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bring a source of revenue lo tlie Federal Treasury were erroneous.. The net profits fiom t he bilk- of ilie public lands to June .10, lbl3. amounted to the sum of fiftythvee million two Iiumlre J ami eighty-nine thousand four hundred and s:xtv-five dol-

lais. 1 recommended the extension ol j present judicial system. ; found, on which to rest the claim of the the land system over the territories of The act of Congress establishing the 1 United States to execrcise jurisdiction Utah and New Mxko, with such modi-! Smithsonian Institution. provided that the . over the soil of a State, except that conlicatious as their peculiarities may rv I President of the Uuited States, and oth- ferred by the eighth section of the first ,ijrr. I cr persons therein designated, should con-1 article of the constitution. It i, then. Regarding our public domain as chiefly j slitute au "establishment by that name, j submitted, whether, in all cases where valuable to provide homes for the indus-iand that the members should ho'd stated ! constructions are to be erected by the trious and enterprising, 1 am not prepar- and special meetings for the supervision ; general government, the right of soil cd to recommend any essential change in j of the aifairs of the Institution. The or- should not first be obtained, and legislathe land system, exc-pt by modifications ! gauization not having taken place.it seem-! tive provision be made to cover all such

in favor of the actual settler, and an extension of the pre emption principle, in certain classes for reasons end on grounds which will be fully developed in the re ports to be laid before you Congress it-presenting the proprietors i f the territorial domain, and charged es pccially with power to dispose of territory belonging to the United States, has for a long course of years, beginning with the administration of Mr. Jefferson, exercised the power to construct roads within the territories, and there are so 1 manv and such obvious, distinctions be- i tween this excercise of power, and that of making roads within the States, that the former has never been considered sub ject to such objections as apply to the lat-J ter, and Buch miv be considered the set-j tied construction of the power of the Federal Government upon the subject. Numeros applications have been ond no doubt will continue to be made for grants of land in aid of the construction of railways. It is not belcived to be within the intent and meaningof the Conf titution, that the power to dispose of the public domain should be used otherwise than might be expected from a prudent proprietor, and therefore that grants of land to aid in the construction of roads should be restricted to cases where it j would be for the interest of a proprietor! under like circumstances thus to contribute to the construction of these works. For the practical operation of such grants thus far iu advancing the interests of the Slates in which the works are located, and at the same time the substantial interest in all the other States, by euhuueing the value and promoting the rapid sales of the public domain, I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior. A careful examination, however, j

will f' ow that thifc experience is the re- In that message the President admitted suit of a just discrimination, and will be the difficulty of bringing back the operafar from affording encouragement to a tiona of the government to the construcreckles or indiscriminate extension of tion of the constitution set up in 179S, the principle. and marked it as an admonitory proof of

I commend lu vour favorable consider ation the men of genius of our country who by their inventions and discoveries in science and art, have contributed largely to the improvements of the age, without, in many instarces, securing fur themselves anything like an adequate reward. .For many iutrre sting -detail p on this subject I refer you to the appropriate reports, and especially urge upon your early attention the apparently slight but really important modifications of existiuglaws therein suggested. The liberal spirit which has so long marked the aclion of Congress in relation lo the District of Columbia will, I have no doubt, continue to be manifested. The erection of an asylum for the insane of the District of Columbia, and of the army and navy of the United States, has been somewhat retarded, by the great demand for materials and labor during the past summer; but full prtperation for the rec option of patients, before the return of another winter, is anticipated, and there is the best reason to beleive, from the plan and contemplates arrangements which have beeu devised, with the large experience furnished within the last fewyears in relation to the nature and treatment of the disease, that it will prove an asylum indeed to this afflicted and most helpless class of sufferers, and stand as a noble monument of wisdom and mercy. Under the act nf Congress of Annul - - - - p i 311. I bo2. and of March 3d, lbu3, designed to secure for the cities of Washington and Georgetown au abundant sup ply of good and wholesome water, it became my duty to examine the report ond plans of the engineer who had charge of the survey under the act first named. Ti.e beat, if not the only plan, calculated to secure permanently the object sought, was that which contemplates taking the water from the Great Falls of the Potomac, and, consequently, I gave to it my ' approval. For the progress and preeent condition of this important work, and for its demands, so far os appropriations are concerned, I refer you to the Secretory of War. The present judicial system of the Unittd Slates has now been in operation for so long period of time, and has, in its general theory, and much of its details, become so familiar to the country, and acquired so entirely the public confidence, that if modified iu every respect it should only be in those particulars which may adapt it to the increased extent of populaiton, and legal business of the ITnited States. In this relation the orgHn-

