Indiana State sentinel. [volume], September 12, 1850, Image 1

About Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853

Image provided by: Indiana State Library

                
i
r
1
1
1
J
J
WILLIAM J. BROWN, Editor. " , ' V: TT T! TT T. V ; '5SE3II.WEEKLY, ..$4 OO
.AUSTIN II. BROWN, Publisher.) . . - . r : . ' ' . ' - ' ' V " " C WEEKLY, 2 OO
VOL. X. ; : J XDT AXAPOLTS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1850. v NO. 15.
i . '
" ' ' " " '. i . - i.,. . '
1
1
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL i
A GAZETTE OF THE PEOPLE,
fc?-Office ia THE SENTINEL BUILIINGSca
AorfA Side Washington, near Meridian St. '
7 AUSTI N II. BROWN, Publisher.
THE SraH-WIZEKLY EDITIOX
s published evry Wednesday and Saturday and Tri
Wcekly during the session of tbe Legislature, at .
FOTJB DOLLASS A YEAE, InTarlally in Advaace.
THE WEEKLY EDITION
is published every Thursday, a.nd ia furnished to sub
scribers at the following very low rates: ,
One Copy, one year,. . .. . .$2.00
Three Copies, one year, 5.00
five Copies, one year, 8.00
Ten Copies, (in Clubs) one year, ." 10.00
One Copy, six months,. '. .. .1.00
One Copy, three months,.... .... 50
ZyTlx Money, ia all eases, to accompany subscriptions.
lO'Any person sending us a Club of 7Vit,with cash,
at the rate of $1.00 each, shall have a copy gratis for
one year. For a greater number than ten, the gratuity
"Will be increased in proportion.
ET" All Post Masters are requested to act as Agents,
and, as such, by a recent decision of the Department,
they ara authorized to frank letters for the benefit of
subscribers. - -
C7A11 papers will be stopped at the end of the term
paid for, unless the subscription is renewed, except to
those with whom we have unsettled business accounts.
KDrop Letters, addressed to this office, trill not be
taken out unless the postage is paid.
E7 Transient Advertisements must be paid for when
presented, or they will not appear.
C7No Anonymous Communication will receive atten
tion at this ofiice.
Adtertiseme nts must be handed in by 10 o'clock, Ai
M., on Tuesday and Friday, to insure insertion ia the
semi-weeklv.
O" This Paper odors inducements to Advertisers equal
to any other establishment in the State
BATES OF ADVERTISING.
We will advertise at the following rates in our respec
tive weeklies:
Patent Medicines at $150 00 per column.
Business Advertisements, ....... 25 00 per qr. col.
Legal and other advertising at 50 cents per square of
230 ems, for first insertion, and 23 cents for each snlse
quent insertion. AUSTIN H. BROWN,
. . JNO. D. DEFREES.
INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER T, 1850.
Number of White Male Inhabitants over Twenty-One
Years of Age.
- According to the Constitution it is made the duty
ol tbe several counties in the State, to cause an enu
meration of the white male inhabitant), over twenty
one years of age, to be made every five years. This
being the year, an enumeration has been made and
returned to the Auditor'. office, with the exception
of the counties of Flkhart, Jefferson, Madison, Ter
ry, and Posey, which shows a total of 175,066. The
Auditor's estimate of population, from this data, is
960,003. In 131-5, there were 15-5,409 polls, show
ing an increase of over twenty per cent, within .the
Iait five years. The population, according to the
United States census, will exceed a million of in
habitants. The Auditor says :
" Tbe returns exhibit a decrease in polls in the last
five years in the counties of Fayette, knox, Lawrence,
Tippecanoe, Union, Washington, und Wayne, amount
ing in all to 4US. The increase in the other counties,
from which returns have leen received, is 2'J,CA2, or a
population of over 150,000. ' The counties showing the.
largest increase are All-n 1 ,1 S 1 polls, Wabash 1,092,
Floyd 1,036, Miami 1,033, Howard 803, Grant 9G6,
Huntington 774, De Kalb . 733, Pike 641, Ripley 726,
Steuben 713 Vanderburgh 793, Switzerland (J71, Vino
621, Wells 6S2. Nearly one-half of the increase is in
the two Northern Congressional Districts, to-wit, ia the
9th 9,45S, and in the 10th 8,169 polls.
" In the State, so far as retarned, there are 502 per.
sons Deaf and Dumb, 273 blind, and 61S Lunatic. hat
a field for the sympathies and philanthropy of our citi
zens." .
United States Senator.
The Lafayette Journal and some other whig pa
pers in calling up Democratic candidates for the
Senate, with, we presume, about the same success
that spirits were called from the vasty deep, have
had the kindness to add to their long list the name
of the editor of this paper, who is now in Washing
ton. He takes this occasion to tender bis thanks to
them for their kindness", and to state most positively,
that he is not a candidate; that under no circum
stances will he suffer his name to be used, either in
the democratic caucus or the Legislature, as a com
promise candidate or any other sort of candidate.
The whigs need not be alarmed. W! have a de
mocratic majority large enough for all useful pur
poses, and we shall make our. own selection, ami
those who count on being elected as compromise
candidates, by the division of the party, are count
ing without their host. The democrats know their
duty and will do it.
Arrest of Gen. Ilinton. .
