nowvnholé. I Ilfink none .“ ill 11°. |oal.--
We ‘alufll saw but a small pgrliotr oflhe
flares. - “'6 new bounty for the island 0!
"Loboa. and me nowpbuul 30 mile}: from it
and 35 from 'l'nm'pico. “’c "shall {"ome
blyvn‘nlcb lb 'l'ampico "_nmcdlétely. We
shall havc‘opposition without doubt. No
Name can be ntlached lo the Captain of the
whip; .’.‘ij did ‘all in his power m envu lho
“unkind failed ; but he dill n more noble
'deed in "saving us. He will hold aplace
in‘many a’ grmeful heau hereafler.' COL.
De Russy and four companies were on i
boatd.’ - . '~ ~‘
o A letter from the inenth‘ of the Rio
Grand. dated 3d instant. state» that Gen.
Wm"). on the_ (Waning- prcvious, received
"”9 .'olloWlllg "Ole from LIPUI. Chapmnn.
Idated Snltillo, January 95, uhich is all
wtheipformation that but icnched that plural
‘lfl rgfgtencc to the matter:
‘ *SAjnnuo. Jan. 25. 18472-4 have only
‘lmgldel‘lle a word, Major Burlnntl, nl
Llheffiiknnsas» cuvahy‘ uith s') "Wit. and
"Major‘Gaines nntl Cnsrius M. Clay. with
30,.tn'e'n._t\_crr surpriyetl and captured at
'l‘lnbirnhcltlti. [about 45 miles beyond Sal
tilln] on'lhe molnittg til the 9.31! by Gen.
Mlnon. He heard that Butland was there,
and marched from Matchualn “Hit .300
cavalry and took them without tiring a
,gun. This is no stampede.
“The same letter says : .
‘ "The troops are beginning to move
down from Camp l’élo Alto. Gen. Scott
would have unlimited to tlay,on the Mas
nachucettstor ’l‘atrpico, il a heavy nurther
had not'npturg up yesterday} lle will be
accompanied by two or three cnmpanics til
the artillery bntlnlion, Capts. C. F. Smith
and Vinton’a companies being of the nun
bet. 4 fl
'l'hc rlestlnation of the troops is Luhriii';
about 75 miles lrom Vera Cruz. It is an'
island, very near the main land, and be
hind it is a sale harbor for vessels of con
siderable size. The shore is rocky and
the passivery crooked, but not extremely
dangerous. In the course of the week we
shall be on the gull, and if the northers
and southeasters do not send us to another
world, you will soon receive a description
of the battle and capture ol Vera Cruz.
~ The Rifle r‘eg't has been dismounted lor
the present, in consrquenre oi the great
loss 0! horses in Larisportarion hum New
Orleans to this place. The loss,on the
passage, as already ascertained, was two
hundred and'ninety-trrn. besides a tetv
mules. one hundred and ten of their
horses were this day turned over to Capt.
Ogden, A. Q. M. at ”“5 port. Ol that
number one-third is scarcely fit for rise at
present. and many at them will never be
at the least service. The better ones trill
be given to the dragoons.
Dismounting them is a matter of much
regret Wllh the officers, and has caused
much dissatislaction with the men. and it
is said-that Major Sumner, who urged its
being done. Was many days operating with
the ' hero of Lundy's Lane’ below it oasi
eflected.~
From the Tamptco Sentinclot tho 6th inst.
rWe are requested by Mrs. Chase. stile
ol the American Consul for this port, to
ex fess, her most heart lelt thanks to the
lariie'si;bf New Orleans, and elsewhere.
andrto'the public generally throughout the
United States. for the deep sympathy ol
patriotic {deling evincrd by ”them towards
her. alter the hazardous situation In nhich
she was recently placed. was tirade knotty. l
A fire engine, tormerly- belonging. to}
private Mexican citizens. was lately prc :
noted to the Municipal 'councit tor the
protection of our property.
