Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1850 — Page 1

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To Correspondents. , '. n., Bloomiogton. $9 im cummer and $10 1 wintsr, her. Alnbam:i Legislature. 'f b Legislature of Alabama. cloeed its second biennial session, on the 13ih instant. The Mongomery Gazetie, speaking of tho rc-ults of the session, says: "It is the longest session of the Legislature on record hating lastpd three months tnd one day. Upwards of four hundred acts have been passed, and out of thi number tliere are uuly snne dozen r two of a een-ral nature ; among the latter are the Revenue law ; the Free Banking Law; an act incorporating-the Southern Bank of Mobile; an art allowing the Bank of Mobile to issue three dollars in paper for one in specie on hand; an act appropriating sixty thousand dollars to rebuild the Capitol; an act reorganizing the County Courts, making thrm simply Courts of Probate, and abolishing the common law jurisdiction, and merging the officers of Judpe and Clerk into one; an act appropriating one half the two per cent, fund and one liundred thousand dollar of three per cent, fund to the Selma and Tennessee Railroad. Among the former are Plank and Railroad charter innumerable, divorce, relief, &.C. &.C.; about twenty thousand miles of Plank Roads have been chartered. We trust that this will not be the last of tbem. 'The immense amount of local legislation will strike every one as a crying evil that should be corrected. A great amount of money ia spent in this way thatcojild be saved to the treasury and he aplied to the payment of our public debt. All these ocal matter, by mine law. be left to the courts in the different ctiuntles with much more convenience to the public than the direct action of the Legislature. "The entire busines of the sesaion shoold be ac complished in four or five weeks at farthest; but in stead of this over a Fnirth of a year is consumed mainly in legislating upon private matters, in which the great public can have no interest. The above proves one thing certainly, if not more: that "biennial sessions" are not a sufficient remedy for the evils of excessive, imprudent and improvident legislation. Not at all. Remedial means must be sought in some more effectual way. You most do away with the necessity of local, special and partial laws, in order to ensure reform. While the necessity exists, it would show indifference, if not tyranny, to refuse to enact such laws as any portion of the people might ask for, and really need for the protee tion of their interests. The philosophy of all this seems to us very simple. There is no need, truly. to assemble one hundred and fifty men at Indianapolis to legislate for some county on the Lake, or the Ohio river, on the Wabash, or in the White Water Valley, or even for Marion county ! Why can't we adopt a comprehensive at the same time a well guarded system of county, as well as town or city governments, under which the people may al legislate for themselves, without troubling theene red legislature about matters of local interest 1 We can ! and when we do, we remove the need, which till then will and must continue to exist, of applying to the general assembly to enact neighborhood laws for us. For instance : we want something done about a county road. Of what interest is it to people out t the county 1 Ihe representative introduces a Diii - and it slides through without inquiry: Why showany body inquire ! Other representatives have no interest in the question, and, like hundreds of similar matters, it passes by consent ! It would be an 'vutrage to defeat it, unless there are remonstrances, and these grow out of individual interest as often as otherwise. Give us a general law under which counties may legislate for themselves about such matters, and there will then be no need of troubling the legislature with them. So also abbot moral questions, such as license laws, &c. Now, some counties, as Hancock, have no laws at all about license, the whole thing is left to public opinion, and the antinuisance laws. Wsyne, we believe, has a ten gallon law. Jefferson county contends that all the li cense laws are such a mass of confusion, that therej is in fact no law at all, at least, so say her leading lawyers. And so we go, about almost every matter of general interest. As to general principles, almost every body will agree, that when you come to matten of detail and opinion, people will differ, as they have a right to do. AH the laws in the world can't makethem do other wise, for the simple reason that you can't legislate all men, and all circumstances, exactly alike, nor anything near it. Let each county, therefore, legislate for itself within a limited sphere, and according to its prevalent notions in opinion and interests. If wrong, example and experience may correct: hardly anything else will. And to say the least, the general assembly will be relieved from the necessity which will otherwise certainly continue to exist, of legislating locally as well as generally. Why cannot the counties occupy a relationship under general laws of the State, corresponding to that which the Stales occupy under the laws of Congress, differing only in such degrees as may be essential to the welfare of the whole ! This is what we want. Has any one objections to offer. Let him speak ! "Thjc American's Gcide," purporting to contain the Constitutions of the States, the U. S., &c. Published at Philadelphia, by Hogan & Thompson, edition of 1349. A copy of this book has been politely presented to us, by the new and enterprising firm of Booksellers, in this city, Ross & Rat. They have our thanks, but we cannot say much in favor of the book, or its publishers. The b Kk doe, them no credit, and only hows that they are desirous of "making money any how. We have an edition of the same book, dated 1333, and a comparison shows that it is a stereotype. in type of two or three different sizes, just to suit the convenience and interest of the publishers. Thi might be overlooked, however ; but the book contains most important errors of fact, which are inexcusable B"th editions, f r instance, fail t notice the impor tant amendments, of the Vermont constitution, ad Ging a aenaie to in ieisiauve oooy, wnicli was made so long ago as 1336. This ought to have been shown in the edition of 1338, but was not. It is dis graceful, and enough to dtmn the book, that the edi tion of 1349, is just as erroneous, because it shows that the publishers have made no eTort whatever to make the book what suet a book ought to be. Latter-Da r Pamphlets, edited by Thomas Car X.TLE. No. II. Model Prisons. We are indebted to Rom 6 Ray, for the above, and are glad to know that we can obtain other numbers which we shall do without delay. Every reading man knows something of Carlyla's reputation, and that alone Is sufficient endorsement of the interest o these pamphlets, whatever may be thought of their other qualities and sentiments. We see that they are very generally commented upon in the eastern, as well as the English papers. Or-The New York Tribune states that Genera Houston's visit to Texas is for ths purpose of prevail ing on the Legislature to ask Congress for an immediate division of the State into two slave States, as a balance for California.) . Khod Islasd. Thfl election on the 21 inst., re suited: for Governor, Anthony, whig 20C9, against 3082 in 1343. Free Soil 517. No regular democratic candidate in the feH.

