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From (i*« New York Ift-raM. Highly i»ip»»riaiit from Iho Pacific S-’imre of tho Sniuhvich Islands by th * Iliitish (.o vcriimciit French C'oi.mil Insulte i* By the arrival of the brig Architect, at New Orleans, from Vera Cruz, we have received the highly important intelligence tnat the British Government have taken possession of the Sandwich Islands, un der the pretext of wrongs and aggres sions inflicted upon British subjects. The most frivolous charges were made, and the whole proceedings of the British go vernment brands them with all the char acteristics of piracy and oppression. The king and authorities of the islands have been the injured parties. They have re ceived repeated insults from the Consul and British residents, and have often been threatened with the seizure that has been effected. The jealousy of the English government was roused when the French took possession of the Marquesas, and nothing but a foothold of greater impor tance in the Pacific Ocean satisfies them. The following from the New Orleans Bulletin, gives the particulars of the af fair in the true light: The outrage committed by Great Brit ain in seizing the Sandwich Ishtnds is one of those sudden, bold and reckless strokes of policy, with which that pow erful, ambitious, insolent and crafty na tion, is wont to startle the world ; and the very daring and energy of which have hitherto given her almost perfect immun ity in her aggressions. When we say daring, we mean daring in the conception —daring, as those encroachments con cern other civilized nations —daring from their impudence and presumption—not daring in the execution, for there is no boldness nor valor in a great people like the British, practiced in all the arts, and having the advantage of all the arms of modern warfare, attacking, awing, over running. and robbing bands of half na ked savages,or a defenceless and harmless people like those in the Sandwich Islands. From the amiable temper with which the British Cabinet learned of the seizure by the British Government of the Mar quesas group, and afterward of Tahiti, it was to be presumed that England had some bold scheme of aggression of her own in the same quarter of the world, and meant to show to her neighbors across the channel that they did things only by halves, and that it took her for the big figure. Accordingly we expected to hear, before very long, of a British seizure somewhere among those numer ous islands, but were not prepared to hear that so important a group as the Sand wich Islands had been ventured upon. The Sandwich Islands, in many res pects, are the most important and inter esting group in all Polynesia. They contain about 200,000 inhabitants, rap idly perfecting in the peaceable arts of civilization, and having schools, church es and missionary establishments in ev ery part, planted and supplied almost en tirely from the United States. They are situated immediately upon the great mar atime highway which divides the three principal divisions of the earth : they abound in good harbors, and are the con stant resort of the fishermen from this and other countries, and of commerce generally in those distant seas, for sup plies, for safety and for rest. These Islands were recently recognised by the United States (and by France also, if we remember correctly,) as an inde pendent nation. An agent sent by the government of the islands to this coun try last fall, was received with attention, and, in consequence of his visit, an ap propriation was made by Congress for a commercial agency in return. A com missioner was appointed before the ad journment, and, we believe, embarked some time since. —ls our Consul, as is reported, was not recognized by my Lord Paulet, because he was not accredited to my Ldrd Pan let’s mistress, our special agent, sent out to the King of the Sand wich Islands, can hardly expect a better reception. The Marquesas group, seized by France, were not supposed to be of any peculiar value, though they afforded a very con venient resting place, in the long voyages into those seas. But it seems,from avow als recently made in the French Chamber of Deputies, that tint group was selected from its proximity to the isthmus through which it is proposed to unite the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. When that canal is made, the Marquesas will occu py perhaps the most important position in the Pacific, and be second in no respect to any group save the Sandwich. If the government of the United States can sit by quietly and see the maratime and commercial nations of Europe divide among them these resting spots, planted by