common government to be established I
And who can foresee or foretell, if Mex
ico, voluntarily or by force, were to
share in the common government, what
would be the consequences to her or to
us? Unprepared, as I fear her popula
tion yet is, fur the practical enjoyment
of self-government, and of habits, cus
toms, language, laws and religion, so
totally different from our own, we should
present the revolting spectacle of a con
fused,distracted a n d motley government.
We should have a Mexican party, a Pa
cific Ocean party, an Atlantic Party, in
addition to the other Parties, whip h ex
exist, or with which we me threatened,
each striving to execute its own partic-
Oar views and purposes, act! reproach
ing the others with thwarting and dis
appointing them. The Mexican repre
sentation, in Congress, would probably
form a separate and impenetral , ', 00 7 .,
always ready to throw itself ;• to the
settle of any other party, to e and
promote Mexican intere:- h
state of things could not h.no; eedurc.
Those, whom God and gee . , _:• all:y have
pronounced should live as, could
never be permanently and l..,:e.eniously
united together.
Do we want for our own Lerpiness or
greatness the addition of Me.,.ico to the
existing Union of our States 1 if oer
population was too derii,c for our territo
ry, and there was a difficulty in obtain
ing honorably the means of s,h,i,ienee,
there might be come encase fee an at
tempt to enlarge our domitiiens.
we have no such apology. We have al
ready, in our glorious country, a vest
and almost boundless terrltery. Begin
ning at the North, in the frozen rcgions
of the British provinces, it stretches
thousands of miles along the coaFt of
the Atlantic Ocean nod the
Gulf, until it almost reaches the ';
It extends to the Pacific Ocean. •
on those great inland seas, th:'
which separates us from the pot-se,— ns
of Great Britain, and it embraces ti,e
great father of rivers, from its tipper.
most source to the Belize, and the still
longer Missouri, from its mouth to the
gorges of the Rocky Mountains. It
comprehends the greateQt variety of the
richest soils, capable of almost all the
productions of the earth, except tea and
coffee and the spices, and it includes
every variety of climate, which the heart
could wish or desire. We have more
than ten thousand millions of acres of
waste and unsettled lands, enough for
the subsistence of ten or twenty times
our present population. Ought are not
to be satisfied with such a country ?
Ought we not to be profoundly thankful
to the Giver of all good things for such
a vast and bountiful land 1 Is it not the
height of ingratitude to Him to seek, by
war and conquest, indulging in a spirit
of rapacity, to acquire other lands, the
homes and habitations of a large portion
of his common children 1 If we pursue
the object of such a conquest, besides
mortgaging the revenue and resources
of this country for ages to come, in the
form of an onerous national debt, we
should have greatly to augment that
debt, by an assumption of the sixty or
seventy millions of the national debt of
Mexico. For I take it that nothing is
more certain than that ; if we obtain vol
untarily or by conquest, a foreign nation,
we acquire it with all the incumbrances
attached to it. In my humble opinion,
we are hound, in honor and morality, to
pay the just debt of Texas. And we
should be equally bound, by the same
obligations, to pay the debt of Mexico,
if it were annexed to the United Sates.
Of the possessions which appertain
to man, in his collective or individual
condition, none should be preserved and
cherished, with more sedulous and un
remitting care, than that of an unsullied
character. It is impossiule to estimate
it too highly, in society, when attached
to an individual, nor can it be exaggera
ted or too greatly magnified in a nation.
Those who lose or become indifferent to
it become just objects of scorn and con
tempt. Of all the abominable transac
tions which sully the pages of history
none exceed in enormity that of the dis
memberment and partition of Poland, by
the three great Continental Powers—
Russia, Austria arid Prussia. Ages may
pass away, and centuries roll around,
but as long as hnnisin records endure all
mankind will unite in execrating the ra
pacious and detestable deed. That was
accomplished by overwhelming force,
and the unfortunate existence of fatal
dissensions and divisions in the 'bosom
of Poland. Let us avoid affixing to our
name and national character a similar,
if not worse, stigma. I em afraid that
we do not now stand well in the opinion
of other parts of christendorn. Repudi
ation has brought upon us much re
proach. All the nations, I nppreliend,
look upon us, in the prosecution of the
present war, as being actuated by a spirit
of rapacity, and an inordinate desire for
territorial aggrandizement. Let us not
forfeit altogether their good opinions.
