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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1844)
4 ~.r vW ' I ' y £L?O x /W 1 ♦ 0 iwwHtt I # Wtrhtid B b| te ir I / s* -i j tl il hl hi tl kJ w fl ✓ tK il fcr ,11 11 i fl Bl M ii /i OLD SERIES, VOL. LVIII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKI.V, AMD WEEKLY BY J. W. * W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year lor $5. Tri-Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollnrs per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will bediscontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1. 3Q- “ The same crooked, serpentine policy,” says Mr. Brownson, speaking of the locofoco party* in his Democratic Quarterly Review, “ which caused us to be hurled from power with such overwhelming indignation in 1840, is againtbbeourcharacteristic.” ♦♦• “The whole canvass has been conducted in a toituons man ner, by low and demoralizing appeals; disgrace ful to the actors, and deadening to the public conscience!” Never was there a writer who drew more striking likenesses of his party than this same We can almost forgive him - ■r. -j-_ --'I- - - !- -—T the truthfulness with which he limns the demo-' cratic leadersand editors! We have before us a rare instance of the “tortuous manner” in which the contest is carried on by those who sat for Mr. Brownson’s picture in New-York. At Albany, the leading paper of the locotoco-abo litico conspiracy, the Argus, comes out with a despicable appeal to the Catholics everywhere to come up and vote for Mr. Polk, because the “Church-burning Natives,” of Philadelphia and elsewhere, weregoing to vote for Mr. Clay; and then suppresses his article in the weekly paper, because that circulates largely in Phila delphia, and the editor did not desire that his de nunciations should meet the eye of the 'native “ democracy” there! This is the course of the locofoco organ at the political capitol of the State! Could there be a more “low and dis graceful appeal ?” At the commercial capital, however, the poli cy is changed! There “natives” do much abound! Accordingly, the Plebeian, the lead- there of the party which, according to its leading writer above quoted, is “attempt ing to getinto power by false pretences," comes out with appeal after appeal to the “ Church Burners," as its brother ot the Argus termed them, calling upon them to vote the Polk and Dallas ticket throughout! assuring them that hy so doing they will obtain all they desire,and quo ting Mr. Clay’s letter to the late Rev. Dr. Gallit zin, ol Loretto, in Pennsylvania, to show that he regards the Catholics with favor, and thinks they ought to be protected by the Constitution! Was there ever before such a despicable cabal as are thelocotoco leaders'! What honest man, whatever may be his politics or his religion, can trust them? Scandalous Outback.—There is a quiet set tlement of Germans at Economy, in Beaver county. Pennsylvania, who came to this coun try years since with Rapp. They are manu facturers—are Whigs,and numberseveral hun dred voters. They were deterr d from voting at the late election by threats of violence. The Beacon Argus, a Whig paper, says: “Monday night immediately preceding the election, a person mounted on a white or grey horse, delivered to a member of the Society, an anonymous letter, addressed to the leading men, threatening them with dcaih, and the destruction the election!—threatening tfiein with a reetit rence ot the Mormon outrages, if they dared to exercise the rights guaranteed to them bj the Constitution! Under the peculiar circumstan ces this act of infamy had its effect. The So ciety die not vote; yet no move is made by the civil authorities, that we have heard of, lo fer ret out the cut-throat incendiaries engaged in this infamous scheme I” Locofbcoism is tolerant of naturalized citizens only when they vote the jacobin ticket I As in all matters they' are false and perfidious, so are the leaders of the bastard democracy deceitful towards the above class of our voters, as these will find, to their sorrow, the moment that the demagogues who are now purring around them think they are strong enough to get along with out their aid. Well might Mr. Brownson say, in his Democratic Quarterly Review, alluding to the course of the locofoco leaders—“the whole canvass has been conducted in a tortu ous manner, disgraceful to the public con science!” Hear Northern I’olkltes2 A meeting of locofocos was held at Philadel phia on Friday lasi, 251 h October, at which the resolutions below were passed. They tell the reasons why Polk is supported there, and what are his principles and thgse of his party in Pennsylvania, in reference lo the tariff. On what grounds is he supported in Georgia, and whatdothe parly here suppose his views upon protection to American manufactures to be? What are their own principles? “ Resolved, That the Democratic party has been, eversince the days of Benjamin Franklin, the firm and uniform advocates and supporters of a Tarifffur the pro cctionofall American Manu factures, a..<l that the attempt lo steal from it, at this late day, the ciedit and honor of such fos tering care, is a barefaced and impudent attempt at sheer robbery by our Federal Whig oppo nents: “Resolved, That in J AMES K. POLK and GEORGE M. DALLAS, we have candidates for lhe Presidency and Vice-Presidency known to be favorable to a Tariff for lhe prole lion of all American manufactures. Q* The number of persons supposed to be lost otr vessels upon Lake Eric, during the late storm, is 35. Two schooners, the Pennsylvania and the Marcy, are believed to have foundered, as no thing has been heard of them since the gale, and pieces ot vessels, bearing their names, have floated on shore. Vermont.—Hon. Samuel S. Phelps has been re-elected United States Senator lor the next six years, by the Legislature of Vermont. Mr. Phelps is one of the ablest and most effi cient members of that body, and we are rejoiced to know that the Green Mountain State, and the Union, are to have the benefit of his servi ces through the glorious Whig administration upon which we are about to enter. New Books.—We have received from the publisher, through the politeness of Mr. S. A. Holmes, of the Literary Depot, copies of the following works from the press of the Messrs. Harpers: "A’o Church without a Rishop,” <f-r. This is •1 republication of the controversy had through the newspapers between the Rev. Drs. Potts and Wainwright, with a preface by the latter di vine, and notes, &c., by an “Anti-Sectarian.” McCulloch’s Umrersal Gazetteer; Parts 18 and 19. The Wandering J:vr; Parts 3 and-1. AU these works are lor sale by Mr. Holmes. Later From Buenos Ayres.— -The bark Chancellor arrived here yesterday from Buenos Ayres, which place she lett on the 221 August. We learn trout Captain Beaunois that when he left things remained as per last accounts. The brig John N. Gorster, from Philadelphia bound to Montevideo, when olf that port was seized by the Buenos Ayreansquadron blockadingtne poll The U. S. sloop-of-war Boston was immediate ly dispatched to tlte Squadron to demand her re lease.—-.V. V. Cour, Oct. 28 Fire at Bristol, It. I.—t hru was discover ed in the basement story ol tiie Bristol Steam Mill, at Bristol, R 1., on the eveningol the 22 nit., and although the alarm was immediately given, the whole building was for a time con sidered in danger. The damage actually d. ne was estimated al from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. A voting woman at work in the mil was so alarmed as to throw herself from a secor. story window, but she was caught by the people below and received no injury, except from he iag eet with the glass Steamboat Explosion. The Louisville Journal, of October 83, slates that on the previous day, the steamboat Lucy Walker, bound from that place to New Orleans, when a lew miles below New Albany, on the Ohio river, burst her boilers, three in number, causing terrible destruction. The explosion was upwards, and that part of the boat above the boilers was blown int ■ thou sands ol pieces. The U. S. snag boat Gopher, Capt. L.' B. Dunham, w :S about two hundred yards distant at the time of the explosion. Capt. Dunham was immediately’ on the spot, rescu ing those in the waler, and with, his crew tender ing ail the aid in his power. The Lucy Walker was in the middie ol the river, and such was the force of the explosion, that parts of the boilers and the boat were thrown on shore. Just after the explosion, the air was filled with human be ings and fragments of human beings. One man was blown up fifty yards, and fell with such force as to go entirely through the deck of the boat. Another was cut entirely in two by a piece of the boiler. Be ore Cart. Dunham reached the place where the Lucy Walker was, be saw a number of persons who had been thrown into the river, drown. He however saved the lives of a large number of persons by throwing them boards and ropes, and pulling them on his boat with hooks. Immediately after the explosion, the-ladies’ ca bin took fire, and before it bad been consumed, she sunk in 12 or 15 feet water. The screams and exclamations pt the females, and thane who were not killed, is represented.'as having been distressing and awful. It is believed none of the ‘females on board, w£re_inim“d ■ujaUmWfever, may have tn drowned. The booKrot rieMi'iiy ad, and olcourse it will be impossible ever to ascertain the names of Or tlie number of those killed. There were at least silty or sixty persons killed and missing, and fifteen or twenty wound ed--sojne seriously. Captain Dunham left the wounded at Neyr Albany, all of ■whom were kindly and well cared for by the hospitable and humane citizens of that town. Canton Riot. The New York Evening Post contains the following account of the Riot at Canton from an American source. It is contained in a letter from Canton. Canton, 