Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 September 1841 — Page 2

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A tscrd to the tfglitjcnt. Some few

emwr, wiioi vcr he iuhv he. ! J . , .Now up dislike 'outrages, and utterly ,akfcU flwl our olLce b-v SOMie lerso to .'ppv ih:;t t!.r r!u,r.c of Mr. P. 'soared in'"3 unknoffn" We nrc v'illij'?'o rifled

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uirr-rrdco; it Wit3 i ok of an y kin i is taken from the of-rdm.-.i s unknown "ten years" ago, a3TlC0 without cur knovs ledge, u hicli does not the rule of the Courier. Tut to this : be,onS lo U9 the 'crson ?uilt-v of such an ,uper idrg power, the Courier says: lence, should at lenst return wlmt he has -Our fritiiJ of the Lafayftto Journal, Vin-1 !n!lGnflV-a.V (after lmving rea.llt to his 38tceniics Ga-ctte, and "'rvay ytatpsraan, are quite , isftictlotl) without further trouble. We rxcl!; and Judeferancc to their more practised 'dunot in n molives adverse to what judgment, would sny, ui.just to President!. . , x.

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I'TLrrt. What earthly good C3n 'result from such a course, wc are at a loss to comprehend." We were not so 'excited" or inflated, as to recommend "cutting off the ears!" We btlieve iu the injunction of St. Paul, "be temperate in all things." The following paragraph from the Leuisville Journal, exemplifies all we might add: "We are not disposed to denounce the President; 'hard words butter no parsnips. ' ' C;n. Gaz. "And we, too," says Prentice, "might he disposed to foromo the use of hard words, if we had no nobler ol'jcct iu view than to butter our par-

The good book recommends humility, and a passage from the eloquent speech of Mr. Clay on the ta'e Veto Message and truly characteristic of his own course, is to the point. He says "Pride, vanity, egotism, fo unamiable and of-feris-ive in private life, are vices which partike of the character of crimes in the conduct of public

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cannot arc boyoiid the iil'.Ic, petty, coatctiiptiliie circlo of his ocvn ersnn.il iiilircsts. All hi (hushis are withlrawn fn-m lib country, and concentrated on his consistency, his firmness, hini!-f!f. The hih, the exalted, the sublime emotions of a patriotism, which soaring towards Heaven iis-cs far above all mean, low, or stliibh thiags, uad ii absorbed by one soul transporting thought i f thi.- g. oJ and the glory'of one's country, aie never h it in his impenetrable bosom. That patriotism, rvhich. catching its inspirations from the Immortal (Jod, and lavinq at nn immeasurable distance below all lesser, grovellinir.

personal interests and feelincs. nnimates aiul prompts to deeds of c!f-sacrifice, of valor, of devulion.anJ of death is. If that is a public iitue; that i.i tha i.ol!e.-t, the euliitnett of all public vi.tuc.T' A Mr. I?ou Ics of Taoli, in Orange coun

ty, ia., togetaer wuu a .nr. Caihctirt and a feiluw by the name of Cotningore, held a p-ihiic meeting at that town a short time since rn.l pa:rd on 3 resolution coivplitaen'ai y to rtesiuar.t Tyler, for his yeto of the Iank DlYt, and several re-suiulions cond' innatorv of the approval of the Land bill, Bankrupt bid and repeal of the hnibTrcasury. Tins Howies calls himself a

Doctor, and is as great a compound ns the Frenchman's punch.'sugar tosweeten.lem-

on to ??',.r it. water to weaken, and brandy to make itctrong.' The meetinr adjoumed after passing a resolution that Tyler should sw allow a draught of the doctor's Locofoco punch.

