compared with the value of the acquisition. Still, the attempt must be made with great prudence and caution, and in such a manner as not to alarm the ' jealousy of the Mexican government Should you, • v after sounding the Mexican authorities on the sab - ject, discover a prospect of success, the President ritould not hesitate to . give, in addition to the-as sumption of the just claim* of our citizens on Mex ico, twenty-five millions of dollars for the cession. Should you deem it expedient, you are authorized to offer this sum for a-boundary running due west . fifom the southern extremity of New Mexico, to the |. Pacific Ocean, or from any other point on its west j cm boundary which would embrace Monterey with in.our limits. If Monterey cannot be obtained, you may, if necessary in addition to the assump tion of these claims, offer twenty millions of dol ' lars for any boundary commencing at any point on the western line of New? Mexico, and running due west to the Pacific, so as to include the bay and harbor of San Francisco. The larger the territory south of this bay, the better. Of course, when I speak- of any point on the western boundary of New Mexico, it is understood that from tho Dei Norte to that point our boundary .shall run,accord ing to the firstone which you have been authorized to make. I need scarcely add,-that in authorizing the offer of five millions, or twenty-five millions, or .. twenty millions of dollars, these are to be consider ed as maximum sums. If you can accomplish either of these objects contemplated for a less amount,.so much more satisfactory will it prove to the President. The views and withes of the President are now before you, and muck at-least, must be left to your own discretion. If you' can accomplish any one of the specific objects which Have been f presented in these instructions, you are authorized fo conclude a treaty to -that effect If you cannot, ‘ after you have ascertained what is. practicable, you will ask for further instructions, and they, shall be immedia tely communicated. I Your mission is one of the most delicate and Important which has ever been confided to a citizen of the United States. The people to whom you will be sent, are proverbially jealous: and they have been irritated against the United States, by recent events, and the intrigue of foreign powers. To conciliate their good will is indispensable to yonr success. I need not warn you against wound ing their national vanity. You may probably have to endure their unjust reproaches with equanimity. It would be difficult to raise a point of honor bc tween the United States and so feeble and distracted a-power as Mexico. This reflection will teach you to bear and forbear much, for the sake of accom plishing the great objects of your mission. We are sincerely desirous to be on good terms with Mexico and the President reposes implicit confi dence in your patriotism, sagacity, and ability, to restore the ancient relations offriendshp between the-two republics. Herewith, you will also receive your full powers to conclude a treaty, together with the maps—the one . Arrow-smith's, and the other Kmroy s on which are designated the limits of New Mexico. .. You will keep the Department advised of your progress, as often as safe opportunities may offer You are aware that Congress, at their last session, made the following appropriation: “For paying the April and July Instalments of the Mexican indemnities, due in 184.1, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars pro vided, it shall be ascertained, to the satisfaction ol the American .government, that ’said instalments have been paid by the Mexican government to the agent appointed by the United States to receive the same, in such manner as to discharge all claim on the Mexican government, and said agent to be de linquent in remitting the money to the United States.” The whole transaction [ between Emilio Yoss, Esquire, the agent oi the jlniteo States, and the Mexican authorities, is yet involved in mystery which this government hils not been able to un ravel. You will endeavor, with as little delay as possible, to ascertain the true state of the case in relation to the alleged payment of these instalments by the Mexican governmentho our agent, aiid give the department the earliest information on the_sub ject. A copy of his receipt ought to he obtained if possible. I am, sir, with great respect. Your obedient servant; .JAMES BUCHANAN. Johx Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States lo Mexico. KEVOI.I TIO.Y IN FRANCE. NES IN PARIS On the mornmg of the 24 of Feb., the Kina ah dicated. Paris at night was very generally il luminated. Thelthronc and royal furniture were burned, but quiet'prevailed throughout the city. The red flag was every where displayed. The pro visional government issued a proclamation, which has been already published, announcing its intention to submit the question of a Republic to the people. The unfortunate [firing upon the crowd, near the hotel of M. Guizot, had taken place the ,my before, end was not proyoked, as was belbic stated, by the shooting or the Colonel, but simply by a propnri -tion to illuminate M. Guizot's house. ' The volley killed Ally-two persons, and was followed by another in tlie ltue de la l’ai.t, which roused tlie people throughout the city to the luteiisest pitch of ludiir nation, ' Oil ilim-stlny mimilng It lmim> t>vhti>ni tlmt tlm Atitmim! tliuml wiiß i'U|iiilly iViitoNiimim witli tin' liw|iln, nml tlmt tlie utitimeiitft m tin* linn tvmn tfoliigwllh lltmth riu» Um iMniii(>nt \u\n \\m uttMy imratfyfrtl, Ifoiiilritiiim m \mm m »-. iniiTet evi»ry w i \\m tlmmgliimi ilm riiv, A mw'-. mmm \m\ hen \fam\ tlunimhum W\{ imiv, Muiiml uy Urwov.huil imiiumiriiia \\m Imil lipph Hivpn tu' tfiiiwHiiiiig, ih,ii ilitJ ( \\m dwnlwil, m\ \\m IU I I y liml Mi ntfbituj in hmn » «pw ministry, fliiMinwPver, m\w tnn \wu\ hihl IVnill ml JlftrU pity YRSf milfcsesnl tl|o pii|,ji||) prawiN to the Mis Royal imd the lly noon \m whulo quarter uf tho tern n h.ul Mi invested and tho nttnok was enmmeuml. The ab dication ot tho King, which was immediately tiro claimed, enuld not save cither the dynasty or the palace, Ihe firing- upon the Palais Royal continued for an hour, and it was then taken hy storm. Tlie Fuilleries madeless resistence—the Royal hunily having made ther escape before it was taken. The King, immediately after his abdication, left tlie palace by the garden of the Tuiileries accom panied by two friends, and disguised cn ion bourgeois. • He walked from the garden through some of the . „ narrower streets .to the station of Rousen Railway, Address Of Mr. Rusll. and took his seat in the train, which started almost On toe 2Sth, Paris had been restored to some lmmediately afterwards—not in a first but in a thing like its former condition. On the 2 ( Jth, Mr. -second class carriage.. The Duchess of Orleans. Rush and the other foreign ministers recognized the with her two children, after the 1 