JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, December 6, 1849.
.Union Bank, at Dover, IV. &
The Susex Register of the 1st inst., says an at
tempt has been mado lo discredit the bills of this
"Bank, and something of a run upon the institution
has taken place ; but the prompt redemption of all
the paper presented, re-assured the public mind,
and the bank retains, as it doubtless deserves, the
confidence of the people.
. h titj . Taxing EEnisrsmts.
meeting of citizens favorable to taxing cmi
(5'ianu was' held in Philadelphia, on Saturday last.
Judge Jones presided. A memorial was Tead, to
be presented to, the .next Congress, praying ihe
granting of the po.wer to the different Legislatures
to appoint a, Board of Commissioners, whose duty
it sh.aU ,be to . take charge of all foreign emi
g rants arriving at their respective ports, providing
a .hospital for the sick, and a place of temporary
accommodation for the indigent amongst them,
where they may have the means of personal clean
liness, food, clothing, and lodgings, until they ob
tain permanent siinatioris. The Commissioner
term 'shall be extended to five years. In order to
secure" the funds for this object, a tax of $1 50 per
head'on Svery etnigrai.t, is proposed.
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.fjiXfcrcaclfui Slajje Accident.
A stage coach fell some GO feet down a steep
mountain, (in crossing the Alleghanies for Pitts
birgorie night last week.) when it was stopped
by a tree, which prevented it from falling 50 feet
fu'rtlie'r into the Youghoganv river. Two of six
passengers were killed, Mr. Clarke an old gentle
man of Cincinnati being one. The passengers
who, were all more or less hurt, ascribe the acci
dent to gross carelessness in the driver.
'., Tattkcc Sailors Exhibited.
AYankee vessel, called ihe Alert, being lately
oifitlie T,artary coast, sent ruboat's crew ashore
fonwood,; but as they did nor return, the captain
seht-a:second and a third boat, neither of which
'came back. While the vessel was cruizing about
in the vicinity some two weeks later, the boats re
turned, and the sailors reported that on going a-
shore they had been seized by the natives and ex
hibited through the country as curiosities, until the
exhibitors were tired, when they, were set free,
and .returned. They were treated with the utmost
kindness.
HIT Smuggling goods ,-into Mexico from this
country? ppears to be an extensive buisiness.
The laia moras " Bien. Publico says that it knows
from, reliable sources that 60,000,000 yards of cot
ton goods,-. valued at 4,000,000 have been imported
into Brownsville, on the American side of the Rio
Grande, opposite Mutamoras, during the pqst 3rear,
and adds, "there is no doubt whatever that these
goods have not been consumed in Brownsville, nor
is there a doubt as to their having been introduced
clandestinely into our country,'
Tariff Lectures. It is said that a series of
lectures on the Tariff and kindred subjects, will
be delivered in New-York this winter, under the
auspices of the American Institute. This is an
excellent movement.
The Pittsburg Iron Convention assembled on
Wednesday, Nov. 21st. Hon. James Rodgers, of
Ohio, presided, assisted by Vice Presidents from a
number of States, including Wm. P. Robeson, of
New-Jersey. Hon Andrew Stewart addressed
the Convention at length, on Wednesday, and there
were interesting discussions on Thursday and Fri
day, when the body adjourned. The resolutions
express views similar to those adopted by the New
Jersey Convention, and committees wero appoin
ted to memorialize Congress to change the ad va
lorem' principle" of the Tariff.
In connection with this movement, we learn
from. Washington, through the reliable correspon
dent of the" Tribune, that ihe incoming Report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, will contain some
scathing exposures', both as regards the Ware
housing system and the frauds jhat have been per
petrated upon .the Government under the ad valor
cm system of collecting' the revenues of the coun
try. (;Mr. Walker's finapcial and free 'trade fame
will-. vanish into thin air, and it will be proved that
his theories and reasonings are as great a bag of
wind as ever emanated from a public functionary
making, the.' slightest claims to statemanship.
