Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1850 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 25, 1S30. MARION COUNTY DE1IOCBATIC TICKET. For Senatorial Delegate A. V. MORRISON. C JAMES JOHNSON, ForRep. Delegates 3. P. CHAPMAN, LEVI L. TODD. (BEN J. MORGAN, For Representatives MADISON WEBB, (P. HOSBROOK. For Sheriff CHARLES C. CAMPBELL. For Treasurer i 0 H N M. TALBOTT. For Auditor ISAAC W. HUNTER. For Probate Judge ADAM WRIGHT. For County Com'r MATTHEW R. HUNTER. Tor Coroner PETER F. NEWLAND. Agents. The following persons are authorized to receive Subscriptions for the " Sentinel:" Johvsox County Da. J.'F. Peggk, Franklin. TiFTOif Coujttt W. F. Brady, Tipton. All Postmasters, so disposed, will pleaso act as our Agents. ETThe Office of the Indiana State Sentinel is removed to the Three Story Building, in the centre of the city, opposite the Telegraph Office and Odd Fellows' Hall. SENTINEL JOB PRINTING OFFICE. The Proprietor bavins purchased at the Eaat a new and SUPERIOR BOOK AND JOB OFFICE, Is prepared to execute, with elegance and dl patch, and on moderate terms, ALL KINDS OF JOB WOKK: Rooks, Card, Receipt, Pamphlet, ' Label, Blank Note, Catalogues, Hat Tip, Bill Lading, Circulars, Bill Heads, lry Keceipu, Policies, Checks, Concert Bills, Procrammes, Hand Pills, Posters, AND BLANKS OF EVXHY DESCBIPTION. AUSTIN H. BROWN, Stntind BniUinfS, WuAimfto strut, near Meridian. Marion County. We had the pleasure of hearing the Whig and Democratic candidates for the Convention make speeches, at Esq. Morrow's, four miles from this city, in Wayne township, on Saturday last. So far as we heard an expression of opinion, it was decidedly in favor of the Democratic candidates. As a Democrat, we were proud of our selections, and we think they will all be able to give a good account of themselves on the first Monday in August. Two of the Democratic candidates for Representatives were not present, and we thought, at the time, it was as well that they were not, if they were well occupied in some other part of the county, which we presume was the case, as the candidates for Delegates occupied the whole day and the entire attention of the people until late in the evening, when most of the crowd dispersed. Mr. Moore, the candidate just selected to fill the vacancy of Mr. Gladden, was the last of the candidates for the Convention to speak. We heard but a portion of his speech, and that was enough, we would suppose, to satisfy almost any one, Whig or Democrat, that he was troubled with a certain disease well known amongst politicians, to an alarming extent, and that it is well he is a physician and carries medicines, for any sudden emergency, around with him. He claimed the authorship of most of the leading reforms now agitated, and that he first promulgated them four years since, when a candidate for the Legislature. If this be true, we cannot see how the Convention will be able to do without his invaluable services. Maguire, Wallace, and Hanna, the latter the author of our present Constitution, should stand back and let him have all the Democratic votes that will be given for Whigs. We presume it was this new idea, of electing the man who had originated all the Constitutional reforms of the age, that induced the Whig Central Committee to get Mr. Gladden, an intelligent but unassuming farmer, to decline, that this new star might be elected, in order that the Whigs, whether they had a majority in the Convention or not, might claim all the reforms in the new Constitution. It was a great move for the Whig Caucus last winter to claim for their party the authorship of many items of constitutional reform; but we confess we did not expect to see the individual author of all the constitutional reforms of the age, in the person of a Whiff candidate for Marion county. This Marion is certainly a great county. But the great argument which should induce every Whig, at least, to vote for him, is found in the fol lowing extract from the Brookville American, which we suppose was intended to sustain the position that the Doctor is the author of all constitutional reform, to-wit: " Dr. Wm. Moore, son-in-law of Rilry Woodworth yf this county, (which is a sufficient guaranty that he is a good Whig; is one ot the candidates in iuarion county, Indiana, for a seat in the Constitutional Convention." Just hear it, Whigs of Marion, the son-in-law of Riley Woodworth, of Franklin county, is your candidate, and this is full evidence of his Whiggery. The Dr. says he was the first one to promulgate constitutional reform four years ago, and that is sufficient evidence that the rest of the candidates have stolen his thunder! Book and Job Printing. We wish our friends and patrons and the public generally to bear in mind, that we have removed the State Sentinel establishment to the State Sentinel Buildings, opposite the Telegraph Office, Odd FelFellows Hall, in the centre of the city, and midway between the Capital House, Browning's and the Palmer House. We have received from the city of New York, in addition to our materials for the newspaper, a splen did assortment of type, entirely new, of the latest style, for book and job printing. Cards, handbills, and every description of job printing, will be exe cuted in a manner not inferior to any office in the city on reasonable terms. have good workmen, new materials, and a disposition to leave no pains unspared to please our customers. So come on with your work. The Cabinet. The Cincinnati Gazette does not place full reliance on the news in relation to the new Cabinet, received by a despatch on Saturday last. In its account re ceived at that time, it reverses the offices to be filled by Messrs. .Corwin and Pearce, which looks more likely than the other account Corwin as Secretary of the Interior and Pearce of the Treasury. Corwin would fill the Treasury Department most mise rably. In the Interior Department he would (urn out well. 5We call the attention of our citizens to the card of Mr. G. B. Downie, Musical Instructor. He comes to our city well recommended, and we have no doubt but what he will be liberally patronized Our city needs a Brass Band very much. During the Odd Fellows' Celebration we had to send to Ver non for one. Under Mr. D.'s instruction a Band equal to any in the West could be speedily formed. Medical College at Indianapolis. At a late meeting of the Trustees of thi Institu tion, the following appointments were made: Surgery J. S. Bobbs, M. D., of Indianapolis. Anatomy D. Meeker, M. D., of Laporle. InstUuts of 3ftdicint E. Deming, M. D., of La fayette.

