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<the Lynch law is here in full force.
Robbers and wilful fire-raisers (these being the pre
vailing crimes) are punished with extraordinary
On Friday and yesterday several thieves- were
taken flagrante delicto , tried by the by-standers, and
shot at once. This happened in several instances
on Friday. In the Champs Elysees three men
were shot that day. In the Rue Richelieu, yester
day, two young thieves were shot, and their bodies
lelt lying on the spot, with a paper on their breasts,
having the word u Yoleur” in large characters in
scribed upon it. Another band of eight robbers
was brought out for execution in the same uncer
emonious manner to the Place de la Madeleine,
but the largeness of the number made the amateur
executioners hesitate. But the hesitation did not
do much to prolong the lives of the malefactors,
for upon being carried to the maire of the first, aron
disement, which is- hard by, the mayor was soon
satisfied that justice was about to be done, and gave
his sanction to the execution, which was forthwith
executed in the court
Speech of Lamartine.
The Presse says:—Five times during the day M.
de Lamartine addressed the people assembled under
the windows of the Hotel de Ville. The following
is an extract:
;i It is thus you are led from calumny to calumny
against the men who have devoted themselves,
head, heart, and breast, to give you areal Republic
—the Republic of all rights, all interests, and all
the legitimate rights of the people. Yesterday
you asked us to usurp, in the name of the people
of Paris, the rights of 35.000,000 of men, to vote
them an absolute Republic, invested with .the
strength of their consent, that is to say, to make ol
that Republic, imposed and not consented, the will
of a part of the people, instead of the will of the
whole nation. To-day you demand from us the red
flag instead of the tri-colored one. Citizens! lor
my part, I will never adopt the red flag; and 1 will
explain in a word why 1 will oppose it with all
the strength of my patriotism. It is. citizens, be
cause the tri-colored flag has made the tour ol the
world, under the Republic and the empire, with
our liberties and our glories, and/that the red flag
has only made the tour of the (Champ de Mars,
trailed through the torrents of the blood of the
people."
At this part of the speech of M. de Lamartine,
in that astonishing sitting of GU hours, in the midst
of an irritated crowd, every one was suddenly af
fected by his words ; hands were clasped and tears
shed, and they finished by embracing him, shaking
his hands, and bearing him in triumph. In a mo
ment after, fresh masses of people arrived, armed
with sabres and bayonets. They knocked at the
doors; they filled the sallcs. The cry was, that
all was lost; that the people were about to lire on
or stifle the members of the Provisional Govern
ment. M. de Lamartine was called for. He was
supplicated-to go dnee more, fur the last time, to
address the people. He was raised on a step of
the stuiren.se: the crowd remained half an hour
without consenting to listen to lum, vociferating,
brandishing arms of all kinds over his head. Al.
de Lumurtiue lidded his arms recommenced his
address, and llnishinl by pollening, appeasing, ami
earessing the intelligent ami sensible people"; ami
ileterminingtbem either to withdraw, or to become
themselves the milbgaaid of the Provisional Low
emienh
I lie Ibm Uluiml Uiivummuiil ImMiiiiutineiiil ilmi
(w iliwim ifiimlm it. ilic iiitiimiiil ilufi ui iliu
r'ft'm'li llu|mblii>, 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