taco toc'oilatli or For:ober, • Dayit. ,Witfoever will pursue the folloWinE ex-1 tract from authentic history; Must beliet:e, • that Scotland, at least; has -great reaSed to,! rejoice at having survived the era of Lope ' focism, of Liberty Poles, and the tri-colored •, coekade:--- , • • " At the beginning Of.. ihe French Rev . 0- 1 • lotion', when: Dundee, liertli,• and' ether totvna and the of -equality of ,preperty was held. 011c - ti) enraged-followers and;supporters, the late-Mt Dempster; of Dunichen, observed, • in. the sprihg of 1791,7 that his farmgrieve, . overSeei, had- paid particular. attention to a large fieltllougliirand - harrowiirel - t - 1 twice, and laying down a double allowance 4 of manure. ---,He was preparing a third I Areasing when Mr Dempster asked him the Cause ..of all this care, bestowed upon one •than ,others. • Aftersome hesita tion the man answered, that every nian:liad• aright to altend to his oWn interest. Mr. Dempster observed, that however true that might.be r it:could have-Am -concern with , that- field.: -Ti- thk 'the overseer • replied, • • that as he .had , al4aYs been it kind and gen erous master to him,-he -would explain the whole - matter.,'' He 'then told him that at . the last meeting-of-Delegates bf the- friends oldie .people, they had discussed' : much 'business, 'and among. - other _matters" had . lita4e a division.Of all the lands in the dis -triet, when thialleld and someacres of pas= tune fell to'his share. - ' His master told him he .Was happy to -find 'hitt so 'proiided • , for, and asked what,-part of ilie,estate they hacl allotted to him. as to. you, sir, • an - d'the other lairds,"_replied the Man, "it • was resolved- that they should have nothing • to do - with- the 'land, -and that none - of the old lairds, mid proprietors" werotO have any; . •They -and their I:unities hail hatLthese lands-long enough; their-old . notions were - , - not fit for the new , times; therefore they Must all•quit and make way for the new or- — dereitthings; butaeyoirhave:beenzalways so good tome, I will propose, at the next meeting, that a portion be left to you where " • The. mention - Made fa. one of your .pa l . pers, 7W-colored Cockade, brings to • thy renterribrance a singular ocenrsencesie, lating thereto, which took place during tlic . reign4f .terror, in - _Fraiicc,_at that - limo most" unhappy country. , - In-the years of: 1793; and 'O4, France was ftirrowed, so : _to Speak; in every dirce 'ion, by the Revolutionary thunder.. ''"The moet insignifican't communes or villages. hail :their pbblic_accusersi. and their execution= -ere. It happened at. this"-tiMe in a small villge of - limousine, thiti ta-colored. flag" disappeared from ale' top- of Their stee ple _wliere it. -had-'been flying. A violent . . - disturbance among the people was instantly raised, eager search . was Made - forthe 'dar fpgPirender, but, not finding hini,*a dozen innocent persons were instantly Arrested on , suspicion, and whose death on --the public scaffold would have -followed, had not-a fragment of--the- flag -been-fortunatcly d is covered hanging from the branch of a li - eighborint tree.. AT — podri -- unfortunate magpie had made its`-nest-with the-remains of the - national color. Oh, the aristocratic, monarchic, despotic, tyrannical bird! they seized it, cut off its head, and transmitted the process verbal to the national conven tion in Paiis; Where:it was received with • pOpular acclaim anal exultation. The smal lest •appearance of- even a disposition to smile, says one of their body, would have ',Sent any member to the publid:scaffoldl - ; • Al lids Aline the Jacobins made a decree that fifty francs should be awarded, to any girl, that, any home, should become a •mo then They male a Goddess of Reason, whose altar was the public- scaffold. No- thing Sacred or respectable remained; even — tlio - denunciations - oUthewinnocent - relations7 was recommended 4 to sons, friends, and servants, to such a degree of degradation had they, descended ! I shall now conclude this communication with attempting to describe one of the moSt• extraordinaiy and revolting scenes that ever -took place, I do_not- say in the Christian, but even in theiPaganWorld, the initiotory festival of the worship of the - Goddess of Reason. • ' The day after the memorable sitting, when the Christian Religion was abolfilied, . . the Festival-of -Reason-was celebrated in Notre Dame, the noblest chiirdh in Paris, and which-became-the Temple of the-new -7.-111Vit-iity.—The:-Most-distinguistied--artists 'of the eapital; musicians and singers; were enjoined .to assist at the ceremony under pain. 'of being 'considered suspected and -._treated as such. The wife of MOnmoro re presented,the new Divinity; four men, dresSed -in scarlet, carried her on their shbulders ~seated in a gilt chair, adorned ~ i,vitli-garlands-ot:oakT — She-had-aLsearlet- - cap on herhead, aline mantle on her shoul • . - ders,:'a . white tunic coiered her body; in 'pne.band she' ;held a pike, in the other an' ..Oaken branch: Before her marched young --;--woUneriLelotlialo white with tri-colored _ girdlaS; i - flowers.