'lo,f,co,ui's,e to be expected.
From the N. Y. Tribune. ‘ T
THE GRE AT QUE STION.
The extreme probability that in the next
House of Representatives the Whigs will
predominate, heightens the responsibility
of our position as a party, and renders
more obvious the necessity of earnest,
seasonable, thorough reflections as to our
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duty with regard to the existing War. It.
is time that the People ‘should speak out
on‘this subject, through their Conventions,
theii‘ meetings, their journals. Had there
been time for this in May, 1846, no com-
bination of Executive iniquity, Congreszn
sional intrigue and seeming peril to our
gallant Army could have wrenclied out a
irfijority of the Whig Members a forced
concurrence in the audacious falsehood
that:“VVar exists by the act of Mexico.”
l True, the -whole Nation saw that this con
currence was constrained and unreal—that
it’_was given under strenuous protest, and
after exhausting argument, cflort and en-
treaty in vain attempts to induce a tyranni-
cal..and uuprincipled majority to allow
tliem to" vote men and means for the relief!
of, “our beleagured cotintrymen without
seemingato assent thereby to the mon-
strous lie prefixed to the Supply Bill.
Every body who can read saw and I. new
thattlie Whigs voted to strike out the
Preauihle, begging the Privilege of voting
fotpthe Supplies without it, but all in vain.
And.-.yet, in the face of this universal no-
toriety, there are creatures in human
the vote of the W'h.igs for this bill as ade-
libegate endorsement of the War, and to
pi'_oclaiin—not alone in bar rooms and
jo_,i,i’JrtEvals the fitting oracles of the most do-
p:r:iye,d groggeries-——but even in Congress:
‘lTilieg\Vliigs have admitted that the ‘ VVar
“e.it,is_t-s by act of -.\‘lcxico ;’ see their vote
“foI‘.tlIe War Supply Bill of May, 18443 !”
Snré,ly,be wlio,finding his neighbor’s name
cayelessly written on a blank sheet of pa
writes it note for :1 thousand dollars
over it and gets the money theref‘or;‘does
not s_urpass this trick in dishonesty nor
.b'e_'giri:,'to' equal it in meanness. We defy
any _'on_,e who pretends to be above the
teii_ipt'ation of a carelessly exposed pocket
boio__k,_s,_eriously to justify, in the face of
irte,ii),(,i,f_intelligence and lofty integrity,1lie
lo,'g,ic‘li,'y which the VVhigs in Congress are
lieltbfo have charged the origin of the
W,’a'r.lupon Mexico.
_-, :,l3ll'f_.,I_Al'l(-3' trap set for the V.Vhigs in 18-l-6
_by,_n‘o means the sole contrivance of its
::_u,tb’o"i‘,'s of like character. Througliout
the"_Soiitliern and \-Vestern States, this di-
l.girp'n'a'is presented to the Whig candidate
fo'i't,Co'iigress! “The country is now in-
vo__l,vegl,iii War: No matter about its ori-
gin, what do you propose to do!
tl‘,ii,s;,s,zt,me'qi1i-stioii with redoubled force
\it_=_i_ll,pi'_ess upon the ‘X-Vhigs in Congress,
in,‘,c'ase.‘tliere shall be a VVhig majority in
the, House. We trust the general answer
uiil,l,bei—,-.-“VVe will do rig/Lt, and, to the
“_exteiit',of our power, refrain from doing
“oif,s.ti,staining wrorg, no matter how spe-
"‘,('.‘l.0tlS,:~may be the excuses for, nor how
“ii,1_ll_t,1l'l-llglllc promised advantages of,a
‘ffcontrn,r,y course.” Let this stand be to-
l§j,er__i‘,, and consistently maintained, and,
were itlto cost us :1 Presidential defeat,
we sliotild esteem the result more honora-
l>l-Cfl-ll,Ll,t1ltlll1ately more advantageous to
llS,,tl),:t’t;i years of uninterrupted domination.
.,',Tha,t_,t,l,ie misrulers of the Nation will
aliuselto the utmost the calamities into
i_vlii_cli_tl‘_i,ey have plunged the country as
the means of perpetuating their power, is
V ' They will spare
ij._o_p__a_ins to further their own crimes upon
the 'Nat,ion, in order that the Nation may
' e'iiipoit‘er_,tliern to persist in their mad ca.
i1eeji;.'a_n,d,-tliiis enable them to hold on to
But will the Whigs vie with
tl_l_.l:(;3l,lijl,,l',|’_1:,_l3,l.l,8 race they are running? The
I-.1,e'_x,t, sessioiil The next session must an-
s'v.'e'r'. ‘
3 \V._ashington correspondent of the
' Commercial, after exposing the device of
P,o, l{.:tjl:ll_(.l: Ritchie to make pe 'sonal and
party_capital out of their War, thus con-
tinues :'
“The drama is now becoming one ofin-
t‘(_‘_[)RCfMl,Il,l(1FeSt. VVhetlier the VVhig party
and the Calhoun party in the next Con-
g,i:e_ss.;..\v.betl'ier the friends of General
Taylor.,;,.wliether the Whig party general-
ly,.,-,,i.vi,‘ll accept the issue tendered by the
Execiiti,ve organ, I cannot undertake to
‘;fp_1'edi_ct, ,--“fill they stiffer the Adminis-
‘,‘.t,ra,t,it_in il.f)._l'l3lU riot with this war for two
‘,fyears',r_xiore, and plunge the country into
“tle.b,t,and. danger now scarcely to be con-
‘lceived of, and merely for the sake of re-
‘.‘l,:_tit,i_,'i,ng,.;po.wei' and spoils themselves”!
r.l:‘l”,l,lS'«,1f§)tT),E1_l_.t‘1_S to be seen.”
