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'4--, -.4 =3ll =OE ry ♦ .. ~ MEN DIMEI 1 41 'r-s, IME Mr ~.. er=l ZEE «- t is :. ~y ~. 4 ,,. :; - i . ! ,- ;;. ,„ ii ,., :r;i: :,,,. 4: ~ ,. .tr:2 ' ;f: . . .‘].-. '- .. 1 . ... ;: , i ‘ ! „i :: . A .- ti: .. , .; '':; ;:..' ; lki i .-i.. .c 1; : .. ; :: ' '. - ' 4::',.4:': • =V OE ME =I OM DEMME ISE mamas EMI riII t ;•. • • • ' NE MEM ME MIME , - ` fir;, .: t . - MEN .. -L ~~~f:.~':S ,T -4' =MI .;~: le IMMMEIMMI IMES 4' Iffi . ME a M EMI F F• ` • ~~ ' ' `~~. = Mill ille MEE ME MEER MEEI . • i - ',•, - , - ,' 4;.,.,.:i;i: -.. , : :.. , - - -f :*..•;:';',i;,17',, I 7 ~ i. 1 ; 7, MED ESE ME - - ;7 Far theitrirning PO!! tliTt in 81I0N B. OBBIAN. "The Item et Selma was not idly strung, Arid long shall lest the themes ourpoet sung" Ferrettilnn. Homer was blind—so was Ossian—so was Mil• ton. Jimper was the boast , sad' glory of Greece. Alexander slept with his immortal epics opon his hot modern srepticitsm has dared to deny fhat he had an existence: so hire foals denied that there is a God! Some Saxowaatiquariese, groping and the mouldering ationisments . of the Celts, and failing to find the game _ pf Fingal, "King of Selma of stenos" inscribed upon their ancient ruins. have audaciously declared that the "Achilles " of *lceven is a fiction; that Ossian--;tc: whose genius Napoleon, i hero mightier than the Macedonian, Inis paid a .glorious tribute,—that 'Ossiari never -raised his voiee in Cone, or mingled his ha:p itting" with'the murmuring streams of Luthar The modern Pisistratus,3lacpherscm,is pronounced by. Dr. Johnson an. ",importer !' and the poems of :the son of Finger, which Cesarotti declares to be equal if net superior to the epics of Homer," "so yinerile that a school boy might have written theng" But. while Johnsn endeavored to damn them with his ridicule, LOrd Kames appealed to them as authority; - and Lord Hades, to whose judgment and profound learning, even the preju diced Johnson has paid homage, says, " to doubt • the authenticity of Ossian's poems, is a refinement of iseeptiCistti indeed." May not the time come when "Paradise Lost" will be ascrihal to some -curious- scholar, learned in the obsolete Ifingarige of. the AnglmSaxons, and the name of him who rode sublime Upon the seraph vcings of mast: • - -The secrets of the stirs to spy"— the name of Milton—be uttered with a sneer, by some sceptical lexicographer of some new race of earth's conquerors? _ The . .authenticityof the poems of; Ossian has been - a snidest of dispute since James' Macpher son published them to ;be world; and they will . continue a subject of controversy always ; for the Muse of History is so sensitive of her reputation =I that she shuns everything that suspicion has cloud- ' ed with her poisoeous breath. Notwithstanding '.the high: reputatias of-Dr. Johnson, whose power- Int bet prejudiced intellect was arrayed against them; notwithstanding the learned and laborious efforts of Mr. Laing, who, in his " Critical and Historical Dissertation on the Antiquity of Ossi an's Poems," endeavors to show that they are entitled to nomore consideration than forgeries or impos- ItureaVa c nont;ithstanding the popu/ar view of the ;abject taken by the learned Society for the Diffu &ion of Useful Knowledge; yet I am free to ex-, gars ; cry, .sinses, ery, clear and decided conviction of their genuineness; and that the Celtic race may claim the sublime and beautiful poetty of the Bard .of Moiven, as a glorious inheritance, of which any /motion might be proud. Whether Ossian was an Irishmen, as some allege, or a Scotchman, I shall' sot at present take the trouble to investigate. In tie third century the Scotch and-Irish, who were a poile of the same' origin and_ language, fre seently made friendly visits to each other in the "llarle-heatoroed ship," "ploughing through the Item of the ocean." The Scotch, with the elo vent Dr. Blair at their bead, claim the Fingaliee haus as their own exclusively; while the Irish, 'ambush Edmond, Baron de Harold, call the lyre of 'Oulu " the old Hibemism lyre," and contend that Fingal, the Irish giant, "went over from Carrick- I raps, and peopled all Scotland with his own holds," and made the Caledonians "ilkgitimufer , , It is a &insoler fact, that some of the poems of .Ossian, as translated by a Scotchman, favor the Idea' of.his being an. Hibernian; but as the !nab, . every controversy on the subject, have had gen teelly the worst of the argument, I will not press the claims of the Carrickfergus here to the pater 'Mt, of the great Gmlic bard. I find, from reliable history, that in tbe'tbird century the name of Scotia was exclusively ar plied to Ireland. In the year 258. Cairbar 'Riede ied over a colony of the Scoti front Ireland, and established them in Argyleshire. Riede had a territory in Ireland named Dalriada, and the dis trict which he colonized he called Dalriada also. 'Their station in the Highlands was with difficulty esaintitimal against another Celtic race, called the Picts. In the year 503, a larger colony was led over ,by Fergus Mac Erth, who established the bingtfom of Dalnada, and imposed the name of on the inhabitants of the whole of the north ern part of Britain. Thus we find a connection ' , between the Highlanders and the Irish, which will account for the traditions to be found in botbs' . emintries of Fingal and °salmi. The Fingal of was son-in-law of Cormae, king of Leinster, and commanded the Fians, a military ' race, who existed in that country in the third cen . fury. . According to Moore, (History of Ireland, vol.' 1,) hail,a son Oisin, and a grandson °var. From the poems of Ossian, translated by Mac pherson, Fingal is represented as king of Morven, .arkielv is supposed by 'the Seotih writers to be Argyleshire and the adjoining parts of the Western ,Highlands. Here he had his palace of Selmai c tandl - Isere his father Combs'. his grandfather Trait:lo,l :and his peat-grandfather Trenmor reigned. Os . Wan, the "sweet voice of Cons," was the son of Fingal;: and Omar was the son of-Ossian, by the beautiful Everallin, daughter of Branno, an Irish tang, who gave in a tournament the blue eyed bout of Erin to the young hero bard. With this brief history of Ossian, I will•now 'state, the reasons urged by Malc.tilrn Laing, and lother sceptics, against the authenticity- of his poems. Dr. Johnson pronounced them all forger, sea, similar to the Shakspeare forgeries of Ireland aedelm ancient lyrics of Chatterton. But as the , pear lexicographer did not deign