Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. I M D I A N A POL IS : MONDAY MOKMNC Jl XE 16. mat. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. rOR COSGRESS, THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, of Shelby County. FOR PROSECI TIXG ATTORSEY, DAVID S. GOODING, ol" Hancock County. Marion County. a FOR REPRESENTATIVES, HENRY BRADY, of Warren township. I;A.VC SMITH, of Centre township. FOR COt'JJTY COMMISSIONER, POWELL HOW LAND, of Centre township FOR ASSESSOR, JACOß ROBERT!, of Wellington township. FOR CORON KR, S. A. PERRY, of Centre township. Public Speaking. THOM AS A. HENDRICKS, candidate for Cnress. will address the citizens of Bartholomew county at the following mentioned times and plates, to-wit: J Monday, 23d June, at 1 oVIock, at place of holding elections in H u ri-on township. Tuesday, 21th Juna, at 10 o'clock, at James Thomptons, in Wayne lowMaip. Tie sd tv," June 21th, ut 3 o'clock, at Elizabethtown, in Satidcreek township. Wednesday. 23:h June, at 10 o'clock, at Burris' Spring in Rockcreek townsliip. w , Wednesday, 23th June, at 3 o'clock, at Newbern, in Cliffy township. Thursday. 2tith June, at 1 o'clock, at Hope, in Hawereek township. Friday, 27th Juno, at 1 o'clock, at Capt. Andrew's. in Flutrock township. Saturday, June 23th, at 1 o'clock, at Columbus. C7" It seems singular that some men outside of the District should become all at once, so much interested in our affairs. Heretofore when they could have done us good infighting Whiggery, they never thought of volunteering their aid. Even "when an office, in this district was to be di-poM-d of by a democratic Legislature, it has been conferred upon a Whig, and its influence used against the democratic party; but now a great regard is professed for the welfare of the democrats ol this district, and it is urged they must have a regular candidate, when it is well known to every sensible man that the effect of the policy advocated will lie the election of the most bitter, unrelenting, proscriptive and vindictive Whig in t ic District. Jeffersoniai. One or two words of comment on the above. Your Democrats come up here and ask the Legislature to vote for them, with their garments all besmeared with abolitionism. N t that they are aliolitionists themselves, but under the plea of p Ii?y support abolitionists for office, and thereby tarnih their Democratic reputation. But y iu say, friend Elder, that every sensible man knows that the effec; of a Dv-mocratie. organization m will be the election of a most bitter, unrelenting, proscriptivt and rindictirc Whig." Pray, tell us what will be the result of a different policy ? The election of a tnost bitter, unrelenting, proscriptire, and rindictirc abolitiunist. Where is the difference? Land Reform. George W. Julian is making speeches in favor of land reform. This reminJs us of an incident. During the last session of Congress Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, introduced a bill to provide land for the landless. It was bis favorite hobby. He succeeded in obtaining a twothirds vote in favor of making it the special order, and was in high hopes of its passage. When it came up Julian got the floor, and made a speech in favor of it. During the delivery of this speech it was painful to behold the writhing and contortions of Johnson's countenance. We stepped round to console him, but ho refused to be comforted. '"What is the matter, 'Andy?'" we" enquired. '"Matter your d d Abolitionist has killed the bill dead as h 11." Sure enough. Julian sat down, and the bill for land reform was stretched on the table, a cold and lifeless thing. LIT" Mr. Brown seems greatly alarmed lest the democracy here will lose their identity and be totally lost. Jeffersonian. When we see Democrats training under the leadership of such men as George W.Julian and Matthew R. Hull, we are alarmed. Fourth District. The Democrats will hold a convention at Cambridge City on the 21st inst., to nominate a candidate for Congress. We hope there will lie a full attendance and a fair expression of public sentiment of the District. We will venture so far to "dictate." as to advise every democrat who can to Ik; present. Henry County. Major Ezekiel T. Hickman has been nominated for Senator, and Isaac ll. Morris for Representative, by the Demoeratie Convention, held at Nivv Castle on the 7th inst. This is a fust rate ticket, und we trust it maybe elected. rC?""An Anti-Slavery Convention will be held at Plymouth in the ninth District, on the 25tlt iust , to nominate a candidate for Congress. A Political Traitor. We copy the following notice of Senator Seward from the St. Louis Intelligence, ia. lea ling Whig paper in the State. It is a most Mi, but nie picture: ''But yesterd v. Wm. H. Seward was an especial favorite with the Whig party, and was on all sides regarded as one of the most promising politicians in the nation. Ti-Jay he has fallen from his high estate, and is ranked with Garrison, Phillips and other incendiaries, who are traitors to the Government, in all things save the coinmission of the overt act. So siron as the morbid excitement which Seward has been so actively promoting, shall have died away, he will sink into an abyss of contempt, so profound as to be beyond the reach of hope or mercy." New Dress. Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, in a lecture recently delivered in New York, advocates the adoption of the Turkish trousers with a tunic, and an onier garment filling closely to the bust, with long sleeves buttoning at the wiists, ami furnished with deep pockets, leaving the arms free anil the fra ne unencumbered. The new style was commended in a very graceful and winning manner, and the sufferings of the sex were very feelingly depicted fair lecturer. by the E?"it is said that Joiiv P. Hai e made a verv able argument the other day at Boston, in favor of Scoit the negro charged with having been con..crned in the abduction of Suadrach. Dayton Gazette. Jack is always able on a negro case. Black is his favorite color. CTThe Hartford, Md., Midisonian, has hoisted its Presidential flag. Henry Clay for President and Daniel Webster for Vice President. Dayton Empire. That Kangaroo won't jump. The Methodist Church Scit. We learn from the Christian Advocate and Journal that the book agents of tae Methodist Episcopal Church, acting upon the suggestion of the Court, in the late trial respecting the ehnreh property, have proposed to the commissioners of the Church. South, "an adjustment of heir preferred claims by a legal arbitration ander the authority of the conrt." We are glad to learn this, and trust that the South will, with equal proinp' tmle ami cheerfulness, meet tue proposal favorably. N. Y. Jour, of Cows. O-The oensBS of O-'ejjon, just completed, amounts, ia the aggregate, to 13,323 persons. It is estimated that thero are about 2,000 of the last immigration not inin me aoove. 8 Judge Bragg is the Democratic candidate for Con. Cresa ia the Mobil district, Alabama. He is opposed by the editor of the Mobile Advertiser, who is to run as the Union candidate.

