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'Trom the Louisville Journal..
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.... - . - General Leslie Ccfm . bs; in his addreAs.to
- iliii - CroittiOn - ;" - .11 - avingjalluded - to . the - j act
.of the'.bahners' being seenby hint floating
OA the. batteries of Fort -Meigs, when he,
as the 'messenger of Gen: Green Clay to
• Gen. Harrison, was repulsed'., by, the Judi
' atis*:Mr, - Foster, the President of .t.he Con
vention;•introduced-to the auditory Col,.
Vlrtri.' . .tliints•rv . ;, of Lonisfaria, as the identi
:Oat old ,soldier, who: nailed those- banners ,
-- - ; :--in-the..-ramparts by the, orders,of• the .com-.
' niander4n-dhief. • • This happy:incident ex
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eited-rntich feeling; in the.assembly and for
• • ':'S'ome Minutes, the cheers and 'shouts of the
\ • - bearers :Prevenfed• the . speaker from, pro
,-.. 'needing. -- 'Silence at length. being obtained,
• several. deinanded.again the name of .the
:=---__...-speaker,.whenigi:-Foster introduced him
• , a "second: - •time* , - 0
01,,,2,Cliristy...addrerseil . ,
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- the - Convention as follows.::.; ~•_-_," -.: . •
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• VaTENne AND F.',F.I.LoW-HauNTasink: -1 .
--- :crave your-indulgence for a few moments;
aisering you at the:sante time, that I shall.
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no inflict-upon . you .n_set-speech, at: this . ,
• .. -- late hour, although I dwappear as a. speak
er .'at hOrrte, in my -own htimble way, in
behalf of the cause, Which.has brought us
Apgeilier on this , day.. I- am-happy-to-iw:,
-,- form - you thaVinrown:state - , - gallant - to - n=
--- 'Wenn has - redeemed herself.. She , . has
•' . fired - ;he morning. gun in the - great:conteit - ,
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.• now pending between the people and their
Servants who are -ruling Over : this bleeding
• . conntry,.aiid it 'is_ withpore . than ordinary
•- pleasure; that-I point ,you to - the'rnatto on
her - banner, a-banner which.Lhatl the lion- .
or Of' bearing in the proceSsion yesterday,.
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'"Louisiana to each of . -her sister. States;
greeting ; -go, and do, : thou.
, littewise,,"--
(Great applause,) epplause.) . . . •.:, ~ - _.. • .
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Some of the allusions made by My:old
- • - • in,
:.. compatriot antis :who h'as' just preceded
:me, have broughtme . unexpectedly befeire
• you in- the •attitutle. -of: an eye -witness, to
... 'testify to.some of -the feet§ which he ms.
~ -- steted. • .(Cheering.) It is true my coon
_ll-try:tit en ,- that:l : hott. the- honor -ofqhsink:_hy_l
• •• the .side of the hero of l'iipPeeantie, 'during
-sortie of the • . most Vying' peribds of ills •1
military. life, andi inok. upon the - present'
moment, as one of the most happy of my
-•- . • '
existence; thatl haipe:been .spared in..cont-•
•...'• -. inon-with old - companions in arms, -.to.
~.- .. he Rerinitted - ,te 'stand fortli- - -tty--ilay, -as...a
!.,, • living. wiittres:cif the Skill, - the - patietiEfiffri-.
, iteas, the patriotistri, and the valor display
.; 01 by :Gen.rliarrisojirin :dimes that tiled
• - -rnen!S - Sduls... .(Cheers.) It'is.:.true; fel
. low-citizens, that when the .first gun .was'
fired upon Fort Alleigs, by the enemy, at
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r---- the cemmerreetne4t:of7 the sibge . ,.:Gieneral
. Harrison called he to his-side ' . (for. I - Was •
. • neting:Qiiarter Master, and had charge:•.of
oil the public - stores and flags) anti .nut :
•• Sir, go and nail a banner upon.eyery, bat
tery; where they. shall wave,- as long as ari
- enemy
. is in view!" (immense cheering.)
.- 11_-T . tlitc kb; and witlr_ this .right hand,,,l-did
'the - - vict0ry..“.....,_ n.,1. As... ra
, n enemy, until`liar perched .upon
' • then), - (Tremandons cheering.): ' - •
•. . Itpromised, fellow-citizens, not to make
- a. speech, (pries of ~go • on—go on) but-. I
must take, the liberty of' explaining two hr
.". three - facts - conneeted - witlrthe - seige; - . od - •
. . --which have-notbeen,so-far•as-Litaveseen,
properly_ brought to light. •
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.• - - :-Ity - thp.speCial order-- of the' General; I
was ail:is-side, night and day, during this
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' - memorable seige;'and I ,ant - . proud ,to de-.
clare,-in the presence Of this great Con
• • ve . ntion, and to the world,' that there-was
.. co skulking, no' hrinking from. danger, -on
. • his part, (applause) but on the. contrary,
__ his smile snit encouraging_ countenance
- ••• :were seen in every part of - .fort.- His
- . addresses-to the sofdiers.from-thrie to-time
were such.aa to-inspire the.most timid with
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confidence, .and his. taample in braving',
.- danger such as to
.give,courage even to the
volVard,, had one 'been present. ~But to the
3 . l;lett_the:_rob'ssenger,Lieut-tiamilton;l
-•'::: - froric a GeniGreen-Chys-edipS'Of reinforce=
ment, reached the-fort, I, was 'present and.
--. heard :ev'ery l voo *at-, pea§id_be I,Wee n- h im-,
- :..•antl the,Genera, The-plan of attack,:for 1
' do purpose of . relieving the
,fort, was :the'
prompt and
,sole work: of the General. It i in
, . self, . There. were British batteries -0 either
- . side -of, the - -fort, playing. Upon it by cross
• fire,•The river InterveninglietWeen those On.
erie-sido .. and-the - fort and-an,open plaiwbe-.
~ .I,Weett ui.and the enemy's.eannim, on thed
---- ,qtlini:., ".. - The';General was aware that * the
- .'' main foree;of the enemy on. the opposite
side, of, the river, was encamped: near ' tiro
...1 , Ofilei-belOW4dis-batteries * -in,which-therd,
• • were only enough., to, the'-guns. Ile
thereferzw - sont,ap, 'order, to .Gen, Clay, to
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• land:: Oudley's Teglinent z - 0n . ,, the, opposite.
pider,ef, th'e.riVer fromihe':tott, ,iv4h• - diree ! .
