?to all future ages .7
VVHAT IS TO BECOME OF OUR COUNTRY?
BY JUDGE STORY.
VVhen we reflect on what has been,and what
is, how is it possible not to feel a profound
sense of the responsibilities of this republic
What vast motives press
upon us for lofty efforts. Whatbriliant pros-
pects invite our enthusiasm. What solemn
warnings at once demand our vigilance, and
. moderate our confidence.
The old world has already revealed to us
in its unsealed books, the beginning and end
ofall marvellous struggles in the cause of
liberty. Greece!—-lovely Greece! the land
of scholars and the nurse of arms, where
sister republics, in friir procession, chanted
the praise of liberty and the good. where is
she ? For two thousand years the oppress-
ors have bound her to the earth. Her arts
are no more. The last sad relics of her
temple are but the barracks of a ruthless sol-
diery; the fragments of her columns and pal-
aces are in the dust yet beautiful in ruin.—
She fell not when the mighty were upon
her. Her sons were united at Thermopylm
and Marathon and the tide of her triumph
rolled back upon the Hellspont She fell by
the hand of her own people. The man, of
Macedonia did not the work of destruction-
It was already done by her own corruptions
banishments and dissensions. _ .
Rome !—Republican Rome! whose ea
gles glanced in the rising sun, where and
what is she? The eternal city yet rema_ins
proud even in her desolation, noble in decline
venerable in the majesty of religion, and
calm as in the composure of death. The
malaria has but traversed in the_ paths won
by the destroyers. More than eighteen cen-
turies havc mourned over the loss of the em-
pire. A mortal disease was upon be!‘ before
Caesar had crossed the Rubicon, and Brutus
did not restore her health by the deep pro-
bings oftbe Senate chamber. The Goths
and Vandals, and Hons, the swarms Of the
north, completed only what was begun at
‘home. Romans betrayed Rome. The le-
gions were bought and sold, but the people
paid the tribute money.
And where are the republics of modern
times which cluster around immortal Italy ?
Venice and Genoa exist but in name. The
Alps indeed look down upon the brave and
'3tlC€‘fUl Swis, in their mtivefastnesses; but
the guaranty of their freedom is their weak-
ness, and not their strength. The mountains
are notcasily retained. When the invader
comes he moves like an avalanche, carrying
destruction in his path. The peasantry sink
before him. The country too, is too poor
for plunder, and too rough for valuable con-
quest. Nature presents her eternal barrier
on every side to check the wantonness of
ambition. And Switzerland remains with
her simple institutions, a military road to
climates scarcely worth a permanent possess-
ion, and protected by the jealousy of her
neighbors.
We stand the latest, and if we fall, proba-
bly the last example of self government by
the people. We have begun it under cir-
cumstances of the most auspicious nature.—-
Vie are in the vigor of youth. Our growth
has never been checked by the oppression of
tyranny. Our constituents never have been
enfeebl.-d by the vices or luxuries of the
world.
Such as wears we have been from the
beginning, simple, hardy, intelligent, accus-
tomed to self government, and self respect.
The Atlantic rolls between us and a formid-
able foe. Vt7ithin our own territory, stretch-
ing through many degrees of latitude, we.
have the choice of many products and many
means of independence. The Government
is mild. The press is free. Religion is free.
Knowledge reaches, or may reach every
home. VVhit fairer prospects of success
could be presented? VVhat more is neces-
sary than for the people to preserve what
they themselves have created.
Already has the age caught the spirit of
our institutions. It has ascended the Andes,
and snufied the breezes of both oceans. It
has infused itself into the life blood ofEurope
and warmed the sunny plains ofFrance, and
thelow lands of Holland. It has touched
the philosophy of Gerrtiany and the North
and moving onward toward the South, has
opened to Greece the lessons of her better
days. a
Can itbe that America under such cir-
cumstances can betray herself? That she
is to be added to the catalogue of republics,
the inscription upon whose ruin is, "they
were, but they are not !”——Forbid it my
countrymen! Forbid it Heaven!
I call upon yoti, Fathers, by the shades of
your ancestors, by the dear ashes which re-
pose in this precious soil, by all you hope
to be, resist every attempt to fetter your con-
science, or smother our public schools, or ex-
tinguish your system of public instruction.
I call upon you Mothers, by that which
never fails in woman, the love of your off-
spring, to teach them as they climb your
knees to learn on your bosoms, the blessings
of liberty. Swear them at the altar, as with
their baptismal vows, to be true to their
country, and never forsake her.
