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TIIK ELEGANT FELLOW.
All-" The Charming IFomori.”
Sew young Vernon legoing to many,
Wktt ■ number of hearts In* will break.
Ti« a capital match Upom Carry,
AmI •!«•**• dying of fora for lit*
Of food lock n't a piece quit" uncommon,
Ut ike epliefol *ey all ihei ih-y cm*;
Foe we know *W# * charming womnn,
And Ira'en most elegant min’!
Y«e, Indeed, he’* n mo*t elegant fellnw,
Bwtl'm laid ho'e • moil drt|mreie Atm
And I'm milter afraid for hi* Inly,
That bet frelinge will sometimes ba hurl.
Of coquetting. Int never item
With every fra.lt beauty base*.;
Hut them slate, they ere eo much admirerl,
They've • right to do just a. they j'l»e»«*
Yea, indeed, lie*, an elegant fellow,
And he'a got turh beautiful hak*i
So long, *o straight, and «»«los»y—
Quite a love of a heed, I declare;
It quite ever, his ear. and hie collar,
And can’t fail all his partner# to strike;
Foryim know that ihesu elegnnt fellow.
Wear their hair just at lung as they like.
W \ 'ggrMf gsro variant
t an
His’coat fits as if glue.1 to hi. .bouhlers,
And is cut with such rsqu'.it taste—
Hut then Ire's a beautiful figure,
And ho has such a very small wni.i:
Though they sty tbit the last is produced
By matting thot* belt hsukiag alnyt;
And na for hitcltjflK.l nmoeitain,
That he'll pay foftHtm one of thcao daja.
He haa such n sweat pair of mu.tar.hios,
That curl with aoch eaqulsltegrate,
li... .1— .... I. 'natal ilu.m lit,it hi.
You can't sea a bit of his face.
In the army ho never has been,
< Which, perchance, Is as well as it Is.)
Hut, then, that same jmlr nf muslnchio.
Make people hellote thul he is.
He has several bachelor coniine,
So handsome, to gey. end so funny,
Whom ho cannot well cut when he martlet,
For I'm tnld iliac ho owe* il.vm all money.
Ob! girl*, my dear glrl«, bn advis.il,
And you'll never repent ufilie plan,
However hard up for an offer,
Nkvsn mmt am Kt insst Man!
THUnsDAY, A 1*11 If. «, 1841.
CITY OF WASHINGTON, l
April 4 1041. {
An all-wist Providencehuvlng suddenly removed
from this HIr, William llonry llarri.on, Into I’n si
den*, or the United Slates, we liuvo thought it
duty, In Urn recess of Cnngrra., and in tho nhsenci
or the Vico Prostdent from trio .■**» or o.... t
merit, to make this afflicting hou-avoment known n
the country, by this' declaration, under our hand*
lie died nllbo President'. House, in this city,
this fourth day of April, Anno flumini. 1841.
thirty miuutes lerfum one o’clock in the morning.
Tho People of tho V. State., overwhelmed, like
oursehrs, by an event so unespocted and so ninlun
cho'y, will derive consolation from knowing that Ills
death wuscalm and resigned, ns hi. life has beer
patriotic, useful, and distinguished 5 nnd thit tin
lust utterance of hi. Ups expressed a fervent desire
forllm perpetuity of the Con.lltotion, and tho prra
rnation of it. trua principle*. I» death, a. in lifo,
the htpphtess of hi* country wni uppermost in Ids
thought*. DANIKL WEBSTLR,
Secrotaiy of Slate.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary uf the Treasury.
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of War.
J. J. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General,
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
i'tvm Ike Ant York Ale*meg Pott,'id met,
MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL.
11.0 meeting held at Tammany Hall last ovaotog
was «me of thu most crowded ever assembled at that
dace. Tim people came together at an early hour
and filled all the looms and passages. Tha density
if tho multitude, the unanimity and fervurof fee”'
mg which prevailed, were like what we used lowl
nv.i in times when the democratic party carried the
city by e majority of several thousands.
Mm meeting being organised, Charles Graham
read tho report of the Nominating Committee.
Wlten lie pronounced the name ef Robert H. Moi
ris, at tho democratic candidate for Mayor, lie was
interrupted by loud nnd long continued aeclame
lions. If Mr. Motris had been present he must
have brun intensely gratified at the onihusinsm with
which tho pvoplo have taken up Iris cease, or tether,
we should ssy. llm higher cause of justice and the
public morals outraged by kis removal from office
for party conies.
In fact the nomination <d Mr. Morris was not
arrangement uf the nominating committer. It wa.
lemnnded by llio |>oblic, and llm committee, in pre
riling it, merely obeyed tho public voire. There
•ver was nn rxprrssiun of gratification morn spon
aneous, lieurty, and universal limn the shouts ol
■plausH w itli with h it was received.
Mnj'ir Deviate nddressnd tire meeting. He told
tlu-rn that liu did not rise to hold an argument on
tin*question connected with lira approaching elec
tion; tin dny for agreement hadgnno by, discussion
was eshou.trd, nnd the time fur action hnd arrived.
He gavn a inief revinw nf the doublings and turn
wfthewtitg puny Iu»m>h|u, iIm Ufmny nf tin*
-lection fraud.of 1888, ami to aav# their leader,
from piinithmeol. Ho dwelt upon tlm removal
Mr. Mnrriaby a svrnt vote In a drilled Senate.—
*1 hey hurled him from office," .aid lie. "but they
brew him into llm arms of rhn peop.'o. They dug
a pit for their victim and tha magic power of popu
lap opinion he. transformed It into a pedo.tol for
Ills fame." Iln eshoilrd them to do their duty
manfully at lire next election,
italic ciilren," mid lie, "resolve tint ho will oxer
Im hi. right of suffrage at whatever sacrifico. Go.
my fi lends, esily to tho pulls; go with the first Ugh*
■filay; let llm oponing of the poll, find you already
m tlm ground; let n democratic voto bo in every
wnrd the first that i« given, and at tho close uf the
ilny, N't it ho the lust that is thrast into tho balloi
boa." At rvnry point made by the eloquent .peak
rr—and Id* speech was a perfect galaxy of points—
there lost' pen I. uf applause. At tho close he read
ilm resolutions published in another part of our jib-
oa go tu a circus,you can’t sea anything. Why.
'va gone tu a circus hafore now, when 1'vn beau
o drunk that 1 couldn't vet tha horses go round.
(Roars ofltughtar.) I want one* to sae a balloon
go op, by a man called Durand. Well, I went on
to drink,and ( got irffisted bafora lint balloon did
And tin* boys .aid, " thrtwfoe* tha balloon." and
to look for it, and I Was so drunk, I fell over
hank 30 foot, nnd never saw the balloon, but tore
my breechos most off my back."
FIRE AT CUMMING.
A firabrukoaut in Cumming, Forsyth county, on
thn morning of thaS7lb, which con.umed snvun
buildings bofarc Its progress could bn arrested.—
They were tha property of Messrs. Dooly, Sharp
*nd Smith, whose l-i.s is eslimaloJ at $2,509-
It is supposed to havo been the work nf un incur-
diary, and an individual has boon arrested upon sus
piclon — Alhtni Whig.
per,
which worn unanimously adopted,
T1IKATHF..
We huvo been greatly delighted with tho nxliibi.
lion of Mr. Tasi.tru’f tragic jmiwits during tlm past
evenings. We were prepared to expect superior read
ings from ona nf Mr. Tasistro's acknowledged repu
tational a wilier and scholar; and from his envin.
hie position as lists must finiilunl lecturer and anno
rator upon the genius and writings of tlm immortal
bard—but wo were not prepared for so much histil-
onic powers—so inlimato a knowledge with tho
rainutla of lha singe—In short hs far excooJcd our
expeditions as an actor.