._,_,;.,'l’,he.,_rs‘enliml.retcuingH-tu-their-parted
occupation ol Chihuahua, says :—‘ The
report ' is tery generally credited by all
who have commented on it in .ourpres
ence. Not long since the Governor at
Chihuahua. in a letter addressed to the
Minister of War and Marine. “ stated that
the -- Americans were approaching that
plaCe. and that he could drive them back :
e il hetval furnished with arms and ammo.
nitiou 5. ‘ but.’,he concluded. ‘ ulrether I
get them or not. rour Excellency may
rest satisfied that the same thing will not
hipped here that did in Santa Fe, and the
advanceol the enemy shall be opposed it
we have no other means ol'tlt-leneo than
stonesand clobs.’ We remember reading
this epistlc with marked attention,‘and it
occurred to' us again at the moment we
heard this news. ,fl'he Governor had,
doubtless. been suppliednith arms, and
lulfilled‘his promise, But in opposing
obltaclu to the advance of the. invaders,
they ‘were not of sufficient magnttudetn‘
prevent the onward march at men who go‘
into the battle-field to leave it victorious
or not at all.
_A friend of ours tells us that .ivé'may
Then", believe Mexican rumornvhen
1 cy aria projudicwl to the interesl oltheir
own country; 'l‘he'rapid rate at which a
Meilch'expten rider travels in this coun
"l.,would bringus news lr'mn Chihuahua
"mum-pr 14 days, and the probability is
4,5111% 1399 brought post-haste.
~.Im))'ir_‘!2lnt. ,if Tram—The Liverpool
. Alhifinjglm mgluwing account of a recent
invention by an Engluil naval officer. for
travelling the surlace of the water. "The
w‘r‘ijer supposes ‘lhat, luruiahed uith this
ngwly invented aparntua, which appears'
'to be a suit 0! dress. a man may 50an a
ship in the river, or elseuhern with link:
trouble, however high the waves-or wind,
and though the ahipfehould be under full
headway; -It is suggested that it wjll be
noninvaluable; arrangement {or the now:-
pnper‘nfices,»wlw, by the nanol'rlhis In
v‘ention. may obtain lh‘eii foreign files and;
all new: With "very little troble or g‘xpense.
. when thenbip is, detained ofl' ‘porl.« We
kn!)w .Ml- why the tiling" SilliUldtbb regard
;gdmu incrediblr; yet weflcunfcss ain't lnck'
~blhitli'in the invcntion". \ ‘ '- ‘
“Wynn.
cs:
' l have; and don't believe her.‘
‘ Why not. pray?‘
‘ Here is a woman who testifies that her
minister came into the room ultere‘ she
nas—-tttade indecent propositions toher
—selzed her by the arrtt——uttempled to
drag her to a sole, for the purpose of comm;
milling a diabolical outrage; attd all the
reststanre she made was to order him to
leave tlte house. and he begged her pardon
and \rithdrew.' i J? Tale of Declination and finance
' What would you have her to do atlThe New York Tribune says :—-"On
such a crisis? annday the Bth insl.. about 4 o'clock‘ P.
' Why. it she felt the indignation whichl M., a human. 59 years of age, named
a virtuous female should feel, she would! Betsey Rich. having a broken arm. and
have alarmed the house—knocked thel livingalune in a little room. at 267 S-xrh
parson dawn—tore his, shirt—scratched; Avenue, while cooking a miserable meal
his lace—and disgraced him on the spot,: with wood shavings in her lire place. ncri
in presence oi the whole lantily.‘ :denlally exposed her apron to the blaze,
' Ah but her love for the church "I|ng and was instantly enveloped in flames;-
hare bren her motive in sparing him.’ Her cries speedily brought a crowd around
‘ Nonsense. A woman’s love of her her, but too late—her clothes were des
own honor—‘a married woman, too—3y, troyed ere the flames were put out, and,
and an old woman—iamuCh stronger than at the recommendation at :1 physician, site
her love tor the church. But her subse. was conveyed to the Altos ”base, where
quent conduct settles the question, in my she died 0" Thursday morning. As the
tnind.’ aditered to the Episcopal denomination.
