A
Foieign News by. the Caledonia.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
From thl3 - Boston Dnlly. .. tier..
By the arrival of the Caledonia at Halifax, "On
Thursday evening, we are furnished with European
dates to 'the 7tlr of July. The details are less co
pious, circumstantial and satisfactory than those of
our previous advice,. '
The moat interesting accounts relate to Rome
which is said to be in the hands of the French. We
have, however, no direct or definite information from
that city. Everything comes through the suspi
cious channel oftho French government. It is said
the Romans have thrown open thh gates of their
city, and received the French t ops with acclama
tion.. The terms of the surr nder are not stated,
nor is it even affirmed that an formal‘ capitulation
welt place. t The story does not wear'wvery credi
table shape.) The French governmentin the mean
time are about to despatch additional forces to ha
ly. Oudinot is said to have been recalled its dis
gace. - -
From Hungary we have the usual contradictions.
The Austrians boast of having compelled their op
ponents to retire eastward ) in direction of the The
isa. If we believe the Austrian accounts, some
actions have taken place in which the Hungarians
suffer severe' losses. The Russian armies were
said to be making movements in the rear of the
Hungarians fur the purpose of Cutting off their re
treat. In fact the position of the contending fur
ces appears to *be about the same as at the date of
the previous advices, the Hungarians having the
Austrians in front and the Russians on their rear
and right flank. There are the usual flying reports
of great Hungarian victories, but they appear to be
no better founded then their predecessors.
Venice holds out against the Austrians. The
treaty with Sardinia is not yet settled. Charles
Albert, the ex-,king, is 'still
Of Germrny nothing is said except that the revo
lutionists of linden have been defeated by the Prus ,
sians. The Danish war has re-commenced.
IRRLAND.—PubIic attention in Ireland is absorbed
in a promised visit of the Queen, which is announ
ced to take place on the first or second week in
_August. The anticipated visit seems to have bro't
about an entire act of - oblivion of all party feeling.
In Dublin preparations are making to receive her
Majesty with every demuotation of loyalty and af
fection.
THE Cades.--Concurrint statements from all
parts of Ireland and England, colifirin previous re
ports or the recurrence of the potato disease, espe
cially in the south of Ireland, but they are nada
character to merit much attentioni_
FRANCE AND ROME.-..Tha Legislative Assembly
has been the sceneof much turbulent recrimination
during.the past week. The despotic spirit which
marks the proceedings of the Government, is pro
ducing the effect of uniting various sections of the
Assembly, not heretofore friendly—in opposition to
the Barrot Ministry, and in defence of republican
ism. Towards the close of the sitting, on Wednes
day evening, some astonishment was created among
the members, by M. Gremlin declaring that another
movement was in Preparation. The statement,
however, was so vaguely given, and appeared to
have•so little foundation, in fact, that it soon ceas
ed to Produce any impression.
• On the 30th 'ult., the Constituent Assembly of
Rome lidding that further resistance to the French
arms would be in vain, ceased hostilities and virtu
ally surrendered the Eternal City to the besiegers.
On the 16th inst., an official notification was made
to the French Legislative Assembly, thatln conse
quence of thequrrangements entered into between
Gen. Oudi not and the Roman Triumvirate, the gates
of San Paolo, Portese and San Pane razio had been
thrown open to the French troops, who were adopt.
lng measures for the immediate occupation of Theme,
which would take place with perfect quietness and
order. This communication produced deep sensa
tion inithe chamber.
A correspondent writing from Paris says--.“ Just
as the Bourse was closing it was stated positively
that the government had received a telegraphic des
patch announcing the entry of the French priny in
to Rome on the 23, and that they were received with
acclamations by the people. The divisions of Gar
ibaldi had been conducted to Civita Vecchia, where
they would lay down their arms. Two divisions of
the army would be lodged and maintained by the
Roman government.. The funds ruse on this news
1 per cent.
Just before the reception of decisive news fr6m
Bome,Oen. Bodeen left Paris to take command of
the army in Italy, and Gen. Oudinot was ordered
home in disgrace. Arrangements also were prompt
ly made to increase the army of Italy to 50,000
men.
Immediately on the reception of the news of the
surrender of Rome to Gen. fiudinot, a telegraphic
despatch was sent to Marseilles desiring Geo. Be
dean to wait there for fresh instructions before pro
ceeding to Rome.
According to the talk in the diplomatic—circles of
Paris on Thursday, the General is to take the place
of M. De Harcourt, Ambassador, and is also charged
4 with a mission to Marshal Radetzky, to negotiate
' all military matters respecting the occupation of It
it/y. It appears certain that Gen. Lamoriciere goes
to St. Petrsburgir as Ambassador, and that he is to
protest against the Emperor taking any part in the
affairs of Italy.
ITALY.—Vitritcm—Accounts of 24th from Meet re
- state that the Venetian deputies sent to negotiate
for the surrender of Venice with the Austrian min
ister at Verona, have been dismissed and have re
, turned to Venice. The bombardment and the be
sieging works would again be prosecuted with great
er vigor than ever. The sortie last made by the
Venetians was very successful. Two Generals
were carried prisoners into Venice, besides several
officers of the staff.
• HUNGARY Alp AUSTRIA II official bulletin has
been issued by the Austrians, announcing the corn
pulsbry retirement of the Hungarians from Raab.—
They are said to have withdrawn towards Baca, a
town on the Danube, twenty miles from the Drave.
Previous to the capture of the city, some of their
forces had been defeated near Cronok. The loss of
the Magyarsat Raab, is not stated; but 900 prison=
ere had been sent to Vienna. Thirty carts contain
ing wounded, had also reached that city.
The Hungarians, it Was ,supposed, would retire
to the•Theiss, and large bodies of their troops were
. marching in that direction. Some accounts, how
ever, state that the Russians under Paskiwitsch
, might be able to cut offtheir retreat.