— v*Le . gialattirb;;With red caps; and i the-He , „ -- Ap‘nties ufTthe'sectiOns - brought up The - rear,' L.':-Oikif:liiiiniekt4O.body of people traversed g,'4,iik i . o 4 4 .01411: of the Convention- to ther.Goddeqs Was ele vnted. on tho - iiigh Altar, where she received the adoration of all present,. women filled the air with • . Hymns in honor of 'Were . sung, a 'discourse pro.: ribunced,',lnd then every one retired, the . • ,-• Goddess longer borne aloft; but on foot or in ii hackney coach.. • • • • most. odious . part of the ceremony consisted in'this, that .while the worship of the Goddeks was going on in the Nave and in,the-Sanctliary, every:eliapel around the cathedral carefully veiled by means of ta 'F' • pestry harigingi, - became the-scene of drun kenness, licentiousness, and obsCenity.NO ---,words , can :convey an idea of the scene, • those who witnessed. it, alone can form %1 . conception of the mixture of dissoluteness • , and blasphemy ,whioh took Prosti tutes abounded in every quarter, the. mys teries of,§esbos and Guidos were celebrat-' without shame, before assembled Mut .. titudea., '.;rhe thing' made 'so 'much noise thatitransedthe indignation of Robespierre himself, and•on the day Of the executhin of Chaummette; who. presided over'the cere mony, lie said that he deserved (16th, if it • was Only. for the_al.MminatiOns he had pe'r 7 mined on that ocoasion.. • - I can - add no' more. Thee 'are impres. 606'5 which, may be -permitted JO remain in-the themOr3,..: hi prornoting ourpolitical principles; let us proceed without passion and. the' virulence' often attaching itself to phrty, names. .If we he Christians in- . deed,- which some• • people doubt, we will in - en given is love one another. • . 'I'REBOR. : • .Ifrinchester Republican. ,• • Deollocrati' Anti.:Vihimonic Nadi0111:11, COODITEII4 iosa. • The 11,11oWing resolittions were, adopted by the. bentocrntic. Anti-Masonic. National Convention which assembled in the city of .Washington on the 11th of September, 1837. jonyn to meet vgain on the. Second d'ay.of November,. 1838, 'at Philadelphia, unless sooner:reassembled by the National Conimittee': • _ • . Resolved, That it 'is the unaltered and. uhalterable:dnterMination.of this Conven tion, at the time aboi'e stated, .to *lie. nom inations for the offices of President and `ice PreSident of the, United States; and iten inflexihly• to adhere to them; • Res - nifed,•Tbat'.we. will peniinate no .candidate for either of. those pflieet; from any-state-not rngularly repr,esented ConYention." • TheiC resolutions are. now - re - Tublielte'd iii ortler diat . the - delegates of.this and other States - to the convention in Philadelphia, , . On Ike 1 ithr.Novenslier, 1 S3S I mav" be..advise'd of the - place, and : day 't) meeting; - thl:thare. - full attemlanc6 may :be ensured. - . _ " • PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.- --Since,the_election,. ihave_conversed wtth regoodly.number of intelligent Whigs, and have received corninaniCations. from several at -distance; who, all agree-with:the .the sentiments we expressedlast week: Oh the -silbject'‘of nominating, a Presidential candidate for the vOfig-• party.' The.expe diency of an early nomination, is made.apt parent ,by the result,,of the late -election; :_aißltheifeeWsit3i tti tiffth e fie Lion to the A. M. ConVention, is evident from .the fact that no ether party, or - division of Party can he assembled in.Natiefial Con- TentiOn as early, as,,it, isldestrable to have candidate before the .peeple: .. The tini6ap- : - pointed for'4lle- Wilig Convention is mor . thin a".year distant. ,:Before- .that time. ar riVes,'State,electioffs-mnit again 'take - place titroaghont the Union, and 'if we attempt another canipatgn witheut'l a leader,- our_ party .will be's° scattered that it - will be irrt - - - possible 16- unite - frunder...any name, how ever popular. the , whigs were - :to nt , tempt nbw-to 'alter the:time - of their Meet ing, they could hardly -fix upon an earlier day - and give the States time to agree to the - alteration and appoint delegates.. The A. .117.--Convention-=hasbeen--- appointed- for , mord. than 'a year,. delegates are appointed, and the time of their assembling is at hand. They will meet and nominate 'Presidential candidates. Then we.can. begin to collect our scattered forces: It is a - source of much gratification toms, that we have in this plan the, means - of concentrating 'Alia.. whole",of the Whig -strength. .• . . , , . It is objected by some that the name of antimasonry will prejudice the nomination. We can assure such they may dismiss..their fears. They, form too low an opinimt of -the patriotism of masons, Many of whom, we lthOW, .1.1:11fie r cordially in the nomi nation. A very few narrow souled bigots among them, whose inveterate and unprin pled_op positio.n_has_ex os ed_th em_tothe. censure orthe press _and the contempt of their neighbors, may still he "nursing their Wrath to keep it warm," but'they are too feW in number and their influence' too : little to he dreaded.—Xenia (Ohio) Free Press. THE RIGIIT COURSE.