Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1850 — Page 1

1 J WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. ) AUSTIN II. DROWN, Publisher. WEEKLY. C SEMI-WEEKLY, OO J WEEKLY, 9 00 VOL. X. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1850. NO. 12.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL: A GAZETTE OF THE PEOPLE, ET-OfHce in THE SENTINEL BUILDINC:SC AirA Side Washington, near 3f:ridian St. AUSTIN H. BROWN, PUBLISHER. THE SETII-WJGKIilY EDITION Is published every Wednesday and Saturday and Daily - during tbe session of the Legislature, at t OTT DOLLARS A YEAR, Invariably in Advance. THE WEEKLY EDITION ts published every Thursday, and is furnished to subscribers at the following very low rates: One Copy, one year,... $2.00 Three Copies, one j-ear,. ............... ... ..... 5.00 Five Copies, one vear, 8.00 Ten Copies, (in Clubs) one year, 15.00 One Copy, six months, 1-00 One Copy, three months, 50 Z?"Tke Money, in all eases, to accompany subscriptions. 0"Any person pending ns a Club of 7V, with cash, at the rate of $1.50 each, shall have a copy gratis for one year. For a creater number than ten, the gratuity will be increased hi proportion. CTAll Post Masters are requested to act as Asents, and, as such, by a recent decision of the Department, they are authorized to frank letters for the benefit of aubscriliers. E7Ail papers will be stopped at the end of the term paid for, unless the subscription is renewed, except to those with wbom we have unsettled business amounts. Drop Lrtterw, addressed to this office, will not be taken out unless the postage is paid. C7" Transient Advertisements must be paid for when presented, or they will not appear. C7Xo Anonymous Communication will receive attention at this oftir-e. 1C?Adnertieinents mnt be handed in bv 10 o'clock, A. M., on Tuesday and Friday, to insure insertion in the semi-weeklv. 07Ai taper odors inducements to Advertisers equal to any other establishment in the State

RATES OF AIVEIITISIXC:. We will advertise at the following rates in our respec tive weeklies: Patent Medicines at $150 00 per column. Bnsincss Advertisements, 25 00 per qr. col. Lecral and other advertising at 50 cents per square of 250 ems, for first insertion, and 25 cents fur each subsequent insertion. AUSTIN' H. BR0Wx, JNO. D. DEFREES. INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 17, 1850. County Treasurer's Election. We understand that the election for County Treasurer, for Marion county, is yet unsettled. As many inquiries are made as to the condition of the matter, we have gathered the following facts in regard to the case, viz : By a careful count of the votes of the several townships, it is believed that J. M. Talbott ha3 a majority of the votes given by the People. As the law provides in such cases, the County Auditor l.as been notified of the fact, and he, acting under the law, has called a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, whose duty it is to decide who is entitled to the certificate of election. The Commissioners are required to meet for the purpose, on Mondav the 26ih inst. 0Ve have received the first number of the Elufllon Banner, published at BlufEon, Wells county, Indiana. The editor says: " While our paper will be essentially democratic, believing as we do that those principles alone are calculated to perpetuate our liberties and happiness, it is our determination to avoid all those harsh epithets, and that despicable system of slang-whanging, so common with the political newspapers of the day. Our object will be to mete out equal and exact justice to all, and, finally, to make the best family newspaper in northern Indiana." Plank roads are doing wonders for the northern portion of our State, and in none more than the counties of Adams and Wells. We wish all success to the new paper and to the part of the country in which it is located. We helped to dig the stumps out of Indianapolis twenty-eight years ago, when we published a newspaper in a buckeye cabin some ten or fifteen feet square; and we think we know something of early times in a new country, and we have a fellow feeling for all editors under similar circumstances if indeed there ever have been any akin to our own early history. Kentucky Elections. Glorious old Kentuck is about to resume her sla lion in the democratic ranks. A year or two more will do the work. The prospect now is that she will be with us in 18J2. The whole West should unite on the broad and National platform of Democracy The Louisville Democrat sayg: "It is now LiiMv pn! !.)e that t'.ic lower house in t; " r.:' L 'i.-lau.ve will be d.'iuoei atic. So far as Lcud i D1.1 the c i.:in'- s are sulfieknt to make a tie, but m-re !..... i-r:itic sains have beeu made most likely. Whi ;;?. v 1. ! as well take an account of stock, wind un. and i'i i;iin -ss in this commonwealth. It has had iu d iy Hud c-au'i complain. Tnr convent:. :i business has made havoc of the whig p-mv. S n:?oi' tliCui fUrcfaw ti:e djnger and tried to f.iil Tu .villi ti.e current, but thev did it with an ill grace. T.iov uiiifflc! and wciirjiled tr.emsclves out of credit. Other- went otf at such an extravagant rate as to show the rest of m inkiiid that they were metiny an unnatnral part. Tue tricUs were transparent. The people see that the whig politicians hated the convention, the new constitution, and, in tact, the wtiole business irom uegin ning to end. Missouri Elections. The last St. Louis papers state, that so far as re ceiveil, there are 33 whigs elected to the House and 12 to tlie Senate; 12 members of the House and one in the Senate, in favor of Mr. Benton, and 14 antiBenton members of the House. About one half of the State beard from. fjrOur friend Jenks, of the Lafayette Courier, is mistaken in his statement, that Ellis and Spann are State Printers. He will see, on looking at the Journals of the last session, that Jacob P. Chapman, was elected tlie State Printer for the next three years Dr. Ellii, he will also learn by the same Journals was elected Auditor of Slate at the same session Under tlie Constitution of the State of Indiana, no person can hold two lucrative offices at the same time, so that Dr. Ellis, if he has receiv ed the appointment of State printer from tlie Governor, (which we are informed by the Secretary of State is not the case) he must have vacated the office of Auditor. CT-The Cincinnati Commercial of Wednesday last says, that Mr. James Given is now out on a preliminary survey of a direct Railroad route to Indi-anapoli.

