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W" - -cp^ . i * II ’ i i . Pi f l. i : THE TELEGRAPH, Id PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MOItNIXG by o. h. prince, AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM. iy variably in ad vance. ADVERTISEMENTS or* inserted at 91 OO per square for the first insertion, and 50 cento per square fur each insertion thereafter. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who adver tise by the year. By N. B. Sales of LANDS, by Administrators. Execn- tors,or Guardians, are required by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house, in the county in which the land is situatod. Notice of these tales mutt be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre vious to the day of sale. Sales of NEGROES must be made at a public auction ea the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual h iur» •Tanle, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters of testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, ■say hare been granted, first firing SIXTY DAY'S notice iberaof.in one of the public gaiettesofthis State, and at the deorof the Court houte, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in ike manner, FORTY days previous to the day ofaale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an eststa must be published FORTY day*. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or dinary for leave to sell LAND, mutt be published for POUR MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES must be published fer FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. Citation* for letter* of Adminiatration, must be publish ed thirty days—for dismission from administration, month ly nx months—Cot dismission from Gunrdinaahip. forty days, Hcr.ES for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be published mmt/ily forfour months—for establishing lost papers,for the full space of three months—Cor compelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a Bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three mouths. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. REMITTANCES BY MAIL.—*A postmastermay en- close money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to pay the subscription of a third person, and frank the letter if written by himself.”—Amos Kendall• P. Mf. O. JHteceltenj?* FROM TH* GERMAN OE SCHOKKE. Thrift; or* nothin? is Useless. John Schmid was an old soldier with a wood en leg: ho wai so poor that for soma years he •was obliged to solicit alms front door to door in tho villages near to that in which he lived, which was situated on the lake of Constance. Now, however, old John Schmid sits at ease in liis arm-chair; he is in independent circum stances ; yet few people guess how lie came by his wealth. One affirms that he discovered n secret treasure; others have gone so far as to hint that lie made a compact with the Evil Ono. When such hints are dropped in my presence, I fail not to reprove the speakers. I know better the means by which tho old sol dier go! rich, and I will tell you how it was. John Schmid had three sons, whom he had brought up well in spite of his poveity; for lie not only furnished them with good advice, but with a good example, and suffered many pri vations that lie might send them to school.— Ono morning in spring, as the old man was di viding amongst them the bread which was to break their fust, he said, “ My children, you are now old enough to gain your own liveli hood ; but you must not beg while there are other mean* of obtaining it—that would be ta king bread out of the mouths of those who want it more than you Pierre,” he continued, turn ing to the eldest, “you are fourteen years old, and have sharp eyes—use them to seek em ployment. You, Gabriel, though a yearyoung er, have strong arms—use them to work.— You, George, though only eleven, have stout legs—profit by them.” ** But what,” exclaimed the three boys at once, “ wou'd you have us to do?” John Schmid nnswered, “ I know that you have neither land to cultivate, wood to fell, nor flocks to tend ; but there are many things that are thrown away as useloss, but which, with a little industry, may be collected and made pro fitable. By and by I will show you how.— Do not spend the money which you will earn in obedience to yoqr wants, but economise it for the necessities of tho future, be it ever so little. Could you save only a batz a day, each would amass at the end of the year twenty-four florins.” Upon this, John Schmid set about showing his sons how they might earn their bread.— He desired them to go in different directions to collect the following articles : first, bones, tho largest of which they could sell to the turn ers, who made them into various useful and ornamental articles, while the smaller were re quired by farmers for manure. Secondly, pieces of broken glass, to be disposed of to the glass-workers for recasting. As it was spring, lie charged them to get together all the rose leaves and elder-blossoms which fell in their way, and for which apothecaries give good pri ces. lie a'so reminded his sons, that by a lit tle inquiry the chemists would point out what other plants and roots they required. Uphol sterers would purchase cows’ hair, saddlers, coach-makers, and chair-makers, horso lia r.