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• FON 0.4Y•1.
MORRIS I.,fIiCbSTRETTI,
Of_plir%ronVitiliT fortSTY
2 • The yiedcral Party.
The universal proscriptive disposititin, which has ever
characterized the Federal piny ts truly disgusting and
heart•sickening. lie who chances to be a Democrat,
be his worth, talents and virtues what they may—though
he may possess a private character without spot or
blemish, and a mind to adorn the most accomplished
statesman, and a heart devoted to pritriotism and truth ;
yet, if accident bring him into notoriety, or the voice of
hit countrymen Call him into public life, he is .doomed]
inevitably doomed to feel she scorpion lash of tbat party
who hate democracy, and hate him for his wrth :Sad
republican priuciplea. Democratic public servants--
those whom the sovereign power - of the people have
placed in elevated stations of honor and - • .•
to be looked !won by the whole eederal party, and espe
cially the' federal press, as fit 'marks for their shafts of
vituperation and calumny ; 'and all have learned to ex,.
peer an attack from that party for every official act, how."
ever conscientiously it may bate been patterned.
These are not idle, groundless 1141111111.11, made io a
- . - spirit of bitterness or rettliation; they are facts, sufficient
ly exemplified by observation and experience. W. •
ever beard of a Democratic candidate for office-, • owever
pure in character and moral worth, and though patens.
ed. of the Most brilliant talents and known -popularity
with the people, who bas not been assailed with epithe
turd scandalous 'denunciations scarce worthy of
(km to outlaws and malefactors ! Who nerd
a Democratic public 'officer, however worthy of his its
• tion, and however overwhrbniog the vote by which b.
obtained it, whose acts in' discharge of the du.
Aiesappertainin - g to his position, have not been disto •
and made thes,utiect of the most Onkind,, cruel an
• vindictive animadversion We make these ran
nor to cast la retrospective censure, but to remind the
people of what they may_ expect to meet, to see and
hear from the federal party front this time up to the day
of the election in'October neit. We have ever - •
candilaux for public favor who nil 'under the banner o
Democracy with the republican principles of the immor
tal Jefferson fur their chart and compass, assailed with
spirit of venom and desperation that would dingraernan
but the Federal-pasty. The aspect of strain bids os •
look .forward to the intervening space between this •
- the second Tuesday! in October for all that warmth a
bitterness goaded on by a permeating spirit and a long
lug after ire spoilt Mat have characterized the old federal
1 \ party since the resolution. We know not what can be
said against •Ise candidates of our petty now before rib,
people. We believe their characters both Public and
private; are wholly unestaptionable, ind that the strictest
scrutiny into their every
,aet, would redound to their
honor.. Yet We Jo know, that ttaiugh they were purity
itself, they could not escape the / abuse df Petersham—
. It may be said we judge harshly's, _ We wish for the honor
of our political foes the result would prove us in error.
But We have :lathing on Which to found a hops of ea
, ;formation in those who adopt the federal creed. Judg
ing from the bitternesa, the malevolence and the hatred
' with which the coarsest' slander, iniarii4e•Hientation and
'•
• abuse is daily heaped upon the Preside/aka the Nation,
find eve rj Dernocrstio ?timer under his idministnpion,
we feel 4re etkoursgernent that a awe lihmaler Wpm-
tile policy mill be sitended td ouieandidsten, for Gower
ynorspil Canal Clmmissioner.
Democrat* l " the quill' is sharpening for the deg."
Disciples, of Jefferson, bitto the siert. Let Me feeling
of private pique or preference for another, 4114 e er
tractyou in the de Cc* of your principle:—but stead
foith manfully and disinterestedly to meet the tomtit as
it approaches. - In union there is strength, and if • she
nobly and fearless/3r breast the storm which will thud
der upon us from the hostspf Federalism, we will not
only escape its; thres•sZird dangers, but we will roll
back the tide tqion our enemies until they shall be corn
completely overwhelmed;—and the encond Tuesday of
October shall see the Danner of Democracy proudly
waving over.* conquered arid a prostrate foe.
A GVIIIII:14 Ntrartrarte.—The Intelligent Washing
toneorrespondent of the Baltimore Son, shodSfit Make
new mode of warfare whith tho 'Mexicans propose to
' adopt, says
•, As to the notion of establishirig i gnarl!
4 , on • large scalp, it is preposterous. Mexico is
Spain' or Trill', an old, sell implored toil ,
every pass, path and by way is knOwn, or divided into
provinces, at the bead of each of which there is • power
ful central town, with a pernianent Junta and the wealth
accumulated in the progress of centuries. The clergy,
who have aro largely figured in the peninsular: war, as,
in Mexico, as far as we can learn from our agents, peacea
bly disposed, and not • reedy to make large pecuniary
sacrifices. Our volunteer riflemen, moreover, are much
titter 'fitted for • guerilla warfare than The Mexican•
themselves. They are nsurkamen used to every ape.