Prom the Pittsburgh Pott. Peaasyl vaaia. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. It will be oer. bv our telegraphic despatches that the

Democratic Slate Convention wliich assembled at Reading, nominated, by acclamation. Col. WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield, for the office of Governor, and Gen. SETH CLOVER, of Clarion, for Canal Commissioner. These nominations will bo hailed with wni versa! satisfaction throughout the State, hy the honest Democracy; and we entertain uo doubt whatever of their triumphant election. Tiie harmony and unanimity which the Democracy have manifested in the selection of Col. Bigler as our standard bearer in the approaching campaign, clearly shows that he stands high in the confidence of the parly. Ho is an old fashioned Democrat, and has always been true as steel on all the great questions of the day. He is a man eminently titled for the position for which he iin been nominated, and from his long experience in Stale aliairs, we feel confident that he will adorn the station that was filled with such distinguished ability by that sterling Democrat and honest man, i rancis R. Micnk. We feel safe iu predicting that he will be eb, ted hy at least l.),000 of a majority over Gov. Jobn- ! son, or any other man the Whigs may nominate. (on. Seth Clover is an honest, siiamht-forward, radical Democrat, and will make an admirable Canal ! Commissioner. He is a good businessman, prompt, aetivc, clearsighted and decided. In North-Western Pennsylvania. "wh.ere he is well known, he will poll a large vote, ami throughout the State wc feel assured , that the party will give him their undivided suffrages. L' t the Democracy go into the campaign with their sleeves rolled up, shoulder to shoulder, and heart to haart, and let their motto be, Bicler axd Clover Union and Victory. tLrJohn Van Bur n. in his recent speech to the abo lition convention of Vermont, thus alluded to his own position, and the support heretofore rendered to Martin an Buren by the Democratic party: " My hopjs rest on the Democratic party. 1 look forward anxiously to their restoration to power in the nation. There are reasons personal to mysclt why I should do so. I owe to them obligations which the services of my life could hut pofltlf rcipiite. One who t imls to nie in a near relation has enjoved their favor for nearly half a century. The struggles of the past the associations and friendships which have been formed in them, and the thousand unrecitcd acts of kindness which SBej have elicited, all conspire to render me deeply anxious that the men and measures of the Democratic party should again prevail." And yet this man so deeply anxious that the men and measures of the Democratic party should again prevail," is traveling from State to Slate, lending his influence and eloquence to the support of an organization hostile to those " men and measures," and at the last Presidential election made himself au active instrument in their overthrow. It is idle nonsense to fraternize with Whiggery and Abolition isrn, and then prate of attachment to Democ- ' racy Smooth words like these we quote, will never atone for Martin Van Bnren's treason, nor can the hopeful son soon gain position in the party he has o recently abandoned bv standing up in Abolition gatherings and ! proclaiming himself a Democrat. Democrats are "made ! of sterner stuff.'' Detroit Free Pre. I'uion or Secession. The,' Union movement in the Sooth is full of interest. F . .to in Mississippi, Cobb in Georgia, Shields in Alabuna; axd a lew kindred spirits in South Carolina are doing! battle in behalf of our glorious Constitution, beneatly whose fostering protection we have made rapid strides in civilization and wealth. Against these devotefl patriots are directed the efforts ol all those who are WissalMtted with our present form of government, and claim the right to break up a system which gives protection and prosperity to twenty millions of freemen. Tha question will le argued fully before the people of the South. The secessionists feel that this is indeed a test struggle. If I hey fail, as we hope they will, signally, the Union will have asserted its supremacy hot by i'on.eof arms, but by that jower which is more formidable and l isting, the affections of an intelligent and free people. If our advices arc correct, the Union cause is gaining accessions daily. Even in the Palmetto States, the strong hold of political transcendentalism, the sensible part of the community are awakening to the peril into which they have been drngged. They arc now considering the condition to which thev will at reduced in the event of separate s-eesion. Charleston already begins to complain af the burthens of taxation which the preparations for secession have imposed. All classes feel the depressing effects upon trade. Sufficient intiinations have been thrown out as to the policy likely to be pursued by the United States not by making war, which would enlist the sympathy of the other BtaBaB, but bv clcsing the ports and by invoking the civil power to arrest, try and punish the most prominent offenders. Harrisburf i'uion. Newspapers. Judge Longstrjct says: " Small is the sum that is rcpiired to paiionize a newspaper, and most amply remunerated is the patron. I care not how humble and unpretending the faiftttB which he takes, it is impossible to till a sheet fifty-two times a year, without putting into it something worth the subscription P' lL' Every parent whose son is oil Irom home, at school, should be supplied with a newspaper. I vajfl remember what a difference there was between ihose of my school. nates who had, ami those who had not access to newspapers. Other things leing equal the first vv ere always decidedly superior to the last , iu debate and eomj.otion. at least. The reason is plain 'hey had command of more facts. A nevvspap'-r is a history of current events, as well as a curious and interesting miscellany, and which youth will peruse with delight whan they will read nothing else." " Orthodox and Hicksites. It will be recollected by most renders, that several years ago there wis a division between the sreat body of " Friends." The one organized under the title of Orthodox; the other took the Bane of Hicksites. At that time, and at the present, the great bulk of church property was retained bv the Hicksites, and the other pirty crcc -d n.