Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1852 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.

T WILiXjIAIUl J. BROWN", Editor, INDIANAPOLIS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 31, 1851. ly? - 1 - , , " 1 1 - . . Try tBfl to get out of it. The Journal of Christmas morning assumes a more decent tone. In relation to our article on tha action of the Senate and House on the Kossuth Resolutions, it ays: j ' The ' Sentinel' is not ignorant of the fact that Gen. Taylor first suggested the idea of using the influence of the" Government to effect the liberation of Kossuth that 11 : J . CV 1 1 ..I V. IVakdtAV m.flo annrv iwi a tic effort to accomplish that object-that the resolution .ntroduoed bv Mr. Foote was at the instance of Mr. Webster; that the resolution which pawed Congress ' giving him welcome to this country, was introduced i by Senator Seward, a whig-that it passed the Senate j :.k ---- .i , wu;. .1 .ua n.,r... o.ir. against it that everywhere prominent wh.zs have participated in his reception. It knows that Horace Greely, i a whig, contributed one thousand dollars.towards a fund j to asst the Hungarians in another effort to achieve their j iadependence; that whigs throughout the country unite I jnst as heartüy in sympathizing ritt Kossuth and the Hungarian, as do any other portion of the people; and J yea; notwithstanding all this, in the miserable hpe of making a few votes, it grossly perverts all these facts." , Now what are the facts which we are charged with grossly perverting? We stated that six of the eight j whigs in the Senate voted against the resolut ion of welcome to Kossuth, and that the only opposition in the House came from the whig side. Not one democrat in cither branch, by his vote or his voice, opposed the resolutions. Not one whig in either branch raised his voice on behalf of Kossuth, except Mr. King, who, when the tug of war came, refused to vote for the resolutions, which passed both branches and received the sanction of the Ooverno. . These are facta which the Journal will not controvert. What Mr. Fillmore, or Mr. Webster, or Gov.i.- .r.l mav hve i !dnp is a mnttftr toiei'ii to fh

.,.. it i . . .t IjCI ms cuireai v oil, .einlernen, u aucuiu uns muicc,ssue, and all the Journals palaver about these acts and ; ,jon lQ U)C ca.lseVmy down-trodden land ; it is the their sympathy, in noway ellects the truth of our charge, j r0rte of oppressed humanity on the European Continent. But, says the Journal: Ii is the curse of Germany, bleeding under the scourge The Whigs in the Senate, with the exception of Mr. I "J ?me lllirlT l"y fr fl1"- UPB tl,a,I t,a8Uc Dunn, voted Sgainst the resolutions, because they did ! ol despots, the basis of which ,s Petersburg. It is the not c Hit a protest against the demand made by Kos- ; f,,," .f fa,r l",t nfortunaia I aay, which in so many resath that we should enter ,.,to an all.a.ice with England sPr, ts ,s d1earilto m? LcartV Jf 0 h.ave a l-mmo" cnem' i lo prevent Rusa from interfering with the affair. ol , so we are brothers in arms for freedom and independence. Hungary. They were willina to extend to the distin- ' k"ow tBnd18' ,and da,r.c fonüdently deguished Patriot a hearty welcome, but did not wish in f larc lberc 18 no for thal ?reat "Tt any way to coram.t the country to his demands." ,'can Par,T' at h?d ,?( wIl,ch M:'ZZ"V 8ta"Js- I f . . has nothing to do with Communist ical schemes or tue A very good reason indeed, for whigs, who honestly French doctrines of Socialism. But it w.lh Italy indebelieve that the people of this country, and this great ; pe ident, free and Republican. Whither could Italy look free government, shonld merely manifest their kind lor freedom and in.h pcn.lcnce, if not to that party which , ,. . i ir .l i i I M iz.iiii leads? To the King of Naples, perhaps. Let fee.ings and sympathy towards Kossuth and his com- , m be about M execrated man. Or to the dypanioos by giving them good dinners and kind wtl- i nasty of Sardinia and Piedmont? Il professes to he eoncome, whilst tho irrn heel of despotism is on the stitntional, and it captures those poor Hungarian soldiers necks of their countrymen. This was not the kind of! ho an, asJlum. in, Pj0 il ."P9 and J livers them to Austria to be shot and they are shot, insympathy which Dr. Franklin, in the dark hour of our , ceasing the number of those 3."'42 martyrs whom Rarevolution sought at the Trench and the Prussian Courts. ' detskv murdered on the scafl'old during three short years.

Kossuth asks that when the struggle for liberty is renewed that they may have fair play. That the law of rations shall be maintained, and that Rnssia shall not interfere in behalf of despotism. This assurance our Government can and ought to give. Her honor and her

safety depends on this policy. The great American ! ,ny alive-( ,hat it nmy ot suüäidc Hkc lhc pasing emoheart beats in nnison with this doctrine, and ii" the whig tion of the heart. party intend to take the opposite ground let us know it. l.ook for )our generous aid to urge the foimation of

