From the Bnlfimoie American.
"TUB CKITKD ITATK1 AM MKVKU
Too intolligonoa published in Saturday's
American of the suspension of diplomatic iit-c-r-cnurac
hrlwppntho Untied 1?tttes am) Mexico
.give additional intercut to the doennicnls which
ncceinpaniod tha rrPSMlenCti Messnge, sod o
thers since received, on the subject of mir rela
tions with Mexico,
We shall endeavor to put our fndcrs in pos
sesn of tlie lending points in this business.
For lhnl purpose we come at once to Mr. Cal
norVa letter to Mr. Shannon, our Minister nt
Mexico, dated Sept. 10, 1841, written uxm .hf
tnowleJge of the fact that Mexico contempla
ted speedy renewal of tho war against Tc.x-
and that she designed to inuke it a w ar of
extermination.
This letter is an elaborate document. Mr.
Calhoun begins by referring to the orders fit
Men. Wool, commander of the army of invasion,
nnd to the decree of Santa Anna, issued in
June last, s preparatory to the re-commencement
of hottililies upon Texas. Ily these, nil
communication with Texas is furbiddeu ; all
persons found holding intercourse with the Tex
Jina are to be punished as traitors ; and it is fur
ther declared that "every individual who may
bo lound at tho distance of one league Irom the
Iliu Bravo will be regarded as n favourer and
liccomplice of tho usurpers of that pi rt of the
National Territory, and as a traitor to Irs coun
try," and after a summary military trial he is
To be punis-hed accordingly. Mr. Calhoun al
fade to the treatment of (ion. Skntm anat and
his party, who were shot al Tabasco, as illustra
tive of the manner in which this order was to
In; carried out. "It embraces," he observes,
'every individual wlio may tie found east of n
hue drawn three miles east of the lliodel Norte,
without distinction of age or sex, foreigner or
ritien, condition or vocation. All of every de
scription, whether they resist or surrender, are
to bo treated a i traitors and all who tlee to be
Flint down. The war is intended, in short, to
bo tine of utter extirpation. All who breathe
are, to be destroyed or driven out, and Texas
left a desolate waste, and ss proclaimed to tho
worM by Mexico, in advance of her pnjetied
invasioa.
Mr. Calhoun then proceeds to state the con
m derations which are believed to require the in
terposition of the United Slates :
"The first question which presents itself for
consideration on this statement of facts is, shall
we stand by and witness in silence the renewal
of the war by Mexico, and its prosecution in this
blood-thirsty and desolating spirit ! In order to
answer it fully and satisfactorily, it will So no
cessiry to inquire first into her object for re
newing the war at this time. There can be
but one; and that is, to defeat the annexation
of Texas to our Union. She knows full well
that the rejection of the treaty has but postpo
ned tho question of annexation. She knows
that Congress adjourned without finally dispo
sing of it ; that it is now pending before both
Houses, and actively canvassed before the peo
ple throughout the wide extent of our Union;
and that it will in all probability he divided in
its fivor, unless it should be defeated by sonic
movement exterior to the country. We would
be blind not to see that she proposes to effect it
by the projected invasion, either by conquering
and subjecting Texas to her power, or by for
cing her to withdraw the proprsitiuu for annex
ut ion, and to form commercial and political con
nexions with some other l'owcr less congenial
to her feelings and !'aoruble to her indepen
dence, and more threatening to her and our pcr
inaneiit welf.ire and safetj. Of the two, the
hitter is much the more probable. She once
attempted conquest, but signally failed, although
the attempt was made under the loud of her
most skilful and renowned general, at the head
of a well appointed army, consisting of her best
disciplined and bravest troops, and while Texas
was yet in her infancy, without a Government,
hIiikisI without means, and with an inconsider
able population. With this example before
her, she can scarcely hope to succeed now, un
der a leader of less skill and renown, and when
Tex.is has settled down under a well estab
lished Government, and has so greatly increa
sed in means and population."
Those are, then, two points npon which Mr.
Uxi.iioi'N urges the propriety and necessity of
our interference. First, because of tho fero
cious manuer in w hich Mexico proposes to wage
tho war against Texas ; secondly, because the
design of Mex co is to defeat the policy of an
nexation with tho United Stales proffered to
Texas, and which, Mr. Calhoun contends, is a
policy essential to our safety and well being.