Lyles of fatigue, and adapted, by habit and edurstion, to
all kind nil work. If the Mexicans were kr determine
upon a guerilla Outer., all that atould be required on
the part-of Sur government to meet it would be, to allow
the voluiteers now in the field, and such additional
numbed as would enlist, to ra'rry on a partisan warfare
at their edern discretion, and An to, one the Mexicans
would soon be tired of the tun and give in."
0:7 Affairs in Mexico ars now corning to a crisis,
tic x
which ern an al degree 'importance to lanai
,•__ _ .‘,.„. I° nut rir. Ws JAL exCl ra hear by
every arrival, tine ews ot Gem ;wait at ver.....,.....
probably; ,proprisi from Unica for peace.
,Gen.
14eatt has sutteient n w_trooyse, (5000) Weedy in Mexi
co, to supply the places f those whose liars expires the
enlist of this month , and in jam 130 that his forward
apprehend. will not lie , >delayed, as. it. New Orleans editors
apprehend.
Ailt_ • .
- Cr The Penney
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ankle headed 7 Do Me p .te)t chanter,
given it a conspicuous its columns. Wr ~
ourselves especially by the ipprebetion of the
Pennsylvanian, for we consider it seed the most Alen.
tea._ rtl/Prifiod and truly democratic mpors-ist the Union;
but we shoiald have been still better Oared if it had not
forgotten to give the usual credit to our articW
Bad aaaaaa mamba:of awl's:lean •
ice.in a speech called ant =LEM 6022fliiii• The
Federalists call tlionni" ID aaaaa ".A fallow4cd
big makes them watiiieculas kind."
DI
approves our
La has
Vim ?maim
woos. et'
cm,:at
.
•s
in making
James rkpil
be the goo
•etneluiveb ,
searc6lie
with larger
prwticiag
rd erftsidrrw
ll
Union -a country dd, notaritbstading • his change of
&ode, he bad never visited,lurbnes ;citizens be had never
associated wiih,bort in whotnevitabi o future greatness be
saw
the moat solid ground do wbil to cast the anchor of
his fame. This legacy, for some t4lethe subject el lid's
tion the British court of chancery, was finally secured,
'brought over, and received into the treasury of the Uni
ted States "on lire tat of September, ISSN is rain
amount, when eirpri.itei), was five Intrulted and fi.teen
thousand one hundredrand sixty-nine doikirs,
The legacy was accompanied by a declaration of its
design, and the execution of that dasigM. has been as
soused, as well by an acceptance of the money as by
several open and formal avowal 4 by government. It was
to found an institution at Washington for the in
crease and diffusion knowledge among men ;" to
found, not an academy, not a college, not a univeray,
but something leas technical and precise, something
hose import and circuit should be bolder and more
comprehensive : an iatitution,not merely for dissecni
nating,spreading, teaching knowledge. bat also, and fore
cast, for erasing, originating, increasing it. Whelk 1
Jaihe city - whose name remits tbs wisest, purest rind
noblest spirit of the freest, newest sod broadest land. l --
And among whom 1 Not a - cheiett or distinguished
die—not the foUovrers of a particular sage or sect—not
the fiuorita of fortune,, nor the Lifted of rank—but
a. • • sran—men of every condition, of every school,
of every faith, of every nativity !—men ! It was with
a purpose thus elevated and expansive, thus as well she
llac asindiaceiznittating. that James Statism committed
hie weskit to the guardi;nithip of ;4' American Ite-
, C YLOS ♦ao inc FEDZILAL
syl•enien, which is in the daily haliit of administering
wholesome counsel to the Federalists, and occasionally
intlirt►ng upon the press of that party a little salutary
chastisement, holds.up the following, among the many
glaring inconsistencies of Federalism :
" Many of the 'Whig papers are most grossly 'Waive
Of
that brave and most worthy patriot, Gen. Taylor.—
ake for example the following from the Boston Whig :
" A Barnum Marrca.—A man whose trade has been
war—hunting runewsy slaves amid the everglades of
Florida:and butchinng the poor Seminoles because they
harbored the fugitives, and waging the slays-driven' war
upon the pour, starving blexicina=doing it all, I admit,
oil i
in obedience o orders—doing it ably, but still voluntari
ly-14a 0? the leas infernal because :legal--such a
map. Mime' ere be President by the votes of the free
We
gm i . •
- ca
ds-not see the Democratic papers as-ail General
Taylor ;''they admire his patriotism—applaud his gal
laptry, 4d .•:1 '..... •••• cordially and sincerely that be
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merits' the ••••, ' nee of hie country in any station in
which he may • placed ; tt is the Whigs who so shame
fully abueeAtai;--and before tang, in addition to his
being a ingilary chieftain, stained with blood--a South
ern man, and a slaveholdee, we expect. to see him de
nounced as a Democrat !
c-3. The Washington Union says the War office is
crowded with applications from volunteers to join
army in Mexico. General Scott wilt, in all probsbilit ,
have under his command, in the mood' of June, tw ty
thousand men—eonsisting, too, of regulars or during
this-war mA►. Though Mississippi has two splendid
regiments shady in the field, she complains tha4 the
government Will not receive more of her gallant sons into
the service. A whole brigade from Maryland has vol
unteered, and a spirited citizen of Mary husdjs willing to
appropriate 1.10,000 from his own purse to Tgaip I com
pany. The anti-war fully has attempted in vain to
damp the spirit of our people.
