Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 14, Number 7, 9 February 1844 — Page 2

TWESTI -EIGHTH C0HGR1SS.

From the Baltimore Patriot. ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN THE HALL OF CON OR ESS. We were surprised last night at receiving e letter from Washington, informing us of mm attack wbicb bad beeo made upon our Washington reporter by Mr. Waller, of Ohio. The mail of Ibis morning brought ua letter from our correspondent, gifing an account of the attack, wbicb we publish below. From bulking member on the fl-ior, at which Mr. Waller met with tuch little success, be has pissed to bullying the reporters for the newspapert. It would seem, from the subjoined article which we copy below, from the Boston Advertiser, that the attack made bjr Mr. Welter upon a member from Pennsylvania was determined upon in a caucus of Loco Focot, and that Mr. W. was selected "as a fitting agent in tbie business. Whether it was in obedience to caucus dictation that Mr. W. made his attack upon our reporter, we are not advised, but as be was backed up by friende, it is most likely that he only ventured upon it by being assured that be should have their aid. It will be seen, by the note which we copy below from the American of this morning, that the assault bis "excited great feeling in and out of the House, as wilt fur the place where it was made, as for the attack upon the press." In the better days of the Republic, when the post of a member of Congress was one of honor, the vindication of the character of the nation, oulrsged and dishonored by the conduct of one of the representatives, would not be left to the public press. The expulsion of the offending member would have cut short his tirades of abuse, and saved the House and the country the mortification of the s;ene he enacted. But that "chastity of honor which felt a stain like a wound' seek in vain for support from the present House of Representatives. After what has recently occurred in (he case of the attack upon Mr. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, a member, followed up by personal violence to Mr. Shriver, a reporter, Mr. John B. Welter, of Ohio, may claim to have succeeded in establishing for the present House of Representatives a notoriety which the leaders of the swell mob in London might envy. But the expectation, which most likely prompted the attack upon Mr. Shriver, that the independence of the press can be overawed by violence, is altogether vain. The members of Congress, as public servants, whose conduct affects and concerns the whole Union, are subject to censure or praise, as they may deserve it; and, speaking for ourselves and our correspondent, they will receive it. If one of them disgraces his position, his disgrace shall be recorded. If he wins honor, the praise he merits shall be awardad to him. If ha essaye to establish the character of a bully, he will find that the infamy attached to such a man, shall be spread as far and as wide as the press can bear it. If sinking still lower, he becomes a blackguard, (we use the word only because there is no other in the language which fully conveys the idea of such a person) if, we say, he sinks to the blackguard, the lowness of his conduct, and the disgrace of bis positiou, shall not prevent the press from publishing the facts, that dishonor and disrepute may Mr. Welter, then, and those who act like him or aid or abet his outrages, may not hope to esospe public observation and public animadversion, by threatening or assaulting writers for the public press. lie makes the bed of infamy for himself, and he must lie in it. In the particular ce of the outrage which we have now to record, the facts as detailed in the letter of our correspondent, will speak for tbern selves. Of the manliness of the wanton assault which was made on Mr. Shriver, the public may judge, when they learn that Mr. S. is a gentleman of weak frame, and is altogether unfitted by nature or education for a chsmpion of the ring. Mr. Welter, on the contrary, is athletic, is one whom nature would seem to have made for such a purpose, and, as his course shows, he is determined not to disappoint his destiny. In relation to Mr. Shriver position, socially and politically, we have to say, that as a man of a high sense of honor, of unblemished character, and of general esteem, he is the ejuai of any man on or off the floor of Congress. Hiii is not the character that such an attack as Mr. Waller has made on him, can affect in any way unfavorably. Nor is he the man to be detarred from the performance ot a duty, by the , " i apprehensions of such assaults, or of any conse quences to himself personally It ia proper here to remark that there has been very general expression of sympathy on the part of our eitizena for Mr. S., and that the indignation of the publio at the assault of Mr. Weller is very great. The place and manner ofl the assault were such as to almost take away tbe j power of resistance, but Mr. S.'e friends will be glad to iearn that the injuries be received id are ' not eevere, though they may for a time confine him to his room. It is wonderful tbat under the circumstances, he was not seriously wounded. Washington correspondence of tha Baltimore Patriot. Wasiiinotox, Jan. 25, 1S44. Tbe affair which occurred thia morning in the Hall nf the House of Representatives, between Mr. Weller and myself being such as, from the place, time and parties to it, must excite much publie attention, I feel bound, as painful as it is, in my own justification instate, in substance, the material facts as far aa I can recollect them: A short time before the hour of meeting of the House, I was accosted by Mr. Weller in the recess immediately in the rear of the Speaker's eeat, who enquired of ma whether I was the correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot. I replied I wee. He then stated that I had misrepresented him in my letters. I told him that I waa not aware that I bad done ee, but aa my desire was to misrepresent no one, if he could convince me that I had done him injustice. I waa willing to make the proper correction. He Iben alluded to w statement of mine in reference to hie controversy with Mr. Stewart, as I understood him, which be said was not correct. I observed that my statement was correot, and that my own re collection on the subject had been corroborated by members of Congress. Mr. Weller said tbat, for any atmilar allusions to htm in future, he would hold me personally responsible. I inform ww w iwWDsivie lur iuiv fiaiinn', and would be so for e-ery other I should make, j d him that I waa responsible for this statement.

