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Ilftd dlfiiujpofirort BUouc lour in me bim.iuuuu. i»ueuip
system had wasted under the shock, and Rrad.jtilly
-•*~ w sunk beyond recovery. Green matter waTXhrUwn
’from hie stomach nt entervkle until twenty min^toe
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CLOSING) SCENES OF THE PREgiw
DENT’S LIFE-HOPE AND DESPAIR.
_. „ ,, Washington, July 9th.
cSmptMftrtcZk' w “" m icltnl tl,B
rumor8 o{ ‘ he dangerous illness of
! /L!^ d . i WUrn 80 ? r " a . t l '<at ‘n hodi Houses uu
adjournment began to be thought of.
Inquire re at tho White House were told
thnt the President was better. The symptoms (Were
Hope “ 0 ■ hisrec “ v,:ry
4 o clock. Symptoms began to be worse. The
summoning ot his cabinet win thought of. Clergy.
men were sent tor, nnd his physicians re-assembled.
J he strongest blisters had no power over his skin,
which had lost its vitality. >
5 o'clock. No improvement: ihe White House
gates sliut.
6 o'clock. Symptoms again Imd. Congestions
increasing, Groups of anxious enquirers in the outer
room ot tlie White House, and ou the steps. Pro
nounced so dangerously ill thnt but slight hopes could
be entertained of lecovery. .
7,6 and\l o'clock. President no better. No hope
AJrowds increasing about the White House. Entrance
l«ll lull ot members qS Congress. Members of the
Cabinet going in andfout. Tbo Vice President is
ident Veryb0Cl ^ ** J u P on him now ns tile Pres
10 o'clock. Rem/ Yom the sick chamber con
tradictory, but si^.0 as to inspire a faint hopo. Mrs.
don. Taylor batt given up, nature having iiecomo ex
hausted trom constant attendance and excitement —
Mrs. iiliss is overwhelmed with grief. Col. Bliss ap
pears here and there much dejected. Among the per
sons in the sick chamber, and there ere too many, is
CoL Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi, late
son-in-law of Gen. Taylor, and Rev. Dr. Pine.
Severer practice has been begun, and it inspires
hope. The patient has bean exhausted by neglected
cholera morbus, for which all day Friday he would
, ? . D0 medicine. Calomel and blisters, but reduc*
ed him more. Quinine is now given in enormous
doses. Over 40 grains, it is snid, have been given
since S o’clock, some in injections. The practice is
said to b« desperate, but eucli only ns can be given
with any iiojie. Pttlso under it 104 ; u rally, and a
goo d sign. Extremities warm. Face not as of death.
in? 1 conacioU8 ! drinks, when asked. Mrs. John
Well, trom tho sick chamber, reports hopefully. So
does Major Hunter, U. 8. A. Ho does Dr. Pine. All
seem to believe tlistho will live at least till morning
indeed, they begin to hope he may survive. The new
and more desperate practice inspires hope. Crowds
dispersing, the Secretary of State yet present.
Southern men about say, » follow Southern prac
tice (which is fii.- more violent than Northern) ; that
alone can save him.”
f° u , o'clock.—General Taylor is no
more I Death has closed the eyes of the Hero of Palo
la Polina, Monterey, and Buena
' ^“- De who escaped the ball and bullet, and bay-
ouet ot Briton, Indian and Mexican, is cut down in Ids
chamber by the unseen scythe of death. The surviv-
®, r f? *2® swamps of Florida, and of the hammocks
ot the Rio Grande, is the victim of tile miasma of tbo
zotoniac!
Gen. Tuylordied in the same chnmber in which Gen
Harrison died nine years ago last April. Dike olllcera
ot litgh rank were in tbennte-chainbers of both. Like
crowds were in tho vestibules and in the rooms below.
Like was the anxiety. The Vice President, now
the President, Fillmore, was in the room nit"
net %r*w2?? t0 V’ a"u 80 'T nre otl,orB 01 the Cabi.
J - Webster hud been tliure during the evening
and 1,n M , Ue M f iug,,lul - 11 Haltered «t times,
v?.l. , hcl ; dl8 P e ' lftl all Impe. Quinine bad rescued the
d e U Vf- m0 i Bt lrom , *•'* dead, but only just to liave him
stimulus mai..? attendants hope, but it whs the
yjs.- .iffmpwBMr of life.
J2«W»cA.—'Jho bells of tlie city rill toll n snd requiem
for the dead, ltisasolemn and most alllieting mid-
mght hour. Col. Bliss displays a deep but manly
S riet over the loss ofhis faUier in marriage, and his
ither and iriend in tlie buttle field. He bears up,
Plough, like one accustomed to calamity. I see Mr
; ,ven dmg bis way thoughtlully down the
vtairs, through the vestibule, and along the avenue to
S ere ™ Si Wil1 ^' Wat a weight of thought
"lu' , tr.l n l 18t ^ c , on 1’bosdm! What an awful ruspblt-
.UDiluy, m an Instant, and so unexpectedly, has fallen
Won him I What a change of life, of manner, of
Sv 3 - to como ovfir 'dm I The Editor
*City is there? 1 18 m the grouli ’ ^ Ue Mayor of the
‘ > ^teJWL^kbs of a woman are heard in the distance.
Is it >lrs. Mg* over the loss ofafather, or Mrs. Wood,
or tho good,-pious; Ykygrcd old lady, who hns never
appeared in public, seldom or never seen but at clan rcb
imd who considered it tbs greatest of calamities that
her husband should have been made tlie President;
Her grief is indeed inconsolable. She mourns with
out consolation. Next to her God sho dearly loved
her departed husband, but bis corpse is all thnt is be
fore us. There depart tho Physicians, Doctors Ilall
and Wotherspoon. They have struggled hard against
tue decree ot the Almigbly-but yield to Omnipotence.
