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JOURNAL & MESSENGER. S. T. CHAPMAN <V S. ROSE. Editors. Marriage. Wherever woman plights her troth under the sky 01 heaven.at the domestic hearth, or in consecrated aisle? the ground is holy, the spirit ol the hour is sacramental That it is thus felt, even by the most trivial may be ob served at every wedding ceremony Though the mirth may be fast and furious before or after the irrevocable formula is spoken, yet at that point of time, there is a shadow on the moat laughing lip—a moisture in the firmest eye. Wedlock, indissoluble, except by an act of God—a sacrament whose solemnity reaches to eter>- nity—will a I ways hold its rank in life aswell as litera ture,as the most impressive fact of human experience in dramatic writing, whether of the stage or closet, the play of the novel. It must always be so. If govern ment with all its usurpations and aggressions, has ap priated history, let the less ambitious portions of our literature be Baered to the affections—to the family, based upon conjugal and parental love os that institu tion is the state which hitherto iu the world's an nals lias been little less than the sad exponent of hu man ambition.— Stele Development of tae Lungs. The following commendable hints are from Dr. Fitch’s late work: ‘.Much has been said and written upon diet, eating and drinking; but 1 do not recollect ever noticing a re mark in any writer upon breathing', or the manner of breathing Multitudes and especially ladies in easy j circumstances, contracts vicious and destructive mode j of breathing. They suppress their breathing, and con-! tract the habit of short, quick breathing, not carrying , the breath half way down the chest, and scarcely ex- 1 pending the lower portions ot the chest at all. Lacing ( the bottom of the chest also graatly increases; this evil, and confirms a had habit of breathing.— J Children that move a great deal in the open air, aud in no way laced, breathe deep and full.to the bottom of the chest, and every part of it. So also with most out door laborers, and persons who take a great deal of exercise in the open air, be cause the lungs give us the power of action, and the more exercise we take, out of doors, the larger the lungs become, and the less liable to disease. “In all occupations that require you to stand keep the person straight. If at a table, let it be high, raised up nearly to the arm pits, so as not to require you to su op ; you will find tiie employment much easiei—not one ball so fatiguing ; whilst the form of the chest, and the symmetry of the figure, will remain perfect. You have noticed that a vast many tall ladies stoop whilst a great many short ones are straight. This arises, 1 think, front the tables at which they sit or work, or occupy themselves, or study being of a medium height, far too low for a tall person .and about right for a short person. This should be careful’y corrected and regarded, so that each lady may occupy herself at a table suited to her, and thus prevent the possibility or necessity ot stooping.” Plunk Hoads. The citizens of Ohio, Michigan, and other Western States, are turning their attention particularly to the construction ot Plank Roads. The cost is estimated at from 1,400 to $2,000 per mile, including the grading and ditching ot the track. An article in the transac tions of the New Yoik Agricn'turai Society contains the following data in reference to the cost and con struction ot these roads: , “ The roads are const!acted with either a single or a double track. The single track is eight feet wide with plank, and as much more without it, upon which wag ons may turn out. The whole (sixteen feet) is graded at the rate of about 600 leet to the mile, or one foot in t welve. The road being first covered with clay spread evenly over it, sills are laid down at the sides, and the ends of the planks are made to rest upon these, and at the same time also upon the clay of the intervening road. The ends of the planks are not pinned or fas tened in any way whatever, care only being taken that t hey snail not lie in a straight line upon the sills, but irregularly, so as to give a better hold to wagons com ing from the clay on the plank roads. There is also a good ditch at each side ot tr.e road so as to drain it well. The sills are lour inches square, wiiich, being two, for a mile, would make 14,080 leet broad measure The planks are three inches thick, which would make 1*6,720 feet broad measure for a mile. Three inch oak p!nk is • ecidedly the best material, but hemlock and white pine are used when oak cannot be had. Oak is, however, worth fitty per cent, more than pine, for this purpose.” Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge. A correspondent sends the following to the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: “ iwo hundred head of cattle crossed this bridge on the 18th uit., in about two hours, in perfect saiety.— They were Iront Michigan, going to ail eastern market. A number ot this drove were oxen, weighing over 1,600 lbs. each. Sixteen of the drove were on the bridge in a huddle together at one time, their united weight be ing from 8 to 10 tons.” Newspaper Support. The editor of an exchange paper understands his business. Hear him;— “ Much depends upon the supporters ot a newspaper whether it is conducted with spirit and interest. 11 they are niggardly or negligent m their payments, the pride and ambition of the editor is broken down; he works at a profitless and unthankful task ; his paper looe--B its pith and interest, and dies. But on the con trary, if his subscribers are the right sort; if they are punctual, liberal-hearted fellows, always m advunce of the subscription list, taking an interest in increasing the number ol his subscribers, and now and then speak ing a word for his newspaper, cheering him on his course by smiles of approbation ; with such subscribers as these, he must be a dolt indeed, who could not get up an interesting sheet. With such patrons as these we would forswear comlort, ease, leisure everything that could possibly step between us and the gratifica tion of every lauadbfo desire on their part. We would know no other pleasure than their satisfaction. How much can the supporters of a newspaper do to make it interesting and respectable ! Indeed, without con curing eflbrts on their p irt, the publisher of a news paper will not, cannot, hestow the attention which is necessary to make it wi at it should be.” Early Toniatues. When the assistance of a hot bed cannot be obtained tomatoes may be succtsfuily started in pots or other suitable vessels, in a warm room. In this manner the maturation of the truii will be advanced a week or two and without involving any serious trouble or ex pense. “While the fruit remains greensays a recent writer on the management of tomatoes “ I have much facil iated the ripening by removing the large leaves from dense branches of fru't, and placing whiteboards behind them, so as to reflect the sun’s rays strongly up on them. With the same view, an English author of eminence, recommends tin. Tt e British fruit raisers consider a good wall for fruit equal to an advance of six degrees towards the equator. By planting the tomatoes in beds under a lei ice bril liantly whitewashed, orpainted white, maturation ot ♦he fruit would no doubt be materially advanced.— Frtquent and copious irrigation with soapsuds and cleanly cultivation, greatly facilitate the development of this fruit. — Scientific American. Valuable Remedy of 1m emferance—Doctor Schrieher.of Stockholm, Sweden, has succeeded in curing drunkards of their bad habits. He isolates the patient, gives hitn brandy and water to drink, prepares til ids food with brandy and water, aud mixes these with his tea and coffee. At the end of a jew weeks, the regimen product* an uncontroiable disgust and repug nance. A physician should, however, watch ihe op eration ior fear of apoplexy and cerebral congestion.