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CHAM w 'i he State 'ni natlnn Tlie question has here raised as to abetber, ander I ( the vote given at the lote election, en prescribed by the law of last winter, convention lot the emend- nient of the 'oust ,tui i SO of the Suite can be legally called In reply to the ol j ctioii which have Leen made, and in making up our coli fusions on the subject, we have not been governed by our own judgment alone, but have been sustained by able lawyers whom WC have consulted on the su'.j et. Thu f rUfied, We proceed t notice objections, and 1 0 state our conclu sions and the reas M fef them. The law of last winter, in relation to the ml ject, was intended to afford to the electors of the Stete an opportunity to determine ;n respect to holding I Con vention, according to the mode pn scribed hy the Constitution. It appear by the election return that a majority of those who bare voted upon the question, have decided in favor of cell ins such a convention. The provision of the Constitution is ns follows: Art. See. 1. Cverv twelfth year after this Consti- ' ' ! tution shall have taken i licet, at the general election , ,u, .tl, . tn tuarn, i lr'i r eoncui-e of pt. ple Ibaa held for governor, tin re shall be a poll Opened, in before sssesmled hire on a unihir occasion. In ... ... ... ' faaaaiklg aaoa aad ddxptoahMt Iba aaaaeiwn fataaboodi which thcqu-ilMied d 'tors of the SUte, shall express, j afla m teUUon to ,lis aiIe;;ej imnneal ol the volunteers by vote, whether they are in favor of calling a Cou- j te Governor referred Is tlx shoes aarj in relation to tiirn . i c ., I hi . -.. "t'lf a'!,l Cipt. T. Af ci sronooocinf i' buelv fule, he ic- vention or not; and it there shall he a majority of I mtM tht ba woaM not suffer himself to believe that aas oll the votes given at sarh election, in favor id" a Convention, the governor shall inform the next gene B . ral assembly thereof, !r se duty it shall be to pro vide bv law for the elect. on of the members of the Convention, the number thereof, and Ihe t;,e and place of meeting; which law shall not be passed tin-! i ... i... ,i ... less agncd to by a majority of all the members elected to both brauche- of the general assembly, " Sec. This portion of the Constitution does not confer, enlarge, or restrict any right of the pe de to assess- blc in convention, by delegates, f r the purpose of altering or amending the form oi government. It is merely directory, as a mode if proceeding, and I matter of convenience. It is intended to - eure peace and order, and to prevent confusion and vm- j lence, in such proceeding. Vet it is the rule bv which the people have determined to proceed in amending the eonstituti Under this pruvUi :i i f the eonstituti .n, what ma jority is rmnared In call s convention ! S ma tell us that it rcipjirta- a majority of all the votes given at the August el t tthpra snv n iiini'irili rf n the votes niven fornovcrnor: and others aeain. thai w ' j " j ' " " it rc,,, .,,! a ....jorily of nil ft, ,c, givvi. wm Um ymini at the emvoMlM. It appears to be pla.n, that this provision of the constitution has no rcforence to a majority of all the 9 , , , , ' . 1 .: .1 1 votes ''iveu at t.ie .uni-t election, for there j? no such esnreseiou in Da language nscd. It must he I one of the other two, for Bay only are mentioned in the constitution, that is, the election for governor. ! e u" ' aim me j'u njttncrt tor votes iqion trie question ol llic conventi n. We think it equally plain, that the majority spoken of, is not the majority of votes given at the election for Governor. The Governor! election is mentioned only as a matter of reference, to fia the time of open ing the poll fbrvetes tor and against a convention. The elect. on to decide upon calling a convention U the subject matter of the seeti a the very thing un der c naaleration. In this connection the words ' a majority of ail th? votes given at nasi ejection, in favor of a contention, ivc, are u-ed. Does "surli ascaon1 mean the one andei contemplation in the section, or the mmcntusxVa; referred to? We think it would be doing violence to the language, or be I mere cpiibbK to make the words M audi election.9 re fer to the election held for governor. We com lüde th n, that the intention expressed in the Constitution is that a convention :haJl be called, a a majority ot lh am who vote ivpon the aastion ' ca i tl'.icr ..ii im it-- I.!,-. - Ti. 1 :.. ' in Hirn. j i ,e :;iii"ua"e 1 ,r there shall be a najority of all the votes given al rj o puch election, in favor f a convention, the uovertmr shall inform," Sir. nsems to he absurd to suppose that a vote given for a governor, could be counted for or against a convention; or that a majority of vts given for a governor could sVcjdU Ihn question, of a, convention either way. The Word "a majority of all the votes given,"' &c, must mean a majority of all the votes given on the question of the Convention, to the Republic.1 If he did so believe, if was his im or they make nonsense. p rative duty to Mi qgaiftfj 7, and Dot to shun that Another view of the subject is, that the constitu- duty and i:s resp ns.bil.tii s, by rc-iLrn,ng. At the tion speaks of "a majority of the votes given," &C. Vfry heat, we can only say for him, that if not cor- not of a number equal to a nt'tjnrity of the votes rupt, be displayed great weakness, and if not want given at the election for gOieiUOf . There is no pro-. Mg in principle, he was altogether Wanting in firm- vision in our constitution or leas that a majority of votes given for one purpOM shall control the mat Of votes given Ra another purpose. The rule is that every measure shall be carried or hat by the number of votes given upon that saeasutn. So fat the elec tion of otlicers. We have no fmrmm of elnetonj at elections. It may be said, that by this coiisti u -tion of the constitution, a less nunshev than a majoriiy of all tin electors may call a convention. So a less number than auch a majority may do so by the construction we combat. The candidate who receives, hjC highest number of votes for Goeemot is elected, although not one tenth the number of votes should be civeti for (ovemor which are given for Lt. Governor. A case may happen in which the number of votes given for a Convention hall be equal to a m.