Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1850 — Page 2

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WIIXIA7I J. IHIOWIV. Editor. I.DIAKAlOLIS, Jl'XC UV 1850. Our Terms. The following wiil hereafter be ihe permanent terms of the Week-y Indiana Stale Sentinel: Qf" Payments to be made always in advance. One copj , one year, 2.00 Three copies, one year, 5.00 Five copies, one year, - 8. 00 One copy during the session, yßo Ten copies, in clubs, one vear, lo.OO pini-Ü'eekly. (Published three times a week during the session.) One copy, $4 00 Three copies, 10.00 One copy during Ihe session,- 1.00 All papers will be stopped at the end of the term paid for, uoless the subscription is renewed, except to those with whom we have other unsettled business accounts. Any penon lending us a club of ten, with cash, at Ohe rate of $1.50 each, shall have a copy gratis fur one year. For a greater number than ten, the gratuity shall be increased in proportion. 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We aim at a large sub scription, and so soon as the editor returns from Washington, he will make a personal effort amongst his friends in different narts of the Siaie. In the mean time, we trust our friends, in every county will give us a helping hand. We are gratified in being able to say, that we are daily in the receipt of new subscriptions. Our friends may rest assured, that the positions of the editor, as laid down in his address and our prospec tus, and which are generally approved, will not be departed from; and we deem it umiecesary to an swer the unkind treatment we have received from a portion of the whiff prese of tho State. We wish to be judged by our acts, and not by the surmiies of inflated imaginations. Wo invite attention to our prospectus, inserted in another column, and hope our friends will remem ber us. Give us the subscriptions and we will try and furnish a paper with which you will be satisfied. Our rew materials are daily expected, and it will not be long before we will be able to furnish the Sentinel in an entirely new dress. The Indiana State Journal has tried very hard to find fault with the first number of the State Sentinel, under the present editor. It has, however, but one fault to find, and that is, that the Sentinel is not enamored, as the Journal now professes to be, with General Taylor's do-nothing policy. The Journal appears to have jumped Jim (Jn.w, with its usual i alacrity on this question. In February last that pa per, speaking of the compromise resolutions of Mr. Clay, appeared to be in favor of them, which was j echoed by the Madison Banner in the following ar ticle: They the people of this State want to see them the slavery questions! settled forever, and if con vinced that it can be done in the manner proposed by Mr. Clay, we belitve (hat nine-tenths of the people would say. to their representatives at Washington to settle it on the terms proposed by him. A regard for whig principles now induces the Jour nal to give Mr. Clay the go-by. "Times sic't now as they used to was." Hard Cider Whig Song of 1840. The "pensioned presses" of a Whig Administration are out in full cry against Henry Clay. He is to te run down, if possible, not by "Locofocos," but by Whigs themselves. Who would, in times gone by, ever thought of living to see that day to live to hear Henry Clay, the embodiment of Whiggery, de nounce and ridicule the plann of a Whig Adminis tration, and be in turn denounced and. ridiculed by the favored Whig presses of tho Administration ! The above from the Cincinnati Enquirer was pub lished the day after a furious attack had been made on Mr. Clav, by the Cincinnati Gazette Where's Defrees with his regard for Whig principles ! Maryland Democratic Convention. The De mocracy of Maryland met in State Convention, at Baltimore, on Thursday and Friday last, to nominate a candidate for Governor. There were four candi dates before the Convention, viz : Messrs. E. L. Lowe, John S. Gittings, J. T. Mason, and James M Buchanan. On the first ballot, the Hon. Enoch Lew is Lowe received the nomination, by a large majority. The Republican states that Mr. L. is favorably known as a staunch reformer, and expresses the opinion that, if the democracy rally around him, he can bo trium phantly elected. Biennial Sessions. The Ohio Statesman of the 31st ulL says that the Contention hna decided on bi ennial cessions in Committee of the Whole. The Convention has decided that the printing for the State should be put out to the lowest bidder. After the working of the contract system at Wash ington, we think the experiment by Constitutional provision is of doubtful propriety. Why not fix the prices by law and elect a printer by the people. The Ladies Fair vt the Protestaut Episcopal Church was last evening thronged with visiters. The large room in the new Masonic Hall is tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers, and the spa cious apartment added very much to the pleasure of all in attendance. The Fair will be continued this evening. Every body will be there of course. Mr. Tasso, the celebrated violinist, assisted by Mr. . Wosbalx, guitarist and eccentric vocalist, gave a concert at the Court House, on Monday evening, to a crowded and delighted audience. They visit La Fay ette this week; but "there's a good time a coming,' as we learn they will return here next we;k, and en-1 liven us with some new and choico selections of music. Episcopal Chit.cii. To-morrow (Thursday) the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church commences its sessions in Christ Church. Divine service at half past lOo'cbck, A. M., anJ at 8 o'clock P. M., when the Apostolic rite of confirmation will le administered by Bi'hop UpfolJ. The Harrison Gazette, published at Corydon, la., say s there have been six deaths of cholera in that county last week. The persons were engaged in peeling tan-bark on the river hill, camping out, and livinz principally upon fresh fish, which, it is as w ' thought, caused the disease. . fj"A plank road is about to bo constructed from I Brownstown, Jackson county, to .Madison. The com pany ha9 been organized and a portion of tho work ordered to be put under contract. frThe new steamer Eelle, for the Madison and ""nati trade, will be launched in the coure ofl

