Erie observer. (Erie, Pa.) 1830-1853, April 29, 1848, Image 2

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,ISRAEL PAI'NT'ER,
OF WESTMORELA D.
V'Ttios. 11. ELLtsort is a dul l
agent to procure subscribers fort'
' MILITIA -TRAININDS,-.4t is ver
stated in the papers that the Lek'
its recent session, abolished that
sance, MILITIA Titaixtsos, but a
lieve, is not the tact. The bill
Louse, .but was never reached in
(r?'Tho Democracy of Wis
made their nominations JOT. Statt
der their new constitution, in the expectation
of being immediately admitted in o the Union.
They have, for Governor, NELs DEWBY, of
Grant county, Lieut. Governo r , Jowl E.
Ijowittrk, of Jefferson county; ecretary of
State, Tnanits AlcHcau, of Wllworth coun
ty; TreSsurer, Jos's"' C. PAIRCUILD, of Dane
county; Attorney, ,General, Louis S. Bnowx,
of Alit wankie county.
MAIL iLETTINGS.—ThePostrn; ster General
has Succeeded tliis year . in letting the' mail
routes of the middle states at one hundred
thousand dollorsless than — the last year.—
Thi's is a saving of one out of oven hundred
thousand dollars, or equal to above 14 per
cent. Several railroad companies that have
stood out; have come in on the terms, propo
sed by Mr. Gave• Johnson, and department
will go on perfectly sin; oth in a short time.
I Goon Ai% Mong le good laws—
and they are o few enough in all conscience—,
passed bythe legislature of this state at its
recent session, is the bill securing to married
women the exclusive right and enjoyment of
their own property, with an amendment, ex
empting the husband frLm liability for his
wife's deb 6, whether contracted Lefore or
after marriage. i
Our Town clock is cer
the most quiet and peaceable r
of old Father Time in the . worl
constantly abused and reviled b
it holds its pence and ne
THE NEl‘s FROM Eunore...),re ngree with
the Rueful.) Morning Herald, that the news by
the Acadia, is CV2II of deeper intrest than any
previously received. The plot thickens in
Europe—events or great moment, and fraught
with immense consequences, f) Bow 'each
other in rapid succession. A
hangs over Europe, and we do '
general storm can be avoided.
•
the "peace been broken," and tP
North hangs threateningly upo
of the Revolutionary nations.
thy of the French people is w•it t
this may lead to the struggle
for liberty, which evidently
England is shaken to her eel
government site, as it were, on
n volcano, while the 'ealith is ,
rocking to and fro beneath, wit
fires of revolution, which calm'
ed, and can only be quenched i t
We wait with anxiety, furt
A stock community ha''.
in Perry county, in this state,
marriage ceremony is abrogat
in whieh men, women and c
promiscuously, is part of thei
cises. * 1
(G=The Albany Evening 1 1
Gov; Seward will refuse to all
be used in connection with the
ination by the Whigs for the.%
and that his determination in t
-shortly he published underhi:
A sensible determination.
• They have an Indian, dressed in full
costume, lecturing in Philadelphia. His
' name is Kah-ge•ga-gah•bowh. His name, if
nothing else, ought to instire him a full
house!
0:7- A work has just been published, enti-
tied the "Aristocracy of Boston," which
_ states that it takes a hundred, : thousand dol
lars to make an aristocrat:, I'VeN, we'll nev
er be an aristocrat, that's cer 'Hu.
Cl?' In England they ar 4agitating the
question of instituting mor„ I efficient mea
. ftl res for the suppression of the slaro traffic.
NVlty not !look at their white ,slaves at home?
U . " Our merchar►te are be,
play any quantity of new G
than ever," of course.
• Charles McDonough, lieutenant in
the nary, son of the late commodore, cut his
throat in Middletown, Conti. but not fatally.
Tnn lioun JOURNAL.—We notice that
the editorsoll this excellent and popular pa
per are about commencing the publication of
an driginal American novel, entitled "Beesie
Lisle," a tale of Virginia, founded on facts,
and written by an officer of the navy. Now
is an excellent tipe:to subscribe for the:paper,
which is worth half-a-dozen of the trushy
Philadelphia publications.
ALL IN "My I" s.—Who can doubt that
still considers him Self the great "I
am" of the Whig party—the "first persOn"
pn the list of Whig candidates for the Presi
dency? "ma," and "my," is the tune
sung More than seventy times in his remark.
able letter "To the Public," which contains
only 871 words, Tale as a speci•nen the
following paragraph: V
- "Since.MY return hod , I have anxiously
deliberated upon MY duty to MYself, to MY
principles. to MY friends,and above all, to
MY country, The conflict between MY un
',acted desire to continue in private life, as
most congenial to MY feelings andeenditism,
and MY wish faithfully to perform all MY
public duties, has beau painful and embar
rassing, • If I refuse the use of MY name,
end those injurious consequences should en
sue w filch have been so confidently predicted
by MY friends '
7 should justly incur their re
proaches find the reproaches of MY own
heart; and if, on the contrary, I should assent
In the use of MY name, whatever the result
Indy be, /shun escape both, I have there
tore finally decided to leave to. the National
Comentlon, which is ter saramble hest June,
the consideration of MY mime," kc,
• "I tim',' now the esndidate.A have spoken
it; and when I ope 'NY mouth let no dlig
bark. ' He, however, consiglprs his election
"all in in:" l's."
RAIL ROAD TO BUFFALO.
Thbirecent action' of •the Legislature e
New York In chatteringa,company to con
struct a road from Buffalo to the Pennsylvania
line, openisto the people of this section of the
State an opportunity which, if improved as it
should be, will give thetkwhat they htits so
long striven for, a rail road communication
with the Atlantic cities. We have been
down on our knees begging Philadelphia for
years to give us this privilege by means of
the Sunbury and,Erie route. We have, rep- ,
resented the great end lasting advantages
which
,would accrue to them, to the State,
and to us, by such a connection, but they
have rudely and contemptuously spurtied •our
appeals. Duty, state pride, and the in
terest of the commonwealth, require nothing
more of this kind at our hands. New York
is extending her iron arms toWard us, and in
viting us to her embrace. Nature, itself
points ton her as our market and metropolis,
and we Would be foolish indeedif we did not
accept the proffered offer and.follow the path
which nature has • pointed out. The means
to do this is now within our reach. II( w
long they will remain so, is another question.
