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Wales, past, present, and it may bo. fu ture. . I In Ireland the repeal meetings contm- 1 in*. O'ConneU marches through the > country, and is welcomed in the various.! districts by congregations ol hundreds of thousands, who listen with great zest ‘to his unsparing denunciations of “ the Saxon/’ He, however coun>-els peace, and so there lias been no disturbance, nor will there be, if O'ConneU can pre vent it. He knows the frightful conse quences, of a collision between his Cath olic and Protestant countrymen, at the present moment, to say nothing of the interference of England, Like honest Peter, he will “keep the law on his side," when he “ bites his thumb"—if he can— but it is bad playing with edge tools, or tampering too far with excited multitudes. In the midst too of his bitterest speeches, referring to the deeds of Cromwell, and tlje atrocities of by-gone years, such pas sages as the following oc^pr: Asa lawyer and a statesman, I tell you that you have a right to an Irish Parliament—that the Queen has a right to revive it—that she has only come to Dublin and direct, or to direct in Eng land that writs be issued to such places as she may name. Those writs would return a House cf Commons ; the Lords who obeyed them would forma House of Lords, and without the least instru mentality on the part of the imperial Legislature, the Irish Legislature would be restored to the Irish nation. (Enthu siastic cheeriug.) Now you understand why it is I ask the countless numbers that surround me to become repeal. asso ci ites. I want to have Ireland at my back, animated, enrolled, associated Ire land ! Let me have it, and tire Queen will speedily be advised to issue those writs.’* 5 Any man of common sense must see that as a probable or practical scheme, that the above is all moonshine. There are many, indeed, who are of opinion that O’ConneU does not seriously mean re peal, but that he wishes to make the movement formidable, so as to secure a better compromise, lie" knows repeal cannot be carried peaceably, nor yet by force unless England be involved in im mense difficulties in other directions. It is observed, too, by persons who have lately visited Ireland, that the greater ex citement prevails in tne districts where repeal meetings have not been held, but are anticipated. Expectation is there on tip-toe. In places where the demon strations” have taken place the efferves cence has subsided. The repeal rent, which reached its highest in one week, is the sum of .£2,103 Is 6 1-2, has fallen subsequently to £,1,258 30s 9cl. There is nothing impossible certainly, but as a looker on. 1 am of opinion with the great majority of people here, that there is as little’likelihood of a repeal of the English and Irish Union as of a separation of the United .States into east, west, north and south associations. It is to be hoped, however, that go ;d will result from the movement, by attention being directed to the state of tne affairs in Ireland. The great misfortune is that the Irish will not agree among themselves. Supposing the English Government to propose measures of justice as affecting the Cath olics, it would be bullied at every step by the Irish Protestants, ns being guilty of the basest treachery towards the “ loyal” Protestants. The proceedings in Parliament have not been important. The Irisit Arms Hill continues to “drag its slow length along.” It is a worthless measure. Ire land must be tranquilized by measures of substantial justice, and not by Arms Bills. A Mr. Sackville Lane Fox has made a speech of a most extraordinary character about Bonaparte, the “ Beast,” John tire Baptist, Romulus, and “draw- 1 ing the sword in defence of the Protest- \ ant church.” There is one excuse for it, i and a sufficient one—it is believed that the man is insane. The Anti-Slavery Convention lately heli,! in London, was a good deal startled by a speech from Mr. Cobden, who at tended as a delegate from Manchester, j The gist of it was, that free trade princi ples were not to be sacrificed to unrea-I sonable crochets, and that the time was j come for doing away with the diserimi- j nating duty in favor of West India su- 1 gar, and that it was gross folly to keep out slave grown sugar whilst we admit ted slave-grown cotton, tobacco, &e. A debate ensued, but the Convention dared not divide upon the subject, but got clear of the motion by “ moving the previous question”—in other words, by not com ing to any decision. There has been a fuss in “the fash ionable world,” occasioned by the mar riage of the Princess Augusta, of Cam bridge, (cousin to the Queen,) and a German Prince. The King and Queen of the Belgians are on a visit to Victoria the First." A splendid memorial has been erected to the memory of John Hampden, on