Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1851 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

" - , - WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor.1 " t ' INDIANAPOLIS: SATI RDA V K FSH, Oi'TOBKR , .I. Democrats State Central Committee. G PORTER, C. G. WERBF., DAVID REYNOLDS, L DUNLAP. WILLIAM H. MORRISON A GALL. N. BOLTON. Hud I Hurt. Disguise it as they will, the Scott Whigs Seel very ,ore UDdr th defeai of Johnson, in Pennsylvania , . The lollow.ng paragraph we clip from the Dayton Gazette, one of the most ardent Scott papers in Ohio. We look for fun ahead. The Editor is a very astute sort of a man and can read the signs in the political horizon without the aid of a glass. He is not quite so doll as our neighbor Defrees. But here is the extract : WHO CARRIED PENNSYLVANIA I It is perfectly certain that Gov. Johnson's election in Pennsylvania was defeated by influences outside of the State and treachery within it." The Southern Whig papers generally, and a certain class of Whig papers in the North, especially in New York, did not even make a decent effort to disguise their sympathy with every misrepresentation of his opinions promulgated by the Locofocos, and som" of them now openly rejoice at a result which thev are prepared to construe unfavorably to the chances of Gen. Scott to the Presidency. The Editor of the New York Express relates an incident !,. .ii-l v which war the wind sets. A TTTV" rl -' . . . . .... noted Silver Giev met a Woolevhead, and accosiea mm thus " I say, Mr- W., did Scott carry Pennsylvania and Ohio, in tins election V " No .' but it is pretty generally understood that Mr. Fillmore and his friends did V was the reply. The conversation changed, and the two stepped upon the Albany platform again in perfect harmony. The Editors of the Huntington Observer send us the last number of their paper, which contains a very bitter and abusive article. It coucludes with the following emphatic declaration. " We want it understood that BUI Brown find no mercy at our hands.'' We donot know these young gentlemen who have placed us beyond the reach of their mercy, and what could have raised their ire to such a burning height is to us a profound mystery. They charged ns with defending Consul Owen which we denied. They reiterate the charge without adducing the proof, and now they think that we would come out for the administration if we were not afraid of being tarred and feathered. The honest unsophisticated people of Hun tingtonmay perhaps believe this story, but the wbigs in j this region, against whom we have waged war lor a quar ter of a century, will hardly believe that there is much danger ol our turning. We refused to exchange with the Observer because, as we thought, the Editors traveled out of their way to abuse us without cause or provocation. We are perfectly willing that these young gentlemen shall abuse us as much as they desire, hut we will not pay for " heating the poker." The next Speaker. The contest lor speaker to Congress is likely to set tie down between Col. Boyd of Kentucky, and Mr. Disney of Ohio. As the Southern States have had the Speaker thirty-nire years, and the Northern only twentythree, the friends of Mr. Disney will present his claims in very strong light. He has had much experience as a presiding officer, and would fill the chair with ability and credit. Col. Boyd is an old member of greit experience, and high reputation. Mr. Bnrt of South Carolina would unquestionably make the best presiding officer, but his secession notions will defeat his election. J "We learn that a motion was made this week lefore the Supreme Court to dismiss the order of one of the Judges, extending the effect of the appeal taken trom the injunction granted by Judge Chamberlain against the Michigan Central Railroad Company, at the nitoftbe Northern Indiana R. R. Company. The Court, we are informed, declined to hear the merits of the motion, on the ground that the Court is not in open session tor the purpose of hearing contested questions on the merits. The important questions involved will therefore stand over till the meeting of the Court next month LC7Tbe Railroad Journal, speaking of the rapid progress of the Bellefontaine road, says: M This road when completed will give to Central Indiana, a direct outlet east to the connection with the Sandusky. Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Columbus roads, opening the great thoroughfare from the Lakes and Atlantic cities to the Capital of the State of Indiana, and by the roads centering there, to the lower Ohio, Wabash, and Mississippi rivers. Thankful for Small Favors. The whigs rejoice very much lhat they have secured a majority of one in the Senate of Pennsylvania. This was brought about by the defection in Northumberland, on the Senatorial ticket A half loaf is better than no bread. A hasty plate of soup better than no soup at all. T'Rumley who was confined in the jail of Rush county awaiting his trial for the murder of Card, broke jail on Tuesday night last and has not since been heard from. One hundred dollars is offered for his apprehension. This is the second escape from this jail in the last few months. Jj"Dr. A. B. Elliott lectures this evening at Roberts Chapel an the subject of Temperance. Dr. Elliott comes among us with a high repntation as a popular lecturer. The Ohio papers speak of him as a gentleman well calculated to arouse to duty every rational and reflecting mind on the great cans of Temperance. Can't we give him a large audience' Another Editoe Dead. Francis M. Leviston, one of the Editors of tde Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate, died on the 11th instant in consequence of wounds received by the explosion of the steamer Brilliant. He was a native of Georgia, a scholar and a fine writer. CO" Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the distinguished authoress, is preparing for the press a work giving the result of her experience and observations during her interesting and prolonged jonrney in England, France, Germany. Russia, Turkey, Italy and Spain. EA tailor in New York has invented a new mode by which clothes are made without sewing the pieces, being joined by a kind of glue or cement. e7"Tbe Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad will be completed in about a month, forty-eight miles weswf Pittsburgh. IT Rev . Mr. Stevenson pasto- of the Third Presbyteil church, will preach t ton crow at 10 o'clock A.M. mh M 3 o'clock P. M , at w:. ert Hall. l. FfCTnoa... la St Louis Union, of the !?., good authority, says Col. fsiMOBT has completer s il confirmed the sale of bis Mariposa tract of gold land ia California. The sale was made to a company in London, for one million of dollars; one hundred thousand of which (that being the first installment; is to be paid to Col. Fremont in tbe city of New York on or about the 15th of this month. Co!. FaE.moNT may now be considered among the wealthiest millenaries of the United States. He has, besides the Mariposa tract just sold, a vast amount of property in San Francisco. Cm Enquirer. :r A Mr. Robinson, aged twenty -five, who had but lately returned from California, and opened the " Mis souri House ' in Wellvillc, Ohio, committed suicide last weak by drowning himself in the river He gave as a

