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Towanda, Wednesday; in1y:22,4846.;
FUR CANAL COMNiissiONER:
WILLIAM B. FOSTER Hr.
OF BRADFORD - ; - ;
Heeling of the - Standing Committee.
The gentlemen composing the Bomnaratic
COW Committee for Bradford county, are requested
to ho Present at Ira H. Stephen.. on Saturday. July 25,
816, at 2 o'clock. P. M., for the purpo.e of appointihg
Umninittees of Vigilance, and in preparation for the
rooting September ,Coneentinn. The following are the
names of the Committee.
E. O'MEARA GOODRICH,
PETER C, WARD.
EDSON ASPEN WALL.
FREDERICK ORWAIi.
CHARLES STOCKWELL,
JOHN BALDWIN,
JOHN WATKINS.
The liFhlk Press
• Soon after Mr. Wilmot's election, The New York
Tribune, the grand focus of Abolitionism, Whiggery,
Fourierism, the watercure, and other humbugs of the
present day, gave currency to the report that he was a
•• Frec.tratle man," and the thousand other papers. which
spealt. only when it speaks, caught up the cry, and join
ed full chorus. Since which time, this assertion,
though most emphatically denied, has been most assidu
ously promulgated, and the little organs aforesaid, have
been perseveringly engaged in libelling and defaming Air.
Wi !mut.
And now, for his independence in voting to carry oyt
the princip:es so long maintained—so openly avowed,
and so well understood by the people of his district—
Mr. W. has aiready,been most severely and ,enjuatly,
and in some instance, brutally assailed by the Whig
press, who are ever ready to " bend the supplant binges
of the knee" to the money power. As a specimen of
refined language—from "all the decency" party, we
quote a sentence prom the Harrisburg Telegraph
"We rijoice in being able to record the votes of all
the Imo foto members in Congress from this state, ex
cepting Wilmot, of Bradford county. against the repeal
-of the tariff of 1842. This recreant son who basely be
trayed. her interests, and voted with the free traders,
should be banished from het territory. His infamous
treachery should be.revenged by disowning and turning
him upon the south for support"
L - r:f There is no occasion Mr. Telegraph, to send Mr.
South fur support. His constituents at the
North can give him SUITICICST SUPPORT to return him
to Congress again over any ultra prolectioniat that can
be scared up.
Oar Relations with Mexico.
We are embarked in a war with the Mexican nation.
A call has been made upon the patriotic citizens of the
United Slates by the Commanding General, and the
Government, for aid, and more than twenty thousand
volunteers have joined in the response to that call. It
will be difficult for Mexico to bring into the field any
considerable force to oppose the army which will soon
be organised upon die frontier of Missouri, Arkaneasand
Texas, and ready to act on the ollenbive, if necessary.
The bravest of the troopsof Mexico, and the most valiant
of her Generals were at the Rio Grande--and the events
of those memorable days prove that Mexican valor and
skill in war, can never withstand the bravery and patriot
ic love of liberty which animate the breasts of freemen,
and impel them in defence of the rights and liberties of
their country.
IVhils we rejoice in the jtistice of our cause, and the
brilliant success of oar arms—we are pained to know
that there are those among us—American citizens—
elaiming to be friends of their couniry, who denounce
this war as unjust and aggressive. Have we no cause
for war! Texas by her own act has been annexed to
the United States; and by this union, and by this act,
two powers recognised as independent by the great fami
ly of nations, have combined into one nation. Texas
relinquished her power as a nation, and by her own
choice chose to take rank as a state, under the Parental
guardianship of the Constitution of the United Stets.—
Are not the United States then, bound by every considera
don to defivad every inch of the territory of Texas !
Mexico having lost control of Texas, thr eatens
. her with
invasion, and enrols troops for this avowe d purpose—and
sends to England to raise Binds to prosecute the war.—
By the lawi of nation; This of itself would be cause for
war: ;.:Again, she rejects the Minister of this goversubent,
and; idler he hid waited several months upon her har
dens, closes all negotiations. Is there not sufficient
cause in aR thii for war I But, it is urged by the friends
of Mexico —e nemies of America, that our army passed
the boundary of Texas, and finis invaded Mexico; that
when our• army proceeded west of the Neuces rive
it entered upon Mexican territory, and consequently be
came invaders. It is easy for one, disposed to take aides
with the enemy, and oppose his own country, to find a
pretext for his troika; by making allegations which can
not be sustained by fact. ' •
Any man who reads, and whodoes not hate his coun
try, and as a consequence, look upon her acts with a
jaundiced eye, may find abundance of authority of the
highest character, establishing the Rio Grande as the
boundary between Mexico and Texas.
