ftmily had assembled just before tea.--
“ Iessie Hampton's married I”
“ What ll’ ejaculated Mr. Freeman.-—
“ Married 'l”
“ 0 yes, sure enough,” said Mr. Free-
man, “I heard of it a little while before I
left my counting room. And, more sur-
prising‘ st_i_ll, she is married to young
Edgar.
“ 0 no l” responded Mrs. Freeman, in-
eredulously. _‘‘It’s some mistake. Never.
It cannot be.”
“ Oh, but it is a fact, mother,” said Fan-
ny, with ill-coticealed chagrin. Lizzy
Martin was her bridestnaid. They were
married at Mrs. Carlionls this morning,
and the whole bridal party have gone off
to Saratoga.”
“ He’s got a good wife,” remarked the
brother of Mrs. Freeman, in his quiet
way. “I always liked that young man,
and like him better than ever now. I
knew he was a fellow of good sense, but
he has showed himself to possess more
of that sterling material than I thought.’,’
I/Ir. Freeman also gave his opinion, and
in doing so,expre.zsed himself pretty freely
in regard to the treatment Jessie had re-
ceived while in the house. As for his
wife, when the truth assumed an undoubted
form, she sunk into mortified silence, and
Fanny felt even worse than her mother,
and for reasons that lay nearer her heart.
In a little while the bride took her old
place in society, and many who, in her
seclusion, passed her coldly, or all unno-
ticed, met her now with smiles and with
wartn congratulations. Of ali the chan-
ges that followed as a consequence of her
marriage, there was none that filled her
with so much delight as the improved
prospects of Mr. Hartman. Her husband
became his fast friend, and sustained him
through every difficulty. One home held
them both. How pureiy and brightly the
stream of Jessie-'s happiness flowed on.
need not be told. Virtue and integrity of
character meet their just reward. In ad-
versity she was not cast down, and when
prosperity again smiled, she was not
unduly elated. In either relation to soci-
ety, she was a dispenser of blessings to
those she loved.
It is a fact worthy of notice, that those
who loo‘-ed down upon Jessie, and passed
her unn-oticed. vvhi-le she was only govern-
ess-, itow referred to the noble, self-sacri«-
ficin-1 spirit that prompted her to act as
she had done, and spoke of her conduct
with admiration.
Balloon Ascension at Boston.
Dr. Morrill, the Aeronaut, gives the follow-
ing description of his aerial voyage on Saturday
afternoon last :
I cut the rope that connected my Aerial
Car and vessel with terra firma at a little
after 5 o’clock, and arose (after passing
above the lower curretit) slowly toward
the South-east. I xery soon found my-
self directly over the Boston harbor. A-f-
ter having atljusted my lite preserver,-an=d
attended to-everyt-hing; possi-ble‘c'onnected
with my safety, I sat‘ down to-' enjoy the
vast and most‘ intensely interesting pros-
pect’ open to my view. I need not remark
that it was wholly unlike that obtanable
from any point on the surface of the earth.
It took in a range of many miles in every
direction.
cities and numerous villages many‘ miles
in the country; the harbor, with its
Islands, stretching in the distance itito the
broad Atlantic Ocean, covered with innu-
merable white sails, all presented to the
eye a prospect awfully grand atid sublime.
I still coursed my way upward and on-
ward, and was awakened from my reverie
of admiration by the diminutive size assu-
med by objects on the surface of the
earth. Buildings and forests kept rece-
ding from my view till they were scarcely
visible; the former resembled? children's
toys of that shape, and the latter had the
appearance of the smallest vegetation. I
was now,.as- near as I could jjudge, some
lS'~miles from- my starting point.,.and still
over the water. I was conscious of a’
misty dampness about me, and saw drops
of rain, of the appearance of chrystals,
shining in the sun’s rays. A few moments
after, clouds began to form below me, and
the earth for some minutes was lost to
my view.
After the shower, (below me) the white
clouds, I observed, had assumed an oval
shape beneath me at the sides, and the
green earth- was seen only in-« the center
of a spherical form—t-he harbor a-ppeairing
like a river very much-widened toward its
tnouih. U-p()H’I'II-f0\\'Il|g out tissue paper
it fell3 like‘ l'ead toward the earth, by which
I knew that I was still ascending, and with
increased velocity. Upon cast.irig my eye
upward I found that the gas in the balloon
had expanded so as completely to fill the
whole vessel, which at thellsurface of the
earth was not tull by souie ‘.~‘.ll,000‘-galloris.