26th Maj’, 1844. On the 6th instant we had a row with the Chinese, no foreigners taking part in it but Americans. The new flag-staff was ornamen ted with a vane in the form of an arrow, gilded, which redacted the rays of the rising sun, far andnear; its symmetry and beautiful workman ship excited the admiration of foreigners, but to the Chinamen its erratic movements and ever varying position, pointing north and then south, yesterd >y east and to-day west, were portentous of evil; dark’ forebodings were raised in the minds of the superstitious and excited people, in which many Hong merchants and mandarins participated; but there was another class, the idle vagabonds who swarm about Canton, whose tears were less excited than their hungry stomachs and love of plunder. Simultaneously with the appearance of the gilded arrow, came dry weather, and a sickly' season set in, both in the city and country, and to the charmed arrow was ascribed the deadly effects of the cholera then raging. The attention ol our consul, Mr. Forbes, was called to tne circumstance by a number of very respectable flong merchants, and they requested him to have the fatal arrow removed; at the same time appeared an inflammatory placard, ascribing the evils enumerated to the gilded arrow. The Consul, wishing to yield to the supersti tion of the people, decided to take down the ar row, and for this purpose employed a nuim erof sailors; while they were engaged in lowering the toji-mast Os the flag-staff, the mob gathered round, first thtowing stones, then rushing in and culling the ropes, in consequence of which the top-mast came down “by the tun.” The mob ran off with theh lyartl*’, &•.•., there being no resistance offered, the tumult increased, and there was every appearance that it would end in a riot, when the factories would be attacked. The destructive riots of 1842 began in asimi lar manner; no mandarins were now present to dispel the rioters, and immediate action was ne cessary. At this junctu.e our Consul, with a dozen Americans,repaired to the -square armed with if pistols; the mob retreated, but threw t>ac:t a-v.n ,y » non which hbi or two of the tiv re excitable of lire Americans" fired, wounding three of the rioters; bntlheCon sul restrained the men, using his exertions to coniine them to acts of a strictly defensive char acter. The square was now in possession ot the Americans, who remained till four,P. M., when about two hundred soldiers arrived with the mandarins. A slight skirmish took place, up on which lhe soldiers, aiming at the mob, fired in the air, and under cover of their shields, charged upon the rioters, who wcrethusdispers ed. Early on the following morning the square was again filled with rioters, notwithstanding the pre sence of the soldiers, and it was necessary again to raise the flag stall that lhe flag might be luiist ed in front of the consulate. The Americans again turned out with mus kets, cleared the square in presence of the man darins, and remained on guard till all damages were repaired, the topmast of lhe flag-staff raised to its place, and the flag once more unfurled to the breeze. Mr. Lay, the British Consul, apprehending trouble, had sent to Whampoa for Marines; fif teen were sent up the factories, and remained inside as a corps de reserve in case the Ameri cans were overpowered, but the marines were not called out. The flag being aeain in its proper place, the Americans retired from the square, and remain ed apparently quietly. The result undoubtedly produced a good ef fect upon the Chinamen, first in showing them that the Americans were ready to respect their prejudices; second, that they were ready and quick to defend themselves when attacked. Many of the most respectable ofthe Chinese have expressed their approbation ol the conduct of lhe Americans, considerin g tne interference ofthe mob unwarranted, and theirattaek wanton and unprovoked. A Last Appeal. A “ veteran in the ranks” makes a last appeal to the Whigs ofthe Union, in an address which is published in the National Intelligencer. From this noble appeal we make the following ex tracts, with which it concludes: Whigs of the Union, yo t have lhe requisite strength to achieve another glorious triumph, if you fail not in energy to put it forth. The des tinies of this great nation, under Divine favor, maybe, perhaps for generations to come, what you may now chose them to be. Neglect the present opportunity, and who shall dare be bold enough lo say he wilt livejto see another? Who, indeed, would deserve that another shorn! be of fered to him, it he failed to profit by the one now presented? One more deeply versed in lhe knowledge ol human nature than any man that evet lived savs: “ There is a lide in the a flairs of men, Which, liken at the flood leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the Voyage ol their life I* bound in shadows, and in miseries. On such a fu!/ sea are tee Jiotn <rtru,t And ice must take the currentwhen it serves Or lose uur ventures.” This is as true now as it was in the days of the first Caesar. The only difference is that “our ventures” are more precious than were those of the Roman patriots to whom thq.advice was given, inasmuch as, refined and polished as they were, they had not reached that noble simplicity.in the science of government which renders our Republic so much better worth pre serving. Whigs of the United States! the con servation of our Government in its purity, sim plicity and freedom, depends upon you. It is «ith you to save the happy institutions which the wisdom of your fathers founded, and thus to secuie to your children’s children the count less blessings of which their right administra lion is susceptible. Can you remain idle or lukewarm, when resultsol such magnitude, of such extent, and of such permanence, depend on your vigilance and zeal? Let me beseech you not to misunderstand what 1 have saidofyoursuperiorityof numbers, so far as to believe that you have nothing to tear. You Lave on the contrary, everything to fearthat a mad and unprincipled opposition can accomplish by fraud and falsehood. Your ad versaries having no argument t.i oppose against the impregnable bulwark of your principles, will endeavor to batter it down at the last mo ment by every filthy missile which can be pick ed up from the kennels of personal detraction, calumny and slander. The foulest lies which hatred and malignity'can engender, certified perhaps by ail due formalities ol oaths and affi davits, will be industriously circulated among you too late lor investigation or refutation, in the hope that some of you may be found weak and credulous enough to believe them, and thus be deterred from voting. “ Last cards,” ot a thou sand new inventions, will be played on the day of election: and startling secrets ol the deadliest import, will be whispered in your ears by some vitiian in the assumed disguise of a political friend; tricks that vmt have never dreamed of, cunning stratagems wearing the appearance of natural ur.-■•pfiisticatcd realities, will be played .11'with a view to work upon your best leelings, >r to experiment upon your resolution and firm ness of mind. All this you have to fear, and to guard against by unremitled vigilance, and a lived determination to le nothing turn you from your own present conviction of the justice of your cause and of the exalted character ot the man whom you have selected as your lead er. But there is another thing which you must bear constantly in mind—which is, that your aggregate strength, however great, is made up of individual voles. Hence it becomes the im perative and sacred duty ot every individual to act as if the great result depended upon his own s.ngle vole; tor, it one may retrain from taking part in the election, in the idle confidence that his party is strong enough to do wi.hout him, why may not another and another do the same? Surely one man has as much right to plaj’ the far nienle— the careless “do nothing”—as ano ther; and if all, or even many, were to act upon this supposed right, what v ould become of your aggregale strength? Thus should each man reason with himself. The truth is, that no true patriot who believes his country’s safety or pros perity threatened can for a moment believe that he has a right to stand aloof and trust its protec tion to another. It is the moral duty, the solemn obligation ol every citizen to assist in warding off danger from his country. A single vote will not only assist in doing this, but may be ti e means of accomplishing it. Every vote then is of importance, not onlj' in itself, but for the ex ample to others. This consideration alone should be enough to determine every Whig, who loves his counlrj’ better than his own ease, not only to vole him self, but to urge upon every friend he has, the necessity ot doing the same. Waste no time, my lellow-Whigs, in attempting to convince your Locofoco neighbors .of their errors; for rest assured, it the arguments which have been already put before them in a thousand different forms and in evey possible light have had.no effect, they woW not be _ concert,, “though ■ ofte rose HYntiTde aa• Itisuad, fKeretoro, 'rnlßly endeavoring to lead them into the right way, devote all your leisure, and use all your exertions and influence, tt> the more praticable purpose ol keeping alive in your brothers of the same faith that zeal, that activity, and that firm ness of resolution to support the Wbigcandidate by their suffi ages, without which their right faith would be of no avail. Growing Bold. As the election approaches, the Democratic papers, even at the South, find it difficult to re press their feelings of exultation at their pros pective coalition with the Abolitionists. Not one of these papers, though professing great and exclusive devotion to the South, has manliness enough to denounce the plot. Not one of them has