Professions vs. Practice. , As a writer for the Sentinel, and as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, we have endeavored to couvince the democracy of the State of Indiana, that at the caucus of whig members of the lat Legislature and others acting with tL-cm, from different parti of the State, held at the close of the session, there was a secret agreement entered into, whereby they hoped to carry the Legislature, if not the Convention, at the coming elections. Resolutions were adopted, appropriating to the Whig party such reforms as were popular, or had already been decided in the election of Gov. Wright. The next step or secret understanding, was to have all the strong whig counties well organized, and the nominations kept back until they could carry out their policy in the democratic counties. Tliis policy was, to decry party, urge compromi.se tickets, Sec. This was the plan to carry the Convention and having, by this means, broken up party organization, the chances for the Legislature would be greatly increased. At the proper time the party war-cry was to be raised by the whigs, on the eve of the election, after they had accomplished the work of division amongst democrat, and the secret designs of the caucus being previously understood throughout the State, the election of a whig majority to the Legislature, if not the Convention, was to be carried by a party hurrah. The Democratic State Central Committee, by a timely circular, prevented much of the miscrief intended; but still the original designs of the caucus, so far as the party rally is concerned, are about to be carried into effect. Of all the papers in the State decrying party, so far as the Convention is concerned, the Lafayette Journal has been the loudest. It even proposed a compromise ticket; but, in a county as often democratic as whig, it had the modesty to claim only two out of the three candidates. The hour has now arrived agreed upon by the caucus, for the party war cry, and the intention now is, to brag themselves into success in the elections, and the Lafayette editor commences by saying, that the prospects of the tnhigs for carrying the State were never better " since the memorable campaign of 1840." We invite the particular attention of our democratic friends to the following paragraph, published in the Lafayette paper, above alluded to, of Saturday last. The editor says: ire hate no boast to make, but during a residence of several year in this State toe do not rembrr of tritnrsing a more flattering prospect for the ichigs of Indiana, since the memorable campaign of 1840. All it requires to secure to u both Convention anil Leoislature is a FULL WIHO VOTE. Secure this, and all will be safe. The question now is, will the democrats calmly fold their arms and suffer a defeat, which will place political power in the hands of the enemy in our State? It is true that General Taylor is dead, and it

is equally true, so far as the old issues are concerned, many are glad of it. It is also apprehended that should the slavery question be settled, under Mr. Fillmore's administrati m, in a manner satisfactory to the people, although that settlement may be brought about mainly by democratic influence, if it be popular, that popularity will be used to fasten upon the country the old and exploded doctrines of the whig party. If an inroad can be made upon the , democratic State of Indiana, it would afford a large amount of capital to begin with. We should therefore stand firmly to our arms. The democratic policy has been well tested, under the most trying circumstances. It has sustained our nation whilst engaged in a foreign war and has showered unexampled prosperity upon our country. The policy of the democratic party has been so strong, that scarcely a whisper of change has been heard under the entire admistration of General Taylor. The odious sub-treasury is generally approved as the best regulator the currency ever had in this nation. During the Mexican war, when disasters were expected, scarcely a bank failed to redeem its notes with specie. The revenue tariff produced an income far above the estimates of the able Secretary of the Treasury then at the head of the nation; and indeed the . entire measures adopted by the democrats seemed to work well. Gen. Taylor received thousands of democratic votes under the understanding that he would be the President of the people and not of a party ; and although he called around him an ultra whig Cabinet that carried out the ultra whig policy of proscription, in the removal of democrats from office, Gen. Taylor having few settled notions of public policy, no bill has yet been introduced to repeal or amend any democratic measure. A President has now assumed the duties of the office, and a Cabinet has been selected, known as the advocates of a United States' Bank, a protective tariff, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, an extravagant and general system of internal improvement by the Government, first vetoed by Gen. Jackson, and indeed of all the old exploded and ultra issues of the whig party ; and we should watch them with a jealous eye. The distracting and perplexing question, growing