Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1850 — Page 2

3aDitttttt State - Stnttntl. ITC1RAL TleiLAHCB I Til C FBICK SV UltlTT. IXPIAN4POL1S. WiT 9 ISSO. Our Tvmi. The following wiil hereafter be the permanent terms of the Weekly InJiana State Sentinel: QPayments to be made always in advance. One copy, one year,. $2.00 Three copies, one year, .........- 5.00 Five copies, one year, 8.00 One copy during the session,- " 50 Ten copies, in clubs, one year,-.. 15.00 Sem I -Werk lj. (Published three times a week during the session.) One copy, 4.00 J Three copies,-... -$10.00 One copy during the cession, 1.00 All papers will b stopped at the end of the term paid for, unlss the subscript ion is renewed, except to those with whom we have other unsettled business accounts. Any person sending us a club of ten. with cash, at the rate of $1.50 each, Lall have a copy gratis for one year. For a greatr r number than ten, the gratuity shall Le increased in proportion. All postmasters are requested to act as agents, and as such, ht a recent decision of the department, they

are authorized to rank letters for the benefit of subscribers. TERMS FOR ADVERTISING PATENT MEDICINES. - Tm prpnt contusion and la ni lime, we Mat our lerma for advertising Patent Medicine, i : Fifty rent per rqare in the semi-weekly edition for Iii first Inaeruow, and vetU fle rente per square for each snbsequenl irrarrlkw, when lor or leae than Ihie months. Orer Ihre months, 50 cents prr eqimre fiw the first. und 20 cent per square lor each enheeque nl imcrtton. Each adverUaewent will has al leaH oo Interims m Iba Weekly without adriilii.rslcust. For inseiuone in itra Weekly eontinoously, doubl tb above prVee. Cum. when agreed tob Inserted, will fce charged double for Iba epne ihey occupy. Eijhi hue of Nonpareil, or 250 etna, count a square. 3IARIOX COLWTY DEMOCRATIC For Senatorial Delegate, A." F. MORRISON. ( JAMES JOHNSON, Fur Rep. Delegates, J. P. CHAPMAN, ( LEVI L. TODD. ( BENJ. MORGAN, For Representatives, MADISON WEBB, ( WM. ROBSON. For Sheriff, CHARLES C. CAMPBELL. For Treasurer, JOHN M. TALBOTT. For Auditor, ISAAC W. HUNTER. For Probate Judge, ADAM WRIGHT. For Co. CorrCr., MATTHEW R. HUNTER. For Coroner, PETER F. NEWLAND. Gov. Crillenteu' Visit. At a meeting of the citizens of Indianapolis, held at the Court House, on the 4th instant, pursuant to previous public notice, for the purpose of adopting preliminary proceedings for the reception of Got. Crittenden of Kentucky, Judge Wick was appoiuted chairman, and Douglass Miguire Secretary. The following preamble and resolutions were proposed for the consideration of the meeting by Judge Lander, viz : Whereas, It appears from certain opinions which have been expressed in Congress, and from the acts of certain State Legislatures, and from the proceed. ings of several primary assemblies of the people, tnat an attempt of some magnitude is being made to weaken, if not to sever, the bonds by which the States of Ihm great Republic are bound together; and whereas, His Excellency Gov. Criitenden, of Kentucky, in accepting an invitation of the Governor of Indiana, has expressed hin intention to visit the capitol of this State on the 29th inst., and whereas, at that time, and on that occasion it would be proper to express our devotion to the union and Constitution of these States, therefore llesolced. That we most cordial approve of the course puraued by Gov. Wright in inviting the distinguished " oa of Kentucky," Gov. Crittenden, to visit our State, and that we most heartily concur with the language of the invitation : That if there wera more frequent interviews between the Representative of the people, and a freer interchange of sentiment, that it would be productive of some good in allaying the bitter excitement, that too frequently exist among our public men, and between different portions of our Union." Resolved, That & committee of thirteen be appointed to meet Gov. Crittenden at Madison and accompa. ny him as an escort to our capttol. Resolved,' That we invite our fellow citizens of Indiana of all parties to unite with us in giving our distinguished guest. Governor Crittenden of Kentucky such a welcome as is due tu his exalted character, talents, and past services. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in all the city papers, with a request, that the Editors throughout the State publish the same. Which, being severally read, were adopted by the meeting. The chairman appointed the following gentlemen as the Committee of Reception, under the second resolution : Committee of Reception. E. WI H. Ellis, Douglass Maguire, Dr. C. S. Ramsey, Jacob P. Chapman, John D. Defrees, Fabiua M. Finch. Aquilla Jones, Daniel Mace, Tho. D. Walpole, John S. Reid, James Rariden, Abner T. Ellia, James H. Henry. On motion, the following committee was appoioted, to make all necessary and suitable arrangements, on the occasion, a programme of which is to be published hereafter: Committee of Arrangements.- Hugh J. Bradley, Julius Nicolai, John Coburn, David Reynolds, Wm. Sullivan, William Robaon, John L. Muthershead, and John D. Defrees. On motion, the meeting adjourned. WM. W. WICK, Chairman. D. Mao ci ax, Senretary. The Natal School. The Annapolis Free Preaa atatea that orders have been received at the Naval School, directing the complete re-organization of the institution on the plan the Academy at West Point. Several new professorships will be established, and a camber of new buildings erected. The school will hereafter be known as the "Naval Academy. Here is one good act to be put to the credit of the Administration, at leaat. We bave visited the Na val school at Annapolis, and know that it needed the re-organization directed. It is of much more iropor tance to the country than.tbe Military school, fur va rious reasons. We hope pow that the Secretary of the Navy will adopt some rule of fairiplay, in regard to the class of officers for whom this school was es tablished, so that all will have something like equal chances, at sea and ashore. 07" A writer in the Greencaatle Sentinel proposes to be one of a thousand, to subscribe $20 each, to the stock of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad the whole to b paid in, in 18 montha, with the understanding that the proceeds in the way of dividends, ehall go to the use of the Bible Society. The writer asks, "who will come and go with me ? Those in the aErmative will 1st themselves be known or eonfer with Rev. Aaron Wood, agent of the Amer jean Bible Society, for the diatrict of Indiana.? Gov. WaiGHT. Ws perceive, says tie Cannelton Economist, that some fault is found with the Execu five of this State ia consequence of his exercise the pardoning; power. No one can escape censure but we think those who complain of Gov. Wright would do well to recollect that "To err is bumtn, to forgive divios." A Woke or Art Lost. -rowers' statue of Eve considered his greatest work, has bten lost by ship wreck on the Spanish coaat.