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r;.;v gk an s--::i:c ot aisview; --t;on la3 nr-ad'.iico and discerni . P" tko u halo matter ill prove ii i n -t d'.-siro Lis elevation to a blander! If it unfortunately

if tao information prove

is right and proper on the part of the per

son who bore onr book away, but we do think it right and proper for lain to return

to us what we wish to return to him of

whom we borrowed. The Louisville Advertiser, we see, has been calling us hard nrmes, such as the

editor of a little federal paper, a sucker of

poison from the Journal, &c. &.C. If the l'(i'h-a JttddccV ' editor of the Advertiser does not like Trentice's poisoned shafts, why should he complain of our sucking poison from him? Teim ever since iht memorable ChiiMopher Armstrong affair, smells poL-oti in every thing bearing rm nccc'sari resemblance to the sweet figure he cut at that time. The Louisville Journal says that air profTht complains of the quantity of blood

he has been spitting, in consequence of

over exertion in the Whig cause. If Mr. Proflitt don't like klood spitting he can quit it as soon as he plenees; his speeches, as well as those of his particular friends, have produced a hemorrhage in the body politic, that requite better treatment than can be given by Messrs. Wise, Cidmer tt Co. fi

We are informed by a gentleman, just

from the re, that nine hundred houses are

now being built at Cincinna i, the Quctn

of the West. "9 9"

The attention of our readers is ca'ded

to article on the first page, railed The La

dies Fair. It will pay them for reading

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ill. a caption beausu notice oi mo loco Fuco savings and doings so generally that no argument required to demonstrate its applicability to the prevailing propensi

ties cf their editorial opinion-makers. The frequent departure of iheir crowing and blowing writers from that candor and propriety which mark the Whig press, is only one of the features of the Van IlSurcn leaders ike underlings it is evident, are required to 4 follow in the footsteps." One instance of genered notoriety here, to arraign and exhibit their usual course, may

tertain full confidence in the wisdom and patno- tlUe a COunty board of equal

tim of president lur.n and has cab.net coun- re3pectJve counties, and ihev sellors, relieving them to be incorruptible states- c , 1 . 1 r 1 i 11 m .v. of them (what 13 a maiontj

cally contradicts the Western Sun, that 1 reasonable: I'rorided, raid board sha'.l

beg of you to insert it." not !e39en lhe eSSie vr.tua ion oi tne

Resolved, That we, of this meeting, citizens of iie. 1 tuticitw rk vt Vincennes and Knox county. Indiana, holdir.sr the charge, I refer you to ec. IS. "ihat

ourselves til ways free to judge of the after acts of the board having County business, county our Government arx of a'l men in authority, en- Auditor end county Assessor, shall consti-

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or a majority out of two,

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we cordially repose a fnm reliance on his Admin- ",1U fc , istrat;on,n.a only to promtte the creation of an Monday of June, one thousand eight hununifo'ira national currency, and the gesmul goou dred and forty-two,and annually thereafter, of TiiE cocmbi, but aloo to disenthral thcGovcrn- for the purpose of hearing complaints and mcnt from all its veiatious en.barrassments, as equalizing the assessments, and valuations the people have disenthraled themselves from the 0f iill real and personal property w ithin shackles ofa party wLoseac.s originated in the cx-!guch countv; lr0vidcd, that said hoard isting difficulties that we confident y tru?t the : - ,, " 1 ..-1 1, r .!...;,, --n 1 11 r 1 .u isnn . m no case redu -e the aggregate vrdhoncr of the nation wnl be held safe, and the in-1 . . . . .c tere.tsof the people be duly consulted, andthat,118 of such property Withm such county.

we fchall zealously sustain every nreper executive 5 Originally assessed Iff t.'iC SHUe loara

measure to reform the abuses under wkLii the . of equalization."

Ui.ion has too long suffered.

The foregoing resolution, with the references of our correspondent, and wdiat has been already said by us, exhibits a picture of the usual course of our editor:! opponents, sufficient to show them as they are. If our readers will only reflect, their own memories will .'supply all wc now pass oer. That the Whig party or any whigs, dressed the nominal cfiipjv. asserted, is believed to bo groundless and untrue. Whigs do not act clandesti nely, and the wardrobe oi Loco-foco adherent3 was, it is known, placed in requisition for the dress Until s-ome better evidence bo produced, a belief w ill remain, that it was "the act of a few unknown, heedless (and we might add hico-foco) boys. The charge made in the Western Sun, is in perfect character with the original intent it passes 'dike the idle wind," or reverts with interest upon the fabricator. Mr. Robert Tyler, one of the President's buvs, purports to lie astonished at the Whigs in denouncing his Pa. He says that " 'Pa' i3 astonished too." Lou. Jour.