.Dsera OT I U.: 8 fhlAll'oz......The bti m i s pi pp i g m
Trader announcer the , death Of General Jesse Speight,
one of the Senators in Congreia from that State. Mr.
Speight's term of office did not eupire till 1851. Me
died
ey § e
Saturday, Ist inst ., at his taidence in Lowndes.
Mr. peight was a native of North Caeditia, from which
Sea was a member of Congress ; he bad 'resided in
Mi ri for ten years, and always enjoyed the cone
d of his fellow citizens ; he raised himself by his
own exertions and ability to a seat in the Unit States
Senate.
(Os The New York Sun of the 17th ult. says, The
Snow is two feet Jeep in the . woods at Acworth, N. H., 4-
mums that we shall probably have an unusually cull
season induced by the manta of ice Boating down from
the Northern ocean."
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VOTE FOR Snniix !—Let eery man who is
avor of a safe and sound currency—in fa
vor • banking institutions being made to re
deem their promises to pay"—Vote - for
SH UNK—
Let every man who loves liberty and equal
ity, tad is opposed to granting special privi
leges to the few at the expense of the many,
Vote for SH UN K.
Let every man who believes the burdens of
taxation should be made to fall as light as pos
sible•upon the labor of the eouniry—that the
favors of government should, like the dews of
Heaven, fall equally upon all men, and the
property of the banker should be tax , das much
as that of the farmey. Vote for BRUNK.
' Let every men who wishes to perpetuate the
free institutions of this country.and to preserve
for his posterity the. eact.cd right of self-go
veramentte for SHUNK.
Let every man who is bawling that the of
fice of • Governor of Pennsylvania
: should be
come an agency for the bargain andtsale of of
ficial patronage... Vote for SHUNK. '
co S i r t ga if i t,o r t r e, , opposed to' the treasonable
r-ts • aid and
com4rt" to Mexico and shoeing their own
country. Vote for SHUNK.
Let all who were opposed talthe passage of
that unrighteous- bill of abominations, the
Bankrupt law, Vote fur SHUNS.
Let all the farmers spd mechanics, and all
the friends of individuaNnterpnze, who are
opposed to the monopolizing of their business
and punuits by irresponsible incorporated
• . mpsnies, Vote fur SHUN K.
In fine, let all who are friends of their eonn
qty. and who desire s continuance of the pros.
perity with which we sie now. blessed, Vote
or honest FRANK SHUN - K.—Dent. Union.
A Swoon son Geer. Secrrr.-.-A resolution
has been passed by the legislature of Lousinia
authorizing the Governor to pre'ent reword to
Gen. Scott fur the victories at Vera Ctuz and
Cdira Gordo. .
date. I
as a hheis es the
of Olio ImOtwi f fe l
whkh we *iAUD the
tht time* et the
teeitiettel by re teetsiae
harm, smi-elaiming to
nobleman, gami life
red ameba!, w te
scanes. Oispplied
required, and steadily
ecirneasi, be amaa►
61...nc1a fa 18'29,and
114ted property to ego
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Later News fres Mexico. 1 I
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Gan. Saptes etrtrypesso : m mato flthicapit , I
—l4tiots Alvaarith..l.ooo wen--k4'vebtx
surrisidi6;t-Necusitirld reinforcing 8610
—Santa :Split it' the ount
write
esiro
- retire/raja iketz a y—a was e Mexicua.
.., • . ,
General &Ott how teed tepusit on ID
the City of Mexico, utithigit,,,waiting for rein
futeemeetit or supplied..He Irk adopted the
policy of Cortez. wbekiwis hund' ,, ..years ago,
on the very shire note occupied by nat-iroops,
collected together bit, ibipsi and iu the Pt .
of his hide army burnt the whole fleet. by I
which alone they could ever hotie to return
eaters the raging sea 'airy bad just travelled: —
So Gen. Scott. with Ws small brave artily.
drops his, base of °Oration! at, Jalapa. and
without a reserve or hue of a. niumnieations.
put-hes on towards the city of which be has. ere_
this become a iseconk.nunqueror. lie 1 -
Jalapa with but eight thonsandinen. Of these.
thelie thousand are rolunteara, whose term -rill
expire about the time he reaches the capital.—
Feeble has already sent in kdeputation to sur
reuderthat noble city. If a warlike population
of eight thousand, such as that, of the ancient
city of the Tlascalans, so promptly yieked to
our arms, there is no season to apprehend that
any further resistance wi I be offered to the
pregrees of our army. When last beard from
Gen. Worth's outposts were thrown rumor un
the road to Puebla, eighteen.snales from P rote.