to-support his ..ieufieunatory assertions by other evidence than ' ; Isis nitre ipso dixit, they had but little influence, save the weight which his high literary reputation pre to every thought that he uttered. UM PAM =I =I MEE NE BE ME ll= ENE ::..The learned. Saxon had an inveterate prejudice _against.any thing Celtic; and iu his journey with :roarlyHoiarell to the Hebrides, he might have ob• tamed evidence, to satisfy any reasonable mind, 'elm. authenticity or the poems of Ossian, had bate iirrestigated the subject. It is sell known that, after the publication of his Tour to'the Highlands, in ...which l e took occasion to Inuit the poems, Macpherson called on him. mid wished Johnson to bare the originals inspected ,hy persons skilled in the - Erse language; but he ,• . paid Co regard • to the.,request; choosing rather to a in sound phrases - against the ig immure bi -the ancient Celts, and the• Cti . the Set:lt:h." In a letter to Boidepli (Cr.okitla editirin of Boswella Life of Johnidn, vet. llt 409,) Johnson says : "The Erse langinge reef never written:till very latelyfor the purpose setigiiin. A nation that cannot:at - fife,' or a .11hglige that was never Written, hoc no Menu • , This ignorant .assertiorr I shall take -N at" to Johmiton hciatility to hiacpbersori's ~; a :. .~;.~ o , ,;,.,< . , • . . ISM 12111 RS .... .... . . . :i4`.:.,,'.:•',.:.. -. V.l'i:' , .. ~..„.,,.,..,.. 1 MEE Or= OM ESN MEI ER no. =ll - , , 1111 bE MS ~.- . . .t::.=..1.., ^ -p.;e...•- • . ~' -?..•,.,-,1,,,-.:..,-,...t.'.;47:7,'? SI El ME .-, • ORME M !dissertation da stands Mr. Malcolm r have hi s !dissertation before4ne ;.and With all the ingenuity and' indmitry 'which Ise 'has evinced in this work, in ray judgment, it is as entire failure. If °salon :speak* off a spear, Laing paints out some passage of Horner where's spear is' last mentioned, and then pronounces Micplierson a thief, and his Ossian a forgery. That the same images and similes might, at times, occur to the Celtic bard, that occurred to the pciet of Greece, when we ;take into view the heroic ages in which they lived, nu reasonable mind will deny. Mr. Laing's par. 'added passages are curiosities of literature. 01. sian says, "Caolt trembles as he dies! }Ls white breast is stained with blood; his yellow hair stretched in the dust of his native land r —Homer EMI " Next, Teuthra's son disiained the sands with Aylms, 'hospitable, rich anctgood ; (blood, Pa fair Arisbea walls, his natire piwe, He held his seat, a friend to human race, &c." The former is pronounced a .direct and palpa ble plagarism of the latter; if it , is, I cannot see it, and $ must confess I am incapable of detecting even an imitation. A poet may borrow a word' ficim this author and a sentiment from anoth er, but to make up a whole poem of such plagiar isms, is too ridiculous an idea to be entertained for a moment. Another parallel of Mr. Laing, /hope, will suffice. Ossian says. "Cesthullin sat by Tura's walls; By the tree of the rustling sound. His spear ?mined against a rozls, His shield lay on grass by his side." The Bible says 0 sing into the Lord a new song ; Sing into the Lord all- ale eartti. Sing into the Lord, bless his name This is, according to Mr. Laing, triumphant evidence that Macpherson borrowed his measure from Hebrew poetry? He forgets, in his effost to destroy Ossian, that Macpherson is only a trans lator, and, without a doubt, had read his Bible before even he had found an Erse manuscript in the Highlands of Scotland; and his taste in the formation of his numbers, so as to produce an harmonious effect, may have been improved from an acquaintance with sacred poetry. The evidence which Dr. Blair, Sir John Mac Pher son, Dr. Ferguson, Dr. Hugh Macleod, and other ; gentlemen of the highest character and achoilar ship, have produced, in favor of the authenticity of Ossian, are declared to be garbled, distorted, and-altogether unworthy of notice! And what is the evidence of these distinguish. ed champions of the Bard of Morven Fortu nately I have the 4 Broad of the Highland Socie ty of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian," (F:din- burgh, 1505,) wbrise efforts throw• light on every point irr dispute; add afford the means of. forming a decisive judgment, to every person whose' ob ject is candidly and impartially to ascertain the truth. This Committee propounded six queries, calculated to elicit what information it might be possible to collect, with regard to the authenticity and nature of thesej . poims ; which were printed, and circulated among such persons in the High lands and the Hebrides, as seemed most likely to afford the information required. After the Re bellion of J7ls.graat'changes took place in the manners and customs of the Gmlic inhabitants of the North; and in the / interval between Mac- pherson's search for ancient poetry and the enqui ries of the Committee, these 'changes had rapidly continued. At this period, the knowledge of ancient poetry was confined to a few persons, of extremely advanced age, whose memories had lost their youthful vigor. The practice of wri ting Gaelic had fallen into disuse, and the Eng• lish language had .upereedcd it. Notwithstand ing the numerous obstacles Which stood in the way, it is surprising what the Committee achieved. My limits warn me to be laconic, but I find it difficult to condense the vast amount of evidence berme me; indeed, I fear I bare run into an unin teresting criticism, instead of a brief dissertation on:Ossian . The first collector of Gaelic poetry was one Jer ome Stone s who translated sorne ancient songs into English rhyme. Death rirevented him from,making any progress . The next)ollector was James Mac pherson. At the desire of Mr. Home, the author. of Douglas, Mr. Macpherson translated some frag ments, which his memory served him to recollect; and, struck with their beauty, Mr. Home advised their publication. -This little volume, to which Dr. Blair wrote an introduction, attracted universal attention. -The griat historians Hume and Rob• ertson, and other eminent literary men, prevailed on it. editor, in ,the yyr liflO, by subscription , to perform a tour through the Highlands, and ga ther all the fragments of ancient poetry to be found there; he having, particularly mentioned to them a ' poem on the subject of the 'wars of the renowned Fingal, in an epic form which he thought might be collected entire. The districts through which he travelled were chiefly the North Vest parts of In verness-shire, the Isle of