eu pieseoted lo several infloenti! and able men fiotn tue uoith and south, who have acquiesced in the eeueral idea of settlement, without committing themselves to the present erm. It is suppoed that Mr. Weboter will support some sjch tciieme as this, and Mr. Foote thinks the result ! will be very favorable to Mr. W.'s prospects for the Presidency. Perhaps so. . ' "Competition is thk Life of Business." Ever since Talbott, the Jeweller and Watchmaker, put in his premium glasses, those which have caused such crowds around his establishment, inside purchasers, as well as the curious without, inclunding those who have never before seen the ''elephant," either "French," or 'Switz," or who perhaps may have other objects in view, but are too modest to 'say so;" wo say, ever since his "striking out," improvement seems to be the order of tho day, "in a horn !" To be sure, we like competition ; nor will we do more than praise those who are making those excellent ones in the "Drake Block." But such com petition as we 6ce "East of the Washington Hall," will put them all to the blush. Not a.soul paeses, but stops and wonders ! Mentally, ho doubt they say, "Is Indianapolis coming to this !" Will not 'balconies" soon re put upon our "hencoops," if such extravagance proceeds! May be uot; we hope not : nay, we pray not, with a view solely to the pocket of the proprietors. Pigeon Shooting. Messrs. T. T. Eenbridge. H.

L. Ellsworth, Dr. McFarland and Robt. Jones, Jr., meet with. attention must be post paid-.'--- " -went on a shooting excursion to the pigeon roost j ft is the desire of the friends of this enterprise to north-east of town last evening, and returned this! eettle in the richest milling and agricultural portions morning withc hundred awl ninety-eight pigeons cf California, and to secure the uninterrupted enjoy, which may be set down as a pretty good day's work, j rnent of slave property. It is estimated that by the Isifayette Courier. j first nf Tiay next, the members of the slave colony What a pity they had uot got the other two, so as : will amount to about five thousand, and the slaves to

to make it even "six hundred!" However, we know : all the gentlemen too well to suppose they would fib j for two pigeons! P. S. "One day latter." The same Jenks who announces the above, has the following in his succeeding paper. "The sport continues. The Editor, with a party of seven others, went over to the roost last evening, and succeeded in slaying about six hundred. The cracking of guns is heard in every direction all who are fond of shooting, and have or can borrow a shooting iron, have or are taking advantage of the opportunity & chance as favorable seldom occurring. The pigeons are unusually fat, and most excelle.it eating." - There! We have now got about" the .even six hundred." .. ' .' Arrivals. Hon. E. A. Hannegan last week passed through our city on his way to the Wabash, where he has his residence. His stay was limited, but we may expect to see him again before long. From the Covington "People's Friend, we learn that Judgo Bryant has returned from Oregon to hia residence at Rockville, for the purpose of taking out his family, proposing to make the former his future home. Seduction and Death. We learn from the Brook ville American, that a most tragical occurrence took place in Franklin county on last week. Mrs. Reed, whose husband has gone to California, was seduced by a Mr. Carter, and afterwards, ergot, to procure abortion, or arrcnic, to destroy her life, was administered to her. Carter was arrested, examined, and bailed in the sum of $400. A small amount, we should think, considering the naturo of t,he charges. Another Article For. Misses. Our friends Horns advertise ' For Misses a splendid assortment of Flats. Wc should suppose the "Misses" could find ''fiats' enough any day "about these diggins," without their being advertised; unless, indeed, they should or j xemnt one peculiarly flat, when if they cannot find - one among Horns' "assortment," we would recom- . .. . . mend Ihetu to Col lamer official organ. j ' Does the Journal expect to gain the favor of Old Ins rotten cabal, especially LoUamer, by its a. a . . aa the repeated tnrusis at inaiana s volunteers i ii would eem so, by the exhibition ot its spleen on every oc casion indeed, seeking occasion, where none exists, , of so doing. 07-A Mr. Marsh, a wot thy citizen of Cadiz, Ohio, was instantly killed, on the first insu, by the falling .of the walls and, timbers of the upper story of a house I iu lhat place, in a heavy gale prevalent at that time.

