, , -,
fortign
Amity* *film nibinibt:
The Iliberain arrived at Boston on
day, bringing five days later dates the i
Washington. The following are.the
pool quotations of the 19th July
Flour, sweet, - 345355..
sour, 27a295.
Wheat, red. Os : 4da9s Bd.
" white, 9s 10dalOs 2d;
-- A 'Liverpool paperof the 10th ult:'
that during the past ten days the I re
.has been almost uninterruptedly fine,
each day strengthens the expectations e
mined of an abundant .harvest .of
through the British Islands.
• The potato crop it represented to be
from daniger.
The Macedonian arrived at Cork o
filth of July. .
Famtor..—The- Chamber of Peers
brought the trial concerning ministeri.
ruption to a close. M. Teste will ha
refund the 94,000 Francs, be impri
three years, , pay a fine of 94,000 fm
And forfeit his peerage, offices and
righti. Gen Cabiers4 forfeits a fine o
000 francs, his peerage, and his nf
booms. Parmenter forfeits his civil
and a fine of 10,000 francs. M. Pell
it is now said, will present himself on
.day to the Court that he may recieve th.
tence which his offence demands.
The effect of these revelations, at thi
meet, cannot fait to Wove most disastro
the cabinet, and an early dissolution o
ministry appears inevitable.
The King and Queen of Belgium
in. Paris. The King, it is said, wish
abdicate in favor of his son in conseq
of continued ill health..
In Portugal all was quiet. The lat.
olutionary Junta hasismed a proclaia
announcing to the nation the surrend
r.* powers.
FROM THE AR
From the Public Ledger, iugul
LATE,FROM MEXICO:
Failure of Peace Negotiatio
The March upon the -Capital--Ex,
Battle—Mexicans . 20,000 strong—
er Guerilla Defeat—The Town of
to Fe Destroyed.
RICHMOND, August
By the steamship Massachusetts, a
at New Orleans, Vera Cruz dates to th
ult. have been received there. The p
of the 23d announce that the negoti.
for peace had failed, and that Gen.
was to march'on .the . Capital on the
of July.
Santa Anna was preparing to give
with an army twenty thousand straw , .
Another skirmish had taken place bet
Gen. Pearce and the
,guerillas in whit
latter were defeated.
The town of Santa:Fe has been des
ed by order of Goveri)or Wilson. Thi
small town near Vert Cruz.
AFFAIRS IN Mexico.—The Mexica
respondent of the ISIeW York Sun, in a
letter, dated at-the city of Mexico o
6th ult., announces the basis of the
which Mr. Trist haS offered the }Seri!
which he says has .oaked out. Me
to yield Upper and Lower California
United States in consideration of th
of ten millions dollars, three millions
paid down, and the balance secured b
tional bonds—the United States at
withdrawing all her:forces, giving up h,
claim of nine millions against Mexico
_paying her own cost and losses in the
The old debt and costs of the war, it • •
amount to over $76,000,000: esa
people are in ecstasies at the prosper
peace. At the date, of the letter they
marching up and dawn the streets i,
mense crowds shouting and rejoicing.
es are being said, balls and other fet:
en. Foreigners, he says, are perfec
tonished at the liberality of the offer.
peace . commissioners_ whose names
been announced, are self-appointed.
writer deplores the result. He says :
"In all probability the chiefs Will
the ten millions and send it out Of M,
and then let the Mexicans join the II
States as: they wish. The old tyran
again shape her deStiny, and for four ,!
years may hold her in their bloody
for robbery and pillage, but she cann.
wive long. Those Who have been
to the United Statel will suffer—their
aris already examined to see how- the,
it:retch, Hanging will be done on :1
scale. The Church 'will have' its pr
swept finless it seizes the- helm of. . 1
and guides the nation—such is the th
ready. A wealthy and well reputed
has, run off .froM hacienda
$BO,OOO, entrusted to him by the Da
of Mercy, a rich, charitable order.
gone towards the Baited States, via
co. Business, except robbety,
le` city ! Plunder is, the order of tae
The only pay menthes of 'Con-
and military efficeri get, is by forced
butiens: An American deserter was
a few days ego and taken for a-spy,
. guard chained him to a negro crim
set him to washing the Plaza. - All
and canines have been sent.
,-*nutjt
to avoid government seizureb"
. come common,"
.. We know not what degree of •
be attached to the Writer's statement
ar The Washington - •
- the Public Ledger, Who appears to h
confidence of the government, and
sintenntao - iiny generally be relied •
der-data n( ‘ . pat. says:
-I' 4O 4 t 1 4
'6 Ws hare no; Aouthern news,-
Amy inactivity Gem Scott proves,.
a ,doubt, thati aejoi,i!!tim are on
that, perhaps,thereplf, nothing w
AS presence of ar e al-II g* Cosa • '
tied not the shadoitalwalit(moY it
leas) in the ehapenhtwsbeediaste' .;
emeaktbis DeperMMats. This. High
• minima, we have Liam=
0 0 his "IV to itell*.tind, we .':!snst
Aa Insul et his ammonium'''. •
Stl t
eknnen lib hije;
Mrs. Polk s
.°2 146 : 1, 1 1 -4° 7
'aims it. "Grent
and Navy DepartthentS, and Mr. B
had, before ; he' left; lopu mite renew w
the Preildint and -Seeretaties of the' W
and Navy.l „•:*-
F,' :•-•-
Ast Oirtc4:DXszu .'