Sky, and some of the ad joining islands; remote places,where it was the cos torn of the Highlanders to recite tales of other times, as an amusement during the long winter e vinings. On his return, the translation of Fing 11 {anda other poems was published. Some time after 'the appearance of this collection by Macpherson , an Irish lady, Miss Brooke, published a collection of considerable merit, though of a later date than that in which Ossian flourished. Other ancient poems were subsequently given to the world, show. .ing the existence of fragments of those heroic 'songs, with which the,Celtic bards inflamed the martial spirit of the warriors in Tara's halls; or which fell on the ens of beauty, "like the calm dew of the morning on the hill of roes,' in the pal. ace of Selma, when Corti( raised his voice, and "Fingal, king of shields was there, and glowed a t the deeds of his fathers!" The various documents brought together by the Committee afford the means of satisfying every unprejudiced mind that Fingal, Ossian, Oscar, Gan 1 , 1 Diasmad, Cuthullen and otherheroes mentioned in Nlacpherson's 'translations, flourished, at a remote period, in North Britain and Ireland, and that tra- ' ditions of them are still preserved. There is not 1 one letter to the Society, which implies the . most distant doubt of these rites. The Society obtained a number of old manuscripts which prove how lit 'lie Dr.JOhnson knew of Gaelic antiquities and lit. ! erature. One of these was in the possession of ii Highland (wilily for Iwo or three hundred - years, and from various circumstances, appears to have been written about the eighth century. Another, com. municated by turd Barmatyne, is written in a very old, hand, and bears upon it the date of 1238. It contains poems of Oasian. The Committee ob. serve that "this ancient poem is in a high degree el :. ' oquent, tender, and sublime." • The authenticity of Macpherson's' trans has disting,Mshedadvoeates in Dr. Blair, the author nf the sermons; Dr. Ferguson, the historian and philosopher; ••Mr, Home, the - author of - Douglas; Dr: Carlisle; Dr. Macleod, professor of Church History at Glasgow; ,Rev. Mr. Gallic., who had ex: milted _Alavpherson's 'collection, and saw in it - • - • ME Elitl ME Mal .~ 11151 ZVI ?, E =I '..' - .2 : , i .., ffilll MEI ~ ::; r° EOM ME IN poems of Ossian, 0 whiCh'ikpfieareil to have beeb written by, an Ecclesiastic in tho fourteenth c'eo tont:" " Every poeisn," "he say's, " fire:t letter triost elegantly flourishgcland gilded " ;. some red, soine yellow, some pue,•end some green ; the material writ on seemed to be rsliinber yet coarse and dark vellum •, the , iPcttimei'yere bound in strong parchment." A captaia Morrison; who was in his 85th year, gives testimony in relatiorr to old Gaelic MSS. He knew James Macpherson well, an 4 says: " That he could as well compose . ' the prophecielti of Isaiah, or create the isfanif of Sky, as compose a poem like that of Ossian's.",— The Rev. Mr. Macdearmid transmitted to the committee a copy of the Address to the Sup in Carthon, which he got from an old man in Glen lyon, who had learned it in his youth, long before Morphs:lon was born. This poem is given . com plete by Macpherson. It is very beautiful; and is addressed to Malvina, the lovely daughter of Tos car. I will transcribe the Address, for the benefit of such of my readers a* have not a copy of 9s sian's Poems. Let the ,reader look back some WO years : Ossian is sitting by the murmuring . . streams of Lora; the scenery around is charming !the treasonable. Editorials of the National Intelli to the eyes of Mat s ins; the flowers of the rnoun- - r gencer,,and other leading federal prints, are copied tain grow beside them; a narrow plain, at their' exultingly, into the Mexican papers, .as evidence feet is covered with emerald verdure ; a gentle ' that one party in this country sympathise with, breeze wafts the down of the thistle, and makes !and write in favor of, the Mexicans. It is not the leaves of the woods tremble, as if in unison to'. strange that. a patriotic Wh ig, like Col. ‘lle the melodious harp strings of the bard. These ! Near, upon witnessing these things, shotild e express sounds are pleasiint to the earsof the aged Ossian, his righteous indignation, in "words that.burn." but he cannot behold the glories of the earth, the : When Mr. CLAT'S late speech at Lexington reach 'air, the sky—for his eyes, like those of the hard es Mexico, there is no doubt but that it will be of Paradise, 0 are closed in endless night.;' read with feelings of joy at the head of the Atexi• He has finished. his " Tale of the times of ofd t Ti_ . le,, can columns and - published with peculiar delight i deeds of days of other years!' His coal has ' in the journals of that country. I mourned for the fallen Hero, and the friends of his detaining our rea ders 1 . But we are • too long from 1 youth. Ile feels the warm sunshine, sand tells the excellent and truly interesting letter of Colonel Malvina tbat the beam of heaven deliglita to shine on the grave of Cart!)On." The harp drops from his aged hands; and, rising, he raises them upward to the-heavens, and exclaims: !always been arrayed against air country, in every "0 thou that rollest above, round as the skied ' contest with foreign powers. of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, 0 "sun CASTLI or PtilOTZ, Sept. 0, 1847, thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thY I Mr Dzsm 'Stu :—lloving a little leisure [Min awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the ;my daily occupation, - and remembering warmly the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western and freshly several acts of kindness towards. me, wave ; but thoU thyself mOvest alone. Who can it gi'ves me pleasureto address you, knowing that • yen en ertain some interest for my welfare. lam be a companion to thy course? The °aka of the ;now in command of this military department, and mountains fall ; the mountains themselves decay 'am kept quite busy with continual skirmishes with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; !with Guerrillas, and an occasional sharp fight the moon herself is lost in heaven: but thou art with large forces that gather between here and 'the coast in order to oppose trains. The health forever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of My ;of my garrison is good, and I have hopes that the coarse. When the world is dark with tempests , great mortality which has existed in the army is , when thunder rolls and lightning flies,-?thoti look- ( decreasing. eat in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at i This ica hard, laborious, and precarious sm.. , vice. Many of our best men have died, and I tru the storm. But to Ossian thou lookett in vain, for !iy consider the climate in itself a'much more for he beholds thy beams no more : whether this yel- midable enemy than the Mexicans. A noble and, low hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou trem-, self denyitig spirit of endurance actuates the men,' blest at the gates of the west. But thou art, per land complaint of any kind is rare. Contented to, do their duty, they risk everything in the effint,l haps, like me for a season; thy years.will have an I : and with a cheerfulness that is gratifying to those,' end. Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds, careless of 'who command, step up readily to any work, no the voice of the morning. Exult, then, 0 Sun, in `matter what the chances. ft is, I have before re the strength of thy youth ! age is dark and onlove-I marked, a hard service, full of toil, privations and ly ; it is like the glimmering light of the moon, ' • ' danger—but it is willingly encountered and brave 1y endured. Judge;* then, of the effect upon. when it shines through broken clouds, and the o ur good men here, when they look back over the, naistis on the hill: the blast of the north is on 'distinct , Which separates.from their friends, in an! the plain, the traveller shrinks in the midst of his effort to find at hoine come proper appreciation off journey." thierielf iiacrificing conduct ! . It is bitter and 'humiliating. 1 tell you, sir, there is a spirit abroad among the coon Americana engaged in this war,., which will not sleep during futurity—a spirit' which but awaits their return to thtmder down upon the mouthing, scribbling sycophants of a most unjust_party„ the full measure of an honest indignation; it is the same that brooded over, our land,dulting the war of the-Revolution and the last "war; rnd' hien' of the present day, palsied, with age, have lived to curse, with tears of repent-, Mien she, with scornful finger, marked them for life as the Tonites of their coun try. We Ilene, can see no difference between the men who in '76 succored the British, and those who in '47 gave arguments and sympathy to the Mexicans. This kind of language from a mhn who came into this campaign a Whig in policy, may sound strange to you; but I have again and again been compelled to listen to and to suffer that which would have changed the disposition and alienated the affections-of the most determined par tizan. Even now, Ido not object to the leading and main principles of my old party, so much as I curse and deprecate the tone of its acknowledged leaders and sopporters. If there is any reason which will prevent General SCOTT from effecting an honorable peace, commanding, as he does, the whole city of the Aztecs, with his powerful batte ry-, it is the spirit of treason which I undesitatingly say is promnlged by the leading Whig journals at home. In a sortie upon some ladrfines of Ja lapa, a short time - since, 1 possesseil.tnyself of all the late newspapers published in that place, and upon examining them I find that in -that place, same as in Mexico, the strongest arguments pub fished against our army are selections from Whig papers in the United States. I send you a late copy of the . "Boletin de Noticias." in which you will perceive that the first article is an extract from the National Intelligencer. Your triend, F. M. WYN,KOOP. You may •publish this if you please. I have become so disgusted with what I have seen, that I have no care for the consequences which this kind of truth may produce. I am warned by my limits to close my article, though I have just entered into its merits, and a disposition to write. I may hereafter take up the subject Brain; particularly it some Scotch'isran should take it into his head to say that Fingal.was a countryman of his own, and not an Irishman EPHR.A. :NTADANI REsTscr..—The New York Sim says this woman is row enjoying comfortable lodgings at the Eldridge street prison, under the charge of the Sheriff. .She has a parlor and bedroom, and, for all we can see, is as happy and contented as if she was luxuriating at her splendid mansion iu Greenwich street. cO . • Mr fix:vnat.i., o(the New Orleans Picayune. in a letter written from the city of Mexico , .under date of October 15, states that Santa Anna has been ordered to answer, before a military court mertial, for the recent disasters which ha;;.e befallen the Mexican army and particularly for the loss . :of the capital. It is not probable that he will manifest his goodly person before any such tribunal' in a hurry, unless he has a * force with him orsuilicient strength to have every thing his own way. SUSPENSION Bainoss.—The Wire suspension Bridge over the Niagara river, is now under con : tract. Air. ELLyr, of Philadelphia, is to do the work for $160,000. The Suspension Bridge over the Danube, 1200 leet long, is nearly completed. It has three spans The chain was made in England. The work when completed, will cost .£600,000. (LT The Gettysburgh Compiler, and the Barks County Press, are 'Out in favor of Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. .. The Camden Democrat has placed the name of George Al. Dallas at the head of its columns, as a candidate for the Presidency. (0" Jones, the Sculptor, is now engaged in modeling a bust of Tom Corwin,. of - Ohio, for a number of the Ex•Got'ernor's political admirers : The bust of Santa Anna should also be procured by the same patriots. , • G :y. The mammoth Printing Press in the New York Sun office, throws off twclve thousand im pressions per hour. The ' Scientific American states that it could print fifty thousand sheets per hour, if they could be fed into the rollers quick enough SHIP 13u it.niso is Ciscrynizri —There is now on the stocks at Litherbury's yard, a vessel of SOO t ons burthen, designed for the-Liver 4 pool trade. She is intended, when completed, for •the Boston and Liverpool trade, and belongs to a shipping, house in the former city. So says the Signal. cO. The ,three greatest projects •of the age in which we live, are, a canal across the Isthmus'of Dieted: another across the Isthmus of Suez ; and the third a Railroad from Lake - Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. • 0 :1- It is said that the Hon. JOHN gutsier ADAMS- has expressed , himself in favor of the Sc. quisition of the whole cdiNlexico. What will the Clay whips say to that? • Lerd Byron and the Press.