Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL,

WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. I N D I A N A P 0 L I S : MONDAY MORNING, MAT It, 1851. Marion County Democratic Ticket. FOR REPS E9E3TAT1VES, HENRY BRADY, of Warren township. ISAAC SMITH, of Centre township. FOR COUJfTY COMMISSIONER, POWELL HOWLANO, of Centre township. FOR ASSESSOR, JACOB ROBERTS, or Washington township. FOR CORONER, S. A. PERRY, of Centre township. Conf retsional Conventions. FimsT District, at Troy, Perry county, on Thürsday. April 17, 131. Second District, at Lexington, Scott county, on Thursday, April 24, 1351 Third District, at Napoleon, Ripley county, oo Friday, My 2, 1351. Fifth District, at Indianapolis, Marion county, on Thumlay May 15, 1351. Sixth District, at Bloomfleld, Greene County, on Wednesday, May 21, 1851. Eighth DisTaicT, at Williamsport, Warren county, n Tuesday, June 10th, 1351 . Ninth District, at Plymouth, Marshall county, on Thursday, May 22d, 1351. Teth District, at Huntington, on Thursday, May fS, 1851. XT' The Journal is again backing and filling on the F isiiive Slave law. He sart. "we admit that the pre sent law was not the one written by Mr. Clay." Tbis is ,. . m. . . . . - .- . - , evadin" the auestion. Mr. Clav s proposition was not H i r to strike out one single word of the amendment submitted by Mr. M.tson, but merely to add two additional sections. The law, as it stands on the statute book j ... , M m?ets the entire approbation of Mr. Clay, Mr. Fillmore, , Mr. Webster, Mr. Corwin, and the leaders ol the whig .. . . I party. The Journal however, claims the right ol so amending it as 'to render it equally efficacious and, at ! ' - the same time to do away the obnoxious provisions,' Yet we are not told what are the abnexteux provisions and what amendments would do them away. The truth is the Journal is in a fix; Defrees i opposed to the law; bu: he cannot make war on it without making war on the administration. He is now in a state of betweenacy," neither fish, flesh or good terrapin. Finding himself cornered he begs the friends of the measure to cease their leounciations of those who oppose it ; and tells them if the' do not follow his sage council 'there will j

be agitation so long as they continue their course. flow from a sim-ere belief in such a strict construction o'l Wny don't he advise Seward and Sumner, Wade and the Constitution. Giddings, Tuck and Ju.ian to cease their denunciations We, e 'h' ol republican principle adopted to prac tice ... , . . , , , we should no longer witness uuwai rant aide and dangerol this measure, and of those who voted for it. O.i, no. ; Htfemis in cngn.ss fo in.erlere wilh lhe institution they must g on. Meetings must be got up, p.-tili -ns : ,- joll,etic slavery, which belongs exclusively to the circulated tie mind must be aroused on behalf of "Äu- ; Slates where it exists there would be no efforts to esman fr:edom." Those who favor the measure must be j protective tariffs the public money would .... . , . . . ,. .. not be soundered upon a general system ot internal undenounced as ' kit nappei s and ''save catchers, with- . , e i . i . 11 ' provemeuls, genera in name, but partial in i s very na-

