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IT All I/fters on business must be pest raid.
Going! Going!! Going!!!
General Zachary Taylor at last has been
forcedto array himself in party plumes, and is
now stamped’as a Whig who is to be beaten in
November next, by those who love the consti
tution. Study his Allison Letter, and his con
demnation appears in every line. Read his no
larty feelers—and down with tne Whigs will
>e the conquering cry.—South Carolinian.
Another Voice.
Since the above was in type we have receiv
ed the Hamburg, (South Carolina) Republican,
of Wednesday. The names of CASS and BUT
LER are at die head of its columns. A signi
ficant sign, besides the editorial articles which
we will notice hereafter. •
The Boat Horn.
BY MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM O. BUTLER.
0, boatman! wind that horn aj>ain,
For never did tl e list'run* air
Upon its lambent bosom b ar
fci wild, so soft, so sweet a strain!
Whit though thy not A s are sad and fow,
By every simple boatman blown,
Vet is every pulse to nature true.
And melody in every tone,
flttv oft, i n boy hood’s joyous di y,
Unmindful of the lapsing hours,
I’ve loitered on my homeward way
By wild Ohio’s brink of flowers,
While soTTio lone boatman ffom the deck
Poured his soft numbers to that tide,
As if to chirm from storm and wreck
The boat where all his fortunes ride!
D.'light^d nature drank the sound,
Enchanted... Echo bore it round
In wbi'P *M soft and softer still,
From hill to plain and plain to hill,
Till e’en thot^jugtless frolic boy
Elate with hope, and wild with joy;
Who gambolled by the river’s side.
Aid sport d with the fretting tide,
Feels somethin? new pervade his breast,
Chingo his light stop, repress his jest,
Bend? o’ r the flood his eager ear
Tftcitch the sounds far off, yet dear,
Drinks the sw'ef draught, but knows not why
The tear of rapture fills his eye,
Ami can he now to manhood grown,
T<*11 why those notes simple and lone
A^onthe ravished ear th-y fell,
Bind every s nse in magi : spell,
There is a Tide of ‘eeling given
To all on firth, its fountain Heaven,
B'ginning with the dewy flower,
Jui? nie’d in Flora’s vernal bower...
ni«ing creation’s orders through
With I mi Vr murmur, brighter hue...
That tide is sympathy! its ebb and flow
Give life its hues, its joy and wo.
Af isic. tip master spirit that can move
l*s waves to war,or lull th n m into love...
Can cheer the sinking sailor’mid the wave,
AnJ hi 1 the sailor on ! nor fear the grave —
Inspire th 1 fainting pilgrim on his road,
An I elevate his sOul to claim his God.
Tlrn boatman! wind that horn again!
Though much of sorrow marks its stain,
Yet are it* notes to sorrow dear;
What though they wake fund memory’s tear!
Tea’s ar > sad memory’s sacred feast,
And rapture oft her chosen guest.
IIoif to Treat a Wife.
‘"First, get a wife”—secondly, be patient;
you may have great trials and perplexities in
war business with the woild, but do not there
fore carry to your home a clouded or contract
ed brow; your wife may have had trials, which,
*Wfi of less magnitude, may have been as
hard to bear. A kind, consoling, and tender
look, will do w onders in chasing from her brow
*11 clouds of gloom; yoar difficulties are in the
open air, fanned by Heaven’s cool breezes, but
Jour wife is often 'shut up from these healthful
influences, and her health fails and her spirits
lose their elasticity: but bear with her, she has
Jnals and sorrows to which you are a stranger,
which your tenderness can deprive of all
tjxir anguish. Notice kindly her little atten
tions and efforts to promote your comfort. Do
•jot take it all as A matter oFcourse and pass
^ hy, at the same time being being very sure
to notice any omission of what you may con
sider her doty to you. Do not treat her with
^difference if you would not sear and palsy
h? r heart, which watered by kindness, would to
tw latest day of your existence,*!hrob with sin
cere and constant affection. Sometimes yield
Jour wishes to hers; she has preferences^as
« yon, and perhaps it Is just as trying
10 her to yield her choice as to you. Do you
•Jot find it hard to yield sometimes? Think
.Too it is ^ hard for her to give up always?
