Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1850 — Page 1

r T 3 WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. AUSTIN II. BHOWN, Publisher. 5 WEEKLY; 5 SE3II-WEEKLY, . . .'. .... . . . .V.U OO ( UEEKLY, OO VOL. X. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1850. NO. 29.

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Indianapolis, December 12, isjo. Gen. John Anthony Quitman Tliis gentleman is now Governor of Mississippi. His election wiil prove the most disastrous event of his life. His military career lias been a brilliant one. Apppointed a Brigadier General at the commencement of the Mexican war, he immediately repaired to the scene of conflict anj never returned until he sav the flag of his couutry waving from the domo of the cnpitol of Mexico. He distinguished himself at Moi.t.-rey, and with the holdncssand daring of a Murat lie led the charging columns on tlio City of Mexico, stormed I lie Beleti gate and entered the Halls of the Mentezumas in triumph. He was made Civil and Military Governor of the City, which position he occupied until the armist ce, when he returned to t!i State with the laurels of a conquering hero green on hi lrow. Every where he was received with shouts of applause frum a proud and grateful people. He was madu the guest of Stales and cities. His fame as a milit try chieftain was established. Surrounded by friends, in the enjoyment ol wealth, he might have reposed on Lis liurtU. But alas for his luiur- fame, bis ambition was t .ttt.-'ticd. He desired civil promotion. II wisiied to hi Vice President, bat wns disappoir.tjd, an. I t in di.ipp ia:ni"nt i'-kr: a nig' Ira w lias lccn b oo-Kni over him and aJmin'steiing to t'e 1. 1 crr.ess r f his pii it. Benlict Arnold wi a ;io i tliat crouched not before t!i9 fe, iumI a Iraver spirit tian Aaron Burr never drjw i saoid. But di.;p; ointol ..mb.tion made them the enemies of their country, tin taey went down to the traitor's ?r te. Thse ar s maiko 1 c an pics and we t. y-st it is no; too late fur the subject of this notice ta proiit bj th?m. Mis-Us Pii, a Stati identified in poit:on and in interest w:t't Iter vsUf, O'.iio. Indiana, and Llinoi, under th m id council' of Gov. Quimaa and his c Jin peers i.i fully, it' at i. crinse, is lotii:ig dii.niin and treason. We peak tliis iu regret and not in ungcr. Wo have regarded G.i v. Q iitoixa as a personal and political friend, lie is a irtrtucns roan ly birth and education, and cana, Ht-.'t efre, l.e .iid ti be influenced by early prejudices. His policy a Governor is of the most ultra character. He kM convened the Legislature without any sufficient auik.-ity, and bis communication is of the most iiitra ehinnt.-r. . We sb mid like to publish t'.ie mtsae eat4r Lt ann-t. We, however, pul.li-h the f"l. biding es.tr tct wiiieb indicMtts t.i remedy, fur the evilbe ftuajJaiis o ". The exiract ulcbuagh couched in rettecUui 1 iuagi, int'.uis tiutuin luit disunion, lilox!she ! and civil uir wi h all its LorroiS: '.U'lwa I reflect hjxmi tue je tinacity with wbiih the awault upn oar ri'Ziits h ive U.cn tor yrars proecutel, tlie eviJütit increasj ( unü-Awcry yentimcRts at tluNorti, and tMf excitiment there jieivmling nearly all tla-'es against the l iw t pruvidj lur the extradition of . fugitive btres, I have little h jC let that these guarantees, iudien.il!y new.-essary to our safety, wi.l le yieldjj by a m tjority fl iehe I wita recent vicioiies. and encouraged by app irent divisions among ourselves. Yet to leavj n ellrt at conciliation untried, and still further to unite with is those of our own people who still look f r a ret truing sjnso uf justice in the North, Kt the propo,iti u le disti tctly maJ to the poople rf tho non-slave-hiding States to remedy the wrong, so far as it may Ik? in tiie Ker of Congress to d iso. by obtaining from Cab iforni i concessions south of 36 3'), or otherwise, and to consent to such amendments of the federal Constitution as f,'il hereafter amply cenre the rights of the slaveholding states from misconstruction, and from furtiiei a?7resion. "Bat, in th event of refusal, I do not hesitate to express my d.ided opinion thai the only ciT'ctual remedy to evils which mast continue to crow from year to year is to le fiiund in t ie prompt a id peacealde secession ol the aggrieved States. "The probability of the ultinate necessity of a report to this tf.--tive antl nnquestionald right of sovereign St ttes should Ii kept in view, whatrer measures my be adopted by this State, either alone or in concert w'nh br sister States, to remedy existins eviU. In the mean time, and as early as practicable, it is of the highest im- . portance that some common centre of opinion and action . shoo Id ho authrn-itatively ct ihlishcd.- This may lc effected by the cfMiventions of the several assenting States providing for the organization ar.d subsequent pet iixlical appointment or eloctinit of a committee of safety for ach Statj. t- consist of a number euual to thvir Sena tors and Representatives in Congress. These coin. ' mittecs, whose dntv it should be periodically to assemble at som tentraf pfint f.r the transaction of business, should rw invest-d with ndeq'iate jxwers, absolute or ntlnni. to art for tV'ir respective Stafcs tipfin all question connected with their preservation and nr tection of thir domestic institutions and their equal rights ' rweroi.Tn States. Sneli a lody of men, even if cloth 1 with Ii? liuthoritr of but tvro or three Ststo would eo man I re-nct. nd secure 'luiet and peaceable rosults . . it to tuoir dotermmaiior.s. A Chance for a Trintcr. If a good Democratic editor will address W. F. Coolbacch, of Burlington, Iowa, he will know on what terms one-half of the State Gazette can be purchased It is a first rate chance. t7"Thc eccentric Sidney Smith, in speaking of the nro nat ire of most sermon;, said Thev are wrifen as if sin wer? to he taken onr. f man, like Eve out of ' Adam, by putting htm to slef p.' Zy Ber. J. C. Fletchrr hns hern eiing n cour! Wturfs at M-?isoi. of

