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Jntocmci State Sentinel.
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i ni i ii'oiJS xovr.Miu.u 12, 113.
The Warelioiivln Ss(t'in.
We have hastily skimmed over nu article in the
October number of the Southern Literary Messenger
from the pen of 'Harry Llufi"," who is said to be It.
MaURY, of the L. S. Navy. The article is addre.s-1
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ed to the Memphis Convention, and ably discuses .
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t.on. It rr-exjoriea, no duty is paiu. ;
It is laid down by Dr. Smith, in one of his justly j
celebrated maxims on the subject of taxation, that
Every tax ought to be levied at the time and in the
manner that is most likely to be convenient for the
contributor to pay it." ( Wealth of yations, vol. hi.
page 303.) No one can doubt the soundness of this
maxim; and yet it was very strnngely neglected,
down to 11'3, in the management of the English cus
toms. Previously to this period, the duties on mot
good- imported had either tobe paid at the moment of
their importation, or a bond, with sufficient security
fjr their future payment, had to be given to the reve
nue officers. The hardship and inconvenience of "such
a system is obvious. It was often very difficult to
find sureties ; and the merchant, in order to raise
funds to pay th duties, was frequently reduced to the
ruinous necessity of selling his goods immediately on
their arrival, when, perhaps, the market was already
glutted. Neither was this the only inconvenience
that grew out of this system ; for the duties having
to be paid all at once, and not by degrees as the goods
were sold for consumption, their price was raised by
the amount of the profit on the capital advanced in
the oavment of the duties : competition, too. was di-
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various questions ot public interest, mtsc, i.u. ti,e noj5C of so big a gun ns the Princeton's could re
most prominent and probably the most important, 13 vcrLmte yc ncvcr yctcfmt enough to dispute
that of the establishment of the Warehousing Sys- thg I)tlincy-racv t)f Morrison on that occasion.
tern, as it is called, for the benefit of the commercial,,- vcrIcgt tvr0 ft "office-seeking knows verv well
interest of the country, but especially of the South. ! wUt effect appaucnt rron,ilience gives a politi
By this system is m-ant the provisions made forjcialu u uu ag wc nt a distnncej anj cnsts cf
lodging imported articles in public warehouses, at a I than any oth(r oUi man st ration. It is, therein-
rent, without payment of the duties on irr.porta- j fur ft kiml wich exactiy suits lhc v;ews ond feel
tion. till the articles be withdrawn for home con.ump- ( . of A F Morrison. It tays ! But here ft the
minified in consequence li tnc greater commaim oi CnIufnnt5f a, the jale 1(ur al wnicn ,nis notice is written,
funds required to carry on trade under such disadvan- I prevents us from noticing more at lei gth the remarks of
taes; and a few rich individuals were enabled to j the several speakers. They were all, however, distin-
. . ... r ., m j-, . ! cuithed by a spirit of harmony and ronfi.lence of certain
monopolise the lmwrtation of those commodities on -v i i , . . .
iiwii jwiKv . victory in .November, and were r sponded to by the great
which heavy duties were payable. The System had, ; lojy t,f the audience with the ut.'nost goad fefling and
besides, an obvious tendency to discourage the car- . henriy enthusiasm.
rrin- trade. It prevented that country from beco.n- ! "8 the evening a serie, e f reSolution, were elT-red
. 1 . I by Mr. A. r . Morrison, approving formally el thu noint-
iug an entrepot tor foreign products by hindering the i erg whkh Wffe unaniuiol.sy a!o,,eJ.
importation of such as were i.t imüicdlättl' wanted (jen. Drake then olTered a resolution commendatory of
fjr home consumption: and thus tended to lesseti thel'be r.oMe and se'f sacrificing course .f Mr. V.i Utnr..f,
.. . . ,. , , , . i who had authority d Mr. liutlrr of Now York to withdraw
resort ot foreigners to Lnuhjii markeiS, inasmuch as , . .
11 ' hia name from the LonventK-n whe never ihe haru.onioua
it rendered it difficult, or rather impossible, for t!.cm ac jcn 0f p4,e n,Mv sl0U s, Ciii to rtqui'r it. 'l hc rcso
to complete an assorted cargo. And in add.tion tall lutn.n was noised wiih tremendous rom.ds of applause,
these circums:an,-es, the difficulty of -ranting real- ; which b.tod etrr.l rainui. .. and which w.re finally con-
. . 'eluded with a wtll-meriied r..und for (lie mover himself,
ly equivalent drawback to tnc exporters ol stioi com- -, he Van Uuren mfn IireM.M fujy nKn riate.l the high-
inodities as had paid duly, opened a iluor for the com- j mii.ded arid very liberal course f f (Jen. Drake, who, tho
minion of every species of fraud. j he had been an avowed suppr itcr cf (im. ('iss, thus
. i i .i i provtd tint he was enlirelv sensible of the adinirnlle traits
Harry L.il contends that the same, and even f SUmyM 1JurtIlf aU ' as reaJ. ta 8Ccorj to him the
greater evils, hav hrcn mtlicteU upon .mcnean com-ijU5t
inercc, by our defective Custom lhuse system; nnd
argues stronlv that thee evils can alone be reme
died by the adoption of the warehousing system, lie
argues, and plausibly too, that it is by this system
alone, that the Southern cities especially, can regain
that prosperity to which they are naturally entitled,
and which they once enjoyed ; but of whieh they
have been deprived bv the unfavorable influence of
our present revenue laws.
Harry I.luflT" takes correct ground in our opinion
in relation to the payment of duties in cash. He
savs :
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i lit l nni nuaii iu i:ieirii uLr.iiii.L lu-m unite?1 . uü i
tl... cn-itrnrv I vvnnld have the dnti'S in rash, hv all I
im-ans; but I would have no m.nopuly in trade, and ;
as few restrictions as possible upon commerce. The j
present system makes the importing business or the i
country a-mjrioiHIy of the most odious" kind. lu.fid !
