• 1 NtiVy Department. Secretary Mason re; orts the number - cif tnen In the twice at 8,000, a number altogether inadequat o the'wants of the Navy. The difficulty of raining men has delayed .the equipine vessels on several occasions.—.. The appearance of a Spani.h Privateer, (the Carmelita,) in the Mediterrattean l under Mex ican dolors, is allUded to, and evidencis of the Unpopularity of 'piivuteering among civ lazed 'nations iucidentally noticed. The op erations of the navy are given in detail—the seizure of Mexican ports on both, miens, the bombardment of Vera Cruz, &a. • He urges an-increase in the number of Assistant Sur geons. He also recommends an allowance in Naval officers collecting duties in Mexican ports of one per cent. on the sum collected, the extension of our laws over Oregon Ter ritory, and the establishment of Citurts _with admiralty jurisdiction. The voyages of the Jarneatown and Macedonian are next spoken of. Mr. Uriah Brown's liquid tire hes been tried with the 810,000 appropriate I, bit hiS shot proof steamship has not. • The liquid fire is nut approved of. The gross amount' of expenses estim tted fur next year is 810, 7 365,82:tr 'The amount aporopriated fur the current =fiscal year is 810.642,63 G 10c. Th estimates now presented include an item of 81,200,000, to complete the four war-,neain ere, an increase of the appropriation tinder the head ofcontingent enumerated, and 815 0 ,- 000 for the prosecution of the work on the dry dock at New York. The four war-steamers authorized by the Act of March 3,1, 18.17 k are rapidly building. '1 he models, tonnage and machinery were adopted by a mixed board of _naval officers, constructors, and engineers.= The contractors for the -transportation of the mail in steamers between New York an I N. Orleans, and from Havana and Chagr4. hale been made with - illessrs Collins and 5i.,,0 iu compliance with the act of Conoress. The carriage of the mail mopthly from Panama to Oregon has been asligried to the lowest bid der. The annual fon pensation under the contractit will be: - To E. H. Collins,( ; $335.000 To A. G.IS :!00,000 To Arnold Ilarris, 199,000 The Observatory is tin successful opera -lion. At the Naval SOltool. 90 Midehipmen are in attendance; the 'school is doing well and an excellent thing. jAn increase of the number of Midshipmen in the Navy,to 4(30 is recommended, tanking, two fur each represen tative in the Hoese. The, full number of Marines authorized by Ilia act of last March have,not been appointed. They ought to have , bounty land 113 given to soldiers. The corps has served with distinction in Mexico, and is entitled to the favorable 'consideration of Congress. • ' The Secretary recomt - r4nds the appoint mont of - twelve assistant Pursers, awl From /de/ a separate_report respecting Floating Dry Ducks at Philadelphia, Portsmouth and Pensacola. On the whtilP, it is a sen-ible, jutlicimv, good report, and those adjectk es decribe the Secretaq exactly. . A PATRIOT BOT.—We have lately received a letter from Julin P. Bachman. now in tie city of Mexico, \\ hick is tilled with accounts - of the hard-fought battles bvtitre the Mexican capital. The suhject,of, this paragraph is a mere boy,abunt 16years of uge, \%170 one year ago'was an apprentice to the Priiiiiiig b.isi ness in this office. Urged by n natural spirit _of adventure, he wanted / to - join the Wilkes barre Company, under Capt. Dana, of the Ist Regimen; in company with an older brother. But his parents deeming' him too 'young to withstand all the hardshq a of war, refused to let him go. When the 2ltv.giment howev er was called out, be took the slip and jollied . Capt. Miller's co , rpa of , "tockton Aitiller -1 istsP lie was engaged in the Bombardment, ' of yera Crirz and: in the battle of Cerro Gur. ii 6. At the lapions taking of Chapultepec, he tells us that he tired 213 bails, feeling pretty \, certain that each ball to ok .. a man and was suite of the first to meent the re-cue.l battlements, and a hen uur men put sued the retreating en emy, lie took four prisoners himself, by sur rounding them. • lltishot one fellow who at tempted to run array and marched the other three to safe quarters. After our army arri ved in the city oh Mexico, our young nem ob tained permission to doff his soldier's clothes and assume the citizen's apparel, •to cork in the office of the North American; published i is the Capital. He hair thrown down the shooting iron and taken lb the shooting slick, What can the Mexicami'expect from en army of such boys. We, feel proud of him .—Eas - ten Argu:. 1 ...., .. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.--A few rods north of the armory on the hill,"ut Springfield, is a deep hollow or dingle, down the bank of whielk the tsaste dirt the 'shops (consisting OS old woolen mgt.-, tin 1 cotton waste parti i ally &attired with-oil, particles of iron s inixed with the sweepings of the Chops, coal dirt, ac.) .fius (ram time to time f ar a long perind Leen thrown, until a lArge quantity of it has ac cumulated. 'This MASA of ruhbit.h some six weeks since took fire spontaneously, and has been constantly burning eince, nutwilltstand inr, the late powerful and !eau rains„ • Wednesday being the regular monthi4 meeting of the Eagle Co. No. 1, Capt . Tow er determined to try hi.i skill with the de vouring element. After throwing on t the burning pile t.at , t quantities of water, which acemerto have the effect to concentrate the heat rather than quench it, it buirst forth 'from the uppermo,t point, eke.' ing tire, steam and smoke, to a considerable heighth, giv us a beautiful minatoro volcanic eruption. still continues to burn,' bidding defiance to the clouds of heaven and the Eagle Co. No. I. On the bank immeJiutely over the burning pile is a magnificent elm, beneath the shade of which, in by-gone days, many a workman has repaired to refresh-himself from the beim tiful stream rippling down the bunk near by. / This , buining mass seems to have embraced the roots of this magnificent tree, (robbing old Sol of his power,) warming it into sum mer We, expanding jig buds almost to burst 'log, and in peirhnbility will soon cover it with a beautiful foNage,--Bpringfictd . Ga: zetfe> COSIMERCF OF CHICAGO.