A dreadful struggle they nave had indoc-i with Death
-.and the whole arcana of medicine lies been array
ed against him. but all in vain.
12 1-il o'clock.—The bells yet toll. The whole city
h awake. The toll of the bell past midnight has
aroused the city trom its slumbers—and tlie streets
are yet full of groups.
1 Ttae s»ricr respecting the President’s dietarenum-
PXiWB enough,but how true they nre„wbocansayl On
therfiU (and he hod symptoms of cholera morbus on
tlie aril) Uie story is, tint while attending a Sunday
celebration InttivNiioriiing, he munched green
ww— ami (hat on the 4th—ni ter exposing himself to
..»■ very hot sun on the 'monumental ground—with
mush and milk he eat encumbers nnd cherries. Then
all of the 5th he neglected the resulting cholera mor
bus, and took no medicine to check it—from which
camn tfiis violent billious remittent fever.
\ j The correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin, in
h full and interesting account of Gen. Taylor’s
last illness, niter speaking of his exposure, and un
wholesome diet ou tho Fourth, remarks:
Meanwhile, there were other causes, beside merely
eating und drinking, that operated fatally upon his
system. To his modicul attendant on the 8th, ho said,
-\I should not bo surprised if this were to terminate
«C»>y (tenth. I did untexpcct to encounter what has
bes.-W*apio since my olevatiou to the Presidency, (iod
kn'jwsSiJjshet I have endeavored to fulfill wlint I con
ceived tdiAbe an honest duty. But 1 have been mia-
tiikeu. uy^fcfc-iotivca have been misconstrued, and my
feelings mostmy-ossly outraged.’^ He -alluded doubt-
lesato the fiiavoiJlkLmiestioii, and the uitmncrin wliicn
iVT uhu been Assailed. Even the sanctity of
hid sick chamber j nva ded by certain Southern
altruists, who came to UI1 ] fig3 p e toolf
some necessary step to P^tect tne South, they tcould
a r^olutionoj cengtwn^ hj$ conduct in [/l( Ual _
^itkasmess. 1 repeat mcr^j.. wllnt j know t0 , ie
tele- Qu the oth, Measrs s.tpj»)ha, B aud Toonibs Wuit .
cJUpon him, as a comnn-^K ap{K i?teil h „„ ultra
-j.tcus, to remonstrate upoi*; tlie sai.„ B vibjo C t - nnd
.^ coT diug to facts since deWelop^tj, tlie\. e , J viu „: CQU .
C.ludetwitha threat sttnljar to the abi B ., It wa3
net untinAtPr his illness ot j the 4th, end th, cemier-
ence of the SX £, 'a’- the m#I m l of .the Preiirteitvaem -
pressed, snip which called fourth , bo
ANNA1I MORNING N E Wj & TUESDAY, J»|s]i'
. V#l.. T.^IImma jaf anliiiifucd. f*. * ' ill
seemed PtAatcrtain lively fodlngs of solidtul for
his safety. I Everything Mot could contribute td the
comloixof The sick, tneneeiorwaru, was exieuaea ;
lint tlie sands of life had run out, nnd Ills hours ^vorc
numbered,
At nine, the vomiting partially ceased, as all bum
Imd disappeared about I'ourin tlie afternoon. Bui the
lrom ms stomnen nt sntervmn uuui luiugicn
pnst ten—that peculiar coloration of bile that Indi
cates dissolution of patients thus seized. At thirty-4vo
minutes past fen, ids wile, snd other members of jiis
minutes past ten, bis wife. »uu umc. m™™ «'u. ms
family, were called to his bed-side, to receive his last
earthly adieu—a farewell that the stoutest could not
gaze upon without a tear. It must be remembered
that his was a domestic life I and his beloved partner,
ignorant as himself of thoso fashionable formulas
visa sadly oi)9r cs6 od, ani® which called fourth ,
remarks just jlven. l'rf mi this time forward,
r'.cntarauffe’rii^s were e#ual to his physical.
The same *riter thura touohingly disorilies tlie
di 'tiuajtsn->v«n the deaCtli chamber of the President;
jmS^iinth dawned,/nut gloom still eurro tnided the*
ir Asmcuuve unmsion. J Thousands began to iiood the
avenues leading thiflier, and throughout the dnv a
messeagsr was kelp; posted »t the door to answer
qiharotfmutaterieA that were incessantly poured up-
A) tea ol,’clock, A. M., a report ijirmilated
“laffajLPreaidonu had rallied —at one P. M. Dint he
vhs dekaw h,. consternation created by the latter
rumo? "*lOi ,pily reliavert by an official bulletin ut
hull past rlitW Vat the crisis hud been passed, and
test he was (9k .beyond immediate danger. Bells
long for joy, MfelAven tho boys in the streets lit lion-
lues, and slionW) in cbildisli prntuluDon. The
now to tho >Vl.iWS»iusa was greater than ev-
- cr. but’ aboi.it eeven in the t-veiling, the pall again
luoiiiied all faces, foT it wus annouiteod tlie illustri
ous hero was dying.