deprecated the act of their Northern brethern, or given utterance to feelings ot honest in dignation that such a man as James. G. Birney’ should be the chosen candidate ot their political friends for office. Nay, they are even indulg ing in language of approval and encourage ment. They dare not come out openly, as have done the Spirit of the Times, and other Locofoco papers at the North, and appeal to the Abolitum islslu support Polk, on the ground of an identi ty o [principles! They have not yet grown bold enough, alter proclaming this identity and the preference ofMr. Birney, lor Mr, Polk, to ex claim as does the Tinies, “Is it any wonder then, Mr. Birney should prefer Mr. Polk to Mr. Clay, or that the Liberty (Abolition) party GE NER A L LY SHOULD LEAN IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE? They have not done this, it is true, hot they have done the same thing. They have said cvervthing that could be said to excite the Abolitionists against Mr. Clay and the Whigs. They urge the Li berty men to preserve their distinctorganization, hoping thereby to throw the election ’into the House ol Representatives! Norin doing this du they hesitate fora moment to appeal to these men on the ground that Mr. Clay is a large slave holder. The Madisonian, the court paper of John Ty ler, has an article ofthe kind of which we speak. We give an extract, in order that the man who penned it may be held up to the scorn ot the Southern people, and that our friends may see that this infamous coalition is not a matter solely of Northern concern, that Democrats of the South rnav be implicated therein, and that even the White House and its minions are winking at this treason, plotter! though it be a gainst lhe South. Here is the extract. Read it. “Certainly there can be no doubt as to the fate ofthe Abolitionists, if they can be seduced into the support ol Mr. Clay— Mr. MendenholCs patron and. friend. An abandonment lor one moment, of their own standard-bearet, would be an instantaneous dissolution of the abolition •party. And such being the case, all who are ny'sCe'thJ'Trr annihilated by the false friends that are conning them merely to pros’itnte and be tray. if they shall be induced now to desert their own colors, they can never rally again, and there is great comfort in this thought. Thej’ can never make any more converts, because they caa never again inspire confidence, after abandoning Birney, the chief of abolitionist sin the world, and supporting Clay, with .'850,000 worth of slaves, toiling upderthe lash on his planta tion 1” Whocan mistake such language as this. A Southern paper, a Government organ, coun selling men to adhere to James G. Birney, the chief Abolitionist in the world, andwhy? Because HENRY CLAY HAS $50,000 WOR I’H OF SLAVES toiling under the LASH on his plardation 11! What more plain, palpable and base appeal could be made to the Abolitionists to support Mr. Polk? In speaking of this coalition, the New-York Republic has lhe following appropri ate remarks: “It will be impossible for the South to re main longer connected with a party which has received into her bosom and adopted the tenets of the notorious apostle ot Abolition. The South might have endured much from the Locofocos of the North, for the sake of sympa byon other points; but it is downright impos sible they can keep terms with a party which to obtain its own purposes, is readj' to sacrifice them and their dearest interests —a parly, blind as well as unprincipled; for, togain a lewrandon Abo lition votes, it gives up the hearty and much needed support of several Southern States.” So grnss, it seems, have these insults to the South and her institutions become, that even Northern presses are exclaimingin wonder at the want of discernment and spirit on lhe part of our people! It is indeed matter of humilia tion that there have been no more distinct man ifestations of feelings—no exhibitions ot indig nation on the part of our people. It may be that they have so long listened to lhe ceaseless ervof demogogues that they will now be in different when actual danger is at hand. If so, their doom is sealed If the present plans of the Locofocos to elect James K Polk, by means of Abolition votes succeeds, we may well ex claim “ Good night to the R ‘public." The South will indeed have fallen to a depth ot infamy from which she can never recover.— Savannah Republican. Eloquence and Truth. The following is an extract from a speech de livered by Mr. Clay, in the Senate ol the Uni ted States, in support of the Compromise Act. The sentiments are in accordance with his can did and ingenuous character. “ 1 have been accused of ambition in present ing this measure. Ambition ! inordinate am bition! 11l had thought of myself only. 1 should have never brought it forward. I know well the perils to which I expose myself; the risk of alienatingfaithlul and valueddrienus, with but little prospect of making new ones, it any new ones could compensate lor the loss of those whom we have long tried and loved; and the honest misconceptions both ol friends and foes. Ambition! If 1 had listened to its sott and seducing whispers; it I had yield ed mysell to the dictates of a cold, calculating and prudential policy, 1 would have stood still and unmoved. 1 might even have silently gazed on the raging storm, enjoyed its loudest thunders, and lett those who are charged with the care ol the vessel of State, to conduct it as they could. I have heretofore been often unjust ly accused of ambition. Low, grovelling souls, who are utterly incapable of elevating them selves to the higher and nob'er duties of pure patriotism—beings who. for ever keeping their own selfish aims in view, decide all public measures by their presumed influence on their aggrandizement, judge me by the venal rule which they prescribe to themselves. I have giv en to the winds, these false accusations, as I consign that which now impeaches my motives. ! have no desire for office, not even the highest. The most exalted is at best a prison in which the incarcerated incumbent daily receives his cold, heartless visitants, marks his weary hours, and is cut off from the practical enjoyment ol all the blessings ol genuine freedom. lam no can didate for any office in the gift of the people of these States, united or separated; 1 never wish, never expect to be. Pass this bill, tranquillize, ike country, restore confidence and affection in the UNION, and I am w iling logo home, to Ash land, and renounce public service for ever. 1 should there find, in its groves, under its shades, on its lawns, amidst mv flocks and herds, in the bosom ot my family, sincerity and truth, attach ment and fidelity, and gratitude, which i have not always found in the walks ot public Jife — yes, I loirs ambition, but it is the ambition of neing the humble instrument in the hands of Providence, to reconcile a divided people, once in >re to revive concord and harmony in a dis tracted land—the pleasing ambition of contem plating the glorious spectacle of a free, united, prosperous and fraternal people.” This is the occasion on which Mr. Clay in terposed and saved the country from disunion and bloodshed. In 1812, he retired from the Senate, to private life, and did not yield his con sent to be a candidate for the Presidency, till the people themselves in their primary assemblies, sailed on him to coms to the nation’s rescue. AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAYWORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1844. Unlike James K. Polk, lie has nit been thrust upon the country, by a parcel of intriguing politicians. Thepcepfe nominated him, and he is their candidate lor the highest office within their gift, to which he will assuredly be elected. Virg. Adv Mexico.—By the schooner Vintura, arrived yesterday, we have received our files Irom Mex ico, to sth instant. On the 2d instant, President Santa Ana espoused the Senorita Dona Dolores Fosta y Gomes. The ceremony took place at the National Palace, with the solemnity due the rank of the patties. The Mexican papers state that a number of mails have been recently attacked and robbed. —N. O. Bee, Oct. 26. Santa Ana’s period ot mourning seems to have been of the briefest kind ! The Gallows Hand Bill.—The Harris burg Tdegraph states that a hand-bill has been clandestinely issued from anoflice in that place, in German, addressed to foreign Germans, re presenting that if Mr. Clay should be elected President, they will all be driven out of the country, or HUNG ! The statements made in this pamphlet are illustrated by a cut represent ing THREE MEN HANGING UNDER THE GALLOWS! Spanish Vengeance.—We extract the follow ing from the Cowrler desEtats Unis: “A Span ish officer has been arrested, who is gultj’ ol an exirdbrdinaty crime. Don Rafael Iturriaga, one of the wealthiest nobles tn Jaen gave a soiree in his mansion, at which some ol the principal families of the country were assembled. They, wsredsrfrerng.iiic Polka, when NarciscuMeuma, lieutenant in|he Ist reeiiney p|Liahy»*rv <*p r?eretl the room iff unrfofirr7<ith a pistol tn'Ws* hand. He walked up to Don Manuel Valdea stillias, a young advocate, and pointing the pistol to his breast, fired, and the latter fell, al most fatally wounded. It would be easier to imagine than to describe the scene which fol lowed. The cause of the attempted assassina tion was ascertained to be, that Don Manuel Valdeastillias had had, some days before, a quarrel respecting a rich heiress, to whom they were both paying their addresses. Medina will be judged by a council of war. [lf they do not cut of “ Don Narcisco de Me dina’s” head, we hope they will partof the name of “Don Manuel Valdeastillias! It is a great waste of types to set up such names.] Virginia.