The charter by the legislature of New York
of a company to construct a road from Beira--;
le tnour line, and•the charter• of the North
East and Erie road, now enables us to con
nect with the New York and Erie road at
Dunkirk, which will be completed - in two
years, and the Buffalo and Albany road, which
has been completed for a number oryear's.—
'But if we would secure this contemplated
connection with New York, We must have
prompt and immediate action. Thei work
must be commenced at once, or alt - Will be
lost. When we say at once, we mean
riotsexT SRASON! We have it from coon
Aunionrry that an effort will be Made at the
next session of the Legislature, by - membera
in the interest. of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
and the Central Road, to repeal the act char
tering the North East and - Erie road. That
effort vitt.t. BE SUCCESFUL, unless the work
shall be previously commenced. Philadel
phia and Pittsburgh will stop at white; to
retain their present trade of the Ohio, which
is fast leaving them, and seeking New. York
by the way of the lakes and Fail roads. They
think they can alse secure a portion of the lake
trade and travel, by building their Central
Read, with its tunnels, curies and inclined
, planes„ end extending it on to Cleveland.—
What a fallacy. Already a large portion of
the travel between thelollio and Mississippi
rallies and the Atlantic cities, is leaving
them by ineanb of the Cincinnati nod San
dusky tca ', and when t h e New York and
Erie road is finished to this place, as it will
be if they. do pot succeed in repealing the
charter of the North ) East and Erie road, the
balance of it will follow in its track. How
important, then, is it that the matter should
at once be taken in hand, and placed where
Legislation cannot reach it. By commencing
it immediately we shall place it there, • fur
even a Philadelphia legislature dare not ab
rogate private contracts. • •
Besides our cm n citizens, the facts set forth
above are interesting to those of New York—
especially those of western New York, who.
with the stock-holders of the.NeW York and'
Erie rOae,have a deep intetest in the final com T
plet ion of the road to this city. If the chart
ter attic North East and Erie road is repeal
ed at the next session, as we are confident 'it
will be• unless iv i lAt we have suggested is
adopted, the Nen York and Erie road will be
compelled toendlatDunkirk. With such a
terminus it can never secure the. trade fur
which it was constructed. We have thrown
authorized
is paper.
iy generally
stature, at
public 'nUi
teli, we be
pnesed one
he other. '
onsin have
officers un-
lainly one of
I)resentnti yes
Id. - Although
e o r u a r t ' s c l i k ti e r s e l ne t
~7
!{,re-
•ar clou I now
riot see how a
Already has
ic Bear of the
I
n the confines
The sympa
h Poland, and
If her people
ust come.—
Ire, and her
the mouth Of
heaving and
h•tite pent up
of be smothe r
n blood.
t i er advicee.
. been started
in which the
Dancing,
Idren engage
religious exer-
urnal says that
ow his name to
proposed nom
' ice Presidency,
hat regard will
own sig nature.
thole facts and suggestions hastily together
in the hope: that they will have the effect• of
awakening public attention to the subject,
and thus be the means of averting t the dan
ger, we are certain, hangs over this enterprise.
07'The Editor of the Gazette has been
verb• much troubled, of late, at certain Latin
quotations we have made use of to illustrate
certain points of controversy between us.—
One would imagine that the fellow's rest had
been disturbed, and the sweet dreams of his
bachelorhood, disturbed by the ghosts of all
'the Latin authors in bookdom, by the way he
squirms and wriggles. We certainly did not
hint( he he would take it so hard—but as he
is a believer in homceopathy, the first princi
ple of hich is that "like cures like," and .
calls for more, we cannot have the heart to
refuse him. So here goes:—“lloinitie imperi-
to hunquom gnidquitt injustins, Qui, 'nisi'
quod ipse foci:, nil rectum put t t." W hich
in plain English means, "Nothing can be
mope unjust than the ignorant man, who
i
thinks that nothing can be done rightly or;
perfectly, but that which is eecuted by him 2,
self." If he cant understand this we advise
him to get Form one to translate iE into good
low gulch.
ginning to dis
oods, "cheaper
O'One of the toasts at the Clay birthday
festival pronounced Mr. C. as "second to no
living being in :genius, wisdorn, and public
virtue." Tune, "Rosin t4e bow."
07- A writer in the New Hampshire Pat
riot proposes Gen. FRANKLIN PrinteE- 7 a
gallant soldier and able tivilian—for the
Presidency. .
()" The Gazette thinks that Cilft.filla M.
Clay is a very
same
man! How long is it
since the same paper thought he was a proper
nice man, and/ second only to the "greatest
of
_living Staleamenr
Sorx .—The schooner United StateS, bound
down, and loaded with staves ! sprung' a leak,
on Sunday' night last, about fifteel r t m iles
above this place, and slunk in five :fathoms
water. The captain and hands saved them
aelves in the small boat.
QUESTIONABLE TASTE.—A lady ia a blue
satin dress, yellow silk bonnet,"=pink silk hose,
false front and four rings on every finger.
P. S. Stolen from the Rochester Daily
Ad yert ser.—Buff. Herold.
Which? The lady or the paragraph?
The Washington correspondent of the Now
York- Tribune, says that "a
-letter it soon to
be published from General Taylor, which will
wifely eery body!" It will be such a letter
then, as was never b ore published since the
invention of the art f printing.