On this latter point the letter is emphatic.
No measure it has been declared, has been more
steadily or longer pursued l.y the Government
of the United States than this very measure of
B-inexii'ion. tlie lads in proof are arrayed with
nil the earnestness of a amnrc advocate
mic!i as the belief of many that Texas was in-
eluded ill the cession of ' luisiana ; tbut it was
improperly, if not uncttnitvitiniiully, surrender
ed by the treaty of Florida ill 1MU ; tout repea-
trd fluits li!it' been made to reguiu the territo-
re, twice in Mr. Ai.ams s aiJunnistruiion, once
in i.. aim aea.ii in I-.'., anu inrice unuer
Cien. Jackson, tiit in again in l".'?-!, and
finally m l-X.
"In pursuance" he continues, "of this long
cherished aud established policy, and under
the conviction of the necessity ol acting prompt
ly in order to prevent tiro defeat of the mea
sure, tho present Administration invited Tex
ii3 to renew the proposition for annexation
which hail bm-ii declined by its predecessor.
It was accepted, and, as hot been stated, is now
pending. The question recurs, Shall we stnnd
by rpiictly and permit Mexico to defeat it, with
out innking an ellort to oppose her ! Shall we,
alter this long nnd continued effort to annex
Texas, now, when the measure is about to bo
eonsuiniited, allow Mexico to put it aside, per
haps forever .' Shall the "golden opportunity"
be lost never again to return ! Shall we per
mit Texts, tor having accepted an invitation,
tendered her at a critical moment, to join us,
anil to consunintea measure essential to their
nnd our permanent peace, welfare, ami salety,
to be desolated; her inhabitants to bo butchered
or driven out, or in order to avert so great a ca
lamity, to be forced, ngninst. her will, into n
strange alliance, which would terminate in pro
ducing lusting hostilities between her ami us,
to the permanent injury and perhaps to ruin of
both."
The right of government to propose annexa
tion and the rijjlit ofTcxns to receive that pro
position, ns nu independent State, n re insisted
upon strenuously. Mr. Calhoun goes so fur
as to contend that Texas has never stood in re
lation to Mexico as a rebellious department or
province and hero his ideas of State sover
eignly como into play. The true relation be
tween Mexico and Texas, be affirms, is that of
independent members nf a Federal ( Jovormnent,
tho weaker of which has successfully resisted
the attempts of the stronger to conquer and sub
ject her to it 4 power. If Mexico takes offence
at the proposal of annexation, we are the party
to answer not Texas. Hence our honour is
implicated in upholding Texas free from hnrin
if any danger is to be incurred by her for listen
ing to a proffer which we chose to make and
which we had a full right to make. "Kntertain
ing these views," says Mr. Calhoun, "Mexico
would make a great mistake if she should sup
pose thnt the President would regard with in
difference the renewal of the war which she
has proclaimed against Tcxns Our honour and
our interests are both involved."
In consideration of these facts and circum
stances Mr. Shannon is instructed to address to
the Mexican Government a protest against the
renewal ol tho war ngninst Texas while the
question of annexation is peiilinr, nnd also n
painst the manner, "barbarous and bloody,"
in which it is intended to conducted and he
is to couch this protest in "strong language,"
Accompanied by the c'.cclanition that both the
war nnd the manner ol it will be "highly offen
sive to the United States."
Mr. Shannon, with the fidelity of c.ne of Ho
mer's messengers, speaks as he is charged to
the Mexican Government. His letter to Rf.min,
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, is in strict
accordance, nnd, in many parts, in the very
words of Mr. Calhoun's letter nf instructions.
The reply ofRejon, which has arrived since the
delivery of the President s Message, does not
appear in the Intelligencer of yesterday, but
there is an abstract of it in that journal, whch
gives its substance. The Mexican Secretary
is very indignant at the avowal that the United
Siates have been for twenty years steadily pur
suing the dei-ign of .icquirinrr Texas. This
confession, bethinks, makes it apparent that the
entire revolt ol Texas, (all her citizens and sol
diers being drawn from the U Smtes,) her de
claration of independence, and all the res', are
the deliberate work of this country. If this
bo so, w hat reality can there be, be n-ks, in
any of the reasons of justice or humiiuiiy now
urged! If such things cun be avowed, why
may not any country foment an insurrection in
a neighboring one, ten J its people thither as ci
tizens, then t 1 m 11 In le it to declare itselt inde
pendent, and proceed to annex it ! In such a
plun it may prove "that the U. States deludes
itself with its own fictions, hot w ill be able to
deceive no'.iody else."
lie goes on to siy I hut Mex en, not w'thstaud
ing she Ins been faithlessly dealt with for t uni
ty years, wishes no rupture with the U. States.
