Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. 1 N D I ANAPOLI S : MONDAY MORNING, MAY 5,-1851. JEsrion County Democratic Ticket. 1 OH REPRESENTATIVES, HENRY BRADY, of Warren township. ISAAC SMITH, of Centre township. FC i COUNTY COMMISSIONER, POWELL HOWLAND, of Centre township. FOR ASSESSOR, . JACOB ROBERTS, of Washington township. FOR CORONER, 6. A. PERRY, of Centre township. Congressional Conventions.

Fixst DiSTaiCT, at Troy, Perry county, on Thürsday April 17, 1851. Second District, at Lexington, Scott county, on Thursday, April 24, 1351. Third District, at Napoleon, Ripley county, on Friday, May 2, 1851. Fifth Distsict, at Indianapolis, Marion county, on Thursday May 15, 1351. Sixth District, at Bloomfield, Greene County, on Wednesday, May 21, 1851. Eighth District, at Williamsport. Warren county, on Tuesday, June 10th, 1S51. Ninth District, at Plymouth, Marshall count?, on Thursday, May 22d, 1851. Tenth District, at Huntington, on Thursday, May 23, 1851. Editorial Courtesy. We are in favor of raising a committee of thirteen on editorial courtesy in this State, to be composed of an equal aumber of Whigs and Democrats, with Milton Gregg, Esq., as chairman, whose duty it shall be from time to time, to make suggestions to his Editorial brethren. This idea has been suggested by reading a lecture from tbe chairman intended for ns. His text be takes from the Daily Sentinel, which is as follows: "ft is believed that the same General, who once refused to right Gen. Jackson, and shortly after challenged Gov. Clinton, when he knew that he would not accept, is to be the next Whig candidate for the Presidency." This short article was clipped from some eastern paper and inserted without comment. We have no disposition to call in qustion the valor of Gen. Scott, on the j Held of battle, or to assail his private reputation ; but if j the Whig party expect that the Democrats will sit still ' and suffer their candidates to be denounced without retali- j atrg, they understand but little of human nature, i The controversy between Gens. Jackson and Scott is a j . -r .v. u:i r ri.. e - - I poll Ul VUL V Ul IMC LUUI1U . l -J UI0 dence with Dewitt Clinton, and the whole will be pub lished when Gen. Scott is a candidate for the Presidency This is one of the tender spots the New Orleans Bee spoke of. . j-i i l It may have been just and proper ,n General Scott not to fight Gen. Jackson we give no opinion. But it seems a little strange that if he was consciencious on the subject of duelling, and for that reason declined to fight the Hero of New Orleans, that he should after- j wards been willing to meet in mortal combat the distinguished New York civilian. The merits of this question is not now before the country, and we shall not introduce it. But we ask our whig contemporary to look back on the canvass for the Presidency, at ti'e several elections since 1824 What were the charges against General W 1 1 T S .1 jacKson t ne was cenouncea as a usurper ana ;yrant Who does not remember the coffin hand bills? He was charged with tbe murder of " Arbuthnot and Ambrisla," and '''poor John Woods." This was not all: the sanctity of his fire side was invaded and the kind and benevolent partner of his bosom assailed with a fiendish malice that brought her gray hairs to the tomb, and left desolate and lonely the fire-side of the aged patriot. Haw was it with Martin Van Buren ? He was called the son of Aaron Burr. The chastity of a mother. I nnn urn herinir m the 1 enf irmvp. wavsssai erf to rrrati. fy political hostility to the son. The grandfather of Jas. K. Polk wasdenounced as a tory. a charge infamous ly false, but if true, should not have injured the reputaUon ot nis descendants, folk bimsel! was charged with branding his slaves with a red hot iron, and in the last canvass a pamphlet was published and circulated by thousands, charging Gen. Cass with cowardico, and the author was rewarded by the present administration with a fat office All these things are right when done ! v.,. min. ( One man may steal a horse whilst another J . , . . mm . dare not look over the hedge," is an old maxim, and one I . t . . i v. ..... .1 wtnen applies to mis case, xirstiane tne beam out ot yoor own eye, then with a clear conscience can you lec- j tare your brethren. See that the skirts of your own garments are unspotted before you criticise the dress of your neighbors. XT Auditor Ellis is terribly alarmed for fear the Dem- , ocratic party will be divided into a Bright and anti-Bright party. There is no canse for such fear. Ellis has the will bat not the power to make such a division ; he tried it last winter, and his favorite candidate, Judge Cham-1 berlain, who is a gentleman of talents and merit, only received three votes for Senator in csnens. He had not popularity to carry the weight of such friends, and such friendship would destroy even the popularity of Senator Bright. There is no man in Indiana with strength enough to withstand it. The course pursued by our Senators ia favor of the Compromise measures has been condemned by Ellis and his peculiar friends, bat they do not amount to enough to produce any division. If Mr. Ellis desires peace, anion, and harmony, we can tell him how to obtain it. Let him cease his abase of Senator Bright and other distinguished democrats, let him cease to stir up tbe smouldering embers of the fire, created by the Senatorial election, and above all let him not pile fuel on the flame. ZJ The following gentlemen were elected by the Common Council of Indianapolis, as city officers for the ling year, on Saturday last: Sterttary D. B. Ccli.it. Treasurer A F. Shobtsidgi. Marthul Sims A. Collkt. Prosecuting jJttornty A. G. Posteb. Street Commissioner Joseph Bctsch. Market Matter Jacob Milses. Weigh Master Adam Hauch. CT The following Post offices in Indiana were established by the Pott Master General daring tbe month of April: Byronviile, Harrison co.; Harristown, Washington eo. ; Utah, La Grange co ; St. Joseph, Allen co. ; Hall's Corner, Allen eo. ; Dcam, Owen co.; Monterey, Putaski eo. , Bias Grass, Fulton co. ; Harlan, Allen co. ; Anbbeoaubbes, Folton co. ; Spring Creek, Cass so.; Dan Webster, Henry co., Pekin, Washington eo.; New Goshen, Vigo co. A Thobouoh Going ClatMak G. W. BlacHorn, ia alstter from Sacramento City to his brother, one of the editors of tbe Minden (La.) Herald, says: I am for Clay for the next President against the world, taa flesh and the devil. If I live I will vote for him whether be is a candidate or not, if he lives if ha dies I will vote for his ghost. "CT Ho. Alexakdeb H. Stephens, of Georgia, de ebnes becoming a caadKate for Oorenor, and reoommends Hon. H.-Gobfc, W'c Speaker of the House of Representative. IT We like the remark of a patriotic citizen of Charles. tea. who said, "when Soath Carolina leaves the Union, I move into the L nitnl States.