His "Hamlet" was a display of that rare order uf
genius which delights in boing aide to gru.p * sub
jecl of mighty power ami intellect, uml feel no umber]
nusment in rendering to the deep ami philosophical!
apbtillMi with which it almonds, tho .justico it do*]
stmnds. Ilis Othello on Tuesday wns equally attcJ
cessful, and left tlio impression upon Ins uu-iitors
of the profound study and research of thouctor. Hi
nicely discriminated between jealousy utul rage—
ho did not at onco suspect, and render himself the
tool of tha crafty"! ago," hut suffered ilm poison
gradually to show its effects, and then, joulou.y,
despair, and revenge wore powerfully painted.
The celebr. led speech—
"0, now, forever, farewell tho tranquil mind,"
was full of pathos nml feeling. Tho sudden Itutisj
lion to rage, when, seising “iago," ho exclaims—
' Villain! bo sure you prove, Ate." was excellent!)
marked and givou. Wo have porliups dwelt too
much upon tho beauties of Mr. Tasistro's uctlng.
without noticing faults, for faults ho has. but they
are such as lime, and more experience with ilio buti
nets of the stage, will entirely remove. Tho Com,
pany generally. Iinvo acquitted ihamsolves witli on
tire aatisfaction in lha audience.
To*night Mr. Tavistro gives u« nnmher Shak
poarian character,—"Skylark." Wo aiuicipnta a
rare and intellectual banquet.
Wright II"wke*, Mr. Hunt, E. J. Roberts, of
Mtrlngvi, mill •ihn*, .JJfwtsd ilia au,|jonco with
,|, nt hreviiy and effect which suits beat wills such
urge ns.ombiies. The chairman, Mr. 1'urdy, of*
feirdllio ro olutiun in enmmondatiunof Mr. Vari
an, which appears in the official account of the pro
eroding..
This just irihuto to tins merits of an nhlo mngii
unte, nnd nn honost man, waa seconded hy Mr-
liuiler in n speech, which was listened tu with
great interest, nnd interrupted with frequent op
|duuscs. The resolutions was carried amidst loud
acclamations.
GREAT MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY
AT TAMMANY HALL.
DKMUCKATIC liltPUDMCAIt COtlNTT IICtTtNO.
Tho meeting was called lu order by John V Greer
field, E*q. who nominated Elijah F. I’urdy, as Chair
nnn. On motion of Geo C Morgan, Esq. ilia follow
ng Rimt omen were appointed Vico Presidents J
E II Nioull,
Puter R Warner,
1 lieophilu* Peck,
.1 allies E Holme.,
Richard McCarty,
Wm B 1’eat.on,
Elia. L Smith,
James Z*i<*»
Rornnrd Sheridan,
John D Everson,
William.Denman,
fl A Goodrich,
Robert Beatty,
Daniel F Tieman,
Samuel Nicholls,
Gilbert Couunt,
Orville J Nash.
On motion ofStophen Harris, Esq. the following
gentlemen were appointed Secretaries t 1
Thomas I' Hart, Horatio N Fryatt,
Robert D Hoyd, Edward Patterson!
Suinucl F Cowdrey, L P Jordan,
Andrew Connolly.
Charles Graham, Esq. presented the Reportfrom
tlio Democratic Republican Convention.
Tlio report was accepted, and tha nomination
8i
The Speakership.—Tho wliigs hove already
itaned aevornl cawLdalesfur Ihe office of Speaker
o ihe House of Representatives nttbe extrnonlinn
session. Foui names oru suggested in the United
tat>-s Gazette—Mr. Dnwtun, uf Georgia; Mr.
Briggs, nf Mus.acbutr.is; Mr. While, of Kentucky;
and Mr. Cost Johnson, of Maryland,—to which the
Commercial Advertiser adds those of Mr. Cushing,
nf Massachusetts, and Mr. Wise of Virginiu.—jV.
Y. Eve. Pott.
OUR MINISTER AT PARIS.
Gen. Cess, our Minister in Franee, gave a tpl/n
did felt nmlio birthday of Washington, which wii*
ilUmdrd by about 1000 persons, including all the
Americuns iu Paris. Tho apartment* were snlen
ilsdly decorated and filled with a brilliant assembly. 1
The prime minister of Fiance. M. Guixot, M.
Thiers, C'uunt Molo, tho Ambassador* uf tho vari
>ius Court* of Europe, exce;* Lord Grenvii.o, of
England, (who was represented hy his Secretary,
Henry Litton Bulwer) and many other distinguWI
ed persons were present, en eotlume.
And how did bn succeed ?"
Why,hut badi> at first. Hi* awkwardness
timi'lssy stood in l.i* way; few capicud any thii
of birr.; and sumo even ridiculed hisnt <>mpts |i
succeed. H -l he found a friend. Fronds are riot
such bad thing* after all, my dear. Hi, fiimd
aided in bringing him out, and. utter too." years *jl|
urtty, Iw suddenly but*l forth ujmt, theuoiid]
slur of the first imignitude. His losiss's* r.ipidly
ineren.ud; bo buentne a member of I'urliuiosni;
tbsm solicitor gencrel; then Sir woltn Scott—uml
"Then wlnrtl"
"Lend FIdiluti.nn.l Lord Chaucull/^ijf Englutid."
"And WllriamV"
"Was ma-le a.judge,and beenmo L-snl Stowcll.”
"Roll, I<oicl*f 11
“Nothing more nor less, my dear girl. And the
drcrco of thn on* wus na s ight and irreversible os
those of tilt Minus; wbilu the decision* of the otlmi
are splendid monuments of bis genius, acuteness,
und w isdom."
"Well, perbups you may succeed. You a<
tninly sntiBuino unough—ind confnlenco is half the
bottle." / -
Ponunlquia pone vilenlur. Yooneknow lolgo
so tr.nclt. do you, my sap’ent littio councilloiT Uui
you were spooking of tesla, Rosalie. Now, as to
ibis matter. I would udlncn the opinion of Lord
Chancellor King, (1 Kke.licsc gruutnuines,) whose
motto was."—
"What I”
'Labor ipte tola plat.’’
"Really. 1 urn niutli tlta wi,er."
‘•Which boing interpreted, doth signify, (s* tny
Lord Cuku would »sy,) Lubur is of lUelf o j-lcu-
“Thoro is no contending agauni such xu'hotilies.
"You givo up, then, do you?" said Eugene luugh
ing.
“Bill stop!" said Rosalie,"because Scott became :
Lord Councellor, and Sherman Chief Justice, it docs -|-| l0- J r flbraoi', Bulloch,
SHALL I SUCCEED I
a Lett rn >n Lire.
"Hope ever gelt the beet of diet ml."
"We must part then," said Rosalie—'Ms it so?
Alt, Eugene, I confess, I tten-blo fur you. Thrown
out under such clrcumstauces, ut this lima of life,
push your way in ilia world—what toils, disnp
"Let every denm p,dnim*nts and suffering* may await you! What
chance can there be for the young, poor and friend
less, where prosperity laughs at misfortune, power
tramples upon weakness, and tomptntioa preys up-
-••■experience."
"A dreaeful picture is that you have drawn of the
treat world, my dear Rosalie," said Eugene smil
ing. "Suppose we view it in another liglnf Let
us cmiiidcrll as onu vast and glorious amphithen
re, upon whosa arena,genius, industry, exortioa,
-ind intent, are atriving fur the rewurda that await
ha moreiorioui."
'And how many hearts" rejoined Rosnlio, sadly,
'tiro broken in the conflict? How many are trod
down by jostling aspirants? If one succeeds,
ret bow many fall? Besides, others havo friend*
tu help them on, you have none. None but one,
and siio can only aid you by her prayers. Others
Imvo wealth, you nro poor. Your path Is solitary
before you, Neither influence nor fortune smile*
upon it.