—The Clitago Journal publishes some etatisics of the trade of that place, which furnish a striking illus. traticurof the rapidity with which the cities on the Welt. •rn Luke increase in population. In 1839, the export trade of Chicafro.pinimen ced by the shipment of a lead o r f . wheat and 7017 barrel of flour. The latter was brought back fur want of a market. During the preli m season the estimated value of exports nag over 42.326,000 and consists in part of 1,• 634, 634 bniibels wheat: 45,144 dip corn; 10,- 436 du oats; - nnd.29,683 burrels'llonr, besides Jorge quantities prori,innF, fish, ke. Le. Art IMPORTANT FAG?. --One of th e best burl- nese men in NeW -York, who made himself rich by liberaly advertising in papers of large circulation in that cityAn writing to a, friend and alluding the real, canoe of his soee es while others have only made a living. and in many instances failed entirely, i says, ~t he time is not far distant when the merchant tvliose rent cost - shim more than hi , advertising. will be univer4lly regarded a: ate who don't un derstand his buAnes=, and will not lorg have any business to under:tend." 'Moss lista.s.—A volunteer friend of OUTS cp t lie, came out expressly to "revel in the H a as of Montezuma' . on discovering; the other ,d a y that they were not in existence, took n l oo k et th e old Indian dial in the wall! of the cathedral, and said if that were all there was 14ft oldie Halls, he'd be d—d if he coulthit do up his revelling in the brownest sort of a way on $7 a mouth end lay up a •small sum besides: but he should, like to have known these Halls were torn down before he left Berke county. The old Count House in Reading was a fow year's older than any Hall he had seen in Maxico,.....ilfoxico North .4,:teri. us. FROM MEXICO. . (I,"A letferdeted Mexico,Nov. 24th, says that the governors of the States are still in session at Queretaro, and have proposed llues don to the government, to whitlythey demand clear and preemttiry replies:-Ist. in what character they have been called together, and will the government submit: to their decision?' Illy, will the government make known with clearness and frankness, the programmeof its policy with regard tv peace or war. A cor respondent of El Monitor says that it was un derstood that the -government-had; answered these queetiont;, tiy putting that they had been r called together, of ly fur the purpose of throwing light upoi the 'subject—that the general gavernnient would ;be able in some manner. to surrettler Its powers, and that it was more inclined to open or continue nego tiations for pence, Mil to prosecute the.war. The British Chn'rge de affairs at Queratern had• taken up his' temporary residence in that city. . , Gen. Scott, underinstructions from Wash : ington for qourtering on the enemy, has issu ed an order that no more fmlion bars, or in trots, either of gold or silver,lsheil be shipped From any port in Mexico, onti the rate of ditty shall be fixed by the authori ies from Wash ington, and Lhat after a certain time specified, ho mere reds will be paid fur winners occu pied by the American army. ,Subsistance, fiirage &c., will be paid for as heretolitre.— The injunction and penalty of•the martial lnsv order, published ut Tampico,: Feb. 15, 1847, will be strictly enforced. All apprehensions for the safety of . the steamer Gen. Butler,.and those on board, are now' removed by the arrival of the Vessel at New Orleans. after a terrible passage. Gen. Pena V. Paragap;h4 been apphinfed military commander of the State of Vera Cruz. - Jarailta is shoot to retort) to operate in the neighbtirlmod of Vera Cruz. His band has been re-inforced v. ith 300 men flow the interior. Gen.. Urera is sail to have been captured by the Cal»unchei , . The road, at present, is en tirely opened between Vera Cruz and the city pf Mexico, and small parties can travel with-- our danger. TRAGICAL; DOINGS IN NEW BRUNSWICK...— The St. Johns Morning News 'ofrbec Bth, contains an ar co•urt of some tragical doings in that vicinity on Saturday the 4th' inst. do attempting to arrest a drokkell Mo t three po licemen, IlEltne.l Gough, &tile an! Kinney, were badly stubbed by a gang of •rudins.— throgli afterwards A low mouths since, one sergeant Tugg of the 40th,regiinent, fit Halifax. made an at tempt upon the life of Elizabeth Bourne with his sword in a fit of jealousy, because she would not return los litThctions. The Irial came on at Halifax on Thursday, the 21 inst. The jury came in with a verdict of guilty, on hearing which the prisinier cut his throat with a penknife froth ear to ear in. the open court. Trigg, is n young man not more than 21 years of age. his wound is supposed to be mortal. 'ritHAnoN.—"Treason agninst. , the United States shall etln-i,t only in levying war against thrts, or in adhering to theirj•netnie4, GIVING THEII AID AND SOMFOUT. " -0011.5!. U. Stu It's. "When war is levied, all those %dm per- l' , 1 it is matter of gratification to the humane form any part,, 'HOWEVER lung: rE.' or howeier ,! i and reflecting public, an.l no doubt consolation attmoTE from the scene of action, arid %l hit are „,, w oiy le al oit,l in the general conspiracy, ! and enconyagement to the destitute,; That ma-, a ourAridi,,r, Without distinction of sect,; 4th 'l' RA ITORS."—Chief Justice .Marshail, ray 4th Crunch, p. 15. ; have unit eil and engaged ii► earnest in so bit-j' The Ohio Statesman then says: II the filmy I , . i nettilent and Cloi-tiara an enterrise, and set e L. be correct, then who will dare say that Car- I noble an example.l it cannot faill i eXeo t i win, Webster, and those he follow their lead. iocluding Cov. . BOA), ar6.not traitors to their !aliappy influence;lN„iiiiperop l .; in,11,„6„,s could country ? It places them in a tredicament lbe cited of great and perishing destitutionAis t hat they cantiot well escape anti though the I , covered by the vigilance of t h t managers, and law may never 'polish their', yet the patriot icd, of all part ies• "ill hereafter 'execrate their promptly relieved, with the limited means fur mime,. nsat,ey execrate those of the Hartford Dished to the Society, which would in all Convent itlederalists of the 'ate war and the probability have remained unknown, and of tories of 'be Revolution, , \ 1. course unassisted without their exertione.