the spot where he received his death wound two hundred years ago, when fighting for the liberties of his country. There has been a Puseyite outbreak at Oxford. The University did itself credit by pav ing Mr. Everett, the American Minister, the compliment of conferring upon him a degree. The Pnseyites, however, ob jected, and raised a row on religions grounds, because Mr. Everett had for merly been a Unitarian preacher. The degree, however, was conferred, and the Puseyites presented him with an address expressive of the highest esteem for him self and his country, and hoping that he would attribute their opposition to con scientious motives. This was well enough, but they had 1 etter have kept theniselves quiet in the first instance. Charles Kean has purchased a villa in Hampshire, for three thousand seven | hundred guineas- pretty well this for a ! thiid ; rate aefpr, range of u fire-proof" 1 ware arc about Jo bo commenced j si Liverpool. Th#n» lats Ueu ui. Copenhagen and front 30,000/. to 10,- 000/. of property destroyed: 'l’he news from France is unimport ant. Unhappy Spain'is again distracted from end f to end. Espartgro, “ (the ciqi re h-plu offering, 1 ishpp-W>b ; iilg vil lain;”- as O’Conueil calls him,) appears to be the only man of sense and modera tion in the country. It. is llje gold of those two royal trigueTs. Louis Philip and Queen Chris-' liana, that has created all the difficulty, l’he two have settled that Louis Piiiiip’s , son the Due d'Aumale shall marry the young Queen Isabella, and Espartero and constitutional government have to Ire put down as preliminary steps to re ducing Spain (o trie condition of a French province. O. P. Q. SPAIN. The insurrection in Spain lias somewhat spread, yet without materially altering its character. The events at Barcelona, whence we have intelligi nee to the 17th, should first tie mentioned. The adhesion of the Captain-General Cortinn is ascribed to a ru rious and almost incredible cause. It is said that on the lltli, the agent* of France and Queen Christi ana persu ided the non-commissioned officers ot a regiment in Barcelona (the regiment of Almefia) to meet and issue a proclamation in favor of the move ment: tiny did to; the soldi rs were passive; the non-cumuiissioncJ officers of other corjej ined; they com; oiled their idliet rs to do to; ami finally their Captain General y iotded. Ue is sues Ia proclamation, which staled, that finding the ol j ets of the Junta I to he loyal and constitutional, end disliking hostilities, lie adhered to the Central Junta. The consequence was, that the Junta returned to Barcelona from Bub adol, on the 11th ; the mother and sister of Bri :i hav ing entered it in triumph the day before. The triumph of revolt, however, was far from complete; for Alonijuicil still held tortile Govern ment. On the 13th, Col. Pujol, an officer of Corti nez, presented himself at the gates of Momjuich to j* take the command of it, with a battalion intended to relieve the garrison. 1 lie Governor, Col. Echabcau, reiused to admit him into the tort; hut held a conter ence with him at the entrance of one of the posterns, tsing accompanied by frhe commander-of the battal ion in the tort. Both refused to give up the fort so long as Zurbano should iiouid out. it was supposed that a rumor next day of Zurhano’s retreat from : Hues would remove iheir scruph s; hut Mchubeau 1 now said, that he held his orders from a Central I Government, and would only surrender the fort on . ihe rcetipl of similar orders; though concurring in the sentiment* of I'n: troops and citizens of Barcelo na, he would com.nit no hostility, if none w. re com mitted against the fort, and if his despatches were suliere I freely to pass. The possession of Montjuich determines the military possession of Barcelona; and Ihe tort was well furnished wall every tiling, and had provisions for three months. Other towns in Catalonia adhered to the revolu tion: on the 14tti, l-'igueirus; on tiie 15th T.irrogo | na, where Osorio, the voovernor, and officer's faithful to llie Urgent, embarked; Girona, on the lltli; and ; near it a son of Zurbuuo converted himself into a ! revolutionary leader! Among other places, Cardona, with a store id,Odd muskets, had also yielded to the insuigenls. Lyrida had a slight movement on the Bth; hut the Govirnor and National Gtr.rd sup pressed it, and l.