The temperature of the air, which had
been-gratlually falling, was now so low as-
to-be- extremely uncomfortable; indeed,.
the cold‘3 was so intense that I was coni-
pletely chilled, and trembled . throughout
my whole system. From the rarefacation
of the-air there was,.also, some difficulty
of respiration.-
As the gas was’ now pouring out of the
mouth of the Balloon, which acts as a
safety-valve, and my position was no lon-
gera comfortable one, I. determined to
descend and search for a current of air,.
that would take me to- the land, as I was
not now far frotn it, having taken a circu-
itous route around the harbor and Massa-
chusetts Buy, and crossed only one point
of the main land-off H‘ingharn..- After hav-
ing descended about a mile,.l struck a
current of air that very nearly reversed
my course, but this-I soon lost and was
not able to find it.
- I. was, however, carried over the land,
and’-as .l.felt quite at ease,I. again ascended.
I now arnusedanyself by ascendingand de-
scending several times,.being often within
hailing distance of the people beneath me.
But as it was getting near suuset,and as I was
npproacliing Cape Cod Bay, after passing
over a patch. of burning bushes and a
Boston, with its surrounding.-
smallponil, I efiected a safe landing for
lmyself and balloon in the edge of the
town of Pembroke, near Duxbury, 27
miles from Boston direct, but much farther
than that by the course I took. My pas-
sage occupied a little more than one hour.
Icontempl-ate making another ascension
soon, should there be sufficient . encour-
agement offered. Cespectfully, ,
C. MORRILL, M. D.
Gov. Johnson's’ twelve reasons for
supporling Gen. Taylor.
1. He will be bound by the Constitution
and by the Constitution as it is expounded
and explained by the Judiciary of the U.
States.
2. He will be bound totake for liis_
guide in his administration of the Na-
tional Government the rules and doctrines
established by our first Presidents.
3 He will enter office without the pledg-
es—that he may freely carry out the
wishes of the people as expressed by their
representatives.
4- He will not attempt to inflttence the
action of Congress by foreshadowing his
own peculiar notions on mooted questions
ofdoubtful policy, further than required
by the Coristittition—hor will he permit
his cabinet to do so.
1
Letter from David G|'al1:un,- Esdi.
The following letter is from the pen of David
Graham, Esq. a well known Whig, who was
one the first and most influential Taylor oppo-
nents in New York." The letter is highly
honorable to Mr. Gt-aham’s independence.
Ni-iw YORK, Sept. 16. 1843-
Horace Greeley, Esq.—-Dear Sir : ‘While
I am quite aware that my ‘individual
opinions upon subjects of public concern
are of very inconsiderable iiriportance,
yet having hitherto occupied ‘publicly :1
position of hostility to the nomination and
election of Gen. Taylor as the Vlfhig can-
didate for the Presidency, I deem it due
to myself to state, as publicly, the posi-
tion I intend hereafter to occupy on that
subject, and the reasons very briefly, for
my former as well as for my present
,-course in respect to the Presidential can-
lvass.
It is to some extent, though it may not
She very generally known, that before the
nomination of Gen. Taylor, I took occa-
,Sl0l'l in an Address to a large body ofthe
5 Whigs of this city, to declare that I would
;not deem myself bound to support him,
7even though he should be presented as a
‘candidate by the Philadelphia Convention.
The prominent reasons which influenced
5 He will not embarrass the action of? me were, that he had refused to be the
the people’s representatives or defeat their
will by the exercise of the Veto Power,
other than in cases of extreme hasty leg-
islation or clear violation of the Con-
stitution.
6 He will faithfully carry out the
wishes of the people as expressed through
their representatives on the subject of the
'l'arilf——aud if the \Vliigs succeed in giv-
ing to the country the principles of the
Tariff act of 1842 by the repeal of the
Tariff act of 1546, he will sarictioti their
legislation.
