Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1851 — Page 4

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL

WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. INDIANAPOLIS, FEBRUARY , 1111. Constitutional Convention. On Thursday last, after an interesting discussion, in which many delegate participated, ami gave their warm and decided support to the new Constitution, a resolution was unanimously adopted, that fifty thousand copies of .iid Constitution he printed in the English, and five thousand in German, to he distributed in the different counties in tbc State. On motion of Mr. Watts, each surviving member of the C onstitutional Convention oi 1816, were directed to I..furnished with copies of the Debate und Journals of the Convention. Several reports from the committee of revision were read and concurred in. On yesterday Mr. Bright offered series of sections, providing, that all laws shall continue in force, until superseded by others under the new Constitution, Jkc. The first election under the new Constitution, for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Judges. Secretary. Treasurer and Auditor of Stale, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Prosecuting Attorneys, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall Ik held on the second Tuesday of October 1852, and such of said officers named, as may le in office when this Constitution shall take effect, shall hld their respective offices until said second Tuesday of October 1352, and until their successors are elected and qualified ; unless superseded uuder existing laws. Senators and Representatives now in office, and holding over, and those elected in August next, ami the Representatives elected in August nexl, shall coutinoc iu office until the eeond Tuesday of October 1852. and until their -ucces-sors are elected and qualified. There shall be a session of file General Assembly, commencing iu January, 152. The first general election under this Constitution shall be held on the second Tuesday of October 152. and the first regular s-si..n hall he held iu January 133. All vacancies that may occur, in any offices now existing, prior to the first general election, slrall lc tilled in the same manner as is now providud by law. This Constitution, if adopted, shall go into operation on the first day of November 1851. The alove sections were read n first und second times, and referred to a elect committee of three. Messrs. Bright. Pet tit and Nile, wern ajpoinled the committee. In the afternoon, Mr. Bright, from the c umittee on that subject, reported hack the section-, in relation to the time the new Constitution is to go into effect; the election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and other State officers, substantially as introduced by him in the forenoon; which was concurred in. Mr. Wolpole moved to amend, so that the elections lor Governor, Lieutenant Governor, ice., shall take place in October 1851, instead of 1852; when Mr. Mowrer moved the previous question, which being sustained, was put, on Mr. Walpole' amendment, and decided iu the negative, ayes 33, noes 72. The sections, as introduced by Mr. Bright, were then read a third time and passed, ayes 83, noes 25. Mr. Morrison of Marion offered a section that the official terms of Governor and Lieutenant Governor hall ommence on the Monday next succeeding the first Thursday in January 1853, and every four years there, after; which was read three times and passed. On motion of Mr. Dunn of Jefferson, Messrs. Owen, Newman, and Read of Monroe, the sub-committee on revision, were appointed to superintend the enrolling and printing the Constitution. Several reports from the committee on revision were concurred in; when the Convention adjourned. Congressional Apportionment. But few are acquainted with the provisions of the act of Congress apportioning the Representatives in Congress under the census of 1S5U, and the provisions of the act are misapprehended. The provision of the act under whieh the apportionment is to be make is as follows: "Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the next and each subsequent enumeration of the inhabitants of the se veral States, directed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken, shall be completed and returned to the office of the Department of the Interior, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of vhe Interior to assert in the aggregate representative population of the United States, by adding to the whole number of free persons in all the States, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons, which aggregate population he shall decide by the number of two hundred and thirty-three; and the product of such division, rejecting any fraction of an unit, if any such happen to remain, shaft be the ratio, or rule of apportionment ol representatives amo-.g the several States umler such enumeration; and the said Secretary of the Department ol the Interior hall then proceed in the same manner to as. certain the representative population of each State, and to divide the whole number of the representative population of each State by the ratio already determined by aim, as above directed, and the product of this last divi--ion shall be the number of representatives apportioned to such State under the last enumeration ; provided , "that the loss in the number of members, caused by the fractions remaining in the several States, on the division of the population thereof, shall be compensated for by assigning to so many State, having the largest fractions, one additional member each for its fraction, as may be necessary to make the whole number of representatives one hundred and thirty-three ; und provided alio, thai if, after the appointment of representatives, under the uext or any subsequent census, a new State or States shall be admitted into the Union, the representative or representatives, assigned to such new State or States, shall be in addition to the number of representatives herein above limited, which excess of representatives over two hundred and thirty-three, shall only continue until the next succeeding apportionment of representatives under the next succeeding census." The Washington correspondent of the Commercial Advertiser, in -commenting on this law, says-. "This section is clear and explicit. The House will be composed hereafter of 233 members (omitting new States that may be admitted.) which apportionment will continue until 1861, and by the simple rule of division the Secretary is to determine the number of representative each State is entitled to. Suppose, therefore, that the ours; regat population of the United States is 24,000,000, and that of this number there are 4,000,000 of slaves these 4,000,000 would give a federal representa- ' tioa of 2,400,000, and consequently the aggregate federml population would be 22.400,000. After this the rule (dividing bv 233) is exceedingly simple. It is supposed, under the present apportionment, that a member will represent about 95,000 federal population; but it is evident returns received, that the South will barely gain a Iber. I sav thts, however, with caution, for i, after revision by the census board, may be found imperfect or incorrect. On the contrary, the i North and West will gain largely ; but as the law restricts the number, the equdibrium will be prettv well kept op. New York, Pennsylvania, irginia and Ohio will constitute a majority, (at least such ae the present appearances) and will be able, therefore, to control our Presidential elections for the next ten years. Another Question arises, whether the next electoral college will be constituted according to the present-cos, ing or tbc past-present enumerrtion ; and this question I have seen argued by the press with much gravity. 1 1 have the opinion direct from the 'constitutional expoun. I der" himself, that the next Congress will comprise a representation elected under the present-past cnuniera- i i, and et according to the census of 1850. I pre- ' the authority is incontrovertible. gain, it nasi asked whether the electoral College of 1852 will ! of members equal to the present ratio, or the sue ' bat on this score, the facts are reversed The lectors I college will consist of ths representative nam- I bees under the succeeding enumeration, and not of the present, or past. Hence, as the fonr great States named may cast their votes, so will we have a Whig or a Democratic, a Northern or a Southern President." JT A gentleman ia one of the western States became the proprietor of aa inflammable gas spring. Wishing to make an experiment, be inverted a hogshead over it, and when the gas had accumulated soflfciently, seated himself upon it, and boring a gimblet hole through the top, philosophically applied a lighted candle to the hole. Tbe next tbatjwas seen of him he was kicking a pair of red top boots oat of an adjoining canal, into which he and descended head first He was rescued and carried to his home, a sadder, wiser, and muddier n an.