' tionA to, itOrni - ,the• - eneiny!s batteries, - to'
.114 e and,eut, dawn_ his, cannon, retreat to
'-... ' lheli,r-,)*1,.#3 and cross the.-river immediately-I
'., td.-,flie folrt,whiel, he obSeried;could. be!
... . Aiine . ,_ . othoitt,:ihe.,loss of 4.Single,msp;.and
. viVeli*O'st.'o *ne t as he had nn. force,.
- .*.47o3iqii::tr(,spared from-the. fort to send
, ta;tliefr, aid,insease .qf neetii.:, It • was • also.
eigkitted„ici;ihttotessengeri that:a 'sertiti'
... it, - , ,0 tiltlbeigWe . : ilii.o 'fite;fort:nt.4.he -sante
in
.. _ menti;enti thq••battcries cifiliti-on!
on 1
' ..-. ihe side, ..,C. : the 'plain' be stormed..' 'Phis',
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7:--was-:doill :of:
the - most gallant styl - sc - : - Th - eif`
. itlOsii,±thSt.lhii American "arms -Were:born- 1
: lilsitett."viefoi-ititN, - and
.:had . "COLDtrdleyri
-obcipd. , tlfri'.Wliele••eu.ders,'Sent....tei :him, as ,
7 .1
:'''' .-- .:15ra., , gimp .9.3.4 e.. tr. t z t h - eE S O I-5- I' l ' Mi itTI-. 1 4 3 ._.,W0 1 44.1
''-'# 9 :4*or-iliti - Iliolat *tii:**o43eirittr:'
:ii , ' Itttlit;fitary. hi s terY'of, 'the•,:cOnntit,tittrinki '
too, ,lie..itisi*o: - Butl fiteidecreed.otherWise,
TN lit*'' . se' fai'''n'i C01..-thidley and` hil-gal:;
) ~.k:-'ra.101 3.0 0.t...) Were: concerned; for,•:after .
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„,• Jiito.xeetitedsthe orders of his General
v:•. , ,Mtarniiing, the liatterieS. : and spiking and -
'''' 't tittlileii'''''ii i I'' • • . withc' •'' '
. t .,.-g ,
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~,,, -, w ~t te,cannott,.out the, ,hiss,
M':'• I'...),o44ViSiVbfaiti'Dii Mei 'IOU ntt 11,iiiiielfi
'Y'',flii4oo l Cilfir44f.ii'i 4 iiik : off 'the' impetuous
X! , ,Zolllo4itir t Wlisi'ltaiPlintyet had nit' Oii••
;2 ". :-i***__c..;*•.„ . ojOitiAilli.,_2l4., : ii!4...,.i i .b_i:V ; 4' : l
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45.r: ,- . , . ttfiti.ml: ; tt .A , ,fll,oo,tiTilyttnow; Atm lota'
.:If?:#oo:44`6l4thitit.*tiliifi:'
regiment ikf Ai.,
t . ..,
- -, -,4i.--0-4 , -- , q ,,, --g..,4:-:44f*:;Ai. , .. , . : :..' . .v . -: ~ •
-. ;ATOtik*-41-rri1 ,,,,, n'.. , , ,, , .•§4;r--twi'.- ' :: '
If:t**446:.::: : l.4!:ji`':::.. *A '''' , ` l ; 7. ,:t;?'' , " . i4,o•:.T . ' .. '
Britiisl trobps,:Who likd marched "up - after,.
the 1/esti:teflon `of Abu baiterieff;-,frOna',..their
cam beloW,,as - Was,antieipated:bk,Ge.fierak ;
Urjted he issue L l. the::Cirtleir for the, :
regiinent' tin cross the.river • by:::all':•riiecips:
immediately ulcer executing -their wOrk.if
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,May beAvell,io observe htre,:that victory"
h ach cro wand : tiro bUlf - ii - macle4roM = the . forti_.
- b - uftwttre - . -- unfortonate issue.!ott,the. 0pp,0 7
`Sue side of the - river. Tam, perhaps,, the
- 0n13 ,- . IIIT/ jwitifeSs - i - ;Who 'heard - - the-Gener:
ral.deliver his plans and orders to;Lienf.,
..the messenger. ' Ever) thing
Was' clearly e'4lained,---the;absolote,,ne - :
cessiiy, of 'a prompt retreat en the .part 'of
Dudley after spiking the enemy's cannon,
was pointed'ont,.- - ; In the energetic manner,
General himself; he said-I0
Lieut. Hamilton: " Tell your commander,.
'that these .orders are to be obeyed, at the
hazard.of •' (Gfeat applause:.)*
1 hatre now shown
. .you,
that, So far 'as this Order was obeyed,,
vic
tory' was mfrs• on both sides of the river,
and •the for relieved frOm •tlie' only regular
"seige which took - pipe during the last war,
-and relieved..too_by...theexertions of an in-
Hferior :force, ..underfilia.-Lifriparolleled_Tskilt
-11 displayed bythe - cornmander-in-chietin this
plan. Which I have tried to • explairk.o you.
,It has. been 'my-fortune alscko bear armsunder the celehrnted-Generals:Tromin add
Jackson. - have also read- something of
-the history of military men - - iv.ho have-gene
before Us f and So, far us my public judgment
enables me to decide, I challenge the, his
±ian to produce from thelorders andplans
)Alexander himself, -- ericiCirifininiigh;Of
,llingion„of_Bonaparte,or_frorn 'those - of
anYNTAiiierican ci - Tritain; one; Willehr,oll
- the extent of it,, displays
~ more
military, skill and judgmeilt, than .thiS of
General Harrison's, for the relief of Fort
CApplati'ie.) I will here - ask - witat
•wbuld-have been : the fate of-the-great•gene--
rals, just 'named, if they. had
,been
Sponsible, for te all resultS . ,_ : wliether. their ,or .