>o discontented left the town. Fer ula is the key ot Catalonia on the side of Arragon. The desertion of the troops here is attributed to the unpunctual delivery of their pay. The insurgent* still possessed Granada and Mal -1 a '= a ' > Advrvs from Madrid are to the 17th. Oa learn ing the death of the p ffiti'-al* chief of Valencia, lis part .ro resolved to head the three* against the itisur-. gents ; and steps were taken to concentrate troops at Saragossa. On the ! ith In- issued an address to the nation, to explain conduct which calumniator* labor ed to blacken, tie calls to mind Itis solemn oaths on accepting the Regency ; his public pledges, and dis claims every intention ot violating them, particularly tiie imputed tine:,lion of prolonging the term'of. his office, -lie reviews the history ot’lns Regency; vin dicating some of Its stronger tneasut es by it*, erring to toe stale ol the country. Ue disclaims alike the gen iiii and tiie ambition of Napoleon, who expiated his usurpations on a rori. in the ocean ; and avows his determination lo n lire to piivate life whence he came, lie holde ilia oliire only by virtue ot tire constitution; without tiie const.Union, them is nothing hut ruin lor him an 1 his e.mutiy; and he will and. liver up his sacred trust, not to anarchy, but only to Hie Queen and Cortes; meanwhile defending it as a soldier. On the I >t!i, lie reviewed the garrison, and was en thusiastically cheered. On the llith, the Gazette contained a proclamation of tile Regent, signed by all the ministers, declaring illegal and rebellious all jun tas touml in opposition lo the Government, and or dering t.icir members to he tried and punished with all the severity oi Ihe law of the ITt'i April, 18JI. In an express proclamation, the Bpathsh Govern ment have contradicted a report that there was an intention to remove the Queen from the palace of Madrid towards Fortugal, to marry irer to it prince of ihe family ot'SaXO Coburg, who was then in that country . n a vi. it to the King, one of its sms. Esp.trtcro had leit Madrid, uceotnpanied by Gcner aU Linage an 1 Forraz, with 8030 men. lie arrived at Uuilitaiiar de la Orden, a village of La Mancha, on the road to Valencia, on tire gild of June. There lie was to meet other ho lies of troops appointed to rein force him at that rendezvous. Tire insurrection had spread. Corunna had its prenuuciauuiito againat the Regent on the 18th; Se vtlle, on the 13th ; I-urges, the capital of Old Castile, on tne 25th; and Santiago, Lugo, Orense, Vigo, 13.1a llzos, Cadiz, and other places, had declared lirerrrselves. An attempt at Rampeluna had been abortive; and the Basque Provinces remained quiet. General Van iialcn had assumed the command of tile troops against t) ranada, arid had comnieiiced the attack on the It). 1- ears were entertained for the continuance of tran quility in the capital, which had been a moment en dangered on the 15th by an individual having cried as the Queen and sister were walking on the Prado, ‘Long live the niTßolnte Queen I”—pointing at tiro limned.ate cessation of Esparterp’s Regency. This imprudence excited such a tumult, that the two Princesses were obliged to seek refuge in their car riage ; but nothing more came of it. The National Guard ot Madrid had issuer! an address to the Na tional Guard taroughout the kingdom, urging them to rally round the Queen and Espartero. Additional intelligence has come to hand from Gpairi. iho cash t>; Christiana is doing its work Wit.i Spanish patriotism. On Thursday, in addition to former large supplies, she sent 1,500,000 francs to feed tae insurrectionary armies. Zurbauo. who had declined a battle from an unwillingness to destroy Barcelona, was hemmed in ly Castro, but the latter liad not artillery to attack, him. The Luekana regi ment with the Regent, it is said, had grown tlisor-' oerly at Gcann, audio have pillaged the regimental 10.c.t. i lie battalion e-t Guinea had abandoned Van ..abn in his retreat. The insurgent* of Granada iuarened li l’ un Cordova, and eOorts were making to get u;r an expedition from Purges, K ,,d, other poinst upbn At ad ml. nee,* ilout pt stale* that Ah. pressed down l>y f.gc and infirmities, had joined Us ■ rrandwn with him in the Government, as ica.'ed, or assistant, in consequence of his successor being an invalid. Between Ibrahim and Abbas there exists a long cherished am! deadly hatred,.which, on the death of the old Bach, will lead, no doubt, to very sangui • nxry result*. rr re- Wr transfer to the columns of the Democrat, the following just remarks from the Boston Statesman, upon the Irish Repeal question. THE IRISH REPEAL QUESTION'. Strange as it may seem, when the principles involved in the question are considered, there arc editors among ns who deny tiie right of Americans to dis cuss and aid tiie cause of the repeal of the unjust legislative union now existing between Great Britain and IrelanJ; —a union which was consummated by open bribery and confessed corruption,in 1800, and wholly unauthorized by the Irish people, whose representations assumed powers never delegated to thorn. In con sequence of losing her domestic legisla ture, Ireland lias for forty years groaned under incalculable political evils; and, to use tire language of Lord Lyndhurst, the