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A Queer .Van.—The UniteJ Stele* Gazette extract* .
from a French paper the following singular account— j
In the college of Santa Carlo*, in Madrid, is a di.-t
----fccling room to which student* r. sort to study analo
my. The body of one who had just died in the hog- i
|'ita\ was brought. The pujitls arrived with their ecal
pels, and commenced the work of dissection. W hat !
was their astonishment to find that the deceased had
no heart! On a closer examination, they found that
the subject had the heart placed on the light side of
the breast; and all the organs which are usually found
in the right, were found in the left side. He seemed
to have been the opposite of all hi* fellow men —a liv
ing and walking antithesis.
Tbo professors, iri their turn, examined the subject,
and all appearances justified tile observations of the
students. This is the fourth or fifih instance of the
kind recorded in the anatomical annals of the human
species,
The industry and thrift of the people of New Eng-!
land are proverbial, and they thrive and prosper where !
those of more indolent habits can barely exist. We j
find in the Bangor Courier the following aiticlc, show- ;
ing how carefully and admirably every season of the
year is turned to the best account. In what other
quarter of the Union is it that the toiling farmer or
tiaherrnan of the aumiucr convert* him-elf in winter
into a successful handicraftsman ! liaUimere Am.
The productive industry of Massachusi tts is a mar
vel to many people, and us course leads to firqueut in
quiries how it happens. A lew facta recently brought
before the public, *cr* in some measure to throw
light upon the subject, and whst is better still, suggest
a means of improvement to very many people in Maine.
In Essex County in Ma-sschusetts. it is ascertained
that nfuily evciy farmer and every fi-hermsn is a msn
ufactuier also. Those Mechanics 100 whose regular
work is in whole or part suspended in the wintci have
what may be called two trades.
The farmer in Essex county and his whole family 1
delight in engaging in manufactures, lie has, if no- .
thing else, his shoemaker's shop, where he and his,
sons work in the winter and stormy weather. His
wife aud daughters do iheir part in binding shot a or !
braiding straw or making pdm-leaf bats, or in the ‘
manufacture us tome articles for the market. The
fishermen too have tluir trades at which they work in
tho winter. The brick maker am! brick layer are oltrn
found to be skilful shoemaker* or Isat maker*. In
this way private industry is mide honorable—nil keep
themselves busy, and Ihu* sec lire to all an abundance
of the comforts of life.
The IltrrT Fs*xh.— There la certainly some
thing very captivating in the quirt, peaerful and heal
thy life of a Farmer. We always thought so, and
think so none the less now from the praises of a co
temporary who sings to the following lively tunc.
“ It does one’s heart good to sre a merry round
faced tsrmer. Vo independent, aud yet to tree from
vanities and pride, so rich, and yet so industrious—so
patient and persevering in hi- csthiiff, and yot so kind,
a icial and obliging There are a ‘housvnd noble traits
in his character. He is gem rally hospitable—cal and
drink with him, and hr won't set a mark on you and
work it out of you with double compound interest, aa
some I know will—you ais welcome. He will do you
a kindness without expecting a rrtu n by way of com
pensation—it is not so with every body. He is gen
erally more bonret and eincere—lest disposed tn deal
io low and underhand running. Ilian many I could
name. He give* society its heel support— is the firm
est pillar that supporta the edifice of government—he
ia the bod of nature, l.ook at him in hit hnmetpun
and gray, gentlemen ! —laugh al him if ye will—t>ut
believe me, ha can laugh back if l.e please*.”
From the W. V. Spirit of the Timet.
A RIFLE SHOOTING S'IOKY.
During tlia summer of 183 ft, the New York Rifle
Club m> t weekly at ihr Thatched Cottage, Jersey
City, for Rifle practice One day when the Club was
making excellent aborting, (we were shooting at a
real.) He conceived rest shooting •• perfectly ridicu
lous.'’ •• Gentlemen” said he •• Col. Smith, a neigh
bor us mine, will make fetier shooting off hand than
jmu are making at * rest ! ’ •> Inured'’ remarked Col.
H. n, •• what can your fiend do offhand at shoot
ing 1” •< Why,sir, el the distance Os 100 ysids, be
cm hit a29 cent piece 0 tune* nut of 10 ! He can
htl alO cent pice* A times out of B 1 I have seen him
hit a 6 cent piece 9 tunes in *w< cs taton !” ‘• Were die
place* thrown up or were they stationary f” enquired
Cat. if——n, “ Oh, they were stationary.*’ answered
the stranger. “ WrN air,” obaoveff Cot. K —II. I
don’t ewe soy thing vr-y rrmvk ip'e in L’nl. (faith's
■hoofing i if bo bad bit lba £6, tO and A cent pie
ce*, when the* were flying in the alt ft would Ire con
sidered good sho ting, hut to bit them wbeo ctathaa-
Hit ino shooting at !t ‘” •• Inject!.” rr.ponJeJ |
H stranger •• Why, sir, auta Col. H at. •• i he-l
Hg to a Rifle Company in Vermont, 1 u() stiong. cal- 1
Hth • Mountain Peak Rangers,’our Captain tike* 1
Hrui everv week to practice, he draw* us up ia sin
file, and setting a eiJer barrel rolling down a atsep
we commence shooting from right to left by file,
■r bung hole us it comes up ’ You know sirong-
is pretty quick work. We then shoot by sec
then by platoons, and lastly by company. After
over, our Captain examines the barrel.
if|hc finds'* singhjshot, that did not cnlci die hung
the member who missed is expelled, and I as-
H- you, Mir. that l have belonged to tins company
Hit year*, and there has not been a single member
tiled tinre 1 have been a member
stranger looked •• uniitlerilil* things,” and left
double quick tune. Wo were never tumbled
him
Aa Olu Ms.muni nr tui N. Y. Kirn Club.