Military Bounty lnuds. Hocsi ox Refkesexta nvEs, April 30, 1850. Messrs. Chapmtns ty- Spann: As there is much solicitude in relation to the passage of an act granting bounty lands to the soldiers of the war of 1912, I take this method of Skying lo tny constituents, that such a bill has Uten reported by the committee on public lands, and is made the special order for the 2d Tuesday in June next, and is to continue from diy to day until it is disposed of. I hare no doubt bat it vil! pass the '.House.""! I Includes riot only ihe " soldiers of the late war with Great Britain, but those of the campaigns of Wayne, Harmer, Sinclair and the Indian wars, the Seminole and Creek wara, &c. " . W. J. BROWN. Cities. A correspondent of the Ta. Ledger, in a recent letter, said "'Jefferson niade an egregious blutiaer when he called "cities sores the body politic." The first reformer must have been born in a city. Not only political, moral, and industrial truths come from cities, bot whatever improvement , agriculture has dprived from chemistry and laborsaving machinery, has found its impetus in cities. The Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, the parent of similar institutions throughout the Union, was of Philauelphia origin. An Idea conceived even in the country requires the capital of a city to put it into shape. The jealousy which Pittsburgh and the iute- . rior towns and country so freely exhibit towards Philadelphia is unfortunate. It impedes legislation ; it lowers the intellectual character of the State. The fact that Pennsylvania owes her reformed prison discipline, Franklin Institute, Philosophical Society, and above all her common school system, which is re-writing her history on ' iiew letters of light to Philadelphia genius and efiorf, should aione crush the unworthy spirit , There is some truth in all this, but there is another side to the picture, social as well as poliiical, which 'will in some degree sustain Mr. Jefferson. The following affords a single glance at it; morally and socially : . Society im Philadelphia. The Daily News states the estimated population of Philadelphia at the present time to be 350,000 ; or, in oilier words, 70,000 families. Of this number only 2,000 families have a competency for support above manual labor ; 20,000 depend upon mechanical and professional branches ; and the residue of 47,000 is divided into two parta, viz : 30,000 who labor, or are desirous of laboring, and 17.0(H) who resort to illegitimate and criminal means for a livelihood. Of the latter class, 6,000 are supposed to be beggars ; 4,000 who depend upon the offal of the streets and what they can collect from the kitchens uf the wealthy ; 3,000 who steal ; 1,000 who starve for want of any kind of support, and 3,000 who follow a promiscuous livelihood. Such arc the statu of society in Philadelphia and the elements which compose it. Mount Eagle Tripoli, for polishing, &c This arttcle, discovered within the laat two years,' has found its way all over the country, into families for domestic use, glass manufactories, workers of the softer metals into finished surfaces, Rail Roads, for polishing tho reflectors and ornamental work of the locomotives, factories, fur cleansing glass and lampa &.C., iiC. Its superiority arises from its great delicacy and power. The lustre is brilliant and lasting, and produced rapidly and easily. Families have found it invaluable for their silver and coarser wares in short as remarked by the "Scientific American," in an article upon it, "of all the substances which have been applied to polish glass and metals, none can equal that substance known by the name of Tripoli." A travelling agent for the aale of the above is now at the Palmer House, and we hope that our druggists and grocers will obtain a supply for this market. , How to make Whitewash. As this is the season of the year for whitewashing, the Ohio Cultivator recommends the following reciept for making a whitewash, which is aaid (in the Horticulturist) to be of the best and most durable cnaracter : Take a barrel and slack one bushel of freshly burned lime in it, by covering the lime with boiling water. After it is slacked, add cold water enough to bring

