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I.VDIAXArOLIS, A IM! 1 1. 15, 1848.
More Treachery !
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nutiier trviaence ei uie worunessnes oi uje inüi-
ana Journal' professions, is to be found in the fact
that it has throicn General Taylor overboard, as a po
litical Jonah! Our whig readers will hardly be
able to believe this, after all that the Journal has said
in his favor for a year past, but they will find the proof!
in the Journal of the 14th inst. Not only is Taylor
tKitfl a fl m rn A Wl 1 I ! r- n n .1 ..I t A A. 1 1.. .1 '
thus summarily disposed of, but the go by is also
given to Sir. Clat, whose claims and chances for tho
whig nomination, are not deemed worthy of a single
word ! Such vacillation and weakness, as well as
such treachery, as this, ahows as plainly as the most
open confession could do, how desperate the Journal
considers the chances of whiggery at this time. The
Journal now expresses itself in favor of the nomina
tion of Judge McLean, on the ground that he is a
better whig than Sir. Taylor! Who would have
thought that the Journal could have been brought to
confess that a regard to Whig principles" now for
bids the nomination of Taylor? How many times
within a year past has it been offended at us, for say
. ing that Taylor's politics were undefined 1 But a
week or two ago, even, the Journal could not bear to
hear the conduct or principles of its favorite ques
tioned in any particular. It seemed to consider him
immaculate and without guile. Of all others, Le was
the man for the whigs, not only because he was him
self a whig, Lut, singularly enough, also because he
was an honest man, and had the boldness to tell the
truth about the Indiana Volunteers ! Hut what will
the General say when he hears about the sudden retreat
of the Indiana Journal ! Will he think the "fugitivo"
a knave and coward ; or will he still have a little
" generous confidence " in it ? In our opinion, he will
swear that it is a cursed Mexican guerillero, and will
immediately swallow an ounce of mustard, and burn
Defrets's letter !
Dick Thompson.
The people of the 7th district must be somewhat
surprised at the extraordinary versatility of talent
which has been displayed by their Representative dur
ing the present session of Congress. He has been
drawing bis eight dollars a day and making stump
f pecches in Connecticut. He was conspicuous dur
ing the winter for bis b'ttcr whig epeeches ; his
speeches in churches, at Bible societies, Tract, Mis
sionary, and other religious societies; he was mana
ger of a grand ball ; and the last we hear of him is
in the character of a committee man to solicit patron
age to a "complimentary benefit" for an actress
named Julia Dean!
As evidence of Dick's partizan efforts upon the
stump, take the following from the N. Y. Iribune,
cf March 25th.
Connect lent! Alllmntl!
Hon. THOMAS CORWIN of Ohio will address the
Freemen of Connecticut ou the political questions of the
day i
At Middletown, to-day, Saturday, 25th instant.
At Meriden, Monday, 27th.
At Hartford, Tuesday,28th.
At Norwich, Wednesday, 29th.
In Windham Co., Thursday, 30th.
Hon. R. W. THOMPSON, of Indiana, will also
speak
At Middletown, to-day, 25th instant.
At Derby, Monday, 27th.
At Hartford, Tuesday, 23th.
At Cheshire, Wednesday, 29th.
At New Milford, Thursday, 30th.
At Danbury, Friday, 31st.
He who lets a cloudy day, or even a rainy one, pre
vent his hearing such speakers, will regret it as long as
he lives.
Dick is here placed as second only to Tom Corwin
of Ohio, who is cracked up to be such a terrible great
man !
But Dick is greater than Corwin as a committee-man
for Miss Julia Dean the actress. Are Dick's family
at Washington 1 We don't know.
We copy the fallowing from the New York Dis
patch, from a long account of the affair. Several
whig dignitaries are alluded to, but we can't spare
room for the whola account :
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Exclusively for the Disputch.
A full and graphic account of the
jvl. i a ii:a. ui:i;riT
AT THZ
Adclphi Theatre,
Waskington, D. C.
Together with Biographical Notices of the
COMMITTEE OF DO.YORS,
And a description of the
SC IH Eg DCRIKG THE PERFORMANCE.
The whole transmitted from Washington to this
Office, over the Telegraph Line, in the short
time of one hour twenty-seven minutes
and sixteen seconds, and immedi
ately put in type by our unri
valled corps of composi
tors. The two days preceding the Affair.
On Tuesday morning the following card appeared in
the Intelligencer of this city :
Complimentary Benefit to Miss Julia
Ilea n.
The committee appointed to tender to Miss Dean a
complimentary benefit would inform the public that the
evening aliened is Wednesday, the 15th instant, and the
riece tlie HUNCHBACK, in which the character of Ju
ia will be sustained bv Miss DEAN; Ellen, Mrs.
NICHOLS ; and Master Walter, Mr. DEAN.
The committee have, in consequence of the limited ca
pacity of the house, been compelled to limit the number
of tickets, and fix the price to all parts thereof at one dol
lar ; and they would suggest to those desiring to partici
pate the propriety of securing seats and tickets, which
can be done on application at the fancy store oi Mr. Bas
lianelli, near the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and
4 street.
Here follows a list of names, thirty in number, of eve
ry profession extant, and of every non-profession
known.
The public were taken by storm. The community
had seen the performance of Miss Dean, arid were de
lighted ; but in that delight the low-born mechanic, even
the wotkmen from the nvy yard, had participated. But
here, upon this occasion, the prices were to be raised to
the maximum rate. Comic singing was to be excluded,
and even those pests of theatres, the press free-list, pea
nut eater, were not to be admitted. That, under these
circumstance, there would be a rush to secure seats, was
not to be astonishing, and the upper ten those who
scorned to sit Mithin the same walls with the vulgar
lierd, came down in scores to secure front seats upon the
occasion of the first aristocratic triumph in Washington.
