REPORTER Wednesday, iay 14 1844." Ihr Plaided hi IBM MARTIN *AN BUSE* OF NSW TO4. Tar The Plaided, COL: DICTUM M. JOHNSO7 OF 11ENTUCIEIC Pabieqt to doeisiOn of a National Convention.] and lice President. _ - Senator4l. 13. George Schnabel. 14. Mal B. Eldred. 15. M. N. Irvine. Stators for President - lArriaast //Mena Asa Dotacx, I:George F. Lehman. - 2. Christian Hama. 3 . Mrdfinen H. Smith. 4, John Fla, (Phi's-) 5, Samuel V. Leech. 6: Samuel Camp. - 7. Jease . Sharpe. • 13.11.',W. Sample. ,9. Wm. Reidenrich. 10. Ceitad Shimer. I L Stephen Baldy. 12.1onah Piewster : • [lt James Woodburn. 17: Hugh Montgomery 19.1,m Ankney. 19. John Matthews. 20., William Patterson: 21. Andrew Burke. 22. John 23. Christian' Meyers. 24. Robert Orr. DEMOCAATIC NOMINATIONS. For. Governor, ZION. IItNRY A. *JiILENBIIRGI OF BERES. Tor Canal Commissioner,: JOSHUA HARTSHORNE, OF CHESTER. Blacii and White Slaves. If 'gentlemen will not •allow us to have qa4 slaves, they mast let us lave white ?nes, for WE. CANNOT , CUT •Olnt FBE-WOOD, AND BLACK OCR SHOES,AND HAVE OUR WIVES AND DAUG EI TERS WORK IN THE KITCH EN:" - -This is the language of HExaverdiv, who is now before the people of this Union soliciting of them to be placed in the highest office in their gift. ' When the remark_first came under our notice we were' reluctant to credit it, for we did not , believe that any man who in tnt youth had been accustomed to straddle o horse ond start off to a neigh boring mill with a grist, quid have so little sympathy with the laboring man as to have uttered this obnoxious sentence. And we did not admit it into our columns until we were satisfied by the clearest evidence that Henry "Clay was the au ':thor of these woids, which should in 3hemselves be - sufficient to condemn - - t him in the opinion of every one who has'any regard for the dignity of labor, `or for` the elevation of - the laboring Classes. • The federal qiapera, have, by every kind of subtMluge, edeavored to get rid ofiglie odium-casenpon the man, out of the abundatiee, of ,whose• heart came such words as . these. They declare • that it r is not to be foUnd in any speech of Mr. Clay. 'True, the opening speech of Mr: Clay upon the Miesouri ques tion, delivered Feb. 15, 1819, appears for some reason, never to have been published; . but`_ still we have proof enough to - coniiiiCe . any candid man, that.the assertionmade is true. Byrthe folloWing certificate it will be seen that Mr. Rich, of Vermont,, on the 17th of February, 1820, charged upon the 'Speaker, Mr. , Clay, in his own pre- settee s the remark s and no (evidence can be found that Mr. Clay ever denied .the charge. The certificate is from five members of the present Congress. CERTIFICATE. • • 4 , The undersigned certify that the following is a true and correct statement and quotation, at appears in a speech of Mr. Rich, of Vermont, as reported. in the National Intelligeucer, of July. 1, 1i120.„ Mt. R. ht. there ; reported to have said : "I have there, by the successful itt hence of my example, taught my eons to cultivate the .earth, while my daugh ten have been ins.trocted in the manu facture. of clothing Kor themselves and brothers, extending even to those I have now the honor to ; . wear ; and in the useful labors of the kitchen." Mr. R. here says in a note : . , " When this subject was ulider con sideraticin at the last session, theholter able speaker,, [Mr. Clay) remarked to the following effect If gentlemen will not allow us to have black slaves, they mum let us have white ones ; for we cannot cut our ftre weed, and black our shoes, and have our wives and daughters work in the kitchen." _ , • Librasipf Htnisevy Representatives, • , April 10, 1844. (Signed,) SAIII,SINONIS, of Cons;. - • AENNEDY, /gams. J: P. Bali, of N. Hampshire M. G. - LEotrano, orN. Fork. • T, J. IlEta.r.v, of Indiana. • Previous to this, Mr: Taylor, of New: York, had, cin the 15th Feb - . 