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From the New Hampshire Gizette.
INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY.
Daring the lasi w.**v the gjtveinuient became in
voived in iK-lit, and those banks more furticul irly
wui.h had been the most lilht.il in discounting the
govern n >nt loans, principally those of the Southern
•an I Mi Ule States, were obliged to suspend specie
payments; while the banks at the North a.nl East,
where svvav, were enahletl loeontin
ue the payment n/kyporic. owing to the system on
which they practise.l, o! refusing to discount govern
ment paper, an I discouraging all loan* from individ
uals to the government, as well as all enlistments o!
troops for that public defence. Tint object ofdiscour
aging public loans was clearly, political; an I was a
means of political warfare resorted to by the Ne\V
England it enlists, who mainly controllu I the mo
ney affairs of the Eastern States, for the purpose oJ
embarrassing the govern ment operations, let the
police, as we have observed, enabled them to sustain
s;ic:'i.' payments, while the banks in the Middle and
Southern State* which haJ poured out their funds to
sustain the government because consequently eni ar
eas c l, and their paper compared with that of New-
England, was circulating at a discount of from ten
to fifty per cent.
As the war progressed, the government were push
e i to a resort to banking, by issues of Treasury notes:
those notes were the only currency between the Gov
ernment and its creditors; whoever furnished the gov
ernment with supplies, whoever had contracted for
mechanical work for our public ships, forts and other
fortifications, or enlisted into the Army or Navy, or
was drafted from tho Militia to deie and our harbors
ii-i 1 our frontier, were paid otT in treasury notes.
Tiiese notes were about on a par with tbo notes ol
the Southern and Middle States, at a discount ol
about 25 per cent. Those who were able, to he sure,
might have kept them, but more probably nine out ot
ten who received them, were driven to the necessity
of disposing of them forthwith, for whatever tiiey
would bring, and there were many instances in which
the poor soldier and the laborer and the mechanic
were subjected to a discount of do to 30 per cent.
Lono afa r peace took place, they were sold in this
vicinity at a discount of 15 per cent, and they conlin- I
ue,t at this rate of discount until the passage ol the ]
h. to establish the U. S. Bank in lSltl, when they |
i. •diately rose Jo 10, 15. SO, nnd we think 50 per j
e Tit. advance. This, however, was, in perhaps nine ;
cases out us ten, of no avail to the laborer, the sol
dier, the mechanic and others whose claims had been
liquidated by means of these notes, which, as we
have already observed, were from the necessities of
the in uediutc recipients disposed ot in the market at j
enormous discount*.
The U. ta. Bank, like Hamilton’* “ Funding sys
ten,” which absorbed the paper money anJ State
securities of the Revolution, served as a pabulum to
the speculators and stock jobbers ; but as it r guided
tlie original government creditors, who were obliged j
to put with these “promises to pay, ’ to meet their
immediate wants, it was in fact worse than nothing,
inasmuch as their loss was beyond recovery, and they
were subsequently taxed with their full proportion of
the losses and other attendant evils, entailed upon the
people in consequence of the establishment oi that
bank.
Now what wc were coming at is mainly this:
Since our government resorted to paper money or
“ promise* to pay,” which were never fultilled, at ;
l-*,\st not to their real creditors, if the principle of un
limited liability be correct, was not the property ol
every individual in the United States, r. ndered mor
ally liable, tu make good the losses suffered by the
immediate creditors cf government in the reception
of these “ promises to pay” which proved so faithless?
Every citizen received his shale of the benefit of this
resort of the government to “ raise the wind;” —eve-
ry citizen was in fact a etockhol ler, and on the prin
c pie of individual liability, ought he not to face up ?
1 ) ! ;ht not his property to be held individually liable
to nuke good the losses sustained by the immediate
r.-cipi ids of the government paper 1 \Ye ask for in
formation. If not?—why not?
At all events, while Congress have been so lavish
of moneys, distributing 28,000,000 of surplus to the
States —distributing the land revenues, extending the
pension system to the widows and children of officers
of the Navy who happened to die in the service, for
forty years hack, and committing various other prodi
galities, ought they not to have made ample provision
tor the payment of their honest debt3, by remunera
ting their imme iiate creditors, who took their “ pro
mise to [ny,” in time of public necessity, and when
tiiey had nothing else to offer ?
