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if VIGILANCE 19 THE fllCR UF LIITRTT.
lM ATOMS, JAXUAUV (, ISIS,
Tlit Clubbing System.
The flu' Ling sytcm introJu.rd b the und? rsignrd lion not mtt
our "p.rctauoin. Wo Luve givrn it a fair tria. lut ihm rxtra j
out lay !ia& not lern met l.y cot rounding ilfoin on the pirtof,
our t- km!-, ith ft-w rxc.ptiona. It i'oe nit,atl cannot, under !
si-tin circumstances, st!ord us fair remuneration. Iii! w
vo!mttrilv trade ttie tht n present sacrifice, we did hoj.e that the
inducement v.n uttirient to ine Tvv our list s to nt U ant i'Yeral i
thousands oyer our former sit' sorption, (living more readirg ,
t att r foi the pr.ee than can Le oMained in any artcf the YWat- !
ern com. try, we had hoped our friend would take advantage of j
lie litx-ralitr, and exert themselves accordingly. Thi has net
bef-n done ti a Jegree commensurate with the plan proposed.
Hence, after what ha been a fair trial on our part, we tliail aban
don ytrm of c'ntl ing ; and hall, lierealtcr, adopt the follow.
ngl ,rs, whirh will be invarialde and permanent :
FOR OU!t WEEKLY rATERS, Two I ollar a year, end the
mtrnty mn.t altcays accompany the order r n attention vill be given it.
JOHN D. DEFREES, Miter Journal
4S-tDecl CHAPMAN'S Sc SPANN. i.'Afw State Sentinel
C7"The Democratic State Convention will meet
next Monday at the Suite House.
C-Pr. Vvvall, of Parke county, has been de
tained from his eat in the House of Representative,
by severe illness, during a week past. Iii disease
was bilious pleurisy. He in now able to be out, and
will attend to hi duties in the House with his usual
assiduity. His sickness will account to his friends at
home why they have not recently heard from him.
The Marion Court of Common Pleas. Those
who have kept the run of our Legislative proceedings
I;now th.it n new Court bearing the above title has
been created fjr this county, nt the present session.
It was established for the purpose of relieving the
Marion Circuit Cmrt of a portion of its heavy bu
siness of a civil character. It possesses no original
criminal jurisdiction, except in certain contingencies.
The Court consists of b it a single Judge who is ex
ofici his own clerk, with the privilege of employing
a d-puty ; he holds his office for the term of seven
years and is elected by the legislature. His salary
consists of the fees which he is authorized to tax
against those doing business in his court.
The Court is authorised to hold two regular terms
per annum, each for four weeks ; and may hold an ex
tra term of two weeks, for chancery business, each
year, if the Judge thinks it necessary. The county
of Marion is to be chargeable with the expense of
office-rent, books, stationery, fuel, lights, &c. The
bill needs amendment in this last particular. Why
should the county be liable to these expenses ? She
is in no way interested in the transaction. It is a
private matter of business which she authorizes indi
vidual to transact with each other before a person
designated f r the purpose. The county it is true,
is bound to furnish a tribunal for the hearing and trial
of the complaints of her citizens ; she lias such tribu
nals, regularly established at the public expense. This
Court of Common Pleas is an extra court, established
fjr the private convenience of those having urgent
business, and should surely not be chargeable to pub
lic account. Let those who use the Court pay its ex
penses. A. A. Hammond, Esq., of this city was, oa Thurs
day last, elected the Judge for this Court, receiving a
large majority on the first ballot.
CCrlt seems to us that the party eoon to come into
power will find it-elf in a strange and uncomfortable
predicament. What will bo d ne! They thought
the annexation of Texas wrong ; will they eject it
from the Union ! Tiwy said the war was unjust and
unnecessary; will they restore the territory acquired
by it I They asserted that Oicgon is worthless and
would be a mischievous acquisition ; will they cede
it to England aa Daniel Webster did part of the
State of Maine ! They pay a high tariff is necessa- j
ry ; will they again unsettle thv business of the i
country by the repeal of the tariif of 13 IG ! They
find fault with the Sub-Teeasury ; will they dare sub- j
stitute a Bank ? They have the power and mart do j
something. If they are as unscrupulous in their nc-j
tion os they arc known to Le hypocritical and decep-'
tive in their professions, we have soon some excit-i
ing battles to fight with our old and wily foes, and it
becomes democrats to be prepared fur them.
Q-A. C oquillard of South Bend, Ind., proposes to
take a company of f:ve hundred or more persons to
San Francisco the gold region. He wishes to start
from South Bend about the first of April ; and for
150 will furnish rations, teams, sufficient to
carry forty pounds of baggage for each person. Tents
and camp equipage to bo furnished by each individual
for hirnae'f. The South Bend Regier says that Mr.
Coquill.ird, Irorn his experience m conducting emi
gration heretofore, is just the mm for the enterprise.
This i something cheaper than any proposition we i
have vet seMi, and if any of our citizens design iroir.f '
to Califorr.ii, perinps they co ild not do belter than J
to join this company.
Canada. The Legislature (or parli linent) of Ctn
ada is to assemble at Montreal on the 13th inst., after
en interval of about two years. The Debt of Cana
da is nearly fourteen millions of dollars, with a de
clining revenue and a discontented people; the sala
ries attached to public offices, with the fees and emol
uments, are enormously high, and the public chest is
as empty as a drum. One-half, at least, of the male
adults are unable to read or write: the public schools,
are rather inefficient, but a very laudable anxiety is
shown for the iucccsi of a college or university at
which the children of the wealthy, at least, would be
carefully instructed.
fjThe Missouri Legislature assembled at Jefler
son City on the 2-"th tilt., and completed an organiza
tion on the first day of the session. Mr. Robinson
of Platte county was elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Mr. 15. F. Massey of Lawrence
county, Frincipal Clerk, John II. Price, (a, democratic
editor) engrossing clerk, &c. In the Senate, Janu s
II. Bntton of Lincoln county, was elected Principal
Secretary.
The present legislature has to choose a U. S. Sen
ator, in place of Mr. Atchison, whose term of ser
vice expires on the 4th of March. Them aro several
candidates, we learn.