—The 'following re marks were made by Lord Byron; ikapeaking of some comments made by the neWspapers regarding his poem-L" Hours of Idleness." " .1 here is no man, however thickheaded or heartless, who would not smart under the knowl edge that he was held up in even fitt.y' copies of newspapers; there is, however, no one but a very thin skinned fool who would, as the phrase goes, stoP'a paper because it did not chime ,in with all his notions, or because it attacked him.: Whatever foible I. may have, 1 am not guilty of This misers ble foolery..""- co - The Acadia a news had no effect upon the New York money market. . • , . , • ~ .• • • -- - • • • • . ..• BEI ME =I ES =I =TM - CE 1) c Y:3 ailu.',lll"oritiitg 113 u st. L.' EfARPER, EDITOR. M D PROPRIETOR s Vitt (a TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMI3EIt 39; 1347 o zr E , CATO," United , States Newspapet Agency, Sun Buildings. N. E.'dorder'af Third and Dock, and 44U N. Fourth street—is our only au• thorised agent in Philadelphia. An Intoreating Letter from Col. Wynkoop. W ITIIT SUNG Malt TO Tat TRAITOOB The . following letter,. written. by Col. F M. VeriNzoop, and addressed to Pita ICC I 9:W.HUO KEW Esq., of Pottsville, we find in , the Pennsylvanian, l of the 25th ult. The gallant Colonel left home a Whig"—an ardent—devoted—it.fluential "Whim" but since he entered the service of his country, to battle in defence oilier insulted flag and murdered[ citizens, be has found the leaders of the party to which he belonged, taking sides against their own country--declaring that she is wrong, and that 'Mexico is right; and affording the enemy all the 4, aid and comfort" in theippower. It seems that Wtirstour. We trust it will have the effect of opening the eyes of many well meaning !ship, and induce them to abandon the party that has Th 3 moment we finished reading Col.. Wrx- T.00P . 8 patriotic letter, we picked up the St. Louis Union of the t7lll ult., in which we found an edi torial under the above caption, stating that among the many gallant officers who distinguished them selves in the Chihuahuaexpedition, nonesurpassed Ca-pt. Reid, of Saline county, Missouri: All join ed in praise of his daring and efficiency. He left his home a Whig, just elected to the :Missouri Legislature—a young man of good popularity whefe known, with generous impulses and patri otic t motions. The party to which he was at tached, had,not then avowed its hostility to the war. On his return, however, he found his former political -associetes, the apologists of the foe he had been fighting,,, the revilers of their country's cause, and of her defenders. Such associations he was too patriotic to continue; and hence, at the first convenient opportunity, he announced to his former constituents, at , the recent Democratic meeting in Saline county, that be was resolved hereafter, to stand by that party which stands by his country—to leave those whoackuowledge such menus Webster, Corwin & Co, to be leaders in their ranks. The following passage in Capt Rein's speech is worthy of note: " The Mexican nation, ignorant of the spirit and determination, union and energy, of the American people ; not aware hipw contemptible in numbers is, the faction that is in their interest among us arguing their strength from the bold ness with which they speak, instead of attributing the impurity with which they utter their treason to the contempt of the good citizens for their in siguificance,—hdd the speech of the. Modern Is cariot (Conwrs) published at the head of their , armies, read from their pulpits, and circulated throughout their country, to keep alive the flag. ging spirits of their people and soldiery, until the proper tints should' come, according to his prom ise, for their triumph by the previous'triumpli of treason over our councils, and of infamy , over our The fust time, Gentlemen, had the pleasure'of reading 'this precious"document;: was in the col, u m us of a Mexican miwspaper—those - clauses most to tliegusto of the editor printed in taming - capi tale—where 2000 miles 'from' and . in the midstof enemies, we learned (with what feelings you can imagine better than 1 can desc4be) that MEI t -~ ; a. WM CM r...:.:: i',.. . . i.'.4-;.:,.!,,i.t.;....'4..'zc,'..-±:J Joined his Country's Friends. IME -1 ' own ~.;-~ .. -~:.: . ~' ~ + ~~-r t ~ .. . SEE ~-,••:.;'.,:'-,:-:-,,''..-,-•,:',, `~~ .~.i.M ~ti ESE =ME ~~ those of us who had gone out atthe call of the Gov, i ernment as soldiers in its service;had been denoun ced at hotwk by en A triericen, officer, , from the high place (witich , , his presence has disgraced foriver,) in the Senate C'hamberof the united States, as.no better thin piratical marauders, the news of whose defeat and destruction Would at any time be re -. ceived with rapture. ilettinis to sustain the Country. Mr. ClaY, in his Lexington speech and resolu• tions, recommended•that the people (the federal ist's of course was meant) assemble throughout the ronntry, and express their opinions in relation to the war with Mexico. In pursuance - of this mandate of the Kentucky oracle, meetings•of the Mexican, or peace party, have been called in various cities, somewhat after the fashion of the Hartford Conventionists, some years ago. 'As an offset to this treasonable movement, (and by what other name should it be called?•) it has been pro posed', in several quarters, that the' Democracy— the true frietids of their country—also assemble in mass meetings,"for the'purpose of adopting mea sures to sustain,the government of their country, and the honor • of the nation, in the present conflict with Mexico. A meeting Of this kind has been called at Lexington, at. which Robert A- Wickliffe, Esq., will answer Mr. Clay's Mexican speech. Another has been called at Louisville— another was to have been held at Cincinnati, yes terday; and another at Columbus on Friday last; We think patriotic meetings should be called in every city, town and village, thraughout the land.' And shall we not have such a meeting' in Pitts burgh ? Pennsylvania has always been true to the ccuntry ; and the present is a proper occasion to rebuke the party who have taken aides with the public enemy, and - are endeavoring to sink their own country in the lowest depths of disgrace and infamy. Tait VOTE 01P Nsw Yonc.