1819 ,''th e. Missouri bill being than and a metion havtlig been ":that the • .1 further iutroauetzfa --of slavery or.in c4lantary scrOtudeb be prohibited, ex ' k • Wei t ceps for t e punts n o f crimes u;hereof the pasties shall have been Cul ly‘conviCted.",' made die felknitteg...,ee marks. winch found inAe!Niainii. al Intelligencei or March 20th, 1820,: You Cannot degiade it [label.] more effectually than by establishing'a eye ,em whereby it shalt be performed priacipally by slaves. The: business in which they:are,generallsr,engeged, be it what it may,_ipon becomes debas ed' in public estimation. It is consid crated low and unfit for freemen; 1 cannot-better illustrate this truth than: by referring to a remark of the , linora ble gentleman Crom Kentucky, (Mr. Clay.) 1 have often admireddie liber ality of his sentiments. He isgoverned by no vulgar Prejudices, yet with - Oat 'abhorrence did hi speak ofthe perform ance by our *rives 'and daughters, of 'those domestic otficeis which tie- was pleased to' call servile! -What core- parison did , he make between the . "black slaves" of Kentucky, and the t , white saves" of the Worth ; and how in stantlydid he strike the . balance in fa vor of the former I' If such opinions and expressions, even in . the ardor of debate, can fall from • 'that honorable gentleman, 'what-Well do you suppose are entertained of laboring men by the majority of slaveholders t" This John W. Taylor was subse quently elected Speaker-by the vote of the Clay and Adams coalition, conse- P nently his word should be considered good by. the friends of Mr. Clay. Can any proof be clearer than that Henry Clay did say at the time desig nated, that • if gentlemen ,will riot allow ua to have black slaves, theymust let us have WHITE ONES, for WE - OANNOT cv OUR FIRE-WOOD, AND BLACK OUR SHOES AND HAVE OUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS' WORK IN THE KITOHEN." The once poor boy, who is now de signated as the " Mill boy of the Slash es," and whose friends delight to call him the " Farmer of Ashland," has forgotten, the associations of his youth, and betrays, inadvertently, we suppose, a fee ing most diametrically opposed to the enius and spirit of our institutions ; a sPirit which would,fif indulged, erect an aistocracy; to hufirdOio the - ust the laboring man, and niakl his labor suhairvient to the wealfhy,and himself; post, emphatically a is whfle olave." CJn the laboring;min appall a can didate who feels as Henry Clay-feels. Letiarn, as he goes -to the forest to ."ciiithe fire-woodlthat is so necessary for the comfort of his family, learn,from the Mouth of Henry Clay, that he is engaied in a servile occupation and placed on a level with the degraded and oppressed black sieve. Let him, as he sees his wife and daughters providing for him the necessaries and luxuries of life, remember that Henry Clay says " that we cannot have our wives and daughters work in the kitchen." Ajway then with the hypocriticalpro fekstons of sympathy advanced-by the federal. papers. The language of their great leader, the tallest coon'in the country," is placed upon record, and it shoUld be engraven upon every man's memory. - It should be read at every fireside, with 'indignation, and every assemblage .of the intelligent and inde pendent yeomanry and laborers of this country should express their detestation of the sentiment it avows.' CorzuncoN.—On Saturday night, the 4thi inst., the trains from Baltimore and POadelribia came in contact ibout four and Oplf miles below . Havre de Grace. The*ward train, with several bond red passengers, was proceeding at a slow rate, when.it was met by the train from Philadelphia travelling at the rate of seventeen miles an hour.. The trains wore so close to each oth er; when discovered, that it was itnpos , Bible ili to get diem on the backward a • thral l . The engines Tveri of course stand) , reversed, but they had too =oh lot:Ward momentum , to run back in time, anti the result was , altightful The shock wasso. severe as to se riously alarm all the passengers. Sev eral leaped from the windows, Ohs:4 fell upon the flooring of the ears, and some stood.erect with, fright.- s As soon as it wag pos;ible, search was made to ascertain the extent.of the damage.. 