J...M. Beck, who formerly resided at Harrisburg,
has -written a letter describing the events which
led to his arrest as a rebel by the government of
Baden, for his Share' m the late insurrection. He
was first "imprisoned on the charge of high treason
by the gorernment of Darmstadt, but succeeded in
oscaping'to France. The breaking out of the Ba
den jiisurrection induced him to join the revolu
tionary ar.my as a private soldier. He was soon
made (an aid-de-camp to the Commander of the
German Polish legion, with the rank of first lieu
tenant, and in this capacity was in the garrison of
Hastadt till that fortress was compelled to surren
der, after a siege of two months. For six weeks
he was confined, with others, and suffered the most
cruel treatment. At length he was released through
xht intervention of our consul at Basle, Switzer
land M. 'George Goundie, of Northampton coun
ty, id this State.-
Profits of Slavery.
write? in the Louisrilte Examiner, has clearly
fhown by statistics, that slavery has diminished
tKrweahh of Kentucky for the last eight years.
iB tfcnse counties where the number of Slaves has
increased the most, the amount of taxable property
b Acreage J the mosN- From 1S40 to 1849, the
wbpU Increase of taxable property in tho State,
his been only five hundred thousand dollars; and
in, fiihi adjoining , counties where the number
6flVif hai' Increased ihe niost, the accessable
yifif pfl( hi i dtcmseJ re millions. In four
OiWMit w)ee the lave decreased, iho value of
property increased $J,347,6tJ&
Removal off ISie Seat Govcrmeul
of Louisiana.
By a proclamation of the Governor of this State
the seat of government was to be removed from
New Orleans to Baton Rouge on the 1st inst?, in
accordance with an act of the last Legislature.
The state of parties in the Legislature of Louis
iana, will be as follows :
Whigs.
Locos.
18
43
,61
Senate,
House,
14
- 54
6S
oi
WKig majority,
'im ?
'--(
Ijook Out.
We learn that a stranger last week'attempted to
pass in Milford, Penn.,a one dollar bill purporting
to be on the Farmers' Bank of Wantage. He was
told that this Bank had notyet issued any bills,
and was permitted to go on his way without any
measures being taken to make him explain how he
I became possessed of the fraudulent note. This
circumstance renders t probable that a fraud up-
on the publichas been, matured, and is now being
indusiriously carried into effect north and west of
us. Let the people be on their guard. The Far
mers Bank of Wantage is not yet in operation and
of course has not issued the first dollar. Susex
Register.
BZ? We "understand, that by the death of the
late John Potter, his son in-law Ccnn. Stockton,
has received an addition of $21,000 per annum to
his already enormous income. The annual in
come of the Commodore can hardly he estimated
at less than $100,000, and is probable more, Mid
dlctovcn Point Banner.
A contemporary announcing the marriage of an
editor, says he was always of the opinion tint ed
itors had just as good a right to starve some iron's
daughter as any body else.
Asa At'.coitiodatiu.or Editor.
The editor of the Bunkum Flagstaff advertises
that he will receive, in payment for subscription
to his paper, all sorts of dicker, such as " potatoes,
corn, rye, oats, eggs, beans, pork, grits, hay, old
rope, lamb's wool, shovels, honey, shorts, dried
cod, catnip oil, but'nut bark, paints, glass, putty,
hemp, snake-root, cord-wood, live geese feathers.
saxafax, dried apples, hops, new cider, axe-handles,
mill-stones, hemlock gum, bacon and hams,
gangshang root, vinegar, pumpkins, ellacompaine,
harness, ashes, slipperyellum bark, clams, manure,
and ail other produce." " The Bunkum Flagstaff
is edited by Wagstaff, and published every now
and then; in one ofthe departments of" Old Nick."
Cholera in Philadelphia.