'Some further conversation occurred, the particu1 lars ot which I do not now well remember, nor I are they believed to be material. He repeated j ly, however, pronounced my representations as I being false, and taunted me by remarking thst I could pocket what he had said. It is proper here

ho remark, that I was restrained from resenting Mr. Welter's iosutiing expressions, by the circumstances in which I was placed. We were holding our conversation in the Hall of the Hou9 of Representatives, where I was allowed to occupy a seat, by the courtesy of the Speaker. The person to whom I was speaking was a rnem ber of the House, surrounded by his friends, two of whom find both about six feet high) were at his elbow, whilst I was without a weapon of any kind and entirely unknown to all around me Under these circumstances it was, that I did not pursue the courso I would have done, had we met any where else. 1 was ucwilling to do any thing that would look like an indignity to the House, by whoso courtesy I was enjoying the privilege of being upon the flor of the Hall. 1 knew also that an opportunity would be afforded me, of placing myself right in regard to Mr. Welter's insults, and that the usual avenues for a redress of my grievances, which are found among gentlemen, were open to me. Mr. Welter, however, proceeded from one charge of falsehood to another, until I was induced to reply to him that any statement to the effect, that I had uttered or published a falsehood, was itself false. He then taunted mo again by enquiring whether that was the Tianner in which I intended to get out of the difficulty. He followed up such expressions, until be imputed to me a'Zt.' I then pronounced him a liar, where, upoo he rushed at ine, and my position being very unfavorable to receiving his assault, he succeeded in striking rne several limes. A scuilla ensued, in which our relative positions greatly aided him and which ended in my being thrown upon the floor. I then succeeded in extricating myself from his grasp, and when I ruse to my feet he desisted from the attack. It was very evident tho attack was a premeditated one, and that ho was backed by friends who were present by arrangement. Tho affair was witnessed by not less than twenty persons, oot one of whom, I believe, was frieodly to me, whereas some of them, and those very athletic men, were encouraging my antagonist in the assault. At one time I appealed to the crowd to know whether there was oot some one among them, who would aid me against such odds, and I believe some one did advance for that purpose, but the sturdy Congressional builie, who abetted Mr. Welter, peremptorily forbid any interference at the personal risk of the individual who should attempt it. The forgoing is a true narrative, ns far nB my recollection extends, of the material facts in the cose. A CARD. Washington, Jan, 30, 1814. The nature of the attack made upon me by Mr. Waller, in the hall of the House of Representatives, (the particulars of which I have already given to the public) necessarily requiring of me a further prosecution of the matter, for the vindication and maintenance of my honor, and having done all in my power to procure tha satisfaction which one gentleman has a right to demand of another in such cases, I conceive it to be due to niredlf to 111 lb mil, a ll.m.nl nf - " - - - ' have pursued, aud the result of my etljrts to obtain redress. As socn after the affair between Mr. Weller and myself as I could obtain the services of a friend for that purpose, I sent a note to Mr. W. requesting him to meet ma in Baltimore, when the matter could be settled without difficulty. The annexed letter, written by Mr. Edward W. Johnston, in reply to one from me, will show what occurred immediately after my note was derpatched: Washington, Jan. 2G, 1844. Mv Dear Sir: On Thursday night last, I bore to Mr. Weller, of Ohio, a note from you, signifying a wish to see bim at Baltimore, for the adjustment of the difference between you. Mr. Weller, after reading the communication, promised me an answer at 10 o'clock the next morning. I was, at that hour, received, accordingly, by his authorized friend, who verbally, on his part, declined the interview adding, however, that in that course, nothing dis respectful to Mr. Shriver nor offensive to mo was meant. My agency thus terminated, in the formal part of whatever could be done on jour side to procure such a termination of tbe matter as you were entitled to and greatly desired, I have only ? P'" J t-rgrei at tne unsuccessiui event rti m ar intarvanimn ' Yours, very sincerely, EDWARD WM. JOHNSTON. To Mr. A. F. Shriver. It will be perceived, that at ten o'clock on Friday, Mr. Johnston was notified of Mr. Waller's refusal to accept my proposition, sccnmpin'd y disclaimer of any thing offensive to IV,r- Johnston or disrespectful to me. 1 hue ter mioated the formal part of the negotiation, but Dl consultation. oir. wener a iriena ana Mr. Johnston bad repeated interviews, subse quently, in reference to an informal meeting at some retired place in tbe city, which my friends were desirous of arranging, as an alternative, but which tbe other party declined ; and at?o in reference to suggestion on the part of Mr. Welter's friend, that the affair was susceptible of sn amicable adjustment. All this, however, ter minated in a way which left the matter pre cisely where it stood when my invitation to pro ceed to Baltimore waa declined. Thus the public will perceive, that I have used every effort in my power to procure of Mr. Wal ler the satisfaction I had a right to demand, and wbicb, under the circumstances, if a man of honor, he could not have refused. They will at so perceive that I have been unsuccessful in ob taining from bim redress. After statin? these facts, I shall leave it to the publie to determine whether I have successfully vindicated my hon or, and whether Mr. John B. Weller, of Ohio, has not won for himself the character of a coward, and thereby forfeited the character of a gentleman. A. F. SHRIVER. The Baltimore Patriot of the 31st, contains the following: From Washington. A private letter received this morn i eg from a gentleman of this city, now in Washington, says: "Mr. Shriver was in the House to-day, and a a a - - ana occupied nis usual seat at the reporters desk. nu uitunu nisi usuei seat at the reporter a desk. I He hat put himself on the highest ground here. I