it to the consistency of good white wash. Then dissolve in water, and add one pound of white vitriol (aulphate of zinc) and one quart of fine salt. To give this wash a cream color, add one-half a pound of yellow ochre in powder. To give it a fawn color, add a pound of yellow ochre, one-fourth of a pound or Indian red. To make the wash a handsome grey stone color, add one-half a pound of French blue, and one fourthof a pound of Indian red; a drab will be made by adding one-half pound of sienna, and one-fourth pound of Venitian red. For brick or atone, instead of one buahel of lime, take half a bushel of hydraulic cement. Politics amd Politicians, There are strange chances and changes in the political world. The democrats are now lauding Henry Clay, whom they have been for years so accustomed to revile ; and the whigs are praising Thos. II. Benton, although they have been long in the habit of denouncing him in the most bitter manner. This only goes to show that the slavery question can and will break down all old party ties, if it is not soon settled. PkiL Ledger. It's true Benton suits whigs better than Clay juat now should not be surprised if Benton is the . next whig no-party candidate for President. That party can adopt bim. Louisville Dem. By purity of reasoning, the Democrat would sup pose that Clay would be supported by Democrats in preference to Benton. We should be a little surprised, however, if Clay should become the Democratic candidate. It is possible, nevertheless, that tbere is virtue enough in slavery to overcome all other interests. Time will determine. . 077 We .call attentiou to the proceedings of a meeting to make arrangements for the reception of Gov. Crittenden. The meeting appointed a committee of arrangements to make preparations in detail, who will probably report niore definitely hereafter. It was understood tint these arrangements would be directed merely to a general assemblage of citizens, for the purpose of manifesting those kindly and hospitable feelings towards the distinguished guest, which no doubt are felt by all; and it was considered best to lake no action in reference to a regularly organized "Uniou meeting," but to leave that matter it. the hands of those who shall assemble to bid Gov. Crittenden a hearty welcome. The Slavery Compromise. The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald says that Gen. Cass, ia a recent debate, stated that the compromise committee to whom the slavery question was referred by the Senate, will in all probability, not report any bill at all, but merely recommend some plan of adjustment on the bills which have been heretofore introduced. It is said they will recommend one bill for California and the Territories, another for the Texas boundaries and the division of Texas, another for fugitive slaves, and probably another for the abolition of the alave trade in the District of Columbia. ' Commission Merchants. W would call attention to the advertisement of Meldrcm & Brother. We know these gentlemen, and when lately on a river jaunt, heard them spoken of in the highest. terms, for . punctuality, despatch, and reasonable charges. -We recommend their eitabliiliment tu the favorable ttotic of or friends. ' ' ' ' 'CCrThankf to Msssrs. Bright tnd Harlan for pubVie documents. . '

For the Iidiana State Sentinel. To the Voters orTlptou and Clinton - Counties. FtUoxc Citiztnta tlis di.chsige of a itlimg duly tbat I ows to ray count i r tnd its fl-w citizens. I b leave to