Heavenin the midst of that wide sea for the benefit ot the trade and navigation of the whole world, we do not know what outrage or wrong it will not submit to. All those islands, too, that have been seized the Marquesas, the Tahiti, and the Sandwich—belong to the coast of this continent —and, therefore, upon the principle laid down by Mr. Monroe, in 1823, and recognised at the time, as the true doctrine of this country, ought to be sacred, at our peril, from European ag gressions. But if the interests of American com merce and navigation, and the principle and policy that require of this country to prevent the further acquisition of territory by European power on this continent and its outposts —to say nothing of this in sult offered to our representative in the islands —be not sufficient to arouse our Government, the effect which this seizure will have upon our rights in Oregon are worthy of consideration. The p issession of the Sandwich Island'!, with strong naval and military armaments there, give Great Britain, at any time she chooses to take it, formal and full possession of that great and valuable territory, which is an integral part of this Republic. The interests of the United States will suffer chiefly from the occupation by tlm English of these islands..— Two hundred vessels, under the American flag, arrive here annually. There is now upon the Islands a large amount of American prop erty. In case the canal uniting the two oceans is completed, the future impor tance of the islands will be immense.— The Americans have civilized and plan ted the commercial interest ol the group. It remains to lie seen whether the United States government will acquiesce in a usurpation so destructive to the fruits of American industry. Our information was incorrect in the particular that the American Consul had been insulted by the British commander. It was the French Consul who experi enced the indignity, and he had sent an express to Admiral Du pier, commanding at the Marquesas group, stating the cap ture of the Sandwich Islands by the British,and the indignity which had been offered through him to the French Go vernment. The presence of the Admiral, backed by one or two French frigates, was very shortly expected. Demands made by the Bight Honorable George Paulet, Captain lloyal Navy, commanding Iler Britannic Majesty’s ship Carysfort, upon the King of the Sandwich islands: First—The immediate removal by pub lic advertisement, written in the native and English languages, and signed by the Governor of their Island and F. W. Thompson, of the attachment placed up on Mr. Charlton’s property the restora tion of the land taken by Government for its own use, and really appertaining to Mr. Charlton —and reparation for the heavy loss to which Mr. Charlton’s rep resentatives have been exposed by the oppressive and un just proceedings of the Sandwich Island Government. Second —The immediate acknowl edgement of the right of Mr. Simpson to perform the functions delegated to him liy Mr. Charlton, namely: those of her Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul, until her Majesty’s pleasure be known upon the reasonableness of your objections to him. The acknowledgement of that right, and the reparation for the insult of fered to her Majesty, through her acting representative, to be made by a public re ception of his commission, and the salu tingthc British flag with twenty-one guns which number will be returned by her Britannic Majesty’s ship under my com mand. Third—-A guarantee that no British subject shall in future be subjected to im prisonment in fetters, unless he is accused of a crime, which by the laws of Eng land would be considered a felony. Fourth —The compliance with a writ ten promise given by King Kamahamea to Captain Jones, of her Britannic Majes ty’s ship ('uracoa, that anew and fair trial would lie granted in a case brought by Henry Skinner, which promise has been evaded. Fifth The immediate adoption of firm steps to arrange the matters in dis pute between British subjects and natives of the country, or others residing here, by referring the cases to juries, one hall of whom shall be British subjects, ap proved by the Consul, and all of whom shall declare on oath their freedom from pre-judgment upon or interest in the ca ses brought before them. Sixth—A direct communication be tween his Majesty Kamehamehn and her Britannic Majesty’s acting Consul, for the immediate settlement of all cases of griev ances and complaint on the part of Brit ish subjects against the Sandwich Islands Government. Dated on board her Britannic Majesty’s ship Carysfort at Woahoo, this 17th day of February, 1543. George