We have recently had our attention called to this sub
ject by an article in the Westchester Republican, in re
ply to a card from the Hon. Mr. M'llvaine, who repre
sents that district in Congress; in which the Hon. gen
tleman denounces the present war as unjust and anne
crssary. We have no doubt that the small beer politi
cians who are denouncing our country at the corners of
the :greets, take their cue from such Hon. Whig Mem
bers of Congress; and that, if the secret of their denun
ciations was fully exposed, there might be seen at the
bottom a deep laid scheme concerted by the Whig lead
ers to excite sympathy for the poor injured Mexicans,
and create prejudice against the National Administration.
id the bopeof elevating to the Presidential chair a genuine
whig—a friend of Mexico—a foe to the best interests of
America; and who, if be had the pride; would dismem
ber Texas and restore her to Mexico.
• Oui friend Strickland, of the Republicim, like a true
pitriet,, met the Hon. Representative, as every patriot
would meet a traitor; and after having Bogged him
pretty severely, exhibits him to the public with all his
deformities upon him as follows:
"But the honorable gentleman seems to think there is
something in the question of boundary, which may
he so presented as to avail him • for a defence in his
Mexican policy, and he strives to make it appear that
when .our Army proceeded beyond:the Nuecea, we in-.
laded the hicsicsit territory. •It is unnecessary to argue
this point. We have aimed) , produced abundance of
authority, of the highest character, showing that the boon
dery and Terails the Rio del ;
and consequently that the advance of the army beyond
the Humes, was not an invasion of Mexican territory.—
'l'hisposition of Mr. Mcilvaine's is contradicted by the
action °four own. Congress 'before the war, with. the
satietkin . of the 'idea of Adams and others, extending
our ransoms laws west of the Noeces: and it is also run.
indicted by the presence of a member of Congress who
occupies his seat , as the representative of ea:KM:eats
west of that river, and is recognized in that body so the
equal, in points of rights and printer. * with any other
inAmber, not ev er, excepting Moser, representative
l'unher, on this poi n t, and the coo., of the inn; we
goi;o es•rata from 'a lati.......preat of the
lion. 31.. 1 . soc ey of htha fit :-
- "is not the Rio Grinder, then,
to all intents and put'
poses the Texan boundary, until it isaltered by negotia
tion! Where is the law defining any other boundary 1
'Sir, thine none: The - reitidutiona'of annexation admit
Tel", withilet lionridarhe subject alone - to: idjustekent
by negotiation. Until negeti•thaticuitatles thefts:sites:lo:
tiered by 'Alias to be byre letters': is the. poem which
can rightfully do so WhO made the Maces the Than
boundary line! Can the gentlaman fled any law so
defining itt:C. It exists only in the distempered and Greer...
ed brain of those who can see no line for our country
honorably to rest upon in that country. The means
pointeduut in the resolutions 9f annexation of. settling
lend peicesidy e. Going the limits between the two come.
trier failing, the Texan law is the law of the land—re
cognized by Congress in its act of annexation and of
extension of the revenue leers over that State. The
President can know,no other boundary ; and in ordering
the idol, to the Rio Grande, he did what hebad aright
to do as the commandff.in.chief—what he was bound to
do as rrendent of the republic. If, then, the "Rio
Grande ought to be our boundary," the President
"ought to be" no .subject of censure. If Mexico
was in army, and in hostile attitude, it did not become a
prudent Executive to wale until the country wu loud.
ed before he used the means given him by the nation
for its defence. He was in duty hound to anticipate it
after such a series of hostler demonstrations, and to place
the effective force of the country in such position es would
most easily preserve our soil from an invading army.
"The question as to the order of the removal of our
are,; should be, was IT 81011T1 If right, wu Mexico
justifiable in meeting that army in hostile array on our
alit I Was Mexico justifiable in entrapping and slay
ing the commands of Porter or Threnton ! in attempts
to cut off our army from its depot of supplies! Was
Mexico right in refusing to prevent intercourse between
our officers and our consul! If we should ever have a
right to traverse the territory claimed by Texas, we had
failed to obtain a 'peaceful bearing upon it from Metico;
and if we then had it, Mexico took all the responsibilities
of war npun herself, in invading that territory, and cut
ting off our detached Inutiea. The consequences that fol
lowed this Mexican aggression, all are familiar with.
" Our small detachment of troops were surprised and
cut oil: The blood of the 'nave was profusely shed, and
our whole force opposed Ind attacked by three times
their number on our own soil, before American forbear
ance gave place to just indignation, and American valor
achieved for itself lasting glory on the plainsof Palo Alto
and Pleases de la Pula r,,"
'llhere sae yet other FACTC, which taken in connection
with those now and heretofore cited, wholly repudiate
the idea advanced by Mr. Mcllviine, that the United
States had no rip lit, beyond the Seems. That aU the
pretensions, clanns and rights, u regards territory and
otherwise, that pertained to Texas, by annexation desoly.
rd upon our Gov ernment ; and if she roads or exercised
pretensions, cloi.ns and rights beyond the Nunes, we
ran make or ex•ircise the same. This will notbe denied,
and yet its adcU.sion justifies fully the conduct of our
Government in moving our troops beyond the Nuecu.—
That Texas had and exercised claims and rights between
the Nneees and Rio Grande, appears most conclusively,
by the far LA which we will now briefly state—facts stated
open the floor of Congress by the Hon. Mr. Douglass,
and never contradicted.
