FOR GOVERNOR, FRS. R. -SHUNK: 'Subject to the decision of Vitt 11 11310ClUtfIC STATE CONVENTION lOnik ,filorning post. VIRMLAS PHIVCIPS; IDITOI4 tITTSBURGH,I4ONDAY JANUARY 29, 1343 Simai fit Wastetaerow Coaart.—We read in ase Washington Examiner, an excellent article on the Chierrnatorial nomination. The writer, after speaking 4n just terms of Mr Muldenberg's worth, says: "Mr Shank, too, has, been an unflinching donoarat, in weal and woe with the party, neither turning to the right letud or the left; and though thus firmolecided and in. dependent at all times as a politician, he has bad the singular, the extraordinary good ferule., to be admired by all, and possesses in an, eminent degree. perhaps more Aim any other man in the State, the entire confi &ace of all, whether ',democratic, Whig, or whatever other party names they may be called. lam then, Mr. Grayson. dozidedly ofopinion, that FRANCIS it. SR new is,cf all the candidates for Govemor,the strongest one to condom dm coons with, and from the firings out in all parties. I believe hewonld be elected by tripod old &shims& Democratic majority of 20,000, be his oppo. Nest whom he may." We have kernel from many other soOrces that this is the general feeling in eVashington, and that be will, if notithratod, receive the greatest vote ever given fur a deamteratic candidate Tows MErisa.s.—We understand that the Com. mitts , * have sedected the 4th day of. April, as the day on which the drill for ihol gold medal is to take place; and thatinvitadens are to he sent to all the companiekthat were present at the Fayette encampment. This contest has set our military cotopanies all agog; they are all making the greatest exertions, and drilling every night for the contest. Each one is certain of carrying of the prize, and we venture to say, that there will be a magnificent display. H A MIMILCNBILBA'S*JIGNATION AS A BAN DimeTon.—The American Sentinel says: Several iliaotradietory statements having been published in m imosas Louse fact of HZ/SAT A MUEILIINDYRG being a BaikDirector, we learn from Reading, on what we manias good authority, ;that Mr MITIILYNDICEG OD Saturday, the sixth of the presert month of January, resigned hie seat a Director of the Farmer's Bank of Reading, of which institution he has been a direc tor siliaisst eiet since return fVom his mission to Maui& LTG/SLATE; a E.—We have no news from Hanisborgh of say importance. In the Sonata on the 23d, on motion of Mr Craig, the Judiciary Committee were instructed to in quire into the expediency of reporting a bill to supply defect in-magistrates' records, in cases where the judgment exceeeds $lOO. Mr C stated in explana tion, that in many vases, owing to the neglect of the magistrates to enter on the docket, that the judgement Os entered with the consent.of the parties, it became lertd void, end t h e object of the resolution was to correct such omission where the fact was eastablish. a. A resolution was offeredloy Mr Penniman, directing the Committee on Finance to enquire into the, expo. diem y of reporting a bill authorising the Auditor Gen end, aid the State Treasurer, to settle with defaulters of two years standing, by receiving in payment State Bemis at par. A communication was presented 'by the Speaker, *Ts the Canal Commissioners, transmitting a copy of the miantesof the Board...on the subject of their in mutilation into officio, LA detenisiningthe terms of ser eieel of eaccaautiw of the Board. Showing that the previsions of the law on this subject bad been complied with. . .—T /4DIPCIP.I9 COUNTThe demotmats of Bedford held a county meeting on the 23d, for the purpose of ap. printing delegates se the 4th of March Convention.— Mader J. PALMER and S. H. TATE, Esq, were ap pointed. The following resolutions were adopted: , "Reicilverl, That Major James Reamer and Samuel • H. Tate, Esq., bi appomted_delegates from Bedford county to represent the Democracy in the 4th of March Cortrentiand that they be instructed to support the nomination" of HENRY A. MIIHLENBERG, as wall in justi4to himself as the "tenth legion" of dem csortsey from jlbieb he.bails. "Resolved:. That we 'will support the nominee of the 4th of :March Convention for Governor, be he Muhlenberg, Shank, or any other good demount. . A widerstand that at a meeting on Setutday night, the Teiloiit of this city determined to stalemating in attempt new making by the employ ee" to reduce their wages. Rryza-iwrzastosoct.—The St. Louis Reporter of the 49th, states that the river is entirely full of ice oppoitiseio that place. Ii is from the upper Missis sippi, llieldimottri River is open, and reported free from Ice. The Ospreys which left on Tuesday for the Upper Mississippi, returned on the _1 Bth--tie ice was toessingso ditch at Alton. The Lancet which arrived at Si . , Louis reports &bopt 6j feet• water in the Mississippi to Cairo, with iia '— ralmint ' strong:strong: At Cl.s ..,AiliOtta' TV the 24th, there was an abunda:mo orwatirlistbS'elitutael for all business purposes. The cumbedend River is rising. A Antal, V . easitt--tris Mary Kimball, Hall, from Boit" creed for Thoutaiton, arrived within twenty miles Of her port, when she was obliged to put array for a harbor, and anchored off Rye, N. H., morning of 11th instant, when the crew left and went ashore. She rode safely by her eachors until the night of the ITth, raison the wind chinging, she broke adrift and want to sea with no person on board. On the morning of the 18th;-she was not to be seen. Captain Jones, of the Acadia. at Boston from Halifax, stator that on thitlith inst., Portland Light, N. W. 20 miles, saw a NI rigged brig with lose of main yard and t•pgallant yard Bent down, supposed her to be abandoned—(no drain the Mary Kimbalt) - The