prvmulfttte my views so far as rersids ike rviiu tf tba Cotutiiutkn of th Slate of Iudiaia. It it not only csrtsiu sectii.s of tbst gluteus lsr, tbst shsld is rcptiled as ia divt a mors dUciatiousry pwr in tha bii.d or tb peopl. to pin soch Uwi ss will b t ths bt . inie(ti of ti Stat and its citizsiis. , Indima is sJmilt4 iw w in tiiiiti ui puis id me un on. ana i ni r uuuut h;t tb d.v i. f..t .. Jrbi... wh .h. will .t.Dd i ths it,-. -J O.-.. .L . . i. V fir.t cists. This is quoii i-D that shoull daaply iutsrsal evrjr man in the Stale of Indiana. Fsllow cilizaua. 1 will bar uflar a Taw siuandmaiita to oar Cvutiitution. . Sectios I. Be it emeted by the voteii of ths State of Indiana, that tha legiaLtui ahall snael one in thra jraars, with.mt tha Governor should thiulc it expedient to csll tha leUlature in ciri of emergency. Sec. 2. Ba it farther enacted, that all offieais of Stats shall bs elect rd b tho pavpla, darnel, J(r ot " Supremo i tsvuii, rfuuiras oi ine viicuii itiuu. iiesurarvi onn, Au ditor of Siale and all other officria tho State ! Inditaa, shall ba electsd by the legal voters iu .heir couoty.dut.icl or , u, in .--- State. Sec 3. Baitfoither osrted, that the vfl.es of Probate Jodja be abolished in lbs Mate of Indians, and tha Probata holiness be left to the Ciicnit Co ort tu trioiact aceordiug to tba direction of the Gtoaral Assembly. Judge be abolished in tbe State of Indians, and rie ths sec 4. ta it latther aseted, that tba one a or Associsie president Judge lull power t dande ail questions ot iw. MC. a. tie it I un her enacted that all lefsl voters oi omer States whs mo? a into this SUte, in order to make it lhair residence shall be considered legal voters iu the county where they retida in the State. ec 6. Be it further enacted, thit the Genersl Assembly (hall nut bave power to past any law in the State of ludiaoa, to compel any parson to pay a license to vend any aiticle of tisde in this SUte, either foteigu or domeitie. Fec. 7. Ba it futther enacted, that no person shall suffer death for any offence com milled agaiii.t the penal la we of tbe State of Indiana. Sec 8. Be it further enacted, that no person shall bo compelled t pay poll lax in tha State of Indiana. Sec 9. Bo it futthei enacted, that no person except a wbita mils citizen of the age of 21 years, shall be allowed a vols in tba State of Indiana. Nothing shall bo so consumed in this section so as to prevent wbito females from voting iu this State. Sec. 10. Bs it fur'her enieted, that Justice of the Peace; Clarke of ibo Circuit Court. County Recotder, Treaauror, Auditor, Sheriffs and all other County officers iu the State af Indiana, shall only bold their office for the teim of two yean, without tbey should be re-elected by the legal voters oi their county. Sec. 11. Be it futther enacted, that the Governor of tho State. Judges of the Supreme Coott, Judges of lbs Circuit Court, Treasurer of Slate, and Auditor of Stile, shall only buld iteir office for tha term of tbiee J eat a, without they should be ie-elecied by the people.. ,. . Sec. 12. Be it futther enacted, that no person shall be compelled to pay any iavoluntiry school tax in the State of In diana, . Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, tbat tba office of Giandjury bo abolished ia the State of Indiana. fecc. 14. Bo ii further enacted, tbat Justices of lbs Teaco shall bivs coneuncnt jurisdiction la all crimiual rases either to fine or imprison accoidiotr to tha diiectioos of the law, exeept in caeaa wbere tba defendant ehould ba imprisoned ia the State Prison, in all such casss it shall be the duty of such Juitice to reeognize such person to tbe Circuit Court. Such Juttice shall have full power to issue wiits of habeas corpus, and try all caaea that cornea uudei the habeas corpus act. Sec. 15. Be it futther enacted, i hat no parson shall hold two offices at the same lime in the State of Indiana, whets tbey recaivo any aalary or profit teem both offleea. Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, that slaveiy never shall exist ia ths State of Indiana. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, that negroes and abolitionists ahall never be allowed a vote in tho State of Indiana. Sec IS. Beit further enacted, that all laws passed by the General Assembly shall ba examined by the Judges of I he Supreme Court, and if said Judges should decide tho law to be constitutional, it shall bs piesented to the Governor for hit approval, and if said Judges shall decide the law to be unconstitutional, said Judges shall return tbe bill ti the General Assembly with their objecii.ins. Sec. 19. Bo it further enacted, that no person shall ever be imptisoued for debt ia tbs St;e of Iucuds. A. P. CASLER. .TV- the State Sentinel. Auousta, Marion Co., la May 1st, 1S50. Mr. EDiToa. Although I can plow much belter than I can wtite, yet, just at this impoilant crisis in tbe a&aiis of our State, I am so exceedingly anxious that every voter should be arouaed to prepaio himself to speak judiciouity. lor tho weal or Indiana, througn ins ballot box aexi As gus1, that I venture to lake op the quill and show at least a Willi of mind to write, hit or miss, hoping that if 1 tnui soma able band may be provoked to drivo tba centre. As delegates to the Convention to prepare a Constitution, and Senators and Representatives to act upoo this momentous subject, are then to elect, it will ba an election of vi tal impoitanca t? our State; and every man ought to take a deep interest in it. A few plain rules well defined are better than cords of intricate, ctooked, abstruse laws, which icquirs a host of highly finished lawrere to explain. Our State has been groaning for many years uoder an eaormoui losd of super abundant legislation, and now is tbe time to relieve lbs poor thing, but aa I am io political doctor, I must not venture to dictate to those who are able lo prescribe sod apply the rem edy. We waul to bear fioin our candidates on tha follow ing subjects i Suppose our Legislature to consist of not more than one half of its present number, and meet but once in five years t Araln. suppose we have no Associate Judges and all fines assessed for violations of tba penal laws bs ap plied to ths support of common distiict schools, instead of tbe county semioaries. , What say our candidates Tbs people certainly bave tight to call oo them for the avowal of tbeir sentiments. It is mi nuita nmi.h t Vn.iw that iha man ata nf nur rartv i this year. We must know mora than this, fallow citizens, and let ss oue and all waka up and eeo to it. OXE OF THE PEOPLE.. For the State Sentinel. Fire, Fire In Itidiann. Tbs Indiana Courier says that the Stats Sentinel bn a eoi respondent by tho name of A. P. Caaler, which is abcut Iba riebest specimen ws bava seen in tho papers. Iiis adVice to tbe democracy is worthy of ipeeial notice. I call on ths democrats of Indiana to watch as well si pray, for lest tnetr enemy might deceire them. Ths Kdttor appears to be at a loss to know who ths ene my if, whether the devil or tha wbigi or the aboliticants. I will inform the Editor that I mean all three. Tho whles to erect banks and puichase Georgia lande. Tba abolition ist! to amalgamate with the oeioe and diisolvs this Union, and the devil to tempt man and to destroy his soul. Blend them all three together and tbey make a devil of a danger oue point. I will futther Hats that from wbal I can gather ftorn the editor's rematks, tbat ba puts himself iu tho second class, tbat ia among tbe woo ley race. The Editor says thst A. P. Caster can have our hat. O our bat. How us apples swim. I Can inform tbe gentle man tbat I shall expect bim to piesenl roe a bat. Yes, good new bat. I will further ioform tho Editor tbst I do uot with to receive bia hat) for I fear tbat it carriee out side paiacngcrs. Fine combs are scares in this countiy. A. P. CASLER. 0 While Gov. Crittenden was Attorney Genera of the U. States, he gave an official opinion on the subject of paying interest on claims against the government, directly opposite to the ground assumed by Reverdy Johnson, the present Attorney General, in relation to the Galphin claim. In the course of his argument. Gov.' Crittenden said "It is confidently believed that, in all the numer ous acts of Congress . for the liquidation and settle ment of claims againat the government, there is no instance in which interest has been allowed, except only where these acts have expressly directed or au thorized tts allovance. - OrJudge Bryant, of Oregon, passed through this place yesterday, on his way to Washington. A long conversation 'with him, confirmed our opinion, that our government was wise in. not giving the whole of Oregon to, the British government, notwithstanding Mr. Daniel Webster's notions to the contrary. - i ii i n l - j n j. Wabash Coutt. Democratic nominations: For Rep. Delegate,-W. D. Barlow; for Representative, Gabriel Swil.art; for Treaaurer, Archibald Stilt ; for Auditor, Wm. Steel. Jr. ; for County Commissioner, M. C. Frame; for Assessor, II. B. Clin. Harrison Kendall was declared to be the choice of the county ! for Senatorial Delegate for the district of Wabash and Miami. . . . CÖ We regret to learn tliat Mr. G. B. Hart, one of the excellent representatives of Bartholomew county laat winter, and who was in nomination for reelection, has declined on account nf bad health. f Enoch R. James, Esq., haa been nominated as the democratic caudidate for the Senate for the district of Posey and Vanderburgh. We preaume he will be reelected of courtfe; " for the democrats have ample strength to dj it, and Mr.'J. is fully entitled to their confidence. ,

