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Q. Please explragn ’_r,
A. Well. iftslietruth most out, we have lost
already twenty states in the recent elections and
we are confZ')ti.r.dedly afraid that we shall soon
lose the remaining six. \Ve now incline to the
opinion that the “-m_in.orily of an mbers” should
govern.
Q. Do you consider a Presi'dent’s orders and
opinions to be always definite and _conclusive
upon the party?
A. Certainly; so long as be professes our
democracy.
Q‘ What do you consider the Bible ofyour
democracy '3
A. The Globe anti Argus.
Q. Do you believe all they say?
A. Certainly.
Q. But when they contradict themselves,
how do you then manage?
A. We take their last assertions, to be-true
democracy. We follow in this, the Revised
Statutes, (and remember Mr. Butler was one of
the revisors) " the last clause or section shall pre-
vail.” —
Q. Good day, sir, I may ask you perhaps, at
another time, a few more questions?
A. I shall answer them with great pleasure.
FOREIGN.
ENot.ANn.——T/ze Disputed Boumlarg/.—In
the House of Com mons, July 31st, Capt. Bol-
dero wished to ask the noble lord, the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, whether commissioners on
the part of Great Britain and America were act-
ing together with reference to the settlement of
the North American boundary question.
Lord Palmerston said, in reply, that the horn.
and gallautgenlleman must have been aware
that negociations were being carried on for the
last year oryear and a half between the British
and American governments, the object of which
was whether a new commission should be ap-
pointed conjnintly by the two Govertiments to en-
deavor by actual survey to trace the line of
boundary according to the treaty of 1782. As
these negociations were not yet brought to a close,
of course he could not be expected to slate what
their present condition was; but he would state
this, that the Central Government had applied
on the subject to the Legislature of Maine, and
that the latter had passed three resolutions,
of which the first was, that in the present state
of the question they could notagree to a _coiiven-
tional line of boundary, The third resolution
stated that they thought it desirable that a fresh
attempt should be made to ascertain by actual
survey the boundary line; and the two Govern-
ments were nowin negociation as to the proper"
method of appointing such a commission as
might be adopted to undertake and execute that
survey. «
Fit.-uvcE.—Lonclon, July 31.—-A letter from
our Paris correspondent, "dated Saturday last,
mentioned the departure of a number of young
men from the Place de la Bourse that forenoon. .’And we solemnly pletlgetl ourselves, in the face
to visit and deposit garlands on the graves ofthe
persons who fell in the revolution of 1830. Hav--
ing attempted to pronounce orations of a repub-
lican tendency over some of those graves, (at the
Louvre and at the _Pont de Grenelle in particu-':
hr.) the authorities interfered, At the Louvre,
this incident produced a sort of scufiie, in which
blows were exchanged, and in consequence of
similar manner. So great have been the ravag-
‘es of death, that the air fa; miles is tainted with
the effiuvia from. the putrifying carcasses of men
and cattle, and the rivers of Jumna. at-id. Gauges
choked‘ up and poisoned by the dead bodies
thrown into their cba.nn_els., The water, and fish
of these rivers are rejected as iiufit for use. and
men are kept constantly employed in pushing
the accumulated bodies down the torrents. From
the Jtily number u§'Il_i_e Orient-al Herald we learn
that starvation. disease, and death are doing
their work at Cawnpore. Mutira. Gwailor and
Delhi, while the wealthier natives look on with
lisilessuess and unconcern. Though a famine
fund has been esialtlisliezl by the Ettirtipcau pub-
lic of India. it is foiit-id impossible to meet the ne-
cessities of the destitute and dying multitudes.
Hayli.-— We have been politely favored a
-H-«tytien paper, L’Uuuion de Port au Prince, of
the 10th ult., by which it would appear that
the republic is highly indignant at the treatment
experienced by the crew ofa Haytian vessel,
wliicliwas forced by stress of weather, to entvr
one ofthe ports ofthe United States, [Carlcston.]
L’Union, after detailing the circunistauc-cs that
obl'ged the vessel in question, L’Artobonite, to
put into Charleston, remarks—" So soon as she
arrived there, the whole ofthe crew [ciiptain al-
lowed to remain} were seized and thrown into
prison, where every assistance or comfort was
deniedto our unfortunate rntiriners, whose incar-
ceration lasted the whole time that the vessel
was being repaired. This is an outrage against
the Haytiiin nation. The day may yet‘. come
when it will be in our power to cause the name
of Haytiaiis to be respected abroad, and particu-
larly so by our arrogant neighbors. Until that
period arrives, however, we have in our h-‘mils
the means of retaliation. Already, if we judge
rightly, a spirit ofdeep aversion to the Ameri-
cans manifest itself, ani seems to prevade all
classes of our citizens; and so indignant do we
feel at their conduct towards our countrymen,
that we are almost inclined to denounce and
hold them up to the hatred of the nation,”—Ja-
ma-ica Desyzalc/L.
The Iilckory Reform Broom.
