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Do yon wish still further evidence ? Here it is, I The Worltln* classes,
fl* Phifa^- l *Spiritol’.heTimes,” tatad. fJS*
mg democratic paper in the State o r Pennsylvania: or productive classes of the community, he is unfit for
"We perceive that J. G Bimey. the Abolition or Liber-i the higher walks of lile, and undeserving of respect!
:andidate baa openly avowed his preference for Mr. j The odor of pine shavings, mortar, shoe-leather,
k.over Mr. Clay, at which the Federal Whiq papers j blacksmith’s coal, paints, dux &c- is exceedingly of-
aeeni exceeding wrathy. But is it not natural? Is not ‘ f ens j ve and disgusting to the very delicate and sensi-
the Democratic party opposed, as a mass, to hunian Slav- j jj ve nervcs D f those who look down from the lefty po-
er * * ,t[ Ue , D m*°^ ra !! ,n 1 cn " s >^ v * n, “’ '* ho '* j sition to which they imagine wealth or some adven-
n°, °S P< ? e . • j* j,™ c „ atpin'-ethat VIMfirne shon'd ! t ' l * ous circumstance has elevated them, upon the me-
prefer Mr. Polk ro Mr- Cl., I the Lib.",” 'p.ri, 1 el, ;" ic ? r l * l * >rin ? r , nMn ’." Wo W 10 “ '" fe ™ r
generally el.ould lean in favor ef ihe Uemocretic cendi-' or,icr otnature -, The evidences ot labor end mdnstry,
j lte 7*« [ either upon the brow or upon the hands, are enough
m, i ■ .. . to exclude the possessor from their intimate acquain-
The letter in wb.ch Dime;- expressed his decided unce anJ c0Dfl ^ nce torever . Ko „., | cl UB briefly
ATETfHS, (B'-BDmailA:
Tlmreday tlornlnj, \ov. 10,1840.
agriTH Cor tf>r Sontftrrn C£Ws*
Nrw York-Mow dt Tuttle awn E. YV. Caa*.
r«m.Ai>ri.mu—R. YV. Care.
Gwnwrrr C'«csTV—J*o It Ai.xxawtie*, Esq.
FoasTTM CorsTT-Wa. A. Lewis, Esq.
Ei.ar.aTCoo.-rr/-YC. A. Arvold, E-q.
preference for Mr. Polk was read at the Abolition
meetings in New York and the Northern States gener
ally. In this letter, Bimey says *. “ I more deprecate
the election of Mr. Clay, because, possessing abilities
superior to Mr. Polk’s, he would proportionally weak-
the influence of these truths (the doctrines of the
Abolitionists) on the minds of our countrymen.”
Above we have offered sufficient evidence to con-
iceptical—if there could be found
examine the principles upon which 6uch men act,and
sec whether they will stand the test of reason.
The expressions, working men,—laboring classes,
admit of a very general and extensive application.—
Distinction in life, eminence in the arts and sciences,
or in any of the learned professions, is inseperably
nectedu-itk labor. The man of industry, or, in other
words, the working man, is‘the only raai
pected for his virtues, the only man who is a usetul
member of society,and the only mrn who is really
thy the confidence of his fellow-men, or the honors of
Stop that Mtalll
FURTHER EFFECTS OF THE GREAT STORM
O' By reference to our advertising columns,
will !»e seen that our friend, Dr. Laird, owing to
continued ill health, will not be able to resume the
practice of his profession before the 1st of January
next.
HT We learn from Mr. Merrill, the enterprising
Agent of the Company, that a specimen of Thread
from the Cortright Manufacturing establishment
Greensboro, took the medal at the late Fair of the
American Instituto at New York; and what is worthy
of remark is, that the sample in question was not got
ten up for the occasion, but such as they make every
day—it being taken from a lot offered for sale
New York market. This is another evidence that old
Georgia is “ hard to beat.”
Afcwlltloa—Tba “ Banner."
While we feel that our acknowledgements are due
the editor of the Banner for the very kind and flatter
ing manner in which ho has been pleased to speak of
us, and while we assure him that we most cordially
reciprocate the good feeling he has expressed towards
us, we must at the same time be permitted to say that
we were somewhat surprised at his reply to our arti
cle of last week, in relation to the hypocrisy of the
Democratic press of the South in regard to the subject
of Abolition. The worthy editor of the Banner does
not attempt to disprove the charge, but endeavors to
get up a new issue—thereby “ acknowledging the
corn,” as wo tako it, in regard to the hypocrisy of his
brethren.
