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111MA STATE SENTINEL
WILLIAM J M0T7H, Editor-
INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTE3IBKR 5, 1S40.
PROSPECTUS
O THE
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
rgHIS old established aewipaper was purchased-by the on
drrsigne ou Che lt of June lat, of G. A. & J. P. ehap
niani (the nie proprietors.) Id largely increased circulation
since then, and the almost universal comctendatioB of the
press strengthen the belief that lis couTse meets the approval
vt the Democratic party na the- people. The Editorial Depart
ment Is conducted by William J. Brow a and Nathaniel Bolton
the Utter a Assistant and local Editor.-
la politic, it will be thoroughly md radically democratic,
and will maintain the; principle of the great national demo
cratic party, anraixed wlUI any new um or doctrines- what
ever. Its mission will be to proclaim truth, and combat er
ror, to preserve the Union of the State and the Union of the
democratic party. It will endeavor to allay sectional prejudices,
aud to cultivate that (-pint of amity, and justice, which is the
true basis of our national Union, It will be the organ- of the
party and not of any man, chr or faction. It will be firm
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respectful to it political opponent. It will know no enemies
but the enemies of Democracy.
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must be addressed
AUSTIN II. BROWN.
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Indianaj&s, Sept. i, IS50,
OrAll editors, with whom we exchange, will
lea.se give this prospectus three insertions, in con
sideration of which we will send them our tri-wcekly
Sentinel during Ihe Convention.
The Indiana State Journal.
The above paper, of Monday last, lias favored us
with an article, of a half column in length, giving an
expose of its principles irr reference to the great
National questions now before Congress, in answer
to an article from the editor of the New York Jour
nal of Commerce, inserted in the last number of
the State Sentinel. The Journal of Commerce was
a Taylor paper in 1S4S, but disagreed with the Gal
phin Cabinet, in its non-action policy. It sustains
Clay, Cass, Webster and others, in their efforts to
settle the whole bla very question, and now advocates,
as does the National Intelligencer and President
Fillmore, the passage of all the bills that have passed
the Senate, viz: territorial governments for Utah
and New Mexico without the Wilmot proviso; the
settlement of the Texas boundary question, by the
payment of ten millions to Texas; the admission of
California with her present boundaries, and her Con-
Behold how pleasant it is for Brethren to
dwell together in Unity
On die 23th ult. the House of Representatives, in
Congress, proceeded to the consideration of the seve
ral bills from the Senate, for the organization of Ter
ritories, the admission of California, and the estab
lishment of the Texas boundary. The first in order
was the Utah bill, which contained an appropriation,
and, under the rules of the House, it was referred to
the committee of the whole. The next in order was
the Boundary bill. Mr. Inge, of Alabama, moved'
to reject it. This is a parliamentary motion which
is never resorted to except upon the introduction of
a most odious measure, which the House should not
entertain; otherwise it is considered disrespectful to
the mover, or the Senate, if it be a bill from that
body. Thirty-four members voted for this motion.
Their names show that there was nothing sectional
in the vote, but proves that there are ultras, on both
stitution interdicting slavery; a bill with regard to sides of the line, who would prefer a civil war with
fugitive slaves, and the bill for the abolition of the Texas, and to see brother shed brother's blood,
slave trade in the District of Columbia. If we un- rather than there should be any settlement of the
derstand the Indiana Journal, the editor, or some one vexed question which has arrayed one section of the
for him, takes the ground, that California should be country against another, and threatened the safety
admitted and the slave trade abolished in the District I of the Union. Our readers shall see who it is, that
of Columbia; and the other questions should be is determined there shall be no end to this turmoil
dodged or kicked out of Congress; and the edt- Those who voted for the motion of Mr. Inge are
tor winds up Ids unusually long article with the as follows
expression, that "all these questions ought to have Free States
been settled six months airo. and filled an ahont n Cable, Ohio,
dicated, and would have been, were a majority of Clark, New York,
the members ol the present Congress, bunness, Cole, Y isconsin,
wnrllnmon IndDul I. nKll , DotV, Wisconsin,
. Dorkee, Wisconsin,
nuw, c wish our reauiera 10 uear ims position Ol liiddings, fjliio,
the Indiana Journal in mind. When the Galohin Hebertf, Vermont,
a
Slave States.
Averett, Virginia,
Burt, South Carolina,
Brown, Mississippi,
Colcock, Sonth Carolina,
Hammond, Maryland,
Harris, Alabama,
Hubbard, Alabama,
Inge, Alabama,
Johnson, Arkansas,
McQueen, S. Carolina,
Meade, Virginia,
Orr, S. Carolina,
Powel, Virginia,
Sedden, Virginia,
Wallace, S. Carolina,
Woodard, S. Carolina.
if r t
Cabinet introduced its non-action policy to Con- KZte'r oi.io '
gress, such third-rate bablers as Henry Clay and Julian, Indiana,
Daniel Webster took ground against it, and support- ;.," w 1 " j
ed the creation of a committee of thirteen in the Root, Ohio,
Senate, whose object was to etile the whole slavery Sacket, JNew York,
, . , . , , . Schoolcraft, New York,
question. The people of the whole Union are ac- Snauldino- New York.
quainted with their course, and have never consider- Wilmot, Pennsylvania.