I call upon you young men to remember
whose sons ye are, whose blood flows in
your veins. Life can never be too short
which brings nothing but disgrace and op-
pression. Death never comes too soon, if
necessary, in defence of our country.
Female Heroism.---Seveaal ofour citizens
at the wharvcs, on Sunday last were much
surprised and alarmed, at seeing it woman
leap hurriedly overboard from one ofthe ves-
sels in the river. Without stopping to spec-
ulate on the motives of this rash act, they all
immediately hastened to the rescue, and one
brave fellow leaping into the water, succeed-
ed in reaching and saving not only the life
of the woman, but that of her chiltl, which
had fallen overboard, and which she had al-
most instinctively leaped into the water to
save. The incident is certainly worthy of
record as illustrating the Strength and unsel-
fishness of maternal love. _
Hartford Journal.
Another Change.—Tl'ie Richmond Com-
piler, one of the ablest and tnost respectable
Journals in Virginia, has chanrred its title to
‘The Times and Compiler,’ until flaunts the
names of Clay and Frelinghuyscn at its
mast head. It will do crood service in the
Old Dominion. :3
Violent Hail Storm in lfledway Mass.-
We havebeen favored with the following
extract ofa letter received in this city dated
this morning:
Yesterday, about I o’clo‘ck, we experien
ced the most severe and destructive hailstorm
accompanied with wind and rain, that ever
was known here by the oldest person living,
destroying and cutting down vegetation as
eflectually as would the mower with his
scythe. The window glass which was ex-
posed to the fury of the stortn was but very
little obstruction to the course of the bail-
stoncs. Some which I measured were six
inches in circumference, and that too half an
hour after they had fallen. _Some were
measured by other persons which were nine
inches. The quantity of rain'which fe_ll du-
ring the storm, in the space ofthirty minutes
was I 7-8 inch. The hail storm did not last
more than fifteen minutes.
Boston Transcript. Tuesday.
Otld Fellowship. —At the recent session
of the Maine Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal churcb._i1t B3030’: "
committee. was appointed to inquire into the
propriety of ministers and members of the
Methodist church uniting themselves with
the society of Odd Fellows. Their report
consists ofa preamble, setting forth the suffi-
ciency of christianity for all charitable pur-
poses, condemning secret associations in tolo.
and concluding with a series of resolutions of
a character equal in severity to the introduc-
tion. _
The first resolution. declaring a sufficien-
cy- in the gospel for all cha.r7.ta.ble purposes-
was passed; the remainder of the report was
laid on the table to make room for the follow-
resolutions: ~
1 Resolved, That we consider ourselyes bound
as ministers ofthe gospel ofChtist_ to avoid all such
questions and meztsiires for or against Odd Fellow-
ship as produce excitements and stir tip strife among .
otir people. .
2 Resolved, That we will not attend or encoiirage
rneetiiigs of Odd Fellows of any kind, and we affec-
tionately invite all our ministers and members to do
the same. _ _
3 Resolved, That this Conference will consider
any ofits iiietnbers who disregard these. resolutions
as offending against the authority oftheConfereiice.
In nothing does locofocoism manifest it-
self with such impudence and hypocrisy, as
in canting about Mr. Clay's moral character
—-a character eminently more unblerriisbed
and exalted than is possess:-d by his ruffian-
ly assailants. Kr-ndall, Ritchie, and Cros-_
well, who supported Gen. Jackson, though
steeped in the blood of his victiuis, who lived
a life of violence, and who Col. Benton said
was surrounded by assassins and cut throats.
affect to be shocked at the idea of electing a
due-list to the Presidency. Blacklegs and
Blackguards, throughout the Union, have
tiirnetl moral all at once, and rail at Mr.
Clay as a Gambler, though all that is true
about him in this respect, may be said of
Mr. Polk, Mr. Dallas, and almost every oth-
er man, who has been in public life for the
last thirty years. Card-playing, until with-
in a few years, was an almost universal hub-
it. There was scarcely a Sttitesiiian, Law-
yer, Physician, or Merchant who did not in
dulge more or less. But the public senti-
ment and the habits of the country have
changed. And yet locofocois-ii nssuils Mr.
Clay for doing what Franklin. Jefferson.
Madison, George Clinton, Jackson, Van Bu-
ren and nearly every other distinguished
man in the republic has done. There is not
only a malignity, but a meanness in this, at
which Locofocoism,if it were either manly
or decent, would blush.-—Al[mn_7/ Jour.