Paulet, Captain. Iler Britannic Majesty’s ship Carysfort, Woahoo, Feb. 17, IS 13. Sir I have the honor to notify you, that her Brit. Majesty’s ship Carysfort un der my command, will be prepared to make an immediate attack upon this town, at 4 o’clock, P. M., to-morrow (Sat urday) in the event of the demand now forwarded by me to the King of these Islands not being complied with by that time. Sir, I have the honor to be, Your most ob’t humble serv’t, George Pallet, Captain. To Captain Long, Commander U. S. S. Boston, Honolulu. Honolulu, February 18. Salutations to Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, Captain of 11. B. Ai. Ship Ca rysfort : AYe have received your letter and the demands which accompanied it. and in reply would inform your lordship that we have commissioned Sir George Simpson and'William Richards as our Alinisters Plenipotentiary and Envoys Extraordi nary to the Court of Great Britain, with full powers to settle the difficulties which you have presented before us, to assure her Majesty, the Queen, of our uninter rupted affection, and to confer with her ministers as to the best means of cement ing the harmony between us. Some of the demands, which you have laid before us, are ot a nature calculated seriously to embarrass our feeble government, by contravening the laws established for the benefit of all. But we shall comply with your demand, as it has never been our intention to insult Her Majesty, the Queen, or injure any of her estimable subjects; but we must ’ so under pro test, and shall embrace the earliest oppor tunity of representing our cast; more fully to H. B. M. Government, through our Minister, trusting in the magnanimity of the sovereign of a great nation, which we have been (of a great nation) taught to respect and love, that we shall there be justified. \\ aiting your further orders, With sentiments of respect, Kamehameha 3D. Kekat-luaii r. I hereby certify the above to be a faith ful translation. G. P. Judd, Jr., For the Government. In consequence of the difficulties in volved, and our opinion of the impossi bility of complying with the demands in the manner in which they are made by" her Britannic Majesty’s representatives upon us, in reference to the claims of British subjects, we do hereby cede the group of Islands, known as the Hawaian (or Sandwich) Islands, unto the Bight Honorable Lord George Paulet, Captain of her Majesty’s ship of war Carysport, representing Her Majesty Victoria,Queen of Great Biitain and Ireland, from this date and for the time being; the said ces sion living made with the reservation that it is subject to any arrangement that may have been entered into by the representa tives appointed by us to treat with the government of Her Britannic Majesty; and in the event that no agreement has been executed previous to the date hereof, subject to the decision of her Britannic Majesty’s Government on conference with the said representatives and being acces sible, or not having been acknowledged, subject to the decision which Her Brit annic Majesty may pronounce on the re ceipt of lull information from us, and from the Bight Honorable Lord George Paulet. In confirmation of the above, we here by" fix our names and seals, this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty three, at Honolulu, Oahee, Sandwich Is lands. Signed in presence of G. P. Judd, Re corder and translator for the Government. Kamehameha, 31), Kedakluahi. A provisional cession of the Hawaian or Sandwich Islands having been made this day by Kamehameha 3, King, and Kekauiuahi, Premier thereof, unto me, the Bight Honorable Lord George Pau let, commanding 11. B. M. ship Carysfort, : on the part of Her Britannic Majesty Vic toria, Queen of Great Britain and Ire land, subject to arrangements which may have been or shall be made in Great Brit ain with the Government of H. B. Ma jesty. I do hereby proclaim First That the British flag shall be hoisted on all the Islands of the Group; and the natives thereof shall enjoy the protection and privileges of British sub jects. Second That the government thereof shall be executed until the receipt of the communication from Great Britain in the following manner, namely : By the na tive King and Chiefs and the officers em ployed by them so far as regards the na tive population; and by a commission consisting of King Kamehameha 3d, or a deputy appointed by him, the Right Honorable Lord George Paulet, Duncan Forbes Mackay, Esq and Lieut. Frere, B. N. in all that concerns relations with other powers, (save and except the ne gotiation with the British Government) and the arrangements among foreigners, other than natives of the Archipelago