Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 30 December 1837 — Page 1

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'TULT1I WITHOUT Fl A". VOLUME VII. YLCExEj, SATURDAY MOii;-.LG, DECluilvlt 31), 18;i7. NUMBER 31

BY MR. CFJOSUY. CLIFFORD. For the SunJay School Frmninaf'un at the Pres'iy'eria.i Church finccn:ic Ore. iM, 1837. 1 The-" if a ray of ha'''idv 'i'lit To J.tik'ne nprts! given; There h a hope of srjory bright, A ?ui le in btinj; pure delight: To jmiii'i bv passions driven The Bible speak from hc?.vcn. 2 There is a prtni of blissful ?rief Wh-n sinful bonds are riven; There is a sorrow brings relief And joy to sinners, e'en the r'.urf When, of their fins forgiven. They feel at peace with heaven. 3 Mar w;- r-aile yet ia early rrar. As find with ui bin ttriven. Mav we weep true repentant tears While Jesus cru-'iard appears. And love from faith dcriv en Kit us for home in heaven. GOV. WALL.U KS INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Fetljiv-citizem of the -V-mi-V a id Ihust of I!rprtscn!alivcs Deeply i npress".! with the tcsponsilulity of the station ivlu.'li the kindness of my fellow-citizens r ( la liana h selected me to Idl, I emlirace this oppirtanity ot teu.ieiia ; to them. tlirnu,'h you. :iy most grateful aeknow iedjementa f.r tlio distii;mhcd in imlostj'.i on of tln-ir c.i:i:i,li :iiv, togetai r with llie views an 1 opinions I ent-rt .11:1t.l Ifl'i O illli'stl.l'K uf Stlt m.l'i' I :i r .1 1 1 . t t in st'p, I f :ei tint I ;n onlv I'.im i.m.i; llif wake. f nil my pre.b-cessors 4'aey have, I bchevevrit'.iOLta sia;l.' exception. J e ncd it m st respeciiul an I proper, pnir lo entering o 1 ta ih--rnsii ot taeir othci il duiies. to pulma to tac jxopte ail epUinne ot the prirmple-i tiv which thev ilesuue.l to bj g vern. J dnria ttcir contiiiii.ini e it :lee. f'pi.itlm cu-tom I have no desire to inn.ttate; and. il I ha i, tlii ; i certai ilv not the tiai'i to attempt it. The surprisi.i increase ol wo ilth and popuiati u whieh the hi-tory of Indisaa for th- last ci'ht yea.- so chrpiia'lv e.xiiiits tao sckno'.vledjjed evtut ari l fertility ,t licr soil, ..'.e singular variety of stirring end important interests urowint; OJt of tacse circumstances, a Id ed to ihe hold and p iantie etTort she i- now v. ikri to ensu e a fi.li and sperdv developement of all her rc-o. r ee.i'ls not only for the undivided cp.ihciti.in of the whole e ieri 's of her peoj e. Ii.k! ai' for the if .naalcd oj inioiia of public per 'ants. la a-p.ittin; mye'.f of this delieate task, I fraaklv confess hef ireliand. th.it t'.ie eot.inu.sne. Cut none of the duties that I shall likely he r-'pared to perform, will eonsi -t, either ione-i'iuine,. leiutiit or e-t ih.i ilitne;. ?.ny nev system ot st ite policy or i .nprove neat, is to me, a source of great and jcaiiar relief. lJe.