Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1852 — Page 2

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INDIANA STATE SENTINEL: '7ILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. I XD1AN APOL1S : MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. SO, 1852. 0""H"s North bo South, no East, no Wet feuder the Constitution: but a sacred maintennne of the common bond and true devotion to the common brotherhood.iraii Fierce. ITHr. A. D. Gall will address the Germans of this city in the German language the Court Hou?e on Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Hon. John L. Robinson Will address the Democracy of Indianapolis at the Court Hoaie o M.naay evening, örpiemrr iu, "i- a a a. i (Miu 1 ' Vr V lliage on x uesuay , oepiemiwr -ex?. .mi" -i.Haine Electiou. From the New York Tribune of the 15th inst we clip the following: nrk. ...nrn Baa l.,iivrn,ir It, ,111 UK) I OVA n loot UP RS HC I rjlUl II J t 1 w wa follows: Crosby (Whi2) 16,90S; Hubbard (Dem.) 25,. 312; Chandler (Liberal) 14.513; Scattering, 692. Majority against Hubbard, 6,801. The vote for Chandler, Anti-Msine Law candidate, will probably reach 20.000. Three Whigs and three Democratic members ol ('(ingress are elected. . Thus far I Democrats and . Wings hav- be n elects 1 to the State Senate. The Democrats will probably have the House n I Senate by a small majority. The Liquor Law has a large majority in the House. Gov. Hubbard 'i plurality over ihc Whig candidate will probably be as large as it was in 1850, when it was 8,912. There is no doubt that the Democrats will have a majority in the Legislature, which will .ecme the election of Gov Hubbard by that body. 7The Whig papers now think that a military man makes the best chief magistrate, because, they say, 'He who can successfully command likely also to successfully govern; he who can weiland wisely rule M array, will probably also ably and judiciously fill the Executive office of the state; and he who has combined and victoriously employed the varied elements of a mili tary host is not unlikely to blend the varied sections ol the state into a harmonious whole of prosperity and happiness." This doctrine would do very well if our government were a military desp tism. and ir agents governed bv bat one principle the "prinvple of military conduct" which Gen. S.tl says, he would carry into the civil administration vir, ob'dirnce. A the people are not quite ready yet to have the affairs of government administered according to the rules an I regulations of the regular army, as promulgated by Major General WinHeld Scott, Commander-in-Chief, there is but little prospect for the success of the Whigs in their effort to convert all our Judges, Marshals, Collectors Postmasters, sc. into one huge battalion. jyTbe Vineennes Gazette is out in opposition to the $5,000 appropriation made by ihe last Legislature to colonize tbe negroes or this stale Mr MVl'arty voted for it. Stmit Sentinel. We respectfully ask Mr. Brown to correct the above. We are not opposed to that appropriation, as a perusal of our remarks touching that question will show. We do protest against the causes which forced the State to the necessity of making the appropriation Under the circumstances existing at the time the bill passed, notb ing belter could have been done, and we approve the vote of Mr. McCarty upon the subject. We will d. em it an act of courtesy and justice, in the editor of the Sentinel, to make the correction. Vineennes uazettr From the remarks of the Gazette , on the subject we were clearly under the impression that the editor of that paper was opposed to having any appropriation made by the State for colonization purposes, under any cir cumstaaces whatever. It appears however, from the above, that we were mistaken as to the drift of the remarks and we make the correction with pleasure. We desire to do injustice to no one. 117" A few days ago the Democrats of Covington, Ky., raised a hickory pole, Surmounted with a beautiful flag inscribed with the names of our candidates. Shortly afterwards. some thieving Whig, during the night a regular sneaking coon operation took down the flag, rnn the Scott banner up and then cut the ropes, so as to prevent its being hauled down. The Cincinnati Atlas and other Whig papers of small calibre in that vicinity, forthwith commenced crowing over the act as an excellent joke' Ths trick didn't win, however, among the sterling Democracy of Covington. The pole was climbed, the Pierce banner restored, the coon emblem brought down, and stored away for its owner's call. The whole affair was strikingly characteristic of WhigThe Democrats of Laporte county held a convention at Laporte on Saturday the 10th inst., and nominated the following ticket: For Representative, John C Walker; for Sheriff. Samuel Benson; for Clerk, A. W. Henley; for Treasurer, Mark Allen. This is a good ticket and should be elected. Mr. Walker, the candidate for Representative, is the editor of the Laporte Commercial Times, one of the most ably edited papers in the Slate Though a young man, h will, f elected, make an able and efficient legislntor. XT We understand that one of the leading Whigs of the State is offering to bet one hundred dollars that the Whig candidate for Governor will not get as many votes by three thousand, in October, as Scott will get in November. In other word that "Honest Nick," will rnn three thousand votes behind his party. Will not some good friend of Mr. McCarty take the bet? We think it a perfectly safe one, lor we cannot believe that Mr. McCarty is so unpopular with his party as this leading Whig seems to think he is. tThe Whig papers appear to be very much dissat tsfied because Governor Wright, upon the invitation ol the Superintendents, occasionally addresses tbe Sabbath Schools. We suppose they think it beneath the dignity of a Governor to be interested in Sabbath Schoools. The Howard county Tribune is the latest grumbler oa this acoount. Wonder how many votes these Whig editors expect to make by abusing Governor Wright for addressing Sunday Schools occasionally? IT" John