The Ohio Statesman of September 3, states that a
telegrapic despatch from Cleveland on that day to
the Ohio Stage Company, announced the fact that
Gen. Ilinton had been taken the night before, or that
morning, "at Wellsville, on the Ohio river, in Co
lumbiana county." It also adds, " We-' have just
seen a private despatch to a gentleman in Columbus
from Steubenville, stating that Gen. Ilinton had just
passed the latter place on a boat, in charge of Officer
Mills. He i said to be " safe this time." It comes
o direct that there cannot well be any error in iL"
Medical College of Ohio. . .
We call the attention of our medical readers to
the advertisement of this institution, located at Cin
cinnati. The vacancy in the chair of. Anatomy and
Surgery caused by the death of Dr., Shotwell, has
been recently filled by the appointment of Dr. II.
Willis Baxley, of Baltimore, Md.
fj7"The Blufflon Banner, mentions the following
gentlemen as being candidates for Secretary to the
Convention; Wm. H. English, of Scott; A. J.
Boone, of Boone; Francis King, of Indianapolis;
John . W. Dodd, of Grant; and Geo. L. Sites, of
Fort Wayne. -'"
fj7Mcssrs. Seaton Sc HoJman have received their
new stock of Fall goods. Read their advertise
ment, and give them a call. " ' '.
CHon. David T. Disney was nominated by ac
clamation, as a candidate for re-election to Congress
by the Democratic Convention held at Cincinnati on
Monday last. '
(T Vevay, Indiana, contaim a. population of
1,155. " : 4
' Railroad Celebration at Rushville.
Thursday last was the proudest day that has ever
dawned upon the city of Rushville in this State. We
have just returned to Indianapolis from attending the
Festival, in commemoration of the completion of the
Railroad to that point, ami have no time; before our
paper goes to press, for many particulars.
On Thursday morning, in company with the .Au
ditor and Treasurer of State and a full representa
tion of the Indianapolis Press and a number of La
dies and Gentlemen of this city, we left Indianapolis
on the Madison train for Edinburgh, where the road
to Shelbyville and Rushville diverges from the main
Madison stem; the Presidents of the Madison, Shel
byville and Rushville Railroads having kindly tcn
tered us the hospitalities of their cars and roads.
After a short delay at Edinburgh, the Madison
cars came booming up filled with the citizens of
that city, both ladies and gentlemen, the regular
train passed on to Indianapolis, and our whole party,
amounting to some dozen, car loads, passed up the
Shelbyville road, under the command of Wm. P.
Stevens, Esq., President of the Shelbyville Road, as
Grand Marshal. In little less than no time we passed
over seventeen miles to Shelbyville, where we took
dinner, and were joined by the Knightstown-cars
from Morristown and a large party of the citizens of
Shelbyville, and in double quick time proceeded to
Rushville, where we arrived a little after two
o'clock. Several acres of the citizens of Rush and
the surrounding counties, amounting to thousands,
were present to witness our arrival. It was indeed a
cheering sight to an old pioneer of Indiana, who had
witnessed the little village of Rushville near a quar
ter of a century ago.
On arriving at the Depot our Grand Marshal form
ed the whole company that had come up in the cars
in a grand procession and proceeded to the Court
House, one of the finest buildings in the State, where
a committee of citizens was present, and the whole
party, amounting to several hundreds, were soon dis
tributed amongst the citizens to share their hospi
talities, and for which, in the name of the whole par
ty, we give them our best thanks; for although taken
by surprise, as to this arrangement, nothing could
have been done better for the comfort of their guests
to Dr. Sexton, Col. Posey and Mr. Hamilton, we
are under individual obligations.
At the Court House short addresses were made by
Major Morrison, of Indianapolis, and Joseph G. Marshall,-Esq.,
of Madison 'Mr. Marshall most elo
quently taking the position, that, as Indianians, we
should build up a city on our own borders on the
Ohio river. Major Morrison remarked, in the course
of his address, that Rushville was now betrothed to
Madison, ami he was not there to forbid the banns;
but her important position, as the centre of the rich
est agricultural region in the West, would now be
made manifest in a light that had never heen known
before, and other cities would now, no doubt, woo
her with other works of improvement. Madison, he
said, deserved much credit for the energy of her
citizens in sending out her arms of communication
in various directions. But we have no room for fur
ther remarks.
The above gentlemen were loudly called on by the
citizens before making their speeches, Maj. Morri
son taking the lead." -
Madison will now command a trade, mostly lost
to Cincinnati, which will soon build up a thriving
city at the deep diggings. The only thing now ne
cessary for her business men; -merchants, and tra
ders to do, to prosper and build up a great city, is,
at the outset, to put down their per cent, on produce
and merchandise to the lowest possible rates, trust
ing to increased business to enlarge their profits, and
State pride will do much to sustain them. A con
trary policy now, will induce a hearty co-operation
of many of our citizens in rival works of improve
ment. Madison will soon have almost a monopoly
of the trade of one of the richest portions of the
West, ai d of very considerable extent, and we hope
she will liave the discretion to make that trade per
manent. This can only be done in the manner above
indicated. Cincinnati will soon feel the effects of
the Rushville and Knightstown roads. :
The whole ceremonies at Rushville were wound
up with a brilliant dancing party at the Court House.
The Shelbyville Band gave delightful strains of mu
sic. We are all back without accident.
A Merited Compliment. .