—The Albany Atlas states that the official Jreturns show that the age gregate vote of the State at , the recent election is 311, 003. In 1844, the aggregate for Goy was... 4.79.,148 This shows a diminution in the aggre- gate vote, comparing 'this year with 1844, of 161,145 There is .a falling off the democratic vote 0f....-... And in the Whig vote of The Whig majority, on some of the candidates, xceeds as,000: - At the Judicial election, - in lone the democratic majority-ranged from 15 to 18,000, showing a difference in a democratic lossinfive months, of some 55,000 votes. The Whig, vote which elects Fillmore is 12,000 less than'the vote g iven for Gov. Wright last year, and 24,000 less than the vote given for John Young„ }The Communication of "Jsrmisos," in fa vor of Mr. Dst.t.a.a for the Presidency, which was written f..rr this paper, has been copied in to the Philadelphia Spirit: of the Times, and several other Democratic Journals. - , - Mssiscausarrs.—The federal papers are not yet done rejoicing at the result of the late election in Massachusetts; but we suppose that they feel thankful that they have succeeded at all. The extent of their victory will 'be known, when •we state that Gen. Ce/sertro, the Democratie candidate for Governot, received 7000 more votes than the Democratic candidate last year, whits the vote of, Gov. Briggs, is considerably lower than the federal' vote last year. But the feds are always gr.xteful. even for the smallest favors oj'. Mrs. Loomis and her daughter Martha, have left Cincinnati for St. Louis. 1 Cl' In "addition to the persons heretofore an; flounced as candidates for state treasurer, the Hai- risburgh Union speaks favorable ofJoarr M Fon ster Esq., of that borough for- that oface. The Shenandoah (Va) Sentinel, The Flag_ of '9B, at Warrenton, Va) and the Bowling Green, (Ky.) Argue, are each out in fovor of Mi.BUCILIIf- AIS, for the Presidency, 18t8. • _ : ca. A resolution was lately passed at a Demo cratic Meeting in Buchanan county, Missouri, re. commending Gen,Caea (after Col. Benton) as the Democratic candidate for President, and Gen. Buz. LER for Vice President. The first newspaper printed by steam power was the London Times,- in )Sl4. al' A-public meeting is called in the citrOnd county of Philadelphia, among the Democratic friends of Mr. Dallas, to present his name ,as 4 candidate for the next Presidency. -‘ • (O. The last number of the Harrisburgh . Union has a Ion; and able written article unt:er the head of "Pennsylvania anti her Claims" in which the Editor takes a bold stand in favor of the Hon JAXES BUCUANAN, as the Democratic Candidate for the Presidency. c o. The Ohio Patriot, Edited by our old friend, William Duane Morgan,Esq . appears in a new and beautiful dress, It is one of the best papers we re ceive from Ohio. Q:1- A gene'ral Town Meeting was held in New Lisbon, Ohio, on Friday evening last for the pu* pose of securing a Daily Mail to Pittsburgh. ree trust they will be entirely successful. T7' COL J./.711EA Cchaasn, of Steubenville, 'for the twentieth time, is spoken of as the federal can] didate for governor of that State. He will have to matte way to Col. Ward.r.n this time, we are of opinion. Horis.—Our latest Louisville papers state jhat the Pork slaughtering was necessarily suspended, in consequence of the; warm weather. Hogs were freely offored at $3,00 without finding b 4 ers. The ,Shelby News states' that the farmers in that region Were expecting $3 gross, and rather than.take $2,50, they will kill and bacon iheir hogs. LOUISVAZIA.—The latest returns from this State, show.that parties in the Legislature will be abount balanced. . Important to Coraumptives l--Strange !. That so many who are afflicted.. with a Cough that is gradually wearing them down, and slowly, but surely _stealing them into that. dreadful disease Consumption—that disease which 'carries of thou sands daily, are doing nothirig, or what'll' worse. than nothing, b onrgin." themselves With nostiunis, that are puffedto theiiiies for cures theY are said to have effected on some foreign or unknown per sons.. When they can be positively cored by using Dr. Rogers' Compound Syrup bf Liverwort and Tar, which still-continuesto effect the most Won derful Cures ever recorded in the annals of medicine: A fact which is proved by reference to the vast !limberl'4)f certificates from the first And most re. speetable eitizens; such as Dr. 'Wm. J. Richards, Judge Wm. Burke, the Wife of. the... Rev. G. W. Maley, pr. Hiram- Cox, late Professor in Eclectic IVledical• College of Cincinnati, and others of this place. Certificates not only of4remarkable cures of distresiirig Cough, but Consumption actually cured, after the Physicians of the highest standing had . given them up to diet , if men of such•lsigh standing - will vouch' for the greet" virtues of_ This medicine, we "cannot but' nfer that it is at keit all that it is repreienfed be. It can be bad 4t. p. C. Kneeland's, -also at . .Missrs Kidd INSM 104,611 . 36,334 ME MEE ZiMi INN Ng FM I ' ~ Lb _ e'_L MATI'BBS. LeTritre)rioyr Cot. licAbir...—Wireall attention o the letteri from CoL S. W. Boos,'"whioh•will be found 'on the next page - P0:191. iqc..—The people of New York are holding- meetinol for the purPose of giving yant to feelings of sympathy for Pius IX and his cause in Italy.! Should not Pittaborghers do something in tbis way 1., This has been suggest ed to us by reading the last letter ofMist Fuller, published in tha Tribune. In urging the Amer , icans to exertions in behalf of Italian liberty and proiress, she says, the• Soul; of our Nation need not wait for its GOvernment; these things .are better done by the efforts of indiyiduals and thus proceeds: , • " It would please rile much to see a cannon here bought by the contributions of Americans, at whose head should 'stand the name of Cabot, to be used by the 9uara for salutes on lestive.oecusioas, if they should beso happy as to have no more ; seri- Otri need. In Tuscany ,they are casting one to. be called the " Gictberti," (win , a "Writer who, has given a great impulse to the present thovement. I should like the gilt of America lb be called the AM:ERIC.L; the ;Commit°, or the Wiettintrrost— Please think of this, some of my friends, who. still care fot . the ti g le; the 9th July, and the pld cries of Hope:and Honor. • F.;ee, if there are any objections that Ido not think of, and do some thing .if it well and brotherly. Ah! •America, with all thy rich boons, thou best a heavy account to render.far the talent given, see in every way that thou be not found wanting." Whatcity in our Union should claim the