Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1850 — Page 1

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r IT r 1 1 j. a-. WILLI J. BHOWJT, Editor. AUSTIN II. BROWN, Publisher. WEEKLY. SEMI-WEEKLY,... ...... i OO I WEEKLY, 2 f VOL. X. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1850. NO. 30.

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INDIAM STATE SENTINEL: A GAZETTE OF THE PEOPLE, E7Office in THE SENTINEL BUILDIXGSa Sörth Sid: Washington, near Meridian St., OPPOSITE ODD rELLOWS HALL, AUSTIN II. BROWN, Publisher. THE SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Is pabliahed rery Wednesday anJ Saturday and Tri-Weekly during the Session of the legislature, at rOTTS DOLLAES A YEAS, Invariably in Advance. THE WEEKLY EDITION ts published every Thursday, &.kI is furai!ied to subscribers at the following very low rales: "One Copy, one year S3 00 Three Coptea, one year, 5 00 Five Copies, one year, 8 00 Ten. Copies, (in Clubs) one year, 19 UO Otte Copy, Six months, 1 PO One Copy, tAree months, 00

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of 100 each, shall have a copy gruus lor one vrar. tor a jreaicr owcj 0 j;,- sex a dclH 0r gratitude Whit-Il if D3 JiVCG to n" miI,0B, !"CT?ieJ:n Pfportloii. t,e agf asi;gneJ to lhe patriarchs of old lie never could All Post Mailers are requeued to act a Agents. aii-1. a such, 3 . .1 1' ,.. 1 -1 .11. . a. , rs 11.,,..,! ti.-v rp iuthoril to frak t pay. But something he might do to lessen that debt :

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will prostrate themselves beore nnr Banking intim- P'eni npon mo acts a protn-at i.nsuand. lie trien ." i n - S-0 a history or the common law. in us practices, and tion. It is truo tbat there are various and conflicting answered the'argumcnts that had been advanced, so far opinions that have to be harmonized, before Banking of as Christianity is concerned. any description will be tolerated. A section has nl-1 Mf' Pttit remarked, that bo atttibutad to the hon- . . , . , , ,, ! crable mover of this question the best and purest moTeady been adopted, by a large vote, which effectually j tiv Ho bai, 8erve(1Vith him in the Legislature in divorces the Bank from the State; and if anything at all , this Hall, and for four years in Congress, and believed usfiane for Banking, it will bo under some general prin-' tiiere was no purer man in manucrs and morals than .k- :ti i. .-11 ........ it tu .....: .u I Robert Dale Owen. But ho could n t 20 with him in cipY9 that will bo well ntardeu. lue assertion of tho - t-. , . , - . a j bis proposition. The ditlerence between his instructions xdinr of the Courier, that "if the State Bank is again , and the amendment of the gentleman from Dearborn Ifasieaed upon the people of the State, it may be fairly at-j (Mr. Ho'.raan) was, that ho opposed a separation of rtriboied to the Stntiicl" is a strange remark, in con- ! n.!cts in property between tf.i husband and wife. . ( His amendment secured the property of the wife from necion with Hie fact, that not a single word has been : tjie creditors of the husband and this he thought was -aid,-editoriall, in this paper, in favor of such an insti- sufficient. Alibis feelings prompted him to do every tutior : and only a comraa.iieation of a finger's length in-: binginbis power for tho benclit of woman, airl he ., . . , ... ... ,. . . 1 would, if he could, support the gentleman from Posey rted in its favor, which was noticed in an editorial, at j ; LU e(n,rt,. jj1It a her jllty compelled him to difrthe i'mc, as not embodying our views on Banking. ; fer, and wishing to do all ho could, be bad offered his IVe should have taken no notice f the Courier, at I amendment; which he thought was going far enough for uis ü'jie, but for the fact, tbat those who Lave Tailed in tlie benefit 0r all concerned. , - n- . . t. . . . . . a 1 Mr. Howe was opposed to anything on the subject; :aJt,Mr efforts to injure the Sentinel and its influence . ffll n .,tcrnalivV Lc W0llIJ v'ote f,rr the instructions . 1 . 1 . , ; . . . 7 .

ue too lyemocrauc party, nave resorteu to tne con-; temptilde subterfuge of misrepresenting our position on the Sank question. We know that th .article is uot from the pen ef the nominal editor. All for the Union.

A aslungton correspondent of the Icw x oik Her-1 . .-' , lfr , , J.,- , . , , practical diuerenee between the. amendment and aid, after declaring that "a strong Union sentiment 1 the section as originally introduced. He could not pervades the people cf this city" (Washington) which f co how gciillemen could oppose a homestead exis shared by all the Senators and members there, ptt- J eR:ption RRi "ri" tU se,ion: lf ou create s. P.j- ' 11 j rate property, you must authorize separate suits. II eedstbus: j you give to woman the separnto risrht of property, you The Union sentiment is moving the rno'.nhers of the j must give her the right to vote. It is but a part and Administration and Congress, in a remar kaile mauncr, ' parcel of the woman's rights, contended for by Abby as will b seen from the following schc.iile: j Kelly and Folsotn. He thought there were inducements Hon. Truman Smith is married to a lady of Ala- ; sufficient to urge any reasonable man to go against tho bams. ! whole matter. He would therefore raovo to indefinitely Hon. Mr. Gilmore, of Pennsylvania, is married to a ! stponc the whole subject, lady in Maine, a niece of Mr John Voaihan. j Mr. Giasox said, the amendment of the gentleman Hon. Mr. Calell, of Fbrida, is married to the beauti- , from Tippecanoe, (Mr. Pettit) in its true meaning, went fal Miss Wilcox, of St. Lrjts. Mo. ' t eenre the property of tho wife for the benefit of the