H Bradley, having become tired of writing prose, is now filling the columns of the Journal with blank verse the blankest cf all verse. See the '-Extract from a Politico-Abolitioi.ist Drama" in Saturday's Jour, el. Tr"gk we knew John was a flaming 'politico-Abolitirn-t," we ware not before aware that he had embodied his peculiar notions in a "Drama," and in blank verse, at that. "All the Intelligence.'" A Texas Whig editor, in announcing the uomiaation of Scott and Graham, says: " Mr. Graham is well known to the political and literary world, more especially io the literary he having 'or some years back been engaged in publishing Or: hmm's Maaita, which, as a literary work, stands nneq Ml led in America." CTTbe Journal persists in its scurrilous abuse of Judjjo Douglas, and attempts to justify it. Though its cmrse m this matter may he perfeotlv self-satisfactory, we are much mistaken if the corre t taste and sense of the decent portion of tbe Whig party outraged bv such billingsgate. , ILTHorace Greely thinks opponiti.m to General Scott ig utterly hopeless, 1 especially in Massachusetts." This nts for the willingness of the Whig, in this part of ' to bet on that State. tJobn Woolley k Co . Bankers, will purchase first class hoaioess paper, having thirty and sixty days to run, at low rate

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Mr. Webster's Course. The Boston Courier. Mr. Webster's organ, in an article on Mr. Webster's course in relation to the Presidency, uses the following language. There is a confidence in the tone of the statement which give it an air of authority, and we have no doubt that Mr. Webster authorized it : "We see it stated in various quarters that Mr. Webster contemplates publishing an address to his friends, advising them as to the course which they ought to pursue, and urging them to refrain from using his name in connection with the Presidency. These statements are put forth by editors of Scott papers, gentlemen who opposed Mr. Webster's interests at Baltimore, on grounds of private malice, and afterward exulted in the result of the doings of the convention. Mr. Webster has written no letter up n ihe subject of tbe Presidential election, nor will he do so in a ' lew days." His friends have not solicited his advice as to how they should vote in November next, and as they have not, he will hardly volunteer it. Ail speculation and threats on the part of Mr. Webster's enemies are useless; they cannot break his silence." XTThis is the fairest criticism we have seen, and expresses our sentiments exactly : " UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. "We confess to have sat down to tbe reading of this book with reluctance. But it was so praised and pulled. we had heard so much of its interesting story, so much of its good moral lone, of its fairness as a delineation of the life of slaves, so much of tie candor with which the author a well known and pro'essed anti-slavery advocatehad treated the slnveholcers. that we were overpursuaded, and have accomplished the task of reading it from beginning to end. For a story, it is interesting, and so could almo.-t any story be made, by one who has a tolerable faculty for writing. As a literary composi tion, it is not entitled to any praise whatever. It would have made a fair prize tale for the Olive Branch news paper, or the blag ol cur Union, or the Urawing-Koom Companion. It is not worthy the name of a novel, and it is interspersed with unfair, under-handed, and over strained hits at people who do not believe in the extremes of the anti-slavery platform. Wo are not surprise J at its popularity among women and young girls, nor with bovs in t entered into frock coats and pipe-stem pantaloons with patent leather shoes. Many of its scenes are overdrawn, and some of the incidents related are totally at variance with any thing that ever occurred, or will be likely to occur at the North or at the south. Jo Morrow. Consistency. The tollowing is going the rounds of the Whig pa per- No. 1 i to prove Franklin Pierce anti-American and in tbe foreign interest. No. 2 is intended to prove him pro-American and opposed to all foreign interest They are alike destitute of truth: No 1. "All the great journals of Britain, swarm with expressions of these wishes especially the L.on don Times, which is the chief mouth piece of British a.rogance, pretension, and selfishness. The Times wishes Pierce elected, for that brings in power tbe party which will put down and keep down American labor, and thereby crush John Bull's great rival. The Times goes for "Democrats" because the "Democrats" are practically the American hackers of British manufactures and capitalists." No. 2. "Peter Sken Smith, the Native American, is lately out with a letter declaring that he shall support Pierce and King. Well, "birds of a feather," fee. Fur tbe Italy Indians State Sentinel. Shelby vim. e, Sept 14. 1852. Wm. J. Bhown. Esq. Sir Mr. Bradley made quite an effort here, both day and night, speaking of his own great deeds, and denouncing our fellow-citizen, (in his absence,) T. A. Hendricks. This looked a little ungenerous and out of order. The cant of "no porfy" (insincerely.) was paraded in his handbills, and fell from his lips, as bait to try to catch minnows. A man, who, if report be true, began life a Federalist, and through all his variegated changes, even to Free-toilism, has been an altra politician, now to profess "no partyi?m," naturally engenders doubts, and the charge of demagogueism. His ' no partyism" led him to approve of "Internal Improvement by the General Government, a Protective Tariff, Sic., and to disapprove of that portion of the Compromise, relating to the fugitive slave law. He may, verily, be said to be the pink of consistency. His "no pa tyism': led him likewise to eondemn Gen. Pierce, and uphold Gen. Scott and all his "coneteltonr." Such pronounciamentos, I pronounce all gammon. He did not forget to pay his respects to you, as he passed along, in his usual style. Talked some about extravagance and taxes, but no'hing about our old State Internal Improvemeat