— Besides these articles, he mentioned rags for paper-makers, bristles for brush manufacturers, quills, pins, hedge-wood, bird-weed and several other things which might be turned into money with no other trouble than that of seeking out and collecting them. The sons did as they were desired, under the guidance of their father. During the spring and summer they collected and sold with such success, that their profits daily augment ed. When autumn came, they sought things of a different kind. Whenever they could obtain permission, they gathered wild fruits, some of which could be made into vinegar and other usofnl articles. From the woods they obtain ed quantities of acorns and the seeds of other species of trees, for which they obtained a good price, sometimes from foresters, at others from grain dealers. They also got together heaps of horse ehesnuts, and took them to the mill to be ground. The miller thought they wero go ing to eat this bitter flour, and made himself merry at the expense of their curious taste ; but John Schmid’s sons let him laugh, and took their horse-chcsnut flour to the book-binders, card-board makers, and other* who make uso of paste, the glutinousness of which it increases. Immediately after a warm shower, the young Schmids sought for mushrooms, which they disposed of to the epicures of the neighborhood. Having saved a quantity of birch-twigs, rush es and osiers, tho old man and his sons occu pied the winter months in making brooms, chair- bottom* and baskets, so that their cottage ap peared both like a warehouse and a work- hop. In this way the spring returned, and old John Schmid thoaght it advisable to see what had been gained during the year. On opening the box in which the cash was deposited, be found that each of his three sons hud contributed more than a batz a day of savings, for the mo ney box contained 104 ffoiins urid 33 kreut- zers. At the sight of the hoard the sons were delighted, for they had never before seen so large a sum at once. John Schmid immediate. Iy carried the money to a wholesale tradesman in a largo town, and deposited it with him ul in terest. John Schmid now no longer a beggar, cm. ployed himself solely in helping his sons to sell off the merchandise they collected. This went on for four years, at the end of which the fami ly had amassed 614 florins! As- however, their riches increased, the young men grew independent in their manners, and disputed amongst themselves: one accusing the other of not working hard enough, of selling too cheaply, or of extravagance in treating himself to a cup of wine rather too often. Poor old Schmid! do all he could, he was unable on some occasions to settle these discussions.— Nothing seemed likely to cure the evil but se paration ; and addressing his sons, he said— “ Take each of you one hundred florins, and seek your fortunes in the world ; industry and economy always prosper. The rest of the capital shall remain in the hands of the bank er, in case that any unforseen misfortune should fall on any of us so as to need it. But while it remains untouched, the interest will be added to the principal.” To this the young men agreed ; and taking each his apportion' d sum, bade adieu to their father. They took their de parture, each in a different direction. Pierre went eastward, Gabriel westward, and George towards the south. John Schmid grieved to part with his children; but he knew it was for their good, and bore his regrets in silence. Years rolled on. John Schmid grew old and weak, but ha would not touch a kreutzer of his sons’ capital. At length he fell ill; and some of his neighbors, pitying Ids lonely state, sent him relief; others declared they had poor enough of their own to support, and though he had lived in their village for twenty-one years, threatened to send him away as a stranger.— Upon this old John wrote to the merchant who hold the money, saying, “ Send tne three hun dred florins of the capital I deposited in your hands ; for I am aged and weak, and for four teen years I have not heard of my children.— Doubtless they are dead. It will not be long ere I follow them to the grave.” The honest merchant promptly replied to tho old man’s demand. “ I return you,” he wrote, “ tho sum you ask. The balance re maining is perhaps greater than you imagine.— It has increased, little by little, to more than 1000.” When the moneyarrived, the peasants stared with wonder, and declared that John Schmid must be a conjurer. But the old man himself, in spite of his riches, was unhappy. He wish ed to join his sons, whom he thought to be no more. He would often exclaim, “ I shall die in solitude ; no son is left to close my eyes.”— However, he recovered his illness, and it was destined that he should not die alone. One Sunday evening, ho was seated with other peasants under a linden tree, when a ser vant on horse-back rode up and inquired if any ono could direct him to the cottage of John Schmid ? Tho villagers, full of astonishment, replied, “ You need not seek him in his house, for he is hero.” As they stared and whisper ed enquiries to one another as to what was to come noxt, two handsome carriages entered the village, and stopped before old Schmid’s door. Three well dressed gentlemen and two ladies descended from the coaches, and as old John made his appearance threw themselves succes sively into his arms. “ My dear father,” said the eldest, ** can it be possible that you have forgotten us? Iam Pierre. I have become a wholesale grocer at Varsovie, in Poland, and this lady is my wife.” Then the second spoke: “ I am your son Gabriel, and also bring you a daughter-in-law. I, too, reside at Varsovie, and deal in corn.” Presently tjie third son came forward.