The Question Settled. In a long course of Editorial life it has seldom fallen

v uui ni iu enjoy a "iiuici iiiciuuiv, iu tuiuuuin-uiL! a public event, than w experience to-day in announcing that which, if we coulJ, we would spread over the whole mbrth' m ou& m m ui Mr i Lie me J nan uuunuary iuettutn. isonsiuenng tins the most duiicult or all the questions growing out of our Mexican acquisitions, and its adjustment as decisive of the early settlement of the remaining points of controversy, we confess to the uncommon degree of joy with which it fills us. Hail Liberty and Union and Domestic Peace! Hail Liberty and Union and every great interest of the country! Had the return of the Government from its long aberration back to its just sphere of action and usefulness! Our first feeling is certainly one of thankfulness to Providence for this important first step in the restoration I of National harmony. Our next sentiment is one of high respect and gratitude towards those who have persetrying struggle of the last six months, "unscduced," ItlCU Will 9UUI1 UIIUIIlVllllllI IC9U1UIIUU IUI UU" U 11119 Ulll I unterrihed." They have encountered great rcsponsity, and they have encountered it cheerlully ; they have made great personal sacrifices at least some or them and they have made such sacrifices -promptly, and with entire disregard of personal consequences. "Distant, far . . . ft' i -nu r . ten ny tnc people oi tne unitcu otates. i We do not undertake to recite the precise terms of the vet know them : and. in truth, we do not care to know iiiaiiN uiiauio v int n ua nun i'a u . ivi we u" wis, i them. It is enough fur us that the lull was carried by threc-mths or the votes oi tue öenate, conbned to no It is a happy circumstance that the bill was so wisely I ram od and matured as to subdue so many sectional prejudices and harmonize so many conflicting views; and we heartilv eonrrratiilate Mr. Pearce on the success I which has crowned his cllorts. We tee! pistitied also in .... - ... . .. . t congratulatinz the friends of the Administration that this hapiv adjustment has so speedily followed the wise and conciliatary recommendation of the President to Congress on this perplexing and menacing subject. It now only remains that the great popular branch of me ieisiacure snouiu ioiiow up mis nouie worn ana , , , Ii" II .111 I 11 complete it. Wo confidently trust they will do so. We fully believe that in a few days we tshall le able to announce that this and other healing measures have become laws. That is the consummation most devoutly to be wished. Then, indeed, would this great and glorious Republic be once more "Whole as the marble, founded as the rock, As broad and general as the casing air." The above is from the National Intelligencer, the avowed organ of the new administration, written in moments of exultation upon the passage of the Texas boundary bill. Tlds healing measure passed by the following vote : Yeas Mossrs. Badjrer, Bell, Berrien, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Clarke, Clemens, Cooper, Davis of Mass., inwson, uicKinson, jjouue tu Iowa, .lkwms. rcicu, 1 I V . I . . I I I 1. I Foote, Greene, Houston, King, Norris, Pearce, Phelps, Kusk, Shields, Smith, Snruance, fcturgeon, Wales, Whitcomb and Winthrop 30. Nats Messrs. Atchinson. Baldwin, Barnwell, Ben ton, Butler, Chase, Davis of Miss., Dodge of Wis., Ewing, Hale, Hunter, Mason, Morton, Seward, Sonic, Tnrncy, Underwood, Upham, V alker and lulce Zv. We do not think that the Intelligencer over-esti-mates its importance. Should it pass the House, and become a law, it will disperse the cloud of civil war which is gathering over our southern horizon. i r ie l i. He confess that, from tlie first, we have been alarmed at the threatening aspect of things in that ... i ii i i ii- i quarter. le may be called cowards. We know there are those who will say, " Let Texas try the ssue, and the United States will whip her easier

than she did the Mexicans." But those who talk so, uiythe, Esq , County Delegate, we have sjK.kcn reare generally the men who have never met Mexicans pcatcdly of as a gentleman of ability and education a or any one else in mortal combat.. God forbid that riI Rcholarl; anf c,,V'f 1 KJkcr W1 ,r, hht J manv Tr.llinf K.-u-inl niinlitio. ihn lion llolirrt

we should ever have civil war, and when we are required to raise our arm to shed a brother's blood, We COnieSS OUrSelVeS COWardS. I But the most remarkable portion of the article, is that part where the editor speaks with uJ 1 v totcards thosi tcho have persevered tcith such vnflinching resolution, through this most trying slruggn oj in: ast six momns, unseuucea, uucrria aI 1 a Al 1 J t a I fied.' Thy have encountered great responsibility, nd th y have encountered it cheerfully, they have made great personal sacrifices at least some of th:m and they have made such sacrifices promptly and tcith entire disregard of personal cons:qu:nces. Distant, far distant, b: th: day, when such patriotic efforts, sustained by such extraordinary ability and n rgy, will b: forgotten by the people of the Inxted States." So speaks the whig organ, of the new adminislration. But to whom docs he reler, when ne speaks oi Senators who have been struggling for this great measure for the last six months? and to what measure? Not this particular bill, for it has only been before the Senate for a few days. He must refer to the compromise bill, recently defeated, when he alludes to those who struggled for that bill; not northern whig Senators! Mr. Cooper from Penn. . . . .. . was its only supporter from the northern whig ranks after Mr. Webster retired from the Senate. It met ... .. ii. r 4t.