In his reply, the Colonel says:
“ They have endeavored to accomplish the hopeless taak
of proving that the connexion of the Democrats with the
fannies, is sa strong if not stronger than that of the Whigs,
and risked the rash assertion “ that their present Chief was
elevated to the seat ho now occupies, by means of a union
between the Locofocos and the Abolitionists!” Wo defy
them to point to a single State, which was carried by
means of such an union. YVe suppose they allude to the
well-informed man who has ever doubted the troth of j his country. Who can point out a single example of
Ihe assertions we made last week—to wit: that the distinction attained, either in ihe literary, neientifle,
T e . , A ... . or military departments of life; among statesmen, di-
Locofocoa resorted to every arrifice they coaid .meat v , nM iip f OIn , , £ te> jnrists, counsellors, or doctor., at-
to secure the co-operation of the Abolitionists in elcc- tists, or architects, not remarkable for industry, assi-
and that they did, at the last Presidential elec- duity and labor ! Contemptible and pernicious in the
tion, effect an union with the Abolitionists. Suppose extreme, are those notions of Aristocracy which lead
the Col. does apply our “ farr,” via: that the Aboil- men to frown upon the laborer. We know, however,
. . , rr J .... , , I that they arc far from being universal. YVe know
tionwta refuse to vote with either party when they \ that fo / thcm> our Republican soil is not congenial,
have a candidate of their own in the field, to his fact”J | hut we also know, that they do have a growth upoqft.
What docs it amount to ? Why, it turns out that his and unless cni dow
asanmed fact is not a fact in reality—that although
Bimey had been the Abolition candidate, his claims
were subsequently (that is to say, just before the elec
tion) withdrawn; and his whole influence with the
miserable faction of which he was the acknowledged
head, exerted in favor of James K. Polk—and conse
quently the Colonel's logic” all fades away •* like
a baseless vision,” and leaves him. for all his pains,
just nothing—at the point where he began.
“ The truth is,our neighbors have broached a question
in which the odds are most largely against them.” says the
Colonel. It will be seen by the evidence introduced above
whether the odda are against us. And we have not pre
tended to introduce one tenth part of the evidence we
could bring forward to prove that the Democracy have
courted the favor of the Abolitionists—that they have often
by a coalition with them—and that many of theii
leading men are rank abolitionists in principle. YVe may,
some future occasion, offer further evidence of these
a. Our limits to-day will not permit such an extension
of this article.
As to the charge of “ throwing dust” in the eyes of our
readers, wo would simply remark, en passant, that • throw
ing dust’ and‘humbuggery’ are Democratic avocations—
that they do not belong to the YVbig creed—that if a Whig
edilor should feel an inclination to try his hand at such a
game, he would be deterred from making the. attempt, by
the knowledge that his readers were too intelligent to suf
fer dust to be thrown in their eyes. You missed your
mark that time. Colonel—indeed, you did ! The Whigs,
ao far from desiring to “ throw dust," are only anxious to
remove the obstructions the Democracy have thrown in
the way of the aun of Trutii, and to let its bright beams
penetrate the dark veil they have been too successful in
throwing over the mental vision of a portion of the people.
In tegard to the Colonel's assertion that the Democrat
“is the only party atthe Nonh which is sound on the sub
ject of the Southern institutions,” we have • s<
say,’ although our neighbor assures us that *»
for the civilian and the silk-worm to attempt to
ir own im „ c ties to tha veteran." Now, notwithstanding
Thfafa ikThci. “5'owfar Ifaifaw! m"n”lker P"*” “ W “ vettranV no, to have boon “ in Congress
s number of fifteen thousand cast their suffrages
Bimey, their own candidate, thereby proving the truth i
a subsequent assertion of the IVhig * When, howevei
they (the Abolitionists) havo candidates of their own i
the field, they refuso to vote with either party.” Now h
us applv their law, to our fact <as to the truth of which
defy contradiction) and whmt will be the result. In
lHnseachuactta election
The great tornado of 1846 has swept the old Bay
State in its resistless progress. This was nothing
than we expected ; but the gain over the last
election, it must be confessed, is larger than we had
anticipated. Briggs, the Whig candidate for Gov
ernor, has been re-elected by a majority over all his
opponents of 6,738, beating Davis, the Democratic
candidate about 20,000 votes. The vote stands,
For Briggs (YV) 51,682
** Davis, (Loco) 31,770
“ all other candidates, 13,165
The Whigs have a large majority in the Senate
.. „ k l of the State Legislature, and in the House, they have
pand into large trSTuJ’mcn “respond i e'ected 158 of the 190 members composing that body;
for'their moral and intellectual worth alone, and not \ while the Locos have elected 29 and the Abolitionists
according to the number of dollars they may possess, i three.
nor according to their pursuits in life. Virute, integ- I uclawu re.