Q7Mr. Faulkner, in the Virginia Legislature,
is urging the importance of some determined action
on tho part of the State, in regard to fugitive slaves.
He saya the slave population in some sections of the
State is rapidly thinning out, especially since the re
cent legislation of Pennsylvania, proclaiming protec
tion to all who may cross her borders. He estimates
the yearly los to the State, through the connivance
of the Uw of the neighboring States, at 90,(100.
CCrCol. Harney, the officer against whom General
Hcott always cherished a special spite, has been pre
sented with a splendid charger of the value of three
hundred dollars, by certain of the citizens of Raton
Rouge, La.
For Ca li forma.-The Falcon sailed from New
Orleans, for Chigres, on the ISih, taking out Gen.
Smith, Governor of California, and some two hundred
nther passengers. Among the number we notice Capt.
M'Dougall, lady and child, of this city.
fjCapt. Cassius M. Clay in to be presented with
t splendid sword by citizens of Fayette and Madison
counties, Ky., for services said to have been rendered
in tho late Mexican wnr.
The O robots Territory.
Few persons are aware of the extent of our pos
sessions on the weft of the Rocky' Mountain. Ex
clusive of the territories of California nml New Mex-
leo, of vvhirli we have recently come into possession,
Oregon jtHf n argi enough f -r a separate republic.
It appears by official documents, that on tho east it
skirts trOO miles along th Rocky Mountains; on the
south, IMH) miles along the Snowy Mountains; on the
west 700 miles along the Pacific Ocean ; on the north,
3Ö0 miles along the North American possessions of
Russia nnd England. This area, or immense valley,
contains lioLl.OOO square miles capable, undoubtedly,
of forming seven Slates us large as New York, or
forty states of the dimension of Massachusetts. Some
of the Islands oi? the coast ure very large sufficient
to form a State by themselves. These are situated
north of the parallel of 4"?. Vancouver's Island, t250
miles in breadth, contain 12,000 squ ire miles an
area larger than Massachusetts and Connecticut
Queen Charlotte's, or Washington Island, 100 miles in
length and liO in breadth, contains 400 square miles.
On both of these immense islands, that he between
the high parallels of 40 and GO degress, the soil is
said to be well adapted to ngriculture. The straits
and circumjacent waters abound in fish of the finest
quality. Coals of good quality, and other veins of
minerals, have been found.
A large emigration would undoubtedly have gone
from this State to Oregon had it not been for the dis
covery of the gold mines in California. Farming in
Oregon, in comparison with gathering gold in Cali
fornia, seems rather a dull business to the excited im
agination of our people.
Gold, and the Cholera.
Th cWfra, and the go!d mania , hnve recently
broke out in the United States, with much virulence,
ond appear to be spreading with fearful rapidity.
There seems to be more danger to be apprehended
from the gnltl mania, than from the cholera, as the
former lias the mighty ai l of the press in spreading
the contagion. The cholera is carried in the steam
boat, and the stage, and may be generated by local
causes ; but this is a slow process of spreading its
ravages, when compared with the lightning speed
with which the gold mania is carried into every part
of the land, corrupting the f untains of industry eve
rywhere; the victiir.s of cholera are exagerated a
thousand fold, while these tf the gold mania, are
concealed, and like the lucky adventurers in lottery
tickets, only the fortunate are heralded to the people
t increase the contagion. The thousands who fall
by the wayside in chase of the golden apple, arc
never mentioned, nor their great disappoint merit and
wretched end made known to the people. Go ask the
history of the gold regions of Spain, and Mexico,
and let it speak of the poverty, degradation and hu
man misery, that surround these regions. Will not
our young men pause before they give up a certainty
fjr such a prospect of such an end ! S.
Ohio Legislative. In the House, on Tuesday
the 'Jd of January, the arguments n the Hamilton
county case having been concluded, the question whe
ther Messrs. Pugh and Pierce (democrats) are enti
tled to seats in the organization of the House, was
put, und lost, ayes 30, noes 13"). The question was
then immediately put whether Messrs. Spencer and
Runyan (whig) arc entitled to seats, and deciJed al
B t in the negative, ayes '.V2, noes 33. The House
then adjourned. The Senate meets from day to day
but does no business, in consequence of the non-organization
of the Hou-e.
Centual Railkoad. Vigorous measures arc be
ing made to establish a railroad from Bcllefontaine,
Ohio, through Sidney to Indianapolis, Indiana.
iri,'fim.m ( th lV.'-o, ('in.
And from Indianapolis west to Terre Haute, and
from thence ncros the State of Illinois to St. Louis.
As to this last lmk in the great central chain, from
the Atlantic to the Mississippi, our legislature has
just passed a joint resolution, requesting tho Legisla
ture of the State of Illinois to grant a charter and
the right of way f.r its construction across that
State, which will doubtless he granted at the present
session to a company in that Stite, so as to put the
whole line under construction at an early day.
The queer nsn of the Mavsville Flao has had
presented lo him a stove, a patent churn, and is daily
expecting a cow ! (Cincinnati Knq.
The Pike of the Flag is more lucky, in one
sense, than the ' old cock " of the Sentinel. He has
had presented to him, a turnip, u washing machine,
J'ork in abundance, and is expecting soon a
we can't tell the , and probably it will be b fl
our to the committee,
ing, boys !'
' There a good tirno a coin-
Natura:, as Life. Tito great question, "Who is
the prettiest!" was made a subject of interest at the
performance of the Italian Opera in Philadelphia, a
few nights since. The City Item says :
"They eame near having a little disturbance at the
Italian Opera the other evening. The chorus master
had orders that the female singers should dispose of
themselves, so that only the handsome ones should be
seen by the audience. Quite a hubbub wns the con
sequence, as every creature marched boldly to the
front rank, each declaring; herself as pretty as tho
other."
07"The Ohio Standard (free soil) drily observes of
the Ohio State Journal that "while the Journal lives,
we never shall be wanting for evidence of the cor
rectness of the old adage, 'that truth is stranger than
fiction '
We know of several Journals in this State of which
the same might be said.
Sad Accident. A man named Jumps Martin,
while intoxicated, t" 1 1 or Jay down across tho track,
on the rail road near the depot at Vernon, Ind., on
the 2"tli tilt., and was run over by an evening train
of cars; he was bo much injured that ho died in a
few hours.
