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MACON, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MAY I®, 1848. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR. SIIITORUI. corrksk>kdenci. Milledoiville, Mny Bth. GenlUmen :—I have the pleasure o! announcing to your readers, (hat ihe proceeding* f the WhigConven- Iton *;iic t *■. Mihie.l h re ro dny hnve been ehnrnctrr lied hy the tnor.feir.arkah'e maminty. Kitty counties were represented by lUS delegates. Before organising it was ascertained that from ninety to one hundred of the delegates present were in favour of Gen Taylor I>r. Terrell of Hancock was called to preside, and a committee of l/urly lhree appointed to report business for the consideration of the meeting. That committee, composed of the friends of both Messrs Cloy and Tay lor, rrported unanimously the following resolutions: ftraotred. That tilts Convention will send delegates ! to the National Convention, to be held m Philadelphia. j for the purpose of minima ling candidates lot the others of President and Vice President of the United States. I RemUed, That this Convention will nominate two* Delegates for the State at huge, and that the delt- j gates of each Congiesstonnl District in this Convention , be requested to nominate a delegate thenelrom, subject : to the confttintiticn of this Couvemi .. all of whom shall lie regarde 1 as reflecting in the National Conven- i lion the aertmients and preferences of a majority of : this Convention. I Resolve J. That ihe noininnion of Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR for the Chief .Vlag.su i"-j of this Cuionaneetg the hearty concurrence of a majority ol this Conven- I tion; but tn the spnitof a just and hbetal concession, we stand prepared ,o support Henry Clay, or any other Whig who maybe such nominee of >hr Whig party i Provided the viewa of the nominee accord with our own on the aubject of the Wilrnot Proviso and South- ( cm Rights. Retolved, That this Convention proceed to nomi- I natc Ten electors for President and Vice President of j the United Stole*. This report was adopted almost unanimously, and j the Convention proceeded at once with the appointment , ot delegates and elec tore as follows .Deitgnttfs from the state at Nrpre to tbo Niu tioual Convention* GEORGS W. CRAWFORD, JAMEs* a Mi-Ri WETHER. Electors 4ur the S.ate at large. DR WILLIAM TERRELL. SEATON GRANTLAND. Districts. Delegates. Elsctors. nd. Willard Boynton,. W. 11 Crawford. 3rd. E. G. Cabamas, Andeiton W. Redding. 4th. E. Y. Hill, Wm. Moaeiy. sth. W. Y. Hansel!, Warren Akin. 6th. R D Moo.e, Asbury Hull. 7th. N. G. Foster, Y F. King. Bth. L- J. Gartrell, George Stapleton. Alter ihe appointment ofan Executive Committee and the transaction of other business, Mr. Smythe of Rich mond offercJ a resolution complimentary to Mr. Clay, which was unammouaiy adopted. The Convention then adjourned. The harmony and unanimity which have so striking ly characterized the proceedings ot the Convention, have sadly amaze J and perplexed our political adversa ries, who were very confident that it would be impos sible for us to agree upon any common course of action. Mad the Convention been more equally divided, they laigat perhaps’ have been gratified, but the Inends ol Gen. Taylor were so largely in the majority, that they could well alibid to be both libera! and magnanimous towards the minority. They have Weil so, and at the same time, 1 think have been firm iu their advocacy ot the gallant old Hero. With Taylor as our standard bearer, we may leel certain of victory. Though it may be a Buena Vista contest, we know that Old Zac never surrenders, and never is whipped. Yours, in haste, C. {gp As wc hove been absent in attendance upon the Whig Convention, th * Journal Messenger may not possess its usual variety the present week. The Amt rkaa V- uig Review. The May number of the Riciew, is embellished with a very neat Engraving ol the Hon. D. D Barnard, late a distinguished member of Congress, and at present the I political Editor of the work. It contains a iso a caustic and able article on President Polk and lus administra tion. The general character and appearance of the Review, have been very essentially improved during the last lew months, and we are happy to team, that it has now been placed on a permanent basis. Should the preerm Editors continue to exhibit the same taste and energy m the management ol the enterprise, we feel confident that it will continue to be prosperous, in a de gree worthy ol the g>eat interests wnich it advo cates. The Southern (Quarterly Review. The contents of the April number of this work, are as follows „ I. Review of Prescott’s Conquests of Peru IL kia Norman, or nulls and their uses. 111. The new rout- to China. IV. The history and economy of Ratlioade V. The North American Foxes. VI. The philosophical character of Swrienberg. VII. Stevens History of Georgia. VIII. Critical Notices. The mechanical execution of the Review, is quite , equal if not superior to that ol the North American, while the leading papers indicate much critical accu !en, cultivated tas.e and sound judgment. We are happy to notice that in the recent number of the Re- j mete, the Editor and hie correspondent* are careful to avoid those vexed questions in politics, which cannot ha touched in a work of the kind, without exciting feeling adverse to the real interest of the woik. The number now before u is one of no ordinary merit, and we take pleasure in recommending it to the notice and perusal ot out friends. Macon anil Kavaauah \olnnteon. The Sstaunah Georgian, responds in most gallant style, to the proposition in our last, for a trial of tk>li be tween the Susannah and Macon Corps, and ruggeM* the 4th of July as the time, and the “Half-way Houre” as the place of meeting, or they toes up for the meeting between Macon and Savannah. A Inen Jat our elbow names the Indian Springe, aa a still more advantageous point for the meeting, especially as Coiumbua may in that tytnf ng-p to com* itito tl}*) contest For our lvca we hv no pirlrrrncr u to place, ,nd lev* that aa writ aa all other preliminaries, to the respective pur. lira They are entirely capable ot srithng these points for themselves. All we wish to are taa tour teM ol the skill. discipline and deportment ol the volunteer sol diers ol the twor.ities. Th following is the article , above alluded, us contained in die Georgian, on Friday last. We leave Uu* remaining arrange men is to the respective corps The Volunteer (( af Mar on. The law Macon Journal & Mraaengrr.in noticing a Miai ot okill 111 the manual, between the tint and arc end platoon- ol thr Macon Vinunieera, who drtllrd tor c dtatarr, e mmenda very highly thr exhibition of akill B thearrnainii winch it is mid, would hare done errd it to veteran- of tltr regular army. We are gratified at thr assurance that thr Macon Volunteer* and Floyd Kitlraarr no prosperous Front our limited acquaintance with officer* and men, we here admired their soldierly neatrew and die- i Ophite, a* much a* then urbane deitonaeul aa gentle- ! rant Os aitch citiaen aoldlera Macon haa a right to be proud The editoreofthe Meaaenger conclude witli the fol lowing paragraph, the emigration in which mrrla our editorial approbation Will ■ot our Pbranii boye, who In a aoctal way air act alow iB meeting the Floyd RiAra, accept the friend If gauntlet, while of our four lompamra of Infantry— the iraarue, thr Uturr. the (sterna and the Voluntrrra, one eurrly will etrp forward to contend with tliat fine company—the Macon Volunteers They might pic arc it on the Fnanh of July at the half-way Huuee on the Central Railroad, or txta up for the