‘Kt it it
:;,i- .$i.iie qtu->-_
ihef
themselves.
t‘ion‘m‘usi be left. to the cutttt‘t'l Ol
Sm“. t,n|,|,,,._1 .-titles ilictii.-tltes, \\1T.hi|Ili .
or iiiteiferciice lt'm!.I =1")
ii.t't-i~lereiice of (‘W-’V,\‘
tlic
nl(.|le.\‘l‘rtli')ll
quarter; l'oI'vtgH _
description can only be in_}'ii‘rtous to
slave without benefit to any interest, and
9 A , .
will not be endured in any section ol our
country, and any ioterterence coming
from the non-slaveholding pOl'.l0nS'0f01lll‘
ta,-rim,-y, is calculated. to endanger tic
perpuitv’ {]fl-3,, Szln('.IIUi-led Gen-
eral (;f’l\'€Fn'!l(’t'il. it-mild inet'itahl\' firm}
, ’ ’ . .' - _ ~, aw
sion the. rlissoliition ol our happy Union-
‘Fro.rn1’t'1’r. Ifdllfjtl.-1'61?-,5 Uco-54¢ Letter-
“ ';'hq_.; gilteo-atiims \\'l’iic"ii :ill.- ihute t0 the
~ 2- _ . _
views and opinions which ‘H-ft’ _"-*" .l"*‘ll.‘
obnoxious to the Sl.:t'ehol‘diiig Stale"-'. flit
made in the face of the must explicit do-c
levraticn-s on my part, tl6Il_\‘ill:I all auihorit_\
um the p.irt of the Federal G'U\'t'l'nlllelll to .
interiere in the inat.ier—agaiiist the pro-
priety of iigitiiiiiig the q--estion in the
Dist.iict of Columbia, and in the ob-'€fH'P
of a single fact, giving the least common
ance to the iinfuiinded itiiputations. ,.
I should poorly rc-quite the candor with
which I have hitherto been treated by the
great mass of itiy fellow citizens at the
Sntith,were I to allow myself to apprehend
[hm -hose who would otherwi:e be dispo-
sed to give me their conhileticet "°“l‘l
under such cireuuisinni-.es_, sufler me to
be prejudiced in their opinion. l‘_\-'_ ll“? 0"‘
supporter‘ nggertiiitis’ Of '11” P11. 771195‘, l|U.\\’-
ever i-ei_-l.-lo.-- oi: velieineut.l_v persisted in-
-in it III ii: is ,
6'h. Mr. Van Boren cut nfi' from any
Go-vernitient aid to assist in the abolition
of Slavery. ,
p,-o0f__..See leiier J‘un--- 1?, F8-I40, in an
stver to questions pt'opn-Indrd bi’ _-lfllm 5
Carey, and others, citizens of Eli/.ahetlt
town City, Va.
,To the first query touching sl:1V8".V'i M”-
Van Biireii pledged himself not to_"‘sttn<'.
tiio'n‘an~,v bill: granting appropriations ol
-_, the public money to any State solicilllls!
aid for the ein:iiicip:ition of their Sl"\'¢‘S-"
7th. Mr. Van Buren a defender of Mob
Law and a violator of his tiaih to support
the Constitution.
Proot'.——l-Iis remark during the existence
of the Anti-Slavery riots. .
Having sworn that he \\'0Ul‘li " '0 the
best of his ability, preserve, pI‘Ul€L't Elm?
defend the C0i'isiiiniion," he in the sam
breath, almost, makes. war upon the free
dam of assembly and (liscllssinti, by the
declaration that “a reckl--ss di.-rega'.'d ol
the consequences of their conduct l5':‘.‘
exposed individiials to popular lttLligna-
tion.”
8th. Mr. Van Biireti opposed to the
Right of Petition.
, Proof.-—See ttie “ Atlierton Resolutions,”
and the famous “ Tiventy first Rule, ’
._ adopted under the anspces of Mr. V. 3.,
when President of the United States, for
bidding debate, priiiiiu;_v, teailing, or ref-
erence. Vide proceedings in the House
of Piepreseniatives, 1839.
9th. Mr. Van Bureii t p,iused the aboli-
tion of slavery iti ljnba. A
l’roof.—See his letter as Secretary of
State, (Oct. 21., 1829,) to the Aim-ricaii
Minister to Spain, urging the Seanish gov
ernment to make peace uitli her colonies,
under the plea that otherwise l.il= y would
abolish slavery; and in the saute letter he
speaks disastroiisly of the €’flt‘L't of $ut'l‘.
eiiiancipation in the United States, and
cautions our Minister to oppose “ \T)e baite-
ful spirit of eiiiaiicipatioii, designed to bi-
introduced and propagated in the island
of Cuba.”
10th. Mr. Van Buren pleclgetl to use the
Veto'powe'r for the pepcluation ol Sl.irei'y.
Proof.-- See the letter of his Secretary
of State to the people of Georgia :
“The Veto Power !. the ark of si-.-fet_\
for the Southern States, us-.td for them.
it is impossible, while the equaility of Sen-
atoii.-il representation ieniains. and the
present relative proportion of the Slave
States is preserved, for the fl‘t'iiZ\' of‘
fanaticism, and the recklcs.-ness of asso-
ciated patty profligacy, to (listtirb our re-
pose, or iissail our fircsides, under the
sanction of Congressional eiiacinients.”
llth. Mr. Van tfiureii oppos d to l'reeini_r
the negroes taken on board the .'\|lIi$i'r|d.
