~: , . . POTTSVILLE. Bitur4ay Morning, Dee, 14, 1844 • Taaszs.:Our acknorrledgemenor are due to the Hon; Alexander Ramsey for an early copy of the President's Message, and ote er documents. - for a Democratic Whig meeting was handed in too late for this week's paper. It will sppearin our next. . ' Politics and Politictints. Tat • EQUALITY OP 1165y.--Laiis in this eoun- by are but the emanations of public opinion or the avowed will ofa numerical majority; and as these who depend upon their labor and energies . always firm . the larger portion of society, with them is lodged an almost absolute control over the . condition and interests of the vvhole people; su premacy is literally in Their hands, limited only by their own pleasure. The ambitious and designing demagogue knows this wall, and he knows too, that wtttj hirh,ris with the &males; 'thrift follows fawning . ? lie is therefore' the zealots and clam orous advocates of popular rights, the unflinching and furiOus champion of the suffering, plundered, !aristocracy-ridden%people, and deems it an evi_ 'Sense of skill to accomplish his selfish and private ends by exciting appealilto the worst passions and most virulent prejudices of the human heart. It is I:disinterest and vocation to deceive, mislead, and mystify the whole body of the people, and to effect this, he induitriously,nngs the changes upon 'op pression,' .plundered,' 'rich against the poor,' 'equal sights,' and such other meaningless, or lying com mon-places. From time Whereof the memory of linen runnethnot to the contrary,' society has bei'rt inroad with these egotistical;gasconaiiing. leaden '..heritded, braying - animals. 'Ye shall be as Gods,' yeas 'the lying. romise of the!-first dempgegye, our old adversary, the devil, when-ho would thwart the purposes of heaven and, betray a world, and his aptimitators, through all the changes of time have practised upon his example, and through a I the changes of time too r men have teen wilting dupes: Men are.restlesS, fond of change, and ever yearn. bag after a better condition; the demagogue taking advantage of this feature in the human character, in his appeals to the masses, who, though not nat urally depraved; are liable to corruption, Rives to array their prejudices and their passions by talking of oppression and enlarging zealous warmth upon the equality of humanity: . It is true, that men are equal—equal in their undying spirits, • equal in their final destinies, equal in their title to the protection of the laws, arid on a perfect equal-. ity in all political rights—hut in their condition - they are and must ever he unequal.. The conflict. .rag claims of 'different interests, the possessions and' property of men are not to be adjusted• and apportioned by the foot-rule and square—nor is such an equality at all desirable, oven if it were ' practicable.. The equalizers of Peones attempted' in the reconstruction of her government, to divide , the Xingdum into squares of equal dimensions; the miserable condition of the French people proved how little they gained by the effort. At Paragui the Jesuits professed to - have-realized the ideal of • a Christian commonwealth; all were reduced to an • equality—an equality ofdegrailation. Lnd a- dead level of servitude. Sparta presents the most as . • as tonishing example of thetnumph of Political in stitutions over the instincts , of the human heart, -but with all her boasted equality, she permitted the enilavery of the Helotes, and their landed pro-:= party was monopolizedly aTe:w conspicuous citi , sena, nearly one third of whom were' women. • • A perfect equalitli, in the cenditiOn of men will never be effected. If society could .resolve itself into its original elements, and restore the vaunted simplicity of patriarchal times, it would he just as far removed as ever from a condition'of equality— the strong and the brave wobld rise above the cor porally: and 'mentally weak .: The difference in then is natural; some are in body and strong in mind ; others aro strong, in body, and weak in intellect-s—some were fitto_d to direct and plan ; some to execute—both - classes Of merr la bor, both are producers, and in moftcases, his toil is severest who works with his head ; wealth is not alone capital,enterprize, credit, rind iutellek Or , its important anxitiaries, and sometimes take it s place; hut the-wealth of the rich, and the energies - of the enterprising. are no more their capital, than the 'capital of the employed; !loth 'ire dependant upon them alike: ITMV ridiculous in men then. to bother with' •the accident of condition, when their efforts 'should be rathe r r to augment the hap pinesi of their fellow creatures. There is some truth in the allegation that those who do not la lir (with their hands) are supported hy. thqse who d 0.., But if we reverse the proposition, it is equal ly true, those who do labor (with their hands) are supported by those who do not. : The interests of the two classes are mutual and' inseparable.,- . the laborer would riot waste his energies . .in toll ing without the prospect of a sufficient remunera tion. rae two communities for example; one wealthy, the other.poor; ex ensive improveinent, are projected in both, and a consequent demand for labor exists; to which will the' laborer go? 'Clearly, if he be not a fool, to ti.e place wherP his Wages are sure. This t i E v e;iilustrates the colinec. tion hetwien capital and industry, and the Mutual, dependence of the two classes. If the employed so far forget their own interests its to suffer their prejudices to be excited against ascii emplOyers . and seek to appreciate the wages of labor beyond the iiiofit of the business, they drive their employ. err into a cohnter movement which neutralizes the'effectthe it,apita-list may live without the in dustry of the laboretbut the laborer cannot live without the wealth of the capitalist. The advan tages of laboiirscarinot he possessed' without iti • 'aceoriapanying ineonvtniences, but while men are equal in th - Cir right freely to accumulate and.unin tempted!y to enjoy, the enterprising and industri• '-our man can carve out a competenef for himself ; he 'has the capacity to acquire, a head and a pair of hands. These are'the basis of his fortune. No tineqUal law perpetuates wealth in families in this , country ; the humblest are on the same level of civil and political rights, with the highest; equal inducements are presented to all, and equal oppor. tunities;which they may neglect nr improve a t pleasure.