She will bear the bad treatment she has receiv
ed ; but not the seizure of her provinces. The
responsibility altering the existing relations of
pence, if such alteration occurs, will belong to
the United States, and nut to her. This note is
Oated Oct. 31.
Mr. Shannon's answer ol Nov. fill expresses
his surprise nt Seuor Rijon's language, consi
ders it grossly offensive to the peode of the U.
States, as accusing them of falsehood, art lice,
intrigue dishonorable designs, c. lie believes
it was meant to be insulting, and asks its with
drawal.
To this the Mexxan Secretary rej tins on the
titli. He is astonished, he says, that Mr. Shan- 1
non, after so repeated'y styling the Mexicans j
barbarous, should now take refuge in tho pre-;
tences of a courtesy to which he feems to think
that he and his (iuverunieiit were alone enti
lied, lie (Mr. S ) has employed w ithout stint
M l..,..,...,o l,,r u I .loll .1 if. 11M l.n I
j ca(!y t0 oo!ajn diphnmii.c reparation, but that 11
W nUlUB Hl.tltU Mllinn. I, I n I i , , n.
wus p,, t)bt ,P), wln Ml,thii,, desired not
j wiul Wos the proper object d' diplomacy,
j (1M-ttce,) but a quurrvl. O.i his own part, he
j liu.nnt to give ll.e.ii no ri -ht erutnuls ti,r one.
Ue is bound, therefore, to persist in what be has
said.and is instructed to rei.eut it.
, 1
So stands the matter as disclosed by the latest
, ttl)vic,B . ullj wjiilt,ia Matement of the case,
0lief ng we co,l!d miko ,eove lhe S1l
ject fur the present.
Kino's TiiiATr Suiv The New Vork Herald
says the works for raising this vessel are going
on. Captain Cram, the engineer of the opera
tions, bored into something w hich he judged by
the (dunking of the augurs unit by placing the
hand on theslmft, was a cask or barrel of specie.
In one case the bit, or point of the drill, was
coutetl with a white substance like silver; on
an other occasion a piece of silver came up. It
was brought up from about cijjiit Ject below the
ti.ck of liit: vet l
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, itcc. 11, 1811.
i II. I'.lh.VEtt, A"!., at hit Heal fo
late ami Cunt inr.ee, .V. 59 fine Street, -lailctphla.
In autharlttd la net at Agent, md
rrrrlit tor nil mmtlet due thin attire, for n6
irrtttlim or aitrerthlnf.
.Una at hit Office Xb. ICO ita Street,
K7 On the outside, 01 last page, will be found
a column of useful and entertaining mutter.
07" We are indebted to the Philadelphia
Ledger, Times, Sun and other papers, for euily
copies of the Message, last week.
fXj" Tun U. St a tf.h ami Mi:ko. In another J
column our rentiers will find an account of thedif- . unblushing effrontery, charges us with facts that
fieulties which now seriously threaten war be- never had any existence, excepting the milk
tween the two countries. l.'ov. Shannon, it is I warm vitality that w as afforded them from the
said, lias demanded his passport. We should not ! addle-pated brain of the w riter. We might al
be surprised if Mexico was backed by some for- j most j)0 ii;j to cxoairri, with the pn"t, that the
eign power, in this matter.
CT7" The eclipse of 'lie Sun, w hich took place
on Monday, was plainly visible here, ami was
best seen nboitt an hour before sunset. Put a
small portion of the northern limb was eclipsed.
The sun went down eclipsed.
07" Winter has now fairly set in. Tlnats were
still passing on the canal a few days ago. On
Wednesday a boat load of Coal was despatched
fiom this place, for Milton, the hist that will be
shipped this season.