Let us cominnnd their applause by a no
ble exercise of forbearance and justice.
In the e!evated station which we hold,
we can safely afford to practice the God
like virtues of moderation and mignon
imity. The long series of glorious tri
umphs, achieved by our gallant com
manders sad their brave armies, unat
tended by a single reverse, justify us,
without the least danger of tarnishing
the national honor, in disinterestedly
holding out the olive branch of peace.
We do not want the mines, the moun
tains, the morasses, and the sterile land•.
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of Mexico. To her the loss of them they have done incalculable mischief 1 Mississippi and Tennessee. Who would, I
would be humiliating, and be a perpetual I even to the very entice which they es-' now conceive the flagrant injustice of
source of regret and mortification. To ponsed, to say nothing, of the discord expelling those inhabitants :met restoling
us they might prove a fatal acquisition, i which has been produced between diff- ' the Indian country to the Cherokees and I
producing distraction, dissention, divis. c rent parts of the Union. According to Creeks, under color of repairing original l
ion, possibly disunion. Let, therefore t h e s ystem, we attempted, near the clout injustice'? During the war of our rev-'
the inte2rity of the national existence o f the last century, all slaves in being 'olution, millions of paper money were
and_iiiitional territory of Mexico remain j were to remain such, but, all who might issued by our ancestors, as the only cur
undisturbed. For one, 1 desire to see b e b o rn subsequent to a specified day, rency with which they could achie•e
'no part of her territory torn from her sync , to b ecome f ree a t t h e age of twenty- , our liberties and independence. Thous-
by war. Some of our people have placed eight, e nd during their service were to ruins and hundreds of thousands of fain-
their hearts upon the acquisition of the I b e t aug ht to read, write and cypher. ' dies were stripped of their homes and ,
Bay of San Francisco in Upper Califor- T ens , instead of being thrown upon the their all - and brought to ruin, by giving
nix. To us, as a great maritime Power, I community, ignorant and unprepared, as credit and confidence to that,spurious j
it might prove to be of advantage here- would be the rose by immediate man- currency. Stern necessity has preven- '
after in respect to our commercial and
_cipation, they would have entered upon ted the reparation of that great national
iinviesttino interests. To Mexico, which t h e po ss ession of their freedom, capable, injustice.
never can be n great. maritime Power, in some degree, of enjoying it. Alter a Bitt I forbear, I will no longer trespass
it can never be of much ndvantage. If I hard struggle the system was defeated, upon your patience or further tax my I
we can obtain it by fair purchnse with a and I regret it extremely, its, if it haul own voice, impaired by a speech of morel
jsst equivalent, I should be happy to see I been then adopted, our State would be than three hours duration, which pro-
it so acquired. As, whenever the war now nearl? rid of that reproach. fessionnl ditty required me to make only
ceases, Mexico ought to be required to Si nce that epoch, a scheme of immix- a few days ago. If I have been at nll,
fay the debts due our citizens, perhaps ed benevolence hits sprung up , which , ii successful in the exposition of the views'
,tit equivalent for that Bay may he found iit had existed at that time, would linve and opinions which I entertain I have:
1
in that debt, our Government assutning obviated one of the greatest objections, show.n—
to pry to our citizens whatever portion which was made to gradual emancipa- lst. That the present war seas brought
of it may lie applied to that object. 131 it lion, which was the coutinuance of the about by the annexation of Texas and
it should form no motive in the prosectt- eniancipnted slaves to abide among us. the subsequent order of the President,,,
tion of the woe, which I would not con- That scheme is the American Coloitiza. without the previous consent and as-;
tinue a solitary hour for the sake of that Li on S oc i e ty. About twenty-eight years thority of Congress.
