To Correspondents.
J. K. 8-, ilantlngtoo. Clad to bear from jam, aaa especially Mtbt J
, yom win be able lo procure am subscribers" 5 ao4 ar espeeWljr
Iba our hamble ebeet b becoming sisrt popelar " among ibe nuM
and hrdjr democracy ol tli aona. Ia relaüon to the maita, we caa
nail oar paper oa Ts', Iba same day that tim Jvmrual mails . 1
Ml w iDouia Iftea disappoint nuDdreila of others woo depend apoa
BS fcr Ibe laim orrrttt bom. Our beary mails from 1 1 quartan arriy a
her ce Tmaday itrau f aod our aemU weekly la published oa
Wednesday morning. We keep the paper open until 6 a. rfl.
XTednoaJay; and erea if k ia nut received, aa yua aay, nntil three
day after Uta Journal, yet we are in advance with important intel
ligence. In oar na daya, we aaed to issue our paper a day or
two ia advance of ita iatt. Experience taught at that it waa a
Vising game, not only to ourselves, but to our patrons. Expect aa,
frtmptly, with the latest " newa lumbering at our backs," as Ctat
at Uncle 8am will carry k. Further, deponent aayi not.
S. U.. Portland Mills. Have made inquiry at the Post Office, and
learn that the Montezuma mail leaves here on Wednesday and Sat- J
nrday mornings. Our paper being printed on Thursdays cannot,
cunseqnently, leave here till Saturdays. We wiD use ear best
endearors to have thent expedited.
Adtxxtijxu ia this paper should keep a look out and see that
thcär notices are not kept in longer than thry wish. They will be
charged by our terms; and if they neglect to keep toe run of their
business, they must not expect us to do it for ibem. We make ih'n
remark, because, lately, we asked one, M How much longer do you
WMh your advertisement continued " " What! " says be, " have y"ou
aa advertisement of mine in your paper ." " Certainly ; aod when you
handed it in, yon did not limit the time, though reminded of it." His
Un for services leadered is cheap at $S. lie only wants to pay ft.
Should we suae fcf Look out then, for your owe.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
Indiana State Debt Proposition nccept-
ed bjr the English lloiidlioldcrs !
The most important news brought by the Caledonia,
i contained in the following paragraph which appears
in the editorial columns of the New York Journal of
Commerce, ander date of June 20th. Nothing now
remains but for American bondholders to follow the
example of the English, and the financial policy of
Indiana will be fixed for a series of years. No un
toward events occurring, Indiana will retrieve her
degraded character and credit, and her enormous
Debt will be discharged.
Indiana Debt.
We are gratified to learn that the Caledonia steam
er brought out the resolutions of the London commit
tee, under whose authority Mr. Diaries Butler has
acted, to the effect that it will be for the interest of
the bondholders to concur in the principle laid down
in the act passed last winter by the legislature for the
adjustment of the public debt of Indiana, by the pay
ment of one moiety of the principal and interest by
taxation, and the other moiety by the property and
toll of the Wabash and Erie canal from the State line
to the Ohio river, such property to be assigned to
three trustees, and the State to be freed from respon
sibility on that portion of the debt and interest so to
be secured !
Mr. Butler is requested to apply to the Bondholders
of the State of Indiana, resident in the United States,
for their co-operation with the Bondholders in Europe,
in carrying out the arrangement upon the principle
above stated.
We understand the action of the committee to have
been entirely unanimous, and as it is composed of six
of the most eminent banking houses in London, their
determination in the matter, which was the result of
a thorough examination into the subject, will carry
with it great weight, and give relief to the State, and
its foreign creditors.
Camp Whitcomb.
We learn by the Louisville papers, that the Indiana
Volunteers were all mustered into the U. S. service
on Friday, the 19th. There was one company mote
than was requisite Capt. McCarty's of Brookville.
Gov. Whitcomb arrived at the camp on the 20th, and
was well received. Mr. Dunning was also present.
.The troop were inspected and received by Col.
Churchill. But few were ejected one from Marion
county, orr account of a misshapen shoulder. It is
said that by the help of a little padding he got into
another company. Gen. Wool reviewed the troops
on the 20th. He stated that their departure would be
speedily provided for. They will be sent in detach
ments to New Orleans, so as to avoid remaining long
at that place. The men are generally well, though
they do not relish the river water, which they are
obliged to drink. They will soon become accustomed
to that.
The New Albany Bulletin of the 23d says We
understand that the following companies were formed
into a regiment yesterday, by agreement : Cass Coun
ty Volunteers, Capt. Tipton ; Mad Anthony Guards,
Capt. McLane; Wayne Guards, Capt. Lewis; Wa
bash Rangers, Capt. Wilson ; Switzerland Riflemen,
Capt. Carter ; Washington Guards, Capt. Ford ; Mad
ison Rifles, Capt Sullivan ; Clark Guards, Capt. Gib
son ; Spencer Greys, Capt. Sanderson ; Lanesville
Legion, Capt. Gresham.