ed them as third-rate babling politicians, until the Here we have a most beautiful list. The aboli-
wise, sagacious and talented editor of the Indiana tionists say it is a base surrender to Texas of free
Journal made the discovery. The Omnibus bill was territory; the southern chivalry denounce it as
upset, it is true, but, on the dissolution of the Galphin treachery to the South, and a direct attack upon the
Cabinet, its passengers have all been safely landed on slave interest. Here we have a meeting of the ultra
the Speaker's table, in the House, in single vehicles, extremists a mingling of the bitter waters. If
Mr. Fillmore and his cabinet coming to the rescue Congress was composed of such men entirely, we
instead of opposing their passage. should have no concession, no compromise, no Icgis-
The Indiana Journal, speaking of the Journal of lation, and soon we should have no Union. Oh for
Commerce and its position on these questions, and the graphic pen of a Clay to describe this Omnibus!
of the members of Congress whose course it advo- Here are slave men and abolitionists "check by
cates, says: jowl," in the same carriage. Professing to be opc-
"The dough-faces of the North that iro for anneasino- rated upon by different motives, they are driving
the Southern disunionists, at all hazards, first assume the car of State to the same fatal destination. We
that there is great danger of a dissolution of the Union, nnt ka5 mrt:v4 TTiIr rU raL- fXr them-
ffc!7"A good Pressman can find steady em
ployment by applying at this office.
Indiana Railroads
It is obvious to any one who las read the papers
of the day, that our railroads are beginning to elicit
the inquiries of capitalists and business men at home
and abroad. The character of our country, the un
surprised fertility of the soil, the cheapness of con
struction of our railways, and mall expense of
keeping them in repair, there being few, if any, re
liable interior natural outlets for our produce, the
certainty of a rapid increase of business annually to
be throwa upon them, with the consequent improve
ment of the country, and the certain rise of property
upon the lines when they shall be brought into use,
are naturally calculated to direct the capitalists who
are looking to good investments, as well as the far
mer and business men designing to locate in the
West, to these public works. We are glad to see
that our lines are progressing so well; indeed we
may say, that the most of them are being constructed
more rapidly than we could have supposed when
they were commenced. Our cities and towns, and
the country through which these important works are
being constructed, must be greatly benefitted by
them, and especially the farming interest, whose pro
duce and farms will be greatly enhanced in value by
their construction. It has been said that a well con
structed railroad will add fully one-third to all the
real estate in the interior lying within five miles of
its track: if this be true, as we suppose it is, the
question at once arises, as to the interest of our citi
zens in aiding in the construction of these roads.
The companies in charge of them have given us suf
ficient evidence of their energy and determination to
construct them. Yet it is well known that these
companies require more of the substantial aid of our
citizens in the construction of the works tlian they
have yet received. They are doing all in their
power, bat they are struggling for the want of means.
Should tliis be so, when our people are to reap so
large a share of the benefits, and are so able to take
stock and aid in the speedy construction of the
works? We desire to call the attention of our peo
ple to these matters.
07" The mail has been carried on the Madison
railroad for some weekä past uder a temporary ar
rangement between the railroad company and the
Post Office Department at Washington, there being
a difficulty in the way of a permanent contract, on
account of the price asked by the company. On
Saturday last the temporary arrangement expired,
and on Monday morning, the mail and mail-agent
were left behind at this city. ' Some arrangement,
however, had been entered into at Madison, whereby
the mail came up as usual on Monday. On yester
day rroruing there was no mail-agent at Madiion to
take the mail and it was led behind, greatly to our
discemfort. We hope something will be done to
prevent any further failures.
and then appeal to the patriotism of the people to yield
np every innig ior us preservation."
The editor then cites Stephens, Toombs and Rhett,
as men who are bullying Clay, Cass, Webster and
others out of their senses. The Journal must have
a poor opinion of the people, when it endeavors to
impose upon their credulity in thu manner. The
Journal knows, or ought to kn'jv, that the men in
the Senate, who have voted for ihe bills that have
passed that body, have disregarded the threats of
disunionists on the one hand, and the opposition of
fanatics on the other, and have marched steadily on- flll. No jarring or discordant sounds reach the ear.
ward in what they thought to be a discharge of their There is an imperative unity in the public voice, such as
duty. It is the Indiana Journal and kindred prints s eve.r known ao.man ca" m,s"
. J 1 tL-c. and no wisn man will disregard. e use terms
that have given aid and comfort to the disunionists not too etrongr, when we say that the cry of the country
of the South and abolitionists of the North: for thev is for tn0 adoption by the House of the bills of the Fen-
have been all found acting to-ether to keep alive the at?Vn and n- -J yC8 , exPc"en.c0 ha.ve
. ivuiiu "-"",-, 'ocu"-' l" p meine tlo, fc.nov-n nublio onimon more clear, united, and dccis.
apple of discord, either for the unholy purpose of ivc. We suppose our means of knowledge, in this res-
bringing about a dissolution of the Union, or for po- Pc.ct as "a "J ' Tse 01 , . wno' UK00ur'
' I cplvna urn ponhnil to nnn niaoa diu u'fl nvpr mir Mil.