— “ I,” he said, “am George. I have recently returned from India, where I made a fortune bv commerce. Seeing by the Gazettes that my brothers were in Poland, I joined them, and we all agreed to travel hither to seek, you, and to make you happy for the rest of our life.”— Poor John Schmid was quite overcome, and shed tears. He invoked blessings on his chil dren. “ To you,” exclaimed one of them, “ we owe all our good fortune. Had you not taught us that nothing, be it ever so despised, is use less—had you not made us industrious, perse vering, and economical, we should still have been mendicants ” Tho rest of John Schmid’s lifo was spent in happiness, for one or another of Ins sons always remained with him. The money, which had accumulated during their long absence, was drawn from the merchants in whose hands it had so much increased, and employed in build ing a school for the gratuitous education of poor children. To those who, like me, were aware of tho means by which the Schmids grew rich, their rise in the world is known to be the certain re sult of integrity, industry, and perseverance in turning to account things generally considered useless. Spite, however, of all I can urge, one or two of the more prejudiced villagers shrug their shoulders when John Schmid’s name is mentioned, and insinuate that he must have mate a compact with a certain nameless per son. fectly fair distribution of the respective motives. Perhaps she did not feel easy till she knew that a kind Providence bad not added to gene ral poverty individual wrong. Certain it was, she seemed rather pleased with her speculations: for when I arose from a stooping posture, final ly, wholly disencumbered of cloth, 1 noticed mischievous shadows playing about the corn ers of her mouth. It was the moment I had determined to direct her eye to some astonish ing circumstance out of the window. But the young lady spoke at the critical moment. -Mr. Douglass,’ she observed, you have got a migh ty small chance of legs there. Men seldom have any notion of their own powers. I never made any pretensions to skill in “ground and lofty tumbling ;” blit it is strictly true, I cleared at one bound, the open apace, planted myself on the centre of the bed, and was buried in the blankets in a twinkling. This story of Judge Douglass has suggested to Field, of the St. Louis “Reveille,” the fol lowing udventure of a Missouri politician : The “gentleman from Illinois,” is not the on ly gentleman whoso legs have led him into em barrassment ! A political friend of ours, equally happy in his manners, if not in his par ty, among the Missouri constituency, found himself, while canvassing the Slate, last sum mer, for Congress, in even a more peculiar per plexing predicament than the Illinois Judge. There is a spot in the south western part of this State known as the Fiery Fork of Honey Rud ! a delicious locality, no doubt, as the run of“honev” is of courso accompanied by u corresponding flow of “milk” and a mixture of milk and honey, or, at any rate, honey and “peach” is the evidence of sublunary content ment, every place where they have preaching! “Honey Run” is further christianized by the presence of an extremely hospitable family, whose mansion, comprising one apartment— neither more nor less—is renowned for being never shut against the traveller, and so our friend found it during the chill morning air, at the expense of a rheumatism in bis shoulder, its numerous unaffected cracks and spaces clearly showing, that dropping the latch was a useless formality. Tho venerable host and hostess, in their one apartment, usually enjoy the society of two sons, fou. daughters, sundry dogs and “niggers” and as many lodgers as may deem it prudent to risk the somewhat equivocal allotment of sleeping partners. On the night in question, our friend, after a hear ty supper of ham and eggs, and a canvass of Fiery Forkers. the old lady having pointed out his bed, felt very weary, and only looked for an opportunity “to turn” though the mus- quetoes were trumping all sorts of wrath, and no net appeared to bar them. The dogs flung themselves along the flo-ir, or again rose, rest lessly, and sought the door step; the niggers stuck their feet in the yet warm ashes; the old man stripped, unscrupulously, and sought his •share of the one collapsed looking pillow, and sons, cavalierly, followed his example leav ing tlie old woman, “gals” and stranger, to settle any question of delicacy that might arise. The candidate yawned, looked at his bed, wont to the door, looked at the daughters finally in downright recklessness, seating him self upon the downy and pulling off his coat. Well, he pulled off his coat, and he folded hU coat, and then he yawned, and then he whis tled, and then he called the old lady’s atten tion to the fact, that it would never do to sleep