QUP.F.)/ Istez 1830, '.no sooner had
the iley of , Algiers arrived in France, as' I
prisoner of Charles the tenth than the king
was - dethreped atattexiled; and in 1848, no
sooner had the Emir Abil-elKader reached
the shores of Prance; as the prisoner of Louiti
Phillippe, than theAing of the barrieadesNeas
de:lroned and e3ileci,
. f
,
I N. JAMES THOMPSON
CH PhILEBRATIONIN
N. ;
Vashington,Hnion the tol
e rtrittrkinf Hon; James
ciSy, 'at the French cele
igton on the 13th inst.—
tssay for transferring' it to
I, great events which are
its centre—transforming
•
, publics "in the twinkling
were,' without bloodshed,
d demonstrating the truth
by the immortal Jefferson,
of self-government,Llen
- ihis subject peculitii,
SPEECH OF Hl
AT THE FRE;
WASHINGTO
We 'find in*
lowing report of t
Thompson - Tel:this
bration in
No a pology in nec
our columns. Tilt
shaking Europe tit,
monarchies into RI
of an , eye,' no i it
comparatively—al
first promulgated
of man's capabilit
tiers everything uP,i
interesting to the •• ~.',' : , h citizen.
61TI zn Ns : '..811,1?.,,,: 17% Zivibt a • -fif men have
occurred in the .14
,p cant - "fi• 4 the Old
World within the. ase few i . ,; •hti se; but hOW
different front the ircunris ~ '
rider which
you have assembl d, ht the heartof the capital
of this republic. Alternate hope and fear, we
may suppose, staped the anxious face, while
beating hearts a staited the fearful responsi
bility of passing e v ents-you assemble in se
curity; your purpo e it joyous and congratu
latory.
We are, my friends: it a period of mighty
events. hen we look around us, we are
amazed at whatwe,
tuie, but that the had not
not
alone that such ev me are filling up the plc
not long ago transpir
ed—amazed that he ricquiescence that has
hitherto formed the strongest bond of human
threldon should net sooner have been over-,
thrown, and the btd t. l oken. But a new era
has arrived. We Ma vilaok abroad, and the
` head lands of pow ) r l 6at used to attract us
are scarcely to be see n ! A great moral aid
political deluge is sweeping over the world,
and the ark of fre dowilrsoon be resting
I
on the firm - based o ntain of human rightii.
A contest isgoin oo between the few and
n
the many—ltetwe n Man and his usurping
muster. T
tray the pot
There con
antagonist
If the '1
people will
successful,
cannot fail,
only . to with
their rights
of the one, will *des
°pee of the other.—
promise between such
trrium—both cannot ex
intains his position, the
I.sed; if the people are
if; gone. The people,
Ifairhful. They have ,
ir consents, amid resume
l e their monarchs. and
suc es
ver artd
no port
no equil
kapot t m
ho oppre
his powe
f they tu•
!raw Ithel
to !ea'
rulers forever polver
But a few week s a
locked in an eternal
feudal despot ism. T
thick and strong erot
thing that opportunit
feet to render a thron
Thousands of bayonet,
merit to Oct in the •
King—a tho handcar
matrds at a moment.
had been fur red with
security of his own.
lioned and sfrengthern
all had been' done t
could do; and abroad,
diplomacy could seen
hence, arms at.d men
to perpetuate power.
be done—to ibe.finish
The people saw it
not. All wits (Het
nomenon! still '‘
where, that not even
stirring. The nto
others the !nust at s
perpetuate the powe
rights of the ]
people, —refleCted-i- l and -look
izon;
ess. .
() r and France seemed
riibrace of more than
o, coils of power lay
nd her' limbs. Every
and money could ef-
Secure, had been done.
a were ready in a mo
onlight at the 'nod of a
'non to re-echo his com
'rhe closest alliances
Other crowns, for the
Ties of blood bad sane
d the bonds. Within,
at wealth and power
he mptest succor that
e! genius, wealth, al
uni Molded their utmost
The work seemed to
dHto I be' completed .
1 and seemed to heed it
,
3 calm. Strange tee.
r°
l as the political atmos
he gentlest breeze was
nt had arrived, of all
helot's, seemingly, to
ode up of the usurped
The monarch felt this
•J•rround upon the hor-
1
"No' cloud the
eye could.see."
lien had arrived, lie
• iew to establish the dy
.
ly, by his own power,
Lei favor of his grand
tlo the crown: What
us moment! While he
ajesty, a mightier poW
in Scarce had the first
,rtals of the Tuilleries
to be recognized as the
that the people must
,1 new lords, and new
The moment for at
does act—and with a
nasty in his own farm
he tibdieates the thror
son. the heir expeeta
a moment; Portent
put Lathe robe of n
er than he put them ‘
% hisper passed the p
that ,a new King was
sovereign of France
bow to a new maste
laws—than men beg
more deeply—heirtei
eat faster and faster—
A distant murmur-,
orm was coming; it be-'
boldly '441 more bold
ing indicated that a
came louder and lo der; it dashed onward
and forward until at length it broke forth in
one long, hank and laralyzing peal—" Down
with the King—Vi i lu Ilipublique." The
change seethed magi al. In a moment all
was over, and the multitude might well in
ec.stacy hare exclaimed—
Sound the loud thntalel o'er Egypt'o (lark sea;
Jehovah has triumpt e,f, the people are free:
The peOple were tru to themselves, and the
monarchy was over hrown. "What power
in a set.timent!" has been truly i and beauti
fully said. The "t ill" and .a "sentiment"
haye been the wenp o tad success. Without
arms,' without defen es, without allies. but
strong in faith, the eople came forth with
not even the sling a d stone to meet the arm
ed and waiting Gcili h: but, like the feeble
shepherd's, their cat •e was just. God was
on their side; they c old not fail. A paraly
sis, both moral and hysical seemed to have
crept over the etnin nt preparations for- the
struggle. It had ci, led around their vitality.
They could not, wot Id not move;and all that
remnined of power was a tottering old man,
fleeing to save the r • mnant of an almost ex
hausted existence!
What a wonderful result! how glorious!
