Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1852 — Page 1

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STATE WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. WEEKLY. WEEKLY, Per Annum, 1.0 DAILY, i.K 4 IS 11 II. BROWN, Publisher VOL. XII. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1852. NO. 29.

iNUIAsA STATE SENTINEL. THE INIIAN STATE SENTINEL: A GAZETTE OF THI PEOPLE OFFICE IN THE TOMLIIIOI BUILDINGS Corner of Wasamgtom Street ana Hickory Alley, SK;N OF THE HICKORf POLK. AUSTIN H. BROWN, Publisher.

The Weekly Indiana State Sentinel, OTTO SIXCiLE SI RtRIRLRS. IS ONLY ONE DOLLAR A TEAR! Eleven Copies for Ten Dollars!! TO BK PAID IN ADVANCE IN ALL CASES. I1 II CHS I) AY MORNING, DBCRMBEK 9, 1832. .Mock Funerals. The m ck fhaerals got np in honor of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster bave not cost the cities of Boston and New York less than half a million of dollars. The tax payers are complaining, tad justly, we think, of the extravagance of these useless expenditures Among some of the items at New York we tiod the following: Decorating the City Hall $2,547 32 Scarf for the Marshals, 946 60 Undertaker, 1,481 00 D Howard for board of six Senators three days, 2,161 7 In the hoard of Senator waa charged all the wine drank by tbem and their friends, and the Aldermen, we presume We should like to see all the items of expenditure by tin Senate committee who conveyed the remains of Clay to Ashland. The wine bill would no doubt make sosse of our temperaace folks stare. The funeral train the mourners that followed the lifeless corps1 of John Quincy Adams to its last rcstiiMfcftjujM in Massachusetts, had a glorious frolio. They ate and drank at the expanse ef Congress, and the hard working, honest, temperance people paid the bills Their wine bills at Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York exceeded one thousand dollars. The oommon Coancil of the temperance city of Boston, oat of respect to the deceased, paid the wine bills at that place. These useless and unnecessary p trades ought to be discontinued and the pi ess and the pleople ought to apeak out boldly in their condemnation. Cabinet Officers. It too often occurs that gentlemen are selected as Cabinet Ministers on account of their showy abilities; because they bare been able, ky the power of their eloquence, to instruct the Senate or charm the listening multitude, rather than for sound praetical judgment and administrative talents. Washington, Franklin, Jeffersou, Monroe, and Jackson, never bad any reputation as public speakers. They never attempted to make what is denominated a set speech. Mr. Madison, a!thoagb logi. a! and powerful iu argument, had no reputation as an orator. Brilliant advocates, as attorneys, have seldom the industry to delve into the dry details of great logical questions. The same is true of the brilliant orators who have shown so brightly in our halls of legislation. As a general rule, they have no taste lor the dry d tails of an Administrative office. If they have not, tbey lack the great and essenti I qualifications of a Cabinet Minister, and n-ver should be selected, as such. William T Batry, a brUUaat orator, left the Post Office en barrassed und in confusion. Amos Kendali, a sound thinker and a practical man, but no speaker, restored it to cr dit and order. This is bat one Wg many exam, pies whi. It we might give. 90n the fourth day of next March the city of Washingtea will be filled with a greater swarm of gaunt and hungry office seekers th in has yet congregated at that city. Thousands will come away disappointed, muttering cm -es at each step homewards, that their services to their party have not lecn duly appreciated! Such will always be the case so long as the offices of the country are regarded as the "Spoils of Victory." It was not so dnring the best days of the Republic ad. Journal. The Journal judges the future by the past, the Demoerat by what the Whigs have done, lor since the beginning of time never was there known such a congregation of lean, lank, Mid hungry office seekurs, as were assembled in Washington at the inauguration of Harrison am) Taylor. Four years ago they filled the hotels i i i , & . , . ana ooaruing n. uses, ana thousands unable to a.d a resting place for their heads, like specters, walked the streets, with their carpet bags containing their papers ! and recommendations nicely done up. swung to their 1 arms. With the rising sua bright expectations lit up i their countenances, but when blank night oame hop I died within them and "Wade every tbing iu ujly form appear." The Whigs can now exclaim: "Sweet trs the uses of adversity, "Which tike the toad, ugly m l leasatnua. "Wears yet precious Jewel in his head." Great Convention of Bnsi Bands ut Indiana, polis on the 2d of February next. Tkis movement has hand great favor with Bands I throughout the State, upwards of thirty having s-.it in I their acceptance of the invitation to attend. It k sm posed to unite all these bands, thus forming one vast band of near four hundred instrument . Mr. G. R Downie is now busily engaged in arranging music for this purp .