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2 of the vote proceeded very slowly, and a great deal of caucussing was going on while the vote was being called. When the names had been all called the vote, before it was announced, was found to be a very close one. Several mem bers then began to change their votes, and all ot them among thosewho had voted in the nega. tive. Mr. Duncan of Ohio changed from no to the affirmative. ... , . - _ Mr. J. M. Davis of la. changed from no to Yost of Pa. after many questions, also changed from no to aye. The vote was then announced. For laying upon the table 88. Against laving upon the table 87. Mr. Clingman of N. C. moved a call of the House,and to reconsider the vote j ust announced. Themotions were submitted to lay the motion lor a call upon the table. Neither of the mo tions were in order. The yeas and nays were then ordered npon the motion, —-‘Shall there be a call of the House?” The vote was, ayes 81, noes 101. Mr. Weller of Ohio then moved to lay the motion to reconsider upon the table. The yeas and nays were ordered and the mo tion prevailed. Ayes 80—noes 82! This was an end to the subject, and probably will be an end of it for the session. The old Rules will be the Rules of the House. Mr. Vancejof Ohio moved that the Rules of the House be suspended in order to receive such Reports from the Standing Committees as should not give rise to debate. Among the mass of bills reported were a few of a public character. Mr. Dromgoole gave notice in the absence of Mr. McKay (the Chairman of the Committee ofWays and Means) that he should call daily for the consideration of the Appropriation Bills in the following order. The Military Academy Bill. The Fortification Bill. The Army Bill. The Civil and Diplomatic Bill. The Navy Bill. Mr. Kennedy gave notice that he should in troduce a Bill to alter the present mode of mea suring tonnage. The House was without a quorum for the last hour ot the session, and adjourned at half past 3 o’clock. Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. Washington, Feb. 29. IN SENATE. Mr. John Tyler, Jr. brought in a message from the President—(vide House proceedings.) Mr. Rives, of Virginia, then rose andaddress ed the Senate somewhat as follows: Mr. President: The feeling of the Senate must have anticipated whatever may be said of the awful calamity which occurred yesterday, and made that day, with all its unearthly bright ness, one of the darkest days in our national calendar. Never was a day on earth marked in its progress by, such startling and astounding events—opening as it did in the midstofhilarity and national prile and congratulation, and clos ing in scenes of heart rending woe. It was my sad fortune to be present and a witness of these scenes, and if I had language to describe them, yet the power of speech would fail me. I have risen to suggest to the Senate the propriety of suspending, on this sad occasion, its ordinary business. It has fallen on my State to have two of her high citizens cut down by this calamity, and re moved from the service of their country, and another of her sons, a gallant officer of the Navy, has fallen upon a deck which, under other cir cumstances, he might have illustrated by his valor. Mr. President, let us bow beneath this inflic tion of Providence; let us lay to heart the mo mentous lesson so impressi rely read to us yes terday, that “ in the midst of life we are in death.” With this lesson before us, let us keep in view our eternal as well as temporal duties. Let this deep National calamity serve to bind us closer together—let us put away all bitterness, and wrath, and evil speaking; and when we come together again, let us feel how much bet ter citizens we are for this chastening stroke of Providence. Mr. Rives then sent several resolutions to the Chair. The Senate resolved to attend the funeral ob sequies in a body, and the Chair appointed Messrs. Rives, Archer, King, Woodbury and Bayard a committee to meet the House commit tee and confer in making arrangements for the funeral. x The Clerk ot the House announced the ad journment of that branch until Monday next, and the Senate adjourned tor the same period. HOUSE. The House met at twelve o’clock and was called to order by the Speaker. The Private Secretary of the President deliv ered a message from the President in writing. The reading of it being called for, the Clerk performed that duty. The message announces the occurence of the melancholy accident, on board the Princeton, yesterday afternoon, at half past four o’clock, by which the lives of Judge Upshur, Secretary of State, and Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy, were destroyed. The Pres ident then remarks upon the additional sor row parted to the disaster by the loss of the lives of other distinguished citizens. There was some relief, however, to the distress pro duced by the event, derived from the fact that it was not caused by any negligence on the part of the officers and crew of the vessel. It was to be set down as one of those calamities which no human foresight can guard against. It did not detract from his opinion of the importance of the improvement, contemplated in the construc tion and fitting of the Princeton, nor did it im pair his confidence in the Commander, Capt. Stockton. Mr. Hopkins, of Virginia, after the reading of the passage, rose and alluded very briefly to the appalling casualty, described in the message, and offered a resolution declaring that the House have heard, with deep sorrow, the intelligence of the accident on board the Princeton, &c.— that the House will attend the funeral of the offi cers of the Government, whose lives have been lost, in a body; that no legislative business shall be transacted until the funeral ceremonies are ended—that a committee of five members on the part of the House be appointed, to unite with a similar committee on the part of the Senate, to make the necessary arrangements lor the funeral, and that, when the House adjourn, it adjourn to meet on Monday next. The reso lution was unanimously adopted, and the House adjourned. The following are the names of the Com mittee to conduct the funeral, on the part of the House of Representatives— Messrs. Hopkins, Adams, Barnard, C. Johnson and C. J. Inger soll. “ Important Trial and Conviction.” Oyez! Oyez! Silence is commanded on pain of imprison ment, while the Editor of the Richmond Enqui rer is on trial before the People of Virginia tor sundry high crimes and misdemeanors. People of Virginia. “ Thomas Ritchie, you are charged with having supported for the Presi dency Wm. H. Crawford, the ablest and most constant champion of that ‘Federal Monster,’ a National Bank. What say you—are you guilty or not guilty.” Prisorer. “ I didsupport Wm. H. Crawford, but at that time a National Bank was not con sidered unconstitutional.” People. W hen did you discover it to be un constitutional ? Prisoner. “When Gen. Jackson began to make war on it.” People. How is it that Gen. Jackson is such high authority with you ? Did you not, at one time, assert publicly,that he would, if elected to the Presidency, “prove a curse to his coun try,” and say many other things derogatory to his intellect and character ? Prisoner. “ I did—but afterwards when he was basking in the sunshine of popular favor, I made ample atonement lor my offences against him, by being one of his most devoted and obe dient followers.” People. “Were you not once violently oppos ed to what is called the Sub-Treasury scheme? Did you not'denounce it in unmeasured terms, and predict that if it were adopted, it would prove ruinous to the country ?” Prisoner. “ I did.” People. “ What induced you to change your opinion?” Prisoner. “ My party, after having denounced it as bitterly as 1 ever did, took it up, and I could not afford to be left in a minority.” People. “ Did you not follow William C. Rives in denouncing the Sub Treasury, and afterwards denounce him for sticking to the text from which you yourself had so often preach ed?” Prisoner. “ I did, because Mr. Rives adher ed obstinately to his opinions after he saw the party were iully bent on carrying out the mea sure, and if I had not abandoned him the party would have abandoned me.” People. “Were you not at one time a warm advocate ot the Distribution of the Fund accru ing from the sales ol the public lands among the States ? Prisoner. “ I was.” People. “ Why have you changed your opin ion?” Prisoner. “ My party have taken ground a gainst this measure, and if I abandon them, they will desert me." People. “ Stand up, Prisoner, and hear the sentence which we pronounce on you. “ After a fair and impartial trial, you have been found guilty ot the crime of being a time serving and disingenuous politician. You have sacrificed Principles to Men, and prostituted your influence to the base «nds of party. We, therefore, decree that, nencetorth the motto of your paper shall be “ Fear without Truth,” in order that every man may be warned not to trust to your declarations, which are made but to de ceive, or to your promises, which are made only to betray.”— Petersburg Intelligencer. ”*An Odd Chicken. —A man lately died in Philadelphia who made a will, some time since, bequeathing a pair or old breeches to one of his female relatives, a glass of brandy to another, and the bulk of his property to a young man na med Jenkins, with directions to bury him in a standing position in his lot at West Philadel, hia, <r«M«d in his ordinary wsaring apparel. efjtonUlc auß SentlueU AUGUSTA. FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY: ‘The Fanner of Ashland—the Patriot and Philan thropist—the American Statesman, and unrivaled Orator of the age.” "Let me not be misunderstood —and, I entreat that I may not be misrepresented. lam NOT advocating the revival of a HIGH PROTEC TIVE TARIFF. I AM FOR ABIDING BY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COM PROMISE ACT. 1 am for ioing what no Southern man of fair candid mind ever yet de nied—giving to the country a revenue which may provide for the economical wants of the Govern ment, and al the same time giving incidental pro tection to our home industry."— Speech of Henry Clay in the U. S. Senate, March 1,1842. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5. Mr. Bibdle.—We brieflyjnoticed yesterday the death of this eminent citizen. In another column will be found an article from the Phi ladelphia North American, which renders well merited justice to his memory, and to which we call the attention of our readers. “Free Trade and Protection.” —This is the tittle of an article in the February number of Blackwood’s Magazine—" in which,” says the Baltimore American, “the matter is discussed at considerable length, but more in relation to the trade of England with other countries of Europe than with the United States. The opi nion is arrived at that the reciprocity system is only applicable to distant countries in an early stage of civilization, whose products are differ ent from those of England, and ‘ whose stage of advancement is not such as to have made them enter on the career of manufacture, of jealousy and tariffs.” Colonies, it is added, unite all these advantages, and it is in them, it is asserted, that the real sources of the strength of England lies, and the only secure markets for her produce are to be found. The article con cludes with the following as the result of the examination of the subject:— “ Is, then, a free and unrestrained system of commercial intercourse impossible between two nations, and must it ever end in a war of tariffs and the pacific infliction of mutual injury ? We consider it is impossible between two nations, both manufacturing, or aspiring to be so. and in the same, or nearly the same, age and social circumstances. It is mere folly to attempt it; because interests which must clash, are con tinually arising on both parties, and reciprocity if attempted is one sided only. With such na tions, the only wisdom is, to conclude treaties, not of reciprocity, but of commerce; that is, treaties in which, in consideration of certain branches of our manufactuers being admitted on favorable terms, we agree to admit certain articles of their produce on equally advantage ous conditions. Thus, a treaty, by which we agree to admit, for a moderate duty, the wines of France, which we can never rival, in return for their admitting our iron and cotton goods on similar terms, would be a measure of equal benefit to both countries.” —That is, provided France could not advan tageously manufacture cotton for herself—but she can and does. Iron she cannot —for there is little iron ore in her borders: and therefore an exchange, for this article, might be of great ad vantage to France, if made on terms of real re ciprocity. The great truth is, however, that no nation, that has the raw material, and the means of manufacturing it, within herself, can expect to increase rapidly in wealth and independence, if it continues to import largely from abroad that which can be made by her own people, to supply their own wants —because labor consti tutes the greater partof the value of almost every manufactured article; and this labor must be paid tor in cash, or its equivalent, whether the workshop is at home or abroad. The nation, therefore, that does not take care to foster home industry, will, sooner or later, find itself in the back ground. There are certain laws of nature that no treaties between nations can do away with: and one of these is, that industry must have its just reward, and labor, the great capital of all countries, be constantly and profitably employed, if national embarrassment and ruin would be avoided. f A writer in the Nashua Telegraph says : “ I do not blame, an Englishman for loving England, but an American who prefers English labor and English manufacture to American, to that made at his own door and by his own neighbors, is at least an American with English feelings, and should expect honors from England, if he get them any where.” And we say so too. PENNSYLVANiA.-Yesterday was the day named for the meeting at Harrisburg, of the jacobin Convention of the above State, to nominate a candidate for Governor, delegates to the Balti more Convention, and presidential electors. We should not be surprised to hear that the Convention went off with a touch of the “ har mony” that has ol late characterised most of the gatherings of this party. The number of delegates elected is about 130— some of the counties having had too much “har mony” in their primary meetings, to admit of their choosing delegates ! Os those elected, 43 are instructed to vote for F. R. Shunk, 40 for H. A. Muhlenberg, 24 for eight other candi dates, in proportions varying from 1 to 6, and 23 are left uninstructed. Who will get the nomination for Governor, under the above circumstances, we willnot ven ture a conjecture. Rail Road Iron.—We are gratified to learn that a portion of the cargo of Rail Road Iron, recently arrived at Charleston, for the extension of the Georgia Rail Road, passed through this city yesterday, and upon the road last night to its destination. This cargo, which is heavy bridge iron, is sufficient to complete 15 miles of road, and the remainder to extend the road to Coving ington, is expected to arrive by the Ist of June. We, therefore, knowing the activity with which the work is so rapidly progressingto its comple tion, hazard little in saying, that the road will be finished to Covington by the first day ot Septem ber next. Upon the almost certain prospect of which, we congratulate the Stockholders and those interested in this important improvement, and trust thaf the day is not far distant when they will reap a rich reward for their labors. U. S. Stocks.—The Madisonian says that a large portion oi the U. S. 5 per cent, stock has been purchased by foreign capitalists, and that they are still purchasing. When an agent was sent to England, to endeavor to negoti ate the Six per cent, bonds, the John (Bulls turned up their delicate noses at it. Now they are glad to purchase our five per cents at apremiuna. Another Rumor.—The Washington corres pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, v nites as follows: “There is a singular rumor i n town, which for some reason or other that I ca nnot de cipher, is gaining credence even among the be’- ter informed circles. It is whispered, namely, that Mr. Van Buren will, beyond all d oubt or question, receive the regular nominatio n of the Democratic National Convention, at Ba Itimore; but that on that occasion some one will, get up and read a letter from Mr. Van Buren, declining for the sake of the harmony of the pa Tty, and recommending Gen. Cass, for the office of Pres ident of the United States, The De mocratic National Convention then, will, withot it further comment, nominate General Cass, wh, > will re ceive the support of the Globe, the Richmond Enquirer, the Pennsylvanian, and in short all the leading journals on the Van Buren side.” This is all regular “ gammon.” IfTtfr. Van Buren gets the nomination, he will hang on to it. He is not the man to forego an advantage. All that will induce him to decline runnii ig at the coming election will be a conviction as the success cf the Whig Candidate. In such a .case, Mr. Van Buren would, beyond a question b ack out, and leave some other person to be the sea, pe goat of the party. SJuThe Hon. Henry Johnson, recently elec :t --ed U. S. senator from the State of Louisiana, ito fill the vacancy occasioned by the death «of Judge Porter, arrived in Washington on the af ternoon of the 29th ult. 55rGen. Green contradicts, in torn, the reasons I assigned by Mr. Wyckoff tor his being dismiss ed from the editorial charge of the Republic newspaper, and alleges that he has been most grossly abused in the matter. The whole sub ject, he says, will be left to the decision of a court of justice. The Republic.—The “free trade” ptojectors of this journal, have already quarrelled with Gen. Duff Green, and ousted him from the editorial chair. A Mr. Wyckoff is the General’s successor. In a notice to the small portion of “ the public” who may feel an interest in this Anglo-American journal, lhe proprietors say, that the “ immediate motive in establishing" the paper was “ an earnest desire to relieve our country (!) by a just representation of facts, from the odium under which she had fallen abroad, through the financial events of the last few yearsand “ to constitute a respectable organ of public opinion and feeling in the Unit ed States, that would favorably affect the judg ments of foreign countries!”* but that Gen. Green, in making it a sectional and party or gan, had interfered with their views, &c. Os course these advocatesof English interests care little who is President, provided the people of the U nited States are placed at the mercy of British manufacturers. Who the “ Mr. Wyckoff ” is, we know not. The Express insinuates, however, that he is the same gentleman who was usher and cash keeper to Fanny Ellsler. We rather suspect he will not play editor for any great length of time, whoever he may be. The concern will go off in a “ galloping consumption” one of these days. Cheap Literature.—To the politeness of Mr. S. A. Holmes, of the Literary Depot, we are indebted for copies of several works, got up on the low price system—among which are "the GramWcr,” by Miss Pickering; "the Ladie s Science of Etiquette;" “ St. Patrick’s Purgatory," by Thomas Wright. Esq.; and “ The Manage ment of the Sick Room," —which lUter appears to be a very useful little manual. Tot. the same gentleman we are indebted for copies of the March numbers of “ Godey’s La dy's Book," “ The Ladies’ National Magazine,". and " The Lady’s Musical Library.” The two former of these periodicals are illustrated, as usual; but we feel bound to say, that the fewer “illustrations,” like those of the “National,” that are palmed off upon the public, the more credit will the publishers deserve. The Interpreter.