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Published every Thursday. From California. The following letter, received by the last steam ship, at New York, shows that the Californinns frei quite cool, not dreaming, we uppoe, about the great fuss which has betn made at Washington: Ho.se or Assembly, Saw Joe, C-liforkia, ) February 14, 1850. ) Editors Skntikel : The Legislature of California is still in session, doing up ihe chores of the sovereign people, by way of law-making. Among th measures that attract most attention are acts exempting ih homestead and other property Trum forced sal, excepting tor taxes, and ih creation of a permanent loan. The constitution I tli State hating mad it obligatory uin th present Leiislature to declare that a certain portion of the home stead shall not be subject to execution and sale, the only question ia as to what thai portion shall be. In lh cities and towns a lot and house would, in nine case out oi ten.be worth from $25,000 to $100,000, while a few acre of crround, in many place, would not esceed the value of $o,UOO hence the dilhcultie to overcome in o arranging the. provisions of the act as to do Injustice to none. I am of the opinion that ot least $15,000 of real eslate will be thua exempted from sale for ordinary debt; but not for laxes and the liens or mechanics lor labor performed in improving the same. Strang a it may seem, tbi State i now hard up for funds to carry on, or in other words to "grease the running gears" of government. Bonds bearing 3 per cent. per month interest hav been issued a a temporary relief. A permanent loan of some $750,000 i contemplated, and it will take slill more than thst to settle the first year' expense of this golden State.' The principal difficulty preventing an immediate loan ia the rate of interest money commands here, being from twenty-five to fif ty per cent, per month. A bill has passed this house contemplating a loan at the rate ol ten per cent, per a"nnum, and authorizing the Governor and treasurer to ad. vance bonds, fur staled amounts, in order that ths funds miy he procured in the eastern States. Hon. T.J. Hen- ' 'II I I ? . I iy is or vni oe in applicant iur wie man. In politics there is. now, considerable advanct. Both parlies havs organized. The democrat have the numerical strength, while the whigs are in possession of the patronage of the general government, ine "racinc News" is the avowed organ of the democracy, and a new paper, sent hers by General Taylor and hi Cabinet and their Atlantic friends, is to be the sub-organ of whiggery Mr. Crane, who comes here recommended by President Taylor and his Cabinet, is tko whig editor. The present administration has a peculiar regard lor the welfare of the people of the Pacific State, linn. T. B. King and Col. John Wilson were sent Lere to aid in carrying out soma plan of State organization ; and all offices of moment are filled by timber sent out from th older States. For all these condescensions, on the part of a disinterested administration, the people of California ought to be truly thankful, notwithstanding the fact ol their being of lawful age and capacitated to act for themselves, without promptings from any quarter whatever. Were political peonage countenanced by our government, I have not the least reason to doubt tho qualifications of "the powers that be" to make an effort to bring this joung State to the altar of the Union in the humiliating character of a begging, instead of an independent, applicant for admission into the confederacy of sovereignties. The present administration may turn out to be a popular one ; if turning out, contrary to pledge, be thought an act worthy of emulation and support, it surely will. The reports recently received from the mines ara very flattering. The placer aie found to contain much larger quantities of cold than had been aupposed. and immense cumbers of new diini have been discovred within a few weeks past. A ne '"ey" r öaeramento are last nuing op wiiu an agricultural population, and in a few years, 1 might say few months, the markets can and will be amply supplied with vegetables. Hundreds who have determined to remain ip this Slate are preparing to cultivate the soil, in preference to courting the smiles of fortune in the gold mines. Prudence dictates to many the necessity of shunning a minet's life for the first season after their arrival. Although the climate ia quite aa healthy as any other on this continent, those who suffer from fatigue and eiposure in reaching this valley are found to be subject to diseases that the natives and acclimated persons ara entirely freed from. The present season's emigration ia calculated tn outnumber by far that of uy previous year, ano trie consequent cnances oi innocuiation witn coma rious diseases will be greatly increased ; yet it is hoped that auch precautionary measures will be taken as will prevent any very serious consequences. Hundreds of persons laboring ander afflictions peculiar to Ihe Ufa of seafarers will be thrown upon the generosity of the pub lic, a personage that knows but few ontortuaates in this country, or rather this section of country. Provisions are much cheaper than they were a few weeks past. Good flour can be obtained at $10 per cwt., pork at $16 to $25 per barrel, and other things in pro portion. Land titles will be the source of an almost universal litigation; so much of the property being claimed under dubious titles, and Alcaldes only rendering confusion worse confounded." [sic] by their loose manner of transacting business. The court to be established under the present constitution will have their hands full, as all important suits are now postponed, to be tried under American laws. The Spanish laws are not relished by