Union, by tudiorityof t he
, President, denies
the alsertioo of the Rev. 'Mr. MiCalla, in
relation to the Rev. Messrs. MCElroy and
Rey, and adds:—
"h is proper to ,stetek also, that neither at
the time 'the' Rev, MesiM: McElroy and Rey
went to the, army, nor et any prior or subse
enent'periodi visorthere - anyconference or
communication with-them, by any member
of the administraticin, , tior between the Pres
ident and his cabinet, oh any member of it,
nor anythitig : in any- communication . with
Gen. Taylor, to whose head-quarters they
went; which sanctioned, in:the remotest or
slightest -manner, the idea that they were
expected 14 act as 'spies.' • • " The
President ii ..too cautious to make a confi
dant of a leaky and erritic clergyman like
Mr, McCann, and be hes too high a sense
of hikown:disties, and appreciates too keen
ly ;the righti and , feelings of others, to in
dulge a 'design so base and degrading as
that alluded to in Mr. McCalla's letter, and
by himelledged to, be entertained by the Ex
ecutive in' regard tp. the Catholic Chaplains,
" It is the province of the chief magistrate
of this great country to submit to abuse
without the opportunity to reply. But, in
the present' instance, the charge is one that
demands the answer we have given it, if on
ly as an sot of, justice tto the intrepid men
who accepted the appointment conferred up
on them by the President, and' discharged
its duties in so noble and Christian a spirit."
on
the
rev
tes
ther
and
ter-
UM
'no
-9 to
the
ere
to
--"tcom the Paris Presse, Bib ult.
MU
" Among the, cannon captured by the
English at the capture of the fortresses on
Canton river,_
. there were a large number
from the foundries of the United - States.—
The American Minister, Mr: Everett, receiv
ed some reproaches from the Governor of
Canton on. this account, andit is said filet
he replied that these guns were brought there
: as the result 'of ilommercial operations, in
which his government had no, art, but that,
had it been otherwise, the English govern
ment bad; too,' often furnished arms and mu
nitions of wnr to the insurgents of every
country, to take exception at the United
States for having sold to the Chinese cannon
destined foi the defence of the honor and in
dependence of their empire.
" This firm and decided reply; corrobo
ratod by examples drawn from every page
of history, prodfiliced the effect which might
have been expected—humbling the pride of
England, and augmenting the respect of
the Chinese for .he people of her great rival."
It is' laughable to hear John Bull corn
plaining oft American manufacturers selling
arms and munitions of war' to the nations
who want them, when it is a well known fact
that the mOkete surrendered by the MeXi
cans at Vera Cruz to the Americans were
English tower muskets. 'The firms of the
United States are never sold asin artick of.
commercial trafftcluntil they are condefen
ed,when they bring th e price of old iron 4—
Ledger.
rev
. non
r of
ded
oth-
- ved
23d
pets
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cott
sth
' fi g ht
een
the
roy
is a
THE FITLST ATLANTIC STEAMER Was tile
Savannah, Capt. Rogers, built at New York.
She was 300 tons burthen, ship rigged.—
Her - engine was 70 or 80 horse power, low
pressure.' She proceeded from this port to
Savannah, whence she sailed in 1819 for
Livetpool, making the passa g e in 22' days.
In passing the Irish coast tle smoke and
steam from her chimneys gave her the ap
pearance elf Ai ship on fire, and vessels were
despatched from the Cove of Cork to her
relief. - Fiorn Liverpool She went to Copen
hagen, - Stockholm, St. Petersburg, and
Arundel, Making the voyag e from the latter
port (in Norway) back to Savannahin 25
days. Crowned heads, ministers, officers of
state, dtc. visited her, and valuable services
of plate, jewelry, &c., were presented to her
officers.
ear
long
the
eats
ns,
'co is
I . the
• sum
I o be
na-
once
• r old
and
war.
said,
s the
of
were
She ; sabsiquently made the voyage to
Constzintinofde and back, being the first
steamer that traversed the Mediterranean
Sea, is Well as the Atlantic Ocean. She
was afterwards purchased to run as a pack
et between New York and Savannah, ud
der Calpt.'Holdrege, but was wrecked on the
south side of Long Island. Capt. Moses
Rogers, of Croton,''Connecticut, command
ed her on' her first voyage out. Capt Ste
vens Rogers, now living at New London, was
the sailing.masteti. Hei it id who made that
memorable replyito a British elficer—" I
have no Waster, itir !" The circumstances
which dreW fOrtliith4reply were these :
When the Savidnah 'approached Liverpool,
a beitt from a British sloop of war came
Angside and hailed, " Where is your mas
ter?" Capt. Stevens Rogers replied,. " I
have no master, sir!" " !Where le your
Captain,- then'!" " Re's 'below ; do you
wish to see him II" I do,!eir."