At the great Kossuth meeting in New York no one of the President's friends thought it worth while to toast ;

hun; and the cold and formal letters of the Cabinet were lavor of the humble propositions w hich 1 had the honreceived with hisses. So ' " I ' sym. ' ''r to press at the Corporation Banquet of the City of .... nlflM aw I 'ik. until the 1 evolutions ot the people succeed pathyof the A.lm.nisiratjaj 1 10 impress the favorite decision to the policy of the ti.isartiofl pving United States, the following twL Blenrv in tnat respect beg leave one single remark to make , -"H In speakin" the principle rd iceer- PaPa Blo pecu- tetferencc in any country's domestic concerns. I took the liar and forcible language of the authcTr: libeify to express my hiimble wish to see Great Britain " I say that while we rejoice even the most conscr- invited to unite in this protective policy. The renvoi is, vative of us in all this early interference, which I be- because 1 take the piesent French Government for one lieve God directs and prospers, will you shrink when the ol the oppressors it has interfered, and continues to intcrtug of war tppears ? Have not the husbandmen gone I fer in Romp But the French nation, I fake for one of the out and sown the seed broadcast, and has not the seed 1 oppressed. The French nation will do the same as Hunpruns up and flourished, and grown green, and from ' gary, Italy and Germany. Tho alliance of the French green to yellow, and will you not now come and aid to j "tion is insured by its necessary principles, if the Rereap the harvest? If men are ashamed to reap they i public lecomes a reality. The decisive ai.estion i. should be ashamfct to ovr. Eith,, ,t..,. ,,.a.i.. Ttiy i.e.urnt powers will do and these are Great Kingdom come," or else, when it does come', reeojrnize j Britain and tho United Stales. it! Laushter and cheers. For mv own part, "gen-! Let me hope, gentlemen, that however low I may have tlemen, I have no sympathy whatever with those who , fallen in yonr expectations by this humble address, believe that it is our chief duty to tajk bravely, but take which, thongh sketched down, was still without elo. good oare when the time comes not lo do anything. , qoence, nor by want of time elalorate; still, following ' the generous impulse of yonr republican hearts, and coni & . i 1 :. r i l i i . : . r

, r .1 mi t. i rv. 1 i,iw 7pnt ornpn. von wi 1 nsk m ' I in von l.p neve I in t . m . . H rT .. l i T -u i Ii: .... 1 while God is the author of peace among nations, yet - " knows. There are states in which men are compelled to be in wretchedness. Ask that nation which has been represented here to-night which has been plowed till every seed has brought forth an hundred fold I believe the expressed opinion of America will make the Autocrat of Russia come to a stand still if we mav be per- : .. - l . . -T" r . i i . .1 i " r . i , in i neu in say i iiiij ir .'iiau i uou come nnci no tun ncr . t, , j . i r . l. . . ... If he understands from the outcry that is made, it is ' enough. But if he wants more if it is not enough then let him have one more round one formul governmental protest, and if that is enough, well and good and if that is not enough, then give him something else. r Cheers. I I The Cataracts of the Danube. We clip the following from a correspondence in the'

. r n ii - . r i u the cause which I plead , you will accord mo that protccin interfenno?' I do believe in interfering, and how, I . . , - , . .'".. n uV . WM tell you in one word. By ju.t those way. that will I of ,ha free; 'ltt" fPre!S' "I rlr make or intention felt. If il be less, then good. If it ! for the r.ealer P"1' theA P" nf '"' nal'on, and lho;e of ... . . t 1. Ti! oppressed htimnint v. And if von irencrouslv accord me !

require more, men ae more, i oo noi ucncve one , T ... i r thi 1 j f - - v u:.i, t - ÄÄÄ that protective aid. I tviII yet also see rulnlled, in mv

you must reach all by such influences as you can: and ;. " ' f ihough it be by war, I Klieve that even war is better : ,,stn ,n ll,e nol,le '"'P'" ' Bryant, than a state of thing, where there h no r.l.uf wan "ÄSÄf ÄWlnar I do not rsard war as the worst evil which this world ; Bu. Krror. wounded, writhes In n.in.

LoeomottTe signed " T. T.," generally understood to ' his interference, to put down the efforts for popular libbe a well educated young gentleman in " Sptcs," who , erty in Italy, we have bad no confidence in the mnn. has recently graduated with high honors at Bethany: i Hi's own selfish ends, and not the glory of the Republic Will Mr. Brown tell ns where ' thc wild cataracts or the happiness of thc people, have been his aim. of the Danube ' are? And if they exist anywhere else , Tho French people are, to be sure, a light, versatile than in his speech, will he show them on the map? If, , . . . , , . . there are any ' wild cataracts' on that river, will Mr. : PfPulat,,,n I but amonS thc enlightened have alBrown tell us what pood it will do lo ' let our bayonets ' ways been found noble advocates of freedom. They gleam among them?' " have never had a chance lo test their ability for self-gov-Mr. Brown has not the advantage of College crnmcnt. Crushed to the earth by the tyrant's power, " lornta'." but many years ago in a little log school j they hare, under the dread of the guillotine and the house with 'sword, submitted to thc tyrant's will. Taxed lo sustain The master, so siad sad o true." , a regal government, and to support a standing army, he learned that thc cataracts of the Danube are in , who wilh n3td bayonets, are always ready to fight Hungary, terminating at Orsova, at the foot of what is j eiUwr for freedom or despotism, according to the pay or known a. the Iron Gate. Malte Brun, and McCulloch, the capric. of lhe momcnt. The Bourbons went dow n both speak of the rapid, of the Danube, which are fifty- j aod thc Hoiwe of 0rlean9 r0k0 , turn fdl) and a four miles in length, as the 11 cataracts." Modern tra- , ru of the Cors.can inwer was elevated to the Presisellers represent this part of the Danube as remarkable d feut ,hc Vlberti of tno ,e hav0 never bce r. . - .. - - I .....i : I J t . . " t - 11