From an official statement of the Board of
Health, it appears that the first cases of this dis
ease were officially reported on the 30th of May,
and the last on the 6th of August, a period of
eighty-one days. During this time, 2111 cases
and 747 deaths by cholera were reported, the
highest number being on the 14th of July S4 ca
ses and 32 deaths. Of ihe 314 patients admitted
into the ten hospitals, wlich were temporarily es
tablished in the city and districts of Philadelphia,
278 were whites, viz: 183 males 92 females; and j
Gfi were blacks, viz: 33 males and 33 females.
Among them were reported 84 Americans and 100
foreigners. As far as tie reports showed, there
was an excess of patients of intemperate habits of
nearly 50 per cent., and almost all these cases J
proved fatal. Of these 314 cases, 111 or about'
32 per cent were fatal. The total ratio of deaths
during ihe prevalence of the epidemic, was one in
about every nine hundred. The- whole number
of deaths from diseases of ihe bowels, other than"!
Cholera. during the season, was 1049, being near
ly three times greater tian in 184G.
Giow'tli oi the Debt oi Uae United
Slates,
On page 170 of the American Almanac for 1850,
a very reliable work, issued by Litle & Brown,
of Boston, the publishers ofthe revised edition of
the laws ofthe United States, we find this table of
the national debt :
1815 $16,801,047
184G 24,250,495
1847 . . 45.059,059
1818 '65.804.450
From this it would appear that, between 1840
and 1818, our national debt increased S41,51,955
TThc niasi ITIaiuifaclure.
What with the inventions of science and the
skill and boldness of operators, who in this age
defy accident and time, and restore the body, no
matlerow mutilated, to the exercise of all its
original functions. The most remarkable case of
this kind we have noticed is that of Leiut. , the
entire left side of whose face, including the upper
and lower jaws and leeth, were shot away in a j
skirmish in the Everglades- Through the skill
and perseverance, however, of Dr. A. C. Castle
of this city, his terrefic mishap is entirely remedied
and he'is as well as ever he was. Several very
distinguished dentists had declined the job as whol
ly impracticable, yet Dr. Castle has succeeded in
it most completely. Tribune.
Alabama U. S. Senators.
The Legislature of Alabama have elected Wm.
R. King and Jeremiah Clemens, as Senators ofthe
United States from that Slate. Mr. King is at
persent a member ofthe Senate, his term expiring
in 1855, Mr. Clemens, who is a Taylor democrat,
is chosen in place of Benj. Eitzpatrick, whose term
expires in 1853, Mr. Fitzpatrick was the regular
locofoco nominee for re-election.
Silas Parsons, Whijr, was elected Judge ofthe
Supreme Court by the Legislature of Alabama on
the 20th ult.
A Cariosity.
Thomas C. Lancaster, pays the Lewishurg
Chronicle, advertises in the Fincastle Democrat,
to be seen at the Lancaster Hotel, 'a Fpecies of
the Male and Female Cow, both joined together,
with 6 legs, the Female Cow having 4 legs as
usual and the male having but 2, one fore and
one hind leg, the hind one turned backward, both
the male's legs coming out on the top of the neck
of the female, just in front of the shoulder blades
and hang on the left side of the female Cow, but
the head of the male Cow connects on the right
shoulder blade of the femalo with only a part of a
tail to both."
ann, who presided at the
late National School Convention in Philadelphia,
closed his Valedictory a!ddress?with the following
admonitory passages :
Ifwc fulfil the duties we have assumed, this
meeting will prove one of the most important mee
tings ever held in this country. If we fail in our
respective spheres of action, to fulfil those duties,
this meeting will be the ridicule and shame of us
all. By itself, it is a small movement ; but we
can make it the first in s series that shall move the
whole' country. It begins here upon the margin
of the sea ; but we can expand it until it shall
cover the whole continent., However insignificant
in itsefl, it is great by its possibilities. To the
eye of the superficial observer, beginnings are ai-
ways unimportant ; but1 whoever understands the
! great law of causes and,effecl, knows that without
the feeble beginnings, the grandest results never
could have been evolve!.