The Berkshire Jubilee was a magnificent
affair, President Hopkins, of Williams Col-
lege, preached an hour and a half, and the
time seemed but a few minutes. Joshua
Spencer, of Uticti, delivered an oration ofthe
highest order. These were the regular per-
formances; but besides, there were pot-ts
with their verses and orators with their
speeches, and choice spirits in every depart-
ment of every thing great good and joyous.
Pittsfield was one great baiiqu--ting house.
The string of no latch was drawn in; on the
contrary, every door was open, evt-ry table
spread, every bed ‘made up,’ and one glad
welcome greeted the multittide of returning
pilgrims. On Friday the great dinner was
served under a tent so large that l.ublPS were
spread beneath it with three thousand plates
and yet there were not enough for those who
had iickets of ad nission. It was hard to
leave such a place just as the termination of
eating made way for the floiv of soul, and
pent up genius was about to burst from so
many lips. But our informant was compell-
ed to depart. Really, itseenied that the joy
of Berkshire might fill all the mountains,
antl her stars suffice for the -firmament of a
world.—Jaur Com.
Fire.—About 11 o'clock on Saturday
night, the cry of fire was raised, which pro-
ceeded from the Steamboat South America
lying at the foot of Murray street. The firt-
engines were quickly on the wharf, and the
fire subdued with but trifling injury to the
boat.——Jour. Com.
We hearthatthe Barn of Mr. Glover
Sanford, in New Millford, (Bridgewater.
was with its contents destroyed by fire, on
Sunday night lost. It is supposed that the
fire was not accidental.
Bridgeport Slttntlartl.
The Camp Meeting at Stepney, last week
was attended by tnultitudes of people. The
receipts of the railroad Co. front the Camp
meeting passengers alone, exceeded $l200.
Standard.‘
Fire.—A barn belonging to Mr. Sturges
Fanton, in this city, was destroyed by fire,
on Wednesday forenoon of last week. The
Smith's shop of Mr. George Peck, took fire,
and was considerably injured. Some hay
was consumed in the burn, but the loss we
presume, was not very heavy.—ib.
The Custom House -—So great is the
pressure of business at the Custotn House,
that new regulationg Have been issued in
regard to the hdbrs mployment. In the
Collector’s department all the order and
entry clerks have been ‘directed to be nttheir
desks at the same hour. '
On Tuesday about four hundred and fifty
entries were made at the Custom House.
Evening Post.
Important Arrest at Cincinnati.--The
Cincinnati Commercial gives the following
account of a highly important arrest made
in that city :—Marsh-al Saffin and constable
Hurst arrested on Saturd-.iy_afternoo.n, _Jo-
seph L. Tincher, Esq who is now in Jail
for having large "quantities of counterfeit
money in his possession, also plates and oth-
er utensils for making Indiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Missourimoney. Also those
well executed “fheeling 5's by T. S. Good-
man 8; Co. These officers have been inde-
fatiguable in ferreting out this man and those
connected with him. He is said to be the
ringleader of all counterfeiting going on in
these parts. The officers above mgntioned
recovered about 8|-1,000 in spurious money
in Tincher’s house. The plates were found
in a stable belonging to the house. Several
very important documents-were secured from
the Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Batik of;
Wheeling, well executed; Kentucky 20’;*
very good; Tennessee 20’.s well executed. fi,
new plate; and Missouri and Indiana 5}
10's and 20's. The documents found on th'-
'l‘incher reveal the most important inform
tion, which will lead unerringly to the arres
and conviction of persons little suspected of
trafficking in counterfeit money—all df
which will be brought about in the proper
titne. *
l
GREAT CONVENTION 5'1‘ ALBAN ;.
75,000 Whigs in Council.
This was probably the largest gathering
ever held in the country, with a single ex-
cepfion. _ .
The day opened auspiciously—continued
gloriotisly and closed amidst the most per-
fect harmony and good feeling. ..