Prom the South the intelligence is unfavorable to
the Hungarians. Jellachich is said to have occu
pied the Reainestadt, defeating the Magyars near
Szegedin, on the Theiss, and driving' them beyond
that river. Kouejanin is also stated to have ob
tained advantages near Zenta, on the Theiss,- end
to have captered l eight of their vessels, with 16
guns, on the Danube.
It should dot be forgotten that this news is given
•on Anstrain authority only; and as an offset it is
stated that a rumor was current in the Assembly
that the Iltingarir.ns had obtained an immense ad
vantage over the Russians, who were marching be
yond Raab, and that the latter lost 10,000 men.
PRUSSIA AND Gualussir.—A desperate - battle was
fought on the 29th between the Prussians end the
insurgents of Baden, between Carlaruhe and Rasta
dt. The insurgents were defeated. Gen. Peuker
has taken possession of Baden.
The Hanoverian plenipotentiaries have published
a note settiug forth various objections - to - the con
stitution promulgated by the Prince of Prussia.—
The principal of these are thatthe constitution can
not be established or the diet convoked without the
consent of Austrih.
FATAZ ithersurt.—Night before Met a man fell
down a flight of steps in a house at the corner of
Walnut and Main streets, and was badly stunned.
A phypician-was called in who attempted to Weed
the injured man, but as no blood followed the lancet,
atO us there was no sign of remaining life, the doc
tor pronounced him dead. Ho was laid,out and left
in a roam by himself.' Yesterday morning it was
discovered that during the night he had come to,
and consequently bled to death from the wound in
his arm made by tho doctor's lancet.—.:St "Louis
Union.
V.tmut or A POODLB Doo.--A hog, about 10 miles
from Cincinnati, flew at a child and commenced eat
ing it. A poodle dog flew at the hog and Changed
The point of attack, the hog jumping at the dog and
driving him back. Again the hog went at the child,
and the dog again rescued the latter. This• was
done three times, when help arrived and the child
was saved. The father of the child has taken the
poodle dog under his protection.
CIRCASSIAN TRIUMPH. ;
Little had been laid about the victories which;
these brave mountaineers are. obtaining over the
mercenary hordes of Russia. This is because t 4
hired Press of &gland either does not or else will
not underatind the, importance of these victories by
a nation hardly, known by name to their readers.—
This, however. Ought not to be true either of the
Standard of ri.!edom or of its friends, to whoin we
shall not further apologise for saying a few words
as to this Interesting people and what they have
achieved. _ .
Circassia Is a. millintainousjiut very fine and beau
tiful country, bordering upon the Black. Sea at is
eastern extremity. It is also contiguous to the
Russian territory lying towards this extremity of the
Euxine, and interposes its lofty mountains and fer
tile valleys between the clutch of Russia and those
more level and less wild Countries towards the
Euphrates and the Tigris. It is the aim of this am
bitious power,Aussia, to become possessed, if it
can, of all the realms contiguous to the Black Sea,
on all sides. On one side "the Wulf" has" already
-laid its paw's on the Danubian provinces, on Molda
via, Wallachia, and is, on this side, therefore, fast
advancing towards Constantinople: But before it
can enslave the tracts lying on the southern cosine
of this Sea, it must subdue and pass the fine people
who,hold Circassia—a race, in physical requisites,
the finest specimen 'of men now to be found on this
globe, and of courage and activity unsurpassable.—
Against these noble but unoffending people the Mus
covite serfs have now for many years, been carry
ing on, cruelly, bloody but fruitless wars. No quar
ter is given; and the amount of lives lust is not
known, excepting that, generally, it is very great.
It is believed that, taking battle, sickness, fatigue,
altogether into account, not leg! than 200,000 Rus
sian serfs have left their bones amongst these wild
passes; and this without obtaining any ground that
is tenable. The Ctar, in furtherance of this mur
derous conflict, tries to stop all access by sea to
Circassia; and it Was because he approached Saud
jouk Kale (a Circassian port&that Mr. Bell had his
brig, "The Vixen," captured and confiscated by
Russia, against the law of 'nations.
All this expense of human blood and treasure is,
however, thrown away. It is now known that the
Muscovite hired serfs have received, at the hands
of these noble mountaineers, the most complete de
feat they perhaps ever received. Their forts are
captured, and their armies totally routed and annihi.
fated. But mark the critical time at which this
blow of an avenging Providence finds out their le
gions. It is already known that the Czar's inter
ference in Hungary is unpopular with his general
officers. 'Phis blow will greatly help. to exasperate
those feelings. They will now see before them the
prospect either of an inglorious and hateful conflict
i n Hungary, or that of a still more hated campaign
in Circassia, which, for years, the Russian military
have dreuded as they do Siberia. If they pe!ish
thereoheir very death is concealed. The Peters
burg Gazette has nut even a sigh for them; : and
their own friends are, really ignorant of tho intainer
of their fate? But while this catastrophe is de
pressing the Russians, it is animating both the Hun
garians and the Turks in a high degree. The Lat
ter are now threatening the Servians with retribu
tion if they act against Hungary,' to which, in one
point, they are contiguous; whilst the Wallnchinns,
anintated by the victories of both, are, it is said,
-showing such tt front as to induce the Czar and his
tool, Gen. Duhamel, to relax their hold of the pray.
ince, in order not further to irritate France and
England, at a moment so critical.
Such is the brief expositionvf this affair, which
is far less known,everywhere than it ought to
(tilos proved a more severe check to the hungry
designs of "the Noll' (as Palmerston has well
christened Russia) than that wolf has lately experi
enced. It has come in a happy time, and we hail it
as the probable forerunner of others. If the brave
French people only force their worthless president
to do his duty, liberty in Europe need experience no
further check, and monarchy at last will be taught
the meaning of moderation and justice, if it means
to avoid the foundation of a universal Republic.-..
Standard of freedom.
DRATU of Mrs. P. I'. MADlsox.—The N. Y. Bac
ning Post of Saturday contains the following ap
propriate notice of the death of this distinguished
lady.