— (t-'The London Chronicle, ig Ppealtina of the Alexictin nar, makes extracts from Mr. Weh-ters speech at Springfield; and pas the) folhming compliment to its British Federall toile, while it givet4 the party to whlelt the orator belong "GA-speed:" :forms in it.self a brief, and, in the main, %%e believe, an ac curatP summary of the•origin, pretexts, and progress of a n at- which it is an honor to the great 1 arty of %%Inch Mr!. Webster is the lead et., that they never a. proved of." , • BITE r/F A RATTI,E SNA - KE.—Dr. Lee of Hari; fund, Conn., u lit; has pram iced eXtell,ive ly Mille sowb, stideS dot liejins treate fir e ea-es of rattle snake bite. and all of them Alle- Ct•r81114; His remedy is alcoholic liquor— either rum, brandy or giin—givon in illrgo tin :•es. it half pout eery lifteett minute., mak ing a Alinur t i n an houryis -not too much to be et% ea as :mon as passible after the bite. This remedy has been used at the south to a great extent and has never b2enlt .Muitt to Gail of a mire. The liquor absorbs or deadens the fa tal vim., and neverintoxitmes the'subject so long us the virus of the reptile is in the sys tem.—X. V. Post. ' . , If7'The n pprehensions rill he En2li-h presq are briefly set ftrth in , the fttlowing, extract bunt one of them: ••The city of lfexico 111nsfallen nt lost, and Jonathan h.t: het'm permitted in nceontoliA bunst of re%elling in the halls' of th,c, Mutt tezmna.! Cuba will follow next: and then Hushed with einpie4 an I' thirstimr for re venge and plunder, tiler model Republic will film tier arms on Canada, to drive t he,occur sell Britisher's front the continent. Nousrer rons.' . A W.Alt or Cofirq,uciT.—lf the Prrsi lent disclaims a war for Conquest, sonic of bis of- Caere, it seems, do Hot, for they have not only invaded the country, but are carrying their conquests tato the domestic!: circle °Hilt , Nlex -1,. icalir, and annexing the Senoras und emi rii as without also consent of their nude ftketids. The following fact is ()militias - of the uubjii gro,ion of the country; ELOPEFIENT IN MliNlCO.—Quite an excite meta was produced at Monterey recoil ly, by a f hoilife elop..ment, lit the same time, it two Mexican Senoritas with two officers belong ing to the staff corps pf our Briny. (!tie of the l a dies, more. properly Zpeakitig • , ,vti-i it Senora, being the wife of a Mexican 'officer of considerable rank,. aherlit with the artily, and the!otlivr n Senorita of 17. her ',elev.' If they carry on this game very exlenid hily "'young Mexico' will bo rising up to worry 1 old Mexico. • A MunornErt ColvvicTro.—The Court at Honerdale has been occupied several days with the triat [lurk Bell, who ilia.; arrest ed on the lst August for the !Artier of Mrs. Williams, wife of Ree. Gershom ill the southern part of that - county. The prisoner waylaid his victim on her way to church, and after accomplishing his beastly ends, choked hei. to death. The commission of the act was admitted, hut he was defended on the ground of watit of intellect or Whitey. The evi.lence. however. did tun Filgthirt this plep in the minds of the jury, who after tin ab sence of three hours, - returned a verdict' of murder in the 144 degree. WHO ' LL MOVE TO 13noomr.rra—Reatl, be fore you ausn er, n ill." The Star of that city tolls ifs noon " , nothority, that Francis Kinney, notO res(ding at the cor ner of Bridge and Johnson stile's, in that city married his wife Mary when Abe was 19 and he 14 years of age. t When she was 15 she had her lirt4 child; at 17 ~ he hail two addi tional children; at 18 three noire; at 20 she had four; at 21 she had three, end at 22 years -she harftwo, which are now a few weeks old —makitig 15 Children in 8 years. The-e ex traordinary facts will pimbably arrest the at tention of the facult y. We shopld like to know how many Of ,these, children are now blue. H- FIIM DIE o: s a • ..Thaqtfferld is Governed too Mch." gliturday Mornlnt. Bei:nutter 23, IS 17. • t,CTtios. H. 4r..tisoN is a duly authorized agent to procure !mb.crihers for this paper. - 07. The reader will find more than a usu., al variety on our outside this Week. We need nut refer to the several articles by name, as they will recommend themselves to the lovers of light !tailing. O 7 Another Coinmonications on the sub ject oldie Presidency will be found in Columns to day. Read both sides and then be prepafed to decide understandingly. O' Our patrons in town may expect the nuptial visit of the Carrier on Skil:day next. Ile has been furnished, not with a "budget of rhymes," as is too often the case on such oc casions, but with n "New Year l Poem," writ ten expressly for,-the Observer by one of,the best poets in the country—a gentleman whose produCtions enrich the pages of the "Knick erbocker" ahnost inOnltly. _ (17'We are requested to say that the gen uine! men's Ball wi I come of Pirer at the !teed House on Friday even nor next, at precisely "FfVfn oiclock. lr i ‘Nre ha I a hearty laugh at the delinea • rteuis of "Yankee Hill" it the aced House on Mimday evening,. Ile - s certainly unsurpas sed as to actor of low nedy. 07'111 order to enable the hands employed in this office to participate in the festivities usual 'upon the first of January, we shall issue the Olisener next week on Friday. We are not ranch in the habit of puffing, especially patent, medicines / but the rernc,ly named above is of that cbaiacter that we be lieve ce cmnpromise, nothing in recMnmend ing into the public for Cough 4, Colds, &r.