From the Richmond Enquirer.
“Let thure bn Lisht.” lnformation
minded.
“ The Lorain Republican," of the
Slat e of Ohio, contains an article nnd r
the head of “Stupendous scheme of po
litical villainy ! A peep at Abolition
(lu plicit y— and Federal knavery —Plan
for the campaign of ’4l developed in
part" —which is calculated to excite a
deep interest in the minds of the people.
It defers to a speech, made just before the
election, at the celebrated abolition vil
lage of Oberlin, by the notorious aboli
tionist, J. R. Giddings, a candidate for
re-election to Congress. After tiie most
tremendous fulminations against the
slave holders and the slave interest of
the South, lie (the aforesaid Giddings) is
reported to have said :
‘•Rut, suppose that he should vote for
Clay. What then/ Many slave hold
cm advocate the same sentiments that 1
do. Hundreds of papers containing the
series of articles signed ‘Paciticus’ were
purchased by southern members and for
ward dto their constituents. This sub
ject is not ne-.v to them ; many are not
afraid to promulgate the very sentiments
l now hold, and Mr. Clay is one of the
number. In fact, he has so put forth his
sentiments. I have now in my posses
sion, and will read to this assembly, a
letter from Henry Giay upon this subject,
before I conclude. If a man ol iiis high
moral character and distinguished abili
ties can thus embrace the doctrines of
abolition, how idle it is for any portion
of the parly to refuse to receive them ;
and yet, that they are iiis sentiments, ad
mits of no doubt.
[Mr. Giddings here read a letter from
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, to 1 1 unset*,
condoling him upon the rancorous oppo
sition of the southern members, and
heartily concurring in ail the sentiments
put forth in the articles signed “Pacifi
ciis. ’ He ulsq expressed a • lively inter
est in the abolition movements of Mr. G.,
and expressed a firm adherence to his
principles.]
“Those are the principles of Mr. Clay
—and they are my sentiments. I ap
prove of them—ana do you not? It*C
true, that ho lias formerly advocated a
dhf rent doctrine—but men's minds may
change. The car is in motion. It will
s\v‘eep every thing before it—and the lib
erty party are far behind. They must
hasten, or they will fail of being in at the
great triumph, which is near at hand.'’
This man, Giddings, may have mis
represented Henry Clay. He may have
lied about tiie matter —hut as the case
now stands, we demand, in the name of
truth, the publication of the alleged letter.
On this subject, the letter must speak for
itself. It will toll what has been passed
between such a miscreant as Giddings,
and Mr. Clay. If he (Giddings) has thus
undertaken publicly, and on liis own re
sponsibility, to make such representations
aliout Mr. Clay, and read a lcttci purport
ing to come from that gentleman, he
(Giddings is bound to publish that docu
ment. If he refuses, then the friends of
Mr. Clay are bound to call for a copy
from him (Mr. Clay) and he is bound in
justice to the truth, to publish it for him
self. There can be no mistake upon
this matter—and we shall take care, that
a copy of this article from the “Lorain
Republican"’ shall meet the eye of Mr.
Clay.
Hear what Judge. White said.
Judge White in his speech of 1332,
against a bank, says :
“We have the express testimony of air.
Madison, a member of the Convention,
of Mr. Martin another member of the
same body, and of Mr Jefferson of Wash
ington’s cabinet, that at the Convention
there was an attempt to give Congress
the power to incorporate a bank, and it
was refused. The journal containing
the proceedings of that body is now pub
lished, and we find that on several occa
sions, the attempt was actually made to
give Congress the power to pass an act
of incorporation, and it was uniformly re
fused.
It seems to me clear, therefore, that the
Convention did not intend to give the
power now claimed to Congress, and that
we have no right to vest ourselves with
such a power by construction.”