-ij rity -f nil the votes given in the election f,,r governor, and yet, not equal to the number of votes given against such n convention. What eonstrnctiofl shuild be given to the Constitution in such a case ? Another question which arises is, has the Legisla ture a right to prevent Iba convention bv refusing to pass the nccu-s:,ry laws' There ia in the Legisla tore no such right or power. 1 , ihn, duty to pass the law. JJut may amy neveahelcm refuse lo pass it, and prevent the regular mode of holding ihe con vention as prescribed in the CSsMtitution. The ri"ht of the people, under the i.'d section of the 1st article of the fJonnsatntasa, slill remains unimpaired. The Legislature may refuse to obey the instructions of the people and the injunctions of the Constitution, but in such a case the pe j k may proceed to I. Jd the e a? vention ami adopt- suj, rttei anU regulations as the exigency may cull tor. According to our view, the call for a convention is as decided tad peremptory by the vote at the late election, as if every elector in the Mate had voted upon the question. A majority of those who take anv interest in the matter hove said that there are abuses in our Constitution which they wish to reform. Those who voted have considered the subject, and there can he no reasonable doubt that they have fairly expressed the will of the people throughout the State. :it:iiii Tipton of UlC lUoimtftl 1ii Koon. snail the Wilis; U about "SfeM PalffftSSg." We introduce the following extract from the Lo- gansport "Democratu: Pharos, 0f August 20, under . , ,. the above conspicuous brad, because we wish to call the attention to the statements here made, not onlv Ol oui ovl ClinvlW HUI oi UIOc ! law . 1 1 o Ml CUIUS into oOicial anil peteoonl contact with Captain Tii'To.n eine where. We know not how he may interpret the ,,. . . . . . , .vi Ai.. n . - n ....... ... I. it, ..f llftJIdA n I . . l . . . m nas oouguiions which me laws or personal nonor ami gentlemanly feeling sluuld impose upon every man omier sin n ci rcuinstanccs, out it seems io us mal no 1 i m i.. m . i consideration not even party eneceea enenid induce I gentlenma to suffer lus name be be used to give force nnd effect to a base and iufamou falsehood. It may strike Captain Tipton's mind differently. At any rate, the Whig party had the benefit of the lie, so fir as their o.n party was concerned, for of course no Democrat ever for n moment believed it; and now let the;r editors and p ditieians who fabri cated it and a dd in giving it currency, take the stigma which the tacit sdmtssiou of Csptain Tipton himself, of Ihe untruth of the charge, unquestionably shows them to he obnoxious to. Fiom Ihe Democratic Pharos, AugWt 26. Tan iWlMboad la wbicb tic foiinwin parnriab allvnM, died a iiatutal death ra fai a lhi vicinity ii rflOCSnnd, IQWH lime iij -i iriiill wliich arooM pioperly flow fiorn Hip ii .1 ire G9V. V MITCOm t U uf I lu HMttSI in bkl speech heir on the 3)ih July. Iteeje? er ts oblige as aennaiataBCftwa i -l it it Bfwnhiag ilo: wc doai know ttkj Capt. Turroa !i i not loi fi Mrire public ly brai ui-.l the iiusr-pulliii; ami other stoiits a f e, fr be ceitau.ly knows baa to he o. a v WanoMB-f ot. Tiptox Ttttv Pat vchoob. Om icadns will rearabei Hal sferf that n so iaiiutii- aaaly rircalalMl in rariovs ibapaa, just before ihe Hrctioa, Ii Iba tr et tliat Capt. Tipton uf this alaCS bad pallid li v. W iiiie at New Albany that lie had rut bed Iii list under bi-i aaaa! Ibnt he bad Cbokrd torn! kc. e. Cuntiarv lo the anpreist! B Ol aoflM ttorthiit, (luv. W. wa a!le to learli ? ft W day I fbra ,he rlccikm, varra Capf. Tifim then ,Vf ii.il Hi U' i ii . I n . 'it r ..! IiV inoi i,iii i jilmu.,1 ibia tbmt trf argent bnaiaem ha.i preveated Capt. Tipton, ince ins letwrn, fiom pubii$hing a deanl of (be fatsebead - . i - - in the none papsi where it first occarred, a- an act of justice, ri d, a- an act of justice t! it a in Mnent'i n fiee - at ii to viiiJh ate bi own c h nactei itat heweeer.anst bvs saiisisd any permn of oramarj , uitellieiire that it mu-, tc lal-e, lor il be bail jrrmittrd an insult of that kind, ,be offender Biaal at leat h iva I een tiieil D' acomt maitial fr iasabordiaatios to Iii- eptriof that it wm, nir.ait.'f au ihe 6oreroaiSl buine officer ) iu.nics then 1 i an I Ii - u 1 1 II it I t o -y ar bethel be voatd have panaittad such bad been nll'eieJ. and ii any one U is bed lo know, thcic WSI an eay way of finding eat. We have hi ai nothing of Ihe ehivalliC nose- ullmg story sti.ee. William Stewart. We find the following no- lice of Air. Stewart, in the Salem Neics of August 21. Considering that the compliment conies from an in- retevata Whig, it is strong testimony in favor of .Mr. Stewart's personal merits. We copy the notice for the bem tit of those who turned up their noses so I !" rlativcly at "our candid, to f.r the Senate," j fteore the election ; but ar j rapidly beginning to discover his merits : "Mncewemnst have some Locotocoi elected to our Ma'e Legislature, it gratinea us to aunounce the b otion of our old fri'-ud, Ww. STEWART, to the State Senate from the eountv of Marion. .Mr. S. is a , . i . . o,::ir man. nmi so our Know ei ire extenus. ins ia th first Auw Im Lm . .. r run tor odV H ; . l.v ira.K t.H. credit to il i, i :h.t by h? ow." l to, rireo bimU a ( aUegiate eiuie.ii, on. lie ,s noi or rnnr raumu c.i-i or point- cans who distract our Leg -latnre and enact laus! w hich prove to be a curse lo the people. He possesses J im ii l'ioi. io i' i . 11 1 ."i. 01 um 11 ".mi . i ii. K'y'.'i 1 . 