Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 July 1852 — Page 2

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WILLIAM J- BROWN, Editor. INDIANAPOLIS; MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 186.

mo West no South, no bast, no wesi 1 ,. North. i tw oiivtitiitioii : but a sacred ma inte- , II nu ' ,mm n" f nance of the common bond ttnd true devotion to the common brotherhood. Franklin Pierce. National Democratic Nomination!. FOR PRESIDENT, FRANKLIN PIERCE, of New Hampshire. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, WILLIAM R, KING, of Alabama. Democratic Electoral Ticket. STATE AT LARGE, jOHN PETTIT, of Tippecanoe County. JAMES H. LANE, of Dearborn Comity. DISTRICT F.LECTOES, MrJt-BENJ R. EDMON'STON, of Dubois County. t,ond J AM KS S. ATHON, or Hark County Third JOHN A. HENDRICKS, of Jeftcrso" County. WfA-F.BKNKZKR DI MOXT.of Dearborn Co. 'fifth WILLIAM GROSE. .f Henry County. g WILLIAM J. BROWN, of Marion County. Seventh OLIVER P. DAVIS, of Vermillion County. Eizktk LORENZO C. DOUGHERTY, of Boone (.o. A' im A NORMAN EDDY, of St. Joseph County. Tenth REUBEN J. DAWSON, of DeKalb Couuty. EUwemlkJAMtS F. MeDOWELL. of (irant County Democratic State Ticket. ink governor, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, of Parke County. K..R LIEUT ENA KT-OOVKRNOB. , ASH BEL. P. WILLARD, of Floyd County. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, NEHEMI AH HAYDEN, f Rush County. TOR AUDITOR OF STATE, JOHN P. DUNN, of Perry County. FOR TREASURER OF STATE, ELIJAH NEW LAND, of Washington County. FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT, WILLIAM Z. STUART, of Cass County, ANDREW DAVISON, of Decatur County, 8 MUEL E. PERKINS, of Marion County, ADDISON L. ROACHE, of Parke County. FOR REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT, HORACE E. CARTER, of Montgomery County. FOR CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT, WILLIAM B. BEACH, of Boone County. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, WM C. LARRABEE, of Putnam County. easts Wright and McC'arU . late for Governor, will address their fellow citnens st lowing times and places, to wit : it Noblesville. Hamilton Co., Saturday, July 1., I o ciock r. Lebanon, Boone co.. Monday, July 19. I I'. M. I I I ucsdaj . July 90, 1 I'. M Monticello. Whitero., Wednesday, July 21, 1 P. M. W inamac, Pulaski Co.. Thursday. July 29. 1 P. M. Valparaiso, PorteT co., Friday, July 23, I P. M. i own Point. Lake co.. Saturday, July M, I P. M. Rensselaer. Jasper co.. Mond y. July 26, 1 P. M. Oxford, Benton co , Tuesday , July 27, I P. M. Independence, Warten co., Wednesday, July 28, 10 A. M. Wiluamsport. Warren co., Wednesday, July S. 4 r. M, At'ica, Fountain Co., Thursday , July 29, 10 A. M. Newtown, Fountain co., Thursday. July 29, 4 P. M C'rawfordsville, Montgomery co., Friday, July 3D, 1 P. M. Martinsville, Morgan Co., Monday, August 2, 1 P. M. Our fellow citizens will please see that uotlce is given of the above appointments, and we request that the Press in the neighborhood of the appointments, will notice the same. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, NICHOLAS Mccarty. JaaMMN The Contrast. The Whig presses are very generally contrasting the military deeds of Gen. Pierce with those of Gen. Scott. This will be their main dependence for success Gen. Scott has no civil record, no votes in Congress to refer to. He never held a civil office in his life. We admit his military renown, but as Prcsideut of the I'mtcd States, he will have civil duties to perform, and the people desire to know how he will perform those duties, and what principles will govern him. Gen. Scott has long sought to be a candidate for the Presidency, and to secure that object , has written many imrtant letters. From these letters, we can with much certainty arrive at his political opinions, which have always been thoroughly Whig. In October, 1841. after the qdUbrated extra session, which passed the land distribution bill, two bills to charter United States Banks, which were vetoed by John Tyler, and the infamous Whig Bankrupt Law, Gen Scott wrote to a friend as follows: "Leading McAscacs or the late Extra Skssion or Congress If I had had the honor of a vote on the occasion, it would have been given in favor of the land distribution bill, the bankrupt bill, and the second bill for creating a fiscal corporation having long been under a conviction that, in peace, as in war. something efficient , in the nature of a bank of the United States, is not only "necessary and proper,"' but indispensable to the successful operations of the treasury, as well as to many of the wants of our commerce andenrrency." Here is a distinct pledge in favor of a United States Hank and the Bankrupt Law. Gen. Scott is a man of iron nerve, and is not the man to back out from his principles. If elected, he will no doubt carry into execution his cherished views and opinions, by urging these measures on Congress, and approving such laws as may be adopted to carry them out. A United States Bank and a Bankrupt law will again become part of the Whig policy. Happily we have also the opinions of Franklin Pierce on these questions. He was a member of the United States Senate, and voted against the United States Bank and against the Bankrupt act. Here is a fair and d rect -n on which we can meet the Whigs without any dodging. Pierce voted against these measures, and struggled to defeat them Scott declared that hadfhe been in Congress he would have voted for them. Democrats of Indiana, choose between them. If yoc desire to see a National Bank chartered and a voluntary Bankrupt lawenacted, by which the honest indebtedness of the country may be swept out, vote for Winfield Scott. If you are opposed to them, vote for the young hickory of the Granite State Frank. Pierce. James Hughes. This redoubtable knight of the quill, who edits a disorganizing Guerrilla sheet at Blooroington, is out, in two mortal columns, on us and the "Sentinel." The head and front of our offending is that we support Democrats for office the regular nominees of the party. Mr. Hugbes divides bis custom , supporting Democrats or Whigs, as his predilections or prejudices may dictate. We support Judge Perkins, the regular nominee of the Democratic