CI GENF:RAI. TAYLOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. ronuNGTos, March '5, 1849 This day at tl o'clock Can. Taylor, President elect of the United States, delivered to the Monate and members of the Douse of Representatives and thousands of spectators in front ut the, Capitol, the tollowing INAUGURAL ADDRESS: Elected by the American People to the higluist office known to our laws, I appear here to take the oath provided for by tho Constitution, and in com pliance with a time-honored custom to address those who are here asset d. • The confidence an respect shown toe in calling me t" be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a• high rank among the nations of the earth, has in spired me with feelings of the niost profound Erati- But,'wheti I reflected that the acceptance of the office which their partiality has bestowed, imposes the discharge of the must arduous duties and involves the mightiest obligations, I am con scious that the position:which I have been culled to fill, though sufficient to satisfy the loftiest ambition is surrounded by fearful responsibilities. Happily, however, in the performance of my new ditties, I shall not be\without able co-operation.— The Legislative and Judicial branches of the Gov ernment present prominent examples of dist invished cival attainments, and mature experience, and it shall be my endeavor to call to -my assistance in the Kxecutive Department individuals, whose talents, integrity and : purity of character will : furnish ample qualities for the faithful and honorable performance of the trust to,be committed totheir charge. IVith such aid, and an honest purpose to do whatsoever is right, I hope to execute religiously impartially and for the best interests of the country, the man ifold duties devolving upon me. In the, discharge of these duties my guide will be 'the Constitution which I this day swear to preserve, to protect and defend. For the luteriiretation of• that instrument, I shall look to the decision ot• the Judicial tribunals, established by its authority and to the practice ot• the goi•ernment under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share in its limita tion. To the example of those ilium.' boos patriots, ithall always refer, with reverence, and especially to his example who was by so twiny entitles the fath er of his Country. To command the Army and Navy of the United State., and with the rohice and conset of the Semite to make Treaties anti tAi ap point. Autbasi.adors andl,tither otlicerS.-L - to give to Congress information on the state of the Union, and to recomm mil such ineailures as h 5 shall judge to bo nec.±Ssary, and to take care that the laws shall be faithfully executed—these are the -most important functions .ntrusted to the President by the Consti tution. • And it may be expected that I shall briefly indi cate the principles which will control me in their execution. Chosen by the Wily of the people under the assurance that my Administration would be de voted to the welfare of the whole country, and not to the support of any particular section or merely local interest, I this day renew the declaratimis have heretofore made, and proclaim my fixed deter mination to maintain, to the extent of my abilities, the Government in its original purity, and to adopt as the basis of my public policy those great repub lican doctrines which constitute the strength of our national existence. F i n reference to-the Army and Navy, lately em ployed With sq . ; much - distinction in active sers care should be taiierl to Mall re the h ighest condition of Cfliciency and in furtherance of that object. the Military and Naval .. 1 / 4 3chools, sustained by the liber ality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive. As American freemen we cannot but sympathise with the efforts to exten the blessings of civil and political liberty. But at the Fame time, we 11 re warned by the admonitions of history and tho voice of our own beloved Washington, to abstain from entangling Alliances with foreign nations. In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest, not less than our duty, to remain strictly' neutral. To which position the genius of our in stitutions, the spirit of civilization, and all the dic tates of religion direct us. The cultivation of pcaccfi I relations with all other powers is our true policy. It is to be hoped that nu international question can Ill)W arise, which a government, confident in its o vn strength to protect its own rights, may not settle by wihe negotiation. And it eminently becames a government like our own, founded on the morality and intelligence of its citizens, and upheld by their ntlbction., to ex haust every mode of honorable diplomacy, before ap pealing to arms, lit the conduct of our foreign relation., I shall conform to these views, and I believe. them essential to the best interests and trite honor of the roinitry. The appointing power rested in the Ple,ittent, imposes ( Mic a : o an d 01001 IS ditties, and so far RS it is poisible to be informed, I shall make lome.ty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequi-iies L. the bestowal of ollir?e: and; the ttb;rotee of either of these qualities, shall! be deemed sufficient cause for removal. It shall be my study to lecmitui it I such cam-ti tutional measures to emigre's as may .lae ilece , :ary and proper to secure cocoon:lg.:meta awl protection to the great interests of Agriculture, Commerce and Mainifacturei—to improve our rivets anal har bors, and to provide fur the speedy rxt iti no , ra of the public debt—to enforce sl I iet :accountability on the part of all the ofticers of the goveintneitt— :and the utinosleconomy ill the public eNismalitures. But it g ia for the wizdo:n of eaaaigr.:-.4 it-elf, iv: which rull the legrisl: tine pki‘Verl , are vi.!•ted by the Cannot tution—t r regulate these itual other matters of da aneatic policy. I shall look w ith eamillei, ee to th e enlightened -putriotkin of that body to adopt t orch measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflict ing interests, and tend to perpetuate this 11 11 1 on„ which should 1/u the paramount object or our lonics and affections, - lit any action on my part calculaiteal tie promote on object so near Ili:: heart of every iine :who truly loves his country, I 'will judiciously unite with thelco-ortlinato branches of the government. In robitlitsiont I congratulate nay fellow citizens on the high state of,prosperity of which Divine Providence has conducted our common country.