Portsmouth Journal mays - that ono or two vassals sailed front that poet on ibis 19th, in search of her. PILLIMIT ILVAISIA CREDIT is looking up both in tbe Lowden and New York ntarkets, and it only requires wee decisive notion on the part of au present Legis bstisiato ahogether allay theapprebensions whiqb have beaming:ital. and topless, our stocks andobaracteroace ingsre in repute. rirCounarfeit ono dollar no oa the Plort SBA ai Kenaarky, hastriag a repeat date, are is ohm 104100 is St Loth. -Erne account of the 'strata; of the Washington Hold at Harrisbargh which was published ie the Ga. sate olletutdity is *bon. Thu report that E. Y. 4,. had been frotisd It the atase,placo, is a awry alike character. We has from the Union, that so sorb uttermost bra taken placer -them A PPOINTMSN = E BOA RP OF CANAL Cl* MISSION E RS. Joan S. Cass, •Colhtmer at Philruh.lphia, to . taker Vefrect on the toth February. Wk. MIGILISH, to be Weigh Muster at Philadelphia. • Cells rrater....SeVenjoittneymen weavemiterebro • held to bail in New York lin a #hroge prfinmeti try,Mr Jobo gibbons, of having entete•9o3llconspiracY.witb sendty other of their craft to contiud him to accede to certain scale Of prices they presented, and with hay in; prevented some of his men from working; also with having injured his property. Tux HORRIBLi CoMMTION Lonaon,—By the public printers it appears that there are 80,000 adults in London who never enter a place of worship, except at a marriage ore funeral; 12,000adoltscan not read; 14,- 000 families have not a solitary fragment of the wad of God; and 25,000 go to no school whatever. As the British are affecting to do so much good abroad, all the time, perhaps it would be as well to turn some of their eyes to the efforts homeward. Escars OF CONTICT3.—The St. Louis "New Era." learns from a gendemen, who arrived last evening from Jefferson City, (Mu) that twenty of the convicts confined in the Peniotentiary at that place, broke out on last Sunday, by knocking the turnkey down, who was stationed at the gate. After a severe chase, in various directions, nineteen of them were retaken, and the other one sncceded in making his escape. He was pursued fur four miles on horseback by Col Price, one of the lessees of the prison, and would have been ta ken, bad not the horse on which be rode become en. tangled in a marsh. - °The outbreak at Santa Fe, to which we alluded a few days ago, was caused by the refusal of the troops to march to Chihuahua, as ordered. until their wages were paid. The matter was adjusted without much difficulty. WRECK •ND Loss or LJFK.—The Charleston pa pers announce the almost certain loss, off that port, of the captain and crew of the schooner Alexander Wet son, from Savannah. Irr A horrible circumstance is mentioned in the Chambersburgh Whig,as a warning to the intemperate. A man named Adam Poulos was found dead, with a jug of whiskey near him. on an unfrequented ~ road in that vicinity, and neatly all of his face eaten otTby wild beasts. The deceased was a shoe maker. DEATH BY SUPTOCATIoN WITH CB . AHCOAL.—Ow Murphy, a native of Ireland, aged thirty-fiv!yeara, and hit wife, retired to bed in New York on Sunday after noon, about four o'clock, in a small room, in which a furnace of charcoal had been kit burning, the doorhnd window being closed. Between five and six o'clock groans were heard proceeding from die room, and the door being forced, Murphy was found dead and his wife insensible. She was restured,but all attempts to resuscitate him, were fruitless. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THC DUTCH COLONIC!. —A society has justbeen formed at Utrecht, composed ofseveral professors of the University and other tiota ble persons, for inquiring into the condition of theslave population in their colonies, with the view of abolish ing slavery in the shortest period possible. A Strraut.se NOTLCE,—Rather an amusing notice is posted on the door of the representative hall 4f the Mississippi Legislature; it reads thus: "Gentlemtin arr not admitted within the Bar of the House." The sub ject having been mentioned in presence of a distinguish ed democrat, ha remarked thatan observant-ea the no tice "would exclude a quorum of the House." 3;trrtrra ALARYIED.—It is stated in a late Galway paper that titslish Government is about to place war steamers on all the large lakes in Ireland, and that a number are now building at Liverpool fur that pur pose. Er The Missouri Reporter estimates that 2,000 persons in that Sate are preparing te, emigrate to Oregon the ensuing spring. 11:7We are compelled to defer the publics inn of the concluding part of 'The Buried Alive' until to-morrow. TEXAN •ND ITS RICAOD RC ga.—By • statement made by the General Land Office of Texas, it appears that the estimated area of Texas in acres, as defined by the acts of Congreu of 1830, is 203,520,000—the amount of which that has been appropriated and occupied, is 67,403,673 acres—leaving a balance of unappropria ted land of 136,111,327 acres. TEIZ STATES IBLAND MURDER.—The examination of witnesses in the above case. commenced at Port Richmond, on Saturday morning last. Polly Bodine was in attendance, and through her counsel plead noi guilty. Nothing of moment, had been given in testi mony up to the closing of the Court. EXTRAORDINARY DZATEI.—A man named Zimmer man, residingin Huntingdon, is this State, having an arbitration With his neighbor, made an affirmation in relation to his account, and said, "if what I have sta ted be not true, I Irish, the Almighty would seams to kat!" The voids were scarcely uttered, when he fell over and expired! The above fact was shown to us iu a letter from the above place, directed to a high ly respectable gentlemen of this city. Tata Bsslnurr Law.