-tr buildings. Recently, if we are correctly advised, the llierksites hue proposed a division of the property, and last week, at their meeting, a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. The fact is highly creditable to the two branches of the Society. A Case of Poisoning. We learn ihat about forty persons have been poinoncd near Stilesville, in the dgbboruig county of Hendricks. Twenty-nine or thirty of these unfoitunate individuals, it is th 'tight by the physicians, will not recover. This occurrence, accordiag to our information, happened the fore part of last week. The person implicated as being ae.-. ssory to this horrid deed, is said be an old woman anxious to get rid of some grand-children. She put the poison in a barrel of flour which she thought would b used by her intended victims, but, by some means, the flour passed into the hands of another individual, and was used by a family who had collected a number of persons together at a quilting party. No sooner had the repast aSBB over than the victims commenced violently vomiting and showing other evident signs of being poisoned. The old lady was summo.ietl before a justice to answer to the charge, but the evidence of her guilt being insufficient, she was released. Putnam C-tunty Sentinel. New Hampsiiike. The election of Samuel Dinsmore, j Union Democrat, to the office of Governor, by twentyfive majority, in the Legislature, over Themas E. Sawyer, Whig, is to us a most gratifying result. Even including the 21 scattering votes, Dinsinore had a majori ity of four over all. Tho vacancies in the Senate and Governor's Council ha.;.- been filled with Democrats; so , that after all the leasts of Seward Whigs, At wood Democrats, Stc, the Union Democrats, who run a great haz- ' ard for the sake of principle, have eomc out triumphant, as mey deserved to lie. 1 hey have the Governor, all the Senate except two members, the entire Council, tho Speaker of the Mouse, nud a clear conscience what ,n',re can tueJ desire? N. Y. Journal of Commerce : LvTF.R FROM THE MOUNTAINS PrOSPECT OF ANOTHER Rise The Robert Campbell brought down on her last trip Messrs. J. Lamash, J. Ulwan, J Prew, L. Count, and others engaged in the service of the St. Louis Fur Company. Theso gentlemen came from the waters of Yellow Stone, with their boats loaded with buffalo robes, furs, &.., which were re-shipped at St. Joseph on the Campbell. They represent that much snow fell on the mountains during the past season, ami that at the time of their departure but little of it hd disappeared. These circumstances seem to indicate lhat we will be visited next month by another flood. St. Louis Lnion, 8ft inst. New Orleans, June 7, 1 S3 1 . P a tmfi'l News from Mexico. Private accounts from Mexico convey tho distressing intelligence that a great drouth has for a long time prevailed in the State of Zacatecas. No rain had fallen since last August, and a general famine was impending. Corn was worth $9 per bushel. ICA National Free Soil Convention is to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 4th of July, for the purpose of taking appropriate political action against the fugitive slave law. C7Tho oldest person in the United States is Sukey Wright, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland. She is 120 years of age .

TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1851.

Vermont. Two Conventions, both styling themselves Democratic, have been held in this State. The old line or Cass and Butler Democrats held their Convention at Mont pclier, toe capital of the State, and nominated John S. Robinson for Governor. This Convention adopted the following patriotic and National resolutions: Resolved, That the Democracy of Vermont now stand, where we have stood since 1836, upon the National platform as drawn bv Silas Wright, and approved bv every national democratic convention since that time; that the principles therein set lorth are sufficiently broad and specific for all true democrats, and that wc will neither make nor receive any new tests of party faith. Resolved, That the democratic p.nty is now and ever has been the steadfast friend of the constitution, and that we as democrats will abide by and sustain that sacred compact at all times, under all circumstances, and at all hazards; thai we hold the Union of the States to he of 1 priceless value, and that in accordance with the advice af the venerated Washington, we will "indignantly frown . upon any attempt to alienate one portion of the country ! from the other, or to enfeeble the sacred lies which link together its various parts." RtsolrcA, That the late adjustment mcasHrcs of Congress, dictated not by the south or north, but passed in a spirit of patriotic concession by baw, have now become a pledge of fidelity of the several States to each other, and should be observed by all with the obedience which is due to the Nation's will, and with that good faith which is requisite for the Nation's safety. The other was a sort of congregation of Buffaloes at Burlington. This last Convention nominated L. B. i Peck for Governor, and adopted a series of Free-soil i resolutions, and listened to a long harrangoe from John Van Buren, on Free-soil free trade and free speech. It was a motley crowd, composed of sore headed demo- i crats, disappointed woolly headed whigs, and Garrison ' abolitionists. Peek, the nominee was a member of Congress from Vermont, at the last session elected as a; democrat, but who had become so imbued with Free- ! soiKsm, that he refused to vote for any candidate in the organization of the House who resided in a slave State. ! We make these remarks to correct an erroneous impres sion that tue jlin Van Buren r ree-soil gathering at j Burlington