ltical purposes. If for the latter, it is a risk which viction that a vast runioriiv of the people look for the
the American people will never encounter for the salvation of the country to the sanction to he given by
mere elevation of any man or party to office. tation. of 8entirncnt 8,.ow this. Tho prew. ?rom evcrv
There is still danger that some of the bills may quarter, teems with proof; the results of public meet-
fail in the House, and the Indiana Journal is deter- ng on the subjact wherever hoidcn.prwiaim it; every
. . ., . man we see, and who has come hither, by the railroads
minctlto cling to the ill-fated non-action policy to and steamboats, from tho extreme margins of the country,
the last. It is men, like the editor of the Indiana declares that he has heard the expression of but one
Journal, that have kept this question hangin- before ?P:"!on. an " norc? anfJ that Cinion ,not faint a"J
' 11 a""" 'm,o"'i UC1U1C hesitatins, but firm and strong, and that hope eat nest,
Congress for the last nine months, to the destruction anxious, and enthusiastic.
or prostration of all useful legislation a combina- , '. , , ,. , .
c f i iv t-j- a i ... (L A new democratic paper is soon to bo established
tion of disunionists and abolitionists, whose politi- in Indianapolis, bv Spann, formerly of the firm of Chap-
cal existence depends upon excitement, whose hearts man & Spann, and Dr. Ellis. From the unpopularity of
Union Female Institute.
It will b? seen by a notice in this day's paper,
that the above Institution will be open for pupils on
Wednesday the ISth inst. The Rev. Charles L,
Mills and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Mills, have
been appointed Principals, and Miss Catharine
Mebrill, Assistant Teacher. Other teachers wil
be added as needed. Thii will be one of the best
schools in the city, and persons from, a distance wil
not be disappointed in sending their daughters to the
Institute to receive a finished education.
selves. By that standard a patriotic constituency
will judge them.
03" The Indiana State Journal withholds from its
readers the opinions of the present administration
with regard to the settlement of the slavery ques
tion. It clings to the non-action policy of the Gal
phin Cabinet wilh a dying struggle. The National
Intelligencer of the 27th ult., in the mean time,
speaking of the public toill of thi nation, says :
are dead to the voice of patriotism, and whose onlv
end and aim is mischief or political aggrandize
ment.
We are glad that a better day has dawned upon
us; and that the leading commercial, free-trade pa
per of the nation has exclaimed "What are Tariffs,
T).l- - cut ..: . . J
m"iS,ul u-i..u.iw, I comparison wim mc tW iin;r.bra;npd fanaiir who would unroot the
union oi inese öiaiesr ' lnienuca as an invitation
Goshen Democrat.
We are rejoiced that there is a change in the edi
tors of this paper, the old proprietor having sold to
Messrs. Bjuton & Emerick although we are en
tirely unacquainted with the new editors. Any
change could not have not been made for the worse,
as Ellis himself acknowledges in his valedictory
where-he says "the sentiment of him who 'left his
country for his country's good, will apply in a meas
ure to U3 we leave the tripod in old Elkhart for the
good and harmony of the great Democratic party."
We hope such w ill be the case, and if this be indeed
the motive of Ellis, it is a good one. The following
extracts from the salutatory of the new editors
breathes the right spirit, and we hope will work for
good. They remark:
"The Democrat will sustain tho great cardinal prin
ciples of the Democratic Party tho principles under
which our Republic has grown from its infancy to its
present greatness the principles which are identified
with the prosperity of past years, and tho principles up
on whrec success depends the future welfare of the coun
try, in every point ol view.
"But there are some things that, of late years, have
crept into the party, which we by no means regard as
constituting a part of it neither in principle or as a body
which arc calculated to destroy its harmony, and sac
rifice, niton a fanatical altar, its identity. We refer to
the undue agitation of questions over which, at least for
the present, there is no control, and which, like small
sores at first, become inflamed and distorted by careless
and hasty handling.
"Wc liclicv tho Democratic party is tho Progressive
Party of the age. Progress must necessarily bo one of
its characteristic features ; and we are carried out in the
assertion by the success of tho party, in the first place,
and then a glance at the times times when people push
reforms wilh a headlong real, that, if it does not fre
quently seem dangeronr often appears impracticable.
15ut while the Democratic party docs favcr all whole
somo reforms, it at the same time checks that restless
spirit of experiment which ruMies blindly on to destrue
tion.
"We will, then, stand by the Dcmocjatic partv re
pulsing every encroachment upon her time honored pnn
ciples favoring all healthy reforms reforms which look
to tho benefit of the masses of the community, and the
elevation ol man, politically, morally, and socially.
((5Thc Indiana Register, published at Lawrence-
burgli, is now edited by George W. Lane, Esq., and
is conducted w ith much ability. He completely de
molishes our friend Dcfrees in his last number, in
reference to the course of the Indian Journal with
regard to distinguished Democrats spoken of for the
United States Senate. The editor of the Register
expresses no preference with regard to the next
Senator; but is disposed to give all Democrats fair
play in his paper. Our friend of the Journal, we
think, will be satisfied with this first castigation.
Mr. Lane, from his first efforts, will add dignity to
the editorial profession, although he uses keen weap
ons. Aflcr speaking of the effects of the course
pursued by the editor of the Journal, in his abuse of
distinguished Democrats, and their promotion to of
fice under it, he says :
"Such is tho result to the parties attacked by this
Whig editor. How is it with him and the forces under
his command during tho same period? In 1S46 they
met with a disastrous defeat. In '48 they were broken
and driven Irom the neld. In '411 thev were almost anni
hilatcd, and in 1850 there is sea rely a corporal's guard
left to do honor to this great whig leader.