—ln Connecticut. 1,537 took the benefit of this law—all voluntary but 20 To 7, discharge has been denied. There are 20 ca ses yet undecided Whole amount of indebtness, $ll,- 4C1,012! Only in 161 cases did the debts amount to over teo thousand dollars. One man owed $1,043,484 —one $57f,606--anotberss24,93o, arid another $433, - 681. An ordinance has been passed at Nauvoo, Illinois, declaring that any person or persons from Missouri who may corns to elat cfty 10 arrest Joe Smith or any one of his confederate*, for crimes alleged' to have been committed in the last named State, shaU oh con victim, be liable to imprisonment for life, and can only be pardoned by the Governor, of Illinois, with the consent of the Mayor of the said city i !! "Cass C." Susan Caperskarecentlyzeopv *red five hundred dollars from one uel Rogers for abniach of marriage promise, in Pennsylvania. The Barre Gazette thinks that Sans had no right to 'cut such capers. Po:4x Bono i.—The examination of witnesses in the caseof this woman was progressing at Port Rich mond. We see nothing in the testimony worth oak- The correspontientof the New York True Sun, speaking of the matter, says: "The prisoner, Polly Bodine, exhibits remarkable self-pnession; but she looks in. Her face resembles to' a corpse—so deadly pale. Her mintier was Wined this aftemow, and gave her evidence with i sepe r ieyof inanneti. There is a palpable anti very natural determination on the part of alt the House cleans not to criminate Pallyif they can help it. Their testimony to.dey has however tended to show the per flan sanity of the prisoner, teeth before and after the fire. The stereotyped plea of mango cannot be made available io the &De of the mdforen &Glendon of her family, that the prisoner woe is her ending state of Wed for some time Femoral the fire and has bees si ore. " The President has communicated to Cootiess the fiallogring annual report from the Director of rite Mint at Philadelphia. Pima Dr letter, it all= pears that the whole coinageln the United States dui tint the pest sail , amounts to within a small fraction of $12,000,000--and exceeds by ' more than one half, that of any former year. Of this coinage, more than $8,000,000 is gold—exceeding by nearly $7,000,000 that of the six. preceding years: MINT Or TUX UNITZD STATZS, Philadelphia, Jantuiry 18, 1844. Sin I have the honor to lay before you the following report of the operations of the Mint end its branches during the past year. • The coinage at the principal Mint, in 1b43, amount to $6,530,043 29: comprising $4,062,010 in gold; $2,- 443,750 in silver, and $24,283,20 in copper coins; and composed of 10,405,233 pieces. The deposits of gold Within the year, amounted to $4,107,807, and those of silver to $2,35t,830. At. the New Orleans Branch Mint the Coinage a z Moe n tedtn $4,568,000. comprisi ag $3,177,000 i n gold, and $1,391,000 in silver ;coins, and composed of 4.- 030239 pieces. The depusites fur coinage amounted to $3,138,990 in gold, and $1.384,320 in silver. Tho Branch Mint at Dahlonega, received during the year deposites of gold to the value of $310,080; and its coinage amounted to $582,732 50, composed of 98,- 452 half-eagles and 36.209 quarter eagles. The Branch Mint at Charlotte received deposits of gold to the value of $272,064; audits coinage amount ed to $237,003, composed of 44,352 half eagles, and 26,096 quarter eagles. The whole coinage in the United States during the past year, amounts to within a small fraction of twelve millions of dollars, and exceeds by more than one half that of any former year. Of this coinage more than eightmillions is in gold; shoming a greater proportion to silver than has here tofore been presented. The Branch Mints at Charlotte and Dahlonega have each coined nearly double the amount, which they, have reached in any former year, and the New Orleans Mint nearly quadruple. The production of the gold mines in the United States as indicated by the amounts sent ,to the mints, exceeds that cf any former year. I have the honor to be, sir, with great resfsect, Your faithful servant, ( Signed.) R M PATTERSO", Director of the Mint To the PRESIDENT of the United States EirThe following inscription is litemlly taken frume a show board:—"Wrighten and Readen and trew Speller and also Marchants Ackuunts with -dovvble Entrry Post-skript, Girth and Bouys Daunted, and good Y ovzitch for children." FURTHER FOREIGN EXTRACTS. Her Majesty has presented to the British Museum five chests of Chinese books, captured by the troops during the war in China. They are fine editions of works touching upon different matters connected with the administnttion and statistics of that vast empire. The books are in their Chinese . ,cases or Tian—vie.. small boxes, and these cases are varnished, and resem ble mahogany. LA desperate affray had mewed at Welwitch be tween the Artillery and Marines, in which several were severely wounded. DES PKAATIL AFFRAY WITH It Mon day night last an armed party of about forty ruffians, at tacked the dwelling of an industrious set of the name of Gibens, at l'airymount, fur the purpose of swearing them to reduce the rent of some conacre which they had set up a few days previously. Having heard some shots, and' suspecting that a visit would be paid them, the gallant little hand (consisting of seven men) armed themselves with pitlachforks, arid met the mar auders, who, it appears, had fire-tirms. A desperate conflict ensued, and the Gibbons% were obliged to shelter themselves in one of the Mirages, which they barricaded and defended till every one of them were desperately wounded. They then betook theselves to the loft, where they fought gallantly. The Ribbonmen demolished every article in the house after they obtained an entrance. Three or four of the leaders of the Ribbonmen were dangerously wounded with pitchforks whilst forcing the door. Upwards of fourteen of them have been ar rested and fully identified. The brave little party were taken into this town, where the best surgical attendance is given to them. This portion of Fairytnount is the locality where the celebrated "Billy Smith" domociled himself fur some time previous to his arrest.