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,i j i Cr i , .reason stated, but also because, natural v disposed to
would let them go into bonded Y arebouses, properly 1 ' - '
protected and secured, and exact the duties only when I Slve lhe n"t genrrotn interpretation to men's mo
thc goods leave these Warehouses for consumption nt ' fives, we did hut know but what it might be possible
home. With such au arrangemnnt, men of small ; thrit we had been mistaken as to Morr.s ns. Time,
capital could go into the importing business compc-; nn( a very sll0ft limCf ou J wecrmi in SJ thinking
tition would become more active and goods cheaper ; , . . i. "
irjni.intlv an increased demand, an increased sup- "VW but 11 n5ei.iiuH tault, and one
ply, increased abilities tc buy, larger consumption, a , f(,r v;c ll0I,c trJ hr- T'ivni
greatly increased revenue ;all, would follow. j But we re-publish this article of ours, fr another
Tiie merchant having a capital of St l(i(),0H, reason. In his first number, .Morrison made the fol-
would not then, as now, have to keep one quarter of j ,;vif. - f ; statenient about us :
it by him, in ca-h, ready for th Custom-Il mcf and ! . t .u i
, , i. -4 ,1 , . i "After the nomination was rnide, they openly pro-
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cneapcr 10 ouy me goous m u mu irom i.'ie importer, ;
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ty himself, if he reside near ; or, if riot, remove the !
whole under Iwnd, say to St. Louis, or Cincinnati, re-'
warehouse them there, and pay duties as he with-
draws them fjr consumption. By this course, he j
would save the commission atid interest, which the
importer now charges fjr paying the duties for him ; j
he could carry on the same business with a smaller
capital. And thus, the consumer would buy cheaper." j
rrnf to tnnifur nt tli . n nln nwn ft!.? rttwl n:i .' il:i- .
This subject will no doubt come before Congress
this winter, and we ho;o that s:ne jiiuicious plan,
embracing all th? economical feittin."? suggested hv
the experience of (ireat Britain, and by the wisdom
cf our own statesmen, will b? adopted.
Progrts oftlic It.iil Iloul.
We learn that L'O of the IJU miles of the Rail Road
from Edinburgh to Indianapolis is already graded and ty i,lstanl, wc expressed urupK.lified delight, and de
ready for the mud sills and superstructure. The baU j clarcd we should beat the Whigs. This, however,
ancc is much advanced, and eight weeks of good ; i comparatively unimportant: for every rm liurtn
working weather would complete the whole. There j man, at least, inn. tW7 that Morrison lies.
is a sufficient force on the road, and etcry thing is i As to the rqually has- lies about our pretended
now progressing finely. One of the mot importaut ! treatment of the Cass men. the article copied by Mor
parts of the work is also done, viz : the foundations risori, a well nn our articles before and since, give
of the Bridge across Blue River. On this there re-, them the lie direct. The article, (which truly ex-
mains nothing to do but to place the superstructure ;
and the framing cn be got ready while the abut
ments and piers are being finished. There will be no
delay on this, as the work is out of reach of high to Amos Lane, (Jen. Drake, Morrison himself, nnd
waters. There remains no doubt but that the road ! other exclusive Cass men, nnd say if they did not
will be entirely ready for use on or Ik fore January, j evince the strongest -disposition on our part to treat
1947. I them with all possible courtesy and consideration.
Much credit is due to the Company, Engineer, and The sentiment no doubt was reciprocal for the time
Contractors for the energy and faithfulness with which j being. But sxrn tho devilish spirit of heartless self
all have performed their respective dirties. Hitics resumed its accustomed sway over Morrison
r.. . 1 . " .
(rllenry Clay, while .Secretary d: State, wrote
Mr. (.allatin, then our .Minister at the Cuirt of
to
ames, as follows :
"Xor is it conceived that fircat Britain has, or can,
v. 1 , V 1 any J"rU("1 "J 1
Yet in the face of this positive and swccj'ing de-
mi c 1 . 1 1 i- . .
Claration, nuny ot tie; leading whig papers, true to
the old federal spirit, maintain that the claims ofj
Hrent T.n'a'm tr. fi . .
ureai criiam to Urcgon, arc supcuor to our own !
wi ;- tK p , 1 . 1
U hich is the British party ? I
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iuisvi.ie times says that ! Hank, except as the holder of stock, placed in his
the lugs of Kentucky, are gentlemen of a very dif-' hands without any agency of his own, and by the de
ferent stripe, from the Whigs of Massachusetts, i prcciation of which he has list some six hundred dol-
M. . ... . I ,1
Aney never ask "where ehaJl we go um! lor want of
a place in the affections of their countrymen, fall like
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arms of Great Britain.
The Cincinnati Union of the Ith inst sayi :
We understand an agent is now in town, from
Europe who reports that a company of Prussians
about U0,000 in number are preparing to immigrate
to thirf country next upring, and tlwT location uovv
li.xed up n for settlement is Iowa.'
Morrison's convicting Iilimclfof F;il ec
hoed. In his second number, Morrison attempts to sub
stantiate L's purity of principle by offering as the
evidence of it an editorial article from the Stale Scn-
tincl of June 0, 184!. The article was a record ol ,
the fact, that, on the reception of ti c news of Col. j
Polk8 nomination, while one of the rd.tors tf this pa-!
per was blazing away wi h Cncle Trim's tig gun, and !
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doino- the labor of a uorke i out of dobrs, A. F. Mor-'
r-stn ,t,'j0 a little something on t2?Vr, which would
rv the news of his Van Karen Conservative " '
i)emocraCyf (as he calls it,) a little further than even '
article :
From the Indiana Stute Sentinel of June 6, 1844.
I.iilliiii:ilic Meeting;.
The great reli f of the painful .u. p. rise, increasing with
every hour's dehy afer the receipt of the first news from
the National Convention, we received, on Tue.day even
ing, the result of the harmonious action ofthat august bo
dy, in the nomination of Polk and Wright. It was haded
universally by all section of the Democratic parly here,
will the Rreate-t enthuia!tn evety man proclaiming his
perfect willingness to forget all previous personal predilec
tions, ahtl a determination to curtain ihe action of the
great Convention with all his .trrnglh and miht against
the hosts of the Dagon of Wh'ggejy. A . jontaneous and
most enth'iia'3tic meeting was agreed to be held at the.
