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dial! of ltd'hccdi m. Hi- builds monu
ments to greatness, and w jii destiny ptt
niits, he also achieves heroic died* in the
eves nl his nilc. The soil <>l New\o;k,
which he has l>eauti!i< il ! v liis culture
is consecrated by the victoiies in which lie
shared. Earth! 1 how in reverence, hu
in* eyes l»eliold ihe ground wel with die
blood of rustic martyrs, and hallowed by
the touihs ot former heroes! \\ here is
die land to which their fame has not been
borne? Who does not know the tale ol
the hundred hatde fields ot New Vorkr
Not a rock juts out from the Highlands,
but the mind’s eye sees inscribed upon il
a record of deeds of glory. Not a blade
of grass springs at Saratoga but lakes to
itself a tongue to protloim die successful
favor of pal riot ic husbandman. (Applause.
Here the name of Schuyler, die brave,
the generous, the unshaken patriot, shall
long lie remembered ; the zealous, reliable
George Clinton, a man of soundest heart,
a soul ot honest}' and honor, a dear !<>\ei
ofhis country and of freedom. Nor do
we lbrget him—the gallant Montgomery
twin martyr with Warren who left his
farm on the Hudson, nor, as it proved, to
conquer Quebec, but to win a inightiei
victory over death itself.—(Cheers.)
I renew that theme once more, to re
count how the fanners of New York have
served their country nnd mankind. They
■were invested w ith sovereignly, and they
abdicated. Glorious example ! Highest
ttiumph of disinterested justice! They
themselves peacefully and publicly re
nounced their exclusive aulhoiity, and
transferred power in this republic from its
territory to its men. (Applause.) May
your institutions, under the spirit of im
provement, he peipeiual. May every pure
influence gather round your legislation.
May your illustrious example show to the
world the dignity of labor; the shame that
lights on idleness; the honor that belongs
to toil. To the end ol time, lie happiness
ilie companion of your busy 'homes, and
the plough ever be found in the hands of
its owner. (Loud cheers.)
The farmer is independent. Willi the
mechanic and manufacturer as his allies,
he makes our country safe against foreign
foes, for it becomes perfect bv its own re
sources. All America, thanks to New
York, is united in ihe bonds of internal
commerce ; our exchanges at home exceed
our foreign traffic; nnrl were our ships dii
ven from ihe ocean highway of ihe world,
America has become competent to sustain
herself. Site has less to fear from war
than any nation in the world. She may
pursue her career and vindic ate her rights
and call forth all her energies in conscious
security.—(Applause.) But why do l sav
this?—To foster a spirit of defiance? Far
otherwise. Let. ns rejoice in our strength
hut temper it with tiiogentleness arid spirit
of love for all mankind —a love that shall
perpetuate tranquility, and leave the
boundless and rapid I v inereaseing resour
ces of the country at liberty for its further
development.
Forests of New York under the hands
of skill, shape yourselves into the models
ofNaval Architecture, arid go torih upon
the seas to reconcile inequalities of cli
mate, and confirm the brotherhood <>l na
tions. American ideas shall travel on
your prows, and the genius of humanity
guide your helm while he who remains at
ho'.ne w ill water the tree of peace, so that
its roots shall strike to the very heart of
tLe*earlh, and its branches tower to the
Leavens; we will so nurture and protect
it, that its verdure shall he perennial, that
no spirit of animosity shall sway its bran
ches, that not even a whisper of discord
shall rustle in its topmost boughs. (En
thusiastic applause )
One word more and I have done. But
with that last word, I am about loaddress
though but in imagination, the assembled
people of New York. It is a tale often
repented, to do honor to agriculture, the
Emperor of China is, himself accustomed
in the spring-time of every year, to hold
the plough and turn a furrow. Under our
republican institutions, far more is achie
ved. The State itself includes, and is in
ihe greatest measure constituted by its
farmers. They themselves are ihe kings
that hold the plough and drive the team
every day in the year. (Applause.) The
whole common wealth watches ovei the
farm. This Society performs its office as
the agent of the people. They are assem
bled at our fair, to view with honest exul
tation the products of ihe farms and work
shops, and single out this occasion alone,
on agricultural pursuits to award public
honors to exalted merit. Il is right, there
fore , to assume that the Empire State it-.
self is present in your midst.
