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McCoy, who profited largely by the murder
and fled from the State for fear of punish-
mom for the crime of murder, and who has
but recently dared to return. He was arres-
ted in the city of Washington for stealing
Treasury notes at New Orleans, and dischar-

- god in consequence of some informality and

the death of the principal witness in the
cause. Next in eminence is his. partner In
the death of McCoy; one of_the_time keepers
on that occasion, who was indicted by the
Grarid Jury of Westchester, and who then
ran away with a large amount of money
which was in his hands as a stake holder.
and who was subsequently also arrested 88
participator in the 'I‘reasury _n0l8 theft. but
who has yet escaped trial. while one of the
spectators of less political importance (Sulli-
van) has been sentenced to the ‘State Prigon
for two years. The trial of neither_the two
last has yet taken place. _ The next in rarilt
is the notorious Jewell. who was three times
tried for the murder of the watchman Louba
the recollection of_the events of Wlllch are
yet fresh in the minds of'our readers. The
fourth in order is a criminal, who is known
as a notorious bigomist, and who has kept
himself out of prison by a base betrayal of
his associates in other crimes as a ‘states ev-
idence.’ He was the collector ofthe brothel
news published in the ‘Flash’ and ‘Whip’—-
the two infamous publications which were
suppressed by the authorities and whose re-
sponsible editors were sentenced to the Peni-
tentiary. He has oncebeen sentencedoto the
St.ite’s Prison, and has served out.his_tim_e as
keeper of the Hog Pen in that institution.
One notorious brothel keeper at the Five
Points, another in Vllalnut street; one of the
seconds of McCoy at Hastings; and one Of
his attendants who exclaimed. OS that ""l0l"
tunate boy was in the agonies of death. ‘G01
damn him, he isn't half liclred yet; all he
wants is two or three good smacks and he’ll
be as good as new,’—who ran away to New
Orleans with the others already named, and
who subsequently returned and was rewar-
ded by. a locofoco Corporation with an office
worth seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annuui, are prominent members. To these
must be added one of the seconds of Lilly
himself, who killed McCoy. and Wl10 has
thus far escaped punishment, and two othyr
persons who have been indicted for. commit-
ting an infamous crime; onenotorious bully
just out of the Tombs, for being a party in a
prize fight two weeks since; another who
has been dismissed as an officer of the
Tombs, for letting a prisoner escape, now an
applicant for a place in the. Custom House ;
another who was detected in stealing a mu-
sic box at the time of his visit to the Balti-
more Convention. the punishment for which
he escaped by flight, and also now applicant
for a place in the Custom.House.

One other person who induced a number
of poor lads, a year since, to steal hogs rind
rob slaughter houses, two of whose victims
were sent to States Prison for four years,and
who eluded the vigilance of the police and
recently returned to the city, and _who is
now under indictment, is an influential mem-
ber ofthe Club. Eleven others of the Club
have been prosecuted for stealing, since _ its
The leaders. a short time
since got up a sparring exhibition under the
ostensible pretence of raising money to pay
the fine of Lilly, who is now in Westcliester
jail, but the proceeds of which they divided
amongst themselves. As to the last whom
it will be necessary to enumerate as a
member of this Club, it will sufiice £0
-say, that he is under an ' indictment. for a
State Prison offence, and acts as a. pimp_ for
the notorious woman whose splendid carriage
rolls almost daily over Broadway. Forty
or fifty of the ‘Empires,’ as they style them-
selves, meet nightly at their resort in the
Second Ward, where they play the games of
cut throat,’ ‘sweat,’ 'thimble’ and other equal-;
ly honest games. There miy'be seen night
ly assembled, the ‘burners‘ the ‘droppt't'S.
and the ‘staffers.’ dividing ‘he 3P°'l3 and

boasting of their infamy. -

We have said thus much of the ‘Club, and
many ofthe members. Of the esteem ip
which they are held by Tammany Hall. It

will only be necessary to state that. act‘-OT"

ding to the Plebeian, they had a public meet-
ing on the 9th of.th:is month, in Park Row.
where they receivetl a banner from the Gen-
eral loco-foco Committee, as a present. On
which was -lnSCl‘ll)eI.l'Z ‘~""I‘he Democratic
Empire Club-—Fouuded 4th July, I844.—-
Extend the bonds of freedom.’ The Plebe-
ian adds: _