He who now visits the North-western part of
the State of New Yorkj to see one of the wonders
j of the world the Falls of Niagara may see also
' a wonder of art not unworthy to be compared with
; this wonder of nature. , He may see a vast iron
j bridge spanning one ofthe greatest rivers in .the
j world, affording the means of transit for any num-
ber of men or any weight of merchandize, and
poised high up in the .serene -air, hundreds of feet
above the maddened waters below: How was
this ponderous structure stretched from abutment
to abutment across the raging flood J How was
it made so strong as to bear the tread of an army,
or the momentum of ihe rushing steam car! Its
. .
beginning was simple but its termination is grand,
A boy's plaything, a kite was first sent into'the
air; to this kite was attached a silken thread, to
L
the thread a cord, to the cord a. rone, and to the
rope a cable. When the toy fell upon the opposite
side, the silken thread drew over the cord, and the
cord the rope, and the cable, and the cable, one
nftpr nnritlior rrroot J-i,nrlloo rf Cnnli rC t,rv-
j, .. ., .
wire, and these being arranged side by side and
layer upon loyer, now constitute a bridge of such
missiveness and cohesion, that the mighty Genius
M.iv.iiv,., qIiu isuuuiwo, ui luouta, ui ii
of the Cataract would snend his strfinoth nnnn it
in vain.
Thus, my friends, may great results be educed
from small beginnings, Let this first meeting of
the National Association ofthe friends of Educa-
lion be like the safe and successful sending of an
oerial messenger across the abyss of Ignorance,
and Surpestition and Crime, so that those who
come after us may lav the butments'and complete
i -t. .1.-, u-n .i j
iuc uiuicu uii.ii mm audit itiiiy uiuusauus uiiu
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millions of ourfellow-hemgs in safety and peace
above the gulf of perdition, into whose seething
floods they would otherwise have fallen and per-
ished '
Inaporla:it Eleniirsiscer.ccs.
It will be recollected that a speech made by
Senator Dix, of New York, some time since, con
tained an extract from the Diary of John Qumcy
Adams, proving that in IS20, the members of Mr.
Monroe's cabinet unanimously agreed that Con
gress had the power to prohibit slavery in theter
ritories. Mr. Calhoun was a member of that cab-
inet ; but when this reminiscence was adduced he
denied its accuracy. This denial gave rise to a
bitter controversy, particularly between Mr. Ben
ton and Mr. Calhoun; and this controversy has
induced Chas. F. Adams lo give more elaborate j
extracts from his father's diary. These extracts 1
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are deeply interesting andconclusive. They show, ,
1st. That the Dower of Concress over slavery in '
tne terrjt0ries was fullv discussed in cabinet coun- j
:i oa That ivhiln crimp nfihn innmbprs of thp !
cabinet doubted whether .the prohibition could be !
enforced after the territory became a State, not
one of them expressed a doubt in regard to the au-
thority of Congress to prohibit slavery in the ter-
ritory. 3d. That the doctrine now maintained at
the north, was then acquiesced in by the south ;
for no fault was found with either Messrs. Monroe, I
Calhoun, Crawford or Wirt, (all southern men) for i
.
having admitted the riant of Conuress to prohibit
slavery in the territories.
A Gleam of Sunsliisac.
We are disposed to give credit to whom-credit
is due, and therefore express our gratification on
learning that a few of the more indigent and needy
bill-holders ofthe Susquehanna county Bank are
likely, at some time not very remole, to realize
payment for its notes held by them. An assign
ment, we learn from a reliable source, of certain
real estate in Tioga county, N. Y., valued at sev
eral thousand dollars, lias been made by the Di
rectors to C. L. Wam) and Henry Drinker, to se
cure the depositors and the class of bill-holders to
whom we have referred, including widows, infirm
persons and young ladies, who were bona fide
holders of its notes at the time ofthe failure.
