Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTLNEI

it WILLIAM J. BROWN; Editor. INDIANAPOLIS; SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 0, 18. Resistance to Law. Tbe Fugitive Slave Law cannot be executed, say the Northern Abolitionists. " It is a dead letter on thr statute book." Tbe religious sentiment of the country has been outraged by its passage, and the slumbering vengeance of a just God awaits its projectors, says Auditor Ellis. We cannor have our rights in the Union the N rth steal our negroes and murder their owners if they attempt to reclaim them, aay tbe Southern disunTbe recent outrage and murder in Pennsylvanui is th 1 loht, wood ta kindle another flume of resist - . e- . " " .. . , en ce . Uuxt and Union-losing Alarvlantl now speaks o taking the law into her awn hands. In the following, . which is from the pan of El wood Fisher, of tbe Southern Press, there is a concealed I told you ao evidence of exultation: '- If our design had been to destroy the Union, and to aggravate agitation, we would have advised our friends to proceed under this law for the reclamation of all fugitives. If that had been done, we might now be in a eivil war. But from a knowledge of Northern sentiment, we were from the first convinced that no such lew could be generally executed, and that ihe attempt would cause more excitement, violence, and animosny between the two sections, than anything else. We have therefore, uniformly pronounced the law impracticable, and discouraged all efforts to invoke its agency. But, what now say the Southern suhmissionists? " On i he foithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, depends the preservation of the Union." Well, tbe two last cases have occurred in New York ami Pennsylvania. In the former, a fugitive was liberated after the Commissioner had eiven the claimant a certificate oi ownet ship liberated by a habeas corpus, on the round that the slave bad escaped prior to the passage of the law. And now Southern citizens bave been shot down, in the company of an officer, fur asserting theii legal rights. So much for the compromise." U The editor of the State Sentinel copies an editorial article from the Madison Banner, and then comments tipon it in the following manner, evincing a degree of feeling which we think the circumstances of the case do not warrant. We are sorry to see such a feeling being engendered between two cities whose interests are so nearly identical. Madison Tribune. We have only acted on the defensive, and if the editor had copied the article on which we mde the comments, his readers would have pronounced them just. Are we to sit still and suffer our portion of tie State, which is ponriig its wealth into Madison, to be represented as nothing but one great sepulchre for the dea l! Our citizens have no prejudices against Madison, but they have a just feeling of resentment, which prompts them to resent an injury. They are nt yet driven to " lick the band just raised to shed their blood.". We have heretofore said nothing in disparagement of the city of Madison, and shall not in future, unless in self-defence. Sad Accident An inquest was held in Wayne township, in this county, hy Eq. Morrow, on yesterday, (19th.) on the lody of Martin Adams. The facts elicited by the examination are these: Andrew Adams, and his brother Martin, went into the woods near their house to try a gun, the sites of which were supposed to be wrong. Martin hot at a mark placed on a haekberry tree, and went to examine and replace the mark for bis brother to fire at, remarking that he having shot too low Andrew should aim higher. Supposing the tree to bo sound, he stepped behind it; Andrew fired, and the ball went through the tree and pasted tbrongh the body of Martin, kilhng him almost instantly. Ou an examination of the tree, it was found that it was hollow, being a mere shell. The verdict of the jury was in accordance with the above facts. C7"A fiendish abolition journal thus notices the death of that great and good man, Judge Woodbury : " For his partisan support of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the part he took judicially in the case of poor Sims, he would Ions be infamously remem!ered in this onuntry, by all who revere God and love lilierty impartially, were it not for the sure prediction, that ' the memory of the wicked shall rot.' He has done much to vitiate tie integrity of law, and to corrupt the pufo lie mind in regard to human freedom and equality all the while pretending to be a devotee at the shrine of democracy. But his career has suddenly terminated. giving fresh solemnity to the interrogation of Jesus What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, : his own soolf' ' and lose V The Columbians give a Concert this evening and Monday evening in Terre Haute. They will also visit Greencastle and Danville, and will sins in this city on next Saturday and Monday evenings. Those who heard them in this place two years ago, speak very highly of them. ITMt. Peassall will give one of bis pleasing and entertaining Concerts on Friday evening next, at the Masonic Hall. Several amatucr performers will assist on the occasion. SL The Gaudaloupe Quicksilver Mines of California have been sold to a Now York Company for three hundred thousand dollars. One of tbe principal owners was George B. Tingley, Esq., formerly of Rush county. t-J We are ytad to notice by the Wisconsin papers, that our old friend John A. Bryan, has been selected as one of the delegates to the Democratic National Convent ion. ITThe Locomotive for the Lawrenceburgh and Indianapolis Railroad has arrived at tbe former place, and the work of laying down the track will commence very O-The price ef passage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between Baltimore and Cumberland, has been reduced to five dollars. DThe Ohio river is now lower than it has been for years, and still continues te recede. Another Anti-Rent Outrage. Albany, Sept. 11, 1151. On Wednesday, abont one o'clock, a party of persons disguised as Indians, visited the residence of Leonard Witoeok, Deputy Sheriff of Rensselaer county, compelled him to leave hia bed, and after potting on his pants and boots, forced him into a wagon