When, in 1836, the people of Texas assembled in
convention to form their Constitution, the inhabitants
between the Nuecee and Rio Grande, had their represen
tative in that body. Jamea Powers, a citizen and re
sident of that part of 'rem, was a delegaie in that con
vention.
Ttie citizens between the Nueces atyl Rio Grande
subsequently had a representative in the Texan Congress.
That representative resident west of the Nueces • and the
rime man was • member of the convention whi ch (rimed
the constitution of Texas preparatory to her admission
into the Union, and he is now a member of the Texan
Senate.
Texas has had for yearn, counties and courts organix
ed and established west of the Nueces.
During the war between Texas and Mexico, an armis.
tire was proposed and agreed to, and in the proclamation
of the President of Mexico announcing its existence, the
Mexican troops were directed to, and did, retire to the
west bank of the Rio Grande.
Now in the face of facts which have time and again
been produced on this subject, can any man pretending
to he a citizen of our- Republic, and having the least
spark of patriotism in hii bosom, say that our Govern
ment had no right to advance beyond the Nueees 1 We
leave the people to answer."
Americans will gay NO. Her olefins, may say yes
The Tariff.
The late passaged the bill, in the House of Represen
tatives, for the modification of the tariff of 1842, was an act
of great importance. It was a triumph of right over
might, and is but • beginning, we fondly hope, of that
enlightened, liberal and comprehensive policy which
shall hereafter characterize the administration dour na-,
tional affairs, and lead to* permanent standard of revenue
duties, and a highly prosperous result to all branches of
our industrial pursuits.
The effect of this bill, if it passel the Senate, will be
to reduce the rate of " protection," afforded to some arti
cles manufactured in this country. Consequently, we
may soon expect to hear of distress and rumors of die.
tress, most hordble in detail—when spread on paper—et
which our whig cetemporaries ars proficient; our ears
will be stunned with reportsoffactories stopped, of work
men discharged, of orders countermanded, of commerce
stagnated, and et whig "distress " generally, for the time
being, until all has settled into ealm, and quiet prosperi
ty, and the whip themselves trill be astonished to find
that every thing is so prosperous.
Our people may draw instruction and profit - from the
history of this attempt at equalizing the profits and bur
dens to be borne by the community, which will afford
them more good than a dozen lectures on political econo
my. It may teach them to beware of the Money Power.
It is the antagonistic principle to Democracy. It has
ever warred against the progression of human nature,
and against the rights of man. In every country, where
legislation has encouraged and fostered and protected it,
it has grown and increased, until its huge form has cast
a shadow over the length and breadth of the land, and a
sight of its glaring and glittering externals has been the
only recompense that squalid misery and honest poverty
—borne down by its burdens, could obtain. This mighty
power is but a germ, as yet in our land. God grant that
it may never control our destinies, .or have a preporider-
VICE in oar political affairs.
It is this power, which has so assiiiluorudy banded for
the permanency of the tariff of 1842. And hence the
denunciations which have been cast upon the friends of
its modification ; the money which has been lavished in
" shows " and " fairs ;" the strenuous exertions to prevent
this have been dictated by selfish and mercenary motives.
We now assert.and shall hereafter take occasion to make
plain—that the Tariff of 1842, was most unequal, unjust
Mad oppressive in many of its details, and a just regard
for the prosperity of our country, and the permanency of
just and equal protection to our manufactures demanded
its reduction to a standard, which giving them " pro
tection " enough to compete with other nations, would
produce revenue sufficient to carry on our government,
and operate to the mutual advantage of all.
These clamors for the preservation of the Tariff in its
present shape, regardless of its onerous hoidens; and
the epithets heaped upon those who would demonstrate
it+ operation and expose its inconsistencies, contain a
warning which should reach to the heart of every Ameri
can. 'Whlit! shall a tariff not he modified, if it needs
modification 1 Is there anything sacred in its name,
which makes it sacrilege to touch it! Anything su
highly elevated in its operation that it is high treason to
discuss and expose its incOnsistraies! Now, for our
par, we are desirous of the prosperity of our beloved
country. We are willing to pay our share towards foe
tering our manufactures. But we must confess we
would like to know how far it is nexessary (or as to he
taxed to protect our 'manufactures; and if it is necessary
for purposes of protection,-that they should be able to
declare dividends of 10, 20, 30 and 40. per amt.!
Our e_iisqn manufactures reach the uttermost outs o
_ .
he earth. They enter English Ports in competition with
British Manufacturers,. "bearding the lion in his den."