7 He will not veto or prevent the pas-
sage of laws passed by Congress in refer-
ence to Slavery on the improvement of
rivers and harbors, or any other matter
that constitutionally belongs to them to
settle.
8 He will , prevent and overthrow all
schemes and plans for the conquest of all
other countries or for annexing the lands
of other natiotis to these States.
9 He will prevent war, because having
truly toiled th-rough its des-olating walk,
and witnessed its sad havoc of the fireside
and hearth stone of his fellow man, he
feels that it is an evil constantly to be
avoided, unless necessity requires its ex-
istence.
10 He will administer the government
aithfuly according to the Constitntioii.
During his long life of arduous and try-
ing service, he never failed to perform all
his duties well and faithfully
11 He will prescribe no man for a con-
scientious difference of opinion; being a
lover of liberty of thought himself, he
can afford‘ to tolerate it in others.
1%‘). He will, through his great popularity
be enabled to govern-our country without
the aid of organs or irresponsible cabals
-—but being the President of the people
to them alone responsible for his actions:
without a cringing subserviency to plat‘-
forms, erected to misguide the public
mind.
Go to ‘Vol-Is.‘ ‘
We call upon every friend of Old Zack
who may rea'd7this—who desires the suc-
cess-of the cause——who- wishes to elect a
Constitutional President and Vice Presi-
dent, and to have the government admin-
istered on good old fashioned principles —
who is opposed to all the aboinina-ble
measures of the ultra Lccofoco party—to
go /0 work, actively, zealously, and above‘
all, go to work now!
G o to’ W'or/if-,
and organize in every neighborhood’ and
precinct in thecottntry. No-' cause’ever
yet trim-umphed-‘without a thorough orga-
nization of its friends. Remember this I-
It is the first great step to success.-
Go to’ Work,
and circulate'Taylor tracts and papers,
which discuss fairly and ably the great
questions at isstic in the contest. False-
hood and tnisrepreseutatiori are in the
field, and must be followed close up with
the facts and truth.
Go to I/Vork,
and get up meetings and conversations,
that you may be able to learn each other’s
views; consult advise, and become per
sonally acquainted. You cart thus act
unitedly, and tmitcd action can alone be
efficient action.
Go to Work,
and inculcate the necessity of harmony,
on all -occasions, and at all tir.':cs——th;it
a-ctimi, without uuiori, is valueless and
useless——th-at every man must adopt and
act upon the‘ motto :- “ Union, harmony,
self-denial, concession, every thing for the
cause,.nothir:g for men.”
G‘-o=to II-’ork7,
upon~all"proper occasions; reason with
those who are willing to listen to reason
and argument‘. Labor to confirm the wa-
vering, and convince the doubtful. Every
man, however humble in his sphere, pos-
sesses some influence with-liis'neighboi*-s
and friends. Let every patriot use his
influence to advance the conservative prin-
ciples professed by Gen. '1‘-aylor, He
ought to do it; he can contribute his mite
to swell the tide of victory, which will
then surely spread-over the Union.» Go
to work, at once, energetically.
Come early, stay late, work nobly, and.
a glorious victory will crow-n-your-efl'on,s,.
“ The great error and it is-acommon
error in Euro e—has been to assio -
. an to
\l\1'a:hi(pgtq.n ttoo impolrtanta part, and to
t e 0 yo tie peope too iusiirnificant
a one, in our great political draniii.”
The above extract is from Gen. Cass’
eulogistic work on France, her King and
Court. Igle plvlill probtlibly think it a gant-
er error or e peop e to- assign to -en.
-laylor a position which he will fiill with
true W-aohingtoniau pbility.
lexpozient or representatives of the prin-
iciples of the Whig Party-—-that he had
declared himself willing to accept the
nomination of any party or body of citi-
zens—and that he had distinctly avowed
his determination not to withdraw his
name from the canvass, even though Mr.
Clay should be nominated by the National
Whig Convention. .