party, for Judge of tbe Supreme Court: he snpports Judge McDonald, the Whig candidate. This is the controversy in a nut shell. So long as we continue to support the regular Democratic ticket, so long shall we have the opposition of James Hughes. Further controversy is unnecessary. He cannot convince in that we ought to support Judge McDonald, the Whig. We have neither the nop or the wish that he will vote for Judge Perkins. So, Mr. Hughes, go and fight for Whiggery. We shall sustain the Democratic r-andidates and the Democratic measures. fttrike their Flames from the I.i-i We are authorized to say that Thomas Wheatley and Henry Hoffman, whose names appear to tbe Whig call, are Democrats, and will vote for Pierce and King. Strike off their names! ET The New Caatle Conner says that Winfield Seott, Of New Jersey . and William A. Graham, of North Carolina, "is emphatically a Western ticket." Better look into the geography and study the maps, Grubbs. r ILTTbe Ohio Statesman regrets to learn that whole fields of wheat have been destroyed by the red weave) ear Columbus Ohio

Harmonious Whiggery. The State Register, at Albany, New York, alluding to the Resolutions of the Whig National Convention, ays: "The Whig Party, by agreeing upon that Platform of Principles for their future guidance, has taken its stand. Nationally, and as a Party, upon the Compromise ground as a finality, and by this act, has cut itself loose, East anil Vt North and South, from Abolitionists, Free

SoUers. fanatics and ultraists of all shades, eolors and i -- an. UcSC II IHK US - 11 is IHJ IUVIUUVIIIT X. . - , . V - , u we itiana uuu iui Tbi is for the southern market. On the other hand, Greely, of the Tribune, says: They were never intended to be a statement of the grounds whereon the Whig party is united and the ends which it unanimously meditates. On the contrary, they were forced upon a portion of the deligates in full view of the fact that they did not express iAtr convictions were driven through by the argument of menace and terror were rammed down by the potent intimation, "Swallow in silence or we bolt!" Yet in the face o I every entreaty and threat, sixty-tis of the delegates, seventy as we count,) voted No when the Yeas and Nays were called on their passage. Here was one-fourth of the Convention whom not even the imperiling of the nomination of their beleved eandidato and the prospect of breaking up the party could deter from protesting against the gross wrong. The 'Platform,' therefore, is not that ot the entire Whig party, as the records of the Convention attest, but that of a majority only a majority which had and could have no claim to bind any who dissent from their declaration . We are of that sort , and there are many more such.'' The game of 18 IS is to be played over again. Greely to secure the Free Soilers, endorses the nomination, but bolts the platform. iCT ' He is one of the controlling politicians of New Hampshire." So says a locofoco paper in a biography of Gen. Pierce. We believe it. He has controlled matters so as to retain in the State Constitution an old and illiberal provision excluding Catholics from holding any office t profit or trust. So says 'Jrubbs of the New Castle Courier. In reply we quote the following from the New York Truth teller, the leading Catholic paper in the uuion. "Mr. Pierce, it is universally conceded, possesses all the requisite qualifications to administer the affairs of government with ciedit and ability. We are assured by those who have known him long and well that a more liberal. hi"h-toned true republican, does not live. O.i the question of the 'Catholic test' which has ever been a bone of contention in New Hampshire. Mr. Pierce has been faithfully and zealously arrayed in just opposition to the stain upon the laws of that State, and although unsuccessful in his efforts to have it expunged, he is nevertheless fully entitled to the gratitude of every liberal mind for his exertions in the matter." The Celt, the Irish Catholic paper at Boston on the same subject, says: "But so far from being on the side of the old exclusion clause, we well k ow that Mr. Pierce has freely thrown his popularity in his own State' into the other scale, k the Constitutional Convention at Concord. two years ago, he mainly conduced (with the late Judge Woodbury,) in striking that clause from the revised Constitution." A Convert to Whiggery. John H. Bradley, Esq., one of the Freesoil Van Buren Electors in this State for 1848, has come out in support of Gen. Scott. He gulps the platform, fugitive slave law and all. On Friday evening, under the general proclamation to receive new converts, he came in and addressed the Whig club. In the Journal he giv.s in his adhesion as follows: "I do certainly intend (Providence permitting) to give my vote for that old, well-tried, and time-worn patriot, Winfield Scott." Like all new converts, wo presume, Mr. Bradley will . be very zealous, and will, no doubt, aspire to lead the Whig party. Go it John, Scott will be bound to make you Governor of New Mexico if he can. Good for Gen. Cass. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing under date of June 9lh, relates the fol lowing : " Ger. Cass having to-day been accosted at the National Hotel by ona f his friends, who observed that ' Republics were ungrateful," the old statesman instantly checked him, by assuriug him that the Republic of the United Sta'es bad been remarkably grateful to him. " I crossed the AHeghcnies on foot," said Gen. Cass; "I rowed my own boat on the Ohio river, and from that humble position I have been exalted by the gratitude of the Republic into every station of honor, trust, anJ emolument, except one, and for that I have once been nominated, though not eleted. If there be any man in this nation who has reason to thank the Republic and tbe people for favors lias lowed upon him, I am that man." The would be flatterer was snubbed. Let every American state man set a similar example of forbearance and self-d.,.al ." ' A Method or compwi.vg Interest. a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun communicates the following simple plan for computing interest at 6 per cent, per annum, for any number of days, which he learned twelve years ago. Divide the number of days by 6, and