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To Pendleton by 6 m, 36 mites And back between 6am and 6pm Friday. 407S From Knights town, lnd.,at 1pm, •once a week, Friday

By Greensboro'

m/14 miles: aim am ii

To Newcastle by 6 And back betweeit am,

4076 From Ogden,Ind., at 12 m, twice a week. Monday and Friday BySpiceland

To Greensboro* by 2 m, 7 miles And I back b^tfgen 9am and, 11

4077 "From NeWcsstle, Ind., at 5 a m, once a week, Wednesday By SulphurJSprings and Middletown ..

To Chesterfield 12 m, 18 miles And back between 1pm and 8 pm. 4078 From Middletown, Ind., at 6 a m, once a week, Thursday VrfH By Rich Woods

To MuncipiQwo by 11 am, 13 jj wiles ,-s |s And back between 1 and 6 pm.

SPECIAL OFFICES.

1)1

Bovdston's Mills from Oswego, five! *s

Dover and

IVI UUtjnf UIIVO »rcunt

Hannegan from Carthagft.

Hopewell from Dupont,

Springtown from Stilo*vill«, 5 and back, twice a woek. V*

v»\\mv W»m

milm nnd back ^wice a week. 1

Taylor from Mt.Vernon, miles and „__i. jj

back, oneei a week. Uniontown from and back* once a week.

VVadesville from Gosporu fivejnilos lind back, once a week. Wallace from Alamo, 9 miles and Wk, one* a week. --a

Warrington from Pendleton, 7 miles **^Wck,onco a week. ^*tloo from Connersville, 5 miles and b*^y%once

week.

West ^^nklin from Evaiwx ille, 13 once a weok*

Winfiold Grown Point, 7

bidder.

Form of a Guaremiy (o accompany each Bid "The^tin dersigned

not

back, once a week. P'nce

miles and back, once a week. Luray and Alfred from Newcastle, J1 miles and bark, once a week.

Mets from Spring Lake, 6^ miles and bttck« oncc A week.

run'

Hammond from "So.ith eriorui

Mier from Motion, 10 miles andback,}^'Violating the post ofiice l«ws fer dis-j

once a week. 1 |obeying the instructions of the Depart-,

and back, once a week. I when required by the Department for Money from LeosvilW, 9 mllfcs and assigning the contract without the con. back, hnco a week. sent of the Postmaster General, or for

Mt Auburn from Kdinburg, 6}^miles sotting up or running an express as and back, twice a week. Mt. Meridian from Putnamville, six The Postmrister General may alter miles nnd back, otice a week. I 'he contract, and alter the schedule, he

Onondaga from Plvmoyth, 7 miles I or curtail the service and pay, when he and bacK twice a week wishes to dispense with the service, in Orange Valley from Paoli, 11

back, once a woek. drafts on post offices or otherwise,

Hock Creek from West Point, 7

miles!

[here intert the

name of the guarantor or guarantors] guaranties that* [here insert name of bidder or names of bidders, ns the case may lie,] If his (or their) bid for carrying the mail from to be cepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter into an obligation prior to the first day-j of July next, with goodand suffccient sureties, to perform the service proposed." |)ated.

Form of Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaster of certifies that the guarantors above named 'are sufficient and able,to make good their guaranty. .t

Dated 1*' vf •J. ,?A

Proposals are invited for supplying the following offices in Indiana for the!bags. natt proceeds of said offices respective- 2. The mail is to be conveyed in prely, limited to a sum to be hamed in the[fcence

proposals in each case: lire exclusion, if its weight and bulk reAlamo and Yountsville from Craw-[quire it

fordsville, lO ntilea and back, once a 3' Po*t office blanks, mail Sags, and week.

Arba from Spartansburg,* miles and the exhibition of their credentials, are to back, once a week. (be conveyed without further charge, on Azalia from EWzabethtowh, four miles 'mn»l lines admitting of such conveyand back, once a week. ance.

Ballstown from Napoleon,6 miles and' 4. Mail agents are to be conveyed back, once a week. without charge, on the principal railBattle Ground from Lafayette,5 miles| r°ad steamboat lines, where the and back, once a week. jsize of the mails and the number of the

Bean Blossom from Nashville, 5 miles' office* will require their employment by and back, once a week. 'he Departments and, in that case, SseBear Branch from Allenville, 6 miles [Para,e apartment for the assorting and and back, once a week. safe-keeping of the mail is to beprovi-

Big Spring from Laporte, 6 miles and ded bv the contractor, under the direcback, twice a week. tion °f 'he Department. Blue Ridge from Conn's Creek, 4ij In all cases there is to be a forfeitmiles and back, once a week. furo