harbor. n n o, a few individuals myself among 2d. That the President, being unen-
But what, it w ill b e asked, shall we them, met together in ate city of Wash-' lightened and uninstructed, by any pub
'nuke peace without indemnity for die ing ton, and laid the foundation or that : be decleration of Congress, as to objects;
'7,Pon'es of the war 1 If the published Soniety. It has gone on amidst extra- : l'or which it ought to be prosecuted, in 1
docsonents hi relation to the late nego- ordinary difficulties and trials, sustain- the conduct of it is, necessarily, left to i
tiations between Mr.'Prist and the Ilex-' ing itself almost entirely, by spontane- his own sense of what the national in- i
ken Commissioners he trite, and I have ous and voluntary contributions, front ' terests and honor may require.
net seen them any win re contradicted, individual benevolence, without retiree- l 3tl. That the whole war making pow- I
the Executive pr o perly wa iv e d any de- jy any aid from Government. The Col- er of the nation, as to motives, causes
many of indemnit y for the expenses of onies, planted meter its auspices, are and objects, is confined by the constion i
the war. And the rupture of dint nego- now well established communities, with , tion to the discretion and judgment of •
tint ion NITS produced, by our Govern- , churches, schools and other institutions' Congress.
spent insisting upon a cession from Mex- appertaining to the civilized state. They ! 4th. That it is, therefore, the right of i
ice, of the strip of mostly barren hied h ave ma d e successful war i n repe lli ng . Congress, at the commencement or du- i
Setween the Nieces : I nd the Rio Bravo attacks and invasions by their barber- . ring the progress of nay went', to declare
! :'-:ew Mexico, which Mexico refused tin and savage neighbors. 'They have , for what objects and purposes the war ;
untiSo. So th a t we are now fighting., made treaties, annexed territories to ought to be waged and prosecuted. 1
if. net for the entKiv est o f a ll Mexico, is their dominion, and are blessed with a sth. That it is the right and ditty of!
intimated in sortie quarters, for that free representative Government. I re- Congress to announce to the nation for i
narrow strip, and for th e b arren province cently read a message, from one of their what objects the present war shall be
of New Mexico, with its few miserable Governors to their Legislature, which, !tower continued; that it is the duty of
mines. •Vs bought all the province of ,i n p o i n t o f co mposition, and in caref u l the President, in the exercise of all his
,
Louisiana for fifteen millions of dollars, ' attention to the public allitirs of their official functions, to conform to and ear
and it is, in my opinion, worth more , R e p u blic, 'would compare advantageous- r}'out this declared will of Congress, by
than all Mexico together. We bought ' I . y with the messages of the Governors 'the exercise, if necessary, of all the
Florida at live milli ons of d o llars, and a' of our own States. lam not very su- high powers with which lie is clothed ;
hard bargain it was, since, besides that perstitious, but I do solemnly believe and that, if he fail or refuse to do so, it
mini, we gave tip the b oun d ar y o f the , that these Colonies are blest with the becomes the imperative duty of Con-
Rio Bravo, to which I think WC were en- , smiles of Providence, rind, if we may , press to arrest the further progress of
idie war by the most effectual means in
titled, as the western limit of the prow- dare. attetnpt penetrating the veil, by
ince of Louisiana, and were restricted which he conceals his all-wise dispen. i its power.
to that of the Sabine. And we are now, ! sat ions from mortal eyes, that he designs ! Let Congress announce to die nation
if not seeking the conquest of all Mex- that Africa shall be the refuge and the the objects for which this war shall be
.
ice), to continue this wsous war indefinitely for liome.of the descendants of its and further protracted and public suspense
the inconsider4le objects to which I ' and ptiblic inquietude will no longer re
daughters, torn and dragged from their i
• have just referred. , native land, by lawless violence. , main. If it is to be a sear of conquest
;!