We publish with great pleasure the following just
and merited tribute of the Washington Union, to our
worthy friend, Colonel Willis A. Gorman.'. We shall
give his remarks in full as toon as they are received:
"Mr. Gorman, of Indiana, followed Mr. Clark in a
most appropriate, elo prent, and effective speech. It
was a most happy, strong, common-sense view of the
whole question, and yet It was graced by some of the
noblest and most patriotic sentiments which could pour
forth from the lips of an' American. Mr. Gorman en
forced, as a civilian, the same generous spirit which he
had displayed as a gallant soldier on the helds of Mexi
co. He pointed out to both sides of the House to the
North as well as the South tbe danger in which our
country stood; the -danger of a collision of arms on the
banks of the Kio Grande Itetwecn the valiant Texans
and the troops of the United States. - He showed the
diificulties which had arisen from the extreme views of
loth sides of the House r vpectin the boundaries of
Texas, and tho necessity of. adj listing the question by
compromise. . He turned from one si do of the chamber
to the other appealed to both in the most thrilling man
ner, and asked the member from New York, who Lad
talked so much about Texas robbing the treasury often
millions of money, whether it is not far better to stop
the effusion of brothers' blood by such a concession, and
whether it is not much better to designate the boundary
by even a silver line than by a line of blood. Tho whole
of Mr. Gorman's speech should be fully reported. , It
contains the strongest arguments, and the noblest ap
peals to Congress and the" country, in favor of fettling
all these questions at once, and giving peace to the Uni
on by a wise and generous spirit of compromise! He
denounced the Wilinot Proviso as having been conceived
in sin and begotten in iniquity, as a f.ttal monster which
should be put down ; and he denounced in the severest
terms the attempt of Mr. Root, of Ohio, to alarm mem.
licrs from doing their duty to their country by threaten
ing to call them doughfaces: He spoke Lis h'ur; and
then Mr. Daniel, of North Carolina, got the floor for to
day." . t . :.
C"A telegraphic despatch to the Journal of Com
merce of the 30lh ult. says,, that Mr, Ewbank's
nomination was reported upon adversely by the Sen
ate, but was postponed until Mr. Seward 'a return;
and that he would be rejected as Commissioner of
the Patent Office. .' .' . .' . .
(KrThc total population of , Washington, B. C., is
Ü5.S69.- - '
: .The New Paper at Indianapolis. I
Tins paper made its appearance on Wednesday
last. The following extracts, from a portion of the !
Indiana press, of both political parties, will explain,
belter than anything we can say on the subject, the
good effects it will produce, and whether indeed,
"politically, ths Statesman vnll sustain the princi
ples, organization, and usages of the .Democratic
party, endeavoring by all honorable means to pro
mote its HARMONY, UNION AND SUCCESS."
0"Messrs. Ellis & Spann have issued a prospectus
(or a new pajter at Indianapolis, to be entitled the Indi
ana Statesman, as was merely announced in our paper
of last weck. t
Mr. Ellis is the present Auditor of State, elected to
that odice by the Democrats of the last Legislature.
Mr. Spann is one of the lato firm of Chapmans & Spann
of tho Sentinel. They say in politics tho Statesman is
to be Democratic. Row, we hail with satisfaction and
pleasure the addition of all such auxiliaries to the com
mon cause, when commenced at places and under cir
cumstances that would warrant and demand them j but,
in this instance,' we are free to say, at once, that we re
gard this movenieut as calculated to do more barm -than
good leading, as it must, to a rivalship between it and
the Sentinel, which cannot fail to be more or less detri
mental to both. We think it is apparent that but one
Democratic paper can be usefully or adequately sustain
ed at the seat of Government. AH attempts at our Cap
itol, as well as like attempts at the Capitols of neigh
boring States, to sustain two papers ot the same poli
tics, have conclusively demonstrated this.
The Sentinel, so long the organ of the democracy, has
hut recently changed hands, and is being conducted with
signal ability and energy, and we think we speak almost
the unanimous sentiment of tho Democracy of the State,
when we say they desire to see it liberally sustained,
and will regard "with no kind feelings any attempt to
rival it.
Under all the circumstances, we think tho cnterpriso
of Messrs. Ellis & Spann ill-advised, and that the for
mer gentleman is but poorly acknowledging his obliga
tions to the Democracy of the State for the lucrative
place they havo given him, by engaging in it.- -Rush-title
Jacksonian.
Indiana Statesman. This is tho title of a new pa
per started at Indi.inajxdis by Messrs. Ellis Sc Spann,
professedly democratic, but founded in Free Soilism, wo
guess, and in violation of a contract with the Messrs.
Brown's made by one of the firm, (Spann,) we know.
We condemn the enterprise as injurious to the democrat
ic party. The people are well satisfied with the Senti
nel. It is conducted with spirit and ability, and ought
to, and will be supported by the party. Tllis is now
Auditor of State, and was elected by the 'democratic
party and ought to be the last man to disturb its orirani
z ition. He who starts an opposition paper at the Capi
tal must, to some extent, cripple the energies of tho
Sentinel, tho regular organ, and thereby, indirectly, as
any one can see, injure the party. Blmnirigtcn Report
l. ' '-'.-
New Paper. As we predicted some time ago, our
old friend Doctor Ellis, lato editor e.f the Goshen Dem
ocrat, and now. State Auditor, is about to establish a
new Democratic paper at Indianapolis. We were con
lident the Drowns would not answer the purpose of the
party, and that Doctor Ellis would either succeed them,
or establish a rival paper. Our renders will recollect
that we said this in so many words, upon the Browns
taking the place of the Chapmans, hut the necessity of
the change has developed itself a little sooner than we
exjccted. We had no doubt it would occur before tho
next Presidential campaign. We have no rejection to
make against the Browns. They appear to he rather
able and intelligent men, and mae a very good paper;
but the fact is, no one paper can any longer represent
the various shades of faction into which the democratic
party of this State is divided. A portion of that party is
strongly pro-sluvcry, and no one can much longer ride
both these factious nags at the same time. The. Chap
mans did so about as long as the thing could le done,
and they by a dexterous exploit of lofty tumbling, land
ed themselves outside of the ring. The democratic, par
ty of this State is becoming too strong, and contains too
many yreat men, to hold together much longer.. " I here s
a rood time comin? bovs." let us wait and watch the
sicrns of the times about tho winter solstice. Fort
Wayne Times, (IFiij.)
n7We learn from the. Indiana Journal, that Messrs.