1 Will not attempt to describe the commotion that
terur-d. Min. Taylor thrice fainted from excess of
0 apprehension, nnd Colonel Bliss, who had never shed
H ’) w “ r perhaps upon the bottle plain, ivept like nn in-
> •- At tir»—two hours previous—-Die physicians
t0 administer any more medicine—constder-
\ i'. 5 ? JWrease hopoJess, anil in tho hands of God. The
\ -SirS,Department, corporate authorises of the
v sty. diplomatic body, nnd officers of the army and
‘*9GP a *d their rwjftcla often during the day, aud
l^lionuit Hfl Jlimseil OI MiiHHJ lUPUiUimuii: »ui mi UHlfl
which sunder the husband from the wife, felt for the
first time the loneliness of a bereaved heart, nnd un
derstood nothing of that ritfitj discipline thnt would
have dictated to her, “(Jo ami weep in solitude—socie
ty decrees it.” Her abandonment aud grief were
truly heart piercing.
The Last Moments. At n few minutes past ten,
as i have said, it became apparent that the soul of
tho hero and conqueror was about taking, its rest.
The medical yielded to the spiritual agent, whose of
fice it was to prepare for the approach of the King
of Terrors. But there was nothing in the conduct
of tho sufferer to indicate that he feared tho mortal
leap. In the secret communion of his heart with
Heaven, who cgn say that he died not a Christian ?
After prayer, he seemed refreshed, and called for a
glass of water. It was given him, nnd he drank
sparingly. He then inquired of Hr. VVentherspooou
how long he thought he woulMive, to whifch the lat
ter replied, “ 1 hope, General, for many venrfl;” but,
thinking this a useless deception, he added, “ I fear
not many hours.” “ 1 know it,” was the response ;
then, after musing a moment, he ask* d lor his family.
They were sent for, and soon entered. The inter
view was indescribably affecting—Mrs. Taylor pros
trating herself nt the bedside, and her children
dinging around her with sobs and gronus expressive
of their agony. Tho pain, which nad afflicted the
patient in tho side of his chest, ceased ; and attend
ed by other symptoms of ease, it was thought he
might endure till morning. But he himself knew bet
ter, nnd so declared in n quite audible voice.
He was asked whether ho was comfortable. “Ve
ry,” he replied, “But the storm, in passing, hns swept
away the trunk.” Finally he adverted to the subject
of his previous broodiugs—the slavery question—
and observed, “I am ubaut to die—I expect the sum
mons soon—I have endeavored to discharge all my
official duties faithfully—I regret nothing, butnm sor
ry that I am about to leave my friends.” These were
his last audible words. He essayed to speak to his
wife a few moments before his demise, but his voice
failed him. Dr. YVeatherepoon administered a stimu
lus, but it was powerless iu reviving the functions.
The soul of the hero had tied.
“The lightnings may flash, and the thunder may rattle,
He hoods not, he hears not, lie’s free from all pain;
He sleeps his last sleep, he has fought his last battle,
No flouudenn awake him to glory again.”
The Body ok the President.—The executive
mansion was open until 2 P.M., during which time
tlie public availed themselves of the opportunity to
visit tlie rcinuins. They were contained iu one of
I* ink and Raymond’s metalic coffins, encased by
n plain mahogany coffin, nnd exposed on a bieu* in
tlie East Room. The body is greatly emaciated,
but the lineaments of the face are preserved tolera
bly perfect. It is proposed to embalm the remains ;
but tlie consent of Mrs. Taylor has not yet been ob
tained. It is presumed, however,that she will raise
no objection-—tlie General himself never having said
or expressed aught against the practice.
The body of tlie President will remain in vault
here until next week, when it will be conveyed to
Button Rouge, Louisiana. If no vote is obtained up
on the Compromise bill until that period, it will be
postponed until Committee’s return—some time in
August.
The President's Family.—Mrs. Taylor and
lamily will vacate the White House ulnmst immedi
ately. They will reside with Senator Davis, of Miss,
lor u lew weeks, or go with Colonel Taylor to
Baltimore. Mr. Fillmore’s family will not come on
till alter the bathing season—so reported—for he
contemplates spending the warm months at the sea
side himself.
Illness of Mrs Taylor.—I understand that Mrs.
Taylor lias been seized with illness, nnd that she is
irreconcilable for the loss of her husband. The sym-
pathies of tlie city are with her, and ns an earnest
of this affectionate regurd, a committee of ladies have
presented themselves at the White House to condole
with the untortuuates.
M Biw— ;
Tiwredny rilornl mb, July JoTTtW80T
S3T Tlie nidi is tor Havana, Chagrei I’ananw,
Ciililornia and Otegqn, to go liy tlie steamship Oeor-
gta, will be clo*ai th^inorninq at 11 o’clock
IfqA. Inferior Court, now in session in
this city, yest.iifjipy appointed Messrs. JoUn N. Mu,-
i.en mid Henbit J. Chalmers, Notaries Public for
Chatham Counfy.
15?* ^ ho stejpTiiUp Isabel, Capt. Rollins, nrriv
I nl'lAt-oAn.. . <• ...
cd yesterday ultsnidon, at 4 o’clock, from Charles-
ton, and received tlie mails and seven passengers from
the steamer J. apt. Freeland, and proceed
ed on to Havana. JR
Y\ e are indebted ip the courtesy of our friends of
tho Charleston Conner for a copy of their paper, sent
by the Isabel, in o-tVance of the mail.
The stfc^r,
isville on the «kld
and as rnqny d
CS” Mr. lj
nection with ffift nel
IlLnusS <!/(
regret to announce J
the RigbtRev. ftiaho
N. Y., attending to I
New York.
[ ?* Mr. PiiSte, '
'gtjili/.Ungar nrrived at Lou-
Pfitjljfirp dead bodies on board,
CMerit
lyjiiiml is mentioned in oon-
Igliir t appointments.