But alas! it was short-lived. The committee were but
the wires in the bands of the son of the renowned Peter
the Great, Perrin the Exquisite, and some others of the
am genius. These, through the instrumentality of
chief clerks, &c., had succeeded in taking the whole the
atre Pit, Gallery, aod Cox, to the exclusion of all oth
ers, and all the seats had been given out to that polite,
refined, and particularly sweet-scented portion of the
rommnnif an an Iv described bv our worthv fellow-
townsman, Wm. Archie, Esq., as 'tho Cod-Fish Aris
tocracy.
The correspondent of the Dispatch proceeds to give
sketches of several of the committee men at the head
cf this "fashionable affair," but it is worth our while to
copy only that relating to "our Dick," in which he is
spoken of as "the Reverend gentleman of
A friend at Washington assures us that this sketch
was intended for Dick's benefit, and wc have no
doubt of tho fact :
The names of ten members of Congress appear, but
they were only placed there to give the thing a charac
ter, and f them I will only allude to one at present. I
mean a Itev. gentleman from This gentleman
is one peculiarly eloquent. He is always ready to
speak, and upon any subject. He is a pretty fair proto
type of ElJr Adams. He has figured conspicuously in
Congress as a denouncer of the President, of the war, and
of almoüt every thing, except Women, Theatricals, and
the Bible. He has preached in several churches hereon
the S ibbath, and has been received cordially into all the
long faced rehgioas circles. His name has become asso
ciated with öalbat.i tichools, Bible Committees, the
Mexican war, the conversion of the Fupi Islands, the
JMtentots, and the Pope; and last, but not least, his
name now heads a committee to give a p iLIic demonstra
tion of compliment to an Actress. The Itev. gentleman,
whensoever he could get rff from his more spiritual Ju
lie, has been an altenJantand a worshipper at the shrine
e.f Thesfi, and has heen warmed into enlhni:im by ihs
spirit and grace of the fair Priestess, Julia. The (aiiliful
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have regarded this with sorrow, and they have prayed
that his eyes might be opened to his wanderings; but it
would appear that their prayers have availed not. When
his name thus appeared, the guardians of the church re
solved to snatch the fallen brand, ere its bUze would be
extinguished by the unholy atmosphere of the Devil's an
techamber the theatre ; and for that purpose had a deep
set scheme to head the Devil in his race with the Hoti.
Divine. They sent a special messenger to Baltimore
where was about to commence "The Prtachers'Aid Soci
ety." This special messenger laid the case before the
Fathers there, and the result was, that the Hon. and
Rev. gentleman was summoned to preach belore them cn
the very night that the gay deceiver, (Miss Duan,) was
to be complimented with a benefit. This summons could
not be disregarded, and he was forced to promise his at
tendance. Satan, however, wrs not to be thus caught
napping, and in an unguarded moment, he drew from its
sacreiffue, tbe watch of the reverend man, and reversed
the hand so'ie fifteen minutes. This high-handed out
rage is charged to Satan, for the Rev. gentleman protests
that no one else had access to bis time-piece.
Of course, Dick was "too late for the cars."
Itlr. I In ii ii elan's Speech.
We invite the attention of our readers to the fol
lowing report of that gentleman's speech at the great
meeting at Odd Fellow's Hall, on the 23th ultimo, in
regard to the revolution in France. Mr. II. has few
equals in the Senate in point of true eloquence; but
to appreciate it properly, he must be heard. The
flashing eye, the musical tone, and the graceful man
ner, so peculiar to himself, constitute him one of the
most eloquent men of the age. A career so honora
bly commenced bids fair to win for him a laurel more
enduring than time. Pennsyhanian.
Mr. llannegan was loudly called for, and, on mak
ing his appearance, wa? hailed with tremendous ap
plause.' He said: Fellow citizen, over and over
again it has rang in my ears to-day, " Be not too
hasty go not to the meeting to-night hold back
let us sec the end we are yet but in the beginning !"
But I could not hearken to theBe warnings. If my
life had depended upon it, I could not have held back
to-night! Great cheering. In vain would I have
struggled, had I been disposed to struggle, against
the irresistible impulse to come hither and exclaim
with you, "All hail, republican France!" Great ap
plause. Startling, indeed, is the news which has
burst upon us within the last ten days, like a clap of
thunder in the cloudlets sky ! France has arisen !
She has burst her bond ! She has proclaimed herself
a republic, and for her model she has taken the linked
States of America ! Renewed applause. Yes, France
has selected as her model the land ot Washington
and Lafayette. We now see how dearly cherished in
the great heart of France has been the memory of the
fact that French blood was poured out like water on
the plains of Brandywine and Monmouth, and in the
crossing of the Delaware to the glorious field of
Trenton. Regenerated France has issued her procla
mation to the nations of the world, that she will no
longer bend beneath the 6ceptre of a monarch ; and
enlightened France endorses it ! 'Tis no erneute no
sudden outbreak. Tis the result of long study of the
great principles or liberty. It is the result of delibe
rate calculation. The seeds were sown in blood in
1791, and 1792, and 1793, and spite of the blasts of
many a " raw and gusty day," they have germinated
and flourished, till they now wave in a golden harvest
over the tombs of the Girondists, never, no! never
again to perish beneath the scythe of tyranny ! Tre
mendous applause. Will we act, then 1 "Beware,"
you may encourage bloodshed ! I encourage blood
shed ! God forbid ! But if blood must flow, rather
let it How in the cause of freedom than at the tyrant's
bidding! Long continued cheering. For how many
long ages has human blood flowed beneath the tyran
nical throne of France 1 How many groans and sighs
arc treasured up against that ancient despotism? If,
then, blood must flow, let it flow over rather than un
der the throne rather let it trickle from the tyrant's
throne than from the neck of oppressed humanity !