ization of the courts is now confessedly 1 wisdom may prove equal io the tak of inadequate to the duties to be performed j devising and maturing a plan which, apby them; in consequence of which tlie i died to this subject, may promise someStates of Florida Wisconsin, Iowa, Tex j thing better than coiiMaul ßtiife, th susas and California an I district! of other ! pension of the powers of local enterprise, States, are in effect excluded from the j the exciting of vain hopes, and the itisf nil benefits of the general ytn, by ! appointment of chrribht-d expectations. the functioua of the circuit court being j In expending the appropriations made devolved en the district judges iu all j by the labt Congress, sevetal cases have those States, or parts of Stales. j arisen in relation to works lor the im-Th-i spirit of the coiülitution and a j proven.ent of harbor, which involve due regard to justice require that al! the j questions as to the right of soil and juStates of the Union should be placed on ; reliction, and have threatened conflict the tame footitt;; i:i regird to the. judicial ! between tin; utithoiity of the State mid tnbunal!. I th'-irfoe commend lo your 'up-m! govuniiituls. The lihtto con-

cousideraliou this important subject, struct a breakwater, jetty, or dam. would which, in my judgement, demands the. seem necessarily, to carry with it the speedy action of Congress. It will pre-J power to protect and preserve such consent to you, if deemed desirable, a plan st ruction?. This can only be effectually which I am prepared to recommend, for done by having jurisdiction over the soil, the enlargement and modification of the But no clause of the constitution is

ed to me proper that it should be effected withoutdelay. This has been done, and an occasion was thereby presented for in- ! specting the condition of the Institution, land appreciating its successful progress thus far, and its high promise of great i i i r..i

aim eneiai uemwie S3. .i-cic is 11 u uwc suujcli ui a uuiurDuv. I have milted to ask your favorable j nature, which, from its intrinsic imporconsideration for the estimate of work of j tance, and the many interesting questions a local character in 27 oftbeol States, j of future policy which it involves, cannot amounting to one million seven hundred j tail to receive your early attention. 1 and fifty-four thousand five hundred ilol- j allude to the means of communication.