We conmend the decision on the part of the Di-
rectorai who seem disposed t0 do all in thelr pow
er to afford relief to the suffering, and hope the
public will do the same. If all cannot be paid
relieve the most needy, or those whoso circumstan
ces render their losses most painful. We hope no
one who really comes within the pale prescribed
above, will sacrifice much in endeavoring to get
rid of the notes of this institution, and especially un
til opportunity has been given to render the prop
erty assigned for their relief! available
And in thus applauding this laudable decision
on the part ofthe Directors, perhaps we ought, in
justice, to say a word in commendation of Mr.
Ward, with whom, we understand, the idea orig
inated, and who has done much already to secure
the property in question and render it applicable
His course thus far has been very kind, generous
and praiseworthy. -Montrose Democrat.
Pctr i?Ii!!ct'' Estate.
On Saturday last ihe property in Northampton
street, called the "Log Cabin Lot," being three
arK iS-i USM' was sold 10 James :Tilus
for 9.950. 1 he nroDertv known as the 44 Saner-
bier lorner, was bid up to $10,075. but was not
struck off. I ne lot, corner of Bushkill and Fer-
mm, iuvi uy -vi itJKl, was SOlU IOr tOIMClIi
Forman. Easton Whig.
44 Say. Sam Johnsing, you're a literatum nigga,
answer me dis r
44 Why am apples like printer's types'?"
41 I gibs dat up."
44 Ah, you nemconlighfened brack man; it cr
they're often in pie. Yah yah, yah !"
cause
The Hon. Horace' IV
File Battle oi CBiesler Counts?
MucIl has-been said and published, withinaJew
weeks, about the alleged conduct of this institu-i
lion in reference to" it3 old issue, or the notes in
circulation at the time of the robbery of its Presi
dent. The following statement, we are assured,
presents briefly, but correctly, the conduct of the
bank, in this matter, and the reasons and motives
: by which it has been governed ; and we give it as
! due alike to the bank and the people, refraining,
however, for the present, from expressing any
opinion of our own on the case as thus presented :
It is well known to me puouc mat tne-rresu-
dent ofthe Bank of Chester County was robbed
in the. city of Phi'ladelphiaon December 23, 1847,
of his trunk, containing SSI.'ltiOjIii notes 'of the
bank. Notice of the rubbery was immediately
given, through ,the papers of all the principal cit
ies of the Union, and information of the same left
at the offices of the brokors in Philadelphia. New
York and Baltimore, and a large1 reward offered
for the recovery of the money and the conviction
ofthe thieves.
No more notes of the kind stolen were issued,
the holders ofthe notes in circulation, at the time
of the robbery, were requested to present the n for
redemption, and the issue of which the notes sto
len were a part, was withdrawn from circulation
as rapidly as possible, and their place supplied by
notes printed in a different manner. This was
done lo prevent the thieves from' availing them
selves of their iHgotten gains, and to save the
banks and the community from loss.
After sixteen months had elapsed, when the old
issue had been redeemed to an amount beyond
what was legally in. circulation, and" after ample
time had" been given for every holder ofthe notes
in the Union,- to sendtthem in for.ircdemption, the
1 ln r I rtiilili.llDsJ init lin -nii-ft-i fr-if.fw.c f.tntt nr-
u.ai ,v f? "M"v, g
that recent attempts to push such stolen notes into
j cir(:ualronj demand the repetition ofthe caution ;
j that after the great notority ofthe robbery, and the
; extent of publication made, such stolen notes can-
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j UB recIV ai'-v. P""' wluo.ul 11 Jus-1 ua'
bility to a rigid scrutiny into the. circumstance,
! and a defence being taken to the payment of any
such notes.