was the regular Democratic convention. Such was not the fact. New Ilampshi re. The Legislature of the Granite State maile choice of Gov. Dinsmore, by re electing him. His message is devoted mainly to State affairs, hut the concluding portion is as fallows: We may congratulate ourselves that wise counsels, and courageous and devoted patriotism, have borne that Union out in safety from amidst its perils; but it should be kept in mind, that these experiments upon the strength and durability of the Union may be too olten repeated. It is not invulnerable, and can only be preserved by the exercise of that unselfish and comprehensive patiiotism to which it owes its existence. Tho measures of compromise have now become a part of the statutes ol the land. Every consideration of good faith and sound p dicy, requires timt they should be sustained. Oiic of them is sensibly, paiafully repugnant to the feelings of the North; but it is designed to fulfil a plain constitutional obligation, deliberately and unanimously ndopted, with a full knowledge or its import by those who framed the Constitution, and since affirmed and enforced by our highest political and judicial authorities. Wc have just assumed our official responsibilities, under a solemn pledge m support the Constitution of the United States. Does it not become, us, under a deep sense of the obligations on us, to be ready on ail occasions to cast the weight ofouriMnence and our example, whatever it may be. thfn the sc; le of the laws, the Constitution and the Union? Coinage for the Month of May. Mr. E. C. Dale, Assistant Treasurer at the United States Mint, has furnished the Philadelphia papers with the following view of the coinage at the Mint during the last month: 86.717 Double Eagles $1.734,940 26 65. Eagles '266.950 43,000 Hall Eagles 21.). 000 224.676 Quarter Eagles 561,690 422.6S2Gold Dollars 422.6-2 H03.H0.' Pieces 1.254.800 Three Cent Pieces. . 969.900 Cents .3,201,262 ,. 37.H.JS . . 9.699 3.02S.500 Piece? 3, Dcposites for coinage from 1st to 31st May, 1S51: Gold bullion from California $3,200.600 Gold bullion from other sources 65,600 3,271.200 . 14,800 Silver bullion deposited in same time Eighth District. We have not room for the entire proceedings of the Williamsport Democratic Convention. All the counties were represented. Major Daniel Mace was nominated on the first ballot, wliich, on motion of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, waa confirmed unanimously. There was a spirit of harmony and zeal which will secure a triumph. The following resolutions were adopted; Resolved, That this Convention fully endorse the nomination of Daniel Mace this day made, and we recommend the nominee to the Democracy of the Eighth Congressional District for their support. Resolved, That for Congress to assnme the power to construct roads and canals through the States, at its will and pleasure, or to go into a system of Internal Improvements, would be a usurpation not granted by any clause in the Constitution of the United Slates, either expressly, or lry necessary implication; and that when Congress does. Irom necessity, appropriate money maid of commerce, a. real discrimination shoiihl he exercised. so that the object shall be one of truly National importance. Resolrd, That while the Constitution remains asit is, a . . ....... all its provisions are sacred, and its obligations imperative. Unr only political security is to be found in a strict conformation of the action of Congress to tae Constitution, and a strict execution of such laws when p ssed. If Congress should transcend its powers, a remedy is to be found in the Supreme Court of the United Siates, and. above ali, in. the ballot box. Rcsclred, That we fully recognize a's tho fixed and unalterable creed of the Democratic party of the Union these great princtpfes: A strict construction of the Constitution; Opposition to a National Bank ; Opposition to a Protective Tariff; The restriction of all appropriations for Rivers and Harlior, to works of a National character; No assumption of the State debts; Economy in the public expenditures; Acquiescence in the will of the majority; Non-interference with the subject of slavery within ( the Mates; And that with these time-honored principles emblazoned upon our banner, we are ready, now and ever, to give battle to tho enemy, whatever disguise he may assume. Resolved, That every friend of the Union should dep. recate the efforts, whether made by Northern Abolitionists or Southern Secessionists tending towards a dissolution of this glorious Union. Resolved, That wc have full confidence in the Democraev and integrity of the Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, and unqualifiedly approve his course as our member in the last Congress. Resolved, That we have undiminished confidence in the integiity and capacity of our worthy Chief Magistrate, Joseph A. Wright, that his administration of the government has been characterized by prudence, sagacity, and profound statesmanship, and that his fidelity to the in terests of the people justly entitles him to the respect anil approbation of the citizens of the State of Indiana, without distinction of party. Resolved, That we recommend the holding of a Democratic National Convention at the city of Cincinnati on the last Wednesday of May, in 1352, lor the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. Terre Haute District. Edward W. McGatghet was nominated for reelection by the Whig Convention at Rockville on the 11th inst. McGaughey when in Congress voted for the Compromise Measures and the Fugitive Slave Law, and since his return sustained these measures on the stump. Hia re-nomination by the Rockville Convention may be considered as an emphatic endorsement, by the Whigs of that district, of his acts as a member of Congress. Lafayette Journal. So we think, others differ. Oct at Last. John Van Buren acknowledges he went to Buffalo, not to join the Freesoil party, but to defeat General Cass. State Journal. Exactly so. Daddy was under tho load of hay. Dayton Empire.