those who have ever had anything to do with any other. Should any of your readers contemplate a trip to California let me give them this advice--if you come for pleasure come by the Isthmus; if you come for the purpose of digging gold, come by the Isthmus. The rea sons for this advice are briefly these: if the traveller's object be pleasure, the Plains afford a poor show for the accomplishment of that object; if for working in the mines, the time lost and the "wear and tear" of a trip across the country are sufficient objections to prevent any reasonable person from undertaking this task. From a curiosity tn know jutt what California prices are, I have made the following estimate of the cost of legislation in the preeenl session, per diem. Members of the House 30, st $16 per day, $480 ; members of Ihe Senate 16, at $16 per day, $2j9; State Printing per day, $4-jO ; officers of House end benate, $5, which makes ths clear little sum of $1,517 per day. Add to this all the incidental espenses, rents, &c. &c., and it cost Ibis State, every day her Legislature is in session, $2,000. should anything new occur, I will try and write you the lacts as I learn them, leaving rumor to account for ler errors aa best she can. Youts, &c., A. B. 07A correspondence is published between our whig friend, Dick Thompson, and the Secretary of State, in which Dick states that he feels in duty bound to decline the Austrian mission, because, "the present condition of our affairs at home is such as to demand of every citizen of the country the em ployment of whatever vigilance and energy he may posses, that our institutions maybe preserved and the Union of the States perpetuated." Dick evident ly wants a better office than the Austrian missionperhaps a seat in the cabinet. He would no doubt make a beller P. G. M. than Col lamer. Go it Dick ! and remember us when you are in Paradise ! Hamilton County. The democratic county con vention which was held on the 6th inst.. put in nom ination the folluwing ticket : For Senatorial Delegate, William Garver ; for Rep. Delegate, Samuel Dale; fr Representative, George While; for Clerk, D. Moss; for Treasurer, M. Rev?al; for Sheriff, Andrew McKinzie; for Associate Judges, Joseph Chit wood and Dr. Haines. Flotd Cou.ntt. The following is the democratic ticket for Floyd county, nominated by county convention on the 6th inst. For delegates to the Con. vention, Phineas M. Kent and Jacob Summers; for Representative, Ashbel P. Willard; for Auditor, Augustus Bradley; for Treasurer, Wm. A. Tabler; for Co. Commissioner, James P. Tyler. The Ledger says the people of Floyd will certainly "put it through." Carroll Cousty. Cipt. R. II. Milroy has been nominated as Ihe democratic candidate for Delegate. OrGovernor Floyd recently sent a message to the Virginia Legislature, recommending a war of taxation upon tin pedlcra and clock pedlcrs, be causo tho Governor of Ohio refuses a free negro fugitive from justice. This beats Patrick Henry all to smash I 07" A second attempt was recently made at Columbia, Tennessee, to appoint delegates to the Nashville - convention. The movement was violently opposed by many, and among others by Maj. W. II. Polk, brothr of the late President. The meeting broke up with lout accomplishing anything. Good for Tennessee.

INDIANAPOLIS, For tie Slate Sentinel. CIiuicli mid State. Messrs. Editoks 1 wish U.o fact pot on record. IVst it should be denied litres ft er, that on the Sabbath neat preceding the April election, 1850. the preach, era in the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist churches in this city, by arrangement with the Sons of Temperance, made stump speech;, dictating to their churches in the name of Uod, how they should vote on the following day. It thus appears that a union is formed, between the church and Sons, to gov ern the Stale. To this, I moat solemnly object. Thee wishing to enjoy a moderate degree, even, of civil and religious liberty, may ero long have to ni gra to to Rome. A ISo-Licensk Church Member. For IA Stat Sentinel. A Distillery. Gents. I observe lhat our pn-duce dealers, (and some of them, perhaps. Son of Temperance,) buy a great deal of corn fr the Madison distilleries. Our farmers thus lose their commission and freight on the price of thlr corn, and the back freight on their whiskey. Now, why not have distillery here, and thus put this money into the pockets of our farmers! I expect wheat is bfuzht in tho same way. I have heard that wheat is always high at Lawrenceburgh and Aurora. A Pike township Farmer. QrThe newspapers almost everywhere are taking sides upon tho question of the Parkman murder. A large majority seem to think that the evidence against Wtbster were not sufficient to warrant his conviction. A minority is ouite as urgent on the other side. If the penally was imprisonment instead of death, very little would be said against the verdict, we think The Boston papers contain many rumors of new evidence, &.C., but they are discredited almost as fast as they are made. One was, that a medical student bad seen Webster standing over farkman's body, but in consequence of a forced oath, had failed to disclose tbe fact. The latest despatch relative to this circumstance, is the following which may or may not be true. We await confirmation of all these stories, before we give them credit Boston, April 9. Dr. Edward Beecher, of Park street church, says that the circumstances which gave rise to tbe student's story were as follows : A gentle man n-siding in the vicinity of ths College saw a light in Prof. Webster's room on the 23d of November, which being unusual, he took a spy-glass, and saw a man cutting up a human body. Supposing it to be a subject for dissection, and it being previous to the re port of