Conscientiously deeming these avolwals
as at once sitbvervsive of the organiza-
tion and discipline of the VVhig Party,
and as holding the language of defiance
to its representatives in the Convention,
I regard the rt-omi-nation of Gen. Taylor
as a virtual‘ dissolution of the Whig party,
and felt myself as a Vl/hig who had been
more tli‘an seventeen years ardently devo-
ted to the principles of that party, in de-
clariug myself absolved from all obliga-
tions to support him as the VVhig candi-
date. Upon this ground I should have
continued to stand, from that time to the
present, and upon this ground I should
have remained during the Presidential
canvass, but that I conceive the last let-
-ter of Gen. Taylor to have removed the
principal objection on which my opposi-
tion to his election has hitherto rested.
In that letter, I understand him to place
himself distinctly tipon Whig ground.
He avows himself to be a decided Whig
-—declares, in effect, that his willingness
to accept the nomination of any other
party was not designed to imply a coin-
proinise or abandonment of any of his in-
dividual opinions—and professes that his
independence ofparty obligation-s ex-‘tends
no farther than to exempt him from the
necessity of “laying violent hands indis-
critninately upon public ofii-cers, good or
bad,.who may differ in opinion from him,”
or of “'f-orci-rig Congress, by the coercion
of the veto, to‘ pass laws to suit him or to
pass none.” This, he says, is what he
means “ by not being aprzrly candi'ila2‘e,”
and this he understands, as I-think cor-
rectly, as being “ good Whig doctrine.-”
——Standi-rig as-he does in this position,
I confess I4 do not see my way clear in
farther opposing his election, and I‘ regret
no less now than-I have ever done, that
it was deemed‘-just or wise or politic, to
lay aside the'g.'reattCliampion of the Whig
party and its Principles. For that illus-
triouscitizen Iicherish a vcneration,whicli
renders it no-ordinary sacrifice of person-
al feeling on my part to-enroll myself un-
der the banner cl? another leader. But
realizing as Ido,-and-3 as I trust I ever
shall, an inflexible devotion to the great
conservative principles of’ that party uri-
der whose flag I‘ have always fought, and
deeming the recent a-vowels of its candi-
date for the Presidency ai sofa‘-icient us-
surance that those principles will suffer
no dishonor in his hands; I= have resolved
henceforth to support the nominations of
the Philadelphia Conventions-
I am, with great respect’,-
Your obd’t servant,-
DAVID GRAHAM.-
Fig/it between a Rat and a Frog.-The‘
Dover Gazettee gives‘ the following ac-
count of a most singular and desperate
encounter between a frog and a rat‘, at a
brook near it slaughter house, in that
town-, a few days since: “ It appears that
tr rat came down to the brook to drink,
and discovering a frog with ‘force and
arms,’ made an attack upon him, by mak-
ing a firm grasp with his teeth; nosoons
er did the rat make his hold, than the
frog dove into the water, dragging his
antagonist with him, where he remained
until the rat was compelled to let go,.and
make for dry land, closely pursued‘ by the
frog. As soon as the frog appeared
above water he was again attacked by
the rat, and a second time became the
subject for cold water bathing. This feat
was several times performed, until the rat
frornrex-hatistion and drowning, fell a prey
to his antagonist. After the frog became
fully assured that his combattant was
dead, be seated: himself upon his dead
carcase with all-- the complaisance imag-
inable, where he remained nearly half an
hour, exulting as it were, over his hard
won victory. Several persons were pre-
sent and witnessed-the fight.
Maine.-
There is no choice for Governor by the
peop|e—Dana, Loco, received-' 34,649
votes; Hamlin, Whig, 28,23-1-; Fessenden
and all others, 11,218. Some small towns
remain to be heard from, but- which can-
not change the result. The bocos have
elected four members of Gongress, the
Whigs two—a gain of one; -The House,
so far as heard from,--stands Loco, 71,
Whigs, 68.
[[7 Jones, the sculptor, is taking a bust
of Gen. Cllsl, at Detroit.-
,_ =_ .
-ities and the highest kind of executive
'such as are prescribed; he renders to
‘—j._
Military Candidates.
The following extract is from an article iii a
late number of the New Englander, on the Mex-
ican war. The article is understood to be from
the pen of the Rev. Dr. Bacon, of New Haven-
The compliment which he bestows upon Gen.
Taylor is as deserved as It‘ is true.