INSTRUCTIONS.' -5

"'l Seven minutes are allowed for open ing and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified but on railroad and steamboat routes there Is to be no more delay than is n'ecessary to deliver and receive the

pa8M5ngers, and to their en-

tbe special agents of the Department, on

lh®

P®y the trip when the tri|

lltfles and Imck, once a week. fourth part of it when the running or Buckskin from Princeton, 13 .miles n^val is so far behind time as to lose and hack once a week

!'he

Cr^f^TlJnlJSii. 6 mile, and «ul future of a due proportion of it back, once a wefek.^

Bend, 13 miles and back, once a week, fettures may be increased into penalties Drewer-sburg from Harrison, Gi miles of higher amount, according to the naand back, once a week. Vrc

Gallatin from Rosevillo, 6 miles and linquency be satisfactorily explained in

back, once a week. ',u0 "me»for

miles and nu P«"

back, once a week. Parl 'l:

forfeiture of at least one-

connexion with a dfcpending mail

when a grade of service is rendered in-

that in the contract. These for-

Ellisburg from Fawn River, 5 miles, importance of tho mail. and back, once a week.

frequency of the failure and the

FinRS wiU

be imposed unles the de

ick, onr.fi a week. ''me, failing to take from, or e- riiv. nsincr the terms of the law. 1

,or

mn,,•

sl,"fir'nS

miles and jured, lost or destroyed or convoying it

back, once a week. |lhc contract, and for not arriving at the.

Lick Branch from RussellVMills, six

Kewanna from Winnamec, 10 miles depredation, loss, or injury for refusing tion, that a bid proposing a specific mode and back once a week. after demand to convey a mail by nny,

Lawrenceville from New Alsace, five|CfnCh» rai'ioad car, or steamboat, whic coach transportation is to be miles and back, once a week. contractor regularly runson the rotite preferre(j

Leopold from Rome, 15 milos and beyond the specified number of trips in

t'mo set'

an express to transmit commercial mtel-1 ]arge

ligence in advance of the mail, a penalty vevaRCe

will be oxacted eq"ual to a quarter's pay. 7. Tho Postmaster General mav an-

nul the contract for repeated failures for

vinlHiintr thn nnst nftire lnws: for dis-i

Newark from Evansville, 13 mil«ril«"owing a pro rata increase of compen-^ .... and back, once a week.

R"'ion«

New Amsterdam from Corydon, 13! hy law, fu'^'he additional service re- jfest

RhaN

mile®

and back, once wttj|c 1 mode of conveyance,or to intermit serWright from Prairie,

———

Form for a Bid where from

advertisement is 1bwi1

"1 (or we, as the case may be)^ write the name or names in full] of state the residence or residences^ here..'

from to as often as the ad-1

v#rmcmmt requires, in the time stated ask is

the schedules, and by the following during

within the restrictions imposed

miles and back, once a weok. I quired, or for the increased speed, {specific bid do not exist in his case. Now Frankfort from Lexington, 8, 'he employment of additional stock or

New Holland from Lagro, 6 miles and contractor may. in such case, rclinback once a week. quish tho c6ntract, on timely notice, if North Liberty from South Bend. he prefers it to the change. The Postmile* and back, once a week. master General may annul the contract

miles and back, twice a week. carriers is rendered necessan but the ^y^grg four-horse coach or steamboat

whole or in part, or place a higher

•nH hnrk onro week 1 prove to be greater than is advertised, if Lull's MiUs fmm Rockvillo, 14' "he P'«ces a?e correctly named miles and back, once a week. 11. The P^tmaster General ts pro-

Santa Fe from P«rut 9 miles and back, *»»bited by lawfrom knowingly making a once a week I

and back, once a woek. different grade of service on the route, hej modification of a bid, in any of Philomath from Abltigtoh, 3 miles,allowing one memth extra pay on its essential terms, is tantamount to a and'back,once a week. amount dispensed witho- inewbid.and cannot be received, so as

Popano from Whitley, 9 miles and The payments will be made through Jt0 jnterfere

Portersville from Haysvillo, 3$ mites expiration of each quarter—sav m:bidg COLLAMER, and back, once a week. Quercus Grove from Patriot, 6 miles and back, once a week.

Fohruary, May, August, and November. 10. The distances are given according to the best information but no in

creased pay will be allowed, should they

comr*ct

Six Mile from Vernon, 7 miles audj with any person who shall have entered back, once a week. 'mo

fSiilnhiir Snrinpi from Newcastle. 5 have given or performed, or promised to are under 20 years of age. A large por Sulphur ».p ngai mVf.nM H0minn Hrt Jtinn of them are living, or attemotrtir miles and back, once a week.

duco any other person

Toronto from Clinton, 8 mile. «nd»« P»r.icnl.r «».n,ion i«| poverty, of the terrible suffering ofthi.