‘At half past eight o’clock the President.
Isaiah Rynders, Esq. took his seat. He
made some eloquent observations on the pros-
pects of thefCfub, an_d on its increased pros-
perity, which were loudly cheered. The
Secretary then took the names of the mem-
bers, and a large number signed, and a‘ con-
siderable amount was voluntarily stibscribed
towards the expenses of the Association.—
The_mecting was churacte rized by unusual
una.7iimit_1/ and enthusiasm, and is now par
excellence, the pride of our ,.city. It was
then moved that a committee beappointed by
the chair to draft resolutions*’ex'pressive of
the views of the meeting. The President
appointed Messrs. Rees and Potter as such
committee, who then retired. A

E. V. R. Wrigl.t, of New Jersey, made
his appearance amid vociferous cheering.-
He said it was it proud moment for him to
meet the Empire Club. When danger
threatened the members were just such men
as were wanted, and when the boys of New
York made up their minds to do a thing,
the accomplishment of it was certain. Mr.
W. went on to speak on Democratic princi-
plcs.-"and concluded by proposing three hear-
ty cheers for Polk and Dallas, which were
promptly given.

The objects of the Club and of the party
generally encouraging them, may be learned
from one of the resolutions which were pass-
ed by acclamation:

‘Resolved, That in the opinion of the
members of the Democratic Empire Club.
the time has at length arrived for action.-
T/iat political disquisilions and labored hur-
rangues are unnccessary,’and that a. firm.
concentrated movement on behalf of the De-
mocrac_7,I will best lend to the fulhemnce of
the election of James K. Poll.‘ and George
31. Dallas.’

' The formation of a brute force intended to
be used cannot be misunderstood. A resolu-
tion denouncing Rhode Island. 10 l8‘'°1' °f

 

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Dorr, was also passed, ‘and after ‘_Vl“°l'_
James M. Th0.mpsou.xTl1°m35 14- N'°h°l§
and John M. Bloodgood addressed the audi-
ence. I The President then informed them
that arrangements were made for them to.at-
tend,a mass meetingthe next day atJamaica,
L [, They then adjourned to meet on the
next day to join in‘ a procession to proceed to
Jamaica‘. The Plebeian adds:

‘The meeting then adjourned to meet at
half past one this day. We know not how
to characterize the patriotism, enthusiasm
and devotion to the democratic glob‘; ‘ ‘We
hope much from their untiviyz_g,,£’n€"g71.fi‘7"‘
democracy and indomitable in/lustry. _
Accordingly on Saturday they formed their
company and in the processionstood conspic-
uously in the face of day, one man under in-
dictment of being accessary to a murder and
who had been within‘ a year arrested_ for
theft; another who had been in State Prison,
two who keep brothels. and the person who
took part in the murder of McCoy and the
other criminals already enumerated. The
standard bearer who did honor for Tammany
Hall, was Jewell, who, as we have already
mentioned, was twice or thrice tried for the
murder ofthe watchman. Arm in arm were
seen an e_x-Assembly man and a notorious
pocket book dropper. Another of the stand-
ard bearers is now under indictment for ii
State Prison offence. Added to these wer--
quite a large number of Custom House Offl-
cers and Custom House expectanis.

Ofthose who are members, and who were
not here, was Ford, the second of Lilly, at
the Hastings prize fight. He was absent for
the simple reason, as our police reports show
that he could not get out of prison in time,
having been arrested on that day for seven
different charges of crime, one of which was
rape, on which the Grand Jury have since
found five bills ofindictment. The names Of
these offenders are in our possession.

There are a portion of the democracy
who govern and control our elt-ctions. It ho
brow beat our voters at the polls, who get
up riots on election days to overawe the tini-
id and iufirm—the men who lead.on the mob
to sack flour stores and attack arsenals, who
are complimented by Mr. Van Buren as the
party who never deserted him in his darkest
hours, who get up meetings to encourage rc-
bellion in a neighboring Safe, and rebels in
State Prison who threaten to tear down jails
in Rhode Island, when they should be filling
our own at home.

We omitted to mention that they proceed-
ed to Jamaica on Saturday, where they were
addressed bv ex-Consul Carr and the bi fore
mentioned M r. Wright. Only about fifty
persons were present besides the Club. Al-
fter adjournment, some of the leaders opened
a ‘sweat table,’ and a game of thiziibl.s. by
the aid of which they ficeced a number of
flats—an appropriate finale of a Loco Foco
mass meeting.

