Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1851-06-17

              VOLUME XLI. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1851. NUMBER 42 5 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY Kt'OTT dk BAHI'OM. OFFICE 80UTH-SA3T COBNKK OF HJUI1 IT. AND Sl'OAB ALL ST. TKJtMrt luvarlnbl) iu natronce. tVuuk .y ptir mmuiii In Outumbui 2 00 .at ut tin: city ; by mnO, lnz.u 1 W Toc'ubs ut lour mid upwards 1 22 Tut ubaot fen iriwaiils, to one oddrusa...... 1 01) Daily, nation S 00 Tri-Weokly, do 1 W Weekly do., sin .-le ... 50 Tu clubs of live i.r.tl upwards 40 The Joiirniu" Is also pushed Doily and Trf-Weekly durln, the fear ; Diuly per milium, by wall, 63 j Trl-Weekly, (3. Kelfanf A dvenWnc Weekly Paper. Ono square', lultuce urless, uiu'lnsertion " " ' aechmiililiuuul " " 1 in until " S " ,..0 50 ... 0 95 ... 1 50 ... 2 25 ... 3 50 ... 3 00 ... 8 00 ...20 00 ...2 0 ... 9 00 ...HR 00 ...60 00 ' 13 " " " ctiingunMc monthly , per annum. . 4i it 4 weekly " " Standing card, one square or less, " .. 4sj coIumu,chnogi!eblequKrtorry" " .. V " . .. ..100 00 OtifroansiiotproTldc(lfortehirgcfit(-lDconlortnltywlihtli bore rates. Allltiaili'dolyflrtlcwmpntBtolnichnrgednoURiithiindoubktbe novo rstee. anil measured a II solid. Advertisements on the inalde exclusively, to bo charged at the raw oi ov per oew. in auvauce on mo nuuvu nui'i, MO.NDAV . JUNE 9, 1851. For tho Ohio BUito Journal A Whig! Kciisoiis for Vol in for the New Constitution. Ma. Editor: At tho column of the Journal have been open lor the discussion ol tho new constitution, nit which wo an culled upon ;u vote uu die 17tii of tlie resent month, I shall give my reason us a Whig, why ball vote for that instrument. I fully concur in, mid adopt the language lined in " An Address to the People nf Ohio on the New Constitution," written in opposition to its adon'ioj;, vla-rein it says: " ine now coiisiuuiion snouid lie judged tatriy on ".trnisic menu, unit not ue opposed or supported oon sequence of the action of this or that party. Party it organized in this country lor the purpuso of oontroting legislation, and not constitution making, as all republicans are supposed to bo agreed on the rvs-damkntal principles which alone should outer into the organic law of the tit ate." j This ia undoubtedly the true doctrine; und holding these triithi to be sell-evident, 1 shall advocate it on those principle!. It ia well knowu that for aevernl sessions paat, one or the other of the two branches of our Legislature haa been in a disorganized state iu consequence of their i inability to elect a Speaker: the result has been nut j only to atop legislation, but to bring our State intodisrepute- iu the eyes of the world. This will be re me-1 died by the election of a Lieutenant Governor by the people, who will act as tip ukor j and providing fur-ther fur the passage of a luw naming ihe public oilieer whose duty it shall be to preside over the House of Representatives until tho election of a Speaker by thut i body. The new constitution prohibits an increase of the public debt. Hero is the rub with many, but I think it an excellent feature. And on this subject I will quote from the "address" above alluded to, which ays i "The provisions in reference to Internal Improvements are audi that every practical man will admit, that in future every thing of this kind will bo completely stopped. To talk of hereafter constructing a railroad, plunk road, tumpiko or bridge, by private associations, tf thu new const itiition be ml op ted, will be as great n folly as lie humbug preached sumo years ago, that Banks would be eiiuhlished under Uuilluy's lu-inons law. To expect our farmers and others to lake took tu build a mad, which, in nine cases out of leu, can yield no prolit, but is constructed morely ti improve the country, and thus make themselves liable to twice the amount of its stock lor debts, and be subject at the same time to hare ull their rights swept away at any moment by anurbitrary Legislutivo rcpea, is the height of ubaiirdily," I can conceive nothing more unfair than the deductions hero druwu from this wise clause prohibiting an increase of our present enormous debt. The State debt is now near $'.20,000,000, mostly incurred by the digging of our ranult, emtio of which have not for years paid for repairs, while the balunce have not yielded any thing like the per cunt, for which ihe money w,is originally obtained for their construction. Tho now constitution puts a atop to the State running further into debt for such purposed, and 1 consider it a wise prohibition. It is folly, or worse, tu say no improvements can beroafter be successfully prosecuted unless the Slate is mailo to foot the bill. Hailroads und plank roads will go ahead sm lirutol'ore, by in-lividon! n reprize. Wherever tb-jy are demanded, there thoy will be built. If it is true, that in " nine emus out nf ten " these roads " can yield no profit," why ask thut the tax-payers of the State be saddled widi udditiouiil burdens by enaing in such hazardous etltci prizes? If an improvement wil not pay, then I suy it should not bo undertaken and will noibebycorporalioiis, unless the State is made the largest shareholder, iu which, in " nine cases nut of ten," tho is made tho principal sufferer.The banlci now pay u tax of sii per cent, on their dividend, and it they declare no dividend, I suppose they pay no taxes. Tho firmer and mechanic are nut thus taxed they are mude to contribute their nil sin re towarda the support of ttio 6tate government. If the farmer meets with lo.wes ou account of unpmpiiious seasons, yet he is taxed just as much as if ho hud rained good crops, and received remunerating prices therefor. If the mechanic is uu for tun ate iu business if his shop with all his stuck ou hand is consumed by fire, ytt bt has to pay taxes to the full amount of that itive: incut ; and ahiiough thus reduced to poverty, yet if he Ins any goods left whereon to levy, the Treasurer will ferret them out and noil them iu order to pay tho tuxes. This bas come uuder my own observation. Let any one examine the special report made to the last Grin-nil Assembly, by Auditor Woods, on the subject id' bunk luxation, and thy must acknowledge the injustice of tho present system- The new constitutiuii equalizes this, and for thut I like it. It wist ly prov.dea for biennial sessions of the Legislature, a feature iu itself which nut-weight all the reasons I huve yet seen advanced for Ihe rejection nf the new constitution. It U no doubt opposed by many with in the inllumice of the Capital ou this ground alone, ns yearly sessions puurs a vast deal nf money into the cot ters of the citizens of Franklin county. Tho objection, of course, does nut hold good in other parts of the ota to. It provides that all Slate officers, clerks of courts, &c., shall be elected by the people. This is nht, u all will acknowledge, save a few interested persons, wno are leariul ttiey cannot stand the test of a popular election. I The Judiciary reform, I believe, is generally acceptable.Much complaint has been mule of tho titjtitlloi m use of the pardoning power. The new Constitution makes it the duty of th.j Governor to report to the Legislature the name of every convict pardoned, as well as the reasons which governed him in so doing. Imprisonment for debt is prohibited. Now, men are constantly boiug thrown among felons iu our jails for ihisenm. It isonly necessary forthci-rt ditorto m ike oath that hn bclievtt (hat his debtor is able, to pay him his demand, on which frivolous pretext Ihe poor man Is thrown into your jail, there to remain so long as his rich creditor may choose to pay his hoard. These are some of tho reasons hastily drawn together, why, us a whi?, I ahull vote for Ihe new Constitution, True, the instrument contains somethings we would wish to chiuie, but taking it ns a whole, it is a freat improvement on the on under whit h we now ive. A WHIG MECHANIC. Rkmarks ok tiii Anovi. Our friend has entirely misapprehended the address of tho Central Committee on the subject of internal improvements. We have heard no W hig object to that clause which prevents the increase of the State debt. The feeling un that point is unanimous. Wethiuxthe Committee no where in timated auy objection to that clause. But the portion a of the instrument which, in their opinion, will prevent works of internal improvement, aro the clauses that make stockholders, in all cam, individually liable for at least twice the amount of their subscription which requires companies, in all cases, to pay tho amount of damages for lands, &c for their use, before it is lakon, and which gives