—A letter from Patrick county, to the Lynchburg Virginian, says, “On our list of members ot the Clay Club, we have thirty Democrats, .vho say that the destinies ot this great nation cannot be committed to the hands of James K. Polk.” The “ Native” Resolutions.—The follow ing are the resolutions adopted at a recent “Native” meeting in New York, which regard the mooted question as to the probability of a coalition with the Whigs: Resolved, That the American Republican Party have never, since its organization, enter tained lor one moment the idea of a coalition witheilher the Whig or the Democratic parties, and that Croswell, the infamous Editor of the Angus, and all the base party presses that reit erate his charge of a coalition with the Whig party’, deserve the undisguised contempt, the most withering rebuke that American freemen are capable ofadministering. Resolved, That we will oppose any party, that, forgetting what they owe to themselves and their country, attempt to carry their measures by ahappealto any band of foreigners, or to any anti American interest. Resolved, That we will coalesce with no party, belt, maintaining our original position, will contend for the election of our own candi dates, pledged tor an unqualified repeal of the odious school law, an extension of the term ot die foreigner’s probation to 21 years, at least and the appointment of natives alone to office. Obliging Ladies.—An old Whig gentleman, according to the Boston transcript, got lost in the streets of that city a few days ago and was shown to his hotel by a couple of ladies, strang ers to him, who afterwards kissed him, and left him overwhelmed with gratitude. Well, we must say, the Boston ladies have theirown way about some things. The Banner, carried by’ the Troy Delegation in the great Precession in New York on Wed nesday, was decorated with a thousand Dahlias. Each member also hada Dahlia in his button hole. The Trojans know as well w list belongs g good taste as to sound political principles. New Jersey.—The official majority for Gov. Stratton is 1,404, instead ol 1,368 as we copied f rom the Newark Daily. The total vole is 37,- 985 lor Stratton, and 36,581 for Thomson.—A’. Y. Tribune. From the N. Y. American. The Evening Post of Wednesday signalized its vindictiveness and its fears by an unmanly attack upon the private habits and amusements of Mr. Clay’. Despairing of success from argument on the great issues before the country, and conscious possibly ot the distrust felt towards it by the reckless of its own party, by reason of its early opposition to the Texas fraud—that paperseeras bmt upon regaining lost ground and lhe waning confidence of Tammany, or possibly ot those more potent now than Tammany—the Empire Club- by becoming lhe retailers of every drop ping and tittle-tattle concerning Mr. Clay's say ings and doings at home, or in his journey ings. The head and front of the offences charged but not proved against Mr. Clay, by letters and affidavits, which lhe Post, honors ivith lhe most conspicuous place in its columns, are that Mr. Clay has been known to swear and play cards for money! Hear it, all ye virtuous Empires! hear it all ye supporters of Andrew Jackson—who never Swore, possibly!—never gambled at horse-races, and never shot dead a defenceless man, for a horse-race quarrel—hear it all such moralists— that Mr. Clay is suspected of occasional profane swearing, and convicted of having play’ed cards. He is, lo be sure, a man of eminent talents, unquestioned publicservices, and who was never known to neglect a public duty; but then he swears, perhaps—and plays whist, or has played whist, ceitainly! And to this complexion is reduced the great Democratic parly 1 to this mode of warfare re sorts the least disreputable of the journals that speak the sentiments of that party 11 Can any thing be more pitiable!—or, regard being had to some of its candidates, more weak —for retert is over ready. What, it the habits of adistinguished Senator, (Silas Wright) who has not resigned, were, in like manner, investigated? What,if each time he leaves his seat in the Senate, lie was dogged by some pimp or spy of party, and report was made and published, ot his doings? What, if he were followed in steamboats, anti public houses, and accurate accounts were kept for some jour nal as unmanly and unscrupulous as lhe Post, otAis feats? Would the record not blush'a little ? But we scorn such a retort; for we feel how utterly unworthy of a gentleman, how mean and -narrow, and contemptible, is this most pitiable publication ofthe Post! We look upon it, however, as indicating, very surely, the desperation which sees that deleat is inevitable, and seeks to glut revenge and hate when it can no longer hope for victory. But “the viper bites against a file.” President of Texas.—The official majority for Dr. Jones, as President of Texas, over Burleson, appears to be 1582. » ’ Justice Schaeffer, of Baltimore City, we perceive, is still kept pretty busy in fining fraudulent locofoco voters. Success to him in hisiaudable employment! He doubtless will find plenty of rascals to operate upon! American Rail Road Iron.—The Baltimore American says: We alluded briefly to the fact, a few days since, that a specimen of the heavy iron rails manufactured at the Mount Savage Works, in Alleghany County, had been placed in the Exchange for examination. Specimens of the same rails, placed in the New York Ex change, are thus noticed in aNew York letter: The railroad bars manufactured by the Mount Savage Company, are now exhibiting at the Exchange, and are highly spoken of by engineers and railroad people, and must be soon in demand to the full extent of the works. The following notice ol specimens sent to the Franklin Institute, at Philadelphia, is copied from the Report of the premiums awarded by the Institute: A bar of Edge Railroad Iron, ofthe U. form rolled by the Mount Savage Iron Works, near Frostburg, Maryland, and forwarded by Col. Young, the Manager. This bar 18i feet long, weighs 40 lbs. to the yard lineal, and is part of a lotot several hundred tons recently rolled there, for a branch of the Baltimore arid Ohio Rail road, leading to the works. This bar is amonsslthe first edge Rail yet rolled in the United States, and it de.nonstates beyondthereach of cavil that edge Railroad iron, can be well manufactured in America. This bar is well proportioned, sound, and well finished; itis the first ever ex bibited here ot American make; we hail it with pleasure, as the beginning ot anew manufacture, and award to it a 8 liver Medal. SATURDAY MORSO'G, NOVEMBER 2. Hear a Cotton I’laAt^i-I—Haller Nutt’s In thisinoming’spa&jjifill t, e found a letter from another Planter, Mr. Haller Nutt, great force and power, to which we attention of every leader. Mr. N. is one <& ftfose who has recent ly cut loose from his p—l associations, and m this letter the have influenced him to that change are with' a clearness and vigor of thought that can not fail to attract and cfejivate the attention of every reader, Whig ur'MMßocrat,” who is ho nestly seeking after tM®' The Southron,” in introducing the public, speaks of the author thus: . “ Mr. Nutt is a planteghr independent circum stances, living a short aKnee from Rxidney, in Jefferson county. He sea son of the late Dr. Nutt, who, it will be reKmbered, made a jour ney to Asia and NortbfSyAlrica, a few years since, and made sot®. Curious discoveries, bringing with him,on some Egyptian cotton seed, among ottamlngs of that descrip tion, on which Mr. Hffl® Nutt has made many valuable experiments,results of which he has published in our aswthern papers. From tnerepottsuf these eaMmwits. the writer of tt.e letter we publi^—lgjaW must be well known, bj- gh'out Mississip- • p - from a distaney^einffl^BWP* l prenvge l nerairv~' copy the notice Georgian of the stupid “roorback,” signed “Peel,” <s-c., evi dently got up by one of the gang of locofoco forgers with which the country is so well sup plied at present; which handbill, according to that paper, was received in great quantities at the 80 mile station, “damp as though just from the press, which leads to the suspicion that il was concocted at Augusta.” Two out of the three presses at “Augusta" have promptly met the insinuation of the Savannah paper with a prompt denial. Why does the third play “Ge neral Mum?" Or, as the Savannah Georgian was the first paper to discover this “roorback,” is it, according to the rule of all discoverers of old, to be considered exclusively its property? It might very well have reached the eighty-mile station from Savannah, "damp, as though just from the press!” We should like to know what locofoco did forge that paltry concern 1 Will he not be ho nest, for once, and confess? The Denouement.—The country (says the Whig Standard) was never so flooded, as now, with all sorts of Locofoco “ tracts,” “ Omens,” “ Warnings to the South," “South in Danger,” attacks upon the “ Native Americans,” defences in one quarter, and denunciations in another, of the “Abolitionists,” and cries of “bargain,” “bribery,” “corruption,” “ forgery,” &c., a gainst the Whigs! Their work of detraction, calumny, forgery and FALSEHOOD, has been done as with a five hundred horse power, and is nearly finished. The denouement is up on them. Let them gnash the.r teeth at what they have done—and over-done, and be ready to receive that remorse which will prove the onlj’ fruit of their diabolical labors. New York.