The Sugar-coated Pilla The following are among the pills prepared by the late Free-soil State Convention, to be swallowed by every Democrat who votes for George W. Julian in the coming election. Resolved, That the Feder! Constitution is anti-s'.a-very in its character and spirit, and if faithfully carried out in all its provisions, would give no encouragement or support to slavery or any other system ol oppression. Resolved, That we hold "that tbelaw of God is paramount to all human constitutions and laws, and that, therefore, when human laws conflict with this Divine

law, it is our duty to yield obedience to the latter in preference to the former. Resolved, That we agree with Webster, Seward, Rantoul,and others, that the Federal Constitution grants no power whatever to Congress to enact any law for the ; reclamation of fugitives from service, apd therefore, all enactments of Congress upon the subject are unconstitutional, and no person is under any obligation to support or enforce such laws. Resolctd, That the recent Fugitive Slave Law is most : inhuman in its requirements, utterly subversive of well ! established principles of law and justice, destructive of j some of the dearest rights of the people, and directly conflicts with the law of God ; its speedy repeal ought, therefore, to bo zealously contended for by every friend ol human rights. rejor.That the clause of the new Constitution of this State in relation to the exclusion of colored people, is a direct violation of the Federal Constitution, as well as of the Divine law, must inhuman in its provisions, and calculated to bring a lasting disgrace upon the State, we, therefore, recommend the use of all proper means to secure its defeat. From the Newark, (N J.,) Kgl Position of the Democratic l'arty. The deep feeling of anxiety which long filled the public mind in regard to the important issues which h ive been disposed of in the Compromise bills, has become much allayed, and may eventually die away, if those who have the control of public opinion do their duty. Wc are not among those who seek to cheat the ear with the cry of peace, when there is no peace, nor do we con- 1 sider the danger passed until truer and sounder principles i shall lie at the foundation of the conduct of men. Wc aright point to certain men at the North and at the South, I as an evidence of the existence of a feeling and of a determinaiion which may indeed pass over and come to nothing, but which to all appearances, is fraught with peril, and seems to be a cloud on the horizon of our Republic, which, in its anger, may kindle a storm that w ill destroy the vessel in which our political fortunes are ! embarked. More of reflection and less of passion would I improve our politics. 1 hut which has brought this country forth will preserve it if it be preseivcd at all, viz: honest principles honestly expressed. In view of the past and the future, the position occupied by the Democratic party is sublime and commanding. Though many distinguished men of the opposite party have co-operated with the Democrats in settling these exciting dillieiillies. still the position of tiie Democratic part' has brought upon it the responsibility of these measures, and it stands pledged to guard and uphold the action it has taken. This Compromise, from its fairness and necessity, its nationality and constitutional obligation can never be ma terially oisturfoeu, ttiongn tunc ana experience may prove the ext edienevjof its modification. The gene ral judgment of the country seems to be settling down into the quiet conclusion that the Compromise is, alter all, fraught with wisdom , and that the complaint against it has been founded on the infection of fanaticism, and the rancor of disappointed ambition. The compromises which patriotic men have provided Tor the five bleeding wounds of the country, will be preserved. Diseontent may be felt by MpM and fostered by many, but we have now every hope that, with the body of the people, all considerable opposition has been given over and a truce has been called lor. The bristling bustle, and loud, passionate declamation which six months ago characterized the excitable elements of either party, have died into a whisper, and men have owned their grand mistake by pausing in the conflict. While nothing like argument or reason is urged aair.st the 'policy of the Democratic party, the manifestation of wounded pride, and the festeriugs of unmitigated hate, .will on! recoil upon those whose passion has winged the blow. As Democrats, as patriots, as thoughtful American men, j it becomes us to address ourselves to the legitimate cause af the country. Abolition agitations have done us no j good they have proved the bane of our peace, and have ' been cast like an apple of discord into our National , Legislature. Abolitionism has not yet emancipated a ! slave, and it never will; you cannot choke slavery out i of the South she may give it up, but she will never surrondcr it. It has died a natural death in our own Stat a, and in all the old States of the North, and if the people will be true to themselves, observing the bond of BV Union, and advancing in true, legitimate progress, I the institution of slavery will gradually die away, and ' eventually be known in our land no more lorever. Southern The struggle now amng Politics. on in the Southern States Irom irgir.ia to lXas, it is not to be di.-guised, is for the veiy existence and continuance of the Un on. and hence ' 1 anils," ' Internal Improvements, " and all questions of Finance, are overwhelmed by it; and the issues are: '"Shall wc acquiesce in the Compromise Bills, or shall we resist themf' "Sl.all we demand fresh nlcdges such an amendment of the Constitution as will protect us and oars, or shall we adopt the Georgia platform? These are substantially the only issues in Arkansas, in Mississippi, in Alabama, in Florida, in South Carolina; and North Carolina. In Virginia there are many Disuiiionisis, but not enough to be alarming; in Tennessee there are also some, and we remark that the Democratic candidate for Governor comes out against the Compromise Bills. In Mississippi the issue is of the gravest j character. Every Member of Congress in that State, j except Gen. Foote, is eitSer for resistance to the Compromise Bills, or, if not for resistance first, the demand of new pledges in some new Constitution, and, if not given them, resistance. General Quitman is to be run for Governor on that ground against General Foote. If a Convention can be carried in Mississippi that is for re- I sistancc, then South Carolina will have the adjunct in I treasoa she waits for. These important struggles so mneh more important ! than any of tho parly contests, are breaking down all old party organizations in the Southern