Deliberate attempt at Suicide. We copy the following humorous article from the Philadelphia Pennsylvanion : A few minutes past ten o'clock, !at night, ss Mr. Ezra Wiltmire, grocer, ia the upper part of Pine street, was about to thut up shop, a man of very ordinary appearance, and toler-bly well dressed, enter

ed and looked round like one who wished to make a purchase. Mr. Wiltmire sale ted his suppo-ed customer, and something was said about tho weather, &c, the stranger conversing in an easy tone, and without the least appearance of excitement. He enquired, at las:, if the store-keeper had any strong cords. Mr. Wiltmire exhibited some clothes lines, which were put aside as "not atout enough." Bedcords were then shown, and the stranger picked out one of the largest, the twist of which he examined with much attention, and then he asked the storekeeper what weight he thought such a cord might support. "At least five hundred pounds," was Mr. Wilt mire's answer. "It will do then," said the stranger, with a smile, 'for I do not suppose that my weight is half of five bundred." " Do you wish to make a swing of it 1" asked Mr. Wiltmire. Tue stranger almost laughed out. "A swing !' replied he ; "yes, a sokt of a swing. That is precisely what I want it for." 'Swinging is a wholesome exercise, and it lengthens a man's life," remarked the grocer, as lie changed a dollar bill handed him by his customer, and took payment for the rope. "Do you think sol" said the stranger, with a quizzical leer ; "I incline to think the kind of swinging I apeak of is not very wholesome, and that it will not lengthen a man's life, but rather cut it short, unless the rope should happen to be cut short at first. But as you seem to be puzzled, I will relieve you at once, by informing you that I in'end to hang myself, and that 1 bought the rop-j expressly for that purpose. If you will allow me the use of your awning frame, and an empty flour barrel, to stand .on, I shall have all the necessary fixtures, and you keep the contents of thia wallet, aa compensation. Besides, it will be a novelty to you, J suppose, to fcee a man hang him- : self, though you may have seen thousands who deserved hanging." The store-keeper, to humor the joke, granted his customer the use of bis awning beam, brought out a . barrel to answer the purpose of a temporary scaffold, and then looked on while the stranger made the pre- : I. miliary arrangements. . But who ceo imagine the grocer's astonishment, when he 6a w the body of the m -tenons stranger nc tually swinging in the air, and the barrel rolled across the pavement ! This looked so much like hanging in etrnesl, that the single spectator of the scene was 6truck dumb and helplebs with amazement He could neither cry nor offer sssitUnce. Fortu nately, u watchman came by at the moment; he seized the legs of the suspended person, and support ed the weight of ihe body untif ihe etore-keeper recoveted himse.f sufficiently to cut the rope. When the proper remedies were used and vitality restored. the watchman asked the ufferer what induced him to commit such a rash net. 'Sorrow ond disappointment," 6aid the poor fel 1-rw ; "remorse and despair of Ihe future. I am i Democrat who voted for Gen. Taylor I" The watchman was forced to admit that a better excuse for hanrrinn- one's self had never been of fered. . r ',: - -"" Mr. Webster's plan of compromise, if lie has any to offer, may b-i surmised by th following extract from pis speech in the united elates senate, delivered August 10, 13 IS: "My opposition to the increase if slavery iu this country, or to the increase of slave .representation in Congress, is general and universal;' -jit has no reference to tho lines of latitude or points of the compass. I shall oppose . II such extenioir;and all such increase, in all places, at all times,' ondet all circumstance.', even against all inducements,' against all combinations, against all compromise." Exchange paper. ' That is scandalous ! What, hold a Whig in '50 to an expression made in '49 1 Then, ltr. Wehster wanted votes for the whigs, but now they are in power, the Union is In be saved ! Quite a different matter. Two points in the whig compass as different as the north is from the south ! In August, 1848, all the Northern whigs held the same strong language as Mr. Webster's, quoted above ; but now they have all turned patriots to save the Union, or rather to escape the' pistols " of the . . e v a . - ' 1 - South, that are ready loaded and .pointed to-fire.' -If we were a Southern as we are a Xsortbern man, we should have many a hearty laugh at -ft he Hump Jim Crow" Northern toadies, who would sell their souls for an office from Old Zack. OAio Slaleman. California The Southern Slate Colony.--In the Jackson Mississippiao of the 1st inst., under the above heading, we find the following curious advertisement, which we copy for general information. What's in the wind now ! JV. .0. True Delta. Citizens of the slave States desirous of emigrating to California with their slave property, are requested to send their names, number of slaves, and period of ronlemnlated deoarture. to the at'dress of "southern ' sltn.lnnv." Jsekson. MississinDi. 