ücneral Waiidy luorjpsün, (one or the few Lnion j en of South Carolina,) 'is married to Miss Jones, of j me JN'orth Carolina. Iieafct "rant that all Souih Carolina ' may be weddoi ldoi in indissolubla bonds to the patriotic State of .orth Carolina. H'o Line jjoyd, of Ky., was married last session to a lady of Pennsylvania. Hon. Mr. Taylor of Cöio, is a bridegroom, and hence tianf I Aft rri f Ks Tmift ' - m stsr 1 1 '

Hon. Mr Conrad, bceretary ot war, is aimnt to uc . mem. ucmtu.i unumcu o .v., married to a lady, who is not only fascinating, but every ! close vote, and reconsidered by a largo vote. The subway worthy of so staunch and patriotic a Union man as ! ject had not been agitated throughout tho State, and the v:.ir. r- n. rr T:,.i,ri i nlut irt w, mnr. ! safer ixdicy would be. to leave the matter to lecislative

U I ill.- it - !- U"J V A 'VV y - ls v w w ried to a lady in Georgetown. God bless the ladies, o-ie and all! They are silently

and unobtrusively doing laore for the Union than all the ; and '"?, " t makes our laws so unstable. In Lngmen, by cherishfnff. at th.) fireside of home, those patri- hnd it was eitrereiit. In that country, they followed otic American sentiments which the disqaisitions of pol- j public sentiment. On the whole, be thought it was best

Itics seem to drive oat of the brains of men. May they ; be prosperous and happy, and be the worthy mothers of worthy Union men. TI111 women have the rearing of the risins generation entrusted to their maternal ca:e. :Ia their hands the Union is safe. God bless them! Good Advice to Dr. Simpson. The highly talented anJ learned Editor of the Christian Advocate and Journal, New York, girc t'ie following as evidenco of his experience, as the Editor of a 'Religio. Journal : "We have always observed, that whfre questions, of whatever nature, become mixed up with politics, and the public mind cets into a ferment, it is impossible for ministers of the Gospel lo handle them with advantage; and that kind of interference, unless the call of duty is most obviously imperative, ha but little influence bat in its recoil npon the sacred olce and the interests of relirion. C7 As gold which a man cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge, which he cannot apply, wi'l

make no man wise.

Constitutional Convention. Tcksdat, December 17, 1S30. The Convention was opened by prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Hext. The Convention then took up the section in relation to the right of married women to hold property the question being on Mr. Holman's amendment to the instructions offered by Mr. Pettit. Mr. IIolman modified his instructions so as to read as follows: "The real and personal property of married women shall be and remain secured to them on equitable conditions, liv law." Mr. Pettit moved a call oftho Convention, which was ordered, and the absentees sent for. Tho call was temporarily suspended ; when Mr. 0E.v said, it was evident the Convention wonld either adopt one of the two amendments now licforc it, or else, petting weary of tho subject, vote everything down. But if the latter course was adopted, ft was

