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Thursday, November 6, 1851.
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The Harrisbunr " TeleramY publishes a
table of votes given at the recent election,
which foots up a little different from that we ,
published last week
The following are the ,
totals.
FOR GOVERNOR.
BtgleVj
Johnston,
Cleaver.
186,499
' . 178,034
1,713
Total vote,
366,246
Biglers majority over Johhstari,8,465
" CANAL COMMISSIONER.
" Clover, 184,021
Strohra, 175,444
McDonald, 1,875
Clover's majority over Strohm 8,577
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
, Rlacl-,
185,893
Campbell
176,039
183,887
184,408
185,464
179,238
173,635
174,381
173,391
172,232
Xewia,
Gibson,
Lowry,
Coulter,
Comly,
Chamber.
Meredith,
Jessup,
It. will be seen by the foregoing, that
Black ran highest on the Democratic tic
ket, and Campbell lowest while Cojilter
ran highest on the Whig ticket, and Jes-
sup lowest- ;
Coulter's majority over Campbell, 3,-
199- '. .
At the Gubernatorial Election mlS43,
335,744! TJIohZi
163,522 Mr. Lougstreth 168,221. .
At the Presidential election in thesamc j
year, the gross vote polled was 363,751.4
General Taylor received 185,513 Gen. !
Cass, 171,776. '
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Farmers1 and Wecliajiics' Batik ,
of Eaxtou. i
TI,p niwrfnnf thiqTn;t;t;nn J..vn
for an additional'instalment of five dollars on-j
..firh -nrpnflbo Cnnhnl Slnrt- tn J,P nn.,1 nn J
or before the 17th instant.
The next Congress.
The members of the 32d Congress have
now oeen elected in an me stales tmt .u is-
iJissippi and Liouisiana. in tnese, probably,
Hvo Union Whigs will be returned to seven '
Democrats, of various hues. The Whigs
will have from eighty-five to ninety members, !
the Free Soilers eight or ten, and the Demo- able and eloquent one. He began by forci- with their artillery to the Neptune,
crats, a clear regular party majority of fifty bly comparing agriculture with commerce5 Gen. Carvajal was expected to make a for
or thereabouts. and manufactures as :sources of national midable attack on the city of Matamoras on
Later from California.
By the arrival of the steamship Cherokee,
Captain Windle, at New York on Monday,
from Chngres, we have 17 days later intelli
gence from California. The Oregon, at Pan
ama, from San Francisco, has upwards of two
millions of gold dust on freight.
Advices by this arrival, relative to mining
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operations, urc of the most favorable charac
ter.
It appears that the Democratic party have
been com pic tely.su ccessful in the recent State
election in California. By the reports re
ceived by a former arrival, it was supposed by
many that the Whig candidate for Governor,
incom lete and dece t d 'h " "" ' S UJa attributable to the early efforts , tobcr 30th six days later,
mcompe ean ecep ne, an v e majorities, j jnteret manifested in that kingdom ;in: I The attack on Matamoras commenced -on-in
most of the counties then lo oe heard from, the fonnation. and promolion of Agricultural 21st,.and on the 22d Caravajal hadpossessioni
have come in i for the democratic candidates. J Societies; . & . of the city. '
The Legislature will be democratic in both rr-i n- . ro- t i .i - -ixr-.i r e .l ti
"branche b hre ' '' t The efforts of Sir John St Clair to promote.' Within four squares of. ..the Plaza the gov-
e"' y arge majorities. British agriculture was referred to, and an eminent troops still hold out, suffering a loss
Kossuth's Address to America. ; extract of a letter from Geo. Washington toij of 150 killed and wounded.
The Penusylvanian of the 25th ult., pub- lnat distinguished nobleman was quoted, to j The. revolutionists .lost but three, including
lishes Kossuth's Address to the people of the 6now novv Inucn tl,e cause of agriculture. in- Captain Ford who commanded a company
United States. It would fill about six col- terestedthat great statesman and patriot. of Texans.
umns of the Jeffersonian. He tells us if the ' The honorable gentleman then proceeded Gen. Avalos was wounded.
United States had been a neighboring nation ' to speak of the ""P01"" of agriculture in No quarter was given to Americans during
at the time of the Hungarian revolution, all a Political Pint of view and especially was the engagement.