out of slavery existing in certain States of this Union, we wish to see settled, and without extending the evil to territories now free, finally settled. But, at the same time, while we should unite in any question like this, and bid the President God-speed, if he is right on this subject, we should look well to the great principles of democracy, which have thus far sustained our country, both in peace and in war. As the whig trumpet has commenced sounding, will democrats, if asleep at their posts, still sleep on, in calm security, until they are defeated? We are of the opinion that Ths blast upon this bugle horn Is worth a thousand men. It will certainly waken up a thousand democrats, now intending to vote for whigs, to a sense of their duty. Only think of it Caleb B. Smith in the Senate of the United States, elected over such men as Chamberlain, Owen, Bright, and others we could mention. How would a democrat feel after such a result, who had voted for a whig candidate for the Legislature? .How would the whigs rejoice and throw up their caps in triumph at such a result? If democrats will vote for a few whigs for the Convention, certainly they will not be the means of electing a whig United States' Senator, and throwing the apportionment of Senators and Representatives, which is to take place next winter, into the hands of the whig party by voting for whig candidates for the Legislature, and which may result in a triumph to the whigs for years to come in the democratic State of Indiana. Indiana is more strongly democratic this moment than the has been for years that have passed, and it would be a burning shame to give up all for the sake of electing some personal whig friend to the Legislature; or for the selfish gratification oi voting against some democrat we may personally dislike, for the same office. We now leave, our friends throughout the State, by asking the question. Will you do it? Will you do it? We trust your answer will be in the negative. Remember that one vote might do the work.

To the Non-action Tnjlor Whig of Indiana, it tLere are any auch left. The editor of the Washington Union has been abused by the whig press of tldi state, with unrelenting severity, for burying forever all opposition to General Taylor, in the same grave that now covers Iiis body, and adopting that charitable maxim, " Spzak no ill of ths djad." Such appears ot to be- the course of many of the old friend and eulogists of the General. We even see the editor of the Indiana Journal, and other whig prints in Indiana, who sung loud and long hosannahs to General Taylor, and who urged him to bring on his standing army to fight Texas, now climbing over on the otler side of the fence, and ere long, with the whig correspondent of the Louisville Courier, will be ready to denounce his memory and his administration. This Louisville Courier has the Post Office printing of that city was an original Taylor paper, and was supported by the Taylorites of Kentucky very generally, to keep Prentice from going for Clay. Under the present administration this patronage is in danger, and something must be done to retain it. We give the following as a specimen of what may shortly be expected from the Indiana Journal, the Lafayette Journal, the Newcastle Courier, the South Bend Register, the Richmond Palladium, (the latter after the election,) and other kindred whig prints of this State. We hope our readers will preserve this extract from the leading Taylor emancipation paper in Kentucky, and read it while they see the whig editors of Indiana "jump Jim Crow," as they have now commenced doing. It reads thus : It is no longer a state secret here, that Gen. Taj lor had in course of preparation a Proclamation or Message, in regard to New Mexico and California, which nothing but his sudden and severe sickness prevented him from communicating to Congress on the 5th inst. In it he reviewed his past recommendations and reiterated them; urging at the same time the admission of both into the Union at once as States. He further reviewed the nature of the dispute between Texas and New Mexico, and avowed a determination to stand by the latter against the encroachments of the former, with all the military power of the Government, if it became necessary. It is needless now to speculate what would have lieen the elfrct of such an Executive document upon the country, in its present distracted and excited condition. If, however, a civil war could have leen avoided, and with it a final separation between the slave and free States, I have not the comprehension to see how. To this Gen. Taylor was urged by unprincipled men, by whom he was surrounded, and who had no more regard for his reputation, or his fame, than though he had not been the President of their choice. By his unlookcd for death to the country, these great calamities have been

