Vr4igo4o '94lpl;tl'ev.
Towanda, Wednesday, Dcc. 8, 1847
To the..Patrone of the #Lepoeter.
With this; number of the Reporter, the coma-E.-
tip of the:iieniocAkner erul , ; al hi I 1 , ..tt ‘llll,l hare
- been graiilied , to e2tpfesshis gratefulness at. more
length, to those who hare sustained and stood by
the Reporter, during the stomata/ a /gay year's since
11.6,eortunenced its jaiblication ; but he4yrias bcru for
some weeks suffering upon a bed of siekneis, and
is yet too ill to attempt it. He can oil y, this time,
render there his thanks, and rwmeit the seine kind
and liberal Triendship to be stili%liended to his son
(the lam junior partner,) ender whose charge the
paper will hereafter be conducted..
Mr:V-4VA' Speectiat Lexington.
•
The announcement that Henry nay would give
his views upon the present war with Mexico, - its
authors and its objects, placed thiS`nation in a state
of prolonnd - expectation. Peopi were naturally
anxious to hear what he niight sai; for independent
of his elevated position, and the space he has tilled ,
in thelistori of our zoantry, at this time he may
be considered as the Etribodiment and Sir Oracle
of The Whig party-, and his speech as the f9reShad
owing,4f not the annunciation of the principlys and
policy to be adopted as the Creed of that party. He
was to - pilot this party-, not without a guide ; and
relieve them from thifir present waverim,r and un
'certain condition. Indeed, for sometime, eircum
;stances have made lkirir the only available candi
date of the Whigs, and the time- had come when
his iiews should he promulgated about this war
which has already existed longer than any antici
pated. and has cost our nation much of treasure
-and bkicd ; and of other momentous questions ;
stow agitating the public,mind.
The - public, accordingly, have been for some
lime on the qui ricc.,- to see this forthcoming speech :
tb
read it,, and carefully ponder and reflect upon it.
Tlierimodiated the scanty and meagre sketch—
which, Iforrie upon the :lightnings, came to them—
at Mr.,Clai'S request, and patiently awaited the la
bor of his own hands to give them the words
which he uttered at Lexington. They wished to
do him justice ; he at all times commands respect.
It is now before them, published in the North Ame
dean as aguarante-oliti authenticity ; and before
atr pe
this has i.
land, - read in every city, town. and hamlet.—
Of its m i Is, as a speech, there can be but. one
opinion. It is worthy of his best days ; bill of fer
vor,. of fire, and eloquence. We wish we could
say, ,it breathed a spirit of patriotism, or inculcated
doctrines worthy of an ,American citizen.
Mr. Clay sets out with a most beautiful allusion
to the darkness and gloominess of the day-..a like
the condition of the country in regard to the unna
tural war with , Meytico!" Ile contrasts the season
',of ths'year with his own period oflife, in most feel
ing t4rns, and says, 4 ' In the progress oft years my
spring time has gone by, • and I too am in the Au
turrin, of life, and feel the' frost of age." After viv
idly drpicting the evils of"Wor, Pestilence and Fe..
tnine'l upon natiolis, (which he soNearriest;y implor
ed to rest upon his country rather than the election
of a Military chieftain to the Presidency ; a few yews
since) - ; and marking the present war as a conse
quence of the annexation orretas says :
" But, notwithstanding a state of war necessarily
resulted from the fact of annexation of ,one of the
the belligerents to the United tjtatcs, actual hostili
ties might•have been probablfaseerted by prudence,
mode.ation and wise stawnanship. If Creit.Taylor
had been permitted to remain, where his own good
sense prompted him to believe he ought to remain, at
the point of Corpus Christi; and if a negotiation
had been opened in a true spirit of amity and con
ciliation, War possibly might have been prevented.
But, instead of Abis pacific and moderate course,
while Mr. Slid eras bending his , way to Mexico,
with his diploma*. credeotials, General Taylor was
ordered to transplant his cannon, and to plant them
in a warlike attitude, opposite to Matamora4, on the
east bank of the Rio Bravo, within the very disput
ed territory, the adjustment of which was to be the
object of Mr. Slidell's mission. • What• else could
have transpired but a conflict of arms ?"
Seldom has so many false statements and
representations been strung
.togedier in so short a
paragCaph. War did- not 'necessarily result from
the- annexation of Texas, unlesi. indeed it became
necessary for Mexico to plunge the two countries in
to tvar, as she did, without auy just or even plausi
ble cau;c: or provocation, merely to fulfil the
promptings and predictions of - Henry Clay,.and the
whigs generally. " Prudence, moderation, and
wise statesmanship," were not wanting onthe part
of the 1.1. S. •G6vernment, nor was their exercise
wanting to avert the present kvar ; and Mr. Clay's
remark if true at all, is true only by applying it to
the Mexican government, and then the language js
far too faint. That Gen. Taylor's "own ,good sense
:prompted - him to believe he ought. to remain at
Corpus Christi," is conclusively refuted by the fact
that he'himself recommended the removal to the
Rio Grande. The
~insinulfion that rieg,otiations *ith
Mexico were notopenedin a t• true spirit 'of amity;
and conciliation," is ungenerous And unjust, and
effectually disproved, not only by the long forbefu ,
mice of the U. S. ; but by the correspondence be
tween the two goyemments in the opening and
progress of' the negotiations alluded to. A more
gross untruth than Mr. Clay's statement, " that
while Mr. Slidell was bending his way to Mexico
with his diplomatic credentials, Gen. Taylor was
ordered to transport his cannon antftch plant them.
in u warlike attitude opposite to Matamoros on the
' east bank of the Rio Bravo within the verty disput
ed territory, the adjustment oC which was the object
of Mr. Slidell's mission," has - seldom been uttered.