— We have.seen it used by numerom+ individu als,is(itne of them employed in our office, and can cheerfully bear to imony to its curative p We learn that the collection taken up at the Cuiver , alist Mach on Son.lity evening last in behalf of this Society, Was fifty-one &Wars • and thirty-one coda,' The Church was vell filled—the sermon able and pathetic, the mu , sic and accompanying exercises spirited, , cheering and appropriate. The contributions in the several Churches thus far,.as ti e hate learned, areas follows: Presbyterian Church, \. li/50,00 , Episcopal, /to. , 23'00 Univet.alkt ch,. • _ 51 31 ~ We are glad to see that there is a liberal spir it au airette,l, and that the means furith.fied are I - on th^ increa-e, ‘Ve have Out yet learned when the serthons ore to be delivered in the Associate Reformed and-Methmitst - Churches, but %A ill cheerfully give ttutice of each - when apprised of it. s. We were shown the other day, at the es tablishment of Mr.:Joseph Kelsey, a relf-reg tdating parlor stote, which-for beayty, econ omy of filet, health and, CAIRI fort, we think has not kt en equalled heretofore. It is 'called "Race's patent," and is so constructed that whey teie heat rises to dm desired 010, the Valve (commonly vatic I t!o, Damper)is closed,, coning oft" the suilly of air, and of course chccking the combustion, so that the fuel is consumed just so fast, and no faster than is requisite tti keep up the proper temperature of the apartment. • The fuel, therefore, is con sumed in the most( economical manner, and much more akantageously than could be done by the most careful attendant; for the Regu lator never ?nukes rs midtake, by keeping the Valve open too long, or closing It too soon. There pre sotne other excellent qualities to dhis SHe, but A% hich lime will not allow its to enunlierate." We advise,ell, however, to examine it for themsedves. 1 This used to be one of the potent cries of whigery, : tid one wntild-he led to suppose that a principle so often athocated would be some times carried out. But such is not the fact'. At no time %viten'that party have been in the ascendant do we find them practicing their professions in this ram icelar. Fur instance, Congress met on the 'first of the present month, and nit hotigh the aigs have a majority of but five or six, they succeeded in ousting the, old clerk, and for no reason except that he was a Monocrat. But tile proscription fur oninhin Jli.l not' stop here. On Wednesday the MI- 1 lowing named gentlemen were removed by Mr. Campbell. the new Clerk—J. F. Brown, brother of the second', Assistant Postmaster General; M. 11: Meilary, T. D. Harris, and Mr. McLaughlilF. The newly appointed offi cers are, J. W. Moorehead, formerly a clerk in one of the de,.artments, Mr. Anderson. of Genrgia; Mr. Harper ofNew York, once a clerk in the Post Office Department; and Hen iy Clay Mudd, who published a Whig paper in lowa, and subsequently was env \ (red in' a sim ilar business in Cumberland, Maryland. Co4'scl Lady's took This beautiful Magazine for imitary, 18- .17, has already made its appearance, and is One of the hest numbers of °the Book ever . published. It is embellished by a mezzotint, entitled "Ilanpy Hours," and a plate of the "Setions,"'Spring, ~Summer, Autumn, and Winter— c four p l ates in one--wa fashion plate, a pieco/of music, model cottages, brotchet work for tidies, B&.a. The Book is: . published by - Li A. Gmleo Esq., Philadelphia, at the i low price of tlitie dollars per annum. 0:7 1 " The thr • nati published (*Berman, on the delivery. Thu was sent in In and printed at This is unequal is illustration of R. I E, P:A . Dr. Hall's Cough Remedy Ladlei' Benevolent Society A Capital Stove "11,0 I",osoiiptiou fir Opinion." I le German papers in Cincin l - the Piesitlent's Message in Thursday miring after its ~ in ON* flirty hours after it PongresP,. it m was *M11841104 distance of soe 900 miles! ed dispatch, and a very graph. 'the age we live in.' • 0244017:t1 AND Itfis P The political* cauldron t th ernment has commenced bubblin in good earnesit,..,Every day so in the politletil.wOild, is being its troubled surface,itnillhe wi thoie beneath vie% • • .. that to the casual observer, op onistle as fire and water, are ab , for a common object that of Administration; aivithdrawal ul a surrender of titie jilit claims Mr. Calhoun, the head and fro slaveocra4 of the South, the t the dogmas of direct taxation Sr, the ultra-advocates of the W and "prdection for protectio once more to unite their fort( the arena as brethren vngage, cause und for a coma:too ,obj loaves rind two fielte.'' Oil th South Corolinun made - the fir game, by introducing the follow into the Senate: Resolved, That to conquer hold it either as a province it in the Union, would be iric the avowed object for which i prosecuted; a departure from tI cy of the government; in cm. character and genius; on I in I sive of our free and popular in, 11,4olved, That co line of po t her pro,ecution of the war ,In u hid' may lead to consequ trans " To the first dlittise of the there are none, we imagine, wl The war•has not, as the Nest. l ly says, been •prosecoted for acquiring Mexico, but to ohm get her with indemnity fur the rity for the future. Fur this ery blow, the olive branch has For this purpose, Mr. Trist as a commissioner s3f peace, ss a treaty in his pocket, and Id gcdiale uyoq t he basis of that gard to coml . Bering Mexico an province, we are not so surest.' departure from the sett led,polic merit." If we understand w a settled policy of governmen policy heretofore pursued by t• wider like circumstances. 'lf the settle + policy; of tisk ;lover' ly contrary to that Mr. Callun i resoluti.4ls, says ivis. And t' we think, helped to establish r• oui'r laSt tar with Great B thoughts and efforts of the goy eJ.by the war party, of Whie was a prominent leader, was l conquering and holding of Ca ince. For ;his purpose so ppl granted by Congress. It was eral points, and our Generals, ty of the government. issue assuring the inhahi i tauts of Cl the U. States: If this oas to conquer and tii hold, for bringing into the Union, the p ada, we aho..ld like to have some of Itis new allies, tell us If_ Meiico shonW not come us ample justice, and we in yelled thereby to hold on to it tem of impost duties and nii lions, support our aruiy there; the life of us, see how it %% ill subversive of our free and,(ll, tions:' This charge has it .n rung in our ears so much by Smaller demagogues than ,:,, Mr. Calhoun, that we leave tong since con cluded it to be a humbug. or at least the fan tasy of some dreamer. When Loilisiaila %vas acquired. it was to be "in tit end subversive of oar free institttit'tns:". W ten the Flor4l 2 is were purchased, it was nga'n to be "in s the eini subversive of our free at d popular insti tutions."