P WlHTTINOHAM.—We
Jp§ and severe illness of
y!p'.nn|haxu, who is at Albany,
ubifll duties of the diocese of
——greatshot at,” and more re
cent y water gas im&jjp,Hop received a specimen of
cigars to try, one of iMh fulminated in his face, caus
ing him sever* inji^V What anonymous fluid has
doue tins, We wondcfljl'
Now hy. th© CqptHut
flutes, wai borri'fi^u
J pw, York, Jununry Vte.
F Jlraur?\s‘ a farmer, n*:
Y drk. Mr. iFilinore sp<?
ibtirking at the clothier';
devoted all his leisure !
At the age of niii.-tfsa h
JSdge Wood,of Cuj iu t
h^. office.' Iu 1821, In >c
tered a law office, tt-A
it hi the United
Cayuga county,
W wiig, father, Nathaniel
(VfJt nKfie county. New
t,HJy H, in early life, hi
| during that time
, -ailing and study,
jltrtijed tlio notice of
uylyi;! [ho took him into
1 * ■- u jo Buffalo, and en-
lit ^jutcnmice until
0 s ” '-The mails bji
the unexpected intUll
Taylor tc England,
Eiirppa, which will convoy
■ ,:|c qfdie ileatli of President
sico' iited with black.
liTGen. TaylcrUdA; at, fit y noticed in the Boston
Iruscrpt, with tins idmiodftUm Ecclesiastes : “ there
is no man that hath power over the spirit to return
the spirit; neither hath ha power, iu die day of death;
and there is no discharge in that war ”
i '
5-.-# Phe cholera lias made its appearance in
Pittsburgh, Pa. Onjtlie lith instant there were 2G
deaths in Cincinuat
15? A Washmgt* letter-writer says Dint General
IAYLOR died without a struggle. It was a kind of
sinking into eternity, without feeling its pain, or ex
periencing its horrord
Important Treaty with Mexico.
We have the unspeakable gratification, says Die N
O. Picayune of Wednesday; of announcing to our
Icllow-citizene Die intelligence that our energeUc and
accomplished Minister to Mexico hus succeeded in ef-
iectrng a treaty with that Government, similar in its
provisions to that already niRde With Nicaragua,
whereby our citizens will be enabled to carry into
effect thou-cherished enterprise of building a rail wuv
communication between the two oceans, which will
bring New Orleans within twelve days’ travel of San
F rahcisco.
The treatj, was made or. the 2-lth of June, and
entrusted immediately to n special messenger, to be
carried to Washington City. The messenger, arriv-
edatNew Orleans in the IVaur Witch, and immedi
ately proceeded North.
A. AltltTVAXi tIF STPUtMEK flJHEltJffAT.
7 DA YS LA TER FROM E UROPE.
A flairs of Unglnud—Assault ou the Queen
—(Spain nnd the United States—Late from
India-Advance in Cotton.
_ Halifax, N. S., July 11,1850.
• T lu L°yal nla il steamer Hibernia, arrived at Hnli-
ioxon Thursday morning, and sailed for Boston nt 7
o’clock. She brings dates from Liverpool to the 29th
June.
The Market. Brown, Shipley & Go’s circular re
port a favorable change iu cotton, with an ndvance of
id., consequent on the unfavorable accounts from
America, brought out by the Aein nnd AtlauDc.
This advance is steadily maintained up to the close
of the week. Fair Orleans 7J; fail- Mobile nnd Up-
Iands7* ; -middling 7 to 7}. The sales of tlie week
amounted to tia.OOO hales, of which speculators took
22,000, and exporters 10,000. Sen Island 11} ® 20d.
The stock in port amounts to 520,000 bales.
Advices from tho manufacturing districts continue
satisfactory. Great confidence in future prospects of
full employment, and steady market.
Havre Cotton Market. Cotton is active, with an
advance of 2to2j francs.
The steamer Atlantic arrived nt Liverpool nt four
o’clock on Wednesday morning the 2tith. Du riire
the six last days she accomplished a greater distance
Uian any other steamer afloat. On the 2-lth, with
head winds .She made 249 miles in 24 hours. Her
running time from New Y'ork to Liverpool wus ten
days and a half.
England. The British Ministry liavo been sustain
ed by the House of Commons in tho Greek question
by a majority of 46.
A cowardly assault has been made on the Queen,
by a limn named Plato, formerly officer in the 10th
dragoons. Tho nttuck was made whilst the Queen
wns leaving Cambridge House, in Company with
Prince Albert. The mail attempted the assault wiDi
a cane, no harm Wasdone; he wns immediately ar
rested.
Prance. The iucrenseof the President’s salary lias
boon finally voted on, and carriedjjfavorably.
Gen. Lafittu announced to the ‘ French Assembly
on Monday,ithe conclusion ofthOjGreek negotiations
with England. -A
. The posidon of Riref: is unsatisfactory. Tho city is
is undernnich Sxcitenieut, the police are under Aus
trian nuUiority.
A-t Naples outhe 18th of June, a part of Grenalgies,
an old barrack for troops, loll killing 500 persons.
The news from Culm is exciting much attention.
The Spanish Ministry say Die Americans' conduct re
st mbits that of barbarians.
Gen. Nuez hud u warm discussion with the Ameri
can Minister, iu which he expressed Ihe astomsh-
mentand regret of the Spanish Government that the
American Government had not prevented the expe
dition of Gen. Lopez from tieing organized ill the U.