—We have received the first three numbers of a periodical, published semi-monthly, under the above title, at Charles ton, under the editorship of Mr. B. Jenkins. This Magazine is designed to aid the study of the French, Spanish, German and Italian lan guages. We do not deem ourselves competent to decide understandingly upon the merits of this work; but from the examination we have been enabled to give it, we are inclined to think it might be very useful to students in either of the above languages. The magazine can be found at the bookstore of Messrs. C. E. Grenville & Co. “A Citizen” has favored us with a commu nication, calling the attention of the authorities to the necessity of obtaining two “ Alarm-trian gles" of sufficient size to be heard over lhe city, placing one over the upper market and the other in the centre, between the two markets—which shall only be rung at an alarm of fire. He does not mention whether they will obviate the diffi culty of sleeping watchmen. sj=Both Houses of the Maryland Legisla ture, and also the Court of Appeals, sitting at Annapolis, adjourned on Friday, on the annun ciation of the catastrophe on board the U.. States ship Princeton. Seizure of Paper.—The Boston Post says that within a short time, several parcels of paper in the market have been found to contain some 100 sheets less in the ream than required by Jaw, and have been returned to the auctioneer. On Friday 500 reams of similar paper were seized on board a vessel up for a Southern port, and will be forfeited. Value $l5O. It would have been well to have given the names of the fraudulent dealers, so that southern purchasers, and ali others, might hereafter avoid all dealings with them. 53“ The pork packing and curing houses of Mr. Joseph Mill, at Terre Haute, Indiana, were consumed by fire on the 19th ultimo. A large stock of meat was destroyed. Loss, about $27;- 000—of which Mr. J. D. Early (with some Eastern partners) will lose about $20,000, and Mr. J. Miller about $6,000. No insurance. g 3“ The number of new buildings erected in New York in 1843, is 1,273; of which 1,045 are brick dwellings or stores. Os the remaining 228, nine are stone or brick churches. This increase in the number of buildings, it is said, indicates an addition to the population of a least 10,000. Sensible Advice.—The editor of a Penn sylvania paper advises the unmarried ladies to improve the present leap year, for fear another season of this kind will “find them far gone into the wrinkled vale where paint and frippery availeth naught.” Our word for it this editor is a crabbed old bachelor, far gone into “the vale of years” him self! The ladies dealing in “paint and frip pery,” indeed! Oh shocking! Mr. Clay in Columbus.—The editor of the “ Enquirer” introduces the subjoined letter, of one of his patrons, thus: What should we do without the Women I— We received the following from , Stewart county, Ga., one day last week, and think it is too good to be lost. We shall certainly send the paper to the worthy lady, and feel highly flatter ed by her good opinion of us. For fear she may not have been apprised of the time of Mr. Clay’s arrival, we will state for her information that he is expected here on the 11th of March. Stewart Co., Feb. 2d., 1844. Mr. Flournoy <f- Co.— My husband told me he had stopped bis Enquirer paper, on account oi the tightness of the times, but he shant do no such a thing. I like your paper, because it stands so square up to Henry Clay, (the Lord be good to him,)and as this is the j ear that he is to be made President, I am determined to know all about it. You must keep sending your pa per to the old man, and I’ll see that you get your money. Be sure and let us know when Henry Clay is to come to Columbus, for if the Lord spares my health and strength, I am determined to see him. Don’t forget to send the paper. Your friend, MARY . Profitable Association.—The Equitable Safety Insurance Company of Boston, the Atlas says, have declared a dividend of twenty-six per cent, on the past year’s business; also, an in terest of six per cent, in cash on all the pas t issues of scrip. ?3"Counterfeit coin of the denominations of twenty-five and ten cent pieces, of the American coinage, are in circulation in various parts of the country. They can only be detected by the sound. Look out forthem every where. Newark Manufactures going to Europe —Mr. Heintsch, the ingenious Cutler of this city, has, we understand, received* an order for 8200 worth of his tailors’ shears from Freburg, in German. These shears, our readers wil* remember, have been pronounced in England to be altogether superior to any now in use.— Ncwatk Daily Advertiser. O’ The ice, as we leatn through the Buffalo Advertiser, has entirely disappeared from Lake Erie. This is unusually early for a free navi gation of that inland sea; but the rescinding of the iron rule of winter, near the “ides of March,’’ is not altogether without precedent. But little business will be done on the lake, however, un til the Erie Canal is opened, unless the Legis lature of New York authorise the carrying of freighton the Utica and Schenectady railroad— on which section of the great line from the Hud son river,|andirom Boston, in fact to Lake Erie, it is now prohibited by the provisions of the char ter. Manufacturing Capital.—The amom.it of capital invested in manufacturing establish ments at Providence, R. 1., is stated to be $7, - 156,000. The N. Y. Courier & Enquirer says : —We understand that the stock of the Troy and G reen bush Rail Road has been taken up by Boston capitalists: it is their intention to utyte this with the Western and Schenectady Rail R oads, and thus secure an uninterrupted line of com munication from Boston to Buffalo without touching at Albany. The late Calamitous Accident.—The National Intelligencer ot Friday morning, the Ist instan’, says: The bodies of the lamented Upshur, Gilmer, Maxey, Kennon and Gardner, were brought to this city yesterday, in coffins, from the ship Prir eton, on bor-idol which, on the preceding afternoon, they p. > sed from life to death by means not less fleet or fatal than fire from Heaven. The coffins were conveyed, with due solemnity, to the President’s House, and placed in the East Room, there to await the funeral ceremonies. The gloom which fell upon every spirit on the first news of the sad accident on board of the Princeton, was visible in every countenance yesterday. Responsive to a Message of the President on the subject, both Houses of Con gress adjourned immediately after adopting re solutions expressive of their feelings. They will meet again tomorrow only to attend the lu neral, which is appointed to take place on Sat urday at 11 o’clock. • No death has occurred, in consequence of the terrible accident, besides those mentioned yes terday, except that ol a servantof the President, (a colored man,) who was near the gun at the time of its exploding. Those who were wound ed, citizens, officers, and seamen, are, we are glad to learn, generally less hurt than was sup posed, and are doing well. In regard to this unhappy occurrence, it is well remarked by l» je Globe, that “the only cir cumstance calculated to relieve the all-pervad ing distress, is, that of lhe multitude of ladies who were on board, the ship, not one was injur ed. The happy exemption of sucha multitude of the ten.der sex, who witnessed the havoc made in the midst of them, of the most distinguished and beloved of their country men, while it brings some solace to the circle of their immediate friends, cannot but deepen the sympathies which they, and the whole community, feel for the be reaved families of those who have fallen.” This is a theme upon which it must be needless fur ther to dwell; but undevout and hardened in deed must be the heart of him or her who is not profoundly grateful that, dreadful as the result was, it was less than r ttnder the circumstances, could have been hoped upon any' human com putation. * The same paper of Saturday morning, the 2d instant, says: Neither House of Congress sat yesterdav. or will sit today, having adjourned over on Thursday to Monday next, in testimo ny of the sense with which they were impressed of the extent of the misfortune sustained by the late diaster on board of the United States ship Princeton. The same sentiment which influences Con gress on this occasion is partaken by’ all classes of our people, ot both sexes, and of eve ry age. The funeral of those who lost their lives by’ this afflictive calamity, will take place ibis day. Whilst preparing for the funeral of the suf ferers by the accident ot Thursday, Death has stricken another victim in the midst of us, in the person of the Hon. Henry Frick, one of the Representatives from the Stale of Pennsylva nia, who breathed his last yesterday, about 12 o’clock, at his lodgings in this city. The Attorney General, (Hon. John Nelson,) has been appointed Acting Secretary’ pf State, and Commodore Lewis Warrington to be Act ing Secretary of the Navy. From the Southern Whig. Athens, February 24, 1844. Pursuant to previous notice, a large and re spectable number of lhe citizens of this county met this day in the Town Hall, to adopt suita ble means to welcome to our State our distin guished fellow-citizen and illustrious statesman the Hon. HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, and to extend to him a special and pressing invitation to visit our tewn during his sojourn in this Stale. The meeting was organized by calling Maj. Thomas Mitchell to the Chair, and appointing Wm. W. Clayton, Secretary. The object of the meeting being slated by the Chairman, On motion of Dr. R. D. Moore, it was unani mously Resolved, That a committee of seven be ap pointed by the Chairman to address the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, and tender him a pressing invitatiofi to visit our town during his tour through this State. Resolved further, That a Committee ot twen ty-six be appointed by the chairman to make suitable arrangements to receive lhe Hon. Henry Clay, in the event of his accepting the invita tion. Before the Chairman announced lhe commit tees, on motion ofDr. Flint, lhe chairman was appointed by the meeting, one of the committee on invitation. Committei to carry into effect lhe first Resolution. Dr. R. D- Moore, Asbury Hull, James Camak, Charles Doughty, John Billups, Wm. W. Clayton, and Thomas Mitchell. Committee to carry into effect thcfliiid Resolution. Messrs. Wm. M. Morion, Wm. E. Dearing, Dr. E. R. Ware, Dr. Wm. Flint, Wm Stroud, A. Alden, Woilsey Nichols, Thomas Moore, Philip Clayton, Edward Lumpkin, John 1. Huggins, S. J. Mays, Dr. Henry Hull, James D. Frierson, Isaac S. Vineent, John H. Newton, Green B. Haygood, J. J. Selman, Howell An derson, E. L. Newton, Y. L. G. Hairis, Chas. B. Lyle, E. P. Clayton, Nathan Holbrook, J. Kirkpatrick, George W. King. , On motion of Col. Alden* it was Resolved, That the Editors of the Southern Whig and Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, be respectfully requested to publish lhe proceed ings of this meeting in their papers. The meeting then adjourned. THOMAS MITCHELL, Chair. Wm. W. Clayton, Sec’y. From Mexico.