multiply the dollars by the dividend , the result is the interest in deci mals; cut oil the right-hand figure, and you have it in dollars and cents. Thus: what is the interest on $100 for 21 days? Twenty-one divided by 8 is 3J ; 100 multiplied by 3 1 is 350, or 35 cents. Again: what is the interest on $378 for 93 days; Ninety-three divided by 0 it 378 multiplied by 15 J is 5,895, or $6 85 9.0. Let book-keepers try this tule, and they will find that it is no humbug." ZT" Professor Larrabee, the Democratic candidate for superintendent of public instruction, was a college mate of Franklin Pierce. The True Doctrine. The recent Democratic National Convention passed a resolution deprecating all FUTURE agitation of the subject of slavery, and resolving to "resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of J, the agitation of the Slavery tfwtttton, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made." This is the right doctrine, and will have tbe good etfect, we trust, of stopping the mouths of those office seeking individuals who have been continually seeking to put down good Compromise Democrats by forming alliances with the abolitionists. It shows who has been right whether those men who have sought to promote peace and harmony, and whose patriotism has been so extensive with the Union, or whether those who, by pleading "Human Rights" through false philanthropy, and yet pretended to be the unchangeable friends of the people, were guided by the best and ourest motives. Such exoressions as "free soil Democrat," "no finality men," etc., etc., have no meaning at all, and are mere trick by which to soft soap abolitionists. The Democratic party claims to be the party ol the Constitution of the Union aa it is and will not ally with any other party at the sacrifice of pi indole. This we wish to have emphatically understood. We base our action on the Democratic Platform, as laid down, and would rather sea our party sink nobly battling for tbe preservation of the Right, than see it pandering in the least to sectional prejudices of any description. The few active Democrats in this place who stood firm in times past on the great question of Slavery, when others for the sake of office and spoils were allured out of the path of duty, can now behold what is to them far more valuable than all other considerationas that of having dared maintain the rioht in the very face of a powerful optosition, even defeat itself. Their course havs been endorsed by the Democracy of the State and the Union and they can now have the satisfaction of knowing that no "change of front" is required at their hands. Thus is consistency rewarded and demagogueism severely rebuked. Marion Journal. A Candid Admission. Large numbers of the Whigs of Kentucky won't touch Scott. The Louisville Journal has been alternately coaxing and threatening these recusants. But neither threats nor blarney doing any good, the Journal gives it up as a bad case. Hear Col. Prentice: " Unquestionably some few Whigs have been preparing to avail themselves, and now intend to avail themselves of the occasion of General Scott's nomination to get themselves into the Democratic party. If this particular occasion were wanting, they woeld be very certain to hunt up some other. Well, if uoh is their will let them go"' Take care, Mr. Prentice, yon will find 'hat you will need the votes of these "apostates" in November next, to carry even o'd Kentucky. If the ' Bloody ground" does not swing from her Whig moorings ntxt fall there is no credit to be .'placed ia tbe signs of the times. MadUonian. KT-The Whig convention at Baltimore have not only sinned themselves, bat they have been the cause of a greet deal of sin in others. The whigs about here say had won-: say d n Lout smile Demoetat.

Tl'KSDAY MORNING, JUNE 89, 185. The Watch-fires are Burning the Democracy are aroascd! ' Aye, now the soul of b;. tile u abroad. It burns upon the sir !" On Saturday afternoon, after a few hours' notice, the indomitable hard working Democracy of the First Ward in this city, which is composed mainly of our industrious and enterprising mechanics and German citizens, assem

bled and raised a beautiful hickory pole one hundred and twenty feet high, surmounted with a streamer and a Hag bearing the proud names of Pierce and King. The crowd then repaired to the orchard of Mr. Dr.niel Keely, where a large number of ladies had already collected. They were then addressed by W. J. Brown. At about sun-set, alter gi-ing three hearty cheers for Pierce, and King, Wright and Willard, the crowd dispersed, determined to carry the day in the coming contest. In the evening the Democratic Club met at the Court House ; the fires kindled in the afternoon, were still blazing the crowd came together with joyous shouts. The Court House was crammed. Dr. E. W. H. Ellis was called to the chair, and J. W. Duzan appointed Secretary. After fully organizing the Club, by the appoint nient of permanent officers, the particulars of which will be found in another column, the meeting was addressed by Horace E. Carter, Esq.. in a speech of more than an hour. It was a masterly effort, and told, with teriible effect, on the suit and fainting ranks of Whiggery, and kindled up among the old and tried men of ; our party, a fire of enthusiasm that will burn till the battle is fought and won. It was a glorious day for the Democracy of Indianapolis. The ball has been put in motion and will roll on until Galphin Whiggery is : crushed. We have the boys that can and will win the battle. Mark that. The Revised Statutes ol 1852. IV MISCELLANEOUS; VIZ: EXEMPTION LAW; DISTRESS FOR RENT ; TENANTS HOLDING OVER; FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER: INSOLVENT DEBTOR LAW: PUBLIC WORKS. The Constitutional provision on the subject of Exemption is, as our readers may renu mber, as follows: "The privilege ol the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of properly from siez.ure ' or sale, for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted." It was imperative on the General Assembly, therefore, to pass some law on the subject , the only open question being, I he amount to be exempted, and the manner of exempting. A bill, introduced into the House, from the Committee raised on that subject, and