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Jnöuma State Sentinel. Inpi OVCMCaU IM Btidian ipoli. General Taylor's Leiter. SCSI WEEäifi trr R .1 AL VICtlAVCC I tBi SSSCS W 1. 1 BESTT. I Hl 'I'4I.!V. III- l ll-J. Our Ten.. Since ;i former notice of improvement! in our city, i Tbc Whig pnpers of the V est, so far es wo have we have others then not remarked upon, and occurring seen litem, ami u p see a rro-d many, generally ap- !gillco prove of the letter i-eccntly published and imputed, j Among the first of loose worn called! to mind, we ns we have no doubt correctly, to General raytor. would name the fact that the Catholic Bishop, (now a I They d this for several reasons : Taylor, they think. I resident of Viaceanes) baa purchased valuable proper-! may possibly bo llie Whig candidate for the Prest- . - .l.t. . . - A. : . 1 I ' 1 . The To! low ing will hereafter be the permanent terms ty to considerable extent i and we ennerstarw tnat it j dency ; therefore ihey moai approve oi ma lunuun of Iba It I , Indiana Statt Sentinel: u m contemplation to proceed immediately to erect a ! whatever it may be: h assails the Administration ; OFaymefta to be made always in aevsnee. o 'splendid Cathedral, such ti will be an honor to ottr and of coarse this gratifies then; heexpeees-, ab tar yjiic cony, one e..i , Turce copies, one year, Five copies one year Ten copies, one ear, Semi I Weekly. (Published three timet a week during the session.) One copy, S.6t) J Three p. es, jklO.DU Uue copy c''ir ; i:rr t" sc vi n, l-M Tfree or more o pies, each q - - 'iitv Lawti Jemrmalsi dke. "-" .. . i Ii .t ,i mi .i . . . . , i -I . - " . t c t ( n State nnd its capital. w e supn se mat una win men as lie is awe, me pian oi me campaign i uw i.ueuej , . . .(:) nccsMarily be the location of the Bishop and head and it tons bast ts them in giving aid anc comfort" l".Uii of the diocese. In coojseqoence, other property mu-t to their dear friends the Mexicans. In this traitorous be had, and other improvement! made. disposition they far exceed their political coadjutors In addition to this, the President and Holy Brothers :,t the esst We. have l.ad occasion to note this fact of Iba Notre Dame du Lac Seminary at Smith Bend in other instances. Though in principle the eastern we nodi tahd, will moVe the pricripsl branch of said federalists are perhaps even more ultra than lUoseof Institution to th'.s city. Already has brother Joseph, the West, they nevertheless have personal honor nnd deouted fr that nnrnose. made arrammments for mir- self-resnccl i-nnmrh to restrain Ihetn somctifl within Frequent inquiry i msdc as t " what time the one of the most eligible sites is this vicinity the bounds of decency and a .-how of patriotism at Leers and Joarnaf will be printed." To answer them lim of hc t.itVf m high and i least. White therefore, as ws have said, mir Whig all at once, and to satisfy Ik public " commanding ground, and embracing xi7 acres of papers are in extacies of delight at Taylor's letter, wesild atate. that the Journals will undoubtedly be nn- . , .. , , .. , , r . ,, , , . ,. ' ,, , , . ground, with veiy considerable improvemeiits, such and beitow Upon it unqualified praise, the Boston At- itl i .1 ....,1.:.. .1.. t.r.,. ., ,.i ,l K.. tl.ii 11..,. ' 1 ' isii'-u w limn ur unit- uai.n i iuh . nwiac iaiv , ... t i . i as bi tidings, I urnentarv Journal. As to the airy, we cannot answer. , I h locati' ti is If the n; dogy f r a Secretary of State ia as smart as 3 acres cleared, with orchards, fa;, the leading whig paper in .New England, con- f the very best, in our opinion, j demns it in pointed terms. This coiwh mnathm is the n !tf i um rv mr ntu iiurli t. fnu n to Mi:i!i!e tin- nwtn rr mi rbn 'ile nullit1 itrinrinal editor ot llitl Atlas. usual, (with his .a'arv nearly doubled) we may be ' , , . . . A, . , , v . . , . . , Brothers to attend their various schools in it, (such aa in his capacity of member ol the Aiassaciiusttts u ne- nble to get them ont by the time the next Legislature . , M , . ... . , - , ... . , , , .... . we understand they intend to establish,) it is yet far ml Assembly, had but a tew days before introduced a r.ects: la which body we shall explain the reasons. . 4, , , c . . , . ," , , , r-. , . , ... enough tor the necessary accmmodation or tne rtn- resolution highly complimentary to 1 ay lor s general - It has been hinted that he is m no hurrv t as-.t n, ' , . , " . t i i i i i i , inenis, in u quie; a:'i respecisoie ne guuuntouu, ncvr tuip. thy situation, nnd retired for Btudy ami contemplation; From the Bo'ton Afl " . Ü i, .' i I Ges. TavLoa'a Letter. We publish, thill mnrnine. while the extent snd beauty ol the grounds give nm- ' , ' . J ., . .m . ' r mi our Real tinge, a letter which purport to nave been pie scope for amusement, recreation, industry, and written bj Gen. Taylor, to a toear friend md relativ in the sublime st udr of nature itJelf. It ia understood i the uy ( ?..