" , ..rfte r P ••-• , • 44.10:;4. - Y ~ f' -~ =4 Vraoforti -41gport(r. Tel6nda, :Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1847 Ilktmperatic County Nominations. 12111=10111 • FRANCIS R. - SHUNIC - [Subject in the flerheon of the Demoeratte State Convenfort. Election of Representative. The special election held in this county on Friday last, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of John L. Webb, Esq.,resulted in the choke of FILISCIS SMITH, Esq., the Democratic candidate, by a majority as return. ed officially, of 167. The vote in Troy borough, Mr. Thomas' residence, was returned for Allen A. Thomas, instead of Allen E.Thomas—presuming the vote of that poll was cast - for the veritable federal candidate, we are willing to place it .to his credit, which will leave the ac tual maj oity one hundred and fourteen. Very little excitement prevailed,although the Federal i,ts on the day of election boasted of their perfect organi. zstion, and confidently calculated on success. They had traversed the county and instructed their votaries in every district to be on the ground early, and by l a sly, stealthy manceuvre overpower the democracy. It seems that they will never profit by past experience, or they might, ere this, have learned that the Democrats of Bradford are nut to be caught napping. The returns from the several districts, howev6, show that the vote for Mr. Thomas is greater than the Federal vote given last fall for Mr. Power for Canal Commissioner. Local causes operated in one or two townships to swell the Federal vote and leaven the Democratic majority. As it is; we have sustained our nomination upon the pate principles of the party. Mr. Smith is an open, bold and fearless advoiate of democratic principles—opposed to the tariff of the monopolists--opposed to granting exclui sive privileges to chartered companies—opposed to any increase of Banking capital—in favor of individual lia bility, and generally, a defender of the faith of Jefferson. The Legislature. The only thing we have of information from the Le- Olature, is the action upon the resolutions introduced early in the Session by Mr. Piollet in relation to slavery in territory heteafter to be acquired. The resolutions are as follows : Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instruc ted, and our Representatives requested, to vote against soy measure whatever, by which territory will accrue to the Union, unless as a part of the fundamental law up on which any compact or treaty for this purpose is based, ?awry or involuntary servitude, except for crime, shall be forever prohibited. Resolved. That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our Sena tors and Representatives in Congress. The resolutions came up in order on Tuesday week, and passed the House of Representatives unanimously, and were then sent to the Senate and passed that body with only three dissenting votes. We have never been abolitionists, but we do most heartily rejoice to see an unanimous expression go up from the Keystone State against the further extension of slave territory, and especially to guard against its intro duction into any soil we may acquire, which is now free from its baneful and pernicious influence. Our readers will recollect that Mr. Wilmot, our able representative in Congress, towards the close of the last Session, offered a proviso to the Bill, placing $2,000,000 in the hands of the President to enable him to terminate the war with Mexico ; providing, that in case of the ac quisition of territory, slavery should be forever prohibited. That proviso is still agitating Congress—and we hope for the honor of our nation, it will be sustained by the representatives of the people: On this question but one opinion should prevail, and so fits as we can judge, there is but one with the people of the Northern States. The position taken by Mr. Wilmot is sanctioned and sustained by the unanimous voice of his own people, and the representatives of his State. We bid him God speed. STATE TlLZAstratn.—The Whig members of the Legislature, on the 18th ult. elected Hon. Jon, DANIA' State Treasurer, in place of James R. Snowden, who vies acknowledged by all to be the very best officer in that capacity the State ever had. The unanimous vote of the Whig party was given to Mr. Banks. It was un derstood for a time that be would decline the office. At all events he bad not, at our last advices, entered,upon its duties. Whether he is beating a parley in order to shun the responsibility of paying the interest due on the State dent on the first inst. or not, remains to be seen. At any rate, if he dare not take the office before, he ought not to have it now; and we only regret that Col. Snowden, our efficient democratic State Treasurer, did not resign at once.opon the vote of the Whig legislature removing him, and thus compel his adversary to either assume the responsibility, or make room for • better P. S. Later intelligence informs as that Judge Banka has decided to accept the office and assume its duties on the 15th inst. Col. Snowden was in Philadelphia at the clone of last month, making arrangements to pay the February interest. He was colifident.uf being able to discharge the whole amount. PLAN tir Tne Wen.