Court House at early candle, lighting, and without any
other than urn! notice, the Democratic citizens assembled
in crowd, there to repudiate all past differences, and to
p'edce unitedly on t! e a'lnr of patriotism that henceforth
we hou'd act as one man in the great and glorious cause
in which we have enlisted.
(iov. WiiiTto.MM was railed lo the chnir, and delivered
a .bort and pertinrnl adtlrrws, which was received with
thunders of ajj l oi.-e. A. F. Morrison, E-q., was appoin
ted .ecretary. The meeting was (hen addressed nt length
by Hon. Amos Lane, who nMy discussed the doctrines of
the two parties. He was listened to with profound atten
tion. The meeting was then successively addressed by
Mr. Johnson, the Democratic candidate for Elector of the
3d district ; by CA. Cain, T. Kinder, (Jen. Drake, and
11 I Hirrii; W a mrrt ff 1 1. . t ( Kit f ru.' i 1 f a f a " f nitr
meed of praise
Whde a portion of the Dc nocracy were ihm agreeably
engaged, oher were tnp!oved in h.tiiing the nominations
by a national salute nith furle Sam'i six pounder, which
roared out its thundering je U in a tone that siitick terror
into the coons. Twcnty-.cveii rounds, one for each State,
were fired, with ose roii Tu as. I'rtje boi.firea of tar
barreU also ad led to the excitement of the time, and glo
riously illuminated the city.
Now it is Irr, as here stated, that -WoirUoh did,
at the meeting spoken of, submit a series of reolu:
tions acquiescing in the decision of the Baltimore Con
vention in favor of Col. lVlk, as it was arranged that
he should do so. That much was quietly yielded to
; his selfishness, by general assent, for the sake of har-
and peaee, and union. M " Ct nary support
uas "A t0 l,e -jiJcted at such a time; it was rather I
to be coveted, maugre the disgust it might ccrUion. j
It was well enough, consequently, that we flmnld
oak kintlj.. cf lim . 0Ulj wc s'0 not on . fo tj .
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claimed the defeat of Mr. Polk oh the grodnd that "N BVV
md ttinl all the Whius nun-
(fij
wa "new issues." From that d iv until the announce-
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mi,u oi tnc lifniocrai, tnpy actively peravere, in every
mannPr m t!teir p0wfr, ti bring inn. disrepute tho.e who
ndfied the nomination of On. Cas, and which resulted
in the ultimate efertion of Mr. I,d:c a the candidate.
The friend, of (en. Cam in arioc parts of the State,
were sorely perplexed with thi coürne of ihe paper tf the
party, which from it4 position wai calculated ta produce
ome rfT.ct upon the puMic rninJ, and misdirect public
Sentiment."
, Tiie first sentence of thi extract, will be stamped j
' as a base and infamous LIE, by every numb'-r f Hur
paper from the time of Folk's nomination, and before
; and since. i.'ore than this. Dr. Cimu.F.s Bakhv,
now a member of the :ate Central Committee, was
the Jrst man who brought the news of the nomina
tion of t an I Wr ig fit to this town. Hecommu-
nicated it immediately to up, nnd will testify that
on
s pressed our feelings on the subject,) shows most con
chisively that we were willing to treat the Cass trtrn
most liberally. Read ntrain our remarks in relation
! and a Few others, an
j ,t,i them, ere the
; (Jesifc Uf; Mctxt ral
! and a few others, and wc have no d übt whatever that
consummation of the taifvas?, a
rnllipr than tho rdortnm nf Yfr RJlr
; (rV-Tirc Detroit Advertiser h:ts been alle.rin(r that
the revivalof the ohf wild cat corcer.r, the State Bai'k
of Michigan, is to be ascribed to (Jcneral Ca?s stat-
.t 1 .1 . li! lf.
log iiiai ne is one 01 me nrincii:u eiocKnoiuers. mo
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ll'e e 1 ress rtTllcs :
(icn. Cass has never placrd fuuds in that nistitu-
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tion for its imnvdiale or remote VennV ond hence
t,C asscrtion of tho AüVcrtiser is utterly false, m
00 h.iii?, form or manner is he connected with the
i rö
U. S. Senatom from New Hampshire. Gov.
;j Steele lias appointed Benjamin W James to supply the
place if Levi Woodbury in the United States Senate.
It is stated iu the Nashville Banner that a poor boy
picked up a beautiful stone in the Cumberland river
nt Smithland, which, however, he was willing to sell
for a few pennies. It proved to be a pearl, thrcc-
( eighths of an inch in diameter, and weighing IB grains,
1 and is ev-Knated to be worth tf-KJO.
The Sinking Fund.
We have received several calls, from Whiff as well
as Democratic papers, and lastly from Morrison's
concern, to state all we know about the Sinking Fund.
We never said we knew anything about it ; but we
did assert tint rumors were rife relative to the secret
mismanagement of the concern. These rumors are
every day talk. The true condition of the Fund has
been a scaled book not only to t!.e public, but to the
Executive offices of the StCte, past and present. So
we are informed. Like a rotten Bank about to ex-'
idode, the balance she et is all that thev condescend to
put forth. Everyone knows how often a dishonest
Cashier, after hdving stolen his thousands, can man-
oge and has managed, to present a fair balance sheet,
and deceive even President and Directors themselves,
Is it not pctsible that such a game may be practised
in other places !
