Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WILLIAM J. BROWN, Edltor. INDIANAPOLIS:

SATTftDAY EVEKING, OCfOBKR 4, 1851. Col. Joseph Johnson is the Democratic nominee for Governor, and Shelton F. Leake for Lieutenant Governor. Col. Johnson resides in Harrison counly. Western Virginia; has represented the District many year in Congress, and was during the late session ofrhe Legislature elected Governor. He is a gentleman of respectable talents, and great personal populaiity and worth. We rejard his election as certain. The Whig Convention has nominated George W. Summers, of Kanawha, as a candidate for Governor, Samuel Watts, of Norfolk, for Lieutenant Governor, and S S. Baxter for Attorney General. The Convention then adopted resolutions recommending their nominees, endorsing the Compromise measures, and applauding the administration, declaring Mr. Fillmore entitled to the confidence of the Whig party. They further pro. claim that the Whigs of Virginia can support no man who is not true to the Union and the Compromise, and assert to the North that the Union can only be preserved by maintaining the Constitution in ietter and in spirit. The resolutions do not formally nominate Mr. Fillmore; they, however, indicate a decided pieference for bim as the next Presidential candidate: ITT" The Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad is now open from Lake Erie to Mishawaka, in Indiana, a distance of one hundred and fifty-seven miles. The cars ran to Mishawaka on the 23d ultimo. These Companies have opened, since the 1st of December last, eighty-two miles of new road. In a few days the road will be opened to South Bend, making eighty-six miles of new line, and a total of one hundred and sixty-one miles from Monroe to Toledo, at the bead of Lake Erie. It is expected this line will be opened to Laporte in a few weeks. The total amount of new line opened will be one hundred and thirteen miles, all within one year, and the greater part put under contract since February last. Julian in Cleveland. The Hernld says: The Hon. G. W. Julian, late M. C. from Indiana, addressed the F. S. Convention last evening with peculiar power and felicity. He commenced by abusing his own State soundly." When he came to speak of the dough-faces txd those who opposed his election, he said: " My friends, I covet the severest powers ol sarcasm, those arrows attributed by the poets to the Gods, vith which I might rip out the rotten and corrupt hearts of doush-faees. I would wage a war of unrelenting extermination against the whole race of Christless whelps." C1 A celebration of the anniversary of the Sabbath School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church will take place in this cily on next Thursday. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Kidder, and other distinguished speakers. For a programme of tbe exercises of the day we refer our readers to a special notice in today's issue. 0The Indiana Conference of the M. E. Church commence its session in this city on Wednesday. V The celebration of the opening of the Bellefontaine Rail Road to Chesterfield, 42 miles, is on next Thursday, the 9th inst. The fare is but 25 cents, each way. The The cars leave Indianapolis and Chesterfield at 8 A. M. If the day is pleasant a great crowd will join in the excursion. 13" The Grand Section of the Cadets of Temperance of Indiana, holds its session in this city on the 13th inst ; and the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance, and the Grand Union of the Daughters of Temperance hold their annual sessions in this city on the 14th inst. Gov. Johnston, who was one of the first to hear of the murder by blacks at Christiana, being near the scene of the tragedy the next morning, did not issue his Proclamation , offering a reward , till five days afterward . He was busy, meanwhile, in delivering Anti-slavery electioneering speeches, ami telling the people what modifications are required in the Fugitive Slave Law! !L7" The San Francisco Herald of August 13, says several entire squares, which were burnt over on the 22d of June, have not been rebuilt, the owners of the property being unable to erect new honses on their lands. IT The Whigs talk of choosing the Governor in Vir ginia. "All that is necessary," says a letter from Prince Edward, copied in the Republic, "is for the Whigs of the Union to unite on President Fillmore!" Tin- Rio Bravo. This is the title of a new and beautiful Weekly paper just con.menced at Brownsville, Texas, by Ovid F. Johnson and Francis J. Parker. It is handsomely printed, and edited with much ability. Democratic in its politics. We place it on our exchange list with great pleasure. IThe kjllowinr resolve, passed on the Uth October, 1850, at a public meeting in Bartlett, near the scene of the late murder at Christiana, Pa., shows how tbe negroes are backed i " Resolved, That we consider no individual, or individuals, have a right to keep any other individual or individuals in bondage ; and that we will harbor, clotht, feed, and aid in the etc ape of fugitive slave, in opposition io the late." Michigan. The Democratic State Convention have nominated Robert McClelland for Governor, and Calvin Britain for Lieut. Governor. This is a first rate ticket, and all the combinations of woolly-heads and abolitionists can't defeat it. HP We heard something drap at our office door this morning, and on examination found it to be "A slip from a port-folio," containing essays on " The language of Devotion," and "Metropolitans." This composition is sneh a treasure that it would grace the author's port-folio much better than the columns of a newspaper, and it was very indiscreet on his part to let "slip," a production so valuable. The author (unknown to ns) can replace it in his port folio by calling or sending for it. This world is blessed with many such writers, and, their name is "Legion." ET Among the distinguished visitors to onr city, we notice our old friend Dr. Thomas C. Moore, formerly Senator from Daviess and Knox. The Doctor now resides in Wetfield, Clark county, Illinois. He represented Clark county in the Legislatare during the last session, and was a zealous advocate for a liberal system of railroad charters in which our State is so much inter, ested. May success attend the Doctor In all his exertions and landible aspirations. Lawreacefcarga and Iadiaaapoli Railroad. We understand that the citizen of Cincinnati have nbcribed aUut forty thousand dollars toward the construction of the Lawreneebargh and Indianapolis Railway. The whole line will soon be under contract. Tht important of thin route waa newer more clearly mini feeted than at fctt" tinse, when navigation is almost suspended on the Ohio river. CTTfce City Library and Reading Room will be open to subscribers next week. The periodicals and news, papers nave been seat he, and wil be placed on file as soon as received.