"It is then under the most favorable circumstan
:e* that tho greatestand most tuccast ul character*
tra formed!" replied Engine, proudly. "Thooak
if the mountain forest is not nurtured in a hut
house, but strikes its roots and roars its branches
amidst thn winds and storms of its nalivoskio*.
Look around you Rosalie. la it tlio nursling of
wealth or fortune, who liaabnen dundlod into man
humi on the lap of prosperity, who enrrius nwny
thn world's horrors, or wins its mightiest influrncu?
Or, is it not rather llm man whoso earlier years,
like mint, were scarcely cheered by a singlo prof
for of aid, or smllo of approbation, nnd who has
drawn from adversity tlm elements of greatness?
You tnke it for granted, that 1 shall be weak, unsuc
cessful, unfortunate. I have the confidence to be
Have 1 shall be neither."
"You know not tbe future, my dour Eugene.
How many misfortunes muy be in store for you!
And at tlie best, how much toil, how many nnxit-
tes, bow many sorrows may cluster around your
destined path, and must inevitably attend upon the
duties and difficulties of the most arduous of pro
fesshms?" 1
Out upon thee for a bird of ill amen!" said Eu
gene, laughing. "Do you not know that fortune
ever flees tho luini limit? And as to difficulties,
the greater the obstacles tho greater the cunquost—
tho greater the glory. Yuu speak nf sorrows—they
are, in a degree, the common lot of all."
"But moat have friends or other blessings, to aid
in beat ing thorn."
ooi follow that you ate to ha’
" Lord Councellor or Chief Justice? Not at uli
my dear. But it doe*follow,lapprdiend,that with
my industry and good f rtuno, I miy, in tho 'for
west,’ pinvido for myself nnd Bosnlc, n home nnd
a livelihood. So good l,yw! don’t cy, now. God
blest you, tny dear git I?"
Tho Committee af ten appointed at a meeting ol
the Young Men's Democratic Republican Astoci
.lion held on Tuesday Evening last, to select Dele
gates to tho Convention in May next, report ihuful.
owing list of one hundred persons as a suitable
representation of Chat ham County on that occasion
John W. Anderson, l’rea't. of the Ats'n.
Gro. J. Bulloch, *1
MKwiii-, }*•-““
J. R. fitly.
Wm. H. Stiles,
.1 (ilm Millen,
.lolio Bilbo,
K D Arnold,
David B Anduison,
Jacob Bostick.
John Boston,
Wm II Bulloch,
(J E Barrio.
W J Bulloch,
Thus N Box,
Snm'l 1* Bo'l,
Win Gaston Bulloch,
W C Butler,
Madame Ileelell,—This In ly vas yesterday re
mamlnd to prison by Judge Ingli*. vho said that he
should not in ter lor a with the course which tho police
magistrates might think proper to take in her caso.
Tho Imil demanded is $31100, wlich lin* not yot
been given, nnd Mr*. Rnsitdl of cutrto still rcinuint
In the "Tombs.”—N. Y.Sun.
ScJuclien.—W'n learn Irom tli) Albany Atlas
tin 1 pnrticulxrs ofu seduction,which lurpa.st-s in cool
villainy any tiling that wa have /tunrd uf in mnn-
limo. A company of young persons were nssem
bled, nnd after some amusements, sham marriage*
wore proposed. Sutpe three or four sets were unit
od.as the ^irls-suppose,] in jest, by n Mr. BnnJ. J.
Hicks, anotlior con,ion of the reducer, umougst
whom were Miss 11 oflman nnd - William Hicks.
The hour for brouking up of Hie party having ni
rived, Mil* Hoffman, with her room mate, a Mis*
Eliza Ann Lynk, retired to bed,’ the latter li-ivvover
not undressed. Hicka'snon afW enmo into the
room whan Eliza Ann left itwKh tho light, lie
then, against tbe lOnmrisirances of .Miss Hoffman,
snt down upon tho bed nnd endeavored to p.-rsundcj
her that limy were legally married—informing horl
tlml tlio eoiiain who had performed tlio ceremony]
waa a Commissioner, ‘n't.-d that hi* nets,
wore binding. Situ resisted his importunities!
and lio retired. Tito cnsuingdny, the relatives,
wilt mala and female of Hicks, attempted to cun
vinca her that sho was married to him and klrould
receive him ns her husband. Tha real or pretend
ed opinion of two justicotnf penca wns introduced
to prove tho validity of tho marriage, nnd that]
night ho attempted again to room with ln>r, hut was
finally repulsod. Thn next, bv permission ofhisj
friends that sho was irrevocably hi* wife, nnd by!
Ids profession* of attachment und premise to lake]
ii.-r homo to her parents, and if her fattier wasdisj
satisfied, ha married hy a clergymon, she became
his victim, and lie accomplished his brutal put I
piiHA. Thn next dny ho boasted of hit euceettandi
left the country. _ j
The jury brought in n verdict of $‘2500. which]
waa received with a loud hurst of upplau-o from the]
oxcited tiudionce, and tlio youth, imiil('sty,arnl high]
standing of the young Indy, the mortifying circum
stances under which sho appeared upon the stand ns
a witness—tho unblushing impudence of her sleatroy I
or—tho boldness and tffironlery of Ids associate* in!
crime—nil, will linve a tendency, it is hoped, to]
diimn iiim und thorn,[tosay tiutliitignftliu females,]
William, Samuel, Dry, and Benjamin I. Hicks,
ailing infamy.—A. Y.Sun.
"True. 1
"But you, If you fall—if your fuvorita object
eludes your grasp—if your vision of ambition flee*
before you, or vanishes away—if treachery betrays
concurred in un.nlmoutly, And with lha tno.t enthu8 an 'l w —- n you—«rb.t bum you then Im con.*
. .. . - • •• «•« ■ ,ion1"
siuslio cheers. Mnjor Davizao, tlio aid ofGenerol
Jucksnn nt the bait lu of New Orlean*,then addressed
dm meeting in a stiain of eioquenco and Democrat*
ic sentiment, that called foitb repeated and long
continued clteeis.
Tlm following resolutions were then unanimously
itopicli
Uvsiilved, That undismayed by the result of tho
lulu l'residentinl clectiun, aware too of the unholy!
tnruitsltv which success has been obtained bv our]
idvt-isnrie*. and reposing undiminished confidence]
in llm viit'ic of thu American ponplo, wo are dotur
mini'll at tlm ensiling contest to use every exartinn]
tn nveil fromuurcity llm calamity of Iteing placed
under llm swnv of a Federal Coiporation. I
Bosolvcdi Thul every tneosure, every declaration^
every nppninttm-nt of the Now Administration, lini-W i emi, said Rosalie, smiling,
confirmed the gloomiest foreboding* inspired b)B ' J* u ™ph. well, never mind;
“Hope, Rosalie—hope, and your awoet seif,"
"Nonsense!—this is nonsense, Eugene."
"By your leave, no: and sosaysihatsmilo,whirls,
lordutt me—demands return. There! 'I've dune
.lie deed!' nnd now suffer me to tell you, Rosalia,
there is nothing which industry will not nchiovc,
when combined with perseverance, nnd directed
|With an undivided uim to one great object."
" 1 hink you that poverty is a sure prelude of fail
re? Do yuu recollect what Ragidcuu, the counsel]
lor of Josephine, told her on the eve of Iter marriage!
.wills Napoleon? " You are about to do a very foul
ish tiling, madam—you are going to marry u man
iwlm haa not n second shirt tu his back!"