Proof.—See evi-lence of his (iispt).-iliiitt
to send back these negroes to Slav'ei'y,
and‘ the earnest interposition of the Exec-
utive Departments to resist the course of
law for their relief. Vida Official and
Executive DuI'.uitiei‘ils, ‘lutli L‘-tiitgrcss, last
session, (IS5) pages 2%, ‘29, 39, 38, 55, 56,
57, &c. Soc. Lextt-is of the Secretary of
Suite, Mr, Forsytli, written under the
direction of the President;
1‘2tli. Mr. Vito Biireri against the circu-
lation of all letters, p=pers, and documents
of an .A.nti-Slaver-_v cliaract-er.
P'roof‘.-—-.~'ee his vote in.ta«vor’of the en-
grossment of the bill (Senate J'our-ital, lst
session ‘.Z4«th Congress, pages 399 and 4-90)
of which the f(lllU\\’iIl‘_' is the last section:
See. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the deputy postina-stei's of the office \\ here
the pamplilets, newspapers, hanilbills, or
any other printed pii—pei's-or pictorial rep-
resentations alores-aid, may arrive for de-
livery, shall, under the instructions of the
osttnaster eneral from time to time 0'iV(’
gotice of thg saute, so that they mayo be
tvitlidrarrn by the person \\ ho deposited
them origina-lly to be mailetl, and if the
same shall not be Wiil'l(ll‘£l‘\ n in one moiit.li
thereaft. r, [[7 they shall be burnt or oth-
erwise destroyed,”
So much-for “ the Northern man With
_Soutbern principles," whom Anti-Sl.-ivery
men how bug in their l-3tY"il)lt]t‘€‘l- But the
chapter ends not “ iii the -e twelve les-
sons,” tvhicli we advise Free Speech-inen,
Free Petition men,.Free Mail men, and
Free'Roil men, botlito read and inwardly
digest. Mr. Van Buren is very obnoxioiis
to the VVhigs,.no« man is uiore so, perhaps
in the whole.Union'.
13th. He was the supporter of Thomas
‘V. Dorr in his war upon-the chartei-,.coii-
ntitution, and people of Rhode Island.
Proof...--See his letter to the sympathi-
zers with-,Dorr, called to meet at Provi-
dence, dated September 4-, 1844-:
“ With no motive to look upon Gov.
L
, bought for the bauble of the Presidency.
Doii‘s case in any other than at) impartial
light, I am con-stiained to regard it as one
of oppression. iilike severe, humiliating‘
and unjust. 1 cannot. tliei'eiore, do other-I
wise than wish success, earnestly and sin-
cerely, to all efforts of the character you
have described, which may be made lor
his release, and I shall look fo.i\vard with
anxiety and hope to the happy moment
ivhen, through [their agency, backed by
the united sentiments of =._the Democracy
of the nation, he shall be restored to his
t
to piostrate touiiworthy, iituch lvlss (‘l’i’|l|'
. o ' V 5
iiial objects. M. VAN BUREL -
H-ih. He ‘as oypoeed to the‘_'l Oflff: of
18-1-2, and in favor of the 1* rec trade '18!‘-
itf of 1‘-‘L6.
Proof.—-
“Albany, Feb. 28th, IS-1-7.
“ My Dear Sir--l thank you very i.iiidly
for your friendly letter. l have at no time,
nor any where, hesitated to express my‘
decided approbation of the larill act ol
the last session, as wed in respect to the
principles on which it is founded, as to
its details. M.= VAN BUl{l*IN,'_’
15th. Hg was for a large standing
army.
Pi-oof.——See his message of Dec. ‘2,
1339, in favor of the 900,000 men, propo-
sed by .\-lr. Poinfctt, as Secretary ol War.
His words are:
“I cannot recommend too strongly to
your consideration the p=am_ subcittetfl py
that otiicer lor the oi'g‘aiiization 0 tie
militia of the United St.ites_”;_ _
16th. Mr. Van t$uien’s hostility to For-
eign Commerce. r
Prooi'.——I'lis agency in the famous Vi est
lndi-.t trade. It was the subyect oi hitter
deiiuticiatioiiat home. '1 lie London Her-
ald of the time reinarked of Van Boron‘.-
negotiation:
" It appears, indeed, pretty clear to us,
that Brother Joiiailiuii has been, for once,
overrtaclied by father Bult. who, as Mr.
Niles in his Register observes, liasaiiiiiett
a blow at the prosperity of the navigation
of the nation, and at the prosperity of the
State of New York.”
17th. Mr. Van Buren opposed to Pro-
tection and internal linprovemetits. _
l’root'—-Having been invited to attend
a meeting of his friends at the White
Sulphur Springs, Kentiicky, on the 11th
July, he wrote it long at-so er, ititciided lor
a catnpaigniiig document. In this, alter
freedom,iiiid to those p)'itical riglits which gentleinan.
_ , . T - a .
1 am persiiailed-’rt.'i.vas tie~’et' his intentioiitnever sale in the hands of inert who make
_-uti.-tied. 'l hey require the siirieiider of;
-ill opposition to Texas, and it is to he:
feared that this also will be sacrificed to
thetn. For instead of meeting half way‘,
the generous ft-cliiigs of lour-lilths of the}
people of the Free states, indignaiit at this‘
secret inantzuvre of John 'l'yler’s, the
[aegis-latures of at least three States
lriendly to Mr. Van Buren,.liiive coolly
deterniined in silence to wait the issue.