This notice was given under the advico of the
j most eminent legal talent that could be obtained,
t 1 ( 1 r .1
aim iiiu course received inu uu uiovui ui iu uiusi
j respeclabie bankers, brokers, and merchants of
the city of Philadelphia, and was the course pur-
sued by the Planters bank ofGeorgia, under sim-
, llar circumstances, in the. year IM1. It was nopeci
this notice would induce the public to refrain from
receiving them as currenci, leaving those who still
j held them to present them for redemption, with a
j statement ofthe sources whence they came. Had
Uus lJeen done tne thieves and their accomplices
could never have made profit of those notes still
remaining in their hands.
Some five months after this noiice was published,
a couple of brokers, of Philadelphia, presented,
j through their legal counsel, a small amount ofthe
old issue (in the whole SU5,) for redemption. This
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f was withheld for the present, their counsel being
unab!e lo give anv rnore specific account 0f them,
j than that the had been received by his clients
f ' ' tbe regular course of their business." Suits
i were brought against the bank before a justice of
m:s county, wtio, atter a Hearing, and a riigms
reflection, intimated to the plaintiffs counsel that
he would give judgment for the defendant. On
this intimation the suits' were -withdrawn".
The plaintiffs' couussl.was immediately informed
that the bank was desirous of ascertaining its rights.
artJ anxious to discharge its legal liabilities, and
i that to
to ascertain those liabilities, it would agree
to
a case staled wim the pia.rmt s, uy wincn
the whole matter could be settled in ihe cheapest
and speediest manner. That proposition has nev
er been responded lo in any form.
Soon after the withdrawel of those suits, an
erroneous statement of the circumstances ofthe
case that transpired before the justice, appeared
in the money article of ie:PuIihc,Ledger, which
was copied or commented on by various papers in
P hiladelphia and elsewhere. I hat article. was
the commencement of the clamor that has since
been foImved up by newspapera in various quar.
!Prs. whirh. nm l.pmtT rnnversnnt with iim trim
facts ofthe case, have supposed, the bank guilty
of open repudiation.
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the thieves, $39,440 ; the amount unrecovered
31 1,720 ; and the amount ofthe old or stolen issue
unredeemed is $9,050.
The Bank has not repudiated, and does not in-
tpnrl to rfnnHinl anv lotrnl Imltilftv. It rprlp.frn:
au ks new issue at ihe Bank of Pennsylvania, and
at its counter, in specie, and redeems all the old
issue at the latter place, as fast as presented with
i. a r . i ...... ii
8,.uc" ciniUln mem raises a reasonauie presump-
tion they are not of the notes stolen.
The Bank, acting under legal advice, thinks it
has a right to make such inquiry ; and the only
point in controversy about the old issue, is the
single legal one, whether, after the general and
extensive notice given ofthe robbeiy, and the te
peated cautions against taking the old fssue as
currency, the bank has the right to make inquiry
into the sources whence notes ofthe old. or stolen
issue may come for redemption, or whether she
must redeem them frpm all persons and under all
circumstances. If the latter is the case, as is con
tended by some, it would seem to follow that banks
may be robbed with impunity and must redeem
their stolen notes unchallenged.
The capital of the bank is unimpaired, and her
assets sound, and her legal liabilities will contin
ue to be met as heretofore ; and as soon as a c6urt
of justice shall advise her that the course pursued
in illegal, she will instantly change it, and redeem
the amount ofthe old issue yet-outstanding, by
whomsoever presented, and without inquiry.
Living, however, in a. land of laws, she.does not
recognise an attempt to excise popular .indigna
tion, as the most appropriate way lo convince her
that her course is wrong, but would prefer to be
convinced in a way more consonant to the spirit
ofthe laws. This end can bo attained by those
who think themselves ag'gr.ievpd.in the easy, cheap,
and speedy method of" a case.stated',iind argued
before a court, and if she be . found in error, such
error will be corrected immediately, and in such
a way as to compensate for any injury her course
may have caused. Westchester Republican
A young Philadelphian who was tempted to
visit California, writes back,: "Talk about gold !
let me get back once more to old KPhillu and all
( the gold in California won't catch me in such a
scrape again. 1 started with S380 expended Ihe
whole of it and am now discing v. cellar, or hole.
at $8 per day. paying $5 for b6ard andlodginc,
mirttl ID it 1 D
auvii no n to.