Wm Double Reich House Moved.-Quite a feat was
BHonni'd ycateid.vy in the lemoval Irorii ihe corner ol
ibi-lli atieel and Franklin Avenue. n| a lliree atn-
house,owned by (■'. LotHiv. The family were
Hit house al the time -the dinner was being cook
the house nua moved wilhoul damage, and at
of i'.ibo. twenty feel south and three feel west.
removal was rendered n cesmuy in consequence ol
Franklin Avenue. Conliat tors for moving.
fc IC. F. Goodwin of New Yoik— l’hiludel-
Enquirir.
I FOHEKJN.
Q From the N, O. I‘icayune,
■ Late from Mexico.
■ uiily Important--Cenei iil lift oln-
thi'oiiKlioiif the Itrpnbllc-Ar-
Hexl of Cunstllzo—•Overthrow of
■tiulii Annu-IJr part lire (il.flr. Cusli
iniK-Itolibery of Ills I'npeis
the airival yesterday of the schooner Fortuna,
Hu Veia Cruz, when she sailed on Ihe 13th inst., we
important information that the revolution,
III Jalisco by Gen. P.uadeK, has finally exten
|Hl almost entirely over the country, mid that the coni-
overthrow of the lyrarit Manta Anna is certain,
H gh he ia still in command us u few troops at
Oil Ihe 3d lust, and by the Till all was quiet. Gen.
He Joaquin dc Herrera was in command at the lasi
with the title of Provisional Piesident, while
and some of the chics minions of Santa Anna
in arrest.
■in the Ist of December fifty-five members of the
of Deputies issued a manifesto, protesting
the orders j i rnulgaterl by P.esulvnt Santa An-
denouncing the Government for not having
■l him removed from ollice. ‘i he next day ten otli-
H, who were not able to get into the hall oil the Ut,
Htned it. The Senate likewise adopted the tame pro-
Hediiig on the 2d of December—every member, save
Bur, ol that body signing the article* us denunciation,
■his action giving great offence to the Dictator, it
Imi that on the 3d December—every member, save
Biur. of that body signing the articles of denunciation,
■'hi* action giving great oflcr.ee to the Dictator, it
Icein* that on the 3d December. Gen. Canalizn, by
Ihe express order of Santa Anna, issued* a decree for
Ihe dissolution of Congress. The Dictator wss at that
lime at at the head of some 8000 men, or
liis march against the revolutionist* in J*li*co. N
sooner was it known in Mexico that the arbitrary Oc
tree had been promulgated than an immense excile-
Rnrut was created among all classes. The chambers
■ t once made three protests, besides a proclamation to
Ihe citizeuß , but before they could have them printed,
■Janalizo issued a peremptory oidar that all the print
ing offices, w ith the single exception ol that of El Di
utrio del Hubiemn, Santa Anna's own paid organ,
should be closed, and that publications ot every dc
setiptiuii were expressly forbidden. When these ty
rannical decree* transpired, the excitement rose to
*uch a pitch that all business was suspended, and
that publications of every description were expressly
foihidden. When these tyrannical decrees transpired,
the excitement rose to such a pitch that all business j
wus suspended, and groups of men collected in all
quarters to talk over the obnoxious measures and pre
pared to act as circumstances might dictate. Canali
zo in the meantime, seeing that affairs were corning to
a crisis, and deeming himself unsafe, collected at the
palace all the troops he could gather; some 2000 in
number, and shut himself up with them, Uaianda,
Kijon (the latter a name become familiar to the peo-
of thej United Slates) and Salas, three of Manta
Anna’s mil.ions, also took refuge iu the palace at the
same time.
During the 4th and ftlh of Decs mb, r the excite
ment continued, with little or no abatement at any
time. Early oil the 6th large number* of the inhab
itants, comprising not only the leperos and middling
classes but all the most wealthy and respectable citi
zens. gathered, with arms in their hande, at the Con
vent of Man Francisco. Here the members of Con
gress, having been driven from the Chambers, had as
sembled. snion.l them being Generals Herrera, Garris,
Conde and Ces|iedes; Previous to this the greater
part of the troops in the garrison and in It Cindadela
had really pronounced in favor of the revolution. Gen
erals Conde and Coepedes had come from Ihe Ex-
Acordada, where the movement was going on, and re
uniied themselves with Ihe deputies in the Convent.
From this place, as we learn by some of the ac
counts, the entire body—members ul Congress, citi
zens, lepero* snd all—marched to the principal plaxa
in front of the palace, and ordered Canalizo to sur
render—giving him two hour* to refl ct and no more,
We might here state that this palace ia near the centre
of the city, and lias been the scene of many revolu
tionary conflicts as its battered walls can testify.
Thinking that his officers and soldiers would aland
by him, Catializo prepared to attack tha citizens, and
called upon his troops to make* sortie. Al this cri
sis, line of his officers exclaimed that ho was the sol
dier of no tyrant, but of the nation, and then shout
ed, •• Long live the Congress,” This cry was taken i
up by the ranks stationed in the palace, when Canali
ze at once fled in consternation to his apartments.