most implicable of her foes, the En glish government has uniformly treated her people as “aliens in blood, aliens in language, and aliens in religion.” With a population of eight millions, the Irish people cannot engage in any system of internal improvement, or general educa tion, or for the support of Iter poor. For full fifty years the brave and hardy pop ulation of the nation have been regarded ill no other light by tiie imperial gov ernment than as so much animated bone and muscle for filling up the armies of England, to be employed in foreign con quests. By keeping the masses on the verge of starvation, by a systematic course of legislation designed to repress the developemynt of the natural resources of the country, the hunger driven peas antry are forced into the army as the only means of subsistence. Such is the destiny in which the mill ions of Ireland are born, and is it for Americans to look on their fate and no ble struggles for disentlnalment with in difference/ Ireland has been literally robbed of her legislature—of the power of managing her own concerns, by rep resentatives unacquainted with iter re sources, interests, and wants ; and ruin and wrath have followed in the train of the grand outrage on her national inde pendence. Almost every evil under which she now groans, may be justly at tributed to the loss of her home parlia ment; and how. can any American, who Is attached to his own form of govern ment, refuse his sympathy to the efforts making for the restoration of that parlia ment. 'Flit' moral, political, and even religious regeneration of Ireland depend on the success of the repeal of the un ion ; for while the handful of Irish rep resentatives are merged in the British parliament, the reforms demanded by the spirit and intelligence of the agecan never be effected. Therefore, the cause ot re peal presents claims precisely similar to the cause of foreign missions to heathen lands, and it is a well ascertained fact that, in proportion as the ..missionary spirit is active, a corresponding ardor in the cause of religion is manifested in the bosom of the church at home. Soil is with regard to political reform. By ta king an interest in the progress of repub lican principles in foreign nations, our people think more deeply of, and prize more highly, the free institutions, won for them by their fathers. The question of repeal presents a clearer and more intelligible issue than did the revolts of Poland or Greece, and the people of Ireland are infinitely better pre pared for self-government than the peo ple of thsse countries, or even the South Americans. Yet with what ardor, elo quence, nay vehemence, was the inde pendence of these countries advocated by Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, and others of lesser note, lit the North American Review for July, 1827, Gov. Everett wrote as follows in behalf of the Greeks “Let the public mind be disabused of (he prejudices which mislead it on this occasion. Let it not be operated upon by talcs of piracy at sea, and fractions on land—evils which belong not to the Greeks, bnt to human nature. Let the means of propagating authentic inttelii gence of the progress of the revolution be multiplied. Let its well wishers and well hopers declare themselves in the case. Let the tide of pious and Christian charity be turned into this broad and thirsty channel. /e: every .rdent and ' igh spirited yonns n an. w oh s an independent subsi fence es two or three hundred dot ars a year, embark person- in the cause and, aspire k to that crown of glory never yet worn but by hint* vho so lately tr nmphed in the entire mill ons of America.” *Lafayette. “WEBSTER’S ORATION." We notice in the last Washington Globe, .an article copied from the New York Plebeian, on Mr. Webster’s oration delivered at the late Bunker Hill Cele bration, which we are very sorry to see should come from the pen of a democrat. It is “ plebeian ” in the very lowest, bas est, worst sense of the term ; it breathes the uncharitable, envious, snarling, and depraved spirit of the veriest scum of the vilest portions of a degraded city mob. It undertakes to ridicule the patriotic pride, native Americans every where feel tor the immortal renown acquired by the patriots of the revolution, and particular ly in their early and brilliant, achieve ments in New England; and speaks of their puritan ancestors, who came to this great western wilderness to escape relig ious tyranny, as “land speculators, who left their country for their country’s good.!’ The author of this bqastly spite venom, is probably some scape gat- lows penny-a-liner, who has been vomit ed upon our shores from the stews ol London —such feelings never could have liecn engendered in any American breast. We <ro tor the “ hugest liberty” princi ple, tor the equal rights of the people, but from all such “ levelingism,” from all such p ebeians as this, in the language of the Litany, we most fervently pray, “ Good Lord deliver us.” We regret to see so disgraceful an effusion approved by the Globe.