Hon. Tho. Metcnlf was elected on the 3d instant
to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Senate occasioned hy
the resignation) of Mr. Crittenden. Mr. Metcnlf has
occupied the eamu scat during the present session hy
appointment of the Governor. The democrats voted
for Mr. Powell.
New Mexican Gold. Col. Kmory, of the topo
graphical engineers, in his rejvtrt of tho expedition
westward from the mountains of New .Mexico, along
the course of the river Gila, ;pcakH of having met
with gold at several points on his route. The follow
ing in relation to the river Prieto, which empties into
the Giln, is interesting :
"As the story goes, tho Prieto comes down from
the mountain, freighted with gold. Its nands are
said to be full of this precious metal. A few adven
turers who use-ended this river, hunting beaver,
washed the sands nt night, when they halted, and
were richly rewarded for their trouble. Tempted by
their success, they mode a second trip, and were at
tacked nnd most of them killed by the Indians. My
authority for this .statement is Landreau, who, though
an illiterate man, is truthful."
Fortunate. The Philadelphia North American
learns that Punvard, the artist, who spent ten years
and nearly ten thousand dolhra in the completion of
his magnificent panorama of the Mississippi, is reap
ing a fortune in Europe.
Parisian Charity. Py the report of a committee
appointed to inquire into the subject, it appears that
until the month ot March next, Ihcre will be'MXJOO
individuals in Poris living on public charity.
Fromth Charlettoa Mercury
Fsoji Vah!!gton. Wo give below an ixtucl fiom a
letter of a oiillcuuii now in Wellington, whme ojp-ut"ni-
tie of information arc of the arnplrtt character, anil -
epinioni tie rntided to much coiui-leration. Ai if printed
ly him, th apcct ef !ri r at Wellington, in refcrruce to
the South, it it) thing hut encourage. n, it i a mtttcr of no
urrri tint he iliilj feel deeply iJ peak mougly up in
die ul j.-ct :
AiiirGTosj. Dec. 15, 184S. I
(tovcnmr Wlutcomli.of Indiana, is clcctrd t. the Senate of ,
the L'nitt-d State, over Mr. II aunt gait, tlu pierent inenm-
ten', n the giounil, (jü one of th uettein icpretemative
inform me) thai he look position In Iii lue message lo the
Lrgiljtuie, in favor of the Wtlmot l'rovito. Thti, one by
one, the Supporten of ibe South and of the ccni itution, in
the fiee State, t bcfoic the ami-slavery piiit of the
North. To Maud by us nw, i-t political ilcath to any stalet-
' man at the Noitti. Ily our imbecility, we have earned a
nv'i iiigloriou isolation, ami to i'fil the whole North and
Northwest agaiixt u on 'he ulavi-ry question. And now.
j what hall we do ? Still do nothing? One -vould suppose
that if self inteiet is too weak, a spirit of generosity and du-
iy io uiose laiimui menas one .ur. iiannegan, wnn siana up
fur our rights, would inspiie us with the deteimioition to
light ourselves. After sacrificing them in the free States,
are we now pu pated lo sacrifice ourselves on the altar of
cowardice and imbecility, a spectacle of scorn and contempt
to the whole world ? I assure you, you cannot imagine the
low esteem iu which the whole South is held by the repre
sentatives from the fiee Slates. They ridicule all sugges
tions that the South will, in any contingency, on account of
slavery, or on any other question, date to disrupt the Union.
They believe we have no rnoie spirit within us, than the dead
body of llect -r, dragged along behind the cir of Achilles.
They are our masters, and can do as they please. If you
weie heie, you would ee it, hear it, feel it. It is clear that
the whole qucti n of the lights of the South, is transferred
to the Stite Legislatures in the South. It is heie settled,
ar.d will sweep lavery hist fiotn our lenitories, then from
the Distiict of Columbia, then from passing fiorn one State to
another, and then iu the States themselves ; and in this pro
gies, if not arieled by piompt and etücient measures by the
Southern States, the last step is as certain as the fut.
The lone of this correspondent resembles that of the
editor himself. We do not believe that the question
of slavery beat Air. Hanngan; other causes conspired
to the same result ; but the stnte of things at Wash
ington is not perhaps overdrawn. Opoitioii to sla
very, ns it exists in the Southern States has taken
possession of the North, and is becoming daily more
and more rabid. It is stimulated by political ambi
tion and fanaticism. Cool reflection and moderate
action can hardly be expected on this subject. When
one idea absorbs the whole mind, it leaves no room
for liberal views, nod is proof against reacon or com
mon sense. The word slavery is a bugbear itself,
and is associated in the minds of the northern people,
with the chain nnd the lash. The real condition of
the black man in the slaves States is not known or
appreciated. Down with slavery, becomes the watch
word, and the sound drowns all remonstrance.
This condition of things hodce no good. There is
no Ftibject more delicate and dangerous to touch, and
yet none will be touched with more rudeness and les
scruple. Hitherto the Democratic party of the free
States, have adhered to a course of moderation and
justice to the South, and resisted all encroachments
upon the feelings and rights of the slave States ; but
we cannot disguise the fact that the South cannot look
to this source for aid as informer times; and we
must say, further, that the South has herself to blame
in a great measure. The Democrats have again and
again resisted theellbrts to pass measures known to be
otfensive to the Southern States, and have been beaten
down at home by their acts. A large party at the
South have rejoiced over their defeat, and treated it
as a tarty triumph. That the Democrats of the North
should tire in the'ir labors to protect the South, with
out either thanks or support, is not strange.
This is not the worst of it. In the canvass of '41,
the northern Democrats advocated, not only the an
nexation of Texas, but our claim to the whole of Ore
gon. The South was particularly interested in the
one, the North in the other. With the most scrupu
lous fidelity, the Democrats of the North performed
their part of the bargain in reference to Texas, but
tho South failed on Oregon. A part of the claim con
tended for, wan compromised by the efforts of Cal
houn &, Co. The Mer. ury, tjic organ of South Caro
lina politics, assumed u tone of empty conceit nnd af
fected dignity in commenting on the conduct of men
of the Northwest. They were coarse, vulgar sort of
fellows did not suit the taste of all the chivalry.