But you are not exactly a Bunaparto, l npptc
Mores S Cohen,
Jiio M Cooper,
Joo Cullen,
Jim L Cope,
Jhs Cody,
I* G Cooper,
C B Cluskey,
G D Coombs,
Levi S Hart.
Geo I’Harrison,
Dan'l Heidi,
JuiInh I-mars,
Jus M Jones;
Jno J Jackson,
Stephen F Kullcr,
Ja«Kennedy,
J G Doon,
Wm A Kuin,
And'w Lamar,
Jos B Lewi*.
B W Lloyd,
W K Long,
F O Matin,
A N Miller,
W J MIxiihi,
Jno Metzger,
I Alim Minis,
Guo l> Mathews,
](ico W Mob re,
iGeo S Nichols,
Jno W Owens,
W A Bollard,
Jno A Cameron,
Jesse Cooper,
James W Crews,
I’eter fAafrk,
Tlm* Dempsey,
L D D'Lyon,|
G J li Dibble,
A Drysdulo,
Jacob De La Molta, Jr.
Jno Dot sett,
Mnrdecai S D’Lyon,
L N Falligont,
Jno C FerriH,
O F Felt,
Lewis J B Fairchild,
J M Folsom,
.1 H Goodrich,
WT Goodwin
W H Gladding,
Robt H Griffin,
Paul Grecly,
R G Guerord,
Geo Haas,
Clarence Hollis,
A J Haupt,
F A Tup per,
H D Tefft,
I* M Russell,
Sum'l W Thompson,
Wm H S Verstille,
Cltas Van Horn,
John E Word,
Wm Warner,
O A Wood,
C A Watkins,
W S Williford,
W F Willis,
It W Felot,
Win II Ungers,
Horace Suture,
P G Shick,
J S Spnce,
Geo W Smith,
Jns Scat borough,
Duit'l H Stewart,
F A Siumrner,
Jns L Shaffer,
P H Stanton.
>y the death of a man in ao high a station, are
his occasion deepened to us by tlm singularity of
ho event. The chair of tha President has nevei
-fore been left vacsrtt—tha paople of the Union
iDavi*; No. 3. John Greer and Sam'! Adamson; No.
have neverbeforo seen the highest office in their
ift (by devolving upM tbe Vice President) in po*
ion of one on whom they had not conferred i (
by their votes. We had almost Censed to calculate
.n the possibility of a Preaidant dying during the
term of his office, n« if there were a charmed
strength in tho gift, potent ogainst moitailty—as H
fate had decreed that each succeeding President o|
the Republic should odd another Instance of the
inse with which men in a government of enlighten
-d lilierty can laydown the greatest power end cop
tentedly repos# during lha evening of life on the vet
iralion uf thoir fellow citizens. There is something
4, M'-ssts Rigby and Hulchinsor; No. 0, Mr* Clark
and Mr* Snyburn; No. 6, S Bingham and Mr Gaw.
Tho occupant* of the above saved most bf their (lit
niturc in a damaged state.
The remaining ten buildings wereall more br lbs*
damaged by fire nnd water,and the occUjmntl iosrfs
by removal of furniture, &c.
By the above lire from Highly ton hundred per
son* mo thrown out of employment nt a season to
which they were looking lor tome ompensation for
tlmdiilm-ss of the Winter.
Tlm buildings destroyed nil belonged to the estate
f J At A. Brown, ondure suid to bo insured.
Tim wind wus very high at ilm time of tho fire,
and the ro fa of several frame building* in the vicinl
ty were ignited by the spat ks, but were extinguish id
without any great itifficuliy.
1 lie origin ot the fire, it it supposed was Decider)
ml, arising from the boilers In the dyo house.
At about half past two o’clock this morning, fire
, „ «• i Amount linn pass twoo ciock this morning, fire
like the shock of strangeness, the feeling of d'*upU wn<dj . rorerediMM - Ulgrrum ther.K>ro fNo 4,18 Broad
mint mem and surprise, mingled with the natural re way, known nt " Almuck’s" or C'ongrrest Hall,
po-
cui
•ret which the event it calculated to produce, and
we involuntarily pauto to ask ourselves what is to
be the c msequence to tbe great and various intci
estt that are slightly or deeply involved in the con
duct uf the government. It is nut oar purpose how
ever topursua tIlia train. The change may be grea
—may im slight—may be nothing, but in tlio name
of the bead of the Administration.
Shall wecon»iderPretident Harrison himself un.
fortunate? Ho had attained the station heyom
which the must ardent ambition can dream of noil
mg further. He had been crowned with the wreath
-but beyond that dazzling honor, there was np
pointed to hint a labor to perform—a magnitude ot
ire nod perplexity and responsibility not eosy to
bo borne. For four year* of political agitation and
turmoil, be wns to be the msrk fur hard censure,
tlio idol of sickening and disgustful fiuttcry—living
in an everlotling whirl of infinitesimal selfishness
—alone, for ptfwer is solitude, attiacting little but
lie mean and subservient around it—held respon
sible in his high station for lira follies and blunders
of his friend* and scarcely loss for the punishment)
of ProvidenCe***feeling that the complicated rela-
ionsof one great nation with many otherj, were
entrusted to Ids guardianship, and that it might do*
pend on his discretion whether pi<uoe should flou
rish on the earth, or desolation sweep over it—and
is H lobe accounted misfortune that he is removed
all this—that the superhuman harden has been
lifted from his shoulders, and he rests under Ids
honors in peace.—Ch Mercury, 7lhinit.
tior
(O’ That ancient ond highly apirited corps—Mr
{Chatham Light Artillery, commanded by Capt.
[Stephens, yesterday fired a gun at ovpry half hour
[throughout tho dny, as a mark of respect to the
[memory of the late President*
Tho flags of tho shipping in port were displayed
rat half mast on Wednesday nnd also on yesterday
Las a similar token of respect for Id* memory.
Repeal.—^Tlio Union must bo ropuulcd. Tin-
sign* of thu times clcutiy prefigure tlm speedy ub
mention of that suicidal measure. Two hundred
thousand breve nnd duiintlcs* men. with hearts and
hands resolved, assembled at Dungarvan, on Wrd
ncsJay, to listen to tltnir matchless advocuio—the
illustrious Liberator,—nnd they vowed that Irebind
should bo a nation ugain. So imposing a tn inife*
tatiun of ph)*icui and moral power, has been sol
dom, if ever, made in any part of Irelnnd. The
Union, wo r.'puut, mu«t he repealed. It were mad
ness to lindoiruto u display like that of Wednesduy.
To givou trim notion of its magnitude would bc
impossible. Suffice it to say that two hundred thou
sand men prepared to laydown their lives fur then
liberties, then declared that tlio Union must be re
| pen led. But wn have not space to d<> more limn re
fer to our voluminous report.— Waterford Chron
THE LATE PRESIDENT HARRISON.
The crowded meeting of our citizens yesterday
[without distinction of party, to pay proper respect
to tlio momory of our Into Chief Magistrate, evinc.
'ed n becoming regard fur the office, which a myste*
i Providence has vncnteJ by the death of th e
[incumbent, and n just appreciation of tho virtues
which distinguished the venerable individual
whoso eulogy, his Honor. Judge Way he, from the
[Chnir, nnd Hun. J. M. Berrien, in seconding the
solutions, pionnunccd.
To appreciate fully the virtuo* or tho living, we
[should know litem—to cherish those of tho dead,]
requires an imim rey which is denied hut to a few.
Even when the spirit of party reigns unchecked,
tlio virtues uf tho friend ortho rolativo should bo
cred.
Iiow much more worthy or being of should they
, when the pall of death leaves but the memory
thereof to animnte tho borcuvcd in the desolation
which attends on affliction.
Quick Passage.—Tbo brig Leader, Capt
Sam’! Tliaxtcr, arrived in Bostun in 20 day* from
Pure, nnd 18 days from the River.