Cheers. What is the news! What do the mails
bring us ! What is the intelligence conveyed by this
steamship, for whose coming so many eyes have
looked with anxious solicitude? Does it confirm the
anticipations of those who feared and doubted ? and
perhaps there may have been some whose ' wish was
father to the thought." Is there a regency ? Is the
Count of far is to be the successor to his grandfather's
throne? No! Louis Fhillippe and his sons, and his
grandsons, and Guizot, the aider and abetter of his
tyrannical projects, have found an exile's refuge on the
shores of England! Great applause. And who are
placed in power J Ihe champions of the people the
descendant of the patriots of the revolution ; and
amongst them there is one whose name reminds tne
of that illustrious woman (Madame Roland) who
summoned around her and held by her energetic coun
sels the Girondists of old revolutionary France. I had
almost thought that Rollin was her 6on. It is no
mean euh'gium that he is worthy to be called her son.
Cheers. A lh"cdles8 revolution, too, and effected
by the descendants of the men who went to the guil
lotine together, chanting the Marseillaise hymn of
liberty! And who are the leaders in this glorious
movement? They are Lamartine, and Arago, and
Rollin, and others, whose genius, intelligence, patri
otism and public virtue had already gained a world
wide renown. 1 hey have established a provisional
government, and called for an assembly to be elected.
not out ot the two hundred thousand voters to which
the representatives of France has heretofore been
limited, but to be elected by the French people. Tre
mendous applause. For the first time in her history
the people of France are to be represented by a na
tional assembly, to consist of nine hundred members.
Great applause. Will they fail 1 Rather ask, will
the sun go back 1 Great applause. And it stops
not there ! At the first tap of the drum in France, the
echo comes from Germany. From the walls of Mu
nich, we are told, now waves the banner of constitu
tional freedom. Ureat applause. And Italy old
Italy, to which my friend behind ine has eloquently
alluded Italy has been aroused Italy, loo, will be
free! Loud cheering. Already on the coast of that
classic land, in the city of Messina, the people have
carried the citadel of the power of o tyrant who had
been wantonly dipping his ringers iu their blood. Pius
the Ninth the great reformer of modern Italy has
espoused the cause of Freedom. Thirty thousand
Austrian bayonets nave been -ordered into Italy to
strangle tlie infant in its cradle. I tell youthat that
infant is Hercules, and the thirty thousand mercena
ries of the tyrant will prrisli in its grasp. Tremen
dous applaud. Yes, once more in the land conse
crated by the tombs cf Lucius Junius Brutus, of Cor
nelia, of the Gracchi, of Cicero, once more shall
freedom stalk abroad! Cheers. But it ends not
there. Go further. It is electric. The sacred flame
is bursting forth all over Europe. The muttering of
the thunder ore heard in Glasgow in Edinburgh in
London itself. Great cheering We have not yet
heard from Ireland; but soon glad tidings from. Ire
land will burst upvn our delighted ear. Tremendous
Applause. England will not much longer be able to
deny the boon of liberty to the oppressed Green Isle
of the ocean ; and Ireland will soon unite her voice
with emancipated France. Great applause. I trust
in God that before the sun shall again have reached
this point in his yearly revolution, he will, as he
brightens with Iiis radiance the rich verdure of her
soil, look down upon a still more glorious spectacle
her own green Aug floating free on every hill and
rampart. Thundering applause. I wish no misery
to my race. I desire no unhappines9 to any portion
of mankind. I tiuat that if Europe, as I believe she
is, be on the verge of a general revolution, the will
imitate the example of France, and that no head may
be brought to the block, be it that of potentate or pea
sant. I trust that the tyrants maybe allowed, like
the Prince do Joinville, a free passage! Laughter
and applause. But at whatever cost at whatever
hazard at whatever sacrifice, I say, down with the
tyrants ! Lot the feet of freemen be seen everywhere
upon tlie shattered fragments of despotic thrones;
whilst in all land is heard the liiumphant excla na
tion which is emblazoned on the arms of old Virginia,
sic semper lyrannu! Here the honorable senator
resumed his seat, amid loud and long continued cheering.
INDIANAPOLIS,
Whigs no sponger.
" The Spirit of Republicanism is not only progressing
all over Europe, it is even going ahead here! From
all quarters of this State, we hear of many and strong
accessions to the Democratic side from the ranks of
whiggery. Honest, patriotic men. of republican feel-
' ir.gs, can no longer tolerate or sanction the unpatriotic
; and anti-republican course of the whig leaders, aud
thus suffer themselves to be outstripped in the race of i
j freedom by the oppressed people of France, Germany
and England. Therefore do they renounce the errors
of whiggery, and come over to the help of those who
are rolling on the ball of Liberty, and striving for the
great prize at stake, the emancipation of all men
from civil aud social thraldom. Let us make room
for them all, and welcome every one who confesses
his faith in the great principle of man's capability for
self-gavernment and the enjoyment of freedom
Among the litest of the permanent accessions re
cently made to Democracy, witness the following,
which we derive from the proceedings' of the Demo
cratic Convention of Johnson county, as published in
the " Franklin Examiner."