turned away from us as a people, and who shall say that the hand of an all-wise ami unerring Providence, is not to Ic seen in his removal from among ns. Last night, the protest of Texas against the orders issued to Col. Monroe, the military Governor and Commander of New Mexico, and Iiis action under those orders, were received, but no action will bo had in relation thereto until the new Cabinet is selected and have entered upon the duties of their office. It is fortunate that these questions have fallen into as conservative and able hands as are Mr. Fillmore's; for now the country has an assurance that they will be disposed of in such a spirit as will insure their satisfactory and permanent adjustment. The Abolitionists and t ree Söders have made a dead set to get the ear of President Fillmore, but have coinCletely failed in their scheming. He has judged them y their fruits, and knows that their designs are evil, and if successful will miiitate against the true interests of the Union. They will consequently receive a renectful hearing, but they will go away as empty handed as they came. In confirmation of what is said in the above ex tract, in relation to General Taylor's Proclamation, we copy the following from thg New York Tribune. low superlatively cringing and cowardly it appears, to urge Gen. Taylor to a course of conduct, only arrestcd by his death, and then back out from it the moment a President of supposed different views is in power. It can only be accounted for on the ground that principle was not involved in their recommenda tions. Yet such is and will be the course of the whig editors of Indiana. The Tribune says : It is confidently asserted that Gen. Taylor had not merely decided to act efficiently in behalf of New Mexico, in anticipation of an attack upon her by Texas, but that the draft of the Message, of which the features had been agreed upon in Cabinet Council, had already been made by Secretary Clayton at his request, and is now on file in the State Department. That this document fully vindicated the right of New Mexico to pro tection from Texas, and avowed the determination of the President to render such protection to the last ex tremity, no on. denies. Why, then, should it not be published? President i ulmore will gratify a very natu ral and laudible interest by ordering the draft to be given to the world. More Proof of Whig Designs. We perceive that in Lawreuce county, on the eve of the election, Ex-Congressman George G. Dunn is brought out as a candidate for the State Senate. He has made an address to the people, and appears very reluctant to be a candidate, and only does so, as he says, on the ground of aiding in a great work, pass ing through the county. Now, with all deference to the ability of Mr. Dunn as a public speaker, we would say, that Pleasant Parks, the democratic can didate, would have as much influence on this rail road question, as any man that could be sent from Lawrence county. We are individually interested, to the extent of several thousand dollars, in property to be affected by the extension of this road from La fayette to Lake Michigan, and Pleasant Parks, in our judgment, is the very man to have influence in this matter, as well as in aiding a speedy completion of the railroad from New Albany to Bedford. He is a man of experience, of good reputation as a busi ness man and legislator, and the people of Lawrence would do injustice to themselves by electing a mere partisan to attend to their interests on the ground that he can make an eloquent speech. Such talents requently do more harm than good in a question of oca! importance, particularly, if, as in the present instance would be the case, the legislator is supposed to have come to the Legislature, for the express pur pose of electing a United States' Senator of different politics from the majority of the people who sent dim, on the popularity of a railroad. There is some thing evidently unfair in the whole transaction. 5The candidates for the Convention in Marion county, WTugs as well as Democrats, advocate strong measures to prevent the further emigration of people of color to the Staie. The Lafayette Courier of Friday last gives some reasons for this course in the following: article. The editor says : Considerable excitement was created on the publio square this morning by a difficulty which occurred between a gentleman and a colored individual in consequence of a refusal on tho part of the latter to give the sidewalk to a lady who was passing. After some words, the darkey struck the white man, which resulted in a long chase and final capture of the colored individual, who was committed to jail by '.Squire JJeckner to answer a charge of assault and battery at the next term of our Circuit Court. The Indiana Journal claims (o be the Northern organ of the WTiig party in Indiana, yet remains silent, although the Whig candidates for the Conven tion in Marion county boldly proclaim that they will refuse an asylum in our State to negroes fleeing from slavery and oppression. Where are the editors sym pathies for the black man? He has none, except they are connected with procuring abolition votes. CcThe editor of the Indiana Journal has a re markable faculty of getting out of difficulties. He now denies that he was ever in favor of the Galphin Cabinet. They were a set of notorious rascals that ought never to have been appointed. Just such men as the Democrats said they were. The present Ca binct (the dispensers of patronage) are the very par

I agons of honesty!

