Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. INDIAN APOLIS rKHRVARY n, IUI. The Jeffersonian. "Evil communications cormpt good manners." This was a wis saying of a wise man, who was not only learned in books, bat had studied men and things. Men re more or less influenced for good or evil by their associations It is upon this principle that we account for the wavering course of the Jeffersonian, once one of the most reliable Democratic papers in Indiana. The Editor, Mr. James Elder, tor whom we entertain the kindest feelings, held the office of Postmaster at Richmond, under Ike "Administration of Mr. Polk. He was a momber of the Baltimore Convention in 14, and favored the nomination of üen. Ca, and supported his election with good will and in good faith, thus, by his acts, endorsing the non intervention doctrine of the party, and repudiating the Wilraot proviso. In 149 Mr. Eldex was elected, (on the same ticket with Mr. Julian,) to the House of Representatives. In the State Legislature he voted with the free soil party, and favored the right of free uegroes to testify in Courts of Justice.against white: men. la doing so, he, very probably but carried out the wishes of those be represented ; if so, he should not be censured. In sustaining the policy of the Wilmot proviso, he but followed the example of a large body ol the Democratic party, in Wayne county .and the Whig party almost entire. Indeed, if we remember rigl.t, there was quite a race lietwcen Mr. Elder and Senator Holloway, (who had his eye on Congress.) as to who should go the farthest in this free soil raeo. All these things might have been excusable, at the time, and under the peculiar circnmstan.-es, but the times have changed, happily changed, and we regret that such meu as Mr. Elder has not changed" with them. These agitating questions are settled settled by that spirit of yielding extreme views, which must always caaracterix.' our legislations, if we wonld preserve the relation of amity and friendship so necessary to our happiness anil prosperity as a nation. California has been admitted, with a Constitution pro- , hibitinz Slavery. New Mexico and Utah are organised as Territories on the Democratic principle of non intci- . vention. The odious slave trade is prohibit -d in the t District of Columbia, and a law, within the strict letter ... ft ot the Consiitution.has been passed for the extradition of, liigitive slaves. The fugitive klave law, only carries out in good faith, what the slave States have a right to demand, under the guaranties of the Constitution. If this is wronff the fault is not in the law. but in the Constitution, and the Jelljioni.in cannot artack one without ass.niinir the other. If it is unconstitutional it is void, and the Courts will s decide. It cannot lie constitutional and wronir, unless the Constitution itself is wrong. These are propositions which will admit of no controversy. To opp .se any ene of these measures, or even opposition to the w'.i.'i .before their passage is one thing, but an eflbrt to repeal these compromise measures, wi.ich muse be taken and stand as a whole, is quite a different thing. The country is becoming quiet, the gaping wounds in the body politic are healing up: shall the North open them afresh by the repeal of the only measures which gives them security? The South have rights, with regard to slavery, and a denial of these rights by the North, wit'i a majority in both branches ol Congress, is a dissolution of the Union. With ihis view we say, aain, that we will sanction the nomination of no candidate for the Presidency, who is in favor of the repeal of the fugitive slave law. This is our declaration. to which the Jeffersonian objects, because, as the editor asserts, it is not in consonance with the opinions of a majority of the Democratic party in Indiana. We may mistake public sentiment, but that does not change our viea'sof rig'ut. Mr. Elder favors the repeal of the fugitive slave law. Wo oppose its repeal, and on that issue we are ready to go before the people. Time may show that the law is defective in some of its details, if ach should prove to be the ease, it should be amended, not repealed. We shall oppose the nomination of any man, who favors its repeal, for two reisons. First: liecause the law is right, and we desire to see no man elected Prcsid.-iit who, likvj the abolitionists, will swear to support the Constitution, with th" mental reservation, that be means to disregard the clause which relates to fugitive slaves ; Second: sound policy. No man entertaining such sentiment or suspected of entertaining them can be elected. If the National Convention makes a platform so brand that the Garrison's, the Wilmot s, the Gi lding's and the Julian's can stand on, they will find that the true men of the party are not there. The loss of the Southern States, to the Democratic party, cannot be made up by a few abolitionists North, who w.ll vi-l.l norli..,. i.mi .ii ,k u... t, i ii , oill nil! H '1'IH V Li' l'lll I LI1UL 1 I I i 1 I a I I - -j J tnem to yieiu every thing. ve intenu to support the nominee of the Democratic National Convention. We i .1 i 1 1 i i . ii -. anow mat no win ue rigui on au uiese questions, a man el" national, nnt sectional views. None other can receive the uominatioa, ami hence we speak without reserve. Not so with our friend of the JetFersonian. He leaves a broad maragin for his discretion when he sivs: We expect t support thc nominee, of the Democratic Natior.al Convention if the nomination is made upon lair, : honest and national principles, as we trust and believe It Will b '. j It is a very easy matter to say a nomination is not ' "made upon fair." honest, and national principles," in ! . . . i .. , . other words, objections sought for are easily found. But , tb- re is no use of having any controversy with our ; friend. We have traveled the same road together in ' m in ... r MMf f r vears , and w hen we shall reach the point of . ' 1 separation, we trust we shall seperatc as friends. Whether we have reached that point or not can be de termined by honest and frank answers to the following questions. Do you approve the course ol" your Representative Mr. Julian on the Slavery question? Do you approve his recoruendaiion favoring resistance to the fugitive slave law, and his declaration that the "peapie of his district would trample thc law under foot,:' aad that, in bis district 'the panting si;!-,,.'' would ' be safe from the grasp of his master or lhe "blood hounds of the law?" If you endorse these sentiments then we ; are at the forks of the road. We shall continue on in j the Democratic highway. If you are honest in your de- i clarations, then you must support thc abolition candidate for the Presidency, who will favor the application f t.ie Wilmot Proviso to the new Territories litely or ganized; the repeal of the fugitive sluve law and the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. This will be the abolition platform. On that platform our friend Julian now stands. He does not pretend to be a Democrat. Now we do not say that, all those who voted for Mr. Julian are abolitionists. On the contrary, of Democrats good and true voted for him, as of evils, but we do sav t.iat , those who ap prove of bis sentimvots are abolitionists and not Democrats, and as honest men they should not desire to sit down at the Communion table with (hone whose opinions they repudiate and whose poUcy they disregard. Tbey cannot serve God and Maraon They cannot be both black and white, or fish and flesh at t'.e same time. Appointments by the Governor. Rev. John Q'Kans, Viitor to the State Prison for ant year 1851. Professor Gaonoc W. Mkars re-appointed Trnstee to the Institute for the Education of the Blind. Capt. I) wir. W. Dav den. Pilot at the Falls of the Ohio, in place of Thomas Powel dWessed. Agil Gill, Pilot at the Falls of the Ohio, in place f William Patrick, deceased. IJETProf. Keely, the Mesmeriser, is lecturing and the people in Maysville Ky. Tbe Ohio Constitutional Convention will adjourn star 6 on tho 10th of March.