In view of these historical facts we
ask—did the frarners of tiie Constitution
do which they said ought not to be done
because it would defeat the adoption of
the Constitution by the people /
Mr. Madison says it was proposed to
give Congress the power to make a Bank,
that it was debated three days; and re
jected “upon the principle ihat it was a
power improper to be vested in the gen
eral government.”
Were the framers of tire Constitution
deceived as to what powers tiiey were
giving to Congress? No. Did tiiey
give to Congress power to make a Bank j
when tiiey thought and said it was a >
power which Congress ought not to j
have, and which would lead to a rejec- j
tion of the Constitution by the people ?
We say—N >.
Ottr Country*
Avery able article on the U. S. from 1
the pen of Win. Darby, Esq., appeared!
in a late number of the National Intelli- j
gencer. According to Mr. D., the U. S. j
are bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, E. j
and S. E. Gulf of Mexico S., the Spanish
or Mexican provinces S. W., Pacific O- |
cean W., and \. by the Russian and
British Territories in North America.
This extensive region has the following
limits:
Miles.
Commencing on Passamnqtioddy
Bay at the month of St. Croix
river, and thence along the At
lantic Ocean to florid i point I,B'K*
Thence along the Gulf of Mexico
to the mouth of the Sabine 1,100 j
From the mouth of the Sabine,
in common with the Spanish
or Mexican provinces, to the
Pacific Ocean 2,300 |
Along the Pacific Ojccan from lat.
42 deg. to 49 and >g. N. or about 500 ]
Due E. from the Pacific Ocean,
on lat. 49 deg. N., on the Rus
sian Territories to the Rocky
or Chipewayau Mountains GOO
Thence, in common with Cubotia,
or Briti ii North America, to
the mouth of St. Croix . 3,000
Having an entire outline of 9,300
The longest direct line which can he
drawn over this great region stretches
from Cape Canuvaral, in East Florida,
to the Northern Cape of Queen Char
lott’s Island, on Dixon's entrance, 2,214
miles. Assuming this line as base, the
mean breadth is about 709 miles, and
area in square statute miles, in round
numbers, 2,2G0,<0,1.
National Debts.
If America does not want to borrow
precedents from Europe, let her not run
in debt. Non hydra secto, says Horace,
(ode 4,i)1) tin; hydra did not with more
strength attack Hercules, and grieve to
be overcome. The debt of England is,
in gold, nearly 15,000,000 of !b>. weight:
in silver it would weigh 207,000,000 lbs.
It would take 25 ships of 250 tons to car
ry it in gold ; in one horse carts (half a
ton to eaeh)!oaded with gold, they would
reach 35 1-2 miles; or an army of 281,-
7(59 men, if each took 50 lbs. Yes, 800,-
000,000 of sovereigns piled in one col
umn would reach 710 miles, or 11,048
miles if laid flatwise, or nearly twice
round the moon. If we take & I bank
notes and sew them together, it would
cover a turnpike 40 ft. wide and 1052
miles long if sewed endwise they would
go 4 times round our globe, or lb times
round the moon. If the British debt was
to be paid otf by the people of the globe,
it would require a tax of $5 on every
man, woman and child ; or 830 from ev
ery per on in ail Europe. If carried in
silver the debt would load 232,090 wag
ons in a line (570 miles, or 5,333,333 men
with 50 lbs. apiece. To pay this enor
mous debt the English people would
have to be taxed a head I Ponder
over (hat fast.
I’jaiitfiraiia, Ohio ami New Jersey.
The Congressional results m these,
states show a democratic gain of 15 mem
bers of Congress, as compared with the \
results of 1810—conceding to the whigs
Mr. Wright of New Jersey. Thus—
In the last congress thcseStates stood—
Democrats. Whigs.*
Pennsylvania, 15 13
Ohio, ' 7 12
.New Jersey, • 0 G
22 31
In the next congress they will stand—
Democrats. > higs.
Pennsylvania, 12 13
Ohio, 12 9
New Jersey, 4 1
28 22
Democratic majority in these States in
the next Congress 6. Whig majority in
the last Congress 9. Democratic ‘gain
15. .
Rail Road. Stork We arc p'eased to
observe that this Stock is fast advancing
in price. During tiie course of last
week, a sale of 500 shares was effected
at G7.— Charleston Courier.