"As soon as he left his hotel this (Tuesday) morning he was arrested. The officers of the police have been on tbe look out for bim, but be has kept away from tbem so long as there was the slightest hope that Mr. Weller would come

up to the mark. There being no longer any ground for expecting him to d j so, Mr. Shriver appeared in public, and was immediately arrested, and gave bonds, with Hon. W. Cost Johnson and lion. Andrew Stewart, to "keep the peace." Mr. S then immediately proceeded to the House. "The unusual zeal and vigilance manifested in the arrest of Mr. S. shows that somebody hid apprehensions of a violation of the peace, which be could only allay by asking the interposition of tbo taw." Washington, Jin. 21th, 1S14. Iu tbe House Mr. 0en moved to go into Committed of the Whole for the purpose of taking up ihe resolution of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the Oregon question. He gave way, however, in order that a but might be ripened to provide for the payment of the passage cf Lafayette from this country to France in 1824. After several other bills had been reported, Mr. Owen renewed his motion to go into Committee, and it prevailed. Ik m i 1 1 a a lli.n I fr. l tin (Kfl frit In 1ST n (9 rfll. i- j- . 1 r . r -i ui jiiuu, icpuiicu iruut buiuuiintg vu iuiiu affairs. Resolved, A the opinion of the committee, , that it is inexpedient lor Congress at this time to j act in any manner upon the subject referred to j in the following resolution. (The resolution in- j atnicted tha committee on foreign affairs to con- ' aider ihe expediency ef requesting tbe President to notify the British Government that it is our wish to abrogate that section of tbe treaty of j 1818 which provides for the joint Occupation of j Oregon.) j The question pending was on the motion of Mr. Owen, to amend by inserting "it is expedi ent.7 Mr. Owen then resumed bis remarks from yes terday, contending tbat Great Britain has not the shadow of a title to the territory. He expatiated upon the extreme folly of negotiating upon that which was clearly our own. It was his decided opinion that nothing was to be hoped Irom negotiating. lie I'lUrra OI me lUIUre irom the past, and that which baffled the talents of Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams, it was not to be expected WOUIU De setlieu 1V JUim ijier. u nau uuw ; twico approached Great Britain with a desira to ' negotiate, and she had twice declined. This being the case, it was lh duty of Great Britain to ' make the next offer. He was therefore for giv- j in? this notice to Great Britain of our desire to