The British , troop' in India, it it said, perform their
drilla,in drilling of American manufaritunte r r If pito>
lion has accompinhed this. we are content.: But we
d;marid that these :ntanufacturesehould stand upon their
own foundation. -We fear not the result; monopolists
may grumble that they cannot longer " fleece" industry
and whig presses may manufacture whole columns of
distress; but capitalists, we feel assured. be content
with fair remunerations, if they cannot persuade the Peo
ple to-submit to imposition, and the government to legis
late to fill their coffera
Mimic is Swear.—The headlong sweep of a thun-
dering cataract. as leaps from rock to rock, cleaving the
wave worn precipice, and shaking the abyss, inspires one
with feelings of reverence and awe. But the sweet
seal•pleasing, heart calming notes from ladies' lips heard
M a beautiful night on our lovely river, soothes the dis
comforted, brings balm to the wounded heart, and makes
all Owego ring with the echoes of delightful melody.—
We have been soothed, we have been touched by sweet
music, as it was borne by zephyrs pregnant with melo
dious notes upon our delightful ears. It was our good
fortune, but a few evenings ago to be an ear witness to
one of those strains so grateful to the heart and bellow
ing to the feelings. Just finegiucone of the purest most
lovely evenings of July, the moon unmanned, showering
bet rays of modest light upon the still and placid waters
of the Susquehanna, then imagine the silence of the
scene, agreeably broken by a choir of well tuned voices
breaking out in full chorus—echoing and re-echoing
among the rocks and hills that help to prolong the grate
ful sound—such an enjoyment we have seldom before
had the pleasure of participating in, and we earnestly
hope that more frequently our eyes and ears may be
pleasantly saluted by the amiableness of the performers,
and the sweet music which they atone are so fully com
petent to produce."
The above is from the Owego Gazette. ' We think
our friend Charley ought to here wound up with the
following stanza :
"Music bath charms to soothe the savage,
To rend a rock and split a cabbage."
CiINDID•TE roe '4B.—Some of the Whigs
have nominated Gen. Vega for President.' It is said that
he goes in with Giddings of Ohio fur a dissolution of the
Union, sod that he believes, with our friend Greeley,
that the war against Mexico is " murder." It is not yet
decided whether Greeley or Giddings will be put on the
ticket u Vice President.—Daily Globe.
If Gen. Vega should be fortunate enough to be elected,
be would in all probability select men for his cabinet
from among the good Whigs of the city of Towanda.—
We are sure he could find enough of the " right stripe."
GEN. Tavzoa.—Gen. Taylor, by previous
accounts from the Army, contemplated moving
- towards Monterey on the 10th inst. We see
by the last number of the Republic of the Rio
Grande that some such movement was expect.
ed in camp, as preparations for thin departure of
the Army from Matamoras had been commenc
ed. The greatest enthusiasm •and confidence
in old " Rough and Ready" prevailed in camp
among both regular and volunteers, and with
such a feeling in his favor wherever he march
es it will be to victory. When it was announc;
ed in the brigade of volunteers that Gen. Scott
was not to supersede General Taylor, so great
was . the joy of the men, and so apparent. that
their colonels immediately called them out and
marched them to tne bank of the river, opposite
the old hero's quarters, and gave him a military
salute ; after which the soldiers gave him three
cheers, the heartiness of which plainly indicat
ed that they were from the heart. The Repub
lic of the Rio Grande says :
" Every face was elated with joy, and loud
and numerous were the expressions of delight
that followed the announcement. Everybody
seemed end is of opinion that he should be left
to consummate that work so gloriously begun;
and now that the reins are in his hands, and
the weeds of his vehicle unlocked, we have no
doubt that lie will be All at the winning pod.
Loved by his own soldiers, respected by the en.
emy,(for his generous and humane conduct to
them here,) idolized by the people of the United
States, and complimented by all their corporate
bodies, what else was needed to fill lull the
measure of his glory but that which lie has just
received—the absolute command of the Army
of Occupation ; a position which in the hearts
of Americans finds a pre-eminent and a lasting
place. anti falsifies the MlOollsaying,that • re
publics are ungrateful."
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL Accwasr.—W bile
two young men, named George Wood and Ro
bert Brown, were fishing on Mitchell's Flails,
near Charleston, on Thursday morning last, a
dzvil-fish became entangled in the cable, drew
up the anchor. and made off with the boat, with
great velocity. Young Wood ran forward for
the purpose of cutting the cable, but before he
could effect his design, the sea monster gave a
sudden turn and capsized the boat, throwing
ood offsome distance from her. Brown held
on to the boat, and succeeded in getting on her
bottom, the fish Bull towing the boat through
the water with great speed. With much pre
sence of mind, Brosin stripped off _his clothes,
the fish still running, and making for Drum Is
land, which he approached within fifty yards,
when it made another turn, and took the boat
down in deep water. Brown then swam ashore,
and after remitting it, looked for and discovered
his companion swimming. lie hailed him and
was answered, but soon after, we regret to say,
disappeared, being no doubt exhausted, as he
had sustained himself by swimming at least half
an hour.
THE MORMON WAR C LOSED.—The Hancock
Eagle of,the 21st ult. brings intelligence that the
apprehension of further disturbance has ceased.
and that the Mormon war is at an end. It thus
concludes an article on the suoject :
* We have good reasons for believing that
not only the inhabitants of the surrounding coun
try. but a majority of the eitizeits of Hancock
are decidedly opposed to the measures and de
signs of the Regulators ;' and if we are not
much mistaken, forthcoming events will make
this manifest. To conclude, we think we are
justified in announcing that PUBLIC opinion has
prostrated Lynch law' in this county, and that
we can look lot ward to the enjoyment of per
peace."