out opening ineir moutus lor icar oi agitating t ic siave- i ry question- This is certainly a most unreasonable request anJ one which we shall not grant. In our last number we copied an extrnct from the Wayne county Whig for the benefit of our neighbor We now give another from the Wabash Express, which we commend to his caretul attention. THE ACT IN RELATION TO "FUGITIVES FKO.Vi JCai'lcE AND SERVICE." The Parke county Whig is down upon some one in regard tu tue fugitive slave bill. Tuat editor intimates pretty strongly, that u man who is lor it tau gel bis support, no matter now ood a wuig he may lie in other respects. Tuis is very m range lata, anil looks like b tariop.iUng tue waig faitti wdU a uow isiu. Huw tar the wUigs of Parke, and of litis district, are willing lu sun nit to tuis le tc.iing, tt.ue m ist determine. Tner is a vast number of the people of this district (wuigsaud democrats) strongly impressed with the opinion tu it the law providing for the return of fugitives fro a service , is but a necessary a. id hum st lulhl i.e. if of tin obligations of the Constitution of the U. States, and thia majority (large and commanding) will tu. o it into tier heads, at the approacuo" election, to send no one to Congress who is not sound on tb it ,u stum. 1 he elitor offne Pirlte county Whig will have his opinion the , people of the 7th u strict w,l, have theirs. Tue Parke county editor is lor running Börne whig . for Congress who is not committed on this subject. Iudeed' Mow is he to get out such a man? Who is be? I Name lmn! Wuere can he be found? Point him out ! I such a mongrel to be found in Parke or V igo, or any other county of the d.stnet? Has Mr. Simpson such a man is his eye? If so, give the public his name let us j see hun, know him, and look im. the countenance ot such a itolitical nondescript the man who has no opin ion on a subject so vital to the peace and safety of this great Republic. We lKg our Parke county cotemporarv not to deceive j himself. S.'lf d-lusion is the worst of all delusions. Do yuu suppose t:iat any man can run for Congress, wuiiout a lull, tree, (rank, and unreserved declaration ol bis opinions 011 lite fugitive slave law? Do you suppose lo you .Ireaiu tli tt whig will forsake the teachings of Ciay. Weiist-r, F, hn ..... Seott, and a host of other "burning and shining lights'' of the whig party, to follow tho lead of such men as S.'ward, an I Jouu 'an bureu, and that band of negro symMtthisers, who march on the high ro-td to treason? Du you suppose that the wing p.trty are wilting to lHse sight ot the onwmd destiny of the white race lo abjure the obligations which they owe to the constituti in and laws to eril the Union to endanger Liberty to dissolve the Slates for the ignoble purpose of pandering to a faction, always in market, and willing at any time 10 sell out to tue nighest i.iuuer. If such be the fram and temper of yenr mind, Mr. S. we invoke a special blessing upon your head, and ho,e ; me IrooU Being will enlighten your leliugs anu unuersta.:ding, and make you a soldier such as the country aeed- ready to declare for the laws as we tind them an.l tbe constitution as it ever must be, its guaranties unbroken, and all its requisitions observed in good faith. Mr. Clay ha declared he would vote for a union democrat ; Gen. Cass has declared he would vote for a union whig, betöre either would vote for one of their own patty opposed to any part of the compromise. Mr. Fillmore, o ir present able whig President, regards all ihesc questions as Mettled, and he has shown t.iat he intends tue fugitive slave bill shall be respected. A whig opposed to that bill, would be an enemy to this administration. A whig who would refuse to upport it now. or ask a repeal of any part of it would le in direct conflict with the avowed policy and determination of the cabinet, and for our own part we m y say, no whig from this district w mid Im of any advantage at Washington, who did not eonJia lly espouse and support lhe administration, as well as the cause of the country, in its whole length and breadth, for beyond all question, Mr. Simpson, it will endanger our peace ami harmony, if a free State man attempts any change of the only bill, which makes the compromise at all tolerable to the South. One word to our fiiend of tbe Wabash Express. When and where did Scott pledge himself in favor of this measurer We ask this question for the benefit of our neighbor of the Indiana Journal, who feels a delicacy on the snbject. He has said that Scott was not committed, and that the South ought not to ask mm to commit himself, bat that tbe wlags of the South ought to take him with a generous oonidence and trust to his opinions as tbe North trusted to Taylor. SZTGen. Scott's visit to New Orleans has been a very quiet affair. Not a gun was fired. No military display. The Whig press announce the arrival of this great captain, as they would tbe arrival of the most ordinary eiligen. Tbe office-holders are shy. They make their visits after tbe shades of night have fallen, for fear it will be known at Washington. We have seen sneh things before. When Clay visited Washington in 1S44, these political hybrids who were praying " Good GodGood Devil," always sought the evening tw-ilight to their visits. He were present on one occasion, one of this class made his appearance at Mr. City's door. Seeing us in the room, with several other gentlemen, ba dodged back aad was retiring, when old Hal called oat to aim, " Com in, P , these gentlarrn uWt tell Tyler on yon." Scott ought not to tall fi Wf

The True Democrat(!) Tbis abolition concern has raised the sinews of war and is again in full blast. It is terribly severe on us, and every Democrat who sustains the compromise measures. Bill Brown, Bill Brown seems to be the genius that is ever present before the Editor. It occurs in every colunin and in every paragraph. This is a familiar nan-? by which our friends and the associates of our youth call as. Whether some other appellation might nut be more courteous, this man most determine. We are not the least annoyed by it. There are however certain rules of politeness and courtesy which gentlemen will never