and proceeded to Mat'.in's Lake, nine mile from bis residence, and fourteen miles from this city, where they deliberately tarred and feathered him. They att mpted to extort a promise from him that he would serve no more processes. He told them he should do his dutv, let the consequences be what they may. They threatened him with another visit in case he persisted, awd then left him. His brother, anticipating the intentions of the scoundrels, followed in a horse and wagon, and, notwithstanding the threats of the Indians, earned Sheriff Witbeek back to his residence. T Floating Bxidck acxoss Lak Champlain CostFLCTao. The Champlain Beacon of Saturday thus peaks of it: On Monday, for the first time in the histo3 of the world, Lake Champlain was crossed by a train eara. The floating bridge emerged from its slips the monster "aea serpent" CTept forth from bis den, and stretched his hnge proportions from pier to pier, eonneeting shore with shore, State with State, New Eng. land" with the West. Without difficulty or accident, and with as little delay as could have been expected on the first trial of this novel and great ''nvention the youngest horn of Campbell's scheming brain the whole Boston train, engine and all, passed aafely over from the "ermont to the New York shore of Lake Champlain. Tbe ezr-ttement aad enthusiasm were indescribable. The monster depot 50 feet long by 100 broad tbe wharf, the piers, the betel were crowded to their utmost ea paeity. Ton Tin Unrow The Milton (N. C.) Chroniole states that Mr. Vnabfe, Democrat, recently re-elected to Congress from Iforth Carolina, said in a speech that he " worn Id unconditionally abide by the Compromise" " that he would do nothing to destroy it" " that he would stand by the Union upon the terms of the Com-

From the Penury lvsolsa of September 13. The Christ tau a Traced Resistance to the National Law. Almost simultaneous with tbe arrival of William F. Johnston, the present Governor of this Commonwealth, on Thursday evening, in Piulad Ipbia, we bad tbe news of a teriible tragedy in Lancaster county . growing ort of aa attempt on the part of a ciliaen of Maryland to recover a fugitive) slave r I v.-s belonging to him. The facts of the bloody affair were laid before our readers yesterday, and to-day we publish some confirmatory details. Human life lias been deliberately sacrifice!, by a fiendish r. sistance to tbe law, in a State that boa ns of her fervent fealty to the Union, and glories in ber cheetful obedience to tbe Const i'.utioe. A ciiixvn of another State, in the pursuit of bis constitutional rights, endeavors to recover his property, and is shot down in cold blood by the fugitive him sell The subsequent events that marked this melancholy proceed inc. including the serious wounding of the officer of the law, are such as might have been expected from tbe violent and tragical I'L'UI Ii ill iiiT . . It is absurd to mince matters on such a subject i and

(he sense of this whole community traces tbe oause of these bloody tumults, not to the poor, deluded, and Iren . , J ' , , r . ' , utn umi'ii, uui to mine recaicss niiiiuus wnu counn and applaud opposition to tbe established laws of tbe land. In this State, oz man. conspicuous because of his official position, and influential becau-e he uses tbat position for purposes of sectional excitement, openly proclaims hostility to the Fugitive Slave Law, and deliberately urges such amendments to it as would make it nothing mors than a blank sheet of paper. But this is not all. Not only does he urge this lata! modification of the law itself, but he refuses t- sign a bill intended by the Legislature to carry out the provisions of that law in g I Wik. THAT MAN IS WILLIAM F JOHN STOV, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. He has just returned from tbe West, where he publicly associated with men who publicly assail th Fugitive Slave Law. He has just returned Irom n region where he openly advocated the trial by jury for tbe fugitive, in the Siaie to which he may escape, and this in utter defiance of the opinions of such patriots as Henrv Clay, who openly declared that such a provision would effectually destmv the whole right of the Southerner in his property. In the same quartet he daily and deliberately pledged himself to veto the bill repealing a State law which operated against the enforcement of the Congressional st .tute. Arguments like these, coupled with hypocritical expressions of sympathy for the colored man. have formed the staple of his speeches among ihe Western Abolitionists and ngitators. This language operates upon the slaves like an appeal to violence. It is the voice of command calling upon those who are at home to cu the throats of their masters, and upon those who escape into other States to shoot down in cold blood every officer that comes to arrest and every owner that comes io reclaim them. We do not overrate the influence of Gov. Johnston, when we charge upon him, and upon such as him the Sullivans of Butler, 'he Howes of Mercer, and the Stevenses of Lancaster all bis active and ardent supporters and all notorious Abolitionists the dreadful responsibility lor the guilty deed which took place on Thursday afternoon. We do not overrate the effect of that bloody transaction the effect upon the South the effect upon Ihe North the effect upon the slave and the effect upon nurseres' In the South the Disunionists will seize upon it ns a proof that even in this sterling old Constitutional State, the owner of the slave cannot demand his property without risking or losing his own life. In ihe North, the AIh.IiM nits will gather encouragement fr m this fearful fulfilment of the preachings ami prophecies of their Black and British orators. Upon the slave himself, it will operate like an invocation to rapine and to mtfder, making him no longer the obedient serva.it of a kind master, but the vigilant enemy watching the hour when ho may fire the home that has sheltered him, and take his own freedom and his master's heart's blood at the same monn-at. Among the masses of the whites in the North those who daily fear the presence of the colored man in many of the walks of labor and those who recoil with horror from all attempts to unite