Washington Correspondence. Washington Citt, Dec. 4th, 1S50. Congress is again in session. About forty members

were absent on the first day, but they are constancy ar riving and we may eflon look for a full House. The Senators from Mississippi and South Carolinia are absent. They are now the Union States, and will endeavor to mm their refractory sisters out of the Confederacy. They think they "know their rights, and," with Bombastes valor and Qtnttledom bravery, "dare maintain them." The fever is abating in Mississippi and there is now some hope that reason may again resume her empire. Mississippi is the spoiled child of South Carolinia. iut s,ho ought to bo 'reaned. She is now cutting her teeth. Senator Footo has been doing yeoman's service in the causa of the Union and although the Legislature is tow against him and may force him to resign bis scat in tho Senate, the people will rally around the standard of the Union, which he is now so gallantly bearing aloft, wid sustain Li in in the fight, until be compels the valiant Governor who now commands the army of disunion to cry "Quit-man." South Carolina is a more stubliorn case, and I fear she will not be cured without resorting to Phlebotomy, which is contrary to tho modern practice, but Dr. Fillmore will apjly the lancet, if necessary. ElwooJ Fisher, in his Southern Press, gravely announces that the Union is dissolved, the Constitution shattered nto fragments, and the present session of Congress comnenecs a new Era in our history as a Nation, and tests tae experiment whether the Government can exist withaitt a Constitution. Congress has been in session tlirco days and the word aijjcr has not been mentioned. This is a most favorable tuen. The triumph of the Union party in Georgia has cen complete. The Convention meets on next Tuesday. fitere ar? 150 members, composed of the ablest men in tli j State. Among them are Mr. Dawson of the Senate, nd Messrs. Toombs and Stephens of the House. They will recommend acquiescence, so long as the North ful;ils her Constitutional obligations to deliver up fugitive laves. The President's message is a well written document. He takes the Democratic ground on the veto, which difVis widely from the Taylor Platform. Mr. Fillmore was then a candidate and desired votes. Now be is President, acting under the obligations of an oath, which titers the case materially. He passes by that terrible IoleCohlin, the sub-treasury, as a barmle n mile post. fhe United States Eank, the once cherished apple of the '.V'big eye, is now an "obsolete idea." The land distribut ion, which has lccn superceded by the bounties to the dd soldiers, is passed by,witbaut even a nod or a wink. To gratify Pennsylvania, the keystone which was the key that opened the White House to him, lit must s?iy omtt ting about the TaiitF. He is opposed ta high du ties and recommends specifics in the place of an advalorem tax, but makes these recommendations wita t!io tone and temper of one who knows bis advice w ill not be followed, and as the next best tiling, he recommends heme valuations, nn amendment which I do not conccivo neecssavy, but one to which there cannot bs much objection. Bat thu beauty of the n,cssog is in the bold and manly manner in wiucu no ireeommcnus atincrcncc to tue compromise measures. He does not tell us that the fugitive slave law is objectionable and that he signed it re1 k-tantlv. He makes no excuiC. . Ho docs not shield hi nself nndcr opposition to the exercise of the qualified ve o which might have becu a good whig argument ; but be intimates as strong ns propriety would admit, t1! it be will veto any bill that may be passed for its rcp ai. Thank God! the whig guns arc spiked. They 0 nnot fire npon the Democrats who supported this mcasa.e without bitting their "beloved chief magistrate." Wonder if tho Wajno County Wl.igs, of the Dave Hoiloway school, will endorse it! I think Rariden must have understood this when be introduced bis peace res olutions. He has got the inside track? So much for political sagacity or political honesty, no dilTerencc which, the result will bp the same. I bave conversed very generally iith the members, and am satisfied that he fugitive slave bill cannot bo repealed, altered nr amended at this session. The compromise will stand as i whole, and all attempts to ngitate, whether from the North or the South, will lie frowned down. Tho whigs are crowding around Fillmore's National standard; but Seward and bis "higher law" followers stand back. The PiesiJcnt will do noihing- to urge tlcm to join bis hurcb. If they come, they must repent and Iks bapti sed, or be will say to them "Let him that Ts filthy be i.ltl.y still." XAYICR. 7Tlio Cincinnati Gazette and other Whig print, otb in and out of Indiana, are joining in the complaint, that the tiino of tho Constitutional Convention of this State has leen improperly consumed iu tlis discussion of the Compromise resolutii ns recently adopted ; which, it s contended, were not appropriate for the consideration f that liody. The intention is evidently to shield those Whig DJcgiitcs wbos.e votes stand recorded iu open op position to t'.ie present W'hig Presidei.t of the United States. Now, these resolutions were introduced into the Convention of Indiana by a distinguished Whig ExCongressman. Tho Democratic party were compelled to meet thec resolution?, or be placed in a false position. As that party do not usually shrink from showing their bauds on any proper occasion, the resolutions were put in an acceptable shape, and adopted, by a mix ed vote of Whiss and Democrats. The Convention, although composed of a large Dem ocratic major'.ty, has been free fivm party action. No Democrat has consumed the time of the Convention to advance his patty. A Whij; President has been sustain cd ly a mixed vote of