Iissliaiiu IVwfiocrucy. The Democracy of Indiana sre preparing for the em'est in August, with a spirit well becoming the justice of the caucc in which they are engaged. The next Legislature will have to cIhks a United Stales Senator and our opponents have had their eye fixed t'ii that body more than upon anything else; and the secret caucus, lt-ld lust winter in ihernpiinl, by whig members of the Legislature and others, was deigned principally to secure a whig iimjority n joint ballot. It was understood, at that time, that in the strong whig counties full whig tickets were tobe formed; but in the doubtful and Democratic counties, they were to go fur compromise tickets f r the Convention; and by this nmans, secure great advantages to their representative tickets. This plan ha been entirely frustrated by the prompt movement of the Democratic State Central Committee, and the conventions of . the Democratic party throughout tho State. Our Democratic friends have selected pood tickets, and, with proper efforts, the election is secure. Hut the whigs are still determined h) make a bold movi for the Legislature. We may depend upon it, tiial ihey are still scheming for that object, and will sacrifice all other elections for that purpose. We should, in no case, suffer ourselves to be caught, napping; and we cannot too much caution our friends ti look well to their Representative and Senatorial tickets. It would be a great triumpli to the whigs to gain a United Stales Senator next winter. The whig party will wield an immense patronage this

summer, ihe United States census is to betaken. and active whigs will be engaged in every county, travelling from house to house. Our candidate should be on the alert. We tell them the enemy is in the field, and the men who have disposed of most of the government patronage in Indiana Marshall being now out of the way are looking lo the Senate. You will see them moving the wires ere the ides of August are over, unless we are greatlv mistaken. The President of the Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company, in his first annual report, makes the following allusion to roads in progress and projected, in a number of which Indiana, and more patticularly Indianapolis, has a deep interest: The Mad River and Lake Erie Company are pressing forward their rad to meet us at Dayton, which will unquestionably be completed before our road can be. The Culumbus and Xenia Company i-b-tained from the last Legislature a charter for ex tending their road to Dayton. This work will soon be constructed. The Greenville road is entirely graded. From Hamilton the road to Eaton, up the valley of Seven Mile, has been let to responsible and efficient contractors, arid is believed will Degraded during the present season. A careful survey of a continuation of the road from Eaton to Richmond, has just been completed, demonstrating that a most ftvorable line can bs located between these towns, requiring a maximum grade of only twenty-five feet to the m,le. Surveys have also b"eti made from Hamilton up the valley of Four Ilile, and thence through Conner6viile to Rushville. Both these latter branches, passing up beautiful valleys to the table lands, with an almost imperceptible grade, aim at Indianapolis, where they cro3s the Madison and Bellef ntaino roads at right angles, and meet numerous other connections, among which are the roads to Terre Haute, on the Wabash, und to Chicago via Lafayette, parts of both which lines are in progress of construction. The correspondent of the Balti more Sun, says that Mr. Corwin will "speak as the champion of the President's plantaking up the glove which Mr. Clay threw down." The New York Courier correspondent says that Mr. Dayton has given notice in the Senate, of his purpose to vindicate the policy of the President. The Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, under date of 29ih tilt, says the Senate will take nearly the whole of this week Tor a recess, in order to put the chamber in summer trim. After the amendments to the Compromise Bill shall be disposed of, and a dozen or two more speeches heard upon it, a motion will be made, as a test of the sense of the Senate, to postpone the bill indefinitely. This may possibly carry. Two Senators w ill vote for this, who would, if fi nally called to vote yes or no on the passage of the bill, go for it. Should the bill escape this first ordeal of indefinite postponement, it will be next moved by its opponents, to separate California from the other measures, and for this, it Is said, Mr. Webster will vote, and that the scheme will be defeated. The Madison Banner of the 3d inst. says that Gor. Crittenden, with his lady and suite, took passage on the Sea Gull for Frankfort on Saturday eveninghaving remaiced in Indiana one week. The party, during the afternoon and night of Saturday, partook of the kind and elegant hospitality of Mr. John M. Price and Capt. C. L. Shrewsbury, whose accomplished families deserve the thanks of the State for their splendid entertainments to her distinguished guest. The proprietor of the Madison Hotel and Iiis family, also, on this, as on other occasions, merited the praise of all. The visit of Mr. Crittenden, we have no doubt, will have a salutary effect upon the whole Union. The Indiana Register of the 1st inst. says, that it is understood that "between three and four hundred thousand dollars of stock have been subscribed to the Rail Road Company about In commence operations on the road between Cincinnati and Lawrenceburgh. This is to form the first link in the Ohio and Mississippi railroad. We are glad to hear that the work is soon to be commenced. The road from Cincinnati to this place 20 miles, will cost $600,000. It is to be a double track, with heavy II rail, pounded stono ballast, with stone bridges across all the streams including the Miami river. It will be the most expensive, yet the best plan of roads now built." Itlongomcrj County. The Democrats of Montgomery county have nominated David A. Shannon, Horace E. Carter and Henky T. Snook, Delegates to the Convention, and Thomas E.' Harris and Robert W. McMakin for Representatives. The Review says, the deliberations of the Convention were marked with pood order and harmony, and urges the Democrats of Montgomery to activity and vigilance. Miami County Nominations. The Democrats of Mortui county have nominated John A. Graham Representative Delegate to the Slate Convention, and James T. Miller for Representative in the next Legislature. A resolution was adopted appointing twen ty delegates to meet Wabash county in a convention to nominate & Senatorial Delegate. The Peru Sentinel ay?, the meeting was characterized by order and decorum and spirit if conciliation. This is right. Go ahead. Adams and Wells. The Ohio Statesman pays Ihe following just compliment to B. M. Elkixs, Esq. recently nominated for Representative in the above count ies. The Statesman says : "Mr. Elkins formerly resided at Thornsville, in Perry county, Ohio, and was as good a democrat and clever a fdlow a could be found snv where. We rejoice lo see that he is nominated for a seat in the House of Representatives of his State. We hope he may be elected. . TitEVrf About. Numerous robberies were committed in Madison aiid Terre Haute last week. C7 It is said that the grain-and fruit crops in Jckn county are unusually promising.