-. -4t, ,k: with no aid, no sympathy from the northern whig ' J J . party or the whig press. They were for the President's plan, or more properly the plan of the Galphin cabinet, which would have involved the Government in a civil war with Texas; the South would i ki r,i.i i,ov. iiaTC lagern elicit , auu miuiv vvuuu j vmv imi v been disgraced in the eyes ol the Christian world. The present bill, with a slight variation in the boundary, which is better for Texas, was one of the features of the bill recommended by the committee of thirteen. The amount to be paid is the same, ,. . , i, .... , . although the blank was not tilled. But we can tell our readers, who were the patriots that for six long months struggied unse duced and o oo unttrrifiid " for this measure. From the North, we firt iirli nntrints a C. nick-inson. Whitromb. . n. u. ti-j-- e t t ungni, uougiass, oiuems, zotige oi ioa, -ones, Felch, Sturgeon, Bradbury, and Norris, all democrats. The democratic party have always been in 1 J favor of this settlement; but they have been opposea oy vniggery; ana out lor uie rroviueniiüi d- i- i i j p.i t,i- ,i ispcnsaüon, which rcmoted General Tavlor, and dethroned the Galphin Cabinet, the measure would h,.. km. r1foai1 But w hen President Fillmore repudiates tlie " Wil mot." and with the immense Patronasre of the Gov- . - i.:. l l. ....v . r ,u iit i,l ,1 eminent I HIS uutiw, outlines luitu mo wuiu I . . touches the blighted and withered wrag patriotism Ii. rw.rtk t).v r inctnntlv mnd whnle. the , ,. , . , i. scales tail irom tneir eyes, anu my see uungs in their true light. May the whigs of Indiana be touched with the same healing wand, and may the ...... leprosy of Sewardisni, with which they are covered, , it, Timi.il iikj .vu, they aid their whig President - . . . es of measures which must rebe removed, and may to consummate a series store harmony to the country. On the final passage ry. On the linal passage names of such northern r t. ti i r. e of Rhode Island, Davis of the bill are recorded the w ings as iiarae anu oreene i ivnoue isium, i - and Winthrop of Massachusetts, Smith of Conr.ccli

cut, Phelpa of Vermont; whilst Dayton and Miller 0f New Jersey refused to vole. A change has come

. ... , T over lhe Pirlt of lhc,r Yearns. We advise the In diana whigs to repent " while it is yet day, and before the night cometh when no man can work." " While the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return." But remember the lamp will not always burn. Hon. John Pettit. The name of Mr. Pettit is announced in the Lafayette Courier as a candidate for Senator of the United States, and his claims strongly urged by that paper. ti.;. : w. .o ., :n ,.1, . . m . . . ... . out ln ,ÄVor OI Uieir respective candidates, wnere they are disposed to do so. Our position has been .1 J 1 A 4 i il MMkCU U1" ttIK4 u"" 13 lu ""ur U1C tensions 01 any candidate until lairiy nominated. We are decidedly in favor of a Legislative Conven- ..,, .. i , . . . . shall be tlie candidate of our party, and he who will not submit to this test will have our unqualified oppou"j "'' m uic suuui ui um uuim, cast or the west. As Mr. Pettit has just been elect J 1 a a at sT 1 s cu a 1C viiMnuuoiiai voyciiuou as uie candidate ot a democratic Convention, and lrom a COunty tw where the democrats refused any amalga mauon wun uie wings, awiougD ms name was pronosed to be Placed uoon a compromise ticket, we nQ doubt he h(, has heretofore don ' ' 1 ' ! 1 I 1 " 1 . f suDmu ms claims in accoruance witn me usages oi lne democratic nariv. If nominated he will be our ,. , . .... . - . , T . . Jt . candidate. hat say J OU, friend Jenks, to this? We have also been requested to say, that the Hon pnvP n-n will oKmlt Kia rUm In rw, . HIV I V. . . T. A. OUVIltA. V 1111111 v w vvrii. vention of the democratic members of the Legislature as a candidate for United States' Senator. "The Pocket." There is an anecdote remembered by many of our citizens of our oil friend Basil Brown, at the time Van Buren w as defeated for the Presidency in 1S40 by such an overwhelming vote. A week after every Democrat but himself had given up all as lost, and when the counties heard from in Indiana were piling up their majorities mountain high, our old friend was asked to give it up. Never, said he, with a strong expression never, till I hear from the pJtet.' The "Pocket" Congressional District will v have but two whig members of the Legislature this winter. We copy the following description of the "Pocket" delegation to the Constitutional Convention, from th Evansville Journal, a whig paper: . . "It must alford every citizen of "the Pocket" gratification to reflect upon "the representation of this region ot tliA Qto.A Piini'unlliin. Tlinr. i. n sitting nrtrfirtii nf InJi na whieh wi 1k? represented in that important body by more ability and intelligence, than "The Pocket , 8 tbls sout,,ern "rmcu. . lara, e lean learn, evciy man eiccicu ns ocimimmi ui vuumjr Delegate from this region, possesses all the ability necessary to fill his position with honor to himself and his constituency. u our own Aisinci uuu vumuji c have al(,tf mpn a9 Delegate.. Judge Lockhart, the Senatorial Delegate, is at present President Judge in ! 