The American Consul at Havana. We copy below an article from the New York Evening Journal, edited by Thurlow Weed, the leading Whig of New York. The article speaks the aamiments of the American people in regard to the conduct of Allen F. Owen, the representative of or government at Havana. Yet, strange to ay, he is still continued inoffice by Mr. Fillmore. The following article is from the pen of a whig, and as Mr. Owe-, is a whig, appointed by Mr. Fillmore and continued in office by Mr. Fillmore, the writer of course speaks impartially. " There is no longer room to doubt the henrtlessness of the official who disgraces the American character at Havana. He has proved himself destitute of the commonest sympathies of our nature, and wholly unworthy the position he holds at the hands of the government. The unfortunate men who were deluded by false representations to accompany Lopez to Cuba, and who were paying the penalty of their rashness ami folly, had a right to look to him for counsel and sympathy, if not for aid, in their deep distress. Many of them were bis fellow countrymen Some of them were personally known to him. All of them belonged to the common brotherhood of roan. An unenlightened barbarian would have pitied them. An American Christian should have done no less. Mr. Owen excused himself from affording thetn either aid or sympathy by coldly informing them that " the President had proclaimed them without the pale of the law. and he could do nothin for them."' This was a

despicable apology. None but a heartless man would have uttered it. If others had been as destitute of human sympathy these hundred and sixty Americans might have died a more unenviable death than the fiftywho were slaughtered by the Cuban authorities. But when they Mere thus abandoned by the represen tative of their own government, they received aid from Irnarinln LU. anil from Mr. Crawford . the B,ili,k i American res Consul'. It may be mortifying to our national pride, but it is creditable to the English representative, that when Mr. Owen turned his back upon them Mr. Crawford cheered them by his kindly sympathy and ready contributions. The letter which we published y ester day says: " During several days our only means ul contributing to tbe amelioration of their condition was throHgh Mr. Smith. Secretary of the British Consul, who continued to visit them twice daily, taking them small comforts, and speaking in their behalf, by which mein' he improved, in a vry great degree, their condition.'' It is difficult with such facts before us, to speak calmly, or to properly cbaracteriz-e the conduct of the American Consnl. But this neglect of the living was in keeping with his conduct toward the dead. When the gallant but unfortunate Crittenden, and his doomed associates, expressed a wish to place in safe hands sc me simple mementos of their remembrance of friends at home, he refused to visit them; and when their dead bodies were brutally mutilated and dishonored by an excited mob. he interposed no protest! When his inhumanity was first made public, the representations were denounced as exaggerations. Sufficient time has since elapsed to prove them such. But so far from there having been any attempt to do so, new evidences of his reprehensible conduct have accumulated so rapidly, that it is no longer possible to doubt the truth of all that has been published against him. The Administration owes it to itself to at once dismiss from service a man who has so signally outraged humanity and disgraced the government which he represents." Scarcity of Money. The Cincinnati Price Current says: u The scarcity of money continues, ned we think will continue until a rise in tbe ri' er produces a more active state of trade; until then, r tes will rule much higher than is usual at this season of the year. " Dullness continues to characterise every department of trade. On Saturday a favorable change occurred in the weather, and rain during that day and Sunday gave promise of improved navigation, bnt it did not prove sufficient to effect the river at this point, and we have still to report a suspension of navigation; and the produce markets, of course, present the same inactive appearance previously noticed. Trade, however, is healthy, and with a fair stage of water every department would exhibit an active appearance; the present dullness beins caused wholly by the interruption of navigation on our chief outlet. Money in New York. We copy the following from Thompson's Reporter of the 25th instant: "Money is gradually Incoming more abundant, but the infamous attempts of many persons to keep up the rates of money by spreading rumors of failures which have no existence, but which, in some cases, are produced by the rumors, check tbe return of couridence in paper, aitiiougn money has become, palpably, more easy. The payments Irom the country are good, and every effort is made by indebted merchants in the city to get in funds, and diminish their outstanding oblinations; consequently each day's payment into bank is a step towards ease, and the stoppage of one or two desperate borrowers has checked the demand for money at high rates. The current is now running towards the city." Cold Comfort. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, speaking of Gen. Scott, says: " We have no doubt at all of Gen. c ott's position in relation to the great measure of pacific. ition and union. still we are well convinced that the peoj le of the South will not support him, and ought not to support him, as a candidate for the Presidency, unless he shall come out with a lu exoosition ol his views as to t be Comnromie. an exoosition cxnresslv and avowedly intende.f for the whole people of the United States." - w : j Ca an berries. The cranberry crop is likely to prove deficient this season Minnesota Pioneer: We take the following from the " Cranberries begin to come into our market, but not abundantly as we honed, by any means. If there should uc .i suruius oi mis irun in marxet, it must come Irom vear, t3l TC. MiTSta- e fT is'.this year as eil as last, the cranberry marshes have been drowned out by high water.'' Colonization Meeting at New York. On Friuay eveninc a public meeting was held in Rev. Dr. dTe'ssT TMrTc1 Amongst the audience were thirty-six colored ieisons who were to sail on the following day for Liberia, -lev. W SÄE!!! T'1 HS1 was the principal speaker. He dwelt on the catholicity of the society's objects and organization, and appealed for support to philanthropists of all sects and parties, He ttaced a providential design in the results which must accrue to Africa from the colonization of free col. ; ored persons, who, while residing in tbe United States, Ihave acquired a knowledge of Christianity, and ol many ol the arts ol lile. He cited cases to show the good that has already been achieved by emigrants sent out in connexion with this society, and expressed a bei I I-ii?.", . i ? r ' Z W" !o r t' ,a,r!, will be able to send out from 300 to 500 frorn New Ord w w"T Kl f? We? r Urcott. and i rtev. mr. West ol Pittsburg, the former of whom re-

commended the movement as the roost effective means of, county, with a population of 25. WM), there wer 3fi6 prosperiiy of the manufacturing interests, and the low suppressing the slave trade which has hitherto bafhYd deaths, and in Marion, with a population of 24.28M, there prices which have ruled throughout the year. Whatall the costly eftorts ol the British people and govern- i were 340 deaths; ami this in the year in which we had, r the crop on her own -oil may be, Britain must purment. j I . J 1. 1 I t- . . .1 . . . . 1 l Ii... Inrnali. alcnml . . 1 it . ....m. f '.