—This Slate has been generally considered the “grand battle ground” of the Presidential contest. We have not regarded this Stale altogether in that light, as we believe Mr. Clay can be elected Without its vote. But still lhe vote of New York is an important one ; and without it, Mr. Polk cannot be elected. How then will the State vote? “For Mr. Clay!” we unhesitatingly answer. All our advices lead us to anticipate siwh a result. Here is the postscript of a business letter liom the City of New York, ofthe dab of lhe - J4th ult.", troni gen tlemen well advised of the progress of political events: “We could hardly wish things to be working better for the Whigs, than they’ are in this vici nity.” This is too modest and unobtrusive not to be true to the letter. Thus much from the city of New York and its vicinity. Here is what is said in a postscript to a business letter from the extreme western part of New York: “We regard New York as safe for the Whigs.” And so do we. A Tammany Hall Humbug- One of the rarest humbugs that we have heard of is that got up hy the Lotofoco party of New York, and circulated by the Tammany Hall Committee, incirculars, that “the Whigs of New York were raising large amounts of money to buy votes for Clay in the interior of Georgia.” It is a remarkable fact that the Locofocos themselves are the only portion of th" people who charge their own party with bein: bribed. In 1840 the same charge was made, and nowtha same party are preparing themselves t; make similar charges against their own partisans. It is however a family affair; and, as they ought to be most familiar, from their long political asso ciations, with the propensities of each other, we cannot complain. Howtheytalk in Mississippi.—The Vicks burg Whig of the 12th ult. says:—We are au thorized by five planters in Warren county to state that they will give the following premium to any man, or company of men, who will es tablish and put in operation, a cotton factory in the city ofVicksburg, for the manufacture of coarse cotton. These planters offer to give, as a bonus to the enterprising person who will commence it, ninety-five bales of cotton each year for fiveyears to come, and to purchase all the cotton goods necessary for the use of their plantations from the same factory. Theatre. We take pleasure in calling the attention of the lovers of the drama to the announcement of Mr. Potter that the Theatre will be opened on Monday night next, and we can but congratu late the theatre going public on the prospect which the effortsof Mr. P. hold out to them. To a good stock company, he promises, during the season, to add many Stars; and as the in terior of the building is now undergoing a tho rough renovation, re-painting, &c. &c., we think the public may very confidently anticipate a series of theatrical entertainments, to which we have been strangers for some years. O' Our acknowledgments are due to our ex cellent Whig friend H. Caffin, who has just returned from a visit to the scenes of his boy hood and the theatre of his early manhood, Paris, for a large collection ot caricatures, connected with the politics ot the day. O Gen. J. W. Pegram, a distinguished citi zen of Richmond, and President of the Bank of Virginia, was among those killed on tpe Lucy Walker. O" At the last commencement of Columbia College the degree of D. D. was conferred on the Rev. Edward D. Ford, of St. Paul’s church, Augusta, Geo. Part of the Bargain!—The Abolitionists have nominated a candidate, in the district re presented by Mr. J. Q,. Adams, for no other purpose than to defeat his election, and thereby help to electlsaac H. Wright, the Polk candi dale. 55“ The amount of duties collected at the Custom-house for the week ending Saturday evening, October 26, was §430,293 73. This is a large increase on the previous week. This increase is occasioned by the simultaneous ar rival of several valuable cargoes.— New York Tribune. 33= The three Missionary Bishops ot the Episcopal chnrch were duly consecrated io Phila., on Saturday, Oct. 26 viz: W. J. Boone I for China, G. W. Freemen for Arkansas, ' Texaa, &c, and Horatio Southgate for Turkey. Presidential Election. There have been manj- tables.published pur porting to give the days on which the election will take place lor President and Vice-Presi dent in the several States. The following table which we have corrected from one published in the New-York American, we believe to be en tirely cotrect: States. Day of Voting. No. of Electors. Pehnsylvania.. Fridaj’,Nov. I 26 Ohio “.. ..Nov. 1 23 N.Hampshire.Monday,Nov. 4 6 Rhode Island “.. .Nov. 4 4 Connecticut “...Nov. 4 6 Maryland “... Nov. 4 8 Virginia “.. .Nov. 4 17 North Carolina Nov. 4 11 Georgia “...Nov. 4 Z ... 10 Kentucky "... Nov. 1 12 Indiana “... Nov. 4 12 Illinois “...Nov.4 !• Missouri. “...Nov.4 7 Mississippi “...Nov.4 6 Arkansas -‘...No'.'. 4 3 Michigan ’‘...Nov.4* 5 New York. .Tuesday,..Nov. 5 36 Louisiana “ Nov. 5 6 Tennessee “ Nov. 5 13 N. Jersey. Tues. & Wed. Nov. 5.6 7 Maine ... .. Monday,.. .Nov. 11 9 Massachusetts." Nov. 11 12 Alabama “ Nov. 11 9 Vermont. .-Friday,... .Nov. 12 6 Delaware ..." Nov. 12 3 South Carolina., .about Dec. It 9 Total of Electors . 275 a-. . Necessary for a choice 138 ♦Or Nffv/D." TElected I>y the Legislature. The Electoral Colleges meet in each State on Wednesday, December 4th. 1840—Harrison’s majority on the popular vote. 145,900 1836—Van Buren’s do do 25,876 1832 —Jackson’s du do 123,936 1828—Jackson’s do du 135,684 £>lt is stated that Gen. William Gibbs McNeil has been appointed Engineer for the new Dry Dock at New-Yotk. A first rate se lection if there is any humbuggery to be prac tised. Another Letter from a Mississippi Cotton Planter. Laurel Hill, Sept. 26th, 1844. Gentlemen: I have received your letter re questing me to express to you, the reasons which have actuated me in supporting the elec tion of Mr. Clay for the Presidency, at the en suing elections in November; and, as 1 have before me similar examples of such expositions, and seeing no reason why I should withhold such an expression of my views as you are pleased to solicit, I herewith transcribe them; and trust that j'ou may find them clear and explicit. Should my friends whom 1 have left, yet follow ing in the locofoco ranks, feel anxious to hear them, I trust thatfiiey too may find them clear and satisfactory. To avoid much unnecessary detail, I will not go further back than 1840. At that time I be lieved both parties alike honest in intention, and equally zealous and patriotic in promoting the interests of our counlrj’. They differed in their views of some leading measures; and, in my opinion, the country would have prospered in the hands ot either, provided honest men occu pied our offices—although 1 think it would have prospered more icith a tariff than without, as has proved to be the case. Ot the two candidates for the Presidency, I preferred Mr. Van Buren. He was defeated, and 1, as 1 supposed all good democrats would do, silently acquies ced in the will of the majority. The time now arrives tor us to make another selection. Being no partisan ndb active politician, I have calmly weighed the matter —and am called upon to give mj’ reasons for now supporting Mr. Ulay. Ist. I object to the Democratic party, because they have not, since 1840, evinced a democratic spirit: but on the contrary, have, by their acts in Michigan and Rhode Island, proved them selves disorganizers— by their nomination ot Poik al the Baltimore Convention against the instructions of the people, they have violated the first principles of democracy—and, more recent ly, have, in our own section of country, tra velling among us, vile agitators—citizens ot a foreign land, agitating the people—arousing their smypalhies for political capital—uniting with the Nullifiers, and threatening us will: Disunion or Texas. Now, on the other hand, 1 have observed the Whig party calmly pursuing their way—urging order and peace throughout the land—and unanimous in their selection of a candidate for the Presidency. 1 hearol no rry of “ disorgani zation” against them—no threats of Disunion from their ranks—no hobby tbrpolitical capital; but an honest and honorable contention for principles and measures. In a moral point ot view, we have here the attitude ot the two parties—and I, as a member ot the Democratic party, could not but shudder at the great contrast it presents. Upon these moral principles of national rectitude, depends lhe preservation of our country. The various policies and mea sures are of no consideration compared with order and proper submission to the laws of the country. Measures are, at best, but uncertain in their effects upon a nation, but honor, order, and peace, are sure guarantees of our preserva tion. 2nd. 1 shall support Mr. Clay’s election be cause I prefer the measures which the Whig party are at this time advocating. 1 have ob jections to a National Bank, but think that, properly managed, it is far better than State Banks; and, as the people in the election of Gen. Harrison, gave a decided expression of their will upon this subject, 1 am willing to yield my objections. 