'r", "J r c''rsc possessed oi every quaiincafmn niwiAccnrr tn iikIiiI nM in Ins station. James I'.. Dale Owen has been elected delegate to represent the 'joining county of Posey. It is unnecessary for us to ronrmuintafim nf inflnsnf.. and fnlnnt Ä renrnu nt. tive of Gibson, the adjoining county on the North, Ir i n 1TI1T1 l .' ll Ml- JFI r?!?.11.111- ' r.vansMiie nu ulinois Railroad, bus been elected bv a larro maiontv. No county in the Slate will be rcp'resentcd bv a more substantial man, or by one of greater influence. Mr. - i u 13 uiu cciiauuiai utitaio uum uuisuu, pjko anJ Duois IIo jg favorat,iv known as a nian of ability. The result in the district alove, composed of ? T Warrick counties, is in favor or Mr. J. P. bl1t lit'ti0 more tnan that"vre have heard bira spoken of as a very able man." Indiana Asburr University. y;e iave intended for some years past, to attend Ufa Commencement exercises of this Institution, which is doing so much for the education of the vnutli of Indiana: hut have as vet been nrevented from so doing. We had expected, ere this, that some friend would have irivcn us a communication m relation to tlie late Commencement; but have been, disappointed in tlie reasonable expectation, The editor of the Western Christian Advocate, late President of tlie University, was present, and tlie following notice is from his pen. He says: On arriving at Grecncastle, we found the examinaof tbo students in the University, in progress. From a personal attendance a portion ol the time, and ,rom the reports of others, we were gratified with the proficiency of tho classes presented lor examination. Good order has prevaded during the year, and but little oc . . Ul uao V1 j . . ,. c.,i:0 casion has been presented for college discipline, studies have been pursued with diligence, and as tho result both the Faculty and the students are honored by the progress eVm. present Commencement was one of unusual intcrcst. Many of the former students returned to visit their Alma Mater at the quinuueniiial exercises of the i . . . . i livcred before tho alumni bv J. P. Luce, Esii., of Covington; before the Philological Society by D. W. oihes, J ; ,.,.,,,:. These erLmanees we were m,t able to attend, as the Board of Trustees and Visitors was in session at the same time. But the report yhich we received was of a very favorable character. All the iionker were nmon-r our fofcuer nunils. and rinht clad were we to take them again by the hand, and to hear of tn' 6Ucccsf IroprT7' i r w.. ,h in i Tu rr.it fonttn-A of interest, however, was the in au!rUration of Dr Berry, as President of tho University, and the charce delivered upon tho occasion by Hon. J. A. Wricrht. Governor of the State. Tho address of GoT" Wri2nt w written in a neat and chaste style, and delivered in a felicitous manner. We would give a ynopsi.of it, but as it will shortly bo published j we mmorul it tn ihn attpntiiin nf nur rpailfru President Berry dwelt, in his inaugural, on the great theme of iiumin Progress, ms uuicf, un.u imujiau oumv I two hours and a half in delivery, was full of strong . . v expressed. It did honor to himself and to the University. It will also appear thortly from the press, and we hone that it and the charge ol the Governor will have a wide circulation. On Wednesday tbe young gentlemen of the graduating class, nine in num nbor, delivered orations ociore a very I larco auditory. Some of these speeches were of very i ' . j mt i - 1 i ,- superior order. The degrees were conferred, and the Baccalaureate address of the President, fhort, eloquent and imnressive. closed the exercises or tho occasion. The Board of Trustees filled vacancies in the Mcdica ColIe!M, fts weI1 M in thc Faculty of the literary depart ment. They also elected a Profetor of Law, and made arrancemeiits for opening a law department next year I Tbo funds of the University are in a favorable condition mnd from ajj we couu icnrn tbo future will be a briuht n1 irom ail we could learn the lutore will oe a nriuni year in the history of the institution. With a healthy location, competent funds, an able Faculty, aid a wide rircle of' devoted friends, a large increase of students may le confidently anticipated. That this is the genmay le confidently anticipated. That this is the genexpectation we learned as well from the Faculty as from distinguished gentlemen, a large number of whom fron TMjriOU8 partJ vr tbe state we were barpv to sec in rroin T(UiOU8 partj - attendance.