Trade of Iutlimiu. There is no better evidence of the rapid advancement of Indiana, especially in the development of her agricultural resources, than the fact, that every commercial point, at all within our reach, is striving after our trade, by encouraging, at least so far a word aro concerned, the great arteries i.f trade now in progress. We look upoü all our improvements with a favorable eye ; but upon none more than our plank roads, fi.r they are truly and emphatically the farmers roads, and can continue to bo prosecuted, even under any general monetary misfortune that ini-xht hereafter befall the country. The Toledo Blades gives an encouraging account

of plank ronds from Goshen and Angola in our State to that city, as follows : "Judge Davis informs us that there is an organized company at Goshen, in Elkhart county, and another in Angola, bteohen county. Imh of which intend to construct a plank road to the Ohio State line, a dis tance uT bi miles from Goshen. At the Slate line this road is to connect with the Toledo plank road, now in process uf construction, thus affording u a continuous road U the heart of the wheat growing region or northern Indiana, a distance of 1W mile. Wo learn from Judge D.ivis thit the company organ ized to construct the road from Goshen to Angola, have an amount equal to one thousand dollars per mile subscribed f r the entire distance and that the Angola company will meet with no difficulty in dis posing of the Ptock from thnt place to tho State line immediately." Tho following advantages are set forth, in order to stimulate the people to a vigorous prosecution of the work. The best thing the citizens of Toledo could do would be at once to put down a heavy subscrip tion, if they have not already done so. Their arguments for the road, however, have force in them. The Blade says : Look at if. The farmer from Elkhart puts 80 bnshels of wheat into his wagon, and in two days and a half he is in Toledo. He has the benefit of a market twenty-five-per cent, above his own. This affords him .$20 profit on his load. He take home a load of goods, for which he gets $1H more, and ar rives home on Saturday with a clear profit of five dollars per day, minus the expenses of travelling. winch of course would be light. QThc National Intelligencer has suddenly been convinced of a fact, that was one of the mögt prorni nent, urged by the Democrats of Indiana, in the Presi dential canvass of 1949. In support of the doctrine of non-intervention, when the Democrats of this State were charged with being in favor of slavery extension, because they did not throw up their caps for the Wil mot Proviso, they universally took the same ground now advocated by Mr. Webjter, and which is con tained in the following extract, viz: that slavery is excluded frm the new territories by "Ihe law of nature, of physical geography, the late of the formation of the earth." Wo are glad the Intelligencer, even at this late day, has been convinced of this fact. The following is their article, occupying the promi nent position of a leader in that paper: The Natural "Wilmot." or the Proviso of Climate, Altitude, and Country. A Coincidence. In the course of tho speech delivered by Mr. Web ster on the 7th of March, in the Senate, ho made this remark: "I hold slavery to be excluded from those Territories New Mexico, &.c by a law even superior to that which admits and sanctions it m Texas : I mean the laic of nature, of physical geography, the law of the formation of the earth." A letter written at Santa Fe, in New Mexico, by a field ofbcer of the United States army tu hi friend in this city, on the 5th of March, two days before the delivery of the speech, .furnishes, in language singularly coincident, the strotzest confirmation of the truth of Mr. Webster's as. o. The letter is a free private communication, jVoiiTe omcer to another intended for no other eye, and least of all for any political purpose; bfit deeming its evidence important, we have obtained permission to give publicity to the annexed extract : "The notion that Spanish Ameiica New Mexico is hot all a land of flowers is quite s mistake. Ia the the latitude of Raleigh, tan attitude of 7,000 feet, 1.000 feet higher neatly than the hilet peak east of the Missisippi river, it is often sufficiently cold t thetmometer sometimes d'wn to 10 Fah. We have no pape.s later than the President's message. I fancy Congiess i debating about lavery in New Mxico, where slavery is prohibited by a stronger than all human laws, the law of climate, and production, and selfinterest. Not more than a hundredth part of New Mexico could ever be cultivated if water were ever so plenty, such is the soil, topography, and lock of f bt land. Dut in the centre of a vast area, without large bodies of water, the rocky suiface sending what little watet falls upon it rapidly down tu the ocean, under an atmophere ever thirsty intj whicn evaporation ia maivrlouily rapitl, not more than one pait in two hundred aud fifty can ever be improved. We live on ham and muttJii, mutton and harn! Egz 50 cents per dozen; milk 50 cents per qtiait; potatoes $4 per bushel; miserable butter 75 cents per pound. "I have a board floor, which is a great gain, a pair of and irons, Ihe third pair which I have seen from Veia Cruz to Tao. We a often out on scouts, and I like it. I tee al ways something to inteiest me in this strange, unique, unnatural country. Nowhere else is the action of fire and water so well s'eeu as in this Tertitoiy, particulaily to tbe west of the Rio Grande." Gur readers will t?ce how fully this intelligent resi dent of the country and eye-witness of its gigantic