A Heroine. A woman was discovered among the
volunteers at Camp Whitcomb, in the Evansville
Company, on the 20th, after they had been received
by the U. S. officers. One of the company, it is said,
lost a handkerchief. On sitting down to mess, he
observed it sticking out of the bosom of one of his
comrades. - He immediately took hold of it, when, to
his surprise, he discovered that his messmate was a
female. On inquiring into this strange proceeding,
she stated, that, being very poor and wishing to go to
her father, who either resided in Texas, or was a
soldier in Gen. Taylor's army, she resolved to join
Capt. Walker's company for the purpose of getting
to her father. The company raised a subscription for
her benefit, and sent her down the rivef on a 6teara-
te can beat this T
teIr. A4T". Morrison, under date of New Al
bany, June 22,, writes, that the volunteers are now
receiving regular pay and rations, and that they are
also draWinz their tents and camp equipage, and some
few blankets. . The latter article is supposed to bej
scarce. H
.
The Indiana Journal charges us with backing out
from the Volunteers. The editor of that sheet must
Inow that the charge is a false one. But admitting
its truth it is certainly not as bad as absolutely re
fusing to go, and attempting to prevent others by de
nouncing the war.
The penitentiary man, whom Mr. Prentice has left
in charge of the Louisville Journal, exults over the
C 1 1 . Ä t Tli. rM.nilpol maw Via vtk in n r mtrtnm
That scoundrel may have to 'crack stone'
jaiscuwu
gain.
Cr-The Indiana Journal, of the 24th, notices the
fact, that James Watson Webb, the principal Whig
Editor in New York, recently recovered six cents
damages in a libel suit. He claimed five thousand
dollars, we believe. This exhibits the value of Whig
Editorial character, as estimated by the editors them
selves and by disinterested and honest men.
Gen. Robert Armstrong, consul of the U. S. at
Liverpool is now at Washington. He will return
to Liverpool shortly. The Union says he describes
the deep impression which the unparalleled enthusi
asm of our volunteers is calculated to produce in Eu
rope. The Wester Ranger. This excellent paper,
published at Valparaiso, Ind., has been enlarged and
otherwise improved. We are pleased at this evidence
ofts destrved prosperity; and would recommend it
to our friends who desire a paper from that section,
or as an advertising medium.
0The Indiana Globe heretofore published at
Eloomington, has been removed, and is now published
at Bowling Green, Clay county. Success to it.
Published even Thursday.
Constitutional ICcfuriii.
The following article is from the Albany Evening
Jnnrnnl rf Tuna 1 Tli Tniirnsl i n Whirr ranpr.
. - - " - o i j -
yet its tone of liberality and progress," on this j
question, has done it much credit We wish that the J
few whig presses in this State who oppose a reform
of our antiquated and imperfect constitution, would '
ponder upon the generous sentiments of their New
York cotemporary. If they would do this, it teems
to us their fears would vanish. Why should they
fear to trust the people with this matter !
The people of this Commonwealth, by their dele
gates, met in Convention this day, to revise and
amend their Constitution. The necessity for such a
movement was founded in the changed and changing
condition of the State. Ita extending population and
unfolding resources, require corresponding constitu
tional progress.
Our form of government was an experiment.
With but dim lights to guide them, our fathers could
not have been expected to form a perfect Governmental
Chart. All human systems are susceptible of im
provement. The changes which have been wrought
in two centuries, upon this Continent, prove all that;
is necessary for our argument. llio6e who would'
stand still, in an onward world, will soon find them-t
selves practically out of it. The first Constitution,
formed when the State was emerging from a Monar--i
'i - . ...Ii.. ..;iaJ .1 : I
tion of things in 1320, when it underwent modifica
tions. A quarter of a century has disclosed the
defects and suggested the amendments which are
now demanded.
Some say that our Constitution, formed, as it was,
by good and wise men, should bind us forever. This
doctrine, generally applied, would have left Science
and the Arts where they stood in the dark ages.
Fulton was a wise man, but how much of the use
fulness and glory of his discovery would have been
lost to the world, if those who came after him had
not enlarged and perfected its application !
Those who insist that our Constitution does not
require amendment, err egregiously. Its defects are
numerous and glaring. The people have outgrown it.
They parted, in accordance with the then spirit of the
prerogatives. They are now capable of doing for
age, with too much of their power too many of their
themselves n.jch that was entrusted to agents. They
want more freedom more equality. They seek for
a more simple and less expensive form of government.
They have determined to make their Government in
fact and in practice what it is in name and in
theory purely Representative.
With this view, the abolition of many useless offi
ces is expected. It is expected, also, that all State
officers will be chosen directly by the people. Local
legislation will, it is presumed, be restored to the
Counties. Representatives will be popularised, that
the people may know for whom they are voting, and
that Representatives may feel their responsibilities.
And above all, it is expected that a simple and cheap
Judiciary System will be established, so that parties
may obtain their rights without being subjected to
ruinous delays and still more ruinous expenses.
We have already expressed a confidence that the
time designated, and the delegates chosen, to carry
out theso Reforms, are alike favorable. And great
indeed will be our disappointment, if the Convention
now assembled should not submit a good Constitution,
for approval, to the people.