‘ flow or? , though not a member oi the Church, a
' Why, it hrr love n! religim could have clergyman ol that Church attended to give
prompted Itr-r to lurgive so great an out- her Christian burial, anti an Episcopal la
rage. did that religion require that she d! volunteered to pay the luneral expen
should go to camp meeting at Sutg Sing. ties. when the clergyman suggested that
where lie-presided—lo travel in the same lterapartruenl, which had been fast lock
steambnat uith-him—to praise hirtr for pi- ied in the meantime, “light M “'0” be sear
et_v and goodness, as several respectable CIIEd to see whether she did not leave e
uomrn testrfied—to vigithim inhis. tent nough to pay the sexton: The suggestion
Lpri‘sya'nd sing with him—talk of his ho- was lollotved, \\ hen to the astonishment of
linesa and his goodness—and complain lulu”. especially 0! the philanthropic gentle
pwplc that he had not been in see her?’ iman also had been foremost in smoothing
‘ “'ell, that is rather carrying teligion’her dying pillow. and on “hose charity
a little too tar; but “hat motive could she‘shc had subsisted all winter. there Was
have in aspersing the character of her pasr lnuod 1‘ K 00“ Bond “Ml Mortgage it"
torP’ ISQSOO. besides 9100 accrued interest.
' Oil, a hundred. She might have been i Which had been uttered her,_but she Insist
jealous oi hrs attentions to other temales ed on its being retained to draw interest
ni his deck 3 she might hare been angryt‘Vllll the hood.) 3 Savings Bank book on
that lie dtd not come to see her otter) ;? which Sluvtl 896 69 to her credit. $33 in
she might have ‘pinched hirn.’ as the-{gold and silvrr in three purses \rnundop
butcher said he pinched her. withnat his, to list balls. beside a lull chest of bedding.
taking the hint. In short.y'ealuusy and l Clothing. &c. Alter tuodaysdiligent irr
rerengp are so nearly allied, that we can . quiiy. "’3 lM'tH’VOltmt leW “ho had taken
readily find a moliye [or her flCCUSfliiOU.’ inn interest in her miserable fate. direct/er-
It was useless to arguly the topic—wci ed a nephew other first husband. (site had
sawher mind was made up against Mrs. r (no) a young strip carpenter In one of our
Cram—so we lrlt ; but we ought also tolship-yards; but it is understood that she
state. that several ladies who had read thei tell a daughter uho I 8 married. b"! of
testimony entertained the same opinion., whrm no recent trace can be found. Per-
Olr. these women! these \romenl—what'haps this article _may enable her to claim
trouble they have brought upon the menland receive her mother’s property. "or"
or er since Mother Eve ate that celebratedlover $3,000 in ready cash.”
pippirr spoken of in dire first book at Gene
sis!
Really, these pour ministers are to be
pilied. Without the aid ol the women,
the ohurch never could prosper—vond With
them. the pastor is always in trouble. ll
he is politeund attentive. he "meant; some
thing ;’ it he is peculiarly aflectiounte. he
is distrusted ; it he is cotdtond formal. he
is unpopular; if he declines sitting on a
solo with a lady in u pnrlor, he is laughed
at an prudrsh '; and if he does sitby hen
in pious ecstacy. he is indicted for crimin
al intentions. He atandr, asit were, with
(‘iut ‘ benefit of clergy.‘ He is always on
Scylla or Chorybdis, and for him there is
no media tulissrmus. If We had our
choice In such clerical prefermente, we
would bit a .Catholicprieat: you never
hear them arraigned lor making love to 3.1
ny ternale .ol'their flocku They learn all
the [amide peccadilloea, as they confess to
him 5 and whatever contessioua he may
make to them, no one ever heure’ofit.-
Thfil‘ power 0! temporal punishing]! exclu
uve ~balon in tothe rimitiv‘e iriltian
churZh. is ngwiEe and cgnsemé princi
ple,_;- lt-r keeps. meu,and “women in: the
"m 8!“ PM}!- aud. keeps then} silent.
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mm Nonlt'l Sunday Timon . ‘ A Picture ol‘ Misery.