SKETCH OF MR. CLAY’S LIFE.

His history is the history of his country
On the 12th of April I777, he was born in
Hanover county, Virginia, of parents in the
most indegent circumstances.

In 1792 his father being dead, and his
mother having married again, and removed
to Kentucky, he was left a friendless orphan
boy in the office of P. Timsley, Esq Clerk
ofthe high Court of Chancery of Virginia.

In I797, h-iving previously studied law,
he removed to Kentucky, and opened an At-
torney’s office in Lexiugton—-without pat-
rons, without influential friends, and without
the means ofpaying his weekly board, rush-
ed into alucrative practice.

In I808, he opposed the alien and sedition
laws of John Adams and about this time ac-
quired the title ofthe ‘great commoner.’

In I803, he was elected to the Lower
House of the Kentucky Legislature from
Fayette county, without his knowledge or
any solicitation on his part, while at the
Olympian springs.

In I806, he was elected to the Senate of
the United States to supply a vacancy occas-
ioned by the resignation of the Hon. John
Adair four months before he had attained the
age (30) required by the constitution.

In I808, he was again elected to the Ken-
tucky Legislature, and was chosen speaker.

In I809. he was again elected to the Sen-
ate of the United States to supply the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of the Hon.
Buckner Thurston.

In I81 I. having a choice of a seat in the
Senate or House of Representatives of the
United States, he was elected to the latter,
and was on the first ballot elected Speaker.
an honor never before or since conferred on
any new member.

In I812, he supported the war with all
his power.

In I813. he was again elected to Congress
"and again chosen Speaker.

In l8l4, he resigned his seat in Congress
having beeuappointed one of the commis-
sioners to proceed to Europe to negotiate a
treaty of peace with Great Britain, which
was efiected.

In I8l5, he returned to the United States
having been previously elected to Congress
---but doubts arising as to the legality of the
election, a new one was held with the same
result, and he was again chosen Speaker.

In l8l7 he was again eleétedto Congress
and again chosen Speaker.

In I8I8 he made a great speech in Con-
gress in favor of the independence of the
south American States, which was read at
the head of their armies.

In l8l9 lie was again elected to Congress
and again chosen Speaker.

In 1820 having determined to retire from
Congress on account ofhis private affairs. he
resigned the Speakership.

In I821, he settled the Missouri question,
thus acquiring the title of the ‘Great Pacifi-
cator,‘ and retired from Congress.

In I823. he was again elected to Congress
and was again for the sixth time chosen
Speaker.

In 1825 he was appointed Secretary of
State by Mr. Adams; and it is said negotia-
tiated more treaties than all their predecessors
together.

In 1829 he returned to Kentucky and re-
tired to private life.

In 183! he was again-elected to the Sen-
ate of the United States.

In I-833 he introduced the compromise
bill, and saved the Country from a-civil war

In I835 be made the French report and
saved the country from a war with France.

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In 1842 he resigned his seat in the Senate
and retired to Ashland.

He was in the service of his country for
about 25 years—-supported with distinguish-
ed ability the administrations of Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe—enjoyed the highest
confidence of them all, (being offered by
Monroe a seat in the Cabinet, and a carte
blanche of the foreign missions.)—-was the
great friend’ and patron of all the great
interests of the country, agriculture,_
commerce and manufacturrs; and is so com-
pletely identified with them all, that his his-
tory is emphatically the history of his coun-
try.

From the Nalional Intelliguicer.
B E T T I N G.
WASHINGTON, August 14th, 1844.

To the Editors-

GENTLEMEN :—I have understood that
some ofthe friends of Mr. James K. Polk in
this quarter, express great confidence in
his success at the ensuing Presidential elec-
tion. Now for the purpose of testing their
sincerity, I propose to the betting portion of
Mr. Polk’s friends the following bets, to wit:

$250
That Henry Clay will receive’ the electo-
ral vote of Louisiana.

$250

That he will receive the electoral vote of

Tennessee.
$500
Thit he will receive the electoral vote of
New York. The three foregoing beta to
be taken together.

$500
That Ican name States which give 145
votes that will vote for Henry Clay.

- $500
That Mr. Clay will be elected Pressident
of the United States. These two bets to be
taken together.