- The Sara t political demagove.seeks to excite the prejudice,of the laborer against his employer, tells bin that his toil and meat is the employer's wealth; that their interests are ini 'mica.. The doc- trine is false, and calculated to eat, like a silent taildew, into the paper bulwarks which protectour liberties. • ,The demagogue himself does sot iste. Born it; be , oily stoics by oitstrippiag his aim. 1, , , A:l,-. . pomries in the,impufleireuf his priteniions. ;And inflaming the 4lemerite of discord and discotitent, to rise upon the!, corititilsions of society: oho:ice ] its surrounding masses; to mystify plain ,me n u by tin. ,meaning declamation; to array passion and ptv'ju, dice against experience; to fret society into a 'deli. rious and perpetuallevur, andlor private efsls stitute a corrupt and fluctuating will for . the rule of reason and right: The language of Demosthenes in his oration against Timocratis, is 'Or equal force and application now ; sYonr deniagogites: says 4s, 'your demagogues, citizen jirdOs l , would make new laws solely for their own convenience almost every day in the month, and if ysisU.do not punish them, the people - tit tarp will sot* be *13.: slaved by these wildbeaste A Fitax re wren Mexrco.—A very spicy and belligerent correspondence has tateziplace tween our Minister at Mexico, Wilson Shanntin, and the Mexican Sedulity of State;Mejnejon, with regard to the Texas affair. It wouldappear from the correspondence that the United States,'or rather John Tyler, stipulated to proteSt Texas against alt enemies while the question of annexa tion was pending, and so gave Mexice to ,Urider. stand. Tins was done in a very imprudent, and bungling manner by Mr. Shannon; he copieS the private instructions given to him by Mr. Calhoun,.. which w e re intended only for his prisiteuse and:guide, almost word for word, interspersed with epithets any thing but complimentary: to Mexico, charging her with savage cruelty,l&c.--. Mr. Rejon replies in the same temper, charging the United States with deliberately :plotting against Texas, &c. Mr. Shannon takes umbrage i ttt the reply, and calls upon the Mexican Minister to take back the' note. ,ibis he not only refuses to do, but reiterates" the charges. Mr. Shannon, it is said, immediately , demanded his latutspeits,' and what the upshot of the business will be, it 'hard to tell at present. There is Unquestionably a.great effort, making by his 'accidency ' to embroil us its it a war with Mexico. T,he press generally Condemns the Vile of Mr. Shannon's letter which callCil forth the offensive note from the Mexican Mitiister . How important to have our_government repiresent abroad with competent and prudent Aliniiders, AsoTaxn DEATIA,OVTLIE RAIL HeirtHWA regret to learn that on Friday last, a sin of Mr. '.lacer, of Schuylkill Haven, was knocked davvh by the cars on the Rail road, which paised, over . him severing an arm and a leg. He died shortly after.. He was standing at the end of a train talk ing to his mothir, when theirain was backed, which caused the accident. There, is somethin g wren; on - this road—there must either ' be gross rareleFspesi on the part of those engaged on the road, or ott the part of the community whO fre quent it. Accidents are very numerous, and the destruction of life absolutely frightful. ANOTIIRE DRECDTVL AcCIDENT OV" I.lrr. cos . roe Rum Rohn—On Thursday; as a Coal train was going down, a coupling broke and the train became detached. .After the engine and. part of the train passed thiough the first bridge above Port Clinton, the watchnian, supposing the whole train had passed, went to 'examine whether any 'sparks had fallen in the bridge, ac_ cording to his u s ual custom. One of hiechildren followed lum, antl.also his wife.' After they were on-the bridge some distance, they observed the bal. ante of the train appproaching,i-hen both parents rushed to save the chW—but nnfortunatelY toe late to make their escape—the cars. passed over all three, completely severing the. heed ,frond the child, cutting off the leg of the man and the arm of the woman. The ehild - of course was killed instantaneously.—Wo hive not lerned the names of the sufferers. • • TETIRIDLD ACCIDENT AND' Loss OE LITE AT ITIONINDEoo.—The Cumberland Valley' Rail Road Bridge, crossing the Susquehanna it Barria burg, took fire on the sth inst., burning ''poviin of the 24 spans. .In the efforts to arrest the prog ress of the flames,'Orie of the spans7fave iv:ly. pre. cipitatine the fireman and a 'number of !ritirmK amidst the falling timfierS, into the river below,- kiln ; instantly, John You Sling, Thomas De Moae, tko young men by the names of Shoemaker end Dumas, and a young man from Cumberland inun. td, It is supposed a number of others hisve been killed whose bodies havepot been found. It i sdp- , posed that at least fifty . per.ons'were killed and wounded. The loss to the Company is estima ted at over $lOO,OOO, iniPposed to be work of an incendiary. Team-071%—We learn that a turn-out his taL ken place 'among the laborers on the ITOley Rail Road, to the number of almost one, thniasarid.-- The contractors were paying HO centsa. day, hitt Ilk week, owing to the crest ' number out: .of`em. I, • • ment in this region, an attempt was made to re.. 1 . duce the wages to 70 cents per day. • during the winter. A number had agreed to work et the rid need rates, but a mob of the others rusliedUpob ,them and forcol them to cease :work- Every person 'has u ri4lit to refumwork at a fixed rate °f reezes. if ho think.; proper to do ;an-.-but he has no ri ; :lit to molAt those who choose z to Work. If he. does,he viotairs the law. andhe is aiding ond abetting . mobism. We would advise these men lb be cautious how they act. If any attempt , is made to injure property or intimidate mtn who desire to work, the laWs will stoat unquestionably be enfdrc'ed, and WC have tiro right kind of staff to do. it too. !deb law never has and neveri will b e tolerated a moment in this region.. We; learn that three of the ringlearlera have been arrested and committed to the OrtVigs . burg • jail. • Tat Wt IT. vas Do...