place ol meeting—Macon or Savannah. Such contrete do more lo improve a rorpe In the drill ifli aotdier than many ordinary paradea. The ful kwwin (ia th • attract from thr Maaacnger ; , “ Oar fnen ia of ih - saianrch preae. are in the hahit •fkaaetinjln q am y.undwe belierc juatly.of the akill fireeiphne and *tp< stance of the rarcrai corps of the City We would lik* lo iff the matter (airly traced, tnu iterator* propoa* that arrangaraamabc made fora tria akfJJ batmen ti t Macon Corps ar*d nv *wo of the i i*avannAh Companies, (Risk and Infantry of course.)t The contest to come off at such time and place, and be fore such judges as mny be agreed upon What say you, gentlemen of the Seaboard 1” The Charleston Hanks* It was rumored in thin city, a few days since, that some ol the Banks of Charleston had suspended specie payments. We are glad to find thnt such is not the tact, and that the rumor was without foundation. The Presentments of Stewart Superior Court were received too late for p 1 blicaiion this week. X3T The Albany Courier of the sth inat says ; “ Wc are informed that Gen. Dill who was bo severe ly and dangerously wounded by Howell, is still alive and some hopes entertafned ot his recovery. Howell, who committed the cowardly act hae been sentenced to hard labor in the Penitentiary for four years.” Return of Mr* T rial. Mr. Trial and Gen. Cadwalleder arrived at New- Orleans on the let just, direct from the city of Veia Crux. It is not stated whether Mr. Trist was actually ! under arrest, though it is generally conceded, that he was sen? out of Mexico by the especial direction of the President. It is said to be his opinion, that the Treaty will he ratified. It wnssupposed thnt the Court ot In quiry would adjourn between the 20th and 25th. In that event Gen. Bcott will reach the United States tome time in the course ol the present week. A fiitliliil Os fiver* I. K Tefft, Eeq., has been elected Cashier of the State Bunk of Georgia, vice A Porter, Esq. resigned. Mr. T. has been Teller of the Institution nearly twenty yea re, and by hie honesty, energy and bust ness capacity, ( has been enabled to sustain and promote its best inter est. His promottoti has been earned by long and faith- ( ful services, and we rejoice that the Board of Directors, J have honored the Institution by rewarding integrity and merit. Reception of Gen. Scott* The City Council of Charleston have, with a spit it of becoming liberality, invited Gen. Scott to become the guest of the City, on his way to the North T his uoble example is worthy of imitation by the Authori* ties of Macon, Savannah and other places. We hold, thnt men who render and stinguished services to the na tion, such as have lien wndcred by Scott, Taylor Stmih, Quit nan. Shields, Twiggs and others, during the past two years,are worthy of the especial admira tion andconlidei.ee of the people, regardless of all par ly or sectional consideration. What we coidially ex tended to Quitman, Shields and Twiggs, we think should now Ire freely given to the master spirit of them all—the mun whose military genius has contributed es sentially to the glorious results in Mexico. Will not the City authorities ol Macon take immediate acto n upon this subject I ‘i here is no necessity for incurring any considerable expense. If we are prompted by ihe proper spirit, w can make up in cordiality what we lack iu the splendor of the reception offered. Let us then with one hear and otie mind prepare todo honor to the conqueror of Mexico. ensus of Savannah. Mr. Bancroft hua nearly completed live census of this city. The actual number ol the population ascertained so lar is 13,309. Additions must be made however to most of the wards on account of the absence of several heads of families,bo that the actual result will vary slightly from 12,500. This gives an increase of 2,286 since 1840 when the census was 11,214. The result is, we must contefs, not sogieala6 we anticipated, but it is proper to remember, that owing to ihe construction of the Railroad in 1840 there was a large transient poplation taken into the account which has now dwin dled to 1C or 50. The ratio of the whites to colored persons was in 1840, in round numbers, (fire colored persons Wing left out) os 5,800 to 4,700. In 1848 the same ratio under the same circumstances is a57,200 to 5,600. In 1840 the number of while males wns 3,235 —of white females 2,658 In 1848 the number ot white males is 3,656 and of white females 3,464 The excess of males in 1840 is explained by the transient popula tion then present. In old communities generally, the females out number the inale?. The male slaves in 1840, were 1978, females 2716; in 1848 they stand 2257 and 3295. |pThe free colored persons in 1440 were 262 inales and 370 females; in 18-18 they are 241 and 396. Aa above j intimated, all these numbers will be subject to slight ad- * ditions and corrections, but the result is near enough to the exact truth to be satisfactory. In taking this census one mtereating fact has been ascertained. A careful estimate lias been made of th # quantity and value ol the single article of butter con sumed in each family in s he city. The result shows the entire value to amount to one hundred and JiJty thousand dollars n year, nearly every cent of which is paid to the State of New York All thia money might as well be kept within the State and paid to car own citizens in ihe interior. But ihey greatly under-value the importance of the market, and we presume that se veral years will yet elapse before our formers will pro perly appreciate the advantages of maintaining dunes. Suv. Rcpuulicun The President and Yucatan* We publish in another column the message of Presi dent Polk in regard the present state of etiairs in Yu catan. Alter the document had been read in the sen ate the following remarks were made by Mr. Calhoun : “ He expressed lus regret that the President had put this question upon any other ground than that of hu manity. In the present condition of Europe, there was no more probability that England or any other Euro, j pean power would take possession ot Yucatan, than there wue that he sho .Id himself do so. He had hoped that the war with Mexico—ihe sacrifice of 3tt,000 lives of our citizens—a war which had coat the nation near ly as much a? the war of 1812—had taught the Presi dent a lesson. But now it was proposed to plunue the country into another war, the cost and termination of which no one could foretell. The condition of the world at this time ought to admonish all, that matters of this kind cannot be approached with too much caution. “Asa question of humanity alone,he was not oppo sed to affording (a the people of Y ucatan protection agumst the colored popmuiion, tlie Indians, no more en lightened than I lie slaves of the South, but who had been nevertheless laisrd to the condition of equals, on ly to engage iu the murder of their be lefactors. The case of Y ucjUiu was a dreadful one, culling for ail their sympathies, it was a case in poiut to show the folly of the Southern Stales But, he rep-a;ed,he regretted that the President had indulged in any other remarks than these dictated by motives of humanity.” Mr F outu of MiAsiutippi was proceeding to reply when iu consequence of the extreme illness of Senatoi Amilxv, (since dead) the Senate on inotioo of Mr Haunrgttii adjourned. The ibeiuotiacy 1 uitiug* Th#* N Y Herald continues to assert, with great confidence that the difficulties between the adminis tration and the b; iu burner* of New Yoik have hreo amicably settled, it Insist* that Mr. Polk will he brought fbrw.ird vs a candidate, that, with hts 90,000 office holders, and lus . 