— Ala. Plaindcaler. lilWjWWgHßTfcPg iMKr-jaram <mw idssm oosayol WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1813. FOB PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHN 0. CALHOUN, FOR VICE PRESIDENT: L.EYI WOi»9BVKI, FOR GOVERNOR, 31 ARK a. COOPER, OF MURRAY. FOR CONGRESS, JAMES 11. STARK, OF BUTTS. We marked the birth-day nf our Journal, by unfurling' to the breeze the broad banner of Democracy, and inscribing upon its bright field the stainless name of John C. Calhoun, the American Aristides,' as our First Choice for President of the United States; and for the Vice Presidency, the name of that wise, honest and able Statesman and unswerving Patriot, Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire : Subject, of coai’se, to the decision of a rela tional Democratic Convention: The Delegates to be chosen directly by the People —to convene at Balti more, May, ISI4, and there individu ally express Faithfully , the will of their Constituents. We ask but a fair field and fair piny —and then “ God defend the Right.' 1 ' 1 The Senator (Mr. Calhoun,) was con tinually charging hint (Dir. Clay) with the design of violating the compromise act! When had he swerved from it ? He was still for adhering to it, as he understood its principles. Those prin ciples he did not consider incompatible with the PROTECTION of American industry, in preference to any ether. Till HAD LIVED, AND WOULD DIE, AN ADVOCATE OFTHE PRO TECTIVE SYSTEM. HE HAD NEVER CHANGED HIS PRINCI PLES. THEY WERE NOW THE SAME AS THEY iiad EVER BEEN; but he submitted to the restrictions of the compromise act ns a matter of NECESSI TY. And he did not even now think it prudent, because not practicable, to go as far as his inclinations led him, with the friends of PROTECTION But as far as he COULD GO 11E WOULD !” | Speech in the Senate, 23d March, 1813, a still shor ter lime before retiring from thal body. J A BOLD ANSWER TO A PLAIN QUESTION. No mincing matters here, But a plain, clear, fear less ami unequivocal av wal of decided opinion and fixed principles. We wish the above extract to lie taken in connection with that which is stereotyped at the editorial head of the Georgia Journal. We should like to know if there is a single individual in the Slate of Georgia, who, after reading the two extracts in connection, could or would deny that Mr. Clay was an advocate of a Protective Tariff. MR. CLAY’S SPEECH ON THE TARIFF. Our correspondent ” S-” will sec that we have complied with the request of himself, and friends, in publishing the greate r part of Mr. Clay’s speech, on the first page of this days paper, it should have been done earlier, hut the paper containing-it was accidentally mislaid and not found until a few days since. “THEATHENS BANNER AGAIN.” Passing over the remarks of the Banner, as to the election and insturction of the delegates appointed to represent this state, in the Democratic Conven tion, and its fiipancy about “wit” sarcasm and the like, we some to the controversy between that paper and the Democrat. The Banner says, “we would very willingly here drop tiie controversy, but we can notconsentto see our friends, aspeised by men profes sing our own principles w ithout a word of defence.” Neither “ Blair’s Great Globe, nor Col. Benton, so far as we are able to discover, are attempting to dic tate to the party. The Globe has hardly expressed its preference, and Col. Benton has only done what every Democrat has a right to do, frankly indicated his choice. Now we do not believe there can be found a man in the darkest corner of the state, much less an intdlig -nt reading man—besides the editor of the Banner, who docs not know unless like him he is wilfully Mind, thal the Globe and Col. Benton have done something more than merely indicated their pref erence, in reference to the next candidate of the dem- mocratic party for the next Presidency. The G one especially, has presumed to hold itself as the grand dictator of the patty, and claimed for itself a sort of infallibility, attempting to read out eminent and well tried Democrats, who happen to differ with it in their choice of men. That paper has long been a “fin of lead” upon the party—and unless it changes its course, its columns will cease to be regarded as the pure fountains of Democratic orthodoxy—we desire not to be misunderstood, we have no disposition to interfere with, or question the preferences of the Globe, Col. Benton, the Danner, or any one else; we arc willing to allow the n what we claim for our self—and what is the unquestioned right of every American