annul the section of the treaty in question, wbeth- ! ,loM, on Tuesday evening next, (Feb. 13.) for the purer war W83 the result Or not. Wo Could not if , P of organizing our School District for the approaching wo would check the tide of emigrants to that j campaign. Benjamin IIoaTo.v, Israel Woodruff, point. We might as well attempt to chain the Feb.9ti814. Mahlon Cxawsom, Dist. Com.

the untamed spirits Ot the west, it nao Deen in ... ... ... - ? timated by a leading London journal, that Great Britain was about arming tho Indian tribes in her , service. L.et mis oe tne case; ;ei iue msi uiuuu service. urt tms ue .... ' ? izzz ?LiTk uf 0; rnk.a..id the hardy sons of the West would await your tartly legislation! No; gentlemen might depend mat ... tna. ."B ""r not by smooth chioned officers from West r.unt, Jw ... .UKi., . -v...0 K.r .i. ,. It was therefore with a view of preventing these consequences that he desired the notice might be . . - . 1 a - . sTI.mah 'AiiM am Stem Arrliniar1 given r -.y r .. , , Mr. Thnmasson. of Ky.. followed, and made . . - some remarks against taking any action on this subject at preseot. .J, ... . . , Mr. Wentworth neat spoke. He made a regular war speech. When he concluded, the subject, by general consent, was laid over. Senate Jan. 31.Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Military Affairs, asked to be d.si ton's flying machine for navigating the air. The j I committee were at at a loss to understand. Mr. i ! . . .... . . ... .. . , i. . j said, what had tr.ey to aa wun me on ojtymg: meir ouainess was standing ami ngnting. PRINTING OF THE HOUSE. A resolution of inquiry was offered as tu the propriety of establishing a Standing Committee on Printing, similar to tho Committee in the Senate. Mr. Wise opposed the resolution, and said that there could not bo too much public printing. A brief debate arose upon printing generally, in the course of which Mr. Wise remarked that bis district was not annoyed by the presence of any contemptible village newspaper. They had no thing of this kind to disturb the social relations

existing between ail tne peop.e. mere were noin grain wel iQ fli(Jr nd unj, fa sewers in bis district of this sort. ! -1 . T , r . Some member intimated that the absence of ! Tst ofJu,y nex'- The almost entire failure of

the press was no credit to the intelligence of tbe people. Mr. Wise boasted of the intelligence in his district, and said that there were educated Wash ingtoo, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Taylor, Leigh, and a host of distinguished men. " Inrindinr, the -ntLmn fmm Virini-V w.

marked some one, and the House enjoyed thelench and th principal reason for his rejection, joke by a hearty laugh. appears to have been his arbitrary andoverbear-

" No," said Mr. Wise, "I iearnt my radical democracy in Western Pennsylvania. Hast ever been, gentle reader of newspapers. io Accomac county of Virginia II you bad beeo there one day in the year isiu, you would 2lni:JZd:Lll hr Z.lsT pected to speak io a tavern porch in Drummond Town, and Wbigs and Locos were notified of it . ! by a man riding through tbe town on horseback, who lifted up bis voice, and thus proclaimed: ' O yase, Oyase, this here is fur so give notice that the honorable Henry A. Wise is fur to be delivered of a speech this afternoon at 4 o'clock, right into raistv Waddy's pe az, and I want you all fur to cum." Baltimore Patriot. A Contemptible Fellow. Mr. Bsroard, that able and upright Representative from Albany, having recently uttered some remarks upon the West, which did not please a certain ignorant brute from Indiana, Kennedy by name; that person rose io bis seat and declared that if Mr. Barnard "should utter such sentiments in bis Slate, he would be Lynched and rode upon a raiV Is this tbe Lorofoco idea of freedom of speech at the West! Oris this troglodyte Kennedy more of a bor and a fool than his brethren generally are ia tbat regbo?