, • Capt. Moses Came on deck and asked the
British officer what he wanted, when, the
following-Conversation - ensued. " Why do
you wee!' that pennant', air 1" " Because
my country allows me; sir." "My corn
., ander' thinks it was done to insult him,
and if yon don't take it down tie. will send a
fen* that will do it." Capt., Moses turned
to the engineer and exdairded--" Gef the
"hot Water engine teady there t" The Men
d-wars-boat turned about in ian instant 1 and
was oft!. Nothing more waslaaid iibouttbat
peniant.!! It was sustieeted mit Liverpool that
the Sava nnah had come over to it.scue Na
poleon. -Xis brother Jerome! had offered a
largereeird' to any one *to would take
him of the Island of St. Heli‘a, and hence
the excitement ben appi4ruties created
tbrougtoiet &tend. Slid; wig .the first
ocean t t ever wasiseen in . Euro.
pean waters. ,' -
ass- -
pis y
y 813-
I The
lave
The
share
xico,
ll rated
i
: will
k r five
I grasp
t
I endly
necks
large
perty
.wer,
at al
priest
over
tars
;e has
ampi
rPer., civil
ntrl gh;
u
The
and
mules
e city
be-
t is, to
t
ve the
whose
, un-
thililiszum —The *dm Whit slates
dust thelpiellers eloNi th e line of die — lErie
Reilwayi hare. received. 00 0 000 for straw
bowies seot,this swop to Sew, YOrk. The
*hole flu r almiskets o#o fruit fleet
tol o iew IfiWitver this .soedii_6lP4kil be.
its an, iiikosso of 'mop its ore last
'lO , Oat :64 Pa' The J ial ue
elk fut .PlTAntselle 414 it*l4et the
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and
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abide
: :Liienge.P ' .--iOnsameisisby this
dc ret-'
4,rte ,• 'in fishier ie Paiii i ili-;
t.' lig tiesikanifusisrsespetid-i
iimi bt ii 14 . 0 i 4.? lbe.*iist,-2,Seet - eoimeriiii:
It& ett "nit by they up is i
ty cl ;drede. in etteiiig *et Suiewelks s 1
~lbcic,:
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Moan
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; .I'•A:lirictetis Haas.—Our readers will re-
Collect the: hoer:ible::-occurtarlee near POI'
)11111110, hist spring, of aniari being torn to
pieces bys' vidauchorse. This same ani=
mal is now owned by Mr. Thema' Cafferty;
in the east part adds town : and Saturday
last'he attacketi,and came : ; near killing
bey, It'years of tie in the employ of -Mr.
Cafferty. While leading him through the
gateway, the horsestidden)y seized the boy's
'arm whilst he, plied bis s \fore fet.with fearful
vigor. .Aftera struggle Of sheet fifteen min
utes, the.: boy:succeeded, hi 4Oosing • himself
fram the, gripe of. the lorsei
\ and crawled
through 'a fence out of his reach; Then he
went to the house and alarmed the family. .
11,1r_,Cafferty immediately repaired to the
pasture to secure the horse ; land while at
tenipting to bridle him was himself attacked
by the infuriated animal. In endeavering to'
escape Mr. Cafferty fell , and the horse'plun
ged over .him carrying his hat with him
which he stamped into the ground with pro
digious violence. By the time Mr. C. had
regained his feet, the horse turned andagain
plunged at him :.bui by that thee several of
the family and Others had reached the spot,
and Mr. C. easiescued front imminentdan
ger.
The boy is badly, injured,, his arta being
mashed to a jelly, and his body much bruis
ed by the knees and feet of the horse. It is
hoped, hoiever, that his arm will, be saved.
Why is this horse suffered, to livel surely
the owner will not suffer the lives of himself
and family again to be put in jeopardy,
through unwillingness to lose the value of
the animal; He has:already killed one man,
and came hear killing two more. The pub
lic safety requires that he should be killed.
—Owego Advertiser.
CAPT. TYLER NOT HEADER YET.—A Vir
ginia paper tells a good story of Ex-Presi
dent Tyler, which shows that he is not the
man to be headed so easily' as some imag
ine.
The Judges of the Codrtty Court last
spring appointed him overseer of a very bad
road, forcing him to discharge every annoy
ing duty; or subjecting him•to the fine pro
vided by statute for a failure to discharge
the public business imposed on him. .Instead
of neglecting the business, however, he en
tered.upon it with great vigor, and called on
the judges and otheristo turn out and work on
the road, as required by law. As the road
was very rough, he kept them working on it
for two months. They begged to be let off,
but he refused to discharge theni. They
then petitioned him to 'resign, but lie declar
ed it to be too difficult to get into office,now,
for him voluntarily to abandon tuithiWity when
conferred upon him, besides, he would be li
able to a•fine if he faile4 to have the road
ptjt in good condition. 1. They promised to
pay the fine if he would back out ; but he
preferred to be above any such fitvor, by do
ing his duty fully and legally. They were
thus headed nt their own garne, as their short
cropi lmve since proved.
Horrid Murder.
Mrs. Eliza Williams, wife of Mr. Gersh
am Williams, of Scott township, in this
county, was murdered on the morning of
Sabbath, the Ist inst. by a young man who
says his name is Harris Bell.