mountain scenery and arid plains verifies Mr. Weester's description. Truly, in the face of such evU deuce, we cannot but ask whore lie the importance of so long-protracted a discussion in Congress about the prevention or lavery in New Mexico 1 A letter from Ex-President Tyler to Hon. II. S. Foote on the subject of the compromise bill now before the Senate, contains the following paragraph. Mr. Tyler is a Btrong Southern man, in all bi feelings, and his opinions are therefore entitled to great weight. "I mui't, however, in candor, say that I do not believe that the Southern planters will ever resort either to Utah or New Mexico for purposes of settlement. I go further, and express Ihe opinion, which I have on another occasion expressed, that, so far as the North is concerned, the Wilmot proviso has from the first been a mere abstraction. Mr. Wilmot might have saved himself all the solicitude he has felt upon the subject. Nature and circumstances asked no aid of him to carry forward his great scheme of philanthropy. He has placed himself at the head of the agitators, and won all the honors and distinction arising from that source; but this is all. The Southern man would scarcely have perilled his property by transferring it to the gold diggings. He has known from the first thai while he transferred his fifties, the Northern Stales would pour out their thousands; and that when it camo to the question of forming a Statu Government, he would be outvoted. The St. Jjui Intelligenter says, that to allay the fears of tlioso who still cannot convince themselves that we will not have a return of rhc!;ra as an epidemic, we contrast the mortality of the week past ended, with that of tho same week last year : Werk ending May 23, 18-19. May 27, 18Ö!). Total mortality, 18rJ .77 Deaths by Cholera, 114 7 Childien 5 years and tinder, 41 21 New Albant and Sai.gm Railboad. The Bedford Standard, speaking of this work, fays: On this cud the work has commenced, some twen-ty-five hands are employed quarrying rock for ihe hite River Bridge, und wheeling on the road. In two weeks, or ns soon as working instruments can be pntciired from the river, the contractors will put on some 50 or 100 hands, and puh the work forward wifh energy and speed. The locating parly hive been hard at work between tlti place and Blooiniiigton for several weeks. .They l ave run sever.il lines from Silt Cre k,a few miles north west of Bedford, in the direction of Bloom ington, and us eoon as the cheapot and best route can he found, which will be in short time, the road will be located aud ready to commence operations The c 'Mint ry between this and Blooiniiigton is rough and will require much time and skill lo select a cheap and practicable mute. Under all the circumstances the road is rapidly advancing, and the friends of the enterprise have reason to congratulate themselves upon the present favorable prospects..

SILVEll CLP PISrSEXTATION. The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masom of Indiana, through Judge Moi:kii"N, their organ, presented Mrs. liiti.ToM whit a silver cup, on the evening of the 21rh n!t. . At the request of the Grand Chapter, Judtte Morrison and Mrs. Bolton have consented to Ihe publication of Iheir reppclive addresses on that occasion. Jiiilc Morrison .4! titers. Mks. 1Joi.ton : The Grnnd Chapter of Indiana are

gratified t b perniittra, thu publicly, to aiw.ire you': of their w ann pers-MMl esteem, and high appreciation of your poetic merit; but especially do they con- i graiulale theus-lv-: ilmt the opportunity tints nff-ird-ed ennbls them, in the nnineof ancient f.ee masonry, to thank ym f T your iiob'e and disinterested vindication of lo principles of Ihe order. In the ancient Mid appropriate symbolic ceremony of lav i'g the cornerstone f the Grand Masonic Hall of udinna, you, mndaiii, were so kind and so intrepid ag to voluntarily come forward, in the face of widespread and deep-rooted prejudices, to animate us in the work then just begun. And when the edifice tholl be completed, as we trust it wwn will b', we can never look upon its imposing and pymmetrical proportio.is, looming out on the blue arrh of ilea veil a monument of the laste and liberality of the nmsonic fraternity of Indiana without associating a recollection of the beautiful and soul-inspiring ode chauntcd at the laying of its corner 6tone. lo speak of the poetic excellencies of the ode, is not, of course, the object of this manifestation ; that has been done by those more competent to the work than tho individual addressing you. Nor, madam, do your claims to hih poetic merit rest alone, or even mainly, on this or any other single production, rar from it. Many, very many gems, rich and rare, are enwreathed in your coronet of song ; and, ever and anon, another and another brilliant is made to flush upon the eye of an admiring public. If, therefore, you have been emulous of fame, you must feel that you had already attained a most enviable niche in her temple. May you long live to enjoy the untold luxury that rare endowments, united with loveliness of character never fail to bring their possessor. A masons, madam, wc attach peculiar value to the signal service done out; order, by this free will offering of your muse ; for we so consider it. I repeat the sentiment we do consider it a most noble, glowing. and truthful defence of the cardinal principles of an cienl free masonry ; principles, alas, most grievously maligned and misrepresented, because they are not generally understood. Tenetrated, therefore, with a due sense of the obligations under which you had thus brought the whole masonic fraternity, the