Father Ritchie. The following beautiful notice of this retired editor, is from the pen of Col. Charles G. Greene, of the Boston Post: Thomas Ritchie, after six years connection with the Union, and forty -seven rears connection with the newspaper press, has retired to private life. This veteran editor cannot but carry with him the undivided respect

of his contemporaries. A long and arduous labor ior a cause honestly espoused for principles believed to be

sound for measures regarded as necessary for the wel- , He endorses the resolutions of the Constitutional Confare of the country-will ever command respect. Such t eoatinms1l his mmdt on the Fugitive Slave has been the nature of the services rendeied by Mr. L , . . f L . Ritchie. He is a republican of the old school, warmly Law; the only one of the series m which the Slave

attached to the states rights principle, opposed to the latitudinarian theories of modern times, and bis life has been enthusiastically devoted to support his views. I Such has been his efficiency, that he has been the per sonal friend ot every democratic president, and enjoyed the confidence of Jefferson. The retirement of such an editor is an event in the history of the press. He has been an honor to it. He has shown with what talent.

liberality, honor, courtesy, and independence it can be ported by the committee of thirteen, and never was reconducted. Well does he remark, that the editorial garded by members North or South as being necessarily pursuit "would certainly be one of the most dignified la nart or narcel of them. The Compromise Measures

I pursuits of society if it were conducted in the spirit that I becomes its importance." His parting words, will not,

wo trust, be without their effect. He reviews his course, j Boundary Bill, and the prohibition of the Slave tiade in restates the principles that governed it, gratefully ex- j the District of Columbia. We have never seen nor heard presses his acknowledgments to his contemporaries, and Qf any man who proposes to interfere with any ol these gracefully takes his leave. We sincerely wish it could measures. They at e beyond the reach of ordinär) legisbe added with the pecuniary reward that he has so ! ation, they are fixed and permanent, and we are just richly earned, and that instead, as he expressed it, of as strongly in favor of supporting them as any one else, being a warning, his course might be a voice of encour. if mcn were attempting their repeal or overthrow there agement. But we trust a better day is coming, when a would be some sense in these loud professions of attach-

country which has received so much benefit Irom his labors, will, through the proper action of Congress, do him jus tice. In parting with him as an editor we wish him, in this respect, entire success, and fervently hone that he may still receive that remuneration for his labors that fc a .a a a A m a wni render tne evening ol his long, laborious anu usenu life, as comfortable to himself, as its morning and meridian have been serviceable to his country. Passports. We have been furnished by our friends, Messrs. Barhour k Porter, with the following information, pre-! nared bv the Department of State for the benefit of I citizens who are going abroad and mar desire to obtain a passport. As frequent inquiries are made by our Irish and German friends as to the means of procuring passports, we avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity to nrownt thfl information to mr readersDEPARTMENT OF STATE. PASSPORTS. Information prepared by the Department for the benefit of citizens who are going abroad and may dctire to obtain a passport . Citizens of the United States visiting foreign countries are liable to serious inconvenience, ii unprovided with authentic proof of their national character. The best security against this is a passport from the Department of State, certifying tbe bearer to I) a citizen of tbe T'ntt.'il KfAtntt. uii nil niccn..rtu a ra wciiaI -r iic lirirtn ap,ication; supported Wy proof of citizenship. ' This proof need be transmitted but once. Oa all subsequent occasions, a simple reference to it, and to the pc. ri'?ho" il "".P". "HI be sufficient. When the applicant is a native ctttzer.. of the united states he must transmit an affidavit of this fact, stating his age and place of birth, signed by him, nnd sworn to by himself and one other citizen of the United States named therein, to whom he is personally, and to the best ol whose knowledge and belief the declaration made by im is true. This affidavit must be attested by a notary ie, under his signature ami seal of office. When ' tk, tm ;., ,i, i. ,!... ...v,.i, I.., i.. ...'..v. u iiv. ui'tai w in iiit: iiii.il , in. i.iiiiia) 11 in... 1 1' iiiiiii' , f . . 'f . ' othor offi(!pr - .hoi.izoil to administer oaths. If the applicant be a naturalized citizen his certificate of naturalization must be transmitted for inspection. It will be returned with the passport. I ho nnn iKnhnn tihrml.l lip ni'irmnfiniri with ilicrin. , m, , mt. . . tion of the person, stating the following particulars, viz: JjM, years ; Stature, feet inches, (English measure)1; Forehead. ; Eyes,; A"o. : Mouth. :CAta, ; Hair, : - .... yl v....r. ....... . ,. . Comvlexion, FaccWhen the applicant is to be accompanied by his wife, .... -- . m . . children, or servants, or by femaUs under h.s protection, it will be sufficient to state the names and ages of such persons, and their relationship to the applicant. - . y.irinnr f 1 1 -v Uai't ttiA ni-iimtrt' rtx- 11m. tinn tn A .raiA Persons who leave the eountrv. exnectin" to obtain ' nassnorts. whilst abroad, from the diplomatic or consula w sr ar agents of the United States, are liable to disappointment ; inasmuch a. it i, the duty of those agents to ob. ! serve the ntmost caution in granting documents, in the , nature i a ceruiicato ox c.i.zensn.p, to tnose persons , v f irt QfA i.arl'iin L-nvien f r t r Anf if 1 rtrt t thorn o ni - r r . r-T " '"V. " '"v""' it is sometime, dimeult. if not impracticable, to nroonre I r r.u- r r . r proof of this fact in a foroign country. Certificates of citizenship or passports issuing from i n,l fc"ri M tmjttml or taa mnmcithe officers of foreign governments : and if the dinlc ! niauc anu consular agents 01 IN v. niicu .laies ai e can . , n II ' ed upon to certify to the authenticity of such document, i 4l r . j j- , c . j. . . . . . ' they cannot do this, for want ofthat oinc.al information , . ' ... jr.- i . in regard to those authorities and functionaries, and to I their respective signatures and seals of office, which is ind.spe.isably necessary m the case of every such eort.fi- , cate. ! Jenny Lind at Pittsbnrgh The mob which hurrieJ off the Swedish nightingale ( from the iron citv. turns out to be nothing more than a i collection of the hard fisted eperatives, who were excluded from enjoying her sw :et music, by tbe exorbitant . ...... . . I price of the tickets, and who had collected on the out- - . . a . . ... siue to eaten a glimpse, or : ar a lamt note, tarnte a ! noise and disturbance was created by some impudent hackmen attempting to drive through the crowd, and missiles were hurled at them, and struck the windows of the Hall, which unnerved the fair songstress and she fled lor safety. The following card from Barnum explains ,ne transactionA CARD JENNY LIND. The public are most respectfully informed that the noise and confusion occasioned bv the immense crowd outside the Masonic Hall last night, so completely unv -km arav aw y sjiim T mal asll (Uli anu as surances from his Honor, the Mayor, and myself, were unavailing to induce her to give another Concert this evening. She would have bees pleased to do so, had not nnrvpi vi 1 in ansv j im thi a -An a n.i t- - ü a " . 7 Km the tomolt oa the roofs of the buildings adjacent to her .1 : .l.l 1 T 1 . .1 . 1 icii.iiii; nn mi, a.uiouin 1 am eoni.ueni mat no narm was intended by the ' outsiders,') thrown her into a state of excitement which she could not control, and which must render it impossible for her to sing until a few days' seclusion will have restored hsr to tranquility. She left this morning for Brownsville and we are fo visit Cleveland early in July. I am happy to say the will have the honor o giving another Concert or two in Fittsbu-gh, if proper arrangements be made to secure the audience and heiself from disturbance. The public's obedient servant. P. T. BARNUM. Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. We learn from a reliable source, that the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Comnanv have recently ef. fected a Loan, for the purpose ol adding largely to their cauiDiiient of enorines. cars and machinerv. and for other