INDI.AXA LEGISLATURE.

SENATE. rrvTKU tOK TMF. TATK UMIM1 BV T. l 00001. THuasnT, Feb. 6, 1851. Sennate met. Petitions were presented by Messrs. Defrees, Berry. Odell and Mickle (rtnonst mnoe ; laid on the table.) which were appropriaielv referred . Mr. Marshall reported in favor of indefinitely postponing the bill iu relation to attorneys prosecuting picas of the State. The bill was laid on the table. Mr. Adams reported it inexpedient to legislate on the subject of exempting military officers from their oath of office, as to training their regiments and companies. Concurred in. Mr. English. frm the committee on claims, asked that the memorial of l". T. Butler be withdrawn. Concurred in. Mr. Eddy reported back the bill to amend the charter of Wabash manual labor college. Read three times and passed. Mi . Ellis reported back the bill authorizing tbe Madison and Indianapolis railroad company to change a portion of the track of said road. Mr. Herrod moved to amend by providing, that in the re-locution the company shall not leave any town through which the road now runs, excepting towns in the county of Jefferson. Mr. English moved to amend the amendment by striking out so much as excepts the county of Jefferson. Lost, ayes 15, noes 23. The amendment proposed dv Mr. Hcrrod wa adopted. Mr. Reid moved to amend the bill so that tbe coinpanav shall not have the power to re-locate the road until the Legislature shall confirm the sale of the State's portion of said road. Mr. Ellis moved to lav the amendment on the table. Lost, ayes 13, noes 28. Mr. Marshall proposed an amendment, which wis laid on the table. Mr. Ha nna moved to recommit the bill with instructions. Senate adjourned. AITKRNOON SESSION. Senate met. Mr. Eddy asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill for the relief of Daniel Stowel. Referred. The Chair laid lefore the Senate the report of the Agent of State ; laid on the table and 500 copies ordered to lie printed. The bill to repeal Sec. 17, Chap. 31, Art. 2 of the Revised Statutes of 1K43, came up on its third reading. Oi: motion of Mr. Hardin it was laid on the table. House bill for the relief of Harmon N. Kress of Clay county was. on motiton "I Mr. Dunn, laid on the tableThe adjournment resolution came up in order. The question was on laving the motion to reconsider the vote on concurring, on the table. Carried, ayes 26, noes 16. Mr. Ellis reported a joint resolution in relation to the sale of the interest of the State in the Madison and Indianapolis railroad. Referred. A lengthy discussion followed this report, Messrs. Marshall, McCarty. and Ellis defending tbe resolution; Messrs. Reid, Porter, and others opposing. Mr. Graham introduced a resolution giving the use of the Senate chamber to-night to Miss Fanny Lee Townsend. Adopted. Mr. Holloway report '.-J a bill in relation to the sale of spirituous liquors in JrrTersoii township, Wayne county. Read three times and nasscd. BILLS PASSED. To incorporate the Vernon Life, Trust, Trading and Manufacturing company ; to change the name of Howard Allen ; to amend the common School law ; to incorporate the Aurora and Hartford turnpike company; to amend the charter of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad company; House bill to amend Sec. 11, Chap. 56, of the Revised Statutes of 1843; to amend Chap. 7, Art 1, Sec. 2 of the Revised code; to repeal a part of the 31st Sec. of an act to increase and extend the benefits of common schools; to incorporate the Central Michigan plankroad company; to change that portion of a State road therein named, in the counties of Boone and Hamilton ; authorizing the administrator and widow of Josiah F. Oaks to execute a certain quit claim deed; to incorporate the Franklin and Shelbyville plalkroad company ; authorizing certain persons to erect a toll bridge across the west fork of White river, in Morgan county; to authorize the election of a road supervisor in Laurel township in Franklin county ; to change the name of the town of Portland in Hancock county to that of Cleveland, and to incorporate the same ; for the relief of Dempsey Linton j to legalize certain roads in Clinton county ; to change the time of holding Probate Courts in the county of Jasper; for the relief of John J. Cummings; to amend tbe act to increase and extend the benefits of common schools; in relation to the sale of spirituous liquor. BILLS INTRODUCED. To incorporate the Central Canal Manufacturing and Hydraulic company. The bill to amend the charter of the Central plankroad company was reported back. Mr- Hanna moved to amend by providing that the company shall not erect a toll gate within three miles of Indianapolis. Carried The bill was read a third time and passed. Sen-te adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - '' ''! r FOB THE STATE SESTISEL BV J. I BOSWORTH. Thursday, Feb. 6, 1851. Petitions were presented by Messrs. Jackson, Walls, Gentrv, Brown of Pike, Lawrence. Marquess, Harrison and Milliken. SEPOSTS FBOM COMMITTEES. Mr. Edwards reported o bill allowing sub contraetois n steamboats a lien the same as that allowed to mechanics on buildings. Mr. Bradley reported it inexpedient to legislate on tbe subject of ths jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Concurred in. Mr. Watts reported it inexpedient to grant the penfor a State road from Troy, in Perry county, to Greencastle, in Putnam countv. Concurred in. Aiso. that it was inexpedient to locate a certain State road in Warren county. Concurred in. Mr. Swihart of Wabash reported back ths bill regulating the tolls of wafer grist mills, and recommended its indefinite postponement. Concurred in. Mr Blue reported it inexpedient to authorize the levying of a tax to build a school house in Kosciusko countv. Concurred in. Mr. Bradley reported back the bill to amend the act incorporating the Lafayette and Inuianapolis Railroad company (authorizing the Company to build their road on the burn-bank of the Central Canal) . and recommended its indefinite postponement. Concurred in. Mr. Johnson reported it inexpedient to legislate on the subject of seining in Deer Creek, in Putnam county. Concurred in. Mr. Edwards introduced a joint resolution for the relief of Captain William Waldo. Passed. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Witlaid. authorizing the Governor to pay the taxes on the Georgia lands and to redeem those which have been sold for taxes. By Mr. Bulla, to confer additional powers on superintendents of county asylums. Bv Mr. Jones, for the relief of purchasers of school land's in Lagionge county. Referred. Bv Mr. Morgan, for the relief of the heirs of Thomas Berry, deceased. Referred. By Mr. Harrison, to amend tbe act to provide for the funded debt, and for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal. By Mr. Cobtirn, in reference to proceedings on tcirt faeiat. Referred. Also, for the compensation of county treasurers for pre-paying revenue. Laid on tbe table. Motions to take up the Senate and House apportionment bills were severally lost, BILLS PASSED. To legalize a State road in Boone and Marion eounties; to create a school district in Marshall county; to extend the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad ; o repeal the bill for the construction of Plankroads in Huntington and Whitley counties; to authorize the draining of wet lands in Miami and other counties ; to legalize the sale of a school section in Morgan county; to authorize the ale of a school section in Bartholomew county , providing for the election of three commissioners in a town, shin in Rush, Franklin and Decatur counties; for the relief of Samuel Shimer and other purchasers of school lands in Randolph and Delaware counties; to repeal the act regulating tbe salary of the auditor of Putnam county ; establish additional places of holding elections in rtain counties ; to repeal an act to prohibit the sale of spiritotis liquors in Blue River township, in Johnson countv; relief of John J. Cummins; amendatory of the several acts relating to the city of Logansport ; to change the name of the Madison and Eagle Creek Plankroad Company, to that of the Madison and Vevay Plank road Company ; to prevent attorneys from doing the duties of Sheriff in Tippecanoe county ; to extend the times of holding the February and October term of the Mari- I on probate court ; to repeal an act establishing addition-1 al places of holding e 'ections, so far as relates to Greene I countv : anthorizing the board doing county business in Tipton county to change the grave yard in the town of Tipton; to amend an act therein named; to legalize tax soles made by the mar or of the town of Fort Wayne ; to roeorporate the Peru Hotel Company; to amend an act to locate a State road from Crawfbrdsville, in Mont go. raery eounty. to Cocoord, in Tippecanoe county ; to

amend the Revised Statutes relative to the bonds of Pilots at the Falls of the Ohio river; to authorize the trustees of Lawrenceburgh township to collect a free bridge tax ; lo amend an act to provide lr the election of tow ship assessors in Jennings countv ; to authorize the building of a bridge across Laughrey Creek, in Denrltorn county, by Andrew Morgan. The House adjourned. AFTEBNOON SESSION. The bill to incorporate the Commercial Railroad ComCany, was lost on its third reading. No road charter oking to a direct connection between Cincinnati and Indianapolis can pass through the House. A considerable portion of the afternoon was occupied in discussing the claim of the Messrs. Beards, connected with the bill for the relief of their assignees. The bill was ordered to be engrossed. The bill to incorporate the Commercial Railroad, and to repeal part of an act. giving power to the Kushville and Mtincietnwn Railroad Company to extend their road from Rushville to Indianapolis, also elicited considerable discission. It whs con tendril to permit a direct connection between Indianapolis and Cincinnati would Ik acting in bad faith to those roads heretofore chartered, and iu considerable progress towards completion: and that it would also impair the interests of the State in t ho Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. On the other hand it was maintained that that port the people of ti;e State who lived along the contemplated line of road had equal rights w ith all other pertions; that to denv tin m these, wiiv unjust, and n denial

j of that democratic principle, that equal rights ought to be accorded to all, and exclusive privileges granted lo none. RILLS PASSED. To incorporate the Rising Sun hotel company; to incorporate the town of Salem j to provide for a certain State road therein named; to amend certain sec-tions.of the Revised Statutes so far as relate to Allen county; to repeal an act relative to taking a change of venue in criminal cases in Allen county to incorporate the Madison and Crossplains plankroad company ; to amend an act relative to the charter of the Ohio and Indiana railroad company ; to incorporate the Wabash, Warsaw and Goshen plankroad company; to provide for the appraisement of real estate and make the same of equal value throughout the State nyes 63, noes 19; to extend tiro to borrowers of the Sinking Fund, and other Trust Funds ; to incorporate the Andersontown, Alexandria and Jonesborough plankroad company ; to authorize the Auditor and Treasurer of State to re-settle with George H. Dunn, former Treasurer of State; to dispense with complete records in Probate Courts in case o f insolvent estates, except in cases where real estnte is sold ; to repeal an act regulating the sale of spirituous liquors it Kosciusko county ; to extend the time of holding Commissioners Courts in Warren counIV. The bill to repeal that part of the aliove act was pas i sed ayas 44, noes d-1 ! On motion. The House adjourned. SENATE. Fbiday, Feb. 7. 1851. Senate met. Mr. Holloway presented a petition relative to the ' Hagerstown canal ; which was referred to a select com mittee. Mr. Marshall reported back the bill providing for the sale of the State's interest in the Madison and Indianapolis railroad. Mr. Millikin moved to amend by striking out "eleven hundred thousands dollars," and insert "twelve hundred thousand dollars," one half or more of which is to be paid by the surrender of tbe two and a half per cent stock which is a tax on the State Treasury. Mr. Ellis moved to amend the amendment by reducing the amount to eleven hundred and titty thousand dob lars. Mr. Dunn spoke at length in opposition to the bill, and was replied to by Mr. Marshall. Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Senate met. Mr. Harvey introduced a bill to exempt Guardians from payment of Clerk's fees in certain cases. Read : the third time and passed. Mr. Cravens introduced a bill making additional appropriations for the year 1851, for the New Albany and ! Vincennes road. Referred. j Mr. Ellis from the committee of free conference be tween the two Houses, in regard to the bill authorizing the Governor and Auditor to borrow money to pay the interest on the funded debt and the expenses of the Constitutional Convention, reported amendments, which were concurred in. Mr. Wood introduced a bill to authorize the commissioners of Ohio county to collect tolls at a certain bridge in said county. Read three times and passed. Mr. Reid reported, from thu committee on elections, that they deemed it inexpedient, at this time, to legislate on the law governing general elections. Concurred in. Mr. Holloway introduced a bill to amend the charter of the town of Richmond. Read three times and passed. Mr. Niblack reported back the bill for the relief of Michael Riley, late Superintendent of the Vincennes i oad . Mr. Cravens moved to lay the bill on the fable. Carried . Mr. Hanna reported it inexpedient to change the law governing the Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Concurred in. Mr. Odell introduced a joint resolution to make an appropriation of money for the purchase of a safe, and payment of office rent for the Agent of State. Referred. Mr. Delevan introduced a resolution making inquiries concerning the State House roof, &c. Adopted. House bill to authorize the Superintendent of common schools to publish and distribute the school laws of 1849, came up on its second reading. On motion of