$2.500
That Henry Clay will be elected; and I
will give a premium, in cash, of -‘

$250
to any one who will make me the last bet.
I will also give a premium, in cash, of
$500
to any one who will take all the foregoing
bets.

Any one wishing to take any one or all
of the bets here proposed, can have an inter-
view with me for the purpose of drawing
the necessary writings and depositing the
funds, by application to the Elitors of the
Intelligencer. A Wine. _

An esteemed friend having, for reasons
which he has stated thought fit to make the
above oflers through our columns, we deem
it proper to say, while we dissent from the
practice introduct-d by our adversaries of
betting on elections, that the gentleman who
makes these offers is well known to us, that
he is of undoubted responsibility, and that he
is both able and willing to redeem his
pledges.

Dislressing.—A lady in Philadelphia, on
Sunday, swallowed aset of artificial teeth,
five in number, which as might reasonably
be imagine-d,has caused considerable distress
of mind.

Edward Robinson, says the New York
True Sun. the W'hig candidate for Governor
in Maine, is an old sea captain. His age is
49. He had no advantages of an education.
except those derived from a common school.

He remained on his father’s farm at
Thomaston till his 13th year when he ship-
pod as a cook on board a vessel engaged in
carrying wood to Boston. '. Ozie time when
paid off in Boston, finding no employment
on board any vessel, be procured a saw and
saw horse, and did a stiff business at sawing
wood in that city, He passed through the
difii-.reut stations as a seaman to that of Cap-
tain, in which capacity he sailed with great
profit to himselfand the owners. In I830,
he opened a store in Thomaston, and has
since been engaged in mercantile businessin
that place. - ,

Development of an Extensive Forgery on
the Bank ofCommcrce.--A few weeks since
a forged check for $l,500 was found to have
been paid at the counter of the bank of Coni-
merce, and a young man named Gillespie,
who denied the allegation, was arrested and
held to bail to answer the charge. Recent
circumstances induced M_r. John A. Stevens,
the President ofthe. Bank, to suspect one’ of
the clerks in that institution of having coin-
niitted the offence, and he charged him with
it yr,-sterdoy. The clerk confessed, and was
immediately arrested and committed to pris-

on for trial.—-N. Y. Herald.

 

Specie Moving -—During the past week,
over $300,000 of specie has reached this city
from the interior—70,000 Mexican dollars
have been received from Wheeling alone. —
From every section of the country we hear
of heavy amounts of Mexican dollars and
five franc pieces coming to this port. Du-
ring the month of September. New Orleans
will give us one million dollars; and from
indications, at least one million more will be
received from other sources.—T/iomp. Rep.

Morocco —The population of the Morocco
empire is variously represented. Jackson
professes to have had access to the Imperial
registers, and gives the following as the re-
sult:-—-City of Morocco; 270,000; city of
F82. 230,000; city of Mequinez,’ I l0.000;
other cities,‘l35,000; provinces, 13,991,000
Total, l4.,886.000. There isevidently great
exageration in this statement. More recent
travelers have set down the population ofthe
city of Morocco so low as 30,000, and the
other towns in proportion. Another writer
is ofopinion that the entire population is not
beyond 5,000,000. Perhaps 6,000,000 is
nearer the truth. The plain between the
Atlas mountains and the sea is between four
and five hundred miles in length; and the
highest peak ofthe chain is 13,050 feet. In
1547, an Arabian chief ofthe race of Schi-
refles, ascended the throne, and his posterity
still rule.

Recruiting is actively going on in every
part of Mexico, both for the army and navy.
Extensive preparations it is said are now in
progress on the part of Santa Anna to invade
Texas. The locofoco admirers of the ‘lone
star’ will now have a chance to show fight

in behalf of that poor country.

 
 

 

Nauvao Ncios.+The Warsaw Signal says

of Nauvoo pro tem. George Miller and
Whitney have been elected Trustees of the
Church property, and under their manage-
ment the Temple is progrrssing rapidly.-
Samuel H. Smith, brother of the prophet.
died at Nauvoo about two weeks since'.—
William is now the only surviving brother.

Sidney Rigdon, who claimed the leader-
ship ofthe church on the ground of his be-
ing the only survivor of the first Presidency
and also on the ground of having been na-
med by Joe at one time as his successor, has
had his claims rejected by the twelve. “’l1°
have decided not to have one man for lepder
but that the church shall be governed by
them collectively.—Sl. Louis Rcpub.