ITJ The Lafayette Courier, is of the opinion that " our laws are so framed as to give the lie " to the " principles laid down in our declaration of independence,'' and that inough all men may be ' created equal, yet the for mntlnnn rtf cnuottr n .,..1. IM L A 1. ....... ! wvs.s.w a, i iii ii, tu niest, lauci imp, mill ii is imoossible that the colored m.n I 'rf.u should enjoy the same rights and privileges of the - - whites. in course, the editor, an Abolitionist, and an Ellis at that, is in favor of granting tbe black man the "same rights and privileges," .such as voting, holding office, etc., enjoyed by white men, or he would not have written in this style. He thinks, also, that our "free institutions" have placed " a yoke of oppression " upon the colored man's neck. No wonder the opposition ami abuse of such a miserable Abolitionist only the more commended Senator Bright to the sound Democracy of the Stale last winter. As the Sentinel well remarks, the support of such men will work more injury, and create more prejudice against Gov. Wright, than the opposition of every Democratic paper in the State. Majisuuian. A Heavy Judgment. A young man named Pharaoh, aged 20 years, who murdered Miss Sharpless, in Pennsylvania, an amiable school teacher, and simply to get possession of her wold watch, before he was sent to the other world Irom the gallows, tnrning to his father, who was standing at the foot of the platform and gave him the following terrible rebuke: " Father, yon know yon have not acted a good part toward me yon have never offered me a rood example to follow, bat permitted me to grow up in ignorance and vice." What terrible words are these to be addressed to a father, by a eon standing under a gibbet! Mr. McCormick, inventor of tlte reaping machine which hat attracted so much attention in England, is a move Cf Rockbridge county, Va. O-Wbeat is -elling in Madison st fifty.?'' cu Pr boshel.

MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1851.

Agricaltuial Societies. We are gratified to witness the laudable spirit exhibited by oor farmers in forming Agricultural societies. The legislatare has manifested a liberal spirit towards these associations and, we trust, the day is near at band when every county will have its society, and that we shall annually have at the Capita! of our State, a great exhibition of agricultural products and Mechanical skill. The cultivation of the soil is the corner stone of our national prosperity. Its history is co-eval with the existence of man. Adam was not placed in the garden, to grew and vegetate like a plant, but to prune and cultivate it. One of his sons was a cultivator of ti e soil and the other a shepherd that looked after the flocks and herds as they grazed over the new world. Noah after the landing of his ark planted vineyards, and got hinh on the juice of the grape. The wise laws of Moses made ample provision for the division of lands, the protection of Hocks, and the harvesting and gleaning of the fields. The land of promise was not a land of brick walls or rocky pavements, but a land flowing with milk and honey , corn and wine. When the prophet Elijah threw his mantle on Elisiia he found him plowing in tha field with twelve yoke of oxen. Christ drew many of his illustrations from the fallow ground, the harvest field, and the threshing floor. Greece in the days of her glory worshiped nt the shrine of Ceres and wherever the proud Roman in the la. ..I I. it I...W-. . i- nilnliAjl Lie ll.nl I. A ihli.ll4rllil the tlelil ' .' . T , ... .. . N 'lUUnt gl ICll t lire . Il feeds commerce, and gives life and energy to all sudordinate employments. When the science of agriculture droops, national prosperity and individual wealth fade away. Contrast i lie condition ol New England with Mexico. Skill and science in the former makes the cold and sterile lands teem with the choicest fruits. In the latter the miserable ignorant and degraded peon ploughs with a forked stick of wood in the rich valleys, surrounded by mountains of iron. In no part of the habitable globe, arc there so great inducements for the careful and scientific cultivation of the soil as in this great Western valley watered by the tributaries cf the mighty Mississippi. The bounteous giver of every good and perfect gift, has set before us in boundless profusion the necr.vsary elements for a high state of cultivation and happiness. But to reap, we must sow, and to gather fruit we must toil and labor. Man was formed for that purpose. He must struggle with the elements around him, or the high attributes of his nature can never be exhibited. The farmer here is the free man indeed. He cats not the bread of idleness or of fraud. His gains are the bounteous production of hi mother earth, and not wrung from his fellow-men by device or strategeni. Around his own fire-side his joys are hightcned, and his sorrows and toils alleviated by the chastening influence of "wife, children and Iricnds." His repose is sweet, and hi bed softer than the downy couch of an eastern Prince. Nothing indicates in a greater degree onr high sttt F i l of prosperity as a nation than the present as ricuiiurai sticcess of the country. A few years ago a commercial ... . . mama swept over the land inlecting ull classes with its - Ti ... . r ikiiso not s inltuence. Iho oroductive industry o the country was abandoned, and the regions of the Baltic r . I . t . "T1 , furnished larsre cargoes of wheat. The iniunction of ., ., ., , .ii ..