1 1 ,-.! .1 11 talents of a luiu order and if we mistake not. he wl do honor to the station whirl, the people of Marion couatJ have led Ultn lo til! " fu.w , , - , . , ., , c -vt t fj7"We publish to-day the apeech of Air. Benton, made in secret session of the S mate on the Oregon 1 treaty. This speech observes the Union, explains with great force the true meaning of the convention 1 o o as it regards the navigation of the Columbia. It de nies, nnd we are happy to agree with the Senator, that the convention does eonvev to the Hudson Bay Company, and to "all British subjects trading with the same,1 the right of navigating the Columbia . . forever. We are unfirtunatc enough to differ with the senator in one rs'-meet, connected with this point, lie rays the new license begins to lake cf-1 feet in the year 1942, and then fore runs to lMlo, j w hen the rights of navigation under the late conven tion will expire. We hold, on the contrary, that the eeond royal grant began in 1W, that it runs fori ! twenty-one year-, and of cour-e expires in ls"l, ! when the right of navigation in the Hudson Bar I Company ceases. Upon mother point we differ with the senator from Missouri. Wo deny that there were two Hudson Lay Conaanh s, and two charters, and 'I we are prepared, if necessary, to make good our i positions. Osnator Haywood has published, through the! 1,1 il "n sddrSM to bis constituents, ex plana- j Nay of hii I Ogttlar course upon the Tariff question, B 's 51 most lame and impotent affair, ile exCttSCS himnelffof resigning, among other reason, because j he "believed the bill was unwise and full of mischief I nans nnd independence. Those who set from saercn - mJ motives, or from notions of expediency instead f principle, will of course endeavor to palliate Mr. Haywood's unjust. Ruble position. Not no those who arc governed by their convict. ons of what is HGVT. OrTun rrsT WAV VO SUSTAin a PAnVV, is to st s- I an I rs rniNCl PU The beat way to make these the principles of the people, is by discussing them fairly before the people, with as little appeal to passion as possible. And the firt element of party success is parly union; but there Can be no union, except in a faithful adherence to principles in the legislation of the country. Democratic principles, and Democratic me a lures fairly cor reap Nsding with thorn, and the cool judgment of the people on them, will ranke the Demo cratic party successful. If this poKe cannot givel 0TVc lcar Prr tlie Columbus (O.) Press thai them the ascendancy, wc have no faith in any other iJamcs ,jrmvn ,,as bccn convicte of robbing the mail, means. The history of the Democralic party ia this ',er,CC(1 to lc ycars confmement in the Ohio State, conclusively proves the truth of these axioms. I"'cutiary. Brusman, the P. M. at Little Vork. . Montgomery county, was also sentenced to ten yean The New York Express says: "The pas.nge of the imprisonment fr stealing one dollar from a letter. Corn Laws in England has some influnnce on our Totten, the stage driver between Xena and Dayton, markets. J'here is a constant demand for flour, atj very low prices, fof the English market. Although the ;ort is not large, it is sufficient to take out of the market a portion of the surplus on hand, and in tl.,s way contributes to frtveni a doaUm in pr , that Might Otherwise take smce.1 There is more en n in this than in whole coJussns afndjs in favor of protection, a they call it. The "Charter (Jak," noticing the execution of rotter, and the evidence that he had Dreviou.-lv criven of sincere reseaaee.ind jtaith in Christ, txprnunsj ,he opinion that " Christians arc not so numerous that any of them cm be spared for strangulation." A Kare Chance. t'nder the pre-emption law passed at the late ten sion of Congress, in relation to the late Miami Reser vation in this State, one of thc best opportunities is I offered for men of moderate nenne, that has been ever hehl out to the emigrant to the West. Here is a dis trict of country thirty miles square, in ike very heart of Indiana, rhidl Ihe -Miami Indians held on to with an iron grasp, until the f rcc of circumstance coin- pelled then In sell, now ready for the enterprising settler. The southern boundary of the Koserve is only thirty-live Billet north of Indianapolis, and the ii rt !( r 1 1 I . ii i in ' i r v Mmaa lin tit tlio .ilnvli n twl I r : i , . n , , r. i canal, it Peru and Logan sport. It ie only necessary to look at the map of the State to see the advantages of this distrid of conntry. Py the pfe-enptioo law 1 m aa am i every head Ol S tamily, or wiuow, or single man (ver the age of twenty-one," who is now settled or may hereafter vottle on these lands shall have the right of pre-emption to not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land 1 two dollars per acre. These lands cost the government about one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, and choice locations, which can now be procured, we are told by those who have visited these lands, are richly worth from eight to ten dol lars per a re. A firm can here be purchased, of one hundred and sixty acres, for three hundred and twenty dollars, in the eery heart of the State of Indiana. The land is celebrated fr its fine poplar, walnut, and sugar tree timber. In a few year it will he one oi the finest portions of the Statt?. How ridiculous the idea that intn should pass Indiana in Beach of a home, who are poweesscd of throe hundred and twenty dol lars, when this splendid prospect is within their reach All points of the Reserve are of easy acce-s to the Wabash and Erie Canal, which is now certain of being completed to the Ohio river in four years the bondholders being obliged to complete it in that time by our State I'cbt arrangement. The eartern end of the line is now in full operation, and when the southern portion shall bo finished, the water communication will be complete, on this route, from the city of New York to New Orleans. Wo invite emigrants to look at tills. Reserve before they pass Indiana, Some loeofbco editor in tliis State, has made t!ic democracy of his county tired of his services, a we tint! by the State Sentinel that a ''profitable" press of that description, in one of the "largest" towns of the State, is ofiered lor sale. The Sentinel gives the edertisement a puflT, from which it may be suspected fif that office is as selfish as the Democrat charges it to be,) that this is a sly way of helping one's self. Who wants to buy the State Sentinel Office ! Ihd we not say some few weeks ago, that that ollicc might be in the market ! Who bills? Going! Direct four letter to the "State Sentinel," postage PUta, if not, they will not be lifted. Can't pay p at" age these a-iack-a-dasical times! Wabash Express, We SUPPOSe that