the two races, cither in toil or in political or soeial rights among these l!ie news of the murder of white men by blacks will create tbe most intense excitement. Such are a few of the consequences of die most atrocious movement that ever demagogues originated to disturb h happy people, and to overturn a noble system of government. We may be accused, as of course we shall be accused, of desiring to make political capiial out of this sad and shocking affair. However it may result, or whomsoev. er it mar damage, our duty is plain, and that is. to hold those accountable who have urged these dangers to the p int where law is outraged, and human life destroyed. That such would Ik? the inevitable consequences of these attacks upon the adjustment measures by Johnston and other agitators, we have a thousand tunes prophesied and proclaimed; and similar apprehensions have been expressed in other parts of the country, should be base indeed if. in such a juncture, wc did not speak out pointedly and fearlessly. Governor Johnston is now in Berks, and will doubtless this evening he in Philadelphia. On Monday evening, be is to speak to the assembled Whigs of ibis city. He will lie received with high honors. He will be wildly welcomed by his partisans. He will doubtless deny ail participation in any agitation that looks to such a sequel as that which has broken upon the community in this terrible catastrophe in Lancaster county. But he will not deny that he is in favor of a fatal modification of the Fugitive Law and that he refused to sign, and is pledged to veto the hill repealing the Obstruction Law and he dare not deny that these, his favorite arguments, are used to influence and to protract the ezeiiement on the Slave question. Such is the man whom Philadelphians are called upon to honor as a public benefactor. Thaae Abolition agitntors, and those who encourage them, not only prepare tbe way. as we bave seen, to mi r.lcr and la insurrection, but they are thtmtelvtt the pledged assassins of the Constitution. In their insane zeal for the slave, they forget the White. In their hypocritical hostility to slavery, they would plunge into ruin the 'hole fabrio of rational freedom. Laughing at all idea of danger to thj Union, they applauded the massacre of those who come in pursuit of their property with the law in their hands. Protected themselves from the horrors they would precipitate upon others, they excite an ignorant population in the South to violence upon their masters, and prepare the way for a war of racer in the North. And while all this is being done, they demand to be rewarded with the highest offices in the gift of the people, as if to acquire an additional influence to degrade the Smth. and to destroy the country itself. N' such deed of blood as that To Lancaster county has ever yet taken place in this country. There have been disturbances elsewhere, when the law of Congress was enforced; and once death ensued, but under widelv different circumstances. Boston has lieen intensely excited; mobs have collected in New York, in Buffalo, and in Chicago but no such scenes of riot and of slaughter have ever yet been witnessed, as consequences of enforcing the Fugitive Statute. We are deeply pained that it should have taken place in Pennsylvania, a Slate so proud ef her position as the sentinel of the Constitution, between the North and the South, and so constant and consistent in her devotion to the rights of her sisters. N- population could be more attached to the Union than ours. None, as a mass, are more opposed to Sectionalism. None have gone so far in tbe N rth ineffective resistance to all aggressions upon the South. It is a double wrong, then, that Fanaticism should work out this bloody tragedy on the soil of the Keystone Slate; but it is a wrong perpetrated by a few reckless men, resulting from the latal course of Abolition agitators, and at variance with the opinions and leelin". of a cominanding majority of our people Ott Again. The Intelligencer of this morning, says: "We are very glad to learn that the President finding that the exigencies of the public business, w hich bad in. duced him at first to decline accepting the invitation to attend the grand Railroad Celebration at Boston on the 17th i . slant, having ceased to offer any obstacle to a few days' absenee from the seat of Government, has reco.t. side red his decision, and will be present on tbat interes -i no occasion." This is certainly a remarkable administration. We suppose the President having aided the Butcher Concha in iranquuiztng tuDs, nas abandoned to their fate theJ gallant Americans lured to that Islaud by the treachery and black-hearted villainy of the Spanish officials. He has determined to continue his tour of pleasure which was interrupted only by a disposition to manifest his sympathy for the tyrants of Spain that, having been clearly displayed, tue groans of our fettered countr nen who may even now be on their way to the dungeons of spam, anect not our compassionate Peietdent. He will be on bis way to the revelries of Boston, and in the shouts of tbat abolition city will lose all recollection of those duties which should at this moment bind him to bis office. The Negro Mobe of Pennsylvania have just now imbroed their hands in the blood of our fellow-citiaens, and openly set at defiance tbe laws approved by the President and which it is his sworn duty to see enforced. And vet. at such a time as this, the Organ announces tbe President has resolved to go to Boston to join in the festivities and revelries to be gotten up there. What will the people think of suck rrrnln ffsffaanii Jrgus. ET We learn from a reliable source that (be Lafayette and Crawfordsville Railroad will be completed so as to allow lbs cars to pass over by the middle of November. Since tbe last arrival of iron.' it has been pushed ahead with the most indomitsble vigor, averaging some three miles per week. Maj. Elston, tbe persevering and energetic president, is constantly on the ground, hurrying .-j . i. i.'i v- j m uiiToip on me worn, witn me uetermination to nave it completed before the commencement of winter. I CroitJiftsrHle Rsrietr.

MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER , 1851.