We have been informed, and tliat by one df the
Commissioners, that the State is likely to be a iarge
loser by the knavery of individuals, especially in
Marshall and Fulton counties where one rascal aided
another in falso appraisement of lands, until their
pockets were well lined, when they all decamped, leav
ing thc Sinking Fund in the lurch, and minus, pro-
bably, thousands of dollars. That such games are (
practised in other counties, v.e verily believe. Then ding and priest, and goo.e and guest, and all things
the lands have to be re-appraised, and agents are ap- meet for the mandibles of man. Onmiverous man!
pointed, some of whom, it is understood, have boast- ltnv doth thy foul cravings cause devastation among
rd, that their pay eepjallcd a Congressman's, eight the feathery tribe, the four-footed kingdom, and the
dollars a day. At all cvcnt, it is not to be denied vegetable empire ! Drcamest thou of paradise in tin
that at a late session of the Board, a number of agents potations of porter, and preumest thou to moralize
were appointed, at heavy salaries, to traverse the amidst thy gormandizing? Alas! for thy absorb
State and " look after these mortgnged lands." Does ins, thou slialt sutT.r tumefaction ; and for thy glut-
not every one see that these pgents can make good
bargains for themselves, even if the people of the ,
State are losers 1 1
Under the circumstances, as we linderstnnd them, j
we deem it the especial duty of the next Legislature,
and we ardently urge it upon their attention, to ap-
point an A'iENT, one mil qualified, and to give him
sufficient time, to examine into the matter from be-
ginning to end. he should be clothed with ample
powers to perfect the examination. Every one will
admit that the Bank examin ition under IN. b. Pal- from her pantry. Now belles, all plumed and ribbon
mek, E-q., was productive of good, excepting, per- cjf trip tü the church, with sober mind intent on pifty
haps, to such interested individuals cs A. B. Fontaine, anj pc. to hear the Aorgan and the Aanthem.
the thieving Cashier. If the bund has been man-
aged correctly, it will bear this examination, and be
all the better for it. If it hns not, ns we are inclined
to beÜct-c, it ifl a solemn duty cur Representatives
owe to the people to right matters at dnce; and in no
way can it b-j so well done, in our opinion, as by the
appointment of a faithful competent and unpurchas.
ab'e A iKNT, wh will fe-irles.lv auJ faithfully exam-
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They fill iwed the footsteps of Mf.nAKV ( f the
Ohi MateMiian, und like him wanted to rule or
ruin" because Mr. Van Buren was laid aside." j
This is one of Morr.son's imputations against us
as expressed in ins own worus m me isi numuer oi
iiis De:nr)crat." To bo placed in the same ' cate- rtr rulc yard,
gory"uith SAMfKt. Mcmuv is certainly a conqdi- nnfllVr (a"d ln'
t , ,. . . - . (District ot Columbia,) 1) cents per
ment equal to our hig.iest aspirations, f ur titteen ' Cl,j vr,rd,
years or nure tlie Democracy, nr. only of Ohio and j Vertical wall M. K. Lawicr, (li
the West, but of the whole Union, received the bun- . linoj,) per perch,
elit of Medary's uir-ompierable industry and invinci- ; 4.oSt'.)f,e" K' 15oarJ (Indiana,)
Me energy, and acknowledged his invaluable services I" r I" rc l
- x. " . , .... J Clearing ground I. Lynn, (Ohio,)
to the cans. N man during the eventful era of, urick(j. Mm Lauman, (Bennsyl-
Cicn. Jackson labored harder n r with greater effect. ; yania,) aggregate,
His political enemies, as well as friends, admit this, j Piling cast of Wolf river Burke
True as the Damascus blade, he was ever foremost in i and McMinus, (Pennsylvania and
the tight, and the discomtiti-d hosts of Whiggery ; Marylaml.) negate,
. " . . hi. T l Lumber b. P. Ashe, (Tennessee,)
evinced his prowess. Ever wedded to principle, lie ! nfT.Trc,Mtc,
would mt temporize with its opposite, even to win! eFournhtion for 0 buildings G. M.
the approbation of that clas-, which exists in all par- ; Laumiu, (Pennsylvania,) aggregate,
lies, who are actuated by personal and selfish ambi
tion alone. That sirh men should hate him it is not
strange. It would br strange if they did not. Mor
rison's hostility to Mkdakv is, therefore, easily fath
omed. It i- the attribute of a depraved and Fcltish
nature to hate that which is pure and generous. This
accounts also for the libel hich Morrison now utters
against Medary in the hope of injuring us. But the
slanderous imputation will fill harmless at Medary's
iir.t i imiinrii rniiri'fi rn n inn v.in or in mil p. mm
r " 1 . II" 1 .! I A A 1 I
ivB" ivw.vw.iv .w - -
desiring only to be permitted peacefully to wear the j
laurels won in many a hard fought field ; though ho. '
has vield.duptherrlapoiofuarrotocthers'nnnds,!
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tin 1 1 1 iiL'kü I In titc am time f .orin t ft nil f m tovt 1 f. lid hp.
lie him with impunity ; nevertheless, whue there is
either a grain of honesty or gratitute in the rank and
file of the Democratic party, thty will not fail 10 shield
his fame, and do honor to his integrity. Medary's
whole political career gives Morrison's sdandet the
ml.
03-A curious resolution appears in the proceed-
ings of a Dearborn county meeting which we copy in
another column : that endorsing the democracy of
Whitcomb and Bright, uiu also of Amos Lane the
chairman of ?aid meeting and of Mr. John I Dunn.
Now it seems to us that this endorsement of Whit-
j comb and Bl ight's democracy is a work of superero
gation. They do not need it, and least of all in such
company. They are contaminated rather than bene
fitted by such an association. We suspect tho reso
i jt;OI, was permitted to pacs as similar resolutions
often do, because of the dislike so naturally felt by
all men to oppose them in the presence of those in
terested. We confess that tee dislike, under existing
circumstances, to say any thing on the subject; nor
should we do so, were we not impelled to do it by the
request that the resolution should be published in the
State Sentinel. Taking it for granted that the reso
lution evinced the real opinion of the meeting, we
admit the right freely to express it. We have a right
to our opinion also, nnd it is Hot in concurrence with
that expressed by the resolution in question.
0".7"Mr. Beaslec has sent us a second communica
tioa. By the aid of his kind friends; it is quite a cred
itable one. We arc g) id for his sake to witness so
much improvement. The communication treats of the
disorganization which prevailed in the Legislature of
13 1, and will be of interest to our readers. We shall
publish it iu our next semi-weekly and weekly.
'Bleaching." Am Anecdote. A Boston paper
says :
It is noticeable in this market, that Sherman's
j Lozenges are not so black ns they were."