the Editor of the Express expects 1 n&jm off the above as an effusion of wit. We con- ..... sider it an act ol scoumlrrfism ot which there arc few editors, Whig or Dem erat, who would be M1l,y. Vc can assure the editor of the Express, as well as i, every one else likely to be misled by mean mis representations, that he is very much mistaken if he supposes we desire to sell the State Sentinel establish ment. So for from that, we intend to keep it while it is as profitable as it has been and is. The reason why the establishment avertised for sale is not named, must be obvious to intelligent men; but it can be very easily ascertained by any honorable person desirous f purchasing. Under this restriction, of course the editor of the Wabash Express is excepted Ins vmtv ! Mr. O, Grimes, formerly an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum of Tennessee, is no .v in this city He offers for sale two works, prepared by himself vm,e m nn, M, . , K .''Z ewieaitji a'l pcrbtp, with proßL lucy art- dialled i , - .1- . l- .- - 1 t 1 I .;. as follows 1. A treatise on the most important subject in the 111 r .11 1 r.i ' world : simply to say. Insanity : the only work ot the 1 J 3 I w United States, or perhaps in the known world, founded on general observation and truth. 'There are other books which treat on Insanity, but none written by an insane man. This contains a short history of the author's case giving the general cans- es which produced the disease on him individually ; the manner of treatment and termination of the ris- ease, &c. J lie auuior s personal History win no rcau m .1 , , 1 - . . 'ii 1 1 j with especial interest. Truth a stranger than tic i tion. j The Lilv of the West. On Human Nature Ed MUotu (be Mind, Insanity, fee. fcc. I m ' , ... tnis is a misceimireoua coiHsciion comprising vari ous matters of interest besides those alluded to nndet n..r,l hAi the above gent .......... .Air. Crimes no doubt will receive here, as eke where, generous sympathy and general aid. Tuk Tariff awn toe Mechan tcs.-rThe Bridgeport Fxrnr r ba instituted a comparis n of the two tariffs, in nueh nutters as relate more particularly to j Connecticut ; and it miy bo seen what a tretnendoous j blow has been given to the principal brandies of manuf.cturing industry in that State ! 1rtic!e. Present tariff. A" IT tariff. Crtrriagps, - - 30 - - 30 Saddle, no .30 Harness, 3r 30 Cabinet-srare, 30 30 Hats fur, - - 3" - - 50 Rat-bodies, fur, . tfi - 30 Hiits wool, - - 15 -0 Ha b.ulics, wool. 15 20 Boots and bootees, men' 3 1 - 30 Shoes, mrn'i - - 28 - - 30 Tin-ware, 30 30 Casting, 30 30 Broadcloths, - - 4o - - 30 Blankets, fine, - V.Ö - 20 lJlankcs, coarse, - 18 20 Em: ata. Two or three errors of the press 1 curved in the communication of E. N. Bhimer on behalf of the Baptist C hurch on Pleasant Run, pub- ' s,lCd in our last, the most important of which arc i the following : A sentence in the ninth paragraph of Mr. Shimer's letter to Mr. Owen, should read "And aNo that a 1 .,.), ,,r the members have been doner something. nm lnal pubHcly, ami not as brother (.handler would have it, 'one or two, and that privately.'" As printed, the worths end not were accidentally left out. and a period instead of a comma was error, eously put after the word it A sentence near the conclusion printed MGod, brethren, will probably ask," etc., should read- Good brethren," &c. where Ihn mail waa r)bbed, was sentenced for st.y months. The Brown mentioned above baa some re I spectable connexions in Indianapolis. ! r' " Wo " arn b thc Tcrrc 1Iautc ExPre" the the i autl,ont,es of tl,at ,,ucc arfJ I)Ut,i,,g a "cw arouuu me o.u grave yarn, i nis is as commendable as their neglect of tiic same heretofore has been cul pable. We felt ashamed f r Term Haute, ami espe- cially for certain of her citizens, the last time we v, sited that old grave yard. The Washington Union says it has paid from 20,. (MM) In 2W (W.I) im n t,i rnnnrlnn .1. ! I of Conirre?j 9 Sketches in the ( simp. EY an F.x-nt:roKTF.R of tui: ST ATI sentinel. No. 1. On the "JTtli of Julv n great number of the M and Ue.Mui.'nts of the Indiana Volunteers succeeded in setting off the ships and landing at Drazos Santiago, It WIS With irkMure that we learned that most of the companies had good luck and lost only a few . cross- I inn the GKllf: but it was with pain that we heard in the (iult; but it was with pain that WO heard thai four ot t h" Irown Count v so diers d.ed of the measles, iney were strong ami ronusi inen tuen whose bravery could not be queationed, Robinso:i C. Jones and Atrain G. Snyder of the Fountain Willemen, got their discharge, on account of their bad health, the surgeon having cerlilied that they were unable to do military duty in this campaign. They will return home in a few days. If the, r health had not been so rapidly declining they would have delighted to stand by u even in our greatest perils. It is hoped that the ravages of disease may bo staid, and that wc may again have the pleasure of taking our two friends by the hand. A Soldier in the Hendricks County Volunteers was burled on the 80th. lie had the consumption before 1 Mt 1 I he b ft home. On the Sltt, our Regiment (1st) rose early in the morning, and put every thing in readiness to start for the mouth of Ian Rio Qrsnde. We were only allowed three wagons to a company. This was quite a small number when we take into consideration the fact that besides hauling the tents, cooking utensils, &c., great number of the soldiers had not yet recovered from the measb s, and if they did not ride the m t serious COnaCH, neuCCS night be the result. We BUO ceeded in leading tho wagons and finding a place for nearly all of the sick to ride; but they were so much crowded that they were very uncomfoi table. We had not proceeded more than i mile along the shore of the Culf when the rain poured down in torrents for about half an hour. Soon after it ceased we observed, some distance from us, the remnants of the cargo of a wrecked ship. It m happened that one of the Ohio Regiment had started two or three hours before our Regimen! and had taken possession of the saleable articles and were disposing of them as fast as possible. " What will you take for