Mrs. Williams was about sixty years old,
and highly esteemed as an intelligent and
Orals woman. Bell had ;been about the
ndighborhbod for two or three weeks, sub
siiting on charity. Early Sabbath morning
he called id Mr. Williams's house, and Mrs.
Williams gave him breakfast and an old
garment, and he went away. About nine
o'clock Mrs. Williams started from home,
alone, to attend the Sabbath school, held at
the district school house, a mile distant. At
10 o'clock the family went to the school
house to attend public worship, and
.seeing
that Mrs. Williams was riot there, made
inquiry for her. A neighbor, residing be
tween Mr. Williams's and the school house,
I 'stated that he saw her pass his house, -and
that was all which could be learned of her.
I Her friends were alarmed .3 search was im-
Mediately made, and.in a' peace of woods
through which the road runs, at a point a
quarter of mile from the school house, Mrs.
'Willikuili was found, dead. She had. evi
dently'been assaulted for he most horrible
, purpose, and choked to death by the assail
ant's bands. It *as ascertained that Bell
had passed the school house towards the
woods at the very time to meet Mrs. Wil
liams, and had returned ; soon after. He
!was arrested and confessed his guilt. On
I Monday Officer Sampson brought him down
Ito this village and committed him to jail.
Bell was down to the ' Delaware river,
near Stockport, on the road, met two young
ladies and insulted them. :A gentleman *as
near by, and,observing the villain's conduct,
took a whip and thrashed him severely.
Bell is from '25 to 30 years old,dark com
plexioned, of medium bight, thiek .set,
straight and well built, has a slight scar on
his firrebead, a distinct one on his upper lip,
and a large scar on each arm just above the
wrist - produced by scalding, his nose isi un
commioly, small and appears to be wholly
destitute of bone, head large, forehead full,
look repdlsive and brutalj general appear
ance that'of a hopeless outcast . and vaga
bond.. Information of his prigin and history
is very much . disired.—aintesdale Demo
irat. :
FATAL A.CCIWEI(T:
A =it heart-rending ;occurrence took
place nee Troy, Pa. As Inear as we can
learn, the particulars are these. Dr. Pierce
bad retired to bed brfore .b as wife and was
awaked by a'noise which ihe made in shut.
ting.down a windowin a distant part of the
mom. 'The Duct. we are told is some what
of a coward, and kept a landed gun by • the
aide of hilt bed; being only pattly awake,
his Atitialpressian was that some. one was
7 . 7jing to ihreak into,AM! illiUn he enetebed
-RP ilia 104 "II Po nd it at, hi' Wife, de
manded her to atuwahe not suppo•
ht'helms. an yitigouely alarmed, .
advantrintalhe bed iwbewheiredmid
dm- con te.of,the gun - mend his inks
iiii)ut,i44„l4l,lo. her histfintly.*--CAtemang
lir4r ,„, ~.: _ f / :•j- ' ,•• '•P - -t --: - •
...1 _. . .
/640" ''REVESUIL .l i+ piii:gc - 4iiii..-
The N et a[ (Washington)
.Why!, FA:Wed
filiir#, .04igt*,efol?0,.q., ; ~,
sti r
- .- - hi r i*,'•
. L . •;--Itht riminred thatthe
gi d ieatiin *aired a ' 'cOam *eh ,
isthi4 ttiiiiineisiii; givig insiel*eili et-4
. sere* reverse
_which Gre end!' 14,44'5:, eati
ativikiiirk iiittt'iiif,Nii itierchlkji*nhy cif
r
lititif*,iindliti.tirig !UM* iliii*Grep;ll!*
bid bein'woanded. r-;
i ':l'.
~
Of -the C iHce
boirg *so ,41
To the of I
C
tinnivertary . of . .;)
,
as a free,. a great
tending this benefi
tutions ovir regio
and patriots wh.
fortunes aid their
its declaration, a
diem whole hl..
mode thai glorio
text-book fbi-us a
Twenty Millions
territory hounded.
the Atlantic, and
arms to this torrid
Oyes of the prin
claration Of Indep l ,
constitutions whi
its shadowl, all dish
tion or professio.
members a our
are but aiatple cit
of ,our common
which, more tha
us from the mim
old world;, where
crown is, not itl t
arm of an until;
diery.
So long as thi
shall be the frees,
.
ancient orjmoder times, and an example
of self-gcrvern men whose spreading influence
will eventually st ike , the fetters of despot
ism from Ole who e roman race.