"The Sentinel, the especial organ of Gov. Whit
comb, occupying the same position to him that the
Union does to Air. Folk, is just as incessant in its
laudations of that gentleman as the Union is of the
President.
" II is amusinrr to look over its columns. They
give evidence of great uneasiness at the prospect of
the defeat which awaits its patron in the approaching
election." State Journal.
07-Our laudations " of Gov. Whitcomb consist
only in giving him due credit for an able and faithful
discharge of his official duties, and in endeavoring to
defend him from the unjust assaults of the Whig
politicians and newspapers, who wish to supplant him
by unfounded slanders and abuse. To this much he
is fairly entitled at our hands, not only as a faithful
officer elected by the people whose interests we profess
to have at heart, but also as a Democrat and a gentle
man. This is our ' position " in relation to the
Governor, as we understand it, and if our neighbor
supposes it to be otherwise, he is mistaken. By the
use of the word " patron," in the latter part of the
extract, it would seem that our neighbor does labor
under some kind of misapprehension. If the Journal
intended to apply the term in an offensive sense, it
has certainly forgotten the adage about throwing
stimes. Gov. Whitcomb, as a patron " to us, stands
in the same relation that every other Democrat docs.
We know of no difference. Not the 6lightc6t. If
he had bought our office for us, and set us up in busi
ness, as Mobris Morris did for the Editor of the
Journal, the term patron" would apply in full force.
But this is not the case. We never asked, received,
or coveted such patronage." In that respect, we
have kept the injunction of the Apostle, and "owe
no man any thing."
If, as the Journal asserts, our columns give evi
dence of ' great uneasiness " at the prospect of the
alleged defeat wh.eh awaits our party in August,
they give evidence of an uneasiness " which we
have not yet felt, and do not expect to feel. We have
never for a moment doubted the complete triumph of
the Democratic party in August by a greatly increased
majority. We do not anticipate less than 5000 for
our Gubernatorial ticket; and our majority is in our
opinion as likely to exceed as to fall any thiug short
of that number. This is our firm opinion, and we
think we have reasons to entertain it. 1 here is no
reason why the result of the election should be other
wise. The administration of Governor Whitcomb,
though commencing at a ptriod when the affairs of
the State were in a most depressed and discouraging
condition, has been, upon the whole, eminently suc
cessful. Things are not only no worse than when
the Democratic party came into power, but they are a
great deal better, as even every honest Whig will ac
k no wledge. Why then should the people seek a change J
There is no good reason for it, and it is not likely to
be sought. The people are neither so fickle nor so
foolish as to desire a change, and least of all such a
a change as a restoration of the Old Dynasty would
bring about. Let our neighbor think of these thingp.
It will serve to break the fall which he is destined to
experience in August.
07 The Wayne County Record maintains that
Gen. Scott was justly offended with the President, be
cause ho desired that Congress would authorize the
appointment of two additional Major Generals and
four Brigadier Generals. The Record very positively
says that "the army had no need of such additional
officers." Military men do not all agree with this
opinion. For instance, Gen. Houston, who certainly
may be supposed to know something about the matter,
made some practical statements on the subject, show
ing that the additional number of Major Generals was
indispensable for the efficient organization of the ar
my. An army of fifty thousand men would consist of
five divisions, each of which was entitled to be com.
manded by a Major General. It strikes us that Gen
Houston is nearest right.
"QSrThe strongest rassoises in mv condemned let
ter art, I think, hypothetical:' Cm. Scott.
Wonder how strong the General's direct passages
are.
Sttfttlttft
INDIANAPOLIS,
Oregon Treaty.
The treaty is short, containing but five articles,
which are thus given by the Journal of Commerce:
Article 1. Fixes the territorial boundary between
P 6 Wnfliin? .TV:?' EÄWe8t tfnlb.: '
KiK-kv mountains, on th linr rt al nenrra till 1
reaches Queen Charlotte's Sound, and then through PPlc of Britain themselves. Give us now but a just (
the Straits of Fuca to the ocean, which gives to Great modification of our own tariff, and a long vista of
Britain, Vancouver's Island. I prosperity opens to our view, unsurpassed in the an- '
Art. 2. Declares the navigation of the Columbia' nals of the world. All other nations must follow in '
river, up to where it strikes the line of 40 dcg., to bo ..v rT3.:.: ,.-.. . j -.u '
r L .1 - ir t n 1 1 , the wake of britain and America ; and with an unre-
free to the Hudson s JJay Company, during the con- ... . .. ...
tinuance of its charter. I stricted commerce, all the world will participate in
n awa a .'e,t 1-1 1 ' . ä '
ART. a. The rivers, ports and harbors north of 40 ,
degrees to be free to the commerce of both nations.
Art. 4. Indemnity for the forts and trading stations
of the Hudson's Bay Company, south of 49 degrees,
and of the Americans north of the same, if any there
be.-
Art. 5. Indemnity for private property of citizens
or subjects who may be south or north of 49 deg., if
they wish to retire within their own territory.
