wondering interest. The patient was placed to his satisfaction. The Dr, then caught hold a flat piece of wood which lay near at hand, and suddenly commenced a Stepping right up and down, a posteriori Arg_usaent , winch at once convinced the charry pit that !twos no use trying to main tam ftsposition any longer. The fright semitement , and the blow brought on vom ititcortrich relieved the patient at once,— Out friend accoMptinied the Doctor down the street, aad frankly told him he knew hie face very well, but could not call to tehel when or where he bad seen him. 'Hush said the Doctor, with evident trepidatimi,~flush I don't be after saying a word, I used to drive Dr.—'s gig in New York, and so I picked up my &Alicia lion. i remember you, but don't say a word, in a regular good practice; don't *pile me.' Our friend could not help .lattghing, and' so left the Doctor. We have no doubt he enjiys the confidence of the people among whom he is settled, -bet we could not help saying to ourselves, that there was little inducement for u min to study a profession, when the public will make no distinction between the preten sions of the quack and the claims of the well educated and competent practitioner. ----Brooklyn News. FliN PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN licipirt to tie derision of a Nal tonal Convention. DAILY MORNING POST. Tue. raiLlare 4. wit. Q. AWD PR OPRIVTIIRS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1843 Nee First L'acr,e Assumption of the state Debts. The advocates of the old Federal doc- ' trines have been so long under the dis pleasure of the American pelple, and have found an open and honest course in poli tics an hopeless in advancing their rotten principles, that they have become system atically sly and hypocritieal, in all their political movements. Their every pro ceeding is insidious and (mermaid. They are now covertly engaged in the grand scheme of an Assumption of the State Debts by the Gelieral Government. This invention is of pure federal parent age, having for a precedent the financial plan of Hamilton, by which he enriched his t -eorrupt sattelites, and hoped to render the States subservient to, and dependent upon the Federal power. This mode of getting rid of the State Debts, was broached by order of Daniel Webster, soon after his return from Eng land.. The Commercial Advertiser of New :York, and the American of that city came out in its favor and put forth feelers to ascertain whether public opinion was prepared for so broad a stride towards a revival of the pernicious practices of old federalism. Mr. WeLster himself, soon af ter the opening. of • lite :session of '3B-'39, made some demonstrations of an intention to bring the subject before the Senate. Un der the belief that he wouli do so, a coma inittee was appointed to consider and le port upon it. They did make a report, adverse to the principle;and several Demo cratic-Senators made able speeches against ' it, A vote was taken upon it, and the re port • was adopted almost unanimously; Mr. Webster, if we remember aright, dodg ed on the occasion. To Mr. Wm. Cost Johnson belongs the doubtful honor of bringing up this con- darned• proposition a second time. He laid it before the House, and upon •.aking a vote, but four persons were found with hardihood enough to vote for it. But federalism does not give over its purposes so tamely.—ln the absence of all other good quaiities it has no lack of per severance. Petitions in favor of Cost Johnson's plan are silently circulating ev ery where; the origin and nature of the scheme, and the fact that it is a twice re— jected measure of the whtg party, is care' fully kept out of view, and people are on ly told that it is an excellent way to .•get .rid" of State Taxes and State Debts. We have no fear that the odious and unjust propsition can ever be adopted, but we deem it a duty t) warn our friends spinet this insidious and specious attemp t to saddle the general Government with a Nitional Debt. There has been no wider point of difference between the great par— ties of this country, than this of incurring large indebtedness by the general govern ment. It has been the pride and b ;ast of • 0, - r party that under Gen. Jackson's ad— ,Atainistratinn, the debt of the United States was all paid off, while it has always been a cardinal opinion of the federalists that a , onationardebt is a national blessing." The scheme of Assumption adopted at the instance of Gen. Hamilton, was stren. misty opposed by the early democrats, and