disregard. A distinguished writer says: " Politeness is i only kindness polished a little. For a good man to become i a Chesterfield is one of the easiest things in the world for a bad man, however to become such, is one of the most difficult. He has not only to overcome habit but nature." ! We have scores of old friends in the fourth Congressional district we have a long list of subscribers who read our paper. It may perhaps be the best mode of securing the votes of these friends for Mr. Julian to be continu- ; ally abusing us, and the Democratic party generally, or j it may have a contrary effect. Time will determine. This man isresh from universal Yankeedom. The smell of the codfish is still on him. Yet he comes to Indiana and with that kind of impudence which distinguishes his race, sets himself up for a political leader, and those who refuse j to follow, or manifest the least refractory spirit, are to be lashed in. We predict the thing wont work. Mr. Buchanan's Letter. We commend the following letter to the careful atten lention of our Democratic friends. It contains sound doctrines. The letter is in reply to one from the Virginia Southern rights association. Wheatland, near Lancaster, April 10, 1351. $ My Dear Sirs I have received your kind letter of the 2d inst., with the resolutions adopted by the Cential Southern rights association of Virginia, inviting me to auilress lue Association at sueu lime as may suit my convenience, and to counel with them ' in regard to the J liest means to lie adopted in the present alarming crisis, , .... . ' J J . . T , LI lor the maintenance ol the Constitution and the union ol ; liie sla,e, j luejr originul puiiiy." I should esteem it both a high honor and a great priviieS comply wun mis request ; ana tuereiore regret tu say, that engagements, which I need not speedy, reuuer u impo,fcibje ,or rae lo Vl!t Richmond during the present, or probablv the next month. 1 . a . : . " l . i .? 1 . i no Association uo me more man justice, uni ai . T 7 T, r T Z 1 t ili I .'irwl itnt i,in nml I IP niimn .. f .. Stutp. in thMlr original purity." Whilst few men in this country would venture to avow a ditlerent sentiment, yet thu question still remains, by what means can this all-important purpose be best accomplished i I feel no hesitation in an swering by a return to the old Virginia platform of State ; rights, prescribed by the resolutions ol 1798 and 1.:'. nnd Mr. Madison's report The powers conferred by the Constiiution upon the General Government, must be construed strictly, and Congress must abstain from the exercise of all doubtful powers. But it is said these are mere unmeaning abstractions and so they are, unless I l. . i .. ; . t ' i - . i t ; "onestiy carrieu inio practice l.ikc me cnristiuii laita, tare and corrupting in its tendency; uotli to the govern inent and to the people; and we would retrench our present extravagant exenJiturcs, pay our national debt . ami return to the practice of wise economy, so essential to the public and private prosperity. Were I permitted to address your Association, these are the counsels I should give and some ol the topics I should discuss, as the best means "for the maint nance both of the Constitution ami the Union of the States, in their originul purity," ind for the perpetuation of our great and glorious confederacy . Wilh sentiments of high regard, I remain yours, very resp"ctfullv, JAMES BÜCHANAN. Robert G. Scott, C. S. Morgan. Thos. E Jeter, Commute of the Central Southern Rights Association of Virginia. A Gross Imposition. We r.otice the Locofoco papers of the country are republishing what purports si be a letter from Gen. Scott, written in 1441, to tie " Ph a e phia North American," the organ of the Inte Native American Party. We un dertake to say, and will prove, if necessary, that the letter alluded to. it a gros and icieked imfoition uvon the public, and no editor, who places any value upon honor and integrity, would give publicity to such a libel upon one ol the noblest men upon earth. Laay Alt Journal We published Gen. Scott's Native American letter. " . . . , ald we have no uoubt of ,l genuineness. The letter is in character with the roan. It is no worse than his toup hundreds of other letters that he has written, ....,.,.. . . .. . wb,ch h,s ave to explain. But if it is a wicked imposition, we call upon the friends of this great captain to show it. Let Gen. Scott, over his own sisnature, deny it, and, as an act of justice, we will publish his denial. The sentiments in that letter are inlamous. and Gen. Scott ourht not to be maile responsible .1 1 , . .. - mi , . . 1 r w . 1 uitui uintaa 11c 15 tue auiuuj . unc ua ine i'iuui, iril. West. Railroad from Pittsburgh West. We copy the following extract from the late re. port of William Robertson, Jr., the President of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroa' Company. It is gratifying to the Board to i.e able to congratulate the stockholders on tlie great progress which has lieen made during the past year, in the important work in which they are all, including the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegany, so much interested. The grading and masonry of the line are now under contract for a continuous distance of one hundred and thirty-two miles, from Pittsburgh to Wooster ; an ready completed. The ir Rrt, purchased (or the road I i a large part ol the work is iron rails, chairs, and spikes purchased lor the road trom Pittsburgh to Massillon. one hundred and stven miles, and tbe delivery of tbe rails upon tbe line is already begun. Seven locomotive engines, ten passenger ears and lour baggage cars have been contracted for. Great efforts have been made to urge the work forward with energy, and it is the expects. ion of the Board that the road will be opened to Beaver and New Brighton in July, and to Alliance a id Massillon in tbe autumn of this year. This looks well, and as the Company in Ohio betwe n the above Company and our Bcllefontaine Road are pressing their Road forward with much energy, we may confidently look for a continuous line of railway from this city to the Lakes and the Atlantic, by tbe autumn of next year. (TThji Journal of vpsfpnlav mnrninff nv T"h - . . , i ' " " ' c purcuase 01 iron ior tue uenoI fontaine Raihoad, arrived yesterday. Twenty-eight j miles of T rail was the amount contracted for. This is all on its way, and will arrive in a short time. The Company will commence immediately to lay the iron from Pendleton to Anderson. The Road to the latter place will be open in about a month, and to Muncie by the 1st of November. This iron will finish the road to a Pmt thre mi,M Muncie, or fifly-eight miles j ,rom t;Mi Clty "T iron for thirty miles of the M. k I. R. R. to replace the nmainder of flat rail now down, is also landing at Madison, and, we suppose, will be laid as fast as possible." IT7We copy from the Journal the following list of standing committees of the Common Council for the coming year: On Claims Messrs. Pitts, Edwards and Louden. On Fire Department Messrs. Edwards, Woodward and Buchanan. On Public Wells Messrs. Louden, Durham and Edwards. On Markets Messrs. Durham. Woodward and Pitts. On Streets. JUeys, Bridges, etc. Messrs. Woodward, Bucha nan and Edwards. On Ways and Means Messrs. Buchanan, Louden and Durham. Cuba. Mr. Clay is reported to have said to a person in Havana, who wee explaining to him tbe workings of that Government, that if the Americans well understood tbe tyrannical character of it, no power in the United Slates could s:op expeditions from leaving our shores.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1851. Union is Success. This should be the motto of the Democratic party in all elections from President down. Tbis great party has always been in the majority, and when united have always beeen victorious, but defeat has followed divisions and dissensons. The Democratic party as original! organized was a national party. It knew no sectional divisions, no north, no south, nothingbut the Union, and notwithstanding there have occasionally been slight divisions on lscal or sectional questions, yet as a party it has ever maintained its nationality. To preserve that