'the tender of the ,up-rain was found sticking fast in the car im tsediately behind it—the licemotive had taken its place—the from ear of the downward train atom' erect in the air, the &Mee of it resting , ,on the .smtke pipe of the locomotive. , By the collisioni ani life was-lest; pon'personti'seriously and'it is step oe; au&e., pundier or passengers ',very .seittaki , The Tariff of ISI2, Our object in thisaricte ieAttnptyto state sothelaCte . " - iihich no . -IWhig Auceessfully. deny _and Whichin our, - opinion.are ineeparible objections:to . a Portien:Of this tariff law. Its effiP4eS a r tariff foirevenue haibeen ti - deereatiel it $27,764,060. - : The revenue . in 1841 ' by the then ;tariff, was P7,94647i ; the - revenue by the preient tariff in 1t342. 1 wa5114162,087.`. To;:cletreasit'ef. exports the same.year. was $13,412, 726 1 the greatest decrease since,lB; and - the gratest falling off of the'reve nue from tariff during-the -Same space oftithe. Notwithstandingthis decrease,l the-whigs persist' in distributink, the public lands among the several States ; 1 and in this way decrease the revenue about $3000,060 more. The present tariff to some extent amounts to a pro- . hibition, which of course must lessen the revenue ; and one of the certain ef fecti of a high tariff is, to lessen exporte. If our ports are shut, gainst certain ite parts; the:return tonage will, e propor tionably lessened. Vessels do not el:6e here from abroad and return utitreightd; but if a tariff is so high that they ca 4 not come the evil comes upon us in b i pth ways. If high duties make low prices, vhy, do not the whigs put as high rates; on the raw material as on the mannfactUred article? Great _pains has been taken to lay the tariff act of 1842, to let the raw material raised by the farther, and used by the manufacturer, come in al most free of duty; while the same, ar ticle in a manufactured state is highly protected against what is called I the pauper _labor of Europe. The follow.: ling is a correct table, showing some of the odious duties under the tariff of 1842, upon agricultural and other Iraw Materials and that upon the same terials when manufactured : Agriculture and other raw material. Hides, 5 per cent. • Linseed, 5 per cent. -, Wool, cheap. 5 percent. Cork, bark, free. Rags for paper, 1 cent per 11i. Quills unprepared, 15 per cent. -Silk, raw, 50 cents per lb. ißristles, 1 cent per lb. Brass, crude, free. Hemp, 30 to 32 per cent. Flax, raw. 1 c. or 7 to 9 per cent.' Leta, crude, to 3c. per lb. Tin, crude, in pigs, 1 per cent. • Wood, rough, 20 per cent. fine manufactured materials—high. Leather, 35 per cent. 'Linseed oil, 25 per cent. Woollens, 28 to 60 per cent. Corks made, 25 to 30 per cent. Paper, 15 to 17 cents per /b. Quills prepared, 25 per cent. Silks, $2 00, arc. Brushes, 30 per cent. Brass, manufactured, 30 per cent. Do kettles, 12 cents-per lb. Cordage, 100 to 130 per cent. Cotton baggage, 50 to 80 per cent. Cotton cloths, 80 to 120 per cent. Flax, manufactured, 25 to 50 per ci , nt. Lead pipes, &c, 4 cents per lb. Do white and red, 4 cents. Tin, in plates. 2} per cent. ( Wood, manufacturer!, 30 per cent. We hear inen talk a great dealt tiout pauper labor connected with tof manufactures, but not a word of pauper labor connected with the labor of the farmer. You will perceive by the, above table, that the farmer is net onto compelled to pay an oppressive tax up on the articles which are manufactured abroad—not only compelled to !, foster home manufactures,' but, his raw, mate , rat must be - Tut into ..competitioh with' the raw material raised abroad. Now can it be possible, that any western far mer can be deceived in ;the operation of this tariff law (tax act) of 1842, nu'. der which the manufacturers share the spoils, like the share of the. lien in the fable, and monopolizinll. Can any principle be*more hnequal in ils . operation i The farrneris brought into the competition of foreign products of the same, is compelled to Compete with the pauper labor Europe ; but when he wants the same. -article manu factured, be must pay a. honus to rich stockholders, in . rnaiaufacturirg Compa nies, that they -may have lame divi4 lends. • INDIVIDITALLIABILITY Ainong the proposed amendments to the constitution of New York, - is one which provides that hereafter :all mem bers of banking institutions shall-be in diridoilly iiable for the 'lssues of the in with, which they may be con nected, or in which they may own stock: :, Wino AlasTuto.