—The WE'ledge, vile, Ga., Journal pf Dec. 3, shows by the tax re. turns for 1844, deposited in the Comptroller Gen., end's office', for the Siete, that upwards; of 9,000, votes mote were pollellhan there are legal votenv in the State. The :great excess of vote's over, the taxable. is in the strong Locofoco dountjei. For instance. in Fmcithe,Lumpkin, Haliershain . and Franklin, all joining each other, the legal votes votes amount - to 3,203. At the Presidential eke tion these counties gave Polk 4,014 add Clay 1921, Making 5.835 votes polled, -although there were only 3,203 legal votes inhere counties. The Journal gives). full LAE& of all the taxahles and the legal voters in the State, which fully proves Most shameful frauds practised on the! eleCtive tripchise. Truly the Locofocos have gained a:vie toiy, but they have lost their honer arid e'4•ery thing_ else worth preserving, in achieving it., Prran Rastas, jr., wan found ~ ,dead at . Mount Carbon, on Friday bat. lie had fallen !an g pito of s to n e quid longer, in tharcounia of Ihn night, which it emoted to hato.i.eatimsd; is - ' BE!! MMSM Lewis Mei her benefit on • • MotidaY night, and a benefit it was in !filth; 'the houSis iv ' crowded frompit to gallery. .4 Tlia Wifi;" wait selected for the occasion. On Tuesday niglitt hir Lewis ilid tßoinec? to Illoi..Pentsin ' si l ad Mr. Saltines tMettutio.'; It is ost impossible for a kmale to conceive and pro. 'Perliiinstairis 'male character; we were not die. appointed4hirefore t that Mrs.tewis' .Romeo,"waS not the ea! of Shakspeare, but shlitirtainry aurp4s'wed our. anticipations. Mrs. Pawnee t.lufi. et,' Was the beautiful siirface of a rich etherial character, but deficient in that strength and depth of tragic tone which - belongs to the 'lull& of Sbalipeare. It was soinething higher than the precOthousand bea l utiful girl,driven mad with sex atimiand love, usually represented; and some. thing.lowei the intellectual being we diem her to have been. The gatileii scene was prettily spoken. mid tis . characier of 'Juliet' full, of love and fill of soil, well brought out; but the funer al bdrrors, When gloom began to gather, and a ter rible , agoir'f tore her heart, she was too calm, too pensive, for the superior' woman of the poet. Mrs.; pline went through' the little devolved upon her ae lady! Capulet, with the grace of a mother; and Mr: Sullivan bodied delightful that ex crentiori of , the delightful poet!is happies t mood, with creditable Conectness..t:Mrs. Canter, lookid and acted the manse well. On Thursday night, Mr. Conner volunteered as Damon to Mr. Sullivan's:Pythias. and Goodennw's Dioniciuus. All the parts were well sustained ; Mr. Conner is an amateur of more than medium talent, and if he were to take to the boards, we predict hi, success. • ! Mprryfield's burlesque' of Richard 111, was one of tliS richest.thlngs we have seen; we hope it will be repeated. Miss Rosa' Cline dances as welt as usual, and that is _very Goodenow, Marsh, andViri.rSon have sustained themselves wherev er they have been cast. The compliny continues to lip well Patronized, and we -understand it is the intention of the manager, Mr. Seymour, to pro duel, in the course of the, ensuing week, a variety of dew and entertaining pieces; which he feels con fident will give general satisfaction. It is very sel doin indeed that So good a company can be found out of the principal citiei. CoannEss.—ln Senate Mr. McDu& has offer. .f .;il;ii joint resolution in favor of the Annexation of Texas on the basis of - the late treaty rejected by t 110; Senate. Mr. Benton has given notice tbathe will also introduce a Bill for annexation. In the Douse,loseph R. Ingersoll Presented a p9ltion friom Pennsylvania, praying forthe (mien s* Of the Naturalization laws to 21 years. It woe referred to the Committee on the, judiciary. John Q. Adams presented a petition' ihming for the abolition of Slavery in the District of,, Varlous attempts were made not to receive it,'hy unavailing efforts_to revive the agog jaw," Or 25th rule, which hid been voted down at the opining of Congress. They all, however, failed, - Ind the petition was referred to the Conimittee on • the Distri c t of Columbia. The right of petition haa . triumPhed at last in Congress. 74tAGA2INIS fOR 1845.—We have al ready received, • G'odey'i Ladies' Book, Graham's National Magazine, Arthurs Ladies' Magazine, and Peterso l p's Ladies' National Magazine, for Jan. uer‘y, 1845. they ire all magnificent, far surpassing any • former numbers. The embellishments are nu merous zend superior. Our limits will not per mit' us to notice them further this week—but • Call and lee - tbem at our office, and judge for yoirselves.. We hare also just received an ele gatit supply of English and American Annuals Zze, forlhe holidays, all of which will be sold at Philadelphia prices. Hsanisuvuo PAesas.—Those of our readers wife desire a Harrisburg paper during the session ; ; of the Legislature. caa be furnished with the Intel. rkrzcer, lit $1 50 semi-weekly, during the session , or copies fOr • The . I . Z.ZOTIAPII will also be published during ihelsessio semi-weekly one large sheet, at $2. or sit . e.opiee for $lO. These are both good Whig papers. plloiltd: any of our Loeofoco friends require a piper that does the whole figure for Locofocoisin; "ik Piper, the maxim of which has ever been, that the end justifies the means'—we know of none thrit would suit them so well as the Democratic Terms. $2 fur the session.. Cso Citerteuts.—The oldest Church in the United States stands near Smithfield, Isle of Nyklat county, Va. It has been a splendid build. in and it is now projected thcirOughly to repair it. This Church was built in the reign of Charles tLe First, 'shout A. D. 1630. The material was imported from England and isof the most slits staiitial kind. , • There is an old Church in Bingham' ,!Mass. erected in 1680, and the Swedes who settled on the:lbanks of the Christiana, or Christeeh Creek, sncai R ilpingtoh, Del., we think about the year 164'2, built a commodious , Church which still stahas, though out of repair, as for some years past it has been abandoned. There ie also a very old Church near the Navy Yaid, at Philadelphia. also erected by the Swedes . but,whether at the period of their first settlement or 'subseqUeritly. we hare forgotten. It is well preaerved and occupied by ail Episcopalian Con. gregation under the Charm of the Rev. Mr. Cl .y. A - NciliAxcE.