Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1851 — Page 3

Sic. 8. Tb General Assembly hall provide for the election, by the voters of the State, of a Stale Superintendent of Public Instruction ; who shall bold his office for two years, and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. ARTICLE IX. STATE INSTITUTION. Sectio 1. It shall be the the duty of the General Assembly, to provide, by law, for the support of Institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, and of the Blind ; sad also, for the treatment of the Insane. Sac. 2. The General Assrably shall provide Houses of Refuge, for the correction and reformation of juvenile offenders. Sec 3. The county boards shall have power to provide forms, as an asylum for those persons, who, by reason of age, inärmity, or other misfortune, may nave a claim upon the sympathies and aid of society . ARTICLE X FINANCE. Sectio 1. The General Assembly shall provide, by law, fcr a uniform ami equal rate assessment and taxation; and shall presenile such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only for municipal, educational literary, scientific, religious, or charitable purposes, as may be specially exempted by law. Sec. 2 All the revenues derived from the sale of any of the public works belonging to the State, and from the net annual income thereof, and any surplus that may at any time, remain in tlie Treasury, derived from taxation for general State purposes, after the payment of the ordinary expenses of the government, and of the interest on bonds i the State, other than Bank bonds; shall be annually applied, ander the direction of the General Assembly, to the payment of the principal of the Public Debt. Sic. 3. No money sljall be drawn from the Treasury, but in pursuance ef appropiations made by law. Sec. 4. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, shall lie published with the laws of each regular session of the General Assembly. Sec. 5. No law shall authorize any debt to be contracted, on behalf of the State, except in the follow ing cases: to meet casual deficits m the revenue, to pay the interest on the Slate Debt, to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or, if hostilities are threatened, proide for the public defence. Sec. 6. No county shall subscribe for stock in any incorporated company, unless the same be paid for at the time of such subscription; nor shall any county loan its credit to any incorporated company, nor borrow money for the purpose of taking stock in any such company, nor shall the General Assembly ever, on behalf of the State, assume the debt of any county, city, town, or township; nor of and corporation whatever. ARTICLE XI. coaroaATtoNs. Sec 1. The General Assembly shall not hare power to establish or incorporate any bank or banking company, or moneyed institution, for the purpose of issuing bills of credit, or bills payable to order or bearer, exoept under the conditions prescribed in this Constitution. Sec. 2. No banks shall be established, otherwise than tinder a general banking la v, except as provided in the fourth section of this article. Sec. 3. If the C ncral Assembly shall enact a general banking law, such law shall provide for the registry and countersigning, by an officer of State, f all paper credit designed to be circulated as money; and ample collateral security, readily convertible into specie, for the redemption of the same in cld or silver, shall be retitiired . winch collateral security shall lie under the control of the proper officer or officers of State. Sec. 4. The General Assembly may also charter a Ban: with Branches, without collateral security, as required in the preceding section. Sec. 5. If the Gsncral Assembly shall establish a Bank with Branches, th branches shall be mutually responsible fur each other's liabilities, upon all paper credit issued as money. Sec 6. The stockholders in every bank or banking company shall be individually responsible, to an amount, over and above their stock, equal to tieir respective shares of stock, for all debts or liabilities of said bank or banking companv. Sec. 7. All bills or notes issued as money shall be, at all times, redeemable in gold or stlvci ; and no law shall be passed, sanctioning, directly or indirectly, the suspension, by any bank or banking company, of specie payments. Sec 8. Holders of Itank notes shall be entitled, in case of insolvency, to preference of payment over all other creditors. Sec. 9. No bank r.hall receive, directly or indirectly, a greater rate of interest than shall be allowed, by law, to individuals loaning money. Sec 10. Every bank or banking company shall be required to cease all banking operations, within twenty years from the time of its organization, and promptly thereafter to close its business. Sec. 11. The General Assembly is not prohibited from investing the Trust Funds in a Bank with branches ; but. in case of such investment, the safety of the same shall lie uarantied by unquestionable security. Sec. 12. The Slate shall not be a stockholder in any bank, after the expiration of the present bank charter; nor shall the credit of the State ever be given, or loaned, in aid of any person, association, or corporation; nor shall the State hereafter become a stockholder in any corporation or association. Sec 13. Corporations, other than banking, shall not he created by special act, but may be formed under general laws Sec. 14. Dues from corporations, other than banking, shall lie secured by such individual liability of the corporotors, or other means, as may be prescribed by law. ARTICLE XII. Ml LIT I A . Sec. 1. The militia shall consist of all able-bodied white male persons, between the ages of eighteen and forty-live years, except such as may be exempted by the laws of t ie United States, or of this State; and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped, and trained, in such manner as may be provided by law. Sec. 2. The Governor shall appoint the Adjutant, Quartermaster, and Commissary Generals. Sec 3. All militia officers shall be commissioned br the Governor, and shall hold their offices not longer than six years. Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall, by law, determine the method of dividing the militia into divisions, brigades, regiments, battallions and companies, and fix the rank of all staff officers. Sec 5. The mditia may he divided into classes of sedentary ami aetive militia, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. 6. No person, conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, shall be compelled to do militia duty . but such person shall pay an equivalent for exemption ; the amount to be prescribed by law. ARTICLE XIII. NEGROES AND MWLATTOES.