Whigs and Democrats, and the Whig press is out against the action of the Convention, liecansc, forsooth, prominent " big have taken n stand against their President. The people, of Loth parties, will understand tae movement. - FarE Trade Lf.igct.. There was a meeting at the Irving Hou-e in New York, on Thursday week, of sev eral wU known citizens, to arrange matters for the formation of what they call a 'Free Trade League' or the 'Anti-Corn Leaguo' ;n England. Their object is to do all they can for the furtherance of free trads princi pies, bv publishing arguments, facts, etc. ; also to show that t'.ie better vay for a government to get its revenue is to levy direct taxes. Among those prominent in the movement arc Messrs. Iluntol the 'Mfc-hanies Magazine.' Fuller of tho 'M'rror,' and Kcttcil of the 'Democratic' Itcview.' .Madame Carolin Lovo, the celebrated French fe male equestrian made her debut in America on Monday evening, at Welch's National Circus, in Philadelphia, with unusual eclat. There was a crowded and really fashionable audience. TIk North American says: She appeared in each of her acts attired in a long riding habit, the one worn in tho last act being truly maguificent. In this dress she sat on her horse with the most perfect ease and grace, while he leaped high bars danced to music, reared aloj'tnr kicked and pranced, as if endeavoring to throw her olT. O Amin Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, in company with John P. Brown, Esq., wa honored with a public reception bv th" itizens of Cbiilieothe. Ohio, on the 4 ?0t'i Jt. ' "

Constitutional Convention. Ter. sDAY. December 10, 1850. The Convention was opened by prayer by the R,ev. Mr. Mvers. . The President laid before the Convention a communication from tbe Auditor of State, containing an estimate of the amount of interest paid on the public debt, nnder the State debt arrangement, and the salaries and contingent expenses of State Agents since tho commencement of that office; which was read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thorxtov, from the select committee, to whom the subject was referred, reported a section ta be inserted in the new Constitution, providing for the . appointment of three trustees, by the Circuit Court of Claik county, for the regulation of the town of Clarksviilc; whicli was read and passed to a second reading. ' Mr. Thornton, from the select committee of one from each Congressional District, reported the following section: Sue. . Hereafter no purchaser of any land or town lot at any sale of lands or town lots for taxes due to this State , or any county or any incorporated town or city within the same; or at any sale for taxes, levies or assessments authorized by the laws of this State, or any ordinance or by-law of any town or municipal corporation therein, shall lie entitled to a deed for any land or town lot so purchased, natil be or she shall have complied with the following condition, to-wit: Such purchaser shall cause to be served bv the sheriiT, or other proper officer, a written notice of such purchase on every person in possession or occupancy of such lan3 or town lot, at least three months before the expiration of the lime of redemption on such sale, in which notice he shall distinctly set forth when he pnrchas id such land or town lot ,a particular description thereof so as to clearly indt ntily the same, the amount of the tax. per centum, and costs noaessaiy to redeem the same, and when the time of such redemption will expire. And hi'.ke manner shall cause to be served on

the person or persons in whose name or names such land or town lot shall have been listed for taxation, a similar written notice, if such person or persons shall reside in the county where such land or town lot is situate ; and if such person or persons do not reside therein, then such purchaser shall cause such notice to bo published in some newspaper printed in sfich county, and if no newspaper be published therein, then in the newspaper published in this Statj nearest to the county in which such land or town lot is situated, which notice shall be published for three weeks successively, the last of which shnll lie at least three months previous ti the expiration of the time of redemption; in which notice such purchas er shall furthermore state, that unless the same shall lie redeemed within the time limited for tho redemption thereof, or for other good cause shown to tin contrary, he will make a motion to tho Circuit Court of the county in which such land or town lot is situate, at the next en suing term thereof, for an order directing th? proper of ficer to execute to him a deed for such land or town lot, according to the provisions of the Statute in such case made and provided. Such purer aser, before be shall be entitled to an order for a deed in such case, sliall ad duce to such Court satisfactory proof of his having be come the purchaser of such land or town lot for the faxa due thereon, and nt the same time shall produce and nie ins ccrnucaie oi purcuase, ioj-ciiier wun prooi ol bis having given the notice and complied with the pre liminary conditions herein befo.e prescribed, and .hall moreover til Ms omdnvit to 't e same ctlect,ol all of which several matters the Court shall cause a recoid to be made in the Order Book of such Court, and shall also cause the same to l-c filed among the records of said Court to be carefully rrcerved bv the Clerk thereof: and thereupon, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, cuse an order to bo made, directing the iror.or officer to execute to such purchaser a deed accordingly lor sueli land or town lot, which snail have the ciuct thenceforth Invest the said purchaser with a good. valid and indefensible legal title to such land or town lot. And it shall bo he further duty of such Court upon awarding a deed to such purchaser as aforesaid, to enter up an order or decree directing