5J,000,000 annual expenditures throughout the country* he will have a Buitunoir Con vention completely tn his mu rest. The Herald thus proceed* “ aV'joiluir poiut at th uuaiigeiiieni ia thr Mtulement of tht ddliculty between the two Democratic lecuou* iu New York—tlie hu’tkrra and the barn-burner*. Aa mooii aa Mr. Clay unit forth hit* circular, negotiation* commenced at Wavlimgw'ii o'.i llu* nutlet, and they have rrauUed iu tii** \ • ‘habit* a ttfemeut of the whole difference—-the union oil lie two vreUont —the udiiuwiui, of John Van Burr 11 and hi* puny, to the tacluiuoiiol the others, in tk * Baltimore Convairlion, and u protuiae of an adequate ah are of apoita to tay all li**commt The probable reatiltaoi tln-ae urgotlitiona liavs already developed theinaelve* ill anotliet great and trenieiuhxia apeech of John Van Burru liiunHf, in Columbia, in which he almowt give* up hi* oppaaiiion, and abaitdona I htaprtvioua comer atone. They nre tao deve.opcd 10 aome eatent intlie dwcontenta of the Albany \rgu which now area, w ini evident chagrin Xhe probability ol the rejection ol it* deh gaira at lialtruor# , and hr* holda with gru l, the pair* mage ol the Navy Department lieatowed upon one ot the proviso organa in th'iciiy | Th** rroonnliatton of the Van Burcn party ol the State of New York with the tnenda of Mr Polk, and ila consent to hia nomination, will completely abut the door to all the prnaperta of Mr. Clay, aud to every chanee which lie ni ghi ever bare had of getting the vote# of New V ork “ (iovetnov ol Illinoia. The gallant Col. Baker Ivu been nominated for Oov ’ ernor of Illinoia Col Baker ia a lesions Whig, and a •trow advocate for Gan. Tarura’a nonnaa'ijn. Irka a i majority of hia party at the Warn It The Northerner. We learn from the operator in the Mac m cilice * i Unit the Northerner, arrived at Churl strut yesierda; ; morning from New-York, with intelligence to qatur j day Evening Out attentive Correspondent in Ovaries i ton attempted to forward us a statement of the Cotton ! Ma.kct, hut owing either to the incapacity or negli | g'licc of the Operator at ihe Western Register, in Chat baton, the message was so confused and coiitia dictory, that we concluded not to publish it all. Wc trust that these difficulties mny lie avoided in future. especially as the industry, pets* verni.ee and ohligim ehuructer of the chief operator in the Chaileston Olhce are universally conceded. Virginia Election* This State has given an increased majority for de< niocrncy. Gen. Taylor’s name is destined if the Na tiotial Whig Convention shall nominate him for thi Presidency to restore her, to bring her back to the foil I i ol good old Republicanism. NEW HOOKS. ! We are indebted to Messrs. Harpers of New York, i for the following valuable volumes winch were handed i to us by J. M Bosrdinan Esq. of this city who oilers them for nle, viz : 1. The < hildrrn of the New Forest— -tine of the mo t agreeable, sprightly and instructive works ever issu ed from the pen ot l apt Murry all —u work whicli is both unexceptionable m morula and filled with eviden- ! cesol the high ge.uus and commanding talent? of the author. 2. Aid. lin ks the Guide —or adventure® in the ('a- I milnche country m search of a gold mine. ‘Phis is a lively and playful work in iwo parts from the pen of a | young geiuleinun of acknowled genius hut very marked I excetitricitM's of mind and character. He was if we 1 not for a time connected with the Whig Review and , contributed. Some papers of unquestioned merit to its ; columns. The work before us has unmistakable works 5 oi ns author upon almost every page and ia like him at limes, wild waywaid and amusing and at others grave, sedate and in?tractive. It will be read with in- ; tercet. . 3. Wathering Heights —Ports one and two. This ( work from the pen of ihe popular and gifted author of v “Jane Eyre” one of the very best ficticious works of modern limes. It is written in style ofSuperior excel lence a purity and the story is most deeply atisorb ing We commend these volumes to such of our friends as are fond light and amusing reading. They are neatly printed and very cheap. C 01, Seymotriwhis Hatallion—Santa Anna. From private loiters received from Col. Seymour, we find that he is stiiint Perote, and that the health of his batalion is improving. We adverted some time since, to the great mortality that had prevailed amongst his men, and we give an extract from his letters, which thus accounts tor it. “ Perote is a healthy place, and 1 am satisfied in my own mind, that there are no local causes for disease eje- oning here,but that the seeds ul disease were engrafted’ | in the men oetbre they came her*—they were tearin g an idi camp life in Columbus, horn April to October | w here they contracted tueasels, mid other diseases; th ay were then stationed at St. Juan avowedly the lu-.ai. unhealthy place in ull Me. ico, and then in their deb fi lmed condition, they made a forced march, iu a dread* ful storm, for a day and night, over the mountains, to this place. Thnt disease and death have been in a pe culiar degree the fate of these poor men is evident from ! i these facts.—a large company of regulars, -who brae been here over eight mouths, have lost but five men ,r- t another strong company of detached men, (composed from different regiments) have lo*t about as many- 111 a company of Dragoons of 80,about a dozen have died, i and iu Cnpi. Foster’s com puny which came up with iu*,. but four have died since they came into the country, ! while the other four companies of he Batallion art fetus i fully reduced in numbers. 1 have evciy reason to 1* satisfied with the conduct of my men, The volunteer | equally with the regulars, are orderly mid well behaved, aud perfectly subordinate, mid manageable. ! Col. Seymour had used every precau'ion for the pre vention ol disease, having had the sick removed from the Castle, to the large airy Hospitals in Perote, after giv ing hi& personal attention to the cleanliness, andeotv dition of the buildings. The burial Service wasordered to lie read over the dead, and as fnr ns was practicable, had them buried in coffin?—to the latter subject he thus alludes. “ Much against my wishes we have at times to bury our dead without coffins, it being impossible to procure boards at any price, and this mode is not contr-iry to the customs of u.e country—l witnessed the oilier day the ceremonies,or rather the preliminaries, of a Mexi can burial—a fine coffin, gaudily painted with religious devices, figures, Ac., ia kept at the Padre's house, I had before seen it there, hut supposed that my host (tor l have often been his guest,) kept it us an act ot penance for himself, a memei U tnorie, but 1 was mistaken. It is the common property ot all Ins parishoneis, ami they can all see tor themselves, the tenement which at some time or other they are temporally to occupy Like the oedol ol Prociuste, it is adapted to ull shapes and si -1 zes, for men women, and children in turn occupy it When a Mexican dies, the coffin is carried to the house ol the deceased, and the body decked in gaudy grave ’ clothes, (also common to all the dead,) is placed in it r 1 and earned to thegtave—The body tstlien taken out ‘ I of the coffin, disrobed, and placed m the grave, and as ‘ li e earth is thrown m it,a couple of stout men areem- I ployed m pounding it down with beetles !” According to orders from Head Quarters, Col. Sey- j mour received Santa Anna, (on his way to Y’era Crux) I . at Perote, paying him the honoradue to the President j i ol the Republic—he thu* descrities tae interview. | “ 1 hnve hud an opportunity ot seeing Santa Anna, ] I the Napoleon ol the West” asliesiyles himself. On Monday morning his aid a luce dapper looking little fellow, accompanied with a White Hug, called upon me, and reported that the Ex President was aboar three miles from lowu, waiting for permission to enter the place. 