VVe were not disappointed in this result.
for we know the calciilatin: policy of that
The principles of liberty a-re
at trade of public :ifIiill'S. Mr. "Van Buren
must be judged by his preceding course,
taken as a wliole—and from that let’ no
man delude himself with the belief that
he is lixed to aiiytliiiig but his owti inlet‘-,
est."-—pit_r__z'e 4+. l
Again, on page 4-7, he says ; _
“And in CUl.$ltit-_‘fi7lg what dangers are
mo.-t to be apprelieiided, we have very
reluctairly been driven to the conclusion,
that the must imiiitncrit of them springs
fi‘o'.n the cold and tciiuporiziug policy of
.\-Ir. V.-in Burch, and his orgriiiizatioii of
from the fact that the opposition to the
iweiity tirst rule of the House» of Repre
his fflvlitls has been basely abandoned,
nor yet from the fact that thtee Legislat-
tures ot the great States of New York,
Pt‘[ltl.\'yl\':I[)i2l, and Maiiie, lriciidly to him,
have distinctly refused to express even an
opinion against the policy of annexing
Tex.-is; nor yet from the lact that a New
iampshire Senator, of his party, has ex.
pressed himself friendly to that policy;
nor yet from the fact that the influential
ii ess of the democratic party in the (‘ice
States, uith it few exceptions, is tithe.-
silent or friendly to it; nor yet from ‘the
i:ic.t that many of those who are the me,-i
violent against Great Britain in Congress,
HDUUT the Oiegon 'I‘€l'l‘ll()l‘_\', are a-[n()n;_r
most active of his patty, and are ill:-it)
play inu‘ into the hands of the Texans. We
say that we do not draw our inference
from any one of these facts bfitself, but
by puttinr_r them all together tie deem it
irresistible. The principles of liberty, the
hopes of peace-, and‘ t.f ati honest adniin—
is-tration, are not safely to be trusted in
the hands of men who mnl,-e a trade of
politics—wlio hargaiii one Illllsg‘ against
anotliei—ani‘l who are linally ready to sell
having covertly abused all his prcdec §$‘J'I'b
in odice, he says:
“ A web more artfully contrivctl, coin
posed of a high protective Tariff, a S) stem
of liiteriial lniproveineiits, and a Natioiiat
Bank, was then twined around the s|eepiii_«_»
giant in the vain hope of sol-jecting him
forever to the doinitiioii and ‘Will of the
ambitious and gl't1.<pltl_f_T few; and you
have seen how he has scattered the whole
to the winds, Wi]‘eu roused by the wartiing
voice ol the honest and intrepi-.i Jackson.”
And yet, there was it time when Mr.
Van buieit was in favor of a National
Bank, as there was a time \\ hen be was
opposed to gciicial so-tli-rige, to De--iti
Clinton, to Mauisoii, ai.d to the El ie Canal.
B-ll‘:
Finally. Mr. Van Buren is where /ie /1115
ever been 2:.//on t/ic qll(‘.Sli0Il. of b‘/uver_z/.
Proul.——:>‘ee. his letter ol June :10, I848
to the Utica Uoiiveiitiuii, in which he
says: I
The extent to which I have stistained it
(Slaw;-i'y,) in the \'ai'ioti~.-s public .-tatioiis 1
(little occupied, ate kiiowii to the country.
1 was at that time awaie that l went further
in this respect than my best liieiids coulu
approve. Bot deeply pciictrated with the
coiivictio-ii that Slavery was the only sub-
_]t'(:L which could endanger our b.cssoii
Union, I v. as detertnincd that no effort on
my part, within the pale of the Coiisiitu
tiou, should be wanting to sustaiii its coni-
proniises as they were tlien understood,
and it is now a source of consolation to
use, that l [‘lH'bUt d the course I then adopt-
ed. ”“ ”“ Wliilst the candidate of my
fiiciids for the I’resideocy,l (llSl.ltl(!ll_\
aiiiiouiit-ed my opinion in lil\i'UI‘ ot the
potier of Congress to abolish S.avei'y in
District of Columbia, although I was ior
reasons which were then, and still are sat-
isfactory to my niind, uecidcdly opposed
to its e.\ercisi- there.”
If any Whig, or '-my Free Soil man,
can vote for Mr. Van Buren after this, his
political stomach must be of forty horse
power, and capable of digestiiig any thing
between at “ .‘tliddlc l’assage” of stolen
Africans to a Buffalo Coiiventioii inade tip
of the other extreme of ultra men of all
colors and shades of opinion-, where the
picture was
Bla-;:k spirits and white,
B tic spirits and gray,
Mingle, iiiiiigli--., niii:gle—
You that mingle may .' I
In conclusion we give the ibilowing portraits
of Mr. Van Bureii—-the first drawh by C. -F.
Atdains, the Van Bureti candidate for Vice
Presidctit, and the last‘ by the late John Quincy
Adan'is-.-
From 0. F. Adams’ Texas Pamphlet, I844.
“ There are many ways in A-merit-a to
arrive at the saute result. If one fails,
anntlier will be tried. Money, promises,
bribes, threats, will be used, bargains will
be made, and the end of it will Be, that
unless they interfere wi.h a voice of thun-
der to prevent it,.the people of the Free
States wills: be sold,.iind Tevas will be
Even now, there is living on-the binks
of the Hudson river. an individual, the
chief merit. of whose political life is to be
_fonnrl in the fact that he, as President of
the United States, refused to negotiate a
treaty like that which John Tyler now
proposes. The recollection ofthat act at.
this time, wetglis heavily against him and
his hnpes'_'ni" again reaching the station
which helust. He has, thl'l)tl_Q’ll his friends,
bargainedaway much that the Free States
deem valiiable, the right of petition,
the ‘protection of home industry, the
every ll.-ing, hither no‘ to gain pussessitin
of power.”