M On the opening of the convention the president
announced that at the township convention on the
Monday preceding, an opportunity had been given to
any whig who had seen the error of his ways, and
had become disgusted with the conduct anj policy of
his party, ai d was desirous for the remainder of his
days to sustain the party which had always sustained
the country; and that cue gentleman had come for
ward and made confession of his political offences
and the sins of Iiis party, and been taken into fellow
ship by th Democracy of the county. That gentle
man was Gilderoy Hicks, Esq.
"Mr. Hicks being called upon, addressed the con
vention, giving the reasons which had led to the
chang' of his party connexions. At the close of his
remarks, he called upon Jonathan Williams, jun'r, to
define his position. Mr. Williams rose and stated
that he had always acted with the whig party; but
that for some time past, he had become sick and tired
of their course, and he now renounced the whig party,
and was determined hereafter to act with the Demo
cratic party."
Gen. Lane. This officer, who by his soldierly
qualities, and manly bearing, indomitable courage
and energy, and gentlemanly deportment, has endear
ed himself to the whole army, from the highest to the
lowest, has arrived at home. Although we shall be
clad to take him by the hand and congratulate him
on the success of his military operations which have
repeatedly called forth the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief,
we regret that he is called from duty
to attend to his personal affairs, which have suffered
greatly in his absence. His plantation in this neigh
borhood has suffered much from high water, and the
great flood a short lime ago, we learn, swept off near
ly all hisstock.
Before leaving the Army, Gen. Lane addressed the
following to the troops who were with him on his last
expedition : Kvansville Journal.
Headquarters 1st Brigade, 2nd Division Vols.,
City of Mexico, March 5, 1817.
Orders.
The general commanding this brigade, has had the
good fortune to command Col. Hays' Texan Rangers,
and Maj. Polk's cavalry battalion, in several expedi
tions, and he cannot suffer himself to be unmindful at
his departure, of their eminent services under him.
So far as it may be proper for him to express, he
assures them all that no troops ever behaved better in
battle or upon the march, than they have behaved.
He is proud to have commanded them, and to have
shared their entire success and honor.' For their cour
age, obedience and promptness, he tenders them his
sincere thanks.
The geueral can never forget the strong personal
attachment evinced towards him by the officers and
men upon all occasions. He parts from them with
deep regret compelled to absent himself for a time,
by the condition of his private affairs. That they
may long wpar their laurels, enjoy distinguished pros
perity, and finally return in peace and honor to their
homes their families and friends, is las ardent and
parting wish.
Bv orJer of Brig. Gen. Lane.
G. E. I'UGH, Capt. 4ih O. V.,' Aid-de-Camp.
Louis Fhillippe's Family. Louis fhillippe, was
married to the Princess Amelia, second daughter of
the late King of Sicily, in 1809. By this lady, late
Queen of the French, he has eight children, of whom
six still survive:
1. Louisa, Queen of Belgium, (wife of Leopold,)
born 181Ü.
2. Louis, Duke of Nemours, born 1814; married
Victoria Augusta, of Coburg, cousin of Prince Albert.
3. Marie Clementina, born l3l unmarried.
4. Francis, Prince de Joinville, born 1618; Admi
ral of the French Navy, married Francisca, a sister
of the Emperor of Brazil, and of the Queen of
Portugal.
5. Henry, Duke d'Aumale, born 1822; married to
Carolina, cousin of the king of the Two Sicilies.
6. Anthony, Duke of Montpensier, born 1824; mar
ried to the sißter of the Queen of Spain.
The oldest son of Loui Phillippe was Ferdinand,
Duke of Orleans, born 1310; killed by jumping from
his carriage, July 1842. lie married, in 1837, Hele
na, daughter of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Schwerin by whom he had two children, viz:
Louis rhillippe. (Count of Paris,) born 1338, and
now ten years of age, and Robert 1'hillippe, Duke of
Chartres, born in 18 10.
A letter in the New Orleans Picayune, dated Tla-
colalpam, March 3, says:
" Com. Perry has commenced to lay contributions
on the towns of this rivi-r, viz: On Alvarado $200,
Casamaloapam $300, and this place 400 per month.
The steamers Spitfire and Vixen, together with the
gunboat Reefer, are here at present all well. The
Vixen came up for repairs, her Kingston valve being so
shattered as to admit a great deal of water, as is the
case with the Spitfire. The Vixen is now repoired,
and the work upon the Spitfire will commence to
morrow ; so that both vessels will soon be ready for
active ßervice."
"The Pen." The revolution in Franco, achieved
by men who have used the pen and argument as their
weapons instead of the sword, has recalled the fine
passage which Bclwer puts into tlie mouth of Rich
elieu, the sagacious Cardinal of France:
Beneath the rule of men
Entirely great, the Pen is mightier than the sword.
Heliold iha arch enchanter's wand ! I ti F nothing!
But catching sorcery from the master ba.
To paralyze the Cresars, and to strike
The loud earth breathleaa !
Take away the sword
Slates can be saved without it!" "
The Diamond Cement advertised in this day's pa
per is one of the most useful articles wo have seen
in a long time. The public should examine it. We
are especially anxious that tho ladies should do so,
satisfied that many a dimo can be saved by its use.
The agent remains but a few days in town.
fj7 Do not fail to rend the proceedings of the Ger
man meeting, especially the eloquent resolutions,
which will be found in another column.
The literary societies of Dartmouth College, have
prepared for the Hon. Lewis Cass, as a present, a
splendid cane.
The Boston Chronotypi says that Webster is an
" English noblemnn, born in thn country, by mistake."
A Victory. The democrats have just carried Ilar
risburg, Pa., which was whig last year.
Louis Philiii-pe owns 10,000.000 dollars worth of
property in fiew York so the papers say.