"Occasionally we have a random gun from this disa
bled battery, serving merely to call the attention of the
passer by to the skeleton remains of tho great Whig
party of Indiana, re.'.uccd to this pitiable state under the
guidance and leadership of John 1). Dcfrees the oppo
er of his country in time of war, and tho destroyer o
ins party in time oi peace."
W. R. Elli?.
As Ellis, the late editor of the Goihcn Democrat
has sold out this establishment, we shall hereafter
say but little about him, until he again enters the
editorial arena. He denies the statement of West
that he is ' a Garrison Abolitionist and Oberlin Per
fectionist;" but still insists that the Democratic
party should stand up for the Wilmot Proviso. The
following is his reasonings on the subject, which wil
certainly place him in the true category to wliich he
belongs. He is fighting a chimera of his own ex
cited and inflamed imagination. He says :
The question arises, how is Congress to prevent
tho introduction or slavery into those 1 erntories? fcure
ly not by giving half of the Territories to the South
and permitting them to take their slaves there, if they
choose. That prevents the introduction of slavery into
those Free Territories with a vengeance. And such is
the kind of pretention that Bill Brown, and his masters
Jesse D, Bright, a slavtliolder of Kentucky, and Jim
Whitcomb, a doughface from Indiana, would liko to
have enforced. There is only one way that Congress
can prevent the introduction ol Mavery into tree 1 er
rittiries, anil that is hy positive enactment call it Wil
mot Proviso, Jeffcrsonian Ordinance, or " Garrison Ab
olitionism, and Oberlin Perfectionism.
Appointments of the Northern Indiana Con- Letter from Senator Whitcomb.
ferenee. Washington- City, August 23, I?.V.
The Norlfi Indiana Conference of the M. IT. Church Editor ff Vie Sor aW; in your paper of the
closed !ts annual session at Cambridge City on the mtuUj hy in th? in Lk.h . error,
ith ult. The net increase of membership within cur, oriinatinir, I lclicvc, in the report of them as nub-
he past year was ascertained to be about Urce thou- UisIieJ. in the Washington Union. One of these errors
sand. Nineteen preachers were admitted into the tion i ha with the Senator from Virginia who had in
Conference on trial, and arrangements were made troduccd the ftgitiyc bill, in which, a- the best means of
for a Proportionate enlarirement of the work. The preventing or ana; mg tue urn commencing excitement,
the State Sentinel with the Democracy of Indiana, wo
should judge that this new paper would receive from ; rittiries, and that is by positive enactment
them a cordial and able support. IV estern Lommerciai.
Unpopularity of the State Sentinel. That's news.
But so far as the editor of that abolition print is con
cerned it is good news to us. We desire no popu
larity with such men. We have no sympathy with
for all the friends and opposers of these great ques
tions of national interest to unite in the holy cause of
saving the country. The editor of the Indiana Jour
nal seems to stand back in holy horror. He unites
with Seward and the disunionists of the South to keep
the question open; and now tliat he has fully unveil
ed himself in opposition to the present administra
tion, the people will know what to depend upon.
foundations of society, and place the negro on the
broad platform of equality. The Sentinel advocates
no such doctrine. When it does it will have un
bounded popularity with Frederick Douglass, and
nekon d.folbrie, the renowned editor of the Auro
ra Commercial.
United States1 Senator.
The Abolition Editor of the Aurora Commercial,
They will not, hereafter, be misled by his sophistry, who would rejoice to see the Democratic party divi
unless they are prepared to tolerate, what they were ded and a Free Soiler elected to the Uuited States
compelled to do, during the last Presidential elec- Senate by the aid of the Whig votes, mentions the
tion, a change of sentiment almost every week. Hon. John L. Robinson as a candidate fothat of-
Whal wai the course of the Indiana Journal, for fice. Now, we feel fully authorized to say, that
example, in regard to the Mexican war? We first Mr. Robinson is not a candidate. He is a Demo-
see the editor figuring as the Secretary of a patriot- erat, a national Democrat, and when the Denocratic
ic meeting, at the Court House in Indianapolis, with- party need his services, they will call, and as here
out distinction of party, where strong war resolu- tofore they will have them. So those who are fish
tions were adopted and one among the number tak- ing with nigger bait for a Senator must go to some
ing the ground, that if nothing else would do, the other eddy.
"Star Spangled Banner" should be planted upon the
Morse's Telegraph. A battery connecting
with Cincinnati, Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington has been put up in the
room over Ross & Ray's Book Store, and commenc
ed operating on yesterday.
halls of the Montezumas. We next see him, in the
darkest period of that war, responding amen to the
treasonable speech of Tom Corwin, where he said,
if he were a Mexican, he would welcome our brave
troops "with bloody hands to hospitable graves!"