C7" Our neighbors at X01 thumbcrlund had a
Democratic Pull, on Friday evening, the Cth
inst. Owing to the inclemency of the weather j
ami the bad state of the roads, the number in at
tendance was not us gleat us expected. We paid
a short visit to the Pull Room, and found it hand
somely and tastefully decorated. The company
appear etl to enjoy themselves, and all, we beliee,
passetl off in a very pleasant nnd agreeable man
ner. About 12 o'clock the company set down
to a most excellent supper, served up for the oc
casion by Mrs. Withington.
qj V. S. Sf.n at iii. A corr spondent of the
Suubiiry tiazetto recommends our friend and
neighbor C. W. IIm;is, F.st). of this place, as a
candidate for V. S. Senator. The writer thinks
the North entitled to the Senator, nnd that Mr.
llcjjins is well qualified for the station.
1X7" Aiisun i:n. On motion of J. Armstrong,
I'sq . on the 2d inst., I. S. McMirken, I'.sq , was
admitted to practice in the several Courts of Ly
coming. C"7 Xi:w P.istM asi rns. John W. Miles. I'sq.
has been appointed Postmaster at Northumber- i
land, in place of Daniel Weimer, removed. The
nxii nt ineiit is an excellent one. Mr. Miles is
well qualified for the station, nnd is, besides, n
gentleman of excellent character and a good and
consistent democrat.
At Milton, Wm. ('. Wilson has been appoint
ed to supersede Mr. L. IV Stoughtor. The ap-
pointuient is also a good one. Mr. Wilson, we
think, w ill makeaii efficient officci and give gen
eral satisfaction.
C7" Francis R. Shi ns, l-'scj ., feivernor elect
ol Pennsylvania, will be iiiaiigiuated on the 3d
Saturday in January next.
n."7"Linn.i.'s Li i; A.k. The last numbers
of this interest im! periodical have been received,
and are woithv of the high character of the work,
which, for light literature, as Well us useful ami
t uteri, liuiniitg matter, is unsuipased in this
country.
Xkai.'s Sati i:n.v (i'azkttf. The last
number of this paper came to ham! richly laden
with useful ami interesting mutter, in a chaste
and beautiful dress.
CJ7" Haiiiiisiii F.o Pacfrs. The " Ihiiwcrut'c
Unrein'' will be published tw ice a week during
the session, for -S2 a copy, or 3 for the whole
year. The Legislative proceedings are reported
w ith great accuracy in its columns. The editors
; say they now propel their Press by tlie aid of
J Steam, w hicit is some evidence of the "go ahead''
principle.
; The frri.-l,nrf; .Uim
is published one a
week, ami single copies, during the session, Mr-
nisbed at 75 each. The "Argus'' is a well con-
ductfd paper and will also contain the proceed-
ingsof tie- Legislature.
The - .W.W ;:y,i,Vt" is published at liar-
riMiui . t .-1 .al per iitimiin
The above are
ull the Democratic papers pabl
lislieil al Hie seal
of (ovcrumeiit.
0T3'Tiif. Poi'i la rt Vi.tk. T'u:' official returns
of the Presidential election, Irom all the Studs,
except Alkalifas, have bet 11 received. The ag
gregate vote is over 2,700,0(1(1. Iuciitliog2i,
(MiO majority in South Carolina, which i consi
dered a fair estimate, us out of about 55,(1110
votes the lug party proper polled l.ut 3. id f at
1'1' late election. Polk bus 1.372.101, Clay 1,-
310, r.ll, liirney Gl.ot'.'j, making Polk's majority
over both candidates IS I. In 1M0, the aggre
gate vote of the Union was 2, 102,500. The in
crease in 1M1 isover '1 1 1. (Hid. We shall publish
the ollici.il vote as soon as it is complete.
President Tyler recommends the building
of a mud house in the District of Columbia, to
confine the insane. Some editors are uncharita
ble enough to think that this is about the wisest
recommendation in the Message.
Qfj7- Fx tiovernor Coiwiu has been elected U.