Previous to this, the different bodies in the Convent
of San Francisco havir.g w ithout a dissenting voice
approved of it, Gen. Herrera sent a letter or despulch,
ilated from the Convent at 2 o'clock id the afternoon,
to Canalizo. We gve the purport of it t
Gen. Herrera elutes, that being empowered by the 1
Constitution of the Republic, and depending upon
him, (Gen. Canalizo) for the complete establish- 1
meal ol order, and further to prevent the effusion of
blood, be asks him to give orders to the end that the
Constitutional Government inay remain in the full ex
etciae of ,ts powers, Gen. H continues effect that
this >■ a service which a love of good order and of
country demand of Gen. t'„ and farther states that if
he desires the perpetuation of the good name of the na- 1
tton, the avoidance of troubles in the capital, ami diffi- \
I cultiea to htmacll of great magnitude, he must com 1
j ply with his requests.
The answers of Gen. Canalizo, for there arc two
I °f them, are very rbort, and we give them entile. Here
! is the flist deapaich or note :
I Exma Sr: In order to avoid any unfortunate scenes
| or * v *nt* iu Ibia cupital, I am ready immediately tn
deliver up the command, and to evaluate this place at
| once, if guaranties are conceded tome.
God and Liberty. National Pshueof Mexico, Dc
! cember 6, 1844. 2$ o'clock in tho afiernoon—Vrr/en
, tin Car.alzo —To bi* Excellency , General of Divia
’ ion. D. J. Joaquin de Herrrra.
Iu half an hour afterwards, Generil Canalizo sent
. another despatch, which read as follows:
Ezmo Sr .■ The guaranties of which 1 spoke in my
last despatch, which I have just sent, are, that pass
ports to leave the Republic shall be given to myselt,
to Ihe four ministers, and io Ihe commandanle general,
God and Liberty, National Palace of Mexico, Ds- i
I remlier 6th. 1844. 3 o’clock in ihe afternoon.— Valen
j tin Canalizo.— To the Mtnor General of Division; D.
[ J. Juabuin de Herrera.
Canalizo most have been in* desperate hurry when
he penned these notes : but, fra ful as the emergency
was, It not so pressing as to induce him to abate one
! title of his bombastic name and olfieisl dignities, aa
| an enumeration of them makes up the bigger part of J
, bisrpistlea. Peih.ipa ha feared that if be shortened
jhi* appellation the people would take Ihe bint and
l shorten bi* slslure to suit the abbreviation.
Ws toe no accuunt of lb* rnann-r of his Capture,
winch took place in the afternoon of the 6th ; but it ‘
i* rerlait! (bat he woo drtained * prisoner in (he pal•
set, fiJgothci with SttU, the cotnmsuiUi!* general e
haiscallaJ. Tha Ministers ot War anJ of ihaHuuie
Department hd hern set at liberty upan giving seeu
rity, while Ri-jon and Itaranda had mad* their es
cape.
Gan. Herrera immediately issued a proclamation to
the inhabitants id Mexico, which is of great signifi
cance. It imports that the deposed Government of
Mexico enti'itnined drsiens entirely nntagonistirtl to
the laws and liberties of Ihe country. He aext de
mands and entieats all good citizens to come to the
support of the public authorities, and to aid in the
maintenance of order and legal rule. He implores the
population of the country to stand by him, he having
been called to command for the mere purpose, at he ,
alleges, of serving the countiy. 11c asseits that not
only the ptincipal citizens of the Republic, but the ■
1 prominent officers of the garrison of the city us Mex
ico. have invited him to assume the reins of power, j
in order that general disorder should not ensue from
the embarrassed state of the Republic.
On tho 7lli ol December Gen. Ilerrcia waa appoint- i
ed a Provisional President of the Republic with*
cabinet as follows : Don l.uis G. Cuevas, Minister of
Foieign Relations; Don Marino Riva Palacios, of
Justice and Public Instruction ; Don Pedro Reliever
ria, of Internal Affair* ; Gen. Pedro Garcia Conde, of
War und Marine.
On the evening of the 6th and during the whole of
ihe 7ih of December the greatest rejoicing* took place |
in the city of Mexico, accompanied by many acts j
wh ch show the deep detestation in which Santo An- :
in was held. A number of his portraits in the pub
lic places were dragged through the strei ts, lorn into
fragments, and every lepero preserved a piece as a me
mento of their oppressor’* downfall. The Mtatue of
Manta Anna in the plazi was tumbled down, biokrn in
pieces, and the head borne in triumph through the
city. It i* also stated, that the crowd intoxicated with
joy and frantic with revenge, atterwards proceeded to
tire monument where the leg of their Dictator hail been
buried with so much pomp a yeai or two since, broke
it into atoms, und then kicked and dragged the em
balmed limb through the plazas and principal I lornugh
fares. While oil tht* was bcing.enucted by .he mob, 1
the more prominent citizen* were rejoicing heartily in
iri the change of Government, Messages of Congrat
ulation between the triumphant Menate and House
wcie interchanged, and tho new President Herrrra,
was waited on by crowds, who appeared most joyous
in obtaining relief from tho despotic rule under which
they have ground since the downfall of Uustamentn.
Much were‘.lie scenes enacted in Mexico—gnat were
the rejoicings all over the country.
The revolution against Manta Anna appears to be
general, yet wc heat of little bloodshed except at Ja
laps, where a few persons wcie killed. At Puebla
Ihe inhabitants rose as with one voice, tumbled down
the statue of the obnoxious tyrant, and tote hi* por
trait into athousund tatters.
The revolution at Vera Uiuzbroke outon the 9lh
inst., and notwithstanding this may be considered aa
one of Manta Anna's stronghold’s, the pupulsi feeling
against him appears to have been almost unanimous.