Now he is aiding and abetting the treasonable de
signs of Rhett, Stephens and Toombs, and their
Nortliern non-action allies be is calling Webster
and Clay babling third-rate politicians; and the men
who are standing up for the Union, Uiose who have
defeated or postponed all useful legislation. We have
asked him what he thinks of the letter of Richard
W. Thompson, written to our Senators, and who was
once for non-action like himself, and has abandoned
it;
swer. We are determined he shall answer, or his
course shall be understood, both by whigs and dem-
ocrats on this great question, lie snail not dodge Cholera Preventive.
the question; and we intend to bold him to his pres- xjie papers are filled with notices of nostrums and
ent position until he comes out like an honest man remedies for the prevention nd cure of Uiis terrible
and disavows it. He is bound to do that, for the po- malady. We have heard of a prescription which
sition of his last paper will not be tolerated in In- ,as proved successful in every instance. We would
CT-Some of the whig papers are amusing them
selves, and perhaps their readers, by calling the
Editor "Done Brown." Now this is a great mis
take. We are far from being "done1 with them
or their party. We mean to show them that we will
never be done with them or their principles, so long
as they assail the rights of the people. We shall de
vote the remainder of our life, be that short or long,
to the business of exposing the leaders and the prin
ciples of that party. The harvest is ripening, and
we mean to put in the sickle. There is a good time
coming, and lots of fun ahead. We have received
the abuse of the whig press, and whig orators, with
out stint, for years, until, in self-defence, we were
,T ... . compelled to follow the example of the sick man,
but he is silent as the grave. He will not an- 1 ......
who, to save the expense, bought, at wholesale, an
apothecary shop for his own use.
r.We are informed that the Cars will run, over
tlie Bellefontaine Railroad, to day, near 23 miles,
near Lick creek, and that the iron will be laid, so as
to Lave the road opened for businesss, in all this
month, to Pendleton.
diana.
07"The last Lagro Eagle, published in Lagro,
Wabash county, comes out in favor of Robert Dale
Owen as the next United Stales Senator. The editor
says:
I advise our readers to try it. It can certainly do no
harm, and some of the ingredients will be beneficial.
This disease is caused by a derangement of the liver
and stomach. We therefore recommend all who
jean do so, to use plain. and simple diet, keep your
bowels well regulated, preserve an easy and quiet
I conscience, and, above all, vote the democratic
Daily Stages North.
The time is not far' distant when public opinion
will force the completion of a plank road from this
city to Niles in Michigan via Logansport, &c. The
last South Bend Register says:
Tho running of a Daily line of Stages North and South
thrcugh this place is not only a great convenience to
travellers, but a source of abundant profit to the propri
etors, P. Campbell & Co. Their schedulo of time is of
tho quickest kind. Leaving Logansport after breakfast
they arrive at Niles the evening of the same day, punc
tually in time for the midnisat train Eastward which
connecting with the North Shore Steamers and the Ex
press train through New York, takes the traveller through
from Logansport to New York in less than three days.
As the usual time spent on the Canal Itctwccn Logans
port and Toledo is over two days (musquitos included,)
the travel now from Logansport, Delphi, Lafayette &e,
is all coming this way with a fair sprinkling from points
further South to Indianapolis, and the stages run full
both ways sometimes coining in with only 12 to 14 pas
scngcrs. The drivers are instructed to make the time
at all hazards, if within the range of horse flesh possibil
ity and thus far they have not failed, in a single instance,
to connect with the Rail Road at Niles. Punctually,
every night at 9 P. M., almost to a minute, the stage
rattles up from the South, and at 9 A. M. from the
North, By this new arrangement also, we receive In
dianolis papers, hitherto 3 days ou the road, the next
evening after thev are printed.
When our Kail Road is finished to this place and the
Plank Road Southto the Capitol, neither one nor two
stages per day from the South will suffice for the sum
mer travel that will be poured upon it at this point."
Clear the way, He's Coming!
The South Bend Register, speaking of Ellis of the
Goshen Democrat, and the late election in 'Elkhart,
says:
During the canvass, Mr. Mercer and Mr. Henkel,
candidates for Representative a..d Auditor, were "the
best abused men" oWall who dared to run on the inde
pendent ticket ; but tho pcoplo took special pains at tho
polls to recompense them for their vilification by booming
majorities of about 400 each, at which the "Democrat"
refuses to be comforted.
"P. S. Since the above was in typo we learn that Mr.
Eili has sold out the Goshen Democrat to Messrs.
Boughton and Emerick, the latter lately of Ohio. The
amount reported to ho paid for it is $1,1 3; if true, a first
rate saie iur mo oia proprietor.
Aurora Commercial.
The Editor of this free nigger organ can't get up
a quarrel with us. Reason why. We don't quarrel
with low bred blackguards. We have too much re
gard for our standing and position in society. Be
sides we have not an equal chance, when we come
in conflict with those who have been educated about
the perlicus of a fish market or in the school of Bil
lingsgate. We sometimes kick 6uch puppies out
of our track.
appointments for the ensuing year are as follows:
Greencastle District Richard liar crave. P. E.
Creencastle, 1st Station H. N. Barnes.
Greencastle, 1st Station B. Winans.
erro Haute, Ashury Chanel J. C. Smith:
Terre Haute, North Chapel M. M. Hann.
vigo K. A. Ixewton.
Niima P. J. Beswick.
Little Walnut F. Cox
Rockvillo Station G. W. Warner.
Rockvillc Circuit C. W. Miller, C. C. Martin.
Bainbridge J. M. Stajjg.