Printing of the Constitution. Below we publish a communication, from the Hon. R. D. Owen, Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Convention to superintend the Enrolling and Publication

of the new Constitution. In ourarticleof the 19th instant, we stated that the only complaint we had to make : about the matter was, that the yrintiug was taken atcay from Indianapolis, under the plea that it could bo done sooner elsewhere ; that no opportunity was offered the printers of this city to bid for the contract (by issuing proposals) ; and that we had no doubt but that this job could be done as well and as promptly here as in Cincinnati W still adhere to wh it we then expressed. We also stated that we believed this contract had been made I contrary to the wishes of the Convention. Our reasons for making this latter statement are simply these: a number of members of the Convention had called upon J us before leaving for their homes, and made the request I that we. would forward 'o them, at an early day, the numbers of the Constitution which they were entitled to j receive; the gentleman who introduced the first resolu- j ticn which Mr. Owen quotes, had stated to a friend of ours, since the adjournment, that he had no other idea, when he introduced the resolution, than that the print- i ing would be done in this city. That a majority of the members of the Convention thought as the mover ofthat j resolution did. we cannot for a moment cioubt. Indeed. ' we have lately received letters from members, who are j impatient to receive their copies, enquiring wny we have ; so long delayed the printing. The Centrcville Whiz last week abused the Convention for giving the job to the Sentinel office. Now, we ask any candid man, whether, m der such circumstances, it was not proper for us to correct the impression which was abroad, thnt the ! printing was being done in this office, by giving a simple statement of the facts? The printing was given to an. I 1 other than us, and we so stated, that no blame for de- ' lav. if anv arose hereafter, should lie laid at our door Wc do no; hesitate to say that this job, large as it is, j could have been done (even in small pica type) as well, and in less time, in Indianapolis, than it has been done elsewhere, and at an expense of 40 per cent, less than what the present contractor receives. The facilities for book printing are as good in this city as they are in Cincinnati ; there being no less than four book offices, connected with t'.ie variot.s printing offices here, To ihc Jior of the isc linel, Sir: In vour paper of Wednesday last, which has (just been put into my hands, 1 find under the editnri al head, the . ' statement that, contrary to the wishes or the intention ol the Convention (as you believe) a con tract was made with a late member of thai tiody (P. M. Kent) by the committee on Revision, to execute the printing of the Constitution." The committee on Revision (or rather, on enrollment and publication) had no authority whatever to make a contract for printing, cither with Mr. Kent or with any one else: and of course, they made none. The resolution in regard to the printing, ami which was not introduced by any member iT our committee reads as follows: M Refolred, That the Secrclary bo authorized to have the Constitution and Address translated and published in the German language, and that the additional expensu for th same, and publication of five thousand copies, together with the publication of the liiry thousand copies oi both in the English language, including paper lor t.ie publication ol htty-hve thoiisund copies ot the ! Constitution and Address shall (and all contingent expens 's therefor) not exceed the additional sum of four hundred dollais; which work may be done at any office said Seel et iry may deem it expedient to select, tose- ; cure the MM and laithful execution of the samw." This was ocr and above the eight hundred dollars, ! previously voted for the publication of the Constitution alone. In regard to the contract, tlr Secretary, it will bo observed, had the sol mtiol. It may be proper how ever, to state that, previously to making any contract, he submitted the matter of publication, to the Committee on Enrollment and Publication, all its members being present, and also to the President f the Convention. He adverted to the facts (known indeed, to the 1 committee and the President) in what manner ertch of j the offices in the city was occupied; the Journal with the debate of the Convention, the Statesman with the printing lor the Legislature, and the Sentinel with the Journal of the Convention; stating to us that the latter was more than three months behind: and it was the unanimous opinion of the committee, as well as of the President of the Convention, that the chance of procur mg so large and MMrtMl a job to be done in a speedy I ....I.. . ............ ........ L. .... ..I . .... I. I : I ;inu smisiucio. . iii.iii.h-i . cic i.i-uri ciscwncit- iniiii in this city. hen asked by the Secretary lor their opinion, they so expressed it The express duty of the committee n enrollment and publication had been drlined by a previous resolution, ol the Convention as follows: Resolred, That Messrs. Owen, Xewman and Read of Monroe, the su'i-committce on Revision, be a Committee to superintend the enrolling and printing of the Constituiion, as agreed to by this Convention. fin. .lull n'ua lllrf mi Sllruirinlaniltw,ll . in mnt llto I VUI Ulli. ,i luiii .n I ,,, ,,,, III. L , Kl iiru mal the Constitution was accurately enrolled and published in the lest form which the appropriation would warrant, The public will have an opportunity, in a few days, to judge whether that duty has lieen faithfully performed. The pamphlet containing the Constitution nnd the Address of the Convention is printed in small pica; the Constitution bel.ig leaded, the Address unleaded; and contains iruriu-itco octavo pages ol printed matter. . I hp I ount of type employed was new, and the paper of good quality. Oar Committee being very desirous that a document so important should assume a permanent form, and finding no provision lor a cover, recommended to the gentleman who obtained the contract, that it should be neatly bound in a stout colored pajx-r cover, with outside title, and edges trimmed, provided this could be done at an additional cNp.'usc of about half a pent a copy and provided the contractor would wait, and take his chance of pay, for the cover, from thc next Legislature. In this recommendation the President of the Convention joined, and Mr. Kent agreed to it. Every one who knows how mi,,,.!, m,,r. cflrtd'ullv sneli a nnmr.blr.t iw nr.Ari.l , ne in thc rough form of an uncovered newspaper, will "PPro'e th, recommendation Although our Committee had nothing whatever to do in fixin t. contract price, except as to the recomnicndation in regard to the cover, I will not withhold the pini011, that any man who undertakes, as the present contractor does, to get out a panipldet of thirty-two pa--.u ' 5 i j . j 5 -.u' ges, with neat cover, printed and trimmed, and without any extra chatge either for translation into German or for publication in that language at somewhat less than two cents and three quarters fr each copy the type being new. the paper good, and the work executed in the best style must be a good manager, if he nets more than live per cent on thc contract. I am, Sir, vour ob't. serv't. ROBERT DALE OWEX. Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment and Publication. Indianapolis. Feb. 24, 151. The next Nntiounl Convention Where shall it be held ! The Fort Wayne Sentinel suggests Cincinnati as a suitable place to hold the next Democratic National Convention. The editor truly says "it is a central point, convenient of access to delegates from all parts of the mon- an sufficiently remote from Washington to pre vent any undue interference on the part of Congressmen and other politicians who are usually to be found there. What say the democratic press to the proposition? We should like to see an expression from the Western press, especially." For one, we say amen. There is no good reason for holding onr National Convention at ones.tatcd place all the time. The North-West polls more democratic votes than any other section of the Union ; she has not a single Whig Governor, and il is due to her that the next Convention should be held at Cincinnati. There arc many other reasons for changing thc place of hold- , . . - , .... , mg the Convention. A change of place will havo a good effect towards harmonizing the different sections of onr . s , T , , Union ; it will bring persons to the West who have now a false idea of our growing influence, ?nd who need only l vl.if onr conntrv in h oni i ..eil nf tho true num. nf our greatness. Will the democratic press of tbe State and West speak out on this subject! iTT A dwelling house was destroyed by fire in Martinsville. on the I7tb inst. It was owned by Dr. N. Tompkins, formerly a resident of that place. PnlyorHinn. This exhibition nf chemical paintings, consisting of many beautiful dissolving views, will be continued this evening at Concert Hail. It is worth visiting.