Dr. Parkman a disappearance, he took no fur thcr notice of it. Dr. Beecher, not feeling at liberty lo conceal anything which might be of importance in the case, interrogated the Attorney General hypolheticallv, and learning that testimony, giving what was seen through a spy-glass, would be inadmissible, he pressed the subject no further. Professor Webster after Sentence. The Bos ton Pott says that by the time Dr. Webster reached the jail, his nerves had become perfectly re-established. As soon as he was taken into his cell, he sent to an apothecary shop in the vicinity for some alcohol, an J having obtained it, he trimmed his blazer, and prepared his usual cup of tea. Tbe only anxiety he displayed was in relation to the continuance of his privilege to be supplied with dinners from Parker's. According to custom in such cases, the officers took away his razor and penknife, and he remarked, in relation to that precautionary proceeding, that he was too much of a christian to commit sucide. He alept well during the night, and was calm and natural throughout the day yesterday. It is understood that the prisoner s family were I wholly unprepared for the terrible result They had secured their " own passages and that of Professor Webster, at his direction, for iayal, for the 2Uth of j this month. They have all along had the strongest persuasion of his innocence; and were completely prosiraieu oy wie uverwiieiuimjr luicuicin. ui ins conviction. ;,er tne prisoner was seniericea lie oetrayeu in strenge emotion, uui ro ui orucr oi thebheno, and held out his nanas tor tne gyves to De puton. l nis none nesteppeo ouioune oncit; Dot bis gait was sadly altered from what it had been but a few minutes before. He seemed diziy ; and his luwrr I. mo iiaca as iney "uu or.i paiicu. nn staggered, rather man waiKep, u.ree or lour steps, alter which two oncers toon nis arms, and conducted him out of Court and down stairs to the carrwge. As soon as he came to the outside door, he made a rush to the carriage, and entered it scarcely a minute intervening between his appearance and disappearance. The cry "There he 13 1" had hardly i ... . j try been tittered uniu it was suppressed, l ne carriage

tuen drove on. and was followed oy tne siiouis oi he found himself in the minority to submit. He desome heedless boys, who cried out "Good-by, John 1" nJ-d u,al California was a State; she never could be Later. The following paragraphs appear in the such until she received the seal and sanction of Con-

Boston papers: Resemblance to Dr. Parkman. It is stated that Mr. Geo. Bliss, of Springfield, is the person who was seen in our streets on the afternoon of Dr. Parkman's di-api.earance, and whose personal resemblance to tne vt. is so sinning, mat ne was taaen lor mm - a-V t - . S - B.I. by some of the witnesses who testified at the late trial. uoston transcript. Penitential Reflections. The Post save the report from the jail last evening, represented Dr. Webster as.exhibiting siens that he had begun to realize bis true condition. He was disposed to converse on tle serious topics appropriate to his unhappy situation. Jin J. . The Interview. No man ever wept more bitter - j than did that unfortunate, condemned father, when around him. in that loniy cell, stood a loved and lovinz wife, and three intelligent, but heart-stricken daughters. Too full of grief to speak, they w.pt together in solemn silence, until the unhappy prisoner .a a a a. . broke the spell by words oi consolation to his family. urging them to be calm, assuring them that he had made his peace with his Heavenly father, and felt reconciled to meet his fate, whatever it mizht be, with Christian couraze. Mrs. Webster appeared iuucu ceiiner man ucr uaugmers. a lie lauer couia find no balm for their young and Heeding hearta. u .i .i i j .. r.. ,.l They left him with many affectionate kisses on his brow, and received a fallier s "adieu" in return. He was unlike Professor Webster in the dock during1 this effective scene, and we refer to the fact onlvtnsi. lence rumor with her thousand false tongues, everv . . . - J one of which is like a sharp pointed arrow to the hearts of that blameless and injured family of the condemned man. Yesterday afternoon one of f rofeasor Webster's counsel visited him. Bee. Deplorable Condition or Da. Webster's Fa mi lt. I learn that the eldest daughter of Prof. Web ster was to-day confined as a raving lunatic. Her friends were compelled, to save her from self destruc tion, to fasten her limbs. The family of the con demned man appear to have been most cruelly de ceived as to tbe result of the trial. 'Telegraphic Despate V the rew lork itic. The Probabiutt or a Pardon for Webster. The Boston correspondent of the New York Mirror, says, in reference to Professor Webber's sentence: There is noi Ihe slightest probability, I am given to understand by those who ought to know best, that the penalty of death will be commuted to any less degree of punishment. On this point a very strong feeling of jealousy exists here just now. Tbe efforts made so zealously, and so ineffectually for the pro curement of the pardon of W ashington Uoode, or a commutation of his sentence, are as yet remembered by all, and tbe success of similar ones in favor of a prrjessor, would produce a sensation scarcely, U any, short of tumultuous ia this community. OrThe Earthquake shock, felt here on the 4th inst., is very generally noted by our exchanges. It is supposed to have dried up a spring, which had always before ran from under the hill at Madison. Fire in New Orleans. Another fire occurred in New Orleans, on the 29th ult., which is supposed to have destroyed property to the amount of $90,000. Two hotels were burnt down, sn extensive bakery, and nine othrr houses. .