, Mrs. D. P. Madison, wilow of James Madison,
fourth president of the United States, died, at her
residence in Washington city, on Tuesday evening
fast, at half-past ten o'clock. The precise age of;
Mrs.`Madison we are not able to state. In a brief
übituray notice-now before 114 she is said to have
been born about the year 1770. Our impression
had been that she was in her eighty-second•year...—
The date of her birth above given, would show her
to have been not yet eighty. The maiden name of '
this venerated lady was Paine. She was burn in
Virginia, but her parents, wi) were members of the
Society of Friends, removedl, while she was yet' ery j
young, to Philadelphia.
Before she had attained the age of twenty • she
Married a gentleman by the name of Todd, Who died
within three years after, leaving her the mother of
an only son.' We have heard that Mr. Madison
formed the acquaintance of the young , Mrs. Todd,
while he was a boarder at the house of her motler.
lle married her in 1794, he being at the time a
member of Congress. During the presidency of
her husband Mrs. Madison presided as the female
head of the family, and sustained that position in
the Executive residence with grace and dignity.—
Ifer flight from the white house on the occasion of
the calamitous attack upon Washington by the
British, is an incident in her life which has been
very often described, and possesses a degree of na
tional interest.
Mrs. Madison has passed the thirty-three years
oilier life succeeding the expiration of her husband's
feral of office, as a resident alternately of Washing
ton, Philadelphia and Virginia. Having no child
ren by her last husband, Mrs. Madison of late years
had residing with her as a companion arid member
of her household a niece, Miss Paine, a young lady
much admired in Washington society. Mrs. Madi
son's house at Washington has long been the cen
tre of attraction for perSonages moving in circles of
refinement and distinction in life.
At new years; on She great national anniversary,
and upon all similar occasions, it has been as m u ch
one of the usages of the capital to call upon Mrs.
Madison, rs nt the White flouse:Jr the residence of
any other high official'dignitary. There was visi
ble in her form and bearing, even so late as the he
gining of the preTent year, very little of the infirm
ity of age. Her form was erect, her voice yet full
and firm, her eye clear, and her manner as 'free,
easy and cordial, as it might have been when doing
the honors of the White House.
- Mrs. Madison's son, Mr. Todd, is still living, and
resides, we believe in Virginia. She always man
ifested for him an extraordinary fondness.
The Journal of Commerce speaking of Mrs. Mad
ison's death says:
"She was a sort of pet of the late Administration,
and She deeply felt, and often spoke of. their kind
ness to her. Mrs. Polk took every delicate means
to smooth and cheer her latter years; and we may
say the same of every one of the Secretaries, and
particularly Mr. Buchanan.
"Congress, two years ago, purchased the remain
ing Madison papers, and gave Mrs. Madison the
interest of a fund twenty thousand,dollars, which
was put in the hands of trustees.
"Mr. Madison retired from the Presidency with
a handsome competency, but it was impaired before
his death. Through the indiscretion of Mrs. Mad
ison's son by her first husband. she had become im
poverished, notwithstanding' the receipt of forty
thousand dollars after Mr. Madison's death, from
Congress, for the first series of the Madison papers.
Congress was willing to give her twenty thousand
dollars more, but it was known that the sum would
not enure to her benefit. With her death, the an
nuity ceases, and the fund goes back into the Trea
sury. She was, however, enabled to make some
provision for a devoted niece who has been the prop
of her old age." •
47- it five and khall yards make a perch, how
many will make a trout? r If two hogsheads make
a pipe, how many will make a cigar? If sixty'sec 7
onds make a minute, how many miantea make a bot
tle-holder? If, two, gallon. make a peck, how many
will make one thirsty? If sixteen drachms make a
penny-weight, huw many will makeacroditor wait?
(t' Major Noah says' that, they debate - strange
questions down east.- The lasi was: "What hi the
difference between the Bridge of Sight and the size
of a bridger The next is to be: ! , The - difference
between a fan simile and a sick family."
IMPORTANT FROM THE GGLD REGION
AND SOUTH AMERICA-.
• .Auriatoast, July 15-8 P. M.
All the back mails from the flonth camo to hand
to night. By the steamer ,Alab4ma, whose arrival
was announced W.Telegraph orrTnesday morning
last,-the NetiOrleane paoers on the 11th, have news
front Chagrea to the 29t1; ultimo) There were at
Chagres ' the sear. Ente prise of: Alexandria; the
steamer Ores, New York, and the Zachary Taylor,
of Philadelphiso _ -
At Panama, on the 2:5t ult., there were very few
passengers, almost all h Wog left for San Fran
niece.
Mr. Rossiter, bearer of dispatches to the United
States government, come aasenger in the Alabama;
he having reached Pttna aln the English steamer
Chita.
The Chili, brought $77 ,000, in treasure on freight
to Panama, which was slipped to the Royal Teviot,
at Charges, which vessel 'sailed on the 29th of June.
By the politeness of Mr. Cleemson, one of the•past
scripts in the Alabama, we have been put in posses
sion on the following information:
At Valparaiso, un the 30th of May, considerable
excitement was ciccosioned,by the report that the
abundance of gold In California', still contiuucd.
Emigration from Chili Was,,on the same scale as
at first, and passengers had been taken from Valpa
raiso to San Francisco for $BO.
In Peru. there had been a considerable lull in the
spirit of enterprise as regards California.
,From intelligence which had reached Callao, of
the low prices of merchandise of all dosacriptions at
San Francisco, there had been a stop 'put to further
exports: The dispositiot , to emigrate, however,
maintained its force amon the lower classes of pop.
ulation.
Towards the latter end Of Mayo thorough change
took place in the ministry of Chili. The Conserva
tives were forced from office, and the Radicals obtain
ed possessiUn of the Government. . The lion. Seth
Batton, late Charge des affairs in Chili, had left
Valparaiso for this country in the U. S. ship Dale.