-aue, I r.miioi but look u,.o.i taes perplexing matters j. beini; already si ttle.l. th" roatroversi.s con. in i.ia them a imVd, ana the sesle and character ol our fiture plans ancnpiT.i: tons, fir ears to come, as 111 a measure permanently tixed. If, in this. I do not 1 rr, tlie ilutic devolving up-m each and all of us, as mere a;eutoftho people, are, to my mi l I, both ohviou a ;d easy of co nprchcn-i m. Taey arc evileativ t be roulbied to the labors ot excution; f the toiUo.ne. vexatious, and didicult endeavors to carrv out and perfect the nia ; ii:icient system of slate Improvement whieh the legislation of pat vears si lahori iiisly malu.ed. In assumiii.; sa:a gro.iad, I am not 11 'conscious uhit i 1 the c.n nation of a very respect able per ion ( mv fe'dow-citiici. it is considered tiiat the Smenat uadei taken e itiiely too much; lhat tlie! very attempt to prosecute so great an enterprise wit.i the moans in possession or expectancy, must ineaubly invrdv? us in debts boyoin. our abilities ; I, ... ... t i nay; and therebv entail upon us, the worst of a;i evils oppressive and rui.ioua taxations withbut eve a the hope of relief or m'.tijration. I am .not unaware, to , that in anticipation of such fear-, fal c.vise pieuecs, prediction after predieti in has r.ep.vite !lv escaped from intelligent lips, ralculaeJ t) chill the ardor and ta extinguish the noble rpirit of daring xvhioh seems to animate the b.i of a large inaj irity of the people. But the astonishing success which has thus far attended our progress; the realizition of ail, and more thia the most sanguine friends dreamed ot; nav. the flattering auspi -es of t'ne future, should, it appears p) me, dispel every doubt and quiet every fear which such boding prognostics may have created. To relieve myself, however, in Fp.-aki 15 s encouragingly, from the imputation of ever-wrought zeal, perhaps, from the cliaige of being lot deeply enamored with the enterprise itIf. to exercise a found and unbiased judgment permit ma, by departing a lilt'e from the rour-e usually a ihcred 10 on occasions like the present t) present you with some of the mo.t impo -tintfi"U which the eiperier.ee r f the past moslj in 'ubit.bly fun i-hej. Fro.n documents lhat in due time. 1-e laid U'v.n your tables by the proper department, I luve, at the expense of some Ubor, and with a vio to the assurance of my own mind, gleaned a few iuU.-rsting itcnn of statis'i s, which serm t- ino to exhibit ihe truest pi ture of the (-t-cnr.t 1 on J raiource of the state as they nnw ate. t.igether with the best data upon whi h to build calculations for the future. These have, been taken uniformly by me from the official returns ff tao assessment of UTable property, milrj from the savera! c-nintie' in the state, .jteab'y u the rfcpii-itions of law. If the rule which a'trio political ecenomisis have aid Jwn be correct, tint the wealth of a state confij'.s in tha numb?r and industty of her population. Indiana has surely the most abundant reaaaa to fvil confidant in, and proud of. her present condition and prospects. The yoirly accesstion bin") mid" to these undoubted elements of wealth Vi hrwn no lees ehecring than wonderful. To prn-tj th:, Uke ret arcs juat referred to there-