Judge \Vbite, ofTennessee, takes the follow-
ing instructive review ofthe course of retrencli-
ment and reform, in his Knoxville speech:
“Shortly after I entered your service in the
Senate, the great controversy commenced which
ended in ousting the then incumbent, and plac-
ing the late Chief Magistrate in the Executive
Chair. The principles for which you" and I
contended. and which we successfully maintain-
ed, ought never to be forgotten, and cannot be
too often referred to. We contended that the
powers of the Executive were too great, and
ought to be reduced and limited by law ; that
the expenditures of the government were ex-
travagant and ought to be reduced; that it was
la crime in the President. or any officer under
him, to use his official station to influence the
people in elections; that all moneys which
come into the Treasury beyond those which are
necessary to defray the economical expenscs of
,the government ought to be returned to the peo-
'ple, who are the true and legitimate owners.
of the civilized world, that if we could obtain
place and power, retrenchment and reform should
be the orderofthe day; that the Augean stable
should be thoroughly swept out and cleansed.
Emblematic of what '_we intended to accom-
plish, we chose for OUI‘-l‘l'l0ll0llle broom—not one
ofthe common material. but the Hickory broom.
Hickory. when young. is, of all descriptions of
‘vhlch Several 0f ‘be m°'-‘"79"’ Were 3”95l€da.wuod, the most tough, strong, and durable but
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and the remainder dispersed.
SPAI’.\'.—By the last accounts the Queen's
General-in-Cliief, Espartero, was preparing to
attack the fortified town of Estella, where the
great body of the Carlist troops were assembled
to defend it. Espatero had with him 20,000 in-
fantry, GDO or 700 cavalry, and 40 pieces of ar-
tillery.
The Cortes had been prorogued by a speech
from the throne.
RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA.-—In the early part of
May, Gen. Zap. the Russian General in .Cir.cas.-
sia,‘ placed himself at the head of a large body,
and marched upon the Abassacks. After cross-
ing the Kuban. he threw a bridge across the Lab-
bah, a considerable and rapid stream on the bor-
ders. A portion of the troops had already pass-
ed the river, when the bridge gave way, and was
carried down by the current. This unforseeu
circumstance was at once turned to account by
the Abbassacks’ cavalry, who rushed on the eu-
emy. and forced those who escaped their sabres
to throw themselves into the river, where they
were drowned: The defeat of the Russians was
complete; Gen. Zap himself was dreadfully
wounded, and was obliged to retreat beyond the
Kuban.
K/iissa, Coastof Ciirassia, June ,1.-—Dn the
10th, some clouds‘, thunder. and rain announced
a change of weather. and its threatening aspect
increased until next morning, when a gale came
on from the S. VV. which being “ dead on shore”
suggested to me the danger of the Russian squad-
rons. Yesterday persons arrived at my quar-
ters from both northward and southward, with
the following disastrous accounts of the hostile
squadron: s
At Scotcha, one ship of two tiers of guns, two
corvettes, five large brigs, and two small craft
have been -wrecked. At Toups and Agovia.
two steamers (one of them the largest on the
coast) andtwo men of war have been totally
wrecked, and 11 of the latter are stranded. anil
supposed to be so severely damaged as to be un-
fit for sea. Numerous dead bodies have been
washed ashore at all these places, and the plun-
der in arms. damaged powder, iron, silver coin,
&c., which has fallen into the hands of the Cir-
cassians, is infinite.
At Sc-otcha the garrison ofthe new fort made
two sorties along the beach to defend the wrecks
of the two corvettes—tlie first during ttie night,
ineffectually; the second the following morning,
and with a still worse result, as the Circassians
then assembled, attacked, defeated, and pursued
the soldiers to to the very walls ofthe fort, which
only about 1.00 entered, the rest, to the amount
of about 1.000 having .b.eeu all cut to pie,ce_s'..-—-
Their bodies lie alongithe coast for a distanceof
about three miles; Sand it is remarked,’ that
among these there are none of the (forced) aux-
iliaries, neithe_r Abasian nor .Geor"gian_,——'al,l are
Russian. After plundering the two cor,vettes,
which were at a short distaiice to the southward
of the fort, the Circassiaus burned ,tli,e_m‘; the
other vessels went on shore under its guns; yet
the Circassiaus contrived to set fire to four of
them last night. '
Seven other vessels are known to have been-
oH' Sliapshine immediately previous to the gale,
which having proved so fatal to all the re,st,'ex-
posed to its fury, it seems probable_tbat,itiese
have not escaped. If so 30 have .thus
been put /LOTS tie combat.
FAMINE IN INDlA.—Tlle upper provinces of
the Bengal Presidency were ("when the last de-
spatclies reached England.) "the Scenes of the
most frightful misery and nfitirtrility. Owing to
the extreme povery of the natives, occasioned by
the impolitic and ‘ruinous system pursued by the
government of India towards the occupiers and
culiivaturs of the soil, tens of thousands have
been reduced to uiir.-r starvation. ‘On the 14th of
April last, 78.000 ining wretclie_s, men, women
and children, were fed by hi) nty at Arga; and
between the 1st and l5ih of t_ arch, 71.523 in-
firm and sighiteu creatures were .'rel_i,ev,et_l vine:
lwhen old and worm eaten. the most brittle and
worthless. Coufiding in the sincerity of our
professions, the sovereign people through the bal-
lot boxes, placed our political friends in putt er,
and after a most solemn and formal renewal of
our pledges, we commenced ouroperations, and.
iforihe first four years. I believed we were mak-
ing some headway. We had checked internal
improvements within the states, by rriere Feder-
al power, by vetoing the Maysville Road Bill,
the Rockville Road Bill, and by veioing the bill
to recliarier the Batik of the United States; but
when the second fotir years of our term coni-
menced, then commenced also a controversy
upon the question who should succeed the then
Chief Magistrate.