I'vi's of Slavcrv. It is an eay thing to talk of the evils of slavery. Oppression, in eveiy form, is a theme upon which

I the orator may dwell in eloqutnt and burning word. But it i? a much more difficult task to point to the remedy. The world is full of evili. Government itself is an evil. In some ccueiries and under some systems, a great evil. Under o ir simple and modified form, it is still an evil a necessary one; but nevertheless an evil. Poverty is an evil, and we might fill our columiti in enumerating evil, existing in the world ; .but it would be useless unless we could point to the remedy. Slaver', in some form, lias existed since the foundation of the world. The introduction of African Slavery on this continent was a most unfortunate event; not so much for the African, who was enveloped in the dark night of heathenism, as for the white race. But it is here. It was here at the formation of our government, and, as intelligent men and Christians, we must treat it as a practical question. And he is not a philanthro pist who is eternally talking and preaching of the evils of this institution, without showing the remedy. Were the shackles this day struck from four mil lion slaves, would their condition be improved? Every intelligent and reflecting mind must at once see that the condition of both races would be injured. Slavery would be eradicated; but how would the wants of this immense mass of human beings, thrown houseless and homeless upon the cold charities of an unfeeling world, be provided for? Misery, want, famine and crime would cover the land; and the great evil consequent upon the institution would still be in our midst in a more aggravated form. By that greater evil, we mean the existence of two distinct races, occupying the same country. Races which the prejudices of society prejudices which we think well founded will never permit them to occupy the same platform on terms of equality. They can never occupy the common domocil with the white man. They can never enjoy political or social privileges in common with us. Immediate and universal emancipation would fill our country with this unfortunate population, and crowd our halls of justice with criminals, and our asylums with pau pers. Slavery has always been regarded as a domestic institution. Law writers treat of the relations of husband and wife, parent and children, guardian and ward, and master and servant, in the same chapter. These are delicate relations, and we do not like to have their sanctity invaded by others. Hence the slaveholder is so sensitive when an attempt is made to encroach upon what he regards as his rights. Every man in the south, if he would honestly ac knowledge the truth, regards slavery as a blemish, a deep stain; but one which cannot be eradicated. A man or woman born with physical defects is always sensitive on the subject. The slightest derision is regarded as offensive, and will not be tolerated. Byron became dissipated and desperate, because he had a reel foot. He imagined that his personal beauty was unnoted, whilst this defect was only ob served. Let us, then, rather sympathise with our brethren of the south than taunt them for a deformity in their organization, and which is fastened upon their system, until we can provide the remedy. Let us not despise the leper until we can cure the leprosy. Evils of Public Life. The brief career of General Taylor conclusively proves that the office of President of the United States has not the charm about it that many imagine. We have politicians, now living, whose whole politi cal existence has been a constant longing after Pre sidential honors. There must have been a false charm about it, which we have reason to believe, or rather hope, will hereafter be dispelled from the minds of those, at least, deserving the station. The life of General Taylor, although one occasionally of toil, has been one of much domestic happiness. He practised principles of economy and frugality not usually known to officers in the army, and was pos sessed of a splendid fortune. His wife, from all we have heard of her, is a lady of retiring manners that cares nothing for the glitter or pomp of the world, and hence refused to make her appearance publicly as the mistress of the White House. The old Gene ral, when- called to the Presidency, was sure of the sinecure station of a Major General during life an office worth at least nine thousand dollars per annum, with scarcely any duties to perform in the time of peace; and there appeared to be little prospect of war for many years to come. His military educa tion had well fitted him for the station, and a long life of prosperity and happiness, in the bosom of his family, was spread out before him, with the honors of the whole American people clustering, in laurel wreaths, around his brow. But the glare of the Presidency was too much even for him. Without qualifications for the office, as ac knowledged by himself and admitted by those desir ing him to be a candidate, he surrendered the sine cure life office of a Major General, with all its pros pective quiet and emoluments, and embarked his frail vessel on the stormy ocean of politics. The campaign, previous to the election, was an exciting one, but did not reach the General, to any great ex tent, in his quiet retreat at Baton Rouge. It was only after Ids arrival at Washington, when beset by the greedy cormorants after office, that he began to feel that his seat, as President, was not one of roses. The rascalities of his Cabinet must have troubled him much, for we believe General Taylor was strictly an honest man. He surrendered himself into the hands of a wicked and designing Cabinet, and the acts of that Cabinet, no doubt, hastened his death. Of his widow, the correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says : Mrs. Taylor, the widow of the President, continues almost inconsolable. She has, from the time of the General's election, entertained a fatal presentiment that he would meet with tho fate of President Harrison, and die during his term. If he conld have got away from the city ten days ago, to some quiet andnealthy place, l is valuable lite would have been prolonged, lie died of tho malaria that hovers aronnd the President's mansion; of the dissensions and delays of Congress; of the greedy personal cupidity of some of his Cabinet; and of the vexatious opposition of prognostics I politicians, like Mr. Toombs ana Mr. Stevens. He endured enough to kill a thousand Presidents. (j&Tbe intelligent correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, writing from Washington on the 18th inst. says, it is rumored that if the compromise bill fails, Mr. Gay will offer another project by the advice of President Fillmore. He is to pro pose the territorial governments, and the offer to Texas, in one bill, and, after it is disposed of, to bring up the California bill. There is much trouble in forming a Cabinet. The present Cabinet have been invited to remain thirty days. They have de clined remaining any specific time. Shelbyville. We understand that there have been, altogether, eleven deaths from Cholera at Shelbyville. One of the last deaths was a young man, the son of Mr. Thatcher the editor of the Volunteer. a $$Out city remains entirely free from cholera. General health good.

