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POTTSVILLE.
IATIIRDAY MORNING, OCT. 29, 1,842:
- . "Job Printing. Office.
The subscriber has procured the necessary type.
pretses.dx. and has attached a complete Job Print: ,
irdg Office to his Establisement. where all hinds of
Cards, Pamphlet*, Handbills, Checks, Bills of Lading.
Eke., will be printed at the very . loweat rates, and at
the shorten notice: Being determined to accommo—
date the public at the veryilowest rites, at home, he
nitspscifulty solicits the patiWnage of the public.
Printing in different colors executed at a short notice
• : Card !Ms. 1
A Card Presa has beep added to the establishment.
'which will enable as to execute Cards, of almost e!•
ery li sprtptiop. at eery low rates. '
B. BA NNAN.
Important.
Let every citizen bear in mind,that it is not only his
zoterest, but his duty. to purchase every thing that he
can at home: ey . pursuing such a course, he encoulr
ages the mechanical indust . ry of-lis own neighbor
bood.on which the prosperity of every town and, city
mainly depends—and belidevievery dollar paid out at
home forma a circulating medium of which every
citizen derives more or less benefit , in the course of
trade. Every, dollar paid Tor foreign ' manufactures
pur
chased abroad. is entirely lost to the - region, goes to
enrich those w i ho do not contribute one cent to our
domestic insti t utions, and oppresses our own citizens.
V. B. Ps!mar, Esq. No. - p4, South Third
Street, Philadelphia, is authorised to act as Agent
to seam subscriptions and advertisements for
thhi paper.
. The Philadelphia Penny press.—Przhile
'. Ledger and National Fortuna.
The profligate and licentious course pursued
by a portion of the Philadelphia Penny Press has .
- become soy notorious that it is a proverb and a by
word with the public. Nothing but the meanest
mercenary conaiderations could induce the con
ducters of a paper to pursue so shameful a course,
• regardleis and contemptuous, as it were, of the
effect such would have upon the morals of aerie;
ty. Considering the mighty influence which the
prise of a country possesses, the duty of its con-
Millers must be looked upon as a high and res
ponsible one, and as the Penny Press, from
great cheapness wields a powerful influence, it
• becomes imperative that it should be conducted
upon pure and strict principles. There has, how.
ever, grown up, among us a piss designated as
the Independent Press, which, possessing no fix
ed principles either of politics or morals, and hav
ing, no. end in view other than their own profit
and aggrondizement,.will stoop to the most dis
graciful end debasing arts in order to accomplish
, these ends. No man who has a spark of moral
deCency in his composition can read the repeated
and wanton attacks upon private character—the
filthy advertisements admitted into their columns,
and the disgusting police and court reports which
, daily crowd their pages, without blushing for the
depravity of human nature. This course, if per
sisted in, is calculated to have 'is fearful effect up
on the morals of a people. These papers find
their-way into the domestic circle, and the evil
which is done there is almost incalculable—the
young and innocent mind by daily acquaintance
with scenes of the darkest and most disgusting in
famy, is robbed of its purity and 'ruined in its taste
—that which once'brought the blush of shame
tri the cheek is now sought Mier with almost crim
inal avidity., and the anxiety to know is greeter
than the desire to avoid was before. This is the
natural effect, as the careful reader of human na
ture wt U 'knows. We have drawn no exaggera
-• ted picture, but have spoken that which nearly
the whole community know.
The Pubic Ledger belongs to the above class
of Independent papers, and by looking back. at
the character of that paper since its birth, our
reiderii will find that it has pursued in every res
.• peel the course we have described. As the licen
tious character'of this portion of the Penny Press
lhaikto some extent affected the standing of others,
we' think it necessary to state that the style or
policy is not universal,and we do think that our
citizens ought to discourage a paper which par
rranes so manifestly a vicious cou r se.
The National Forum has been introduced into
'Out' region, and at the present time has a consid
ri-able circulation here. It is everywhere ac
knowledged to be as good a family paper as the
«Ledger," and the highminded, honorable and
- consistent course it pursues, entitles it to the pat
ronage of all. Studiously avoiding a course cal
culated to affect the tone of morality, nothing
can be found throughout the whole paper that
the most fastidious dare nut read. We therefoie
recommend it to our citizens as an excellent, cheap
newspaper, and one which they can introduce
into their families with safety. All advertisements
of indecent nature are interdicted from its col
. urons : and the public may rest assured that such
vile reports as that of the hlcEiVen case, will ney
er be found soiling the pages of the forum. The
publishers of that paper have taken the proper
'sta'nd; they view their dirty. as conservators of the
public morals, in the proper light. In elate num
ber of the paper they say that they are well aware
that their pecuniary interest would be benefited
by, pursuing a course parallel 'with the Public Led
. ger, but at the same lime they have thrown aside
all, these meaner questions of private interest, and
intend to prove whether the public will not, by
their approbation and patronage, sustain a paper
in their edeavours to maintain such a standing
and character. The necetkity of having- a good
cheap Whig paper of this character in Philadel
phia has ,been great, and we hope our Whig
friends of that vicinity, and elsewhere, will recog
nize the policy of not only patronizing it by tak
ing the paper, but by throwing a liberal- portion
of advertiaing patron.tge in - i.a columns, ivltich
alone can place the establishment on a permanent
basis, and increase its usefulness,
Why don't the Town Council enforce the Or
-dinance pissed for the regulation Mahantango
street And why don't they promulgate an Or
_distance foi the regulation of the side walks in
Centre Street?
If the gutters at the different cross streets in
Mahantango street, particularly on the North side,
weal -pawed similar to those in front of individual
property this fall, the, whole expense would be
saved to the borough by the protection it would
afford against the washing of these streets during
the winter.
We learn that the warrant, which the Court,
in July last, ordered to be made out flirthe arrest
of certain individuals concerned in the late riot,
and against whom the Grand Jury bad found hills,
was aly placed in the hands of thei:%eriff a day
orteip before the Court. • How is this I Such
shameful neglect of duty will not be tolerated in
this community. On whose shoulders does'the
responsibility rest 1 The Court is bound toy in
quire into this business, for rest assured that the
public will Pot be - satisfied until the whole matter
is fully, iUirestisated. •
PLANTING Taass.—So - long as the weather
continues pleasant, we hope our citizens will
}iot neglect the opportilitity of ornamenting their
dwellings with, shade trees, which can be obtain
ed from our mountains in abnadanie at very low
rates. Mr. Robert Smith wilt furnish any qu'an
,
tit/. and plant them for 25 cents each.