exempting real or personal property to the amount of fire hundred dollars, was defeated by a few votes. A bill subsequently introduced by Mr. Owen, exempting three hundred dollars, passed, und is now the law. Its details are briefly these: That in amount of property, teal or personal 01 both, not exceeding three hundrd dollars, owned by any resident house holder, shall be exempt from execution for debt, arising out of any contract made after the Fouith of July next. That no mortgage or sale of real estate thus exempted, if executed by a married man, shall be good, without his wife's signature and acknowledgment. That the property be appraised under oath, after se- : lection by the debtor. If he select real estate, exceed ng in value three hundred dollars, it shall, if possible, be so divided as to leave exempted the dw elling house or . homestead of the debtor. If it be part personal aud imrt real, the personal is fist appraised and set aside;' and if the real, added to the personal, exceed $300, and bo not siiscoptiblo of division, it may, after sixty days, be sold; so much of the proceeds as, with the the per. sonal property set aside, shall make up three hundred dollars, to be paid over to the debtor; and thereat to go to the creditor, towards satisfaction of his debt. Distress for Rent is abolished; the provision of the new law being, as follows: "Rents from land shall be collected as other debts." If there were no other reason to justify the abolition of I this old feudal privilege, it luight suffice, that a three hundred dollar exemption law renders it, so far as re- i sards the ooorer alass of renters, almost inoperative I ! . .. , , , ,. , ' wh,le' 10 reSard 10 rClUerS bcller Cirt-Omsiance, It has never been necessary. The law regarding the unlawful detention of lands has been much simplified and abridged. It now embraces subjects formerly spread over two acts; to-wit, "Tenants holding over" and "Foicible entry and detainer." Under the old law, suit against a tenant holdnig over was brought before two justices; an anornalou proceeding, with complicated forms. Under the new law, it is a simple suit before a justice , varying but little from any other snit before the same officer. The remedy, in I case of forcible entry and detainer, is similar. The law a tedious one in the old Statutes relative to Insolvent Debtors is wholly omitted. Tho consti- ! tutional provision abolishing imprisonment for debt except in case of fraud, renders an insolvent-debtor law unnecessary. There are also omitted all the old laws, very volu- , mineus they were regarding the Public Works o( the Slate; aud these are replaced by a single brief law ; of three or four sections only, providing That all portions of the Public Works not heretofore j 90,0 or surrendered to companies, are ceded to the connlies, respect.ve.y, ... wD.e.i t.iey lie ; That the same shall be under tho control and management of the Boards doing County business in such conn- ........... ties; That if any private Companies to whom works have heretofore been ceded, shall fail to take possession before the li- st of January next, they shall be deemed to have j abandoned the same; and the same shall thereafter vest i in the count;es m which they lie. ,, r ... ,,. . . The amount of Publ,c Works t,,us surrendered, is, 1 however, trifling in amount, being chiefly portions of the Jeflersonville and C'rawfordsville road in Putnam county, and in one or two other locations. All tbe other works, once valued at millions, had been already granted, on various terms, to private companies; or sold, at auction, to the highest bidder. This, at last, about sixteen years after the State first ; undertook her "Mammoth System," she is entirely dis severed from it. Fatal was the connection to her! May it never be renewed! By the ucw law resar.lingl.iKNs ol mechanics and others,.! is provided, that laborers on Public Works constructed by companies snail, for the amount of work done by them on suck works, have a lien on the property of the company constructing the same. This is anew provision. IT" We call attention to the proceedings of the plank road meeting at Northlield, Boone county. This is a most important work for our city. It proposes to connect Logansport with Indianapolis by means of a plank road- The stock in this road will be a good paying investment. Our fellow-townsman, James Blake, has taken hold of it in earnest, and his energy and enterprise is a sure guaranty that it will be completed. But those interested in the work must lay their shoulder to the wheel, and help him out. Soldiers of the Black Hawk War. Some time since we published a letter from the Hon. C. L. Db.iHAM, stating that the Pension Office had decided that the soldiers of the Black Hawk war were entitled to receive one hundred and sixty acre warrants. This letter, it seems, has led to a misapprehension, and to correct it Mr. Dunham transmits to us the following telegram: Washington City, June 26, 1852. Hon. W. J. Brown: The deeision mentioned in my letter refers only to twelve months rangers. C F. DUNHAM

Form the CInbs! Raise the Poles! Democrats of Indiana, arouse to action! You havo a sleepless enemy to fight. If you go into the conflict under organization and discipline, victory is certain. To accomplish this, let clubs be formed in every neighborhood. '- Co riag the bells, and fire tbe guns. And fling the starry banner out, Shout Freedom till your lisping obes Give back their cradled shout." Have speeches and songs. The character and sor vices of Frank. Pierce afford a glorious theme for the young orators to dwell on. At the center we have commenced tho battle in earnest. Let it extend to the extremities. ' For Freedom's battle oft begun. Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son. Though baffled oft is ever won." If the Whigs raise an ash pole, yon can raise a hickory one still higher. Sleep not on your arms, under the conviction that Indiana is a Democratic State. " Power is always stealing from the many to 'he few." To make Indiana Democratic, you worked hard. To keep it so, you must still work. Take the papers circulate the documents write to your members of Congress, and they will be furnished. Do all this, and do it quickly. Don't let the Whigs get the start.