lars, because, independently of the grounds which have so often been urged against the application of the federal revenue for wurks of this character, inequality with consequent injustice is inherent in the nature of the propjsition, and because the plan has proved entirely inadequate to the accomplishment of the objects sought, The subject of internal improvements, claiming alike the. interests and goodwill I of all, has, nevertheless, been the ba; is of much political discussion, and has stood as a deep graven line of division betureen slatesmencf ability and patriotism. The rule if strict construction of all now- ; crs delegated by the States to the general government has arrayed itself from time to time: against the rapid progress of ex pendilures from the national treasury on works of a local character within the States. Memorable as an epoch in the history of this subject is the ines3ige of President Jackson, of the 27th of. May. 1630. which) met the system of internal improvements i in its comparitive infancy; but so rapid had been its growth, that the projected appropriations in that year for works of this character had risen to the alarming! amount of more than one hundred million dollars. the necessity of guarding that instrument with sleepless vigilance against the authority of precedents, which had not the sanction of its most plainly defined powers. Oar government exists under a written compact between sovereign States, uniting for specific objects, and with specific grants to their general agent. If, then, in the progress of its administration, there have been departures from the terms and intent of the compact, it is, and will ever be, proper to refer back to the fixed standard which our fathers left us. and to make a stern effort to conform our action to it. It would seem that the fact of a principle having been resisted from the first by many of the wisest and most patriotic men of the republic, and a policy having provoked constantstrife, without arriving at a conclusion which can be regarded as satisfactory to its most earnest advocates, should suggest the inquiry whether there may not be a plan likely to be crowned by happier results. Without perceiving ar.y sound distinction, or intending to assert any principle as opposed i ) improvements upon the seaboard for the protection of internal commerce, which does not equally apply to improvements upon the seaboard for the protection of t i i loreiii commerce, j SUDmil to you, whether it may no; be safely anticipated that, if tlie policy were once settled a-i gainst appropriations by the general gov- j eminent for local improvements for the benefit of commerce, localities requiring ! expenditures would not, by modes and means clearly legitimate and proper, raise the fund necessary for such construction as the safety or other interests of their commerce might require. If that can be regarded as a system, which, in the experience of more than thir ty years, has at no time so commanded the public judgment as to give it the character of a settled polier which. though it has produced some works of conceded importance, has been attended with an expenditure qutte disproportionate to their value, and has resulted in squandering large sums upon objects which have answered no valuable purpose the interests of all States require it to be abandoned, unless hopes rr.ay be indulged for the future which find no warrant in the past. With an anxious desire for the. completion of the works which are regarded by all good citizen! with sincere interest, 1 have deemed it my duty to ask at your hands a deliberate reconsideration of the question, with a hope that, animated by u desire to promote the permanent and substantial interests of the country, your

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For the progress made in the, construc tion of roads within the territories as ! provided for in the appropriations of the I last Congress, I refer you to the report of the Secretary of War. TI,., : . ..t.: r A.n,t'... ; by which different parts of the wide ex- ; par.se of our country are to be placed in I closer connexion for purposes botli of de I fence and commercial intercourse, and more especially such as appertain to the communication of those great divisions of the Union, which lie on the opposite j sides of the Rocky Mountains. That the government has not been un mindful of this heretofore, it is apparent from the aid it has afforded, through ap propriations for mail facilities and other! purpose. IJut th general subject will now present itself under aspects more 1 imposing and more purely national, by the reason of the of the surveys ordered by Congress, ami now in the process of completion, for communication by railway across the continent, and wholly within the limits of ihe United States. The power to declare wor. to raise and support t armies, to provide and maintain . and to call forth the militia to a navv execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, was conferred upon Congress, as means to provide for the co'.nmon defence, and to protect a terri tory and a population now widespread and vastly multiplied. As incidental to and indispensable for the exercise of this power, it must sometimes be necessary to construct rnillitary roads and protect harbors of refuge. To appropriations by Congas for euch objects, no sound objection can be raised. Happily for our country, its peaceful pollicy and rapidly increasing population impose upon us uo urgent necessity for preparation, and leave but few trackless deserts, between assailable points and a patriotic people ever ready and generally able to protect them. These necessary links, the enterprise and energy of our people are steadily and boldly struggling to supply. All experience aiurms that whatever private enterprise will avail, it is most wise for the general government to leave to that j individual watchfulness the location and execution of all means of commuuication. The surveys before alluded to were designed to ascertain the most practical and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Parties are now in the field making explorations, where previous examinations had not supplied sufficient data, and where the best reason to hope the object sought might be found. The means and time being limited, it is not to be expected that all the acurate knowledge desired will be obtained, but it is hoped that much and important information will be added to the slock previously possessed, and that partial, if not full reports of the purveys orderet' will be received, in time for transmission to the two houses of Congress, on or before the first Monday in February next, as required by the act of appropriation. The mini t ude of the enterprise contemplated has aroused. and will doubilets continue to excite, a very general interest throughout the country. In its political, its commercial, and its military bearings, it has varied, great and increasing claims to consideration. The heavy expense, the great delay, and, at times, fatality attending travel by either of the isthmus routes, have demonstrated the advantage which would result from interterritorial communication by such safe and rapid means as a railroad would supply. These difficulties, whicfc have been encountered in a period of peace, would be magnified and still further increased in time of war. Hut whilst the embarrassments already encountered, and others under new contingencies to be anticipated, may serve strikingly to exhibit the importance of such a work, neither thess, nor all considerations combined, can have an appreciable value, when weighed against the obligation strictly to adhere to the constitution, and faithfully to execute the powers it confers. Within this limit and to the extent of the interest of the government involved, it would seem both expedient and proper, if an economical and practical route hhiill be found, lo aid, by all constitutional means, iu the construction of a road, which will unite, by a speedy transit, the population of the Pacific an 1 Atlantic States. To guard ogainst misconception, it should be rt'imik?d that, although the power to construct, or aid in the construction of, a road within trie limits of a territory is not embarrassed by thai question of jurisdiction which would aiise within ihe limits of a State, it is ueverthclelB held to be of doubtful power, an 1 more than doubtful piopriety', evu within the limits of a territory, for tin! general government to tindert ike to administer the u Hairs of a railroad, a cu-