that bottle of port wine ?" slid a HooSier to a Buckeye. "Twenty cents, " was the reply. " Can't you lake less," said the IIoo sier. " No, sir," sa id the Buckeye, tfar I paid more mow i than that far it myself!" This brought a hearty laugh from the crowd, and the Hoosier bought several botlles and passed on, though it is quite pro bable that he reduced the quantity considerably before he arrived at the Rio Grande. As we continued the match we observed that the shore was Strewed with barrels of crackers, &e. as well as broken boxes of cards, medicines, ground conee, cigars, boots, shoes, &c. It appears, however, that the wine and other liquors had found an outlet, and that nothing remain ed but empty bottles. We won arrived at the place where a small strip of the Golf extended to the right and the men began to prepare themselves to wade. OlF went their shoes, but I saw proper to keep mine on. remembering, as I did, that only a few days since I had cut my foot with an oyster shell, while uading Out in the Golf. Wo succeeded in crossing w ithout wetting our guns, though we all looked very salty when we reached the DODOsite shore. In few min he teams halte 1 and are advanced to the shore of the Rin Grande, and looked over into Mexico for the I m , , , 1 lime. nir wagons were nnioanen, ami we spread tents upon the banks of the Kio U rande. It was erv poor i.iuipiu "louiiii. n ii .1 n pi.iiu. ry poor grown up witii berry weeus ami wild grass, very damp, an l apparently overflowed with water a portion of the year. The so;l appeared to be a mixture of sand and mud. The Rio Grande is a deep muddy stream, ratlmr narrower than the Wabash at the mouth. The water taken from it is verv good when settled. Several steambotfl nre constantly runnins up and down the nver, carrying provisions, Ac. We soon found that our provisions were left behind for the want of room in the wagons. Our COmpanv had drawn f ur days rations at Brem 1 Santiago, and onlv a small quantity of some of the leading articles had been distributed among the men, the balance hav ing been left behind. However, some arrangement was made with the Commissary, so that wc got SOme provisions. All these disadvantages W0 had to en counter were submitted to without murmurs, well . 1 1 1 i - 1 a klllHl HIT I I 1.1 T I I i C V i . Til iwil In. 'H'm:i I f .-1 tod uiJ .Ü Ü exeTuoi STii ; , ,lll)ru . bul &il ,1 knowing that tliov could not lie avoided that the s power to procure more teams, nut nad lain o, and tint tnev were making the best OSO they could of the wagons already employed. This, however, w as not the case when barrels of damaged sides were opened, nnd worm; pilot bread was given us lo cat. They did Ml. Il l Vi lli complain at such treatment, and said that there was n wrong somewhere, and that people that had eves ' , , c . i a , : iiiirlit tri In. Iin,'..r in. ,ii-w , nrnrijinii I ..I . r-.., of the noble and manly spirit of the volunteers, and . , 1 v 'I J . 1 particularly those from Indians they nre willing to endure anv hardship tor the success of our arms and I the honor of our Bag: but hardships that are nnnec- I .1 .. .1 . . 7. n,. ... . , . ., . essarv. thev obiect to Their countrv's weal is their . . unly aim. ( n the -d of August, we left the mouth of the Rio Grande, marched up the river and encamped nearly J opposite ßarita. Our encampment is in a thicket (if muequito buahesabout t one mite from tlm river. Re- ' rilll.llit tl-lOil I ll.l , ll il l llil.l I rtr. mt -a -m. ... I 1 I. .o. I b'imcuu iioiii v 'uio, .i ..!Miiii, i' oiia anti oilier long, wood will he scarce. We carry ill of the wafer we use from the river, and in dointr this we .ates are encamped here, and if w e all remain lu re . - -- have to pass the mtiddv bottom that overflows nart of the year. It is hard work, but we have stout hearts. and like true philosophers, thank our stars that it is not worse. We are not the boys to complain of the works of nature. F.xrurss FROM TUB Santa Ft: EXPEDITION. Intelligence from Fort Leavenworth to the Oth inat, has been received at St. Louis. An express had arrived from General Kearney's camp. When the express left he was within loll miles of Bent's Fort, all his forces progressing rapidly and comfortably. I me deaths had occurred among the volunteers during their progress across the prairies. Rumors were cir- rotating among the traders and the Mexicans, to thejtiod looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt. effect that General Urrea w as marching at the head of a large Mexican force for the protection of Santa ,. re. uen. Kearney was rushing on wit i a possible 1 despatch, nnd it his provision wagons kept up, he would not delay at Uent's Fort, but go direct on to Santa Fe. fjrA Liter from Mainmorts, of a late date says Uen. Taylor has issued an order not against the present deluge of "cold water" at all, for he is too I much of a Father .Matthew man for that, but against King Atckuhot himself! The order is one prohibiting all apirituous liquors from entering the mouth of the river. Under it no sutler or merchant will be liloa ! i d to carry or send any liquors up the river from this place, and all persons in Mata moras are prohibited from selling the M creature " after the I5tb inst. The order ban created quite n sensation in certain parts. as you may imagine : but il is one of the best things! for Mata moras that could have been done except burning it down. There will be a smart w inding up here immediately in consequence. A man named Jack Haynas bettor known as Col. .lack Haynes, wild harum-scarum sort of a fellow, was killed on the 5th iust. by a Texan named Mc- Canan. TUB AaaV. The field books show at present an army of 17, (MM) men on its march to .Monterey, and ovi r a fi; b roads as can be imagined. The armv sets out at .l o'clock in thc morning and halts at S, making 15 miles per day. It has been found, as in India, that marching by night during the hot weather is the least fatiguing to the soldier. rSAWSroSTATioN of GOVERNMENT Stores. The steamer Archer, says the .V m Era, left St. Louis on the olst ult. for Fort Leavenworth, with three bun - dred barrels of pork and twelve hundred sacks of flour, for the use of the army in the expedition IglittSt Santa Fe. The pork w as pin chased at $10 per barrel, and the flour at $1 HO per sack, each sack containing 100 pounds. Ihe pork is carried to Fort Leavenworth for 1 per barrel, nnd the flour H7ic per nek. Thc transportation of a barrel of pork from Fort Leavenworth to Bent's Fort will be about 5j", and the prime cost ami transportation to Santa Fe will make each barrel cost the Government at this rate the three hundred w ill cost 1 1,1)00. M the same rate of transportation, a sack of flour will cost in Santa Fe AH 70 the twelve hundred II a 1 A . Hi.. -. , .1 a I I I 22,440; making the total cot,of about !SÖ tons of provisions sc:t"vlt0 about enough to ration an army ofOOO men twenty days Capital PananJaanesst. Jb the Editors of the State Sentinel : Gr EM TUBMEN Ina.