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Geoige . Proflitt it seems has tacked about air&in. We suppose after his return he will charge his temporary apostiicy to au overcharge of wine; George h-i loimerlv very fond of sncakiner of

. v. ., i,,"i r general terms, last week. The editorial

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which was Wise

thousand u hich could be

luced. The Western Sun of August

28th contained a vamped up editorial, the subioct matter of which we Oil.ei ted to in

readily surmise without a

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ai i nay the credit of the union, U a - tliat of the States, must greatly 'rate: r.r.d liowever a war will ten'

f ) iinlteo.tr fellow-citizens to protect their co. a. try and o-mish the loo, it cannot over"

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:v:l ot tao veto, nor mitigate a 1V0 : p japl", whose feelings .:! patriotism were a roused to a: 1 iaoa i-:i too soon calA Foreign war is better than

and a second veto may a rat ion from Con gross of

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will get out his of dilemma somewhat in this, his usual bombastic, egotistical, lisping manner. Wise and myself had been drinking wine pretty freely, and got two sheets in the wind,' (Geo. is very fond of dealing in sailor phrazes, learned by flat boating) and I thought for a Huthe I'd throw out a feeler at I'oize. "Small curs are not regarded, when they grin." ..e g gun. Our friends of the Wabash Courier accuse us cf acting unjustly toward President Tyler. If to express our indignation at the Piesident's course in regard to the Veto, in an emphatic and independent manner, can be shown to b'J unjust, we must plend guilty to the charge. The genrnd joy manifested by the Locofoco party throughout tho whole length and breadth of the United States, in consequence of the exercise of the Veto power

by Mr. T I r, is surely some evidence of

the correctness of oar course. We have heretofore acted on the straight line cf

duty so far as wc knew it, to our country

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tinue to act so until the end of the drama. We might have taken a different course

If onr friends of the Trr? IIautehad we not, long ago made up our mind,

Courier arrogate to themselves (as some .never to

" Flatter Neptune for his trident, Nor Jove fur his power to thunder.

A gentleman who arrived at this

place on Thursday night last, direct from

vise acres believe a suptrvir ionary powr, or ridiculous pretension, to lead the Whig press f Indiana, we hope we da rat incur their displeasure by asserting

oar ptrfect equality. We saad take the j Cincinnati, says, that about three hundred

saaie liberty lo remark upon their course, j negroes are enclosed and under guard in

mat they so iVcqntntly indulge, upon the j the jail yard of that city, alany cf the ne-

cojrse of their equals. We made a few gives are fdaves, and are now anxious to

i :anark5 hst week in i!ation to the repir be reclaimed by their masters.

Ox!" Wo are requested to inform the

citizens generally that the time allowed

thcaa f-.r procuring Are buckets has ex

ted i.a oiiaisteaay of the Hon. Geo, li. Pronitt, not unlike the remarks which the editors condemn. That paper of last week S3s:

-It is an entree on tao feeliags of a docidrd f' re'!- an! that all who havo failed to pronnd lionest polittciun on a man whose plume 'vide themselves vv ill) the same, will be prohas toared in the front of the Win; batullion.l ieJ a:..,ip,t inmiwtev according to lor ten year t'.nii to h&ie lm goi J name as- r j",ii;-d fhrourh the mi-'akes of newjtnaj-cr r.r-J -

alluded to, distinctly charged, that a pub

lic meeting held at the court house "the past spring," extended, "by resolutions," the confidence or Tin: whole Whig PAiiTY t Mr. Tyler in aia-ance, and that the same (Whig) party, extended an efligy of the same man on a pole, in one of our public streets, in a few months afterwards. The facts on record in this paper of the 5th May, in relation to the public meeting

adverted to, unquestionably contradict the Sun editorial. A correspondent, whose

article ia unnecessarily prolix, says: "The editorial adopted by the Western Sun (as above etched) is false in every essential

particular touching that meeting and the Whig party. The. meeting was called after President Tyler had assumed the reins

f Government and addressed a satistac-

lor)' letter retting forth his intentions, soon

after the death of the lamented Harrison;

and after being elected by the Whigs upon

the Harrison ticket, and pledging himself

lo obey the injunctions of our first favorite, a hearty approval of his sentiments with full " confidence in his avowed

course, isgianngiy misrcpruuuiou vuon stigjnatized as confidence "in advance."