)1
On last Friday week lit! whole division. coo
stituting the vanguani of the army. took up the
line of march to Puebla with a strut; *Age
train,
On the morning foittwing Gen. F,atterson
would ludow, with the volunteer force. Twiggs
brings up the tear with his force of regulars.
Geo. Scott's force la too small to spate any de
tails, for garrixouinethe towns in los rear. and
keeping open his communications. His hops
is. that the new force to be sent to him will be
able to clear his rear. and forward his supplies.
For the present he will have to depend on. the
enemy lot his eubsiatance. Supplies can easily
be obtained it, the country. for an adequie coin
pensatioq. But the people will drive off the
cattle, and destroy the crops. rather than
yield them up to our troops without cousprensa
hon.•
After the battle of Cerro Gordo, Santa hnna
fled to the hacienda of the wraiths iJoit:Garcia,
who lives a few miles from ' Jalapa. Don
Garcia has ever been one of Santa Anna's fitmest
and most influential friends. He was, during
the war of independence, a simple utuleteer,
and raadeltis fortune by buying a large. tract of
land, in some part of which an immense amount
of money had been buried by the retreating
Spaniards, a fact which he learned whilst ,enga
ged in his business of muleteer. W'ith this
money Dnn, G ircia, by pi udent investments and
1 great industry, has succeeded in accumulating a
large fortune.
He owns nearly the whole property from
Jalapa to Vera Cruz, and besides immense
herds of cattle, he has also a large cotton factory
in successful operation near Jalapa, Santa
Anna had a long interview with Don Garcia.
before and after the battle of Cerro Gordo, and
it is said deposited with him about $lOOO4lOO.
Don Garcia advised hint to leave' the country,
as it was impossible to resist the Americans.—
The astute old Mexican exhibits no hostility
toward our army., nor any discontent at its
success, but very philosophically pockets our
twenty dollars a piece for his beef cattle, and
regales our officers with delicious wines and
cigars. The Mexicans conquests, gave him a
fine capit Ito commence business with, and the
American conquests he hnpea r owill complete
the mammoth fortune which be is ambitious of
tra,jismining to his heirs. .
JALAPA. April the 20411; 1817.
Eds. Delta—You will find all the news that
is to be picked up here Ina paper, a copy of
which I send you. Some idle tumour prevails
this morning that Sadta Anna hail been made a
risoner, but so little attention did 1 pay to it
at the moment that 1 forgot to ask whether to
Americin or Mexieans.
Gen. Strut will probably leave p ace in 12 or
14 days, when he will make no halt short of
Puebla. As von will see from the news 1 send
you in the Star, the enemy , talk of nothnig but'
resistance.
- The Mexicans are bringing in their corn
pretty freely.
I believe from what I can heat about head
quarters, that when we march from this place
there will be little or no communication with
Vela Cruz. Our means of communication will
not enable us to look for supplies from home,
and the enemy will be looked to, to a great ex
tent. Out-trains are begining already to be an
noyed in the short space between this and Vera
Cruz, and to keep the road open all, the way to
Mexico will require more men than, would be
necesisary to take that Lily.
The Swedish Consul tells me that he visited
Santa Anna at Orizba, and obtained from him
a passport income dnwn.ll Iliad but a thousand
men with him, badle equipped, and he is look
ing haggard and mqe.h dejected. His day has
passed. Both soldiers and officers have lost
all confidence in him, and - 1: have no doubt,
were he to come to Vera Cruz. during' the
present state of feeling of the Mexican popula
tion. he would be murdered.
When the Swedish Consul left, they Were
busily fortifying Mexico. No stand wilt be
mailiat Puebla, unless we delay marching on
it for some time. Gen. Worth is Perote
-Scott at Jalapa. A report has reached here
that Old Zarb has taken posselsion of San Luis
Potosi, but i doubt this very much—he could
hardly have reached there in this time. The
diligence runs regu'arly now to Mexico.
In Vera Cruz every thing is going on smooth
ly. The business or the city is, increasing in
a wonderfnl ;degree. The waters are covered
with merchant vessels. Yankee hotels. Yankee
auction houses, are starting up here at every
turn of the corner.
Vera Cruz, May sth. 1847.'
Ens. DELia :—As the steamer has been de.
tained untiLto day by. bad weather. I give you
closed my letter of the 3d ; there is not much
of it, but what there it, is of some interest and
importance. The British Consul at this, place
has just received a communication from the
British Minister, Mr. Bankhead saying that the
Mexican government bas solicited the friendly
mediation of his government to settle the diffi
culties between Mexico and the United Stites.
I learned this murning that such a letter bad
been received (rob Mr. Bankhead. and atonce
called on the Engbab,,Consol, who tells me
that macli is the (set. You may...therefore, rely
on the accuracy of this state.. nt.