Another Clcl‘icol‘Tl‘lnl. ~ The New York Express gives the 10l-
Norm York seems t'n'bedetitioed lorry lowing dercription ofone'r‘il those dens of
all the peccndillm‘s ot 'the clergy. lt tlestltntion. vice and misery, which we are 3
seems to be iriipossible for a bishop to be :tcctiitoiited to thitili of in connection with
crvtl u, a lady, or it nitntsttt to grte on e. London 0 ..l nit-r. but .“ll'cll we can hart ' , ~ v
voogelical prespure of the hood to any le- ly realize‘as existing in this new World : “'9 preeenl number closes the first 0‘
male ot his llorli. but alter rt lapse at [Sat Eve. [’o3]. time of the ” Baritter’ under the present
innit.- years the 000 ill “”“lllm'tl 09'0" 9" ”“'A|lemll‘tl by Police ollicers and n l 0" Proprietors. Had we ,spnce. this would
ccclestasttcnl‘convention, and 'the other curiously disposed gentlemen from out ol bea mop" occasion to recount the many
handed over to the lender merctesnl the town, we lately paid a visrt to the old h lh' lavol dt encounter d'urin
Oyer and 'l‘et‘miner. This week has been 'BreWery Building.’ in Anthony street.—- .“l‘s ll” “’9 l ’3 oi 3
one olreligious excitement in our courts. We had to pass thrtugh what It! called thopast year. as well as to porntoutthe
The Rev. Mr. Seys, ol the Methodist per- ‘ Murderer’s Alley.’ which Is nbout 100 many reasons why the citizens of Clear
auaittiir. It”: been onh l‘ir tr(i)al lor talttrlig leet tiling, wholn I“: all”): _ri'ttlrrzt'lvehliri: field county should more generally support
improper t erttea wtt t rs. rain, 11 at v very urge ant rtc e v ut_t mg. u”C t/ .
. a - - . - ~ er (i (re. W ivctaltenover
tl’ lolly-seven years of age, and a member was cut up to small rooms. lhe number If coun JP 1’ r eI a . Z
ol his chr-r‘ch'; and the testimony in thtslol families which are suppmed to call that 5’3”" '0 make ”“3 BANK“ b 0”) "59“" 3“
case. utiicli is not altogether proper for their home is am‘ly. and o more miserable entertaining to our readers; and by com
publication, exhibitsiiome very extraordi- set of beings We have never seen. Our paring the contents of our columns with
- ' " ' 't t . .
nory‘larte, tending to show that the Rev. Vltlll was in the night ll rte, anl most of those ofoiher papers, wenhrnk we have not
Dr. .St-ys is very touch like King Dovrd. the residents were at home. In one room {,l d' l . 'l‘l 'l _'tth t
always pinning and repenttitz, or the lady we naw ti husband and hittwil'e. With three 9' e”l ‘ otng 50- ‘9" “ '.V l’ " it
hits a dreadful grudge against him for children. sound asleep on a bed of shav- so many ol'our cttrzena--and generally the
nomething; and is determined to effect his logs, and tlte lur-niture of the room consts most wealthy portion of immureruge to
run“ The ”‘.‘:[gml gentleman. _“elt-arn, ted only ol a pine box. n wooden. bowl. subscribe for their own county paper P—
waii some years to Africa asa tntsstonary which mu lull nt nit-til. and a it" (up. VVh .do lie 0 ill . outol'lhe
~biaving fictions—absence lrorn htttnc— “llllc on the hearth o! no enip'y fire-place l . l .l' 5 m ”3” money. . y
it lriglitlttl climate—and all the ills that wrre scattered n (cw meatless boom. to county. in preference to spending ti at
“Cell iii heir to—lor the purpose ol raising another ween“! a woman in a beastly alate home, when their neighbors. and perhaps
a spirit ol I'Cltgltill in that bentghted region of trttoXtcation, whose child.. wrapped in they themselves. would again g“ the use
of We “mm, “ml earnea'l)’ engaged. uri- some lilthy rugs. _u-as-lyirg on a bed ol ofit' litlbe I th Ila
der every discouragement. iii prosecuting warm as/icti In one corner of the lite place; . ‘ ‘ 0" y c“ 9° _9.l’ can 2‘3 l.‘
the good cringe. 'l'ltis million in his lavor; lti one a lot of hill! clothed nt'groes werellCHy Weeklies cheaper? Give us as many
for he who in willing to jeopardise We in lighting like hyenas; and In another a lnr- . stibscribérs,~and we “ill reduce our terms
“'9 ”"59 of religion. is "0‘ “MU-'0 stake l‘”" “l‘l "It: was i‘ullsrring litml deltrtunilto the same amount. But upon the same
. ' , . tretnen. sour ea er on 'N on eer- . .
reputation upon lllc‘lllllaltl of [Hill'HllgUE .. 9 . .p' princtplc they should also purchase all
Hoyle. the great whiit-player, useo to any to: into the darlt rooms of poverty and to- . _ .