Ellis &. Spann, have issued proposals for a new Demo
cratic paper in Indianapolis. It is to make its apjtear.
ante next month. Dr. Ellis is at present the Democrat
ic Auditor of State. Three cheers for the harmonious
democracy of Indiana. Salem AetM, ( Wkij.) - '
CTMeisrs. Ellis & Spann have issued a prospectus
(says the State Journal) lor a new locofoco paper at
Indianapolis, to bo called the Indiana Statesman. It is
to be edited by Dr.. Ellis, now State Auditor, dillering
from tlie SeHtincl somewhat in its teachings upon the
slavery question (unless the Doctor has tnrned a somer
set backwards) and devotedly wedded to the interests of
Judire Cliambo' lain as a candidate for the U. S. Senate.
Warsaw Republican, (Whig.) - -
trMessrs. Ellis &c Spann, of Indianapolis, have an
nounced their intention to commence the. publication of
a Democratic paper in that place sometime in Septem
ber in opposition to the Sentinel, of course. The De
mocracy are becoming too strong in this State to "pro
gress" harmoniously, and must soon split into two or
more factions; and this new publication will do much
towards producing .that result.
Success to tho new paper. Dantille Adcertiser,
(Whij.y. , , ' :
0"Wo now look for a perfect Kilkenny cat quarrel
between the new paper and Sentinel. The two Demo
cratic papers in Cincinnati abuse each other scandalous
ly, and so will it Imj with these illustrious representa
tives tif "harmonious Democracy." Ecanscille Journal,
(IVAy.)
0A new Locofoco paper is about to ij started at
Indianapolis. - We hope that the two Locofoco editors
will get along just ns pleasantly together ns tho inter
esting couple at Cincinnati do. LouisciUe Journal,
(Why.) r ;
ETDr. Eliis, formerly of the Goshen Democrat, and
John S. Spann,' of the firm of Chapmans & Spann of
the State Sentinel, have bought the. Sentinel printing
materials und the public printing, with the ostensible
View of carrying on job work; whereupon it is surmised
by some, that a radical democratic paper is to be start
ed. We cannot but wish that there iuhv be no occasion
for such an undertaking; if there should be, the whig
party would sorely triumph. Valparaiso Observer.
. CTMessrs. Ellis & Spann, of Indianapolis, have issued
a prospectus for the publication of a weekly paper, in
that city, to bo called the Indiana Statesman." Its
politics will be Democratic. It will be tle organ of the
"cod-ßth Democracy." We wish the proprietors abnn.
dant success in a pecuniary point of view. Newcastle
Courier, (Whig.) - . . . ' . .
CSrThe Correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce "of the 27th ult. says: .
'Notwithstanding the indication in favor of the peace
measures yesterday, the prospect clouds up again to-day.
It is believed, and various votes havo shown, that there
is a majority against tho rejection or the bills and that
a majority of the House wishes to see them passed in
some form or other ; but they cannot yet agree upon the
details of the bills.
Mr. Boyd's scheme for passing the Texas boundary
bill, the New Mexico and the Utah bill in one measure
and putting it through, to-day, under the previous ques
tion, without commitment, has entirely failed. When
the prev'uus question was resorted to, in order to
pet a direct voto upon the bill and amendments, it
failed by the decided vote of 107 to 74, a majority of
thirtr-turee votes against passing Mr. Boyd's scheme.
Mr. Boyd has withdrawn Ltah from tho bill, in order to
satisfy some of his Southern friends.
Tho question is now on a motion to commit the Texan
Boundary Bill, and Mr, Root has moved instructions to
report tho Wilmot Proviso, and called upon tho Northern
members to face the music. -
fjThe' Baptist General Association of Indiana,
will convene' at Logansport on Wednesday, the 18th
of September. ( ; (
(Jc5Peaches sell in the Cincinnati markets at twen
fire cents per bushel: .
Interesting: from Texas.
The New Orleans papers have received later dates
from Texas, by the arrival of the steamer Portland
at that place on the 23J ult. ' From different sources
we collate the following interesting particulars :
The Legislature, according to the proclamation of
the Governor, assembled, in extra session, at Austin
on the 12th. On the 13th, Gov. Bell communicated
to. the two JIouscs Lis Message, for which we have
room only for a few extracts.
After reviewing the causes which have led to the
unfortunate dispute in regard to the boundary line
between Texas and New Mexico the subject on
account of which the Legislature had been called to
gether in extraordinary session lie says:
' I am fully sensible that this is a question involving the
most serious considerations, and in its contemplation
there is commingled much of Iiojm; and apprehensioü.