John II. Bradley. Onr neighbor and good friend, whose name stands at the head of this article, wonders whv we occasionally i allude to him, and seems determined to stand it no long er. He has commenced his talk through the columns of the Journal, and, we presume, will persevere in welldoing. Mr. Bradley, who has heretofore been a Free Soiler and a Free Soil elector, has recently become a convert to Whiggery, and, like all new converts, is exceedingly active and zealous. He has boldly put himself at the head of the party as their chief orator, and is justly regarded as their leader. Occupying this position, does he suppose we are to permit him to escape unnoticed' Now, friend John, that would hardly be human nature. It is certainly not our nature. Wc havo always been your friend. We tried hard to get you appointed Governor of New Mexico, under tbe present Whig administration ; but some rascally Whig had written to Fillmoro that you had been one of the Free Soil electors in 1848. That cruel missile knocked dowu all your hopes, John. It, however, taught you a lesson by which we hope you may profit. Go on and wield your battleaxe for Winficld Scott, but don't complain when wc ward off your blows. When wo fight you, we are fighting Whiggery a thing just as natural lor us as to eat onr daily bread. New Car lfreak. We have examined Clayton and Miller's Patent Car Break, for the protection of life and property- The opinion of several practical railroad men with whom we have conversed, is that it is superior to those now in use; aud we think it is worthy the notice and trial ol Railroad Companies in the United States. It is simple in construction, and cheap. The advantages claimed by the patentees for this break over all others are that it is in a vice-like form; it grips the rims of the wheels, and applies friction to eight sides instead of four; it creates double the friction and requires less than half the leverage of the break now in use, which break against the tread or pheriphery of the wheels, and so often cause the axels or journals to break, and frequently press the boxes out of place, which is the cause of many accidents; and that it is effective in all kinds of weather, and will prevent snow and ice from clogging the wheels. Kr. R. Miller will be at the Wright House, in a fewdays, for the purpose of exhibiting a model of the Bieak, and selling rights to use it. Who is Gen. Pierce! The following incident, which occurred on one of the battle-fields of Mexico, is illustrative of the character ' of Gen. Frank Pierce, the idol of the volunteers: During the hottest part of the great battle which ! closed the Mexican war, and admitted our heroes to the halls of Monteznmus, Gen. Pierce., having routed the lugious whero ho iad been fighting, hastened with his command to tho assistance of Gen. P. F. Smith, when the following laconic dialogue ensued Pierce "Gen. Smith, what have you for me to do?" Smith "Command." (Gen. Pierce ranking higher.) Pierce "Have you a plan for the next moment?" smith "1 had a plan it is now to obey orilers." Pierce "Then I order you to execute your plan, and point out to me a place whore I can do good service. I will show you that I can fight as well under you, as you have under me." Smith "Defend the hacienda!" Pierce "Right face! forward!" Contemptible. The Madison Banner, alluding lo Governor Wright's visit to that city, speaking of the manner in which he spent tho Sabbath, says: "Oa yesterday, we understand, the Governor attended class-meeting, was twici at church, and three times at S.ibbalh School making a speech to tho scholars at j Third street more than an hour in length. Wc can hardly conjecture how he manages to bear up under so many pressing religious and political duties..'' This is another contemptible fling at Governor Wright's religion. The object is to prejudice other denominations against him, because he is a Methodist. The Whig! must be hard run when they will resort to such means. In what better manner oould the Governor have spent the Sabbath? Let Them Go' John Tyler and Tom Walpole have ' come out in faVf r Pierce. We are glad of it, as .tfhasuerus and Tom were always a disgrace to the par ty. New Jllbanu Iribune. i w Sou gra)e5, , ,S40 JuUn Ty,er Wft a krM. otd fe,ow Tho whigs him ,hen ,.without a wny or a j whpr.fr. :,TinI Tv M ln Whi', month " - r .- - -. -. y - - BoJ ' and as for Tom Walpole, when they needed an elector to canvass the district for Taylor, he was the very man. Now that he cannot be longer used, they set him down as "a disgrace to the party.'' He will make some of them "faint" betweeifthis and November. Mark our word. ay The New York Herald thus talks of General Pierce: Gen. Pierce will be found to be by no means a weak candidate. The State of New Hampshire is perfectly crazy with exultation. In Concord, the capita!, as soon as they heard of his nomination, men, women, and children rushed out in the street, 282 guns were fired as a feu dejoie, and all the bells were tolled fur hours. Some of Gen. Scott's friends ran up the stroet, shouting' "is there any fire anywhere?" "is there a fire anywhere?" "Yes, there is a fire," responded a young Democrat, "a devil of a tire in the rear." ITT If the Democrats wished to avail themselves of Obscurity, they should have given it the impulsive cry of Cuba or of Canada. Then they would have paralleled the case of Polk and Texas. But, obscurity without any impulse is a hard nag to ride. Cin. Gazett. Yes, and notoriety with letters in favor of the Bankrupt law and Native Americanism will prove a slow nag. trjOur friend John H. Bradley is out again in yesterday's Journal, with an address to Wm. J. Brown, in which he gives the reasons for the faith that is within him. All right John. It is important that the thing should be understood. Heretofore there have been doubts. O0ur platform-hating Whig editors in this State shout over the nomination of Scott, but are mum about the platform which they were compelled to gulp before they could get their candidate. A bitter pill but they had to swallow it. O South Carolina beat them all. At Charleston, when the news of Scott's nomination reached there, the Whigs fired one hundred guns one gun for every Whig in the State. LT The congressional convention for the seventh district will he held at Bowling Green, on the 0(b August

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JVNE 30, 152.

