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,