NEW YORK AND VIUOINIA
Correspondence of Ike Liming Post
At.BtXY, Wednesday, March 31.
Tha Senate delisted Mr. Pa (go's resolution las
evening, concerning the Virginia question. It is to
this effect that, in the opinion of thu Senate, the
stealing of a slave within the jurisdiction of Virgin
'a, is a crime within the meauing of the second *rc
lion of tha 4th article of the constitution nf the
United States, and, therefore,that Governor Sewnnl
t* wrong in refusing to deliver up the fugitives Irom
juxllca claimed by Virginia.
Mr. Paige adJreased the Senate at some length
ia support of his resolution. He showed that the
offence of stealing slaves wa* a felony m Virginiu
at the vary time that the constitution was adopted;
that it was no navolty la the constitution of ths
Stair; that the frame's of Urn constitution, ln ,„ nf
whom were many eminant Virgiaians, must have
tho very r.vuo nf the pnrso a composing it, making]
it tlio niuro imperaliva duty of all into Democrats]
to exert very faculty to preserve in New York, thi'[
Citadel nf Republicanism, those principles of equal]
rights lltMUgit which our country has obtained the]
i.tcinnl fe.icily it hits enjoyed since 1300, under am
ilninst unintert uptod succession uf Democratic Pres]
dents, and the renown it has obtained amongst the]
nit inns uf the wot Id. I
Resolved, That we rejoice in tho opportunity]
which the return of Martin Van Uuren has offordml]
tlio Democracy of this city, to evienco, that, unliki
their ndversa'ies, thoy pay komago nut to good foil
tune, hut to those virtues and endowment* which]
H-iesm vo success.
Resolved, That reposing unbounded confidence
n tho uleiiu, integrity and energies of Robert H.
\!onit, we will consider his election to the office]
if Major of tills City, as a triumph of the people]
lient'olves over oppression, as much as wf virtuo]
-I devotion to public duty, over selfishness and c<
upii.m.
The meeting was most eloquently and forcibly ad]
Iressul by the following gentlemen:—Mr. Hunt,
Wrizlit Hawks, Esq , Mr. Voorhis. Mr. O'Conner.
B V. UutUr, K*q., E. I. Robvrts.
llio fodowing resolution, offered by Aldermet
I'urdy, wns unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in lit# voluntary retirement nf th
Hon. Isaac L. Vat ion, from the office of Chief Magi*
irate of iliis city, ho carries with him our heaitfelt
lies for his future health and prosperity; and ws
tender him the sincere and earnest thanks of this
meeting for the faithful manner in which he has]
discharged the duties of Mayor of tho city of New]
York.
The meeting was distinguished (for tha utmost
unanimity and enthusiasm, and adjourned amidst
oud and loag continued cheers.
THE LATE PHILADELPHIA POSTOFFICB.
Col. I'sge, who was removed from tho head oi
the Philadelphia Post Office, and Mr* John C.
intended that tbe provision in question should apply Montgomery appointed in his place, receive*
to that offence as completely w* to any other,
they did not, they would have made a special
ception. Mr. l'alge went into various other view
of the question, illustrative Unit of the legal trim
and the impolicy of the course taken by Governor
Seward.
Mr. Verptanek replied. II# did not attempt t-
tncet the arguments of Mr. Paige, but bo maintaii
«'l that lha Senate had nothing to do with the mat
tar. It was left be said to the Executive; the 8*
Rate had ao right to iaterforr; rite Senate could not
deliver up these men. It could only express it*
oplaioq, it could only say to thu Governor wo diffet
•ith you in opinion, and such an espressioa wa*
a "windy saspiralioa of foiced breath," nothing
following complimnnt from tha U, S. Gazette,
paper politically opposed to him.
"C'd. James Page retired on Wednesday night]
from tin* duties of Poetmaslrr of this city, The
lirveiur* of the nubile pres* have a deep interest^
not only in the just mansgement of the post office,]
but they are greatly affect-d hy the degree of cout
ie#y rxeicised in Uhl management, nod wo believs.
w« express the opinion of tho press generally, wlien]
**••* #»y that during the long -1
. lika splendid cx
ample*."
" Bonaparte was a soldier, nnd not nluwycr. He
wns nlso uided by n rare occurrence of accidental
circumstances," continued Rosalie,
" Well, wo will talk of lawyers, then. A wealthy
English gentleman once asked Lord Kenyon what
he thought of the probable prospects of his son in
the legal piufessfon. "Your sun does not want
talents," was his reply; " but he must first spend hh
iwtt fortune— marry, and spend tut wife’* fortune
-and then there will be seme hopes of his succeed
[ing at the law."—Now, luckily, my dear, 1 have
not the pralimittaty uf spending two fortunes logo
ihrough, before 1 may succeed ut the luw."
, " This is very true, but not very comfot table,
Lord Ktnyon to the contrary notwithstanding,"
said Rosalie.
"What think you, Rosalie? There wns a young
shoemaker out here in Conruolicut, unco on a time,
[who took it Into his head to be a iawyei “
1 A shoemaker!"
"And why not? He was two and twenty years
[of age whon the idea or fancy first struck him—
ntirely uneducated, except in a common ooot
chuol, and not only dependant, hut having others
lependaiil upon him. Was not this folly?"
"What then?"
"Why. he took fid* book and placed it before
hint, thus, and with Ids lust upon his knee, and hi*
hammer in hi* hand, ha read and hammeied, und
hammered and read, from morning to night, and
[riV# versa."
"And what wasthe result?"
" He did become a lawyer."
"I suspected as much," said Rosalie.
"And a member ofCongreis,'"continued Eugene,
•and Chief Justice of this Slate: in fine
".n fine, Roger Sherman."
"Roger Sherman!" oxrluimed Rosalie.
"Tho same. Shall 1 speak of Franklin?
"O la," aaid Rosalie, "his history is worn out
1 "I could tell you a tale of English Dwyers, for
riety."
"What is It?" . .......
"All in good time. There dwelt, during the last
..intury, in the town of Berwick*upon*l weed,
which, hy the way, tuy Lord Coke any* Is no part
if England)-#!) I am wrong—a coal merchant, wA
.on. merchant, just a* jou p ease, b { •*]• of
Butt Uo had two suns, John amt William.—
lowing to bis embarrassed circumstances he was
untbio to offuid them tli# Bdtaniago of a uniter
illy education, and could ..nly sorul them ton grunt
nar school |* lltoir nsllvo town, where they accord
Celeb rah d Mcn.— VvM Pindar was witless,]
oven overhiv bottle; with Ids most intimate cronios.l
Anthony Pusquin wus sour, und not prone to i
verse. Churchill was u sunkly sot. Butler i
nothing whon lie wus not ubbm hull diiiuk. Burl
ton, who had not less hmniiurihun Cervantes, nndl
the lea ning of u whole university, was no.ther til
cheerful companion nor en-lunihlu to himself.—|
Poor Uilrav wns ulwny hyppodl nnd nt Iasi vtinkl
into that depiorublo ttuia of incutiil uhernuion]
which verities tho lino of tlio most acute ofuiir'suiil
ileal bards—"lluw nearly wit to madness is nllicd!’j
Plackicood.
Lord Cardigan.—It wus thought thnt thcVriull
of tlio Karl of Cardigan, before thu Coarl of leers]
in Greut Britain,would place thnt "illusti ious body"]
in an awkward dilemma—for tho evidence of tltef
duel wns conclusive—anil the penalty for thu of
fence in its mildest form, wus imprisonment oil
transportation. But tho affair wns tuanngtid iviihl
great ndroimrss, an.l llio prisoner wn# saved by a]
flaw in the indictment. It seems ha w,<a indicted]
for shooting ut "llarvoy Garnett PIdpps Tuckott."]