 

Mass Convention in Vermont on Sundag.'-
——VVe learn by the Middle-bury Galaxy.tl1tit
the Abolitionists or I_iberty party men as
they style themselves, held a large number
of Mass meetings, on Sunday preparatory to
the election. '

 

Afilicling Circumsla.nce.—\Ve deeply re-
gret to learn that the Rev. Elisha Andrews.
the respected pastor of the tweenty seventh
street Methodist Episcopal Church, was
drowned yesirrtlay in the North River, un-
der the following painful circumst-nces.

Mr. Andrewstvns going up to the camp-
meeting at Sing Sing, by the Columbus
steamboat, when a slight fracture of one of
the conveyance pipcs caused a considerable
emission of steam. The passengers becam-
someivliut frightened and the greater portion
rushed aft.

Mr. Andrews, seeing the confusion and
the unusual emission of steam, probably
concluded that the boiler had burst, and im-
mediately leaped overboard. In less than
five minutes he sank to rise no more. The
accident occurred of’f'Irving’s landing. Mr
A. was sitting on the upper deck reading.

Com. Adv.

- Another preacher Fallen.-'I’he Louis-
ville ‘B .ptist Banner,’ of August 22d, expo-
ses the ciimes of a talentd B iptist preacher,
by the name of Robert Melvin. Two letters
of this We-.lvin aro _Dl1l)llSl)t-‘Ll, in ulilcli he
confesses that he has for fifteen years been
guilty Ol‘-fil,,lSt'll0Od, and of the grossest and
most degrading licentiousness, a haunier of
houses of ill fame, and yet a husband and a
l-itherl He says he has been accustomed to
‘go from scenes of abomination, the thought
of which makes him shudder, to the sanctu-
ary of God, there olficiating as a minister
of God's holy religion. and then return to
his vileness as before.’

_._.

Tinchcr.—-We regret to state that this
Ti-in h :3 obtained bail. and is now at large.
This ought to have been prevented. He is
at the head oftlie counterfeiters ofthe West.
and will do infinite mischief. His skill is
most marvelous in counterfeiting. and no less
extraordinary in escaping detection. We
know not who became his ball. Tinche-r
should be closely watched. Herr-tofore he
has escaped the me-shes of the law : we fear
he will do so again.-—Ciiicinnrt[i Griz.

 

The Supreme Court met at Newport last
Tuesday, and adjourned on 'l‘h'ursday. But
little business was trtinsactetl, and no jury
ciist‘s were tried. Dulce J, Pierce and
Daniel Brown, who we-.m_ under indictment
for violation of the act in relation to ol°f'euces
against the sovereign power of the State, tool,»
the oath of allegiance in open Court, as pre-
scribed in the act of amnesty. These were
the only indictnents pending in the Court.
We presume that the persons under indict-
ment in this county will also take the oath.
No one but Dorr has ever obj.-ctvd to so
reasonable a rrquisiiion.——Pro1;irl. Jour.

M I‘. Webster appeared on the stage at the
greatAlbany VVhig Mass Convention, with
:1 ‘Henry Clay’medal‘ attached to his button-
hole. This certainly answers his own in-
terrogatory—‘Where shall I go '2'

Mexico and Tc2:a.s.—The New -Orleans
Bi-e of the 27th ult. states, on the authority
of two individuals who arrived in that city
the day previous from the interior ofMe-xico
that from l6,000 to 18.000 Mexican troops
had assegnl:-led at San Louis de Potosi, some
three tvcelts siuceand were on their way to
begin the contemplated invasion of Texas.
We learn from the some source that the
Army in question was well provided with
artillery and C-ivalry.

The Mobile Register says:—‘We are be
ginning to think the Seatsfield’ publications
a great humbug. In the new one-just issued
called ‘the Cabin Book.’ there is the whole
story written ten or twelve years ago by Lo-
ve-r the Irish humorist, called the Curse of
Kishogue. It is taken bodily, and now re-
appears as translated from the German of
Seatsfield l’

Mar-ridge of John Ross.—--This celebrated
Cherokee chief was tiiarried at Philadelphia
on the evening of the 2d, to Miss Mary B
Staples of Vlliltnington, Delaware. The
bride is said to be a highly accomplished la-
dy of I8. Her father was formerly a re-
spectable Quaker merchant of Philadelphia.
Ross is—about President Tyler's age, and has
several children.