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Ricoom uDim, fbudit loitmc, February 9, 1S44. Ol'R COONTRV PROTECTION TO ITS INDUSTRY. FOR PRESIDENT, U 17 TV T? A7" T T I -- J a. N JL R V MA JL A- JL State Electors. HENRY S. LANE. JOS. G. MARSHALL. ELECTORS. Diil. 1. 2. 3, 4, 5. , 7. 8, 0. 10, J. A. Brack ENRinGB of Warrick James Collins of Floyd, Jas. A- Matson of Franklin, Samcel W. Parker of Fayette, High O'Neal of Marion, Geo G. Dunn of Lawrence, Richard W. Thompson of Vigo, Albert L. Holmes of Carroll, Horace P. Biddle of Cass, Lewis G. Thompson of Allen, State Central Committee Noah Noble, P. A. ilackleiuan, I). MKuire, John B. Semens, Geo. W. tMipp, Jese Con ard, S. V. B. Noel, Ilicknel Cote, N. McCarty, Geo II. Duun. I P. Ifalloway, Samuel Bieger, J. S. Unbbi, Samuel Hal!, John Wilkins, F. M. Pinch, Hiram Brown, E. J. Peck, q H Smith, WmJQuarles, oh'-,av' iiarri""' t! J. Burnett J . II. Wright, C. Uommei, ; ' August Election. Gy-We are authorized to announce ISA AC ZEEK, a candidate for County Treasurer, ubject to a decision of the Whig Convention, or the Whig election for candidates at the Township election in April. Richmond Clay Club. Art adjourned meeting of the Whigs lake place on to morrow (Saturday) evening, at early candle-lighting. Attention! "Ashland Clay Club." ft7There will be a meetinz of tbe Club on Mondav evening next, (Feb .12,) at 5 o'clock, at the Brick School , tol.,B ..... Cornelius Ratliff'. Th. m..nh.r. nr h. -l,.K a,ld thep,lbIl-c Eeneral!y are earnestly requested to attend. j bugie,s of imrotlaacB will be Uid before tlie meetll,s. By order of the Club, Feb. 9, 1844. JOHN W. LEAGUE, Sec'y. Whig 3Iccting in the Country. 03rA Whig Meeting will be held in Chester School We are under increased obligations to our friend. C B , Smith, for late favors of public documents. Jlnolfur Defalcation. Mr. Keesam, third Teller in the , Merchant's Bank of New York. be:g, a. he supped on j ; - - - - " " bad embezzled $20,000 of the funds of, Th. Court Houje in Vermillion county,!,, this Stale, was : burned a few days since. The records, however, we believe , i I ,k..i,...t,-.j:.:.,; . .u...w. , - . i m i o . . resigning the office of State Pjinter, could he cypbereJ out ! K.U ,c 2,. . ... - ' . iiiuiiiatrii .His c.uii ni r .r tt Lrw i j "6""" luprcKiHing oonars ana cents. We , 0 ..i , . , , , , ,, t . 1 wojki not intimate, however, that a loco could be bouht ! f ,,, ., . . , . " M"" "P1 we fcnotc it can be done. Don't we jud'e . i j The singing of the Coon songs by the "glee dub " dis ! tu.f , babel of our ,oco frieaA Givo xhtm m ,ju !paraKoric.ee.ulem.n:keeQ vouroxvn head. i , vi;,.g riispositiatls,weiir leMdo not Bttem ' ; ,ig m.etigsroi(I ymir ott ad th. Whi,f II do as they please. A Whig, now in Liverpool, writes to the editor of the rnanford Times: "I shall go home, on purpose to vote for j CLAY and PROTECTION." That's rieht. J lihoit Island Senator. The Won. Jon B i ry .1 a a . - t nis Deen elected to the Senate of the ! United States, to fill tbe unexpired term of the IJon. tvm. Spraguo. Mr. Francis was formerly Governor of tbat State, and is a Whig of the true IIenbt Clay stamp. I Ports of Russia Free until the first of July 1844. The Emperor of all tbe Russias has itsued his ukase, authorizing the importation, free of dutv. rve. wheat, oats, barlev. and ln.rUu.hffm the crops in Russia is the cause of this abolish' ment of duties. Rejections by the Senate. Messrs. Spencer j Bod Porler htve bQ r,:9C,ed b fho Sena,e. j t,. , ! 09 f,rmer wa nominated for the Supreme ; mg manner, which is said tu be intolerable. More Land asked for by Indiana. The Hon. , A. S. White, on the 10th inst. presented several memorials for a further grant of lanJ to finally I coroP,e' " W.sh and Erie Canal, which witl when completed bo 460 miles long, running through one of the richest vallies in Ihe world and connecting the waters of tbe Ohio with tbe shores of lake Erie. THREATENED DISCLOSURES. Jakes White, Esq.., of Lafayette, one of the defeated candidates for President of the State Bank, has published an article in the Indiana Eagle, which concludes as follows : " I believe it was generally admitted up to!