_- \Vhen in doubt, take tlieulrick.’ , latiiyme were lorcibly retnindedolDante'n ”'9‘” “o'9 goods, clothing. furniture, &0.
We new have ventured a judgment in description ol hell. The majority of wo- l&c.. in the city, and let our poor hard‘
2: case “here a person \vaslrgnlly denoun- men were Widows, and tie were tnlormed, working mechanics starve, or struggle onl
-- ‘ . .' ' l. . ‘ .
(ed byJ lemole, but altiays posted on to that thetent they piid varied lrnm two to m miserable poverty. A better feeltogl
a ladv “hose accuracy iti such cows, and SIX slillllr-gs per week. Our guide dircc- l ld . ... . l' l
tiltose knowledge ol her own sex, were ted our attention to the back yard. it here. 9 ’0“ extslamong 0‘" citizens ”l “‘9 '°
worthy of consideration. I heard what within the last tWo years, upwards ol twen- apect. A moments reflection in“ convrnce“
she had to say in the matter, always hear. ly persona tvero lottnd dead. Their liis- them oftheir inontice. A public paper It)?"
"‘ ' ortsrmi rr'lr i"nr . i
log to mind .the lHV_2'3"‘?°l allowance l 9 9 all”). 05‘" y' "'d “e as their county is indispensably necesrary;
lor the merciless conaiderattons ohtch wo- lOld ol the very singular lact that a luner- dT ll ld , :
men have lortheir con su. al has not been known to occur at the an ' 8 “"0" subscribe. ”l” number of;
' Have you read Mrs. Cram': lcslitno‘ Brenery (or many years—as it is the mor- our subscribers would be so mucl. inciens
lket-place lor anatomist: and their menials. ed that he would be enabler] to make more
l We could hardly believe, until ire saw it. money by materially reducing the price of
lthatsuch a place at the Anthony Street b . . \V d .
: Brewery actually existed in the Empire su scriplton. e 83'"? most earnestly.
'City.” to improve the typographical appearance of
l Surely if there was ns_ moth humanity. our paper. But this inimponible, oithoot
benevolence and Christian: devotedness. some 9‘ idence that “e “ill be remunerated
no there ought to be Within our hearts, l' th V h
such lrorritl st‘oocti could not be lound or eexpeme. ‘ e ' etel'nte appeal m
amonglt us'. _ t the county pride of our cttizens to do us, a!
a well as their county. justice, by giving us
- "their patronage. The ‘laborer ia worthy
of his hire.’ and we only ask to be paid
rl
.' '. 7°89-
btcrpuy has no gray ham,
' No! Hung.-—We learn that thousands
of persons, from {or and wide, congrego.
gated ut Racmc. W. 'l'., on the 3!] ML.
to see Bonham Hung. who has been undér
neutence tor some time. The Sheri" an
-1 nounced to themsemblage that ho had re
ceived lrozn Gov. Dodge a reprieve ol the
movie! for thirty days—whereupon the
effigy of the Governor was carried through
the stree:s,‘nnd hung as a uubatitute lor
Bouham. They call this the ‘ hanging]
bee.‘
[ Licut. C'ol. Fremonl.--'l'hi distinguish
ed young officer is, we believe, a native of
Charleston, S. (3., and we perceive that
_lhe citizeusol thutcityr; justly appreciating
the services of their gallant“ townemag.
young in'yeurs,-but old in honorable a
chievementsr-ure about to present him
with a sword, as a mark of their respect
and admiration. ' Col. Fremont is a sion
in~law oi the Hon.,'l‘homas H. Benton. ;
Dry Dock;—sThe Senate have agreed
to an appropriation of $50,000“ for‘a Dry
Docks! Phlludelpfiib.""l‘here is therefore
lame chance 0'! getting a loona’tr‘uction 0!
this land In thii‘jw I. where one g’lu‘mlll
have been [can 33/! '3 " ‘ "
mtmotrnttc-Bd-anfi}. ‘
c L a: A R F'x E L D. 94. March 6.1847.
our own Matters.