States and having allowed it to depart to the attack of
Cuba. It is also reported Dint the Spanish Minister
hart addressed n warm remonstrance to Washington,
embracing the views of Die Spanish Gqxprnmeiit!
The note was not written in a very amiably style,
A telegraphic dispatch received from London ou
Saturday morning announced tile arrival of the over-
'snd until from Bombay, with dates to the 85th of
At lienorc, ouc thousand persons had been
ruin by the explosion of a powder magazine, in a
j!°at lowigd with three thousand barrels of gunpow.
, • l.“v whole ih-et of thirty bouts were destroy
ed, besides- which doing immense unnicge to the
town, near whL:h the explosion took place.
Election of Vice President.
In the Senate, on Thursday, Hon. Wm. R. Kino
of Alabama, was unanfuiously elected Speaker of the
Senate. Mr. Dickinson, of Nc'w-York, had been
placed m nomination by his friends, but declined, on
t ie ground that, in times liko thd present, it would
not be proper that the Presidont and Vice President
Should both be lrom the same State—and Dint State
the largest in the Confederacy.
• The ^vajLllegiiai;.
Speculations, says i^hiluddn/daBuilaDn, ate
f e-idy abundant with rf^cclK. *$6feww._-sJ«.v ie—
tion. It is said none tr Die presentTcabinet will be
retained, —j
Mr
are not upon gooa terms, and of course the Aegis wm
be speedily exercised. Mr.'collamar may be retain
ed, but I think none of the rest. Mr. Webster is con-
fidently tulk-d ol for the post of Secretary of State,
and there is no doubt thut lie would accept it The
Irensury department will be supplied from New
Y ork ; but none of the States that now have officers
at Du. head ot these departments, will receive like
favors under the new order of things. This is prop-
er. F or the Present, the old Cabinet will exercise its
functions.
The New Cabinets.]
The iF
the year 1625, when he was 'iu'Obflw practice in
D» Court of Common Plea.». IifT?2c iie wns ad
mitted an attorney of the Supr-me Court Of the State
of New York, in 1896, he wm elected a member of
the Assembly from Erie county, Mid was twice re
elected. Ho was elected to Cmgress in the full of
1832, and after the expiration tf his term resumed
the prncDce of his profession. Ip 1836, lie was again
tent to Congress, nnd wns sulucqucntly rc-electcd
for another term. During this seieicu, he was placed
at Die heud of the Committee oflViiya mid Means.
Iu 1844, ho wns nominated by the Vhig party as their
candidate for Governor. In 184', he wns elected
Comptroller of the State, in lS-^f, he wus elected
Vice President of the United Stabs, und on the 5th
March, 1849, he entered upon the duties of the of
fice.
The Philadelphia Bulletin,' (iuilepiuilcnt,) mid the
New York Globe, (democratic,) both take the ground
that President Fillmore is in favor of tlid compromise
bill of the Senate. The Globe, as will as the press
generally, express great confidence in Mpi.
Political circles are rife with sgpcuHtion in regard
to the policy likely to he pursued by Iresident Fill
more. By soino it is thought that, without the fame
and personul popularity of Gen. Tayloh, ho will he
unable to command the adhesion of Ilk purty ill the
support of measures which his views ol national pol
icy may dictate. Some think he will bogovemed ex*
c'msively by Northern nnd Western influences, while
others are of opinion Dint the SouDi das much to
hope nnd nothing to leur from his administration of
the executive power. It is said that lie will be influ
enced much by .Mr. Clay, between whom nnd him
self a long-standing personal ii.tiinncy exists, mid
that he will favor the passageef the Compromise,
on the ground that n further ojitation of the Slav-
cry question, with a Northern President would be
dangerous to the Union.
It is well known that Mr. Filimore is tin anti-sla
very man, between whom, however, ami ail Aboli
tionist, (ns Illustrated by their course in Anigress,)
there is a decided difference. Bis views omtliis sub
ject are expressed iu his letter to Mr. JohSgayle,
of Alubamti, addressed to that gcutlemmi uiMvlfi, In
this letter Mr. F. says: W
I regard slavery os nn evil, but one with 'which tho
National Government had nothing to do. That by
the Constitution ol’ tho United Suites, tho whole pow
er over tlie question was vested Iu the several States
wuerc institutions were tolerated. If they regard it
ns a blessing, they have a constitutional right to en-
joy it; and if they regarded it nsnn evil, they had the
power and knew best how toTfypty the remedy. I
did not conceive that Congress.i ud any power over
it, or was iu any way responsible for its continuance
in the several States where it misted.
In tho same letter, speaking of the right of peti
tion, he says: 0
The rule upon which I noted was, thnt every citi-
zen presenting a respectful petition to the body that,
by tlie Constitution, had iiie power to grant or refuse
the prayer of ill was entitled to lie heard: and there-
tore the petition ought to be received and considered
it right und reusonuble the prayer td’ it should he
deiil *fl bUt ** "’ run K or unre.oonnblc, it should be
i Ids, taken in CCninoction with the extract above,
mu-t bo considered .. Vitenving the right of petition
on the subject of sltivcrja
In regard to Die slave trade betweeiuil e States, Mr.