3rd. 1 sustain Mr. Clay, because I believe a tariff essentially necessary to promote the inte rests of our country —both as a source of public revenue, and an encouragement and protection to home industry. This has been so much dis cussed, that it is useless for me to enter into the merits ot the subject; but there is one point which has come so immediately within my own knowledge, and which is so particularly inte resting to the cotton planter, that I cannot forbear mentioning it. Within the last two months, I have received from Liverpool accounts ot sales of two lots of cotton —one of 350 bales, and one of 50 bales. The expenses on the 350 bales were proportionally less than upon the 50 bales, because it sold lor some two or three cents more: but 1 take the fifty bales, because it is plainer, and approaches nearer the average sales ol cot ton in Liverpool. The 50 bales sold for $2,- 593, or 12J cen's perlb. or ssl per bale. The charges on this, in Liverpool, independent of all expenses in New Orleans, amounted to $528.36 or $10,50 per bale 1 Now $lO per bale up on the 1,400,000 bales which goes to Liverpool from the United States, puts into the pockets of Englishmen, from our cottons alone, $14,000,- 000, of money properly belonging to the United States! It is plain here, to my mind, that these charges and expenses tall upon the planter, and not upon the buyer. And so it is upon manu factured goods shipped to this country subjected to a tariff The tariff falls upon lhe seller, and not upon the buyer. Suppose this cotton was nearly all manufactured in the United States, the expenses and charges of shipping it to the North would not be nearsogreat: consequent ly, less tax would fall upon the planter, and what expenses did accrue, would be given to our citizens, and enrich Americans, instead of En lishmen and the English Government. Now, England is obliged to manufacture cottons—a competition between her manufactures and those of the United States, would grow greater and greater every year, until it would enhance the value of our cottons very much. There would also be a competition among our own manufac turers, and such a competition as would prevent any possibility of monopoly. This would keep down the prices of the manufactured goods to such a price as they could merely be afforded at. Our market would be nearer home— more stable; and, if there is any chance of our bringing pur chasers o cottons to our doors, this is the plan, and the only plan to do it. If we could accom plish such a desirable object, it would save us such expenses as accrue in New Orleans, by commissions, storage, &c. &c. &.c. But the democrats contend that a tariff raises the price of everything we want to buy—such as plantation supplies, clothing, &c. &c. If this is true, the cotton planter is not compelled to buy’ a great deal. Suppose he did lose, by the operations ot the tariff, S2O, and gained SSOO, he would still be the gainer. But 1 con tend he has everything to gain by the tariff, and nothing to lose, for everything is cheaper under it. This is shown by experience since 1842—is shown by theory, and is shown by figures; and lhe doctrine of free trade is too absurd even to admit of argument. We buy bagging and rope for less than we ever did before the tariff of 1842; and, at the same time there is money made by the producers of hemp. More is con sumed by excluding foreign hemp—a more Steady and certain market" is secured to it. They now grow much more than they did, be cause they feel sure of a ready sale, although it may be lower in price. It is now becoming a considerable article of exportation, instead of importation. If we go to our merchants, we there find also, everything in the way ot cloth ins- cheaper than previous to 1842. Wherein is it then, thatthe tariff oppresses us? Again: bv the tariffon Sugar and Hemp, there is much labor now directed towards the production of the articles, which would other wise be employed in the cultivation of cotton. Thus, by having all our productions within our selves, prices uninfluenced by any glut from fo reign mat kete, each one i» so regulated by re- gular supply and demand, that each is secureu, and employs its proportion of labor. It is contended by the locos that this ought to be done without a tariff, and better by admitting the productions of other nations upon the same free fooling. Now, in the first place, other na tions are ton uncertain: the supply from them is irregular, in consequence of being influenced by agr eat variety of causes. And, in the second place, it is evident to any reflecting mind, that to do this, the price of labor would have to be reduced to the same level—that is down to lid. a day, which is the_price of labor abroad. We would have to reduce mechanics’ labor to 5 or 10 dollars per month, overs ers wages to 100 to 150 dollars a year, and so to all other descrip tions of labor, in the same proportion. This is what the Whigs desire to avoid—and what the democrats contend woud be a national blessing. 11 this could be consummated, America wonld no longer be America: we would lose all of our boasted advantages over other nations—all the beauties of our no w flourishing government, and the liberties of our citizens would be the ulti mate sacrifice. 4th. I will vote for Mr. Clay because he is not only opposed to making the subject of Texas a political hobby, but because he is opposed to its immediate annexation upon grounds ot na tional policy. The public debt of Texas is 15 to 20 millions. She proposes annexation, and assumption by the United States, ol this debt, and grants in return, her public domain. Now, from all 1 can learn, the lands of Texas have been granted from time to lime for the last thir ty years, to individuals and companies, toinduce the settlement of the country; and that, at this time she has not $50,000 worth of public lands uncovered by grams or claims of some descrip tion. So says Mr. Benton upon good authority. . By nulling with Texas, the slaves would be drained fruriTVirginia, Maryland and Kentucky: those States would soon become free States.— Os the two events, I think it better that Texas remains, as she is, an independent country. She will be to us a good ally, having similar domestic institutions. Some of her citizens are not satisfied with the slow progress of a new country, but, uniting with some ot our citizens interested largely in land of Texas, are impa tient for annexation, in order readily to dispose ot their lands. They unite with the nullifiers ot South Carolina,and on the eve of a Presiden tial election, broach the subject ol annexation, select the candidate for our Presidency, threat en us with Disunion unless we permit them, not only to unite Texas, but also to get control ot the whole two countries united! To accom plish these vile and treasonable ends, they make use of the democratic or locofoco party. If Texas was united under these circumstances, this party must ever control, or secession would 10110 w. So, secession is their object, immediate or ultimate. Secession is not only treasonable but would be ruinous to this country. The Constitution is the only, but a great shield to our institution of slavery. Destroy’ that, and the North would have nothing else to prevent them from advocating universal emancipation. Jealousies would increase, and would ultimate ly put an end to slavery itself. It uehooves all men, then, not only to put forth all their energies against Disunion, as treason, but through inte rest, and to treat every attempt even to agitate such a subject for a moment, with well-merit ed indignation and most utter abhorrence. sth. 1 vote for Mr. Clay because we know him to be friendly to the preservation of this do mestic institution. We know not what Mr. Polk is at heart. He is but a man of yesterday, and the movements ot his party are any thing out calculated to secure us the rights, guarantied by the Constitution. Mr. Clay has ever been the most able defender and supporter of the Con stitution, and that, alone, insures our safety. But he goes further, and tells the Abolitionists io their teeth, openly and above-board he has no sympathies wilhltiem— to “go home and mind their business,” and that "thereby they will be the wiser and the better men.” Now, while I see the Whigs admiring the noble and lolty spirit *hich actuates Mr. Ulay in this m tter, I hear and see the democrats basely and insignificantly chucklingover these trankavowals of Mr. Clay ; thinking by this course Mr. Clay loses the votes ot tne Abolitionists. Yet they cry Mr. Clay is au Abolitionist! It he loses their votes, let them go—they are the rightful property of the loeotbeo party. But I believe even they, the Abolitionists, will have magnanimity enough to i urn and support the man they can neither bribe nor frown into favor. 6th. 1 support Mr. Clay in consequence of the vast superiority of the man. The mere sound of his name produces emotions like magic, over the whole civilized world! His name is fami liar upon the national records ofevery nation,and among every people, his name is but another name for liberty and honor. livery page of History tor the last lorly years, records him accomplish ing, or laboring for, some great deed tor his coun try’s prosperity and glory. Ever unswerving, ever noble, magnanimous and honorable, he has pur sued, with a giant-mind and far-reaching intel lect, objectsand measures which he knew would promote the interests of his country and the hap piness ol her citizens. I could point out much that he has dpne—many a great measure that, by his talents, alone, was accomplished: but I must refer you to History —every page speaks for itself. Now, gentlemen, 1 fear I weary you with my reasons for voting for Mt. Clay in preference to Mr. Polk: but you have desired it, and I could not be less explicit. You see now why I have abundoned the locofoco party. I believe they would become so obnoxious, under the adminis tration of Mr. Polk, that the party would be ut terly annihilated, and I also believe that, under Mr. Clay’s administration, it would correct it self, purge out and reorganize in its original purity—and when it does, 1 do sincerely and consciously believe, it will find itself follow ing the admonitions and measures of Henry Clay. In conclusion, gentlemen, 1 will merely add that, since 1 have decided upon supporting Mr. Clay, and abandoning the other party, some of my democratic friends have asked me, as you have, my reasons lor so doing. 1 referred them to the disorganizing spirit evinced by their party in Michigan and Rhode Island. They reply that it is only a portion of them in the North. 1 refer them to their coalitions with the South Carolina Nullifiers and Disunionists. They exclaim that it is only a portion ol them in the South. 1 refer them to their orators boasting that lid. a day for wages would be a national blessing. They reply that it isonly afewthick headed fellows that are so imprudent. I refer them to the undemocratic manner of Mr. Polk's nomination. They answer that it is done now, and can’t be helped. And lastly, I refer them to the Dorr sympathizers of New Orleans and elsewhere. And they answer me, it is only a tew low Irish or Dutch! 