within three or four days of the election, tbat I j Sec. 14. That the Lieutenant Governor, while was the choice of a majority of my party ; butjaclinS aa president of tbe Senate, shall have) through the influence of Governor Whitcomb a three dollars per pay for the time be may eerva sudden change took place at which time, it was' as such during ihe first six weeks of the Genetoo late to undertake to counteract the effect I ral Assembly, and one dollar and fifty centa per of a plan wbicb had already dene its work. From day during the residue of tbe session, and shall the fact that I was treated with disrespect by be allowed the same mileage as member of the the Governor, on more than one occasion, I was Geoeral Assembly. aware cf bis preferences, and though I was sat- Sec. 15. Tbat the office ol Commissioner of ifficd that bis neglect of me was intended to the Wabash ted Erie Canal east of Lifayotft),

have a bearing upon the election,! hoped tbat he would not consider the employ men t of more certain means necessary. . 1 know not the mean which were ussd to bring about my defeat ; but of one thiog I am very confident, that if the Governor

has a reason for his course, applicable to me, he ' does not possess the firmness to express it. It is my intention as soon as I get leisure, to i give my understanding cf the newly organized Democratic Junto at the Capitol, in which I shall touch this subject again.and bring in the names oi Others above alluded to, which I shall bs compelled to do in order to show their designs upon the finances of the stale and the corrupt influences which biod them together. I regret a difficulty cf this kind as much as any one ran, but I never have submitted to injustice from my political enemies, and I feel much less disposed to endure bad treatment from my friends. I have rights as well as others, and those who choose to condemn my coutte, and think they can profit by taking opposite ground, are at liberty to do so. ReenectfuHv, JAMCS WHITE. That James Whitcomb assumes to be the sole leader ol the loco party in this State, and that he used every exertion in his power to control the elections of last winter, we have not ooe doubling though'; and that be will endeavor hereafter to control the party we are equally confiJent. He is an able tacticiao, and a prince at chicanery. We hope Mr. White will do bim justice if so, the people will learn something about Whitcomb they do not now know. Would the locos in this circuit like to know the part Whitcomb played in the election of John Law and J- T. Elliott, and then smoothed it over by an Executive appointment! ENRAGED LOCOS It is said, iu tha Baltimore Pa. triut, that the Van Buren loco leaders in tbe city ot New Vnrk, have pre-emntorily refused tu allow tha frieuda of Gen. Cass to hold a meeting in Tammany Hall! Vaa Buren or nothing, so say the "old Hunkers." This spirit of intoleratinn exists in other places than N . Vn.L .. a ...Kjwtt .1 . t i . .hAiil ihra. mil., f.nm K i 1 ,w,here is a school house erected by the joint labors and ' contributions nf tha citizens. Afier the house was comole- ' ted, it was decided by an unanimous vote of a district roes - ' tin that the house mirht be occur.iedbv the citizens for I ! meetings of respectable character. The Whig party. t carry out the system of organization now commenced in tha j tow-nship, appointed a meeting there on Monday evening ! last. One of the trustees of the District, Daniel Crawford, j an anti-Wh'.g politician, duly conscious of the 'briet aulhoi ritjr' in which he is clothed, refused his assent to have tha school house used by