W ^jurfcdictiqn
it
A"0*r' ;-J -"rot
w.un tmanriunnei W1}1 oe lolli# - ■ Slid I I' a Oqi;..* atMne in.
ned, and the first to receive his fjequittal willj^v K Jiujl-Oiorcf-es iiisi-nw |, Ws- that opinion,
Meredith. Tho latter and the (tow) President fct- -Msutmji, wer over this niut-
mt upon good terms, and of course the Aegis will ter 11 t le ® e ''°i'al States, mid 11 in Congress.
leedily exercised. Mr M™ ' It is greatly to be hoped tljiBie may be tlie I’resi-
dentof Dio whole country, » |i,not of a section, or
parly ; snd Dint he will, aided by'the wise counsels
ol patriotic men, give his influence to the speedy and
equitable adjustment of the difficulties which have of
late disturbed our unhappy country, and Direutened
the disseverance of every tie tlat hus bound us to
gether us n brotherhood of freemen.
-Illnesa of IMr. Clnytoii--
’uueral.
, P .. . iraehington, July 11—9 P. M.
tlio Hon Henry Clay, mid the Hon.
Daniel Webster, called on President Fillmore, nnd
iMs iTi'h 'u C01 S U tat ’ 011 ' al,ort 'y afterwards
thl! P /?# entsen t telegraphic dispatch-
^to ill. Evans, of Maine, nnd Governor Crittenden
ot Kentucky, requesting their attendance ut Wash-
uigtou to take posts in the Cabinet.
Great efforts are making to induce Mr. Webster
to accept the Slate Department.
ou^ly rC * ai ^ Clayton o'jiituiues ill, though |iot seri*
The arrangements for the funeral will be on Die
?° st apa' 8 - Every body seems anxious to
honor the illustrious dead.
Aggravating Caused of Gut. Taylor’s East
Illness.
A writer in the last Philadelphia Bulletin, trom
Wiioin we extract in another column, says :
Tbo President regretted, ill plain l’nn<n»n
President regretted, ill plain I'amrmtire nrnl in
so many words, Dmcrusade wa;cd““Klim »n
thought that parties failed to d him justice The
course pursued by Southon. ulfaiste irritated him
duct wL wTiTlIe I 7 H U ' ,de .. 1Um rt ' 1 'P o asihle for con’-
uucc With u Inch lie liud uothmgto do lie denlm-.vl
his doctrim.a^Ctermmed lnm the more to ttuud by
"tthe month. The doud HX7 “'i ex l ,,r ,' ltl '’ n
■» te— % re-aw’Aii’as
~ ^'ttgration oj RtJlrondiLaborers. The ship Charles
Carroll is taking on board a large number of carts
and other materials for fie Construction of railroads
She is linuud to Chnrteto,, g. c nail wiu take out
some Diree hundred fresh immigrants from Ireland,
to work upon theNushville auNjSUtanoogs Railroad
wtnch isdesisuedto connect Nnsb-jlle with the SouDi
Carolina Railroad, and thus win. the senhord at
Charleston. Ihe road is now under vontract tor its
entire length.—Boston Trav., Tuesday.
|'® p The Philadelphia Inquirer snys that CUunceilor
Walworth has, us yet, made’no decision in the
Wheeling Bridge case. He is now on his way to ninko
the necessary investigations.
‘ The Ohio Constitutional Convention on Tues-
frrSp’ Tne onto consntutioi __
iluy lost, being convinced fli.it no Constitution' cun
be perfected by the 1st day ot next September, in
view oi the approach of cholera, adjourned over to
meet ugniti iu Cincinnati, oil the first Monday in De-
■cember ut-xt.
I.1IPORTANT FBOM WASHINGTON.
A Union Caucus to settle the Question of
New Mexico, Texas mid California—Cabinet
Kumors—Hen. Scott.
Washington, July 12.
A Union Caucus, of members of Congress of all
pnrties tavorable to the Union, was lipid to-day —
lho South agree to thtlioe of 340N. iutitude. as the
boundary of New Mexico ; all below that line logo
o i exas. Texas agrees to this, Mr.Clay agrees toil,
the North agree to it mul President Fillmore is content
'‘Yv 80 t ] U, ;, que8tlu 'i bids fair to be settled to the
aatiblaction of all partiep. w p i ^
li i f™P C l 6 ’ tiou waa. «'tertained in the Cauci-e, to merit nr o °‘ donbtei1 from th « Rst Dmt tlie fexeite-
divide Cahtomia by Die same line, and at the prssent hi .- e l >iist mont l'- from which nwimr re
time. (12 o’clock M.) tlip proposition is still uude^ dig- I Ul8 P 0S1 M°n, it was impossible foi Gen Tavi of to
cu s.on, with a prospect of its being carried. \ exerted an injurious erti-at ^ l urn
1 here is a rumor current now Diut Mr. Wel»ter I Jut we think the writ,-, !. a - P 8 hca th ’~
wiB give plaoe to Mr. Wmtlirop in the Cabinet. Viemptiui to shift ^ tlocu. dly wrong in at-
Gen. Scott arrived is this city this morning. He idsift* *° h !* th ° re8 P unslhl l“y™ even the ultra-
comes to attend the luueral ot Gen. Tuylor, and to 1 ., 7* “f ftouth - Nortliern nltrA; s i 1Hve had mu ,, h
superintend the military arrangements ir theoU | m b. in^ ahouhhe pre.entZte
The Baltimore Sun which is generally well posted account’in fi'Jttr'tteolMliiili' Ve Pub'^bibese
m Washington movenittits, lias no intimation id' this j the position in whirl, uu ‘ ler8tan,i
caucus, though wcfind!itin the Patriot ol'DiatCity his wiek.-d ndvG»r- f MAlL< U placed by
aud in the Bulletin of Philadelphia. j made ofhis ’ re- tJS US ' ; ntlW ' 8 onght to be
ie^o\r„r^«bt-^-
Correspondence of , h . Daily Morning^ I
We have nothing but nowl-^ws ’ accM 9 ’ 18r '°' I
denu by sea, driver „nd by land^m? 4 *' iuc, l
you c “ n Set such information from ti,e now
they need not form Dio subject of a i „7' nm l Hlr ' ( l
[‘Fire King” hus been visiting us too »nl7°a Tl “l
ins many a fine fabric, destroyed ‘ ‘“ ld in
plans, for in ray view of Dio matter "th h . <>r>oa ai 'd|
monoyis but a small patch upon ’the inim. ,Ur H
prospects must suffer from sue), a calami t "
The Cuhtornm news just received ,1,„,
much excitement apparently ; yet ' , T no ‘ cr "»tJ
iuct that the Cherokee took „„ t nearly rtfi?g '” «
passengers yesterday, tlie atti-m.H,‘ V ’ lr ° e . lundrei
country hns not decreased much . wnn,s of the n ov
a gentlcnuin who has just returned ZT* H
mo that in most cases, Dtepr,v ’ , hc a 88u K’J
acquired by persons there. i 8 0l f / „ . tohave b< 4
it is not the-renl cash. If „ Fa [„ , ct *tious value-
rurely that money pne^.'tt “ Ve .