Sec 1. No Negro or Mulatto shall come into, or settle in the State, after the adoption of this Constitution. Sec 2. All contracts, made with any Negro or Mulatto coming into the State, contrary to the provision of the foregoing section, shall lie void; and any person who shall employ such N gro or Mulatto, or otherwise encourage him toremaiu in the State, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. Sec 3. All fines which may be collected for a violation of the provisions of this article, or of any law which may hereafter be passed for the purpose of carrying the same into execution, shll be set apart and appropriated for the colonization of such Negroes and Mulattoes and their descendants, as may be in the State, at the adoption of this Constitution, and may lie willing to emigrate. Sec, 3. The General Assembly shall pass laws to carry oat the provisions of this artiste. ARTICLE XIV. BOUKDAEIES. Sec 1. In order that the boundaries of the State may be known and established, it is hereby ordained and declared, that the State of Indiana is bounded on the East, S the meridian line, which lorras the western boundary the State of Ohio; on the South, by the Ohio rivsr, from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the mouth of the Wabash river j on the West, by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash river from its mouth to a point where a due north line, drawn from tlie town of Viacennes, would last touch the north-western shore of said Wabash river; and, thence, by a due north line, antil the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; on the North, by said east and west line, until the same shall intersect the first mentioned meridian line, which forms the western boundary nf the State of Ohio. Sec. 2. The Stat of Indiana shall possess jurisdiction sovereigntv co-extensive with the boundaries declar ed in the preceding section ; and shall have concurrent jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases, with the State of Kentucky on the Ohio river, and with the 8tate of J 1 1 iBOH oa the Wabash river, so far as said rivers form the common boundary between this State and said Stale respectively. ARTICLE XV. MISCELLAITEOCS. Sec 1. All oflk-ers. whose appointment is Hot otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall be chosen in sack manner as now is, or may hereafter be , prescribed by law. Sc 2. When the duration of any office is not provided for by lbs Constitution, it may he declared by law; and, if nor declared sorb office shall be held, daring the pleasure of thesnfthoritf making the appointment. Bat the General AswemMt sliawl not create any office, the traare of which hall Ih longer than four years. Sec. 3. Whenever it is provided in this Constitution, er in ray law which may be hereafter passed, that any

officer, other than a member of the General Assembly, shall hold his office for any given term, the same shall be construed to mean, that such officer shall bold his office for such term, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Sec 4. Every person elected or appointed to any office under this i Constitution, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and also an oath of office. Sec 5. There shall be a Seal of State, kept by the Governor for official purposes, which shall be called the Seal of the State of Indiana. Sec. 6. AH commissions shall issue in the name of the State, shall be signed by the Governor, sealed with the State Seal, and attested by the Secretary of State. Sec. 7. No County shall be reduced to an area less than four hundred square miles ; nor shall any County, under that area, be further reduced. Sec 8. No lottery shall be authorized; nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed. Sec. 9. The following grounds owned l-y the State in Indianapolis, namely : the State House Square, the Governor's Circle, and so much of out-Jot numbered one hundred and forty-seven, as lies north of the arm of the Central Canal, shall not be sold or leased. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, to provide for the permanent enclosure and preservation of the Tippecanoe Battle Ground. ARTICLE XVI. AMENDMENTS. Sectio 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution, may be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the memliers elected to each ol" the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon, lie entered on their journals, and" referred to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election, and if, in the General Assembly so next chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the memliers elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to submit such amendment or amendments to the electors of the State, and if a majority of said electors shall ratify the same, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution. Sec 2. If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the same time, they shall lie submitted, in such manner, that the electors shall vote for or against each of such amendments separately; and, while an amendmcnt or amendments which shall have been agreed upon by one General Assembly, shall be awaiting the action of a succeeding General Assembly, or of the electors, no additional amendment or amendments shall be proposed. SCHEDULE. This Constitution, if adopted, shall take effect on the first day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred ami fifty -one, and shall supersede the Constitution adopted in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. That no inconvenience may arise from the change in the government, it is hereby ordained as follows: First. All laws now in force.and not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall remain in force, until they shall expire or be repealed. Second. All indictments, prosecutions, suits, pleas, plaints, and other proceedings, pending in any of the courts, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execution; and all appeals, writs of error, certiorari , and injunction, shall bo carried on, in the several courts, in the same manner as is now provided by law. Third. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures, due or accruing to the State, or to any county theiein, shall inure to the State or to such county in the manner prescribed by law. All lionds executed to the State, or to any officer, in his official capacity, shall remain in force and inure to tho use of those concerned. Fourth. Ail acts of incorporation for municipal purposes, shall continue in force under this Constitution until such time as the General Assembly shall, in its discretion, modify or repeal the same. Fifth. The Governor, at the expiration of the present official term, shall continue I act, until bis successor shall have been sworn into office. Sixth. There shall lie a session of the General Assembly, commencing on the first Monday of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-om. Sertnth. Senators now in office and holding over, under the existing Constitution, and such as may be elected at the next general election, and the Representatives then elected, shall continue in office until the first general election under this Constitution. Eighth. The first General election under this Constitution, shall le held in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Ninth. The first election for Governor. Lieutenant

Governor. Judges of the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Prosecuting Attorneys, Secretary. Auditor, and Treasurer of Stute, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, under this Constitution, shall be held at tho general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two ; and such of said officers as may be in office, when this Constitution shall go into effect, shall continue in their respective offices, until their successors shall have been elected and ipiaiified. Tenth. Evety person elected by popular vote, and now in any office, which is continued by this Constitution, and everr person who shall be so elected to any such office, bclore the taking effect of this Constitution, (except as in this Constitution otherwise provided,) shall continue in office, until the term for which such person has been, or may be elected, shall expire: Prodded, That no such person shall continue in office, after the taking effect of this Constitution, lor a longer period than the term of such office in this Constitution prescribed. Eleventh. On the taking effect of this Constitution, all officers thereby continued in oiFce. shell, before proceeding in the further discharge of their duties, take an oath or affirmation to support this Constitution. Twelfth. All vacancies that may occur in existing offices, prior to the first general election, under this Constitution, shall be filled in the manner now prescribed by. law. Thirteenth. At the time of submitting this Constitution to the electors, for their approval or disapproval, the article numbered thirteen, in relation to Negroes and Mulattocs, shall bo submitted as a distinct proposition, in the following form: "Exclusion and Colonization of Negroes and Mulattocs," "Aye" or "No." And if a majority of the votes east shall lie in favor of said article, then the same shall form a part of this Constitution ; otherwise, it shall lie void and form no part thereof Fourteenth. No Article or Section of this Constitution shall lie submitted, as a distinct proposition, to a vote of the electors, otherwise than as herein provided. Fi fteenth. Whenever a portion of the citizens of the counties of Perry and Spencer, shall deem it expedient to form, of the contiguous territory of said counties, a new county, it shall be the duty of those interested in the organization of such new county, to lay offthe same, by proper metes and hounds, (of equal portions as nearly as practicable not to exceed one-third of the territory of each of said counties.) The proposal to create such new county shall be sulimitted to the votersof said counties, at a general election, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Aral, if a majority of all the votes given at said election, shall be in favor of the organization of said new countv, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to organize the same, out of the territory thus designated. Sixteenth. The General Assembly may alter cr amend the charter of Clarksville, and make such regulations as may be necessary for carrying into effect the objects contemplated in grnnting the same; and the funds belonging to said town shall be applied, according to the intention of the grantor. Done in Convention, at Indianapolis, the tenth day of February, in the year of our Loot one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one ; and of the Independence oi the I'liited Stales, the neventv-fifth GEORGE WHITFIELD CARR, President. Attest : VVm. H. English, Principal Secretary. Gzoar.z I, Sites, I Robbst M F.vass, Assistant Seertiariu. Hebxas G Hab weil, J Address of the Constitutional Convention. Below we publish the Address, prepared by a committee of the Constitntional Convention, (of which the Hon. Robebt Dale Owen was chairman) which was adopted by that body on the 8th inst: Ma. Pbesident: The select committee appointed to prepare an address to the electors of the State, embodying a brief statement of the changes proposed in the amended Constitutiou and such other matters in connection therewith, as may aid in securing its adoption, have had the subject under consideration, and have unanimously instructed me to report, for adoption by the Convention, the following address to the people of the State of Indiana: Chosen by the electors of the State of Indiana for the purpose of considering the present Constitution,, and of proposing, for adoption or rejection, by the people, an amended Constitution, embodying such changes as we might deem proper, we have completed the task assigned us, and now lay before yon the result of our labors. The chief amendments which we have thought nseful to make, arc, briefly stated, as follows: In addition to the guaranties which find a place in the old Constitution, to secure the rights of conscience and prevent the imposition, on the citizen, of any tax to support any ministry or mode of worship against his consent, it is provided, that no person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness in consequence of his opinions in matters of religion , a no that no money shall lie drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious or theological institution. Both nf these provisions are found in the Constitutions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and others of recent date. In the old Constitution the provision, as to the taking of private property for public nse, is, that it shall not be