. s..u -uu .,u KxnCtJ . . rajan, one o, tne noman Emperors, at great labor and expense, constructed a tow-path or road along the side of the tiver for the purpose of towing ships against the rapid enrrent. The remains of this great work and the inscriptions in honor of Its author, still exist. The Hnngarian government baa recently constructed a road frcm a point near Moldova, a town on the Turkish side, to Orsova, by which a portage is effected around the main rapids. At the iron gate, except in times of high floods, passengers lead on the " Servian n side of the river, and pass arouad the cataracts, and re-embark below. The cataracts of the Danube are as well known as the cataracts of the Nile, and if our modern institutions of learning would give more attention to the practica! science of geography, and less to the "dead" languages, this young si udent would not have exposed his ignorance by

asking such a question. As to bayonets gleaming " dof fennel " Gazette, which he published at South there," Mr. Brown nttered no such language. He said BemJ- "e WM "de to eat his words and back out from " the American people loved liberty intuitively, and his vile ,aiM,ers- The correspondence is yet in existtheir hearts beatrith sympathy Tor its votaries whether ! ence' and there are hundreds of witnesses who are ready their flag was unfurled on our own shores, or among the to te,tify to bia nfamous conduct; and from that day VtM cataracts ef the Danube." forward he has had a feeling of bitterness towards the people of the central part of Indiana. Let him growl Lienteaant Governor. d snap. It is bis nature. Major McCoy, o- Laporu and Asahcl P. Willard, Warren To wash! a. f Floyd eot.nty, have been named for Lieutenant Gov- ' We are requested to state that the Democrats of ernar. Wn also icarn tha tue name of Samuel S. Mickle, Warren township will held a meeting at the aoue of '.De worthy Sen ajar froi:i Allen and Adams, will also be j George White on Saturday, January 3d, 1852, at t ' sented t the Coaveatioa. o'clook, P. M. A general attendance is requested.

Kossuth in New York. The great speeches of Kossuth at the Corporation

Banquet and the Press Dinner, are too long for puMtcation in oar paper, without excluding every thing else. In these great speeches he asks the aid and the sympathy of this country for his beloved Hungary, but he avows his determination to violate no law of neutrality. U ! e i (mit. Kim trt Wa a mnt a Irannl i narir man alia ipvvvllv oil v w ail in iv a iijvav -v ss ssyvi uni.ii j iiittu , They are always suited to the circumstances surround ng him. He displays a wonderful knowledge of our political and social history, as well as the geographical position and municipal regulations and laws of each State. In his speech at the Press Dinner, after showing that this was the only country where the people enjoyed Ä free and unshackled press, turning to the subject of popular education, he says: J know gentlemen, where I consider the most glorious monument of your country?-.f it be so as I he rcau it once it is that fact, that when in the steps pf yo,,r wandering squatter your engineers go on to draw geometrical hnes, even in the territories where (he found of a human stop never yet has mixed with the mr,nnrs by which virginal nature is adoring the Lord ; evciyplace marked to become a townhip, on every xtccnth square you place a rainiest wden pole, with 11,0 S'0"0'1 maT'Tk'. 0 PnrrTinv CTnrv . "POPULAR EDUCATION blUCK. This is your proudest monument. The speech is replete with historical facts and sound 0gic. The following arc his concluding remarks: , exhallst tuig vasl topic in onc tpccchj H . g0 to tuc end, only state clearly my own and my nation's ruling principle, even in respect to the claims of the nalionuillies oi iaiiu;jes , mm ui.u .3, . 11 iia.c publican institutions, founded on universal suffrage, and so the majoriiy of the soscicign people shall rule, in every respect, in the village, ju the city, in the country, in the Congress and Government in all and everything. What to the public concerns of the village, of the city, of the country, of the Congress belongs self government everywhere and universal suffrage and the rule of the majority everywhere. That is our principle, for hieb we live and are ready to die. This is the cause for which I humbly request the protecting aid of the people of the United States, and chiefly your aid and protection, gentlemen, you the mighty engineers of the public opinion of your glorious land: The house of Savoy became the blood-hound of Austria o spill Hungarian blood. Gentlemen, the generous sympathy of the public opinion of the United States God be blessed for it! ii strongly aroused to the wronjjs and sufferings of Hungary. My humble task in that respect is done. Now I liii.L- for vollr n.nprmif !tA lo lrron th;.t (rnilpron vmna. sociencs io coiieei ;unas ano io create a ionu. I look for your generous aid to urge the public opinion of the sovereign people of the United States to pronounce siuriiuji noi i uc inner i o my in uiuir sen, nui uieiiioi . " . . . - - " ... . ' own onntry & cause, those noble words which vou. Sir, Ha in I hairmon I trtrr that hrurht u-hr.ro t! (Tannic rl w0 1 1 v v.- imiii imoii , l Olli liiui a I. S Mva And dies amonLet me add. Sir, u uh -In. worsbipper.. F'rancc. The latest intelligence from Franco would seem to i- -Ä ,u. T v i .:.u ,u .. :J 1 . indicate that Lotus ISapolcon, with the aid and support r ,r ol thc arm'. "'1(1 be oonrtenance and sympathy of the Russian Government, will succeed in nullifying the Constitution and placing himself in the Presidency for , . . , , ten years, preparatory, no doubt, to the next and final step of his ambition, to be the Emperor, as his distin- : guished kinsman was. Thc French people have been nsulted and decefted by this traitor to liberty. Since jg free PrfM tQ thunder forlh minations against the giant arm of the oppressor, and the people have remained in ignorance, the mere toys and playthings of the tyrant's will. But that light which is now illuminating the world, will yet dispel the mist, and lay bare to the eyes of the people the purposes and designs of their betrayers. God grant that the day and hour may soon come, and this move of Louis Napoleon may be the very clarion sound which shall call forth the people ot oppressed Europe to the conflict for freedom. The times are ominous, and each arrival from Europe will be looked for with intense interest. 17 Wo have neither time or inclination to bandy epithets with the lying and cowardly pltroon who edits the Indiana Journal. He commenced his career in Indian slnnderiny tho Indiana Regiment, in a "little

Legislative Summary.