yist, there was far more apology for that soisssure, than • can be offered for the one jw if on the tapir. The debts then ass fumed, were alleged to have been incur- red for the defence of their common coun- wy, by the several states. For the debts sow due by the states,.no such plea can be set urt The money was expended by the . liketes thetosebiba, exclusively fur their thin benefit, *n4 there is no shadow of excuatt*tir they aboulknSw be Chide a commharturdeni It irainpalsible that the achenae.:'.ean bte 44Q, orThthout.iiloing Monstrousinjuitice to those States who' have behavertprudently, and made no Ha bilities. For, notwithstanding thei debt 15 to be paid by revenue from the public lands. there is no reason to suppose that it can ever so be paid. And finally, the non indebted states will ba compelled to suffer for the prolligicy an I extravagance of those that are involved. But if the plAn were as just as it is iniqui tous, it should not be adopted. The in debted stales have rioted in extravagant expenditure, aLd they should be made to sutler from the effects of their wild impru dence. Similar causes produce similar ef fects upon both States and individuals. If it were possible to escape the penalties of debauch, the dissolute would be far more numerous than they are. So if the States which are now borne down by delft, should have their burdens removed, they would run the s•nne course of b mowing arid reekless experts •, Let thew rather toil on through the difficulties they have brought 013 themselves. It is not only strictly just that they should pay their o.►n debts but their return to solvency by re trenchment, industry and ecoultny, would be immensely salutary. 3 situation Wanted—in the Pcnitentia ry.—The Phi adelphia Ledger says that a young Englishin in, well dressed and in telligent, named Harding, was brought be fore Mayor Stott, at the instance of Mr.', Thompson, warden of the Eastern Petit tent_iary, under circumstances of a very sin gul; r character indeed. Mr. Thompson stated that for several successive days, list ding had avlicd to hiln at the prison fn. admission, earnestly and determinedly insisting on being an 10mat..., stating that lie had read Miss Martineau's work on A ' merica, containing a description of the prison, and that he had ler. England with the ileteriniaattoti to becom-t an inmate, an d test the condition of so lit ar y confine.. meat. His application, as a matter of course, was re,isted. but evety denial seemed but to increase his importunities, and finally he w.shed Mr. 'l'. to inform him what crime would give him a term of four years in the prison his manner at the same time strongly indicating a design to commit a felony for the purpose of gratify , ing his t , ing,ilar desire. Under the.Fe rir cumstaiices Mr. T. thought proper to bring him bef)re the Mayor, which res•dted in his committal, in de''attlt of bail to keep the peace. 3stonishing Luck.—E:r,ory Co. of Baltimore, sold at their office on Wednes day, three capital prizes in the Maryland State Lottery—one of .-.::15,000 one of 51000, and one of $2OO. Such a rare freak of dame Fortune, at one office, is seldom recorded. —Raft. Paper. These. 'freaks of dame Fortune' may he very agreeable to drawers of the capi• ital, prizes, but the editor who records tt e above has'net a tear of sympathy for the poor gulls, who bought tickets, and find they have nothing but dismal blanks. To be /twig.—The Nashville Union of the 20th ult., says that sentence of death has been pronounced on Kirby, Carroll, and Payne for the crime of murder. They will be executed on the IC H) of February. 'Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.' Mount Etna is again kicking up a lost. It seems, that coniderable torrents of lava are flowing in the direction of Braille. The damage already done is said to be immense. The fine weather allows us to roam about the whole night, admiring the extraordila ry spectacle. Numerous strangers come to be near the seen", says a writer. A m an who robbed himself.—Haven Jackson, a dt over, a short time since, pre tended that his packet was picked at West • field, Conn., of $340, and offered $5O re ward fur detecting the robber, and recover ing the money. Ile had sold his cattle (or less than they cost him—and the sequel proved that he had cut off the skirt of his own coat, and feigned that he had been rob bed, to excite the sympathy of his creditors. A sheriff followed him home to Hinsdale, Mass:, charged him with having robbed himself, which he confessed, and thus tected the robber, recovered the money, and claimed the reward. Wheat at Buffalo.