John Q. Ac/izm.9' O1-2z'n.='/nr If .-‘i1.'.zi'ti'ii. T2172 B.’..')'C?Z.
live find the following’ pregiiaiit ]i';ISStl_Q8
in John Quincy Ail.iiris' Address in his
Constitueiits, delivered at Braintree no
longer ago than September, lb‘-1-‘Z. It isa
perfect epitome of the adiniiii.-traiion of
‘itartiii Van Buren. Mr. Adams said :——-
“ \\ hen the flbtllllitin prlnciplcg began
to iiitiltiply. some forty bale theorist tirade
the (ii.-?co\e.y that (Ioii;_»i-esi.-, \\’i_!Le_\;l)re_~s
power to exercise ext-lo;-ive legi_-lniim. in
a l cases wliatei er over the Lii.-tiirt, hiid
yet no power to abolish slavery; and ll:l\'--
mg no such power, the people had no
right to petition Congress for any.-1|,;,,g
which Congress had no power to gi~;i..i,;
and so conclusive was this logic south ol
tlu.-on and Dixon's line, that wlie-,, -,\].-_
Van Bnreii, as a .\"'ort/tern 712::-ii wit/i. Foul/i
er/i p/'I'iiC2',n/es". became tl caiidiilatc for the
siicize.-sion to the I-)t‘c.-'itleiic_\', he \\':ts
especially catecliiserl for his opinion “pm,
this point, and he an-wci'eil the iiiqvirv by
it comprouiise. llc lll()lTQlti. it not qiuiile
s.ife to deny the power of Coiigress, but
ktl heid that the excise of the ipo“.-er of
Congress, but he held that the excise ol
the power was as much interdictcd as if
it did not exi.-t—and lie faitlifullv prom-
iscd a veto, if, while he shuultl Pi-esi.
«lent, iiiajorities of both Houses of Coiig_rr+-ss
-lionld p:ISSlfll‘| abolition act. On iliednilce
of this and other acitliiiiated pledges, Mr,
Van Buren was elected by Soothe”. vows;
and with the auxiliary force of the North-
vrn Deiiiocriicy, the Southern sectional
,olicy becaine the supreme law of the
land. The right of petition was suppres-
.-‘ed——iiiternal improvenieiit was arrest.-rl
—tiie maniifacttiring interest was oiitlawcd
—-the public lands were devoted in items
Latino and waste —«and the States stiinii
l-xtfifl by floods of spiirintis currency in
incur biirdcnsoiiie debts for their own im
proveincnts, are stripped of the funds from
which tlicy had a right to expect the
nieaus of tnakinr_r their paytnents, and are
ilriren to the desperate resource of repu-
(llilll()fl.”
The man who brought all these evils
upon the coinitry i-s now recommended
for the sii-fi’i-irgesigf Wl~.i<_:s ! 1! And t-,,.0,,,,ht
forward. too in the face of the fact that
there iS’HOllliU,'-2‘ in any of his receiit let-
ters“ which need prevent his pursuing the
same career again. For our part, we be-
lieve with Gen. Harrison, Ill:-it “ ti better
_o_ruaraiiI_v for the correct coiidiict of it Chief
illaigistraie may be found in his character,
aud lll8'('()ttl'S8 of his foimer life, than in
pledges and opinions given doting "the
peiidency of a doubtful contest.”
Salem Regi's.'er.
The contractors on the H. R». Railroad
on tlie_sei-tion running through l-‘o-rgh.
keepsie, gave "P lheir contract aweek or
two since, being unable to complete the
work at the prices which they proposed,
Hydrophobia is now defying the whole
medical faculty of Philadelphia. They
have consulted and prescribed in vain for
Mr. Cornelius Weeks, who is stimariyig
from the disease at the Hospital. All that
medical skill could do‘ has been done,
without the least benefit.
Bolters.-—Tlie venerable Samuel F. Wil-
son, E.-q., of Indiana, a noted Democrat :
and Gen. Anderson of l'enoessee,fotinerly
Lot-ofoco United States Senator have
come out stnutly for Zach Taylor.
freedom of speech, and indeed, almost
every other security" to liberty, for the
t!ttl{l9'(if“itls.~‘Ul'lng, 'h"i-in-self of the support of
the SootheriiStatca.'_-, T’-trey are not yet
The Army orders have assizned Gen.
VVinfield Scott to the command‘ of the
Eastern Division of the Army, and Gen.
’ extent only were effcted.
lcoinpleting the harv zst.
political trianiigt-inciit in the Free Statcs.:
And we draw this interference .not increlyl
seiiiaiites, llttldtn so laate iii the day, byyemh,e, suppnes “in now in ,.mm mm,
I;Plcll8t'-,.S£'(-}tItl)l‘- Lorwin. Caleb B. Smith _
of land. and Col. Jiiines (follier of Ohio are gives 0”“ ‘"1 °’“’e”e"t idem“ the gmlnd 0"”
advertised to he pres-eiit at a grand B-'tl- : Whlcll ‘he Ame"
hectic at Hamilton, Ohio, got up in honor
.1,-’orc‘igt1 Nrnsa. ~ lg
Al'i‘iV'Ili‘0i' the Cambrian.