Model Paper. The Statesman, it seems from a letter published in the last number, is to be sent to Dublin, in Inland, as a model newspaper. The writer says: " I have concluded to send him a model western paper, and I think yours is about the best specimen I can fix upon, so that your sheet will now be handed round in the highest circles in the city of Dublin. Be sure to throw tbe protecting shadow at your pen over poor Pat back up th? Galwav steam packet station take sides with tbe Catholic Bishops support the right that every man has to go to the devil bis owa road give Lord John Rüssel H I generally besides going into particulars take a fling at Bill Brown about tbe extent of your circulation, and tbe number of youi Irish subscribers and in abort anything you please. So is goot!" With the high-toned aristocracy of Dublin, where the " Nation," a liberal paper published by the patriot John Mitchel, was suppressed, we have no doubt the Statesman will be regarded as a model paper. Dublin is the first 'and only place where we ever heard ol it having any popularity. It certainly has none with the democracy of Indiana. Stealing oar Thunder. Mr. Brown, Editor of the Stats Sentinel, is on a visit to Cincinnati. On his way up the Ohio river be fell in with Gen. Jensup, whom he styles, in a letter to the Sentinel, '"the bero of Bridgewater and Cnip-ptwa." Now, we look upon this as a very bold attempt to spike one of our guns, and to steal the thunder that legitimately belongs to Gen. Scott, whom we, and the whole country regard as the real and only Hero of the bloody field of Chippewa. We ayprehenJ that this attempt to rob the gallant Scott of tb I well-earned laurels of Chippewa, will be about ns tnceessful as the one made in H40 t . deprive Gen. Han ison of the fame of achieving the viciory of the Thames. Ness Castle Courier. We stand corrected. Scott is the only hero of Chippewa. He did all tbe fighting and shall have all the glory. Jessup, with his mutilsted hand and scar-cover-ed frame, is no candidate lor the Presidency, and he can do without the title. 8o botile your thunder, brother Grubbs; you will need it all. Union of the Democracy in Missouri. A strenuous and honest effort is now being made to unite the Democracy of Missouri. There is no good reason why this tinior should not be effected. The division first originated in the choice of men not of measures between those who favored the re-election of Col. Benton to the Senate, and those who for many reasons opposed him. Col. Benton had served Missouri faithfully in the Senate for thirty years. From the time of his election he has never resided with his family in Missouri, but has lived in Washington, where he owns a house and slaves. He is now there compiling his speeches, for publication, under the title of thirty years in the United States Senate, and we presume never again intends to return to Missouri, under these circumstances we regret that he should interpose any objection to a fair and honorable adjustment of former differences, by which the party may again be united and again be victorious. A joint convention similar to the plan adopted in New York is proposed. But this proposition is opposed by Col. Benton in the following pointed and indignant Iangnage. " I answer iNSTAWTLTand trttly. that I would SOONER SIT IN COUNCIL WITH THE SIX THOUSAND DEAD who nxn or '-H'lLeaA in St. Louis, THAN GO INTO CONVENTION WITH SUCH A GANG OF SCAMPS, and Hint is nay sentiment to-day. The point is to defht them; the public good requires it. We shall be stronges whs they art got., and what is more, we shall be CLEAN'" WliilM such a spirit prevails there can be no union; and so long ss Col. Benton lives and his friends follow his ?dvice, that spirit will prevail, and the State will be lost to the Democratic party. National Democracy in Vermont. The Burlington Daily Sentinel of Saturday, contains the following paragraph touching the result of the late election in Vermont: " We have received the Gubernatorial vote of one hundred and fifty-live towns, frnm which we ascertain that while the Whig vote i -mains nearly stationary within two hundred of the vote of last year the Free Democracy experience a lots of two thousand nine hundred and six, and the National Democrats make an ahsolute increase of three thousand one hundred and thirty; being a net gain ootr the Freeooilers of aix thousand and thirty eight votes! There remain eightyfour towns to be heard from, which will not greatly alter the ratio." 3 fCThe letter of Gov. Wright, and the Sentinel's explanations of its meaning, are, to say the least, very inconsistent w'th each other. After the Governor's course towards tiie Madisonian. we should think Mr. Brown would be a little careful how he speaks by the Governor's ,: authority." Rushville Jaeksonian. If there is anything inconsistent, the fault is not ours. We had Gov. Wright's authority for saying he did not intend to endorse Garber's opposition to the compromise measures, or to take side with him in his controversy with the democrats cf Jefferson county, and that authority will not be questioned. Tbe Farmers in this section of the State have so far been able to sow but little wheat, owing to the drouth, and seeding is now entirely suspended and will not be resumed until we are favored with rain. The drouth is severe and unprecedented. Vegetation seems entirely parched up, and t ie leaves on the trees are covered with du-t, and indicate premature decay. Tbe season of th Equinox is here and we may soon hope for refreshing showers. Peaches. The Fort Wayne Times says, that whilst the peach crop in almost every other portion of the State is an entire failure, in Allen and the adjoining counties it is abundant, as well as nearly every other kind of fruit. Peaches and apples are daily hawked at out the streets by the wagon load, and sold for almost