But this is not all; the preamble to the resolutions clearly set forth the grounds upon which they rest, as the notice calling the,

meeting, clearly set forth its object, and no

man disposed to tell the truth, and having!

the facts mentioned before him, would say confidence was bestowed "in advance," nor that the meeting "extended by resolutions" or otherw ise, "the confidence of the whole Whig party." The meeting expressly slate the continuance of the Harrison Cabinet, is a guarantee of Mr. Tyler's sentiments, and that "the view s w hich influenced a large majority of freemen, THE TRUE DEMOCRACY OF JiUHIEERS of the United States at the last Presidential elec. tion"' w ould be honestly carried out by this cabinet. The meeting not only disclaimed .ii.y wish to arrcgatc a right to think for

but the llr-t resolution cu ciapaati-

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"Some jrofound financier! tell us, that it is of no consequence to us how much we are taxed, because the taxes raised are not thrown away, but spent among us. We might as well tell the poor widow, thai when her wood is burned it is not wasted; it is merely decomposed aud expands in the atnios:bcre,and that it will return with increased value in some shape or other.

These stories look quite philosophical; but

the woman could, and no doubt would, tell you, that she could not replace the same

quantity of fuel without making a draft

upon her pocket. In a somewhat humid communication in the last Gazette, I attempted to show that the adoption by the last Legislature of the

present unjflst sysrem for the collection of the revenue and for valuing the property of the state were the principal causes of the

change in tho political caste of our next legislature, and I now propose, w ithonl en

tering into an elaborate examination of

the subject, a few aJd t'onrd thoughts for

the consideration ot the citizens not only of this county, but every county in the state of Indiana.

It cannot be denied by any rational man.

that economy is one of the most essential

virtues in any state, especially in a young one, and that no salaries, or prusect'ne fees should be granted, but in considera

tion of actual services, is self-evident, and j

needs no advocate in me. Aow the question is, whether the system adopted last

winter, is, or is not based upon tae princi

This as a matter of course cutsoiT all

chance of having the assessments diminished, no matter how unjust, after lhe assessment, or equalization by the state board in January. If thev (the Slate

Board) think proper they can takeoff from

the wealthy counties, and and tueame to the poorer counties, and in this way the aggregate valuation of property in the state will not be reduced. This is equal

izing, is it not? And this bring"; us to the delegated power entrusted to the several branches of the legislature; we said lat week that the delegation of power was a work of supererogation in the members of the legislature, it was not expected by the citizens in this state that the legislature should allow any of the county otlicers to fix the amount of tho salaries of other county officers, and in order to give a more full and explicit understanding of w hat we mean, as well as for the information of the citizens generally who have not had an opportunity of reading the law, I ask their careful attention to the whole of Sec. f2. "That each County Auditor shall receive for his services the following fee3 and compensation, for making out the duplicates for state and county tax, the list of delinquent taxes, for every sheet

of one hundred words, pronded that three

Does his mother know he's out?" figures shall be counted as one word, ten ' , ... 7: uents; making out copies of duplicate? ! or the incennes uazette. , P r . ,11

requireu oy law, lor eacn one nunurtu

words to be computed as before, eight

cents; recording proceeding5 of board doing countv business, or other record, and entering the accounts necessary to bo made or kept in bis office, for every one hundred words, ten cents, for every crltr on the county treasury, six and one fourth cents: for every entry and transfer of land for taxation, twelve and one half cents, lo be paid by the person requesting such transfer; for making a deed for any land or town lot sold for taxes, one dollar, to be paid by the person receiving such deed; and for all other services required of said Auditor by law, or now required of the clerks of the board doing county business, any sum not exceeding fifty dollar? per annum; which together with all other fee? now allowed clerk of board doing county business, and not otherwise provided for by this act, shall be paid out of the county treasury on the order of the board doing county business, and not otherwise: Provilcd. Said board doing county business shall in no case give an order to said Auditor for fees, but upon an account made out and sworn to by said Auditor, which shall be filed in the otlice of the treasurer ol said county: dad Provided, further, That the board doing county business, shall if they be of the opinion that the