Its utter falsity is shown by many facts. General
Taylor never was ordered to plantliis.cannon in a
warlike altitude oppdSite Matamoras, or to take a
'position in any territory that Was at that time dis
puted more than was the whole of Texas. Again,-
the order of Gen. Taylor, to. occupy the east bank of
- the Del Norte was not given while Mr. Slidell was
on his way to Mexico, for it appears that Mr. Slidell
was commissioned Nov. 10th, 1845. and arrived al
Vera Crux
,Nov. 30th, and % reached Mexico Dec.
- 611), - and was rejected - by Herrera's government
Dec. 21st, 48 45 while the order to Gen. Tavlor was
notgiven until Jan. 13111, 1846, the receipt of which
• he acknowledged Feb. 4th. Presidedt Polk in his
message of May.llth '46 says, that the American
tutees remaiuedat Corpus Christi until after such
imformatioe was received hum Mexico as render
ed it probable, if not certain, that the Mexican go.
ceramist fvvO»l reuse 14t#Ibei , lit our en(ey.r-
These fait Mr. lay,hnell i r k or Night tokneWH and
either born of the difeMmals Iteffrenripigijf
Clay's speech had not beeit,written out.by,biumB l 4.,
there would have been room fOr chanty- in tu be
hope that he had not been repmted accura ely, but
no such room is found since be became his own
reporter. Again, Mr. Clay'a assertion thal.theTre
i,ident produced tbe war by ordering Gen. Taylor
to the east bank of the Del Norte is shown to be
untrue by the fact that Gen. Paredes, the Mexican
President, ordered on the 4th March 1846 the Gen
eral cornmauding on the north extern frontier of
'Mexico. to attack the American troop.. Gen. Tay
lor was then at Corpus Christi, arra did not leave
brat place until March 1 ith, just one week after the
order of Paredes to his General in command. The
next day ; March IZh, Mr. Slidell, then about a thou
sand miles •distant in the territory . of Mexico, was
rejected a second lime by the Mexican government,
railer - Paredes. The American General did not In -,-
rice opposite to„Matamoras till the 28th of the same
month. Also the same is shown by the fact that
the Mexican government bas never alleged the
march of Gen: Taylor, either as the cause of the
war or the occasion of hostilities; but constantly
alleges that the annexation of Texas was not only
the cause of war but was an act of war itself. The
round taken on this supject by Mr. Clay and the
;wings is sheer fabrication fon political effect. Al,
ter this array of Misrepresentation and untruth, Mr.
Clay, probably frightened by his own shadow, or
the spectre conjured up. by his evil imagination
exclaims--4 What else could have transpired bu'. a
conflict of arms
Alr y Fial then proceeds in a speech of two hours
and a half in length, to give an exi.osititni of his
views and opOions. The purport °Una remarks
pre illustrated' hest by his own langu‘me, at the
closing of his speech. Ile says he has endeavored
to *how : •
" Ist. That the present war was brought about by
the annexation of Teas, and the subsequent order
of the President, without the previous consent and
authority,of Congress.
" 24). That the President, being unealigtxtened.and
uninstructed, by any public declaration of Congress,
as to the objects fbr which it ought to be prosecut
ed, in the conduct of it is necessarily left to his own
sense of what the national interests and honor may
require.
" 3d. That the whole war-Making power of the na
tion, as to motives, causes and objects, is confided
by the Constitution to the discretion and judgment
of Congress.
"4th. Thatit is, therefore, the right of Congress,
at the commencement or during the progress of any
war, to declare for what object and purposes the
war ought to waged and prosecuted.
"bib. That it is the right andduty of Congress,
to announce to the nation for what . is the pre
sent war shall be longer continued ; that t e
ditty of the President; in the exercise of bis official
functions, to conform to and carry out this declared
will of Congress, by the exercise, if, necessary, of
all the high powers with which he is clothed.; and
that, if he fail, or refuse to do so it becomes the
imperative duty of Congreds to arrest the further
progress of the war by the most effectual means in
its power.
" Let Congress announce to the nation the objects
for which this war shall be further Drotracted, and
public suspense and:public inquietude will no kin
ger be ag itated by adark and uncertain future. But
although I might have forebone to express any opi
nion whatever as to tbe purposes and objects for
which the war should be continued, I have not filo%
proper to conceal my opinions, whether worth any
thing or not, from that public examination:- Accor
dingly I have stated
" 6th. That it seems to me that it is the duty of
our country, as well on the score of -moderation and
magnanimity, as with, the view of avoiding discord
and discontent at horde, to abstain from seeking to
conquer and annex to. the United States, Mexico or
any part of it; and especially, to disabuse the put:o.
lic mind, in any quarter of the Union, of the im
pression, if it any where exists, that a desire for
conquest is cheris4edi`br the purpose of propagating
or extending slavery."
It will be seen, by this, that Mr. Clay is opposed
to the acquisit!on of any more new territory, and
that his followers are to be marshalled under the
nner of "No More Territory." We believe this
doctrine will receive the universal oppobrium of the
people of this Republic The enemies to the war,
and the opponents of the acquisition of New Terri
tory, will find that they are disregarding the senti
ments of the country, and must expect to receive
condemnation ettheir hands.