I But, it will be repeated, are we to ' It is a philanthropic and consoling re-
of all, or any part of Mexico, let the
have no indemnity for the expenses of flection that the moral and physical con- , people know it, and they will be no lon
the war 1 Mexi c o i s ut t er l y u n able to ' dition of the Aft ican race in the United . ger agitated by a dark and uncertain fu
make us any pecuniary indemnity, if the t States, even in a state of slavery, is far titre. But, although I might have for
justice of the war on our part entitled us better than it would have been if their; borne to express guy opinion whatever
to demand it. Fler country has been ;ancestors had never been brought from as to purposes and objects for which the
laid waste, her cities burned or occupied 'their native laud. And if it should be tear should be continued, I have not
by our troops, her menus so exhausted ; the decree of the Great Ruler of the . thought proper to conceal my opinions,
that she is unable to pay even l t er own !Universe that their descendants shall whether worth anything or not, front the
armies. And every day's prosecution 'be rondo instruments in His hands in the public examination. Accordingly I have
of the war, whilst it would augment the ' establishment of Civilization and the . stated,
amount of our indemnity, would lessen Christian Religion throughout Africa,' Gth. That it seeems to me that it is
the ability of Mexico to pay it. We our regrets, on account of the original the duty of our country, as well on the
have seen, however, that there is another • ; score of moderation and magnanimity,
wrong, will be greatly mitigated.
form in which we are to demand indem- ; It may be argued that, in admitting its with the view of avoiding discord and
nity. It -is to he territorial indemnity ! ; the injustice of slavery, I admit the ne-
discontent at home, to abstain from seek-
I hope, for reasons already stated, that 1 cessity of an instantaneous reparation ing to conquer and annex to the United
that firebrand will not be brought into of that injustice. Unfertunately, bow-
States, Mexico or any part of it; and,
our country. I ever, it is not always safe, practicable especially, to disabuse the piddle mind
Among the resolutions, which it is or ,possible, in the great movements of in any quarter of the Union of the int
'
in intention to prese t 's, f o r y o ur consid- ; States and public of iirs of nations, to Preasion, if it any where exists, that a
eration, nt the conclusion of this address,
remedy or repair the infliction of previ-
desire for conquest, is cherished for the
one proposes, in your behalf and mine, ; Otis injustice. In the inception of it, we purpose of propagating or extending
to disavow, in the most positive manner, ' may oppose and denounce it, by our slavery,.
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any desire on our part, lo nequire any most strenuous exertions, but, after its; ( - 3 1. wrninioe, in c.
mmand ofone
foreign territory whatever, for the per
:
consummation, there is often no other 1 " -- ' °
' pose of introducing shivery into it. I alternative left its but to deplore its per-
of the Pennsylvania :Regiments, in Alex
do not know that any citizen of the petration, and to acquiesce as the only ieo, has written a silly letter denuncia
, United States entertains such a wish. alternative, in its existence, as a less tory of the Whig presses for their fear-
Bet such a motive has often been imps- evil than the frightful consequences less arraignment of the Administration
ted to the Slave Suites, and I therefore . which might ensue from the vain en- itsn war of conquest and national rob
. think it necessary to notice it on this deavor to repair it. Slavery is one of i n
' occasion. My opinions on the subject these unfortunate instances. The evil bery• The National Intelhgencer thus
of slavery are well known. They have o f it was inflicted spout us, by the parent notices the letter
' the merit, if it be one, of consistency, country of Great Britain nguitist all the ' " The Government paper has trans
uniformity, and long duration. I have entreaties and remonstrances or the col. : ferret to its columns a letter purporting
I ever regarded slavery as a great evil, miles. And here it is amongst and to be from an officer of the rank of CV
a wrong, for the present, I fear, an irre- antidst us, mid we must dispose of it as onel in the army now in Mexico, for no
mediable wrong to its unfortunate vie- best we can tinder all the eireionstrnces purpose, that Nye can perceive, so far as
tiros. I should rejoice if not a single which surround us. It continued, by that paper is concerned, but to furnish
slave breathed the a i r or was within the the importation of slaves front Africa, in to its readers evidence of the malignity
limits of our country. Bu t t here they spite of colonial resistance, for a Period -of the administration and its adherents •
are, to he dealt with as well RS We .111, •of more th a n a century and a half, and towards the National Intelligence's Wej
with n due consideration o f all cireum- ' it tnny require an egitel or longer Inns, refrain from exposing our sentiment of!