any future Legislature the right, at anytime, either with or without cause, to repeal their charter, and thus pracilcally destroy lueir property. How our friend can read the extract he quotes and not see that he is entirely mistaken in bis point, passes our comprehension, as the address points out tho vm-y objections to which we have referred. Perhaps ho mny say these things will not be built by individuals, there fore they must be built by tho Stato. But therein ho 1 Is mistaken, because we claim that if the law is left as It is uow, corporations will build them, the sumo as tin y are now building railroads all over the Stato. We wiih it distinctly understood, we do not want to see (ho Stale debt lucreased, but we do want our fundamental law so shaped that private individuals may aaancluto together and build public improvements, and not havu such reatiictioDS aud discouragomonls thrown around thorn a will prevent all enterprises of the kind. The imprisonment for debt clause has been in force for several years, by virtue of law. There haa been no imprisonment for debt fur a long time. No person can he imprisoned for any matter connected with debt unless the debtor is charged, under oath, with fnaud either in the contract or in ushut means tu evade the paymeut. Public opinion long since banished impris onment for debt, ror fraud, iu connection with tin payment of debts, persons may aud ikould be impris oned, both uuder the law as it is now, and at it will be under the new constitution, if it it adopted. Tho clause it right, baioccompluhtt uothing. For the Ohio State Joarnal. Are you Roinc to Vote for License 1 II ynu think you will, pray give mo your attention n low fumuunis. Vr-u know that tho evils resulting fro.n the use of in- toxicoiing tirmks, are tuniendous. The cost, the an uu , the misery caused bv it, L i us consider well our vote. You would not continue and increase those evils. How Ahull wo vote to diminish them f This the question for every patriot, philauthropistand Christ- inn umniig us. i tuiiiK w e bhould vote against License i Kir, 1. A rote for licensing the sate of ihosJriuki. would be gsiieriilly understood to favor the use of them. Such a volo would please tnust uf, thi makers, sellers, and Inrj.'e users of thsm well,- 2. To licenno the sale, is to say " ymt may sell ;" and if sonic may sell, oiliers itiay buy and use; oud certainly, telling they may une them, would nut diminish ui oviis oi UKing tliem. J. it would encourage ine public sale of tliem, and m inorcaite temvtaliom to use them. . bxpeneuce lias draonrtranrct lliat voiuig Jtr license increases iiitemperdtice, and voluif agatntl license diminishes it. The two plans have been tried in many puices, unci, i oeiieve, always wiiii tne same result. Let me ask your own good sense I can you reasonably expeot that voting "you may tell intoxicating liquors," will tend lo diminish tho use of them ? Would not voting not to say you may," be mure likely to have that effect? Friends, the degradation, sufferings und ruin of t'l'iiisaniis nf drunkards are c-illing ou us ; the crushed i lections, blighted hopes, and broken hearts of drunk-irda' wives and widows pknd with us; the wants, hnmo. and fears of their children beseech us t scatter ed thick through all the State, they implore our pity ; and the side ty from the drunkard's c-uu-se and doom, I numivr friunds und iteithbnr; ; - iw -honor ot' our State in this day of progress in temperance legisla tion; nre urging us to vote " License to sell intoxicating liquors ho," And seeing the cause that has brought these miseries on those lnmilies, and threatens to bring them on thousands more every year it is cou-liimod ; will you, can you vote in favor of it? By all that is highest in motive, and tenderest In feeling ; by all that is noble in patriotism, excellent in pin la u in ropy, lovely, and holy religion, l pray you consider well your volet and, cast it against the ex iting, tiiauiJcniiig, ueuuiv cause ot tliose leariul ills; that curse the drunkard nnd his family. And may God bless you in it; and if that vote prevails, I know ten thousand wives', mothers', sisters r and daughters' jeans una voices win inatiK you lor it. HOWARD. We ask tho special atteutiou of the readers of the Journal to the following communication: Fur tho Ohio State Journal. , Mr. Editor: I see that Mr. Pock, in his address to the whig of lie tin out county, amongst other reasons which he ures iu justification ot the whig members of the Convention, who voted for the Constitution, says thut at the close we "obtained many impurtaut modi- j ticaiions in our favor." 1 suppose Mr. Peck alludes tho modification in the article un Finance and Taxation. For it is certain thut no oilier amendments were made during the lust two or three weeks of the fiitiing of the Convention, oxcept such as were agaiust us. Amongst those of this clas, I now recollect the provision in the Bill of Rights, which nu:huri.es the General Assembly to i evoke the Fran chises of any corporation created uuder the general laws authorized hy the constitution, without repealing the law uuder which it was created. This proposition was vo-: ted down at Columbus, and is one of the alterations i made at the " close." But the alterations in the arti- cle on Finance and Taxation, to which Mr. Peck undoubtedly refers, will be found on examination to be sheer humhugs and gull traps. 1 lie hnst ts the provision in regam m taxing state and United States stocks. In the report of the com mittee, they were expressly enumerated as property that rdiould bo subject to laxutioii. This was mod lied I by sinKing out the words "stocks ot the tinted Stales, and of this State "and inserting thu words " stocks, toiut stork compani?, fit a. so us to read "all monies invested in stocks, joint stock companies, &c," as it now stands iu tho new constitution. Every sensible man in the Convention, knew just as well then as now, that the article included monies invented in Slate and United States stocks, iustns certainly alter the amend ment ua before. Yet this amendment, aud the article as amended, was adopted as a separate and distinct proposition, by whig votes, and Mr. I'eck'sam'inat the number, if ipy recollection is not at fault, lor I have not the reports before ine. The other amendment, to which I supiHso Mr. Peck refers, is in regard to taxing Banks " now in existence r here a Iter created." 1 no mode ol taxation was :li;in ed, near the close of the session, and as it wan said by members who professed to understand tho subject. SO BB tO rcdlleo itlu TUlM Ml' Inwnlion 1..1,ii til" -.-"- that would luvo been churned according to the report of the committee Un to tiiut lime the Wins members of the Conven tion had maintained the doctrine that the Convention had no power to change tho mode nf taxing banks now in existence. That to do so would be an "alteration" of their charter. This ground was now abandoned. and this provision wus curried through by the aid ut Mr. Peck's vote. These are nil tho " niodificatidiis" that wore tnndo at the close that could be tortured into anything "fa-vnrnble t j tho Whig party. Tho truth is, that certain wing members ot the unuveniimi, ana iur. recx among the number, had determined to vote for the constitution. And these chant) of phraseology were made at their instance, to allord them a pretext lor voting against tiioir principles under a pretence of its being a "comprumiae." Tho truth, also is, I hat if the Whig members could have foreseen the opposition that has since developed itself, tho constitution would have been a very ditierent atVuir from what it is, or there would have been nearer forty Whig votes against it ih 'in fourteen. I hnd hoped that, inasmuch as the Whig members of ihe Convention could not unite ou the final vote in Oonveiiiiop, that they would have abslaiucd from any public discussion after tlu adjournment, which must necessarily bring about a collision aud conflict of opinion, which will uot be likely to be profitable to the Whig party of the State, But as Mr, Peck aud Judge Collides huve proclaimed themselves its advocates, they cannot blame those who differ with them for expressing their opinions also. A Whig member or thk Convention. Pigeons uro very plenty about Cleveland. The crops in the north-eastern part of tho State, all look well. A grent improvement in the lone of the violin bas ueou nuiuo iy Mr. William u. Litton, ot Alabama. The Sierra Luono colonies are commencinir ihp cul tivation of Cottou, with flattering prospects of succets. Things nre getting badly mixed nowadays. In Cin innati tlu-y have Puutacoats and Peiiilooua, The