Sznati.-Ib the Senate since the 10th instant, the following bills have been introduced : To regulate the admission of attorneys to practice law. To define the rights growing out of and incident to the marriage contract. To provide for the election of three commissioners to revise the rules of practice. To establish township libraries. To exempt five hundred dollars worth of real estate from execution. Prescribing the mode of carrying on prosecutions for violations of the criminal laws of this State, and to modify the grand jury system. To give assessors longer time to file their official bonds and take the oath of affice. To secure an early distribution and publication of laws of a general nature Providing for the election of township officers in the - civil townships of the several counties of this State., de- I scribing the mode of doing township business and the ' duties of township officers thereof, with tome of the du- i tics of county auditors and treasurers. To amend the charter of Ayrcs University.

To appoint three commissioners to revise, simplify and structing the committee on finance to bring in a bill to abridge the rules of practice, pleadings and forms of j make an annual appropriation of $3,000 for colonization of the courts of justice of this State, and to abolish the : purpo- As there was barely a quorum of the Senadistinct actions at law, and the distinction between lawtors present, n tho suggestion of Mr. Mickle, the rcsoand equity pleadings. lrtion was laid on the tablo for the purpose of being In relation to the Hungarian resolution, Louis Kos- i brought op again when the Senate should be full, in orsuth, &.c. I "cr to have as full an expression, by senators, on the subMaking provisions for the relief of persons likely to i jeet as possible, sufler by the destruction of the records of Clay county, j On Monday morning the 29th, the Senate met, but as To protect railroads and the lives of passengers. j there were but fifteen senators present, an adjournment To abolish the distinction l.eiween actions nt law and i was moved till the next morning, suits in equity. Hoest. The following bills and joint resolutions have Prescribiag the time of holding courts in tho second ju- passed this body during the present session: dicial circuit. A bill to allow the Masonic Fraternity to erect and To explain the meaning of section 232, of chapter , maintain a monument on the battle ground of Tippcca30, of the Revised Statutes of 1843. j noe. To repeal certain tectioas of the 8th articlo of the j This bill when it was returned from the Senate, was 47th ehapicr of the Revised Code. so amended, ihat it was referred to the committee on

Explanatory of the common school law in Lagrange county. To prohibit the making of distress for rent by warrant. For relief of purchasers of school lands in A ells county, 8tc. Authorizing a general banking law. A joint resolution to repeal a joint reontion. approved January 19, 1850, on the subject of admitting slave t territory into the Union. In relation to changing the names of railroad companies in Indiana. j To provide for the election of township assessors, &e. ' The following bills and join: resolutions of the Senate have leen passed by that body. A joint resolution in favor and behalf of tho Cuban j prisoners condemned by Spanish authority, and confined in Soain ( Instruct in" our Seniors nn.t Rrnrrkrntn. tives in Congress to nsc all proper means not inconsistent with our laws and treaty stipulations, to secure their release.) Ayes 41, noes I. A bill to allow county assessors further time (till 15ih January. 18.V2.) to file their official bonds and to take the oath of office, Ayes 31, noes 5. A bill for the government of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, and lor the care of the insane of Indiana. Ayes 39, noes 3. A joint resolution relative to granting public lands to settlers. Ayes 36, noes none. The resolution instructs our Senators and Representatives in Congress to procure the passage of a law limiting the right of entry to public lands to actual settlers, and that in limited quantities, and at the actual cost of surveying and patenting the same.

A bill for the relief of persons likely to suffer from : to obtain an agreement belwetn the two Houses a comthe destruction of the records of Clay county. Ayes j mittce of conference was appointed. 33, noes 2. A bill authorizing railroa I companies to borrow money A bill to fix the time of holding courts in the second . and secure payment by mortgage judicial circuit. Ayes 45. A Ml aaaWftaiag ttic oovernor to employ a Clerk to A bill to prohibit the making of distress for rent by make out maps of Swamp Lands, fee.

warrant. Ayes 26, noes 21. A joint resolution in favor of the Hungarian patriots; ayes 43, noes Messrs. Dunn, Holloway, Marhall and Tcegardcn 4. A bill to protect railroads and the livQs of passengers. Ayes 30, noes 7. A bill to authorze county commissioners to take and approve the official bonds of sheriffs, coroners, recorders, and clerks. Ayes 43, noes 2. Thc bill in relation to the exclusion of negroes and mulat toes, and the Lt-1 1 to exempt five hundred dollars worth of real estate from execution, have been laid od the table for future action. The Senate has also passed the fohfewing bills of the House of Representatives: A bill to authorize thc Masonic Grand Lodge of this Slate lo erect and maintain a monument on the Tippecanoe battle ground. Ayes 34. noes none. A bill to provide for publishing tne acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly. Ayes 34, noes 11. A bill to provide for thc election of three commissioneis to revise tne rules ol pieaoinir anu practice. .e 4j. noes J. A bill to authorize Masters in Chancery and Probate Judges to issue writs of habeas corpus, kc. Ayes 32, noes 12. A bill to authorize he Governor to imploy a clerk to examine maps of swamp lands, 8tc. Ayes 35, noes 1. A bill to abolish the Tippecanoe Court of Common Pleas. Ayes 35. noes none. On the J Ith inst., Mr. Winstandley, from the committee on finance, made a report against amending the assessment law so as to dispense with a written schedule of property, which was concurred in. On the 12th, Mr. McCarty offered a resolution, which

was adopted, instructing the committee on affairs of In. I and county roads, and to pay damages in certain cases, diana po is to memorialize Congress to contribute fnnda A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Porter countowards erecting a building on the Governor's Circle for ty to borrow money for certain purposes, the use of the United States Courts, fcc. A bill authorizing county Recorders to make out a On the 13th, Mr. Athon, from the committee on edu- j complete and general index for deeds and mortgages and cation, made a report unfavorable to t'ie establishment ; to use seals. of township school libraries, whieh was concurred in. A bill for thc organization of the Supreme Court, de-