'nv oulUeii, theo:Iie,ef the Auditor of Mate, and compare them. I hese show l!ut the taxable Dolls ,r .-u . i. r. if,e . ..i iol lsO, amounted to tliat the sarnie tor lHd5 amounted to fjr l3C to 77,fo- 1 837, the present year, to 65,000. or thereabouts. I am hero constrained, however to acknowledge that these returns are in many respecU glaringly imperfect; that they fall greatly Mow the true estimate as the agrete vote for strales. This vote amounts to bet .wen eighty-three and ei!itv-four thousand, a little less, ou ineci ive th in the number of taxable poll returned, whereas. in truth, nd in fait, all parties will admit that not less thn fifteen or twenty thousand o ters eitlier retiiamed at home, or ili 1 not vote. Hut :iV. imperfeet as these returns are, tiiey iuliiiieut!y imli ate the progressive ini iease of p pu!alij:i to answer our pre ent purposes. They turui.-li the fiiends of tiie present system of stale poliey and improvement, with the itiot exhilerati ig resLlts. Instead of vitnesin the eloomv pro esi of depopuhition. as we to eonhdei.tly predicted, they have been gratified with the v. Iiihition of scenes the very reverse. The tide of emigration has continued to swell around us beyond all of former examples; to much so, tliat the i u rease of t ixalile polls of the lat two vi ars, exceeds the inerease of the taxable oils ol the iivpreeediiig vears amounted to on Iv li.O'Jl.' In other wor.N. the increase of the U-t two cnrs amounts to ;0,7 1 1 polls whibt the i.icic.is;' nf the five precediinr years amounts to onlv 1"-,0!K'. I leave the facts with you, without comment. I i-.l-.,.i .i, .,., I o. t. .1 1. tt, i, v.i, ii ru iivJlli , nil: IHlilfl-f ll- !-ll, ,K ; , .iii. . i i and the com lusi n-thcv h a 1 lo, arc as no ntc 1 ai li eonviucing as lhe loot faslidioud friendship eoi.lii d.ire. Again: ):i the subject of taxable propcrty the same documents display similar results equally as cheering and quite as conclusive. For the vear 1830, it is true