. Accident and Death.—Mr. Russell Har.
its, a native of Glastonbury, met his death at
New Hartford on the 3d inst. He was roll-
ing logs near a saw mill, when the blocking
under one 60 feet in length gave way, pros-
trating and crushing him beneath it. Assis-
tance was immediately rendered, but he sur-
vived but about two hours. He has left two
children—-orphans. the mother having died
last fall.—Ha.rt. Jour.

Rapc.—Mr. Elijah Morrill. of Windham
Maine, was yesterday committed by Judge
Fitch, for trial by the Supreme Judicial
Court, in November, for a rape ofthe-foulest
character on his own daughter who is but
I4 years old. It is said to be a most aggra-
vated case.—Pori.'la-nd American.

 

Significant Enough.-—On one of the
banners carried in the procession of the great
Whig meeting at Itbica, on the 2lst ult. was
the following inscription:

«W. are for PROTECTION, but not under Cornwallis.’

Albany Citizen.

Elopement E2:lra.ordina.ry.—The color-

that Daniel Spencer has been elected Mayor ed inhabitants of Franklin street were thrown‘

into great tribulation on" Monday evening,
by the startling news of the elopement of
George Livingston with the wife of Austin
McGuire. The wretched condition of the
husband and wife ofthe two departed, was
duly made manifest by their prompt appeal
yesterday to the tribunal of justice, and the
demand for immediate assistance to find the
objects of their corinubial regard. After
judicialsconsideration whether there would
be any harm in the premises, itwas adjudg-
ed that ‘even exchange was no robbery,’ and
the said Mc Guire and Mrs. Livingston,
therefore, agreed to take each other ‘for bet-
ter for worse.’ and returned on their way
rejoicing.—N. Y. Paper. _

The Paris correspondent of the Boston Atlas,
writing under date oftlic lst tilt, says:

Iwas shown yesterday .a beautiful gold
snuff box. which was made for, and carried
by Peter the Gre..t. On the top is a r. pre-
sentation of the statute erected to him at St.
Petersburgh; on the sides, the walls of thr-
Kremlin, and on the bottom his private arms.
It was given by him to the ancestors of one
of the leading noble-men of Rtissisi, who has
given it to Mr. Duncan, of New Orleans, to
present to his friend, Henry Clay, as an
anonymous tribute to his talents, of ii states-
man, and his north as a citizen. Even in
the mountain fstnesses of Greece, Mr. D.
informs me, the suliots inquired after Clay.
associating the master spirit of our country
with their own Bozzaiis, as

“One ofthe.few, the immortal names
That were not born to die.”

VVonder if theyever heard of Jetiimy Polk of

Tennessee, out there I

 

Disease among Polaloes.—VVe have
noticed throughout the country, that pota-
toes show signs of premature. decay. The
vines generally hold green until the frost;
but this year the vines of some entire fields
have commenced drying up, while the pota-

The crop will not be half" a yield. We
learn from a gentleman who has passed
through New York, recently, that the same
disease seems to be prevalent throughout the
State. This is very singular, and is a sub-
ject ofsufficlent importance to claim the at-
tention cf scientific men, that the cause may
be made known, and if possible the evil
remedied another ye.-r.

Pillsfield (Mass) Eagle.

The same disease premlis among potatoes
in this region. We saw whole fields two
we-elis ago where the tops of the vines were
all dried up, and we understantl from various‘
quarters that the crop is so injured that goocl
potatoes may be expected to be very scarce
this fall.——Hartford Courant.

Our Loco foco friends are truly unfortu-
nate in the elevation of their Hickory Sap
lings, in the country towns. A grand effort
was made to erect one in Litchfield on Sat
urday last. After tugging at it sometime,
an aged whig, who sat in :1 house opposite,
was so moved to pity, that he consoled ll.)PlIl
with a strong desire to come to their assist-
ance, and assured them he would do so if it
was not for the infirmity of age. Unfor-
tunatr-ly,_as they wrrc near cotripl~ ting their
- laborous task, the Polls stalk broke .’ Another
omenl

Episcopgl Com-c'nlion..—The special con-
vention of the Episcopal Church of the Dio-
cese of Pennsylvania, will assemble on
'I'lii'irsd:iy next, in St. Andrew’s Church.——
This Convention is called for the purpose of
corisidt-ri‘n_q the proposed resignation of
Bishop Onderdonk, or the expediency of
electing an assistant Bishop.——P/til. Lcdg.