— i One hundred and thirty-rune soldier* were so treated with perfect success. Philosophv of Dancing.—An ingenious French man has calculated that the space w hich a young Pa risian belle, who is fond ot dancing, traverses in the sa loons ol Paris, when only performing contra dance* amounts in one season to four hundred mile*! He has also estimated that a French lady fond of waltzing twill spin round in one night as often as the wheels of a steamboat revolve in going front Calais to Dover. tsr “We once knew an editor,” says a western pa yer, “ who was the father of ten children, kept live dogs, three cats, a pet bear, and four ‘ devil*.’ Dr. Franklin, speaking of education, aay e /’ If# man empties Ids purse into his head, no man can take it from bim. w An investment in knowledge al ’ ways pay* the best internet Inauguration Ceremonies* The following full and graphic account of the inter resting ceremonies observed on the occasion of the In auguration of PresidentTiYLOft, is taken from the Na tional Intelligencer. It will be read with interest : THE INAUGURATION. At the appointed time yesterday, the Inauguration of Gen. Zachary Taylor, as President of the United States, took place in front of the great Portico of the Capitol. The multitude of people assembled on the occasion, from every part of the Union, for the purpose of witnessing the interreeting ceremony, is supposed to have been much larger than was ever before collected in Washington. The weather was, upon the whole though the sky was clouded, as pleasant as could have been looked for in this particular season of the year. At ihe break of day the strains of martial music re sounded along the principal avenues of the city, and hundr ds of tar-Sj angled banners of every fabric and dimension were unfolded to the breeze. The bells of the citv .hen rang out a stirring peal, and long before the usua break as hoar the people were wending their way in immense masses to the Capitol. THi SALUTATION. At nine o’clock one hundred gentlemen, who officia ted as Marshalls, mounted their horses in front of the City Hail,and proceeded in a body to Willard's Hotel, lbr the purpose of paying their respects to Gen Taylor. Having been escorted to the long Upper Hall of the Ho tel, and arranged themselves in a line, the President Elect made his appearance, leaning upon the arm ot the Mayor of tlie city, and proceeded to shake the hands of the gentlemen present, as a return for their polite salutation. The Gen ral was dressed in a plain suit of black, and he appeared to be in the enjoyment of his usual good health. After the above ceremony was (sid ed, the Marshals retired to attend to their official du ties, and Gen. Taylor returned to his own apartment, for the purpose of preparing hiuiself for THE PROCESSION. At half-past eleven o’clock the Procession took up its line of march. All the arrangements were carried out according to the programme already published. The several military companies, of which we counted a dozen, presented an imposing and beautiful appear ance; and as'he procession moved along Pennsylva ia avenue towards the Capitol, many bands of music poured forth a variety ol martial airs. The carriage in which the President Elect was escorted, was drawn by four handsome grey horses, and protected from the pres sure olihe nutitude by the cavalcade of the hundred marshals already mentioned. The gentlemen who ac companied Gen. Taylor in his carriage were the Speak er of the late House of Representatives and the Mayor of Washington. According to previous arrangement, however, when the General’s carriage arrived in front of the Irving Hotel, where ex-President Polk is sojourn ing, the procession halted, and Mr. Polk was handed into the carriage, and a seat awarded to him on the right of the President Elect, who shook h"s predecessor cordially by the hand. The appropriateness and deli cacy of this movement was duly appreciated by the multitude of people who witnessed it: and thereupon rang out spontaneously nine long and loud huzzas. The procession resumed its march. Both sides of Pennsylvania avenue were thronged with human be ings, all the vvay from Willard’s Hotel to the Capitol grounds. Many of the roofs of the houses were also co vered, and every window was completely blocked np with heads. Old men and women, young men and maidens, and children too, by the thousand, were seen in every direction, and the cheers by which the excited ‘ multitude expressed their sensations o ,! the occasion were both hearty and frequent. The time occupied by the procession in reaching the east front of the Capitol was about one hour ; and, after the conclusion of the Inaugural ceremonies, the booming of artillery resound ed from one extremity of the city to the other. THE SCENE WITHIN THE CAPITOL. The scene presented by the interior of the Senate Chamber was highly impressive. It would be difficult in this or any other country to find a spot which in cluded within the same space more of distinction, whether we attach to that term the mere elevation of place and of position in human society, or that truer elevation which is the prerogative of men born great by the gifts of God. Look which way one would, there was food for the eye and lor the mind. To give to the fairer sex the precedence which be longs to them, we say, in the first place, that the semi circular gallery, reserved for the exclusive use of the ladies, was filled to overflowing long before the gather ing of gentlemen privileged to occupy seals on the I floor of the chamber. One cause of this was the pre- ! admission, by grace and favor, of the families of Judges 1 and Senators, who (on the penance of four hour’s pa- ‘■ tient waiting) were admitted by side doors to the best places !or seeing and hearing hong before less favored \ females could crowd their weary way up staircases 1 crammed to suffocation. It seems impossible, even in the most Republican Government, wholly to eXcfude or extirpate, in tegard to the fair at least, those vestiges of aristocracy which seem to be engraven in the nature j of man. In every Government, among every people, I place w ill claim its prerogative. Three ladies fainted ‘ under the pressure and the heat; and it is only nston fshing that so many managed to achieve an escalade of j the narrow, crooked, confined, ill-contrived stair, and ‘nade their way through the yet narrower door provided for the admission of ladies to the gallery of the Senate * chamber. The coup d’ ail, as the eye glanced along ihe bank of female faces, ranged as in an amphithea- 1 Ire, amid the rustling of silks and the endless flutter of thousand fans, was calculated lo elate the pride of an ; Vmerican jealous of the lame of his country-women. J V few, a very few, were admitted to Senatorial seats pon the floor, among whom we noticed the fair and .raceful lady of M. Bodisco. The chamber was filling fast with Senators, ex-Sen tors, and Members of the other House, when, the hour f eleven having arrived, a loud rap was heard, and the eremonies of the day commenced by a very earnest - nd appropriate prayer, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Sii > er, Chaplain to the Senate. On motion of Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, the Hon. ‘avid R. Atchison, Senator from Missouri, was clio . *n President pro tern, of the Senate. The Diplomatic Corps were next announced, and I resented,on their entre, the usual imposing spectacle rested by so numerous a body of fine looking men, ar ? lyed in that most gorgeous costume which European ’ sage has assigned to these represensativss of National ; overeignties. We see, in this country, so little of this ‘ irt of display, that when, on great State occasions, it j oes appear, it is sure to draw ail eyes. At the head of | le corps was M. Bodtsco, whose well-known figure, reel, military, and covered with glittering orders, at -1 acted the notice of all observers. There was the rep .