For one, I kept on, endcavoriug to accomp-
lish the task we had undertaken; but the more
we swept, the dirtier the stable became, and
eventually we found otir brootn would not per-
form its oflice; the political moths and worms
had got into it, autl had eaten the spliiitsso badly
that. the mornetit we attempted to sweep, they
broke off, and finally, when the second four
years ended, and we came to look into the Au-
gean stable, we found it ten times as full ofliiter
and filth as it was when we comrnenced our
_op,eraiion_s. 4
In the Senate _we made an effort to pass, and
aptuallv did pass a bill to limit the power ofthe
Executive in removal; front ofiice. This bill
was precisely similar to one reported by a com-
mittee of which I was a member. while Mr
Adams was in office. So far as I knew, it was
then approved by the whole political party to
wbichl belonged; I therefore gave it all the sup-
port in my power, and made in favor of it what
2'. thought the best speech 1 ever made in _Coii-
gress. Biit alas! when we catne to take the
vote, bad it not been for Col. Benton, who with
difficulty voted for it, of all my old dc-2_uocrtzl2'c
friends. I should have been fount “ solitary and
alone” in its support. For this vote and this
speech I have never been forgiven by those in
power. I was excoinniunicatetl. That which
was sound democracy when Mr. Adams was in
power, was, in their opinion, rank federalism in
the days of his successor."
Capture ofa Pirate by/the U. S. Slzip Cg/tine.-
By the arrival, last evening, of the bark lIelles-
pont, Larabee, from Oratara, Tenerilfe, we learn
that the U. S. Sloopof \Nar Cyane, had left the
port St. Cruz. (’i‘ei'ierifl'e) having been iufurined
of a piracy committed upon an English brig
by a Spanish piiaiical brig, slie touched at the
VVestern Islands, and there receiving the addi-
tional inforiiintion that the pirate was bound to
St. Cruz, she bore away in pursuit, and found
her lying at anchor in the harbor. The intelli-
gence was,comm'unicate,d to the English Consul,
and the whole crew of the pirate was arrested
and carried before the _tri,bu.nals at St. Cruz. for
trial. The Cyane sailed again on the 25th Jilly,
for Madeira,ou her way to Tatigiers.-Express.
,.A rican Sailors or Laborers.—A 'case or con-
sitlerable general interest was decided on Tues-
day ._be_fore_.Iudge Belts, in the United States Dis
trict Court, and one of general importance. A
Our readers well remember that Capt. Far-
well ofthe ship Transit, was sortie time ago ar-
rested on the charge of having kidnapped‘ four
Africans on the coast of Africa. with intent to
make them slaves. Three ofthe Africans have
been perfectly at liberty in this city, since their
8|’T|V3l here. and the fourth had been at work on
the farm of Captain Farwell’s father, in Maine.
All four yesterday appeared in Court. ‘
In order to disprove the allegation that he in-
tended to sell these slaves, Capt. Fmwetl pm-
ducedktwo papers, one of wliicli was an agree-
ment_he made with three of these Africans, and
the other _a separate agreement with Yazee, to,
p,ay.thern'and him_, so much per month for their
services, in assisting to navigate his ship from
Africa to New York. It also appeared that on‘
their arrival here the ship's owners paid. them
whatever balance of wages was due tiiezii.
An attempt was made to discredit the authen-
ticiiy. ofthese agreements, and Mr. Ruggles and
another color-eel tnan named Slossop. d8P_0_5€Cl
that they were-acquainted with the hand writing
ofa man named Hughes, now in Africa, Whose
named is subscribed as a witness to the agree-
ment made with the Africans, and that they did
not believe ii to‘be his hand, wr,i,ii,ng., The
ngreenient \\‘lllI Yazee was datetl April 19th.
and it was deposed to by a Mr. Ogden that the. . _ _ _ ,
' ‘ ' est cl.ild’s medicine was given lum-
Capiain did not make the 8§;'8€ll)8Ill with Xa-
11.06 until the 21st or 22d of April, and not until
after the ship had left the African port, and the
pilot was about to return from her; and that
Yazre even then wished to return. but was per-
sunded by the Captain to stay. In proof. how-
ever, that Ya:I._ce h,_a_d_ entered into an agreement
beforetlie 22d, one ofthe four Africans. who can
speak English, informed the Court that ten days
before the ship left Rio Nunis. Yazec told him
iliat lie intend:-d to go to America.
Judge Belts decided that the law proliiliiliiig
ilie bringing of iiative~Afi'icans to the United
States, did not prohibit the bringing of men f cc
here. to do involtiiitary labor‘. The Court dis-
charged the coiiiplaint on the ground that labor
must be itivoliintarily. or wliat is tantamount to
slavery. or it does not conir-, within the provision
of the Act.—New-York E.2-127-5.53.
Charter of C/iarlts Il.—Happening the
oliice of tlie'Sccretary of State, a few days since.
we were extremely graiifietl to find the ancient
Charter ofthe Colony of Connecticut, which has
been the object of so much curiosity, p:otected
and 8lTll)PlllSl'lEtI by a handsome mahogany
frame. The charter was granted in 10:62. near-
ly two hundred years ago, and is oneofihe most
interesting relics connected with the early his-
tory of our state. Those of our ciiigeeus who
have, as. well as those who have not seen it, \\ ill
be pleased to examine it in its new tlrcss. To
refresh the minds of our rcaders. we copy from
Hiuman’s Antiquities, an ii'itercsting incident
relating to this parchment:
“At a meeting of the General Court held at
Hartford, 1687, sundry ofthe court tlcsiretl that
the Patent or Charter might be brought into ilie
eourt; the Secretary sent for it and informed the
Governor and court that he had the Charter and
showed it to the court, and the Governor bid him
put it in the box again and layiion thetahle and
leave the key in the box, which he did forth-
with.
