Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. INDIANAPOLIS; ATITRDA1T EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1831.

Gen. Cass's Address. The great length of Gen. Cass's address prevents Us publishing it entire. We therefore omit that part i which was local to Michigan, and publish the remainder j which will be found on the outside page of this week's - - i r 1 -" paper. UI tne many merary prouuctions oi nis uisungutshed statesman, we think this address stands unrivailed. Ve trust no one will fail to read it. Crtt is with pleasure we acknowledge tbe receipt of the subscription of the club of twenty for the Hollar Courier, from John S. Ried. Esq., of Connersvillc, In diana. It is not the money alone we are thankful for, but the unmistakable ev.dence of the hold Gov. Wright has uoon the hearts of the people, and of their deter raination to stand by him throughout an i to the end of the attacks whieh may be made upon him by Senator Bright and Ais " reliable democracy of this county. j Madison Courier. We should not have noticed the above paragraph, but fof lhe fact that Gov. Wright's name is dragged in, to bolster up the sinking fortunes of this free soil editor. That twenty Julian free soilers in Fayette county should subscribe for the Madison Courier, a paper repudiated by the democracy of the county, where it is published, seems to ns a very strange evidence indeed " of the hold Governor Wright has upon the hearts of the people." The only evidence we see in the twenty subscribers, is the disposition oi the free soilers, generally, to sustain Garbcr. Mr. Ried, who is the agent, is a gentleman of talents and character, but a free soiler, an enemy of the compromise measures, and a supporter of George W. Julian for Congress. Governor Wright and these gentlemen differ differ widely on this great question. The Governor, as we have .'epcatedly stated, was an early ; and a devoted friend of these measures, and has no sympathy with the free soil agitators. He is a national than they can use his name to accomplish their selfish pnrposcs. Every true democrat L ... i in tbe otate in their 1 estimation, is the enemy of Joe Wrigl.t and Joe Lane, and they are the only true and genuine friends of these gentlemen The people will enderstand their motives and appreciate their zeal . We do not mean to enter into this conflict for the nomination for Governor. We have heard of no opposition to Gov. Wright. His name will be before the convention. If he should be nominated we will cordially support him, as we shall any other democrat that may be selected, if Gov. Wright should not succeed j and as a friend of the Governor, we would again advise him to pursuade these free soil gentry, if they arc his true friends, to cense their fulsome adulations, which must weaken, instead of strengthening him. We art- done with this unpleasant subject, wc hope. The Chesterfield Celebration. Tne celebration of the completion of the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad, to Chesterfield, came ofT according to appointment on the 9th instant. The day ' . " . . I was fine. The crowd was large and joyous. Nothin occurred to mar the pleasure or interest of the excursion. Two trains filled with people left the depot in this city at 20 minutes after 8 o'clock, A. M., and arrived at Chesterfield at half after ten. The downward train, filled with hundreds of citizens of Madison and Delaware counties, was met at Fortsville. This train returned to Chesterfield at half past 3, P. M., when the whole left for Indianapolis, where they arrived at 8, P. M . having been detained by a slight accident, (a locomotive running off the track) at Anderson. All seemed well pleased with the trip, the road, and the polite and gentlemanly deportment of the officers. The President, Hon. O. H. Smith, possessing almost the power of ubiquity, was everywhere present when his services were needed. The day before we find him engaged as counsel for the defendant, in an important murder tiia' in Hendricks county. At ten o'clock at night the defendant is acquitted. Mr. Smith leaps into his buggy at three o'clock in the morning, he reaches Indianapolis, a ( distance of twenty miles. Early in the morning he is on the ground giving directions, and infusing into all around him, that spirit and energy which has characterized his course through life. The country owe Oliver H. Smith a debt of gratitude for his extraordinary exertions in prosecuting this great work, which will soon be completed. trWhen Gen. Taylor was nominated for the Presidency, all Locofocoism cried out, "Shame. Why did you not nominate Gen. Scott, the greatest captain in the world, an accomplished scholar and an experienced Statesman!" Now, tbe whigs talk of nominating Gen. Scott, and all Locofodom is getting into a terrible stew about it. They don't like the idea at all. The Old General is nobody, never fought any battles, and don't know anything kbont the affairs of the nation! It is a great pity that these gentlemen can't be satisfied. Indiana Journal. '' Tl. n-mr. .iL- r c. , v A .V. . I " ' H.I. W HUlllllittllll WVU ' 'I 1 C9, I anu it win an enu in talk, l here is not an intelli rj., ... there is not an intelligent whig in the nation, who believes Gen. Scott will be the whig nominee for President, Tbe fire in the rear from the South has killed him off. We admit the General is somebody so far as size is concerned ; that he don't know anything about the affairs of the nation is fully , proven by his refusal to answer a plain qnestion propounded to h.m by one of the people. He has fought battles, and so have thousands of his gallant soldiers; but that is no evidence of their qualifications for the j highest executive office in the nation. j LyJacob Thompson, the disunion ist. who once backJoffis now a candidate for Congress in Mississippi. , There is not much danger of bis election, however. Nw Albany Ledger. You don't know Jacob as well as wc do, or you would not talk of no d.:nger of his election. Jake will confince a majority of his district before the election that be ia the best Union man in Mississippi, and we should ' not surpnsoa u ne aistancea nis Kevereno competi A ft. . f a If - S a n a tor. Thompson is an abie man, and a useful member o Congress. We regret to find him in the position he now occupies, bot trust he will soon be right. ET We were shown this morning by Mr. H. F. West, the limb of an apple tree on which were growing Mos. soms and apples, the second growth of this year. The apples are of the Belle lower variety, and are quite large Mr. W. says that tho tree from which the limb waa taken, is laden down with fruit of the second growth This tree is ia the orchard of Mr. Handy, six miles north-west of this place, and is quite a curiosity to fruitgrowers. C7"A man named Hornback was killed by Moore ia Tipton county last week, The quarrel grew out of some pecuniary transactions between the parties. Moore nabbed Hornback seven times and he died almost instantly. Mr. Clay's Health. The Louisville Courier contradicts the rumor that Mr. Clay intends resigning on account of ill health. Mr. Clay, althoagb fcseWs, will kv very shortly for Washington, thinking he will omoy equally as good health there as in Lexington. CT" John D. Bennett ha been convicted of murder in nW trat dnfree by oausing the death of Wm. Maddux, by annftiniatesin i p einen, at the late term'of tbe Ripley Circuit Conrt, Indiana He will be executed on the 5th of December oexr.