1 find, by summoning up the whole, it covers over nearly all the United States, and embraces the democratic pa-ty in every quarter —and I naturally infer that these constitute the leading measures of the present democratic party, and cannot be supported by, Your humble serv’t, HALLER NUTT. Dr. C. B. New, F. B. Harwood, J. E. Brough ton, Committee of the Clay Club of Rodney. Texas Cotton.—By a statement from the Collector of Customs at Shreveport, Louisiana, published in the Caddo Gazette, it appears that trom the Ist ot June, 1843, lo the 30th otJune ol the present year, there entered from Texas at that point, and were reported and cleared for New Orleans, 14,970 bales of cotton.— Apa. Adv. Mr. Birney.—Mr. Birney was at Chittenin go, N. Y., a lew days ago, and was questioned by several persons as to his having been nomi nated for the Legislature of Michigan by the Locofocos ol Saginaw county, and whether he intended to decline or stand. Mr. B. replied that he hid not been officially informed of his nomination, but had satisfactory evidence ol lhe fact, and had no doubt of it. He also stated that he should not decline the nomi nation, and should serve if elected. These facts are sworn to by seven persons, who put the interrogatories to him to which he replied as above. U. S. Gazette. From Bcenps Ayres.-—We have the Bri tish Packet newspaper to the 31st August. Col. Mancini, of lhe army ot Rosas, had had a brush with one of the Montevidean outposts, very near lhe town, on the 29tb, and the Packet represents that the Montevideans were deleated with the loss of 100 killed and wounded. Some ot the Montevideans had succeeded in cutting out a number of vessels at the Busen by means ol armed launches. They had recently captured a Spanish polacca, and they were so tar encouraged in their enterprise as to be fitting out numerous small vessels tor the same pur pose. There were late accounts from Rio Janeiro, and the Packet says that rumors of war oelween Brazil and the Argentine government had who ly subsided. It also says that the Brazilian go vernment had forbidden Paz and his associates to quit the capital, and tl'.at the Montevidean Colonel Caceres had been taken out ot the Brazilian steamer at Rio Janeiro just as he was leaving tor Rio Grande. . The Julj’ packet from England had arrived at Rio Janeiro in 37 days from Falmouth.— Boston Daily Adv. We learn from Capt Ray, of brig Commo dore Hull arrived yesterday from Jamaica, re ports that the gale of ’he 6th was extemely severe around the Island. Nineteen vessels went ashore in Montego Bay, and great num bers at other parts ot the Island, the details ot which had not reached port when he lei’.— N. Y. Courier. MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4. Reciprocity I —ln 1843, the quantity ot to bacco exported from the United States to Eng land was about 18,000 hhds.—in pounds, say 23,680,000. The duty levied on this in Great Britain was only about twenty millions of dol lars! The duty levied on all the articles imported from Great Britain, by this country, during the same period, did not exceed, il it even amounted to as much! «• This is the reciprocity England offers us in exchange for the small favor of breaking down our manufactures to admit hers! Twenty millions on rne article of American exports! Two-thirds as much as the United S’ates imposed upon all the foreign products admitted into the country! 1 Will the Quatllebummers of Palmettodom, and all others who are “ shouldering arms” to put down “ Yankee manufactures,” vi et armis, explain in what way such a state of trade can be classed under the head ot “ free 1" Again, according to British official returns, the exportation of cotton goods to the United Slates, during the twelve months antecedent to the returns was double as much as in the pre ceding year 1 The price of cotton goods in the United States, taken altogether, is lower than it ever was be fore! Will the denouncers of the “abominable plundering Whig tariff,” which was to rob the people and beggar the treasury, inform us how it has done, oris likely to do either? Truth is one thing-humbug and falsehood its antipodes. The Whigs have the first—their adversaries the latter! New York Whig Mass Meeting.—The Mass Meeting of the Whigs of the City of New York, on the 30th ult., is represented in the Whig papers oflhat place, as the most splendid affair of the kind ever had in that City; and from the description given of it, we are fully satisfied that such was the case. The Journal of Commerce, a locofoco paper, says that the number in the procession was over 12,000, and that it was the most imposing de monstration ol the season, the “ Native Ameri- can” excepted. The Express says the procession was over five miles in length. The Tribune says that the turn out of the se veral trades proves conclusively that the great mass of the Mechanics of the city are Whigs, and are determined that their interests shall not be jeopared by Pelk’s election. As was to be expected, lhe procession was not allowed to pass without being assaulted by the State-prison ruffians ofthe locofoco “ Empire Club:” but as might be supposed, they made their attacks upon that part of it from which they anticipated the least resistance. The boys' car was of course the object of their assault, and two or three of the lads were severely injured by brickbats thrown at them. Can any person say in what these New-York jacobins differ from those of Paris during the “reign ot ter ror?” Severe Snow Storm. — The Rochester, N. Y., Democrat of Oct. 29, says, that snow fell to the depth of a foot or more in that section of the State on the afternoon and evening preceding. There was a heavy snow storm in the northern counties of New York on the same day. It also snowed heavily at Buffalo, and the sleighing there was good. There was also a heavy north-easter blowing a perfect gale, and as the water was low at the lower end of lhe lake, disasters at the upper end were anticipa ted. We learn from the Philadelphia U.S. Gazette that the Millerite preachers have again commenced their operations in that city. Is there no way in which those fellows can be punished? Read it, Germans. We ask the attention ot every honest patriotic German to the following account of the efforts of the locofocos of Pennsylvania to impose upon the German voters of that State. German citizens of Augusta! will you not frown indig nantly upon these base efforts to impose upon your brethren?—will you act with a party that will resort to such base means to impose upon your countrymen? The Gettysburg Sentinel says that thousands of vile and libelous pamphlets, abusive of H en ry Clay, are in circulation from the office of the “Democratic Union,” at Harrisburg. “Among others,” says the Sentinel, “ is one in German, addressed to Foreign Germans, and representing that if Mr. Clay is elected Presi dent, they will all be hung.l And one in En glish, that all foreigners will be hung, if Mr. Clay is elected—and the pamphlet is embellished with a cut of three men hanging on a gallows!” “ How pleasing to the rational mind are these happy devices for lhe better illustration and dif fusion of the principles of ‘ Democracy’ among the people I But there is a better one yet whieh we have heard ol as having been used with great effects in some parts of Pennsylvania. It was there told to the astonished Germans, who formed lhe bulk of the population, that the Whigs were all abolitionists and in favor of amalgamation; and that if they should come into power, every German voter would be made to take a black wife forthwith. Ol course the Whigs have no chance at all in that particular neighborhood.” From Havana.—A gentleman who arrived here yesterday from Havana via Mobile, kindly handed us the Diario of the 19th inst., from which we learn that the Hurricane of the 4th inst., passed over the whole extent of lhe island of Cuba, scattering ruin in every direction. In Havana, a subscription is being raised for the relief of the sufferers. On the 18th instant, the amount received was 839,890. A letter from Trididad, dated the 11th Oct., says the American schooner Arab of Philadel phia, sailed from Mansanillo for Cuba, on the 21st ult. in ballast, encountered head winds un til the 4th instant; during the hurricane of that day, she lost all her sails and was cast on the rocks near the mouth of the river San Juan, where in a short lime she went to pieces. The Captain and six sailors perished with the wreck. The mate, Mr. F.llintt Morton.the only person who escaped, was taken from the rocks by the Spanish schooner Preciosa and carried to Trini dad, where he received every attention from the Commandant and American vice Consul. He is much cut by coming in contact with the rocks. —N. O. Tropic, Oct. 29. Q-It snowed at Utica, Monday, Oct. 28. Between there and Schenectady the rain froze on the trees as it fell. “Principles not Men!”—We ask our De mocratic friends to read the following notice of a meeting in Philadelphia, which we copy trom one ot their organs in that city. We must con cede that our opponents exhibit a most remarka ble devotion to principle in this canvass. What will Georgia “Free Traders” say to this? "Polk, DaUas and Democracy — The “De mocratic Invincible Legion” will meet ?Hls (Saturday) EVENING, at 7J o’clock, lhe members of the Legion, and all others wishing to SUSTAIN THE PRESENT TARIFF, and Polk, Dallas and Democracy, are invited to attend C. BLYTHE, President. “Thos. H. Buckman, Secretary.” We also find in the notice of the proceedings of a mass meeting of the friends of Polk and Dallas, in Philadelphia, the following resolu ll0“ Resolved, That in our candidates for Presi dent and Vice-President, we have the avowed enemies to the es abiishment of another Nation al Bank, the friends of a Tariff t hat wiU give pro teetion lo American industry." How charmingly lhe principles ot the North ern “Democrats” chime with those of their Southern brethren!