-I i i .i . llie A min ' v tii i' mull shonlil fat 1 1 lir.ml liv I li swi'nt r i , . , , i - r - . ., , s'-i fell on us. with erushinr infloene Bnt the storm . , . . , , ! has P5' and lhe bow of P0" spans the Heavens, ana tne wrecK oi ine past is the beacon to warn lor the future. Commercial men have their associations and Mechanics their societies. There is no class of men more inter ested in associations for mutual benefit than farmers. Their interests are identical, yet their location on farms m the country prevents that mutual , everyday . intercom se enjoyed by Merchants and Mechanics who live in towns anj cities T,,e annual fai h th Q g ' ' ' ! Wl11 serve to br,ng together the representatives of the ; agricultural interests when lliev can consult for the com. ' ,,,,,,, good. ' , . . .. ' ; 1 ue Pre'mums awarded lor the best specimens ol stock, i of agricultural implements, or the products of the farms, the garden and the orchard are great incentives to that emulation which makes us as a people, superior to any on earth. It is needless for us, in conclusion, to say, wc hail with joy this new and bright era which dawns upon our most cherished interest. It is that interest which has , built up the waste places of Indiana, and made our land ; h home f h contented and frugal people To rWTt $,'' ptopio. av i our soil and its successful cultivation must we look for j our future happiness and the high destiny of our young ! and rising State, and he who encourages and fosters the I cuntribntes to the success of the other. t Suitable Alliances. The Loeofocos of Pennsylvania have made a satislac tory arrangement with the " Church-Burning Natives," anil the latter are expec ted 'o vote in a body lor Bit--Dayton Gazette. Tlmrp i. nm . h.Jn. f rnJ.;. fi d. u... assertion. The Philadelphia Sun, the organ of the church burning natives, supports Johnston and the whole Whig ticket in Pennsylvania. Collector Lewis of PhilI aJe,Hhia -d Dist-1 J A'- -ere ori'gmally 'natives'1 and who in 184S with the aid u( the : notorious Lewis brought over the whole party to the 1 SP:0-' of Tayl0' A rivd fat offices as the reward .... '"r t,ie,r labors, arc now urging, and with success, a union of the whole party on the Whig ticket. j I ir? ttV fin.! tl. LJInu-mcr in tl. - " i r,k- n: i i t r Pde"ce of the Richmond Jefferson.an. The writer is Psteu "P n tue subject, and bis statements may be rclied upon as correct I . it has lK?romo v,.v mi,,h Ä ha,:. mtmmmmM.m tn v,.. 1 der Indianapolis as being unhealthy. There is no truth in the accus.l.on. Marion is. in fact, one of the most healthy covnties in the State. It is far above the avern 'ti., n.... ....... r mu -i : wiiBi wi ever uni f.htc , . i r'lifiiera. fn llle Oilier liaiHI. Dearborn county, with 20.000 population, had .171 deaths; Tippecanoe with 19,(100, had 641 deaths; Jefferson with near 24,000, had 5-15 deaths; Vio county with 14,700, had 234 deaths; Vanderburgh, with II - i 400, had 241 deaths, he., Ike. If you will take the , . . i I trouble to go through the whole table of counties, you will find Marion amon? the most healthy. My excuse for noticing this matter is, that when I visit vour part of the State, a healthy and excellent one, all admit, I find yon all inclined to believe that DEATH keeps his headquarters and carries on his heaviest business at Indianapolis, wherein, facts show. yoi greatly err." Editorial Change. C. B. Bentley former Editor of the Terre Haute Jour nal has transferred the establishment to Win. F.. McLean, who will conduct the iinnpr in Tut uro II,. -.I utatoryi. brief and to the point-Democratic of course .:.,. , We wish him success. Mr. Bentley retires with our good wishes for his futnro prosperity and hanniness. He will lie a candidate for Clerk of the House of Repre - sentatives at the ensning session. 0The Trustees of the State University were compelled to adjoum from Bloomlngton to this place for the purpose of procuring a quorum. The members of the board now in session here are Dr. D. H. Maxwell, Dr. W S. T. Cronet, Hon. R. D. Owen, Hon. John I. Morrison and Hon. James Morrison. The prospects of the University are very Hutiori j O" Fine. The beautiful mansion of Wykoff Piatt, on the Kentucky hill opposite LawrenceWgh, was destroyed by Are on the night of the 1st inetant. Loss 4 riiin aoout 4,uuu. jLTGeneral Joseph Lane was in Madisoa on Friday ln -y . . r . j -.ZLtmJl .k

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Prom the Lafayette Courier Aid and Comfort. The Huntington Observer, which, by the way is a Democratic paper of the right stripe, and displays editorial talent worthy of a larger sphere, rves the Sentinel man tue following " clip' under taeliead of sympathy."

