Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1852 — Page 1

INDIANA WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. i AUSTIN II. BROWN, Publisher. $ WEEKLY (WEEKLY, Per Annual, I.OO I DAILY, ft.00 VOL. XII. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1852. NO. 18.

THE

STATE

SENTINEL

THE INDIAN STATE SENTINEL: a gazette of the people.

OFFICE IK THE T0MLINS0N BUILDINGS, Corner of Washington Street and Hickory Alley, SIGN OF TUE H1CKORK POLE. AüSTl N H. BROWN, PubÜsher. The Weekly Indiana State Sentinel, IS ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR! Eleven Copies for Ten Dollars!! TO BE PAID U ADV ANCE IN ALL CASES. Till USD AY .HORNING, SEPT. 8S, 1S5?. The "Bowl broken at the I ouutaiu' : Sonp getting Spilt. It seems as though tho Whig party in Maryland are bout to go, enmatet, for Pierce and King The following change of distinguished Whigs met: who have heretofore been recognized as leaders of the Whig pxrty in that Si ate have been published in the last lew days. Tho Baltimore Argus, on Thursday, the 9th instant, published a lung U tter, written by Hon. Edward Long, late Whig member of Congress, of Somerset county . Maryland, to James M. Buchanan, Esq., of Baltimore, in which he renounces Whiggery, denounces Scott, and declares himself for Pierce and King. We published an extract from his letter yesterday. O t the next day, the 10th instant, the Argm publish?d a letter from WashingTox Abkam-, Esq.. giving good and substantial rrsioas for abandoning the Win.: party and its Presidential nominee. The Argus says that Mr. Abraras is a geiKlemati extensively knowii :a B.tUnnora as an active, intelligent business man, and one whose influence will be felt in the oirele where he moves. The Argus, of the same date, also aays: Wo have another letter from a member of the bar. whoso In other has long beer, amongst the most acliv. of the Whisi manager, and who was last fall a candidate upon tluir ticket for a high and respectabl office, wuo als j renounces the Whig party." Mr. CoTTXAH, the present Whig member in Congress, from the district formet ly represe nted by Mr. Long, has al- oar out in support of Pieren and Kinr. Gcstavc W . Lvhma.v, Esq.. a ealthy and distir. guishrd German meich i.t, and formerly a Whig Cindidare fur the Le:i! t .r at- , riOenlly, declared for Pierce, and is vnini'y sustaining his election and a'. f.rdk.g most eiTci- id io th L m rati.- parry The Argus says: ,l Mr. Lnr.r.an's a-.dS- w o -0r As is one of the rrosc si ikir.2 event oi t ie oampai.! i 'n'ticative, t trust, of a returning srno among mrr. .mile men, ot the truth of Demoorauo principles." Iu addition to these, and to crurn i , Waslnnrton Union, of the 14'h instant, publishes a I ' r of H- n. Daxiei Jzirca, in which he rer.oun.es tho Wing pany Mr Jenifer is one of tho oldest and (noil i Mat. en-.ial Whigs in M nyland probaLly tho mil. talenud Whig in ilio State He says; m The object and delight of the Free-soilers and Abo. lilioaisis, wrra to break uown Mr. Webster and Mr. Fillmore, because they had advocated and carried into effect tu provisions of tho Compromise Law They United upon General Scott to accomplish that object. Those who voted against the platform, still voted for General Scott, and his 'acceptance" of it has made no change in their views. Hence, it is clear that they have expectations fiom bis election, which may or may nm be realized. It is deeply to be regretted, that he who has gained for himself so enviable a fame by his gallant deeds in war, and als- rendered civil services, should now be placed in a distrustful position. Under alt the circ-umsiancs, look upon thi nomination of Gen. Scott as unfortunate for himulf, unfortunate for the Whig party, ani. shrndd he be elected, unfortunate for the eoun try. Entertaining these views, I should be unworthy the generous confidence of my friends if I ?upp: essed the expression of them although I am aware in doing so, I subject myself to the attacks of those who loving party more than principle, consider it a virtue to denounce every man who has the temerity to avow opinions contrary to theirs. " He also says: ' There are many, very many, who agree with mo in pinion, win are restrained from expresing it from the delicacy of their position, having been members of the Whig National Covfvention, members of Congress, and others representing a Whig consistency." What does onr neighbor of the Journal think of these signs"? He presented a lot of "good signs" to us the other day with a request that we should "put !em in our pipe and smoke 'em," which we did most effectually. JJow, as one good turn deserves another, will he accommodate us by putting these into his "soup-bowl" for seasoning, and then tell as if he can take his "has'y plate" without "bobbing and dodgiug'' and. also, what h. thinks of the prospect in Maryland! When he dote this, we shall have some more seasoning for him. CTTbe Jojrnal, with all the other Whig papers, has been constantly denouncing Gen. Pierce for voting gainst giving $23 000 to Gen. Harrison's widow. Now, such a vote, had Gen. Peiroe given it, would have been pet f.'Ctly light and proper, because Gen. Harrison's widow had no more olaim for a gift from the trees, ry than any other widow, and not haif so mnch as hundreds of widows whose husbands have left them poor and destitute; yet Gen. Pierce gave no such vote. He did not vote against the passage of the bill. Whig editors eannot help lying even with tbe truth staring them in tho face. They all know he did not vote gainst the bill, for they have examined the documents; yet lie they mast, when they speak of Gen. Pierce. Let our readers examine the Journal of the Senate, extra session 1341, at page 63, and they will And that we have stated the truth. ITThe Democrats of Elkhart county held a Convenvention on Saturday, 11th inst., at tbe town of Elkhart, and nominated the following ticket: For Representative. James T. Maxfleldj for Connty Treasurer, Daniel 8. Howell; for Sheriff, Charles W. Seelcy. On Friday, tbe 10th, Senatorial Convention for the District, composed of tbe counties of Elkhart and Lagrange, met at Middlebury, and A. C. Van Orman, of Lima, was nominated, by acclamation, as tbe candidate for Senator; Robert Parrott, of Lagrange Center, in tbe same manner, for Prosecuting Attorney; and O. H. Main, of Ekbart town, for Judge of Common Plea. This is an unexceptionable ticket, and with it defeat is impossible. Wc look to Elkhart county for an overwhelming majority for Wright and WUlard, aid Pierce and King. . JTbe Democracy of Seott county met in Convention at tho Court Hoose; on Saturdav, tbe 4tb instant, and nominated tbe following county ticket: For Representative, David McClure; for Sheriff, J. Q. W. Taylor, for r, Jonathan Johnson. '"True piety is eheorful as tho day.