The gritto or cry, waa first raised a few miles from
I the city by U’ol. Menobio, who with a few hundred
I followers,declared in favor of Congress. Moon after
I Don Henito Quijnno. Governor of Vera Cruz, pro
| nouuced against Manta Anna and in favor of the Con
gress, and immediately all was excitement and rejoic
ing. The populace first tore the portrait of the Dicta
tor into tatters arid then burnt it in the plaza, alter
which thpy proceeded in crowds toward* the houses of
seversl citizens who were obnoxious for their known
I tr lendship for Manta Anns, thirsting for vengeance and
threatening to lake their lives.— Owing to the eff.rts
1 of the Commandanle General their lives were spared,
i he promising ihe populace that all those who tied
, made themselves inimical to Ihe best interests of the
J people should he banished the city.
On the following day order was completely restored,
| the citizens in the n*ien lime lorming themselves into
military bodies to resist any attempts that might Ire
; made by Manta Anna and his friends. On the even
| ing of the 12th of December the tragedy of •• lirutus,
lor Rome Made Free,” -vas performed at the theatre,
in honor of the success of the revolutionists.— Here
we will insert ail extract of a letter to a gentleman in
t hie city, showing the completeness of the revolution,
: It IS dated :
Vera Chcz, Dr.c, 11,1844.
■ As far as I can learn, no place hold* out for Manta
: Anna. Jalaps, JVrote, Orizaba and Cordova have pro
nounced. and the great man’s fall appears to ins iriev
; itsble. Ido not see a loop-hole so him to creep out of
and I shall be glad if 1 am tho first togire you this
| decisis® news.
This has been a revolution of public opinion. Not
a sword lias been drawn nor a drop of Mood spilt;
and amidst all the apparent disorder of a revolution,
and with no military io restrain the populace, no ex
cess has been commuted.
Here Manta Anna’s po trait t w*s taken out of the
. Municipal Rooms and thrown to the |ropulace, who
lore it into a thousand piece*. The greatest entliusi
-1 asm prevailed ; and, as, I said before, in the midst of
all this confusion, there 16 not a single instance of any
excess having been eotnmitied. This is the triumph
of popular opinion over the force of arms, and is the
commencement of anew era in the extslence ol the
Mexican Republic -
M*nt Anna waa al the last accounts at Queretara,
where he had yet about 2.500 men—the remainder of
the large army that accompanied him thither having
deserted his sinking fort*ties. Were this force com
posed of altogether tnn-twoithy men, it Would seem al
most impossible that tie has miy chance to escape the
enemies by whom he is surrounded. It is asseited
that the new Government off.-ra him no terma short ot
his paying up the twelve milionsof dollars of the pub
lic money lie is chaiged with having uselessly squan
dered or sppropriated to his own private purposes.
This condition it can scarcely he po sible to execute,
and in default of rornpiying with it, the deposed ty
rant is threatened with death.
We have given such a synopeia of the intelligence
brought by the Fortuna a* will enable the public to
form an accurate idea of the condition of the revolu
tion in Meiico and lh-’ position of Santa Anna s af
fairs. We might have gone more into detail and tra
ced the progress of the movement in the various de
partments of the Republic ; but an unnecessary multi
plicity of incidents would rather confuse the minds of
readers, not intimately acquainted with the geography
and personnel, of the country than add to the foice of
such facts aa are adequate to a proper comprehension
of the posture of Mexican affairs.
\ Mr. Cushing.— Robbery of his Papers in Mexieo. t
W’e learned verbally yesterday, that the lion. Mr.
Cushing, late Minister to China, bad sailed from Ve- I
ra Crux for Ncur York. It is reported he came down
safely from the city of Mexico with all his public doc- j
uments, hut his servant who followed him the next day i
with his private papers, wav robbed of every thing on
the road by the ladrones. If as we are fearful, Mr.
C’s. notes of travel were among tinse papers, the loss
is tiuly a gieat one.
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS,
i A Idler of July 10th, from Honolulu, mentions the
arrival of the English frigate Thalia, Capt. Hope, and
the United Slates ship Warren, Commander Hull,
both vessels f.oni Tabits. The Thalia, and the En
glish war steamer Salamander, had been cruising oIT
the harbor of Papeite (Tahiti) trn days, being refused
entrance, except on condition of aaluting the French
flag on the island, which they would not consent to,
aa tlicit Government hail not, as yet, iccognised the
possession of the island by the French.
‘J he picsvncc of the English vessels ie said to incite
the Tahitians to warlike acts, and to postpone tho pa
cification of the island—in consequence of which much
angry let-ling and aome acrimonious correapondence
I ha ensued.
Gov. Biua! has about nine hundred soldiers under
bis command, besides a frigate, war strainer, and aev
erel corvetlea. He is strongly fortifying (he harbor
I with batteries of heavy Psuhan guns, laying out
I roads, and making evriy preparation for permanent
possession. But, vines his last rough handling from
the natives, not feeling secure, he has sent to the
Marquesas for a reinforcement. The Tahitians, num
bering about thiee thousand men, tolerably well arm
ed. with field pieces and (munition, have advanced
their hues to within ten miles of t e town; and, were
they not restrained by the influence of Queen Puis a a a,
who is opposed to the warfare, lliry would give much
trouble to the Frenchmen. Indeed.it is feared that
they will (ire the town. The Tbalu brought a pite
ous letter from Queen Poniare to Gen. W. Miller, tho
British Consul General, imploring hu presence in ■
man-ol war, to protnet her and her subjects. He sails
in • few daya for Tahiti, in the Thalia.