—Com. Perry has proposed a plan for carrying on the war against Mexico, which to our mind appears perfectly feavible,and better calculated to bring hostilities to a speedy and honorable conclusion than any we have beard of. It is to capture all the ports on the Gulf and the Pacific, to hold them as American ports of entry under our tariff; to occupy and extend our laws over all the territory already conquered, or which our government intend to keep for indemnity; and to force Yucatan .to join the Mexicans or remain really neutral, and for this purpose, to occupy its ports,And the Isthmus separating it from Mexico. The presence of Com. Perry in the Gulf squadron .Since the commencement of the war has enabled him to discover the advantages of the course he now rearm mends. Thus entrenching ourselves firmly in the heart of Mexico, and holding her ports under our own com mercial rule, we would soon compel her to term, of hon orable peace by depriving her of means to conduct the war, . • "Air AND COXFURT. " -.We WUUlal like PM the Mexican newspapers. But then, we couldn't read them if we bad them, as they are printd in a language we &Mit understand. We 'retold they are filled with ex tracts from the ferkratpapers of this country, denounc , log the war as impolitic,. unjusrand oppressive. We have ourselves seen article's in the Federal journals of this country, which if spread before the Mexican people, would Alford them the beet 'possible evidence that they have Plenty of friend* even in the United State. We ask what can more positively be done to give aid and conifirt to the enemy and escape- actual overt treason, thin the countenance thus offered by the Federal pen. Official Returns of the Special -Election, HE1..1) JANUARY 29, .1847;:, ": i, • - • ... Akmtirr.. i'.' -,-,... - 3 :. arm.' • T l / 3 7 01 5. Atheri‘.borou,,lt, ~.*- -• :'• '," ,38 ' . 51 AthenWtowrahip,' 7 - ~..: -„- 97 83 63. Armenia, 12 24 Asylum, 40 , 62 , Burlington - ,104 Canton, - ' -. ' 62 • ' 127 Columbia, • 101 136 Durell, 98 56 Franklin, 41 25 Granville, ' 49 72 llenick, - 61 13 Litchfield, - •66 , .30 Leroy„, _ Monroe, -- r - - - 101 -' ' 106 Orwell, . -- 55 87 Pike, 77 • 124 Ridgterry, , , 11:2 16 Rome, .. 67 73 Suindinr , Stone, r . 65 54 South l'freek, 30 - 11,2 Springhill, ' ' 36 ' 46 Smithfield, ' 118 J3l Springfield. 118 73 Shelshequin 72 113 Troy borough, 20 *53 Troy township, 101 131• Towanda borough, 98 • 100 Towanda township, • . 31 44 Ulster, • 78 37 Warren, 78 32 Wells, 126 6 Windlnun, 82 24 Wyso.y., 49 79 Wyahising, 94 69 *Returned for Allen A. Thoinay.] 2446 2332 General Taylor's Letter. The New York Express of the 22d ult., publishes a letter, purporting to have been written by Gen. Taylor, to a friend in New York—in which the views of the writer in regard to the manner in which the war should be carried on are very fully etpressed,aMl many unkind and uncharitable reflections are made !upon the Presi dent and "the authorities at Wa-hington." The New York Herald suggests that the letter is a forgery, and the Philadelphia lodger in commenting ,upon it, says:—" We incline to the same opinion. But if it be genuine, it never could have been intended for publication, and therefore the publiither has sadly violated private confidence, unless we admit that, Gen. Taylor has greatly departed from his usual discretion. He must have known that its publication in our newspapers would soon send it to Mexi4over which it would soon be spread by the Mexican journals What then must be the discretion and tact of a General, who, in au ene my's country, publishes the paucity of his resources and the delays and mistakes of his own government 1 This is not like the whole course of Gen. Taylor, up to the capture of Monterey in September last, and therefore we cannot receive it as genuine, without evidence more au thentic than its publication in a newspaper. • • • The tone in which this letter alludes to the Executive is not suflidently respectfuly for a military commander, and therefore, we believe, could not have been used by Gen. Taylor. The letter speaks of " the authorities at Washington," and "Mr. Polk," and of "conquering a peace" "in the language of • Mr. Polk and Gen. Scott." All this sounds more like the vituperative style of a partisan newspaper, or a stump orator, than the grave, considerate, dignified and courteous manner of a General officer, alluding to his superior officer and to the chief magistrate of his own country. This letter is probably the invention of some partisan, for the purpose of malt • ing some partisan capital for some factious purpose. We should greatly regret that -it had been written by Gen. Taylor ; and if it were, we must at least believe that his confidence was violated by its publication. We &In!). on honest men, of all . politiad creeds, to save Gen. Tay lor from the President makers; for if they be allowed to speak for him, they win effectually destroy his usefulness and blast his reputation. Tea SWORD or WABBINGTON.r.A paragraph is go ing the rounds of the newspaper press, stating that one of the lieutenants in the regiment of volunteers recently mustered into service from Virginia, named Lawrence B. Washington, a descendant of General Washington, wears the sword of his illustrierrs ancestor. It may be so, but if true, then Gen. Washington bad more than one sword, for the sword worm by tharrenowned hero, during most of the struggles in which he was engaged for the liberty of America, is now, with his uniform com plete, togteber with his camp equipage in the patent office at Washington—where it is an object of intense in terest and curiosity to the hundreds who daily visit that department. ANT7-ItYSTEVII PAHDOILD.