Owen on P;ank Itoads. Tliis work has just been received at the Bookstore

of Messrs. Ross &. Kay of this city. Mr. Owen, du ring the last season, traveled extensively in New York and other States, for the purpose of obtaining practical information on the subject of the best method of building plank roads, and for the purpose of applying the information to a road of which he was a Director, from New Harmony to Mount Vernon. Having published some of the details of the infor mation thus collected, many applications were made to him for further particulars. This induced him to write the treatise now before the public. It is from the press of Messrs. Kent & Norman of New Albany, and id "A Brief Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management of Plank Roads. By Robert Dale Ouan; tcith an Appendix Containing the General Plank Road Laws of Neva York, Kentucky,' Indiana, and Illinois, and the Amend ments thireto, up to the session of 1849-'50. Also ths Opinion of Judee Gridley, of thi ATeu York Supreme Court, in the Case of Benedict ts. Goit." The editor of the Louisville Journal, not hereto fore very partial to Mr. Owen, as a politician, speaking of thii work, says: "The title describes very accuratelv the character of the contents ot tins small volume. Mr. Owen has performed a most acceptable service by preparing his treatise for the press. It contains a vast amount of information of a practical kind which was greatly needed. Everywhere in the West the attention of the people has, within the last two years, been directed to tho subject of plank roads. All the information they were able to procure was contained in several articles which anncareJ from time to time in the newspapers, and that irenerany was very unsatisfactory. Heneelortli there will not be such difficulty, for Mr. Owen has, in a very clear manner and with as much brevity as was compatible with tne amount oi information lie wished to convey, given as much knowledge on the subject as will be required to enable men iu any section of country to undertake the construction oi piang roaus. "We hope Mr. Owen's treatise mav be very general ly circulated. It portrays the advantages of plank roads in so lucid a manner that, if there are sceptics as to the desirableness of such roads, they must be convinced by tue tacts wnicn its autuor exniDits." Periodicals. We liave received the first number of the " U. S. Postal Guide and Official Advertiser,' published monthly, at Washington, D. C, and edited by P. G. Washington, late Auditor of the Post Office Depart ment, and Charles M. Willard. It contains much valuable statistical information, especially as regards the details of Post Office business. Every Post Mas ter in the country should subscribe for it. Terms, One Dollar per annum. The Knickerbocker, for July, is a very interesting number. The story of "Aunt Piety Parsons." which we shall copy in our next number from this Magazine, we think will not fail to amuse our readers The vvarrick Democrat. we nave re ceived the first number of this paper, published at Newburgh, in Warrick county. Judging from the number before us, it will be an able auxiliary to the Democratic cause in Indiana. Its editorial articles are well written, it is neatly printed, and in fine is just such a paper as we can take pleasure in recommending to one of the banner counties of Demo cracy in Indiana. We expect to see old Warrick give a good account of herself on the first Monday in August Hall's Hills. Mr. James Hall, of the Clothing Emporium, No 2, Temperance Hall, issued his Card, (during the last session of the Legislature) "got up" in such a style as to resemble a beautifully engraved Bank Note, of which the following anecdote is related by the editor of the Richmond Jeffersonian, who was himself a member: "A gentleman who keeps a Clothing Store here, anx ions to bring it to the notice of visitors, and supposing that the wardrobe of members would need replenishing during their stay here, had his card got up in the shape ol a UaiiK bill to attract attention, (lor some lolks wil notice a piece of paper in the shape of a shinplastcr when they weuld not look at any thing else.) He had one of his advertisements in this form placed on the desk of each member, on the first day of the session. The person alluded to above, on taking his seat, noticed on nis desk what he supposed to be a Bank note, f he is one of the kind who is always on the look out for dimes,) and observed to the member who sat next him, ' Why here is a S3 bill lo they pay us every morning m advance T His neighbor evaded an answer, and the old fellow, tic kled with the idea of getting his pay in advance, pock etcd the card, and did not ascertain his mistake till he offered it to the barber the next morning to take his charge out for shaving, when he was informed those bills were current, bct kot bankable. Harribon County. It appears that the Whigs have their difficulties to encounter as well as Democrats. Mr. Wilson, the candidate for Representatative Delegate, has declared that he cannot consci enciot sly vote for Mr. Porter, selected for Senatori al Delegate by the same Convention, in consequence of that gentleman now holding the office of Senator There are independent Whig and Democratic candi dates for the different offices in the field. They are trying hard to arrange the difficulty, which may possibly be effected before the election. Some other Whig counties are in a similar predicament as to too many candidates. While tbey are striving to arrange their difficulties, we trust our friends will be wide awake to their duty, if all divisions