i not thus to Le got rid of. Surely the Convention did not ilium ?u incaniv oi tue perseverance oi tnc menus oi mis measure as to imagine, they would rest satisfied without renewed exertion; or that they, or himself, would be de terred by personal abase or misrepresentation. He owed, he said, towomaD, as mother, as wife, as friend, the lirst and happiest and purest hours of his life. He and that little should be faithfully done. He said, if ho were faint-hearted h e might take courage from the evidences of approval that came to him from every side. He had seen numerous notices of the press in all parts of the State endorsini the section in nucstion : and had heard of, but not seen, one obscure paper oidv which look -round against it. Within three clays past he had reoeiveu two indications 01 puwnc senumcnt, one irom Lawrenecburgh, announcing a meeting of ladies to take their property rights into consideration ; one from Tcrrc Haute, the Journal, in which the editor declared the section "had his hearty approval ;"and that he regarded it as "a benign measure which marks an epoch in the advance of Christian civilization." He vindicated the course of the ladies who lad taken aa interest in this ruatter, and denounced in th Mrongcst terms, the conduct of men, in anu otit oi me Convention, wlio might assail their motives or character. He then took up Mr. Pcttit's nmendment, and showed, tbat it was for the protection ,,f the proper tv of married men, not of married women. Then bo replied to -Mr. Kilcs, taking up tho oiiits of his speech, oac niter another. He said it he and Mr. Niles could have tho good fortnno to hear together, tho queen of son, Jenny Lind, pouring forth some of those tritins which clevatu and ennoble while they enchant, ho wouia ue wining, at the close oi the piece, to leave it to ! ' 1'.: I r r . . - i . 1 1 1 1 1 "' nu irun iiH iuuo ay 'lauer Mio woiiiu navo ,loct,ngs in Stockholm. He then alluded to Hannah Moore, to Miss Edjeworth, to Mrs. Ilemans and to a PH.-tcss of our own .State; and aked Mr. Niles whether ho thought it better !r tncinselvcs and tho world Lat thcse and other gifted women should employ the noble talents God had given t'.icm to improve, to elevate, to flight mankind; of whether tho limit of their sphere should be, to make pies and puddings for the rentlcman from Laporte and the rct of his bigh-inir.ded and mot Ho then took up Mr. NileV statement, that ho (Mr. N.) in denying property-ri-hts to women, did so, "not that he loved justice less but women moro'' and he re plied to this by saving, that according to his feelings the love of a nolilo mind sought t-.i elevate its object, social ly and legally, to an equality with itsell ; that he desired tobe no one's master as he was no one's slave : that he how h(J ( Mr o.) would feel if he were condemned to pecuniary dcpcndancc even on the dearest friend; and that what ho was notlumsell willing to endure, lie desir l cd to Irce other from. He concluded by sayinu that the onlv two practical qucstious were, whether we should emloTM! tic law of IS 16 as to ral cstato, and add to it the words "personal property ." Mr. Read of Monroo said, this was not & new subI jeet to Lira, and did lie not feel ilcej!y nn the subject, Le would not trouble tlio Convention with any remarks. He had, from bis earliest recollections, lcen opposed to the common law principles on the tubject; and lie had always advised his friends to evade tho law. through the intervention of trustees; and, in Ohio, bo had reason to bless the lmur when he gavo advice in one instance, which rescued a woman from poverty and ruin.conseoi tbo gentleman Irom lippecanoo (Mr. 1'ettit.) Bcfore he sat down, however, bo would move to indefinite ly postpone the whole subject. It was true, that a similar provision had been inserted in the Constitutions of other States; but there bud been no practical workings under them. It was a matter of doubtful expediency. If adopted as a statutory provision, it might I 1 1.1 ...:.. 1 .. i:..i- ti unsnanti. 11 was worse man nouitng, nnu 110 wouiu vote ajainst it, if adopted. He denied that the section made separate interests between husband and wife, although this had been almost the only argument that had been urired. The amendment of the gentleman from Dear lorn. (Mr. Holman) wus the only alternative left to the fricctls of tho measure, and he hoped it would be adopted. Mr. Barbour was in favor of an indefinite postpone Tl. .wtn ltra1 I.aah . . tw.n nacua.l T Y r r enactmcnt. Tho great danger is, in this country, that our l';iiulurc are in aavance oi puunc enwmf?ni ; to postpone the subject Mr. Tavi.or was in favor of a postponement. He thought jrentlcmen should pane before they interfered with the institutions under which we have lived so happily. He had a kind mother, an affectionate wife, sisters and daughters, and it was in their behalf that he appeared, and urged upon gentlemen not to destroy the beauty and harmony of onr present system. He saw, in this measure, more evils than any suliicet that had ever come before him as a public man. He had known married mea and women without a dollar as happy as any others. Ho would urge gentlemen not to endeavor to force the womeu of the country to become merchants and bankers, pork dealers, See. If the gentleman from Posey would bring forward any measure that w oqld make husbands and wives love the partners of their bosoms better, he would he found with him. II would go 0 far as to give to widows the whole of tho property of tneir nusoanus, il nocossary. Mr. Dobsok thought the whole snbioot should be left out of the Constitution. It was an abstract right at best. If necessary, the statute of the State might be amended, ao as to embrace personal proporty. There was danTer in coin? ahead of mibiic sentiment. The J ?eeiion had been adopted by a close vote. The public mind was becinning to be agitated. There was, in some

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sections of the State, a strong prejudice against the measure, and the whole Constitution might be lost, if it was adopted. The whole subject would bo left to the Legislature and the people, and that h thought would be the best course to pursue. Mr. Edmonstow moved the previous question ; which being sustained, was first put on the amendment to the instructions offered by Mr. Holman, and decided in the negative, aves 60, noes GO. Ätes. Messrs. Alexander, Anthony, Ballingall. Bascom, Becson, Berry, Blythe, Bryant," Chandler, Chapman, Chcnowith, Coats, Crumbackcr, Dick, Dunn of Perry, Duzan, Edraonston, Garvin, Gibson, Graham of Warrick, Hall, Hamilton, Harholt, Hendricks, Hitt, Holman, Hovcy, Kelso, Kendall of White, Kilgore, Kinley. Maguire, M'Clclland, MXean, Miller of Clinton, Miller of Fulton, Miller of Gibson, Milroy, Mooney, Morrison of Marion, Mowrer, Owen, Pepper of Ohio, Pepper of Crawford, Prathor, Read of Clark, Read of Monroe, Ristinc. Sherrod, Shoun. Sbns, Smiley. Smith