National Industrial Congress will meet at Alba' ny on the 4th of June. Apisa Cook and Jim McButoE, said to be abolition emisf tines, have been ordered to leave Guilford coun ty, N. 0., or abide the consequences. Out at Last. Jons Vak Hurrm acknowledges he went to Butltilo, nut to joiu tho Freeaoil party, but to neieui uc nerai Cass. The amount of gold shipped from California during 18-)0 was nearly tbiny millions of dollars. This year is expected 10 nirnisii inucu mure. Five men are now tinder sentenco nf death in Ne York city two to bo executed tho Stith iustant, and in roe me last f riuvy in July. Forty-five miles of I ho Pacific Railroad, being the first portion west of St. Louis, are advertised to be let ou thu 20:11 instant. tsT A petrified snake, 1ft feet long, has been found near beaver, by the workmen on the Ohio and Penn sylvania Canal. The Femuto Institute at Staunton, Va., has been pur chased by tho Virginia Episcopal Convention, and will hereafter be under the control ol that diocese The value of poultry in tho United States is estima ted at twenty millions of dollars. The city of New l or expends a million and a half yearly lor eggs. The Ohio Stato Teachers' Association will hold it semi-nnniial meeting at Cleveland on thu Slid and 3d dnsoi juiy next. Mr. John Flemming was accidentally killed at Ur- oatia, on inursuay last, by a loaded heiylit car was passing out uf the waro-house. The Newnrk Plank Road Company, in I.ickin c tv, are issuing one dollar bonds, for common circula tion. A revolving shirt is mentioned among the late Euro- poau inventions. It turns and presents uow and dif ferently colored bosoms. The French are makinir ureal use of spouse bv mix nil it with wool lor tho manufacture of line broadcloths, It adds to tho strength and lustre ol tho material. Joseph Dixon, of New Jerov, has discovered a ii cess lor pinking calnteol, which will ennblt American labor to tint defiance to European competition tu that ammo. The St. Louis papers complain of imiHisiiion on fiav eirs, practiced tiy mmia sham uthres in eastern cdx' which sell through tickets lor long routes, and the tic1 ots prove gooii lor only part ui tne distance. A Riant man of the woods has been discovered Arkansas. His footprints measured thirteen inches 'ucli, nml lie leaps from twelve to fourteen feet at bound, A party has been o ream reel lo catch linn. Mr- U'liiTTt.KBKY denies, in the Whincton papers, the statement in the N. Y. Herald, that there had been any difficulty between him nud Secreiaties Corwin and Stuart. Three store houses and several other buildings were destroyed by fire at Ularkshurgh, Vs., last week. Messrs Smith, Despard, and Prituhard ore the principal luflerera. TUESDAY JUNE 10, 1851. luiportunt Development. Secret Circulars ut Ctuue ana gpaldinf bending ine uunuer Democracy of Ohio Allen, Mcdlll ac Co. to be strangled anil Cast thrown overboard Fuo ahead t We have just received from ajeliable frioml a letter, making important developments. We ask Whigs, Dem ocrats and Free Soilers to read the following. It may be implicitly relied upon as true, every word of it t W. T. Baicom '.-Dear Sir : I have in my possession a "Call to Ihe Democracy of Ohio n copies of which are iu circulation all over the county "soliciiing the signatures of prominent democrats," to hold aCoiiven-lion at Columbus on the 15iu ot July. Slid "Cull," charges that " the fugtiivo law is a whig measure," and urges a grand rally ot Locoiocoism against ine aggressions ol the slave power, and against a natiutial debt, ippressive tariff, national bank, alien and Seditiou, aw, central national power, swullowiuz up State lights, &c. The cull purports to emanate from the Lo- cofocos of Lucas county, and is dated at Toledo, May 10 th, ult., and signed by Jacob Clerk, John Fitch, John W. Pease and 0. R. Miller, Committee. From what 1-cun gather from the face of the docu ment, and from my iiilortnaut, it is one move in thu scneme to consolidate the tree Holland Locoloco party toL'eiher. the Loco foe o part of tho free soilers nt all events. It pretends that the Lncoloeo party of Ohio is tho ant I slavery party, and that any Ihiug good, benefi cent, or pontic iu morals, or pontics, iu tliem owes us paieruity. The "call." when filled with uamei. is directed to be returned forthwith to Senator S. P. Chase, who jeems to be the father, aud nt the hot lorn of the con-irivance t that is iho seoret order, while the face of the paper requests its rmuru uy the couifmuee. iours, dec, -. Here is a pretty kettle of fish. Tho party that has shouted itself hoarse for Texas annexation, and the Mexican war that is responsible for all tho movements that have been made to extend the area of slave ry, and to bring it up prominently for discussion before the public mind now sets ilsell up as the true and only anti-shivery party of tho nation ! Tho fugitive slave law, that was introduced by a Locofoco nud supported by that party almost unanimously, and passed in a Congress both Houses of which wore strongly Locofoco, now turns out to boa " Whig measure"! All this wonderful discovery is mado by Senator S. P. Chase, at a meeting of Locofocos at Toledo, Ohio, in iu this year of Grace, 18M, aud in the month ot May thereof. To assist in pernuuding Medill, Allen, Baiiti.it, Reemelim, &o., that Chase & Co. are the real true blue Loaofocos, they lug in the "National Bank, "oppressive Tariff," "Alien and Sedition laws, &c, in the sumo category as the fugitive law, and hope, by placing them side by side, to array tho whole Loco foco strength of Ohio on their new platform, aud leave the aforesaid Allen, Mkdill, Bartlet & Co. deci dedly in tho back-ground a kind of cast off rear corps, just enough, aud just fit to carry homo Cass' body "by way ot the lakes to its final resting place in the Wolverine State, while they, tho said Chase, Spaldinq & Co., place thotnielvos in the front rank of the Ohio Democratic forces, and march them on to vie tory. This scheme uf Chase & Co., is one of the sharpest things in the wuy ol political maticDtivering wo have witnessed of late, and wo shall not be surprised to sen it emineutly successful. The plan nf sending some private circular of this kind, embodying the peculiar no- tionsof Ciiasr & Co., und of getting the signatures of many of the leading democrats to them as is possible, and then to have thee documents, with these promi nent democratic names attached, all sent to Senator Chase, by which lie will have iu his hands the evidence ot these men s adhesion to his pint form ; is one of mas. tcrly forethought and policy. Many a poor devil wilt get his foot iu a trap before he is aware of it, mid here oftor, if they presume to bolt at tho leadership of Chase & Co., or refuse to stand upon the new platform they have erected, they will be biouyht up all stand ing, with tho sight of tlinir own names appended to a circular, containing all the essentials of Ihe now faith. Hy I hi they will be kept quiescent, and ihe bold managers nf the scheme will use ihem at will. Wo shall look on with some interest to see which side the Ohio Slataman will tako in this etluir. Wo have bad very decided evidence lliat iho managers of I bat concern were not very dcimus ni munyrdom m o- balfof Gen. Cabs, and we shall expect, in view of nil this, see them take the aide of Chase & Co., against the Old Hunkers of tho party. The Chillicothe Advertiser, Lancaster Eagle, Dayton Empire, Cincinnati Enquiter, &c.,aro expected lo take grounds agamst this new platform and new leadership, inasmuch an they have thcr pertinaciously declined, heretofore, to eugage in Wool speculation. We trust wo are doing a very essential service to both branches ot tho Democracy, by giving to them the facts ia relation to this new movement. Inasmuch very many of them will desire a little lime to delib erate which side they will take when this circular rs presented to them, as it will be, we think it fair and proper that they have tune to make up their minds. This is going to be rattier a troublesome question to get along with whon tho Presidential campaign comes on, ull the leading candidates on that side are committed favor this fugitive law. But Chase & Co. hope, by getting tho leudcrs and tho body of the party com lilted against it, to bo able to transfer them to some future Van Dukes, or some one who may be selected uavigate some future Buffalo platform iu ihe great at race uf 1852. The Young Men's State Convention was stranded by a Old Hunkers, very much Rgainit the with of the oys. We shall expect to see a vigorous eflort made throttle this new bantling, by tho same Old Hunkers ho committed that