VVilmar Jt Smiib'i LivarpoolTtutea stysof Ameri
can securities:
“ The arrival of the Hibernia, bringing full confir
mation of the election of Mr. Polk to the Presiden
tial Chair, line caused an entire absence of demand
for United States securities. Scarcely a transaction
has since taken place; ami, though we do not alter
the quotation*, they must be considered a* quite nom
inal; their rise or fall depends altogether upon the
future policy of the new Government ”
The Surgeon Morand of Paris, had a frien 1 whose
dog had a broken leg. Out of friendship, the Doctor
took the dog under his care and cured lorn. A little j
while after, as the Doctor was working in his office,
he heard something scratching at the door, lie open- I
ed it, und saw with the greatest astonishment, the same
dog that he had healed, bringing with him another
dog that had met with a similar accident and who
l dragged himself slowly and with great labor ufter his
leader—•• This time I’ll let it pass,” said Morand to
the dog, •• hut hereafter you must not bring me any
more such business.”— Deutsche Sclmell Putt.
DOMESTIC.
Front the Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury
Washington, Dee. 22.
How far the South will have cause for congratula
tion in the success of Mr. Polk, we are now in u wav
to know. •
The first result of the election was to enable Mr
J. Q. Adams to abolish the rule of the House which
prohibited die introduction and reference of Abolition
petitions and papers. This same House, while the
election was in doubt, at the last session, renewed and
sanctioned thai rule. The change is not on the part
of the Southern Whigs, for only two of them voted
with Mr. Adams. The change was on the part of the
j Northern and Western Democrats. They have noth
i ing more to expect or gain from Hie South, and there
fore, abandon its interest. Cooking to the feeling
manifested by the Souilicrn members only a year ago
j on lh:s subject, it is difficult to believe that they would
then have fraternized with men raj able of such per
-1 tidy.
I suy nothing more of the Tariff, for it is claimed
that the protective policy is forevei fastened on the
country. and that Mr. Polk was chosen, as far os Penn
\ Ivania and New York are concerned, as a protective
I Tariff man.
! The policy of the Annexation of Texas is scarce
ly a matter of question at the South, and it was cer
tainly the creed of the democratic portion of the South
ern people.
In icgard to that matter, some of the Northern and
Western Democrats have been suffered to be true to
j to their obligations to the South.
The interests of their own sections, too, are, if
properly considered, greatly to tie promoted by this
measure, llul what will lie thought of Northern and
Western Democracy, if it should be found that the ri
sing power of abolitionism lia< already driven them
in opposition to the Annexation of Texas. Whatev
er may be thought of it, it is. nevertheless the fact.
It was thought that the subject ot Annexation would
be taken up this day in the House. There was no
other subject before that body, and considering the
number of propositions pending, it is quite time lobe
gin to mature some definite plan.
Mr. Belser,of Ala., supported by Mr. C. J. Inger
soll, pressed the subject upon the House ; the motion
! being to go into Committee of the whole on the state
, of the Union, to take up the Annexation resolutions.
I The House not only rejected the motion by a vole of
1 f.iur oi live to one ; but refused the yeas and nays
I upon it.
I am told, by some who have heretofore thought it
! possible that the House would pass some bill of the
kind at tills session, that it is now out of the ques
j lion.
The proceedings of the two Houses to-dsy were
utteily unimportant
THE FRAUD CONFESSED.—Now that the
election is over, mid Folk cannot be defeated by the
admission of the truth, the N. Y. Plebian, a rabid Lo
-1 cofoco paper, acknowledges, that “in some parts oj
i Pennsylvania the friends of Cov. Polk practised
DISHONESTY, and represented him as friendly to
the Turiff of 1842.” 4 es, and Polk is piesident by
virtue of the practice of •• dishonesty.”
The Philadelphia North American states that many
of the Locofoco counties in the State of Pennsylvania
polled more votes at the recent Electoral Election than
they contained white male inhabitants at the recent
census. Thus. Pike with 848 adults, polled 920 votes:
Monroe with 2,034, polled 2,221 ; Tioga with 3,385,
polled 3,367; Perry 3.500, polled 3,C71 ; Columbia
with 6,033, polled 5,109 ; and Potter with 732, (tolled
834. This, says the North American, •• bodes unfair
play.”
SWINDLED PENN sYL V A NIA.
The Polk parly ol Sugarloaf, the * bunner town’ of
Luzerne county Pa., had a B obecue in honor of their
triumph on the 26th ult. At this festival they passed,
among other*, the following resolution*:
“Resolved, That WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE
TARIFF OF 1842, ami will do all in our power to
sutam it, believing that it is well calculated to udvance
the best inter! sis of the people of the Keystone State,
as well as the whole people or the Union. It is a
Tariff for Revenue and gives incidental PROTEC
TION to the real staples of this State.
‘■Resolved. That THIS WAS THE ISSUE MADE
AT THE POLLS on the Ist day of November, and
we aie determined to recommend such measures as
were fully canvassed by the people at the election.—
We are opposed to Free Trade, and believe the coun
try can not prosper if Free Trade principles arc adop
ted.
“ Resolved. That we do hereby instruct our Repre
sentatives in Congress and in the Senate and Assembly
of this S ate to vote for and use their influence to
SUSTAIN the Tariff of 1842.”
Their pioceedings weic directed to he published in
ilia Wilkesbarre Farmer and Tunkhannock Patrol,
the two nearest organs of their party. The Farmer
omitted all the above Resolutions; the Patrol did not
publish at all! There is some grace in this evident
shame at the fraud* which they have perpetruled on
the People. — Tribune.