War seems n cessary at particular peri
ods to develope the energies and patriotism
of the sonS or America. What nobler ex
ample can be found ,of devotion to country,
unshrinkiag val and calrn wisdom, than
in the war of thßevolution, which gave
the "world ; ama who was " first in war,
first in peace, au first in the hearts of his
countrYmen," al d at whose death till the
cations of the ear h mourned 1 _
The second at of independence, in
which we asse ed , our practical freedom
from 'a slavish d yendence of thought upon
the mother country, and established the su
premacy iof our' arms upon the plains of ,
Canada and Louisiana, and upon the moun- t
twin wave the boasted home of the ,meteor I
flag of England, (which for n thousand years
had braved the attle and the breeie, gavel
us gloriods proo ', that the descendants of
the heroes of the Revolution were worthy to
wear the swords f their patriotic forefathers',
and capable of efending their sacred heri
tage
of liberal in titutions and boundless ter;
,
ritory,
The people of Pennsylvania. were deeply
ly impressed with these solemn truths, and
believing that the tmion of high military
and civil character
is necessary i to the forma-
tion of a character cif the first order of gen
ius for the administration of the affairs of
government, gave their hearty co-operation
to their frow-citizens of our sister States,
in elevati gto tlas first office in the gift of
the people, the - thither of his Country, and
the Demi of Ness Orleans, whose tw.. admin
istrationsistancl o'lt in bold and glorious relief
amongst hose of the wise,civillans who have
• .
filled that distinguished post. ••
' No great war,l it ,is true, marked those
sixteen • years of external peace ; but the
honor and glory of the American name nev
er stood higher; . than when our destinies
were wielded blithe potent arms of a Wash
ington and a JaCkson. The tranquil pros
perity which prilvaded during these periods
has not only silended the declamatory cry
against " military chieftains," but the bold
ness with which{ their great measures were
set forth and the energy with which' they
were prdsecuted have given a practical ex
ample, that the a ff airs of our free, enlighten
ed Republic, arie never administered with
equal.sitzess ad when in the hands of a firm.,
and patriotic cotrimander.
Mexico, after:years of contumely and in- !
justice, iovaded ' our territory and attacked :.
our forces with tlie•fullest confidence of over
whelming by superior numbers, our gallant 1
army on thehanki of the Rio Grande. But
the British at Npisr, Orleans were 'not more
serprisea on the• night of the 2 3d
, December,
Isl 4, th 4 n were the Mexicans by the inces
sant fire of the artillery, the steady and cool
bravery f thejnfaPtry, and the impetuous
charges 'f thorSe and foot, in the glorious
engagements O O f Palo Alto and Resaco de la
Palma,iander the brilliant and adventurous
leading .f the 'future,hero of the present war,
&clue TAYLOR, who, as a simple colonel
in the Ii . a took his rank, from this moment,
with th: most -distinguished military com
mander. of this or : any other age or country.
The . great victories were felt by every
Amen , a as but the precursors of still more
splendi. , successes, • and all were proud, not
only of be general who.had achieved them,
but of . e unpretending and brief, though
masterly despatches, which announced them
to an admiring wdrld.
Monterey and its fortified palape and bat ,
teries, eapittdated to the gallant veteran,
whose.soldiers in the heat of the assault and
i f
in the h ur of victory, were unstained, by
the rapi e and bloodshed which disgraced
the con ueroo 'pf. Badajoz and I St. Selniii
tian, and redifc .i. them to the leiel of the
savages , of the man desert. The horrors
of war wereinitigated to the utmost, and
the treatment of the fallen enemy was char
acterize# by it humanithand kindness un
paralleleid in the hostile donflicts of nations
in ant is tor ;modern times. -
The nniversary of the birth of the Father
of his unity, saw a'small army: of Ameri
can vol' nteers, and a mere handful of reg
ulars, a the Pam' of Buena Vista, nearly
surrounded by up' arch! of twenty' thousand
disciplined Next ens, led by tleit'. Presi
dent, Santa Ann . The next night, after a
g
singuinitry sou le at the bayonet's point
ad cannon's mo l,
thi - of More 'Thin eighteen
hours witnessed the _hurried re.tieliker this
l e.
"orer4 ming ftee.:4isorgatained, (ideat
ed, des icing -4 aringOn this Well-tonght
fteld,lll, wands tif 'dead., dying nnd Wound
elts to I's t the ralOr of Our troops l'and the
skill an energy of our , generalu-sri , Mse . , h e _
ioiciind unbend g firaness sate out gal
lint soldiers hO ' dekst and! death, and
'relied' the glorii of the Anteri .Srnis: to
0 1 * . hi0S,1*Inri* in•the TeMO * *Mine.
'Tins bu.beets juitlistAnd t , Osailnit
tle Usk!: ne — ,4t Memoiailie vic tory k Ger
-10,
* l ay' . iiiiid etc , molt isrrisidabliOdds,
dln far kiii lois'of life than 661 d hive
*t* 'GO** k* -00 4**P*444*'„'****lll
- ;),Tbat it irtss Abe" - Ott *4gie of the
' ltelieak war; `the event will piiie- 7 1or here
IMIRMIIMM=
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ail/girded: by the Past!'
rediag, bolds* iii,Harriii
„f, Janie 26, .',_.