Shortly before I2 o’clock the processioh
began to move. The streets on both s’d€s
were lined with spectators, and many \VPft*
the smiling faces which bespoke their Il’lfll’ll‘§S
in terms more eloquent than words to those
whose last energies were aroused tothe sup-
port of the glorious principles which havf»
nlways fotind Clay their advocate. Whey
the procession reached the ground several
thousand people were there and the seats al-
loted to the ladies were crowded with fair
occupants. Many distinguished gentlemen
were present from different parts of the
country. }
The proceedings were opened by tit?‘
President of the day, Samuel Stevens. Esq.
who introduce dto the Convention the distit-
tzui-hed Senator from Massachtisetts, Ditiiel
.\Vebster. For two full hours and a half he
kept in breathless attention an iinriiense audf
tory. The chief of the prominent points of
his odd:-.53, was the 'I‘arifi—the pl'OIt‘f‘.tlVt’
VVf.ig Tariffof l84:?.—which in hitii found
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter.
His appeal to the farmers to support that
tariff, were forcible and true. He sh0_Wetl
them that the Manufacturing state of Massa-
chusetts consumed $7,000,000 of cotton;
$4,000,000 O--ts and Corn; $l.500,000 in
Cool: $3,000,000 in Wool: 3,000,000 in
B.-efaud Pork: $1,000,000 in Butter and
Chetse: l,500.000 lll the lead of Missouri:
$500 000 in Rice? $l,000 000 in Turpen-
tine: $l,000 000 in iron and other articles,
making the consumption, upwards of Fort‘?
Jlillions of Dollar of the produce of othe
States, f.-ll(t'I‘l,, paid for and consumed by
Massachusetts, which was fully equal to one
half of the entire exports of the whole coun-
try. Much as he regretted the low price,
of the produce of’ the farmer, it could hot he
raised by the destruction of the present tariff.
Support the tariff-—mal.'e months for the
eaters ofthe produce, and your produce will
bring reinunerating prices.
He concltidetl shortly after four o'clock,
amidstthe tumiiltuoushurrahs of his auditors.
Mr. Berrien, the able and eloquent Senat-
tor frotn Georgia, followed.
In three other parts of the field stands
were erected, from which Messrs. Granger,
Culver, Dawson, VVheaton, I-lasbrnuclr of
Ulster, Greeley of New York, Van Wagner
of Poutzhkeepsie, Montgomery of Pennsyl-
vania, Morris Franklin of New Yorg, and
others addrvssed numerous and attentive
listeners. Glee Clubs sprung tip in every
direction and added to the interest and uniniti-
tion of the scene.
The Advertiser places the estimate of the
number present on the around at 3 o'clock,
in the afternoon at Forty thousand. and
states Ill:-l. from first to |ast,they do not
think that less than Scvcnli/-_/it-e lhousrmrl
people visited the spot. As this was only a
Mass Convention of the river counties, it ex-
ceeded the expectations of the Whigs. and
completely dumb-founded the locos. Not a
single accident occurred during the day.
Fire at Macon.— \Ve learn by a passen-
ger in the steamer J. Stone. that a gentlemaii
passenger arrived at S-ivannah on Tuesday
afternoon, from Macon, stated that about
twenty houses were destroyed by fire at that
place, on Monday night last. We tinder-
stand that the fire was in the commercial
portion of Macon.
N B.-—-VVe have since learned that the
section of Macon destroyed by fire comprised
some of the finest buildings in that ton n——a
whole square has been destroyed, leaving
but one house standing which was Occupied
by Mr. Campbell. The Ocmulgee Bank is
said to have been in that square-_
‘ C/mrlston Patriot.
At a great Whig meeting at Cuzriberlantl
county, Pa. a few days since—at which ex-
Govei-norRitner presided —among the twelve
thausmzd present were fifteen hundrgzl
slrighl outs, who have recently abandoned
the cause of Loco focoism, Polk and Free
Trade, and go for Clay and Frelinghuysen,
a Protective Tariff, and Whig principles
and V/Vhig measures. A|l’s well in Penn.
sylvania.
Illusical Convention ——The anniversary
of the National Convention of performers in
sacred music, was celebrated at Boston on
Monday, and continued for three days. The
Odeon was crowded during the whole time.
and the performances were of an intensity
and gratifying character. Cyrus P. Smith.
Esq. of Brooklyn, was elected president of
the convention, and it was agreed that the
anniversary next year, shall be held at New
York, in the Broadway Tabernacle, had that
the select trained choirs. of Boston will be
present. It will be an occasion of prime in-
tereat. ’ ’
Take notice every body, that the , Annual
Fair of the Fairfield Co. Agricultural So-
ciety, will be held on the 23d and 24;}; of
October. The citizens of Brldcrepon win
do well to notice that the placebof holdino
the Fair, has not yet been desio-n3[ed_ ft
has been determined that this shtfw will be
superior to any former exhibition of the kind
ip this county, but unless liberal contribu.
tions are uiade in this section, the proposals
if other towns at the west of us, will proba.
lily be accepted. There will be no Fair at
gent Haven this year, and none in the l2th
istrict, and as great exertions will be made
And inducements offered to manufticttirers.