W. G. Morehead, United States Consul at Valpara
iso, in charge;- ad interim, until the arrival of Bailie
Peyton. Mr Rossiter, mentioned above as' bdarer
of dispatches from Mr. Morehead to the govern
ment at Waahington, says Panama has been almost
deserted. Nearly all the better classes of the.popu
lation has been frightened away by the cholera.—
They had retired to the interior and islands On the
coast.
At Chsgres, Gorgonio, Cruces, there was but very
Mlle sickness.
nil
tt
In Pan t 4 a disorder made its appearance which
had some - esemblatice to the Asiatic Cholera, but
yielded re dily to medical treatment. ,
An int ense quantity of gold dust has been takeit
to Valparaiso from San Francisco. Not less than
one million five hundred thousand dollars must be
there run into bars, assayed, marked and forwarded
to England, via Panama and Chogris.
Two deaths from cholera had occured at Panama.
They were an Eurglishmati and an American, whose
names are not rrcollected.
The arrival of the Alal3atnn brings no later intel
ligece from California.
SHOCKING Motu:or:ft.—Early this morning. theri;
were rumors a murder having been committed, at
the Copper IVorks,'on the south side of the Basin,
in the vicinity of Port Menu:try. They were soon
confirmed, by authoritive 'information received at
the office of the Smelting and Mining Company.—
The director& were informed that last ni,gnt, about
12 o'clock, the report of a pistol was heard in the
neighborhood of the, Works, but no particular at
tention was paid to the fact until this morningabout
s,o'clock. Some of the workmen !miring occasion
to go into the office of the Clerk, discovered the life
leSs body of Dr. John D. Bock, lying under the desk.
On looking about the room, they found 'a quantity
of his hair drove into many parts of the Wall, and
upon a desk a letter 'which he had been writing.—
On nicking up the body they found that a ball had
entered the - -back part of the deceased's head through
the window of the office, and they traced footprints
outside a short distance, as of some one who had
come there In their stocking feet and did the deed.
Coroner Conway, accompanied by the officers of the
Company and others) ` spent some hours this forenoon
in the investigation of the circumstances, swearing
some twenty persons, butocould find no adtlitional
:facts further than those we haVe meni t ioned. We
learn, however,jthat the deceased went over to the
I Works in a boat about 10 o'clock last night, and it
I is supposed he %vas silk not long after he , ntered
',his oflice.
, We learn that a reward of 8100 will be 1)
the Company, for the arreet of the murderel
Buck r was held in high estimation by all wh
Altogether, this is a most mysterion;
der, and no cause can he assigned for its pi
,tion.--(Baltinidrearittre.r
Mr.r..4Notot.y.—The New Haven Palladio t elates
I that two young ladies of Al iddletown, (one of whom
was' to be married on ‘Vednesday evening,) were
drowned in the pond, in ;Middlefield, Society, on
Tuesday afternoon. A party of ladies and gentle
men, among whom were the. intended bride and
groom had gone thither on; a pie-nic—during which
the two young ladies strolled away by themselves
to the brink of the pond, t'hea one of them slipped
in, and - the other, in attempting to rescue her, shared
the same fate. This is the second similar - case o
this kind that has occurred, in this region within
the last month.
►
u Yesterday morning at an early hour, a man
in the last stages of the Cholera, was found on the
sidewalk on Niagara street, some distance down,
who was Whoa up by ri milkman and - carried to the
Poor House. Ho died befige reaching there. He
was a stranger, well-dresed, bearing the appear
ance of respectability. epon examination, it was
ascertained from plipers about his person,
that he
came (rum Milwaukie. No money was found on
him, nor could we learn that his name was ascer
tained.—Bufalo Courier. •
Tuts Pomo"; 'sr Eacis.--The editor of •the Salem
Gaz e tte, in publishing an account of the death of
Mr. Bassett's claildi,en, of Brookly, says: A friend,
on reading the above statement, gives us the follow
ing extract from a Cyclopedia. "The white of an
egg, boiled hard in. the .shell, and suspended in, the
air afterwards, a liquid drops from it which will dis
sole myrrh, which is more than either water, oil,
spirits, or even fire itself can effect. Alittle putrid
white of an egg taken into the stomach occasions
nausea, horror, fainting, vomiting, diarrhme, and
gripes. It inflames the bile, excites heat, thirst, fe
ver, and dissolves the humors like the plague."
Two GOVBRNORS',—Advices from Florida inform
us that Governor Mosely the old executive. still holds
on to his office,, and intends doing so till October
next. Governor Thomas Brown, Whig, who was
elected last fall, has been installed, and is the prop
er officer, so that Florida is blessed with two Gover
nors.
CoL. JACK HATS.—There is a paragraph going
the rounds of the northern papers, announcing the
death at San Antonio, on the Ist tilt., of this Texan
hero, who is stated to have fallen - a victim to the
cholera. It is entirely unfounded.—Need Orleans
Picayune, July la:
UTILITY OF NF.TTLIVI.it is a singular fact, that
steel dipped in the juice of the nettle becomes flex
ible. Dr. Thornton, who has made the medicinal
properties or our wild 'plants hiei peculiar study,
states that lint dipped in nettle juice and put up the
nostril, has been known to stay the bleeding of the
nose, when all other remedies have failed—and adds,
that fourteen or fifteen of the seeds ground into pow.
der, and taken daily, will cure the swelling in the
neck, known by the name of goitre, without in any
way injuring the general habit.—Medical Times.
MUEDRIONE: WOMAN KILLED Dr ANOTHER.
We learn from the Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald that a
murder was lately committed in Scott county, in that
'State by - a Mrs. Job, a young married woman, upon
the body of an elderly widow by the name of North
ern. The parties met in a pototo patch, when Mrs.
Job drew a knife and plunged it into the left brest
of Mrs: Northern, who fell dead immediately. lea_
easily, the green-eyed monster, was the cause.--Lou
isv Ile Courier.
A nano M ATCrloh it! stetted that a Mr: Marie!.