S. Senator, in Ohio.
A few weeks since wo published nn arti
cle giving our views in regard to Mr. Polk's pro
bnble course in relation to the tarilT, in connec
tion with the interests of Pennsylvania. As we
had a right to expect, it met with some severe
critical remarks from some of tho lending whig
papers, who, whatever they might have thought
of our opinions and the confidence we placed in
Mr. Polk, did not think proper to impugn our mo
tives, or misrepresent our statements. We also
expected, as usual, that the yelping curs the
small fiy of the Press who having no particular
opinions of their own, but taking their cue from
their leaders, would also have their bark. These
fellows, such ns we unfortunately find banging
to the skirts of all parties, think there is no other
way of imparting originality , vigor, or racincss to
their editorial articles than by incorporating
with them the slang of party warfare, mixed up
with misrepresentation of facts, and who ran
only be excused, on the grounds given by a
member of thp Indiana Legislature, on the tloor
of the llou'P ol Representatives, who stated that
unless be could be allowed to invent his own
facts he could not make his speech. Among the
most vociferous of these, we find the Union Star,
published at New Berlin, which, with thp most
Dog Star rages, &c."
tlid not the cold weather admonish us that the
season of its conjunction with our great luminary
has already pased. This political wise-acre
asks
'Who that rends the 'Simbury American,' does
not remember, that, in conceit with the party
b-nders. it strenuously maintained, that th De
mocratic party was the mil lariJTimrii, nnd that
Mr. Polk was a fn-ltrr tariff mnn limn .Mr Cny ?
Who docs not remember the course which that
! paper took to prove that Mr. Clay was not a pro-
tectionist publishing disjointed sentences, tin
I fairly picked out from his speeches from
speeches expretslv in support of the present ta
riff, and in which the pmtective system was
maintained, and inculcated in all its bearings, in
its entire length and breadth and depth
A few plain statments will be sullicient to over
whelm the writer with shame and confusion, if
1 he is yet susceptible of such unfashionable, emo
tions, which, however, we nre much inclined to
I doubt. We tle n emphatically declare the above
j to be a base and wilful fabrication, nnsuppoit"d
by any evidence whatever. We never made any
such declarations, or anything that would bear
the least semblance to them, ami no reader of the
American, whether w hig or democrat, possessed
of common honesty and a modicum of common
sense, will assert it. The most we ever did say,
was, that if Mr. Clay's late Southern letters to
Messrs. Pronson anil Merriwratber were com
pared with that of Mr. Polk to John K. Kane.
Fsq , but little difference would be found in tl:rir
views of the tariff. Ami this opinion we still
maintain ami have never retracted. For the proof
of what we state we are willing to refer to the
columns of our paper, nnd so that the writer shall
not have even a loop bole for his escape, we are
I 1 1 1 i t, t, 1 vii ti i rr, ni-iiniE t. . fli.i fit.c rtt'ikiir r-t n.ir
h " - i-r
in order to sustain himself if he can. It is strange
that the ''Star" should he the firt to make such
a discovery, ami it must be attributed solely to
its astonishing accuracy nnd its lively perception
of the truth of things in general.
We perhaps owe our readers an apology for no
ticing the ai tide, w hich we should not certainly
have done, bad not the w riter particularly re.
quested it, and with whom, we think, we have
hud some slight acquaintance, if we may jndg"
from a peculiarity in his style, that ns plainly
betrays hint, as the auricular appendages of a cer
tain uniniul, by their length, betrays its nature
and parentage.
CuViKi:-s5icu.. Mr. Adams has alrea
dy offered a petition for (he Abolition of Slavery
111 (he llislricl of Columbia. This brought out
the Si nth again.-t its recept nn. The Noith,
ho ever, sustained him nnd the petition was re
ferred. Mr. McDnffle ulli red his resolution for
the Annexation of Texas, according to Mr. Ty
ler's Treaty. Mr. Ronton, the next day, brought
in a bill providing some other w ny tor the An
nexntion. Nothing, we think, will bo done tins
session in regard to Annexation. The diflicul-
ties between Mexico nnd the United States will
prevent nny hv-ty action, although the South
are anxious for it. Some nre of opinion that nn
extra session will he called immediate Iv after
! the iniiuguriit'on of Mr. I'olk, to adjust the 111 it-
tor. The general impression is, among all par
ties, lint the Tariff w ill not be disturbed the
'j present Session, if ut al!. The Chinese Treaty,
negotiated by Mr. dishing, it isshiiI, will be of
j t,r,.t advantage to the V. Slates,
j J'.pik hs taken lodging in a hotel at
) .WlH,., Hnd the pa pel s sny tint no less than
j ,;(H, (,lliCe ,llllllt.rs WITe ur,.ai.y tlt.,0 ,,, ..,eu
the I'n eidciil."