residents on these Islands. Third That the laws at present ex isting, or which may be made at the en suing Council of the King and Chiefs, (after being communicated to the Com mission,) shall be in full force as far as natives are concerned ; and shall form the basis of the administration of justice by the Commission in matters between for eigners resident on these Islands. Fourth That no sales, leases, or transfers of land shall take place by the action of the Commission appointed as aforesaid, nor from natives to foreigners, during the period intervening between the 25th ol this month, and the receipt of the notification from Great Britain of the arrangement made there ; they shall not be valid, nor shall they" receive the signature of the King and Premier. Sixth All the existing bona fide en gagements of the native King and Pre mier shall be executed and performed as if this cession had never been made. Given under my hand this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, at Honolulu, Oahee, Sandwich Is lands. George Pallet, Captain ot 11. B. Al. Ship Carysfort. Signed in presence of G. P. Judd, Rec. and hit. to the Gov’t. Alex. Simfson, H. B. AI. Act’g Council. A true copy of the original, G. Paulet, Captain. Where are you, Chiefs, People, and Commons from my ancestors and people from foreign lands ! Hear ye, J make known to you that 1 am in perplexity by reason of difficulties into which 1 have been brought without cause ; therefore, 1 have given away the life of our land, hear ye ! But my rule over you, my people, and your privileges will continue, for I have hope that the life ol the land wili be restored when my conduct is justified. Done at Honolulu, Oahee, this twenty fifth day of Febrary, 1843. Witness, John D. Saalua. Kamehameha, Kokauluaai. I hereby certify the above to be a faith ful translation. G. P. Judd, Recorder and Translator for the Gov’t. Late from Florida. The steamer St. Matthews, Capt. Mc- Nulty, arrived from Florida yesterday. 1 We received by her the Jacksonville 1 Tropical Plant, of the 24th inst., and tlie subjoined letter from ottr correspond ent. The Tropical Plant contains no thing new. Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. Tropical Plant Office, ? Jacksonville, May 2fi, 1843. y Gentlemen : - I herewith advise you of the immigration of sixty Settlers, “ bold hearts and true,” from the Edge comb District, N. C., with their slaves and families, amounting in all to 104 ; their destination, i. e. future home, is un certain, yet 1 am informed by one of the party", that it .will be east of the St. Johns, between 37 and 38 degrees. Some of their number have visited our Peninsula before, and their high opinion of it has induced the present increase of popula tion. No man who has ever lived in Florida can say aught of its blessed cli mate and productive soil. Os our town, 1 have not much news to give you, except that the present corpo rate incumbents are performing miracles in the way of suppressing heretofore im morality" mid riots. The Mayor is ever active and on the alert, and his energy demands the warmest approbation of ev ery" will disposed citizen, which 1 believe, lie has sincerely. A strict adherence by all our territorial and charter officers to the law and equity, will speedily bring Florida forward from the cumbersome and gloomy position she has heretofore held; and present her to the states as well deserving of the inheritance be queathed by r her immortal founders. Several wagons from the Suwanee ar rived an hour ago loaded with cotton. The weather is extremely hot, we want rain. Yours, &c. The National Convention. The Northampton (Mass.) Democrat expresses itself most unequivocally in fa vor of the election of delegates to the na tional convention by congressional dis tricts, and says “Not only so, but that these delegates should be chosen by representatives com ing directly from the democratic party, in such numbers only as the towns or counties which sent them are entitled to send to their respective state legislatures. It will be seen, therefore, if this scheme is carried out in the manner proposed, [ (and it is the easiest thing in the world to do it,) that in fact, the next President of the United States will be indebted to the great body of the democratic party for his office, and not to a clique of selfish men, who nominate this man or that man to subserve their own interested purpo ses. We now, most respectfully but ear nestly call upon our democratic friends in the towns composing the sixth and se venth congressional districts of Alassa chusetts, (lor our paper circulates in both districts) to take this matter into their most serious consideration, and to reflect that, when they are called upon to meet and act upon this subject in their respect ive towns, they are in sober truth and in reality making a President of the United States. This will be a proud and an ex alted idea for the demociats to reflect up on, and will be the means of insuring a full attendance at such meetings where the subject will properly come up, of— Who will best carry out in practice the following principles of democracy, laid down by the immortal Jefferson, viz : ‘ The essential legal equality of human beings.’ ‘ The people, the only source of legiti mate power.’ ‘ The absolute and lasting severance of church and state.’ ‘ The freedom, sovereignty and inde pendence of the respective states.’ ‘ The Union, a confederacy, a compact, neither a consolidation nor a centraliza tion.’ ‘ The constitution of the Union, a spe cial written grant of powers, limited and definite.’ ‘ The civil paramount to the military power.’ ‘ The representative to obey the in structions of his constituents.’ ‘ Elections free, and suffrage universal.’ 1 No hereditary office, nor order, nor title.’ ‘ No taxation beyond the public wants.’ ‘ No national debt, if possible.’ 1 No costly splendor of administration.’ No proscription of opinion, nor of pub lic discussion.’ ‘ No unnecessary interference with in dividual conduct, property, or speech.’ ‘ No favored classes, and no monopo lies.’ ‘ No public moneys expended except by warrant of specific appropriation.’ ‘ No mysteries in government inacces sible to the public, eye.’ ‘ Public compensation for public servi ces, moderate salaries, and pervading economy, and accountability.’ And now be it remembered, that at the age of twenty-six (seventy-four years ago) this same Thomas Jefferson entered ns an elected member, the legislature of his native province ; and here, first and long before the justly celebrated statute which adorns the code of Pennsylvania, and when the New England States were engaged in the slave trade, he proposed, though unsuccessfully, the emancipation of slaves ; making on the very threshold of his public life, a step with which all his subsequent achievements beautifully and nobly harmonized.” Mesmerism. A severe blow has been inflicted on Mesmerism, as will be seen in the follow mg statement, which we copy from the Baltimore American. Mesmerism. —AY e published yester day the account ot the investigation of Mesmerism, which took place on AYed nesday evening at the Assembly Rooms. 1 he Report ot the Committee appointed on the subject is as follows: I lie undersigned, having witnessed the investigation and experiments in Alestnerism, perlormed by Messrs. Dods, Jeter and Dr. Atman, on the part of the science, and Professors Reese, Bond and Harris, in opposition thereto, on Tuesday and \Y ednesday evenings at the Assem bly Rooms in Baltimore, respectfully re port : 3 Ist. 1 hat the two subjects introduced l*y Mr. Dods’ committee on the first eve ning, avowedly to prove insensibility, attraction , phrenological phenomena, clairvoyance, sympathy and somnam bulism, though they performed what seemed to be expected of them, did nev ertheless utterly fail to prove any single fact sustaining the pretensions of Mes merism, nor did they furnish any evi dence of being asleep, either magnetical ly or otherwise. The sensibility of the eyes and nostrils was demonstrated by the opposite committee, who proved, in our opinion, that they were not in any unnatural state, nor in one which might not be easily feigned. 2d. On the second evening, Mr. Dods’ subject (John) was again submitted to experiments, without any result which was at all satisfactory. It is our opinion that all that was exhibited by him could be readily imitated by volition, especial ly by one who was, like John, in the dai ly repetition of such experiments. The Galvanic battery produced equal eviden ces of sensibility on him, and similar ef fects as those exhibited by Prof. Bond, who voluntarily received the same shocks, in his own person, immediately afterwards. The other subject was a colored boy named Jacob who had been selected by Mr. Dods and Air. Jeter, out of between 20 and 30 persons presented for the pur pose by Alessrs Reese, Bond and Harris. This boy was chosen, and had been twice operated upon during the day in presence of several gentlemen, and the magnetizers were fully convinced of his being a most impressible subject. After he had been for the third time (in their opinion) magnetized in our presence by Mr. Jeter, he was retained in that state by him for more than an hour, during which certain phenomena were elicited, which were so satisfactory, that Mr. Je