freeman I Freedom of opinion and freedom of choice. In our advocacy of thcclaims of Mr. Cal houn, we have no interest to advance hut the oood of our country—art I believing that he is the choice of a majority of the Democratic party, we will yield him an active, steady, anj zealous support, until we are convinced thal he is not by the decision of a Nation al Convention ; in doing this, we will not quarrel with the Banner, or any one clse i for an equally zeal ous advocacy of Mr. Van Buren’s . laims. But we will not submit to insolent dictation from any quar ter —we will here take leave of the Banner, and are willing to [tart “ fair friends.” CALHOUN AND CLAY. The course tinny of the Federal writers are pur suing towards the former of those eminent citizens, h nota little extraordinary to themselves and to those who countenance them disreputable, to Mr. Clay, certainly useless or injurious, and we have little doubt, “ Harry of the West” scorns such auxiliaries. I'heie is so much appearance of personal animosity, of virago-like spite exhibited in several of the arti cles alluded to, that Thimble’s scolding-wife were she on this side of the Styx, would envy the style in which they are executed —and Ann Royal, herself, allow, she had been out done in venom and inde cency. The Georgia Journal, at it is at present conducted, the most talented and liberal Whig paper in the state, forms a distinguished exception to the preceding observations —for while it advocates Mr. Clay’s claims with earnestness and ability, it is not afraid to be just, to the splendid endovmcnts and vast public services of his great competitor. Why is there not a generous, chivalrous reciprocity of this manly de scription established? The democratic press in this State, has we think set the example. Why not con duct these competitions on principles, that an editor with the feelings of a gentleman, can enter the are na, without disgust and a sense of degradation ? Why cannot the organs of each parly, prove all they can favorable to their preferred candidate, without at tempting to depreciate, traduce, or vituperate his opponent? The profligate, abandoned disregard of this principle, as well as of truth and justice, on the part of too many of those who contr.-I political jour nals, during important contested elections, goes di rectly among the oilier powerful causes, that have long operated to demoralize the people, lead them to despise that palladium of free institutions, the press, ar.d e'*cn to doubt the value of liberality and the ex istence of virtue—shame and anathema of their country, on such foes to liberty and humanity. It is difficult to ascertain what the object is of the incessant stream of reckless misrepresentation, flow ing from some of the Federal presses on Calhoun as the original contriver, or at least a participant in the advocacy of that curse to our country, and opprobium to a free people, the American System. The fact, that Clay entered Congress in 1903, that Calhoun did not become a member of that body till 1911, and that Clay, in the interval, developed all the essential features of his system—the Bank of the U. S. ex cepted, irretrievably negative, the first branch of the slander—to a candid reasoning opponent, ac quainted with the subject, refutation of the residue of the calumny would be needless—we shall, how ever, notice it succinctly. The gist of the case soughtto be made out against John C. Calhoun, by his Federal traduCers, is that in the early part of thirty two years’ congressional ser vice, he committed two or three acts of political her esy as had as some Mr. Clay has spent his whole po litical life in attempting to establish. The difference between the course pursued by Calhoun and Clay is essential--the former repudiated his errors (and they were errors more in appearance than reality) more than twenty years ago—the latter (Clay) sus tained and declares hi3 determination to die in them, the jesuitial misrepresentation made to the late Whig Convention at Milledgcville, to the contrary, notwithstandm . We think the repetition of these oft-refufed libels on Mr. Calhoun, must he injurious to Mr. Clay’s in terest —as their exposition uniformly places the salesman's sagacity, and patriot motives of the for mer in alight that necessarily elicits the admiration, and secures the confidence, and wins the attach ment of his countrymen, and every liberal and judici cious whig we 1 clicve deprecates them, & considers them as poor return, for the forbearance of the dem ocratic press in general, towards Mr. Clay. As wc shall shortly resume the subjects merely touched upon in the preceding rctnaiks—wc close them for the present. THE INFLUENZA. We think it not an unseasonable caution, to warn our fellow-citizens of the approach of this formidable malady. It