-’&c. to forward articles for exhibition, a great
"collection may be reasonably expected on
the occasion.—Bridgeport Standard.
The Locos had a great time .in Hartford
on Saturday in raising a hickory pole. It
was drawn into the city by souie twenty or
thirty yoke of oxen: but the most significant
circumstancs oftlie day was the fact that the
pair oxen which bore the banner of"Polk
Dallas and Texas,” laid down in the street,
thus striking their flag, to the great amuse-
ment of the whig spectators. If Polk’s rep-
resentatives cannot carry his banner without
laying down under the burden, what can
Polk himselfexpect to do with all of Texas
on his back ? VVhere’s Amos ?
Death ofa. Young Lady a.lNir1.gra. Falls.
--'l‘here was a sad accident at the Falls on
the Canada side last Saturday. as we learn
from the Buffalo Commercial, which re-
sulted in the death of Miss Jlfo.-rt/ta K. Rug.
a young lady belonging to Lancaster, Mass
She was in company with a party of friends
and relatives, and while attempting to gath-
er some shrubs growing on the brink of the
precipice near the Museum, lost her balance
and with aloud shriek ft.-ll. \’Vht-n takt‘-n
tip she was alive but inscnsible. Able
rni-dical aid, which was promptly rendered,
was unavailing; and she died in about three
hours. The hotly uas brought to Buffalo
the same evenin-.__r, and has been taken for
burial to Detroit, where her sister, Mrs. G.
VV. Howe, resitles.
Episcopacg in. Pl_7/moulh, llfuss -—-On
Sabbath evening, week, the Rev. M r. Snow,
of Taunton, read the Episcopal service in
Leyden Hall, it being for the first time in
Plymouth. \Ve should htive thought the
ghosts of the good old Round heads would
have walked upon the occasion. There is
no doubt that 'tiities'are changed. antl we are
changed with tlit-in.’—Pl_1/mouth lllemorial.
llfezcico.-—\'\I'e It-arn .v.-rbolly since our
last publication that the Mexican authorities
are recruiting sailors for their navy very
rapidly in all the Mt-xicari ports on the Gulf.
With these: it is intended to act against Texas.
The rate of wages paid is said to be so high
as to tempt the cupidity of English and even
American sailors, lrotn whom thus far all
the recruits hive been madt-.—N. 0. Pic.
Tczms Eleclion.——The election of Presi-
dent of Texas, takes place on the first Mati-
day in S»-pterubtir. Burleson and Jones are
the candidates. The first is in favor of An
nexatiori, the latter against it. Jones is sup-
ported by the influence of I-lotiston, now
Presideritz but it is believed the popularity
of Burleson uill elect him. I
Died ofPol/c an/l Dallas —The Wash-
ington, Fayette co. Aurora, and the Circle
ville Watchii.an,two locofoco papers in Ohio
Drought in. Virginia.—The Richmond
Compiler of Ttiesday says :--. -No rain yet
in this section oftlie country, and ige learn
there is great suffering in a large suction of
the country bi-tween thisand the Blue Ridge
It is now, we believe, a tnonih since we had
rain. or more than the merestsprinkle——even
the trees seem to be affected—tlie foiluge of
many of our city trees displaying the sere
and yellow leaf. During the greater part of
the drought the weather has been €XCt:‘SSlVe-
ly warm and the heat of the sun so great as
to [arch and blight all vegitation. Our
mark-ts exhibit the sad effects of this in a
striking degree.
Mn. CLAY AND THE Dsr.r..—Tlie following let-
ter ptihlislietl iii the Newark Tariff Advocate, was
addressed to Dr. Goblc of Newark, in reply to a
cornmtinicatioii oftliat geiitlenian, iiiclosing a. news-
paper pariigrapli iuculpating Mr. Clayiii connection
with the fatal tltiel between Messrs. Graves & Cil-
ley:— ,
ASHLAND, 16th Augtist, 1844.