stances affecting the security. safety and • o f time b e fore our country is entirely . those military gentlemen who can filod
happiness of both races. Every State , r id of the evil. And in the meantime, no better employment in Mexico than
has the supreme, uncontrolled and ex-' m o derati o n, violence mind discretion writing letters for publication here,
elusive power to decid e for itself whetli- ' :timing ourselves, and the blessings of either with the idle thought of everaw
er slavery shall cense orcontinue within ' p ro vid ence ma y b e a ll nece ssary
but more probable, with the expectation
~„,.y t „ an- Mg. the press at home, or, still worse,
its limits, without any exterior inter- complish our ultimate deliverance from ,
vention from any quarter. In States, i it. Examples of similar infliction of ir- ,of propitiating the powers that be, in
where the slaves outnum b er th e whites, I reparable national evil and injustice view of the probability of a new creation,
as is the case with several, the blacks I might be multiplied to an indefinite ex- one of these days, of Generals in the
could not be emancipated and invested tent. The case of the annexation of finny. We make 110 war upon our fel
with all the rights of freemen, without , T ex . t o the United Suites is a recent low-eltilenn, of any grade, who are rib
becoming the governing race in those 1 and an obvious one which, if it were sent from the country in military ser- l
States. Collisions and conflicts, between I wr ong , it c an n ot now be repaired. Texas vire. We shall, therefore, not tent us
the two races, wo u ld be inevitable, and, lis now an integral pert of our 'Union, it deserves the letter to which we refer.'
after shocking scenes of rapine an cur- i with its own voluntary consent. si„„ y Ii may come up at some future day. It j
range, the extinction or expulsion of the l o f us oppose d t h e nntiexat i on with Lou- is enough for the present—and, in that I
blacks would certninly takep- 1
ace- In lest zeal and most earnest exertions.— ' view, we congratillute the gallant Colon- I
the State of Kentucky, near fifty years But who would now think of perpetra- el upon the .°°°° BB of his flemonstra;
ago, I thought the proportion of slaves, ting the folly of ranting Texas out of , tion—that the PRESIDENT kits got his let
in comparison with the whites, was so .the confederacy and throwing her had err."
inconsiderable that we might safely upon her own independence, or into the r r y. Large popular meetings have been
adopt a system of gradual emancipation arms of Mexico 1 Who would now selkset, held in Kentucky, Ohio, arid New Jersey, I
that would ultimately eradicate this evil Ito divorce her from this Union I l
in our State. That system was totally ' Creeks and the Cherokee Indians were c ut which resolutions against the contin
,
different from the immediate abolition al by the most exceptionable means, driven mince of the War and in favor of Air.
slavery for whi c h flue party of the Also- from their country, and transported be. Clay's resolutions, were adopted.—
litionists of
.the present * day contend. yond tine Mississippi river." Their lands Meetings will be held in Philadelphia
1 Whether they have intended or not, it have been fairly purchased and occupied i and Neiv York next week for a similar '
ix my calm and deliberate belief, that by inhabitants of Georgia, Alabama , '
'AUTOS°.
THE JOTHINAL.
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flveember 7, IRI7
An Apprentice Wanted
A boy from the country, between 14
and 16 years of age, who can rend and
write, is wanted at this office to learn
the Printing Business. Application
should be made soon.