Europe would have been revolutionized. The ' n imPortant in a republican government like Mr. Longstreth, a merchant, doing business
following, paragraph is extracted from tho ourfl' where the yeo,nanry constitute the chief , at Matamoras, was killed,
close of the address. i defence fr'n invasion. He spoke also of the The city was set on fire on the 23d, and the
"Free citizens of America! You inspired great and rapid ProSress of ti,e age, the ad- Custom House and other buildings were de-
my countrvmen to noble deoda. Your n-
proval imparted confidence. Your sympathy ofour.energetic mixed population for inven
consoled us in adversity, lent a ray of hope tIona and di6coveries applicapable to every
to the,future and enabled us to bear manful- j day wants and requirements of civilized and
ly Hie weight of our heavy burdens. Your ProSre6sinS Iife-
generous fellow feeling will still sustnin Tiic "onorable gentleman, in conclusion,
until we realize the hope, the faith, 'that
Hunsrarv is not lost forever Armnt. ?n tim '
name of my countrymen, tlie acknowledg- j ever been held in the hiEhest rcffard bY the
inents of our warmest gratitude and our high- ancients was the stay and support of civiza
est respect. I, who know Hungary so well, j tn' and.the surest source of national wealth
firmly believe she is not lost: and the intelli- and ProsPerity- The address was quite long,
gent citizens of America have decided, not i
only with impulsive kindness, but with rea- '
son and policy, to favor the unfortunate but attention. a"d its sentiments frequently ap
not subjugated Hungary. The sound of that plauded-
encouraging voice is not like a funeral dirge, :
but as the shrill trumpet that will call the t
world to judgment May your great exam-!
pie, noble Americans, be to other nations the
source of social virtue; your power be the ter
ror of all tyrants the protector of the dis
tressed; and your free country ever continue
to 03 tne asylum for the oppressed of all na-
t:oae
07" Snow fell about ten days ago in the
mountainous regions of Pennsylvania, fTew
York, ind the Northern States generally.
Stulo AsrUuHma! Fair. ;
The first Stute Agricultural Fuir ever held
.1 r. . if ...l- lUr.
I in mis ouuc, came on at, uumo-
' burg commencing on Wednesday and con-
tinuing three days'. From the Telegraphic
reports published in the Philadelphia papers
we rrather the following in relation to it.
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1 was very large, and the display in the high-
! nst (lttjrrne creditable, thouirh not equal in ex-
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j tent and magnificence to the displays in some ,
1 r.. i c...- i ;
- , nt tiio nrnnr rrnios wni-rt; oiiiiu xu.ua nuvu
.nn.ln nnmml fi.uirnla A n lin- .
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mnnimr. it was highly encouraging. Jhe
enclosure was well filled with a great varie-
ty of stock of the most approved and favorite,
breeds, and a very extensive display of ngxl-
' cultural implements, and every variety ot ar?.
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tides connected with the working of the tarm.
On the 30th, it. was opened to the public,
. and was attended during the day by an im- a)calEj ot the Vifc of 'Gov. Ujlrt&f.
j mensc number of persons, and the results, j W(J ,earn rom tho Vashingtoh Telegraph
i bt" as regards the character of the exhibi-t t,mt Tochman hhd ia(jy have received
tion,-and the interest it has excited through- -. Q ,bUer announcig tfiafthc" wife of Governor
'out the State, were in the highest degree. rjjhazVj the Hungarian exilej died at -'flew
, satisfactory and encouraging to the projectors-' Buila Xiecntur county, Iowa, on the lltrVinst.
; of the enterprise. Over fourteen thousand' ( The vcnerable Hungarian patriot in ahnoiin
f persons were admitted within the enclosure." crnjr the. sad tidings thus concludes his letter:
Governor Johnston and lady were present a
I considerable portion of .the dayj and also Mr.
Buchanan. The several trains arriving dur-"
: ing the day were all crowded to excess, and
hundreds were unable to obtain any thing like
' comfortable lodings for the night. j
; On the 31tt, the day being very fine, the
i grounds were crowded to excess. It was, in
j fact, the great day of the' festival, into which: j
1 all of interest connected with the Fair was .
i j
' crowded. The ploughing match took place j
' at 9 o'clock, and excited no little interest.