Ths flies of a ddegaia is tha biehtit offlct that t in. ths f,ea(j f a fmily possesses himself uf a home and rl,lLU ,P.PJ't itUm nBc bifher ffic 'c.'1 w""ih Si OCX each. Th?-e are 400.0(H) l.rada of Unvrioor, fur lh Goscinur and all oibvr officara wl Stt ara r ' ... . v. . ,r , , ... co'mtfd by the Constitution of tlt Stale, and when tbty f;""''w Nw.wk- Cfn-equenily lb-re would be go bsond its dustings thay siol.t ihsir swom dot. Jour hundred miliums ol dollars exempt from execu-

Uonieatenet Exemption. E. D. Mansfield, Evj., of the Cincinnati Atlas, i t a recent letter from New York, thus expresses himself in regard to the Homestead question:

The Iltmetlead Exemption Bill has parsed the Piew

rsvm.u eriae , ym Legislature, firing the value of pnperty fil"Z2uV''mrtd from execution t S1000 The Tribune is

','vvry much rrj...crd. bo am I. But, I fancy, there ' may be som difference in the reasr.ns. - This exetnpti)U of. the Homestead is not Socialiat operation by 1 1 Hit HI any means. , It Is the moat. CHnxertalit measure 1 , , . , . are.errr known promised m tins .country ; bu con Servallt e, I think, of ritfhl principles and rieht results. Juat f ke tliff Mtalistica of New York aiipmitta each imn, and this sU in rent rotate !v Th.o is nearly tha value cf.a.11 the real estate in the State! In Ohio, the H tmesteftd Exemption, in the exemption of personal properly ($:31K)) from execution would (if property were equally distributed) exempt aZ the property oftheS'ate! Now, I am in favor of this measure for these rea sons; First, it. is a protection to families against ,i..: t:n " u'"l w ' 'r Prr7 rJ , i vuiig ums, tuen ums, iiu iiwi uius. orc7iu.y, it is a premium to all vouni? men to eet a homestead for their sweethearts ! After the passage of such an act. every young woman should say to her lover, where is the home you mean to take me to! . Thirdly, it is a check upon the fluctuation of property, made so fickle uy tue inordinate propensity tu mercantile pursuits. n all respects, this measure is conservative ; con servative of the Family, conservative of Property, and conservative of the Stability of Society. I think every encouragement should be given to young men to obtain a portion, however small, of the soil; and when a family is once placed on a little spot of earth, which they can call their own, it should not be depeudent on every wind and wave of the Mercantile world. It is a beautiful figure, that in the Bible, representing every roan sitting under his own Vino and Fig-tree. It is a profound truth, too, that this is a condition, in Political Economy, which by the Moral snd Natural Laws, roust precede the condition of Universal Liberty. How can that society be happy, which sees thousands of its vagrant wanderers seekng a spot to lay their head, living upon a crust of bread doled out ly public charity ! The wails of the wretched reach the ears of the happy, and all society groans together, in the travail uf its spirit I You may depend upon it, that the Homestead Ex emption Law ia the best Poor Law which was ever enacted. It is a law of prevention, which is worth ten remedies. Precedence Man and Wife The New Doctrine. Mrs. Swisaheltn thus holds forth on tho important question of male and female precedence: The Ohio Picayune aays: "Mrs. SwUshelra has condescended at last to take in her husband as assis tant editor of the Visiter; but boldly places her name above his, and calls herself the senior editor." Very sorry to say, Mr. Pica ytlne,' that you have quite over estimated our powers of condescension. We profess to be the very embodiment of humility and lowly mindeuness ; but to become an editor s wife, at this time of day, passes our ideas of humiliation, even on fast day. You must thinks Mr. Pick, we were very scarce of offers in our da v.. when we married a fellow who, thirteen years afterwards, was hanging loose in society, waiting for a situation as assistant editor to anybody's paper ! Such an employment suits a young man very well, while he rubs the college rust off his manners, and prepares for active life; but for a man in the meridian of life, as Mr. Swisahelm w. to be wait ng for his wife to give him a place, is a picture or manhood that excites our contempt. Such a loafer could never be our huuband long, for we be lieve in divorces. We do beir of our cotemporsries to be eat.y on Mr. S.'s account ! He is perfectly able to take care or himself and us too baa business to attend to, that is more important, in a pecuniary sense, than half a dozen newspapers like the Visiter. liiere won I be a sad waste of bone and muscle in placing him in an editorial chair. Ho looks upon a quill driving as somewhat like to tailoring suitable for little women and small men, such as ourself and the editor of the Picayune ; and could spare, without missing it, enough self-respect, firmness and decision of character, tn save half a dozeu such men as our Picayune friend from all fear of being hen-pecked or eclipsed by their own or other body's wives. But if circumstances and tastes were so far different from what they are, that it would be suitable we should be associated together in the conduct of the Visiter, we wonld place our name before his, although be is our senior by a good many years, and our superior in far more respects than one. His being our husband gives him no title to the precedence in a business we understand much better than he. The relation of husband and wife we recognize as one of perfect equality, and we would scorn to maintain a marriage relation with any other understanding. He is not any more our superior, ia some respects. than our present and former assistants are in others, or the same. They are all stronger, larger, and better mathematiciana than we; but we can write editorial to suit the Visiter, take care of a baby and bake biscuits better than any of them. So,' whenever we come in competition as Visiter editor, baby tender or biscut baker, we will " boldly" take the precedence. Westekx Manufactures. The Economist, at Cannelton, Indiana, continues to urge the superior capacity of that region over this for cotton and woolen manufactories. It asserts that In tho manufacture of coarse cottons and for our own markets, the Lower Ohio has an advantage in subsidence, power, and material, of 20 per cent, over New England, and of 30 per cent, over Enirland, oo the capital invested; that this advantage is more than equivalent to the high wages, at our home prices, of the operatives required in the manufacture; and the money price of labor here is becoming less and lese every year of our production of food, hemp, tobacco, and cotton. The Economist further states, that if the Mcrimac mills at Lowell, which have averaged 14 per. cunt, profit for eleven years, had been located at Cannelton, they would have divided 30 or 40 per cent. At least a due degree of jealousy is exhibited in the following extract: - - One of the stockholders of our cotton mill wrote to a frieod in Boston some eighteen months ago, for a list of dividends made in Slate street, for the five preceding years, on New England cotton mills. The answer was, "We do not publish our mill dividenda; but I can say to you that, fur the last five vears. they have aversged over 15 per cent. You mutt not give my name as authority, however.' Now, this guard ed silence of our northern friend has shown one uf two things, and perhaps both: either that they were making large profits, and wanted tbe field to them selves, or that they were aware of the greater idvan tages of the South and West, and wished to keep all the details to themselves. OrThe London correspondent of the Philadelphia North American writes that a hammer, weighing six tons, will be shipped in a few days from Liverpool for an establishment in New York. It is the largest hammer ever made in England. Trees are migratory in their habits, for wherever they winter, they are sure lo leave in the spring, most of them are extremely polite and full of boughs. And much like a dog, too, fur wo never saw one. however young, tbat did not bark. Facetious. The editor of the Lynn Bay State, in advertising for an apprentice, says that a boy "not oldr at fifteen than most folks at fifty, can find em ployment and reasonable compensation," at that otEce. QrThe "Rocheater- Knockiogs" are extending through the vast. Connecticut is now-, tn a "myste rious" excitement on the subjects . - A Weetern paper announces the sitting of the Court of Common Fleat . We suppose that of course the big bugs are also in attendance at the hotels. rßcrisson Keslt. The lectures of Mr. Kecly, on " mental electricity," have afftrded a ood deal of amusement, satisfying his audience generally, and puzzliog the knowing oues" Dot a little. QrTbe "Western Sun," at Vineennes, ono o the oldest papers in the State, haa been discontinued in et'nirqucnce of the office having been taken from