uemocrat. xnese irec soners nne luiicn iium men i)- , tne sovereirrntv ol tho States, a violation ol tho ro inr- . present e:son, to solicit your nuenuance. at a uarunc

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sition in the ranks of the democratic party, and are now ptfl of natural and revealed religion, an assumption of r Public Dinner in the city of Indianapolis, at such peri .ri,r , n hi, ren,tinn lift - - E -islative power without Constitutional authority, and , od after your arrival as m.gnt suit your convenience.

' ' j a monstrous exhibition of tyranny, injustice, cruelty and I ou may be assured tint this invitation originates

again. 1 hev care not a ng lor Uovernor w rigiu lartner nunression no commonplace motive to Uo honor to your ill

Free Soil Platform. The following are the resolutions adopted by the recent Free Soil convention at Cleveland O., which will constitute the platform of this parry in their future operations.

They aver their determination ia future to nominate separate tickets and adont an independent organization, Resolved. That the two rreat Pro-Slaeery parties ever tood in a position, either State wise or Nationally, so loumy calling for separate anliSlavery political action as it now does. Whereas , We hare assembled in Convention as free men, to adopt measures for the protection ann preserva tjon Freedom, it is lue to onrsclvi s, to the occasion, and to the people of the nation, that we declare our views on certain Questions of National policy. Resolved, That law is without'rightfnl authority, ona - . a I a a less based upon justice, and government wunout siaoiuty unless righteousness be its end, as, without these, no man can enjoy his inalienable rights, and as society se cure them. D.t,... vf Thii it im tVn itnfv nf Conn-ross to divorce the National Government from all connectbn with and resionsibility for Slavery and the Slave-trade, wherever thvy e.xist under Us jnrisdictioa. Resolved, I hat an act or Congress contravening tne - I God imposes no mora! obligation, and an act oi , Congresa passed without constitutional authority impos es no cjvj obligation upon the citizens of the several States. Reolred, That the Public Lands of nsht belong to tho people, and should neither be sold for revenue nor in any wav allowed to speculators, but should only be granted, without charge, in limited quantities, to actual Sutanri Resolved, That we arc in favor of the election of Na tional officers by the people, when practicable. Resolved, That the history of nations demonstrates that a Navy and Standing Army are incompatible with Republican institutions. We therefore will exert our influenoe for a dishaadment of the Army, for a reduction of the Navv and an abandonment of the entire system of fortifications. ReMolred. The River and Harbor improvements, when demanded by the safety and convenience of commerce with loreign nations, or among the several states, are objects of national concern, and that it ia the duty of Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, to provide therefor. Resolved, That to the demand of the Slave Power for more Slave States and more Slave Territory, onr determined answer is, "No more Slave States, no Slave Territorv." tietolrcd, That the : Fucitivc Slave Act " enacted bv the last Congress is in derogation of the genius of onr free institutions, an unwarrantable encroachment upon pprcssion Resolrcd, That onr party is the party of the Const itur i. i". . r t ...i. ... i . .. .1 . au w uv viuvn, ui wvuiu . vi pimj i.i u ll "I'posetl in principles nuu anus in sccuoiiaiisui, accession and disunion, and knows no North, no South, no East, no West, but embraces with equal patriotic love tbe country, the whole country, one and indivisible. tiesoireu, i nat tne iricnus oi ireetmni ioo wiui enure confidence to the future, in the undoubting faith that their principles will be gratefully recognized by the people, and embodied in the constitutional laws of the land. Plain Talk. Wc copy the following from the Louisville Courier, Whig. It clearly and explicitly avows the Whig policy of the South. What says our neighbor of the Journal? GEN. SCOTT THE SOUTHERN WHIGS. The letter of Gen. Scott, published in the Cournr of Saturday last, may be justly regarded as defining his po sition for the canvass of 1852. Promptly and prcrmptorily he declines to answer interrogatories, now and hereafter, as to his political opinions, and refers to his n.it lifo for "olmrnotor anil nrinr inlo .." If ho. shall t.ontinue to maintain this ground, his friends cannot justlv expect for him a single electoral vote south of the Ait. T-i - P . tj L l: : Ohio river. The suspicion that such would be his position, induced the prompt public declarations by several distinguished Southern Whigs that explicit public avowals of a determination to maintain the compromise of! 1850. and the fugitive slave bill particularly, -ould be ! required Irom the man ot their choice, lhe mainlcnmice of the fugitive slave law and of the compromises of 1S50, are now ingrafted among the cardinal princi- , pies of the Southern Whig school and must be openly, without mental reservation, and publicly subscribed to j by any candidate who hopes to obtain their support for j the Presidency, as also by the National convention, in which the Southern Whigs will consent to be represented by a delegation. No art can induce them to leave anything on this point to accident or chance. They do not