The Journal and Judge Woodward. On last Monday morning, the Journal, to sustain its charge of Nativeism against Hon. G. W. Woodwaxd, tbe Democratic nominee for Supreme Judge in Pennsylvania, published what purported to be an extract of a speech, delivered by Judge Woodward, in the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. We publish below a letter from Judge Woodward that will forever put to rest the charge of Nativeism against him, except from such sheets as the Indian. Journal. We have cot the slightest expectation that the Journal will cease its charges, though it knows perfectly wll that they are utterly false. The following letter, .. . v ;r.'i , will satisfy all honest men, and it is them alone ve wish to satisfy. We take the letter from tbe Pittsburgh Post. It is in answer to one written to him by a numt er ofihe citizens of Pittsburgh, in reference to the r: Ui of the charee of Nativeism, which had been made .ya inst him by the Pittsburgh Gazette, copying, w suppose, from the Indiana Journal : Pittsburgh, Sept. 14, 1852. Gentlemen: The official duties which brought me to Pittsburgh, keep me constantly engaged. My answer to your letter must, therefore be brief. From my earliest youth to this present moment. I have been an earnest and hearty supporter of the Democratic Party, and an equally zealous opponent, so lar as my political action could decorously and properly go, ol whatever has opposed it. I am not and never have iieen a ' Native American," in anV political sense, any more than I am or have been a Whig, Anti-Mason, or an Aliolitionist. The charge of ' Nativeism" is attempted to bo ustained by a motion whiuh.I made in the Reform Convention of 1S37. That was simply a limitation of a motion made by Mr. Thomas, a Whig member from Chester connty, and was calculated to compel bis party ( ' ' i were in majority in the Convention) to come up to the mark or back out . They chose the Utter branch of tho alternative, and my motion having answered its purpose, was withdrawn. The sin of introducing this sub;ect into that body lies at the door of a Whig and not at mine. Tho speech so often quoted against mo, I am not reponsible for. It was introduced into the Debates by a Whig Reporter in violation of the rules of the body which required him to submit it for revision before publication, and which he never did. I made SOmO Observations explanatory of my amendment of Thomas' motion, but that speech is not a fair report of them. My other peeches were submitted lor revision. This one I n ver -aw till the hook was printed, and I have no. "er ceased to condemn it. During the session of the Convention, namely, on the 10th day of January, 1838, a me h ber in debate alluded to the motion, not the speech, as indicative oT hostiliiy to foreigners. I promptly denounced the imputation, there in the ftce ol the Couvontton. as I have done many a tine since, as a gross misr piesi-niaiion. See Debates of the Convention, vol. 10, pp 33-34. I Lave retained the undiminished confidence of the Democratic members of the Kelotm Convention, several if v. h m were adopted citizens, and all of them opposed to Nativeism. Would this have been possible if tbe Whig reports of my sayings and doinus !ad b en true? The Native American Party itself is my witness Seven years ago I was the caucus nominee for U. S. Senator. The county of Philadelphia was represented bv Natives. They asked me whether, if elected by their votes, I would favor their measures for chanm-r the nat ira lization laws I answered them no. and they threw every vote they could command ejaiml me, and rai-ed a shout of triumph over their victory. You refer to statements in the Whijr pipers of this city. One of them was shown me a few days ago, in which was a garbled extract from a letter written by tua -j nt a year ago, in which I rcpelUd the imputation r.f Nativeism as distinctly a I deny it now. Yet the editor told his readers that the letter contains an admission that my sentiments were at that time adverse to iho rights of foreign born citizens. A topy of tbe letter thns misrepresented by tne Pittsburgh Gazette. I send you herewith in the "Keyston, " of September 23, 1S5I When men will &llow their political passions to get the better of their veracity so far as to impel them to acts and assertions like this, it is easy enough to understand how and why I was misrepresented by a Reporter of lb Convention, whose motives for doing so werejnst as strong as those which actuate my political opponents now. It is with infinite reluctance 1 appear iielbre tbe public at this time even in self-defence. A candidate Tot n judicial office is, perhaps, more than any other candidate, requii a i to await quietly the decision of tbe people. I am sensible as any man can be, that politics ought to be kept away as far as possible from judicial elections, but the terms of your letter leave me no choice but to answer. I have answered by giving you briefly the truth. I givo it because it is troth, and I accompany it with no appeal to party passion or prejudice. If industrious defamation can succeed in representing me as having ever sustained any illiberal or proscriptive ism. then the Truth and a Lift ar powerless against slander. There are some presses, and many men opposed to me in political sentiments, who are disposed to treat me fairly, and who will not descend to lase appliances to accomplish a party purpose Such men and prc -command rr v respect. Against others who are less scrupulous, I ave no shield but the truth and my life, and relying UQ tsese, I can afford to await, in patience, the verdict of the people. Thanking you, gentlemen, for the kind feelings mani. fested in your letter, I am, with great respect, Yonr obedient servant, GEO. W. WOODWARD The charge of nativeism against Judge Woodward is one of tbe most reckless and unblushing falsehoods the Whigs hao circulated during the present canva-s, prolific as the Whig press has been in all manner of lies and slanders. Judge Woodward's whole life in the language of the Post his uniform professions his speeches (so far as they are truly reported) in tho convention the continued confidence of the Democracy tbe constant vituperation of the Whigs and Natives; all thesn things show that he is in his own language no more a Native than he is a Whig, Anti -mason, or Abolitionist. Judge Woodward might have been Senator of the United State, if he had courted or combined with the Nativists; but he refused. Wlero is the Whig who would have done likewise! Where :s the member of that party who has ever failed to take tbe Native vote in any contest either in the Legislature or at the pol I s I We cannot better close this article than by copying Judge Woodward's speech against Nativeism in the convention a speech which repudiates utterly the imputation of Nativeism in the lace of the body where it is now asserted tl.at be declared sentiments in favor of it: "Mr. Woodward explained that he did not wish to be slandered by any reporter or misrepresented by any member on this floor, and be would not allow gentlemen to impute measures and sentiments to him which did not belong to him. He said he never did propose to ex ulude the foreigners now in the country iKssVj political privileges, nor those who should at any time heremier come to the country. He presumed tbe gentleman alluded to an amendment offered by him in convention at Harrisburg, which proposed nothing more than an in. Hiiry into tbe expediency of preventing foreigners who hould arrive in the country after 1341, from voting and holding office. Tbis was an amendment to a prupsai 'ion made by the gentleman from Chester (Mr Thomas), suggesting an inquiry into the expediency of excluding foreigners altogether from our soil, and the amount of it was to give the proposed inquiry a different direction from that proposed by the gentleman from Chester. The proposition of the gentleman from Chester being withdrawn, Mr. Woodward explained that he withdrew bis amendment. ''The gentleman from the county (Mr. Earl) should have represented him correctly on this subject if he understood it, and if he did not understand it, he -jhonld nave informed himself before be spoke of it