-vv lurk, on ui- puijct ..I tin- u;ir m as brother Dcfrees, (a regno1 whip;,) lepercedes OS on the ls of August, and, may br he supposes this fork would help his party to more of1 : , iin . .M That is a qoesti ;i yet to be their repfcssotatii e. throuffh Mr. Ukubcs, y yClep4 "the that in speak Imith for th was 0"Mr. Dl : .is. the successor upon the tripod of that brilliant I toi Indiana Courier,1 cackles over t,e fa ing of the qualifications of Tliorn I duties of the Supremo I roch, we I among other branches of kn wletlg3 proficient. Duggins puts this a tries to convey the impress! hi that science of politi -s or f'e abstract pr eminent are similar to his own, n I confined to par:. mm elap-trapa and the elevation men to offi e Ihr mgü the d.riy pr o as s of party chi- canery and humbug. Perhaps m the course of a quar- j ter of a eeoXury, it" be ah i iUl live ac mnv leers tint there aome i-7 i : , . . Ii- M , R I p S l c . in the firm umiJip-'. hp w r aim-i iihühiI : hat appropriate new buildings will be put under con , , , . ., ..., . , ,. . , ,, . ' ' S tii rioiihl 1 1 . .mi In ein itv I Hit: letter. It v,n li.ir.i v tu Intel aa too made. he necessary arrangements can be l U I S II 'i due not i- lor sd it) i, u selves in ti. 1 be believed tnat Gen. 1 ayler - who haa btn singularly rare hi I and s.iaenn.H in los roriexpomlenee, ai uH as i. ; fi... m ..r . .i.i.i i.- e.,....i I.. , .i ... , , . . , , . , i i . i . 1 1 i . i i i . . . . 1 1 t."uiu nil , i in- U'll i I'l learn, that if suitable encouragement is given, tjM government, in whose aervieea Ii is Mill eng ged,ai tool for children Will be shortly established, to depart (Vom his lim of eorrespondSnee with ihel $- letSftt. charged OVet aitainil the canal, an,l for which nn pro vision is m.iile by the Suite,) ami to pay t lie ptinctpal i f laid steck in full as lat a t lie same c:.n be SOfH ;:i-l pawiag (he inter t-t am! principal in full o Ittcll bolderd of Btid -;ic-tial 8'iuk then BSigtii as liall uvc fafifCri&cd to the aa vancc aforesaid Again the Wabaah Senator says, tint ' Tp bill if lat efMM exacted af t!ie boftdhotdeti a naacrtStios of ,250,000 to tin i h I he canii to Keanavtlte, lud roflrpellti them lo naiah it in four yens. The present leer redeeei thai aabüeriptioo t $800,000, but exact- ol them ucU fitrtfirr advance as will be necessary to templets the wstk aa ax yesis, maktosj the laud a wu;ce cf rerenSfe lo Buhn Hie vnik.:' X(iv here again the Senator shows his iernorance of the tt'i ', as the following extracts from the peventeenth nnd tenth sections of the iicip mV, are conclusive evidence that he does not nnderstaud its provisions, or else lie desires to practice a base decep tion upon the pei pie of Indiana : Jfyw thrrrfnrc he if enacted, That in cae !lic eemp'eti ti of the aa id canal, or any ef the wotks belonging I bei e to, or eoaaeetsd th re with, -ii n any time be i bsttucted, retard ed, ii j'ued. damaged, ei J. Mieyed, by Horm, jempeat, burri cane, laaadalion, lite, civil in military commotioa, foreign invasi in. or ether iinaroidable accideut, oi bjf the naisfea a?ice, illaeM, (nea partly, absence, voluniaiy oi Kavolaotary negligence, oi othn ac s of n : -1 n or eommiaioa, on the put of ai y offteei to be named and appointed by the S:ate in parcsanra of the said act. then, and in evei sack rsi , jut ai d due altow anccs .! ill be m ide f it the tame, and lite time during whicn nm h u otks shall tc sasieaded, w afeick, shall le necessarily occupied in the resiloration ei icpiii tlie:C' f fr in H.e caases at resaid, nr any of I hern, shall be urri'ttiil tiut of Ihe computation of time. A'd tr it further nacted, 'I ha in rase the ail tui'rr-i shall Sol baVe fully complet 1 the said nml t Keansviite ritain ihe period of ten years fern the pissipe of t;us ai', a ith the e.ce;iti ma as to .1-11.1 ties, Ice., mi n ioned in t!u seeiion, Iheo and in ihai ease the lands a::d property ben ay, and in the aaid tecited act, provided lo be graated, shall ie v. Ii back to and become the po e;iy of Ihe Si fue from all liena fern any nidi certificates: Provided, Thai all deed of cievi n: rr and contracts foi Ihe Ip '1 any i f said lands, m de in guod faith prioi to such teversj a, shall be a!i . ainl e&Vctu i as !h j n no uc.i le ei si a uccni rtil '" S t. 17, i ji ded aho, Tint the procei ds of vi'n of Ihe I ind in the itieeni es I ihd dit. i.- . -.'all be applied only to I lie con stiuc"i n of Ihe c in i frtm l e re Haute 1 1 Ks msville, or to tks re-payment cf th rnsü advance made ' y ihr b&ndhol fur that purp .. " Sec 10, We will to ike one more extract froi llio s?no Csmrrs. Sexate, Feb.I. Tue army btll waa passed with amendments, by a vote of M to 3. Tne Vice Presi dent then laid before the Senate a letter and tables from the Secretary of the Treasury on tins subj-,ct of the tariff, is reply to the resolut i ti which waa sub mitted to that body several days -.nee by Mr. Came ron. The Union Bays that Ihe report embraces. in- i! i. ... i i : . . . . ' uuuiiig uie laoiee, about one hunures printed paes. rhe s icretary ii expresses his preference Ibra duty of "J.i per rent, on tea nnd c bu if (his canned be obtained, he designates cerUin asticles, few in number, a decrease of duty en soma of ahich, and increase n others, would, with i duty of Id per cht. on tea and coflee, yield Uie desired revenue. He al ludes to hie disaalrons conseuueaces which would ensoe if, daring Ihe recess uf Cugre.s, the I in could not be negotiated, and urges Uie necessitv of an augmentation of tne revenue. i!e states the tact thai the act of I84i, m one month :.u 23 days, i.i rxwtt, produced upwards of 70t,lHX) mure revenue than ti." act of 1 3 IS during the com .