“ This present war in its turn has already
procuced one man, before unthought of,;
who has shown the highest military qual-'
talent; and the splendor_of whose success,-
set off as it is by the heartiness of his
cliaracter and the simplicity of his man-
ners, has caused him] to be named by a
spontaneous movement in all parts of the‘
country, as the foremost candidate for thel
chief magistracy of our Union. \Ve advert,
to this fact not to condemn it-—far less to‘
approve it. \Ve refer to it only as it
shows what is likely to be the result of
this war, and what must be one dzirrg-ei'ous
tendency of all wars.
The great objec-; _ _
tion to military men as candidate‘ for the Off ‘he Isle Of Wight 00 the ‘ivlh "ISL 8n¢l..
Presidency, is not that military men are,
-1 .--a .~ 4 -\-up
-.~v-v
foreign Nruas.
Arrival of the Acadia.
Seven days later’-' from‘ Europe.
The steamship Acadia, Captain Stone,
arrived at Boston at 5 o’clock, Sunday
morning last, having sailed from Liverpool
on Saturday, the 9th inst.-
The steamship United States, Captain
Hackstaff, left Cowes on Sunday, 3d inst;
at 3 o’clock, witheighty passengers,-fand
a large cargo of fine French goods; After
proceeding as far as the Scilly Islands,
her condenser became damaged, and she
was obliged to p'ut back to Southampton.
It is stated that it will be at least some
four or five weeks’ before she will be able
to repair this deraiigerncnt of her ma-
chinery and be again fit for sea. The
chief portion o‘f her passengers had left
her.
The Hermann, from Ne .v York, arrived
(‘L -who '19-“
in consequence of it thick fog, but while
necessarily unfit to be trusted with a highjl" charge Of 3 Pllma 9:01 00 Shore in GUT-
executive office. On the contrary, if we2n9” B35’: 33*” C°“'9_-‘i 0" the ml) 0f ‘be
freely utter our deliberate cor.victions,l“‘l9a ‘md ‘Il‘h°“Sl‘ ‘he °“£1.l“9S “'8”? lm‘
we triust confess that in our view the mil-
itary profession is quite as likely as any
other to give us the best qualified men for
the highest executive office of the Union‘.
The military commander, properly trained
and disciplined from his youth, is trained
and disciplined to executive action; and,
in the performance of his duties, leartis to
obey before he learns to command. In
subordinate positions he learns to obey
his military superiors; and when advan-
ced to the highest rank in his profession,
he is still compelled to be obedient to the
civil power. From first to last, the great
lesson in the profession ofa soldier, is to
perform just those executive duties which
are‘ assigned to him by his country, speak-
ing through the constituted organs of au-
thority. From first to last, whatever his
positfon, he is trained to the most meas-
ured exactness in the performance of his
functions; he pays punctiliously to the
co-ordinate authorities, not such respect
and deference‘ as hi's humor dictates, but
those above him the same obedience which
it is his duty to exact from those whom
he commands. All the habits of his life
have trained him to observe most carefully
the precise limits of the power committed
to his hands, as restrained and bounded
by the power committed to the hands of
others. ”" ”“ ”“ A headstrong and
usurping general will be none other than
a headstrong and usurping president. But
give us such a general as Washington
was, and all those qu:ilities which have
found development and culture in his mil-
itary service, will conspire to make him
such a Presidet-it as our country had in
Washington. While that illustrious name
stands first and brightest in the hearts of
all Americans, it is vain to argue that the
experience and training of a military life
are inconsistent with the highest fitness
for the chief executive office in the
Union-.”
5.? \Ve give an extract f'i'ot'n an article in
the New York Evening Post on the rein-oval
of Mr. Butler, from the office of Attorney Gen-
eral:—
What makes this proceedirig more gross
on-thepart of Mr. Polk, is in fact that
Mr. Butler made him President. \iVe do
not record the fact to Mr. I3utler’s honor,-
but it’ is at‘ fact nevertheless; it was Mr.
Butler who extricated Mr. Polk from the
obsc"uri-ty into which he was sinking in
Tennessee,~aad misled by a-n erroneous
opinion of his character,-brought‘ him be-
fore the nation as a‘ candidate for the
highest place the na-tioii had to bestow.