Be« CreeK, 6'miles-l®56* prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding. J« 12. A bid received after time, to wit, the 16th April next, at 10 a m, «r without the guaranty required by law, or that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in

certain seasons, to substitute an inferior

miles' vicc a specified number of days, weeks,

and back, once a wc^v. 10r months. He may propose to omit an

(office thai is inaccessible, or is not on

Uhe

•"G* ^ad, the railway, or at a steam*

hndin«-

kVmaii

C0»Sq,Klaiion

mo.la of conveyance, to wit: [Here state certain s%*^#

IfV°

for

petition with a regular bid not Sbt aside for extravagance and where a bid contains any of the above alterations, thefr disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it with other proposals. 14. There shotlkl be but one route bid for1 in a proposal. 35, The route, the service,the yearly piy, the Wtfdor's name and residence, and the name of each member of the firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated iAsb the itfddtPof con* vey ance. if a higher mode than on horsea is in S jr 16. The Sidsh*$l| be sdft unjer sefcF, addressed frfrtfeFit!* As&tetant Fofttma* ter Generaltsrwith "Mail Proposals in [name the State or territory,}" written on the face of the leuer and should be dispatched in time to be received by or before the 16th April next, at 1(J o'clock

A. M. It should be guarantied, and the sufficiency of the guarantors should be duly certified. (Seft forms.) 17. The contracts are to be &it quted by or before the 1st July next. 18. Postmasters at offices situated upon or near railroads,but more than eighty rods from a depot, will immediately after the 11 th May next, report thai fact to the Department, stating their exact distance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster General to direct the proper supply to be made from the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the 1st July next. 19. tinder the act of March 3,1845, the route is to be let to the lowest bidder tendering sufficient guaranties for faithful performance, without other reference to the mode«of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and security of such transportation.

When the lowest bid proposes a mode of conveyance ihat is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty, security, and celerity of the mails, aside from any accommodation for travel, it will not be entitled io the route. 20. When the bid does not name a mode of conveyance, it will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode of conveyance, to wit, on horseback.— When it proposes to carry according to the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance is stated for the route in the advertisement, it will be considered as offering only for .horseback conveyance.

CUIMUJUHUVf WH» »V

majj w{tj1 C0rlnjntyi

'amng »o IBKC iroin, ui uc- rity. using the terms of the law. These

a.ny|bids

"C wet, in- which they are designated on the books

eXpejjent.in

t()

"MiUhouwn from Napoleon, 8 miles'™ent: for refusing to dischargo a carrier, Jhe'specmc bidi'thougTThe highestTwiH |*he expected flare-up does take place—

I A Itti I 1 r% mm# AClt* rV» ft* I

or!tions

*or 'he transportation of the mail

an.v

combination, or proposed *o en-

have made any agreement, or shall are 33.500 engaged, and of these 28,500

called to the 98th section of the act of class appear in the British papers, fcm-

competition with the regular proposal emigrate, by paying their passag^ and not adjudged to be extravagant. 13. A bidder may offer, whete the transportation called for in the adver ttsement is difficult or impracticable

lho C8SC ma be 0r he

mav offer to substiti

substitute an inferior mode

spccified

of supply in such cases. Ha may pro- whole reward offered by the British pose different davs and hours of depar- Government and by Lady Franklin, afture and arrival,'provided no more run- ter deducting the expenses of the exposing time is asked, and it is obvious that jdition, is to be divided among the officers

connexion or other public ac- and crews of the vessels, Should it

is prejudiced." He may, prove unsuccessful, the whole loss falls

running time to the trip, upon Mr. Grinnell. In such noble and

21. Since the passage of the act of, March 3,1845, a new description of bid Pres.dem: Mr. Brown, of Tenhas been received. It specifies no modeinessee, Minister to Russia Walter Forof conveyance, but engages to carry the ward, of Pennsylvania, Charge to Denmark Francis Schwiber, of Rhode Island, Charge to Sweden and Mr

celerity and

secu-

are called, from the manner in

j)epn^ment."star bids." It has

mnnner that exposes it'°! |cen decided, after mature considera-

0^ C0nveyanCe 0f

down the

as high a grade as

the

swr

ence

bid. The experi-

peparimcnt enables it to lay

following rules, viz:

setting up or running| \vhen ihe mail on the route is not so

|0 require two-horse coach con-

a Rmr

bid, if the lowest, will

...

and weig|u as to render

reference to them alone,

p^yjjg two-horse coach conveyance.

be preferred to the star bid. to the extent of a moderate difference in the compensation. in case the difference is not such to interfere with the policy of the new law. which looks to a reduction in the cost of transportation. Exceptions, however, may be allowed, where the star bid is made by the present owner

tjj0 stock on route# nnd

tbat t|ie

23 Qn

above stated.

wjth

a'lerition

miles' 'cr 'moany combination, to prevent the tion of the men. It is from this cause making of any bid for a mail contract by that the female work is so crowded.