— Let us invoke, a coutinitance of the saute protecting care which has led us from small begiuningi to the eminence we this day occupy. And Int t:s reed to preserve that cmistitution•by prudence and moderation in our eoneils, •by well directed attempts to as , lnage . the bitterness which too often marks unavoidable ddrerence of opinion: by the promulgation pmd practice of justice, and liberal principles—anil by enlarged patroni,m which shall acknowledge no limits but those of our own wide spread Republic ZACIIARIAII TAYLOR Tim llsme's , mso Tn.u.niv.-11'o never knew Long Island to he so excited_as it is at present in relation to the destruction of Mr.i. Miller and chil dren, by the fire of the I.sth, and the 'arrest of Mil ler on suspicion of having (lest royed his o wn f am ily, Many otitie stories are too improbable to notice, but there are strong circumstantial facts which de mand strict investigation. Miller says his 1; ire slept on a feather bed; there is not in the ruins the least remain of a feather. Mrs. M.'s body was on tho remains of a straw bed. How came the feather bed from under her and the straw-to remain? Mil- - ler says the axe was always kept in the shed, and w as there; at least he knows nothing to the contra ry, when ho left home. The axe was found under the middle of the house, between the four victims It is known that there were silver spoons in the louse; no remainsmorany can be 'found in the ruins, fiut remnants of knives and forks are seen. Miller rays ho left the house about half-past two in - the morning; the fire was discovered at about four, and the middle of the house was all on fire, and the roof nearly redo to fall . in. Two" of the neighbours, Mr. Nostrand and Fowler, on the morning of—the fire left home for the purpose of informing Mr.' M. of his beravement. When they saw Mr. M. their hearts failed them, and it was some minutes before they could communicate the sad intelligence. At last Mr. F. said, "Mr. M. your house oas burned this morning, and your family with it." Miller calmly, replied, "What time did it take place. Ac cidents will happen sometimes. I thought I was always careful about tire." There was a box in the house with bruee,corners and bands, which contain ed some money; no trace of this box can be seen. It is (rightful to think of such d innrder, and morn 50 to think that a father and hurband could be guil ty of destroying his whole family. Yet these are e rculastaneest hut look lofavotirable.—X. Y. Sin?. EUROP Dr. Baird, who repeatedly travele► quaiutcd with Kin; turing in New Yorn, future prospects of the Europe. We plac, the of as his sagacity predicted t lions which are.nuw shaft devoted no small portion of many and Russia, which I spaco in the world's eye. Mary of his first lecture: lie proceeded to speak of the reasons for our strong interest in Europe, from its civilization, ad vancement, emigration tot 'is 'Mont ry, &c. During the lust year a quarter. of 'pillion of her ['cord:, have come to our sliores.Ainigration will probably . , increase until an equilibri In isproduced, The pop ulation of Nurope is abut; 250,000,000—me fourth that of the globe while it area was only ono four 'womb. There exists ti , g eat variety in raced, lan guages nod consumes— if the latter there are said to be '23 different ones in witrerland alone. There is not this variety among the upper class; to see them, you must go lido he retired provinces and among the peasants. Th y are very interesting in a philosophical point of %tew, as landmarks of the past, and as e%idence ofigreat dissimilarity in the origin of the people. Thirteen dillitre . nt languages ere spoken in Eu rope, of which the English, French and Germans tire the chief. The Italian and Swedish rank next, whole the Spaniel) and Polish et on, are rich in liter ature. They may all be classed in three great fam ilies:, Latin. Teutonic and Slavonic; each spoken by about 75,000,000. 41'he religious of Europe corres pond strikingly to this division of bingo:Tem. Those %rho speak the Inoginigr7s comprised under the La tin, as the Italians, French, Portuguese and Span• lards. are mostly Catholics. Those uho speak the Thetonic are chiefly Protestants; whild tholse oho use the dialect of dm Slavonic b. - dung to the Gr i eek Church. Thereuretai governments in Europe. How many there will be in a few years ee cannot tell as things are going on new. 41 of these are kieguhme., 19 of which sire independent; Norway being united to Sweden, and Hungary to Austria Norway is almost a republic, mid, her people are the best fitted for this form of government of any eation in Europe, There are 3t3 thichiet:-:-,39 in Germany, and 3 in Italy—almost all of them are Protestant. Ile spoke of their great number its being a hindrance to the progress of Liberty. Per example, the jealousies a n d collisions between the petty governments of Germany will cm/tinily overthrow the present scheme of n Government by a Dirt, rind the admin istration of the Arclidukelohn. Gerninny must be- 1 collie consolidated in one, or at farthest two govern- notnts. This it ill come ahem in time, and the new one is hardly likely to be anything else than a He, : public. There are now nine Republics in Europe, of which Fran& and Switzerland are the mokt im portant, 110 alluded to Louis I' hillippe as boring bed!' the most experienced ruler in Europe, the ablest and best informed; but us being extremely selfish, devoted to the perpetnatiOn of the dynasty, aiming to govern in !the old fashil,in, tied making no nccount , of the great 'Orogress of the people, and as having arown worse and worse, more and snore impressive, s. until his power was snatched from him, as you may say, in a moment. lie spoke of the Emperor of Russia as inferior to Louis Phillippe in acquire ments, but perhaps not in natural talent. Ile grub. ably had never dreamed i f being Emperor, n hen, at the age or :26 years, he was milled to th . throne, and since,he has had littl e opportunity for the tic— rmisition of knowledge, for he has had ton, much to do. However, he speakslGerinan and Erench well, and English imperfectly. He is a man of strong powers, and good natural strength, and geterns with energy. He seems to think military affairs of the first importance, and devotes to them his chief attention. He is one of rifle most magnificent look ing men in the world, being six feet two or - three inches itt height, and well formed. Ile is more Germnn than Russinn in his nppearance, and, in deed has more of Gerinrill blood in his Veillfi. Ma family is, perhaps, the