A SPARTAN WIFE.—We take the liberty of
publishing Ate following extract from a private
leas.. winch was written to a gentleman of
this city " I must give you an anecdote of
a woman's spirit which took place here a few
days back. U married a man. a Lieut. of the
—Guards" who volunteered to proceed to
the seat of war. Some meddling gossip advis
ed hit wife to exert herself to prevent his go
ing. pointing out as is Uival in such cases the
dangers be would ineur.and the difficulties she
would labor under during his absence. "Let
him go." replied the Spartan matron I would
rather (lieu soldier's widow than live a coward's
wife V' Had ire many such mothers and
wives, soldiers would not be difficult to find.
. _
(From the Petutsytianiana
Ir. Buchanan and the Tariff.
A great clamor has been ,raised by some of
the Whig editors against Mr. Buchanan. in
consequence. of a itatement made by Mr. Pol
lock.itmember of the present Congress. from
the.district composed of the •counties of Nor
iho'mberland, Union, Lycoming . and Clinton.
in this State. in his recent speech in that body
on the subject of a Tariff. This statement is
based upon a speech made by Mr. Buchanan.
at Milton. in this State, on the subject of
the Tariff, in September. 1844. We under
stand that Mr. Pollock has been misreported
and that he will do justice to Mr. Buchanan in
the speech which he is now preparing for the
press. We would remark, however, that any
gentleman assumes a most perilous position
when he undertakes to state from memory
what was said by a political opponent in a
stump speech nearly two years before ; and
especially when he undertakes to repeat a sin
gle detached sentence' without the context.—
W hether he intends it or not, he is almost cer
tain, under such circumstances, to do the
speaker injustice.
The writer of this .article happened to be on
the stand at Milton, and heard every word ut
tered by Mr. Buchanan in relation to the Tariff.
We heard him on other occaltions on the same
subject. On this question he pursued the
same course adopted by other Democratic
speakers generally, throughout the State. His
speech at Milton was one of the ablest he ev
er made, and was heard by a vast throng from
the commencement to the close. Even the
Whigs praised its moderation and ability ; and
it is remarkable that Mr. Pollock, in all the
speeches he subsequently made on the subject.
was never known to allude to it in the manner
in which he is reported to have spoken in the
House on the 27th of June. Mr. Buchanan
spoke from lull notes, and with characteristic
clearness and deliberation.
He commenced by stating that Mr. Clay
and Polk, from their public acts and declara-
tions, stood upon the same platform in regard
to the Tariff; and from these it appeared •that
the one was as good a Tariff man as the
other."
In order to !wive this position, he said that
Mr. Clay was the author of the compromise
act, which, by abolishing all specific duties,
and by adopting the horizontal ad valorem
rate of duty, bad done much, vi ry much, to
prostrate the the Tariff policy. lie stated that
during Mr. Clay's subsequent service in the
Senate he had adhered to this compromise
with unwavering fidelity : that one of the cele
brated resolutions which lie had offered on the
15th of February. 1842, a short time previous
to his retirement from that body,declared ••that
in the adjustment of a Tariff to raise an
amount of twenty-six millions of revenue, the
principles of' the compromise .act generally
should be adhered to ; and that especially a
maximum rate of ad valorem duties should
he established, which there ought to be as lit.
tle departure from as poFsible." Mr. Buchan
an read an extract from Mr. Clay's speech at
Charleston, S. C., in April, 1844, more than
eighteen months after the passage of the Ta
riff act of L 842. in which lie not only declared
that he bad been active in effecting the coin
promise of 1833." but he felt it an obligation
of honor - to adhere to it in good faith, and lie
challenged the most diligent search of the rec•
ords to show that he had ever countenanced its
violation in the slightest particular ; nay, more.
he was bold to say that during his entire ser
vice in Congress since, there never had been
an effort to violate it which had not met With
his prompt and earnest resistance." Mr. Bu
char.an read Mr. Clay's letter to Mr. Brown
son, of Georgia. dated in September. 1813,
which stated as folllows : I think that what
ever revenue is necessary to an'economical and
honest administration of the general govern
.roent ought to be derived from duties imposed
on foreign imports; and I believe that in
establishing a Tariff of those duties, such a
discrimination ought to he made as will inci
dentally afford reasonable protection to our
national interests." lie then placed in juxta
position with this declaration, a similar dec
laration made by Mr. Polk in his letter to Mr.
Kane, of the 19th of June, 1844, as follows :
••{ am in favor of a Tariff for revenue such as
will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury
to defray the expenses of the government eco
nomically administered. In adjusting the de
tailing of a revenue Tariff. I have heretofore
sanctioned such moderate discriminating duties
as would produce the amount of revenue need
ed, and at the same time afford reasonable in
cidental protection to our home industry. I
sin opposed to a Tariff for protection merely,
and not for revenue."