system, of which I believe, he was a warm advocate. He condemned Mr. Hendricks's vote on the River and Harbor bill, and also on the appropriation, by Congress, for the insane, and in some other particulars, by which he thought be could make a little capital ; but he will find himself mistaken when Mr. H. comes to explain them. The Whigs formed their county ticket, composed principally ol "Sons ol lemperance. So you see. a moral question is to be mingled up in the conflict of politics. I have all along suspicioned, from its introduction into politics, by Defrees, that with politicians it was a piece of chicanery to make Whigs by deception. Al though temperance is an excellent thing, and many good men advocate it, through consciencions motives, yet I do not think we are required to sacrifice or endanger every other principle, to sustain one. Yours, very respectfully, X. For the Daily Indiana State Sentinel. "The Boston Pilot. Such is the caption of an article which appeared in the Journal of last Thursday, in which the editor states that the late course of the Pilot gave much dissatisfaction to the patrons of that paper. Wc would like the Journal to inform the public how many of the patrons of the Pilot in this city are dispieascu with the course pursued bv that paper in brand ing a falsehood, as it deserved that of flinging back a flimsy lie feoncernin the New Hampshire affair) to the Wliie party. But the Journal has just found out that the Pilot is not a party paper, as it also has found out the author of the different articles alluded to. which many Catholics in this place could have told him, had he taken the trouble to inquire. But what has the Journal gained by what appeared in the last number of the mot that tbe writer, (Kev. J. T. Kodden.) is a Whig? But the Journal forgets to tell that he (J. T. Rodden) is an honest Whig, who was willing to go against party prejudices fur the good of the country, but he was not also willing to look on and see the Whigs bag Irish voters on a false issce that of the New Hampshire affair as he states the Whigs are to blame for making the issue, and tried to deceive Irish voters. The Journal states that Mr. Rodden wrote the differ ent articles lor the purpose of preventing Catholics from taking sides with either or the political names as Catholics. This may be troe, but Mr. Rodden gave a better reason for the appearance of the articles that of warning the patrons of the Pilot against the traps which were laid for their votes by tbe Whig stumpers and editors ot partisan papers, as he also tells us not to be neve any thing which comes from Greeley's office or his dirty hack, William E. Robinson. If the Whigs cannot find any Comfort onlv what thev oet from thn Pilot w fear tbey are in n pitiable condition, and will get desperate should tbey not be allowed to love the Catholics of the United States as tbey wish, particularly those of New Hampshire. A READER OF THE PILOT. Indianapolis, Sspt. 17, 1852. Lewistille, Henry Co., Sept. 11, 1852. Now I can state in truth to yon, Mr. Sentinel, the Denojracy sf this District has never exhibited such strength, and been more xnlting and promising since political strife began in this section of the State, than at present. Gov. Wright has been here. He gave the Democracy a new impulse. I.C.B ' How wll Tennessee Go ! Geo. W. Jacksoa, United States Marshal of Rhode Island, addressed a letter on the 15th ult., to D. MeCallum, the Marshal of Tennessee, asking him if Tennessee will go for Scott and Graham, and saying that the Democrats of Rhode Island are confident of the State going for Pierce by 10 000. Mr. Rrownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig, was banded the letter, on account of the decease of MoCallorn, and he responded on tbe 4th inst., as wa see tbe letter published. He says he assures the inquirer that the State of Tennessee will go against Scott, but he thinks the majority for Pierce will fall below 10.000 Me volunteered the advice to the Rhode Island offical to books, settle his accounts, and nrenare to in. Enquirer. D" About the weakest of Whig tactic, this Mason is their locating the changes which they ay are taking place. The Ohio State Journal is something smarter ':i ' n most of Ihe niit, innrn.la fr U il .! ... , , , r , r '.' 7. : ' " T i i iiiaiiai ii i w ti Til a r o v i.i anar naaan&A Kiaub bnt still they are regarded as "point blank" whoppers Cincinnati Enquirtr. i PTB"e re in tD Unuad State, eighty-one women holding the office of Post Master; thirty-one of whom offices' enn',v,,,ni m9 of la important

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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. It, 1852.

W. J. Brown at Locisvillk The editors of the Leuisville Times are ferocious as wild cats about the refusal of a Louisville crowd to hear the notorious William J. Brown defame General Scott Tbey think it a great outrage that "a large crowd of Whig rowdies" drowned down the voice of "Hon. Mr. Brown, of Indiana," and finally drove him from the stand Mndison Banner. William J. Brown has never on any occasion, attempt ed to defame Gen. Scott, and the editor who makes tbe statement utters a falsehood. At the request of the Democratic committee, we attempted to address a mass meeting at Louisville, en tbe evening of the 15th inst. Judge Douglas was speaking in the court room. After speaking about twenty minutes to a verv attentive audience, tbe Whigs on the outskirts commenced halooing for Scott. We soon saw that there was a preconcerted movement of the Whigs, who were collecting in great numbers, to break up the meeting, and we declined to proceed with our remarks John F. Read, of Clarke county, was then introduced, but he was soon shouted down by these Whig ruffians. Capt. Rousseau, a Whig, and formerly a member of tbe Indiana Senate, then came on the stand and reminded these Whigs who were disturbing the meeting, that at the recent Whig meeting, no such disturbances had been attempted by the Demo rat, and implored them to desist. Gen. Pilcher then attempted to speak, but in vain ; the shouts