Mr. Holloway, the bill was laid on the table. Mr. Niblack introduced a bill relative to township elections where there is more than one precinct in the townships. Referred. bills passed. A biil for the relief of Harvey Bates: lor the relief of Andrew Morgan of Dearborn county; for the relief of Harmon M. Kress of Clay county; amendatory of an act to increase and extend the benefit of common schools; for the benefit of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane ; in relation to State roads in J-ehnson county . for the improvement of highways in the comities of Carroll and Delaware ; to incorporate the Blountsville.Sraithfieldand Moutpelier plankroad company; to compel non-residents to pay a rosd tax equal to that of residents in the county of Whitley ; to authorize a tax for the purpose of building a school house in a certain district in Kosciusko county : to incorporate the German Union Support society of JetTersou county ; to authorize the draining of wet lands in the counties of Miami, Allen, Huntington and St. Joseph; providing for a certain road therein named; to amend the charter of the Ohio and Indiana railroad company ; authorizing the sale of section 16. township 8, north of range five east, in the county of Bartholome v . to amend tbe charter of the city of Logansport ; tc extend the February and October terms of the Marion Probate court i to repeal an act establishing additional places of holding elections in the counties therein named; authorizing the board doing county business to change the burying place of the town of Tipton , to amend an act to provide for the election ol township assessors and collectors so fas as relates to Jennings county, and for other purposes; to amend the charter of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, so far as relates to the county of Daviess. Joint resolution on the subject of appropriating money from the U. S. Treasury for the erection of pnblic buildings. House bill to authorize the building of a bridge across Laughrey Creek by Andrew Morgan was, on motion of Mr. Millikin laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Hanna, the vota on indefinitely postponing House bill to amend Art. 1, Chap. 25 of Revised Statutes sf 1843, so far as relates to the town of Princeton, in Gibson county was re-considered. The bill was then referred to a select committee. Mr Miller introduced a resolution to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the Governor of Indiana. Mr. Dunn moved to amend by adding, in the proper place, and "Circnit Judges." Mr. Euglish moved to lay tbe resolution and amendmsnt on the table. A division of the question was called. The Senate refused to lay the amendment on the table. Mr. Buckles moved to amend the amendment by including the Supreme Judges. Mr. Reid moved to lay the resolution and amendment as amended on the table. Carried, ayes 21 , noes 16. Mr. Hardin introduced a bill to prevent some of the evil etTeets of retailing ardent spirits. Mr. Turman introduced a bill to locate a State road in Warren and Fountain counties. Read three times and passed. Also, a bill relative to the sale of personal and real estate by Guardians. Referred. Mr. Dole introduced a bill to incorporote the Clinton draw-b- idge company. Mr. Day introduced a resolution that the Hall of the Senate be granted to Benjiman Sat terth wait on Sunday next, for the purpose of delivering a lecture. Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE FaiDAT, February 7. 1851. The bill relative to the its second reading Swamp .Lands'" oeme op on

Mr. Chapman moved to strike out the section providing for the sale of the lands. Carried, ayes 61, noes 3. The rules were then suspended, and the bill passed. Mr. Davis of Scott moved to fake from the table the bill of the Senate apportioning Senators and Representatives. Carried, ayes 57, noes 34; und ibe hill was 1aken from the table and placed in the files. Mr. Mercer moved to take the House apportionment bill from tbe table, and place it iu the tiles Lost, nves 52. noes 41

iir. I slier ilituMUccu a loint resolution leinuvc io me T I . .. I . - 1 . . papers and records appertaining to the Wabash and Erie Canal. Passed Mr. Dumont introduced a resolution that a committee of ten be appointed to repou the distance of the resi- ; denee of each member of the House from the Capital, , and the amount i i mileage due to each. Adopted. On motion by Mr. Stone, the bill to amend the charter ! of the Junction Railroad Company, was taken from the ! table. Mr. Chapman moved to strike out the first sction (au-, thorizing the company to extend their road from Rushj ville to Indianapolis ) Carried, ay en 49, noes 27. BILLS PASSED. Defining the duties of the treasurer and auditor of j ' DeKalb and Steuben counties; for the relief of fiarbarn . Elder of Marion county ; to repeal an act therein nam- ; ed : to change the name of Levi Geer ; to incorporate the Danville and White Lick plankroad company; to

authorize Wm. M. Millen, administrator of the estat of the expenses of nil are borne by taxing the people ; and I D. Hemphill, to make a deed to John Vawter; author- j as taxes fall cqnallv upon all. the parents of these chilj izing the city of Madison to ltorrow money ; relative to i dren arc not exempt. It is a perpetual fund, and ao pa- : the county surveyor of Putnam county : to legalize tbc j rent knows but that in time he may reap its immediate sale of lands and town lots in Spencer countv , to amend j benefits iu the person of his own child. It is a sinking , the general road law, so far as Putnam county is con. i fund, sinking mislbrtune, and elevating happiness, and cerned ; to amend the net incorporating the Wabash ! its benefits arc free and open to all. Those w ho now Manual Labor College and Teachers' Seminary; author- reap them will soon wheel into the line" in the aeeom- ' izing the county commissioners of Pike county to make : plisnment of man's destiny ; and entering upon life's

au piiuii miiuii uieiein iinraco ; 10 incorporate me . v 1 1- ! roru notei company; Kir tne renei oi the owners oi j lands mortgaged to the sinking fund ; to amend the sevcral acts now in force relative to widows. repobts from committers. Mr. Edwards reported back a bill for the relief of widows (to give the widow one-fourth of the real estate i left by the husband, instead of the dower now allowed) and recommend its indefinite jiostponement. The report I of the committee was not concurred in, ayes 30, noes 36. ! " Mr. Chapman moved to amend that the law shall not ts'lrA pffnnt until thu first of Tannortr IttV? Ofirrind i.kv vuvi until hiiv in .j vi H iiiniai t i -,'. hiii- i. Mr Usher moved to indefinitely postpone the bin. Lost, aves 35, noes 49. Before the question on the engrossment was taken, AFTERNOON SESSION. The question pending at the adjournment , on the engrossment of the bill for the relief ol widows being under consideration, a debate ensued, in whieh Messrs. Williamson, Willard, Usher, Bradley, Chapman, and Hicks participated. Mr. Usher moved to amend that the act shall only ex tend to lands acquired after coverture. Lost ayes 43, noes 