—We learn from the New York papers, that Gov. Young has issued his proclama tion directing the Seciebary of State to record the pardon of all the anti-renters who were convicted of participation in the murder of Steele and other outrages—Big Thun der among the rest. To most of them, he also restored the rights of citizenship. Was this "in the bond," or in that letter. AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONCIRESS.—The Washington Union, referring to rumors of an ex tra session of Congtess, says if the Congress now assembled will only use a reasonable des patch in the performance of its plain and obvious duty, there cannot be the slightest necessity for an extra session. The adoption of three or four measures recommended by the Executive, will give to the administration all the atJ which it asks from Congress in upholding the rights and the character of the country. Al of these measures may he adopted without the least dif ficulty, and with alt due deliberation, in a very short time. _sow that they have been discussed by Congress has yet about five weeks to sit.— There is abundance of lime, therefore, to finish its work, " MORE OF TIIE Ei*FECTS . :"-ARIOIIg the many interests that, were to be destroyed by the Tariff of 1816. madufaeturers of glass were included ; but we observe that very little atten tion seems to have been given to the fulfilment of the prophecies by the parties interested. By an examination of the rireular of the Plum nit Glass Works, of this city for the year 1846 and 1847. we find that the wholesale prices of common vials for the present year have advan ced over those of last year fifty cents per grins —on patent medicine vials seventy-five cents per gross—on ink bottles twenirfive cents per gross—magnesia bottles six dollars per gross— and so in reference to other artielee. We pre sisrne we shall now be told that because manu facturers of glass have edvanced, the manufac turers are all being ruined !"—Pennsylva• nian. NEW:TAPER Bsza.s.—The assistant Postmas- ter Getter4l announces in a letter to the Boston Trartfteript, that publishers of newspapers may transmit their bill for subeription due, free of postage. according to the provisions of see. 156 of Post-office regulations. . MI lISTEp RIFLEMEN.—Capt. S. H. Walker is ordered. ,to recruit fifty young men for the new regiment of riflemen commanded by Per cifer F: Smith, now in the field. corrgspondgca _from' Washington. t [From the' Public Ledger.' Gen -Thylor'eLettei—The Prose*tioele the ' • •-•, - ,Ifar. • WASiIINGTON. Jan. 24. 1647: , • . The letter of Gen Taylor has prcideceil a deep iMpressiim here, and is already the theme of the most -envy. comment. .The friends of the General thick it a very good opening of the presidential campaign of 1848.: while some of die noire considerate Whigs question the " pro priety of publishing such a let.er - at such a time. Whether Gen. Taylor has ordered its Publica tion or not. the "61;1 of its appearing in 'print .shows 'halite:has not taken. the.proper.precau tion to prevent it; and that is sufficient to charge the publication on him. It is a sad example indeed—and With all due respect for the bravery of "Old Rough and Ready." as it is spoken—for commanding gen erals to publish their views in regard to the army, its provisions, clothing. -the manner of conducting the war, the expenses of it. the re sources of the 'enemy. ite. It will not avail Gen. Taylor to say that the letter was written to a relative, It is to owell worded—too-cautious ly drawn up—too minute in its details, especial ly as regards figures—to pass fat a hasty pro duction. Its phraseology is faultless—its ideas are concise—its language gurrded—crinveying just sufficient censure on the government. with out constituting legally an act of rebellion, and yet strong enough to produce the liveliest im pression on the pubic mind. Gen. Taylor may, for aught I know, be right in all the views he expresses in his letter ; but I question whether such a letter had not better be addressed to the President or the Secetaty of War, and to them alone, than to a relative. thence to appear in a newspaper. In this shape it is a pronuneiamenlo of a commanding gen eral. and a dangerous precedent to be followed oy men less chivalrous or more ambitious"than Gen. Taylor. Not the man ; but the principle we must look