honor of inakitig such a present to thctsewho are struggling for the establishment of our institutiOns in Italy.? We say, Pittsburgh. And now,. let the' pepple start the subscription ; and Knapp & Totten will puit up the machine in a style that will' do honor . „. to, this pt.tr4:atton. ev'ening , aboirt 10 o'ct a fire broke out in a stable on Hill alley, between EIM and Washington stree.ts, which spread quickly, end destroyed several frame buildings. We heard that two horses were burned to death. .Tbere was difficulty in Obtaining water. LOOKING Grasses' AND •PICTITIM We unhesitatingly say to. our friends, xs•ho' Nish to deal in 'Looking. GlaSi and Picture. Fraine Store, that they cannot any where be better suited than at Mr.lJoseph .Murphy's• establishment. He has a very large and Splendid stock on band—and manufactures to order'. See hisaevertisement. (Cr We 'did not know until yesterday . th - at our old friend 1 : :ompson; formerly of the United States Hotel, - had' taken the Virginia House, corner o Water and Ferry streets. A more obliging and gentlemanly landlord does not keep a house-in the city. His! guests never go away. dissatisfied. We wish him abundant success. • • co. We I notiCe that a town meeting has been caled in Philadelphia, for the purposeof collecting aid for the witlowa, ,wives, and children of, the volunteers.! . Will anything like , this be done There are several Pittsburgh companies in Mexi co, and many of tbe members left families,who may now be in distress for:theCoMmon necessaries of life. ' • DnnrnteAt.-lisvlvtirldx„,—" Hill Grove Lodge, 11. A. Q. alsio. 21, Pa.," 'was instituted in this city, on Saturday evening last, the'27th inst., by. Daniel Norerosp, Esq., of Philadelphia, and . 3. Hi McCaulley,- Esq., of Charnymrsbuigh. Society that meets everyp Stmday,;, in a room on the - corner ' of Fourth and Smithfield, bas Davis" - Revelations " nailer .diieussion Both sides of the question, (al to tie honesty ,of the pretension? of Davis & are well austained.Py speakers ,of much talent' 4:0- The foneral„of hisses Ross, Esq., wit' start final the residence of the family, this morn ing at 40 &clock. 13:74bereis a strong laction of, the Whigs in favor of, the nomination of a man named Laugh lin, forNayor: The friends of the present incum beut,will no doubt be prepared - to meet them. Eleich, of the:," Itefornied Practice," is now in this city.. ile•trafends to deliver a course of Lettoreion ihe itibject of Jledicine, and then proceed to Cincinnati: . Ptiiosed" is the title of a pamphlet shorilyi•tpipOinr in tius city. It has a • scriptural motto,-.7" o;:rThos. Bakevrell, tsq., 'saw been elected an hOnorary rnember of be . 4 7onng . Men's Mercan tile Library Association." yesterduy had the pleasure of an inter view with Mr. Gray d Editor of the Cleveland Plaindealer. . 0:7:Ir. Jamison is in New Orleans, at tLe A merican. 0:). Mr .Relly, declines being a candidate for Mayoi: this year . . Virrss.,4 sipec..las recently Zuni in tt ton omnibus. 'tines put out. Vipers atu.lte: quenily found in' fittsburgb omnibusses, but 'are never put out that we know of. . Ntirroral Ftitc Com PA a r.—The Second Anna al Ball of thit Ciimpany ,takes place on :Itunsday evening, NovgmberOth. It will lie a grand fair of course. . • • . . . llostasaaa,—.oa Sunday afternoon, a woman was wandering•through Second street, drunk as a fool, viigh a Inklifht her arms. "Should such things 1, 13&411.,the: Courts yesterday' adjourned over till.;.Vednesday, on account of The death of the venerable•Jamea Boss.• • • . . (o!Rody Patterson was very low yfttterdisy and, by the physicians, was thought to be very perilous situation. , . • 13:1•There vase but two cases in the Tombs on Sunday morning; and . the same number yes . ; terday. This is a falling a from the usual at tendance, probably caused by the cold weather.. - 0:3•A lot Of tine gold patent lever watches will be sold at McKenna's this evening at 7+ o'clock.' Hen 4 er (sling A• man in Parry, has taken out a patent for a hen's tiest,whicb he . rlesc ribes as followsi "The bottom of the nest is so constructed as to let the egg through, and out of sight; when the hen turns round to view her production. cackling her delight the while, she is astonished to find'her nest empty !—so naturally . supposing herself mistaken, she again lays another egg ; and, sci on, until the necessary number of eggs 'required.,are obtained. Mr. S. does not manufacture the nest, but oars Rights for sale,' " . cO•Arormg &Ain, whose mysterious dis appear. ance from Carlisle, we noticed a few' days 'since was shortly afterwards found dead, in a small stream; near the borough limits. He was mem ber of the Bar. and became deranged, as before sta ted. . At his residence in Allegheny. City : on eighty clay.,the 27th - inst. Jamas Rows, , iii the eighty sixth .year of his age. . . M ,i' .;; " i • -I MEM ME Vreissfie this Prospectus to- apprise theptiblic - Of renewed priparations on our part to furnish the CONGIIIIMOSAL Gtorit and Asps - sum for-the ap proaching session, and to invite, subscriptions.-- Ile two Houses have contracted with us .for. ,the- Work, on such terms as enable us now to make com plete reports, to multiply and issue the numbers in quicker succession than heretofore, and without in creasing the price to subscribere, and we ficiPe make good returns for the liberalityOnd high official sanction thus bestowed on the publication. We shall increase the volume at least one third. be gond its ordinary bulk, and endeavor to add to its usefulness by extending still further its large circa lation, . This last is not the :least important point, in the. view of ,Congiess. Faithful and durable repoiti, of the debates of the body are of value, in propoi-' Lion -to the extent of their circulatiOn among the people. It is in this way that Congress isbrought into the presence of its remote constituents—theft it obtains easy , access and boldscomrnunication with them from day to day; and renders the.goverarnent really representative. • - Havingreceived from all patties in Congress the strongest-marks of appriabat nn - and confidence, hi.' the liberal means and permanent contract voted to continue - the work; we shall not be found wanting in the iiithartialitynnd industry, necessary. to the due fulfilment of the engagement on our part. The.. next session will task .to the utmost, the. befit sf . forts - of those connected with tie undertaking; .11 will be distingaisbed by discussions of extraordina - - ry inteiesr, 