great party in its original purity a party which had t Jefferson for its founder, and a lion-hearted Jackson for its defender it is necessary that the head and co-ordinate j branches of the Government should be in their hands. T effect an object so desirable, there must be union and j harmony. To sesmre this, the party has long since resorted to the convention system of selecting candidates. Strict adherence to this usage and the zealous support of the nominees will always give us a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress. Our opponents are ever ready to take advantage of any divisions or dissensions. In Congressional elections, especially by this mode, they make frequent inroads in strong Democratic districts. When they have the power they will make open fight ; when they have not they will endeaor to divide and conquer. Inducements will be held out for Democrats to be candidates in opposition to the regular nominees, under the promise of Whig support. By this means they produce divisions which they are always sure to profit by in the end. For this species of warfare we do not censure Whigs, but we do censure Democrats who listen to this syren song that in the end will produce their destruction and the injury of their party. By false pretences they are seduced from the path of political rectitude ; they are denounced by their former friends and political associates, and defended and caressed by the ir former political foes. They lose sight of great political principles and soon find themselves an ea.y prey in the hands of the enemy. There is no safety for the party but in regular nominations and in strict adherence to them after being made. We should go to conventions expecting to compromise, and in compromising we will often have to yield personal preferences. We should also remember that in the issue, great questions are involved th-.t will live when the actors are dead and their memory lost in the great ocean of time. Texas Election. P. H. Bell, Thos. J. Chambers, M. T. Johnson, E. M. Pease, and John A. Greer are candidates for Governor. There are five candidates for Lieutenant Governor. In the Western District, Volney E. Howard, the late member, is a candidate for Congress. He is opposed by Hnah McLeod, A. J. Hamilton, H. N. Potter, and Wm. Menifee. In the Eastern District, lately represented by D. S. Knufman, Democrat, W. B. Oeheliree is the Whin candidate, and is opposed by five Democrats. He will undoubtedly lx elected, unless by some means the number of Democratic candidates is rednced. Hninilton County Register Is the title of a new paper just commenced at the neighboring town of Noblesville. It is published by P. Lawyer and Edited by A. B. Cole and P. Lawyer. Mr. Cole is a Whig and Mr Lawyer a Democrat. The latter in his salutation says: "Every Democrat should take it because it is a Democratic paper, every Whig should take it because it is a Whig paper.'' '"It will contain facts and arguments for and against the doctrines and doings of bth political parties" tec. Pecuniarily we wish all the parties success. Politically we are in favor of the Democratic side, which is the inside. Whiggery. as usual, is on the outside. Vernon Whig Banner. We have received the first number of this paper. It is wll printed, and the editorial articles manifest much ability. W. C. Stineback is the editor and proprietor. Jennings county ought to support a paper. 0A new Democratic paper is soon to be commenced in New York. It will be published bv Caspar C. Childs, and edited by Win. Douglass Wallach. Mr. Childs is n good publisher, and Wallach is a fine writer. (Ie was for many years a clerk in the office of the Second Assistant Postmater General. We know him weil. He has not only talents, but an industry and an energy that never flags. PThe Whig papers in Indiana who have raised thei. Ebenezer in favor of Gen. Scott, pronounce the Native American letter a forgery. Let the General, over his own signature, deny it. This is the best evi.lence, and the only evidence we shall admit. We published this letter, that the people might know at least one of the issues in the next Presidential election. Scriptural Authority for the return of Fugitive Slaves. 6. "But Abram said unto Sara, behold thy maid is in thy band; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sara had dealt hardly with her she fled from tier face. 7. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in tbe wilderness, by tbe fountain in the way of Shur. 8. And he said, Hagar, Sara's maid, whence comest thou ? and whither wilt thou go T And she said, 1 fled from the face of mj mistress. Sara. 9. And the angel of the Lord said unto her, return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under ber hands." Genesis. 16 chap. Now in this case Sumner and Giddings would have secreted Hagar and advised resistance to tbe law. The Madison Pork Courier Is out in an article intimating that Col Gorman is drawing a pension from Government. This is intimated. because such a man as Garber has not the courage to make the charge direct. If, however, the falsehood were confined to him we wouldn't disgrace ourself and defile our paper by noticing him. But others not less ignorant, but more honest, have repeated t charge in our hearing. We are authorized to say that Col. Gorman never has drawn one cent of money from the Government of the United States for a pension in bis own behalf. We clip the above from the Bloomington Reporter. The insinuation against Col. Gorman, is as mean as it is false. The report of the Surgeon, made immediately after the battle of Buena Vista, entitles Col. G. to a pension whenever he demands it, but that demand he has never made. Oregon. The Ohio Statesman speuking of the death of Mr. Thurston says "we presume that Mr. McLaughlin will succeed him." Does our friend mean Dr. McLaughlin, the factor of the Hudson Bay Company? If so he will not succeed bim. There is too much American spirit in that country to elect this British subject with all his Scotch anti-American feeling. If Gov. Lane will eonsent to be a candidate he will most certainly be elected ; if not, it is probable that Columbus Lancaster who is already a candidate will succeed. A Smart Boy. A good old Deacon in tbe Baptist church, who was a most strenuous advocate for adult baptism, was, on a cold winter evening, relating tu his family around the fireside, tbe incident of a minister, who, in baptising a large man with a wooden leg, lost his life, by the man putting his wooden limb with full force on the top of the minister's foot, thereby causing inflammation and death. Well, father," replied his little son, " that is an argument in favor of infant baptism ; there are so few infants that have wooden legs." "Jane," said the old man lo his daughter, " wash Tommy's feet and put him to bed. He sits np too late." TT" The small pox is prevailing in the neigh'oorhood of Springville in Lawrence county Ind.