Henry Clay 1 no more! By telegraph from Washington, we learn that Henry Clay died yesterday at eleven o'clock. The event was not unexpected. He had been lingering for months in daily and hourly expectation ot dissolution. A patriot and statesman whose reputation was world-wide has , wwr . , th. . m ... fallen. We shall attempt no eulogy. That office will be performed by abler pens. j i ir-? r ; om.inrt nririiu tmwUt that will oivci work and pay and wealth, to our own mechanics here at home, give them a market for what they have to sell, and prevent their being crushed or crippled by the starvation labor of Europe. You can plant yourself, upon your revenue standard, and if you happen to want no revenue, then upon your darling "free trade" system, and like some of the great men of your party, luxuriate on your official eight dollars a day, while the poor mechanic and laboring man. as good as yourself, and a great deal honester, will be ground down to Mr. Buchanan's standard of good wa:es, one shilling a day. John H. Bradley. Full of gas. We dont like to use hard words, or we should say something stronger. Our farmers, median ics and working men, will renember that from 1842 until '46 we had a protective taritf. From 1846 until the present time, we have had a tariff based on the revenue u. r . ' 1 t v . a i . . -1 1 , ..... B f standard

Vhat were the prices of produce and labor ' members of the Democratic party, who have everything !.. sasa. . u .i i ... ,iloga,n lrom ,he event, fell the affront pat upon the 4M What have they been sin :e that lime ? , t Araerican statesman s.micientlv to abstain from

from '42 to Lvery man in the countiy can answer these questions. and the answers will tell whether Mr. Bradley statements are true, or false. The statement of Mr. Buchanan's, "standard of good wages, one shilling a day," we pronounce a slander. Mr. Buchannan never made such a declaration, and wc challenge any man to produce the evidence. Hunt up tho documents and if the statement is true, we can be convicted of falsehood. Hon. John ii. Davis, Tho Terre Haute Journal publishes a communication ! in favor of tlie re election of John G. Davis to Congress from the Seventh District, with tho following remarks, iu which we fully concur; , CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST. The bill having passed, providing for the eleotion ot members of Congress from this Stale, at the general election in October next, the Democracy of this district will soon be called upon in Convention to select their candidate. A communication presenting the claims of the present incumbent, Hon. John G. Davis, to the favorable consiuerauon oi me uemocracv oi mis uisirict, win tie found in another column. The view s and feelings ex pressed in this communication, meet with our hearty i concurrence. We have no desire to forestall the wishes of our friends in relation to this matter, but wo must be permitted to express huruhly and I rank! v. our prefer ence for the gentleman above named, believing him to ' be the choice of the Democratic party of the district, ' for the nomination. The general expression of opinion, wuicn we nave ntaru upon tins sunjeci, nas convinceu us of this fact That Mr. Davis has hitherto, in the capacity of their representative, served his constituents j with fidelity, and marked ability, thcris but one opinion. He is pre eminently a tcorkinq man, and. no one could have more promptly and efficiently attended to the business of his constituency than has Mr. D. Justice therefore to tho gentleman, w-e think, requires that his course should receive the endorsement of his party, by a re-nomination. If again a candidate, wc much doubt whether his re-election would be opposed by any organized opposition. O John H. Bradley, the Whig orator, made a speech at the Court House on Friday evening. Subject the taritr and the fugitive slave law. Ho went for protection, and was peculiarly eloquent on the enormities of the fugitive slave law. He contended that, under its provisions, the saucy Kontuckians might come over here and carry into captivity our old friend, the worthy host of the Palmer House, Dennis Tuttle. This so alarmed the venerable old gentleman, that he immediately camo out with a flaming speech in favor of Scott. We think the fears of our old friend are entirely groundless. It was only a grand flourish of the Whig orator. We are a law abiding people, but no law shall ever carry Dennis Tuttl-J into slavery. He is a free man, and get up good dinners, and shall not be molested. So stand hack, Kentuckian A Mare's Nest. The editor of the Madison Banner has been ransacking the journals or Congress to find out some of the objectionablc votes of Frank. Pierce. After all lus pains he finds that he voted for the following resolution: " Jissolred, That all petitions, memorials, resolutions propositions, or papers, relating t any way or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or to the abolitior ol slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred d, be laid upon the table, and mat no lurttier aclion w naievei , stiaii uc uau tiicieon. Terrible! Can't you find something more Mr. Banncr? This w.ll turn every Abolitionist in the Union against mm: now is general ocou on mis question: i i a . i. Sound, wc presume, according to your notions. ET" The Journal calls reading Scott's letters "abuse," ', "attempting to ridicule," etc. Immaculate Whiggery! The lexters and the sentiments they contain arc not only ridiculous, but anti-republican. But they are the productions of the great Gen. Scott, the Whig candidate for the Presidency, and must not be read or commented on! Gag law! O'The Board of Equalization for this Congressional District, was in sneeioa here during last week, but were unable to come to any conclusion. They adjourned I