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APRIL 18, 1850. By Telegraph. Congressional. Washington, April 8th. Senate. After the presentation of numerous re ports from the different committees, and lite transac tion of the morning business, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the special order of the dsy. being Mr. Foote's motion to refer the resolutions of Mr.. Bell to a select committee of thirteen. Mr. Douglass gave notice that he would, after Mr. Benton should conclude his speech, ask the Senate to take up the California bill. Mr. Benton proceeded to address the Senate at length. He said it was proposed to make the ad mission of California a part of a system of measures for the BettK'.nent of the whole question of slavery agitation. He was opposed to lais mixture of sub jects having no affinities; and was iu favor of giving the admission of California a asperate consideration, end a decision upon its own merits. She was a State, and should not be mixed up with anything be low the dignity of a State. She had washed her hand uf slavery at homo, and should not be mixed up with it abrmd. He (Mr. B.) was opposed to mixing the question of the admission of California with all the questions which slavery agitation had produced, and making one general settlement of the whole, in the nature of a compact of compromise. The subjects a re ist. The creation of Territorial Governments in New Mexico snd the remaining part of California. 2d. The creation of a new State in Texas, and tho reduction of her boundaries: the settlement of her dispute with New Mexico; and the cession of her surplus territory to the Ucited States. .3d. The recapture of fugitive slaves. 4ih. The suppression of the slave trade in the District of Columbia. 5th. The abolition of the slave trade in the slave States; and. 6th. The abolition of slavery in tbe United States, and the non-enumerated catalogue of oppression and encroachments upon the South. This was the list of subjects, and he was against the mixture, for reasons applied to the whole, in the lump, and to each seperate ingredient California, he said, had the right to be treated as other Slates have been when asking admission into the Union; none of which were subjected to the in dignity of having their application coupled with the addition or inferior and foreign questions. The question of territorial government brought up the Wilmot proviso; the principles involved had already been set lied by California herself, for tbe purpose of removing all impediments to her admission to make her admission dependent on precedent settle ment with respect to two neighboring Territories. The Proviso involved the controverted constitutionality, and therefore should not be mixed up with a subject, clearly, beyond doubt, constitutional. He was ready lo vote for governments to the Territories, and believed that slavery was extinct in New Mexico and California, and cannot be revived iu any part of either, without positive enactments. He was ready to vote them governments without any provision on the subject of slavery, but not mix the question. He was ready to vote upon the Tex as question, and to vote upon the proposition for the re-capture of fugitive slaves, but not to tie them to a proposition for a new State. California had nothing to do with these questions no interest or eon nection with them. For sixty years the question of Slavery in the District of Columbia, and slavery in the States has remained untouched; therefore, there are no reasons for the agitation, and fears professed in the Slave States. He desired to do with all these questions as Congress had done for sixty years let them alone. Tbe fact that the slave market is at good, and better now, .than 'sixty years sgo, was an evidence that there is no danger to the rights of the slave States Not only was there no danger, but he argued that Congress had, by the act of Northern men, added slave territory, and this shows its diepotition ,0 bui,d up in8.ead of defeating the slave holdi -n interest. Mf Benloll commenced upon the anomalous Condition of California, and urped the strong necessity ! for hcr immediate relief, and closed with an elo- , aljusion tu the destiny of the couotrv on the pacjfic Mr,'ciay submitted a few remark in relation to bis propoaition on the California question. He said the onl-difftfrence 5etwen ,lit views and Mr. Benlon.. wa. tllft. hB imyt,A California um.,1,1 h moat speedily admitted by a combination with other meas- , ures, while the Senator from Missouri believed the I admission of California would be most successful as an independent measure. Air. Clay disapproved hearti I "J ly of the combination of the minority. He wa. in fvor cf meeting argument with reason, and when J gress, who might, to-morruw, act her into a territory. The proposition now pending, was to settle the questions in controversy, by compromise. He was in faor of an honorable adjustment, esocciallv I amone our brethren, where if we concede auvthin? u is to our own countrymen. - r a Mr. Benton rejoined, contending that tho ad mis ( sion of Missouri was provided for in a joint resolu twn. I Mr. Foote remarked that his motion to refer the question to a select committee, was simply to give the subject involved to a committee who should reI port by a bill or otherwise, without distinctions to I connect two or more kubject in one. 1 Washington, April 10th. I Senate Mr. Hale preseuU-d from thirty to forty I petitions against the extension of slavery. tc. Mr. Atchisun moved that Mr. Hale have to hand all such petitions to '!. Secretary without stating their contents, thereby saving tune, lbe motion, la ..?.- . I nowever, was noi lnsisiea upon. I Mr. Clay called the attention of the Senate to tbe fact that these petitions were printed alike, and be I said it was a concerted plan among abolitionists, and designed to produce imposition on the public seutiI uieu. The Chair suggested that the petition, have .1- . ready been passed upon. I Iur. JUy warned the senate and the country against incendiary petitions, and and that Mr. Hale I was mounting the Necro. not the horse, to ride into I I power. At the conclusion of Mr. Clay's remarks, the gal - I lery and other parts or the öenate isliamber mam - I lested their applause oy clapping oi liands, whtcii was, however, suppressed. Mr. Hale replied. Mr. Ruek, in a few remarks, partly concurred in all tbat Mr. Clay had said on the subject. After further discussion, Mr. Clay moved the rejec tion of the petition offered yesterday by Senator Sew ard, which was carried. Tbe Senate then took up ihe Census bill, noon which it was occupied until adjournment House. After the usual routine business Mr. McLane was excused from serving on tbe Com mittee which is to investigate the charges against the Secretary of War in reference to the Galphin I Claim. The Chair was authorized to fill the vacancy. The resolution granting pensions to the widows and orphans of soldiers who had died of disease contracted while in the service of the United otates, was taken up and ordered to the third reading. Dn nrmti.n in. r- naiYr a warm ant nnfnl dcbate tud ül- mMioQ w fimilI- i-id on j table. The Ilo(J .,, re--ived it-eif into ft Committee of ül W tne Sla, of lhe Un,or, tlld re.urned lbe consideration of lhe California question. Mr. . spoke at length, defend ior the South, and contending that the North wa all the while the aggressor. He assailed Thaddeus Stevens furiously. -..Air. Uuer spoke next, and deiended ins vote on Root's resolution. He had heard no plan proposed so (rood as tho President s was. Alter a long discussion on ine same sunjeci, iu . a i . ; . . I 1 House adjourned at 6 o'clock, 30 minutes. I Wash i sg ton, April 10. ' Secretary Crawf 'ri, it is said, will resign if the