__ When Tex.'s sou ht to be annex ed. it u as to lie "in the end s thversive of - our 1 - .oe;atul popularinstitutions " When Gen. Jackson vetoed the batik and removed the de posiis, it was still to be "ti the end subver sive of our free and popular The,establishment of the Inc iffy, the election of Polk an peal of the tari ll' of" : 12, an I s(' were 'all and 'severally, acct croakers, croakers, to be "in the end free and pOpular institutions free and popular institutions instead of being' weaker, stronger and firmer thereby. fore he pardoned if we. do 1 I the views expressed in the The second resolution et the withholding of supplies houn's policy of establishiw and defending it, shall be adi not carry this, we presume the Southern' whigs end_ oph .1 of territory on any condi would run ibis defensive Hu l l we cannot say, as he did mil any explanation %Olen he il l ()Wins into the Senate. , I he took last winter, ice tal i, will not, if ho can help territorinl ifidemnityi and ed touch blond nod trensO our conquests are nitwit •g would 6 eein to warraot 115 he would be disposed to ru tier ns take in more than % plan last winter. And lit rises, if- "to conquer Al either as a province or t the Union, would be in avowed objects for Whicl prosecuted," "and in the e free and popular institsitioi j the conquering of a 'rani( of his delenAve ane i ? .. F I see vyhy, the conquering a i of Mexico is nut just as siihversite of our free a l l tioriz.," as the conquering whole• of it.' But. in ti Freiicliman, "ve shall set when Mr!, Calhoun deigns and the unifersal...statei thinks tilient it. :.,-.,-, • . 1 01 -- up rtainly the unc under great and lasting o'l, according td the ComaT l Malted it with a Prepide advocate of its "aid an wards Mexico. That poi ly, and in the usual chat of ittvoccomplishededitori' no Frank 'Slim n's there w and Clay'S." Hotv,onr, et this eonelueion we lei II ll= -Let Lonnie be Done. . . We ptAervo that some of our cotemperaries who etivo6ne the chiims of the Hon. GrAnten M. D* .4s I'IM President, are pursuing a very unjust co tree towards the editor of the Penn sylvania OM has espoused-the cause of the Hon. - JAirne iticuvrert, and is urging his claims will, all the well known ability and in fluence tilde,' hat paper possesses. They charge hart with being unjust towards Mr. Dallas inkithholding every thing calculated to advanci; th`cause of that'gentletnan, and impute this course to thle tact that he holds a ./ L , , governmyt appointment. If 'all iheite enar ges were rue, i lei r intro Inction into the pres ent caninis could do ol go )1. SVe ha l ite, pr )1)- ably, as T i tle cloiseto like the Penni4ylvnnian as atty 0n... 1 cut us from its exchange list for no other r qum, that we can divine, but tint we r It. men ily to another distinguished Atotestnat for theW Presidency. e. however, I like to 44 justice done though the Heavens should rill, ii,;,,c,0 we say, our c itemporaries do the P . iisylHinian injustice. So king as the Pent :ylt-aourft visited onr table, we fitund it ever t , i posed to (iii Mr. Dallas ample jos i lice. Iti gut, we very well recollect. n hen the Vice 4 1're; dent gave the casting vote in the Senatil for he tarill'of '46; that the Penn sk i uniaand the Oh-erver stood almost soli tYry and I none, in the State, as the defenders of that vii:e . . Many or those who are now denotincM , the Pen tisyl% anion, the.) openly i, coodemue the Vice President or stood sul'- letilY Mont e an, I sidTereLl the :duals of whigerY to be hurl d at his breast without an effort to ward ilic l td MK But o change has come over the spirt}' nf II sir dream—the tariff has be -conic poplar, t ntl we find them g' now accusing' others of tij.ist ce when they, themselves, i.ro the culpri!s. mrlow. seat of goy g and roaming e new phase thrown npnn a-workings of Elemenie • ear its anag lit to coalesce war upon the our army, and upon Mexico. it of the s it4ta iontli-piece of free tra le, and Imot Proviso ," are oboiii tee, aim enter in a common et—the "•fri'c 15th the greet :t move in the ng resolutions fevici, and to to incorporate .on4istent with war has hero he settled pole -1111:ct with ita ie eh 1 subver- Ititi!Hons. icy io„the for old ho ndolite(i ,aces so di-as- first resolution o will dist-eia. eut eery clear he of in a peace, to atm and seem- tirpose, at evo been tendered: vat: dispatched l it!) the draft of powers to tie., reafy. In re holding it as a T ut its being "a u(the gill:ern lint is itte . atit by it means the (11}'A I rge came °fru! Mc; 'Pio ice tli,inain i in the pr. ifeedi l smi./, .li- ii. a IVt.n.lter ihla: i and filie:4,i'ill ; • , 3 , 1 neeltutt %%inn ' iii•Gct O 1 Tb ih , ilanant t ern unr In.t of/Alb, r•tatesidan. hors--(G'1(1 b: beat.)—allpert ay Aletbilelal •ie groverntnent this is correct, intent is dirett n, in the ['bite 'tilt gentleman, telt policy. In ituin the first ernineilt,b elc- II Mr. Callit turned to.t he expres4 tifittpit ly if said {spin political pri.jtol happen to !tip of a pit )liclitu and Jill 15 it bil , C of their sneers 1 It falsehooil wt makes a fool I) the people km,' ~.. 'O An extl lung cs I. be h members of tli kluttire is not il that political ti ui a as a prov- e.. 4 were freelv rafie.l at spy the 1)Clailla I ions, 1 ,0 protection-of of uticntpting purpo,e ~f )vincv of Con r. ealliOon, or lit it WIIS.- error, ittl:l,l do The 1. the ghost. A Stocklpltiere, Democracy of causes of tit,: fi es end be com- and by a sys wry coutribtiA we cannot, for be "in the ('lid ular it/stilt/ ar• The F edonia Cen ,- ric man k in a bail it of the Prei•idenes 11Ies , age. ,111 survive, however, and live !halitauque dies nut constitutes the entire Uni way ea necom We hope he to lewd that 07'We are s the balance of of Telegraoh' of the Oltedy city, nod the 'I Ratentee9, the first of Pc roor ei if he in thg latter in Hotel. - Institution s." - - epetident Trea;- I Dallis, the re- Cr i Aluj. I %vus tendered since. by a 1. 