" yoa never yield to her wishes, there is danger
^ ®l )e will think you are selfish, and care only
yourself, and with such feelings she cannot
*° ve you as she ought Again, show yourself
•j*. 80 that your wife can look op to you
^ fcel that yoa will act nobly and that she
^ confide in your judgment.
[A Friend to the Ladies.
Antidote to Poison.
A correspondent of the London Literary
*»tte, alluding to the numerous cases of death
2* accidental poisonings, and particularly the
Uncholy fate of the late royal acadi
• r ’ Owen, adds, “I may venture to affirm there
*carco even a cottage In this country that
- p. ot contain an invaluable, certain, and
A Voice again from the Banner.
The Palmetto State Banner of Columbia,
South Carolina, received by last evening’s mail,
has the following editorial article:
mb. yancey’s tlatform.
If the question were to be put to any Southern
slaveholder, of plain practical common sense,
whether he would prefer that the introduction
of slavery into the Territories should be left to
the people of such Territories, and the progress
of emigration denying to Congress all jurisdic
tion or right to interference with the subject, or
that we should resort to Congress to protect us
in our rights in the Territories, and thus to yield
the point of jurisdiction over the subject matter,
we apprehend there would be no hesitation in
saying to Congress—“hands off—leave this
matter to us—if we cannot manage it to our
satisfaction, yours is the last tribunal on earth to
which we would resort We fear no flimsy
territorial law—if the soil and climate are suit
able for slave labor, slavery will be introduced,
in spite of any enactment which may be made on
the subject by any miserable Mexican and In
dian Legislature, which may convene in the Ter
ritories. We have less fear of the people of the
Territories than we have of Congress—all we
ask of you, is to let slavery alone.” Would not
this be the reply which reason, experience and
common sense would dictate ? And is not this
the position of the Democratic party and their
nominee? What more couldw T edesire? Near
ly all the delegates from the Southern States
were w illing to place the rights of the South up
on the platform of total non-interference laid
down by the convention.—Has Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, a
large portion of Alabama, Tennessee, and Ark
ansas, no interest in this question ? and shall we
separate from them upon an issue, which, as a na
tional question, either has no meaning at all, or
involves a dangerous concession of Southern
rights ? Grant that the people of the Territories
have no right to decide the question of slavery
within their borders, to whom shall wc look for
redress, in case they should undertake to exclude
slavery ? Shall it be to Congress ? If we car
ry our case before that tribunal, and thus yield
the point of jurisdiction, will we not he bound
to abide by their jurisdiction ? And who that
has observed the proceedings of that body in
years past, can hesitate to believe that that de
cision would be against us ? For ourselves, we
prefer to keep this out of Congress altogether,
and leave it to the energy, enteprise, and self-in
terest of the citizens of the Southern and South-
Western States, who would soon occupy with
their slaves any Territory which we may ac
quire suitable for slave labor, “ in spite of any
Territorial laws which may be enacted to the
contrary.” Texas was populated with emigrants
from the United States, and slavery introduced,
while that country was still a Mexican province,
in defiance of Mexican laws, and a Mexican
population. To talk of a few thousands of mis
erable Mexicans and Indians, being able to ex
clude slaveholders, with their property, from a
fertile cotton or sugar region, is an absurdity.
The only mode in which they ever can be ex
cluded, i3 by the interference of Congress,
Their right to do this, the Democratic party and
Mr. Cass totally deny, and upon this platform,
we trust the whole South will stand firm and
united.
Carrying out a Whim.