rity, and intellect, are the cardinal glories of man’s | The Locofoco candidate for Governor has been
t a nTi t „ Cr .he , ^atn';ortT„? ! ' ^ by a smaii majority, and the Whigs have eiecl-
alone, render a nation prosperous and happy. Prin- 1 ed the,r Congressmen and a majority of the State
ciplcs opposed to these are the offspring of tyranny, l legislature.
the canker-worms of justice and true liberty, the pa- r,ie **«■"*» In New York
rents of despotism. Johx Young, the Whig candidate for Governor, is
YVe copy the above from the “ Palmetto State Ban- elected by some 11,000 majority! Fish, the YVhig
ner,” a paper recently established at Columbia, S. C. candidate for Lt. Governor, is defeated, as the anti-
YVhile we most heartily concur with the editor in the rent counties which voted for Young, gave large ma-
sentiments expressed above—sentiments which are jorities for Gardner. One Whig and one Loco Canal
honorable to him-—we are surprised to find him so ! Commissioner is elected,
zealously advocating the doctrine of Free Trade, the j The Congressional representation stands
direct tendency of which is to destroy the independ- lows:
of the American laborer, and eventually to place
Pyramid of Whig Victories.
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NORTH-CAROLINA
The Pennsylvania Enquirer says:—The Hon,
John Young, the newly elected Governor of the Em
pire State, was in early life thrown upon his
sources, his parents being in very moderate pecuniary
circumstances. He went to work, qualified himself
for a teacher in a common country school, was subse
quently a member of the Legislature, then a member
of Congress, and is now the Governor elect of the larg
est and most powerful State in our great confederacy.
This is a bright example, worthy of emulation by the
poorest young men in the nation.
Whigs, i
Old Hunkers and Tariff Locofocos,
In the Senate, 18 Locos hold c
level with the much abused and down-trod
den laboring classes of Europe. Now, if the editor of
Banner” believed this, we have no doubt but he
would at once abandon his destructive principles; In the Senate, 18 Locos hold over to 5 YVhigs.
and yet it is difficult for us to conceive how any man the 8 elected this year, 5 or 6 are Whigs,
can view it in any other light—when the proposition T he Assembly will stand very nearly as follows :
is so clear and conclusive, that if we open our ports to 74 Whigs to 54 Locofocos. Whig majority, 20, and
the free admission of European manufactures, we at i 8 at least on joint ballot.
once bring the labor of those engaged in manufaciur-« The last Assembly comprised 52 Whigs, 74 Loco
ing in this country in competition with the pauper la- focos, and 2 Anti-renters not otherwise classed,
bor of Europe—where the standard of wages is so j The State Constitution, which was submitted to
low. that laborers are barely furnished a scanty sub-1 tb# people, is probably adopted, with all its objection-
sistence for their toil, which often extends to from 16 able features.
fcbl
(Bimey.)
have a candidate of their own in the field, they refu-
vole for either party. Therefore, the assertion of ihe Whig
U not true that the preaent Chief magistrate, (having been
the candidate of the Democratic party) was elected by a
union with them. This is not only the logic of the whole
natter, but it is the veritabiehistory ol the transaction.”
*• Hopeless task,” did you say, Col. ? Well, *• now
to the law and the testimony,” and we shall see
whether it is “ hopeless.” And first, as regards the
charge that a coalition was effected between the Ab
olitionists and Northern Democrats, thns securing to
Mr. Polk the vote of certain States. The editor sug
gests that it was New York we had in view. We
shall not confine ourselves to New York. The charge
will hold good in regard to several other States—
Pennsylvania, Maine and Michigan among the num
ber. The Col. lays hold of the admission we made,
to wit: that when tho Abolitionists have candidates of
their own, they refuse to vote with either party, and
very ingeniously attempts to prove that inasmuch as
James G. Bimey was the Abolition candidate for the
Presidency, they (the Abolitionists) did not vote for
Polk. But he is very careful to conceal the feet that
the aforesaid James G. Birney’s claims to the Presi
dency were withdrawn just before the election, and
transferred to a certain James K. Polk—that Bimey
was nominated by the Democracy of Saginaw county,
(Michigan) as their candidate for the State Legisla
ture—that immediately thereafter, he set out on a pil
grimage to the North and East, for the purpose of ex
erting his influence among the Abolitionists to its
fullest extent in behalf of Mr. Polk. These facts not
euitingthc purposes of our neighbor, he has been very
careful to conceal them. That they are tacts, we
■hall now proceed to prove.
It has been said that “ old documents are danger
ous things,” and to the man who, by casuistry, at
tempts to controvert recorded facts, they certainly are
dangerous. Now, it so happens that we have the
“ documents” to prove the positions assumed above.
And first, wo will introduce tbe testimony of Mr.