!Italy married a Miss Slone. The marriage care
mony took place in the Granite State,and the nuptial
knot was tied by the Rev. Mr. Flint.
WA lady was'asked.to join a division of the
DaUghtere of Temperance. She replied, "It i s un
necessary; is it is my intention to join one • of. the
•
Sous soon.".
(Erie .IThfitlil ,Oljtvr,titr.
ERiIE. P
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY fiS, 1849.
DXIMOOI4ATIO NOS2II47'ATION.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOHN A. GAMBLE,
OP LYCOMING COUNTY
Ma. DALLAS' EULOGIUML—On our first page will be
found the boautilul and eloquent Eulogium of Hon.
GEORGIC M., DALLAS On the lifo and character of Mr.
Polk. It is an appropriate and graceful tribute to t h e groat
irorth of the departed patriot with whose, name its ,au
thor's has hems so closely allied. Wo aro sure we could
not offer our readers any thing more acceptable at this
time,
We aro indebted to tho Pennsylvanian for tho copy of
Funatoor NI:M.—By the fore'ign news in another col
umn it will be seen that the French have occupied Rome,-
that. if Austrian accounts can be relied upon, thi cause
of freedom has received a check in Hungary, and that
the Kali of Despotism is in the ascendant every where.—
Deoplyjus we deplore all this, and much as we have hoped
and prayed that it might be otherwise. we must say that
while we have hoped much, wo have ti feared more. With
France: we have now no sympathy. She has, under the
name of republicanism, thrown her sword into the scale
ou the 'aide of despotism, and without cause or apology.
cornpollcd the brave Romans to succumb to the tempo
rial power of th, Pope. Let her receive now. as she de
servos, the execration and contempt of every true friend
of freedom throughout the world. Whatever despo
tism Napoleon and his minions may see fit to inflict up
on her, she will find but little sympathy on this side of
the Atlantic. For the bravo Hungarians we had hoped a
better fate than it now seems probable they have mot at
the hands of tho allied forces of Russia and Austria. On
theiraecount, no shall look with anxiety for the next or.
rival.
LETTiIt 'ROM GEN. CAS3.--.Gtlp. Cass has written a
lengthy letter to the Editor of the Washington Union,
In which ho reaffirms the views put forth lit his Nithol
son Letter, and also refers to his Chicago Letter. Its
length prevents our publishing it at this time. Hereafter
we may find room for it entire, or make such extracts
from it as may be deemed essential. -
,
A• Wintfugo.—Om Sunday last while the Hendrick
Hudson was lying at our dock, a fireman on board came
on shore,,and while very %yikrin drank a quantity of ice
water. Ho was immediately taken with the Cholera
and died before night. He bad been attacked with the
premonitory symptoms at Buffalo, hut under modi cal
treatment hod gut well enough to take his place on the
boat. The imprudence of partakit g freely of cold water
when very warm, especially under such circumstances,
one would naturally buppose would suggest itself to every
body.t Beware, vo again repeat, of slight diarrheas and
cold water when-overheated.
WAktRIFOnD Posr Orrice A 0415.-111 our last paper,
upon t hat we deemed good authority, we Made a state
ment i I regard to the change of Post Master at Water
ford,4ich„ from evidence now before us, we are free to
say w unjust to the now incumbent, and calculated to
mi7lea the public. We have letters from a number of
our friends in that place, and above all one from our in
formant of last week himself, which satisfies us that the
statement he gave us, and begged us to notice, two un
true in almost every particular. Did we doom it neces
sary ive would give liie name, but as we have proof of
the first. 'Am& haiku!, it, and a statement over his own
signature, in direct contradiction of what ho proveously
told us, we deem him too insignificant for farther notice.
EfFiellNCY 01 , GEN. TAVLI it's NAVY SKettY.TARY.-..A1l
our renders know that the overact - tont own and main
tain a very expensive yatch on the 'Lakes. They also
know,,that it is customary fo her to be seen in good or
der and condition, at each of the large ports during the
summer. This season she j has not been seen. The
reason for her non-appearance, on Mir ground, the chain
of Lakes, where sine is threthed to be, is simply that the
Secretary (Preston.) has not keen fit to have the comfort
able house that is erected over her in winter taken . otr.
There she lies within the ttbor of Erie, looking ltke a
used up steamer, converted to the noble occupation of
being a depot for coal. She has a full complement of
officers, marines and men, Fora sloop of war, and the
officers have the credit, in the Nays- Register, of being
in "sea service," which adds considerable to their re
spective stipends, whilst in fact, they aro doing nothing
but contriving how to kill time. The .whelo expense of this
vessel is nearly 8250,000 per annum, and as she cannot
nominally do duty for more than five months, for they
always lay her up in the beginning of October, she will
not this year give us the benefit of her sailing for more
than two or three mouths. If the Secretary manages
his ocean steamers and ships as well as his Lake crafts,
he is just worthy of a seat where he is, In ono of the
feeblest cabinets ever called together in this country.-:
. Detroit Free Press.
id by
Dr.
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As on; readers have probably found out ero this, we
are,not in the habit of defending the present mare Ad
ministration; nor aro we now about to change our policy
in this respect. "Fiat jvaidits, runt crelum,"—let justice
ho done though the Heavens shall fall, has always
been our motto. The' powers that be at Washington
have enough to answer fur without charging them with
what they are not guilty of. We have taken some Pains
to inform ourselves in regard to this matter, and are en
able to make the following statement: The Steamer
Michigan has had five years constant service on the
Lakes. during which time the has rendered such service
as the authority vested in her commander justified—act
ing, in obedience to telegraphic communications of dis
tress, with tho greatest promptitude. Those who have
experienced such service, or aro likely to require thorn,
have at all times, and in the best spirit, always extended
to the officers of the Michigan - every compliment and
accommodation in their power., and letters expressive of
the gratitude of the writers have Voluntarily boon laid
before the public. The deck of the Michigan was origi
nally imperfOet, and at length became so bad that caulk
lug was useless, and she is now for the first time under
going repairs. These repairs were recommended during
the past year by the proper official survey. At that time
the underlain were ordered and the work placed in the
hands of a specified mechanic by the appropriate Bureau
of the Navypeparttnpnt under the past Administration.