The Jfadion Courier. The Editor of this interesting print is getting to be highly excited. No wonder. His open attackon Mr. Chapman, and his mean and assassin-like assaults on Jesse D. Bright, have stirred up a hornets nest which will sting him like forty before he is done with tl.cui. Now we have certainly no ill will towards this man. As an independent Editor he was under no obligations to favor the election of Mr. Bright, although his patrons

without a single division, so far as we know preferred ' . ' 1 me ifcicvirni oi k ij a i v ji Hi y aim iiopuiai sc-uiiirui.iii . but when we saw him deceitfully and hypocritically pretending to be the friend of Mr. Bright, whilst at the me lime h waa s'r opposing his election, re felt it our duty to expose him in his true colors to take the sheep skin from the back o.'the wolf. "I favor the reelection of Mr Brioht hut I lisannrove his course in . o r - 11 Congress" this was the hypocritical language of this 1 smooth faced Janus. But Mr. Brillit understands this man and so does Mr. Chapman, and we now predict that before two months eiapscs he will be fully unmasked and the Democrats will see where he stands. His allusioo to our servility to Mr. Bright, who he is pleased to call our master, is another of his insiduous attacks on that gentleman, and docs not effect us. No man is our master. We speak our own opinions on all questions, and quarrel with no one who differs from us. Whilst the "Courier" has condemned, we have approved the general course of Senator Bright, but we only approved it because his views were in accordance with our own opinions fixed, and avowed before Mr. Bright was a voter, and consequently could not have been influenced by him. Let him attack Mr. Bright faco to face, not assault us because he in our friend and we his. "This is a free fight," says the Editor. Let him get through with tho Democrats in his own section, before he commences a foreign war Such controversies are unpleasant, and we shall avoid them. We prefer fighting our cnenues, but to do so successfully wo must first expose the traitors in our own ranks. He has said many things of Mr. Willard which he now wishes were unsaid, and we predic t that before ir any months roll around, he will wish or. -said what he has said of several other Democrats. We now leave this independent Editor in the hands of his friends. May Gud grant him a safe deliverance. Face th? .Husic. Since the Whigs have been making movements, in different parts of the country, in favor of Gen. Scott for the next Prasidency, the administration are determined to make the boys face the music. The defeat of Simmons in Rhode Island, and Fish in New York, and the 'ailurt to elect Senators in Ohio and Massashusetts, can all be trac 1 to the administration. The Republic, the organ of Mr. Fillmore, has placed on its banner the lidlowing significant sentiment, which we publish for the lienefit of our Whig friends, wib desire to march under its folds, and keep time to the music: " The series of measures to which I have alluded arc regarded by me as a settlement, in principle and substance a filial settlement of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embraced. By that adjustment we have be m rescued from tho wide and boundless agitation that surrounded us. and have a firm, distinct, and legal ground to rest upon. And the occasion. I trust, will justilv ine IX exhorting MY COCXTR V.MEN TO RALLY TPOV AND MAINTAIN THAT gkoi xi) as the best, if not the only means, of restoring peace and ipiiet Id the country, and maintaining invio. late the integrity of the Union." President Fillmore's Message. " The President's Message, at the opening of the present session of Congress, expresses fully und plainly his own. and the unanimous opinion of all those associated with him in the Fxectitive administration of the Government, in regard lo what are called the Adjustment or Compromise measures of last session. That opinion is. that those measures should be regarded in principle, as a final settlement of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embrace ; that though they were not . free from inierfectioiis. yet, in their mutual dependence ; and connexion, they formed a system of compromise the most conciliatory and best for the entire country, that ' could be obtained from conllicting sectional interwst und m . Iiis a ,;, tilIle ruu, experience should demonstrate the opinions, ami that inerclore tlicv siioulU lie adhered to. neccs- ;. ,,c t ., i ,, ,,, i ,,.,, abuse Tnat 0,,rion. so far as I know, remains entirely nnehanged. and will be acted upon steadily and decisiveXhe pem.e thc couritrv requires this; the seeurit of ,he Constitution requires this; and every cMsi. ('ration of the public good demands this. If the Administration cannot stand upon the principles of the ni . sage, it does not expect to stand at all." Daniel WebWrr' Letter to the Union Meeting at Wettchetter. ..II- ,1 liirril.T I . r . . ,' I itiii in f. . -,.r .. I his is standing matter, under the editorial head of the Daily Republic, so that those who run may read. It i, R bold and manly policy, which we admire. Thc leading men of the Whig patty will . ... ... - -- r i j .- . . ...-v . . v. nmlv i i I in,.. ..,. ir,i,.,.,t i, run mum candidates for the Presidency, in the future. The days of " irnerotM confide -xce are past and gone. The elections of Harrison an 1 Taylor were sp'en. did failures. In future they will know who and what they vote for; the eflorts of small politicians of the chick-a-dee trilie to the contrary notwithstanding. In the Eastern Slates, money, with the Whigs, is the sinews of war. The Union Whigs hold the p'irse, and let the " woolly heads'" bring forward Scott, if they dare, and they will find lhe supplies withheld. Wc understand what wc arc speaking about. It is a fixed fact no prophecy. i ILA The following article is copied from the Salem Democrat, which, we are satisfied, docs Major Cravens injustice. Major C. did not speak unkindly of editors, or of the press, and we hope the editor of the Democrat will make the amende honorable : " On the 23d ult., Mr. Defrees, in the Senate, report- . ed back a joint resolution authorizing the State Librarij an to subscribe for one copy of each newspaper in thc Stale, to lie bound and dejiosited in the Library. Messrs. Dunn, McCarty. Ellis and others, siqqiortcd the resolution ; Messrs. Ifanna, Knowlton, Cravens and others, opposed it. The last-named gentlemen grounded their objections on the plea that editors frequently charge public men with being demagogues, fkc. Mr. Hannn took occasion to say during thc debate that editors were lhe most corrupt class of " functionaries." Such men will be remembered. Thc thanks of every man who has any connection with the Press of Indiana, cannot be withheld from the Hon. Geo. G. Dunn, for the able spirited, and digniricd ma ner in which he defended the corps editorial. Before the eloquent thunders of such men as Dnnn, all the Hannas and their confederates in Christendom, would sink into insignificance." BT" Thc Cambridge K ereile, speaking of the late Scott meeting, says: "Judge Stit of the H'aigspoke our sentiments exactly, in reference to the Whig candidate for the next Presidency. Until it is known that Mr. Fillmore declines being a candidate, we are for him and nobody else. He has shown himself to be a true Whig, a Patriot and Statesman, and one who was reared and educated by his own industry ami made himself what he is liohis indomiiable ene rgy and perseverance, without the aid of Military tactics. He is emphatically a man for the times. "Whenever it is ascertained that Mr. Fillmore,rdedines or il is the better poiicy for the Whigs to take '""" ",c ,l" ucu' -..il... ...... .. i- f ' c .u I f I Liunday s Lai:e ami not nil men. , I A Com CouNTEariTine Establishment on a large ,cae has lwen broken up at Panama. On the 5th of January, Mr Alexander ShirclifTe who was about to I r tt...j o . .. i.i i e i .out io hundred "eave IOT ine j niieu owtes, was rooncu oi seven dollars in gold. chn i'Jlnii, Uimr ,ik. Suspecting a fellow lodger and another person he had them arrested. Among their effects were I found dies, stamps, and all the necessary machinery, ae'ds, etc.. for making and stamping Mexiian dollars, i About $2000 of this coin, mostly ot the dares of 1846 and 1H47, and a potion unfinished, were also found. They are made of German sdver, neatly plated ?y a galvanic batery. A Coikcidsnce. We met, a few days since, two in dividuals, who are cousins, having the same name whose fathers were brothers, whose mothers weM w, , ' u f iraiar coincidence. sisters, and whose wives are sisters, ne challenge the Bangor Mercury