Indiannitoiis fllanv other person or persons, or who!one trade—the needle workers

number of days, it, benevolent enterprises as this lies the

peculiariy bad roads true use of wealth, and Mr. Grinnell has

'he annual 1 hut beywid^, proposal for| shown an example of what a merchant I service the advertisement! prince should be, which will win the ad-

will prevent its considered in com-i miration of the world.

tho regular competi-

after the last hour set for receiving

Postmaster General.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January*. 1850.

The Women of Great Britain. The number of women in Great Britain far exceeds the number of men. In 1821. the females outnumbered the males, say 17.000 in 1831. by 513,000 arid the number is estimated now at half a million. This is owing to theemigra

JESSE ON A P, EDITOR.

E E A E

SATlJRDifT^RCH. 2. 1850.

Whig State Central CowmlitteJOHN D. DEFHBS," HOUTWJC. NEWCOMB,

SA*£. HASXA,Chnir'n.

Gen. M. STAFF, JOHN H. F, BQCABAB, HfettfQfNEAL, Jfes WWBILL,

ScmntixiCoL WIUJAM HEI

Jotk sfSour^, W. A. PORTER, DATTO P. HOUJOWAY,

T. |ww,. W«irt'

A a

KtUifKE.

OB." T). Witrol

(y n(j there is muc|,

.u I

it is man-

reasons for preferring the

routes of the highest class,

transportation! is required by the size and importance of the mails, the preference for the specific bid will be, if necessary, carried to a greater extent of difference than on the inferior coach routes, subject, however, to tho excep-

attemptrtg to to 4|d a intense

igration is proposed as a mode of relief. There is an excess of males in the British colonies. In New South Wales, for instance, of the adult population 63,572 were males, and only 41,809 were females. It is proposed to form a society to aid those distressed females who will

protecting them on their arrival in ih? colony. NOBLE UJ»IW WKAXTH.—The New York Tribune states tbat it is Henry Grinnell, and not Moses 11. Grinnell, who has projected an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin—proposing to fit out two ships at his own cost, to be commanded by naval officers appointed by Government. The Tribune says: "If the expedition should be successful in finding that intrepid navigator the

-•f HENRY

Mr. CLA.Y'S SPEECH.

The great'speech of the Hon CLAY, on his Compromise Resolutions,

will be found in our paper this week.— It is commenced on the 4th page and conoluded inside on the 2d page. We give the speech as pit Wished in, the Washington Republic.

Mr. Clay takes his tim, and discusses each in reference to its applicability to the objects proposed, and its adaptation to the circumstances of the country, and the times. No one can read the speech without profit and pleasure^... i, IhjA.

resolutions serta-

'^INSURANCE OF LIVE STOCK. We have received the Circular of the LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY, just established in Vincennes. This must be a valuable institution, though somewhat novel in the United States. It is called the AMERICAN LIVB STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY. Has been chartered by the Legislature of Indiana. Capital Stock $50,000. The object is for the Insurance of Horses. Mulest and all descriptions of live Stock, against all the combination risks Fire, Water, Acci' dent and Disease.

Rates of risks for th^ different descriptions of animals, may be seen by reference to the Company Circular in the Courier Office.

RUMORS FROM WASHINGTON. TELEGRAPHED FEB. 20TH.—The Senate has confirmed the nominations made

Wills,

Consul to Bavaria. The ultimatum of the Southern members is settled, viz California to be admitted with 36 dsg. 30 min. as the southern boundary, the territorial government to be without restrictions in regard to slavery. JThe cession of North-Wes-tern Texas to the United States as an equivalent for the payment of her debt,

wl^out

lhe

be' preferred to the specific bid. The rumors respecting the dissolution 22. When tho mails are of such size! of the Cabinet are gaining ground rapid

it necessary or

Prohlb,uon of slavery.

speculation with

respect to the future incumbents, when

a ItT .1 T\

Messrs. Webster and Davis, of Massachusetts T. Corwin. and Geo. Evans, of Maine, have been named as likely to b?, invited to fill the vacancies. ?,

THAT SLEIGH RIDE.

Well, we acknowledge the —<six horse sleigh>—but the Editor of the "JOURNAL" was in first. We took him for MARTIN VAN BUREN with his whiskers shaved off, just starting out on a <Free Soil> expedition. But the gravity of Martin was soon lost in the frolic. The fact is, we never saw a boy, let loose from school, so brim full of sleigh-poetry. From the "ROCKS" of the Canal, to Congress Corner, it was one blaze of glory, in which VAN excelled all others—he did'nt do

nothing else. ———————

Dr. Tarvin W. Cowgill, of Greencastle, a physician of considerable eminence, died in that place on the 12th inst., of consumption, in the 38th year of his age.