best brought - up in Europe, and one ciannot find a more attentive father. His eldest son, the heir apparent, - is not so fond of mili tary affitiVe as his fattier, but snore devoted to inter nal improvements and manufacturers, and of him far more is expected in a pTiceful advancing of the country, than from his father. The Emperor rules with a strung arm—in( some caseS oppressively— and does many things v hieli he :would not if he hnew,the circumstances. ,If lie lit CS 10 years he will, in all likelihood, free rill the serfs in his domin ions-and strive to elevate tem. He can hardly be said to he ambitious, or he Iwnuld, before this, lint e possessed himself of Turkey. Ile could not have a better chance than has been ofll'red him. We can hardly find fault with his present policy. lle looks on ut the ntrars of Europe, not with indifler- CIICC, hut with perfect calmness. and says to all the nation., ' , Yon let me alone,nml I will let you Mom , f' lint if he is interfered with, he stands ready to strike is heavy blow, VA 1.1. EV OF-El. P.lBO Ai the Volley Of ba pnso lien immediately on our extrrie nestern frontier, and must he traversed v an ove r rlaid - roule, from n pant of the Gulf of Mexicoto_Sati Diego no the Pacific, the fohowing extrocts from n letter aililresse,l to the secretay of ia %V r Mr. John T. wht tic coin prinica Thmiphatesexpolitilm, may not be uninterest ing tn Our remkrs, and intrtivtila dy ho con template making n journey over to the L ich mines uf California: ;I'he set ilerserit Cif El Pa En VA ten d .. Fr/an Ibe falls of ilo! Rio Grande on the north, to the Presidio on the "south—a di•tance of 33 miles—and is one con tinuous orchard and vineyard, einbracing in its am ple area an indnarums and peaceable popointion of bowl. This .ipacious valley is about midway be tween Santa Pe aml Chihuahua, awl is isolated from all other Mexican gettleinents by the minify tains that•rise on tin? , hart and WVel, and Chose into the.river oat the North and South. The breadth of the valley is about (en miles. The most important production of the veiley is the grape, from which ore annually in:mut:rehired not less than 200,000 gallons of perhaps the r:chest and and hest wine in the worid t Great qualities of the grave of this valley are dried in clusters - , and pre served for us Miring the winter; in this state I think them far supperior to the best raisins that are im ported into the United States. If this valley .was mil'ivated by nn energetic American population, it would yield perhaps ten times the quantity of wine and fruit pt present pro cured. To facilitate the peopling of this valley by the Anglo-American rare, nothing could contribute so much as the opening of a communication be tween this rich valley and the sou th•western states, by a turnpike, railroad, or some other thoroughfare. Pears, peaches, apples, quinces and ligs are pro. rlnced in the greatest prollesiOn. The climate is most salubrious and healthful. The inhabitantri suffer more front thedepredationa of the Apaches than from env other arse. They arc frequently' robbed of nil they possess in one night by the in cursions of those lawless plunderers. A few com panies of United States dragoons would, however, soon drive them front their hiding places in the mountains, and put nn end to their depredations." Nonmt SENTIMENTS.—The debate on abolishing .flogging in the navy, closed with the following no-- bkt sentiments from Mr. Benton, a man who is al ways to found on the side of justice and humanity: aCtn not in favor of scourging American citizens. A Roman citizen could not be scourged, and I believe - Tif"- - -American citizen is of as high an order of men as wereitoman citizens. Itoman citizens were employed both by sea and land, in the army and in 'hi) navy. and there was no scourging; that was reserved foe slaves, for barbarians. for those below the dignity of a Roman. It may be said that some persons aro bad enough to be whipped, but I question if whipping will effect a reform. I also question if it is worth while to make the officers of the navy the instruments or agents to correct The in corrigible part of mankind, Ilia bettor sir. to get them out of the navy and have nothing to do with them. I feel a deep mortification sir. in seeing a man—one 'who is brave—one who will •die in defence of his country. either in the army or in tho navy—tied up and flogged. I feel humiliated. sir. by such a spectacle; and I should like to have the subject properly examined." How different such noble sentiments sound by the side'of the puerillities of Mr. Yule* who de fended flogging, because dispensing with it would resolve the government of the navy into a demo erne.). This outrage upon humanity has had its day, however, Public opinion is roused to . its debas ing character, and the next session of Congress will, see its end. DITION. ;taupe five times and and is intimately ac= ,t Peasant, is now lee , present condition, and xisting governments of we value On his Nmarks t to extraordinary ',cumi)- :ng alt Europe. li e h as tis time to travels in (ler t present fill so large a The following is a sum- rATAL TRAGEDY. - ---. , A portion of the 18th Ward was, on yesterday thrown into a grout state or excitement in conse quence of an attempt having-been,. made by a gen tleman by the name f tif Theitiaa A; Walker,' to ;lou der his reputed , iyifstiMrs. Martluaglizn Walker, ri• - •' aiding at No.. 49 - texingtott‘Javenuley near the corner of twenty-fifth-tat,. by shooting her with a six -barrel revolving pistol! The ball entered at her right shoulder, descended iti an Oblique diiection, and * passed out at - the left side of her waist. It appeals that the lady inltoestions is the Mrs. Miller, whose abduction fidaptamford, .Conu., by her husband some years is,incit . .,,` - dMateitSticli a great' sensation itk the public nun& tier maiden name Wile Blackwell and she inheriOd IF cpaaiderable amount of prope4 from an uncle of the some name. Holistomsnt to the uncle's death-a tiaper made its appearance pur porting to have been given by Mrs. Miller, which she pronounced a forgery. ' Sdmetime after her =Triage, alto having without success, endeavored to obtain n bill Of divorce from her husband, left him and went-to Stamford, Conn. Mr. Miller 03 dis covering her whereabouts went to Stamford, forai place in a carriage, and bIY conveyed her front that took her to Norfolk, Va., with an intention of on, barking for Flrance. Prom some circumstances that occured at the time, they were prevented from doing so, and