to. What if General Washington. during the war of independence, had thus corres ponded with his relatives instead of the, Con tinental Congress ? It is true the ease is not exactly parallel ; but still analogous. The ene my will always infer, from such letters, that there is not the best agreement between the Generals of the Army and the Cabinet at Wash ington ; and that, itself, is sufficient to encourage him in his resistance. The New York Express intimates that it is in possession of more 'such epistolary evidences of skill and foresight on the part of the Gener al commanding, and slowness or incapacity on the part of the Government; but I imagine that the Department, too is not without its grievances against General Taylor. I think there has been some forbearance on both sides, and also some reason, however slight, for dissatisfaction, au diatur et ultrapars. The House and Senate Committees on AIM-. tary Affairs spent the better part of yesterday in the War Department. to examine the correspon dence of Gen. Taylor with the Government and other matters in regard to the war. and it would really appear as if the Department were not without grievances in regard to General Taylor. Every since his arrival at Corpus Christi he had carte blanche as regards men, ammunition and means. The War Department asks; why has he not disposed of them? He was restrict ed as to the plan of campaign ; why hal he not expedited it ? If he wanted an vlditional 20,- 000 or 30,000 men, why did he not call for them General Taylor never addressed. I believe. the QuarerAlaster*General in Washington.to i ask him for baggage wagons, mules, and like, but sent his own engineers as far as Cincinnati to procure these. lathe Department then to blame for the delay which this indirect process may have occasioned ? At Matamoras Gen. Taylor had 10,000 men; why did he take but 6000 to Monterey ? Gen. Taylor's regard for the women and children at Monterey is, no doubt, praiseworthy ; but can it be denied that the capitulation at Monterey has rather encouraged than brow-beaten the enemy ? The war has undoubtedly been carried on with a becoming spirit of forbearance, but it may be questioned after all, whether that is the manner to bring it to a speedy close. One thing is apparent from the documents in the War Department. viz : that Gen. TayV2 has no overnice -regard for the volunteers.— There may be teasons for it ; but, until we hear them, the volunteers who have *on such unper ishable laurels at Monterey, are entitled to an explanation of this mark of disregard for their services. For some weeks past the friends of the ad ministration were complaining about Gen. Tay lor—his unnecessary delays—his indisposition to prosecute the war with vigor—his difference of opinion as regards the justice of it. I from the administraffon—his disregard for volunteers, and his invidious preference for regulars. All this, however, was sub rose; the Union all the time eschewing carefully to break ground on the subject. The government evidently feared Gen. Taylor'S popularity, and the handle which his friends would make of it, were the attack upon him to come from • the organ." It had not the boldness to speak right out and make an issue with the victorious General—it was in the condition of the French Directory in relation to the victorious head of the army of Italy. 'Flits is to be regretted. and deserves the serious at tention of the public. IV hen this Mexican war broke out," said Ualhotin the other day, The curtain which separates the future from the present, dropped before my eyes ; and cannot uow say where we are : but certain it is, that we have come to a melancholy pass, in the history of our country. if, in a matter of abstract right and justice—in an issue between a Com manding General and the G overnm ent--an issue which no commanding General has a right to rnakc..-and least a. the time of war,—the vernment is driven to the wall, and obliged to ask the miserable question how will the people receive this 1" Am I strong enough to with stand the victorious General ?" Our people are a people of law and order—. of Saxon not of Gallic origin—and they will sup port the government in its just measures against any victorious General, had he even entered the walls of Mexico, instead of those of Monterey. But the government prefered to git rid of the vexations question by appointing a Lieut. General. This was a mistake—inasmuch as it did not carry, and the country were entirely at a loss how to account for the extraordinary pro ceeding, BUt it appears now that the measure was proposed to supersede Gen. Taylor, with- out making an issue with him ; for which the government, nevertheless, seems to be fully pre pared. The committees on Military Affairs have seen with their own eyes, and will now judge for themselves. The matter, has undergone a thorough investigation, and will to-morrow or next day come before he Senate and the pub lie. Col. Benton will then vindicate the Lieut. -General, or,aF• lettat,--his-outp_potrition in re latiralto him ;ThrOugb hearilt maksne attempt to