—By’ the ship Tlppicanoe, Captain Gray, from Vera Cruz, we learn that at the time of her sailing (17th Feb.)every thing w’as quite, both at that port and in Mexico.— The Mexican Government have appioved ot the arrangement matte by their Minister in London, hence all ditltcullies between England and Mexico will be amicably settled. Air. Bankhead, the new British Minister to Mexico, had not yet arrived, but was looked for daily. The February instalment, due on the indem nity’ tothc United States, had been paid. The U. S. ship Vincennes, Captain Buckhead, was at Vera Cruz, to sail in a few days for Pensacola; she would have sailed on the 10th February, but wi s detained by a “Nothern”;on the 15th information was received that General Thompson bad finally concluded his business with the Mexican Government, and intended io leave Mexico immediately forthe United States. The Ytneewnej would, therefore, await his arri val, it being his intention to take passage in that ship. The officers and crew of the Vincennes were all well. Lieutenant Barry, U. S. Navy, bearer of despatches from commodore Dallas, comman ding the Pacific squadron, arrived at Vera Cruz on the 15th Feburary, from the Pacific, via Mexico—he would take passage also in the Vincennes. —.V. Oilcans Bee. Texan Prisoners in Mexico.—From an American gentleman who came passenger in the Tippecanoe, from Vera Ciuz, we learn that there are still seventeen Texans confined in the old Convent of Santiago, near the city ot Mexi co, among them Major Murray and Captains Pearson and Baker, all three of whom are un well. At one time there were near seven hun dred Mexican convicts of the lowest description —dirty, miserable, tagged wretches —confined in the same building w ith the unfortunate Tc. - ans; but w ithin the last three months some five hundred of them have been taken out as recruits for the army. It is a singular thing, but nearly all these convicts openly confess that they have committed murder, although it is well known that they are only petty thieves. The mutderer is considered a more' respectable criminal in Mexico than the eon. mon burglar. Os the prisoners at the Castle de Perote, sixty two are still in the hospital—all that ate able are employed in eariyrng sand and making repairs upon the i a-tit’, t.t.ir in, t ..taiu did m t visit the main body, hut saw Capt. Ryan and Messrs. Lockhart and George Van Ness at the hotel at Perote when the stage drove up. A guard ac companied them, although they' appeared to be allowed more privileges than their comrades. Within the last tew months more than twenty deat’is have occurred at the castle, and not one of the prisoners has escaped the severe epidem ic. Their clothing, both at Santiago and Perote, is of the worstedescription, while their food is scanty, vile—hardly fit for dogs. Such are the gloomy’ accounts of the situation of these unfor tunate men, and at present there appears to be little prospect of a change. P. S. Since writing the above, we have re ceived a letter from Perote announcing the death of French Strother Gray. The deceased was a lawyer, a native of Kentucky, but at the time of his capture was attending the court of San Antonio, Texas, professionally. Our cor respondent speaks of him as a generous, high minded man, whose loss is much regretted by all who knew him. His remains were decent ly buried, although in the ditch that surrounds the Castle of Perote. Thus premature has fall en another, the victim of a rigorous, cruel and unjust confinemen'. — N. O. Pic. Died, on the morning of February 11th instant, at ten o’clock, at the residence ot his son, in North Woodbury township, Bedford county, (Pa.) Henry Kifer, a Revolutionary soldier 0f1776, who had attained the astonishing age of one hundred and ten years and six months! Railroads in Massachusetts, —The Boston Post contains a table of the capita l , and receipts and expenses of the twelve principal railways in Massachusetts. The whole cost of these roadsis 821,616,780; the capital is ©15,711,050; and the net income for the year 1843 has been 81,094,250. The net income for the year 1842 was $1,042,980. Steamboat Burnts-The steamboat Sciota Valley, was destroyed by’ fire on yesterday after noon. The fire was the result ot accident. The steamer was lying amid a number of steamers. To prevent the spread of the fire among them she wus cut loose, and shoved out into the river. The wind which was strong drove her on the Kentucky shore. The Covington Fire Company, and No. 1, of our city, passed over to her in the Ferry boat and were the mean# jot saving her hull —Cm. Gazette. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 6. . 'i.'WKtf' i NEW Orleans Election.—The special elec- ( tion held in the city of New Orleans, to choose - a Senator in place of Mr. Hoa, has resulted in ] favor ot Locofocoism, by about 420 majority. ( All the citizens of Judge Elliott’s making, some t 1800 in number, were allowed to vote, under a ( sort ot protest in some of the wards. ' n fhree wards of the Second Municipality, they were marked, and 0f256 cast, the locoloco candidate received 250, and the Whig 6. .This showshow . the election was carried. ] The Bee, in commenting upon the result, very i properly says “It has be’come so fashionable of late to attribute political defeat to the frauds committed by the victorious party, that accusa- ' lions of this character are not likely to have their just weight with the community, although sustained by irrefragable proofs.” There is, indeed, no use in exposing frauds at elections, in these latter days. They have almost ceased to have any startling effect npon the great mass of the people—because, with too many, the de testable doctrine that “all is fair in politics,” is a governing principle; and the victory just won in New Orleans is just as dear and gratifying and as useful, to theiadicals, as though it were a fair expression of the voice of a majority ol those who are legally and morally entitled to take part in the choice of our public officers.— And further, if frauds at elections are perpetra trated, who are to blame? Certainly those who can correct such abuses, and yet do not do so li'lhe people of any State, or all the States, si’ calmly down, and permit their vital interests thus io be with—if they are willing that their lives, and happiness should be com mitted to of demagogues elected by illegal votß Jli ? sooner the evil is permitted to come to a head, the better will it be. There is, in fact, hardly a large city in the Union, in which the elections, in three cases out of four, are not perfect deceptions—unadulterated frauds. They, however, cany evils with them, that are, to a certain extent, punishments to those whe wink at them; and if that portion of the citizens of New Orleans, wh» have anything to lose, do not have cause, sooner or later, to regret, in sackcloth and ashes, the ascendancy of the jaco bins, through a violation of the law’s, they will be more fortunate than they deserve to be. But we would not have our Whig friends in that city despair, because they have been put down bybrute force, acting under the color of law. F«r every false vote that has now been cast against them, let them endeavor to secure the aidtff a legal voter. In the end they must triumph But even should they not—if fraud is to remain triumphant there—they will at leas have the approbation ol their own consciences, and the commendations of their political bre thren every where, if they butdotheirduty. The doss of a single member of the Legislature, so far as the Whig cause generally is concerned, is a matter of very little consequence—especially when brought about by the trampling of all law in the dust. There is a glorious triumph for the friends of law and order in prospect, under lhe universal regenerated influences of which, such a miserable victory, over right and jus tice, as the one we are now commenting upon, will only have the effect of covering with dis grace and shame, those who w ere thus instru mental in destroying their own birthright. The liberty and happiness of the American people are not based upon the law-contemning move ments of the illegally constituted jacobin voters of the New Orleans municipalities. g 3" The House of Representatives, at Wash ington, after see-sawing nearly three months in reference to the 21st Rule, have at length got back to the spot they started from. The same play we suppose, will next be had in reference to the tariff. The fact is, that the locofocc. demagogues of that body are sadly perplexed as to which course they ought to take to make the most patty capital— honest legislation not being in their line. How different is it ijith the Whigs 1 Strong in the consciousness of their rectitude—powerful in their union of sentiment and views—and having a straight path before them in which to travel— they are not required to dodge.round and handle gingerly the questions of social and national policy which come before them. They require no clap-trap legislation to strengthen a cause that is identified, in all parts, with the honor, the prosperity and the peace of the Republic. What .think ye of it?—The number of shoemakers in the United States, is said to be 150,000. We do not think the number overrated These workmen, it may salely be calculated, earn one dollar, each working day, through the year, on an average. This would give nearly $47,000,000 as the amount of wages paid out to this industrial class, at the above low price of wages, each year— all which is spent at home. Now, which would be the best forthe country: to have this money earned and spent in lhe United States, or to have it sent abroad to pur chase boots and shoes? There can be but one answer to this question, we suppose. There can be no one who would decide against our own shoemakers. And if it is good policy to have our shoes stitched and pegged at home, will any person prove to us why the rujp would not work as well touching al! other articles that can be as well made on this side ot the Atlantic as on the other? Duty on Tobacco.