and hisses only incroased. Col. Speed, the Whig Mayor of the city, then came forward, and attempted to restore order, but it was all vain. These Whig rowdies who control this Whig city of Louisville, had resolved to break up the meeting, and they succeeded ITBoth Gregg and Delrees deny that they have made any allusion to the funeral expenses incurred by the last Legislature, in burvinu four of its members. In the B I C? 7 New Albany Tribune of the 17th of August, is the fol- j lowing item under the head of -Democratic extravagance:" "Funeral expenses of deceased members $483.00' In the Whig pamphlet entitled the "Expositor," got up and published by the Whig Central Committee, and circulated all over the State, at page 4, under the head of "Statement of facts for the people of Indiana, showing the wasteful expenditures of the people's money by the leaders of the Democratic party of this State," is the following item : 'Funerals $528.73." Now, if it is not the intention of these Whig leaders to make any allusion to this it m, why publish it among the long list of "wasteful expenditures of the people's money." These members died in the service of their country, among strangers ; according to universal custom, their remains were sent home to their friends at the expense of the State. For the first time in the history of Indiana has there been any objection to these expenditures. Whigs and Democrats voted for the appropriation. If they believe that it was right, why then parade it for'h as an act of Democratic extravagance? Of all the mean things done by the Whig central committee, this is the meanest, and should make every honorable and humane Whig blush for the degradation of bis party More Whig Lies. We copy the following from the Madison Banner: "It appears from a communication of William West, a member of the Pittsburgh Free-soil Convention, which is published in the New York Tribune, that Senator Douglas, who is now making stump speeches throughout the country in favor of Gen. Pierce, wrote a letter to Judge Spalding, of Ohio, just before the meeting of the free-soil convention, "urging the nomination of Mr. Hale, so as to secure Ohio for General Pierce." The testimony of Mr. West to the fact that such a letter was written by Senator Douglas and received by Judge Spalding is confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Abraham G. Levy. An effort to keep the matter of the letter a profound secret has been made, but Messrs. West and Levy are determined to make the scheme public." It has been more than two weeks since Judge Spalding, over his own signature, pronounced this statement a falsehood, declaring that he had never received a letter from Judge Douglas on any subject, and that the whole story was a fabrication. Yet, in the face of tbe letter of Judge Spalding, tbe Banner knowingly re-asserts the lie. Another Lie. We clip the following from the South Bend Register: "The Philadelphia Sun, the only Native American paper in the Union, opposes Scott bitterly, and has Pierce and King at its mast-head as its favorite candidates." We receive and read the Philadelphia Sun every day. It has never put up the name of Pierce and King never uttered one word in favor of the Democratic candidates. The editor, Col. Wallace, is a Whig Native, and professedly goes for Mr. Webster. He was one of the aids to Gov. Johnston, and in our opinion will, in the end, support Gen. Scott, although he is not pledged to him, and pretends to be for Webster. A Whig Ex-Member of Congress Converted to Democracy. Tho Baltimore Argus recently published a long letter, written by Hon. Edward Long, late Whig member of Congress, of Somersett county, Maryland, to James M. Buchanan, Esq., of Baltimore, in which he renounces Whiggery, denounces Scott, and declares himself for Pierce and King. Mr. Long thus closes his letter: "I have already, currente ealamo, exceeded what I intended to reply to you, and have only to assure you that I shall support Pierce and King with perfect cordiality, having entire confidence in their patriotism and abiuty, concurring, as l do, in me doctrines ot me uemcratic platform." Mr. Cotton, the present Whig member from Mr. Long's district, also supports Pierce and King. Glori ous Democracy ! The Contrast. The following is the statement of the accounts of Gen. Pierce and Gen. Scott, with the moneys respective ly drawn from the treasury by them : Afv Gn. Winfitld Scott ; Gen Franklin Pitree. Regular pay aa an of- Pay snd mil age a ficer of the army .g?Sl,30S 70 member of Congress Extra Allowances. . . 1Ö.435J 96 for 0 years 16 H3 00 Am'i withheld without Du Att'y for New warrant of law 7,886 17 Hampshire 393 78 Am'l naecoanted for 12,673 u3 Pay as Ueucal in ih Army 3,183 83 Extra Allowances nothing Am'l illegally withheld Am't unaccounted for nothing nothinr Whole ..iionni ,477 18 Whole amount t80,373 40 Here are the accounts of the two candidates for tho Presidency. They speak volumes to the American people We have no comments to add. ----- Hon. Mark A. Duzan. From a letter received in this city from one of the Oregon emigrants, who left here in March last, we learn that Hon. MARK A. DUZAN, formerly a Senator and Delegate in the Constitutional Convention, from Boone county, died on the road to Orogon, on the 22d of June last, about 80 miles, west of Platte River. ----- The Way it Works. In the Fifth District Hon. Samuel W. Parker, is styled the National Whig candidate for C-ngre.s. He ally indorse, the Whig platform and tbe Compromise measures. In this District John H. Bradley, is the Whig candidate. He execrate, and spit, on the Whig platform, and justifies his support of Martin Van Buren in 1848. So it goes. 0Tbe Whigs of Shelby county have nominated a full ticket. All except one in favor of the Maine Law. . . . They are determined to make Temperance the issue in that county. Better keep it out of polities. X rWe understand that in Shelby county, John H. Bradley denied voting for Van Buren. Will he deny it in Hendrick. and Morgan? Will be deny that he wa. on tbe State Electoral ticke', for Van Buren?

Plngiarism.

