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Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
A Pure and Unadult erat ed Falls ehood
with no Mixture of Truth.

The Madison Daily Courier of Saturday
evening, March 18th, contains the following
false and discourteous statement
1--WE were mortified last evening when we
contrasted the telegraph news in the Indian
apolis Sentinel with that published in the
Journal yesterday morning. The latter was
Just twenty-four hours ahead of the Sentinel
the watchman on the old line tower, to give
the earliest intelligence of the movements OF
the outside barbarians" The Sentinel yes
terday morning published the news by the
Pacific the Journal that brought by the Afri-
ca The Madison Banner is Just twenty
four hours behind the Journal and, for all
useful purposes, further behind our Courier.
If Messrs Walker & Cotton can't do bet
ter than that-if we could not do better
we would strike our daily flag and content
our self with an old fashioned weekly Jour-
nal"
The reading of the above has given US
more pain than editors should ever feel al
what is said about them by opposition papers
We cannot persuade ourselves that Mr.. GAR
BER, with whom we have had pleasant per-
SOndl acquaintance, COulu SlOOp W al uiihiIi'
gated falsehood for the purpose of injurins
three young men, engaged in new and ar
duous undertaking. Yet there the falsehood
stands.
We have open before us the journal and
Sentinel of Friday morning, the date alluded
to by the Courier, and our report of the news
brought by the Africa, is in every particular
as complete as that of the journal. We have
the death of Nicholas, the condition of tn,
markets, 'Bruats' dispatch and everything
else. We also have, in common with th'
Journal the news by the Pacific which arriv
ed several hours sooner. On this news w
have some editorial comments, while th'
Journal has no allusion to the news in it
editorial columns. We mean no disparage
ment to the courteous, intelligent and efficien
gentleman who conduct the Journal. Al
editorial comment was not at all necessary
nor did our short editorial notice contain any
thing of moment. We merely mention tn
fact to show that we were as0ake.
We ask Mr.. GABER, if he is an honest man
to retract his unfounded charges.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
Democratic Me citing in Daviess Coun
tY. Indiana

At a regular meeting of the Democracy Of
Barr township, Daviess Co., held on the 10th
Of March 1855, JESSE MORGAN was called
to the chair and MICHAEL REILLY acted as
Secretary. After some preliminary business
had been transacted, the meeting was ad-
dressed by Hon. G.. G.. BARTON The ora
ton of Mr. BARTON was an eloquent review
of the political topics Of the day, in which
the Know Nothings received no quarter
The following gentlemen were chosen a
corresponding committee for the township.
MICHAEL REILLY, JAMES MORGAN and THOMAS
MAHAR.
The following resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted.
Resolved, That we will not vote for any
candidate who will not give his written pledge
to support the constitution sent us by the
central committee at indianapolis.
/ Resolved, That we will use all honorable
means for the election of the nominees of the
convention at the April election.
RESOLVED, That committee of three be ap-
pointed to manage the affairs Of the Demo-
cratic Association of this township, for one
year.
ResolUed, That we will use all honorable
means to promote the principles of democra
cy and to suppress all secret political socie
ties.
Resolved That the thanks of this meetin;
shall be given to Governor WRIGHT for hi
able administration of the affairs of the State
Resolred, That the proceedings of thi
meeting be published in the Paoli Eagle AM
State Sentinel
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
Cincinnati, Peru & Chicago Railroad.