-, and his well known ability and experience is sufficient guaranty that it will bo all right Mr. Suwase requests us to s ate that it is possible he may t have been infor.oed of every band in the State if any bands who have not heard directly from him will send their address, together with the ouiiher and kind of instruments be will take great pleasure in forwarding the music to them We hope that editors tbiougboot the State will take bold ef this matter, and do all in their power towards tbe advancement of this good cause. Beyond a doubt this will be the meet magnificent affair of the kind ever got op ia the West. ty Charles G Greese, Esq., editor of the Boston Post, i named in Che New Orleans Delta, as Postmaster General under President Pierce. Colonel G.een is a gentlemen of fine abilitiea. His natioaal views on all political questions, his practical good sense, and sound jodgment emia ntly qualify him tor that position. He is a practical printer and at one tinse was foreman in tbe office of Doff Greene, when he was Printer to Congress. GtyTbe H'Kftsier State broke a cylinder head at Lsw. renceburgh on her last trip to Cincinnati, which compelled her to perform the balance of the 'rip on one wheel Lauirctllt Democrat. There is, however, one fact not mentioaed. The Hoosier Stats oaa oat run the most of the steamers oa

France nn Empire. Louis Napoleon, issued his proelanation convening the Senate of France oa the 4th of November. Jerome Bonaparte, President ef the Senate, announced the object of the meeting. A committee was appointed which suhmitrd a report in favor of the estabishment of an Empire. The following resolutions were then adopted i Art. 1. The Imperial dignity is re-established. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor, under the name of Napoleon III. Art. 2. The Imperial dignity is hereditary in the direct and legitimate descendants of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, from male to male, by order of primogeniture, to the perpetual exclusion of Icinales and their descendants Art. 3. Loais Napoleon Bonaparte, if he has no male child, may adopt the legitimate chil ren and descendants in tbe mal! line of the brothers of the Emperor Napoleon I The fei rusot adoption are regulated by a Senatus contultum If, after this adoption, male children should be born to Louis Napoleon, his adoptive children cannot be called on to succeed him until after bis legitimate descendants. The adoption is interdicted to the suocessurs of Louis Napolecn and to their descendants. Art. 4. Louis Napoleon regulates by an organic decree addressed to tho Senate, and deposited in its archives, the order ol succession to tbe throne iu the Bonaparte family, in case he should leave no direct, legitimate or adoptive heir. Art. 5. In default of a legitimate or adoptive hoir of Louis Napoleon Bouaparte, and ol the successors in a collateral line, who shall derive their light in tbe above mentioned organic decree, a Senatut contultum, proposed to tbe Senat by ti.e Ministers formed into a Council of Government, united to the Presidents of the Senate, of the Legislative Body and of the Coui.cilof Stale, iJid submitted to the acceptance of lbs people, names tbe Emperor, and regulates in his faintly the hereditary order, from male to male, to the perpetual exclusion of females and their descendants. Until tbe moment when the election of the new Emperor is consummated, the affairs of State are governed by the Ministers in oiTiee, who shall form themselves into it Council of Govurnment, and deliberate by a majority of votes. Art. 6. The members of the family of L mis Napolesn Bonaparte called eventually to the succession, and their descendants ef both sexes, form part ol the Imperial family. A Senatut consult urn regulates tiieir position. They cannot marry without the authorization bf the Emperor. Their marriage without such an authorization entails privation of all hereditary right, as well for him who contracts it as for his deseendaats. Art. 7. Tbe Constitution I the 15. h of January, 1852, is maintained in all pro-.sinns which are not contrary to the present Senatus contultum ; there cannot be any modificaeion made in it, except in the forms and ky the means therein prescribed. Art. S. The following proposition shall be presented to the acceptance of the French people, in the forms determined by the decrees of the 2d and 4th of December, 1S51: ''The people wish for the re. establishment of (he Imperial dignity of tbe person of Leuis Napoleon Bonaparte, with hereditary right in his direct descendant, either legitimate or adoptive, an i give him the right to regulate the order of succession to tho thronein the Bonaparte family, as provided for by the Senatut contultum of November. 1852." The Vice President then announced to the Princa the determination of tbe Senate. To which ho replied as follows: Messeurs lis Senateurs: I thank the Senate for the readiness with which it has responded to the wishes of the country in deliberating on the re-eslablishinen' of the Empire, and in drawisg up the Senatut m mult urn which is to be submitted to tho acceptance of the people. When, 48 years since, in this same place, in this same room, and under analogous circumstances, the Senate came to oflsr the crown to the chief of my family, ihe Emperor r plied in thest memorable words: "My spirit will no longer b? with toy posterity, fiom the day when it shall cease to merit the love and confidence ol the great nation." What now most affects my heart is the thought that the spirit of the F.mperer is with me, that his ideas guide me, that his shade protects me, since by a solemn proceeding you come, in the name of the French people, to prove to me that 1 have merited tho confidence of the country. It is not necessary for me to tell you that ray constant pre-occupalion will be to labor with you to promote the grandeur and prosperity of FranceBy this time the farce is ended aiid France a despotism an Empire. The people will sanction the deed, and the friends of freedom may bid a iousj farewell l Republicanism in that ill fate! country. ay The Mii wank e News publishes a v.