such purchaser , to pay into the Clerk's office of said Court, on or before the first day of the next term of said Court, a um which shall be equal to twenty per cent, on the amount of the value of the land or lot so purchased, to bs ascertained by recnrrence M tue assesmcnt of the same when last listed for taxation, which order or decree shall, from the date thereof, operata as a lien on tho said laud or town lot as agninst the said purchaser or any alienee until satisfied, and if not paid as ordered, may lo enforced by execution against said land or town lot, whosoever 's lands or possession the same may be: which money, when collected, shall be applied to common schools within the township wherein tue said land or tiwn lot is situated: Providtd, however, that both the said purchaser as well as the original ownir of said land or town lot, or any. person having any interest therein, shall be at bliertyto take nn appeal or sue out a writ of error in tbe Supreme Lnurt. lor tnc purpose ol reversing tue order ot the Circuit Court in awarding a deed in such case. Mr. Nave dissented from the report of the majority of the committee, as many of its provisions more properly lelongcd to the Legislative Department of the country, than to bo inserted in the organic law. i he following section was read a third ti ne and passcd by a vote of ayes 116, noes 6. as follows, to-wit: v Senators Khali be chosen for the term of :onr years. and Representatives for tho term of two years, from the day next after their general election except that tho term ct service or ono-hali the Senators first elected un der this Constitution, (or if tho wholo number be an un even one , then tho terra of service of one less than naif,) shall expire at the end of two years. AA the Senators elect, at the first meeting of tne General Assembly nn der this Constitution, shall be divided by lot into two equal classes, (as near as maybe;) and the seats of tbe Sena tors ol the first class shall bo vacated at the expiration of two years, and of the second cluss at tho expiration of four years, so fiat one-half, as near as possihb, shall bo chosen bienni illy thereafter. And in case of increase of tho number of Senators, at any time, they shall le so annexed, by lot to one or tho other or the two classes, as to keepineni as nearly equal as practieabla" The section providing that "No person shall le a Sen ator or Representative who, at tho time of bis election, is not a c t zen of the L nitd State, and lieen an inhab itant of this State for the two years next preceding bis election, and the last year thereof of the county or ditrict lor which lie may be chosen. Senators shall bo at least twenty-five, and Rcprev.jntativ es twenty-one years of age,' was read a third time. Mr. Walfole moved to ic-oornmit the section with instructions, that white persons of foreign birth, who have made a declaration of intention to Income citizens of the United States, and who jkscss tue other qualifications contained in the section, shall not be disqualified from holding a scat in cither Branch of the Legislature : when Mr. Br.RRT moved the previoas oncstion. which be ing sustained, was put on the pas;;: of tho section, an i ueciueu in tne a urmative, ayes lud, noes . The section provi ling that "No person holding any lu crative office or appointment nnder the United States or this State, shall b eligible to a seat in cither Branch of the General Asse nbly ; provided that offices in the nilitia, to w hu h there is attached no annual salary, shall rot be deemed lucrative," was read a third time ; when Mr. Walpole moved to rc-commitj with instructions to amend, so as t exclude the Presidents, Direcors. fkcnf Railroad and Banking companies from seats in the Legislature; when Mr. Wiley moved the previous nuestion : which beI ing snst lined, the section passed by a vote of ayes 108, noes ii. The section providing that the. sessions of tho General Assembly shall be held biennially, commencing on the first Monday after the first day of January, 1S53; providing that the Governor may call special sessions, &.C., was read a second time; when Mr. Morrison of Marion moved to aincnJ, sa that the sessions shall be held at Indianapolis. Mr. Berry moved that the amendment be laid upon the table ; which motion prevailed. . Mr. Foter moved to amend, so that the firs session shall be held on tho first Monday of January, 132. Mr. NiLrs proposed nn amendment, that the sessions of the Legislature shall commence on Thursdays instead of Mondays. . Mr. Pettit favored the amendment of the gentleman from Monroe (Mr. Foster.) He thought the vote on the now Constitution should take place in May or June the annual elections would take place in October, and there would bo no difficulty in the first session being held, under the new Constitution, in 1SÖ2, Mr. Pcrrim of Craw'ord favored 1S52 as the first meeting under the new Constitution. It would do away the necessity of called sessions for tho election of United States Senators. - Mr. CtAaa: of Tippecanoe was In fsvo of 1S53 as the time of meeting under the new ConstittMon It