the proprietor, (Jno. R. Jones) for debt. . - .

Congressloual. , Washington, May 3, 1850. Scxate. Not In session to-day. ... House. Mr. Feathereton, dem., of Miss., asked leave to offer rceolution requesting the President to Lave prepared and delivered to the House at its next session, allof the opinions of the Attorney General delivered from March, 1341, to th present time, which give constructions to the public laws not of a temporary character. An ol.jecliim being made the resolution was not received. -A motion was then put to adjourn till Monday, but was defeated upon calling for the yeas and nay a." - ' . Mr. Wilmot asked that the Committee take up the California message to enable him to make some remarks. . The members drew around the gentleman, and the confusion which prevailed aubaided into a respectful attention. Mr. Wilmot said that tire debate on the subject of California and Uv question concerned with it, had. in his judgment, produced wonderful results. The settled and fixed purpose of the Sou;h had been disclosed, for the doubt aa to the termination of the conflict it was to extend slavery over territories. If there was any room for doubt heretofore, there was doubt no longer. There was tvo question more fraught with consequences than the ultimate deciaiou of that now in their hands, aud which is to determine the chaiacter and pneiti rj of the southern portiu of our country. And it will settle another question. Damply, whether the government is to be administered in the spirit which gave it birth, or whether an aristocracy baaed on alave property and slave representation ahall control it. In this aspect it lias been viewed by the South and the part of Southern men, bordering almost on madness. They are bonnd by no sacred ties to the Union, but are banded together as one man for the accomplishment of their object, and that is the perpetuity of Slavery. There is uo disguise. The existence of the Union and the stablility of the government is threatened by the South. In his judgment, their spirit of threatening and defiance must h resisted, or the North are the greatest slaves. What, he asked shall the line of our duty be proscribed under