turns f ir instance, id IS'0 'ti." i!G and

we have not the means of ascertaining thei'h it we should

value of property throiioh - out ihe state the revenue of this vear 1 : t ..n 1 i-- .i. 1. ' ii'Oiu ni-rii uiin'rirti uuoer i:ie 010 sv sIfiii but. for the vears I SM.". 3G. and :7. 1 ... ...... (we are not Iclt so compleielv in the darV. I be new liict time mode ol taxation then lor the , . . . . adop'ed and eulorceti. shows t: thai the hat the sum total cf all . ......II IC l.ixaojes of these year-? rant:' s n a Iv a io'.ows: t' at ! is to sav. tor the year 183"). 47.3.3.S8.j dollars.' for 130.' 82. 1 t3.0S7 dollars fr l'.37 98, 500. 000, dollars. Do 1 itse filtering usults I ask below the true estimate as t iev confessedly are, indicate, in the remotest decree that any of ihe great fountains of our weal h have been drying up? With the utmost deference for ihe adverse opinions of others I humbly conceive not. The crnal rornmiuers of the Senate and House of. Henresi ntatives l ist winter in their report, calculated, only upon an increase of taxahies from year to vear -l a rate of ten per cent. Ti ns far, at least, they have missed the mark widely. Instead of 10 per cent, the returns of the present year exhibit an increase of near '20. If we descend from generals to particulars, the foregoing results will not tie materially changed; but. on the contrary we shall still be cheered bv the tltrcoverv of new facts, all alike, tending to sustain and confirm tlie people in the course they are now pursuing. Take for example, the eighteen counties bordering on the Ohio, including all the counties south ol White River, and we find that even there in the oldest settled part of llie State where the population, we ilth. and im provements are comparatively bxed, and consequently, less liable t 11 uctuaiion and change, the taxable polls increased the present vear 1 058, and the value of taxable property "2,405,838 dollars. I am not mistaken in this result: Hecause llie returns of 1837 show the taxable polls of these counties to be 19.178, and the amount of taxable property "25.4 12. 3 J7 dollars, whilst the same returns for 1836, only give us 1S.12J polls and '23,036,409 doilars of laxables. Hut to be more special still: select the counties, of Spencer, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Clark, Jackson, Switzerland, and Riply through which none of die contemplated works of Internal Improvements are to pass and botv slant's the acaccount there.' Why in 1830, they lelurned 7.898 polls and S. 170.37-1 dollars of tax 1blcs; and in 1837. 8,200 polls and 8.798. -510 dollars of taxahles, showing the increase of the present over ihe past year to be 302 polls and 023. 103 dollars of taxahles. A result, ccrtaiulv, which should be hailed by the friends of lint r.ial Improvement as peculiarly ominous and encouraging; a result whieh absolutely demonstrates thai no part or portion of our Slate has been reirogradino; that no part or portion of our fellow-citizens have been (lourishtti at the expense or upon the nr-ans of their neighbors; in shor, that while the nor.h has been springing forward w i !i amazing rapidity, the south; die pairiotic south! has been pursuing the even teimr of her way, prospering, even in those parts w here no adventiii ms circumfctunees have been permitted to assist her. The foregoing remarks being strictly applicable to our past and present condition, a glance at ihe future ma" not, perhaps, be unprofitable. We are all equally interested in the inquiry; What assurances have we that these prosperous circamstances are to continue, or lhat the sources of our Revenue are to exp-ind in proportion to the increased demand that we know must be made upon x;s from year to year, to defray the interest upon our rapidly accumulating debt' In finding an answer to these questions I am happy to say that we ara not left to the uncertain guidance of mere conjecture. , Ve !:are at cur command facts and data,

as undoubted i:i their character, as those

.,,,, w,,jdl we iavC just been commen .. J , ... liv reterring to t ie Keports vl the . -. p 1 Commissioner of the (.eneral Land Office for a series of years back, we asicrldn from tiiem, t!ie precise number of acres of the Public Land that li;tve been sold each vear within ihe limits of the State. an( consequently, the exact minimi additions tliat will cmistaiuly he making to the present amount of our taxable land as far 1,1 advance as i or the Sills! letlDIl of my fellow-cilizens, 1 here furnisll them wiili these important results. The quantity of public land sold, for instance, in 1 8o2 amounted to 540,4-14 acres these as a matter of course, became 'ax..b!e the present year: In lSIiH, 55.3.000 nerrs were sold vvbi'eh become taxable

in lbS: Iii 1S34, 5S5.O0O acres werejof such eoiiser.'jetices, and wii'i a view'