Milton Gregg, in the New Albany Tribune of tbe 14th instaat, copies the Journal's roorback charge of napiarism aoainst Governor Wrivht with as sactimoni ous a face as if be, tbe said M.ltoa, were a perfectly i linn! man nu- if forrnor W i tIi t v.rp i,-sl!v 1 guilty of the charge brought against him by the Journal, Milton Gregg is the last man in the world who should repeat it, because he has been more guilty in that respect than any other roan in Indiana. A single instance of his literary pilfering we will give. On the Uth of November, 1850, Mr. Gregg made a speech in the Cor.stitutional Convention in relation to the rights of negroes, abolitionism, the compromise measure., (Jnin. glory, 8tc, in which tbe following passage occurs. Mr. Gregg has inquired " what shall be the meed of punishment to that arch-traitor who could rudely lay his unholy hands upon the pillar of the Constitution to tear it down?" and then replies as follows: "I would have him driven out from the abode of civilization, by the indignant frowns of hi. countrymen and should he seek to take refuge in the deep recesses of the forest, may he be driven thence by beasts of prey. Should he seek to bury himself in the dark caverns of the earth. may he tie driven thence by tbe hissing of serpents. Should he seek to plunge himself beneath the u sum of the mighty deep, may its angry billow cast him back upon some bar ren and inhospitable shore. And when years and aees l 111 11 1 - .... . . Wm suau nave roueu awav, aoo lie is still a lone wanderer in the earth, calling in vain upon the rocks and mountains to fall upon and bide him when the lightning of heaven shall continue to play around him, searing his eye-balls with its luried glare, and yet consume him not when the thHiiderbolis shall break upon him, and crush him not when the undying woim shall continue to prey upon his vitals, and vet be still lives on ! when the earth shall still refuse hm a home the sun .'.is light the dust a grave and Heaven her God then may he feel then may he know, what it is to bear the bitter ard undying curse due to his perfidy." Sec Convention Debates, Vol. F, p. 600. Now, compare with the above the following from Byron's Cain. It is the curse invoked upon Cain by Eve when she discovers that he has murdered Abel : " May all the curses Of lite be on him ! and hit agonies Drive him forth o'er tbe wilderness, like us, From Eden, till his children do by him As he did by hia brother ! May tbe swords And wings of fiery cherubim pursue him By day snd night snakes spring up iu his path Earth's fruits be ashes in his mouth the leaves On whicb he lays his head to sleep be strew'd With scorpions ! May his dreams be of bis victim ' His waking a continual dread of death ! May the clear rivers turn to blood, as he Stoops down to stain them with his raging !ln May every element shun or change to him ! .May he live in the pangs which others die with ! And death itself wax something worse than death To him who first acquainted him with man ! Hence, fratricide! henceforth that word is Cain, Through all tbe coming myriads of mankind, Who shall abhor thee, though ibou wert their sire I May the grass witner from thy feet ! tbe woods Deny thee shelter ' earth a home ! the dust A grate! the sun his light! and Heaven her God' ' Is'nt Milton a beautiful specimen to accuse any man of plagiarism? Abolition Views of Pierce snd Scott. James H. Cravens, a leading free-soiler in Indiana, and the free-soil candiate for Governor in 1849, in a speech in favor of Ha'e and Julian, at Madison a few days since, among other things, said: "The Democratic candidate, if elected, would live up to the platform of his party, and 'resist' by the veto, any bill to repeal or modify the Fugitive Slave bill or to abolish Slavery in the District. Gen. Scott, though there was no difference in the pledges or platforms, if elected ( would not veto or 'deprecate' either. Therefore, if Hale was not the candidate of his party, he would vote for Scott, as the next best free-soiler." This is a true statement of the case. If Pierce is elected the useless and dangerous excitement on the question of slavery will be put to rest. If Scott is elected it will be renewed with tenfold vigor. Scott will go into the Presidency with deep seated prejudices against the South, which will give new hope to the Northern abolitionists. In this aspect increased importanca is given to the result of the Presidential election. The South must be protected iu their constitutional rights or the Union can't be preserved. ITJ"Democrats, remember that John H. Bradley vot ed, in the Legislature, against instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives to vo'.e for re funiiing the fine illegally assessed on Gen. Jackson for his defense of New Orleans. See House Journal of 1842 and '43, page 378. He is now lavish in his praises of the Old Hcro 0The South Bend Register says: "When General Pierce voted against John Quincy Adams on the qnes tion of receiving and referring Abolition petitions he stabbed at the Freeman's dearest and most cherished right." Is the abolition of slavery in the District of Co lumbia the Freeman's dearest right? Will Mr. Prentice please answer? Presidential Election. The act ol Congress fixes the Presidential election to take place "on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November," which this year will be November 2d. Cases of vacancy, failure in elections, and all contingencies are provided for. I For ihe Daily Indiana State Sentinel. ; DecatcrTowxship, Marion Co., Indiana, September 18, 1852. Mr. Editor: I attended tbe meeting of tbe caudi dates at Spring Valley on yesterday, and was particularly interested with one part of tho exhibition. Mr. Sulgrove, knowing where he was, laid great stress on his having voted for Van Buren in 1848, and that he voted against the 13th article in the new Constitution. This was done to secure the Abolition vote. This vote defeated Judge Hammond last year, because he was too independent to bow down and worship these Freesoiler.. Now, the Whigs to get this vote, have nominated Berry R. Sulgrove and John H. Bradley. We beard it said here that Sulgrove will get the Whig vote and some Democratic young men in Indianapolis, and by getting tho Free-soil vote which Judge Hammond lost will be elected . This I know is the calculation down here. Mc (For the Dally Indiana State Sentinel Bedford, Ind., Sept. 16, 1852. C. L. Dunham and Jo. G. Marshall addressed Hon. the people at this place to-day. The "crowd" was not large. Dunham done up the "thing" in hit usual good style. Jo. did not make a very great demonstration here, though he coaxed and plead for one hour or more. He cant come it down this way. Hurrah for Pierce and King, and our State Democratic and county tickets. J. S. Letter from Hon. John P. Hale, Accepting tbe Free3oiI Nomination for the Prc.idency. Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 14. Hon. John P. Hale writing to General Wilson in reference to ui. nomination by th Free-Soiler. to the Presidency says: "I havo not felt at liberty under the peculiar circumstances ol the occasion, to set up my own opinion in direct opposition to such an expression of my friends. I therefore yield my own wishes and opinions to those of my friends, and thus assent to what has been done, notwithstanding ray previous refusal to consent that it might be done . "I wish, also, to say to you, and through you to that portion of the public who may feel an interest in such matters, that to all inquires which may be made of me, a. well as to those which have already been made, as to what my opinions are on various subjects, I have no answer to make." Interesting from Australia. The tide of immigration from England to the Australian Colonies is said to be a thousand a day. Immigration wa. never so fashionable or so aristocratic. Men are abandoning positions once deemed advantageous and creditable, far above the average, and voluntarily resigned appointments into wvhioh at their lowest grade tbey not long since thought themselves most fortunate to obtain admission. Among the very aristocracy of clerkhood not far short of one hundred resignations have been given in to 'he director, of the Bank of E.igland by the employees of that vast establishment;. Great mortality prevail, at the gold diggins in Australia. The scarcity of water has been dreadful They have had to go miles to fetch it for drinking, and it has been scarcely possible to wash the gold. The gord is found mixed with quartz, white or red. Prices remain extravagantly high. Six common second hand mahogany chair, lately sold for eighteen guineas. All clothing is dear. Shoes are 20 shillings sterling a pair. Dysentery, rheumatism, and consumption abound

WEDNESDAY .HORN I Is. t, SEPT. , lgg.

Abuse of the Franking Privilege. The following is an extract of a letter received from Po.tma.ler in Indiana, dated 8th Sept., 1852: Dear Sir: I herewith enclose the first number of the Expositor, published by the Defreesesof your place. Ibey have sent 'Zb copies of it through the mail, witnout paying the postage, or without being addressed to any person, and wish me to distribute them among the people. , . . . r f . , These packages have been sent, free of postage, to all the Postmasters in the State. Accompanying each . package is the lollowing printed slip: i "That th. nnl mv hav mrr,t information in rer : lation to the expenditures of their public servants, you will please circulate the inclosed pamphlets." j The Whig Postmasters, m obedience to this requisition

from head-quarters, have circulated the pamphlets j to which he aspires, and dangerous in the extrme in tbe among the people the Department in the mean time re- !'' h. own pies. When he received the aemi- . ,L. . i .1 i r l net'on by the Baltimore Whig Convention, we surren ceiving no postage. This is a palpable vi ilation of the j jered our .jn,,' cuair le our Senior, intending to take law, and every Postmaster guilty ought to be punish- no part in the contest; but we can no longer sit idly by erj. and see our columns devoted to so ignoble a service as T, , ... f I r . r.(G r- . ' the defence of General Scott, and we huve therefore Tb. following regulations of the Post Office Depart- j ouf g,,, r&cant and we now forth ment bear directly on this question: Än bumble advocate of Franklin Pierce; determined "If persons with the obvious and palpatio intent to henceforth, to use our poor ablity in tbe cause of tbe evade the payment of postage, in their correspondence, j country to which we owe our birth, and to which we send through the mails matters of private concern, in I re bound by every tie that is sacred. To-day we printed sheets, having the form and some of the charac- unfurl the banner of Pierce and King, and raise on r teristics of newspapers or pamphlets, such papers are to j voice for tbe Constitution and the Union. To-day we

be taken and considered as handbills or circulars, and must be charged with postage occordingly. And publications containing advertisements, recommendations of goods, &.c, although they may borrow the name of a newspaper and may contain a quantity of general mat ter, are to be rated as handbills.-' "A postmaster cannot send or receive free, a pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, circular, handbill, or other thing, except written communications not exceeding nail an ounce in weight. " 1 ransient newspapers, handbills, or circulars, can not be received free by postmasters under their privilege. II such should be addressed to them, it is their duty to return them to the sender, under a new cover, rated with letter postage. If deposited in a post office unsealed, addressed to postmasters or others, they will not in any case be forwarded by mail without pre-paymcnt of tbe postage. If sealed, they will be charged with letter rates, and forwarded in the mails. "When a postmoster abuses his franking privilege, he violates his oath of office, as well as the law, and will assuredly be removed from office upon detection, and otherwise punished according to law. It will be seen by the above that the whole business of sending these Expositors, by mail, to postmasters for distribution, is a fraud on the revenues of the Depart ment, and should meet with the indignant frowns and contempt of every honest man in tbe community Another Calumny Exploded. The Louisville Journal lately charged that General Pierce, before starting for Mexico, required six months' pay in advance. The following correspondence nails this Roorback to the counter; Patent Office, Washington, September 20, 1847 Sir: In the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, of Sept 4th, it is stated that Brigadier General Pierce refused to accept his appointment "unless be received with his commission tix months' Jull pay and rations for wan and horse in advance; which, extraordinary as it may appear, and unprecedented in the army, was granted . and paid to him before he mounted his charger." Believing the statement of the Saturday Courier to be a false and unwarrantable libel upon General Pierce, and desiring to brand it as such, I have to request that you would inform me whether or not General Pierce, before he would accept his commission, demanded "six months' full pay and rations for man and horse in advance'" whether the same was paid and allowed to him when he received his commission? and if so, whether or not it was contrary to the usage of the department in all similar cases? Perhaps I should say to you that I design to use tbe information which I have above requested, publicly, in vindication of the character of General Pierce, if neeessary. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your ob't serv't, EDMUND BURKE. Hon W. L. Marcy. Sec'y of War, Washington, D. C. War Department, Washinoton, September 22, 1847. ) Sir: In reply to your letter of the 20th instant, stating that it has been alleged in a newspaper publication that Brigadier General Pierce had demanded and received an advance of six month's pay and rations as a condition prior to the acceptance of his commission, I have tho honor to inform yon that sacA an allegation is destitute of truth. General Pierce's acceptance of his commission was, as usual, entirely unconditional; and no advance could be made to hiin without an order, which has never been given or asked for. Such advances may be legally made at the discretion of the Executive, and are occasionally ordered to officers employed on dis. tant service, where payment cannot be effected with regularity. Very respectfully, Your ob;t serv't, W. L. MARCY. Hon. Ed. Burke, Washington City. uyWhv don't the editor of the "Sentinel" give an account of the way he was used by the Democracy of Louisville, on his recent attempt to address themf It would be interesting. Indiana Journal. Yes, it would be interesting as an evidence of Whig decency. It was understood that Judge Douglas was to speak from the steps of tho Court House. The Whig rowdies, backed by Prentice and Haldeman. had col lected in grett masses to hiss him down, and prevent his speaking. But they were disappointed. He spoke in the Court House: and the editor of the Sentinel, Mr. Garrett, John F. Read, Mr. Fogle, one of the electors and General Pilcher, were all shouted down in turn by this Whig mob. Such exhibitions may be creditable to the all-decency party, and may meet the particular commendation of Mr. Defrees, but respectable men of all parties condemn such things. If they had permitted others to speak, we should have regarded it as personal ; but as all others shared the same fate, it was evident that it was political IE7"At the time Mr. McCarty was nominated, the idea of running a plain, unassuming business man for Governor against one who had made politics a trade from the lime he was able to vote, was regarded by tbe Democracy, as the very extreme of presumption: They said Gov. Wright would so completely demolish the "Old Clodhopper" on the stump, that be would beat him twenty-five thousand votes. They expressed great concern that Mr. McCarty would not dare meet the Governor in public discussion! Indiana Journal. How anxious the Whigs are to make the people believe that Nicholas McCarty is an abused man. "Demolish the 'Old Clodhopper." " Such an expression was never uttered by a Democrat. No Democrat ever charged Mr. McCarty with being a "Clodhopper." He was bred a merchant and never claimed to be anything else. Ho is a wealthy man, but his wealth was never made by following the plough, but by selling cotton and calico at large profits He farms, bnt be hires other men to do the work. ITJohn H. Bradley is out in nearly three columns of the Journal of yesterday, denouncing our representative in Congress for some things he did do, and a great many things he didn't do. John urges the people to let him go to Congress, and premi.es, if they wiil, to be a good boy, and to do and not to do a great many things. He objects to allowing constructive mileage, and thinks it very wrong that any body should claim it. One thing is very certain be will never receive constructive or any other mileage as a member of Congress from this District If be goes tc Washington be will have to pay his own expenses, unless he can succeed in bamboozling Gov. Wright out of another hundred dollars. tZTTbe editor of the Journal is not aware that calling a gentleman a base and dishonest "grog-shop aspirant for the Presidency," is billingsgate; he thinks that it is no violation of propriety and decency for gentlemen to make use of such language. Hi. opinions agree with his practice, and both are probably such as associations have taught him. We should like to have his opinion as to what it billingsgate. ET Mrs. Partington, in illustration of the proverb that "a soft word turned away wrath," ay. that "it is better to speak paragorical of a person than to be all the time flinging epitaphs at him. for no good never comes to nobody that speaks no good of no one."

A big Soup Bowl Upset. We yesterday received, .the "ShelbyTree Prats," until very recently a Whig paper, published in ShelbyTille, Shelby county, Ky., which, tbe editor says, is the

"Banner Whig county of tbe District." The number we have before us now, bears aloft , for the nr. ' time the names, of "Pierce and King," as its candidates; the editor having eschewed Scott and the Whig party, jja savs- , , Some ol those who look at the head of our colasaa may sarpmed lQ find we J g name, of Scott and Graham, and rua up those ef Pierce and aKi but the great majority of those who read and I L- .-U I I ' r - uave waicueu inc progress ol events nne the nnmim. . " progress oi events since tnc nomiaac'i?!f -1 w ' tions have been made, will net be startled at the W . to tha r,.. . r We regard him as unfit for so high a civil trust as that declare our allegiance to mat party who are nobly struggling ior me perpetuity ot our gionoas contederacy, and have sworn to preserve inviolate the Constitu tion that was bequeathed to us as tbe best boon of wisdom aad patriotism of a Washington, a Jefferson, and a Madison. 1 o-day we step Iearles.lv and free y into tbe rank, of that party whe know no North, no South, no East, no West, but only our Union now and forever. 