Rite Cliy's Speech in anotheecolumn on the
subject of Abolition. Door Mendenhall !
THE RAIL ROJID•Wei leim that it is the
tendon of the Managers of the Rail }lota Comita
ny, to hare ready for the,,lpring basimas, about
2000' Coal Cars,ltod Sp Ucomoties.l This quta=
her, it is believed, , les AelEciertS to carry all
the Coal the Company can transport over a sin
gle track, is connection with the other business,
of the road. The company will therefore see the
necessity of laying down a second track at as
early a peript ‘ l as posiible. As the road is already
graded, the :whole expense of the additional track
for Iron, !ills, liying down, &c., will not exceed
halls million of dollars.' Every consumer of coal
abroad is interested in the early completion of the
road, anti those who are blessed with the means,
Ought to 'step forward, and lend their aid without
hesitation. Independent of the fact that it is des
tined to he one of the very beststocks in the coun
try for investment,. the reduction in the price of
fuel, which it has caused to the, consumers the pres
ent year, will amount to about one million of
dollars, double the sum required fur the comple
tion of the road. - - • .
Tits UESULT Is 01130.—The Pittsburg Ga
zette, in speaking of the result of the eliction in
Ohio, very pioperly remarks Ohio, a Tariff
State has gone anti-Tariff. Blind to her true in--
terests, like Pennsylvania, she hati voted to put
out the fires of her manufactories, and to deprive
their,crops of a market. The poor have voted to
have the bread taken from their mouths, and the
rich in land; to lower their rents, that. the usuer
may double the miens of doubling his -money.
It is a curious state of things, and well deserves
the notice of the historian noticing, the progress
of governments. We are prodigal of our pro
gress. Like a spendthrift left With a large and
ample store, we squander it with little regard as
to the means by which it was' acquired, because
we feel that it is our own. Foreign governments
and nations, in our case, like strangers and publi
cans in the other, reap all the benefits of our
folly. ''
DgsTROCTIOV, OF ♦ SreAM SOIP —SP , OITA•
?moos - Comovs+tovr.—The Steamship North
America, which arrived at Boson on Friday last,
from St. Johns, New Brunswick, took fire at the
Wharf, on Saturday night last, and burnt to the
waters edge. -The fire is supposed tolave been
caused by the ipontaneous combustion of the coal
On board. ,
A:gin/IEB C 4SE OF SPOSTANT.OI7III C0M01715
TION.—The Boonslick Democrat of the I I th inst
published at Fayette, Missouri, cont4ins the fol
1041 g account of the ignition of bituminous coal
"A. singular ease of spontaneous combustion has
been exhibited in our etreets within the !ast few days
by the ignition of a pile - of bituminous coal which had
been thrown out fronva wagon, where it lies, several
weeks since. It has been found impossible to extin
guish it. and it is rendered certain that it has 'alma fire
of its own accord." This fact eltablished, the moo
ted point up th subject, in relation to the arrange
ment aloe lorstea 'ships will aimin be revived, and
prMably a n wrapi on settled upon."
STOP THAT —The Journal of Commerce es
timates the loss. of the coons since 1840, as shown
by tne recent elections. to be 71,018 votes in the six
states of Louisiana. North Carolina, Illinois, Ver
mont, Maine. and Ohio. Adding the loss in Indiana,
Maryland, and New Jersey, the total loss of the
coons in nine gates is upwards of 95,000—Pennsyl
vanian.
Not so fast. The result only shows that 95,-
000 democratic Whiga absented themselves from
the polls in those States. The Whig party is
stronger than ever it was—and as soon as the
next Pres , dential election takes place, they will
find it out. The Whig .measures are the only
measures, that can restore the prosperity of the
country—and the mass of the people. wild love
their country be!ter than party, are dispUsed to
give them a fair trial. They have tried the was
urea of the locofoco party and have a surfeit.
GREAT " Nato VICTORY IN
whigs have achieved a great victory in Indiana.
by the election of a Senator to supply the vacan
cy in the Senator'sl dieltict, composed of St. Jo.
seph, Marshall and Fulton counties. The major-
ity is 307, where the whip were beaten last Au
gust, by nut turning out. Thu secures a whiz
ai.,jority on joint ballot in the Legislature, arid
gives us the United States Senator. This result
was achieved undetthe banner of Henry Clay.
Sorel :co THEIR Cotons.—Since the election
tit Locofoco spirit of the Times, speaks as fol
owe:
" d protective tariff, in a few words, is a !ambo
an arrant, unmitigated humbug."
The Forum very property remark., that it would
have been more candid, if they had epoken thus
before he election.
The election in New York will be held on
Tuesday, the Bth of November next. The editor
of the Tribune declares that the democratic mugs
have a clear majority of 10.000 in the state.
if they can only be induced to come to the polls.
ft is the criminal apathy of a large portion of the
whig party that prevents theincdominance of cor-
rect principles in our government.
The New York Aurora. a neutral paper. gives
it as their opinion that the Protective Tariff Bill,
passed by the last Congress, will be repealed, an-
less a powerful effort is made to save it. Its fate
depends in a great measure on the success of the
Democratic W hig party in New York at the vi
siting election.
p ll o- D ioions.—As we were Passing down Cen
tre street, on Wednesdsy ?last, we observed a Ire.
mendowi cabbsge moving very leisurely up the
street, on the opposite side from us. After watch
ing the phenomenon for some time, we discovered
that it owed its locomotion to a pair of legs, which
were moving along under it-strings, very !
How TO PREVENT Dost.Liso.—Let the press
cease noticing all duels which may be I.4tght, and
our word for it, it „will go farther towards check
ing the practice, than all the laws against duelling,
which havibeen, or may be enacted; oy OUT law
givers.