JT Colonel J. B Weiler, of California, will attend tho great moating at Lafayette on tho 20th iaet.

Fl I DAY MORNING, SEPT. 24, 1852.

Tbe Journal and its Witnesses. As c supposed, tbe Journal has produced it witnesses b preve that Gov. Wright had denounced Mr. Clay "as a blackleg, Sabbath-breaker, and a murderer," and who are they? George K. Stee.e, Charles Grant, und N. Adamson ; three of the most deadly enemies, both personal and political, that Gov. Wright has on earth. Wo have betöre us a letter from Gov. Wright, dated the 20ih inst., in which he requests us to pronounce toe whole story, a fabrication. That tbe people of Indiana may know and understand the desperate extremities to which these men are driven, we append the certificates. Read them: Kocxvillc, Sept. 16, 1852. Dar Sin . In reply to your note, I must say that I tbuiK Gov. Wright wilt not deny personally bis unmitigated abu- oi Mr. Clay in 1844. As I stated in my speech at Terre Haute, 1 have heard Gov. Wright say that Mr Clay had been accessoiy to the murdor of Ciiley, and that tbe blood of Cilley was on his hands. He also charged that ho had bargained and intrigued with Jo'm Q. Adams for office, and in that he bad acted tbe traitor to bis country. That he wa9 a gambler a blackleg and that if he could not have black slaves, he would have white ones. This was the reason that 1 denied thai tbe Governor md the right to come in as one of tbe chief mourners at Mr. Clay's death; and the only reasou 1 bad lor making mention ol it, 1 thought BSg eulogies gratuitous, aud his tears crocodile. Il certificates are of any use, one hundred can b j obtained bore, sustaining the above. Ask those noble old Ken. nc -k inns in the neighborhood of Greencastle, what be siud there about the tune he preached Dorr's funeral. Yours respectfully, J. D Dxraxxs. G. K. STEELE. Rockville, Sept. 16, 1852. Ma. J. D. Devkees: Sia The editor of the "State Sentinel,'1 1 sec by your pai er of recent date, denies Ai! cnarges therein publislied, respecting Mr. Joseph A. Wright, and says he is authorized so to do by Mr. Wright. It may be; bit' this much I can say, Mr. Wright has been so accustomed, in his political speeche and conversation, to abuse tbe lamented Henry Clay, that he may have firgolten what he did say. This much I distinctly remember of hearing him say, that Henry Clay was guiliy of the death ol CiHey that his hands were red with his blood. CHAS. GRANT. Rockville, Sept. 16, 1852. Sia: Our mutual friend, Gen. G. K. Steele, has shown me a scrap cut from an Indiana State Sentinel, containing an articlo copied from your paper, wherein you eliaroe Joseph A. Wright of abusing Henry Clay Tu the bt'st oi my recollection, I have hoard JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, when speaking of Mr. Clay, u.e tne I nguage you Cfcarjre him with using. Indeed, I have iieird Mr. Wright, when speuking of that great and patriotic man (Henry Clay), mako use of the most severe and bitter language I thought he had at bis com mand, or could employ N. ADAMSON MR. J. D. PcFHtES. Gov. Wright has for years encountered the deadly hostility ot this unscrupulous Rookville clique. Yet the people have sustaiued him, as they will do again in spile of their fiendish malice. This clique has now doubled teams with tbe Defrees and Bradley junto at Indianapolis. They are flooding the country with these vile and infamous assaults on one of the purest and best men of Indiana. Steele is a wealthy man, and has beeu heard to say that he would spend every dollar he was worth to defeat Joe Wright These are the desperat men that are now resorting to such desperate means to ilefeat the -favorite of Indiana Joseph A. Wright. Voters, be not surprised at anv thing which may em mate from the Journal office. We shall aot on the defensive and shall exKe these soulless villifiers, whenever and wherever they show their heads. We have said nothing against Mr. McCarty. He, as well as Gov. Wright, is known and respecteil in this community. We shall treat bi .i, as we hava been taught to treat gentlemen, and the blackguardism oi the Journal cannot and will not drive us from our position. We may be defeated The Journal with its flood-tide of billingsgate may be successful; but in defeat, we shall have the consciousness to know that WO have not violated the courteisies of private life, or treated a politi -ul opponent with disrespect. After the election, we shall be able to look Nicholas McCarty in the face and give him the hand of friendship, as a ncighboi , under the conviction that we have done him no wrong. When George G. Dunn, on the night of Mr. McCarty'? nomination, denounced Gov. Wright as " demagogue in politics and a hypocrite in religion," we understood what was to be tiie character f the contest. I: has been waged with a bitterness unparalleled in tbe history of political warfare. These desperate men dare not assail him officially, but they have resorted to every other means which their ingenuity could invent to prostrate him. Will the people sanction the course of a few desperate political leaders? The ballot box will answer. .Haine. The Whig are badly defeated in Maine, notwithstanding two Democratic candidates were run. The returns arc all in except few plantations, mostly Democratic, and the result is as follows: Hubbard, Dem 37.823 Chandler, Dem 20 331 58.154 27.447 Crosby, Whig. . Democratic majority 30,7u7 Eighty-two Democrats and sixty-seven Whigs have been elected to the House. ?'X Districts to hear from all Democratio. I.t the Senate the Whigs have elected fourteen members, and the Demociats eight. No choice in nine districts. These vacancies are filled by joint ballot, so that the nine Democratio Senators will bo elected, which will make the Democratic majority in the Senate three, and about twenty in the House. Twenty.threa on joint ballot. Tbe ' Star in the East" has done nobly. The majority for Pierce and King may be set down at twelve thousand. 2"7The Journul insults the good sense of its readers oy declaring that by "Mr. What-do-yott-call him," in the following paragraph, that sheet meant some body else than Mr. Webster We presume that most of the readers of the Journal anderstand their mother-tongue, and will be at no loss to tell to whom the phrase was intended to apply, notwithstanding tbe attempt of the Journal to sneak out of what it now finds io have been a blunder. Better stiok to what you say, John, or back out fair iy. From the accounts given in tbe Boston papers of tbe last attempt to get up a Webster meeting in that city, it must have tieen about such a demonstration as that got op by the Democracy in this oity on the reception of the little giant! Two carriages, one buggy, and tbirty.nine persons, including the military company all told! Tbe enthusiasm for Mr. Wbat-do-vou-call-him, was very great!" Free-soil Ticket. The Indiana Journal, we are informed, is publishing a largo batch of Free-soil State tickets, with the names of tba Whig candidates for Supreme Judges. How happens this? Is tbis a trick of tbe Journal or are I they acting in concert with the Free-soilers? Will Mr. Vaile explain this?