—We would call the attention of oiir Chief Burgesa to , a nuisance which prevails top great extent in our Borough—that is, the praetice of dumping coal down on tho pavements by those who haul it, contrary to the ordinance of the Berciugh, which imposes a fine on all those whiido so.' The aide walks are frequently blocked up with coal over night, to.the great detriment of pedestrians. We fell over a pile the other, evening. befero our 'own door, which nad'been dumped on • the; pavetiarnt during our absence. • • =I NATI:7II4LIZATIONA Naw Q 1721111011. The Providence Journal states that a person ap. plie4 to b 0 naturalized in a court in that city. Judge Staples, in addition to the usual questions, aski;tl the ',applicant whether. he had ever rota thO,s, Constitution. Upon - having atunvered be ttti:g negative, the advised him to di) io before he conic' take the oath to supped *oNetkirqz !—The nye: The election of Col. Polk is a most , triumph. ant vindication of President .Tyler against the many slamleri and vile Charges brotight fortKard by the Whig 'Senators; the Globe and Mr. Benton antra an emphatic decision d'epprtnial treaty." f • ..• • - c.l in* mit ihat in doges dal*, bow 'Abe *l 9l !ltt - pm - .ii.mwg45.,'....:49:0pJA. ::. • 7 NAT VEi AMEAIGAISt REPUBLICAN isocrATthist. initetingof therNatiie Antericarillepublican Association of Pottstille and vichlity; held , at the bense of pang! Hill; in the borough of Pottivtlle, oh the eveditig.otpire. y 0 ,1844. ..Thet.assn was organized by electing the , following officer, to wire for six months: •• Picsident.- . NATHAN CLEAVER-, ' • Vice Pnide n zits. • Eltmirix Buis, • Ti•AcSZTZIIS• ..Treasurer—Frederiele C. Ailing: Rem&ll Secretary—D. A'Rittoag. CpnespondiOg Secretary-S a muel , :Standing Committee, Charles Angei, Stephen Rodgers, Thonutijohnsan, D. Sbeenerp Isaac Severn. • After adopting a Conirtittition and Bye:Laws for the gocennnent- of the assciaiation, Mr. Pays B. Curran, of Delaware county, was called upon and addressed the meeting in a speech of an hour and a half. PiNemes BENrerr.-..Mre. Penton takes a benefit on Monday night. 1 We hope our theatre going citizens tum out upon the occasion. though not curtly a Siddoris, or a Jordan, or a Fanny Kembi,e, sfraFenson has merit as en ar tress; she reads well, is natural, and walks the boards •aa native there and to the Manner born.' Her personallualificafions too, for her profession, are attractive.: She deserves a good house--..-0- thello" is castfor the °cession. . Tut Pop Vers.-- Official returns have been 'received!from sll the States tv Arkansas, where, it is estimated, which exhibits the follow ing result; 'allowing a majority of 20,000 for Polk in South Carolina, where the legislature selects the -Electors. This is rather over than under the estimate in that State : Clay, iL-,1 EZ3 4,516 • ! Showing in the aggreate a poPular 'vote against Mr. Polk of 4,516. The whole numbei of votes polled will exceed 2.700,000.. In 1840 the ag gregate vote was 2,402,50201h0wing au increase in 1844 of about 314,000. We find the following in the last Boston Pilot' A French paper in N.Y. holds the following La nguage : 0 The foreigner,.at the moment of his land ing on theie shores, is entitled Co the same rights as native citizens. The ancestor of the i Americans expelled the Indians, and consequently, any for. eign nation has a right to new. their descend ants." All right enough, so far as power goes. But then:they can,certainly find no fault ifthe Amer icons think. preper to take such measures as they may deem expedient to prevent their expulsion from their own country. They would prrve re creant to the legacy beywathed them by theirfbre. fathers rf they, did not. Verily the Roman Cath olic newspapers in this country are growing ex ceedingly bolj since' the election of James Polk. Tue PLAttitsmirras.—The most astounding frauds ever practised on the elective franchise are in thecoutse Of developement: A number of affi davits have been sworn to which state that a num ber of persons voted, some two and others three times, the same day in the same name. All the tickets la:ere opened by the Judges, and frequent. ly when a Clay ticket was presented it was torn up by the Sheriff and a Polk ticket substituted. Application will be made to the legislatUre to re ject the wit* vote of the Plaquemines, which will give the vote of the State to Clay, Polka majority in the State i5,,687. The Me gal votes pol!ed at the Plaquemincs exceed 800. MILL Crixsz RAIL RoAn.—We learn that a . company has purchased this Railroad from the present proprietor. Mr. Bolkins, - and intend lay. ing down subitantial wide tracks, similar; to•tho Reading Railroad, as early as posiable to Con nect With the former at Port Carbon. The connection will be made, we learn early in the • FORZION INTELLICIENCE ! —The Steamer Cal edonia arrived at Boston on Saturday last, bring. ing intelligence fourteen days later. The news is barren Of interest. Everything seems 'Viet in Europe except Spun—even Repeal in Ireland seems to sleep tlureng the absence of O'Connell, who is rusticating, at his castle of barrynane.— Commerce is thriving, and every thing seems to be improving in the manufacturing districts in England. • VWe refer,our moderato the valuable proper. ty °Erred for sale at Mount Carbon. 'See ad vertisement. M I LI TA R T.—['he Germill Washington Yarrs, Capt. Doertlinger;paraded on Monday,' for dhll and target firing, and, we are told they made good shooting. 1 • Capt Blands fine company, the National light Infantry, pasi3Cdour office on Wednesday. For precision and fegularity of movement, the Greys tivia eornpareflivorably with the best company we ever saw. WHAT'S TUL hT4rrsa.