But for Mr. Butler’s exertions in his favor,-
at the Baltimore Convention of I-844, he
could not have become a candidate ; and
if report say true, he has not hesitated to
acknowledge his obligations in the Warin-
est terms. He pressed upon Mr. Butler
the ofl'er of a place in his cabinet—the
department of war, and when he found
him firm in refusing it, appointed him to
the post of United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York. From
this office the grateful creature now sud-
denly ejects him, on account of his hos-
tility to the extension of slavery, and by
way of showing a wholesome exatnple to
all men in office who may be inclined to
adopt that heresy.
Henry Clay and the Presidency_
In the Cincinnati Chronicle we have an-
other letter frotn Henry Clay, dated at
Cincinnati, Sept. 93, in reference to the
Presidency.
Certain members of the Whig party of
Cincinnati, it seeins,.had addressed Mr.
Clay, inviting. him to- assume an “inde-
pendent position” with regard to the
present canvass for the Presidency, and
assuring him of the earnest support of
numerous friends;
In answer to t-hi-‘s,-Mr. Clay says in-sub-
stance:
mediately i'ever'sed,-« it was found impossi-
.- .1
no,»-cos-m-.-,f
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ALK GAZETTE:
Wednesday, September 27, 1848.
.-._._..£
FOR PRESIDENT
z.-iiiiiiiiii TAYLOR, of Louisiana.-
——j__
_ FOR VICE PRESIDENT
IIIILL.-IIRD FILLMORE, of New York.’
_PRl{3SlDEN.TIAL ELECTORSJ -
THOMAS S.‘ W'Il.LlAM_S. of Hartford,
THOMAS \V.__W'ILLlA_M_S, of.New Loiidon.'
SOLOMON _,0L:\_I.S.TI“.A D, of East Hanford,
r.Bi«‘._NEzi:n JACKSON. of Middlétoivti.
g.l-’.lIIN._ l\;I'C,LI-',_I.I:A,N,_ of Woodstock.
KIOSHUA B. FISRRIS, (if Slllllifold.
ATTENTION Wniosi
There will be it VVIIIG
lIIEE_'_I'IN:(} held at tliléi
Town? Hall. Not-walfk‘ on‘
-.- Saturday evening lnéxt. the
-30th inst. at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be"
addressed by distiuguis-lied speakers.
Per order Town Uolnlllltletf.
The Prospect.
On this subject thc Ilartford Ci3’t'ifd.'lt“Il‘ 1'0-’
ble to get her off. A special steamer.
her assistance‘. A tug ste'amer was sent
to relieve the ‘ship, and the coals were
discharged into lighters. This was effec-
tual, and at 3 I’. M. on the same (‘lay she
floated, and shortly aticliored in Cowes
Roads. Her coals were again’ put on
board, and she proceeded on her voyage,
withotit having,- it is said, sustained any
damage.
Englrrnd and Ireland.-—'I'lie Queen, on
in person, by a speech from the throne,
recapitulating, the chief events of the ses-
sion, and imrriediately afterward took her
departure for Scotland.
tranquility. The visit of Lord John Hus-
sell to Earl Clarendon, seems to furnish
almost the‘ only theme for speculation
among the Irish politicians. The l’re-
mier landetl at Kingston on the afternoon
of the Ist inst, and was received with a
certain degree of respect. Demonstra-
tions of applause, or disapprobation, seem
both to have failed.
From the London Tinzcs, Sept. 9.
The Paris paper of yesterday, all btit
confirm our announcment in the Times,
that Austria had accepted the offered ine-
diation of France and England.
The Ministry of the Grand Vicar of the
Germanic empire, at Frankfort, resigned
on the 5th inst. in consequence of the re
fusal of the Iliet, by a majority of 17, to
sanction the concluded arrnistice by Den-
mark with the King of Prussia.
The Neapolitan fleet sailed on the 30th
ult. for Sicily.
The British squadron was still
tellamare on the first. _
The Cholera had reached A‘rchangel.