Sir Edmund Andross and suit, guarded by a
body of re,-_rular troops having arrived in Hart-
ford, Sir Edmund perempiorily demanded the
siirrentleroftlie Cliarterto him. The Governor
of the Colony, fearing if be surrendered it, one
less liberal would be given to the Colony, or
rather none at all, which caused mticli debate
and kept in suspense until evening, at lighting of
candles. At a concerted signal the lights were
instantly extiiiptiislietl, and Captain W'illiam
\Vadsworth. of Hartford. a bold and daring man,
(whose posterity resides in this city) instantly
seized the Charter. carried offarrtl secreted it in
the hollow of an Oak Tree, in front of the dwel-
iing house of the Hon. Samuel \Vyllys in this
city. After the Charter was safe, the candles
were imniediaiely religbierl, but the Charter was
not to be fountl. Sir Edmund assumed the ad-
ministratioti of the Colony, which he continued
to administer for nearly two years in an op-
pressive inanuer. until the accession to the Eug-
lisli Throne of VVilliam and Mary, in 1658, and
the seizure and confinement of Sir Edmund
and his Council by the people of Boston. which
changed the complexion ofaliiiirs in the Colony.
And upon the 9th day ofMa_v. 1689. Gov. Trent
and ilie former Magistrates, resumed the govern-
ment under the Charter, wliicli had seciirrgly re-
mained in the tree until this time. with rm other
injury than a very little discolcration—-ivliicli is
now in ihisoliice nearly as perfect as when sent
to the Colony, in l66.‘3.”-—I-Iarl/‘oral Caurmzl.
\.
Yankee Enteiym',se.—--VVe learn from the New
Orleans Bee that VVilliam Henry Brown, ti na-
tive ofthe United States, has received from the
Government of Mexico the exclusive right cfin-
trodiicing and navigating every kind of steam-
boat on the rivers, bays and lakes liciongiiig to
the territory of the depiirtrncntiiof Liibiisco, for
the term often years.—N. Y. Sim.
Deal/L ofillrs. Palle'r_so_n.—It is but a few days
since we recorded the death ofthe Hun. William
Patterson, member of Congress from this state;
and we are alreatly called "upon to announce the
deceasc of his widow, which took place last.
Monday. She had been indisposid for several
days, but was thought to be recovering, when she
suddenly expired while seated at the breakfast
table.-—Sim.
Afllicling.—-A young woman, the daughter of
Mr. Risingei, of Ripley county, Ohio, was shot
a few days ago by her father under ptculiarly
painful circumstances. Her father was out
hunting with his brother, and discovering what
he thought to be a deer shaking the bushes, he
fired. On coming up, he found it was his own
tlaiigliter, who had come to liuut the cows. The
ball had passed completely tbrougli her head,
and she died in a few moments.
Jlfurtler will 0ul.—ln November last our com-
inuuiiy was thrown into consternation by the
mysterious disappearance of Dr. John H. Par-
ker, formerly of North Carolina. Search was
made and his body was found in the Escambia
River about 25 miles hence. I: was concluded
that be had fallen, by accident from a small boat,
(in w_hi_c,h lie was in the habit of crossing the
river.) and got drowned. It now appears by the
confession of one of his slaves, named Lewis,
that the Doctor was iiiurderetl by Lewis and
another slave named Henry and thrown into the
river. The deceased was killed by Lewis who
struck him with an axe on the side ofthe face,
and then gave him several other blows which
despaiched him. Lewis it is said, has inau_ifest-
ed some symptoms of mental derangement, but
in relation to this matter tliereis too “ much
meaning in his madness,” to leave any doubt of
the horrible truth of his confessioii.-—Pensaco_l,a
Gazelle.
The l?i'esident left the VVhite Sulphur Springs
yesterday week forthe Blue Sulpliur, accompa-
nied by the Secretary at VVar and fa mil._v_. They
were" to visit Colonel Beirne, the hospitable
representative in Congress from that district, on
Wednesday and Thursday last, and thence re-
pair to the Red Sulphur.
Mr. Rives and family were to have left the
White Sulphur last Tuesday, on his retlirlt
liot;ie.—1i’iehnzoncl Enquirer.
E.r-Presulenl Jae/rson.— We understand from’
it gentleman who arrived from the south yester-
day afternoon, that he learned from it friend of
Gen. Jackson’s that the General had a feiv days
before, burst another blood-vcssel, and that he
was quite lll.—-1')/l-Zibtlzb I-Ieralcl.