.,;.---.Vv"'.e cannot speak for others; but the
W.bi.gs;genet'ally with whom . we are_ ac-
qiia-iiited are‘, devoted to Peace, Justice and
Fr-eedo;m»',-ztliey loathe VVar,,Robbery and
aggressive Slavery. They do not see the
}).0lifcy,l.of- eixpeiiding gtens of thousands
i-n?o.re;of«:li-ves and countless millions of
money; in; Mexico, when the most favora-
ble-.i:es_ult of so doing will be the acquisi-
tion ofvterritory which we do not need,
andtwhich _is very likely, when acquired,
120,-iti.-V0l,v-.e..-ps.in deadly fraternal discord.
X?._19{shall.se.e whether other Whigs, and
how many, hold opposite opinions.
1) i‘_'‘:'.‘.' ."l:} 3 ‘ _
=‘?]ln'p'o'r'/r'1‘nt-—.fli‘rect.—Officer Bowyer of
tlie"7Cliie1f’-s‘ Office, says the N. Y. Tribune,
last événing received intelligence that one
o‘l"'-‘fhe‘=‘niosf-accomplished, as. well'as ex-
t'éns'ivel.forgers in the country, known by
the’ name of-‘Samuel Scudder has been ar-
rbsltedi-'i’n?'Oliio'. About a year ago this
fellow-‘jsucceeded in passing off $30,000 in
flo*i'g'ied”rr‘dte's on the Bank of Prattsville,
$’-iZ’0,000'~o‘n‘ the Bank of Catskill, $3,000
bii'tilie7l3aiili—'jof Kingston, $12,000 on -the
Deflawiare Brink, besides$12,000 in notes
bh fs‘e'v'cral ‘m‘ercanti~le firms, making in all
use-a'rd-o'r-$80,000. Shortly after forging
tiifein-ole -on t-be-Prattsville Bank, Scudder
fled to Ohio where he was arrested.
--.2 ’1‘be'lpersonal-properllyl of the late Mr-
0’i3on'xiell‘ has been sworn under $50,000!-
lle has left 1,0001. to.;\'l r. Ray,_Secretary
. to the Repeal Association..
The ‘followi_ng resolution ;was passed at; a
meeting of the citizens of New Haven, held on
Friday evening week, to advise relative to meas-
ures necessary to ensure the building of a. rail-
roitdfrom that city to connect with the Nouga-
tuck Valley Railroad: - . ~
Re.-iolverl, That in view of the great ad-
vantages to be secured to the city of New
-laven, by the construction of n Rilllwilfl
from VVaterbury through the valley of the
Naugatuc to Derby, and thence to _New
Haven, a committee Of 19“ he “l’P"‘“”3‘~ls
who, with the Mayor of New l’li1\’9". ‘"9
,-eqnested to can ;~. public meeting of the
Audi
citizens at some suitable time next week,
for‘ the purpose of adopting such measures
lrclative to this enterprise asfiiay be deem-
led expedient by such meeting.
0 .No-I’m‘t_i/ .Mer...—-—No-party men are
iiisually found in one of two classes-tliose
wlio are destitute of public spirit, and those
who have been personally disappointed in
seine dealings with one or more parties.
'The first class are either engaged in pur-
suits which they think of more conse-
'qngnce than good government, or they
have that sort of iudoleiit faith which as-
siimes that all will .go on well becatise
there is no pressing evil that iio\V crosses
their individual paths. Hence, while they
are 'e.,J‘o.,-log the good governrnent which
political vvatchfulness secures, they des-
pise the very agency by which they are
_ .enabled to inr_ltil_oe their contempt peace-
shnpe who have been base enough to cite‘ 5
fully. The second class is a nuincroiis
one: The loss of an office, the‘ success of
a rival, the failure of a fa\.“"'l"° 5cl‘°“l*3.
wonderfully open their eyes to 5'1 ‘.'l10ll0\\-'-
ness of party. Hencefcrth they are ptrre
(patriots, privileged to rail upon the rest of
the world and pronbnnce all incn,:,c_'rtl:er_-
deceivers or deceived. In short, “";l’”"l§l"'
gism is always the growth either of a mis-
ltziken estimate of tliiiigs, or of lazy sel-
§fiS|,,,e5;, or disappnlnletl rxpeiitiitioii. ‘A
ireasonable, sensible, unselfish, l!_l_Q(lCf=l
tman, seldom falls into it. lle may be more
or less active on political subjects; but he
will have some opinion on them and rzctfat
proper season with firtiiness.-—-C'ou'ra'n4.