Santa Anna is about tarty in hers.
with 2000 men. threatening to march red
sack Vera Crux. This information tomes
from a Spanish merchant ofithir \place. who
came in yesterday from Mexico. He states
that he saw Santa Anna, who advised him to
is things out of City. as besbotildAkstroy
a rything m it. ' Ttlis. of course, we consider
.as. ,‘ Mexican brilystio, is itAmot likclv he
Wpit , otake4lis Vine phi*, oldie intend trs
kOf eg.,4hgnt;: We ere, nevertheless, reeds
que'llten (infantryptt eiti)leit. oe so - sot to
:akin by euiprise. 1 • i
* '-; We kern by letter frnmsthe Pity of - Mexico
Thai they hate stopped throwing up lintrench
,ments around the city. and/do not intend stand
ing- a siege or -bombardment. For the first
time since I ha • , • , in Mexico, I begin to
think that a . ar is about drawing to a close.
' - (Correapoodenee tithe New Tea nun.]
Washiugton. 15th, May, -1847.
. Thousands 'of our 'citizens. amongst whom
wens many patriotic ladies. visited the War
Disn
Omi during this forenoon,,for the purpose
v
of eying the interesting trophies captozed.
by n. Scott. at Vera Cruz, and broughton by
e gallant Colonel Hatikhesd. They consist
of two national flags. one of which floated over
the far-famed Castle. and the other over the
city. Each measutts 15-by 21 feet, of inferior
bunting—tri-colored. red, white and green,
with a coat of arms - in the cenue. eagle, with
serpent in its beak. feet reeling upon the cactus.
The former is old. worn and dirty. Another
flag. about 3 by 5 feet in in size. is composed
of alt; sprintd eagle in the centre. over which
are the words .. Battalion Pero/invite, No 2."
The eagle and lettering is finely embroidered;
doubtless the handiwork of the fair stnqras or
senoritri t s of Mexico ; but, m the . glorf of the
fiation departed. every etude in itarouipositiou
seems to have faded. Two battalion flags
••swallow-taile." as they are technically term
ed—ens white. the other red. with representa
tions onsurstiog granades. a!so attracted eon
siderable attention. One very old and dilapidt
ed color. of white cotton. which bad mike been
decorated with a gaudy painting. representing
the eagle. kettle drams. alligator. and a panther
of other frightful looking animals. must have
amused our Anikatisas boys amazingly: It
w as touch torn and ready for the rubbish pile.
Three miler small sized silt regimental colors
were exhibited, two of which bore simple evi
dence of the accuracy of Americas marksmen.
the eagle in the centre of each being perkrated
with one or more balls. Washington and
Baltimore hare their trophies in advance, but.
depend upon it, the noble volunteers of ypui
state will - make up for lost time, not only) in
detailed accounts of deeds of noble daring, but
in various memorials of repeated victories will
ere !wig attest them. The workmanthipon all
these. nags (except the em'roidered one) is
abominable. Give a boy at our Navy Yards a
pot of black paint and a brush, and he'll make
a far boner job. From the woikaliops 'of our
Navy Yard our eats are calmed ten boors ont
of twenty-four with merry music to which
everything else cheerfully responds. •What
will the intelligent and skilful mechanics of
Brooklyn think of having one of the new
steamers to build ! It is reported to-day . that
Capt. F. A. Tucker, who was tendered a com
mission. as sueb,a few thiyeeknee. may receive
the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel in the
new batallinn now forming to supply the place
of the Baltimore batallion whose term of service
is about to expire. This appointment would
unquestionably, be a very popular one.
litabblical arid ibirdetoirs Act.
Sixty Persona Poisoned—Ten for Twelve
Dead—Eighteen or Twenty others Die
paired of.
[From the New Orleans Delta, of I th Met)
A friend of ours received a letter yesterday
from his brother, who resides in the parish of
Sabine. It is dated on the 2d inst., and be
sides some reference to matters of private bu
siness, contains the following startling extract.
Perhaps, to do away with all idea of its being
uniuthentie. we might as well say that the let
ter came to Mr. Sidle, Clerk of the House of
Represcntatives,'and was written by his bro
ther. But to the extract :
•• There has been one of the most unexam
pled acts i f poisoning committed in Shelby
county, Texas, that 1 have ever beard p 1
There was a wedding at uld Mr Wilkin
son's. of an orphan girl be raised, at which all
the invited guests were poisoned. in oding the,
brides-maid and groomsman. Out 160 per
sons poisoned, thlyty, Dr. Sharp ays, will
certainly die.. • . •
Ten or twelve are4ready dead including
two sons of preacher Britton, two 'asselber
rys—the one a young wan and t e other a
young woman—one of the Slaugh s, and his
wife.
Strange to tell, none of the lentil were in
jured, nor yet the bride and groom 4 yet one of
the bride's maids died in the house:
1 4
Old %V ilkinson has absconded. The por
tion of Texas is in arms. and wo betide the
guilty ! What I write you is:the et without
exaggeration. e t _
• It is supposed that the negro &were hi-ed
/
to administer the poison in the rode, or focd,
by a disappointed suitor,...rho wa present at
the wedding.