•sentative of the Germanic States, a composed and age-looking man, with large epauletts and a rather lain uniform. Next him was seen the round, gentle manly, benevolent countenance of Mons. Calderon, the vorthy minister of the ancient monarchy of Spain, a I riped riband crossing his breast, and well becoming is portly person. A striking contrast to the embroid red splendors of some of his neighbors, Belgian and 4exican,(as we believe) was the comparative undeco- Jated figure of our old friend, M. Pouissin, whose glos ; y hair, piercing eagle eye, and ardent manner, could ot be mistaken. The corps is now’ quite numerous, ; f nd tilled a double row of seats on the left oi the Chair. ; Yhoir brilliancy appeared in fine contrast with the dark tobes and grave law-faces of the judicial body, seated opposite to them. Vice President Dallas had for some time been seen In the Chamber, easily designated by his snowy hair nd upright gentlemanly figure. He occupied a scat i front of the Secretary’s table, and lacing the seats of he Senators. By his side sat a preceding ex-Vice /resident, Col. Richard M. Johnson, whose reminis cences were possibly running back to the good old ;lnysof the Jacksonmn reign, but who seemed to look very good naturedly upon ail before him. Mr. Dallas was observed to retire ; and after a brief Interval, was seen re-entering the chamber in company with the Vice President Elect, the Hon. Millard Fill more, who looked in as tine health as we ever saw him, but not in better health of body or mind than alt who know his worth wish him long lobe. The future presiding Officer of the Senate took the vacant seat of his predecessor, where the oath of office was ad ministered to him by Mr. Atchinaon. The Chamber sinking at once into profound stillness MR. FUjEMORE delivered, with calmness and dig nity/be following brief ADDRESS. “ Senators : Never having been honored with a seat on this door, and never having acted as the presiding officer of any legislative body, you will not doubt my sincerity, when 1 assure you that I assume the respon sible duties of this chair, with a conscious want of ex perience, and a just apprehension that I shall often need your friendly suggestions, and more often your indul gent forbearance. “ I should, indeed, feel oppressed and disheartened, did I not recollect that the Senate is composed ot emi nent statesmen, equally distinguished tor their high in tellectual endowments and llieir amenity of manners — whose persuasive eloquence is so happily tempered with habitual courtesy as to relieve your presiding officer from all that would be painlul in the discharge of his duty, and render his position as agreeable ns it must be instructive. “ Thus encouraged and sustained, I enter upon the duties assigned me, firmly resolved to discharge them with impartiality and to the best of my ability ; but I should do injustice to the greatfu! emotions of my heart, if I did not, on this occasion, express my warmest thanks lor the distinguished honor that has been con ferred upon me, in being called by the voice of the Na tion to preside over your deliberations. “ It will not. I trust, be deemed inappropriate to con gratulate you upon me scene now passing before us. I allude to it in no partisan aspect, but as an ever-re - curringevent contemplated by the Constitution. Com - pare tlie peaceful changes of Chief Magistrates of this Republic with tiie recent sanguinary revolutions in Europe. There, the voice of the people has only bee n heard amid the din ot arms and tlie horrors of domestic ; conflicts; but here, in our favored land, under Ur* guidance ot our Constitution, the resistless will of the nation has, from time to time,been peacefully expressed by the free suffrages of the People, and all have bowed in obedient submission to their decree. The Ad ministration which but yesterday wielded the destinies o! this great nation, to-day quietly yields up its power, and, without a murmur, retires from the Capitol. “ I congratulate you, Senators, and I congratulate my country, upon these oft recurring and cheering evi dences of our capacity of self-government. Let us hope that the sublime spectacle which we now witness may be repeated as often ns the people shall desire a change of rulers, and tiiat this venerated Constitution , and tiiis glorious Union may endure forever.” GEN. TAYLOR AND MR. POLK. At 12 o’clock, the members of the iale Executive Cabinet appeared. Mr. Buchanan leading the wav, and occupied places on the leit of the Ex-Vice Presi dents. Ail things were now in readiness lor the appearance of the President Elect ; but rather a long interval suc ceeded, during which the procession by which lie was escorted was slowly wending its way towards tlie Cap itol. This space, however, did not seem to hang heav ily on the hands of any, save perhaps, a few, who, for the sake of seeing and hearing, had perched them selves in constrained positions, and whose patience, nevertheless, exhibited a marvellous constancy. — The rest seemed vciy busily occupied in conversation. Bird-iike voices weie heard chirping and twitteringin the upper regions of the chamber, while below grave speculations < n tlie present and the future seemed to oc cupy many sagacious looking heads, and ! 0 find an oc casional outlet info confidential eats. Messengers pas sed backward and fetwnrd : ejts turned from time to time toward the gieat door,anti to the cic< k aboveii. At length, however, the sounds of martial music begaa to be heard without,and the vicinity of the Piocessioic became nioie and more evident. Expectation was now at its height ; the great area was cleared; the hum which had filled tiie chamber subsided ;tlie great door opened, and the President Elect, in company with ex -President Polk ,enteied and took a scut which had been prepaid <or him ; Mr. Polk occupying an other ope*:, his left hand. 1 be appearance of Gen. Taylor is so perfectly unas suming, that many persons had repeatedly to inquire, b* fore they could assure thens elets that that was the mail whose name and deeds had filled the trumpet of lame, and won the love and the highest honors of fits count rynrcn. I he General saluted those near hitn with an air of frankness and good-will, and convfrsed for some time (in whispers) with Chief Justice Taney (probably as to the ceremony about to take place.) Alter a brief pause, the order of tlie procession was announced, and tlie company retired from the Cham ber of the Senate in the order prescribed in the pro- ; gramme, passing through the Rotunda to the Eastern i Portico of tiie Capitol, where extensive singing had been erected preparatory to the solemnity of inaugura- ; tion. t THE ACT OF INAUGURATION. Oil reaching the staging elected over the flight of stairs of the Portico of the Capitol, and standing in full view o! the upturned eyes of at least twenty thousand people, representing every State and Territory of the Union, the President elect pronounced the following admirable Inaugural Address. Elected by the American people to tlie highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take tiie oath pre scribed by the Constitution; and, in compliance with a time-honored custom, to address those who are now