John C. Spencer, Secretary of War, has aban
doned his principles for the sake of holding i bis
!Tice. The " Captain " orticied him to resign
or support hisadministration publicly. He choose
the latter coures, and hss published a defence of
the present administration. • •
Os DiT—That a distinguished Locofoco in
ihis county, who has been high in the confidence
of the Locofoco patty, and received its honor*, has
proposed to join the " Corporal's Guard," on con.
dition that he will be rewarded with a certain of
fice.
The New Orleans Advertiser states that the
mediation of the United State l s has been offered
to the Governments of Mexico and Texas, to pre.
"vent any furtheihostilities betiveen these two na
tions. ,
' he result of the election in this State proves
conclusively , that if the Whigs had turned out
and carried the counties in which they have nn•
diaputkd majorities, there wonldhaie been tt-Whig
majority of Sor 10 on.joint ballot. '
Gov. Csas.—The friends of this gentleman are
making an effort to bring him out as a candidate
for the Presidency. Several large placards have
been posted up in our borough, inviting his friends
to assemble in Meeting at Harrisburg.
The Rev. Doctor Moriarty will preach a db - iir.
ity Sermon in the Catholic Chiuch to-morrow.
Tickets of admittance 50 .cents:' - .Bes advertise
meet.
Bishop Hughes of New Toth. he,
tea a Pastoral Letter, throttlitt. the cattalo' of the
4$ Catholic Freetrisn'i Journal, " which hiainatia.
a quite d sensation in New York
op es-eouttannieates all Masons and Odd r 0 7 6
from the Church who ,will'uot sever their FODlter,
tion'with the different orders towhich theyi belong,
and conderacui all Marriages with protestanis unlests
a 'solemn primisa is made That all the offspring
o f each meninges should be baptized ind ed
ucated in the Catholic Faith .. The Bish4 p note :
The circumstances of; the Catholic. Churcl?, in
this !nippy country, w -which the right, l of con
science end Ithe immunities of religions l freedoin
are secured to all men, hare been extensively mu
dified and influenced by the persecution, which
she had to undergo in other Lando; The "usages
which prevailed kr the lands of bondage, were the
first to which we . became accustomed where bon
dage is unknown. Neither was it practicable nor
expedient to enforce prematurely the laws of the
Church in these new circumstances of this coun
try. Bence the Bishops of this diocese have tol:
crated customs which the church did not approve,
but merely bore with until a - better order 'could , be
introduced. That time seems at length to have
arrived. The statues, which base been enacted
and promulgated, have for their object this return
to the ordinary and regular discipline of the
Church."
Oaro.—The result in this state, has caused e
certain degree of despondency in a,portiOn of the
whig party, unworthy of the cause have es.
poured, and the great and important principles
they advocate. It is true the whigs are beaten in
Ibis state for the present—but the result:will per.
baps redound as much to their credit as the victory
wildhe productive of good to the party who achiev
ed it. The whig party in Obio had , committed
political move, worthy only of Locitfocoisin—a
large portion of the party, were determined to place
their seal of disapprobation upon the set, which,
if imitated, might lead to disastrous results in the
legislation of the country. This is clearly proven
by the result, which shows that the Locofoco par
ty did not poll any more votes than they did in
1840, when they were beaten by sixteen thousand
in the state.
The Locufucos hate COMM" as the following
ride incident, which we find in the New York Tit
.
bune, shows:
In•the county of Luzerne,Pa., which is strongly
Loco Foco, the regular ticket had on it for Legisla
ture a Dutchman named Koons. The Locos swore
they would not go it—they were against 'coons, tooth
and.toe•nail. So Mr. Koons was backed offend a
Loco named Brodhead put in his place. This incen•
red some of Koon's friends, who instigated Chesier
Butler, a Whig, to come out as a stomp candidate.
and helped elect him, though the ‘Vhigs had not
deemed it worth while to make any nomination."
The Sunbury American, an independent Loco
Foco piper, discourses as follows:
" The-New York Union, edited by Major Noah,
-recommends President Tyler to the Democrats as the
Compoinise Candidate. It wou.d be compromise in
deed! but a compromise of the honor and-independ
ence of the Democratic party. The idea, however.
is too supremely ridiculing to be seriously thought of.
Tyler and Van Buren are bath out of the question."
DICKENS New Boos.—With regard to the
forthcomirg ..Notes on America," by Mr. Dick
en, the Editor of the Boston American has the
following paragraph :
.• We are enabled to say. opon the assurance
of one mho has read the first part of Mr. Dickens'
work as it passee.through the press, that it is as
liberal in its notices of men and manners in this
country, as it is beautifully written. There is
but one esuption to this, viz a that the members
of the editorial fraternity in the United States are
made the subjeits of rime and biting remark.—
The occasion oflits tecokl , toward our journalists
we do not knot*. Priihably, however, it is to be
found in the severe And independent comments
of the American , press upon Mr. Dickens' tue.
some, nauseating and unblushing advocacy, on all
public occasions, of the passage of an Internation
al Copy-Right Law. We allude to the matter,
that our brother editors may be on the lookout,
and may. be priming their pieces fur a regular
broadside."
The Book will be issued in this eonntry, early
in November, from the press of Messrs. Lea &
Blanchard. in.a 4hefip form.
Fonzrow Paovisions.—Somewhat of a sen
sation was produeed in the neighborhood of Chard,
by the introductionJ.Of American pork and beef,
retailed at from ao to 4id per lb. The anxiety
manifested by the people to obtain cheap food was
not slow in manifesting itself, and'the, first con
signment of pork was cleared in a few hours,
more bang expected. The importation of meat
excites a good deal of alarm among the graziers,
who anticipate, in consequence, a serious depre
ciatu n in prices Lfor, if provisions are rendered
at such low rates now in anticipation of the re
duction of import duty, which comes into opera
tion on the 10. h inst., they will ho considerably
lower after that time. The quality of the Amer
icon barrelled proviiions is pronounced to be ex
cellent.—English Paper.
FrAUTO!. Accintsr.—Under the head of in
telligence by the MOrning's Mail, we yesterday
published an account of the loss of the Steamer
Eliza, Capt. Littleton, in the Mississippi. The
Cincinnatti Journal of the 20th says that she
struck a snag in the Mississippi, 4 miles. above
the mouth of Ohio, and link in three minutes,
leaving but two feet of the hurricane deck above
water. The consequence was that nearly all on
the lower dirk and in the'cabin, perished ! Re.
pon speaks of some forty or fifty
.that were drown
ed, but our informants thinks the number about
20—certainly not more than 25 persons. Among
the dead are the Captain's wife and two children,
and some eighteen or twenty deck passengers.