'Ors were-obeyednod.: The answer:hi
acid yet-General Hertnion'haa been
arraigned and compelled to. father
re
sponsibility of.'the
_Oct, which led to Alm
defeat—of Dudley, a responsibility never
before required-of any Other - General! But
whilst•thezminers and sappers were 'unable
to demoliph the. fort - defendecl!by hiulful
- of - men, buder.the inncaliate.command • of
that . great and,koed men, -there were poiitf
-cal min,ers and sappers the .White. House;
who seized-npon theeircuinsiancesto whiclf-
I have - alluded—clis'obedience on the part.
pretext Thiel: 'they were
- ,enabled-to lay- the hero olTippe - eanoe upon
,the slid(' as Military man with a view of
- ad — vaneing• silk-steeking 'favorites: - For a'
'time; they •seceeedeCl in blinding. the eyes .
of . 4llq.peopie - -; buflthe are: at last
.Wal4iiiinp in the majesty of their ° power
to te,:fder,justieertci:that, much - . 'injured, pa=
triot anti fs - oldier,, who: shotiNt have - been
elevateil••.:to - Alie command-in-Chief of the
apny ofAbe:H. 'tate'S for 'the ' skill alone
displayed in his order
. to Col. Dudley, if
for no other cause. (Tremendous cheers:)
It is, due to tuybcti, foilewcitizens,.b'efore
I . elase,.to give a brief explanation of the'
causes "whip!: mo
tint now. Occupied. by •m,
warm supporter of General 'Jackson, and
-thati..e.v,en.ioteil!for - Mr. Van, Buren. I
kVI t
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am found in the Whig ranks; to-day, net
that 1. respect the less that gieat general
and tick:n(l6.'6f his countefini - rthe plains
of - Chtithette, -- but that T love .my . country
more. • When the first• attack was 'made
upon the currcncy-oftlic country; 'myfears
were• alarmed for the result,- Effects 'fol
lowed causes in:rapid succession; until the
only circulating medium, we.,hatt. in this
country,. was. destroyecl;runtil commerce
was paralyzed; until . our rich, valuable and
productive fields were waste, and the
energies and enterprise of this great people
prostrated at the feet of Executive . power,
)cople, whose canvass had whitened
I= 0
every'Sea and 'whose footsteps, had• been
seen - in e,ve'ry- land.— beli - eVing: as--1 -7 ,then
did, arid: as I -now de,' that these results
were : the' effect; of a mistaken policy-in the
• administration of our national affairs there
via's : hitt one course left for a man of honor
to', ptirsue for' one, who feels -a deep, in
-terest-in-tite-prosperity •of - his native - laml; -
airdillat course - I have ad,o fed, Whellfcf
' for Weal : or . forwoe,-time-alo ej.can-decide_-
(Applause.) . -:-I hold-it:4) the imperative
-duty
- duty - of every ' freeborn . ' — American,:beldly
to come . forward;, ivitenever - :a - crisis - like
theliresent one . ' occursin .1.116 : . practical . af
airs of the country and •to give his whole
support to the cause 'of the...people, host
feeble soever thafstippOrt may be, (Cheers.)
: And 'now, my. countrymerr,,let me, appeal:
to. you Vtlith
. the - voice".of, one,,.whose, age I
and experience have. entitled him,. in ;your
kind eStiin'atiOn, to be heard .in . , this Con
vention, to redouble your exertions in the
-great-coritest - Veldit us, with The assurance 1
that on your conduct will - defieitd - , - in , .ari i
r 'eminent degree',.•the success of, the cause
I•under - Whose harmer. you have.enlisted!
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Col. Christy sat dewn amidst repeated 1
.cries ofgo on on-but. after. some,trio.- 1
Mints, the ' President • iittretlueed.'Nlajey..,
' Clarkson;of Ohio, to the - -Conve tion; - ms. i
one :Of. geMitirrisen!i, 0d....e0di. is; 'and, i
IL T6
Whit his impreSsive testinieny;.wes .c sed
the session' of.:the.prdfit Democratic. Conn-.
Populv Vo4e of.lllingi,s7 - - - -4 - letter from
Illinois to .a: gentlemen , .Cineirnvi, , ,as
Igiyeit 'in the, last'Gazette of that city states ,
the aggregate p , oar vote, in
$4,000,'-ont of.which . tfe Van Bitten party
are,a majority o(lr,i100. , The , aggregite
o I tilarvote at Cheeleetion
immediately Vreeediitthe„presidentiat r el
:don of 'thsilVirr4l43;ooo, out of whitif tht - T
I :yan Buren pnrty had ,amajority of 11,000.
And ,yet, shout some of 'the' more unecro-,
purous of the , Locolneo prints, j'never were
our ‘ piospeets brighter, ,&e. Illinois, in
fact„his go'oe well, for, the. X arrisee„
.geroip:eause , , "Ae 'renailted,,hy the Ga-,
~zette-L.m.'One more effort will thoroughly
'break the trace s' of - VaijoiacYs the
pre - ndly ;fortli,‘.tedeetned,
generated, 'aud'disen thinned., :; A' s majority
1.80, eleven thoo . ut but, of fluty
-114"C*0;Yeil4i4.:gii:L0,0-"tO:a
:.I;?r 4 Y 043i/9-- ll ictfiatind eight -Ainufrego
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ok.iNre:.".e, , -(--.ir 1..1 20.4 r.
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Wrt er- A V- „A~.1•• - , t .11:1r ao --- 1 - •to t • 4
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of eighty:.-finirdrouand I Let Olaf be - reT.
niemb - ered,'.wherever,
,the Harrisonr demo..;
have - y6t7iiorlt.7,lo - do. Itfis hill of
encouragement to them, and.dist - tidy, to their.
opponents,"
Cao'narlitiVil
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• Suppose•fitst we'
give:Van 13urah ,the
Maine, ' .10
New iltnpaire;''7
Pennsylvania; • '3O
Maryland, ' 10
Virginia, 23
South Carolina, 11
Georgia;• , 11.
Alabama, ‘
7••
Miisiasippi, 4
Arkansas, 3
• „5,
Missouri;: • . 4
Tennessee, 15
: • . • 140.
-Now;- reas
claim many of The'S
above? 'ToTeliness
EMMI
Buren by. near 10,01
Cannon( Whig) eair
(y, B.) 6 . y near 20,01
has beek temporaril,
Whig cause by Polk with, his great pppu
larity, and u cry against Whig corruption
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- By what law of-logic dims lie. claim Yir
glitiau-whioh--has.jtist-deelared,by,a:majori,:-
ty on the popular Vote and in• its tegisla . -
tore, for. fives and Reform; and 'against
•Vau. Buren, a standing army, "and the - sub.:
treasury ? ... • _
" • .How -does-lie-claiM—Maryland, which
_Was against him bY 3,50 Q majoritv.. in !3O?
How Georgiai - which gave 2,780 against
. - -
him in .'361, .
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.These deducted-50 inalleave Van
, Buren 81. s': -: - : --. : •:- : .
NOw, , on -the other hand, what right has
Harrison to the -Statei-n 101:voted-Mo:Van.
Buren in '36? . •
. -New York - he claims because he has had
it for' 3 years, and the other partracknow
ledges he will zarry it!' _
-I{,hoile-Island—Beeause_it_haslkeen..,with
hiriCsinee.'36, and is-now Whig_,all.,oydr,
giving a large increased majority, ".at -, its
last; election—Governor, Sehate,7l - lOuSei
and the •••''.