T/tree dgys later from Europe.
The V st’eamship Canribria, Captain :I'I:ll'-, —
.,-i5on,arrived at Boston, Friday foreiioo '
it
last, having sailed from‘ Liverpool on the,
23d ult.
There had been but little or no change‘.
in the condition of trade since the depar-'
ttire of the Heriiianit. The cotton inarltet
was steady, though sales to a tiiodcra'e-
Prices exhibit
The at-.-.-ouiits from the man-
,,f;;,-iiiring‘ distiicts were rather more
gloomy. Motley coiitii'iued pleiitiiiil, and-
could be obiaiiied on easy and moderate
terms. I ;
The weather coiitinties favorable for‘
'l be great bulkl
of the harvest had been secured.
tio change.
NOl’tWALK GAZETTE.
Yflcdncsday, October ll‘. ES-18.
FOR PR.ESlDl’.i'\"l‘
ziiiiitait virtue, of I.iittisir..ar.l
-—_..j.
"FOR VICE PRESIDENT -
PdILLi'iE?iE‘ FILLMEQRE, of New
F)T‘§iz"‘.§§§E3EN'I:"H.'-'iL F.§.EC'E‘0tE§S.
THOMAS S. \Vl|.l.|:‘\.\lS. of Ii'iit‘tl'ord.
'l'lI0.\‘l-\S \V. V\7ll..l.l.-'\;'\iS, of New Loiidoti.
S0}.“;.\-‘ION 0L;\lS'I‘l“.}\D, of East Haitl'iirtl.
F.Bl“.NEZl7.l{ JACKSON. of Miililletottit.
JOHN M‘CLl“.l.L.~\N. of \Voodstocl(.
‘JOSHUA B. FIERRIS. of Stauiloid.
The Dsttfct-est:-e.
I (it-‘P.ll‘| a state ofpi-aee to be. ah.-olutcl_v note-'.-‘ai‘_v
ite. the proper and heaitlifitl action ofoiir rcpublictiii _
E_V"".V; day cO_“fi'.m_“' the limit or “'9 ex.iillSl_illlll()llS.——GI'll_. Tiiylor.
U3"-5”'° "95lf‘”'-“"” “T the “"9 _"f l’°“'S"“5: The liearts of the people must be prepared for
tlir0ti,_-hunt Ireland, and a portion oflytig-' \V:|l'.'—Gt£|1. Cass.
land and Scotland. The reports of the
harvest on the.continetit continue to be
favorable.
As all danger of ab interruption of the
_C(Hl'|lI|(‘l"(‘C of the Baltic and Noitli Sea is
linow tint-quivocally postponed till Marci‘.
‘next, it is more _tliari probable that consid-
iquarter. The st-art-it.y of food in Ireland
it. is feared will be very great.
The Queen had not returned from Scot-
land.
Lord J.-iliii Bentick died suddenly of
apoplexy on the 22d.
'l he Biitannia arrived at Livcipool on
the evening of the 39th.
With the failure of the potatoe crop,
which seems now to be admitted to be
one of the most extensive character, ag-
gravate-d by the failure. of the fisli9t'l:*S,
the prospects of Ireland are most deplora-
ble.
Affairs in I“:‘ace appear to he apro:ii'hin_,q
it crisis. Gen. Cavaigiiac is fast losing
his poptilarity, and the confidence of his
friends, An outbrealt in Paris was daily
apprehended, and strin,qent inilitary pre-
i-aitiioiis ti ere made. Gen. Cavigiizic non
finds he has to throw liimself into the
arena of the Red Republicans, the same
iiien whom he has shot by tl’ioii.-aiids in
the streets, and trsiisported by liiiiidreds
The Qciieral coiitic.ion was, that ii
Pritice Louis Napoleon madc no false step,
he would be elected |'i'esidi:t.
The--e had been -etious distiirbanccs at
\' ientia. The ;opnlai-c bad extortcd so.‘
prisiiig coiicessioiis lion. the .'tlinistei'.
The Austrians and Pietliiiiiiiicse arc
both eager to renew the ‘Jill’, but it was
liardly thought hostilities would commt-nc.
at preseiit.
The bomhardinciit of Me.-.sina was oi
the most tlcvastating cli.-iracter. The plun-
der. btrrniiig and blood.-lied, that had ta
l\'L‘l’l‘plilL'tf, were almost uiiexainplcd.
C'on_firma/ion of the lmrniig qfllie S clim-
iioat (z'o/z'iz..’i qn Lu/re 1.-uron. -A it‘]lt't
trom l3-uflalo; iltttetl Sept. 30, says the sup
posed loss of the steam propeller Gofiuh,
on Lake jliuron, hence from the apple.
Lake:-, is believed here to be fully con-
lirtzicd. Rciiiniitits of a \\'l‘t‘(‘.i\’ liiiviu_-_-
seiitbiaiice to the Golian, lime been dis
covered on the Canadian shore of Lulu
Huron; :iiid the beliel iiiiirersally prevails
that the vessel took fire, and there being
a large quaiitity of 'gtiiipowder i.ii board,
the (lestrtictioii of the vessel must iH.I\('
been completed‘ by the expl-zisioii ol the-
powdet‘. ,
The charred wreck of.a larg:-2 propelei
was driven asliore at Pine l’t. above Good-
rich, Caiiaila \Vest, oti Wcilni-sday, Sept.