affiliate with nny who feel net thus, and unless the Con vention shall adopt as its basis the affirmance of the principle suggested, the Southern Whis will be arrayed in 1852 under the banner of a conservative statesman of their own school. We think any concealment of the true position of the Whig party of the slaveholding States impolitic and unwise, and wc believe that wc state it now truly. If there is anything inconsistent therein with the principles of the Northern Whigs, there will be no need of a call for a National C invention, or if such a convention should find a representation from tbe slaveho'ding States, they may abide by the assurance that it will be the representation of an impotent and meagre minority, and that instead of accomplishing their purposes the path will be opened for a party re-organization through the whole South a result which the younger and more vigorous will not seriously deplore. Slavery. So general wa slavery, in Greece, that in tho famous war of Platea there were but 5,000 Spartans, and 35,000 slaves; while in the Spartan fleet they composed the mass of the sailors. In Sparta there were 500,000 slaves to 150,000 freemen. At tbe time Paul wrote his epistle, Colosso was under proconsnlship of Rome. Slaves under the Roman Empire were the most abject of slaves. Single masters in the Roman Senate had as many as 10,000, and some as many as 20,000. Paulus Emilius sold 150,000 prisoners of war as slaves, and Julius Cav-sar half a million. According to Mr. Gibbon, they comprised one-half of the Empire, and could not have been less than sixtv mil ions Asa hoilv J j men, nit, nc runout-leu lhiiilici ous io nie omic, .i ,u'ri ,i , ' auu iuciciuic mini uumiai; was sociu. x iicy were the most unfortunate class ot human beings, excluded irom every privilege ol society and Irom almost every blessing of life. They were at the disposal of their masters; they might tortnre them, maim them, or pot them to death, and be amenable to no human law. It is true that the changes which subsequently took place in the mor-d condition of the empire greatly meliorated the honorall)e occupation., and well eared for. But it was not until the time of the Emperor Adrian, that masters were deprived of tbe power they possessed over their slaves in the days of the Republic and the Casars. I his was long after Paul's letter was addressed to Philemon. 1 err Hau'e Express. The Sugar Crof. The crop of sugar for the year. of which New Orleans is the market, is computed at 211,203 hhds., exhibiting a falling off from last year of Oi? ivrn llj. I t i w jvw. i i . . . . . 36,270 hhds., and less by 39,000 hhds. than the yield estimaieu ai tne beginning oi tne year, and So.UUU or 90,000 below the supposed productive power of tho district embraced. At the close of 1850, the ruling rates for 5la?-' nJ the market closes for August at lias tili anal Kt ( , - na-imo. . j IUI l'i" i ''l'l " JV. BV J'l .ill' . There were exported coastwise 55,000 hhds. against 96,000 the preceding year; taken for the West 132,000 against 125,006 in 1850; taken for city trade and refining 24,500 hhds. There is a decrease in shipments of 43,000 hhds. to Northern ports, and of 9000 to Baltimore and places Sonth. The yield of molasses this year is estimated at 10.500.. 000 gallons, agynst 12,000.000 in 1850. Prices at the opening of this year were33a35c. and after considerable , fluctuations throughout the year, ranged in August from t" Pr gallon California Life. California is a great leveler. Rank, talent, fortune, pride, are all brought to one platform by the necessities of society. A lady, writing to the New York Journal of Commerce , relates what her own oyes have seen . "A French nobleman and bis interesting wife, who lost their fortune in the revelation of 1848, hurried to this El Dorado. He is a man of elevated mind, and fine talents. His present resources .s to drive a water cart. His lady takes in washing a most lucrative employment here. After a day's hard labor, she sometimes comes to me and plays on a pinna forte. An Italian Count of distinguished mind and manners, cleans shoes on the Plaza. His hand is besuitifully white, his demeanor aristocratic. The wife of one of the richest bankers here, on being asked how she liked San Francisco, replied, ' Very much, if I could keep a servant.' " B7"The Sentinel man whom it is getting to be the fashion among editors to call "Bill Brown," and who is certainly becoming daily more decent than the mass of bis brother locos, is attacked by one side with violence on the charge of defending Mr. Consnl Owen, and upon the other for "condemning" tbe conduct of the President and the aforsaid consnl. Verily, Mr. Brown is one of those nnfortnnates who can never be allowed to bo rieht in anything. If he takes one course, he is all wrong, and u us opposite ue is not ngut. LJayic Journal

mmimmmmammmmMiiamsm MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER f3, 1851.

DThe "Sentinel" says that the Democratic Conveti tion in nearly all the Northern States, have adopted utions sustathrng the compromise measures. We Id like to lee a list of the States and tho resolutions resol should adopted. The Democrats of Ohio and New York did nolendorsb them. They wert not even endorsed in a

of the Congressional districts of this Stete, by i mediate measures to procure no organization of the milxralic party. The convention which assem-! ury of Marion and adjacent counties, by calling to his