—Roscom mon Journal. The Augsburg Gazelle states that the late eruption of Mount Etna has been most fatal-130 persons have perished, and the hospitalsare filled with wounded. LARGE ESTABLISHMENT There is an export hmise in Manchester, which, from the magnitude of its business, viz: exporters of cotton twist and piece gouda. The firm referred to is ,known to pack no fewer than 25,000 to 36.000 bales per annum, each pack weighing bulf awn; this latter quantity gives 82 bales a day, equal to 41 tons, or 287 tuns weekly—or dearly 15,000 tuns a year. The carria. , s e paid by the House is astounding.' The Fres eat charge to Hull is £2 per * ton, which amounts to £5OO per_ week The annual payment on this head will, therefore, be within a fraction of £30,090. The great Sugar Refinery belonging to Sir Thomas Brancker, Esq., at Liverpool, one of the most exten sive in the Kingdom, and employing many hands, was destroyed by fire on the morning.of Thnisday. The damage is estimated at $70,000- r a little more than halF of which is insured. How the fire originated is a mystery. Lord Murpeth presided at the half yearly distribu tion of prizes in Huddersfield College, on the 20th ult and at the dinner which followed he made some pleas ant speeches, alluding to the College, his Yorkshire reminiscences, and his American travels. In America, he said, go where he would, he met with Yorkshire men: the first guide of whom be asked. the way was a Yurkshireman; and in the Prairies, ut Jacksonville, he found a community of Yorkshiremen; and Henry Clay had a faithful and long tried servant—a Yorkshire woman. Lord . Morpeth avoided politics; bet an allu sion to his return to power, made by another speaker, was well received We learn from Copenhagen, on the 11th and 12th ult., a violent tempest raged in the district of Vella, in North Jutland. A great many carriages traveling along the roads, were blown over. '.Cho tide rose in the port of Voile so high that the water not only flood ed the houses and stores, doing damage to the amount of 700,000 francs, but floated off the stocks a brig that was being built. Besides these disasters, two mills were set on fire by the lightning. Upwards of 200 per are said to have perished. HAYTI The United States Gazette of the 24th says:— We are indebted to a friend fur a copy of the new Con stitution of the Republic of Hayti. The first section provides for the political division of the Republic. and declares that Africans and Indians, or the descendants of either, by on or the other pa rent, may become citizens; but no wit person can be come a citizen, or hold mat estate. The second section providei for the ivil and politi cal rights. The third section provides ihr equality in the eyes of the world. All modes of wotst ip shall be equally free. The freedonxa the press shall be guaranteed. Schools to be established for both sexes, the teaching free and gratuitous. Trial by jury is granted. This people have a tight to assemble peaceably, and without arms. The power of the Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary, are defined. The Executiveis it President. The Leg islature iscomposed of a Senate; and House of Com mons. One third of the Senate is renewable every two years. The whole of - these, however, tench re semble those of the same bodies in the United States. The heads of the four Departments are called Seem iories or Stute. The qualificatiehs of voters are fixed. The colors of the Republic are blue and red, _pla: 'cord horiz' entail,. The arms are the Palm, surmounted by the Liber ty Cap, and ornamented with ‘a trophy of arms, the l eg end. " In union there its strength." Polk an Prince is the seat of Government, under the name of Port Repablican. The nasioaal fines are, the Independenctrof let of January; that of Agricultins, the Ist - of Mar thatof AlexanderPetion,.lstof April; that of Berns elation, the 27th of January. - Every stranger in Hayti to enjoy p ro t ec ti on to his person and gourds. =!IIMMII:tME! TY•EIGHTIVICONGRESS. • FIRST. I [Repoqedforiikii• &Aimee! fittra.] \ Was taiiittai Jan. 28,1844. Stilars..—Stsvetitl caeca ' , re conunoratationa Irian wer to resolutions ofinquitY, were presented and or dered to be printed.. Several memorials float various l.road compauies *ere preenutedt teleanittano. of duty on nil. road free. Mrpright ptesented a inetnorial from our &maul at Manchester, England, relativb to a raluablb library for sale there, -and , which min Ameticans desim may ta,putehtiied by Congress. Mr Foster reported a bill granting coMpensation for the services of a slave in aervice in the Florida wary A bill Was also repotted from the military committee to repeal the act of the last Congress, dismounting the 2d, regiment of dragoons The bill to improve the natigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, was again taken up, debated and once more postponed. - The resolution offered on it former day by Mr Sem ple, calling on the Secretary of State for a list of our consuls,,with a view to reform the system, was called up, and adapted with an anienciment, requiring infor oration as to what number are American citizens. The ree slutinn of Mr Semple segue:sting the Prelj dent to give notice to the- British government that we desitete annul that section of the treaty of 1810 which relates to the joint occupatien of Oregon, was taken up. Mr Archer desired the resolution might be referred for the present to the committee on foreign relations until the negotiations on this huestion bad commenced, 'fir Semple denied that the resolution would at all interfere with the negotiations. After some remarks from Messrs Buchanan and At chison, the subject was laidever till to•morrow. The Senate then, after a short time spent in executive ses sion, adjourned to Monday. House.