1 mounted my horse and accompanied by about twenty officers, rode out to the Hacienda, wheat he was resting with Ins family—His larg<- travelling i roach with six mules attached to it, was stundingat tbs I J entrance. and the court or plaza was filled with lancers,. J . dremed in their gaudy Mexican uniforms, with their red. j sireumeis ultixed to their long lances—there were uhoac j I Hixiy ot them,and they constitute in* Isuly guard, Sa- ‘ ta Anna came out to meet me, and 1 made hun a n.'ct ‘ ’ speech, to which be replied ; he then introduced ‘ me to lus wile and to Ins daughter, by a former wife, and then followed mutual introductions, with tlx* offi cers : now tor an imperfect vketch of Santa Anno—No account that 1 have seen of him does him justice. —kim 1 i countenance has been represented as indicative of can ning, treachery, cruelty, and si* usual it y—but I do not so uud Ins luce, that index of the mind. In the fim place, there is nothing Mexican about it—he has a good forehead, a handsome Muck eye,but not of that piercing brightness which indicates subtlety and treac’iery, hut a fine riprenivc speaking round large orb, histf.ee is nei ther o>. at nor w list may be ca lied peuked, but rather rim- Hive—he was clone *huveil, with neither win *krn nor mustachic*, Ins hail cut very hurt, *uti and ot pepper aud salt color—there was inert of the Civilian tlian ilia dier in lua up;curanee, ruther above the middle sue. but he stoops, and in consequence of lus wooden U-g. h* wa'ks with \eiy much ol a limp. Ue remained a day and a night iu Perote, and warmly • xpreaasd has gratitude for the atlciittous Ue received. Iu one res pect he is like Otlirho, “ lie tdimmed in a fair wile of ihe meuning of which expression, the world is very much at a loss. But that rienora Bums Anna is surpas singly lair, that oi<l ancWite St Anthony imnaelf would not dispute. Her features are Grecian, with a tine hittek eye,and veiy piny hair—her maunersarc very lady-tike, uud she conducts lierarlt ua one accus tomed to the American ty*’, and unlike her country women, wears a bonnet. On Tueaduy I despatched llirnitn Jniapa under an e*oit of Dragoons.” “ 1 Intel a lew daya ann-e the renowned Col Jark litiy. , of titc Truu Kimgvu to dme with me. He look* like any tiling elec hut a lire-ealer, he te very ■kglil!) built, end o( under ante, of thin virnge, end with no niaikrd 1’ uturr except a fine rye, he drreeee very plainly aud hue mulling bru-queor luiltiary, vitlicrm’ hie an or curriuge. Hr tea plain unrdocaird man, tno drel til l unewaiintng in kia in sorter*. and lauhinc ego tierical m Inaeuiivrnaitaui. \ou would sooner laki up any one ebs* na (In* greet Mexican lighter, and the hold it ud reek lean trooper “ Mobile and Ohio l(Hilrund> Books olsubacnption fur alock in tire propoard Rail road were opvm and yesterday, and stork to the amount ol llh.OUOsubscribed lot, must vir -inn 11 ainouma Tin capitalist* andlaige holder*ol realeataia, with a few nonoruble exceptions, kept away, the hooka ere to hekeplopa-n. and unlem tboae moat mterrated take more interest in the metier than wee done yesterday, tin Iriend*ol this grand enterprrar may” hang their •rp* on ‘he rrffiew, MtkVt Re, OORftSSrONDT.JfrL 01 TH 1. JOURNAL A WHWENOr* New- York, Aprtl'lMh, 1848. a Georgian, happening to he at New-York during the present week, I had the pleas ure of hearing the great Southern Orator, Rdrf.rt Thumbs, at ihe Lafayette Hall, on Thursday evening ihe2s th i list. I had heard Mr Toombs at home; I had felt proud of him abroad : my heart heat high for Georgia, when recently I listened to his eloquence and power in defence of the South, in the House of Repre sentatives ; but never hns my sectional partiality been so fully gratified os in listening to Mr T. at Lafayette Hall, and m witnessing the intelligent anl spontaneous appreciation of his oratory by a New'-York audience. This is a season, wh u the great metropolis is literally rife with attractive exhibitions of almost every kind ; there is no political commotion to stir up the masses ; the Presidential campaign is not yet opened ; the viait of Mr. ToomlistoNew-York, for the purpose of making n. Taylor speech, had not been formally announced ; his tame as an Orator had not been impressed on the peo ple of New-York ; yet he was received and listened to by more than two thousand men—the very bone and h mew of the Metropolis. Gotham, visited ns she hns seen by the great men of every country, hns extended I ier hospitality to no Orator superior in all the elements ijf oratory to Mr. Toombs. Her intelligent and re nnrkabiy discriminating citizens, acknowledged the wperiority of the orator by an instant up rising, when am bursts of eloquence fell upon the r ears, and ncon 9ert of shouts, which seem peculiar to a New-York au- Jience The impression made by Mr. T. on the install will net be forgotten. He is hailed everywhere in the < )ity as the great Georgian. The New-York Lu'prcsi, (considering iur pro < :livit) for Clay,) has given a tolerable idea of Mr. Toombs’speech ; but the press generally has not done justice to it. As to the Herald, though “ every body reads it,” and nobody ought to read it—who expects :ofind the truth in a sheet conducted solely on the fee Qrinciple? The Herald says there were about three hun red uttha iu3Bt ng. Isy it was worth more than ten \ dollars to publish so barefi.eed a lie ! The Lafayette j Hall, opposite Niblo’s, as 1 um informed by the best ; j udget of such matters in New-Yo k will hold coin for* ! i nbly about4ooo men. I assert, without fear of contra- j diction from any respectable source, that the i tiore than hall filled on she occasion in question. The presence of Mr. Clay in New-York ; the wnn >t respect with which, during his late tour he lias allu led to Gen. Taylor as a candidate for the Presidency ; : tided by the imperious nature of the man, and helped >n by the intolerance and denunciations of his more ■ violent satelites, had lor u time seemed to obscure the prospects of Gen. Taylor. It was but a passing cloud The good and brave old soldier seeks not ollice by dis cussing his own availability. He hns generously ex pressed his preference for Mr. Clay! —or any other i good whig for President. He introduces no “hearsays” in his own behalf ; be appeals to no section or party ; lie “asks no lavorsand shrinks from no responsibility’ His popularity has its source in the heart of the nation— an Jhe is the man tor the nation. The tide of affairs is ! again upon its flood—and a fortnight more will prove it 1 would say sonu thing about the prospects of Gen. Scott ; but h aring Marcy lias already said too much. I w ill take the libeity of'being silent. CHEROKEE Attaint iu Yucatan* The President of the United Slates, on the 29th ult. communicated to both Houses a highly interesting message as follows : To the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States: I submit for the consideration of Congress, several communications received at the Department of State from Mr Junto Sierra, commisrouer of Yucatan, and also a communication from the Governor of that ■late, representing the condition of extreme suffering to which their country has been reduced by an insurrec tion of the Indians within its limits, and asking the aid of the United States. These communications present a case of human suf fering which cannot foil to excite the sympathies of all civilized nations. From these, and