‘.27. A yawl boat-' also came -.lSllUl’e, but
it was not at all burned. while tiiaiiy ol
the wooden lit)xipS by wliii,-.l'i the sails were
ruri up and down, appr;*tirc-I to have been
c-. t with an axe. Three ltniitlrctl barrels
offlour, with on iinmciise quantity of can-
dles in boxes, and boxes of raisins, keg.-
of blasting powder‘, pzicked in oats, to
gather with inany yther articles of mer
:-liancise, all bearing the evidencas of hav-
ing been shipped on board the Uoliah,
were also pit-.li'ed tip along the shore.-
.\-'lany of the packages were directed to
the Smit St. Marie, and the Medea Mining
Company. -
The timbers of the wreck that came
asliore, had the appearance oi having been
l()t‘IT: asunder.‘
As yet no human-bodies have been found
an-d it is supposed that all on board were
saved.
One .'i.'i'//ion and it /in/f of Piufl/2-C Doc-
umenls.—lt is a matter of boast. with the
Loco General Committee, that they have
fr.-inked more than one million and a half
of public documents since the opening of
the campaign. The cost of this has bcen
paid by the whole people, and the rates
of postage are kept tip by the expense
which this abuse imposes upon the Post
Uflice Department. A Senator in ljoiigress
tiori, devote their whole time to this bus-
liiiess, and although Mr. Polk can disini:-:sg
an officer for making a Barnburner speech,
he sullers his s-ubordinates,iinder his owii,
eyes to neglect all their official duties inf
favor of the demands whicli the party‘
niakes upon tlicm.—Et-press.
Powder Jlli/l I?.1z_plo.-'z'on-——-\Ve l: urn,‘
front the Springfield Republican, that the:
grainiiig mill of the Messrs. Hazard’s
powder works at Eufield, Ct. exploded
with _a tr: mcedons report, about half past,
nine o’.cloc , Sunday evening '.-'''he mill}
was in operation, but no person was in it
at the time. The amount of loss cannot,
be very great. The expiiisliin was heard
doors and windows very ilistiactly.
t
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Great Spcak2'ng...—~Ff-enry Clay, Gov.-
Zacbary 'l‘:a;;lm- to-than Western.»
.,ot'- Cori=rin.-
and two high officers of the '¢'l(TtltlllI.\’[l'il-.
l The principles of our GtiVI‘t‘l1mt't)l. as well a- its
ilrllt’ policy. are opposed to the sitii_ii,i_;5iitioii ofotlier
ii:itioiis_ and the di.-'im=,iiibei'iiie.iit ct" other coiiiitrii-.s
by coiiqttcst.—-Taylor.
VVe might swallowlthc whole of Mexico without
being hurt by il.—C«tsS.
were alwavs .V‘llL'Ct'.t.’tll'li by l'ocling.-t of pni1.'ll-‘ll|'- SUF-
row and pain: and his iliegreatcstglory who would
lcriiiiiiate it —Taylor.
This (Mi-xicaii war) has awalti,-tied the old conn-
lries of Europe to it sense of our g,'i'e:itiii-s.-.—Cass.
I must go into the presidential chair the. liifiexilile
and iiiicotiiproiiiisiiig opponent of i-\'ci'y attempt.
mi the part all ,Coiig.es--, to almlisli .\'l:ivei'_v iii the
District ol'Coluinbia, tlgillllsi lllt’. wislies oftlic slave.-
holding States; and al.-o with adetortiiiiiiiiiotiequally
(lt’Ci(lPll to re.-i.-t the .-liclite-".iiitt-rl'ei't-iice with it. in
the States where it exists —Vaii Biircii
If General 'l'a_\'lnris eh-cted, he will do more to
slavery, than an;.' other man the \Vliigs can elect.
‘ John Q. Adaiiis.
Tlierelisl to be a grand MASS MEET—
ING oftlie \Vliigs of Old Fairlield County at
Danbui-_v, on \-Vedncsday next. Some big
guns will be fired on that occasion.
E§?Tlie TVliius of Darien are to have a
grand rally on Frlday evening next.
Local Matters.
The store iifour right liatld neighbor, Capt.
night; last, and iubhcd ofabotit scveii dollars in
The i'o;;ui-s clicctcd their entrance tlirotigli it
real‘ Wiiiilow. lltlVll:""l)l'ttliGll a patio ofglass and
:_.hoved the spring.
_.,,[,3,-0,-i 1,,”-,1 for i.lieh- booty. and as the Cdpltlill
zissttrc-s its that he ltiiows who tliey -‘Ht’. ll W7”
not be a very profitable job in the end. He
oll'ers liowovcr, iftliey are tlisposcd to return
the propeitytaketi, to save them from a public
expose.
t't)lli'S6 would be ptirsticd, and the i'ascal_s re-
ceive the full benefit oftlic law.
lock to the-ir iiistciiittgs. .
dZ‘si-ovei'ed to be on fire last: evening, in the tip-
pcr loft, lint was soon cxtiiigiiislietl by the
promt cxcrtious of our flrenicti. Had it occur-
red a few l'ioui's.”l:itci' or not have been discov-
ered at the tiine. the alarm wa: given, it must
b ill tons.
cessftil cffoi-is iiiiide by Mr. Clai‘l<, in the sci-
e.iiceofteacl‘iiiig. Our schools‘ are justly it inat-
to them again.