Dr. C. was the Clerk elect of the Put

nam Circuit Court.

The trial of Prof. WEBSTER, on a

charge of murdering Dr. Parkman, is at length definitely fixed for the 10th, of March. i«

will

there

intensely interesting

and the result most anxiously looked or

The,j^ECTUTE of CHAS. CRUFT, Esq., before the Atalantians on Monday evening, was highly interesting as a faithful history of the Wabash Valley. .,j»

———————

Loos

Mr. CALHOUX was expected to speak on Monday last, on the great absorbing question of the day, and to be followed in

reply by Mr. Benton.., rW-f £«»:.

Hon. B. A. HANNEOAK, late Minister to

Berlin, has arrived at Washington City on his return home.

AS IXCIDEXT.—We find the following paragraph in a Washington letter to the N. Y. Trihono. Mr. Clay was advocating his compromise:

"In the course of his luminous argument, Mr. Clay, addressing the ultras, cried out with the voice of a Stentor, •What do you want?' A tight little Irishman, who was making some noise trying to escape from the crush near the gallery door Inside, replied quite audib'y, supposing that he was personally a4dr^d, 'Ijwan to get out!'" S

rocs. PCXCTCATION.-^A toast

drank at a Fourth of July Celebration was given as follows:— Women—without her, man would be a savage

The BO*IOD FW.hi0

inis the

•sM. i,W, Ipnnctua-

uon erroneous, and should he corrected thus: "Women—without her man, would be a savage."

CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 20ih, Mr. Downs

resumed and concluded hi& speech in defence of slavery he said,

ment.

ttlat

the Uni

on cost the South lootfnuchrfevery way* In the House Mr. Bay after some stric

tures on the Administration, launched^ out into the slavery question—he was willing to go with the south as far as the Obi&tiunibn Warr*ntedr4i& ofplsi£d* to slavery, but in favor of giving the iotith *h£ righfsfgCiariihleed to her by the Consti{ution| 4fr. jTl|adeus Stevens fol-

lowed in some remark pjLtjblsjwfei®01

slavery he did not wish it extended, but thought that if let alone it would eat the

vitals of the south. On the 21st, Mr. Miller addressed the

Senate at some length, and said, that the President had left for Richmond, to participate in laving the corner-stone of the Washington Monument he thought the omen good, and trusted that this founda-tion-stone might do much to strengthen

the foundation-stone of the Union. After picturing the prospects of the Union, I ho proceeded to review the slavery

question. In the House Mr. Bissell after speak ing of the dissolution of the Union, which, he said, was in the mouth of evsouthern man, he said he would

ery speak for his own State if-danger menace the Union. Illinois will come to the support of the Government for Illinois he would say, and he thought he could say it for the whole north and west, that there was not a man there who would support the dissolution of the Union, and thoy would swear by the eternal God, as he did himself, that it shall not be done.

In the Senate on the 25th, Mr. Miller resumed and concluded his speech. He took broad ground in favor of the admission of California and denied that the President had interfered in the formation of the constitution. He said that slavery did not exist there and that the Southern interest had been fullv represented in California. A long discussion ensued upon the resolution referring the slavery and all other exciting questions to a committee of 13 empowered to submit a plan for the settlement of all difficulties. No conclusion aj.adjourn

In the House a number of memorials and petitions were presented, among others one from Wm. Smith claiming to be a brother of Jo. Smith, and remonstrating against the admission of Deseret, charging the people there with treason and other hard things. Laid over. Mr. Giddings presented a petition from citizens of Pennsylvania and Delaware, asking for a peaceful dissolution of the Union.,,Several gentlemen sprang to their feet and much excitement followed a vote was finally taken on the reception of the petition, yeas 9, nays 162. The Free Soilers voting in the affirmative. Mr. Schenck presented a memorial of the convention held in New Mexico, together with the plan of civil government, and moved its reference to the committee on Territories.

FOREIGN NEWS.

1. -p« -J, The Steamer America reached Halifax on the 23d. Since the sailing of the last Steamer Parliament has met, the Queen's speech has been delivered, and in some degree, the main features of proposed policy of the Ministers have

intelligence from Ireland is still more heart-rending. Cultivation seems stagnant. Trade is more depressed than In the first of her sufferings. The tide of emigration to the United States has again set. Unfortunately for the people other means are not left now to escape from local tyranny and destitution.