-ry hirnUomo obituary notice of the death of William K. King, Vice President elect, from ubich we make the following ex tract It will be iead with interest by Mr King: ' Mr. King was a native o( North Carolina, horn on tbe 7th of April, 1788. He received bis education at the University of North Caroliua, and studied law with William DunVy, a distinguished lawyer, residing in Fayetteville, in that State. He traf eutarud public lifo in 1806, as a member ol the Slate LegisUtu e. In 1810, when barely of ih- constitutional age, he was eleeted to Congres from the Wihuingtou district. During the stormy time that succeeded, be became a bold and uncompromising advocate of the rights of the ceuntrr, and ably supported Mr. Madison through the war of 1812. ' In 116 he resigned hi seat iu the House of Representatives ind went abroad as Baiialaru of Legatio n, first at Naples and afterwards at St. Petersburg- In 18 18 he returned and r tnved to Dallas, in Alabama Hs was soou after sleeted a member to the Convention to form a Stale Constitution, and took a prominent and influential part in tho proceedings of IsnM b .lv In 1819, while on a visit to North Carolina, he was elected, without his knowledge, te the United States Senate by the Alabama Legislature anJ held thai Stall uninterruptedly till 1843, when he accepted the Mission to Franse. The object of his mission having bsen aoopwtptisheJ. he resigned iu 1845. In 1848 he was appointed by the Governor of Alahimi to fill a vaoancy in the Senate, and upon the expiration of the term of his ap point ment he was re-elected by the Legislature for a full term of six years. In 1850 he was unanimously chosen to preside over tho Senate, in place of Mr. Fill more, who became President by the death of General Taylor, a station which he held to the day of his death, and to which he had been elected by a larger popular majority than was ever given to any candidate for tint office, " Mr. King was a man of strong mind and excellent good sense He as a republican of the Jetfersouian,

strict construction school, and possessed rar? virtues, as a publis n an and a private citizen. Tho confidence bestowed apon him by tbe State of Alabama through a long series of years is his highest et'.logy." Who'll be Speaker! This question has already been mooted by some of ear cotemporaries, and we know of no good ras-n why we should not irive our -minion unou the subiect. . i L i Ou; experience (pi act teal ly) has been but little, in legislation, but we have been a looker on for a number ef years, and have come to the conclusion, thai in order I r a Legislativ hotly to expedite business, it is very important that a good presiding officer should be selected We have heaidof bin two or three names in connection with thi i1m and the most prominent . and the ne possessing as we believe, the best qualifications, is O. B Toebet, Esq., editor of the Law renceburgh R"oiter Mr T ably and satisfactorily represented his county last y. ar in the Legislature, and proved himself one of the most nsefnl memb ra of that body. He is a young man of good attainments. ge-'ler.ianly deportment, a good parlimentariau, and will ;ake an officer that will be a credit to his constituency, a credit to the Legislature, and a credit to himself Vevay Omx. New Countksfeits. Dye's Bank Mirror for De-cemle-r has a fall description of a batch of spurious notes, wbieb o- r readers will do well to peruse. Among the moat dangerous is a $2 Indiana bill. For detection of this note, see the shading around TWO ai the upper right corner of the note genuine is very fine and when tbe note is little worn, hardly perceptible Counterfeit m m'iserably coarse, when an inspection is made. The pinnacle of the steeple is a little to the right. The other new counterfeits are $5's Stute Bank f Indiana,f2's Haiti .r.l Bank. $100' Northern Bank of Kentn. kv. 2 Hank of Middletewn, Pa., and $2' Far mera' Bank of Koetacky. '

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER in, 1852. Presidents Message. We have read the message with some care. It is jnst such a document as we should expect President Fillmore to write, and peihaps in view of the late overthrow of the Whig party and Whig policy, just suck a cne as he onght to write It is a smoothe. well written, conservative Stats paper. It lacks that boldness and manly independence which should characterize the head id" a great nation ia this progressive age of the world. We will not however adopt any harsh langage towards either the man or the document. D mortimt nil niti konum is Greeley's maxim when speaking of Mr. Fillmore and the Whig party. ITTIi-it Clan faa, arid nnt nccont nv nost in fieil.