-much as you have published my furnier communication on the subject oi Capital Pun .shment. and thereby intimated a wÜUngueua to have the subject discussed in your nttanively circulated nnd valuable paper, as promised in that cotninun.ca- tion, 1 now proceed to the discussion ef the subject. I consider it one f Wst importance to the well consider it one ot tat importance to the well beiri" ot our hannv rointnunitv, and that Iiiik Ii t,.r weal or woe deneuds on the nroOcr decision of it. 1 v. m M g I I would that an abler hand than 1 would undertake the ta-k. Its great importance, and the present state of the pubhe mind on the subject, together with the course of many leading and influential public jour nals, require that the I Uest intellects should be called into the fu Id. I argue the question before a profeserd christian community I shall therefore not stop to prove that the Author of the universe has a right to govern it; and that the Creator of the human race has a right to govern it, nnd to prescribe laws for M government. I shall assume these prop- sitions to be true. 1 shall also assume us true that tiod has a right to govern man ; that he does and will exercise thai right ; that j he has prescribed laws for his government ; ind that he will enforce them too. For, though he may let in- dividnah or nations for a time, run after their own wayward lusts and dispositions, apparently without J any control from him ; vet in his own due time, when the individual or nation shall have "fill'd up the , measure of their iniquity, he invariably brings them to a fearful retribution. HE is the Lord, the King, the Supreme Ruler of the Universe nnd wc ss a state and nation, mut conform Ourselves to his divine and supreme laws, or be will hold us accountable, mm in due time vindicate his -unn macv. I shall further take as admitted, that Cod's will concerning man, and his moral government in this world, is found in the Bible : and therefore that the hible is ot para- mount authority. These are not unreasonable :,itu to ask of a community professedly christian ; one calmly that he had jus! killed his wife. lia t!ci: la titat believes in iod and in the Bible SS a divine m I tion was immediately taken, as follow : M Ify relation from him. He who disputes the authority of wife," he said," as every one kttOWS, has been MitVer God to prescribe laws for the government of man, nig for a long time from illnaw, and at times the and that the Ihble contains that prescription, argues p;mis -he had to endure wi re Mch as t smsct her infidelity. My present object is not to combat infi-1 rnenon ; she latterly gave up all hopes of recovery, del ity, and therefore 1 shall not debate w ith biin. and continually repeated that not oui . was l.te a Let us look into the ihvine record, and see w hat the torment to her, but that she tcari d that if 1 died scriptures leach on tl.o subject of apital lin;s!,ment. betöre her. she would be reduced to misery. Tim? The firt murder that occurred in the human family morning, at'ler we had r ad togl iher the 4th chapter was committed by the second man that ever existed, of the Book of Judges, (they were devout people and on the third ; and they were brothers. This wa the read Ihe Bible every nay,) she rcqucatcd ne to drive murder of Abel bv Cam. After the fact occurred, the a nail into her lemnlc. as Jai l did S.. ra. ; . such a Lord enquired of Cain concerning the atlair. The narrative runs thus : 14 And the Lord said unto Cain, where is A Lei thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my bio- thcr's keener ! And he said, What hast thou done ! the voice of thy brother's blood cricth unto nie from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the eartli, which bath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the "round, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her I strength : a fugitive and a vagab tnd dialt thou be in the earth. And Cain mid unto the Lord, inv punish- merit is greater than I can bear. Behold thou hast 'driven me out this day from the face of tin' earth; ind from thv face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fu- gitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall cook to pass, that every one that flndeth me sltalj alay sae. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whomsoever sayetL Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevi n - fold. And the Lord seta mark on Cain, lest anv finding him should k.ll him The principal items to be noticed in this case arc I, That the blood of murder cries to Cod. "2 That the murderer was driven mil af the mite of society, and declared to be out of the protection of heaven and earth. 