-=-A short time be fore the..clection, Alexander ,Lowry, a Por ter'man, said .that SAMUEL STURGEON, the .poor old man whom David R. Porter de-; frauded out of his hard-earnings, "would - perjure himself fora little money." ' • Comin'g•to.the ear of Mr: Sturgeon, and both living in the same county, (Armstrong.) he immediately brought suit againsq,Owry .for_slander—The...case_was_referreil bitratOri,--who - reported 'for the :Plaintiff (Sturgeon,) Four Hundred Dollars and, "costs of suit 1---r . Grettysbu'rg Stag. The - S totibenv illolle - rold; - tioxs - atoon nees theWhig defeat in-Ohio: - " Well, here.we are = the-election over-- . and-th e,W h igs-ra-we its extremest head waters. We have 'been routed, ." horse, foot and dragoons;" F our camp 'laid waste, baggage taken, and the right and left wings, main body, general and alLtetotally- used up., We have met the -enemy,-and we. are theirs--every mother's son of up. The result in this county, and indeed,', the result throughout-the - whole 'state, has astonished and amazed our side and theirs too: We got into h. wrong snap, -we--must-confess,--in getting—into_the_6nds_ of the loco focos, this heat. Bit whethei we were driventnto them, is our-own busi 'ness. Su ice it to any, that we did get into them, were handled rough enough; and capsized in all quarters. Before the 'great .battle' was fought, our cry was 'all to the -rescue'---egad had it. not been for all the day might have been ours.. - We made it our business to urge every voter to .turn-out»-- but alas! me' were most wretchedly misun •de6.food---the wings, only,- . were turned out. The only . licking the loco locos have yet received, is the county 'Of Licking, and that they have by-,about a -cool. thousand. -We have lost Governor, Congressmen, As s-emblymen—anl, had nothing else' to lose-- but- our honor, and,bonolNvont achieve vic tories in a hurry'. This is-the end. of Alie chapter. . , QtALIFICATIONS - FOR. OFFICE. ,• ' The bettyshurg • Star recommends to 1 :1 those who wish - to olifa . i office under Pot 'ter, to.eoniey their pro erty to a' hird per son; .make,.application it. t .the benefit of the insolvent laws; 'sway eletxeheat their cred itors, and ,make titer,eselves rich'. by the ;fraud. . These - qualificatiens, ' the Star. 4144*ould:ensurp. sumo, '._- • - - . Qi I) ie V.11 . 6'1.f . Orva 1 - ituAAT'it .X.*.v.ti ii Ito t+ Proitrthe New. York Commercial Adiwriiser. El==l=ll • By the arrival .of the'panket ship Burgun dy, Captaiii . Rockel, from Havre , we "have received our files of Paris papers' to the eve ning of Oct. Ist, inclusive, - Captain R. .Sailecr on ..the 2d. • 'These liapers contain Lohdon dates of the evening bflqepteinber 29. • , The London Herat! announces Ilmt_drafts to ' the regiments in jartiaica and the Wirdard and Leetiard -Islands, amounting to '5O BOO rank and Ale, have been "-irdr Ordered 7r pze-- - 1 mid • themselves in readiness, and e lark as soon, as ° •menns 'of convey anceean4)p.Provided. • It. is sepposed•that these additions to the Nest India force •are prospective towards Qinada. . -- i:Pholseconds,. - iti :: - the _ W imbleteil: net have.Geensentenced to twelve monthrr im prisonment—the last month in solitude, . . The weSther'for the week'endhfg, Sepi, 28,ThdbeenT wet and gloomy:for - some miles around London, but, the rain not un welcome. . . . A collision-hadtaken place OnitheGreat Western Rail way—eansed-by-a thick-log. =in , whieli.three esrs - t-ware destroyed: -Gut no persons hurt. Damage. about2L2.ooo. Advices from ..- New -York to the '3th of September, had been received in:London by. the Resceo . and .North_America.z2 - • • Tire trouble between France mid SWitz erland hai been : settled by • the voluntary withdrawal of Louis Bonaparte,. 'who 'had set out for England, after. .returning- to the government .of Thurgau Jai certificate, of nattiralization.. • • •• . • . The.keeherehe•frigate_et'some thne ago -on .an exploring expeditioh had returned, after-, 'teaching. dogs.,---north'. latitude: the farther p - roseeution- - .of the voyage' wa prevented by the intensity of the the mereUry p7l beiow_feceiip . oinrar ,Pahrenh'eit. • . . . . Intelligence badl. been. received at Paris,. `froniSpain; that. Gen.. - Ajitx:had had alight with the-Carlists, and-been 'defeated,' with considerable loss., - Eslartero was at Pon ! . coabe on the 'l7th- of Sept. There was rrreat activity -in the Cellist --ranks. 'Gen: -).ran [Cliristinoj.bas been succeeded in -thelcomMand of-the-army of the-Centre-by General Van Halen. The, contract with the Roth:3 . 6'los for the liyoduce of the pick silver mine, was-finally- signed,on the '2oth, the bankers advancing 50 - millions Of reals moilthly-iiiStalments of -10 millions,- - coin - mere - Jai convention has been. siraed -betweenl - -'rance .` rind _`Belgium, which is's - aid to depart considerably the prohibitive systein that:has so -long _ • 'More LA an e - _Troubl S . 7 -Theindiaps-pri the • Apalachicola river - (Concharimico's tribe and those lower dowit, the river) en tered some time ago into a tre'aty stipula, ting to leave Florida on -the 20th -of this month. Fears are now .entertained that thcy will not_moye_at_the_tinie_appointed, They are-'to be paid the money to which the treaty - entitles - dleni, on' 0015th. The acting governor, in - oilier to "prevent •them from dispersing . , has assembled a force of 300 men, half from Jackson- and hall - from Gadsden nounty,M be in- readiness to keep, them in cheek. ' There 's also to bcyne 'company of regular resent. The,,remo vat of the Indians is a ity which hasiseen s < assigned to Lieutenant Boyd; of the army. Pensacola Gazelle: : - - . -- Colonel William . Lindsay, of - the I:Jni -4ed p.ates 2d . Regiment of Artillery, depart ed this life the,lstltult. at Huntsville, Ala bama, whither] he had ,refired ' from duty some time in July, On account of . ili kcaith. - Tlin — Major General iThWa - niling announ ces to the Division this melancholy event with deep sensibility. The deceased en tared the army in 1812, and continued,one of its.ornaments lat=t‘Jnoment. recent service in the Cherokee country, as the commander, frOrn June, 1837, to some time in May lust, was strongly