Mr. Miller came to this d city with his wife, where they continued to live together for some time, but tineal i ly separated. ! - Mrs. Miller subsequently became acquainted with Mr. Walker, aid as she alleges was Married to him which, howeve , Mr. ‘Valker, denies to be the case. Mrs. Miller let, resided in Lexington-'avenue since September last ) in fashionable style, where by has orcosionly vieifed her. About halt-past 2 o'clock yeSterilap afternoon, he was at the house, and the servant girl residing in the family, hearing the re port of u pistol, immediately suspecting something wrong, called down Mrs. %Veils, the aunt of Mrs. Miller, who was residing with her, and ran Ito the front door to sae Waite could make any discovery; Mrs. %Yells coming dodo stairs tattle stone Moment entered the fretit room, and there discoveTed her niece lying prdstrato upon the flour, bleeding pro fusely front the wound which had been,:nl/icted. Physicians were immediately sent fur, and infor mation given t o Capt. Johnson, of ,the 18th %Yard Police, who,with officer Brown, I repaired to the home, and tddk Mr. Walker int) custody. Justice Mont ford also' visited the house at the some time, l i and while their attention was i ccupted with - Mrs. Miller, Mr. Walker wrdte a few- lineli, Which he wished Mrs. hi. to sign. i At an early hour the Coroner, having been ap• prised of the circumstances, also proceeded to the house, with a view of Aiming such information as could be obtained on-the subjnt. Co !accordingly first ilmerrogated Mrs . %Veils; but very little light on the subjecwas obtained from her, 11cr answers being mend that she had found Mrs. W. in this If elute, and tl at Mrs. Walker bad not ,communicated 10 her direc I . V who shot her, and wou not in any If way implicate Mr. IVallter; great reluctance was manifestedon pier part to answer thel questions pro • poundfd to hor by the Coroner. On questioning Mrs. Walk r. the l iinfortunate victim, as to ivlto shot her she begged tt dt she might nut be interrogated, abd turned her head the Coroner then asked her if she shot erself;r she replied, No; fie_theu, asked her if her h tsband had shot her; to. whii;ll she replied that s e would not criminate hiM; the Coroner asked her wt o she meant by hint, and whether she did not mean Mr. Walker; she said she did, and that she fOrgave hiin; some person asked if there were any hopes of her recovery: . Dr. Holmes, who was present, inform el her that her chances of living until morning % ere very slight, whereupon she re medied, "May God have mercy upon me," she experiences on re and more difficulty in breathing every moment, and in fact she appeared near her end . . About 74'clock the Coroner rOmested all present to retire from the room, as the medical gentlemen we e i, momentarily 'expected. In the meantime 'alker was conveyed to the Station 'louse aid locked up. Ile asserts that she s hot herself. On being asked for the pistol ho took it from a rocket in his coat• and delivered it to Capt. Johnson. There does not appear the slightest hopes of the lady's reloini..y.—.A.r. LATER EWS FROM SANTA FE. _ We receive , yesterday; from oar friend F. X. Anbnry, of Sawa Fe, t h e Santa he Ilipub'lean. as late as the 10th of Decetnber, Mr. Aubury, it will, be recollected, left this city late, last fall, on his re turn to Santa He, with a large stock ofi nerchandize. Many persons , supposed that he would have to en counter great hardships in a winter trip across the plans, but he seems, so far as he himself was con cerned, to have triumpned over all difficulties. We learn front an article in one of the papers, that Mr. Aubury left his train of %%agons before, crossing the -Rafone Mountains, and hurried on to Santa ,Fe, to procure forage and extra animals for the remainder ul the journey. About the Ist of December, h.. se L out to meet the train, with fifteen 'men, but when in the vicinity of Red River, seven 14 his men deser ted, and he was compelled to return to Santa Pe.— He could learn nothing of a satisfactory character in regard to his wagons—some reports, stating that they had been riddled by Indians, land others that they wet eat Port Bent-on the Piquet Ware, unable to m kve. on account of the severe C kld weather and 1(11111811111 drift of show, I Mr. Newman, who left Santa Pe on the; 20th of November, 'within mail for the United States, was eonfrelikkd In return atter reaching' the Ciinertkike, on account of the depth 01 the snow, and like coldness of the weather. Maj. B. 1.. Beall, in conn4and of the dragoons at Taos, arrived at Santa Fe in the ',early part of De cember, with several Apache Indians us prisoners. 'l'lle Major was soon to take the field against n large party id Indians, in the vicinity of, Red River, or the Piquet Ware, w ith determination to puniih them, or to force them to make peace. Mr. Wm. C. Skinner arrived in Santa Fe in the early' part of December front . Chihuahua. - He rep resented that the American traders, generally, is chihuahua, were disposing of their merchundize at fair prices. The Indians were constantly' CUMI/»1- (jug kfeptedations on the inhabitants of the State of Chihuahua. Capt. Salmon, of this State, died at Taos, on the 20th of November from the effects of a wound. re ceived in the engagement between Maj. Reynolds' troops and the Apache Itidiaits, Inst year.' I A mulatto man by,the name of John Siglon, ed another by the name of Jjmes Adasul, in Santa Fe, on the Bth inst. It occurred lat a "bow-fling' Mexican fandango. This, the Republican snys, is the sixth or seventh murder committed Within the Inst year, none of which have been punished: "Theft, robbery and murder," the paper says, "have become the order of the day." Kit Ca,rson was iat Santa Fe about the first of Nveinber. The Republicaa, underthe head of "expected ar rival," announces as a reliable fact, that a judicial envoy tram Texas yes about to arrive in Santa Ede, with the-intention Of entering upon the duties Of his office. That paper ridicules the pretensions of 'Tex as to, sovereignty over atiy portion of New, Mexico. •Mr. Newman arrived at Santa So on the 29th uf October, with a mail from the United States. H. N, Smith, District Attorney, reached Santa Fe,,lrom Washington city, on the 29th October. On the 25th of September, Major Beall issued An order suspending the operation of a previous order, issued by Gen. Price, levying "a duty of six per centum ad valorem, on all merchandise _introduced into the Territory of New Mexico," until instruc tions could be received from the United States Gov ernMent, • Failure.