It was ratified by the Senate on the 18th. The
correspondent of the Phil. Ledger says the vote is
understood to have been 41 to 14 all the senators
voting but Mr. Jarnigan. Those who voted in the
negative were Messrs. Allen, Atherton, Atchinson,
Breese, Bright, Cameron, Cass, Dickinson, Fairfield,
Hannegan, Jenness, Sturgeon, Semple Turley 14.
Oregon Treat jrrciich Opinion.
The Albany Atlas translates a portion of a recent
article, in relation to the proposition of the British
Government for an adjustment of the Oregon ques
tion, from the Courrier des Etats Unis, the French
paper in New York. The Courrier, which assumes
that the Senate will hasten to ratify these terms, and
that the people will hail them with acclamation, can
yet hardly dare to believe that they are offered. It
gives to the English offer an importance and signifi
cance, which, though exaggerated, it is well to pre
sent, as the opinion of a neutral and disinterested
party.
. "It cannot be dissimulated, that if the American
Union obtains the 40th degree in Oregon, the conces
sion will be on the side of England. Until the day
of Mr. Polk's arrival into power, thi- pretensions of
the cabinet at Washington never reaci beyond the
40th, and the cabinet of St. James had always sternly
repelled these pretensions. Mr. Polk has judiciously
spoken of the 54th degree, but his was the tactics
which demands much, in order to obtain a little. No
one regarded it seriously, in these latter times above
all, since it has been brought to light in the discus
sions of the Senate. It is England, then, which re
cedes. "But to recede, in one movement, in Oregon and
California, is too much. The annals of England have
no example of a similar prudence. If she has given
it to the world now, it is because the eye of publicity
has not been able to sound the depths of her internal
wounds, because that eye has not been able to appre
ciate the weight of the chains which bind her arms.
Except for such absolute and radical hindrance, we
see but one motive of polic of any weight, upon
whiclt can be explained and justified. 5li -f
peace, signed by England with the Union 1 Uie
sound of the cannon directed at MatamorasV"Ti is that
Sir Robert Teel, decided beforehand to concede the
40th degree lo the United States, has found in the
events of Mexico, a reason to hasten his capitulation,
in order to purchase at this price the right to inter
vene, as a friend, between the belligerent powers and
to arrest, in its beginning, a conflagration the conse
quences of which alarm his thought. But England
knows America too well to deceive herself in this re
spect, i leldmg one point, she is therefore resolved
to cede both. This we must admit to the shame of
her pa6t greatness and to the glory of the present and
future greatness of this country. The day when this
triumph of the American race shall take place, a great
fact will have been manifested in the face of the two
worlds. England will have descended from her throne
over the maritime nations and the Union 'will have
mounted to her place. The gigantic destinies of the
latter will have henceforth no counterpoise in the bal
ance of the future. She will have in the new world
no other restraint than her own wisdom and modera
tion." 07" The Newcastle Courier asks
iTn - ir t. ti . t ji
lierc ia uov, v lutcoinu : is nc a. nome auenuvl
jm s a . a a r
ing to the business tor which he was elected, or is he
travelling round the S'ate, making speeches anl beg
inn? the ncoüle to re-elect him 1 We should lit-.-. o
know. If he had discharged his duty as an honest
and faithful public servant should do, we should sup
pose there would be no necessity for him to come
around again fawning upon and begging the people
for their votes."
We are very happy that we can fully gratify the
anxious solicitude of Mr. CSrubbs. Gov. Whitcomb
is faithfully and zealously attending personally to his
official duties, which at present detain him at the
camp near New Albany. Having there given his per- j
sonal attention to the wants and welfare of our pa
triotic volunteers, we have no doubt he will return to
the discharge of the ordinary Executive duties, in
which he has never been remiss. If he should, while
thus necessarily travelling, happen to be called upon
by any portion of the people, to make a "speech," we
have no doubt be will respond to the call as he should
do. Not for the purpose however, like a certain pre
decessor, of "begging" the people to re-elect him,
because, being "a politician by trade," he could get a
living in no other way, but simply to give the peo
ple a plain and honest account of his stewardship,
such as they have right to demand, and to show them
that he has endeavored to "discharge his duty as an
honest and faithful public servant should do." j
Among all the charges promulgated by his oppo
nents against Gov. Whitcomb, none were ever reckless
enough to charge him with the slightest neglect of his
public duties. These duties he never neglects nor de
fers. He is always at ihn post of duty, always at
work. And this is the simple reason why he accom
plishes so much more than that class of men who puff
and blow like a higb-pressurc steam engine, and yet
accomplish nothing in the end. The Newcastle Cou
rier will be taught, in August, tint the people know
how to appreciate these facts.
(r-The Freeman, abolition paper, defends the
recent article in the Universalist paper in condemna
tion of the Mexican war.' This is in character. The
fourteen members of Congress who voted against
sending relief to Taylor and his gallant little band,
while hemmed in by the Mexican army, were all
abolitionists. The Universalist anti-aggressive"
editor is welcome to tho fraternal hugs of the Free
man. The Licensk Question. Forty-five indictments
against as many venders of ardent spirits in Brook
lyn, N. Y., have been found by the grand jury of
King's count.'It is understood that the parties in
dicted, (with others probably,) have determined to re
sist the law, having created a joint fund to defray the
law expenses. Messrs. Whiting and Wood, uf New
York, have been engaged to defend them, and the de
cision will be regarded with great interest by the
whole community.