- indio : The House passed the resolution offered by Mr. Jacob Thontpson, calling for the corrsspondi oco i f Ueiieral Taylor; having reject, d the amendment ol -Mr. Ashmun. Scmate, Feb. 2, A report was re eived fi m the War Department, with the annual returns of the in.litia. On motion of Mr. Dix, the 'resident waa requested 10 transmit to the Senate all tnfoi his posse-ssion relative to the importation criminals and pauifer?. Mr. Sevier call three million bill fur procuring peace witl and neojp a speed; in i:s favor. !;v obj secure peace, i i" 'resident and tin w l-ook on ihis Pictsjrtt. " Bat the wassle world koowa that n hi i xko which has been BoBSSD ami imposed upon, and that onH People sbs tat Roenrss." If. y Tribune, a . u ra' paper. NOW HEAR HENRY CLA1 ' " VVbtfJ I saw nre.:;d n. to-n t t.'cmral Ih.-I.c and other old friends, I "elt iialf incl.ned to ask tor ; no little nook or corner in the army, in which 1 might serve in I avenging the wrongs of my eoontry. ipnhaat.l I imve in ngni mal i miut yet lie able lu capture or slay a Mexican. Applause. J ?hall not be able to d ao, however, this rear, but hose that success will crown OUT gallant arms, and the af termin-tt in an I , I - . v' sj i ech & Or Ul WhiCil til aral I V '.s ract i .o;j in P reign nn th" were willing to tn. i dem u itv for the would give ö o ai.i; tmer -ii.. r. .. ... ii vni'iuun: peace. .11. f ru f air:. 0 ""It i- a remarkable fact thai tear pnp.r in the country bases Vet published Mr. speeell ai iieiV l 'T lea ns, In is lakf r, or even aliud d evi r. Bui the lory sent im found a conspi ins ptac - k et, We presume if .' I world knows that it is Me: and imp ( ,1 upon, and tie rs, these aqueamishly ronscien tioua editors would copy the s-ntiuient w ih appbose. Whatever may be said of yir. Clav s a politician, we l. hove be is a patriot and a true-hearted Ameriran. WotiM to God that ail of th ee who admire hi' political opin ions, entertained similar vn w. in nreare to the ar u ith Mexico. Pitisf -y'i I t r pondeut above ex it in any manoer what- itS of the Ti ibune have in more than ;, ; ral Clav had d clar. d " the 'o which has been lobbed time the avowed object of the war was lo get New .! ' .1 U .1111. ' .11 I. li. ii'l I I . i ... 1 1 .1 w .... i r i t . . I am: eace by voting this money. The wjr would still no ' t)hio, have agfn d u. and he believed alien all expenses were imid it Baker, member of the i ould be found that thev amounted to one hundred ! tied to a seat in this . it nc k r.I 11 S be given. - i. in ,f tj.i 'J bese tu ' im. With others ri -cess . : i .rous of (earning or perfecting tliem h rmaii and French 1 inguaircs, wVc. ra e wementa made and lo be made, lorrether ' cs lieh circumalaocea compel us to pass by I t!ie contemplated completion of the ii we nie assured Will be made is the t, will 2'e our city an impetus which it ought to have had long since, ami w hich sow al- ready ti r.ns to mam tost itseil by an luntis ol ..-;-;s, increase value of p-ouerlv, and a ereater i i - it... i i - ernmi iw. nnu i u iojh1 u an inni ouiai citizen lur. r a miI! for the course he has hitherto pursued, and his tews in n ! i lion t' the riei!- I eostdttcting Ihe war i r tin" future. Such a letter, il o was autlunized t be made public, to certainly a direct appeal from the government, Mrlioee officer Im ia, to the public, thtch a course, n ao- , f bv the Wal ) i .h s. millions of dollars for the first ye.ir. .Mr. Berrien moved to p stjnine the bill until Thursday. Mr. Se v.er o; ;ovf d the motion. Mr. Calhotid favored it: iv the postponeun lit they had siiown n disposition B! n in the n i t;:'. ( that lie v. as e.. it i n at tji in to us. would be liichlt in iiioniiiniir an III1S !., railroad, w coming sun piaj e nn; .- I v abi w rille I it would t'e at iittei tariaitce with the prudence :retion which Gen. Taylor has uniform!) dia- i are convinced that either (leu. T !'r ilnl Ii h indence has b n ero nd, lo u horn fe: baa the Win. bill ma k foreign inquiry as lo our resources fr businesa g jklly. It will, it must, come. "Abandon all expensive sanguinary ami doubtful .i u ' ' A I I III Ta lor York lb raid bodv or mlu r, centiy published, and purporting to be wiiiieii at Mon rey on Nov. 9lh, lest, is m fuien'iy. rm in lu e io lite same opinion. But if it be genuine, it never could hive projects of further inv j interior of Mexico, i i us becontc So far hi i n MiU inleil for nubiiealHin.and ti er, line the buhliwltf.r rearci ti.e . . . . . i: , . , . . ssseai -i 1 1 i y a louin u i i eic t ' iinuriu t , mi t s r HUfHII I'lH lllh'tl ll- II a . . . - . t - ' t 1 . i f I . . I . t I . . I. . ... . . i ' . .1 I I.. I I in a sneerinz manner. It is true. , ,, p t.. ;,. , ' , lasuj hcwhn "ls " adeaa aod,bis oo tbia subject, ami perhaps when h. learns so much as that, he may be able bsppreciati the importance of su- h knowledge in a Supreme Judge, who is liable at ail ti:nc- to be call 'd u;k)ii to decide r.. rou ÜONOl'CTiNO the War. Tii upon fee pe&tical, as well as the pecuniary or personal t XVa"hl,,.