Whig Contradictions. It would keep one man employed to itemise all the contradictious of the Whig managers and tho Whig

press. At v asbington they have a franking committee, with Truman Smith at the head, that sends pamphlets to certain neighborhoods in the North to piove that Gen. Pierce is a friend to the South ; and tbe same committee scads nam oh lets to the South, t: orove that Gen. Pierce a I r - is an Abolitionist. The Whigs anarged first that Gen. Pierce fainted on the battle-field, and coupled that charge with an insinuation that he acted cowardly. They next asserted that General Pierce never was iu a battle, and encouraged a certain orator in going around ind saying that Gen. Pierce's father was a tory, when il is well known that old Ben. Pierce fought bravelv at

Bunker Hill. They charged that tbe last Democratic lholio press in the country jmned in denouncing it as a Legislature was in session :i long time, and did nothing falsehood. There ended that liecomparatively; but at tbe very next breath they say The next lie was that Pieice, as a General in the that tbe Legislature revised tbe laws, and that it army, behaved cowardly on the battle fields of Mexico, will cost $30,000 to publish the Revised Statutes, j This lie was not ouly met and promptly contradicted by They must be very good in figure if they can show ! every officer of the army, who served in that memorable that the Revised Statutes of '43 cost $15,000, and i campaign, but Gen. Sootl, in a conversation with Col

the Legislature of 1851-'2 did nothing, and that when the price of printing is tbe same now as it was then, that it will cost $30,000 to publish tbe Revised Statutes of that session. This disease, which sprung up in certain quarters, appeals to be contagious; and we see that our neighbor of the Journal has caught the complaint. When it suits him, he says that Pierce has been In office ''about one year," while at other times he admits that he has been in office ten years, as wilt be seen by the two paragraphs placed in opposite columns: " There is nj difficulty in answering il, so far as Gen. " It turns out that Gen Scott, for forty-four year's ervice, has been paid $251,Scott is concerned ; but - ushat has Frankiir Pierce evei done?' Will any of h -mpzsb i0: Gen. Pierce has re ceived $20.373; and therelore they say that Pierce porterstell? 'Why why ain't he a Democrat ?' is about all the answer that ought to ba President, be- , . ',i causi he has not nad so can be given. Very trued much money out of the Treasury! Pierce was ojt- j hV J-"1" ABOC.T ON?! but are there not hundreds of thousands of Democrats that don't deserve to be V bs A W fnWint s- .-- f President? Where is the Srpttmbir 16 a ituiM'iMv'u' nut , evidence of his ability? He served TEN YEARS in Congress, and voted against the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors, and against al lowing the Widow of Gen Harrison the fit st year s sal ary of her deceased husband hut does that entitle Inn to the suffrages of the people to the msrhest otflce within their gift?"' Indiana Jour., zepumoer An editor that cnuld sviit iv... -ucl, , mi ii-.hj could , , . -a jnst as easily say that General Pierce, was never ia office in his life It is true General Pierce received $20.373 40 of which sura $3,1?2 2 was for kit military service, and the balance for his civil services; but he has never received any extra allowance. It s true that General Scott received $251.286 70, as his regular pay; but the Journal very cautiously omits the facts that in addition to this I mount. Scott received, in the shape of extra allowances, $18,532 26, and that he "wphheld" $7.885 19, and unaccounted for" $12,873 03, according to tbe statement of the Acting Secretary nf the Treasuwho is a Whiff r' Capt. Levi In Todd. As some of the opponents of Levi L. Todd ate en ueavormg io ereaie an impression mat tie is not ouali fled to disharge the du tie f l.,i, .u r.. . e 1 Jadge ol 'he Court of Common Cleas, we have deemed it proper la-give a brief statement of his history. He is a Kentuckian by birth Was educnted at TfatV sylvania University, from 1805 until 1809 commenced reading law with Cot. Jo Daviess, st Lexington, hj., and was studying in Davievs office at the time (hat that lamented patriot fell at th battle hi Tippooanoe.