A political discussion was held in New-
burgh N. Y. lately, between a Mr. Lf‘(I_V:il‘(l
and Horace Grr-cl."-y, ofthe N. Y. Tribune,
in which Mr. L-‘dyard was most eff‘:-ctually
used tip. The loc.os now say that N? r. Led-
yard had no business to enter the debate-- he
wnsn’t big enough. We hope, savs the
Hartford Journal, they'll have another. —
VVe’ll put Greeley. against the fieltl——Silas
VVright and the whole crew.

Ex-Gov. Rltner presided over nn immense
Mass M.-eting of the Vvhigs of Cumberland
co. Pa. at Czirlisle on the 17th. He is one
of the comm-ls lo Polkism that we have seen
paraded in the loco journals.

A large part"(5B40,000) of the amount lev-
ied by tax upon our inhabitants, to meet the
indebtedness upon our City Bonds, has al-
ready been paid in at the Banks. The tax
upon the pP0pl? living in East Bridgeport is
I66 and 3-4 per cent on the list of last year.
Not a very small burden this.

‘ ' Bridgeport Standard.

Counsel Fces.—The charges made by the
counsel employed by the city. in the late
Bond cases, were as follows; Mr. Spencer
8250; Mr. Bissell 3500: Mr. Huntington,
$500; Hon. James C. Looniis. $588 and
some odd cents. The latter charge has with
Mr. L's consent. been out down, about one
third i. e. to $400. Perhaps it would bear
more cutting, (as. well as the little man him-
self) but in its present shape we presume it
will pass, all things considered. Sucficases
don’t come along every day and law is a
luxury that ought to be paid for. The fees
of the leading counsel in the suits, are cer-
tainly very reasonable. —ib.

We learn from the Hartford Journal, that
Abner I-Iendce, Esq the faithful Postmaster
at Hebi-on, has been removed to make room
for a rabid Loco Foco,

 

Death of Senator Fultrm.—Hon. Wm.
S. Fulton. United States Senator from Ar-
kansas, died at Rosewood, the place of his
residence, about a mile from Little Rock, on
the 15th ultimo.

Dir.-idend.—'I‘he Phoenix Bank of Hart-
ford, has declared a dividend ofthree dollars
and fifty -cents per share, for the last six
months, payable on the 5th inst.

The Mormons have publicly resolved to
take no part in the approaching Presidential
election. _
I.500 to 2,000 votes of the Whigs offlllinois
and will allow them to make a fair battle.

toes have not half reached their niaturity.---.

NORALK riAzE'ii'rE

\Vcdncsday, September 11, 1844.

FOR PRESIDENT, V 
HENRY CLAY. .

FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN.
V .

 

I-‘or Presidential Electors.
CLARK BISSELL, of Norwalk.
CHARLES W. ROCKWELL. of Norwich. -
NATHANIEL O. KELLOGG, of Vernon.
SAMUEL A. FOOTE. of Cheshire.
JOSEPH S. GLADDING, of Plaihfield.
‘ TRUMAN SMITH, ol'Litchfield.

An infamous and most disgusting paragrapli,
abusive ofMr. Frelingliuyscii appeared in the
Hartford Times a short time ago, which for
vileness and fifth, afforded a very fair sample
ofthe means in use by the party, to which that
Journal belongs. It has cliciieil some comment}
whit.-h we copy, that it may be seen in what
light these things are received by the decent of
that party, as well as by those who only inlet: a
moral of them. A loco foco of the
“siraigliiest sect," who has filled some of the
most important posts of honor wiiliin the gift of
his party and the people, remarks, in answer to
ti frieiidly letter, in which his attention was in-
cidentally called to the Times article,

It is most uufortun-ate for us as a party,
that we have in many instances, ii set of vag-
ubonds connected with our presses without
computation. vile and vulgar. It is a
lamentable fact, and Iadmit the justice of
your censure. I trust a corrective may he
fotind soon The Ohio Slal.t‘Sll'mfl, N. Y,
Plebian, and the Haritord Times, I seldom
sec. They are all of them however, noted
fort/ieir infamgr/, a. discredit and injury to
the party. I agree with you, in pronoun-
-cing the paragraph, from the latter, abusive
of Frelitigbuysen, to which you call‘ my
attention “(lisgusliw.g, "vulgar, infamous and"
filthy.” Vile ribiildrv, from individual
blackguards, should nofbe charged to the
discredit of any party, &c.’’'