Speech of Mr. Clay,
To the exe!usion of almost everything
else, we lay before our renders in this
week's Journal, the great speech of
Henry Clay, delivered before a public
meeting in Lexington, Ky. It needs no
eulogy or commendation from us, to in
sure its being read and fully appreciated
by the intelligent citizens of Hunting
don county. That this speech, and its
great author, have been attacked and
villified by the same base whelps of
party who so ruthlessly assailed the
white-haired Patriot in 18-14, will render
it none the less acceptable. The people
will remember that the same voice which
now so eloquently cautions them against
the dangers to he apprehended from the
nuti•American spirit of conquest which
is now sought to be infused into the
public mind, warned them before the
annexation of Texas against the disas
terous consequences which would inevi
tably follow the consummation of that
net. Had it been listened to then, the
terrible loss of life and immense expen
diture of money which has resulted from
the Mexican war, together with an innu
merable train of evils, would have been
averted. Will the freemen of this
country not now pause and listen to its
prophetic warnings I We think they
will. If the unbiassed opinions of the
American people could be ascertained,
we venture to assert that two-thirds
would approve the sentiments enuncia
ted by the Sage of Ashland. In speak
ing of the great sensation produced by
Air. (Tay's speech throughout the coun
try, the Richmond Whig says: "No
Message, in the most agitating period
of our history, has ever been expected
more anxiously or read with more avid
ity—though in the one ease the opinions
expressed carry with them only the
moral force attached to the name of him
who has uttered them, while in the other
the authorative decisions of the most in
fluential department of the government
are embodied. Can the sceptre of power
add aught to the fame of a man, who,
divested of all its emblems, and clothed
only in the majesty of his great intellect,
commands, what mere power can never
do, the eager and earnest attention of
millions of auditors!"
linntingdon and tho Central Rail
oat 2
We hope onr good citizens will not
forget that the Central Railroad will pass
through the whole length of our borough,
and that this fact is perhaps the more
important because Huntingdon is the
only town it touches, between this place
and Harrisburg. The Railroad will
pass through our town, but unless our
citizens do something, it will only pass
through. What, then, is to be donel—
Among other important things, there
mast be a commodious Bath: and every
convenience for transshipping or trans
ferring freight from Boats to Cars and
from Cars to Boats. The importance of
this is too manifest to require argument
to prove it so. And withont intending
any disparagement to the Public Houses
already here, at least ono more Hotel,
large and convenient, will be indispen
sable for the accommodation of travel
lers and visitors.
As our citizens are all interested in
advancing the prosperity of Huntingdon,
we hope they will at once use the prop
er means to secure the advantages
which the Railroad holds out them.—
A hint to the wise is sufficient.
[l_, The "Globe" misrepresents us
when it says that we ever insinunted that
there was anything wrong in the man
agement of the repairs, or that we now
say all is right. We have as yet ex
pressed no opinion in the premises.
02-• We learn from the Hollidaysburg
Register that J. M. Bell, Esq., has been
actively enga7ed for a fortnight past,
soliciting subscriptions to the stock of
the Central Railroad, and that he has
procured from the citizens of Hollidays
burg and vicinity subscriptions amount
ing to sfio,ooo.
THE PRESIDENCY.-A fierce contest is
going on at present between Vice Pre
sident Dallas and Mr. Secretary Buchan
an, for the Locofoco nomination for the
Presidency. The latter is generally
backed by the office-holders, and apf ears
to be taking the lend. In Virginia, we
notice that the Valley Star, the Augusta
Democrat, the, Shenandoah Sentinel, the
Woodstock Sentinel, and the Virginia
Spirit of Jefferson, have all taken ground
in favor of Mr, Buchanan's nomination.
This looks as if Father Ritchie was at
work in the Old Dominion.
(r Hon. John Bell, Whig, has been
elected U. S. Senator from Tennessee.