Grand Chapter, at its last an nual meeting, unanimously adopted the following res olutions: "Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due to Mrs. Sarah T. Bolton, of Indianapolis for the beautiful Masonic Ode composed by her, which was 6ting on the occasion of laying the corner stone of the Grand Masonic Hall, in said city. on the 2oih day of October last. "Resolved unanimously. That, n? a token of the high regard which the members of the Grand Chapter entertain for the character of Mrs. Bolton, and to manifest their appreciation of her merits as a poetees, the Grand Chapter will present for her acceptance i silver cup, wi'h an appropriate device and inscription " ResnceJ, That a committee be appointed to carry these resolutions into effect, and that a copy of the resolutions, under the sealof the Grand Chapter, be furnished Mrs. Bolton, with the presentation.' And now, madam, as the honored organ of the Grand Chapter of Indiana, in their name and pres ence, I present for your acceptance this cup the main device on wh.ch, vou will notice, is the Koyal Arch and under whic!i, and between its sustaining columns is this inscription : 'The Grand Chapter of the State of Indiana, to Mrs. Sarah T. Bolton, as a token of acknowledgment for her excellent Masonic ode, on the laying of the corner stone of the Grand Masonic Hnll, at Indiau apolis. October 23, A. J). : A. L. iS2S." The minor device represents a craftsman in the act of adjusting a corner stone to its proper place. The inscription is one quite familiar to you, being three lines from your own inspiring ode : "Come, lay the corner stone, Asking the Lord to own .Labors that lend to Mis glory and praise." This token, Mrs. Bolton, you will please receive as an acknowledgment, by masons, of a debt thatneith er time nor circumstances will cancel or efface. Mrs. Bolton's? Koply. I have no language to expreps my sense of the honor conferred on me by tho Grand Chapter of In diana, in the presentation of this beautiful cup; but let me ossure that honorable body, through you, sir that I will treasure it up with the proudest care, and that it will be to me, in future years, the nucleus of a thousand bright and cherished recollections. Tho ode, in consideration of which it is presented, was but the simple and spontaneous outpouring of a heart alive to the dictates of humanity a heart well taught, in the school of adversity, to appreciate humuii aid and human sympathy. When, a little child at my mother's knee, I listened to many a 8tory of the stranger cared for, the widow relieved, and the orphan cherished by masonic charity, I learned to love and honor your noble and venerable institution. The seed then sown has ripened with my years, and I now believe that free masonry is the sister of Christianity. Both have gone out into the wastes and by-ways of earth, "giving beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, ami the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Both have been subjected to the ordeal of persecution; and both, like the Hebrew children, came forth unscathed by the furnace and the flame. When, bowed and broken-hearted, our first parents were driven from the garden of Eden, to reap the bit ter fruits of disobedience, the spirit of free masonry was commissioned, in Heaven, to bless and cheer them in their loneliness. She has fed the hungry, re claimed the wandering, ministered consolation by tho bedside of the dying, and brightened the pathway of the bereaved and desolate. Mortals have witnessed her labors of love, and angels have recorded her an nals in the archives of eternity. When the lion shall lie down with the lamb when the new heavens and the new earth are created then, and not till then, may she fold her white wings on her spotless bosom, and proclaim that her mission is accomplished. Clay out against the Administra tion. We regret that wc have nut room for a full account of Mr. Clay's attack upon Gen. Taylor and his advisers. The letter writers speak of this effort of Mr. Clay, as far surpassing in eloquence and power of feei ng anything of his latter years. He spoke powerfully of Gen. Taylor's do-nothing, or non-action course of the pressing necessity of providing a government for Isew Mexico, for protection against tho Indians, and more danger still from tho prospect of a conflict between the Texan and the original inhabitants of Mexico, between whom much hitler feeling exists. He ppoke of New Mexico being governed now by a mere Mility establishment, while Texas was sending out agents to extend her laws over ihe same territory. From the feeling created by this speech of Mr. Clay, wo may look for lively times during tho coming summer. Columbus, Ohio, Statesman. Pennsylvania Democratic Convention. tVtVliamxjwrt, June 1st. The Democratic Slate Convention nominated Morrison for Canal Commissioner, on the 2Gth ballot. Ho received one hundred aud six votes. To-day on the 4th ballot J. P. Bra w by was roiniiated Surveyor General. Ephraim Banks wp.s nominated Auditor General. Resolutions were passed re-affirming the Baltimore platform of 1343. The Perrysville Eagle says, that the stock has been subscribed to build a side cut at Williamsport, connecting Ihe river and canal. A meeting to. elect directors! was held on Saturday last, and the determination is expressed to push on the work immediately. When completed this work will admit Williamsport and Warren county, to the full benefits of the canal. ' . , , Ilultimore und Ohio Ituilrond This great work will be completed to Wheeling in I two years from June. The company possess ample I means, and have now about 2,."00. hands at work.