Birney’s own neighbors. The Detroit (Michigan) Ad
vertiser, a few weeks before the Presidential election,
made the following announcement:
* •* We are not suprised to learn that the locofocos
of Saginaw county, havo nominated with his assent,
James G. Bimey, ”
President, as the I ,
tive in the State Legislature. * * * His present
visit to the East we have reason to believe, has been
undertaken at the instance of leading locofocos as
well as Abolitionists of New York. * * * Lead
ing Locofocos-have at any rate openly exulted over his
New York mission, at this crisis. IFe did not need
this additional evidence of Mr. Birney’s sympathies with
Laeofocoism inthe Presulential struggle; but others did,
and their eyes will now be open.”
We next hear of Mr. Bimey on board of the Great
Western on his way from Detroit to Buffalo, N. Y.—
The Buffalo Commercial says: “Mr. Bimey made a
long address, in which he did not hesitate to express
his preference for Mr. Polk and the» Locofoco policy
generally. * * • He has been nominated for the
Legislature by the Locos of his county. They did not
nominate him without knowing what they were about.'’
b further proof needed 7 Here it
from the Wayne County (Pennsylvania) Herald—a
Democratic paper, “died in the wool.” See with
vrhat earnestness he attempts to convince tbe Aboli
tionists that it is their interest to vote for Mr. Polk!
** Mr. Bimey is a good Democrat and worthy man,’
but cannot be elected—let his friends therefore vote
for Polk and Dallas:
“If Iks Abolitionists wish to cultivats sod sustain a
Truly Christian policy towards tbe African race within our
border*, let them support the nomination of tb* Democrat
ic party. James K. P«4k and Georg* M. Dellas. Mr.
BIRNEY is m DEMOCRAT and « worthy ewe, but he
never U dieted President. Let tbe rotes intended to
os cast far him be cast for Polk sod Dallas, and lbs snfi-
****** •** ** at least have tbs console tion of reflecting,
here not aided by their rotes, either directly or
elevating Ucnry Clay, tkar greatest and worst
shoot nine years ago,” nor to have v
the pow*ra"of darkness' for » four long years,” nor “
the shock of their lances upon our mail”—still, at the st
“young” asto be entirely ignoran
some incidents connected wuh this contest—inckh
which hare gained such notoriety, that they have become
the theme of the school-boy ; and to one of these incidents
we beg leave to call the attention of that most puissant
knight of the quill, the "veteran” editor of the Banner.
The case to which we allude, we need hardly say. is the
celebrated 21st Rule, which prohibited the presentation of
petitions in the House. In 1843-’4, when the De
mocratic majority in the House cf Representatives was
about two to one, a resolution rescinding the 21st Rule,
which was so obnoxious to the Abolitionists, was presented,
and notwithsta nding the Democracy at the North are such
excellent friends of “ the Southern institutions,” it was
passed by a majority of 20 votes!!! This is the way the
Northern Locofocos exhibited their friendship for the
South! Every one remembers the indignation aroused
among all parties at the South, by this triumph of Northern
fanaticism. YVe might present many extracts from the
newspaper press at the South, to show the state of popu
lar feeling at the time, but the following, which the Col.
must acknowledge is good Democratic authority, must,
for the present, suffice. The Augusta Constitutionalist, of
the lilh of January, 1844, used the following language in
speaking of the iniquitous transaction :
‘•With a Democratic House of Representatives, Mr.
J*o- Qoircy Adams has obtained a VICTORY, and the
ADMISSION OF HIS PETITIONS, which he faded
dolasty**r, with a House CONSISTING OF A LARGE
MAJORITY OF YVHIG MEMBERS! It was
been hoped that a Democratic House would have been
ERGETIC AND CONSISTENT «their Whig predeer,-
sot*. The people of the South did not expect such a
course on the question of Abolition. • • • • Is it not
ivident that these proceedings are soshaped asto lave
ome influence on ihe next Presidential election ?”
Does this look like the Democratic party atthe South at
bat time recognised their Northern brethren as •• sound
« the question of the Southern institutions 7” And what,
we would ask, have they since done to convince the people
of tbe south that they are '• sound” on this question ?
We might multiply examples, but we think the above
will suffice for the present. The people can now see
betber facts do not establish the asaertioni
The proposed amendment to the Constitution,
moving all restrictions on Negro Suffrage, is rejected.
The new Charter for the City of New York, is also
rejected, by a large majority.
to 20 of the 24 hours of the day. Now,
professing the least patriotism or philanthropy, desire
to see such a state of things in this country 7 Bat
our free-trade friends say, to avoid this, let these la
borers engage in some other occupation—let them go
to farming. Well, will that benefit them any 7 Nay,
verily. There are already too many engaged in that
business. Let the manufacturing establishments of
this country be closed—let us depend on England for
our supplies—and let all the laborers now engaged in
manufacturing be converted into agriculturists,•Jnd
the result would be the same. Our home market be
ing destroyed—all being producers, and none consum
ers—we would be forced to seek an European mark-
bread-stuffs and other agricultural commod
ities—and this would, at last, bring us in competition
with the pauper labor of Europe, and onr country
would again be placed in a state of dependence
England more abject than out colonial dependence be
fore the Revolution. Viewed in any light in which
politicians may be pleased to place the subject,
“ To this compaction must it come at last.”