Perhaps no uncompleted Railroad within
the borders of our State is destined to contri-
butte, by its construction, greater degree of
benefit, both to stockholders and the public,
than the one designated by the name at the
head of this article. Traversing a region of
country unsurpassed in natural productive
ness, it forms, by happy coincidence, in al
most an air line, connexion between the
capital towns of five of our best and, prospec-
lively, our most populous counties. BY means
of a running arrangement consummated with
the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
Rail Road Company a line is formed, direct
ing South -eastwardly, connecting Chicago
with La-Porte, Plymouth, Rochester Peru
and Marion, and at the last two points with
indianapolis, Cincinnati and the East general
ly, combining local advantages with the public
convenience in a manner equalled by but few,
if any, contemporaneous enterprises.
For awhile, the work was prosecuted vigor-
Ously upon the entire line of the road from
La Porte to Peru, a distance of near one hun
dred miles.
The company have at this time however,
concentrated their forces upon that section
reaching from La-Porte to Plymouth, the
preparation of which for the iron, will be
completed by the first day of July next.
Mr. w. j. WALKER, the contractor for the en-
tire line, man of consumate ability and un-
remitting energy and determination, has al
ready negotiated arrangements by which he
will raise, from private resources, the monies
necessary for the purchase of the iron and
running stock for the first thirty miles. The
completion, therefore, and running Of that
portion may be confidently expected by the
first of next September.
One of the most striking features of the Gin
cinnati, Peru and Chicago Railway Company,
is the fact that the work thus far carried on
upon the road has been accomplished through
the resources Of individuals in the vicinity Of
the line. The citizens of La-Porte, not long
since, in their anxiety to see the work plo-
STcSS, dllu III duQlIiOH 10
previously made, purchased bonds of the COM
pany to the cash value of something more
than fifty thousand dollars. These bonds are
secured by mortgage upon real estate to an
amount equal to almost t,oo dollars for every
one of issue. Up to the present moment, the
great depression in monetary affairs has pre-
vented the company from attempting negotia-
tons in the New York market. They have
yet in their own possession the larger amount
Of their real estate bonds, are the possessors Of
extended and valuable tracts of the best lands
in the State, and rejoice in the fact that they
are entirely unincumbered with debt
Surrounded by auspices SO bright and cheer
ing, we cannot but look for the early consum-
nation of the sanguine expectations of our
northern friends, whose hopes and interests
have been involved in an enterprise which
thus far has been cani led on by their own lib
erality and public spirit
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
First Rate.

We are indebted to the Louisville Journal
for the following good story
CONGRESSIONAL MoRALITY.-We were in
finitelv amused three or four weeks ago by a
practical Joke in Washington City upon a
number of the nice men of Congress. 1t was
too good to be left unpublished.
A couple of merry fellows one of them a
distinguished member of Congress from a
Southern State, and the other distinguished
ex-editor from Kentucky concocted letter
purporting 10 be addressed by young lady to
very fine looking gentleman. 1t was got up
in first-rate style. The pretended young lady
set forth therein that she had several times
seen the gentleman she was addressing, that
she was fa,cinated by his fine face and manly
form, that her heart was deeply touched by
all she saw and heard of him, that she must
make his acquaintance before his departure
from the city, that she hoped and prayed he
would forgiye her seeming boldness as it was
the first imprudent act of her life, that she
had always moved and was still moving in the
highest circles of the Capital, that she woul.l
be upon a certain square of a certain street al
precisely II O'Clock on the following day, IN
dress which she described with great partic-
ularity and that she hoped and trusted he
would meet her and thus afford her an oppor-
tunity of brief personal intercourse with the
| idol of her heart. The two wags had between
thirty and forty copies of this letter written by
female friend of theirs, and they sent these
copies to between thirty and forty members o
/ Congress, selecting those of course who were
known 10 entertain very exalted opinion Of
their own personal destinations,
Everything being thus arranged, the two 10
kers called upon us and another young gentle
man, explained what they had done, and invi
ted us to get into their carriage, ride with then
them to the point of assignatinn, and see tn
sights. We unhesitatingly consented, ant
we saw sights sure enough. Riding upon tn
designated square, we beheld the whole of tn
thirty or forty members, Northern men an,
Southern men, Wings, Democrats, and Know
Nothings, walking to and fro, all gazing ear
nestly in every direction and at every femal
figure to discover the object of their anxiou
search.
We concluded, that, if more copies of th
letter had been sent so members of the Hous
of Representatives, the House would hav
had to adjourn for the want of quorum
\
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
The Black Warrior Case Settled