In addition to the news we published yesterday
from Texas, we learn that IVIr. Van Ness, and
one Other of the Santa Fe prisoners, being the
only two found in 'San Antonio at the time of
its capture by the Mexicans, were taken out by
order of General Wall, and deliberately shot. It
is said that these persons were not in arms at the
time, but were executed in pursuance of an order
from the Mexican Government to shoot the San
ta Fe prisoners wherever found in Textut. Mr.
Van Ness was, we believe, a nephew of General
Van Ness, of Washington.—Nat. In!.
The Springfield (Minnie) Journal contains
formal renunciation of Mormonism, signed by ten
late members of the Mormon Church, who declare
that they have been most scandalously impoied
upon in matters and' things of a divine character."
Oliver H. Olney, late a preacher of the Mormon
doctrines, has alio renounced all connection with
'the Latter Day Saints," as they call themselves,
havjng i been a witness to the corruptions and de
baucheries of their leaders.
EVPIIESIDENT Sacxecise-4he Sashville
Whig of the 16th instant says—
We undersiiind that Gen. Jackson:l4a* a
painful injury in the forehead, on Thursday last,
by the upsetting of Major Donelson's carriage,
near the Hermitage, in which he was _riding out
to visit a sick neighbor. The accident was caused
by the restiveness, of the horses, which the driver
was unable to control. We hope the ,injury will
not prove a serious one. , •
4. C01. Monroe Edwards, the great forger. heti
been sentenced to 10 years,iinprisonment in tle
Penitential,.
THE. MINERS' JOURNAL.
Ali sinte -2 trt Items.
(ori g ind and Mated.:
Boost Brain ais...—Persons wishing. Books, &c.
boned, will please send them in tie early as possi
ble, as it is our Imeution to close the Bindery
in to short time for the winter.
Free-trade men are already elaimitig the
result of the elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio
as anti-Tariff victories,
Henry Clay is now in the 66th year of his age.'
I •
The Madisonion eske whether the " illustrious
Jackson ressinot assailed as Mr. Tyler is." We
answer. yes;l and by few moil furiously than by
John Tyler.4—Prentier.
Nal . ? Prixsrossr—The Canton ( Maim )
Democrat boittra the flag of John C. Calhoun for
next President. - •
UTwo females were on Friday held to bail in
$lOO each, at Philadelphia, to atiiiwer at the Ses
sions for - eaves-dropping. This is rioh.
The Pittsburg papers say that Captain Chann
cy had inspected 100 Paixhim guns made there
for Government, and that every gun passed in
spection;no one having proved deficient. They
are all 32 pounders, and weigh about 2 tons each.
We further perceive that the Iron Steam Fngate,
building at Pittsburg, is in rapid progress to com
pletion.
UNITED STATES SENATOII pnOM VratmoNT
—Tbe Legislature of Venni:int on Friday last e
lected the Hon. Wm. Upham, of Montpelier, a
Senatoi of that State, for sixyears from the 4th
of Match next. .
Mr. Wise is sick, in Washington.—Cant talk
to his constituents. Lucky for him, perhaps.
Gaamors.—A fellow has beem boxed "in
New York. for having about a dozen petticoats
after him, all of whom have a sort . of matrimonial
claim upon him.
'The nollept Raman of them all,' mesaid John
Tyler; looking at his nose, in the glass.
Coot..—On a dark night in Havanna, a gentle.
man was asked fbr a light from his cigar. As the
weed kind:ad and the two faces were lit up by the
fire, the strangeilooked steadily in the face of his
obliging friend. land coolly remarked as he turn
ed away z, .• pass on. ; sir, your cigar has saved your
life—you are no the man I want." The worthy
gentleman stopped to light no more cigars, that
night.
WfIOOPING Couoa.—A teaspoonful of ?castor
oil to a spoonful of molasses ; a teaspOinful of
the mixture given whenever the cough is trciuye
some, will afford relief at once, it is said, and in
a few days effect a cure. Thesame remedy, it
is titan affirmed, relives the croup, however vio
lent the attack.
The New Orleans Bee says: "An abortive at-
tempt was made on Saturday night, Bth inst., to
rob the Poet Office in New Orleans. The thieves
did not, however, uceeed in forcing an entranced"
A man entered the office of an Editor in Ken
tucky, for the purpose of caning him ; and was
shat dead.
A Mr. Joseph Cose ores recently married in II
hnoie, to a Mtn Sagan Snarl. Poor Jo! What
a pity that so Ju•Cose a fallow should be caught
by a Snarl !
A young gentleman at a temperance meeting,
on being asked to sign the pledge, excused him
self by saying lam not quite ready." At the
close of the meeting he proposed to one of the
young ladies present to see her home..—s. I am not
quite ready," was the laconic reply.
FELVICIS J. Gavin ha's been appointed
Weigh-Muter in the Custom House in Philadel
phia, in the place of Mr. Shultz.
WIi3CONFIN.—Five Wbiger end 8 Locos are e
lected to thelCouncil ; 13 Whigs and the same
number of Lkw to the Assembly.
Exesuntsti7tars.—The Pittsburg Gazette has
dropped the Score banner, and run up, fur
President, J. Q. An
The Journal of Commerce advises all who de
sire to take the benefit of the bankrupt law to be
about it. as it thinks it is probable - it will be re
pealed at the next session of Congress.
The Village Record mentions the death of Le
vi Bull,'son of the Rev. Mr. Bull, of Chester Co.,
who was thrown from a carriage and injured so
severely that be died soon after.
CLAY PAPEll6.—Sixtern papers, friendly to
the election of Mr. Clay, are published in North
Carolina, and twenty-eight in Virginia. •
Fouls it is said ere the greatest thievea ; they
rob you out of your time and temper.
-.__The number of passengers over the Eastern Rail.
rind for eight days, ending on the 14th inst., was
24 306.
WIIiAT Aso Ft.oun.—At Si. Louie, week be
fore last, Flour was selling at $2,75 per barrel,
and Wheat at 40 cta. Cheap enough to meet e
ven hard times."