u Saturday, without making any alterations in the valuation of Real Kstate. IS On the first of July, the mail will be extendeJ and carried daily thereafter in the cars to Mnncie, supplying intermediate offices on the Bellefontaine railroad, to be further extended as the road is opened for business above Muucie. Cheers in Vain. At a recent Whig ratification meeting at Ktiightown in this State. Three cheers were given for the foreign vote find three cheers for the Catholic rote. The extra session of the Legislature of Illinois, adjourned on Wednesday, after a session of two weeks and a half. During their session they passed upwards of one hundred kills. O'The Piercer is tho title of a new Democratic campaign paper, just commenced at Philadelphia. Greely on Scott. In 184S the New York Tribune was as violently opposed to the nomination of General Scott as it now is in favor of such a nomination. Greely wrote a letter to a political fiiend, in the inteiiorof NewYork, at that time, in which he urged the selection of an anti-Scott delegate to the Convention, in the following emphatic parugraph. "Send a delegate to the convention, if you can, for Clay; if not for Clay, for Taylor. But last of all for Scott. Scott is a vain conceited coxcomb of a man. His brains all that he has are in his epauletts; and if he should be elected President he would tear the whig party into tatters in less than six months." A Prophf.cy. At a ratification meeting held in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Howard, of Tennessee, in the course of his remarks, made the following statement, which was attested to by Gen. Armstrong , of the Washington I'nion, and J. K. Walker, Est., private Secretary to Presideut Polk: "When Mr. Polk signed the commission ol General Pierce, appointing him to a command in the army in Mexico, he turned to those gentlemen and said, " am now commissioning a man who wilt one day be President!" Political Mendacity. The Louisville Courier of Thursday pretends to quote from Gen. Wool to prove that Gen. Pierce was not in the battle of Chapultepec! This circumstance shows the game of falsehood and detraction that is to characterize this Canvass. Gen. Wool was with Gen. Tayh r when the battle of ChaSu I tepee was fought, indeed, he was not on Scott's line uring the whole campaign, yet we find a forged extract from a report which he never made bandied over the country, as proof against Gen. Pierce. Madisonimn. IT Drunkenness turns a man out of himself, and leaves a beast in his room

Signals of Distress from the Whig Ship. The following despatches from different sections of the country tell a tale of Whig despair. From the Boston Advertiser. (Whig.)

It is a decision which we shall submit to with all due resignation, because there is no appeal from it. but we are noi oounu to say mat in our opinion it is a wtM 'if0?!' whith bd fir to F'"ote lbe welfare of the VUig party, or of the country. On t-e contrary, we fear that it fbrbodes disastrous consequences to both, in putting the patty upon an effort which we conceive to be hopeless. We shall, neverthe'ess, neglect notion" in our nower to nromole its sue- . - - . j him nir mugs oi mass.acnusetis may at least carry the State election, which is of great moment to the citizens of the Commonwealth, whatever may bo the result of the Presidential election. In discharging our duty to the great Whig cause, it is no part of it to pretend a confidence which we do not feel, that Gen. Scott can be elected. We bad supposed this v., hopeless that the members of the Convention fu m the Northern States, on conferring with those from tbe South, would become convinced of it, and would perceive the expediency of naming a candidate more satisfactory to the States which are to be relied on lor votes tSJ -e cure the election. From the Boston Councr. hu The announcement of the result in Boston produced such an effect as might have been expected from tbe well-known predilection of the inhabitants of this city. It ft:!l l.ke a tuneral pafl upon their spirits. Even tho any general exultation. From the immense crowd of citizens assembled in State-st., a few faint and hardlyaudible c heers went up as the intelligence w as proclaimed. We unde. stand, these proceeded chiefly from individuals of the Free Soil partv. Gen. Scott, then, is noraineted at Baltimore. After what we have said of the impolicy of adopting him as the Whig candidate, it would be something worse than affectation in ns to say we approve 01 ibis net. or to put lorth any high Mown phrases of eulogiuni on the wisdom of the Convention. 1 here will be plenty of these indited by men who mean nothing at all by them more than this, that thev arc i eadv to extol anything and support anybody. Norfo'.k, Va., J'jne 22 The news of the nomina tion of General Scott was received here at 1 o'clock yesterday. There was considerable dissatisfaction express ed by the Whigs. Georgia. The nomination of Scott is unsatisfactory lo the Whigs of Savannah and Augusta. DISSATISFACTION IN NEW FORK. New York, June '13. There is a growing dissatisfaction anting a large portion of the Whigs of this city, at the nomination of Gen Scott, and efforts are being made to get up a Con djdate vention, to nominate Mr. Webster as an independent can At Albany and Concord, the Whigs refused to honor (en- Srolt. witn a tte, although the Ihm ItWIl mW ed to pay lor the powder. te, although the Dcin-i :m- ort er. Wilmington, N. C, June II, The nomination of General Scott makes North Carolina sure for Pierce, ami will secure the election of Reid, the Democratic candidate for governor, and a Democratic legislature. Mark the prediction.' Cumberland, Md., June 21. " 'The nominal ion ol S-ott iv fur fmm . t . i . . . i . , Many W,igS ,ay thev will uot vote lor him. There is a rpnt dea) ol political