My Dear Sir.-—I r--ccivetl your friendly
letter with the enclosed slip, cut from a'news-
paper, and appreciate and am thanliful for
the motives which prompted you to address
me. [wish you could obtain and peruse
the corresoon fence nhich passed betwet.-ti
Messrs. Wise, Graves and Cilley, ptlbllsllt-(l
about three years ago. I have not it copy of
it, but you can obtain it in New York.
It establish-s lst, That the draft which I
suggested ofthe challenge was m:ide ex-
pressly with the viewof leading to an adjust-
ment of the disptite amicably, and not as al-
ledged in the slip you forwarded, to close the
door.
2!, That I never believed that the contro-
versy would occasion a hostile met-ting but
continually thought that it ought to be, and
would be, amicably settled. .
3-;l, That I was ignorant that the p-irties
were to meet in combat, and where, and at
what hour they were to meet.
And 4th, That when I accidentally heard
that they had gone out to fight, although I
did not know the hour, nor the place, I ad-
vised the police to be called out, and they
were called out, but they missed the parties,
in consequence oftheir having taken an un-
expected route.
1 was not upon the grotind and had noth-
ing ‘whatever to do with the conduct of the
combat. My agency, as far as. I hatl
any in the whole transaction, was directed
to the object of an amicable settletnent of the
difficulty.
I am respectfully, your friend and obedi-
ent servant, H. CLAY.
Dr. J. G. Gable.
An American Vessel seized by the British
Revenue schooner Sylph, Capt. Carin, for a
breach of the Fishery regulations, has been
sent into Sidney.
in
Land Sales in 0_hz'o.—The President has}.
ordered thewyandotte Reserve to be sold,;,"'
the l4th October next. The town lo"/I 0
upper Sandusky will be sold at tlj” same
time. These lands webelieve at‘, "’ San".
dusky county. The IIIIDIIDU7‘/pnce °{ the
lands is fixed at 2,50 per a"""' _ we S”°u’d
think this sa|e W0,-lb the attention of specu-
lators.
The old F.-igatc Hudson, which was
bought for less than six thousand dollars. Of
the government bids fair to t>~"" 3 3'93‘
speculation. Tl... .-..vners have found her
bull, or rather the lower part of it, perfectly
sound and it is to be converted into a coal
barge. They will clear $l0,000 by their
purchase.
Whose funeral is that? hullooed a Loco
Foco at the cavalcade, in ‘passing to the
Dzinbury Whig Muss Convention. The
funeral of Polk and Dallas, promptly re-
sponded a Whig farmer in the procession.
The Loco muttered to himself, "I wish I
had’nt said nothing.”-—-PrI.lla.tliu'm..
Pardoned.—It is understood that informa'
tion has recently reached the Di-partment of
State that her Britannia Majesty bus extend-
ed pardon (on the usual condition of good
behavior while residents there) to the
Atnerican prisoners now in the British penal
colonies, whose names are embraced in the
annexed list:
List.—Joseph Stewart, Elizur Stevens,
Gideon A. Goodrich, Nelson J. Griggs, Jer-
ry Griggs, Be-njamiri Moot, Samuel New-
come, James De Witt Fers, Luther Dirby
Mutlisonian.
A7neI'ica.-n Clot;/cs.—A novel species of
clock has recently been introduced frotii the
United States. These clocks are shaped
something; like hall clocks, the principal
novelty ('-f them consisting ofa sheet of plate
or looking glass being fix-d in the door un-
der the face. These mirrors vary in sizv
from a few inches to two feet in length. On
the first iuiportations of the article, it set-ms
that the officers at London and Liverpool.
iincertaiti as to their correct denomination de-
livered them on the payment of the duty as
goods uiaiiufactiirrd, at the ad valorem duty
of 20 per cent. The matter has since been
brought un-ler the notice of the board of
Customs, and they have directed that in eve-
ry instzince the ad valorem duty be charged
on the clocks, with the addition of the duty
on plate glass of 4s. it foot. The importers
have rt-monstrated, and have rtqiit-sted to be
allowed to scrape the silver off, which has
be-en l'f'fllSlftl and the parties informed that
they can only he allowctl to remove the glass
and rxport the sums. 'l'he iinportatioii of
these ciuclis has lately hem vt-ry CttIlSltlt"l‘tt-
ble, ti parcel arriving by almost every Attier-
ican i'essel.—-Erzglis/L paper.