C'y Col. Carter, of the Lancaster Democrat,
is not only a huiimions and philosophical editor,
but also a very lucky one. lie won a Mir of
boots from the editor of the Union, published at
Lancaster, on (he last election, uml thus consoles
his unfortunate whig contemic.iary : "The fact
is, our unfoi tiiiiate Irietid not only lost his candi
date, but he lust u pair of boots. Nor is tli s ull.
Ho paid the bet like u 1 1 honest man ; aud the said
boots now encase our democratic feet. In iew
of ull these cinuiiistances, we know that he will
not doubt our sincerity when we assure him that
w e pity him 1 1 0111 the buttom of our tue."
CJ7" (iov. Hammond's Message to the South
Carolina Legislature, docs not meet with much
favor in that body. Some of the old Nullifiers
have been severe on the tiovernor, and are dis
posed to give him the cobl shoulder on the sub
ject of the Tariff, Text's ami the Abolitionists.
His view ure entirely too radical for them now.
We should not be surprised that South Carolina
herself would again become a tariff State bcfoie
many yeuis elapse
C7Thb Twaxtr-riFTii Rim.k. The rescind
ing of this rule is looked upon as a great triumph,
not a party triumph, but a triumph in favor of
the right of petition. Some years since, Con
gress, in order toappensa some of tho Southern
Hotspurs, adopted a ruld by which petitions on
the subject of Slavery were not received, but laid
on the table without any further action. John
J. Adams, at every session, made an effort to
have the rule rescinded, and kept Congress in a
constant stnte of excitement in regard to these
abolition petitions. The consequence was that
the Abolitionists were making capital out of this
unjust and unconstitutional proceeding. The
rule was, a few days since, rescinded. The
yeas were 10S, of which 50 were Democrats and
.?J Whigs; the nays SO, of which 05 were De
mocrats and IH Whigs. No Whigs from the free
states voted to retain the rule; 3 Democrats from
New Hampshire, 2 from New York, and 2 from
Pennsylvania, (C. J. Ingersoll and liidlack,) -I
from Illinois, 2 from Indiana, and 3 from Ohio,
in all 10 from free states, voted to retain it. For
the rescinding 00 Democrats from the free states
voted and none from the slave states ; and 17
Whigs from the free states, 1 from North Caro
lina, 1 from Kentucky, and 3 from Maryland, in
nil 5-J, also voted for rest hiding. The following
table will give a comprehensive analysis of the
vote by states and parties:
TEA. NAT.
It. V V. W. !
Maine, 4 2 none
New Hampshire 10 3 0
Vermont 1 3 none 1
Massachusetts 2 8 none
Connecticut 3 0 none
Rhode Island 0 2 none
New York 111 7 2 0
New Jersey ,'t 1 none
Pennsylvania (i 15 2 0
Delaware none 0 1
Maryland 0 3 0 1
Virginia none !) 3
North Carolina 0 I 5 2
South Carolina none fi 0
Corgia none 5 1
Alabama none 5 1
Louisiana none -i 0
Mississippi 1. one 1 0
Aikausas none none
Kentucky 0 1 5 3
Tennessee none 5 3
Ohio 7 y .'i n
Indiana 0 2 2 0
Illinois 11 I II
Missouri none I 0
Michigan 3 0 none
50 52 nri l'
Those who were absent, or did not vote, are
Democrats 20, Whigs 10 Total .'10.
(T7 Tiik Pki siiikvt F.i.wt's Fiusr Pitkcii.
Mr. Polk made a speech at Nashville on th 2Mh
ult , on the occasion of his public reception in
that city. The following extract from it shows
.1 ...:.. r 1 , 1... i
1 .
pursued by Mr. Po'k is likely to be realized.