But who will falter in the pathway of dutv, though "th
wrong doer be there powerful and iniiihtyf - On the one
hand our devotion to the Union a devotion manifested
in the confiding spirit with which wo yielded many of
the most important attributes of sovereignty for a' con
nection with it renders us averse to tlie adoption of
measures, which might seem by possibility to contem
plate a collision with any of its constituted authorities;
while, on the other hand, a just sense of w hat is duo to
ourselves, will not permit us to submit to outrages and
wrong from any quarter. So long as w e were permitted
to cherish a hoje, that there existed no fixed or premedi
tated desire, to deprive us of our acknowledged and es
sential rights, our langnage .was that of entreaty and
supplication our course that of forbearance and moder
ation, but with the undeniable evidence now before us
of a settled determination to despoil us, regardless of
compacts and constitutional guaranties, of at least one
third of oar territory a continuance of such language
and such a course, would be degradation and shame.
Difficult and .embarrassing, then, as the question un
doubtedly is, and however fraught its contemplation with
painful solicitude, we have left us no choice but to meet
it. It must be met boldly and fearlessly and determined
ly. Not by further supplieat'o or discission with Fed
eral authorities; not by renewed appeals to their gene
rosity and sympathy; 'not by a longer reliance on the
delusive hope that justice wilt vet Imj extended to us; but
by action manly and determined action on our part;
by a prompt assertion of our rights and a practical main
tenance of them w ith all the means we can command, at
all hazards and to the last extremity. - '
I am not of the number of those who have attempted
to estimate the value of the Union. I regard its bene
fits, when they arc administered in conformity with the
spirit and principles of its constitution, as unnppreciable.
by those w ho are left in tlioir undistuibed enjoyment
But, when tho guaranties of that sacred instrument are
set at naught, or when force- shall be resorted to as the
legitimate mode of their interpretation, it will then cease
to be a Union entitled to our reverence, because it wiil
have ceased to possess the power of extending . equal
and mutual benefits to all of it? members- . .
In view, then, of the unpleasant and extraordinary po
sition in which we are placed, and of the absolute neces
sity of immediate and decisive action on our part, I rec
ommend that your honorable body authoriza the Execu
tive to ruisc, with as littlo delay as possible, uitft -power
to supply, at least two regiments of mounted volunteers
for the contemplated move to and occupancy of Santa
But our rights are still our lights; and when, and in
w hat manner they are to ho maintained, the represents.
tives of I he peole are now called on to determine.- In
vour deliberations and final action upon this grave and
important subject, I trust your honorable body will ex
hibit firmness, tempered with mildness; decision, alter
the free - exercise of an enlightened judgment ; self
respect, with a decent regard fur the opinions of those
who stand adversely towards us, nn-.l, obtaining a com
plete victory over those high passions which the occasion
and these turbulent times arc so much calculated to en
gender, you will, it is hoped, exhibit to the world that
the youngest member of a great confederacy can, when
she feels herself aggrieved, assert with the confidence
which justice inspires, her just claims, and by moral
force effectuate a noble end, which in other ages and
countries could only be consummated by political con
vulsions and tue sword. ; ,
The frontier papers are filled with aeoonnts of Indian
outrages. The Nueces Valley, a Corpus Christi paper
of the 3d, has a thrilling narrative of the escape of . a
young man from a party of twenty-five Indians, who at
tacked him and two others in the open prairie, on the
west side of Santa Gertrudes, about sixty miles from
Corpus Christi. The three were members of Capt.
Ford's company of Rangers, and were returning to their
encampment when attacked. One, named Dock Sulli
van, was killed immediately, by a bullet through the
heart, and an arrow in the head. The two others, Al
fred Neil, and John Willbanrer, mounted their horses
and attempted to escape. Having separated, nothing
is known of the fate of Willbarger. Neil was pursued,
his horse fell, the Indians overtook him, shot him through
the body, pierced him with several arrows, and left him
for. dead. He nevertheless revived, and with a bullet
hole through his luns. and six other wounds, and en
tirely naked, piicceeded in traveling sixty miles without
food. His condition is extremely pi ecarions '
' The United States mail earner, who left Rio Grande
City for Corpus Christi on the 1st, had not arrived on
the 3d, and was supposed to be murdered. -.'
A party of Indians was seen, on tho 21th ult. within
thirty miies of .Corpus Christi, and a company of citi
zens set out in search of them. During their absence,
that nisht, the Indians entered the town and stole ninety-live
houses. . The value of the property stolen by In.
dians at Corpus Christi, within a week, fs estimated at
$2,500.; ' - . "
In the immediate vicinity of San Antonio the Indians
arc in great numbers and audacity. They re-appeared
about the 1st, and attacked the rancho of Mr. Tolley,
on tho Cibolo, with a large party; they cut loose and
drove off several horses w hich were tied in the yard,
within thirty or forty yards of the house. They also
stole about thirty horses from several other ranchos in
tbat neightorhood. " The citizens immediately assem
bled and pursued them. One Indian was shot by a
young man named Taylor, and eight of the horses recov-,
ered. The Indians were so closely followed that 'they
were compelled to throw away many of their equipages,
which the settlers found. The Indians divided into two
parties, one going on the east side of the Cibolo, and the
other on tho west side. It is thought by some that they
were Scminoles or Delawares, as they were all clothed
in shirts. The editor of the San Antonio. Texan, howev
er, pronounces them to be Lipans or Camanches.
'. Late from Mexico. ,
By an arrival at New York there is later news from
Mexico. ' The cholera had disappeared, after sweeping
off upwards oi Jijlcen tlutusand inliabitants of the capital
city! .. v. ; . -. .