APRIL 20, 1848.
German Meeting-.
At a numerous meeting of the German inhabitants
of Indianapolis, held at the Court House on Wednes
day last the 12th inst., for the purpose of publicly ex
pressing their sentiments in relation to the momen
tuous events now transpiring in Europe, Mr. Butsch,
sen. was called to the chair, Messrs. Julius Nicolai
and Staslting were appointed vice presidents, and Mr.
Brandt secretary. The meeting being organized the
following preamble and resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted.
Wherea, The late arrivals from Europe have
brought us the joyful news of the rising of a portion
of the German people against their oppressors, and
also excited in us strong hopes, that the rest of Ger
many will soon follow the example thus given.
Whereas, We believe that the German nations,
vhen once aroused to a consciousness of their rights
and liberties, of which they have been wickedly
robbed by their princes, nobles and priests, are better
calculated than any other people on the European con
tinent to establish a republican government and to
maintain it; a republican government founded on
the true and permanent principle of pure democracy,
accordiug to which all human beings are endowed
with liberty and equal rights. .
Whereas, We join with heartfelt joy in the uni
versal sympathy expressed not only by the Germans
of this country but also by our Enjlish speaking fel
low citizens at the gratifying, heart-cheering intelli
gence received from Europe, we at the same time ex
pect from the people of Germany, that they will not
suffer themselves again to be deceived by the fair
promises coming from their oppressors, but that they
will firmly and steadfastly adhere to the principle of
the sovereignty of the people, and will not relax until
thoy have obtained a form of government securing to
every German, 21 years of age, by means of the
right of voting, his share in the exercise of the sov
ereign will.
AndwHiREAs, We believe it to be absolutely ne
cessary, in order to liberate Germany and to secure to
the German people a government based on republican
principles, that all her king3 and princes whith their
whole retinue be made harmless ; that is, that they
individually and collectively be requested to abdicate,
and they, in case of refusal, be considered enemies of
the people, and either be chased out of the country or
placed upon the scaffold, therefore
Resolved, That from the fullness of our hearts we
offer our congratulations to the people of Germany
and call upon them to persevere in their efforts for the
liberty and independence of their country.
Resohed, That we anxiously desire to see the in
estimable blessings of civil and religious liberty es
tablished in Germany without the shedding of blood,
but at the same time we cannot refrain from solemnly
aamonisning our uertnnn brethren to be vigilant,
and not to trust to their princes, believing, as we do,
that those heartless despots can never be induced vol
untarily to grant such measures of reform, as are re
quired by the spirit of the age.
Resnhed, That the princes of the Germanic con
federation, instead of governing the people of Ger
many according to law and justice, were ever striving
to stifle every free action and every free thought
within their dominions, and to the most humble peti
tions for redress of grievances, replied only with
powder and lead, and that therefore they have forfeit
all claims to be treated with leniency by the people,
and ought to be constrained at the point of the bayo
net to submit to the will of the nation.
Resolved, That as the members of the Germanic
confederation have with culpable indifference and
infamous cowardice witnessed the almost total anni
hilation of the heroic people of Poland, and thereby suf
fered the surest wnll of protection against the inroads
of the Northern Barbarians to be destroyed, we con
ceive the German nation bound by all that is holy and
dear to them, to make every effort in their power to
rebuild that wall by assisting one of the brayest peo
ple on earth to resume their station among the na
tions of Europe.
Resolved, That every government not founded on
the clear and expressed will of the people is to be con
sidered a wrong and a violation of their sovereignty,
and that the people have the rieht to free themselves
from any such government by the force of arms. ''
Resolved, That we consider the liberty of the press,
the freedom of opinion and of speech, and the ritrht
of the people peaceably to assemble to discuss public
matter?, to be indispensably requisite in establishing
and maintaining a free government.
Resolved, That monarchies, aristocracies, and all
privileged classes arc hostile to the glory and the wel
fare of the nations and oucrht therefore to be abol
ished, and that a republican form of government
alone affords to man the surest guaranty of his rights
and liberties.
Resolved, That we hail with joy the extension of
the revolution in Europe, and we call on the people of
Germany not to relax in their Ptrugjrle for liberty and
equal rights, and not to give tip, until they have got
rid of their blood seeking tyrants, and on the ruins of
despotism have erected the Splendid structure of a
free and legitimate government of the people.
Resohed, That we believe the form of government
existing in the United States of North America, to
be that form most suitable to the character of the
German people, and called for by the peculiar situa
tion of Germany, and we request the patriots of that
country to keep it constantly before their eyes as their
model.
Re solved, That we conceive it to be our sacred duty
to promote the cause of the people of Germany ; that
we therefore collect money to be forwarded to the
leading German patriots in order to enable them to
maintain their struggle against the German kings and
princes.
Itesnlced, That it im our desire that the moneys now
collected be added to the Heinzen-fond and transmit
ted to Charles Heinzen, as soon as convenient.
Resohed, That we honor, in Cliarles Heinzen, the
true friend of his country, the ch'mpion of her liber
ties, and the eenuine, energetic republican, in whose
integrity and unchangeable love of liberty we have
the fullest confidence.
Resolved, That we offer our hearty congratulations
and thonks to the people of Switzerland for their gal
lant and firm bearing in their late contests with the
aristocrats and priests of their country.
The foregoing preamble and resolutions having
been adopted.
On motion of Julius Nicolai, it was
Resolved, That the German inhabitants of Indian
apolis form an association, to be called the Anti-Monarchical
Association, one of the objects of this asso
ciation to be, to collect monthly contribution of mo
ney, to serve a a permanent fund for the support of
the patriots in Germany, to enable them to promote
the diffusion of republican principles among the Ger
man people.