taken "without just compensation being made therefor;" but is not declared whether or not this property shall be assessed and paid for, before it is taken. The provision in the new Constitution is, ihat when property is thus taken (except in case of the Slate compensation shall be "first assessed and tendered." This is an important change. As tb3 law now stands, an incorporated comany, constructing a railroad or other public improvement may take a man's property first and pay for it afterwards. The change proposed requires, that, before taking any property a'ender should first be made of its assessed value. If that tender be rejected by the owner and he seek his remedy by appeal, the property may be taken; so that one man may not be able, by unreasonable obstinacy., to arrest, for months or years, a work of public importance. The principle of exempting a reasonable amount of the property of the debtor from seizure or sale, is asserted, but without specifying any amount. There is no provision of this kind in the old Constitution ; though the present law, usually called the "hundred and twentyfive dollar law," is based upon the principle thus proposed to be permanently established. The Legislature is authorized to continue, modify, or abolish the Grand Jury svstcra. Under the old Constitution, provision for retaining it was imperative. The right of trial by Jury is secured in all cases, civil and criminal. By the old Constitution, where the amount in controversy was less than twenty dollars, and also in prosecutions for petit misdemeanors, this right was not seen red. It is provided that "the General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens." This important provision is new. as to scrraAGE and election. By the old Constitution, citizens of the United States were entitled to vote. Under the new, foreigners who have been in the United States one year, and in this State six months immediately before any election, and who shall have declared, under oath, tiieir intention to become citizens, have the right of voting. This liberal provision will undoubtedly tend to increase the wealth and population of our State by attracting emigrants toward it. Post Masters, if their annual compensation be ninetydollars or less, but not otherwise, may be elected members of the Legislature. In counties, with less than a thousand polls, but in no others, the offices of Clerk. Recorder, and Auditor, may be conferred on the same person. Both of these arc new provisions. No one who gives or accepts a challenge, or carries to another a challenge to firht a duel, shall be eligible to any olfico of trust or profit. This is also new. IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. The provision in regard to the number of Senators and Representatives remains unchanged. It is not to exceed a hundred in the House and fifty in the Senate, but that number may lie at any time reduced by law. The regular sessions of the Legislature are to be held once only in two years ; hut the Governor, if he thinks the public welfare requires it, may call special sessions No regular session is to be longer than sixty-one days; nor any special session longer than forty days. As the entire expenses of the sessions of our General Assembly, including printing of laws and journals, have averaged, for the last ten years, upwards of forty thousand dollars annually, the saving by the change to biennial sessions may be set down at twenty thousand dollars a year. Thus, if no special session be called during fivo years, the saving, in that period, by this provision alone, will overpay the entire expenses of the Convention. Thus w ill also be afforded some opportunity to liccome acquainted with the laws of one session, before they are followed by the amendments of the next. The following provisions, tending to check and regulate the legislative branch of government are not found in the old Constitution. First. Every bill is to be read throughout on three several days, unless two-thirds, under the ayes and noes, suspend the rule. Second. On the final passage of a bill, it is forbidden, under any circumstances, to dispense w ith its reading by sections. Third. A majority of all the members elected to either branch shall be necessary to pass a law. The present Constitution permits a majority of those present 'which may be a bare majority of a quorum) to pass a law. Fourth. No law is permitted to be revised or amended by mere reference to its title, but tho law so revised or amended must be set forth at full length. Great abuses have arisen for lack of such a provision. Amendments have lieen made, at which the House which enacted them knew the character only by some brief verbal statement from a member interested in their passage. Fifth. No law is to embrace more than one subject and matters properly connected therewith ; and the snlject is to lie expressed in the title. The tendency of this rule is, to prevent what is familiarly termed "log-rolling." Two provisions having no proper connection with each other, may, under the present Constitution, le embraced in the same bill, and lie carried by a cembination of their respective friends, though neither, in itself, has merit or strength enough to obtain the vote of a majority, and would fail, as it ought, if voted upon singly. Sixth. No law is allowed to pass, except under the ayes and noes, entered on the journals. This is one of the most effectual safeguards against hasty and inconsiderate legislation ; and secures, under all circumstances, the responsibility of members of the Legislature, to their constituents Seventh. All elections by the General Assembly are by a rtra roc vote, recorded on the journals. Eighth. Themost important restriction imposed on the Legislative branch, is that which provides, that, in a variety of enumerated cases (as the jurisdiction of justices of the Peace, the mode of doing county ana township business, the fees of county and township officers, road laws, common school laws, and so forth) and in all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be passed. It is an estimate much within the truth, that more than two thirds of all the laws enacted in this State since her admission into the Union, have been of the character here forbidden. More than two-thirds of our legislation therefore and the most confusing and most mischievous portion of it, is cut off by this single provision. Independently of the intrinsic benefits of such a change, the saving thereby effected of expense, both as regards the time of the legislature and the cost of printing our law s, will be great. Ninth. By general law, provision may be made for sueing the State but no special act authorizing suit to be brought against the State, or allowing damages against the State, is permitted. This wili remove to Courts of justice, where they properly lielong, numerous claims w hich cannot lie urged through a legislative body, without temptation to demoralizing influences. Tenth. The Legislature is prohibited from granting divorces. Eleventh. Representatives hold their offices two