of Scott, Spann, Steele, Tannehill, Wiley, Wunderlich, and Mr. President GO. Noes. Messrs. Badger, Barbour, Beach, Beard, Bickncll. Biddle, Bowers, Bracken, Bright, Brookbank, Butler, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamilton, Clark of TipE -canoe, Colfax, Conduit, Crawford, Davis of Madison, avis of Tarke, Davis of Vermillion, Dobson, Dunn of Jefferson, Elliott, Farrow, Fisher, Foley, Foster, Frisb!e, Gordon, Greegg, Haddon. Hardin, Helm, Helmcr, Howe, Huff, Johnsou, Jones, Lockhart, Logan, March, Mather, May) Moore. Morgan, Morrison of Washington, Newman, Niles, Nofsinger, Pettit. Rariden, Schoonovcr, Shannon, Snook, Smith of Ripley, Stevenson, Tague, Tnvlor, Thomas, Thornton, Todd, Trimblcy, Waljole, Watts, Wolfe, Work, Yoeum, and Zenor 6'J. The question was then taken on re-committing the section with tho instructions offered by Mr. Pettit, as follows: "The property, real and personal, of women, shall be secured against the creditors and legal representatives 01 their husbands." And decided in the negative, ayes 33, noes 93. The question asrain recurred, on the passage of the section, as amended by Mr. Blythe, in the following words: "The real and personal property of women, whether owned leforo marriage, or afterwards acquired by purchase or gilt, (other than from the husband in fraud of his creditors) devise, or descent, shall be and remain secure to them, ander equitable conditions, by law." Which whs decided in the negative, ayes, 53, noes 75. On motion, the Convention adjourned. In the afternoon, tho section, providing that "every bill or joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding, as far as possible, technical phrases, in Latin or other languages: provided that the laws, fee., may be published in the German or French languages, Tor tho benefit of those who cannot read English," M as read a third time; when Mr. Gibso.v moved to re-eommit, with instructions to strike out tho proviso ; which motion did not prevail. Mr. Lo.ckhart moved that the section be laid upon the table; which motion did not prevail, ayes 23, noes 87. The section then passed by a vote of ayes 97, noes 21. Mr. Walpole moved to amend, by inserting the following section: "No President, Director, Agent or other officer in any Banking or Railroad eompany, shall be eligible to a seat in either branch of the Lsgislature, or for six months nftcr he shall cease to be such President, Director. ie. Mr. Gregg moved to amend, by inserting "nor shall any Delegate to this Convention be eligible to a seat in Congress for the next live years after the adoption of ibis Constitution." Mr Sherrod moved that the amendment be laid npon the table; carried. Mr. Blvthe moved to amend, so that no member of this Convention shall hold any office under the new Con stitution, fir two years after its adoption. Mr. Mowrer moved that the section and amendment bo laid upon the table. Mr. IIardix called for a division of the que?tion: when the question was taken on tho amendment, and derided in the affirmative, ayes 84, noes 31. 1 he question was then taken on laying the section on the table, and decided in the negative, ayes 46, noes 79. Mr. IS Ave moved to amend, so as to exclude stock holders, as well as Presidents, Directors, &c. Mr. PrrPER of Crawford moved tho previous qucs. tion, which being sustained, was put, on the adoption of Mr. Nave's amendment, and decided in the negative, ayes 23, noes 103. The question was then taken on the adoption of the section offered by Mr. Walpole, and decided in the affirmative, ayes 76, noes 57. Mr. Kariden moved to amend, by adding a section, that the Anditor and Treasurer of State shall be sutlcred to debate all questions of finance on the floor of the House of Representatives, but shall have no vote. The object was, he said, that these officers mar ex plain and answer questions on tho floor, in relation to the public finances. There was no such provision in the Constitutions of any oftho Mates "but be believed it was practiced in Parliament. Mr. Ritchet moved to amend, so as to lncludo the Supremo Judges, as well as tho Auditor and Treasurer. Mr. Stevenson moved that the section be rclcrrcd to the committee on the Legislative Department. Mr. Pepper of Crawlord moved that th section bo laid on the table; which motion prevailed; hen the Convention adjourned. Wednesday, December 13, 1S.V). The Convention j was opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr. Steele. j I he President laid belore the Convention a communication from the Secretary of State, containing information in relation to the number of days occupied by the Circuit and other Courts, the number of cases docketed, tho numlK?r of wills, letters testamentary, &.c. which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Read of Clark presented a petition from the citizens of Claiksville; read and laid on tho table. Mr. Rariden reported the following sections: "Sec. . All county and township officers shall be liable to be removed from office, on indictment and conviction for felony or misfeasance in office, in the Circuit Court of the county wherever thev hold their offices"Sec. . All State officers shall be liable to be removed from office by impeachment by the House of Representatives, to be tried by the Senate, for any crime or misdemeanor, and on conviction shall le removed. Sec. . Any Judge being convicted on indictment of anv felony or corruption in office, may be removed frora office by the judgement of the Supreme Court, on information in the name of the State. "Sec . Any State officer may be removed from office, by a joint resolution of the General Assembly, for incapa'city or for general negligence of the duties of office, two-thirds of tho members elect of each branch voting therefor. "Sec. . The General Assembly shall pass laws regulating proceedings for the removal of officers from office. State, couaty and township, pursuant to the foregoing provisions." Which were read and passed to a second reacing. Mr. Bryant, from the committee on Benevolent Institutions, reported the following sections: "Sec. . It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide, by law, for the support of Iustitutions, for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, of the Blind am! for the treatment of the Insane. "Sec. . The General Assembly shall have the power to provide Houses of Refuge for the correction and reformation of Juvenile offenders. "Sec. . The County Boards shall havo the power to provide farms, to le an asylum for those persons, who, by reason of age, infirmity or other misfortunes may havo a claim upon the sympathies and aid of society." Which were read ; and, together with the memorial of tho mutes of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum ; the remarks of the President of the Convention, and the report of the Committee, wero ordered to be printed. Tho acction, making Presidents, Directors, &c., of Banking and Railroad Comnanics ineligible to seats in the Legislature was read a third time ; when Mr. Kit.gore moved that it be indefinitely postponed. Quite a spirited discussion here sprang up, in which it was contended, that the Presidents, Directors and officers of Banks and Railroads would le impropor representatives in our State Legi -dature. That, under a system of Banking that might be adopted, many such officers might find it convenient to have seats in our legislative Halls, and by a combination of interests might operate greatly to the injury of the country, for their private advantage. The Railroad and Banking companies would have millions ander their control. ."' On the other, hand it was contended; that, it would be an unnecessary disfranchisement of our ciliic'ns. That;