0n the 15th, Mr. Miller offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on roads to revise thc present road laws, and introduce a general road law for the government of all public highways as well as private roads laid out and established by public authority. Mr. Reid, on the same day, offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on elections to examine the present election laws, and to report a bill for the goeernment of State, county and township elections, in conformity with the requirements of the present Constitution. On the same day, on metion of Mr. Emerson, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 26 ayes to 16 noes, instructing the committee on finance to report a bill providing for the assessment of personal property by township assessors instead of county assessors. This is considered a test vote on the qnestien of township in preferonce to county assessors. On the same day, the resolution previously introduced by Mr. Hanna to district the State for the election of five Supreme Judges, was taken up, amended so as to provide for the election of three Judges only, and passed by a vote of ayes 32, noes 12. On the 16th , Mr. Defrees offered a resolution which was adopted, instructing the committee on financo to devise some means by which a fund may be raised for the colonization of negroes and mulattoes. On the l8lb, a resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. Milliken, instructing the committee on finance to report a bill to provide for the enclosure of the Tippecanoe battle ground. On the same day, the bill to allow landlords to destrain

for rent where the rent is paid in kind, was indefinitely

; postponed by a vote of 22 ayes to 20 noes .On tke 19th, Mr. Reid, from the committee on consti tutional questions, made a report, which was concurred in, that the General Assembly has no power to amend, by special act, any private charter or corporation ; but that the Legislature has the power to modify or repeal all municipal incoi porations, and that the same may be amended by special law so as to modify or make the charter of the municipality then under amendment, conform to the Constitution, but not to extend its powers or enlarge its privileges. On the 20th, Mr. Logan, from the judiciary committee, reported that it is inexpedient to legislate upon the subject of changing tho apportionment for the next rive years, which was concurred in. Mr. Dunn also reported it inexpedient to allow a higher rate of interest than six per cent, on money loaned by others than banks or other incorporated companies, and '110 Senate concurred. n the 23d, Mr. Emerson, from the committee on pleading and practice, reported mat legislation on the subject of the abolition of capital punishment is unnecessary and inexpedient ; which was concurred in. On il.. 21th, Mr. Milliken introduced a resolution inthe Judiciary mtIio reported a bill authorizing the enclos ure of said ground. A bill authorizing Clerks of circuit courts and Maslers in Chancery to issue writs of Habeas corpus, grant injunctions, Sic A bill fixing the time for county Treasurers to make settlement with county and State Auditors, and to allow them to make deposits under the direction of the Treasurerof State. A bill for the election of a Reporter, f.r the speedy publication of the decisions of the Supreme Court, and fixing the compensation of the Reporter. A providing for the examination and admission of 'nsa"c persons into the Lunatic Asylum. A bill to provide a remedy against the illegal rcdac,ion of ,eal estate, A m" WT printing and publishing the acts and joint resolutions ol tlicOencral Asscml.lv. A bill to amend the 11th. 12th and I3lh sections of an act to amend an act, &.c., to incorporate the city of Fort Wayne. A bill regulating visiting the Insane Asylum of Indiana. A bill authorizing county commissioners to approve the bonds of Sheriffs, coroners and recorders. A bill to abolish tho Tippecanoe and Marion county I courts of Common Pica. This hill was rct'irncd from the Senate amended, and 1 was referred by the House to the committee on the JuI dieiarv. A bill to provide for the appointment of three Commissioners to revise, and simplify the ode of practice. This bill came back from the Senate amended, and the House refused to concur ; after several ineffectual attempts A bill (Senate) giving Assessors longer time to file their official bonds, and to take the oath of office. A bill to amend thc 10th and 11th sections of the assessment law of Höh A bill prescribing thc times for holding the Circuit Court in the 2d Judicial District. A joint resolution expressing sympathy for the Hungarian patriots, and inviting Louis Kossulh to visit Indianapolis. A joint resolution to go into a revision of the laws so far as is necessary to make them conform to thc newConstitution. A joint resoluiion sympathizing with the Cuban prisoners, and requesting the general government to use all honorable means to secure their release. A joint resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives to use their exertions in procuring lhe passage of a law granting land to actual settlers. A joint resolution asking thc general government to correct mistakes made in the sale of certain lands in this i State. Thc follow ing bills have licen read the first and second ' V ...I ill.P.- ,,.,!.!. I In l, ,nrrA..l Cr.r . 1 1. rA mmm a j wh v. w x u . ivs i .aiiu reading, or referred to appropriate committees. A bill for having bound and sent to county Clerks, copies of the acts of the General Assembly. A bill to limit thc number of grand jurors td six, and the selection to be made from the Justices of the Peace of thc county. A bill to compute interest annually on notes. &.c, payable to Executors. Administrators and Guardians. A bill to exempt property from sale in certain cases. A bill for tho more uniform mode of doing township business. A bill to authorize railroad companies to change State I fining their powers, jurisdiction, 8tc. A bill providing rules for making drafts on county Ticastirers, and to limit the expense of counties. A bill to authorize the Commissioners of Monroe county lo continue in office until the 1st of May next, and for other purposes. A bill regulating the vending of clocks in this State. A bill for the. further relief of the poor. A bill granting further time for final payment for University lands, to purchasers. A bill to prevent negroes and mulattoes from becoming residents of this State. A bill authorizing the State Librarian to subscribe for, and preserve one copy of each weekly newspaper printed in this State. A bill for making out and printing a catalogue of the books in the Stafe Library. A bill to provide for the sale of county Seminary buildings, &c. A joint resolution instructing eur Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to use their influence in procuring the interposition of this Government, to obtain the release of tho Irish political prisoners, and A joint resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to use their influence in procuring a modification of the post office law, ao that transient newspapers can be transmitted through ! the mail without pre payment ; were introduced and read the first time. Several bills have been introduced into the House, which ware rejected; among others were the following:

Ä"W1I requiring county Recorders to subscribe for and preserve one copy of each newspaper printed in their respective counties. A bill to amend the assessment law of 1851. A bill for the relief of Sarah Suran. A bill to allow Clerks of Circuit Courts to take acknowledgment of deeds in certain cases. Among tho large number of resolutions of inquiry offered in the House, but few of them can be taken as an indication of the views of the majority of il n members, who permit them to pass. We think, however, there has been several votes taken on resolutions which settle, almost beyond doubt, the views of a majority of House, on the questions to which they relate. The resolution

submitted by Mr. Behm, instructing the committee on j Banks to report a general free banking law, was cer- ! . , . i , , ... . ta.nly a test vote, and showed conclusively that a major, j ity of the members of the House are opposed to a sys-1 tem of free banking, yet it is ao evidence that the House ! will oppose any sytem of banking that may be submit ted. The resolution, known as Mr. Owen's resolution on '

descents, &c. was after some discussion referred to the , ed that it made a false step when it made " a step backcommittee on the Judiciary with instructions to report a "rd " in the Kossuth matter. The President and Mr.

I bill if they deem it necessary. I , , . . . , ,. i The House has settled definitely upon 1 ownslup As- j

sessors io assess personal property, upon tnts question always Deen leu in Washington, except duung the adthe members were verv nearlv cmiallv divided and nf ministration of Gen. Jackson.

j j i r j -. i the time the resolution was submitted by Mr. Buskirk, it was stated that the committee on Ways and Means desired to know the feelings of a majority of the members. A number of resolutions have lecn submitted to the House, inquiring into the propriety of allowing persons to deduct the aggregate amount of their indebtedness, from the value of their personal property subject to taxation, some of which have passed and others rejected. Mr. Spencer submitted one a few days since, instructing the committee on Ways and Means to report a bill al-

lowing persons to deduct the amount of their indebted- ! Massachusetts to put Webster on the track was nothing ness to individuals in this StAlc, from the value of their but a brilliant failure There were a great many sbi- , . i i j ning hats and patent leathe; boots on that occasion, aud personal property subject to taxation, wh.eh was reject-1 - fimsl)(,d Jrators lQO . but th(? peopl no( ed or rather laid on the table by a pretty decisive vote, j and Mr. Webster's antecedents are not such as to make Resolutions making railroads, plankroads, &c., pay 'he people come to him. , . r ... , , . . L- u- j:t As regards Mr. Fillmore, he does not know himself taxes It county, school and road purposes, in the diner- , . . ... ' . , . ... . ... - ' I whether he is a candidate or not j but this is certain that ent counties through which they extend, according to ; he and Webster so completely cancel one another, that the value of the n ads in sucii counties, have been voted there is no chance for cither, as long as the other is in down several times. Mr. En2lish offered an amendment, ,1ho1.neldL Mr. Fillmore it is well' known wanted to . . ...... ! decline the car.didaey in his message; but Mr. Crittcncontaining this principle to the assessment bill which den and Mr. Corwin persuaded him not to do it. There was rejected. is nothing certain about Mr. Fillmore, exeept that he Numerous resolutions have been submitted by different ! can in no cas? ca,r,7 th,f Stale of New Yorki eit,'r in .!.-..! Convention or at trrc polls. members inqn.r.ng into the propriety of abolishing the r , ' ourseves t0 fiilt Scott, and let

; grand jury system, all of which have been referred to

the committee on the Organization of the Courts of Jus- ; milk and water statesman no man whose opinions can .,e. , . r ., , i be quoted on both sides of great and leading questions tice. Mr. Stuart, chairman of the committee, a few 1 . . , f . T 1 ' ; no channeling no old lederalisl in a word, no man days since made a very able report, in favor of the grand that carries weight, or whose previous course has aljury system, but i c-oinmended a reduction of the num- ready roused a certain degree of opposition. We want m - ' - ... 1 - t- - - C.IJ J L- .1 ..II

It , 1 r .i l r .i r I bcr lo six. to be selected irom the Justices of the Peace I ' of the respective counties. A great number of resolutions of inquiry have been referred to tho appropriate committers, in hoth Houses

which contain the view I of different individual members Mississippi. There are, however, not more than nighi on the subject upon which legislative action will be re- or ten Senators opposed to it, and not more thar thatquired during thc prcsc nt session. The mere reference of number will insist on talkinar. Rhyl's secession bluster . , i i . , 'was beautilullv rebuked bv Mr. Mason, ol Virginia, these rrsolut.ons M by no means evidence that the bills, w)lo det.).ired his State and "himself in favor of thc Uniwhen reported, will coutain the prin iples ct forth in thc on, though he cannot even now look upon the comprodifferent resolutions raise with favor. He looked to the execution of the fupitive slave law. as an act of justice to the South, and Thc Weather lelieves it will be executed. Occasional infractions of . . , the law will always occur. Has again moderated, and presents lhc favorable ap- The Allen movement in 0 io is looked npon with pearancc of a general brenk up. Wei and warm wea- some doubt in this quarter. Query? Is Gen. Cass or thcr during this season of the year makes bad roads and B,,,,cr Blair and benton t0 bcntfil b?