tinues to pay you exorbitant rate of con i
able to pay off the capital. i„ this way y™ sSl
We continue to receive accounts from adjacent pi. ft
ces ot injuries lrom a storm on Friday night said , J
be the severest ever felt in this part o" the ’oumil
and yet strange to ssy, here there was not an indtcfl
tionoi any such thing. Towns up the North river
have been completely iuundated-in Troy the water
was four feet deep in the streets. The Erie Canal
is considerably damaged—several breaks having or-
cut-red which will prevent transportation for Borne
time, it is feared.
The lions of the day now are G. P. R. j umes th J
novelist, and the Count and Countess Dembinski I
I have the assurance from the novelist himself; Diat
he does not intend, on his return to England, to write
a book upon America, nor does he come with any
view ol influencing the passage of a copy-right law-
indeed lie seems to think thnt any efforts with that
view, would be fruitless ; aud he is right.
Our city fathers have had another struggle to re-,
store the Ten Room, hut the assistants have e-
the Mayor tho trouble of vetoing the act of tho higher
board. One would suppose that the Common Coun-
cil was composed of old women ; they make such ado
about their tea. I dont think the supposition would
be very erroneous.
Our theatres nre getting quite moral—tlie temper
ance Drama of the "Drunkard” is nowplayed nightly
nt one theatre mid two museums—at the Bowery,how
ever, may frequently be seen, in the bar rooms of the
theatre, the reality of what is depicted on tho staga
The object of this piece is to exhibit drunkenness
in its most hideous mien—u fine young fellow is in-
duced to drink freely, ami sink step by step unUl he
becomes a drunken loafer, and finally ,when suffer-
iugfrom delirium tremens, is .prevented from com
mitting suicide, by a temperance advocate, who indu
ces him to take the pledge,und nt length restoreehim
redeemed in character, to his wife and child. The
scences are painfully real, nnd the representations’
cannot fail, 1 think, to be productive of benefit.
The death march of the cholera Northward, causes
a little alarm ; but we nre still healthy—deaths last
week 276, exceeding by 20 tho previous week. 173
were children. The city is to be thoroughly cleans
ed fortli with.
Several accidents hnvo occurred ou the Rail Roads
in tho city, within a few days, aud the Amboy pro
prietors are making the most of them to prejudice
Die public against the plan of laying down still more
ot them. A little boy was positively dismembered
|>y one of the cars on the Harlem road on Saturday,
snd the company has been censured by the coroner’s
jury; which will probably enable tho widowed moth
er to obtain heavy damages against them—but they
cannot give her buck the child.
An explosion took plucca few minutes since in tlio
-'TF"—-*■« mm cling t„ -oenaw cre
ated no little alarm. It is stated to have been several
cas& of,percussion caps, but how they could explode
is more than I cun tell—-two men were severely injur
ed ; one it is feared fatally—it is now decided thut
saltpetre will explode ; but here is another question
for the quid nuncs.
The belief is gaining ground that Prof. Webster’s
sentence will be commuted.
July 10th, 1850.
Our city is wrapped in gloom to day, by the sac
announcement of President Taylor’s death. Every
body looks grief-stricken; the streets appear to be
even more quiet. It needs not the tolling of the bel
and the flag flying at half mast, to show thut a grenl
man lias iallen. He was great, if not» statesman ; al
.east lit all those qualities that adorn and dignify
manhood. He was great on Die battle-field, and the
claims he had upon the gratitude ofhis countrymen
none, I think, will b e found bold enough to repudi
ate. The voice of censure that almost rung in hie
cars at the dying hour, is now hushed, for Deatli has
silenced his detractors, and the grave will soon shut
out the memory ofhis faults.
" None .f il ‘ nnnle hin ‘ but to praise;’’ nnd the most
fitting epitaph that can be placed upon his tomb is,
Here lies on Honest Man.
ie explosion of gun caps mentioned yesterday,
has probably killed one poor fellow and injurecTfive
others. Ha struck them with a hammer thinking that
they wore Wo damp to explode ; but he wus mistuk-
en, anil alaige number penetrated his face, so that,
if he should live, he will be frightfully disfigured.
enmiirlf St !? “‘‘I’ “ Ul ° cit y 1 8 ee-he i„ oka 8Bne
ugh, nnd .mrly enough toeatuman of Willis’ phys-
him m i re m, ! ' Urty " l hi8 t0luIic8 T-mt the 4th with
him nt Fort HR. CHARLEMAC.