The last clays of Mrs. Ogootl. The Mirror, in ... elaborate notice of tho life and poems of Mrs. (Wood, to whose death we have re-' ferred, furnishes the following particulars of her last, moments; j She was always of a fragile constitution, easily

acted utv.ii hv whatever afTerta health, and in her lat- ,aa ter years, except in the more genial seasons of the SDrintr and autumn ' was frpnuentlv an invalid. In j - -- -- i the winter of 1347-8, ßhe suffered more than ever previously, but the next winter she was better, and her husband, wh was advised by his physicians to discontinue for a while the practice of his profession, availed himself of the opportunity to go in pursuit of health and riches to the mines of the Pacific. He left New York on the 5th of February, 1319, aud wan absent a vear. "Mrs. OigiH)d's heal'h was variable during the summer, which she paed chiefly at Saratoga Springs in th; company of family uf intimate friends; and as the colder months came on, her strength dwayed, so that before the close of November she was con fined to her apartments. She bore her "sufferings with resignation, aud her natural hopefulness cheer ed her all the while, with the remembrances that she had before come out with the flowers and the embracing airs, and dreams that she would again be in the world with nature. Two or three weeks ago her husband carried her in his arms, like a. child, to a new home, and she was happier than she had been for months, in the excitement of selecting its furni ture, brought in specimens or patterns to her bedside. We shall be so happy!" was her salutation to tho few friends who were admitted to see her; but they saw, and her physicians saw, that her life was ebbing fast, and that she would never again see the brooks and green fields for whicii she pined, nor even any of the apartments but the one she occupied of her own house. "A friend communicated the terrible truth to her. in studiously geiitle words, reminding her that in heaven there is richer and more delicious beauty, that there is no discord in the swet sounds there, no poison in the perfume of the flowers there, and that they know not any sorrow who are with Our Father She read the brief noto almost to the end silently, and then turned upon her pillow like a child, and wept the last tears that were in a fountain which bad flowed for every grief but her own she ever knew. 'I cannot leave my beautilul home ehe said, looking about upon the souvenirs of many an a Sec tinnate recollection; and my noble husband and L'lly and Mary ! These last are her children. The sentence of her friend was confirmed by other friend and she resigned herself to the will of God. The next evening but one, a young girl went to amuse her, by making paper flowers for her, and teaching her to make them; and ehe wrote to her theve verses her dying song: You've woven rne round my way And gladdened all my being How much I (hank you none can say, Sive ouly the All-seeing. Mar tie who gave this lovely gift, Thi lore of lovely doings, Be wi'h you wheresoVr you go, la ev'ry hope's pursuing ! I'm going through the Eternal gates Ere June's sweet roses blow ! Death's lovely aneel leads me there And it n sweet to go. May 7th, 1850. 'At the end of five days at fifteen minutes before four o'clock, on Sunday, the 12th of May as gently as one goes to eleep, she withdrew into a better world." Mrs. Sallie Ward Lawrence has been divorced from her husband T. Bigelow Lawrence, and son of Abholt. The following ia the verdict of the jury : "We. of the Jury, find that the allegations in com plainant's bill are true, and that Timothy Bigelow Lawrence has been guilty of the unbecoming and disrespectful conduct of unnecessarily exposing the comphinant to public notoriety and reproach for an alleged abandonment, by falsely publishing in two tapers published in this city, (Louisville.) that complainant had deserted him wilfully and without cause, and warning all persons against harboring and trust ing complainant on his account. We have been told by Kentuckians that it was considered that the honor of the State was involved in the granting of this divorce. Mr. Ward, the father of Mrs. Lawrence, testifies to the following fact, relative to a monied transaction of the Boston Cotton Lord : "I do not know that he has ever advanced her any -money, or paid any other bill than the one incurred at the Tremont House and her necessary travelling expenses. On one occasion, I think shortly before the departure of my daughter from Boston, she re ouested Mr. Lawrence to irive her a small sum. He said that he did not have the money, but he would ask his father for it. The Hon. Abbot Lawrence gave my daughter the amount. Two days after our return, Mrs. Lawrence requested me to give her one hundred dollars. I asked her to what purpose she wished to apply it. She told me he desired to return to Mr. Abbott Lawrence the amount she had borrowed from him. I remonstrated against it, but she appeared to be so anxious about it, that I gratified her. She sent the money to Mr. Abbott Lawrence, and by return mail a 'receipt was received. An Editor taking his Pleasure. Our friend Colfax, the sprightly editor of the South Bend Register, has recently, with all his family, (which by the way, he says is not very numerous) been on a trip to the two cities of Like Michigan called the Garden City and the City of Bricks. As he has turned his excursion on Lake Michigan to a useful purpose, in describing the improvements going on, in what was but recently the far North West, we take the liberty of copying a few short extracts from his article, giving an account of his travels; and would cladly copy the whole, had we the room to do so. Hessys: "From Nilas a ran of an hour and a half on the Rail Road lakes the liaveller to New Butfalo. At