Late and Important from Texas.
The Mexicans Retreating !
At a Isle hour last night, the schooner Henry,
Captain Grymes, arrived in fifteen days from Linn
ville, Lebacs Bay, Texas.
The Henry reports that Gen. Burleson, with
eleven hundred men had driven the Mexicans
frem San Antonio. without loss. The Mexicans
were fortifying themselves at the river Medina,
fifteen miles west of San. Antonio. Gen. Burle
son was withinleur miles of the Mexican camp.
awaiting the arrival of artillery and reinforcements.
Long before this time a decisive engagement has
taken place, and we deem it probable that not a
single Mexican is to be found m Texa s.
We are informed that almost every able.bod.
led man in Western Texas has rallied in the de
fence of the country, leaving the crops to the care
Of the women and children.
4 It was reported that a detachment of , Texans
from Gonzales, to attempting to join the main ho.
;4 of Tesan army had met with severe lase] and
thatabout forty men were found dead upon the
fl Id.—Nero Orleans Tropic.
Ma. Ankles son Tea Don arras.—lt has been
reported in the Loco,prints, for some weeks past,
that the Hon. John Quincy Adams had avowed
his opinion that. Dorr is the rightful end lawful
Governor of Rkodo-Island, and that hepce hi was
to take up the defence of those arraigned for 'tree
son. reply to this the Boston American says,
m... 4 We can stale from the most unquestionable
authority that there is no one word of truth in
these assertions, and That ,111 r. Adam's opinions
are directly the reverse. Mr. A. ie en old friend
to Dime J. Pewee; who resigned his seat in the
Foundry Legislature, end has therefore consented
to defend him riga* the charge of high treason
for which he has been arraigned.'
INPOICTSTE DECISION IN DANIENIIPSET.7" — ,
We underetend that Judge Enema. of The Ciiurt
of Common Pleas, to-thy decided the ease,
mined to him Boole' time since, on an application
foi so injunction to stay an execution levied upon
Property acquired by a Bankrupt after the filing
of his.pdition in the District Court. to satisfy a
debt ooring by the petitioner, and included in his
,schedrile'st the time of filing the same. The in
junction was granted—thus deeiding,lbst,proper
ty acquired subsequent to the petition far the ben:
efit: of the Bankrupt law, is exempt from seizure
TorVeht, contracted prior to that time. A written
opinion was delivered in the case, exhibiting it is
said,inuci legal sbility,—St. Louis Era.
SPEECH OF. Ells Clit'lts
And oecuereneet on thetklivery d f an Abolition
Pdilion to him idMittonca4 Indiana: ,
,
.On the fi rst. of Oeteitier,,oll2;• . lh. Clay being
on his way from Dayhin;in..Ohio ? to !Odin napo.
lie, the Seat of Government Of the- State of Indi.
ana, to which he bed • been preefously iniited,
atopt et ichmonti4flourishin town in that
State, where vpseemliitode, a noting to 15
Or 211,000 had led to meet iin, and grget
and welcome hi .. ern _ among them. 'After ta
king some refreshment`, he repaired to a stand"
provided for. the-oecasion, from which he addres.
aed the immense assemblage, in his accustomed
manner, on the public topics of the day. his
not intended to report any part of that spcich,
• which was received with enthesiastie applause.
After its close, Mr. Clay wasinformed that Mr.
Mendenhall was present and desirous of present
ing a petition to him, and he was requested for
that purpose to ascend the stand. He did so, and
delivered the petition to Mr. Clay. He handed it
to a friend, who read it aloud to Mr. Clay and to
the assembly. The petition prayed, or request
ed that Mr. Clay would forthwith liberate all his
slaves, Unjustly, as it is aledged, held in.bondage
• and placed the application principally on the
ground that by the Declaration of American In
dependence, it is declared ''that ell men are cre
ated equaf t that they are endowed by theit creator
• with certain unalienable rights," dec.
After the reading,of the petition, the assembly
-manifested great selsatton, some cried out poll
him (Mr. Mendenhall) down, and a high degree
of excitement, of anger, and of indignation were
kindling against him. The slightest manifesta
tion of displeasure on the part of Mr. Clay, might
_have exposed Mr. Mendenhall to the greatest per
sonal danger. But. Mr. Cloy rose, with perfect
composure, and
.addressed the multitude, in a
strain Of persuasion and entreaty. He hoped that
Mr. M. - might be treated with the greatest for
rbearance and respect. He assured his fellow-cit
izens there collected, that the presentationsff the
petition had nut occasioned him the slightest
pain, nor excited one solitary disagreeable-emo
tion. If it were to be presented to him, he pre
ferred it to be done in the face of this vast and
respectable - assemblage. He thought he could
giveit such an answer as. became him and the
subject of which it treated. At all events, he en
treated and beseeched his fellow 'citizens, for
their sake, for his country's sake, for his sake, to
offer no disrespect, no indignity, nu violence, in
word or deed, to Mr. Mendenhall.
This appearing to compose - We - assembly, M r,
Clay bowed to Mr. Mendenhall, and addressing
him, said:
I wilt now, sir, make to you and to this peti
tion, such a responce as becomes me. Allow me
to say that I think you have not conformed to the
independent character of an American citizen,
in presenting a petition to me. I am like your
self,. but a private citizen. A petition, as the term
implies, generally proceeds from an inferior t n
power, or station, to a superior; but between us,
there is entire equality.' And what are the cir
cumstances under which you have chosen to of
fer ? lam a total stranger, passing through
your state, on my . way to its capital, in conse
quence of an invitation with which I have been
honored to visit it, to exchange friendly saluta
tions with such of iny felloW citizens of Indiana
as think proper to meet me f and toaccept of their
hospitality. Anxious as lam to see them, and
to view parte of this state which I had never seen.
I came here with hesitation and reluctance, be
cause r apprehended that the motives of my jour
ney might be misconceived and perverted, But
'when the fulhlment ofen old promise to visit In.
.dianapolis was insisted upon, I-yielded to the so
licitations of friends and have presented myself
among you.
Such is the occasion which has been deliber--
ately selected for tendering this petition to me:`
I am advanced to years, and neither myself nor
my residence is altogether unknown to the world.