The Governor of Arkansas lias a good deal to say,
in his late message, about Ihe * honor of Arkansas.’
if it will he sny gratification to his Locofoco friends
in that State, we will admit that Arkansas is ihe Re
public's very ‘seat of honor.’— Prentice,
From the Hamburg Journal.
PROSPERITY OF THE TOWN OF HAM
BURG. S. C.
Mu. Lniron : Thursday, December 19th, 1844,
was a great business day with us. Our main street,
which is half a mile in length, and 100 feet in width,
was literally blocked up, from the river to the foot of
the hill, with wagons- Curiosity led m* to knowr the
business of Augusta the same day ; 1 crossed tho bridge
between 12 and 1 o'clock, and counted from the Low
er Market, up to Bennocli’scornet, 30 wagons and 8
ox curls ; and from this point to the Upper Market,
67 wagons ; above Ihe Upper Market there were no
wagons in Broad street that I could see. About 4
o’clock P. M., on the same day, I, and a gentleman
from Augusta, belonging to class No, 1, of that city,
counted the wagons in thu stieets of Hamburg, and
found 107 at that late hour—and no doubt there must
have been upwards of 200 wagons in town that day.
On tho next morning, I, in person, called at all the
Cotton Warehouses in town, of which there are seven,
when each of the proprietors or keepers furnished me
from their books the number of bales of cotton re
ceived by them ; the amount taken in on that day was
1,324 bales. This may be called extraordinary—and
sort la; extraordinary, too, when wo reflect in what
munuer Hamburg bas sprung into existence, and hat
prospcied under all the vengeance that the power ol
min and money of a great city has inflicted on her,
from the foundation thereof to the present day. Na
ture traa decided m favor of Hamburg as a place of
trade, and the skill of min has improved what nature
has Is ft undone.
The smiles of Heaven is with us in this cause, and
1 feel that I shall he as successful in regaining my
properly, ss 1 have been in revenging their ingratitude.
A community uinuiig whom 1 enjoyed many happy
days, and for whose benefit I gave mv faithluf servi
ces for many years, in erecting monuments that overt
not only ornsruenis to their city, but useful lo tta in
buhl. ants, and which they tbvrn.elvM were incapable
ut erecting ; and my exile from ibe UnJ. and fiom
house and home, naked, was my rewarj. And driving
me they drove those hundreds of wagons, with lluir
thousands of biles of cotton, that adorned their streets,
snd filled theit warehouses, alter me, und lamentably
left their theii iruwded sir cell lit lor a splmdid raec
path ; and a South Carolina planter who rairird Ilia
12 months labor to (hem, and gladly paid $1 50 for
crossing the bridge, now denies to cross it for nothing,
(see the advertisement of the Mayor of Augusta, here
unto attached ;) and the banks of that city, who in
former days lamented for nmie capital, now have
more than they need, ami beg the LegisLluie to take
it hark again. I do nut say, nor do 1 care, what it the
policy of the other party, hut it is my policy and my
duly to make use of every opportunity that may pre
sent itself in my favor.
I admit that iny various enterprizes anil their auc
ceas, have subjected me to much bickering, malice* en
vy, acts of blackest ingratitude—but they have become
familiar to me ; so much so, that I regard them all
with silent rontrinpt. There a r r acta that emanate
from little aoule, and want of principle, and therefore
not worthy the notice of a nobler apirit.
The receipts of Cotton in the town of Hamburg,
for the quarter ending Jsn. I, 1845, ha* amounted to
37,885 bales. HENRY SHULTZ.
Founder of the Town of Hamburg, R. C.
Hamuuiio, S C. Jan. Ist, 1845.
NOTICE.— All wagons or carts loaded with
Cotton coming to the Augusta market, will be allowed
to pass the Bridge free of Toll.
M. M. DYE, Mayor C. A.
Ai-odsta, August 3, 1844.
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TIIUHSim, JAN. 0. IMS
COTTON HARRIET.
Our market is of course depressed, although there
has been more activity during the present Ilian the
past week. Buyers have it not entirely their own
way, and holders have something of a showing. Our
country friends have done better with their cotton, for
the last two or three days, than for some lime past.—
A good article will bring 4} cents. We quote as cur
rent prices, 3J a cents, principal sales 3a 4 cts.
Freights to Savannah, by Rail Road, 40 cents pet
hundred pounds; by River $1 50 per hale.
Our tnarki t is well stored with groceries and dry
goods,
YYiiiit’s I Sic Fuss About I
If tire several cliques and tactions that make up the
great body of the Democratic party, arc not at open
variance, they are only restrain! and from overt acts of
disaffection by considerations of policy, or because,
perhaps, the crisis or point of rupture is not yet reach
ed. The Ides of March are rapidly approaching
when a denoument will be inevitable. “Old Hunk
erism ’ and “\oung Democracy,” which are now
joined together by slight and unstable tie*, will then
be put asunder. The divorce will not he partial, but ]
absolute; and this disruption will be attended with
all that hate and venom, which invariably accompany
the breaking up of all such associations. The mut
tering of the storm is already distinctly heard. To
look at home, every thing seems calm and propitious.