revivellim. • The feat is, if God. Trtylaredo4 not agree in . his views with Abe gOvernutept. di,refuses,-di reedjr, to carryout the views of The Ptesident the tatter has - an.undoubted right to. nest . him notwithstanding the vote of thanks of both houses of Cong:ess—and his promotion to the rank of a Majiir General. And if the 'charges - brought against Gen.. Taylor.. are substantiated, it will be the drily of the President to do so ; as it is his duty now to have the whole subject investi gated and. made public,. President making is bad enough in Congress, without carrying it to the camp. , Gen. Taylor hits. On the same plan or "results developed by Corn. Perry, which, indeed, is so nauns:A, and suggests itself so plainly to any re asonable man's mind, that I do not see ,how a il could have been overlooked. It is the plan for for which there are numerous examples in his iory. England. in conquering India, conquered never more than she 'could conveniently manage to keep. anti has but recently in her conquest of the Punjaub given the world the example of shrewd forbearance. Instead of sacrificing men and treasure as the French have done in Algiers, in conquering territory. They have annexed. only those portions the cultivation of whichwill pay for the conquest, and to more. They do not trust Golaub, who is a Tricky knave ; but they do not want to incur the risks. responsi bilities and chances of government. They make him responsible for the peace of the pro vince. which he ie unable to keep, and will dee troy hint when they think him ripe. They took care not to eat breakfast and dinner at the same hour, and by that means kept their diges ilvefacutties unimpaired. Great moderation was great statesmanship. and, at the same time, the cheapest means of producing great and lasting results: Let a million or a million and a half of Mexicans be once happy and contented under our rule, and we have 01g:dished a propaganda on the fron tiers of Mexico which will be more formidable to her than our armies. The remaining Mexi cans will then be affected as Europeans are now by the accounts which the emigrants send home to their friends. They will long for the same government, and peaceably annex themselves in the course of time. Mexico too, would sooner submit to this un ceremonious treatment on our part than surren der territory by treaty. She could appeal to the world, and to the nations ol Europe in pat ticular, and avow that she was robbed, but shrewdly keep out ol the way of the robber.— She would repeat to us her conduct in regard to Texas r —call California and New Mexico Mex ican provinces, in the samemanner that the Em peror of Austria calls himself suit King of... Jer usalem, because the Emperor of Germany as sumed that tittle after the conquest of the hcily city by the crusaders, and make out a pretty good case against us—on paper; but there it would remain, while we would be l the practical possessors, cultivators and beneficiaries of the soil. The taking of Vera Cruz and of the City of Mexico, though, as computed by Gen. Taylor, costing twenty millions of dollars, Would never theless give to Mexico such a clear understand ing.of our power and resources, that she Vauld probably henceforth do little to provoke a sim ilar visit. In this Mr, Allen, of Ohio, Gen. Cass, of Michigan, and all practical men, - Vial probably agree, notwithstanding the more tem perate proposition which, in thatregard, will be made by Mr. L C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. WASHINGTON, 24th Jan, 1847: The Military Committee and Gen. Taylor— Duty on Iron and Coal—lmportant to Penn sylvania Interests. The Committee on military affairs spent full six hours in looking over the correspondence between Gen. Taylor and Gov. Marcy, of the War Department, and have made out a suffi cient case on the subject to prove that Gen. Taylor has refused to comply with the re quests, which were.-in fact, orders of the De partment, so as to have justified, if the Presi dent had thought fit to do so, his reball some sixty days ago. The evidence will come in due time before the public, and Col. Benton will be leader on the occasion. He is deter mined to place himself right with the nation, and prove that the Lieutenant Generalship was not got up without reference to the military po sition of the country, or simply with a view io confer dignity and patronage on a person6l friend of the President. If Col. Benton finds a chance he will come out with his statement to-morrow. He has spent all of Saturday with investigation, and has had rest to-day to pre pare himself for to-morrow's battle. I think there Li very little doubt of the Mili tary bill passing to-morrow in the Senate.— The House will most probably concur with the - amendments of the Senate, in which case laud scrip for bounty lands will soon begome the circulating medium at our land ofEues.