1 , New York cit comit, of busil on ad istfinitinn, Kling to federal übverAve of our And vet "our G'Odicht are at lea At. American art' the rich and- • aid Mani, and ►nce been n►nde We shall i here. of coincide with ►rrt resolution. , The Boffi' , - the llnn. Gs: and ably and of that distin t ; tick tirging editor maker marks, whin}, idently' (times at unless Mr. Cal a defensive line , pted. If he can -I.le will unite with qlo e the acqusii inn inn. 'Where he ternprmtrie:- ett the subjee l tcribing eve Iv with them at his, of cimrse, t chunse to Make troduCeti the re:i nt after the 'coarse it for granted he it, go agtkinst all a we have expend 're since then, and "We obser friends nre g discussion (di as to cub/rill, see proper to re the mu it. 1 not be comet: either of th NV lukt we Or Ins, oe haver those w h o pr chiinatt, nu the gratitude public servie • tinted by a N l'ent,sylvani. About this :dmb! it lint dill? inguiri'ted illation, M enu het; vote I for NV001)1317,R: the Derno l Fru t rel nbont inen ] the conini ' r rout gner•lrl/ Itis nil Oliy ty nre r.e. o n else. The I receives the 1 tiosetrof )lel , there is y mernbers* of about me ; % s , troll tha, its I come fro ' tv sit. tild_ i iirelt with )tint ern! ry often eater,, consistency its preBtimink tlilit t it iu such u wan- ns ornbrace.l in his re the question nr- A j eo and to kohl it " 1 1 incorporate it into / I .unsistent with the the war has been ul subverilve of our n,.," what would be it of it utter the / plan r our part we cionot id huldiug a portion much in the end lid popular instill:- 1 r and holding of the Ge luuguuge of the :e vat ye shall see," rz to explain. what lie, - • iof Sout h Carolina, versiii.whig party is ligtitiona to tits for, hrcial, we have for,- ial candidate and an I comfort!' policy to 'per very etnpliatical i,to and classic diction ';say's "If there were tuuld be no Gallatin's catemperary arrives ve him to explain, friends.' head, he• in sylvania' g LAS—•••ll.rl, thin withjo . every othjer suits his tw. of a Mil j and entlopdastic war meeting r L Nille op the 14th inst. We ba of Eeterul promine whigs I ng,s—among them EL L. Rich_ talented orator of that party. out after sonic of them "loaves ivletLto by the Gazette in con ghat" letter of Col. Wvilliunul /14. mid Commercial are very iz• - e We thought fit to FPO( in 'rt Gallathbeina a superanott- The.4.e very old gentlemen ed ess thtqr grail hairs and bald • -o think if a mail iS'not :ri,s.olll ite should not be altowed to, lion ntion any subject,esfiecial ion does not square 41) their ices and notions. But we don't 'e with them, an.l;tt . s an editor ~nal, intend to speak upon any . s just as'ive think, regttr,fle,“ or reProofs. If AI r. Clay tells Alan say so—if Mr. Gallatin liiintell, the „hull assuredly let 'v it. -. rases_i at he . Legi.latore of i eld fur the purpose of electing -U. S. Satiate. M the Leg- Democratie, two members of i l iwile-nion will be ch.3sen. wistown Batik has given up Gem levine was one Of the aye presume his defeat by the the Keystone, is ono of the More mntobeonspenkingtermSwith 1 1 - I creation—that is, if twii . lines 1 . IN-i•,) make us so. The wire., line nre Op fri c rn Deinq to tlii,; r I 1 .1 , rw Vne, own clI by the or mill 1 j • 1- he fini4he.l between no v and , 1 I I hruaiw. The tillice I, f , tle forl thi•Oornrnmn;ini Exchanv,nrUi ne of the rooms of the Engle 1 1 .is s, 01" the Washington Union, tt public dinner a few day:4 rive number of Gent lemen but declined accept' nt,v, CM AC ,esA a rranzernen:e. documents state that. there 2300 women attached to the y, cooking, wa,hing, tending tying the StlniVOrS. IWords fitly Spoken. / 1 Gazette has run np the flag of limn M:PALLAS. for Pre‘ident, 'arneftly nrges the nomination gentleman. In on ar e claims of his favorite, the ho follopqng very fen . sible re• we rectimmend to- all our, co ho are jest now running. wild lof the Preidencv, aml pro p; who tines not think exact !elves: et hat some of our Democratic fling rather too warm in the ()is subject, and even go so for the intentions of those who litTer,with them in opinion as 'his is all wrong, and hhould anted by the true - friends of I Pennsy Ivan in . candidate , . fifer the nmn innt ion of Mr., Dal tn dispos:lbm to. find fault ‘villi : fer the nomination of Mr., n,.. 'll are competent, and deserve lof the country for their emin nt - , and eit hi r of them, if not ii 'atonal (invention, will ca ry by an overwhelmin,ir major ty. there can, he no doubt. And fall to the lot tif either of these geniteinen to reeive the nom ,lsYlvitnin would cheerfully cast I 'Gen. LEWIS CASS, 'LEVI , or any tither true friend ref ie Party. Ve must tint guar- Let ns reserve our tire fpr env, taking particular - care to 's whereter they may be fmiod. 0 env that the Democratic Par- • than, nrul will go for ni,btetv I arty will go for any man' that loinination of a convention com -1 ~,Er,ates from nil the States. If Ightitig in be done between the the gre t Demre•ratic family,. e wish i to he distinctly lintlet • will no engage in it, let it Iliat guar or it may. Every man qf his p eference, and 'lime it ion, sq a not to give tinnecessa any her candidate. or his t flag waves from the mast aloft the name of one•of Penn ' eaten favorites, GEO.III. DAL -1 vi i ii s t w e wrthd hail his nomina we are perfectly willing that an should run up the flog that views, subject to the decision 1 Convention, Curroprt Cs Mrssiis, Em "northa - id" fur bas rendered tlid phi that I arna MI le mol ter it(i W.. 01, wit Ii tb Monterey day b , Ready en roul l e at Matamorae, a MIEN Rumork are (litat thin the old General an ticipates vi4iti - ng the United Stales shortly. Tn that case; I think there will be quite an ad vance • in the price mLries and ftiwls. But don't:be alarmed about the fluctuation of the, market in yttor vicinity, for gossipping ft,lks say Ito will not go farther than Lemisiana.