[At this moment a sudden alarm was
created by tbe setting of the stage, which
was closely crowded. There was a crash
ing sound, and the whole appeared to be
giving way. Mr. Van Boren was the first
to spring up, and beg all to be quiet, as
there was no danger. Mr. Bancroft im
mediately turned it off very happily—
•Yes,’ he replied, “the Empire State is in
your midst, and when she is here with the
broad shield of her parental protection
over her head, no evil and no danger can
befall any of us—no, not even to hurt a
hair of the head of the youngest, and wea
kest, and teuderest among us”—stooping,
as he spoke, to lay his hand kindl}' on the
head of a little child which had been sea
ted by its mother on'he edge of the plat
form immediately at his feet. This little
incident elicited great applause, after
which Mr. Bancroft proceeded.]
And ha*; it occurred that this great com
monwealth—-the most numerous people
ever united under a popular lorm of go
vernment — is emphatically a common
wealth of the living? Go to the Old World
and your daily walk is over catacombs;
your travels among the tombs. Here the
living of the present day outnumber the
dead of all the generations since your land
was discovered. All, all who sleep be
neath the soil of New York, are lewer in
number than you who move above their
graves. Look about you and see what
(fie men of the West have accomplished.
(.'once-atrate in your mind all that lin y
have achieved; the beauty of their farms,
the lenylti and grandeur of ilieir canals
and railroads, the countless fleets of canal
boats tliev have constructed; their ships
that have visited every continent and dis
covered anew one; their towns enlivening!
the public plains; their villages that gem
the valleys; the imperial magnificence of
their ciiies; and when yon have collec
ted ail these things in your thoughts, then
hear me w hen I say to von, that you of
this living generation as you outnumber all
ihe dead—are bound, before your eyes are
sealed in death to accomplish for New
York more than has been accomplished
for New York thus far in all time. Well
have you taken die device on vour ban
ners; die sun as lie emerges gloriously a
bove ihe horizon and comes rejoicing in
the East:—Well have voti chosen your
; commonwealth ! lift up your heart; let your
sun ascend w ith increasing splendor to
wards its zeniih. You shaft be a light to
humanity: a joy to the nations—the glory
of the world.
FROM LATE EUROPEAN PAPERS.
It is now near three centuries since not
lilt, least illuslrious in a long and splendid
line of sovereigns, bestowed the name
and impress of royally on ihe central seat
of British commerce. To the opening
vision and enterprise ol that era, il seem
ed a memorable day ; and, though the in
tervening period has not been barren ot
events, the day is mememorable still.
That commerce, whose interests Elizabeth
so solemnly identified with the glory of
her crown, adds daily fresh lustre to the
history of its early struggles. Vast c han
ges since have been; the great oft lie earth
have been laid low; empires have decoy
ed, fleets disappeared, and crowded ports
gone back to desert strands. That ambi
tious power which menaced the universal
liberty of man, which claimed anew
world as the smallest of its dowries, and
I concentrated against this island the ut
most of its strength and fury, instantly
and continually from that time has sunk
!to nothingness and shame, and now is
I scarcely told among the nations. Mean
while the British merchant has gradually
and peacefully won ihe prize lor which
conquerors vainly contended. Small be
; ginning*, generous ambition, steady per
j severance, equal rights, and social duties,
have raised him to he the head who was
the tail; and in ilie busy exchange we
now see not merely the seat of a thriving
! trade, but the real source and c entre of
the* greatest and most beneficial earthly
’dominion. The day will not be less me
morable on w hic h Victoria has renewed,
with tenfold significance, her predeces
sor’s auspicious act. In the comparative
infancy of commerce, a wise policy or a
noble condescension might have induced
the Tudor Queen to lemd it her presence
and her name. It is no longer a prophetic
sense ora patronage of weakness. Com
j merce is now but another name for Brit
ish strength and greatness. Merchants
have grown to merchant princes, and are
ihe chief fool's of the Crown. To them
, it owes that a seventh of the human kind
obeys and loves the Biitish rule; to them
and to their inexhaustible means it owes
a power of peace and war beyond the fa
j euity of armies; to them the respectful
i homage of every realm that ocean laves.