He was ptoved to huvo shot at a person who pa*»-
THE REPUBLICAN.
Tho "ungrateful task" which our neighbor thinks
wo havo entered upon to prove thnt tho Executive
Circular is a Gag Circular we nro not disposed to
piirstto nt this time, while tho grave ha* hardly
cl sed upon tlio officer who issued it. We have no
iipprchi'iiriuu*, when wn do, tliut tho Republican
will overthrow our pavilions. Wo religiously
believe that they m o based on the letter and spiri:
of ihe Constitution, und us a free Press wo ahull
not yield litem unless wo aro convinced hy mere
than more assertion that we aro in error.
Wo shrink not from tie credit of " fixing" the
ppcllation of * Gag" upon nny State paper of n
similar character, though wo nppruhend it w ill not
.be exclusively our credit, us one other Democratic
[Editor at least,the publication of whose temaiks we
have postponed, has so designated it, while the re.
tnniks of oilier* tend to fix tho title upon it. We
shall hereafter son who ha* departed from tho main
question between our neighbor nnd ourself Th*-
[unprejudiced reader can judge between u*.
THE NAVY.
It has been so much tlio custom of tale, for the
luudnbie purpose of repressing the wot spirit which
seamed to be rising among ns, to trumpet our want
of preparation, that perhaps It moy be well to gi«r
a small item on the other side. Oar present Navy
comprise* 68 sail, including eleven ship! of the line,
ono razee, and fourteen 44*. Then wo have tin
frumo Umber* (contracted for and mostly in read 1
ness,) of 15 ships of tho line, 18 frigates, 15 coi
vettei, 9 steamers, and 9 brigs and schooners,
tesidescopper, iron,&c. In no very long period)
therefore, we could go to sea with SB heovy shipg
of the line, 32 frigates, only tw o of them rating less
hun 44 guns, 30 corvettes) a dozen steam ships,
and a suitable pntpdrliun Of smaller vessels. If half
a dozen frigates and a few corvettes could in thn lut|
war maintain the honor Of the country against th'
immense Navy nf England, one would suppose tha
tlio nbovo mentioned force, officered und manned as
it would ho in the most efficient manner, would give
even England some trouble. We ara mun of peace,
and do not wish to see any bloody experiments tried-
but wo earnestly hope that England wi.l not presume
so much upon our weakness and want of prepare
tion. From tho nature of our institutions, which
eschew • standing army, wo shall always be in a
sense unprepared,whenever n war oveitake* ns; i.e.
we shall not have our war harnoss on, and it will
tuke tome little time to get ilon. But lifter recciv
ling a few hard knocks, it has been found bitheito
that we could gi o aa good ns we got. Our poputa
tion has doubled since the last War, and our military
resource# (taxing into view our rail roads nnd canals)
have been quadrupled.—N. Y.Jor of Com.
which neurly destroyed the rear building, the walla
only being standing. Tito premise* were owned by
Frederic A. Notion, who is insured. They were
leased hy E. H. Conway, as on assembly room, «u
lonii,&c. Ho is insured for $2,500, which he thinks
will meet about one half of his loss.
NAVAL.
The Rio correspondent of tho Exchange, under
date of the 4th February, sny*:—In port U S. aliipi
Potomac Capt. Storer, Into ring the broad ptinnuntof
Cum. Ridgeljt Constitution bearing tlio broad pen
nant of Com. Kearney; Boston, Capt. Long; D<cn
tur, Capt. Ogden; Marion, Copt. Brit, and U. S.
schr. Enterprise, Capt. Goldsbnruugh. Tho U. S.
ships Yorktawn, Dale, nnd Rulief sailed fur their se
purnte destinations on tho 5th insl.—Notfdlk Bca
con, 31 stall.
Question of Inhabitancy.—'The Justices of llicl
Supremo Court of Massachusetts hnve declared tu]
tho Legislature in answer tu an application thereof,|
that persons residing on land* coded to the United!
States for navy yards, foils, arsenals, &c., ore liu
bio to be taxod in tho towns wherein such laud* lie;
but are not entitled to support under the poor law.*,
to the exercise of tho electivo franchise, nor to the
benefits of the common school.
cd hy tho name of "Captain Harvey Tuckeit.'l
Harvey G irnett Phipps Tuckeit was prove J to bo ul
cnptniw on half-pay, in her Majesty's service; but!
captain un hall-pay,
because no distinct ovidonce whs bruught to show]
that Captain Hnrvey Tuckott aim wa* shot, was]
also bnpli»rd by the nnmrs of Garnett and l’liipp*,]
the proof or the Indictment wn* considered to huvo]
failed in un essential point, and Lord Cardigan wus]
pronounced (us the DukeofCievel'ind t mplinlicully]
said.) "legally, not guilty." For this result were1
£3,000 or £4,000 of the public money cipcndcd]
upon the pngennt. I
The wlti'lo proceeding scent* to havo been a]
mail contemptible force, nnd is so regarded by lluj
intelligent people in Englund.— Poston Jour.
Early Rising.—Some people have nn idea thutl
,rly rising i* bettor than late rising. It is a fnUc]
idea altogether. Early rising put* color into llio
cheek to bo sure, and elasticity into tho step. Bui
a lint of that ? It make* you strong, beaut fill,
rosychevkod, and gives you many lung years to
live. But for all that, enriy rising is decidedly vu*
gar—merely mechanical—and only suited to tin
common people who have to earn their meals before
they cot them. \Ve like to see people lio in bed till
ten o'clock, especially the teamen. We adiniro v
woman who sleeps till ten, uml then gets up with a]
pale face, and fevered pulse—it looks so genteel!—
[Maine Cultivator.
THEATRE.
Tho beautiful play of the "Sea Captain," which
[was so eminently successful a few evenings since,
[is tn be repeated this evening for the last time, wr
jlicnr, in consequence of other novelties which
[already announced ns forthcoming. Bulwar is the
[most fashionable nnd favorite author of tha age—
[his books ore eagerly sought for and read; his ploy*
[are not only rend, but their announcement furrepre
[sentntion is always sure to fill the hnuso. No play
[of Bulwer’*in* over produced more effect In this
[city thuii "The Sea Captain." We havo already
spoken in a funner noliceof the purity of its lan
Igxzssge—it#excellent morale, and the stirring .inci
(dents with which it abounds.
Mr. Abbott’s “Norman" is a performance re*
[pleto with beauties, and excellently is ho supported
[by Mrs, Hughe*, Miss Hildreth, Mr. Fuller and
IMr. Weston, h will bo a discredit to our taste to
[suffer a play front an author of Bulwer’s celebrity to
]be neglected.
Mr. Tntistru played "Rolla" with great effect on
[Thursday evening. To-morrow night he take* hi-
[benefit, when a new play by J. Sber dan Knowle*)
]Esq ,1* lube produced, with Mr. T. in the princi
[pal character. A play hy Knowles is a sufficient
[guaraiiteo of it* mot it, and its success is equally
ilminislralisin of CobH™*] 'completed their classical eduea]
Jon? Was not thi# «»Inauspicious beginning? I
'Go on—go on," ##id llo*alie.
A geranium nt a window, sweeten* the air,
joices thn aye. links you with nature and innocence,|
ind i* mmeihing to love. The very feel of tho leaf
ia* a household warmth lhRA-*umetliing analogous]
[to clothing and comfort, says Leigh Hunt.
Poge. there lias been mxaifested at the Post OL
sit unfailing desire to contribute to the conveniei—
and gratify the proper wishes, ol theediluilalcraft..
Imle.nl wo ought to say that litas rummunity gener
ill) bear amp-e testimony tn lImproper admlulstrJ
“ bore. \Vh.t|
"» . ,Ii,i. p .up— II... Jot."