North C4rolina-Because..4 has made at
its. last Plection,l3rOWn feel strapige,.. and
Strange turn brown, by giving - the -Whigs
over 8,000 inajorityr.and a !Tame Majority
bottillonses 6f - ice
. Louisiana-1362 , m* .she has just giveii
the hall a t,tisti,with 2000 W hig. majors y;
Michigaii- 7 Because she- gave'-at her last.
election alargh majority: for a Whig Gov-.
ern - or, and elected a.. Whig Legislature;
And all of the States which ih,'36 voted
for "Old Tip," and which are in our list,,
we elaim-
• IlecauSe they have given_ at their late
elections astounding majorities for him.
The voice of Ilie .- -Stifep.pays—No! and
not in a-whisper, but in a . •lond - and angry
tone w-lrich-cannot - 4e-misunderstanil.
Stbany lour.
CONVENTIONIATW,IIEELING....
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---Tile-tnu7ol-eptellibt-t-WaS-d—gre4l-day
,ntWheeling—one of_thOse few days. that
occur in a man's life, as remarked by the.
Wheeling Times ; wlhich- "-will never - be
forgotten." It was the (14 chosen, as
correspondent expiessts it, for "a conven
tion ofthr'ee States" at Wheeling=-Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. should„,have
said four, for old Maryland was there also.
And strongly Indeed were these States re
presented on the occasion. It was by far l'
the lara^ ^ tli it bl field
lib largeatlnical assemblage ever tie,
-that-part of_the_nount.ry. The estinnates,-
indeed, made: under circumstances likely
to favor cower resulls,- run -as high •as
'TIVgNTY,-FIVF I
.71;ms/4ml-for—The—nu inber .
present: Soe estimates, itideedrgo a s I
high- -as 35,600. Joseph Lawrence, of
,-Washington county, - Pa:presitled FtliTtir
hmighty assemblage of the bona= and-sinew
ol..the: W2B_,assikted_bften_ vie&
_presidents_ frem .Yirginia.;_,llVe_., from
sylvania ; ten
. from and.-two- from
. _ - •
• -The vast •assemblage • Was addressed in.
succession, or' from different positions; at
the same time, by Mr. - Lawrence, of Penn-;•
sylvania ; Mr. Cox; of , Washington 'city;
Mr. Southgate, ofKentucky; -Mr: Johnson,
of- Cincinnati; Penrose, of, -Pennsyl
vania- Mr. Pitts, of Maryland; Mr. Stokes
and Air. Bingham, of Ohio;, and Mr. lamp
ton, of Pittsburg.' - -Referring te.•this great
atheriCg-,--the—Wheeling-ifintes of Sat OT:=
iwwhich.givea=fol-detfiils i says: "What
maybe done between : this time and .the day
Of. election,- we• do net
,pretend -to say; . but
we do say 'that theeffects of this 'convention
will be salutary upon the 'vote,of this sec,
ton of Virginia... That this portion of this •
State. will give a vote'se -large for'Harrison
and Reform, that---itr will • astonish both
friends and , fees."' • • ••
BOYS DO YOU BEAR TRIM—The
Globe at last acknewledges that there is a
potraibil ntthe•eleetion of General - Bar-'
risen, and
,the leading tory paper.in'Phila-,
delphia says, that, the result of •the coining
contestie extremely doubtful.
,We have
the::enem - ron the rareatderthere be one
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more grand and a arge along the
whole - lineP and isuch - a - route - tf — tirelory.
office holdersand their followers.will never.,
.le - iniairisignificancti-compaietl=wittri .•
, •
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The, frienda of Governor Porter -in the
l'coutity, of Philadelphia, ;being dissatisfied
with the ticket. (brined by the. party, .as
*din" the active friencht:or the Governor,
,have seceded, and nominated'; on their 'own
book' thefollowing Thirty District
.1 - , For Poegress t ;Niertoii z
_County.—,For State :_ Senate;' Joseph S:
Johns. Aseenibly;, Phoning ' D. , . Weyer;
-RicharaJohn.D. Opothviii;
F _raiik. r l
,thi-leei, , ,Francis 'Lyrics, Michael Pray,
:4fidierr ,
/Wren b e
ed ? .
An Ilintr - give—llai•Ll
i rison the following. 4
• MasiachUsetts, l4
Rhode-Island, . 4
Connecticut, , 8
New York,: . 42
New ';fersey,`B
Delaware, = 3..
North Carolina, 15
Louisiana, . 5
Kentucky, • 15
Ohio 21
Michigan, -
Indiana, - 9
EM
This tvill_eleet,_Tio.
on has --Vail Bureif - sto.
tatos_ln his list ai'maile
de, for instance,—Where
tate in23oegaipst.V4ri
DO majority,: and - ro . '37'
led it againstArrnstyopgl
00 majority, and whichl
ly stv.ung or from: the'
hie vir.•••
. ,
ICrFotir bundrbil . ,labOters ; are emPlOy-:
ea.. 61 the .P.ennsylvarlin rail, road, relaying
theNoit,lfiraelt lietiveetf;Wltite;• Hall - •and
the mile stone About five Miles of
.the - road , passes -through, this county:. • . •
Darby 'Republican.
•A od yet, friend: Waller; these•,are, not
half of-the'laborei- - whO' will be on that
Ifack, between this tinici,and."terudaya pre=;,
ceding the election;7, The game . at ptake.
in - : the fld Seriaiorial District fief : bap mueli
itnporionce - -to the : friends. of the:state ad-:
Ministration,. to 'be entrusted to the . infleL
epee of so small a number as ; ui. fo. Mini/red
laborers., . '
The, disgraceful means which Will be re
sorted to •hr the St perintendenf of. repairs
on the..Dolumbia .rail road, to• defeat, the
Wishes of•a majority of • the legal "voters of t
that district;" has,,become. a . matter of public
notoriety. The. demonstration of popillar
feelinglatelY manifestedy is too seriously
felt: by 'the administration, - to „allow the
.eleetien of two stale senaters•to
out the interfimenre
,olits • powerful inflii-
ence,_to counteract_a fair and. el-ndid. ex
pression '-of the opinions Of the. voters, and
.to'seeure
honest at'd faithful representativei.