assembled. Tlie confidence anil respect shown by my country, in calling me to be tlie Chief Magistrate of a Repub lic, bolding a high rank among tlie nations oft lie earth, have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude ; but when I reflect that the acceptance of the office which their partiality has bestowed, imposes the discharge of the most arduous duties, and involves the w-eightiest obligations, I am conscious that the po sition which I have been called to fill, though sufficient to satisfy tlie loftiest ambition, is surrounded by fearful responsibilities. Happily, however, in the performance of my new duties, 1 shall not be w ithout able co-operation. The L-eislative and Judicial branches of the Government present prominent examples of distinguished civil at tainments, and matuied experience ; and it shall be my endeavor to call to my assistance in the Executive Depaitrnent, individuals whose talents, integrity, and purity of character, will furnish ample guarantees for the laithlul and honorable performance of the trusts to be committed to their charge. With suclt aids, and an honest purpose to do what ever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interesis of the country, the manifold duties devolved upon me. In the discharge of these duties, my guide will be tlie Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend. For the interpretation of that Constitution, 1 shall look to tlie decisions of the judicial tribunals established by its au thority, and to tiie pracnce ot tlie Government under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share in its formation. To tiie example of these illustrious patriots I shall always icier with reverence, and especially to his example who was, by so many titles, the Father of hib Country. To command the Army and Navy of the United States ; with the advice and consent of the Senate to make treaties ; and to appoint Ambassabors aud other officers ; to give to Congress information of the state of tlie Union, and recommend such measures as he shall judge to be necessary ■ and to rake care that the laws shall be faithfully executed ; these are the most impor tant functions entrusted to the President by tlie Consti tution ; and it may be expected that I shall briefly in dicate the principles which will control me in their execution. Chosen by the body of the people, under the assur ance that my administration would be devoted to the welfare of the whole country, and not to the support of any particular Section, or merely local interests, I this day renew the decl > rations I have heretofore made,and proclaim my fixed determination to maintain, to the extent of my ability, the Government in its original purity ; ami to adopt, as the basis of my public policy, those great Republican doctrines which constitute the strength of our national existence. In reterence to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction in active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency ; and in furtherance ot that object, t. e Military and Na val Schools sustained by the liberality oi Congress shall receive the special attention of the Executive. As American freemen, we must sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty ; but at the same time we arc warned by the admonitions of histoiy, and the voice of our own beloved Washington, to abstain from all entanghng al liances with foreign nations. In all disputes and con flicts between foreign Governments, it is our interest, not less than our duty, to remain strictly neutral White our geographical position, the genius of our in stitutions, and of our people, the advancing spirit of Civilization, and aixive all, the dictate sos religion, di rect us to the cultivation of peaceful and friendly re lations with all other powers; it is to lie hoped that no international question can now arise, which a Govern ment confident in its own strength, and resolved to pro tect its own just rights, may not settle by wise nego tiation ; and it eminently becomes a Government like our own founded on the morality and inielligence of its citizens, and upheld by their-aflectkins, to exhaust ev ery resort of honorable diplomacy, before appealing to arms. ltt the conduct of our fort'ign relations l shall conform to these viewport l.believe •them essential lo l die belt interests, and tile true Honor of the country. The appointing power vested in the President impo ses delicate and onerous duties. So fat os it is pos sible to be informed, 1 shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity, indispensable lequisites to the bestowal of office, and ‘he absence ol either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause lor removal. It shall be my study to recommend such constitution al measures to Congress as tnav be in cessary and proper to secure encouragement mid protection to the great interests of Agriculture, Commerce and Manu factures; to improve our'rivers and harbors; to pro vide for the speedy extingaishment of tlie public debt ; to enforce a strict accountability on die part o, all offi cers of Government ; and the utmost economy in all public expenditures,but it is for the wisdom ot Con gress ilscif, in which all legislative powers are vested by the Constitution, to regulate these and other mat ters of domestic poli y. I shall look with confidence to the enlightened pa triotism ot that body to adypt such measures ol concil iation as may harmonize conflicting interests, and tend to perpetuate that Union wiiich should be the paramount object of our hopes and affections. In any action cal culated t<> promote an object so near the heart ot every one who truly loves his country, I will zealously unite with the co-ordinate branches oi the Government. In conclusion, I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the good ness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance ot the same pro tecting care, wiiich has led us, from small beginnings, to the eminence we this day occupy , and let us seek to deserve that continuance ; by prudence and modera tion in our councils; by well directed attempts to as suage the bitterness whicn too olten inaiks unuvoida ole differences of opinion-; by tiie promulgation and practice of just and liberal principles, and by an enlarg i?d patriotisn, which shall ncknowcledge no limits but .hose of our own wide-spread Republic. At the conclusion of tlie Addles-, Gen. Taylor rook the oatii of office administered to hint by the Chic! Justice, in the following words: “I do solemnly swear that I will fnitliiully execute tlie office of President of the United States, and will, to the best oi my ability,preserve, protect,and defend, the Constitution of the U.dted Slates.” ‘Phis Address was delivered in a remarkably d ; stinct voice, and many pails of it were enunciated with a lull and clear emphasis, and enthusiastically responded to by tlie cheers of the surrounding spectators. As soon as the applause which marked the conclusion of the Address had subsided, the oath to execute the office of President ot tlie United States, and to the best of his ability to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, was, with due solemnity, administered to tlie President of the United States by duel Justice Taney. The President was then overw helmed with congratulations, Chiei Justice Taney and ex-Piesident Polk taking the lead. ‘Plie ceremonies at the Capitol were terminated by salvos of artillery, ami J the roar of which the Piesident and all assembled around him, retraced their steps, re embarked in the carriages, and escorted, as before, by tlie Marshals and the military, returned down tlie broad avenue leading from the Capitol to tiie White