marked by vigilance, wisdom and humanity.. • Desecration of Dube; •hill,. —The la borers have recommenced operations upon Bunker" Hill; and are driving a brisk busi ness the. — dirt iiitc-:--preparatOry the laying . out of lots and the erection of build-1 ings. In_ a few nays more - our - own tOwns- ; mcii willwant a Tguidy to point pa to. thein the extent of the' field where the opening battle of the-Revolution was fought,-w here the British inade their attack upon the little breast-work, which;;;like Jonah's gourd; sprupg up in . a.night; and they will be told that, the heat:Of the battle .vas fought in that man's hack yai l d ! , --that the assault was front <lOO and that Wqren fell somewhere in the vi cifiitkof that gutter! —Bwiker Hill .tl4rora.: • The Introduction - Orthe newly invented sleeping - Cars - OnLour -Railroads-makes-that kind travelling almost , perfeet---all that is nowiwantingis a dining car. The sleep-. ing ears will soon be placed on the Rail road between this city and . Philadelphia, so that travellers leaving , here in the seven o'- - clotictrain - may - g,o - to sleep in this-city-ank not be disturbed till thhy teach Philadel phia.` 8; cars are 6fty feet tin . length, and di , which are sideways; ebn; by a . simplepovement, be converthd into beiths. here being three rows of berths, in each car forty;eight passengers can be ac commodated with berths.—Balt. Chronicle. The Southern Sun of the 25th 'ultimo,. published at Jackson,Wississippi, has the following: ' . • " HOB. S. S. PRENTISS arrived in this place on Monday ,evening last. nHe is in excellent health and retains that cheerful ness and ardor which rendersVm so agree able as a member of society. We regret, very much, to announce to our whig' friends of the Union, that Mr Prentiss is resolved upon retiring from publiglife, as soon` as the period for which be was elected to congress shall have'expired. He will retire,.because his private affairs require Idsattention.— One who serves the public must, necessa rily, ncglict his own affairs; and although we are sorry to lose so able and zealous a whig from. our ranks; yet, serely,'one who has fought so bravely for, the constitution an liberty asMr Prentiss, , bas the right of restig for a seascarupon his arm. • FRANCE, MEXICO, - ANIS . TEXAS. - The blockade 6f the coast-of-Mexico by- : Ftarice, ;Which•continues with unabated de termination 'and rigor, has been the subject . of . a good-deal of discussion. in the juurnals , of tne United. States, the coMmeree of both I countries Wino . seriously vexed by it, but ;especially that of the.. United States,• . We: have contented ourselves. so far-with -pub lisbing. the discussions of others, rind have been especially careful to give whatever has been adduced by the French Government, ; through its racial 'press,. in . vindieation of But if -- w - clurve - mit. engaged in this. discussion i it is • not. that We, have been inattentive either to the- novelty and hriportance - of the questions of public law which- it involve; , or. to , the possible extent of its Tcorisequenceg. We entertained--n confident hope tmoreover, ihat the two . grov- . , ernments between Whom. the dispute-ex ists• would havn , :ciune to some , terms of ac :eommodrition. jurrie had, however, gradually faded-away,- until scarcely the 'shadow of it remained; and even that has vanished, since the appearance of the .appa _rently-authorized. eXpositionzol-the—views olthn French Government., which we-pub fished a few days ago: The noinPletesub=r jection of Mexico 'to the demands : of France- appears to be. the lowest at which the latter will -Withdraw- its fotees, froth the' shirres of the•former. • . In this:state of affiiirS,'onr. attention. has' been' ust attracted by a . paragra - ph in - Le- Courier . des . Blots ,enis (a - paper devoted to the - national interests Of Franee) of Sa turday last, Which,. 1 . 01 seems to caw far-reaching deSigris on the . part of. the' French Governnient, apparently affords' a key to the recent ,official. annunciation of the withdrawal by the GOvernment of Tex- - : as;of its proposition .bf -annexation to the „Unitettatatcs— Tbere.is_atleast a remark fabl c • and - cirafinstanc-i -in the two-indications. It is no part - of bur' purpose to enter at this moment - into, neoin. mentary-iipen,the-projects-and-designs-hint-, ed at, in the paragraph to which we refer. We Wish only to' ask for iteirreTinest at tention of- our readers, with - which,view we translate it as followSi—Nat. Intelligencer. --Froth the Corirrhir-Dus-:Etati-Unino;foc4-20. "becidedlY, Texas no longer Iwishes to be ineorporatefi with the. ljnited ,States, who, on their side, have ne'ver - seriously cared about it.,„ Tile-annexation may well fora ti*:have - .entered..into:the views .of certain Texian. statesiiien while the Mexi ean pretensions *ere yeCalarniing; heft now t.lte.cliance.has turned. : - 'Mexico is no longer to be feared: In the interior_ it is. falling 'into, dissolution before-the intrigues of its - rulers, the Maeltiavelism of its tier-: gy-, - :and the - brutality Of: its inpulation.. OVer its exterior the thunder growls,, and wilibcforelong burst forth. France desires and - will have.7:satisfaction from the assassins and robbers of her It will readily be conceived that under such cireumstitiCeS7 noth in gin ine_talyar_for_her T in, ilependence, and thinks no. more of the proposed-incorporation. knows even whether, hey Government will net be called upon to cNOperate in the4ast.Alhirstisement of AleXien: by some-useful diversion on the frontiers ?. The amicable reception which the French and English :MiniStries. have given to the • Texian agent; the treaties which they have made and probably;.