rial, or r.thr siir.i!v.r c:tst ru-i ion with a work of t!ri character should be incidental rather than primary. I will only add. at present, tint, fully appreciating the magnitude of the subject, and solicitous that the Atlantic and Pacific shores of the republic maybe bound together by inseperable ties of common interest, as well as of common fealty and attachment to the Union, 1 shall be disposed, so far as my own action is concerned, to follow the lights of the constitution, as expounded and illustrated by those, whose, expositions constitute the standard of my political faith in regard to the powers of the federal government. It is, I trust, not necessary to say, that no grandeur of enterprise, and present urgent inducement promising popular favor, will lead me to disregard those lights, or to depart from that path, which experience has proved to be safe, and which is now radient with the. glow of prosperity and legitimate constitutional progress. We can afford to wait, but we cannot a fiord to overlook the ark of our security. It is no part of my purpose to give prominence to any subject, which may properly be regarded as set at rest by the deliberate judgment of the people. Hut while the present is bright with promises and the future full of demand and inducement for the exercise of active intelligence, the past can never be without useful lessons of admonition and instruction. If its dangers serve not as beacons, thev will evidently fail to fulfill the ob-

jectofawise design. When the grave shall have closed over 11, who are now endeavoring to meet the obligations of duty, the year 1830 will be recurred to as I period filled with axious apprehension. A successful war had just terminated. Peace brought with it a vatt augmentation of territory. Disturbing questions arose bearing upon the domestic institutions of one portion of the confederacy, ' and involving the constitutional rights j of the fere tie States. But, notwithstanding du nces of opinion and sentiment, which ; then existed in relation lo details and specific provision?, the acquiescence of distinguished citizens, whose devotion to the Union can never be doubted, has giv en renewed vigor to our institutions, and restored a sense of repose and security to the public mind throughout the confederacy. That this repose is lo sutler no shock during my official term, if I have power to avert it, thoss who placed me here may be assured. The wisdom ol men, who knew what independence cost, who had put all at 'stake upon the issue of the revolutionary struggle disposed of the subject to which I refer, in the only way consistent with the union of these States, and with the march of power and prosperity which has made us what we are. It is a significant fact, that from the adoption of the constitution until the officers and soldiers of the revolution had passed to their craves, or, through the infirmities of a"e and wounds, had ceased to participate actively in public affairs, there was not merely a quiet acquiescence in, but a prompt vindication of. ths constitutional rights of the States. The reserved powpo ers were scriipuiously respected. No Statesmen put forth the narrowviews of cafsuists to justify interference and agitation, but the spirit of the com pact was regarded as sacred in the eye of honor, and indispensable for the great experiment of civil liberty, which, environed by inherent difficulties, was yet borne forward iu apparer.t weakness by a power superior lo all obstacles. There is no condemnation, which tke voice of freedom will not pronounce upon us should we prove faitkless to this great trust. While men inhabiting di tie rent parts of this vast continent can no more be ex pected to hold the same opinions, or entertain the same sentiments, than every variety of climate or soil Ciii be expected to furnish the same agricultural products, they can unite in a common object to sustain common principles essential to the maintenance of that object. The gallant men of ihe south and the north could stand together during the struggle of the revolution; they could stand together in the more trying period which succeeded the clangor of arms. As their united valor was adequate to all tlie trials of the camp and dangers of the field, so their united wisdom proved equal to the greater task of foundi ig. upon a deep and broad basis, institutions which it has been our privilege to enjoy, and will ever be our most sacred duty to sustain. It is but the feeble expression of a faith strong and universal, to say that their sons, whose blood mingled so often upon the same field, during the wai of 1812, and who have more recently borne in triumph the flag of the country upon a foreign soil, will never permit alienation of feeling to w eaken ihe power of their united efforts, nor internal dissentions to paralyze the great arm of freedom, uplifted for the vindication of self government. I have thus briefly preseuted such suggestions as 6eein to me especially worthy of jour consideration. In providing for the present, you can hardly fail to avail yourselves of the tight, which the experience of the past casts upon the future. The growth of our population has now brought us, in the declined career of our national history, to a point at which it well behooves us to expand our vision over the vast prospective. The successive decennial returns of the census since the adoption of the constitution have revealed a law of steady progressive development, which may be stated, in genual tirm. us a duplication every quarter century. Carried forward, from the point already reached, vfor only a short period of time a. applicable to the existence of a nation, this law of pro-