House, appropriated to tiie residence ol Ihe successive Presi dents of the United {States. THE ARRIVAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Followed by a vast concourse of people, the Presi dent entereii the mansion which he is henceforth to in habit, and there received, with his accustomed courte sy, t lie salutes oi some thousands ot peisons, passing in a long orrry in front of him, taking the ladies each by the hand, a ceremony which, from their great number, it was not possible tor him to go thiough with the mul titude oi the other sex. It is a circnmstance as pleasing to relate as it is sur- 1 prising, that, in so multitudinous a throng, on foot, on j horseback, and in carriages, no accident of any kind is , known to have occurred to mar the general enjoyment ol the occasion. Summary. “ Pour water hastily in v.mkl vritli a narrow neck, little enters ; pour gradually, and by small quan tities, and the veesel is filled.” Such is the similie employed by Quinctillinn to show the foiiy ofteaching children too much at a time. VsT P rofessor Mudder, who ltas been thoroughly investigating the potato, solemnly denounces it as an article of food, a\d says tiiat it is the “‘cause of the mor al aud physical degradation of tiie nations that use them. ZW* The Weather in Fiance is remarkable this winter for its mildness. It is marked for is severity be yond the Alps in the East. Tlie Italian journals mention that the lagunes ot V nice were covered with ice. At Constantinople considerable snow hud fallen. JuJT’ We understand that the Danish Navy is strong and a:ill increasing. They have five line ot battle ships m commission, more than 1,000 guns, and a! out 10,000 seamen affoai—n larger number of men than is employed .>y tiie United States. Z.&* The Austrian army wiiich now consists of 500- 000 men, is composed as f0110w5:—353,122 infantry, 64,524 cavalry, 31,815 niliilery, 40,000 baggage men, and 5,539 marine troops. This powerful army is to be increased to7oo,ooomen in March next. Z'W’ A Chicago letter of the 17th ult.,says— At the openingol the navigation there will be here in store three millions of bushels of wlieat to go for ward from Lake Michigan, which is double the quart tity ol any previous year. Out of tiie 1,737,597 persons who emigrated from Great Bnlian and Ireland during the last twenty three years, no fewer than 85"-i .564 went directly to the United States and it is probable, that a considerable proportion of die 736,303 who sailed to tiie Brilis-h North American colonies, found their way ultimattly to the United States. c if* The result of the rejection of all propostions in reference to California, will leave Gen. Peksifor F. Smith Governor, and it r? understood that Gen. Tay lor will assume the responsibility ot retaining him in that position, thus leaving that territory under a semi military government. Z W An exchange paper says : “We have often expressed ourselves, that if no other good come front the election of General Taylor than this, of seeing a humble Colonel ol the Armv succeed ing a President who made a war to re-elect himself, tlie good would be good enough. ur t lie number of paupers in Great Britian is j about 4,000,000,0 r a seventh of the population of the whole empire—ln Ireland, 8,300,000 ; England, 1,500- 000 ; Scotland, ‘2OO 000. Since 1816, tire people ol England have paid £200,000,000 lor the relief of the poor. The former nurse of the Emperor of Russia is a Scotch woman, who many years ago went to St. Petersburg asu servant girl. She became a nursery maid in the Imperial family, and was placed near Nicholas to teach him English When he arrived at the throne, he gave his children in charge to her, and promoted her to the rank of a general, which she now holds. , The Oldest Pastor in the United States.—The venerable Dr. Nott, of Franklin, Connecticut, receiv ed the visits of his flock, on the ‘23rd ult., to congrat ulate him on his having reached his ninety-sixth birth day. Dr. Nott was born in 1754. He was ordained and installed over la presentch rge, “ the Congrega tional Church in what is now Franklin, then Norwich, West Farms,” on the 13tli of March, 1782; and has consequently exercised the paetotal office during a period of nearly sixty-seven years. Tennessee Flour. —We learn (rotn the Chattanoo ga Gazette of the ‘23d ult. that between.fifteen hundred and two thousand bids, of Flour have been sent to the State Railroad within the last two or three weeks.— Thai paper also states that there is plenty of loading yet tor wagons to the head of the road, and more com ing in. Simi’le Justice. —Among the acts passed by the present Congresses one approved on the 24 th instant, giving Jive years’ half pay to the widow-: and orphans of every officer, non-commissioned officer and private, who served during the late war with Mexico, and was honorably discharged, or continued in service until the time of his death, and whose death was in conse quence of wounds received, or “ disease contract ’d within the line of his duty.” ‘This is due to the fami lies of the gallant soldiers who fell in the service of their country.— Sun. Bank Charters in New York —The number of chartered banks in the State of New York is 78, com prising an aggregate capital of $20,638,860, with an actual circulation ot $20,677,012. The charters of the nineteen of these hanks, with an aggregate capital of $3,760,000, expire within the next four years,and with in two years thereafter the charters of sixteen more, with an aggregate capital of $3,700,000, will also ex pire. “*■ ‘ ‘* s’ MACON, GEORGIA. I WEDNESDAY, |fARCS 14, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Lenti’k Concert. These distinguished Vocalists have been prevailed upon to delay their de|Wtture and give at least one Concert in Macon. They come to us with an Euro pean reputation of the highest order, and we are pleased to see that their pretensions have been fully sustained by the highest class of critiques in the Northern cities. The Editors of the Courier des Eints Unis, the Home Journal, the Philadelphia North American, the Cou rier !t Enquirer, and other papers of equnl merit, speak i;i the most exalted terms of their vocal accomplish ments. Madame I.eati, though finite youthful in her appearance, lias already won the highest distinction upon the Italian Boards. She is withal a lady of many amiable quali'ies, and every wav worthy of the patron age and encouragement of an enlightened and refined public. A Word to llotimekeepers. Housekeepers and all who are interested in cheap living, will not fail to notice the advertisement of Mr. Van Valkenburg, in another column. His Meal and Hominy are made from fresh corn, carefully selected and well cleaned, and are sold at prices which cannot fail to please, is they are full 25 per cent less than is charged generally in the streets. As his mills are in the city, and help to fill theTrensury and lighten the public taxes they ought to be liberally patronised. Splendid Original Paintings. Most of our readers have already noticed some flat, tering testimonials which have appeared in the pub lic prints, of the astonishing genius and artistic taste dis played !