—A wfiig meeting‘ very --,, respectable; as far as numbers were concerned. wail field at the Court fia4earogAleduesday. E eveoiei The:tiOaviotereefing part of the'. eler. cisoe were the: ; ; .ao thouthtthe PeoPle s issembledi at.-.least MEE Dreadful Illots ERN RIOTS of brotherly-leve is in a air , way to lose its peaceableVeognomen, - ..apd quite,adesignatien and: i teration more in . accordince ~ P ith -the rietoite 'await ter of Some - portion of its iehabitints. On Saturday evening4thinst., a row took place among the firenien, in Which several Were badly - hurt, and on 'Sari= days (a - favorite bye-the bye, in that city for suet' diversion,) the firemen were engaged in !another riot, in Which'one man va t s , jointed iso , that his life was despaired. o 1 and others injured-very severly. On Sunday afte‘ocin a t squabble be: Wien the firemen teak' place in Frank; lin Spate; ameng a'ntimber of persons belonging tol l rival fire;Com parties. On Monday afternoon s Philadelphia was the scene of IS most serious and 'bloody riot between i the *five Amer . 1 leaner . .midi:litters.. a number of persons . werkutortnily wounded b; the oischarge of tie erms;•and one peron shot thro' the head; arid instantly killed. - The riot Continued until 12 O'clock at,filght, the greatest alarm and conster nation prevailing, 'no pan knotting at What moment he would be shot down. Squads of men •on ail sides were armed, and , the looker-on was in no place safe from harm. Fire-arms were ; discharged from houses; and 'behind fences, and i l from alley-Ways." t Continuation of the Ilhots.—Later in telligence (tom Philad'a conveys the par deists of the riot on Tuesday and Wed nesday, frorri Which it will be seen that this outbitak of 'populat violence bas caused the destruction of many lives and much property. • On Tuesday, a meeting' of the native Americans was held in , the State House yard, which adjourned to ,Kensitigton, where' they were fired; ,upon, and the ri oting again commenced. !The following were the' persons injured, whose names could be ascertained: ma- MI ,J. Wesley Rhinedollar, who was 'standing near tlid market, was shotdead. "George Young, a resident of South ( • wark, received a ball in his breast, which passed out Of his back near the shoulder blade. He was tarried tb Dr. Griffith's 'on Second street, from whence - he was afterwards removed, with'but slight hopes of his reetn i tery. ' August 4 Peale, a resident of the city received a ball in his left arm, whichlwas shattered severely. i Matthew Hamit, shipwright, a resi dent:of Kensington, was' shot dead: Lewis preible, a resident of South wark, was, shot through the head, and died instantly. Peter .Albright was won dad hand by ball or slug. ; Wright Ardis was shot in theAtip, said to be a dangerous wound. - - William's E. Hilman, a resident of Kensington, received a 'shot in his right shoulder, thought to be seririus, James Whitaker was shot in the right thigh, and, bone splintered. Chariest:l rte, a resident of the North ern Liberties, was wounded. Henry Hesslepoth, residing at the cor ner of Poplar lane and Third street, re-. ceived a shot in the fleshy part of ,the hand. • Willi H. Blaney received a shot in the -leg. John Lusher, a resident of Kensing ton, shot, the breast, taken home and not expected to - survivei Daingithe latter part of the afternoon the houses on, Cadwallader street, north of Master, were fired, and continued turning for several hoth7. No fire ap-' paratus was put in requisition. It, is said that several companies made at-, tempts to'reach the spot, _ but were pre vemtad. From appearances we judge:that some ten or twelve buildings were consumed. John Taggart, charged with the shoot ing of Ithinedollar, and taken bet Ore Al derman I3oileao. }lei was committed, u. and punto the custody Of an officer, to be taken to prison. '.l l 'he crowd that fol lowed mithe'office, upiezi his being taken out, resisted the 'efforts of:the ,afficet to execute the commitment. 