Soli which become taxable in IS'.IJ: In

1835, l,58t,004 acres were sold whicli Uuosted a di'll'ient plan; apian that can become taxable in 1S40: In 1S3G. only be carried into effect bv liberally in-:,-4'J.'210 acres were sold which be- dtiljriuij in a spirit of compromise. It is to c( nie taxable in 184 1 : making altogether, a concentrate the me, ins of the state on sum total of G.oVj'i.UoS acres which in portions of each wot k at the same lime,'

IM1 is to swell the tax list of that over and aboi e the tax list of 183(!, that is instead ot the five millions of lores and upwards subject to taxation in 1SH( uhject we stiai. have twelve millions aim upwaids have twelve millions . subicd to taxation in 1 b-4 1 , , Is not this a n osl anima'ing i esui l ? Could our pros pective advaticemenl in all the substantia elements of wealth be presented in bolde r .rebel. I Hut again; in looking forward to the j increase of taxation, it i quite natural iMiqtiite bow this hurlhei: ' 15 l" be distributed: Whether cquahy or nm? Whether it is so arranged that t,sa ..1,.. ,i , i...n " v . n' .m- 1111.;. ntwLoia an.ij I ,,e required to pay most? Prompted 1 1 11. 1 curiosiiy. 1 was icn to a somen 11 it 1 mmuie exauunauon 01 uiese poinis, ami 1 "r 1 i-. .1 . c . 1. o 1 - 0

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I ; year. 152 of them are directly and inimt'i !i.iieiy nut irie ii in int mi.s(: ninoi ,1, rii:iitr one of our public works, and '29 tliat are not! secondly, that the sum of all the taables returned bv the 52 counties this year, amounts to near seventy-six millions of dollars, while the same returned by the ?.) counties this year, amounts to twenty-two and a half millions; t stablishing ihe fact, to the satisfaction of the most scrupulous, that ihe former counties, even, of ihe r burthens and exp uses of the jireseni year. pav near three and a half times as much as tiie laUT. And I take it, that it needs but a moment's reflection to decide lhat, this ratio, great as il is, must continue to increase for years to come: For not less, perhaps, than, eight tenths of the six and a half millions of acres of land, which we have seen are to become taxable in 18 11, lie in some one of ihe 52 counties, or in ihe North. nd there is the north ton, with her port of entry, and harbor on the Lake; bet shipping list, strange, as it may sound to our ear.-; her 1 00,000 dollars worth of exports her three hundred arrivals and departures of vessels, of vat ions descriptions, the present year; her iron founderies, her numerous m lnuf.icturino establishments; hereiUerprisinir population her nourishing towns and vili iirfs; tlie North, I sav! hold out these flattering indications, that she too, will be forthcoming at the hour of need perhaps, by 'II. certainly bv 45 with her taxab'e list of ihirtv or forty millions of dollars. With all these facts before us. rati the remarkable circumstance which made false Prophets of so many of ns of ihe State's procuring list summer, in the midst of the universal wreck of credit which then pervaded the whole country, the necessary amount of funds, and on terms, too, as favorable as she asked for. remain at.v longer an enigma? I think not. A question of very considerable imper at.ee, bearing directly upon the mode and manner of prosecuting our public works, was agitated among the people during the last summer, with great energy and zeal. I mean the question of classification A more imposing one, perhaps, ha seldom or never been introduced to the consideration of any community: one. better calculation to rally lo its embrace, a more formidable host of friends. Concentrate, sav llie. advocate? of this policy, the entire energies of the state upon some one or two of tlie works, at a time, and finish them before any of the remainder are touched, and so on in succession, until the whole are completed. Now, ihe objection to all this, is not, nor cannot be. to the abstract proposition itself.but purely to what must grow out of the effort to apply it a division of friends the el-ashing of adverse interests; in a word, the niter prostration of llie whole system. Relieving that such would be the result of its adoption. I have heretofore, on all fit occasions, declared publicly to my feilowcilizens, my decided hostility lo it; and I have now only to add, that I have seen nothing since to justify a change. Still, if in all this, I sm mistaken if mv fears and apprehensions are groundless, here, I am happy to stiy, is the place lo correct them. I stand pledged to the people in this matter, to conform to their will, as thev may see fit to express it through a majority of both branches of the Legislature. But, in reality, are these fears immaginarv? Let us endeavor to test them. SorriP of the works must be postponed. But whwc shall they be? Xtb yea cf the North ij-ifructfJ by raur,