Our telegraphic dispatches noticed some
days since, that the Spanish government had
agreed TO grant proper indemnity in this case.
The Washington Union concludes an article
on the subject by the following plain intima-
tions. The firing on the E Dorado viii, we
doubt not, by the firm stand of our govern
ment, be apologized for.
ain the emphatic and significant language
of President Pierce with which Mr.. Marcy
closed and fortified his great Argument in the
Black Warrior case, National honor, and the
obligation resting on him to protect the violated
rights Of our citizens allie iDipel him 10 take
further measures, not only in regard TO the case
. of the Black Warrior, but to numerous other
unadjusted claims founded on the oppressive
acts Of the Spanish authorities at Havana"
What effect this suggestion of taking further
measures had on the Spanish government in
inducing it to accord Just indemnity in the
Black Warrior case we cannot tell, but we are
satisfied that the history Of the past has fully
taught us that other measures than sending
demands to Madrid would be more likely to
prove effectual in securing indemnity for the
past and security for the future"
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
OF Total Abstinence is HORACE GREE

OF Total Abstinence is HORACE GREE
LEY's rule for Christians as well as all 9TH
ers. Here is what he says in recent Letter
defining his views of theology:
Believing the ordinance Of the Lords Sup
per, as now celebrated among us, fearful
impediment to the progress and triumph ol
the principle Of total abstinence from all that
can intoxicate...I have for some time past
felt it my duty to abstain from it, awaiting
and hoping for the day when Christians o
every name shall realize that the blood o
our Savior is not truly represented by the
compounds of vile and poisonous drugs com
monty sold here as wine - nor yet by any
liquid, essentially alchaholic, therefore intox
icating
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
Literary Motto es.

The Methodist Quarterly Rerie,0 has been
received 1t is valuable periodical, though
the number for January does not contain as
many miscellaneous articles as we expected.
1t will compare favorably with any of the re-
ligious Magazines Of the country, and is as a
proof that the great Methodist denomination
if fully awake the necessity and propriety Of
general cultivation.
j. McCLNTooK, ID. D., is editor, and CARL.
ToS & PHILIPS, New York are publishers.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29


OF We copy the following article from
that ably conducted journal, the Logansport
Pharos:
In TRouBLE-The Fusionists have had
trouble almost everywAere and comparative
ly have reaped very little of the fruits of vic
tory, and the indications are that the chances
are diminishing.
In New York the wings have been engaged
in a regular Kilkenny fight. and are industri-
ously engaged in using each other up-and
we hope they will succeed inther philanthro-
pic and praiseworthy efforts.
In Pennsylvania they failed to elect Uni
ted States Senator, although they had the
power. There was difficulty as to who should
pluck the fruit all couldn't eat it, and so
they resolved that none should have it.
In Indiana the proceeds in the shape of
the sinews" won't pay for wear and tear.
In Illinois they succeeded in electing Judge
Trumbull o the Unitel States Senate. and
felt very comfortable over the event But
alas for the vanity of Fusion hopes and
Fusion foresight-Judge Tumbull was a
year or two since elected Judge of the Su-
preme Court, and the Constitution of Illinois.
like the Constitution of Indiana, excludes iu-
dicial officers from all offices (other than
judicial ones) during the term for which they
were elected. The Governor of Illinois, ac-
ting under the provisions of the Constitution,
refuses to give Judge Trumbull a certificate
of election. The Fusion papers in Illinois are
in fine state of excitement over the matter,
but the Governor, taking the Constitution as
his guide, is determined to do his duty, and
the next Legislature will have TO FL the va
cancy--unless the United States Senate should
determine, in violation of the Constitution of
Illinoise, to give Judge Trumbull the seat.
The election of the Fusion Senator from
Iowa will be likely to be decided failure by
the United States Senate.
Thus it will be seen that the Fusionists gen.
orally are in tribulation and their victories are
like the fruit of Sodom. turned to ashes in
their grasp.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
BRAzILrAN AFrAm

Brazilian AFFAms-Tbe commercial
world Of Rio Janeiro is plunged into the great
est confusion, not only by the ordinary con-
sequences Of the European embodiment, but
by the withdrawal Of the mail steamers mn-
ming to Liverpool and Southampton, which
have been appropriated for the conveyance Of
troops The American houses suffer equally
from the embarrassment, As their ccrrespon-
dence was conducted Cia England. Trading
vessels are lying in nidleness
The question Of the free navigation Of the
Amazon is now on the tapis. It is confident
ly expected that the American Minister will
bring it 10 a satisfactory issue with the Bra
lillian government
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
OF The correspondent the New Orlean
Rec writes from the City Of Mexico.