The course proposed by Mr. Van Buren in his let.
ter to the editor of the Wilkes-Baite Fanner, in re
garot to this matter, is the only true and patriotic
grothd. Bow favorable it contrasts with the stand
taken by Mr. Clay. Mr. Van Buren says :
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" The war cannot CLOW be concluded with hondr.
unless we receive from Mexico a just indemnity for
the past, and reasonable security for the future.—
If these be not obtained,: the survivors of our gal
lant argil, who have, by their deeds of valor, con
firmed the respect and compelled the admiiation of
the world, cannot be brought home without im
peachment of the laurels they have so nobly won,
nor the memories. of -the_ heroic dead shielded
(Tom the refection of having sacrificed their lives
in a worse than useless contest."
This will be the position Assumed by the r
cracy of the North : 4. ‘ INDEnlirrY FOR THE PAST AND
REASONABLE SECURITY FOR THF. FUTURE." Upon
that issue They ore ready to meet the opponents of
the War, and the enemies Of New Territory.
We had hoped to find NV. Clay's speech less
ambiguous about the subject of Slavery, than it is.
But we were much disappointed. The seventh re
solution alone mieit have been tortured into some
thing like opposition to slave, propaptdism, but
the speech is less explicit. ' He merely asserts, that
no new territory should be annexed ; to show the
world that the present is not a war for the purpose
of extending slavery ; and he 'protests that it is not
his wish to acquire new: territory for the purpose of
intmducing, slavery [mini the ktnited States. These
c te
declarations meet no pthse of the Slavery questii .
He first skulks behind the cry " . of No. Tenito ,"
bra if Territory is acquired, its acquisition is n to
be for the express purpose of propagating Slavei-y !
This is t what the organs of the most ultra slavehOld
ing interests profess. But, we believe, that in some
sections, the war is looked to only as the means of
extending the area of Slavery. It was for this put. i
pose that Texas was so hurriedly brought to our
fraternal embrace'. We • shall take occasion to
show, at seine future period, the true sentiments of
the South upon this question of conquering free, to
convert it into Slave territory.
The natural inquiry presents itself, What effect
will this speech of Mr. Clay's have upon the Whig
party, anti upon his prospects for the Presidency 1
From the reception the speech -meets with, at the
North, we believe, Mr. Clay can never be the can
didate for the Presidency of the Whig party.- The.
speech meets the cordial approbation of but few of
his party---those only who follow in the wake of
Henry Clay, let him lead wheresoever he wilt. It
meets with a general burst of indignation from the
neutral press ; and the patriotic portion of the Whig
press, eejwdirde iler . aiiorreassl unm t'do e ,
teaches. We shall espied to see this ftmanonionat
joserlel storriftsentifnl confosiormatrthe ertd
'may i tistlearre.itf Mr. Clay to that aitirement
'afkmled him lot ere people in .1844, makes the
.Crilhoen Netlike' 'Wthe- Demomaciy, shook adapt
him as their and rally their stniegth np•
ar-him. Their shied is almost substantirdly Mr.
Clay's, and alarmed at the demonstration for Free
Soil and Free labor, made* the, .North,, they raise
the cry of No New Territory, missing to *all our
armies home in disown to &noble the -burners
upon which victory has so often partied ; to fore
go indemnity kw the pest; and trust to their future
machinations to secure for -their "peculiar. iattite
tion,"
thfi.e.lertile fields of Mexico, now by con
questand right, Weer poreessioe: •c-
Er.rcriox or A UXITFD Starts ., Smalos.—The
Legislature of Terintarhas id last succeeded in
electing a successor to Mr. Jernigan, whose term
of office eipired on the dth of March last, in the
Senate of the United States. Judge Beta, win the
siiecessful - candidate. The election of the Hon:
John Bell favorable indication of the-prospects
of Gen. TATLOR in Tennesige ; Mr. WI being de
cidedly in favor Gen. Tayloroi-ther next Presiden
cy and opposed to the resolutions of Me.sthay,
NEW Mucci.Lan' TOE GIRLS MID Bois.-117e
have been favored with the second number of this
neat and popular periodical. The work is juvenile
in its character, is handsomely - embellished with a
large number.Of engravings, and is filled with arti
cles well adapted for the entertainment and instruc 7 /
Lion of youth: Edited by Miss Tuthill, and pub
lished by Lindsey & Blackiston, Phil'a.
loan Saarrotts.—By the resignation of a Feder
alist in Zee county, a vacancy is created Which, at
the late election, the Democrats have filled. This,
the New York Tribune (F:) admits will secure a
Democratic majority on joint' ballot in the Legisla
ture, and as a consequence the election of two De-.
mocratic U. S. Senators.
DEeLinsTtott.—Nimrod Strickland, Esq., the tal
ented editor of the Westchester Republican, de-'
clines, in a letter to - the editors of the Pennsylva
nian, being a candidate for the office of State Trea
surer. -
Posrnos os Ma. Anams.-1t is said that the Hon.
John Q. Adams win avail himself of the first oppor
tunity to declare himself in favor of the acqbit4itioti
of the whole of Mexico.
JOHN A„ VAMBIX, Esq., of Lycoming county, is
spoken of as the Democratic candidate for Canal
Commissioner,
I aox.—Mr. David P. Davis has taken the Rolling
_ . .
Ape,.
The Rough and Ready Iron Works ' ofHancock,
Foley, & Co. are actively engaged in the manufw,
tare of Merchant:iron and small T rails
• The Montour Rolling Mill is turning out heavy
railroad iron as usual, on a large scale. An acxl
dent stopped the
• puddling furnaces of this Arm for
some days past, but the repairs, we understand, are
finished; and all the operations of this Mammoth
Mill again in motion.