" Bill Brown, of the State Sentinel, is a sympathetic fellow. He spares no puns in vindicating Owen's character; he says Mr. Owen can give satisfactory-reasons to the Administration for his conduct, fkc. The Ad ministration asks no explanat ion Fillmore has said by his actions, that he acted according to his views, and will doubtless thank Bill Brown for taking up the einige! in his defence. Defending a Whig Administration is what we thought Bill Brown would come to. And no one up this way axpected anything else we are not disappointed." A pretty serious charge to make against the " Democratic Organ." Now this is a lie manufactured oat of whole cloth, cloth, by the Editor of the Hntinton Obterrer, and uttered and published by the Lafayette Courier as true, knowing at the same time that it was false and forged. We have never uttered one word in defence of Allen F. Owen, but on the contrary have condemned him, and his brutal and inhuman conduct towards Col. Crittenden and his associates in language as strong as we could command, and have equally condemned the President for not removing him. We do not exchange with the Huntington Observer. The editor does not see our paper, and of course the whole was a wilful and malicious fabrication. The Fort Wayne Times, (Whig) on the other hand, is equally severe in its abuse of us for condemning the conduct of the President and the American Consul. The editor says: " We have read articles in his paper, of late, upon the same subject, that we could not suitably charaterize withor; descending to the use of language entirely unbecoming the columns of a public journal. The least that we can sny of them is, that if words were treasonable, as weli as " overt acts," they would constitute the very quintessence of treason. We presume, however, they were thrown ofl'in baste, and under excitement, and that the editor, in his calmer, cooler moments, would not approve of them himself." Mr. Wood, who is a whig and an office-holder under Mr. Fillmore's administration, we freely excuse. Our language on several occasions has been somewhat pointed and severe. One prepared to defend the administration might find in it much unstiited to his taste; but the man, who like the editor of the Huntington Observer, manufactured the story without any excuse, except to gratify a little petty malice engendered because we could not endorse his anti-compromise free soil notions we have no excuse. We therefore meet the slander in the plain language which it deserves. The Weather. The weathei continues dry dry dry. Norain. AH signs fail. The brooks are dried up. Wells and' cis terns are failing. It is impossible to break up fallow grounds for seeding, and the grain that is sown lies in the dry earth without sprouting. Corn has prematurely dried up, and the leaves remaining on the forest trees have a parched and withered appearance. Navigation is al- - , - - . I ......1 . , i . ........ 1 ... 1 . . mt ,1... 1 iL... .....1 I . ... nvAc.An. nn 1 . ' . . pcarances the prospect ol any immediate rise is verv ' r ' ' uncertain. The Indian nmmer is approaching, and dur a i ri,,S lhat d(,,ig'"' P"od we seldom have heavy rains. The want of rain is a great draw-back on our farmers, s ' I who have made preparations for sowing a large crop of B I wheat, and unless rain comes very soon, it must naturally efl'ect the next wheat crop, which for years past has formed, it not the chiel staple, a largo item in the agricultural products of Indiana. lie don't answer. Gen. Scott, being written to, some months since by a gentleman of Pennsylvania, at the request of eight mem bers of the State Senate, addressing him as the undoubt ed Whig candidate for the Presidency, and requesting his opinions on the various political questions which have ! agitated the country, wrote the following characteristic j ' I "r"c" i " cl"j Washington, March 26, 1851. Sir: I have received your letter (marked "c-onfiden-I tial,'') in which after committing the error of supposing me to be " folly before the country as the Whi candij jate for the Presidency," you proceeded to interrogate j me on many points of grave public interest. I f e!"nm me tosav. that, considering we shall probably, only have a Whig candidate for the Presidency through a National Convention, and that I cannot be its nominee except by the force of the unsolicited partiality of large masses of the countrymen: Consideriiiü, also, that if my character or principles be not already known, it would now be idle to attempt to supply the deficient information by mere paper pro fessions of wisdom and virtue, made tor the occasion, And considering that if I answer your queries, I must go on, and answer others already before me as well as the long Beiies that would inevitably follow to the disgust of the public, I will beg permission to close this acknowledgement of your letter by subscribing myself, ith great lespcct, Your obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. i Esq., Harrisbtirg, Penna. i , T, Asylum at Louisville, one of the oldest . ... . . . luaiiiuii.Mis in me wrai, ns uesiroyeu ov nt on muudav eyenimr last. The loss is estimated ät t went r. five thousand dollar No insurance. ! j IT The amount received by the Ohio S.ate Fair fo; Admission fees, was $S,209. CThe Louisville papers of Thursday last announce the marriage of Mrs. Sallie Ward Lawrence to Dr. R. P. Hunt. Crops and Markets. Crops everywhere promise to be very abundant. On the upper lakes some complaints have been made by grain growers, but this is an exception to the universal abundance and good quality of the cereal product. How far the largo crop now coming in can be turned to a ! profitable account, is a question yet to be solved. The price of breadstuff, just now, in England, would hardly 1 eem ,f warrant further shipments ; but the consumption ! thorn U: l-on tlv .... r. I fr..m i ... iho ,",ftlrV . . r , aim n in- i.m i.. xujipsv1 that this supply may be furnished from our country. The ; re of Europe have already drained their granaries, and their own harvests will not give them any material surP'" There is a prospect, it is true, that prices will rule low : but in the absence of speculation, the farmer will realize a greater portion of it than has been awarded to him in the past, and may hoje for a steady market. HunVs Mer. Ma. Gkw. Footf at Homx. The ladies of the town of Raymond, Hinds county, Mississippi, on the 15th alt., handsomely complimented Mr. Foote for his devotion to the compromise measnres, and his persevering opposition to the secession fury, so called, in Mississippi, by presenting him with a beantifnl embroidered banner, worked by their own hands, bearing this inscription: " ls)51. Gen. II. 8. Foote ami the Coinproniise " " Presented by ilie laities of Raymond '' j 7e Presentation Address was delivered by one of thirty young ladies in procession, each hearing a small banner, representing the several States in the Union. After the ceremonies of presentation were over, all I . i 1 . m hands adjourned to a barbecue, where a number of pa triotic addresses were made in honor of the distinguished e-tiest, who responded In one of his happiest efforts. Louisville Journal. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens is at home again, after atonr of nearly two years in Europe and Asia. A book of travels irom her pen, would be highly interesting to the reader, and creditable to our literature. We should like I to read her descriptions of the people and country she nAS 9Ccn Htui particularly, her sketches of some of the ' i . '!..,.-. ,...... ... I !. ,t i . I - "'"""Hl "vom" a,,u vtnvem ,ne u,,u "" V- Exprft. A Free Fight. The'Aiulitor of State at Little Rook, Arkansas, and the junior editor of the Banner, with I m. on eaon sie, had a tree nght in tnat city, I on the 18th, with pistols, clubs, stones, lu;. No lives taken, bnt lots of cuts, gashes, punches, bruises and Dumps given. ssasant r - '

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TI'ESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1. 1851.