New Buffalo, which will have seen it best days when the Rail Road is next month exteoded lo Michigan City, Hie Cars run out on a long piei appareully as if the Company bad really commenced bridging the lake as tbey once threatened, and the fine ateamer J. D. Murton, fuimeify in Ihe trade between Toledo and BufTals, slatted soou after for Chicago, touching at Michigan City. Chicago has uot arrived at maturity. It is by no means ut finished town." lis full growth can only be wiiuessed by the fuiuie. Eveiy wbere, in it buinea stieets as well as its suburbs, ia iis manufacturing is well as its commercial interests, Ihe advancing step can be noticed. At the foot of Lake Michigan aod thus commanding the (real bulk of the upper lake trade, with its raihusd already 40 miles advanced towards Ihe Misisippi, is canal linking it with St. Louis it only waita for the utiinteirapted winter as welt as Ummer cominuiuca" tun with New Yore, to be obtained by Hi completion of the Southern Michigan Rail Road, for its rapidly growing population, ahead numbering 25,000, tu be doubled in a twelve tnoulh . Tbe handsomest stieet the street in Chicago is Michigan Avenue, which, for a gical distance, fiouts the hke and is only built upon one ride. ' Thc building in Chicago is tbe new five-stoiy Tremont Hotel meaeuiing 120 by 160 feet, Ihe lower siory on Lake and Deaiborn stieet to be occupied by 12 stoie, and the lemainder for a Hotel, costing, finiahed and furnished, not less than $100,000. We beard a iepoit that Raihbuu had idTeied (50,000 for a 10 years leae uf it, and had been telused. The cbuich in Chicago ia the new Prebyteiian Church, for Mr. Patteisons coogiegatinu, on Waba-h Avenue. 1 1 is being built of ton in gothic style and to cost (30.000, a rie in leal (state belonging to the cbuich enabling (hern thus to meet nearly half of this expense and subscnpiions paying the balance. An 8 hours pli-asant aail biought us I the City of Milwaukee, r'ituated at the mouth l ihe Milw.ukie and Mcnomine tivcis, its ha i bor, though snaky iu its twisting! aud widJIhJ, i beiter than any we bad piiMl- Whru they have "ihe straight cut" made which Col. Aber rj.ctd when lie locahd the piers, but which expriiuce has proven should have been adopted, the harbor witl be an excellent line. ' The growth of Milwaukie is aim st t o much like a f irylale to be believed. Toe hrt fiame home was built tliere in 1834 by Solomon Juneau, who, though ihe Pioneer e'-d first Ma) or ot Milwaukie, anil temaina ainenrtrhed by t.s prosperity and growth. The fiist uewprper was issued theie in IS36, after Suth Bend had a ptei and paper. Kw. them aie five diliea well upported. It then had a weekly mail fnun Chicago. And in that same year, it with what re nuw 6 fl iuuhiiig counties, pnlltd altogether 300 votes. To-day, ihe City -f Milwaukie alone, contains ueaily if not quite 2Ü.000 inhabitants." v Concert. The concert givun by tin German Association of Song, for the benefit of the U. K. Bucket Company, was well attended, and went iff well. The ko lection of music was excellent, in fact we d.m't know whn we heard so many tine pieces performed on one evening; the performances, both ocal and instrumental, did great credit both to the performers and the Director, Mr. Soehner. -Isncirnntite.

VA II I ET T. Fi connexions are apt to plunge yorj into a ea of extravagance, and then not throw you a rope u J downing. A lady in Chester was asked t j in a division of (the daughters of temperance. It is unnecessary ;

U is my intention to join one of the sons soon, she replied. - C3"A Dutchman, the other evening at Dodd's auc tion store, bid an extraordinary price for an alarm clock, givin; as a reason, that as he loiTtn rise eary, all he had to do was to pull the string and vake himself." "Father," said a four yar old. ' I think you area fool." Whv. my child: "because you have brought that In by here when inoihor is sick, aud iave to get a woman lo tike care of it. A Chance. The girls in Minnesota are in an aw ful ftate of suspense, there being im minister to tie the nuptial knot. One who would take a eupply of blank marriage certificates would make a small fortune. f7"-A pleasant anecdote is related by Richards, of Dean Swift, who when his servant apologized for not cleaning hit boots on a journey, because they would soon be dirty again, directed him to get the horses in readiness immediately ; and upon the fellow's remonstrance that he had not eaten his breakfast, replied, that it was of little consequence, as he would soon be hungry again. Women and Tobacco. A. sensible contemporary says: " itie girls ought to make a pledge not to kiss a man who uses tobacco, and it would soon break up the practice; and a friend of ours says they ought also to pledge themselves to kiss every man that don t use it and we go for that too." Ditto for us, where they are pretty. 07"A Chinese widow being found fanning the tomb of her decensed huebnnd, and being asked the cause of ei insular a mode of showing her rrief. acc Minted for it by saying, that he had made her promise not to marry again while the mortar of the tomb remained damp, aud that as it dried very slowly, fche saw no great harm in aiding the operation. Guard against Premature Burial. A learned Belgian, M. Mainple. has recently discovered a very simple means of distinguishing between real and ap-. parent death. It consists in creating a small burn; if there is life a blister is always formed, even in the absence of aparent sensibility. If death has al ready intervened, nothing of the kind occurs. OCT" Jenny Lind has refused to sing t the imperial Concerts of the Court of Russia, although the tempting sum of thirty thousand pounds was offered to her. Her powerful answer was 'Hungarv." How deep must this rebuke from an angelic female, have fallen on the