The ship of State is apparently sailing on a summer’s
sea, with hope at her prow, and prudence at her helm
and every thing augurs a prosperous and happy
voyage. But it is all u delusion. Our local press,
whose duty it is, to raise the warning voice whenever
danger threatens, is still and mute. From this source
we cm get no indications of the signs ol the times.—
I he horizon of their viz on is very circumscribed, and
all within its field appear peaceful and quiet. This
may all he very well. ‘-Ignorance is bliss,” and if the
Democratic parry of Georgia can be kept ignorant of
the quarrels and dissentions that are splitting to pieces
their “ natural allies,” why harmony and peace may
be preserved for a while at home,
But if we look at the Democrat c papers out of the
State, we will observe such a conflict of principles
and such a contrariety of sentiments, freely and open
ly expressed, as are manifestly portentous of a decided
and speedy rupture. The Northern Democrats will
not come down to tluir work, anJ co-operate with
their Southern allies. The fact is, that already they
are denying that certain questions were made issues
in the late election, for whiuh the South were mainly
ly contending. They it >ist, that no particular issues I
were involved, hut that they were all general, such as
have ever governed the Democratic parly. The ques- i
lion of a .National Bank- the distribution of the pub
lic lands ; the Veto power, and an Indej endent Treaa- ‘
ury, were the issues involved, snd the only directories, j
So say ihe Noithein Democrats ; but the Southeru
wing of the party contend, that these general issues
had become almost or quite obsolete, and that the j
questions of the Tariff and Texas were the par lieu
lar and direct issues lor which they were striving.— I
Here is a vast difference, arid one too of substance,
between ibe Southern Democrats, and those, whom
herelolore they were ptoud to regain and term, their
nutural uihes.
i Besides this incongruity of opinions upon such mo
mentous questions, wu have olhet, und positive pre
monitory symptoms of detection. The Northern
wing have already, in bad laith to their Southern al
lies, hut in payment of a debt to the abolitionists, re
scinded -.he 25th Rule, and opened the door to Ihe re
ception of Abolition petitioue; in disposal of the
question started a tew weeks since, to reduce Hie duty
on Iron, they cleurly show a disposition not to med
i die with the Tariff; and the evident reluctance mani
fested lu discuss the Tcxus question, plainly indicate,
that this great Southern issue will rece.ve Wucgoby.—
Heie are seeds of strife, already germinating, und
which ate sure to yield a full crop of tare* to the great
and hurmuuious Democratic paity. As they sow, so
will they reap. Retributive justice sooner or later will
over take them.
We always refer to the Charleston Mercury, for cor
rect information of the progress of these lamily jars
That print ii rather a thorn in the flesh of Democra
cy; it is too free spoken and obstreperous, to suit the
taste and turn of a certain class of politicians who
ate schooled in the crooked paths of intrigue, and
who, like evil birds, shun the light, snd for a like rea
son. The Mercury will speuk out, and being rather
among them than of them—a looker on, in Ihe game
that ii being played, rather than a participant, it area
a little more, and has the honesty to tell what it knows.
Its revelations are decidedly rich and recherche.
A correspondent of that paper, and who, repotl
•ays, is Mr. Rhelt, holds out the following prospects —
He, at least, is no flatterer, and lias but little faith in.
Democratic promises. Hear him—
Perhaps the most important issue brought before ihe
peole, at the late election, waa this Tariff of protec
tion and surplus. The people coudemuud the system,
at leant it was so underatnod until Congress met.
The moment that this subject was brought to the
notice of the House, a number of democratic mem
bers, representing powerful ■action* of Ihe country,
hoisted the banner of ultra pioteclion, and declared •
general warfare against every interest that dared to op
pose it. Never, during the whole hiatoiy ol this mut
ter, has the cause of protection been so tnrldly espous
ed and zealously defended as by this Demo-trail* House
of Representatives.
The guise in which the system Is Dow presented, is
that of *■ <quot protection” to all interest* — that ia to
say, we will keep what we have got, to tuaka it equal,
you may get whotyou can.
Thai, vay the Pcnn-tlvuniini!, wai what the Dc
mocracy of the Keystone •''talc l.iughl for and won.
The Indiana democrats say they aro ready to compro
mise the matter, and their first provision is ttiat Penn
sylvania shall be required to yield nothing.
So there is not tho alighlesl prospect at present, that
the system of revenue complained of by the South,
will bo modified or iuipiovad.
In regard lo the annexation of Texas, most ofrlho
demoarai* appear to bo indifferent to it. They cer
tainly do not oppose it; but Ido not see the evidences
of such a feeling as can leuil, at this session, lo any
definite action.
The subject w ill be brought up and discussed in
both Houses, and the friends of ibe measure hope that
a proper bill may be brought forward, out of the seve
ral projects presented, and passed. Mr. McDuffie’*
lull cannot pass the Senate ; and Mr. Denton's Would
not lie accepted by Texas.
In slioit, nothing will be done on this subject at this
session.
Events may happen, must happen, in the year fol
lowing the session, that will render Texas averse to
mnexution.
’l’lie prize will be lost, unless Mr. Polk should prove
to be so sincerely and zealously an advocate of annexa
tion as lo hazard all Extra Session for it. Ido not
think rar self, there need be any great hazard in it to
him or bis party. By ao prompt and bold a movement
he would arouse public attention to the subject, and
would have tho chance which boldness ever has, of
carrying public opinion along with him. Will he risk
it—that's the question, It is the only hope for the
measure, und knowing that full well, its enemies will
throw all their weight against uu Extra Session.
Textis News.
The all engrossing subject now, is Tlxai. Con
gress may or may not act definitely upon the question
ut Ihe present session, although the gcnerallv received
opinion is, that it w ill be postponed to the next Con
gress. It will be seen from the article, copied from
Ihe New Orleans Picayune, that Mania Anna is vii
lually deposed, and that complete revolution hat
been efficted, and that too, without blood shed.-
Whether this revolution will accelerate The measure of
annexation nr not, we are unable to say. By Ihe last
accounts from \\ ssliington they bad not been received
there.