-t ,:1 correspondent of the New York Even rifbts of citizens. I lug lü5t ?a)'s ( ' m" r' Imuki thai plan lik Ft,, na Cr?,- rt ..c unto tnia Wouid be mere r.uvantn -i us: -''-i.e-i-i.i'-i.i"-.ii.rt.Oi,wi-vJ' i .1 x.K- il the fict tint -Mr. Smith is proficient also in medical knowledü- Tue S ale journnl his also alluded lo the S3'i! t subii j - - i i ill ii im iriii.!n.e-N :i ii.'i'i r...ii..i,i.... . v M . . ....... i ' "w" e" ' "i"- . 1 1 w line erelmil I l UlUM Ii ie Ki own lli.il lis IMI tl : n .1 1 n m III et Ban u alluding to AIrmith s eSsalinestioas, wa did J of them as we may intend t keep as indemnities- newapapers would soon aend it to Mexico, over which il not think of tbisi If we had. we aliould eertainh lion for the war. On Ihe other hand, let ua take would eooa be read l. the Mexicau iuurnats. What i. im . .'. f , ., immediate oosscssion of sll her norte. Lttb , n ih Iben innsl be the diacretion and ii'iit ,ri. i.f:u li iii'. ui '.i.un .Iii , l'l iri, I HMri1 . i . m ' I i is m Iratich of legal scietice more imp rlant, nor is tliere one upon which lawyers are e;.-:i rally h's- pro ficient, than that of m Heal jurisprudence In tins particular tle r.fare, we c irjsider it very fortunate in deed. ! th fjr the credit of the Sunrem Bpneh and th rirrt.t rnd iiifor, ., flk. ,h Q . t (T.:.A IHVtWn itself, S .-. VCUUe fully ad OUbte to Cc VtT a'i the t tins IS not l! " expense?-, na a I and military, ol such occu'attn In 1 ' JTantee favotable lermi in ben. Ampudin, be- by its aVeisioaw, that in Mr. Smith we have a judge ; r,.;,lnl to Vneatsn, which m e mstantlv blown, r bni raM ,:- "cee.ti. m b.r pet wer- pe. I , SrllO IS not only eminently proficient, as WS have be- end cold between Mexico and ourselves, compel Uta) Ä1' 1 'ordfm lu l"n Aasptntia account, the !. f re s ;;d, la ins div M literature, p ditics and bnsiness, ss 11 aa law,' but who als has had the advent iges of a thorough e !u catt T) is lbs score of medicine. If ia indeed a new thing nodes the sun, that a una ahoukl be ridicoled, and held to be inc impotent tor oiTi :e, because he ps- 1 varied knowledge! Vet i which the Defreescs atul fiss are incontinently putting adenv immediate possession of 11 ( r ports, both un lie the must bs the dtarreiton and met of a Ueucrt, who, Uutfand on t;e Pacific, and occu ry ritem as conduer- '" ia ,l"'":.v s country, pubtialiea lint paucifj i f bta re ed territory, t.ll she shall come to just and fa morable tf'"r":;- ui r.h ,!' ,ay and oiiatukea oi bis own ?..o.... . ... ... 1 1,.,... ti ..... -ti . J r 1 eilt f 1 lo is not has the w hi le c urae ol iaeu. rav- terms ol peace. Upen litem ail to a tree cotnui-r.-e. i r at . a . i .i . . . hu. un to tu: e.iijiuic ol Mmiteio in eiendu r last, and first pkicing iu th.m coliee.orsol , r own, and es- ,;,,,' re Ut. rnmA w; i ' , WI,IOO, evi- laotisniug a anuavie larni oi apecinc duties, by deuce neue authentic than its publication in a news means of which we shall lew, from the Mexican naner. tilv f mi: In the lett er. II I ' i v s -sc extraord iry tin is the predicament Du?giases of the I w SJ theu s In a. i . i . .1.. . .1 . .1 . . i led-c in general province tl once to ilseketton between the im, if r , f r P i D . - I . t I nil l.iv t.r ii ' it i inn to ct .ii Ihn , l.ii.i.iii ol U shall abide bythe fate uf the former. imOude Ua w,. AeTmiitiifg that he waa epprted f these uegoiia. ports Itkewnm in this system, and ia either case, ex- lioae, he cmld mu know their result, eves had it then tend a cordon of military occupation across the Istb- bees reached. Did ihre author rs htm, a military mus which connects it with Mexico, so a s to cut oil' tommandvr, to yield easmporiant advantage ? Certainty the Mexicans fr.cn Ihe supplies (chiefly of the iud.s- RO W iS sound lo reairmn nrvaneuish ihe enemj t. pensablc nrticl i in salt; which they now derive from (lie etinmng and double dealing lucatecos. When him "o. Iroward child tout up in a r held firmly and patiently by the arm-, t.ll ihsatmoetid hi power J for to- sdvanlnges cnulU not injur- hia country , Were negotiations then pending, and much le Bj bad I hey already terminated m iiesee; and had auch uegotiatioui railed, every advantage that he bad jj. lined Would he i in M ut a u t in proi i Utina Iba war. Tbl n is Gen Ampodia was an enemy, and a man wh -e e- lii'i r, 1 1 - in h ! k a new cediurae f i the ne half f the Jim l iheiei f. io 1 o o inli reM ;it and aftei the rate f nve I . i i tum pel annum, and which principal :uid iaien fl 'hall t e pa) able ai ie!i t ma t '. by t!ic Si lie .nt of the icvei acs Ibeiet'f the piincipal ti be payable al the pleasnte of tie Mate, hi d by .w i u n h Ii iiilci snothei eeitificate fi the otbei bail et lue priucipal of auch stock, to bear a like ia leresl i pet eentuai pei annum, ud i be paid and ie deemed, and in y paid and ledceaaed