Comparing these declarations of \lr. Clay
and Mr. Polk, Mr. Buchanan concluded that
they stood upon the same ground in regard to
the Tariff.
Mr. Buchanan proved that Mr. Polk had
heretofore sanctioned discriminating duties, by
referring to Mr. Verplanek's bill, which he
(Mr. Polk) had supported, and indeed was a
member of the Committee by -which it was re
ported. It will be recollected that Mr. Clay's
Compromise Act was substituted for this bill.
Under Mr. Verplanck's bill, Mr. Buchanan
stated that the duty on hammered iron was fix
ed at $l5 per ton ; on rolled iron at $54 per
ton ; and on pig iron at $8 per ton—duties
nearly as high-as those imposed under the act
of 81842„andfarhigher than contained in Mr.
Clay's Compromise Act.
This was-the course of argument adopted by
Mr. Buchanan, not only at Milton, but at
Towanda, and other places, where we were
present.
Until Mr. Clay's letter to . Dickinson Tgwn
ship, dated at Ashland, on the 9th September.
184 , 4, we are not aware that he hadever chang
ed the ground he occupied in his letter to Mr.
Cope. of the 29th. of June. 1844, ha declared
that he was opposed to the repeal !of the Tariff
of 1842, but it did not state he was opposed to
its modification. These opinions, he says, were
announced by me at,public meetings in Ala
bama. Georgia, Charleston, S. C:, North
Carolina. and in Virginia." At none of these
places had he ever come out against the mod
fication of the Tariff of 1842. In his letter t
Dickinson Township. he first came out agains
any modification of the Tariff of 1842. Mr .
Buchanan had no knowledge, and could have
had no knowledge. of the existence cf this letter
at the time he made his speech at the Milton
meeting. He came there from Towanda, in the
Northern part of the State, where he made a
speech on the 10th of September, and not from
his home in Lancaster. ,
What Mr. Buchanan said of the opinions
hoth of Mr. Clay & Mr. Polk in regard to the
Tariff, were inferences fairly drawn from their
public acts and declarations—nothing more
did riot pretend to have any knowledge,
derived Irom any other source, of the private
opinions of either-of:these gentlemen. He said
nothing on the subject which might not have
heed• uttered in the Senate of the. United :Rates,
klittle incident, and we have done. When
Mr. : Buchanan ascended the stand "a Milton,
there was a banner directly in front of him, on
the,side of which was a bloody hand, and on
the other a ladyiweeping over an urn—evident."
lv referring to the Cille^ duel. Mr. Buchanan
expressed his disapprobation of this flag, re•
quested the; it might be withdrawn, which was
done accordingly.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT—Lose OF LIFE.—The
following account is given in the Trenton
News of the accident mentioned in the Ledg.
er yesterday.
\ Saturday morning, between 10 and 11
o'clock. Mr.' Mintel and his wife were return
ing home, after having sold out their market
ing. The way train from Bordentown was
opposite the State prison just as Mr. Mintel
drove on the canal bridge, opposite Sullivan's
tavern. Mr. M. being a little deaf, probably
did not hear the locomotive; his wife told him
to stop, and gave the reins a check ; the horse
stopped for a moment, and frightened at the
noise started again, which brought his lore feet
on the track just as the locomotive came up.
The horse was first caught by the hoof, which
was torn off, knocked round against the loco
motive, at the same time upsetting the wagon
and throwing Mr. and Mrs. Mintel out. The
gears became entangled with the cars, and
completely torn off the horse, while the wagon
was broken to pieces, Mr. M. hanging on to
the lines was dragged a considerable distance
.over the projection (lithe sleepers until the cars
were stopped. At first it was thought that
Mrs. M. was injured the most. Mr. M. walk
ed about the piazza at Sullivan's with apparent
ly little pain. Patrick Riley immediately pro
ceeded to bathe the wounds of Mr. M., and
found his right .side, from his shouldier down,
and also his bad:, very seriously bruised•—
Mrs. M. was much hurt, one of her feet was
very much swollen.
Mrs. Pullen. who was about crossing at
Taylor's bridge, hearing of the accident, came
round to take . them home. Mr. M. walked to
the wagon and expressed an anxiety to get
home before he died. lie also desired that
they should send for Dr. Clark. The old lady
compfained a good deal to her husband for
not stopping 'when she first told him. They
were taken home, about a mile from Pond
Run. where '4r. Mintel died about four o'clock
in the afternoon, and was buried yesterday
afternoon. •
Elopes are entertained of the recovery of
Mrs. M. Mr. Mintel is said to have been up
wards of 70 and in excellent health. They
followed the business of trucking, and were
regular attendants of the Trenton market. Mr.
NI. was a member of the Methodilt Church
and a very respectable man.
CAPT. RANDOLPH RIDDLEY.—The Philadel
phia Spiro of the Times says, of all the recent
brevet promotions in t h e army, no one has been
more merited than that of Lieut. Rideley, who
was next in command ro the glorious Ringgold
at Palo Alto. In a private letter from an officer
who was F resent, we procure the following
characteristic conversation between May and
Ridgley, which occurred the moment before
May's gallant charge. When May was order
ed to charge and take the enemy's artillery. the
smoke was so thick that he could not tell where
they were. He rode up to Ridgley and cited
" where's their battery. Randy ?"