In proportion l 0 our uork
y LIFE or SAM UO‘JBTON.—LnsI summer.
~lhe author. C. E. Lzs~rzn, prelenlcd us
with a copy ofhis life ofGenornl Houston,
which “e “are kind enough to loan to cv
eryubod y. nnlilwo have now lost all trace
of ii. Will the person now having it, re
turn i! m no I ‘n
lcr'Tho llon.- R. Unomnub. will ac
cap! our thanks fora copy of his able speech
on the Mexican war. and in opposition lo
the “'ilmnl proviso l 0 Ihe 'l‘brec Million
bill.
‘ Go 1'! while ydu'rryatmg.‘—our State
Senate, the other day. confirmed the nom
ination of Hon. J. M. Foster: ”President
Hindge of the Judicia'lQdietrict composed of
the counties of Chester and Delaware.—
'l'he next day, a motion to reconsider this
vote was made and carried by the Whig
majority. Mr. Bigler and other Demo-1
erotic Senators took a decided stand against
this movement. as being contrary to the
ispirit orthe constitution. and on the secdnd
vote on the confirmation of Judge Foster.
they (the Democrats) with one exception.
refused to vote at all. in this, no ihink.
they done exactly right. If the Senate hali
a righi to revoke the confirmation of an up
pointment ofyeaterday, why they need but
to go a step further and revoke the confir
motions made at former sessions, and thue
our Judge. may be swept off at my time
(to suit the cap icee' ot-n‘politieal majority
W Sontag But this is characteristtc
o higgery./ As often as they get power.‘
they \‘abuae'it, which, we presume. is the]
grand reason why the people of Pennsylva
nia have never 'yet given them two terms
in succession
€B9-
Ban'ton AND Cancun—A great war of
,words took place in the United Stolen-Son
ate one day last week, between these two
intellectual giants. In a former speech
Mr. Calhoun charged the administration ol
Mr. Polk with commencing the war with
Mexico. Mr. Benton undertook to prove
that Mr. Calhoun was the author of the
war, by his acts as Secretary of Statetunder
‘ President Tyler. and we think he has inc
ceeded moat triumphantly, altho’ we have
not yet seen Mr. Calhoun’n rejoinder.—
But the facts and conclusions of Mr. Ben
ton are so very clear that‘we cannot'a'e'a
how the great nullifier‘c’an posaibly"eaéapa
from them. - Mt} Calhoun in a fiari'great '
man. But his temper is of that impetttotts,
hasty..ch victor that drives mon‘to‘oénolttl’
‘aigne’fifi'ire allowing "themselves ~‘iW9 to
eiramino ‘whnt may he the Chfilfiqlol} off‘tlig'
results that create“ follow. ’, 'l‘hil'lra‘it‘in'hia
charafler is tnmt rtrikih‘gly exérUplifietl in
his attack upon Mr. Rih’éhte, lho edito: of
the Umon—yan act, which, although he!
may not hove been the author of it, was
inevarlheleu done al his desire, and by hi.
vole. That was an error from uhich Mr.
Calhoun never hill and neverrcan rec-om~
GEN.»CAsIL-Gén. C 539, a few days u
go, delivered a speech in tbé United State.
Senate, on the Three Million bill. which,
in beauty of style, cloqnoncg. and sound
reasoning. smpasues even that great man
himself. It is evidently the speech of tho
tension. \Thero is nothing of a politica'l
character about 11. his national~pattiot
iu—ntntesmanlike; and universally admir
ed by all unprejudiced minds. ,wlio ' have
their country and their countrfo cause at
heart.’
mu'l‘ho fund for the relief or suffering
Ireland has reached the sum “8175.000,
by individual and church snbacripliona.—
This. added In the $500.000 nppmpria‘eu
by Congress, will go far toward: relieving
the wants of Ihe suffering. This monu
is to be spam in purchase: of grain, and
lhe Presidenl is authorized to select one at
me naval vessels to convey lhoamount 2,:
propriaied by Congress.