-•:.•!
inosylvenial:
it :—The .seVenty-first
ricanlndependence fends
I nd powerful nation; ex
of our Republican insti
-1 s unknown to the sages
pledged their lives, their
sacred honor, to support
to the brave citizen sol- 1
and whose valor .have
s instrument a practical
4 Our latest posterity.—
f people , spread over a
l only by the Pacific , and
arrying their conquering
zone, are the representa
'ples of the immortal De
' ndence. Under the free
• leave grown up beneath
1 inctions of rank,- occupa
are unknown, and the
aval and military forces
zens, fighting the battles
1 country. It is this trait
all others, diinguished
chiral governments of the
he sole dependence of the
le people, but in the • hired
nking and mercenary sol
vital principle exists, we
and happiest people of
t i,„,4 \
mezie „ i , :. . o . ,
~ ,:.' . 401 t , sciplined and'.
beet appei . , : Is. e- ever' had on foot,
and - moin - Intniiida e thin IShe can again
bring into the field , ntil they a respite of
years.' •=ll in slin,v led litiattnost strength,i
i
to strike b me.upon s a deodly blow, and
from this wful conflict, she arose' discoinfit
%;
ted and p ralyzed=fie \ feterams slaughtet
ed or put b:r flight, her p ple[terror-stricken,
ie
e \ii
and her resources exbau ell:.
~ '
In tracing the brilliant . a rof General
TAYLOR, front' his intrepid d Tence ., of Fort
Harrison, s in 1812, through. eilinek Hawk
war of 1 2,. in the North-WI; the Indian
war in t b sickly swamps Of tondo, from
1836 to 1 0; to the present ' arwith Mex
ico, and t e
crowning victory o Buena Vis
ta, we So be his beet' often pu to the se
verest test, and, as has 'been w It said, in
all emergencies has proved himself equal ty
I I
the demand for his skill aid valor,` l ,nnd eve
ry other. quality which enters into Ole epm
-11 \ I
position .of a cnniuminate genemi a oviitie
'''.
always 'tact and shiewduesi ins RMill . ino
and great, which have never been 'suipass-'
ed, if etflalled indeed, since '.Waiiiington
/i \\
sheathed h d.- his sword observers h ve
, truly remarked, that he appears never n
have made a mistakes which is more the •
can he aftrmed oflWellington, or any Euto-'
, .
peen gen ral. _ ;
The Anierican people have no titles 'of
nobility—Mo Orders c the Garter 'or
. of the
Golden Niece to bestow-no wealth to lay
,i• 1 ,
ish on the patriotic and successful leaders of
their armies ; but they hate the power of el
evating, them nbove the hereditary Emperors
and kings of' Europe, by 'electing them to
tbe chief magistracy of - the only free . Repub
lic of modern times—a power whicli, if ex
ercised with discriminating, prudence, will
ever stimalate the gallantry and , heroism 'of
our soldiery to it-generous rivalry in self-sac
rifice and deeds of noble daring, whenever
the rights, the dignity, or the honor of their
country Irequire - their servieea,mnd will at
the same, time itnriort the essential' qualities
of boldness and 't.nergy •to the executive
branch of the government.
This p9wer rests with the, people- 7 -the
Democracy, not with a'faction, and is to be
exercised only by 'them in their , 'sovereign
undelegated capacity. TM Powerlelected
Washington and , Jackson, and wecannet
mistake the signs of the dines when We Say,
that this power will place ZA.casiv TAT
LOB., the consummate general, the pith pi-
I .triot, and theAsitatile and unpretending re
' publican in the Presidential chair.
To obtain this highest reward he stoops
not from• his elevated position; lo bargains'
with neither individuals nor'party ; lie makes
no im plied admission of duplicity of isurpose,
\ I
or lack of purity, by condeicending give
pledges ; 'he stands before the - whole . mei ,
lean' people, ocenpying the noble grout of
- 1 / 2
neither asking'. nor declining the Pre den- .A
ey, but \ professing a willingness to ' ' ii•
them, should "they elevate him to that a " - list
station ; and‘4 leaves them to judge - hill
'firmness, his ptincipler and his probityAbY
his past,life—n career etherdship and . ril
in the pliblic service—a brilliant tra 'of
light and fame, without , elond or sh ow,
spot or blemish ! .. What pledge can 'a -civil ,
ian, a professed politician, ,give of devotion
to country so eonvineing and satisfactdry 1
But thoughi General Tarton . takes the
high ground of declining to be the
of a party, codclusive evidence can 'be Ad
duced, that - if elected Pre s ident; his admin
istration will be bemoeratie. - ' -
Den - men:icy-Is a progreisive - principle : it
accomModatei itself to all conditions of na
tional growth,,and is modified tie our inter
ests change. Having for its object-the con
tinual 'advancement of socictY in 'prosperity
and happiness', its policy, when generally
comprehended; has the great.majority ofthe
people enlisted in its support.' A blind rev
creme for tie works of our•ancestors, and :
slavish adherence to established institution's,-
laws, customs , or usages, fOrni no part ()fits
creed. ' It makes and umimkes—builds up
and pulls dowit, as the objecte upon which
it acts are proved to be salbtary orothe'riviite.
It established and annulled the embamoolie
non-intercourse laws, the United '. States
Bank, the State Bank deposite system; the
caucus 'system' of nominating candidates:-;--
it established' the convention system,
, hut
whether the gross violation of pledges per- '
petrated by the NatibmillConventionovill'..be
deemed salutary and safe tis a precedent ; ,
viliethei it will lead to -giving the electibn'of
President directly to the people, orlwhat
remedy will be adopted, remains to' be seen.