Volume lX:::::::::Numuer 46. Investigation Committee reports. Tbe committee will not inculpate any one. Omgrepa has paid the Giulphin account without knowing the amount involved. The rumor that a Treaty was concluded by the British Minister and Air. Clayton, was credited, but it has not been communicated to tbe Senate. The Treaty, if made, excludes tbe British Judiciary from Central America. The Calhoun committee will proceed with the remains of Mr. Calhoun to Carolina as soon as news is received from Charleston. For the State Sentinel. A mend incut or the Constitution of Indiana. ARTICLE III. Sect ion 2. The Hoate or Representatives hall consist of one irpresentativt from each county, to b elected by tbe people every two years. Sec. 5. Th Senators dial! b chosen once in four year, en ihe firt Monday in Augott, by the qualified vnter for repreieutitives. Iu consequence of their nut election they hall be divided by lot from their respective ditiicta, as oetr at can be it two equal classes. Tbe seat, of th Sanators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of two years, and the seats uf the second ein at the expiration of four years, so that on half of the Senatois shall be cboscu every two yeais. Sec. 6. Tha General Auembly shall dirtiict lbs f tite into districts of three counties each, and eaeh district shall eod on Senator, so inhabitant of eaeb eouaty alternately, to that each county sends one ia twelve years. Sec. 23 An accurate statement of recvipts and expenditures of the public money shall be attached to and peblithed With the laws o' every session of the General Atsembly. Sec. 25. The Geueral Auembly shall cummeuce its sessions on the first Monday in December, once iu two years, and st do other tin unless called together by the Governor. ARTICLE IV. Sec. S. The Governor shall hold his office dining four yesrs from and after lb third day of ths first regaUr session of the General Assembly, next ensuing bis election, and until a successor is chosen and qualified, sod shall not be capable of bcius; Governor more than eh(ht years in any term of twelve. ARTICLE IX. Sec. 3. Th money which shall be paid at an equivalent by persons exempt from military duty, except in times of war, shall be applied to common schools in tbe county, also all fines s nosed for sny breach of the penal laws shall b applied tj common schools ia Ihe couuty wherein they are assessed. ARTICLE XL Sec. 16. No Isw patted to increase th psy of th mem bers of tbe General Assembly shall tak etfeel till after the expiration of the term of all th members elected patting such law. ADDITION. No local laws shall ever be passed by the General Assem bly of Indiana at the expen of the State, but all petitioner for local laws shall pay the expense of the cootideraiioo of their peii'ioa.aa 1 in eat of its paisage, ef itt publica ion, except the removing of county seat, and altering the time of holding courts and th length of court sessions as exigencies raty tequir. Mo society andei tbe name of ifitirioa or benevalent cirty shall ever be incorporated by law in the State uf Indi ana, bat all snail be let stand or fall on is own merits or bais, all being equally protected from molestation wbil in session or at woisbip. Pio bank shall be chsrtsied in the State of Indiana except each stockholder, in addition to the stock subscribed and paid in, shall moctfrag real estate of clear and unincnmbeied title of value of doubl th amount of stock sabsciibed by bin or her. 07" in our jasi we published tne wonstitution o a & v a a a . a a . . the Widows and Orphans' Friend Society, and we now append the officers of the same, from the pen of the amiablu Secretary. OQcers of the Widow nnd Orphans' Friend Society or Itidmitupoiit. President Mrs. A. W. Morris. Vies Presidents Mrs. W. Sheets, Mrs. Alfred Harri son, airs. Judge Morrison. Treasurer--Mrs. Isaac N. rhipps. Secretary Mrs. J. D. Hollinshead. Depositary -Mrs. Wilkms. Directors Mrs. Calvin Fletcher, Mrs. Graydon, 31 rs. McGuir, Mrs. J. T. Williams, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Cressey, Blrs. Williams, Airs. Willsrd, Airs. Dr. Uunlap, Airs. Un derbill, Mrs. James Hall, Mrs. Irwin. Visiting Committee Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Paxton, Mrs. Drum, Mrs. W. Wylie, Mrs. A. F. Morrison, Mrs. Furoley, Airs. Mccarty, Airs. AI jars, Airs. Wiseman, Airs. Ii rouse, Mrs. reter Campbell. Advisory Committee of Gentlemen Mr. N. McCarty. iur. v iiiara, air. wiiKine, juage momson, nir. oneetsf Mr. O. Bailer, Mr. A. Harrison, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Ohr. si tri. s si vaa a star aa a r0OThe correspondent of the Louisville Democrat, a very bitter and uncompromising whig, recently wrote the following paragraph from Washington. Of course there is not a word of truth in it, because every body knows that the Union knows "no North nor no South. The editor of the Union is Quite as patriotic as he is wise : "The course of the Washington Union, latclv, has so disgusted the Democratic members from the en tire Northwest, that they have held it in serious con templation to stop the paper, and to advise their con stituents to do the same thing. Ritchie is regarded as the month-piece of the disunionists, and was told so to his face lo-day, by s leading Democratic Sena tor from the West. He could do no moro tp favor their schemes and to carry out their wishes, if lie was to throw off all disguise and avow publicly auch was lus design, ihe intimation that he received f the contemplated designs of the Northwestern Democracy may bave the effect or curbing, far a time. Ins incendiary and disorganizing spirit.' New Project. The Detroit Advertiser says it has learned by private and reliable information from Washington that a proposition will, be made, in few days to the benate, emanating from a company of the hiebest respectability, for running a line of post coaches from Independence, Mo., to California, in twenty-six days, and expresses in twelve days. The company only asks from Congress a strip of land one hundred feet in width the whole distance, with the privilege of purchasing a quarter section of land for the purpose of a station every ten miles. The ,rtmnnr aak of Government the use of th rn.it fnr I r j i r- J ..!. , i. r i flen years, and agree to make the grant, of land contingent upon weir naving tue roaa iu operation I within six montns, and win undertake to place 3UUU I men upon the line of the road at once. I . tlf I eights of jmarkibd vimh. au bci ins nassea 1 the New York Legislature, tbe first section of which 1 run$thus: "When any deposit shall be made in any savings bank or institution by any female, being or hereafter becoming a married woman, in her own name, it shall be lawful for the trustees or officers of such bank or institution to pay back to such depositor such sum or sums as may be due such female, and the re ceipt or acquittance of auch depositor shall be a sufficient legal discharge to the said corporation therefor." All right, without doubt. fyThe Washington correspondent of the Ohio Statesman says The economists on the committee of Wsys and Means, Mr. Toombs among them, stand aghast at the demands of the administration for the service of the next fiscal year. From the. estimates already sent to them, they calculate that full fifty millions will be required ! "That's the way the money goes. Oy-The corresponnent of tbe Journal of Commerce saysMr. Calhoun was never heard to complain either of bis illness or the prospect of a close of bis career, while yet in the possession of mental vigor. ' In re ply to a remark of a friend, upon this subject, Mr. Calhoun said, "I desire nothing contrary to tb con atitution of nature. Mr. Calhoun's death created an intense sensation in Charleston. The bells were tolled all day Sunday. Meetings were held on Monday, and various other subjects, were postponed in coaawqueoca of it.