The Logansport Telegraph publishes the names of
the officers of the volunteer company from that coun
ty, and designates their politics. Wc can infurmthe
Telegraph that it is customary for whig to desire
office ; and lJ$ democrats showed themselves smart in
thus inducing those patriotic men to join them.
JULY 2, 1846.
Ilcpeal of the British Corn-Laws.
The repeal of the British Corn-Laws, rendered cer
tain by the news by the Great Western, published in
our last, is almost as much a matter of rejoicin" to
the people of the Western States as to the starving
-
U1C oiessiDg certain 10 grow out. oi a iree ana un
shackled intercourse. To the people of Indiana in
particular, this event is of especial interest. No '
State in the Union is more interested in the success '
of free trade, for by that alone can our people hope
for general prosperity.
But the repeal of the Corn laws is a matter for ex-
uitauon because it is a measure of political "pro
gress," as well as of commercial freedom. In this
aspect, it must afford great gratification to men of i
liberal sentiments every where. .The success of the
measure, after so short a struggle, though strenuous
ly and bitterly opposed by the aristocracy, is a guar
anty of further reform. The people of England seeing
that they have been strong euough to overthrow the
darling "protective" system of the Landed Nobility,
will be very apt to demand the abrogation of other
abuses, until they enjoy some share of the rights
which are naturally common to all mankind.
We subjoin some of the incidents of the passage of
the repeal bill through the Lords, which we gather
from the London correspondence of the N- Y. Com
mercial and Journal of Commerce.
The repeal bill was read a second time in the House
of Lords on the morning of Friday, May 29, at a
quarter before five o'clock. The debate was commenced
by Earl Grey, who argued that the effect of the Corn
law was to enhance the price of food and at the same
time to diminish the means of consumers at large to
purchase it. He also showed that, as a general rule,
when food was dear, wages were low, and rice versa.
Lord Ashburton opposed the bill, using, among other
arguments of no great force, the sjmcwhat strange
one that the effect would be injurious to the clergy by
reducing the value of their tithes. Other speakers
were the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Dalhousie and
the Duke of Wellington for the bill the Earl of Eg
lintoun. Lord Beaumont and the Duke of Beaufort
against. The speeches on the occasion were those of
Lords Stanley and Brougham. Although the protec
tionists cried "On, Stanley, on !" and Stanley thrust
manfully forward to the charge, he has been beaten
completely out of the field. Lord Brougham replied
to Stanleyin a masterly speech, less studded with ec
centricities than any oration recently delivered by the
erratic but able ex-Lord Chancellor. Brougham con
cluded his speech with the following well-deserved
panegyric on the premier.
"He (Sir Robert Teel) has cast away all selfish
private and personal considerations; he has disre
garded his own interests in every step and stage of
the progress of this bill. He has given up what to a
Minister is of all positions most to be envied calm.
unquestioned, undivided power and superiority ; he has
exposed himself to the most tempestuous and troubled
sea the political world ever exhibited ; he has given
up what to an ambitious man is much the security
of his power ; he has given up what to a calculating
man is much his influence and authority with his
party ; he has given up what to an amiable man is
much private friendships and party connexions. All
these he has sacrificed for what he deems a great pub
lic good. In these circumstances he can scorn the
sordid attacks and ribaldry with which he has been
assailed, because he knows that he has entitled himself
to the gratitude of his country, and left his name to
an admiring posterity as one of the greatest ministers
who ever ruled this country."
The Duke of Wellington in the course of a brief,
but most manly speech, made a touching allusion to
his advanced age, (seventy-seven,) and to the possi
bility of its being the last time that he should ever
venture to address any advice to the house again. He
felt, therefore, that it was requisite for him to give
ijiem sage and wholesome counsel, and though they
murmured and laughed at the same, that impressive
language can never be forgotten. The Duke said
"It was painful to him to have to force this mea
sure upon the consideration of the House in opposi
tion to the feelings of those with whom he had been
so long, and with such satisfaction to himself, united
in ties of friendship. The course he had taken, how
ever, he would bo ready to take again to-morrow, if
called upon by what he conceived to be his duty to the
Crown. His own conscience was satisfied, and he
could only regret it if others did net take the same
view he did of bis duty to his most gracious Sove
reign." He told them boldly that the Queen was in favor of
free trade, and that the people, uniting with her, ren
dered them nobodies. Listen to this mighty person
age, and let his words of fire be recorded :
"Separately from the Crown and the House of Com
mons, you can do nothing; and if you break your
connexion with the Commons and the Crown, you will
then put an end to the functions of the House of
Lords."