1 t ii.i v t .
i'pon wnicn me ncw linearis ricayunc remarks :
"And in this that negro babies are not so black as
they used to be."
How does the State Sentinel, (which seems incapa
ble of distinguishing the difference between an alto-
1 litionist and an nmalgamationist,) account for this
singd'ar fmcnotrnoi. ? Indiana IVcrnun;
We will tell you: how wo recount for it. Thero is
about as much crime at the south as at the north;
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and wo have no doubt but there are many abolition-
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ists in the south in disguise, as slavo-steilini; is fre-
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quentlv noticed, flic latter being true, the mothtiai-
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hon of color is easily accounted for.
fcV"Wl.v. Siah. I am astonished." said a worthy !
Deacon "didn't we take you into our church a short
time since "
! b'lieve so," hiccupped Siah, "bt between you
and (hie) me, it was just the leetle of the (hie)
darndest take in, you ever (hie) saw or hca.d of."
The above wc see going ''the rounds of the pa
pers." It forcibly reminds us of a circumstance
which occurred last vVcek. Try it again.
Doctor Fattcrson, of Borne, Georgia, has been con
victed in two case, for robbing the mail iu the spring
at that place.
I
The following witty and alliterative description oY
New England's great festival is from an eld riumber
of the Uoston Evening Ihilleliri. .
Now hath arrived the festival proclaimed of yore,
when the strait bodied grandfathers of our goodly com -
monwcalth found themselves planted triumphantly in ,
the land whilom enjoyed by heathen savages. Now ;
oth the carnival prevail, and the civil magistrate or-
daineth stuffing. Lo ! the farmer fatteneth beeves and
swine, arid the tlesher cutteth up briskets and spareribs,
and Jotham trudgeth to the market town therewith
Now bustling housewives wield the chopping knife,
and spread the crust, and spitter the treicle; while
duteous Molly brandisheth the carver, dealing death
to ducks and diddles ; across some hickory log she also
guillotincth the patriarchal rooster, slasheth likewise
the weasand of dame Tartlet, her age of laying past !
His last gobble hath the gray gander gotten, and the
fan-tailed turkey biiddn farewell to herbage, and the
porker grunted moodily in mud his greasy requiem.
The larder grtaneth with the burthen of bacon, and
the stall staggcreth beneath mountains of mutton,
There is a sivour of sauce in the kitchen, and a
smacking of cider in the cellar, and a pageantry of
plates in the parlour. Now cometh to the table pud-
tony, there is in store for thee a purgatory of lumbago,
thankful heart should not be smothered in spirits, 1
hor a grateful bc?om crammed with cabbage !
Now, in cities dense, the long expected holiday
brings freedom to the lads, and much fat produce into
wirket. Mark the partly merchant from his princely
meal outmtrchitig, witli gladuess resting on his cheek,
anj poultry in his stomach. Yon happy urchin too, hath
Dcen to re(,: wjtn roa(y compliments his antiquated
atmt; wi,ic welcome issues from her lips, and pastry ; ;
' Now, 'tis a morry time in hall and hovel while j
the nabob gloats with eaer eye on viands luscious j
aii far-fetched, the laborer spreads befjre a famished ;
household his little store of gleanings eleemosynary;
teaching rudely the rudiments of gratitude. Hail ju-
bilce of innocence 1 Long may the virtues of our fa- j
thers be remembered with Tu anksoiviv;.
Tlio JIciiipIiU Drpot.
j The Union" says this subject has been disposed
vi by the Secretary of the Navy, after due ad-
yiseincnt ; and the following is the result :
mVH roR U.H.CH w Au.ARDSn the wuw.
Kxcavation-Sutnricr and Eastland,
utk aim liouisiaua,; u cents
i i
mi non lin 1
Ä'J.tMÜ UU
). 9,00 00;
JO ,700 00
nJ,9,Jl 00
10J 00
3,152 01
39,500 00
i
20,321 00
$l-h,67 30
0O""Thc following sound and truthful remarki are
from the London Times. It is to be lamented that
the Tunes does not apply the touchstone of its own
philosophy to its habitual abusive treatment of Ame-
rim. ns well as to nolitiea! nmionents at home. But
4. , l.i :
it is a thousand times easier to preach than it is to
practise.
i ' I i .. t . i.i;i.
. a'
noeier ue-ires or nppiauus me esuimisnuiein. vi
a free form of Government ought to to bo prepared
heforehand for the inconveniences and evils, as well
the vantages and blessings, of such a system.
in morn rpcent tim ovnoriinont. a nu ln smaller the
, - f - - " ? ---- -
I . .
in winch it is tried, the keener will bo those
personal passions and party contentions which con -
etitute at once tiie lifo and peril of representative institu-
toes. I hese sharp weapons arc for a tunc wielded by
Unsparing and unskilful hands ; experience and use can
alone blunt their edge, and ad ipt them to the more pa
cifie objects of (Jovernmoni. The lesson which men are
slowest in learning, and which the majority of poli
ticians never learn nt all. is that of respect for their
opponents j,, public life. It is not enough for party
t men to think their own leaders inlallibly right, but
their antagonists must be infallibly und inrariablv
wrong; and there are honest men, hi this and all
other free countries, who live and .lie iu this prepos
terous conviction. Much more are these delusions of
faction prevalent in countries w here the strife of party
is raging for the first time in a Constitutional form.
There, not content with political opposition, they
acquire the virulence of personal antipathy ; and truth
is alike sacrificed on both sides iu the zeal id' contend
ing statesmen to cover their rivals with obloquy.
Every morning, if we are to believe these novices iu
political life, the Constitution is violated, and every
evening the sun of country sets forever. Fortunately,
States nre tougher and sterner things than these poli
ticians suppose; and, though mistakes and faults
without number be committed by the rulers of man
kind, it is not often thai tho predictions of these
opponents arc conplctely fulfilled, or that they tink
under all the disasters they may have deserved. To
say that the world is governed with little wisdom, is
an ancient and a respectable truth, but it is a truth
that speaks well for the larger portion of mankind.