objects deemed essential to the prosperity and business ! a'l CMe of extradition provided for by treaties between of the Company; to secure the payment of which, the 1 foreign Powers tbe proceeding unilormly is summary. Company execute their Bonds, of the denomination of i It has never been thought necessary to apply, in cases of $1.000 each, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent that kind, tbe forms and ceremonies of a final trial And per annum, payable semi-annaall , the principal of said ! when that trial does take place, itis in theStateor connbonds pav aide at tbe Merchants' Bank of New York, try from which the Party has fled, and not in that in on the 1st May, 1861, and convertible into the Stock I which be has found refuge. By the express language of

of the Company at the pleasure of the holder on . ' '. . ' ' and after the Is: day of May, 1854; the agreaie of ' 1 " v j 'auf aw-a . aa v 1: V.uvu J 1 wa B . s I i .- m a . P . V. saia Donut noi 10 execeo six nanored tliousand dollars ..tk; ia.noii - .ha i.f f. - si j flir Ulli U VI "lllv.ll IWCUVtl Uli lllü 191 1K91 ' 11 L tllirUSnilU dollars to 1 issued hereafter, at the discretion of the

Board of Directors, and the balance, being three hon- stances of abuse in the erroneous arrest of fugitives from dred and fifty thousand dollars, to be isttied only npon ! aervice or labor, the committee have not obtained knowlthe approval, !iy vote, of two-thirds of the stock-holders. edge of them. They believe that none such have ocTbis loan has been effected by Mr. Brough. on behalf of j curred. and that such are not likely to occur. But, in the Company, through John J. Palmer and Wm. H. ! order to guard against the possibility of their occurrence, Russell, Esqrs., of New York city. To secure the pay- the committee have prepared, and herewith report, immt of which Bonds, a mortgage has been executed on i (marked B,) a section to be offered to the fugitive bill the entire road, and its appurtenances. now pending before the Senate. According to tbis t This transaction, we regard as aujruring much for the i tioni the owner of a fugitive from service or labor is future prosperity and success of the Company ; by which ! when practicable, to carry with him to tho State in tbev will be enabled greatly to extend their operations which the person is found, a record, from a competent 1 - ..... . - . . . . I 1 1 1 . . 1 m - . 1 m 1 .

and facilities, and thur benefit our citizens, and even the State at large, besides rendering their dividends of that substantial character, which must ever prova satisfactory to the stockholder. Madison Tribune. Fanaticism Answebbd. Hon. John L Robins, of Indiana, n member of tbe last Congress, and a candidate for the uent, has recently seat a capital letter in reply to certain agitators in Dearborn county Mr. Rob.nior. i. . TWnri,.t f.,11 of tha anirrt ami ...r.. that rr,vr. . . i '. . . out ot an honest ana entnusiastic aevot.on to his princinl- ... ,mnntr h tr,,e .nd .tnrdi.., nf nional Dsmocracy in the late Congress. Penan ronton. J VW..,. . c.ii..y. Rkxotal tbom OrriCE. The removal of Robert Mills, Architect and Superintendent of the extension of the Patent Office Building at Washington, has been determined upon by the new Commissioner of Public Buildings. Wm. Elliot will bo his successor.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1851. The Comprov se The Fugitive Slave Law a Part of it. The course of the Statesman in relation to the compromise measures has heretofore been to to as inexplicable. When we have charged the editor with opposition to these great peace measures, he has universally denied it, with

a string of those coa:se epitheu peculiar to the man. States are immediately interested, and one which, if repealed would inevitably destroy the Union. The following extract which we clip from the last number, to some extent explains his course: This continual harping about the sanctity of the compromise measures is all gammon Ine i ugitive slave Bill as hiiallv enacted was rot one ot them was not reproper were the admission of California, Territorial Governments for New Mexico and Utah', the Te xa ment and regard for them, but as it is, it is the veriest twaddle. This is the first time we ever heard it asserted thnt the Fugitive Slave Law was no part of the compromise measures. The solution of Mr. Foote as adopted by ! the Senate is'as f llows: " To refer to a select commit- ! tee of six members from the north, six members from the south, and one member to be chosen as chairman with m a m instructions to exert themselves lor the purpose ol matrng scheme of compromise for the adjustment of all the pending questions growing out of the institution of slavery, and to report by bill or otherwise." The committee raised by this resolution was elected by the Senate, and consisted of Messrs. Cass, Dickenson, Bright, Webster, tbelps, Cooper, King, Mason, Downs, iMangum, Bell, and Berrien. Mr Clay was elected 1 chairman. From the report of this committee, made by Mr. Clay, the Chairman, we make the following extract: " The views and recommendations contained in this report may be recapitulated in a few words: "1. The admission of any new State or States formed out of Texas to be postponed until they shall hereafter present themselves to be received into the Union, when it will be the duty of Congress fairly and faithfully to execnte the compact with Texas by admitting such new State or States. "2. The admission forthwith of California into the Union with the Constitution which she has proposed. ;3. The establishment of Territorial Gqvernments without the Wilmot Proviso for New Mexico and Utah, embracing all the territory recently acquired by the United States from Mexico, not contained in the boundaries of California. "4. The combination of these two last-mentioned measures in the same bill. Tim netaliliulimant rC tiir u-ncrnrti fiml nnrtliarn , , ,- t. j ,u fr,.m ,1. - t- nf A, N- Mexico. wilh a rant to Texas of a oecui,i ii v equivalent; and the section for that purpose to be incorporated in the bill admitting California and establishing territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico. " 6. More effectual enactments of law to secure the I nvAMnn. Jnlil'... P , , . . ,- , , , l.Al.n.l I k 1 1 ' I b- ... I II Hill il Ul in t I ill iiiiruiu iijuiiu ri.i,ii.v vi inimi ill ' i . .1 r 1 . stnn. under he aws l.-ienl. Win escape into anI other Stale "And 7