i-oil.Mlloi ul.s, hi v.He ilial iheir winiv l..li

be deterred, until al! or isarl of the ret t are eompieieiir 1 p; t tlie same queiiion v ouol the V, abash of the South of llij Centre of tlieKast? If you arc. why, then, e ery dit!:cu!ty vanishe?; no diss fuetislartioii t an neerue, and the plan ca:i l;e cariieil out smci-essf.illy; and iherewitli I shall be content. Hut if, as I am lt d to believe, your iiK-iructioiis are directly the n:verse; if you are sent here bv uur ronstitucnis lo uige a peedy and euergetie prosecution of the several works in vlii-li tliev are interested, 1 ctinnot, lor the me, sec how yo:j are toclafsify them in the wav i " i" wit'iout eitgeni re.itir such I dentin si l lili'ies, a:r ,dh ismns among von. as I to the wind. MiUM'i ivn to prove fatal j In aim, ipa'-ion :o escape from them. I have in other places.

year.eoinmencing at the most profitable and

commercial points, t be desjirit atcJ. the Leoisbiuire, or the Hoard of Interna! j Improverinc'i'; o coniplele li.e.-e portiens lesjiectivcly, before others are touched;! and, as soon as completed, put into use,' in order that the state mav be realizing: something from them whilst i:i the act ol'j finishing the remainder. In this way.con-l flirting interests monv preserved in .1 v lie reeoneilci I !...rand the great mass ol the people enlist d on the side of our imnrovements. A point, bv ihe way, of m- ; caleuHble importance. I or. bet the peo - For. !, pie of Indiana be. united let their means! ' 1 . 1. . 1 1 ...1 0 ... i huu leor.rces ml ap)iii''.i u iui ail i.i.ir skill and Mierrrv, and 1 could almost euture . ... ; to prcilict their achieving impossibilities nut sow tiic seeds ot discord instead, ca. .. 1 1 - i.x mi .t.rtu i., it...i ...aii.i.i' and llie triaut will instantl v sh i ink 1 n'.o ihe d vvat 1 . and a their efforts be attained bv the tno;-;;' 1.; eonenm i. ants of failure and di 1 pnoiii linen Il is hijhl necessary also, in the prosecution o our pu'.i.i works, ohseri cd that sir. economy sh-n 1, in the :idu.i nisu iiiiou of every department; lavish. o unnecessary expenditures, should be car tullv avoided; tlie people snot. dd lie satislied that every dollar they '1 r pttropr ate. shall be skillfully and legitimately npp'ioi am a ounted lor; 111 line. lhat such a lie.r selected and ri; most to relieve ol policy should be se:'idiv pursued, as w iii tend them from ihe but thens ol taXiiti-iil. and (ouiuirnd.dile vet attain for them, rapidity, the gread Willi em; oesi red. Cl'welv ?t:d inseparably connected as is the cause ol" Fdn.-a'itm with the proseniv ami su-i-c-s ol any pcooie. jt h s'l-cc-s ol any people, nib; v the o n t of w isilom 11 nq nest am. one ol the first requisites of prudence pi us, neither to forget nor .-i?s sight in our ze.d for ihe achievement ol objects. And I am proud to say hitherto, we have not. The fund? nf it oilier 1 that lhat have b -rn set a part for education purposes in Indiana, are truly great and npiniticen', and need only a correspond. ng energy am! foresight in the appl icat ton oi them, to procure the .pippiest results to carry tiie light of intelligence and the spirit of enquiry into every family circle in the .state. Fntertaininz such scntinpmts. I hope I need scarcely add. lhat I shall cheerfully endeavor to devote whatever ability or influence 1 may possess, ofnci d or otherwise, to aid in its promotion; to cheer its fiiend.s. and to raliv to its suport. the go id will and the best regards of my fellow-citizens gem-rally. Inasmuch, too. as ihe great vul p'U iniouni interest of ihe slide ic. from the peculiarity of her position and sot!, agricultural, il wil at all times a (ford me unmingled satisfaction. 1,1 contribute ,mv and every thing 111 mv power to encourage and sustain it. It is. recollect, for this end and surely a nobler cannot he conceived thai the fortunes of Ind'ana have been venu.rcd on the cotlruciion of so extensive1 ;i svstem of lut'-rnal Improvement. Tlie friends of tl-.is svstem ardcully hope, that tbi distant, when tlie mil c'.av will not pe far ion of freemen whose homes are lobe reared, ami whose industry is to subdue llie almost interminable forests, i:i the interior, shall be enabled i by it to enjoy like facili'.ics like advan-j tages in commercial transactions, as ure; at present possessed by our more fortunate! neighbors, who dwell upor. the batiks of, ihe Ohio. And permit me to remark, that I hail ihe spirit display ed, through the numeious agricnltuaral societies and lairs! created anil held the past year, in every j putt of the st ite, as furnishing the best' guarantee of future .success and exc r-llcnee. 111 every branch of mechanical nr.-.l agri-1 cultural skill. And to my fellow-citizens, who are ertgiged in at once so innocent so happy, and so beneficial a scheme, of improveme nt, as these same societies, indicate, in tlie utmost sincerity of my I bean, I say. Cod speed you. ! Ilavittpr now frankly comirnnicatcd tnv sentiments in regard to the most