to carry ont the principle, stockholders shonld be also' excluded. That the influence, no much dreaded, could be exercised, if exercised at all, as well, if Directors and Presidents were excluded, as if permitted to hold seats. It was contended by some, that the State Bank of Indi. ana had always obtained every thing, it desired f.'om the Legislature; but never had a Director or President a member of either body; indeed they . are excluded by the charter. It woiild be impossible to exclude such officers from the lobbies. Besides, it is the people that elect their Representatives; and it would be distrusting them, to inflict such restrictions. Before the question was taken,, the Convention adjourned. In the afternoon the Convention rcsnracJ the consideration of the section, last tindor. consideration the question bting 00 an indefinite postponement of the secThe discussion was continued by Mr. Kil&ore in a speech of considerable leneth gaint the section ; when Mr. Shovp moved that it lie . laid upon iho Table j

which mo'jon prevailed, ayes 7LJ, noes 47,

The section providing th "all election, by WITW cofj

ral Assembly shall be by arira roce vote, was read a third time; when . ' Mr Milroy moved to strike out n"r roce and insert "voice not adopted. Mr. McClelland moved to amend, so that the vote shall be taken by the "livirg voice;' which was declared out of order. Mr. Hall moved to amend, by adding a proiso, that "a plurality of votes shall elwct;" not adopted. Mr. Kilgobe moved to amend, so that elections shall be by ballot; not adopted. The section was then ordered to lc engrossed. Tho section, that no Senator or Representative shall be appointed ts any civil office of profit, during Lis term of oniec, except such as are elected by the people, was read a secood time; when Mr. Holman moved to amend, so that no Senator or Representative, during his term of service, shall be elected a United States Senator ; whicts was not adoptedThe section was then ordered to be engrossed. Tho section providing that collectors or holders of fmblic money shall not be eligible to a seat in the Legis attire until they settle op, was read a second time. Mr. Woli e moved to amend, so as to iuelmle attorneys, who refuse to pay over money collocted, on demand. Mr. Kelso moved to amend, so as t include all other persons who do not pay their debts; both amendments laid on the table. The spction was then ordered to be engrossed. Mr. Kelso moved to amend, by inserting a section, that no President, Cashier, Director or other officer of any banking company or moneyed institution, shall be eligible to a seat in tho Legislature. Mr. Mather moved that it be laid on the table; which motion did not prevail, ayes 63, noes 63. The question was then taken on the adoption of the section, and decided in the affirmative, ayes 67, nnpi 62. The section was then ordered to be engrossed by a vote of ayes CG, nies C2. Mr. Pepper of Ohio moved to add a section, "that no real estate shall be sold for less than two-thirds of its apC raised value, and personal property not less than one alf of its appraisca value." Mr. Mather - moved that the amendment be laid npon the table; which motion prevailed, ayes 84, noes 40. The section providing, that no law of a public nature shall take effect until published and circulated in the several counties, except in cases of craergeucy, was read a second time. Mr. Edmoxston moved to strike out the words "of a public nature ;" carried. Mr. Wolfe moved to strike out the section, and insert a suhstitate ; not adopted. Mr. Newjian moved to amend, by adding that the cascs of emergency shall bo inserted in the body of the law; adopted. The section was then ordered to be engrossed. Mr. BonrEN moved to amend, by inserting a section, that "no member of the Legislature, during the time for which he is elected, shall lie eligible to any office, the election or appointment of which is vested in the General Assembly ; which was adopted, and the section ordered to be engrossed. The section, providing that members of the Legislature shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by law, but no increase of compensation shall take effect during tho session at which such increase may be made," was read a second time. Mr. Read of Clark moved to amend, so that after the first fifty days, the compensation shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents per day. Mr. Berry moved t add, at the end of the amendment, in capital letters, the word BUNCOMB; which was adopted. Mr. Edmonston moved that the amendment as amended, be laid on the table; carried, ayes 6fi, noes 43. The Convention then adjourned. Ia our notice of Mr. Niles' remarks, on the question of women's rights, wc were mistaken in the spirit of Lis allusion to Jenny Lind. Insteadof saying, that she would have received moro of his approbath b.c., he says, that bis remark was, that "he wonld have thought of her with more satisfaction, as fulfilling the conditions of her own happiness, had she married some noble Swedish youth," &c. Execution or Gross William Gross-was yesterday publicly executed in this city for the murder öl" John Peter Smith, at Jefferson vile, on the 1st of November, 1S49. Tho gallows has been erected for several days in the Falling Run bottom, in the northwestern part of the city, and Sheriff Gwin had taken every precaution to prevent those accidents and mishaps which so frequently render public executions scenes of the most frightful butchery. m .... -The condemned man was taken from the jail in which he was confined nt abnut 12 o'clock, and placed in a carriage, the attending physician seated on one side of him and the Rev. Mr. Lichtenstein, who has been his principal religious adviser during the period of his incarceration in this city, on tho other. To prevent the crowd from coming up too close to the carriage, and to preserve order, a military guard, under the command of Capt. Sanderson, was in attendance on the ground. In this manner the mournful cortege proceeded to the scene of execution. When they arrived there, the prisoner got out of the carriaso and walked up tho steps with'pin elastic step, which bad somewhat the appearance of being forced. On reaching the platform, he took a seat on a bench, pulled off his hat, and brushed back his hair. The Rev. Mr. Litchtenstein then offered a fervent prayer (in the German language) to Almighty God for the salvation of the soul of the unfortunate man who was about to be launched into eternity. After Mr. L. had concluded, the condemned, on his knees, prayed for some fifteen or twenty minutes with, great apparent earnestness and zeal, also in the German. He prayed for forgiveness for the great injury he had done to his best friends and that God would save his soul. He spoke feelingly of his mother, and prayed the Almighty to comfort her in her terrible affliction. He did not speak directly as we are informed by a gentleman who understands the language, of the crime for which he was to die. When h? had concluded, he aroso from his knees and the sheriff adjusted the nooso around his neck, during which time the minister, at tho request of tho sherirl", kept him engaged in conversation. When all was ready, Sheriff Gwin touched a spring connected with two bolts which supported the platform upon which the condemned man stood, and in an instant he was hanging by the neck, tho fall being aUut thirty inches. He quivered but littie, his arms gently dropping down. He apparently suffered no pain whatever. After remaining suspended fifteen minutes, he was ta. ken down, and, in accordance with his own request, tho liody was given into the hands of Dr. Sloan, and immediately conveved to his laboratory. Thp galvanic battery and tho inhaling tube were applied in tho preseneo of the medical faculty of the city, and, although some muscular contraction was visible, they failed to produce respiration. The physicians were of opinion the neck was broken. Tho countenance after death wore its wonted aspect while in life. No contortions were visible indicating that he had suffered pain. When tho condemned was taken from the jail, bts mother was present and exhibited great emotion. Sho screamed most tiolently. An immense concourse of persons were present, numbers having come a distance of fifteen or twenty miles to witness the horrid spectacle. -Vein Albany LedgtTifaturdivj. " '