' In shari t democracy is the only - principle
of government that grows' 'wise by: etpeii
ebce, is ever moving onward, leading the
arch of mind and of irnprovenieticeverla
b.ring•to uprbot narrow prejudice, to set free
a d liberalize opinion, to shed tbelight bf
s ience and encOnrage the grOWth•-ef :iirttiie
a ong the Masses, and_by change and agi
t tion to keep pure the political atmosphere.
• DeMocraerutpresent extends 4::lvit a far
• ider and more important field thabit did
i • the days 'of JefTerson s thcitigli ininy of
t,, leading measures of
. hist admiMiltrittitin•
s i little known or regardeft'es hcistility to
t . navy, gunboats for defenee,.eMbargwarid
1. n-intercourse laws, have 'WI ' been' I .losig
ce . expunged from the' Deineeratie :fire
, ry. ' The tariff was 'not' i - teit'ifielition in
day, nor t; United Ste*Bank; nor the
. 1 b- treasury , ner inteinaffrnprove.mendk by
' national government.' Thee` have ana
-1 i L i
i since, and income thaianding questions
fore 'the country, that divide -the two . per-.
How Gen. Tmon Views these quee
ns, and how be would aeti in relation to
m we as Democtits - are'ti l t liberty . to in
.l, , .
, by application of the aril', , greet (dada
ntal principle of - democracy!Whieh has
livived sincelhe early' days of ‘.therepnh
i, and from itS nature - ever must survive in
tsbniess and Vigor,
That question Tis, whetharthe Constitution
'the Crated States, in its 'restraining ' °per-,
' ' — gover n- rm pa the various branches of the
it, is to be :construed strictly or 'loosel , y.
other Tie/Mohr at kit,. touching ; pu blic
amino, are': but modificiiione ' , of - iiiii ,
Icii lies atY , the fonndatinni aphOldii4;
ain't, 'Tegtiainini ait'liivini(d l o-0 101
rthet movements of the legtsletive, 4316'4-
;3.'od judicial diipartments; , - - ' 1 .."
ThiiDemoCiatic party,' , haa''always Cen
def 'for ti!.itricf- censtructicin;' 'while the
eOil'ar - Whit party:oo 'Only'‘iiid:ai:
i
PritY Icir Mr monopprMiniliteititiethie
*rig' b r- eonstrubi,i!, 4167 donstibOint
I y; givingit. meanings Whiab aeierl'an
- Ithe M 121101 of she` respars: . t Thuilfr:
rtt
y; in 1811; 'Ong WO lin' lifratill'Pa =
oemay, assetted that l' . iistatiNshineitraf
I tiomaiiiink was undei , 0 vagrini . k pow,
ii, 'arrogated by Coitgreisiatid natiniri:.
lexammems
EMES7
hie from any pert of the CC , 'dunking I i
- Here,lben, is th e pnlpahlis line of disis.
;
ion between , the: Democt e and Federal
parties, and'in relationrtq this / Gen. T'oft
stands upon th e Democratic side, for ' one
i t
of his late"'fiutilisbeitiletters` be 'dist; ctly
avowed hi mselfin fever of altriet misiline-
Hon of the Constitution::' it :follows of ne
cessity that he cannot countenance tht Par
tial and , rnininin'lnelOuren ':of: Vedar lieip.
He must oppose a national - biiik,.i. liana
dant paper currency, an unfair-and Unjust
tariff, though not a few, and judicioug one. H e -must aid in' tierfeetirietbeindepeinient
treasury system, angli*-fine, coincide; with
the Democracy in-all great measures or gov
ernment. _ ' • i ,
1 ,
:. , .
This is c omprehen sive.r. What
more should he say or dote prove his ihtiate
and sincere attachment to the grand and
abiding principles of Democracy ? Ile has
not been a politician, nor is he vented m ' th e
mysterious abstractions and double dialing
_which mark the - opinions and cenddet of
most of those who make politics a proteliniag- •
He has not been in Congress-to vote ran
act or any measures=-he. has, not bee call
ed upon to go - there rn -Lids duty forbi -his
ii
services were demanded in ai more i rYing
and important sphere.., And though the
liederalistahave named him sr tbetresi
ency, his late letter . shows t tit wa dons
ithout his sanction,. and the hole tenor of
his public conduct proves that he his not
onl no sympathies lith,ititetty, binthat
he'belongsin heart and i n
principles fel the
rirogressive, enlightened Democracy. i 1
BuOn addition toiall this, his while life
is the surest possible; guarantee of hi _ hon
est patriotism . During th e forty y ass .of
active service he has not forfeited pub c con
fidence and support,*or done an unworthy
act.' What \ more did ; Washington and Jack
son do? What written pledges dip they
' , rive, or what`'eonfession of political fdith did
they publish before their elections 1 §bould
TAYLOR be re hired to•do more the they
—to humiliate himself, and not be peimiitted
to imitate such2sillastrious precethintsl--
Should he not be alrewed like their io Stand
on his own merits aSd services; andlbe sus
tained in the high- mid dignified attitude be
fore the American people ? 1 '
We know the"ready'answer Of a 6nerous
and grateful Deineeraci i -for ZecnAny,Tar-
LOB, Whose- popularity with the railik and
file of the volunteer: and :regularartily of
America was never Surpassed, has the earne
hold upon the rank and. file of thelpeople,
who never desert the brave man: who perils
his. life and fame in the service and for the.
honor of his country. .