The Blillsh Government has given m -
tico Ihal it will pay all freight: on produc
sent to Ireland and Scotland glaluuom y
from the United Sialea.
fifth'l‘ha Governments of anw ml
England have bolh reoenled enuroly xiv"
dulies on lorcign. grain. This woui'l :5
course rprluce lllc price of all kinds of gm":
in lhose kingdoms. and consequently can.
ed a corresponding deorease in our marlm
Flour is will selling in I’lnladelplna :4: '3,“
per barrel. and “heat at $1 30 per buslu'.
The nexl steamer is anxiously looked for
‘ fiCP’l'ho Democratic 41b of March Cm.
vontion was held at Harrisburg on Thu:-
day last. At the present uriting, “e ‘.-
ignorant of the result of its deliberatic :v
but uc think there is no doubt but :Ln.‘
Gov. Shunk is re nominated (,‘ertam‘
he was if he desired to be, as there w.
more than a nmjnrit} of the delegates pm.
lively instructed for him.
{(7l R. lAGFJIFULL. \Vhi: mean-m
of Congress from Philadelphia. in comp
dialincfion lo Ihe hdeml loaders, malix'
Democratic spam-h nn the Mexican “'3'
So also. did a .\|r. Noulnn. Whig, fl.»
Arkansas. But we “-ng lllal they me :»
onlv one!
Rm.,-
—Sin('c the New Tarifucnl I“ .
operation, in Drcembcr 93“, more lhm. w -|
million of specte has been imported .11.:
the United Slams--and more coming.~-
What a ruin these Democrats hare mm
led upon Ihe mu ntn'. '
BETA glcal war nu‘cling wgshei’r
Philadetpma cam 26mm. "Ilka ‘,
tended by many thousands. and men h:
“em made. and resolutions pan-ed. of {’l
most patriotic characler.
[CP'l'he ‘29lh Congress expired on
3d inalanl. -
W'Thc lan: steamer from England hm
out about $5,000,000 in apevie.
Colonel BIOLER.—A correlpundanl ul lho PM u
dolphin Spirit of lho Timon. Ihuu nolicou lho npce. ‘
ofour Scnnlot.on Wednesday lan, on mg mg 1‘
the sale oflhn Maine Lino orlhe Penmylvnnin m
"Sr-maria. The bill providing for the
sale of the Main Line ol the Pennsylvania:
improvements came up 'in order. Mr.
Bigler made one of his most brilliant spee~
ches against the passage nfthis moat men
‘strous project. He showed from statis
tics. that. in a pecuniary point of View; ti «3,
would be a lasting injury instead 0! ahe'ri
efit to the State of Pennsylvania. It w‘u'uld
be creating a monopoly that no'law could
reach—hailing the main line within con
trol, the company would regulate thew
own tolls no matter huwexorbitant; ‘
Competition in transportation'aa it is at
present would be entirely banished. iron
toasters and others would be fort-ml (Iv
send their producttons to market m. the
Canal and Railroad. and “hat security
had they that-the tolls wuuld not be no
high as to boruinous, at any time, a: an)
‘ hour,.thc company .had the power to ex
tort in the shaped tolls. whatever nmctm‘.
they pleased. for manufacturers and nth
era along the, line would be forced. to sub}
mil to such exactions. or let their at'ticir'a:
rest upon their hands—upon the whole it‘
was a moat monstrous project. creating'fi‘j
tyrant within our commonwealth for her!
own destruc’tio‘nvand ruin. g . ; - ' 1
(Mr. Bigller'was listened to with great“
attention. by" one ol the moat lashionahlnl
and‘crnwdod audienccstever assernhlédin‘ '.‘
the Senate Chamber"; His reina'r'y '0”! '1
be.p‘abliehlod‘."and‘;'.Wi||“t‘ifivdoubt meetdlm '2
sentimcnta ‘.bt ev‘éry' Democrat :,in. ‘13));
Statehu "~ ' "
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