Greencastle Circuit Lewis Roberts.
Clinton J. C. Robbins.
Russelville N. Greene.
Indianapolis District Wm. If. Goode. P. E.
ndianapolis, Robert's Chapel J. H. Hull,
ndianapolis. Depot Mission S. T. Cooper.
Danville J. B. Deniott.
Augusta M. Johnson.
Westficld J. C. White.
Noblesvillc J. Edwards.
endleton J. W. Smith.
Anderson S. N. Camphell.
Fall Creek M. Fennimorc.
Allioiivillc F. A. Hardin.
Greenfield E. Rnramcl.
Centreville District S. T. G'dUtt, P. E.
Ccntreville W. Wilson.
Richmond G. W. Staflord.
Williamsburg J. B. Biit.
Winchester J- C. Mcdsker.
Windsor S. T. Stout.
Muncie J. Colclazcr.
laircrstown J. R. Davis.
Cambridge and Dublin J. Johnson.
Newcastle B. Webster.
Knightstown A. Koontz.
Marion District O. V. Lemon, P. E.
Peru W. L. Huffman.
Miami W. J. Cosper.
Marion G. W. Bowers.
Hartford M. Black.
Granville J. W. Bradshaw, L. B. Kent.
Portland E. M. Wright.
Warren E. Maynard.
Lagro W. S. Birch.
Wabash L. W. Monson.
North Manchester J. Elrod.
Wesley W. Anderson.
Logansport District J. . Bruce. P. E.
Logansport R. D. Robinson.
Uosiville M. Mahin, B. F. Bowman.
Frankfort L. Taylor, Jos. C. Reed.
Tipton, Miss. W". P, Hollingsworth.
Kokomo J. M. Kotlgors.
Kock Urcek J. Hill.
Pawpaw II. II. Badly.
Mexioo A. Badlv.
Pleasant Grove J. S. Hetficld.
Plymouth, Miss. W. J. Forbes.
Lockport H. B. Ball.
Rochester' F. 31. Richmond. -
Crawfordsville District G. M. Boyd, J E.
Crawfordsville G. M. Beswick.
Covington E. A. Ilazen.
Ladoga E. Wood.
Attica J. S. Donaldson, A. A. Gee.
Newtown D. Doud.
Romnev II. Bargess.
Dayton J. Cozad. -
Lcbanon J. B. Mershon.
Middletown J. H. Altlrich.
Lodi, Miss. II. Smith.
North Salem J. Rickets.
Lalatette District J. Marsee, P. E.
Lafayette, Western Charge J. Daniel.
Lafayette, Eastern Charge T. S. Webb.
Delphi & Pittslmrg II. B. Beers.
Monticcllo J. Leach.
Renssclear G. Guild, W. Hancock.
Harrisonville W. Hamilton.
Independence W. Posey.
Poolsville W. F. Wheeler.
Williamssport M. Huflaker.
Perrysville T. Bartlett
Newport J. W. Parrett.
Laporte District J. L. Smith, P. E.
Laporte W. Graham.
Michigan City, Miss. Jas. C. Read.
Crown Point A. Carey.
Valparaiso F. Taylor.
Union D. F. Stritö.
Kingsbury Levi Moore.
Bvron N. E. Manville.
Whitehall A. Salisbury.
South Bend E. S. Preston.
Mishawaka J. It. Tanscy.
St. Joseph, Miss. J. Dean.
Fort Watne District S. C.Cooper, P. E.
Fort Wayne H. C. Benson.
Fort Wayne, Miss. T. H. Sinex.
Spcrcerville R. S. Latta.
Allen J. Sparks, A. Greenman.
Columbia S. F. Woodward, J Sewell.
Huntingdon A. G. Perkins.
Ossian J. W. Miller.
Blullton W. Blake.
New Corydon, Miss. W. Pentzer.
Decatur D. B. Clary.
Monmouth J. H. Payton. m
Lagrange District J. M. StalUrd, P. E.
Lagrange S. Lamb.
Lima W. G. Stonex.
Bristol D. Reeder.
Goshen E. Holdstock.
Leesburg F. A. Sale.
Warsaw C. S. Burghncr.
Albion L. Hall.
Lislion Miss. O. P. Boydcn.
Auburn J. J. Cooper.
Angola J. G. Osburu.
Oriund T. F. Palmer.
Indiana Ashury University W. C. Larrabee, Prof.
Indiana Aslmry University D. Uemoti, Agent.
J- A . ... -fit. l-O I W ,li "
pavscngcr car, iclincil ior jemine, like views with themselves
Madison on Thursday. , g"od one. Mr. Owen is just the man wo wunt."
"As by the returns of the late election it is very evi
dent that the Convention have a largo majority in fuvcr
of the Democrats, and also tho Legislature; our party ticket.. If you live, you will have the character of
will no d.,i,t nave tnc Pleasure ,., semi mg some one ol . t j ; U man and if ym die lhc worU
likn views i ith themselves. Let tlus choice then bo a J B ' J '
) will say a patriot has fallen.
Or-The Richmond Jeflersonian says Maj. F. A
Cunningham, ex-Congressman from the Eaton,
(Ohio) District has been elected one of the U. S
Senators from New Mexico. He is a Paymaster in
the U. S. Army, and has been stationed at Santa Fc
about a year.