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Pennsylvania. Col. Forney of t..e Puansylvaniaa, in view of the bril-

1 ,ant reu)ta of the late election with great fore end; truthfulness asks: " How often mav not the Democrat ak himself" Is 'l not wonderfal thru the Democrats succeed at all?'" Look at the facta, and then see how greateful we ought ZZiJZZXZ?. what is more than all, they have tue ability and recklessness to combine with any party that may bring themsuccess. The fact that we have continued to maintain our position in Pennsylvania at all, is among the stri

FRANCIS KING, , king wonders of politics. We have contended against J. P. DRAKE, everything in tbe State against the money, the desperW. J. BROWN. at ion, and the utter absence of all principle in the ranks of the Whigs. Look at the state of things. In the in

terior we have had every thing to contend against Anti-Ma-sonrv. Abolition and Free Soilism. and vet t against all these we bare rolled up triumphant majorU". Io this city and county we have had Nativisra to contend against, a system of bargains and sales among Whigader'9( lDat would fcave annihilated the De- ! mocracy ; if it had been practiced in our ranks twenty years ago. 1 bus opposed . assailed ana oeset, we repeat is it not wonderful that we succeed at all? ' To all these dangerous and desperate influences, we have CT one fabty to set up - a party of the same princi - plea all over the country ; a party of one belief; a party pledged and devoted to the equality and to the welfare of the country The secret of the success of th great party is to be found in the fact that its disinterestedness and its honest zeal have rallied to its standard every sincere friend of the country. How lonp iould the country survive without Mf" Late from California Arrival of the Illinois, The steamer Illinois arrived at New York on Saturday morning from Chagres, with two weeks later intelligence from California. She made the passage in seven days and sixteen hours running time said to be much the quickest passage on record, and has brougiit three hundred and seventy-four passengers, and $1,857,. osa :. J.... .1j i. l 1 o, m uum on mioue aim in me nanus 01 pasena rs ; also the California mails of the 15'h ultimo Senator Gwin and lady are anong the passengers. We annex extracts from the California papers: From the San Francisco Herald, Sept. 13. Si mmaxy or Events During the Last FoaTNiGHT The leading event of interest, and one which has been Bjj ; the chief topic ol discussion in political circles during past lor might, is the election for State and county officers which was held on the 3d instant. In this county the Whigs obtained an average majority of six hundred and ninety-five for State officers. For County officers the honors arc about equally divided. The returns from several of the liontier counties have not yet been received. and 'hereis still doubt as to the result for Governor. The vote is very close ; loth parties claim the victory, and the official returns can alone decide the question. The remainder of the Democratic State ticket, including Messrs. E. C- Marshall and McCorkle, for Congress, are elected. The Legislature will be Democratic in both branches, and will no doubt elect a Democrat to the United States Senate imraediately after organizing. The vote throughout the State is small. A most destructive fire visited Marysville on the night of the 30th of August, by which three entire squares, including upwards of eightly houses and property valued at five hundred thousand dollars, were consumed. On the 10th of September the same place was again visited by a disastrous fire, which destroyed twerty.five buildings and a large amount of valuable merchandise. Both fires are supposed to have been the work of incendiaries. The Nicarugua route has lieen opened by the arrival of the steamer Pacific from San Juan in a little over fifteen days. She left again for San Juan on the 6th instant. A most important step has been taken by the inhabitants of the southern counties, desirous of dividing the State, and forming a Territorial government for that portion. Two addresses have been issued to secure concert of action, and a conventiob of delegates has been called to assemble in Santa Barbara on th? third Monday in October. Delegates have already been appointed to attend from Santa Clara, San Diego, and other counties. All the member- of the legislature recently elected from that section of the State are pledged to urge a division at the ensuing session. Crime has been most sensibly diminished throughout the State, and no execution has