Ilia this, too, has ben enhanced by the man
n` }r of the hchieventent 7 —hloodlesa and fur
b wring. Nosncrifice on the reeking altar
of malice and strife mars the harmony of the
nehievetnent. And las the great element I ca
liberty is 1 the freedom of thought and of
speech, it was 'just, it was doubly glorious
that the first of the acts of the republic should
be the abolition of the punishment of death
for political offences
The question is o
establish and mainta
add another star to
shines so bright in
are those who doubt
thing; and there mi
wish ii, and thus dot
I have no fears of it
ten asked, will France
n a, republic? will she
he cluster that already
the firmament? There
it—who doubt every
(y be those who do not
ibt it;—but, for my part,
This is net the age
.0) backward—it must go
n forward. Hours of tri
ne upon her. Enemies
within, may embarrass—
'ciends may exist—Tinny
;
ied and will fail—clouds
• s seem to gather. All
hoods wilt disrgear,and
fur revolution to g
turn nr(l. It will g
al will il.mhtleas co'
without, and foes
differences among f
experiments will be
will lower, and stor
,will he overcome .1
i d
horizon will only — loOkthe
een overcast. Can any
people will again yield
, up their willing hands
r d fetters? It is impos-
I ain decide that one man
Justice, and virtue, thin
I impossible—the day has
gone of the man in the
'e" for that.
clear away,,and the
brighter fur having
than believe that th
up their righisrho
to receive new forg
Bible. Will they a
has more wisdom,
others . ) . This is
gone by, in the lan)
blouse "it is too lir
France is admire .ly situated for the estab
lishment of a conf: i deracy like. ours.' She
has eighty-six departments with domestic
legislatures. Give l them the power and sov
ereignty of Our Ste, es, and they have at, once
a government like our own, in which the
checks and balanc a will ever prevent en
croachments on th people or centralism by
the government. nmy judgment, no free
government cab ex at without the great evil
of centralism, except on the federative sys
tem, or else where the State is small. i
Napoleon, on th: eve of,his last exile, is
said to have rents ked
some
Las Cases, that
Europe was destin -II at some not distant day
to become a entecea ion of,republics. He said
he was a republlce himself, but the enemies
of France had mad. him in emperor.„ The
vigne of the times ivc LIB. the happy
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•
once that no itn ' • rial power will li ,
'e ~ pgain
forced into eiti tenet: bienemies.. ''' ostiie
guroPe will be changed (if we may, j dge ;of
the indications) itt Fraternizing E rope.--
Every aspiration n, France for half al entury
bee been for rept: !icon freedom. Wll that
fond'hope,now be' given up. N. eivi no; it
will net—Cannot.' , But the predidti, nvvas
remarkable;—its fulfilment is now ; -almost
certain.,France, Italy and Germ ny, ate
striding orth rapidly — towards democr tic and
republican.princi l ples. The world h s seen
demonstratedthe problem of self-gove nment.
The simple truth that to cell a man al king
does not Irma ini with greater pacity,
virtue, or patr m than other' men is be
ginning to be in Its full force— he "di
ii
vine right." fie no more than ever aabsur
dity. The accidency of birth confer tto pe
li
culiat fitness to govern, and quite as littliti
tle to the ewe's? of the power. Man every
where feels this- and the "consent of the
governed" will hereafter be the only source
of power. Ate oten at this age of the, world
to endure the donsinion of involuntary , mas
ters! It is only Inecessary to Will,-to be free,
...free from such servitude, from such mas
ters. In the darkest ages oche world, great
reforms have b'n effected — farther in ad
vance of the-age than universal free .govern
ments would be . o tv , I t/let science, ueation,
and intelligent beam forth in br ' htness
above the "noon sun." It seems to , that
to doubt the e ancipation of. the ivilized
world, is to doubt the economy of G ,ilLin the
bestowment of Ihe blessings of int Ilt i gence
upon the age.
A great additional element of hope i these
things rests on the improved conditio i of the
agents of national intercourse. St to lines
are now nothing, The conventions t St once
embarrassed ther passage, and rem erect it
difficult and donl
re
crone for the side tof one,
country to pass nto another, have anished
before the restls spirit of enterpris The
iron horse, wit h his curbless rein Ile le-,
viathan of the &op, with his flomin nostrils
—the lightning, with its burning flashes..
have demolished these magic circles these
State lines; and without some element shall
appear, of which no philbsophy can dream,
the family of man will soon only be distin
guished in nania—not divided in feelings or
intercourse.. 1 I
. I
In conclusion, our congratulation: are due
to France because she has thrown off the vokp
-of bondage, and tut on the simple a d faith
ful garb of republicanism—because ehe has
made the thong with humanity and forbear
ance; thus giving a great practicalj . lesson,
derived from heti newly adopted pri iples—
because she ) hasgtotiously led the v• n in the
contest for friedbin and equal right lin the
Old World—and because we have tle most
unshaken confid?nce that she will, aintain
these principles, so gloriously put f firth by
her revolution. From us, congra 'lotions
are peculiarly pr i opOr. With our co atry she
has ever syrinpa hised—our example lie has
f l i
ever desired to f flow; and now, at 1 e!', wor-,
shippers at the ame political shrin., a sis
terhood; imbued with the s me divine sym
pathies, standside by side in the use of
humanity—Fre ce and America—t ie Janda
i
of Washington end Lafayette. •
- To you, gent) men of this Associ t,ion, the 1
hour is full of jby. Democratic p inciples, l
that you delight in as the ark of polit Cal free-'
dom, are every i here edvancing for tto email-'
cipation of the vorld; and a %mil in arms
cannot prevent their universal eucch•ti. -
__.
cr. Mr. Wester, in his last spe ch, saps
the territory we hall a cquire is wort' itolltini.