' '
The sentiments contained in it brea'he a soil it of
' .
moderation and a desire to administer the affairs
of Covernment with honor to himself ami pros-
1
! p-rity to his country. He says:
"In exchanging mutual congratulations with
each other upon the result of the late election,
the democratic party should remember, in calm
ly reviewing the contest, that the portion of our
fellow citizens who have differed with us in o
pinion have equal political rights with ourselves;
that minorities, as well as majorities are entitled
to the full and free exercise of their judgments,
ami that the rights of all, whether of minorities
or majorities, as stch, nre entitled to equal re
spect and rr-gard. In rejoicing, therefore, over
the success of the democratic party and of th.'ir
principles, in the late election, it should be in no
spirit of exultation over the defeat of our oppo
nents ; hut it should be because, as we honestly
believe, our principles ami our policy are better
calculated than theirs to promote the true inte
rests of the w hole country. Iuthe position in
which I have been placed, by the voluntary nnd
unsought suffiages of my fellow citizens, it will
become my duty, ns it will be my pleasure, faith
fully and truly to represent, in the F.xecutive de
partment of the government, the principles and
policy ol the great party of the country w ho have
elevated me to it ; but, at the snnie time, it is
proper that I should declare, that I shall not re
gard myself as the representative of n party on-
Iv, but of the w hole people of the United States ;
1 ., , trlMi ,hut . flltllr p,,,. f ,,. GoV1.rn. j
j ., nliiy j,,. S1I,.M , ,.cre the happiness and 1
prosperity of all without distinction of party." I
i
I E7"Noiu.e Skmimkxts hiom the Soith I
: (,ov' Moorelu ud of Noith Carolina, speaks thus
in his Into Message to the Legislature
i.-ri . : r ... : n . . t
i nc iiit-scni 1 ,11 111 in ruise uu unioum um-
ply seiticieut to meet all the exigences of the
(Jeneral (loverunieiit, economically administer
ed ; and we now have some assurance that the
Tor jj will continue uninlirriiittti, nod the pro
tective policy become funily established. In
deed, so thoioughly convinced have the people
become, that the doctrine of free trade, (w hate
ver it may be in theory.) in practice is a uieie
humbug, that in the late contest for the Presi
dency, no candidate appeared advocating that doc
trine both the rival candidates advocating the
principle of protection.'1
1 iik 1 .i.ki ToriAi. t 01.1.K0FS 01 .ew lorW nni
Virginia have enst their votes for Polk and Dal
las. Those of Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut ami New Jersey for Clay ami
l'rt linglinyseii. The Richmond F.nquirer says :
"It is a singular circumstance, that four years
ago, at a meeting of the I'.lectoral College of
Virginia, (of 23,) James K. Polk, ol" Tennessee,
received oiip vote for Vice Picsident of the U.
States. The vote of the other 22 F.lectors were
given to Col. R. M. Johnson, of Kentucky.
The Pennsylvania l'.lectoiul College, on Wed
nesday, cast its vote also for Polk ami Dallas.
Dr. Lehman was apoiuted to deliver one of the
certificates to the President of the Senate, ut
Washington.
The Cincinnati merchants are holding meetings
on the subject of .Wage Reloim
OHF.AT CALAMITY t
Tub CrMor.nt.ANn Vau.fv Rail-Road RntnoE
DnsTnoYKn nv FinK. Loss of Like ! The fol
lowing account of the destruction of the great
Rail Road I'ridge at llarrisbug is copied from
the Democratic Union of Thursday last :
"On ypsterday our town was a scene of the
most unfortunate conflagration that has ever be-
fallen it. Retween 2 nnd 1 o'clock in the nfter
noon, the cry of fire resounded through our
streets, nnd a dense volley of smoke was obser
veil in the direction of the river. It was soon
discovered thnt thp sparks of a locomotive that
hail shortly before passed over, bad communica
ted fire to the splended rail road bridge erected
by the Cuinnberlad Valley Company over tho
Siiqii"hanna river, and that its utter destruction
was almost inevitable. The fire having origina
ted nenr the Cumberland shore, comparatively
little assistance could be rendered from this side
by the efficient corps of Ilarrisburg fire-men, who
were compelled to serve ns nlmost passive spec
tators of the dreadful scenp. The circumstance
thnt the bridge had received a thick covering of
pitch, designed to protect it from rains, also con
tributed greatly to the rapid stride of the flames.
This created a most intense heat, so that our
fire-men, who usually subdue the most formida
ble fires, were compelled to yield to the devour
ing element an almost unmolested dominion.
The me -ting of the F.lertornl College, nnd fin
jubilee ofth" Democrats, had nttiacteil nn im
mense concourse to the sent of government. Tho
( river s hank was consequently literally tinea
with thousands ol spectators. As span after
span of the costly structure was enveloped in a
sheet ol" flame, and fell with tremendous crash
into the boiling abyss, the scene was alike ter
1 rillie and sublime.