From the Louisville Democrat. Letter from Oregon. Sketch of the Journey of General Joseph Lane to the Paciiic, and of hi course as Governof of Oregon until hU remoral by the Federal Government. Astoria, (Oregon) Dec. 6. 150. Since General Jseph Laue s removal from the office of Governor of Oregon, we have noticed in several papers of high repute uttaeks ujs.n his character und klineal reputation, which, if lelt unanswered, may noduce erroneous impressions upon the public mind, not

only s "Z 'e TOUrsf " wm.e in omce tun also as to tiic motive and principle which uctaated his conduct. We will notice no particular slander, coming as they all do from political opponents; for we have uo sinister motive in view 'no political projects to build up" and must be excused from shaniii" this article onlv to subserve the purpose of a refutation to partisan declarations or heated political assertions. Our sole object is to do jusuce to use e.iaracier oi one v, no nas ocvouru a large portion of his life and services to his coon try ; and is now in the eyes of his countrymen an example verifying the iruth of 1 1 ut maxim, which belougs to the vocabulary of the siufing monarchist, that republics arc ungrateful. Let these simple facts attest: Gen. Lane, at the t ine 1 ........... i . . ....... i f i.. .-. . ........ . , r ,r... . . ; . .. . . r e..A gon by President Polk, resided on the banks of the Ohio riv.r L hundred nd fi.W ir.ll.. l.l.,.v. ihn ..ire f T.m,. 1 isville. He was absent from home, and rec ived the first i telegraphic news of his appointment at Madison. On bis return he visited General Butler, to whom he expressed doubts is to the correctness of the news previously heard; for he had never asked for. or in any waysolicited, that or any other appointment from the administration. Gen. Butler, with characteristic judgment, assured him that he had no doubt of its truth; for, said he, when I was in Washington Mr. Polk spoke to me on the subject, and I told him if 1 had the appointment to make, and the whole world to choose from. I would say Gen. Lane is the very man. Gen. L. proceeded home, where he arrived the -7lh August, and lound his commission in the hands of Major Meek. On the morning of the 2Sth, at one o'c.'oek of that morning, he, with his eldest son and Major Meek, sluit.-d for Oregon. Il lu fil t ... r . , r r. t T i i I ill,. I ,1 I..M nf fl -oii n ml nrhnll. ,ary lhe recipntS) of Executive favors, display that decisinn of purpose and energy of character that mark the conduct ol Oen. L.anc on this ocension. The distance to be traveled, the obstacles and almost insurmountable difficulties attending it, the political condition of the people of Oregon, their utter destitution of any effective social organization, und their distant cry for the protection of their homes and families from the merciless tomahawk of the savage, all demanded of the President the appointment of a man to the chief mniristracy of the territory whe would quickly repair to bis post of dtuv, and discharge faithfully and fearlessly the responsibilities of Iiis oliiee. President Polk doubtless knew well the man of his choice ; he knew, as the history of the Mexican war fully attcsis, that he was selecting one whose stern integrity, undoubted courage, firmness, and decision of purpose, hail been sufficient ly tried, and fully established by the annals of i-tiines that try men's souls." Gen. L. arrived at Sl Louis on the evening of the 30th August, visited Gen. Kearney nt Jefferson Barracks on the morning of the 31st, who promptly furnished orders for Capt. Roberts, of the Rifles at Leavenwoith, to hold himself in readiness to escort the General and p.irty to Oregon. Gen. Kearney, seriously doubting the possibility of making the trip so late in the season, attempted to Ussuade them from staitiug. Gen. Lane, however, feeling the responsibility incurred by accepting his office, moved on. He arriveJ at Fort Leavenwoith on the 4th September, and was told by both officers and citizens that it was impossible to cross tac mountains so late in the season. An outfit was purchased, and with an escort of 20 men under Lieut. Hawkins, they left the Fort on the 10th September, and arrived at Los Anelos, on the Paciiic coast, on the XHl December following. The party camped out more than one Hundred mgnts, and Irom Santa 1 e to J.os Angelus, a distance ol several hundred miles, were without tents and compel led to pack liiea- provisions. They encountered the i'e pet snows, covering rugged mountains, and slept on the rocks Willem! lue common comforts of the camp. They traveled, at one lime during the trip, over one hundred miles without water, necessarily siiiicring the most pain ful sensations of thiast. It is remarkable, that Goji. Lane, a man, we suppose, more than fifty years of aire, should have retained the physical ability to undergo the toils and hardship-; of the journev : and to no other agency can we now attribute it. other than that fixedness p purpose which belongs to the energetic mind of the man. Gen. Lane arrived at the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon, on the 1Mb February, at a time when ;hcre was no means of transnorWtion to Oregon City, one uuiKireii anu iitty miles above, except lhe small canoe ol the Indian. There were bin five white families at As. loria. and the dangers attending a voyage up thc river were Btlftl ill lit to deter many from undertaking it. TLe new Governor, however, promptly chartered a Chanook canoe, and taking the 6mr ot,- hin. self pushed oil" for lhe capitol of tho territory, where he arrived -d March, 1849. He took the oath of oliiee. and commenced th discharge of its duties on the dav following. It is necessary, inorder toafnHer imderstan.'in of the arduous duties ol the execution ol Uregon. lurinT the . . . P .1 time he was in oliiee. that we make a brief statement of ; the political and local condition of the country, and- the ' relations which at that lime subsisted between the w hite settlers and the various Indian tribes. Oregon was without a territorial government, and thus lor several years had the inhab taius lived exposed to internal con- ! vulsions ami the dangers ol auarciiv. line, tiiev bad t . . . - , M! with the view ot protecting individual liberty ! and projierty, what was U rmed a provisional government ; but Iroin the necessity ol the case the absence ol a sufficient population, as well us the want of power to c tact and enforce laws their organianiion was weak , ai J incliicicnt. Alter the organization of the territory by Cougtss. for I the want of proper ollicers. no writs ol election had issued to co'-veue. a Legislature, and nothing had been done towards the organization of courts or tue election of any oliieei s, judicial or ministerial those appointed bv ! the President had not yet arrived. The Indian title to the lands remained unextinguished and no treaties had been established between tue I nite(! States and the savage tribes: the licrce warriors of the Kvuse and the white man had never smoked ihe pipe of peace together and the t.-mplc of Janus had never been closed west si the Rocky mountains. Depredations