You might at any time within the last 2.5 or 30
years have,piesented your petition to me at Ash
land. -If you had gone there for that purpose,
you should have been received and treated with
perfect respect and liberal hospitality.
Now, Mr. Mendenhall, let us reverse condi
tions, and suppose that you had beeh invited to
Kentucky to partake of its hospitality; and that
previous to your arrival, I had employed, such
means as I understand have been used to get up
this petition, to obtain the signaturs
of that State to a petition, to press
relinquish your farm or other pi
would you have thought of such r
Would you have deemed it courtet
ding to the rites or hospitality 7 .
I know well that you, and those sob - ii
with you, controvert the legitimacy of slavery,
and deny the right of property in slaves: But the
law of my State and other States has Otherwise
ordained. The law may be wrong, in your o
pinion, and ought to be repealed.; but then, you
and your associates ore not the law makers for
us, and unless you can show some authority to
nullify our laws we must continue to respect-them.
Until the law is repealed we must be excused for
asserting the rights—aye, the property in slaves
—which it sanctions, authorizes, and vindicates.
And who are the petitioners whose organ you
assume to be ? I have no doubt that many of
them are worthy, amiable and humane persons,
who, by erroneous representations, have been In
duced inconsiderately to affix their signatures to
this petition, and that they will deeply regret it.
Others, and not a few. am told, are free blacks,
men, women, and children, who have been art.
fully deceived and imposed upon. A very Large
portion, I have been credibly informed, 'are the
political opponents of the party to which I be:
long—Democrats, as they most undeservedly
call themselves, who have eagerly seized this op.
portunity to wound, as they imagined, my feei.
inv. and to aid the cause to which they are at
tached. in other quarters of the Union, .demo
crate claim to be the exclusive champions of the
Southern interests,•the only safe defenders of the
rights in slave property, and unjustly accuse us
Whigs of atnilition designs, wholly incolusimible
with its security. What ought these distan
Democrats to think of the course of their friends
here who united in this petition ?
And what is the foundation of this appeal to me
in Indiana to liberate the slaves under my care in
Kentucky? It is a general declaration, in the
act announcing to the world the Independence
of the thirteen American Colonies, that all men
are created equal. Now as an abstract principle,
there is nn doubt of the truth of that decimation;
and it is desirable ir. the origtoal construction
of society, and in organized societies, to keep it in
view as a great fundamental principle. But then,
apprehend that in no society that ever did ex
ist, or ever shall be formed, was or can the equal.
ity asserted among the members of the humor
race, be practically enforced and carried out.—
There are portions of it, large portions, women,
minors. inane. culprits, trancient sojourners,
that will always probably remain subject to the
government of another portion of the communi.
ty.
That declaration, whatever may be the extent
of its impart, was made by the delegations of the
thirteen States. In most of them slavery exist
ed, and had long existed, and was established by
law. It was introduced and forced upon the Co
lonies by the paramount law of England. Do
you believe, that in making that declaration, the
States that concurred in it intended that it should
be tortured into a virtual emancipation of all the
slaves within their respective Halite ? Woidd
Virginia and the other Southern States have uni.
led in a declaration which was to be interpreted
into an abolition of slavery among them? Did
any one 9f the thirteen States entertain such a
&sign or expectation? To impute such a se.
aret and tinavowed purpose would be to charge a
political fraud upon the noblest band of patriots
that ever assembled in council, a fraud upon the
confeceracy of the Revolution, a fraud upon the
Union of these States, whose Constitution nut
only recognized the lawfulness of slavery, but
permitted the importation of slaves from Africa
until the year 1808. And lam bold to say that,
if the doctrines of modern ultra-political aboli
tionists had been seriously promulgated at the
epoch dour Revolution, our glorious Independ
ence would never have been achleied. Never?
Never ?
[Great applause; and many voices echoing
4 Never."l
X know the predominant sentiment in the free
States ia•adverse to slavery; but happy in their
own exemption from whatever evils may attend it,
the great mass of our fellow citizens there do not
seek to violate the ConstitutiM) or to disturb the
harmony of these States. I desire no conceal.
!went ofmy opinions in regard to the institution
of slavery. I look upon it as a great evil and
deeply lament that we derived it from the paten.
til government and from our ancestors. I with
every slave In. the United States . ivai in the coun
try of his ancestorst. • But here they are, and the
quettion ts, how can they be best dealt with? If
a state of nature existed, and we were abriut to
lay the foundations of society, no man, would be
more strongly opposed than I should be to bacon.
parate the institutton of slavery among its ele
ments. But there is an incalcuable difference
between the original formation of society, and a
long existing organized society, with its ancient
laws, institutions and establishments. Now,
great as I acknowledge, in my opinion, the evils
of slavery are, they are nothing, absolutely no
thing. in comparison with the far greater evils
which would inevitably flow from a auddai,
general and indiscrimicate emancipation. In
some of the States the number of slaves approxi.
mates an equality with the whites, in one or two
they surpass them. What would he the condi.
tion of the two races in those States upon the
supposition of an immediate emancipation? : Dods
any man suppose that they •would become,blen
ded'into one homogeneous mass? Does any man
recommend amalgamation—that revolting ad
mixture, alike offensive to God and man? For
those whom He by their physical properties, has
made unlike and put assundor, we may, without
presumptuousness, suppose were never intended
to be joked together in one of the holiest rites.
And let me tell you, air. if you do not already
know it, that such aro the feelings—prejudices,
if you please, (and what man claiming to be
Statesman will overlook, or disregard. the deep
seated and unconquerable prejudicesot the Peo
ple) in the slave States that no human law could
enfrirce a union between the two races.
What then would certainly happen! A etrug
gleitor political ascendency; the blacks seeking
to acquire, and the whites to maintain tiossession
of the government. Upon the supposition of a
general immediate emancipation in those States
where the blacks outnumber the whites, they
would have nothing to do but to insist upon an
other, part of the same Declaration of Indepen
dence, as Dorr and his deluded followers recently
did in Rhode Island, according to which an un
defined majority have the right, at their pleasure,
ha subvert an existing government, and institute
a new one in its place, and then the whites would
be brought in complete subjection to the blacks!