FRANCE.—Paris has been in a state of siege in consequence of serious disturbances created by a mob in Rue St. Martin. The Police authorities came Out to cut down certain of the trees of liberty planted during the Revolution. From facts, which by the way are rather conflicting, it would appear that when the order for the destruction of these last emblems of the liberty df the French people were issued, large crowds gathered around, and the police fecting urtder orders from the Executive proceeded to cut them down. The police were resisted and dispersed by the people but a strong body of military advancing at this moment, the mob was put to flight with the loss of several wounded, while the troops were hardly molested. At the latest dates all was quiet, and no fears of a disturbance. The 'Moniteur' attributes the whole affair to a desire of the President of the Republic to concentrate the government in his own person. Beyond the fact of the riot the French news is not of much importance.

ROME.—It is now stated ihat the Pope' i* about to return immediately. It is believed the Spanish garrison would evacuate Rome on the arrival .of^fe.floliness. rewn«T'

RUSSIA.—Accounts front the Dardanelles state that the Circassians have gained great advantages over the Russians, the Russians having been compelled to retreat with great loss.

TURKEY. The escape of Madame Kossuth and the fact of her having joined her exiled husband, are confirmed. a

The Editor of the JOCRJIAL is a hippy fellow! For he has a wife Mid such an one as any maa might be proud of: too good, for a Cass Editor. As for the ROCKS* we shall hold back the solution, at present, desiring to keep a rod In soak for some other purpose, a liule while.

HON. MR. CLAY'S SPEECH. (Concluded from fourth page.) Mr. Clay resumed and concluded, on Wednesday the s|&cca which Mt commenced th«tay previous inmivorof his Compromise Resoi»tUtM came tnaXe greatly disappointed his own health, the season of the yerfj as well as the souon o) his owirlife, all admonished him to say csfiy mash necassongjg the expjanatioA and suppdtt of trie measttte iwder consideration.

He then proceeded to argue that it is inexpedient p9 aboliafeSlayeAr tWDtatriWof Columbia IrtulsFthit insHtufiofl cShtifiueS to exist in Maryland, withoat the consent of the jjeople of the District, and without just compensation to the owners ot slnves within the District.

The people of this District an lous condition. They area pqpjSagoverti arbitrary power. They are taxed and governed by an authority in^whtch *hey have-no vwee. Arbitrary power be defined to be an authority exercised bv a power ih Which the people over whom it is •xercisea have no representative/ Congress, having this arbitrary power, should never exercise it in a manner hareh or unkind. The consent of the pepple should be first obtained. The resolution diet not stop here. It provides for another thing. There should be a just compensation given to the owners of lhe slaves for their property. Congress should be restrained by every motive of public policy and e?erv principle of eternal justice from depriving theiieople of the District of their property without making just corn penso lion. England and France, when thev abolished slavery in their possessions. did not do so without compensating the owners for their property and these countries not bound by any written or unwritten oWi

an anomt^ Bribed bv sn governed by

gation to pay, but there was that obligation which all nations recognise, the obiigation of eternal justice. The provision in the Constitntjon wh

^vision in the Constitntjon which private property taken for the use of

says that all pr

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the Government must be piiiu for, did not literally authorise this appropriation of public money, but, by a liberal interpretation of the clause would make it that all property taken for the use or at the instance of the government, would authorite the payment for the slaves.

He said yesterdav that there was none of the resolutions which Jid not provide for mutual concessions, or which did not concede to the South, without any compensation to the North. The North contends, and be thought correctly, thnt ronfrress has the power to abolish slavery in the District. The South denies this power. The North concedes by this resolution, that it is inexpedient, and makes and agrees that slavery here shall be co-existent with slavery in the State but this concession was made in consideration of

the assertion that it was expedient to abolish the slave trade in the DfaSrict. The right and the power to do this he thought unquestionable. By an amendment to the Constitution, it was provided, that all powers not granted expressly to Congress were reserved to the States and to thw people. This was applicable to the powers of Congress over the people and the several States. But Fn regard to this District, he considered the reverse was the law Over this District, Congress had the same powers which tho States had over all within their own limits, and Congress had all powers over this District not expressly prohibited fey the Constitution There was no State but what had action on the subject of the slave trade. Kentuekv had placed in her new constitution tho same prohibition against bringing slaves into that State to be dealt in as property, as was in the old constjjution. Mississippi had a similar provision. Mainland had a provision on the same subject, and perhaps other States. The adoption of this resolution he did not think would be a concession by eithpr class of States, but would be as acceptable to ofte as to the other But in these days of continual alarm, every nitrht when he went to bed and on rising in the mornine, he apprehended to hear new dingers and difficulties. But he had witnessed proceedings in another State, where it was declared that if the slave trade were abolished in this District, it would be sufficient cause for a southern convention, which is the same thing as considpring tho expediency of dissolving the Union. To what a fiegrte of folly and extravagance passion will lead men!