painful scene in ne ' v government. On the Ist of March, the same the Chamber of Deputies, of which an account has ' correspondent writes : . * already been given, w*as conducted through the most A courier with the despatches from the Foreign obscure passages to the residence of the President. ; Office to Lord Normandy arrived at Paris last night. For a moment she was. in consequence of the He was the bearer of the reply of Lord Palmers- Cr ju an con^us^on > separated from her children, t° n to the despatch of the British Ambassador res and the alarm of that separation affected her more pecting the position England would assume towards than alltliat had previously happened. Fortunately. '! the Provisional Government. Lord Normandy had they were reunited; and accompanied by M. Crc- , a second interview with M. de Lamartine this mieux and several other deputies, they passed ! morning, and notified the French Minister for through the Presidents garden, to near the Hotel Foreign Affairs that he had received instructions to ties Invahdes, where a carriage was waiting lor | inform him that England hud no wish to throw ob * 'ru* They then r drove off strurtions in the way of the. Provisional Government. The Palais Royal and the Tuiileries were both anf l IC recent changes in France icould in no way packed by the insurgents. A proclamation was i ,l lf cct lc friendly relations which have hitherto existed issued declaring that a Provisional Government had/ between the two counh-ics. Paris enjoys perfect tran been established, and calling upon the people to or-; quality, and the accounts from the provinces are gamze themselves and join the National Guard. favorable. A group of 40 persons, without authority, visited most. of the printing offices for the purpose of creaking to pieces the printing machines. The authorities . hastened to do all that depended on them to put a stop to such excesses. Col. Dumoulin issued the following notice: —“ The press of Paris is under the protection of the Provisional Govern iment and the public force, and all good citizene are galled on to-protect all printing establishments, and not to permit the slightest damage to done to them." We: read in the Democratic Pacifique: — ,; On taking the Tuileries the people found a magnificent image of Christ in sculpture. The people stopped and saluted it. ‘ My friends.' cried a pupil of the Ecole Polytechnique, ‘this is the Master of us all!” The :people took the Christ, and bore it solemnly to the _phurch of St.lloch. ‘Citizens, ofTwith your hats. Salute Christ. said the people; and everybody in clined in a religious sentiment. Noble people, who bless the Being who proclaimed the law of universal fraternity!’ ’ On the morning of the 2Sth, the Commerce says. ‘every heart was filled with confidence, the streets were crowded with-promenadcrs meeting grouping and; embracing each other, happy at finding them! .selves at the«nd of events the glory of which has 'cost us the lives of so many of our brothers in gaming the triumph of the rights of humani ty* | The nigftt passed admirably. We traversed Paris, from the Pauboug Poisoniere to the Hotelde Ville, at 2 and 4 o’clock in the morning, and at every point found the duty a£ the barricades ad mi*, rably performed by the citizens and the National I Guards; the.sentinels being vigilant, and the pass words and’eountersigns given and returned. The 2Um^aridX le Ugdi" U^™^^coTot the voices of woman and children joining in con icord with the masculine tones of the heroes of February 24. In the passage Terdot, the Lyric •Society of the children Paris sang popufar ■hymns, composed and arranged for the event with A pre«sion and harmony which went to the herat, and drew forth appeals of applause at the end of every strophe. Whoever has not seen Paris, last night—Paris full of order, aSd majesty, amidst the sublime disorder of the never form an idea of the great be&uties of the'sov ereignty of the people.” The garrison of the fortress at Vincentnes decla red for the Republic. The Military Sehool and all the Artillery depots were occupied by the people. The Bourse was closed. Ceremony of Inauguration* On the 27th. the people inaugurated the day, at: the column of July, 1830, in presence of the Na tional Guards and people, “the date of liberty re conquered.” -At two o’clock, the provisional gov ernment, guard and masses of people moved from the Hotel de Ville to the Bastile, where a short address was pronounced at the foot of the column, which was surmounted* by twelve tri-colored flags waving to the breeze. The concourse ol people was immense, beyond any means of estimation. More than one hundred thousand.troops were under arms, covering a distance of four miles. The peo ple numbered hundreds of thousands; and exceeded any assemblage which the magnificent events ol the past few days have produced. Lamartine rode a beautiful white charger, himself wearing a-cocked hat, sword, pair of epaulettes and a coat trimmed with red. His head is white, and he appears to be about filly-five years old. Depredations of Robbers. The correspondent of the London Chronicle , writ ing on this date, the 27th,' says: The Provisional Government has made very considerable progress in the re-establishment:'bf order, and is proceeding in the organization of a new form of government with a degree of activity suited to the important position in which it is placed. ir Public confidence, which, on Friday was at : a very low ebb, even among the Republicans them selves, has been greatly restored since yesterday morning. It must not, however, be supposed that crimes are not occasionally committed, or that the mode ol punishing them is the most regular in the world. The fact is that, mid it lino |iiililit.|iud mi iiiiiiriil in llie |ii'ii|ilu iml in llilidi ill iiliiiiiiliminij I'iilii'r ilib llmui Ciiliin. nr ihii Uiilllidi Ciudj, '■ (lit lliu lii-iuilmtul ling in in lift iiistifiWd .. lliumlh liiiiiu l''rninuii=ii—-liiliuni), IhiiiidiU 1 , - l'Yiiiuiiiitiv' A(l lliu nlil lings urn tuken dim n, mid now imos pm up in their pliiiHis, Tho Nnliuiml UmiriU Imve now lings tlirnuglioiii. Nearly ii million of iViuics wore siibsi'.riboil yes lunhiy lur the wounded. -Most of tlio bankers "pm down eacli from lu.uiiii to lo.unu francs; Baron Rothschild 51),uijo, and tlm Bank lull,non. Tim Republic has adopted tlio children of tliuso who wore killed in the three days of the revolution, mid the palaces vacated, are to be converted into hos pitals lor the widows, wounded, &c., &c„ a much better purpose than the maintenance of a king and bis household, and much less expesive. : The following is the reply made by the Arrtbas . sador of tlie United States to the circular of M. de | Lamartine, as Minister of foreign Affairs, to the various foreign ministers and ambassadors in Paris. " Sir—t have the honor of acknowledging your note of yesterday, by which you announce to. me that the Provisional Government of the French Re public has confided to you the department of For eign Affairs. That choice, I have no hesitation in declaring, will be regarded by the world as a favor able first step in the new order of things. I shall transmit with great satisfaction to my government by the earlist opportunity a copy of your commu nication, and I have no doubt that it will be cor dially received. Meanwhile, sir, I will be ready With your permission to treat with you relative to all matters that may interest my country, or the American residents in France. The United States, knowing by their own experience the value of free institutions, will naturally anticipate from similar institutions in France, administered with wisdom and moderation, ot which the enlarged and benifi cient principles announced in your note are the auspicious harbingers, nothing but the best results to the interests and well-being of both countries. I pray yo.u to accept these early assurances of the very high consideration with which I have the honor to be, sir, yours, &e. (Signed) Ri('HAUL' Rush.’’ M. Jolinet, a member aC the Chamber of Depu ties, was shot in the late affray. His body was -rv n u y, esterda y covered with sand, in the Tuileries. ihe bodies of two of the revolutionists were found near mm. On the 2d Ihe Provisional Government issued decrees declaring that the taxes would belaid as heretofore, but assures the laboring classes that the future assembly will regulate that question—pre senting a form of prayer —Domim lalvam fac Be publicam, instead of the old one, &c. We «opy from the correspondence of the Chronicle: Demands of the Laborers. Within the last four-and-twenty hours the confi dence which most people have begun to feel in the stability of the present calm has to a certain ex tent given away. The fact has oozed out that the members of the Provisional Government are not united among themselves. Differences of opinion which if not checked in the commencement, may lead to incalculable evils. Yesterday a very formible deputation went to the Hotel de Ville. to present a petition, demanding that labor should be limited to ten hours a day, that there should be no marchndage. and that the laborer should be allowed a portion of the profits of the To-day a similar deputation of upwards of 5000 journeymen tailors went ,to the Hotel de Ville with a similar petition, and they are a body who are not only exceedingly numerous and discon tented, but are at the present moment entirely des titute of work. The Government finds it difficult to satisfy these dangerous deputations, and the mem bers unfortunately differ as to what should be done. The King’s Flight* The, King lost his breakfast on the mtfrning he escaped— -when the insurgents entered the palace they found the table not only set, hut the rcpaßt prepared and served upon it. The Kings servant said to him, just before that time— 11 Your Majesty, there is a great excitement among the people, and you will be obliged to make concessions to appease them.”' The King remarked, *• that it was only a coffee-house uflhir, which they would putdown in a few hours.” When he madp his escape he wus dependent upon this servant to:bring him two shirts; but he could not stop to take; any money with him, and’at Drux his friends raised two hun dred Irancs for him to pay his expenses to England. Docs there not appear something like a retributive justice in this ? On the morning of i the 22d, the King orders his troops to fire on the people, for no manner of offence, except making known their wishes for a redress of their grievances. Not a man was armed, or assumed any menacing attitude —I never saw a more orderly mass of people ; they did not arm that, or the next day, till in the evening, nor until the troops had fired on them and killed and wounded many, besides those whose heads had been cut open on the first , and second day, except they returned stones and brickbats,, after they had been charged upon several times by: the troops. Within live days from that time his kingdom has been overturned, a new government formed, himself and family expelled from his pal ace, and the poor men. whom he undertook to cut down and destroy, are transferred to his princely palace, to be healed of their wounds. The King is reported as having remained con cealed near Havre for two or three days; shaved off his whiskers, and. otherwise disguised himself, and having taken a boat, and then a steamer, on which he and the queen arrived safely in England. He seems to have lost all self-control,; and to have been frightened to an extent incredible. He is al leged as having declared, on his arrival in England, that Charles X was dethroned for breaking the charter, and himself foT keeping it and his oath ; and he called upon all to take notice of the fact. u Once a man. and twice a child,” applies to kings in their dotage, as to other men ; but the imbecil ity of Louis Philippe exceeds anything of the kind within my recollection. He seems to have acted like a man deprived of his reason by fear; and 1 think he must have lost the use of his ordinay lac ulties. Funeral rites of tlie Devoted Dead. On the 4th, the Herald correspondent says:— March 4th is as great a day in Paris as at Wash ington. One million of people, probably, have assembled to witness the funeral rites over the de parted dead—those who have died fighting for their liberty and a Republic, and who have been immor talized as suddenly and unexpectedly as their sov ereign was dethroned. This was probably the pageant of all pageants—the numbers, the occasion, the excitement of the public, the plan, could hardly be expected to occur again in the history ot the world. .The manifestation was equal to the occasion, and beautifully appropriate; there was the Iglisc Madeliene. the most elegant and magnificent in Paris. Not as Adrian says, built over the spot where Louis XYI and Maria Antoinette were hur ried, but in the Place la Madeliene. dressed in mourn ing outside and inside; and upon the black drapery hanging above its lofty walls in front, were in scribed in immense letters 11 Jinx eiloijens morlc pour la liberte in the rear of the church was erected a catfnl qvc. and it was lighted and filled with a rep resentation of every grade, class and profession in Paris: it presented an imposing scene. Hundreds of musicians played, standing upon the broad pedestal, upon which rests the columns that surround the church, and the immense throng joined in the “chaste du departs making Paris re sound lor many squares round, with the sound of instrumental and vocal music; and apparently making every object present, animate and inani mate, give forth strains ol melody. Every street , and square as far as'the eye could extend, was filled with handsome beings; the uniforms of the troops reflecting the bright rays of the sun, adding infinitely to the-effect. Every legion hoists its flag —every procession its drapeauz and its inscription. Here was the National Guards in all their glory, proud of their achievements, their new unisbrm, and the glo/y of the occasion, which belonged much to them. They constituted the prominent feature of the picture—their numbers were im mense. There were the new recruits, not yet uni limned, numbering more than twenty-live thou sand. wearing the tri-enlored badge of the National Guard. Here were the blue IVoeks in numbers* paul llnding out. and there-the hmi.v tirh in a hand some black Miit~thelr arms the British Legion, humberlng thousand!