taken place, either here or in the interior, since the sailing of the last steamer. The Indians in the southern part of the State are quiet . those in the north, in Trinidad and Kamath counties, are becoming somewhat tronblesome. The gold diggins contiuue to yield rich returns to the labors of the miners. The auriferous quartz veins are being extensively worked, and generally with great success. The amount shipped bv the steamer Panama, which leaves to-day, $1,700,000, exhibits no falling off in the production of gold in our State. In the dry diggins, miners are only waiting for the rainy season to take out large amounts of gold. San Francisco has recovered from the two great conflagrations of May and June, and has been rebuilt in far better style than before. Numerous fire-proof brick and stone buildings have been erected, and many others have been commenced. Altogether the condition of affairs in our State is highly satisfactory. Fi mil the Panama Herald of Sept. 19lh. Great Robbery, Murders, and Arrests. Information reached this city on last Saturday that the great specie train of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which left the city, under guard, about nine o'clock in the morning, had been attacked and robbed by a gang of robbers. Three of the guard had been shot during the attack by the robbers, and were lying by t ie roadside. Two of them were shot in the breast and the third in the legs. The two shot in the breast were dying, and the other badly wounded . The robbers succeeded in securing one box of gold dust, with which they made off into (he woods, but the box being heavy, and they being closely and hotly pursued by the reinforced parties coming up to the train, they were obliged to abandon it and make their escape. In attempting to do this tvo of them were captured. One of tbem is a native of Dublin, Ireland and his real name is Bartholomew Thomas. The name of Thomas Summers be assumed for his own purposes. He is about twenty-one years of age. He beggeB for his life, and then gave a full disclosure of the whole plot, giving the names of all the persons engaged in it, and all the particulars relative te the attack, c. The other man is an intelligent negro, lrora new York city, named Charles Cromwell. Names of the robber g"K: Bart. Thomas, (now in prison.) Charles Cromwell, (black,) from New York city, (now in prison.) Dr. Berry, of New Orleans, (has a wife in San Francisco.) Laban Manning, of Illinois, (carpenter by trade.) Dr. Burt, or Burke, residence unknown; Mirerand, do; Dagnaut, do. Odd-Fellows' Statistics. At the late meeting of the Grand Lodge of the United States, reports from all the State Grand Lodges were received, except Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont, Texas. North Carolina, and Florida. As compared with last year, this table hows the following results: 1850. 1851. Lodges 2,354 2,633 Relief 483,404 491,896 Initiations 81,231 30,923 Revenue $1,217,417 $1,209,670 Members 174,637 189,379 Petty Knavery The Louisville Couriei mentions the discovery of a system of petty frauds in packing floor, some one hundred barrels from Indiana and Kentucky having been examined in that city, in which an average loss of eight pounds per barrel was detected. Some brands fell sliort fifty pounds, and others twelve or fifteen pounds. The standard weight of a barrel of flour, including the barrel, is two hundred and twelve pounds. Murder. At Paoli, near Springfield, ky . last week, a man named Best murdered his brother. At Liberty, Casey county, John Cole stabbed and killed another man. At Eastport. Alabama, on the 17th, a young man named Warren shot and killed a Mr. Lambert. The Obtuse Boy." I say boy stop that ox." " I haven't got no stopper, sir." " Well head him then.'' "He's already headed, sir.'' " Coufound your impertinence turn him." " He's right side ont already, sir." 'Speak to him, yon rascal, you." "Good morning, Mr. Ox." . irr Mach laeelli. the famous (some say infamous) politician, talks about women with a freedom of speech that some of 'em wouldn't like. One of his apothegms is, that " Women are like impetuous men, and will sooner forgive too much boldness than too much timidity." B7"Tbe Louisville Journal says that " a shoemaker named Daiiy, recently eloped with the wife of a brother craftsman." Elopements are something too freqnent all over the country, but out west it seems to he a Dai--transaction. ILTLord Elgin was -.coompamed to Buffalo, by his brotbar, Lt. Col. Bruce, Lord Mark Ker. Major 20th

Foot Mrs. Bruce, and others.

MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1S51.