—We learn, by the Phila delphia United States Gazette, that the Ameri can Chamber of Commerce, at Liverpool, Eng., are making efforts to have the duty on tobacco reduced to one shilling, sterling, per pound— which is, of itself, about three hundred per cent, on the invoice priee ofthe article. The present duty, on the unmanufactured article, is 35., or 900 per cent. On lhe manufactured article, the duty is 95., or about per eent. I To show, at a glance, the operation of the English revenue laws on one important product ofthe United States, at lhe very moment when her agents and free trade friends here are urg ing an almost unrestricted admission of her manufactures into our ports, the Gazette cites a I single fact, which is conclusive on the subject. ‘A merchant of our city,” says that paper, “a few days since sold 2,332 pounds of tobacco at 9 cents a pound, amounting to s2o£l 88. This tobacco will be sent to Liverpool: it will pay nine shillings a pound import du'y, making £1,050, or nearly 85,259.” And t’ms it-runs through the whole list of American products that are not absolutely re quired for a smci sstul prosecution ofthe En ; clisli m:mufa’;:m<-. Before any more conces sions tic ma.u. . ■ foreign mamilacturers, it would be no more than lair to require them to “ talk turkey” to us a little. The late contest of the jacobins in the locofoco convention on the 22d Feb. in New Jersey, is spoken ol as the “ Battle of Trenton,” in the Philadelphia Forum. It was a terrible encounter —Gen. Wall leading one branch of the combatants, and Gen. Smythe the other— but a little bless bloody than the one with the Hessians of old, and with this further difference, that there was no American party on the ground at the late battle. It was a civil war, of the un civilest kind, among the serfs of party. Vice Presidency.—The Whig General Com mittee ofthe City ofNew York, have concurred in the recommendation lately made at Albany, by the Whig members of the Legislature, of the Hon. Millard Fillmore of that State, as a candidate for the Vice Presidency, and have re commended to the Delegates from that city to vote for him at the Baltimore Convention. Mr. F. appears to be the unanimous choice of the Whigs of the “ Empire State,” and we are fully satisfied that he is the most popular candi date that could be nominated, so far as that im portant state is concerned. 53" According to the Boston papers ofthe 28th ult., that region ot country had been treated on lhe night previous, to another visit from old Father Winter, in his surliest mood. He came with hurricane accompaniments of wind f rom the northeast, north and northwest, and snow to the depth of half a foot. The sleigh bells were set to jingling, and the females had a fine time of it —but they got no mails from the south ! JJ-The Mayor of the city ol Wilmington, Del., in accordance with an act of the Legisla ture of that State, passed in 1795, has notified the tavern keepers in that city to elose tbeii bars en Sunday. Maryland Credit.—The Baltimore Amer ican, pf the 29th ult. saws.—“Thebill providing for the more effectual collection of the Direc- Tax of the State of Maryland, which had 1 previously passed the House of Delegates, was 1 passed yesterday by the Senate, by a vote of 12 1 to 8, and is law. We have no doubt 1 that it will accomplish the important objects for ' which it was enacted.” Another Fire at Norwich, Conn. — Another fire, even more destructive than the previous one, occurred at Norwich, Connecti cut, on the night of Tuesday, 27th Feb. It took place in a block of buildings situated in Frank lin Square, in that place, which, together with other buildings, was entirely consumed. The amount of the loss is not given. Several of the sufferers were fully insured. Age of Mr. Clay.—Mr. Clay was born on the 12th ol April, 1777, and will consequent ly be 67 years old on the 12tb day of April next. Mr. Clay—Baltimore. —Ata recent [Dele gate Convention at Baltimore, a resolution was passed, appointing the officers of the meeting a committee to invite Mr. Clay to visit the city of Baltimore on the 2d of May next. U. S. Gazette.—The last number of this able Whig paper came to us in an enlarged size— an enlargement, we are further pleased to learn, that was rendered necessary by the increased business patronage of the paper. Marriage of Babies. —According to the Augsburgh Gazette, the Count de Trapani, younger brother of lhe King of Naples, is to marry the young Queen of Spain. The boy is 16, the girl 13 years ot age. Mr. Hill Carter, it is understood, is to be the Whig candidate lor Congress in Mr. Wise’s District. 33" A W hig State Convention was also to have been held at Harrisburgh, Pa., on the 4th inst., to nominate a candidate for Governor.. Mr. Clay in Tennessee.—A general con vention ofthe gallant Whigs of Middle Tennes see was held at Nashville, in that State, on the 22d ult. The Nashville Whig thus speaks of the men who constituted it: “It was in truth a glorious gathering, ’ com posed of the ‘ bone and sinew’ of the land, ot men ot the first character and respectability, who were inspired with all that generous ardor and noble enthusiasm which characterize men who are battling for the right. “The nomination-of Henry Clay, forthe Presidency, was received with bursts of applause —there was no hesitation—no doubts of the ex pediency of the measure—the mass of the peo ple are for him, and their delegates in nomina ting him only gave distinct utterance to the wishes and teelings ot their constituents. On this matter there is but one opinion among the Whigs throughout the State—they are tor ‘Clay first, Clay last, and Clay all the time.’ ” O’The American Vice-Consul, who was reported to have absconded from St. Johns, N. 8., and upon the strength of which the English provincial paper at that place had a fling at “ Pennsylvania honesty,” is stated in the Boston Daily Advertiser, to be a New Brunswicker—a very “ honest”subject of Queen Victoria, though an Anuricaii office-holder. O’ The genuine "Yankee is to be found in the following—which we get in the New York American. Extract ot a Letter from a Yankee in London, to his friend at home. London, Ist Feb. 1844. Dear Cousin: —l suppose you know how much our folks have complained at the York shire folks, who have imported their goods un derjinished into the United Slates, and sworn to invoices, too, and all true; and yet somehow the laws ofthe Tariff were exactly not answered, —that is, make a thing half way, and only re quiringjj»isi»ig to make it complete, butleave the finishing till after the duty was paid. Well, I was considerable anxious about that, anil seeing no way to correct it by the law, I thought I would try my hand in seeing how the matter would work in the shape ol retaliation-, and that comes as nigh reciprocity as the Prime Minister can make it. I got safe here by the packet on Bth ultimo, and landed my cases of clocks. “ What,” says he, “only 6s. 9d for those clocks—mahogany cases, three feet high, and warranted to go I” “That’s no go!” says hfe; “I must seize ’em.” “Very well,” says I, “do. But the law says you must pay the in voice price and ten per cent. additional; and that is all I care for, so go ahead.” And sol left him. Not caring to seem very anxious about it, I didn’t go back to the Custom House for nigh , upon three weeks—for this is such an etarnal big city, it takes nigh upon three weeks to walk about it and find out anything consarning the clock trade—so I went back : Well savs I, Mr. Officer, what have you concluded on regarding them clocks oi mine, are you ready to pay me the invoice price of 6s. 9d, and ten per cent, ac ' cording to law—or what says I ? He walked r aside with me for a spell, and says he, “ are you anv relation ot Mr. Slickof Slickville?” “Yes,” says I, "considerable— on the mother’s side, for she is the second cousin to Sam Slick." “Now,” says he, “ Mr. Doolittle, I want to know if you . really calculate those clocks are worth no more than six shillings and nine pence; for if that is : the case, the duty is only one shilling and eight ! pence half-penny.” “Well,” says I “thetnclocks, • if pro pell,’ littevatcd, are raly worth mare—but I don’t think if Sir Robert Peel, or the Duke ot ’ Wellington, or even the Queen herself and ■ Prince Albert were to try, they could make I them worth more as they now stand.” “Well,” ; says he, “to tell you the truth, I have had them , examined by some of our Clock-makers; and ’ they say thev are like Pinder's razors, made to sell.” “Why,” says I, “ you cunning critter ; do tell now,” says I, “ I want to know.” So you see these English Custom House offi cers are up to a thing or two. This critter now had been trying my clocks, by some of their ex ' perienced clock makers, and to use his saying, ' it was “nogo.”—“Well,” says I, “ Mr. Officer, ' what do you conclude on ?” “Why,” says he, “ the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury conclude you may pass your clocks at your invoice.” And so I'paid the duty accord ingly, and carried my clocks to the city. Now, ! it seems, that all the Custom House officers, all the clock makers, and all the Lords of the Trea . sury, did not see that only one small wheel, not biggerthan a shilling, was wanting in each of these clocks, and that I had in rnv chests, and without it, the clocks was “no go,” but with it, every man, woman and child can tell where the . sun is, a great deal more accurately than they can through the tog and smoke of this city ; for if it hadn’t been for my clocks 1 never could have told day from night here. Well, it warn’t long after I got my clotiks through the Custom House before they were all going as true as the sun. And the way they regulate the time here ' is a caul in to Roskclt. There is no people on airth can beat us in clock making. 