I had requested htm to call np his bill, the report makes
me say that the Senator acceded to iy request. What
I did say was just the reverse, viz: that he declined lo
accede to my request
In the remarks as published in the National Intelli
gencer, the error does not occur.
Very rcspectlully, Jtc., J AS. WllirCOMB.
Railway direct from Cincinnati to Indianarp
olis.
We learn by the Gazcttee that the City Council of
Cincinnati have reconsidered the vote referring ihe
question of a subscription of 800,000 in city stock.
in aid of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, to the
people; and have referred the whole matter to a com
mittee, who are to report in three weeks. This wa
brought about as follows : The Gazette says :
"We were aware, and so slated some time ago, that
examinations had been made to ascertain iho practica
bility of a route from this city towards St. Louis, other
than the one down the river to Liwrenceburgh ; but we
were not aware, until now, that any particular or con
centrated effort had been directed to that object. Wo
are now informed that several influential and public spir
ited gentlemen, in the northern and western portion of
Hamilton county, have raised funds, and are having a
regular and systematic survey made, of the country be
tween Cincinnati and Rushville, and thence direct to In
dianapolis. Messrs. A. W. Gilbert and James Given,
two experienced engineers, have been for some time en
gaged in making careful und thorough surveys of that
portion of the county lying northwest, and between tho
city and the Great Miami river, near the mouth of Indian
creek, having in view a line which will ascend the valley
of Indian creek, pass on to Connersville, and run thewe
through Kushville to Indianapolis. These surveys will
be completed in a short time, and tho result, with esti.
mates of the cost of construction, and the business ad
vantages .f the line, will be ready for the public inspec
tion. "Tho gentlemen engaged in this undertaking were in
hopes that no action of the City Council would be haaF
in regard to the loan or tho !SüU,0ü0 City Bonds, mtil
they should have prepared and presented their surveys
ami estimates. Expecting farther delay in the action or
Council, they had taken no pains to advise our citizens
of their proposed lines; deeming it better to delay such
efforts until accurate information could be laid before the
public. They were, therefore, surprised by the decision
of the Council on Monday night, as thev desired a tear
ing before that body, previous to the decision of the qnes-
lion, in wnai way the amount auttionr.eI to be loaned by
the City to railway companies hould be disposed of.
"As all our citizens are interested in having the lest
route settled, they determined to ask for a reconsidera
tion of the resolution passed by Council. To effect that
object a petition was drawn tip and circulated by one 'of
them in the afternoon of Wednesday, which was numer
ously signed, requesting Council to open up the question
and to postpone farther action until the report of tho
r - l l - i - i ym . i
i.nsinms eomu uc uau. j ins was tne petition present
ed by Mr. Iliff, cn which the reconsideration and post
ponement was predicated. This postjtonement is not
looked upon as indicating any hostility to the St. Louis
road, but merely as evincing a desire on the part of Coun
cil, to give a fair hearing to all claiming from tho City
under the law of last winter, aid in tho construction of
Hallways terminating here, or connecting with those that
terminate here. No harm can result from this delay, as
there will be time enough to prepare for the vote after
tho time to which the farther consideration of the subject
has been proposed, shall have expired.
"We are informed that it is postponed to bring this
North-western route into tho city, either crossing tho
town of Cumminsville by a viaduct, and thence to some
point in the Northern part of the city, to connect with
the great Eastern road, which will have its depot on the
Pendleton property, or else to come down the valley of
Milk Creek, on the west side, crossing at Fairmount.
and run thence into the city to some point near the Wade
street market. As to the propriety of these routes, wo
do not intend to express any opinion at this time. Wo
will wait lor lurthcr inlormation. I lie determination of
the line into the city, must depend on the cost of con
struction and the risht of way as well as on the amount
of stock subscribed by individuals."
From the Cincinnati Gazette
The Junction Railway to Indianapolis,
Caleb B. Smith an able and active man, has accepted!
the Presidency of the Railroad Company, to construct a
road from Hamilton. Ohio, by way of Connersville to
Rushville. la., and thence to Indianapolis. Surveys and
estimates preparatory to construction of this road', havo
been made by Mr. Moore, a competent engineer, for a
first class road in every particular, to be laid with a
heavy T rail of 60 lbs to ihe yard. The Secretary of
the Company has furnished the Connersville Valby with
the following abstract of the Engineer's Report:
1 he first division of thu road extends from Rushville.
where it connects with the railroad, now just finishing
to Niclbyville, to Jonnersville, a distance of 18 1-4.
miles. A large part of this section is over very favor
able ground some ten miles of it being one straijld lime.
The highest grade is 43 feet per mile, which is necessa
ry to get down into the Whitewater Valley.
The estimated cost of grading, bridging and ballast
ing this division is $35,623 55: and ol the whole road!
finished in the most complete manner as above is $221,
042 22, making an average per mile of $12,274 78.
Ihe second division extends Irom Connersville to
Brownsville, and includes the bridging of both branches
of the Whitewater river.
The length of this division is 9 miles, and the est
mated cost of grading, bridging and ballasting is 66,
37079, and of the road completed 5135,839 33; making
an average per mile of 13,093 2a.