11 s""ern D"lMhas been shinned from New York for Lafavette. where

under a heavy penalty, prohibiting the slave r ( e in the District of Columbia.' " The committee will now proceed to the consideration vT Mn.l f . wnnnrt iinAn tl.A allKlOi.t ot n.rttonvOl Inn .'' I Ol.tlllU IC l"ll UlWU, I . I V OU.'.VV V.1 MV .Uli.) . ' . I II. I I , nr ibor1 ; 0r State ec,)in,r into another The 7 . D ' . ! c.. i ' C a c "" " -..-v.... lUI'VI ' I - V- til V7IIV WV . V. ..IV, . V. .... f IW f - . escTn? intP Qe S.nal ' ,n eonscquenceo. anj mw or vniriiia tion r n,.r m iin 1 itniitrrfiui I riitri tiii.n w . . 1 1 . , i r a : .1 1 j: 1 1 c u : i. r-V" Ji ' nL.jl, "TlTHIi:-" 17 7" .XirVi lor lalVay bVd Nothinfcan be Av i:.:. u; lanm. nothing mom manifest fa he j . jemanj amj ,heobli 2ation toni.iiver np . . . . . 1 then U mant. anv sue h fugitive. And the Constitution to -"- . " " aduresses itscii alike to tne auties composing tue l nion . . GPni.r.i r.overnmont If in.lee.l .1.,-ro wre resses itself alike to the States composing the Lmon j:o- ,i, ,i. r... 7i,; u. Constitution between the Stat and the Felci.al Gov. ??m??V".u. III! Lliui ' inv iii 1 1 i i aui ifc so inv, urn i ii it i ii a t i , now well known and incontestable that citizens in slave- . ..r c. . -t. holding states encour J. fi. r.: ing the benetit ol this inter the greatest difficultv in obtainZ" "JZZlVZlZZuZZ;. IT mtm MtfSBMi n,f ika Ponatltntion TlA XariLaskrSaSw aadT oetosMat tftM )2 mo,rnnniftl.sant. if not erilons collision.. An owner r . .i - . .I,; ui a aia.vj, ii is vjuno nuiui iuuS v.omiui ....-,.. ,..- .- f i v. tue I ' i ""I ui wo vu i'ii, ui "'in' "i ii.t finita, without imminent i.ersonal hazard. This is a deoloraJ ble state of things, which ought to be remedied. The law of has been lound wholly lnetlectual , nnd reqnires rr.ore strmgent enactments. 1 here is, especially, j mim 3 i e Li- r. .: i a ileheienfv in the numher of miril.c timet iinRTies- ail. . thorired to'afford aid in the seizure and arrest of fugitives, tr f V Jl-.-J-ll ar.on- States have declined to afford aid and co. operation in t FlJ lillT.'nilur of fnn-itiv from lnbor fiv f Iii num. -7. f T" " .. .'... T" TT , ! ... T ML wr c r 7 ing unuer tne vonsimuion 01 me unueu stales, ir is . 3. .1 - . Ti . ... 0 e ..... irue mat a uecision o. tue oupremc uourt 01 me v. n.teo mm. . . 1 ... ,,. States has given countenance to them in withholding their assiMitnce. D"t me committee caiinui tun iiciicve mat 1 the intention of the Supreme Coort has been misnnderstood. They cannot but think that that Court merely lat the laws of the several States which created s in the way of the recovery of fugitives were meant that obstacles not authorized by the Constitution and not that State j law" affording facilities in the recovery of fugitives were forbidden bv that instrnmer . "The non-slaveholding States, whatever sympathies I J " p j I f hm fher States, cannot discharge themselves from an obligation to enforce the Constitution of the United I States. All parts of tho instrument being dependent hi v in 1 r r ii"i tir i nui w 1 !( inp 1 . 1 f . upon and connected with each other, ought to be fairly .. r. . im I li. nnl.rr.iw I I ?mi. tul vC wri (. i ili.l; Id nv..n oiuuivm. 'mu u.n. - t-.n- ' orate themselves from one portion of the Constitution, I other States may endeavor to evade the porformance of ! other portions of it ; and thus tbe instrument, in some of j iw most important provisions, might become inoperative I invalid. ! "But, whatever may be the conduct of individual Mates, the duty ol tne uenerai government is per lec try clear. That duty is to amen', the existing law, and to firovide an effectual remedy for the recovery of fugitives rom service or laltor. In devising such a remedy, Congress oug' t, whileon the one hand securing to the owner the fair restoration of his property, effectually to guard on the other against any abuses in the application of that remedy. In all cases of the arrest, within a State, of persons I charged with offences; in all cases of the pursuit of fu ' gitives from justice Irom one State to another State; in the Constitution, whether the fugitive is held to service ft a1 J-a I 1 1 it. f I j ii i or labor or not, is to be determined by the laws of the - T w W . i Oi a ü . I. . - L 1. it. J . A I.. . ! .. owrie jrum -n.cn c yru, anu. L-uuä.-iucmi , n. is uiusi nmm.f that tiin tribunals of that StatA hnalH PYnntmii I aw.aww- - - a--j and administer its own laws. II there have be been any in- .... . . . . . triminai, aujuuicawng me lacis oi eiopemeni anu siave ry, wun a general description oi tne mgitives. mis record, properly attested and certified under the official seal of the court, being taken to the State where the person owing service or labor is found, is to be held compe- . . i si . . a s mi te1ntJand efficient evidence .r the facts wti.ch had been admd.cated and will leave nothing more to be done than to identify the fugitive. "Numerous petitions have been presented, praying for 7larJ the case of arrest of fugitives from aerxirp nr labor, in the non-slaveholding States. It has , , .r . ,r. . . . "T V . ! been already shown that this would be entirely contrary ; to Pract,c and uniform usage in all similar cares. UnI Amm a4v n.m. nf a nnnnltr anrl .ViAri.hoil in.tilnt nn an institution, however, never applied in cases of prelimina i "- r I ry proceeding, and only in cases of final trial there : would be a complete mockery of justice, so far as the ( owner of the fugitive is concerned. If the trial by jury be admitted, it would draw after it its nsnal consequences, ' of continuance from time to time, tobring evidence from

distant places; of second or new trials, incases where! the jury is hung, or the verdict is . t aside; and of revisalsof the verdict and conduct of .he jurors by competent tribunals. During the progress of all these dila- i

tory and expensive proceedings, what security is there as to the custody and forthcoming of the fugitive upon their termination? And if finally, the claimant should ssÄTKÄttas sässi the burdens and expense of the litigation, without in deranity, and would learn by sad experience , that he had