All accounts represent the affairs of tho country ns in
a bad condition. - The opinion was genoral, that revo
lution was at hand. Throughout the interior disorder
and discontent prevailed, and on nearly all the frontiers
the Indians continued their depredations.
General Arista is tho prominent candidate for the
Presidency, and it was supposed he would be elected.
We clean the preceding items from a long and inter
esting Tetter in tho Tribune of the 23th ult., only fifteen
days from the Mexican capital.
Crln lhe Ann Arbor, (Mich.) Argus we find a
statement of the comparative cost of putting in tw o
fields of wheat of eight acres each, by drilling and
sowing broadcast. The cost for putting in broadcast
i $15 75; by drilling, 10 making a difference
of $5 75 in favor of driiung. The drilled wheat
was found in harvesting to have the largest heads
and stalks. There can be no doubt that drilling is
the best and cheapest mode of , putting in wheat,
and, in connection with this subject, we would re
commend to our farmers R. 'J. Gatling's Patent
Drill, as one among the best machines of the kind.
C7 Sanders, of the Evansville Journal, is particnlarly
savage tinon General Lane, of Oregon. He also tells us
there will bo more w ine than usual manufactured in Cin
cinnati tfiis season Then he'd better take i-onie of tho
wine and let Lane alone. Lav istille Democrat..
. - Troubles at Washington.
Mr. Fillmore, it seems,' finds much difficulty in
filling his Cabinet, particularly so far as regards Hit
Secretary of the Interior. It will be difficult for any
one to follow in the footsteps of the late incumbent,
Mr. Ewing. The following letter' will throw some
light on tlie subject: - ' '
Correspondence of tlie Evening Bullfctin.J .'
Washington, August 26, 1S50.
A rumor was started here on Saturday last, that Mr.
McKennan, of Pennsylvania, had abandoned the Depart
ment of tho Interior, and returned home with the pur
pese of remaining there. I refrained from alluding to
the report in my last; because I was not "certain how
true the statement might be; but, from What circum
stances have since revealed, I am inclined to think there
is more concealed beneath the surface than is revealed
by appearances. . The brief account I append is from
an intelligent officer of the government, a w big, and a
friend, I have reason to believe, to all the parties con
cerned. Mr. MeKennan.it seems, was loth .to accept
this particular department ; but; his scruples being final
ly overcome, he proceeded to discharge the duties of the
appointment. He required merely that he should be un
trammelled by pledges, to which the President readily
assented, and this was the understanding. Bnt, much
to the new Secretary's astonishment, when he assumed
control of the department, he found that Mr. Ewing had
made promises of offices to almost every whig who ap
plied, bad suppressed some very important papers re
specting other appointments, and had so interwoven the
machinery of his legitimate affairs with political
schemes, that it was impossible to extricate them, un
less with discredit to the new administration, and al
most with dishonor to himself. In this dilemma, he ap
pealed to the President, and made known the facts; but
.Mr. Fillmore could afford him no other relief than to as
sure him he trusted entirely to Mr. McK.'s patriotic
honesty, and would therefore" leave tho matter entirely
in his own hands. , .
Nor was this all. The, internal or bureau appoint
ments had been given by Mr. Ewing to his personal
friends, and in nino cases out of .ten to persons odious to
the whig party. Again and the gravest charge of all
was tho fact that between Mr. E. and Mr. Seward
there existed a peculiar collusion, looking-to the exer
cise of official influence in controlling the sentiment of
our organized and unorganized Territories, and w hich,
ifcarried into otfect, would have deprived the South of
an equal or projKrtionate share of representation there
hereafter. These causes combined provoked Mr. Mc
Kennan to revoke his letter of acceptance ; but it is not
positive that he will ultimately refuse to continue in a
post, be is so eminently worthy to fill. I am assured
this statement is correct; and, if so, it shows satisfacto
rily, that rather than bo a partv to the schemes thus ar
rested in their incipiency, Mr. McK. would abandon the
post, and return, like an honest man, to the bosom of
his family. As this publication would tend to injure the
former Secretary,, if left uncontradicted, I should much
like to see a sweeping denial; bnt I seiionsly believe,
considering the source where I obtained my information,
that an authorized denial is out of the qacsiion. -
Prom tlie National Intelligencer. '
Resignation or Mr. McKennan. Tbe public
generally will, and the members of the government es
pecially must, feel a sincere regret at the determination
announced by the subjoined letter, which was received
yesterday by the President: - -
; . Washington, (Pa.,) August 26, 1S50.
My tear sir: I respectfully tender to you my resig
nation of the Department cf the Interior, to which you
did me tlie honor of calling me.
This determination has not been reached without the
most serious and anxious deliberation. -
A consciousness of my peculiar nervous tempera
ment, which too readily responds to causes of excitement
and depression, would have prompted me, in tho first
place, to decline the ofTer-'but the kind manner of the
appointment; accompanied by the pood wishes of the
members of the cabinet, and hacked by the pressing ur
gency of friends, made so strong an impression upon me
as to leave me no alternative but to accept. A brief ex
perience of the arduous lalors and onerous responsibili
ties of the position, in connexion with considerations of
a private and domestic nature, which press upon nio with
irreat force, has brought mo to the conclusion that a due
observance of duty to my family and myself requires
my withdrawal. -' ...
In thus dissolving my brief official association with
you, permit me to say that I cherish a confident reliance
upon the patriotism, capability, and worth of 'every
member of the administration, and a hopeful assurance
of its success. To this end no effort of mine, in my re
tirement, shall at any time bo wanting. -
May I not also assure you of my grateful appreciation
of the kindness extended to me by you and your official
associates? , '.'.'