Mr. Todd was licensed to practice law when Lot iwe- j Common Councilman of any city, borough, or incorpoty years old He was a volunteer in Capt Hart's com- j rated towu or village, in any of the said States or their

nanv of Kentucky Volunteers. :ind marched under Ge Harrison to relieve Fori Wavne, (then beseiged by the Indians). Mr. Todd was in the battle of the River Raisin, and was taken prisoner at Winchester's defeat. Capt. Hart was killed in that battle, and Mr. Todd ) was elected by his company to suoceed Capt. Hart. W. O. Butler, of Ky., was then a private in the ame company. After Capt. Todd returned to Kentucky, he practised I law successfully for twelve or fifteen years in the counj ties of Fayette, Scott, and Jessamine. He w elected I to the Kentucky Legislature from Lexington, Fayette county, during the firti year of his eligibility. Capt. Todd has always beeu regarded by those who know him best, as a sound elementary lawyer, and successful practitioner, and will undoutedly make a good Judge of our Court of Common P!ns. Wc have not the slightest don ot ot his election. CTHoie is a communication to the Madison Daily Courier, propounding a pair of questions which we should like to see answered. As our neighbor f tbe Journal is great on the tariff in fact a miniature Greeley probably hr will be so kind as to vooch-safc an an swer. ' Wettburnfiat to the Editor of the Courier. Greeting: I learu by a late Courier, that the hands on tbe Ratl- ; road have struck for an advance of wages. I Would you be kind enough to ask any of them who are Whig, (if there are any such amongst them,) how many cents per day the Company could afford to raise their wages, if tbe Scott and Graham policy of raising ; the price of iron 25 per cent, should bo put in operation? And how many c.nts less per head the Company can ' afford to bring in hogs for the farmers, if the iron is adi vanced 25 per cent? WESTBCRNFLAT. "A. McCarty, of Indianaoolis. Galphinixed one thouI sand three hundred and tbii ty-eight dollars and ninetytwo cents." We clip tho above from the Montgomery Journal, one of the leading papers of the State. Abner McCarty resides in Brookville He is a Whig, and we hope Mr. Clarksen will defend bint The Montgomery Journal calls him a Looofoco nwiddler. A jury decided that Mr. McCarty owed the Government nothing. Judge McLean, of the Supreme Court, sanotioned the deciion. But if Mr. McCarty is a swindler, let bim bear tho censure. We have enough to do without defending Whig from Whig slanders. The Cistern Tax. Tbe President of tbe City Council, has issued his Proclamation for the opening of a poll in each Ward of ihe oity on Saturday the 2d of October, for the purpose of ascertaining tbe sense of the qualified voters, as to whether thev are in favor ol an additional tax of ten centi on the $100 worth of taxable property, tc be expended in the construction of Public Cisterns, at eon - venient points over the city, to supply water in case of : - - - J-J ure-a convene uv .,u Tbi. is an important election and w. , trust every voter win atxenu toe pons im toe uay uauieu m puu ...... ,1 f i i. n - open at 1 o'clock P. M. and close at 4 o'clock P. M. open See the Proclamation as to the places of holding tho election.

SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26, 1862.

Whig Lies. The first Whig lie, ou Gen. Pierce, after his nomination, WM ln1 WM in favor of "ng the religious , tesl 10 his own State, which excluded members of the Catholic church from holding certain offices. Tbis was intended to secure the entire Catholic vote lor General Scott. It was tbe first time in tbe history of the country that religious prejudices had been appealed to. But to use the language of tbe Boston Pilot, tbe great and influential organ of the Catholics: "It proved to be a very clumsy lie." The records proved that Pierce, as a member of the Convention, had voted and spoke in favor i of repeal of this odious provision. The entire Ca- : Gorman, said: M. A more gallant man, or a more honor able man" than Gen. Pierce, "both in public and in private, I never knew." Here ended lie number two. The next lie was manufaotured fo. the southern market. It was tbe garbled and false report of the speech made by Gen. Pierce at New Boston, intended to show that he was opposed to the fugitive slave law. This was met by the prompt contradiction of General Pieice himself, in a letter to Mr. De Leon, and the certificate of one hundred persons who was present aod heard tbe speech So ended lie unmber three. The next lie was a silly one, and showed the utter desperation of the party. The story was that Generel "free was slapped in the face by an officer of the arm , and refused to resent it. refused to fight him. tu: ' . . li :.i , .. xiji I , iiuu i utiKiu in au ii is;uuhiiui' ami airiv . 3 . 3 oamPa'gn sneet published in Baltimore, i no scene was laid on the night before Gen. Piere left the city of Mexico. The officer was CM. Maeruder. now in'the v interior of California, but, fortunately, others were present with Gen. Pierce on that night, who have eomelf forward promptly and stamped the whole story as a bae : lie. So terminated lie number four. What lie will next be hatched? Something mav be expected in a few days. The Whigs are becoming despcraie, and will r irt to desperate means. The lies : already fabricated prove that they will stop at nothing. I ly When a man that has, by any char.oe, been elected to the United States Senate, stoops so low a to repre i seui mat urn., ocou is in isvor oi so uenumg ire nai. sent that Gen. Scott is in lavor ol so amending the ISnt. ' urah",on Rs ' requtre foreigners to serve one iyear " 'be army or navv previous to becoming citizens, ! he ou?ht t0 denooncea ag "base and dishonest " Tbe aot i-. dishonest, and therefore has, and the more n becaus- done by one whose position is looked upon as respectable. India na Journal Now let us see how General Scott stands on ihisoues- " tion The recorJ will prove whether it is Judge Douglas or John D. Detrc that i -'base and dihon .'' I Here is the first section of Gen Seott'- b&1: Sr I D. it ..I Tl., klkl tree white person and who shall come into the United j States six months or later after the passage i this act, i maV admitted to become a citizen thereof alter a resi. deato therein of at least three years, and one year I at least after declaring his oon fide intention ot becoming a citizen, in tne manner ana torm. anu upon me other conditions, not herein altered, as prescribed by tht act entitled, " An act to etablish a uniform rule of . i;-.; ... i .u l ,,e ...i l"n- ouicci , w in.-:, was iiuuidtimi s.prn ii. iu,; p . that nn alien srri.in in th United S,.,M ! .1.... I . . f ' I . :, i. ,Cr.n . r .... I after six months from the Dassajre of this act. shall ever acquire the right to vote, except in the manner herein, after prescribed, for any elector of President or Vice President of the United States; for any member of the Hous" of Representatives of the same; fr any Governor. Lieutenant Governor, member of the Legislature, Judg " of any Court of reeor-t. or Sheriff, in any State or Territory of the United S!r s, or for any Mayor, Intendant. President. Alderman. Asistant Alderman, or ! territories, or witittu the jjwirict ol Columbia; l.ui all aliens admitted to naturnlixation tinder the foregoing provisions and limitations "hall enjoy every other right and privilege of native born citixens, which is not expressly limited or withheld bv the Constitution of tbp United States. Here is the 'hin! section, which contains the exactions: Sec. 3. .fa bt it further enacted, Tri-u every ir white alien, being an able bodied male of at least seventeen years of age, who shall, in tisne of war, engage to serve the United States against their enemies, for at least two years, or during the war, or who, in tin.e of actual war, shall serve the said States faithfully two years, or tn tbe end of the war, in any company or vessei of war, in the army or navv of tbe said States, shall, ;on obtaining the certificate or certificates of faithful service, signed by tbe commanding officer or officers ol such company or companies, vessel or vessels ol war, and countersigned by the next higber officer in the army or navy, under whom, if any, such alien has served, ! shall be admitted, on presenting such evidence to any court designated in the act hereinbefore recited, to all the rights and privileges of citizenship at any time conferred by tho act, on simply taking the oath of allegiance io the United Slates, and making the renunciation enjoined in tbe said act. And here is his letter of acceptance: " And also to recommend and approve a single alteration in our naturalization laws, suggested by my military experience, viz., giving to all foreigners the right of citizenship who shall faithfully serve, in time of war. one year on board of our public ships, or in our land forces, regular or volunteer, on their receiving an honorable discharge from the service." Here are the facts our readers can draw their own inference . ETThe canvass in this State is progressing with spirit and vigor. But sixteen working days are left. In this time tbe people may do much. Democratic meetings should je held in townships and school districts. There shonld be a thorough and an effective organization. By this means the Democracy may present on the day of the eleetion a united and unbroken front . The name of every Democrat ought to be known and all brought to the polls. We desire especially to warn the Democrats againar Whig propositions to swop and trade. The Wnigs have no hope or expectation of electing Mr. MoCarty, their candidate for Governor. They do not j pe Uradley, weir canoiuate lor xngress in ' his district; and to secure some county nominee they j will propose to trade. This is a dangerous busineas, nd always should be deprecated. They have made i thair candidates and let them vote for them. There is no safety except in voting the whole ticket. Democrats to lni, anj don't be cheated j ' ' ! I Since the cm, mencement of the canvass, no less than I - - - - - . ms -I ' C.a I.... Ä twtltlt I six of the Whig Electors, in mis atae, io wuu sata (drawn. They have all rendered good excuses ; desert a sinking ship. . ,. r.l t . 1 ! t.:. CTThe editor of the Sentinel coaflned to bis room mQ,t apo.ogy l0 y, . Bting8 I , , . where ha has been invited, ... -What sasa gives the world, he laerna To Uta, how uttl it returns."