were almost i aily being committed by the Indians upon!0' the people. uh sucti a oaaJulaU the onilir. Mills ! ml lle i.-eliil si.ttlers Unin nl llmtril.,, dcncV. illlly sustained bv all associate lot

' -. . . . . i i is I i-fiiiil t tu 1 1 'i is rttm w f , m f t m ni'il.i c n ml i- . i i . I not only us an occupation ' wealth, but with the more g - - n ' bv which thev accumulated savae intent of exterrainatino ! from I heir midst the intruders upon their soil. At this time the arrival of Gov. Lane, the lirst olhcer under the terriioiial "overmen!, was hailed with iov bv tuo people oi uregon. iiicv could now . a : j 4 people ol Oregon. I hey could now anticipate a brighter future, a more desirable destiny, and looked forward w ith hope to the time when their country should become one of tue bright and lixed stars in the American constellation of sovereign States. What did Gov. Lane do towards the realization of these hopes and these anticipations? Again let facts attest: His first official act was to appoiat otficersto take the censnsof the territory, to cause apportionment to be made preparatory to the election by the peoepl of members to the legislative Assembly. This accomplished , in but a few days after his instalment, he visited the Indians on tue Columbia at the "Dalles," and having assembled thc tribes in that section of the country, held a talk, and established our relations with them upon a proper basis. Immediately on his return to the seat of government, having learned that lone bad white men iiad been stealing horses from the Indians, he set out In quest of the guilty persons: he arrested and brought them back, and delivered the property that had been taken to its rightful owners. If will be remembered that there were no territorial ollicers to aid him in the execution of these duties. Whil out the last time, Governor L. learned that the Snowquallimack Indians had murdered a party of white men at or near Pugets' Sound ; he immediately proceeded to the Sound, a distance of more than 2ib mile, through a wilderness country took with turn arms , .. - . " and ammunition, and placed the settlers therein the best state of defence. On his return, he convened the lirst territorial Legislature of Oregon. He then crossed the mountains, a distance oi many miles, to lacoac, and I v?site nd established friendly relations with all the In UIUUS III IIIUI ICIOII. At this time, some seventy or eighty soldiers of the Ritlle Regiment, stationed at Oregon city, determined to go tD the gold mines of Caliii.iiiia. They armed themselves, and in defiance of law and thc threats ot tl.eir officers, inarched boldly ofl iu broad daylight. The : rt i j , . , 13 omcers in commana ot u,e regiment ana various compa rs in com.na.ia oi me regiment ana various compames, were unwilling to risk their lives in an attempt to arrest men who declared themselves ready and willing at all hazards to resist any efforts that might be taken to prevent the success of the undertaking. As soor as the news of their departure reached Governor L., he , t,Jge,jlor vit, snme 0j ,,0 oificors unu a s,maj boj.- 0r .., tf. .,,,1 ik. ,;i ,.r ik, .1..,. ti rn. j i..i.ii m. n".w!i. im umiumcu ,bem to the Cannon, three hundred miles was out 35 days, 32 of which it rained, and was io swimming water over 100 times j hesucceeded in arresting and bringing hack aliout 60 of the men. After his retnrn, still acting in the capacity of a ministerial oflicer, he went to the Kyuse country and brought to the seat of government the murderers of Whitman and his companions These facts are stated, because they best show with what energy and indomitable perseverence Governor L. discharged the duties of his oliiee; they are "stubborn faots, " that more clearly exhibit lb real worth and merit of the man, than any eulogy that we might write. It is the sentiment of nearly every man in Oregon, that deep wrong and great injustice was done by thc cabinet at Washington to a greiri and good man,

when they issued their premat ernor Lane. His policy in mi ever open and honorable, and 1