With respectful and sincere regard, I am vours, faith
fully, . th. m. t. McKennan.
His Excellency, Millard Fillmore.
President of the United States.
' From the St. Louis RcpnMican, Any. 1.
U'Several srentlenien of the army among them,
Capt. Sykes, 3d infantry, Lieuts. Plymnton and Tyler,
7th infantry, Capt. Allen, artillery, ami Dr. Edwards,
with Mr. I(. T. McKinney, left Santa Fe on the lGth of
July, and a part of them arrived yesterday in this city.
From Mr. McKinney, wo gather tho following informa
tion :
The elections under the State constitution of New
Mexico, took place on the 20th of June, and resulted in
the choice of Dr. Henry Connelly for Governor of the
State, over Thomas Cabczi de Baca; Manuel Alvarez,
Lieut. Governor, beating his opponent, C. St. Yrain;
and William S. Messervy, Representative in- Conirrcss,
by a majority of some 5Ö0 votes over Hugh N. Smith.
At the same time that these elections were made, an
election for members of the Legislature was also held.
The body convened at the time appointed in tho consti
tution, and some curious scenes were enacted. As is
generally known, New Mexieo has been divided into two
parties one of them advocating a territorial, the other
a State government. A member of the Senate by the
name of Montaya, from the county of Santana, present
ed his credentials, and was admitted; but it was found
out, soon after, that he- might not be disposed to vote
with the majority, and he was excluded from his seat,
and one of his opponents was voted into his place.' Here
upon, six Senators and representatives withdrew, and
left the Senate w ithout a epiorum to da business.. But
this difficulty was overcome in a manner peculiar to New
Mexican legislation. The remaining members proceed
ed to till the places of a sufficient number to make the
business of legislation legal, and they proceeded in the
performance of their official duties. They elected Maj.
It. H. Weio-litman. late Paymaster United States Army,
and Mai. F. A. Cunninchain, also Paymaster United
I States Annv. Senators in the Congress of the United
States. At a later period, they elected P. J. Pillans
Chief Justice f the Supreme Court of that State, and
E. C. West, Thomas Cabeza do Baca, and Diego Ar
cliuletta, Associate Judges. Lewis B. Sheets was elect
ed Secretary of State; J. D. Robinson, Auditor, and
Charles Blumcr, State Treasurer. An election for sher
iffs and Other officers was ordered for the 2d of August,
but it is said t1at there was some conflict of opinion be
tween Col. Monroe and the people, in this particular,
and that this election would be prevented
A greater farce in the way of organizing a State
Government .was never played. . The power of a
majority was never more effectual. A member ex
ercising his constitutional rights, of judging how he
should vote, is turned out, and one consenting to vote
with a majority is turned in. The Senators elected
are not residents of the territory. They are, both
Paymasters in the army, and were only there on offi
cial busness." Maj. Weightman resides in Washing
ton City, where his family now are Major Cunning
ham, formerly a member of Congress from the But
ler District, Ohio, resides at Eaton. W. S. Messervy
is elected to tho House by 500 majority over Hugh
N. Smith, who claimed a seat, as delegate from the
territory, by virtue of an election at a town meeting
in Santa Fe. When the people spoke they notified
him that his services were" no longer required at
Washington.' ..-.-
r The. action of this juasi-legislatüre protes Very
conclusively, that the people require a little school
ing, in the way of a territorial government, before
they should attempt to assume the sponsible posi
tion of a-sovereign State- .
. From the New York Tribune
Abolition Convention.
Cazenovia, Wednesday, August 21.
The Convention met at the Free Church ia this vil
lage, at 10 A. M., and was called to order by J. C.
Jackson. -
Rev. Samuel J. May was appointed Chairman, pro
tern.
A committee Was appointed to nominate permanent
officers for the Convention, consisting of Samuel Wells,
Charles Bray, and J. W: Logan.
Business Committee Gcrrilt Smith, James Baker, G.
F. Rice, Mary Springstead, and Caroline Brown. "
Song by the Elmore Sisters, who are fugitive slaves.
A committee of five was appnnted to report resolu
tions on tho imprisonment of W. L. Chaplin, for Lis re
cent attempt to abduct slaves from the District of Co.
Iumbia, as follows: J. C. Hathaway, W. R. Smith, El
more Seymour, E. Smith, and J. C. Jackson.
A committee was appointed to raise a subscription ia
10 cent donations, to purchase a silver ritcher and two
silver goblets, to be presented to W. L. Chaplin, for his
cmiuent services in the cause of humanity. The follow
ing ladies were such committee: Eeebe Hathaway,
Miss Burwcll, and Mrs. F. Rice.
The committee to nominate permanent officers report
ed the following: "
President Frederick Douglass, (colored.)
Vice Presidents J C. Hathaway, Samuel R.Ward,
(colored,) Miss or Mrs. Frances llawley, and Charles
W. Wheaton.
Secretaries Charles D. Miller, and Miss Anna P,
Adams,
Frederick Douglass on taking the chair, made a fer
appropriate remarks. He then presented a letter from
Samuel R. Wardf in which tho latter declined having
anything to do w ith the meeting. The name of Charles
B.'Ray was substituted for that of Mr. Ward as Vice
President.