majority the Democratic pnrtv bled in this district evaded an endorsement, the resolu tlons adopted being drawn op at the instance or Dr. ! Ellis, who has no great love for the Fugitive Slave Law, I one of the compromise measures. Indiana Journal The Northern States that have, n their State Conventions, endorsed the compromise measures, are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connection, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. In the other Northern States, except Ohio, no Stato Conventions have been held. We think the Congressional Districts in Indiana have fully endorsed the compromise measures, by electing nine out of ten mem bers of Congress who are in favor of these measures i j . i j:c - tu- l m i j ber of Congress elect from Indiana who is in favor of j unconditional repeal, is Rev. Samuel Brcnton, who Mr. Defrees claims as a Whig. That the resolutions adopt ed by the Convention in this District were drawn up at the instance of Dr. Ellis, is news to ns. They were reported by Mr. Stewart, the chairman of the committee on resolutions, who is known to be an open and avowed advocate of the compromise. Dr. Ellis was not a member of the committee, and wc were not aware that he had been consulted as to the character of the resolutions. Gen. Jo Lane. It will be seen by the following correspondence that Gen. Lane the favorite of Indiana, the Marion of the Mexican war, has accepted an invitation to visit our city at such time as maybe agreed on by tho committee. Let us have a grand rally. We can and will give the old hero a good one. Indianapolis, Sept. 20, 1851. Gen. Joseph Lane, Sir: At a meeting of the citizens of Indiana, representing every portion of tho State, held in the capitol in May last, the undersigned were appointed a committee, in anticipation of your return to this State, during the ue in ust nous public services; but that it springs from the warm emotions of a million of hearts; and when we say to yon, that the fame of no man living is more dearly cherished by the people of Indiana, we but express the common sentiment of the citizens of the State, of every county, and of every neighborhood. For the lost quarter of a century vou have been known to the people ol Indiana. In the Legislative councils ol the State, within that period, you bore a conspicuous part, and in the settlement of ti e question of our public 1 debt, du ing a gloomy period tf our history, whereby ! our cridit was restortd, and the stigma of repudiation loiever prevented, you were a chief actor, as chairman of the Joii.t Committee of the Legislature to which the subject was referred. For lhcse services alone tbe the people of Indiana would be willing to give you a kindly we'eome as one of the lenefactors of the Slate; but when m e recollect your brilliant services on a more extended field of action, without the bounds of Indinna services which have entitled you to the proud appellation of " the Marion of the Mexican War," and lhe Sa vior of Oregon from the tomahawk of the merciless sav age, ns her faithful and intrepid Governor, we would be cold indeed, were we not enthusiastic m the desire again to take you by the hand as the honored son ol Indiana. Wc have n t been inattentive to your career as Gov. crnor of the Territory of Oregon, but have perused your messages with a thrilling interest, have maiked the wisdom of your policy, and seen your efforts crowned with success in restoring order from chars, and extended to our countrymen on the shores of the Pacific, the blessings of our Republican institutions. It has afforded us no small gratification to see the people ol that lar orl land setting their seal of approbation to your public acts by an almost unanimous vote, aud in that act, vindicating before the world your fame as a hero and a statesman. Pardon the warmth of our feelings colder language would not express the attachment of the people to one who has reflected so much honor upon the State. lour fellow citizens, J. P. DRAKE, J. P. CHAPMAN, W. J. BROWN. W. A. GORMAN, JOHN CAIN, R E. W. H. ELLIS, R. D. OWEN, JAMES H. LANE, W. W. McCOY, r Committee. Madison, October 6, 1851. My Dear Friends Your very kind communication of the 20th ult., informing me that at a meetiug of the citizens of Indiana representing every portion of the State, held in the Capitol in May last, you were appointed a committee, in anticipation of my return to the State, 8tc, &c, to solicit my attendance at a Barbacueor Public Dinner at the city of Indianapolis, at such time as misht suit my convenience, is now before me. With great pleasure gentlemen I except the invitation so kindly offered, and will meet my friends at Indianapolis, at any timo after the 4th inst., and previous to the time necessary to set out for Washington City. I beg you therefore to have the kindness to appoint the time, notify me, and I will be with you, and no mistake. For tho very flattering manner in which you have been pleased to speak of ray services, I tender my sincere thanks. With great respect, I am Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH LANE. James P. Drake, J. P. Chapman, W. J. Brown. W. A. Gorman, John Cain, E. W. H. Ellis, R. D. Owen, James H. Lane, W. W. McCot, Committee. UTTho sermon of Bishop Waugh, of Baltimore, i Preacne- Wesley Chapel yesterday morning, was re plete with the sound sense and practical knowledge of the aged speaker. His manner is very impressive, and his language chaste and pointed. He made a beautiful reference to the great valley of the Mississippi, its vast extent, and boundless adaptation to the sustenance of man. tie has grown grey in the service in which he is engaged ; may his declining years be as iiappy as his youth and manhood have been laborious and honorable. Killing Stock by Railronds. The President of the Bellcfontaine Road Co. has decided under the law, that where stock running in fields enclosed by pits are killed by the cars, whether with or without tho default of the engineer, the Company are bound for the value of the stock killed, that where the stock is running at large, the Company are not bound for the stock killed, if the road is run at ordinary speed and with ordinary care; but in such cases K is fair policy to pay the one half the value of tbe stock killed, but in cases where stock are knowingly permitted by their owners to lie upon the track, or are haunted to the track by feeding or otherwise, the Company arc not bound to pay any part of their value. The question was brought before the board by Mr. Hunter of this county, "whose mare was killed in his enclosed field, and was accordingly paid for by the Company. ID But let the test of Democracy be made to consist in the "highest, broadest, boldest, and most uncompromising stand for all the adjustment measures," and an overwhelming and disgraceful defeat is as certain asany event in nature. Lafayette Courier. Then let defeat come. Whenever tho Democratic party of Indiana refuse to do less than even New York, Michigan, or Wisconsin have done, then such timid and cowardly Democracy deserve defeat. Success is not to be obtained by hitching the great democratic party of Indiana to tho tail of a miserable abolition faction. " Them's our sentiments.'' E7" Mr. Samuel Brenton member of Congress eleet, preached at Roberta Chapel on last Sunday. Subject, Hypocrisy. Sympathy. Tho New Orleans Courier says: " The whigs are appealing for sympathy and aid fer James P. Fröret, because his brother has been removed from office. If they merit sympathy on this account, Mr. Fillmore merits c idemnation. We are willing that Mr. Freret may h ive tbe sympathy, but mr. ruimore, in that event, must have the censure. We shall soon have two classes of whigs in this city ma wmgs and t illmoro whigs."