—lt - may be a matter of porno importance to tiur mercantile friends to know, that nn the 11th of Decembe4; Eugene Leitensdurfer made an assign ment of all his property and effects, and also the property and effects of the Late firm of E.. Leitens dorflr & Co., to Hugh N. Smith and Thomas Biggs, for,t le benefit of hie creditors. Mr. Leitensdorfer Was in extensive Merchant in Santa Fe, OrThe editor of the Manchester (NAL) Dem ()oral,. tells the following "fish story." A man with a large nose, i)dcrossinta,corner of Lake Wioni pisalogeo to,reach the wood where he was chop ping, cut a•hole in the ice with his axe to quench hie thirst! 4 /t large trout, mistaking for some mote tempt)4 prize, the nose of the chopper, which stuck bolo the fragments that covered the surface, nab bed it with all his might. The owner of the nose, rfirmed at such an unexpected assault , made a hasty etreat, and not'only took his nose oat of the water, but with it a good sized•trout, weighing nine pounds! klurresOhdenee of ate N V. Herald. [AL MEETING BETWEEN GEN. TAY LOR ANP GEN. CAM COIL WAtiatsarom, Marcie 1, 1819. .Gen. Cass paid Gen. Taylor a visit to day, abeut noon. The meetiter of these distinguished men was of the most agreeable -and happy -character. 'We, ifill endeavor to, give a description of it. Geri. Cuss, accompanied by Senator Fitzgerald. came into - the office of the hotel and inquired of or= Igiend Willard if Gen. Taylor was receiving co. ,tii party. He was told he was, and was asked to w lk up to his apartments which he -accordingly did. ('en. 'VeYlor,'itt the tnnment was Seated, speaking o a gentleman, and-did 'mot at tirst perceive Geri. 4 'ass', entrance, pen turning round ' he at oncerrecov nised hiM, a d coming forward; grasped his visiter'a hand in boll his own, amt shook, it most cordially,! Gem Cuss a purently being equally friendly. • Gen!. Ta for—Ali, General, how- do you do? I am :Very "glad, indeed to see you.' ' • Cen. Coss ( who, it appears, did not know \_ the President elect by sight,)—Thank you General.' I ant very glad to Leo you (shaking hands all the time.) • By the way, General, you• had the adven ts:vof me (alluding! to recognizing him first.)— That's twice you".ve hail the advantage of mei— (Tilts was said with great drollery, and caused the General and every one present to laugh heartily:) - Gen, Taylor.—Yes, that's true;. but you know the battle's not always to the strong, eh? Gen. Cass.—That's a fact. (Laughter.) How do you feel, sir? _ Gen. Tayhir.—Well, petty well, thank you, ex tept that .1 have two or three ribs stove in, that's all; I suppf/Se that merely a circumstance, howe ver. (This e v idently uni i intentional hit caused the most imnpuivrute laughter, in which Senatiii Caga joined its heartily as any inc. When he could get his face straight, he cola need the conversation.) I Gen. Cass.—Ah, indeed; I urn very sorry to-hear it; where did it happen? Gen. Tay lor.At Madison. You see the Indian ians felt a little sore ale et One of my reports, and asked me to pay - them a visit. ‘ olcourse I compli ed to.show 1 had no feeling agiinst them.—Well, I got on board of it-small boat at Mailisem to go to Frani:ford, and just as sle was about to start, I step ped pot of the saloon, which wits briliuntly lighted up, to speak to a friend.' It 'appears a large black trunk had, been placed in the paslge, and iii the transition from the elate of the - saloon, I did nut 'perceive it, rind the tirmtd thing ,11 knew I thought both my legs, my arniQ, and all, my ribs were stove in. (Laughter.) run nearly well now, however. Gen. C 1163.1 am very glad .you ore, indeed.— General, allow inc .to introduce my blend, 'Mr. Fitzgeral.l, of the Senate. Gen. Taylor.—(shaking hands)—flow do you do sir? very glad to see yon. I think I 11110 had some currespondetice with you before? Mr. Fitzgerald assented. Gen. Ca-s.—l will do invgelr the honor - or culling on you ngoin, Geiserar. Good morning. den. Taylor.—l) , ) call again, and often; I shall be happy to see you. • 'Here they brit shook hands again, and Gen. Cass retired. In the passa.e a gentleman met Gan. Cass and remarked: iffell;General, in all the States n here I stump ed it, you got the vo:e. Gen. Ct'ss (laughing)—Witll my friend, I am very much obliged to yon, ou had stumped it in two or three more! COAT OF Just before Napoleon set not row the Court of MI- glum, he sent to th , cleverest artizah of his class in Paris, and demanded of him whdther he would engage to make a coat of mail, to W worn under the ordinary dress, which should be absolutely bullet proof; and if so he might name his own price fur / such a work. The in; n engaged to i make the de sired object, if allowed proper lime, and he named eighteen thousand francs as the price of it. The bargain wits chile:lldpi], and in doe time the work was produced,- and its maker honored with a second audience of the EitilWr or. "Nev„” said his Imperi al ftlOiesty. "ruit,.o on.': The man did sp., "As I am to slake niy life on its elfiCacy, you will, I sup• pose, have no objections to do the same." And he took a brace of pistols, and prepared to discharge one of them at the breast of the astnnished arlist.-; There was no retreating, hove •er, and half. dead, with fear he stood the fire, and ti ;the infinite credit of . his work, with perfect , impunity. Hot Jim Emper or was.not_coldented with one trial; .he fired the second pistol at the back of the trembling artist,,and afterwards discharged a fowling pieen, at annther part of him, with similar effect. "Well," r said the Emperor, “yoll have produced a capital i work,- on doanedy—wlint is the price ,of lir' "Eighteen thousand francs were 'lathed as the agreed sum.','— There is an order for them," said the Emperor, land here is another, for an t quill DOM, fcir the 'fright I have given you." , TExAsiCAItIAN Cot.olvv.—We - mentioned F weeits since thnt the French colonists who sett. the Cross Timbers last year, had become discour aged and were about to return to Fr y lnce. It, ap pears, however, that another colony, ith more am-, pled means, and of superior hers, is soon to sue- coed them. .It is stated that the third pioneer shin of the Icarian Colony, under the guidance of Mr. Mazet, has started Iron Havre-for the colony in Temp:. The 14. Xi division was to folloW theni it. °ember. This company will he under'the direction ol Mr. Pepin. Thu colonists are well Stippled with fire arms, provisions, kn.'