Connecticut. Julian's Organ at Centreville crowed over the defeat of Col. Seymour, the Democratic candidate for Governor in Connecticut a. little too soon; Seymour is elected despite the abolition effort todefeat him. Col. Seymour is a Democrat, a Union man, and in favor of the late peace measures. He was a member of the 28th Congress

and proved himself to be a roan of much talent Tom is a brave soldier and a glorious fellow, and we arc rejoiced at his election. He was the Lieut. Col. of the ninth or New England regiment, and, after the fall of the brave Rumsom . he led the storming party up the heights of Chenultenec and like a tornado, swept over the strong battlements, ana, sworu in nana, tnrew e . ,.i . i 1 t l.i himself on the bristling bavonets of the enenw and wilh his own hand he tore down the Eagle and Cactus of

mr ... . ijl "iniiii'ii ou an me uih'?iiiii mm uuiuiciaiis uae con- , was running lor i ne ik-hiih ui ramrr, ihji 11 ux . i nomnMexico and heisted the star spangled banner ol our I '. ,,. i m . . . , j j . .l t I t 1 trillUtPO D milch to miSC UP SllntlfWO no man .n tin mnn o b n.n.li.l.lA I h i . . u'pm ninott' l .no Vrkilra in

glorious Uuion. He is just such a man as will I ways meet with onnosirinn from the fr-e-soilers. He stood bv his country and hazarded his life in the hour of her peril, whilst his enemies at home were refusing to vote him and his men supplies to feed and clethe them. But there were such rcen in tbe revolvlion, such men in the war of 1812, and there w 11 always be men who in war are for peace and in peace for war.

If T-TL. . 1 1 ! . r .1 j t. "I. plied the vouth. modestly "a democrat." "Verv well." rejoined Hamilton, "how old are ou ?" " Twenty-four, sir." was the answer. "Good!" continued Hamilton; ' I should have tl.v1.2ht ill of your feelings had vou not at that ase. lieen a democrat 1 hut had you been iwentvfive, and slill a democrat, I should have thought ill of your understandinff or your principles." Extract in Indiana Journal, May 5. Of course Mr. Defrees had he lived in the days of Hamilton, would have taken what he regards as the "iet" course of connecting himself with the party then opposed to Democracy, and that, as all know, was the federal party. This establishes what we have often said, that modern Whiggery is old fashioned Hamiltonian federalism. Vy There are several wholesale mercantile establishments in this city, and we are pleased to learn that they are all doing a prosperous business. There is no reason why country merchants shor'd go through Indianapolis to buy stock of any kind at the river towns. Dry Goods. Groceries, Qneensware, Hardware. Boots and Shoes. Hats, School B ok, nn.' in f ict everything usually sold in a country store can be purchased here in any qualities at prices as low as they can belouglit in Cincinnati, and the merchant purchasing here will save the charges and risk of transportation j ar.d the profit on the articles will Ik? made by our own citizens and retained in the country, which will amount to no small item each year. We hope that country merchants who wish to bnv goods will examine our advertising columns, and give our merchants a call before going further. We are satisfied that they can do better here than by going to the Ohio river. ETThe freight charged on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad waybill, ou last Saturday , fi om Madison to Indianapolis, amounted to over $200; of which $12S was charged to one house in this city. What does it mean ! We have repeatedly heard the South Carolina disunionists say, that, in case of secession, South Carolina would have the sympathy and aid of the British Government and that the port of Charleston would !e instantly opened for the admission of the English goods, free f duty. We learn by the late papers that Sir Henry Lytlon Bulwer, the British minister, has been spending some time in Charleston. What does it mean? Hon. Samuel R. Thurston. We learn by Telegraph, that this gentleman, who was the delegate from the Territory of Oregon in the last Congress, died at sea on his return. Mr. Thurston was a nat.ve of Maine a gentleman of talents and great energy of character. His loss wilt be irrepairable to our new Pacifio Territory. The Loan at Lafayette. This proposition which has created so much excitement a( our neighboring city, has resulted in favor of the loan for tbe benefit of the Lafayette and Indianapolis Railroad, by a majority of 303. Tbe credit of the city will now lie given to the company, which secures the loan and the speedy completion of the great work. Principal Cities. The leading cities of the United States rate as follows under the new census, as to population, compared with 1840: 1S50. New York 517,849 Philadelphia, 450,000 Baltimore, 169,025 N. Orleans, 152.000 Boston, 138,788 Cincinnati 106.108 1840. 312.710 25S,407 103.313 1(12 000 93.3S2 46 582 36,22 16,469 40.000 22.354 18,213 20,000 23.171 17,290 20,101 20.7-16 5,071 20,160 4,470 14.392 11,012 7,012 15,215 1,716 Brooklyn, 97.208 St. Louis 85,000 Pittsburgh 80.000 Vashington, 43.266 Buffalo, 42.277 Louisville 42,000 Providence, 41,416 Newark 3S.835 Rochester, 36.551 Lowell 32,984 Williamsburgh, 30.886 Richmond 30.800 Chicago, 28.209 New Haven 22,538 Syracuse, 22,235 Detroit 21.055 Portland 20.619 Mtlwaukie, 20,035 Philadelphia Mint. COINAGE FOR APRIL GOLD. 11774.1 nn,,i,i. - -1 . C2 351 880 21179 Eagles.......' 21 1,790 88,908 Quarter Eagles, 222.270 37,118 Gold Dollars... 387. US 614,949 pieces, $3,176,058 SILVER coinaue. 24,000 Dimes, 2,400 1 ,333,676 Cents, 13,336 76 copper coinage 1,972,625 nieces, $3,191,794 76 Total Gold Bullion deposited for coinage from 1st to the 30th April, 1851, inclusive: From California, $2,785 500 " other sources 75,000 Silver Bullion deposited in same time. . .. 18,000 The following statement shows the receipts and disbursements proper, at tbe office of the Assistant Treasurer, at lhe U. S. Mint, for the month of April: March 31. Balance, $356,238 23 April 30. Receipts Customs, $255.462 55 P. Offices, 22,221 77 Miscell's, 8,483 18 287,193 50 643,430 73 132,462 55 19,340 47 13,784 18 165.391 36 $178,039 37 Payments. Treasury Drafts, P. O. Warrants, Int'st on Loans, Pensions, &.C ,. . April 30. Balance, The coinage of three cent pieces has reached to about $16 000, and is progressing rapidly. By instructions from the Department, one haif of this coinage is to be reserved lor the assistant Treasurers and Goverment Depositories in distant cities, who will, by exchanges J 1 . .1 -I- T I k wials. Zrlt rrinsTs i, $60 and $150. The issue will take place on the 8th inst.