in his muddy trowsers; and then he undid his vest, and then he whistled again, and then suddenly, an idea of her lodger’s possible em barrassment seemed to flash upon the old wo man, and she cried— “Gals, jest turn your backs round ’till the stranger gets into bed.” The backs were turned, and the stranger did get into bed in less than no time, when the hostess again spoke. “Reckon, stranger, as you ainl used to us, you’d better kiver up till the gals undress had’nt you?” The nymphs were soon stowed away, for there were neither bustles to unhitch, nor cor sets to unlace, when their mamma, evidently anxious not to smother her guest, considerably relieved him : “You can unkiver now stanger; I’m married folks, you ain’t afeard of me I reckon! The stranger happened to be married folks himself; he unkivered and turned his back with true connubial indifference, as far ns the ancient lady was concerned, but with regard to the gals, lie declares that his half raised curiosity inspired the most tormenting dreams of mermaids that he ever expcrinccd. could, and I walked into dinner completely cu red. 1 have seen ladies in this country, whilst suffering under such malady', appear with a wa fer stuck on each temple, which, I presume, was only a milder way than my friend the captain employed of driving off this tormenter.—Lxc. journal/ From the N• Y. Spirit of the Times. Wc published a week or two since, a most amusing story of one Judge Douglass, of Illi nois, in which that gentleman, having accept ed the hospitality of a large family, occupying a single room, was obliged to undress and 'hop into bod,” in the presence of a young la dy. This young lady the Judge describes as a •• Venus in linsey-woolsey—plump os a pige- and smooth ns a persimmon.” The Judge was hunself, “a small man physically speaking” and the idea of going to bed before the young lady—a modest, sensiblo girl, who from habit, thought nothing of the circumstance—turned Ins head topsy-turvy. The idea of pulling off his boots before her was death, and as to doff ing his other fixing, he s.nd he would sooner have taken off his legs with a hand-saw! At length the tremendous crisis approached. The* Judge had partially undressed, entrenched be hind a chair, which offered no more protection from “the enemy,” than the rounds of a ladder. Then lie had a dead open space of ten feet be- w«>er. the chair and the bed—a sort of Bridge of Lodia passage, as he describes it, which he was forced to make, exposed to a cruel raking fire, fore and aft! The Judge proceeds: “Body, limbs, and head, selling up business on one hundred and seven and a half wounds, all told, of flesh, blood and bones, cannot, in dividually or collectively, set up nnv very os tentatious pretensions. 1 believe the young lady must have been settling in her mind'some philosophical point on that head.. Perhaps her sense of justice wished to assure itself of a per- Amusing freak of an insane person as rela ted by Dr. Earle, of the Bioomingdale Asylum, in the January number of the Journal oflnsun- ity : ' An insane lady, in the middle age oflife, a peaceable, quiet creature, with a heart overflow ing with * the milk of human kindness,’ occupi ed a room in tho asylum. She had a birge quarto Bible, which, when she was not reading from it, lay upon the table. One morning 1 was somewhat surprised on finding her seated in an urm-cliair, the table in her lap and the Bible on the floor. Asking her the cause of this new arrangement she told me that • the ta ble was so tired with holding the Bible, that she was tending it.' for the purpose of giving it some relief. This process was often repeat ed afterwards, and the benevolence which prompted it soon extended to the bedstead, to which she frequently gave opportunities of rest, by holding up for hours in succession tho corners of the bed, and the superincumbent clo thing. This may appear like burlesque or car icature but is not intended as such; for truly, if ever an act of kindness was induced by the pure spirit of affection, I behevo such was the fact with those just related.” On, Buys.—The Fort Wayne (Ia.j Times and Press has an excellent chapter on the boys of that town; of which the annexed paragraph may not be altogether inapplicable to boys and parents in most other towns. It does appear as though all parental re straint and authority were removed from the youth of the present day, at nve or six years of ago t and they were permitted to run at loose ends from that time on. It is no uncommon thing in our streets, to hear boys, from eight to sixteen years ofage,cursing and swearing oaths and imprecations that would choke a pirate.— We know plenty of such boys, and yet this community is raising money—and some of these very boys’ parents contribute to the fund—to send the other side of the globe to convert the heathen! Benevolent, indeed!