-4411• make. with him, open the widest p6Ssible field. to - r conjecture ,and forethought_with rea - ard to the future destinies of Texas :1:4 ate .independent political .State. Mexico alone plays a hazardous , game. Texas profits by it." . . INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. Oor-4ittentive—correspontlenis_olthe_Ne_w_ Orleans. Bee and COmMercial Bulletin, have furnished us•with late and interesting-intel ligence from Mexico. • The blockadipg'squadron was in a bad condition. The scurvy aiid fever prevailed to a great- extent on board of several of the :cessels, , and a number .-both Of officers and sailors hiid already fallen victims to these 'diseases. The . first Lieutenant of the frig ate.. Iphigenia, was among the. earliest_pf those who succumbed to •the epidemic.— The second seeretarr to the ernbassy, was likewise-dead.— - • Two frigates and three brigs were at the Sairlfieios. The Laurier, . Capt ' Decamp, - having - brciketilier7catile - orrthe 9th Septetn 7. - bar, was driven to sea, .and had not reap peared. Ai the'de . parture of•the•Erie,, on the 20th . ult.. there were about 2000- Mexi cans tit Fort Saii_Jnan, and '3oooor 400.0._iti the city of Vera' Cruz.' Of this', number, however, the greater portion. was composed of recruits which bad, been 'levied in:•the. interior--Ciinnon—had-beenplaced_bn_all. the.stibstantial buildings : in the 'ty, and the fortifications were well garnish - d with 'ord nance. All the - streets Were :barricaded and every means of defence and been adopt ed._ : by' Gen. • R incon,_commender_of_the_ 'town. . Whatever the -Mexicans may 4o by way 'of guarding Vera .Cruz from.the inva sion-of the French, itis net intagined,they will - be enabledl6 - resist an attack by . an army of near 10,000 men. The fortress of _San_Juan is regarded as•xnucli more Secure, being 'garrisoned strongly, Waiiii - e - 1430 - pieces of heavy artillery,' and containing an . abundant supply of provisions. • The :Eric- touched at' Tampico and 'left on the 2d October.' .. Tranquillity waSs undisturbed in the city; and it-was believed that it would continue tinm - olested by the-, French. • A. conducta_from, the interior had arrived there on the 29th,Septernber; with more. than' a million--o dollars, of which two hunilred., thousand was destined - for New Orleans, .and six hundred' thousand' for England. , Itt•lbe departure of the Erie no vessel of war lay in the vicinity of Tam pico. On the 22d 'a Danish brig had enter ed that port from Barcelona, with a cargo of 1000. barrels Of „brandy, and 200. jars of Poil; l Which were not immediately sold, tis was expected.'..-. An 'English. scliwnter, from'Etiglentl, had likewise arrived at Mex , ice., ; 'Twenty individuals'had been arrested and .accused of a conspiracy against the gov ernment. Among them. were . General . Gomez Farias, fitther Alpitiche, and Eerier alliozadre; Itcia said the:yr . :were Irv' he banished to' Acalspuleo: - The arrival dt the reinforeements was hourly expected. With this augmentation of film, the Fiench .will . soon take Obrae deCiaiSe step. . : - ' - OUR NAVY. This =arm of our . riationlil.defettee had of late .been the theme of much discussion. To our niind, 'Congress, at its daily sittings,, is bound :to do two things, in regard to the Navy, to establish a permanent nur -sery-for-naval—sOanten ; Lin-wit ich-bojis-can , be placed es `apprentices; and -to provide , more efficient arrangements for Naval arma ments. Compare. our NaVy, in point of equipments, 'With thO(of Groat Britain.. What is. it? Nothing, absolutely nothing. 73 If. a."long, low, • rakish; ' looking schooner' -hr is ratio - ft .1 - ow a:scene of cOnfeSion ensues. You most man-out some fifth-rate coasting-shallop, to. go and -take "the pirates," You' have nothing else, at least in a state of Wind fit _riess_of,n ay . ,aL. equip m ems:. __-__Eilacl4iniths, 1 must be . hunted up, ship Wrights drummed] together, and crews enlisted,, before you ' can send:out a naval' vessel to take the "ma-, raiders upon our,Commerce." The navy . is indispatably'the strong bul-. wark of National defence. That miserable policy, which permits its equipments to get odt of order: atiil it's manual - force - Ynio his _Order, .is a ,grose outrage upon the eominer-1 cialinterest Of our country and the proper deffl,nee of-our defenceless sea-board.- • "In peace, prepare for war," is as true now : as when it wailitsruttered 3 -and_theAply ;doc trine "by }vhictl,any. nation can Keep itself in a condition not actuallyto court foreign ag gression;'.. - • • The state of things existing between this- Country: and:England -will not 'justify Con- , gress longer in remaining indifferent in re gard-:to otir-paval,force... It is obvious enough that the : long-contested question of our North-eastern Boundary, is not to be so easily. adjusted as many superficial politi cian's suppose. • E t ngland, in. reference - to ,this matter alone, has taken deCisiire.steps • in regard to her land Let the reader look at the great land force. .whieh - she has planted in. the vicinity'of the territory in . dispute,- Uslit_n_ll for the -pur pose of putting doWn "-rebellion : in tile Canadas P' - -They - liaye- soldiers •enOugh to cat