iiey ieii a wise siorv 01 Aiezanucr namuion so - ..c i.n m- c.iciino v.. 1 1 wise that it must la? authentic. To him, while ! who fearing that his growine popularity mirht make him he was Secretary of the Treasury and en paired in found- j a prominent candidate for the succession, determined to mg that wor.derlul creation of his, the Public Credit, .... , , ,. . and that machinery of business which, new as it upP'"t him by an early movement in favor of a distinwas, nobody has ever been able to alter since without ! guished military chieftain. Mr. Fillmore was elected worsting it, there came with letters of high recommenda- 1 Vice President without being committed on these quesHon for employment, a young gentleman. The great Sec- .. . , r , . . . . , retarv conversed with him until I.e was satisned that he I l,ons- The deth of Gen Ta'lor made h,m P'e'-ent at was fit for it. and then gave him the appointment. That j the most fearful crisis in the history of his country. He being settled, "Well now. my young friend !" said he, was compelled to act - and he did act as becomes the "we have done with business; for yon are fit for it Lhief mai8)ratc of a reat nation On the vexed quesNnw tell me what are vonr politics ?" " I am sir,," re-1 . , f ... , . . ,

WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 181.

Non-committalism. We clip the following extraordinary paragraph from the Indiana State Journal: We regret to notice a disposition on the part of some of the Southern papers to require of Gen. ScoTT, as a cond.tioa precedent to their support of him, (should he be nominated bv a whig convention.) a distinct pledge ! 'n relation to questions arising out of the existence of! lavery. These gentlemen ought to remem.er that the Willis of tlltf fro A Si. !. nnnnrta il.-n Tavrnm saaaUnW. ! 0ut requiring any pledges from him on that subject. All the pledge given by him was to faithfully enforce tbe laws ' eneiea by congress, ixen. scott will occupy the same hi, o..u nun mat uuuuici u w m"r uuiu to uc svtiaj Gen. Scott's fidelity to his countrv will not be disputed, and, though he may not see proper to give his , . ..... n . nil iL. . . . . .... I . . n '.. i foun.l s i shameless as to charge kirn with being an enemy to the Union. , r " . ui. .v The Journal is the friend of General Scott, and tle organ of the whig party in Indiana. We therefore j tak the above declaration as the avowed t-entimenls of . 'hat party. Non-committalism was a line of policy ' marked out by Ewing, Clayton. Seward, Thad. Stevens. trnm 1 TT tt mi .1 Thurlow Weed. Horace Greelv and the prime movers in ! . . '. . m ' - -- , V-, o r-, ... bringing forward the name of Gen. Scott. That politiI a I mnvnmnr.l hail lie nrimn I I. .ha t nam I Ac -,f I. I I m . . r i uon- inen De,ore "?ress, "inen resuueu in rue auop. I tion of the peace measures, the course of Mr. Fillmore met with general approbation- He done his duty like a patriot, and for this very act he is now to le set aside by his own political parly, and another selected whose views and opinions are unknown. The South are to be told that Mr. Fillmore cannot be elected because he is committed on the slavery question, and therefore with a gen erous confidence they must take Gen. Scott, and ask bim no questions, because the north took Gen. Taylor without any expression of opinion, for the public eye. Will the south consent to these c onditions ? We will give a lew extracts which we think has a squinting in another direction. Col. Humphrey Marshall of the Louisville District, who was a member of the last Congress, and who is a candidate for re-election, in a letter to H. Pope, says : Is Gen. Scott in favor of maintaining or repealins the funitive slave law of the last Congress? Who can express his opinions in reply M this question? To satisfy me, bis opinion must be explicitly made known not merely on the fugitive slave law, but on a variety of other topics. Nor will you deem this solicitude tinreasonable, since we see the most active individuals in heralding Gen. Scott's pretentions were the rrost conspicuous opponents of the fugitive slave act and other kindred measures. I have no political affinity to freesoilism or freesoilers. I regard it and them as the most mischievous elements at present in our political system; and. whether the doctrines of freesoilism be urged by Whigs or Democrats. I am free to declare, I will never consent to lie party to any organization ol which they form a distinctive feature. I have no ambi1 ion to rank with any administration in which they are to hnve, or over which thev can ossibly gain control. And I would prefer, as a Whig, to surrender power tomorrow, rather than to aid in the production of an administration in partnership with t e freesoilers or those who lend them countenance. If Gen. Scott will publish or declare his adhesion t the compromise acts