Our Free. Soilers had (a la'r,ce and enIhusi-
izslic meeting.’ .’ I) at the Town Hall. lilst “VH5”
ing. \Vo shall not; attempt to entiiiierate this
titiio, for fear of giving olfence in certain quar-
tors, but; simply rcfcr our recent Van Butcn
converts, to the " Platform,” which Mr. Van
Spring was “a source of consolation" to him.
him ifyou can.
tlie'Eiiglislibai'lt L. I. Stuart, with 200 pass-
etigeis, was st'i‘andcd on the South beach of
Long lsland,——passengers all saved, bark at total
loss.
:1? “Te regret: that we are obliged to defer
,the spceclies of (ion. Taylor. and Gt-.0.-go
l \Vashingtoii Custis, from the shades of Mount;
? \"erno‘ii.
kept overone week longer.
if?‘ Our Tawn Elections show a» net \Vliig‘
gain of several towns.
-5-?’ \Ve. have rcceiveda reply to Ca pt. Rey-
nold's Card. As it'conies without ariy,t'cspoii-
authority is itiade knotvii to us’.
5?’ W70 wotild—refei' our i'eiidei"s to the adv,
ofli. Trezit, Dagtici'i=i'an.
the best we liiive ever seen. Give him a call.
His pictures are
E?‘ Tlie'stoi’iii of last week \V“.lS very exten-'
ded. doing great datiiitge to sliippiiig.
E3?‘ The guns from ;\Iarylaiid, Georgio. and,
E2? 'l‘aylor’s Ca iiipiiigns in Mexico are well-
worth seeing in these. political times. ‘The.
\Ve coin-
icaii itrniy passed.
mend the panoraiiias to the attention of our‘;
readers visiting N. Y. l
T} 0 joy and cxiillatioii of the greatest victories-
citrh the spirit ol'coitq'=e.st. and check the spirit of
Penna} er, was biii'glai'otisl_v el'll.el'0(i on Sunday
motley and some small wines of little: Vtlluc.
The scoi.iidi‘cls aittst have
\Vere it our case, it more ‘ stringent‘
\Vottld it not be well for our business men to
The Button factorv ol'Mi'. Aloiizolsalicl Was
have piovcd a most di.-tructivo coiiliagiiitioii.
is it was. this diinirige was cotiipai'ativcl_vsiiiall.
The fire seeitis to have 0l’i';{llltllt‘.(l in some mati-
iicr front a small stove used in jappitiiiiig thi-
\Ve;liave quite. an extended account? of flit‘
extiitiiiiiitioti and cxibitioii of Mr. \Viii. Clait'k’s
S('.l]U()l0ll Friday afteriionii last, which we re-
grct our limits will not. permit us to piibli.-Ii.-—
Too inuch cannot be sitid in praise of the suc-
ter ofboast and we shall t.al~;e occasion to refer
Boron has erected, and which as late as last
Read it candidly, impartially, and than s\\'allt.w
C? A correspondent informs of the loss of
Tliey won’t spoil however,‘ by being
#4‘
For (lie ‘Gazrtte. ta
Mi-:ss'as. E‘DI'l‘0RS.-—".I‘T]e following commu-'
nication addressed to me, by Capt. Burr Nash;
from I’i"o'vidcnce Island, will doubtless interest
must, if not all of your readers.
The extremely narrow, mid Providential es’-‘
cape oftlie Capt. and his crew, cannot fail to?
:be it matter of congrattiliitonittnong their fi'ieud§
,ttud while we dc-qgly syiiipailzlze with them, on’
IHCCOUM 0fll1cii‘lcss and sttffei'iiigs———tve greatly’
‘i'ejoico,tliat f.icy did not all find a tv:r1’ei'y grave.-'
Yours .- 5:0.’ .A‘.I}:l
Nassau. I’rovidencc Island, Sept, 1343.
My Dear Friend.—I’artly to gt-niifyv you,
whom I know to be fond of the ex(._'m.,,,,,,m of ,,
,sea voya‘_ge.-, and partly to hegiilc the time of my
Sm)’ 0? Y-MS Dltlcf’-. I have coiicltidcd to nai'i'at.e
,the ndvontti'ros, and mishaps of my passage
hither. I may as well here say, that New
,P|'0\’l(lCllCP, or Nassau, is it small town,si:iiate.(f
.0ii Providence. Isliitid. foriniiig the Smith, whilo
Abbiro forms the North side of Providence
Cliannol tlirottgh which vessels pass in going
into our ports, situated on ihe Bay. or Gulfof
Mexico, and belongs to the Englisli Govern-
ineztr.
\Vell then, to begin, we sailed from Phil-
zirlelpliin, bound for Mobile. on Friday, Augiisl‘.
18th \Ve had a pleasant. run down the River
and Bay, and took our departure from Cape
H“”l"l"’" Sill-Ul‘fl=\)'. sun at Meridiiin, with the
wind veering i0 E. ltiinving heavy‘ and
liringing us to close reefod sale with it heavy
rolling sea.
Siiiiday 20th the wind blowing hard. and the
flying jib rcquiriiig cu extra “gaskeL" two of tny
men went out to passit, when she made it heavy
plunge. carrying the jib boom under water. and
also the two men who were upon it, one of
whom losing his hold, was washed overboard.
l seized the “life rope" lint before we could
tlS(Z8l'ftll!] his \’\'llel'€2tll70l1lf, lie was out of our
I ordered the helm “hard a lee” to
luck the Vessel. at the same time threw over
rest ch .
differi-tit. olijects, that would buoy him up, but;
all in vain. The poor fallow know noi bow to
swim, and before we could do any thing to save
him, he sank to rise no more, until "the sen
shall give up her dead.”