—The whole day down to four o'clock, has been taken up by a dry debate on a motion to print a report made this morning from the committee on elec tions relative to the contested election case. between Messrs. gaggle and Gilfnen The committee report in favor of the latter. --- A DRUNKARD ' S ILEA:OES.I%—A young man named Robert Menrs,!applied to a Jiistice in Baltimore to send him to the Alms-house, to kaep him from starving. and freezing and to save him from the effects of rum. Ilia request was complied with. The Bunk of Illinois at Shawneetown inusnds pass ing a dividend, the next time, on certificates and notes of the Bank alike. This course appears to us to be unjust towards the note bidders They may, from a variety of circum stances, be prevented from drawing their pro rata of specie, during the period allowed them by the act of the Legislature. and previous to the time prescribed, when the Bunk is expected to make a second dividend of what remaining specie she may have on band; and in consequence of such failure to present 'the notes, for the holders thereof to be put, on a par with the certifi cote holder, who has already received his twenty cent in specie ou the dollar, is an pet of inequality and in justice which, to our mind, was never contemplated by the Legislature. If, however, the Bank of Illinois is determined to act upon this construction of the law, there is but one course fur note holders to pursue that is, to present their paper previous to the expiration of the time limi ted by the act of the Legislature, and draw their pro rata of specie. Had the Bank any real estate, or other property that could be reached by execution, she doubtless would be subjected to many suits, if she acts as we learn she intends to ao, and priys out her re maining specie uportertificates and bills of the bank alike. Her tengible property in this State, however, having entirely been exhausted by sales already made, prudence, it appears to us, will dictate to the note holders the only safe course—that of receiving their pro rata dividend in specie at once. HORRIBLE FATE By the Belle Air we have; received an account rela rive to the horrible conditiou of the Texian Ptisoners confined at Perete. Mexico. The information is from a correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, dated Vera Cruz, Dec. 20, 1813,.as follows: Gentleman:—The Consul of the United States has just handed me a letter addressed to , myself, from George Van Ness, Esq., one of the unfortunate prisoners at Perote, in which he requests me to say to you that they are not only hound in chains,but suffering sickness and death; that out of the 110 prisoners, 76 are dan gerously sick in the hospital; and the following of the number had died within a few days, and got through their suffet ings;—John Trapnal, Joseph Simons, James S. White, Nurmqn Woods, Zachias Wilson, S. B. Bennett, Z. Island,[l] A. F. Butras Wm. H. Van horn, J. I'. Wyatt, Wm. Miller, D. A. Hollowell' and John Clement Grosjean, of Missouri. FROM MEXICO Vera Cruz papers to the 15th December have been received at New Orleans. The Diurio announces the arrival at Vera Cruz on the 11th, of the Commissioners from . Yucatan, with instructions t , accept the proposals made by Mexico. On the 13th they were -presented to President Santa Anna, who directed the Minister of War to arrange this affair as promptly as possible. The references have already commenced, and it is probable that Yuc atan will 'Teddy Ise re-united to the Republic. The Chief Minister of Siam Anna, Mr Joseph Ma ria Tornel, who lost his _wifeu short time ago, has ex pi eased a desire to retire from public affairs and offer ed his resignation. The Mexican journals, particularly the Diario del Gobierno, publish with great care the articles which appear in the newspapers of the United States on the subject of Texas. The same journals discuss at great length the stip ulations of treaties establishing the right of foreigners to carry on commerce by retails DOWNFALL OF A LAND COMPANY. Correspondence or:he Rochester Daily Democrat. BUFFALO, Jan'y 19. The Ogden Land Company is down, fiat. In con sequence of the Tonawanda Indians refusing the survey of their lands by the Agents of the Company, applica tion was made to the U. States Government to enforce the survey and appraisemeitof these lands. The Sec retary of War has informed the applicants that the Government could not interfere, and the company could pursue the usual co/rse of the state courts to enforce the contracts betwelen the Company and the Seneca Indians. What neat? The people are on the side of justice, and, I apprehend, the law of the State will do justice to the oppressed Senecas. The old saying is a gain verified—"honesty is the best policy." STATE OF lOWA A memorial has been introduced into the Legisla ture of the Territory of lowa, asking of Congress an appropriation of $15,000 to defray the charges of or ganizing a state government, and designating the fol lowing fur the boundaries of the state, to win Com mencing in the Mississippi riveropposite the middle of the main channel of the Des Moines; up the Mite sissippi to St Peters; along meat. Peters to the month of the Blue-Earth river; up the Blue-Earth to its most westerly source; thence on a direct line to the mouth of,the Cactairiver ' andeast branch of the Calumet or Sioux river, down the:ear-tut to the Missouri; down : the Missouri to the line to be established between lowa and Missouri; by the said line east to river Des Moines; thence by the channel of the Des Moines to the Missis sippi at the place of beginning. A Nests Ibis.