Protection to American industry is a question in
which the laborers of this country, and not the “lord
ly capitalists” (as the Democrats Would try to make
believe) are principally interested. Break down
r manufactories, and capitalists could and would in
vest their money in something else. But what
become of the working-men of onr country 1 Their
labor is their capital—where can it be invested ?—
The whole question between Protection and Free
Trade, reduced to plain language, is simply this—
“ shall we by our impost laws foster and protect our
domestic manufactures, by which not only the labor- TED STATES SENATORS,
era employed in them are benefitted, but all the labor
ers of the country—furnishing, as they do, a home
market where the fanner may procure such prices
for his products as will remunerate him for his toil—
New Jersey Whiff all over!
A Whig Governor—
A Whig Legislature—
Four out of five Whig Congressmen—and
The certainty of a YVhig U. S. Senator for six
years from the 4th March next.
michiffun
This State has, as usual, gone for the Locos, but
by greatly reduced majorities. The Whigs, it. is
tnought, have elected two of the three members of
Congress—both of which are YVhig gains.
Whiff Victory in Iowa
The first election in the new State of Iowa
held on Monday, the 26th ult. The result is of the
most gratifying character to the YVhigs, and will be
hailed throughout the Union as one of the greatest po
litical victories of the day. The result may be
med up, in short, as follows:
M’Kniglit, the YVhig candidate for Governor, it
tainly elected.
Hedrick, YVhig, is elected to Congress.
Twenty is a majority in the House of Representa
tives, to which body the YVhigs have elected twenty
certain, and have strong hopes of four others.
Ten is a majority in the Senate—the YVhigs have
elected nine certain, and are confident of three i
making a majority in both branches of the Legisla
ture, and secures the election of TWO YVHIG UNI-
Ampudia’e Proclamation.
Below we publish the proclamation of Gen.
Ampudia, which,it will be seen, is written in tbe
true Mexican style o! bombast. It will be r-ecn
that tho veritable Don Pedro de Ampudia’s ac
count of the storming of Monterey differs very
materially from those heretofore published.—
Among other things, he says that our loss in the
assault made upon the bridge was fifteen hun
dred ; but unfortunately for tlin General’s char
acter for veracity, the whole number of soldiers
engaged in that assault fell tar short of the num
ber he reports as having been killed! There are
several other slight discrepancies between his
statement and the others we have seen published
—among other things, ho attributes their defeat
mainly to I he lack of ammunition and provisions
when all tho other accounts concur in statin;
that they were well supplied with both!
however, let us hear both sides of the story :
The General Commanding /he Army of the North
to the People of the three Departments :
Fellow-Citizens—Occupied, before all things
se, in providing for the defence of tho rights
and integrity of the territory of our beloved Re
public, against the enemy that has invaded her
soil, tho Supreme Government thought proper to
entrust to me the command of the patriotic troops
destined on the Northern frontier to this holy pur
pose. I accepted, with enthusiasm, the post as
signed me—[for the zeal with which l have ever
defended the tmlynauso of the people is notorious
to every one]—and in the beginning of the month
assumed the direction of such means as were
in my power to repel the advance of the enemy.
But fearing that the charge would prove too great
or my feeble abilities, 1 solicited the worthy and
most excellent Senor Gen. Don Juan Neponuceno
Almonte to come and relieve me from the
mandof the Army, presuming that the illustrious
conquerer of Panuco would on his return to Mex-
resumc the reins of our National Govern-'
ment.
On the 19tli instant, the. enemy having appear
ed :n the vicinity of Monterey and encamped in
the San Domingo woods—their camp being one
league in length and three leagues in circumfer-
I ordered their movements to be carefully
Tl»e next Conffress.