Not many months since, a lady who resided
in Providence, encountered in the railroad cars,
an old gentleman, who seemed to regard her
with an air of unusual interest. Finally assu
ming the privilege of age, he ventured to accost
her, and they entered into conversation. Be
fore parting, he begged permission to caU on
her at her house. His deferential manner, his
advanced age, and his frank expression of inter
est, though a stranger, in her welfare, were so
many pleas in his favor, and she replied to his
request, that she would be very glad to see him,
and did not donht that her husband would also
be. “ What is your address ?” She gave it,
and they parted. He called on her the next day,
had an interview with her in the presence of her
husband, and asked the lady’s permission to
send her his miniature. She turned to her *‘Iord
and master,” who at once acquiesced in the
stranger’s proposal. Not. many days after
wards the miniature was sent—an admirable
work of art, set round with costly diamonds,
and accompanied with a bracelet of great value,
Husband and wife were astonished, as may be
supposed. Some weeks elapsed befere they
heard again from the stranger. A short time
since he called, and the interview was to this
effect : “ Have you an objection to moving to
New York?” he asked, “None at all, if we
could better our situation.” “ What is your
present income, Mr. T. ?” A very moderate
Texas.
The papers throughout Texas generally give
assurances of abundant crops.
A few days since John A. Paxton killed John
Cronkrite at Lagrange. The circumstances
(says the Victoria Advocate) are these: Cron
krite kept a hotel last winter in Lagrange, and
Paxton, who is a merchant, and was one of his
boarders, became, as it is said* excessively fond
of Cronkrite’s wife, in consequence of which
Cronkrite parted from her a short time ago and
went off. His recent appearance at Lagrange
was to obtain revenge, making threats against
Paxton’s life. It was under these circumstances
Paxton sought a private opportunity and shot
him. Paxton gave himself up, was taken into
custody, and discharged by the examining Court
The following statements,, extracted from the
Galvestion News, fnmish interesting informa
tion respecting the Cotton and Sugar produc
tion of Texas:
In 1*29, the whole cotton crop of Texas was
about 500 bales; from that time,to 1835, ithad
increased to between 3 and 4000 bales. In
1840, it amounted to about 8000 bales; since
which time there have been three seasons of
nearly a total failure, one accasioned by heavy
rains, and two by the worm or caterpillar.—
The crop of ’46 amounted to about 8000 bales
which was probably not more than half an av
erage crop. The crop of *47, all of which has
not yet reached our market, will exceed 40,000
sum was named.—“ Humph! I have a house in| bales. This shows an increase of about 33$
New York, for which I want occupants. I sail per ck per annum for the last eighty years. In
for Europe next week, and you shall come and, these statements we omit altogether the crop of
take possession.” “ You are very kind my ven- Eastern Texas, which has been shipped by way
erable friend/’said Mr. T.,“ but we are very com-j of Red River to New Orleans, and the amount
I fortable here; I don’t know that I could afford. of which has been estimated variously, some
to enter into the arrangement you propose.” “ Ij even making it equal to the whole crop of all
will very soon obviate that objection,” replied the rest of Texas. It is necessary here to re-
the old gentleman. “ Come to New York, and, mark that the aggregate of our cotton crop has
live, and I trill at once make over to you the been diminished, by the increaed attention paid
sum of two hundred thousand dollars.” His to sugar, to the amount of 2000 or 3000 bales;
hearers looked at him as if they half suspected j and the same cause is likely to operate more
they w ere dealing with a fugitive from some in- j effectually in future as a check upon the increase
sane asylum. But there was no insanity about of cotton.