New Mexico and Slavery. It is known to most of our readers, that the people of New Mexico, in Convention, have established a State Government and formed a Constitution, with a view to be admitted into the Union. The population of New Mexico is estimated at eighty thousand. Of these about fifteen hundred are Americans, and speak the English language. The rest are Mexicans, civilized Indians, and half-breeds. The Convention was composed of seventeen delegates. Seven of these were Americans, and ten were Mexicans, former alcaldes and (Vdholic priests. Their Constitution is Republican, and was evidently modeled, in the main features, after the Constitutions of some of the States. But, at this time, we only intend calling public attention to its peculiar feature on tlie subject of slavery. The following is the first section under the declaration of rights: Article I. Declaration of Rigid. Sec. I. All men being born equally free and independent, and having certain natural, inneritant, and inalienable rights, amongst which arc the enjoying and defending of life and liberty, the acquirement, possession, and protectioa of property, and the pursuit and attainment of happiness; therefore, no roalo person shall he held by law to serve any person as a servant, slave, or apprentice, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, nor female, in like manner, after she arrives at the age of eighteen years, unless thev be bound by their own consent, after they arrive at such age, or are bound by law for punishment of crime. By this provision it will be seen, that males until they are twenty-one, and females until they are eighteen years of age may be held in bondage involuntarily, and after that period in life, they are subjected to the most odious form of slavery known to the world. That kind of slavery known to the Mexican law, as peonage, or in plain English, white slavery. The way it works is this: These peons are a class of poor ignorant and uneducated Mexicans and half-breeds, who have neither lands, flocks nor herds. They can look to the chase for the buckskin that covers their limbs, and the scanty supply of meat with which they are provided, but they must have bread, and can only look for it to some wealthy farmer, with his hundreds of peons. He must buy on credit, and in that way he runs up a debt which can only be liquidated by binding himself to service, which is done with his consent by the alcalde, who renders a full judgment against him. Under the law his owner charges him with his board, clothing, and all tlie necessaries required by his family. These charges are a lien upon his services during his life, and a lien upon the services of his children after his death. An instance has never been known of a Peon who was ever able to release himself from slavery. There is no year of jubilee to him. Death strikes the shackles from his limbs but to be fastened on his children, and under this infamous system, a majority of all the children in New Mexico are born slaves, or in the more soft language of these people, peons. Peonage is often fixed upon a poor Mexican Ranchcro in this manner: He marries a wife, builds a hut, and cultivates a small patch of earth, a child is born, it must be baptized according to tlie forms of the church, and these forms, cannot be complied with w ithout incurring a heavy expense. We mean heavy for a people so poor and destitute; or, perad venture, the child; dies it must not only be baptized before

its death, but must be buried according to forms of the church, in this semi-civilized country. There are hundreds of cases where the baptism or the death of a child incurs a debt which binds the father to servitude for life, and his children after him, and the object of establishing a system of servitude on minors, without their consent, was to cover cases where ihey, under the law, are held as a lien for the debt of the parents. Yet New Mexico must be admitted as a State, that the double-pledged Whig party may dodge the proviso and the responsibility of a ! vote, which they fear may injure their party; and as ilic constitution does not establish negro slavery, it is a free State. It is not contrary to the letter of that universal abolition petition, "that no more slave States be admitted into the Union," and they can therefore cheerfully vote for her admission. When Louisiana and Florida were acquired, territorial governments of the simplest form were given to them, until they were gradually schooled into our republican form of government, and they were much better qualified for self-government than the people of New Mexico. It is not fifteen years since this very people, who are now to be made citizens of the United States, and clothed with all the forms of sovereignty, cut off the head of the Governor and kicked it through the streets cut off the hands, tore out the tongue and plucked out the e3"es of the State officers. It seems to us that we are cheapening the forms of State sovereignty, and failing to give to this people that strong form of Government which under the Mexican treaty we are. bound to do. Let them have a territorial government. Let the laws of the United States be extended over them, and in due time, after a reasonable probation, admit them as a State.' Americans iu London. A meeting of the American citizens in London was held on the 25th, at the American Legation, to consider what steps should be taken on the death of the President. On tlie motion of Dudley Seiden, of New York, the American Minister took tlie chair; and on the motion of Mr. Davis, Charles Levi Woodbury, of Massachusetts, was chosen