}..—The Democratic meeting, on Friday night, resolved to assist the whig sufferers by the fall of the Club. Mouse. Mr. Samuel D. De000n„ who brought forward the resolution, led the way by laying down $2O. We want words to express qur sense of this noble and gramma deed. Doty be be rewarded by prosperity in; this world, and happiness in that to come. But while we thus express our sense of the munificence of ons man ' we do not mean to be unjust to the rest. Oar blethren have acted Byte men. They have shown that we belong to the samefasai ly; and, that, though political views may saplings us in one sense, yet, when *aerie' g is presented to our eyes, we are ell Waited. illsy merit our warm sok u.rerledgeummts,ami we seeks tbeesin the unmet albs , of Whig party - We, b* as nem mood Mused of oew meistencer, ' ems should, they shell find thet the Whip " filegoteen the proceeding. of Friday night.—Riclimintif TVAig. _.~~ a...:~_.:..~._ Alas agauwasaii .. • . sisPhat a theft of it l4 l W W V ia. o4l for the Papideady, w as till at! 4 10 Vris_ on Priiny e4thing e. dui•-24dt Wu' On minas, CiEG. Re WHITE iWesided, &Wei ted by Gen. I. K. MOCAUZAD, with - Messrs SAMUEL Snownitn, Twos. RtItIAT and CHARLIE' WALL/Mr, as Vice Presidents. Jaws Callas was chosen Sec retary. The chair read the call of the meeting, and stated that a numerous and respectable portion' of the demo°. racy in various sactibni of the Val:on, had expressed favorable undreamt' towards Glen. Litaita Cass, -is as their Presi lential candidate, and to second - the ef forts of his ft iends this meeting wee convened. It was tberefore i proposed chat a committee ccmsisting of Mes srs W. B. Foster, Samuel Snowden, Wm Coleman, J. O'Brien, Jacob McAllister r John C. Devitt, and it C. Townsend be instructed to prepare an expression of the 'topes and wishes of this meeting. Oen. Moorhead was called, on for an address. He observed, he said, witL deep regret, an attempt on the part of some of the indiscreet friends of Mr. Van Buren, to denounce all who did not acquiesce in the proposition to elevate that gentleman to the office of Presijlont. Thrice he had cordially supported him and again he would not prove recreant if Mr Van Bu ren were put in nomination. But his anxiety was not so mach for the nine as for the party. He entertain ed fears about the result, and thoseefears were the ev idencesOf public opinion, which must be apparent to every observer. Gun. Caes had the pecillitte claim of a new non; he was eminent as a statesman, illustri ous at a soldier, and devoted as a patriot. In public and private life he was unexceptionable. General Nloorhead's address was not reported, but those present highly approved of his sentiments. The Secretary. in obedience to the 'wishes of the meeting, said in substance: That the claims of Gen eral Lewis Cass were written upon the pages of his country's history, and it only required to present him to the People forth rewards due to intelligence, valor and patriotism. If the democracy of any portion of this Union be denounced for an expression of opinion unfriendly :to Mr Van Boren, it was then apparent the supporters of that gentlemen had regained free dom of opinion as no part of the democratic, creed.— The freemen of tho West would never respond to the decrees of the Washington, Regency.—Albany "Ro• genry,—or Whig Regency headed by Thurlow Weed. The committee reported the following preamble and resolutions, which wore read and unanimously ad opted: Whereas, The Hon. James Buchanan has with drawn his name from the list of Presidential Candi -date's, it becomes necessary 'fur his friends and sup porters todetermiue upon whom their next choice shall fall. The name of Buchanan would have rallied the democracy of Pennsylvania with unexampled unanim ity, and the announcement of his withdrawal is heard , with unfeigned regret, nevertheless we honor his dis interested motives, and submit to his decision, in the. confident hope that at no distant day he will receive a ten fold reward for the noble sacrifice which he has made to what he considers the best interests of his party and his country.. Being thus denied our first choice,upon whom shall we relly? Far be it fram us to disparage any of the. distinguished gentlemen whose names are before the public as candidates for the nomination. We believe them all to be enlightened statesmen, pure patriots and sound democrats. But there is a.noilier considerati,m, which it would be folly and madness to ovetlouk.— Who is the strongest man with the people? Let us not deceive Ourselves, we have a formidable, well organized, united and enthusiastic party to con tend against, the contest is one which will mostproba bly determine tho ascendancy of Democracy or Fed eralism for many years to come. Our opponents tire united to a man on Henry Clay--every nerve will be strained to the utmost, all that intrigue:eloquence, mo ney, enthusiasm, end public assemblies can do, will most assuredly be done, to accomplish their ends. With such an enemy to contend against, with such interests-at stake—does notpommon prudence dictate the sac, ifice of all considerations of personal partiali ty, and of every other consideration, except that of choosing the strongest maul Hoc then shall the re lative strength of the differeet aspirants be determi ned? A glance at ear past history will best answer this