Pierce's Cabinet, if proffered, is believed in Michigan to he a fixed fact. The Detroit Tribune says: We learn from some of the most intimate friends of Gen Cass in this city, that he has stated that he would not. under any circumstances, consent to accept of any position in tho new Cabinet. A Beardless Arn.y. Tbe Emperor of Austria has issued an order that all the officers of the army shall remove" their beards that tliuy shall not wear hair on their face or under their chin. This is a most sensible decree, and will . :-oi a precedent worthy of imitation in oar Republican Government. Another Editor Rewarded. P. C. Shannon, eJitor ol the Pittsburgh Union, has been appointed District Judge for the District of Pittsburgh, in the place of Judge Forward, deceased. O-The True Whig, formerly published at Nobiesville, Indiana, since its removal to tbe cold and bleak climato of Uper Salt River, has changed its name to the "Polar Star." A good idea. LtTTAfter the first of January next the great Western maii from Washington will be carried to Wheeling by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and from thence to Columbus by stages, and to Cincinnati by railroad, in thirty-two hours. Georgia. The majority lor Pierce and King in Georgia is 22.960. This includes the vote on the Union and Southern rights ticset. The Union ticket received 5.766 votes (LTJudge Evans, Democrat, has been elected to the United States Senate, from South Carolina, for six years from the 4th of March next. Mr. Desassuer, wss elect- I ed to fill the vacancy, and his term will expire with the j present Congress. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railrod. The engineers ol this road had , cached Valparaiso on tbe 6th inst.. and pronounce the route most favorable The crossing of the Kankakee is upon hard bottom. O'The Democratic Union at Vernon, Indiana, is en j larged and otherwise improved. The Democracy of Jennings Might to give this valuable sheet a good support. UTb" St Nicholas is a new and aplendid Hotel just ! opened New York. It is named in honor of the pa- : tron saint of the early Dutch founders of i hat great city IT" Aggregate vote of Indiana 181,231. Aggregate vote of Illinois 155,065. Making a difference in favor of Indiana of 24,166. What has Africa Colonization Already Achieved ! This question is briefly but effectively answered in the following extract from the Report of a joint select com milteeof the Connecticut Legislature at iis recent session: "African coloniz tit has exterminated the slave trade on tbe western coast of Alrica for an extent of at le ist 600 milea, and it has been officially reported to tLe British Government that it is suppressed on over 1.800 miles of the coast, a result which armed squadion alone could never have obtained. This is admitted on all hands. " Again: African colonization has established on that heathen shore civil and Christian institutions, where missionaries bad labored lor centuries to plant missions without success. And wnat must be the influence cf those christian colonies upon the hundred mi lions that inhabit that continent? "Again: This scheme is leaching the wmld that civil liberty, connected with a pur and terfectly free Christianity, is not necessarily confined to the AngloSaxon Puriti.ns; that it is a boon to be possessed and enjoyed even by the children of Ham ; that they are capable of maintaining self-government and of securing for theruselvft a respectable standing among the independent nations of the earth. ' Again: It in s opened the door for an oxteusive and valuable commerce. The exparts of Liberia, it is said, amount to about a half a million of dollars per annum, and are increasing at the rate of fifty per cent. ' Again: It is furnishing an asylum and Christian h .me for the exiled and oppressed children of Africa in all lauds. Thousands have already gone back to their fatherland from this uountry, many of whom were freed by their masters, that they might go. Thus has the door of emancipation been kept open, where it would otherwise have remained closed. ' Finally: The past history and the present prospects id the cause afford most encouraging indications of its future prosperity. The last year has been one, in many respects, of unprecedented success." What is to be done with the Gold! By the arrivals from California gold keeps Mowing in, like a steady stream, to tbe Atlantic Slates. We have the same accounts from Australia. Some of the ships which arrived in London recently brought from a mil- , lion to two millions of dollais worth of precious nietal. Allowing this great yield of gold to pour into the marketscf America and Europe fcr some years to come. i n,u ' affect the currency in a most sensible manner As yet things seem to flow on ia the usual course, so far . ns the old standard value ol tbe gold is concerned, anu it is to be hoped that whatever change takes place, it I will not be sudden, but gradaai and temperate, in onter that no revulsion in any branch of business may he c i' seil thereby. It is the duty of bankers and national finanbiers te look this matter firmly in the face, and devise measures, if they can, for the steady and regular procession of all kinds of business dependant upon the hr.aucial operations I upnaiug nrms tocieniyrc nmericmn. Illinois and Indiana Free Banks. We understand that efforts are being made to procure the redemption cf tbe issues of these institutions in the city of New York, at the uniform rate of one half of 1 per cent. Many of these banks are owned in Wall street, and the managers think that if their emission ecnld be re deemed there on reasonable terms, that the ciienlation of York Stale and New England money would be dispensed with, and that Western bills would enjoy an al most entire monopoly of the small note circulation Should this arrangement be effected, the proprietors of the banks in our neighboring Stato would soon realize enormous fortunes, while the business of manufacturing money in tbe interim towns of the Eastern States would be in a losing operation. We are, however under the impression that the scheme will not prove successful, from the fact that Eastern capitalists will generally exert- their powerful influence against it Bf. Louit Vnfu

1 i evidential Prospects ia California. In l c Whig journals of California we find some amusing speculations as to the result of the Presidential election. We subjoin specimens: POIMICAL SIGNS BY THE GOLDEN GATEMOST ENCOURAGING NSWS FOR THE WHIGS OF CALIFORNIA! The recent political news from the Atlantic side is of a charaeter so favorable to the election of Gen. Scott as to change hope with the Whigs in California into certainty. The paoers received contain evidence undisputablc of a constant increase ef strength, popularity, and enthasias.n in favor of Gen Scott, which, if it continues antil the election will, says the New York Tribuns, not leave Pierce ami King more than fifty votes among sll the States. The late election in Maina is so decidedly favorable to the Whigs that they don't ssem to doubt their ability to earr; the State for Gen. Scott. In Massachusetts and Georgia a cotporal's guard still hold Ottt in suppert of Mr. Webst.- as the re-union candidate, but this folly is mors than counterbalanced by the nomination of ex-Governor Tnupe, ef Georgia, for President, and Gen. Quitman, of Mississippi, for Vice President, by the secession wing of the Democratic party. I bis move, it is believed, will give to Gen. Scott several southern States, which otherwise could not have been calculated upon by his friends. The breaking np ol tbe coalition in Massachusetts between the Democrats and Free-Soilers destroys all hope of depriving Gen. Scott of the vote ef that State. New Yoik. Pennsylvania, and Ohio are considered certain for the Whig ticket, which insures the triumphant election of Scott and Grabaro. Gen. vcott was on a tour to the West, on official business, accompanied by Gen. Wool, and was reseived and welcomed by the people of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Columbus, and other places, in masses of thousands, and with the greatest enthusiasm. So rapidly is Gen. Scott's popularity increasing, and so high is the enthusiasm of the people becoming, that his eleetion is predicted by a 1 qer majority than was cast for Gen. Kf.rrison. We give elsewhere in our paper extracts from eastern papers in support of our conclusions. Political. The politics! intelligence by the Golden Gats is of the most cheering description for the Whigs. It indicates in unmistakable character the fact that the enthusiasm for Scott and Graham is spreading like wildfire throughout the North and West, while it is steadily gaining ground ia the South. Bennett, of the New York Herald, who, for once in his-life, has trimmed his newspaper sails ia a direction contrary to that which he fancied would spring up, is perfectly savage. His efforts to make it appear that the Whigs are despondent ar a using in the extreme, and his glossing of the southern-rights-p.vrty movemeat rather ridiculous But we have n room for remark to-day. am will merely content oarseles with giving a short summary of political intelligence. Public Debt. The following is the reported poblio debt of the Union and thu several States composing it, on the 1st of January, 1850: FINANCE OF THE GENERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. Public DM.