VI ne correspondent OF the Nov VtIeaNs
Bee writes from the City of Mexico
Pepe Santa Anna, the Presidents son, la,
been guilty of an act Of barbarous cruelty
Gen. Plutarco Cabrera having captured the
village de Zepotha el Grande made prisoner
ofsome thirty-five inoffensive inhabitants, ano
was conducting them to Guadalajara when he
met Pepe Santa Anna and his lancers. Pep,
took possession of the prisoners, upon whom
he exercised the most savage violence. AZ
ter placing them between two lines of caval
nv, and forcing them TO follow the gallopins
horses, he dragged them to an avenue skirte6
with trees, and hanged them singly one afte
another, taking the precaution so to adjus
the ropes as to prolong their sufierings as mucl
"a pOssihle
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
New Albany and Salem Railroad.

New Albany and Salem Railroad.
That efficient officer, Mr. JAMES Brooks,
the President Of the New Albany and Salem
Railroad, has succeeded, we are most happy
to say, in negotiating loan for the company
with which he is connected, of four hundred
thousand dollars.
portion of this money, it is understood,
will be applied to the liquidation of those
outstanding claims which have heretofore
weighed down the energies Of the company
and fettered the action of its officers. The
other portion will he appropriated to the
thorough repatriation Of the road and to the
purchase of such stock as will give it perfect
equipment. This is an end to which the
public have looked with more than ordinary
anxiety, and viii be no less gratefully hailed
by the travelling community than by the
agents of the company, heretofore so much
embarrassed by the difficulties under which
they have labored.
The New Albany and.Salem Railroad, con
Meeting as it does, New Albany, and Indian
apolis, and Lafayette with Chicago, has be
come one of the greatest thoroughfares in tn
State. Its good fortune at the present time
therefore, must be regarded as a matter worth,
of public rejoicing.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
Habits of Louis Napoleon.

| We extract from the last number Of the
North British statement which is new to
us. We had notion that LOUIS NAPOLEON
was very industrious but the reviewer writes
like one who knew the truth of his assertions.
We cannot praise him as an administrator
He Is indolent and procrastnating. He hates
details, and therefore does not understand
| them; and he does not trust or even employ
those who do. When he has given an order
he does not see to its execution. An admin
istrator ought to be glutton of work; he
ought to love it as a youth loves his mistress,
as a gambler loves play. He ought to think
and dream of nothing else The man who
turns the KEY of his cabinet, and saws, have
done the business of the day. is no admins
traitor. Yet even he is far superior to many
who usurp the title, for they turn the key
before the business has been done An ad-
ministrator ought to be Unsuitable of details
No literature" said Napoleon, "delightS me
so much as the daily statements of the force
and position of every division and regiment
and company in my armies. | get them by
heart involuntarily." An administrator ought
to follow up an order as a bloodhound does
the scent. 1t is in danger the instant he loses
sight of it. Louis Napoleon ordered feet
to be prepared to cooperate with us in the
Baltic in the spring. Ducos, his Minister of
Marine, assured him that it was ready. The
time came, and not ship was rigged OF
manned. We sailed without the French
squadron. If the Russians had ventured out,
and we either had beaten them si.ele-haRde.l.
or been repulsed for want OF thesproinsed .ss----
sstance, the effect on France would have
been frightful. When his Baltic squadron at
length sailed, il contained four ships which
the commission of naval enquiry of 1850 had
condemned as unserviceabe I; and the arse
mails were left perfectly bare. We do not know
what may be their present state but in last
May they had not stores or materials to repair
gun-brig. The manning of that squadron,
too, had been delayed until almost all the able
seamen of France had left her shores for the
American fishery. The crews, therefore. were
as raw as the ships were inferior We have
reason to believe that it was only in the mid
die of February that he made up his mind
to send an army to Bulgaria. They arrived
by driblets andit was not until August that
their battering- train left Toulon. We have
heard that out of 10000 men who were sup
posed to have been dispatched before the end
of September, not $1,000 ever actually land
cd. The rest are said to be unaccounted for
it is whispered that they were non-valeurs: n
species of soldier well known in continental
armies particularly in the Russian, who draws
rations and pay, but is never seen in the BODY.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29