the pressure nf the treasonable threats shall we be told what we shall do or what we ahall not do, at the peril of the existence of the government itself. If we submit to this any longer, our freedom here, and the fundamental principles or tho Constitution sre un dermined. t slaving In of the Northern Whigs. ' ' The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, is dwn upon the northern whigs in the Senate for .their desertion uf Mr. Benton in his oppo sition to Mr. Clay'a resolutions of compromise. He says they left a southern man to fight alone and un aided upon the noor of the benate; thoueh that man was assailed by Senator Foote in a strain that viola ted every parliamentary rule and set at defiance every principle of decorum, yet they refused to stand by bim and by the principles of 'freedom. It is by this conduct this bowing down to the spoils of party that the north ia to be trampled in the dust by the lave power, and overawed in its struggle for freedom to the territories. ' . Col. Benton struggled through the day most man iuiij, anu wiien at. last-overpowered tell with eis face to the foe feil contending fur the admission of California upon its own merits alone." But he was opposed by perhaps the only whig in the Senate that could successfully remt'oim; that whig was Henry Clav. He marshaled the ranks, encouraged those who showed a disposition to waver, and finally tria la -v." " m etna urnpuea, Dy a vote i 3 to . mere is now no room to doubt, that there is strength ia tiie Senate to carry a bill upon Mr. Clay'a plan. But what of the House ; will it succeed there ! The Tribune's correspondent is tearful that it will. .The whiss in the House, he intimates, show symo toms of having been tampered with by the southern ers. Ihe wicked and corrupt schemes for president making begin slready to develope themselves, snd there is no telling who may not next turn traitor to the cause of freedom. Some of the whisr members of the House from New York, one or two from Penn sylvania, with a number of others will go with ihe south in favor of Mr. Clay'a plan. "There is no dis guising," pays the Tribune's correspondent, "that bad state of feeling exists among the whigs.". And this feeling, be thinks, will redound to the strengthen ing of the slave power and "loco-fucoism." ihe truth of the matter is the northern whigs are caving in. Harry Llay has been at work with them Daniel Webster has been laboring to bring them up to the st'cking-place ; and we begin to fear that the consequence will be the defeat of the proviso by the very party which claimed to be its firmest supporters Dr. Dod'n Execution has recently been the subject of remark in connection with tbe sentence upon Dr Webster. The facts are these: Dr. Dod, Prebend of St. Paul's, and Chaplain to the King, committed fortrcry on a young lord to whom he was preceptor The amount was for seven thousand pounds, and the money was obtained through the ageucy of a broker. In the filling up of the bond a blot in the word 'seven' appeared, and that led to the discovery of the forgery On Dr. Dod being charged with the onence he candid ly admitted that be was the author of the bond, and declared that it would be redeemed wben it came to maturity, and was informed that ia case the money ehould be refunded, no proceedings would be taken against him. He accordingly refunded 4,000, and gave an execution on bis property tor the balance Nevertheless, be waa ei posed, and taken before tbe Lord Mayor who was obliged to commit the unfortun ate Doctor for trial. Dr. D. was the founder of sev eral benevolent institutions, and tbe one that he spe cially exerted him?lf for, and the zeal to aid which led to his conviction, is the Magdalen Asylum in St. George's Field. The money that was fraudulently obtained was not to be applied for the Doctor's bene fit, but for the Asylum alluded to. Great exertions were made to save the life of a man that had been ao useful. ' . Gen. Shields, in his remarks in the United Slates Senate on tbe territorial question, thus speaks in re ference to the claim set up by Texas to a portion of New Mexico:. . Texas has no right, claim, or title to any portion of New Mexico, either on this side or on tbe other side of the Rio Grande. She never conquered it never occupied it, never reduced it to possession, and never exercised anv authority over it. She has no more title to Santa Fe than ahe has to San Francisco, not a particle. That country, and the whole of tbat country was under tne law, junsoiciion, anu autuor ity of Mexico, when It waa wrested Irorn that coua a m . a l eTa . ' " try by tne arms oi tne unuea oiaies. - 1 - " asassswasasasaa aBaaBBase-aaaa - MiaroRTVNR of Bring itt Advance or the Age. The disadvantage of being a few years in advance of the age is exemplified in the case of the eccentric EngUaha tn, who first introduced from China, um brellas among bis countrymen.. Being the first ever seen in that country, it. attracted such curious and indignant notice, that its owner was soon surrounded by a furious English mob, and pelted with mud and other missiles for his audacity in thus attempting to screen himself from tbe ram, which all true born Englishmen, from time immemorial, had allowed to beat upon mem, wimoui resistance, as uie vieuauun of Providence! Now none so poor as not to own an umbrella, or, if that is saying too much, considering how many are stolen annually, none ao proud aa to be above its use. The Art or Advertising. Advertising has become one of the fine arts. The tradesman now takes as much pains in rounding his business sentences as,' Dr. Johnson took tu polishing his aphorisms tor the Rambler," and public taste has been rendered o fastidious by being thus catered for, that people will scarcely condescend to read a common place or illiterate advertisement. Metaphor, simile, and climax, are clustered around a hat. poetry is made to chaunt the praises of a bed-bug bane, and eloquence takes Its way through a long vista f balsa and packages of all sorts of commodities,, scattering the polished shafts of wit and tho flowers of compliment, right and left, with a liberal hand. " . The Boston Post, of Monday last, publishes a letter from Joseph A. At wood, dated "Terre Haute, Anril 18. 1350 " which atates that D Parkinan, for, - - r ' ' . bp. aava. whose murder Dr.- Webster is now under sentence of death in Boston, arrived in Terre Haute by canalboat and soon after left by stsge for St. Louis, under tha aaaumad name of A. M. f histon. He was re cognized by Dr. R. W. DUIinghamer, who had for tnerly been intimately acquainted witn him ana who is willing to swear to his identity.