>y Mr. J. H. Tatum, a young painter of Alaba ma. Mr. Tatum is wholly untravelled and self taught in the nicer and more professional parts of the art; but he certainly possesses genius of the highest order, and remarkable aptitude for executing his bold and brilliant conceptions. He has recen ily completed three seperate pictures illustrative of three of the most remarkable Scriptural events. Thev are entitled the Passion, the Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Eeach painting isten by twelve feet, and the whole occupy 360 square feet ol canvass, and embrace forty figures as large as life. As these pictures are now on exhibition at the Metho dist Church, and will remain in the City for a few days, we take pleasure in giving place to the following ex tract from an extender communication, forwarded for publication, by Professor Bacon ol Lagrange, Georgia. Professor Bacon is a gentleman of taste, and having had an opportunity to make a critical examination of these works of art, his opinions are entitled to great respect. He says: “ A chaste beauty, perfect truth and lofty sublimity, chntacterize the whole woik. Every thing necessary to each scene i3 portrayed, while nothing unnecessary is introduced. Eveiy Biblical reader, at first sight of these I aintmgs, and uniniormed as to their import, would not only immediately recognize each scene rep resented, and discover the subject of the whole ; but be able to select almost every individual on the canvass, front the accurate delineation of their separate charac ters, in the outlines of their forms and features, and the expression of their countenances. We regard it as the gigantic conception of a gigai tic mind ; tlie successful i effoit ol a skilful artist. It has long been said that the South could not produce an artist; we can now boast! one of the highest order. Mr. J. H. Tatum, who is a native of Alabama, will henceforth be our Southern pride. Having seen his paintings, we cannot forbear this slight tribute to hissuperior merit. With the deep- ! est interest and best wishes for his success, we antici pate his future efforts.” The Augusta Manufactories. The Augusta Manufactoring Company, which has only been in operation for one year, some weeks since opened its Books, for the purpose ol increasing the Cap ital Stock from $160,000 to $200,000. This amount was at once taken, and the demand for the stock was so great, that we learn from the Chronicle and Senti nel that the stockholders have unanimously resolved to ! open their Books for subscriptions, to the amount of $160 ,0C0 more, with the view of building anew null by the side of the one now in operation. The Editor says: “The present mill is turning out 32,000 yards of cloth I a week, which will soon be increased to 50,000. The 1 demand lor these goods greatly exceeds the supply. I Each loom gives a prodret of 40 yards a day. There ! is amu supply of worthy females,and of males who seek employment at this important mechanical pursuit. : Their wages are good and satisfactory. All classes are beginning to appreciate the wisdom of bringing the 1 loom, and the spindie to the cotton, the bread and the meat; all see the folly of being at the useless and die enormous expense of carrying Georgia cotton, bread stuffs and provisions, to Old or New England, to be wrought into common goods, tor Georgia consump tion.” j Here, indeed, is a noble examplcof enterprise, wor thy to be followed by the capitalists of Macon. Wily i they imitate it, r will they slumber on listlessly until I they are far in the rearoloiher rival cities in the only! pursuit which can sustain and increase the population ol the place ? Is it wise in our people longer to close their eyes to the progressive tendency ol things? The cotton business alone cannot long sustain the place.— Besides it is not certain that we can retain even that, Griffin and Atlanta have sprung up on the Macon <fc Western Road and have taken from us some 40,000 bales Ol cotton hitheno tent to this market. A similar ! town and one perhapsof twice the importance ol either of tile aforementioned will in less than two years grow up at the point where the South Western Road crosses the Flint River. Money will be sent to that point as it: has been sent to Gi iifin, and, instead ol thirty or forty thousand sixty or seventy thousand bales of cotton will : he puichased there and shipped, as the Griffin cottons now are, direct to the sen board! Where then will Macon be without manulactures ? We are no alarm- , ists ; but we candidly believe that she will lose one fourth of her present population in less than five years ; unless some successful effort is made to develope the in- i dustriai enterprise of the place. It is useless for the j the holdens of realestate to quarrel with the rail roads and fret about prospective rail road connexions. It \ will avail them nothing even if they should be enabled j to dam up the current of trade. Macon will, Macon j must decline, and real estate sink to half its present value unless we imitate the examples of Augusta and Columbus. Every good cotton mill erected in the place would j support directly, or indirectly from 500 to 700 persons and there is capital enough in and around the place to justify the erection of at least one null per annum.— Will no one move in this matter—will the place be al- j lowed literally to “cite out” for want of a little energy ; —a little enterprise on theptret of our monied men. The New Cabinet. The nomination for the new Cabinet were trails- I nutted to the Senate on Tuesday last, and acted on the I following day. The following is the complete list: — J. M. Clayton, of Delaware, Secretary of State. VV. M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, Home Department. G VV Crawford, of Georgia, rVar Department. VV. B Preston, of Virginia, Navy Department. Jacob Collamer, ot Vermont, Postmusier General. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, Attorney General, i The New Congress. 01 the New Congress, there have been elected 142 members. There are 89 members yet to be chosen, viz: in Alabama, 7 ; Connecticut,4 ; Indiana 10 ; ; Kentucky, 10 ; Louisiana, 4 ; Maryland, 6; Mississip pi,! ; New Hampshire, 4 North Carolina, 9 ; Rhode ; island, 2 ; Tennessee, 11 ; Texas, 2 ; and Virginia 15 The election in these states will take place asfol | lows : Alabama Aug. 6 Nov. 5 l Connecticut Apr. 2 New Hampshire June 6 . Indiana Aug 6 North Carolina Aug 2 1 lowa Aug. 6 Rhode island Apr. 4 Kentucky Aug. 6 Tennessee Aug. 2 j Louisiana Nov. 5 Texas Nov. 5 Maryland Oct. 3 Virginia Apr. 24 Os the members already elected, there are 84 Whigs nnd 53 Democrats. In many ot the Northern States, there are already three distinct sets of candidates in the field. The Free soilers and Democrats have coalesced in Connecticut, and are making efforts to do so in New York. They will no doubt make common cause j against Gen. Taylor's administration. It remains to to be seen whether Southern Democrats will aid them in a war evidently waged against the President because he is a slaveholder. ’LW’ The Bill for the issuing of gold coins of tlie value of one Dollar, and the Census Bill, has passed both Houses of Congress. Arrival of Mr. Folk. Mr. Polk and family, and the Hon R. J. Walker, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, arrived in this city on Monday evening last, accompanied by a committee ol citizens, and were escorted to their lodgings at the Floyd House by the Floyd Rifles and Macon Volun teers. At 11 yesterday the hospitalities of the city were tendered to the distinguished guests by the Mayor and Aldermen and the Committee of Arrangements. Mr. Polk was next introduced to the citizens generally by Col. A. H. CitArrET., in some remarks compiitnrn t try to himself an I the station he had held. Mr. Polk's reply was brief and in quite good taste. After this formal introduction, the ex-President, ac companied by the committee, joined his family and tuite in the parlors of the Hotel, and received the salu tations of a great number of ladies and gentlemen, who seemed to vie with each other in th. ir polite attentions to the company. In the evening a grand “ Complimentary Ftie” came of! at the F ioyd House. Oi this, however, w • a;e Ln