question: the mast popular candidate that any party ever brought into the field was Gen. Jackson, his name was ass. , ciated with the honor and glory of his country; wherever proclaimed it awakened stirring recollec tions and made us all feel proud of the name of A rner , leans, his hold was on the hearts of the people, am his march was therefore irresistible. Such has been and such ever will be the case; if we want a strong man, therefore, we must choose one who is identified with the great interests, the progress and the fame of his country. But it is apparent from the signs of the times, that a portion of the democratic party are in favor of the nomination of Martin Van Buren; the rumor has been spread far and wide, that hisnomination is certain. For Martin Van Bun, re as a statesman and a patriot, we have the most profound respect; we have twice cordially supported him for the Presidency,and fbe ohou Id again be nominated ,we will cheetfully and with unabated seal supfiort him a third time. But while we freely give this 1 pledge, we are bound in candour, and in justice to the great interests at stake, to shy that we shall regard his nomination es placing the interests and prospects of his party in jeep. aray. Why then endanger the result by urging his nomi nation? entreat the friends of Mr Van Buren to pause and consider! Sacrifice your own predilections on the altar of public good! Conform yourselves to the will of the people, and give them a man whom they Can bear aloft, with pride and enthusiasm, and whose nomination would at once insure success. Our anxious inquiries after such • man has resulted in the confident choice of Gen. Lewis Cuts. At an early age he left his books and hie fireside to fight the battles of his country; he was in the army of Hull, when the imbecility, cowardice and treachery of that General induced him to surrendet his army without a blow. When the intention to surrender berATille known, young Cass was fired with indignatiou, the honor of his profession, the glory of his country, were about to be sacrificed, and he made to his brother officers, at the peril of his head, the bold proposition to depose their commander and instantly appoint some braver and tru er man in I:distend. Unfortunately those to whom he applied were less daring thin himself; his proposition was rejected and the army was lost. Such was the commencement of the brilliant career of Lewis Cass. His name is identified with the history of your second war of indupondence, and still more identified with the rise and progress of the great north-western territories. He was honored and appointed to responsible posts by Jefferson. He was taken into the Cabinet by Jack son, and afterwards sent abroad by him to represent his' country at the Court of France. In every station he has been the sarnehonest patriot, the sante inflexible defender of his country's rights; but no where .has he dislayed the high qualities of the statesman and the *riot more nobly than in his de fence of our Commerce and our Navy against the en cmachment.4 of British arrogance, singlehanded and alone. In the name of justice and of equal rights, be eernbatted the powers of Europe, with Enemas" their bead, and defeated them all. Should Gen Cass be nominated Smiths President 7, m we ardentlyhope he may be, his patriotic and soul stirring defence of American interests and the freedom of the seas, ag ainst an alliance of powerful nations, to enforce Engl and's violent and arrogant doctrines of the right of rearek" will nerve as a trumpet to rally bid countrymen around his standard. . Re,solva, That the approaching election for Presi dent, *ill be an . earnest and ardent suilggle between Democracy and. Federalism—between the principles ofgovernment,wbich Jefferson and lifiplisoo proaudged and Jackson trionepbantly defended, and • the high toned doctrines advocated* Hamilton and Aaiun' die elder, and retired by Clay and Mama the yeang er. At such as crisis prudence end sound, policy re quiterthat the Democratic party Mould seleossitheir Presidential candidate a man wham ifivtlivrished minims in War and in peace w ill add dignity and lus- n to the Democratic cause,and Whose personal "tagiv. &toe with the pectlAe will rally to the nandatsi of tbi patty all who are not avow ed ly hostile to its piaci: Ides: Reolvtd, That Gas. Lewis Cass, of Michigan,. the 'trusted friend of Jefferson, the cabinet adviser of Jackson, the adventurous pioneer and heroic of the Great West, the modest and retiring bat able and fearless diplomatist, II the .lieleyk.**ll charactetuud- services wilfsdly tontine*, awrgilik. etc number of sunbonnet therefore, Resolved, That this meeting .of o ,l l2oo l klie ode sons, looking for no future polftleal Wroth; Ihr our Indies or our friends, but having at beak only the suc cess of the principles and measures of oar peeV, dv wileneatly tectinnoesd and will cordially eoppon•lartr is Cass fur the Demoaratic nomination:and for tbe following, among other masons, ask, and until the meeting of the National Convention shall continue to ask; the cswopertuion of all prudent and disinterested democrats." Ist. Bethltse The past services of General Cass; in the cabinet and,the field, have rendered his num illustrious in Amerisan history. 3d. Because; As a finished scholar and profound statesman; he is eminently qualified for the chief nines: try of this great and enlightened country. 