ESesBefiSs o Ioc Ploughing .
It has been stated by Prof. Mapos, who has re
centlv been delivering lectures on agriculture in
Burlington. N J., that for every inch of deeper
ploughing, is now practiced, if adopter) .throughout
1,1 -l COlinlry an,i ho manure plo.ughed'.in, he had
no doubt thn
d
tional hundred thousand dollars. In manf parts
of Pennsylvania, deep ploughing is. uniformly Xol-
lowed by unusually abundant crops, :
A Well Governed State. '
The General Assembly of Rhode Island, art-
jjourned last Friday week, after'a .'session of four
days. A list of the acts arid reso.bjjqns; passed in
that time, cover two columns in the P-rovidepco
journals, showing busy times and duo regard for
economy,
V Henry Clav in Baltimore.
: Thursday last, Mr. Clay arrived in Balti
more, "and notwithstanding his desire to avoid a
public' reception, he was compelled lo make a
speech.
He said that he always felt at home when in
Maryland, the State being the birth place of his
better half. lie felt afraid that the importance of
his return to the Public Councils of thecountry
was over-rated bv his friends. He still felt his
old devotion to the service of the public, but, at
e same time, ne leu tne weignt or time upon
I ...i,:.. i. c... u: r .u . x-l;
wini, vuti;ij uuma nun wr mc uuuve service or HIS
earlier days. v '
i-Le then alluded' to the' slavery questionTrand
said' there, was unnecessary .agitation; juponithe
subject. The evil could never exist in California
.and New Mexico. The cool climate, the business
of the country, the habits and pursuits of the peo
ple forbid it.
He then spoke of the importance of the Uniqn,
and said mat. contrasted with it, the slavery ques
tion sank into nothing. Under all circumstances,
he would stand by ihe Union. ' . '"
He considered that no question could be of suf
ficient importance to cause a dissolution, and'let
the storm come froth what quarter it may, he should
defend the Union right or wrong.
If it should be dissolved, our country Would re
quire no historian. Her history would be written
from that of Greece. Men would arise and play
the part of Philip and Alexander. There would
be foreign alliances, and foreign and domestic
iVa!s, umrl every trace of liberty be lost 'in this
part ofthe world.
Mr. Clay became quite animated. "He spoke
with feeling and po.werful effect, He thanked the
people for the affectionate kindness they had al
was shown him, and should ever remember it.
He closed amid tremendous and .reiterated ap
plause. On Saturday he arrived in -Washington, and,
it is needless to say, was enthusiastically .wel
comed by a host of friends.
A hog. has been raised on League Island. aTew
miles from Philadelphia, which is upwards of'iOOO
pounds'weight. Tlieanim.il is only If) months
old,"and fnr 8 months has not been able to see,
his eyes being completely covered with fat.
O-FNo man perhaps, Old Zack himself excepted,
has been more grosslv assailed within the last
nine month's, by the Locofoco press, than Fitz
Henry Warren, one ofthe Assistant Postmasters,
appointed under the present sdministration. The
main charge against him was that he was poor
that he owed debts that he has never been able to
pay. And quite recently, we see it exultingly
stated in the Locofoco press that he was arrested
for debt while on a tour in one of the Eastern
States this fall. Poverty is a great crime in the
eyes of LocofocoUm. But now we have an off
set to this case. A few days ago, the Hon. Rob
ert J. Walker, the great free trade financier, was
arrested for a debt of $2,300. in the State of Dela
ware, and had to give security before he could go
free. While Mr. Warren's arrest was a subject for
ribald jests, we presume Mr. Walker's case will
arouse the whole Locofoco press to an out pouring
of indignation against the injustice ofthe law and
the heartless creditor. Bucks1 Co. Intel.