Mr B. was appointed Secretary of War
by Geri. Harrison; but resigned when
John Tyler turned traitor to his party.
Ile is a gentleman of rare abilities.
The Washington Union contra-
dicts the Peace rumors in circulation,
and says that .so far from Mr. Trist'in
negotiating a peace, be has been ordered
to return.
Military Election.
An election for Lieut. Colonel of the
2d Regiment, comprising the Battalions
of Huntingdon and Manor Hill, was held
on Saturday last. it. K. (kEeYN, Esq.,
was supported by the Invincibles of
Huntingdon, arid received 154. votes, be
ing the whole number polled. Our ex
press from Manor Hill is not yet in, and
we are therefore unable to state fur
whom our brethern in arms ! of that bat
talion voted. Mr. C. is, howeflivifli
out doubt elected.
ID—Congress assembled on yesterday.
Parties being so nearly balanced, and
several members expected to be absent,
there is some doubt as to which party
will elect the officers. From the fact
that one or two Whigs have announced
their Intention of voting for Mr. French
for Clerk, it is though: he will be elected. A.
Mr. F. is the present incumbent.
Irr The editors of the Pa. intelligen
cer propose issuing a Daily Paper du.
ring the Session of th.e Legislature at
2 for the Session.
The editor of the Pa. Telegraph also
proposes to issue Daily for the same
time at the same price. These papers
will be principally devoted to publish•
ing the doings of the Legislature.
Major Iterbide, son of the late
Emperor of that name of Mexico, arri ,
ved at Louisville on the 23d and passed
through Cincinnati on the 24th. Major
I. was taken prisoner in the' battle of
Huamantia, and has as such obtained
leave on his parole of honor to travel
whithersoever he chooses. He is on his
way to Philadelphia, where the family
of the late Emperor reside.
'Ty. The Philadelphia Ledger, refer
ing to Mr. Clay's Lexington speech, says
he is behind the age, like Mr. Webster,
Mr. Adams, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Berrien,
and Mr. Buchanan !" The same sapient
editor, last summer, thought Gen..Scotr
behind the age," in urging the impro
priety of invading Mexico with less
than 30,000 men, and inferred that
Marshall Turreen" would be more at
home with a " hasty plate of soup," than
at the head of an invading column !
Gettyslurg Star.
GREAT FRESHET ON THE KANAWHA.-
The Philadelphia papers have the follow
ing despatch, dated Cincinnati, Nov. 26:
"The Kanawha river, on Friday last,
rose 4.0 feet in thirty hours, overflowing
the Salt Works, and destroying one hun
dred thousand bushels of salt. Great
damage was clone to the Salt Works all
along the line of the river, and large
quantities of valuable timber floated
away. The river was still rising fast
when last heard from."
TEN HOURS LAsott.—The Philadelphia
Ledger says, that the laboring men, op
eratives, and mechanics, in some of the
neighboring countiea, held meetings
preparatory to applying to the next Leg
islature, for a law declaring ten hours a
legal day's work.
ED > I-lon. Simon Cameron partoolc of
a complimentary supper at Pottsville;
got up a few nights ago.
Col. Burnett is .named as a can
didate for the office of Brigadier Gen
eral, vacated by the death of General
Flopping, of Nev,,,york.
n enthusiastic meeting was held
in Netq York, on Monday, to adopt an
address to the Pope sympathising with
him in his noble efforts in behalf of lib
eral principles. The Mayor of the city
presided, and HORACE GREELY, EsQ. re•
ported the Address.
MR. EDITOR see by the Penn'a
Telegraph, a recommendation of Mr.
J. L. SLEN37, of Hollidaysburg, for iv—
situation as Transcribing Clerk of the
Senate. Mr. Slentz has had some ex
perience in, and is well fitted for the
duties of this office, and from his faith
ful service to the Whig cause, I think,
him justly entitled to it. W.