are not already healed. Jump Jim Crow. A few weeks ago, according to the editors of the Indiana Journal, the South Bend Register, the La fayette Journal, and other kindred spirits in Indiana Mr. Seward of New York was one of the greatest men in America. It was then known that Mr. S, was one of the chief advisers of the Galphin Cabinet Mr. Webster received no attention from these pa pers, and the Vice-President, Mr. Fillmore, in con sequence of his quarrel with Seward, had been en tirely forcotlen. The wheel of fortune has turned round Mr. Fillmore is now President, and Mr, Webster Secretary of State. The editor of the In diana Journal exhibits his true character as a syco phant, and the others will immediately follow suit They will jump Jim Crow, as we predicted, faster than any darkie that was ever heard of. jThg Hon. William Hendricks, late State Senator from Jefferson county, died on Friday even ing. He had held a number of "offices of honor and distinction, and was a Whig candidate for Repre sentative at the time of his death. JThe Cincinnati Gazette of Monday says, that the Board of Health reported fifty-one interments for the 24 hours ending at 12 M. on the day previous. Of this number 26 were from Cholera, and 25 from other diseases. Alveht S. White, Esq., has withdrawn his name as a candidate for Representative of Tippecanoe county. tty"A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune thus disposes of the telegraphic report, sent over the country, that Collameb had restored some dozen removed Democratic clerks: "Mr. Collamex is too good a Whig to have restored thirteen Locofocos to of. nee, while leaving his own political friends unprovided for." EThrce female passengers on board the California brig Oriental, at New York, thrashed the captain, black, ing his eyes uid scratching his face, because he did not give them satisfactory reasons for the non-sailing of the vessel. Thry were fined $3 each.

Speech of General Cas on the death of General Taylor. On the death of President Taylor being officially communicated to the Senate by the Vice-Preiident, Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Downi, after making remarks suitable to the occasion, ofiered a resolution appointing Messrs. Webster, Casä and King, a committee on the part of the Senate, to meet such committee as might be appointed by the House of Representatives, to consider and report what measures might

be deemed proper to adopt to diow tlie respect and affection of Congress for the memory of the deceased. Eulotries were then pronounced bv Messrs. w a j Webster, Cass and King. Tliat of Gen. Cass does equal credit to his head and heart, considering him as but lately the rival of Gen. Taylor in a great poitical struggle. We have not room for the other peeches. Mr. Cass said: Again and again during the present session, has a warning voice come lroiu the tomb, saying to all of us. jjo ye also ready." iwool our colleagues have fallen iu the midst of their labors, and we have followed them to the narrow house where all must lie. In life we are iu death: and this lesson which accomnanies .ia frorn the cradle to the grave, is amonr those merciful dispensations of Providence which teach us how transi tory are the things around us, and how oon they must ie aoantioneu lor an existence with no hojw but that which is held out by tho gospel of our Saviour. And now another solemn warning is heard: and this time it will carry mounting to the hearts of twenty millions of people. Impressively has it been said and repeated,' A great man lias lallen in Israel." In the nrovidene of God the Chief Magistrate of the republic, to whom his fellow citizens had couhded the high executive duties of the country, has breo suddenly taken frotn as rioe iiiueeu, in years ana uonors, ana nut tne other day in the full possession of his health, and with the promise of year of faithful and patriotic services before him. The statesman, occupying as proud a position as this world oilers to human hopes, has been struck down in a crisis wtncu demanded au his Drruness and wisdom. The con queror upon many a battle-field has fought his last fight and been vanquished. The soldier who had passed un harmed through many a bloody fray has fallen before the shaft of the great destroyer. How truly are we told, that there is one event unto all! The mighty and the lowlv descend to the tomb together, and together are covered with the cold clod of the valley ; and thus pass away the minors ami tue cares oi me: The moment is too solemn and imnressive for labored addresses. Thoughts, not words, are the tribute which it demands. History w ill do justice to the deceased pa. triot. He will live in the memory of his countrymen, as he lived in their hearts and affections. His active life was spent in their service, and in those scenes of Dril. of exertion, and of exposure which it is the lot of the ADiencaa soldier to encounter, and which he meets without a murmur, faithful to his duty, lead bun where it may in life or in death. His splendid military exploits have placed him among the great captains ol the age, and will be an imperishable monument of his own fame and the glory of his country. In the disparity of force, they carry us back for similar examples to the earlier ages of the world to the combats which history has recorded, and where incquaiity yielded to the exertion of skill and valor. But I need not recur to them: are they not written in burning characters upon the heart of every American T Mron" in the confidence of his countrymen, he wag called to the Chief Magistracy at a period of great ditncuity more