other sources of in formation, it appears that the Indians ot Yucatan are waging a war of extermination against the white race. In this civil war, they spare neither age nor sex, put to death, indiscriminately, ail who foil within their pow er. The inhabitants panic-striokcn, and destitute of arms, are dying before their savage pursuers towards the coast, and their expulsion from their countiy, or their extermination would seem to be inevitable, unless they cui obtain assistance. In tins condition, they have, through their constitu ted authorities, implored the aid this government, to save them irom destruction offering in case this should be granted, to transfer the “dominion and sovereignty of the peninsula” to the United States. Similar appeals for aid and protection have been made to the Spanish and the English governments.” < Whilst it is not my purpose to recommend the adop :ion of any measure with a view to the acquisition of ihe “ dominion aud sovereignty” over Y ucatan; yet ac sording to our established |ol cy, we could not consent to a transfer of thi* “dominion and sovereignty,'’ either to Spain, Great Brman,orany other European power. In the language of President Monroe, in his message of December, 1823, “ we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion ot this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.*’ In my annual message of December, 1845, I declared that “ near a quarter of a century ago the principle was distinctly announced to the world, in the annual mes sage of one of uiy predecessors, that, the American con tinents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain are, henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power ” This principle w ill apply with greatly increased force should any European colony at tempt to establish any new colony iu Noith America* In the existing circumstances of the world the present is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and re-atfinn the principle avowed by Mr. Monroe, and to state my cordial concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy. The re-nssertion of this principle, es pecial!) m reference to North America, is at this day but the promulgation of a policy which no European | power should cherish the disposition to resist. Exist-I ing ligbtsol every European nation should be reaped- j ed ; hut it is due alike to our safety and our interests* , that the efticieut protection of our iuws should be ex- j tended ov‘-r our whole territorial limits, and that it | should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy, that no hi tare European colony or dominion shall, I with our consent be planted or established on any part of < the North continent.” Our own security requires that the established policy thus announced, should guide our conduct, and tins ap plies with great loice to the peninsula of Yucatan.— ! It is situate in the Gulf of Mexico, on the North Aster* Jean continent, and, from its vtciufiy to Cuba, to the cap“so( Florida, to New Orleans, anJ, indeed, to our whole M>uth-western coast, it would be danger ous to our peuce and security if it should become a col- ’ ouy ol any European nation. We have now audieutic information that it’ the aid u-k**d hum the United Slates be not granted, such aid will probably be obtained hum some European pow er winch mo >Ucrea tier assert a chum to “dominion and sovereignty” over Vucatsn. Our existing relations with Y ucatan.are of a peculiar character, as will be perceived from the note ol the Sec i clary ot Stair to (heir commissioner dated on the 24th ot Decern be i last a copy ol which is here wiiiUrananmtsd. Yucatan has never declared her independence, and we treat her as a State of Mexican republic. For tins rea son we have never ollicislly received her eoiMnnasioiier, but whilst tins m the case, we have to s considerable extent recognized her ua • neutral in our war wi>h Mexico. Whilst still considering Yucatan as a por tion of Mexico, if we had troops to spare for this put pose 1 would deem it proper, daring the coutiimuncs* of the war with Mexico, to occupy and bold iiiiiuaryposscs eton other territory, and to (b lend the white inhabi tants against the incursions of the Indians, in the same way that we have employed our troqps in other Bisles of the Mexican republic iu our possession, u repritmg th attacks of savages upon the inhabitants, who have inamuniied their neutrality m the war. Hut unfortu nately, we cannot, at th * present tune, without aerious danger, withdraw our foio-s from other jhm lions ol the Mexican territory now iu our occupation, and srnd them to Yucatan. Ail that etint* done, under exist wig circumstances, is to employ our naval forceain the Uu ‘I, not required at other points, tn afford them relief, bunt is not to be expected tint any adequate protection can tNus tie afforded, as the operations of such navai forces iHUM of neoesa ty, tie confined to tlie count 1 have considered it pio|*r to communicate the in loriiMUoir coutained m roe aecomtianying corrtepon drnce, and 1 sulmiiii in the wisdom id Congress to adopt such meat ores as, in men ludgtnrot mny tie expedient to prevent > ucatan rom (econinig a colony of any Eu rift > ■ * *i. which lanuifVM, c. mi i.. permuted mid at die same lime to rescue th# while race from vt- Uttumatfon or expulsion from their country JAMEH K POLK W f xngj|atoj*, Apnt 29 I*4** Wise 011*0 ll* The Democrats of this new State have nominated Nelson Dewey, of Grant county, for Governor lor Lieut. Governor, J. E. Holmes, of Jefferson county ; for Sec reiary ol State, Thus. McHugh, of Walworth ; for Treasurer,JoaiahC. Fairch:ll of Davis; for Attorney Gen ;ral, JamesS. Brown, of Milwaukie. Gens. .Hcott ituu Worth. The Nne-Orleans Delta, recently published an able tmd severe censure upon the conduct of the Admin istrntion, and patticularly of Gen. Worth towards Gen Scott. Tliil having elicited expressions of disappro bation from other presses of his party, the Editor res ! ponds in a long ai tide, of which me following is die cot elusion : I “As to the defence of Gen. Worth's conduct, we have only to repeat the argument which we have so often urged b fore, fie had no right to interrogate hi* : Conmiander-in Chiei as he did. The order of Gen. I rfcott referred to violations of the regulations, noi | naming any particular officer. What right had any officer to go to the General, and demand of him toile i dare whether he referred to him in his denunciation ol i all violators of the laws 1 We are true democrats, not in tiie sense ol those pretenders to that title who prate so much of their Democracy that they get to think that I it consists altogether in words and in a servile devotion to particular men, rather than to truth, justice and equal ity. As democrats we are not disposed to grant to an I officer who wears a yellow sash, privileges which that officer himself would be the first to deny to his subordi nate. Suppose Gen. Worth,’in the exercise of the enormous power arrogated by him at Puebla last July, had thought proper to issue an order to his Division against letter-writing, and the one-hundred and twen tlrree commissioned officers of his Division had waited on him, singly and individually, and demanded if he referred to them in his orders, would he have given any other answer than that wiiich he received from Gen. | Scott \ ” But, oh. Gen. Worth is a great man, the Hero of Monterey, of Mofinodel Jtcy, he wears two epaulets, and sports the gold hilled sword of the Major General. Pshaw ! Such Democracy is the false guise ot toady pun, and has no more affinity to the sublime truths of equality and justice than the mousing owl