infanticide. We judge, however, from the kind of men who are acting tho Dr. Slop of the new affair, that it will not die so easy a death as the other. Meanwhile, wo shall watch the moving ul the waters with some intorest, oud shall keep our readers duly advised of tho progress of events. Tho editor of tho Statesman still insists that we are much worse off in Ohio, in this year of grace, 1851, than we should have been i" none of our works of public improvement had been built. Of course the clauses iu the now constitution which will effectually prevent companies from building any new Improvemoutsln tho late, are just the things for htm. We remember that nil same anti-improvement party attempted the same game iu New York a few days since, and we remember that in strong Locofoco districts that had heretofore elected twolvo of these men, but flee of them got back when thoy showed their hands und declared them selves opposed to the improvement policy of that State. Perhaps the people uf Ohio are ready to pass laws that ihull prevent the formation of railroads, plank roads iSto and ptrhape we are worse off than we should have been without all these improvements. Out who, bo ido tha editor of the Ohio Statesman, believes it 1 For the Ohio State Journal. About New Counties Mr. Editor: I read the followiug article iu th Ohio Statesman a few days since, and I wish to say something In reply to It t A Falsehood Nail to. -The opponents of the now Constitution are circulating a story that if it should bo adopted, no now county will be hereafter created. " lly reference to section uu, article lain, iniatstory ill be found utterly iniso. made out ol whole cloth. That srcliou puis the question of now counties where it should be in the bunds of those concerned. Tim people interested nre auihonxed to decide by ballot whether they will have a new county. What objections can th ro be lo thlsl" Now, without desiring to prejudice any body on this subject i truth and fair dealing teem to require that this matter be set right. I have examined the section to which reference is made, and I find that It will be uf tcly impossible to form any new counties if the now constitution is adopted. (By tho way there are not 18 articles in the constitution. This is in Sea. 30, of Ar- lido 2nd.) Tho clause iu the proposed constitution, provides Hint in all enses for the formation of now county tho proposition " shall, before taking effect, be submitted to the electors of the stveral counties, to be effected thereby, at the next general eirction after the passage thereof, and be adopted by a majority of alt the electors, voting at sneh election, in each of said counties, $c. Hero it will be seen, that if the people within agtv en territory are unanimous in favor of a now county, it cannot be made, unless a majority uf all those who re side within Iho several counties from which the proposed uew county is made, are in favor of it. Again, if a new county is taken from four old counties, not only must the majority of alt the votes in those four tu be obtained, but a majority of each county mut be ob tained. Such is tho requirement of the uow constitution.I say, Mr. Editor, that if this test were applied, no new county could have boon made within the last 95 years, and tt is folly to expeot any to be made In auy Urn to oomt, Tht people in tha retuainiug portions of a county that may lose a township or two, will vote against it, because they want to keep all the persons and property to help pay their isxcs. In no case will this consent be granted, aud I repeat what 1ms been aid before, that if any persou or community desires a new county, that dedtre will be in vain and totally out of the question, it tha new cnnsUiution is adopted They will be perfectly satisfied of this by reading the above clause. It was put in iiapicsent shape txprmly to prevent any new counties. No matter how equitable the claim, no matter how unanimous the people in the territory proposed to be Incorporated may be in its favor, yet it cannot bo accompli -lied. It is not left to those concerned in the proper sense of the terms but ia fixed so as to itranglo every attempt, however uieri to ons, quo nccessery for the public convenience. WALHONDING. For the Ohio Stats Joarnal. C, C. & C. RiUlrond. This road, as your readers ate aware, connects this city, Xema, and Cincinnati with Cleveland end the Lakes. A continuous heavy T Rail stretches from the Ohio river to Lake Erie. It is a delightful day'a rido from one lo the other. The whole work embracing too three roads was a great ami grand undertaking and their ipeody completion rr fleets much credit upon their proprietors, and the liberality ond public spirit of tlioso who advanced the funds necvsaaiy to construct it are deserving ot much prame. Iho Little Miami aud Columbus and Xeuia were first finished. Upon the Jest constructed the Cleve land, Columbus. and Cincinnati -lie rails were fully laid aud ttie cars ran over its entire distance from this place to Cleveland, in Kobnnry last. Tho zeal and energy with which this road has been built and put in operation, by the contractors, ia worthy uf all commendation. Aud though built in so short a lime, and prepared for the motive power so very recently, it is in much bettor order than could bo expected under , the circumstances. Although in some few places it Is somewhat rough, yet in tho general and wholly, with these few exceptions, ihe ride from sere to Cleveland will compare fuvorably wuh most ot iho roads East. It is decidedly more even and smooth than tho Erie Rut I road. In tho mean time It should be understood that ihe rood is not yet finished. The gravel is not yet on; the fillings are nut yet settled, and a thousand thingsore yet to bo done, before tho road can bo called finished. The Company luvo been, and aro doing all in their power, as rapidly as time w LI permit, to make this road, what was intended from tho beginning, the best road of 135 miles of continuous length in tho United States, especially having reference to its easy grades and freedom from short curves. In other words it was intended to be equal to the best when finally completed, and superior to all in its grades. Only think that on the entire road after leaving the valleys of the Scioto, and of tho Luke there is no grade, or ascont or descent exceeding 15 foot lo the mile! while on the entire liuo, as I am credibly informed, all the curves added together would not furm a complete circle. It is a great and glorious work, and whilst much has been done, much has yet to b dono to make the road all it was intended. But the riht men am at the head of it, and aro working with ceaseless energy, to render it every thing it should be. The present Super intendent is the man for the rood and its times. Mod est and unassuming in his deportment, yet profound in tho know led go ot engineering and road making, and skillful and able as a linattcier, and wiih an industry und perseverance thut never tires, the impress of his mind is felt in every department throughout or belonging to the road. In fact every thing is attended to by him, and through him every tiling yet to be done is being done as fast as time will permit. And the road and its working, with nil its ramifications of business connections and interests nre, under his administration, coming most perfectly synenia tired. To tho citizens of this town and iieidihoihood, I would advise them to do ns the writer did goimd sec for yourselves what a blesMiig thia road is, Iu ihe business, health and recreation ol ull who are in proximity to it. You can hove a delightful rido iu Hphmdid Cars from hero to Cleveland iu hours, aud at tho low price of t. Tho conductors aud ollk-cr are putito attentive ami gentlemanly, nnd every thing in their power la uonw iu iumu juui n..e ir- mi;i ..,i,k . CITIZEN. Interesting Letter from the Mines. Ho rut.is Crkkk, April 13, 1861. Dear Father : My last letter was written from Sacra- niruto, and in a fit uf disappointment at not hearing from home, I closed it in rather a hasty manner, which I huve since regretted. A day or two after I set out, iu company with somo friends, for the head waters of Feather River, about two hundred milea distant, direct ly north. At Marysvillo, a laigo and hVirishiug place, seventy-fivo miles from Sue rumen to, I met with a num ber of acquaintances, among whom was Mr. William King, of the firm of Deshler & King, Columbus, Ohio. He told mo he was very cooliJeut of making a suug little fortune during the present seamu, iu his present occupation, merchandizing. Ho is also much delighted with the cotinlry, climate, &c, and intends making hi: permanent residence here. 1 Ato met a lawyer, whose nnmo I huve since forgotten, ft rn-erly of Columbus, aud partner of .Mr. Perry, the present Post Master. Ho h engaged in his profession here, nnd like all other com petent men, speaks well of California. I bad the pleasure too of meeting Marshall Bryun, and wo had good long chat together. He Im had the good fortune to make considerable money, hut like many others, has lost as much. Ho is now chirking for a Mr. Snyder of Lancaster, Ohio, Next I met with Heury Clay Ri- oidan, who was In good health and spirits. Ho is stri ving to regain his lost fortunes in working at his old trado. Dr. Olds, uf Bluoiiiingtoii, Iowa, formerly ot Oircloville, ia acting as deputy idVritf. He thinks ol rotnruiug home soon. A few miles uhovo Maryavillo I had the plonsure of meeting Jerome Murple, for the first time since I havo been iu the country. He and era each mounted upon a mule, ami like great men when they meet, we both dismounted, and met at friends should meet. He is keeping a public houso in company with a young man, once a clerk for Sumner Clark, on the mom road to iho mines, at a place called Strawberry Valley. 