. and will take with them a quantity of vain, garden seed's,' and ugriMiltural itopligients. - They will 'also bring , menu choice shepherd dogs. We infer from this that they in tend to engage in raising sheep.—X. 0. Crescent, RAILROAD BM LUTE. We nfolermund, says, the Boston Jour - nal of Friday, that an alTray of quite a-serious, and 'some what extraordinary nature, occurred at Rochester, N. V.. between the friends of the Cocheco Railroad on the ono hand, and those of the Great Palls and Conway Railroad on the other. It seems time the two companies have been in a very unamtable temper with each other for a long time past, Owing to, some dis:pute concerning the, location of the two rondo, which cross 'each other in the village of Rochester.' The friends of t i fre Cocheco corpo ral ion cowl enced tenring'up the rails of the other road, the c insequenct:a of which was a general fight hetweyn the two parties, during which ono man had an arm broken, and several otlt?.rs were badly bruised. Several of_ those engaged in the affair have Veen arrested. EXTENT OE THE UNITED STATF9.—From the east moo-A town in the United States, Eastport, Maine, via the St. Lawrence, Buffalo. Cincinnati, St. Louis, and the South l'ass of. the Rocky Mountains, to Astoria in Oregon, the distance) by the traeeled route is 4,517 miles. From die\ Madawaska. ,in ?bine, by the Atlantic route, via New Xork, Wash.. ington. New Orleans and Galveston, to the month of the Rio Grande, 3,933. From New York to the head of Lake Superior, via Detroid and Mackinac, 1,856 miles; thence'down the Mississippi, t" the, Gulf of Mexico, ,is 3,833 miles. From Eastport. Maine, to the Bay of - San PrancisCo, California; on thd,Pacific, via Portland Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St.)Louis, Santa'Pe. and the Colorado of the West, is 2,544 miles.—Cin..lllas. 07' The toughest s.ory we ever read, isrrine now going the rounds of the British papers, to the effect that a young woman,- named Ann -Comer,: Farrington Devon, has remained in a decided state of unconsciouness for the past fifteen years. It •is thought by manythat she is in a trance. ~Her mother says that for eleven years•she has not par taken otthe least particle of food. She lies in bed, has a placid smile, and though possessing vainly, has no consciousness of the approach of any party; neither can she distinguish any object. She has been. visited by some of the most eminent in the medical profession; and ethers Intro called_to witness what Might be justly termed this phenomenon in nature. I OLD Zile* A DOCTOR :—The New York Globe saye- proposal waz seriously made at the late annuli) meeting of the Efate Medical - Society, to confer on General Zachary Tzylor the honorary degree Eifidt - D. --- kis reported to have been a say ing of Queen Elizabeth, that a doctor was not-fit to practice take had filled a grave-yard,and the State Society may havegone a step b l ather, and conclud ed that every man whoPtad filled , a gmve-yard was fit to practice medicine.. The Society declitmi confer ringthe, degree, for Gen: Tarter I will, no doubt thank them. _ BEM OfISERVER. THE N R P A DAY 51011NING7b)Aliell 10. 1819 OE IYI.OIt AND THE CEI2! We were when the 1. nbont to writ* an artHe upon this subject, (lowing from the Wasington /'atom, caught hich embodies all w intended to have said bject,and is withall-expressed in, so much ago, that we have adopted it as our own: • ely after the nerninction of Gen. Taylor,. nion,) at Philadelphia, Mr. Crittenden (who (dent 'wont in britigin i g about such a result, now supposed to have the confidenco of Gcn. o than any other Man in the Union) proclaim ington, autPon hieorettirn7to Kentucky, that a of things was to toko ! place under the brave n, if lie wore elected. Proscription itself was ribed, and no public officer was to by molest at of hie political opini l ons. in the time of his noil l itiation to his electioni, 1 aylorhimaelf professed the same 101 l) -1 and en ntiment. Often did *quid he declare, orally and by l i he *d no anemic. to punish;", that lie 'the President of the people, and not of a par even Lent so far as to i tleclare, in a published t he would kayo as freely accepted a 'lumina o democratic eonventitin at llithitnore, as the ention at Philadelphia. Thus did ho invite his in oflice as well as out, to a free and Judo expression of opinion, Aud ovorywhere, and supporters, his election was advocated on the round, among others, that public. 0111r:ors were molested liecuuso they Wore opposed to him po t/ General Taylor was publicly 'and solemnly any course of action, was that lie should net his political opponents. 1 t do we now witness in Washington? Hundreds, sands of greedy portisads, who have gone there pilrts of s afe, country to demand oflico ultimo Gen. Taylor—to; deman i d that lie shall proseribo out of ollicti those who I eve honestly and hide opposed his election, a idllirive thus done what ',tor himself invitdd them to do. Not only have id of famished - 1 expectents come up from the villages of tlicl Vnion clamoring for oflieo, but press, and boOorablo :imbers of Congress of party, ale loud in,tlteir demands for the pro scription, ~nil removal of. their democratic opponents These m n, and these presses; . thus - not only prove their hollow-h artod hypocricy'in denduncing.proscription du ring the canvass, but they sliainele4ly demand of the' brave old soldier who has 'elevatd them to power thMugh tho instrumentality, of tho glorious military , reputation which h won liy serving in a War which they opposed, to falsil his pledged word, and to become tho ruthless exectitioi Cr of all those in office I vllo differ with him po litically, nil whci have honestly opposed the elevation of ilia ,whig party to power in his pe'rson. Will that delicate iind prou sense of honor which Lel have been taught to believe a ways actuates the soldier's boson), and which we are b and to lucliovosontroli Gen. Tudor, permit him to at bait t i such tigrailaCtini Will lie distinguish therim 1 I I . this rim o n ce* ent of his administratin by a diqtr.tee- WWI[. ~ zda l ifi ail on of tr iiiblic pledges Ste shall I.oon I, our notice, upon the e bettor langt Immodin; (says the t was the e and who i • 'Taylor mo ed in Wael, new order old chianti, to bo pros. rid on acco And fro. General 11 nobling se , letter. the would be ty." Ho letter, the% tier( of II whig cons opponent , pendent by ill bin express g' not to be pledged t. .rprostfibe Yet, whJ eye, till from ull hands of and turn t I penuontt Gen. Ta l this turrl cities an the pub& the whit, .e. - But tit l i ro are some r4lsons