On motion of Julius Nicolai,
Resolved, That an invitation be extended to our
English speaking fellow citizens to become members
of this association.
On motion of Dr. Gall,
Resolved, That a committee of seven members be
appointed to draft rules and regulations for the asso
ciation. This resolution being adopted, the chair appointed
Messrs. Julius Nicolai, Brand, Werbe, Rommel,
Charles Mayer, and Drs. Gall and Homburg to con
stitute that committee.
0.1 motion of Charles Rommel,
The chair appointed a committee of four, consisting
of Frederick Studting, Charles Rommel, M. Buscher
and Ilarringshlake, to collect contributions of money
from the German inhabitants of Indianapolis, to be
sent, without delay, to Charles Heinzen, now in Eu-
roPe
On motion of Julius Nicolai,
Resolved, That the Germans throughout the State
nf Indiana be invited to Isold meetings, collect contri
butions, and form associations for the purpose of as
sisting our brethren in the old world in their efforts
to establish republican governments.
A motion was mad that tho chair appoint a com
mittee of three to draw up a petition respectfully ask
ing the Congress of the United States to grant the
nomination and appointment of an ambassador to
SwitzetlanJ, such a mark of respect being due from
the freest and most glorious Republic to the brave
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people of a sister Republic, for firmly maintaining
their freedom and independence and effectually oppos
ing the wily machinations of the European despots
and their allies, the aristocrats and Jesuits of Swit
zerland. '
The motion being adopted, the chair appointed Dr.
Gall, Mr. Werbe and Dr. Homburg to form the com
mittee. Whereupon, it was moved and
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this
meeting be sent to Charles Heinzen as soon as prac
ticable; and also that the proceedings be published in
the German papers of Cincinnati.
On motion of Dr. Gall,
It teas further resolved. That the proceedings of
the meeting be translated and published in the Eng
lish papers of this place.
After which, on motion, the meeting adjourned to
next Wednesday evening.
JOHN BUTSCH. President.
Fr. Stozlting,
u Vice1'
Julius Nicolai
res't.
Gr. Brandt, Sec'ry. ,
Indianapolis, April 12, 1343.
Extract of a LeUerfrom a Volunteer Officer in Mexico.
Puebla, Feb. 26, 1343.
Now a treaty of peace is made, all we hare to do
is to talk of th; action of our Government and that
of the Mexican Congress; both will confirm it, I have
no doubt, unless one thing prevents it. And you ask
what is that 1 I answer, from the fullest and deepest
sincerity of my heart, nothing but rank, wicked and
downright federal whig toryism in Congress.
The Mexicans have kept off terms of peace in
hopes our whig Congress would withdraw our glori
ous army from this soil, and thereby disgrace us as
a people and nation.
Dick Thompson and Vandyke's resolutions are
printed by the Mexicans, and hawked about the streets
for sale by 500 huckster boys, filling the hearts and
heads of the people with more and more bitter hftred
for us.
Mr. Clay's resolutions and speech have been circu
lated in the Spanish language by the thousands and
tens of thousands, from one end of this Republic to
the other; and there is not a day passes over our
heads that we don't hear the cry, that the whig Con
gress will send us all home, that they will declare
our cause unjust, and our hands stained with innocent
blood. Such rank toryism is as well known here as
it is with you ; they throw it before us daily. The
whig Congress could not even vote their thanks to
the gallant Scott, without attaching a cursed tory
clause to it, that the war was unconstitutional and
unjust on our part ; such infernal tories ought to be
hung as high as Haman's gallows. They can talk,
and vote, and make political capital against Mr. Polk,
but they can't fight. Oil no, but they can vote thanks
to the gallant Scott, saying, you fought well, you
planned well, you were victorious, you are a gallant
man, but you are engaged in an unrighteous cause;
you are shedding innocent and unoffending blood.
Is this to get us peace ! Do you, or the other rela
tions of this gallant army, hope soon to see us, when
part of the American people at home, are fighting the
battles of Mexico, denouncing our cause, and prolong
ing the war 1 How do you all think we feel, to see our
country's cause abused at home, while we fight them
at every p.itit! We meet them in the field, in
deadly conflict, and as they move up to meet us, ira
ngine them holding Mr. Clay's speech and resolutions,
denouncing our cause as unjust, in their hands, pin
ned to their ßag.
I say again, if the war is to end in a short time,
the months of home tories must be shut up, and about
fane hundred of their leaders hung by their necks un
til they are dead, dead, dead.
It may seem strange that I turn over this sheet to
commence again after closing, but I must give you
one more weapon to flail the Mexican home warriors
with those "Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots"
who fight for Mexico at long taw.
Mexico sent her army to make war upon us before
we attempted to strike a blow ; Our own Congress said,
(Whig and Democrat,) after Capt. Thornton's party
was killed and captured by the Mexicans on the Tex
as side of the Rio Grande, that war existed by the
act of Mexico.
Now, since they think they can make capital with
the abolitionists, tories and knaves, they say the war
was unconstitutionally commenced by us. How do
you suppose the whigs who are in this army, would
feel to he drawn up in order of battle before tlie Mex
ican army, and see on the enemy's flag, printed in
large capitals, "The war you wage was unconstitu
tionally commenced and is unjust." Would our whig
friends charge into the cannon's mouth to cap
ture this flag to exhibit in the United States as a
trophy of war! Would they feel l.ke riddling the
Standard bearer with cold lead who was so gallantly
fighting them, with a motto given them by their
ereat political Idol ! I am happy to know that but
few can be found here who do not advocate this, war
as justly begun on our part, and gloriously and hon
orably prosecuted. I for one will not envy the lau
rels that tins few will either merit or wear.
lour affectionate husband.