any price that is offered for them. ü7Dr. Ellis, of the Statesman, denies having electioneered against Dr. Fitch, as charged in a letter we published last week from the Albany Argus, pronounces the author ' a liar and a scoundre1," and says if be can find the man who wrote it, he 14 will endeavor to wring his nose for him." Rushville Jaeksonian. A most valiant knight is that Dr. Ellis. CT The storm of wind at Fort Wayne on the 13th inst. was very severe, accompanied with lightning and rain. The roof of the Times buildings were torn off and the tin rolled up like a scroll. Books and papers were immediately removed, and as the rain was not heavy, the damage to the office was inconsiderable. COLD Co.MFOXT. The Illinois Courier cars lk J "s- j whigs of that State would nearly all prefer Mr. Fillmore a a candidate lor tbe Presidency, " if he eould be elected." tCTbe light draught steamer Cumberland No. 2, sunk in the Ohio river, near Rising Sun, on Wednesday last. The freight mostly will uv saved. The Question. The all-absorbing question in our State, at present. s, who is Nathaniel Greer?. He is made to figure quite extensively as a member of the National Democratic Committee from Iowa; yet, he is not known We are inclined to think that somebody has been ''sold If the bal ance of the proceedings, purporting to come from the n. ember of the Committee and others, are of the same stamp, it can certainly be set down as a fraud upon the Committee and Democratic party. Who is tbe author of this mischievous 'lnmbnggery? Let him he known and branded ; or else let tbe üoa. Mr. Greer bo smoked out. We want some net- to hang our bat on otos Statesman. ITThe White Mountains, in New Hampshire, were until recently regarded as the highest land in the II S eas oi tne nc OCkV Mountains but it has been ascMrtsin

ed that there are higher peaks in Yancy Co., N. C. Mount Washington, which is tbe highest peak of the White Mountains, is 6234 feet above the level of the sea. Black Mountain, in Yancy county, is 8476 feet thus beating Mount Washington, by 242 fest

Legal Reform. No. 6. To kit Excellency Josten A. WaioHT, Governor of India: Sia: In concluding the scries of letters which I have taken the liberty of addresstLg to you, I beg to be allowed a single remark in regard to tbe protection of tbe Slate against fraudulent claims. The mode formerly of bleeding the body politic, was through special legislation. Tbat system of corruption aad injustice is now, happily, ended , but another door ia opened, which, unless closely watched, will lead to abuses tbe most flagrant. By our newCoustitution the Legislature may provide for bringing suits against the State, and enactments will doubtless be made for carrying this prov:sion into effect. We shall soon, no doubt, bave instances enough in tbe Courts of proceedings to enforce the collection of real or imaginary liabilities. Add to this tbe claims which the State may have, as well against her own citizens as tbe citizens and governments of other Slates and against tbe General Government, and it would seem indispensable, and greatly to the advantage of the people, that some one, as tbe law officer of the State, should be placed in charge of these important interests. Most of the States of our Union have their Attorney General, who not only gives his attention to tbe law business of the Commonwealth, but is made the Constitutional adviser of the Executive. Indiana has heretofore entrusted her interests, both civil and criminal, to a very great extent, in the hands of the Prosecuting Attornies of the several districts and counties. In quite a number of civil cases Counsel have been employed at considerable expense, and the assertion may be hazarded, that the sums thus paid out of the Treasury at home and abroad, added to the losses which hsva been sustained for tbe want of efficiency and legal skill, would, for the last ten years, greatly exceed the highest sum paid to an Attorney General in any of our sister States. Shall it be that every momed institution and corporate association can have its devoted legal adviser and advocate, and that our great State, with all its vast and varied interests, is too poor, or parsimonious or careless, to provide herself with the means of protection and defence! We have a large number of corporate bodies, such as Plankroad, R tilroad and Insurance Companies, and Manufacturing, Educational and Benevolent Associations, all liable to be proceeded against in tbe name of tbe State for a viola, tion of their charters; and, as against such corporate aggression, who bave the people now to protect their interestsT If a necessity for such an office has heretofore existed, now when an entire new system of legislation is to be adopted it would seem that his services would be indis

pensable, as an adviser upon the constitutionality of such acts as may be submitted to the Governor for his approval. It is urged, therefore, both on the ground of necessity and economy, that such an officer should be provided for, with such compensation as will command tbe time and best services of the incumbent. There are other subjects which press npon my attention, among which, occupying a place of vast importance, is the law of evidence; but I cannot longer trespass upon your time. Suffico it to say, that with the proposed reforms in pleading, evidence is necessarily and intimately connected ; but the subject extends over so large a field , running into particulars so numerous as, of itself, to form the subject of an essay or a volume. The true principles of a Criminal Code are also well deserving a separate and somewhat lengthened discussion, embracing also the Grand Jury question, which formed so prominent a subject of debate in the recent Convention. Deeply sensible as I am of the imperfect manner in which I have been able to present my views. I am still confident