Secretary. David Hoffman, of Maryland, John W. Davis, of Indiana, United States' Commissioner to China, George Peabody, of London, Isaac 0. Barnes, of Massachusetts, and Dudley Seiden, of New York, were appointed a committee to prepare and report resolutions, expressing tlie sense of the meeting on the event which had caused it to be called. They rejiorted a series which were, on the motion of Col. Aspinwall, United States' Consul at London, unanimously adopted. Mr., Clay's Wit On las recent tour north, Mr. Clay spent a day in Philadelphia. He was escorted to the American Hotel, by a large concourse of citizens. He immediately appeared in tlie piazza and attempted to ad dress tlie people who completely blocked up. tne street. An Omnibus attempted to pass the crowd, whilst he was speaking, which created great "noise and confusion," but Mr. Clay raising his voice to its loudest and clearest pilch, said, " Gentlemen, if you arc friends of mine you will let tlie ' Omnibus pass ';" which was received w illi pcab of laughter.

Gov. Wright's Address. We have been politely furnished with "an Address delivered at the Installation of Rev. L. W. Berry, D. D., as President of the Indiana Asbury University, July 16, 1S50 by Gov. Jos. A. Wright" from the press of Mr. De frees of this city. The address is published in a pamphlet of eighteen pages of large type; and had we room, in our paper, we would gladly, at once, transfer the whole of it into our columns. But, inasmuch as it treats of a variety of subjects mostly of a practical character we have thought it most advisable to give it to our readers, as the doctors say,

in broken doses, as we believe its harmony will not be greatly marred by so doing. The Governor concludes Iiis remarks to tlie President, before summing up the different topics of the address, by an impressive appeal in behalf of the Union. He says: I trust yon will inculcate in the minds of the young men who shall come hither for instruction, a burning love for the anion of these Slates. It is too common an occurrence to see our youug men ia tho North and South oo examination days, and at school exhibitions, engaged in rehearsing the beauties of this, nr the evils of that section of the country, Jostcring in thc youthful mind a bigoted love fr this or that section of the country, at the expense of the other. I have no patience to sit down and hear men talk about this or that section of the Union, or of the peculiar frame work of society in this or that State, in opposition to those of other Stales. This continually speaking of Northern interest, Southern interest, Northern population, and Southern population, is an evil that demands a remedy. This Union is not composed of a few cities in tha North or South; the pcopl j of this Union consists of something else than iron ;ir l l i : . i ' . i inius an wooucn ciocks in wie iorin, or oi rice ami cotton bales in tho South. We of the West Imc something to say as to who and what compose this Union; and it is a glorious truth that there is a spot of earth on this continent, known as the West, in which there are now more than six millions of inhabitants engaged in all the duties of active life the great mass of whom know nothing short of this Union as composing the Republic, and whoso voice in the public councils, on all the great questions of the day, have heretofore iieen, and 1 trust will so continue to be, conservative. Thc tirao has now arrived when the influence of the West, in her conservative spirit, should be felt in the settlement of all our national questions. It is high time that the; should say to the North and to the South, ''Thus far shalt thou go but no farther." From our position, intercourse, character of pursuits, variety of productions, our numbers, and strong attachment to the Union, we will necessarily, in some measure, mingle with every portion of our great confederacy. If we are true to ourselves, to our country, to our high destiny, and to the cause of civil and religious liberty, we may be able, acting in the spirit of our fathers, to be mainly instrumental in eflccting amicable adjustments of all those agitating questions which, at different times, will necessarily arise in a government extending over such a vast territory, and embracing so great a variety of interests. We cannot belong to the South we cannot belong to the North: we will know neither in the adjustment of any question that threatens to disturb thc peace and harmony of the nation. Our high mission is that of acting wisely and justly, in the spirit of conciliation and concession towards all parts of the nation: that thereby we may be instrumental, at all times, in prc&crvi.ig the peace and harmony of the Union. We cannot wholly eradicate from the hearts of our people sectional names and partialities; they are older, in portions of our country, than tho Constitution; there were southern colonies and northern colonies liefore its adoption. The sons of New England have borne and loved that distinctive name for more than one hundred and fifty years ; in the sunnny South, the name of South' ron has been equally cherished and loved. Shall not the young anl mighty West too have a distinctive name, which her sons may learn to love and honor? Let it be the blessed name of Peace Malers! Let ns not he alarmed at tho word compromise. It is the richest word in the English language, in its adaptation to the business of government or individuals. UU traism never yields or gives; it knows no compromise, and uses no words but those of insolence and dictation. The idea of no compromise is only another name for war. Every