Nero P09! Oflice /l7‘rrmg'c77ient.—~By t
regulations of the P. M. General, all sub-
scriptions to Newspapers are to be fi'aul. ed
as heretofore, after the first of August, by
the Postmaster atatlic oflice at which they
are mailed.
A w-{fa /ril/ell by /mi /'iu.s-/rural. A melan-
choly accident occurred nenr Troy, Pa. on
Tliursday night last. Some timejnllle
night l\’l.rs. Pierce, wife of Dr. J. I}. Pierce,
had occasion to go to the window of the
chamber in which tliey were sleeping,
.1,’-aving Dr. P. asleep. The raising of the
window at-.'o' e him, and be instantly seiz-
ed his gun, which was near his bedside,
supposing that some one “as trying to
break into the house. After Mrs. I’. had
let down the window she ndvancetl to-
wards the bel-—l\.r. P. called out twice to
stop, or he would fire; but she still ad-
vanced, and he tiretl, when she \'-3'5 ncar
tlic rnuzzlc of tl.e gun—-the whole charge
of shot entering ,her breast, and she fell
dead on the floor. lle then felt in the
bed for his wife, to tell h r be had killed
some one, when not finding hm‘, the truth
flashed upon him, I//of I.-e /(ad s/rot /127; 01!-‘Hi
tU7fd I He immediately rushed out of the;
neighbors, when the awful spectacle re-
vealed all. Ve understand that his afflic-
tion is great, as they were wiinnly nltncl1-
ed to each other in life.—Elmz'ra_ Gaze/lc.
Cumzl _]i’az'/road.-—'l‘liis work i-‘ progres-
sing admirably. The grading is nearly
completed—the sleepers have been spread
along the principal part of the route, and
a considerab'e quantity of the rails are
already on the ground. The locomotives
are now building at Patterson, N. J. It
is expected the road will op_cn as early as
Dcccmber.—-./’V'. H. Jour7ia.l.
T/re Jlforrrinn Tem,'.le.——'l‘lie Keokuli
Register says, that the sale of the fvloriiion
Temple at Nauvoo to the Catholics, has
failed in consequence of some defect in
the title. The Catholics li-ave purcliuserl
Parley .l"att’s house, with the intention of
converting it into a church.
Signs and Fz'rms.—\Vait.5& Kctcliurn is
the very appropriate name of a firm in N.
York, which makes patent medicines on a
large scale.
Call & Settle have a tailoring establish-
ment in l\leadville. We presume they
give short credits.
Neal & Pray is a business firm at Port-
land, Maine. It is superfluous to add that
they belong to orthodox churches.
Luke Sharpe is in the retail business in
Cincinnati. As might be expected from
the name, he is always wide awake, When-
ever money is to be made.
.flmcrz'can Built Ocean Steamers.-’l'lie
Spanish steamship “Leon,” (lately the
Mexican steamer “Gaudaloupe,) left New
York, on Sunday week for Cadiz Spain.
This vessel was built in New York for the
Mexican government; and was afterwards
purchased at Havana by the Spanish gov-
ernment. Her tonnage is 7:30 tons; with
300 horse power engines. This is one of
the steamers about which_so much was
said in the early part of the war with
Mexico.
Fres./i Dispatc/tics for B7'azi'l.—The
Braridywiiie frigate is soon to sail for Rio,
with despatches and fresh instructions to
ml’ mlmstefs MI‘. Tod, through which he
will, undoubtedly, be enabled to settle all
the pending difliculties between the two
governments. So says the Journal of
Commerce corresp_ondent—who also gives
Mr. Buchanan credit for constraining our
administration to.-niake such concessions
to the government of Brazil as will prevent-
fartlier difficulties with that power. The
concession is that Lt. Davis and the sai-
lors while on shore there were under the
municipal law of Brazil; and this point
being yielded there can be no further
trouble inlhe matter after Mr. Wisehas
been succeeded by Mr! Tod.
lie.’ ‘
It
house, and soon returned with some of hisi me "mg
isa
The London Illustrated News of the 10th,
has the following aunounceinent:
flrrivol of flu’. Chinese Junk I{e_z/hrg, qfl’
Falmoizt/t.——Tliis magnificent vessel,which
is of the largest size ofjunks and suinptu-l
ously decorated, arrived off Falmonth on
Tuesday, She is the first vessel ofChincse
construction that has rounded the Cape of
Good Hope. She has been 'purcliased in
China, at considerable trouble and expense.
as the Government prohibits the sale of
Chinese ships to for_cigners; they being
anxious that other countries should‘ not.
is in-‘
obtain their “build.” The Ke_ving
tended for exhibition, and will doubtless
prove very attractive. VVe shall illustrate
and describe more in detail this curious
craft.
\Vliat does this moan ?
Tom Thumb intended visiting Sziratogn;
but the Trustees of that villagre passed a
special ordinance imposing $2.’) per (lay
'icense for-tlie General’s exhibition. its
this was the firs! [into that a license had
ever been charged for any exhibition in
in Sziratcga, the little General wrote ale
ter to the. Trustees, stating that he was
satisfied from their acts, that Suratoga
could produce much smaller men than
himself-—hc should tlit-refore resi'ec.tfuliy
decline coniiug in co_nipcI.ilion with tliose
who 'evi(lt‘-ntly had so. much the atlvantage.
ofliini in point of l.-'tz_l_;'nc.sx. So it is stated
in the Albany Argus. ‘ .