The Louisville Journal states that Rob
ert Dale O wen has been indicted in Har
rison county, Indiana, for illegal voting.
—Charleston Courier.
From the New Orleans Tropic. wP
By the arrival of the schooner Galves
ton yesterday, from Galveston, we are
placed in possession of the following let
ter from onr old correspondent in that
city. In regard to the interesting and
highly important information he commu
nicates, we need only say that his means
of obtaining authentic information are
equal to those of any gentleman in the
Republic, and that bis statements may
be implicitly relied on. We know that
his information is derived from the very
highest and most Undoubted sources.
Galveston, 'Oct. 13, 1843.
Considerable tKcitemcnt prevails here
in relation to the sale of the Navy, under
the “Secret Act” of Congress. Tiie Sec
retary of the Navy Department has just
reached here, ami 1 am told declares that
the sale shall take place agreeable to ad
vertisement—at whatever sacrifice. To
morrow, Saturday’, the I Ith, is the day
appointed by advertisement for the sale.
You will find in one of your exchang
es, “The News,” the protest of the citi
zens of Galveston. It the warning is
unheeded, you will next hear of the p o
ceedings of a certain “small Tea Party”
—not in opposition to law, but in arrest
cf “Secret Legislation.” You may rely
on the efficiency of their action. Com
modore Moore will, I believe, remain en
tirely’neutral in tiie proceedings of the
day ; winch l am pleased to learn.
General Murphy, United Stales Charge
to Texas, has left the seat of Govern
ment, (Washington,) and is now iti this
city. Strange rumors are afloat —about
the cause of bis removal from (hence
and other matters in connection there
with. Mr. Abell, bearer of despatches
for the l idled States Government, who
was wrecked on the Sarah Barnes, will,
1 hope, be more fortunate on the schoon
er Galveston, which conveys this letter,
and reach Ins Government in safety. On
hi s arrival at Washington city, there will
be some strange developments made pub
lic, which are topics of daily conversa
tion in Texas. Although you will dis
cover nothing but dark hints from the
press, I will draw aside the veil, Messrs.
Editors, for your esjiecia! benefit, as I
remember to have seen in your paper
frequent predictions of the very treason
which 1 have now the mortification to
announce, it is this: That General
Murphy suspected some secret m ichina
nations between the British and Texinn
Governments, highly and drimontal to the
United Slates interests, and forthwith set
about discovering the nature of the mys
lery. —This he was enabled to do during
President Houston’s absence at the Indi
an Treaty Ground—lie being furnished
with well unauthenticated and undoubt
ed copies of the entire treasonable corres
pondence held by the President with the
Representative* of the British and Mexi
can Governments—binding himself to
send commissions to recognize the nom
inal sovereignty of Mexico, provided that
Government will thereupon cede Texas
to Great Britain, for a consideration !
T xus will then be a British province,
by cession from Mexico, and consent of
the Executive of the Republic!—the
confirmation of the Senate and sanction
of the people can be relied on, (it is sup
posed,) after sustaining the ordeal which
the President has led them through.
Dacca province of Great Britain, and
the immediate al olition ofslavery follows
jas a matter ot course; but a considera
tion is secured tor the slave holder. Free
! ports, cheap goods, smuggling, and the
\ consequent influx ot European popula
tion, will soon compensate the people for
the empty name of a republic, which has
mocked their ears during Houston’s ar
bitrary reign ! But what, you ask is to
be the Traitor's reward ? Governor Gen
eral tor life, with a large salary and a
high sounding title, will bribe Houston
to sell liis country !!! The correspond
ence which 1 allude to fully explains the
mystery oi the President’s war against
the Navy. The vessels were to be sold
j in New Orleans last spring; alter which
the Mexican Navy were to take Galves
ton, and control the coast; to be secured
by a formidable inland invasion. The
cession to England was then to follow
by agreement; and the people of Texas
would look iijxm their mew masters as
very saviours, and adopt any form of
government that thcir.delivercrs might
prescribe. The contumacy of Coiimio
dbre Moore defeated this well contrived
plan, and he deserves the execration of
every lover of the “British policy.” 1 be-
I lieve that a plan is now maturing for the
! delivery of Texas into the hands of Mex
ico this full. Pray God that the Gal vet
ton Caucus may prove as successful iu
thwarting- the President as Commodore
Moore was last spying. I fear that the
prolonged detention of Mr. Abell, bearer j
of despatches, will operate ipost injuri- j
ou.sly on the affairs of Texas, for tilings
arc hastening to a grand denoument,
which wid prove fatal to the young Re
public, unless the Eagle can rescue the
victim from the Lion’s claws !