out of ihe said canal Ian U, and the t and te venues af laid c-inal." It ihe reader has carefully examined andeompared the ab ve extracts he will have perceived that the sy nopsis of the bills as given by the Senator in the Express, is erroneous in several material points. First, in is tin that ti e bill of 1-im session, only iisve the bxmd holders who advanced means lo finish the canal ihe priority of payment, ;.t of the canal revenues, for the interest mi the sums advanced, and the principal of the adi tut also; and there aaya the Senator it ptopped. Now if the t- rnator bad not been ignorant ( I li.e provisions of the old bid, he would have km wn that the priority given to Ihe bondholders, turbo made advances, did lioi according to the provisions of the bill atop there, but nded to the payment of the m' re-t on t!,e prim'ipsl i f the fa u.Js aurrendered by the subscribers who made lite advances, and it also extendi d In the payment of ihe interest and principal of the special stock, created by the back interest, and there it stopped, ai tl m mv humble opinion I hat waa v f ir us ws v! ould ev r have ffooe. Again that Senator says, t!.-it the bondboldera nie compelled, (by the hill of this winter,) lo complete the canal iu '.' ars, wlii'-r m t! bid it js .' a rears. t , u Mr V I um Diphnnaticl "T n tu. I. .Hr. n' v.ortn I "m. i ail Ires.-' d III v f I , B I I I I SlnS w iiie Uotiimtttec in oppxsitioii to th" tax on tea and " ' 1 ,: coffee. Andrew Johns n and Columbus Delano, fid- r"'!' ' n tnursoay evening last. We l lowed. Mr. Delano (Whie) deelan d thai the war is full report as yet ; but wo learn that execs waged for the acquisition id s! i terri oay, and thai tim was und'. the wir would end a soon as it was known tiiat no more slave territory vi lo be or couhl be acquired by! P V apner, ihe able ed.ti r t the N. it. Mr. Wick closed the debate f r to-day : and the has been nominated bv the dt mocrata of tl ironriations for , . , , til0 c. Militarv Academv at Wet Point, was rend n. m fee rose. Tlte bill making lime snd passed, ami the House adjourned. p.-rtv- iu Boston iaittp.ro. , . 1 i uerea se s, i ice i tae arrival lure on Saturday. savS the New leans Commercial Times of the ISth iusU, of li.e , saea 8 Hai a l i- Ml. rig Proirie, Captain Clark, which left Tampicoonl hc rth in-t., we h:ive ascertained a few incidents j a has bet n a on , regarding officers io the interior of Mexico, of aossc slirht interest. A commercial house iu NewOrleans received by the Prairie a letter, which state-, that it is General Sekts, leader in the la.t pronunciamento, was elected V ice Pres. d.ut, and n t Gome S tis we minis, ied some days ago. Si deceased. M to ii,; ti emiybackcr, d. ei aa i nas vote, which elected biro President, was el . n to Wj Mc!5owU 1!); Samuel ?; se nine tiie election beinc hv States, or Uenaritncnts, Mason received 'the rotes of Ufty-thi .-.eeor.l on t. iho mnelitntirMi nf IL'l. Tne innniei- two democrat". The WhifiT BOix t.al crovernin nt ot i m be YVbiflp iiiers, smee Iren. Noel lite Id I'TIll Ol Cit'.' '" ated bv that officer. Ti s toot me command eminent having been ifl is t i n ( "i s 1 1 r e iv K ii li our:' Arrain si v ! made a s u ' -mm r s to iii senses, be'', pardon, and promises . be recite was not indubitable, Uen. Taylor should nut have 0CrT..e oiteou-ly or jasvi Tel gr (ttrThe I irn is ti i like a sick rJ inf dent, " mr able to p Ith r 1 t g ze::,' fr ll the whig pit 1 1 .ri If ,h. , ielil, il quent list, ; very broadly mors vi -'i i would wi pirty ! II i "Imwling." aassssst i men ti .- ; i d the St ite S I is h ev 1 uf the Suite printing. f.--i . - the above Munchausen- " aid. '1 he beaotv of this hare t n j ay its ic'ui lime "ur own pe ipls a i f -m fl led by it. it a il 'j iu - ,us in! rod need i . i thai .if is , while al t tuerce a ill be lie f r her to Uie received him as a witness le anyihine imnori efluin of bhmd waa a queation hü h he hi ,1 no right lo eettle on corijecturea about peace, car un Gen A m pä dia S word h he were confident of paining an ihei battle, he w as bound lo liht it, and prohibited from ur renderine an ad v ant use t s,ie blood. Sheddtne bloml ; incidental m war. and etir :.:tnv Waa fc nt into lUeaien lo fiahl ä and therefore v!en. in vt,kr waa hound to Hebt, w him round nt ol fight inf ndtanlngei iisly, A n d o. Hier would I iee tea ned five, and in umt eltHiation, tieneral Teyhw is loo euod a soldier lo have reasoned ui u. onn s tn i bout ihre respondent ui to i renera! G w riter is mi fact in bis i ics 1 say, that it i t . We i. iah I tah it, ft tid lliet I ien. i i; i..e the rlauteand Eva f last session ial w ith the .v No Y here u ur vou ostty ran high to km ceived many a gallant n. At la t an othei r Tiiev inform d him v, and eng ijri i in 1 1 Miei tin iHon, t ....,.'..t upoi ill' ti in crmitv'd, b.li of Ihe w ant ol means l r mi itttrit rraaone. baai 'I yard, he nefflected to read the bill of hard by, and express winter, or second-j sat ion, a desire to li a nature that a f.. r Yd tket D 4te, its provisions or ii1- id the hill, he i -s . n" .'f.'