Suspension op a Minister. The Synod of Cin
cinnati, (of the new school Presbyterian church,) wc
observe in the Watchman, recently held its session
at Ripley, during which the case of the Rev. Mr.
Graham, a prominent divine, came up fur considera
tion, and resulted in his suspension from the minis
try. The charges upon w hich he was arraigned and
condemned Were four, as follows :
1. He teaches that according to the Jewish law the
slave was not reckoned as a m'aif cr vvoirTarf, but as
property. He teaches that the master had the
right to beat the sdave, and that hardly. 13. He
teaches that the master had the right to sell the slave.
1. He teaches that the Head of the Church has autho
rized the relation between master and slave involving
the rigUt of property not only in the charter, but in
all the laws that he has given for the government of
the Lhurcli
Accident to Dr. Beecher. The Cincinnati Chron
icle of Xov. 17, says : East evening the Key. Dr.
Hi'i'dicr in rnmiiirr frntn I nun s?.WY, . . -,;,,
r .i c t r .
for the purpose of delivering his usual Eecturc, was
Li c .i: i i .
thrown from his carnage near the Franklin Brewery
i ...-..t,. i,P11; i w t i
and severely bruised. We are glad, how ever, to m-
c i.; . tllirry r A. i .i i
form hi nuirreroos friends that he passed an easv
nighf ond ,hat in the opinion of tJje attendins
siciau' the injuriw arc muscuIjr vvithout an)r ri)us
wound of the vital organs. It is therefore probable
that rest and care will restore his health.
Thirty-six Horses, raised on Mr. Clay's farm at
Ashland, were iu New Haven a few days since to be
shipped to the West Ii.dies. 'ledger.
Why don't ho sell them in his 'high taf iff home
market 1"
07Thc people of New York have voted, by a ma
jority of 60,000, to hive a convention to reform their
State Constitution.
Tliuiiliiviiiir.
I
j Turner's Indiana Annual Register. This excel-'
lent work, edited by C. W. Cauv, Esq., for 1310 is
on our table. A large amount of highly important
matter, important to every person in the Slate and to
'tens of thousands out of it, has been added to the j
present edition, including an appendix, containing
the names of the members of the General Assembly
for 1315-0 ; terms of the Circuit Courts for 1310 ;
M of the Countv Officers elected or appointed in
1815, with the dites of their commissions; a cor
rected lUt of post offices and postmasters; a Nation
al Register, and various ether matters of importance.
It is bound in elegant etyle by Turner, who has, at
great expense, prepared himself with etnb.ssing
presses, and all apparatus to perform that business in
a style to be unsurpassed either east or west.
We recommend the Register to every body as a
useful work.
Turner has received the following new books :
llirpers Illuminated Bible, No. 41. This brings
it dawn to the 12th chapter of Matthew of the New
Testament, which is prefaced with an elegant en
graved Title, printed in colors. It also ends the
pocrypha
No. 2, of the Illustrated Wandering Jew. This is
to be completed in about 13 numbers, and contains
cuts which outdo all the Comic Almanacs, and which
would put childreii into fits, besides (.caring the very
devil.
Nos. O'J and 70 of Harpers' Illuminated Sliak
speare, commencing Timori of Athens. The engrav
ings in this number are of a superior order.
Observations in the East, chielly in Fgypt, Tales-
tine, Syria and Asia Minor, by John F. Durbin, D. D.
Two vols. This is a very interesting work, especial
ly to the Biblical student. It is illustrated with beau
tiful engravings.
He has also a new series of Geographical Maps, a
: few of which we have examined, and believe them
; cqtial if not superior to any now in use. We shall
examine them further.
j Just call and examine Turner's specimens of bind -
ir
lcv llook.
A Monev Akticle. -The N. Y. News notices a 1 tion of taxation became but one of many other prin
ncwand valuable work recently published at New C'M i the organization of Government, involving
,,- , T . , mm t at i c- .1 oi i the whole theory of human njhts and all the founda-
Orleans. It is entitled "A .Monograph of the Silver , ou of llbcrt..-;t,Uci u.)un lic fabric of the sociai
Dollar, good and bad, illustrated with fac-sitnile fig- ! COmpact.
tires of Jour hundred and twenty-Jive varieties of dol- J Perba pr- the circumstances alluded to by Burke that
lirs, and eighty -Seven varieties of half dollars, in- i ol," controversy with Great Britain had originated in
i i- - .1 4i l . . li i . ! those ideas of lilcrtv which our fathers had brought
eluding the genuine, the law standard and counter- r i i . . . . . r ,
. . . , . . , ,. , , with tl.i m from England, and which were concentrated
feit; giving their weight, quality and exact value, ! UJ)()n lC sim)I(J jMint of taxation, has retained an
and enabling the inexperienced to detect those which undue proportion of influence in our estimate of liberty
are spurious. By J. L. Riddell. M. I)., rrelter and ! down lo the present time.
i refiner in the United Stater. Branch Mint, New Or-
' I
! leans, Professor of Chemistry, &c." The tirst Amer-
ican dollar of which a specimen in iven bears the
! date of 17'J.l. The dollar of lV), with the Hying
j eagle, is given. Only one thousand of these were
'stamped. It is consequently very rare. There have
been hut tew counterfeits ot tiie Lnitcd htatcs dollar,
f
comparatively few of the coin having been issUCd ; it
being the policy of the government to is-ue half dol-
ars j preference, as less likely to leave the country.
The Soanish and Snanish American dollars nossess
... 4 . l r i . r .i
j unusual interest as a study of history. One of the
- . - i
j last ot the former is the Spanish dollar of Joseph Na -
poleon VnXZ. Every variety ot the Mexican dollar is
given, including many not commonly met with. The
intention of the author has been to make a scicntilic
book, useful especially to the dealers in money as a
; test of the value of coin, but it also oiFcrs materials
; for a liberal study of history among the works of
consequence m this department.
M ess rs. CiiAi'.MANs: I notice that you have, in
your list of othces held hv A. F. Morrison. F.sn.. nnd
j 0f those for which he has been a candidate, fallen into
an error, ihe error is a- common one ; but still it is
well to be Scrupulously exact in these matters, as I
have no doubt id your desire.