prominent qvestions, that rue lisely ' fie;,,cntlv apt to mistake cunning and engage your thoughts and d-iiberainn-SU(.rr,ssfnj t.1(:t f,,r ability and high aequirefor some time hence, I have only to add, ' mrnts Tne r71agician at ihe Museum, that I shall diligently seek to co-operate j w,0 jnakes a ,uv ,i3prear. converts with vou in the furtherance of all inea?- - nmntres.' and swallows a halan-

ures 'that may have for their object the, proprity and happiness ot Indiana. And s!tho I shad rot prstitant; to triri

in vour a-MstHiii-e the aid ul Miutrmr

abilities, vet 1 nnuilliitr to a.-knowt-e.loe tliat F shall be behind you iii wdl or the inrlinn'.ion In seive inv state to the utmost. And being that w e are no-.v on the threshfihl of our o!io-ial interco'irse :md ditlics, mi tier me in rimeltision. lo sunp'ieate Alini-fliiv (od to labor-; to light up before us the path of du ty ; to i itipro ve aiiii direct our j ud genu nt?; to inspire, our hraiis wiili becoiuinij sentimonts of ki-dtiess and afTeeiioii fcr o..e another; and finally, t bestow upon us the richest lie servants can a-pire to the thinks, the commendation. ami the sujiport of iiittdli.-nt coti.stiiuetr.s. ; " ----- --- -- - From llie Xac York- S.'ur. .ISOVi 330 VS STAND, i he election in llns state has close.; and those for the year 1-V7. I: is tr,.iv amusing to look in the Government ii"vspapers, t':e Washington d'iol-.e and the Albany Argus, and see with what i:tl l.ubliishntg lace tliev vet endeavor to im or on llie people llie lohy and despoiistn id the cun.-'iic v tinkorers. and endeavor, bv all arts imaoiu able to delude the world into the Lthel that Van I'nren is still in a great majority, and that Kendall Jenton, W r;cn and Woodbtiry, as we'll as thenisel i e. :tre not only ierv great, but also verv honest men. Let us exami.ie, for a momen!, how far the people coincide with these worthies. Al the elections in Islio and the Jackson Van C.lreii p:;rtv had ; me pillowing : a'.es, viz: Maine New Hampshire, Alab itii i, Mississippi. 'J'eiiiiesiie, Ohio, M iebigan, Ibinois. .Ml.-sotiri, Arkansas, 1 1 ... 1 I '. ' .. k' - vcw io;k. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, irrroita, N ortli Carolim. Indiana. In all, nineteen States out of the twr-ntv--IX. At the elections wliieh Irive taken place sine of the pro ii llie do vc lenient ol the iev.sent administration, where the f llie people could be expressed opinion eil.iei lor a I inventor lueuners i.l t.onL'ress or Spite have the. "the there is Maine, Rhode Islam! N e w 1 oi k, New Jersey, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, 1 p tr j -hi ture, what Slates Let us see. party'' lost' North Carolina, Ceorgli, Guv. A lab una, C'jnrc Mississippi, (ijv. Ohio, Sn. Illinois, Cnv. Indiana. Maki-'g liiirt 'en States of the nineteen, that have virtually protested ao.iinst llu-ir measures. .Michigan lias just had its election, and it is vet doiihtod bo-.v it l.astennmated, hut it is believed the .-ro .v succeeded in 1 u rv small rn 11 j.-riiv. There are 1 of ihe rem pping it! j States to hold their elections po'i v i I the Sonno-i of these il is the o'.iini n o the ,- r:i -'os-ox ihetliseves that they wil! lost- ol.l ire ini.i and ('ouneclicn!. '11 what State., vvili llie administration find support or repose.' til the glorious Stales of New Hampshire, Missouri and Arkansas!! And vet thev cannot, wall a:r. l.-tv. ,..,,!.- rely on New Hampshire; she aroused lor the contest. :isi, the result is doubtful. The account will then stand :ts stated below, and President Van P.uren mav add ress his message to (.'on gress cm Monday next, accordingly. As be referred. i:i his Conner one, to ihe two elections which had taken place, to justify his despotic course, we presume ihosc vvhi-eh have recently taken place will no, f a pe bis no' ice. Jarkt-m. l'i Iturcn . Co., limal v:: (ICCO'.tHt i'l f."Vo;-;; I a ll!: .l-f'cC-PiV, 1 S3 5 '30. Dr. Ct Mas 1 el liuse 1 I 1 Vermont, Maryland, Delaware. Sooth Carol Louisiana SixS riv 19 s- !.-. I na J lt37 ami 9 Dr. r Cv MissKinri ,ri ... an y i lireeSt-jte ' J 23 States -3 ' Miehigai A ruansa Can history point out su. ii a route, stic.'i :i reverse of fortune, fitch a political discom!i."ire i.l so short a time.' To have but three Hates out cf twenty six, and those three very small and new states and vet the President is told by Kendall and others, lhat he must exhibit Roman Firmness" he must stand by bis measures must, renew bis recommend. 1ti'ins to t ike control of the ;r,bl;e money out of the hands of tlie people, iV: establish a 7VrC 'I'1 Pi Jl One liiet seems to tie e?iab,i,.ieu bevond doubt bv die course of the new President. He has deceived his friends as well ns bis opponents as to the measure of bis iniel't ct and has cxhibi ed such a want of capacity of ordinary good sense and ability, for the high station be occuPies t lull 1 hi poorer-, ia):u r ' 1, is 1 ami. now entertains a verv liumtiie opinion 01 1 , , 1 ... ,1, prove5 that mankind hftm!le knif; amJ fork .is really a wonui,erfu 1T,3n in his w!v, but would certainr maie , , Vfry iCftnt Pre-ii!nt of t'.:

From the ll'uriaw Patriot. Wi'CI.FCZ. P.tuZvEEn. Il becomes our duty to rer rd a deliberate and ; ilful murder which was cm:. milled at our wharf by an oflieer on board the steamboat Mountaineer, on the morning of W edncsday Inst. The Mountaineer arrived theevenit.sr previous, and took on board several hundred barrels of pork.