'and reiults of 'abiding concern... The• war, its origin'and -conduct - by officers in the eabi- • ' net and in the field, will furnish . subjects_of profound , inquiry and consideration: The terms- of peace,. _ the disposition to be.made of conquests; the come quences to be drawn from all that has been done„ • as affecting putties in this country, and espeeialbc as bearing on the approachingpresidentitil electitin„ Will open up novel and powertully operating +dim cussions. rendering - the councils at Washington ring the next year; as pregnant of geed and evil to. • this continent, as those of some were to the Olth - World in the days of her early energy. Such. re fieli of deliberation tad action was never present ed to any previou& Confers: All 'that has trans pired,or may bereatlertranspire before the elose'of the approaching. session_ Of. Congress, io'NesViMex ico, California, in the capital - of ?dealer', and the provinces still dependant on it; will'come under the consideration of tbe,neit Congress: deba t es will contain the Minify of the war, and its action determine its results, whether they be decided .-by arms or diplomacy. And whatever is developed, concerning th's v,ist and - interesting matter, on. the floor of Congress,. or in the 'l , :xect tive thessegee, will be. found recorded in- the Cosuasseronst- Guinn and Aressnix.. t;" • The Cosenxestossr.. Gliatis is macre - up - Of the daily proceedings of the two'lloincs ,Congfess. and printed owsuperfine double.royal paper, with - smelt tyPe, (brevieeand nonparief,)'in qua:trot - arm, each number containing sixteen royal qiiatta:pages. The speeches of the memberryin the first form, are condensed—the full report of,the prepared!siteeCh being reserved for the Aemmentx.. - •All-resirbstions; motioni r and other proceedings, are giverf-in,:the corm of the Journals, with the. leas and nays on every important question. .. „,- - • Every member will have an opportunity to read his remarks -before they - are. put to.- piess, - ind alter our report if he shall think it incorrect.- • The Apex:Nut x is made up of thePresidenfi itn miatmessage, the-reports of the principa- officers of the 'giivernment. that- accompany'.it, , and :all speeches of menthers of Congress written out - or revised by the,mselves. It is printed in the saute form as the Cotrotissmosar. GLunr., and usually Makes - about the same number of pages during. a session. . • . Miring the first month or.six weekaofa session, there is rarely more busines&done thare-wiltfriate two nurnbers'week--one- .of .00813sEsak. r owls. GLDBE, one of ti .e Aper.nws..;,ltat dusing the remainder of a session, there is. usually suffix' dent matter for two . or three numbers of •each ev- • ery week. The next session' Vt ill be unusually ' ia terestingi therefore, wi calitiliste:thettheCsifi! 8IISSill03(.83. Gtone irod-Aretatim (nether will make 3,000 large quiito pegeS, WM - et! in :small type- 7 breviet and - nonpariel. We furnish complete lialexes.to both at the and of ksession. We will endeavor to print 'a -sufficient tronthee of surplus copies t. supply Atha' may be-Mis carried, or lost in the mails; tint the suliscribeis should be very particular to file their papirs eaie fully, for. fear that we would riot be aLleto supply all ihe lost numbers. • ' :e • We have a few surplus copies of the COngiei - sional Globe for the last sestinas of CoOvessisibiSh' we will sell - for the original rsubscriptionwprice— sl, tt copy., We have no surplus copiel:oftheip- pendii for , that session. _ MU . , •. '• • '•• • • ' • • . • .. • .;.:•••: ••'• • * RE =EI ME EU - IntOSPECTtiII • Congiessional Globe and Appendix. a= For one copy of the Congressional Globe 12 . 0 • : For.a copy of the Appendix . • 2.00 For six copies of either, or a part of both 30'00 Proprietors of newspapers *lva copy thia prias rectos before the first of December, and rend us one copy of 'their paper containing it marked a- • round with a pen, to direct our attention to it, shall have their nanr.ce entered..DO oar books for . - one copy of the Congressional Globe and Appen piz daring the session..i •• • • • . • Our prices for these aq .. ri are so low that we cannot uffonl to credit theca out. Therefore, no person need consul)* time in writing fur thim, pa less•the money accompanies the order. Subscriptions should be here by the 13th De eernber, at the farthest, to ensure all numbers. • BLAIR tr. RIVES. Wasbio•tocc . 9ct, • 10'23=1:1 1 . 1 . 5 ' PD X " • 5 5 :11; , 05 " Mori& James, .54; ' ~..; • ; 40-" J. M. Statsaid% s's; • 13." •A. D. Read;':'s's; ;:.,..;: .. 12," Hear:y.o James, ; .; ' • 15 " D. J. Warwick. • ; • :70 ". IL. &Warwick, fine I , s;' 40 " John Nurveli,, -I's; ' 13 ti' Henry &James, Pa; 7 . 1 D.J:Warwick s tropy , ; • '4 " Juba Rucker, ". , .Yap • • ni Conaignent'fl•om Manufacturersof . 410110114115 r Ifu. # 'ln• store and fm sale, by • - •• „ -• •L. S. WATERMAN; • 170..111:11141keti.susd G 2 Front:it:, 110v30 JOSEPII• 111IIRP LOODING-OLASH; , AND CLOCK.STORE;:. e. No. 98 Wood Stret, A GENERAL anion:slant of Pier, Mantel:4lA - 1 Toilet Glasser;: Portrait, Minature and' Lanal. scape frames, plain and ornamental, of every variety ofpatierns- Also, anew style of Window Coinices, call isi and see them, all'of which will bo sold cheap for Cash, or City, A :cep:ances. ' • rgrilotela and t-tsam Boats furnithed cheap. JOSEPH MURPHY, 9S Wood, at. Pract'cil Gilder. - nov3o • It /Ailed Borax. ''. ••• . 6 cases English i jnst rec'd and for rate by ' 5 . - H. A: FAHNESTOCK tc Cci. r " : iI, cor. First and Wood slap nov3o Calcined Magnesia. Kaifu ja Ut . rrc'd and for onto by x. p • imv3U' • ' B. A. FABNESTOCK Sins' . . • -...._ Nam Flour. 150' just reed and for sale by • nov3ls . li. A. PAEINgirrpCK &Co., • • • ....Tartiale Aeld.• 1 a eases „just ree , d and for sale by -NJ nor3o. . . B. A. FAHNFSTOZK. A. Co. NEPTUNE BALL. • • - THE Fecood Annual Ball, given in behalf of the Neptune Fire. Company, . will take place. on Tstoasnay.Evermio, the 9th of December, at the . Lafayette Assembly Rooms; Applidationi for Cir culars and Tiekets to be made to the managers. S. Cameron, Hope. John Mignewan, Neptio. W. C. Irwin, Pretndent. Wm. M. Edgar,. 'C 2 .J. Brown, Washington. James M , lntosh, Capt A. L. Melville, U.S. Wm. ht. Gormley, Jps Caldwell, WM Penn. T. B.YOung, si - "K , Hays, Eagle: James Porter . ' 4 1 Capt'M.M , Steen, All., John D. Bailey, de M. NW - shall, Duquesne. John Neeper .... • W. C. Beck, Niagara. 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