might be bad policy to hurry on the adoption of tho new Constitution. Mr. Read of Monroe favored Thursday asthebest day for tne commencement of the sessions. Mr. Newman thought the first Monday of December the proper time lor the meeting of the Legislature, and, at tue proper time, would propose an amendment to that effect. Mr. Foster sai J, the first Monday in January would suit the farming interest the lcst. He saw no necessity for a delay until 1S53. The vote on the new Constitution should take place in April, May or June. Either ol these months would afford time enough to elect members of the Legislature, under the new Constitution, in October; or, if the Constitution was rejected, that nn election might bo held under tho old Constitution in August, as usual. . Mr. Niles' amendment, fixing .Thursday as the day for the meeting of the Legislature, was adopted. The amendment of Mr. Foster, as arneuded, was then adopted. .... Mr. Hendricks moveJ to amen 1, so that the Governor shall specify the objects of a called session of the Leislature, and no other subject than the one mentioned by the Governor, in bis proclamation, shall be acted upon at such called session. Mr. Cookerly moved that the amendment be laid upon the table; which motion did not prevail, ayes 49, noes CS. Mr. Hexericks offored bis amenc'm?nt, because he was opposed t too much legislation. He was uot willing to confer unlimited power on the Governor to call sossions of the LegTslature, without the wholesome restrictions contemplated by bis amendment. Ecfore the question was taken on the adoption of the amendment, the Convention adjourned. - In the afternoon, Mr. Prather moved to amend the section last under consideration, so that no session of tbe Legislature shall exceed sixty days. Messrs. Chapman and Biddle opposed the amendment offered by M. Hendricks. They contended it was a retrograde movement, and was bringing the legislative power of the country to the feet of the Executive. Mr. Rariden sustained the amendment. He saw no evil in it. The amendment was a good one, and should be adopted. - . ' Mr. Bordix said, that unless this amendment were alopted, the principle of biennial sessions might be cnt rely destroyed. He bad an amendment which he would oTerat a proper time, providing for annual sessions until 1 M.), should it I e deemed necessary. The question was ?akcn on Mr. Prattler's amendment, and decided in the negative. Mr. WoLri moved to amend, $a that no member of the Legislature, after seven weeks, shall receive-more than onodollar"and fifty cents per day'; laid on the table, ayes 86, noes 37. , The question was then taken on Mr. Hendricks' amendment, mid decided in the negative, nycs CO, noes C5. ', r - Mr. Bordew moved to amend, ly a U! in a proviso, that the Legislature may meet annually until the year 1S")5, if the public interest require it; laid on the table. Mr. Kelso moved to add a proviso, that thero shall be no legislative action on any subject, not specifically referred lo by the Governor, at the commencement of such special session. Mr. Kelso was opposed to placing it in the power of tbe Governor to have annual sessions, without being responsible for the call of such seions. . The amendment was not adopted, nycs 53, noes 73. Mr. Knso moved to amend, so that no special session shall exceed twenty days in length; not adopted, ayes ü3. noes 73. The section was then ordered to bo ngrospd, "providing for biennial sessions commencing on the Thursday after tbe first day of January, 1S52, and every second yuar thereafter the Governor having the power at any

lime, oy proclamation, to call a special session." Tho section providing that each House shall choose its own ofUcers, be judges of the qualifications ofxits mcmlcr: lo sit on its own adjournments, &c., was read a second time ; when Mr. Mowrer moved to amend, so as to strike out so much as relates to President of the Senate. His object was to bave a test vote whether a Lieutenant Governor shall bs continued or not. He was opposed to the continuation of that officer. The nmendnicnt was not adopted : and the section was ordered to be engrossed. ' . The section providing that two-thirds shall constitute a quorum to do business; and two-thirds being in attendance, if no organization is effected in five days, no compensation shall be paid to members after that time, until an organization is effected, was read a second time; when Mr. Kelso moved to amenJ, by striking out "five," and inserting "three" not adopted, ayes 62, noes t6. - Mr. Ritciiey moved to amend, so that a plurality of the votes of members present, alter five days, shall elect the officers ; not adopted. Mr. Coltax moved to strike out "two-thirds," and insert "a majority," as the number necessary to form a quorum ; not adepted. Mr. Barbour moved to strike out all that relates to the time specified for an organization and tho deduction of per diem after five days; not adopted. The section was then ordered to le engrossed. ' Tho section providing that each House shall keep a journal ; and that - members may demand tue ayes and noes, was re id a second time ; when Mr. Dobsox moved to fill the blank with the number "two." Mr. Beicht proposed "fifteen." He said it w as provi Jed, that on the final p&sa?o of everv bi tho ayes and noes wero to bo recorded. This would make it un 1 necessary for a frequent call of ice ayes and noes. The Constitution of tho United States requires twc. thirds for a cr!1 of the ayes and noes in Congress. Mr. Miller of Gibson adduced a number of instar, cca, to prove the necessity of giving the power to call the ayes and noes to a small uurabcr. He was in favor of the number two. Mr. Walpole favored the same number. Mr. Read of Monroe was in favor of tho number ten or fifteen. He adduced instances where a factious minority bad retarded legislation lor. days together, by a repeated call of the ayes and noes. Mr. Ritcket was in favor of the number two. Mr. Edmonston was in favor of ten. He had witnessed much embarrassment to legislation inconsequence of repeated calls for the ayes anl noes, where two bad the power to call tbc-iOi Mr. MiLLEii. of Gibson favored tbe number two. He was for compelling members to vote. The discussion was continued by Messrs. Dunn of Jefferson, Clark of Tippecanoe, Rifchey, Newman, and Wolfe ; when ' The question was taken on filling the blank with the numbers fifteen, ten, and five, and decided in the negative. The blank wus filled with the number two; when The Convention adjourned. Wednesday," Dccemlicr 11, 150. Tne Convention was opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr. Chart. , Mr. Beeson presented a petition for the aliolishment of the death penalty; in favor of equal