Auditor cannot under this act, receive a sufficient compensation for the services by him rendered, they are authorized and re

quired to allow him such further sum as

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pies of economy? and whether the last leg-, Y may eem just ana r:asn:uuie, 10 oe islature havo acted wisely or unwisely. Pd out of the county treasury, on the Some of the gentlemen who voted for thejoi of said board doing county busi"sysc?i" w ill no doubt tell you that it waSness'' of as much or more interest to them than Well, what 1 want to know at this parte the writer of this in a pecuniary way,: titular stage of my inquiries, is, what was to lessen instead of increasing tho num- the use of fixing any of tho fees by law, &

.111 conclusion auow, in inc very scuuu

Two well-dressed negroes were passing, and some cf the sand chanctd to fall upon then tine dresses. A little dispute ensued, and tho rtsull was one of the negroes, without any other provocation, cut one oj the boys so badly that bi bowcia

were all let out and hung down upon his abdomen, the other boy was slightly nabbed with a dirk knife by the other negro, and they made their rscspe. As scon es the news of the aflVir became general, the indignation of the commuiihy was aroused, and, accordingly, about 8 o'clock on Friday night, some 2 or 3,000 citizens formed themselves into a body, wiih clubs and walking sticks, and gathered around the houses of the negroes, situated on the squares bounded by Broadway, Pike, New, and Seventh streets, and known to common fame as Negro town. The black apprehensive that some serious difficulties would take place, had prepared themselves w ith fire-arms, to resist an attack if made. About 8 o'clock, ati afTrny commenced at a small house on Sixth "street, which resulted in the firing of three shots by the blacks, badly wounding three or four cf the assailants. A short time after cne of the leaders succeeded in getting a parly to march down Sixth sirtet among their dwellings; they did so, and were fired upon by the occupants to the number of 13 or 20 shot. Several were wounded, one or two of w hich, I am informed, have since died. The assailants then It P. the scene of tumult, and, about a half an hour afterwards, returned with a small fieldpiece, which they loaded wiih iron punchi;igs, rivit heads, ttc., and firtd it dawn Sixth street w ithout any other effect ihau slightly injuring some of the Imiidrrigs. Subsequent to this another volley was fired by the nrgroes from New street, which killed one nnn and wcataLd several others. At this juncture it was about 1 o'clocju and the military began to make their appearance around the mayor's office. 'Piie mayor, er!y in the. evening was mi the ground, ami made a speech tothernob, advising them to dipcr.e; but it was Iik talking to the wit d. At the request of the rn .yor, the military, ccnsi'.ing of the Citzee.i' Guards and the Grays, uurched to the scene of the riot; and sentinels were posted around the negroes' house. The military sueceedi d in preserving tranquility for the rest of the night, or ruber until morning. During all the d iy ycttrday there was great txci:cri:e:.t in our city, and thousands of eople were assembled at the scene of ?ct;nn. Strong symptoms of another outbreak wern manifested through lire day. The city council met, and tliers was general mee ing of the citiz"ii at the court house, at which, resolutions were

passed f-xpressive of a determination lhe people lo preserve the auprcuiacy

the uws. Al sundown, list night, all the streets of our city began to be tilled with tho popnlacf ; and abort 8 o'clock a rush was made by the moh to the office of the Abolition press. They made sh irt work of it, completely riddling the office of pre-s, types, paper, Szc. The presses were taken to tliH river and thrown in, and tha papers anil books, anil other articles tossed into die street. Tin: office was thoroughly demolished.

Accomplishing this, ihe mob went to Fifth street, to the residence of then own 1ous Harnett, (Iv'.glishman. rank Abolitionist and confectioner.) who bad, 011 several occasions, secreted runaway slaves. The doors of his shop were soon broken open, and the work of destiuction commenced. Cakes and candies, and sugar ami j.trs were thrown into the street, and trampled under the feet of the populate. Every thing the house contained met the same fate; and had the family not made its escape, its various members, doubtless.