— The House will not venture to throw out Mr. Cameron's amendment, though it had not the courage to put it in. Between putting it in and throwing it out, after it is put iu by the Senate, there is an immense difference. The circulation of the land scrip will neces• sarily produce, for a limited time, a deficiency in the revenue, estimated by Mr. Walker at two millions of dollars. This is a pity, as it may prevent the testing of the 'Tariff of 1846, unalloyed and unincurubered as it stands now, and will stand after the establishment of peace. The Secretary of the Treasury may, in case of a deficiency of revenue produced by the cir culation of land scrips, again recommend to levy a duty on tea and coffee and other articles of the free list. And he may also recommend an additional duty on COAL and lam. sayfrom ten to' tu enty per cent., without interjering with the revenue principle of the Tarfff: In this manner 'an additional revenue of from three to five millions of dollars per annum may be obtained. without surrendering one iota of the financial position assumed at the enactment of the Tariff. It is well known that at the time of the en actment of the present tariff. Mr. Walker en dettiored to persuade the Membirs • and Sena tor's from Pennsylvania to come to a reasonable compromise in regard to the staple articles of the Keystone State, bat in vain. Some of the Southern members and Senators—l believe Mr. Calhoun among tke number—were quite ready for such a concession, in order 'to obtain the support of the measure by the democratic dele gation from Pennsylvania ; but the issue was made between the whole or nothing, and so the tariff of 1846 was enacted without Penn sylvania,; and, of course, without reference to her. peculiar position and interests. - ?The Vice President - thnself did all'he could to make the transition from the former specific duty' on - coal and iron (which averaged -fmm 120 to 7b . per cent. ad ialorent) to the present rate gradual, so as not to interfere ilarigerriusly with-the present interests. - - exerted him self in a manlyind unreserved menner, to at thatend.- He proposed Is a compromise 40:per tent. i iid valorem, which 'wig judged sUfficieht: to preteetthe miners of fielptylvania from injtiry,..but his counsel was disregarded. 'until he was reduced to the dilemma'of either ,Vnting with ittetution which has elected him,: `or, in order to save two articles out of the vast number included in the tariff, vote against the whole Measure". ,Betwein duty and policy it was impossible for him to have a selection ; but he expressly stated at the dine that he . re .etted the sudden transition introduced in the duties on some articles in these very .words, which accompanied the reasons for his casting vote : It is undoubteaty (rue that this change of financial arrangement, brought about by public opinion, " which every where ought to guide and influence statesmen." shouldoevertheless, be characterized by moderation, any,- by scru- pulous tenderness fur those interests of our fel low citizens that are to-be awed by it. The legislation which, encourage their investments should cease, finally and firmly, if required, but soothingly and gently ; - and hence 1 -may be parddied for expressing a regret that eer tain provisions, which in their bearing seem to me 'trenchant and sudden beyond the call of the occasion, have been allowed to remain as parts of this bill." Front this I infer, that mach as Mr. Dallas would regret any change of the present tariff. that might interfere with its being tested as a matter of financial and commercial policy, he would, for consistency's sake, not oppose an additional duty on coal or iron. WasitmoroN, Jan. 26. 1-847 The Loan Bill has progressed to a third read ing in the Senate, and will, of course, pass to morrow. The amendment is trifling, not changing the sense and practical operations of the bill, and will no doubt be agreed to by the House. This will be the first important mea sure—the first dollar voted during the session in aid of the war ! Let us hope that the final despatch of the Military Bill will follow on its heels, and that Congress will endeavor to come up to the patriotism of the people. No one can doubt but that the country is now far ahead of the powers in Washington, and that no time must be lost, if Congress wishes to put itself in its proper position. The difficulties between Mr. Wise, nor Charge d'Affaires at Rio Janeiro. and the Bra- Wien government will, of course, lead to no rupture ; but it will nevertheless, be necessary to assume a firm and decided tone in regard to that semi-barbarous power:- I have heard all the circumstances of the imprisionmerit of Lieut. Davis, of the Saratoga, stated ca'inly and dispassionately,as they appear verified not only by several American merchants of high respectability, but also by the impartial testi mony of four Englishmen, which is on file in the Navy Department. From this it appears that Lieut. Davis acted as every American offi cer would have done in his place—that he mere ly accompanied the sailors who were arrested, and never attempted to enter the palace until he was invited to do so, and did not draw his sword until he was attacked by the guard. WASIIINCITON. Jan. 27. 