rights, aud the reduction of rullic ofiicci's salaries to the wsges of day lalxirevs; whicli was read and referred to the committee on the Legislative department. Mr. Fosteb, from the committee on apportionment, reported the following sections, to wit: "Sec. . The General Assembly 'shall at their first meeting, after the adoption of this Constitution, and every six years thereafter, cause an enumeration tobe made, of all the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years. ' "Sec. . The number of Senators and Representalives, shall, at the periods of making such an enumeration, be fixed by law. and apportioned among the. sev. cral counties, according to the number of whits male inhabitants a!ove twenty-one years in each: Providtd, The first election of memlrs of tho General Assembly, under this Constitution, shall be according to the appor. tionincnt mado by the Legislature at its session of 1S50 -51:" . Which were read and passed to a second reading. '' Mr. Mount so Chairman of the committee on education, who, has been absent from his seat, in consequence of an attack of pleuiisy.forthe last three weeks, appeared this morning and reported the following sections from that oommitteo, to witj "Sec . Knowledge and learning, penerally diffused through a community, being essential to tbe preservation of a free government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural improve, ment, and to provide, by law, for a general and uniform svstem of common schools, wherein tuition, a soon as circumstances will permit, shat!J be .gratis, and erjtially open to all. " ''''

"Sec. . It shall also be tbe duty of tue General Assembly, (in order to furnish the common schools of the State, with efficient and well qualified teachers,) to establish in the State University, a Normal School, wherein students stall be admitted upon such conditions, and instructed in such subjects, as shall be prescribed by law. . . " "Sec. . The University Fund shall consist of the proceeds from the sales of the lands granted by the United States for a Seminary of Learning, and of such of said lands as remain unsold, together with such other grants, gifts and donations, as b.ve been, or may hereafter be made thereto. Tbe principal of said fund shall forever remain inviolate, and the interest and income thereof shall be applied to the maintenance of the State University, in such manner as the General Assembly uiay direct. f'SEC . The Common School Fund sliall consist or the Congressional Township Fund and the lands belonging thereto. ' "The Surplus Revenue Fund. "The Saline Fund, and the lands belonging thereto. Tli R:inW Tax Fund, an.l the funö fll ikl'nfT from

the one hundred and fourteenth section of the charter of1 the f täte Bank of Indiana. . "The Fund to be derived from the salo of the County Seminaries, and the moneys and property heretofore held for such Seminaries, the fines assess -d for any breach of the penal laws of this State, and all firficiiores which may accrue. "All lands and other estate, which shall esiheat to this State, tor wai.t ol lio.r or kindred entitled to tho inheritance. ' . . ... "All lands that bave been or may hereafter be granted to this State, where no special purpose is expressed in the grant, and the proceeds ofjhe sales thereof. "All corporation taxes that may be assessed by tbo General Assembly for common school purposes, as hereinafter provided. v "The several counties of this State shall lc held liable for the preservation of so much of the said funds, as may be entrusted to them, and the payment of the anual interest thereon. ' .".. "Sec. . There shall be annually deducted, and paid over to the Treasurer of State, for the use of common schools, from the dividends of eaeh company, which may hereafter be incorporated, and of each company which has been heretoforo incorporated, in whose charter the General Assembly has reserved tbe right to repeal, al ter or amend the same, per cent, of such dividend, whenever the same shall exceed the amount of six per centum. "Sec. . The principal of all the said common school funds, shall be, aud remain a perpetual fund, which may be increased, but shall never be diminished, the interest and income of which shall be inviolably appropriated to the maintenance of common schools," and to no other purpose whatever "Sec. . The General Afscmbly si. all invest in some safe and profit a! e manner, all such portions of the ssid common school fund, as have not heretofore been enfru-. ted to the several counties, and make provision by law for the distribution of the interest thereof: Provided, That each county shall be entitled to its proportion of the interest aud income of said fuud, and if not demanded for common school purposes, shall be re-invested for the benefit of such county Which were read and passed to a second reading. The section providing for biennial sessions, and for the meeting of the Legislature under the new Constitution on the Thursday alter the first day of January, 1352, and on the same day every second year thereafter, &c., was read a third time and passed, ayes 120, noes 5; also, . The section providing t'jnf each House shall choose its own officers, Ikj the judges of tbe qualifications of meiuliers, Sec; also. The section that two-thirds shall constitute a quorum ; and on failing to organize in five days, shall receive no compensation nniil an organization is effected, passed by a vote of ayes 122, noes 2. - The section providing, as amended, that each House sliall keep a journal, and that two members may demand the ayes and noes, was read a second time ; when Mr. Maccire moved to amend, by adding, that the names of persons demanding the ayes and noes, shall be recorded upon the journal ; which was adopted. Mr. Kelso moved to amend by adding a proviso, that on an adjournment, it shall require one-ienth of the members to demand the nycs and noes; which was