family, individual, and nation, must necessarily concede many things to each other, which is for the miitu.il benefit of all, and here is thc true secret of domestic peace and happiness. Atid why is not the same principle equally applicable to a family of States or of nations. Compromise, Compromise! This great principle was with our fathers in 17S7, with us in 1820 and 133, has been tho watchword of our heretofore unparallellcd success, and is the tailsman of our future peace and tranquility. Uillenng as we do in sod, climate, and productions in habits, manners, and social relations in local and sectional interest we can only le one people upon the principle of concession and con ciliation. May it be yours to cherish and sustain this sentiment in every joung mind that may seek instruction within these walls, and may the principle of concession, I conciliation, and compromise, oe taught by you, as equally applicable to nations, states, and individuals: May you renounce all sectional parties sternly rebuke any and every effort to form a northern party! May yon embrace within your instruction a love for the whole Union, from the lakes to the gull, and Irom thc Atlantic to the Pacific, and may Asbury be renowned in all time to come, as the pont from whieh shall proceed the younff men who shall Iks thoroughly Union Aracrcan in all their feelinjs, who shall know no swtion or State, but who will be prepared to go into the held before them, breathing thc spirit of thc Poet: V "Are we not creatures of one hand divine, Formed in one mould, to one redemption born, Kindred alike, where 'er our skies may shine, Where'er our siuht first drank tho vital mom? Brothers! one bond around our souls should twine; And wo to him by whom that bond is torn." In behalf of the Board of Trustees, I now hand you the keys of this Institution, as a token of their confidence that tho trust reprised in vou will be faithfully discharged. And I charge you, as President of this institution, to impress upon the young men the great lieauty and attraction of lalor tho ncot ssity of improving the physical as well as the mental man the importance of making the education of onr youth of that character that it will not only enrich the memory, but awaken the powers of thonsht. "It is not books which we want to pre serve, it is the mind of man not tho receptacles of thought, bat the faculty or thinking." And may you not cease to tench the doctrine of a special Providence the propriety of kindness and urbanity in our intereonrse with one another a love for order and system and a strong attachment and patriotism for the union of these Mates. President Berry! I know your ability, anxiety, and teal to discharge tbe important duties before von. I know your desire to see the young men, who shall from time to time, receive instruction here, become useful in their day. Yon want them to bo men mighty men Permit me, in conclusion, to say to you, that to aeeom. nlish this jrreat work, teach this ercat troth at all time and in all places, that there is but one man that is entitled to be distinguished, but one that has any claim to lie called creat. It is he who selects the right with invincible determination, who stands calmly amidst the buffetings, persecutions, and billows, of this world, who withstands and contends against tho heaviest calamities, who is so balanced with true wisdom that he floats with out wavering in the midst of all tempest, whose trust and confidence on truth, on virtue, ou Uod, is roost un faltering. . (rThe Hon. James W. Borges, the Sena torial Delegate from the District of Allen, Adams and Wells received the handsome majority of eleven hundred and forty six votes in the District, over Samuel Hannah, the great gun of whiggery in the north 532 majority in Allen, the county in which both candidates reside. (rTbc Whig Thermometer, published at Mari on, Grant county, says: "We do not claim this Mat tering result as an independent Whig victory; on the contrary, we are free to acknowledge our in debtedness to our free soil friends, for the frank and unwayering manner b which they contributed to thc success of our cause.

Washington Corresponded". Washijotos City, Atrg. 8, 1?"3. Your correspondent "Mississippian" s- : take in high dudgeon the remarks which i . . -a former letter, that Cen. Foote would not t - -tained in his patriotic efforts to compromise an.! tie the existing difficulty growing out of the p -. pie of freedom or slavery in our new territorial t quisitions, because Mississippi was a disunion S(a;? It was a casual remark, and I hope I may be m! r -ken. I have since conversed wiih Senator Footand he thinks he will be fully sustained by ;iic t pie of his State. I trust time will prove he is r. . . But in my opinion he will be most grossly niis'k He stands alone. All the delegation are again! W The most moderate man amongst them is JureThompson, who I have never heard utter a disur.i sentiment; but he is one of the publishing coiniLi:tee of tlie Southern Press, an avowed disunion pap. i in a certain contingency. Gov. Brown, one of the most popular men ii Mississippi, and the representative irom the Natchdistrict, does not hesitate, on all occasions, to bto ' sentiments of disunion as strong as Mr. Rhelt himself, who is a disunionist per . Mr. Feathersto i and Col. McWillie are both in favor of secession in a certain contirrgervcy, and I think "Mississipian" entertains the same sentiments. Yet, he says Mississippi is a loyal Union State, "but that shi will b; the first in thifi -ld to resist northern aggression and idll sustain, at all hazards, and to thi last extretni.