if he will write himself down by lhe side of Millard Fillmore on those questions, and he shall Ue the choice of mv party I will yield my support to him, though he would not. even then, be my choice. In calling attention to Col. Marshall's letter. Mr. Prentice, the Editor of the Louisville Journal, says: Col. Marshall has doubts as to the position that Gen. Scott occupies or intends to occupy on the fugit ve slave law. Col. M. is right in saving that he will not support Gen. Scoit for the Presidency unless the old hero shall feclare himself in favor of tli maintenance of that law. We have no reason to believe that Gen. Scott is not perfectly sound in respect to the matter, but most assiiredlv he ca-mot, without an explicit aeou-al of his views, obtain a solitary electoral rote in any slareholding Mate The St. Louis Republican, speaking of Gen. Scott's pretensions, says: This "Compromise" settled, so far as the Slave States are concerned, the question of slavery, and no attempt to destroy it, or to change its provisions, will tie tolerated by the people of the Slave States, or. we might go further and say. the friends nl the Union anv where. As we believe that this question is to be the sreiit and controlling element in the next Presidential election, we could not look upon the pretensions of any man with favor who was notcommirted to the strict observance of the Compact bv all the pledges which a man of honor should give, if, then, the claims of Gen. Scott, or of any other man, are to te pushed at t Iii early day by his friends, his views upon tin question ought to he matle known with such distinctness that any man of the commonest understanding can comprehend and put faith in them. Farther south these opinions are more extensive and radical on these questions. Gen. Scott must speak. The shout of Cerro Gordo and Cherubusco will not drown the demands of the country. Noise and confusion will be no excuse. You can't run him, gentlemen, on his native Americanism nor his ancient whig principles. Here are some new isms on which he wont avow himself publicly. Better let him speak, Mr. Defrees. 0William H. Seward is not half as much a Whig leader in New York, as John Van Buren is a Locofoco leader. John was a memler o1 the last Locofoo State Convention in New York a Convention in which the Hunker and Barnburner Locofocos coalesced and he was certainly the master-spirit of that Inaly. Mr. Seward is repudiated by tb Whig administration, by the whole Whig press of New York city, except the Tribune, and by more than three-fourths of the Whig presses of the State. Louisville Courier. Yes, and Mr. Seward's friends in the New York Whig Convention refused to endorse the administration of Mr. Fillmore, and by that means drove out Duer and other ' Whigs, and nominated Washington Hunt, a higher law Seward Whig, for Governor, and by a coalition between the Woollies and Silver Greys, elected him. Seward ! voted for Taylor for President, whilst Van Buren oppos ed Cass. Seward is sustained by a majority of the Whig papers in New York and New England. John Van E uren is sustained by very few, and those few are the pa,ers tb it severed their connection with the Democracy by opposing the election of Cass. Seward is in favor of Scott for President, and John Van Buren is opi posed to every prominent Democrat, and declares the party dissolved. Which is the most of a leader? ty We learn from the Winchester Patriot, that Randolph county is alive to the completion of the Bellefontaine Railroad. On the occasion of the late letting of the j graduation of lhe last section extending to the O no line, a meeting of the citizens was held at Winchester at which the Editor of the Patriot presided. Addresses were delivered by the President and Treasurer of the Company, and spi'ited resolutions adopted. In refeience to which the Patriot says: "Tbe meeting on Friday has, we have no doubt, had the effect of arousing a new and redoubled interest in this great enterprise as the resolutions in the proceedings of the meeting indicate. At the meeting a portion of tho citizens present came forward promptly and took about $2000 of additional stock. Travelling Admimistration. The President has gone to New York to attend the opening of the New York and Erie Rail Road. He is accompanied by the Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Post Master General, and Attorney General. ET Our thanks are due to Hon. Howell Cobb for a pamphlet copy of the proceedings of the Uuion celebration at Macon, Georgia. The proeedings are full of interest. Old party distinctions seem to lie entirely merged in the new divisions of union and secession. And thev declare their fixed determination to yote for no canditbu Presidency who is in favor or opposed to the compromise racasuras.

A Card. Indianapolis, May 12, 1851. Ma. BaoWKr Mr name has been announced as a can