—Better begin at our own firesides.” Political Tendencies. The people of Pennsylvania have always been disposed to encourage manufactures. This is j ^ * natural, their facilities for manufacturing being eminent. Their feftile soil can supply with food and raw materials a numerous artisan pop ulation, at home and abroad. Their mineral wealth is inexhaustible, and one portion of it, coal, furnishes a boundless supply of moving power, cheaper than water power, all things bo ing considered. Their artisan skill is a match for any competition, the manufactures of Phi ladelphia, from the ship to the horse-shoe, ha ving long been known as the best in the Uni on. Considering these things, we cannot won der at Pennsylvania for adopting the long pre valent error concerning protection, and joining with Massachusetts in support of monopolies. But we ask Pennsylvanians to consider that protection and monopoly are very different, and that the legislative restraint does not al ways afford the best protection. We also ask them, before they support anv longer the mo nopolizing corporations of Massachusetts, to scan tho objects of the corporators and the in evitable tendencies of their police. Pennsvl- vanians, mining coal and making iron, very naturally seek protection against foreign com petition. And the manufacturing oligarchies of Massachusetts, seeking monopoly in wealth and political power, grant the request of Penn sylvania, in consideration of their voles. Let Pennsylvanians be careful lest they “buy gold too dear,” pay too much for a whistle.” The monopolists of Massachusetts need no white—23, protection against foreign competition. Yet this forei. n competition is the only thing against which they demand it. Even the British man ufacturers of cotton admit that thoy cannot meet tho Americans in foreign markets; and the A- merican manufacturersof cotton tell us that they sell their fabrics in British markets, and even c'otlio the British armies in India. And they also toll us that the British manufacturers, to meet them in foreign markets, counterfeit their stamps and marks, and sell British fabrics as American.* The anecdote told by an agent of the Russian Government is an admirable com rnentary upon this. Being sent to England to examine its mills, for the purpose of introducing the greatest im provements of machinery into Russia, he found American stamps upon the fabrics of all that he visited; and being told ihat this was done because American fabrics were preferred to British in foreign markets, he said that the U States, and not England, was the proper field for him to explore in search of improvements in machinery. If these facts be admitted, and they are indisputable, the whole theory of protection, as a shield against foreign compe tition, is exploded. The American manufac turers need it not, and are quite sagacious e nnugh to perceive that it is dispensable. Why, then, do they so pertinaciously demend it?— “There hangs a tale.” Profit! Profit! Profit! “Associated wealth is the dynasty of modern States;” corruption has displaced force, and gold rules instead of the sword. What now sways the destinies of Europe? The money power. Who bold and wield it ? The Rothschilds and Barings.— What is the basis of the oligarchy that roles the British empire, and keeps tho world in distur bance ? Money! Money! Money! Accumula tion of wenlih is the oligarchy that rules Mas sachusetts, and through it New England; and high protection, affording high profits, is the in strument of that accumulation. And why do they seek this accumulation? As an instru ment of political, ns well as social power; as a family provision that shall “stand them instead of tho perpetuities of the world.” Th.e laws of Massachusetts forbidding primogeniture and entails, a substitute as sought in corporations. What is the object of any great capitalist wlio has accumulated millions as the commission merchant of manufacturing corporations?— Would he be the magistrate of the State ?— Would he reach the Federal Senate ? A for eign mission ? The Vice Presidency? The Presidency ? A banker once aspired to it in the Middle States, and expected to reach it through the money power. Why, then, may not a manufacturing corporator in another State aspire to it through the same power. And would he monopolize the honor and profit of public station for his sons, sons in-law,nepnevvs, cousins? Despotism is equally rapacious a- mong all monopolists. We assail no man, cast no personal reflections. We merely paint abstractions, and can find men enough any where whom they will suit as portraits. We ask Pennsylvanians to look upon such pictures, and then ask themselves if they will consent to be the instruments of tho system. Philadelphia Ledger. they vviil do so with unsurpassed ardor and una liimity. The Oregon question is not embar rassed by any fears among ourselves, as to ter ritorial extension, nor by any charge against us, on the part of other nations, of aggrandizement, for the territory is already entirely our own by treaty; and all the Valuable portion of it is so completely within the lines of our northern and southern boundaries, as they run west ward, that it would require a brazen face indeed our right. Neither is it affected by the slavery controversy, for the whole of the territory is, by nature, law and consent, given up to freedom. While the Oregon question is thus clear of these and other difficulties, which have somewhat encumbered Texas, it is not second to that measure in magnitude or impor tance. It is immense in extent; fertile in soil; finely watered ; stretches from the' Rocky mountains to the Pa -ific Ocean ; and is the key to the trade of those vast worlds which in Eu rope