I have given you the outlines of the
mysterious and secret policy of President
Houston, which has long been misinter
preted by his friends, and scarcely be
lieved possible by liis enemies. You
will learn full particulars from your own
government in a very short time, fully
confirming all that I have said, and ad
ding largely to the list of enormities at
tempted to be perpetrated by President
1 louston.
The above facts have been withheld
by the press in Texas; but as they are
topics of daily conversation in the streets,
I see no objection to calling on Louisiana
to watch her neighbor ! You may rest
assured gentlemen, that I am retailing to
you no vague rumor, Jmt facts which
have Irich derived from the most indispu
table sou rce. G A LYESTON.
Prom the New Orleans Picayune, Extra
LOSS OF THE SARAII BARNES.
Monday-Morning, Oct. 23, l
9 o’clock. (
The schooner Galveston, Copt. Rick
etts, from Galveston, which arrived this
morning, brings information of tiie loss
of the steamer Sarah Barnes. The mate,
( 'harles (’loud furnishes us with the par
ticulars of the lamentable catastrophe,
which we hasten to place before our rea
ders.
On the 24th ult. at noon, she crossed
tin- Galveston bar for this port. On die
next morning, the 25th, a considerable
leak was discovered in her hold. All
the pumps were set to work ; but they
were able to keep her free but fora short
time only. At 9 o’clock, A. 31., when
about seventy-five miles from Galveston,
it having been found that the water was
gaining on the pumps, and that both
wind and sea were increasing, the Cap
tain determined to run her into the Sa
bine River. But believing the accom
plishment of even this; doubtful from the
rapid manner iu which the leak increased
be concluded to run her on the nearest
shore. He directed her course accord
ingly, the whole of her.crew and passen
gers tieing in die mean time engaged iu
bailing her out.
At half past 2, P. 31., the water, not
withstanding their exertions, had ascen
ded to the fires of the engine. Further
efforts to counteract the leak were there
fore unavailing, and to save their lives,
became the concern of all on hoard. They
then set about making salts of the cotton
bales—four bales to a raft, and lashed to
getiier some spars for otlier rafts. She
was now sinkjng rapidly : the lead was
heaved, and there were found six fath
oms of water. There was no confusion
or complaining; all seemed to be im
pressed with their perilous condition, and
to save their lives was the object which
engrossed their attention. Orders were
given to cast off the boat’s painter, and
while doing this, she sunk—it being then
forty-five minutes past four iu the after
noon.
There were on board altogether ibirty
souls—of these eighteen went on the
rafts and twelve took tiie boat. Os the
former, but five were saved, and after
drifting about for three days and three
nights. Two of them landed on Gal
veston Island, and the other three on
Bolivar Point. Os the latter, but three
perished who were passengers, two
males and a female —and they were loM
in the breakers, in landing from the boat
on the 20th.
The following is the list of those on
hoard, in which, the names of those who
perished and those whose lives have been
saved are designated :
Saved —A. G, Aliell, l>earer of des
patches ; B. P. Hartshorn; F. Rickard
and servant; (’has. Cloud, mate : Tomb
son Royle, clerk ; Mathews, engineer ;
Steward, steward; Green, cabin boy;
Gormon, barkeeper; two deck hands, and
two firemen.
Lost —James Potter; 11. S. Dagget;
Judge Blair; Mr. Boyd; Dr. Cosgrave; a
female, unknown; three deck passengers;
£Jharles Franklin, owner and captain ;
Dean, 2d engineer; Alex. Jibeil
Rook ; two deck hands; two firemen.