which might authorize us to infer t at_thohe who suppose General Taylor will fel itify his p 'bile pledges. inl thus provel to the world that he is the lb goted paiiisa I t . and 11 l ofthe proud and honor ablo.soldr which hol would fain have tho world believe. may be isappointed. These rersons aro briefly these: Ile oWe s his elevation to thol policy of the democratic party. " he democratic party 41' the Union supported the runs t} hick gavel him an 'opportunity to acquire all his glory and renown as n soldl, 31141 thus secured his elevation to the presidency. T ley provided him With means Iv flglit hiw I.telvw, and rejoiced in his vicloriPr. Their hearts were in the caustl in which his service were epployed,:and hisisuccess obtained, and they mil ed in the achiev ements l which crowned him with laurels and covered thei i r country with glory. Morel than that—many democrats Voted for l him. We believe that tho sequel will show they erred greatly; but nevertheless they voted for him, and tlinsice l ntributed to his eleva tion to the presidency. But, in thus doing, they did nut believe hiey werii voting for an "ultra" whit;, nor for ono who would raiso to power 'that party who hod oppos : ed theho, and not only them, hut their country, while engaged in wutwith a foreign Besides. Gen. 'Pay !or, must b conscious that the great body-of the wing party wero openly and bhunly opposed to the policy 'Which has made him President. Ile must be conscious that the wings in 'nines, particularly in the middle and southern States, wire not only opposed to the war with Mexico, Nit they . openly expressed tkeir traitorous wishes that he might be defeated and his army destroyed. They desired his defeat Pod ilisgrace, and if it hid been in their power. they Would have accom plished their wicked and awful : ends; and thus woilkl 1 1 Gen. Taylors political nspiraticini have • been buried in the Same grave with his militney fame and reputation. We cannot percieve 4ow, on lacy' known principle of human action, Gen. Taylor can sympathise With a party that has, been guilty of each conduct. although ho has r-ceiveil their reluctant support ;and therefore wo have a right to believe a'priari that the resident will not falsify his professions and dishon l or himself, by proscrib. the party who hive opposed the elevatioze l of the I 1 1 hig party to power in his person, but who have not been hostile to him personally.; • But we must confess that the signs:of the times te l ad us to a different conclusion. 'WO have never, in our political experience, witnessed a more proscriptive spirit among the loaders as well as the masses of the I Whig party, that now pervades their ranks. Their thirst for the blood (political, we mean) of their opponents. is fierce mid insatiable. Many ofF them are even so inde +nit as to prescribe to democrats in office the precise time when the are to be' removed. This rancorous , spirit of political proscription pervades the halls of Con gress, the clubs of this city, and Ithe horde or office seek ers who throng its now crewthid thorouglifaies. They have their victims marked, and their successors de signated I UM Tux lima LAWS.—Wo learn from the Pcnnsylca- nian, that the Committeo On Judiciary of the Senate of this Stnte. havo reported a bill relating to the usury laws of the coninionwealth, making it lawful for all' per sons to pay and receives h rate of interest for the Ilse of money. as the 'panic may agree upon; but in all cased whero a greater rate of interest than six per cent, is charged or paid, the sum of nno mill on each cent of additional interest Shull be added to the present Fax for State , uposes on money at l intere‘t, to be returned and collected in the same manger as the present tat; and a failure to return a true statement of all such monied operations shall nullify to the parties the benefit of these provisions, and subject them to the penalties of the jaws now in force. No greater into of iateresl than six pol ecat, shall bo charged on judgments entered in any of dur courts, although such jtitiginents rnayibe found upon a writing stipulating a higher rate; and no existing contracts. whore money is !tatted upon bonds, mortga gee, notes, &c., at the rate of lois per cent. shall be dis turbed. In all cases Where itolspecial contract and in all suits wherecinterest is found to be duo, the plaintiff. six per cent shall con t inuo to Willa-legal rate of interest. A Nont.r. SCENE.—The Was says: "A very largo party (of gentlemen) dined with the Pres yesterday. He had with him President elect. (Gen. Ttiylor - particular friends of both;'Col.. the President's cabinet and ladt of the .proseut Vice President. the mayor of the, city and t his 14 a more liberal spirit preside cit 4 .was a scene that was w rthy and refined temper whirl aui istration. TIC E.SEEK 1:118.,, E/M3 • hington Union; of tho 3d. fort y at feted, ladies and Went of the United States I the President and Vico • nd Mr. Filinore.) and the 31iiss and lady, Gen. Cass. tee. and friouds—the lady td go Catroa and lady, Ate., 45c.e. Never did l er any entertainment. It of the in aptly and noble .ates the present" GEN. TAYLOR'S IN 11GL'ItAL I ' In another column will be found theiinan gs i o of President Taylor: As the doctimenti ee r ; -(* brief, our comments will necessarily also pi t t,6 44 l character :As a whole tho address is ne it h e l 'lt re, e , censure, not duets it present any great claims for ~' '4 Like its author 'e political character during th e a L f "" I( which insulted in his - election; it presents a 5 e ,: 74.941 tal surface to the eye of the genera! reader, e‘ . . administration alone will remove. Altltongh t , t, 1,.. `I l OM in extaces over it, on no 0110 point of pA t c :4 in:vet - ay duce ho express himself definitely, e e I '4. Tara, ald River and Harbour i mprovement s 0 xi i11'...4 latter we understand him °as willing :to ap p ,„ of bilLCortgerts muy pass. 11.2 in the fornier, i t t ,„ i be Ito uses almost the identical hAnguagtiof Sir. p • celebrated Keno letter. That our Whig trice , we do not misrepresent the old Ge4ral, we , language of both: ThafPresidenCsay s: "It Phan be my study to recommend such cot measures le Congress as may be necessary In to secure encouragement and protection to th e terests of Agriculture, Commerce, and Aleuts Mr. Polk sand in that much abused and gr r represented letters . , "In my jtidgement, it is the duty of tile p to extend as farms it may be practicabl e to do rovenuis laws, 4ndjall ether means within iti i end just protection