FEDER AL3 SX.-11 . 1 atthew Carey said When
tfie country sinks, Feder/ham rises ; and
when the country. rises, Federalism
This is a text from -aoapostle of Democracy,
antrnever tvais there one more truthful presen.
fed to the American people. True it is that
when the country ranks, and only when the
couniry sinks, Federalism rises. The Feder
alists hiive nzver succeeded, except when the
whole business of the country was depressed
by some revulsion of trade or dire calamity,
and then they rode into power by appealing to
the passions of the people, not their reason.
So well are the Federal leaders aware of
this fact that they have been using every ff
fort in their power to bring panic, ruin aid
distress upon the country, in order that their
party might be benefited by;the Calamitiesiof
the people.
But in this they have been sadly disappo n
-01. The country instead of being ruined, y
a Democratic State and national edministrati n,
has prospered beyond all former example.
the valleys are smili g
,with plenty, industry every where Meets it.
reward. sod never were the people of he U i
ted States c in a more prosperous and happy
condition.
Boatotaav IN Haumssouci.—The house of
THOMAS ELDER. Xrq., one of our oldest and
most rerpectable inhabitants, 'was entered on
Saturday night last, and robbed of silver ware
and clothing to the amount of several hundred
dollars. A considerable portion of the silver
plate had been in the Otmily for sixty years.
and of course was mo valued by Mr. Elder
and ) hii fam il y , than t I lams amount of ma
ri .
ney would have been. We trust that the mi.-
*reams who committed' this outrage may be
brought to justice. Up to the timN i gf our
going to press the burslarti had not been de
tected.—Democratic Union.
Ariivil of the Britannia.
Th. royalatailateam-paeket Britanna.Gept.
,fiewilt; 'retied
. tiit Boston last Sunday night
about midnighti-' She left Liverpoolton the
4th iLt., and has accordingly made the pas
sage twOlve and a half days. 1
4oteTha'foreign events of the fortnight are not
of strikinglaterest In retinal the Junta still
keep the Queen's forces at bay. The insur
gents are now too powerful sod weahby to be
extinguished by force. and means'are In pro
gress to buy off their hostility.
The Queen of Spain and her husbaireabour
symtoms of enduring' each other. They have
appeared together in public. and the reconcil
iation is said to have given , rise to great rejoi
cings.
The Government' education schemes had
passed to a third reading in the House of.Gtini
mons after a three nights' debate, almost with
out opposition. '
A few days ago not fewer titan 2,000 end.
grants sailed from Hamburg for New York.—
In some parts of the country emigration is eta
ried on to almost an alarming extent. whole
villages go away in mass, and entire districts
become depopulated. -
The latest accounts from Ire represent
the mortat\oreeritif the Lord Lieutenant aVra
podly drawing to a close. The Dublin Even
ing Post holds out no hope of his rectiverY..
The papers contain the . advice, by the over
land mail. front India and China : 'from the
former the most important intelligence seems
to be the death of Karar Khan. son of Dna'
klahouted. At Canton, it is said, the Fruitiness
had lessened by the new year holy dale oc
curring in February. andi,ke failure of two tap
portant Chinese firms.
.., 4 ‘ . . .
The potato tillght hair erippeared in the
neighborhood of ' Belfast. O'Connell is sink
ing daily. The sec um` wiiith tome to hand
through the meat& of the French papers
show that his earthly career is drawing to a
close. ~, , .
The weather has of late undergone a favora.
ble change ( ; vegetation is making - vapid pro.
tress : the accounts of the wheat -ant) eat
crops are highly encouraging. and even tn re
gard to ;potatoes very favcrable accounts are
received.
[From the Democratic Union.)
-Senate' Cllllleret‘'S Letter.
We find the subjoined letter in the , Norris
town Register. one of the oldest Democratic
papers in the State. It isrpreficedin the Register,
by an able•Aritcle, jthowiti,g very conclusively
diatGen. Taylor hag no af fi nity with the Whigs
as g party. Indeed bow could he—being the'
Hero of a war. which the Whigs, as a party.
have always bitterly opposed, and denounced.
l'hie able letter was called out by a casual con
versation between den. CARRRON, and the editor
of the Reoi et. ster, relative to the early political
associations of- Gen. TAct.on; and •it goes to
prove what we have all along believed that if
General Taylor. belonged to either of the parties
which separate the Fipple of this country, it is
the Democratic party.
The position which Gen. C A *EROS occupies
at Washington, esrtainly gives him an oppor
tunity to ascertain through the friends of Gen.
TAYLOR, the old Hero's sentiments on political
subjects, and we believe the history given in
the present letter will bet found to be correct,
the predictions of the Federal editors to the
contrary notwithstanding.
•• IDDLETOWN, April 24. 1847.
• 'I Dealt 'SIR.--YoUr paper of last week was
handed me this morning, and reminds me of a
promise to put in writing what I said to you
the taiker day in regard' to General Taylor.
...