" ' Regular Ccrrespouricnce r the IiwLaua BciHmtl J ' Life on the Dor der .' . .BY CoA MONTGOMERY. Eagle Pass, Texas, Nov. 6th. JSbO. I find my border home healthy, beautiful and rcpleto with comforts, although this region has the reputation of being a desert and really is a remote border post. I am actually in a slave Slate, but, with the exception of one spoiled boy, a house .servant, there is no sign of African servitude about Eagle . Pass. It is tnje, there arc several free ladies of color who condescend to oblige us by washing for us at a dims & piecc"as far. astheir lime will How," but they are the best stressed, and most independent dames of this community, and quite the envy of the MexicaQ women when they patronize thefr fandangoes, If,- however, I am bat little grieved with-the sight of negro suffering, I am not allowed to forget that I ara.in the tn'ulst 0f Indian servitude. I am served on every hand by those who are themselves escaped peons or who havo near kin in bondage. They are a singular race, these "tamo Indians,'" Vs they call, themselves in 1 J 1 f I rtf iVf-si-v-i eYio T.1!.a. "!"- ...... . Ml "I

missions s within whose walls their ancestors were taught le elements of Christianitv, and in whose, now I h crui dry and deserted fields tnT InAtenA.l . . . ..II . I . Their conv crMon was the cnlorcod conseqnencs of their subjection to tac Spanish yoke, but with all their faults it must be conceded by every fair student of their history, that these bigoted old priests labored earnestly to soften tho lot of their Indian proselytes. This is not the corn mon opinion, but it is the truth. Intolerant they were, but their sympathies were more warmly enlisted for the natives than suited the cruel avarice of the Spanish conquerors, and these very mission buildings in their loaely despoilment attest t'ie high banded way in which the church was plundered of the children and estates they bad redeemed from the wilderness. The edifices have gone to decay, the churches are roofless and desolate, and the poor Indian converts are reduced from a cheerful, if rude, plenty to peon servitude, and of all misery I have ever seen it is the most abjectly hopeless. It is tho blacker wrong as they are the natural inheritors of the soil on which they labor, under taskmasters of foreign race who know no mercy. These masters of Spanish descent are the enemies of the "American free-booters" as they politely term us, becausa our institutions, sufficiently warned as wc are by the canker of African embroilments will not accept the added evil of peon servitude. It is an instructive fact, that the enlargement of our boundaries this way which was so vehemently opposed as "a project for the extension of slavery" has set free or will set free if you look to it, some" fifty thousand souls. In New Mexico and on the river Bravo are at least that number of Indian peons who should novo forth freed from their chains. That party in New Mexico who were especially impatient for her immediate admission as a State had an idea that the laws might be remodeled so as to retain their thousands of peons under legal sanction. The clause in the constitution they proffered against servitude "without the consent of the par. ty" was a beautiful trick. The Mexican law temicrlv avers the consent of the peon, and that to oblige him, and to spare him the inconvenience of starving to death in prison, he is permitted to work out bis indebtedness. The words of the Mexican law, like those of the "free" clause of the constitution proposed by the land and peon holders of New Mexico, are virtuously careful to af rm tho consent of the peon. I am watching impatiently to see what "champion of human freedom" will rise in Congress to overturn this "voluntary" system of Indian slavery. Is our humanity deaf and dumb nntil it can bo made an offence to a brother? Or is tho servitude an evil to none but Africans? Congress will reply this winter. I sec the illegal fruits of peon slavery every day. It is a profitable business t ) entrap them and return them to their Mexican masters at so much a head. Three men were taken at Pudras Negras, less than a mile alovc Fott Duncan on one Sunday, Sept. 2Dth, and carried by force off of the territory of the United States; yet who is there since tho Key" case, willing to array" himself against the Ameriean caliinct in order to mafntain the honor of the American flair ? Unless the renowned Don Quixotic could return to life there is small hope of any tno attempting te drive an unwilling supremo power to do its duty. There are cases almost under my own eye one of the victims was actually at work under a mason in our employ. Poor Manne! Rios, he saluted me so gaily in the morning at Kasle Pass and asked roe if I had any commands at Pudras Negras or Camp Duncan, which lays this side of it, as he started to take his holiday. He was advised not to go into that neighborhood on account of a particular kidnapper who lived there, but ho had such a blind confidence in the omnipotent protection of the American laws that he went on without fear. At noon he was taken in the front of an American house, his hands tied, and then hurried to the ferry and across the river. His last look at his safe home at Eagle Pass was from the back of a horse, to which he was bound hand and foot, and on his way back to servitude at San Juan. All the respectable citizens here are indignant at these frequent outrages and denounce the kidnapping gang, but they arc not disposed to take any active steps. They quote the case of Rev and say that the government will be certain to so slur over the business as to put those who stirred it in a false and insecure portion among the Mexicans on the border. Not only Indians, but white strangers have been made peons. A youth named Adduks to cite an instance in which I know something of tho parties was made a peon, but he soon cast off his servitude, for b was a yankce, and not one to stay enslaved. There is-at this moment no protection for any of our sorvants that may owe or be accused of owing, on the Mexican side. American citizens can be taken, aud are taken and enslaved, and very little said about it. Let those who doubt these facts institute inquiries nd learn how the American people have been duped to leave the substance and pursue the shadow in their crusade against tho extension of slavery. To stand sentinel against its admissions where the finger of God bad written it could not enter and live, these short sighted soldiers of humanity have opened a gate for the positive increase of the sum total of human servitude iu our borders, and this the most zealous of them will uot pretend could l done by any change in the particular location of tho existing amount of African slavery. Hatia Lueo. California Election. After all the rejoicing of the Atlantic Whig press over the triumph of their party in the Pacific-State, it turns out that they were crowing before they were out of the woods. The New York Herald has a recapitulation, as follows: Senate. Democrats ' 9 Whigs 7 Democratic Majority 2 ASSEMBLY, s . Democrats Whigs Independent Doubtful Democratic Plurality . 15 14 ON JOINT BALLOT, Democrats Whigs Doubtful and Indpendcnts , Democratic Majority 21 4 o . In this count, as given in detail by the Herald, there are two errors. Woodworth, Whig, in the Senate, is now in the States, and will not be at home.- Douglass has leen appointed Marshal of that State, and will not take his seat. This will jrive the Democrats font in the Senate. In the House Cobarubias is put down as Whig ; he is an ultra Democrat. These corrections will show a Democratic majority in the California Legislature of tix. Wu are pleased to see in the list of the Assemblymen our old friend McKorkle, late of Dayton, who was elected from Sutter county. Cin. Eaqüirer. Indiana and the Compromise, It is with pleasure we learn that the Constitutional Convention of Indiana has endorsed the measures of tho compromise. The subject had been much discussed in the Convention, and on tho 5th, the resolutions were adopted by a vote of ninety to twcntysix. , Theso resolutions, doubtless refleot the sentiment of niae-tenths of the people of that noble State, and is a withering rebuke to the gambling demagogues in the north, who have looked to the northwest to sustain them in their schemes of sectional agitation. The represent. tives of the people of Illinois, when they convene here this winter, will utter the same sentiments, if they reflect the wishes and opinions of their constituents. That the Legislature will perform this duty, webave no doubt whatever. Illinois Male Reitttr.