— Gen.: Wntirs visit along the line is making quite a stir in the catiMs and 'quarters: every thin g is to be brightened up fr .m a knowl edg of tactics to a mess-pun. Great curtail ment in the ‘vhiskt.rs and hair tuiti - Fipated,- besides varioni other items too LioncroilS to mention, a nd not of much' interest to chic rzzi By the escort accompanying these important personages from Monterey, vie learn some partienlats in refeienee 11l a tight that recent ly took place some serentlien miles from the camp at Monterey, in which it is generally believed that the E m et% hat celebrnTeil guesi rills chief, Mttrtivas, who,e band it killed. Lieut. Cam lhaguona, wit e.l to a neigh! I and when adi, mite, the some seventeen miles oii robbers, about one hundred in tiber, attached him by blocking up the road rout an I rear, and commenced tiring-, lie in.-Tautly wheeled and charged theimbrealiing through Utg lines. A messenger was des patched to camp for assistance, and the men dis mounted and commenCe.l a succes•fq I retreat along the skirts of the road. At the time the messenger came to camp Captains 'Butler and liagan's companies of the 31 Dragoons here' on drill, and were immediately ordered ofil— These left at a sweeping gallop, which was kept up until they met the Lieutenant's patiy retreating Ihrmigh a field, sadly crippled un, b,it the dust occasioned by the Movements of the succoring party ha 1 named the robbers of their a pprelich. They retreated wit lo be loss of their chief and five tither.: killed, be: ides many wounded. Lieut. Campbell litid three men killed and one missing: most all the men were nonridert, arid liim:4.lf, by chance, e ., : a calved with a blight wound in the fot. The . bodies of the slain were horrthly anutilaled; the black hearted Lillian, expending all their surplus con age:in inflicting lance and :..abre nonnds-upon Ot t e inanimate bodies of our sot_ diers. Seventeen of our bur es were killed :Tours, kc. or lost THE PRESIDEN-Cy MiEssrts. Erwrotts:—l notice in ynnr last number a commituical ion on the subject of the.: approaching Presidential CIIIIVISSF, over the 1 signature of "A Democrat,'• urging theClairres 1 'of Mr. Buchanan asthe ‘:fororlie son - of Pennsylvania, to that high office. it is al m y 'puiposein the least to detract from Ilk slam ing and character of Mr, Buchanan as a I logicalrind able advocate of any cause lir es- • pun es, nor of arty of the eminent men whose : names have I)l , eit' mentioned; bUt; inc rekd to suggest the name', f onnthcr gentleman, if I ndsta be not, so far as ppular faelinm-is' con- t cerited, a mite!) more "faaveithsoa't - of Pe nn . sylt Enda. It will be at once felt,b l y; almost : • • • every one of ;:your l old Ihinned democratic readers, who have Veen f a m iliar witdt the poll ' I , tica I history of the or at y arm ok own state foi ninny yea r Itt i t to pa. t , . hat I refer to l l nut. i Present Vice iesit e..t, : . 1-tom': I Ni. DALLAS. of Philadelphia. De is but wn as a natite Pennsylvaniati—bOrn a -detnnerat—t he son ttf one of `the most distingliished and taleided democrats of tile olden time, and trained in the school of deni,tctacy from earliest youth—who has tilled many irnportnall and responsibie sta tions in the government,, and mho %%as cha-eu • by the pettple of 'ilie Union in Mid to fill die 1 secon I office in their_gift; and as such, as in all other places of trust ber re, suecessfully and with a moral courage equal to- the most tr, ing iieca-ions, maintained the will of the people, ; regatrdless of the demmciations and thi'eats•• of taNgs and s‘‘ en ing profes'sing • i democrats._\ ,_ i In talents—expeence in public afrairs—in plain, independent and , uprigit. conduct and strict and fearless adhecencol to ditty,,,Mr. Dallas will not lose in catinXlristm with any of t...e excellent men who liaebeen minted.— His name, it is true, fius never been'blazoned before the public by interested I :: tntls in the shape of nauseating newspaper . puti ;but his substantial worth, and ctiim and noi-ele • s es.‘ cellence of character, „Dare been markedby the people an:l are well known; and pubh -meetings of, the people have al rcady`b;_held . where Mr.:Dallas is best known, expressing a decided preference •in his favor. • "A Democrat" has thought proper to siege in reference to Mr. Buchanan, that "tritie sure axceptions have been taken to his Berks couto ty letter, )therein he gitts his views of the Missouri compromise and the vexed question of slavery." It •was n u t ,so much' hi s "views'' in the abstract, to which I have heard exceptions, as the tone and occasion of ex pressing them. Many, I know, did think, and myself among the number, that they were un called for and unnecessary at the time at which fir. B. chose to write his letters on the eve of important • an state election, which did not-in volve any matter thrown out in it; and I think no ardent friend of our-presentelk client State Administration could fail to feel hat at that particular juncture dm had better have kept his "views" to himself, on that "vexed ques tion," and not vex:it more than was necessa ry. The question of slavery is' not the only one of national or state importance, nc . ,`Fr„t re troy man's opiiiittps upon that single question, the only test of his patriotism, and capacity fur public service. The democracy will examine other questions besides this; and those of more importance toin a national point uf view, and will rcquiT high quali fi cation in their can didate thak the f cility , of truckling to heated ,t) . arid interested views of any local faction. . I fully agrco with "A !Democrat" in assert® ing the claims of - Pennsylvsnis to the I,lresi- 1., I HI Mexico. e,ee the Ll* oborrer. l tr tissit.Mtyn, 51ratco, Nov. 14, 18-17. ons: 7 4The presence of a he lastL. week in thiS vicinity imaginations Of men so tor- Ile to furni,sh yoli with very i terest. , Gknera:s Taylor and fir sitt f , !lasso.) '11(1%11 from / fore yesterday. flpogh and 0 ) , kikftis tew bee() quarters nd Wool upon an