ct proscribing Govr the Indiana was had rained for him the un- i iloitunate net. nie. His re. I l I i lit 1 0(."tthat tu oval irons oliiee is u well as the adopted soi must occ ur to th me in the mind minted egretted by the nation as I gon, and for months to come i Mi i.ei,!c onlv to arouse ;Hnos of regret and indignation I 1 -M . I From the Louiiic Democrat A Strong Team." Messrs. Editors: While extensive preparations are being made by the big bugs at Washington and elsewhere, lor playing the fashionable game of President, making, 1 trust I may lie allowed, as one of ' the sovereigns, to venture a suggestion or two on the subject. The efforts of the Whigs to manage, creditably and satisfactorily, the affairs of our Federal Government, in every trial they have heretofore made, having signally failed, it will be expected of the Democrats to resume the responsibility in 1HÖ2, and, thenceforward, to conduct the administration, until their opponents shall become lietter acquainted with the character and objects of our republican system, and evince a sincere disposition to conform themselves thereto. In the present ciisis. brought about by the political bungling of " all the in,i i. .......... i Ii ,i. j :.. r. .Ii c , ,i . -. -.. .1 IT u r' to the peace and perpetuity ot the Union the hopes of i . ,r . I 1 r . . . . " . iciiit'iii'i: hiiu un me uecciiCY a ci isis n:ii 01 uanci l n.nd cfnt.red ?rc.a democratic P"1)'. f . t,,C 7, hlcll IS. 1.1 trllth, alone WOrtl.V to thel .MON party, since their principles and poiicy look, directly and steadily, to the general prosper ity ol the people nnd ol the States, and lo the maintenance of fraternal feeling amono them. Upon the Democrats, therefore, as a party, devolves the duty of presenting in the next Presidentini canvass, a ticket that will secure, in the hishest degree, the canfidence and support of the mass of the people of the United States. Such a ticket can anil will lie formed, when the period arrives lor the assembling of a national democratic convention. In the meantime, the question is every day propounded, between man and man. and in political circles Who are to be, or who should be, the democratic standardbearers in the next contest? Prominent rnnong those spoken of for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, stand the names of Cass. Buchanan, WwhIIuh v, Dickinson of New York. Walker and Davis of Mississippi, King of Alabama. Houston, Cobb, Butler, and, last but not least, General Lane, the Marion of the West. From such, a constellation of brilliant worthies, any one of whom would do honor to tho highest station, it is difficult to make a choice. And the difficulty lies, not in decidinu which among llicm is worthy and well qualified, fat all of them arc able and competent men, but which would be most likely to unite the largest popular vott-t Were wc to make the selection most agreeable to our individual predilections, under all the circumstances, wc should point to General Ca-s as the man lor the first office, and the gallant Butler for the second ; who, if not the noblest Romans among them all, are certainly inferior to none. And who would grace the American Presidency more than a Buchanan, a Walker, a Woodbury, or k Dickinson, lo say nothing of the rest? But were wc to select a ticket, IMMMmJ by personal partialities, and in view, solely, of the triumph of the good old democratic cause, we should, upon our soberest second thought, designate General Laue, of Indiana, for the Presidencv, and, for the Vice Piesideucv. Mr. Cobb, the uresent a"e- , g, . , ' ' i.,m I, i... s.,,.,..bAr , .1 tl,A !....- . .1 ' V.... . ....... Lt,,..,U I'V-in, , ..I NIC H'lUI IH.MISC IFI I, Unless. Ill r i tr: e i u i e . 7 - . Col. KitiiT, ol Alabama, who has ollen presided in the Senate ,', l ii .i r ., i Indiana has already presented her favorite son and a noUo ime he is. alili-iuah, like the hero ol Marathon, a stil.jcct of an odious ostracism. And who will sav that Indiana, hitherto modest and imp, clt-nding in RhJ lo ,- j . i i 41 eZi , .7- . ledernl honors, the lourtn Imrn o the onfflnal thirteen, .i. .i fii'.i i .- .i I o . and now tie hüb in population anion!.' the thirty co-States i i ? . .i - i abtäte now and always democratic to the core, ami , ,. , .. , , ,, .... '. , Ccr II ne i i hi t i n tu tili ciiiiini'iiiii si's , i ''h I ,i Constitution, and to the obligations of political and republican fraternity who will sav that she has no rijht. or that she has be-n premature in bringins forward for the Presidency, subject to the decision of a national democratic convention, such a man as Gen. Lane, whose patriotism ami valor are the nation's boast? General Lane is a mm possessed of a high order of natural endowments, th,-.-nughly versed i.Alie know!edge of mei and things, well iuformed in the political hi.-tory and affairs of the country, with considerable cxpcrience as a local legislator. honest , straightforward ,f-ou-' rageous, and independent, as a man and as ?. politician. combined with a firmness and decision ol character, and practical executive talents, not unlike those which characterized the immortal Jackson, who but lately Stood peerless among lhe great men of the nation. General Lane is, moi cover, what we call a self made man ; and such are generally found to lie the be.-t made. His habits and ataeeiataoai arc those pjj one id the people. That is an out aim sensit. ie adage, snow me Ms company, and I will t; Il you the man." Having been aeciislomcO much, through life, lo mix and mingle with the masses, his feelings and sympathies aie with the people, riinl not : with the aristocratic classes, as is tpo generally the . se with those who have had but little personal intercourse i with thc bxly of the people. Without claiming foi ; Gen. Lane those extraordinary poweis i;; debate, and . that classicul afegance of style Witieh aie posscsstd by ; sfb 'n VVeUter, BaehfUMM, Clay, ami oiheis. who i i i i . . rt : I :. have been long and i-urcfullv trained in ti.e b st sehowb of elocution and rheio. ie. Um i.b.ltiies. IhiiIi as a speaker and writer, arc of a highly rcspcotaUle order, such as to command lullueiice in niiy position in which they might be required. A sound, discriminating, and well-balanced mind, well stored with useful know ledge : a in in though nol presumptuous reliant e on I he decisions of his own judgment deliberately exercised : steadiness and inflexibility of purpose in n.aini .mutig and pursum what he rcg.irds as right and prop r; with unwavering tidclitv to his country und his principles under all circuiu1 stances, are the leading characteristic of the man and the politician. General Lut.e. as a democrat, i known j to be sound and thorough. His principles are of that genuine democratic republican Stolpe inculcated by Jefterson and J.tekMiii. and still more recently by the lamented Polk. On the great and absorbing questions connected with t!i" institution of slavery, that now. unhappily, agitate the whole country, dividing tho Xorth 1 from the South, and engendering leclings ol distrust and I hostility in the antagonistic sections, fatal iu their tendency to thc stability of our glorious. DahMi General ! Lane like General Cass, and all sensible democrats, j stands erect aa.t ti n upon the eon ill aal piatiora I non-interi.ici, b and BdctitJ to lhe emnpri umcs ol ihe ' ledeial compact an I the equal lights oj the Slates and (ur the i'resisecond oftin. i lice, and further coiiiiiieiidi J and fortified bv the atlvan- , tages ol" a eligible geographical position of the Stale from which he is taken, the fnends of the Union and of democracy would gloriously triumph over all .lie powers : aUlJ combinations ol w higgei y abolition, and fice soil- ' ,ÄmAs to thc position ol our enterprising ncighb r across the Ohio, it could not be more favorable. Ear removed, n the one hand, from the centre of abolition fury and fanaticism at the Xorth, and on the other, equally distant from that of hot-headed ultraism ir. the injured and indignant South; with a border position between the two antagonistic sections, Indiana extends the hand of fraternal alfection to bolh, while she disallows and rebukes ullraisin and the spirit of discard on cither hand. No other non slavcholding State in the confederal y is so little infected with anti-slavery fanaticism. The representatives of no free State in Congress have liccn so readyas those of Indiana to concede lhe just rights of the slave States in the controversy w hich has been going on, for thc last fifteen years, between the Xorth and i!:e Soutii; nor has she, in so doing, compromised in the least her own rights and dignity as a member of the federal Union. When all this is duly considered, together with the facts; 1st, That in the last two elections for President and Vice President, the lirst oliiee lias fallen to the South, or slavcholding section; and 2d, That Indiana has not only heretofore never had a representative in either oifiee, or in any executive cabinet, but has not even so much as proposed any of her distinguished men as candidates for the Presidency or Vice Presidency when all this is considered, we say, it will be readily j , .. I., a - , - - i . - ; uiinncu. mai sue nas ihm m-n-u prcimuureiy orpresump- ... ow o....... .o, w,u o..c u .,c. most or.u ""d patriotic citizens for the high office of President ol these States. i V e have suggested, as suitable to be placed on the