44. The question was then taken on the engrossment of : lo bill, and resulted ayes 40. noes 48. On motion of Mr. Willard, the House appointment bill was taken f;om the table, and placed in the files of the House. Mr. Bradley moved to refer the Senate and House appointment bills to the committee on appointment. Carried ayes 53, noes 33. Mr. Brown of Shelby, from the committee of conference to arrange the disagreement of the two Housss on the bill making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the Constitutional Convention, reported that the comra ttees had agreed to insert $50,000. The bill originated in the Senate, and appropriated $60.000. which was amended by the House by inserting $40,000. BILLS PASSED. To locate a State road between the counties of Tipton and Howard j to incorporate the Franklin Iusurance Company; to authorize the formation of the Gas Light Company; to incorporate Belleville Branch Railroad Company ; to reinstate the county auditor in the county of Johnson: to amend the charter of the town of Dublin, in Wayne county; to repeal an act to regulate the practice of law in the Lagrange Circuit Court j an act surrendering the right of way to Railroad Companies across swamp lands ; to amend the charter of the Evansville and Illinois Railroad Company; reducing fees 1". r taking acknowledgment of mortgages to Trust funds: anthorizing Joseph Morrow. Silas Parks, and Robert Wilson to sell real estate ; to authorize John Travis, of Laporte county, to prosecute a suit for divorce; to change the name of Howard Allen: to incorporate the Columbus Pbinkr"ad Company : to amend the Revised Statutes on the subject of partition : a joint reso'ution authorizing the Auditor of State to audit the account of Austin H. Brown, Printer to the Constitutional Convcntion. The bill for the relief of the assignees of J. 8c E. L. Beard was lost on its third reading ayes 37. noes 42. BILLS INTRODUCE". Rv Mr. Pancake, to incorporate the Fort Wayne and Goshen Railroad Company. Referred. By Mr. Hosbrook,to authorize the Auditor of State to lease the building situated in the " Governor's Circle," in the city of Indianapolis. Referred to the judiciary committee. Bv M. . Mercer, lo amend the act in?orporating the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad Company. Referred. By Mr. Rice, to incorporate the Orleans, Paoli, and Cannelton Railroad Company. Referred. Mr. Patterson of Tippecanoe reported a joint resolution relative to the slave trade. Passed. Speech of Mr. Speaker of the Pupils of the Dumont, and Address Deaf iiud Dumb lojr I n m. Gentlemen of the House of Keprcxentatirr I have the honor to lay before you, the address of the pupils of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The address was presented at the closr of an exhibition, of the scholars by Miss Margaret E. Orchard an interesting and accomplished young lady, of the institution, with ths request that I should lay it before you. It is signed by ninety-one of the students, and was written by Miss Mary St. C. Belches, whose name heads the list. The exhibition preceding the presentation of the address, was one of thrilling interest. The scholars were examined in those branches of education, taught in this school, being all the useful and substantial branches ol an English education, such as Arithmetic, Geography, History, &c. They showed a proficiency to tax the credulity of any man, not an eye witness of the fact. Deprived of the use of ear and speech, the quickness ol their other perceptions seem almost to atone for these misfortunes. It has been said that words were made to conceal ideas; whether this be true or not, certain it is, that thoughts, impulses and emotions were conveyed by these mutes, as clearly, distinctly and unraistakeably as they could have been, by the most eloquent tongue thoughts, too, involving propositions of the most complex character, curious fancies and mischievous conceits. The exhibition was one to inspired mingled emotions of joy and grief grief for the misfortunes of a stricken group grief for those on whom we havo been taught to look as children of sorrow and out-casts from the world ; and joy that our State has been successful in bringing forward and developing a flower, that seemed to have beeu born "to blush unseen" that she has been successful in depriving a calamity of its bitterest pang, giving cheerfulness for sorrow'; fox gloom giving gladness, and strewing with pleasures that which has hitherto been a cheerless pathway. Bad, indeed, must be the man, that could do less than rejoice nt the success of these philanthropic efforts efforts which have lifted up the bowed down efforts that have plucked a thorn from the bleeding heart efforts that have caused the rose to bloom upon the blanched and pallid eheek efforts that have lessened the parent's agony, assuaged the sister's pangs and dispelled the brother's gloom. Who will doubt that there is rich ha.-vest, stored up in the garner of grateful hearts, for thcst engaged in a service fraught with such results? Man is said to be God's noblest work, and it follows as a necessary result, that creations of art and works ol genius, sink into nothing when compared to improvements in man's physical and intellectual machinery. To speak after the manner of m en, many a son of genius has won a deathless name by giving the human form to marble, and delineating it upon canvass, though impelled to action by no motive other than pelf and unchastened ambition. Though the philanthropist seldom wins the patronage of kings or the homage of men, still as he is actuated by purer motives, I would prefer his humble name, and his reward for he who shall dry up the tear of affliction, who shall soften the pangs of misfortune, who shall transform a calamity into a blessing, who shall make life cheerful and soften death's pillow, shall rear a monument in the hearts of tbe good, more enduring than marble, and shall finally reap s reward worth all the gold of Ophir. Time gnaws down the statues and monuments of earth, her honors, like shadows, an evanescent, but the works of the good, are eternal. The good man s life is a life of peace, and when catled upon to sin render it up, he can do it as trustingly and confidingly as an infant ean repose on tbe bosom of its mother. Happy is he whose sympathies encircle his fellowmen ; but miserable is he whose sympathies are pent up and confined within the narrow limits of tell'. Happy is be who weeps for other's woes; but miserable and wretched, indeed, is he who has no heart for pity, and no eye for tears. "Cast thy bread upon the craters" is a heavenly mandate ; and to devote one's bf to the service of others is to obey it. He who lives to do good to others, casts his bread trpon the waters, and "shall find it aller many days." Flowers shall be strewn in his pathway, and blessings shall cluster around him. '"The quality of tnerrv is not strained. It droMeth as the genue rain from Heaven t'pon the place beneath; it ia twice bless'd; fg ft Mssseih aim that irives. and him that take. "TO mightiest i the mightiest; it hscomea Ths throned monarch bsttsr than u srowu.