Uaitad States, . $64,226,328 Maine, 970,006 Massachusetts. ... 6,09 1 ,047 ! New York, 23.937:2I9 New Jersey, 62 596 Pennsylvania,.. .40,424,737 Maryland, 15.900,000 Virginia 14 409,507 North Carolina,.. . 977.000 South Carolina,. .3,622,039 Georgia, 1,903,472 Alabama 10,385.938 Mississippi 7,271.707 ana 16,138,131 Texas, $11,050,291 Arkansas 3,852,172 Tennessee, 3,337.856 Ohio, 19,173,223 Michigan,. Indiana,. . . Illinois,-. . . .2,849,939 .6.556,437 .16 612,795 .. .956.261 Missouri, . Iowa 55.000 Total, Total, 1850, 1S43,. $275.480,676 . .198,818.736 lac in 7 years,. $76 661,940 Philosophical. Th editor of the Red River Republican (Louisiana) thus philosophizfS over the result of the recent election: ' Some of the CoNsxQ,oawcES. Tbe following are some ol the consequences to us of tbe defeat of Gen. Scott for President: ' We have been relieved from harrahiug thereby saving our throat from hoarseness, end our lungs from exhausiioa. We have been relieved from firing the cannon an 1 thereby placed out of danger of having our arm or our head shot off We have been relieved of a few dollars ne pleasant matter, by-the-by there by giving giatification to some ol our friends. We will be relieved from doing the duties of Post Mas'er, for hich we don't caie a fig. John H. Adams and the Island of Cuba. Those Vhig editors and statesmen who have been inclined to disparage Iiis value of the Island of Cuba as an aquisition to the American Union, will peruse with interest the following extiact fro n an official state .taper drawn up by Jotm Q. Adams, when he was Secretary of State tp Mr. Monroe in 1S23. In giving some' diplomatic instructions to the American Minister at the Court of Madrid, Mr. Adams thus descants upon the importance of ihe Island of Cuba to us. He says. "Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West lud in seas; the character ol its population; its situation midway beiweeu our southern coast and the Island of St. Domingo; its safe and capacions harbor of the Havana, fionting a long line ol Oos shores destitute of the same advautage; the r.sture of its productions and of its wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns of a commerce immensely profiiabln anJ mutually beneficial give it an importance iu the sum of our national interests with which that of no other foreign turritory cau be compared, and little inferior to that which binds the different members of this Ur.ion together. Such, indeed, are, between the the interests of that Island and of this o -.mutry , the geographical, commercial, moral, and political relations, formed by nature, gathering in the process of time, and even now verging to maturity, that, in looking forward lo the probable course of events for the short period of half a century, it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself." The Snail Trade in France. We learn from our Parisian cotemporaries that the snail is becoming a fashionable article of diet, and that for several mouths past a particular place has been appropi wiled lor their sale in the Paris fish-market, in the south-cast angle, near the lobsters aud fresh-water fish. "Snails," says one of the French journals, were highly esteemed by the Romans, our masters in gastrooonomy, and arc now raised in many of the departments with suocess. In the sixteenth century the Capaehiaa of Frib iirg recovered the art of breeding and fattening snails, an art which is not lost in oar day, for in Fran-che-Comte, Lorraine, and Burgundy, they raise excellent snails which ficd a sure demand in tbe Paris market. There are now fifty restaurants, and more than twelve hundred private tables in Paris, where snails are accepted as a delicacy by fr-m eight thousand tn ten tbonsand cEstnmers. The monthly consumption of this moiloseaa is estimated at half a million Tho ma-k t price of the great vineyard snails is from 2f. 50c. to 3f. 5Uc. pei hundred, while those ol the hedges, woods, and forests bring only from 2f to 2f. 25c. The proprietor of one tnailltry in the vicinity of Dijon is said to oett over 7000 francs annually. Collection or Seeds. The American Farmer says that the present Secretary of the Navy, tho Hon. John P. Kennedy, soon after coming ittto off ice renewed the older lo our nsval officers, commanding on foreign stations, to be vigilant in the collection of inn seeds, roots, and plants as were calculated lo be iatroduced advaa. tageonsly into the agriculture of the country Suih attention to tbe great interest of our nation entitles Mr. Kennedy to the thanks of every farmer and planter of our land, and the more so, from the promptness of his ac tion in the premises. Illinois Official Vote. Pierce, . Scott, . . , .80.577 .64,747 Pierce over Scott Hale'- vote Pierae over Scott fc Hale, 1830 97S 1 e,ow

8ATURDAY MORNING, 1EC. II, 18ft.