Numerous ploughs were entered for the con-
test, and the ploughmen represented various
portions of the country. The ground select-
j ed was a field of twenty acres, immediately
adjoining the grounds of the Pair, and by its
excellent soil and fine situation admirably
suited to the purpose. Among the ploughs
entered q( p
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Hall and Spears, of Pittsburg; Pouley, of
Montgomery, and Crossler, of Cumberland.
The ploughing was generally good. The
match was witnessed by from three to four thou-
sand persons, among the number were Govt
Johnston, ex-Gov. Ilitner, and Judge Jessup,
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many others who have taken the liveli-
est 'Merest in all connected with the Pair.
The Plfflff match being over, the pre
UmS on Stock, &C. WCrO awarded.
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he awards of premiums being concluded,
the society repaired to the Capitol, for the
purpose of listening to the annual address, to
be delivered by the Hon. Andrew Stevenson.
rierc lue crowd was as dense and compact as
could well be conceived. Every available
position was occupied, and a large proportion
of ladies present j
The address of Mr. Stevens was a trulv
j wealth and greatness; and while he did not
i seek to depreciate the importance either of!
commerce or manufactures, he felt that the
true basis of a nation's wealth was in its air- battle was anticipated.
riculturc. The honorable gentleman then i Application had been made to the Amori
proceeded to show that agriculture was the can authirities by the Mexican commander, for
true source of the power of Great Britain. : permission to march the troops on the Amer-
Durinnr thp wnrs willi FYnnra ho aiiA dm ' lean silln of thn T?in Or.mi?f U'lnrJi nf rnnrsf
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derived from a tax upon the products of her
soil, the enormous sum of six and a half 'mil- i
lions of pounds sterling: while from all other
sources she realized but three millions two '
hundred thousand pounds. The reason for !
the superiority of Great Britain over all the .
rest of the world in this department of art '
and science for agriculture embraced both-
vaui;t; OI ficience, ana uie peunar cnaracter
passed an e,01ae,lt culogium upon the art j
and science of agriculture, winch he said had i
0CCUPyinff an hour and three quarters in its
Qenvery
It was listened to with profound
BSfThc Common Council of Galveston,
(Texas) have passed an anti-stove-pipe or
diance, forbidding the inhabitants of the
city, under a penrlty of 810 for each of
fence, to use stove-pipe? of iron or other
metal, in any of their buildings, and im
posing asimilarfne upon any stove-maker
or seller who shall make, sell or put up,
any such stove-pipe. We believe the
privilege of using stove-pipes is not de
nied to the inhabitants of anv other city
m the Union,
(&Tho recent election in Virginia for
members of Congress, resulted in the choice
f T.nrnfnnR ;in.l 9. Whirrs SatllC U8 in
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last Congress. The vote on the new Consti-
tu tion is overwhelming in favor of it. An
election for State officers under it will soon
be held; when the Whigs talk- oi a prospect
nrMWinB .hn s,.,t,.. m eminence .f the !
extension of the right of sutlrag, by the new j
Constitution.
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Pasnaism i
- iuton to their several homes -and back again
ti JHc 5JniK:d Slalos. j between the 3d and 5th days of March last.
agan worship has. beciKopenr.LlIaving now. the -facts-more completely be-
- - A temple for pa
ed at San Francisco, by the Chinese,, Tins is
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the first idpl temple that has. been orecte.d in
this country, since those days in the dim and
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ulous with a great, and highly advanced, ua,-
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tion, whose name anq iaie are now unknown.
u The cup of my sorrows is fuil. I have
lost, my beloved wfe!, She departed this life
after a, few days' illness. Could I have fore-,
seen that my exile was to shorten her days, T
would have given my head to the foes of my
country, to preserve the life of the best of
mothers. Your most affectionate, unfortunate
friend."
Tlie
Ilci'oliiiioii 'in
Northern
Caravajal, the leader of the revolutionary
forces in Northern Mexico, with 1100' men,
designed to attack Matamoras on the l:th
ult- Four hundred Texan Rangers under
Capt. YouJ, had joined the Revolutionists a
, number ol troops belonging to Fort Ringold
' had deserted and also joined them.
' - Later advices state that a small body, prob-
ably the advance guard of the revolutionist .
P-ting the city of Mat-
amoras. ...
