Indiana American, Volume 19, Number 30, Brookville, Franklin County, 18 July 1851 — Page 1

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BY C. V. CLAUKSOX.

4 JlUm.M.XSLL 7v..77v a INDIAN A ( FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1851, . -ir. T,A.mii.. .1

Clurksonof the ; t;8 daUy a ,he sh ZTOhoS'JJ" L!nl American and Hackleman of tk:iu.i..:.n, ..L '"e oi nacnus, and jet

.l,t,s,, .c .- tm.i I .. i.tfl!. Roliinson. hnt hnrAiAfA , kd rJi:;i n, hUph - . ' h occnn, ioi the7 win Wl. ' mob as the election is' over. When I L cannot find democrats to abuse, they fall ncoB one another in real Kilkenny-cat style just , J iwp theirhaniis in we suppose- In the con.,s,V,,r cajtemecT. however, we'll bet on Clark -in all the linn. Ve wuld" bet on him against any V of Bffingsgate, St. G ilea, or the Five Point- lie - gooJ bottom, He has P Vetnosigns oftirine. The misfcw'r fa" invaded live Points. Should Brockv..le-N. A. Ledger. arsued h:s ocro,'-"'"" ouuie iweniy years, a A BE IV VCe fscnot aliw the article in another colBiM.frcra the New Albany Ledger, to pass ( withu -once. , ne wager otters , to MtuiiflIBi vui-uiucKguara and out uU. We take that bet, and will . I"1 -trCrtl l K I. ! 1 I . i on can otlt-h nrkiriiarH nl .,t oar (Linton the Judge! We know Clnrkson ii'itat in abrar fight,' to use his own language, bntwf hoii that if he 'abounds in deception, trickery, nJ meanness, Hackleman could still Bk-reibcuni'.' So here goes our old beaver on th Judge: Filch into him, neighbor! Rus'itnie Jsckscaiac. Vf e copy the ajove articles that our readers may have some iiea of the estimation In which TearefirMiivn:e3n men. As it is not proba ble thai those or any other filthy sheets, ever fd!I iata ymr hands, you have but little oppor tunity "I saowitg what bad men think and say e? as. n nas oeeii onr lortune to have come in c:tict with many of these during our editorial csrsr. Eat during all this time, the only harm wehsve received, is when they have spoken fa-voa-Iyofus. If they have any spark ofhumaiiii Irftreak them neverto do so aoaiu We co not wih our readers to understand us Bfpsisg disrespectfully of editors generally. Far frcm it. Yl e have many cotemnoraries in this Sl.'rf, wV.o are ornaments to the press, to the sotiety in which they live, and to the State. Butlhtre are a st ecits of vermin who are SET UP as editors, ia are the meanest specimens of the human race I'; it are made. Aud who are!!?y? ft is ne'.I to give them some general mark that the public may know them. They are generally composed of the vagabond portion of jpyrneymen printers those who lave cheated washer-women, runaway from boarcii:g houses kept by poor widows, with large bills unpaid who have left empty truuks with landlords for unpaid boarding who have slept mdrrt-rocery counters and in farmers barns, in their strapped and druLkeu pereErinalions. These men are employed in this way. A set cf aspiring politicians buy a press in some or t-Vse printers names, sud stick his name at the heid of the paper as eukor, and him in the office aworkmsn. In a year or so they get tired of hanJtheOU-XERSpu.anotherofthe same K-rtiahispiare-aud it is gravely annonnceri iV.lMr. B. has so!.! ihe establishment to Mr. A. 1 Us iwy, ia the course of 20 years there are .1 . . ..,Miiy pretended editors to one of ties independent newspapers independent of .iceacy or responsibility. They can slander shorn they please with perfect impunity, fcr they own neither the off. ;e nor anything eexce;: a rotten carcass and a putrid character V,e are drawing no fancy sketches look -J, aid luck on the past years, and what :oyou a:,j know ? e 311 honest man who establishes himself iaoascesj-owns his own establishment is 6 !y? responsible for what he says -deals fairly .t;nuV.ie KnealiQ nl .lnl,. r ,:,, i.... 1 - i.auij v. 'UIIII,JIUU' and unworthy public servants, stands .Wwhfrehe will receive all the filth of these po i'dcal sewers and dung-carts all the lowimbibed by these d-eraded scane traces of ".uim-n runaway mrwvmen. Do r.ot iinrWlnd ua as applying this to iournevmen nr. Wy, for they are a, a class a most intelligent. f"en,.W,an,J honest class of citizens. But s mienoed for those who c annot iret emnlov strespectahle establishment-wl.o runaway to niv Hi..:, km. . J . ' ' u' ana who are fit instruments hired and used by a county clique to print, wa season. thi;r -uuijr iaper. nun reader "eludes mcre than vou may euDDose. Nor s it ,irar, ((,:. ... As for ...i.u j uuo itny. curseives we do not wish the coante- . w "r !ra,les any of them. Nor do we rec"eit. Bat in on. l . ivug rri'iiciau we nave jr.y been treated courteously and fairly by Meho are responsible in either character or a Fr Dear 20 yea" we Ilave pnblished thC'!;-actanJ la oue ,oom urin ntchi. "' ertftaineJ our niembership iu w. . ",Ti' S!;nded one class, and been coun-lir-" fmDi?hed by a faithful leader. Wo 0comp'aint from either. Our buiscm,"- , 'teadi,y incrs'ng all the time, c,rc..crarqnaintance extendiog. Yet ,C;'t.me,wwk af..rwBv " t-t ived about such treatment as t! ? eave made bat little comthe, are M,ott nre r,s,nSr ,n the public Tbe New AnnB, V 7 ,nceas,,,!? - Aooldered the brde n'T "PPMM l haV8 tDrf . cf "tending to us. He toni- . j ' ' " c "ave never seen ih editor Knr a Unac1ainted with U nil "r PPerr a iff. . .... OWinffskoi-l,rL. ... .. wn .. nm meand na;M'"Jifhecanfi, 1,1 ,eader ,the n'uw mm to h Dl 'n laii.:..- y Bm"ient or pro naenngu,, Hi,..,,. -estto object V. k f"rC ur WI lh, r it th'n close thi9 "c'e. "J di'Cl? ? extrrctof letter from a PWitei. 00 has reieed th 1nder of the H Clarksnn t,. .1 ... , ?t)i -Y "ably' 8 Jack Down cnlEly:. 1 elt when I read hie article. Jack Downbis articles, E?' V "cK clipped from ye"terdeayV C'oa ?may' ,f cboose, show it to ?illthefj 1 Presume, does not exchange 1 nai..,.L,d8er"'d is therefore iffnoran, 7""eeil,,. ",J ra3 ouuui mm. Sen ;'halevr mv be his standi,, i-'i, te'?r 'decent company' in the Wh "Ui. .!.: . " ' UR aua "y aoout him. Ha " " ..u. V.(i I r"icu":umPBBy ,B tu White A . ' j,ns is iuouht to be unworthy vf e