The following were the contents of ti
liawk’s nest on a large pine tree, nearly one
htindrt-d feet from the ground, on the f.rm
of,l_.iberty Partridge, in \\'t».<tminsler, Mass:
One black snake, 3 1-2 feet in lt-ngth, two
large adders, two green snakes, one stript-d
racer snake, five striped snulies, six chickens
five sparrows. one striped squirrel, two mice
one toad, one frog, two young hawks near-
ly half grown.
i\lCD.tni(’l an-rl Browtt, the Cliivis mur-
dereis, were executed at St. Louis on the IG
u'tinio.
The iron sleepers, &.t:. on twenty twomiles
of the Nashville Rvilroad were sold at New
Orleans on the l5'h inst at public auction
for the sum of $34,000. The three engines
cars add tenders brought 810.000, and the 0
slaves attached to them 38 670~—tot:il $53.
580. The sale was made on account of the
interest held by the State in the Nashville
Riilro-ad.
The U. S. Bank building in Chesnut st.
Philadelphia, will be occupied as a Custom
House after the lst of January next, and
business at the old Custom House discontin-
ued.
The Philadelphia Native Americans had
I in-ass tllf‘t'llng' of 8.000, in a grove near
Catndc-n, N J. on Monday afternoon. The
little ship Native American firt-d salutes
from the D.-laivare.
The new Constitution of New Jersey goes
into operation on and after Monday ni-xt.—
Under it the election for governor. members
oftlie Legislature and county officers will
be held on the 8th and 9th of October next,
and for members of Congress and electors of
President and Vice President on the 5th and
0th of November next.
The Penn Yan Democrat remarks—That
Mr. Jas. M. Underwood, of the town of Mid-
dlesex, in this county, cut fifty two bushels
and fifty six pounds of wheat upon one acre
of ground, selected from about thirty, which
he thinks will yield nearly the sariieanioiint.
American Hem.p.—About 800 bales dew
r0ll.«.-tl Hemp l']'1S been sold in New York for
shipment to England, at $100 per ton—
freight l-4d. The better qualities have ad-
vanced $10 per ton, and the inferior quali-
ties $5", and the holders firm. The present
crop in Kentucky is represented as short of
an average, and in Missouri notover halfthe
usual crop. -
Fruit.-—On Tue.-tday, good apples sold at
Philadelphia for 7' cents and pcicbt-s at 3l
cents per basket. The Chronicle, says the
apples hang upon the trees like ctirants on
bushes. In West Jersey hogs are turned in-
to the fields in droves to eat them from the
ground. Such is the abundance of fruit, es-
pecially peaches,tran.sported this season from
New York to Boston, and the towns farther
east, that an extra train of cars is room the
Norwich and VVorcester railroad expressly
for this purpose.
From a letter addressed to a highly re
spectable mercantile house in this city, we
are._informed ofthe death of Com. A. J. Dll'
las. on the Pacific Station. Commodore
Dallas (lied at Callao on the 3d of June, and
was buried at Bello Vista, (a small village
between Lima'and Callao) in the British
Cemetery. The Commodore was a brother
of the Hon. George M. Dallas, of Pennsyl-
Vania.
Si
Ski
omits GAZETTE.
Wednesday, September 4, 18444
FOR PRESIDENT,
H EN RY CLAY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN.
For Presidential Electors.
CLARK BISSELL, of Norwalk.
CHARLES VV. ROCKWELL. of Norwich.
NATHANIEL O. KELLOGG, of Vernon.
SAMUEL A. FOOTE, of Cheshire.
JOSEPH S. GLADDING, of Plainfield.
TRUMAN SMITH, ofLitchfield.
Our locofoco arithmeticians are doing a great
business in estimating their growth ofnutnbers,
by a comparison oftlie results of the late State
elections, with the results in the some states at
the last Presidential eleciion.! Why will they
not carry their estimates a little further and
compare the votes given at the August Elec~
tions of 1840, with those given in November of
the same year? They might also ascertain
how much strength it is necessary to gain, over
their vote in ‘-40, in order to secure their success
at the present time;
esting to cypher out this sum. If in the three
months intervening between the August (State)
elections and the Presidential election of 1840.,
the locus lost in a half dozen States some 60,000
votes, with M r. Van Buren for their candidate,
how many will they loose in the same time in
1840 with a candidate sprung upon the party
by southern intrigue and dictation, and imbued
with the most offensive doctrines of southern
policy—auncxaiion, slavery and free trade?