to all the greet interests of Union; embracing Agriculture, Manufactur e (titanic Arts, Commerce and Navigation." I Now we do not say that the President ell folk's Kano letter—not a bit of it—we more call attention to tho fact that great men do think and write very much alike, although politics. - These two letssa , es, from such e ferent sources, exhibit also another marked p, of to Mutton mind, in the fact that the first no. ' tlYarn and enthusiastic approval of a nun E into liirent bad l y of our- fellow-caizeni, w il 1 " latter, 'of which the former is only a ,s synopsi l t itentiy:clicited a most bitter and and Open I tionftorn the same intelligent body of voter: Met efure, is rank herisy . alien a mien' by oi i the very quintessenceof political truth, in t: tioniof these people, when uttered ir; another There is one more point in the inaugural th to ca'll attention to, and then,,we s aie dons. C SaN'ti .. /li.eonehiSioll, I congratulate my fell 'I on the high state of prosperity to which the Ii Divine Providence has conducted ourcomn+ Now what can the President mean)—what i driving at! Certainly he clmnot be in ealr can prove by his Secretary of State, endersen anca.of his cabinet and the entire wing path sainaptodria to Baton Rouge, that the count ruined by the Democratic party every feurye days of tire "earlier Presidents"—John Adi truce—"the goodness of Ihrtne Provideq ; ontrary notwithstanding. I lVe can prove, I. same - high authority, that at the present met of tho country being in a "high state of pro , Polk mut the Democratic party hare "ruin: hely ond the hope of reticulation. Tub. CAmsi.r.—The question is is President, and has announced hi low , : J. M. Ch - 9 ton, of Delawa l ' W. M. :%Terideth, of Niinst Iva !renew - et Thomas Ewing, of (..) dm!: G. W. Crawford, of Georg] W. B. Preston,Virginia, Seery yerdy .Johnson,liof Mar) land, John Davis, of Massachusetts, S Department, the tires Secretaryshl gross. This cabinet has proscrip er . lineament. It trill be a pro., mid:ice—a oscription - of reveng cal disappointment long nursed. in the ramp, will find himself bu the band of thcea men: The t tiered to an enemy of kis country, don n by the crnav friend he h'as 'household, and hencefurevard w• gullotino bo made to do its Work 6 toforo unknown in the country. and if it is, not realized, then set - Those deti?ociats %%Ito now °cell the Several Departments may, t minds to travel. They need net who held office %%hen the late A power, to 'remain until their e then be superceeded, but they it I to vacate as soon as the cominis many eager and hungry applica now being sent on, can be may will finish the work comment , W. P. Merideth, will carry on Ewing. and so on to the end o 'the 'ellapt I 'will be the r work of a "no-part)" I'etident— only question in regard to office tolders we capable and honest." ID" The writing Editor of the autte s' adopted the principle that f'aliekell stuck as the trutlai" for he again reports the false "lumbered up"- our columns with the detail Iy affitir between Byer an? Sullivan, which fore last, claimed as a wing vlctory. An not satisfied with. thus !•ljearing false wits. (his) neighbor," perpetrates another by s virtually admit the charge in sa)Linig that el fished concerning this vaunted mined in our telegraphic despatches. Eve that telegraphic rlopatches are always very ono to wlddh the Gazette refers Was mor o—how, therefore, wo could liVe !Nom columns is past our comprehenstnn. As etituted teacher of morels has, or *ion, iolunteered his advices to us: clutling this controversy, !o advise gets caught in another such a di' endeavor to screen himself bell' falsehood! EXTIIEM I:9 M CET. —Thu spectra two extremes of Southern and N the slavery question, was proSlento proposition. of Mr. Schenck of Oi ican Indemnity bill in the House retrocede to Alexicu all the territorlf The proposition was successful' whole, haVing boom'probably ado view to get tho bill 'out of com I.lu the House, upon- a call o i l proposition was literally scouted of to its original shape. But ten Immo could bo found ready to re vor of it. They wore Messrs. Mass., Cranston, of R. CroW and Schenck of .Ohio, Henry, Of Toombs of Georgia. A stump of Northern abolitionism and - So voting together for tho same for reasons as apposite as aro divorso. "Circumstances" hay prevented much attention to our Editorial columns d i ought. 100 don't know, howerOr, but is the gainer thereby, as our solectiono-a l l embracing every thing "from grave to gal severe." • fr:r- Eggs have borne a very high pril ket for a Week past—ranging &n i t 40 to 9 on, and scarce at that. —Boston Post. The Now York Trite Sun ssysi ditto it suggests th i e propriety of putting e l t lora° according to Greeley, Abbott LaWtenee, be cheaper. They havo also be i cit sear selling from 16 to 18 eta per 1107 e lOILL* A pi:mums At - T.—AMON! 1110 net there pre become laws of the present Co with pleasure, one approved on tho2lth it years' haV pay to the Widows and orpbat eer, non-commissioned officer. and privy during the lato war with filexied, and discharged, or continued in service to 0 death, and whose death was it, ionseque received, I pr -" , disetiso contracted Within tbi 1 '494 1 4 , 4 111 pr l c we t lust I 4* trni a , I a' b). e w . th Yg OE ZEE cr e , 'd` 'll, .4 am , itey. b der , J. W.L IM ME t tr v, w-c MOM ME tr) the tt from h y hat nri, fe a" to also, Ir 'd". • settlail 4 cabwe Seer Grn. I; ' 3IT of ',' la, See o‘t a, S. ere, an• of th 8115 71111 rt . of W Nar: 11 ttere• the II EZIII = p jii.trrt = MEE hat d cd k l' rii tion o , tumult , The st a wt:dk ninth t will tl calls in shall se , 4th ant his is o' s I down )y offices icrefore, expect, i I ministry I .tig = 1 . 011%e ' ,0 II 1 ME IRE r i s no t ." ME lEEE DEMI SEM oor e rei =MCI ust prop . ion of to tte ahos. e out. St l ei by Fra the jute ffEE pet ~c,, itud, Er k Grvil t,oi T SEE EIES2 to be, A MOE sood thL of the b ISE 01213 apic. ITITIE ! r y, Ika“ l y both is EEC than ti WM OM lan O kale more t we be y that th gracef tho MEE affair,: foot 6,1- tlo of a niter') tod in th IMIZ fanatx ,r vote P . intr OP V., 10, pen onti by tie Tri: of Repr acquire in co EEL ZEE nett pro nittee i f et as. to tilt II MEE !C inn M ISE 'of the e Imumber. name nd Palfrey MEE Anntm, 1). Vt., tut I or, GI l'''; Sifei.Ss tIOU CC' combin o•s1a 4,14 MEM angli P googra i po• t•a'— 1 1%ei our P. hi: the -a) very 0 , 7 from lice! ; o our ". ;~ ceun i `'' REM tiw her." 4ksr O ta lalo itISS , . ' ME . et e% rs I ‘,l9l o o ur, o of 'ice of PO line °law