Meeting of the Friends of Gen. Lane. Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the citizens of Mari

on county was held at the Court House, on Saturday, ct- 1 1 . to make arrangements for the reception of Gen. Joseph Lane at Indianapolis. Gov. Wright was called to the chair and Wm. Stewart appointed Secretary. On motion of E. W. H. Ellis, limolred. That Gen. Drake be authorized to take imaid the officers and soldiers of the Mexican war, and especially the young men of the country, and that he be authorized to make such appointments of assistants as may be necessary Revolted, That Gov. Wright be appointed to welcome Gen. Lane to the State in an appropriate address. Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to superintend the necessary arrangements for the occasion. Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed such committee: Wm. Robson, Wm. Stewart, A. G. Porter, Wm. P. Bryant, John S. Spai.n. Jacob Vandegrif, and Charles Secrest. On motion of Maj. A. F. Morrison, Resolved. That those persons who were engaged in the service of the United States in the Mexican war from the Stale of Indiana, are specially invited to be present on tne occasion, cuncr at, inuivmuais or in organ- . . ' !..( rwt-fi na n r ' . . . , , lhe committee of arrangements. vii in hi ion, i ne sunjcci oi a narnacuo was reierrea io And, on motion, the meeting adjourned. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, Chairman. Wm. Stewart, Secretary. Hon. Jacob Thompson of Mississippi. The Mississippian of the 26th ult. contains a letter from this gentleman which defines his position. He is in favor of acqmesing in the compromise measures, but says: But in thus submitting, we do not become unlimited submissionists. We hold those wio have carried this convention to the issue they have made, and we will, for the sake of Union, agree with them, that M violations of onr rights may occur which will amount to intolerable oppression,'' amongst which are the following: " 1st. The interference by Congressional legislation with the institution ol slavery in the States. 2d. Interference in the trade in slaves between the States. 3d. The abolition, by Congress, of slavery in the District of Columbia. 4th. The refusal, by Congress, to admit a new Slate into the Union, on the ground of her tolerating slavery within her limits. 5lh. The passage of any law by Congress prohibiting slavery in any of the territories. 6th. The repeal of the fugitive slave law, or tbe refusal by the General Government to enforce the constitutional provision for the reclamation of fugitive slaves." He is in favor of falling back on the old democratic organization, and looks to the election of a Dmocratic Congress and Democratic President as the only means of quieting the slavery agitation. We give the concluding part of his letter entire. In the great States of New York and Ohio, in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and most of tho New England Mates, the Uemocratie party cannot he relied upon though even in those States, they are far more favorable to us than the Whig party. The Democratic patty, or the majority of it, in the States of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa are true and reliable. The united South, co-operating with the Dem ocrats of these States, may yet hope to save the South from further aggressions, and reform the abuses and corruptions of the Government, economize its expenses, and confine it, by a due observance of a strict and rigid construction of the Constitution, in its action, to its few legitimate objects ot attending u our external relations, with the least possible interference with the States or their domestic affairs. Wc must, with a united voice, strengthen the hands of such patriots as Buchanan, i Dallas, Stockton, Dickinson, Bright, Douglass, and the ' younger Dodge, to overcome such men as insist on ad tiering to the party, but who are unworthy of it; as Chase, Wilmot, King, Walker, Cleveland and Rantoul. Will any democrat who is one at heart, now give aid and comlort to his political enemies; and thus give them strength at a future time to strike us down? Has any one become so embittered and alienated from his old j friends, that he would now prefer the triumph of those with whom he has so long waged a violent contest, and ' in whose political principles or honesty, he has no confij dence? If such there be go mark him well; and you will hud that he goes out Irom us, because he is not ot us. While we believe that the South has been wronged in the late measures of Congress while we believe aggressions have been committed upon us ; that the citizens of the North have thrown obstacles in the way of lhe quiet enjoyment of our constitutional rights, and have unwarrantably interfered with our domestic institutions, both in and out of Congress; yet we acquiesce in the decision of our State; and for the sake of having union at home and giving strength and moral lorce to our State abroad, we assume the ground, with the mass of onr people, that violations of our rights ma occur, which will amount to intolerable oppression. We believe that the Democratic party, alone, can be relied upon to ward off those measures so obnoxious to us all, and to preserve our institutions in their purity. Then, let cur rallying cry now be, the Union oj the Democracy for the sake of the Constitution end the Union of the States. Let us stand fast and struggle on for our ancient faith and ancient organization, and a zealous cooperation with the sound portions of our old allies of the North. In hoe siqno vincemus. Your Friend, J. THOMPSON. Gov. Wright. The New Albany Leger says: ''It has been intimated bv some paper in the northern part of the State, that Gov. Wright will be a candidate lr Governor whether nominated by a democratic Mate Convention or not. Now, no one who knows Joseph A. Wright the sterling qualities of the man and his inflexa a . . 1 ' Il 1 &l a ible devotion to democratic principles and the usages of the democratic party, would have ventured to intimate that he would be a candidate in opposition to a nominee of his party. Such intimations are calculated to injure him in the estimation of his fellow citizens and to detract from the deserved popularity which he enjoys throughout the State Gov. Wright will submit his claims to a convention and abide by its decision." "We are surprised to see it intimated also that Gov. W. possibly holds a doubtful position on the Compromise measures and on the question of slavery agitation. TkoM who thus think (if there are any who really do think so,) must have been very careless observers of Gov. Wright's course while a member of Congress and since he has oc cupied the Gubernatorial Chair. No man hasdone more J in bis official capacity to still the troubled waters of sec lionalism and to cultivate a spirit of peace and harmony, hu manni nf mntnnl .nnepci.in hetween the different portions of the Union, than has Gov. Wright. While the strife raced fiercest, ho stepped forward and his invitation to Gov. Crittenden of Kentucky to visit our State and partake of its hospitalities, set an example (by the sentiments of fraternal love for the Union it called forth from distinguished gentlemen of both States,) which had a most happy effect both North and South." California. The election returns from California are incomplete, and although the chances are in favor of the democratic candidates for Congress, tho result is by no means certain. Wo think Marshall, dem., is elected, and the result between Kewan and McCorkle, doubtful. The returns look as if Major Redding, whig, was elected Governor. The Legislature is Democratic beyond doubt, which secures the election of a United States Senator. The details of robberies, murders and lynching, are terrible, and represent a horrid state ol society. A selfconstituied organization known as the Vigilance Committee, seem to have taken the law into their own hands. If the government, aided by the arm of the law, is unable to arrest crime and preserve tbe public peace, it is time that it should give way to a stronger and better form. Insecure indeed are the lives of men when they are committed to the mercy of an infuiiated mob. CAt a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central Railway Company, held at Cent or vi lie on the 6th October, William Sullivan Esq., of Indianapolis was elected Director of said Company. St a avATtoN in Sweeden.- -In the province of Wormeland the crops have greatly failed and provisions are so scarce that the peasantry are forced to grind the bark of the birch tree, which they use in lieu of rye or wheat in bread. With the increase of want, crime has also increased to a fearful extent, and robberies are of daily occurrence. Four men, driven to desperation by starvation, murdered a young woman for a bag of meal which she was carrying home to famishing parents. Ah Annans to the Point. The correspondent of the New York Independent, writing from Micdlehury, Vt , and describing the recent commencement there, says: Mr. Douglas made a vary eloquent and popular speech, which bo closed by a subscription of $500 to tbe College."