Fufol ,Dt'xeri.3c. A genifeman of this
town has reccivr.=d'a lctlcr from Sterling,
Woi'ceslcrc-.1. Muss. which gi\‘.e.-‘ an’ ac-
count of a mziliguaiit Adisz,-use. aiiiong the
cattle upon the farm ofa Mr. E‘-miili of that.
Six line xvorliing cattle died in the
oo.tirse ofa wee"-i. The symptoms were
like the murra_in. Several persons, among
them tlie pliy.-‘i:i.'ii'i of the .pl:ice, opened
two or three of the cattle to ascertain what
place.
the disease was. One of the men (,'-l1l- his
fiiigbr, and look tli- infection from the
dead ox. He died in ‘20 hours. lh'e
physician also l.iy dangerously sick at the
time the letter was written.
11o/-/fold Times.
,Squ(1i‘c on the fll.m'.t.’ The I-_'u2i2b-rrrlit
..7(Ill7‘)f(Il., the nhlest and most influential \Vhig
paper in Maine. talks after‘ this fiisliioii:
“We are now, ‘as we always; have been,
opposed to the \Vur from be-giiiiiii'ig_t_o end‘.
We oppose t:1'»ing any illcxicziii territory
by f.-'.-rcc. lt is a cowardly robbery ofa
\veitltet' neighbor Repiihlic, and would be
an indelible stain on the cliaracter of the
country; but*1'fit is done, let us declare
now and forever that Slavvry shall never
be cxtt-iitle(.l over one inch of it. Let the
principles of the ordinance of 1757 be
applied to all territory that may litfttdtled‘
to our Union, and have no inisundm‘staxi—
ding with the South on that point.”
flnol.-'23)‘ I"[rc 1'/2 ].7'a2'2'en.———Tl‘.e store-
house, laborer’s lodging rooms, carriage-
house and other out buildings of .\l‘r. l_e\vis
Ricliards, at Darien, were dcstroyctl by
fire, on Tliursday ‘lllih. The fire broke out
about sunset, in the store liouse, and so
rapidly (lid the fiunics rage that fora time
it was thought the mansion would be de-
stroyed, but by a favorable veering of
he wind and the unwearied exertions of
hbors assembled, it was fortunatt-ly
ved.
The premises were undoubt dly fired
by an incendiary, as we uiitlerstand from
Mr. R. that no fire had been about the
building in which it broke out. Mr. Rich-
ards had a barn burnt in a similar inyste—
rious manner, on the ‘23d ofJune last. If
these were the works of inccucliarics, it is
to be hoped the miscreants will be discov-
ered and brought to puuisliment.
Stamford ./filo.
The Locos ofBerks County had a Tay-
. ‘ « ‘ C) ' . . . . .
lo’. mfcllng 0“ Mom-lay lllgllli ~”‘l lnSt'.l.l)ll1g over a mile a minute. At this trc-é
The wire-pullers at Harrisburg have ap-
pointed ii Taylor Central Committee, and
they propose a inassmeeting in l‘.'eptember
next, on the anniversary of Montercy.-—
Every one named in the increment isa
political opponent of Gen. Taylor, and
assisted in the Kane fraud of Polk, Dallas
and the Tariff of ’4~‘2. Tliey are for trying
another, and even a holder game.
T/LC J\"t'.'rgm'a C'atas.’7'0,v-/ie—-- l-l'or.9c_ and
w0rse.——\\"e learn from an atitlicntic
source, says the N. Y. True Sun, that at
the time of the disaster on board the Ni-
agara, she was not only racing against the
Roger Williams, but that she had on the
enormous head of for/y _fi1:e inches of
steam .'-—twenIy inches more than, in the
opinion of the inspectors, she could safely
carry.
Jllore I-Ir;/12 for lrelu7z¢1.—The New York
ReliefCoinmittee acimowledge the receipt,
since their last report, of :§$6,093,65 in
money, and a large amount of Provisions
and Clothing. ln addition to all this, Hon.
V. S. Trowbridge, of Micliigan. has just
arrived with 2,340 bbls. of provisions and
packages of clothing from {Lat young
Statel '
U'uma722'.'_i/ Otztrngc¢l.—-—’1‘he Queen of
England, lrelzind, and Scotland, most gra-
cious sovereign of millions of .sta. 'vz'7Ig sub-
:jects,is allowed for her support 1,700,000,
for Prince Albert, her husband, $132,000;
and for her horses and bounds, $310,000;
making in all $2,143,000.
Speaking of Mr. ‘l'yler as having come
out for Taylor, Prentice of the Louisville
Jourunl, says that in apfree county, where
every man joins whatever party he pleas-
es, a popular party must of course expect
to have a good many rascals in its ranks.
' J\-"au'o7uil Wing.