Call you this backing your friends ! We then antici
pated trouble for the South, and aro not at all disap
pointed. In hc last canvass the evil might perhaps have been
remedied; but what did Air. Calhoun and the Mcr
etiry ! Dignity had well nigh been the deati. of tl.er.i. '
-P, J ii . . . ! .i . t-.i '
I hey could not go into convention will, the rest of the .
Democracy of the Union, lhev would not promise a ;
support to the only party that was disposed to shield j
them from the aggressions of the North. For a long,
time their conrne wnn doubtful, until the neoole eame !
to the rescue, and compelled a reluctant acquiescence,
not a cordial support.
These things being true, we are of opinion that;
South Carolina is the very last State to comphtn.
Shn has ihine what slip, ei.tihl. to iivn olHoirr tri lPr
only friends at the North. We advise her now to !
i ..i r i i i - , .. ., ,
pui on a mne oi ner surplus uignny, anu act wnn me
l.SIv .
rest tt llie L'emocratic Mates as an equal, and not ns i
a critic or a judge too dignified to use the means of
protecting herself by acting with her friends. One
half the lime. South Carolina, in Congress, is acting
with the Whigs, their opm and proscriptivc adversa
ries on this question of hin very. This course has
weakened the power of her friends in the free States,
and put it out of their power to aid her iu an emer
gency. Let South Carolina put oil some of that sur
plus dignity that docs very well at home, and should
be left at home. The rest of the Union can't appre
ciate its value. hmisviHt De7n., Dc. Ü9.
Mark Him. Our readers cannot surely have for
goticn what a powerful "Free Soil," ' Anti-Slavery,'
Justice to all," man the Hon. C. IS. Smith of Indi
ana, uvowed himself to bo during the last campaign.
We said that the time of trial would come. It has
come, and where is Caleb! The following from the
correspondence of the Tribune will give us some light
on the subject :
"Washington, Thursday, Dec. "20-12 r. m.
"The Committee on Territories this morning voted
on the subject of sufirngrs in California. It was pro
posed to make suit ra ire universal. A move was made
to confine it entirely to the whites. After nn anima
ted discission it was put to the test Yeas I, Nays
l. CA LEU P. SMITH, Chairman, then gave the
casting vote in favor of excluding all color but that
which bore unmistakable opposite of the Pariah.
Thus is the California hill to be reported on the eame
basis as that of Texas.'
Oh honest (Mfeh! In the Inys of the wanderings
of thr children of Israel, only C,ihh nnd Joshua were
spared of nil the hot to enter the bind of promise.
Wo are ofraid that our Cih b will not accompany
Joslnia. His soul hankers nfier the llesh pots of
Kgypt, and he has bowed down to a golden cnlf.
Honest Caleb : Cincinnati (ilnfr.
The fact in, that "hnntst C:ikl" hopes for a seat in
Taylor's Cabinet, nnd nil his hostility toslavery, here
tofore inftsscj, is thrown to the winds. What will
not a political trader do Tor office I
The following notice was picked up in the street a
few days since. We insert it for the benefit of whom
it may concern :
PL ON HAND WHIGS.
rOR THE GULF OF OI1L1VIO.V, VIA. SALT RIVER, and
through the tylkr canal,
The no-pressure Mudscow
PLOOD HOUND.
Ca it. Zack Taylor,
Will positively sail on tho 4lh of March next.
The corpse of the defunct whig party will be taken
on freight, and there be buried.
I'ASBENGF.RS ARE REQUESTED TO HURRA FOR OLD ZACK,
AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISF. AND
CONFUSION" AH 1'OHSIHLE.
Rum, Fireworks and Torches furnished gratis.
Through in four years, or less.
NO I1KTUKN.
G ivEMiiF.LL Da mem. Agent.
The legislature is still in session but whether anv
I thing advantageous to this betrayd and injured por
i tion of the State can be accomplished, remains to be
j seen. If Picayune Butler has the power to overrule
j the laws and actions of the Legislature of Indiana,
I and bid defiance to all honor, or fair dealing, we can
j iiopc for nothing from him or the Pond bidders. We
! always thought it wrong to give up the Canal to the
j llritish und to he swindled out of it, is, wo believe
j more than a majority of the people will stand. We
go for 51, 10 or fight. V(ih i!h Comm rcial.
C OH .TI U.MC ATIOS.
Mrui. F.ditur. I wih to uzz t wht 1 think will be
strong tram f.,r ;vrtior and Lii-io. (Jovorn-T. and two
mm, vvtm if tiuminmei!, will be elected text Asul, to-wr:
Jo. A. Wkiciit ii (loveimr anJ Ciiarlct Cathcart for
Lieut. Onvei nor. With tlee me:. iiuhle felhw ev-iy
wjy.und the aiiifim of ilitir own foituif the Prm rry
cannot be beaten. LOOK A 11 KA I).
To the Kditor or the Stntinel Cientkmcn t IVi-
mit me suejt to the Democratic State Con veiitin Mnj
A. L Uobiieun for the office of Lieut (I"Vernor : he is wor
thy of the rni fi lence of the pnty. Mj. R't'iniot is bold,
talented an I eloquent, and hat never been known to deviate
from the principles uf Democracy. lie Ins eived several
yf-ais in the Legislating, and would mike an able pteiding
olficer. He is one of thoe allat olliccr lhat did discharge
his duty at the battle of Huei a Vista, and will eter be mot
gracefully remembered by Indiana for it
And for all thut slavery and whimjery may have fumed
an uliianre in t tie per u of (Jen. Tyl t, yet with such men
as JosKrii A. Wright for (Jov-nii and Maj. Kodinso
for Lieut. Governor we have no feats of defeat, we have no
compiomist s to make either with whiter' or sl ivery, we
ate ipjw,sid to eveiy principle of the Whig party, we are
opposed to the Minendcr of a single inch of the vitgjn soil
of out newly acquired Mexican possessions to the foul em
biace and blighting curse of the prculi it institution.
II. Rr.rarsENTATiVES, January 5. 1 S 49
School l:iv--3Iortf;m County.
Proreethngs uj a Meeting J a part of the Citizens of
M'trgan ('ountt, cunvem j at the District School
I fa us A". 51, Tuicn. l'J, Range Kast, Dtctmber
'J.-;, 18 H.