The Foundries, of tiayirood & Snyder,Moore
& Biddle, O'Conner &. Rice, together with the Ma
chine shops attached, are all in full operation,
turn
ing out an immenseiamouni of heavy and light
castings, hollow-ware, Machinery, &e-
All the Furnaces in our town, ana vicinity are in
full blast, but one, and that one will soon be ready
to resume her,large issues of pig metal.
All onr means for the manufacture of Iron may
be set down as in successful, and we trust, profita
ble operation 10,1111 concerned, proprietors, mana
gers, and workmen.—DanaTk litdf igmcer.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT--By the officers of the Lu
cy Bertram, we leam.that a collision took place be
tween the steamers Talisman and Tempest, at 9-
o'clock on the morning of the 19th, by which the
former was sunk to the hurricane deck, and, as near
as we could learn, from one hundred to one hun
dred and thirty lives lost—nearly all deck passen
gers. Some .five or six cabin passengers are sup
pose to have been lost, having jumped overboard.
All on deck, with the exception of six or eight, are
foe. None of her officers are missing.
The Talisman was from Pittsburg, geld bound for
this place, with a large freight and over two hun
dred passengers. She was struck forward of the
boders, by the bow of the Tempest, and went down
in ten minutes.
The Tempest was front this place, and bound for
Memphis. She received no injury, and the pas
sengers of the Talisman, who came up on the Lu
cy fiertram ' say that no blame can be attached to
her officers. After the accident, the Tempest re
mained by the wreck for some time, nindenag all
the assistance in her power, took off the cabin pas
sengers, and brought them up to Cape Girardeau,
from whence about forty were bro ught to this city
by the Lucy Bertram.
The Tailsman and her cargo will be nearly a to
tal loss, but the books, papers, and nu ßsi mln the
clerk's o ffi ce were saved.—St. Louis • a.
E - * -- u-ste.—At a recent meeting of the Whigs
of Boston, kl_at Faneuil Hall, the Hon. Robert C.
Winthrop aildresd c the assemblage. We clip
from his published i.kh,the following paragraph.
Its sentiments moves the Americab heart like the
notes rifle trumpet 4 ,
-He had recently returned from other-and distant
lands. He had stood in halls of world-wide 'renown•
he had stood in the hall were Chatham fell d
-while 'vindicating, in words of burning eloquence,
the cause of the American Colonies, add of the
American freeeom. He ,had been at Runnymede,
Where the bold barons wrung from King'John the
Maple' Charta—the constitution of England. He
'had stood on the field of Bannockburn, where
Bruce won the liberty of Scotland; and on the 4th of
July last, amid the wild hills and mountainii of
Switzerland--the hand of Tell—be had, in company
with a companicn and countryman, toasted once
arin his native and beloved land. But, amid all
hue wanderings, he had seen no land like his own
land—no ball like Faneuil Halt=no hill - like Bun
ker plains like these of Lezington--arul
no rock like that of Plymouth.
nom Ciuroaxu.—The New York Commercial
gives entracte from a copy of the California Star,
dated June 191 h. It contains the proceedings of a
meeting held at St. Francisco for the purpose of pe
titioning the President—protesting against the return
of Col. J. C. Fremont in the capacity o f Governor
of the Calikimias, and adopting resol utions expres
sive of the sentiments of the citizens of San Fran
cisco, in relation to the conduct of this o ffi cer while
in this country. Speeches were made by Messrs.
Ward, Farnham. and OTanelly, as well as by Dr.
Wiezbicki, a Pole, and for a long time a resident of
Rhode Wand. and the feiling of the meeting was
decidedly anti-Fremont.
Rumania rs Gantita.—The Sate of Georgia
has prosecuted with great steadiness and enterpnse
hei system of Railroads ma now the main line
from Atlanta has nosily reached the Tennessee ri
ver. This connection will soon be completed, and
when finished, with other witrkti now in
the investment oilrGeorgia in railroads'wdl not fall
short of, millions of dollars.
Li~e~e ttia~=mow
Agither 11'm . #11 ,--D_ ff Aamilir—smistrOw
rlitbri 7 earig Ms
ridorims., - •
r. Liemlitima,%Xtse. at J 147.
the elteambeet Fiethea, from Sew Nem% rn
rived time w ref that ithin and . baying city on the
26th ulcbriwis later dses than you havereceris
Mmail. The papers th rash additional items/of
exican intelligence received by the Alabnua
from Vent can. • .
The Genius of liberty has been
, and the editor thrown intoprewa.
Revolution bad broken riot at with
the desig n of *riling Gomez Ferias the Presi
dency. A sanguinary conflict eared between hie
troops and t h e mob opposed to hint o headed bythe
priests. In the action, Gen. Ampudia and tnany
others attached to thepiuty of F were lolled,
and in the end the church trinniphed. '
Paredes was at Tnlacingo and bad openly pro.
aounced in favor of his moaarchial schism, sec
onded by the ganisou at Mazatlan - .
The Mexican population still exinlit an unquen
chable hatred kw dm Americana and twines ea de
nim for peseta
, 4
The Mexican Commas bad snared hum Quin
tero to Morelia, m get rid' of the military, by which
it was overawed.
Gen. Rea and Santa Anna, with mangle brigade,
are at Tristram, intending to make an attack upon
then ea mad.
Bustamente, who bad gone to Queretaro, has a
once of pOOO men at his command near the city of
ex co.
amides -bad been encountered by a small Ameri
can:force, and defeated with some hiss.