appeared in Boston about the close of Ihe Bunker’s Hill celebration, and has journied slowly southward and as appears by the Savannah papers, is now prevalent in that city. The type of Ihe disease, we are glad to learn is comparatively mild, but it generally fastens with peculiar severity on the aged anil those with broken down and debili tated constitutions, by such, too much precaution cannot ha exercised—an ahs'enence from animal food and stimulating fluids, till the foe has retired, would be prudent on the part of every one—also an avoidance of night atr, draughts from doors and win dows, damp atmosphere, or hot sun. To these precautions, a beneficial addition w ill he bathing the head and washing the neck, shoulders, and breast with cold water every morning succeded by a perfect drying with a warm napkin. These sim ple appliances will in many cases prevent the attack and in all, render it milder. Notwithstanding the hot and humid weather we have had, for some time past, our city still continues healthy—how long that blessing may he enjoyed, is extremely uncertain. The flooded cellars, the lar*re surfaces, that have been recently covered with wa ter, now evaporated leaving considerable spaces ex posed to the action of a burning sun, consequently throwing off momently volumes of fever producing effluvia—if to these sources of danger, be added the pestilential miasms, eliminated from the decaying an mal and vogetable matter scattered so profusely over our city, if it be admitted, these elements of disease and death, may Ire mingled with the atrial poison, producing i iflucnza, we think the most indifferent should he roused into active exertion toward off" the evil, or at least, to lessen it as much as is practicable. As far as our city is concerned, if any amendment in its condition be made, it must be effected by the citizens—the council, from her almost hopeless finan cial embarrassments, they found the city involved when they took office, are, however desirous, una ble to effect any thing in tire way of improvement— we believe, both the present council and their offi cers have doncevcry thing, circumstances permitted for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. These remarks were due to the community, we have made them.frankly ami trust, they will he, neither misunderstood nor neglected. Clay a Whale. —The Oxford (N. V.) Times calls Mr. Clay a whale ; probably because he is a spoutjr. “THE EMPIRE STATE.” Wc premise the following excellent article from theDutchrr* county, New York Anti-Bank Demo crat, l>y stating that the reasons which it sets forth why the'Democratic Party should rally under Mr. Calhoun are gaining ground with the party rapidly and from the indications Hot only in that state, hut in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, C. n necticut, North Carolina and other states. We are every day more and more convinced that Mr. Cal houn will receive the nomination of the LVmocralic Convention in May, 1844. It is idle nonsense, it is an insult lo the intelligence of the American peo ple Cos say that the overthrow and defeat of the party in 1810 was caused wholly by the artifices and delu sions of our opponents, the Whigs,— ctery candid and ingenius mind must admit that the personal un popul rity of the Democratic candidate hung like an incubus upen the party, the Democrats like Sinltad the sailor with the old man upon hisbacli, were borne down by the weight which they carried.—Mr. Van Burcn made an able and worthy chief magistrate— hut he lias never had, nor never will have, that hold upon the affections of the American people, which bore itis republican predecessors in triumph, over their opponents in every emergency—and secured the ascendancy of the principles of the republican parly in the midst of every danger which has threat ened them since the foundation of the government, dovvu to 1840. F R PRFSIDENT. JOHN C. CALHOUN. "The signs of the times” clearly indicate Mr. Cal houn as the proper, and, we think, probable candi date of the democracy for the next Presidency.— •Since wc placed itis name at the head of our columns we have had frequent opportunities of conversing with our friends in this county, and we are agreea bly surprised to find so many true men ready to ral ly under the banner of the intrepid champion of free trade and equal rights. Mr. Calhoun has a strong and abiding hold upon the young men of the party. Those who are as yet uncontaminated by the base intrigues of politics— who are nit allied to the “old Hunkers”—who have never yet bowed the knee to the Albany Regency, nos liecn touched by the wand of conservatism; — those who cone forth fresh, free, honest and unpre judiced look to the eminent South Carolinian as “the man for the limes,”—upright, able and willing, to preserve the