--It is rumored that 'Governor Wright of New York, has expressed a doubt whether The democracy. has gained anything 'by the election', of Polk. , . , . . (r . j - `-Daniel Rdwards charged with the . mur der of Morgan i Richards, was acquitted. There was scarcely sufficient testimony brought forward to excite even surpicion. I HoW Lanai IS TEZAS 1-A Texan paper en. ewers the interrogatery thus contains 318,- -000 square miles, and s full as large as the fol lowing States United: equammiles. Pop. in 1840. _ Louisiana, 48,000 " 852,411 Mississippi, 48,000 375.65 1 Alabama, 50,000 590,000 • Georgia, 62,000 694.392 South Carcqnk 83,000 614.398 , Virginia, I 97,000 1,239,797. ' Total, IstsOirirrses• OF PoriToxs.-,Within the last ten days- thenA hsee.been importations:of potatoes fronangland tend Franco into N. York, amount ing to several thousand bushels:, end still larger iluantlties are :expected"-by the - pickets to arrive during• this and the - next month. The prices' in Lieerplai rire rig ordinary, Smut 42 cents a bosh- ci. andiron; that for hetter. mp'to - 30 end '35 anti. "Freight. dnlyi and other. expenses in = bitsettiti , ixit4.titiott, landed to .aboui'.4s cents, Undb a vAV P*Mil i tA 4 4 4l P o * o l') F rOkl° Importer. • • 1,310.611 61.069 1,371.680 1,387,164 elkocio 3,844,005 INEI A ileatt tFstrs s - d,C4 51.—.frien I has ban . tir ded us thet following • eitnict frinn a letter from Havana; giving a 'gra . phi descr,iptina-of a hurri cane which visited Havana, a start time since: . " A tiiinieridous hurricane IfevaFtated this city' skid espeeisUy the north aide of Cuba, on the 14th and 15th hist. It began to hldw on the first of dm month, a connive, decent gale; to dispense with royals and top 'gallant sails, and all those' kites' ; but on , Fritlay, about 8 or gi o'clock, on it came upon us wig:nit stint or:.measure : not wind, as Capt. Gallagher, of the Barque Louisa' said, but electricity, since no wind could do, What it did.— , Poor Gallagher , lay at the wharf heirs—or. during he whole time'of the 15 or 16 hours of the fury --on his larboard was the large; 'Spanish ship !, Perna Ilefbethera: against whiih the Louisa ; was blown:. down, carrying away her Miler' top mast; ind when she righted, her top quarter rail lore off the topper at the tattler line of the Span iah ship! so that had it not been for this ship be ing•targe and strong, and her cargo not all out, so as to make her staunch and stiff, the poor 'Louisa' would have exposed herlegs and ancles by capsi zing entirely and showing her keel. The beauti .ful • Fingbido, or large Shed, about 40 by . 200 feet, which was our. , Rialto,' where the Mer chants meet and congreiate,, as Bhakespeire says in his Moor of Venice, 'fell with a crash,' about 3or4A. M. of the sth, a nd crushed • three,' • four,' ..ftve' or 4six' pen t wretches under the fragmentS, for so varionaore the reports, amt. no certain pUblished knowledge of it. in this Coun try, where all such matters are left to public ru mor and report; But the most astonishing effect of the filectriCity; or wind' or whatever it was concentrated in more than steam or gunpowder - force, was the immense large - Sheers at tho china or arsenal, for the purpose of hoisting out or patting in the masts of the largest men of war, They appeared to be 80 or 100 feet high—atiout 3 feet in diameter at the butt—leaning from their base, steeped in massive stone, at an angle over the water, 'pointing the east of about 50 - d.—and stayed hack at both sides With the heaviest cable d and chainsand the top gearing, cap and' blocks very heavy and strung, giving the whule structure perhaps the weight of several tons, increased by thegravitiof the inclination, directly against the wind, as the time ;and this whole machin ery fell directly back Wards, thus lifted up with all its weight, a light pine stick or spar from a perpendicular position !, It fell on .the workhous es and a building occupied by tieves k il of the workmen, and crushed the.very bed' which a• man and his children had left only five minutes; the father having a Providential something -inti mation that they were not safe, where they were, and had just removed his children and himself from where they would have been crushed to at oms in a few minutes, had they remained tyhere they were ! I have known of two other instances of similar providential escapei from the , falling of walls on.the'beds, whiCh by seeming accident, the occupant did not occupy that night. I could not pretend to give you even a piece of an outline of the devastation and damage done hen., and vicin ity, and in the country and on the coast. The beautiful • Paseo' just outside of the walls of H,- vana,i had every tree, more than 600, excepting kne solitary Antiquarian, which stood in defiance of the elements at the head of the paseo, all pros trated find laying in the direction of the S. W. in the same ordemanci symmetry in. which they had Stood !' as if one and the same blast felled them all, at the same moment. On the morning of the . sth,' the_ wharf and harbour presented 'a Scene of wreck mid desolation, which beggars all descrip tion. Seventy-five coasting schooners, many ot. them prime tin crafts, of 100 tons, mid worth from $2OOO to $6OOO, sunk, capsized, dismasted, or thrown high and dry on the.shore, and against the city walls---and cargoes, floating about near them in every shape of view—sugar—tobacco— casks, barrels, boxes,_&c. Sic., The American brig . Trenton,' totally dismasted, bowsprit and all by running foul, from her dragged anchors, of one of the Spr.nish war steamers—and the captain told me that he. could not count ten whilst the whole of his masts and spars, sails and rigging were going averboard—.-all hands on deck at the time, and' not a man wounded or hurt in the least degree! • - ' Besides these, almost every sea vessel in port, are more or less greatly damaged or injured. But the count y i the country !! perhaps eight to ten millions of dollars would not pay for the dam tge dune to crops, estates and buildings. Hundreds, yea thousands of houses, dwellings, such as they were, of all ,descriptions, totally or partially de stroyed and rendered untenantable—their inmates driven to the inclemency of the wind and rain, to save their 'tees from falling roofs, - walls and frag iments I many. estates, sugar and coffee—not tree or plant left standing—cane. a:grail.. Plantains, [the life staff of the country white and black] lev !elled to the ground, torn, twisted, split, or uproot. led from the :ground—and desolation staring the afflicted own! rs in the face, with famine coming in its rear !! No pen but an inspired one can por tray the actual and looked for misery of the inhab itants of this hitherto SO favoured Island, that its ',special pro/0 lion and exemption were proverbial . boasts and-thanks. All we have yet heard from Matanzas, Candenas, Mariel, Cabannas, Cuzco, l&.; portmys . similar disasters and ruin—and ma ny think the sugar crop (one million of boxes 413-44) will fall short of 44-45 from 30 to GO per eent of the :last season—and as for coffee, nut enough to bear the name of a crop; and perhaps short of the required consumption of the Island ! ,TobaccO as bad as either perhaps! 