Every body call see our folly in applying our ener
gies, labor, capital und time, to the exclusive produc
tion of one aitnle. cotton ; and still we will persist in
the old beaten and trodden pnth, just precisely as if
wc knew no Irotter and as if a jealous and partial
Piovid nee, had bestowed upon us a soil and climate
adapted to no other purpose than to make cotton to
buy negroes, anJ to buy negroes to make cotton. A
looker on. from the New York Tribune, gives us the
following good advice i
•• We hope the moral of all this will not be lost on
the Planting Stares. ‘J"lvey are grossly deceived with
regard to the influences which govern the price of their
staple, and they per ist in it blindly. They will raise
too much Cotton more than lire world will take of
them at f.iir prices, und so ttie murket droop? and their
Industry is poorly rewarded. If they would just avail
themselves of their nalurul advantages to finer skil
fully snd vigorously upon the culiivitiou of the Grape,
the Mulbeny, &c„ manufacture at least their own plain
fabrics, and grow their own Provisions, they would
do infinitely belter. They • can grow Wool on their
mountains —pasturing their sheep high up in summer
and bringing them lower und lower in tall and winter
—cheaper than item be produced in any other pari
of ihe Union. Will tlx. y cot consider 1”
THE INVITATION TO MR. POLK.
The citizens of Charleston recently held a meeting,
the object of which was, lo invite Mr. Polk to visit
that city on his way to W’ushinglon City. A similar
invitation was extended to the Presidentelect, by our
Democratic fellow citizens of Macon. This perhaps
was all right, if designed as a mark of respect lo a pub
lic functionary, or rather to one, who soon was to be ;
but coming from s parly who pride themselves un their
Democracy, which term implies a devotion exclusive
ly to principle, and not to men; arid who had over and
again reproached the Whig party, as man worshippers,
for extending to Mr. Clay, then a private citizen, a aim
ilar act of courtesy, it looked rather outre. Uut cir
cumstances alter cases, it nuikes all the d.llcrence in
the world, whose bull or ox is gored. Mr. Polk is
the rising sun, and Ghebrcs are lo be found cen among
the plain and pure Democracy. But we are not find
ing fault with the inconsistency of our Democratic
friends, in thus aping their opponents. This is a mat
ter of taste or rather a question of etiquette, which
does not concern ns. We are truly sorry for the dis
appointment that some of our citizens must feel in con
sequence of the declension by Mr. Polk of the honor
tendered to him.
The proceedings of a poition of the citizens cf
Charleston extending to Mr. Polk a similar invitation
is thus commented on by the Charleston Mercury,
The Invitation to Sir. Polk.
We were not at the meeting ot Friday,or we should
certainly have opposed a portion of the pioceedings,
against which we now protest.
Perfectly willing that all respect and hospitality
should be tendered lo the President elect, we cannot
consent to recognize him as the “exponent of our
principles,” nor to hail in the success ot the Democrat
ic party, *• the triumph of the great principles for
which South Carolina has contended.”
Had Jons C. Caliocx, himself, the pledged cham
pion and acknowledged exponent of our principles,
been Piesident elect, instead of Mr. Polk, it would
have only been an indication, * promise of such tri
umph ; but with Mr. Polk as President elect, who has
been electioneered for here an free trade principles—
and in Pennsylvania, under countenance of his own
letter la Mr. Ktxi, on Protective principles —with
what conscience or truth can we claim to cWcbrate,in
his elevation. Ihe triumph of our cause, unless wo
mean lltua virtually to proclaim our desertion of that
cause 1
At the last session of Congress, both Whigs snd Dem
ociats voted ert masse for a Resolution smbodyilig
the pledges given by the previous Democratic Con
vention at Baltimore—and the subsequent action of
both parlies, on Ibe subject matters ol those pledges,
repeatedly violated all, shewed us, if we are not fools,
that those pledges were mere wind—and worth noth
•n- .
The last Baltimore Convention repeated those
pledges, and the very first action of the piesent Coi
grese breaks them—lhe Democrats joining in the vio
lation.
Even then, if Mr. Polk provetiue to the Sooth, what
can he do I Where ii our triumph 1 What is our
guaranty 1 Do wc love to bo cheated ‘■
We would not prejudge Mr. Plk ; but then stands
his letter to Kane / and, we blush to say it, the equiv
ocating sentence of it about •• equal protection to all
the interests, Ac.” was the only sentiment of hit that
could be selected to bo blazoned under his name upon
a banner in the torch tight procession through Charles
ton !!
In the name of Hod ; n Wc are lo submit, lei it be
in silcor*, if not temonstraling—if not resisting; but
le*'l not making bondage more vile by singing pawns
and hallclujaha lo dcluders and oppressois.
As to ihe gentleman, Mr. Pincknit, who introdu
ced the Resolutions on Friday, we have none but
kindly feelings towards him, though politically we dif
fer very widely. While Mr. Van Hlhkn wasia
the field, he championed him strenuously agtinst all
comers ; and since Mr. Van Bl'Mkn wsa shelved, he
lias gone t-i el armis, for Mr. Polk, who, we trash
will prove us grateful as himself, and remember turn
for in
But we trust that thers ia yet to be found in C’sre
lina party, or men, who go for no men or oamr
in preference to her rights, or lo the lorgetlulnes* 01
her paramount claims—who will be neither Van ” u ”
laiiiu-s, Clayilcs, Polkites, or even Cslliounitva— * 1 "”
bete stands their blale —snd there stands lierplundei
cri and vevilera—and her rights unassorted, her wrongs
uniedicsecd, her insult* unavenged . J. A. •