! unpleasant travelling . Cold weather, or at least cold ' ! n moderation, is much the most plc.isant and agreca- Washington Correspondence. ble. But thc suspension of naigation at this season of Washington, Dec. 22. 1S51. ' the year amounts almost to a suspension of business. The passage of the Kossuth resolutions, and the prosTTH dry weather during lhe months of October and P01 of an ea.r'y rmmWt gff&. . ! the subject of conversation in all circles. 1 he Adminis- ; November, caused k süsponsion o navigation on the tra,ion. jn relation to his demands, seem to play 'Ohio. Thc produce wus dammed up in thc warehouses shv. They will neither affirm or disaffirm his policy. i and purchasers could not realize returns until the pro- The bold ground taken by Cass and Douglas m the Sen- . .. I . .i c .u Ü ate, has made for them hosts of lnends. Buchanan, J ducc was shipped. A very small port,.... ..f tho wheat ! , , m f S.utl.ern vote, voa will observe.

and flour, and scarcely any of lhc pmk and lard purchased had lcen shipped w hen Iba Oiiio und Mississippi rivers were closed bv ice. Dealers could not draw on ' . . their produce and provisions in the warehouses, because of the uncertainty when they could be sent forward to the market. This has made money unusually stringent, , , . , ,,, , , and a few weeks more of snspens on wou.d be attended with disastrous consequences; but from present appearances the liver will soon be free from ice. and naviuation resumed with ail lhc advantages of activity in business. The late extremely cold weather has furnished a rich harvest of ice, and all thc houses in the country have been rilled with this glorious luxury for a hot summer day, and a little warm and pleasant weather will now be very acceptable. ILTIl is not perhaps generally known that wc have in our city a large Botanical Drug Stoic and Labratory. But such is the ease. Messrs. J. P. Pope St Co., opened such an establishment early lust fall, and their business has increased very rapidly ever sii.ee. so much so, that they have enlarged and fitted up their establishincut in fine style. Botanical Physicians, Drungists, J s and others interested, will find it to their interest to i send ihcir orders to this establishment, for we are assured that they are vCrv prompt and give satisfaction to . . "...,. . i - their customers. This firm intend to engage laigely in the manufacture and compounding of medicines from the roots and herbs with which this country is so boun- ,, ,. j i . -i t.fully supplied, and it is their intention to supply the Eastern maikets with all the medicines ofthat class which they may desire. By their advertisement, which will be found jn another column, it will be seen that they also keep a good supply of garden and other seeds. 07In publishing the proceedings of the A anderburgh Democratic mecliiisr. wc omilted the names of thc Delegates. This we shall be compelled to do in all instances, . e. ... ... . irnlced wo should not have published the resolutions sub mitted by Judge Law, but foi the fact that they were somewhat new and original. The resolutions of most of these meetings are very common place, and in many instances are mere copies of resolutions which have been adopted and re-adopted by other meetings. UTA firo broke out about 8 o'clock on Christmas mnrning in a two strry frame building on the corner of Maryland and Delaware streets, near Virginia avenue, which consumed the entire building. It was owned by ! Jothua Stevens, Esq., and was occupied by three Irish families. Death of Mrs. McDonald. , . . . . , . ., . . r We are pained to learn the Hon. Alexander McDonaid, Representative from Lake county, received o.Christmas morning a telegraphic dispatch, communicating the mournful intelligence of the death of his wife. Mrs. McDonald, died on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. McDonald immediately left for his home. 0An individual had the hardihood to intimate that our delegates to the State Convention, would cast their votes for a freesoiler or abolitionist. He certainly must have' been musing upon Miller's prophecy of the end of the world. Shelby County will require every candidate to be open, plain and decided in favor of the compromise. Abolitionism, why there is not enough left for see I.' ShelbyriUe Volunteer. Auditor ol" Stntr. Dr. Ellis, editor of the Statesman, is a candidate for . ' . a . . . . I ! I 1J the nomination of Auditor of State. Weil, if heshould be lucky enough to get thc nomination, it will prove a very unlucky affair for the democracy of tho State ; for the democracy in this part of the State will not sw allow him or his free-nigger doctrine ; and for proof of this we refer all concerned, to the vote on the clause prohibiting neeroes from coming into the State. So far as wc know, Ellis has made a very good officer, but we have any quantity of men in our ranks that will make just as good, that the people would prefer supporting. Paoli Eagle.