are called Eastern, but which,-as “the star of Empire” is fixed in the American con stellation, \v ill become Western. The prosper ity which will, through this door, open upon our country is boundless ; alike beyond the reach of the mind or the imagination. Wo cannot be mistaken then, in our belief that the popular sentimenPwill demand with resistless energy, the cessation of the Joint Occupation with Great Britain ; the immediate organization of a Territorial Government; and the use of all Constitutional means to open, through that channel, the conimercp of Asia. The yeas and nays in the Senate last Mon day, on the motion to take up the Oregon bill for consideration, were as follows : Yeas—Messrs Allen, Ashley. Atchison. Atherton, Bag- by, Ber.ton, Breeze, Buchanan, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, fiannegan. Haywood, Lewis, Semple, Sevier, Stu»ge»io. Tappan, Walker, Woodbury—21. Nays—Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bayard, BsTien, Choate, Clayton, Crittenden, Dayton* 12van». Foster, Fran cis, Huger; Huntington, Jarnegan, Johnson, McDuffie. Man- i gum : Miller, Morehead, Fhelps, Porter, Simraens, Up ham, celebrate, in uuos From the Wathington Globe. General Jack on’s Birthday. Last Saturday, 15th of March, 1815, the ' anniversary of the birth-day of Andrew J a son, some of the friends of the glorious ]J chieftain agreed to meet at Coleman’s Hot-] mtatious cotnmunings, u fay ■tens the deepest feel’ing, -V gratitude in the breasts of Americans. g 6 e , rai Louisianians were there, and, side bv sat General Armstrong and Major Davezac *' Mr. Breedlove gave the first toast—“Andre* Jackson : May he live many years, to gladde the hearts of his steadfast friends !” NcTi ** mult of applause saluted this t oa st. The ass^ ciutions it brought to ihe mind of all p re ^°| were too strong for the lips to express—tber filled the heart and remained in its sanctuary Mr. Kennedy filled his glass, and said; “Tb' is in remembrance of that Old Sword* undo] him to whose safe-keeping the Hero has intr-s ted it.” Loud cheers saluted this homage paid to the veteran soldier who had so wofl deserved to become the guardian of that national treaj ure. Mr. Morse, one of the members of C03 gress for the Stale of Louisiana, rose, andsp 0 ' h -, as follows : “My friends, let us not, on this o c . ; Singular cure for the Headache I had a violent headache, which the captain undertook to cure, and he certainfy succeeded. J-J e made me sit down, seized hold of my caput, and, placing a thumb on each of my temporal arte ries, pressed them in such a way as to almost slop the whole circulation of my blood. He j then directed me to heave as long n 3 igh a* I Oregon. To the true American—he who is so not merely in name, or because it is accidentally his birthplace or home—the omission of the Senate to act upon the Oregon question, must enuso sincere regret. There was no subject of a more momentous character, or more vital ly affecting ihe prosperity of our country be fore Congress, at its recent session ; although seldom, if ever, have so many matters of high interest awaited, at any given time, the action of that body. Nor cun we restrain the expression of our sorrow that upon the motion to take up the bill from the House, the South Carolina Senators leA the Demociatic ranks, reducing them to twenty-one, which was also the exact number of Whig Senators present, und, by vo ting with these latter, gave them the victory— Indeed it requires nil that high respect which we feel for the eloquence of McDuffie, and the accomplishments of Huger, to reconcile us at all to their extraordinary course. It surely was not right; neither was it exactly just to wards that largo portion of the Democracy, who regard this measure with intense anxiety, and many of whom had, with some sacrifice of fee ling, if not of sentiment, acquiesced in or sup ported a measure deemed of vital importance to their own section, by the South Carolina Sena tors, as well us by South Carolina’s most bril liant statesman. Those, who so circumstanced, had stood in solid phalanx with South Carolina, and achieved tho Annexation ofTexas, did not anticipate that South Carolina’s representatives would so speedily break that phalanx, and de liver them, powerless, to their opponents. But thanks to the union of the Democracy, the Annexation ofTexas has been accomplish ed ; and not even the dose of Tyler gall, which has been dashed into the cup of joy a delighted people were drinking, can suffice to neutralize their gladness. That question, therefore, be ing removed fr >m further political agitation, leaves the Democracy entirely free to rally for Oregon* the first, and most deserving object of their efforts. And wo venture to say that From the New York Weekly Plebeian. The Oregon Territory—Jcffmoii’j Opinions— ISnil KouiIk and .Magnetic Telegraphs have AunihilninJ Time. Since the Whig papers have perceived that their suggestions in favor of an independent na tion in the Oregon Territory meets with un qualified disfavor among the masses, they are now trying to screen themselves behind the great name of Jefferson, whose wonderful pow er over his countrymen is that grateful homage which the people render to the memory of a great benefactor. It seems then that Jefferson, in a private con versation in 1818, (twenty-six years since) ex pressed the opinion that though Oregon should be occupied by our people and our institutions, it was so far distant it would be as well for us and them that they should form a distinct gov ernment. He is said to have remarked that should we embrace the whole of Oregon in our confederacy, “ the extent would be altogether too great for one government ?” These nmy hare been his opinions at that time, but notions of extent and distance are entirely modified by radical change in inter-communication between the distant sections of a country. Such a cnnnge has taken place. Railways and the locomotive have completely overturned all opinions of the past, founded upon the future.