Tho person employed has been pushing the work to the
utmost of his ability, and yetl not fast enough to meet the
impatience of the commander and Other officers.
The House which is usually placed over her when
laid up in the fall, has been permitted to remain, ns it
„affords great facilities to the Work in progress by protect
ing the mechanics from the weather which would other
wise have arrested their labors. Although still in the
hands of the ship-corperter, ehe has boon hauled out in
to the stream, ready for any emergency which may arise.
The statement that she has u full complement of officers,
marines and men for a sloop of war, In Incorrect. She
has only the complement of a brig. The assertion that
all her officers have their pay increased by the duty is al
so erroneous. But a small number have any increase—
some have' the same as on shore duty,. and one has his
diminished. While the Michigan is in her present con
dition a part of her crew is in temporary quarters, anoth
er part, with her ammunition, Sire on board, consequent
ly her hfficers have to keep double watches. Instead of
her annual expense being $250,000 as stated, it is hut
about $50,000.
The above is a plain statement of facts, showing that
the Michigan is now detained in port by her repairs,
Which miming were necessary, and ordered by the late'
Administration. We are confident our friend 'of the
Free Press has been unconsciously lead into error. and
will make the necessary correction.
Ili' Th 4 Gazette persists in its assertion that Mr.
Gamble, is unqualified by nature and experience for Ca
nal Commissioner. We recollect of seeing an old Latin
proverb once. which In plain English read: "It is corn
mon.to man to err. but it ii the characteristic of a fool to
persevere in error." Wo leave the reader to make the
application.
0 THE TAYLOR. PLATFORW
"I am for \ gooel rands, good harbor,. and good Laws; and then
We tan go ai.ad."—Gearrat raytor.
It has, been charged
,by the Democraey. and indeed
by somewhigs, that the resent administration had no
"platform," no definite caurso :narked out, no prineples
at issue which either,its foes could attack, or its friends
defend, and !het The eternal din 'about the 4 'spoils" was
all that marked it as tohigln sentiment or action—. That,
so far as measures and principles were concerned, it was a
kind of nonentity. But from the above,remark of Gets.
Taylor, at a recent levee c wo think it probable this corn;
plaint can no longer bo made. If there is any potency in
the signs of the times, or the voiTe of the whig press.
this meteoric burst of wisdom from the lips of the "second
Washington," is about to become the "plafform," the
insigne and creed of the Federal party. Some ardent
admirer of the sage who uttered it was fortunate enough
to memorize and preserve it for endless admiration, while
newspaper alter newspaper has given it publicity and
high commendation. From the "Republic," the verito-
Edo organ of its illustrious author, down to the "Erie Ga
zette," all have given this new ball a roll. Little, wo im
agine, did the "Second IVashington" think, "when soli
tary and alone" ho set thii gem from wisdom's brightest
diadem in motion, that it would, in so short a time, be
come the text-book and gnide-board - of the Great Whig
party of the Union. We have numerous cases in
histo
ry, going to prove that "email things" do sometimes
contribute to immortalize even the great. The third
Edward gained for himself an immortality of renown by
bending his royal knee and picking up an Inoffensive
garter. The cynical smile which arose upon the face of
his courtiers at the act instantly banished when the king
quietly remarked "Hour' Boit qui mal y penal,"—evil be
to him that evil thinks. The sentiment eventually grow
into favor and continued more and more to be vener
ated unto the present day. Such. very possibly, may be
the fate of this now prodigy.
But the remark deserves more notice, perhaps, than
mere ridicule. It serves to show Gen. Taylor's total
want of acquaintance with the Constitution, and the
readiness of those who support him to approve whatever
political dogma ho may utter without stopping to enquire
whether by doing so they are striking at some of the
plainest provisions of that sacred instrument or not.
"Good roads" ho is in favor of. If he is only in favor of
such as an individual.—as Zachara Taylor—then the
remark is of no importance, not worthy of notice. and the
fortunato individual to whom belongs"the honor of first
hearing and communicating it, has neither added to his
own fame or that of his illustrious patron, becauso every
body that travels, whither to minor to congress. iaequal
ly in favor of such conveniences. Itut he is for "good
roads" as President. Does ho,mean that ho goes for
making "good roads" by the government, of which he
is a part. The Gazette ears he does. But the Consti-
Wien of the United States gives no power to Congress
to mako "good roads," or any other kind of roads—not a
scintilla, not a hint or shadow—and it is expressly prod
den that whatever is not granted - to Congreiss in that in
strument is withheld. Where then is the power to make
theso "good roads" to coat° from? The National road
is the only ono ever undertaken by the National go
vernment, and that has long ago been abandoned, given
up to the control of the States through which it pas.ice,
and the idea of all such works in future is truly an "ob
solete" one. BLit look at tho remark in another pointUf
view. The General's philanthrophy is, of course, uni
versal. Ile is in favor of "good roads" everywhere.—
Not alone h, Lousiana. but in Maine; not alone in Mis
sissippi, buttrom Texas to California, and from that land
of gold through every nook and corner of this vast Union
to Rhode Island—in every State and in all places. In a
republic all must be equal,all must share alike in the favors
of the government, therefore all must have "good roads."
Thorn is about three millions of square miles of territory
in the domain of the Union, with twenty or thirty millions
of miles of roads, all to be made good. Gen. Taylor is
for this; at least, so says his friends. Tho days of Super
visors, path-masters and road commissioners are over—
the "Second Washington" has spoke, and will hence
forth see that we havo "good roads" to go to church, or
to mill, to market or to elections. Whore, however, the
money for so stupendous a schemo of improvement is to
come front we aro not informed—probably that informa
tion is reserved for a second levee at the White House.