ter introduced him immediately after be fore the committee and the audience as a fair example of Mesmerism, and as fur nishing undoubted proof of the truth of the science. Professor Reese warned him publicly, that the boy was an impos tor, that he was not asleep in any sense, and that he was only humbugging him ; but Mr. Jeter and Mr. Dods were so con fident of the genuineness and certainty of their tests, that they proceeded to ex hibit the proofs of attraction, phrenolo gy, rigidity , 4*c. with apparent and ex traordinary success, so that all present seemed to regard him as by" far the best somnambulist they had ever seen, and the believers in Alestnerism appeared to regard the facts conclusive and irresisti ble. Alessrs. Dods, Jeter and Annan, were in ecstacies at their seeming tri umph ; when, after a few experiments, Professor Bond took the boy" by the hand, led him to the front of the platform, an nouncing the triumphant success of the humbug, by" requesting the boy to state whether he had been asleep, or whether any effect had been produced upon him by the magnetizers, when he promptly responded NO ! laughed heartily at the success of what he called “playing pos sum,” and the deception of the whole case was fully exposed. The undersigned, in view of the whole, concur in opinions— Ist. That Alessrs. Reese, Bond and Harris, having fully proved that the most marvellous and difficult “feats in Mes merism, may be so perfectly imitated so as to defy all the tests of Alessrs. Dods, Jeter and Annan, to detect the imposture, have thus given great probability to the position they have assumed, which is, that all those phenomena called magnet ic, whenever they are mysterious or un natural, are the result of fraud of one party, or collusion between both ; and in this conclusion the undersigned con cur. 2d. That Messrs. Dods and Jeter’s sub jects failed, when placed in the hands of the opposite committee, to exhibit any single phenomenon at all remarkable, but on the contrary, furnished confirmatory evidence that their alleged somnambu lism was feigned .; while at the same time, the collusion between the parties was thus rendered suspicious, since cer tain mysterious touches were made, whenever the subjects succeeded, and the absence of such signals was uniform ly followed by failure. 3d. The undersigned unite in opinion that Messrs. Dods, Jeter, and Annan, have signally tailed in fulfilling their promises, or furnishing any evidence whatever which can be admitted as proof that there is any truth in Mesmerism.— And as what they" call real phenomena, cannot even by themselves be discrimi nated from those which are wholly ficti tious, we regard the result of the inves tigation as decidedly adverse to their cause. AYe therefore decide that in our judgment, Alessrs. Reese, Bond, and Har ris, have fully sustained their denial of the existence ot any proofs which can rationally sustain the existence of Ani mal Alagnetism. B. H. RICHARDSON, AV. \V. HANDY, GEO. C. AI. ROBERTS, JOHN N. BAXTER, AIOSES HOLMES, AVAL E. AIKIN, JAMES B. PRICE. Note. —lt is proper to add that although tlie undersigned was present only during the second evening’s exhibition, yet the results of that evening were abundantly sufficient to induce him to concur in the opinions expressed in the above report. WILLI AM E. A. AIK IN, I fully concur in the conclusions to which the above named members of the Committee have arrived. WM. GEORGE BAKER. The New York American states that a large number of counterleit Mexican dol lars and American half-dollars have been seized by the police of that city. The Hon. Daniel Webster left New York, on Tuesday afternoon, in the steamboat Worcester, for Boston. From the New York Journal of Commerce. Peace aait Free Trade. If the bad passions of men had not been too strong for their social feelino? j and even for an enlightened selfishness, I we should never have had anything onl earth but peace and free trade. The Cre- \ ator has marked this as his design, with a distinctness which cannot be misunder stood. He made men with the same wants, and scattered them over the earth, taking care that no man should find all i the articles which could conduce to his comfort, except by extending his com merce to all other men. One spot of earth supplies one want, another spot an other want; but it is only by collectiiur together the productions of all parts of the earth, that the wants of any one man can be fully supplied. Thus sagacious-11 ly did the benevolent Creator arrange the wants of his children so as to impel a ' widely extended free trade among all the 1 members of the family. In this way he , intended that the intelligence of the most 1 intelligent, and the happiness of the most happy, snould lie communicated to all the rest, and the human improvement in one place, lie speedily spread to all places.