1 next met ou the road Joseph Booth, who preseuted a full, rosy countenance, which saved me the trouble uf inquiring after his health. At Strawberry Valley I hud the pleasure rf meeting with Oliver Valcutt aud David Weaver. Oliver has grown very stout and robust, and preeuts tho appearance of a man iu full statue. Ho was very glad to see me, and bad a great many questions to ask me about home, Ho said it had been some time since he had heard from his friends, and he was exceedingly anxious tn got a letter. He expected to remain for a short time there, and then ui come up hi th .m ighlim hood of where I now am, to engage iu mining during tha summer. I stopped at another house ou thu road, called to 11 Buck eye Raucliu " kopt by Price and Boby, ot Columbus, The next plaoo of importance was "Onion Valley, where Y. A. McCoriuick & Co, havo a trading post When we left Iho Sacramento Valley, the grass aud wild flowers were growing finely, but we aro uow high up in tho mountains, and well uigh to the summit of the Siorra Nevada, beating our way through the deep I snow, r ranks hoiue a low days before, was almost1 entirely covered up, and uow thcru was from four to six teet. Frank's usually dark complexion was now almost changed to blark, and this, with his black moustache and whiskers, made htm look liko anylhing also than a native of the country where he aud 1 aro (nun. I took dinner with him, and rem lined but a short tlmo and p issed on, anxious to reach our present location, which is about six miles I mm Oman Valley, Wo found it very difficult to prncood, and uiidit overtook us ou tho sum. mit of a high mountain air mules, eight in number, w ith from 150 tu 'Jihl Hjunde ou their backs, wero con-atanlly falling aiul plunging into the snow. 0.ir guide iiad but littlo knowledge of the country, and wo soon lost the trail, aud became separated. I w as tho only ono who succeed in getting a pack in, more from good luck than anything olso. Tho others left their packs ou the mountain, and tho following day wa had Iho pleasure of packing it on our bucks. This region of country is celebrated for its rich miui aim iiuutinjus oi people niu now UOCKUm here, honnitf to fill their purses, and It is my special business to get some ut tho merertth. 1 uin ono of a company uf eiiiht, aud soon afier coming in wo secured good claims good il we mayjiulge troin outward appearaucesj wo have at least a fair prospect of doing welt before tho end of tho season. Immediately below our claims I saw two men tako out between ono and two hundred dollars in one hour, Thoy workf d quite leisurely, and only removed about three bushels of dirt. This is no sure indication Uiat wt may do ai well in our claims) but it Is pleasant to kuow that pertuns so near ut are doing well. We have been engaged m making troughs aud get ting ready tn dam tho stream, and in the mean time the water has risen to a great height, and now we are un able to doaiiyttihg, but hope in a few days to be taking out the dust. Since I have been here the weather has been very stormy and cold, and tho snow has fell to the depth of from four to six feet Communication was entirely cut otT with pack-mules, and provisions could not be brought nearer than thirty miles. Many persons wore compelled to tako their hlaukota on their bucks and leave. Our company went out eighteen miles and brought in from SO to 75 pounds each on their backs. Tho weather has since moderated, and provisions are now coming iu in small quantities and command a hij;h price. Flour $1 per pound, bacon 75 cents, beef 65 cents, sugar 70 cents, aud other things in proportion.Frauk, I heard, sold out his entire stock at a very handsome profit. I hope bis good luck may continue. G. A. LIST! OH, LIST I "THE FSUOW THAT M.ATS ON TUB WHAT D' Tt-CALL-lT." Just over tho way, Wo hear errry day, A fellow who 'a learning the bugle to play ; Or It may ba a horn, of that sort, perchance, Call'd the " Frtnch," because 'f was n't indented In Franca. It mutt be a horn, and we're rathrr inclined To think It la one of the verv same kind Whose music brought down old Jericho's wall. To this horn that Job would be nothing at till The fellow that blowa It, (And O I bow he goes It I) Ills lungs like a double dttck bellows, and ears LHw aJailrMs' owe, tam I sn'f l he hears t And he ougbi to be charter'd, As bad, to blow recks j Gun cotton itself could n't equal bis shocks t At the set of tha son His tooting begun, The watchmen alone know when it Is done ; At the hour, we should guess, of A. M., abont 1. For when the sun rises, with might and with main, And wind In good order, he's at it again, A capital chap he would be for a nurse, To a very smsl) baby that's cross and perverse; lie could drown all Its cries and scare It to sleep, And though not make It walk, "could make Its flesh creep.'' Buck talent as bis is a fortune, Indeed, There's no sort of danger he'll e'er be In needf Be can always find work, and work that will last, In keeping a pig Iron furnace In blast I If thunder, like lightning, were what Morse requires, ' To send on his news by tho telegraph wires, Our busier would be of Just the right sort To pump out tho thunder at so much a quart If the fellow woold play, For once lo a way, Some sort of a tune, there 'd be nothing to ssy; But this root-a toe-looting, and blaaUng and blasting , This raising s horrible dlo everlasting This " making night bldraus," and day-light hldeouser, la getting, we must say, tedious and tedlouser It's rayther too prevalent In this ere community, And shouldn't be carried on thus with Impunity. "Jost bear that fellow pliyl" To a friend t' other day, We said, ss this bugler, just over tho way, With a grunt and s jerk, Threw bis notes out the window, as big and a round Aa If etch were a cannon ballweight 84 pound I Bald our frlond, white hi stopped both ears to the sound "Play!" It's mighty hsrd workl And if sweet Jenny Lfnd in her dreaming coald bear it, flhi'd anathemlsc Bridgeport and never come nesr It. Bridgrport Standard. Great doings ut the "DiKKltitf." A short time since some rich diggings were discover ed near the camp at Mokelume by u party of French men, yielding Irnm 9400 lo gbOO a week. Claims were also made by Americans tu the same district, and a dispute arose between some uf those concerned, which ended in tho discharge of a gun hy a Fretichmau, which took effect upon an unot feuding man named Lemy tones, troin niuasncuusetis. excitement oi a very vio-ont character immediately ensued, and alt the French and Americans rushed to arms. The Americans assembled in the centre nf the village, and the French in a atone corral situated in an elevated position near the camp. A parley waa requested, and the Americans le maudeu the delivery oi me person wno Dad shut Mr. tones, that lie should be legally fried for ttio offence. ind ullowed an hour for tliem to make up their minds. Not complying, ihe Americans rushed upon the French, who retreated under tire. A number of Indians joined in the snllv, and look a quantity of clothing dropped by the pursued in their flight. There was about luO iu aiii party. i u o t reneu temuu tu mu Aj,bl,n . i... milea dia'.aut, where there were n number of their countrymen, and Ihe uext day, reinforced in number. started on their return, lor too purKse ot rescuing a Frenchman, who had been kept a prisoner on suspicion of having shot Jones. A mass meeting of Americans was called, a vigilunce committee was appointed, scouts