democratic ticket wiih Gen. Lane, the Hon. Speaker of; jn llay tas taught him their value, and has stimulated the House, Mr. Cobb, of Ga., or the Hon. Wm. K. i his etTorts in the representation ol' their beauties, "f King, of Ala. These two States are equally eligible as j wish (says this fine enthusiast) that some of our politito geographical position. A candidate from either : cians colhI come here for a lime. Thev would, perhaps.

would lie satisfactory to the sister slave Mates, and the free States could not object, the tirst oifiee being tender. c) to them. As respects the character and qualifica tions ol tho two gentlemen last named, it is ncetlless t,, suv a word. Tln v are universallv known to be sound i and orthodox in their political principles, and eminently qualified and deserving of the highest honors. Tbey are. furthermore, tried and exnerieneed siatcsrr.cn. No man has. won a higher character in the iriiirsm utive i,ranc.n 0r Congress than Mr. Speaker Cobb. He . r a i. " m 'm r ., ... nas me i in. commence oi an reasnniiiiie men mi ine South, and nossesses on-at nom.lariiv in the North. The ' same, in justice, must be said of Col. King, who, next to Mr. Benton, has served longer in the United States Senate than any other man in that body; nnd wo arc warranted in saving of the Alabama Senator, that. during a long Senatorial career, no man has sustaiued himself better as an able, safe, and efficient statesman. In regard to thc participation in federal honors, it may be said of Alabama as of Indiana, that she has never offered a candidate for the Presidency or Vice Presidency, nor has she ever seen one of ber statesmen in any federal executive cabinet. Georgia never but on one occasion, presented a candidate for the national suffrage, and he died before the election was consummated or,

which was virtually the same, was so very ill at uc :ron of the election bv the House in lu'j. that his fnends did