. n re: I llq ' ami intent from ! rday moruinjr, a a'r;un t! . I- ti im rave not th a r;ci doubt si 't is a -rful snpport from th i federal Bow, ind ed, t t ilk of our in exact accordance with th il u therefore, ii. Tat lor - nahm,1 not ha c i . n u; - nf tiie aiiihon! .I hv il Ol le offrai all ot;r:r it peculiar be In pubiisui aim to orig st itself m ab u neas fjr which thev th mselves ar- m ma ri;ah:e Oy" St mans, the abolition-whig, i f the Tippecanoe (Lafayette; Jeunta1,is dealing very largely in flippant cran dcnune.at,' n- of those who d;d irt ch to tr' the "whole bow lor the new Butler bill; snd Ihia before psrl r ' it is possible for him to know any thing al ut its ol a erits or desoetits. His tone is ry dihcrent from - m tfcnt assumed by bimla year in relation to the first bill. What is the reason of tbia ! V. bo , n for it I - i It e were t id bv m n e w : . to know, that c r tain gent ein' n in Lafayette w u!d be larirely be;, fit ted in pocket thro: gh ti c appreciation af certain acrip consequent upon the passage of this bill, a thi Ihe source of Semacs'a wonderful and sndden zeal Per hapsso; but we w.ii take the liberty of gratuitously advising him, that the norsr of a new ronterl is not always tiie best evidence to wise heads of sincerity and honesty. Hj i apectful lot e bette e . c mlil The letter hp. IH and .Mr. Pelk," and nf c Hiniieriufl a peace" in the language of .Mr. Polk, and Gen. S :i All :h; lounda ni ne like the vituperative style of a par tisss newspaper, or a atump oraler, than Ihe grave, eon Mderale, rlimficd and courteous manner of a (iemu l nfficer, alludins In Iii" superior officer and lo Ihe chief magistrate nf hie own country Tins letter is pnSa ihly the inVenti n or some partiaan, Iu the purpose of making oma nattiaaa canilal for soma factious nuroose. Wa b en discussed snd talked of by editors and poiiti- should greatly regret that it had been written by General a e ..... . . T ..i . i .. . . i i .i a in. i Vrrv ocs to W uahinfton Is riiiilJt-d 1 'VMr 11 11 wwrj w mum m irnm uvuvvm mat nifl eriti h li.ncn n -t x i . . I i f I I ita ..tit'.,., m - I I ..... 9 nbersol Ihei abtn I as to the feasibility of a honest oten, of all p-diticul rreeda, to save Gen Tayloi particular plan, tie hears it discussed iu the circles hum the President makers; Ihr if they be alloyed to of M Cs. i!" lh nka well of ir.n.ud t ilk of i, a: 1 CI'" ''4 ',,r bias, they will effectaatlj destroj bis usefulacas ami oiasi m repitiatmn ca ui e , men ime'eii i, si ms of a bil v hieb h simil: n its in makins the auffgestions. The tdc tlte same auggi ations, as 1 mg sgo ns r, and the Spirit uf the Times made ri October. These have ?ince that time in the f: bill tO P3 a s Jo W ".1 1 0 i hiat ball of the friends of the bill never tt ' il was so long and complex as to ren in almo t impossi ile to be understood : nf tl m to ose their own language M enl il relied ahme, for a correct explanation i ns of the bill, upon Mr, Butler aod bis in stockjobbing, office-seeking, land-spec-lot ism. Now the evidence, that they did stab incuts of these men, is lo be found hat it a member reoucsh proceeds ina few weeks hence. Heavy S uthers r expound-: nautical phrase generally take place on n ad: but d iring the winter mouths, and a fleet of b e venture ' !M red within cannon range, would be I nt :i on the reef bv t ie violence ot' thest vessels of our uevenue squadron and Naey ar y day receiving frch mutrttiona of war, sin t.hin indicates that imporiaut movements wi! tlv take ' Iribui .! rei if the army i! Patterson's am ill stenm- mee gives him the credit oforigi- 1 he liio Lk.nok. Lieut. FlLDl as rta-( ntly explori d :h;s river by ( friend of the orders, and proved that it is navigab ne of US my stir provisions, he al-; bov.ts ns fir up as Pcrsido del Bio Grande, (where to go to one of the patriots, who j ten. Wool's division crossed.) 850 miles f rom its lonth. The Steam b tt Major I): Our Whig contemporaries may plum i tturing a Mai In ihe pi cm nl war we have twe republics bnteii r nil, thai there Iia1-- bet n raised by the citizens of Indi anap dis, for religious, social, and educatioaal purpo ses, within the tea years last past, the large sum of $1 18,000! This is independent tto of small private charities of which no record baa been kept. It will be remembered that the population has at no time ex ceeded fe I !loi-.. nt) itilinLitnnli, nnd n U . i . ' mere than lour thousand. The principal objects to which this SUffl has been applied are the building of churches f r missions, foreign and borne; subscrip, i it . t Taylor's 1 I er a will find that am ng pa all parties, it will be r. " hasty plate of SOUp.' inui h a tlu v reuia riCU , tiki .1 in the eair-g tt which immortt ill in can en '. j ! 