. Some skirmishing took place, when a sharp
engagement ensued,) of brief duration,, when
the Revolutionists were compelled ro retire,
with' the loss of three ''men. A considerable
nu'ner on the side of the Mexicans were
j,;i!n,i
Kllle"-
! Another large body-of American troops have
deserted and joined the Revolutionists.
Orders have been forwarded to New Or
leans, for more troops for the different posts
on the Rio Grande.
The Mexican war steamer Nuplune, from
Tampico, arrived at the mouth of the Rio
uranue river wun remiorcements. Tney
were 'transferred to a small United States
schooner. A body of 200 Texans started to.
attack them when the Mexican troops corn-
posing the reinforcements hastily returned
the 25th inst.
The Mexican garrison continued their op-
. crations to defend the place, and a hard fought'
r i
was refused.
Gen. Persifer F. Smith was using every
exertion to prevent any American Expedition
crossing the Rio Grande. He wa engaged
in planning a complete change in the system
of frontier operations against, the Indians.
New Orleans, Nov. 2. The steamship J
Fanny arrived with Rio Grande da'tcs to Oc-
siroyea
Mr. Devine's stores were also burned.
The American Consul was wounded.
Thanksgiving. The Governors of thirty
one States it is said, have fixed upon Novem
ber 27th for the uniform observance of the
annual Thanksgiving, being the result of a
correspondence with them by the Governor
of Ohio.
In Virginia the Episcopal Diocesan has ap
pointed the first Thursday in November.
A Maine paper says that the "rum cani-
talibts of Boston have raised the sum of 8100-
000, with which to operate on the Maine le
gislators next winter, to effect the repeal of
the Liquor Law, and have pledged 400,000
more, to be used if necessary.'
Men may err and err and be forgiven ;
j but poor, woman with all his temptation
and but half his strength, is placed be
yond the hope of earthly salvation, if she
but once be tempted into crime. 'Taint
just.
fiSFThe number of Marshats and As
sistants employed in takiuff the United I
oiai.es census, was .3.144.
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From the N. Y. Tribune
W1m loolaud'Wlio reflated it.
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present Congress ne pea - ,
"g, the guise of Constructive
Milcttere forn suppositous journey trom vv asn-
lore us, we propose 10 biiow uiuivmuuuy w.iu
tbbk UU WHO .reiUSCU UHS UiiuriiiJU3yuu.
Biit firof ns to the pr'elitninary facts:
Tlie U:S. Senate transacted little or no
business during. .the-first two of the three
months to which the last session of Congress
was'limited by the Constitution. The daily
sittings scarcely averaged two hours in length ,
and rarely vere heid more than four days in
any week. If any Senaior ventured a word j
in lavor oi giving more umu iu.uu&uius?, .ue
was. sneered, down as a demagogue by the old
stagers, rtnd'the old game of do-nothing elabor
ately persisted in. Finally, as the Session
drew, near its close, a. majority of the Oppo
sition . Members united in a. conspiracy to stave
off and utterly prevent decisive action on the
River and Harbor Improvement bill by mo
ving amendments, talking againsttime, read
ing old reports, &.c. In this-way the lust week
of the Session was mainly wasted, and the 31st
Congress finally adjourned at noon on the 4th
of March, the conspiracy having succeeded
in staving off a decisive vote on tho River
and Harbor bill, winch was finally given up
b'y its frieiids at 4 A. M. on the 4th oFMarcli
in1 order to save the vitally necessary Appro
priatiori'biHs. The desperate struggle on the
River and Harbor bill had preventcd.decisive
action on much important Executive business,
compelling Presideht'Fillmore to convene the
new Senate on the 4th of March expressly
to transact that business. The new Senate
accordingly met, remained in session ten days,
for which each Senator received his S3 per
diem, or. S30 in all, while the ncio Senators,
who had :been summoned to Washington .on
purpose to attend this Specirfl Session, receiv
ed, also their Mileage for the journey, as was
right. We don't say the number of miles
for which they took mileage was right in ev
ery on any case; jt may or may not have, been
but these Senators were entitled to Mile
age and took it as follows':
Miles . Mileage.
James A. .Bavard Del. . .,220 . 88 00
Richard Brod'head, Pa. 396 153 40
Solomon Foot, Yt. 1,340 536 00
The following Senators, who were as much
entilled to constructive Mileage for the' Extra
Session as any others that is, not at all did
liot take it-r-we trust because they scorned to
soil their fingers with the unclean stuff- viz:
Miles. Mileage.