*, hearing the most elegant' banner ol them all, amliM the ohms ami welcome of ttopnhlleah I'hue'e. on lit' NiiHoiml 4Mt'mlil,v. Tilt* Nillinhill As«i»mli|.y Itlmill 111 |u> (lifllntl \u y,,llll‘l’i Will ln'ila il ttliuillll IIM, I'llllai'll l»V Il'M' Mil- U'iiaui Hiul il HIHal IIM \\wW \\i will n.aitutn iln* Ainu Uuvt* ouino mhlilmiilv in the lull u-mtcLu of miinly pnwnia mid proiogio livna, mid Imvu nui boon iruinwl frouiioliuiuy in y.\- jimii *uv\\ u rich iidiuvinuiup. It requires thVolwrn, iinuMml tiull-tMuuinl tu nmko a wfeu u«o ,of auidt mighty power, mid to cumprohum) tho lull danger of uu ulmso of it. Clubs, thoiulbro, may ho liirniod to control tho operations of mon und governments; unk France may yet be put intoe.xtremo agitation, nud her soil yet moistened by the blood of her own citizens. Hut the conduct of her people hith erto induces the hope and warrants the expectation of great wisdom in her counsels and forbearance in her people, and of a sincere and successful effort to establish a form of government based upon the consent of tlio people, and giving full effect to their natural riches, so lar as practicable, by the most liberal form of government. France, also, has within its bosom some enemies to such institutions but they arc powerless for the present. They hardly constitute an element in its present condition, iii my judgment, therefore, there is reason to believe that France will follow the example • of our own country, and reflect the light of her example upon Europe. Can France Maintain a Republic ? The Herald's correspondent, whose letters are full of interest, says:— Can France maintain a republic? My opinion is in the affirmative. Blood may yet flow in rivers in Paris before the republic becomes stable. The present and other governments may be overturned. The forms, in their details, may undergo great changes, and different experiments may give place to their successors; but that ever France will re turn to monarchy, is not probable. There is a vast and immeasurable difference between the condition of the French people of 179-2 and 18-18, and a cor responding difference in the condition of surround ing States of Europe. Our own example has, within that time, ceased to be an experiment, and has become a historical fact, Adi of instruction. Wide spread intelligence has changed the face of Europe: coiistitutions'have sprung up and survived for years; monarchies have given way, or been modified by the force of public sentiment: the press has been unshackled, and men have ceased to .ridicule constitutional monarchies or to fear republics.. With a population like Paris, who have so often tried their power successfully against kings; and who are now in the full posses sion of free suffrage: kings can gain no foothold, and there are not in existence the foreign powers to force a monarchy upon France. France will not be likely to repeat her former mistakes, and bring upon herself thereby the displeasure of the people of other countries. She has nothing to fear from the anger of kings—let her do nothing to lose cast with the people. The danger of France, at present consists from divisions at home, in endea voring to form her new government. The New Government. Writing on the Gth inst, the same correspondent adds: I should not be surprised at the most extraordi nary and important changes, without any warning, and to see an entire new government in Paris the next week, or rather a new set of men in power. Yet there are no indications decided that any change will take place. On the other hand, the national assembly is to be elected on the 9th ot April, and on the 20th -to assemble, to be chosen by universal suffrage, eligible at twenty-five, and the number nine hundred, in which Algeria is to be represented. Who 2 an forsee what such an assemblage of men will do, coming together under such impulses as now move the people 1 And what will be the pos ition of France at the end of the next three months? Present condition of Paris. On the 7th and Bth he writes:— All is .quiet, comparatively, in Paris and France; and nothing has transpired to the public- that in- daces any serious apprehensions of any disorder or farther strife in this beautiful city. The excite ment of the population appears to .have passed off! and business appears to be attended to* as usual' There have been some failures among the bankers and deafens in stocks, and more are expected. The speculators arc in trouble,.and nSfoney scarce: and some' find it dfficult to make good their stock .ac counts. * The expenses of the government have been very largely increased for the last ten years, and France has greatly increased her debt during the reign of. Louis Philippe. It cost France a deal of money, to enable the ministers to control the elections and their representatives.. Out of 240,000 electors 160,000 are the .recipients of offices and salaries, the number of offices it is said amounting to near 600,000—two hundred dep uties pensioned, and Peers holding their places by the appointment of the King. Louis Philippe was the government, and the only other principle was that which gave the tribune to the use 6f the op position, from which to instruct the people, and expose ministerial corruption, i \ JnttlUgciiccv & Journal. E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN OF PENNSYLVANIA. [Subject to the decision of a National Convention.] FOR-CANAL COMMIRSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, JR., OF AVESTMOnELAND COUNTY Democratic Eli Iccloral Ticket, -•Delegates. Senatoria: WILLIAM BIGLFJ -•"-T1XVID IX WAGE! ]R. of Clearfield. JNER, of Northampton . 3 RErnESENTATI eve Electors. Dist. 1. Henry L. Benner, 2. Horn R. Kneass, • 3. Isaac Shunk, 4. A. L. Roumfort, 5. Jacob S. Yost, 6. Robert E. Wright, 7. Wm. W. Downing, 8. Henry Haldeman, 9. Peter Kline, 10. B. S. Schoonover, 11. Wm. Swetland, 12. Jonah Brewster, Lancaster, April 4, IS4S. A MEETING of the Democratic Committee of Correspondence of Lancaster county, will be held at the public house of Christian Shertz, in the city of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the sth day of April next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Punctual attendance is desired, as business of importance will be laid before the meeting. WM. MATHIOT, Chairman Deni. County Committee Correspondence. Lancaster, t March 28, IS4B. . 