Tftovghts on the Separation of the Kaees. Article III. - : - It is timo the free people of color were constituted ai independent commouwealth, for-tbey Lave advanced so far in the work of improvcmciit, tlxit they are fully aLlo to conduct tho Stato machinery of a nation. If it were possible to erect a respectable ami truly independent commonwealth cf-colored men on this continent, we should do so without delay. But w fear the thing is impracticable at thitjime, and we fear tkat the) future will not be more favorable, because tho grasping dUposilioa cf the Anglo Saxon race t laircs the w-Loie North American continent & the field of ita future enterprise and expansion. Nor will the jealous and haughty South, tolerate the erection of a commonwealth ef colored men on American soil.- It is with sorrow that wo express our conviction tbat there is uo rest for the independent colored man on this wide continent. The Mexican and Indian ore more warlike than he, and yet they have not beca able to maintain their independence, or t3 preserve their lands from violation; atJ it trc-hl require a standing army of mafly thousand mca to protect the border of a colored nation. And, again, it would ever bo a sickly plant in the ihzie cl our gigantic Anglo-Saxon Republic. It t doubtful whether it could maintain its independence as a kovereign cation. In short, it rnnst forever be a contcutptible thing in contrast with the Unit?d StatesAgain, the fact thst Divine ProiHlcncc needs the colored people of this land elsewhere, and requires not a colored nation on this continent for the purpose of carrying out his pluns, is evidence sufficient that a colored comraonweajth will not succeed in this land. Tor although statesmen may plan, and fanatics ninv rave, yet Gl reigns and wül rule and overrule, all things to this end the conversion of the world to the religion of Christ, and the overthrow of kings, thrones, and nobles, to the establishment of .1 pure -christian republicanism, in which men hall be g jvcraed by principles and not by power, in which th eyeball acknowledge no king but God, and no creed" but bis law. So far äs tho renovation, of this country is concerned the Anglo-Saxon race can effect the work without tie aid of other rtices. But it is not so with Africa, fir it is forbidden ground to our race, elss its wealth would have attracted us long ago, for Africa has long been noted for its wealth, its mountains abound with jjold, and its productions arc of tho most valuable character. But God has reserve! that land for the colored man, and the finger of Providence points to its shores as the future boms of our America u colored men. God requires our schooled, "converted, and enlightened colored men, that they may scatter the leaven of Christianity and republicanism amongst a population of over one hundred million souls- and already has the work been begun, a few thousand noble souled and independent colored men, have taken their lives in their hands and gone forth on their mission, and under the fostering care of their Divine guide they have been instrumental m planting the foundation of a christian commonwealth on th3 continent of Africa, which now looms op from the dark horizon of that Itenigbted land as a bright star of promise to the sons of Africa, and which is destined to be their polar guide through ail their future struggles and stormy conflicts. And such will bo the attractive power of the yoongRcpublic of Liberia, that in a very few years its enemies will not be able to turn tho growing stream of emijrration away from it but it will swell ami spread until it has embraced tho whole colored population of oar land' within its influence. An African conrcmonwcalth is no longer a theory but it is a fact. There stands Liberia ! the glory of all her friends, and the standing rebuke of all her slanderers. Wc must admire the wisdom of that providence which spread a cloud over African colonization and enshrouded the youns ..