— Savannah Republican. The Lost One Found.—Mrs. Me Ray, the lady who, in a state of mental aberration, wan dered into the woods, has at last, to the unspeak able joy of her husband and friends, “jade her appearance. She was found at the Old wo man’s Bluff, six miles N. W. of this place walkingabuut completely lost. For two weeks she has been exposed to the scorching sun, th damp and chilling night air and frequent showers ot rain, amid the gloom of the piny woods, or in the dark recesses of the numerous hammocks, without food. How she has sur vived is certain by miraculous.— Apalachicola {Fa.) Adv. VOL. VIII.-NO. 45. Mew cwtiiuuu —Deiuociaey aud AUuilnon Identified I We commend to the attention of every true Southron, says the Savannah Republican, the following extracts fro n the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, of Saturday last, 26th instant. The Times, as we have before stated, is a lead ing Locofoco paper. Can it be that Georgians will countenance a party which openly avows its identity with Abolition fanatics? The presses of Locofocoistn may well be dumb, as these undeniable proofs accumulate to show the ultimate designs ot the Democracy. Where is that zealous, watchful regard for Southern in terests, which we have been told so often was to be found onljr in the ranks ol the Democra cy? Georgians, arouse from your slumbers before your rights are sacrificed by the unholy and corrupt schemes of your foes. But to the ex tracts: “It is very true that the doctrines of the Demo cratic party assimilate in their nature to those of the ‘ Liberty' min, and that the uoclrines of the Federal W higs do not. This we grant. But why is it? Because our doctrines are founded. on those immutable views of human freedom which are laid down in the Declaration of Independence —views which, the Federal Whig organs pro nounce, (vide the N. Y. American,) to be ‘ form ulas about the equality of man, fit for that rhe torical paper, but not a demonstration, and not Worth while to argue about.’ Now tbe Whigs may, if they think proper, assert that the con stitution of Ibis great country is lounded upon a mighty falsehood, but we contradict it, and" we cordially agree inih the ‘ Liberty’men tn thia, that ‘it is only by rescuing the constitution and government of the country from the grasp of the enemies of liberty, that oppression can be put down—and we intend to do it.’ “ We say also that Mi. Birney's professions of Jeffersonian Democracy do honor to his judgment: and we confess we cannot see how, as a genuine lover offreedom, he could entertain any other. It is natural enough for ‘ Liberty’ men to be De mocrats, although it is equally possible that thousands of Democrats may be unwilling to recognise the immediate objects of the ‘ Liberty' party. But, il seems to us that Whig principles are utterly incompatible with the advancement of anti-slavery contemplations. Mr. Clay, himself, has ever been bitterly and implacably hostile to the efforts ot those who are anxious to see slave ry abolished in this country. Air. Clay has ever exerted himself to perpetuate the institution of slavery. To his single vote are the slaves of Ar kansas indebted for their present bondage I But for him they would this day l ie freimen I What did Mr. Clay say in 1839, before the U. S. Se nate? “ ‘ Theliberty of the descendants of Africa in the United States is incompatible with the safe ly and liberty of the European descendants. Their liberty, il it were possible, could only be established by violating the incontestibi.e powers of the States, and subvening the Union.’ “ What did he say in 1841 1 “ ‘I WOULD SUFFER THE TORTURES OF AN IN QUISITION before I would sign a bill having for its object THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DIS TRICT of Columbia, or in any manner give COUNTENANCE TO THE PROJECT.’ “ We may add here that the Whig organ in Georgia, the ‘ Savannah Republican,’still bears these two extracts at its head, as the motto of the paper and the Whig parly. More than that, the last Nashville Banner, the organ of the Fed eral-Clay Whigs in Tennessee, contains the following proposition, to bet a slave on the elec tion, viz: “‘1 WILL BET A NEGRO MAN AND A BAROUCHE, that Tennessee will cast her vote for Henrjr Clay!’ “This is, of course, shocking to every man of proper feeling, but is it not consistent in the friends of Mr. Clay to couple a barouche with another ‘chattel,’ as he says, ‘sanctified as pro perty by 200 yea rs of legislation,’ even for the purpose of a gambling bet? But Mr. Clay goes still farther. He is opposed even to the ‘ Coloniza tion’ of skives. He is opposed to emancipating the colored race in any manner, even for the purpose of sending them away Irom our coun try I In his own words, “'He washimselt a slaveholder,and he con sidered that kind OF PROPERTY AS INVIOLA BLE AS ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY. Nor was he disposed even to go as far as the gentleman who had just spoken, (Mr. Mercer) in saying that he would emancipate his slaves, if the means were provided of seulitig them out ot the country.’” Mr. Birney’s Real Position: The Decep tion Kxposed 1 Let every Honest man read these Disclosures 1 Will ABOLI TIONISTS, Whigs or Locos, be longer Deceived I From the Genesee Co. (Mich.) Democrat, Extra, Oct. 21. Since our paper went to press this morning, we have received the following statement and accompanying letter from Mr. Garland, together with his affidavit and the certificate ol lheClerk ofthe Court, which we hasten to lay before our readers, that they may judge ot the political honesty ol Jas. G. Birney. TO THE PUBLIC. On the 28lh of September last, the democratic county convention of Saginaw, Michigan, met at lhe house of E. Jewett, in said county, for the purpose of nominating county officers. 1 was a member of that convention, and with several of my democratic friends strongly urged before ths convention the propriety of nominating James G. Birney to fill the office of representative to our State Legislature. We so tar succeeded as to obtain the unanimous nomination ol Mr. Bir ney. In so doing, I land I believe those who acted with me) were prompted by good motives. We believed Mr. Birney honest and capable, and without any reflection as to what effect the nomination would have abroad, his name was announced as a candidate. The only objection urged by any member ot the convention was, that Mr. Birney was not a democrat. In reply to this, I stated to the convention that I had in my possession a letter from Mr. Birney, stating that he was and always had been a democrat, and pledging himself (that in case he should be elected) he would go tor democratic men and measures. A few days after the nomination, after the news had gone abroad, I am imfbrmed that some ot the democrats of this county had re ceived letters from different parts ot tl e State complaining bitterly of the injury that Mr. Birney’s nomination was doing the democracy throughout the Union. I was called upon by several gentlemen from Detroit, Pontiac and elsewhere, (members ot all three of the parties,) and requested to exhibit the letter referred to. 1 declined, upon the ground that it might look like a breach of confidence on my part towards Mr. Birney, but promised that in case Mr. B. denied having authorized me to use his name before the convention in the manner in which the same was used, that I would publish the let ter to lhe world. Within afewdayspast I have become well satisfied that Mr. B. has denied authorizing his name to be used before the con vention as a candidate lor office. The subject now becomes a question of vera city between Mr. Birney and myself, which I trust will be deemed by all a sufficient apology for pwbitebteg me u-iipr The following is a true copy ot lhe same: Saginaw, Sept. 26, 1844. Dear Sir:— l have lor several days past, been seriously reflecting upon the proposition made me by you and your friends, at our private meeting, on the evening ot the 17th inst. To morrow 1 start for the East, and shall not re turn until after the election. My journey is in dispensable, ELSE A DUELLIST and GAMBLER will soon fill the seat ot a Washington, a Jefferson, After mature reflection, I have concluded to accept the nomination of Representative to the State Legislature, provided your convention see fit to nominate me. In case my abolition principles are assigned as a reason why I should not receive the nomination at the hands of the DEMOCRATS, you are hereby authorized to say to the Convention, that I am now and ever have been, a Democrat of the “Jeffersonian School.” The Democracy ol the country must be well satisfied that 1 am rendering them more effectual service oy advocating Abolition Prin ciples, than il I were openly a democrat. Yon are further authorized to say to the conven tion, that in case I should be elected to the of fice of Representative from this county, I shall cheerfully and gratefully perform the duties as signed me, and hereby pledge myself to go for Democratic men and measures, and,, (as yon suggested in our recent conversation,) will forego the agitation ot lhe Slavery question in uur State Legislature. Commend me to your amiable lady, and be lieve me, truly yours, &c. ’ } JAS. G. BIRNEY. J. B. Garland, Esq. State or Michigan, County of Genesee. J. B Garland, being sworn, says, that he has carefully compared the above copy with the original, now in his possession, and believes the same to be correct. J. B. GARLAND. Sworn and subscribed before me this 21st day of October, 1844. ROBT. R. PAGE, Justice of the Peace. State of Michigan, County of Genessce. 1, Thomas R. Cummings, Clerk in and for the county of Genessee aforesaid, do certify that Robert R. Page, lhe person before whom