On motion, James Trent, Ksq. was called iz the chair, and
II. T. Cit i appointed secietaty.
On motion, a cmmitt of live was appointed to prepare
resolutions expressive of the cnse of this meeting in itla
tion to the present attitude of the scho ol question in Indimi.
The committee afier a (.hurt letiiemt nt, reported the follow
itg, which weie read and unanimously adopted:
WntUF.AS, An anonymous production has lately been
published in the Indiana State Jon i nal on the subject of
popular education, and addiced to the Legislature, calcu
lated to mislead the more ciedul us part of community, and
mi-represent the motives of thoe who voted against the
fyslem proposed last winter : theirfre,
Resolved, That we consider the allegations therein set
foith a base calumny, and deserving the contempt of all
honest men.
Jiesotied, That we consider the charge of parsimony or
ignoiancc, pteented in said addres, entirely unfounded, and
to tiie last degiee unientlemanly, and nothing but the intem
peiate zeal of a ligot, or the unblushing elTionteiy of a
prirst, could have prompted such a production.
Resolved, Tint the dictatorial spirit and audacious temer
ity manifested in said address, towards the representatives
of a free people, merit at their hands a just rel uke, and we
clii ii-h the belief that theie is patriotism enough in our Le
gilatuie to admiuisier it with becoming seventy.
Resolved. That the attempt of the writer to recommend
the fiee school pr-ject, by instancing the ease ef the large
landlulder being iu favor of it, reminds uof the stoulptgeon
Hick of rbe clergy to get money; whcieas, it is well
known by all busmen men that large landholders, acting
upon the piihciple of domestic economy, always iaie then
lints in pioportion to their expenditures, so as theieby to
incicase lather than diminth their profits, and in the cae
presented would infallibly incie.se the obligation and de
pendency of their tenants, theieby strengthtnifg the bands
of aiistocrncy, and nothing but the bigotry of learned iguu-
nnce could prevent any man fiorn seeing it, or the want of
moral honesty kep him from acknowledging it.
Resolvtd, That tho-e invidious distidctions presented in
the ad!res bctwteii those counties lhat gave majorities in
favor of hie sclnol, and those which voted against them,
manifest the split of the writer, and accouut for the absence
of Iii name.
Resolved, That the vigilance and sagacity which charac
terized our icvolutiunaiy fathers, in guaiding against the
cunning stratagems of lliitih inliigu, should be sdictly
copied by ih, their descendants, i guarding against the onir
fuced pieteiiMons and sophisticated aiguments of a meicenary
clergy, which would, through t!e ostensible project of a free
school system, buil I up a corrupt hierarchy , and taint the
rnoial a inop'aeie of Ameiicau liberty.
Resolved, That the school systems of New Yoik, Pennsyl
vania and other Kasteiu Slates aie bringing f nth their legit
male fi uiti, to-wit : squandeiing the people's money both in
wasting the time of their Legislatures, ami paying a hiieliug
cteigy to sa.y prayeis, to the gnat annoyance of a poitioii of
the members, the pinvisions of the Constitution, the para
mount law of the hn I, to the contrary not withstanding.
Resolved, That, could a schojl system be devised that
woold entry the blessing of education to ever) child in the
S'atc, and beat the same lime impiegoable to the trts of
pi testet aft, it would elicit our warmett sympathy, and re
ceive uui decided approbation.
Resolved, I hat ue are fully refunded (hat such a plan as
that proposed in the aud.e, and especially the manner of its j
organiza. o, if left to the popular vote, would be negatived
V) au o ei w ne lining niaj nuy.
Resolved, That tins laige negative vote given in August i
last was iu these coiujtieH whete the subject wns most thot-
ouglily investigated, the arrogant assertion! of " one of the ;
people " to the contrary notwithstanding. !
Resolved, That the statistical data fnm which the writer '.
Pr,r! ,,d 'o.lraw his conchMons in regard to the comparative .
edncition cf the citizens of the State, is not to be lelied up-
tut WM rnai,e uut u maiy aceordlII ,0 ,he inlcV.
e,t or Car,rice of the olficer employed ; as bundled of our '
citizens can testify that they weie not enquired of on that j
point. ;
Jlesnlved, That we rotii.1r the w riter r.f the Address as
much below Indiana zero," in point of patriotism and good
bitednig, as a huge propoitiou of Iii negativ voters arc in
point of intelligence.
Resolved, 'lhat a copy or these resolutions be forwarded
' by the Secretary, to the Indiana State
!" Slate SelHliiel, with a request for
Journal, and the Indi- 1
their publication, and
h,t 7omme..d them to the special notice of the mem
ben of the Legislatuie.
Resolved, That the meeting do nnw adjourn to meet again
9 c O
when circumstances shall make it necesary
JAM HS TRKNT, Picsidcnt.
H. T. Chaio, Secretary.
The cheap Postage Association of New York, have
put forth a form of petition which is being very gen
erally sign?d, asking for the establishment of j
1. A uniform rate of Two Cents postage on letters:
weighing half uti ounce, prepaid, und double that ,
amount if not prepaid.
Ü. Newspapers, periodicals, and nil printed matter, !
one cent per sheet; but newspapers of the smaller
size hull a cent, to be prepunt, except newspapers and
periodicals sent from tin? ollico of publication
15. To reduce the postage on letters nnd newspapers
by mail packets and steamers, to a rate which will
bring it within tho means of every class of citizens
to maintain frequent intercourse with their friends iu
other countries, without feeling the postage to be a
burdensome tax.
1. To adopt measures that in all large towns and
cities there shall be a free delivery of letters and
newspapers, and also for the reception and convey
ance of letters to the post olHcc for the mails free of
tiny expense.
r. To abolish tho franking privilege entirely, that
postage may be paid on every thing sent by the mails.
Postage of members of Congress to be paid as their
other expenses, nnd postmasters to be remunerated for
the loss of the franking privilege and the temporary
diminution of their income, by an increase of their
commissions.
Cheap postage is no longer an experiment, but nn
established ami certain advantoge, both to the goveru-
rnent and people.
From the People's Fiiend.