610 $224"00
2,224 897 60
1,520 60S 00
1,350 540 00
1,662 744 80
1,393 559 20
2,162 664 80
1,436 574 40
900 360 00
1,120 443 00
880 352 00
3,970 1.5S8 00
1;550 620 00
230 92 00
2,200 880 00
660 264 00
286 114 40
564 225 60
260 104 00
84 33 60
1,108 443 20
720 '288 00
300 120 00
George E. Badger, N. C.
John Bell, Tenn.
John M. Berrien, Ga.
James W.r Bradbury, Me.
Jesse D. Bright, Ind.
Andrew P Buttler, S. C.
Lewis Cass, Mich.
Salmon P. Chase, Ohio
John II. Clarke, R. I.
Henry Clay, Ky.
John Davis, Mass.
Jefferson Davis, Miss.
William C. Dawson, Ga.
Robt. M. T. Hunter, Va.
William R. King, Ala.
Willie P. Mangum.N.C.
James M. Mason, Va
Jacob W. Miller, N. J.
James A. Pearce, Md
Thomas G. Pratt, Md
William II. Seward, N,
Truman Smith, Conn.
Presley Spruanc'e, Del
! JosephJL Underwood, Ky. 1,480
592 CO
In all, twenty-four Senators who have thus
declined to take the Constructive Mileage,
and we trust will persistently refuse, although
undeniably as much entitled to it as the oth
ers Of these twenty-four,r?t'en are Whigs
and nine Opposition or 'Southern Rights
men. Among them is William R. King,
President pro tern, of the Senate, who,. though
not yet taking it himself, gave the following
j certificate, but'for which not a dollar of Con
structive Mileage could' have" boon "drawn
viz : .
.Washington, March 13, 1851.
",1 certifiy that the compensation allowed
by the foregoing schedule, to Senators of ihe
i Uiiited'Statcs, is according 16 law.
..,:.. William R. King,
President of the Senate pro tempore."
And now we come to the roll of Senators
who have taken the Constructive Mileage
and walked off with it viz:
Miles. Mileage.
David R. Atchison, Mo. 4,210 1,096 00
Solon Borland, Ark. 2,520 1,808 00
Jeremiah Clemens, Ala. 2,600 1,040 00
! James Cooper, Penna. 460 184 00
Augustus C. Dodge, Iowa 3,600 1,440 00
Henry Dodge, Wis. 3,960 1,584 00
Stephen A. Douglass, 111. 3,710 1,984 00
Solomon W. Downs, La. 5,600 2,240 00
Alpheus Felch, Mich. 2,242 890 80
Henry S. Foote, Miss. 5,160 I 2,064 00
William II. Gwin, Cal. 10,020 4,008 00
John P. Hale, N. II. 1,134 453 60
Hannibal Hamlin, Me. 1,476 590 40
Samuel Houston, Texas 6,240 2,946 00
George W. Jones, Iowa 4,000 1,600 00
Jackson Morion, Fla. 3,340 1,336 00
MOses Norris, Jr.; N. II. 1,180 472 00
R. Barnwell Rhet, S. C. 1,280 512 00
Thomas J. Rusk, Texas 5,868 2,347 20
Wm. K. Sebastian, Ark. 3,800 1,520 00
James Shields, 111. 3,334 1,311 60
Pierre Soule, La. 5,186 2,074 40
William Upham, Vt. L300 520 00
Isaac P. Walker, Wis. IPJOO 1,584 00
James Whitcomb, Ind. 2,032 812 30
In all, twenty-Jive Senators who took this
Constructure Mileage the whole sum thus
jaken amounting to Thirty-Jive Thousand
Seven Hundred and Nineteen Dollars aiid
eighty cents, drawn from the. Treasury ns
compensation for journeys never made, by men
chosen to guard the Public Money from em
bezzlement and peculation. And we must
deplore the appearance of threee Whigs (giv
en above in Italics) on this black list beside
John P. ILvLL-ofN. H.,(Independet,) in whose
election the Whigs participated. We must
yet cherish a hope that there is some mistake
as to one or more of these names in the offi
cial record or the transcript of it made for us,
and that they did not take the money. If
they did, the aggregate pocketed by them a
mounts to 2,493 60, leaving 33,226 20, or
about thirteen-fourteenths of the whole, as thn
iimouni oaggeu uy me Opposition.