Vou mine him as having been 44 Indian Commis
sioner," &.C.' This is not strictly correct. He trnuhl
have been if he could ; but as he failed, he found that
isom'thim cotild be made, even enough for him to
: .. . . ? . ?. ...
qnit Ins pott, as 1 democrat iz e.Iitor, anu accumintnu
the Commissioners. ThtU his object was patriotic,
.1 . , 1 . t n 1
v a
arguing iiiai cniriiy vems ai nomc, none win d'.'uv
! more especially those Who saw the procetds of his
! labors. I will n'jt attempt to bürden your columns,
uule.s specially induced so to do, u :th the particulars.
i t.mr um vnrv fntuiiinr l.oro lv nu !.tor-t nc
IV,1 J fVt4vi V A' t '4M ? "'l'Vl. U7.
J '
i and is. to correct vou. and thron r , vour columns.
j others who arc similarly mistaken,
j Respectfully, Z.
iCSpCC
We thank our correspondent for his correction, and
would be pleased, as he lias, if wcare not misinformed,
a full knowledge of the Blanket Treaty, to have him
furnish us with the strict truth of the whole matter.
We never strike in the dark.
Cli:imp:iiKiic-Ifurl Cider.
It is well known that a large jwrtion of what is
sold in the West as Champaigne, is nothing but com
mon clarified cider a pure yankee invention. Last
week wc were invited to try some just imported by
"Dutch Charly," Charles Mayer ; and we have no
thing to say but just this : That it is the only genu-
inc article of champaigne we have ever seen in the t
State of Indiana. The lovers and connoisseurs of
that tine and wholesome bfwerare mav take our word
for it ; and if it don't prove to be the sparkling eau
de vie, set us down as no judge. Mr. Mayer has
made arrangements to keep a full supply ; and we
verily believe he will do so, should the demand be
any thing reasonable. Let all try it.
A Wonderful Certificate. "This is to certify
that I caught a severe cold no, the cold caught me,
by which 1 became deaf, dumb and blind. I was re
commended to use 1IoixkiNss Couou Candy, (hie
stick enabled me 'to talk like a book' two sticks
caused me to sing like a nightingale three sticks
made me see a hole through a mill stone and a
whole package rendered me as pliable as india rubber,
and as full of uas as a balloon.
STRETCH IT LONGBOW."
Wc take oysters !
Floup. Speculation. The New York Sun ventures '
upon a calculation of the cost and charges of export
iig Hour for the benelit of lluur speculators. It
says :
Snnnoso wo rmrrdmcp nt &fi Tni'irnn.o ('. .-nnf
commission 10 cents ; interest fl cents; petty expen- j ll'i'eeshe soil is said to be well adapted to ng
ses 11 cents. This amounts to s0-:50 per barrel, or ficujtuie- The straits and circumjacent waters abound
JOs. 7J; freight and carriage, -i7. ; petty expenses; ln of t,lC flliest quality. Coal, of good quality,
in Liverpool, 10i ; commissions, Is. making the
cost ot a barrel of llour in Liverpool, ills. 4d. Now
if flour is quoted corcctly per last advices, at 30 shil-
lings sterling a Darrel, it follows it we ouy at j
mat we lose is. 4d. lhc price oi nour, it at s.).V.)
Ilia, li - I w . v. .-. 1 IIV inn - v. liuui 11 ll. ,-7.J
or $5.50 may allow a small profit, but not at , un-
i..i J :.. i ! .... ' i.. - ,
less the crops in England arc utterly gone, and flour
id im fr I.:. Tlinn tl.o tlniir mi I. rwl mII ..II t -.
There hns been another large lire in New York,
extending mainly by another " explosion." It issuo- '
i , I , tl ,i - i
posed to have been caused by the ,gn,tion of varnish, !
alcohol &c. used in the manufacture of umbrellas.
07-All the Planets, save Mercury, are now above
the horizon at seven o'clock, V. M., and four of them
seen with the n iked eye, not to be mistaken. Jupiter
in the East, Mars in the S. E., Saturn a few decrees
West and nearer the zenith, and Venus' in the s" W. I
Herschell is at a noint between Jupiter and Mars, but
not distinguishable.
- .
woman:
"Fee simple and a simple fee,
And all the fees in tail,
Ah nothing when compared to thee,
Thou best of fees e-malc."
Letter from John Quiiicy Adam.
The following letter was addressed to C. Edwards
Lester, the translator of Ceba's Citizen or Ä
Republic;" The book is said to be a good one, but
Mr. Adams's letter super-excellent. It will be read
bv old and young with undivided interest. We copy
youn;
it from the N. Y. Mirror.
Quincv, Mass., 11th Oct. 191".
D'ar $ir Indisposition has delayed the answer
which should have been immediately returned to ypdr
letter of the 'SM of last month, which -I received
together with the "Citizen of a Republic," by Ansaldo
Ceba ; for both I oder you my cordial thanks, and
particularly for the dedication of the book.
It is a remark, 1 believe, of Buike, That liberty
inheres in some sensible object, and that every nation
has formed to itself some favorite point which, by
way of eminence, becomes the criterion of their
happiness. That the great contests for freedom in
England were, from the earliest times, chielly upon
the question of taxing. The most of the contests in
the ancient Commonwealths turned primarily on the
right of the election of magistrates, or on the balance
among the several orders of the State. The question
of nioncy was not with them so immediate."
Ami, pursuing the same idea, he hows that the
question of our Revolution was a contest of liberty
according to English ideas, and on English principles
and that the champions of liberty in England, for
a succession of ages, had taken infinite pains to incul
cate as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchic
the people must, in ctTect, themselves, mediately or
imml'dialely, possess the power of granting their own
money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist. The
colonies," he add-, ' drew from England, as with
their life-blood, these ideas and principles. Their
love of liberty, as with the Engl.sh, fixed and attached
on this specific point of taxing liberty might be safe,
or might be endangered - iri tventy other jarticulars,
without their being much pleased or alarmed; here
they felt its puke, and as they found that beat, they
thought themselves sick or sound."