'The govern - ment has taken' of all the duties for six months for Boards and Scantling . . Rice, Potatoes, Beaus, Vegetables, hay lid such things, to encourage their introduction ..01):1 those States to relieve thi, inhabitants.: - - TEE GAO REPEAT. AT TOE Sours—Soma of the Southern wing dl not hesitate to utter their dislike of the lick buck' they received last week • •on . the Repeal of the Ciag Rule. • One of them [we think Pickens of 8.'6.) thus writes to the Rich mond Enquirer : , • !The vole was strictly a Northern and South* ern vote; and I confess I feel deeply mortified and concerned. It will tend to inflame our South ern friends, and to priaduce, I fear, much : mischief. It is thought by same that the movement covered a hidden purpose to strike down a certain South ern Statesman. [Mr. Calhoun, of course,] by, eith er throwing him in direct opposition to his State and thus compel him to retire to priiiite life; or otherwise doom him to a - fixed minority in the whole country. , Whether this be the object or not, I shall 'not stop to inquire. I look : upon it with fearfullorebodings, as indicating a want of sincerity and good faith, as well as good feelings on the part of our Northern friemls. Pio result tuiSproduced a profound sensation here, It a rinried tha t kionre is to be appointed, Pod Mutisi os New Ye*. placed O'iessi GM' I , MIMES lIEM%=M=I. Theflon. a Stevenson, in a note published it the Richmond Enquirer, declines being a candi date tor U. S. Senator. • The Lower Hems° the Virginia Legislature has resolvev; by ti vote of 74 to 51, to receive the State'apshare of ;the proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands. • Reuben M. Whitney has been appointed re corder of the land office at Washington, in place of Mr. Williamson, removed. ' 'I am a broken man,' said a poet one day— s So I should think,' was the reply, g for I have seen your pieces.' . A recent Grand Jury or Erie County, N. Y., presented tbe - Natura/ization Laws as a nuisance necessary to be abated. : . • Interesting to Accountants and Writers.—lt is tvaid that when ink marks • on paper are erased, by scratching out, that a little rub of the spot with the edge of fresh India rubber, will render it fit to receive a new mark withont•the ink spreading, and is he'ter than pounce fur that purpoie. U. S. Senator Eleded.—lion. Thomas Cor win hid been elected to the U. S. Senate bpi the Ohio Legislature. Mr. Corwin received 60 votes, and David S. Disney, 46. A public meeting his been called in Cincinnati to take into consideration the subject 'of postag e reform, and urge a reduction to Two catt-rs on Lryrzas, with the entire, abrogation of the frank ing system. Jame: Bic&liman was nominated for Secretary of State by the Pennsylvania Po!k and Dallds Electoral College. He's a nice boy, but he can' come it. 112ilroads.—Thirty petitions for 'railroads, in New Hampshire ; have already been Presented hi the Legislature of that State. The Washington correspotnlent of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce writes, under date of sth instant A strong Dorr party has been got IT in the democratic ranks, and it' is to he made .the basis of a new and radical Democratic movement. • Ab surd as it may seem. this. party will present a can didate for the Presidency fh 1898.' Its. political , creed has already been set forth by the 'Vice Pres ident elect, Mr. Dallas, and-the canvass has atria dy commenced.. : 1 There is a storm ga•heiing in the ranks of "the, democratic party.' The question whether Mr. Cal houn shall have the option of remaining in the , State Department, instead . of being al matter of ,mere speculation, has acetone a source:of ,inena cing disSention., . If Mr; Calhoun shoirld not he allowed .a permanent positiOn and ample influence under the new adininistration, he will Pull down some of the pillars that suPport it. On the other Item!. Mr. Benton ha's beep re-elected. and has- al- ; ready, according to rumor;dcrlared his hostility to Mr. Calhoirn. We have rumo rs also ' that Mr.• Wright deems it as yet uncertain whether the, demo: cane party bare gained anything thelato I election. In this' condition of things, we have just received news, 'important if true,' from Mr. Palk's reAdence. A Tennessee member,-1 .mean thel one celebrated in, the speeches - of Col. Benton and Mr. - Adams,--hari just arrived here, after spending. 'some days with Mr. Polk. He states, as reported, that Col. Polk, is going to be the President him self, and will make Up hie cabinet from' such ma terials as he pleases, and pursue such a course of , policy as may heat suit his viewsovittiont refer ence to the opiniOns of those party leaderis who Were cast aside by his nomination. The Nashville Union, which is considered' the especial organ of the President elect, gives th,fol lowing al the views and intentions of 'me election of James K. Polk settles, for fOur years the questiOns of a national" bank and the distribution of the lam.] revenue. These.two sub jects are therefore witlidmwti by the of the people, from the next contest in ouc State.— The sante verdict, however, distinctly leaves' the., present tariff law an open question—the Presi dent elect will go into office .Prepared to submit this interesting subject to the wise deliberations oE Congress. Id the elections which are to take.; place in Tennessee next August. we link to the truffles the all absorbing and leading issue be tween the two parties. Mr. Clay stood doubly pledge.] to maintain the present tariff law wi.h its existing provisions unaltered and nnmoditied. - - r - Colonel Polk S s opposition. to certainfeatures in the law, were well known ; and if any doubt ever extstekon that snhject. his late competitor, Gov. Jones, rnaust have removed it .by his active exer tions in communicating the information to the countrY. 