Hilt TnrL-
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'i w" i,wtluu waa uyciEU y "at party, with
' ,We have already called attention to ptiie j ci the SZQ to less than one-twen-
fact that, in defiance of what appears to? us i , f of the who,c We wotaMj have cheer
the clear dictates of natura justice and ot J thig am0UI1'toJkeep the Whig
positive law, a majority of the United Stales ' whoU dear of thfs unclean business.
Senators holding over from the last to the Anj shoulanv Whig Congressman be 'hard
the help of two or three Whig bolters from
the regular Whig nomination, and ie about
half-and-half in politics, so that half of his pile
u:Va , .i.nriroii tn the Locofoco side, redu-
(fill' 1 I L"IU UU bllUiWU
henceforth, we inai8t that he shall appeal
JZu '
in any
T , nMont:nn fn fow fact.
t b of enforc5nfr our vjcw of the atrocity !
- of this Constructive Mileage,
j There is now standing unrepealed'on the"
, reCordsof Congress a law -which' prescribes
that 7io Member shull receive, for Mileage at
any Session more than cighl dollars per day
from the close of the preceding to the bagin
ninfr nf that Session for which the. "Xtile.ntre
is received. :Thc justice and reasonableness
of this.. provision are manifest. A. B. says, ' have done our utmost in this Lxpose, as in
" I want .$.1,00 from the Treasury for my ex-1 that of 1843-9, to place the facts clearly bc
nptuns (nSinir linrnn after the Session ami rn. ! fore our readers. If we have made anv mis-
turhing for this." "Stop!" says the law;
" there was but an interval of forty days be -
tween the two Sessions ; I prefer to pay you
$8' per day for that interval, as though you
had served straight through from the begin -
.nine of thb former to the end of the latter
sossiom r Had this law been respected .in j Will not the Press disseminate them 3 If
the case under consideration, no Senator could ( we have made a mistake correct it. but mo
have received more than S8 for Constructive ; claim :the facts !
Mileage even if such Mileage were 'justly :
chargeable at, all.
The prppper accounting officer of the
Treasury, (Elisha Whittlesey, First Control
ler,) 'rejected the charge for Constructive
Mileage at the Extra Session consequent on
the accession of Gen. Taylor tothe Presiden
cy, adjudging it authorized, by no Jaw but
prohibited by several, (which he quoted,) and
iiftnrlv unnrecedentcd till 1845. save in a sin- ;
gle doubtful instance, (where a new Senator , county, to attend as prosecutor of Peterson,
transferred from the House demanded Mile- the p.erpetrator of the horrid crime. It so
age as if he had come from home expressly to happened that he rode the horse which h:a
attend the Senate, and was allowed it.) In dcceased brolher wa3 rfdfn on the j3V cf
March, 184o, Constructive Mileage, as a gen- . TT . -
eral rule, was first authorized by Vice-Presi- ll!s murder by Peterson. He was in the com
dent Dallas and Secretary Dickens; but a full pany of some friends, and travelled the samo
half of the Senators refused it some of the road. The horse is a very fine spirited bay,
residiue expressed in taking it they did so in docile in lemperj and with an intelligent eye.
accordance with the Vice-President's decis- . , ,
ion rather than their own convictions. hen the approached near the scene of tha
The House has repeatedly and undivided!' , murder, the horse manifested evident signs of
voted new and express obstructions to the alarm and restlessness. Observing the sin-
Constructive Mileage rapacity, which the
Senate has in no case voted down, but has fi-
mllu nnlfivl ivif!m::t Hissant in prrncHnnr nnn
-r-only taking care to postpone its opperation. , movements. As he approached near the spot
We have thus the Senate itself this last of the murder, he elevated his head and taii,
Senate voting against the principle of Con- and appeared to be watchful, and frequently
structive Mileage. I uUered the snort so peculiar to spirited hor-
Mr. Fillmore, now President, was vice- . , . f ,
T, , . i n , r:i ... scs when apprehensive of danger. The no
President when Constructive Mileage was ; 1
charged for the second time in 1619. He was ule animal finally smelt the ground, and trailed
dead against it, and would have crushed it if the course by which the body of his former
thb opportonity had been afforded him. But master had been conveyed by his murderer.