Senatorial Ki.kction. The election of a United
r-..-. t l.ltt t
States Senator was entered upon oy the Indiana Leg.
islature on the 1 1th inst., and decided on the first
hallo: Jnmes Whitronib, the pucceesfnl candidate,
receiving 1't votes, . A. Hnnuegan lo, C. 15. Smith
f:i, John Law 2, J. G. Marshall 1, and blank 3.
Mr. Whitcomb has few superiors in point of tal
ent. Asa lawyer, ns Commissioner of the General
Land Odice, and as Governor of Indiana, within the
last few years, he has acquitted himself with distin
guished ability. Who, then, can doubt that he w ill
win other laurels ns a United States Senator ?
In saying thus much for the successful candidate,
and expressing gratification that a democrat of such
sterling worth is chosen to a seat in tho U. S. Senate
we would by no means convey the idea that the
measure )f our joy is full. Far from it. One more
eminently fitted in many respects for Senator than
Air. Whitcomb, one testrd and trusty, who has as
cended a pinnacle of fume to which no Indinninn ever
approached, has been defeated. It would do violence
to our feelings to withhold mi expression cf the re
gret we entertain in common with every member of
this community, nt tho defeat of our fellow-townsman
Mr. Hannegan. Those who know the love approxi
mating almost to idolatry with which all are inspired
who become intimate with him ; who have witnessed
the fondness with which friends cherish his private
worth, their admiration of his manly virtues, nnd
pride lor his Senatorial quuiilcations, which have
made his name and fame, as a patriot and orator,
familiar in many lands, will readily appreciate the
force of the remark, when wo say that a deep gloom
pervaded this entire community on tho reception of
the intelligence announcing his defeat.
The body of Mr. Joseph Lane, son of the gallant
Gen. Lane, was brought to this city yesterday on the
steamer John Hancock. This young man died of
cholerasuddenly stricken down with death by the
disease, while walking nlong tho levee nt New Or
leans on the 21st tilt. He is snid to have survived
the attack but a few minutes. Wc believu his body
is to be taken from this place to his father's home in
Indiana. Cincinnati Comniercial.
Item. LAW ITCMS.
Changes in Man's Life. About five years ago we
saw a man liijht bin riirar with twenty dollar note A Cl i:io(.a Wn.i. Cask. The Rnltimor Countvo
of the Farmer nnd Mechanic's Hank. At tint time Court Ims b.'.-n i.rcupird about two week in t trial
he was full of life, nnd in the poie.-sion of nnl otate f & will Cuse which developed Koine curious fads,
in tie city of I'liiiidflliin v tlul "t sjJtSO.OOO. Aln! I? wn.s the will f pavid Hutin. who died n drt
what rhriiiirrg does time make on Saturday last this "'"' 't nulli fl n vv,ll, b quenlhing hbotit $:'.0,(H)D
fo.dish linn wan hpimi heiiring ,l,"s IU ,,ur Public : 4,1 h' '" companion, and rutting ofT hi blood re
t reels. He looked wretched, was ghastl) pale, and llti"is, or mrst ,,f Ue-m, with one dollar each. The
miserably vUA. PennsVlr.mian. wa hrouoht to set atide the will, en ti e ground
e. r is i i t .1 . . 'ha the t.-stntor miih not, nt the time tin will was
Sirllj-ury Lytton l,.,lw,r i we learn, shortly to , iW.n Dn(, si.Mnd. of sound dis;iz mind; that he
ead lo the hyteenea altar the Hon. Ueorgiana elles- WM ,.Apotip, t ,,. illl(1,.nc an t WR j .
ley, young. st danirhterrtf the late, and sister of the and ti(flt inlb.ences nnd means to whirl, he wai
present L rd (f wbT. I he cercmonv, it is s-.id. f.X)(W(1 ucre fruU(lnht. It np.M-ared ,n evidence
will be performed at Hatfn-ld Houo, the seat of the t,,nt HlM),n b,.0( clMaiv pl,Pt, witl, y f(,r
.Marquis ot Salisbury, uncle of the bride. I he Duke B(ne w..kj prpviog , ,tia tJcat,,t aIi(1 nU t lnX hs
of Wellington nnd a large family will assemble there C(,niinni(Mls ,IMi k,,(ll a cimmnl watch and ginrdover
on the occasion. London Times, Dec. UL j ,j, , nvoi(1 ,,,, comniir in COIlJnct w i 1 1 a his relatives.
Lord Melbourne died of the jaundice. His first , The cum oerupVd ten da s, and wns flnal'v disposed
wife was tho daughter of the Earl of 15esborout;h. 1 oi by the jury unsettling the will, and directing tho
She was well known to the literary nnd gossipping , executors to refund nil the rents collected.
world as i.auy Otroiine i.amo. t enau a son uy u.
marrinre. who died in l'J'3. In default of issue, his
title descends to his brother, iJaron lloauvale, a diplo
matic character.
Official Zual. The Tallaha-see (Fa.) Sentinel,
of the l.rth int.. says: "The t-herilfitf St. Lucie
county, in this State, we are told, walked nnd worked
all the wav to the capital, to deposite his Presidential
returns. The distance is 150 miles and lf0 without
road or house. He paddled the latter distance in a
batteau."
Prostitutes. This unfortunate class of women, f j
nil other persons, nre most subject to the epidemic.
In a certain street in Paris, it is said, where resided
1,400 lewd women, in a very short time 1,'.UK) perish
ed with the cholera! And in a house of sixty of
these miserable creatures, every one died ! j
Pkof. O. M. Mitchell and his assistants, ten or j
twelve iu number, who nre engaged in surveying the
route fur the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, from Cin
cinnati to St. Louis, have completed the survey
to the latter city.
Fertility of Texas. Several farmers at Pastrop
and Austin have raised eighty to one hundred bushels
of com to the acre this season, and one or two have
raised one hundred and ten bushels to the acre, with
out manure.
The Pokk Tkadk. Pork has been seriously injured
by the warm weather. One gentleman in Maryland
lias five thousand weight spoiled, nnd in Virginia, in
some cases, there is un entire destruction.
Novel Consignment. One of the St. Louis mer
chants lately received a consignment of 000 pairs of
wooden shoes manufactured in a small German settle
ment in Iowa, from whence they were sent for sale.