A Square Back Ont. Eight or ten days ago it was announced through she Sentinel, and by handbills, that Thomas A. Hendricks would address the people of this city, on last Saluda y night. Presuming that at a public meeting ofthat character Mr. Bradley would be permitted to pari: pate, it was announced that he too would address our citixens on the tho same evening. He did not suppose that to such an arrangement there would hove been any objection on the part of Mr. Hendricks or bis friends. To prevent any reply on tbe part of Mr. Bradley, the notice for Mr. Hendri. ks was to changed, as ib.t be would address ihc Democratic Club, and aot the public. Of course Ml. Bradley, by such an arrangement, was prevented from replying to Mr. Hendricks Mr. Bradley then proposed to'Mr. Hendricks to mako arrangements to canvass such poit ons of the District as neither of them bad been in together. Tbi proposition, so fair and proper, was declined by Mr. Hendricks. It is very evident from these facts that Mr. Hendricks does not wish to meet Mr. Bradley on the stump. Is this, no doubt he has shown discretion to be the be'.tor part of valor. Ind. Journal. Now let us have the facts! Mr Hendricks bad been invited to address tbe Democratic Club. Bradley had addressed the Whig Club several times. Nj Democrat was permitted lo go and anrwer him; but when Mr Hendricks in persuance of bis invitation came ro address the Democratic Club in (his city, Bradley, with so i. pudence peculiar ?o the man, insited on bis right to come ioto tbe Democratic Club and reply to Mr. Hendricks. This the otticers of the Club of course opposed and Bradley now talks about backing ont Before Mr Hendricks left Washington he had made, ard published his appointments. He did not then known that Mr Bradley was the candidate. If Bradley bad desired to meet Mr. Heudricks ho bad nothing to do but attend bis appointments, but instead of this l.e made bis own appointmenls, for Shelby county, speaking ti:ero whilst Mr. Hendricks was canvassing M rgan a::d Hendricks This is what tbe Journal calls b: oking out Pierce and King in Oregon. By th last mail we received our file of Oregon pa pers. Among then: ere the Oregon Weekly Times published at Portland, and t:;e Oregon Statesman, pub lished at Oregon City They both display at the bead