tha Whig parly no other man objec- ' ting, and nine-tenths of the district giving their full asj sent, and being present. This, we are informed, tea true 1 statement of the facts; but we do not wish to be understood I as complaining of tha conduct of Mr. Crawford. If that ! gentleman is willing to take tha responsibility of such ton- ' c,u4t and Pr,y willing to sustain him in it, we have I only to advise them that they may o'erstep tha bounds of. prudence, and in their zeal "burn their fingers. THE RETRENCHMENT BILL. Tha goad pa.pl. ; r s- of ' "P" '' Stat, government. W . g,v. th. t i r. Kill k.lniir T!... Iaj-a. .l.lin .n.t nrftiM fnt th.i f ttC. . tinn, and the reader of their articles would suppose no Whig had voted for it. Th. people, bow.., know batter. . 6 L , . By this bill, Ihe President Judges, elected at the late seaj ,,on e:aiva $euo per . , uiut aw Judga a Jim B. elected last year receives JIOOO salary. Is this b'iuut 7 n -:u ui ATiTKie oscnnrT in o .u i o u .- L .. i Governor is, by tha 13th section abolished. Bat, at the ..-!: rT,i nr e n - - a . . . ; . . . , , same time, they appropriated a sum of money to pay a i , . ., .... ' Messenger for the Governor. They abol.sh one oflica, and i . .u u .i . .t L . . . sancl to the world that they have retrenched tha expanses ol ,h" Stale; the3r do "ol ,e" them thM lh tmm ,m9 xh0r another office. Just so they abolished the office of j Fund Commissioner, and created tha nffic. of Agent nf State. An honest retrenchment will receive the approba lion of the people: but tha hollow hypocrisy of tha locos should meet the contempt nf all honorable men. Had the Agent nf Slate been a Whig, that office would also have ' boea abolished; but Mr. Bright, being a loco leader, he had to ba sustained. The law also requires that a State Librarian should ba elected by the legislature, but it was left to give the Governor to make tha appointment. But here is the bill : An Act to reduce the salaries of Governor of j State suid officers. Approved December 14, 1843 Section 1. Be it enacted by the general Asternbly of the Stale of Indiana, That the following officers of tbe gouernmen', who may be hereafter elected or appointed, are hereby allowed ao nually the following salaries, to.wil: Sec. 2. Tbe Governor, thirteen hundred dole lars. Sec. 3. The Judges of the Supreme Court, thirteen hundred dollars each. Sec. 4. Tbe President Judges of the Circuit Courts, eight hundred dollars each. Sec. 5. Secretary of State, eight hundred dollars. Sec. G. Tbe Treasurer of State, one thousand dollars. Sec. 7. Tbe Auditor of State, one tboueand dollars. Sec. 6. The Agent of State, one thousand dollars and necessary expenses. Sec. 9. Tbat all laws now in force allowing four huodred dollars clerk hire to tbe Auditor and Treasurer of State, are hereby repealed. Sec. 10. That all laws now in force allowing four hundred dollars clerk hire to tbe Secretary of State, are hereby rcpe led. Sec. 11. Tha members of the General Assembly, shall receive three dollars per day for the) first six weeks of their attendance upon the aaroe, including the present session, and one dollar and fifty cents per pay for the remaining time tbat they may continue in session, and three dollars for every twenty-five miles they sha!l severally travel, on ihe most usual road, in going to nod returning from the General Assembly. Sec. 12. Tbat the salary of Stat Librarian be and the same is hereby reduced to two hundred dollars per annum. Sec . 13. That-no salary or compensation shall hereafter be allowed lo ihe Private oecretary to tbe Governor out of the Siate Treasury.