Much disturbance prevailed in the de-
partments of France.-
Italy.—-The National Savoisien of the
43th inst., publishes a ‘letter from Turin, of
the 2d inst, which states that the Austri-
ans, having imposed an extraordinary con-
tribution of $00,000 florins (32,000 1) on
the Dity of Parma, to be paid‘ within four
hours, that sum‘-' not‘ being‘ forthcoming
within the period stated, the Croats, ac-
cording to* custom, commenced pillaging
the cit.y The'inh'abitants, however, en-
couraged by the patriotic defence of I30-
logna, rung the tocsin,-and commenced a
a fearful ba~tte,i:i which they were assisted
by the women andchiildreri. They threw
furniture‘ from the windows‘ upon the
heads of the Austrians, and the’ inhab-
itants of the country hurried to their
assistance, armed with their implements
of husbandry. The restilt of the struggle
had not been ascertaiued.- .
The accounts from Italy and Route de-
clare the whole country to be in a dis-
tracted and‘ excited state. At Genoa,
Leghorn and Rome tuinults had occurred,
which were with difficulty suupressed.
VVe have just received ;'io"sitive intelli-
gence of the landing of the four thousand
French troops at Venice. This news may
be relied on.
Gen. Garibaldi, who has lately been
forced by the Austrians to fly from‘ Italy,
has arrived at Besancon, on his way, it is
thought, to Paris.
./1ustria.—The London papers of the
8th inst. announce the important intelli-
gence that the French Government, on the
7th, received dispatches from M. E. Arago,
the French Minister at Berlin. announcing
officially that Austria had accepted the
joint mediation of France and England.
at Cas-
Tlie Sp-.rit of Vrasliirigtoil.
George \-V. P. Curtiss, the nearest surviving
relative of VViishington, now 80 years old, will,
it may be seen. cast his vote" for the Presiden-
tial candidate upon whom the mantle of the
“ My name, gentlemen,‘ was submitted
by my consent to the consideration, of’
the National Whig Convention,-which met,
in Philadelphia, but which did not think;
proper to place me in‘ nomination-as'al
candidate for'the Presidency.
“I have quietly. gubinitved to the decis-7;
ion of that body, and cannot cotisent to;
any further consideration of my name in‘
connection w‘ith‘the office of President ofl
the United States; and accordingly I have'
refrained from giving, and must continue
to declinegiviug, the slightest encourage-
ment or countenance to any such use of-
it. I H-. CLA~Y~.”
. .5" Literary‘ 'l‘fi’e3ft‘.—_The President of
Georgetown (D. C.) College, publishes an
advertisementatating.that an ancient illu-
minated manuscript volume was stolen-
from the’Gollege Library about the 11th
or 12th inst.- The book is of fine parch-
ment, is about 4- inches long, 3 wide, and
,2 thick, in- its ordinary modern binding.
;Father of his Country has fallen :
“ In making my choice I shall pay re-
gard to the services which each candidate
has rendered to the country, and I shall
prefer the‘honest man whozhas been ready
to peril-his life in the defence of his coun-
try,.preferring the tented field and the
hard ground for his bed, when the coun-
try calls for his services,-to him who pre-
fers wealth-andluxury, and lounges upon
silken couchesin perfumed ‘chambers.-
I shall give my vote c/iee/fully for honest
Zac/Lary Taylor !- And when I deposit it
in the ballot box on the 7th of November
m-xt, t/mt rate will /iuil from the sacred
shades of Jlloimt Vernon ! (Long continued
applause, with scarcely ardry eye in the
assemblage.)
“But,-my countrymen,- the setting sun,
emblematic of myself, is departing from
among you, andadmonishes me that I must
close my remarks. May God preserve
and protect our country, and watch over
the rulers whom the people may select-to
It is about 600 years old.
guide its destinies !’-’
waiting off Cowes for the rnails went to,
the 5th inst. prorogued the two Houses,
Ireland. continues in a‘ state" of profound’
marks: " So far we have every success to _ex-'
fpcct. The elections that litive come oil‘ in’
l many of the States iilfords us great encourage-"
Our local tnajoritics in North Carolilmz’
were much smaller than they were four years‘
«moot.
lago, yet a sulliciency of local ca‘us‘é’s"liuve con’-
;spit'ed to work the diinutiition we have seen:
'é'f from everyfsource of iiifoi-mationto tvliielf
we have zipplied, we are sure‘ that North Cat'-
olina will give Zacliiiry ‘Taylor as great’ or"
nearly as great it majority as it gave Ileniy
‘Clay in ’44~. Our returns from Kentucky ex-'
ccedcdull our ctilculations or hopes. \Vhcu‘
ploycd to destroy the pcpnfzrrity of Gov. Criti-
deti, some of them as shameless as those that;
wrought the defeat of Mr. Clay in ’-14, we
gather great encouragement from counting the’
overwlicltning initjority the gallant Kentuckians‘
have given the warm friend of Gen. Taylor.‘
Kentucky will give Taylor a vote in Noveitiberf
that we shall boast of in years to come.