?Pr;h Ledger Editors, P. M. Ken?, should

,.ave Blandoned the Christian Ministry lu " I resbjterian or Congregational Churches, and was expelled, or Church Fleeoed his creditors in Vevay, la. and I then fleered the poor soldiers in Mexico in the v.auiLrx UDC6 a StrODir tpmnprnnr devotalk umi vmnwonf" . i ..as net on we hope he ' ot at our first effort in hU beI,alf - The Ritchie Swindle. The Rushville Republican eays, "The people have permitted the Locofocosto swindle them, until they have come to the conclusion they cau go on with their robbery and that the pe riod is remote when 'forbearance will cease to be a virtue" among the people. The GeorE a ,n(1 ,,.: u k w!u . . 6 oecrR'a 1? 'S' , f ' ' ! I Were robbed of ,and wl,ich col them $240,000, anJ more was borne so patiently, the leaders of Locofocoism do not deem it necessary to enter into any explanation of the robberies nnon the tm... , , . TreBSaTy- wh'ch endeavoring to per ' petrate. Two hundred thousand dollars area mere matter of moonshine! Why not enrich Mr. Ritchie to that extent by bestowing the people's money upon him, and say nothing to them about it? The Jacksonian is silent, yet it favors the robbery by publishing an occasional extract from other papers mystifying the subject and approving the swiuale. Why does it not publish the facts for the benefit of its readers? We charge it with being friendly to the robbery? We charge that its candidate for Congress voted for it voted to transfer more than two hundred thousand dollars of the people's money from the coffers of the Treasury to the pocket of Mr, Ritchie! Dare its conductors deny either pro position? Mr Ritchie had two of his journeymen to bid lor Hie public printing. He got a contract, he going their suriety. They and he knew what printing could be done for, and if they underbid others to get the contract with the understand ing that they would get Congress to make them au additional allowance it was a swindle in its hiceptiou. Other bidders were deprived of the job whose bids were made in good faith, and w ho would have executed their contracts with fidelity for the amount proposed. Ritchie knew the value of the work; his journeymen knew the worth or the labor required to execute the contract, and if they based their bids upon the nssuiauce that a Locofoco Congeess would pay them what they asked when the work was done, it was a fraud upon other bidders, a fraud upon the people, aud a species of seoumirelism which should not be countenanced by the American people. We canuol lay our hands on the letter of Mr Rives which we desire, but here is an extract from one which will show up the drivilimr attempt to excite sympathy on the part of the Shelbyville Volunteer, in favor of Mr. Ritchie, which was copied into the last number of the Jujksonian:" "I admit that Mr Ritchie would have lest1 largely eu his contract if he had executed it faithfully. But he will save at least $30,000 by printing the extra numbers on paper greatly inferior to that mentioned in his contract. He will save several thousand dollars by not working at night, when it costs obout 45 per cent, more to set up the type, and about twenty-five more to do the press work on Congress work, than it does to do the work in daylight. II will save about $10,000 by getting ten per cent, on the binding of the Congressional documents. He has saved more than $11,000 on the opinions of the Supreme Court, which he printed byorder of the Senate, and received $ 12,500, when his contract would allow him only $G57 20. "I defy Mr Ritchie to make out a etatemeut, iuclueing the above savings, which will show that he has lost any thing on his Congress prin ting. It is very easy for hi m to make out a statement showing very nearly almost exactly how much the printing has cost him; and the Register of the Treasury can inform him, if he does not know himself, the amount of money he has received for it. If he will make out a statement proving that he has lost money on his printing contract, and lay it before the next Congress, I believe it will reimburse him for his losses. I am sure the late Congress would have reimbursed him, if he had made a detailed statement showing a loss; but they were not willing to allow him from $150, 000 to $200,000, which the prices or 1S19, less 50 per ceut., would have given him, for violating his contract and retarding the business of the Government. The foil prices of 1S13 are not now too high for setting op the type, if it is oon in good time; but they would be exorbitant for the paper and press work, with 50 per cent. p(T. The paper used on Congress work in 1SI9 was made by Laud, and the press work was done on liaud-presses Now all the paper is made by machinery, and all the press work is done by steam power-pres ses. I told Mr. Ritchie in a former number that I was 'not doing my best' pgainst him. He will now be convinced that I told him the truth. "JOHN C. RIVES." A gooi1 Omen. Abel C. Pepper, John L. Robinsons right hand man in Ohio and Switzerland, his right bower in getting up the packed Napoleon. Convention, and his chief yire-puller in that concern, was nominated as the democratic can didate for the Legislature in Ohio and Switzerland. He is an inveterate old Hunker, and seeing that he and his leader were both to be beatea in those counties, he has very prudeutly , declined, to save his bacon! Col Tepper saw defeat stariug mm tn me lace, and he has withdrawn from the canvass. The rank and file of the party would not stand Col. Peppers intriguing for Robinson, by which they were deprived of their i choice in the Napoleon Convention and they " tChtrT' 8 . 8 b"1 luis relraU Friends of Co1 ' Vat,8, cheer up, the omens are favorable; tha nlit tT.,nW . .,. :. - MciiiuiiiiD ,i Kiietr aiiurs .! J.r... the face! Throw llOIT. J J ... -...iu, .lu ci nag;iM b.ood-suc-Rashviile Rcpa'jlicia.