naagsnasanaaMSssawsMSaannnanaSBaMMMaans TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 181. Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This body has been in session in this City since the 8th instant. There has been in attendance over 300

preachers. The appointments were not announced by ' the Bishop in time for this week's paper, but will appear in our next. Elections. The State Elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio take w I place to-day. In the former State we look for a com plete democratic triumph, notwithstanding Johnston the j whig candidate for Governor is aided by the free soil and i the native American vote. Although the Democratic votes seem to be unfortunately divided between Mr. Buchanan and Gen. Cass, they are united on Col. Bigler tbe candidate for Governor In Ohio, we think there is no doubt of the election of Gov. Wood, by a handsome majority ; and wc think most of the Slate ticket will succeed. There may be some doubt of the election of Brcslin the candidate for Treasurer; Morgan for Auditor, and Curwin and Bartlcy for Judges. The whig candidates for these offices are favorable io the free soil doc- .. ii . - i tnnes, anu win no uouot receive a large accession to their vote from that party, which may defeat the Demo cratic candidates. Our returns, which we hope to receive tomorrow, will give us some indication of the result. These are impoitant elections. Gen. Scott has received the Presidential nomination in both those States, and the defeat nf his party, is the quietus to his Presidential prospects. Reform Commissioner. Walter March, Esq., of Delaware county, is mentioned in connection with the office nf Commissioner of Law Reform We do not Indievc a letter selection could be made in the State. Mr. March was a member of the Convention, and a zealous and honest advocntc of this much needed reform. He is a god lawyer, a ripe scholar, and a gentleman of character and ability. ILTWe have been pr ;sented by Prof. G. B. Downio, of this city, with a piece of music composed by himself, and recently published by A. Fiot, Philadelphia. The words aro by Mrs. S. T. Bolton, and the song is dedicated to Mrs. Mary B. Hammond. We have heard it sung, and regard both the air and accompaniament the best of Prof. Downic's compositions. The words, which are truly beautiful, will be found below : OLD TIME AS HE BURIED THE BEAUTIFUL HOURS. Old time at he buried the beautiful huors, That faded away by thy side. Enshrouded them all in bright leaves and fair flower?. And give me no hint when they died. Their light fi users swept life's EolUn strings. Too softly, too soon, to depart. But many a jewel that fell from their wings Is treasured away in my heart. The angels have woven the tissue of life Of mystical sunshine at d shade: O, let us forget, love, its sorrow and strife, And cherish its joya ere they fade. And let us remember when love hold his reign, To warm onr chill hearts in his glow. And treasure the brightness he leaves lu his train. To solace our moments of woe. Thus, love, in the dim twilight future afar, When hope in our sad hearts is dead, The past, like tbe light of a radiant star, Will brighten the pathway we tread. Then give not a sigh to the beautiful hours. That brought no regret nor alloy; Like fragrance that lingers around faded flowera, Their aiem'ry will still be a joy. Sheep. Wc call attention to the advertisement of M. R. Hull, Esq., of Fayette county. Wc saw some of the sheep mentioned at the Ohio State Fair, and can bear evidence that they are just such sheep as he represents them to be. Those who desire to improve their stock w ill do well to give Mr. Hull a call. Gen. Jo. Lane. We learn by the Cincinnati Enquirer, that Gen. Lane reached that city early on Saturday morning, and was welcomed by a salute from Captain Col. Martin's Red Artillery, and was escorted to his lodgings at the Wal. nut Street House by the Military. He is the guest of the Democracy of the city and was to participate in the proceedings last evening. OThe Anniversary of the Conference Missionary Society was held last evening. The attendance was large and the exercises were interesting. The singing was admirable. After the reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, addresses were delivered by Rev. Saml. Brenton and M. Simpson, D. D. The addresses were of a very high order. The spirit manifested was very encouraging to the friends of missions. The collection amounted, we unj derstand, to nearly four hundred dollars Death of Judge Wright. We regret to learn that our esteemed fellow citizen, Adam Wright, Judge of the Probate Court of this county, died at bis residence in Pike township, on yesterday. We shall, hereafter, give a more extended obituary notice. A Short Career. A boy choked his mother to death in Tipton county, Ind., a few days ago. He refused to do something which she ordered him to do and upon her attempting to use some force to compel him, he seized ber by tbe throat, and then threw her back upon a bed, where he held her until she was dead. Cincinnati Enquirer. Tho above paragraph has been going the rounds of the papers for some time past. We understand by a citizen of Tipton county that no such occurrence has taI en place there. tC7 A California correspondent for the Pittsburgh Post, says: The whig candidates in this State were AntiTariff, Anti-Bank, Free Trade, Free Mines, Free Farmersand every thing else that was calculated to gain Democratic votes but it would not take. How The Times Change. What would tbe people think if our next Legislature should pass an act like the following, taken from the mamoth act of 1836 " Also a connection between the said White Water canal and the Central canal by a canal if practicable, if not, by a railroad." Who now would think of connecting White Water with White river by a canal, or who would think of a railroad merely as a connecting link betweed two canals : such however was tho wisdom of our wise men only a few years ago. What a change has taken place in these matters within a few years. Probate Judge. We understand that Hon. Samuel Cory of Lawrence Township has been appointed Judge of the Probate Court for Marion county, vice Adam Wright, deceased. Judge Cory has served in the eapacity of Associate Judge for this county for the last two years. He is a gentleman of good character and qualifications, and we presume his appointment will give general satisfaction. The Anderson Gazette says: C7" We have seen seventy-five emigrant's wagons pass through our place in one cay. The stream of emigration through this place to the Indian Reserve, and other sections west and north west, has been immense for the last three or four years, during the months of September and October. A large amount of travel of every description intersects at this point. As an item, we might mention that one hundred thousand head of beef cattle have passed over the route up White river for the eastern markets, during one season. Lognn sport Railroad. We learn from the Anderson Gazette that the roots . I. n . . L A n MUM kai I.A.. . I rt .-. - n . 1 AV, mnA I sui vey eu mi mi" n aiiuii au una uocu iicici .iii.-'U on, u , 3 ' ' now the permanent location is made, the road will soon be put under contract