In Illinois mid Indiana, although these‘
States have been given up to Locofocoism, as”
also has Maine, we are entitled to hope for"
success.
In Vermont. ‘the star that never sets,’ we"
are on a sure footing. She will give the Pres-'
idential nominee an old fashioned inajorit.y.-‘
Van Burenisin hits in that State operated‘
more to the injury of the locofoco ranks than‘
our own. Accounts from Ohio represent that"
State as under it thorough and systematic can‘-'
vass, the people moving in thousands to hear‘
their favorite counsellors, Corwiu, Ewing. &c.'
approaching State Election will give it majority’
exceeding ten tlioiiszrtitl for the VVliig candi-'
date, Ford. If so, the State will certainly
give her 23' electoral votes to Taylor and Fill-’
more-
Van Biirenism in New York State"will un-'
doubtedly he the death ofCassism, and in some
places it really looks as John Van Bitten said"
it would turn out, that the friends of Cass
would iti titne to come have to procure iiffida.-'
vits in those places, that he was the Presiden-
tial Caudidate in this campaign. In Massacliu-'
setts the \Vliigs are fully aroused. Her elo-
quent; sons Choate, \Viutlii'op, Hudson, and
Aslimun are doing good service for the final
stirjcess of \Vliig principles. Mitssacliuselts
“ spurns the bribe” any third party may think
proper to offer her. Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, we believe, are the only states in
wliicli a majority is requisite for an election.
Connecticut will of course give her six'elec—
toral votes for Taylor and Fillmore} The‘
transparency of the movement that nominated‘
Van Buren,—a dead sltiveliolde‘i"s candidate—
as the champion of Libertg/—i'endei‘s the whole
attempt an abortion. It is only a plan to dis-
organize the \Vhigs, and, that point carried, to’
give Vin Burcn his revenge upon the old Polk
and Cass organization. No whig llltltlls really
a friend of free soil, will jeopardize the success
of his principles by entrusting them wilh‘so
notorious a pro-slavery man as Martin Van
Bureu. Calm, candid men plainly enough see"
that the choice lies between Taylor and Cass,‘
and will consent to no step nliiéh must result‘
in the ultitnate success of Cass. VVhigs know’
on what ground they stand too well to be bullied“
out of it; and they will be the last tc’throw"
away this opportunity ofeffecting an nscenden‘-“
dency of their principles. All we have to do
is to stand firm in an organization. All the
attempts of our enemies are at our disorgani-
zation,—none of them show much opposition to
our principles. \Ve have every thing to hope
i for, and that we may know frotn the uneasiness
, of our opponents. Our great principles are at
‘stake in the contest;
our candidate is of the
people’s own choice ; united forces and ready
hearts will as certainly elect him as the Sun
dawns on the 7th of November.
Fatal Casualty.
On Friday last, one of the ciirpenters em-
ployed on the new Congl'8g9ll°m‘l Chufchi
now being erected in this town, by the name
of Sinus» B; Weed, of Darien, met with a dis-
tressing accident which terminated his life on
Monday last. He was engaged at the time in
planing a board, when the scaffold upon which
he stood gave way, precipitating him to the
ground, a distance of 36 feet, bruising him in
it dreadful manner. He was immediately
taken to his boarding house, and every assist-
once rendered but without avail. H0 W118 8.
worthy and industrious young mulls 1lb0\lt‘20'
years of age.
@' His'Excellency, Gov. Bissell, is fast re-‘ ‘
covering from his late severe indisposition.-
we remember the many dishonest men ns om-'_
and we are firm in the belief that Ohio in her"
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