A contest would' inevitably ensue between the
two races,.cival war, carnage, pillage, cone tgra
than, devastation and the ultimate extermination
or expulsion of the blacks. Nothing is more cer
tain. And are not these -evils far greater than
the mild and continually improving state of sla
very which exists in this country? i say contin.
na!ly improving; for if thisgra tifying progress in
the amelioration of the - condition of the slaves
has been checked in some of the States, the res
ponsibility must attach to the unforttinate agita
tion of the subject of abolition. In consequence
of it, increased rigor in the police and further
restraints have been imposed; and I do believe
gradual emancipation (the only method of libera
tion that has ever been thought safe or wise by
any body in any of the slave States) has been
postponed half a century.
Without any knowledge of the relations in
which I stand to my slaves, or their individual
condition, you, Mr. Mendenhall, and your asso
ciates who have been active in getting up this
petition, call on me forthwith to liberate the whole
of them. Now let me_ tell vou that some half a
dozen of them, from age, decrepitude or infirmity
are wholly unable to gain a livelihood for them
selves, and are a heavy charge upon me. Do you
think that I should conform to the dictates of hu
manity, by ridding myself of that charge, and
sending them forth into the world, with the boon
of liberty, to end a wretched existence in starve
tior.? Another class is composed of helpless in.
Pints, with or without improvident mothers. Do
you believe as a christian that I should perform
my duty towards them, by abandoning them to
their late? Then, there is another clap whsi would
not accept their freedom, if r would give it to
them. I have for years owned a slave that
I wished would leave me, but he will not. ; What
shall I do with that class?
What my treatment of my slavec is, you may
learn from Charles, who accompanies me on this
journey, and who has travelled with me over the
greater part of the United States and in both the
Canada% and has had a thousand opportunities,
if he had chosen to embrace them, to leave me.
Excuse me, Mr. Mendenaall, for saying that my
slaves are as well ftd and chid, look as sleek and
heartyoind are quite as civil and respectful in
their demeanor, and as little disposed to wound the
feelings of any one, a. you are.
[Great and continued laughter and applause.]
Let me recommend you, air, to imitate the
benevolent example of the society - of filen& in
the midst of which you reside. Meek, geniis
imbued with the genuine spirit of our benign
religion, whilst, in priiciple they are firmly op
posed to slavery, they do not seek to accomplish
its extinction by foul epithets, coarse and vulgar
abuse aod gross calumny. Their ways do not
lead through blood, revolution and disunion.
Their broad and comprehensiie philanthropy
embraces, as they believe, the good and the hap
piness of the white as well as the Slack race; gte.
ing to the one their commisseration. to the other
their kindest sympathy. Their instruments are
not thotie of detraction and of war, but of peace,
persuasion, and earnest appeals to the charities
of the human heart. Unambitious, they have no
political objects or purposes to subserve.. My in
tercourse-with them through life has been con
siderable, interesting and agreeable; and I ven
ture to say thut nothing could have induced them.
as a society, whatever a few individuals might
have been tempted to do, to seize the occasion of
my casual passage through this State, to offer me
a personal indignity!
[This part Of Mr. Clay's speech was listened
to with deep and absorbing attention, and was
followed by loud bursts of applause.]
I respect the motives of rationeobolitionists,
who are actuated by a sentiment of devotion to
human liberty, although I deplore and deprecate
the consequences of the agitating of the question.
I have even many friends among them. But
they are not monomaniacs who, surrendering
themselves to a single idea, look altogether to
the black side of human life. They do not be.
lieve that the sum total of all our efforts and all
our solicitude should be abolition. They believe
that there are duties to perform toward the white
man as well as the black. They want good gov
ernment, good administration, and the general
prosperity of their country.
I shall, Mr. Mendenhall, take your petition into
respectful and deliberate consideration, but before
I come to a final decision, I should like to know
what you and your associates are willing to do
for the slaves In my possession, if I should think
proper to liberate them. I own about fifty, who
are probably worth $15,000. To turn them loose
upon society, without any meitasof subsistence
or supporkwould be an act of cruelty. Arc you
willing to raise and secure the payment of fifteen
thousand dollars for their benefit, if 1 should free
•themT—The security of the payment of that sum
would materially lesson the obstacles in the way
of their emancipation.
And now, Mr. Mendenhall, I must take re
spectful leave of you. We separate as we have
met, with no unkirid feelings,-no excited anger
or dissatisfaction on my part, whatever may have
been your motives, and these I refer to our corn.
mon Judge above, to whom we are both responsi.
We. Go home, and mind your own business 11 nd
leave other people to take of theirs. Limit your
benevolent exertions. to your own neighborhood.
Within that circle you will find ample scope for
the exercise of all your charities. Dry op the
tears of the afflicted widows around you, comfort
the helpless orphan, clothe the tusked, and feed
and help the poor, black and white, who need
succor. AntLyou will be a better and wiser man
than you have this day shown yourself.
[Kapturons applause followed the conclusion
of the speech.]
FIRE. AND CHILD BURNED TO nwra.---On
Thursday - of last week, a house belonging to Dr.'
Steel of this village. situated on the flat near the
Franklin road, and about half a mile from the vil
lage, was destroyed by fire, and a child between 3
and 4 years old, perished in the flames. The child
belonged-td Chimney . Van Cleek who, with his
wife, was in the building at the time, but it is sup.
posed, too drunk to render any asaistanee.—Del.
Co. (N. V.) Express.
The New York Express say• The decline
in the price of flour, within The last month, in this
city and throughout the country, will fall very
heavy On the farmers and agriculturists. Prices
are new within twenty-five cents as fow as we
have krtown it sold at, one vet k excepted, since
'the embargo of 1808, s period of 34 years.
Free Trade.
We hope that the opponents of the present
Tariff will consider a little before they overthrow
it; we hove they will at all events wait gerbils
and be fair enough to judge of it by its efft cis—.
If the people choose to elect anti.tariff men to Co.
gress; if the Whigs ste to be allowed no furthe r
opportunities to. carry out the system which they
hive begtin; if they Must be &impelled to wit,
nets the destruction of whet they, hays alreidy
accomplished—at least let the whole thing he
done understandingly..