i - -i ii- - rr an mr r i -gg. Death of Mrs. Gaines. The telegraph report, on the arrival of the last California aews, mentioned the death of the wife of Gen. Gaikes, Governor of Oregon. As she left many friends in Kentucay, it will be interesting, however melancholy, to know the cause. Gov. Gaines had started with his family to locate on

a fine ,farm in Clatsop Plains, Oregon. On the road to ill M iivruj .iiv uuim llnu . luv n mi vi.n.'- - riding backed in between the fore wheels and the oxen of a wagon which was accompanying them. The animals friuhtened and starved off at "full speed, carrTing the horse alona with them. Mrs. Gaines fell, her head striking upon the tire of the wagon, and her body being a m - i a a . a a Y jammed between the front board and tbe horse, which being thrown down, was passed over by the wheels of the Wagon, and Mrs. Gaines lell underneath belore the oxen were checked. She spoke but once after the accident, and immediately became insensible. The injury of the brain forbade all hopes of recovery and after lying seventy-five boors ia a state of unconseiouness, death closed the scene. This is a sore calamity. On their way to that country two daughters, who left their home in Kentucky, blooming with health and lull ol the high hopes or youth, died at St. Catharines, of yellow fever, and lie buried on tbe distant shores of Brazil Ms. Enquirer. The Syracuse Outrage. The following is an embodiment of the infamous sentiments and principles of the men who defied the law at .. . Syracuse, and of their abettors : At the meeting of the Convention, the day after the 1 re-escape of the fugitive, Gerrit Smith offered a series ol resolutions, two of which we copy, which were sustained : by S. K. Ward and others, and passed unanimously : " Whereas, Daniel Webster, the bate and infamons enemy of the human race, did, in a speech, which he delivered himself in Syracuse, last spring, exnltingly and I insultingly predict, that fugitive slaves wonld yet be ta ken away from Syracuse, and even from Anti-Slavery Conventions in Syracuse; and whereas the attempt to fulfil this prediction was delayed until the 1st day of October, 1851, when the liberty party of the State of New York, were holding their annual Convention ia Syracuse ; and whereas the attempt was defeated by the majestic and mighty uprising of two thousand five hundred brave men, liefere whom the half dozen kidnappers were but 'as tow': "Resolved, Therefore that we rejoice that the city of Syracuse, the Anti-Slavery city of Syracuse, the city of Anti-Slavery Conventions, our beloved and glorious city of Syracuse, still remains undisgraeed by the fulfilment of this satanic prediction of the salanic Daniel Webster." Hniyj Prospects or the Coming Season. Under this head the Louisville Courier of Saturday has some suggestions in regard to the hog trade. All accounts RiTree that th numbers of hor for naolrinnr this .naimn j throughout the West, will fulfv equal last season while ! the quality is far better. At Louisville the prices range from $4.25 to $4.50 net. The Democrat says that hogs were selling to the butchers on Friday at $4 25. "Ia the adjoining counties holders are asking $3.50 at the pens, which purchasers, so far, have manifested bu little feelinjr to pay." We clip the following from the Louisville Courier: At Madison, Ind., we hear of contracts for 3.500 head of hogs at $4.40a$4.45 net. At St. Louis a contract was recently made for 1000 hogs to be delivered as late as the 2th of February. A packer in this city, had 1000 head offered to him at 3 cts. gross, to be delivered within twenty-five miles of this city, on the railroad, which he refused. The following is about the average of gross and net prices of hogs, if not driven over forty or fiftv miles. As the distance increases, however, the advance over the gross price must he increased to cover cost: 3j cts. gross is equai to $4.25a$4 35 net. 3 cts. gross is equal to $4.50a$4.75 net. The Courier also publishes a letter from a reliable source from Cincinnati, in which the opinion is expressed that ''hogs are too hish. and we think the price will not be sustained." Madisonian. ITT"" But why don't Messrs. Blake and Perkins answer our interrogatories ? Didn't Senator Bright send Mr. Blake three times on a Thursday for an interview f Was he refused ? And on Friday, after proiier acknowledgment had been made by him, through his friends Blake and Perkins, didn't the Governor grant the Senator an interview? Will Mr. Blake or Judge Perkins answer? Madison Courier. Why these nonsensical interrogatories, after Messrs. Blake and Perkins have, by a Card to the public, stated that the whole difference was settled satisfactorily a.id in the most honorable manner to both parties. The authority of Blake and Perkins, men of unquestioned integrity, casts into the darkest shade all the puerile efforts of the Courier to make the matter otherwise. However anxious Mr. Bright may have been, to arrest the effort to distract and divide the dcmociatic party those that know him, know that he will not submit to any in- ,' dignity. And the governor, influenced by his good disI :.