OUR COUNTRY

BKOOKVILLE, II il-tfULUAIft'g C'bcrr u-i-ihe Miicn are Krisht. While at Brookville last week, we heard considerable talk about the Congressional election. i ne pews from Dearborn and Riply render it positively certain, if the friends cf River and Harbor improvements, the opponents of the Ritchie swindle or the extra mileage, the Book swindles, and Congressional swindle in general, in Rush and Decatur will do their duty, the old farmer will be sent to Congress by a triumphant majority, t ranklin county will do her part towards securing this desirable result. The old pioneers or that county are aroused, and they will rally to the standard cf their old co-laborer in the defence of the country, their early com panion in the privations and hardships cf its settlement, with an enthusiasm which will ensure his election, if we do not fail to discharge our duty in Rush and Decatur. We heard democrats say that Mr Robinson, by his incon--T K'"nF s,stenc!es and tergiversations, the-r confidence, and had forfeited his nd that if Col Watts' friends did their duty, he would be permitted to! retire to private lite. - Friends of River and Harbor improvements, oi cneap l ostage, of Land Reform, of Rotation in Office, of Congressional Reforms in the r racing rriveiege, of Reforms in the pay of .Messengers, in me allowance of Stationary, Knives and other aristocratic articles toMembers, opponents to the Ritchie Swindle of $200,00o to corruption and extravagance in the dispursement of the people's money, to keeping one man always in office, in Rush, the issue of the campaign rests mainly upon your shoulders. We were told at Brookville that Mr Robinson boasted there that he would get as many Whig votes iu one township in thig county as Col. Watts would democratic voles in all Dearborn county! If this i3 his hope of success, how wo mhy will he be disappointed! Whigs and democrats iu this county have become thoronnhly uiogusiL-u wiin n-s somersets and his want of firmness, with his eternal desire of office, with his douhle-dealingto secure votes, and with his want of political integrity, hfid if they will do their duty, the man who has held office for more than eight consecutive years, and who has plundered the Government in extra mileage, books, penknives, &c, according to law (!) will be beaten more than two hundred otes in old Rash! Friends of Reform, friends of a pur ificaticn of the corruptions which infest the Capitol, you have it in your power lo defeat Mr. Robinson, and to elect an honest old farmer, who w ill work to promote your interests, to purify the atmosphere or the Capitol, to reform abuses which are tolerated by aristocratic members of Congress, and to promote the general welfare of the country. If you desire the perpetuation of your Tree institutions, you must go to work and labor earnestly for the reformation oT abuses which are impoverishing your Treasury and sapping the fou ndations of your Government. Rushville Republican. Prra tl f u I Affair. A brief pingraph has been published stating that Mrs. Amiable and her two chrildreu, at Groton, in New Hampshire, not in this State, as before stated were recently burned to death. We find further particulars in the Meredith Bridge Democrat, w hich stntes that on Friday morning last, Mr. Annable having procured a quantity ofgumand turp entine to manufacture into varnish, pnt the article in a kettle on the stove to heat, and went to the barn for the purpose of milking. Upon coming he saw the turpentine smoking and attempted to take it from the ttove, but the heat was so in tense that he was obliged to let it drop.when it fired and ffashei all about the room, and also extended into the adjoining room, In this his wife who had just risen and two chrildren in their night elothes. They immediately rushed out to learn what was 1'ie matter, and all three were so severely burnt that they died in a short time. The mother threw one of the burning children out of the window; the other one crept under the bed but the bed clothes took fire, and the bed itself was consumed. They were so much burned that their finger nails dropped off. The man being dressed in woolen clothes, was not much injured. Lowell Courier. To Mt-cp, To Iie. Never was there a more practical and terrible application of Hamlet's memorable doubting, questioning, life-or-death soliloquy, than in the case of the three negroes in Texas, two of whom a man and his wife were lately fouud by a return party of the Mexican Boundary Commission in a state of starvation, having killed and nearly devoured their comrad. The Lavaca paper says they lived for many weeks on roots, and such things as they could pick up, but finally becoming so nearly fauiisheU with hunger that one of the men proposed that they should cast lots to see which of the three should be killed and eaten by the others; but Henry would n ot agree that his wife should Cast lots, for if it should fall upon her to be killed he could not eat a mouthful of her, so the two men agreed that the first oue that got to hleep should be killed by the other. Henry, who had his wife to help him, proved the most wakeful, and the other fell victim to the demands of hunger. Louisville Courier. The Parnon nnd (lie Wcvil. T. V T. . , J y ! I clergyman went to nava visit to a senior brother i parson who resided on the sea-coast. - . 4 During! his stay he was inviteil by his friends to go a I fishing; to this he readily acceeded aiid as they1 were proceeding on their excursion, asked what kind of fish they would be likely to take. His friend replied, that they might get some devil fish. After trying some time, they hooked a large devil,' who immediately ran off, and dragged the boat with considerable velocity. The senior parson bnr6t into a hearty laugh", while his friend apparently much alarmed, inquired the cause of this laogter. The oldest gentleman replied that he was laughing at the devil's running away with the Parsons. ' ETA short time since John Miusin of Brook lyn, returned home ond found his wife, aged abont tweuty, wedded lo another. She was arrested for a bigamy, and in her defence proved thit s he thought her first love dead. t?onio of her neighbors ihotighl marrying two husbands within six mouth quick work, bat they forget that Ibis is U agt of bshtaiBg and steam Ciu Commercial.