That the next Congress will be decidedly Whig iu
its complection, cannot any longer be doubted. The
by which all the industrial classes will be benefitted ; i following table shows the Whig gains inthe States ...
or, shall we adopt the Free-Trade system, to benefit \ which elections have taken place for members of the
foreigners and beggar our own citizens.” This is j next Congress, from which it will be seen, that from
Let the laborers of the country decide be- j l ^ e Slates named below, the Democrats had
tween the two systems. j last Congress a majority of forty-two; whereas, in the
next Congress the YVhigs will have from the
Tiio YVar and ihe Whigs. States a majority of ten:
YYThile the gallantry of our army has covered the
country with glory, and the battles ot Palo Alto, of
Maine, _ _
Vermont, 2 0
New-York, 23 li
New-Jersey, 4
a., 16
Resaca de La Palma and the siege ofMonterey, have
commanded the admiration and secured for our arms,
the respect of the civilized world, there is within our
borders a large party, restless, impatient and vindic
tive, that will never be satisfied, because the glory
our country has achieved, has not ministered to its ; Ohio.
onr utfafa of lui wuk m 4bs .abjectof Abolitionism— Tbe Whigs ofthe oresopt ifay,; Illinois, I
•nd which.*nb.n.o«,.«rlfcn,fri.ndo r ,hr ^ Fedemlisla o f 1812 .ro opposeS to .. *ar , Missouri, 0
...... ... 7 which the maintenance of their country’s honor has ; Georgia, 4
inffe iousIv n temp ed to controvert;—in which attempt, ren( jered imperative. Like them, they condemn the j Florida, l
however, it will be ecen, that although a “ veteran,” he ' Administration that directs it, boldly denounce every \ S. Carolina, 0
hma moat signally failed. measure that is adopted for its prosecution, and do all Arkansas, 0
they can to render it unpopular, and to forestal that Iowa,
generous enthusiasm which urges c
Aart Congress. Present Omgre
W. L. F. N. Vac’t. W. L. F. N. Va<
observed, and hostilities to be commenced forth
with ; the generals and other officers, who were
under my command, of every branch of the ser
vice, being all decided to risk a combat rather
than retreat.
The redoubts of the Citadel and of the
Cathedral opened their fires the same day upon
the enemy, who were occupied during that and
the succeeding day in rcconnoitering and prepar
ing for the attack.
On tho 21st, the assault was made by a for
midable body of their troops, chiefly of the reg
ular Army, upon the bridge of the Pursina and
Latest from England.
Arrival of the Steamship Britannia.
TEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Britannia, from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on tho 20th ult., says the New York
Herald, arrived at Boston Saturday morning, 5
o’clock, making the passage in seventeen days ^
and a half.
The intelligence is highly important in a poli
tical as well as in a commercial point of view.
The deplorable condition of Ireland engrosses
public attention in the British Islands. The fa
mine continues to spread over the unfortunate
country. Diseases ot a malignant type are also
adding to the horrors ot the scene.
Indian corn has advanced considerably, and is
selling (best quality) at 48 shillings per quarter,
being an advance of 2s. since 4th Oct.
Flour has also advanced, bonded flour being
at thirty-three shillings per barrel, a rise of one
shilling on the highest quotation per last steamer.
Cotton has advanced full three-eighths cfa pen
ny per pound, on an average. The Liverpool
market closed with an upward tendency. Or
leans, 4^ to 6d, and Mobile 4£ to G^d, are the
extreme quotations for ordinary and lair qualities.
A rumor has been prevalent during the week,
and seems rather to gain ground than otherwise,
that the English government has in contempla
tion to open the ports for tho admission of all
kinds of grain, duty free.
The price of grain is rapidly rising in all the
European ports the best proof of scarcity ; and
supplies for Great Britain as well as the Conti
nent must come principally from the United States
and Canada, where the harvest has been happily
abundant.
The money market is depressed, partly in con
sequence ofthe prospective withdrawal of bullion
England is getting corn from Van Dicman’s
Land. A vessel, arrived in tho St. Katharine’s
Docks from Van Dieman’s Land, brought, con
signed to different hands, the large quantity of
5,349 packages of wheat.
The repeal of the malt tax is agitated. A pub
lic meeting to promote the agitation now going
on for the purpose of procuring this repeal, was
held at Farrington in YViltshirc, on the 6th.
Lord Barrington, M. P., was present, and on his
recommendation, all agreed to send iu a petition
to Parliament on this subject.
The marriage of the Qeeen of Spain and her
But, sister has been consummated, without producing
anything more serious than protests from Eng
land and one or two other European powers,
against the alliance, with France, which arc in-
aided to form the basis of future interventions
should occasion require.
The entente cordiale between France and Eng
land is at an end. Henceforth the two powers
independent to each other. France joins
Spain mith a view to the re-conquest oj the Span
ish Americas.
The steamer Great Britain lies in twelve feet
water, between two rocks.
There is some anxiety yet in Ihe minds ot the
owners of this steamer. The noble vessel is still
ashore, although every effort has been made use
of to remove her. It is thought the vessel will
not sustain much more damage than she already
has.
British enterprise and ingenuity are at work
to devise plans of relieving her. The ship is ve
ry badly fixed, going ashore at high tide, and con
tinually working herself on. However, hopes
are entertained of yet getting her off; for this
purpose great preparations are being made, the
intention being to get her off by machinery. It
Is thought this will be accomplished in six weeks.