'heir columns the names of Pieren ind King The " Times " s .ys, in relation la the ticket: "Although OregCb has au electoral vote to give id the eom:ng election for Presiucut kcr ciiigeM have as interest in the result, equal to i.,i - . Mch has tnu right to vote. If Oregon bad a vo: to give, thesw ii no doubt which way it would be cast. Before en.t!.(r Presidential election roll-, round Oregon will b a Stare, and although we have no voice, we ieo. tl jt gOaoral sympathy lor the success of the Democratic ticket, which pervades the communities nd States -f our laort fortune favored friei.d We therefore raise the nasnea f p:,... , K:1U, lä . t,nm-BfT , , t n,.,.PS 1 lr,"mPnRn sn ! T Statesman " says : ! ra;.,! r.nr m-iat.ht.Hd th . ,,.,... n,. ' ! dates of the American Democracv for President and I ice President r.l the united States. Although tho gal i 'a,il Democrats ot Or-unn will not be perm it ted to uast I r. , u .t.: , a- . ,i u. i - . for them their suffrage, vet they have, and feel, as deep an interest in their election as do thosu of any portion of the nntion. And eootd their voice be heard on tbe first Tuesday in November, it would speak in ikuader lenri the condemnation of an administration and party which has covered aud tar Oed our far-off home with m-usdmin istration and misrule II they have no they ave a common interest, in ,.. success of a common cause Their hearts are in ths outest, thouui their hands ere tied, and thev will join in tbe shouts -of vi torr which will surely go up from the Democratic ramp iu November. The announcemerl of the nomination of the n4!-. hearted Pierce was marked wjih demonsiraiions c; i , v' i .i i . .u.. i r. IUUXU ru extreme to extremeI ensta the hrn,(.r,v .fif!m:'i'ii snl iei prir.inaliMi r .in . has ever made Demnernov invincible, and which be speaks the triumphant election of Franklin Pierce and Wm R. King. Whig Electioneering: nt tbe South. Truman Smith's Whig Executive Committe . at Wahingior., has published d nument for the "Southern trade.'' eniitled ' Gen. Pierce and bis Abolition allies,'' designed to prove that he u been a uniform abolitionist. This document it is then int. ution to put into the hnds of every Souibcru voter. Simultaneously, they are claiming thai Scott is the peculiar trie i of southern institutions, and In. i. self n -lie. bold To prove ibis, u c copy the following from the Coluvwut Argue, a Whig paper published ai Coluiubus, Mississippi. This is a specialen of sotitbern eleetioaoerisg-. "Wc certainly have reliable autho- ity for staling thai Scott owns slaves. We tonvt- not only been told so by his near relative who know, but a corespondent of ih Baltimoie Sun. writitii; Irnm Old Point Comfort whi r GB. 8co:t has been sr jnrtratng for a nm". write: 'I j was conducted to Gen. Scott's apartments bv a coLoxcs j BOY 0f Hlg 0WN c suppose he knew, "ft ia being said in Pierce's favor, that Jus ife rnrr rUd a man who fou jht at Lundy't Lane With equal i nronrietv we m'urht mce that Sc it i interested fr. slaveiy because a brother vi !us who owns a large niac : tatinn in Perry county, Alabama, owns a iargu nuu.be. I -'Scott has a outer living in .Marengo, v,:0 also oi slaves. All his relations own slaves and w have assurances tbat be does himtelf own ibem. Scoit has owned slaves, and because he -aid in bis A'ohison Utter in 1843, tbat 'he owned no sUvtV at that time, if is no reason thai he owns none nw. Many jiersoi s among us might have said the same thing in 1843, uo cannot now say it. David P. Hollo way. This gentleman professes to be opposed to all wars and was particularly hostile to the Mexican War. Ia the Senate and in the columns of bia paper, tho Richmond Palladium, he permitted no opportunity to pass without condemning ihe War as unjust and wicked. Ia the Senate he fully indoised every sentiment in tba tofamous speech of Tum Coiwin, and charged American soldiers with being "men and women slayeis" ii. that campaign with robbing churches and descaaling He Temples of the living God. Now, this samo man is tbe roost zealous supporter ot Gen. Scott, in Indiana. Hear what be says of the General's campaigns in Mexico? "Subsequently, he took charge of tbe campa gn of Mexico. With tbe crabarras&nients of a "lire in tho rear" from an imbecile, if not a wicked administrati n at home, he embarked for Vera Cruz. Laudd and took that port, which was by . any t-onsideied impregnable. Then Cerro Goido Contrerns Cbunibnso Molino del Rev Chnpultepec, nod his entry into the city of Mexico, forms a trin ol victories that challenges comparison with the proudest saeooaao of a Napoleon or a Wellington." He does not pretend to claim lot bis candidate a single civil qualification, bot "he has flld the mtamere of his country's glory upon many a battle, field1 That is enough for this war-hating, hero-despising Qaakcr Dave Hollo way. iLTTbomas D- Walpole, addressed a small crowd of people in tbis city, on Saturday last. We did not hear aim, nor have we seen any one wbo did hear tbe whole oi his harangue, therefore we merely note tba foot tbat he did speak, and that in the evening Bro. Barels sei t ; up a balloon therefore we conclude t"e wbo.o affair D.- i i 1 1 ti And in the evening tha malicious Whigs cut his bug1 H T IU MSI- Hl I. Uli lUC lUC 1 . IWl HWIIIUHVU VJ "" " ' ruHsui'iui. ii IUUW9 iiu uriK.inic (MV tt nag. im a ting Gon. Cass on the Stump. Tha iMiohigan papers contain a list of foarteaa mas moo tings at which Gon. Case is to peak