What kind of trade is it which the enemies of
the Tariff would establish ? Not free trade f or
that implies a reciprocity of benefits. By open.
ing our parts to the introduction of foreign geode
we do not secure a free adinission for our ow n
products into the ports of other nations. Look at
last year's trade. Our imports last year, accord.
ing to a statemenumsde by Gen. TALLNADO: at
the late meeting of the New York 'Home Leagu e :
amounted to $127,000,000; on which we imp ) .
sad and collected duties amounting in all to roma
fourteen millions of dollars. or about eleren per
cent. on ; the aggregate. During the same y ear
our Exports of home products, mainly; Sericultii
ral, en:taunted to $91,000,000 ; on- winch foreign
nations imposenuties amounting to one hundr e d
and thirty three millions of dollars, or at the rate
of one{ hundred and twenty four per cent. on the
total alue. ;Here is a balance of over one hun
dred per cent. against the labor and production lof
this countrf.
Is this fr e trade Can the delusion of empty
names avai anything against such a statement of
facts? Will the election of Mr. CALLIOUN o r
Mr: Yip . Beams to the Presidency be a sufficient
cornpenSation for the evils of such a condition of
trade ? It may be so to the politicians who hop e
for advancement, but to the weal).* of the per,.
rile who depend on their own industry and look
for a fair reward of their labour, no such resultirill
afford anything but the mockery of a triumphof
a triumph withering and bleating the very sources
of the national prosperity, and striking down the
substantial dependence of the industrious man
who trusts to his own energies and his own labor
to acquire and maintain a freeman's hentece.--
The force of party associations is great ; and it ii
quite probable that thousands, Whose dearest in.
Lerests are concerned in this matter, wiehare
thir minds so diverted from the true issue, when
the question is presented for their decision at the
Rills, or be so influenced by political leaders, is
to throw their suffrages against •the principles
which their better judgment would sanction, and
with which their interests are strongly identified.
But it is not the less 0 duty on the part of the
friends of American industry to advance its cause
in the beet way they can, by setting forth facts, aid
endeavoring to exhibit a true state of the case.'
It is urged by some that the Tariff ought not to
be made a pinny question—that it is a national ef.
fair, and should be so considered. We wish Viet
it could be so considered. Let those who would
not have it a party question address their remon
atrancesto the enemies of the system. Ifs pow•
erftil patty arrays its force agXinst the Tariff, vo w .
ing its destruction, shall its friends give way--or
shall they rally to its support, and invoke to their
aPPiatance the strong energies of the people, in be
half of whi , Jse industry the system was established!
If those who are to be upheld by it will not come
to sustain it— then indeed it must fall. But who
believes that it will remain fallen? The idea Is
is an absurdity. If prostrated it will rise again;
it cannot be kept down. The only question it
shall it he sustained now, or is it necessary that
another period of suffering most be undeigonebe.
fore conviction, deeply seated and indurated in
the public mind, shall become strong enough to
scatter party delusions to the winds!— Balt. Amer.
A wont, 'TO Orrio.—Our friends in Ohio, in
addition to the defection caused by the Legisla
tive Resignation and the large Abolition division,
have been mowed down by an overwhelnibT
German vote, cast by newly naturalized citizen.,
who have gone en masse for Loco-Foeoism. This
is to be regretted, but it will he only a transient
evil if our friends bear it kindly and manfully.
There is no use-and- no reason in cursing and
quarellirfg with those who have thus turned the
scale against us,. -They are very imperfectly in.,
formed• with regard to our politics—many of them
cannot read English—and tbeireat mass of them
doubt'esri voted as they believed hest for the coun
try. Le, proper means be taken to enlighten
them and they will be found on the right side
hereafter.
This is more 'certain filom the fact that on the
great question which is destined to be foremost
in our succeeding controversies —that of Puikr -
TION —the Germans are emphatically sound at
home. The whole ground has been fought over
in Germany, and the result of twenty years' con
troversy is a unanimous agreement in favor of the
policy of Protection against British Manufactur
ing skill 'and capital. This precise question is
destined to be paramount here, and the German.
will naturally be found, when the arts of their
mis'eaders shall have been counteracted, on that
side among us which is sustained by the univer
sal sentiment of their countrymen at borne.
It will be easy to have a fair fight upon it in
Ohio, for the Locofocos there evince on this ques : .
tion none of the skulking and shuffl,ng voting
which is pursued by their brethren generally
through the interior of this State. They are
straight out and open-mouthed for Free;Trade—
that is, Trade with all other Nations on just such
terms as those Nations may choose to dictate.
Their Governor, Shannon, is understood to he s
Calhoun man, and not one of their Represents
tires in Congress votes for any kind of a Tara
On this point there is no ducking nor dodgin g
about them.:
Let the Whigs of Ohio, then, but address them
selves patiently and kindly, personally and zeal
ously, to the task of enlightening the New Vo
ters on this great subject of Protection in all its
bearings on their own and Public Interests, and
a great part of them will inevitably be found.Uith
us in 1814. Let them indulge in no unworthy
passion in this hour of their sore disappointment,
and all will yet be well.—N. Tribune.
RICH AND Poon.—The enormous wealth of
some members of the English aristocracy is al.
moat increditabte. Some idea of an English
Duke's fortune may be gathered from the fi.lloar
ing extract from a letter to a friend In come•
quence of the late Duke of Cleavelannr death, his
eldest eon, the present Duke, succeeds to .£BO,OOO
a-year, Lord Wm. Poulett, a legacy of £ 560,-
000, end Lord Henry another of £4t0,000.
There is a legacy of £200,000 to a grandson ; the
dowager duchess has the Yoikshire estates, the
house in St. James' Square. and an immense, s•
mount of plate, jewelry and furniture. A Iwo
portion of the unentailed celestes in Durham
goes to one of hie daughters. His Grace hid
£1,250,000 in the 2} per cent. consols; betide'
plate and jewelry to the value of a million ger
' ling!' Only think of en income of £400,000 a
year
1 PER EONTIll•
Sir .1 men Graham lately announced to the
House of Commons the terrible ; fact that melts
hundred thousand people are t l teerentOrtriii o l
parochial relief in England ailltt 'lee. Doe is
every thirteen of the population is on the rig
rates, and probably one in every ten is destitute
-
This state of distress is unparallelleJ in the biota..
ry of any ancient nation on the face of the
earth. -