portentous, inaeca,tnan any we have ever experienced. And now he has been called by Providence from his high functions, with his mission unfulnilcd, leaving us tc mourn his loss and to honor his mem ory. His own last words, spoken with equal truth end sincerity, constitute his highest eulogy. " I am not afraid to die," said the dyiusr patriot : " I have done my duty." The integrity ot his motives wa never assailed or assailable. He had passe! through life, and a lonir and active one, neither meriting nor meetinc reproach: and in his last hour the conviction of the honest discharge of his duty was present to console, even when the things of this life were fast fading awny. Let us humbly hope that this alUicting dispensation of Providence may not Ik; without its salutary influence upon tue American people and upon their representatives. It comes in the midst of a strong agitation, threatening the most disastrous consequences to our country, and to the great cause of self-government throughout the world. It is a solemn appeal, and should be solemnly heard and heeded. His death, whose loss we moan, will not be in vain, if it tends to subdue the feelings that have been excited, and to prepare the vari ous sections of our country for a mutual spirit of forbearance, which shall ensure the safety of all by the zealous co-operation of all. Wc could offer no more approjiriate nor durable tribute to departed worth than such a sacrifice of conflicting views upon the altar of our common country. In hie and in death he will equally have devoted himself to her service and her safety. Great Improvement in Tanning Leather. Henry W. Ellsworth, Esq., has shown us several spe cimens of Leather which was tanned, under his own eyes, in the space of ten minutes, by a new process of which Mr. Harmon Hibbard, of Rochester, New York, is the inventor. This statement may seem almost in. credible whan it is considered that six, eight, and ten months, are required to tan Leather by the ordinary process. Air. Ellsworth has in his possession a pair of boots and a pair of shoes made from a raw hide in less than a day and a half, tanned by this new process. The Leather is tanned by a compound of chemicals, and, in time and materials, is a saving of at least five thousand per cent, over the present slow method of making Lef tuer. Mr. Frost, the patentee and proprietor, will be heri in a few days, with a view of selling the right for this State. The right for Connecticut and Massachusetts was sold for $500 ,000 : Ohio for $150,000; Michigan for $100,000. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest improvements of the age. Specimens of Leather manufactured by this method, may be seen at the Law Office of Messrs. Ellsworth St Scott. Lafayette Journal. It will be perceived, by an advertisement in this day's paper, that N. West has been appointed an Agent for the above patent, at this place. Mormon Conference. A Mormon Conference was held at the Great Salt Lake on the sixth of April last. Officers were sustained, as they called it, and many queer matters transacted. In the course of their proceedings numerous long speeches were made. From that of Brigham Young, the President of the Saints, we clip the following extract : Do yon know the word of the Lord when yon hear it I It is the will of the Lord that he wants his people to do ! As for revelation, some say it has ceased ; it has no such thing! I could give yon" revelation as fast as a man could run; I am in the midst of revelation! Do you want more revelation written! wait till yon obey what is already written. The last two years of Joseph's life, Joseph laid out as much work as we can do for twenty years. I have no disposition to seek for more, nntil I see those we have, obeyed. I tell yon one thing, if we obey the word of the Lord, this people have got to quit drinking whiskey,' and leave off using so much tobacco, tea and coffee. It is not religion to spend our time in light visits, or squan-. derinr your time as many have. When I look at the world and hear the blasts of the devil, I say blow awsj. I trnst that I sbail live to accomplish my designs of fighting the devil, and if I do not five, there are other men who will step into my place who are just as good for a hang on as I am, or Joseph was. QThe shine is rather taken out of some other telegraph reports by the following, from the Wisconsin Democrat, in which it appeared as a genuine despatch : " Another fracas in the Senate Clay and Benton at blows Wentvvrtk shot!! On the 27th June, Mr. Clay and Mr. Benton had a fisticuff rencounter in the Senateblows passed between them. It was suppose-! that th military would be called out by the President. The excitement was tremendous. Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, passed between them, when he received a pistol ball in his left arm. The war steamer Independence U opposite the city, prepared to protect the bndge every thing is in frightful confusion, and God know when it will end." ftvThe Post Master General has established the following Post Offices in Indiana: " Freetown, Jackson, C. Rosenbaum ; Co tland, Jackson, Jacob Brown: Indian Creek, Monroe, Jesse Eat; Hoiner, Jackson, G. W. Findlcy; Sardinia, Decatur, J. T. M'Cormick ; Royton, Delaware, Wm. Mitchell; Drset, De Kalb, W. Robertson.' E7"A beautiful woman, who has all the qualities of an accomplished man, Is, of all conversation la the wot Id, the most delicious. In her is to be found all the merits of both sexes. Railroads in New Yoax. la the State of New York the total length of Railway, including 157 miles of double track, is 1,40 miles.