10"" The continued and severe indisposition of a member of the Editor's family, must serve as, an excuse for the lack of our usual quantity of edito rial matter. Appoinlinciffs by tlic Canal Com- missiouors. Col. Christian Kendig. of Harrisburg, and John Crans, Jr., of Philadelphia, State Agents on the Columbia Railroad. Mr. Slidell’s Instructions. We trust not one of the readers of the Intelligen cer will fail to peruse the powerful despatch of Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Slidell, containing his instruc tions on receiving his appointment as Minister to Mexico, in November, 1845. It is well known that the Mexican authorities, in the gasconading and insolent tone for which they are so celebrated, refused to receive Mr. Slidell, and that his mis sion, which was eminently one of conciliation and peace, was consequently frustrated. The despatch of'the Secretary of State is, however, not the less important, as it constitutes a connecting link in the great chain of events that has since signalized the conduct and history of the two republics. It fur nishes. without any exception, the most perspicunus and graphic detail of facts up to that period, that has hern furnished from any quarter, and places our side of the controversy in a light so clear and unquestionable, that Tun Cmnvi.v himself, we should think, would not hesitate to admit the for bearance of the United States, if he were not lite rally callous to every feeling of national pride ami patriotism. The eountry owes a deep debt of grat itude to Mr. llmitWA* for thlshmiinoiis and over whelming Htrtted'nper, Like hie great inter to Mr. I'AUkMiAMi tm the Oregiiu tptesiioif, it stamps him as ime uf the ablest of American Malesmenr itffiill unlit* I'mirli MinlNiw, Among Him itmus mi iimvs fvnm Purls, il will lie smm, tlmt .Mr, I'ai.rii'p, ihuAlinUlonU Imti lii'nn by ihn Hppoiiumt'iit nil the pari mi' lliu J'rMvibiMmil (fovornmtmt oi\M, dn Thaw, Thu now •MiiiUior it» doubtless on his'wny lu this country, anil tlmt he will lie promptly accredited liy the Administration at Washington, wo think, thoro can bo no doubt. If time had boon afforded to Mr. Pat, f.ot, it is not improbable that ho would have given in Ilia adhesion to the new regime, but the intrepid Lamartine, tho new Minister of For eign Affairs, seems determined that every vestige of the former government shall be forthwith clear ed out. Air. Pagf.ot has many friends in Washington, who will regret his recall, for his sake, much as they much rejoice at the events that have produced it. He has been the French Ambassador in this country for many years, and is married to the daughter of Col. W. B. Lewis. well known as one of the Auditors under Gen. Jackson's adminis tration. A Letter-Writer in Limbo. Mr. Nugent, the Washington correspondent of tlie New York Herald, who signs has been committed to jail for refusing to disclose the name of the person from whom he obtained a copy of the Mexican treaty, in advance of its publication by tlie benate. Whilst Nugent persists iu the re fusal to disclose who furnished him with the docu ment, lie has, on oath, declared that it was not Mr. Buchanan. Such a declaration was wholly un necessary. No man, acquainted with the secretary of State, unless maliciously disposed to injure him. would have cherished the remotest suspicion that he had any agency, direct or indirect, in the disclo sure of the Treatv. A Refuge for Rings! At the meeting in behalf of France and Liberty, held in the State t Capitol, at Harrisburg, on Tues day evening last, M. B. Lowret, Esq.. of Crawford county, suggested the propriety of instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to procure the passage of a law. granting 80 acres oi land to each of the Crowned Heads of Europe, that they might emigrate to the distant West of our own country', settle down in quiet, be come useful and respected citizens, and under the protection of the Stars and Stripes receive such practical lessons in the science of self-government as would undeceive them all their liyesastothc efficacy of royalty. Not a bad idea! lE7’ The Sunbury American, edited by H. B. Masser, Esq; makes its appearance in an enlarged form and new dress—and is now entitled to rank among the handsomest and best conducted weeklies in the State. We congratulate our friend Masser on this proof of increasing prosperity, and trust his enterprise will be properly rewarded. iLr The proceedings ol the Democratic County Meeting, held in this city on the 22d ult., in rer sponse to the nomination of James Buchanan for the Presidency, are spoken of in terms of Farm approval by the Democratic press of Pennsylvania. C7* W, F, Hayemater has been nominated by the Democrats of the city of. New York, for Mayor, after a contest extending over SO ballots, Pursuant to a call published by .the Chairman* a meeting of the State Central Comibitte* was held at Buehlers Hotel, on Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. E. W. Huttbe, of Lancaster, took the chair and called the meeting to order. On motion of Gen. C. Seiler, I. G. M'Kiwlex, of Harrisburg, George Putt, of Philadelphia, and Joair C. Mters, of Berks were appointed Secretaries. On calling over the list, it appeared that the fol low ing gentlemen were in attendance, viz: E. W. Hutter, J. A. Phillips, Lewis Pelouze, J. W. Ryan, George Plitt, Charles Kugler, John -C. Myers, Peter Bowman, Hamilton Alricks, General Christian Seiler, Henry Buehler, Isaac G. M’Kin lcy, Jacob Baab, E. A. Lesley,. Kinzing Pritchctte, Dr. A., ; Patterson, D, W. C. Brooks, R. A. Lumber ton. On motion of E. A. Lesley, E®q., it was Resolved, That the President and Secretaries o* the Stutc Central Committee be authorized to direct a circular letter to each of the Delegates to the National Convention, appointed by the State Con vention held on the 4th inst., requiring of each a pledge to carry out the instructions of said body, in accordance with the letter and spirit of the same. Resolved, That we deem it inexpedient to demand the required pledges from the persons placet! in nomination on the'4th of March, as Electors . until alter the meeting of the National Convention, when the President and Secretaries of this Committee be authorized to direct circular letters to each of such Electors, requiring a written pledge that in the event of his election, he will, in the Electoral Col lege, vote for the candidates for President and Vice President nominated by the said National Conven tion. On motion of Johx W. Rtax. Esq., it was Resolved , That the members composing the Dem ocratic State Central Committee, appointed by the 4th of March Convention, at this their first meeting, take occasion to congratulate the Democracy of Pennsylvania and of the Union, on the nomination of JAMES BUCHANAN for the next Presidency, and join with their political brethren throughout the State, in l the hope that the choice and the claims of Pennsylvania may be ratified by the National Convention, to be held in May next, in B tltimore. 