3d. Betause, His well earned popularity will add strength to the Democratic cause, and Because, The nomination of this true patriotaad distinguished Democrat, will best promote the istriiits ny and excite the enthusiasm df the party, and *ili a " tie cause, and leave no excuse to the sedeeders from the Democratic ranks in 1840, for voting again against their : party and their principles. - The President was instructed to appoint, a Com mittee of Twenty-six citizens,. to addles' the IBMs& of Gen. Csss, throughout the Union. A Resolution was adopted requesting the democrat: is papers in the City to publish the foregoing proised ings. The annexed circular was read, and ordered to bel attached to the proceedings fur the infontuttion of dfd friends of GE*. CASs. (Signed on hehcilf of the officers of the meeting.) New Yonx, JANuAaT 18, 1844. FACTS which cannot be overlooked, appearitneet which cannot be misunderstood, indicate that the Dem ocratic party is in imminent danger °fie/feat at Ibsen.; suing Presidential election. To avert such a &aster; requires everything that zeal,e nergy,ami anion rezener all its members can acoomplish: and unless its nominee for the Presidency be one who can command, more thoroughly than any other the judgments and the fee lings, the heads and the hearts cf tberDemocratic pop -• elation , throughout the United States, such mitosis hopeless. He must be approved by all, rejected by none; and If he be not the first choice of tree, Demo erotic voter, he should be one for whom ends, smoking the prosperity of the country, and the stability of the Democratic patty as essential to that prit4rity, can' vote both conscientiously and cordially. It is needless for the undenigned to 81*ft:dam upon the causes of present dissension in the Delmer:lde par ty, which, among other causes, in their otipion„ j.ndu ced the defeat of Mr Van Buren in 18 , 10 declare that the evil of such dissention maws. • Nei , they are the undersigned blind to the zeal. and 'tner which pervade the Whig party in favor of Mr Clay, add which, we kite, will insure his election against any owe" didate who will not unite the whole Democracy. With these views of the election now pending, an election not exceeded in importance by any which *as occurred since the adoption of the Federal Cummins don, the undersigned, the representatives of animist , " ous and increasing body of voters in the Qity of New York, turn their eyes to GENERAL LEWIS CASS, as the only citizen of the United - States, who can now inspire the whole Democracy with the zeal and anion essential to victory. In him, the warrior statesman, the puteht long tried in the most arduous Oldie *omel et's, civil and military, the undersigned find ail the quali:it‘s, intellectual and mural, required to execute and adorn the highest of earthly trusts; and to him, ac cording to accounts which daily reach them from eve ry State. hre the Democratic voters of the whole Union rappidly turning their attention, as the best represen tstive of their cause, and their best hope for . victory: It having been detet mined to hold a meeting o the 6th day of February next, in this City, to present GUI.. Zest. Lewis CASS to the Democratic Republican electors of the United States, as a caudidate fur the Presidency, and to adopt such measures as will cm ciliate all sections of the Democratic party, with a view to insure a triumph at the approaching Presidential election, we moat respectfully request your inttm.dazew at the meeting, or such expressions of your opieions on the subject as you may deem expedient. JOHN McKEON, We. COVENTRY H. WADDELL, RUSSEL JARVIS, D. E. WHEELER, HENRY H . COLCRAFT, - W. G. WOOD, Exeoutive Committee. commence OF 26 ON A.Dl7essi. Gen. J. K. liuorhead Rees C. Towniend„ Abraham Hays. 'James CallAn, David M. Grant, Wm. B. roster, John Taylor, • Jas. Richey, ' John M. Snbwden, Jr. John Lapsley, . - Samuel Jones, John F. Jennings,' : Coles Townsend, F. L. SnOwden, George A. Kurtz, J. C. Dazitt, ' John Sibbett, This. Farley, .. H. H. Peterson, John Riddle, James S. licen, Wm Coleman, J. W. liorbridge, HENRY CLAY. Harry says be was* meson, Lung•time ago, But now the sign to get his face in A lodge be does not know. He liked a fifty million bank—. Long time ago; But now the thing has got so rank, He hardly think 'twill go. Ike went the Tariff every' inch— Long time ago; But gow, alas! it /Wein to pmeir His tender conscience--Ohl FUSNY.—They have recently had • stain mot of D esmerism in Jackson, Miss., ,we hare -from 1 southern letter-writer. A young gentleman pet a lady of color into the magnetic state. "The passes were made. thwequilibrium ofthe magnetic fluid walla:abed, between the operator and 11;ri subject, and 'the butes quietly lulled to the mesmeric sleep. At thisparticu lar crisis, the operator was suavity seised With vi olent chill,, which obliged !rho to - withdraw to, Me chamber immediately, and get under blankets, Rhea' j u i and behold, the subject under the influenced iden tity of will forcibly took possession of the unoccupied% p.ction of the mainuerizer's Led!" AN EICSLLINT SZNTENCNT.—The followityr tirnent, from the Hon James Budamall, of Penurylva! , nia,wea received, drank, end raptuvenaliebeenedpei s Democratic Celebration in Philadclpitht, on the Bib Tat IItXT PRESIDENTIAL ELICTION.--Lat every riernecrat nerve hig arm for the decisive battle. , This is no time fprcivil war among ourselves, whom the: en• emy, with untiring zeal and vast means, is preparing to storm the very citadel of democracy. Pod of Pittsburg!). 54 VII= WATIIIt I■ TIM CHARPrILL, ARRIVED. °Cutter, Cerra', %.3aciamiti, Arcade, Buraap, do • DEPARTED. •Ntwraprraett, Caldwell, N 0 Arcade, &wasp, Cincinnati 'Cotter, Calling, do Belmont, Poe Woollies tapPAII beatuutarited thus Ei are Erase' Safety Gourd, to prevent the Boilers. arelliss A FURTR P ER iamb , of gam prima Goats Own. XI. kat tee:aired and for rale, by REINTIARTA STOI y 24 140 Liberty •t. =l=l2= Lewis W*man, J. Flemming, Win. Kerns. ofirucair
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