It strikes us, however, that the coffers of all thO Treas
uries of the earth would bo inadequate to such an under
taking. Taxation to an extent that would make the
plagues of Egypt a blessing in comparison, would be
the result of Gun. Taylor's •'good roads." Moro still, it
would result in "consolidation" in its worst form. When
ever the Genertil Government shall, without asking
leave, assume the right to enter the territory of the
States fur the purpose of constructing "good roads" of
canals, that moment the State sovereignty is invaded, and
it must be maintained by resisting the egression, or itself
will be overthrown or destroyed 'Without sante sover
eignty, this Union would bo ono of the worst govern
ments in the world. As it is, the historian, the philoso
pher. and the statesman, all agree that it is the best.
The General was not exactly aware perhaps of what he
was saying, or was disposed to play the game of the
immortalTittlebat Titmouse, who promised the electors
that ii they would end him to p4ament, he would
immediately brie fin a bill entitled lin act "To girt
ercryhody crerything." -
•
But lie is alsb in favor of "good harbors. " 'dl, most
people are; but does the General mean (hero must be a
union between "good harbors" and "good - roads?"—(hut
the former must carry through the latter? If so, the
harbor-loving community will not be much 'obliged to
him for his kindness. The necessity fur "good roads
seems to bo paramount, if wo may judge any thing
from the preference ho gives them in has thoughts. First
in his heart, they urn first named, and it will bo hailed as
a happy thought 11 states that have no harbors to make.
Heretofore they have complained that they had todnand
taxation for the construction of harbors in which they had
no direct interest and could get nothing in return,. but
under the influence of this "now light" they will say
"give us •goodroads' or wo shall notgivo you any har
bors," and thus the bargin will havo to be struck and
carried out, or rho harbors will be defeated. Then will
some the days of taxation, high tariffs, national debt and
national bankruptcy. . Probably the admirers of the ' Se
cond Washington"—this modern Solou—will any ho did
not moan all this. Perhaps he did not, but dais will be
tho effect of what ho has said, sad it will not be 'very
complimentary or creditable for a President of the United
States, iu this "Heroic Ago," not to mean what ho says.
or to say; What he does pot moan: -
But the General is in favor of "good laws" also! Men
have been laboring towards this achie'vment fur some
thing likefice or six thousand yoari only, and there have
been some perhaps before the General's day that wore in
favor of , "good laws" tool But; is this not a sort of neg
ative way of saying that wo have many bad laws? If so.
what are they? Is there to bo a now code entire, or only
a partial one? If the latter, what aro to be the refOrms?
In the ablence of all light upon this' point, wo may sup
pose laws are to be created to make "good roads" every
where, and laws to tax everybody to make them—laws to
abolish State sovereignty, and to compel the people to
submit—laws to repeal the taritYof 1846; and to ro-enact
protection add high duties—laws to repeal the Indepen
dent Treasury, and give the money to Banks—laws
against the circulation of gold and silver arming the peo
ple, and for the universal discemination of shin-plasters
—and laws to create a National Batik with an +infinite
number of branches. The elistinglaws are tho oppo
site, and in prohibition of all these things, therefore
the "good laws" to supply bad ones is in all probability
those that shall sustain theso and kMdred meashres.
eying achieved all them) things, the "good roads, good
harbors, and good laws, thclu," says the General, 4 .teo
can go ahead." This Is an admirable °limax—Worthy of
the genius who discovered the sentiment, and worthy the
architict who period the sentence. "Then we can go
ahead:" The sleep that , prevented poor old Rip Van
Winekle for twenty years from knowing what was going
on—from knowing that a revolution had suporceded
George lll—had made colonies independent states, and
had brought in its train ft now government, elections,
n • w landlords, uow signs at their doors, with a thousand
e
other evidences that the country had "gone ahead," has
always been a sufficient extuse for the ignorance of the
Catskill slumberer; but for a high officer in this republic,
in these glorious days of ridvanceneent, to talk of pre
'paring for "going ahead," reeiglifernuse one if it were not
for a feeling of disgust at the ignorance or arrogance that
either comprehended not that our country had been 'la.
lag ahead" in earne3t, and at a sufficiently rapid pace, or
is prepared to "go ahead" at a MOM rapid one. 'But to
say all that the subject suggests might not be exactly
rlecorous towards the oracle that eve utterance to this
important decree. Its wisdom, construction, and vigor
was scarcely over equaled—certainly not by any of the
"early Presidents." Indeed we can remember bat one
parallel in all our readings. Diekins makes old Job
Willett, who had - become very ancient, and had lost most
of his wit by .a fright from the Gordon rioters, conch:Me,
after'much Cogitation in regard to his sins who had re
turned from America with' the loss of an arm, "that- it
had been took off Lin the defence of the Saltwater'
(Savannh)—in America—where the war is."
"A►.t. VIE Ditcrscr."—The Gazette of last week bad
an article complaining of the language need by Demo
cratic prints in speaking of the "second Washington."—
Now it cannot have escaped the notice of the public that
this virtuous paper never had a word of censure for its
whig eotemporarica in their wholesale abuse of the late
President—abuse, too, which in -comparison with that
complained of, was like Egyptian darkness to noon-day
light. Not a word—not a hint—but on the contrary, the
columns of that paper were freely used as the vehicle for
its discemination. Shame on the hypocracy which now
whines and snivels over the merited censure of an im
becile and corrupt administration—An administration
which, in four short months, has proved itself to 'be the
personification of broken pledges, falsehood and deceit.
Where was all its virtuous indignation when the "blood•
Bounds" of party charged upon President Polk crimes
of unheard of inagnitude—no joss than the - intention of
sacrificing Gen. Taylor and-his army at Buena Vista:—
Where was its sickly sentimentality about the virulence
of the press then! Wu it all treasured up for the pres
ent time? If so, would it not be well to unbosom itself
°femme in condemnation of the two following beastly
paragraphs from two leading papers of "all the decency:"
From the Richmond Whig
"Gen. Scott's enemies seem to be dyingPoir. Woith,
Gaines, Duncan and Polk, all passed away in a very
short time. Pillow and Marcy alone remain."