A communication was read from Mr. Goodcll, enclos
ing some resolutions. '
A committee on address and resolutions was appointed
consisting of two black and three white men. The only
names we are able to give are E. S. Pratt, J. W. Lo
gan, and James Baker. -
On motion of S. J.May, brother Hathaway was re
quested to give in the afternoon, a description of his in
terview with Chaplin in tho jail in Washington. Also,
that the fugitive slaves present, of whom there are some
thirty, be requested to sit together, where they may bo
seen by the delegates.
Adjourned till afternoon.
The Convention is large, consisting of some 2,000
persons, among whom there is a, smart sprinkling of
blacks.
An address to the slaves of the South, recom
mending them to mn away from their r .asters, and
advising them to carry, arms, and take iife if neces
sary, rather then be re-captured, was adopted; also,
an address and resolutions, in which they nominate
William L. Chaplin, now confined in the jail at
Washington, for abducting tlie slaves of Messrs.
Toombs and Stephens, for the Presidency, and adopt
measures to secure his election. It is peculiarly un
fortunate that, in the present crisis, such meetings
should be tolerated in the Northern States. They
afford an opportunity for tha Southern Disunionist to
proclaim them as the sentiment of the North. Mr.
Yulee, of Florida, read the whole proceedings in
tlie Senate, a few days since, to show that the South
had nothing to expect from tlie North and Elwood
Fisher parades them in his "Southern Press," as an
evidence of Northern sentiment, and uses the fol
lowing illiberal language towards tbe North:
"If such a meeting as this had been held in a foreign
State, it would be the right and duty of the Federal Go
vernment to demand the interference of the foreign go
vernment for the restraint and punishment of the incen
diaries. But as it was held in a sister State a member
of the Union constantly canting about conciliation and
fraternity, there is no redress for tho South but ia her
self.
We have heard a good deal of censure anl exclama
tion against tho proceedings of this meeting by those who
were in favor of the late Compromise, a.i of the Cali
fornia bill as it passed the Senate But although they
may think it expedient to take on, we don't think much
of that. The proceedings of the meeting of Cazenovia
arc in a great measure logical deductions from the re
cent vote of the Senate to admit Calidrnia.
If the land, the property of the South, can be taken
from her, why not slaves? The reasons are quite as
plausible, and if not identical, more plausible, for taking
slaves than land. - As for the process, that is not so raw
terial; w hether it be done by the forma'ity of a majority
vote, llagrautly before the world, or by the more covert,
but not the more certain process, of recommending
flight at midnight, with the incidental expedients of tak
ing horses, arms and money to facilitate tho operation.
There are very few men) South or North, so stupid as
not to know that the real cause of the outrage now go
ing on of wresting from the South her territorial rights,
is Northern hostility to slavery, and Northern lust of
power. Any man can see tl.is at a glance through all
tlie pretences of non-intervention, hardships of Califor
nia, Sic., w hen he sees a territory allotted to her beyond
the occupancy of her inhabitants, beyond their capacity
to govern, and beyond all precedent as to boundary;
and this by violations of tlie Constitution and of usage
for which" no defence is offered, except that several of
them have at ditlercnt intervals been separately perpe
tratcd before, and that at present these outrages have
been combined with new ones to effect a purpose more
atrocious than ever was attempted lwforc.
The Cazenovians resolve that "slavery is the curse of
all curses, tlie robbery of all robberies, and the crime of
all crimes." The majority in the Senate who voted for
tho admission of California docs not go so far as this
although this would have been the only adequate excuse
for passing tho California bill if they believed it. But
they availed themselves of the compound sentiment of
the'North hostile to slavery, and eager for Northern ag
grandizement, as tho real justification, or rather motive
for that vote.
We are progressing. If any people had said to Gen
eral Cass ten years ago, or to Mr, Clay, that in 1S50
he would vote "for bills to deprive the South of all right
to a vast territory, he would hare exclaimed: 'Is thy
servant a dog, that lie should do this thing?' "
Northern Legislatures, and the Northern Prcsa
should speak out and disabuse the mind of the hon
est Uaion-loving, law-abiding people of the South,
on the subject of slavery. Let them adopt the just
doctrine of non-intervention in the Territories, and
non-interference with tle question in the Stales, and
they will snatch the incendiary torch from the trai
torous hand of tho disunionist, and restore harmony
and quiet to the country.
ITGoodman's Counterfeit Detector for September no
tices the following counterfeit notes: ' -
- Slate Dank of Indiana, A'eio AUany. l'a, letter C. da
ted January 1st, 1343. Engraving course and very im
perfect. ......
Guernsey Branch State Bank of OhiorThe cn shier of
the Guernsey Branch of the Slate Bank of Ohio, ia a
letter to the editor of the TimesjSaj s; "There are a
number of on and ten dollar notes in circulation purport
ing to have been issued by this bank, d.ited in June,
1349 ! all such are counterfeit, as the bank has no notes
datcu in that month. '
JjWe learn from Col, Arion, the energetic postmas
ter of this city, that he has received authority from the
Post Office Department to contract for the ree'ular trans
mission of the mails between this city and Indianapolis
for the present, or until some permanent arrangement
shall be entered into. The mails will, therefore, contin
ue to leave and arrive daily, as heretofore. !y the Madi
son and Indiannpolis Railroad, no doubt the bet couvej-.
ance that can bo had at this time.- .Vaiwon Banner.
CtrDuring the sitting of the Michigan Constitu
tional Convention, a delegate Irom the island of
Mackinac, iti describing the vast extent of his dis
trict, broke out as follows;
"Mftckinae, kir, is bounded on the north by the An
rora Borealis, on the east by the rising sun, on the south
by illimitable space, and on th w ett by the dty cf jud
merit!"