'i ( i bill, but . iwn, '. neu convcy- doring party, actually ascendi-d it to the above place, and tne water unusually 1 iw al lifetime. An uhimd mt supply of excellent coal was found near the left bank of tie- Rio Salado, about twelve miles by water, or eight by laud, fr .m the II; Grande, The mine is situated not far from the old I i fGuerrero, tust., a man named I Sidi on 1 'oatea, w a rented lse with hi paramour, a Cornelius Kelly, agent for tne nwnet s.cii" altercation t.oh place, ihe res that I bates drew a pistol and sh l R heart, Stilling him instantly. An im ami w hile the jury was- ahont being boee took tire ami was destroyed, had not been arrested. ! . , ' ii.e iv abash bxprcss give a sort of history of tl e m j:.,tj, .,. bilJjO 0f j . ith an exposition of their on ! and progress ol md this, togt tliei more lob ut.y partisan in their blind siniriilSr una- 1IIK tl. re the i ! ction of Stab Prm aline supported the 4 Butler Bill,1 to the ex- MSJ see another ar no other reason, loan Because a i,,,,,, to tiie erection snd support of colleges abroad, iTcident had w km enough to avoid it And ithm the city, relief of the poor, &c. althoterh we are wnlinr to admit tnat tie- Ie.iean n. p ... . - institutions are not equal or as peneci our-, yet, u cannot be demed that Ihe Government of Mexico was modeled alter our o. vn, and its in-titu!.ons with all its ieaprrfn ti ms hear a nearer resemblance to those of the United Stati than those i f any other g n r i ment in the W : Jbogu ort 7' tph, J i.'M. If the writer of the above bt Is res what he aays, he would probably leel himself justified ia joining the -Mexicans, tud giving them "aid and comtort State Sentinel moat know. by sxSS as well as words. .s to what he says about the pasfectioo of Mexican institntioss, if , wrc a citizen of that republic, and exhibited as trsitorosaj a spirit towards it as he n w dees t arcs thir, i;e would aoos find I0SM of them erfeck slough U) put a halter a boat his neck lor bis treason. in nearly a think it c ri'iit that thai tl pedient al a version 11 h i LT "d. or at any ra'-, i id pass without contradict it tl a ith i i u ' . Now, however, a change seems to have com! over tlte spirit ol its dreau! Ws live in a strenge world, and one ought n t to be aurprised BHJcb, we v - k n, if strange things do sometimes hap pen. Tip teamen J urn if. The above is bssely fa , is every reader of the IS Is C :e r d erroneous-. A corrcsnoiuli nf rriiL I - - - , - cises Ins ex posit i n aa fidlows. We do not, Imwever h ild ourselves responsible for the statements of tl is, any more than for those ol' any other correspondent. "The Tippecanoe Journal sal We are opposed V the election of Gem ral Tsi i -r, In the Wabash x press of Feb. 3d, 1"17, we find a sy:. opsin of the act to provide for Ii..' "funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the completion of the Wabash and Hue c ur l n Era nsvi lie, passed las winter, ?hti Ihe nem bill "J this winter, which thecdi- ; nt for you to know that the new bill was drain d " with great care by a celebrated draftsman iu London, The X. V. ctlrresp indent of the Union says t.ii .ii'iii,...,. - seirered irv tie- n- in n-rs lor tt a: nurnoso. a m... . c..,. . r . :.. And n iw while we are on the subject of the com- of the federal press, t:re endeavor plexity ol Ihe new bill, we would ask every honest hate of the admit man in the State, win Iber ho be friendly to the new o;i:.'m :,t which bill or b t, to read it, and then ask himself the ques- nimity, has pronounced upon the lion, do l understand its provisions ? and the honest tSen. Tayhr. It is of no avail, how response in ninety-nine cases ui of a hundred would new generally known for the first t, be no. Indeed the members of the Legislature, men was, iti all iu circumstances a i oftal nt and worth, said they cwuld tud nmkrsiand portanl srmy regulatiooi inenrrin Iiis m w bill ; and certainly we have an abundance of dismissal from the service, mi r Iv evidei re to convince any mm that tlew ,pohe the .; Ven;v of the unanimous condemn truth, for here we have n Senator, who Voted for the : new bill, and then undertakes to explain Ihe provis-l Csiteo States Ccsto-Hocsk E ions 1 1 io' mil in a commit meat Ion to I hewsp&pei ami the explanation of the hill shows that he did no understand ii himself, ot if lie did, wilfully undertake in that communication to deceive the honest yeoinanr of tlte country. And now in conclusion, we woul sdvise that Senator lo take ? friend advice, whj -!i i to read the old bill of last session, and the new bill this winter, and be certain that he understands ihei provisions, b fore be undertakes lo nlighten the un deratanding of other men, on tlte subject. LUX Et VERITAS. a tt in Id man who hi ro tdway, New he loinbs, o i frt 1 1 j ,i t.he in t 1 ii rnihli- men! furnislied to the ashi Baltimore '';', we learn th.i ie l 'ustom Houses of the tlnitr d March, I-7i. to tlte 0Ui anted to the enormous sum oi i ie ; ent . mu fee' hint! . fly m years, the I- b X th s term of ive averaired t 1 ii . 