1 sent one of mine’to the Queen, and she is tickled most desperalty with it, and regulates all her business, by it, and don’t allotv any bodv to wind it up but Prince Albert. ' 1 am going to send one to Rev. S. Smith, as soon as I can get -V. D. painted on it, in honor of old Conncrticut— meaning no debts. But he is c .r ft lei:.' ‘e riled up just now, about the qualreis i’.nusylvania. He lost forty per , cent, on his iuve-tments in Pennsylvania stock; but I hope after he gets one of my clocks, he will regain his confidence in American tick. This business about Stale debt isveiy bad here for all Americans—and makes us feel •mall; and goes considerable against my busi ' ness, and all kinds of business with America. I believe I could sell twenty clocks where I sell . one, if all our States paid up promptly. Folks here have got a notion there is no dependence upon us; and that our clocks can’t keep good time, if our States don’t keep good time also. Nations are like families. You know how the Stiles family went to ruin on account of not paying their debts. No body would trust them. And when Mrs. Stiles at last sent to bonow our brass kettle, to bile apple sass in, she was told “to buy one.” No body would lend such folks. Good credit is almost as'good as real money to any man; and just so it is with a family or with a nation. Old uncle Ebenezer used to say that as long as he paid interest promptly, he never knew the day he could not borrow all he wanted. And that is a notion I wish our States would think on; for that is all lenders want. Love to all. Your friend and cousin. Amos Doolittle. Extravagance.—The New York correspon dent ofthe National Intelligencer writes— The times are “easy,” if we can judge by the articles that find plenty of buyers. I heard yesterday that a shop-keeper in Broadway had imported several ladies’ dresses, priced at one thousand dollars each, and had no difficulty in selling them. Mr. Weeks, a large furniture manufacturer, informed me that, of a certain kind of very costly chair, he could not keep one unsold I It was certainly a superb article, made of carved rosewood and purple velvet: price (tor a single chair) one hundred and fifty dollars ! A Vote by Accident.—The Calais (Me.) Journal tells the following: The town of C. is locofoco to the backbone. On counting the votes at a recent election, the presiding officer was greatly astonished to find a Whig vole. With a good deal of gravity he took it between his fingers, and holding it up to the audience, sung out with a stentorian voice, “ who threw this vote?” No answer. “Who threw this Whig vote? This vote is evidently here by accident, gentlemen!” and upon this he very unceremoniously threw it down upon the floot. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 7. 53’ As respects the free trade and tariff ques tions, Mr. Van Buren's particular friends in some of lhe northern States, and particularly in the New York Legislature, are somewhat in the predicament of a donkey between two bun dles ot hay—they do not know which to nibbfe at. There is a sum of 84,000 (New York’s shape ofthe public landfund,) now lying in the vaults of an Albany bank, which is a sad source of perplexity, also, to these modem patriots. They want the cash, and yet the patent “ demo cracy" of the hour forbids their taking it I and va rious are the disputes which grow up between the legislative luminaries about it. A few days since a very astute State Senator of the name of Johnson, conceived lhe idea that the recep tion of this cash would create a necessity for a “ high tariff,” and he forthwith used his wise head as a battering ram to knock over the sys tem 1 But scarcely had he taken his seat, when another locofoco Senator popped up, and de nounced the anti-tariff doctrines of his colleague at a round rate—telling him, that if he went to the polls with such arguments “ there would be a majority ol fifty thousand against ‘ the demo cracy' ofNew York, though not a Whig voted!” And thus we have it every where, from these servitors ot party. It we thought these poor fellows could appre ciate the matter, we would advise them to be honest and rational; but this would be Sanscrit to them—and therefore we must leave them to the error and folly of their ways! They will be taught a lesson in November next, however, that may, perhaps, not be lost even on them : to wit, “ Honesty is the best policy.” New Jersey Constitutional Convention. —The Legislature ofthe above State, at its late session, passed a law for the calling of a State Convention to remodel the Constitution. The time chosen tor this impoitant measure, the sea son of a warmly contested presidential election, was certainly, not a propitious one; but we are pleased to find, by the late accounts from the State, that an arrangement has been made be tween the Whigs and their opponents, by which an equal number of members ofthe Convention are to be elected bj’ each of the two great par ties —Whig and Locofoco. This arrangement will, to a great degree, do away with the objec tions that might be raised to the time chosen for the election of this bedy, and if faithfully car ried out, will probably result in abettei Consti tution for this member of our Confederacy, than could otherwise have been expected in these revolutionarj’ and levelling times. At any rate, both parties will be more likely to be satis fied with it. As a general thing, however, we have little faith in the practice of frequently changing the fundamental law of the different States. Bad is generally made worse. New Orleans Election.-- 11 We understand,” says the New Orleans Tropic, “ that the Hon. Charles Maurin, Judge of the Parish Court will not issue a certificate ot election to either of the aspirants for Senatorial honors, on Mon day last. He will simply send up the returns, broken box and al), as he received them, and leave the Senate to decide upon the merits of the question.” The allusion to “ the broken box” means, simply, that in one of the strong Whig Wards, a loco foco seized the ballot box, and destroyed it, by which means the result of that poll could not be ascertained. ThisJs a summary, but yet very effectual, way to get rid of Whig majori ties 1 On the whole, we think they have a queer way of conducting their elections in New Or leans. The Tropic states that in the wards where an account was kept of the votes cast by voters upon the illegal certificates granted by Judge Elliott, they amounted to 459. Os these, Mr. Slidell, the jacobin candidate, received 450, and Mr. Roselius, Whig, 9. Deducting these illegal and allowing the usual Whig majority iu the ward where the box was broken, and Mr. R. would be elected by 83 majority. 33" In a lecture before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, by Hon. Wm. Sturgis, a merchant of that eity, the lecturer said—“ Poli tical changes affected Commerce, by embai goes, commercial restrictions, and the altera tions of tariffs, proposed by half-fledged politi cians ; these wculd continue tooceur until legis lators were wise and politicians honest. The au dience could j ttdge what prospect there was of such events occurring!” 33" A bill has been reported in the Legisla ture of the State of New York, providing for the erection of a new State prison in the northern section ofthe State, forthe purpose of employ ing the convicts in the manufacture of iron. Iron ore of the best quality abounds in the northern counties of New York; and as the pre. sent State prison system has long been opposed by the mechanics, as being injurious not only to their business, but the morals ofthe mechan ical classes, by throwing amongst the journey men and apprentices, the convicts who have learned trades in the penitentiaries, this project of employing the prisoners in the mining and manufacturing of iron, has been brought for ward as the best means of remedying this evil. The sum of 000 has been appropriated in the bill, to carry out the plan. The Albany Argus, however, seems to entertain tire belief that the bill will not become a law. We hope it will—for these prison-taught mechanics are scattered over the Union. Jj“The “Clay Clubs,” we verily believe, will be the cause of many a death iu the ranks of our opponents ! The}- seem to knock all dis cretion and equanimity of temper out of them! Their oratois and editors attack them "viet armis,” from Maine to Florida. They are worse than ratsbane to those pure and lofty minded patriots, who never in their lives were guilty of getting up “Hickory Clubs,” or danc ing round “Hickory Poles,” in the most approv ed Indian style ! Unless the wicked Whigs there fore, give over the formation of those abomina tions to the very sensitive-minded jacobins, we much fear we shall have a no small number of verdicts from “Crowners’Quests,” after this for mula : “ Died of Clay Clubs." Increase of business atthe port of Bos ton.—We learn that the receipts atour Custom House this year up to the 24th ult., inclusive, were right hundred. a.nd. thirteen thousand tiro liunrri.. ar. . ■ ignty-five collars and fifnj two cents, —5813,285 52. in lhe same time la st year they amounted to $267,235 89, —not quite one third ofthe receipts of the present year.— Bosion Daily Advertiser. The same old story that is reaching us from every collection district! The tariff that was to “destroy commerce,” is filling the public coffers, without increasing the burdens of the people, and will enable the government to pay off Van Buren’s legacy of debt, without laying a direct tax! Feathered Squatters.—The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, in announcing the first appear ance of Spring in that region, says:—“The blue birds were, yesterday morning, as busy in the Squares, as Italian singers rehearsing for a con cert. These pleasant tenants of the Squares have summer houses provided for them on the trees, but unfortunately, the wrens continue to eject the blue birds, and get possession of their little houses. What the law is among the feathered tribe, we do not know, but it seems to be “That those should eet who have the power. And those should Iceep who can.” Neal’s History ofthe Puritans—Edited bv John O. Chouels, M. A. No. 7. M’Culloch’s Gazetteer—No. 3. For copies of the above sterling works from the Press of the Messrs. Harper, we are indebt ed to the politeness of Mr. S. A. Holmes, ofthe Literary Depot. Also fora copy of Miss Pick, ering’s very spirited novel, “ The Grumbler," and the "Life and Adventures of Jack of the MiUf’a. pleasant story by William Howitt Harper’s editions. 