This is the language which ought to have been held
long since to their lordships, but the difficulty was to
get any one to tell them so. Even the Iron Duke was
greeted with murmurs and laughter, from the monop
olists. The vote of the Lords 211 to 164 is received
with despairing bitterness by the protectionist news
papers. For instance, the London Herald commences
a long diatribe as follows :
"The House of Lords has made a second great
plunge. It will have no need, and it will probably
have no opportunity, to make a third. The majority
would do well to "put their house in order" we
mean the House of Lords (for few of the majority re
joice in the possession of private mansions,) for the
end is not distant. The pauper peers by whose votes
the industrious classes of Englishmen arc to be ruin
ed have, it is true, little or nothing to lose, but they
have thrown away that little or nothing."
In the course of the same article the Herald says
'The American Senate has set to our House of
Lords a noble example of the way in which a House
of Lords in this country ought to act. Neither Pre
sident Polk, nor the whole rabble of loco focos, though
sanctioned in their violence by a vote of an over
whelming majority of the representative body, has
been able to shake the brave equanimity of these aris
tocracy of nature.
"Let us suppose that, for that respectable assembly
at present under the command of "F. M. the Duke
of 'Wellington" we had a body disciplined, if dis
ciplined at all, with less of military rigor a body
bona ßde representing the rank and property of the
country because elected, like the American Senate, by
the higher and middle classes. Would such a body
pass Sir Robert Peel's Corn bill 1 Assuredly it would
not.
There would not be as much change, however, in
the personnel of the House of Lords as many might
suppose, if the American system were adopted.
There is scarcely one peer of the country party who
would not be unanimously elected by his neighbors as
their Senator. The public, however, will have time
to think upon the matter and the public will think
upon k. The regiment of the illustrious field marshal
have forced on the question of a reform of the House
of Lords."
Wv-JU
Volume Vln:::::::Xniuber 2.
I'ny of Volunteers
The Journal of the 21th publishes a communication
signed "A brother of one of the Volunteers," assail
ing Judge Wick for his course, in Congress, on Stew- 1
art's proposition in relation to the pay of Volunteers.
The writer professes to be "an older supporter of
democratic principles than Judge Wick himself." j
There is about as much truth in the one case as the ,
other. He may have once been a democrat, or sim- j
ply an original Jackson man ; but he early turned i
traitor to Old Hickory and his principles, and is now '
and has long been a Whig. If he is reaZy "a bro-
ther of one of the Volunteers," as he pretends, he is ;
an illegitimate and not a legitimate one. These fdse
pretences, os well as several others, show plainly
enough the dishonesty of the writer If he should
show himself in his true character, it would be that
of a consummate hypocrite and demagogue, who has
a longing eye on a seat in Congress, and hopes to ob
tain the object of his wishes not by his own merits,
but by the practices of deceit and traduction, in which
we admit he is tolerably well proficient It is not
our design to notice particularly the several false
statements made by the would-be congressman. We
can afford to pass over these and many similar false
hoods with which the Indiana Journal is at present
teeming. The people of this district very well un
derstand the purpose of their authors, and are not to
be misled by them. If they have not7u information
upon this subject, Judge Wick will no doubt take pains
to give it to them on his return home. In the mean
time, we think it only necessary to say that we have
no doubt that Judge Wick will vote in favor of any
feasible and just proposition to increase the pay of the
rank and file of the several branches of the army,
volunteers and regulars, to a liberal extent. He will
do tiiis too, on the ground of justice and right, and
not for the purposes of demagoguism, or in order to
pile up as large a national debt as possible, for which
hereafter to reproach the Democratic party, as the
Whigs have done in all our former wars, and are al
ready beginning to don this. We have already pub
lished one letter from Judge Wick explanatory of this
matter, which was written to one of our citizens.
We subjoin another, written directly to ourselves,
which is enough to upset entirely the flimsy fabric of
the Journal writer.
Ui.LL .pT Representatives, June 19, 1340.
The reasons why I voted against leave to bring in
the bill were in brief, these :
1st. The House had already passed a bill contain
ing a provision raising the wages of the volunteers, and
the Senate had refused to accede to the proposition. I
had no right to suppose the Senate would change its
opinion : and therefore no good could result from the
House receiving and acting on the bill, except a use
less waste of the time of this House, of which I sup
pose the people think we waste enough already. I
therefore felt it to be my duty lo render my aid in ty
.a a s at ty . . . t 1ITI
mg the horse ot Mr. oiewari to a state. v nen a
legislator introduces or offers to introduce a measure
which every body understands cannot pass, I call it a
horse, with a prefix hobby.
2nd. Mr. Stewart's bill did not raise the pay of the
soldiers of the regular army. At this session we
have passed a law to fill up, by enlistment, the com
panics of the artillery, cavalry and infantry of the regu
lar army. These companies at present are but about
half full. This is bad economy, as each company has
necessarily, its full complement of officers, who must
be paid and cannot be dispensed with. It makes the
companies inefficient for actual service in the ficlJ,
though it did well enough for peace service. To fill
up these companies we must enlist 80C0 men or more.
We cannot enlist a man for 7 per month when he
can get $10 as a volunteer. Therefore, if we were
to raise the pay of the volunteers and not of the regu
lar soldiers, we should fail in the above desirable and
absolutely necessary object If a bill raising the pay
of all should come before the House, as I see from the
newspapers, and from some of the letters which I re
ceive, that at least some of my constituents are will
ing to be taxed to pay further wages to the soldiers.,
who fight their battles, I may probably vote for it. I'
will see.