L.- :Governor . Porter,."in 'his Message to the
•
Legislature, at their ": - special session, par
ficulaily directed the•littention - of - That body
to the decayed state of the.' North track of
.the - railroad, -between the 22 mile stone
and White Hall„,and 'declared that iii its
_presentr_condition..-it-was_utterly_uselessi;_
and Upon) : the first of September, not - an er
fort was
. made to plaee% in repair, although
propriation for it was Made. Whatscause
can. be assigned by the proper -authorities
for' this palpable neglect of the interests - of
the state? It - was not that they were igno
rant of - the faets:' urged' by the Governor2to
obtain the apprOpriation, as it is known to'
every individual connected with 'the ‘
,mo
live- power,'' that for. the ;past, year, such
has been. the
,condition. of the North track
of this section of-the road, that es i
could not-be run:Open• i :unless
with serious danger, With the Tulllnow-,
ledge of these facts in their. possession, we ,
ask,:why were the'repairs• so long delayedi
•after the appropriation had.licen made.- 1
,The response may be heard, by reviewing
the's - liteThf - parties•tin the - State Senate.—;
That bodyja compOed-of 16 - whigs - ,' and
:17leconfOos, of "Wh ich iatter,•The terms Of ,
two,expire•ori the 1.1b.,,0f October proxi- 1
mo, in thud-Senatorial District.. At3he
, election in:1838, wheiLthere . was .a-lOrger
vote. polled than ever before in this district ;.
the're<ocoebl - Werc - :defeated
,by a majority
- of 17,_out 'of a popular Vrite
,23,„fipo.` In
1839, two "6/ hig - titketi - w n o illation
Chester contity,..and no serious . oppozi,
tion -wos Mode in Delaware (geni : v. and
the'conseptenee was, the election of a .loca
foo
_seoato - r.. In .1840, from evidences
not to lie* intittitijt the slifeWtLealcula , '
tors !of the ad ministratiop •party, - they see a
result similar, to that of 1838, unless a great
'foreign influence ean - be - breught to
,bear
Open, and neutralise the choice of the re=
qiilpitt _voters. D.no.n.th,q,,rdin f ire of se i na:
ion of the next senate; - and it is -n nigireTrif
surprise,
.that_ an administration so. pro
verbially ;corrupt - as. ours, would hesitate
between the imperative interests" of the
state,_and.thelsticcess--ofi . a--,party measure
,which would tend- toleneourage_nod screen
-them--in- their-.future
pro quo . of the laborers must be ren
dered, and the. se to which, they will bb
applied on the .13th of October, will show
why the.repairs have been delayed to so '
latea day. •
Let our friends'in the• Third District look
to it.—Colunz.' Cour.
THE IVIAINE ELECTION.
The State electionof Maine,' is to take
place on — tiro - ±4-41rpf - Scpjetalic I:7 — Tlre — re=
much-interest,-
although the Whigs are not sufficiently
sanguine to indulge a hope- of success in
that_quarier. Tlic/Mrasliington correspon
dent of the National Intelligencer, who 'is
a native of Maine, and well acquainted with
character of that state, days
That Ahem' ham-. beati changes. there;
.and,thatithe_good...cause_ is :advanCing,EJ
have no_doubt;_ but,..with.as_good informa.
lion as -a man-can have;
. who is - not cool and
calm even - aifrifil the excitement inthp:state,
I see no reaspu.to believe that we can de
feat povernor Fairfield,.and it must not be
expected. Be. has a popularity over 'and
above that of his party, and will obtain
,a
greater vote than' -Van' Buren' can get. If
Fairfield. has not over 2,500 majority, the
porSonal popularity of General - Harrison
can take-the: state in November. for
members of 'Congress, oughLte defeat
illliert-smtih and to • gain a member in
:Hancock and Washington; but circumstan
ces render the. first - doubtful, and, in. the
last, to 'effeat what we.: desire, there must
have been considerable., change. __George.
Evans, will be. triumphantly re-elected: , It
is probable there will be no choice - in the
district Mr. - Parris•repreeents,if he insists
-upon being run again, If things. torn out
better than- - expeer, there is- . stronger .
under - current in ',Otfifivor than appears on
the surface.
.Alughdepends -upon WaldO
county, the stroitgest..Vsn- Buren , eounty in
the state, - im- width , there is said -to be a
.decided :change '; and - as -- this`- County:has
great interests at stake, in lime, the fishe-,
may,lr _ground for ;the be
' • •
The, Third Congressional Piitriet.:
-alearn--thaViiiiFilltotte-tr-Nh'ylist
liavin-g-4efin-erd re-eleetioryttrennrew
the Damson Delegates of, the Tiard.Dia
triet met yesterday afteinoon, 'and - unsni. ! „
:fitously - nominated Morton . 41.1eMielatel,:
Esq. 'Phials''s powerful nomination, and
will no doubt unite in its support a /very=
strong . -
• Van Buren's .pefrenchment—Let it bq
. reinembered 'that John :Quincy Adams ex
pended on an average Wt twelfe, thillions
a 'year, and Mayan Van , puren-spprids
-finans ttiat sni or Thirty-seen
J.A. Adams paidof! . forty-five' Millions,
three7,hundred•mid thieifilousand five hun-
, dreg ire dollars ofPublic
Debt: Martin' Van'-p n ren -,exhailated ,the_
TreaStfryj?,in iiik, - firat - year; although=. he
'found a anrphirs cif - forty millionei - and'are.;.
ated a new Natienal.Debt„by issuing ten
millions of Treasury - notes, and has been:
increasing it ever since! - And yet
dams' was turned out for extravagance, and
Mr., Van Btiren Preterids:tn Reform:'
ille-'reventie . of the Government - was'nOt
Barthian-oer Mr... Tan Buren; whileAtAvaS
_m'ord_thunvenougli for Mr.'Adania, andl,he:
paid'off an old debt,'about,,ds.mucli,,aS 7
Spent. ,Look „at• theSe things--they are
facts, and may. Lie• found in the .public
eoids'ofpur country. The aremot•k‘whig
lies;" they are melancholy truths .
fisburg - Telegraph: • • • • .
BUNKER - HILL CONVENTION.