For the State Ssaffaef. Intcinprraiicc -Iatrllwiunl Evil. 1 will exhibit another evil lesell of latceaoetaaee. I al

lude to the injury that it woiks poo th intellect. Tbe body and ths mind, dining cor mortal txMencc, art iatf mately connected tri h eaeb other. They reset upon each other. Is one diseased, lb ether become afflictoi. Tbe bod becomxs wem, fetble and dieaed. when th viisd is unsettled; and on th other hand, when tbe body it diseased sod afflict d, th mind btcumcs fevsi ib, excited sod weak.' So then Intemperance, a&Vcting th body as ws bave seen, must also affect th mind, and mast enter lb very bom of thought, rraon and imagination, wotkitt devastations there. Let as look at fact a naomenl. "Of 286 persons in the Lunatic Atylutn in Dublin, 115 wer k nitro lo have bera deprived of reaton by tulenn-e ranee. 1 C-orycsit. from ISCb to 1S39 incluiive, 495 patients were admitted into the Liv erpool La n a lie Atyltim. and 257 of them were known te hav brought on derangement by d.mkior; and this wss tsppotcd lo bare teen tha case wiih many otheis. A disinguitbed cetitleman. says the append. I to on of tb Temperance Reports, contained in a Votums from which I bave taken these fact, "who has had extensive practica with repaid lo tblt malady, ststes that roots than Doe-balf and probably three-fourths of all th caes of intanitr. which have come under his notice, ware occati-ned br excrstire diinkii g." In the pauper Lunatic Atylura ia Middlesex, the number of paiieult incretted in otic year, from tato liou ana 1ZOO and rxinciDsllv bv tha nta of sin. What is the intellect, I stk that it should become debated and wiecked by a vile and burning animal thint? What it the intellect, thst man thouli abu it that, and wither his proieels of asefalnau, aod wiinr lbs hearts f his kindred, and fill the Lunate Atylnaa with rsvinr enantt j It it a gift that God has bestatved directly aod especially upon man, that elevates him ia the seal of being, that rale mm oovm diut, ano aisungaisbes Dim at be walkt tb earth. It is the faculty by which be measures the stirs, and analyzes tb eaitb and xpbret the waten. It is his patent or nobility, tbe seal of bis hieb excellency. And shall it ba polluted ana perverted like t ns f .shall th young man apply to hit mouth a bur-it drink that shall dutotb its won drous powers with fuiy, and consume its curi us organ with are r anau ine mina become so hideous aod Citorte4 thai tha eloquent eyt shall list the light of iu beauty, and trie breathing lip bscora parched and shrivelled, and maw and jibber it incoherent and id otic phiases f Who is that reU mg oy you, use one Dtind, th contempt of tb streets, tbe joke aod scoff of the beartleis and ombinkins;, a subject of puy to ine oenevoieei ana th cood. Can it b a man, a man gifted wi'h intellect, one atlat, capable of soariog snd striving with brav thoughts, and lessening wiih profound skill, and conceiving huh tfeas of beanty and of power f Ya it is a man ! Ith a young man. A few tnaotht ago, pei tups, and there Here few whose prospects weia blighter. That lofty resson bjond meu by its delighting and thrilling power. Bat be has fallen, and how H pots th mtoxicauog glas to bit lips. Draught follows draught. Property became waited, popularity was IjsL butiocss was closed. His heart turned to athet. bit brain to fir. If ia a lunatic. They trample in tbe streets, be will die there oi wilt drsg oat his days ia the Lunatic Atylutn, or ia th Statt Triton. This is no fancy sketch. Yon may go visit oar county and Stat Prisons, and yoa will find it all true. Go ask tb warden of tb State Prison bow many convicts ai at this time in the Prison. Ha will fll you there was 131 on th 30th of November last, and out of thai number 61 si Intemperate, snd 45 moderate drinker, making 106 oat ef 131, wbo utedmor or lets strong drink. By looking over the report of Ih warden of oor State Piisoo, I find that thete si 17 convicts nstives of this State, and 14 out of the 17 are Intemperate. Thete figures tpeak for themselves. And I doubt cot. If w coold lesio the true state cf the riisocs of every Slate, tbe retail woald be tb tame. I will tsy, that when a man is well, that stiong drink does him no good. All intoxicating diink is a stimulant, and all stimulants constantly applied will cisate inflammation, and infl.mmation will terminate ia tbe desth of Ih part unlets it is subdued. 