M,r. Secretary Dickens, having first ascer- ne linauy reached the spot, smelt the ground
tamed Ins opinion informally, held bacti the J r
accounts until after Mr. Fillmore had vacated and Pawed and snored. He then made a
the Chair of the Senate to give that body a circle m the woods at a moderate trot, re.
chance to choose a President tern, (so turned to the place where the body was found,
that the Government would not be left; with- .,,i rr,,Ii ,u .
, ,. ,. ,.,-,, anu repeated the same ceremony. i Jus lie
out a legal head in case of the death of both , , , . ...
the elected President and Vice-President,) did se;eraI tlmes ln succession; and. when
when Mr. Atchison of Mo. was chosen Presi- reined up it was with great reluctance that
ident pro tern, and at once put through the he was forced to leave the place. Ia this in-
accounts. Constructive Mileage included, st;IiCt) reaSon, or what is it!"
thereby construing 81,696 into his own pock- .
et. The accounts were not thus held back . ThJ ?j.lsl XriampU oi Pride.
when Geo. M. Dallas was Vice-President. i
Hon. Win. M. Gwin, Senator from Cal- "Proteu3," of the Newark Daily Ad.
lfornia, was paid his 3 per day and 4,008 vcrtiscr, m a letter Iroru New York, sayi:
Mileage for attending the late regular Sess- '-The wile of a man of means, and tho
sion of Congress, and S3 per day likewise ,la,,,Thtnr of a wealthv citizen of this c.
lorins aueimanceouinesnorixec u.vees- typeople too fond of show recently
sion which followed. He here pockets 84,- u j u n j u i u
nno r n-i i- died, dhc had been called beautiful fae-
003 more Constructive Mileage in attending " ' . ,
this Executive Session, though he did not fore a familJ of children had gathered
trave one mile for this purpose. That 1,- round her, and she had not renounce!
008 is equal to the average earnings of twelve her claim to that title. She died, and a
energetic, industrious mechanics through a large concourse was invited tothe funeral .
whole year. Was it right for Gwin to take The coffin was made of rose-wood, inlaid
that money from the Treasury 1 What cnti- with silver Hned ith piaited salia 'j.he
l e mil to it whole top was removed, and the deceased
Stephen A. Douglass, Sam. Houston , . .-T . , ' , OL
And Isaac P. Walker, are all candidates for lu Stat n he .narrov! hoiue-
the next President, and Henry Dodge has was Messed in a white merino robe, made
strong friends who hope to sec him nominated. ike a morning gown,faced with- white sat-
These four gentlemen have together taken in, profusely quilted and ornamented.
6,748 of Constructive Mileage at this oiic The sleeves were open, similarly lined and
haul. Is not that rather piling up the ago- wrought a stomacher of the richest eni-
nyl" If either of them should -happen to broidery covered tho breast, whence all
T tamCnt' 7t rfPtf"Hy ? v,se T life .had forever fled. The head was coy
to stud v the passage (Luke xix.) which speaks ; . , i
of the "good scrvaYit,' who living been 'faith- b a,caP of choice lace, and a wreath
ful in a little,' was elevated to " power o- ot' tresu flowers arranged around. Tho
ver ten cities." The converse .of this re- hands , were crossed upon the breast, with
ward of true integrity we leave to their own tlie .fingers covered vritli expensive jeicclry
reflections. Avhich seemed to sparkle, as it in glad
Hannibal Hamlin is a Senator whose ' pride that the eye was dim for ever.
imi ,u wu were uoui surpriseu anu gnevcu 10
find on the Constructive' .list. By the trans
cript of the official schelude which has been
sent us, it seems that Mr. II. served 2 days at
the late Called Session,-and received his daily
stipend there for, leaving the Senate on the
0c!r5th of March, and w.e presume he started
for home, or whatever else his business called
him, either that night or next morninc-.
Practically, therefore, ho did not attend 1 dent ot the North American, as an "im
the Called Session at all, but merely staid o-; portation" into Pennsylvania. "Inde.
yer a day or two after the close of the regu- i pendent" replies, that although he is a
!antXrh; XiVaJ rup,l trnh' i nativG of Southern State, yet that ho
and takes his 590 40 of Constructive Mile- ia nn nAnnA nU:na nnA ' ' rtfPn.
age! is not this quite too bad I Several
others likewise left some days before the
tlie Called session was brought to a close ;
but they did not forego the Constructs e grab
on that account.