The relative siaturi-* id her Majesty und Prince
[Albert are slated to he four feel eight, and five feei|
DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARRISON.
The ove.it which was in some measure anticipa
lied by tbo reports tint reached here on Monday
Iwas confirmed hy the mail of yestetday. President
■Harrison is dea l. The millions of hi* country m n
|*ympnthi/.ing in n visitation of God that affect*
|ihrm uli in common, are reminded in the most im
poking way, of the frailty of life, the vanity of earth ed. 'Tbo following property wa* destroyed t
"Nnv remember that these youth* were IntemledHelrvcn inches. The infant Princess Royal premises]
. .V* l'„eland, loo—where the friendlexeB o Im a remark
[ly power.
lion nf affair* at the Post Office,
therefore, of Cul. Page, with thank* for
ne*s which has hern manifested towards in, at
wishes for Id* success in the profession of which
a tin honorabl# member."
tha her—In England, too—where the friendleeel'olie a remarhubly tine child—lier.coinplexiua i* fait|
!Id untitled nre sdillged to contend vstth ten timvsfwllh char blue eye*
Tit# Great Temperance Meetings in New York,
at whir It reformed drunkards are the speekers, prn
dura much amusement there, if not good, lire fol]
wing is an ealrftct from vise of the epee<he*i—
Mr. Vcr place k si id moreover that lie could not
•dmll that nun had a tight of property in man, and
en ikia puial, be made several pretty ureturical flour
lakea. lie emitted the mistake, however, o|
coafouadiug a eight si# jar# with a tight it fuel*
Mr. Verplanck'a oration waa nothing to || M put
puae, Hit whola speech was merely ■» .i..] ■
gellhl if n disagreeable question. Ms. hthl#)® 1 v , . i j l
•r+." ..
■J) n *fMtl un lire utvilunuf Mg F-*ir». |aiau*, and dunk, aud male •
la
" Wiro'llltavoikedruirkerdinhitlureK? Subsidy
dUsavs, " UU. ha’a drunk—turn Mmu«t." Thma J
Tkete\
Ifymi go in the Dies
I you btef aksMil tri
fowl of yovisell-
Iwould'lluealie Have said, suppose this John or Wil
tV.r. “.'-I .....Ik... ...
>avo hit home (or the meiiupolis—ihe great L"«
XZm• n» ..«iy a M* r'-f'-" 1 "" *"
[tlie Inns of runt?"
"No ntatter fl» om.
"Well, Join and William occupied 'He
i.nl-r*. iwgMhrr, .»l |*«r,..tl.... »*.
* friend •• ami nnatsledi loelve l.ing, tedtuus
Ann, ul*wK.|l..i. I"*)."- '■/ W. *•»
' iMWnrf. i,u,r»i<li.*r,) ...l>« >-*"
Ik, Jrvuwl .1 V 1 '" <* <l*" .“I...', |W'*“,"*
[fli tire end*** !'»•*». ike eldai wet admitted I"
Female Libor in Arakin—I enw metal females]
here lilcrnllv performing the duties nf bullocks,tl.*.
Is in pUm English, they were yoked to ilm |.l..ug|i,
One watn very comely last, and she answered mj
inquiiii * laugliingly, tint tlmy lined llienirelve* f
the pnrpiwe, ihe ivmuneitiion being atnallq.isn
illty el grain. Tlie men, at the satire tinm w, , r
standing looking un, with spini.e's in their lisn.lt
Alt old iieutlri ••I'doiie* iblsl Then
ilIrci.ilHtl nti ‘I li-oiiss Mnnriw lelate*, at
[•on why an Indian tl..nfld beraemplril lr»m p .
tills las#*, that lie p-esdvd thelai" )-•** ul l.u H ,
]»hu did ss imoh w-’ik at rwe linll.alu
D «lill««d * I lly ul ti.e C *-.| lii
Uulyestenlsyilia word of Ccttr tnlaht
Have stood against the world; now lies lit there,
And none so p.mr to do him ravarence.
Th.
man chief.'.t in station of many millions—
th.' man whore mtnin wasthe watchword of n host—
wlios* smile was emoted—whose hand waa afotia
lam of honor, a treasury of ceVfled gifts—whoae
••-I 1 * w, ’te haunterl b> the needy tan J ihenmbliiiNii
a* if im had Iwen dm master nf (oriunn—in llm
nii.lti ol the proti'eti realiiation that could crown
rradei imy I q,,, iii«*n leb.re of the follower uf tumor, It nipt hy jouble that sum.
frost—the killing fiutl, llsstl lay* tlie lofiitat
[tlm lowive*; leaf id tha for, s; m tbetommon aetth
logs ill*I
Ifev grate Iwhiigi tliei mast «»n ke ssilt#4
L't Hunter's Experiment.—A doslderntum in
the application of steam power to national vessels
and for the nnvigution of canals, has hern effected
and practically proven by tho actual and entirely
successful operation in our huibor of a small vessel
lonstrunicd by private enterprise and at indivtdua 1
cost. Wo have seen a plan in detail of the ar
rnngement of lha machinery and the const ruction of
the vessel designed for national purposes, which h,
in our opinion, properly withheld by Lieut. Hunter
torn tlie general public in order that our Govern
moot may peculiarly receive all tbe benefits derived
from it* use, and we feel that we hazard nothing in
declaring that it will bo found to have accomplished
all that is desired for the perfection of a war steam
er for harbor defence or as a cruiser, os tbo moving
power by the ingenious construction of tko vessel is
protected from tho effect of Paixhan or any other
shot.—Norfolk Deacon, 3III ult.
The Jefferson Guards.—This day, Tho 2d of
April, being the anniversary of tho birth dny of tha,
eminent statesman, philanthropist and philosopher,
Thomas Jefferson, the battalion nf Jefferson
Guards, attached to Capiain Warner’s regiment,
and tho Jefferson troop paraded in front of the City
Hall this murning. The former company was pre*
tented by acting Mayor Purdy, with a splendid
stand of color#.—Af. Y. Eve. Post.'idinst.
NEW YORK, April 2.
A Painful Affair.— Rarely indued havo wo been
greatly surprised in tho course of our profession,
as we were this morning, hy the perusal of tho sub
joined urticlcs in rite morning papets. Wo havo
known Mr. Mitchell as a member uf Congress, anil
have considered him as an amiable man, not of
•rest forco, but of good chorartcr and address. On
Tuesday of this week, the date of his loiter to tha
Courier nnd Enquirer, we saw him among his po
lilieui friends at the Attor House, and saw nothing
unsual in Isis deportment. But tho worm must
even then have been knuwing ut hi* heart.—Com.
Ado.
Strange Forgeries —Tho Hon. Chat. F. Mitch
ell, of Lockpnrt, and a representative of tha NI
agara district in tho lute Congress, has been stay
ing at tho Astor Homo for some days, hut left on
Wednesday morning for Philadelphia. On Tuea
dny lie wus in Wall street, and having procured
nimtelf to bn introduced to several Biokers, passed
npunjlicm sundry checks, purporting to be drawn
by tho Bank of Orleans nt Albion on the Stnto
Bunk at Albany. They weteall mndo payable to
"tho Hon.Chu*. F. Mitchell or order," and by hint
endorsed. The amount was, us for as has been ns
certnined, $1400. Thechecks having been sent up
to Albany, came back yesterday mornieg as forgo
ries At the sume titno there cumu on from Philn
dolpbiu sundry checksuf the Bank of Orleans on tho
Mechanic'# Unnk of thit city, endorsed by Mitchell,
which, on being presented ut tho Bank, were do*
dared to bo forgeries. Tbo nmount presented, s.»
tar, is $2800. Tho checks seem to Iinvo been sold
curious broker* in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Thn wlmin nfl'uir seems to be tlie tctuli oi a thorough
ly digested plan, and to havo been curried out with
out exciting the least suspicion nn the part of nny
of the individuals defrauded. Indeed we do nut
sne how confidence it to bo placed in mun at all,
if such negotiations are to excite suspicion. Tlio
checks on the Mechanics’ Bank had a piece of un
necessary labor expended upon them, which inerrus
od tho hazards of tin* operation. They were endor*
..'dnsgond, and the endorsmeut signed with thu
name of tlie cashior, Mr. Edmonds, who is however,
now in Europe. Sundry letters and papers were
found in tlio Honorable go tlemnn’s chamber, in a
condition indicating that itis departure was hurried.