But it is rather a sanguine expectation.
Mr. Bancroft, the newly appointed Minister
from the United States in the room of Mr. Mc-
Lane, accompanied by his lady, has arrived in
London from New York.
Lord Elgin, the new Governor General of
Canada, it has been stated, will take his depar
ture for Canada, next month, but up to October
19th,nothing had been officially announced.
The steamship Cambria, from Boston, arrived
at Liverpool on the 14th of October.
From the Liverpool Times, Oct. 30.
Xbe Condition of Europe.
The state ot Ireland is the principal topic on
which the quidnuncs arc now exercising their
pens and their tongues. The greatness of the
r redoubts of the Teneria and Rincon del Dia-' calamity which has overtaken that country
5 0
bio, but they were gloriously driven back by
valiant veterans, with a positive loss to our adver
saries of fifteen hundred men.
On the morning of the 22d, Gen. Taylor direct
ed his columns of attack against the Bishop’s
Hill, an elevation commanding the city, and, al
though in their first advance they were repulsed
in a skirmish, a full brigade of regular troops re
turned to the charge. Unfortunately two pieces
of cannon and mortar, which defended the posi
tion, got out of order and became useless, and,
although as soon as advised of it, I sent a rein
forcement of infantry, with two pieces of light
artillery, to their aid ; it reached the hill too late;
the enemy had already succeeded in obtainingpos-
session ofthe castle.
This accident compelled me to concentrate my
force in the Plaza, in order to present to the foe a
more vigorous defence, and to repel on the 23d, as
was done, tho assaults made by them through the
streets and bouses of the city. But, as under these
circumstances, (.suffered great scarcity of ammu
nition and provisions, in spite of the ardor with
which the entire Army, both regul;
be read in the efforts which are being made to
meet it. The first consideration is to find em
ployment for tho people, to enable them to buy
food ; and as the money is to come out of the pub
lic purse, the next point is, to make the works so
undertaken of apermanetly useful and reproduc
tive character. The Lord Lieutenant has assum
ed, on his official responsibility, backed, of course,
by the government whose representative he is, the
power of going beyond tho act of last session, an<f
employing the peasantry, not only in the making
of bridges and public roads, but also in improving
the land by draining and subsoiling. Tho only
feasible objection which can be urged against this
modification of the Labor-Rate Act has been re
moved, by preventing as far ns possible, individual
landed proprietors from taking unfair advantage
of the alteration. It is a very delicate subject,
and must be handled with consummate tact and
talent to prevent jobbing on the one band^tnd do jus
tice to the requirements of the people on the olh-
Hitherto the Lord Lieutenant has risen will*
(Kr A letter from Nauroo, dated on the 2Sth
ult. states that Gov. Ford had arrived there with
about two hundred men and two pieces of artil
lery. Got. F. bad an interview with Geo. Brock
man, the leader of the anti-Mormons stationed
there, who gave his Excellency to understand that
he felt justified in his proceedings, and was fully
prepared to do the same again ; he put tbe Gov
ernor at defiance, and told him the “ boys were
on hand” at any rime and at any hour.
05r Commodore John B. Nicholson, of the U.
S. Nary, died at Washington on Monday last,
aged 63. Commodore N. was a native of
Richmond, Virginia, and entered the Navy as a
midshipman in 1805, on board the brig Hornet,
then under tbe command ofthe late Commodore
Cbauncey.
(yCr A woman seventy years of age, residing in
Kushkeneng, Wisconsin Territory, lately pre
sented her husband with three children, two boys
and a girl. They had had no children for twem
ty yean previous.
OCT A Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says:—“I am told that the Cab-
inet looks to the probability of the war continu
ing lor two years longer.”
rally around their country’s standard. If, like their
great prototypes, they do not directly aid and abet the
common tbe, and throw up blue lights, for his direc
tion and guidance, they are upon all occasions ready
to shed a tear of sympathy over his misfortunes and
to apologise for the wrongs he has inflicted—for his
treachery and his baseness. Thousands and tens of
thousands of them would at heart rejoi'e, if the next
intelligence from the s rat of war should be, that the
gallant Taylor and his noble army bad been seduced
by the wiles and captured by the treachery of the
The above paragraph we copy from the Federal
Union of last week, not for the purpose of attempting
to refute the slanders therein contained—for they will
meet with a refutation in the breast of every one who
reads this—but simply to show our readers to what
lengths some Democratic editors will go in heaping
np libellous charges upon the Whigs; and also to
show what degree of confidence should be placed
hereafter in statements emanating from the i
source, when the positive and direct evidence of their
falsity may not be so easily found as in tbe above case.