adopted. Mr. Graham moved to strike out the section and insert that one-tenth of the members shall be necessary to call the ayes and noes; not adopted. The section was then ordered to be engrossed. . . The section providing that any member of either House shall Lave the right of protest, Sec, was ordered to be engrossed ; also, Tbe section providing that either House may punish its mcinliers for disorderly conduct, and wfththe concurrence of two-thirds, may expel a member. The section providing that persons, not members, may bo punished for disorderly conduct, by imprisonment, not exceeding twenty.foar "hours, was read a second time ; when Mr. Dobson moved to amend, so that disorderly per. sons may be fined or imprisoned ; not adopted. The section was then ordered to le engrossed. The section, providing that when vacancies happen in either branch, the Governor shall issue writs to till vacancies, was ordered to le engrossed. The section providing that Senators and Representatives -hall be free from arrest, &c, was read a second time; when . ' Mr. BoarrK moved to amend, so that for any speech or debate, in either House, members shall not be questioned in any other place ; adopted. Tho section was then orJcred tobe engrossed. The section providing that the doors of the two Houses shall be Ucpt open, Sic, was read a second time; when Mr. Mather moved to arr.enl, by striking out o much as permit a secret session; negatived, ayes 56. noes C7. - The section was then ordered to bo ensrrn'std. The section providing that bills may originate in either House, except revenue bills, which shall originate ic the House ol Representatives, was read a second time; when " Mr. Stevenson moved to amend, so that every law shall embrace but one object, which shall I expressed in tho title. Mr. Gibsow moved to strike out "object,' and insert "subject," whicli was adopted. i Mr. Dcnn of Jefferson moved to amend, so that if any subject is embraced in a law, and not expressed in the title, the law shall only bo void so far as such provision is concerned ; adopted. Mr. Stevenson's amendment, as amended, was ther adopted. , . -. The section was then ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Borden moved to reconsider the vote on the passage of the section, giving to married women tbe right of holding property. . - - Mr. Niles moved to postpone the further consideration of this question le postponed until Monday noxt; v, hieb motion prevailed. ' .The Convention adjourned. ."' In the afternoon, the section providing that every lull or joint resolution si all bo read throughout, by sections, on three diffeicnt days in ajh Honse", unless in case of emcrgenev, two-thirds of the House, where such bill or joint resolution may be depending, by a vote of ayes and noes, shall deem it expedient to dispense with this rule ; and tbe vote on tho final passage of every bill shall be taken by ayes and noes and entered on the journal, &.C., was read a second time: when Mr. Davis of Madison moved to amend, so that if one-third of the members require it, a bill shall be printed : which amendment was not adopted. Mr. Holman moved ta amend, by inserting after the word "journal," the words "and a majority of all the members elected to each House, thall be necessary to pass every bill." Mr. Kelso moved that tbo amendment le laid upon the table; wUch motion did not prevail, ayes 5V noes C9. . :.."'. ' ' Mr. V'fTsn onnosed the amendment. He 6aid there miht b important measures defeated in consequence of tho necessary absence oi members.- , n a iooy oi vut hundred there would always be from five to tenmembers absent. " Mr. Ritchey thought that if a measure could not command fifty-one votes, it oubt to be defeated, or at least bo delaved until there was a full House. Mr. Read of Clark, moved to amend tbeamendroent, bo that bills annronriatirg money or creatina a debt shall reqnire a majority of all the members -elected, in order to secure their passage. After further discussion, Mr. Krr.80 moved that the amendment be indefinitely postponed; which notion did not nrevail sves 44. noes 80. On motion of Mr. Badger, Mr. Read's amendment was laid open tie table'. - v . . : .t si :

Mr. Kelso then moved to amend, so that a majority of all the votes in a county or district shall be required to elect a member ol the Legislature ; not adopted. Mr. Holman's amendment, requiring .a majority of all the members elected, to puss a bill or joint resolution, w as then adopted, ayes 78, noes 40. Mr. March moved to amend, so that tbe reading of a bill, or joint resolution, on its final passage, shall in no case be dispensed with ; which amendment was adopted. Tbc section, as amended, was then crdcredto be cngrcssed ; when The Convention adjourned. Dank Statistics. From a report of the late Secretary of ihe United States Treasury, just published, we glean tho following aggregate results relative to the Backs ia the Uuited States. ' . ' ... The whole number of Banks and brsncbes in operation in the Union, at the commencement of the present year, was 824. . Total capital paid in, $217,117,211