7!"Col. Polk is chosen President then with a di§tim t ! understanding that he isln favour of uneconomical expenditure of the .public. money —of raising the necessary amount for this purpose from the land revenue and the imposition of tariff duties on foreigngoods—of aflluding all the pro tection to agriculture, commerce, and mar.ufac tures. practicable in the enactment of a tariff. for revenue, and of course, that he submits this in teresting subject to the wise delitierationi of the people's representatives in Congress. Avenge CC% re Russii.—lt will be recollect ed that Nte , :rre. Harrison S. Erstwick, of this city, in connection with Mr. Wiliansa Baltimore, con; irarterl with the Emperor of Russia, to make a large number of locomotive engines, eor the great railroad extending across RUsSia in Europe.' These gentlemen. immediately ofterth? contract was form-- ed. went to Russia, iltij entered upon the discharge, of their important °duties. The following is an extract of a letter from , one of 'the parties. It is dated Atexandrufsky, Russia, Oct. 3. 1844:—ibur work iri'marin,g: on wilhamicki activity. We have mare than eight hundred employed, and you . 1_ ----- 7 • : may imagine we hacie enough to look after. Our, Bosrox MU*ICTP3T. bracTifi-M—The annual materials from England are'ripidly arriving, and election for ihe choice of Ittayor,,Milerrneri, COM. re ne than one half of .all we require, until the a man 'Council. &c.' was,heldin;thiston'..en Mialb pelting of the n•Wigation, .next year, is already. day. The Whigs, Natives, LOCO and 'Midi- Amer) at the workshop. : I made purchases, whilit tionists bad 'each their catididates.: The Fault if in England, of materials amounting to over one the votefOr ,Mayor wee ias follositi(:" , hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This you will 44,uit . cy - I WLig] ' 4,4641 Thaxtrii (Loco] 2 w ria I think is - rather an extensive business. but our un4 s Pavis,. [Native] 3,911.1 Scattern4,.(Ab.),lo6., dertakirig tea large one„:and ' requires. large 501 i)..! A.ans jortty of all the Totes beitfgfotei:ettiFY=l4lt-$ 2 ,, 'pties;and compared 'with which our smallopeta . 4.choitli'ere, was no elections, , !j'he eggregiite: tionaappear sm ill indeed: Ev;•ry thing now seems I v, to has not as great tie At, :eft at the Preti. to indicate that we shall complete our work, large ilentfarekbction 'by 2,732, acid Qtocy lacks 914 as it is,:arrt that it will he, protTit.tble to us when ot being chosen. . I finished. Our contract with the governmerit now .• . •,..o exceeds three millions of dallars, and ire are now urged to in lite other work for the government a mounting to nearly a million rind 4 half ,mom..— a This we shall most likely 'ogre! to do. so that:we, shall have work enotigh. W i are now on I.liei. verge of winter again, and - soon shall haie every T. thin; locked up with iTis . au..l snow. We had a slight fall of snow, (the first of the season,) thierP days ago, but it did not am-aunt to much, and it-is now wenn again. We have not had frost enough to kill the dahlias La our-garden." The Providence Journal mentions a report that a letter lies been 'received from Mr Polk, in reply to earnest SolicitationsXliat, he would pledge bis exertions to procure the liberation of Dorr, in which be says that the question is one which he longs exclusively to the State authorities of Rhitde islai.d; and that,, in his judgment, it would he ,highly improper for the Executive, or Gettenfif‘ Government, to interfere in any way with ita-tlis posal. - , Tat v indrivt# SeNATOXIS,-- ; The yeA „ or of 'Virginia, in his late mestage, says : 77 . The course of our &miters at the' last•session requires our Legislature to instruct - them. Mr. !lives spoke for Texas and then voted stgeinst it. Mr. Archer'supported it neither by his argument nor his vote. This sovereign State is therefore, called upon to instruct her servants is their duty.' am tonng: u the bune4 akiti se the War' aortas of - 1 From tni-Cpal 6,1841 . ~ , .:, - . •o • • TO CHILDItpX-. .. ~ • „„ • 'Sweet things! hielitthints: iciryok op you, --.". - Eyes that are In their wape.:,- • Grow bright—and hearts at eaporsi s Fill with life's tides spiv. ;' , --1., • . ;• .:•.•-•• • . ••• • And you not ate; nor death itbUidd touch, . If human• tore Misht save k t , But strei ff ee is the lore whiebbliikits • And gat qeut to the grave.; ~': . • • .<, ' • IF,* know that yiel the anselutnce-- . -' (Thev Lige ull 'gentle thing:Wi AO offen o'er ye fondly stuore , And spread their vieveless,'Wngr. ' . And tenderly theirstarry eye4 q - • , - , Watch you by flight and d.ay,„ % ,•• ' and sweetly as they smile do t ots, ..• . ' • So you, On us, dump,. , , • • And oh : should tie who smifesren.a#,' . , ' And 'oyes both' k•ourm and ea— • . Should the dear slientturd tate:WS ladtbS e . • And bear them to his fold* ( , 1 • • ~ Should he who gage these bittfii elan- j Who sires--and maketly 146—, • Leave us' like withered steno[l).ll,re, And take them in the rturiMP • • • Goa i. We still, 'oh: - God A would f IVO - hia lon - • • Who once, in form likethlftrt'i . Slept no g woman's yearlong:Went,- A babe in Bethlehem ; 1 ~ , ..Who ,writes, in fkiyers,unon toe earth', ' And stars, in Hgayen aboste,,,, , , And smiles and tears in hum/lip:sods, .. .„ •...... Blest character& of lore il' i•z-- • . . _ J.: J'..l• • . '%Vhn Firofie• , •hathsiten In Deathi-as dawn , ' • ~.:•••, To thickest darlaegavg ti ...t• ; .. , And caused that still the newttgar's Bowels ~' Grow op -the old year's gralv; - .;. • Who Joy can brlng_ rronrselet s as calm' Succeeds tlitrind'it fleicears— . As winter's tears !bring suniro4r leaves,- . AMI night the jOy of stani:l,l! ,i:/' Who from these children's strpti, thb thorns Of Grief, and doubt, and,care, ' Can kindle take--or for thuttneace • • .:• As kindly plant ! them thete.s. • . . . . ... . Thu,' regions sad iiith crseptiestormit. • Park linnd. and'frownlneltill, , Or valley bright aiangel's dreionli, Can guide the% it his wi11) 1 ... ~ '..-! . ' And lead them in In peace. 