— It is well known that regions which were once a great way off, are now very near. Oregon is in 1845 no more distant than the Missouri territory was in 1818. The iiou horse will perform his journey from New York to the Columbia River in ihe space of ten days.— While, in 181S, it would take twice that time to go as fir as Nebraska; Such is the extra ordinary revolution which the introduction of railways have exerted upon far-separated coun tries. As vast as is the extent of our country, they draw our utmost limits together as if it were but one Suite, Is it not but a few years since that Buffalo was as distant from New York as Wisconsin is now ? In truth, events are hourly proving that so long as the steam boat & the railway march onward with our pop ulation, our confederacy cannot spread too far. But were we still limited to common turn pikes, where the maximum speed is about five miles per hour, and which would have made Oregon, even when all the country along the route is settled, at least six weeks journey from tho Adamic States, it might be another question, whether our confederacy would not then be too extended ; but the days of turn pikes have passed. Even steamboats are out stripped. The iron horse, which labor never wearies—whose muscles never relax from burning heat or intense cold—never restive un der the lash, hut completely obedient to man’s will—and almost with the certainty of the sun itself, runs his twenty miles per hour, both night and flay, is now ihe ruling Spirit of the Age.— It is his untiring race which makes thousands of miles seem ns so many hundreds. Distance is thus modified by improvements since 1S18, which then, did not enter even tin. far-reaching mind of Jtfferson. In 1S25, the celebrated South Pass of the Rocky Mountains was discovered, along which a wheeled carriage passed over the mountains or rather through this gorge to the Columbia River. This discovery, unknown in 1818, is of no ordinary' importance, us it is now con sidered the feasible route for a Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The route of Lew is and Clark over the Rocky Mountains, was so rugged and r ally terrific, that to those unac- qu doted with any otner road, it must have seemed as if nature had placed an insurmounta ble barrier between the plains of Missouri and Oregon. Still later, and more wonderful, we have the magnetic Telegraph, which in the lightning- like velocity of its communication, passes even all dreams of the past. When established, as in time it assuredly will be, between New York and the Oregon—daily, the dwellers on the Hudson will gather around the Telegraph stations to hear the daily business and news of Ibeir brethren 3000 miles distant, on the shores of the Pacific. Who will then say that Ore gon is too lar distant, to bo included within the Union of our Confederacy? That these will be realities in time, who can doubt who lias followed the advance of the past? Buffalo is now within eighteen hours’ journey of Alba ny—whereas but ten years since it took five times that space. Science has not yet developed its full trea sures. As man seeks her depths be finds more and more of that practical wisdom which en larges his power over n.attf r. As great as the improvements have been du ring the last twenty-five years, who can say that we have touched the limits ? In this coun try, 30 miles per hour is the maximum of rail road speed. In England it is £0. Will not these rates be introduced in our country ?— Most assuredly they will. He who iliinks oth erwise dues not understand the genius or char acter of our people. The Oregon, instead of ten days’ journey, will then be only five days from the city of New York. These are no dreams, but simply tlie far extended results of casion, while honoring the chief under w| 10Sc auspices the memorable campaign of Or lea/ was achieved, forget one who stood by his 3 ;j e during the whole of that memorablo contes;- one, too, who first set in motion tlie ball which rolling over twenty States readied at last th* Senate, and decided the remitting of the ini, quitous fine imposed on a hero, as a protest c f private malice against national gratitude.” A.i eyes were now turned towards Major Davezac vvho, after struggling to subdue the strong eme! Moris called forth by this unexpected tributt paid to his military and civic toils—address^ the gentlemen who had assembled around him with a vehemence of unpremeditated eloquence' similar to the democrats of New York, and no less so to those of Louisiana, who have so often