2 - '3r,ulliH CU1SM "T" 'inectlon with this transaction, be branded as they de- tal requisite to be employed in its construction, pay a than to establish it at such unremunerated cost and heavy I ' sufficient premium to induce or justify tbe citizens along "" w- H,t them hard Mr- Journal; they have but few q uf 0n These are the views of the committee. They consid- : friends in this country. From the beginning we have point I ask an attentive hearing. In the first place., this ersd the fugitive slave bill an important part of the com- denounced this unnatural and unholy coalition, and shall j road connects the Wabash and Erie canal, in the north, i . .... - ,. . j fi.i t. , D . j ! with the Madison an Indianapolis and Bellefontaine railpromise, and we cannot imagine what ha.r-sphtt.ng d.s- continue to do so. The Boston Post, edited w.th so . . it pierc.s . of tD0 SuWf tinctions the enemies of this law may resort to for the , much ability by Col. Greene, from the beginning has op- which, lor fertility, is surpassed by none other. At Inpurpose of showing that it is no part of the great meas- posed the election of Sumner. So has Morton, Hallitt, dianapolis, if you desire to go to Louisville, or farther ures of adjustment which Dr. Ellis is so anxious to ob- ' and other leading democrats. Thank Heaven, we have j aouth yoo take there ths railroad to Madison if to Cm1 Ainnsti iha amn-.if I ic t ItA KA MalAtiliinA A

serve. The Question. The Journal of Commerce, a leading Journal in the city of New York says: " now that it is determined and announced, in high and influential quarters, that the Wh.gs, as a party, cannot hold together, if they make tne compromise Pleasures anu tue support ot me fugitive Law the test question in the party, it becomes very important to know whether the converse of the proposition is also true. Is it to be considered that Mr. Seward's doctrines, as laid down in his letter to the Boston agitators, are the party test in the Whig ranks? Senator Wade, of Ohio, frankly admits that the Whig party in that State will not unite, and cannot be kept together, I mar a . 1 . i pon the policy adopted by Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Web-ster-that is, the maintenance of the spirit and principles ; of the compromise of 1850, and the faithful execution ef the fugitive slave law. Every one who has consulted the la mä -R t . I ooumern mina ana temper on mis sunject, must anow that the fugitive slave act is, at this moment the bond of the Union. It cannot be repealed without the hazard of disunion and civil war. Any man who denies this, must be ignorant or reckless of the state of the question. It is very evident that the time is at hand when the Whig part :. when the Democratic party, when the people, are to Meet this question, whether the system of compro mise measures shall be maintained or not. It is the tosti question before the country, and no political ingenuity can evade it. iLT We have received the first number of the Marion Journal, published at Marion Grant county, by J. F. k T. J. McDowell. It is democratic, of the true Jeffersonian stamp. Such a paper is much needed in that section, and the democrats should support it liberally. The editors in speaking of the political principles and measures which they intend to advocate, mention, that "the rights of the States and the preservation of the Union, in connection with all the cardinal principles contained in the Republican creed, shall receive our hearty and zealous support." sj in democrats o. nuo.ie coun.v , neu. a convention at Lebanon, last Saturday, and nominated Mr. L. ry. .T T r U . L.l I - C. Dougherty, for the Senate, and Messrs. Beach and Landis, for Representatives. David S. Goodiwg was recommended for Prosecuting Attorncv. 27 The Crawfordsville Review of the 3d inst. states that Major Ei ston, President of the Railroad compa- . 1 r XT u . f .1.- . nv, reiurneu irum new iora me ursi ui tue ucscm. 1 ' - week, lie intorms us that hall the iron lor the railroad So soon as it arrives it is the intention to commence laying it down. . rrnr :r a .... rJ: .:. t :..... I l-J TCrtlU 1 1 1 1 I I II 1 1 "II LIIUl LIU 1 HU .,1 II. I LH HIS VJa 1 J I 1 i i . I and Coke Company have made a contract, with Mr. j 'IT t 1 1 t . 1. 1 . i T . , . , La.. i.. I.., - - - yy , 3 - i r ... . 1 -i i .1 ht I . . . nn . n , si, i, t n. n , " w " " Sn 3S thC fUm f 'S ! As the stock in this Company cannot fail to be very ! profitable, we think there can be little doubt that this 1 . amount will be readily subscribed We understand . , . - . . . - . rr. ! that the stock of the Gas Light Companies of Dayton. ! rolnn.l.ii -.ml othr nl. in thn West where the have boen . tation lloder üie SUpcrilltenPr cent, annually. INo one can doubt that tne stocK in , the Company here will pay equally as well. . ..... . I Tl,c looks for wiving subscriptions are open at the : Dru? Store of Mr- Hannaman, one of the directors of 1 th,. Cmnnnv Our ritiens will also .,e ealle.1 nnon bv I '. .. .. . . ' gQmi 0j- directors during tne present week anu an op- , . . . . portumty given them to take stock. He hope to see j the city lighted by gas by the first of December next