sent out to give notice of the approach uf the French. slo. i no next nay about nine hundred men were mus tered on Moke In ine Hill, all well armed aud officered. At this lime the r reuch were altout two miles from the hill, about equal in point of numbers, and well arm ed. The Sue rill dec lured this movement an iiisurrec- lonary one, and called upon the armed volunteers to assist him iu rousting it. Ho then proceeded to meet tho advancing body, nud warn them that ihev would not be so tiered to approach. In thu meantime the volunteer force hnd organized into companies, taken post in the stone corral and raised the Aiiinricar. flag, audit oinuoi ob iieuteu, were snmewuai anxious lor a brush. An armistice of two hours waa agreed to, and a delega tion from each parly assembled to negotiate. The trench were desirous nf return m K to Mokolume Hill and their desire was granted after a good deal of b arraigning, upon conditioii that they would deposit their unua wnu ins oneriu, aunjeci to vo reclaimed breat ier. i no Americans, upon matters being thus cnnclu led, marched iutoaha villoiie. and. as tho French en. tered, tired a salute, and older was fiuallv restored on rue vom. Nkvada City. Anril 17. lfUl. Tho miners in this vicinity aimear tu be do in m. markably well. There wna a considerable auaiitiiv nf dirt thrown up during the winter, and thoreceut heavy mini wuicn nave taiien will enable I hem to make up ur inrir ion u iu v. A Mr. Thompson hers picket! no a few duvs since. within three miles of this place, a beautiful snecimen of gold quartz, weighing 17 pounds 3 ox.j the average loiigm m i on oca, wiuui ui, luiuKiiem ii incu j aver age vaiuo sy.'.auu. The burned district is mostly rebuilt with fine build ings, among which are live or six very large gambling uuuses. I wns introduced this tnorninff Ut Mr. Wm. Fitxnat rick, the gentleman who made the first tunuel in this place. The gold here, is abundant in (ichorous clnv. and In solid pieces of broken uuarlx. which will hava tn be crushed by machinery, ur manual labor, provioua to warning out i uui in it en as u is. clay and quartx, taken wimnur. selection, yiems irnm f t tu sjJU to ihe pau. Veins containing gold, scattered about in tho mountains, havu been found, but ouuo uf them could be work txl without a largo outlay uf capital. There wa discovered, a fow dava since, a rich vein of silvir at the buseof Sugar-loal Monuiaim it yields 50 per cent. Fkom TaisiPAD aud the North. The ludidinhavo ontirely loll the vicinity of Humboldt Day, and are now scattered between Mud and Eel Rivets. There had been no arrivals there lor tha two weeki prior to the !Mth instant from the mines on Salmon Creek, Tunny, Klamath or Scott's liver, the roada during that lime having been almost impassable un account of the heavy falls of snow and ruin. The pack ers, until within a few days prior to the date of our letter, na l only been abio lo pn ceed as lur as Urieatu bar, im the Klamath, henr 111 off Creek, where they sold their provisions for $1 to i per pound lo persons wno loiihd it impossible to get llieir animals along through the snow t and who wero obliged from theuce to Salmon Creek to pack their provisions on their own b icka in small quantities to aavo their friends there lo cated Iroui starvation. More snow has fallen this snrluu than has be' known to have fallen during any previous winter. The inuiaiis sia'u mm tuo snow teu in mo mnumuiue ma lh ut ft mn hi lee n to twenty feet, compelling tliem leave their mountain homes, and ok shelter in the valleys nnd upon the river banks. When the made are fully opened, wn may expect to hear that there has one n a grent amount oi sintering m tue mines. The weather haviutt been verv tine for several tlayi on tho 24Ui instant up wants of a hundred packers with well loaded mules started lor the uold reirlou. 1 he northwest trade winds having commenced, there was a prospect oi a continuation oi ury aim vital wmiui The Union Convention of Georgia uuauiiimusly uouii uated JlowKLL Coon lot uoveruur. The schooner. 8. Marvin, waa eaiwued on lake Mir igan iu the gale of May Wr aud alt up board perished The annual examination of West Point M Hilary A Bilemy is now in progress. About two-thirds of the regular army of tfle U, R. ( about 6,001) men) em now on tho Mexican aud Tex iron tiers, ur on their way mere. Two steamers have again come in collision mi Ink Erie. No damage done, but the lake had bettor le wi d r ned. The health of Ex-Governor Ford U much improved Me was in Cluvcluud a lew days since on a visit Governor Woxip. Fhko. Douola has left the Disunion party, and I hraomo a convert to Ihe tterrit Smith party, who In the constitution to he nnti -slavery. The youug men of Charleston, 8. C, havo been dulcins iu a shark hunt iu the harbor of that place. 1 less then two hours thoy killed nine sharks, veryiui I rum nme tu nearly twelve leei loug. WEDNESDAY JUNE 11, 1851. A mutnke or toiuetlilug else. We find the following in the Lancaster Eagle. We do not know whether the editor of that paper ia in fa vor ot the clause prohibiting license, or not. But it is important that there should bee correct understanding ol tho subject. The expression should be a fair and honest one. The Eagle my: At the same time the following section will be submitted for approval or rejection : "No license to traffic in intoxicating liauors shall hereaf ter be granted in this State, but the Ueneral Assembly may, bylaw, provide against evils resulting therefrom." t mino (imiitk mr iiiih sec lion wm ueposii a uauui, m separate ballot box, containing the following words: License to tell intoxicating liquors, Yes. Those opposed to the section will vute License to sell intoxicating liquors, No. Now, there is evidently a bad blunder in the consti tution makers on this subject ; fur, after giving Ihe above section to be voted upon, the constitution pro-1 viues, that "upon the ballots given fur said separate amoudmeut shall he written or printed the words, ' License to sell intoxicating liquors, Yes.' Upon the ballots given against said amendment, in like manner, the , words, ' License to sell iutoxicatina liauors. No.' " Thus seeming to direct all those who want this clause i user ted in the constitution to vutf yes, and those against it to vote no. But after this, comes this clause, which settles the whole question l If. at tho said election, a maiority of all the votes iven fur and against said amendment shall contain the ords, License to sell Intoxicating liquors, no, then id amendment shall be a son&rtttH auction of article filtecn, of the constitution." Thus, It will be seen that if auy person desires to make this clause against license a part of the constitution, he must vote no. The Eagle has it entirely wrong, and innocent persons may be misled by it. r heeds of the prohibiting clause will, every where, remember that they must vote mo, If they wish to accomplish their object. Some of the Democratic papers seem to be very icn troubled about a few resignations and appoint ments to office among the Whig party. Will they be hind as to inform us what caused the resignation of Mr. Flood as Collector of canal tolls for this city, and the appointment of Mr. McIlvaihi in bis place f The New Constitution. Hon. M. PiNMNOTon, of Belmont, publishes an able article against the new constitution and reply to Mr. tcK, in the last Belmont Chronicle. Want of room prevents us from pubh.ihiug it eutire. After consider- g the matter at length generally. Mr. P. specifies his bj actions in detail. He is opposed to the Judiciary sys tem ou the ground of expense, and the want of convenience and liability tu corruption. He is opposed to the clause that forbids counties, cities, &o., taking stock Hailroads, ate. He concludes his remarks as follows : 3. It is right to tax all Banks equal with all other property, but the new constitution goes lather. The principle uf equal taxation is asserted and maintained ine law ui luia-e, without tne amotguity and uucer-uty that ia thrown upon it in the new constitution id why not leave it there f 4th. Power is given to the Legislature to alter ur re peal all acts ol incorporation, this was intended doubtless hs a weapon lo be used for the overthrow of all Banks in the State ; but it plainly applies to alt acts incorporation and what individuals will take char s on such terms surely uot honest men. Without acts ot incorporation, without private charters, we leu iar behind the spirit ol progress that marks the age everywhere. 