OCT" (Sen. Mirabeau B. Lamar, has been com
missioned by Governor Henderson,,to act as civil
and military Governor of the Texas frontier.—
He is to moke his head quarters ai Loredo, a
Mexican town on the Texas aide of the Rio
Grande,
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6 37 79 6
The intelligent Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Patriot, says: “There will be thirty
States represented in the next Congress, and the num
ber of Representatives they will be entitled to, is two
hundred and thirty. Of this number, one hundred
and sixteen constitutes a majority.
‘Giving to the Loco Focos of the States yet to elect,
the same number of Representatives they have in the
present Congress; that is, giving them fourteen ofthe
fifteen for Virginia, six ofthe nine for North Carolina,
three of the four for Louisiana, eight ofthe ten for In
diana, six ot the seven for Alabama—all iu Michigan,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Texas and Mississippi—all in New
Hampshire, which they cannot get—and allowing thi
to fill the four vacancies in Maine, which they cannot
do—and then they will have, all told, one hundred and
fifteen members,just one half!
“ But they will lose in Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, New-Hamp-
shire and Maine at least fourteen members, which
will faring their entire force in the House of Repre
sentatives down as low as one hundred members.
This wiff give the Whigs thirty majority—enough for
all useful purposes.”
O- We have not received anything of interest from
our Army in Mexico since our last publication.
the occasion ; and it is wonderful, considering
f and auxilia-! tb# number of State physicians that abound in
animated, 1 proposed to the American j Ireland, how he has contrived, as the instrument
General a parley, which resulted in an under- j f° r carrying out the law, to avoid the obloquy
itanding by which the honor ot the nation and the 1 "'hich almost invariably accompanies the acta of
army, the personal of the division under my com-1 the executive in that distracted land,
mand, its arifls and equipments xWfrtTpres'erved. J Several parts of Ireland have been the scene ol
This is a true statement of the operations of| famine riots, not produced so much by absolute
the campaign up to the 24th inst., and if an inad- want as a disposition on the part of the unruly to
equate supply of means, and other circumstances, j ta kc advantage of the prevailing distress for the
have led to this result, we havfyet no cause fora IZ '~‘ U ‘ * u “ : J ~“ ! T ‘
moment’s dismay, for the Republic will now put
forward all her elements of greatness; and with
one single victory, which we may, shall, and
must obtain, will solve the problem definitely in
favor of ourarms.
People of the East, the e\*ent which occurred
at Monterey is of little moment. The favorite
General of the Mexicans, the worthy and most
excellent Senor Don Antonio Lopez de Santa An
furtherance of their own nefarious designs,
of life followed the riots at Dungarvon. The
Government seems disposed to make every pro
vision for the emergency, but it will submit to no
attempt to overrate the law. We have often
said, and we now repeat, that although the !os&
of the potato as a primary article of food must, in
the nature of things, occasion great temporary
distress in tbe sister country, it can hardly fail to
give rise to a better state of things hereafter.-
will promptly take charge, in person, of the ! The ease with which the Irish peasant has been
direction ofthe campaign ; let the sacred fire of ■ enabled to raise hischeapand unsubstantial food,
patriotism continue to burn in our bosoms, and has nurtured that want of energy, neutralized
without fail we will triumph over our enemies.
- PEDRO DE AMPUDIA.
Headquarters, Saltillo, 29th Sept. 184G.
“ Peace, too hath its victories.”—Richmond
Enquirer.
Yes, peace hath its victories, responds the
Wheeling Times.
There is the YVhig victory in Ohio.
The YVbig victory in Pennsylvania.
The YVhig victory in Georgia.
The Whig victory in Maryland.
The Whig victory in Maine.
Tho YVbig victory in New.Hatnpshire.
The Whig victory in Florida.
The YY’big victory in New-York.
Tho Whig victory in NewJersev.
The Whig victory in Iowa.
The Whig victory in Indiana.
The Whig victory in Kentucky.
Yes, peace too, hath its victories.
habits of continuous industry, and these constitu
the defects and the bane of tho national charac
ter. The introduction ol English capital into Ire-
laud under the circumstances which now exist,will
be productive of great and permanent good. But
care must be taken that it serves the people, not
the landlords. The moral and social condition
of the peasant must be raised, and if the calamity
which now, like a pall, overspreads the land, is
instrumental hereafter in making the peasantry,
as one of Ireland’s finest pastoral poets phrases
it, “ bold” by exertion and a noble self-reliance,
they will become their “ country’s pride” in the
most comprehensive and dignified sense of the
words.
Ireland is not the only portion of the Queen’s
realms invaded by famine. In the Highlands of
Scotland immense destitution exists, and there ns
in Ireland, the poor have been reduced to the sad
extremity of existing without the potato. Those
who know, and can appreciate the splendid ro-