We should like to add something on the
.general subject of Congressional Mileage, in
favor of Straight and opposed to Circular
Routes; but this article is already too long.
One or two instances we will notice, howev
er merely to keep the subject fresh in the
public mind :
Henry Clay takes Mileage for 1,120 miles'
travel from Lexlnton Ky., to Washigton and
home again, or 560 miles each way. Sam
uel P. Chase makes 1,436 miles from Cincin
nati, Ohio, to Washington and back, or 718
miles each way-153 more than Mr. Clay takes,
though he pretty surely cdmes through Cincin
nati to reach Washington. We must get him
to show Mr. Chase the way. Indiana would also
seem agreatdeal farther from Washington on
the Congressional mileage map than any other,
as Mr. Bright takes pay for 1,862 miles (931
each way,) and Mr. Whitcomb for 2,042 miles,
or 1,016 each way. We must get Old Hal to
step over into Indiana and put up a few
guide-boards on the great roads leading tow
ards Washington.
Of the Senatorial Fire-Eaters, Messrs. R.
o. luieu, rierre aouie, w. lx. bebastion and
S. Borland 'go in' for the Constructive Mile-
age
The Union is evidently safe from anv
overt' rebelion on their part. Where will
they get-such 'rich licks' as these in their con-
HIV, T Ub'DU i
tompled 'Southern Cbufcderacyl
Wo feel
sure they will stop with us, at least eo long
as they can hold on to-their seats in the Se
ale.
We are to have a Presidential Election
next year, and we shall doubtless have lota of
these 'Constructive' heroes circulating on the
stump and figuring in franked pamphlets aa
revealers and denouncers of the frightful cor
ruption of the Galphin, Gardiner or some
other claim, and of political rascality and cor
ruption generally. Do you think these are
the lads to do such a business efficiently 1
What should we say to an exposure of Gal
phinism by Gwin, Downs or Hamlin!
Note. That whatever Turners, Sawyers,
4 Gov. Browns,' etc., the Senate maj contain,
should revile" us on accouut of this Expose, is
a matter of course. That they may be able
to pick some flaws, to detect some mistake
of detail in the above tables, is possible. But
can they thus divert public attention from
! the substantial facts above set forth !
We
! take we will, gladly correct it. But that we
1 did not before and do not now intentionally
j misstate a single point, even the blackguards
who have assailed and - will again assail us,
1 well know.
j Will not the People look into these facts!
Singular Circnmxlancc.
The Memphis Enquirer relates the follow
ing curious,and interesting occurrence:
" Since the commencement of the term of
the Circuit Court for our county, it became
necessary for Merriweather, brother of the
gentleman some time since murdered in our
' uiar conduct of the horse, Merriweather de-
termined to give him the rein, and watch h.
J1V
Tlm3 bedizened, .noor food for worms, sha
went down into tho grave, there to await
her God.'"
i 1
' SlxoMS and fliauJy JLausnnse.
The "Pennsylvanian" stigmatized "In
dependent," the Washington correspon-
: , . r-" w.. a.
sylvania that lie voted for Gov Johnston
in 1848, and should vote for him in 1851.
He then gives utterance to the following
manly language, which, we fear the
self-like spirit of the "Pennsylvanian"
could not appreciate:
"I am a Southern man by birth, by
education, by all tho affections which
cluster around the hearthstone; by the
ties of childhood and friendship; and I
claim to know something too, of Southern
character and Southern institutions. At
the South, as in the North, is my humblo
sphere, I have been opposed to the, ex
tension of human slavery in any form,
and I still hope to cherish that principle
until my dying day, whether that slavery
shall assume tho shape of oppressed serf
dom under European despotism, or tho
equally obnoxious form of black bondage
there or elsewhere. These sentiments
were instilled into my mind by tho wri
tings of Jefforson, 'Madison, and the p3'
triots or their times, and I shall endeavor
to cultivate them until better men appear
to instruct ua more wisely.
. , . . , v- nkin
M a Iate Kentucky Fair, a pumpkin
TOAQ nn nvJiJVki inn wniirVlincr rmfi hunC
V "
and ninety-three pounds and a half, aod
measuring sis feet nine inohes and a ksi
in circumference.
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