aluui;t incredible results. A large allowance for a diminished pro portiona! effect of emigration would r.t

ire. if unchecked, will biiu us to

very materially reduce the estimate, while 1 the more impressive sene of that ncces the increased average duration of human ; sity. vhich is directly suggested !v thlife, known to have already resulted iiom considerations now presented, the scientific and hygenic improvements Since the adjournment of Congress, thof the past fifty years, will tend to keep j Vice President of the United Slates li.ti up through the next fifty, or perhaps hun- j pasted from the scenes of earth, wiihrdred. the same ratio of growth, which has j having entered upon the duties of the si.tbeen ihus revealed in our past progress; J tion. to which he was called bv the oi? andtotIieinJluenceofthesecaus.es may of his countrymen. Having" occupied . be added the influx of laboring masses 1 almost continuously, for mote than ti.u from eastern Asia to the Pacific side of ty year?, a s.'al in one or the other of ji... our possessions, together with the proba- j two Houses of Congr-is. and bavin:'. lv ble accession of the populations already j his singular purity and wisdom tur- I existing in other parts of our hemisphere, unboi nded confidence am! unit. ti-.A , which, within the period iu question. ; pect, his f lilii; heal th was watched bwill feel, with yearly increasing force, j the nation with painful solicitude the natural attraction of so vast, power-J loss to the country under all the ciri! i; ful, and prosperous a confederation of i stances, hub been justly regarded vt iire-ielf-govcrning republics, and will seek j pwiruhle. the privilege of being admitted within its; Iu compliance wiih the act of Con-;, g paft: and happy bosom, transfeiring v hh j of M irch 2. 1S53. the oath of office ""u athemselvB, by a peaceful and healthy ! administered to bim on the 2tth of ti,., process of incorporation, spacious regions j mouth, at Ar'mdne estate, mar McnJ. j of virgin and exuberant soil, which are zas. in the Island of Cuba- but hi, destined to swarm with ihe fast-growing strength gradually declined, and w j and fast-spreading millions of our rtce. j hardly sufficient to enable him to ieti n. These considerations seem fully to jus-j to Iiis home iu Alabama, w here, on ' tify the presumption, that the law of pop-; ISih day f April, in the most c alm ulation above stated will act with undi- j peaceful way, Iiis long and cminr- :H minished effect through at least ihe next useful career was terminated, half century; and that thousands of pf-r-' Kutert.i iuing unlimited conf:,!, ; sons who have already arrhed at nrtturi- ' your intelligent and p.tiiotit: dvo'i. ty, and are now excusing the righu ol iho public interest, and h iiiR cm:c: freemen, w ill close their vyt-s ou the ept-c- ! of no motives on my part w hich aftatle of more than one hundred millions ' separable. fr in the honor and adv;. of population embraced w itliia the ma- im nt of my country. I hope it mav Le jestic proportions of the American Union, j privilege, to deserve" and secure, not .. . It is not merely hs en interesting topic ynur cordial co-operation in gr.nt p- : of speculation that I present these iew s mesures, bin also tho.e relations ol for your consideration. They have im-; tual confidence and regard, w hic h i portent practical bearings upon all the alwavs so desirable to cultivate bet political duties we are called upon to j m tubers of co ordinate branches e