53" The sum of S2OOO was lately subscribed in the Wesleyan Chapel in Vesey street, New York, at the close of a sermon by the Rev. Dr Olin, Presidwit of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. It is to make part of the $50,000, to be funded for the University. Caution.—The Charleston papers caution the public against counterfeits ol the Ten Dollar note of the Planters’ & Mechanics’ Bank of South Carolina. The ecgraving 9 f coun terfeit is coarse—much inferior in execution to that of the genuine, will discover that the ground work or shading of those in the counterfeit, is very different in general character. And it may be remarked, that in the upper and lower mar gins ofthe genuine bill are white spots, on either side of the word “ Ten”— which spots are en tirely omitted in the counteifeit. ViraiNtA Congressional Election. —Mr Goggin, Whig, and Gen. Gordon, loco toco and inventor of the famous “Sub-Treasury” imposition, are the candidates for Congress in the district lately represented by Mr. Gilmer. D-T le Bostonians, according to the Tran script, published in that city, have got up an odd sort of a steamboat. It says—“ The wheel pro pels the vessel in any direction—forwards, back wards, sideways, obliquely to the right or left, turns her on her centre in her own length, or keeps her in a stationary position, (the engine all the time in operation, too,) at the will of the helmsman, who can manage his vessel just as well (though not as conveniently) without a rudder as with one.” JjpSince the unfortunate accident on board of lhe Princeton, numerous are the causes as signed forthe bursting of the gun. One wise acre, who acts as the correspondent of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, goes largely into ex planation thereof. The extent of his scientific knowledge may be judged of from the state ment made by him, that on examination, it was found, “ that the breech ofthe gun was of ca.tf iron, welded on to the other part.” In Expectancy!—Look out for a loud shout from the radicals every where, about the “Grand Triumph at New Orleans!” They have had so little lately to crow about, that they will now be grateful for even the very smallest of favors! Old-fashioned Weather!—From an article upon “ the weather,” in the U. S. Gazette, we clip the following notice of a New England storm “ in olden times.” “ In a work we have lately been lookingover, we met with the following, viz* ‘ Great Snow Storm.— From the 19th to the 22d of Feb. 1717, (127 years ago,) there was one ot the greatest snow storms through New England ever re membered. The snow fell six feet deep on a level.’” An Italian Functionary.—A foreign cor respondent ot lhe N. Y. Tribune, thus describes his entrance into the Dutchy of Parma, the do minions of the widow ofthe Great Napoleon. I e has just crossed the Po at Piacenza, by a bridge of boats: “ Here one officer took our passports, another demanded the keys of our trunks. It would have been an hour’s delay to take down, open, repack and replace all the luggage, and we ac cordingly assured him that we had nothing con traband, but merely wearing apparel and travel ling necessaries. ‘So every one says,’ return ed he, • but lam obligated to examine them thoroughly.’ At this point the Vetturino whis pered to me, ‘Give him qualche cosa.’ I ac cordingly with some doubts put a trifle in the officer’s hands, gnd he instantly walked off, giv ing ‘ thousand thanks,’ and entirely forgetting that he was ‘obligated to examine thoroughly.’ Sb much for official honesty 1” From the same correspondence we clip the paragraphs below. When alluding to the want of “ taste and munificence” in the New Yorkers, the > writer surely had not heard of the dames of that city paying a thousand dollars fora single dress, or their husbands laying out one hundred dollars for a single chair to rest their august per sonages upon! Such persons, of course, would not spare any “ dollars ” to “foster genius” that ran into the art of Sculpture! The skill of milliners and mantuamakers is more to their liking! “ Piacenza retains, with little change, the name of Placentia given to it by the Romans for its pleasing situation, but the city seems now haltdeserted. The finest building is lhe An tique Palace of the Dukes, but its tron-barred windows, and the narrow lanes which surround it, make it seem almost like a prison, in spite of its enriched balconies at each angle. In the great square of the town stands the old Town Hall, rising from the granite pavement on Gothic arches twenty-five feet high, and re mindingyou of those in Belgium, though here such buildings have oftener been the strong holds ol tyrants than the rendezvous of freemen. Before this Palazzo del Commune stand two tine equestrian statues, w rich gave name to the Place — Piazza de’ Cavalli. They are in hon or of two Daikes of the Farnese family, and though colossal, are most spirited and life-like. They were erected in 1625 at the expense ot the city of Parma, and are still the admiration of every tra veller. Such are the memorials ot heroes which adorn all the cities of Italy. How many such can we show among the cities ot America ? The pettiest towns here give more honor to their odious tyrants than we to our really great men. How many statues to Washington have been erected by the city otNew York? In Italy he would have been deified; in Amdfrca he is forgotten. What worthy tribute to his memory can we show a traveller ? Nature has diffused among us a genius for the arts, as is abundant antly proved by Crawford, (a New Yorker, now doing honor to his country in Rome,) by Pow ers, and other able American sculptors. One thing alone is wanting—taste and munificence among those jyho possess the wealth which is needed to foster genius. In all that concerns the material and physical well-being of man, our country stands first. Let it nut always stand last in food for his soul, but if the little town of Piacenza can showtwo statues of her Ducal tyrants, let the great city of New York be able to point to one worthy monument to “ the Father of his Country.’ ” • Post Office Reform. —The Boston Daily Advertiser states that Senator Merrick has re vised and modified his Postage Jtelbrm bill as follows. We think the changes in the mejft judicious, and such as greatly to improve the character ol the bill. Mr. Merrick, fheChairrnan ot the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads in the United States Senate, upon whose bill we made some comments a tew days since, has Reported some amendments to the details of that bill, bql pot important ones. He now proposes that ail drop letters shall be charged at the rate of two cents each, and all advertised letters with lhe expense of advertising in addition to the postage. He increases the standard size of Newspapers from 1325 to 1600 square inches, and makes News papers sent from their place < f publication free tor all jlistan :e under 30 miles, instead of with in there counties only, as in the original draft. Newspapers are defined t:» be any printed publi cation issued in numbers consisting ol’not more than twosheets, and published atslaled intervals of not more than a week. The privilege of free exchanges for Editors is restored as in the law ot 1825, and tlie section prohibiting the sending Newspapers out ofthe Mail, as merchandise, is Printed and engraved Circulars he proposes to charge al 2 cents for all distances; and no postmaster is to receive, to be conveyed by mail, any packet weighing mote than 3 pounds. The other amendments proposed are for the greater security ofthe free stamps granted in lieu of the franking privilege ; to counterfeit which is made punishable by imprisonment tor not less than six months or more than five years, and by fine not exceeding SSOOO. Narrow Escape.—We clip lhe following from a recent account of the fatal accident on board the Princeton, from a letter to the N. Y. Express, written by C. A. Davis of that city “ I was standing at the time about ten feet from and behind Captain Stockton, who fired the gun. I owe my escape entirely to the acci dental circumstance of having clambered upon lhe inner rigging, with a lady, Mrs. Wethered, of Baltimore, a tew feet above the deck, and every living thing on deck below us was killed or wounded. She was spattered all over with blood; our hits were blown off; but the only injury I received was a slight contusion on the’ upper lip. I saw Stockton fire the gun, and then fora few seconds al! was darknessto me, and the first scene presented, was this devasta tion in the group directly under me. “ The gun was pointed over the larboard bow —Stackton stood ot course well over toward the larboard.side; the largest pieces of the breech were thrown toward the larboard side where Judge Upshur and the others who were killed stood.” To Frighten a Locofoco.—Take a notice ot lire formation of a Clay Club and a Locofoco acknowledgement of the unpop,ularitv of Mr. Van Buren—mix these with Vari Buren’s let ter agaiKtt the principles and detail of the pre sent tarir; shake them well together; and when the pati«Jt turns up the whites of his eyes and becomes uneasy, administer the w*iole mixture at a dose, and lock him up in a room with a portrait ot Clay, and a statement of the result of the election of 1840.—He will not recover until after the inauguration of “Harry of the West" as President in 1845. Dorr.