1 1 1 . . ! i a b Ua e advanced I to j ton lime licking and denims c. pt r yard. Prints, Hitch as from 4 to-H rents, are sel!;:, lured cambrics have odvanced he be W I or ! emocral (f cotarvs no "davehohler will venture t.; be a csndi date af er tbia ' frrVe liavc read Mr. Pi i rri 'h Spssxh, in the Boose of Representatives, on the subject of slavery and slave territory, witn a-u re, though ws reict To PcifTEK8. A tirt rate workman is wanted to take charge of a Job office in Lafayette. Address the events which brought it out. It contains more ')US aSfSSB, Lafayette, lud sound sne than m s speeches rn the same aobject. We ehall publish it if we can find rornn. or any other Slave b hh r. to the Presidency whether tor of that journal Fays was furnished by a Senator We ahall make but a tew extracts, from iho expi si lion uf the bill aa furnished by Ihe Senator, and com pare lh 'tn frith the pri visions of the old biä of last winter, a rial the h e uf this winter. The WabSSh Senator v;ty, that The till ti f last ressioa g.ive the bond holden who a.J vanced mean to fineili iii canal ti e priority of pavtaenl . , . ..f.... r .i. .. . . our" tmw cvnoi rcvniMi, im uie inieiei en me ,.. There seems tn be a general want of journeyman lh- l""11" '" lilC Stance, also tad there it 9 ft oui eJ. pnnterj in this State; perhaps Ifl consequence of the NoW llic fwowing extracts from the eighth aectji n fact that many have NgOtOS lo the wars." p the old bill, will show that the priority uf payment, out of the canal revenues, did tint slip th' rr, and Ibat C ;r" ' : ,i;r.s, has altered the charter of the City ajfj the Wabash Senator ia entirely mistaken w ith regard Washington)! bo as to abolish the property qualifica- to lbs provisions of the old OUI, for we lim (he follow tion for teters, and to render elective certain offices! la9 provisiooa in the eighth aection of that ball : nounccs h.msel'f f r nominal, m as the wh .r anti-war ''tofore filled by Councils. The National Intelli-' ' JJ W l" fuil t o.o uhM r.hcr- makina ssM advance,, . sr Ibrtr aisnee, interest at aas after the rate of tws and ooa candidate fjr Congress m tiie d dtrict. fcncet growls ofer it M like a dog with I sore head.' , alf ,H-r rstuaat pat aaasss ao the principal af the IsaSa . Uns Ot Urn pdit.ir is Mayor of the city, sod if the 1 tft'y maV hav snrrmdsrsm 9 ateaeeaM.' OCT Senator HanseosS v til accep oar especnl people are permitted to vote he will" orobablv be " I ü y V,'" Ü! "lt,eiC;1 V Ü ' 'lerf flVe pef ce"t,,:" Ii, pruuuuiv uc per annum, en the special stock hiueinaffcr named (bene' thanks for very valuable documents voted out of hie ofiice, as he ought to be. I nock created for that portion af airenage and accruing IU1 BLurexti C. Wn us n, Eaa, ssf Crawf nssavviQe, has announced himseif as a cand.thte for the democfatie nomination for Congress in the m!i district. 'Old Johnny Vawter," the "notion n akcr," an- fj7"We find the fallowing in the . V. JoOrnal of I ooimerce of Feb. '. : Correspondence of far J wmai of c mmeree. Im IANAFOLI8, Jan. -'', 1-17 " oc!ock, 1 Af. The antendt d Stale D bt Ihll has finally pnsM d the Senate w ith snJendments, ami ihe amendments have been concurred in by the House, 07 to 5!3, exc I ne objectionable one, from which the Senate has receded, by a vote uf '-'"i to s; so that tl.c bill only wants the aieoiture of tht Governor t be a Jaw. It will be published in i lew days, and is passed in a form t give satisfaction to the bondholders. It meet the conditions of the aubacriptiona entirely. iLLISmS. The Whim's of the SaOgamO Ihstrict have elected their candidate, .Air. HexbT, to Congress to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Col. Maker The new Senator from Delaware i a merchant the only one, anj believe, in that body. We have tlte important news from New Vorst, tlsxt Liov. roung has, according to his written agreement before tiie election, pardoned the l Antt-Rentera in the Penitentiary of that State, for the murder of the officers end others who were ordered to collect the p'!!-. The New Vork Journal of Commerce is hor rified at the pardon id murderers for political effect. So goes the world, and so wags law and order com r va ism. Tins is rich for future reference, and we have' no regrets t offer. (. Statu - in, f j Tl e Pittsburgh Journal of M nday, contains a telegraphic despatch from I'biladelpliia of Sunday night, 8 o'clock, which states that a later arrival at ew York from Havana, brought intelligence, that Santa Anna had made a demand Upon the Mexican Congress f r eitfht mil i"is of dollars that a con 6s- an ä cation of Choreh property had been proposed tn this body snd that the Clergy, greatly alarmed, had threatened the Congress, the Grovern meat ami the Army, with excommunication it' the design should be persisted in ! tobe erected at Dubuque, Iowa, next faimaacr. It as to be crucifix form, 177 feet 1 ag and fret wide. The side walls wit! be 50 feet bigh, ami the tower 177 feet high, measuring from the round This, we presume, when (hushed, will be t'm- ta rt aasgmficenl building in the ii.rt:i west, . ,. r ... T Itrnwn a i u st ipeb Letters. m. s. JfVWH aacmsm ht istanl P, BI. GeeersJ, in a letter to tne Bostots Transcript, atstes that pamlishera nf newsrjapera u...-v transmit "th.-ir bills for sobaeriptii B due, ... afpost age, according I the provisions of See. I, of Tost (.ilice Regulations. The Ne v Fork Herald says that the st esset H -hernia now due at Bos u from L4verpool, will bring ont a 1 ire amount of specie nearly a million of dol lars it is supposed ; half of which, it is understood, will come to one HotfSe iu Wall street