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1 Daily State Sentinel We received the hrst num. l . j. T. . . . . her ol this Tlniltf vsteriiv mornnnr It is rrot un in handsome style, containing alout 1 1 columns of reading -1.1 i . IT 1 . . : matter, with telegraphic news, Hotel arrivals &c. Jfcc. ' O...- Qt.ta 1 .. t. i -a 1 noa- V. c. . t u-.i cnirilnj flallina anil mir. I r TIS m WZ. ii y , . " . , , 3 .; ,u ry muco, anu snan acKnowieui'e ourseu unuer many ... . . . . , . , ... ' on igatioi.s. sonuiil we nml inem upon our lanic everu . o,,.. .. , ' . d morning Sabbaths excepted Terre Haute Expres. The Semi-Weekly State Sentinel has been disconj xnnca nnd a Daily commenced in it the enterprising proprietors pecunii 1 bridre Revltlle? ts stead. Ve wish ary success. CamO" The State Sentinel, at Indianapolis, is now issued j :. . e-- t. 1 . ; JJJJ aob iidtod " with ahT HwipXra Re view. ty-'I'he Daily State Sentinel is before us. It is a neat HllU V TTI I II I 1 1 11 IP.lI'vl . tlll'l III CHI I to HI 1 CI tHUIlO" w h Ra'ilroad' Cit BlLL brown whatever I J ' and well-filled paper, and in every respect very creditapeople may say aliont his political career, is a vigorous, sensible writer, and his paper will always command the respect of those who read it. He is an old Hunker in all that concerns National Policy in local matters he is the advocate ol every good work. J.ajayette Journal. 0"We acknowledge the favor of the new "Daily Indiana State Sentinel." Wm. J. Brown, Esq., Eclitor. Terms $5 per annum in advance, and worthy of a liberal patronage. Its mechanical execution is of the first order, and makes a neat appearance. Success attend the enterprise, abundantly. Shelbyrille Volunteer. State Sentinel The Indiana Stat. Sentinel is now i -. . - going aneau wiin ii ua.iv , several copies oi wn.cn nave a a a a Js a m a" a a I M ' I I Iii' I . , . II I . '- SI I CS 1 I IV Ul'I'V. U. CI . OS I IV I'll .;.!! .k rf7t t .k Am,l r AHi IIU9 an i iii in n.-1 air vi y t, - vnu j -. wi iui'i IV.U vivii . n-.i-.i o r t UCC.51 I " u in . Jeffersonville Railroad, Indiana. The city of Louisville lately voted a loan of $300,000 of the city bonds to this company. A Committee of the City Council, to whom the ordinance authorizing this loan had been re ferred, reported, a lew days since, that the said ordinance or loan, u in conflict with the citv charter that I tli A f a- 1 I i a ii st A ja Iva Una tli.ru. I.I rin.-.. I.. , .. J t ........ the ordinance to be legal, should have levied a tax sutHI t si . . M Aflt f ii TV I V thfl tntflK'cr 1 C lino tin A t in rtriww.i na I i n Jti j ,,uv,Wi' j-itncipi m u years, or nledsed some nronertv or rovonno of th oitv I w a asr B B mt J lor that purpose. Churches in Indiana. There are 1,899 Churches in Indiana, and tho value of Church property $1.899,711, as appears by the Marshal's returns. The Methodist T.1 ! I l I I . . . n. episcopal inurcn?s are 04, ana tne innren property $426,175. Number of Old School Presbyterian Church-I es 118, and the Church property $133,000. Tbe New School Presbyterians have 71 Churches, and property of) the value of $107,725. The Regular Baptist Churches are zoo, anu property lb,l., luml-r of Koman Catholic Churches 4. and property $153.625 "Christian" Churches 17 and property $99,500. Episcopalian Churches 19, and property $60,000. O A new difficulty has arisen in the glass palaee for the World's Fair. During a violent shower many panes of glass were broken and all the sparrows in Hyde Park, and St. James' Park availed themselves of the opportu nity to enter. It is estimated that there are at least . U 1 1 l.l I . I ..... . ".too uunurca mciunna o. tnese Diras in ine building, anu much alarm is entertained lpst t how .knnU ,i n . ,- I aondannd nnnnv viitnr Tn M ,.r ti,, o.,. a .......... . ., c ....,..,.,,, i matter. To shoot them would be destruction to the glass. , and the Ceuncil of Supervision have sent to Edinburgh , fit. r .U - u . rf -n . . mi um ii vfi mo uesi ta.cuners .vno win come .o Lonaon in their national eot..m Tha h.. , tn nnmm,nn some days before the exhibition. Arothkb Railboad. A corps of Engineers arc now engaged in locating a railroad from Rossville. Ohio, to Richmond, Indiana.