perform. uereioiore, our system : g"vernment has worked on what ia-y Intermed a luinia'.ure scale, in rompaiion with the developiiiei.t, which it must thus assume, within a future so mar at ha ml, bs scarcely to L beyond lh pr Sent of the existing gene ration. It is evident that a confederation si vast and so varied, both in numbers ond in territorial extent, iu habits and iu in terests, could only le kept in national cohesion bv the strictest fiJeütv i ) the principles of the constitution, as understood by those who have adhered te the most restricted construction of the powers granted by the people and the Stairs. Interpreted and applied according to ihose principles, the great compart adapts itself with health) ease and freedom to au unlimited extension of that benign systern of federative, sc If government, cf inen i. is win jiuinMir, onu i m.ai, im - mortal charter. Let us. then, with re- j

doubled vigilance, be on our guaid against i Cmckch, H.us & Co., is the firm of re heavy yielding to the temptation of ihe- exrrc ise JoLdiing houre lately located at Toledo. Ohi-. of doubtful powers, even under the pros- J ard who:e card appears in to-days paper- . s sure of the motives of conceded tempo- j He principal Irat'e of our mere hauls tend c.t-i rary advantage and apparent tc inporjry warl, an! t he 1-iilk of the Mirplu of this on?-;. -expediency. : ny f rids its rincipal cu'.let in tl.at d:iod ..: , Tlie minimum of federal government, i v. c ?l..uld .uj p-c- it would l e to their üdvu;:

compatible wun inc m-Jiuteinnicc ol naI liens' unily and efficient uciien in our' i relations with the r-stof the woild should j

afford the rule and measure of construe- ; (said lo Le o;:c ol the heaviest iu Ohio,' tion of our powers under the general c!au- j Wen e;tat dished at To'ie.lo. scs cf the constitution. A spirit of strict : ;r--r-zrr deferencc to the sovereign rights and dig-; Hi'Thcre are varioua and confliciii canity of every State, rather than a dispo- ! ,0,,s m relation to our final reiting plate a:.. sition to subordinate the Slates into u j death but the place a little this side, ccrui.: provincial relation to the central author- ust be where that Laif ran of most txeclitv, should characterize all our exercises len fret h Oysters came from, a few davs Lro. of the respective powers temporarily ves- and V.invalkcnbiih is strongly suspected of ted in us as a sacred trust from the gen- : having a hand in its management. Keep your erous confidence of our constituents. j eye on the rooster, eemlenien l.c's came.

In like manner, as a manifestly indis pensable condition of the perpetuation! oi tue c nion, ami 01 me realization 01 that magnificent national future adverted to, does the duty become yearly stronger and clearer upon us, as citizens of the several States, to cultivate a fraternal and a ffectionate spirit, language ami conduct. ill regard to other State?, and in relation j to the varied interests, institutions, and j habits of sen time nt and opinion, which1 , . . ,i may respectively characterize them. Mutual forbearance, respect and non in - , lerference in our personal actions as c it zens, and an enlarged exercise of the! most liberal principles of comity in the j public dealings of State with Stale. ; whether in legislation or in the execu-! lion of laws, arc means to perpetuate j that confidence und fraternity, the decay j of which a mere political union ou so j vosta scale, could not Io,iR survive. i In ßtill another point of view, it is an Important practieul duty suggested by f this consideiation of the mpgnitude ofj u.mw.uM,, it, ut.. puiiui. tern, with its corresponding machinery of government, is so rapidly expanding. With increased vigilance doeg it require us to cullivate the cardinal virtues of; public frugality and official integiity and purity. Public ailairs ought to be so conducted that a settled conviction shall pervade tlie entire Union, that nothing short of the highest tone, and standard of public morality marks every part of the administration and legislation of the general government. Thus will ihe federal system, whatever expansion time and progress may give it, continue more and more deeply rooted in the love and confidence of the people. That wise economy, which is as far removed from parsimony as from corrupt and corrupting extravagance that single regard for the public good, which will frown upon all attempts to approach the treasury with insidious projects of private interest tlouked under pietexts that sound fiscal adn inigtra tion, which, in the legislative department, guards against the dangerous temptations incident to overflowing revenue, and, in the executive niuint;i us an un;de?pi:ig wntch fulues? against the tendency c f iu-