tEiocacss. Loans and D sroviiu, . . St.s.ks , He ill tsiuir Olntr luverinKBis..... Due of other l-:uk... Notes by oti er Bfank. . Specie Kunde , specie. Circulation Ltpos t , Due oUier tu.uk Ctber 1-wbiliuc .S3Ss,S04C7S ...2t..-W.;S9 ... .A'-feS lüfl ...ii.ny.iw ....4!.:i . ..ioas45 -.0.1 LIABILITIES. 6121 SCO 20 It V 5s6 iS 36.I7 440 e.tai.a. eo.tiii $11417.234 - Vif 7 , 21'3 fc7 The Circulation "and Deposits.., Aggregate immediate Menus.... I he Eastern .Suites Lave IU nks. Middle Suites , soutbiru .State. South Western if tales 73 Western Stales .' , 74 The Eastern States Lave $61,SS2,154 capital the Middle, $75,933,831 the Southern, $33,873,251 the Southwestern, $31,923,250, and tbe Western, $9,604,CG7. ". ' Tbe "Loans and Discounts" in the Eastern sections, $93,310,000 in the middle States, $149,733,000 in the Southern, $50,866,000 in the Southwestern, 44,C30,0C0 and in the Western, $20,587,000. The circulation and deposits in the several tections were as follows: crsrrLATio.O Eastern t20.CS0.WO Middle.'. 41.K.2X0O Southern.. CS.S9ll.0OS South Western, 2U.f iti.ttO Western. 11 63.1C0 . . rrrosiTs. Eau'eni,'. , f 1 4 .f23Cf O Middle,.... Southern... W 764 1 00 WtW 16 (Ml South Wesuin,. Western, '. 5 6c b ,000 Plain Trnth in Strong Langnage. Wo copy the foll.iuing extract from a letter of Judge Andrews of Georgia, in whi.h he paints with a master band, tbe designs and intentions of tbe Ei: unionist: Tbe resistance man at the North iceks to give cavte for a dissolution of the Union. Tbercsistai.ee man of the South seeks but the vean of dissolution with or without cause. He former admitting that be has do power to abolish slavery in the Uiaon, wishes it dissolved, Loping be may be able to do tbe bitter deed cut of its consecrated pule. The latter would accomplish bis tavoritj measure, even at the hazard of slavery and sc cuiity. The former resists one part of tbe late peine measure, the latter another, and loih intent i:pon organizing sectional parties to resist a nationul Union party, whose ri ming power they dread, wliosc patriotism they hate. TLcoitl.crn Union man, for sustaiuii g ihcie jieace measure, is reviled ly bis rrsistanr e rtei"l:bor as 'a pale-fucd coward," for conceding to mut b to the South. Tbe Southern Union men, for a like act of patriotism j is tau- ted bv -hit resistance ticighbor, as "a irw ?vdly submissions!," f r suriendciing n:;ch lo tbe North. In the name of "free mi! and Luman lilicrty' the resistance man agitates at the North, in tl.e nmue of "equality ar.d Southern rifihts'' bis co-wr rktr in discord, echoes back bis egitation from the South. Tbe resistance man of the North, in tie 'elirii:m of bis crazy faraticism, yells out bis treasonable curses agsicst the Flag of the" Union. Tbe Southern rcsittar.ee rran, in the fjry of bis madness, howls back across the tcntinei.t, Lis loud and bearty amer. Clerical Lnu-Despisers. One of the most hr.fhiliating and deplorable thing tnaniicsied in connexion wun tae luguive nave iaw, is. hat many clergymen, in tbe robes rf sanctity, have counselled rcbi.-tance to it and even nscd ail their effortsto prevent its cnfi-i cement. When it on. es to that pass that our spiritual teachers, whose profession is "rcace on earth," so far forget the lessons i f ibeir divine Instructor as to resist, instead of being "in subjection to th powers that be,' and set themselves deliberately at work to excite tbe lawless to acts of violence nnd rebellion, it is time for tbe people to inquire into tbe n.atter, anil ascertain who are tbos-wolves in sheet s' clot Lir that would drench tbe lend with Mor d. 1 Lere were two of thi class present at the great Urifon meeting at Manchester, last week, I oth of whom, we should judge, were more lit for 'the pciitei;tiaiy, or tl.e niadhonse than the priesthood! They should renieii.W-r that tbey do r.ct "lead quiet and peaceable livrs in ell podlir.efs and bonesty," when thev arc exciting the vicions, profligate ar.d most abandoned cl aracters in tbe land to resist tbe laws. They may have a very nice sense f right and wrong, and 'be very conscientious!) obedient to Heir "Liplcr law;" but they should remember that the community demand as a matter of protection, the enforcement cf some lover lav: st me law that v ill restrain tl.e violcRce "f the wicked and the lawlessness of faaatM it an, and give tl cm scenrity in their pcisnrs rrd property. . , The two.clcrical woi tides at Manchester received some pretty severe refatlres f.rm the distinguished spekpis on the Ix-ras'tcn. One of the severest Mows, richly deserved and nrViiiaMy applied, wns giten It Hon. C G. Atl.cr ton. They bad drstnrbcd the meeting in several instances by hissing. But v ben . tl.cv bsed Mr. Atl.erfon, his reply was, 'We all know who cr.terrd tie rardea of Eden snd what vss bis mission. The mission of the hisser J.ere, wf.etker he be frrai the pulpit or nrt, is rx better than that cf tl e respectable per. onage who stolo into the garden of Eden." Loter (.V. If. 'Gazette. rmehamsJIowJCorccL At tho recent Agricultural Fair in Moat pomcry connty, Pa. a prize was awcrded to Nathan "White for the best ham.' This gentleman's mode of curin is as follows: The prk should le perfectly cold before being cut up. Tbe h'uns should be salted with fine salt, witk a portion of red pepper, and alout a pill of molasses to eecb ham. Let them remain in salt five wet is; then bang them op and smoke with Lickory wood for five or six weeks. Alioct the fit of April take them down and wet thtaa with cold water, and let them le well rubbed with unleached ashes. Let litem remain in bulk for several days, and then bang them in ihe loft again for use. LC?-The late Josiab White, of Philadelphia, l-cqr.e&th-ed the sum of forty thousand dollars for endowing two manual labor schools, one at Salem, Iowa, and the other in the Indian Reserve, Indiana, to .be controlled by the So-ief v of Friends. Hs also bequeathed a sum for the establishment of schools in Li!cria. ; ' ,; 1 Scarcity or Hefts in Ohio. The Ohio Cultivator, of the 1st inst., says that completeeturns have been received. (asscssorB'returriS,) bv the Auditor of the State, from all the counties except Mahoning, and the deficiency for die whole State is, in round numbers, 275,000 beau as compared with last year. t 0An Irishman dismissed Lis audisnce of t'jree persons thus: Ladies and Jintleman As there are no ladies and nobody ile here, 111 dimis ye all; tho performance of this rieht will not be performed ; but tbe performance cf this night will be repeated ta-morrow evening. IT James M. Crane, Esq., well known as nior rditor of tho California Courier a whigthe is. sewe observe, spoken of as a candidate for tho Vn't'd States Se rate, to succeed Cel- Ttecmert ' "'.''"''