To Printers. The newspaper establishment advertised in the col nmns of this paper as being for sale, is one of the old- j 1 est democratic papers in the State. The material of the otlice is very good, and the location is one ol the best in the State Ibra good democratic paper. We ... . nleas,i to ftnv further information to anv one desiring to purchase. , - . . .. a iniiiapHiii mi u . , The best agent in the world for presenting old must ,- elaims acrniiist the rrovernmcnt. is an old clerk, who has at odd times, ransacked the files and hunted up the fat cases, rejected by the commissioners, perhaps under their influence. They know just how much proof is wanted, and generally know how and where to find it. The salary ef the chief clerk is $1,600 a year. In the last two years James ;. Berrett, Joseph I. Coombs, and Rev. French S. Evan, have all held the office of chief clerk, and have successively resigned and opened offices for the prosecution of claims against the government. The information imparted to them whilst in of. fice enables them to prosecute these claims with great success, and they sometimes realize " ten thousand a year I as their share of the spoils. Their usual charge is one half of the sum recovered. Members of Congress, instead of attending to this branch of business for their constituents gratuitously, often charge enormous fees. During the last Congress, the Rev. Orrin Fow ler, a congressional minister, who was a member from Massachusetts, it is said made thousands of dollars by the transaction of this kind of business, for which he chained enormous fees. When there was no question before the House involving the right of nioerst he was generally at the Pension Office claiming precedence of all others, as a member of Congress, and pressing bis business on the department, and exacting enormous fees for his services. If he had been a lawyer, such conduct would have lieen regarded ns unworthy the profession; bnt as he was a minister it was overlooked. More ol" the Fruits. We learn by a despatch in the Tribune, that the city of Syracuse, New York, has been (he scene of another riot, and open resistance to the execution of law by the Higher Law advocates. Il appears that a fugitive slave was arrested, and brought lieforc the Commissioner ; and immediately the cry of Kidnapper was raised, the bells were rang, and the mob collected before the office of the Commissioner, and a forcible resr-ue at once effected. The slave was recaptured the same evening and on the return of the negro the examination was resumed with closed doors. It being the County Fair Day, a large concourse of people surrounded the police office, where the negro and the white men were undergoing an examination. About dusk the crowd began to throw stones into the window of the police office pretty freely, which had the effect to ndjourn the Court till 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. For a while after the adjournment, the crowd seemed to disperse, but at about H o'clock, they began to break in the windows and doors, an.1 thus made an entrance into the building, nnd carried off the negro. All sorts of weapons were used in the affray. Pistols were fired from both sides, but we cannot learn that they took effect on any one. Several persons were badly hurt from clubs and stones, but none seriously. A Jost Sentiment. The Editor of that sterling Democratic journal, the Lawrenceburgh Register, alluding to Governor Wright and Senator Bright, says: " The war that free-soil and whig papers would have us believe exists between Senator Bright and Governor Wright, and which they are laboring so unceasingly to perpetuate, is a matter of their own ; and as surh, cannot lie made a matter in which the Democratic party of the State can be immediately interested in. Between them we r-.-main perfectly independent, liclieving that so long as they are of service in their public capacity, the democratic party will give them aid to ge on " and do good." but when either of them shall be found wanting in Democratic faith, the party will as readily discard them. However, the fullsome praise of free-soil organs ol Joseph A. Wright adds notliing to his already exalted fame with us. If he is sound in the faith, wc are for him if not, we are against him. Principles, not men. is what wc labor for." Michigan. The recent Democratic convention in Michigan recommended Gen. Lewis Cass as the candidate of the Democracy for the Presidency. Among the resolutions adopted is the following which relates to the Compromise Measures of the late Congre--. Resolved, That the recent measures of compromise embracing a settlement ol the distracting questions which have disturbed and almost interrupted the busitiess of Congress, seriously threatening the integrity of the Union itself, were demanded by a fair consideration of the constitutional rights of the various inomlieis of the confederacy. That the democracy of Michigan pandering to no WU, rejecting all alliances with sectional factions, having in view the irrepealable claims of each State in the Union, and yielding only to the demands of the constitution, declare emphatically that the compromise measures stand justified in the eyes of every well wisher of his country, and should be sustained and executed in all their parts faithfully, fully and impartially. 