OUR COONTHY'S I NTER E STS-A N D O L

INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY Domestic Poetry. Flowers. BY REBECCA APPLETON. t-i h!!e girl of Spriugfcld township . Flower! how fair and gay are they, How beautiful their forms: They seem to smile the hours away, Through sunshine and through atorms. They seem the most enchanting gifts, That nature can bestow, To cheer our rough aud lonely path, Of sorrow, care, and woo. When fair Aurora's tiuts are Seen Bright iu the Eastern sky; Then with the dew bespangled green Sweet Flora's beauties vie. Like words they point us to that land, Wher all is pure and bright: Where fadeless flowers ever stand, In robes of spotless white. Each flower on its bosom hears A pearly drop of dew, And seems a tilvery crown to wear, Of pure an l lovely hue. Gently they hang their drooping heads, When Storm clouds veil ihcskj : And meekly in subtnitsion bend, To Ilim who reigns on high. So should the lonely pi'grim, here Iu this dark Vale of tears; Bow calmly to Almighty power, In his probation j ears. Though dark may be the dreary ways, And dim hope's radiant light; Oh! meekly yield to the kind sway, Or him who'll guide thee right. Look upward like the transient flowers, And smiling tread the way; That leads thee through life's stormy hours, To an unhanging day. rieasuut Grove, July 0, 1S51. , For the American. Written on the death Josephine Clare, daughter of David and Ruamy Clark, cged five years.

Xnw Jo,r,,l,inc ,,n,h fone ,o Ihe home of h,r rc,,, " " ' " - " Branea T. far distant land .here .t ahvay, is spring ,h" c,pcha. and held that ifthe Government Fond parmls, lock up, she i one of tin- t)l. t ' en -ts a husband it must provide nuitable acShe is une et the choir God' praises to sinj, enmmodations for the wife also, that every entIpp...mm . . "' listed soldier may have a wife provided for. 1 l.e I. purrs will bloom ot tier swtrt terapli frm, 1 And remind you ofall that a lovoly and food- j Ilcavv IJniun8r Of her who ,o of, li,P,d her dear parents' name., ; The Shreveport Gazette states that a Miss But uow iat rot in bright Heart n above. c p r. , , aunliers, of Caddo parish, at the session of the Tlio,i?h cold be the place where she pillowa her head District Court, held ill that place week before