W. A. G.
Wayne Township.
At a meetintr of the Democrats of Wayne township.
held at the house of Thomas Morrow, Esq., on Satur
day, the 8th day of April, 1343, Thomas F. Stout was
called to the Chair, and Riley Hosbrook appointed
Secretary. After a free interchange of opinion, it
was
Resolved, That L. Johnson, Wm. Johnson, D. Van-
blancum, J. Vanblaricum, T. Fle'cher, M. Fa tout,
D. Landrev. N. Padiret. S. David, D. Coble, J. Todd,
J. Gaines, F. Stout, G. Avery, S. Avery, Wm. Gri-
ner, C. Griner. J. Darby, A. Strong, 1. Morrow, 1.
Stout, P. Hosbrook, D. Hawthorn, J. Horriday, Wm.
Swafford, E. Pew, J. Johnson, J. SvvafFord, I. Jackson,
I. Harding, F.. Morrow. J. Harding, D. Stout, Daniel
Stout. G. iUcCaslin. J. McCaslin, M. Martindale, J.
Smith, C. Newkirk, I. Roberts, Wm. Poland, S. Huff
man, J. Simmof s, Mr. Schenck, v in. Marten, J.
Marten, J. T. Adams, R. G. Samuels, A. Turner, J.
Penne. J. Raynes, C. Ruynes, C. Ketrow, J. Cos-el,
Z. Tomlinson, II. Hosbrook, C. Bent ley, II. Wartnan,
F. Albright, A. Lcibhart, J. Lamaster, F. Cossel, J.
Kunkel, IV Darby, S Darby, M. Gibson, G. Rosier,
R. Samuels, B. Brown, II. Fisher, J. Troft, H. Haw
kins, R, Barr.hill, C. Robinson, J. Miller, D. Hos
brook. L. Pndget, J. Padget, J. Carson, S. Holday, S.
Sodurky, be appointed delegates to attend the Demo
cratic County Convention at Indianapolis.
Resolved, That all Democrats of Wayne township be
requested to attend the county convention.
Resolved, That Wm. Stewart receive tue tnanKS oi
this meeting for the able manner in which he has re
presented this county.
Resolved, That the proceedings oi mis meeting De
published in the Sentinel.
T. F STOUT, President.
P. Hosbrook, Secretary.
Another Steamboat Disaster Charter
Oak Destroyed by Fire Several Lives
Lost
Satnt Louis, April 12, 11 M.
The" Steamboat Charter Oak, from this port for New
Orleans, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morn
ing, at Railey's Landing, one hundred miles below
this port.
Tho fire originated in this engine room, and spiead
so rapidly that the passengers, of whom there was a
large number on board, had to escape through the
flames, and many were lost and others severely injured.
The Captain and 1st Engineer were badly wounded.
There was about eight hundred tons of freight on
board, mostly Hemp, Hay, and Tobacco. Boat and
cargo are a total loss.
Destructive Fires at Pittsburgh &5,000 vnrlh of
Property Destroyed.
Pittsburgh, April 12th.
Five destructive frres occurred last night between
the hours of 1 and 5 o'clock, A. M., which destroyed
ten dwellings, four large smoke houses, and G90.000
lbs. Bacon. The loss is estimated at $35,000, which
is mostly covered by insurance. The fires were un
doubtedly the work of incendiaries.
XEW8
T -HI
eeu Dajs. letter Iroui iLuiope.
The Royal Mail steamer Hibernia has arrived from
Liverpool, whence she sailed on the ii5th ultimo.
The advices are six days later than received by the
Washington.
The people of Lombardy doubting the Emperor's
promises, revolted, and a fight occurred at Milan be
tween the people and military. The citizens barrica
ded, and after a severe struggle, the Austrian troops
were entirely defeated.
A fatal tumult had occurred at Munich. The police
were joined by the students and trade-men.
A Republic had been proclaimed at Cracow. Four
hundred political prisoners were released, and fifteen
hundred insurgents armed.
The King of Bavaria had abdicated.
A monster meeting was held at Dublin, on the 20th
ult., according to previous announcement. Every
thing passed off quietly. An address congratulating
France was unanimously adopted, and a petition to
the Queen praying for the Repeal of the Union, was
drawn up, and numerously signed.
On the 21st Smith O'Brien and Mitchel Meagher
were arrested on a charge of sedition and put under
heavy bonds. Their trial causes great excitement in
Ireland and England.
The Rouen bauk had suspended. Permanent guard
were offered to Rothschild and refused.
The Financial measures of Garnier Pages were
generally approved.
The Russian aud English workmen were ordered
out of France.
It is the purpose cf the provisional Government in
case of a rising in Toland, to interfere.
The system of discount adopted by the French
Ranks was operating well, and rendering great com
mercial assistance.
The authorities of Paris had caused a reduction in
the prico of bread.
The movements in Germany have relieved Europe
from the apprehensiou of a general vrar, as no despot
now remains powerful enough to crush France.
Peace is likely to endure some years. Republican
principles are steadily advancing in Germany, Hol
land and Denmark.
Great military preparations were making in Russia,,
but no outbreaks had occurred.
Hungary has been granted a Ministry of her own.
The whole country was in a state of grateful enthu
siasm. The people showed great sense and forbear
ance throughout.
Monetary and mercantile operations were quiet.