The cause of the American Revolution, so far as
it was a contest between Great Britain and her colo
nies, was thus a question of property, a limitation
merely of the power of Government to levy money
upon the people, by taxation ; it was, in principle,
John Hampden's question of ship-monev. When the
! progress of the Revolution changed the principle of
; tl,,; controversy to a war for independence, and the
colonies were called to form Constitutions of Govern
ment, and a federate union for themselves, the ques-
Tiie It .Ihn Republics of the midtllo age3 were
fotu'ded also upon principles of liberty differently
modified, and indissolubly connected with the right of
taxation. Our statesmen, patriots, legislators, and
people, are still confined by the ties of language in a
great deprec to the literature of England. An Italian
writer t.f an nre preceding that of the ivil wars in
T I . . r 1 t t i rl t k ---. - 4 ...tit t.tllt ttt. 4 1 .
! , . r i n- " .! .i i - .
duties (A a Citizen of a Republic, wtih the history
f i,;!iy aiiiV( to tlflt (,f treece and Rome before him,
; must have embraced a wider scope in the consideration
' f liberty nnd of human rights, than is to be found in
Vn c-.mtrart-ii sphere oi me connicting principle oi
i freedom and of power l
! s0V01ltw.nlll ccn urv.
in the English writers of the
j I &VJ therefore make it a point to read with attrn-
tion the work of Cebi, and should my state of health
hereafter permit, will freely give you my opinion con
cerning it. Liberty is still in cur country a vital
question of politics, morals and religion. A question
upon which wc have much to learn, and our jostcrity
much to act. The days of my participation in it are
passed, but the prayer for its progress and universal
prevalence remains to the last moment of my life. I
am, dar a.r, very respectfully vnur fellow-citizen
and friend. JOIIX QULCY ADAMS.
A Delightful Countky. Tiie New Orleans Pi
cay uns publishes a letter, written by an officer of the
army at Corpus Christi, the post occupied by General
Taylor's army of occupation, in which the following
passage occurs:
Florida may be the 'land of promise," but Texas
is the land of " vsrmints." In clearing the ground
to pitch my tent, I killed a water moccasin ; about 3
o'clock in the morning, I was wakened up by the
barking of a dog; he had ju.t run a raitle-snake out
of my neighbor's tent, when the rattling and the bark
ing urotiM'd me 0 rattles captured. I aain lay
down, and when day broke, a yellow necked lizard
was cocking his eye cunningly at me fro::i the ridge
pole of my tent. I sprang i p, seized my boot to des
patch him, w hen lo ! out of the boot dropped a tarun
tula ! Exhausted from fright and fatigue, I sank
Lack into a chair; but no sooner down than 1 was
compelled rapidly to abandon the position, having
been stung in the rear by a scorpion! Besides the
above mishaps, wc lost a valuable dog by a shark.
The dog had jumped overboard from a boat to follow
his master to the shore, when the voracious monster
caught him.
Significant. The Washington Constitution cf the
11th said :
Improhabimty of War. The report that the fri
gate United States is fitting out at Boston for the
Mediterranean, seems to discountenance the supjs.si
tioti that our government anticipates any serious dif
ficulty with Great Britain. The Mediterranean would
Im a mo-it awkward place for an American squadron,
in ease of hostilities with that power. A complete
etil de sac, with Gibraltar and her lleets commanding
it3 mouths our vessels would remain quietly block"
aded in some t.f its ports during the war, or be cap
tured ly the sujKTior force of the enemy.
The Union copied the above paragraph, and ap
pended to it the following significant comment :
(7-We have ascertained from the department that
the frigate United States is not destined to the Medi
terranean, and that we have not a single United
States vessel, at this time, in that sea.
Extent of the Oregon Territory. On ihe cast,
it strikes B00 miles along the Rocky Mountains, on
south IHK) miles along the Snowy Mountains, on the
west 7(0 'miles along the Pacific Ocean, on the North
American possessions of Russia and England. The
HOD ,000 square miles capable undoubtedly of forminrr
I sirveii minies oi inc dimensions oi -Massachusetts,
j Sonic of the islands on the coast are very large suf
ficient to form a State by themselves. These'are sit
uated north of parallel of 43. Vancouver's Wand, JT0
miles in length and fifty in breadth, contains l'J.OC'O
i square miles an area larger than Massachusetts and
1. a !! .
Uwcticnt. Queen Charlotte's, or rather Wa.hin-
j ton's ; Island, tH, 1.": mih-s in Icnth and 150 in breadth
i . . . V
S contains l.OrO square miles. On both of those Is.
lands, though they lie between the parallels cf 4-i and
! and other ems ot minerals, have been found.
For California. D.O. W. Leavitt, the chairman
of the Committee of Arrangements of the emigrating
expedition to California, which has been organizing
'ill C I I
j J1 Ar,;ansas fJrIM,mTfi tH;,e l?st; u)Uvc l lWl
! the columns of the Little IN-ck .azette of the '27 th
columns of the Little IN ck .'azette of the '27th
! UJ,, u
ult., that, in accordance with a resolution passed at a
! called meeting, held at Napoleon on the 0th ult., the
exped'ticn will rendezvous at fort Smith, Arkansas,
o the 1st Mond-iy in April next, preparatory to taking
,hpir f marth for ,t, e !- if.r eoast. Lxery
person .tarting is expected to be well armed with a
or jvs'iot gun ; sixteen u,ds f .hot or
lead, four pounds of pjwdcr, caps, ; two horses or
mules for each ierson,ora waon and tight cattle for
every five jersons, tenti, &c.
Fi.oMir.rt Nr.ws. Intelligence has been received at
Independence, Mo., by a gentleman from the neigh
borhood of Irt.nt and St. Varain'3 Fort, on the Arkan
sas, of a great drought prevailing over all that dis
trict of country. Tue Arkansas, a large stream usu
ally, was completely dried up, fur twenty miles or
more, and a person could walk over it ot any place.
Much anxiety was felt for the last eoinjnies of tra
ders to Santa Fe, lest such a deprivation of water at
such a time should lead to loss of life among the ni
inal, if not the men themselves.