`The Boston Journal of Wednesday af
ternoon, is filled With' an account of, the
great frbig; procession. to-Burionit HILL,
and of part of the doings there. A decla
ration of independence, prepared and,read
by Daniel Moller, appears in, the papers.:
It too long for us this morning, consider
ing the:deemed of-our Commercial articles:
delightful. — We copy a
portion Of. the deelaration. • •
Finally, on this spot, the fame of . 'whieh
began with our lihertyland can only end
- with it, intim presence- : of these_roultitudes,_
of the whole country, and of the world, we
declare our conscientious - convictions, drat:
the . present Administration has proved
rinc ati able :of-eond u ctin g•-the-pu bl of-•
-fairs of the 'nation in such a. milker as shall
preserve the - coristitution,..manitaio tbepub . -
li - cliberty,T - orni -. sucure - teneral—prosperity ,
We declare With theAtrrbst . sincerity, that
we - believe:its:Maio purpose to have been,
to - conlinue.its o~.vn purpod, influence, and
popularity ; that to this - end - , it has aban- --
- d0n411, - -indispensible: but=higliiTiesponsii_
ble constitutional duties ;. that it has trifled .
with the great coheeins
,finance and cur;
rency ;. that' it has used tliestmist reprehen•
Bible means forinfliiiineing'publin opinion;
that it has countenanced the'application of j
.•
public money -to : party pnipneesici that it
seeks to consolidate and strengthen party.
by every form, of Public patrohoge.-; dratit
'laboriously seeks to conceal the truth. frOni
'the
_people_ on subjects.'of.great interest;
that it has shown - 1001f to be, selfish in its:
endlincl..coriuptin_its means; and that if
it.shouldie able te.mactitaiiiitselfiniktiver
thiough another terni, 'there is the most
ithininentdanger'that it:Will plunge the Conn
fry in still Tonkel' ililliculty, bring oti still
greater,disofiler and- distress:, and: tinder;
- mine 'atOnce - the (ouridations!of-the public
prosperity' , athLtire institutions of the coun- .
tFy; .
. Men thus false to their Own professions,
false to the principles of the consiitution;
false to' the interests of the people, and false
Ito the highest,. honor of their Country; are
• unfit to; lie - the rulers Of this-Bepublie:
The people ;of.the United 'State haVe a
right-to good -government.---They- have _a
right to an honest amLfaitliful 'exercise of
all the . powers of'the constitution as under
stood mid practised in the best . days Of the
repUblie for the general gootL. . They have
FL l zterii.l - w Meg / ilibire / ATetigirea;
and-the benefits of that Union which their
fathers established. • . • -
•
And standing here, this day, With, thq
-inenitof those" . Fafliers fresh on our
hearts, and with the field of their glory and
-the , m,snuments-o F - their - famtrib rfiriltir
view-with Blinker Hill beneath jtis;,and
Concord, and - •Eexington, afid.•Horchester
Heights; and •Fanueil• Hall around
,up—we
here, as a part of the
.people; pledge our
selves to, each other.and to our country,.to
spare no lawful and honorable effort tovin
dicate and maintain these rights, and to
remoVe•from the high places of the nation
men who have thus contemned and violated
them. • •
=h nd - wo - earnestly-and-solemnlyinvoke
allgood-men awl-tine -patriotit-throughqut_
the. Union, foregoing all considerations of
party, and forgetting all distinction of state
or section; to rally:more, as-our-fathers did i •
in 1775i'against the common oppressors of
our country,.and to unite with us. in restor
ing dur ; glorious constittftioa to its true. in.;
terprefation,' ,its practical - administration;
and its kilt supremacy, . 7
7 -- 7 .1 - such--a-cause ; - principles every
Thing; nothing: .".Y.erwe Can
not forget that we have worthy, -honest,-
capable, • candidates,. for the offices from
which we-hope to remove the present' in
cabente.
•
.
~; Those, who desire a - change, throughout
The whole country, have ~agreed with ex
traordinary unanimity, to support General
William Henry Harrison. for the ,office of
~Eretiiomat.:. We believe him to be an - h&j ,
mstaro — faithful - ckfzetoctiliervcil
117—
.115 countryTufeceiisfully, • in divers .civil
trusts; and we believe.him a veteran soldier,
Whose honor. and bravery , cannot be ques
tidhed. - ,We_ give hirn - our nnhesitatidg
confidence; and in that confidence we.shell
support him, and , the'Tlistinguhilied citizen
of ‘-Virginiai'wlio has been nominated-for
the Vice, Presidency, with all - our Worts
and all our hearts, through the present con
test; convinced by their plectism. , the true
spirit of the. constitution will. be- restored,
the proaperity:of - the , people relived, :the
stability of bur free institutions re-assured,.
and the . hlessings of T.Jaiod and Liberty se
cured to ourselves and our Posterity.
- Theßostoii. Transcript SaYS— ' '
- , 9 - I
—A„cavalcade te-the-procession4onsistin'i
of - pwards -- of -2 fifteeu — h - tdidfe - d citizens,
fouled," iii_fte!clock_on_the Western' Alen-
Me, under the command of N. A. Thom -
- son,'Eififf:VhieTThiiihall to the-cavalcade.
l'hiEr - body - presented a-,-Aohler_fritittheinti
well m — olnted'on . fine hories, in a imat uni
form, dark coat, 'White', punts,_. ack.' hat,
with plain 'but elegant trimmings; Mid 'a
Harrison_Hmedal 'as' a 'badge.' . After..tbe
cavalcade had taken their • position, Abe,
whole -, bodY being previously formed •Oh
der,the' command of the ' Chief ,Marshal _to
the coliven,tiob, llon.,,pranklin Dexter, this
immense', procession ' took up 'its line :• of .
march' for thinker Hill, pasillig.down the
'Beacon : street, .Mall, -up , •Beacon, street,
ihrough - PaYk•Commort;7ivap,hyikton, stiite' -.
streets; Merchants ',- Row, round 'Fadeuil i
Hell,throdgh South Market; Commercial;. i
, 1 •_.
. ,
Hanover, Bljekstone;:iiil 'Haverhill
. ,
streets., to Warren Hridgc .77 th rough Chartes-,,'
. 6qtre,,, unit, _High;
stiebta; to Mciiiiiment•Square:-
Yresident of the Converitibit, - .Hon.
niel Webster. r • • • - • -
• 'Among' tlielargest of these .boltes, we
noticed
,particularly that: frinn . .Old. Essex,
which forinedinCoinmercial street, under.
the command . ,
the. Hon. Stephen C . .
Phillips ? Chief 'Marshal of the county, pre
ceded by : large cavalcade. "The-great
leature,, hotvever;•itras - the-reit - shOtar)i,m -
Lknn, mounted, on wheels • draviiii six
beautiful white horSes. :the shoe :was
seated, 'about twenty mei.' ,
-Fine, bodies otsailniii,.frorn. the city. and
from. Salem,, wereieen the
. prOcession;
neatly :dressed in short jackets and white
• trowsers; adding much the riovelty..of
. . . . .
thc, scene. .• , •
arches, surmounted by mot=
tos, and gaily..ilecOiated with evergreens;
flags; and streamers; Were7thiown'oirer tbe
tweets, at short intervals, throughlmt the
whole line. of march.'
The. truckmeh; to the nyinber.Of 300,
, •
dressed in their neat white frocls, ,
and will•
mounted, presunted . aanoble:appeardrice.