During tue 1 1 i 1 1 1 a man by the name of SIMON STOCK DELL, a citizen of this county; accompanied Ins brother-in-law and sister, who were moving to Arkansas to the boat for the purpose of helping them 011 board with their furniture, 61c. A neero man a!-o accompanied Mr. Stockdell to the river, probably for some purP'ise, and at the lequest of some of the --dicers a'si-ted in getting 0:1 the freight i.ntil id I was on baarJ. The negro then spoke to Mr. Stuckdell, and told him that they had paid him nothing for his iabor, upon winch Mr. Stockdell requested ail o Jii err on board was probably the male, to pay ihe negro som. thing. The officer told Mr. S. to "g -1 to he!!." and that the eero had not earned r.nv tiling and he would not pay him; Mr. Stockdell again rcmo'istrat w :th tiie officer upon his t.nffilli'tii.in.v con-.luoi t xvitliout effect. I'he ol!i ie oflieer t.'icn m an ai.tho.-tivi 1 v 111311 - nig in a.ner ordered .Mr. Stot-kd'.-ll to unlose the cable, whii.h Mr. S. refused to ! i, ur.'ess the nct'r.i was paid. Two of t ie h .-pis were then s.-nt r.s.beie for the avowed put .--e of whipping Mr. S. and bo'h attacked bun id a furious manner, but he proved too uracil for diet); i sufeeed rd in driving them both from him, when some one on board said shoot the d n r.isal;' ihe report ot a rille or pistol immediately followed from tlie I oat and Mr. Stockdell fell. The ball struck h;m on the sido. of the hea'!, directly above the eur, and he died instantly. Tiie negro then rati into town and alarmed our crizens some of whom arrived at t lie wharf before the boat ot under wav among them was a magistrate, who told ihe (-rptain ilie m?.n was d( ad, lhat ihe ail'.ur must undergo a a leo'l itive-tig ition, an! requested him and his crew to come 0:1 shore for that purpose. The cojitain replied, that one of bis men had been isaporrotisly cm jtl the iil'rav. with a knife, that 1; would be imprudent to move him. and that as for the trial or investigation, it was unnecessary and he r arid nothing about it. The h mds during this conversation, were engaged in pushing the boat o'.f, and she imtne bv lintel v g-if under wnv. It mav be proper to state that we learn lb" e;reii'-.i-taii--i-s of tiie cotiiiip. neeme.'it and fi'.-d t"r titipitio.-i of the affray from the pegri, man, who was the only person who wip:e-ed It, C.VC.-p boa1; bni he is known to truth n.id v i-ra-epy, and im; those on the lie a man of but confidence Tlie gun was 1 t - j due- . 1 . . 's sr a'.r mem. 1 '1 '; !i f il-- l'ii liM-il i bd'J 1 the two itifa j who firs l commenced the attack were on j shor", and no doubt exisis but what it was lired cin.t r by the captain or the mate. A coroner":. in,jnr-st was held over the body. vcrde'i ..f p,,; jury, that the deceased came to his death by a bail from a pistol, shot by an oilicer on board the i -traai' ; M'c::;! oncer, on tlie moniii" of j Dec Kid,. 18.:." 1 W .1 Of O'-.r OtliZTiC, tOOk p:is;:ir-.s 0,i imard the sp amb -al Vvai -aw, about four hours al.er li e Moitnt-uurer had left, for the purpose r f apprehending the captain and crew id the I itter boat m I, but owing to unavoidal.de delays, they did not get thfre in tunc to accomplish llieir j '" the canai -toe pout had Inimed liirou"ii ai;u v as s on h er wi'V to New ( trlcnus. The 11 i.ti-' e f the cap'.ain of tlie Mountaineer we upders'and is S ITRRF.TT, n :d tf lie be not ;i tr.i.rlerer hiinse'f, .he is at least an abettor harborc r and protector of ortc.'e.; has shown i y his eonddct liiat he is. no br-per than one-. We hope that f very or i t .1, ,1 a newspaper between PittsO r.eans, wil notice thu murder, and help us put upon this Mood-sfai-ied lib-in and nnrderer, Stcrreti, (for stu b we 1- bv ve iitm to be.) the mark of ( '..in. so that il he escape the just ir.dignirion of t'.o peoi.Ia ta every community in xvhich he may appear. a rositR. A biy otice complained of his bed A llow for taking half of the; bed. 'And who not.1" said hi mother, 'he's f n'i i'ed to half uint be.'" Vr-s mother," said the boy. but bow should VO'l iiie mm 10 take out a 1 the mi"; part for Ids half? f right out o' the be vi ,:iv bis Pail r;L"Ut out o middle, red I have to sWt p on iioili sides of him." Fatal and sr.$nTar rirnaHy. Mr. John Ctirti.'. a luehty r"-prct.-ihle c;h7n of Pnilaeelpiiia. a eootM-r by pas'", met an l.ntir; !y shoi king lb-nth on S-aturdsv ruiiniing in the following si. king n.aiitier: He liaj alter leaving JS woik taken don r-a 1 Ince f beetTax v.J.ich be thouchilcsslv at'f rnpt -d to ihvii'e, by plaeirff it enn his thieh. and st eriii!f ituilh a larsre atid keen butcher's knife Ti e knife clan' eel from its r'ircttion iriflictinz a severe wound nntliethi?b which enn plcirlv severed the tnsiii nrP-ry. ?efore surgical aid could be procured, idthouirh promptly eidled. the unf irtiii.ate lenn whs n pallid e-jrpsc, welterinctin Lis blond, which gashed like a torrent from the wound. v 1". S. lnnk sto"k is up 'o -2'2 ar the premium O'l specie in don tn 4 t-