Again we resuincd our course, not without
a tea I‘ of sorreiv, for the uiitiiiit-.l_v eiid~'of one of
our crew. You can liardly realize the lonely
But on
we dashed, the wind itici'ca*.~itig to it gale, niglit
cztnic on, and we being in the Gulf stream off
Cape [-lattenas. were obliged to “.s.7.'u(.” llt'i(il(.‘l'
the head ofotir forc-s.-iil ; while tho storm ra-
i'oi~li::gs ofa crew on such an Occasion.
get‘, lashing old ocean into fonin, giving it the
iippoimiiii.-e of a sea of fire, while the ligliiniiig
and tliundcr. add:-d to the terilic gi'tiiiileui'of
the scene. It won'd have been a beautiful
riglit c inld you have bclielzl our vessel “likh it
tlifng oflifo” dashiiig onward tlirougli the bowl-
itg teinpcst, leaving it ltiuiinous pathway be-
hind her. '
Tli-7 tnoriiiiig r.-amn——tlie wind abati=.d—and
we coiitiiilied our course. Nothing unusual
o::ciii'i'ed, until S:tl'lll'(ltly the ‘24th, when we be-
-u-p
ing in lat‘. 2:) no it came. on to blow very hard
froin the ezistwiird. witliviolent llll.1ll(lel'Sq.l.1.'illS
-\l 4 P- M’ We made Ilarbor lslanil, a.nd spoke
the Sclir. I‘12ll‘l‘l6l ft-om‘ Hiilifiix, aiidnlscr a Brig
ii-out Boston, (both of whom were wrecked‘.
\Vi,-. held oitr wind and stood N. \V. by \V. fog‘
‘lie “ Hole in the Wfall,” and ran until 8 o'clock,-‘
when we hove-to, under Cl().~'(*.-l‘(‘.(‘lf‘9(]’:l])iliDSfliii'
Sunday, 25th. At (lily-liieiilt,‘ disco‘/'ered a
\Ve"
made sail. andstcutl 'm'fci' Royal ls'laiids',' tiiliicli‘
large sqti:ii‘o-i-iggctlvessel to the lec";viii'd;
having made. we kept of? and run down the"
land. leaving it on our larboard hand, and took
VVe had but; ha nd-I
somely cleared away the land,—licfore a sud-all
.-:ti'uck us fi'otn'tlic S. E., with gi‘eiit'vidletic'e——-
evei'_ytliing wearing the appearance ofa hurri-
our dcpititui-‘e from them.
ciiiie. At this time our sitiiatfoii wits anything:
but plcasatit——the weatlier so thick as to pre-
Vetit'()ul‘ seeing any dlstance—the open sea on
one side, and Keys Slioals and Rocks to the
lceirzii-rl, our only chance beingto carry sail uti-
til we could get into shoal Water, on the Bahtt-'
ina Banks. At this time our situation wits be-
coming morc and more desperate, being obliged
to c:ii'ry sail beyond what, uiidei' ordiniiry cir-
cttin tances, would have been the height of
raslinoss, and expecting every moment to see
our sails torn in ribbons. I was at: length obli-
ged to give the order to take in the head sai"s.
and lieavc-to under st-oi'in‘-i'ect"cd mainsail. The
it wits all iiiipoi-_taiit: that our liead-sails were
snugly stowed it-way; but; nota man would ven-
t‘ui'e, altltougli Ir offered to load the way. At
length they saw that I would go alone, and ral-
lied to my assistance, and we succeeded in furl-
itig tliejib. I did not-so tnuch blame them. as
they had alreridy seen one of their number pe-
rish, in securing the flyiiig-jil). Everything be-
ingdone to make a " sting ship," we were now
to wait the will of Heaven, hoping the gala’
would abate. It was now blowing it hurricane.
and any attenipt to describe it is in vain. You
fsible M11119-i'""€] We‘ctItmot: publish it until the" must have seen it to t'rnme'an adequate idea (f
its fut'y—tlie sea rising to it feiiifiil height, and
yet so short, that the vessel seemed to hang on
the side ofa fearful precipice, while the yawn-
iug abyss tlireateiietl to engulph us. Anon, we
would seem to be hanging in niid-air. This was
attended with squalls so heavy as to flatten the
sea, blo\\'in,<.', the crested tops into the trough,
and looking as I have seen it look atiern severe
snow storm, when tlie diiftiiig snow filled the
in Sl""'.‘-3: em ‘ll5ll"".ll.\"»'“'l‘-I ll Slmuli ll“? eV""‘Fl°"l_d"v“"'9 5“'l’“g f0" ‘he >‘-.’°°d °ld °"”s"‘ ‘till’. At. these times we could st!.D0lllltlg but
the dI'iil.ing spray. I now felt it. my duty, and
according y I called my crew together in the
scenery is said to he faitlifiilly i'epi'esetited, and -°“bl"~ “"“J f°““"ll.V ¢°"'"'ll“’d °""5“iV¢‘5 10 the
mercy of Heaven, Nota word was uttered,.
but by the one who led the devotions ol that lit-
tle band. This being done, each one was lefrtci
his-own reflections. W's hadreasoa to-believe-‘
sea was'so'bad, that slio‘la_v very broad ofi, mid '
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