didate for Congress in the third District, subject to tb decision of the Democratic Convention. As yonr paper circulates largery in that District, and having no national Democratic psffter thron 2 h which I can be heard. I beg leave to say that the insinuation that I am a candidate for the benefit ot Mr. Parker is a falsehood. Tbe name of Dr. Wilson Thompson is also suggested as a Democratic candidate, and if he is selected I shall not be a candidate, but will cheerfully give him my support, knowing him to be sound on all the questions winch divide the political parties and in favor of sustaining th Compromise measures of the last Congress it is with ; the old Jackson Democrats to determine. I am opposed to an coalitions or imriiinj wun me r ree oouer. jv leading Free Soil Whig residing in Richmond staled publicly a few davs since, that if I was the candidate and Mr. Parker the W big nominee, they would cry out that I I : c .i.. i . r n i i . : r t t-i ( n u. i in... hi . . . it.v " ' i ' . . . v. i . d u Richmond who would vote the Whig ticket I caution my friends against all the allurements of these men who in the end will deceive them. WM. DAILY. 1j The Locomotive of last Saturday suggested that hereafter the officers of tbe city should be elected by ibe citizens, instead of the Council, as heretofore. We sec- ,., .1 tt.. - - ' - - TU,. A -' m-v 9u-csiiwu. ill v 0 1 iicni 111 1 . x 11t.1v to sj irau . . . ,, , . . . why the people should not elect all their agents in fact . .. .. , ... . , plant . An i1irat Ir I . . - h. .tarn Ja i . . Iia .mi . trill. I a m n - - - cratic Republican method of choosing officers who are to do the people's business, and no plausible reason can be urged why our city officers should not be chosen in that way. Several years since it was a provision of the city charter, that all officers should be elected by the people. This provision was in operation for several years; it worked well, and no complaint was made against it. The officers then elected were, to say tbe least, equally as efficient as any since elected by the Council, and gave at least as much satisfaction in the discharge of their duties. Why that provision was changed, and the power to choose for themselves taken from the people and given to their representatives, we cannot imagine, and never learned. As under the new Constitution all officers are elected by the people, we hope an effort will be made to have our city charter so amended u to agree with our State Constitution in this important Democratic principle, and that petitions may be circulated, asking the Legislature to res. ore to us a right, tlie exercise of which is much more properly and judiciously vested in the people than in their representatives, however trustworthy they may be. CT" Major Seamans denies that Joseph L. White vii ever a free-soiler. Now, Joseph attended the Buflalo Convention, participated in the debates, was a member of the committee on resolutions, and contributed as much as any many in that motley gathering to frame the Buffalo Platform. We have heard bim claim to be tbe author of at least two of the resolutions. We may have been influenced by "revenge," as Major Seaman says. If so he was not alone in that crowd. Revenge drove the Butlers, the Van Bürens, the Adams's, tbe Hales, and thousands of others, who had failed to get office for themselves or their friends, into this new political organization. Revenge had more to do wilh that Convention than hatred of slavery. Noble Sentiment. Dr. Collins, who was the owner of the fugitive slava Sims, has written a letter to one of his friends in Boston, in which occurs the following patriotic sentimentSo Racred do I consider the cause of the Union, that s'iotild it ever be my fortune to present a son at the altar of any church lor its christian rites, I should desire the font to lie tilled with the mixed waters from the lour quarters of the Republic, thai h might lie baptized truly in the elements of the Union, so that, in all after life, he association most deeply impressed upon his mind should be the Union of this country with the worship of God. ITTBe careful, Mr. Brown, that you do not get your mouth blistered with that same hasty plate of soup. Madison Banner. If we are to believe what your whig neighbors, Col. Marshall and Prentice of Louisville say, it is your muth that is in danger of being blistered. Never intending to taste the stuff, we are safe. Wayne County. The Whigs have nominated the following ticket: Laz. Noble for Clerk; Jos. Bulla, M. Lawrence, and J. P. Doughty for Representatives. Arkansas. Hon Robert W. Johnson has been nominated as a candidate for Congresss by the State Convention, held at Little Rock on the 2Mb ult. Connecticut. The Journal of Commerce speaking of the action of the Connecticut Legislature says: We have great hopes that this Legislature, without distinction of party, will pas resolutions in favor of the Compromise as it it. To tie in favor of it as it it not, is to oppose it; and to agitate for its amendment, is to agitate for its repeal. To agitate for its repeal, is to agitate for a dissolution of the Union. XT' The timbers on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Bridge, across White river, are extended over the middle span more than two. thirds across the river. The Bridge will soon be finished. 0The iron to complete the Bcllefontaine Railroad to Anderson, has been landed at Madison, and will be laid down immediately. 0Th I flat bar iron on lb Madison and Indianapolis Raihoad, between this city and Edinburgh, is to be removed, and tbe heavy T rail substituted. E7"The presentation of the Silver Pitcher to Hon. R. D. Owen, by the ladies of Indiana, will take place in this city on the 2Sth inst. Rev. Prof. Lakrabee represents the ladies in making the presentation. DThe United States Circuit and District Courts meet in Indianapolis on Monday next. rC-The Grand Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity will meet in our city on tbe 26th inst. rrThe meeting of the State Medical Society will be held here on the 21st inst. A Beaotiftti. Testimonial Dnring tbe session of the late Constitutional Convention in Indiana, Honorable Robeet Dale Owen was unceasing in his exertions to secure the recognition of Woman's Right 10 Property by the new Constitution- His efforts were not crawned wiih success , but the ladies of Indiana, reeojrnising ia him a faithful champion and a truthful advocate of their rights, have united in offering a testimonial of the respect which they entertain for him and their appreciation 1 . J . . . 1 I I I 4 . . I (jg ma(Je jf) lMrjr ,,,,, Af ,ne ouest of the ladies of Indiana. Mr. W. E. Rose, of 37 i aa r 1 a Reade sr.. has prepared a magnincent auver nicner, which will be presented to Mr. O. on the 28th inst. It weighs 44 ounces, and is valued at $130. It is richly ornamented, and on the front the following inscription appears: Prevented to Hon Roscst Dili- Owes, by tbs women of lael ana, in scknowledfement of his true and noble advoacscr of their IrnrepeDduit Rights of Property, in the C- Butilatiooal ("on vrnt on of tbe Statu of Indiaaa, convened at Indianapolis, IK. JT. F. Tribune. Ri ank Votes The election of Mr. Snmner the third Seaatorial electina in which blank votes have figured. Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, '.od General James, of Rhode Island, each received the precise num. her necessary for a choice. In each case two blank voles were cast and rejected. Mr. Mallory.of Florida, was elected, after a previous ballot bad been declared no choice, by counting blank votes. The true and proper mode is to elect Senators aad all other officers by a wsw roe vote. Then there could be no blanks, and there could not readily he any dodging. There are very lew circumstances which will justify a man in giving a blank vote . Buffal e Cearter. rrThe Free Mission Bsptists, at a recent Convention, resolved not to snpport the Fairavo'Mit Theological Sem1 tmn m ould be made oa account of color.