./7’ll.0l.7Ic7' Sli'ang:-r.-—Tlie Prussian sloop-
of-war Amason, 36 days from the Texel,
arrived below last evening, and came up
to the city this morning, and anchored
between Governor’s Island and the Batte-
ry. She saluted the American flag after
dropping anchor. The A. is a very pretty
vessel, carries 12 guns and a creiii of 90
\.
,r_nen.——True Sun.
.l
Sllingle Palace.——Barniim,.tliéproprietorI
of the N. Y. Museiim, and the Tom Thumb
man, has erected a vast house on the turn-3
pike west of Bridgeport, which exceeds-
all his other excentricities. A friend in-l
St. Sophia’s Mosque in Constantinople,‘
more than any other structure be ever
saw. ft is asquare building of over a,
hundred feet in length, and four stories
high, with circular wings at the end, hav-
ing piazzas to each story, filled with lattice
work, The roofand wings aresuimounted
by turrets and minarets, and every part‘
of:the building is covered by eliborale
g1'ngc7'breudu'o7‘/c." Like Toni Thun“ib., it -
is a grant tauriosity.-—1’a/ludium. , l
\Vlion in Bridgeport, a few weeks since, we
passerl an hour or two by invitation, in going in _
and about tlieliousc and grounds of Gen. liar-l
’num, and can testif_',' to their inagiiificciice and
c:ipiicil_v. \Vlieii coiiiplctecl, there will not be
it private dwelling in l\§ew England, that can
compare with it in point; of convcniciicc, iiiagni-
tudc, oriu splendor of its fi.ii'nitui'e—a good
are rare and curious as worl-‘.5 of :ii't.—Ii’rgzster.
Mu. 'l‘r.is'v.——Tlic. Nczo Orleans Delta has
{the following:
'*l\Vo do not believe that Ur. Ti'ist"s powers
'(‘-Z~’.l(‘.l'l(l to the conclusion of :1 ti'eaty, or any
' l'artl:e1' than the more opening of it tic-gotimioii.
lftlie ovortiii‘es iiiado llirougli him are accepted
by tho l\lz-.xic.aiis, he will, we tjliiiik, l‘('llll'll to
the United States and report to Mr. Puclian-
i ll
:ll10l‘ll\‘, will liimsolfpi'ocecd to the place \\'lll('l1
iiiav -he i2_‘_Il'(‘t‘.tl upod by the parties, and conduct ‘
llhe ncgntiatiuii.”
Gm. l']‘(l._I//0l'lSl ./Jrmy.——Tlioinas J. Gal-
lager l7.sq. who was sent out to Ptlexico by
,lll€"Clfl‘£(‘l‘lS of Citiciimiiti, forthe purpose
j of rccoverin_:_r the remains of Lieut. Ritchie,
:who fell at Bueni Vista, writes from lion-
fterey, under date of June lSth, as follows:
“Gt-n. Taylor informs me that he has
less than 3,000 men now under his cum-
illllllltl, including those at this point and
Saltillo; but it is his intention to move
forwarrl towards Sari Louis l’otr.-si, as soon
as practicable; and, lpe also assures me,
States in September next. whether there is
a treaty concluded or not."
(','u7‘i0i/3 P/'otnr.1ion.,/3'0:/z G/o.~‘s.—At the
st. in New Yoik, rtaintls a liberty pole,
nearly one hundred feet lll_Ql). \’i'ee'=.: be-
fore last, (luriiig :1 terrific fllllfltlep storm,
the top,and badly splintered, leaving a
black mark Only, on the white paint in its
of it, was found, as siipposeul, in the pres-
ence of a glass globe on the summit of the
pole.
S'i1,i.i/iorcl .-fl/?lI'(fcl' in G:l(:;t‘eI2..-",~'tu'y.—Y\'lc
learn, says the flariford Courant of Satur-
day, 3lst,"that the body of Mr. Billings
Lucas, of f_:'lastciililiry, was f()lll1(l on -.\.lon
day evening, at the mouth of Roariu;_r
Brook in that town. His face and hcad
were bad y bruised. lie was last seen on
Sunilay morning, and his body \\'l1S.(‘ilSC()\’-
_c:'cd by two young men l"sliiii_o_j. His boat
,was near by on the shore, with his boots
;an:' hat. An_ inquest was held, and the
jjury re‘-.urned a verdict of murdei'. Two
ave been arrested on suspicion.
, men h
l '”""""_”""'
l l'7ip7'c:‘c(]cnlcrl lt’az'lzt'a_i/ 'S_}7(.e(l.——.-‘\ trial
lwas made on the 18th of last June, over
;seven miles of the Ltindon and Birming-
iham Railroad, of a new locomotive with
driving wheels eight feet in diameter. It
ran the seven milcs, with it full train of
twelve cars attached, over a grade of six-
tscn feet to the mile, in five seconds less
tli sn seven minutes, or at the rate of some-
share of wliicli Mr. l3ai'nuiii pui'cliased in Eu-.
rope, on his late \’lSll', not so inucli for a fond-
t. l BOSS for rich articles, but liocausc most. oftliem _
F R O NI NI EXI CO .
3y the arrival at; New Orleans, of the steam-
ship Massachusetts, ndvices from Vera Cruz to
the 23d ult. have been received. They are
_ _ somewhat important, though briefly given in the
'forms us that It resembles the plcmre 0 form ofa telegraphic dispatch. VVe copy from
the New ,York Tribune.