tinnal expenditure, to rxtui . ;.;-; ir while t!;t y are admitted c It n.t u I;; r political duties. 1 triHl, bj deemed ;. s pro-:-

j erly adverted to and urged, in view tl government. Franklin rir.uci; v ahinlou. I).ISü.'I , rIj! 71 ) 4 J "vT S t j j S I S .M 3 jTX. lS jN I ii I V VOL J. IU RS, Kditor Proprietor. rii':-'!t.rr'; Mr.-.s It Till be percci-e ? that this do. u reut monopolizes the grc.-iier portion of our column. this week. V m. under i-Uiirntioiis In ll;o:c of our p(i'cn:'v.'ü riei who furnished us copies r.l?n enily p. r--od. Tho Nouil. Iked lledner and Co:-he:: Democrat Kxlru were U,c first. ' Cm-ress or.ani. I oji Monday tlm -th Hon- Lyun Hoyd of Kcntacky, was eierte t Spcakrr, and John V. Forney of rVnusyl ;n nia, Clerk, ami all tl.c-othrr offreri elc-:i--J , wcic ihe democratic c. metis iioii;;ri. t.t. : tan; to tr.-i-'e :n thrd direction acd n.s l home- a. po.sdde with a view to ; le. We understand that r. 1 e. c fects tl.at this l.ou.-e. Lire insurance The reader is referred to uie au erci&rmc ni in irus paper this paper of the j British Commercial Life Insurance t'ompany. The fact that there are thoe mougst us now comfortably situated -. ; result of timely life insurance, who uph otherwise have been subjected to j hi. an,i Wat. is certainly sufficient to in , .... . duce our citizens to inquire, al Iran, mi to thu propriety of Life Insurance. See the advertisement and call upon the agent. -- . Conrv, for January is aires ly on our table, This old established Magazine is too well wor:i ,,.e mnC). rcquircJ for it to be neclcctea ! v mir Ln ,y te:vcrf ln j lt is not t,Jfl: wecarea limch a,,ollt thc I)ro,Krity of ,he publisher as nlC gratification of our o-.vn citifens, that we fre eiltl s,H,lk of it. . IIrd at it. The Peru Sentinel cf the Hih in:t- ?nys the locomotive and several car arrived within the vcek. an! ireek-lsvincru-ni j now commence immediately. The iron !or j this end has all arrived or is on the way frora pushing tr.afers with vigor. A daily line of comfortable hocks now leave Pe ru, meeting the? Indianapolis Cers at KoWonio foanty Temperance ftnvntjcn. The Plymouth Washiugtoui&n Society on Monday evening last, passed the following resolution, with a request that it be published iu the lianncr. HtsolrcJ, IJy the Plymouth Washing -touian Temperance Society, that it be recommended to tlie Temperance organizations, and the friends of temperance generally, throughout Maishall count), that a Canity 'Convention be held in Plymouth, on Saturday the 2 ilh Dec , at 2 o'clock l M., for the purpose ofelrctiug delegates to attend the State Temperance Convention to he hold at Indianapolis, commencing on the 2d Wednesday itl J.-.u !i;:rv Uct.