it The offer was made in good faith—was ac- j Sugar has been made in Texas to a very lim
cepted—and has been redeemed to the letter, ited extent and for domestic uses for many
Mr. and Mrs. T., have removed to New York, 1 years; but no mills for manufacturing it as an
and taken possesion of a fine house in ( article for market or export, have been introduc-
street Their benefactor has gone to Europe, j ed till very recently. The first export of sugar
He will probably make his newly made friends i was about 50 hhds. of the crop of 1846. Of
the heirs of his large wealth. Mrs. T., was we. the crop of last year (1847) the export has a
learn, formerly an instructress in one of the pub- mounted now to 500 hhds. which will be ■“
—J more
1 dessert-spoonful of made mustard, mixed
jJ^Jjnbler glass of warm water, and drank
it acts as an instantaneous emetic,
^ ready, and may be used with safety
case where one is required. By making
j®* ample antidote known you may be the
of saving many a fellow-creature from
•it
St*
of Natchez, Miss., has invented
i “ a breech loading and self-cap-
It'can be held steady as in a charge,
lie schools of a neighboring city. The charac
ter of the parties and the history of the affair
thus far preclude the imputation of any improp-
creased to about 600. The whole of that crop
does not vary much from 2000 hhds. So that
about 1400 find a market at home. Full half
er motive. The cause of the old gentleman’s of that crop was probably destroyed by the
conduct is as much a mystery to the lady her* i early frost last fall. This year the production,
self as her friends. He seems to have taken a j with a favorable season, will amount to at least
whim, and to have carried it out. So much only; 5000 hhds. and probably more; and the amount
is apparent. But time may throw more light' will increase probably full 50 per cent per year
upon the affair.—Boston Transcript, 12th inst. for some years to come.
Texas is evidently fast filling up with indus-
The Irish Heart Always in the Right Place. I triuus immigrats, who are doing wonders in
We publish from the New York Truth Teller,j developing the resources of the “lone star”
which has for a quarter of a century been the^te. The Galveston News thus describes
organ of the Irish adopted citizens in this city,
the following able article:
Cass and Butler.—The Baltimore Conven
tion has adjourned after nominating, with sin
gular uninimity, Gen. Lewis Cass, of Michigan,
Tennessee.
The Whigs, in this State, are in a fair way
to rival the Kilkenny cats. Taylor Whigs and
Clay Whigs are at open war, and by the time
the presidential election is over, we predict
there will be nothing left of eitheir party, but
their tails.
There is scarcely a remaining doubt that
this State will be included in the list of those
voting the Democratic ticket, in November next
The division in the Whig ranks is such that it
will be next to an impossibility to soldier it up,
so as to make them hold to together long enough
to prevent such a result The Franklin Review,'
a strong and well conducted Whig paper, thus
speaks of the prospects of the party at this time:
“ As things now stand, the vote of Tennes
see is almost certainly lost to eitheir Mr. Clay
or Gen. Taylor. The nomination of a new
man is the only hope of Whig success in Ten
nessee, and we candidly believe the Whig suc
cess in the Union.”
Another ably edited Whig paper, the Jones-
borough Whig, in expressing the determination
of a large number of the Whigs of East Ten
nessee, uses the following tolerably strong lan
guage:
“ We commenced this article with the excla
mation, Attention the Universe! And now that
we have the reader's attention, what have we to
say? Why, if Gen. Taylor is nominated for
the Presidency, !>y all the conventions that ever
do meet in this life, and he is the last, and only
candidate that ever the Whigs run, between
this time and the day of Judgment, we will not
support him, or vote for him. Slick a pin down
here /”
At the last election the Whig majority was
but small, and if, through a division of the votes,
their numbers be reduced, even by a few hun
dreds, the result will not be doubtful, and with
the State of Tennessee, even though we loose
New York, which is possible, in consequence
of the split among the Democrats, there, the
election of the Baltimore nominees will be
placed beyond a doubt—Eufaula Democrat.
m
the changes and improvements in the Western
portion of the State within a year or two:
Two years and a half since we travelled the
country from Seguin to New Braunsfels, San
Antonia, and other interior towns. There was
Tke African Rhinoceros.