3d. I could see no necessity for raising the wages
of volunteers till they should become scarce. One
does not do so in ordinary transactions. A farmer,
about to gather his harvest, docs not offer a dollar a
day for hands when ten times the number that he
wants offer themselves at seventy-five cents. At the
time Mr. Stewart offered to introduce his bill, the
news here was, that where one company was wanted
ten companies were offering themselves, and the news
was very true. It occurred to mc, therefore, that
were I to vote for raising wages, the farmers who
principally compose my constituency, would be very
apt to think me more inclined to open Uncle Sam's
purse, than I promised to be last summer. And not
withstanding the letters which I receive, describing
some tall indignation in certain quarters, and notwith
standing some hasty editorial ebullitions from quar
ters to whom lam not responsible, I am yet in some
doubt on the subject. Good feeling may perhaps lead
the tax-payers whom I represent to justify mc in
raising the soldiers pay, without any necessity i
merely as a gratuity a patriotic expression. And I
am 6ure if. they desire to be taxed for such a purpose, j
it is very honorable to them, and I certainly "Aire(
no personal ofyection, but on the contrary, would be
glad to see it."
4th. I did believe that the volunteers turned out pa
triotically from love to the cause, and without think
ing much about the pay they were to receive. I did
not think that they were a set of bravoes, desirous of
cutting throats in Mexico at so much per month. And
1 yet am of opinion that they never criticised my vote,
until they were put in mind to do so by some dema
gogue who is exactly of the characteristic calibre to
get up and ride upon passing popular impulses and
passions. I yet do not believe that the boys wished
to hire out as volunteers, with an eye to the fitthy
lucre of the matter. I yet believe that thay are wor
thy sons of the men of the days of Washington, who,
in the days of bis administration, volunteered and
enlisted in the armies of their country, freely, at the
time when the pay was $3 per month, one dollar of
which was deducted for necessaries.
W. W. WICK.
In another letter, dated the 19th, Judge Wick al
ludes to the bill for raising the pay of volunteers, in
troduced into the Senate by Mr. Bright If this be
rejected, he says Mr. B. will bring in a bill granting
land to the volunteers. If either gets to the House,
Judge Wick says he shall vote for it, and if cither
can be got through the Senate, it will be pretty sure
to pass the House.
(r7"-As a matter of mere justice to Judge Wick, we
hope that those papers which have published the
charges against him, will copy the above cxplauation.
Gen. 'Taylor has been nominated for the Tresidenry
by a few office-seekers at Trenton, N. J. An amal
gamation meeting had been called for the same pur
poso in New York by the Nativists and Whigs. Tay
lor will hardly thank these particular friends for their
ofliciousness. The N. Y. Globe thinks he has too
much sense to take a 'hasty plate of soup' for him
self; but his friends, in their anxiety to force it on
him, may yet spill the soup on the general's breeches.
West Toint Cadets. Of those who have gradu
ated at the West Point Academy, twenty-fivo have
been killed in battle ; one hundred and eighty have
died while in service from wounds received, or dis
eases contracted ; five hundred and seventy-three are
now in the service, and four hundred and twenty
three have resigued.
FROM TUE ARJ1Y
The steamship Galveston arrived below N. Orleans
on the 12th inst. Riß left Brazos Santiago on the
8lh and Galveston on the l()th. The army was about
moving up the river to take tho small towns on its
right bank
Major Bell, Lieut Hooe, and a number of officers
and men wounded in the late actions were passengers
in the Galvccton.
The steamers New York and James L. Day arrived
at Point Isabel on the 7th inst. The latter has been
retained to convey the troops from Point hale I to La
Buritan, on the Rio Grande.
Commander Randolph, of the navy, was in Galves
ton for the purpose of examining the condition of the
Texiin naval vessels, consisting of the sloop-of-wtr
Austin, 20 guns, brigs Archer and Wharton, 19 gui;g
each, and schooner San Bernard, 7 puns.
The news of the brevet rank of Major General
being conferred on General Taylor, meets with uni
venal satisfaction from the officers of the whole army.
The intelligence that Gens. Scott and Wool were
ordered to Mexico, was not received with the same
favor.
Lt Col. Wilson, with five companies of the 1st In
fantry, Capt. Desha's Mobile volunteers, and Captain
Prirc's Texas Rangrs, accompanied by Capts. Ojrdfi
and Flint, volunteer aids to Gen. Smith, took up their
line of march for Reinoso, about GO miles from Mata
moras. Gen. Canales, with his 1,800 cavalry, has
fallen back, and is entrenched at Reinoso. A bruEh
may therefore be looked for between Lira and the
command of Lt. Col. Wilson. 4 -
Sickness prevails to some extent throughout the
volunteers, confined, however, to bowel complaints
chiefly ; but no sign of fever. The water and greea
corn are the principle causes.
Letters sent from the States for volunteers, should
be addressed to the regiment to which they belong,
adding the Colonel's name. If this were done, much
disappointment would be prevented.