Aceat 6f StntC. We notice that the Crawfordsvilc! Review and other papers have spoken favorably ef CM. Allen May, as a candidate foi ie-election to 'he iF.cc he now so ably fills. We are authorized and requested by Col. M. to state that be intends to sti icily adhere to his determination expressed to bis Iriends last winter, not to be a candidate. He will not, under any circumstances, purmit ' is name to be used ns a candidate for Aem of State. Col. Benton. Cel. Benton delivered a speech at Jackson, Missouri, on the 30th ult. He closed with the following impressive reference to four ol his ancient Senatorial associates, now deceased: "Foi' myself, I feci all the grsviiy and responsibility of my position. Tim- and events give admonitions which cannet be disregarded lime, which hurries us along to that "bourne from which uo traveller returns;" and events which thin the ranks of our ooteraporaries. and leave solita.de where associates stood. Four limes in the short space ef two years (to go no furiber back.) I have sees ihe deparluie of soma one of those with whom I have long hen n associated, often marched in fierce political contest, never in malitrc or envy. Calhoun. W.odbnry, Cluy, Webster have all gone! learing voids where they steod. and the reflex of alight which shines through the world, and will be seen by after ages tti the latest posterity la tae presence of such impressive events, and n the v ige ef such a 'ime, I uan have no feeliags but tb .se ef good a ill to the departed, good wishes lor the living, solicitude for tbe national honor and prosperity, and au nuxioas desire to save for myelf the good opinion, valued beyond nil price, with which my e untrymen have honored aae." Pork. Is now selling for $5.75 with a prospect of an advance The weather is fine for slaughtering and the packers are rushing business. Tbe new perk house and slaughtering establishment cf David Macy. is in full blast. Mr. Macy. is an enterprising citizens and has so far Wim tbe conlideiioe Red respect of the farmers who deal with him He is a fair snd liberal gentlman. The old and well known esf.blishtn 'nis of J. Mansur Si Sons, 8. d Blytne fc MrNeery., they are doing a fine buisness. Al the present prices of poik, lhafarniers will soon be the money princes of the !sr.d. rj"!It:rd times at Indianapdis Tj.c people sisal clothns from cloihes lines, and other places, at all limes, day and night Wabash Exprctt. Such things have become r.rtbcr frcqueut, that's a f.jct since the upuiug of too Teire Hante and lu-liana-polis Railt'-nd". What's the cause of it, Brother Danald'on. Michigan Official. Pierae, 41,S42 Scott, 33.860 Hale, 7,237 Pierce over Scott 7,932 Pierce uvu S t ami Ha'.c 745 Vnder the decision of tbe Postmaster General, Messrs. Miller, En-rlis':. La.e E !Jy, Cbamberlam, and Harlan elected to lha paV, but not members f the present Congress, are moled to Iba hat king privilege. lyThu majority for Andrew Jacks B Senator ele t. fit m the counties f llni: , k ati.: Vladii a is $51 IsTTue Japan Ntjkstitu " iL - sad I i tww months on account of the ausjeasai y rcjan required lor the Steamer Mississippi Expedition to Japan. Tbe Edinburgh Review, iu an article, contends that Hie ' 'comp tlsory seclusion ol the Japanese is a wrong, n t oiilv lo themselves but to the oivitis-d world Every one is so far master at home, that the Law of Nations has been hnheito very lender of authorizing a country to ferce its commerce or its so ciety upon another. Bui the rights r f independent -ereignty must he so construed as to be reconcilable with the great principles up m which all titles of pmp. erty or jurisdiction ultimately depeml. It is difficult lo entertain a doubt that, alter sa long and patient a delay . oilier nations arc justified in demanding intercourse with Japan, as a right of which th. v are unjustly deprived. The Japanese undoubtedly have an exclusive right to the Ksession of tiieir territory' ; but they must not abuse thai right to the extent of debarring all other nations from a participation in its riches and virtues. The only secure title to prop-rty, whether it bj in a hovel er an empire, is that the ex.. !..s.v.- pssscssioii . iris for the benefit of ail." And iu relation to the United Slates expedition, the Review ssys "The same thing may happen i:i the case at Japan Ail human presumptions seem to indicate that if Commodore Perr 's expedition is e i, ducted in the sams spirit of prudence aud eournre which i,as hith erto presided over the warlike operations of the United States Government, the hou-a of Japanes.. seclusion arc already numliereo We have, however, t lie authority of English officers, who have served with ieat distinc tion in those distant waters ;or stal.uu tl.at tlo-v olace a wide diffeienee upeu an attnek tat on Japan and any snu. lar operation which has been earned o il either in China or in any other district of tbe Indian Seas. The Japanese are a proud and warlike race. They arc carob-ss of danger and indifferent to life ; where one combatant falls, another, will take Iiis piace, and another, and another as though the only object ef th-ir assult was to exhaust (iie lire of their enemies, and then overpower j tham by sheer numbers. We can scarcely think, if Com modore Pen v should decide to advance into the latenor with the small force at his disposal, that the Ars? at tempt will end in favor of the expedition. The aiiey al Japan consists, by the latest accounts, of 80.000 foot soldiers and 60,000 calvalry ." Uy The President eleel continues