The black Rhinoceros, whose domains we
seem now to have invaded, resembles in gener
al appearance an immense hog: twelve feet and
a half long, six feet and a half high, girth, eight
feet and a half, and of the weight of a dozen
bullocks; its body smooth, and there is no hair
seen except at the tips of the ears, and the ex
tremity of the tail; The horns of concreted
hair, the foremost curved like a sabre, and the
second resembling a flattened cone* 6tand on
the nose and above the eyes; iri the young ani
mals the foremost horn is the longest* whilst in
the old ones, they are Of equal leugtll, namely,
a foot and a half or more; though the older the
rhinoceros the shorter are its horns, as they
wear them by sharpening them against the
trees, and by rooting up the ground with them
when in a passiom When- the rhinoceros is
quietly pursuing his way through his favorite
glades of Mimosa bushes, (which his hooked
upper lip enables him readily to seize, and his
powerful grinders to masticate,) his horns, fixed
loosely in his skin, make a clapping noise by
striking one against the other; but on the ap
proach of danger, If his quick ear or keen scent
make him aware of the vicinity of a hunter, the
head is quickly raised, and the horns stand stiff
and ready for combat on his terrible front.—
The rhinoceros is often accompanied by a sen
tinel to give him warning, a beautiful green-
backed and blue-winged bird, about the size of
a jay, which sits on one of his horns.—Alexan
der's Expedition, .j
. A Great City.
The principal city in China is Son Tchou, a
city of the interior, the largest perhaps in the
world • for Pekin has but four millions, while, if
we may credit Mr. Hedde, who visited it, Son
Tchou has a population of five millions within
its walls, and ten miUions withina radius of four
leagues around. Situated onthe great
canal, it has ten thousand bridges. Since 1718,
when the missionaries quitted it, nor individual,
until Mr. Hedde succeeded, could get ingress.
He did so, disguised as a Chinese trader.
gu.ar un.n.m.iy, xren ^unsoass. ot m.emgan <h ; , e on ^ C ibolo, nor
tor Pres,dent, and Gen. Will,am O. Butler, of |f| ^ f “ und on the whole rollte from
Kentucky, for \.ec President Many beheved San Antonio t0 New Braunfels, nor from the
ha the vote of the Convention, which decided Jatter , Austin . A gentleman jast from
that two-tlurds should be required to make a New P Braunfel where has residei cver
nomination, would bring.forward some new . „ .. . . ’ s -i, 0 u
» * n since that town was built, informs us that all
men. But the result shows that the strength ... . . »rr*oJi
,. , ^ . ..... i . ., .. i this country is now scattered over with small,
which Cass had exhib.ted in 1844 in the Con-; flourish | and rosperou8 farms . The Ci .
vention has increased so powerfully that public str ^ ms T„ the vicinity of San
opinion has, beyond question, pointed him out. Ant0n ; 0 are U p vvith continuous settlements,
as the candidate of the Democratic party The, „ Braunfels J 3 nl0re than doobIed in si
result also shows that file associates of Andrew, d the Gaudld below to S eguine is covered
Jackson are still the favorites of the people. ^ sraaU ^ ld s0 , n e pretty large planta-
Gen Cass was Jackson s Secretary of State t|ons cul £ vated by nBgroe £ -foe town of
and Minister to France, and possessed his con-1 Freder i cbsbur g 0I f the Pierdenales has also
fidence to the last hour of his hfe Gen Butler, , increa td, and the surrounding country
fought by Gen Jackson s s,de at New Orleans. ? ^ bo fiHed , dth an illdustriou fc s p0 p U l/.
Both Cass and Butler were soldiers in *® war Bon of Gem)an far[ncr3 SettlementshaVebeen
against Great Bntam-bo h distinguished them- > ^ 3tm the Llatloand San Saba
selves, and have since held the conficence of, and all of th t m ar /prosperous and undisturbed
the People from every side we hear the mos , ndian3 . We £ re 1 lad to ie arn that the
gnU.lymg intelligence of the enthusiasm with ( { Rrman polomsts the re have this year nlanted
which the nomination is received.