From the LouisvilleJoumal
"It is said to be a fact, that, in St: Louis, at least three
Locofocos to one Whig have died ofcholera. It is per
haps not at all strange that the Locefocos about them;
times are very cltoleric.
113 The Gazette, in noticing our article last week on
the Waterford Post• Office, in its usual supercilious 4tyle
remarks:
"The gentlemen thus ungenerously referred to—Cu!.
T. 11. Vincent—in-not very sensitive, and can well bear
the disparaging allusions of the ()hurter. Under the
promptings of his native good sense, he is doubtless dis
posed to trent them and their author with silent contempt
—such as recklessness merits.
Without intending any disparagement to Cul. V.; but
to show that the individual who evacuates such rice-wa
,ter Editorials through the colunins,of that papers, is
alone in his supercilious attacks upon us ,personally, we
merely wish to say that se fur from Mr. Vs .'native good
sense" prompting him to take the course marked out by
the Gazette, lie visited us on Wednesday, in company
with a mutu.il friend, with his his pockets full of letters
j from our political friends in that place assuring us that
we had been grossly misinformed; upon which assurance,
unlike the Gazette in more than one instance, we have
promptly made the amendo honorable. More, too, Mr.
V. saw this article in the Gazette before he left town, and
promptly sett a relative with a message that it was un
authorized, and did not meet his approbation. 01 course
this was entirely useless, as we were nover'yet deterred
from doing what we deemed right, by so small a patern
as his gratuitous and- unauthorized ,defender of the Ga
zette. 1 ,
rt — The Buffalo Collricr says the Hudson River Rail
road, extending fresh New York to Albany, h 3 one of the
greatest enterprizes of the day. It will be one of ilia
most expensive, costing about $3,000,000 for the 150
miles to Albany. of which $3,000,000 is raised: by Sub
scription and $5,000,000 by loans. It will be the best
built and most rapidly run of any road, being very straight
and level and having no"gratle exceeding 17 feet to the
mile, thus admitting of a regular speed of front 40 to' 50
miles an hour. At that rate of speed from Albany. to
New-York, the journey can easily be made fojm Buffalo
to New York in foutteen or fifteen hours. We look to
see it done in 1851, at the farthorest.
Before that time the road from hero to Buffalo will be
completed, and thus we will be within eighteen or twen
ty hours of New Yo tk.
lETAbhott Lawrence, in Ist prophesied that •'Tery
little wheat would ho shipped out this country," that
"the quantity of pork would be inconsiderable," that In
dian corn could not be shipped-"to ttdvatitage." &e., ST.
A pretty man this is, to represent the United States in
Great Britain! A wise man, a sagacious statesman, and
a politician up to the times!—[Boston Post.
Mr. Lawrence was as wide of the mark as Mr. Ewing
was in 1833, when ho prophesied that if rho United States
Ba,olt was not allowed to collect and disburse the govern
ment revenues', that "our canals would be solitudes, and
our lakes a desert waste of water."—Buf. Courier.
WHAT TO HO 'WITH • • 'Sus-srnocz" Pr.1150% ,-- Pr.
Kilbourne, of New York, directs the following course of
action when a person is sun-struck—" Place the patient
on his back, in a boriaontal position—give him fresh air;
keep him woll covered and warm; apply cold Water to
his head—hotThricks, sand, &c., to his feet and around
him—frictions, mustard to the pit of his stomach and
extromaties. Internally give stimulnati—as brandy.
ether, ammonia, capsicum, Sze."
SINGULAR AND DISTRYS3ING CIRCUMiTANCE.—The Buf
falo Republic says: Mr. LAMARCH, - a miller at Black Rock.
found \ in the race attached to the mill, a cat-fish, weigh
ing some twenty pounds, half of which, after due prepa
ration, hound some few others ate on - Saturday last.
Five of those who ate, died within 12 hours after eating.
The remainder of the fish having been given to•a friend.
he disliked the appearance of it, and threw it away. On
Sunday, the said race contained a large number of the
same kind of fish, who died suddenly, and wore evident
ly diseased. Query—had they not the cholera?
ANOTHER REnovst..—The Jacksonville, Florida, News
says, in speaking of the removal• of Col. Butler. brother
of Gen. W. 0. Butler, a gallant officer who served on.
der Gon Jackson, from the - Surveyor 'Generalship of
Florida, that "among the guifidtined victims. I. Mrs.
Reid, widow of the late. Governor Reid, of this State.,
who ekod out a scanty income with the salary of a labor,
ions clerkship. Does General Taylor pretend to. sap
anything against her character? or did be remove • bee
on account of her political opinions!"
lITA lute number of Hunt's Magazine, contains an
elaborate article on a Railroad to the Pacific, from the
pen of Ex-Senator: Niles. lie advocates the building of
a road. It is his opinion that it is of no consequence to
the People at largo what particular points the road 'hal
begin and terminate; he avowing himself, however. to
be in favor of the routo proposed by Mr. iiVhitneY.
try- The Cotlamor•morbus is raging so badly, that,
in some instances, whig Post masters are removed—it
being assumed that. being in °Moo, they are Democrats.
Such iniftakes are very bad. They must make the chief
executioner feel like the hangman who had made the
wrong man swing.
There is a slarery of spirit, peculiar to somo men,
which nitver dares to resist the will of those from whom
they have hitherto derived their "bread and - butter."—
True as ireaching, and the only paragraph we hare
seen in that paper for' a month of which we could say as
much. And without disparageing the ability of anyother
artist, we are constrained to say that it is, also. the Meet ,
life like picture of its author we ever saw,
1171 t is'said that a couple of Quakers in New York
have been detected in fittingont vessels for the sieve trade.
Rather bad that..l