The Vera Cruz papers of the 22d state
that the Peace Commissioners failed in ad-
justing matters, notwithstanding the inter-
ference of the British Minister. This in-
N'oRvvA.1.K GAZETTE.‘
_ 2‘-‘.’c<.'.nes«lz=.y, August I 1. 1817.
JOHN H. KEYSER, of Westport, sends us it
Coiiiiiiiiiiicatioii, asking “the use of our columns.
for a stateiiient of the views and principles on-
tertained and advocated. by American Associa-
lionisls, on the increasing evils of present socie-
ty——-tbeir causes, and the rciiie-dy; and also on
the doctrines of the National. Reforms on the
Ielligence produced great excitement at-
Vera Cruz, and on all sides preparations.
were visible to prosecute the war with re-
doubled vigor.
Gen. Scott was to leave Puebla on the
for the capital.
' Santa Anna is said to have under his
command 352 000 nier- ' and is makin ac-I , . , .
' l ’ g .schemes of Philosopher Greeley, which are to
live preparations for a determined and
bloody resistance. He has taken advan-
tage of the preconcerted delays of the
Peace Commissioners to some purpose;
and now finds liimselfin a position to give
battle to the American Gener:il..
i It is thought that Santa Anna will not
§fl\\’t1ll. the attack of Scott at the Capital,
‘but will advance to meet him at Rio Frio,
i\\"ll(‘l‘G works of defence have been thrown
,up for some time.
; By this time another great battle has
fprobably been foiiglft, and of course with
,the usual result, signal ‘defeat of the Mex-
fi-ans.
l Another skirmish has taken place be-
am wlio. we are iiiforiued by a very liigh :iu- tween Gen. Pearce and the guerillus. The .
.l\lexic.ans were defeated.
Santa Fe, :1 small town not far from Ja-
lapn, has been fotallv destroyed by order
of Gov. Wilson.
At'ir.'iv:1l of the Elibci':ii:zJ
Swen Days Later fro.-iz. Einmyie.
The Steamer Hibernia arriied in Bus-
lton on Monday morning the 2d. She
I brings Liverpool papers to the 20th inst.
l . . . . .
[The political news is not ofspecial impor-'
llance. The promising liaivest in Europe
lhas caused a further reduction in the price
‘of grain. '
In the London Corn Market on the 18th
‘quarter for VVheat, but Indian Corn was
‘quite neglected, and for barrel Flour there
inns no demand. The rise had been caus-
,ed chiefly from unfavorable accounts from
intersection of Third .-‘\vcnnc- and Four-tli‘,[,(, ,,,_,,.;c,,p,,,.,,1 d,S,,.,C,S ,.,,s,,eC,,,.,g the;
l , . o
,growiug \‘\lhcat, which were more specu-
l . .
.lation than any tl ing else.
l The reports of the maniifactiiring dis-
lclinractcr.
l Great entliusiasm has been excited at
i,Q‘lltll'(l, on the French model, and the con-
,struction of railroads through the papal
territories.
l
; the C-ircassians over the Rus.-ians, but they
l
are rather indefinite. _
j The accounts from Ireland are nearly
' of the same general complexion with those
by the last arrival.
l The difficulties in Portugal appear to be
‘conclusively settled.
i There are rumors of the potafoe rot in
some localities, but no authentic accounts
of its appearance.
. ./lrmI,7u-7' ./7)'7"I..I,'(1l.-——-rl‘l‘.O second French
Trans-Atlantic. steamsliip
‘;Capt. Bcsson, from Clierbourg, July 15th,
iof 17 days.
lpasscngers, and a valuable freight list.
Her news is similar to that brou_-_-lit by the
gllibernia at Boston. The crops in France
fare uniformly good.
An Argmizcizt igcll. ]2u:‘.—.-X subscriber to the
l
‘N. Y. Comiiiercinl, who has taken that paper
lfor fourteen years, inakcs the following sensible
There are rumors of further succeses of}
l’l‘iiladelpbi:t,'
subject of land _i-eforrn.—of uiiiii’s God-given
right to so much of the earth as he cnucultivnte
for his maintena nee, as his natural inheritance
—of the measures they propose for giving every
land-less man nfrce home uponlthe unsold pub-
5 15”‘ 0f Jul)’: at the head 0‘ 121000 me"! ‘ lic lands oftlie U. States.” In other words, we
. suppose we are to open our columns for in de
fence of those impractible and chimerical
3 elevate man above the ills incident to his fallen
nature. tlirough the instruinentality of human‘
agency4ilone,by which some sort of an undefined
lheatific state is to be obtained by destroying the
,sanctily and restraint of the present household
| or family ni'i'ange.tnent, and herding a communi-
I n
and classifying them according to their taste and
~incliiiution, with a freedom ofaction and enjoy-
iiu=.iit——pliysical, moral, and social, as boundless‘
‘as the natural appetite ‘of inau. That; is, we
'are asked to give up our coluimis to the promo?-
ggution of what is genc1'ally understood u,s Fouri-
ism.