Just ride nut of my Itne a litto and I'll find
'em fur_you Charley !" said Ridgley. instantly
firing his battery in their supposed direction.—
The enemy at once returned the fire, sweeping
Ridgley's command with terrible effect. There
they are Charley, now go it .' said Ridgley,
•• Charley did ,• go it," with ••a_ vindictive
rush." .
Of all the young officers that were engaged
in the Florida war, none distinguiShed them
selves more than dill Randolph Ridgley. On
one occasion in the Ocklawaha Swamp, with
a small party of men, he was attacked by alargre
body of Indians who were posted in a thick
hammock on the opposite bank ola creek.—
The men recoiled before the dreadful fire of the
foe and turned to run. " Cowards . 1 " cried
Ridgley, " will you see your officer whip them
alone'" and spurred, his horse into full speed
and charged alone acros , . the creek amid a per
fect shower of bullets. H is scornful appeal and
gallant conduct reanimated the flying soldiers,
they turned and joined him with a hearty - and
fearless cheer: in a moment more, all that lived
of the enemy were flying into the far recesses
of the swamp. Ridgley now hears several hon
orable marks of the enemy's prowess in that
war. lie is a Banimorean, has a brother now
in the U. S. Navy, who is also " a chip of the
same block." Another of his gallant brothers,
a Lieut. in the Navy, was accidentally killed
about 3 years since.
TIIE PEACEMAKER OUTDONE.-011 Wednes
day a stupendous . piece of ordnance was cast at
Alger's foundry, South Boston, under the im
mediate superintendence of Col. Bomford, who
was the- first inventor of this species of weapon,
called by him in 1809, the Columbia."
The quantity of metal used was 40,000
pounds and the account of coal requisite to re
duce it to a proper state of fusion, was eight
chaldrons. The weight of it, when finished.
will be 25.000 pounds, exceeding that of the
Peace Maker by:5,000 lbs.. Length, ten feet ;
diameter at the base ring. 39 inches ; length of
chamber, 13 inches; diameter of chamber 9
inches ; length of bore. 9 feet 1 inch ; diameter
of bore,. 12 inches. Weight of round shot
which it will carry. 230 pounds; weight of
shell, 180 pounds. Range of shot or shell. 31
miles—being 1.4 of a mile greater than the- re
corded performance of the largest and latest in
vented mortar in England. and half a mile be
yond the reach of any gun in the castle 4 at San
Juan de Ulloa, at Vera Cruz.
The cost of this immense instrument for har
bor defence 'will not exceed $ 1700 or one
sizth of the wrought iron gun procured in Eng
land by Captain Stockton.
Phis gun is intended for Fort George, in Bos
ton harbor, where it will be placed in about 5
weeks, as it requires that time to complete it
ready for use.
Sus Snrozz.—Sudden congestion of the
brain, or sun stroke," may not always prove
fatal if a gill of brandy is at once swallowed
and mustard draughts are' immediately applied
to the abdomen.- The New York papers of
yesterday contain a list of names of some thir
ty persons whose death have been caused by
the hot weather. between Friday and Sunday.
By the way, the newspapers are discarding
the English phrase sun stroke, which every•
. body understands, and using the French term
coup de ache!, which means the same thing.
Out of a dozen who use the French name there
are probably, not two who ki,naw how to pro
nounce it properly,
A Desperate Woman
. Readers of newspapers have doubtlets
t .
ticed,'within the year past, occasional allusict:
to a woman in the "Western country, who cot ,
plained of terrible wrongs she hadsuffered
the hands of a man formerly resident in I L,
city, and threatened some dreadful retribotee...
The last notice of her stated that she had lei;
Lafayette, Indiana, in masculipe atti re atd
armed, and had made her way to acme town
the interior of Ohio.
Last Saturday morning, while the Great
Western was lying at Mackinaw, it was lois.
pered round that one of the passengers. rib,
seemed a trim boy of some sixteen or eight
years, was in fact a woman. Capt. -Waite;
invited the youth and one of the principal ee.
izens of Mackinaw into his office, and th e ,
being questioned, the suspicious passenger,
declared herself a woman. and gave her ha.
sons for assuming the dress she' were. Sh e
said she was married, as site supposed, a fe w
years ago, in this city, to a man whim aunt
our informant was unable to give; that after
living with him some years, and having two Dr
three children, her husband told her the le e ,
nage was all a sham,"that he had another laz.
ful wife, and had contemptuously -cast off h e .
and her children.