Hut the most fearful part of the calamity re
mains to be told. A large concourse of persons
hud conceived the pioject of disconnecting one
of the spans by sundering it w ith axes. This
partially effected they remained upon the por
tion lot yet readied by the flames. No sooner,
however, had the consumed part fallen, than the
' remainder necessarily yielded to the weight of
; those who occupied it w ho, numbering not less,
probably, than from 50 to 00 ircre in.sttiiitli
! me-p'l itril In the Imtlnui ! A scene like this
may be imagined, but defies description. An
1 involuntary exclamation of horror proceeded from
I every tongue as-nsation of indescribable alarm
I vibrated from ii ait to henit. The roaring flame
bursting from pi. r to pier with incredible rapid-
ity. coiling 111 ami around the nolde stiuetun;
and destroying whatever it touched the strug
gles of the lal Ien to escape from their peiilous
situation was a scene both melancholy ami ex
citing. For a considerable period it was hard to
conjecture wha had been lost w hat fireside hail
I been robbed of its protector or ornament. Here
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might li . seen a widowed mother looking lor her
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! son here a wile for her husband and there a
.... , .,
J sitter lor a brother.
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Ac it liv n I'rni'iil ifiti:il i tit nr iirmir n lints .tir
the loss of life was not near so great as apprehen-
j ,,y iosr m sW(, a ,ar,,L. nmnl)r o(- .
Ien having clung to the pier, and othei s b -ing re
lieved from their perilous situation by means of
boats. The following are the principal sufferers :
John Vol sum: instantly killed.
Son of Thomas Dk Moss, a lad about 1 1 years
of age. nut ep-cted to survive.
Joii I'umwn, (boyl !.ing"i'oii!y hurt.
Mr. Rno.w's considerably injured.
Mr. Van Camc, badly hurt.
A number ofothers more or less hurt.
i The hi itlge was a conie-cting link in the great
j din in o improvements between Philadelphia an I
j Pittsburg. It has been in lisp since .Tanu.11 y, !'!!,
I ami was originally constructed ut a cost of not
le-s than inu,u(iil. It covered t wenty-liv piers,
a full mile in length. Put four spans have been
m t.s.-r v..il W'littkt tlni l.ihS i,l tli. -mil n:i n
1 . ,', '
' of course. 11 M'lv.'iliililt Tr.M liusiiifts mill fi.ivelllt!"
community will loi ;
catastrophe.
have rea-ou to lament tie!
It is rumored that John Van Huron. F.q., son
of the ex-President, will he the next Attorney
General of the State of New York.
The I Ton. (i-orge Summers. of Virginia, is fa
vorably spoken of as the suicessor to Mr. Rives,
in the U. S. Senate.
Mr. II. F. Ilutler is snken of as likely to suc
ceed Mr. I'.verett. at the I'.uglish court.
rKiisoNAi. Nkvvs. (Governor Polk gets pre
cisely the number ol" electoral votes cs for Mr.
Van i'liren in In'1'1 17i. This happens under
, i 1 . : .1 . i .
tlie cl.argcs ol trout 111 the several Mutes
The candidates for niavoi of Poston are Joiah
(Jumpy, Whig ; Adam W. Tbaxter, Denun tut ;
Thomas A. levies, Native, and S. (J. Shipley,
Temperance.
The new Senator for Arkansas, Chester Oak
ley, is said to he the uue-t inqstsing man in that
body, us well as u man of excellent sense and
clnnacter.
lien. Issue (1. Fsrlee, the present Democratic
representative of the third Congressional Dis-
I , trict in New Jersey, has given formal notice to
j Ins log successor, John Runk. l.sq , of ins in
, tention to contest the recent election, and to
claim the seat himself as the lawfully elected re
preseiitative of the district.
The Washington correspondent of the New
Yoik Commercial Advertiser thinks that Mr.
liirney is in favor of annexing Texas.
At this time, the interest due to the Smithso
nian Request fund, by the treasurer of the United
States, amounts to SlsvJ.OOO, and the whole fund
sr.'.in.ono. It w ill be a matter for earnest dis
cussion during the present session of Congress,
as to the best means of applying this money.
The Providence Cuiettti states that Thomas
W. Don is seriously ill, and that his friends are
alarmed for hit safety