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The Massachusetts Coalition. The editor of the Indiana Journal commends to our special attention, an article copied from the Boston jorjrnal in relation to the recent coalition, by which I T? rre : ,be Sri " T sachusctts. We thauk him for the publication ol all such articles. Let every democrat, who had any con- ( j independence enough to denounce all such combinations, ; and all such results, let them be formed by wliigs or democrats: and for this spirit of independer ce. we have , , ... ... i . fu been charged with wishing to read Democrats out of the partv. But how different has been the noiicy of the I mig organ The wuig, anJ aboiitionists combined to , , p v Rnd same combination recentlv elected B. F. Wade, a notorious abolitionist, to the Senate in Ohio, Tuck and Perkins New Hampshire abolitionists, have recently been elected to the House by the aid of Whig votes. When these things are done by Whigs, there is no complaint. The organ is dumb as an idol. John Van Buren and W. H. Seward wrote infamous letters to Bos ton during the tate slave excitement the former is con- , ,.,. .... t. . v11cj TU. L ,, iiov , ' .. :;,' ,,, . , n,)om " r I 'J - i - I that which we regard as wroug, without enquiring whether the actsrs profess whiggery or democracy, and when we ceass to pursue that independent course which has heretofore marked our "Sentinel,'' may the pen with which we write, fall powerless from our hand. The election of Sumner is a foul blot on the old Bay State. We fear the glory of Revolutionary Massachusetts is to be dimmed by her modern nlolitionists. Prosecntinp Attorney. It has been snggestcd that the Convention for nominating a Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney in this (5th) Judicial Circuit, le held at lOo'clock, A. M. , of the 15th May. Boone and Hendricks are the only counties which are not in this Congressional District. We have no doubt that both will be represented in the Circuit Convention, and inasmuch as they are to attend but one of the Conventions, it seems to ns that it would be no more than right to bold the Circuit Convention in I the morning. Besides, Congressional Conventions do not get under headway much before noon, and more time can be spared in the morning than in the afternoon for incidental business. Bartholomew County. The following resolutions were adopted at the Bar , thoiomew QMptJ Convention, held at Columbus on the . i. Resolred, That all the democrats who may be at Indianapolis on the 15th of May, from this county, are authorized to act as delegates to the Democratic District Convention to be held at that lime anil place, for the ourpose of nominating a candidate for Congre&s for the 5th Congressional district. tttsoivca, i uat in tne opinion ot tins convention, the r i. n' : : .u .. j m('uiiica 01 11c laic v.uii"iis. 111 sni 11 luv: ii.mii nilPStir.n irmainir out of th .ulmiinn nf C-liforni into the U nion. are those which ought to meet the approba- ' lio " every lover of his country Resolred, That the d.sunionists of the South and the abolitionists of the North are, in our opinion, both alike reprehensible, and should be discountenanced bv all lovers of this glorit us Union, and looked upon as disorganizer and factious demagogues. Kcsolved, 1 hat the rcsisiancc to thf execution or carryin2 info effect the law of- Congress, called the " Fugitive I ,u . ! Mveaw, - by any of our citizens, if countenanced. would have a tendency to sap the foundation of our hap py republic. The Columbus Democrat, speaking of the Convention, SJiys: 1 he Democratic Convention which was held at i .i ?- ni,,,,,, nn fUtu Am was e Court House in this place, on last öaturdav , was well attended, and the greatest harmony and gocd feel '"g prevailed throughout Let the same spirit be manifested by the democracy throughout the county, in the - ul Ve admonish tho democracy to be watchful, and not I iL 11 r lflS !! again mow me opposers o. true repu.uican pr.nc.p.cs to practice upon them any more ol their wily and low cunning tricks. See that everything is fairly done, and ,i,..;.,i,i ,uf..,,ir n i, Fifth Congressional District. Noiilesville, April 5th, 1851. , .u r . . r u medium ol vour paper, to the Democratic voters ol the . . . '. X . . - .. . . . ""?.-s!! ' ' Z .' 1' ..... -..1 2" VIMI" USSIIIIIU 1 V I 1 1 C 11 1 H ) II I I IO til TO UlIU O L IHUl.tn(7js on the 15th inst to receive the nomination as I candidate for Congress. i Last winter when I consented to submit mv name to .1. r .: .1 l, -.1 the Convention, there were but two otl:er candidates in .u 1 1 ti . .u- . r 1 ithe held. I here are at this time 1 believe ! anr, thr Kim, 0f electioneering that is now some fifteen, required to liiain the nomination, I have not felt inclined to resort to. I have no doubt, however, but that out of so large it numbe of candidates a good selection will be made, and whoever he may be, will receive my hearty support. Those of my friends who have so kindly supported my claims for the nomination, will ever have my warmest and best wishes I WILLIAM GARVER. Caba Expedition. It seems now that quite a number of distinguished persons are engaged in an effort tj revolutionize Cuba, among them are John L. O'Sullivan, late Editor of the Democratic Review, Gov. Quitman and Ex-Senator Henderson of Mississippi, Col. Baker of Illinois, and Gen. j Mirabeau B. Lamar, Ex-President of Texas Several arrests have already been made. . . i f. Cuba is governed by a military despotism. 1 he power of the Captain General is absolute. I he people are oppressed with exorbitant taxes, and there is no security for either life or property, Whenever they desire to throw off the galling yoke of the oppressor, our sym pathy will be with them as it would be with down trod j den Hungary and oppressed Ireland, but we have treaty 1 o J rr ' 8ljpUiatjons which we should not violate, wn mnct nrp. . . , , serve our neutrality. But when this g But when this gem of the Gulf I i ...:l. r 1:1 nn. rr.on,n i,r iiiniik.ml. vill rn.ii tn j a .1 i.e. tut uuiri . T , ii u i ii mvii ... " ' ' - . . .u j i ,, , , , h.iir n.d anrl nilrnnc vitl rmt q Hi I nnnnnf nrl Pnl 1 1 V 11 Uli OlUj CfcllU j VI I v.ia -"- v a. Third District. We announced in our telegraphic column of yesterday that Hon. J. L. Robinson, of Rush county, had been j nominated for Congress by the Napoleon Convention on . a the 2d inst. We learn, from the Madison Courier, that m .. . i T T pi no . the vote on the nrst ballot aiooQ: J. L0. noomson uj, f ... t i . . ... atz . l t ur p.. i ; ., E,. uamom , juuge IllCVarij vu; anu a. t. . uuiuson 13. The selection is an excellent one, and we do not doubt but that Mr. R. will be triumphantly elected. He is opposed to tho repeal of the fugitive slavo law. O" The Democratic Convention of Adams county has nominated John Crawford for Representative. c-We learn from the Prairie Chieftain, published at Mnnticello. White county, that, recentlv, a young ...an ; nttmd Rotrers. living in "that countv. killed his brother. under circumstances the most painful. TI ey were huntinr deer, and seeing some at a distance, they separated, cne taking one direction, and the other another. When they arrived in the immediate vicinity of where they saw the deer, one of the brothers discovered something crawling in the grass and willows, and supposing it to be a deer, he fired a scream followod--he ran to the spot and found his brother a corpse. The ball had pierced . . him through the hcatt. I w; u nf Indiana i tn doliror nn ddrp ! " tnv- Wr'ght. ot Indiana, is to deliver an address j at Cannelton, la., on the 9th inst. 1 his will be an exi unt nnnnrtiinitv for look ill" over the miinnfaoturinw ! establishments ol this prospcrousvillage. and al who leel . : rri . " ... . i n j interested in the progress of Western manufactures are invited to be present on the occasion. Louir rille Cour. CT There is no dungeon so dark nnd dismal as a mean I man's mind.

Pern Railroad. Ex-Governor Wallace, in his address at the opening of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad to Nobles-