3. That this outlawry authorized ttery one that bould find him, to i ay him. It was so understood by Cain then ; and the rules of outlawry are the same to this day. Every one who fin Is an outlaw ma slav him t This siurcrnstinn nrlses in tho mi ml nf Ham hot not because it was directly so said to him ; it was a corollary of his. Nature", Cain's conscience, and the Lord's words, cans, d Cain instinctively to exclaim, "every one that naieth me shall slay me." This fix- ed law of murder yet exists. Every murdemf instinc- lively fears a slayer in every one lie meets. ö. But at that "particular "time, and for reasons that arc not given, and which finite intelligcncies such a- we are, w hose field of observation is limited to one ii -l i : a i I ... . . rann pia nci , wiiicii muKea urn a very msignincani n.. !.. . r - Zm ; 7 ' r P'. m , I , f 1 tirfinti t-t tit n ton l fimniT norhnrw nrront e rrint'j ! ' , " v. 7 7 , i lie M'l a inaii 'ii v .101, irri uny iiiiuni 111111 MIOUIU I kill him. lie first tried what vou and those who stand on your side of the question, are wanting to get back to now ; he prohibited capital punishment, and de , , , him who dared that seven-fold vengeance should be taken on took vengeance on Can, ; or, in other words, avenged the bio d of Abel. We find no other case of murder particularly re- corded until after the flood. During this period of some 100M years, I am willing to admit that your system prevailed, and that man was prohibited from inflicting capital punishment on the murderof. Vour system was the firt under which man was tried, Yoora thnfirst in his history. Shall we go hack to Lrt "(w,n1 To W ,(' T that inquiry wise- ii.. i... i . i..... . i. i i ' ' Kl 110 tv,,lul,L "uu , T """ "J87 woraen. I 1 f5 l.o now advocate the abolition ot capital pun ishment, mis louoiy 01 me pun -ininropy or their syv tern, and of the misanthropy of the opposiu Their system was tried some 101H year-, w hich was a pen- rs, v ience od sufficiently long in all conscience to make its phi- lanthropy visible, if it were really philanthropic hat Beneficial enects resulted from it I llic record says that at the end of that period Or'c earfi tots filkd unth violence ! The cutting of throats and the heating out of brains universally prevailed. A very philanthropic system truly, which led to such results! - m .s . . m m. Shall we go back to it t Wc w ill now sec how this first chapter in the his lory of man ended. "The earth also w as corrupt be fore God ; and the earth was tilled with violence. And violence and blood had prang rened the earth and made il "Pr11? ÜW5 eat putrid running sore. God had prohibiten man from inflicting capital punishment on It , i .. ; ,iii.i c.i. 1 the murderer, and avenging the blood ot the murder- ed, say, if you please, for the reformation of the mur- dcrers, and to wake an exhibition of the benignity of ins government, amaof h.s forbearance and long-suf- term". Lxif-rience. however, had now clear v nrov ed that that the system, instead of reforming, had made the whole race murderers. He had now indi- rated his forbearance and long-sulfering, and proven that he was slow to wrath ; it now occame necessary for him to vindicate some other of his attributes, and j to do himself w hat be had prohibited man from doing. He gave the race a fair trial, and they came out mi irersallv guilty w ith the exception of eight souls ; therefore it repented him "that he had made man ou the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." So he Dronounend tbia iudment of death against them : I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth." The execution of this sentence though, ' was delayed one hundred and twenty years after it Was pronounced. At the end of that period the flood ' came and "all hesh died every man; Moth only remained, and they that were Willi him in the Ark in all, eight souls. Tin was the first time capital punishment was in- (tii teil on unf of the human species. .Millions of hu- man beings were its subjects, executed at the name J m time, by thc same fell stroke ; "d himself was the I executioner. 1 he execution was terribly awiui : Thus ends the first chapter IB the history of human ity. There is u philosophy in history ; and this por tion of man's history is full of instruction. The au spicious circumstances under which it opened, and the 'overwhelming calamity w ill, which it closed, are full I of moral instruction, and are sublime developments j of some of the attributes, and of the terrible majesty of the God f the universe. The case of Cam shows, that by the law of Cod the murderer was worthy of death ; that by the com- mission of that crime he forfeited bil life. (Jod did not repeal that law, he simply suspended its opera- tion, or respited the murderer ; otherwise he could not afterwards have executed the law himself, and inflict- ' ed capital punishment on a whole race for the viola tion of a law which did not exist, or had been abro 'gated .May I now enquire how in your vocabulary, in your way of speaking, using your phraseology, this 1 first execution, this first infliction of capital punish ' . 1. . g. 1, . ..... mini, this destruction ot a whole race by uod him self, would sound 7 Shall we call ,t "legal murder?' If it w as a case of murder, legal or illegal, Uod mMm 1 mas tie murderer. If murder at all, it was mur I der by the wholesale murder in the superlative de ' "ree. In this case of cxs ution, life was not extinct mi the subjects of it until mu. h more than -twenty minutes after the bolt was drawn from the drop." They truly Shed a dreadful death. J he nma in this ease, in ha wwsVim, sennmnj i be w u n um verso at a ghtiro. and con-idering- the run isi hearing f the act on a I the van.,,, order, of ici there,,,, deed,,! that the hfJ use he cou.d put ma. tu i he law 1 1 in k was to drown nim : you, riuwsowwi, wmst r1" selves much wiser, though your moral horizon in cludes only the State of Indiana, and say "that the. worst use you can put a man to it to is to hang him . Let us not be pulled up. Let us not be wine in ur own conceits. Let us learn wisdom with meekness and humility, from HIM wbOSC name h Vid .m, and who is the source of all righteousness nnd truth, whoC ways tire ways of righteousness, or riht ways and whose paths are peace. Respectfully, &c, S. Q ., Pleat! insert the following errata to my f.rM rotnmunicat ion. N n'" , instead of t$Qabcrgert evry time it occurs. Heard not the t-word in vain, instead of barcth not, lie. And none to publish his wrongs, instead of none to fitnish his wrongs, & c. BscaUSS UKfe of ike dergj (and to their honor be it spoken.) instead of because more aftkem, Ä.C. UnVs and jeers, instead of. '. and jeers. S. A Woman aaxso bv nun Bonussen at umk aura ai ntn st. The following extraordinary case occurred j a short time since in WuitMuhurg : we hud it related in a fbregoo journal : Adam Caynng, a man sixty-four years of age, of