The police are, of bourse, in hot pursuit.—Journal
of Commntve.
The following letter, at least down to tho words
" I write this calmly" it about as cool a confession
of villuiny upon calculation ns we have met with.
The considerations in tlie paragraph beginning os
ubovo noted, should have occurred to Mr. Mitchell
before ho took the falul step—fatal to his family, to
Itis own peace of mind, and to his character ovety
where:—
New York, March 30, 1841.
To J. Watson Webb, Editor of tho Courier & En
quircr.
Sir,—As the circumstances connected with my
name, together nith the public stution 1 havo I old,
will give rhotn n good deal of common!—I deem it
not improper to inuko a brief statement of foci*;
luuving each one to fin in such an opinion respecting
them as ho shall chouse.
It always hot been the ense, ao will it be ognin,
■it soon at public repruach attaches to the name of
nn individual uho had boundromvd respectable bo
lore, instance* ntn sought and fabulously pointed
out in his previous history, to show that ho always
lias b'-en un unworthy member of society. I cannot
hope to bo an exception tn this pervading rule; and
( dare to say that there will be found plenty ofpor
sons toady to twonr thnt I had always lieco o very
considcruhlu niscal. Now, 1 own, that up to this
ilny, never iu tlio whole course of my life, havo I
ifono un act with tho intention of injuring any hu
man being, nr of wronging any man out ofonocent.
I huve committed somu very greet ertors—partly
my own, partly through others—but never, before
to day, a crime. HuW many persons hnve been bono
fitted by my good offices it is not for me to say. But
f might nppealto tbo whole population of the coun
ty of my late residence) to hear test im-my to my foir
and honorahlo dealing, to my liberality and to nty
uniform kindness to all whom I was brought into
contact with.
I went to Lockport twelve year# ago; when I nr
rived thcio I did hut know a human soul in tho
county; I was ju*l out of tny minority; 1 carved out
my own path,was succc txfol in business,made money
rapidly,had regimentsuifriends—tliut is when 1 was
making mum*y very fast—rate to distinction among
my fellow mun,and ubout eight years after my arrival
in tlu*district 1 wa* elected a Representative to Con
L;rc»s, uml undurcircumstnnca* pi-ciiliarly gratifying
tu my personal vanity, for whilo I received iu the
district a majority ol over ono hundred, not another
person nn the same ticket received any majority at
all—including both counties. 1 am willing to ad
[mitlhat there is a shocking sight ol humbug in this
woild.nnd especially nt thit day and date, but u belli
er the people of the 33d Congressional were hum
bugged into electing me to Congress,w hen I was not
woilhy, isfor them to decide. I have been accused
by my enemies of being a great intriguer, of being
a greut schemer in politics, and I suppose, now that
[ have schemed in olhts matters, thny will tako
upon themselves, no doubt, great credit for their so
gacity in thus characterizing me.
I might tell a tale, that would be very interesting
to n great mnny people, but I huv’til lime now to
doit; I nm going to that region whore I expect to
find mnny just at good as myself, and quite as good
at tin in 1 leave behind mo.
1 write this calmly, early in the mornirg, after
a sleepl ss night. What my feelings are no one can
imuginc. I havo before me a path environed with
imminent peril. I shall be a murderer all llio day*
uf my life in an unknown lund, leaving behind mo
friends und kindred thut aro nearer and dearer to
mo than my own heart's blood, who mutt all thnro
in tho di.graca which utlachcs to me. I leave ho
hind mu my wife and children! Mny God throw
bit protecting arm around them, it all that I can
say. Am I not punished sufficiently severe for all
that I have done? Why death to me wore absolutn
relief,but 1 cannot embrace it. I linve canvassed thu
whole ground over carefully. Thorn were three
alternative* presented to mo.
To remain and meet my fate in tho eye# of all
who know me, to commit suicide, or to flee tho
country. I have decided upon tho latter, and for
the tingle reason that 1 may possibly yet live to res
cun tny name from every stigma which rests or may
re»t upon it. C. F. MITCHELL.
N. U. I shall be'pursued no doubt, but it will bo
useless. I shall not be biought back; for iff were
in he overtaken I have provided myself with two
contingentfriends, either of which w ill spare ms
■ lie mortificution ol being brought back like a felon.
Dcuth were under any circumstances preferable to
that.
Mr. Mitchell married in Philadelphia, and being
ho remoteness of the scene of action from the sta
ion* of must of the engine company* the fire had
gut under considerable headway before the machine*
teached the ground, but when they were bruugh<
nto play lira progress of the flames was soon arrest
A lung two story wooden building, occupied at n
lyehouse and ware room for manufactured good*.
’ A wooden building opposite, occupied at a weav
ii»g shop. In thi* ware 70 to B0 looms, the piojwt
ty of the workmen, which ware ad destroyed.
The two story dwelling of Mr. Waring, the pre
prietur of the manufactory, adjoining the dyokuura.
A portion imly uf lit* furniture was saved.
A liable adjoining the dwelling, in which were
• light wagon, a earl* horse. &c. The horse was
avedi
Tlie above were In the ncciinonry nf Mr. Waring,
lie wmi Insured for $1500, ami com putt-s Ms lost at
Frem iheMwih* flames were rommu tceied *•
range of tiairea dwelling houses, mostly oe#«ple*l
n Uta wet kitten la the faainrys die ul Ummm
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
About half past 12 o'clock this morning a fire was
discovered in a wooden building used us adyehuusc
and warehouse tu the manufacturing establishment
at Brownville, 32d street, " c,r * v “ n '! e * H' verj generally acquainted in that ci'ty, the facilities
tbe rear of the Institution for tho Blind. Owing to for successful fiugerira were at great there aa in this.
Mr. M. was u strong candidalo for the offico of
nnvy agent in this city, and was powerfully support
ed by tmnouf our puliiic.il managers.
Drig William Tell.—In the ship Henry Knee-
and, front Cad z, canto passengers the mate and
crew of tho btig William Tell, lost at Magadan,
Africa, in a gale, which commenced ou tho 4ih of
February nnd continued lltreo day*. Tbo captain
and one teaman wuio diownril, while attempting lu
swim ashore from the wreck. Three Moor# were
also drowned, In their effort# *•» «*ve seamen, hav
inc brun incited to great exertions by large reward*
uflVied by the American Consul, Mr. Willthire.
llm for these raweids, not a person on board lira
William Tell would heve been #a»ed.
Two Utliliish echoouert parted their chaia* during
the gale, ami went to tea.
T It* French hi If of war Vulage rule nut the get*
hy having six anchor# down, iha was, however,
,'t.iigu.i to threw her guise uveriosasd, 1st order i«
aeep Iwr front *loklsi|, hire wa* strained tu mueh
«• to Irak bed!), emf was obliged to gw to ijwdtatn
rt|*ii damage*. Th# mate endrrew of lira William
ilsiroved aMsrehd as follows l rspalr .Isinate*. | tie mala en«l erew HI riso TV iinarts
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