that the general system, of which only an outline has been attempted, would, to a very great extent, remedy the more prominent evils connected with tbe administration of tbe laws. Tbe time is a critical one. Reform is loudly called fcr by tbe people. The Constitution enjoins it, and it must be made. Laws must be adapted to our age and tbe progress of the race. Electricity and steam have almost annihilated time and space. Indiana, with her fertile plains, enterprising and rapidly increasing population, has become, as it were, but the suburbs of New York and Philadelphia, and the great cities of the Atlantic seaboard , while they, in their turn, are close by London and Liverpool and Paris and Hamburgh. Old things are passing away. Old modes, old ideas and old forms, must go with them. The law must be brought back to its simplicity, and all its oppressive features give way to a true, honest, simple, prompt and effective code ; "to the end that justice may be established, public order maintained, and liberty perpetuated" PLOWDEN. Prom the Oregon Ststesmsn Bxtrs. Public Meetiog. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Oregon City, held at the Oregon House, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of taking leave of GENERAL JOSEPH LANE, Delegate elect to the32d Cong i ess of tho United States, prior to his departure for the National Capital, and tendering him a public expression of opinion in regard to his distinguished talents and services, Gen. A. L. Lovijot was called to tbe Chair, and Asahel Bush appointed Secretary. On motion, Hon. W. W. Buck, A. E. Wait, Amory Holbrook, Wm. K Kilborn and Jas. M. Wair, Esqrs. were appointed a committee to draft a series of resolutions, expressive of the sense of the meeting. The Committee retired and subsequently reported the following resolutions, which, on motion of Medorum Crawford, Esq. were unanimously adopted. Resulted, That as friends of Gen Joseph Lane, without distinction of party, we tender to him our hearty and entire approbation of his acts as Governor of Oregon Territory, and devoutly wish that his re-union with his family, may be a crowning happiness to a safe and pleasant journey home. Ruolvtd, That, while we remember General Lane's agency in bringing to trial and punishment the Wiilatpu murderers in bringing back to duty the deserting soldiers his efficient aid in the late Indian difficulties, and the ability, energy, fidelity and purity of purpose which has characterized all his public acts among us. it is but fitting that we express our approbation and admiration of :s course. P-sord, That Gen. Lane came to us covered with military glory, and he leaves us upon business of the Territory, clothed with our confidence and attachment. On motion of Capt. Kilborn, A. 1. Wait and Amory Holbrook, Esqrs. were appointed a Committee to transmit a copy of tho foregoing resolutions to Gen. Lank, and solicit his presence in tho Hr. The Committee introduced Gen. Lane, who briefly and appropriately addressed the audience, thanking them for the flattering manner in which they bad been pleased to alludo to his past services, and pledging his highest endeavors to merit in the future the confidence and approbation they had expressed. Able and pertinent addresses wero also made by Messrs. Holbrook and Wait. On motion of A. Hood, Esq. Tbe Secretary was directed to transmit a copy of the proceedings of the meeting to Gen Lane. On motion of Mr. Wait, The editors of the several newspapers of the Territory were requested to publish the proceedings of the meeting. Whereupon, on motion. The meeting adjourned, with three hearty cheers for Gen. Lank. Peru and Indianapolis Railroad. The grading of the whole of this Road, from Noblesville to Pern, has been awarded, with the exception, perhaps, of some half dozen sections which are very light. Mr. Prall, one of the New York company who have taken tho contract of completing tbe road ready for the cars, is here, making the necessary arrangements for a vigorous prosecution of the work. By the terms of the arrangement between them and our company, the road is to be ready for the cars by November, 1852. but by a second arrangement they will finish it somo six weeks earlier if possible. G. L. Dart has the contract of building the bridge across the Wabash, and the earth work from that point to the depot. Ho baa already commenced operations and intends getting up one of the piers this fall. MhBOssS, stone cutters, quarrymen and laborers, will find constant employment, good wages, and prompt pay, on this work, and as tbe health of the country is good, we think they will do well to came this way. The engineers completed tbe location of the road today, from the crossing of the river to the depot. We may now regard the road as fairly under way and look for its completion by the time designated with every degree of assurance. Miami Co. Sentinel. A Fillmore Official. The Washington correspondent of the Delta a highly reliable writer, with the best opportunities for observation states that Gov. Letcher, Mr. Fillmore's minister to Mexico, utteied, a few days since, the following sentiments. "Lopez is a dead cock in the pit. The scoundrels who followed him should all be hungf" "Cuba is a d d fine country; but its population is a poor, miserable set of devils -they have a devilish bad religion, and have uo business in the island anyhow." ItT'Mr. Wm. Burroughs of Rochester, Ia. cut his throat on last Friday evening. He had been sick for sometime and somewhat deranged, but was at that time a little better, and asked his wife for a knife to cot his fii.ger nails, which be done, and after that he cut his throat in the presence of his wife and mother-in-law. He cut the large arteries on both sides of his windpipe, and bled to death in a few minutes Plymouth a. Pilot ICTFor interesting Telegraphic news see next page.