Hard Swearing. The new Coaeiitution takes effect next Saturday, the I first day of Novemler All pnhlic officers before trans- ! acting any official business must take an oath of office, j cU,rks the COQn wi genera)1y ,worn iore ! mnU; d ,, J ,, will M . .h ,. all the subordinate officers. All offices now existing under law, ( Associate Judges excepted) will be continued, and laws not inconsistent with the Constitution will continue in force until altered, amended or revised, by the Legislature. Extra .Ullage Again. The New York Tribune contains a list of those Senaj tors who received extra milage at the ate extra session f ,he Senate, and also the names of :hoe who declined ' . . ' ... . m IM 10 rece,ve " II "PP" b lhat ,,st ,bat &enator " comb received the amount he was entitled to under law, but Senator Bright declined to receive his. It appears , , snch case5 made ont the i . - ' . m 1 "at I to which Col. King, the ice President, attached the following certificate: Washington, March 13, 1851. ' , if that lhe C0In)ensation allowed bv the foregoing schedule, to Senators of the United States, is according to law- William R. King. President ol the Senate pro tempore. This whole bill will have to be passed on by Compoller Whittlesey, and, if need be, by Attorney General ' Crittenden, both W higs, belore Air Dickens, the Secre tary of the Senate, can be allowed credit for the payments. In other word-,, they must sanction its legality, as the Whig Attorney General, Mr. Johnston, did on a former occasion, before the accounts of the Secretary I .... . . 1 . ,.an t((1 t.jray settled. I he refusing Senators may at 1 any time hereafter draw the amount certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury ; and when these officers decide on the legality of this payment, we know it is the intention of many who have hot received this payment, to take it. If the officers of the Treasury decide against it, the Secretary and his sureties will be liable for the amount thus illegally paid. If, in the mean lime, one of those Senators, say, for instance, Mr. Bright, should die, this amount would constitute :i part of his estate, for which his administrator wouid be bound to account. The law has lieen repealed, and will not likely be reenacted. It was an old law, which has been in force for more than thirty years, and under it these abuses have grown up. Public officers alwnys take all the fees the law legally gives them. If the fees are too high, the fault is in the law, and not in lhe public officers. 17" Bigler, the democratic candidate for Governor, has been elected by a considerable majority, though not so large as was first claimed by the democratic party. This result has been bjought about by a nnion of democrats, frec-soilers, and abolitionists. Montiromeru Journal, (Whig.) The Harrisburgh American, the special organ of Gov. Johnston, attributes his defeat to the Cotton Whigs and friends of the administration. The Editor says: " Mr. Webster has had his agents and wire-workers in different pans of the Slate. They were, generally men of but little character, who could never have accomplished their object had they not taken the precaution to conceal their bitter hatred under the garb of extreme friendship. They were hypocritical as well as treacherous. We will leave these men to their reflections, and to the sure and just punishment which certainly awaits them.': Here is a slight dirlereuee, but we presume the American, who led the whig forces in lhe fight understands what caused their defeat and overthrow. Blncher came, and the battle was lost. A Querie. Why is it that the State Sentinel and the Msdisonian refuse to hoist the name of Joe Lane for the Presidency, agreeably to the requisition of the Democratic Convention of last winter, if they are honet in their devotion to that gallant officer and distinguished statesman? Lafayette Courier. For the same reason that the Astor, the Burnett, and other houses of high character never sti k up a glaring sign in the middle of the street. They depend on their repntation. Small concerns depend on the sign. Gov. Jobnstou's Defeat. A gentleman of the Stale of Pennsylvania, writing to his friend ef this city, accounts for the defeat of Governor Johnston, after this wise: " I think, with many others, that it was owing to his not signing the Act for granting to the United States the use of the jails, and his failure to avow himself in favor of the compromise measures. The truth is, theGovernor was suspected of leaning towards the abolitionists, and his defeat shows that anj one suspected even cannot get the support of Pennsylvania." Change of Yenoe. The Tipton Circuit Court have granted a change of venue to this county, in the trial of Harvey Moon, indicted for the murder of Hornbeck. Garver, Buckles and Riley, for the State; Kilgore, Green and Lewis, for the defendant. The Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says the President has determined to tender the appointment of Consul at Havana to Hon. W. L. Sharkey of Mississippi. Judge Sharkey was the President of the first Convention which assembled at Nashville for the organization of a Southern Rights party. Yiiicennes G.izette. James M. Mason is now associated with R. Y. Caddington in the publication of this paper. Mr. Mason, we judge from his introductory, is a good writer. UHon. John G. Miller, of Boonville, Missouri, a member of Congress, has determined to devote himself to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. Sensible. O Mr. Gideon Burton, living near Terre Haute, was run over by a locomotive, and horribly mangled, one day last week. He died from the injury received, on Wednesday evening, leaving a wife and children. Good DocTaiNE. The Fort Wayne Sentinel hits the nail on the head thus: There is no other way of preserving the harmony and efficiency of the party, than to promptly expel all traitors from the camp. Compromising or seeking toconciliate such men only makes the matter worse; strengthens them for future mischief; disgusts and discourages good Democrats; and will lead to confusion and dissolution in our ranks. " We acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr. Spans . one of the editors of the Indiana Statesman, and in return, for the present, tender him our warmest thanks for his goodness and friendship towards ns." Huntington Observer. Aunty Green had to put on her ' specticles' before she could see the 'pint' of the above and then she couldn't' Mbion Obtrver. " Rank Pizen." Judge Thornton , of Alabama, one of the Californian Land Title Commissioners, had his band amputated the other day. He struck a chap in the month at a meeting in his State and slightly bruised his knuckle. Unfortunately the fellow was a disunionist and his mouth was rank pizen! Connecticut. Elections for the choice of town officers were held in Connecticut last wees and resulted more than usually favorably to the Democracy. Of S4 towns reported by the Hartford Times, 52 have chosen Democratic officers, 28 have choseh federal officers, and 4 are equally divided. Kossuth Gen. Sanfok, of New York, has issued ordersjfor the parade of the Istdivision N. Y. 8. Mailitia, on the arrival of Kossuth, and orders, it is understood, have been sent from Washington for the military and naval stations to fire salutes and extend military honors to the great patriot. AaaivAL or Mas. Jvnaoa. Mrs. Dr. Judson " Fanny Forrester " and children arrived in Boston by the Canada on Friday night, with health much improved by their voyage from India.