5th. Ihe making of stockholders individually liable uouuie ine umouni ui tne stoca owneu. is uot nuiv njust, but will be a bar to all associations of Ihe kind. Who will become a stockholder on such terms f Let some of thu members ul the Convention first try the experiment.7tn. i on may construct a plana roan, turnpike, or ii! road throuub a man's premises, and increase the value of his furm one hundred percent, as has been the cane, and yet you shall assess his damages without ref- nee to the hone tits cnnierred. ouch a principlo is nstnius. The real ouesiion ought to be. what mum m tiatnuee nns uie inoiviuimi susiatneu r - n etermiuiiiff which, the real advantages and d sad van itutusei of the improvement should be considered. 1 so uow, nnd iu all civilized countries always has been so. the new consiitution establishes a ru:e op posed to justice aud equality. 8th. Tho prospects uf amendment are about equal the chance iu a Virginia Lottery. The verv amend ments you want must be submitted lo and approved of by the Legislature and when will three-filths of that tidy ever bo obtained to unite upon any uue amend- 9th. It marks oui aud defines the policy of the Gov- ernment, while it should contaiu Uothing but Ihe principles which are fair and plain. The policy of a coun try is continually cuangiug, and necessarily so pence the evil of prescribing it iu Die fundamental law and besides, posterity, iu ail human probability, will have quite as much sense as nther people, aud be capable of taking cure of themselves. laiinut that it contains some wnoiotome provisions, whether by accident or design I know not. If this ia the best constitution we cau get, I greatly prefer the old one under winch we have lived so long and prospered so wtll. It is urged that we should so for it. be cause we can easily amend it. A constitution that needs to tie amended right away, is certainly not tit to bo adopted. Another one says that it has cost the peo ple over one hundred thousand dollars, and it will not iiu to re eel v, because our money will be lost, i his us as much force iu it. aa an individual who nnvs five hundred dollars for what is represented to iiiui as a uood family horse, nnd alter his purchase he i told that he is vicious, and will ruo oft every time he is Iml iu harness, no matter, savs the buyer, I paid five iu nd red dollars fur him I will put him iu, although he may break my neck. To urge such a consideration ia an insult to tho people. We are not nuite willing tn swallow a dose of arsenic, ou account of tho cost of the doae. I have no patronage, official station, or " a ray hairs " lo give authority tu what I say, but believing that the adoptiou of the new constitution will prove disastrous In the welfare and beat interests of the State, and see ing the effort that is making tn force it upon the peo ple, t ten my uuiy ui say wnai i nave said. Lot each voter read, think, aud act for himself, and ihe pcuple and their rights will triumph, and the threatened ruin be averted. MILLER PENNINGTON. From Vuulna!on. Mr. Coawtit and his Calumniators. We have re ceived the following commuuicatiun from a source en titled to tho utmost credence. It most effectually explodes (he foul slanders that have been heaped upon the distinguished head uf the Treasury department It U scarcely necessary to add that these stories can nev er gain credence in Ohio, where Mr. Corwih is known. He has lived too lung among us, and U too widely known, to allow these calumnies upon his integrity to produce any other effect than that of disgust at the wickedness and profligacy of those who would propagate them. He is any thing but a miser. His lilteial-ity and his want of atteultuii to his pecuuiury concerns, had left him, when he went iutu the Senate, a poor man. And if, fur once, he has been successful in securing a competence by weans that no one oau object to, we rejoice at it, aud kuow ol no man mure worthy uf it, or wbu will use it for belter purpoaes. We hope this full and explicit statement will Ue carefully read by all i washinoton, June a, 1001. The system nf calumny aud falsehood wiih which the members of Uen. Taylor's Administration were vis ited, because uf their relusat tu yield tu the extortions uf mendacious presses, has beeu revived toward the present Uubiuei, uuder instigations uiui are equally ve-ual, and with motives as out i rely abandoned. The me hands; the same wretched misrepreaentations; the same phrases of abuse, aud the same actors are visible, aud the same sceues are reproduced, with only the simple change ol names in the most conspicuous characters. It is loo much to thu discmitt of a poriiuu ot the press of (his country, that the policy ot an Ad ministration iu power vunuoi ue uiicuseu wunoiit outraging the aineuities of political life, and that the acts of public men cannot beouiivassed without an inqieaLh- meill Ol poraollBl lmegrny. mil mure ia some inaction in knowing thai Una scandalous system which is how almost reduced to a trade is mainly confined to ndveutiiiuis, who come here to seek fortune, aud who are reekleas iu regard to tho means ol m quiring it, be ing more willing, 1mm bad proclivities, to earn money by assailing character than by more honorable moth uds. The morbid passion for whatever lends tn depreciate men occupying high posiliou, or tu excite envy. liiruishos tou uiucli eiH'ouriigeiucni lor inese imiueu assHssiua, who spam ueiiher age, nor sex, nur condition, in tho pursuit of their accursed vocation. W ithin tho last tew months there luw been asystcmal-lic attempt madu b certain prints tu create lalae nud injurious impressions ou the public mind concerning tha present able and distinguished Secretary of the Treasury, growing out of concerns purely professional nnd private, which havo been seized uihui and distort ed to suit i lie purposes ui uis uueti smouorui. listing taken the pnios tu inform myself lolly and particular-I) on i lies subject, 1 propose to present the lucti tu the public iu such a form that they may be easily uuder stood, and to clmlleuun the most uimualilied scrutiny into all Iho statements so presented. Aa it is almost impossible tn furnish an auswer to the various allegations which have been made, I shall adopt the state- menu made by a correspondent In Uie New York Jom natof Commerce, and Baltimore 8un, (being one and the same person) as the most respousibloof those which have appeared, for comment, and upon which most of the unfounded speculations have beeu made. The follow1 g extrao is taken from a letter in the Journal of Commerce, dated 26th of May, iu reply to certain explanations touching Mr. Corwin's connection with the Mexican claims, which the writer in the Journal alleges to be untrue. " The facta of the case, as I have reason to believe, are these : 1. Mr. Corwin was a candidate for the port-folio of the Treasury, and it was for some time in doubt wheth-or he, or Mr. Vinton, of Ohio, would be preferred I but aa soon as he ascertained thut Mr. Fillmore had determined to otter the place to him, ho cave notice to certain intimate friends of his. throu-b his kin.m.., Rk. ert Corwin, that hts pecuniary conditioii would prevent his acceptance of the office. Unless his eon tin ire nt intr- eats in the Mexican claims should first be disposed of. John Young, of the oity of New York, and auother gentleman of that city, undertook, at the request of Mr. Hubert Corwin, to raise money ou these claims. Robert Corw n made an estimate of the value nf thn claims, estimating them at upwards of $100,000, and amxmg w tne laud scrip its par value. 2. George Law, of New York, a gentleman well known for his enterprise und success, particularly in steum, purchased the contingent interest, on the representations uf the persons above named, for, as he says, Ihe sum of $I00,Q0U ; while Mr. Yuuue. it is understood. asserts that Mr. Corwin never received but $70,000. wnat became of the $J0,000 difference has never yet beeu revealed. 3. Bv the award of the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Corwiu'scoutingeut fees amounted to less than $40,000. oo, Mr. ueorge Low is out of pocket f (JO .000 by the transaction. Some of Mr. Coi win's friends contend that he (Mr. Oorwiu) will refund to Mr. Law the difference between the sum originally paid aud the sum received ui.iler ibe iwaid Mr. Cot win trubeig so hostile to ''paying back" as faltiaff waa undor cir-cumatancea somewhat similar. 4. If Mr. Secretary Corwin should pay back, it will be at the lusa of the $30,000 which slippediuto some hand between him and Mr. Law: so be will actually have got for his Mexican claims only teu thousand dollars.5. I can state further, unon the authnrhv nf Mr. Webster's intimate friends, lhat Mr. Webster never heard from Mr. Corwin of his intention to dispose of his interest in the claims, and never knew that he bad done so till within tho lust three months." These specifications are particular and positive, and can best he answered by dividing them, as they are wrmoD, into nve distinct points. 