—The Buffalo C :in mercial of Monday says: wheat mar ket begins to move again. Within the past week contracts and sales have been made for 18,000 bushels of Ohio to arrive, at pri ces which have not transpired, doubtless, however, in the neighborhood of 62/ cents. Advices from the west represent the grain market as languid, with but light receipts. Along the lake shore 56 cents is paid from wagons, and in the interior half a dollar appears to be a ruling rate:' - Cost of a Marine bantel.--Thellantuck et Mirine Oarngt__Company• has expended the SUM of $37,249. . leiport seat fromsarexico. -4$ e N).144,1.5an5f..., -".'•' , Vr . 4? - . ~ - . it i7.-,- , ,.- . c. 'council. :: 71 - ' .:. Tropic leainef.froin hitters, v4lfil alOilifir in late l c r ----;: ---,,- - .. -'.-r". .. :, etty,Jen. 315t,t184.te! ; 2- . Council rftl4-4 , riesenti , , eents.-Boreland. BoVi Mexico papers, that the reicen t pr' inks in k' °r im - on; flue. klii, edgar, U nilton, Hays. tlowas4l4- Com modore Jones, at Monterey, are not , the only l'ilnnter, Irwin, Kell,', Litch, Ma graw, Mason, grounds of comp', int the M •zican. gusernment ' Mitchell. Morrisun,—O'Neili. Pan tcks, Pratt, have against this country. El Sisk' Die.: y Nueva I Sinn 11, Stoner, Wrg,gans, and Prcsident. Mr. Eichhaurn, President in the chair. publishes three letters from the new Govern oro f t i 'l ' he 'l he rt bitty' ofthe clecri in held in the Second California, stating the particulars of what he terms Ward on Tuesday the 24 Ii day olJannory.lB43. an outroge on his government, at the port of San for one Member of the Common Council, having Diego. From the statement given, it appears dul y been p , r c es , e ed nt c t d ; viointieh o fl ,tric i , t i a ppear e d i that oat Nr. .F. Irwin e s was that during the month of November, a party of ministered cir istered by Alderman M . Her, and ' who took waad hii men entered that port, and spiked eight cannon seat as a member. belonging to the fortification. The officers of the Mr. E lair presented aye'ition frim J. Ivory brig Alert, bearing the United Stales fin, al' ___ a n d John II irper, which w.rs re'd and referred to -0 the committee on streets, grading a' d pavin g , charged with the perpetration of this offence, as with instruct . ' ins to report by Ordinance or othe r she was seen off the port some days before, nnd wise, concurred in by Select Council. and several boots with men were seen passing be- Die President laid before Comm( ii+ a corninu tween the vessel and the shore about the time oft n : n ca t ii t. ': fsroi of the from James INI V.l:illling' wit.h was dtdle relative t to a therc e read a the alleged offence. In his own peculiar style,the ,end re ferred rred to a ' c special YPr comtn tutee of 3, and Governor invoked the uction of the Sup' cure Gov- j Messr..Stoner and Morrison appointed on p urt of this Cou 'cif, re ferenca concurred in by Srdect Coliocil and Mr. Galway app-minted on th it , :rnment in this business Elects of Ilillerism —An agelld,dy, says the Boston Bee, residing in 17harle.town, I ecaine the: victim or this delusion, and laid down her life in CONVeLqUellee on Sunday nvening Is-t. Her hu , band had died a few days previous, and the old lady's nerves were dou'dluss weakened by the event;and whop, on Sontiny evenin, the (loud, were Iriu Ord with the lin. , of fire refl., ted from the euntlig; rdtion nt no reas , ,ntng or prremast,m h r to believe! otherwise than that ilie word was then about being destrt.ycd be fire. lhr apprelo and excitement threw her into sarong c.nvutsions, which terminated her lire the , arne rvviittig Supposed Foul :'lay. —From circumstances which have transpired sir.ce the body of Mr. ltg• den, late Presideut of the Canal Bank, at New Or'eans,wits 'bin fin the caile,it is rendered certin that the la'e Mr. Ogden di I not meet his death by drowning, but that his body was tiIf , AVEI Into thn ean after lire was extinct. I: I 4 therefore palpa. ble erit) , lgh th it lie died not by the hands of il+S. sins, or by one of those c•isiiatinns which must re. main a mystery' tii all except th it Providence whir giveth life and iil 0 bath taken it away. Distin guished physicians have examined the bdy and the reallt of ,h a ex 1 , 11 ination ha: been, 11,, S!A led Rb,ive, that he came to leis death b, fore be vt.ind in Vie •vater Tlto Phil,ticlph aLe er , spcalting- tftlic Fos pi,cts of trAdc, says, "with a little forbearanc and ❑re t