It is said Arista has accumulated near 10,000
troops at Monterey.
IVobly Done!
The citizens of Clay county held a public meeting
at Bowling Green on the 13Üi inst, and adopted the
following noble resolutions, which we have no doubt
will be carried Juto full effect
Whereas a number of those who have volunteered
their services in defence of our country's rights,
will leave behind them families who may be in
want of provisions, fuel, Sic.t in consequence of
the absence of said volunteers : Therefore,
Resitted, That the committee appoint one or more
persons in each township, whose duty it shall be to
visit the families of the volunteers therein, and pro
vide tor their wants, and that he report his proceed-,
ings to the President, at each stated meeting, at
Bowling Green. 1
Resolved, That the committee will provide for all
of the necessary wants of all of the families' left by
the volunteers from Clay county.
Kesolred, 1 hat in ca6e any of said volunteers should
not return, we will provide for the widow during her
... . .... .
wiaownooo, or until povernmenl shall provide, aad
for the education of the children of said volunteer,
who may hot return.
Resolvedf That for the sure performance of the
above resolutions we pledge our words and honors.
Oliver Cromwell, President ; C. C. Modesitt, Sec
relary; John Williams, Treasurer ; Thomas Harvy,
Daniel Zenor, John T. Turner, David Tarker, William
C. Morgan, John Dunham, T. Chance, Montgomery
Ilobbs, and Amos W. Hedge, members of the com
mittee. 07" The "Reveille," a federal paper published in
Cambridge, on the 17th inst, speaking of Mexican
war, said
"The war (crusade rather) we deeply t-egret, as un
worthy the, American nation. Many lives are to b
sacrificed, and many millions of dollars are to be
squandered for what ! Why that Jas. K. Polk and
im adherents may make political capital; and he
seems determined to make it in all sorts of ways. He
has authorized two Romish priests to proceed to tho
seat of war, whose object is, doubtless, to draw off
the Papists from fighting against their brethren of the
church and here, in our town, within a few days
past, a priest was heard addressing some foreigners
on the subject, and representing the impropriety of
Roman Catholics joining the standard of the United
States against their Catholic brethren of Mexico."
The treason of the first portion cf this extract, is
only equalled by the falsehood with which it concludes.
Let the people remember these things, for it will not
be long ere their uttcrers will wish them to be forgot
ten. Opinio or x Niggerite ! Giddings, the great
"spouter," in his anti-war speeeh, held the following
language :
"This is the war of the Executive of the United
States, independent even of our hair-brained Congress,
against every principle of right. All the responsi
bility rests on the President and his abettors, as to
him and them, the loss of every man slain whether
American or Mexican, is murder, and the burning of
Matamoras is arson.
SrECt'LATION. A Louisiana volunteer, writing
from the Rio Grande to the New Orleans Delta, says :
Our fine glossy caps which were made of leather,
would only assist the suun baking what little brains
a volunteer has left, proved to be made of glazed
cloth, of the thinnest texture, rotted in manufacture.
And this is but a specimen which I have selected of
many other things that could be mentioned, in which
it appears the design of those who furnish the gov
ernment, is to give tire poorest possible article for tL
most exorbitant price.
Just so everywhere. All contractors think it right
to cheat when government is paymaster.
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Melan'choltv A correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser, writing from Shelby rille Ky.
June 8th snys
"A man went through here this morning, post
haste, from one of the upper counties, in pursuit of
an officer of one of the companies, whose wife lias
died since his departure, lt seemed that she wished
him not to go, but he was determined, and thinking
it best, went without bidding her farewell. When
tidings came that he had actually gone, she dropped
dead on the spot.
O-Messr. Green &. Gordon are now publishing
a daily paper at New Albany, entitled the "Daily
Bulletin." The title of the weekly Gazette is also
changed to "Bulletin." We hope the enterprise or
the gentlemen will be appreciated ; but we could mora
heartily wish them success, did they not seem to labor
so hard to misrepresent Democratic men and mea
sures. Maixe Volvxteers. In the Legislature a com
mittee of the Senate has been instructed to enquire
into the expediency of providing that each volunteer
from that State for the Mexican war, who shall serve
during the war, shall be entitled to receive 100 acres
of land to be located in any township belonging to the
State, not otherwise appropriated. Let us see if
something of the kind can't be done in Indiana next
winter.
07-A letter, dated at Halifax, Nora Scotia, June
th, says: "I learn from good authority that the fri
gate Endymion 44, sloops of war Alarm and Hya
cinth, and steamer Hermes, and others of the North
American squadron, are ordered to the coast of Mex
ico. It is also reported that the Vindictive will tail
immediately for the same destination."
In the Senate on the lGth inst. upon the 7tL bal
loting, Mr. McDuffie was elected Chairman of the
Committee of Foreign Relations. On the 3d ballot
isg Mr. Webster having received 20 votes, withdrew
his namV. , j
Why is Gen. Scott like a cross-eyed woman!
He sees danger in two directions at the same time.
Why is" Gen. Scott unlike a sheep J f
He can tee danger behind him. Wktw I