up the -"habitaits, ilthey had cour age to do it. Still these ""rebellious in zlie (.1 - a - tial a mustri (It . be Suppose:it; arc'" to be so easily "pot down." . .. So the Earl Durham has • found . out, -and . so will the . British<Mipistry ultienately diseover; They are bottomed On a settled determininiOn of of. the Canadians, ':vaStly:-.more: than two- • thirdS• of tirem, tO 'hare "arr nti re - - ref° tni lion -- lir 'the "Government - of "Iler. Most pracious Majesty'sCanadiati Dominions," - and-'we are of the_ number of those ;Who believe that nothing-short of . this thorough reform will *" put down rebellion in the Canadas,"_in a way.toiir - eieiit its. breAing out - again with the devaStatiow of • ".ttte„de vouring ejement." *ln this weef the Stales have a deep interest, affecting the peace_ of: Aim entire northern and north-eastern -fron tier. • The people of these_ regions; !Milo.- of the U. StateS, :have a right to demand-of Congress all the precautionary - arrangements; - wliich, their exposed condition demands, and it -is plain enough that:both. onr . land and naval forces are requiring immediate steps tOrnake them. I what they are designed to be--t-tlrti• but warks ol s our nationallibertiesi-:—Phitatra.• I-I Herald 4- Sentinel-- • . The ,17amons Trench Steam ". Ship. : _ The famous steam ship of mil. "L c Vel- . oee" - of - 22071mrscpnwer, - Imilvar Roche, fort, captain of a frigate, has just been .or dered to Fu, by the -King, that he may have an opportunity to witness the mancei--- vres of this superb vessel. The service_ rendered by this itcitintion. to the navy is immense, 'when one takes-intO considera tion :the promptitude which is obtained by a vessel which May be propelled hy, the - wind and - by -steam, - and-- when 7 -We- coin= Otte the saving which ii-made in the ex pense of-fuel. This vessel btiiiis a ton of coal per hour, and in an hour ht the Farthest; -the machinery can he taken away, and the masts so arranged, that the vessel - can be putunder-weight, like •a common • ship of war, - :What is the American Government htiout iti''telatioirtdthese= - navel - steany pro jeets?., Surely, in -matters of this character, the United States should not, be behind eitherEngland•ot• France. • • • THE METHODIST CHURCH. We . have already noticed the sitting of. the-Annual Conference of this Church for the State. .of Ohio., Wejtow • desire to mention sundry facts connected . with the Missionary Society ettached4otlic — Cittifer ence. The-Societyl-met-on_Monday,_the •Ist instant. After suitable-addresses, (that by Mr. Hamlin° b . eing.eloquent almost be-Z Onio is hot, .aiiil - cantiot.lie made .a, - Van, yond example,) a-. colleetiouwas taken' - iii, - Buren State. Let General HARRISON be which amounted to more than $400 . , nd te brought outkr the-Pregidency hinppositiOn . -which-a-member-of-the-Protesta .. pisco-, to Van purii, and Obio_wiLl_span_manifeSt_ pal Church of:this - city -- ay d =sloo.,- - her - opposition - -to-thu-ruinous- experiments . Nearly. $ll,OOO had been" ised 'for Mhs-. of the latter, by going heart and soul for the sion purposes within the ounds of-the C lan;. former — the gallant hero, . and 'her favorite ference during - the p year, and it was an- and adopted son.—Bucks Cy. Intelligen , ticipated that the eiient, year would pro: ccr.... - - .. duce _525,000. The .increase of the' Meth -+ • s- ._ - . . odist Chuitsl within tliffahii:TConference,.l SeatllLTittereris-like7silence---you during the past - year, was 3,soo.—Coluin- cannot talk about it and keep - it. .° It is like - bus ( ) Ohio) Journal. ` money; when once you know there is any . . . concealed, it is half discovered "My dear: Murphy:: said an Millman to his friend, "why did you betray the secreti-told you?", "It is betraying you-call it? - Sure. when L found I was nt able to keep : it myself, did'nti I do well to tell it to somebody that could?" ' ..: .The witnesses cola fatal duel lately fought near Wimbleton, in. England, have all been tried and convicted of premeditated murder.. Mier all, this is the true antidote against duelling, and, will put an end to the prac tice sooner than tiny other corrective that can. be applied. ~ Let not only the surviving . . ' • IFeth—rdea.,ll. Chicago papers states principal, but those, who are in any way 38 .0atthe fever and ague is bdethilini So pre privy -to - suck roaccnitres;.be punished valeta out West, that the-settlers are strain they deserve, and we shall soon. See these . ing their sto 'turn its n moVe fashionable outrages . against every feeling ..u s seful wit suo. Aniog.oth movements to cr projects, .Some it of religion and mOrality full into disuse. - has' been estimated: thht the shaking'. of One or two executions would teach people twely'e men would propel n boat 61.100 tons. to hyoid such-sivagn.pasdnies. . * We are 'at If this is correct, the days .of -steam are' numere a loss to discover how persons 'can disap- bd. . proye of duelling as they - pretend to do,.and , .•• . . yet permit it, to besarried on-With inifitiiii ,- ty.—Ballfinore ./hnericaff '• , . . . — The - .celebrated - Indian - Warrior; - BLACK . • . '.1101 .- K, - died at ,his ' camp, .on 'the river "* • ' - - 16; ITAL ITY.—An Irish • soldier, ' w " who . 'Di came over :with . General. MOori.,: , being -.. . . sMoines, on the 3u instant. - asked:if ha .. met with much hospitality -in . 'lt is, reported that, the gorinqns and 'the Holland 7.