II i enthroned in the heaiu of kings: It i- un attribute lo God himself, And eardaly wt r iloth snow itself the most like (xl When mercy seasons justice."' I heard, have rend and now present this interesting address w i th tli u liveliest emotions ol pleasure. It Is couched in language chaste and beautiful, and breathes sentiments calculated to touch the tendercst chord. It is an emanation from grateful hearts, and what is gratitude, but a flower expanding to a vernal sun. a Ikid opening to the gentle shower, a breeze that has played

I' -"pi - '. iiv...,, .-..V " , - u.;,i. , .., ini. ,.,, fi, villl, ,mi s,..l.. ih-ir wrinmvi Without the use ol metauhor lor further illustration, it is tbc disposition to be just, the willingness to render ''value received" for benefits conferred. It be longs to ibe honest man; it is a redeeming quality worthy of being cherished, wherever found. Those who are strangers to its impulses are stink in the deepest pit of moral depravity. We must, however, be careful that the sentiment is not a servile one ; for then, its tendency is to degrade nml not to elevate. It should partake of that gratitude which the child manifests for a kind and indulgent parent. A fund has been raised in Indiana for the suport of this institution. The people pay the tax most promptly and cheerfully. No one has Itceu found so destitute ol principle as to murmur. The Governor of the State and the Judges rest under just as deep an obligation as those securing an education at this institution; for the kdnir of the latter is as meat as tha. of the former, and sieru reunites will in xurn commune to lis support 1 hey stand then. I contend, upon the same footinc with tbe proudest of the land; their conditions is not one ol dependence in a sense to mortify, for what institution is there in the land, whose endowments can not be traced to national, State or individual benevolence: Have not the proudest defenders of our country, the magnates ol the land, been educated in an institution founded and sustained by the nation? Are we not indebted to national liberality for the fund that now sustains our State University ? Whot is our common school fund, but a magnificent bequest, the benefits of which the rich and . it t unl 1 j the poor are willing to embrace? There is nothing then ! to mottily the pride or dampen the ardor, but every thing to encer ami encourage. 1 heir institution rests upen a i j. . firm and enduring basis, their teachers have proven themselves nbundantlv worthy, they have performed lai bor and displayed a solicitude equalled onlv by the suej cess with which those labors have been crowned. These young men and young ladies will soon quit these peaceful haunts, and enter the busv thronsr. fhev will takes ! position in society corresponding with their moral worth ani intellectual culture, lo the time spent in this institution they will recur with pleasure in their riper years. It was the opening to them of a sealed book. Here it w is. that the store houses of knowledge were unlocked . and the cheering hopes of religion revealed. Here it was that they were first admitted into full communion with their leilow men and taught the eventful story ol the past Here it was that doors were opened, that would have otherwise remained forever closed. Foi these things they owe a debt of gratitude which time will never efface That debt is due to Superintendent and Teachers whose solicitude and toil have wrought such happy results. That gratitude is expressed in the address which I now present, so far as words can express such an obligation. That those who control this institution, arc equal to its responsibilities and worthy ol the confidence of the people, tne improvements of which I have spoken abundantly demonstrate. Nothing but rare qualifications and infinite pains could produce such fruit. Let us, the Representatives of the people aid them iu cherishing and sustaining so interesting, so commendable, so praiseworthy an enterprise. All that we shall do for such an institution as this within the bounds of reason, will I know meet the approbation of our constituents. It is the pride and glory of our happy land, that she has never yet turned a deaf ear to the calls of humanity ; that she has never vet refused to put forth her arm of strength in behalf of the down trodden, the oppressed and the unfortunate ; that by her the arts and sciences have been fostered ; she bus been foremost in all enterprises of benevolence, she has educated anil given intelligence to the masses and vindicated triumphant)' the liberty of the press. The liberty of the press! That is a word that ought not to be lightly spoken. It is a word when understood of protent meaning, for prostituted ami subsidized as it sometimes is, (and God has made no good thing, that cannotbe made the instrument of harm.) the press has been a messenger of glad tidings bearing light and truth to the inhabitants of .ill lands, civilizing and christianizing earth's darkest corners. Intelligent, free nnd uncorrupted, it is a friend to freedom, a scourge to tyrants, the palladium of liberty and the bulwark of truth. While ibe press is left free, error of opinion may lie tolerated j for it will lie speedily vanquished by the triumph of sound principles. The influence of the press upon this broad land is not seen at a glance. It is best seen by those whose vision is the most comprehensive. The dews of Heaven fall upon the earth unseen and unfelt, still tl toy cover the land with verdure, the fields with fragrance and beauty, make the woods redolent with music; replenish the sparkling fountain, the murmuring brook and the rushing river, and impart to all nature freshness and vigor. The newspaper press is, in my opinion, doing good service in the country. It accommodates itself to every condition of life, and places the elements of knowledge within the reach of every citizen of the Republic ; for. like the wind, there, is no spot to which it. cannot travel. It reaches the humiile cabin in the wilderness, we find it in the semin;.rv of learning, in the halls of legislation, in the consecrated sanctuary, in the savage's wigwam and the soldier's tent , in the palace and in the prison. At home and abroad, upon the ocean and upon the land, it confers its benefits upon the rich 'and the poor , the bond and the free. Of the printing press it has been fancifully said, That if a star Were stricken from the dome of night. A printinc pre, if stationed there. Would fill the vacuum to a hair. And shed a broader light." None have greater benefits from the press, especially the newspaper press, than that unfortunate class ol whom I speak. I care not what a man's intellect may be, it must have food uponvhieh to feed, even to enable him to commune with himself. There must be a basis for thought . if not, the world is to man, a dreary, joyless prison-house, and death a welcome messenger. By the aid of science the tongue of the muto has been loosened, and his ears unstopped. He has been taught to rend, and that is now to him a perrennial blessing, a pure fountain of joy welling up its sparkling waters to gladden his journey throngh life. It enables him lo commune with the past and the present and to look forward to the cheering hopes of the future. This group who have signed and presented this address, seem a joyous family of children gathered around the parental threshhold. 