feeling in regard to it J M P Lawrence Tovnliip. A meeting of the Democrats of Lawrence towuslup, Marion county. Ind., was held in pursuance of notice given, on Saturday, the 2d;h day of June. 1852, at tw o'clock P. M., at the usual place of holding election m said township. On motion, Madison Webb was a ppointed Chairman. ana Andrew t . lory secretary. On motion, it was nesotcea, i nat we appoint uni ty UelegatesTWJrpre sent Lawrence township in the Democratic County Con vention, to be held at Indianapolis on the first Saturday in August next. A committee of five were appointed to report the names of the Delegales, who reported tho following as such Delegates, which was confirmed by the meeting: James Hinds, Jr., A. F. Cory, Henry Klepler, John J. Hanna, James Russe), John Bolander, Levi Uolander, James Bragden, Wm. Perry, L. A. Hardest y, Joseph C. Harris. Samuel Reckord. Smith Bates I ,.! -on Webb, A Vines, Henry Pickle, O.ro Bates, C. G. ! Wadsworth, James Flunrgen, Pollard J. Brown, James L. Thompson, Wm. Hendricks, J. F. Lemon, James N. McCoy, M. R. Hunter, Klijah Webb, Samuel Day, Isaac Day, Reabeu Hunter, and L. L. Brown. The following resolution was then oflered by Dr. Reckord, and adopted unanimously: Resolccd. That we will present to the people of Marion county, SasU'EL Cory a citiz-n of our township as a suitable person to fill the otlice of Judge of the , Court of Common Pleas of said county, and respectfully ask for him a favorable consideration ot the other townships of the county. The following resolutions were presented and adoptaJ : liesoiivd, l hat the nomination ol General Franklin r,ERfP t0 .1. Presidency, made in a snirit of concilia. tjon anj compromise, is a proof of the devotion of the ( Democracy to principle, and of their willingness to do everything for their principles and nothing lor men; we their principles and nothing lor men j we support him for the first office in the nav,j willingly tion. Resolved. That we will heartily support fur the Vice Pi-Ckiileni'V Wll I.UM It KlVi: I .'! le v i 11 f from ifioxl.lu J I " " ' , . ...v. , niannel in which he has alreajy presided over the United States Senate, that he will well and faithfully discharge the duties ol the othce. Resolved, That the able manner in which the present iniei r.xecuuvc omcer ot our täte, Jos. a. v rk;ht, j has discharged the duties of his office, and in his dovoj tion lo agricultural and other industrial pursuits of our I State, has proven himself to be well entitled lo be conI linued in his present position. Resolved, That in the coming coulest Old Lawrence will do her duty, aud at the election will roll up a larger majoi ity than ever for the nominees of the Democratic prtyOn motion, a committee of Vigilance was appointed in each Road District in tbe township ; the persons residing in each district to act as a c ommittee for such district. Their names are ns follows: John Webb, C. G. Wadsworth, James Finnigen; O.ro Bates, Jacob Hoss, John Becver; Benjamin Sheiikle, Wm. Bills, Simeon Mock; Elijah Webb, Matthew R. Hunter, Lewis L. Brown; Smith Bates, John Emry, Joseph Day; Enoch D. Hanna. J. C. Triiitl, Birtsel Withaui; David Hoas, Conrad Keller, Auderson Hamilton; James Hunter. Jacob Fred, Zenas B-agden , John Perry, Sr., Marl. Day, Benjamin New house; Jas. Crigler, Balsar Sowers, Moses Dunn; Henry Klopfer, J. J. MollenrolV, Joseph Heltman. On motion, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Indiana State Sentinel, the Statesman, and the Indiana Volksblatt. The meeting then adjourned. MADISON WEBB, Chairman. A F. Cory, Secretary. Decatur Township. At a meeting of the Democrats of Decatur township. Marion county, Ind., held June 25th, for the purpose ol appointing delegates to the county convention, to select suitable candidates for Senator, Representatives, Sheriti', and such other officers as may be required, Mf.hrv MrGuire was called to the chair, and T. F. AaMsTaoNG appointed Secretary. On motion of Esq. Wilson, the following persons were appointed delegates : Merry McGuire, Eli Sulgrove, Noah McCreery, Y E. R. Wilson, T. F. Armstrong, and a host of others. Decatur stands uncommitted. T. F. ARMSTRONG. Secretary The Whig Nominees. On yesterday, after continuing in session from Wednesday last, the Whig national convention nominated Gen. Soott, on the o3d ballot, for President. The news reached hare by telegraph yesterday afternoon, and never have we seen such a set of elongated visages as the Wings of this community exhibited. Had they all been seized by an epidemic ague-chill, they could not have looked colder. We do not intend to say much at this time, want ol" room forbids it, and if there were no other consideration, a proper respect for the anguish of our friend round the corner would restrain us. He pleaded hard that the cup might bo allowed to pass by him, hut Seward decreed he should drain it to the dregs, and wilh many a wry face the editor of the Observer is compelled to quaff it. Since the news came to hand we have been told by at least a dozen whigs, that they would not vote for Scott, and most of the number have declared they would vote for Pierce. This is literally true, and were we so disposed we could give the names ; most of them are among our most respectable citizens. It is a bitter pill for others who will swallow it. The whole South will regard this nomination with disgust , and we assure our friends that it is received wilh disgust and loathing by roost of the Whigs here. We learn to day that William A. Graham, of North Carolina, has received the nomination for Vice President. This ticket will be most signally defeated. For the first time in twenty-five years, Kentucky will give her electoral vote to the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President. Mark our prediction Kentucky Statesman