'On'the way down Second street he was . beset by the mob, = who Were oxcied to The highest pitch, and beaten. and battered in the . most awful Manner. "Propositions were; made to hang him, and a rope was put around his neck, with which he was dragged some' distance, - notil N iai k completely exhausted, and supposed"to be dead. After : this : Was"taken to.the Nerthern Liberty watch : house, where,` it appears, tie revived, and „pig at, the last amounts. an allege& that, hn.,wa.s seen to ()Whale; 4 1 #4,* 'musket twice,und when arrested:befiad, it inhOpossOsiTii flarzeir *ith'i ten finger load - . • Abotn,dark - Pen. Cadwallader, in phe dience' to the requisition”" of the sheriff, proceeded 'to . the spot ,with a military force and took a position, near the scene 'of thoconflagratiort.,:" I. At an early hour on Wednesday morn ing the scene of the riots was crowded by hundreds of persons, but all seemed peaceable and orderly, but about eleven o'clock,„several, buildings Were. set on fire and ponsumed. At two o'clock St. -Michael's church was fired, and totally desttoyed, with,seVeral other buildings. Dtiring the daynotwithstanding the pres , epee of the.military the mob appeared to have poisession of the groind and vari ous buildings were burned and otherwise destroyed: • • ' • 'About ten minutes before ten o'clock ? Ore was communicated :to .the vestibule of the St. Augustine's church; it isjiaid, by a bey about fourteen years old. •It increased with_ rapidity after once under way, and dense masses of smoke Curled Out from every window. BlOadStied. pin few, minutes, the flames reached, the belfry, and burst out from the upper window in broad sheets. The whole steeple was soon wrapt in the devouring element, and_preeented a 'terriffic aspect. The clock struck ten Willie .the Are was raging in his greatest fury. At, twenty _minutea past ten o'clock, the cross which surmounted the ; steeple, and which re.; mained unhtirt, fell with a' loud crash, amid the plaudits Of a large portion of the spectators. In ten mintitesafterwards the steeple, which had stood. until burnt to a mere skeletonfell, throwing up a mass of cin ders which fell like a shower of gold up on the builliogs and streets northeast , of the church, The heat during the height of the fire was so intense that, persons could hardly look at the flames at the distance of a square,' and the light was so brilliant as to dim even the gas lamps. The St. Michael's Church and the Se minary, in Kensington, cost for huilding, from thirty-five to forty thousand dollars, and St. Augustine's not less than thirty thousand &gists. The amount of pro perty thus far destroyed cannot be less than one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars: No less than two hundred families have been compelled to remove from their homes. The sights presented during yesterday and last night were truly sickening.— Men with their wives, and often six or seven, children, trudging fearfully tbro' the streets, with small bundles, seeking a refuge they knew not where. Mothers with infants in their arms, and little ones folkiwing.after them, carrying away from their homes whatever they could pick up a(the instant, passing along yith fearful tread, not knowing where to turn. bEItOCRATIC VICTORY IN ELMIRA.-- The charter election of Elmira N. Y., was lield on Monday week,- and as we learn from the Gazette, resulted in .a most complete victory for .the demo crats. .In 1840 the village gave 15 majority ;`at the late election,,the dem ocrats gained it by eighteen;. 4:ETIT/ON.--A petition for a par don r Kaine and Flinn, the two Pitts burg publishers, in prison for calling Judge Grier a name that sensible judg es do not like to be called , has been sent from that cit3i, to Governor Por ter with three thousand names. Gen. tIACIZSON ON " ANNEXATION. " -- It is said that a letter from Gen. Jack son had just been received in Washing ton, and would be hnutediately publish 'ed, in witich.the Old here says, ,t.ive must have Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must." . Jousisom--The old !fern, we are glad to learn from the Democratic Union, has beets invited_to visit Penn sylvania, during. the present 'summer, and has indicated his'intention to com - plywith :the request, His - nephew, • CoI. SEVIER; Will accompany him, Dukcicnivric-AssommoN.