Every dwelling Window - , and houie4ep.
on the -ling .- ivUS - filled with gaily drez_sed
ladieS and Children, :waving -The stars and
Stripesaiid white handkerchiefs, as the pro 7,
cession passed. . ••
• The procession occupied one hour -and
forty minutes in passing-a given point, and
was composed :of Upwards .of twenty-five
Alrousarid - delegates - .
_ At hslllrast 12. the. right- of, the proces
sion -reached Blinker - Hill; at which time
-
.
- The distandd.paSsed by the -Convention
is, computed to be about fisie miles.
,This is A;)ne:.of . the most_ glorious days
ever witnessed In tGe city of Boston. It
would he impossible to:conjecture the num
ber of : the people now aoembled,. hut we
venture to assert-that never before were so
many - people, at one tiineoiiithin thebouuds
ofits territory,: _Most of the place's of busi 7
ndss:are'closed, and did' day given to twit
nessita glorious Pageantry; . Ifitherliistory.
Of POptilnfnieetings, this far surpassed at - i}•
- thing that was - ever ,hefore - seen -in thlS
cotuitry. To giN:e.any thing of an iti.earof
this pageantls•impossible: We ,can .only
say. in four words- -
- TEE.'Pt - OPLE- HAVE ,EODIE.I
s
Two Dag* Later froin
lEiagir s und. - • •
MS
-=- By the arrivaLat •Neiv Yorit, of the:ship_
Alexander, .Captain- . Copie, the:, editor •of
theallerald ha'S- received *Liverpool papers
to the 6th of August inclusive, They fur
nish Several items of intelligence.-of con
siderable_ interest'inii . w.i)l be seed from, the
extracts iVen. • .
'therestilLgreat prospect of war 'with
Vrauce.• - There - is nothipgrdeeisive -- -froM
China. • The Arabs have - made an unsuc
cessful attack=-on.- Aden. - The Rtissians
have not-made, good their footing-at
The Syrian insurrection As at an mid.
Preadful_;Shipwl ecks.—Tbo Lyra
Ham 13entinek, E . ast. intimmamwhich
'us. 9 4111.0 f Fel r , l , mrY•
with - troops, was. wrecketl'_off Bombay, on•
the'-'l7ill- of June; 7 passengers, 58, re-;
crhitg,•and 20 of the officers were lost. On
the,same_day,the-Lord.Castlereagh, from
'Earrack, troops, was also wrecked off
Boiribay; and only '7o' eut Of 'fhb 201:k
sons onTsoard ere Ca ptain ile,l
of the 24th, 'Dr. Davies and Lieut. Walker,
were-among-the drowned. • . . • .
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM INDIA BY TI!E
OVERLAND MAlL.—Admiral Elliott sailed
theCape..of Flope-for-Singa--
pie, with the Melville, Blonde; and 'Mo
deste;towartls the latter end of April. The
l3lenheim had not yet reached there from
Englantl, (April: 30) 4ut. was to proceed di-,
rectly tothe generM rendeivous or The ex
__
redttron against-China. • • .
The Wellesley-and-Druid-were-already
at-Singapore, where. the transports of part
of the first : division of the Bengal troops
-had-also-arrivett.
The Chinese were actively engaged in
- Makin - preparations of defgpce: .Volun
teers were invited and encouraged ,to join
Me celestial army, and the worrio of seve
ral Of.tbe =rattan:, cities.had-beert removed
into the interiorrfrom - lear - Of - -,an attack of
the EngXish. No hostilities had of ;late
- occurred-along the eoast.-• =- .
Of the plan'.of operations nothing bad
transpired, but it. was getter:Ally believed
that the campaign , would open' by, the bom
bardment of Canton.
. EXPECTED WAR WITH FRANCE.
-The London Times:of- August 6; says.:
—The Paris papers of Sunday are, as might
-have - been expected,' taken tip chiefly .w ith
,e - state - of - atriks (17 — ) Whie - h - tiep - o fey of
Lord - Palmerston :had given. rise- -
With- the. singie.exceptiOn of La.Prease,
the- most complete, unanimity - appear .to
preVail among -the - _Frettch, journalists, -- Of
-all
.ebades_ - and-- colors; ;on -this **iiibject.
Even the Debate declares adjourned until
.Thofinatarrangteenenf all-its" enmities and
bostilities'of -a domestic 'nature: • Every
, species of :epithet which contempt or re
sentment- &Uhl suggeit;is levelled iu these'
papers, at . the head of the ei.4levant"emi
nent statesman who-wields the destiniee'of
EngiantLl.'oEverypossible laudatorYphrase
is
.ptitin'reiliiisitiootii6dniiey approval and
: admiration of the Wise, flrm;.and temperate
Measures -taken' Iltidebitte'mfdated by
-Thiers;;W-vinclicate-the:national-himor.
7- Of - the. priifelfial tnea,sure - S - 7so - 1 - ak -- Our
pa ,—dmp-ftirniturc'-and T hospit,
magazines , on 11 , .. most extensive stale, had
been ordered:. litrlVl,inister of War so
nouieed; on Saturday, to' the
,Committee,
'Artillery,That a sum of 6,000,040 f. (:240,-
000). was emproyed- in the z purchase of
horses'and material for that, department.—
"Already in , the, course-or the . day;" sPYB
La . 'Presse; " saddlery to the amount pf
. 1 ,700,060f.C.e68,000] was' ordered.'?
;General , [tiot „the MarshalGittlitior' is
mentioned ,
as destined to havocniimperirmt
ePthmantli-Prising,ent'of,
stances, 'ln navy, very,Lextensivapro-_,
nietions , :anCitominatiOnsi - add, it is also
BM
=I
added, superannuations, 'are immediately ' -
~ ,
to - lake place. • _ . . --. • '
''" All the offensive statements of the-most . ' , -
,
rancorous portion. of the French press, [we ' _
mean - the legitimatist ± journals3 are .copied
into the ministerialand jests-milieu papers.
They recapitulate the naval force of Fiance .---t----:: ,
already. at sea in. : the • :Mediterranean 13 - ,
sail:of the -line, :of 'which -3- are first ratesl.- ,
and may be forthwith increased . .te.,26 sail
of the line,] and ; ,colitend that by dividing ' •
- the superbly disciplinedicrews.9f.that fleet,
:L"-which,the Erglishtheiliselves:.e.,9nfess are ,,
,•.: . .
die 'finest in theworld;" , with',,the new ,le.; • .
vies, they Will `form• a' perfectlY, efficient
aud,.ailegtlate,b6dy . :of:seamen:, •,' •• •-••••,•,:--',:-. •
The rangier and anianasity 'of the 'ls.a^ris ~
'press arey however, benevolence and "amity •-,
'when compared with the feelings expressed
by the provincial. papers, ,- Those . - of .Bor+ . , •
deaiix. are: in an 'especial manner listin-• , ,"
.
guished by' this course..