Under 011,these iniliortant considptions,
we ask yqu then; &Ting to.the an Macy.
of the will of the:people, and: anxioos , ;to-do
honor to the ablest . man in - the aatio4 tojdiu
us now in' one bald !burns for the Hero of
Buena ' Vista, THE CANDID Fl' OF
THE PEOPLE, for:the next Prestdcmcy ;
arid .we cannot douht that every truerem
ocrat and , lover ofhis•country, wil i
iNo
vember, 184% cast ': unbiased cote for
" Old Rd,ugli' and;Heady," the ftiend of
" Qld Hickciry, ll and' the man whore :name
is ii precious Household word' at every fire
side in the whole breadth and length of out
happy Ullion.
Are you Mexicans? No! ou will
then vote for ZACHARY TAYLOR, wh always
Whips the enemies 4f his country.
.14OHN C. EPCHER, Cka j
llAmusaußG, July 8, 1847. 1
I
- ; Gen. Znaniry Taylor. I ,
At almeeting °film " Taylor Ceufral Cor
responding Com m ittee,l. l held at Mr. P'rince's
Hotel, in Harris bilig, on' the 31st ,!of
1847= it
On Motion of Gen ' . C. Seiler, C 1. Seib
Salisbury. was- unanimously chose Chair
man of the Committee.
. , .
On motion of Hon , Wm. Docki James
Peacock . , Benjamin Parke, Richard ITRUX
and Heiler): Clyme:y.Overton, Escph4 were
chosen Secretaries of the;Committe 4 .
After, a mutual interchange of s, ntiment
among the upon the o 'gets of
their appointment, the glorious douse its
which they, in common with a larg major
ity of the people of bur country, are e ngaged,
and-the best measure to be i adotpeci in car
rying out,tbig Common cease.' 1
The Hon.
e Ellis Lewis offered' the follow
.
inv . 'resolution, which -was una n imously adopted optd : t„ i
'1 t
Rezolvedt.That: it be recommendid to the
, 1.
people of tins Cominonwelth to ble in
Mass Meeti g at. , Harrisburg, on t e , 24th
: day,of Sept tuber ;next, (the annive sapr,of
thelvictory of Monterey,) to adopt sutilitneas
urea as may be-deehted proper to tromote
the, election of Gen :_ ZACHARY TAIL9IOO
the Presidency of the'United Stated. , :
On motion of Gea., Seiler . , Mess . - Dori,
Peacock and Perke, were Ippoitte" 1
.acem
mittee to.prepare and have publish
~ a cir
cular, expressive of the sense of thliti,ool2l--
,mittee, and inviting the co-Operat iotref the
friends of Gen. Tavi.ott, in such . .nieisures
as are calculated te_secure his electi4 to the
Presidency.- i . •
On motion of. Sainuel-Pool,,Esq. iiit.rtti;
Resolved That the proc edings t ler,this
meeting . be published=in the Harris rtAr-
Dag
gus and DentocriniC Union i of this b,
and that ail thet.otharDeitocratie: pitra . in
the.' Commonreahh, - .ha
,requesteo to gas
them an jtuterOmi in.thelf columns .. ' -
swrapAL:IBIiIIRY, Cite*
JAMES PEAC - OCK. 1", ,
seerd ''. .
BENJAMIN PARR, 1 - - -
. -
.• An Extraordinary Oionsii 1 r
On Tuusday last a portion-of the ..family
il
• 1 • ..t
of Mr, George Phelan's'', of Chest Hill
teweeltii, in this eaunty, duiing t thin
deratorma about the middle of that d y were
; a
severely injured by , a: stroke of " 12 ,4 1 4
under , very, -, peculiar and . • •almbet _llnpes
ciii‘ted eirgautmenees. ; Upon' .artle
door Xi: Cbrisspin, Ma wife and a ttia%
woman rustling-With thaw, were , 0 in
kdOn/! 1 40 0 1 . 1 0 0416 9 1 4 1 ; , Mr. CiF il P atk . . 1 04
upon a : table : befo*bliOnd the rt. Wide
sitting upon .ebai* in , Oit, reouh,v,ii ~, the
subtilellaiddioidedlbe , AlelleY , CO"
tbi4ebre*rora Dti,Chrieelelhillell 11111ke
4 its 144** ied oii4 the ,i bl l t u 1 1144
t n.,
be ,Waa ittting:With iniurillS bi MA
tiopederelinced;erer-fke *AY oi . C.
severely ec,orehing biro wilbePkbiter ir alit
iroYips her- &Ohl& -Non. 104411 l
4 burning uPirt•Tretnis4 l o o 4d
wall
04 1. ' l l l 7 bobs lam. *woo I did
; 1 9 1 1 1 ,u4 10 -- .00 mi+skai 104 .• Amy
were Au ciepikv,AleoeeretVto. , ipptip+
- 4 - 14 1,iii00 1 1 .:!/'` UlatiPirMas-lelt.lort
who sbectlY. after ilwrii44. a . Vier *tall
out of danger, but justly congratula . theta
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