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In this country the people are tbe source of all power. ' mny g'ariug instances of subornation of perjury, to proIf the people are intelligent, all will have their due j COrc tbe con'ction r innocent men. Dr. Aliel Pitch, weight in the government. If they are ignorant, the : t,,e principal in the indictment, has died since the comfew will control. The father owes it to his children io j mencement of the trial, protesting bis innocence with instruct them in the political condition and frame-work : ni ürCath. His funeral was preached by Rev. Dr. of our government. If you are a Democrat, ' train up ,,sler wlo was with litui in his last moments. After a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he aec'laring his thorough conviction of the Doctor's inno-

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. . Although this determination ol the people is at va. The Press is a little contemptible sheet, published at riance with my fixed opinion of tne true Balis of the Greensburgh, wh.ch we long since struch from our ex- Stale, heretofore expressed a d still eons, leuiioiislv enchange list for it. vulgarity, blackguardism and aboli. tV?1" r" m"n' an' ' De,u,rt' . .e .1 liw in respectlul submission to the apparent will of Monism. Our ncighdors must be thankful for small fa- ' the people. vors, when thev will parade in their columns such an l ,s ,rue tne State has not yet spoken authoritatively; endorsement. The editor of the Press is a beautiful f-?enhlne Mf,"f Ulf Conve.tt.i.n will not be binding un- . f , til they shall have been ranhed by a Vote of tbe tseoplei judge of what constitutes either a gentleman or a dem- but by the election of non-n sisu-.'s in tea Convention, a ocrat. majoiity of tbe people have decla ed against the course ol" policy on the slavery qui stions. wheat I deemed it ITIn consequence of the City authorities demanding rny duty to pursue while Governor; and against tL a license, the Columbians have determined to . iv but Pri"ciPlt' upon which I wns nominal, d . and upon whkh . - ,, I . r i e - alone I hud consented to run as a candidate. I miebt, one Concert in tins city. This same family of singers, eec(ed. notwithstanding ,h,s demonstration a little over a year since, contributed their services J of public sentiment in the at action lor the Convention-

i gratuiconsly at a Fireman's Fair held at the Governor's I Circle, the proceeds of which purchased the . , . . i engine of the Independent Relief Company. The exacting of lisence from them, to say the least, is in bad taste. They will have a large audience on Saturday evening, . . and we only regret their not giving one on Monday evening P"The "Wright and Bright war" is razing among the Democracy with unabated fury, notwithstanding the j repeated efforts of s .me of the old stagers to eff pat a re -onciliation. It will end in a grand blow up yet. 1 Danville Advertiser. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, brother j Editor. The Democrats of Indiana wi I not follow the j example set them in Missouri, where they have divided into Benton and anti-Benton factions, and by this division handed the State over to the Whigs. Revolution in Mexico. A revolution in the Northern States of Mexico, composed of Tamaulipns, Coahuila and New Leon, is contemplated, at the head of which are the celebrated partizan chiefs, Canales and Cavanaja!. They anticipate assistance from the United States, and right or wrong they will get it the moment they strike the blow. The disbanded Culan patriots a ill be ready, and the long line of frontier cannot be guarded. President Fillmore better issue his proclamation. HZTThe investigation of the Pennsylvania Abolition riots is still progressing. Some fifty have been arrested, in all, and the officers are in pursuit of more. Among the arrest, wa. Abraham Hall, a fugitive .lave, but who had refused to participate in the murders. He declared hi. desire to return to his master: said he has been deceived by the abolitionists. They first persuaded him to leave tbe service of a good and kind master then tried to induce him to commit the horrid crime of murder. OThe steamer Eclipse, says the Louisville Courier, now bu;lding at New Albany, in this State, is the greatest and best stesmer ever built in tbe West. She is 360 feet in length, 72 feet in breadth, and can berth 202 passengers in hci cabins. Her engines and machinery, which are iho largest and most perfect ever built in the West, are still at the foundry of Messrs. Phillips, Hise & Co., the builders. ETGeorge W. Turner, Esq., of Valparaiso, Portecounty, Indiana, is a candidate for Clerk of the next House of Reoresentativcs. Mr. Turner is a sterling democrat, and possesses all tbe qualifications to make him a most efficient clerk. Gas. The Gas company have already commenced laying tbe pipe., to convey the gas from their works to Washington street. The fixtt ies are almost up ra our office, and we notice the workmen busily engaged ns, putting them ap in different portions of the eity. XTDanie! Webster, Rufns C hoste, Peleg Spragne and George Ashmun, are spoken of in connection with the Judgeship of the Supreme Court, recently made vaeaat by the death ef Hon. Levi Woedhrire

The Ohio River. The Ctio river, from Pitt-bar gh to Louisville, has for some time been se low, aa to be useless aa a commercial channel between tbe East and the West. Gods sre tiled up at Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Cincinnati, wailing for tbe rising of the river. I los is this to be remedied? aad how long is this state of things to obiruct our businetsT Wc answer that tbe remedy is at hand, so far as Central