.
utmost possible ~ anxiety . prevailed__
_._ ,
.___,
The__ _ ~
in Pails. for the arrivals frorii London, 4er= '-' -
liii,.iVienna„ and Si. Petersburgh . with 'in
telligence'of the manner in . which the new
attitude. : of FraAce shculd ., have' been re-. -
.' -,.-
ceived in .those capitals respectively: . This . •
feeling,'added' to the carrying 'out qf the,' • ' ..,
bostile±preparatory , system of M.,Thiers,
above referred to, preduced at TortusrK - erv -------- 7
Sunday; a new
.fad in the. funds. The;
Three per Ce,nts. Angled at B.lf. 60c. fell
t0130f.. 80e. :and were at . 811. when. our . :
correspondentilosed his letter: -: ~. - •
A "priialeletter, dated Vienna, July 22d, _ -
in-the-ILUniversal,--Gkiette Ale • Leipsic," , '
Slates that it.was 'believed in the best in-. •.• .
forined circles that a secret, treaty existed
-between-Mellame.AlLaniliFrance:_y_"The -, • -
fact-likeiv ise. of. ari_understanding,,betwee v . •
Marshal Marmont - and M. Thiers 'is 'CO 7 : : •
..
firmed,". says that, paper,: " and it is. li r -. .
derstood--that theAurshalislto-Marshal-,,appointr•
cd--governoinfAlg,eria." , • .
-.. . .
The very latest on.the French Question:
—The Idlest information which hSs readied
us from the most .trustworthy qUartersrin
,
Paris, is of a.natutalo strengthen our.hopes
clan amicable arrangement of--the - affairs
Of tlia.Tilst - : — "The - oiders Width litive•;butit
transmitted to the 'Frenchile - et - afer -. tinder
-stood toibe—by no. means :of- an - aggressive
,character;.—The urmy, though considers-.
bly increased,, will not,be tint on the 'full
w,ar ; and the government
seein tiforoUghly disposed to show as muuh
discredo as eticigy, •
=lt is pretty oliiv . iona that the stiotig . feet-r . ---
ing• - whielt 'suddenly pervaded. the l French • • -
commtirity, - -impelling equal .
metiee .the Paeifid
classes, and the : highest ranks- f -forced:upori.
41 . e . .icing and the government' the adoption - -
of_a lield'attitude towards.F.ngtawd• :. So far
compliance with the hasty impulse- of the
people- was perhaps essential to ilia security:. --
of
- the throne, 60 - it-is no less essential to. -
.V.rance and every
. to. other counTry i ,•that - T' —
.ivealilins of such weight-,-cutil edge ahriuld
he-handled with - very - great caOtion,-:
The solution ..of: the lineation- lies-
_longer in Paris,gr Loadt t m; that the parties -•
on either sidee — must be Content to wait,
though certainly not without great anxiety,
the 'arrival of intelligence from Alefiandria.
The nature of M. - de Walewski's
to the
.Facha has not transpired, but the se
lection of-that individual for so important a
service has excited the there attentieu.froth-.
his -nlitural hostility to Russia: and in
citooging-a Polish agenty-howeverillustri- - - onkins - origiidirath - ei - tespettaclVl - :! - Tific - ra -- 7 ----
'.thought to have given an - additional, ,
proof of his, anti4ussian-determinations.-•
The decision- of the Paella will ,of course
be
,influenced, if not determined, by the •
hopes- lie - may entertain ollAtiving__Frande
on his side: -But, whatever. may be the'
policy of France in the event of a settle- •
ment of the question by force, we may
presume tinit site will not, support, or en
courage the claims of the vassal, 'Which
-site- h as : - beriel f- proposed-to- e irCu in scribe •
control-against.the_rights_of_the_Borte,
which she has,pledged herself to maintain. •
Times.,-_ -
PUBLIC LAND SALES.—The Wheel-
ing Gazette . states_tliat a sale of 70,000
acres of finelands on the Wabash and Erie
canal, between : Port. Wayne and
_Logans 7
port, 4dianai.is ad'vertised by the • State •.
qointnit3giieneruJorDM... part _of
these lands will - be offered - at $3; - a 'part -
and a - fetr choke lots $7 per '.aere f .--as'---the-,----
minititutil Priees. The terms of payment; '
.one-fourth at the sale; one-fourth in 12
months, and the reeiduciu 10 .years from
sale: The- eanalle nowiin operation for
90. miles, and will be
. comPlcted to .!,ake •
Erie during next •year.. -
_ : HILLAGE-IN—TEX-AS.—.-Thc -s----,- : ----
Houston Star has ,9e 'following anecdote.
"And man, a hermit, sighed—till woman smiled." . .
The last' marriage we' have Seen7lOOC
place - yesterday. - A native, six feet four
without shoes, coat sadly dilapidated; tied
hat badly slouched, came riding in mr horse
back with his Duleinea (a - fair -metal-in - -
every respect) behind him.' He reined up ,
and inquired for. •the . I Squares.' We di-,
yeeted him across the street to our worthy •
neighbbr Col. F.—Suspeeiing frdut - : the
down cast but unsteady glances ottheigiu
rider, that something*.musual Was alxkut,tot' -
happen; we dropped over.. , •. ,
"Is the , Square to hum?" enquired ;our
would be Benedict itepping:into the - door.
tiallowed byline ivoud- be Wel .17: 44 fq pre•
mime& am,the man you ask for," said , the - •
,Colonelf:pointing-jo-chairelorff.theat-teltc---
-
"Wal,"' said the swain, he seemed
Itr'brelittte - Btiiggefd - Akriffe -- deliettity'cift
hie
_aituation, PI want to kno* if you. ever
du, sick things as . marry folks?"
"Certainly," was the' reply : :!;1 1.0
wish 4) merriedr ,
"Wal,tdon't accord."...
rose the. blushing caul*,
'leases being prestotili6 awful
terions- knot wae tte4
After inviting . the
.04 - . 07- - :ovni to
tavern.," to. tiite - 'imtaiithing,":and - finding:. --
the inritiMou• declined,. 'he mounted: his; rt
horse; eqtkstbod' for hie
spring'ntf,fichinify and 041happir : ttairAroct4
eOOO oin their Way, to liuiu::
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