'al have several acquaintances wtio know the
.61d General well, and I met, since the battle of
Buena Vista, one, . a distinguished citizen *of
Kentucky, who lived beside him for many
years. This gentleman Was recently the Demo
crane candidate for a high offset.. He says that
General Taylor has been a Democrat all his life,
and this agrees unit all information on the
subject. His father was one of the Electors
who gave the vote of Virginia to Mr. Jelerson.
lie was the personal and istditical . friend. of
qen...Lackson, and the -firm supporter of his
slthninistration and measures. In 1808, he was
stationed in this place on the recruting service,
and he is still remembered by some of our
citizens, who speak of bin - l—with pleasnie. and
say that he was then a rupporti , tl of Simon
Snyder. Ile entered the army in early life,
and h as never been a politician—nor has he Irv!
n
ever ad any connection with the machinery,of Thui
party or with wire-working politicians—but he Yin's vi
has always kept up. an acquaintance with ih 1838. d g
leading measures of the day, and his enquirin Mark le
mind is stored with a thorough knowledge of the se!
the whole system of Our government. 'No man s hort c''
has a greater reverence for'the will of the people more
and none have shown a greater desire to elevate ..,,,
ANT (1171.T1E.S OE THE ‘V F* l .sT. —()ne of lilt
and sustain humble men of miellectand merit."
•• I have before me a letter from a friend at
Monterey, who fought by hie in more than one thab e results of a peace with. Nlesickins
cei,e, micable and. permanent, wit be the is
field, dated March 11, 1847, who' speaks of • eilltie wlivzh milli b
ee afforded to out hull:inapt,
'he &Minas
him in these words :—.• General Taylor has land ' ' el " i n P l4 ""g
arrived since the above • was written., He wbith are spread over the face ul that co P'•
is simple and unostentatious as a child—plain Centr I America, and indeed we May - °"(
as a 'pike.staff—homely and unpretending— North and South Ametica, proves yond any
brave as Caesar, and as determined and firm as doubt hat this Continent' was inlia!lted thaw
adamant. 119 has sure g good sense—he is sands of years ago by a rave of cultivated pea. ,
unornamental, but useful. His sense i s o f the ple, who understood arekitecture and ulolta r.
ed temples, obslisks,
cast-tron i kintl, not shining. but solid, and alto
gether practical. He is the least showy, man- ducts. military Itighwrvis in the same styles"
titicial general or subaltern that is or ever was with the same stolidity and alehitecinral derv;
in the American army. lie has a power and rations as those of Babylon, Tyre, !-7 ,ol "g`'
piratnids. a queducts.tis::
an influence over, men. whether individuals or Thebes and'Menephts. The valley,,of the Mil .
armies, that is irresistible. All around him sissip i has been fruitful of antiquarian dis•
have a consciousness of serurity and safety, cover es., Copper ,coins of: curious 3 101 as:
white he is with them, It is-this moral power, known devices have been turned up. weapotis
this magic of the mind, 'which made his four and i datrtirnents of eve r y' discriptien , ca m r,. i
.
thousand men superior to twenty thousand well ed - o1 materials unknovfn to the pause Norm
Jtt
disciplined troops." Antetiican Indians, and !human bones di
o 11l have not, my dear sir, said enough to feren foymation frocdttioserof any esistuVr
convince you th at General Taylor is a good cies f mankind. Lately f in Franklin CO'ol
Democrat, of the Jeffersonian, Snyder, J ac k son Miss sal pi. a platforM or flour has bees s"'
school, I shall- be glad to hear what will, make cove ed Some three fee underground , coil'.
a Democrat. t c ed o hiwn .stone neatly finished. l'Is:
Sincerely your friend, hen re • and field feet long and elght9 , o ,
'SIMON CAMERON• void . It extends due north and smith OE
COL &MM. D. PATTERSON, . surf ce is perfectly level: The mason
,s_q!
Editor "Norristown Register. - is ea obe equal not superior to any or 7.
dery times.. Thirty years ago the EPO l is "
.. 6 :
cov red 'with oak and pine trees. There
lection
lection of thiaistone pavement so ren t al,
vered:,nor is: there any tradition abati
is a canal snail a well near it. alson-a s:-
, 7
hean passage) A - few years,morc a ell!'
‘try will be Orrrun by weans and urn
—ll
ar.t. iteo:v it..i.tsois r oe MORE TROOP,.
..
is announced in eSattgamo Journal that ~':
GoVernor of Illi ' has received Item tbs r io.
ve went a requils ion for a regimen' of
~,.."..0(
tee ten corn ies of infantry and `;;-_..„' s
!
ao nted caValryd Their destination RI
and they are to serve during th e W 1
11 ,_
discharged. -
THEY RAVE a born% shell at the Philadel
phia Exchange, brought by the Princeton.
which was fired from. the Castle during the
bo.nbardment of the city of Vera Crux, and .
fell near Gen. Worth'. tent, a distance of two
miles and a half. The thianass of the iron is
about two Inches. and)it weighir-188 pounds.
The charge was not ignited by the fuse, and it
has sinee been withdrawn.
TIM VACANCY VI ;171aonna.—The demo
crats of Petersburg. In 'the Brunswick district.
hold a meeting on the 9th of June.. to elect
delegates to a Convention to nominate a candi
date for Coupes'', to supply the place of Mr.