The other brunclinftlin subject. for the discus-
‘ sion wliichour coluiiinsarc asked, is the land re-
’form, a creed adopted by tho I\'ul1'onal .Il)(:f07'7Il€l'3
'—thc ultimatum of which is einbrnced in the
cunt oftlio day, “vote yourself a _/'arm.” Ac-
icording to Mr. Greely’s views, :1 restraiiit is to
be put upon a man’s acquisitions, for the benefit
inf the loss fortiiiiatc, less energetic and more la-
And further than this, if it
zy and tlissolute.
by which each member of the comuiunity now
nianages to supply his necessities. viz. industry,
_ fiiigality, probity and virtue, he has only to lay
‘; his liand upon some goodly portionof the on rlli’
lSUl'fllC(‘., and say to liimself,this is my ‘God-giiu
;ll’“" he wlll P°5ll”'9l.V "elm" 10 the Ummd lthere was an llllpl‘()\r.e1_Yl8l'Il of Is to 2s per 3 en i‘iglit,” “my iuittirnl iulieritance,” my "free
)ll(),lll(‘..” This would no doubt. be. vastly convcn
ient, and is without question, the shortest way to
f(.'0l‘tll'0ll and competence that has yet been de-
l The only difficulty in the \vay,il' appears
.,to us, is to reduce the theory to practice. \Ve
gave not: quite certain, but so skeptical are we
*on the subject, that. we would expect to obtain
vised.
: . - - . . . .. l . ., . . - .
‘ills l“’l‘3 “ as 5“ “Ck “boill "3" fell flflm .tnozs are of a samactory encom-agmg 'a splendid farm in the valley of the Gennesse, as
Isoou by our regular business of publishing a vil-
lage woekly,ns\ve should in putting our shoulder
to ,"Il‘0lllltl. 'I\lle X‘(\;tS()l’l \\‘lly:RnII]e bxy Publiculion on iu$!_ Or.1O the 31,, y(()ySe,,_1S vvheel and D.‘t-‘curly 'l‘\_,1it-
lll"“.CleCll'l°"‘l fl"l‘l ‘lld ”°l "ll'll"e llle “T in dccrccslfor the formation of a national‘, , ll
, ing for the consuinination of his plans of reform.
l hi this view of the case, there is but little stirri-
llllillll, to induce tis to put the Gazette on it new
l'raclt',i1nd unless our views undergo sortie change,
live must respectfully decline the proposition of
the gcutleiiinn from \Vestpoi't. l f, however,
iwe find the thing is likely to take, We will on-
deavor to full in with it as gracefully as possible
lat a late hour, tliat ivo uiny come in for our
lshare of the doniain.
l (lcn. '.l‘aylo1' says those citixens oftlie United V
States who 0[.Ipo.~‘(~‘. the war are worse than the
T M «-rzicaiis.——1"rz.="i::
‘V C4-iii. Tz.-_yit:i‘ sizys no sucli liiing. In these
times. wlicn tho loco })':'f‘.S.\‘ and pni't_v are in it
stow. l.‘f_‘.(.':l11Se (D).-‘kl I.’oug.71 and [Buzz/3,’ is looked
arrived Monday afternoon, after a passage‘1,,,,),‘,H,, ,,,,,,,mb,,, m,,,,,,,,,,,_ for “W P,,,_\_.,d,,nm,
She has a goodly number of
,l'l0 iiieaiis, not even falseliood, are left unem-
l pl oyed, which could be hrouglit. to hear to pre-
:veur. such an event. They first; attempted to
ldisgrace the gallant old General, in the National
icouncils, and not finding" themselves in luck on
that track, they are bending their efforts to under-
fmine his position with his wliig friends. There
j is good reason to believe that Gen. Taylor is as
. . . i . . ' i , . . 2. . ' ._ _
,,,e,,dO,,S vefocny the engme ,5 s,,,,ed ,OE1elTlflll(S in a lcttci eirclosil.g a icinittance foi yswongly Opposed to the Wm, ,,S1,e,S,_o,he],,m6
-have performed the work with perfect t‘"‘°ll“"" .‘.’e‘”‘ 5 5“bS"“l’“0" 1*‘
steadiness, and entire freedom from any
lateral, swaying or surging motion.
taut one on many accounts. It is the high-
est rate of speed ever attained on a rail-
road with a full train, and it was attained
on the narrow guage, four feet 1 1-‘).
inches between the rails, v. liicli, with a
single exception, is the width of all rail-
roads in the United States.
largest driving wheel ever used, and seems
to establish the fact not before believed
that railway speed increases almost in the
direct ratio of the diameter of the di-ivin_r_,r
wheels. One revolution of an 8 ft wheel
4- foot wheel. The Great Western Rail-
road of Eiigland, with a broad guagc, 7
feet between the ‘,rails, would probably
bear with safety a twelve foot driving
wheel, and obtain a proportionate increase 4,
of speed. The Hartford and New Haveni
railroad is so thoroughly and substantially g
minute could probably be attained upon it;
wiih -an eight foot driving wheel,
safety. l
The largest driving wheels now used ini
this country are 6 feet in diameter, and
from that down_to 4 feet.‘ A few weeks,-
since a t_rain of 19. cars was drawn over-
the Boston and Worcester railroad a dis-l
tance of 44- 1-2 iniles-—by a new locomo-l
tive engine with a 6 foot driving wheel, in
'78 minutes, or at the rate of 33 miles an
hour. This is the greatest sustained ve-
locity yet attained in this country “ltll a
full train of cars attached to the engine.