1 o-day do we throw off all the shackles of party an-J offer op our prejudices on the altar of our country. fhis i. talking in earnest, and working in earnest. The editor i. a gentleman of considerable talent, anf we have not the slightest donbt that hi. example will Ik followed by hundreds of bis neighbors and frieuds. Tbr editor says that Pierce and King will carry Kentucky and we have not the slightest doubt that he is correct. CTThe Death of Hon. Edward W. McGaughey of Indiana, is thus recorded in the San Francisco Whig of tbe 14th ult: It is our painful duty to record the demise of Hon. E. W. McGaughey, who arrived in San Francisco on the 4th instant by tbe Winfield Scott. He died at Jones' Hotel yesterday morning, at one o'clock, of Panama fever, with which he was attacked on tbe passage. Dr Greathouse, of Kentucky , Judge Hammond, and other kind friends who were with him on board the steamer, were unremitting in their attention to him. and slight hopes were entertained that he would recover upon reaching this place. Immediately upon landing, Dr. Aldrich, of this city was called on to assist in attending him. and exerted every means that medical skill could suggest for his restoration. But he had become so emaciated and enfeebled, that all was without avail. He did not die among strangers. Old acquaintances and friends were around him, and paid him every possible attention Among them were the Hon. George C. Bates, Ex-Governor McDougal, and Hon. P. Tompkins. Col. E. D Baker, who had known him familiarly, was not in town at the time of bis death. Mr. McGaughey was formerly a Whig member ol Congress of Indiana, and one of the youngest members ol that body; and one of more than average talents. He bad embarked lor California with the intention ol prosecuting his profession of law and politic. More Decency. Th Indiana Journal calls Gen. Sam. Houston, the Hero of San Jacinto and the founder of the Tcxian Re public, "Tbe Big Drunk." The Journal's reason for doing this is that Gen. Houston may some day be the Democratic candidate for President. By the way, the Journal docs not know that such language is scurrilous, and never used by gentlemen. It is, therefore, in some small degree, excusable, if ignorance is a valid plea. 0The Journal, in speaking ol the recent Webster meeting in Beston. says: - The enthusiasm for Mr What-do-you.call-bim, was very great " How long ha. it been since the J.urnal was lauding Mr Webster as the greatest of all living men? Now that sheet has too gieat a contempt for bim to speak of him except as "Mr. Wbat-do-you-call-him!" Gold nd Silver. By reference to our advertising columns our readers will perceive that Woolley & Co.. are paying the highest rates for gold and silver. Their offers are very liberal. 0"Tbe Journal told us some time since that it wonld produce the evidence that Gov. Wright had denounced Mr. Clay as a black-leg, a gambler, and a Sabbathbreaker. It has not yet done so. The truth is, the vile slande originated in the Journal office. Whig and Democratic Expenditures Compared. Tne editor of the Tribune has bantered the State Sentinel to a comparison of the items of expenditure under any year of Whig rule with any year under Governor Wright's administration. We hope Mr. Gregg will not take it amiss if we should accept his banter and institute the comparison which he dares Mr. Brown to draw. Iu 1840- 41 Bigger was Governor, and the Whigs in the hey-day of their prosperity. All branches of the Government were under their control. We will take that year and compare its expenses with the last year under Governor Wright's administration, viz., 1851: Bigger. Wright 1841. Probate Judges 3,939 00 Supreme and Circuit Judges.. 15,432 88 State House repair. 2,378 01 Specific appropriations 8,528 03 Public printing and distributing laws. 11,574 56 Legislature 38,092 59 State Library 562 07 Stationery and fuel 1,301 72 Salaries of Pros'g Attorneys. . 1 632 91 Executive Department 3,559 55 Contingent Fund 823 61 Governor's Circle Governor's House 000 00 State Prison 1,655 23 On account of Militia 000 00 Adjutant and Quarter Master General. 150 00 Se it of Government 200 29 Presidential Elector., fee 659 40 Wolf-scalp certificates 10 00 1861 $4,512 00 11.100 74 727 55 2,402 18 10,309 09 30,420 85 242 21 3,177 09 0,000 00 4,272 39 469 65 7 43 484 87 3,425 16 259 15 000 00 000 00 000 00 000 00 $90,499 85 $71,810 36 For tbe information embodied in the above statement the reader is referred to pages 29 and 30, Doc. Journal 1S41- 2, Keports ot Morns Morns, Auauor oi state. and to Report of Auditor Ellis, 1851-'2, pages 63 and 64. The reader will perceive that Mr. Morris, the then Whiff Auditor of State, placed the expenditures for the year 1841 at nearly a thousand dollars more than we did in our table published last week. Mr. M. is probably correct, and we place the items as he ha. arranged them. By comparing thtse items of expenditure tbe reader will perceive that nearly every one was larger in 1841 a year when the Whigs not only had all the State offi cers, but three-fourth, of the member, ol the Legislature than they were during the last year of Wright's administration. All these items of expenditure come strictly under the head of "ordinary expenses.' and are so reckoned alike by Whig and Democratic officers We present them as a true ana an official exposition of tbe relative expenditures of Whigs and Democrats when in of fice. We place the items side by side, and in almost eve ry instance the balance is against the Whigs. Where such is not the case the increase ander Governor Wright's administration baa been caused by tbe increase ol popeation and in the number of counties sucb, lor instance, as the Probate Judges item. 1 be Democratic party ol Indiana nave no cause to fear a comparison of their official act. with those of their Whig predecessor. Such a comparison can only result in the utter demolition of Whig pretensions to economy and regard for the interests of the tax-payer. New Albany Ledger. Salaries of Adjutant and Quartär Maater Generali, Ac. Eivoanous Sum paid to Gew. Scott From tb official returns published in the Washington Union it appears that Gen. Scott has received from tbe United States treasury the enormous, .am of CBO, 679 18. or about $7,000 a year, for forty years. If this be not fattening upon the public crib, we don't ksow what i. Scott had better retire and live upon hi fortun H ha. done enough for hi. country, and should bs permit ted to enjoy hi. ease in retirement Botton Tun.