31 r. A. G. Abell, bearer of despatches,
Mr. I). P. Hartliorne, Mr. F. Pnik.ud,
and Mr. Matthews, first engineer of the
Sarah Barnes, all arrived passengers in
the Galveston this morning.
From ti e Bosum Time*, 25-h Oct.
MELANCHOLLY SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER
OF THE NAVY
Last night and early this morning Iff.
George C. Wyche, attached to the Uni
ted States ship Ohio, was seen in the
streets at different times very much in
toxicated; and having fallen down a cel
lar, was, on account of his helpless con
dition, taken by the watchmen and put
into the Watch House attached to the
Hew Court House.
The room being somewhat cold, offi
cer Stratton had him taken about four
o’cl ick, this morning, to the lock-up in
the same building, which was warmed by
a stove funnel, and in which lie would be
more comfortable.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning,
officer Stratton repaired to the place and
i found him hanging lifeless from the gra
ting over the door, having hung himself
with Ins handkerchief. liis body was
warm, and the act must have been done
about S o'clock.
Lieut. Wyche was a young man about
28 or3o years of age, was well dressed,
having on a handsome black dress coat,
dark pantaloons, anew pair of Itoots, Ac.,
Ac. He was turned out of one or two
places in the course of the night, and this
—
circumstance, connected with the dis
grace of being confined in the lock-up
on his retorningto a sober state, doubt
less led to the melancholy suicide.
Lieut. Wyche was formerly from Vir
ginia, and lately attached to the United
States service at Portland, Me., and was
lately at the station. His appearance was
remarkably genteel and his deportment
chivalrous.
This is another of the melancholy re
sults of the use of ardent spirits, and this
fact should speak to the public mind with
a voice of solemn and impressing warn
ing.
In this connection too, we would ob
serve that some persons or acquaintan
ces must have been deaf to the calls of
humanity, or they would have taken
charge of him before, in bis helpless state,
lie was consigned to the walls of the pri
son house.
An inquest was called by Coroner Pratt
and hoiden about 11 o’clock, this fore
noon, at which many of the officers of the
Navy were present. A verdict was ren
dered conformably to the facts related
by us above, touching the manner of su
icide, viz: hanging himself with his own
handkerchief.
A Suspicions Affair.
On Tuesday afternoon a person called
upon Mr. Atwell, at Hamden A Co.’s
Express Office, and requested him, as a
personal favor, to change a SIOOO note
tin the National Bank of this city, for
bills of less denomination, as he did not
wish to present it at the counter himself,
giving as the reason that the note was
; found in Philadelphia, with others, and
he was afraid to go in person to the bank.
The officers of the bank were immedi
ately informed of these facts, who advis
ed that the bill should be presented by
Mr. Atwell, which he accordingly did.
The Cashier upon obtaining the bill
called at once upon the individual who
was awaiting the result at Hamden’s of
fice, and took hi in to the Police office
and had him examined. He stated that
lie had received the note from a negro
who lives at a gambling establishment
adjoining the Express Buildings. The
officers immediately arrested the negro,
when he delivered up another note of tiie
same denomination, saving they were de
livered to him by a colored man who had
brought them from Philadelphia, where
they had been found.
A large sum .of money was paid by the
National Bank to a gentleman going
West al*out a month ago, and some sus
picion was expressed that none of the
notes had yet returned to the Bank. The
note presented was identified as one of
them.
Application was made to his Honor
the Mayor, and three negroes named
Henry Tillman, Edward Augustus and
John Winran taken into Court yesterday.
They state, on examination, that they
found the SIOO9 note and two other sim
ilar notes in the privy of the United
Mattes Hotel, Philadelphia. Ex-Justice
1 .ownds was immediately despatched to
that city to gather further information in
relation to this mysterious affair. The
three negroes are of course in the Tombs,
but tiie whereabouts of the Southern gen
tleman is unknown.— N. Y. Courier and
En purer 24//* lat.
Bennett, of the New York Herald,
has returned from his European tour,
with his hat and pockets stuffed with
notes that are destined to convulse the
world, .Madagascar included. He says:
The world is in a strange position.