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hancing the weight of&taxation; that their j prescribing those fees, the board doing property must undergo the same mode of, county business to give the Auditor what

taxation, as that of their neighbours. This ever appeared to that board, (anu tne aumay bo all very true, but U is related of,ditor one of them) any just and reasonable the fox that after having gone out on n.eum? Was there ever any thing more voyage of discovery, and trespassing on absurd? Was there ever a system devisthe rfghts of others he was unfortunately ed by any legislative body, so transcendcaught in a trap, by which ho lost his tail, antly silly and burdensome? But this is ltenard very ingeniously, on his return 'not all; I could fill one entire side of your to his associates strove to convince thcra paper, Mr. Editor, were I to enter into a that the loss of his shaggy appendage was; full analysis of this unheard of, unpreceof great advantage to bun, and advised his dented, and almost inconceivable system fellows to follow his example, "as it was: of hunibuggery practiced upon the people then the fashion among the most cunning by the last legislature. Some of the late foxes to go without tails." If those "icise ! members may say, ! have been prompted men from the ea:V succeeded in foisting, by malice, in this undertaking; I will reupon the members from this part of the, tort and fling back upon them, with the state, a "state board of equalization" by same good huraor the language of Minew hich they have lost their tails, we havelr.ius Aggrippa to the citizen, the example of the fox for believing that Either you must these tailless gentlemen will endeavour to 'Confess yourselves wond'rous malicious, persuade us that a loss of the nether part, r be accused of folly, I shall tell you Fs a very great gain. In my last comma- A pretty tale; it may be you have heard it; ,fc -, 1 ., . .,- , - r But, since it serves my purpose, I will venture nication, 1 remarked that the decisions of To d it a ,iulo ,

the state board ot equalization were irre

vocable, and I snail now refer you to Sec7

10th to prove my position. "That there shall bo elected by joint resolution of both houses during the present session of the General Assembly, one person resident of each judicial circuit, who, together with the Auditor of state shall constitute a board of equalization for the state, which board, shall assemble at Indianapolis, on the fourth Monday of January, 1842; and should any of said board of equalization not meet -at the time specified, it shall be the duty of such as shall meet, to appoint suitable persons from the several circuits, to fill the places of such as may not be present, and when so met, shall have power to equalize tho valuation of real estate in the several counties throughout the state, which they shall do. by adding to, or deducting from, such per Centura as to taerri shall appear just and

From the Louisville JourrTl.

Cincinnati, September 5, 1841. Tremendous Excitement-Military Under Arms Abolition Effacts--a Tress Dc etroyed. During the past thirty-six hours our city has been the theatre of one of the most extraordinary riots that ever occurred in the West. I have several times, during the last three or four months, had occasion to advise you of some acts of violence of the negroes towards the whites, and, at the same lime, remarked that ere long some movements would take place in consequence, that would cause regret both with our citizens and the Abolitionists., On Thursday night last, two boys were playing upon a email sand-hill, on

Broadway, thowing sand at each other.

would have been made terrible exnmples.

During all the time, the military and police to the number of five hundrpd, were parading the streets. After the destruction of the Abolition office and Harnett's efTects, inquiries were made for Thomas Morris, a notorious Abolitionist, formerly Locofoco United Sta'es Senator from Ohio, and Dr. Bailey, edit, r of the Philanthropist, and it was ascertained they had both luckilv left the cirv. In our city, this morning, tranquility reigns, but still lhe excitement is great, and very possible the like scenes may be repeated tj night. On yesterday the mayor took the precaution to have the negroes conveyed to the j ul yard, and a 9trnng guard placed to protect them, , After the military was disbanded, last night, some of our most respectable citizens turned out and arrested thirty cr forty of the ringleaders, and lodged them in jail. It is my impression, from what I can now observe, that there will not be an addition of those scenes of violence to-night. From Washington I have proceedings

of Conrress in n thf nio-ht nf Ancnst

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1 ue oenate passeu me oar rroui tne noue, making the appropriation to defray the funeral expenses of the late President. On the following day the vote was to be taken upon the bank bill. The bill in aid of the Post Office Department was then taken up, and, after adopting one amendment was passed. In the House, the Committee of Conference consists of Messers. Fillmore, Pickers, and Wallace of Indiana. I have nothing c!;e to write to-day.

Prom the Lou. Paihj Journal. Cincinnati, September 7, 1841. The Senate, on the 2d, (Thursday last.;V took up the bank bill again, and as Mr. Archer intimated on the day before, ho add.-esstd the Senate in favor of the bill, lie contended that the provisions of the