'All letters to about ten thousand. The mode of effecting the organization, &c, will be privately transmitted to actual members. Jackson, February 24, 1S50. 3" The State Sentinel has published two or three artrcles favoring the abolition of the Grand Jury system. We think the views taken by the writer are correct. Wabash Commercial. Among the strangers in the city, is Hon. 0. H. Smith, of Indiana, who is here for the purpose of purchasing" iron, for the Indianapolis and Uncinnati Railroad. N. Y. Express. , ,T : 03" Organization is the life of a parlyVs .well as of government. As the existence of principle de pends upon the united and well directed-' support of party, it is absolutely necessary that we should have an organization to gain that end, and perpetuate the glorious truths of our party. It matters not as to the details of the organization, so that the party ia true to itself and vigilantly guards the purity of the system If all will take an interest in the primary meetings. complaints of fraud and trickery will cease. . "Waksaw Democrat." This is the title of a first rate democratic paper, judging from the number be fore us, published at Warsaw, Indiana, by -T. L. Graves, Esq., and edited by D. B. Pershing and A B. Ckihfield, Esq. It should be liberally sustained. aud we plate it on our exchange with pleasure. Scicidb or the Louisiana State Treasurer.Late accounts from Baton Rouge state Mr. Livatidais, the late Treasurer of Louisiana, cut his throat on the 13tb inst. when found he was not taken up by cither party and re-elected. II was alive on the 14th, and only faint hopes were entertained of his re covery. Scdpen Death. On ycsterd.iy morning, Mrs Mallory, wife of old Divid Mallory, a colored man of thia place, on awaking, found her husband a corpse by her side, he having deceased during the night, al though in spparent health on retiring. ft7-Miss Amanda George was killed near Bedford Lawrence county, a few days since, by a limb of a tree falling on her as she was nding through the WOods. - . ; ' ' - - The Senate of Louisiana have pa.-sed an act "to provide a block of stone for tho Washington monu ment. bearintr the following inscription: "The Slate , 9 - i of Louisiana ever hyal to the Contiiuiion and th Union: OrMadison, Ind., was Yisited on Sunday last by a very severe hail storm.' Much dimagc was done to window glass, dec.

Congressional. Washington, March 13, Senate. Mr. Douglass proeuted the credentials of Fremont &.nd Gwynn,-Senators from California, and a memorial ak.ng the aJiniion if that State " into the Uuioo. Laid on the table and ordered to be

printed. A number of petitions were presented against the , admission of slave S:ates, aud the extension of Slavery, which gave rise to quite an exciting de bate, but a moiiou to lay them on tho table finally prevailed. The Senate then resumed .the consideration of Mr. route's proposition to refer all exciting questions to a Select Committee of thirteen. Several amendment were prnposr-d. Mr. bentou wanted to modify the resolution so as to provide that the Select Committee hall not consider Ihe question of the adinifsiou of California. Mr: Baldwin accepted of the mud. fixation to his amendment proposed by Mr. Genton. Mr. Webster thought uo practical result could be " had from any series of resolutions, and be was satis- : fied the only proper course would be to keep the question of the admission of California separate and dis tinct He was prepared to vote for her admission just as she came. Mr. Cass coincided with Mr. Clay's opinion of the Select Committee. He looked upon it as one more chance for the settlement of this monstrous question, though he, had but little hope of such a result. He complimented Foote, and said he had given an exhibition of moral courage almost unequalled. wnen ire disarmed the position taken by Calhoun in his speech. Mr. Cass said it was well ascerlt ic ed that no Wiimot Proviso could ever pass the Senate. He thought the fugitive Slave bill ought to ba taken up and adjusted so as to be satisfactory to the majority and passed- The passnge of lhat bill would do much towards securing a better feeliner on ths part of the South. ivlr. Calhoun replied to Mr. Cass. He said the only way to mend the matter would be to amend the Constitution, as he had indicated. He was prepared, if the Un ion should be dissolved, to show that Cas bad a full share in producing that result. Auer some farther consideration the subject was postponed till to-morrow. The Census Bill was made the order of the day for Friday. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the President's California Menage. Mr. Douglass spoke till adjournment. House. An ineffectual attempt was made to intro duce the credentials of Wright and Gilbert, Repre- . 8entattvcs from California, together with tho Constitution and a memorial asking the admission of that State. Mr. Preston King offred a resolution that all debate on the President's California Message shall cease on Wednesday next. Laid on ihe table. The Committees were thon called for Reports. The Cotnmktcu on Patents, reported a bill relative to the Wood worth Patent. Our report does not say whether in ftvor or against an extension. Mr. Otis from tho tame Committee presented a Minority Report. Mr. Hayman asked, but did not obtain leave to present a ren-onstrance from citizens of W heeling, against the renewal of the Woodworlh Patent. - Mr. McLane from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill for the erection of a Custom Houso in Cincinnati. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. The House then went into Committee of the Whole and resumed tho consideration of the President's Cal ifornia Message. Mr. Disney entered into a close constitutional ar gument to show that the constitution gave no power to Congress, respecting the Government of New Territories and that the peoplo have a right to establish their own Laws and Government independent of tha action of Congress adjourned. Washington, March 14. 1350. Senate. After some unimportant morning business, the consideration of the President's California Meage was resumed. Mr. Douglass concluded his speech, advocating the immediate and unconditional admission of California, disconnected from all other questions. The Senate then took up Mr. Foote's resolutions referring to a Select Committee all agitating questions. Mr. Ciss concluded his remarks commenced yesterday, in reply to Mr. Caiiioun. House. After an attempt to reconsider the vote referring to the Committee of the Whole the report of the Committee on Patents relative to Wood worth's patent planing machine. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the President's California Message. Hibbard, Morse and McClernand spoke, but nothing new was advanced. .. - Washington, March 15, 1850. Senate. Mr. Walker introduced a Bill providing for the survey or a route aud the construction of a Railroad to the P-cific 'Ocean, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads. Mr. Bradbury's resolution relative to removals from office was taken up, an I its farther considerat ion was postponed until Thursday. The bill providing for tour additional Array Com missioners passed. A resolution enquiring into the expediency of re storing the Revenue Officers dismissed from service, by the Secretary of the Treasury, passed. The Senate then proceeded lo the consideration of the Census Bill. Tho question pending being upon Mr. Badger's motiou to recommit, with instructions that the bill be amended so as to confine its operations to the enumeration of inhabitants only, striking out statis tics the motion was rejected, yeas 16, nays !y. Alter a long debate the Bill was amended in seve ral unimportant particulars, aud its farther consideration was postponed unlil Tuesday. Mr. Chase presented a memorial relative to the es tablishment of a line of Telegraph across tho Conti nent and through Behring' Straits, to conntct with Europe. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ihe Senate then adjourned until Monday. House. The Bill amending the Constitution, making Judges to be elected by the people, passed the House last evening, only three voting in the neg ative, viz: Corwin, David Evans and Porter. To-day, on motion or Mr. McClernand. the bill carrying int effect the Convention between the Unied States and the Emperor ot tiiaztl, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The House then went into Committee of the V hole on piivate Bills. The Bill to refund the fine of 100 with interest from 1800 imposed upon Dr. Thomas Cooper, de ceased, under the sedition law, to his legal Represen tatives; and the Bill voting 100,000 to the captors of the Frigate Philadelphia in the harbor o Tripoli, were laid aside to be reported to the House. The Committee then rose and passed the first nam ed bill. Adjourned till Monday. The N. Y. Courier's Washington correspondent gives the particulars of the stipulation of the duel expected to have taken place between Senator Davis, of Mississippi, and the lion. Mr. Bissel 1: A challenge passed from Col. Davis the terms were musket loaded with a ball and three buckshot, the parties to stand at forty, with the privilege of advancing to ten paces, had been selected as the wea pons by Col. Bissell, and the next morning was ees gned for the meeting. Under this arrangetneut. Col. Bisse II had retired to rest, and the controversy was regarded as closed, until Ihe principal appeared on the field. Intelligence was communicated to tho President of the aspect which the case had assumed, and he, attended by Col. Ll;s, took steps to prevent the duel by the interposition of the law, if it became ueceasary. Another conference was brought about between the respective friends, and Col. Bissell was called up. After consultation, the challenge and all the intermediate correspondence from the first inquiry, were withdrawn for explanation, and tho difficulty was finally accommodated to tho honor aud satisfaction of all concerned. An Ixterkstino Fact. There are eight hundred acre of land within a circle of twenty miles about Cincinnati, occupied in the growth of Grapes, the larger portion of which is annually used in manufacturing wine. Thi does not include ihe land covered by young vines, but tha land where the grape is in successful productive cultivation. Tim-Tropkr State. A chaplain at one of our State Prisons was asked by a friend how Iiis w-ih-ioners were. "All uuder conviction!" was the ens rer.