OF The publication of a communication
on the subject Of the Attorney Generalsh;p
received yesterday, is unvoidably deferred
until tomorrow.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29

0HTIn Detroit Barber, who participated in
q burglary and attempted to kill clerk has
been sentenced to fifty years in the State Pri
son, or till 1906, when he will be sixty-eight
years old, he being now eighteen.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29

OF Maryland has the heaviest debt, in
proportion, of any State in the Union. 1t
exceeds fifteen millions to a population of five
hundred and eigty-two thou and free citizens
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29

OF We are pleased to learn, says the Law
renceburg Press, that our fellow townsman,
Mr.. d. NJ. SKINNER, has received the appoint
ment of Mail Agent on the Ind. & Gin. R. r.
Dick will make competent and clever
officer.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH %, 1853

trust that the Legislature of Massachusetts Is
not prepared to stamp itshistory with the seal
of indeible inlamy by following the recon-
mendation Of Philips and his coadjutOrs.
If the remorseess, uurelenting. inexorable
cry, with which Judge Loring is now pursued
by the fanatics in Massachusetts,, shall be
followed by a removal, the act will be dark
strain upon her fair fame which years cannot
obiterate The Abolitlonists of the North
think they owe their prS Sent hold on power
to the fugitive slave law, and the repeal of the
Missouri compromise. Frederick Douglas
lately offered up his thanks at a public meet
ing for the passage of these two measures
But the fact that they signalize their seccess
aeasures of revolutionary and dangerous
character, taken Immediately after their ele-
vation to power-measures which strike a
blow at the most sacred principles known to
the English and to the Americans constltu-
tions-ought to warn the people of the Uni
ted States to beware of longer supporting
them. Fanatical principles, leadingto coniu-
sion and anarchXare prevailing in every quar-
ter in which Abolitionism is triumphant. All
the great duties of Government are made
subservient to the one idea of abolishing slave
ry--as if the short-sighed men who would
Immediately accomplish this object could at
once subtitute for the mild and efficient gov
ernment of slavery any other which would
make the slave useful laborer for himself
or the community, or could prevent the un-
told and wide spread mischiefs, to bond and
free, to citizens of the United State and Of
the worla.t large, which would flow from
Immediate freedoni. -. .--s.sz
By means of the clap-trap machinery of
Abolitionism good men are deluded into poll
cal nulification; for the laws of Massachusetts,,
Wisconsin, aud Michigan are more efficient
and dangerous modes of carrying out nullif-
cation than were the conventions and procla-
matious of South Carolina A long-contin-
ued persistence is such legislation will so
weaken the bonds of Union that dissolution
will ineYitahe follow.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29
WAsHINGroN, March IL, 1851

NEW fsNFsHIRE ELEcIIQN.-By refer
ence 10 tine telegraPliic columns, our readers
will see that they indicate the election Of
METcALF and as Was expected, the Ola pol
rido, or political compound that there exist
ed, has simmered down 10 the dregs-a
Know Nothing Governor This result Is not
TO he wondered at No pcsiilential epidemic
makes It's appearance IN one part Of the land.
but what must run its course. No hurricane
laws waste the country, but has its beginning
and termination and the people Of New
Hampshire have heard told, as marvellous
events, the Syracusan efforts Of their COM
peers elsewhere, and Ike a caI.acious wo-
man who seeks a new bonnet, OF a child toy,
the possession Of which brings saiiatv, they
bend before the half spent gale IL our APP
pTehensions are correct, we predic; that in one
Short year the plaudits that greet the ascent
of MErcAIF 10 the apex Of the political TO
mination of New Hampshire, viii turn in
/ living tide 20 drive him from bis pride Of
place" a Jas Aetoay VII be the cry, and
with one turn Of the kaleidoscope the brilliant
phantasmagoria viii have past away-Er-
/ cI0glge