„ "0, - yes," replied he ;.."",' 4 too citizens. of Carroll County, Miiis,Ouri, have much; I was in the hoppital,:alMost all the w I bad a fight, in" which . the Motpui.ris,' whO, time 1 imaitere." . ; ,.-' . llvere'ell armed, gained the day.. 1., Were: well . . 1 ' %%oughts On Ihe Thaws. i - - The Editor•of - the Washingtori*Examiner 1 holds the follOwhiglanguage with reference to the state of political Ethics, and ,the consequent practice that distingUish 'the 1 preSent laws. There is„ too much troth in' -the-remarks-toniake-them-palatable.. . .. . "Party spirit is debasing:public. morals -- I to' the lowest degree. The practices which have gropn into vogue have nullified - The I force of virtues exatnple,:and levelled the 1 influenee'of all men 'to that vulgar-standard, 'which ackhow' 'ledges no . superiority but brute-force. Priucilk, consistency and truth, , receive QsAlittle respect as ,the beatiti'-"[ ful.tem .. ples of the. mt.:when " they, were over run by the northern barliarians. What [ will be,-the end_ofit all,,heaven only knows. 1 The an:ireby of the French.revolution . MaTi be a type of oar destiny,'or the downfall I and' destruction of ' BabylOn,„ Sodont and - Gomsirrah .eould, scarce, : have deServed a worse fate. Religion and piety and patriot- i iSur and morality, have no t cheek upon . the unbrideled course of party. spirit: Its' Vor tex absorbs -them all, - and whirls men's , - minds - intolt - teM pe st - -- of - Tee k less pa , sion _1 and :fury - that overwlielins all barriers.— Fraud, - violence,. profanity - and , perjury, rnle . the hour at the ballot boxes; men .in .authority, - corn; pted :by the love. •or office, deSeendfroirr'their high _places to_engage;-in-' the .vulgar-and"selfish scramble;- th ieves -and . robbers fall upon'the Sub-treasuries where -the public treasure is "'exposed to be hundred 'tiered hy. an idied 'hands where one could lint reach - it" before, and the very ramifications of social and. private:life are -invaded. by,f,alt- manner -of hitterness, strife, prejudice, malice and.uhcharitableness. All society seems to be conyulsed by, a-moral thundergust, 'and the piospects•of returning rectitude and peace, lies only in the hope hat . the•moral atmosphere, like the heavens _after an - elt - ! ric - flash, --- may - be , puri iied-hy-the special interposition of the red arm 'of. the Almighty:" - - ..--1.--- The Cilso ~f I~lu/ru'it. -Considerable ex= citement - ha's. existed. in Brown . county, Ohio, for some time past, in consequence Of the arrest Oa person named Illalian,V irltte:of• -against - 7 1 ii m 7in 2 K - on-- 'MAK, and a demand made for him upon Governor Vance, by the executive of Ken tucky, claiming•hitn as a fugitive Wont jus tice.. He is charged,in two indictments With assisting-two slaves to- make .cape from their owners ,in-Macon comity; Kentucky.. After the authority to retake . 11fahanwas — given; by GoVeinor Vance,.in• obedience;_to:.the • constitution and act of Congress in Lnch eases, he became informed... for the first time, that the charge was deSiitute.efifoundation.rthat - Nithan is a ti4eti - of Brown'eounty.,Tand• has not been in Kentucky for-years,- He could not, there 7, I fore, be guilty of the charge, and could - not be subject to: the ,criminal jurisdiction. of Kentucky fOr an act done 'in Ohio.. Gov -ertint—Vfmce—at—once - despatched a spear messenger with instructions to take evi dence of.the above facts and lay .them• foie the GovernOr of KentuCky: -The Hoosier - at Nia . tara-.--Different people are affected in dilferent.Ways by oh . serving this "miniature - cascatie,v ,as an' English traveller terms it.. / floosier, writing_his experience in the Iliiffaloniatr, thus discourses:" That's the place for my money. -NV hen got Over on Table. Rock and sat - down;* I felt as though I was .at• ltome.l.___There was_the_thunderingigme river jumping over-a precipice like ten mil lion Buffaloes, with. the- Indians after them; all roaring and yelling, and whisking their tails, and there I sat ; looking on as calm as a_clock,upicking_my_teeth_witlony_Rowie, and wondering how it would look it the river should just turn and run up stream!" DEATIf OF MR. I.AlkpAiTElt:,:—We regret to state that the injuries Yepeiviiillif - 1 Mic'. Joseptt.Lancaster in the accident of which we gave an ,account on Monday,.- have l proYed fatal. ,He died on Wednesday I morning; at his residence. Mr. Lancaster • was in his _67th year.__llis name_wilt Imp , he remembered, as dial. of. a zealous and useful labo'rer in the-cause of educatien. New Fork - Coni.Sdv, . • .-• • • • - 1 Jealousy:—The .." gieen , eypk -in ons tet' !-I holds..-a sway_ over . all, bta&Las:,well.asi white. A negro woman,idNew Yor, he. coming jealous of he)y6sb.and, went to,the honse of the stippo — eir6iiiiicorlter trouble,- a' yotmg inula) tt . girl, and threw into her f face a -bottle" .oil of vitrol,tprodecing the utmost - agsmy,. and in . a short time taking thellesYfrom the bones. She was com-. ittptrto_ausiver_for_the_fiendisli_act. =2 From tlie r.;,* Exireas. II AtEt irk—S ; iigracetul Riots Last evening the disgraceful farce of, ny Wright and Co.,,"was again repeated at, the• MaSonic'Hall, a id we venture,te say a more *brutal Scene never' disgraced- the any : , Hats .of the great Commercial Emporinm:- At the usual hour for the commencemento. the. Hall was filled to overflowing; and not less than S;ODD — tiTets ~raliacbly, wereife; .posited.at the • usual price of one shilling each. At the commencement of the - ture, some slight 'interruption took plac& - , - from the hOoting and hissing f the,erowd, but this was speedily put down by the in-) - terferenceof a large body of the Watch who. - ad heetutrdered iu atteiidanpe_by_the_May-. .The Lecture ttrocepded and was gone . through with, without further interruption.. The crafty Fanny, carefully avoiding thro'-' out, ;my allusion - to politics on • either side . of the i uestion. At they close of the "Tierflirninee; nearly an hour was consumed hefore the male por tion of the audience:retired•frop the Hall. . . . filly this time the grow(' without 'Fad increas edto a most fearful extent,—not less than , 10,000 per3ons were assembled .in front of , the building: -A large number .of females 1 wlin, - . - (th their `shame lie_ it . Said) liddr - ntten-. ded the -Lecture, ...ri • ‘vittempted 'to effect their egress.: . This movement was not-ef fected--without-the-. mcist - degrading- - insul4 - and partial' and, personal, violence. from. the -mob. * - The bonnet of each female was upturnecr as she pasSed,- and the most•disgusting epi thets applied..t67each passerby; the - crowd. eagerly searching for the. object of their in creased and outraged passions. At length ,the Heroine.of the /tour made-her appear;- - , Ance ; •as-she passed down the staircase and 4 the long passage way, • np-symptoms -of , perso4l violenc - e were exhibited,. but the feeling - di - 6f the assemblage Were* Man ifesled by moans and groans, loud and*deep. • Ase -the fair Fanny reached t e.street•door the whole - crowd - madetn -- . sit ultaneouS'rush to- ' Ward her. Being stir 'nded.by that body of the police she. was - 'in measure protec- - • • Ted - from v. fence : hut yet so great, was t ie .pressure - that...she:lva lifted from . her feet; mid forced . alorig ;the walk" to, the corner of Anthony street; .Down this - street her Sup porters were forced, and the watchmen forming 7 a double ,file-cordon, for a nfometit saved the violence ofjhelmob,- till themo 7dern Hecate was hurriedintoa coach, which was fortunately at hand, and she-was Imp , ' ,vied otT,'-horrieward 'bound, amid the horrid 'din of -.oaths-,--aild silents, - and imprecations of the ,oiitraged • multitude;.-thousands Whein followed her even to,the'door of her lodgiiws. - scenes of violeneedirViot, end here; Several:pmks who. were . at , the time pas .sing: on - the west .side of Broad Way, were -aesailed i,y-a:band of ruffians, _and - most-, ; - sha Mefully treated. •91'wo of their nuMber,. Taylor and John H. Miller, Wlio were secured by the watch, and safe ly lodged in Bridewell. Eseiternent • and. violence seemed now-to reign in. every guar- 2 . ter. Officer Belijarii - - - -r were passing down Pearl street, and when near-the cornet of,-.Centre street, they en- - edu ntered, inob of about 100„persons, who had assembled seem i nglywith the determi nation to end 'the night.iwriot ebd - confu- - skin. Mr. Hays, with accustomed daring. ~ and firomptitude„rushed into the midst of the rioters, and at the imininent peril of his Town life; secured 'fwii) 'of the ring-leaderS, Alegander Fanning & DavidNiiapp whom, with the aid of the Watchmen, were eafely lodged in prison, and the ;nob then dispon; • • sed. Register's Notice REGISTER' S OFF2g cartig,.; Oct. 27, NOTICE is hereby giv tees,-Creditors,•aiid oche,; ed, that the' following; tiled_in_this _office accountants the seated to th land coint "mice, ber , for confirmation and allow- Tuesday the 27th day of-Noeern -D. 1838: ' • • 1: The ..tulm.inistration account of d. Smith lllCKiii»ey and Roberi E xoyutprs of_Joseph _lVlclittiney,. : deceased. . 2:. The administration account of Alin Rupp, Executor of Samuel Ruby, dec!d. 3: The •administration account bf Jacob Baker•, AdMinistrator of George Baker,.de= -k , eased- • tration account of Rachel Kline, tratrix of George Kline, Esq. deeeaqed. s:_ The Oniiiistration account . of lAA Thrush, itchniniS`trator • of Isabella Clark, deemed.. • • 6: The admiuislr) tian—Stayman many deceased The administration account of Isabella. 'lcClore, Ailq;:istratrix of David'Mr - Clitre 'deeedseit 8: The • administration account- of Geo. Beelman; Executor of John . Brandt, deed. 9i The administration account of Daniel 'Markley, administrator of Henry Myers, deceased, . • ' - - - 10: - The - administration - accOuntotHenry Coover, executor of Christian Coovcr, di : ceased. . The Guardianship account of WlWails Craighead,-sr. Guardian of Wilson-Mc- Kim,.minor son of James . McKim, dec'd. The Guardiamihip account of William Craighead, sr. Guardian of Wm. McKim, minor son of.JarhesKinr, deceased. The Guardianship account of Trillion; Craighead,- sr, Guardian' 4:if pdrew 'Mc- Kim, minor son . of-James McKim, dec'd. . . ... _ . The Guardianshii; . '.account of. Ifillithri Craighead, sr. _Guardian of Eliza McKim, Minor tlaughter of James McKim, dec'd. . The Guardianship account of , Craighead, Guardian of Mary McKim, Minor daughter; of Janes McKim, decd: . The ._Guardianaliiii account of Jacob Reasor, Guardian of Peter Cromlictfilitinor son of John Cromlichitleceatjed: Regiafter. FINE FirJß . CAPSeawFur'and Sell Skin Collars, Lint and Russian 1:74. 1 'r Tip — pita Vbr Ladies) for sale very low at; • • ARNOLD & CO"t , to all Lega persons coneern 7 'ecotents have been r._examulattott,_by_tho_ ut named, and will be pre- Thane' Court. of Cumber- OE MUM ilin' - account - of Chris armor-of-Abraham Stay-- 0,
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