5it1113.1 0 7 • And singing no their nays. ; .. Till at the last, their shining , pnlh Is lost in perfect day. I: • ' 1 ; 2 -- r... IMPO•TIXT 'F' •On Iti F. It IC o.^-' =4lle British fri gate Spartan, Elliott. tirfi"viell .oa' ' 'ths 7th inst., • New Orleans, from Vera Cruz.: Captain E: Came up to- thesity yesterday. Hetrrnught despatch , es from the British',Minister , I.tor, be - .forwarded hence. and also commtinicatiuni,fom the Amen can Nfinister to our GeVernment:;',i Private letter. received by Ibis arrival:. says itaii Nen; Orleano V : . Commercial, note the fp-hgress oei l he disaffection' 4,- tOwards the Government, and ihe apprehension' l of a civil war in Mexiert.. Sante l ,4nna had rais ed an army of to,oOci men. MO proceeded to-. i wards Gandalaxara, for the pttkse of, quelling the sedition. It is rut : Dore/I likewlse that two rid. joining provinces, hadjoineifthe:M, ovement. but 1 , the last mail which had reachetraffe city of Mea -1 ito, failed to corroborate this'inhOgence. We learn further that the 1 Ain? , ,rican Titinister 1 Plenipotentiary. Wilson ShannOM3Esg., has tem ! porarily suspended all )tis offirdaOrelatiens with the Mexican Government. I ts 'that ''ela I Antillean 'Minister thclite.hrprnki to renionstr ite with the Government !upon theinbjecr of th e projected .invasion of 1 Tex:lts. 1; 1; I I is ,complainte were received with a very ball 4thj e. and we are informrd that the Mexican Minititii ter - Plied to Mr. Shannon. that the Urtiled Stato,"had .nothing whatever, to do with the intennal'Affitins offlilexi 'co. end that whate v er preceeding might'le in contemplation against a . I ,revol ted, ppavince lama no concern whatever of the United;, ates, or oiany other, Foreign Power. ',, .1 !:,;,.` . , • tAw. Shannon. in an'aturwer, Characterises the, S4retary's letter, as being gro"l'lYrfen'ive• in... much as it charges, the United . siiies, its govern rrrt and people ivith faisehotaLtriChery,:intrigne• rind designs of the Most,idishonoWeharacter.-- Gov.' Shannon alleges that the note of the Seere ,arv..is so gro,sein itti! character,: sor.;offenitive, tl4lO. an' only demand that it at once with drariiirlA : ..1 • -:::. ' . ....77,4-Aextcan Minister replies vf,ith the utmost viatitilliT:Afe treats the earlier ;Ott of Mr. Shan tire'n's correspondence 4. being anPe'rcillious and' ferenaive—tostities all that he has timselfwritten —4iirotests_ that the Ilexican OPreritinent :has done : 441) doing rer.rhat it ear, to prevent a riipture iciitr the United Statea;*t . that affair" hi r kve reaili - Wd •such.a eri'is that ilt la necessary for his governmett tiesp`ea!i: out plainly :before; the - wo ad. '"He. theretere ,tleclinea;:to withdror the note ; and there the ma tter rester:dirt:AO-time the . Spartan staied, thoman rumOi..existed that he ...had , dentantled his pas4Piarts, Fl'iA; would 41:1010* 1 aiatelyrguirn home. . ;' 4 : ~ , . _ _ . tn'll• ATI 0.Y.-_-,The itnmiaratitfn to this coon. ; try has increased:6:36i, :in ratil'as well as in ninnlwrs, during the laSt'twenticars... Accord : in to Blodget'a StatistiCal Menl4l (p: 75,) the emigrants Who arrived in ten ;yore preceding 1806. did not ei - erAl'4o6o a vir., ,, ;and according • to Setbert's Statistical' Annals (n..?.:.'8) not 10,000 arrived in ally velar prior to . 1817; accept in 1704. wher. the itunifier- was efitimatediei 10,000. The same author estimates tlie total ininher who eyrie jel in twenty years, frorn 1790 to:1810; at 120,r t. 000. or 6000 a year on On avera Add 10.006 I e year f 4 tem f .yeari preeeedinglBl7land we a total of 2."220.000 in 36 yearo;lifing 1816 in elus;,ie-, being on tin are{age 6,l,ll}per annum.— , In 1815 the ;number arrived was :42.240; which was deemed eatranolinnl7 Duqg the 15 years ending 14 Jan. 1844. there arrived : at the putt of • I New Yorknfor.e. 684,460 emigrants, being on i nverage 65.631 per annum. Rtiiing • the fiat rieven years of these fifteen yOro, the average I number 'was 38 966 and duriiik .the last eight . Yearsi 64.137. If in the last o`.?ears, 684,460 emigrants have arrived at N. liot.lo alone, it will nht he extrarnznnt to sop that tips whole number arrived.in the United Strteedurin:gthe same peri. ' od was atlr.:lst 1:000,000: a<ti i9lly .if we in. elude these, who came frnne ,CaPitla (more then went to Canada from this "country; 'end by land from New Brunswick. Aeeraggsterannum these fifteen years. 66,666; of the thirty Es's:years .end.. - ing 1816:6 111;-or the proportions, of eleven. to. 'one. In other words, the average iannual pgratiors of the last fifteen ; years .has been 'eleven . times greater than during the thirty:leis-years - next • succpcding . the piiper. .+l. • TanrEc-riciN ~eicitt Tilelit.Zhpo&ets who oti^rate in; ttis ` ebnittrj,,do. not:ipgie c itr to be mines ilirny reniarksbie dee.* prtriiiroiiil power. Their methOs or...practice. • aibl-ratilia-iii'Kas l hare been in otrlor a toitg.series of vriiiiii-aritOre arldoot hear of ilinciful'deviees fot the itComplishment of the Tinrpose. ant on EitgiK e tlajler eats of a lady, tnitellin g hy o n e o f. ' .then+zereszi 'n:mitt:Cl* between:Liverpool and I thi:tilggitAiii W . atertati,' ;mho go( osteithoj e & me...E #rof 4it'sniele rnah, equitol for this scot; tkeiliettit 'cloak and .ct false poi tt Othandt; the. F - .llfitfkrf,Feing i damurety faded- bePft While LlS:4lxuijired to bei,sitting e, aritileii as bpaily engaged ik§iittingthrough Jbq laay's apparel to lie; at her pattiet front which. 111.11tiej*ed, ell in extracting het 1114 e, Coll6ftlin : si.4ivereigits, =I • IZECO7IO3t A* . jiNlittl'lttlo••• • We ccopi the fallowing from thiAtairtille WbiC of Sturttly last: I ' • theTresident elect Was recctced in 'toirteen- Thuisdarby•his political - friends is a style both appropriateand creditable to the:Accasion; • Tbs. morning Vrocession, thongh not for'retanrkabla - n thlisiasm; was well ordeied, and;thi eoeain/dem onstrations passed off without the ilightest i distim; ban& or the indulgenacc execs* The nation,.though very partial, (tI:M Attt- per,haps, ,an incorrigible Whig city, the Inltitropolia ,rof an; incorrigible Whig State) exhibittii sissesiXspech rnerteofelegance,and georl taste in:the thilliantatt ntlagement of light* anti transparenebm - .
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