ville, after speaking of the certainty of the completion of tbe road proceeds thus: "But there is still anothe; question beyond all this, ra ä äs' s ,nr.ti'V nr lump riST that i mlmi.lp.il lint In I ho vfoilr. holders. In other grords, will it probably, on the capiotber naD(J a traveiing from ,Q North ' would, from the position of this road, he com pel lei I to take 't 5 because he certainly never could think ol going 1 -i TT sT i a . Tr au mr xjuui as icrre iinuie, or iu a uciie, in order lo r(1 . ... . - f X M- . jn,al hall. Laporte. St. Joseph, Flkhart. Lagiange, Steuben Do Kall, Allen, Noble. Kosciusko, Whitley, or Huntington. A glance at the map of the State establishes this fact beyond the possibility of cavil; for the terminus of this road, you will observe, points nearly to the centre ofihe territory embraced by all these counties. The consequence, therefore, must be that this road, when finished, will draw to it the great traveling community from North to South and from South to North, and if the travel why not the trade too? Now let me not be told that this item of trade will be a mere trifle; for rest assured that three such great commercial emporiums as New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Louisville, offer ino many advantages to mercantile men to be resitd ; they will seek them as sure as water seeks its level ; and by that route which combines the great, st speed and economy. And will not this road present them that very route? Can any man, for example, tell me why a sensible trader at, or north of Peru, would purchase his iron, groceries, and liquors in New York or Boston, in preference to Cincinnati, or Madison, or Louisville? In either of the latter places he can buy them as cheap, of as good a quality, and on as advantageous terms as' he can in the former ; and what to him, is an object of paramount importance, he can, if he desires it, have them safely delivered at Pen. in thirty-six hours after the purchase, paying less freight and no insurance. But let us test this matter a little closer. Let us suppose the experimcnt making let any two merchants start from Peru at the same h'mr of the same day one by wav of canal and lake, and railway to New York or Boston and the other by your road here, to Cincinnati, or Madison, or Louisville, and what will be the outcome? The question is no sooner asked than answered. He who goes to Cincinnati, or Madison, or Louisville by voar road, reaches either place in thirty-six hours, makes his purchases, and, in thirty-six hours more, find himself and goods safely delivered at Peru, and all this long before his rival has reached his plate of destination or made a single purchase. And what is still worse for him. long befcre he can, bv any possibility, return with his slock, the dealer in Cincinnati or Louisville, will have supplied the home demand, and lie nearly ready for a second trip. Hence, I boldly assert that'you are laboring quite as much, if not more, for the benefit of Cincinnati, Madison, and Louisville than for yourselves or for your immediate country. For the moment you complete this road, you open to them a dirict communication with the entire north. You give them an opportunity, with every advantage on their side, of successfully competing with New York or Boston, for the immense thade of that most flourishing and populous region of Indiana. And sooner than see you fail or sink under the burthen of your undertaking, "they ought, if properly alive to their own interest promptly step forward and lend you a helping hand. The foreooing. however, is not the only point of view in which the business of this road mav lie justly regarded ; for central Indiana must also be its grear tributary. The fact, for instance, that the 'transportation of heavy artie'es, from Peru east, can lie had as cheap, if not cheaper, than it can le had or offered by any other route will not, I presume, be denied. We' therefore, of the centre, being distant only serentv-one miles from the Wabash and Erie canal, and nearer to it than we are to Cincinnati or Madison, our corn, wheat, flour, and pork, not shipped south in the winter, will find their way over this road to Pern. And. rice versa, the heavy articles of merchandize that may be purchased bv our merchants, in Boston or New York. will, as certainly, be shipped directly to the same point, and from thence south to their place of destination; which, let me say, will constitute no small item of profit to this road." In proof of this, the ITon. Albert S. White informed me a few days fo, that by the Wabash and Erie canal, the Iron for the Lafayette and Indianapolis railroad ia to be delivered to the company, at Lafayette, for the lame it costs to deliver it it New Orleans. How to Puff. One of the owners of the Georgia lands writes from Lumbervillc to the Brookville American, giving a most beautiful description of the country. Tall pines tbe limped streams the bounding deer, and the wild fowl the golden sands, and tolden fish. Strange that this Eldorado should have been so long overltoked, and still more strange that the simple minded Georgians who were so lucky as to draw these lands in the great State lottery, surrendered them up, rather than pay a few dollars office fees and the annual tax. Solon Robinson describes the tenants of these pine woods as the roost happy and contented race on the face of the globe. He stopped at one of these lonely huts and enquired for a drink of water ' Haint got any, none nearer than two miles, only when it rains," was the reply. '"How do you cook ?" "Don't want any, taters better roasted than bi'.eü." ;' Raise any corn here ?" '"No, corn won't grow on this sandy land." "Why do you live in such a place?" "Ei-.e light wood's handy." Tbc N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of the 28th ult ., has the following item: The Ctban Expedition. At a late hour on Saturday night, the following persons were arrested in this city by tho United States .Marshal, accused ol being concerned in an alleged expedition againtt Cuba, vis: Henry Burnet, Louis Schlessinger, who is a Hungarian, William Rodgers, jr., Joseph Sanchez, Armstrong T. Lewis, John L. O'Sullivan. The prisoners were ordered to give bail in $3000 each, pending their being examined on the charge. Burnet, Rodgers, O'Sullivan and Sanchez, procured the required oail, and were liberated; and the others were committed to prison. In consequence of informareceiveu ijy tne l n.ieo o.ates mar...,, ue , esicruaj i caused the Cleopatra to be more minutely examined, Rnd 25 keffS of CunpOW-derrcre found in her hold and 1 i -I r T . 1 c-. . M l. l I. - . l 1 several bales of blankets. Land Sales. The groat sale of lands, late the property of the Boston Land company, came offat this place on Wednesday last. Over ten thousand acres were sold, at an average price of about two dollars per acre. Tbe 'nd oW ?r situate in Illinois, mostly in Coles and r.rro- i.nnniiat nnrl in I noian i n lumr tn vallev ol Kel river. i The demand for lands in this section of country is . . . . ' orrpfitir than at nnv time within the last tilteen rears. Wear seven thousand ai res ol tne lands disposed oi at I f . J . j. the above sale were in tbe Vincennes Land District. Of the Canal lands situate in the same district, nearly twenty-seven thousand acres have been sold within tbe past four months. The sales of Congress lands are, also, very large. The probability is, l hat during the five months ending on the first day of June next, shoal seventy thousand acres of land will have been sold w ithin the limits of the Vincennes District. Terre Haute Journal, 2d inst. Perc and Indianapolis Railroad. The Board of Directors of this Road met at Noblesville last week, and determined on letting the grading of the entire road from Noblesville to Peru. The capital stock of the Company now subscribed is upwards of $200.000. The company will send an agent East, in a few days to sell the bonds of the company, to ensble them to finish the road, and from recent advices we think there is no doubt but that ihev will be able to get money on favorable terms. The road can be completed in 20 month, and we confidently iliev it ill he done Let tne country be prepared farms, and increase your cxer- ! fnr Ei.P, v, j ijons, for the facilities for getting lo market will soon be on hand. Hoioord Tribune. ETSolon Robinson has addressed a letter to the Wil mington Commercial, calling public attention to fact, that straw braid work, of the most durable beautiful kind, can be manufactured out of the leaves of the common long-leaf pine. It must be prepared in the same way as tbe ordinary rye straw gathered while in ita most luxuriant state, and Maided nnd dried in tba shade. It is then exceedingly tough and alm-s. indestructible. It answers admirably for ladies' work haskots. Mr. R. suggests that if generally brought into use, the whole world may c covered ith straw haust the least possible cost. Richmond Enquirtr. ItT" An English pap up expressly to enlivei bordering on insanity. W was got mind is whose