Waddy Thompa n, a Whig, and one who
I )
goes against th I war, and against a acqui
sitions of territery, makes Californi aa por
tion of the territory to be acquired, he most
valuable in the world: 1 ' .2'
"To say nothing of other harbors in Cali
fo:nia, that of San Francisco is 'hoseioll.
enough for the navies ot Ithe world, l and its
shores are covOed with enough t tuber (a
species of the lie oak) to build tho-e navies . ,
If man were toI I
ask of God a cli ate, lie
would ask juste ch an one as that of Cali
fornia, if he ha ever been there. '.:l here/ is
no portion of o f r western country w deli pro
duces all kinds ;I' grain as well. I I ave been
told by more th +n one person, On whom I
entirely relied, that they had known whole
fields to produce—a quantity so in credible
Allot I will not, state it. The :whet face of
the country is covered with the fin st onto,
growing wild, !finger, rice, and co ton, end
there is their own genial climate. Besides
all these, the richest mines of gold nd ail r.
have been dist vered there; and he pati`
i l .
fisheries have lways been Nom a of 1.14,
1..^... ^."6"• id more than these, there are
die and China, wit nothing
he calm and stor less - Pa-,
r THE UPPER LAR s.—The
last was quite din trope up
lakes. We leain roi l the
Advertiser of the 9th, that
, ... .......... .Y. Scammon we t ashore
near the mouth of the Calumet, and is a
wreck. Two ikrsons drowned.
The 1 schoomir MM. Housman, al o ashore,
near Chicago hiorbor.
The Propellet Princeton, Capt. ratt, met
1 the gale in it fury off Southpor and • put
about making the harbor in gallant tyle, with
the lose of her moke pipe.
The Win. Woodbridge, which a fled three
or four days sidce for Oswego, cam into port
this morning IA 9 o'clock with lo s of deck
load and jib. She met the gale ftyi miles
this side of the IManitou Islands., i.
• The Schooner Helena is aslor 16 miles
North of this, With a' cargo of Lum er.
The Propelll Manhattan left Mil ukiii on
Monday after ending her omeners—met
i
the gale and put , about,and was moth e to make
the harbor at Milwaukee, and wen ashore at
Racine. I ,
Mr. Elkins oSouthport informs us, a Pro
pellet, suppose d
to be the Clevelan., was seen
about 3 o'clock, drifting past Sout port with
out steam, under a jib. At little pin he was
informed, she 'vas seen about sun et roll
in
in. the-"trough".• of the .ea. T
Cleveland had landed her paseng ra at Mil
waukee. She got into port in ti da aged con.
dition. • I I
,
The Barque Dticalwas out citin. the whole
of the storm. She came in yester ay morn
ing. Her cable was stove in and -he was in
a leaking condition. The Mate, Ir. Whee
ler, was swept verboard during th- night and
drowned.
The myster hanging over the ate of the
child of Mr. McElroy, of Napan.ch, N. Y,
whose disappentance and suppose' abduction
awakened so Much sympaty, is t last dis
pelled._On T4eaday, the 1 th, it body was
li
found in the ondout Cre k, a I ttle below
Port Benjamin three miles from epanoch.
jt
The body, ow ng to the coldness and purity
of the stream was very little dee ' mposed.—
It was burled.
n the 12th. ,
it - I
Isrrainnon A EST or DON N. ' • IirRIST....
The Mexicanrrespondent of the N. O. Pic
ayune, relates the following: . .
1 Mr. Freem r, who arrived here inlthe 16th
!,o
inet., with lespatches from 1 ashingten,
brought among other cummunicat ens an or
der to Genital Butler, t.' send M . Trist out
of the country as sbon as he ha given his
evidence beetle the Court of Inqi iry; and, 1f
em led to bell tire, as a prisoner. Gen. But
ler immediate y communicated t • Mr. Trist
the orders ofis ,overnment, a d apprised
him of his int ntio to execute th-m.
ii
Mr. Trist hen addressed a to g letter to
Gen. Butler, enying his right o arrest, or
forcibly mOveliromphe country, n American
citizen. ' The! rep! of the Genera was, brief
ly, that he ha rec ived orders f m his Goy.
eminent, imp rati ein their • nat re, and that
he he would ote t em to the lett r; and, fur.
tharmore, tha
if fili
it as neither his duty nor In
clination' to Imp, to the argil eat of Mr,
Trist io relat on tit his right:o l ns citizen.
to look up, breathed
the markets of
intervening but
cific ocean."
Disarms o f
gale of Tuesda
on the Upper
Chicago Daily
for the. Erie -Obstover
XICAN W
natio •
' THE M .
Memos. EDITO
since, the beginn ng of •-
Chrsitele, on thelfilexican tv r arl
H. M. and Dailies. Tho d i s c
appearance, has tqed in emtryo
parties has expre:= l ied his haul]
and quit the field.. In the spiri
me (suggest that ha reasons ar:
abandon the investigation l of s ,
subject. For in the words of
"the war is a querMon of ilUpor
errone who has aki opinion, an.
express it, ought to make kno
on the subjeet." ! 9, In consequen
vice I to add..l
by of,,either 'protracting oi
the contest.