'We look upon happy faces, for science has discovered a way to make the crushed heart glad, and the dim eye sparkle. The patents of these mutes may rejoiee in their distant homes. The tear ol grief may lie dried up : for that God that touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire. that God that holds the destiny of man in the hollow of his hand, that God that marketh the sparrow's fall, bath watched over your children hath tempered the wind to the shorn iamb. You parted with vom beloved offsprings with a bleeding heart; bot joyous, indeed, will be the greeting on their return. The child of misfortune, shall be a solace to your declining years, and ultimately an honored and useful member of society. Barbarism displays itself in an utter disregard of the rights of women, in crushing her under the weight ol j heavy burthens, in putting to death infants that do not i promise to be vigorous, and generally in contemning the calls of humanity. The reverse of all this follows in the wake of Christianity and civilization. These cruelties are urknown in this country where the mass of the people are intelligent and virtuous. Woman is respected and in her sphere becomes a peerless queen, where I ho benign precepts of religion prevail. Her offspring though weak, feeble, deaf, blind or deformed is neither put to den th nor suffered to perish , from cold , from hunger or in the burningsun. All of which only prove that which has been written a thousand years or less, that as virtue ad-vanc-es vice recedes. These are plants that flourish only under the protecting hand of the philanthropist, anil when watered by his tears. They grow best in Christian soil. They flourish in the soil of Indiana, and I cannot refrain upon the present occasion from saying: honor to Indiana and honor to her people! for she has proved her devotion to humanity's cause. No State in the Union has so flourishing a school for the deaf and dumb; no school in the land so substantial a basis. It is now as steadfast as a rock, for it rests upon the broad, firm basis of the constitution. Indiana's philanthropy, thank God! is in the hearts of her people. It is evideneed by her organic law. It is not to be wondered that applications for admission to this Institution come now from abroad ; nor is the rapid growth of our State generally, a matter of surprise. Multitudes are flocking to our borders, it is true, for ours is a peaceful, fruitful, happy land. The Roman matron when asked for her jewels, pointed to her children. An American mother would emulate her example and do the same. In such a country as ours a parent should look up-m Us children as unspeakable blessings as treasures committed to his keeping as sweet ami tender plants confided to his charge, for culture and perfection ; but he should never forget that they also belong to God, that He holds a lien upon them as hostages for the faith, the fealty, the fidelity, the good behavior of the parent

To err is human, and the childless man may be forgiven for a departure from the path of rectitude ; but tbc parent who tarnishes the reputation of his own offspring by being false to himself, forfeits his recognizance to society, proves himself unfaithful to his sacred trast, perfidious to nature, and a defaulter to God and country In conclusion I will say, (thereby subject nivseU to the charge of having but one idea, to: I hove said it before,) that truth is at tbe foundation of all that is good. It is the basis of every moral virtue, and that element alone in the character of any man, is worth all the false accomplishments of earth. It is a quality worthy of being idolized, and worthy of being sought. Inquiry after truth is a pleasing task' a delightful employment ; for the reward is always worth the labor. It is a thing of which a man should never be ashamed, wherever found. To a young man, starting in the world, better advice could not given than this: -Be true and seek aftei truth'" "Tau above all. lo ihy own sell' be trtw. And then it follows a ihr uif Si ibe day. Thou canst not well be false to any man." Thos spoke the poet and philosopher. The folio wing is equally appropriate and equally beautiful T.mbracr the truth wherever fouial, ( In liealhen ot on Christian ground . Among your friend, among your Ibea. The plant's divine where r'rr it grows." I am but a poor adviser, for my .whole lite has been spent in regretting to-day the errors of yesterday. I speak therefore with trembling lips and faltering tongoe I hope those to whom shall be communicated what I have said in response lo their address will believe me when I say that I have spoken sincerely, I have said something liecause I would impress upon sM young and unsuspecting, upon the pure and spotless, who in buffetting the rough billows of the world, have many thiugs yet to learn, that 'the way of the transgressor is hard but that the paths of virtue are both pleasant and peaceful These are the paths that they now pursue and from which I trust they will never depart. To the Hon. Members of the Legislature of Id: It is with feelings of the greatest pleasure that we again present ourselves before the Legislature of our Stat. , to give utterance to our gratitude for their continued kindness toward us: though we feel that words are inadequate to express the gratitude that swell our hearts, when we contemplate the blessings that surround us blessings whieh under God, we owe to you. Before the rays of knowledge illuminated our minds, we pursued a silent way. solitary pilgrims on life's desert waste, aliens from our race, joyless and alone. A But now, bow changed the scene! Brought hereby the hand of friendship and benevolence, we have found companions, to whom we are bound by the ties of a common affliction, and iu whose society we enjoy the pleasures of friendly communion, and the happiness of social life. We have, also, found those who devote al! their talents to our benefit, who have in their generous labors bestowed upon us as it were, a new existence. Their cheering words have encouraged our trembling . . . . 1 . 1 . i m m. m . .