sacred principles of Republicanism from further prostitution and restore them to their native simplicity and purity. In this state especially, we feel the need of such a man ; for we have been so often cheated arnl defrauded by those who Were elec ted to office by democratic votes, and then seduced into conservatism or whiggery by the central power, that we can no longer trust those who are stamped with the approbation of Croswell &. Cos. And we hail it as an unerring sign of the progress of truth, that Mr. Calhoun is daily gaining ground hi tha north, anil the emanations nf the Albany Arcus, whether in the shape of non-committal editorials, or Presidential candidates, are more and more regarded with distrust. We have heretofore expressed our conviction that the connection between Mr. Van Buren and the Al bany Regency must injure his piospects of nomina tion. That body has at last become appreciated—it is looked Upon as a collartion of rotten, selfish, un principled politicians. The people despise them and will soon crush them. Even Croswell, although contemptible in weakness, and wholly destitute of all political honor or honesty, awaits a speedy retri bution at the hands of the insulted and abused de mocracy of the State. Such is the progress of public opinion against that most vascillating and treacherous of all paper* —the State paper—that wc should not he at all surprised it .Mr. Van Burcn should lose the vole of his own State in the nominating Convention, unless he can contrive to divest himself of the odium of being con necred with the Argus. The warfare which is now being waged on the part of the sound democracy, headed by Col. Young and the Albany Atlas, and supported by all the virtue and talent of the demo cratic press in the s ate, against conservatism must soon annihilate the political imjiortance of such men as the State printer, and Mr. Van Burcn can hard ly os tape the penally of being found in bad com pany. Itis in vain for the warmest friends of Mr. Van Buren to deny that he is rapidly losing ground while hts great antagonist is constantly gaining strength. —• 1 lie issues which they have tendered must inevita bly be decided against them. Mr. Van Bun n has staked his all upon a November Convention, and the election of delegates by Slates ; yet it is certain that convention can never l>e held ; and it is equally clear that the principles of democracy are directly opposed to this mode of selecting delegates. The friends of Mr. Calhoun, on the other hand, insist upon a convention to he held in May, 1844, and that each district shall choose its own delegate. It is obvious that upon these test questions tiie argu ment is all in favor of the position of the southern candidate, The month of May is the usual time for holding the Nationai'Convcntion : and no good rea son can he given for changing the tiino. Tile very fact that Mr. Van Buren wishes to chance it, and has ten the nomination, is in itself a suspicious cir cumstance. It is because he finds the tide settimr so strongly toward* the south that he fears that delays may he dangerous? The attempt on the part of Mr. Van Burcn’s friends to forestall public opinion, and fasten on the party a nomination a whole year before the election, we consider highly Injudicious; and it must fail. Already eleven states have declared against it, and hut three in favor: There is, therefore, no* chance of a November convention, and but little chance of Mr. Van Buren’s nomination in May. We hope and believe that the high honor is reserved for Jons C. Caliioun. Wc have heard it hinted that if Mr. Calhonn should be nominated he cannot get the electoral vote of this state. We spurn such a suggestion. We be lieve that Mr. Calhaun will carry as strong a tote as any other num. It is true, that we have some conservatives who will never vote for the successful candidate unless their candidate succeeds; but the great body of tire democracy will support the candi date who receives a fair and regular nomination.— The democracy of t c" Empire State” arc not so wedded to men that they cannot sustain principles. They will remember that in the great struggle of 1810, when even his own state deserted her ‘favor ite son,’ South Carolina tea# true to him ; and the sentiments of gratitude and the principles of honor, as well as the great cause of truth and justice, will stimulate them to return tire like honor upon South Carolina’s noble and favorite son. We clip the following from an exchange paper,, the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Fact.— Joe Smith, in a late number ot the Nauvoo Times and Seasons, has a review of Millerism, in which he avows-' his belief that the world has a decided liking for being humbugged. There is> not a greater truth to be lbund within thfi' |>ages of Joe’s Bible.