The numerous turn out at Danhury seriously
agitates the quiescence oftlie locos. The esti-
mate t'liey make indivitltially is from three to
five hundred! Their prints however are less
bold and allow that there might have been front
800 to 1000. The Bob Logic of the Former
Ct)D(‘llltleS that there could not have been 5000.
-n~...'n the fact that’ there are. not to exceed that
ntiniber in the county.’ The fellow had not
heard oftliat einlilcrti of Martin Van Buren and
his fate at the Btiltintore Convention, nhich
headed a iiumcruus delegation from Westclics-
ter county, and the. noble band of hard fisied
freemen from old Putnam I These things are
no doubt as ll)Cl‘t".(lll)le as they are uncomfortable
to our (lispiritcd opponents.
so. Another iarittilizi--g affair ofthe same kind
is to couie offat Stamford soon.
Ait'i'nurt’s LADIES MAo.izi\'r:.-—This is a
new czinditlate for public favor. and we are
compelled to say. from a hasty examination of
the 3d No. of Vol. 2, (which is sent us with a
request to excliange) iliat it promises to be 11
successful competitor in its line. It is in the
usual riiagazirie form, of 48 handsomely execn-i
ietl pages, made up of'papcrs that have more
than a common share of real intrinsic merit.-
To these papers appear the names of T. S.
Arthur, the Editor, M rs. Norltin, Mary Hewitt,
Barry Cornwall, Park Benjamin and others,
equally known to distinction. VVc endorse the
work with much confidence, and freely give it
the right hand of fellowship, if the proprietors
will send tis Nos. 1 and 2.
Price $2 in advance; E. Ferfctt 8: Co. Phila-
delphia, publishers.
Vo'§L; IN Ki;:irvcxi'.—Tlie Official Vote, .with
the exception of Critteiiden coiiiity,wliich is report-
ed althntigh probably correct, is us follws:
For Licut. Governor.
Dixon . _ . _ _ . . _ _ ,.-38,624
Pilcher- - . . . - . - .48,351
For Governor.
Owsley- - . . - . - - . . 59,3-'16
Butler .......... .34.752
Owsley’s nitij. -. .4,58-I ‘ Dixon's niaj...]0,273
ALABAMA Eni-:cTiosi.‘—Tlie summary of complete
returns as given in the Tuskuloosa Monitor, for
members of the Legi.-latiire, shows the following
result, as compared with last year:
1844. 1843.
lVhr'gs locos. lWzi,rzs. Locos.
Senate . . . . . . . . . . _ . .-]3 20 ____ __]4 19
House . . . . . . . . . . . . ..33 67 ,,,, _,36' 64
Loco maj. in joint balloii. . . . _ 33:
If the locus do not carry the next Presidential
Election, it will be because there is no virtue in
lying, for there is no lack of effort in this line.-
There must be in that party, a most inveterate lore
of this kind ofamtisement, or a consciousness ofu
desperate and hopeless cause, requiring the employ-
ment of desperate means. The following is a
specimen taken from the editorial columns of the
Farmer, but’ copied from the Hartford Times.
_ "Clay/’s Unp'tpulririly.—In Mr. Clay’:
district, the Whigs have lost one hundred and
eleven voles since I840. This is a very
serious blow to the Ashlund Dictator. The
people around his own door yard are putting
him down.”
Now it is presumed that by “Mr. Clay's District,”
is meantFa_','ette County, in which he resides, which
gave a whig majority at the last election, of720, an
increase of just the number by which it is asserted
that the Whigs were beaten (111) over the whig
majority in that county, in the election of 1840...
The Lexington Observer, in commenting on the
result in this county, says:
"We cannot permit the occasion to pass
without mmglipg our gratulations with those
of our whig friends for the noble majority
which our county has given. Fayette has
$P‘’!<'‘0 "1 11 Voice not to be misunderstood.
The county which boasts the residence of
Henry Clay has triumphantly vindicated
that pure and upright man and unequalled
stalesmtzn from all the calumnies which hit-
ter maligntly, envy, and hatred could devise
to blast his fair fame and injure his prospects
for the Presidency.”
15,000 whigs assembled at Lockport, N. Y, on
the 22d ult. in mass convention.
Not less than 8,000 on Thursday last at Herkimer-
A trerneiiduous gathering took place at Nashville,
'l‘enn. on the 22d ult. of some 50,000 frpeinen.' U i '
Four or five thousand more assembled at New.
burg. N. Y. on the 29th. '0 ’ I U ' ‘ " '
So we go 2 A
or they may find it inter?
But they zireeven U
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