The German Democratic paper of this city,
holds the following language:
Cass and Butler are the names inscribed
upon onr banner by the National Convention,
and we gratify our feelings by presenting these
candidates at the head of our columns. From
German colonists there have this year planted
an abundance of corn which, in many instances
is the first agricultural experiment ever made
In that region. This crop is remarkably fine
and far exceeds the expectations of the emi
grants. They have had fine seasons of rain
and the corn is so nearly matured that it is out
of all danger from drought The same is also
North to South and from East to West do we j ^ case in Castro’s Colony ori the Medina.—
hear joyful acclamations in support of these J -p bere arc three or four settlements of the Ger-
nominations. The time for. immediate action ] man Communists on the Llano numbering near-
has arrived, and we take pride in saying that ^ |y one hundred, who are Said to be very intel-
the German adopted citizens will take post in
the front rank of the democratic hosts, ready to
do battle for the creed of democrady, with the
same sincerity and devotion with which they
fought for Jackson, supported Van Buren and
rallied under Polk. And with this, our declara
tion of adherence, do we devote our columns
to the coming contest, undismayed by the croak-
ings of discontent, and in firm reliance upon the
justice of our glorious cause.’'
We ask our Irish adopted citizens, will they
not contend for the post so zealously sought for
by our German friends? Gratitude, that most
prominent of Irish virtues, will rally them in
thousands around Cass. They remember his
eloquent appeal for Ireland, during our repeal
agitation some years since—his earnest support
in the Senate of the United States, of the half
million of dollars, for the relief of the starving
children of Ireland, his defence of the rights of
naturalized citizens against the claim of England
to search American vessels—and above all they
remember him as the abused by the tory press
of England, and particularly of the “Times,”
that organ of intolerance and bigotry, which has
always vilified and abased this distinguished
statesman with a rancor equal' to that with
which it has ever assailed in the kingdom of
Great Britain the purest of Irish patriots. -
We shall take occasion soon to present the
many considerations showing how determinedly
and enthusiastically the great democratic party
of the nation will rally in the support of Cass
and Butler, sustaining them by overwhelming
majorities of the States of this vast confederacy.
ligent and enterprising; they are mostly young
men. At present they have no women among
them.—-N. O. Delta.
Hew Organization of the Whig Party.
The Whig meeting which was held dn Mon
day evening—and which was reported in the
columns of the i/cra/d—was a remarkable sign.
Mathew L. Davis, the well known politician, and
Constant friend of Mr. Clay, presided over the
meeting; and some remarkable speeches were
delivered, particularly by Mr. Selden and Mr.
Fowlelr. These will have rather a startling ef
fect npon the community,during the present crisis.
It appears that a great portion of the friends
Of Mr. Clay in this city are determined to re-or
ganize the Whig party in his favor, and to run
him at all hazards. The speakers at this meet
ing all expressed their determination not to sub
mit to the nomination of Taylor—dictated, as
they say it is, by Southern influence, This sen
timent, as uttered by them, was received with
prodigious applause by. the audience.
We expect, therefore, to see, in a few days,
the guerrilla standard raised on behalf of Mr.
Clay, by his adherents, in spite of the Philadel
phia nomination. Even the whig commit
tee seems to be taken all aback; for after Call
ing a ratification meeting of the nomination of
General Taylor, it has backed out, swallowed
all the resolutions, and postponed the meeting
indefinitely. Probably they intend first to' send
On s messenger to Louisians, and procure some
private pledges from General Taylor .before
they give their support to his election.-—Herald.
From the Washington Union.
To tie Democracy of tbc Union.
ORGANIZATION.
Let usnotdeceire ourselves. It is the worst
policy in the world to dispise our enemy.—
The whigs have brought out the man whom
they regard as their strongest candidate.—
They have taken him—not for his political
principles, for he confesses his ignorance of any
—not for his civlil qualifications, for he admits
his utter incapacity—but for his supposed acail-
ability. lie is a military chieftain, who has
bravery and done well; and therefore they in
tend to hurrah him into the presidency. They-
will attempt to humbug the people once more;
and in spite of the war which they have, dis
gracefully abused—in spite of the denunciations
which they once aimed at military aspirants,
as “worse than war, pestilence, and famine”—
they will not hesitate to seize upon the man
who owes his fame entirely to this abused war.