He had been always ready io abolish the slave trade in this District. V\ hy should the traders in this kind of merchandise come to this place from other States, and shock the feelings ot men, by marching long trains and corteges of manncleu hnman beings on the avenue Why should they be allowed thus to ontrage the feelings of men bv spectacles so detestable ns this This subject of so much disquietude should be settled with equal satisfaction to both parties and the South should fejoicc at its abolition as much as the North. Adopt this resolution, and the other healing measures proposed, and there will be restored to the country that jpeace and harmony which has not been known for thirty years.

The seventh resolution relates to the surrender of fugitive slaves. On thiu subject he would go as for as tTie farthest in carrying out the requirement of the Constitution. It was a requirement of the Constitution and every State, nntl every State officer, Bnd every man in the Union was bound to aid In its execution. It was a provision of the Constitution which every citizen was bound toobserve and every man holding an office took an oath to support the Constitution, and was bound to aid in tlie restoration of a fugitive slave.

The eighth resolution declares that Congress has no power to prohibit the trade in slaves between the slnveholdlng States and he considered il had alrendy been decided by the Supreme Court.

Pncn was the series of resolutions which he had prepared, with a view to offer the olive branch to the discordant and warring spirits of the day. He was not at all attached to his own productions, and would willingly consent to their Improvement. it to the candor of gentlemen to sav, their dutv would be performed by limiting their

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developed. Both Houses of Parliament wereopened by proxy on the 31st of January, wh$n the speech from the throne was delivered by the Lord Chancellor. The

action to the objection to this or that particular point. Let them produce their plana. ana let them all see if anything better can be adopted. Present him with such a scheme, and ha would hail it with pleasure and adopt it with delight.

When preparing this plan the Missouri compromise was suggests! to his mind, and after considering it, he Had rejected it as being less worthy of mutual approbation than the plan proposed. His agency in the establishment of the Missouri line of 86 degrees 30 minutes, had been greatly exaggerated. He had been wonderfully surprised at the rapidity with which historical events are forgotten. He was not, as hod been said, the author of that compromise line Ife was not even a member of1 the House in which it originated. ,-

Mr. C. then gave an interesting account of the origin of the Missouri compromise. No parthly power could make him vote to introduce slavery south of 36 degs. 30 mins. but if a majority decided that slavery should bo interdicted north, and recognized south of that line, which would be equal justice, however much It would conflict with his principles and feelings, he would be the last to interpose any obstacle to its adoption. But non-action by Congress, as he proposed was the best policy. It had been said that nonaction secured every thing the North demanded and who was to blame for thisf Not Congress.— If the people of California thought proper to exclude slavery, that was their own business, and a policy they had a right to adopt. If nature had rendered the soil of the rest of that territory unfit for slavery to exist there, there was none to be reproached save nature and nature's God.

Mr. C. then traced the history of this nation from its foundation to the prevent day its vast increase in population and in territory the glorious manner in which it had prosecuted several wars, and the brilliant renown it had gained through the gallantry, skill and achievements of its officers. The events of tbe late war, and the conduct of the great and leading officer*, were dwelt upon with much power. The universal prosperty of the country, with the exception of a few manufacturing districts was unbounded and it was from the very wantonness of prosperity that most of the wild schemes of tbe day emanated

He then enumerated the various leading acts of government adopted when the North held sway in the counsels of the nation they were a bsnk of the United States, tbe assumption of the State debts, protection to tbe manufacturing interests, (1819.) the alien and sedition laws,and the quasi war with France. These were tbe leading results of the northern counsels which had sway during tbe first twelve years of the government* For the last fifty r«ars the South preponderated in tbe counsels of the nation, and the results were the embargo restrictions, tbe wsr with Great Britain, the overthrow of the Bank of the United States, the extension and enlargement of protection to manufactures, tlx* re-establishment of the Bank of the U. States, the same pnt down again, the acqusition of Louisiana, the purchase of Florida, tho

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ation of Texas, war with Mexfoo, the acquisition of California and other territories, protection superseded by free trade, the removal of the

west of the Mississippi, and

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tent new States. In attributing these events to northern and southern counsels, he meant not that they were effected by either separately, but a preponderating of each interest In and during the respective periods. Upon a review of these events, he thought the South had but liule to reproach the North with. They had adopted at different times opposite policies. They had established a Bank of the United States, under the administration of Mr. Madison, and the bill was reported by the Senator from Sooth Carolina (Mr. Cal boon and he (Mr. Clay) had voted for that bill, although in 1016 he had voted to put down the Bank. Afterwards the

South, aided by a few from the North, and headed by Gen. Jackson, had put down iite Baft%again. The South had extended- protection to manufactures*, nnd forwards broken up thnt protection, and one member of the Southern States had threatened a dissolution of the Unioiltn her

opposition to that protection.

Florida .was purchased, and slavery was allowed to exist there. Louisiana was acquired, and over all her territory thnt was valuable, slavery was now in existence.