Coarcsinoa or A Mearrease.—The Irntsburg
/rinNican, extra, of Wednesday, Centaips the follow
ing coufiamion, made by the murderer, Joon& Le
vert, who was convicted at that place on iberiT
-
ceding day :
On the 7th December,. 1846 I took my wife to
Bushby's on the math F ide of the Saranac, near
Tread well's mills, to make a visit, and she was
pleased to go. I pct the axe in the wagon that day
with the intention of killing her, and on my return
from Brishby's, on the plains I told, ha that some
thing about the wagon was o nto plains,
rorder, and she
got out of the wagon. I tolrrher that a screw was
loose, and I wished her to hold the abatis while I
fixed it; and at the time naad the axe hi my land
and struck her on the dila side of the head with
the fl: tof the axe. She was stooping a Mile at the
time. Her hood was then on her head.
I then took off the left forward wheel and drew
the wagon forward a short distance, and I then
came back and gave her andther blow with the flat
of the axe in the same place.
I then threw the axe mto the bashes, and started
for the house of of St. Dennis. !thought that it was
going to snow„ and would cover the axe. I found
young St. Dennis at the stable door, with a span of
horses harnessed, and told him that the left wheel
of my wagon had run off, and that my wife bad
broke het neck or split her heads:open.
I went back on foot, and St. Dennis came with
his horses and wagon as fast as he could. I got
back a little the first. I found my wife tried to talk
with me, and 1 took op the wheel and struck her
with it on the forehead once.
• This deed was done for the purpose of getting
my wife out of the way, so that I might marry a
girl with' whom I had had improper intercourse
and then save myself from prosecution, and save
my money.
AstArrc CaoLcaA. 7 --The Paris Presse says that the
• e are alarmed at the approach .of the cholera.
.•97.
- -et, there are several circumstances which
ought toga -As confidence. Its march is no lon
p,r the same,alit.. moves from the north to east,
arid - seq slowly' berrig-abe contrary of what won
red in 1831 an_d 1832. -Attlurt period its invasion
caused an explosion in all direcluaks ( and it quick
ly attacked Russia, Poland, Frussia,—Austria-ENV
land and France. ft has already ceased to appear
in the ports of the Sea of Azof. It has scarcely left
any trace at Odessa, mid every body appears to be
reassured as to the progress of this scourge in the
southern provinces of the Russian empire. Neither
is it a reason that because it has appeared in spme
towns of Russia it should come to France. Accor
ding to these considerations, it is not probable that it
will visit us.
The National states that the° Minister of Coin
tome has commissioned MM. Beau, Monneret,
and Contour, of the Faculty of Parley to proceed to
Moecovr, Odessa, and Tredizonde, to study the
march pf the cholera in those towns.
The Livespool Mercury announces the death of
a soldier in Dnblin by this terrible disease. In
Warsaw its app&paches were looked for with great
dread.
&TIDE= AND WONDNIFTIL EICAPS.--Earli , Fri
day rooming, a large stone waif, some thirty or
forty Abigh, built up at the side of Fort Pill, near
Berrgesss7..ane, Boston, gave way in consequence
of the great fall of rain during the night, and was
mostly precipitated against a number of buildings
opposite. breaking away the walls of two bolldings,
and injuring that of a third. Fortunately the build
ings most injured were unoccupied. The third was
inhabited in the lower story by a man and his wife
who were asleep at the time of the accident. A
stone weighing Iwo or three hundred pounds, broke
through the wall into their sleeping room and 'pas
sing within a few feet of the man's bead, struck the
floor andpassed through. The leg of the bedstead
fell through the hole thus made. The damage is
estimated at $lOOO or 821100.
Ccas—AX Imposinicr MovEsteirr.—The New
(Means Patriot of a late date announces that a new
Spanish Journal will in the canine of a short time
be established in that city, " dedicated exclusively
to advocate the emancipation of the Island of Cuba,
and its annexation to the United States. One of the
two principal editors will come hither from Havan
na, where the sum ot SlO,OOO is already available
for this new enterprise; the other is already in the
United States, and if not now in New Orleans, will
be soon there. With regard to its introduction
into Cuba, in anticipation of the hostility of General
O'Donnell, it is stated that the persons interested
have so well established relations' here, that there
will be no difficulty in distributing 5000 copies of
the paper among, the inhabitants of the Island. '
liscaorxisewris.—We are happy to
learn that the late freshet in the Juniata has done
but very little - damage to the public improvements.
Upon Inquiry at the office of the board of Canal
Commitionens, we learn that the repairs on the
heavy breaches occasioned - by the October freshet,
have progressed so far that *iliac of public works
is now in navigable order throughtiut, with the ex
ception of that portion of the Juniata 'division b e :
tween Plewtonliamilion and Williatrusbnrr i a dis
tance of tiknot forty miles. On this. portion of the
line there ari - three aqueducts over the Juniata and
several dams injured and some locks torn away,
and others damaged; but we learn that they will
all be repaired and in good order by about the first
of February.—Harrisburg Union.
&TAMPON OF TIM CHEXATIGO CA:NAL—The Uti
ca Gazette (says the Oxford Times) has; long ar.
ticle in favor of the Extension of the den c a .
nal to intersect the Pennsylvania North Brand Ca
nals which will be completed next summer. The
main object is to secure a direct communication
with the Coal region of Pennsylvariitt—iin object of
vast importance to the People of the interior of OUT
State. The d i stance is kitty Miles; and the expense
is estimated . in round numbers at seven hundred
thousand dam..