13. John C. King 14. John Weidman, 15. -Robert J. Fisher, IG. Frederick Smith, 17. John Creswell, 18. Charles A. Black, 19. Geo. W. Bowman, 20. John R. Shannon, 21. Geo.P. Hamilton, 22. William S. Davis, 23. Timothy Ives, 24. Jos. G. Campbell. Ori motion of H. Buehleu, Esq., it was Resolved , That this Committee highly approve of the nomination of Israel Paixteii. for the office of Canal Commissioner, as <1 gentleman, eminently qualified for the post and worthy in all respects of the support of Democracy of Pennsyl vania. * On motion of I. G. M'Kixley, it was Resolved , That the President and Secretaries, to gether with the members of the State Central Com mittee. residing in Dauphin county, be appointed a sub-committee to prepare addresses to the people of Pennsylvania, to correspond with the committees of the various counties, and to transact such other business as may behest calculated to advance the interests of the Democracy of the .State and the Nation. On motion, Resolved . That thesq proceedings be signed bv the officers, and published in the Democratic papers of the State. E. W . lIUTTER. Chairman. Isaac G. M'Kixley, i George Plitt, V Secretaries. John* C. Myers. j Eminent for the accumulation of an immense property, expired at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, at his residence in New York, in the SOtli year of his age. The following gentlemen are execu tors of the will of Mr. Astor, viz: Wm. B. Astor, John J. Astor, Jr., Daniel Lord, Jr.. James G. King and Washington Irving. The will is voluminous, and was drawn up by Daniel Lord. Jr. The Journal, nf Cnmmcnr publishes the followin'* abstract o**Mr. Astou swill. The principal docu ment Was executed July -Ith. IST), but codicils were subsequently added. The great features of the will and its codicils are ample provisions for all the relations of Mr, As ron and their children, his son. William B. Astou. being; the great resi duary legatee: Thnpt? are mi trusts created for tlto benefit nfre- Intivi'*»4 though in quite it number of cases miK- itt cnme» or it sum per itmnim, is tit he pmd tu the |>reaeut peherathm, with it reversion In thtMe ttliiU dren, or other lours, who summed ttt unrestricted possession. Tltt* tmly lni|mi‘tititt bequest flit 1 lilt* nubile benefit l« mu* hi* iiy ihi' mulhetl h|* August Mi, INhi), iin' ereoiiim Niiii'tililh buildings, mill trifoliate ilimt lilii'fir.v 111 New York, Ihr goneriil tuo, Ihip this purpose ho ii|mrupriiites» plot nl* umiiml mi tho southerly side nr Amur I'Jnoe, ffo (hot front h.v Wfi iloop, Ihrthe building i nr* il’iho trustees hf this bequest think it more expedient, n plot of liko ni*o on tho oust aititi of Astor Phiee, Tho budding is not to cost nvor $75,001), ami tin* litml ia estimn toil $115,000. Tlton 8100,000 arc tu ho expended in hooka, maps, statuary, &e,; nod tho remainder tu ho plncotl uti interest, to defray tho uxpeijaea Q f management, purchase of honks, or tho establish ment ofloctures, ns tho trustooa may think proper. Tito trustoos are tlto Mayor of tho City ami tho Chancellor of tho State, ex officio , (and now nnmod ns n mark of respect,) Washington Irving, WiHiam H. Astor, Daniel Lord, Jr., James G. King, Joseph G. Cogswell, Fitz Greene Uallcck, Henry Brcvoort, Jr., Samuel F. Haggles, Samuel Ward, Jr., and Charles Bristcd, who arc to appoint their succes sors. The trustees arc to have no pay; nor is any one of thorn to hold any office of emolument under the Board. There- is a bequest to the poor of Waldorf, by establishing an institution for the sick or disabled*, or for the improvement of the young, of 850,000. The other public bequests arc as follows, but most, if not all of them, we believe, were paid in advance, during the life of the testator : The German Society, $20,000; Institution for the Blind, $5,000 ; Half Orphan Asylum, $5,000; Lying-in-Asylum, $2,000. t The personal estate of Mr. Astor is worth from seven to nine millions of dollars, and his real estate perhaps much more; so that' the aggregate is less than twenty millions, or half the surn wc put down the other day. Either sum is quite out of our small comprehension ; and we presume that with most men the idea of one million is just about as large an idea as that of any number of millions. Appointment hy the President, Chaulks M. Stol-t. F.sq., of Easton, to be a Lieutenant in the 11th Infantry, U. $. Army. It really affords us great pleasure to announce the above appointment, which has been confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Stout is now a Sergeant in the 11 Wyoming Artillerists'' under Capt. Dana, and has distinguished himself in several hard battles for his manliness and bravery. At the siege of Puebla, he was in Capt. Small's command, fighting his way to the centre of the town, from one house to another. His promotion gives great pleasure to his personal! friends, who know his good qualities and appreciate his worth.—.tfrgiw. Jefferson’s Opinion of Kings. Louis XVI was a fool of my own knowledge and in despite of the answers made lor him on his trial. The King of Spain was a fool: and of Na ples the They passed their lives in hunting, and despatched two couriers a week one thousand miles, to let each other know what game they had killed the- last preceding days. The king of Sar dinia was a fool..- All these were Bourbons. The queen of Portugal, a Braganza, was an idiot by nature, and so was the king of Denmark. Their sons, as Regents, exercised the powers of govern ment. The king of Prussia, the successor of the great Frederick, was a mere hog in body as well as in mind. Gustavus of Sweden and Joseph of Austria, were really crazy,' and George of Eng land was in a strait waistcoat There remained then none but old Catharine, of Russia, who had been too lately picked up to have lost her common sense.. In this state Bonaparte found Europe, and it was this state of its rulers which lost it with scarce a struggle The animals had become with out mind and powerless, and so will every heredi tary monarch be after a few generations. “And so endeth the book of kings, from ail of whom the Lord deliver us." State Central Committee.' John Jacob Astor, The state of Europe. All eyes are tamed towards Europe to see how she wift bear herself under the inspiration! of liberal ideas. For years the things that have taken place and are in' progress, have been, it is true,! predicted, especially from this side of | But these predictions have been often set down as !the shoots of an unchecked enthusiasm, rather than! the calm, shrewd calculations of a far-seeing judgment j the efierveaetice of jubilant oratory rather than the rigid deductions from the facts of social life. If hun dreds have prophecicd, thousands have doubted, just as the men of faint faith in democratic ideas doubt and fear and mourn about our own national decay and tendency to anarchy. Hence! little heed has been given to the enthusiastic dreamers about the spread of free principles. Nearly the last words of Jewkrsox expressed a confident hope that the declaration that came from his pen and embodied the noble arid kindling