years, serving one regular session ; Senators hold their offices four years, serving two regular sessions. Twelfth. The general elections, instead of being held, as now, on the first Monday in August, are to be held on the second Tuesday in October, of each year. This latter period is one of much greater leisure to formers than the former. IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. The changes in this department are unimportant, being chiefly these: The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected for four instead of three years, to correspond to the biennial sessions of the Legislature. Neither of these officers is eligihle more than four years in any period of eight years, nor to any other office, during the terra for which he has been elected. These provisions are not in the old Constitution. There is a slight change in regard to the veto power. If a bill We presented to the Governor within three days of the close of tlie session and he fail to return it, it shall be a law. unless he file tt.o bill, together with his objections, in the office of the Secretary of Stste, within five days after the adjournment. By the old Constitution, he might hold it over until the next session, and then return it, with his objections. AS TO STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. The Secretary of State, Auditor of State, and Treasurer of State, who were elected, ander the old Conslition, by the Legislature, are now elective by the people. The Secretary held his office for four years, and the Auditor and Treasurer theirs for three years; now, the term of office of all these officers, is two years only ; and they are not eligible more than four years, in any period of six years. In the counties, the term ef service of the Clerk, Auditor, and Recorder, is put in the new Constitution, at four years; and they are not eligible more than eight years, in any period of twelve years. The Sheriff and Treasurer hold their offices for two years, and are not eligible more than four years in any term of six years. IN THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. The Supreme and Circuit Judges, heretofore chosen, the former by appointment of the Governor, confirmed hy the Senate, and the latter, by joint vote cf both Houses, are, by the new Constitution, made elective by the people. There are to be not less than three nor more than five Supreme Judges ; ach to reside in, and be elected from, his own district ; but all to be chosen by the rotes of the people at large. Each Circuit Judge is chosen by the vote of the electors of the Circuit. A Jndge is rendered ineligible, during the terra for which he may have been elected, to any other than a judicial office. This provision is new. There is to be elected, by the people, a Prosecuting Attorney for each Judicial Circuit. Everr person of good moral character, who is a voter, is entitled to admission to practice law ia any of the Courts of this State.

AS TO LAW REFORM. The General Assembly is required, at its first session, to uppoint three Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to revise and simplify the practice and forms of the courts. They are to abolish the separate forms of action now in use ; and to provide for a uniform mode of pleading, without distinction between law and equity. The Legislature may also cause these Commissioners to reduce, into a systematic code, the general Statute law

ot the State. These reforms are of an imnoitant character: calcu- , lated to diminish the cost, and to correct the delay of ( law proceedings. As the law now is, a man may prose. cuie a perieciiy just ciaim, uui u no vuiuiucnm sun uu what an arbitrary rule calls the wrong side of the court. ha eannot recover. So. also, a man may have various 1 oemanus lor money against a , an oi wmcu cou.u - ta r . ... s -if.r ij iiusui oiii . i i mi i."int nirum B. . uu ui ui& .-s.iv. u- , laration; but ancient practice has declared, that there are some ten or twelve different forms of action j and he may have to bring a separate suit , with its separate expenses, for each demand, though varying very slightly in their character. A remarkable example is this. If :. man hold two promissory notes against another, payable in current bank paper, the one being sealed and the j each. No reason but a purely arbitrary on, founded or, antiquated usage, can be given for such vexatious and cost increasing distinctions. I The Legislature is authorized to establish Courts of At uir twit äs nd i mo. t krmrr o tj : r . i am t n rwxn ; ,e suit vunci nation. ior inc speeuv uecision oi c.tscs mill ma be voluntarially submitted to them, without the tedious and expensive process of law. EDUCATION AND STATE INSTITUTIONS. The principal change in this department, is the aboli tion of county seminaries, and the application of the funds to common schools. It is also provided, that the Legislature shall establish a uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be free. The swamplands i recently granted by Congress, and which, it is supposed, may be worth hall a million of dollars, are added to the common school fund. A Superintendent of Public Instruction is to be elected j by the people, his term of office lein two years. The ! large amount of the school fund, scattered all over the 1 State, and the important interests involved, demand the undivided attention of a competent officer. The counties are made responsible lor such portions of the common school fund as may be entrusted to them. . . A Th.s incorporates into the Constitution a provision for the sei iir tv ot that Innil. wliu- i ha Ion" Ix-en thn tutthe security of that fund, which has long been the stat ute law ol the State. The Institutions which the benevolence of Indiana has reared for the blind, the deaf and dumb, and the insane, Ml perpetuated by constitutional provision. The Legislature is instructed to establish Houses of Refuge, for the correction and reformation of juvenile otlcnders. PUBLIC DEBT. The Legislature is prohibited from incurring any debt, except to .t casual deficits in the revenue, to pay the interest on the present State debt, or to repel invasion, or suppress insurrection. Had this provision, brief and simple as it is, lieen inserted in the Constitution of 1816, it would have saved the State from a loss of six millions of dollars. Upon I that sum we arc now paying, w ithout any return, some ; three hundred thousand dollars of interest, annually ; that is, about eight hundred dollars a day; more than enough to maintain, in perpetual session, year after year. I with all its expenses of reporting and printing, such a Convention as that which has been engaged for the last I four months, in framing a Constitution, which shuts out, for the fufire,all possibility of similar folly. No conn, v is allowed tc subscribe stock to any moorporated company, unless the same be paid at the time of subscription. The State is prohibited from assuming the debt of auy town or county. AS TO BANKING AND CORPORATIONS. The Legislature may, or may not, establish banks in this Slate. If they establish banks, it is to be under the following restrictions: No bank shall be created, otherwise than by general law, except one bank with branches. If the Legislature decide to enact a general banking law, all banks thereby created, are to give ample col lateral security, such as may be readily conveited into money, for the redemption of all their notes in gold and silver; and this security is tobe lodged in the hands of some officer of State. No such security has heretofore been demanded of banks in this State. If the Legislature decide to charter a bank with ; branches, the branches are to be mutually responsible, as the branches of our present State Bank now arc. The State is not hereafter to be a stockholder in any 1 bank or other corporation. All banks are required to redeem their notes, at all times, in gold and silver; and the Legislature is prohib- j ited from ever authorizing a suspension of specie pay- ' ments. The stockholders, in all banks, are to be held indtvidually responsible, to an amount, over and above their I stock, equal to the amount of their stock In case ol insolvency, holders of bank notes are to have preference of payment over all other creditors. No lank is to receive a higher rate of interest, than is allowed to individuals loaning money. Every bank is to cease banking operations w ithin twenty years from the time it is organized, and promptly thereafter to close up its business. These restrictions on banking, not imposed in the former Constitution, though stringent in their character, will not. it is believed, prohibit banking, under a safe system, by responsible associations. The restrictions on banking under a general law are similar to those of tue -ew Tork system, as ameniieu aceoruing to the provisions of the new Constitution of that State. Under that amended system, not a oollai lias been lost to the bill-holders. Äs to the principle of making the branches of a bank, il established with branches, responsible lor ach other's liabilities, it has worked so well in the charter of our present. State Bank, that it is believed a large majority of the people approve it. In addition to the above restrictions, applying special-