We shall have to encounter all the slang which
they will raise out of his military achievements.
We must count upon all these hurrahs. Wo
must count, too, upon the desperation of a reck
less opposition. We must count opon all sorts
of humbugs being employed against us. We
must count upon a host of presses—upon the
activity of the towns—upon all sorts of corpor
ations being enlisted—upon documents, trpets,
speeches, mass meetings, and secret devices—
upon streams of money, contributed by the rich
merchants and the greedy manufacturing capi
talists, being poured out against us. In a word,
we shall have a strong enemy to meet, weaken
ed as h® may be by partial defections of dissat
isfied Clay and Webster men from his ranks—
weakened, too, to some extent, by the suspi
cions of intrigue, and even fraud, which are a-
floak So far, his nomination has been hailed
with very little enthusiasm. The decided friends
of Mr. Clay feel wronged, will not easily forget
it, and talk of opposition. But, after all these
deductions, the party who rallies around him
is not to be despised. Th6 struggle will be
strong—the battle will bo hot. Y et, we will
most triumphantly defeat the military man and
his whig ally—the tariff champion of New
York-—provided we bring pur whole force into
the field; but then wc must do that. We
must stretch every nerve—array all our forces,
and lose not a moment for preparation, nor a
man in the action.
For this purpose we address the democracy
of the Union, We warn them of what they
have to encounter, We point out the remedy.
It consists of one important word—okganiza-
tiojt. . You must arm yourselves—organize
yourselves thoroughly, or you may be defeated.
This organization, to be effective, must be com
plete. It must consist of every means which is
calculated to rouse up the public mind, to en
lighten the people; and'bring every democrat to
the polls.
Fdr this purpose, organize yourselves in your
cities—organize yourselves in the country,
through the whole length and breadth of the
land.
Establish democratic associations everywhere.
Let those associations be so organized as to
have a committee to collect members; a com
mittee ofinvitation, to Invite speakers to address
them in public and frequent meetings; a corns
mittee to collect funds; a committee to obtain
documents, aud to circulate them throughout
the whole bailiwick within the scope of the as
sociation ; a corresponding secretary, to Obtain
names for the dissemination of documents, and
for obtaining and circulating information: and
a committee to collect the natiios of the voters,
and furnish facilities for bringing them to the
polls.
These associations Of the democracy, cover
ing the country and the cities, constitute one
of the most effective instruments of organiza
tion.
. Circulate the doccketr, is indispensable.
Let those documents be well selected and a-
dapted to the case.
Let campaign papers be encouraged by in
dividual readers, or by clubs. They comprise
facts and arguments which are calculated to
refute and overthrow the whigs.
Address the people okallt, is another
means of rorising them up. v .
And as thb day of election approaches, let
all proper means be' provided Of rousihg the
voters to the polls.
With the proper organizetion^rwith hrirmo-,
ny, union, and energy—we are confident of
success. We must carry Ohio; vve must carry
Pennsylvania; we must carry Virginia; and
even it’ wc lose New York, we shall carty th*
day. See tiro muster-rrill of the last campaign:
States. JPoli.- Clay.-
Maine, .........9 . 0,,.
New Hampshire,6 0
Massachusetts, . 0 12
Rhode Island, 0 4
Connecticut, 0 6
Vermont, 0 . 6‘'
New York,. .36 If,
New Jersey .-. .. -. 6 7
Pennsylvania, 26 0
Delaware 0 3
Maryland, O S
Virginia, .17 O
North Carolinia, 0 II
South Carolina,............. 9 Of
Georgia, .16 0
Kentucky .' 0 12
Tennessee............. 0 13
Ohio, 0 23
Louisiana, 6 0
Mississippi, ................ 6 0 .
Indiana, ..12 0
Illinois, 9 0.