i Indiana is concerned When our R.ilw.r. .k.u epened from this city to Sandusky. Crevelsnd and Pittsburgb, we shall be independent of the Ohio river for our Eastern commerce, and sh .11 no longer tie compiled to pay tribute, in the shape of delays, fosses and commisstons, to the cities on the Ohio. Our march is onward, on the wings of steam ; and our people have become tired of watching the clouds, and waiting for the rising; of the waters. We will soon have a ffr. at Uat.uar thoroughfare, upon a direct route from Pittsburgh and the Lake, from ;he Atlantic eiti-s to Madison, Louisville, New Albany, Evansville and Terre Haute, pass ing through our city, that will not be effected by the drouths of summer, nor the freexin of winter, then porations. It is alleged that in this case there have been ' cenc' Bnd ,he '"ul eonspimcy of tbe Riilroad corporation to destroy him, the learned divine said: " It is well known that heavy, moneyed corporations, are not apt to be distinguished for their tender mercies, nor for their regard for justice, except it can contribute to pecuniary gain. Corporations become Corporate for the sake of the dollar. Evei yibing else is apt to Im made 1 . . Vn"1 X " ,nm,,t s'",--' rctnIr i Knill. - i.nroorarmn nsv no tmii. Ho true! And no conscience, and no regard for G"d n.r m:tn excent I " fr 4 ,n God and man will subset ve the interests I fc !" ,h7 b'c,lme TST' T"ev h" 00 uch i be" maybe the seat of moral accC4iuialMlity. The corporation is a very different .hing, in this respect, than '! compotent units may be. T- r im fat s nany aV the men imposing the Company owning this Railroad may Iks good men. spending much of their lime in Psalmin Eastern Churches, while .be Company a j Company . are recklessly tr impling nut Statute law and tlle 1Jlvme under loot every Sablmtb-day ." C" The Frcesoil Convention of Massachusetts bave nominated John G. Palfrey for Governor, and Amasa Walker for Lieutenant Governor. Both these gentlemen, as well as Hoi ace M.tna, Charles Sumner, Judge Allen. S C P, olios Uli C V 4,1 rhn MAB - j parfi(,panl, in ft. Convention, were formerly member, ' r the Wbi - - o I J C7 A short time since the Democratic papers of New Hampshire bad standing at the head of their columns " For President, Levi Woodbury, For Governor, Luke Woodbury." They are now bot It numbered with the dead. " What shadows we are, and what shadows wa puisue." From the Xstcbex Pree Trsder. Gen. Quitman's Deelensioa. TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE RIGHTS PARTY OF MISSISSIPPI. The result for the recent election of the Convention, however brought about, must be regarded, at leurl for , I . - - - - - - " I ; - f 1 c. ... me posu.on ui me aiate ami ;lie great issues involved j The maJ(,rltv llItve dedared that tb are itV the Inte aggressive measures of CsaW aad op. K,sed to any remedial ..,, ly . State" ? ' but " 1 bave been mainly insti omental in seeking ti.e SsTftShf Ua-t ES fLC5lf tlon- I ought, in my political action, to abide by it. Therefore, utvn 'full consideration of all tbe circuit : 8,nces ; respect for tbe apparent decision of the people j ! d" l? ,be n,,l,.,e ta"d .l'tn pa, ty who are atoaf. glmg to maintain the rights of the South against North- ! ern afflression, and to preserve ..or instiim i.Mis l..iu tho fatal effects of consolidating all power in the Federal Government; and a sense of scll-rt s;cct , which incbr.es me not to seek a public station, in which my opiiiuwis i uP"n v',a' questions are not sustained by a majority of my eontituents ; all concur in inducing me to the opinion that nay duty requires me to retire IVnm tb position which I occupy as the Democratic S:ste Rights Candidate for Governor. With emotions of the deckst grat. itnde to the patriotic party by which 1 was nominated, for the evidences of their unfaltering c -iibdcnre , both in the nomination and in the warm and hearty reccptfoa with which I have licen met every where in the canvass, I tender mv resignation of the high and honorable pst of ibeir chief standard bearer in the pending canvass, pledging myself to them anc to the country, tbat I will to the last, serve the great cause of State Rigl ts, as faithfully in the ranks a. I have endeavored to do in high position. J. A. QUITMAN. Monmouth. Sept. 6. 1S51. Erom the Wiacaester Patriot, Whig. Caved in. The Indiana Statesman, whose editor is at present Auditor of State, and which up to the close ol the lute election professed to be thoroughly imbued with anlislavery sentiment ; so much so that it enlisted in behalf of George W. Julian, and urged his election to Congress. This is not all. it even arrayed itself in mortal combat with the Stale Sentiml, because that paper advoeated and sustained the Compromise. So thoroughly did it seem to be committed to Itee-soili-m thai the True Democrat appeared to lake great pleasure in claiming relationship with it which we presume must knve bettf about fort y-le ven lb cousin, ami ihe Democrat would putiif to tbat paper to prove ihe Iree-soibsm of tbe Democratic party of Indiana. The election is now over, the Statt Sentinel ha. triumphed, and all at once the Statesman, the great aid mighty champion of "human freedom," cave, ia, body, soul, and breechem to Bill Brownism. J crrEKsoNviiLLE Railsoad. The work oa this roadf is still going ahead vigorously, although much inconvenience is experienced, in consequence of the difficulty of getting then iron from Cincinnati, on account of tbe very low water. The large eni'ine-depot at JcnWsonville, the car-shop, and the blacksmith, are all c mple. ted. They are built of brick, in tbe very bast style, aae of ihe most substantial character. Tbe materials for tbe large Ireight depot are being hauled to tbe grouad, and it will soon he erected. The cars continue their regular trips U Vienna, and the business is constantly increasing, and gives an earn est of what may be expected when the road is cemple. ted. It is managed in a business like, and at the same time, the most economical manner not tbe sltghtesr accident ever having occurred oa the road, and we aea an. thing to prevent it lining the best paying road hi the winde country. We look with great anxiety for the announcement of its completion, which will be during the coining spring. Louisville Courier. A CawTax Shot. The Albany Dutchman very truthfolly remarks, that after "a careful examination of all the histories which have yer been written m relation to the Mexican war, we have come to the niaihssisa that the onry portion of the army which did nothing, was tbat portion which was composed of privates funeral Scott doing all the fighting from Vera Crux to Mexico, while Taylor and Wool appear to he tbe roly men who at all distinguished themselves from the Rio Grand to Bneaa Vista. If official documents are worthy of credit, all the soldiers do in battle is. fo look on and see their erricxas perform mirarlcs."