-olony in doubts lor a few years. Bat now,, that God has taken away the veil, wc can see the reason of this strange providence. For we discover that the handful of pioneers, stationed on the coast of Africa, were learning bow to act and govern. God was teaching them the ihlficult lesson of sell-dependoncc and self-government. And looking back over their history we can sec each successive step in this noble work, until' at last they stand foi t'j before the world graduated republicans, who have acquired such self-confidence tha-t they can now receive thousands of raw emigrants, and guide them safely in the same difficult work, of self-dependence, self-government. The foundation of their nation bciHg settled and their institutions being planted, they arc ready to co-operate with the fiivndsof the Afcan in this land in the great work of separating th races. The work of transporting the colored people of this land tea dislant home can be effected, provided both races are nirrecd on the subject. And the western coast of Africa is the most convenient point that can be reached. A few lines of transports plying regularly between' tho above point and this country would make the removal easy and pleasant much more pleasant and agreeable thana trip to California, and not attended with as much lahor , danger or exptnte. The sum of $60 will carry a man from this land to Liberia aud furnish him with tix months' provision. The ttliove sum will hardly buy the Californian mover good horse. It will cost Lini three times as much money to lo to California. As to thcTabor and danger of the two trips the balsnce is largely in favor of Liberia, for the constitution will suffer more wear and tear by two-fold in a Californian expedition than it will in a Libcrian expedition, a id it cannot be doubted that t icons many die in going to California as die amongst tho Libcrian emigrants. Much has becyi said about the itnpof sibility of curryinjr off all the colored people of our land. We would to God that the day of their exodus had come, it would then be seen whether the American people have energy to effect the work. We know they can co it if they will. And that man pays but a poor compliment to the character of his race that doubts its ability on this jxnnt. The colored people of this land are not fonf millions in numlicrs, and yet four millions, if free and at the ditposal of the friends of colonization, could n- transported to Liberia for a sum oyual to ih&t paid out for the Mexican war, which we suppote tobe oiie hundred million' dollars, and yet this sum has been paid, or nearly so, without our being sensibly the poorer, few men being able to tell when, where, tor how 1W paid their part of thnt bill. And if we ara not mistaken the American people are ready to tote nnv mm to effect a peaceful separation of the races and will rejoice in the opporfur.ity. It t!ie people will J-.'inand cf the general government

. fAat the Atlantic he briJzfi with a few lir.es of trans- ! ports, teas of thouand of free colored men will pour i ar-ross t their new home. And the Slave Siatc s a.harcd of their folly a'id oppression will surrender their slave. intothe hands' of the ceneral povermnciit a?cnts,who shall set them free on the coast of Afiiea, and thus for a j few million of dollars, this land may Ire saved from the 1 seotirjre of civil war and n.iiiioss of our follow men re stored to all the rights of men. Oh tbat God would move upon our statesmen to consider this momenton subject, and upon the fre colored pe-jdo of our land t5 ennmrc wiiat is tueir duty in tins case : J. MITCHELL. RAii.no.vrr.oAP Letting. On List Tir-rsJay the prubbing ainl grading of the entire- lino of railroad from this place to Cambrklgo was let to responsible contractors at an average of somo $20O), below the estimate of tho Engineer. The several contractors took, in tbo segregate, in payme nt for their werk, $37,000 in stock. At the Greenfield "letting, $i(XX was taken the same way, and at this place, f 2000, making mi sJock taken by eon--traetors $13,000l This indicates the confidence that business men have in this road. Tbcy kuow that the stock will pay well. There is now about thirty miles under contract, and the residue will be let during the ensuing six month. "Rivalries' ami misrepresentations cannot Slav the onward progress of this road, Tho Terre Haute and r.iohmond Railroad is the connecting link of the great central line of railroad eommnnieatioos from the east throngh Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Mis-sonri; and which line is destined t-i consolidate all local interests, and receive tbo name of the "Atlantic and Pacific Railroad." The western set tion of litis road from Terre I ante to Indianapolis will be ready for the cars during next fall, and the eastern portion from the Capital to the State line, will tie pushe' forward ss fast as men and money can dolt. When the Jeflersonville road is complotad to Cambridge, and the lines to Dayton and Cincinnati are opened, we venture the prediction that more cart. rre passengers and more produc will pass over a portion of this road through Wsyao County than over any otbor railroad in the west. Terr Haute Courier. D" Ami Bey, the Turkish Commissioner, visited tho Constitutional Convention f Ohio on Friday ty invitation ef that body,