Under these circumstances, she had swo rn
to 'have revenge or justice. She had ascertata,
ed that the man who had thus deeply wrong;
her was living at Mackinaw, and she had ru t
there, to obtain a recognition of her rights, or
vengeance in default, upon which she extub%.
ed two loaded pistols which she carried abaci;
her person. • After dome further conversatto %
she gave up the pistols, and a messenger tree
despatched to the husband with an intunatan
that a passenger on the Western wished tune
him. He soon came on board, and the ti n
parties met face to face. The woman uphra.c.
ed him with all the wrongs he had
fur
upon her, and demanded reparation fur liersoi
and children by a legal inarriaze, at the saw:
time, with all the recklessness of a •WO:113 3
goaded to desperation, threatening his life wit',
the most vehement asseverations if he failed!)
do her justice.
At this point the door opened, and the roar.,
who had cowered before her, shot out hi.e
lightning and escaped to the 'shore. She sons
followed after, ascertained hie place of bustaeo
and sought another inteiview. As she ae,.
proached, the man, doubtless suppopuut
had come to fulfil tier threats, and that hem,.
defend his life, raised a qiistol and tired. 'l'; :e
ball struck near her feet. She never blenrift,
but drawing a pistol in turn from her eel..
took deliberate aim at him, anal then - lowert;
the weapon, saying as she turned cm her i.e.,
no, you poor contemptible wretch, a WUL..
disgrace even a woman to slay you!"
The affair, of course, mai!er a great noise sr.
the island, but what was the issue we are en , .
ble trustate. The boat swung off soon afr•r
the events we
,have detailed, leaving both pm
ties ashore. We have heard many eriirie.
shout the character and the relations ni 111,!
parties in this matter, hut not enough tlur se
can rely upon to form a decided opmiai 21 lc
the merits of the case. It may be that the . wo.
man is profligate, but how often due's the term
abandoned have a strictness of ineaning, not cu.
tended by those who use it to characterise
ty, and how many, now the scorn and °means
of 817 riet y , desperate in vice and crime, and de
graded until they have lust almost all sem
blance of womanhood, would be happy.
rutL
ous wives and- mothers, but lor the foul wrnr;
and abandonment of which they have been Me
victims. There is terrible wrong somewhere
in the case we have related, and our juazineri;
as well as our sympathies, inclines us robe.
lieve that the unsexed woman is the soff•re6
—Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, July 7.
TIIE MURDER IN JERSEY CITY.—We MEL•
tioned yesterday, that a shocking murder ""
committed at Jersey city on Wednesday moo
ing by a man named Spencer, on the person 4
his wife. It appears that they were quanta;
together, when a watchman interfered and took
the man off to the watch-housre. He (Spetwer)
begged permission to go back and see his tuff,
which was granted. He had no sooner got In
to the house than he dresi a pistol and shot ha
wife, the first ball taking effect in the neck, and
the second in trie back, which caused her deith
in a short time. The New York papers gn:
the following account of the occurrence:
"Spencer was married about' fifteen month§
ago to a daughter of Mrs. Dobbin. of Jersey Coy.
and he and his wife have been staying for soma
time past,at the house of his mother-indaw IJ
Montgomery street. A serious di,ag:eeinerJ
had fur some weeks existed between the title
and husband, and the night befel's last, at the
instance of Ins wife's family. Spencer WaS 2t .
rested, as his bonduct is alledge to havi:beic
extremely violent during the day and erentht.
ann the family were apprehensive fur 110.
Spencer's safety, should her husband he left ai
large. When he was arrested he asked penes .
axon to be allowed to speak to his wife, for the
purpose of making overtures of ,reconciltatiin .
This was granted by the officer, but hisute ,
who was in her bedroom. refused to unlock die
door until requested by her brother. who 'F' s
under the impression that her husband welit.23
reconciliation. '
It is said that when Spencer entered thd mg.
he asked his wife to accompany him to prison
This she refused ; upon which he presented
pistol at her and pulled the trigger. It missy.
tire, but upon pulling the trigger a .ecbuil tire'
he accomplished his fatal purpose. Me'
turned to escape from him the ball entered be
right shoulder and came out over the left breic:
perforating the lungs in its passage. So. O lt. '
were his movements that the biTther, who's'''
standing behind him, could not airest his arte
tune to prevent the murder.
A BIT OF A FORTUNE.—John Jacob Aoc 6
we believe it was, who is said to have i rmarte
that when a man to the owner of five hundred
thousand dollars, he may consider himself co'
(unable. By this rule. Mr. Astor must hero
state of perfect beatitude, for his fortune is
to amount to $24,000,000. This vast sun ,.
six per cent. interest, would yield an a unualt e
some of $1,440,000. which would he equal!
$120,000 per month, or to 827.692 per l et ;
or to about $3,959 per day, of a little over
per hour. or to a fraction et
over $2 per mintre.
to near 4 cents per second. His fortune and':
come, ere, no doubt, the largest to be found
the possession of any one family on this eo"
nent.
THE CHOLERA.--The L.ondon toTtesponderl
of the Boston Atlas, writing on the day of ° ,
'sailing of the Britannia, says—" bit repor t "
today in the city, that the Asiatic cholera t'3l
made its appearanee at Hull.' It hat ! It'
known for some time that the cholera hu 1 7 .
neared in several places between India and 13 ','
sia. it having taken - precisely the carne tato°
it did many years since."