Ihe Antr.l.her heavenly spirit doth puard: She won Miall arir from that lew, narrow bed, And hate to obtain her promised reward. Ana'ymy.uiif Maiua. TO ,HOrUM.C fcVKIIC.TlDM. And are tiiy tears still flowing ? Still bleeds the deep, deep wound ? And is there then no comfort, No balm in Giiead round ? Is not thy blessed Saviour A refuge from despair ? Currs't thou not seek his favor? And cast on him thj' care? Why mourn the loved and lost ones? Lost? No; that cannot be: She hath left thee sad and lonely, But is she lost to thee? She hath but gone before thee To the brighter world of bliss; Twould be sellih to recall her To a sinful world like this. Around the throne Eternal She soars on rapture's wing, While the echoing courts of Heaven With Hallelujahs ring. And like a guardian Angel, She stoops thy steps to guide; For the ties of pure affection, The grave ca.inot tlixide. At the peaceful hour of twilight Her voice, by zephyrs borne, Comes with the evening shadows, And bids thee cease to mourn. In words cf holy Import She would whisper to thy heart; She seems to cheer thy spirits, And bids thy fears d-pirt. She cries, oh! Why this sadne?, Wrhen such glories wail thee there? Press onward, O my parents, Press on with filth and prayer. But weep not for thy daughter, She i ever hovering near; She watches all earth's loved ones, "Till they in Heaven appear." Maria. I'ortrr of the Spirit World. The following piece of poetry was spelled

out a few evenings since by the spirit of aj CfWe have recently conversed with a genyonng lady who die d in tins State iu the Fall .tleraan from the third John L- Robinson's; dis-

oflS50. We give it to our readers without

comment, leaving them lo draw their own con- jdoubt but that Robinson will ba defeated. Robelusions. We were present with ether witnes. inson is strongly suspected of trading in Texas-

ses while the alphabet was being called and can . . attest to its nenuineness bv affidavit if neccessarv. C raw fords villa Paner. I left my home in this low sphere And I have gone to one 1 love more dear, Glad I leave this home of delight And coma to you ii. the still of night, Home ofdelight, yes h o me cflrve, Well might we call it Heaven above; Pleased would I be to describe it to tbee, But It would lake me to eternity. rV IVevcT. What! bust this glorious Uuion up? - An' go to draw in triggers . Just fur a thanderiu pnssel of Emancipated niggers! The eagle of Ameriky That flue across Ihe sees. And throde the bloddy British lion Kr slump upon his knees; Say I-siyehall we rent him from lim to lim, - Wnn wiug wun way wun tolher, An J every aepperit pin fother A flyin' at tha other ! Mt can't be od!"