Slates. The Whigs of Georgia, such of them and that is the great body who are not Secessionists, cheerfully go for Howell Cobb, the Democratic Speaker cf the last Congress, and .the Whigs of Mississippi as cheerfully vote lor Gen. Foote; both being Union men, and upon the ground that they are Union men, and that alone. The Union men in Mississippi seem to be preparing to run Union members of Congress in every District. In Alabama,, the Secessionists or Disunion men will run their candidates also. In Alabama, the Democratic candidate for Governor has put himself upon a srt of half-and-half ground, with more of the Union than of the Disunion in him. however ; and hence the Secessionists in some quarters ol his own party especially oppose him. In Arkansas, Johnson, the old member, is running for Congress on Disunion grounds. -Vow, South Carolina is intently watching all these movements in the South, and their results, and upon these results the final action of South Carolina will probably tlepend. It will be wjnter before her primary State Convention will be ready to act. By that time the strength of the Disnnionists in the Southern anil Southwestern States will be determined, and as that determination is trong or weak, so, piohably, will be the action of South Carolina. Whenever the South Carolina politicians see that, hy bringing the Federal Government upon the State, thev can arouse the South to sympathize with her because of blood spilt in some contest from force exerted, then we shall have the real secession, the out-and-out nullification that we have so long been threatened with, but probably never before. South Carolina seems to be thoroughly disloyal to the Union, almost unanimouslv anxious to get out of it, and all her politicians for some years have waited for, seems to have been the time New York Express. Giving it up. We clip the following from the Perrysville Eagle Whig: Daniel Mace, was on Tuesday last, nominated for Congress, by the district convention, which met at Williamsport. A democratic) nomination, in that district, has always leen equivalent to an election, and there is nothing, we know of, to hinder its bcir.y so again. So Dan is in the safe road to Washington. 0Emigration is pouring into Iowa from almost every State in the Union, except South Carolina. Almost every steamer that arrivesat Muscatine brings scores of .1 f - I..' . a a a . ... I II O III I 1 1 I Ml, I I j I I I I Irmil mnn . . , .......... I ...4 . in- ... mm mm' mrii ut i .i'ii i. .um in n-1 1 1 w v nee As a prool ol the increasing prosperity ol Muscatine county, we have been informed, that about 10,000 acres of land have been entered, in this county, since the first of January, 1851 Iowa Dm. Enquirtr. The Eqi'estriai Statue or the Hero of New Orleans. The equestrian statue ef Gen. Jackson, which is one-third larger than lire, weighing 35,000 pounds, and made of brass cannons condemned by government, is to be placed on the pedestal in Lafayette Square, Washington, opposite the President's House, on the 4th of July next. Anothkb Earthquake An earthquake occurred on the island of Gaudaloiipe, on the I7th ult, which was severely felt on the south side of the island, where it did eo lud. Table damage. A great many houses wore thrown down, and the plantations throughout the island more or less injured.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JOE 18, 1851.

Col. Johnson Matts This gentleman, who is the whig candidate for Con-' jr. . -.. ... ... 3d gress in me imiu District, nas written a letter to tue Moor's Hill Committee in relation to the fugitive slave law. The letter is an evident struggle to point out objections to the law, without assailing its main features. He admits our constitutional obligations to deliver up fu gitive slaves, and admits thp necessity of some law to ; ; . . . . . . rr.w i .1 ....... I In , K (I ... nl I. . . . .1 'im '"II . 1 I 11 1 IU j 1.11. It Hl l U illL "II UHI IM'll , For this reason he is opposed to the repeal of the law, , but is in favor of two or three amendments. We have long known Col. Watts, and have always entertained I. 1 high respect for his candor as a man, and his general deportment. We, therofore, that we may do him no injus- i ticc, copy entire his three objections and the amendments he proposes : L The difference between the fee allowed the Commissioner when his decision is in favor of, and that allowed him when his decision is against the claimant, should be removed ; for, while it is conceded, that there is little probability of any direct evil to the source afl justice from this cause, none can deny that it is a mauifot discrimination in favor of the claimant when no such discrimination is necessary to the maintenance of his rights. 2. In regard to the power of the Marshal, his deputies, assistants or others to command our citizens to assist in recapturing fugitives from labor, and the enforcement of that command by heavy fines and penalties. My opinion is, that it is unnecessary, and liable to lie exercised oppressively. To call men from their ordinarv occupations in their fields and shops, or from their scats in the house ! of God, lor such purKsc, and, on their neglecting or refusing to obey, mulct them heavily therefor, it seems to me, is going further than the Constitution demands, or necessity requires. 3. M.tkin;r no pretension to legnl knowledge, I am not able to detei trine its effect upon the writ of Habeas Corpus; but if. on experience, that writ is not lelt in force under the law, I am in favor of restoring it and maintaining it in its utmost vigor. His first objection, it will be seen, relates to the fee. This, from his own declaration, he does not consider of much consequence, for he siys: ' It is concede, I that there U little probability of any direct eril to the source of justice from this cause." This discrimination was intended as a graduation of the fees, as the fees of Magistrates and Clerks are graduated according to the seviccs rendered When the peron arrested is proved to be a the Commissioner grants the certificate and de fugitive. livers to the Marshal, or the owner, as the case may be, a copy of the record, and performs several other duties which he does not when he discharges the person arrested on claim. But this amendment relates to a mere pietion of fee, and as no one is injured but the owner who has the ten dollars to pay, it is a matter of small moment. Its adoption will neither secure the owner or protect the rights of the fugitive, or in any wav effect tnc leralin of the law, and the only objection to agitat- I ing this amendment is, that it is not a matter of sufficient importance to excuse the opening of this whole question, which would be the result if a bill was introduced to make this amendment. The