has to the soaring bird ot Jove. The Democracy that contents itself with propoing up the weaknesses and defending the follies of its sinning professors, rather than with the sjpport of great truths and principles, and the promp 1 and savere denunciation of ail who violate them, is the democracy of the loaves and fishes with which we have no sympathy. There is no party, however broad and robust its shoulders, that can long stand up under the pressure, which it voluntarily assumes, of the vices and faults of all its professors. Let the rule be once acknowledged that a man, in whatever station he may be placed, and whatever weaknesses or improprieties he may commit, is to be defended by the whole party to which he is attached, and you may rest arsured, you will impose upon your party, labors, no less severe than those of Hercules, and a responsihiity more fatal than the Nessian shirt which burnt into his vitals.” Wisconsiu. Gov. Dodge of the above Territory has issued a proc lamation, declaring that the constitution lately submit ted to the vote of the people ol that Territory for adop tion or rejection, has been approved by a majority of 10,293 out of the 22,591 votes cast. She will soon doubt less clothe herself in the habiliments of a sovereign state, as a bill is now before Congress for the purpose. The Whig party in anticipation of her admission, have held a Convention, and nominated candidates for the offices ot Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Treasurer. The Convention appointed delegates to the Whig National Convention, and also electors for President and vice President. Whig Meeting in Wilkinson. At a meeting of the Whig party of Wilkinson coun ty on the 2nd day of May. Joseph Hill was called to the Chair, and N. A. Carsw ell requested to act as Sec retary. Whereupon, Dr. Taliaferro Jones offered the follow ing preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. Whereas, the time is fast approaching, when the American people will be called upon to select lor them selves a Chiei Magistrate lor t ese United Stales, it behooves every citizen in whatever vocation ol me he may be placed, to discharge that duty in a manner most likely to preserve the purity of the govermeut inviolate in the hands of the Executive. And whereas it is the opinion of this meeting, that the miserable system of party ism practiced by the Chief Executive for nearly a score of years is directly at war with the true principles of our government, fraught with mischief, ami is highly dang.*ious iu the perprtuity of our inval able institutions; we earnestly desire that the people ot the Union, iu the coming contest, will maintain their independence—despite the maneuvering of demagogues and false appeals to politicians, and cast their voles for one who stands preeminently,above such influences ; who if elected, “ will look to the Constitu tion and the high interest of the common country, and not to the principles of any putty lor his rule of action. Therefore, Resolved, Ist. Thai Gen. Zachary Taylor, is our first choice for the President. Resulted, 2nd That the Whig party of this county, will unite in the support ot the nomination of the Na tional Convention. Resolved , 3rd. That we select three Delegates by ballot to represent this county in convention, to assembe in Miiledgevitle on the second Mouday, inst. On motion of C. D Beall, Esq., The meeting proceeded to ballot for Delegates, and on counting out the votes, it appeared tliat Gen. James B. Bostwick, Dr. Taliaferro Jones and Joel Deese Esq., were duly elected. Oil motion of Joel Deese Esq. The proceedings o. this meeting were to be forwar ; tied to, and requested to be published by the Southern 1 Recorder ond Journal dc. Messenger. Then on motion of Dr. Jones, the meeting adjourned. JOSEPH HILL, Chairman N. A. Cab.swi.ll, Secretary. What Shtuldow* Are. The WegluiigU-n correspondent of the Baltimoir Patriot gives the following interesting statement in re gard to the Senate's Ironi the Slate of Arkansas: Less than two years ago, I believe, he and Col. Yell j of Arkansas, were rival < andidates for the United | States Senate. General Ashley had been appointed to I till the vacancy, occasioned by the death ot Senator Fulton. Col. Sevier, it was presumed, would hold one | of the two senatorial stations in tile gill ot the State, as long as lie inight choose to hold it. The election by the Legislature of a Senator was approaching Col. Yell raisrd a regiment and repaired to Mexico He tel gallantly in the service of Ins country. Senatorial seats wrrc no more to huu General Ashley was elected, however. Soon alter this, Col. Sevh r resigns, and the Govenorof the State appoints Major Borland to till the vacancy, tie had scarcely taken htsseat, before Gene ral Ashley dies, and leaves tlie duty devolving on the i Governor to appoint a person to hll the present vacati ! A fearful Conflict and Loss of Lift. The Liverpool Album of a late date, says: “by the arrivalol the Sydney mad we are Informed of a most severe battle liavmg taken plsos on the 4th of 1 September,at the Keejee Islands, between the rhiehand I Ihe people of Alban and Rena,in which the latter were l detested, but esca|ied with a number of their adherents ‘ | to Juvs harbor, about seven miles west of Rena Roads, where they intruded to settle, all the habitations of Re- I na being burnt to the ground by the chiefs ol Albau I The number of slam on both soles amounted to up \ wards of eight hundred, the bodies ot whom still re mained exposed there. Fortunately for the nueeionS’ rtes, the ecene of wsrtare occurred si some distance from their local on “ (fen. Tailor and lua ( nr respondents. The New Orleans Picayune aaya “We are informed that ev. y mil dial resetns baton Rogue front any quarter, is tilled with letters, to Gen I'eylor. rto overwhelmed is the old hero by his eorres pondrnor, that it is not only a herculean labor to read it, but Ins postage account I” actually eating into his sobatanes. Now nine uulot ten of these letters which the General receivrs coiieern the writers more than they do him ; and for each one to pay the posing,” on .Its own epistles would lie a slight Ul upon the luxury if correspondence, whilst the aggregate amount is a as vere aareewneni on one pocket. The immense revenue and the Post Ollier lirputtmeut, is made up of driblets, *uch as every lettei received hy the General takee Ironi tta purar The object of a national correspondence <hould be spend thie expense, else the gratilnde of tbr .•cople will imjwweridt ‘lv object of dvir st'sehment flatus’ Electrical Telegraph. We had ille pleasure ofexamining to-day anew and we think a most wonderful electrical apparatus, invented by Mr. Bains of London It is both Ingenious ami simple. He sin wed its operation to us, and from what we saw of its performances, we feel not a doubi but it is capable of doing all he claims for it. Hefshows in other words, that itiscapuble of transmitting one thou sand words per minute over telegraphic wires; which is rapidity w holly unparalleled. What is more, he can prepare or put up long despatch es in Liverpool, and when they arrive m New York or Boston, they can be transnmu 1 in a lew minutes.— The President’s Message, which rnny fill a page of the Journal ot Commerce, he says, can be transmitted by this machine in less than an hour. This appears ex’ traordinary: but it is made quite reasonable by an in spection ol the operations of the machine. We conceive that no part of the invention infringes in the least upon Morse’s Patent. Mr Bains dispenses entirely w ith the magnet; hence his is simply an ** Elec tricical Telegraph,” and not,as professor Morse claims his to be, an “ Electro-Magnetic Telegraph We have not time to go into further particulars.