GREAT FRESHET IN JAMES Rivza.—Thire has
been a great freshet in the James River. The wa
ter rose to an unusual height, and swept oft the
bridge connecting the city of Richmond with Man
chester. A great deal of damage has been done
along the river by the overflowing of low lands.
The property destroyed is said to.:be immense. So
far, noweirer, as has been ascertained, no lives have
been lost.
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At meagre rif Democtate hell pt b dant
11. • -tm dor evigiing of the 24th ,114 *AM:Y.
z • nu wiii - J . rsed to the chair, and 4Juolissiau;
Intl — `I. C . Cosauit and T i
dastme VW* - and Ww.f M. Pim- lid
lotus 4. MeosisP•Seeretaries. •Thn Ha.
Wn.tiiir being introduced, addressed the meefink
in his nerd happy awl! )on the "Wihnet Proviso,
be was listenet* te greet attention Andhis tea
sonhigerield landlY fail tneenvisicirthe MOO 'Ob- -
banal° of the_ justness and propriety of the Proviso:
After Mr. Wager weeloded, the Hon. H. B.
%mem was called for and addressed the meeting .
upon the War, its isadsommal objets", in **miner
that elicited enthusiastic applause. After which
the following resoliuiona we offered and adopted
unanimously.
Resolved, , Tbat this meeting dn\zeostL nrupiefi- -
fiedly approve druid endorse the Wilmot Proviso,
and that, the masterly soul devoted adviiescrof that
great measure of freedom by the HON. I,4vrti Wri
ter'''. commend him Id the ;ugh esteemof this meet
,
hi lesolved, That thdr j meeting" do most hem*
vinare di the course that has been pursued by the
HON. H B. WIUGAT Upoll the gre_"thatoxial riots
of the day, and that his zealouti suppo rt of away,-
yank interests endear blotto her citizens and de
servedly plahe him among the first of her eminent
men.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be publishid in the 'Wyoming Patrol.
[Flom the Philadelphia Public Ledgehl
Mr. Oars Porkies*.
In this speech, ind the resolutions on which it
was founded, Mr. Clay very distinctly takes the
following positions: 'First: if the President wilt
not distinctly state the objects of the war, our armies
-must be withdrawn from Mexico, so soon as they
can he consistently with national honor. Secondly ;
no more - . ' most be acquired, beyond the
boundaries 'o , e4ms. Thirdly : territory must not
be ctmque or purchased, for the purpose of in
troducing s tey
very. Peace wit4ont indemnity ; no
more territory ; no gayer, in - -Snorer: d . territory—
This is Mr. Clay's prog,rammeoiOn which he
expec's to rally the "Whigs" wand iii m,as a cars.
didaie for the next Presidency. It is the 'echo of
Mr. Webster's programme, lately, published from
Fanneil Hail in Boston. Will - the people sustain
it 7 That is the next great - question. We believe
that they will not. But nobody knows whais gov.
ernor till after election.
With the highest respect for Mr. Clay's talents,,
we have no h ig h estimate of his ptiliticat is.vacity
and foresight- He is behind the age. Like Mr.
1
Webster, Mr. Ad Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Berrien,
Mr. Buchanan, distinguished. for ability, be re
minds us of the lin which he once quoted, in the
Senate, at Gen. S of Maryland,
.., ors de dame an ;tureen fast
4 And loner in breeders iii dre leile.'''
Mr. Clay's wisdom like that of the distinguished
men above mentioned, is thirty years too old. The
country has ouqrcnvn it They talk like an old
Connecticut farmer, trying to dissuade his sturdy
sonjrom going to the West. ulkiy son, I have
lived on the hundred acres, where I was born,
for Sixty-five years, and have always. ~,nor a good
living, and have had a school house and a meeting
house handy. ,Doas I do. Stick to the old farm,
and live my life over after L have gone. Do not
tempt femme." " But Daddy ! Brother Jonathan
went to the west ten years ago, and now has a well
cleared farm of six hundred and forty acres. Can't
-I do , as much there in the next ten years!' Your
notions were good enowli, _when Connecticut was
a little colony, on the bonier of a wilderness. But
know, civilization has left Connecticut clean cut of
sight. Farewell Daddy, till next thanksgiving."
And off goes Joshua with his axe to conquer s wil
derness. And he does it.
These "old men of the mountain" wonld ride
the country down, as their predecessor did Sinbad
the Sailor. And the country's only relief is terfol
low Sinbad's example, and shake them off its
shoulders.
Peace without indemnity! Will the country sub
mit to duet Will it sacrifice so 'much of its . pre
cious blood, and throw away so many millions of
money, for nothing? Will it tell other nations that
they can always insult id,..plunder it with impuni
ty, because they can alwaytkmAy, for aid, upon one
its patties ?- Will i. reject as worthless weeds, the
laurels won at Palo Alto, Menterey;Bnena Vista,
Cerro Gonlo, Churubusco, Mexico ? In 'supposing
'that, both Mr. Webster and Mr. Clay have - gt, iev
onsty rttistaken their countrymen.
No. more territory! Do they expect to confine the
'indomitable Anglo-Saxon by artificial boundaries !
Do they believe that he will stand still under their
resolutions? Let Mr. Webster go back to Plymouth,
and Mr. Clay to Daniel . Boone. And then let them
return through the progress since made, and ask
themselves where the race shall stop. No more
territory ! As 'well might he 'say to the Ohio, " no
mote flowing.' •
No slavery . in conquered territory ! This is very
explicit! It dodges the. "Wilmot Proviso" very
adroitly: But it will not do. If we conquer tie ter.
ritory, of course we can establish no slavery by con
quest. But does this meet the question? Not at all.