Bwllittg Q] a Briclg'e.—Ttie'splendid bridge
across the Schuylkill_, nearly opposite to CaIlow-
gill, speet, _Pl_iiladelpbia_. was burnt down -on
laturtltliy evening about 9 o clock, together with
t ie to - iouse—-supposed to be the work of art
incendiary. The bridge wasformed ofone arch,
3.10 feet span. was. built in I823, and ‘cost
$150,000.-—Transcrtpt, 51/i inst. »
Jl’_Iel_a,n '/zoly Dear/...-pie.i in l.lllS city, on up.-'
5th ins*_., Edward, aged 3 years, and oh the Gib,
I I :3 x . L
his younger brother aged 7months, sons of
Stiles ‘VVa'lr,el_ee. The family in which these
deaths occurred is truly an afliictcd one. The
younger child was seized with B. bowel. com-
plaint, aud a Thotnpsonian doctor was sent for.
who, among other medicines, left a decocuott of
what is commonly called ladies’ slipper, which
he ordered to be given in small doses. In the
meantime the elder brother complained ofa pain
-in the bowels, and the doctor ordered three
spoonfuls oftinct ure of rheubarb to be given him ;
but by m‘tst.,kt.- the same amount of the young-
He went
out to play and in about an hour came In and
cotuplaincd of being veiy sleepy, and soon fell
iislecp. Ills hard brcatliiiig iiHrt1ct.cii tittel.‘-NU"
and excited ulzitin, and at lcngth the fatal error
was (llSCUVt‘l‘('(l. The same doctor was“ sent
for, who administered an emetic, Ct\Sl'.0I' 01 , &-c-
but in vain; the little fellow soon ceased to
l)rt'8.l.ll(‘.. VVlietlier the stomach pump would
have given relief‘, or v/l"et'.:er_ this doctor’s mode
of proceeding was not the best, we know not-
we only know that the case is one ofinclaiiiclioly
iritcrt.-st, which should serve as awaitinng to, oth-
crs to be exceedingly. cautious in matters ofthis
kind. The younger child died, as is sllpposud.
of the eflii-cts of his (llSf‘lZlSf,‘, soon iiftvr tliedt‘-atli
ofliis brother. The father is absent and knows
not of the woe that is in his liousc.-—N. Iqfavcn
l’ullacliu.m.
The Fever in Charleston is represented as pro-
.,.,,;}ing to it great extent and very fatal. A
friend who has been obliged to leave there on no
count ofliis lll-Iflllllb, writes under date of the 29th
as follows-—“You will probably see at the first
glance at this that I have left Charleston, and
you probably well know the reason. ‘The health
of the city is so bad that the pliysioian and my
friends all told me that it would be madness in
me to remain there. I did not leave, however,
until there were over forty cases between me and
the East bay. The physicians say they never
knew the disease before appear with such ag
gravated symptoms. Dr. ,s:iys he has had
100 eascs of whom he has saved but two or
three. The Rev. Mr. P. advised me to leave
some time ago. I‘I~.,' and his family left yester-
day. Mr. Doud, Pastor ofthe Third Church
left on Sunday. Four Episcopal clergyinen. and
those of the Baptist, Unitarian and Lutlicran
sects have also left, or are to leave. There are
at present only two Presbyterian clergyman in
Charleston. Mr. Magruder is one (he,is con-
sidrredas exempt from immediate danger, being
asouiliorner) and Mr. Gildersleevc, the other,
who has had the fevcr.—Ib.
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WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 12. 1838.
)/ERM0l/lT El_E0ll0i,*l.
Returnsliave been received from 121 towns
ofthe votes for Governor, which stand as follows:
For Silas II. Jenison, (VVhig.) 11,3-12
VVm. C.Bradley, (,Loco,—Fot:ti,) 8.960
The same towns gave last year, for Jeiiison
10.3‘28—_A-Bratlley 8,39-it--Jenison’s majority in
1837, 1.934. \Vliig net gain, 4-18.
Congressional Election.--Tlic Albany Eve-
ning _Journal of. Sept. Stli, says——“In the 4th
Congressiotial District, where the Canada VVar
feeling is strong. it is possible that Mr. Allen,wbo
voted for the Neutrality bill, has lost his election.
In the 5th District, Mr. Fletcher, the Van man.
who’ voted against the Neutrality Bill, is re-
elected. In the 1st, 2d and 3d Districts, Messrs.
Hall, Everett, and Slade, (Whigs) are re-clect-
ed by increased majorities.
“Pos'rscrti1’1‘—]-In/fpast 2. P.‘ 1lI.—Tbe
Burlington Mail isjust in. The Sentinel claims
the election of Smith to Congress, while the
Free Press says there is no choice.
"There is a largely increased majority in the
Legislature and for Governor.”
(fife \Ve present below, to our readers, a dig-
m'jiecl(!) letter front “SlNl\'I’1‘UR N1Li~:s.” It
is in every respect worthy of the man, and the
party. of which he is the acltnowledged cham-
pion it: this State. The Times and Register
think it very naughty in the \Vhigs to bring
their Master Johnny's “ humble effort” before
the public—aud in the next breath they publish
the letter and attempt to prove that it contains
nothing but TRUTH! If it is ‘so wicked for
the \Vliigs to give publicity to the letter, we
tliiuk the Locos are censurnble for doing the very
thing which they corztleiiin in others.
VVe hope every V‘/hig will take the hint giv-
en iu the letter, in regard to town meetings, and
show the hon. " Sinuiiur” that the game he has.
arranged for his party to play, is a game that
will row them still higher up “Salt Creek,"
than they were carried last April.
\Ve exiractthe following froin the New-Her
ven Herald: ‘
“ THE L1_3'r'1‘J;R,.”