0Elwood Fisher, Editor of the Southern Press, ridicules the idea of indicting the Christiana rioters for treason, and fears that il is the policy of fhe government to latitudinizc the definition of treason for ulterior purposes. The disunionists are anxiously looking for a ease of resistance to law in South Carolina, and they would rather lose every slave in the South, than have a precedent established which might involve them in the crime of treason. But the law will be enforced against the disunionists at the South as well as those who resist by arms the execution of a constitutional law at the North. UWe flunk the Congress soon to assemble will be comKsed of different material than has been found at Washington for many years. Indiana Journal. You are right, neighlior. There will lie fifty Democratic majority in " the Congress soon to assemble." It is composed of different materials to the Whig Congresses that have " assembled " for the last four years, and consequently the country has a right to expect something. There w. be less talk ami more work. Less extravagance and more economy. (CT" A rambling correspondent of an eastern weekly says of St. Louis : " I have now been here over one month, and have come to the following conclusion regarding St. Louis. It would lie a desirable place for pleasure if there were clean streets, public squares, residents that would wash their pavements at least once a year, no ponds of stagnant water, cool weather, and a very large mosquito bar all around the citi." Natubai. Bridgf. in Kentucky. The Maysville Post Boy gives a brief idea of a Natural Bridge, which few persons about here are aware of, in Carter county, Kentucky. The bridge spans the chasm through which flows the Rockbridge branch of the Cany Fork of Little Sandy river, and is about twenty-five miles from Grayson, the county scat of Carter. It measures from cliff to cliff 195 feet ; is of solid rock, wi'.hout a daw, twelve feet wide, twenty feet thick at the middle of the abutments, and is nve neun c nt roiou.e o.m.c .nu ,w, .i .o ,e , a r - - 1 . . .1 . . 1 L. 1 , i-y r m t . 1 1 water, iiogeu.e. - " - - ' the , J irgima Natural Bndge, and well worthy a summer : his hand at the time the blade of the knife entering and severing the jugular vein, below the ear. He expired in about five minutes after the accident. Princeton Clarion, 27th. ult. J ."An old lady was telling her grandchildren about some trouble in Scotland, in the course of which the chief of her clan was beheaded. "It was nae great thing of a head, to be sure," said tbe good ladv "but it was a sad lost to hitp

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i i Backing. The Madison Tribone denies ever having defended Consul Owen. Perhaps the editor is riht in his denial ; but we most confess that we have understood his articles

as having a tendency to excuse and palliate the conduct ofthat official. As a whig and a supporter of Mr. Fillmore's administration, In is entleil to the lull ueamm of this denial. We therefore, cop the following from a late nmnlier of that paper. CONSUL OWEN . we publish to-day, a lett ublish to-dav, a letter ol Mr. 0'en. addressed lo the Editor ol the Washington Republi ttory 0r lls conduct in the affair of the execution of American citizens at Havana. It is not such a vindication of him self as wc should like to see it is not such an one as will satisfy tbe public mind, that everything within the compass of human effort, was done by him, to prevent the effusion of blood. The letter ii -! I" shows a want ol energy and firmness on the part ol the Consul, wholly unsuited for such a trying emergency. A little of the spirit and firmness of Pocahontas on this occasion, wiyaf have saved tbe lives of b s delude ! countrymen, while it would have embalmed himself in their gratelul remembrance forever. While on this subject wc may lie pardoned lor again reS matins, that we have never undei taken to dslend Mr wen's conduct in this affair. On the 29th of August last, spoakiii of tlie Consul wc remarked: " We have not a word to say in justification ol In-noii-interi-fiUion policy when the lives ! In- t-ounti yincn were to lie sacrificed. If he did not b all that it was possible for a man in bis situation to h. to -pare the eiliteiuti of blood, he is unworthy, ol the high positiou he occupies, and should lie dismissed nt once. But, until we hear further particulars, we are unwilling to attribute to him that cold-hearted indideieiu'c to human -ol ieriag, with which be is t hai fed. Smectrely do we hope that he may be fully able to vindicate himself " Gen. Jackson and JudtM- liotiglu. We have lately met with an incident in the evening hours of Andrew Jackson's lib, which is wo thy of being more generally' known than what it is. Every fact relative to this remarkable man, is interesting to the popular mind, and deserves preservation. To tho-e who enjoyed the confidence of General Jackson, it is known that no event of his whole life ave hintmore concern than the charoe. so often made a?aiu.st hitn, that in proclaiming martial law at New Uilciuhe had violated the constitution "I In- country. This eha.oe gave him increased mii, I i the lact many ol Ills friends and staunt best siipxu!ns admitted tie- violation of the constitution, but justified it on the plea of necessity. Livingston. Grundy ami Ingersol names t note had all written and pawtsbed able defences, ol the conduct of Gen. Jackson; still they bad ;ivcn no quiet to his mind. The question of the remission of the tine imposed by Judye Hall being licforc Congress, il had elicited all the virulence of hi- opponents, all the acumen cf his friends; still the defence was not satisfactory to the General, who said, " he did'nt know how it was that a man in saving his country could violate its constitution by doing so." It was when the debate was drawing to a close, that amid the various competitors for the speaker's ear it was awarded to Judge Douglass, of Illinois. He was a warm advocate for refunding the fine and commenced his discourse with views so newfjt'iat he'at once riveted upon himself the attention of the whole House. We have not his speech, though wc remember some of the points he made. He denied that Gen. Jack sou had at N-w Orleans violated either the law or the constitution contended the only question was Did the necessity for martial law exist? If ii did it was no violation of the constitution to proclaim it ; and that it did exist was admitted by the Governor and Legislature of Louisiana, the courts the whole population of Now Orleans, as also by Judge Hall himself. It was the necessity he argued which made the act legal and constitutional, ami which but for it