I respect the to eof 9.: H.' .'s communi
cations, though t disagree with his conclu
sions. He bases tis cepclusio s upon .prern-
lies which have t emselves no foundation.—
He thiliks the Me ican war is war of con
quest, end that e ery act of t e administra
tion goes to.prov. it. . But this supposition I
am prepared to r - Cute by afe very simple
considerations. )ilea the Admi hstration ever
avowed its object to be that of onquest? If
the war was begun, or -lAA be n prosecuted
with a viztv to the conquest of Mexico, why
has fair and honorable terms of peice been so
repeatedly offered during.its pro ress? Now,
'gentlemen, I think it very inonsistent for
:any man tp, , conceive the ? pi ffle ', and utter it
in print, that this is the Piesid nt's war, and
4)
that its avowed and ultimate object is to usurp
the whole of Mexico, and big her from the
list of nations; It is true ou armies have
swept every-thing before them from the Rio
Grande to the city of Mexico... But the Mex
icans would have 'it so. When a nation In
vites us to hostilities it is our part to "Con-
Tier n peace" when conciliatory means fail to
obtaielit. This is not only the law of nations
but the law of common sense. A nation that
invites mar and then refuses to put a stop to
it, must be made to feel its consequences.—
But 1 - consider* to be a flat contradictioU of
truth is assert that it is a President's war.—
The'President has no constitutional power to
dcclarwilrid carry on war. Dire he usurp
that power? Such an attempt would impeack
him in a moment. Nothing could shield him
from the indignation and execration of his
countrymen. The war was declared by , the
aletost unanimous voice-of Congress. _ They
voted supplies of men, money and provisions
for its vigo rous
,_d prosecution. , Encouraged by
this our little army breasted manfully the
"tog of- war," and have 'covered themselves
with glory and honor. put what cry does
the next gale that sweeps from the halls of
Congress bring to our ea4.s? Why, the'cry
of certain members who have discovered their
'patriotism and are now doing penance in sack
cloth and ashes. A change %times over the
Spirit of their dreams. Their patriotism ebbs
arid !flows with the tide—being chiefly at an
ebb. , Havitig discoverer. that the war is in
doner of drawing down the "vengeance of
Ilea 'en," they wish to divest themselves of
its t rrible responsibilities, and the crime of
imbr ing their hands in the blood of their fel
-1
tow en, by throwing it un the President. 4—
Most surely this is capping the climax Of abL
surdity. I '
'Another complaint of G. 11. M 's is, that
' I:. i a mbition has taken its Seat in k the ' counci s ofi
nation; and g re a t o bject the nation; and that the great Object Of the ,
Administration is to increase the slave power
in the States. It is hard to discover here
whether he argues causes from effects or eft
fects From climes: Whether ambition was the
primordial mover in this tatter, or whether it
is the result of the war. The only way I
have of getting nt the meaning is, that it is
•the'rely his opinion for it.' , Will any man at
`itiTyipt to sa that our grasping ambition was
the cause o the war? Can any man believe
j ,
that it has been prosecuted with -ambitious
motives? The continual: of the war, as
eviory body knows, is uteri utable to the ob
.-
.stinacy of the Mexicans.,-,. c if our efforts to
conquer a peace have involved us in vast ex
penses, the burden, according to the laW of
nations, must fall upon the vanquished. The
ihabitity or refusal of Mexico to mike indem
nity for the - expenses of the tar, must be met
by seizing a requisite portion of her territories.
But this method , of getting our pay, G. H. M.
calls ambition:l' If it really is ambition, it is
hardly necessaq to say that it is a sort °fern
bition which is very prevalent in the world,
from governments and potentates, down to the
honest anti retired citizen.
- I
Tho Ugh a southerner, and liable, as is ev
ery man, to fall in with the prejudices of, my
countrymen, I am free to acknowledge that I
have no sympathy with the extension of sla
very. I believe it to be a blot which can be
washed away only by prudence and time. I
have no respect,, either for the persons or
opinions of headlong innovators who would
take to arms, in their blind fanaticism, march
againsti their southern brethren, and set their
slaves free at the point of the bayonet. The
zeal of abolition crusaders have no doubt
ii.res
tored eie t i the compromising spirit which had
gained g oirnd at the South. Though we
took Os esjion of M exico, I have little anti
cipitic n that slavery will be entailed upon her
instil lions. The mass of the Mexicans are
theme lvs but mere serfs. Were our Insti
tution. elstended over them it would raisethem
.
from t ns thraldom, and encourage the spirit
of indtistry by placing them-on an, honorable
basis. 1- ,The fact of their being acclimated
and n 'cuatomed to the soil, supe'rsedea the
ty of the introduction of slavery. -
necees
In
as neither of the gentlemen
. timed their positions in regard to the
war, I \ Thal! proceed- to state mine, as it will
be necesary to take some ground in order to
-t ;
mainta4t_the discussion; these are, •
have
• .--4--, -
Fast: That the annexation of Texas was
no violation of the law of nations, or any
iex
isting treaty f peace between the United
States and M ico. I
and. That t e Rio Grande is the boundary
of the - Texan eptiblic; and that the assump
tion of that boundary by le United States
forms no just and exclusive cause of war on
the part of Mexico. .
3rd. That this war is just, according to
those principles of justice recognized by the
law of,nations; and although a war offensive,
it- is &war prosecuted in redress of grievance
and insult. , . _
4th. That in case of the refusal of Mexico
to _comply with the demands of the United
States, on the negotiation of a peace, an ade
quate reservation of conquered territory as an
. ~
i ni, ri, , for the losses and espenses of
ii justified by the laws and usages
in
nations. ,_ , - ,
I !, some weeks
ssion in the
In4weep'o..,
ussion; it.ol:
as one of - M
•d to politics
Here I have. taken my stand. ;Perhapti
i. M. willagree t with me; if Mat, he v
difubtless give his objectitins. Believing
greunds I have taken to be tenable, I int
discussion without giving a formal challen l
Had I not thought Hs H. M. worthy of c,
sideration I had not written this. But unl
be makes his appearance, I shall be conatrd
oil to believe tli j at he is unwilling to enter ,
liSts. Now, sir, let us set down ind talk t
Matter 'aver in a decent and appropriate m
net. You yourself have prouneed the
to be a question of importande; and if the h
vest yields an hundred fold to neither of
we may, at leash succeed in separating t
wheat from the'chaff, JO learn were to
rect our belief in the future.-
of candor let
too trivial to
1 important a
his opponent,
1 4nce, and ev-
Abe power to
I ri his views
e of this ad
feW remarks
winding up
1
(CPThe New York- rue Sun tells the fol
lowing story: •
During the recent emeute at Paris, a youag
American of this city happened to find hl -
self among the blouses, with a musket in its
hands, , during one of the most terrific of he
fights. He says that the next thing he e-
membeis, is being cut over the head,by a .a
bre of one of the municipal guards. Beinir, a
man orfashion, he was wearing at the time;
a newly
_invented hat, well streached with
pings, and containing sundry papers in OM
trite American style. pne was a heavy arti
cle from the Herald, and another °feu arespiit
limn' Porter's spirit of the Times. These
saved his life, but not his skin. He fell and
became insensible. On recovering his sen
ses, he found he had been picked up as killed,
and had been toted about Paris in a cart.