The successful result of the late trial on
the London and Birmingham road will
probably lead to an increase of speed upon
railways by bringing into general use
driving wheels of large diameter upon all
thorough built roads where a high rate of
velocity is required. .
At a meeting of the University of Lou.
isiana, Rev. Dr. l-lawks was elected Presi
dent ofthe University. It is understood
that Dr. Hawks will accept. He has
recently been elected to a similar station
in Virginia,
llhis trial was an interesting and impor-I
I
It was the,‘
covers twice as much ground as that of al
“My means are sinall——but I abjured
wine, alcohol and all other s!rong drinks
in June, l8<l«‘2, and have kept honorably to
my pledge; the saving under this head
more than pays for my newspapers: and
‘the gratification which the perusal of them
lszives me is beyond calculation in dollars
l‘ r‘ .
and cents. “heal look around among
my neighbors, and see many smart, intel-
ligent men, \\ ho seem to take an interest
iin the welfare of their beloved cotin‘t'fy,
,and yet from false economy deny them-
;selves and their families the advantage and
‘gpleasure of a newspaper, I feel sorry on
, their account.”
l
man \\ ho shot Professor Davis, some years
ago, at the Vrginia University, recently
committed suicide. at the house of his
brother, in Wasliington, Georgia. He
shot himself with a pistol, the ball enter-
ting the left cye,and penetrating the brain,
cO,,S,,,,-,c,ed, [hm ,, velocity of ,, mile ,, iand lingered in a state of total insensibili-
ty about five hours. \Vhen his room was
entered, he was found in a chair, placed at
a table. A pistol was lying across his
lap, and on the table was an open razor.
On the table was found an open note, sta-
ting, in the form of a certificate, dated
July 9th, 1847, that his death was occa--
sioned by himself, and was brought about
either by pistol or razor.
“It is easier to preach than to practice."
Ultl .Mtz.z‘im.
Illustration.-—“Beneath its benign sway
peace and prosperity prevail. Freed from
the burcfens and mz'ser7'e.s' of war, our trade
and intercourse have extended through
the world. Mind, no longer ta.ked in
devising means to accomplish or resist
schemes of'amb2'n'on, u.9u7'paI2'on or con-
quest, is devoting itself to man’s true inter-
ests, in developing his faculties and pow-
ers, and _ the capacity of Nature ,to
minister to his enjoyments.”——James K,
Pol/c’s Ina.-ugural fldrlres, Zllarc/2 4,1845.
ii.-. Fletcltet‘ VVebster is to deliver the
immversziry Discourse before the Ameri
can Institute-in October. _ 'l he Fair will
‘ open in Castle Garden, October ‘2_d._
. 2-~‘..,""? ‘
‘ flu Untimely Ei.a’.—Seniines, the young!
,and impotent manner in which the Government
' is conducting it.
lea. Tny1or’s sentiuionts
Ewar correspond with those of the more hon-
‘est and intelligent men of both parties. \Ve
li(l01ll)t not he would freely indorse the following
views of it friend of the Administration, and an
% oliicer in the Army—wc refer to Col. Pierce
?Butler, Commander ofthe South Carolina Regi-
,menr, contained in a letter to the Governor of
' South Carolina. He says
respecting the
“The contest is unequal, and the service an
; inglorious one. The universal voice of ' the
’ Army, Navy and Volunteers, is for terminating
this contest, and peace would be to them most;
; welcome news.”
: Gizx. T.-ni1.ort’s FQURTII or JULY SPEECH.
l—At: the celebration ofthe Natiou’s Birthday at.
ll\V-alntit Springs, tVIexico, by the Army under
Gen. Taylor, Lieut. Fuller, oftbe Massachu-
setts regiment, gave the following sentiment:
_ Gen. Taylor : “We hail him as the next
.President. May his civil be as brilliant as
his military career.” .
To the above Gen. Taylor arose and briefly
responded thus: .
“l have never had the vanity to aspire
ito or look for the elevated station which
hasjust been alluded to, but if my fellow
countrymen think proper to elevate me to
so distinguished and honorable a position,
Isliall most certainly do my best to dis-
charge the responsible duties imposed
upon me. Should any other candidate he
,preferred, and offered who may be more
‘competent than myself, I need not say
thatl will most cheerfully acquiesce in
the decision, and shall rejoice tbatthere
is one more worthy to represent the peo-
ple in the highest office of their gift."
\Ve are indebted to_ Hon. Truman Smith for
it large map of the Mineral Region adjacent to
Lake Superior. .
Several of the Whigpapers, of Ohio In
dianu, urge the Hon_. Thomas (}_orw’i.n use Whiz
candidnt. for _President. '
Rain
_ .
abandon;-e about t.l7ie!ise clays.
ty into one common tenement, and arranging "
man is totally averse to the use of those means ‘
Norwalk Chronicler