politics of his age, would hereafter bo the signal of arousing men to burst the chains of tyranny and assume the blessings and security of self-government'for he had faith that the light of science had laid bare the truth that the mass of mankind had not bcemborn with saddles on their backs, nor had a few among them been born booted and spurred on purpose to ride them legitimately by the grace of God. In place oi such a view, men believe they were intended for moral, intellectual and political freedom. This is the grand idea that has'been leavening all Eu rope. Yet we could hardly credit the story of its progress, even when the profound and philosophic ToqauEViLLE wrote- that the same democracy that was governing the American communities was rapidly rising into power in Europe ; and that it bore about it the characteristics of a divine decree , and • therefore it was above and beyond the power of human means to stop its progress. Nor did many believe the words of Napoleox at St. Helena, tlmL in fifty years Europe would be Republican or Cossack: that either-tliis divine principle of democracy would work itself out!"into political ascendency or would be crushed by the colossal reservoir of absolutism of the north. Look now at Europe, ye Americans of little faith in the all-conquering, self-sustainiiig power of the democratic principle. She is risirig with Ti tanic energy to throw off her riders, and better still, reconstructing, at the bidding of a grand idea, her social system, so that such riders can never more occupy the old saddles. She is gradually substitu ting the power of the whole people for the one man power, the machinery of representation, of a writ ten constitution, of established Jaw, for the sim plicity of despotism. Grander events have never occupied the gaze of the world than are now oc curring: a year never commenced with more brilliancy than our year of ISIS. It has but be gun, and yet it has* done most wonderful works. Sicily rocks with the movement of revolutionary ideas: Tuscany has achieved a constitution: Pied mont, another : Munich is alive with the same healthful spirit: Naples is in complete revolt: and France breathes freer—even now she reposes in the arms of a Republic. Nor is this all. The democratic principle has so successfully wrestled with the old order of soci ety—with federalism, kingism—that everywhere the spell of royalty is broken. The masses have got an inkling of a state of society they never dreamed of a century ago: they feel the degrada tion of their condition under absolutism and be lieve that resolute efforts will bring about a change for .the better.' It is such a faith that has obtained in Prussia the last year a representative system • that has successfully maintained among the States of Germany tbi2 commercial league, which struck down at a single blow a host of restrictions on the industrial interests; that has stirred up the people of Rome ; that is now knocking at the iron doors of Austrian tyranny; and that even invades the dominions of Nicholas, to breathe hope into the poor serfs that are bought and sold with the soil; and even does not spare the territories of the de scendant of Mahomet. It was in this faith that the anti-corn law leaguers worked to strike off the upon the admission of food into Great Brit tain, and that animate? those who are now laboring for Ireland. These arc noble evidences, national facts, sensible demonstrations of the march of sound political idc.is. Though Europe's sovereigns may turn pale at ihe approach of this terrible principle, America's sons will see it go on with tin earnest God speed 1 lor a suecesslbl issue. All eyes, then. ure now no Mm-ope—on Europe's Fiikhhitieks, Nimmuwns, Mtift'mmmHoh UMrt , u*s=>ini lii't 1 hiHii limy lit power by virtue ol tin* MU til 1 lit'iit'iibtity, The |inllib*ul Witters foul iih l In nmlimi ni : i* no mum I ** surliiey ripplea *itm>d by ii pussing hreeae, bill tin* ground swell of mi •win ti'li l . Miming in upon them with solid, terrible uiujesty, mill rising nlnmt their Iruil mu higher mni yet higher. Ifnw will they meet the current f Umhm’ in holy ullmnpo tn hmtst it hy building dmua here mid there f In America, if rivers nro stopped in thoir natural rim by such machinery, thnso who build it nro liable for tho full damage of ilowngo. This same principle has now come to be applied in politics, to the great under-current of public opinion; and those who put clogs in the way of its just progress arc responsible in the judg ments of mankind for the evils—of blood, death and destruction—that may follow! These men may guide democracy by acting as its servants, but cannot crush it by meeting it as its enemy. —Potion Post. n [D“ The only newspaper in this country that has attempted to defend Louis Philiippe, and pro nounce the French people in the wrong in their endeavor to shake off the chains this treacherous King has imposed upon them, is the National Intel llollCl- Explosion—Loss Of Life. I Hg'n'cr. | New York, March 20. The boiler attached to the Hope Hills, near the Central Falls, Rhode Island, exploded yesterday throwing the main building into ruins. Fortunately, most of the workmen were at dinner at the time, but the loss of life is neverthlcss appalling. Eight bodies have already been dug out, being the re mains of six men. a woman and a boy. .Six more have probably perished beneath the ruins. Buchanan in Missouri. The Democrats of Scotland county, Missouri, held their meeting on the second Monday in Feb ruary, and declared in favor of James Bcciianan for the Presidency; Judge Mcßiiide for Governor; Jam es S. GnEE.v, for re-election to Congress, ami James Ellisox for Senator. Confirmations and Appointments. Washington-, April 2. The ■ Senate has confirmed the nomination of Joshua L. Martin to the Papal States, John Apple ton to Bolivia, and Elijah Hise to Guatemala. Gen. Shields has-, left for the West. He has been appointed Governor and Commander of Tampico. Col. John Garland leaves to-morrow for Mis souri, to command the Third Military Department, where the movements of the Indians require the presence of an energetic officer to suppress the an ticipated hostilities. T\ie-Huntingdon Globe records the iloath pf Alexander Gwin, Esq, of Huntingdon, Pa. Mr. Gwin was formerly an editor of a Democratic pa per, a representative of his county in the State Leg islature, and a lawyer of fine abilities. We most sincerely regret his early death. Appointments Aon Philadelphia.