COUNTRY'S FRIENDS

18, IS51, The Place for ibeUirla. A former citizens of Terre Haute writes to the Courier at follows in regard to the scarcity ormarriHge.-.ble females in Oregon. It's along way s to go for a husband, but a good one is worth even a journey to th Pacific. The male population here is deplorably predominant. Giils under fourteen years of age frequently become "heads of families;" widows are not eurT, red tj remain long in weeds, and the marshals report-in a population of 13,000 -only one old maid. Women of any age na tion, or cou.iilion, who will come here are as sured cf profitable and proper employment, and -.irsj oi nme appropriate husbands. Thf Iron is laid on the Indianapolis and Terre Haute Railroad to Eagle Creek. ovr three miles jWestoUudianapolis, and is now being put down at the rate cf a third of a mile per day. I Mixlh diMiid. j There is a curious state affairs in the Sixth . District. Col. Hidden has declined the canvass .and the competitors now are, Col. Gorman, the regular Democratic candidate, Col. G. W, Carr, Independent Democrat, aud E!i P. Farmer. InI. .. . i x e candidates are ing the district tor-ether. Tli stumpBedford !.-i3i;c;:rj contains a call npon Ceo. G. Dunn, Esq., from citizens of Knox, to take the field, jbut his auswer has not yet been communicated. The probability is that Mr. Dunn will re- , fuse, that the Farmer will be forced ofF the jtrack, and that the contest will ultimately be between the two Democrats. Whoever is suc-Ices-ful tho result will be fatal to the organization ; or the party in that district possibly dlso to .the candidates. lnd Statesman. Grn Be.m When the old hero was drawing jtienr the close or life, aud the vital powers were evidently failing, his physician urged him to take ja little wine. "Not a crop," said the old man. j"There are things enough in the world," contiuued he, "to send the blood to the head, witii,out strong drink." SoWlen,' "iViTr. ' A Judge of Trobale in the Minnesota Territory, to whom tho United States' soldier at Fort Snelling recently made application for a discharge, on the ground that he could not find Cfl'f -.,! i-itiictnvn 17 . r.i 'f. - . 1 last, recovered J.12,000 damages against Win. j T. Show, for slander and defamation of character. Bloomer Tin tl. We observe that in Boston a grand hall is to he given, in which ladies who do not wear the Bloomer costume will not be admitted. Such a thing here would facilitate the introduction of the much talked of dress. CTWe copy the following significant remarks of Mr Stewart, Secretary or the Interior, on the , occasion cT the reception oT President Fillmore, Va. It speaks for itself nothing ambiguous about it. "Fellow-citizens, I speak strong language, , but I speak it in all sincerity and truth; and I have acted upon it officially that no man who is an abolitionist or a disunionist can be a patriI ot. Applause. Within the broad sphere of the office I hold, and which numbers amongst its dependents rrobably some 800 public officers, I j am hapy to inform you that to the beast of my (knowledge and belief I have not left an aboliou- , ist or disunionist in office, Prolonged cheerj Ing I have not looked whether a man was j whig or democrat when he was honest, capable .and faithful, I have retained him without any j referance to his political principles. But I hold j that no man who seeks to overthrow the Constitution either directly or indirectly, can conscientiously take an oath to support it. I have j refused to retain any man in public service who j was infected even with those principles. Ap plause ." Kisblh IHtrirt. The Whies of the Eight District on 1st inst.. nominated P.ivid Brier, Esq. of Funntain, for Congress, a kind of forlorn hope nominated i Scott for th Presidency, and adopted the folI lo ine resolutions: i Resolved, Tint in our judgement the present . Fi'cilive Slave Law, in so fir as it denies the , full benefit of the writ of Habeus Corpus, aud offers a greater fee to the Commi-winner to decide against the fugitive than (or him is impolitic and inconsistent with the spir it of our laws, and the cnius of a free Government. I Resolved, That in so far as it compels the citizens of the Free States nnder severe penalties ', to become assistants and subordinate aids, to J those seeking to reclaim runaway Slaves to j bondage, it is abhorent to our feelings and rejpugnant loall our habits. Statesman. This is the same position that Watts of th is District takes. trict, and he gives it his opinion that thare is no jBonds, and that iu voting for the Ten Million ' .. Bill, he had more than one objct in view, Wayna County Whigl ITThe "Bloomer dress" goes ahead in the newspapers at a very rapid rate. That's be cause it has got legs to it. As lord Chesterfield observed with his customary elegance of diction, Let 'em went." Boston Tost. Rrenrh of I'romiae. Miss Cornelia Bunce, a spinster of 43, keeper of a boarding-house at Williamsborgh, N. Y. obtained last week $2,000 damages of Mr. John Smith, a widower of CO and father of large family, for breach of marriage promise. The Itapprn. The rappers are at Crawfordsville. and no mis take, Major Elston RevG. M Boyd, Dr. Snook, Dr Brown and other reputable individuals, of intelligence and standing, have given in their adhesion, and even ihe Editor of the Review in his last paper gives in his - ETThe celebrated raronaut, Wise, is shortly to make an ascension from Cincinnati.

Greeley s Letters from Europe.

PnrU Paris, Thursday Jone 12, 1851. A great Capital like this is not e..n In . r..

days; I have not yet seen a qnarter of it. The ! ,,mS 'Ur!,r,s",J as !! "Might-a me. I never g-neral magnitude cf the houses (usually built i"W "nyth,rS tl a!l "'? it. Ci o.' aronud a small quadrengular court, ce.r the j aa::""r tiu"' street, whence the court U entered by a -ate or , THT. FRENCH OP-R . arched passage) fa readily remarked; dso the, Pak.s, M.udHV.'ane's 5I minute subdivision cf Shop-keeping, many if Hav:,,g the eveninj on my I an is ' I have not most sellers confining their attention to a , spent a good share cfil at the Ora of whc-K single rabric, so that th-.r 'store, and stocks of , France i, proud, Bnd to ,h t'of which goccs are small; also, tl.egeneral greg.riousnes, her Government direc.lv and hherally contribor social aptitude, of the people. I lodge in a . utes. It i, ot onIy a Xjliona, in.u,yuti;a,rb';t house once famous as 'Frascati's,! the most eel- , a National trait and as such I visited ir ebrated gaming-house In Europe; it stands on The house is very 8Mcious. adn.iM, i..

the corner or rner of the Rue Richelieu with the Bon- . ('Italian in one direction and '.Montlevards martre in another.) my wiaoows ovenoon Hie Boulevard for a considerable distance; and here are many of the most fashionable shops, roffaurants,' 'cafes,' Sic. in the city. No one ia New York would think of ordering hii bctlie cf wine or his ices at a fashionable resort ia Broadway and silling down st a table placed on the side7': .eure.y, jus, out of the ever-pass.ng throng;yet here it is so comnun OB 10 seem ine rule Miner man Hie vxcenlion. Hundreds tit thus u ithin siclit of mv Windows everv evening . r.A,, llt iH,. rincr the dav. Tl, l-WI,mn'. nl b' " u u

ii i . , . , ,' , are in L.oncoa. I am a poor jude. tut I should all social; to eat, dnuk or spend the evening' ... lfsV ia , , . ,, " ' ,, , ' . a -H'is.c ;s not remark-.b e. alone would ba a weariness to him; he reads 1 -p,;. . r , . , " his newspaper in thoroughfare or the publ.c ' !loi " " .?" ,f C; ua "d f&,ecUcI'' gardens: he talks more ia one day than an En- ' 77' f ' lUhman iu three: the theaters, balls, concerts. 1 ' , ?J fli,k'"S P ing, dancing t i-, . . , . """"'-ana devotion, ido -worship and De'i!ah-rra f &.c. whioh to the Wander afford occasional re-' i, ,j . , , p. cra.t, I ... ... i "JCl nt ueiore eticcuntered. At leist i'ir" creation are to hun a nightly necessitvrhc would u, , , ai least i.iree . - inundr-d performers were at onr- m, it, .i...