Pennsylvania. Returns, official and reported, have been received from all the counties iu the State, except M'Kean, Elk and

Wanw. Col. Bigler has nine thousand and thirty rijht majority. The counties to hear from will increase his m A 1 1 1 riti' a In .1 1 1 ft -. I.iii,.1 -a1

Legislative The Senate wiü comprise seventeen ; c do injustice to any one. We did not attempt to conWhigs and sixteen Democrats: the House fortv-five . trovert his positions, or contrast his professions with his Whigs and fiftv-five Democrats. Democratic majority ect sincerely desiring that he might have the widest on joint ballot nine. latitude to again place himself right before his constituJames Camnl,ell. on of th n.-mooraiic c-ndidaies eni. In that communication he spoke for himself. He

for the Judgeship, is defeated. He is a Roman Catho lie; and as he was supposed bv many to have been nnminated chiefly on that account.' in order to secure Catholie votes, a counteracting influence was produced, whch defeated him South Carolina Election. The Charleston Mercury of the 17th instant, gives the following summary of the votes in each Congressional district, and in the aggregate, as far as heard from, down to the previous evening: Co operation. Secession. First Congressional District 2,349 1,138 Second Congressional District Third Congressional District 3,017 Fourth Congressional District 1,864 Fifth Congressional District 1,424 Sixth Congressional District 2,747 Seventh Congressional District 1,374 2,307 1.138 715 1,168 1,456 7.912 Total 12,775 The majority for Co-operation by the above is four thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and giving a Co-operation majority, as far as ascertained, of six out of seven of the Congressional districts. Adding to the above the re ortcd Co-operation majorities in the Second Congressional District, and deducting the rumored Secession majori-y in the Seventh District, the present popular vote is seven thousand one hundred and twentynine for Co-opeiation. O" The Elections in California still remain in some doubt. The San Francisco Herald says: Iu this county the Whigs have obtained an average majority of 695 for State officers. For county officers the honors are about equally divided. The returns from several of the frontier counties have not yet been received, and there is still doubt as to the result of Governor. The vote is very close; loth parties claim the victory, and the official returns can only decide the question. The remainder of the Democratic State ticket, including Messrs. E. C. Marshall and McCorkle, for Congress, are elected. The Legislature will be Democratic in both branches, and will no doubt elect a Democrat to the United Slates Senate immediately after organizing. The vote throughout the State is small. The Courier says: We consider that Reading's chances are two to one over Bigler's. The actual returns put Reading ahead of Bigler 1,083. The counties to hear from are Shasta, Trinity, Klamath, and San Diego. Can these counties overcome Reading's present majority? We think not. The Alta California says: By the tabic which we published in another column, the vote for Reading is 13,541, for Bigler, 13,100, giving Reading thus far a majority of 441. These returns are correct as far as the figures go, though very imperfect in some of the counties a number of precincts remaining to be heard from. Placer county is i-oneeded to have given 500 majority for Bigler, and Butte 300. Shasta will probably give two or three hundred more, which will place Bigler's majority at over 500. Unless the returns come in strong for Reading, both north :md south, Bigler is elected: Getting the Start. We publish the following call for a Fillmore meeting in Henry county at the request of a personal friend. It seems that kind of printiug cannot be done at the Jour nal office. The iiamse are whigs of the first respectability in Henry county. FILLMORE MEETING. The time for agitating the question of the next Whig candidate for the Presidency, the undersigned believe, has now arrived, and they are impressed with the consideration, that upon the wisdom of the selection, to be made by the National convention, will depend not merely the future success of the great Whig party, but the jermanancy of the Union itself. To re-open the Sectional controversy between the North and the South, so lately adjusted upon terms deemed mutually satisfactory at the time, would in their judgement be fraught with the most mischievous consequences, and believing that Millard Fillmore if re-elected, could do more to harmonize sectional animosity and carry out