— Weconsider it an invention of great importance, and one in which the press, as well as the people of this country, is most deeply interested. It is an invention that should not become a monopoly in the hands of men who might employ it to the injury of the press, and and of the best interests of the country. Death of Senator Ashlev. The Country has to mourn the loss of auother of her eminent statesmen. Th? Hon. Chssteh Ashley died at Washington city on the first day of this month. His funeral took place on the ensuing day in the Hall, of the House of Representatives in the presence of both Houses of Congress, the President and Vice-President of the different departments the Supreme Court of the U. S. and a large throng of citizens and strangers.— Mr. Sheer, the chaplain of the senate, delivered a very solemn discourse on the occasion. There was no one present whose heart did not deeply sympathize for the bereaved (amity.ot the deceased, who attended the fu neral services. • lowa Election. The Burlington Hawkeye, of the 17th inst, gives r•- turns from all the counties in the State,official and re ported, except four j\nd these countiesare sparsely pop ulated and the vote will be a very light one. Accord to thee returns, Harlan (whig,) has a majority ol forty-eight over Benton, (democrat,) for Superinten of Public Schools. It is not probable the result will be actually known untill the votes are officially coun ted. Death of Senator Ashley. Hon. Chester Ashley, U S. Senator from Arkansas died in Washington,at 2 o’clock, P. M.,on Saturday— the melancholy event causing both houses early to adjourn. He was a Hacked, on Monday morning last, with acute inffamation of the bowels. Mi*. Ashley and numerous friends were present to soothe his last moments. Senator Ashley was generally esteeemed in that community. It is a remark ible circumstance, that one of the Senators from Arkansas has within a a month, resigned his seat, and the other is now re moved by death.— Rail. Sun. Remarkable Prediction. The New-York Courrierdes Etats Unis tells the fol lowing strange story without vouching for the truth of it : “ When the news of the revolution of 1830 arrived in the United States! it was received with the liveliest en thusiasm, and a solemn procession took place in this city in honor of the event. Among the papers of one of the marshals of that procession, who has since de ceased, was found a sealed package, with the following inscription ; “ To be opened on occasion ol the coming revolution in France.” As that event has now taken place, the package has been opened and found to con tain the badges worn by the deceased at the procession of 1830, with a detailed description ol the ceremony. On the intenor of the wrapper was written ; “ To serve on occasion of the next revolution iu France, which will take place about 1847.” It would have been difficult to make a more just prediction. Severe but True. Referring to the attempt? of the Locofocos, in Wash ington and elsewhere, to give a political party complex ion to the sympathy for France, which is spontaneous ly felt and expressed by all the people, irrespective of party, the correspondent of the Philadelphia North A merican,” independent,” thus w'ntes : And who are those that are so loud-mouthed for the progress of liberty and equality abroad ? They are the veriest slaves of power at home. The menials who bask in the sunshine of Executive usurpation— who have no principles but the will of their master— who bow down and submit to every humiliation—who worship at the altar of the White House, and cry out that James K Polk, like Mahomed, is the only true prohet! ‘1 hey claim to be Republicans and Democrats! Serfs that go abroad with collars of party around their necks and the brands of slavery upon their brows. There is no government on the face of the globe at the present hour, that needs revolution so much as these United States. There is no monarchy or despot ism now in existence, where the one man power has been so arbitrarily exercised. Louis Philippe was co erced to abdication and flight, for violation of the char ter ot 1830. But, James K. Polk, who has wantonly desecrated and outraged the constitution, sealed with the blood of the fathers of this Republic, is sustained by a great party, because its cohesion and appropriation of the public putronage depends upon preserviug har mony and supporting whoever they have placed in power, no matter whut may be his offences He has made war—levied taxes and committed other palpible infractions of the constitution,backed by the pluudits of his party and approved by his obsequious majorities in Congress. No king in Europe could have preserved his liead, under the abuses of authority and law practised by our so-called President —who in fact is nothing short ol an absolute despot, more potent than the autocrat ot Rus sia. This is the great faction that sings paeons to liberty across the Atlantic,and well it may, for it enioys bu( whut Gen. Cass called the soldiers privilege—that ot submission at home Well may the Ritchies make their penny-whistles shriek with hosannahs, who live and m"vs and have their being ny the nod of James K Polk It belongs to the eternal fitne of things, that those who live m servitude should shout at any s;gn of •mancipation. A Substitute for White Lead. The following extract from a report made at a late session ol ihe French Academy of Arts and Sciences, is taken from a Pans puper. it coiiuiiua information which is cut tout, and which we hope may meet tile nl lentinii ol practical men, and lead to usrlul results “ In 1835 M. Leclsirr.a house painter, having wit nessed Ihe revagr* that white lead made among thr workmen engaged in bis business, set hiuiself to seek far some white substance, which could take the place in ihe arts, of the poisonous article which had been heretofore used. Alter having examined all the white substances which nature utters, It* finally arrived at the white ol zinc, and he discovered that this oxyde had all the qualities of the white of lead without having any of its inconveniences Whiter than the while lead, the oxyde of zinc reflects thr light instead of absorbing it, gives a finer tone, and covers better thr surlace on wlnuh it is spread. More over it is not subjected to any of the action of the sul phurs, which blackens so quickly paintings in white lead. Finally, uttd it is the capital point, the prepara tion and use of it do not in any way ulieet the health ol the workmen. After having aaaured himself that the mechanical pre parations of thr white of zinc might be realized m an aconutmcal manner, M Lcclatrr was desirous to com plete Ins invention by replacing, on the painter's pallet, all tile colon of which lead makes a pari, by oilier ar ticles of which zinc will be the basis. In tins difficult enterprise he lias had, as far as we can now judge, the moat complete success, and the inventor of while zinc has filfcd up the gamut of unchangeable colors by the substitution of stable and tnolfrna ve colore lor those which have copper and lead for the husis Hr has even succeeded in replacing the atecatives ol which litharge always forme a pan, by t aulntsttce the proper ties of which are rqual to it, and which only contains manganese. The hannlrseiiess of all these suhetancee seems to be demonstrated, now by, dreioivr experiments M. Le claire employs consul Illy m all the diflrrrut quartern o< Paris, two hundred wurkinen, in the application ol Ins colors—Among tliesn ireeevntl who had been rout pc.W to If,VP off ,bcj, trsde mg