Alabama 9 0
Missouri 7 0 -
Arkansas 3 0
Michigan, 5 0
170 105
Whole number of votes 275; majority 138 ;
Mr. Polk’s vote, without New York, 134. Thus
he wanted only four votes to elect him in 1844
without the tote of New York. Cannot vie now
make up these four votes elsewhere ?
Since the last election, four new Stafes havtf
come into the Union. Tlorida with 3 electoral
votes, Texas 4, Iowa 4, Wisconsin 4. The
whole number of electoral votes to be given in
November next will bo 290. Majority 146.
Allowing, therefore, the same number to b®
riven to the democratic candidate which Mr.
Polk received, without the vote of N c\v York,
and Gen. Cass would receive along kith, th*
four new States 149 votes—3 more thin a ma
jority. Giving him Ohio, on which we cOtifi-
dently count, he would then receive 172 votes—
being 26 more than a majority of the whole.
Thus he could afford to lose oat of the States
which we carried four years ago, 26 votes—
more than is sufficient td overbalance* any do-
duction which the whigs may claim of ns—
(covering the whole votes of South Carolina,
Georgia, and Louisiana, which they profess to
claim, but without the shadow 0 f a proof.)—
But, on the other hand, we shall struggle man-
folly for several of the States which We lost in
1844. We shall battle vigorously for New
Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky
even, and Tennessee; and, with the blessing of
Providence and the will of the people, we shall
carry some of them.
But all these cheerful calculations are as yet-
on paper. They may all he baffled, Unless the
democrats no theih duty; and the principal
part of that duty is organization—a thorough,
wise, efficient organization—promptly adopted,
vigorously executed, and sleeplessly maintained
till thb very last tap of the drum. Therefore,
say we, again and again; Obgakize—Are—
Act.
To show the feeling of the South Carolina
papers towards General Taylor, we copy tho
following extract fioin an article in the South
Carolinian: - ,-v,
'A Southern President with his hinds mana
cled by such stupidity as has been manifested
by General Taylor in his “Allison letter,’’rioujd
ri.ot even avert the overwhelming tide Of oppres
sion which would rise up at otlr feet He hps
given up “all that becomes a mim ” who desires
to be a just and coriscientious President How
then can we rely on him ? He is even worse,
covered up by his declarations^ than if he were
backed by the Whigs of the South as a party
—for we could expect nothing from the wild
and irresponsible action of a Congress, which,
fearing no check in the Executive,—would
convert its deliberations into scenes of action
disgraceful td the country and to the age in
which wo live.”
Wintci 1 in Spitsbergen.
The single night Of this dreadful edrintiy be
gins about the'30th of October; the sun then
sets, and never appears till about the 10th of
February. A glimmering indeed contihnessomd
weeks after the setting of the sun; then suc
ceed clouds and thick darkness; broken by the
light of the moon, which is as luminous as.itt
England, and during this long night shines with
unfading lustre. The cold strengthens with the
new year; and thb sun is ushered in with xu
unusual severity of frost By the. middle of i
March, the cheerful light grows strong;, the
Arctic foxes leave their holes, and the sea-fowl
resbrt in great multitudes' to their breeding
places. In ilia height of summer the sun has
tiest enough to melt the tar on the decks of
ships; britfrom August its power declines; U
sets fast After the middle of September duy
is hardly distinguishable, and by the end of Oc
tober takes a long farewell to tills country * the
earth becomes frofen, and winter reiglls triupi-
phaftt—Christian Intelligencer.
Nd Distinction. , ' "
A correspondent has Written to tha New Or
leans Picayune, regretting that any C'omniuniea-
tions shonid have been published in that paper
calling in question the doctrine of future punish
ment generally received among Christians. The
Picayune repUcs teat “ in thesa days of revolu
tion and progress; when the Princes of the
Earth are confronted ■ afid overwhelmed, the
Prince of Darkness must take his chance with
tiro rest’’ j
It is believed that'the suspension bridge at
Niagara Falls will be ready for carriages to, pass,
ovpr on the fou'rth July, 1848.