The W'estern Christian Advocate says.
“This is [he most clisgusting violation of every
rule qf propriety and decency. we have yet scan
in (lie political press‘.

"Two Dollars a Day and Roast Berfl"'—
In Danbiiry, over one biindred journeynien

Hatters have struck for higher wages. The
tneudemanda scale of prices cdrrespondivng

view

the trade in the city of New York. The em-
ployers have formally resolved to stand outline‘,
and the prospects ofdriving a vigorous trade.
that before existed, are lil-asied, at least for the
present. A sound protection-:-i'nd‘ a healthy
and vigorous trade which naturally follows,
enable the mechanics to demand a liberal remu-
neration for their labor. S‘hnemaker'si'n this
vicinity, we believe, have demanded and ob-
tained an advance of wages. _Will these men
shut their eyes to their own interests, and slip-
pnrt the free trarle rlmv-irines of Ur. Poll: and
his party T

A Noam-2 BLACK Fisir was caught at the mouth
of our harbor, last week. by a lad named George
Dikeiiian, which weighed over twelve pounds-
uieasured two feet, four inches in length, and one
foot, eight inches in‘ girth.

A Cucmiaim was left at this office by Mr. Darius
Ferris, which measures 17 inches’ in length.

Also, a stalk of Brooui Com, twelve feet and up-
wards iii length.

Earioii.—Tlie age of"Mrs. Sarah Bouton, whose
death was noticed under our obittiary head last
week, we are requested to say was 92 years, instead
of 74 as stated.

If the immediate relatives of deceased persons,
would take the trouble to send usthese notices, they
as well as us, would be spared the vexation of these
errors. VVe have to catch them up by hear say, and
in this way, they are very liable to reach us incor-
rectly.

 

Porunan OPiivioi~i.——A vote was taken in the
Railroad cars from Buffalo to Albany, :1 few dayo
since (in one of which, Mr. Van Buren was a pas-
senger) for the choice of President of’ the United
States, in which Mr. Clay had 96, Polk 28, Birney
6, Calhoun 3, Tyler 1. In the car where Mr. Van
Biiren was, the vote stood, for Clay 19, Polk 3,
Biriiey 5, Calhoun 3. The Troy Whig says that
Mr. Van Bureii “stood up to the rack,” and voted

pose.

The Weapons of Loco Foco Waz/'are.-Ap-
probrious epiihets—blacItening reputation, and
unmitigated blackguordism and falsehood.

CASSIUS M. CLAY, as we learn from the Geauga
Republican, had accepted an invitation to address
the VVhigs at Warren, Ohio, on the 24th ult. He
has accepted an invitation to attend a great meeting
at Erie, Pa. on the 10th of September, and agrees
to appropriate the intermediate time in visiting and
adbressing the Whigs of the Reserve. This is
cheering intelligence. N 0 man can exert a stronger
and more beneficial influence in that section of the
State, in fay or of genuine republicanism and Whig
principles. I I I

There is some speculation since President
Tyler's adoption of Mr. Polk, as to whether it
will do him good or harm. A wag suggests
that Mr. Polk’s political pedigree will now stand
thus, in sporting phraseology:

“Yuune Hioiroitir. Sircd by Gen. Jackson
and Damn’al by John Tyler.-— I/Vorcesler Egis.

Om-: CAivmua'rr.'s OPINION 01-‘ Ai¢o'rnzn.—In
the Philanthfopist, March 25th, 1836, James G.
Birney, now the “Liberty Party” candidate for the
Presidency, thus wrote of Henry Clay, now thg
“Whig” candidate for thatihigh aflioe sn-

"It is with keen sensation of pleasure_.
almost with delight—that we see , this gen-
t'eman defending the right of his country-
men to petition Congress for the aboiltjpn 6(-
slavery in the District of Columbia, and, as-
serting the constitutional power: of tlrfii Spay
to accede to their requests. ’ V"
“The God of the oppressed now presents,

This lifts a dead weight of some for Mr. Clay’s acceptance, honors that we

hope to see take root in time, and be“ uni,
glorious fruit throughout eternity,

 

with those adopted by a recent convention of’

for Polk “like a man"-—a Van Buren man, we imp-