,as
one of the illustrious dead. 10 managed,
however, to assure his escort' that he was
alive. He was' welcomed back to existence
and taken Carefully home to his lodgings.
The next morning, however, he was off
touts suite to London; and there, fearing an
other revolution, and another cut over the
head, posted to Southampton, and 'came offin
the IVashington to New York. I '
FROM MEXICO. Fr.
A correspondent of'the New Orleans Del
ta, writes from Vera Cruz on the 3d inst. as
'
"The Propeller Massachusetts artived yes
terday?morning from your city, bringing dates
of the 27th ult., and Nathan Clilibi l ifl (Attor
ney General,) Minister Plenipotentiry from
the United States government to AI ”tico.—
Mr. C. leaves this evening, accompanied by
Major Stewart, Paymaster, and escorted to
the city of Mexico by a company Of the Lou
isiana Mounted volunteers under Capt. Fair
child. Information was received here on Sat
urday theist inSt., that Gen. Santa Anna had
arrived that day, with his lady and daughter,
at his hacienda at Antigua, 26 miles from
here, escorted by Capt. 'filglitna'n, (of the
ILight Artillery, District of Columbia and
Maryland Regiment.) with 50 men, and San-1
to Anna's Lancers, numbering 100. At ,ten
o'clock yesterday, your humble servant, with
inreo others, proceeded to pay our respects, fff
&c. After riding at a fast pace for two hours,
we arrived at the river Antigtia,•at which
place we entered a narrow -path and continu
ed'onir pace through the chapparral until we
aiti‘ecl at a small village, and were informed
the one opposite was Antigua. We then
swam our horses over the ricer and rode to
the only brick' house in - the the place, and
found, on ourentrance, the Senora Santa Ann/
na smoking a cilgorito. We were introduced
by Capt. Tilgliam. Senora Santa Anna was•
very plainly and simply dressed in figured
muslin, with very short sleeves. She wore
nolornaments of any kind, except a very small
watch and and a costly chain. She is very
handsome, of a light complexion, and evident
'ly no more them 'lO years of age. The Gen
eral, being at the time in bed, could not be
disturbed. So we had to remain until four
o'cleck, the hour appointed for, his appearance..
As we had to wait an hour, we enjoyed the
interim by walking through the village. Not
a house but was filled with Citierrilleres,- and
all armed with swords, shaped like a carving
knife. On our return the General was ep and
dressed; he received us with much courtesy,
and :.aid he ,received more kindness and atten
tion from the Americans in adversity, than
from his own countrymen.- He was d ressed
.
in a brown linen frock coat, white pahts, vest,
and neck-cloth, and a pair of polished boots
—the one on the cork-leg was a tight fit.—
Capt. Tilghman read the article in the Delta,
(which I carried along) of the revolution in
Paris which was iimnediately translated' by a
Lieutenant present.—The General: merely
shook his head and made no comments. Ile
is very anxious to leave the country; and in
quired-if we had observed a brig at he mouth
of the river which is to take him t 4Jamaica.
Being answered in the negative, h presented
us his gold sthiff-box. We helped ourselves,
shook hands with him and his lady, at the
same [ time presented her a bouquet, wishing
them:a pleasant passage, &c., we mounted to
return home.l
Gen. E i cott is expected to arrive here to-I'morrew. lam informed he is to leave on the
Massachusetts for your city. Col. Vilson,
Capt. Winder, and some few others, !eft this
morning to pay Gen. Santa Auna a visit. Ex-
L ieutenant John Smith of Capt. White's com
pany Louisiana Infantry, who deserted' a few
days ago, with seven men, were brotight [ to
this place yesterday, and are now confined in
the Castle. They will be tried in a few days.
There was a bull fight here yesterday, the
bull being tame. I am informed it was not
worth looking at. The Mexicans are getting
quite saucy, and things continuo so much
longer, the devil won't stand their insolence.
The mail by the propeller Washington, was
turned °veil to the Mexican Postmaster. • Af
terwards he refused to pay the U. S. postage'
on the letters,
Mustange , the Delta's correspondent, wri
ting from t e city - of Mexico, on the 28th ult.,
says:l -
,
The pres s nt government is certainly acting
with ,ftfore energy and determination than has
ever -ibeen known in the country since' the
conquest by he Spaniards. Every revolu
tidllia-ry spirit that has thus far, either by its
-
own designs, .or the promptings of ethers,
stood up exciting rebellion against the pow
ers that he, has been taken by the collar and I
. 1
placed in safe keening.
All the official newspapers coming from Ole
interior for the past week, manifest a decided
determination to support the present govern
ment, and all agree that the only salvation of
Mexico depends upon immediate peace.
Some of theni are lashing the revolutionists 1
in good round terms, and contending that their
only object in producing new dissensions is
either for personal aggrandizement, .) or kr the
object of selling the country Vi a foreignipow
t
er. -
Ma. C LAY .—The Delaware Gazette, speak
ing of the - proclamation or pronuncirtento of
Mr. Clay to the peUple, truly observes:
"So mach vain• glory combined with such
an lactation of modesty, can hardly be found
in any paper, of a similar description, extant,
He intimates that his friendsi, think that he
alone con save the,country, and although he is
not willing tu vouch for the cOrreetness of that
opinion, ho evidently does not entirely disbe
lieve it.
o:?The Democrat says that during one of
the battles in Mexico, a soldier, after being
struck by a bullet, was beard to exclaim:
"that last shot knocked all the Whiggery out
of mi." The fair 'presumption is, that tho
shot carried away a gooportion of the fel
low's brains.--. Louisville Journal.
That presumtiou is unwarrantable. If the
fellow had had any brains, he would not have
had any Whiggery in him; he was undoubt
edly hit in the rear.—Salem Times.