— The Go vernor has made the following appointments; Master Warden of the Port ofPhiladelphia,- Patrick Hays ; Assistant Wardens, Wm. Geissej James Magee, Robt. Evans, P. Barry Hayes, city of Phi ladelphia; Abraham P. Eyre,Kensington;; Augus tus Stci enson, N. Liberties; and Thomas Graham, Southwark; Warden of Port Richmond; Philip Dnfiey; Quarantine Master, Capt. John H. Chey. ney. I M. De La Forest, the French Consul for New York, has received instructions from the Provisio nal Government continuing him in the post he has so long and well filled. France and England—the Heyo- lution. The gallant French people are pleasantly enough returning the compliment they owe England on an old score. ITiGBB, James the Second of England, as obstinate and wrong-headed a king as' old Tauis Philippe, but not so crafty and hypocritical, was driven from his kingdom, and escaped for his life to France, and as he rari*away threw the great seal 'into the Thames. The French took care of him but never let him go back, and in 1701 he died quietly in Paris. Out of that expulsion of a bad monarch, all that is good and wholesome and pop* ular in the English constitution has since grown and flourished. One hundred and sixty years after that event, the French popple, tired of the treachery of their itine rant and schoolmaster turned tyrant, have sent luin over to England and set up a government for them selves, which God grant they may rctuin. Now let us sec if England w$H dare to turn up her aris tocratic noso at the provisional government of France, and raise armies for legitimacy, as she did tor fat Louis the 18th? If she does, the world will remember that France has as good right to expel a bad king and make her own constitution as Eng land had in IGSB, and if she interferes, will be likely tp take some share in keeping her at home. We do not think the believers in “divinity of government" will induce the French people to, re call the old king and ask him again to put his foot on their necks. And we shouldnt wonder if they should put the little County Paris out to nurse, and conclude to carry on government for themselves upon the “atheistical" and “anti-scriptural” theory of the social compact,, as. the learned Dr. Vinton called if. What a glorious day it is we live in. when the people are rising their might to trample under foot this wretched dogma of the dark ages, .that na tions are born the slaves of a single miserable royal family, and the millions made beasts of burden to pamper the pride of old men or young women, called kings and .queens, and the babies who are expected legitimately to become such! Thank God, the French people have begun this revolution wisely and well. Moral power is at work instead of the guillotine, and no blood flows but that of the people in defence of their rights. The moderation of the populace is above all praise, and the great heart of this nation will beat loudly in every pulsation for the triumph of freedom in Ja belle France! “In the name of the sovereignty of the people!" is the motto of the provisional govern ment; and now let every free heart in America send up a prayer that this third revolution may be like our first, for which we owe so much to France, the establishment of free government by a free people. In ’9B, France had her revolution through fire and blood, and it ended in a conqueror for an em peror. In 1830, she had her second revolution, and when she thought she had a citizen king,- she found a crafty old fox, a miser and a who tf-pught only of filling his purse with the people's coin, and the throne with one-of his babies. The. thud ..revolution lias come, and now the riiouts are hen-d across the Atlantic, calm, reso olute, moderate, and, as it now seems, full of the promise of hope, of Five la Republique ! America will echo it hack again to he ancient ally in our glorious revolution with her whole heart. —Boston Post. Lettixos of Mail Contiiacts.— The Postmas ter General says that the bids received for the mail service, in the States of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio, are now in the course of examination, and that he will be prepared, on the 13th of April, to open the books, and an-' nounce to those interested in the bids, preparatory to the making of a final decision awarding the coir tracts. Fi.vaxces of Fuajtce.—M. de Rothschild lias intimated to the Provisional Government that he is prepared to observe all his engagements toward the State for the new loan, lie has also sent o.OOjf to the Mayor of Paris lor the wounded. Mohals in Boston.— The Boston journals are filled with the evidence in nil examination of Dr. John Stevens, who is charged widi criminal prac tices in adniinisteringjiicdicinrs to one Ann (Inl- Ingher, with a view to rid tint- nl the Units of on illicit iiitercnuisj'. wlicridiy her death wns pwdtt red. 'lie' allidV is ptudindng some excitement in that city, t&“ tiled In Wiithlngltm elly, tin the lh>il Inst, Atliimmit, n imloml mini, In ilm tilth ymtr nl‘ lilt titte, lie whs iNiiverliliil Ihr Mei'it Integrity mill lldelilj', When I lib I'eviilmiiiii limlm mil, Altiiiinnn wns given tn Cnl, Uptime Winthingtnn, by Ids nephew, ftntl wns with his yrinng imister In nil the ImidiiiH hittiles in the Hmitli, ending with the siege of Vnrktown, A TAVmn Decunatiun.— The El* GnztUt publishes n letter from William S, Lane, Esq., who was appointed an elector lor the 23d Congressional District, in this State, by the late Taylor Conven tion, in Harrisburg. He says he is lor a National Convention, and by inference for Clay. Medical State Convention.— The Faculty of the Philadelphia College of Medicine have eleited Professor Gibbon find Jesse R. Burden! to represent that popular and flourishing institulion in the Medical State Convention, which assembles in Lancaster, on the 11th of the coming month. . ET* Mrs. Adams has sent a letter of ackndtvl edgement to the colored citizens of Philadelphia, for their resolutions in honor of the memory- of her late husband. Cexsl-s of Texas.— The Secretary of State has reported to the Legislature the following censis of Texas: Total white population, Entitled to vote, Free negroes, Total population, Appoi xtments. —The President has made the following appointments: Charge d'Affaircs to Rome, Dr. J. E. Martin, now Secretary to the Legation in Paris; do. to Guatemala, John Appleton, now Chicf Clerk to the Department of State; do. to Bolivia, Elijah Hise, of Kentucky; do. to Ecuidor, Vanburgh Livingston, now an appraiser in the New York Custom House. IET* The.Mercersburg (Pa.) Journal, a whig: heef, publishes the intelligence of the revolutio i ip France with this caption: “The Progress of JDcniop; racy!'' True enough. Death of Col. Bompord. —-This gentlemeii, for many years a distinguished officer of Engfncers and Ordinance in the United States Army, died; sud denly, at Boston, on the evening of the 25th inst. CUT The Democrat, published at Kittaning, Arm strong county, has raised the name of James Buch anan at its mast-head, and justly and truly remarks, “ with such a man as Mr. Buchanan for the leader of the Democratic party in the contest of ’4B, their triumph is certain.”' J Indefinite leave of absences. — The House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana,] hayp adopted a motion granting Judge McHenry nnliF ited leave of absence from the bench. This fis the Judge who imprisoned the .eloquent Soule' for looking at him. The sooner the bench is rid S' such creatures the better. I