--A.Meet , ing of the bemocratie association. was , held at the Co l ti House ; on 'Tuesday evening, of firth court:week. . "-The meeting was very fully, attended: end elOquently addressed by Neisre: Smith, Baird, and Elweil. PnoNoTED.—Brcother T:4•TE qitor and 'proprietor ,of the i - elliirilhia En *la qqirer, `has been el9q ',,,,,—*.‘" colqqql. Ini,the*l-iiei, ;24,- latir - ISt. ~, 're ,tht‘ right; Aress'!" • Pies!- D 1 .Wtiq La i , , 1144 following is a synopsis Militia passed by our late of le;, We are indebted to then ;Eagle for its compilation. The. bill providestbat all able whit e smile persons between the of .is and 45, who have resided Ifi, this commonwealth one m o m ; be eehject to do militia duti, ez ttpi following' 4 le - Executive and J u di : officals of the U. S., Meroliers of gress, eustom-house officers, Mail. riirs, ferrymen employed on Pos t ,peetinasers,-inspeettirs exports, lots and messiness, Ministers of the pel, and all those,who have san e & ven successive years as an actiro tst ber in a volunteer . company, and s' others ! The.company parades oil first Monday in May, and the Datil) andßegimental parades to man s! on the second Monday of t h e - f month of each year. . '`The fines -for non-attendasr dollars for Colonels and Maj e dollars for Stair officers.each, c o! officers two dollars per dap..., s , missioned officers and privates M per 4iy. - An boards of Appeal and tion abolished. The fines to ted by townibip collect;jtv, county taxes. The list °taboo' be forwarded - to the• Brigade It —whose duty is to forward a list absentees within' the bounds of `ty to the Board of Commission such county and a duslicate cc the Auditor General of the State Eying to the correctness of the when the amount will be char; the. Treasurer of the proper count military fund. The law makes it a duty on al sons within the . bounds of any ny ofmilitia within the State, so! .militia duty, to assemble at the place of Company training's on t! Monday in May, and there norni suitable person or perons nbr competent to discharge the Serf ties, and' forward said nominal commanding officer of the pro's ment ; and if such citizens rel neglect thus to assemble shall, two dollars each; &c. If no person can be had to tai enrollment, the Inspector notify 'township issessor, who is requi do di) forthwith. heavy penal' neglect of duty 'enact of all imposed. Assam.x.- 7 -The son of the tau Sprague, of Providence, was as in the street on Wed'n'esday nigt some unknown person, and so - ser beaten that his life is despaired The father of this young man, be remembered, was reeenfir and shot, for which a uilan. - Gordon, was- Knvicted; FREE BLACKS ORDERED FED' —The Gardiner H. Wright New York, on Sunday, limo. zas, reports that on the 2d OM Governor of Cuba, issued an eDet all the free Maelts - must leave the i within ten days. A SkiTUE OF FRANKLIN. — The Orleans papers state that it is in tern pladon by the citizens of that to embellish it witly statue of Ft to be executed by Powers, the guished..American 4 sculptor, Pt Italy. REV. T. P. Htmr.—Thisitiim at Vicksburg, Tenn., and we 1! a paper printed at that place, . 2 considerable of an excitement. sequence of tiis zeal in the 4 N cause. The papers condernn in the stronvestlangu'age. Tug Turaerv.4:The Treaty nexation by sole moans wa,to to the editor / Of the New York ing Post, 'tyhlie the injunction , cy was placed upon the meet Congress. 'film body hares( investigate the matter. IiNITED STATES Itt.. Et eg l The Genera Conference ofthe 7 dist Episcopal Church comp New York on the Ist inst. 'l l dance,was very fat. ComiEcrienT.--trbe Legit,!al this state met on Wednesday If and eleeied J. M. illlcC~frdy Speaker joh, ll linslosebniirety' , the , use of: o' 'from tije- iffia,of the e3PI9' booed the Princeton. • • Aft •