- -
By TELE GRA. " )
Dispatches for the Observer by the Lyle
Line,mtlice its Williams' Block
1
ATER FROM EC ROF
Araay.az
2, 44
ACADIA,
VFW DAYS-I:ATM IZiTELITIGEN
- •
BorFsto, April 33 ^7 p k
The Acadia arrived I last nigli
b ricil
days later news.
The.Commion of the continent
iae
The King of Sardinia with 310,00 on:,
made war an Austria invading Lombardi
The Austrians were driven before him.
Parma and Buscia.
It is supposed all Austria willbe over
Savoi has declared a Republic. s ail ,.
land remains strictly neutral)
Pro:
F
likely
o quarrel with Denmark for IL'
Russia was making vigorous p repil ,..
to retain Poland. .She had H , rdered v .
Man between 14 and 35 'to be retinved.t.
Russian Poland to the interior of R„ 1:1
She was concentrating large armiesiaSr•
i l rn Russia. ,
ri
In Belgium all ; attempts at irevoluti::'
Fiolent disturbances h are
place in Madrid. Two hundred and fifiyi:
eople and sbldiers fought all nigh „
li l y were killed. Queen Chritina, nit
ran away andlhe city was declaiel hat.
of ,siege, but was subsequently tranquil.
Portugal is tranquil.
Greece is also tranquil—Ministry rei t: .
In France the government ordered tiler ;
to
1 ONSLOW
the eastern frontiers. r ! •
-In Sicily a parliame funned. T.
paration from Myr triplets.
The Irish rid& s was presented to Fa
in Paris on the 3d. L.amartine replieL t
pressing sympathy for Ireland, fiat tam:
strict neutrality, condemning ',Nit . . Pitt!:
terfering in 1798.
Abd-el-Kader is removed to l
lowed some-liberty. PrCclama
exhorting quiet and, suburdina
tine has discharged cli Eng lis
the French steamers. Tet th
to be sent to reinforce her Al
Paris workmen are erowdit g t
with contributions in aid of
Belgian Ttlissiin and Austrian min
complain of the demonstrations fur lisrrr
their Countrymen in Paris. Lamartice't
he could not coil - trod the opini l on of any e ,
France would be neutral. He expected
possibilty of interference with Poland.
The provisional government have taken
session of the Railroads and Will rdeem spa
The bank of 'F'rance has beenallowel
latitude in Ali:count. Bank 4 in Le 0i , .11,
en, Bordeaux, Nantz, Lisle 1 - fivre, Mara
Toulonse, and Orleans hid suspended r:
payments. I
Itelief banks have been established i:,
large towns, and expense of protesting
registering deeds and some other emoluld
rednced 35 per cent.
t nn ii.•¢rtlncprl A nril 44nth
tional Guard elect officers for themsslre:
Grenadiers and yoltig,eurs suppressed:
foreigners of sve l ars residence are %%cr
of being naturalized. The 15 days fur
delay in paying_ exchange bills have t:
granted. Wine and spirit= transit and
duties have been abolished; and a consual::
tax levied. Arrago has been appointed II
ister of War: Achill°, the great banke:o.
coeds Garnier Pages as Finance M.inW:r.
Ireland is in great excitement. The: .
dents of Trinity College, D i nblio, are am
in defence of• the governMent. 31d i retrd:
have arrived from England. The tepee'
still tiefy the law. Dublin- will soonbe u:
arms. Martial law. will be the onlei cf
driy, and all nuns in the hands of the p;
will soon be ordered to be given up.
Many presses and men are out fora Rep::
lie in England, and Alie . great Chartist ca
ing of tho 10th inst. was` forbidden by r
crnment. The ;route of the procession.
marked, and a'great wagon was c onctrut.
to carry a monster petition. Govern:
forbid the meeting or procession of Charts
All the Chartists,• hoWeyer, were firtn:!
termined to hold the Ineeting,:and dec't
ed they would forfeit their lives :ft
cessarY in the attempt. " Fergus' OTe-•
recommends all Chartists to withdnel
'their Money from, the Savings *Baal':
will embariass government, the gross
being £25,000,000. Troops have ben's!
,into London, so that, the force nor na
than - 90,000. Many strong anti• Che.
papers protest against the conduct of tie
ernment.
In India some warlike detionstratops'
making against China.
! 1. 0
LIN' TOOL, ARIML 8 , I °'
Cotton is rather Irm
. with a decline.
pence per pound. i__
Flour and grain are depressed, Are.
Cann Flour is 25 and 26s per bbl.
mond and ,Alexandria 25 And 263 63:0
delphia and Baltimore do., New Oirat .
Ohio 410. United States white - and: ,
wheat 7 and 7a 10d per '7O lbs., red 60 1
sd. Indian corn 23 and 26s per que.'
Neal IQ and lls per bbl; Oats 2s andi
per 45 lbs. Oat meal 21 and 22! 6d Ott
Barley 3 and 3s 8d per 60 lbs, Rye do.
30 and 35e per 508 lbs. - .
• BUFFALO, April s
The time ice.** the opening- of al
Canal is the Ist day of May. I haveil' l
the pleasure of seeing an Electric Fiji°
44 guns exhibiting,hn this city it I' s .
fect piece of marine' architecture, full ri
with guns, mon, life-boats, 4c., on batsl
issprapelled by Electro Magnetism-'
sof the kind ever done, The model nil
by Mr. E. Hurst QC Canada, and the o ' 4 '
power and apparatus by Dr./Albett S•11'
derson of OUlt oity, By this the ship
ed, guns fired, bells rung,:q4c.,
boat is certainly one of the most Perre tr ''
geniouispecimens of mechanism[ evet's
tind4he construction the
, Ele.ctricel
ratus does great credit t to already eel'
led skill of our townsman, I r. Hoidens :.
NEW ]onto, APri l 31 '
An arrival at St. Louis confirms lb.,
cnunto4ll . the battle fought at Bonilla, 6 " ; t,
from Chihuahua. The Americans wert,
tOriutie, and the Governoriof
Plrl., 1311
tions area
lion. La'.
h I‘orkm%
u.an I men t
, ICTS aunt
i) Hotel d' 1
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