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the nnnexatii aiiiiitedi—I op Hi to/the

The So?udji pressed Texas, find mp fvas slave let-ritoly.. Texa& with Mexico, the war led to the acqui sition of the territories. Affer nit this, is it just ffer the South t$s!pea3c of dissolution when the North claiim? that the only portion of the rfcqtiisitidns to the territory of the nation to which she coyjd put forth a claim, should be free.

Will disunion bo any remedy for tho evils of which the South complains?—* The exclusion of slavery from tbe territories, the abolition of slavery in this District, and the refusal to surrender fugitive slaves, are the grounds upon which the dissolution of the Union is to depend. If the Union be dissolved can slavery be carried into the Territories It cannot. If abolished in this District, will the dissolution of the Union restore slavery to the District It will not. Would there be any better chance of recapturing yottr fugitive slaves after a dissolution of the Union? Certainly not.

After a dissolution, all redress is at an end. Will the South be more secure in their slaves within their own States after dissolution than they are now I Then the slaves will find that their escape will be far easier.

He denied the right of any.or moro State to secede. The Union was to be forever and for all posterity. Dissolution of tho Union and war were inseparable. To dissolve the Union there must bo a consent given or actual war. That consent would not be given, and war was the only mode left. Even if the consent could bo obtained, in less than sixty days there must be a war between empiracies— the northern fn£b States, the southern Atlantic States, and the confederacy of the great Mississippi valley. Those who reside at the headwaters and tributaries of that river will never consent that the mouth of that river shall ever be held by a foreign power.

There will be other divisions but the dark veil which overhangs the future is too thick to be penetrated by mortal eyes. He was for staving in the Union, lie would not allow himself to be driven out of it. He was for remaining where he was, nnd for fighting for his rights there. In the Union he now was, and there he meant to die. There was a better opportunity of maintaining his rights in tho Union, than thcr£y\'as of getting them out of the Union. |»i

The Union of these States was for all posterity, it was like the marriage relation, thero was no power to dissolve the tie. And he would conjure the northern States and tho southern States to sny to each other as husband and wife1: We both have faults there is nothing human without errors let us, for the future, forget each other's faults, and live peacefully and happily together*

Disunion would be succeeded by a war unexampled in the history of the world. Not a war of two or three years, but an endless contest, unless both parties would become so exhausted tlint some Philip or Alexander, some Ctcsar or Napoleon, would arise and solve the problem of man's capacity for self-gov-ernment, and establish a despotism, and forever blot out this last gl$j ious Hgltt in the history of man.

In conclusion he adjured gentlemen from the South by the love they bore for the memory of their ancestors—by the lovo they bore their God nnd country— by their duties to mankind and themselves, to pauso upon the edge of that precipice before they plunged into that abyss from which there was no return.

He invoked, as a blessing, that if this Union was to be dissolved, he might not live to witness it.

Telegraph from Richmond, 23d, says: Feb. .The laying of tho corner-stone of tho Washington Monument was celebrated to-day. President Taylor was enthusiastically received, and he acquitted himself in a handsomo manner in all their congratulations. After receiving the Cadets of Virginia at tho Military Institute, he attended a grand dinner prepared for the occasion, at which the Governor, members of the Legislature, and other dignitaries were present. Everything passed off without, an accident.

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—A letter from Summit, Cambria county, Pa., of the 7th, says: I have just returned from viewing a most heart-rending scene of ruin and loss of life. This morning, about daylight or a little before, about one dozen kegs of powder exploded in a two story house, a half a mile west of this, which it blew to atoms, immediately killing the wife of Mr. Adams, who was in bed at the time of the explosion, with an infant child in her arms; neither the child nor the husband were seriously injured, but the latter is apparently deranged, and unconscious of the extent of his calamity. ———————

We notice that all the vessels engaged in the China trade, as soon as they arrive here, are immediately put up for California, and from thence probably to China and East Indies.—<New York Express>. ———————

Poor apples sell in New York at $8 a barrel. Good ones not to be had at all.

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WABASH COCKIER OFFICE, *. Terre-Haute, March 2,1850.

Winter passed off moderately—out the Spring began yesterday morning with a decided freeze--Tbe River about as last week, still bo*table, and Steamers passing up and down daily.

-u THE MARKETS. CINCINNATI, Feb. 23. *te#dy feeling in the market for every

article of PIWWWBS, with some inquiry for Pork and Balk Meat, bat the only sales tnat transpired were 132 and 165 brla No. 1 Lard at 51c. We beard of a considerable sale of bulk Meat but did aot lw& tbe particulars.

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.

Floor unchanged. Wheat for milling in demand Ohio 104c. Corn ua unsettled. Font is uiw changed both in price and demand.