1847 This was a remarkable day in the annals of legislation of the present Congress. The Sen ate passed the Loan Bill with a trifling amend ment, after which the bill was sent back to the House, and the amendment at once agreed to. The President will lose no time in putting his name to it, and the Treasury may now be con sidered out of danger. The South has after all, come to the speedy rescue of Mr. Walker, and the vote of tine friends of Mr. Calhoun es pecially has expedited the passage of the bill The Military Bill is still lingering in the Senate, though it was but reasonable to suppose that it would at last piss. It is now incum bered with so many amendments that it is doubtful whether the House will agree to them. 80 that it is extremely doubtful whether it will become a law at the close of the week. So you will see that I spoke within bounds when, better than a week ago. I stated it as my candid opinion that,the bill would not pass before the middle of this week. Wednesday is gone, and Saturday will pass by before we shall have a bill at all ; and there is a very good chance of the bill being ultimately returned by "the Presi dent. If Mr. Atchison's amendment carries, the nature of the bill will be entirely changed from a bill for the raising of ten regiments of regulars to one of volunteers. Itstated it in my letter of Saturday last, that there is a possibili ty of Mr. Atchison's amendment being carri'-d —the proceedings of the Senate to-day make it almost probable. This will disappoint many persons in our good city of brotherly love and martial habits, and prove something of a dam per on their expectations. I am, however, still under the impression that the regulars will car ry, though that impression is not so lively now as it was a day of two ago. I take it now for granted that general Taylor will soon return from the seat of war. The Union of last evening _rather expressed itself diplomatically on the subject, as, indeed, on the whloe letter, which it merely publishes be cause many other respectable journals have done so before it. This may be esteemed wisdom, but it also lookalike extreme timidity: Teuom.Es IN ILLINOIS.—TiIe Legislature of Illinois. in both branches, occupied a large por tion of the closing week of December in debat ing propositions referring to the insubordina tion which has long prevailed in the lower counties of that State. The members general. ly seemed deeply impressed with a sense of the necessity of taking some effectual measures for restoring and preserving law and order in those counties; but what those measures should be, very few seemed to have any thing like de finite ideas. Some were for special courts— others for martial law. _ The House finally re ferred the subject to the judiciary committee; and the Senate passed a.hill authorizing a spe cial term of the circuit court in Masaac county for the trial of persons charged with crimes. and empowering the Governor to send an arm ed force for the . protection of the courts ; for the expense of which measure the sum of $lO.- 000 was appropriated. MEMBERODE LONG STANDING AND GREAT WEIGIIT.--The united Weight of seven mem bers of the Delaware Legislature from Sussex county, is 1393 pounds, or 195 pounds each ; and their, united length is 42 feet, exactly 0 feet each. Sikh members have great weight with them in i , very , thing they propose. • HEALTH OP GOVERNM Yotrso.--The Alba ny Morning Telegraph says 4 "To prevent any misapprehension which may be caused by a recent article in the Tribune in regard to 'the health of Governor.Yonng. we will state that hie health is' now tar better than it was last spring. whin he left Albany. [From the American Volunteer.] The One Term Principle. When did it become a principle, or a rule of .action in the Democratic party, that an E aeo. olive, a member of Congress, or a memberef Assembly, should be limited to one term, ifh e conducted himself properly ? No Inch met, ple, or rule of action ever did exist in the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, nor er e? will exist, as long as it shall be governed by sound principles. On the contrary, it has al. ways been considered a mark of disapp ra b, lion, if not a disgrace, to drop a member o f Assembly, and a member of Congrees at the end of one term ; and as an epithet of ignomy, members of Assembly, who have been refused re-election, leave been called "yearlinge." In regard to Governor—what has been the role of the Democratic parer, since the adop. lion of the constitution of PhD to the present time ? Gov, McKean. the first Democratic_ candid. ate %tins was elected, was re•e!ected by th e Democratic party, riarirg. during his second terns, pursued an unsatisfactory course to a nujorisy of his former friends, he was dropped by his party, and elected a third time by th e Federalists, and a portion of the Democrats called " quids." Governor Snyder was the Demnrraticcandi. date four times : first against 51,-Ke nn in 1805; elected in 1808; re-elected in 1811; and agam in 1814. Governor Findlay became the candidate in 1817. and was elected. He was again dm candidate of the party . in 1P29. and in ranee. quenee of the severe depreesoon of t h e 111101, occasioned by the barking system of 1814. and the slanders of his eneo les, he. was defsate l l by General Header, by a majority of atioct 1.400 votes. The finny. however,ledr- T r at h e had been unjustly treated, and the first opium tunity that presented itself, they elected hint to the United States Senate, to show that, e i. though beatin under peculiar circumstances, he still retained their confidence. 