1st. I answer it is not uue that Mr Corwin was, iu any sense or form, or bv auv expression, direct or in. direct, a "candidate for the porMotio of the Treasury," nor did he ever give notice through any person that "bis pecuniary condition would prevent bis acceptance of the office," unless his interests in the Mexican claims were disposed of. 2d. The estimated value of Mr. Corwin's iniri (for he was part uwner iu one uf the lurgest claims) and fees as attorney, was about $100,000. Mr. George ijaw uecame the absolute purchaser under the advice and arbitral ion of two of his must intimate friends- Air. John Young and Mr. James S. Thayer, of New York and paid $81,000 (not $70,000, as alhdged) for all his right, title, afid contingent prospects. 3d. The awards on Mr. Corwin's interests by the Mexican board cover the whole amount which ha re. ceived, and it is not true that Mr Law is out of pocket either $60,000, as slated, or any thousand or thousands, aud consequently there is no sum to be "paid back." Nor has any such intimation ever been expressed by those who are alone inierested. 4th. The foregoing statemeut disproves the charges contained in the fourth specification, aud futther answer is unnecessary. 5th. It is unimportant whether Mr. Webster kuow ur did not kuow that Mr. Corwin intended disposing of these interests before micring Ihe Cabinet; but as thn statemeut is not made Uon the authority of Mr. Webster himself, but on that of persons who ere called his " intimate friends," a contradiction is hardly required. Having thus met the allegations us they appear, it is uow proper that a full aud frank exposition ul the matter should bo made, since Mr. Corwin's private affairs have so wantonly and shamefully been dragged before the public, and the more especially aa both he aud his friends now court an unlimited investigation. Lot mo sum up the fuels plainly, as they have been derived froin unquestionable sources. When Mr. Corwin was inviud to accept the Treasury Department, he was employed aa counsel in several of the moat important cases pending before the Commissioners to adjudicate the claims of American citi-zeus against Mexico. Mr. Webster, Mr. Edward Curtis, and Mr. Waddy Thompson were associated with him iu various cases, it is well known to the country won un, onrwiu tv am exceedingly reiuciaui iu iaao office, and that although constantly and daily urged from high quarters, it was not until a few hours before dm no m in lions were iraiiauiiltml to the Senate, that he yielded to the importunities of bis friends. There were various considerations which operated upon bis mind in thus declining (Mjstiion, and one among others, was his interest in these Mexican claims which, from his limited circumstances, became a matter of serious importance. Seeing, therefore, lhat further attentiou to these interests would be inconsistent with a faithful discharge of the duties of the Treasury Depattmeut, and deeming such relations to be also indelicate, be accepted with reservation, and immediately determined to purge himself of all regions tn the claims in question. At ibis lime theCommiasinners had adjourned tu meet again on the 14th of the following November. iir, nuuon u. isurwin, uie esinousneu law partner oi tho Secretary of the Treasury, (aud as such interested, of course, iu the Mexican claims) wns fully empowered to dispose of all the rights, preseut and prospective, oi mr. i nomas viorwiu, unuer inn sulci injunction, tiuwever, mat an ausoiuie saie nuu transier should be made before the meeting of the Hoard in November f thut the purchase money should be paid before that period ; and that no contingencies of any sort or kind should remain depending. Tho assent of Mr. Corwiu'i clients wus obiaiued to these terms, for his arguments, aud efforts, and professional ability Imd boeu steadily employed since the orgauixatiou of ihe Commission. Mr. George Law became the pnrchuser, as I have already slated, alter the careful examination of ihe extent and nature of tho claims, by his counsel aud confidential friend, who were selected tur that purpose. The whole negotiation and sale were conducted by Mr. Robert G. Corwin. and the purchase money was received by him before the adjourned meeting of the Commissioners. If the arrangement hnd noibejnsn consummated, the present Secretary uf ihe Treasury would not now be a member uf the Cnhinet, having, as is well understood, reset ved the privilege of retiring unuer aucu a coiiuuion oi tnings as ne migtit deem urgent, or likely to render his public conduct, in any way aubject tu misconstruction. These are ihe facts of this case, and caniiut be disputed iu any responsible i pianer. Now, as to another point, which has been drawn into public discustiou. Some time pi ior to the formation of Mr. Fillmore's cabinet, Mr. Corwiu hid given a professional opinion on a U-gal projositinn arising under the treaty with Spain by which Florida was acquired, upon which it was supposed the paymeut of certain claims for spoliations provided in that treaty might depend, ft is counsel fee was $2 000, to be pa d in the eveut of tho claims being admitted. Before entering upon the duties of Secretary of the Treuaury, ho made application to his clients tn be relieved from all obligations as their attorney, and he released them from a 1 obligations to him fur any fee in the case. Mr. Corwin, at the same time, look occasion to inform his clients lhat he could hold n connection with these claims duriug his tenure ui nmce, ami nonce nis reiusai to entertain their consideration since they have beeu presented to the Treasury Department. It will be seen fpun this exposition that Mr. Corwin acted throughout not only with a degree uf delicacy, which may well be regarded aa fastidious, but under a sense of honor which entitles him to the highest regard in iho country, nnd which cannot be too warmly applauded. If he had entered the Cabinet without dives-tiug himself of tliose connections, his present uucrupu-lous assailants would huve beeu the very fit si to accuse him of exerting ollicial influence tn subserve personal interest. Their only reson uow is calumny, and that they have employed with as reck less a disregard of the appearance of truth or plausibility as they have exhibited towards decency aud the commonest proprieties of life. But if all that is alletlged had been true, what does if amount tu but thia t that Mr. Corwin sold his rights aud property tn a purchaser for a valuation fix ml by the chosen friends uf that purchaser t Let mo say there are fow men iu public life or in private me, wnu wouiu novo auopieu a similar courso low who would have made the voluntary sacrifice, that was then believed by Mr. Corwiu'a frieuds lo be involved in tlm sulo to Mr. Law. Ilia worst political enemies, in all the fierce conflicts of party in Ohio, never yet had tho hardihood to assail his integrity. W hile they resorted to every political expedient, they all conceded, that a pure nud exemplary career had loug and pracli. eally illustrated, that his houur was pure and abuvo the reach of supieion. He is assnili d uow became he hat guurded the Treasury with fidelity, s ml closed its doors Mgainsl the selfish linllickers some of (heui professing to be the friend of Iho Adumii'trntion whose only object ia tn swculate upon oluics and principles, being the only wares which they vend ut the shambles of parly. They are known and nre marked. The day mny not lie distant when a tuller exposure may he necessary t and if it should Come, the public will be enlightened as to some historical features connected with these (Mexican claims wmch have never yet seen the Ifhiof day. Certain it is, that there are many attorneys who have received much larger foes than ihe sum paid tu Mr. Cor vviu by the purchaser uf his interest, and fur a leas amount uf service than he had rendered tu bis clients before the sale of his interest. There remains much more to be said on this subject i on Ihe incidental considerations UeloiiRing lo it, anil concerning the persons who, while stabbing in the dark, suppose themselves tu be safe from detection. Let them beware in time, and learn In seek security fur the future by repentance for the pat A person being asked what a ghost said to him which he pretended tu have seen, repiira, ' now saouia i Know what he said f 1 am not skilled in the dead language. PA