la bear himself ich the same diguity aud propriety that, dnring the canvass, won for him a good feeling and respect of the whole country. A correspondent thus writes Iroin l oncor to the lies ton Post: Gen. Pierce has taken a beautiful suit of rooms at Gibson's new 'Eagle Hotel,' wbere he appesrs glad to see his friends, except when tbey come with personal application lor office. It I said that he wiil feel himself under the necessity of postponing the special consideraiion of all appointments 10 office, except for cabinet places, until alter his inaugural ion, and has v expressed lunself to applicants lieu P. will not leave town, except for a temporary absence or perhaps a day or iwo, until after the first ef February. Those news papers which assign to mm a varteiy oi d'Uem.t tnieti lions can depend en ibis. He ia oemforialdy quai tered for the winter season iu our new 'crack hotel,' (to tbe . a it .'ft. I. I' erection ot which 1 am informed be eontrmutea; anu it doaatless sufficiently sensible of the cares and responsi bilities which awit him, if he lives for four years suc ceeding the 4th of iMarch next, to run away U om hit neighbors, Iriends and native hills, any sooner man tne cirenmstance of the ease aetaally requires. New Hanip shire is no w. tince it has famished a President, a good t . - .... Stale to live in, (as well as to emigrate from) if it ras ! not so before." The deplorable picture of hordes ol office s..ek rs that iplorable pi at Ge.i. Pi' daily beset Geu. Pierce, and the wear and tear of stich attacks upon bis personal oomiori ty some oi rne papers, are doubtless exaggerated The Boston Transcript of the 23d nit , edited by a Whig, has tbe following: " Wc had a friendly visit from the President elect oa Saturday last, and are very certain that there was no offiee-hanter dogging him. or lying in wait for bim as he snight depart. He seemed as composed as a summer's morning; and while duly sensible o the immense responsibility to tbe assumption of which he was called by the people, he betrayed nj sign of having been prematurely harassed by importunate olamorers. for Executive favors er by his prospective official caics.'' Dayton Empire. t7A fog cannot be dispelled with a fan.

CMassas. Editors: I observe you are an opponent of " Wild Cat " money. So am I. Yet I think you labor inder a mistake in supposing all bank-bills of the States of Michigan and Indiana are to be classed under this head. I consider all bills, wherever issued, of banks wbioh nav deposited with the proper Government .tf.ee- securities equal to Virginia 6 per cent, stocks, equal ia every respect to the bills of our own State, which are securred by New York and United States stock, and

far better than those of our owa Stale, which are se ured, in whi le or in part, by Bondt and Mortget Those secured by such stocks as mentioned above, will, if wound up, pay one hundred cents to the dollar. 1 be latter have often paid much less, and should be termed "Wild Cef" whether located in New York or Michigan. The Metropolitan Bank has done much towards reducing the disceunt ahich formerly existed en country money. The course pursued by that institution has caused many of the Banks of circulation, without any fixed abide, (Wall Street concerns.) to close up; yet. it has leduccd tbe circulating medium, without supplying a substitute. A certain amount of bank bills being required for circulation, to meet the wants and convenience of the community, this supply being reduced by the withdrawal of those Banks which have dosed ai.d are now closing up their business, the notes of other States have tilled the vacuum. The people of this State preler paper money, if we.'l tecured, to gold, because of its convenienco in tbe transactions of basinets. If an article of necessity and aonv nience be restricted, or becomes scarce from any. cease, it is natural for an individual or a community to supply its place, provided it can be done without injury r injustice to others If th s be so, what objection can exist to allowing the vacuum crested by the withdrawal of a portion of out circulating medium, from being supplied by a cuirrncy which is as safe, and as easily converted (at a trifle higher cost,) into gold, as our own that remains. It itwell kuown that notes, wherever issued, secured by Virginia 6 per cent, stock, must be good. If the stock fails, tbe bill holder may be compelled to wait, as he would do in oar own State; yet he would pet ono hue dred certs to the dollar, wiiboat deubt. Such bills, you will admit, are as well secured as those of our own State. If I understand tbe discussion now going on in y. in paper in regard to this subject, a respectable Wall street Bank proposes to mature a plan by which tbey can receive all Western Bank Bills which are well secured, and which their customers may wish to deposit" with ihem. and to take these hills at the lowest rate which will pay for the trouble and expense. Our merchants dispose oi tneir goods to all sections of our wide-spread c-untry, and payments are made in New Yoik funds or its equivalent. It is well kr.owa that exchange on New York is not always to be bad, ia which ease tbe country merchant brings with him the best currency he can procuie. This is all he can do, and -our city merchants take this money, sometimes at par, at others at the disceunt at which they can get rid of it. In either case a shave is submitted to by one or both parties to convert this currency into bankable money. If a plan can be devised by which a currency