“_Aicl of the General Governme-nl.”—VVe
have been aware that most of the electioneer-
ing plans of the Loco-Focos originated at Wash-
ington, and-ihai the “aid ofthe General Govern-
ment” has been called upon and applied to carry
out local operations, and to awe and govern
those who, either by pat_ronage, power, or the
bowing ofthe great men, are led into the trammels
of“the party.” Ainoug the agents in this con-
cern the Senators from Conuiecticut have been.
eminently C0l]Spl(_.'UOUS,i lending their aid, not
only by franking and forwarding speeches.
pamphlets, and newspapers, to their immediate
constituents, but to persons iuotherstates for the
purpose of electioneering to keep themselves in
power. L,i_s_ts ofnanies ,have_be,eii,forwarde(l to
them by their agents at’ home, and these have
been liberally supplied with Loco-Focoism.
fresh from the grcathiint, while the mails have’
been loaded down with “the franking privilege.”
Private correspondence has also been resorted to.
in pursuance of the party repiisiiions, and
among the favored ones a gentleman in an ad-
jacent county received the follo_.Wing letter, from
the Hon. Joliu Niles. It speaks in the true
spirit ofthe man and his coadjutors, while it is a
gross libel upon a great body of his coinstitueuts,
antl an insult to every Freeman in the state.-
Read it. Let ns_ hang up the Senator in his
own shroud;
“ \V.isiii-.\'o'ro.v. April Dill. 1838.
Dear Sir—-I have your letter ofthe 5th April.
Your election has gone against us I was not
ilisappointed except in the giiagniiuile of the
\Vhig vote; the i_iican_s by which they have
aflecicil the result. are such as that party usual-
ly resort to in times of high 6Xt'llPtlP.lll.—-
FALSEHOOD. DECICPTION. and lt‘ IAUD
on the one hand, and Vl()Ll‘l=.\iCE. OI)l’Rl*‘.S-
SION and COERCION on the other. They
CHEATED US OUT OF THE ELEC-
TION. The miscrable ConscIt'ali'L'cs have iti-
jurcil us considerably ; inticli more than the
amount of their vote. Their factions and tiri-
principled cmitl-ict tliscoiirirgetl our friends and
(‘!l(.‘0llf2lQPtl the \Vliigs. 'I he Abolilionisls also,
in the Eastern part of the State, uiiiicd almost
to a man with the \Vliigs. and did its t-onsitlera-
ble it-‘jury. The whole I’RESl3-YT.l5lilAi\I'
CLE RGY likewise took an active pail in the
elcciiou,v0lcrl l/tcntsclccs, and were the urcuiisof
bringing out 1000 voters. Ni-urly an equal nutri-
bcr were impoilctl into!/1c state from abroazl.
conlmr3/ to law. Persons in factories and other
dependent situations were forced in vote agaiiist
their wills and led to !/ze polls like cattle to the
marital.’ Under all these circumstaticesit is not
to be wondered at that we were beaten.
As Rir the future. all that is necessary, is for
nur_pariy to piirsuc a slcrul]/._/itrm course. We
have 21.500 honest tlcmociais. united upon
principle. which neither menaces, nor interest
could iuiiniidaie or seduce. This force will be
a majmiiy in any ordinary struggle. \Ve must
expose the iniquity. oppression and corruption of
the Ft-ileralists in ilie late election ; and be pre-
pared to take aclranlage of the violent and pro
scriptive measures of the \Vhig Legislature.
They will have -great trouble with the Abolition-
ists, who will deinaud a fulfillment of their
pledges made to them by the \\'higs before the
election.
It will be necessary for our friends in all demo-
cratic towns to attend the town |ne(‘lin9_R this full.
and SECURE THE SELECTMEN. \Ve
have probably been cheat:-rl outofl000 votes by
the VVhigs having control of the Board for the
adrnission of Electors and the filotleraiors of the
iiieetitigs. It is impossible for the \Vhigs to
innke another similar effort next year. You
rriiglil as well think to burn over stubble land
twoyczirs in succession. I do not think we have
reason to desoond ; on the contrary I believe we
have a fair chance ofsuccess at the next election.
K? It will not be possiblejbr me to be at New
Haven during the session ofthe. As:-crrilily ; but
M l’».R. I. INGEPtS(f)Ll.:. MR. \VELLS. and
others of our friends, will be frilly competent to
advise as to the course our party ought to pur-
sue in the present enier'gcii(:y.
I am yours, truly.
.1. ill. NILES.
To ——-—— . l-3,-q,”
Such, Freeinen of Couuec_ti_cut, are the senti-
nicnts ufau /ionoiablc Senator, ivlio represents or
should represent your charticter and interests in
- the Congress ofthe Uriitctl States.’ A rrizxjority
of the people are accused of «“ falsehood. decep-
tion and a fraud on tlieone li:-ind, and violence.
oppression and coercion on the oiher”—of being
"forced to vote against their will, and let! to (lie
polls calllc to mttrl.‘cl”-—\vliile the " unscra-
ble Conservatives,” “ the aboli=iunists,” nnil
“ the whole Presbyterian Clergy,” are anatlic—
niaiized as the very outcasts of the earth, un-
wortliy ofthe elective fraucliise,ilic first privilege
ofFreeincn, because they would not support the
destructive measures advocated by John M.
Niles, Perry Stiiiih and others, which have shot
iipotir work shops, stayed our commerce. pals-ied
the hand ofindustry, destroyed the currency and
exchanges, and banltruptcd the government,
with foolish and ruinous experiments. - \Vbo
among you have been “ forced to vote contrary to
your will, and forced like cattle to the market?"
lf there are any such, let them speak and ac-
knowledged their shairie. if there are none-
ifthis assertioii is a base libel upon the honor,
integrity and itidepeiidence ofthe people of this
State, let them answer to it in teruis of just in-
dignation at the polls, and hunt from their confi-
dence the base traduccrs of their name and
lzow will they bear the kind and generous ap-
pellation from such a source? “ The aboliiioii-
ists”—-how will they dare again to vote again.-t
the dictates of their self made n1aSlf:f,.l()llfl M.