— j But the bad passions of men have conn-1 teracted this master stroke of policy.— \ Among every people there have always ' been some who supposed it to their inter- 1 est to prevent the diffusion of intelligence, i Ki ugs and priests have quite too often 1 used their great influence to debase at.d oppress those whom they should have j protected and enlightened, and oppres- | sors always count the enlightenment of the people most dangerous to them. . There have alsobeen found in every com- I munity certain intercstsin business whose 1 profits have been lessened by the compe tition of other communities, and they have ever been ready to raise a hue and erv > against foreigners. Partly by sophistry, J and partly by appealing to the bad pas-t ] sions of men, they have generally sue- 1 ceeded in breaking up the free intercourse 1 which would in the highest degree have 1 promoted the common good. They have j even been able to persuade men that it I was a great calamity to buy goods cheap 1 as possible. But in spite of all the saga- 1 city and effort of selfishness in opposition 1 to the public good, the world has become I so knowing as to begin to think it has ] been humbugged a 1 the while by the an- j ti-intercourse policy. Alany begin to see that God's plan is as good as any, if not better; and that upon the whole, He has ! taken better care of their interests than they have themselves ; and so they are calling for the removal of restraints on trade. Englishmen and Americans are opening their eyes to the great wrong ; which has been inflicted on them by the j agricultural lords there, and the manu- ; factoring interests here, led on and bewil- j dered by the politicians in both cases. They perceive that if the people of both countries labor upon the plan of mutual exchange of products, the valuable re sults of their industry will be greatly in creased. The Englishmen can perceive [ that instead of cultivating heaths, lie can procure more food by laboring as a manufacturer and exchanging his goods with Americans; and Americans see that they can procure a much ampler supply of manufactured goods by cultivating their rich soil and exchanging its pro- I ducts with the people of England. So ] obvious is the usefulness of free trade 1 becoming, that both sides begin to see that they cannot possibly get along without it. A home market for the overwhelm ing products of American agriculture, is soon to be as preposterous as a home mar- , ket for the waters of the Alississippi.— Nothing less than the whole world is an adequate market for our flour, beef, pork, cotton and tobacco. Why, if the growth of provisions and flour go on increasing as they have done, the time is not very distant when the aggregate value of our exports of them will equal that of cotton. The mighty West cannot be pent up in the narrow policy of the American sys tem. She wants the world for a market, and must have it. Our manufactures must have the world also. They must have the privilege of buying their mate rials where they can be bought cheapest ; for in no other way can they compete with rivals who have this advantage.— A policy of vast inducements opens be fore us. The rising strength of our country must be allowed free scope. England must be free. Both nations must and will knock off the shackles, and re joice in the benefits of free trade. THE DYING FLOWER. Swept flower, which from thy native shade Gladly I plucked, an hour agonc, And straight love’s votive oflering made, Why seein’st thou now to droop and mourn ? Upon the fairest bosom lying, Wh vt means thy silent sighing t I bloomed in the seclusion wilif Os Nature’s loveliest relreats, A tender bud, a cherished child, A hidden urn of sacred sweets, Ungentle was the hand that tore me From the kind breast that bore me ! I feel the breath of human life, This wondous pulse that beats within, Os one who seeks, with doubtfnl strife, A dim and distant goal to win, Sadly the captive heart is sighing, And with it I am dying. Yes, thou must die, my beauteous flower, But in the heart which thou hast blest,. Thy shape, in sad and joyful hour, Like a beloved friend shall rest, — Thus shall thou better life inherit, With the undying spirit. Monomania. There is no person who is not affected with a species of madness. The mono mania with politicians is, they all believe themselves entitled to the office of Presi dent, or at least that of Alinister at some foreign court. This is a most lamenta ble weakness.