in good faith these terms of the treaty of peace and concord, than any other individual whose name has been used in connection with that office, they are therefore decidedly for him. The past conduct of Mr. Fillmore is a sufficient guaranty that if re-elected, the influence of his administration, would be directed to restore amicable relations among all the members of this great confederacy, to cherish the spirit oi patriotism in which the Union itself was formed, and in which mutual differences have since been conciliated, and to carry out with fidelity, the letter and spirit of the constitution and laws upon all questions , oi domestic policy. lhe opinion of our present Executive upon these questions are well known, and they respectfully submit, whether any individual should be run as a whig candidate whose views upon matters so vitally affecting the public welfare, are not equally well known and explicit. His administration of our affairs both foreign and domestic has commanded the respect, and, it is believed, the unqualified approval of a large majority of the American people, and from bis peculiar position they think him more available than any other individual. The undersigned therefore invite their fellow citizens of Henry county, and others who entertain similar views to unite with them, on Thursday the 6th of November next at the court House in Newcastle for the purpose of putting him in nomination for the Presidency. Martin L. Bundv, Morris Doan W. B. Anderson, Joshua Holland, Exam Lamb, Jesse H. Healey, Peter Shroyer, Ralph Berkshire, John Cripe, Joel Hazleton. Thomas Phillips, J. N. Thornton, William Fraizer, H. C. Grubbs, Henry Carroll. A. J. Neff, Allen Shepherd, Nathan Livezy, jr. John G. Welch, Thomas Haley, Randolph Bickell. Daniel Murphy, John C. Davis, George Evans, A. F. Pentecost. New Albany aud Salem Railroad. Twenty-six miles of this road, lying between this city and the Kankakee river has been let by Mr. Gonzales, the Engineer in charge of the work, to Messrs. L. k H. Kent, of New York. The contractors have their laborers engaged and will commence operations next week. The contract is to be completed during August next. The remaining four miles this side of the Kankakee will be let in a few days. The line proves to be much more favorable than was anticipated. Mr. Gonzales was authorized to establish a gtade of 50 feet to the mile, but he has succeeded in obtaining a maximum of 42. The survey of the route has been completed to within 21 miles of Lafayette a distance of 70 miles. This line is said to be a very favorable one. Fifty-six miles of the route is a perfectly straight line, and will be the longest continuous straight road in the world. There are but three miles of curve in the whole seventy. We understand that Mr. Gonzales, who is prosecuting the work with all practicable despatch, will shortly proceed to Lafayette and will survey and locate the remaining 21 n.iles. We are informed that lhat portion of the line between Lafayette and the Kankakee will be under contract in about two months. The whole line from Lafayette to Michigan City will probably be ready for the iron during lhe coming year. Michip'an City News. Lawrenceburgh and Upper Mississippi R. R. According to the expose presented to the stockholders at the annual election on the 1st September last, the stock subscribed was $459,000, being an increase of $176,000 since the last report made by the company on the 1st March, 1850. This amount does not include the subscriptions made at Indianapolis and Cincinnati, where books have been recently opened, and already over $100,. 000 obtained, with fair prospects ol doubling that sum. The work under contract had increased, since the report made in March, 1850, from $88,000 to $250,000 ; and the distance under contract from 17 miles and 63 miles. One locomotive is on the ground ready for use as soon as the iron arrives, 800 tons of which is on its way from Quebec. In all 1,8700 tens have been purchased. All the cross lies for 52 miles are purchased, to lie paid for in stock, except about one-sixth in money, and lhe laying of the track lor the same distance is contracted for, payable in six percent bonds of the county of Decatur, at 90 cents. All the chairs and spikes for 18 miles are paid for in stock or county bonds. The company expect to lay down the iron on 18 miles of road this fall and winter, and the residue, to the ex tent of b'i miles, next year; and if tne:r prospects continue to improve, they hope to reach Indianapolis in 18 months from 1st January next. Rail Road Journal For teleg.-aphie see next page.

TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 88, 185i.

Hon. John S. Reid. A short time since we published a communication from this gentleman, defining his position on the Compromise measures, with the remark that it w- nt our intention has now undertaken to speak for his associates, Messrs. Frybarger. Wilson, Fonts. Reese, Leviston, M'Cray, , M'Cullough and Rider, who, he says, constituted part of subscribers for the Madison Courier, the rst being Whigs. He has chosen the Madison Courier as his organ, and we are right glad of it. There is an old Spanish maxim that runs thus: "Show me the com- j patiy a man keeps, and 1 will tkotc you hit opinion " It j wonld have afforded us great pleasure to have published I a communication from these gentlemen The most of them wc have known long and favorably as unwavering Democrats, and we have never differed in politics until we cast our vote, as a member of Congress, in favor oft the Compromise measures, and have since advocated , their policy and justice through the columns of the Sentinel. These gentlemen had a perfect right to patronise the Madison Courier, a paper which had been condemned and repudiated by the Democracy of Jefferson count , and the Second Congressional District. These genJ tlemen were all warm supporters of George W. Julian, ' the Freesoil candidate for Congress, and smarting under defeat, it was very natural for them to select a paper that was daily pouring out its vials of gall and bitterness on the Sentinel, on Hon. Jesse D. Bright and John L. Robinson, who had contributed to the defeat of Julian. Mr. Reid, it appears, not only acted as the agent for Garber, bnt is the attorney for Messrs. Leviston and others, to define their position through the columns of the Madison Courier, because through that medium he might be at liberty to say some very hard things, which he would not like to ask us to publish. This, therefore, places us under the necessity of noticing his communication, a necessity which we would gladly avoid, if self-respect would permit . The first sentence which demands our attention, is the following: 'Viewing the ungenerous assaults of some of the Pro-slavery Democrats of Madison on the Governor, because he had stood by you as a friend, under their attempt to destroy the freedom of the press, and the right of every freeman to discuss the reasonableness of the laws under which they live, they deemed it their duty to show their sympathy for you by aiding your subscription usi, ana tue worin meir respeci lor tne man. Who are the Pro-slavery men that Mr. Reid refers to? Senator Bright, Capt. Hendricks, and the fourteen bundred Democrats of Jefferson county, who by their votes repudiated Garber and his paper. In this controversy, Gov. Wright lias said it was not his intention to take part, and until the Governor wrote his letter to Capt. White and others, endorsing the course of Garber, the Democrats ol Jeflerson county did not regard him as a party to the controversy. Gov. Wright everywhere proclaims himself the friend of the Compromise measures; then why should Pro-slavery men in Madison en gage in ungenerous assaull on nun? I he assertion was a mere subterfuge of this broken down and renegade editor, to lug in the name of Gov Wright to bolster up his sinking fortunes; and we are persuaded that if Mr. Reid. and the Democrats whom he represents, bad understood the merits of this controversy, they would not have volunteered their aid in defence of Garber, and have sympathised with a political traitor, who is making war on some or the most prominent Democrats in the Stale, and refused to support the regular Democratic ticket in his own county. These gentlemen, Mr. Reid says, are not Freesoilers, though some of them do not like the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law. The Fugitive Slave Law is the only measure, in the series, in which the North yield anything, the only measure lavorable to the South; and however much these gentlemen may claim to be friend of the Compromise, we do not regard them as such, so long as they war on this measure, which is regarded of such vital importance by the South, the repeal of which Would shake this Union to its centre. Perhaps these gentlemen have derived their opinions of this law from Mr. Reid. If so, we are not astonished that they should dislike some of its provisions. During the last session of the Legislature, Mr. Reid, who claims to be a friend of the Compromise, introduced into the Senate his celebrated resolution "in favor of freedom,'1 which was hardly treated with common legisla tive courtesy, but was immediately laid on the table bv j a decisive vote. In that paper Mr. Reid asserts " that some of the provisions oj that law are in opposition to the ennobling principles of human freedom, promulged in the j Declaration of our National Independence, and endangering the liberty of our fellow-men, especially those provisions by which a trial by jury is denied, the writ of habeas corpus refused, and a double fee is allowed the commissioner for the performance of his duty." This is the language of Mr. Reid, and seems to us rather strong language for a friend of the Compromise. Just such friends, we presume, Messrs. Leviston and others are. If so, they acted perfectly correct in voting for George W. Julian for Congress. George can master strong language when he gets on this topic, but we do not think ho can beat our friend Reid. George would consider himself slandered if he were called a " friend of the Compromise." In conclusion, Mr. Reid gives us a homily on the unity of the party. He has bis notions of the basis on which there should be a unity of the party, and we have ours. His is opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law , ours are in favor of it. We cannot agree j and this brings us to the forks of the road, where we must part with him and his friends and we trust the parting will be in perfect friendship. Tbcy refuse to unite with those who are in favor of that measure. Wc will not unite with those who make opposition a test. They will not come to onr platform, and wc shall certainly not go to theirs. The doctrines of Mr. Reid's resolution we can never endorse. Where, then, is the use of talking about unity? The Freesoil party have resolved to hold a Convention next summer, and nominate a full ticket for the Presidency. Your doctrines, friend Reid, will be found in their platform. Nothing of the kind, we assure you, will find a place among the resolutions of a National Democratic Convention. You must abandon your we had like to have said Freesoil doctrines, but as that may be offen- ' i l . sive, we say the doctrines of your resolution, or abandon the Democratic party in the next Presidential contest; and we confidently predict that your goed sense will aid you to choose wisely. As to our old friend James Leviston, however much he may now be opposed to the Fugitive Slave Law, we are satisfied he will not long follow such a wild phantom. Then, if we are to have unity, you must not ask us to go to you. The Constitution requires us to deliver up fugitives from labor and justice. The present law is but a law in aid of that provision. The Courts have decided that it is not in violation of any provision of that National Compact, which we must all submit to, without looking for relief to a " higher law." And all agitation for the repeal or amendment of this law, is but agitation against the stability of the Union. Low Waters. The low stage of water in tha Ohio river for ibe last few months has not only cut off the roost of the usual commerce between Cincinnati and lhe Madison RaUroad, but has kept back the iron for the Bellefontaine and Terrehaute Railroads, until bcth of these works will be suspended againfor the want of iron, unless a rise takes place soon In a few years we trust we shall not bo so dependent on the Ohio river as we now are. The Lake dont go dry, and our railroads connecting with it, will not require much water to keep them in motion.

Marion County Agricultural Society. This Society will meet at the Court House in Indian