inspecting Abell. of the 2ml Regiment of I twenty-one men wai &spa t ch hing town .on some Ixosines.4, "OM EGO: Kris• Obaii dential cindidate, and that if her shall "epeak as trith one roire f or "favorite eon," born and ak axe a her claims will not be onbeech.4l. ANOTHER. DEMOCR•, i i: I A Gacd time Comitz. At Aie present wr;ting—Fritlay the snow IS Six or eight inches deep, falling. If sleighing Conti ee perfect rich of our country fiiends to between now and New Year vpilii iota o w , r d ii ) ing S . of this life." together &i l l, c c money,. to pay their: subqriptve. there "a good time coming" or are w e dit•appotioted? I,egishiture of rime:a oc_ the proposed amendments to the State )stitution, providing for biennial !teste,l the General Assembly, and ore year'', dynes as the starve tiati:thcation, are now a part and parcel of ateCoastit u--- 'no, 11,,t,,n Post, ,slys tbs. Wash ton correspondent of the Tribute, i n a n : to the fact that Mr. Wipthrop'is electia l - i ,/ isecured h e vote of Mr. ljulmett tf Carolina, -ur-, "The election 0.. mi . , throp; Cher •fore, is a compliment from Caro inn to Nlassachtis - etts, and mayb, sidered t lit , Inflate honor - 111,1c- for tier C:i ta lit yto Mr. Hoar." Pleasant, isn't it' i Hoar, who resi,les in Mr. Palfrey's e. r: ' will, no doubt, take an early opportz signify Id Sooth Carolina his belief offence m as intended by his . stimmarr :neut. A. ThibodeA 7 , r, of Lottisian 3 , tel for Winthrop, I lublyard, Goverrm minister m i ew Oflertn,, will also ccz than the amend • has been (enderei_ to 4 e;:chanir.e paper very preii: mat ks ihut it no marvel that poets hall . .en home and their native land as gm themes 'of song. In themselves the won full of melody; in their associations they. exquisite • music. It is a blessed th' , hate a hell en of rest, where love gr returning nandeeer, weary . of f it cheerl!a Lrivtge by llooJ or fiell God help,thy . hoL every country wears-a foreigc ta . —who alert their steps front the dwel:,; , , , their father., hankhcid by the clouds rl cur.], er .the rank weeds of desolation. O 1 - To all our ptror.s and frtende, ft near, we a merry, merry Chri - ittati May the lire to - my such day's.' , . as the Pa.hly won •Lney we be the. help them." • W 11.1.1 A 11 eilAc! Sehnel New Ycrk, , ' Wednesday morning, there ness if Iwo or thre cWe !earn that ttie farm hnuse,:r by Mr. J. Srencer of thr4 city, and ect-. by Mr. James Satnpson, - About two toilet t:oxit oa Ht^ Wutt,!burg., , road, was e 7 _, con4nined by tire on Wednet , day nightt Mr. Sampson nnd familY . barelv escapeic their live=, loosing every thing they he, e i tantity of grain that was :Ica .; the loft of the wood hone. We ham: ' t learned the eAirriated -retie of !helm: iirrsiinio. it t be considerable, especii!' the rail. of 31,r: S.l The Academy at Kingssine, Oki.; we learn from the Conneaut RenMter,,4 stroyed by tire early on Monday inorning h ow the fire originated is: not known.' supposed to be the work of an incen4 About two o'clock on that moining, In was discovered on fire, but it had rnai2c progre-s that all efihrts to cxt ingush thein %%etc isnavailiog. .111;•st of the ;Inmates; nected ss ith the school were destroveM the I s will be severely felt by Mr. s the Princi; al. Many of the books bele!, to siodents-were also list. : The building' insured for about 8700 the _PCirtagt) teal. • • . The Meadville Itepublicani we' 1 from its last number, is, to be 1-liscanf' The press and other materials liaye pami to the hands 0f .. .J05. C. Ha2.srEsq.whe c‘itunienee the publication of a Whig pa , 1 Congressional. I.,V. i tiliNit - ro.:s Dec. 191847 In the Semite' Webster appearei end t his seat. A number of ni,eniorials, pen (Tel/tiro - dm-ed. thint;egan Hove notice that to'-triorron woul.l int r9dited a bill to establish a Tt.. rinl Government in iregon. Ilesulutto• s of thanks tp General Tr . fr'Nin the Nev Datunsliirej,egislatnre oirered by Atherton, but for th( , present; drawn. Calhoun called up his resolutitTs TO?' lug the Alexican war: An interesting grew tip in consequence of questibnpl Alien to az•certain iAllether - Calhoun to deny t lie riu'it or propritey of taking l ( tory fur indemnity. Calhoun replied# objects were merely to guard against tht, ,olt into wide)) we were hurrying 'ourkc incon,ideratelY, a result which might t- . 1 into our hands the whole nine or tea mon of Mexican people after destroying-Oeir' Timm lity; lie thought it iinportant/tVes h° ' know before we omit further Avfiat our ithjpe I cons in reference to thesubjugatio' territory. In course of the debate ted that the committee on ‘militarfL7:. ;soon br , prepared to report a bl- 1 , t increase of the army, which ought bet by this description of resole' . whichseemed to him to hare no part r-_ I bcuFu Allen moved to refer,Calhoun'a reso, to t h e Committee on Fereign Affairs, withdrew the motion, and Tuesday the of January ti.as fixed for their eonsidenY,, Crittenden offered a resolution tore the Madison Mtpers. ft lay over by tter The - death of Drotngoole was announcti Mr. Mason, who," after a few feeling a (pent, remarks, moved the ".usual resole: Lich were passed unani,inously. soi • Senate adjourned. Roust:.—Grinnell of Mass., offered , hick dies over one day, inq I whether if the Government explore the' Sea, it coultt`hot make Canals, acid im Harbors, Truman Smith offered a resolution; ing the JudiciarACommittee to enquire the expedienCy of establishing d coma' reciprocity between the United Slate l Cohen, in view of the adthissiOn of the' duce of either into the other on a ( 00 ' 4 equaity, which was adopted t4 C. l J. Ingersoll, o ff ered re l sol L utio ' Us ing the ofliceof Charge (1' Affairs to theP iif i tinples an d Sardinia. and fui aPP O/ ,Minister to the Papal States. It 1 11 ,I ; felred to the- Committee on Foreigu l " Cons. Mr. Holmes offeretta resolution, 0 0 . * referred to a Ici'm'mittee. asking the State refund moneV for 'publi i t lands before Go " ment negothites forthe loans. A resulutilm inquiring into the _ • appropriming„a sum o f moue to the nnvjgatio r tlie Hudson. River. p