able to speak, as we were compelled to go to press be fore the company assembled. W- have every confi dence however that the display was entirely worthy of the place and the occasion, creditable ai:he to the beauty and accomplishments of our Macon laJies and the hospitality of the getnlcuien. Mr. Polk leaves th is morning in the Macon &. Wes tern Cars, escorted by a committee of gentlemen se lected for the purpose. The Inauguration—The Address. In our columns to-day will be found a very full and j graphic account of the ceremonies which took place on , the slh of March at Washington city. It is taken from the Ealioual Intelligencer, and is from the pen of one | who has had a latge experience in such matters. The i multitude asse > bled at Washington was larger than ! ever before witnessed on a similar occasion. The great object of attraction was tne plain, simple, unostentatious Old Hero, who has shed so much renown upon his country, and who has now been called to re ceive that country’s highest lienors. So great has been the enthusiasm nspired by General Taylor’s inilitaty achievements, and so great the admiration expressed for his personal qualities by all who have enjoyed the pleasure of a personal connexion with him, that thou sands were impelled to VV asiiingtoii merely to see the man and to have an opportunity of judging for them selves. Nor have they been disappointed. The Old Hero has shown himself equal to the occasion. His kind benevolence of heart and unostentaiious dignity of manner, his Republican simplicity and his lofty in tegrity, have made a deep impression upon the intel lect and the inoral sense of the nation. His Cabinet is composed ol men ol high attainments and of moderate political feelings. Firm in their opin ions and manly in the expression of them, they have nearly all received the highest honors ol their native States, and carry with them the highest reputations into the national government. To use the language of a coteinporary, “ It is a Cabinet, in part and whole, iden tified with the sentiment ol popular progress,committed to no exploded policy, and fully competent to carry on the Government wisely and successfully. In a void, *t is a Cabinet of the times, eminently conservative, while decided in political principle, and calculated to attract the confidence and respect ol th? country.” Ihe inaugural Address has also, in an eminent de gree, evinced the wisdom of its author. It is brief, but exceedingly comprehensive. It evinces labor of thought, but not of diction. Its terms are selected with especial reference to he ideas and sentiments which were in the nnnd and heart ol the author. It is as classical as it is modest, and as expressive as it is chaste. It pra nts no points for the criticism of his political foes, and the neutral presses are open in their admiration of its beau ties. Speaking of it, the Baltimore Sun, one of the most able of the neutral journals, remarks: “ This ad dress cannot fail to impress the reader with a conviction of the sincerity of its author; and in that profound sin cerity we may confidently anticipate the exercise of an unwavering integrity. The lofty principles of General Taylor’s character, his simplicity, benevolence,courage and magnanimity, constitute a basis upon which to erect a superstructure of civic fame more radiant and imperishable than his military renown. It is conceived with ability ; the style is felicitous, and the expression concise. It is true but very little is said, less perhaps than even the most zealous admirers of official tacitur- j nity expected. But there is no redundancy. Asa voucher for the general brevity of the documents ema nating from the Executive, duimg the period of Gen. Taylor’s administration of the government, it will lie no doubt as acceptable to the people as it is to te pre*B.” Under these circumstances, and with an impression thus favorable, Gen. Taylor enters upon his adminis trative duties. He has the resouices of Ins own clear head and pure heart to fall back upon in case of diffi culty. lie is surrounded by wise and safe counsellors, who, like himself, have the full confidence of the peo ple ; and we predict lor his administration a popularity not enjoyed by any Executive since the days of Wash- J iugton. Grid's of the Office Holders. Father Ritchie is certainly a genius He p ays his part to perfection. He is a “whale or weazel” as may suit the whims of his master. A few months ago the venerable organ grinder was brusque and warlike. His editorials bristled with bayonets, and a casual rea der would have supposed him to be a perfect emtiodi ment ot percuss,on powder. He exploded like a mass of ignited pop|>ers, and filled the 1 ltd w ith the lumes of “viliinoussaltpetre.” Alas! “Othellos occupation's gone!” the reign of arms has ceased—a peaceful ad ministration is in power —many woes have pres-ed hea vily upon the aged editor—his heart, once so warlike has grown feint and sickly, and his organ strikes a sad der, graver tone. We defy any one, Whig or Democrat, to peruse a graphic article in the Union of the 2d of March, without giving vent to tears. The venerable Editor is describing the parting scene between Mr. Secretary Walker and his officials. The interview, which it seems had been pre-arranged, took place in the library room of the Department. The kind and feel ing Chief Clerk, who always “carries his heart in his hand,” addressed the Secretary, alluding to the close of their official relation, &c. &c. ‘1 he Secretary replies in a neat and pertinent speech. The whole scene is thus most graphically and touchingly described by the Editor of the Union : “ The voice of the Chief Clerk was thick and husky with the feelings of his noble heart; and us the gen tlemen advanced, one by one’ at the close of the Sec retary's reply, to take him by the hand, each, in so do ing, giving utterance in a few words to the prompt, ings of his heart, the feelings of the Secietary, wound up to the highest pitch, could be restrained no longer, and the pt arly drops flowed thick and fast down those mamy cheeks, now wrinkled wit/i care and la bor in the service of his country. The sentiment was contagious, and there was scarce a dry eye in the as sembly, and you saw none emerging Jrom that room without visible evidences of his heart having been en gaged in the scene. They were tears of gratitude on both sides, and, like the showers of spring, caused flowers to spring up in the hearts of all,fr m seed which had long lain dormant, and of which the pos sessor had not even the knowledge until tie time and season arrived for their full development. 1 ’ What a description ! VVliat a scene! “Rachel weep ing tor her first bom,” could not have presented a more melancholy picture, than the Secretary anJ ms uilioia.s did on this “interesting and touching occasion.’, The latter were not only about to rmss the hand which had so liberally dispensed the government pap ; but the spoon, the dish, the pap and all were fast receding from their troubled visions. Why should not “the pearly drops flow fast and thick down those manly cheeks’ and “like the showers of spring, cause flowers of sym pathy to grow up” in the heart of OiJ Zac iiis new Cab inet Ministersi It tears avail in Heaven, why not at Washington 1 We are decidedly ot the opinion tin; the new admistratinn should take pity upon all concern ed, and particularly upon Father Ritchie. A little pap judiciously administered in that quarter, would have a most soolhing and consoling effect: Pithy Comment. The following is the comment, entire,of the N.York Commercial,upon Gen. Taylor’s inaugural:— ” We lay this address before our readers without com ment —for the sufficient reason that, in our judgment comment would be superfluous: or what the lawyers call impertinent. If there is a citizen of ihc United Stales, in the possession of his faculties, who cannot rightly appreciate a state paper so lucid and eypicit. theie is but one course left lor him—to go lo school im mediately. “But one single remark we feel inclined lo make The inaugural bears upon its face a plain assurance that the chief magistrate means exactly what he says, and speaks uuder the impulse of profound conviction arid fixed determination.’’ Later from £ another advance !*- f The Steamer America nrriwH mom, n* la* w, tlLive l e*mg nature. Th, ’ n,,'l <ken principally tro,,, °’ 1 Tl ~ Th * Through the early part 0 , 1 thede arture of the Euron-, J was most animated. 01 , the C- ■ snC , : I halts vv. re sold. Fre.n k , lh to J* -/ 1 lean advanced JJ ; Brazil, -hi . - M * d , Fr " m lke IS:,! 1 *!. I American, and 41,000 on c " av rfe ‘■ .he l*h,he market refold *<*.;/■ fate, and prices declined IJ „ nj , Inr *b; .■ i3rd scarcely reached Sl.ooo . I market was firmer, arid ihepr-*, ‘ ° ‘ ‘• -3-1 tjeir The qttotnti.n* 4*7 **■ * I Fair Uplands. 41, Mobile, lj . Q k ' ! ‘ a * - ■ ohhe week amounted to 30,95 j 1 I of trade in the uianujacturingd a B iaiactcry. ,iC1 ® u B ihe market for foodstuffs w - •>. I Co.w.Sa had declined, ted States 6’s were in brisk 5 fl Great Bl.tain-.-1,, the 1 Labucchere had brought ktv. a r d4 I modifier, tion of the British Nnv t lr P r *I>‘- ■ the coasting trade in Great } M onies, will be throw,, open to **(, “ i,h - 1 c,procure Mr. Bancrop,, it * * I reetproca 1 convention oi that charac-e 1 United States,should the p rowwp ■ I iaw. H ***** foj Tire total number of cases of c > I and Scotland had swelled to 12 *1!° m E -B proved fa ta I. ’ Ol France -The French Government foj , 1 engineers to examine and report upon J ‘ I cowries of the precious met.) is j n , 9 tiotial had decreed the ? present chambers. The new Assembly ‘ I atxiut the middle oi May. I Louis Napoleon was increasißa ln r . „ I the Assembly, in reply to the I Kollin, n,e M,natty intimated their mt- I knowledging the Roman Government ‘ I approving its acts or policy, at the „‘ ‘ 1 s.ng ns anxiety that the Pope should rr „ ::l h I position as a temporal Prince, as well ay ,1 ‘ ■ Che Church. Th. AwiuM, I unanimously passing to the next order and- I Confidence was gradually retuniin J- Vri ■ ‘■ queried at Hit. 6Uc. Italy A revolution had taken nine, n t I and the Duke had fled from the country ” \ al Government had een instituted hi ,| (e p !| The R-publicau feeling had attained a grer! J cxcie.net.t. Outlie 10th ot February the pJj formally deposed, the entire mde,wndence u ! Government of epuitual power formally de,..| and a Rep Ub | c proclaimed. Maseriv, had armj London from Vienna to settle the preumiuar.es of] mess with Lord Palmerston. 1 Austria —The Hungarians had shipped the I perm lists in several battles. fePAlff. In the C titles, the Ministry, in reply J resolution inquiring whether any propositk.n ha u e made to the Government for the sale or cession 01 C: replied tuai tliere had not, and it any s^l, made, it would notbcentertamiJ. Democracy and I’reesoiiisß Combined. The moment that Mr. Chase wa. cbosm to United States S* iinre front Ohio, the Democratic pi ses ol the South were particular tc announce tk; | was a Free Soil Whig. As is their u-ua! custom, i charged upon the Whigs the very rascality oi„ they w ere conscious . t being rem.y gudiy theos- .n It mmsout that whatever may have been Mr. Cub politics originally, fe was a violent ( ppotm t ot Taylor, and a prominent member of the Buff.lo u vent ion. He was accordingly repudiated ay the Vo party , atid elected by Dimuciutic tviet, as w,„ q pear from ihe subjoined table ot me baiioimgs first Ballot. Second. Third FeorJ j Thomas Ewing 41 41 33 | I Rneben Hitchcock 1 _ I J. R. Giddings 9 g 9 , Win Allen 27 J _ S P Chase 14 52 55 ! E. D. Potter 2 D. Disney 1 Vaughn _ Blank II 4 On the third ballot, (wo ballots having btea d-p i iled tor Chase h Jded in one, the baiioi was xtfcM P. P. Sp'ulding and Wnt. Caldwell, L f ■ elected Supreme Judges on rust ballot,each rec 51 votes. Pfinetiiai) Bliss, Free Soil, elrcu-d pnsret Judge Xt\ ih Judicial Cucuit, leceiving 66 wtat fiist billot. From tiiis table, ii appears. 1. 1 hat the Wings, as a body, voted dun:.- L; n tire for the Hon. Tho. Ewing—j uia.i ■ is known to be hostile to abolitionism and tae presri agitation .f the Free Soii question. 2. 1 hat even the Free Soil Whigs did not sn;-i Mr. Chase, having in a body voted lot Joshua E 0 ‘■ dings. 3. That alter the first ballot, Mr. Aixes’s Di-t <H ic suppoiters went over to Cha -l, hi a ooaV, secunug his election. 4 The election ol’ two Democrats to tite Sup’rs Bench, and of a Free Soiler as Pretiient 14h Judicial Circuit, beyond doubt, proves IK td ence ol a coalition betweeu the lLmoerats aai 1 Free Boileis. Wnetli r the Free Soilers boug!ii up fne D.'in ic party, or the Democratic party bought up tn-H Soileis, is not a matter of great consequence 1 fact is established, beyond ail doubt, that the woo suppoiteJ Gen. Cuss in O lio, diJ so uadertK* conviction uiat he wusa Free Soi er at heart, a: * ’ he would favour their nefarious purposes 1.1 ; 1 slavery. What, then, is to be said of those Su- 1 mail and Southern presses that are striving w- -* the people into the belief that the Northern V - are the natural alina of the South ? Surely, su;- ■ would be much better engaged in dealing with their trends, than in publishing iitx- Ntirthern men who have become citizens ot tae'- , “ ern States. Gen. Taylor and the Hible. We have already mentioned that the ladies ui Fr c fort, (Ky.) had presented the President K eel, copy utme Bible and the Cos istitutton oi tne I- l! Slates, bound together in one volume, Jne the parted the ladies was a Significant one, b ‘ ll deiiciteiy and beautifully conveyed ! In res**®* Rev. Mr. Robinson—who made the preseataiw' * dress on behalf of the lair donors —the old aero f*r as follows: I accept with gratitude and pleasure your fit* 0 inestimable volume. It was for their love o! it* v of this great and good book that oar futners abanj‘ their native shores for the wilderness. *4 nl ted by its lofty prin iples, they to led and - uil the desert blossomed as the rosr same truths sustained them in their resolution w come a tree nation. And guided by the this book they founded s government unJer wtli hate grown from three millions to moie than * millions ot peop e,aud from being but a borders of this continent, we have spread lantic to the Pacific. I trust that their prioci,'*- erty may extend, ii without bloods ied,froiu i ern u> the Southern extremittesoi tins coin- 1 “II there were in that book in ihmg but .t-fc cept,“All things whatsoever ye would tlmt a* ll do unto you, do ye even so to them, anJ l * a were obeyed, our government might whole continent. . .... ii wb.cl “Accept sir, ny thanks for the kind man • you nave discharged this duty, a* J d e *P r my sineerrst tiianks to the ladies tor me - te I pray that health, peace and prospei. continued to them.” Earthquakes in CaWorni*. An article in the Philadelphia > • sneaking of California, says: i:,.u our .bepolJ maniatf.ll <1 emigrant friends will discover *“?! *” r P,, be ninth t in California, winch will. I- e*n.- itieir liking—namely, that a wa g g-org■ s“nr •4 takes. At Vl •tilery, ace wdtng w . v vtrt* soil, no less than one hundred >“ ■ ;, ,ur euui not iced during the two * < r * merof 1841. Most u. tb,... very slight ones ; but m prool ■•** ™ lbe u so, Sir George speaks as hiving tar ih a ui*W besides shattered churchy, ■ £ depth. rrtU or so iu length, anu 30 or 40 teei of a recent eaimquukc.