bo Iciiely aud inmerable without them. No where is Amusement more systematically and sedulously sought than in Fjris; no where is it more abundant or accessible. For boys just es caped foni school or paternal restraint, intent J on enjoyment aud untroubled by conscience or forecast, this must Le a rare city. Its people aa a community, have aiguul good qualities and grave .delects: tUey are Intelligent, v:vacious I courteous, obliging, generous snd huinaoe;eager lo enjoy, but wiiliug that all the world should enjoy with Ihem; while at the same lime they are impulsive, fickle, sensual aud irrevereut. Paris is tho Paradise of the Senses; a focus of Enjoyment, not cf Happiness. No where are Youth and its capacities more prodigally lavised; no where i9 Old Age less happy or less respected. Paris has tens cf thousands who would eagerly pour out their heart's blood for Liberty and Human Progress, but no class or clail who ever thought of denying themselves Wine and kindred stimulants in order that the Masses should bo rendered worthier of Liberty and thus betler fitted to preserve and enjoy it. Such notions as Total Abstinence from All that cau Intoxicate are absolutely ui.heard or by the majority or Parisians, and incomprehensible or ridiculous to those w ho have heard of them. The barest necessaries of life are very cheap here; many support existence quit eudurably on a franc lS?4'ct,uts aday; but of the rude Laboring Class few can really afford the comforts and proprieties of an orderly family life, and the privation is very lightly regretted. The teslimony is uniform that Marriaga is scarcely regarded as even a remote possibility by anjone of the poor girls of Paris who live by work ; to be for a season the mistress of a man of wealth or one who can support her in luxury and idleness ia the summit or her ambition- The verv terms 'griselte aud 'lorelte'Hy which young wo men unblest with wealth or social rank are ...u.uu.v unigudi, .nvoive me idea oi demoralizalion co man would apply them to one r' 3 whom he respected and of w hose good opinion he was solicitous. In uo other nominally Christian city is the proportion of the unmarried so great as here; nowhere eUe do families so quickly decay; nowhere else is the proportion or births out of wedlock so appalling. The Poor of London are less comfortable as a class than those of Paris that, they suffer more from lack of employment, and their w.iges are lower iu view of the relative ccst of living; but Philanthropy is far more active thsre than here.and far more is done to asjuuge the tide of human woe. Ten public meeting, in furtherance cf Educational, Philanthropic and Religious enter prises are held iu the E. iti'i Metropolis to one in this, and the number interested in such undertakings there, as contrasted with that in this city, has an equal preponderance. 1 shall not attempt to strike a balance between the good and evil prevailing in the two Capitals of Western Europe, the reader may do that for hicself. SIGHTS OF PARIS. The first object cf interest I saw ill Paris was the 'Column of Napoleon iu the Thice Vendome, as I rattled by it in the gray dawn of the morning of my arrival. This gigantic Column as is well known, was formed of canuau taken by the Great Captain in the several victories which irradiated his earlier career, and wasconstru cted while he was Emperor cf France and virtually of the Continent. His Statue crowns the pyramid; it was pulled down while the Allied Armies occupied Paris, and a resolute attempt was made to prostrate the Column also, but it was too firmly rooted. The Statue was not replaced till after the Revolution of 1830. The Pla.e Vendome is small, surrounded by high houses, and the stately Column seems dwarfed by them. But for its historic interest, and especially that of the material employed in its construction, I should not regard it very highly. Far better placed, as well as more majestic

and every way interesting, is the 'OU?!i.-k of ! tional Convention. Loior, which for thousands of years bad over- j Mr Colfax replied that he bsd roted as thsrged shadowed Uie banks of the Nile until presented , but, said, if that were abiliiion:in, tbcu may to France by the late Pacha of Egypt, and trans- ' prominent democrats, such as Judge Burden, ported thence to the Place de U Concorde, near ' Mr Graham and others were also guilty. He the Garden of the Tuileries. 1 have reen nolh- j then presented a paper to tha Doctor and asked ing in Europe w hich impressed me l.ke this j him if that was his hand writing. After blushmagnificent shaft, covered oi it is with mjste- j itg a few moments, t'.e Doctor stammered out rious inscriptions which have braved the iuds i that it was. Mr Colfax then rad it, which and rains of four thousand years, yettx-em as proved to be the Doctor's pledge to the sbolifresb and clear as though chiseled yesterday. I tionists, above re fered to. Had there been a