second objection would have some force in it but for one thing, and that is, that it is not true. There is no such provision in the act, and we venture the assertion, that Col. Watts never read the law, or he would never have committed so great a blunder. His arguments aro OOa), but there is nothing in the law to fit them. The following is a copy of this provision: The better to enable the said commissioners, when thus appointed, to execute their duties faithfully and efficiently, in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution of the United States and of ibis act, they are hereby authorized and empowered, within their counties respectively, to appoint, in writing under their hand, any one or more suitable persons, from time to lime, to execute all such warrants or other processes as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their NtMB live duties with authority to kucIi commissioners, or the persons to be appointed by them, to execute process as alorc-aid, to summon and call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitatiis of the proper county, when MMHB rv to insure a faithful observance of the clause of the Constitution referred to. in conformity with the provis. ions ol ibis act; and all gooil citizens arc hereby com mamled to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient cxe cution of this law, whenever their services may be retpiired. as aforesaid for that purpose: ami said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere iu the State within which they are issued. All good citizens by this law are commanded to aid the Marshal, or his deputies, in the execution of process but when good citizens refuse there is no penalty. But when docs this assistance become necessary? When forcible resistance is made to the execution of the process, or an attempt is made forcibly to free fugitive slave from arrest These overt acts, Mr. Webster tells us, would lie trcavon Anil xe nrnitiet flott slio.'lil n e:isi ni-inr in tri' nrnv. . ; enee of Col. Watts, where a furious mob were setting the law at defiance, and committing the high crime. ol treason, if he should lc called on to aid the M arshal in quelling the inMirrceiion. that he would rally to the defence of the law and the Constitution with as much alacrity as he did when his country was invaded by a foreign foe. If, however, he should choose to fold his arms and refuse, there is no penalty. By way of recommendation to Col. Watts, it is said he is a very honest man ; that he is no lawyer, and no speaker. All these things may be well enough in the man, but we are at a loss to determine how they qualify him as a member of Congress. If ignorance of existing laws is any qualification, then Mr. Watts has greatly the advantage of Mr Robinson. If want of capacity to enforce his motions with arguments is a superior qualification, then he lias the decided advantage of Air. Robinson. Suppose Colonel Watts should lie elected, which is hardly a stipposable case, and ' he should introduce a bill to repeal these penalties, what would be his feelings when told that there was no such law, and what would be the feelings of his constituents when they learned that their Representative had com mitted such a blunder? On the Statutes of Indiana, is a provision imposing heavy penalties on persons refusing to aid officers in the execution of process when called on, yet Col. Watts, although he has lepeatedly been a member of the LegislHtnre since the existence of that law, never made any attempt to repeal it. The third objection amounts lo nothing, for it has been decided that the writ of habeas corpus is in full force, and has been issued in several cases. The objections then of Col. Watts to this law, is just enough to keep the question open for agitation, which is all the abolitionists desire, and for that reason it is possible they may vote for him, although he is not in favor ol the repeal of the law, or granting the jury trial, which, with them, is such a favorite measure. That Mr. Watts is a highly respectable gentleman, there is no doubt, but that he lacks the capacity to be an efficient Representative in Congress, there is just as little doubt. His education anil early opportunities have been as good as Mr. Robinson's. Nature and not education has made John L. Robinson his superior. The Seventh District. The nomination of Hon. E. W. McGacghey seems to have given greatdissaiisfnction to a poi tion of the Whigs. What are our friends doing there ? The District is Whig, but our best and strongest man should be selected. The Democrat who can secure the entire vote of the party may succeed. At all events it is worth the trial. Let ... . there ie either a convention or a general consultation, and let the strongest man be brought out. This being done the entire vote of the party can be concentrated on him. But we caution our liiends against too much confidence of success, because the angry waves of disappointment are lashing the Whig sea into a fury. There is time to calm all that before the election; and to a great extent will be done. Hundreds who now are violently opposed to Mac, will be his zealous supporters on the election day. ILTSliortly before the decease of John C. Calhoun some of his friends conceived the idea of raising a fund lo pay ofT his debts, and send him to Europe, and unknown to him bad partly executed the plan, when he died. They have given the money raised ($30,000) to his widow.

Candidates for Congress. Dm. Whig. J a m t s Lockhart, L. Q DeBrclbb. Cyrus L. Dunham, Roger Martin John L. Robinson, Johnson Watts. C V 11' D. mwrm

ist Dhttici, 2d District, V,' District, Ath District, bth District, Wm. Dailt, I G. W. Julian,' Ab. T. A. Hendricks. A. Gorman, ) Gth District, Carr, (Ind.) t i . ; i r. Farmer 7th District, E. W. McGaughey n WssVSsfc Daniel Mace. V . K Höchster. G. N. Fitch. Schi'tleb CoLfax. 9fA District, iota District, James W. Borden. Candidates for the next Legislature. SENATE. Bartholomew and Jennings J. L. Spann, Dem. Brown and Monroe James S. Hester, Democrat. Henry Exekiel T. Hickman, Democrat. Huntington 6fC James R. Slack, Dem. Johnson Gilderov Hicks. Dem. Jackson Frank Emerson, Dein. Perry, Sptnccr and Warrick Job Hatfield, Dem. Shelby James M. Slceth. Dem. Warren, White, Sre. R. C. Kendall, Whig. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES allien I. D. G. Nelson, Dem. .tidamx and Jaj John Crawford, Dem. Bartholome Joseph Struble, Dem. Benton. White, c. II. Robinson, Whig. Boone Win. B. Beach and Jeremiah Landers, Democrat-: Wm. Staten and Jos. Keath, Whigs. Cuss Thomas H. Bringhurst. Whig. Clark T. Ware Gibson and Jas. G. Caldwell, Dcms. Delaware Michael Thompson, Whig. Franklin Roltert Brundrctt and A. J. Ross. Dems. FloijdP. M. Kent. Democrat. Grant Zimri Reynolds, Dein.; Jos. Morrow, whig, ifiry Isaac H. Morris. Demm-rat. Jackson Samuel T. Well. Dem. Jemiing Edward P. Uieks, whig. Johnson Samuel E-cle-. Dem. Jefferson Nathan Robinson. Democrat; John Lyle King and Frank F. Mayfield Whigs. Marion Isaac Smith and Henry Brady. Demso.ii ts . A. A. Hammond and D. R. Smith. Whis. Miami Richard F. Donaldson. Democrat. Montgomery Muhion D. Manson aud Daniel C. Stover, Dcms. Noble Jerome Sweet, Democrat. (Jicti James Dobson. Dem. Orange I). S. Huffsiiitter, Dem. Ohio a d Switzerland Abel C. Pepper and Samuel Porter, Dems. Perry John P. Dunn, Dem. Shelby Willia-n Major, Dem. St. Joseph Jo'.in Brownfield, Democrat: Thomas S. Stanrield. Whig. Tippecanoe Lawrence B. Stockton, Democrat: Godlove O. Behm. Whig. Waine Joseph M. Bulla, E. Lawrence and John P. Doughty, whigs. WdliGeo. McDowell, Dem. Gen. Jackons Opinion of Ministers Gen. Jackson from his earliest infancy had a great respect and veneration for Ministers of the Gospel. The following anecdotes are illustrations of that feeling: The Hon. and Rev. of Illinois, mho, I as a Baptist preacher and Lieutenant Governor, had at one and the same time been in the service of the Lord i and ol the Stale of Illinois, becoming dissatisfied with t ic honors or profits, or both, of tiie osts he held, de : tci mined to resign them, and devuie his time and talents to the assistance of the administration in carrying on the I General Government of the country. Accordingly, he came to Washington, and laid his case before the President. He slated Ins pretentions ami his wishes, narrated ' at some 1 ngth all the prominent events of bis political . life, dwelling especially upon his untiring devotion to the i Democratic parly, the sacrifices he bail submitted to, the exertions he had made in its behalf, and its consequent 1 indebtedness to him. but said not a word of what be had , done for the cause of religion. Gen. Jackson heard the clerical aspirant through in ! silence, and after musi.ig for a moment, put the follow- ; ing question to him: '"Mr. K., are you not a minister ! of the Gospel?'' "I am. sir." was the reply. ''Then, j sir," said the General, with his usual quiet dignity, '-you j hold already a higher office than any in my gift an ofj fice whose sacred duties, properly performed, icquire your whole attention; and really I think the best that I ; can do for you will be to leave you at bberty to devote i your whole time to them; for, from what you tell me, 1 , fear that hitherto they have been somewhat neglected. When Mr. Buchanan was appointed minisici to Russia, G n. Jackson sent for him to ascertain if he had any J one in his eye as a suitable person for Secretary of Legaj ton Mr. Buchanan informed the Geneial that he had not. The General then mentioned the name f a young j gentleman, who he said was very solicitous for the ap pointment, and had been strongly recommended by bis friends, and that he was determined to appoint him. On the next day. which was Sunday, the General, as was his custom, attended divine worship at the Presbyterian church, ami in the evening visited the Methodist chapel. The regular Methodist minister was not present, and tho pulpit was filled by one of those old-fashioned Methodist preachers, who, although uneducated, spoke directly to the heart. The General was deeply effected by the simmanner and touching appeals of the old divine. Next morning the young man who was anxiously await, ing an appointment . called on the old General, and by way of ingratiating himself into his favor, commenced a tirade of abuse against the ignorant and uneducated preacher. Such men were a disgrace to the pulpit, and ought not to be permitted to speak in public of sacred things. The General soon managed to get rid of this young office seeker. In the evening Mr. Buchanan, who was on the eve of departing on his mission, called on the President to know if he had sent the name of the Secretary to the Senate for confirmation. The General answered "no wilt not appoint young Mr. . He is no judge of preaching is not fit for the office, and I will not trust him." Another was selected, and the youngster who was no jud;e of preaching afterwards turned out lo be a very bad man. News from the Spirit World. We have before us the first number of the "Spiritual and Moral Instructor,'' published at Auburn, New York, and purporting to contain nothing but communications from the spirit world, manifested through the medium of the knoekings. The following extract explains the obJ1- We uavc no filith in U- Lct lh(se vrho hve rcad and judge: DlSCI.OSfRES FROM THE IKTERIOR, AND SlTF.RIOR Care for Mortals. ' This Publication is dictated by Spirits nut of the flesh, and by them edited, superintended, and controlled. ' Its object is the disclosure of Truth from Heaven, guiding mankind into oen vision of Paradise; open communications with spirits ledecmed ; and proper and progressive understanding of the Holy Sciiptures, and of the merit of Jesus Chi ist. from whom they oiiginated in inspiration absolu e, and of whom they tea h. as tha only Savior of a dissevered and bewildered race. 4 The cinde of Apostles and Prophets are its conductors Imm the Interior; holding control over its columns, and permitting n" article to find place therein unlcs originated, dictated, or admitted by them they acting under the direction of the Lmd Supreme.' A paper professing such high origin and anthent icily as the above, admits no other evidences than an appreciation of its contents, to establish MS claims; and ike fact that it is a Disclosure of Truth from the Interios urges the imortance of its being considered. It is published hy James Congdon, Charles Coventry, Andrea- L. Wilson, and Lonsou Bush, semi-monthly, at one dollar per year. UTA freight train belonging to the Terre Haute Railroad, on yesterday afternoon, run into a wagon loaded with lime, as it was passing the bridge which crossea Pogne's Run, on Pennsylvania street. A Mr. Borsch (b it a few mouths from Germany) wasdriviug the wagon, to which a as attached a couple of horses. The ear struck the wagon near where the driver was seated, throwing it a distance of ten feet, and smashing it into atoms. Mr. B. was seriously injured, his rib being broken by the saock and fall. The front whecUbecame detatehed, and the horses, somewhat bruised', ran awav' with them. We understand ihe cars were moving at the rate of 12 miles an hour three times the usual speed allowed by the city ordinance and if such is the case, the conduct of the egmeer is highly reprehensible. The wagon was behind a shop at the time, and not in the view ol the engineer, but was k not his duty to ring tho belli ELA son of A. W. Morris, about 13 years of age, was thrown from a horse on yesterday afternoon and bad bis arm broken.