secured equal to our own, although issued one thou sand or more miles away, can be converted into gold in our own city at a smail discount, is it no', wo.,!, a trial? The Western money is now circulating in our Statu and city. It will probably increase; if seenred properly it will pass current ; if not seeured, it will be sent to keep company with the "Wild Cats" of Washington city, which you did such good war against in your valuable paper. What we need is. a currency which can be converted into gold at the option of 'he holder, with the least possible lose. Let these bills be ledeemt-d here, and make the loss as small as possible Is it L -st te chose the least or the greater evil? Yours, respectfully. AMINIDAB Tbe question is net whether the circulation of tbe liiiriy-five new banks, alluded to ab ve. . terured so that by presenting the notes at the counter in Illinois the holder might be sure of the coin; but whether it is advisable to encourage a currency, redeemable at such a distance from the peint wbeie it is issued. When tbe bills of these baxks are once in circulation, it depends entirely on tho Wall street owners, wheiher they shall be redeemed " at a small discount," or not. If they charge two per cent., the bolder has no redress but to s-ck by himsel; or bis agent the counter of tbe institution, located 1000 miles away. If this is in Indiaaa, the hank has. by the law, thirty da ye ia which te pay; and as is generally understood, without incurring any expense of interest. Tbe bills arc net intended, as -ar correspondent intimates, to circulate at the West, and be sent ns remittances here; they wii) commence their journey from this point, and the very ohji ct of tbe distant location is, to avoid the possibility of a par redemption. No one should ever touch a bank note, which is not convertible into coin, at its par value, without any expense to himself: and to ibis consummation we arc lapidly has'ening. Jour, of Com. Another Wheelbarrow Traveler. Our readers will undoubtedly recollect well (be circumstance s me thr e years since, of a S oichman walking from Independence to Sacramento City. California, with a Wheelbarrow. An enterprise somewhat similar, and quite as novel in its character hss just transpired. The hero in this instance is an intelligent young German scholar' named Ka nphausen rhe arrived in the city on Wednesday last, having walked Ihe entire distance from New York city, and carried with him a valuable libraM : standaid scientific works, upon a uheeibanow. He came to this country upon a scientific tour, but by some means finding himself short of money , he left New York wiih twenty sent M his pocket, bis wheelbarrow, and his library. He states tbe tour has been thus far ose of extraoidinary iaterest ! him. and rendered doubly so on account ol tho excellent facilities he possesses! ol 'making examinations of whatever came in bis way. He continues the tour soon, and leaves fr the Sout.i St Louu Paper. if-7The Daily State Sentinel does not oomc to as any longer. The Wceki) is 1 n usu to as. and we don't choose it. Law. Reguter. It has cut oar acquaintance likewise Bro. Torbet, since the election, bot we are one of those chaps ihat think half a loaf is better than no bread, and so we ebsll not refuse tbe weekly. The Daily Seatmel waa a veryvaluable paper to as, and we are unwilling to do without it, yet -v- do not see that Mr Brown was or is on der any obligation to send it without ihe difference b -twei-n it. and our weekly, w hich we mean te remit at our earliest convenience. The, circulation of the Indianapolis Dalies is small, and a large exchange list, such as to supply all the papers in the State, besides their for. cign daily exchanges would materially reduce their profits. Ferae Gatette. 07 Dr. L. A. Silva has furnished us with the paiticu I lars of a singular and fatal accident which occurred at ,6 o Vhu k this morning. A worthy German named ' Geor c Dragei , better known as "Big G -orge." and for ! the last six years employed in the shops of the Mad I River Railroad, was killed by the explosion of a barrel, j into which he had put uoslacked lime for the purpose ot ftlafrTtmr it 0a pouting boiling water upon tbe lime. I and shaking the barn.1 after closing the bung, it explo- ' ded with great force, and so badly shattered the Gerj man's head at to came bis death in a few moments. He leaves a wife and four small children. Smnltukf . Iter. ltailroad Iron. A correspondent ef the Baltimore American states . that ihe rise in the price of British railroad iron has i. .1 . . neon so great progress, will mat many contractors on roaos now in be ruined. At present prices, the differ -tbe conti actors upon tke St. Louis and tnce against Cincinnati road, if tbe iron were purchased now. would be $800 000. This lose is enormous, and if no change in the market shall occur, may result in creating serious obstaclrt to the progress of the work CTAnother infamous attempt has been msde te tske life by means of an infernal machine. A nasteboaid b. x was recently sent to the editor of the Texas Blower, containing a half-dozen shitt collars so aasasataatingly sharp that the cut throat intentions of the blood-thirsty monster who bad concealed this scheme of villainy were obvious The diabolical attempt was happily frastrated by the presence of mind of the ferryman, who, with the almost coolness and unconcern, dipped them in tbe river and "took the starch out of them' To what base uses will not man appropriate tbe simplest household arti-ele