sieps io ireau tue pains 4 wisuom, imparting to us knowledge that elevates man to be little lower than the angels, and a language in which to express thoughts, feelings, desires which would otherwise hare been unknown, and unrevealed. To every teacher in ths Insuiition. we feel, we owe a debt ot the warmest gratitude; for benefits more valuable than all tbe riches ot earth could repay. Since we last came before you, we have been called upon to rejoice in the possession of a home erected for us by the liberality of the people and Legislature of this State, which in tbe beauty of its exterior and comfort of its accommodation, far excels our utmost expectations. These blessings have filled our hearts with joy, and we now appear before you, a happy throng ; chastened but not cast down, afflicted but not forsaken. And when in the course of years, we shall leave these pleasing scenes, when bidding farewell to teachers and friends we go forth to encounter the trials and duties of life, the benefits we have here received will lie remembered with the warmest gratitude, and the instructions of our teachers, will remain to guide us through this world and all its sorrows. In view of these things, we feci, that in founding and sustaining the institutions of benevolence, no State in the Union surpasses Indiana; for here the world witnessed for the first time, a government laying a tax on the people, not tosupport the pride and pomp of royalty, not to send lorth hosts of armed men to lay the fair earth desolate; but to raise the feeble from the dust, to poor the light of knowledge on the darkened mind, and cheer and bless the troubled spirit. It is in Indiana alone that we see tbe rich and tbe poor meet together, to share alike, without money and without price, iu the unspeakable blessings of education. In the number of those whom her noble benificence has aided. Indiana, also, stands preeminent. In this Institution there are 126 pupils, being more in proportion to the population than are supported by any other State. And in conclusion permit us to say, when the hour shall come which summons the spirit to an unseen world, the thought may fall like balm iqiou the so ul. that in the hour of strength and power, ye had not forgotten the children of sorrow, that the one talent had increased to ten. and happiness descended to many a heart, that ;?lse would have remained desolate and forsaken. Such thoughts as these will impar. joy when all earth's pleasures have passed away. And in that happier world where the tetters that bind us here shall be burst asunder, when iu songs of praise no lip shall be mute, no voice shall be silent, your joy shall be full, when you meet those whom on earth you have aided, freed from all sorrow, rejoicing forever in the presence of God Man' St. C. Belches, Jefferson countv. Mary E. Orchard, Monroe county. Cyrus McCarter, Rush county. Edwin H. Bowes, Laporte countv - Orlando Osgood, Dear bon county . Henry Wilson, Tippecanoe county. Albert Underwood, Johnson countv. Francis A. Compton, Fountain county. James S. Lattin, Floyd county. Joseph Fellers, Carroll county. John G. Winkersham, Tippecanoe county. Lafayette Brown. Rush countv. John J. Madearis, Wayne county David Kiser, Tippecanoe county. Calvin W. Wall, Tippecanoe countv James Loyd, Orange countv. Gideon Kepner. Fountain county . Joseph Surber, Marion county. Thomas J. Compton, Elkhart county. Robert F. Hopkins. Vigo county. Elias Underwood, Johnson county . Ben j ah Nardyke, White county. Richard H. Hatton, Hamilton county William W. Ward, Union eounty. Timothy Simmons, Jennings county Abram Winnings, Ohio countyNorman Leap, Switzerland county Allen Mehary, Montgomery county. Andrew Kepner, Fountain county James Me Far land. Miami county. Michael Swartz, Floyd county William Way, Orange county. Eliazer Baker, Decatur county, Amos Hadley, Mergan county. John H. Stultz, Hamilton county Ashnr Tanner, DeKalb county. Joseph Miller, Laporte county. Luther F. Wall, Tippecanoe count) John H. Goodwin, Rush county James Goodwin, Rush county. John D- Collins, Shelby county. James Sebling, Allen county. John M. Senior, Jefferson county John R. Moore, Montgomery county John H. Lawson, Decatur county. William Wolf, Franklin county. Emanuel Stultz, Hamilton county. Clinton Shimer, Randolph county Henry M. Tiffany, Montgomery county Henry Millsaps, Lawrence county. Peter N. Nicoles, Miami county.' B. Goodwin, Owen county. Elisha J. Graham, Shelby county. C. Goodwin, Rash county. Ellen Miller, Gibson county. Priollar R. McLean, Fountain oounty. Cynthia J. Norris, Switzerland county Rebecca Hartman, Boone county. Mary E. Vest, Floyd county. Susannah Hadley, Morgan county. Mary Ann Owens, Switzerland county. Mary J. Maddox. Montgomery county Elizabeth Hatton, Hamilton county. Mary Jane Hatton, Hamilton county Margaret E. Holden, Dearborn eounty. Mary Jane Barker. Decatur county. Racnael Day, DeKalb county. Comfort Jane Fulton, Orange county. Elisabeth Vanderpool. Monroe county. Mary Ann Day wait. Huntington county. Louisa W. Ositorn, Marion county. Elizabeth Leichner, Dearborn county. Mary E. Grimes, Vanderburg count) . Mary Dinsmore, Monroe county. Ellon Buchanan, Switzerland oounty . Catharine DeboyJWnyne county. Ruth Pool, Jefferson county. Margaret Oo-ens, Switzerland county Ann Elizabeth McCoy, Decatur eounty EmelinejE. Hull . Jennings county. Lydia Carper, Marion county. Elisabeth De boy. Wsne county. Mary E. Arnet, Montgomery countv Mary Goodwin, Owen county. Rosetta Messier, Elkhart county. Mary J. Ellis, Hendricks countv. FlizaJJ. Ford, Decatur eounty. Lucinda Michael, Clinton county. Mary A. Ed minster. Jennings count v Austin W. Mann, Henry county.