. . The Bible- -ev VerMou. The Baptist denomination would seem to be a good

deal convulaed by the resolution of a portion of their body to issue a revised translation of the Scripture, wherein the word baiiV ahall be rendered immerse, and so on. So far as ws have means of udging, we think a majority of the sect are opposed to the proposition. V bile we express no opinion of tbe merits of this controversy it seems lo us that a retision of the Received Version of tbe Bible is exceedingly desirable. f'L - . . ..... na i veramn is in tne mam a good one, out it is hardly possible that the fl k! of light thrown upon the teat bv the researches 'of critics, scholars and commentators during the last two centuries, should not enable translators now to render many passages more clearly and accurately than in the present version. For example, the worda let, prevent and one or t-o others, are wow used in a sense directly opposite to that borne by them at the time ihe Received Version was made, when to let sometimes meant tu hinder, to obstruct, (See Isa. xliii. 13. Rom. i. 13. II. These. it. 7.) So prevent means lo anticipate or go before nd rather to open a way than to close or obstruct it. (See Psalma xvii. 13, lxxxviii. 13, xcv. 2, cxix. 143. Amos ix. 10. I. Theas, iv. 15.) It strikes us tbat faults so obvious and undeniable as these, vet so cal culated to perplex and confound the unlearned, ought not to remain uncorrected a single year. So with the glaring grammatical blunders like 'Our Father which art in heaven. f Matt. xi. 9. Luke xi. 2.1 Many doubtless suppose that the many errors of this class pertain to the text, wben they are simply faults of translation, which ri one would now commit, but the grammar of our language waa comparatively unsettled and chaotic when the Received Version was made. Tbe words printed in Italics in the Received Ver sion are giren as supplied by the translators, being neceaaary to complete the sense of the original. This statement gives a fafee idea of the case. In many instances the words given as supplied were ac tually though not literally in the original that is they were implied, according to tbe idiom of the lan guage, in the words actually given, as the verb lotest a an .Lnglisn book requires and implies a tubatantivo in the third person and singular number as its nominative to be expressed, it wonld be incorrect f we think) to print that nominative in Italics as an addition to the original. It was there, though not expressed in our English way. But in a good many places, our common Biblo seems to read as if the translators had taken a very unnecessary trouble in supplying words which the test did not need, and which it would have been far clearer without. Thus (I Cor. xv.26) -The last enemy thit shall be destroyed is Death," does not seem at all :o need the translator a supplied words in Italics, and would have been clear, complete and forcible without them. Unless the text actually implies them, as it does the words supplied in some other, they mar and pervert the sense. So in other cases. The notion justified by our Received Version that the Bible need ed a good deal of doctoring and fixing up in the trans lation is wholly unwarranted, though the great con- . . i -. . irasi in manners, loeas, conceptions, oetween our people to day and the Israelites and Asiatic Greeks of eighteen to twenty to twenty-five centuries ago. renders it sometimes difficult to find sn expression in the English language of to-day that will fit the thought nf a Hebrew seer or apostle of the time of Isaiah or of Christ. If the work of limply revising- and imecdinj the Received Version could be undertaken under such auspices ss would absolve it from the imputation of sectarian hiss or of inadequate scholarship, we should rejoice t sre it effected. .We believe that consummation would impel thousands to study their Bibles who now neglect them, and would enable many who now read the Scriptures to understand them better than they da. N. Y. Tribune. The directors of the Fall River (Mass.) Railroad "have declared by vote, that no ardent spirits shall be transported over this road." We give publicity to the fact, so that persons whose business or pleasure may oblige them to travel over tbe Fall River Rail road, may abstain from drinking : otherwise they will be sopped. Fancy a conversation like the following, between the ticket seller at the depot and a traveller : "A ticket, sir, if you please." Do you drink ar dent spirits, sir I" "Yes sir, sometimes. 'When did you drink last, sir!" "Why I took a night-cap last night, and let me se I had an eye-opener this morning." "Do you suppose, sir, at this moment there is any ardent spirits in your stomach !" "Well, sir, I think the night-cap is off, but I can't say about the eye-opener I don t think that s gone yet. iou can't travel over this road, sir." "Can't travel over this road ! Why not, pray !" "There's the regulation of tbe directors, sir. 'No ardent spirits shall be transported over this road,' read it for yourself." Melancholy Accident. Col. C. G. DeRnssy and hie three sons, all of age, were drowned in Sibley 'a Lake, in the neighborhood of Natchitoches, a few days since. They had gone out in a small boat, fishing, and were caught in a squall the boat upset and they were drowned. A gentleman by the name of Palmer, who waa with them, swam to the shore. The bodies bave not been recovered. Col. DeRussy was educated at West Point, and for many years was in the army. He was Colonel of the Louisiana Regiment in the Mexican war, and had command at Tampico. Tue Cincinnati Times appeared on Thurday last in a new dress. In speaking of tbe business of the establishment, the editor says We pay out more than 010,000 a year, at present for prize tales, poetry and lies, and next yeur intend to increase the amount to $50,000 aud manufacture the lies at home. Tli e editor evidently has commenced operations in tbe department he has reserved for home manufaclnre. Pa. Ledger. (ttrRer. Peter McEnally, of the Baltimore annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died very suddenly on the 19th ult., near Phillipsburg, Fa., on the mountain. He had alighted from bis carriage to adjuet something that was wrong, and complained of a stitch in his side, remarking that in a few moments he would be a dead man, when he almost instantly expired. He had been fur some time in feeble health, and was extensively known and esteemed. OCy-Several persona in the Presbyterian Church in Pennington,' N. J., became unexpectedly sick on Saturday week, and were obliged to leave tbe bouse, and several fainted. The feeling of suffocation became so general tbat the pastor closed the service and dismissed the assembly, when it was ascertained that the house was fillod with carbonic acid gas-from charcoal in tbe furnace. Moral. Let ever parent or master of a child, reflect tbat severe puniahment for unintentional errors ia cruel to the child, and ia calculated to crush his spirit; and alsj. in after years, ss sure ss punishment follows the commission of wrong acts, in acme form or other, so will be who is unjust or cruel to those under his control, pay the penalty for his brutal conduct. Charles D. Bright was tried, on Tuesday last, in the circuit court of Rash county for the murder of Knowles Vanosdal. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree, the punishment for which is imprisonment for life; but was recommended by the jury to the clemency of the Governor on account of bis youth. Jfcy-Aecording to the Minnesota Pioneer, the Chippewa or Maskiego Indians, who live in the northeastern part of that Territory, are in such a destitute condition as to be compelled to die or eat their fellows, unless they ran get aid. Tbe rice crop failed last season, and something has caused the rabbits to entirely abandon the country. A postscript from Boston states it is understood that Dr. Webster's counsel have laken out a writ of error, upon the ground that the order upon the municipal court for certifying the indictment up to the Supreme court, was not fully aet forth in the certificate by the clerk of the municipal court. (tTAn eminent lawyer, who is said to bave much experience in criminal trials, lias been furnishing the Now iork Commercial Advertiser with a series of article designed to show that the verdict sgainst Webster is not justified by the evidence. - 1 " Late ed vices from Florida announce that B.lly Bow. ieg, me muian vne, uau iiuany come totneconciuI sum not to emigrate.