The real question is. shall we exteralslavery ? And
*tile Mr. Clay would not extend it 'by conquest of
es
Mexican territory, he e:cpre no . objection -to its
extension over the remainin g American
American tenitofy.
i
The ' Whigs" of New 'York, ,who, in conjunction
with a majority of the 5 . 1 Democrats," have recently
spoken in,thunder tones against any more slavery,
will hardly be satisfied with this definition of posi
tion. "Nous mining."
AWFUL STEMIIIMIT - liiskstm,--A telegraphic
despatch to the New York...lief* gives the follow
ing particulars of the loss,of the - propeller Phmnix,
Sun on Lake Micl -.. by fie, on Suy, the 21st
inst., by which nearly two hundred u man beings,
n a
have been buried into an untimely re:
"On Sunday last the propeller Ph ix, bound np
the Lakes, was discovered to be fire when
within 1.9 miles of Sheboygan, The fire bro&e i out
under the deck, and a fresh wind p veiling spread
with fearful rapidity. The utmost , consternation
prevailed among the pawners and it was impossi.
ble, amidst the excitement which followed, to make
the proper efforts to stay the flames and save the boat.
There were over two hundred passengers on board,
and the scene was heartrending in the extreme.—
Mothers crying in frantic-madness for their zhil
dren, wives clinging to their husbands and crying
aloud for mercy from above. Some, in degpera
non, plunged into the. Lake ; others, in their wild
delirium, rushed headlong into the fl ames. It was
a harrowing spectacle, and humanity shudders at the
recital of it. Most of the passengers sudceeded in
escaping in the boats, and the teat either perished
in the flames, 'or were drowned. Those who so
miraculously escaped in the b9ats were shortly
irked up by steamer Delaware, which hove in
8 . .4. t just in time , to see the dreidlid faffi of those
on board the ill-starred.Phcenix, hat to bite to render
them anyearthly assistance. Every attention was
paid to the, survivors by the officers and crew of the
the Delaware. -One hundred and filly of the pas
sengers wereGemum,immigrants.
SUPPORT or leot.sicrv.--4t a meeting of the
court of proprietors of the EastindiaCompany. Mr.
Poynter renewed tbc motion whklltAe made at the
Wu!summer Giurt, to refer to the court* of Direct
ors to review the arguments fax the continuance of
the annual payment to the tem ple of Juggernaut.
having especial reference to the ir own despatch to
the Bengal qovemnient of February 20, 1833.
Rev. C. Lacey, a missionary, in deseribinghe festi
val held in June and July, JB4Ol, stated that on,tbe
day of showing the idols, 180,000 peivne surround.
ed the car. Mr. Lacey referred also to the disgust
ing, ceremonies of the festival, and added ; " But
it is not lewdness only that is commended and en
couraged every kind of Tice is applauded." Ran
inohnn Roy, when this question was before the
King in Council, said to hun, (Mr. Poynter.) it It
is your own , government alone who haveprevented
India from becoming a Christian country Fong ago."
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Due tairanio:—.l firmly believe that could th e
wishes OF,* people prima in opposition to d er
stelidieng nr y Mr. Van . Buren wouldbe nominated t o ,
hat' xalted station. I believe the sympathie s of
the are with him, and that he would
elect a majority as triumphant as that gr ,„
to Gen. niacin, tinder the coon skin delusie s e t
.1840 f No cry of ruin and lioness can now bei a ,„
ed, ioktlipoons and immagiv furniture - 1 - 3
found to famish a second . "Ogie,"with a theme th r
. imother wanibes of no standing aoty
frighten th e timid, and awaken the fears - o f the ohy
woecen in the land—no specie currency ka Hie og,
bee holdets, and bank rags for the people—e a d e .
site fix a "change" iii hopes of "better theee....
no "Florida war and Spanish blood hotrods,' to
" hutirdown and kill dead Indiana"--no cry ot rah.
sword in one band and the purse in the Ni s ei_
all these ant steeping the sleep of death, with th eir
projecto s, never to be brought forth even by th e
and of the tesstrumienist. Bard cider, log c a bi n ,
coon slows, gourds ," and'the tom fooleries of 1841;
have Imo their charms, and soberness and calm re
fection have taken their firer. Song singing an d
piocessions of women and children, prod uce „
other erect attbis time with the people tbaa a feel
ing of dispirit roof disdain towards their originato rs .
The " Yeller Evers" hare all been destroyed, brae
bread consumed with fire, and what, I ask, e ou tj
the federalists do to make Mr. Van Berm cop e
~,i_
tar I Nothing of airy importance at
And who so well calculated to voile the varied
portions of the Democratic party as he ! Wh o
among the many prominent men for that station , o
worthy the support of every good democrat as he
who was lo litmus] and unified in 1840, and sr,
insidiously cheated out of the nomination by artful
and designing demagogues in 1847? Where is the
man that would not rejoice to see him rise above
those who were instrtmietital in abasing and de
handing him, and through him the people of the
United Btates : To argue that be cannot be elected,
is to agree against the wisdom and gratitude of the
people of the Union ! To 'doubt that they world
render him full justice could he be thought before
them, is to doubt the Character and patriotism of the
democratic family !
Look back to the elections of 1842 and 1843
when every man looked upon the notninotior of
Mr. Van, Buren as certain to take place. Where
was the evidence of his mipopnlarity then! Look
at Maine, which gave her electoral vote for Har
rison ! A t Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georma,
Louisiana, Mississippi Tennessee , and indeed, al.