would have been a crime. Thus, it is unlaw litl to take the life of another; still, suppose a traveller on a highway lesct by a roblior, who with uplifted arm and gleaming knife is about to strike, nnd at this moment the traveller to save his own life, kills bis adversary, would it be said he killed him in violation ol law? Xo, the necessity in the case would make legal and proper that which but for the necessity would be a crime. So, for an officer to destroy a ship entrusted to him by his country, is a crime. But suppose us at war with a foreign power, and one of our national vessels well sup. plied with military stores should bo overtaken by an overwhelming force of the enemy the captain defends his ship as long as there is hope, until his men fall around him and his capture is inevitable. He pauses. Shall he suffer his ship to be captured nnd tamed against his country, or shall he serve his country by sacrificing himself and his ship? He determines on the latter: approach! ig the magazine he waits until his ship is boarded, another moment and its fragments arc scattered over the waters. Will his country ever tarnish his bright escutcheon or his fame with the charge of destroying his ship in violation of law? No; but the very "necessity would make that a dazzling virtue, which but for the necessity would make a dark and damning crime. It is the necessity which makes lhe law. not justifies it. Again: to destroy the public property is unlawful; but suppose in a lime ol war, at one of our frontier posts, large quantities of provisions and military stores should be collected, and the officer in command, finding it necessary to retreat, is unable to remove them: shall they be left to strengthen the enemy who is in want of these same things, or shall they be destroyed? The officer destroys them. No; it is the necessity that makes the law. It was the necessity at New Oilcans, not in justifying Gen. Jackson in doing an illegal and unconstitutional act but which made legal and constitutional that which he did so. , Thus illustrating and enforcing his views, he made the most effective speech delivered on the subject so absorbed the attention of the whole House, that, the one hour rule existing, he spoke nearly two boors, and called forth an apology from the Speaker for permitting him to do so who said he was mi much interested that he was unconscious of the lapse of linic; of which .speech John Quincy Adams said, no man can now attack Gen. Jackson without denying lhe lucessily which was said to have existed for proclaiming martial law. The following anecdote in connect ion with tiie subject was related by an eye witness, and published in a high ly respectable journal, from which wc take it At the Nashville Convention of August Is 14, we vis. iled the Hermitage, (only 12 miles distant) in company with Judge Douglass of this State anil some other of our fellow citizens. The Hermitage was crowded with people from almost every Slate, who had been invited hither by the venerable patriot on the day succeeding the Convention. Gov. Clay, of Alabama, was near Gen. Jackson who was himself sitting on the sofa in the hall of the resiJence ; and as each person entered, the Governor introduced him to the hero, aud he passed along When Judge Douglass was thus introduced. Gen. Jacksou raised his still brilliant eyes, ami gazed for a moment in the countenance of the Judge, still detaining his hand. "Are you tbe Mr. Douglas of Illinois, who delivered a speech last session on the subject of the fine imposed on me for declaring mat tial law at New Orleans r' asked Gen. Jackson. "I have delivered a speech in the House of Representatives upon that subject,'' was the modest reply of our friend. "Then stop !"' said Jackson, "sit down here beside me. I desire to return to you my thanks for that speech. You are the first man that has ever relieved my mind on the subject which has rested upon it for thirty years. My enemies have always charged me with violating the constitution of niv country by declaring martial law at New Orleans, and my friends have always admitted the violation, but have conceded that circnnis'auccs justified me in that violation." "I never could understand how it was that the performance of a solemn duty to my country a duty which had I neglected would have made me a traitor in the sight of God and roan could properly be pronounced a vi olation of the constitution. I felt convinced lhat I was not guilty of such a heinous offence ; but 1 could never make out a legal justification of my course, nor has it ever been done, sir, until you, on the flor of Congress, established it, licyond the possibility of cavil or doubt. I thank yon, sir, for that speech. It has relieved my mind from the only circumstance that rested painfully upon it. Throughout my whole life I never performed an official j act which I viewed as a violation of the constitution ofmy cotintry, and 1 can now go down i the grave ui peace, with the perfect consciousness that I have not broken at any period of my life, the constitution or laws of my oonntry." Thus spoke the old hero. Ins countcn.incc briehtcniug bv emotions which it is impossible for ns to describe We turned to look at Douglas. He was speechless He could not reply, but, conclusively shaking the aged veteran's hand, he rone and left the room. Certainly Gen. Jackson had paid him the highest compliment he M( ,f(ye h,sfoWo,, on nny imIividoBl We also remember to have heard that among the prj. of G(?n Jlc4tfon r(W ytwiy " ' " e II Willi nil 1 1 ni i I -tr I II CI I I l General himseli satisfactory vindics. and as such he children. The pamphlet is now in the hand of F. P. Blair. Esq., of asningtea. IT We beard this morning of some contracts for hogs at $4,00. The price generally ranpe now at from $ 1.00 to $4.2.V This can be relied On Maditonian, 3d. K7-The Savannah Republican asserts that Howell Cobb, Union candidate for Governor, will carry Georgia by 15,000 majority.

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