honest and upright dealings, l v d and respected by .,11 who knew him, presented himself on tiic th tilt.. before the authordn s at 1 le.ih nln i.u, and StebBU death seemed lo her short and easy, and would put i s ' .an end to her sufleriiiir ; she said she forcraio me I beforehand tor the act, of which she sbsujecd an before Cod and man. A nail, she said, would not j cause a great bcasorihsge, and would make but a slight wound. "As soon as I am dead," she added, "you can close the wound, put on a than tap. and no one will know anything at all about it." AH long resistance (continued liayring) 1 gave way to the wishes of ui v Wife. 1 took a nail ami bi-'an to drive it into her left temple with a hammer, but the 1 nail was too weal:, and the point, instead of entering flattened itself or, the hne. I then took a small drill, but w:ts equally unsuccessful. AI y wife grew impatient, and requested me to kill her at once' with ihe hammer, winch I accordingly dul. by knocking in I the skull. The body of my wife is at my boom, where you can examine it at y-ur leisure." Tue 1 magistrate immediately proceeded to the bouse asm a medical man, and Uaynng under a strong guard - rl.i e l.i l i t .1-1.1 . .1 i'hey found the body dressed, upon the bed. On the left tempk there Were two wounds, and the right s.dc of the ahull was, knocked in as low Sown as the teinjiiO. tn I !..:. k tli.i l,..il lv a n l'il.lo rvn nl.wli t mm m Kbit, the nail drill, nnd hammer alluded to. On the 1 1 -i'ti iii. jv ii . u iuui' , .... .i iiiv ii i n. ground w;is a bnsia of water, in which the murderer. according to his own declaration. w.i-!.eij hü hands l,, t' rc 1.""" biof ,,e MÄhjDri1 1 uaynng is now in prison; be is perfectly calm, and convinced that he acted well in fulfilling the w.shes of bis wife by putting an end to her bufferings. Some WurtCMlhurg!, papers s'ate that ti,e inhabitants of i0" ! ; 1 , l!S,:,dL 'here the murder ana ! commtvd, left their work 11 soon as they heard t t!,c rnjen, and spent tho day in the church, tasting j and PrayinS fur ti,e uul o! tllC departed, ,., r, " 1,10 i a copy of the letter Which wan l"und on the person of William M. l'nce at the time of his death. The letter was directed to the Coroner : Crcditot l J Many of von having inquired of me bow I had din- i . " . - . l . i i - ... luv urge pair iinontal estate SS aruieh t wan enwin upon tne tteatft ot my lather and my brothe rs. now . no . consider myself bound to tatc the verv truth in relation to it. About tin- e i r lHi I ti' ramr n ti mdorser of notes to a verv Innre amount, and Mr. , who had married mv niece, and wis the aireiit of inv father's estate. 1 ctned t. UM about c:oht thmisand dollars, f w.-.s r. lu v, .1 ,,f - mtiom isTsm liabilittes, and Mr. obtained from me a con- veyaace of my ow u tst;tt(. in fee and knalmld. BS security for his a! nice. II" has sine that advance given to HMJ at different times, up to Julylast.wi.cn lie loaned me thirty dollars, altogether ii't exceeding three thousand dollars, in addition to the sstrinsJ advance of iXNJ0t nrakin; in the whole, about All .(SJ0. He prerailed upon me from time to time, prior to the death of my brother Stephen, to convey to him Mr. j not only the estate which, by the will of . . . - ... .- . - my father, I would have upon his death, but all the estate which might come to me inmn the death of either of my brothers. These convevances v, , made to him, are all on record. They were absolute on the face of them, but he rave me in exchange f .r them the rn.ist solemn pled ires that lie would ! what was at.. right. He still has the greater portion of this large estate. He did not originale it by dealing in stin ks. He lias realized from its ponaniou, than nenuired, j more thsn $100,000. He absolutely refuses to give me another cent. Mini I fear has driven to fatal des- pair vour unfortunate debtor, W ILLIAM IL PRICE. UlLLEP H a F.w.i.iNo TsEX. The Muncie Jour nal of the 22d ult. states that on the Wednesday eva ning previous, as Mr. David M'Millin and his family, of Clinton county, Ohio, were returning home from a visit t their relatives in Blackford county, about seven miles north of .Muncie, a tree fell across the w.d UtemUy crushing ,t to pesces, and killing al- moat instantly, Mrs. M'.Millen, and fracturing the tghs of her husband. There were seven persons in the wagon at the tim, all escaping uninjured except Mr. M'M., his with, and a little boy, who had his foot slightly injured. Loveom: AnoTUKu. The Lev. Chan. W. Damans says of the Lev. . Culver, in a recent pamphlet . I feel thankful to a bolv i d that, in his mvste- ! rious providence, he has cut Sae OUT from a Huptist church, while such a man as Nathaniel Culver ia lllowed to remain one of the ministers in its fellow- hip." C.vrtTAL riMsioiKN l . We think the advocates of the death punishment who were present at the I'mirt Home in this borough on Tuesday last, wl.cn the jury were being empaneled in the murder case then on trial, had evidence that the bloody code uns F:ot tottering to its tall. Jsevcnteenof our nio-t intel- ligent citizens promptly answered that they could not conscientiously render a verdict of murder in the first degree, under any circumstances. n umnt stronger manner could they express their abhorrence of cpital punishment t i'hcstrr (.) Rr"J jasu. Tue Pout Gatntn Tragedy. The man calling himself John Jacobs, w ho was kilhd at Fort Ghanas recently, after being arrested as one of the robbers of Mr. .Moore, of Hancock, (ia., and while attempting to make his escape, is pretty well understood to he Mr. Eppes, of Virginia, the murderer of Muir, whoso body was discovered a short time since. Doubted. 07-Leonard HuumweJI was burned to death at East Cambridge, .Mass. on Sunday week. His house i was tired, ami he perished m trying to save his pro perty. His 'v eharired with being the lucen- diary- Mr. James Oliver, of iSouth Reading, says the Salem Okscvver, recently ejected from his stoma, h a common water snake, fourteen inches in length, sup posed to have been taken into his stomach while drinking from a brook. He has suffered much for several years from severe pains in the stomach, causing excess;vc vomiting and fainting fits.