1. Shultz became the candidate oldie party in 1823, and was elected by a large naajority,and re - e l ecte d iii 1816 without any serious (wasp lion. fp [829 lie was dropped in consequence of having, espuused the cause of Mr. Adams, in opposition to General Jackson and the Demo. cratic party. George Wolf was nominated in 1829. and elected ; and was ee•uomtnated in 1832 %He, out any serious opposition and 1 , -f-tertetl. 1835 a divisrun ..touk place, and the whips sec. eeeded. Governor Porter was nontinat4 in 1838, and elected ; and, although intich diAsatisfw• lion existed in the party in regard to maul nE his acts duritig his 6rst term, lie was re-noine noted without any, formidable opposition is 1841, and re-elected by a hrge majority. Where then aro.the precedents of the Penn. sylvania Democracy for the one term princi. ple." given to us by men altogether as Wylie g nt, and quite as honest as the one term gen• tteman of the present da'y ? It is true, the Convention of 1837 Bln re vise the Constitntion, thought it prudent to limit the service of the Governor to two term,. This we think was right. But we have yet by learn that any respectable portion of the limit thought of limiting irto one term, by which the honest, virtuous Executive shall he de; tie ed of the opportunity of receiving the evidence of the approbation of his fellow-citizens by a re-election. Tne New Pt.PIE.-111e accounts front Italy received by the Paris press are not regardelln satisfactory. The Pope, it would seem, Ind been progressing. more rapidly in hisnbeol course than was agreeable to the absolute pna ers, Hence, it is feared that the advice of King Louis Philippe. eonveved to firs Ronne., through M. Rossi. (the French Minister at the Court of Rome,) to proceed with - caution, may have arrived too late ; but in the preacnt male of the public mind in Europe. Pius IX 1,. little to fear from the disapprobation o And.'" A letter from Vienna. on the 23d N vein txr, in the German Universal Gazette, sav,—••lt has been pretended that Austria firnoil lutism in the Papal States, and this as ,wriiiin has excited great uneasiness in the Liberal po : ty ; it is. however, utterly unfounded. Austrian Government. after haring ad ri:.etl the Pope to reform abuses, will not take a air ent course." The Post.97rept Gazelle, of Fri:Mort. of die 28th November. states from Rome that the• Pope intends to abolish the soh tax, and some other taxes which press particularly on 'lie in dustrious classes, and to supply the de6oit which this abolition will cause by a tax 'To real property. U. S. SENATOR ELECTED.—The Legislature on Thursday, elected James 11. Mason. Esq.. U. S. Senator, on the ninth bal• lot, in the place of the Hon: J. S. l'enn . hack' er. Whole number of votes rant •15J—aeoes• sary to choice 80 ; of tehich there were, for Mason 87. McDowell IR, Samuels 19, Frver • ing 24. Mr. Mason, the Journal of Ginunerce says, resides at Winchester. Th,,ne not of late prominently before the piddle, he ha, f i tted offices of honor and trust with disurnnrheJ ability—as a member of the Virginia Ii """ f Delegates, of the Constitlonal Convention of 1830, and of the Congress of the United is now President of the Farmers' Bank at Wit.chesteri and a visiter of the U n iversity Virginia.. Ile - is a democrat iii pillows. MI voted against the Sub-Treasure, at 10 first He troduction. For the office to which he It no called, he received. the votes of 45 tchmn s a r ' d 42 democra's, and a majority of 'linty rot es over all others—perhaps the largest ta , Pr g S given for any individual as United States:leo . tor from Viiginia. GREAT FIRE - IN BOSTON.—One Matti Buildings Burnett--A dreadful tire broke no in Boston. at half past 10 o'clock on Thursd 3 r night. which was not subdued. until o'cics 4 on Friday morning. It commenced in the Bowling Saloon attached to the Neptune Home. kept by Mr. Leonard Allen. in Haverhill street. north side, and owing to a strong weste rly wind, blowing hard at the time. one of the most extensive Conflagrations ensued whirl, has been known there for many years. Th. Mercantile Journal states that n early the buildings destroyed were wood, rro d Y work-shops and stables. though some leo' intents were burned, and about seventy lam' lies were rendered houseless. On most of t he buildings and stock theft was but little tour% ance. In Ilidgbery. on the WILLI AN S. PIEIICE, of Smithfield, to Miss 5. , "" l i tti a i r n r o i !t d l; Rey. N, fr. aoldoi ith ' Iltnatrs, of tho former place. - Uloab nub drain, alanteb at 111i5 gut. ZCCOlllitg. SIX ye trs one.
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