Grent Excslemeiit in Boston.
Dr. Parkman of Boston recently disappeared,
and in consequence a great excitement arose. His
brother-inlaw offered a reward of $3,000 for his
rnftiQptr T-To trnc ft mnn nftrrpat tvpsulth lonrJ
w Revpr jn the habll of ieavin home without
j appoiminfr lhe m
ime of his return, and was ever
punctual in keeping his appointments. On Fri
day niht, the mutilated remains of a human body
were found under the Medical College, in Profes
sor Webster's private room, The Professor was
arrested and put in prison. The exciternent in
the city became so intense that the military were
called out to preser ve order.
Texas. We have at lencth the officiaf vote at the
late election for Governer of Texas, as counted
bv the Legislature: Bell has 10.319: Wood 8.764;
i and Mills,g,fj32. For Lieutenant Governer, Greer
10,599 ; Henderson 0,913; Johnson 1,289.
First Town America. ' :
The National Intelligencer relates the following
curious facts, which will be news to many of our
readers :
It will seem curious to those who are not aware
ofthe fact, that the first towns built by Europeans
upon the American Continent, were St. Augustine
in East Florida, and Santa Fe the capital of New
Mexico. The river Gila was explored before the
Mississippi was known, and gold was sought in
California long ere the first white man had endea
vored to find a home on the shores of New Eng
land. There are, doubtless, trees standing within
the fallen buildings of ancient Panama, that had
commenced to grow when the siles of Boston and
New York were covered with the primeval wil
derness. An Irishman. describing a toad, said it was a
very queer bird; when it stood up it was no taller
than when it sat down, andrvhen it flew, it went
with a d : 1 of a jolt.
Opening: oi Congress. i -.Ij
On Monday lasi tho Conoresn of thp United
SiVips convened a Wahiutricuii and frnnv the
general Hppct of afTm, we presume that -a
considerable amount nf htiinf-s H bp ran--acied
during he season. Thi i h fir.si Con
gress under the present Adinmiiratinn, and
judging rrnrh'ihe firm and unyielding grounds
which President Taylor hn always" maintained
jn manor which viiallv aTM thp great fnter-
ot of ihe country. ' e doubt no Inn 'haj he
rwill SUM exrctsf Uiat nrnanHV OI enararler
which has ever dixtinguHhp.d hi chractpr.-but
which has been so gros.-lv dpfpetive in his
immediate pTpdec.enr.
Wo are equallv'confirfeht that thp Preidpnt
will make no compromises which will militate
the intercuts or advantages which would ac
crue from a rigid adnVrence. to the wplfare of
the United States, and the dispensation of the
functions of his authority. a,l events, he
cannot make worse blundors than., did some of
his predecessors.
If Congress succeeded in organizing on.:lhe
firsf day, the Prp.id'n "vTpaop'wtn readton
Tues'day at noon, and will bp circu'atpd throtjg
oiu country wi'h great1 rapidity We will
furnish it to our subscribers post week. Whig.
California Emeralds.
It is rumored thai Col, Fremont has
fonr
weightier reasons ihan gold, for pi'ohing,' Jils
' fLT
lent M California. We alluded nme .months
ago to a lot of valuahlp emerald j Rent'ftOwHiia
city, and placed in the hands of a lapidary, for
the'riiirpnse of being cut. They were aatd lo
cnm'e Worn Fremont, and it i$ rinr hinted (hat
,a large number of similar emeralds, coming
from the same ?o,urce, aro underjninj$ ihe sarna
process, Col Frement baa, possibly, found tjio
spot from whence: the Mon'ezumas derived lb"'
magnificent emeralds. N. Y Sun,