'most every State invite Union ! he democra c y
with no other idea thanlbak . 4ll to be their can.
didate, either triumphed or heavy . gains on
their federal enemies. What the inference
Why, that he woeld havecarried at least two third;
of the States, had it nut pleased the South to cheat
the people out of this war.
The Independent Treastr, the great ,
...Pm bear
of 1840, has been in operation long eribarrto prorr
the utter falsity of he statements and pmlkpons of
conservative democratsand federalists, andtbe wise
sagacity of Mr. Van Buren in recommending the
measure. We are now en' ying a season of onal.
loyed jet . mierity—ail le arches of indmary and trade
'are thrrring beyond precedent the farmer is i ng a golden harvest from the products of 1,1, farm,
and every thingglides along smoothly and comfona
lily. More, I opine. is to be annboted to the film that
the Banks and the revenues are separated, in p e r,,
doing this healthy Male of thing... than the tariff of
1846, an 4 all other causes combined. What erik
under the present state of affairs in Europe would
not certainly follow, were the cornmercralvornmu
nitv as much as formerly dependent upon bank!.
or the revenue~ of the government made a capital
for officers of discount
And .cwt
not he who originated this rang sep
aration have due credit for the same! 'Shall he be
cause of-h's geographical position be avast aside
to make mom for those whose whole life has shown
ahem incapable of comprehending the wants and
wishes of only oue section of the Union ! God for
bid ! Give him a clear field and a fair fi2h. and my
word for it, he goes into the Presidential Chair. o n
the 4th day of March, 1849. by a larger rote than
was ever given to any Presidential Candidate.
Yours, ix., S. J. R.
COWIE' AT WASFONGTON.—The FreMPOI Court
Martial goes ou without coming to a point. I,t W.
H. EMORY being the last witness examined.
GEa. KEARNY and COCO. STOCKTON are Said to le
on the best terms. Indeed, the eorre.pondent
the Baltimore Sun says, iris doubted whether. 13 3
proper sense Corn.. Swarms may be saad to iv
on his trial, in the person of Lient. Farmosr. The
Oistif the charge against Col. FREMONT is. that he
di_ yed the orders of Gen. KEARNY, who wasun
donl•tedlyqiis commanding officer. • ,
The Post Master General has marls arrangements
to transmit the Message by special express as tar
as New York—to leave the depot at Washinpa
an the instant of its reading being commenced.—
Pensuyltrian.
_, THE Jrws rat Nottwar.—The Journal des Debate
states that the King of Sweden has commanded
his Minister of Justice to prepare a law to admit
lsmelites to the enjoyment of civil rights in the
'Kingdom of Norway, from which they are-at pres
ent excluded in that country The Condon Jews
Society have lately sent out a missonary to Jaffa. to
labor among the Jews. An interesting uremia;
was held on the occasion. Jaffa, the ancient Jop
pa,is the principal landing-place of the Jewish pil
grims, as they go from Russia and other pans of
Purope..-on pilgrimage 'to Jernsalam, to weep anti
pray on the sp where the Tempe once stool: and
Mr. Manning, the missionary. goes oat for the put.
pie of showing kindness to them as they disem
harkr and of protecting them fricm oppression and
tyranny.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH MISSIOICS.ThS
Miasonary Advocate makes an urgent appeal in be
half of the church. It says From the most-accu
rate calculation we have been able to make. we
shall need, for the support of the missions now un
der our care, and 0 cover incidental expenies,
about one hundred thousand dollars-per annum.—
And for a.° enlargement of our rr issionary work. as
bom& and abroad; in any proportion to the new
and promising fields which are constantly opening'
defore Us,. we shall require, at least, twenty 'thou
sand dollars more.
GERMAN. RESOUICD .CfIURCH IN 111 E ITSITED
STATES.—The annual synod of this' body commetic
ed rim cessions in Lancaster, Pa, on die 26th
The origin of the church in this country dater;` 't
to 1740; it is spread over the states int Newyork ,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia.Nortb C w
olina, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Miritigu:
and mimbers 220 ministers, 750 congrerat low% an d
o
communicants. The doctrines of 11 "
church are moderately Calvinistic and as Govern
ment Presbyterian...,
TH MORMONS have located their grand
Ln4 p lace about half way between the 17tail and
ban Lake in California on a stream whiell Minees „
the two waters. The distance between the l l '
Lakes is about sixty mites—a fertile valley.cum
ding the whole distance, otsevural miles in breadth
They lhave ont a city, cad commeneed , tol l g
improvements. They are in the midst of the 6.lx..feet, Ptah and Crow tribes of Indians Who are so I
to belpeaceable, and favor this settlement
Citrgarel —A letter to the Era 'states thatillere
are a et 1,500 churches and 150,0 00 elm" :°°.
cant.lof this denomination in thb United Stale''' .
They are mostly confined to the free state. b 44
hafe Wane chinches in Kentucky, Virginia, MaT
cr - N
land anorth Carolina. In Kentucky am an g
ere
their{ churches there are no slivehglder3) be' th
are rl few in other states.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEOISLATURE..—NtitiCe 112 ' be l
givep in the House, of intention to introduce 3 o f
to er the election of electors. of Piwide . _„, l
the nited States, fromthe 1403/awn) to th e rT,
..S9 . uth Carolina is the only Suite
,whel e vd t ":,
the phoite of the electors is uoi made by !het
vote.