Niles?
how will they dare again to " vote themselves,”
The “whole Presbyterian Clergy”-—
or exercise their national and constitutional
right? The Loco Focus are "pijepared to take
advantage” of them atid woe is their portion if
their enemies succeed.
But this letter not only shows the existing
spirit of“ the party,” but it developesin part their
future plan of operations. “In all democratic
towns" it is to bea primary object to “securethe
Selectmen.-” That isa game that two can play
at, and with this timely notice we trust the VVhigs
will take care that they are not overreached.
Some of the agents too, who give direction to
their schemes, are named, and hence we learn
the responsibility which they assume, in r_elaiion
to the public. They are public tneu, office-
holders, and hence _have much at stake. They
should be careful how they denounce the peo-
ple as cheats and swindlers, lest they should be-
come the victims ofpopular indignation.
\Ve presume we shall have frequent occasion
to refer to this subjectiagajn, and surely it con-
tains enough for a volume of c_r_gm_ment. In the
mean time, ifany one doubts the authenticity of
this letter, we can refer him to theioriginal in the
hand writing ofthe Honorable Jghn M. Niles!
0('_7'f' It ‘appears, front the New York papers,
lllfllillh‘-.‘JO,l’,][l Van Buren is cutting quite a fi-
gure amoug the nobility, in England. ‘He dined
with the Queen again, on the 251!) July, sharing
the bonoriwitb some 70 or 80 personagesl, includ-
ing the extraordinary ambassadors and resident
ministers, and a la_rge bevy of Dukes, Earls,
Ducliesses, Countesises ard Coimrrionersi.
cliaracter. The “ miserable conservaiivesl”——,
Tbe Hon. Felix Grundy, U. S. Sensing.
from ‘Tennessee, resigned his oflfi_ce.on,-the
ult.,ai:id entered on the duties of his new lap-I
poin.t_r,nent of Attorney Generaloftbe U. States,
on the 1st of September.
Look out for t/i\e‘ Eclipse qf the Sun, Sept.‘
—-There will be iv remarkable eclipse of the Sgp
on the afternoon of the 18th ofinst. Septernbcr
which, according to the American Almanac, will
be annular in the Territory of Wisconsin, in the
District of Columbia, and throughout or in some
parts of lliirlcen Sl.ill.L s, yiz‘ :—through Michigan,"
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dblawarc and Ma-
rylantl——tlirotigliout Ohio and Virginia, with the‘
exception of the south west pa rt ofNew'York ;
in the north-s-astern part: of Illinois, Indiana.
Kentucky, and North Carolina, and in the coun-
ty of Ftii;-ficlJ, in the south-west pm of Con-
nccticut.
“ Corruption and wca7:7zcss."—In speaking of
R. M. W uitney’s connection with the Deposite
Banks, the Titnes of Saturday last says, “this
was one of the beiinies of the Dcposite system
——a systv in founded in corruption and weakness.”
Is it possible! This from the Hartford Timi:s,i"
Andrew Jae-ksnii’s darling sch 2me—-the very-pct
of the old I’IL'l‘0—i.ll8 crowning act of his ad-
iuin_istrt:.tion, and the glory of his reign, “ asyn-
tcin fouiidetliin co) ruplion and tcea/rncss !” We
"cut; h.-irdly believe our eyes. Temyioranzitlantur
—tlie ‘* times” change, inde.d——for who, four
-you rs since, could have predicted, that the Times
would ever have used such language as this con-
cerning the D.-posite system and its founder’!
Alas, for the short siglituliicss of mortals. and _
cspeciallyof“ the democracy :” But now it ap-
yours that “ the deposits tjystem was founded in
corruption and \\‘e.tkncss,” and that the Sub
Treasury system is'the thing for the country’.
VVL-ll, supposing the Sub-Treasury law should
pass, and go into operation, how long probably
would it be before these same men would die-
cover that this, too, is "11 system founded in
corruption and weakness?” Are they any more
ettrut-st in atlgzocating this policy, or more san-
guine in their expcctiitions ofits beneficial o e-
ration? Not otie whit. But by the Deposits
system, “corrupt and wt-ak”iis it may liayebcet‘,
we are not aware that tho Govcrniucut has ever
lost any tliing, and the prospect now is, that all
the balances due frotn the Depositc Banks, will,
be paid up. Can as llIllCll be said of the Inde-
ps-udt-nt Trciisury, duringthe time it has been in
opemtiou, zcil/rout luzc.’ Let the facts answer.
«A recent Sl:tl.8lllCltl. ,SllO‘.VS, that. at the land bf-
fices in Mississippi ..nd at. one point. in Arkan-
sas alone, the Sub-'l'reusury defulcutions have‘
already amounted to between five and six hun-
.drcd tliousaiud dollars.
The truth is, the whole policy of the Gov-
ernmeut in relation to its financial conct-rus,sincc
t. to coruuiencemeni of Andrew J.icksou’s ex--‘
pt-riincnts, has been ‘-fouritlctl in corruption an’.
weakness,” and the Sub-Treasury system, s’-‘J
far as it has been trivd. has proved‘ the 'vi'cii'|ic;;'ti
and most corrupt ol'iill.-—I1u/*{,lb,rd (..‘0lt?',"f.:I'. "'
New Jcrgcy Polili:-s.-'l‘he Whigs held their
State Convention‘ ‘iii "'l‘renton,‘ on \V_'c-dn"trs'da'y.