from the painter', colic. None of suffer tUc leu at inconvenience from lhc uie ‘**"• l “* fr| t stances, M l,e workman employed m „ *. ol Ihe line white, have also ’ notnenu of intoxication, „ O J„h “ nuns f “ °‘ le w "“ ‘he color, ol M 77 ‘* u h lvv. Wilhthw which are still need o,^ wue exposed lo the uniform ‘U u ; rj plturrc hydrogen. The h fsl o “nHi of ness, while the second ,turned,a [T ’*“ W thin durability of the colon, pren, h bl#t ” 1| does not make the groutea, LTJ may nevertheless, be considered a, ‘ W ‘ O “, h circumstance. Wha, „ tn , re in fc B ‘ 1 in**, preserve, niter the Iff, of ma„, t|,„T,| h l ° Wh,cl ‘ *hu given birth, and .7 ° f *£ present to make our pamtors, ‘ pahets,colors that timec.nnot change “ g Ju fctr But again, tins la not the highe-t ! M. Becloire's invention to the pui.iic ,en<Ja “’ nos ““““to I* seen whether we cm fi‘r" 110 ” It re. manufacture which kill, person, who 2* ’ andlfwe eatupare civilization from ,i' l " plo i’ < ’ and in systematic murders, which„ red °” ,h *’ regal,., a protests against them. We aim .1 a d ° “ Cl *P<.!iii. invention and awards to it the honor, “, “* author, we hope governments will ,a ke b J its terdteta manufacture which will u... a " Ures mu. soon as it ceases to be any |n nger „ t .‘, Th Pi The Editor of the Cincinnati Con, m U. have his ears boxed lor the fellow, JaKn ” The felks on Sycamore street were 7 Jay, by a„ extraordinary exhibition ofT }n,e ” young lady, o, about til, y and an old *"“"*■ A about twenty-live, kissed each other a , Se,l,ie,na 'i n carriage passed down Sycamore sin 7 *‘ y ' lu Dl > uper/ the sweet amusement till they reach ;d t CUWi,l '* < ‘ lovtng couple will accept our thanks fe r ‘'i’tne, Love „ and friendship. My [rest beloved I—On the ‘ winch makes you both nappy bevon TANARUS,” “* °*’ ‘"T wnh usual JO y to the Ahntgfey • ° c * ’ 1 thing further. Now indeed, ctease your happine*. heaven must render s° “” \ our happiness resides in y„ ur hearts and * er cease. Bn. when you find „ ulhln(! ’ when the rapturous feeling poew-,,,,, ! drs,,f ’ oil your souls, let a, le, l!s , a B1(jr B ' achoill ' r fii , Friendship. weeps tears oryoy, and esnno, be.ru, pleasing dresmot assisting to m.ke von.a L h ,hf ffe not discharge it from such service. l hoppmess ; and what would be left ,o „ had 1'” T rng more ,n any way desire I The longing iuscs to part iron, , h e beloved that was „ d elr T our hearts, was the inventorof urns. Tbevlm rials of eternal duration ; l e , u, ‘ Z 1 symbol o, your love and 17unload? ? housand years ago, Zeu, le.s.ed the I mn , 0 L ‘ Olympus. On the gods taking ,be ir sea J , a contest for precrdence anionnst rhe ‘ , ,a * of Jupner V.rtue clan,,, J T ■ would no, yield to Vi,,*; and Friendship ,n s *ted * preceding both All heaven was throw!, mto co, ~un and the con,end,ng goddess presented dwT Z be,UW bamtniiffi’a throne I “ There j. ba, J Z bihty recognised in Olympus,- exclaimed the J j Urronos; “ and one law only by which the god. J sentence. She is the first who ..takes the men. • “ lhave won ! Love cried ou, (ntI J even my sister, Virtue, can promise her favonte do higher reward than me ; and what bliss I can lmwt Id Jupiter and all the divinities around him tesnfe “ And how long do these rapture last I” interpoaH \ irtue gravely ; “he whom my impenetrable tegis’ pro. tects, candispise even the terrible Fates, to which tit very Immortals themselves do homage. It thou tux boustol the example ol the gods, so, too, may I t* son ol Saturn himsell must lierome mortal wl, lie ceases to be virtuous,” Friendship stood aloot ol said nothing. A.d thou, my daughter” cried Jnpiter, not a word. W hat great things are thy tava mpa. ntised I” “None ol all these.” the goddess anjvfrni. and turned aside,that no one might see the tear that She wiped iron, her blushing cheek “While ihev are happy, they leave me, alone ; but they seek tar when they suffer.” “Be reconciled to cnch uiher,"the fath er of gods now said: “your's is the huresi stnie that Zeus has yet had to compose; but none of you are worsted in it My masculine daughter Virtue shad leach steadfastness to her sister Love; end Love shad make happy no favorite that has not Item led to lx, by \ irtue. But let Friendship step between you both aid answer to me for the eternity of the union."-ScAtiirri Correspondence with Keener SI MM AR V. * Mr. Clef, the agent of Louis Philippe hi made overtures to puichase the ( helsea House tu Grounda from the Winnissiminet (Mass.) Ferry C® pany, and has offered *IOO,OOO for them. It is a H spot. Hu Philadelphia Inquirer speaks of havingsen on 1 uesday a message from Mew-York, conveyed ok Houses’s Telegraph, and delivered ready printed) the electric agency and apparatus. ( Ihe Washington Union says there is not ti slightest foundation for a rumor,lately origiuaitii ini Richmond Enquirer, that Secretary MaicY will goo* as minister to Russia, &c. Ihe Charleston Cotton factory commfncfl operations in that city on Wednesday last; and c* talent hopes are entertained that it will prove the begs ning of an enterprise which will lead 10 resultsulato eficiai nature, not only to those who are flhaitiw.ot! in it, but to tlie geuerul prosperity of the common - !; a Kentucky judge, sum** yesi* * )C * was asked by an attorney, upou soute ruiini •Is mat law,your honor T he replied—” 7/a* understand herself, and think she do, it are /” Ail enterprising citizen of Charleston. S C has just received Ironi Canton, via Mew Vork, no® l Lmbassy to that country, six varieties of the ttedi lea Plant,together with directions foritsculiure. Tk seed resembles in some measure the amah sized go** artichoke. Jacob Astob was authorised to piucu** and hold real estate in Mew-York, by a special act c the Legisiatuie of that State, passed in 17tW. you sir,” said Lrskine to a dilator) tradea* man, “been employed to bund the ark, we should ** have had the Hood yet.” According to the census taken by the Frrwk Government in IH34,the Slove population ol the Island of Bourbon, Gauduioupeand Maiiiiuq it* win all ol whom ate emancipated by the isle Act and * Provisional Government oi France. Tlie white Uuon in the same islands was t*a f . r >46. tjT The most delicate coinpiiiiietit wo 01 Ma>ipertiUK,s Frsncii olhcer, who wus t the C*** Vienna, mid being introduced to Maria Thar** vtt asked by her if he did not think the Prince* de the most beautiful woman of tlie age l ” Madam,” said he,' 4 1 thought so yesterday UCf Judge Patton of Pittsburg, has decided when a man becomes an habitual drunkard “ IU * r ceiving mi apprentice, it ia sufficient casse h* th* h prentice to claim a discharge from bi indent***** try An immense haul ot 4000 rock-Ml w?l * on Wednesday night, at Freestone Point on il* mac. The lisli were very large and fine, one nig from 3to 4 feet—and sold at $4 per hundred llyb. Ity A man lately died in Ireland, of whom li ** liti Packet rrmnrks, he was a highly rssfictsM l' n * tlemai iol g *>J fortune, but by no means for Ins obsei vance oi lair or good morale tty fouse’s Telegraph is now in operation *j ( the Bergen shore of tlie lludsou and Philade I prints its own oommunications as tta’y sre i*‘’ vocabularyJVeu’m k Adterttscr. fOT The Chicago Convention, computed thtf human live* in the steam navigation oi the r ‘ IfiC a year. There are 3CMUO steam host hsiws<*’ uaily ex |need to the perils which river prove me nt would so signally diminish- tty A letter published in the Courrier l ****** that tlie Prince da Joinvilie, when st Oibr adieu to one of hit officers saying, “ Voj *’ , me s Lieut, on board of n American Jw ‘ , inf a few sh*t into some of thess crafr, H British tlest at anchor in *hr bay