applauded his impassioned extemporaneoM speeches, both at the bar and on tlie hustings. We have taken no notes of the Major’s response and we know that it were useless to ask him to write what he uttered without premeditation ar.d cannot remember. When freedom spires—when the mime of Jackson animates him—he is but an- instrument resounding with melodies, called forth by a power which heCQ neither resist nor control. The voice of ihe orator, subdued by strong emotions, was nt fin! tremulous; and yet, when lie described hi* par- ting from the chief whom he loves with filial devotion, the panting breath, the glowiar cheeks, the eye suffused with tears, were more eloquent in praise of the speaker than the hod. eat cheers. But when he alluded to theevena which had changed into the fruition of happy realities tlie hopes of the aged warrior—trhea he described his own long pilgrimage, during the Inst campaign, in which he served (we use his own words) “ as one of the aids of the peo ple, in battles no less fata' to the nation, bad they proved disastrous—no less glorious in tbw triumphant results—than those in which it wai his fortune to serve, in'the same capacity, under • the command of the victorious hero of Orleans’ —the Major’s voice was as strong as when, mingled with the shouts of twenty-thousand democrats, it rolled down the hills which encir cle Wheeling, bearing to the Ohio the names of “Polk ancf Dai I us!” “ I was at Baltimore, 0 Mr. Davezac exclaimed, “when we planied the young hickory twig ia Monument Square. Oh! how fast it grew ! A sapling then : but whe: . I saw it, a few months afier. it had become the mainmast of the giant linc-of jiuttle ship—:ht United States !” We d<> not profess to be versed in the pre cepts of that eloquence which is taught by ire: who never ottered a sentence which went tn the heart, and therefore we will not say dial Maj or Davezac is eloquent- But, if to mah captive the attention of his bearers—if to touch, j now the chords of the softer sympathies of the mind, and then, changing suddenly the lyre for j the trumpet, to kindle with its fiercest bias', all the warlike passions—if to please the learned ’] by happy allusions to classic lore,, and, at tin j same lime, Yo delight all, young and old, w.d) ij images and illustrations drawn from everyday J life—be evidences of the highest powers 0: oratory, then, indeed, the voice of an oraW was beard last Saturday evening. Speakic; ] of Tex 13, the theme of tlie major’s sixty speed* H es during the late canvass, he exclaimed : “ There are craven hearts, I have been to'-',1 that would have refused the boon of an ernpirr , tendered to this great republic to completely giant frontiers, lest the accepting of it sltouti load to a war : a war, they said, to be dreaJei by a nation having no army, no leader to mute: tlie great commanders of European nations. - No leader! They' forget, ungrateful niSV that Jackson still lives. Alt ! if Marshal SsK borne in a litter, could gain Fontenoy, on wli ,: fiald of battle could Americans be conquer"-- if, borne in tlie arms of freemen, Jacksnc should breathe into all hearts the auspicious contagion of his undying energies ? No army Even if the hero were dead, go to the Hrrrci* luge, ye men of little faith ! Go! ask for tha: old cocked hat; it is there ; take it; raiss'.i on the t<<p of a long hickory' pole! One bn* 1 dred thousand American horsemen, rally! 11 ! round that national standard, will tread do* 5 Europe s or Mexico’s mercenaries like tk grass of the Texian prairies.” “ What reason have we to fear a third ' KV ‘ we, tlie conquerors of two wars ? In lBff- an army of 16,000 veteran soldiers landed*- the most vulnerable point of the republic-'' They came flashed with hopes of glorv i" 11 conquest. Conquest, indeed! The vain boaC ( rs, they’ could not conquers grave for tbeirsh 1 I hey asked their sepulture as a boon—as a bX® it was granted by the victorious Jackson. “A word now, ere we part, about that sword. It is in the keeping of one who"- never allow a stain to attach to it. This i J i! it should be. The Greeks did loot adjudg s ^ f arms of Achilles to the brutal strength and val-j of Ajax. They bestowed them, as the merit?- reward of Ulysses, wise in council, daring* action. Let but the drum beat to arms. an "' leaping from thescabburd, tlie warriors ol A® ( ' rica will see the welj-tried blado again gk*® like a meteor in the front of victorious bait!*', j “ And now, gentlemen, I offer this—a s* n , ( ment ? a feeling.? No! my knowledge of l,) ' present, my oracles of the future : . “Jackson: Alive, loved, venerated: by • patriot, ihe grateful, the brave; dead, io 1 ® 13 ' tal in the pages of our glorious annals- ’ * The swerd worn by General Jackson in his and recently given by him, at the Hermitage, Armstrong. IJea^ 1 It appears from a report recently the Committee on Naval Affairs to the * of Representatives, that from the year C IS40 eighty vessels were lost by explore, Steamboilers, and that sev^n hundred and ty persons were killed, and two bundre nineiy-six wounded by these disasters. j the same period of time, ten years, twent)*' **’ ------ v - | . ¥ . Jtfj I actual improvements in daily use among our .vessels were destroyed by fire, and two hu* 1 ' peopb. : and fifty lives lost. i»li