Europe and America are in a transition
state —the one getting grey .anil goutv,
nnd the other just beginning to cultivate
a pair of whiskers.
liook Ant tor a storm. We advise lit
tle Queen Vic. to get under cover ; and
as for O'Connell—its of no use; —salt
won’t save him.
The Firemen of Philadelphia contin
ue to disgrace themselves and the name
of their city by riotous brawls. On Sun
day morning there was a fight between
the Philadelphia Engine and the Schuyl
kill i lose Companies, and also between
the members of the Good Will Hose and
Fairinount Engine Companies, in which
several members of the latter Company
were injured, and their apparatus taken
from them Ly their opponents.
Something O 1:1
Mr. Stone of Louisville, says he burns
water for fuel.
“The theory of the various operations
of chemical affinity and its combinations,
in this complicated operation of render
ing water combustible, without decom
position, has been proven to be correct
and an achievement of natural philoso
phy has resulted, not less important than
the invention ot the steam engine itself.
“By these experiments, the difficult
problem of the union of oil and water
has been solved in a very simple manner;
a cheap and elegant fuel lias been found ;
an interesting subject lias been presented
for the contemplation of chemists; and
several new compounds secured in the
liquid form, as oil and water, resinous
matter and water, and tnarjy others.
“The chemical apparatus in which
these experiments have been tried, has
lieen converted into a furnace for burn
ing water, which it accomplishes in an
efficient and profitable manner. The
furnace, however has not been brought
to a complete state in this first exhibition,
but the principle is shown by which it
may he rendered perfect.”
A cylinder of water may be converted
into ice by placing it in 5 lbs. of sulph
ate ol soda, and 4 lbs. ot sulphuric acid,
at3G deg., well mixed. Tim ice is ex
tricated lor use by putting the cylinder
in hot water.
Extreme cold produces the same per
ception on the skin as great heat. When
mercury is frozen at 49 deg. below zero,
the sensation of the skin is the same as
that of touching red hot iron.
• 03 ■: r ■ M S ■■ ',••:.
WEOfiTESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1843.
FOII PRESIDENT OF THE ! Mi l l) STATES.
JOIIX C. CALHOtftf,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
in;vi wooDßiistY.
Removal.
rdP The Office of the AMERICAN*
DEMOCRA T is removed to UoTTex
Avenue, immediately in the rear n f
the Bookstore of Mr. Jackson Barnes.
TCgr 1 A Communication and Adverti
sing Box is kept in the Stare of Mr.
B y where our friends and customers
are respectfully requested to deposit
their favors.
Attention! liibb Members ! S
£jrOur members in the Legislature will not only
be conferring a favoi upon the American Democrat ,
but they will be dischargin'; a duty to their constit
ents generally, by communicating to us ail the impor
tant proceedings of the Session as early and promptly
as possible, so that we may be enabled to spread)
them before the public without loss of time.
Election.
The Governor has appointed the first Monday in January
next for the election of a member of Congress, it) place of
COL John Miilen, deceased.
Receipts.
It is stated in the Sandcrville Telescope of last Friday, that
the daily receipts on the Central It ail Real at the present
| time, arc over 92,000.
The Groat llridge Case.
The Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist has been in
formed that Chancellor Harper has given his decision in ihs
important case of the Bridge over the Savannah river. The
decision is against the claimants and in favor of tke present
owners, whose title is fully recognized, admitted and main
tained.
“Truth is mighty, ami will prevail.”
Tfo‘ Empire .Mate is c.ming out most gloriously.
Hie N. 5. Express,informs us that Committees in
favor of the Distriet System, ami of John' C. Cai.-
houn as our next Presilient, are forming in every
portion of New York. On the ‘J3il ult., the New
5 ork City Committee, consisting of six y five leaJ
mg Democrats of the cily, met at Washington liaU
with a view to organization.