The removal of this bulk of many thousand tuns from Zgypt to Paris entire is one of the most marvelous achievements of hun.an genius, and Paris has for me no single attraction lo match the Obelisk of Luxor. The 'Tuileries' strike, me 83 an irregular mass of bandings with littls pretensions t.o

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Architectural beanty pr effect It has gre,t canacitv. and amlilnT r...r .. ' 1 "c uvre-is 3 V "l "". but its "rc": 1 a'm' -v l"" "t 'ters cf .11 ned, superbly fitted up, anj every way adapted j ,o its purpose; the charge, moderate; the audi- ; ecce Iarre an.l rM.a.i . .1 or , . tendauts up to their business, aud everv thW - u.uucrs uufj ai- , orderly and uiet. The play was Scribe's m 1 'o-'tfus.' (Ths Prodigal Son,) which iu England they sofieu into 'Azael the' Prodigal,' but here no such euphemism is re quisite, and indeed I doubt that half who witDtSS it s.jspec, that the idea is taken from the Scriptures. The i.U, . .u.. ' hnrrn.. t?u. There vera crr.-it cirrs t , , e, - luvm111 the casf. fnr 1iTj A:n . ah ' . . i even Aiooni, L . , . "er compeers WHO rpmntTlQ h.irA n, .r i. . ine cincing-girlsenrnged were not less than' one hundred in number, apparent'y all between fourteen aud eighteen ye-,r3 of aj, eenenlW good-looking, anl with tint aspect of iunocencs Bn? f. s.incss to which tli- Stag js so fatal. The most fgile and eminent among them wasa Miss Plunket, said to l.e an American, with a1 . face of considerable beauty and a winning, joyju iiMouer. i snouiu say mat half the action of me piece, nearly half the tima aud more than ha:fti:e alt.Mitioa cf tho audience, sed by these dancing .demoiselles. were engrosFrance U the cradle nud home of theBilM. In other lands it is en exotic, here a natural outgrowth and expression of the National mind. Of the spirit which conceived it, here is the abode and the Opera Franciis the temple:' and here it has exerted its natural and unobstructed influences on the manners aud morals of a People. If you would comprehend the Englishman follow him to his fireside; if a Frenchman, join him at the Opera and contemplate hi in during the performance of the Billet. I am, though no practitioner, a lover or the Dane?. Restricted to proper hours aud fit associates, I wibh it were f ir more gtieral than it is. Health, grace, muscular energy, even beaulr. might be promoted by it. Why the dancing of the Theater should le rendered disgusting I can not ret comprehend. The 'poetry of motion, of harmonious evolutions and the grscefu! movement of "twinkling feel," 1 think I appreciate. All these are natnral expressions of innocent gayiety and youthful elasticity of spirits, whereof this world sees far too little. I wishthere were, more of them. But what grace, what sense, what witchery, there can be, for instance, in a j-oung girl's standing on one great toe and raising the other foot to the altitude of her head, I cannot imagine. As an exhibition of mnscular power, it j is disagreeable to me, because I know that the car,,-;,.. ror i, . ,mj j... .- j ' irarte.I frri .i . . r , a- . traded enorts and at the cost of much suffering. Why is it kept on the stsge? Admit that it i9 not lascivious; who will pretend that it is essentially graceful? I was glad to see that the most extravagant distortions were nst specially popular with ti e auditnce.that nearly all ihe applause bestowed on those ballet-fcuU which seem devised only to favor a liberal display of the person came from the little knot of hired 'claquers in me center oi Me pit. ll ttiere were many who loved to witness, there were few so shameless as la applaud. If the Opera is ever to become an element cf Social life and enjoyment iu New York. I do trust that it may be snih a one as thoughtful nun may take their daughters to witness without apprehension cr remorse. I do not know whether the Opera we now have is or is not such acne: I know this is not. lis entire, pal pable, urgent tendency is 'earthly, sensual, devlih. In none was the instinct ofPuritj' ever strengthened by beholding it; in miny, it must in the nature or things, be weakened with each repetition of the spectacle. It is uo marvel that the French are reputed exceedingly reckless of the sanctions and obligations of Marriage, if this is a part of their State-supported education . 1 came away at the close or the third cct, leaving two more to be performed. The play is transcendent in spectacle, aud has had a very great success here. n. c A Brmagsgur ICxpuoril. Thre is no greater demagogue iu the State than Dr Fitch, now running forCougrtsiu the ninth district. He secured Lis election iu lti:, by pledging himself to the old liberty party to? introduce a bill abolishing cUvery iu the District or Columbia, and then violated his pledge. He and his competitor, Mr Colfax, are nowaddressing the pce-pl cf that cistriot. On a recent occasion, the Doctor charged Mr Cclfa with abolitionism because cf bis vote against negro exclusion as a memltr cf the Constitu1 small auger hole in that neighborhood at that moment, the Doctor locked small enough tohave crawled into it. Wherever these gentlemen have met, the superiority of Colfax h;-s been so well felt by all parties, that little dealt i:ow txistsES lo his election- JodUm Journal.