not consider it proper to arge his claims, nor regard him at a contestant. Indelereuce. therci' democrat, u e sabm Hoosier charger for 1 i the opiniens of our brother ether, with the impetuous nt . aad the old Alabama ' Georgia for Vice President, democratic Convention, we grey, or nie gallant racer o endorsed id due lime by a " woidd not have a " strong team." and one (hat would drive to the desired goal triumphantly over all opposition? OLD KENTUCKY. PROCLAMATION. By the Gorcrnar of Indiana. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT. Governor of the State of Indiana, to the several Judges, Inspectors, Clerks, and other officers of i.ne several counties of this State, authorized by law to hold elections for the various officers of the State, and to all others whom it may concern, Greeting: Know ve, that the Convention, which assembled on the first Monday of October, 1100, at Indianapolis, for the purpose of revising, amending, or altering the Censtitution of the Slate, have in pursuance ol the law of the land, de posit til said Constitution, so made, in the office r ,l c . .. v, . o' luv uvi l a I Ol l?l I '. I111C III - , , ', . civen to inc. aiu a conv ..! said tice of which has been copy ,t aid Constitution is herewith published; and that by virtue of an act of the Legislature, approved on the 14th day of February, 1851, did direct, that said instrument shall be submitted to the people of this State, for their adoption or rejection, at the next annual August election, ami to say whether said instrument shall or shall not be (lie Constitution of the State among oihcr things did provide as follows, to wil : " Sec. 2. There shall be a vote taken on the first Monday of August next, on the adoption or rejection of saitl Constitution, and on the adoption or rejection of the separate article thereof, relating to the exclusion of Negroes and Mulattoes from lhe State, and for this purpose it shall lie the duty of the Inspectors and Judges of elections in the several townships in this State, on said first Monday of August next, to open a poll, in w hich shall be entered all the votes given for and against the adoption of said Constitution, and of said separate Article. Said election shall be by ballot, and si, all be governed iu all respects by the laws non- in force in relation to general elections, so far as applicable. Sec. 3. Those voting against the adoption of said Constitution, shall vote written or printed tickets in this i form ; Against the Constitution." and those voting for I its adoption, shall vote written or printed tickets in this lorm: r or the Constitution. " In like manner, those voting against the separate artiele in relation to the exj clusiou of Xegrocs and Mulattoes, and their colonizatiou, shall have written or printed on his ticket, these .words: ' No exclusion and colonization of Negroes:"' j anil every voter who is in favor of adopting said ani. j shall have written or printed on his ticket these words: j " Exclusion and colonization of Xegrocs and Mulattoes." Sec. 4. Poll books shall lie kept, votes counted and certified to the clerks of the different counties, as in other elections; and the returns of the votes for and against the adoption of said Constitution, and for and gainst said separate article, shall be made by saitl Cleiks to the Secretary of State, within ten days alter said election; and sn:d returns shall, within twenty days thereafter, be ! examined aim canuts -u j.y n, J 1 V n n, l m.il anil .A n vu s,-,.! I.i lli.. A ...lilsv. T. ,. .. I ,.....,, vv. ,.uvu...?v i't in .I'mio'i, i ir,i, M I , nilU C.. . . T C. ,,n nm ...... ' W .. secret a rv ol State, or anv two ot them, in tie presence L.r ,i, -l,.- i ,. f ,i jn ' tiovcrnor, anil such other persons as may choose to attend : and proclamation shall be made forthwilh. bv th(J ;,lv,rnor & (he .,lllt ol tbc e j ,f jt ,i,,t f ,, " .. " " 1 majority of all the Tote polled at such jttjttJS -d Constitution, ,t shall , become t ie Constitution o! tie State of Indiana, rum ,., ,; . ..... r v ...i ii i 7 u t lie Ii. ;-iy o .November. s.)l; but it it sha anoear , u ,i ' . u i V Hp' Unit a inn cnty ot all the "tcs ! led, lor or against the , , , J, r ,:,, . . , i adopie u oi said Coiislitutio:! and said separate article, '. . .. ..!..' vvcre given against the adoption ol said Constitution, then llios.iuie shall be. and remain inoperative and void. If it shall further apjicar that a majority of all the votes polled b r or against the adoption of said Constitution and s.ii.l separate article, were given in favor of ti e artii He in r'dation to tl.e exclusion of Xegrocs and Mulattots. ami their cdoniznlion. then said article shall be I and lorm a part of said Constitution; otherwise said article -hall be v äd."' Therefore, in crmi liance with the provisions of said Constitution, and of the act aforesaid. I do hcrebv direct I and enjoin upon all the etilen of this State, authorized by law to hold ih? next annual August election, and all others whom it may concern, to observe and obey, and . in all tilinus to conform to. each and all the requirements and proxisions of said law. In testimony whereof I have signed this proclamation, and caused the seal of this State to b hereunto .tlfixed. at Indianapolis, on this the iöih dar of Februai v, A. D., 1851, and in the thirty-Mil year of the State, and the seventy-filth of the L.S. nation. JOS. A. WRIGHT. By the Governor: Caiatli H Test. Secretary of ht.ite. From the Washington I'nioa. Hiram Powers The Sculptor. Our attention has been culled to a recent urticle in the Xatiu:.a! Intelligencer, from the pen ol a correspondent. It 1 1 dates t an anecdote of tin- past summer, called to mind by the laudable elliirt lately made in bis behalf in Congress by the very efficient representative ol Lis district in Ohio. Hon. D. T. Disney : l he numerous visits to the studio of this artist ( flati terinz, no doubt, but still encroaching much on bis time) have been considerably increased by the attraction ol his magniticcnt a cgorical tigure ol Auiei ica,' on which he , has" been for some years devotedly concentrating his lalI ents, in onlei o make it a 'chef d autre ol his art, worI thy of ihn subject, ai d which is now rapidly approaching j its completion. Among the appropriate emblems which adorn the work, the 'bundle ol sticks occupies a eon spieuoos place; and, during the late session ol Congress, the patriotic feelings of the artist were often much pained by remarks made in his hearing by certain ol his visitors, that this siguilicanl emblem of thc 'Cnion' would soon 'burst its bands and be scattered abroad ;' the 'wish' being, nod-. ubt, 'father to the thought' that our 'giant republic,' which, united, bids proud defiance to a tcorld in amis. ito;i of its t-tienyth by wad disunion would soon tall a prey lo the arts, if not to the aims, of those whom its undxamplcd prosperity renders so insecure iu their abused power. The writer, however, was soon enabled to assure the artist 'of a good time coming,' through a return to a proper state of feeling and action bv the Xorth. Smih, ami West. Since then bis mallet and chisel have no doul t been rapidly keeping time to j 0nr 'soldiers' favorite quickstep, I "YANKEE DOODLE." Wc understand that Mr. Powers is anxious to return to his native country proud of her virtues, and more uttached than ever "to her glorious institutions. It is possible that he may arrive in the United Stales in the course of this year, and tltat he will bring with bim the noble sculpture of .4me rica, as it is partially described in the above extract. He has an American w ife and six children ; ami w e venture to say that no citizen has evr returned to the United States w ho will be hailed with a more cordial welcome than Hiram Powers crowned as he is with thc richest wreaths of art, simple in Lis habits, gav in his manners, and the first sculptor of the age. W'e have a letter from Hiram Powers now before us, written at Florence on the 7th of Januaiv. Me is coinI pleting the tigure o( America con amore, intended to be I his chef d'eeucre, with all possible rapidity. He repre. I seats America crowned with the thirteen stars, (tLe ori, ; i.nal number,) signifying liyht . or the wisdom and Mib ' of the nation. She is cmbelished by tbe fasces, siglfsfy- ' tii.r Int.- cl i-umitrl nnil i.iv-r- VsllA ai I i I I . f ba 1 iiiikn i 111 O' i CI I V 11 l'l J rß L I BJ1. StJ IIV v 111'Mi . (the fasces.) which is crowned with a laurel wreath, (lhe emblem of victory,) and she pints to Heaven "Trust in God. st;md by the Union, and put down despotism'' signified bv a crown and sceptre und, r bcr fact. The tigure itself is of a young, vigorous, and- dignified worn in emblematical ol the youth, strength, and maj estv of our couutry. The object ol this sculpture is to assoc iate the gracesand attractions of a beautiful woman with the corresponnun m nocuous oi a ocaiiii.ui wi.iu.in , ,jnT uljjj,:e!l virtues and charms of our Iree instita--tios. so that no one can k-hold them without catchin lJe lo ,ove t(j cherilh and dejen1 ,)c!D. Mr. Powi ,jke a trje ,ieiirteu Americans, has learned to idoiize them more and more. A residence of thirteen vears return with some new ideas of the difference between the Old and lhe New World." When this noble monument of the genius of Powers shall reach us, we shall be better able lo appreciate the genius of l.is prodnction. and to decide thai it should be secured for the metropolis of thc nation, where a thousand eyes al this focal point may be able to dwell upon its beauties. No position more central titan Washington, and none better calculated to exhibit tbe personification of America from the chisel ot lit i hist at list. First Congressional District. The WorricA- Democrat says: We are authorised to sav .that at a meeting recently held al Indianapolis of the Democratic members ol tlie Constitutional Convention and of the General Assembly. from t ii Coiign smo n a I Pir.tiiet. it wis decided that the next District Convention, lor nomiiv ring a candidate for Congress to be supported bv the Democrats the Distil.; . shall be held at Troy, Pern- county, on the 17th d.tv olAptil next. It may not perhnps lie amiss for ns to state here, aa wearclttlly authorized to do so, tnat tne lion. K. I). Owen will not be a candidate befora- the Convention for nomination.

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