The country on this division, with the exception of
the crossing ol the valleys of the west and east branches
of the Whitewater, is very favorable. The summit be
tween the two rivers is but 73 leet above Connersville.
and it is believed there is no other place where so favor
able a route can be had between those streams.
From Brownsville to Hamilton three routes have been
found and partially examined, either of which is entire-
Ft. Wayne Female College A. Johnson, J . tx. JJ. Fetti- ly practicable. A selection between them can only lie
iohn. Airents.
Whitewater Female College C. Nutt, President.
American Bible Society A. Wood Agent.
Ladies' Repository B. F. Tefft, Editor.
U. S. Senate. The terms of the following TJ. S.
Senators expire in March next, 1851:
DEMOCRATS TWELVE.
Maine Hannibal Hamlin.
New York D. S. Dickinson.
Indiana .'Jesse D. Bright.
irgmia James M. Mason.
Pennsylvania.'. '. .Daniel Sturgeon.
Tennessee H. L. Turney.
Missouri T. H. Bentoul
Wisconsin Henry Dodge.
Florida '.............David L. Yulee.
Texas Thomas J. Rusk.
Michigan ....Lewis Cass.
Mississippi Jefferson Daviss.
WHIGS EIGHT.
Connecticut R. S. Baldwin.
Massachusetts R. C. Winthrop.!
Vermont Samuel S. Phelps.
Rhode Island Albert C Greene.
Delaware John Wales.
New Jersey Wm. L. Dayton.
Maryland i nos. i. rrati.
Ohio Thomas Ewing.f
It is probablo that the whigs will gain a Senator in
Missouri, in place of Mr. Benton. In the other States
to elect, the chances of loss and gain to each party, in
the aggregate aro about balanced.
Re-elected.
t Appointed by Governor.
made after further and more full examinations, and af
ter ascertaining which one can raise the most stock.
The first, or Southern route, will pass near Liberty,
through College Corner, and down the ridge South of
Oxford to Rossville and Hamilton. Tho second will
Sass up the valley of Richland Creek to Crawford'
teeting House, and then straight to the State line at
College Corner, or at any place else within six miles of
that place, it may be desirable to strike it; and thence
into the valley of Four Mile creek, and down that val
ley to the Hamilton and Eaton railroad, or to the Cin
cinnati, Hamilton and Daytor railroad, north of the Mi
ami river. The third route will go North East from
Brownsville, up the East Fork valley, and cross the ridgo
near McGinness Corner, and thence through the north
ern part of Union county to the State line west of Fair
Haven, and thence into and down the Four Mile Valley.
The third division will extend from Brownsvdle to
the State line, and on the second route named above, tho
distance is 13 1-2 miles.. Tho ground on this division is
Suite as favorable as could bo expected, but owing to
le nature of the country and directions of the streams,
the route is somewhat circuitous; and the maximum
grade of 43 feet is reouired to get the ßumrait between
the Whitewater and the Miami.
Tho estimated cost of grading, bridging and ballast
ing this division is $93,533 49 ; and of the whole comple
ted $197,902 91 ; an average per mile of $14,845 42.
The fourth division extends from the State line to
Hamilton, or to the junction with the Hamilton and
Eaton railroad 4 1-2 miles north of Hamilton, passing
near Oxford. This division on the second route named
is 21 1-2 milei. lonar, and is estimated to cost completed
$258,000; or $12,000 per mile.
From Rushville to the junction with the iaton rail
road by the Richland creek route from Brownsville, tho
distance is 62 miles, and the estimated cost $S15,2?4 47;
average per mile $13,154 58.
From Rnshville to the Eaton railroad by Liberty,
College Corner and Oxford, the distance is GO 1-2 .niles,
07In Maine the whigs are in trouble. Mr. Cros
by, their candidate for governor, is a supporter of the
position taken by Daniel Webster, and of which and the estimated cost $852,419 22; average per mile
John Otis, M. C, is an opponent. In the 4th district
R. K. Good-enow, present member, and Isaac Reed, Death or Hox. Jesse Mule. News was received
are both running as whig candidates. The demo- yestcray from Harrisburg, that the Hon. Jesse Miller,
... r , senior editor of the Keystone newspnper, died at that
cratic nominations for congress are Lot M. Morrill Jnf Mr Miler'has an
in the 3d district, Moses McDonald in the 1st, Charles active' politician in this State for many years, and has
Andrews in the 4lh, and Thos. J. D. Fuller for re- always been known as an uncompromising raJieal demo-
ert 1 Ta wa Reeretarv of State under the adnnnistra-
election in the tu. ' r.k mn hnvemor Rhukit. which office he
RUnA Wh lionor ami eredit to himself. His loss WÜ1 1k5
(7"Jenks says, the McAdamization of the east aor.,i deplored by the democracy of Pennsylvania.-
side of the public square is about completed, and, rauburg t ost
in a dornickological point of view, Lafayette can
now boast the handsomest public square in the
State.
fj7"It is estimated, that in December next, four
thousand miles of plank road will be in use in Ohio.
That's planking down to some purpose.
0A tow-boat, for the coast of Florida, was launched
in New Albany on Saturday. Her leogth is one hundred
feet. Tho cabin and Wlcrs aro to be in the hold.
When she reaches her destination she is to be Vhooner
riirsed.
ETTbe population of Michigan City is a little nndcr
10JÜ. The population of Laporte is 106.