A great number fISSt‘lulilL'(l. The old Coiigrcss
Ticket was ','_:'-uoiuinutetl by acclamation,—-'
Aziiong the speakers was Mr. Freliughuyscn.
October, we hear fr'oin'every qiiarter.—J_v}.i-press.
Salt Bit-at-.—A Whig in otir office to-day ag-
couutvd for the strength of the Benton M.»'r-
inon Loco-Focos in the back counties of Missou-
ri, by the fact that Silll River is in these ri-gious, -
where the W'bigs have been 'rowi.~g' up the
Lvico-Focus of Ncw.l«:rscy, New York, Connec-
ticut, North Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia, _K.~Iu-\
tucliy, Indiana and Iilinois.——-lb.
Ii’/‘orit/criliul E.s-capc.—As a yoiing lady of
Pbiladclpliiii, on it visit to llel'\il‘lL'lttl::) in tliis
place, and Miss Rdgers ofthis city,"wcre-look-
lug over the precipice of“ ‘vVoodward’s R-ick,"
she: fell down the precipice into the Cont-stoga
rivcr. ’l‘he lie,-iglit ofthe rock above the rivcr,
peiidlctilai‘.
deep where she fell, and will in some rrieiisvire
account for her miraculous escape; for. ‘\'_vh:ii is
most cxlritortliriary, utter cinergiiig froi_n the
watt-r. she declared that she was not at all llll_Pl..
Tli's is CL‘1'lttlIlly one of the tnost. providcuiitil
escapes we have lioiird of. Many years ago, at
young man, a son of Mr. Franciscns, ivas'look-
log over the very spot where the lady fell froth,
and in like miinner fell down the precipice, but
was itistmtly killed_ Two orbcr casts of acci-
dent at the same spot are fresh in our memory ;
and in cacli the gentlemen barely escaped with
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lil‘c.-—Luncti.5-lc/' ./ourrml. ~
A Fortm/[iII__(:.—()ii Monday last, a fetnalc of
respectable t)[tpt'.t.ll‘itt)(:t.‘, 18 or 20 years of age.
li.-iving an iufint in her arm.-i,enteret.l iliesiore of
Mr. Lyons, on Market street. (who is now all)-
sent on a visit to the east) and purchased, articles
}io‘tl:e amount of 5518 for wlll(.l| she made pay-
,incni. \Vhen about to uiilitlraw, slie l'Pln&l’li€(l
pom ha ving to gt) a short tlisiaiice she woulil,with
Mr. L's p(‘t'llJls‘.$lt)li1 leave the cliiltl fur a few
‘minutes, when she would re_iurii. The sleeping
child was ticcordingly laid on ti pallet that was
procured for i:——\vlii_c,h.' }‘u'l,!,ll the articles pur-
chased, ai,i_l a bundle, she let} in charge pf Mr.
Lyons. Al inutes, hours. passed, night approach-
ed-, and the child remained uncalled for. I. had
been abautloneil to strangers. and Mr. L. was
charged with the guardianship. On exam-ioing
the bundle, it was found to contain various arti-
cles of infant clothing, and on examining the per-
son of the infant a note was discovered, which
read as follows: .
“Dear Madam—I leave my child with you,
you being the person of my first choice to raise
my infant. It is not iiiten_t_l'et_l that you'are to
have this trouble without reward; but‘ itjsiout of‘
my power to do much for you at this time. I
leave this place by the first boat. Take good
care of my infant, as circtiinstances forbid that I
should ; and, if it lives, you will see that from
time io"time you will receive payment for your
't_rou,ble. If you felH0v€ from this place, adver’-'
tise in the Argus where you move to and what
you have done with the infant, as there" is ap
estate oftliree or foiir thousand dollars it is now
heir to, and unless we kuo\v‘where itis, that can:
notbedoue. "‘ 5 ' “'
“ Irs Ui\'I-‘ORTUNATE MOTH_ER.-'-’
The foutidling is about two months old.
Should this notice meet the/eyes of the inn,-
uatural parents, they mayleatn that Mr. Lyons
has performed the obligatlonsimposed uponhirn,
in an honorable and huniane tnanuer, and that
he will, in whatever concerns the protection of
their abandoned offspring, fully discharge the
claims of helpless innocence’.--Missouri Argug.
Aug. 22. ' ‘ ' ' '
A New Jersey Hero.—Captain Nathaniel Fit;
Randolph, of \Vootlbridge, was‘ one of the
bravest and most intrepid of men—twic,e h"o
was offered a ;Colone1’sccmuiission in the fogg-
lar army ; but he preferred the cbmmand ‘bf his
own selected volunteers to any other service,
and with them performed the most del-i'p,e_r'atg
: deeds of valor.
He and his _men were once surrounded by I
0$= Wheat was selling in Maysville, Ky. on‘
_the 30th ult. at 65 cents per bushel. I
greatly stiperior force of the British. ' _'I“h_e lini-
. form motto was _-"death or ‘vii.-'tor'y.’_’ '1‘ 'e con-
Newdersey will give agood report of herself in ’
into \‘r'lllCll the lady full, is 9-1 feet, almost por- '
Tlie ‘watt-r was about three lost. '
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