ly to banks, it is provided, as to corporations generally, j room, and, in despite of the officers, carried off the fugithat they shall not be created by special act, but may be tive in triumph. The negroes were armed, but no one

formed under general laws. negroes and mulattoes. The Article in regard to Negroes and Mulattoes is to be submitted separately to the people . It provides, I First. That no Negro r Mulatto shall come into, or settle in, this State, after the adoption of the new Constitution. ! Second. That all contracts made with negroes or Mulattoes who may come into the State, contrary to the foregoing provision, shall be void, and all persons who

shall empJoy any such Negre or Mulatto, shall be fined ; the bridge to bean obstruction to navigation anurecomin anv aim not less than ten, nor more than five hundred. ; mends that it le raised twenty-eight feet higher than the dollars. present elevation. The adoption of this recommendation

Third. That all fines collected for anv breach of this article, shall be applied to the colonization of so many of I the Negroes and Mulattoes, now in this Suite, as may desire to emigrate. As to any further provision for colonization, it is left to I. w ' . ft ..I . ! luture legislation, a majority ot tne uonvenu- n were of the opinion, that the true interests alike of me white . m .... ft ft ft ft. . i

citizens ol tne State anu oi its coioreu lnnaoiianis ue- expected outtireaK witn nosas. a large lorce is aireaot mantled the ultimate separation of the races; and that, j on the Rio Grande and the captain of the Wyman says as the Negro cannot obtain, among us, equal social and . he passed on the bar two vessels bound in with troops, political rights, it is greatly to be desired that he should P. Riley, chief deputy marshal here at the head of affind a free home in other lands, where public opinion im- I fairs in the absence of D. Evans, has published a state-

' poses upon color neither social disabilities nor political disfranchisement. I No additional disability, not found in the old Constitution, is imposed by the new. on Negroes or Mulattocs or their descendants, who may be in the State at the time of the adoption of the amended Constitution. mode or amending the constitution. Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. If passed by a majority of all the memliers elected to either branch, they arc referred to the next regr'ar session of the Legislature, to lie held two years thereafter. If passed by them, a second time, they are then, at the next general election, to be submitted to the People ; and if they pass this final ordeal, they become a part of the Constitution. I In this way, there will always occur a general election of members of the Legislature, during the canvass for which, the amendments that may have been proposed at the previous session, enn be brought in issue: and nearly three years must intervene, from the time an amendment is first proposed, before it can be finally adopted. There was provided, in the old Constitution, no mode of submitting to the People scperate amendments. The advantage of the provision is. that, without the expense ! of a Convention, the new Constitution, if found faulty or j deficient in any of its parts, may be amended and per footed. With this brief oxplanatory statement of the irmre important alterations embodied in the new Constitution. we place onr work in the hands of oueonstuuents, who alone nan give it vitality. Those who desire to examine arguments for or against the various charges that have been made, will find them spread at large, throughout the De'oates of the Convention ; officially reported, in accordance with the law which provided for the call of a Convention, by a corps of stenographers. Of the two volumes in which these Debates are embraced, three copies will be deposited in the Clerk's office of each County throughout the State. It was our expectation, wh-jn we first engaged in the task of revision, to be able to complete it, at an earlier I day. But the deliberations of a numerous body neccs- ! sarily proceed slowly ; and it would have been a culpa- ' , ble violation of duty, for the sake of ephemeral pop ilar- ! ity, hastily, or without the fullest and most deliberate consideration, to pass upon great questions, involving the dearest rights and most vital interests, not of the present generation, alone, but of others that are to sac.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPE For the Slate Senliuel By the O'Rieliy line Steamer Atlantic safe Arrival of the Africa. New Yore, Feb. Iff. The Atlantic arrived at Cork on 22d January she'