—Dorr, the “rightful Governor” of Rhode Island, will be put on trial this week be fore the Supreme Coml of the State, at New port. From lhe North American, Feb. 28. Death of Nicholas Biddle. The painful intelligence was yesterday re ceived in this city, of the death of Nicholas Bid dle, which look place at his farm, Andalusia',at four o’clock in lhe morning. His friends had apprehended the event, nithough the occurrence of it was not so soon expected. For several months he had suffered severely from a dropsical affection, and we believe also other disorders, under which his constitution gave way and his strength gradual'}’ sank. As a conspicuous member of this community, one whose public functions made his name familiar to the whole cornu ercial world, he claims a Vecord ot his c reer, which though briefly and hastily, we snail endeavor to place on our journal. It wo Id be an idle aflectation, even at this moment, when announcit gMr. Biddle's decease, to avoid a notice ot the fact that the considera uon he once enjoyed u as of late years diminish ed. Sensible ot this, without asserting the causes, the office of reviewing his career is one of more than ordinary delicacy. On the one hand are attachments to his memory, most keen ly felt by numerous relatives and f riends. On the other are the aversions of many who conceive themselves to have suffered through his agency. In writing a few hurried words imposed by our position, we shall not seek the special approbation of either of these classes of readers. It is sufficient to be governed by the sentiments, which must be dominant in every right mind when standing over the grave of the recent dead. Nicholas Biddle was a native of Philadel phia. He was born on the Bth of January, 1786, and was in his silty-ninth year at his death. His father’s family came to this State in the early period of its history. When the revolu tion broke out, his lather was warmly attached to the American cause, and exerted himself honorably to sustain it. He had the confidence of his fellow citizens at the close of it so far as to be chosen Vice President of the State when Franklin was President. Other members of the family at the same pqriod distinguished them selves in the public service; one being a mem ber ot the Congress of 1774, another commander of a national vessel, and killed in action. The patriotic spirit of the former generation, it is well known, belongs to the descendants, who at home and abroad have labored for the welfare and honor ofthe country. At an early age Nicholas Biddls evinced the mental and moral qualities which afterwards distinguished him. He commenced his academi cal course in lhe University ol Pennsylvania, but went to Princeton College to complete it, where he grnduated, with the first honors of his class, when only fifteen years old. Immediate ly afterwards he began tfee study of law, to which he brought every requisite for eminence at the bar, had he chosen to devote himself ex clusively to the profession. He did not, how ever, commence he practice at once. During the period of his legal studies, he was selected by General Armstrong, then appointed Minister to France, to go out as his Secretary. The pe culiar posture of European affairs at that date, 1804, made it necessary lor him in that capacity to discharge duties for which tew men of hi’s years would have proved capable. After his of ficial residence in France, he travelled extensive ly on ttie continent, and proceeded to England. When in London he was appointed by Mr. Monroe, then Minister near the 6ourt of St. James, his Secretary. Three years thus spent abroad, Mr. Biddle returned to Philadelphia in 1807, and was ad mitted to the bar. His devotion to it did’ not prevent him from exercising the literary tastes lor which he was always noted. The Port Folio was then in the zenith ot its popularity under the management of Mr. Joseph Dennie. Mr. Biddle was one the most able contributors, and, aft :r Mr. Dennie’s decease, actually edited although the editorship was not in his own name. About the same period, as we are in formed by a friend who was at that time familiar with his literary engagements, Mr. Biddle edited, or rather wrote Lewis and Clark’s travels—a book which owed its popularity not less to its style and the arrangement of the materials, than to the substance ofthe narrative itself. In the fall of 1810, Mr. Biddle was elected a member of the lower branch ot the State Legis lature. He served only during lhe session, but in that term, displayed a liberal regard to a great popular interest. To him the honor belongs of having introduce! a Bill for the foundation of Public Schools upon a' liberal system. The plan however was not adopted. It'was in that year that the charter of the old United States Bank expired. A resolution was before the State Legislature instructing the members of Congress from Pennsylvania to vote against the re-charter, which Mr. Biddle opposed, sustain ing the policy of a national institution ofthe kind. Thus early were Mr. Biddle’s affections lor it disclosed; and the fact shews that from the first he was consistent in the support which he afterwards gave to the United States Bank. During the war, he was elected to the Slate Senate, and was an earnest advocate of mea sures for the defence ol the city, independent of Congress, which was charged, with neglect of its interest. He continued in the Senate three years. During this period he drew up a report, which was adopted by the Legislature, in oppo sition to the doctrines of the Hartford Conven tion school of politicians. He was afterwards twice nominated for Congress by the Democrat ic party in the city, but was defeated with it.— His political course then terminated. In 1819, his connection with theUnitedStates Banjr commenced in the capacity of government director, to which office he was appointed by Mr. Monroe. Mr. Langdon Cheves was then President, and continued at the head of the Pank until 1823, when he resigned and was succeeded by Mr. Biddle. The events of his administra tion, from that date until the expiration of lhe charter, are familiar to lhe public. His direc tion ofthe institution, after it received lhe char ter from the State, the circumstances of his re signation and lhe controversy which ensued be tw en him and former members ot the Board, are also fresh in the recollection of every one. This is not the time, we conceive, to revive t];p incidents of this long and complicated history, Nothing that can be now said will alter the views of those who took part or were interested in the government and condition of the Bank. Whether they remained the friends of Mr, Biddle after its downfall, op were found among his opponents, their respective opinions rnust abide theinflm "of time and calmer reflection than has yet gone to the formation ol them. It may be said, however, without wounding the most sensitive advocate ol his virtues, that he loved distinction and power—a passion, which is lighter wrong only according Io the means used for its objects. The assaults upon M. Biddle’s ph, arjeter atjd conduct, which followed the fall of the Hank, wete doubtless tqo seyerit for his spirit.'He had been the idol of thousands, who afterwards conceived themselves warrant, ed in attacking alike his motives and his intelli gence. From being at the summit of society, the dispenser ol benefits and favors, there were found at last comparatively few todohim rever ence. We say comparatively, for although his friends always remained numerous and devoted, they were few contrasted with the host which once delighted to do him fcopor. He fe)t too ex quisitely the reverse, and whoever knew hflfa well, may have marked the change which dis. disappointment wrought. “Bi ulus hath said that Cscsar was ambitious. If it were so, it were a gnevous fault. And grieivously hath Caesar answered it.” TJiyre were high qualities on the other hand in Mr. Bidilie, which no opponent can gainsay. His talents were extraordinary. A love of let • ters disposed him to study, and with a letenti.rc memo y, he had acquired a great amount of in formation. He was a scholar, a man of busi ness, and had the requisites of a statesman. As a writer he was fluent, clear, and forcible. His wit w.-.s refined, his fancy fertile, his views en larged His industry never flagged, his perse veranc: never faltered. Whatever he under took, l.e carried on with admirable earnestness. His io erality amounted almost to a fault. He gave 1 . all worthy objects, and gfive freely. II he sou hi p.uver, it was with aims for jtsgenei; oils m ■. i than lor the object itself. To encou.. ge . .t, to cultivate tl.e common mind, to improve lhe physical aspect ol the country, were tha purposes in which his feelings were j>rone to outstrip his judgment. But we have insensibly extended this rapid notffie, beyond the limit designed. The subject of it has filled so large a space in the regard of the community, that much might be said with propriety. How far he was the master or the cieature of the circumstances, which wrought a change in a portion of the public mind, is the point which must determine a sober opinion ot his real worth. This perhaps cannot be had now; and we leave the theme with unfeigned regret, that it has been our office to record the death of Nicholas Biddle, at an age when his powers might have remained in the fulness of useful ex ercise. Sins I —No Clay Club is complete without a Chorister. A bell without a Handle, a door without a latch, h bucket without a bottom, a wagon without wheels, so is a Clay Club with out a Chorister. Give vs Choristers. Lft the people sing—let every man sing. Sing with spirit, sing aloud! Singlhe praise of the noble and the patriotic—sing the dirge ofLocofocoism, —Give us Clay Clubs—Give us Choristers ! Hartford Journal. Advantages of Science. —Mr. Holbrook, of Medway, the celebrated bell-founder, who has put up a clock upon the Baptist church iff this town last week, gave us a little incident of his life which is worth relating, if for nothing more than to show the importance of a knowl edge of chemistry. An immense pile of cinders and dross had accumulate ! near his foundry, which was supposed to be entirely w orthless, and was used to fill up stone waifs, Ac. A foreigner who happened to be in town examined the pile oue day and offered SIOO for it. So large a price excited Mr. O’s suspicion that the cinders might contain valuable metal, and he declined selling it. The man then offered S2OO, which ol course confirmed hie opinion, and, after a little parley, the stranger acknowledged that he was acquainted with a ptocess by which valuable metal might be extracted from the cinders, which he offered lodivulge for a small compensation. A furnace and apparatus were constructed according to hi- direction, amt whotr the whole pile was run through, the neglected rubbish yielded a nett profit, thousand dollars. So much ter know to do it.”— Linn Freman.