The Posten papers announce the death, by consump
tion, of Mr. S. X. Dickinson, proprietor of an extensive
printing establishment, long celebrated for the neat
ness and beauty of the work produced at it.
They sell boots and shoes in California by the piece
and not by the pair. A man with one boot is respectable
in his appearance, but a man with two is aristocratic.
lloslon Post.
It is said that Col. Jonathan. D. Stevenson, of New
York, commander of the expedition which went to
California tibout a year ho, has becomo immensely
rich, und has already sent home a fortune.
M. Lafond, an officer of the French naval service,
hns taken out a patent for a new engine, in which
chloroform, iu conjunction with fcteam, is the motive
power.
The Michigan Legislature met at Lansing on the
15ih int. This is tho first session at the new seat of
Government.
A Lath Machine, in operation at Cleveland, takes
the green log and whittles out of it PL'O pieces of lath
per minute. It supplies them at ssl Mo per thousand
Tijf. Legislature of New Hampshire ha9 parsed
a plurality law for the election of members of Con
am prcsidenliftl dectoM.
gross
Change of Salutations.
Instead of good morn
ing
'How do you doP
etc. people now sav,
When are you idV!" "What route do you take V
Mexico. Py the brig Gertrude, arrived yesterday.
we have dates from Yera Cruz tothe (ith, and from toe
City of Mexico to the X J inst. Tho Mexican papers
call public attention to the condition of niTairs nt
Tutnpieo, nnd declare that if the Government does
not take active measures to quell the spirit i f revolt
iu that place, the State of Tamaulipas will be soon
annexed to the United States.
The Camancbe Indians are still committing fearful
atrocities in Durango, and other frontier States, while
the citizens remain inactive.
The merchants nnd people of Tobasco are petition
ing the Government to spare Hruno.
The Mexican Government, it is said, will assist
Senor Cortina in the construction of a railroid to
Tacubaya.
The City of Mexico is to be lighted with gas.
It is reported that Gen. Parades is iu San Luia Po
tosi, hatching another pronuticianiento.
Robberies are slill being committed on the high
way in Mexico.
The National Guard of the city of Mexico is rep
resented to be in a totally disorganized state.
A canal is to be excavated for the purpose ot ren
derin' the Panama navigable ns far ns Vila de Valles.
This is to be done with the view ot making San Luis
the emporium of the commerce of the Pacific. The
Government also intc'iids to drain the lagunes in the
valley of Mexico.
Gen. Carrera, ex-President of Central America and
of Guatemala, has established In residence in the
Mexican State of Chiapas.
Late papers from Guatemala announce that the
party in power ure doing all they can to remedy the
abuses introduced by him.
Gen. Postamente was operating against the rebels
in the Sierra, but w ith inditFerent success.
Volunteers, tinder tho orders of the officers of the
National Guard of Vera Cruz, are to garrison in that
port, and also the castle of San Juan de Uloa.
The Mexicans have already taken the alarm in ref
erence to the cholera, and the public prints tre agi
tr ling the questions of tsanilary precautious. JV. O.
Kit. Mcr., '2st.
Not all Gold that G listens. The New York
Mirror gives the following opinion of Mr. Kent, a
chemist of that city, upon two of the specimens of
California gold submitted to him, from which it np-
pears that nil is nut gold that glistens. Under date
of October tith, he snys:
"I hnve analyzed the ore repreBcnted to be Cali
fornia Gold, which was sent me for examination, and
find that it is arsenite of copper, containing a little
nickel and zinc, and mixed with iron pyrites, some
of which is iu well defined crystals. Not a partie'eof
gold exists in this ore.
Agnin, IVcember Pith after analyzing two speci
mens from tin; gold region, he says:
"One of the specimens analyzed to-day was in
small llakes or scnles, of uniform shape, and of a dull
orange color. This proved to bo an excellent quality
of unlive g(nd, almost pure and containing a Miml
quantity of silver.
"The other specimen was in small bright lumps,
not uniform in shape, and of a light yellow color, and
exactly resembling tho pieces of nrsenitc of copper, ob
tained by melting the specimens analyzed a few w eeks
since, nn aceount of which was published in your pa
per. This specimen did not contain a trnco of gold,
although I was ussund that it was obtained from one
of the soldiers of Col Stevenson's regiment, who
brought it direct from California.'
YouMi Woman Drow ned. We leurn that a most
distressing and melancholy accident occurred last
Saturday evening at Leathrrwood creek, near Monte
Zinnas A two horse wagon, with the driver, accom
panied in the wagon by a woman with her infant
child, and a young ludy, in attempting to cross the
streum, got into a hole washed in the fording, and all
came near being drowned. The wagon suddenly
plunging into water ten feet deep, the bed floated oil
and capsized on tho young woman, drowning her bc
fire she could be relieved. The driver with ditliculty
saved himself in tune to relievo the woman and her
child, but unfortunately, relief catne too lato for the
young lady ! When she was taken to the beach, life
was loo far gone to be rec&llcd.
The names of these persons wc have not learned.
Their residence was somewhere in Putnam, or Hen
dricks county, to which place the corpse was convey
ed the next day after tho melancholy occurrence.
Parke Co. Whig, '221 Dec.
Pen a i.tv kor DisTUKnixc Pl'iw.ic MnKTiN.s-In
the cotir-e of a recent trial of an indictment before
the Hudson county (X. J.) Oyer and Terminer, for
disturbing a temperance meeting. Chief Justice
(ireen, as we learn by the JYrsey City Telegraph,
" lanl down the law emphatically to be, that no person.
even in tho pursuit of a lawful purpose, bus a right
to disturb nny meeting, whether civil or religion,
and that by so doing he subjects himself to the pen
alty of tho law, and to be arrested ard removed from
the meeting, without redress nnd that if the person
so removed should resist, he would be guilty of an
assault and battery." In another case relating to a
dog, the court held that a man has n right to shoot a
vicious dog, and that if the owner of the dtr assaults
the shooter and breaks his gun, he is guilty of an
assault and battery.