hearts of the despots. The nightingale" has been too much for the eagle. Married In Newton, Wisconsin, by the Re?. J. Graves, Mr. T. P. Graves to Miss C. Graves. -The graves, lis said; Shall yiflj their dead. When Gabriel's trampet shakes tbe skies ! Bot if God please, Fi on grflcri like the, A dozen litt la oul thill li.e ! . One of the h'hoya indites the following lines to his lady-hue: And when the reverend aire should say, "My son, take thou this daughter .'" I'd answer him in a fearless tne, 'I ulian't dj oothin' shorter ?" "Will you, my son, support and nourUh, This flower I pive to thee f" I'd give my white kid glove a flourish. And anwer, "Yes, Sir-ee !' A Curious Fact. The whole population of the United States could be compressed inio a space of one square mile, and each individual be allowed sufficient room lo breathe in. Fifteen inches square woulJ euiTice for this. There are 1.7CÜ yards in & mile, which being multiplied, gives C3, 360 inches; ! "ld i"s product divided by lo. the number or inches j m BVce occupied oy eacu liinuiauai, wouia place W,224 of them in a row to extend the length of a m,, ncl ,ho sa,ne number of rows to complete a Bq,iare ni,'e would consequently number 17,54!,57G. j The Weepi.no CrPREss. This splendid, tree lias been recently introduced into England from the East. Imagine an evergreen weepinj willow, with compact habit, and close, feathering foliage, like the little cypress vine, and you will have some conception of the beauty of this tree as we have foen it described. If our little plant, of four inches, which has ju-t reached us, at a cost of some teu dollars, ever makes itself into a tree, we can perhaps describe it better from knowledge. There can be little doubt, however, that it will prove one of the greatest acquisitions to our list of hardy evergreens. it. Y. Cutn, Jour. The Magyar. The Edinburgh Review says, "the Magyar Hungarian proper who has given his i na,ne 10 country, is slxi the most prominent Tea- ' ,ure in ,,,e groupe of races. The get uuine Magyar, e the Roman Tatrician, is an agriculturist, a fear less, we had almost said a born rider, fond of field sports and pastoral occupation. His figure is tall and well proportioned ; his demeanor grave and melancholy, his attachment to home and to his municipal and political rights ardent: his disposition peaceful aud even indolent, until he is wronged or oppressed and then indomitably firm, patient and enj terpnsicig. Outgoing Skmators. The following is a list or Senators whose terms expire in 1S51, and whose successors will be chosen by the Legislature to be elected this fall. The Whigs are given in italics: Phlps,)f Vermont. Webster, of Jlsss. Greene, of Rhode Isiand. Dickinson, of New York. Daylon, of New Jersey. Sturgeon, of Penn. Wales, of Delaware. Pratt, of Maryland. Msson, of Virginia. Davis, of Maes. Turuey, of Tennessee. Corwin, of Ohio. Cass, of Michigan Bright, of Indiana. Eenton, of Missouri. Yulee, of Florida. Rusk, of Texs. Dodge, of Wisconsin. Hamlin, of Maine. DaJdirin, of Conn. 12 Democrats 8 Whigs. Decidedly one of 'em. William D. Mains, one of the jail birds vth't recently escaped from custody in this city, has wri:ten a letter, dated at Lowell, Mass., lo Mr. Wellington, the jailor, in which he excuses his sudden leave taking. He says that he Im d for some time been dissatisfied with his manner of living; he had been in Mr. Wellington's family a long time, and had never been invited to ait at his table; he does not think he shall return until autumn, as it is now getting along toward warm weather and the cholera may be here soon. He wishes Mr. W. to send him his boots which "in the hurry and confusion of the moment" he forgot to take with him, and finally be enjoins upon Mr. W. not to blab the letter about town, but to keep dark, adding "fur you know you are one of us." Bangor Mercury. Newspapers in Great Britain. A return of the stamp and advertisement duty paid by newspapers has just been published. The aggregate number of stamps issued for newspapers in 1S49. was: for Eng laud and Wales, 66.15'J,fKr2 penny. 10.309,233 halfpenny fctanip.; for Scotland, 6.2SS.2U5 penny and 205,000 half-penny; for Ireland, 6,323,227 penny and 33,843 half-penny. The number of London newspapers from which advertisement duty was collected in 149, was 160; Ihe number of advertisements, 8SS,lüS; and the total amount f dutr, at the rate of Is (id. each, GG,4M 2j. The number of English provincial papers was 232, from which 02.604 13s. 6d. was received for duty on 834,721) advertisements. In Scotland 94 newspapers furnished 13.075 16s. 6d, duty, the number of advertisements being 210,901. In Ireland the amount of advertisement duty collected was ll,U2t4s , being at the rate of Is. each for 22.1,521 adver tisemeuts. The number of Irish newspapers was 1L7. CiLtrOKNU. The cs from California by the Crescent City, is 21 days later than the last previous advices from that country. The great question with, the Caiiforniaiis, as well as on this ride of the Gntinent, is the admission of that State into tbe Union. The press is uuanimous in condemnation of any scheme which is to circumscribe its boundaries with a view of introducing slavery into any part of tl:c country, and talk f resenting a refusil of admision, based upon grnuudi in relation to which California, by a unauitii'His voire, has already irrevocably denied. Tbe Pacific News says if Congress divides California into a Northern and Southern State; it will result in tho creation of two free Stales, instead of one; and it declares that if Congress feels bound to oppose admission as a free and s vortigti State to Ctlifrnia, the people will feel called npou to declare themselves a free and sovereign State, independent of Congress, and look to their own interests as a separate government.