- ? r rf ... .- Y .... position, is as lonu oi reconciliation as any bony, l he christianlias a heart to forgive his enemies and this disposition probably has led the governor to sympathize with the eJitor of the Courier, the one that is doing him the most injury. That editor would effect as much in a:tcmpting to dart straws towards the Sun in view of destroying its brilliant rays, as to pen such paragraphs. Shelbyrille Volunteer. The Revolution in Mexico. Baltimore, Oct. 7. The New Orleans papers of the 30th, contain detailed accounts of the movements of the revolutionists iu the Northern States of Mexico. Their pronunciamentos pronounce death to the tyrants. The following are the reasons given for the revolt First The utter failure of the Mexican government to protect the Northern Mexican States from Indian depredations. Second The unjust, unequal and prohibitory system of duties which operates most destructively on the interests of the people of the frontier. Third Tbe despotio power exerted by the Federal government over the rights and representation of the several States. It is reported that besides Camargo, Mier and several other towns are in tbe hands of the insurgents. At tbe date of these accounts all was quiet at Matamoras, awaiting the appearance of the revolutionists. It was thought that no resistance would be made. It is stated that the government had sent out 3,000 men to defend the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Don Ferando Ramnez has accepted the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs, charged with the formation of a new Cabinet. The Fnir. The first annual fair ot the "Wayne County Agricultural Society'' was held in this city on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. We have only time now to say that the display of slock of different kinds and the various productions of the farm, farming implements, See., Sec., surpassed the most sanguine expectations of those engaged in getting it up. The number in attendance each day was large . but Wednesday was tbe great day. Early on that morning tbe people commenced coming in from all directions and there was a perfect jam throughout the day. The crowd was variously estimated at from ten to twenty thousand. It was undoubtedly the largest crowd ever collet-ted at this place. In the afternoon Governor Wright delivered an address, replete with the sound practical views for which he is distinguished. The address was well delivered and well received. We hope to be able to lay it before onr readers in a week or two, and shall therefore let it speak for itself, as it will commend itself more favorably thnn. anything we could say in its behalf. Richmond Jeffer tonian. Democratic National Convention. A National Convention of tbe Democratic party has been called for the first Monday in June, 1852, at Baltimore. Under present prospects Stephen A. Douglas and" Samuel Houston will distance all competitors in the race for Democratic favor. If one of them will but accept a nomination to the Vice Presidency, in onr bumble opinion the names of Douglas and Houston will be selected with distinguished unanimity to ornament that Democratic National Banner of tbe next Presidential contest. Which to place in the lead, is a matter to be decided by the Convention. The Democrats of Indiana will cheerfully support either, although Gen. Lane is their expressed favorite. Cass, Butler and Buchanan also have many partizan admirers in this State. People's Friend. ;.7The Canadiaa Government Clerks arc nearly all ia debt ; and many of them will have to sell their furniture to clear off old scores when the moving day come. The Government compells all its Clerks to pay their debts. When any of them refuse, an application to the bead of the department to which he is attached sets all right. We hope the principals pay their debts. SZTGov. Slade, the agent of the National Educational Society, was at Buffalo on Saturday afternoon, having in charge some thirty young ladies, hound Westward, as Teachers. The Society has sent out to tbe Wet about two hundred and fifty teachers. They are to bn distributed through the States of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. Quite a number, however, it ia aaid, have entered the " United State " of matrimony. Removal or thx Canadian Siat or Csvssnmint. On Saturday last, as we learn Irom the Rochester . . r oi.u - .ir i j Advertiser, of the 21th, the puoW office were cloned at Toronto, preparatory to the transfer of the seat of goveioiucnl lw QueU. ot the ist ol October.