1 have seen the evils of Intemperance and so bsve most of our citizens. Then why not devise sums pis . to get lid of this eviL Make some good wholesome law, that will prevent a man from miking a bruit of birnielf. Past a law that no man shall sell intoxicating drink to a man that is in tb bsbii ef getting diauk. I hope that out ministen uf tht gospel will take this subject of Intemper ance in band, and ds all they can to put it down. J. L. B. CTsmtiAKA, uaimltaa. Co. March 2Sth. I860, A letter from Charles W. Brad'ey, Esq., U. S, I Consul at Amoy, CLina, gives a detailed account of tne nre whicti occurred there on Christmas Eve. U. S. Consulate, Amoy, China J December 26ih, 1819. On Sunday last (23d inst.,) at 2 o'clock, P. M.. a fire broke out in this city, which laid watte about 500 houses, covering an area of many acres, and comprising the handsomest and richest mercantile es tablishments on the island. There was a loss of six lives, and of property estimated at from $0,000,000 to $10,000,000! As a pcneral rule, in Chinese cities, merchants or handicrafts of the same kind, are grouped together in a single street or neighborhood. Thus, blacksmiths, shoemakers, grain-dealers, stonecutters, fruiterers, &c, have each their particular locality, rhe sufferers, on this occasion, were the large dealers in eilks, fur?, teas, paper and books. the cold and silver smiths, shoemakers, stockincmakers, and other miscellaneous artizans and merchants. Among the ruins are those of the large and beautiful Joss-hou-e, "Quoan-te-bio," in the streets to which it pave name built 500 years ago ; and that called Ta-ti-kong.kiung-cljiung, or the Tem ple of JUammon where the Uod of Wealth is wor shipped. The streets are nowhere more than ten, and usually not more than six feet wide. On these the narrow buildings are joined in a solid mass two stories in height composed of bricks, but with a good deal of external wood-work. Mats of plantain and palm-leave are also stretched from the eaves of the houses on one side of the way, to those on the other. intended to shut out the nearly vertical ravs of the sun, but which now of course, materially assisted the conflagration. Card of Mb. Ö. F. Brown. B. F. Crown, iwho has been charged with obtaining money from the gov ernment on fraudulent military claims, has published a card in the Detroit papers, from which we extract the following : Latt summer, as ao attorney at Washington city I prose cuted befoi Ih Departments, som claims which wer givn m by the persons owning tbem. I drew the mooey.paid it over, and tok a receipt iu full for tb amount. I bad no interest whatever in these claims, and knew nothing against their character. I did my duty as aa attorney, aod thought oo mor of th matter. At tb meeting of Congress I wss nominated by lb dem ocratic member for an offic in tb Hoate of Representative. About tht rxnddls of Jscuary, tht day befHt it was supposed tbe election would take place.it was reported that on ef th two claims which I had prtsccated was in pail fiaodaleaU I went with som friends to exsmit into tb matter. Tb papers eoald oot b found. I declined tbe nomination which bad been gives m. and by th advic of my friends cam away to get such statemeota from th persons for whom I acted, as would entirely exculpate me. Tb monstrous reports vry wbsr circulated prevented my success in th object I bad ia leaving Washington. I came to my father's residence, and bar ever aioct beta ia correspondence with my fiiendt at Washington. Immediately upon my leaving, tbe Second Auditor of lb Treasury made ao affidavit tbat I had t.krn fiom his office and dettroyed th papers ia q.ettion. Upen a thorough ex amination oy my Inends lb pspais wei frond in bis postes'ion ! I have betn arretted upon th affiJavil of this Second Aaditor.have passed so examination and been dUcbarged. With an me papers oetor mm, ana a lull knowledge of tb tacts. b wss able to swear only as to bis suspicions of my having done wiong, and noi to aoy fact. I shall return to Wsthinetoo in due time, and tb whol matter will b arranged. (fcMr. Fillmore, Vice President of lhe U. S., and President of the Senate, recently apologized to the Senate, for his failure to call Foote to order, when be made bis late outrageous assault on Benton. Mr. Fillmore excuses himself on the ground of his ignorance of the rules of order, or tbe practice of the presiding officer under them ; but promises hereafter to enforce tho rules rigidly against any tort of blackguardism on the part of Senators. We hope he will execute tbe pledge. Legislative Trick. It is stated, tbat at the last session of the Ohio Legislature, an amendment, au thorizing tbe Town Council of Morrow, in Warren county, to grant license, was attached to a local bridge bill in Butler county, and forced through the Legislature, and enrolled before the trick was discovered. The Governor of Ohio bas no authority to veto, but it is thought be ought to have, in such a case as this, at least. M. D. Convention. The National Medical Con vention is to assemble at Cincinnati in May, and already the profession in that city have held a meeting, and resolved to give the delegates a cordial welcome, and entertain them at a supper from which spirituous liquors shall be excluded. Peace Contention. A telegraphic dispatch from Pittsburgh, to the Madison Courier, saysthe friends of peace in Indiana, are invited to meet in Conven tion in Madison, on Monday evening, April 15lh. Elihti Burritt will l present. (r"Southern politicians, aa well as editors, are well employed in giving the Nashville Convention particular fo. Jost as we had anticipated r