At Berlin, (capital of Prussia,) on the 22nd, the
King's concessions wore received with universal en
thusiasm. A general amnesty of political offences
was granted. Camphaurea. the celebrated Liberal
deputy, was appointed one of the Ministers.
Foreign Items.
Sublime Sentiment. In the Place du Carrousel,
says the Presse, after the municipal guards had ceas
ed firing, some of the citizens, enraged by the con
flict, wished to sacrifice these unfortunate men. One
of the citizens exclaimed, "They killed my brother at
the lalais Koyal, and 1 in turn must kill one of
them !" A National Guard, standing by him, imme
diately said, "Remember that if you do kill one, you
will alo have catised the death of a brother." These
sublime words at once extinguished every feeling of
revenge.
The New RepublicA letter from Mr. George
Summer, a gentleman well known at home, in the
Boston Daily Advertiser, f-peaks hoi fullv, and s :
'The Assembly will probably adopt "ur Constitutum ;
a President, and two Chambers. The manner in
which the first elections will pass off, may well in
spire anxiety in a country, the greal maes of which
has received no political education.
Madame de Lamartine and Madame Ledru Rolin,
are both Irish ladies. These ladies are lulh engaged
in patronizing balls and concerts for the benefit of
those who have suffered by the revolution.
Tlie wonderful unanimity with which every official
has forgotten Jus service of the old government, and
pressed for employment under the new, has excited
jealousy among the watchful people. It ts said that
but one individual s'ancs out of the crowd of obse
quious office-seekers : the Viscount Simeon, Director
Geiieral of the Tobacco monopoly a very lucrative
place has refused to hold his office under the new
order of things. The walls of Paris are crowded
with denunciations of "the clouds of rapacious vul
tures who always appear on the field on the morrow
of a victory, guided by the unerring scent for the car
rion." Ihe Provisional Government has, no doubt.
made some mistakes in necessarily hasty appoint
ments.
Mr. Carnot, the Provisional Minister of Public In
struction, has issued a remarkable letter to the Rec
tors of Academies. Under the late regime, he says,
the education of the people in civic and political
rights has been intentionally omitted ; and tlie 3G.000
primary instructors must now prepare manuals of the
rights and duties of citizens. The people must be
taught the qualifications which they should exact from
candidates at the approaching elections. New insti
tutions require new men. M. Carnot significantly in
dicates to the body of primary instructors the new
field of honorable ambition which the approaching
elections offer to themselves.
Two days ago," says the Tresse, "a master lock
smith to whom his workmen declared they would
only labor nine hours, and would have a franc addi
tional for the Ehorter day, replied, with tbe greatest
sangfroid, 'This suits me as much as it does you ;
from this day I will close my 6hop, agaiu become a
journeyman, and we will go and work together."
Crowded Misert. A petition has been sent from
London to Parliament in order to abolish "the dis
gusting and indecent practice of the male poor sleep
ing naked together in the casual wards of unions and
work-houses, in consequence ot the filthy state in
which they are kept,' aud the degrading manner in
which they are huddled together in these wards, re
sembling, in fact, a sheep-fold more than an assem
blage of human hemgs."
Mr. Hotchkiss. It is staled that this unfortunate
gentleman, who was so nearly murdered in Brooklyn,
N. Y., some months since, has recovered his bodily
health, and is slowly regaining his mental faculties.
He 6ecrris to have forgotten everything he learned'
during his life, anJ has fo be taught to speak and
learn his letters, as if he were a child. Ihe sound
of his own voice in learning to articulate a new word,
amuses him exceedingly.
frtr The great meeting in New York on Monday
evening last, to sympathize with, and congratulate
the French people, was one of the most brilliant
affairs ever known in this country. Speeches were
made from three different Mands, in the i-nglisn,
French, German. and Italian languages, addresses
were enthusiastically adopted, the city hnll and sur
rounding building were brilliantly illuminated,
national salutes were fired, and the whole proceed
ings endorsed by at least one hundred thousand peo
ple in attendance.
ITiMtn av a IVumii. On Sunds nirht. about Ana
o'clock, a fellow, whose name we did not leain, under
took to enter a house a ihort distance Imm ISew Albany,
la., and was told by th lady reniding there r.ot o l."ll
the window, which he still erninie.l in dorn:, wlierupiii
she seized a nun in the room, fired it and killed him on
the toot. The woman was entirely alone except her
two lulle children. Iah. Dem., Marek 11.
Business of the M id.'son and Indianapolis Railroad
Company, for the wetk ending April i,
Outward C05 passengers; 65 brls molasses;
17 do oil ; 17 do tar ; 15 do salt ; 20 do cemeut j 15
kegs powder ; 37 ploughs ; 410 bush corn; CO empty
hhds; 2 horses; 1 wagon; 380,000 lbs other freight.
Inward 570 passengers ; 23 horses; 670 barrels
flour; 06 do pork; 63 do lard; 105 do wheet; 425
bushe'ls d i. ; 4,319 do corn. 1,500 do oats; 3G0 do
shorts ; 135 d seed ; 35 do fruit ; 80 kegs lard ; 130
hhds bacon; 10 empty hhds; 50 whisky brls; 00,000
feet lumber; 15,000 staves; 14 cords wood; 7,072
lbs. bacon in bulk ; 65,100 lbs. other freight,
Died. At Brown'ng's Hotel, on Friday, April
14;h, Mr. McMullet, of Montgomery county. He
was a volunteer in the company from that county ;
was taken sick in the city of Mexico, and being dis
charged, had nearly reached his home, when death
overtook him. He was accompanied by a comrade,
who paid him the strictest attention ; and he received
the same at the Hotel, during the few last remaining
hours of his life, while there.
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