This great movement is a surety that New York
will so for Mr. Calhoun, ami that the District Sys
tem will prevail in regulating the vote of the Balti
more Convention. We woul.l, therefore, again most
urgently ap|ieal to the Democracy of Georgia to adopt
wiihi u! delay, a similar system in their selection of
Delegates to that Convention—(hr, we believe, it is
no-.v very generally conceded that another selection
must he made, it wr wish to harmonise our profes
sions with our practice. It is of the utmost conse
quence to the accomplishment of the great and ulti
mate triumph of our principles, and the principles of
the Constitution, that our triends in the Legislature
should take the subject into immediate and serious
consideration, and we most respectfully beg leave to
call their attention to tt.
The New Fork E* miner.
We ha*, ■ received the first, second and third ninn v
tvers of anew paper hearing the above title published
and edited by Win. L. M u-kenzie. Mr. M. np[ e rs
to be aufaif in New York politics; and his editorial*
display an intimate acquaintance with public mer»
and measures, both modern anil ancient. He de
clares fumselt devoted to the goml old cause of De
mo: racy, and he supports its doctrines with an err
lighti md, bold, and vigorous pen—but, he is bitterly
opposed to Mr. Van Burcn. How fir Mr. Macken
zie may justly claim fellowship with Constitutional
Democracy, will be seen from the following notice of
him by the enlightened editor of the New York Al
bany Argus :
“ This gentleman has been long and honorably
known as the ardent arid efficient advocate of reform
in the British Provinces of North America. His in
defatigable exertions in the cause of civil and religious
liberty have gained for him a high place in the confi
dence and regard of the pro|>le of Canada, and of the
friends of liiacral principles every where.”
Mr. Mackenzie it is needless for us to say, was the
master sjiirit who sought to give political emancipa
tion to the Canadas—he failed, and his reward was
chains and a prison—but he has now an ampler field
for.his operations, where he may, unrestrictedly, de
vote himself to tiie Rights of Man, fearless, alike, of
the power of civil oi military deapotism.
As regards the position the Craoiincr will occupy
in the coining contest of the Presidency, all that we
know is, that the Editor declares, that lie “ will strive
to obtain all the authentic information possible, rela
t.vc to Democratic Candidates, and at a proper time
declare his preference.” This is frank, honest, and
manly.
vV, w.ll conclude this hasty notice we have taken
of the Examiner, with the following sketch of the
Eilitor’s opinion of Mr. Calhoun :
“Mr. Calhoun is blameless in private life, frank
and cordial in his manners- has no cautious reserve,
no mvstorv, no dissimulation about him. What he
thinks |„. says. Sincerity is the first of virtues, and
who is more truthful and straight-forward than Mr.
Calhoun ] \V hen did he seek to 9hun responsibility
when was he found sailing with the popular cur
rent, unless It went with his principles and f,'Mings ?
Ho has never soupht office tor its emoluments—never
striven to enrich himself or his friends with the pub
lic spoil.”
Korean ( hnnges.
It is reported that Mr. John A. Bryan, one of tho
Assist - nt Postmasters General, has Iron appointed
to the Auditorship vacated by Mr. Whittlesey’s re
tirement; and that Mr. J. W. Tyson of Philadel
|i!iia, has been appointed to the office from which Mr.
Bryan is transferred.
N "\v Jersey.
The Legislature of New Jersey has elceted Dan
iel Haines Governor of that State; Mr. Patterson,
Vice President of the Council, and Mr. Taylor
Speaker of the House—all Democrats of course.
Our victory in New Jersey is more brilliant than
at first imagined. The clear majority of the Demo
crats is t,b 18 making a gain since 1810, of G,535.
The Unknown Belle.
This is an affecting, graphic, nnd well told tale,
and carries with it an air of authenticity which seems
to impress it with the signet of truth. It is imbued
with much delicacy, pathos, and aatural feeling, and
presents a beaulitui exemplification of the profound
and devoted love of Woman. Who can trace the
numerous springs of woman's heart, and the deep,
deep well of its pure affections, as they playfully
sport and meander, or swell and gush with the sweet
and healing waters of tenderness and loved Truly
has the po.-t exclaimed,
“O, woman ! in our hours of ease,
L T orertoiu, coy, and hard to please,
And variable as the shade,
I!y the light, trembling aspen made;
M hen pain anJ anguish wring the brow,
A ministering ange! thou.”