A National C o n v entiov “b rT,:-!, G . a aim ie ns
Saltpetre.—The insurance companies of Now despatch trim t T”® re™ With ‘lAc^zeal to
York have come to a conclusion that they will Hot I as, and who chare fiT t0 Mlu's'aiust Tex-
insure any building, nor goods iu any building, which 1 .n-« 0 trite r i?cu mm wjjj u iudecuiun^-fonnot do-
contains saltpetre. They have been warned against ! bihty of iiavino I 0 - ehu1 '” of ^h* reeponsi-
itby the recent disastrous experience in Brooklyn i eil his w . K c! ' uttw ,hc juguish a-hicll einbitter-
and Philadelphia. L will be, hereafter, placed V(n j 01> ' :n ’
the same footing with gunpowder, with the excel,. | r, ’ ;s TBU0TivE Fibe in Ni w akk.SJ The Mallea-
Sinn .Wih. Wllmifd,. * -* " 1 c ->-' l'on iVorks of Messrs. C nudit 1 Bowles, wore
tion that the law limits me amount of powder allqv. ^ , tn , W4ire
ed in any one place to twelve pounds, while the limit | ,, y de ’ tl '"y'd by tire on q om t a y I, t . ’fhe flamos
the companies will put on sultpetre wffl be one hun- m ; t;VPI Y ftiu B v ( Hich tl4 attacked, the
dred pounds. _____ . water ^(pariment^ein^ entl | ly po wiesS for want of
55^* Lcibig, the eminent German chemist, who | P er s. hut all the tools, path feV'lmdtl^^ere^des'
ranks undoubtedly at Die head of his profession,is
about to visit the United States, for Die purpose of
giving lectures. They caimot but be most popular.
j ^Frederick Douglass, going to Cincinnati in the
“Alabama,” was asked to bpeuk. Having obtained.;'
vote of tile company in favor of his doing so. he inode
a speech of an hour add a half.
Mr. Jumps has gone toSuunyside. Woshin
. » J IWILA a/LIY 'V’Dre 11U8’
r tm d. llierewuano ini uraucc cj the buildinirH
but Die stock ic. wasporl i„lly insl-d in two New
i ork offices.
This touinlry was the fii still whidmafleableiron
was ever liiadein this couii try. •
" A Majob in the Navy I" was il.e tfc assumed bv
some ignorant top, m cornLy wi 1, ,|, ldj oft buar j
u pleasure steamer from WfUmina on Delaware, the
com Mid tt, retire, hut
ton Irvine’s residence) near Tarrytowiq to pay his 1 I 1 * 8 ' 1 ’' 0 -fonmor lrom W)
old friend a visit. They' lave known each other for I odl ' !r dll Y- Mowa* nt length
thirty years, or move, not without three g|f,rioiU c hecrJfbzhc' addition^
Lis'* The City Councils of the city, and Noi-thern til<; R av Y-
l.iboitios of Philadelphia have each resolved todis- ;■ir> Cattius H. Clav is vvrStinJ.i u« ■
tribute i 10,090 among the Eiiflcivi s by the lute fire. j a scries of letters against Dun el \ l-be^f* atl ® Bui • Kr ?
We are glad to see steps taken, under tlie superinte
donee ot Mr. Henry O’lUelly, to render tho Tel
qraph eyatemiatill more efficient and useful to th
public, by cnllng together a National Convention .
Delegates, to ikchange views and opinions, and I
maki! such sujgestions for the improvement of tl
system ns mnji be appropriately considered. Th;
Convention wi» assemble in the National Telegrap
Building, 181 Broadway, iu this city, 16th of Ju
when a Commitcc from the Lines, informally repr,
sented nt a torm.r meeting, will report on the subjecl
under consideraUou. Invitations ure extended to a
the Companies organized ou Lines constructed unde
the arraugraienUof Henry O’lUelly, throughout th
United States. Tic Circular of Mr. O’Kielly, callin,
tlie Convention, s^ys; —
T t ! le >> l '? est companies of the ‘Atlantic
ore C T d , Jiuu k'".' have already been re
presented at intorjial consultations in New York
ed that 0 the bf t }° n k UI,ifor “ lly and Ht, ' 0,, «!y express
en tnnt tlu? highest interests of tlio Teleeranh
coiupunms tl (- l m < lm'u- lJ ” Convention wherein all tin
Tariffs, so as to"c!i r Ur y r ®P re8 ented in arranging
nrminit., ‘ t-qialize nnd modernte tho i)rico>4
mote rim Pllr / <:y . at d dispatch, and otherwise pro
ble from thef'rtaii^we?’ *1*0 P u '’hc wh?eh1s^psepara.
embraced Sn thn rarmref ° ““'‘‘o Telegraph 'lines
ed throughout th,?Uni..d States 0 ” J ' ° H " dersi a u
A Monster DrvtDji Nu ._ The PueiHc Mail Steam
ship Company, oi wlnj, Messrs. Howland (t Aspin
wall are the represeutldves, have declared a dividem
ol. fifty per erni.,--tiler first dividend. The Journu
ot Commerce states th(j this company started witl
a capital not exceeding $(.00,000. It has since pur
chased the steamships li-iieoru, Tennessee, Cherokee
and Philadelphia, for Hhicli there must have been
paid all ot $700,000. Tils fact considered in cornice
tion with the dividend uiove mentioned, will afford
some idea of the profits tf the bueiness.
f'fi'’’ 15r ’ l’ otts ' 8 c Vurch was, on Tuesday mor
-yr&S?
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