INDIANA LEGfSLATl KE. SENATE. Monday, Dec. 29, 1851. Senate met. On motion, a call of Senate was ordered when it appeatvd that thirty-five senators were absent. The Senate then adjourned till to-morrow moining.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monady, Dec. 29, 1851. The House met. Mr. Graham moved a call of the House, which was ordered. Mr. Spencer said as there was no quorum present, and no likelihood of there being one to dav, be would move to adjourn until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Lost. Aller ;be ff be absentees, Mr. Haj rf Clark moved that all further proceedings under the call be djspesed wjtn carrjed. On motion the House adjourned until to morrow mornlng at 9 o clock. Washington Correspondence. Washington City, Dec. 19, 1851. The administration must, hv this tim .:. bate discover - Wcbter videnl,y influenced in their conduct toward the illustrious exile, by the social and other mnuenccs of the Wfy, diplomatique; an influence which baa Mr. Webster's letter to the New York Committee, was a mere, cold-hearted, diplomatic acknowledgment of a civility rendered him, without the slightest allusion to the occasion and to the extraordinary circumstances accompanying it. Mr. Webster ought to have made a proper distinction between the Secretary of State, and the American statesman. Daniel Webster. I look upon this mistake as fatal to Mr. Webster's prospects for tbe Presidency; though there are many who believe he had little or no chance in any event. You may twist the presidential question as you may, I do not see that any one is strong enough, on the whig side, effectually to oppose the claims of Gen. Scott. True, he has not increased his populariiy of late; but what other whig candidate hast I he movement in us put the strongest man in the field agaicst him. No a man wnn w uni we can kikc inc nciu. am who sunn .. . , u r i -.i .uAnlief tili, ninn .r .i-mn-ithiA. ill tili. mnh.PI Ui l.nl 111 and r of n)ere partv i ill. Gen. Foote's resolution is still debated in the Senate, and will continue to be debated lonir after bis witb-ilrnu-ql from Wm Iii nerton to ho i nniOMir., teil Givfrnif ftl. has written no letters to lhe Kossuth Committees. On this subject he has not opened his month. From present i "PPcarances I think Cass will cairy Pennsylvania ir. the Convention, but with such bitterness ol lee.ing between j tlie contending parties that neither of them can carry ' the State. The Democracy of New York manifest a ' disposition again to unite, but I think the Barnburners will not. in any contingency, go for Cass. Ihcv would go for Marcy or Dougla:a!though it is understood that the Van Bürens and Butlers are for Gen. W. O. Butler, of Kentucky. Jt seems to he admitted i.y an, mat aagaaa. Douglas receive the nomination, he would make a much stronger race than cither Cass, Buchanan or Butler. The same is perhaps true of Gen. Lane, of your Srate, although at present not much is said about him at Washington. The tac ies of the New York Barnburners, w ho defeated Cass in the last election, headed iiy thc Van Bürens, Benton and Blair, is to brinn out a candidate in each State, and then manane to fall on their strongest i man in opposition to either Cass or Doujjlas. after the Convention meets. This game is being played in Ohio with Allen, in New York with Marcv and in New Hampshire with Pierce. This division is the only thing which can possibly endanger the election of a Democrat in the next contest. The South arc divided between Houston. Rnchanan. Douulas and Butler, with much the arest portion in favor of Buchanan. Buck is an able j man. and if there was only a statute of limitation in politics, so that all his speeches which were made whilst l. r.l .n 1 . . nMAA I.a 1. a-., H wiiilH mal fin lie was JX ICUCIOII.l cvu.u IW I , , . v m 1 V - - excellent candidate. He comes from a "lorious old State ; that deserves much of the Democracy. Wc must have nie man. against whom no portion o our friends have i been committed. Cass, perhnps, could aflord to loose N(JW yQrk amj Pennsylvania, and gain in the South sufficient to elect him. but that is by no means certain, With Douglas or Lane we should be certain. The time I or holdinir the Convention will soon lie arranged. I think Ba,-mor. wi be ,he pacC; and r1ku, IhTfrri o( , June the time. REPORTER. ! Ohio iu Africa Rev. W. W. Findlny. In May, 1850, seventeen persons sailed for Afriea, from the State of Indiana, to settle in Liberia. At the I head of this expedition stood the Rev. W. W. Findlay, i a colored, preacher of the Methodist Church. Beforn . leaving, Mr. Findlay pledged himself to the ColonizaJ?! Jr 'bis' Stae scheme of Mr. I McMicken, for the purchase of territory, should succepd he sand prepared to aid in executing the task of commencing the settlement of "Ohio in Africa." That purchase has been made. Mr. McMicken has paid ever the $5,000 which he pledged, and thc lands are ready for emigrants. Mr. Christy, v itbin a few days, has received letters from Mr. Findla . in whieh he recommends Grand Cape Mount as thc cite of the new settlement, and urges the ' co-operation of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, in the scheme. , m u. Smith. Esq.. formerly nf Illinois, but nine years in Liberia, and a member of the Legislature, unites in recommending Grand Cape Mount as the luture Uhio. Mr. Findlav states that he has lost none of his family, , eight in all that bis health is tolerably good and says: I do thank God. I would not leave this for any country that I ever have seen j for I here have my liberty. I have been in Canada, and fourteen States of the Union, but Liberia I like better than any." TL. f l 1 - 1,1,1 ron,.llfil Mr Fin.ll V iuc i-iirmii-s ui vuiiuiiMuu.. uou j . , . dead : and this lalse report ! has done mneh in Indiana to discourage those who were desirous of emigrating to Liberia. The letter is dated the 17th October last. Ctn. Oaatu. Mr. Clay. The Washington correspondent of tho Philadelphia American writes: " Mr. Clay's resignation, to which my telegraphic dispatch last' night referred, is qualified, and not to take effect until next September, the object being to allow the Legislature, which is now in session, to elect a successor "for thc residue of the term. An authnritttive communication on this subject was addressed and mailed to thc Governor of Ken.uekv this morning, which will l.e i.u-th with -submitted to the Legislature Tbn. then, we may contemplate the setting of that sun which has so lone illuminated the American norizon. ai.u neu in j :.. 0jn2 down it still oilds with parting glorie. I re O O I... . 1 . cret to sny that Mr Clay's condition lo-dej is by no . j .... i . i i means improved. He is sensitive to we iasi rui i, aim the sudden and severe change oi' tl.o last few; days has been of disadvantage to his enfeebled system." TT A banquet is proposed for Kossuth when he reaches this western city. Good idea, In a prolifio country like this, we know how to feast a Hungry man. We'll give him something better than Turky Cin. Enquirer.