An Afflicted Husband. A man named Volmer
called at the police office in New York, r few days
ngo, to obtain redress under the following circum
stances. He went from that city some three years
back to New Orleans, leaving bis wife, and on hi
return found that she was married to n man named
Poison. Mr. Volmer compromised the matter by
agreeing to transfer all his right nnd title to his wife
to PoL-on, for the trilling consideration of SlöH.,
which Poison promised to pav. Volmer, however.
called several times for the money, without being able
to obtain it, and thinking it a bard case that he could
neither get his wife or the price of her, he complain
ed at the police office. As the case was of a novel
description, the magistrate took time to consider
what decision he fchould make in the matter.
Writing on Nf.wspateks. We find in the pro
ceedings of the Court of Appeals of New York, tho
statement of a case in winch Mary C. reltoa sued
the Postmaster, in the Justices Court, for detaining
a newspaper, on which he charged letter pi-stage.
because it had nn initial upon the wrapper. It was
decided iu her favor. It was carried bv the Postmaster
to the Court of Common Pleas, where the verdict wa9
confirmed. From thence it was taken to the Supremo
Court, where it was again atTirmed and now it is
transferred to the C urt of Appeals. The Postmaster
is said to have acted under instructions from the Post
master General.
Employees Responsible for the Points of Ser
vants. This principle was established in the Su
preme Court of Massftchoetts, on Thursday, in the
case of Henry Gumey, pilot, vs. II His, Thayer &.
co. The plaintiff was passing a store on Patteiy
wharf, from the second story of which a clerk of the ,
defendants, was pitching cotton into the street. Mr.
(iiirney wns struck by a bale of cotton, and injured
so as to confine him to his house for six months. The
verdict was in favor of the plaintiff, and damages as
sessed at $i-H 0.
Damages rot; Injuries. The case of Robert P.
Hall vs. the Stonineton Railroad Company, tried
before the Supreme Court of Rhode Ulnnd, has result
ed in a verdict for the plainlilT of $550 and costs.
Mr. Hall was injured by an accident n the rr-nd,
which confined him to hi house for several days, and
lamed him some. The defendants admitted that they
were liable, but assorted that Mr. Hall was standing
up at the time of the accident, while all the other
passengers, who were sitting down, escaped unhurt.
Boston Journal.
A suit for divorce is leforo the fifth district court
in which the lady is said to have coirrnitted certain
irregularities while insane. Her insanity is ndmitted
and deemed a sufficient excise for I. er conduct, nnd
the question to be decided is whether I f r being iiis-inc
is ground for a divoree. Judge Pucl.nrmi indicated
pretty clearly his opinion against the admissibility
of any such grounds fr a 'ivorce, w hiKt bethought
insanity a sufficient" excuse; for the irregularities com
plained of. .V (). Data.
Absence of Mind. It is said that the foreman ef
a grand jury at St. Louis, who, dnzzb'd by the beauty
of a Lady, who appeared ns a witness, became a little
confused, and after administering the oath as usual,
instead of presenting the book, drew up his face in
the most fascinating manner, and said Now kiss
me ma'am." He never discovered his error till the
whole jury burst into a ronr of laughter.
Supreme OouirT. In tin? ens-? of the Charity Hospi
tal is. S. P. Stickney, instituted under a law imposing
a tax of upon theatrical exhibition in New
Orleans, for the ben-fit of the Charity Hospital, judg
ment for plaintiff was affirmed, w ith cost, and the tax
was declared constitutional and legal, ai d, by tho
words of the law, collectable annuilly.
The Manor Tin. is. We learn, says the Albany
Freeholder, that a w rit in nvor of the State against
the property of Win. P. Van Rensselaer wasserved
last week. We nre informed that a farm in the town
of Rrunswick has been selected bv Attorney-General
Jordan, to lest the title of the Van Renssclacrs to
lands in the county of Rensselaer.
Liability of Hotel Keepers I the Court of
Common Pleas, Greenfield, Ahbel Dickinson, of Prat
tleboro, Vt, has recovered $111 of P. P. Winchester
Sc Son, of the Exchange hotel, in Springfield, tor a
lost trunk. The trunk was entrusted to a hackman
in the employ of the defendan's, nnd wns cither lost
or stolen from the carriage on its way to the hotel.
(Jen. James Taylor's Will, disposing of his im
mense 'State, wns lately rejected by the County Court
on presentation for probate. Yet it is said t lint no
litigation will ensue among the heirs. They have
emancipated his slaves, forty in number. Tiie aged
and children are provided f r.
A ynimg lawyer being very aitidmua in his atten
tions to a younj lady, a wit observed that be never
heard of making love bv attorn v. "Very true,"
replied the other, "but yon should remember that all
Cepid's votaries are solicitors .'"
Junics. Recently, nt Pittsburgh, whe n a jury, un
able to agree, came into Court nnd requested to bo
discharged, the Judge instructed them that the minor
ity should acqui see in Ihc opinion of the majority,
and so find a verdict !
Fees of Protest. The comptroller of New York
has recently decided that, in case of protesting bank
notes, the whole n mount demanded by any H?rson at
any t no time, shall be included in one protest.
Gen. WraN'IF.l. George W. Kendall, in a letter
to the New Orleans Picayune, gives the following ac
count of this celebrated Prussian General:
To appearance he is a mmol forty-live or forty
eight years of age, with a ntern, iron. General Jackson
sort of a face, and ns he rode down the line, bowing
to Ihe soldiery and other citizens on their side, was
greeted with not a little warmth. If he is not an of
ficer of determination, then there is 110 truth in physi
ognomy. The speech ho mude to the throng of citi
zens, which was published t lengih and commented
upon in tin? papers at the time, we distinctly heard.
It was short, crisp und choppy rather toinahawkisli
iu its tone, and us interpreted to tis on the spot,
amounted to this : "The King has charged me to keep
order; I will do it. We want no collision with you,
but you must be quiet. My swords are sharp to the
cutting of a hair ; my muskets have ball in them;
I will have order; und my name is Wrangel." I
call that rather pointed, nnd when I say it did not set
well with the ultras gen'lemen with long hair, huge
moustaches, hats turned up, and red feathers I tell
you no more than the truth.
A Droll Pet. A singular w ager was laid on the
Presidential election by a couple of politicians in
Connecticut, w ho agreed that he w hose candidate was
defeated should saw a cord of wood in the street.
The wood was sawed last Monday in the presence of
a large committer of udmiring spectators.