apolis, on Saturday next, November 1st, and we hope j that all the members and those who done to joiu the J Society will attend. Whilst our sister counties are holding their County Fairs, annually, it is time that Marion sheukl be up and doing. It is none too early to commence making arrangements for holding our Fair next fall. The law passed at the last session for the encoui agement of Agriculture provides that when a " Society shall have raised and paid to their treasurer, by volontary subscription or by fees imposed upon its members. any sum of money not less than fifty dollars; and whenever the President of said Society shall certify to the re spec live county anditor's the amount thus paid, attested by the oath of the treasurer before a magistrate, it shall be the duty of said county auditors embraced within the district in which said society shall be organized, to draw an order on the treasurer of his respective county in favor of the President and treasurer of said society, for whatever amount of funds there shall have been received during the ;rertoujrear for all licences issues to persons exhibiting menageries, circuses, or theatrical performances. or other shows: Provided, Said order shall not exceed the amouut raised and paid in by said society by voluntary subscriptions or fees, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of said county to pay the same.'' Therefore, the more members the society has the greater the fund will be for premiums for the annual fan If, on the 1st of November, 100 members names are enrolled, and the fee of $1 from each received a correspond ing amount ($100) will be paid to the society, if that amount ha been received for lioensed shows, since Noveraher 1st, 1850. Farmers and Mechanics who have not joined the Agricultural Society should do so. on Sat urday. when an opportunity will be offered A W hig Candidate. L. J. Farwell, the whig candidate for Governor in Wisconsin, has addressed the following letter to Charles Durkee. the abolition member of Congress from the Milwaukee District. Milwackie City. Oct 9. 151 Hon. Charles Durkee i Dear Sir: Yours of the 4th inst., is received. In answer to your enquiries in regard to my views on the subject of slavery, I reply frankly, that I am utterly op posed to the extension of slavery, and to the increase ol slave states. I am also in fovor of the abolition of slavery', wherever it exists under the exclusive jurisdiction oi Congress, and of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. Respectfully yonrs, L. J. FARWELL This is speaking out a little plainer than even Johnston ventured. The letter, it is said, secures an entire union of lne Whi and Abolition volei and U,MS ,he D(imo. I crat8 receive aid from tne natioua, whiff,. tbev did ln Pennsylvania. Farwell will certainly be elected. The election is next Tuesday. 0The telegraph was mistaken in announcing that a challenge for a duel had passed between Gov. McDou gal and E. C. Kemble of the Alta California!! It seems that Mr. Kemble had written and published a ' very severe article reflecting on Gov. McDougal for pardoning a convict known as " Dutch Charlie.' Col George McDougal, the brother of the Governor, met Kemble at a coffee bouse, and threw a glass of brand v in his face; whereupon the Editor immediately chai lenged the Colonel. Before the time of meeting arriv ed, Col. Jack Hays, the sheriff, arrested loth of them and through the interposition of friends the matter was amicably adjusted. Mr. Kemble apologized for his as sault on the Governor, and George apologized for wast i.ig his brandy in the face of an Editor ICy-Brooks, ol' the New York Express, thus accounts for the defeat of Governor Johnston in Pennsylvania Brooks has hit the nail on the head. He knows: " The difficulty with Gov. Johnston was, that he him self committed suicide The Whigs, in then State Convention, laid down a good and satisfactory platform of acquiescence to the compromise bills; but Governoi Johnston, in the speech he made the same day. kieked it all over by telling what he would have done if he had been in Congress, and how be would have voted against some of those measures, and that be did not consider them settled. 8tc. 8cc. Now, however such talk would do at Christiana, Skaneateles, or Syracuse, it did not do and would not do in a great manufacturing and com mercial State like Pennsylvania. The Whigs would not stand it, and have not stood it, and that is all that can be said about it. Governor Johnston gained some abo - litinn vnlp sc in ftiA muH rtnntv rtt Pnrrr Knf in , sucn a husiress county a Schuylkill the bottona of the whole Whig tub fell out." One of the Counties. In the Ohio " Statesman," of Friday last, we find the following telegraphic despatch trom Wapaukoneta. Auglaize county, Ohio, dated Oct. 15. and addressed to Colonel Medarv: Dear Col: All townships in onr county beard from except three, so far State ticket (democratic) 809 ahead' The other townahips will certainly swell the majority to 900!! Last fall Gov. Wood's majority was 591. Ooe township in our county (German) gave 363 votes, not one of which contained the name of a whig candidate' Can the United States. North or Sooth, beat this' A Wise Man. The Editor of the Aurora Standard says " The demagogues that made the new Constitution ought to be compelled to pay the whole expense of it . and he disfranchised a few years to boot. It is decided ly the greatest humbug of the age " This is quite complimentary to the one hundred and thirteen thousand freemen of Indiana who voted to adopt this great " humbug " as the supreme law of the land. Surely this Editor must be the very " root " of wisdom. Wise even above his calling. K7"The poetical editor of the Wabash Express, concludes an article on Plagiarism, with the following grandiloquent metaphor. It is the very SouU of Poetry The whole race of rhymers have ever been cutting scions from the great tree of Poesy, which was planted in the primordial ages and watered by the flood. Amt were it not, like the liver of Prometheus, immortal and springing into newness of life at every mutilation, it would long since have become a withered and leafless trunk. CT'The Urbana, Ohio, Expositor, places the name of Judge Douglas at the head of its editorial column with the following remark: 'I We place the name of Stepben A. Douglas at the head of our columns, for President, and believe it will not be taken down until the American people shall say. I " Well done, thou good and faithful servant ; come up I higher. ' , j .u . r t . u ii ICBear in mind thst Gen. Jo Lane is to be at Indi anapon8 on tne 14th of next month. There'll be rich times at the railroad city. Columbus Democrat. The 12th is the day. Correct this mistake, bro. ther Jones The 14th will be two davs after the fair Another Steamboat Disaster. The steam propeller Henry Clay was wrecked on Lake Erie near Cleveland on Saturday last, and the crew and passengers, except one, were lost. (L7"The Collector of Customs at Point Isabel has is sued a c ircular addressed to custom-house officers on the Mexican frontier, instructing them in view of events now transpiring on the Rio Grande, to use increased vigilance for the protection of the revenue, and to prevent, to the extent of their ability, " any invasion of the Republic of Mexico, by armed expeditions from the United States. ' CJ-The track of the Railroad between this place and Indianapolis has been laid down for a distance of fifty miles, being a little over two-thirds of tbe entire length of the road. Six weeks time will suffice , with good weather to lay the remaining 22 miles nd the track will probably be readv for the cars by Christmas or New Years Terre Haute Journal. J ILTA New Life of Wm. Penn. written bv Samual Janney, of London county, Va., is now in tbe press, and will shortly be published. The Alexandria Garet te aap Mr. Janney has had access to many sources of inform tion, which enables him to throw new light upon the character and conduct of Penn . Southern rress.

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