broke both shafts when 9 days out run westward under sail 6 days and then put about for Cork. She c.Wtercd the Cambria, to brin ber freight, which was to sa.'l for New Ynfk on ft R month's to repair the damage to her machinery. Her mails and passengers came by the Africa. The Atlan Uc experiöneed verv severe weather, and broke th shafts ' .., t.,i, ............ .!..: k i u an w WIU C1IIIIC3, ft, Li . II U. UUI Ui'aUL, UUU J A. I. . e UU es being both carried awav she was totally disabled after six days bearing westward, she finally put back and reached Cork at 8 o'clock P. M. Januay 22. The vessel sustained no o.her damage than that above stated. Crew and passenger? all well. A card was published at Co,k b-v her P ".ng high testimony of the great strength and power of tho ship in contending for nine davs against an aim vt unparalled western gale ana the"admirabe COIHluct onder sail in returning 800 miles. They award high praise to Capt. West for his exertions more particularly to the 1st officer, Mr. Shuplant, also to Mr. Fogcrs. From tlie Mhüisou Papers. Cougressioual. Washington, Feb. 14. House. The River and Harbor bill was under consideration. Mr. Morse opposed the bill and was followed by Messrs. Fitch and Spaulding, who spoke in favor of it. At 4 o'clock the House took a recess until 7 o'clock, when Mr. McLean concluded his speech commenced yesterday. Washington, Feb. 15. Senate. Several petitions were presented, and a report from Commissioner of Patents was received. I" Ul"ll " Ml' IV V till H"H1.1. fc ll IU 11(11 Mssouri two.fitl ,s of five cent ' jj !--... . ' . .1 iMr. Benton asked leave to introduce a new bill to pav bv the United States to the new States on sale of lands lying in the same, for the purpose of building roads to and through said State. Mr. Foote objected to any speech en the bill until after it was introduced. After long discussion of point of order, . Mr. Benton was allowed to proceed to show cause why be should have leave to introduce the bill. Mr. B. then addressed the Senate in favor of the bill. Mr. Clay replied. The motion granting leave to introduce tho bill was rejected yeas 13, nays 31. After an executive session, Senate adjourned. House. Mr. Daniels moved that the House go into ! committee of the whole on the Private Calcudar, which was rejected. House adopted a resolution to close debate on the River and Harbor Bill at four o'clock to-morrow. At four o'clock the House took a recess until seven , o'clock. Washington, Feb. 15, 8 P. M. Senate. Petitions ami reports were presented. House. The House held it night session last evening to enable members to make speeches on the river and harbor hill. The House resolved itself into committee of the whole and took up the river and harlior bill. Mr Featherstone spoke in opposition to the bill. Mr. Clingman gave his views in regard to Southern policy and the ability of that people to take care of themselves. He said that the system of internal improvements were liable to gross abuse. Washington. Feb. 17,8 P. M. Senate. Mr. Hamlin presented a petition from Maine, asking a suspension of the fugitive slave, law; which was referred to the committee on the judiciary. Mr. Atchison moved a reconsideration of the vote hv i which tne petition was referred, and, after along de" bitte, the motion was agreed to The petition wis then laid on the table. The bill from the House, to reduce postage, was taken up. Mr. Seward moved to amend by fixing the rate on all letters prepaid at two cents. Without taking the vote, the Senate adjourned. House. A motion was made that the general appropriation bills lie made the special order for to-morrow, and from day to day until disposed of. Rejected. The House then went into committee of the whole and took up the bill making appropriations for rivers and harbors. Mr. McLean, of Md., defended the bill. Mr. Morse replied, and accused Mr. McLean of in . consistency as a democrat. Mr. McLean defended himself and retorted the charge of inconsistency on Mr. Morse. After answering objections which had been made te the bill, Mr. Morse replied, reiterating that Mr. McLean's support of the river and harbor bill was not democratic, and that the gentleman acted inconsistently with his former course. Several amendments were offered, debated, and vote" down; one only offered by Mr. Clark, was adopted, ap propriating ten thousand dollars f-r the improvement ol Sackctt's harbor and removing the United States' shij sunk there. The House was in session at a quarter to five, wher . the report closes Bcstox, Feb. 15, 8 P. M A fugitive slave, named Frederick Wilkins, was rested this morning and taken before the United States commissioner, Curtis, in the court room, but the examination was postponed till Tuesday. A mob of three hundred negroes stormed the court was hurt. I he mob used the marshal's own sword. which was hanging in the court-room, to keep off the ofiicers. There is great excitement throughout the citv Pittsburg, Feb. 15, 8 P. M. The Commercial Journal of this morning contains the , following private despatches relating to the Wheeling ; bridge case: Chancellor Walworth, the commissioner appointed by ' the supreme court io take testimony and report upon the ; Wheeling bridge case, has made his report, which declares ! woui.l involve trie aesirtieitn oi me present structure Mr. Totten, the United States engineer, by order of the United States supreme court, has made a drawing and specifications of the proposed height. Boston, Feb. 17. 8 P. M. The bark Wyman. which has arrived at Salem from the Rio Grande, reports extensive preparations for an i r.iw -ft A . 1 - -1 1 ment to-day. saying 'that he applied to Commodore Downs for leave to place a fugitive at the navy-yard for safety, but the Commodore refused to take the responsibility. Also, that be applied to the mayor and the city marshal for aid to keep the prisoner without success. The fugitive's whereabouts is not known, but supposed to be en the way to Canada by way of Burlington. No arrest yet. New Orleans, Feb. 14, The Mexico has arrived, bringing California dates to the 15th ult.. and 334 passengers. The Legislature convened on the 6th of Jannary. Gov. Burnett has resigned and MDougall has been inaugurated Governor. David Bro jerick is President of the Senate. The political news preser.ts no material change. Everything going on quietly. The health of the countryis good and business prosperous. All kinds of produce abundant and the prices af flour and provisions were favoring buyers. Mini ,ig operations continue successful. The Governor's messge is represented as being a straightforward und sensible document. No election has yet taken plac for United States Senator which is a subject of much speculation. It is asserted that the democrats will elect their canadidate, but not Col. Fremont. The Africa, which has arrived at New York, brought one hundred and twenty.one passengers. Butler King has arrived at San Francisco. Great exoitement has been caused by new discoveries that have been made, where, it is said, many are doing well. American Flour $12,50 under cost. Coffee 14 for citv consumption. There has been a terrible earthquake in Chili. MARRIED, On Sunday, the 18th mat., hy Esq McCraady, Mr. ItoBxmr J. A.NDKRso.1 to Mist Virginia C Rogkrs. both of this City. R'lTHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. Th uhueriher desire n il m the tl ntion ol tlealers in READY MADE CEOTHIV. to their immense Stock, mnnufaruircd expressly for the Southern and Western trade, comprising every thing appertaining to a well appointed Clothing Siore Terms liberal. MAHONY A KFW dec21-?vwftm 50 and 52 Ann street Boston. T 0BACC0. -On hand alartre am' excellent asaoriment of Vir ginia Tohaceo I'"und. Tives. and Eiglii of various grades, winch we will sell at a lif ht ad .-sure on c,ot?. PtPHER and tSEICHRJST. fcbf1-l-j-fn-9mw Wasrurtjicn efreet. pfesit ?tag Oftt e

COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK MARKET. .New York, Feb. 15 8PM Flock Active and rteadf; aale of 5.000 bbls. at tZ.c9 a 3.St for Indiana and Michigan, 94,75 a $4 M for common Ohio; J.l a 95,31 for fancy Ohio, and a 565 for extra. Wmrat Dull. Cor s Lower; sales of t,000 buthela yeliow wrrthem at 55 afloat and 6j delivered. Poas Firm; aeJe of 300 bbia old mesa at SIS 37 a 1? 44. prime 9.31 a 44, new Ohio mess held at 13.40. Bt Er Steady; salsa of ISO bbis mesa at 9 50 a tlO.75; prime at 55 a 5.5 Lard--Firm; tales ef 400 bbU net and old at 8j a 8 and 500 kegs to arrive, on private terms.

Whisky Quiet; sales of 100 bbls, on the rot, a; S3, aad 1 to errive, on private tenüs. cmcnrKATi market. CixcnmATi, Feb. 17, 8 T. M Flocr Firm at $0,50 with sales of 2,000 bbls. Whikt 22 to 22. Chkksk Prime firm at 7 Provisions Firm; 60 hbd bseon tide told at 7; J.00C shouk'ers and aides in dry salt sold at 45. Sugar 120 hint. soW at Gi Mackerel Sales of uUO kHfe at $13,50 for No 1 toi til ,73 f-r No 2. f ORD AND LADT HARCOURT, or CsMr IlMRiialiUa, M-A By Cathamiti S.ucIm .-. M I . Iftl'ftKVI LlftK A Fraiiconm Sur: Jr-cr.'. Ai.tl LH)VING'S Fruit ai.d Fruit Trees of Amenei, Uta Edition. INTERNATIONAL MAÜAZINE. lor Februar)-. THE Ct IN VICT, or the Conspifator't Vicuin. A Novel written in Prison: By Ned Bumiine El. LA YViSTO.V or the Adventures of an Oipcan Gir'.. A Romance of Cincuuiati: Br Waiter Whitmore. PICTORIAL FIELD' BOOK of tlie Revc.ut.on, No, 11; By Bea son J. Lossmg. Just received and fr sale by ROSS A RAY. fel.19 DISSOLUTION. The Co-partnership heretofore existing Letwecu the subscriber, umler the name and My is of falgitiet) V Smith, was dissoKed on the tin. of February instant, by muttuu consent. James Suljrrove, having purchased the interest of Augustus Smilb, it duiy and fully autitorizrd to settle all tie business of sajd firm. and will cuutiiiue the bosmeas, as usual, at the old iand. J MKS SfLliROVK, Indianapolis. Feb 17. l-.'.l ACGl'STL'S SMITH. LARGE AND FRESH. SPRING STOCK HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS. WE tender our hearty thanks to onr friciaia and rus-ssaw J totners for their 1, Serai support hitherto, ami her IsaveK JSm 10 c" l',elr auciuiou to our sloes tor Sprinu u.k: JuraBats 1851 We flauer ourselves that onr style of Hats and other articles, for he approaching eao.i, will commend themselves to every pe-soa of good tste. For our workmen m the manufacturing depamicnt, we claim the merit of superior uste, skill and eapenetice. with all the impreYcnieiits and arrangement vaiuabit for conducting the business, On account of the extensive demand for our Hats, we hare been oblige: to extend our premise for manufacture, storage and tale, which now require almost three of the largest btuuness house 111 our chy. To our Weitem and Souüiorn merchants, who have twen tn the habit of bnviiitj in the Eastern cities, we would mer!y y, that they will fiiid tne largest HAT ESTABLISHMENT lu the United States, at 455, Main street, Louisville, Ky.. and prices titer as low as in any city in these States, w.th this advantage : that every week, it ti.ey choose, llicy can bave tlteir oniers oniers fi'.led. shipped and delay, expeiise, risk and .leiivereJ almost in a t'av, and avoid tne vtMttion. aitcndiue Eastern Duiciia Our slock, in particular, of Panama. Lerrh-ms. Ps'.m Leaf and other Straw Goods, we have spared 110 exertion in making complete, unJ nre enabled to m-U at lower prices than they bave ever been ot. fcred ; simI. in pnrsuauce of our old mo. to of "small profit and quick sales.'' we are resolved for cask . or on bort pnper to prompt "ustoiners. to sell everything 111 our line cheap, cheap' One u. cail when yon are iu the market. The highe! market price, in cash, paid for Furs and Peltries. feb4-w P S BARBER A Cfr EXCLUSIVELY FANCY DRY GOO s s. L . H. MOORE tt CO., 122 Broadway, comer of Cedar Street, NEW YORK, HAVE in store and are rceivinr one of the bett assorted stock of KAM Y DllV UOODS, which they effete buyer at ssr 'rcmcty low prices. 011 short cred.t, or libeial discount for Caalu coti. I stuig in pan as follows: MILLINERY GOODS. 10.000 pieces No. 7 to 30 Ladies' and Muses Bonnet and Sash Rib. boils lO.Ol pieces No. 1 to 22 Plain Satin Ribtiont; do do Tafleta do; Plain, Changenble. Chine, Watered, and Corded Bonnet Silks; 5.000 pieces' Ball Rihlious; Full assortment of Velvet Ribbon: lllack and Colored Crapes. Crpe Liste, Tari: ans; Zvpiiyr. Illusion, and Bruxell's Lace, Aruficial Flowers, .'ap Tab, Crimped Ribbons, etc. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DRAPERIES Embroidered. Wove, and Tamboured in Lace and Muslin; -4 to 14-4 Mosquito Nett, Curtain Fringe; Needlework and Tamboured Book, Cambric, Swiss, Mull, and Jaeo i:ct Mulin; Plain Jnckonet Muslins; Bishop lawn, Men's Plain an Fancy Silk Cravats, ' L. C. Hdkfs, Gloves, Suspenders, etc. SUNDRY GOODS. Warcelllnes, Florences, Satins, and India Silk; Siik Buttons in great variety; Algerilte Rnikk, Gimp. Dress Trimmings. Fringes, i.l Silks. Linen Canibricks; Large astorinK.nl Kid Gloves; wing Silk Gloves and Mitts; Vfoluar do do; Lisle and Silk Glove and Mitts; tdiet' Fancy Silk Cravats; Iftove Veils, Black and Green; I ir-Ifa and Bare- Ve:ls. Perse Twist; Embroidered and Fl in Linen, Lawn and Cambric ITridkfr Jonipteie assortment of Bouk, Switt, and Cambric Iiaer'.iifs as4 and Edgings; do do Dresses; 'ape. Collar. Cutfr. Cap, etc; 111. Madras and Swiss Cravats. LACE GOODS, rhrcad, Cotton, and Valeucieuues Edging. Flouncing aad InteningS ll wulih Plain and Embd Conen tnd Siik Laces; White and Colored lor Brasses. Cane, etc: Splendid assortment Lace Vens, Black Silk and Mohair Trii Lace. A larsre nronortion of the above pood art entirely new. aad f the nebest m thi market, and we wouUl rcsnectlully invite o 0 examine them. 122 BROADWAY, up air, febll-4w Nevv York QUARTER MASTER S OFFICE, St. Iot:s, Mo.. Juuuary 7. ML J wF.AI.KD PROPOSALS will be received at th.t office, comer of Washington Avenue and Second street, uutil the 15th day " February next, for the iranportatioii of Army tuppiie to the places lamed below, far two trass, comniencn; on the I53i Aprü, 1S51. ANNUALLY. To Fort Kearney, on fhe P atte. fifty four toas, and upwardi . To Fort Laramie, eighty-one tons and upwards. To Fen Mackay, ai the crossing of tne Arkansas, Statt T Trta", uTiy-foar ton and upwards. To Fernando de Taos, New Mexico, thirty to js and upward. To Santa Fe. one hundred and thirty ton and upward. To Albucuerque, New Mexico, fifty-seven ton and upwards. To Dona Ana. New Mexico, thirty ton aiid upwards. To Paso del Norte, New Mexico, one hundred and acrveaty tens and upwards. Separate proposal will be received for each ef the above route, r bids may include two or more, but in each ca e the contractor wilt he required to bind himself ts receive at Fort !eaveuworth, at any time between the 15th of April and the 15th of July of each ycai , suck uriny stör, whether of clothing, ubsistei.ee, ordinance, pi oilier Toverumenl property, which may there be delivered to aim er his gent, suitably packed and prepared for transportation, to le by tum leUvered m like good order, at tlie place or placet agreed epon. It is distinctly maierstood, that u.e above tpecifii-d quantities are the minimum, and every contractor hould be prepared to carry larger quantities of which due notice will be given. Tlie bat will tat the price for the ftatteponaneii of every hmiIred pounds, and every bid mast be accotr. petted by the trnnrantee of tome responsible pet xon, as to the good with and ability of the b4 ler for the performance ol' the contract. Tlie privilege is reserved to reject any or aü the bids, if deemed te the public interest to do o No transfer or assignment ofiJnds will he admitted or recognized, and no bid will be accepted from say individual o firm, if he or they put in r.iore than one bid. THOMAS SWORDS . jai'.iS Lt. Cot. and QuarteT Master. V 9. A. JUST RECEIVED, and for tale at low prices, the follow lag choice article ot' Medicinot: Chloroform, first quality; Col od ion, prepared from gtin cotton, which form a new texture or scarf skra on all banrt or ahraded 11 r tact . Podopaophilloue, a drastic active article, very efficacious in drop,, cal diseases; . . Chloride of Zinc, lonine. Morphine. Qa nine, Tanin, Nasftkar, Strammniutn Extract, Cieuta do., BeUsdona do.; Howe' Sarsaparille, for twrtfying the blood; Wistar' Balaam of Wild Cherry: Guvaott' Yellow Dock, for Scrwfula. King' Evil, etc. Alf warranted pcre Enquire at tlie Drugstore of hind A. F. MORRISON. mo SPECULATORS. Tb unüemtpnea tm M nctn ot u'rn pan nt ; Iixlmiia, which will tx- dipo. of at a bargain, rt j r Tt... rh-.4i U l ...ft.... bm1m iy or an. 11 apjnicn kit swm " iiu uviu, - puffings to luuimty. RfURPHEY, TEAf- A CO , ian. IS . Masvrme nail vt OTiCE CITY The undersimed havtr.ir been elect. n ed Treasurer and Collector of the City 01 Indianapolis, in place of John S. Spann, resigned, thoae who hare not dur-hargea taxes for 1S50, will take not.ee or UM change anc mase pay mmediately Early attention to thi call wul ttra ecru rOffite at the Council Chamberjanll JAMES H. KENNEDY. City ' er-fclSSOLUTlOW. W. H. TALBOTT haying sold has tLF to JOHN CAIN, the copartnership herewore exitfiig hem, as Proprietor of the CAPITAL HOUSE," was on the 13th int. bv mutual conseat. John Cain is authorized to coiled all ts due the ment. and will alto panr an taan J. t Al.. feblS W. H. TAI MOOK AT THIS. Having determined te leave Ind anapoli. A all peraent having claim against tne, are requested to call at Mr. William' Tavern, ou the Canal, or address me throurh the Post Office, immediately. Those indebted to me will settle with Esq. Sullivan. CHARLES MARTENS. February 1. 1851 3wJ aVTOTIOE. We ronterriDlete a chamre in ur Imsinrssaad 1 'im all those indebted 10 us to makejmsaediate pavmrut. Thi will save them costs, and mnrh oblige SMITH A HANNA. mTBJTOOL WAR TED The highest pnee in cash will he paid for WW clean-washed Woof iu the fleer-e. delivered at tmx I lathee Store. Indimapoli L I FEVER, DETF.RK7K 4 Co Indiananolie. April S. ISSfl TO LET. .Several fine Room to let at the Indies' Fancy Stnre The Rooms are large and comfortable, aad well enited for a Milmery or Dres Making Estahl ishineat Terms moderate. R0DU0E WANTED. Fair market prices will he paid by the undersigned, in good or cash, fot Beeswax. Black Root. La. ' Slipper. Yellow Root, Coli Root. Gnn tag, and psTjaene dies rel! '.'! A- tun SN