ty, her constitutional rights.' Now, do you understand what, in the parlance of a Mississippi politician, is regarded as constitutional rights? What is meant by unfurling the banner 'or right, justice and freedom," "blood-bought rights,' &.c? These are familiar words to the ear of otv who, like the writer, has listened to the debates i Congress for tle last nine months. All this flow o.r patriotic words means the right of a Mississippi planter to emigrate to California with his slaves, in violation of law, and in violation of the wishes of the people residing in that new State. South Carolina, I believe, is a disunion State for the sake of disunion. I do not believe Mississippi is. But, will your correspondent say, that if Congress should admit California as a State, with the clause in her constitution prohibiting slavery, that Mississippi is not for disunion? If he does, he talk' differently from the delegation in Congress, execr. Gen. Foote. But should Congress do what Mississippi requires, remand California to a territorial government, provide for her admission into the Union, when the people will consent to the establishment of slavery as part of the organic law; then Mississippi would doubtless be a loyal Union Statt . Now tlie only difference between your correspon dent and myself is, as to what constitutes a disunionist. I hold the man to be a disunionist, who is in favor of disunion if California i3 admitted with her constitution, prohibiting slavery; who makes an ultimatum he knows cannot be accepted, and such is the contingency upon which 'Mississippian' proposes to "act on the defensive to A- last emergency." My . doctrine is, let tlie people of the new territories decide this question for themselves. Let liiere be no action in Congress, either to force the people to establish or inhibit slavery of any kini. Your correspondent seems to think, that there js but one northern man in Washington, who has mar--nanimity enough to do justice to the Sou'h. Ti.r . assertion convinces me that he is behind the times, and that, in speaking of Mississippi, he spoke l.r- -estly of her as she had been, and not as she i$ tk. ' Charles Brown is not in Washington, and I re;' his absence; but the very speech which is quo caused the district to be represented in the pre.-i n Congress by Mr. Moore, a whig. I agree in sen . ment with "Mississippian," that the northern fan? tics and abolitionists are not the friends of ib Union, or tlie constitution. He cannot more co dially despise their factious and disorganizing effo -. than I do; but when I see such men as Hale, Sew ard, Chase and others of the same stamp, consulti ; with Jeff. Davis, Yulce, Mason, Barnwell and oth--to defeat a great measure of compromise, whit l. would have restored peace and harmony to in country, which was supported by Cass, Clay, Di' k inson, Douglass, Badger, Mangum, and your oBright and Whitcomb, I think they are drivinglLeidisunion omnibus to the same destination. Ibavt been pained to see such billing and cooing am n northern abolitionists and southern ultras, to defea . all measures of conciliation. I am sick and tire . of this eternal and never-ending southern bravado, gasconade and billy-goat ferocity. XAVIER. The Waggon-boy." Tlie Indiana Journal, in its effort to bolster up Tom Corwin, has published an article respecting h'n industry as Secretary of the Treasury calling him the " waggon-boy," &c. Now, we happen to have resided, in early life, in the same town with this celebrated "waggon-boy." He was then quite a young man, commencing the practice of tlc law. His father was a rich &mier,' living in the suburbs of the village, his brother clerk of the Court. With . a ruffle shirt and Spanish cigar in his mouth, lhe plebeian, who, at that day, would have dared to call him a wagon-boy would have been knocked down or most grossly insulted. Daniel Webster Sustained at Home. The abolitionists in Boston, made a desperate effort to nominate a candidate opposed to Mr. Web ster, to fill Mr. Winthrop'! vacancy in Uie Boston district. But they were completely defeated. A Mr. Elliott, tho Treasurer of Cambridge College, and author of the letter, so largely signed by the citizens of Boston, approving the course of Mr. Webster, received the nomination, and will be elected by a large majority. This is regarded by the friends of the administration as a triumph over tlie " Wilmot." Proposed New State. It is said that a proposition is before the Convention of Michigan, for the erection, with thc assent of that State and of Congress, of a Territorial Government in the region of Lake Superior, with a view to tlie formation there of a new State for admission into tlie Union. Letters in California. The last number of the California Daily Courier, contains a list of upwards of 6cven thousand letters advertised as remaining in the Post Office, at San Francisco. This is the longest list of letters ever published in tbe Unrted'Statcs.