Dromgoolc.
Tie Nerd Ratite tim Wain.
Ms Po dully at tat
. The'Federal paPers bout largely of the gn at
pOpularity of .them' candidate for Govern er ,
t
Bp i *heti we co e to examine the record let
are ettyrly astonished,,That 4 mth *honk! b e'
placed in notnint4ion, by a party claiming i. e g
the taleniand all the decency," who posie s* "
so filth popular ty. The feet is ooto f e eee
here, at Itarrisb rg. that had the Whig D e l i ,.
gales iMen left t a free and unbiased selech ei.
i i l
Jaime CoerErt.sq. u of Adams eoenty, wou l d
%
have been the big candidate for tlotern ee.
'fliia is. hOwriver, foreign to out purpose , w e
i .
desire to show that this Feat:Rat Lux is at
a very small pi, rn after alt.
James Irvin
some eight or u
but twice. In dr
circumstances a;
crate always ,
ground, and t
does not go
man. .
No man in I
city. has been
Irvin. 'lle fria
last TWELVE '
and if he his I
fault of his.
In 1835. wi
tor. for which
ed, throng!' ti,
In 1837.11
Major Geuer
county. and
as been a candidate for di tto
times; and-never was eleett4
• whole titne..notw ttlistanding
nil divisions among the. Demo.
(ye him the advantage of th e
e choise of . riders. o w
forw that he is a VERY populat
is . State. of such limited caps
o anthitiods for office as 1 .15 4 ,,
been before the putile for the
BARS. as a regular party h ac k .
been Wore successful, it is 40
fuid!birn pp fur County Au
h.
ntfe otfice - itts neigobors deck!.
ballut-bos, against him !
was a.carididate for ihg ttEeesf
ill of the military (tree
hey deti,ded against hint !!
walt.eiandidate fur Congress,
• of his own neighborhood sail
d against hint !! ! • 2
leas again a candidate for Con-
neighbors again gave their ter.
inh !! I ! •
In 1838, h
and the prop
county, ded
In 1.839,-h
mos, and hi
diet aga►►fel
In 1840, h
green, and w:
as the Demo
cantata tea a :1
people in IN.
bee►l but It
been a ilium!
hi m Pi ?It
was again a candidate for Coo.
I only elected by antannitty rote,
Frani were divided and ran iwo
,ainst hirn. The ewe of the whnie
care was large, and ri there had
o candidates, there would hare
ring verdtet of the people apart
lit 1843, e was again re-elected ander sires
dar circumstances. The whole rote polled'
was trernenjously against him t" '' r ,
•In 1844, to was, a candidate for the mains.
t iO ri fo r i eeeof Governor, by his own par.
ty. 'and it was decided against him ' " ' ' i i
1
In 1847, 'we find him running the Iron Mss.
ter's Mono ly candidate for Gieiernornf Penn
sylvania, w th ali)the Toryism of the Federt!
Mexican p riy.pinited 021 his eoat ail ''l , 1
I I i
Igresstonal cliiitrirt in which M.
is composed 4 the counue s of Cen
etdon,'Juniata and Nldlita.bin Cm
* his hone. We ii di tiuiv cum-.
and as they wun't lie. we will lie&
opularity routes uff when compared
~f men of the same party who 6
I ,efore, at. and after Mr. Irvin was a
I. In Mr. Irvin'i Congreasiorsal kr
The Co
Irvin livee,
ire; Ilunti
tre C.01.1;11.
I;taotr figure
how Irvin
with that •
for office
candidate.
mitt.
Ritner in
Irvin in I
838 received
43
DEE
s nnpopularitjy, 1342 "
n 1840 receit ed 7466 rotes
:43 •• 5734 "
Harrison
-Irvin in 1
NI unpopularity, 1732 t•
1841 receivei: 6376 votes
843 5734
QM
Banks in
Irvin in
'a unpopularity,
1844 receixell
1843
0111
Markle i
Irvine in
unpopulariiy,
844 .4 r4rei!et1
i 843 r
FE
Clay in
Irvin in
i.'a unpopularity, 2819
raking an reatninatiun rif these re
find that Irvin, in 1843, teemed
tes
roar inlB3P. by 4242
,‘
anison in 1840. by 1732
nks in 11111 , by 642
arkle in 1844. btr . - 2666
lay is 1844, by 2829
By
sults, w'
fewer •,
Than R
Than
Than B.
Than 11
Than 0
o's loss,
•
it it will be seen that by rouipartil Ir
ate ISt 1813, wttly t 1 4.1 of Han . , a
al of Harrison in I.k•tf, Banks
and Clay in 1844, that el 100) Imo,
(=styled popular Congressman. 1.: si
teepPqr, up' with •lits party rate by
an 6,000 ! !
reco
disc
The,
ter • ~
cou
leri
7073 votes
5734
6l "
7399 yams
5731 "
2665 "
F 553 ro!ei.
51'34 "
9'200