The queen of merchants does but close
intuitively and inevitably with her high
calling when she holds her court in the
; Merchants’ Hall. In a palace well wor
thy ol the occasion she yesterday presi
ded, not merely the sovereign of a power
ful nation but the head and governor of a
j social fabric which has tilled the earth
j with its blessings. Bhe there was seen,
as it were, in the most intimate presence
jof her own peculiar empire. And, of all
merely human occasions, what can com
pare with that when a Sovereign is pub
licly invested with the most substantial
and abiding of earthly powers, and crown
ed with the truest anil most innocent ol
. human prosperities? The extorted hom
age of conquered princes, the unwilling
■ obedience of injured or humbled realms,
are but a base triumph—the unreal ad
vantage of one, purchased by the real
calamity of many. In those [>eity con
flicts it is impossible but that one must
lose whatnnother gains, and one must lull
o .
for another to rise; hut in that field of
honorable rivalry where our Sovereign
yesterday sat triumphant, the case is con
spicuously otherwise. There to he great
is to impart greatness; preeminence shows
the greater benefactor; the blessings of
giving and receivings are indissolubly
connected; honor is the invariable test of
utility, ami no one rises upon his fellow
tnen, hut only with them. So it is with
die Sovereign —with the whole empire—
with every subject. Her majesty appear
ed the foremost tenant of earthly thrones,
, because her rule is the greatest inter
change of benefits —the largest communi
cation of Heaven’s bounties. She was
surrounded by subjects who are prosper
ous because they have augmented the
prosperity of their species, and whose :
wealth is only their fair and modest pro
portion out of the public wealth which
their ingenuity and enterprise have crea
ted and diffused. Service in that system
is the rule of rank. He stands highest
who works most truly and industriously 1
under the Author and Giver of all good
things. Every benefit there denotes an
other. If all other climes mid people toil
lor us, it is because we toil for them. If'j
they pour in their tributes, it. is the equiv
alent return for our subsidies. Such is
the reign of kindness, of mutual help and
encouragement, of combined progress,
and of common victory, in which our So
vereign yesterday placed her thron°, the
most favored, most loved, and most ben- :
eficent of earthly potentates.--- Times of
October 29.
A fellow who had a scolding wife once
moved into a swamp where the dumb ague .
was prevalent. ’1 he experiment cured
her, it is said.
A MOUMLSU H v REM.
1 turned to rejoin the masts i .1 die house
when a door, through the clunks of which
all xii\ movements uitisl have lx eo watch
ed, was throw n open, and out rushed
the bonus, black, white, half caste, fat,
thin, old, and yriung. It was impossible
for me to escape, and, had I made a pre-.
eipitate movement, l should have become
liable to ihe worst of imputations, sol
stood stock still, and was quickly arrested
by tin* powerful paws of a jet black dame;
and thencommenerd ft general scrutiny ot 1
my person. “Hook,” said one, “1 told
you the Nnznrinesbadn mouth, and a nose,
land earsjust like Mohammedans!’ ‘See,’
said another, taking up my hand, ‘one,
two, three, lour, five, exactly the same
number!’ ‘lint what are these?’scream
ed a third, who had laid hold of die skirts
of my coal, ‘does lie hide bis tail herer’
‘Ami lie laughs, too,’ they exclaimed.
From this; indeed, l could not longer re
train, although I was becoming serious
ly uneasy lest mv absence should be dis
covered by the great men, for I was now
in the midst of tlie jnost forbidden fruit,
although il appeared tar inferior to what
my fertile fancy had previously imagined
Indeed, a less attractive posse of woman
kind. 1 never beheld; for almost all these
ladies were at a time ol’life when the fine
ness of the Moorish features had disap
peared, and the only redeeming grace that
remained to them, which is common to
all the white women of West Barbary,
was the large gazelle eye. As to the ad
mired tn hun point of youth, it lias been
replaced by a gross fatness, w hich cover
ed forms that were once, perhaps, of per
fect symmetry. According to the taste of
the Moor, a lady is in perfection when fier
: charms are a load lor a camel. One, how
ever, oflhis motely circle deserved all my
admiration as a Mauritanian Venus.
This was a delicate looking girl; her
age, I thought was sweet fifteen, the prime
of r.-omanhood in this precarious c ountry,
lor their beauty seems to fade with the
teens. Her complexion was very fair,
her eyes dark hazel, to w hich the black
border ofeohol gave a languid expression.
She had a coral-liped mouth, round as a
ring, as ihe Moorish ode describes the fea
ture. Her black hair, braided w ith silver
cards, waived in profusion over her shoul
ders. Her sylph-like figure was clothed
in a pale green caftan, embroidered on the
bosom and skirts in silver thread. This
garment reached a little below her knees,
and over il she wore no outer robe of light
gauze, confined around the waist by a red
zone ol Fez silk. The sleeves of her caf
tan weie wide and open near the wrist,
showing at every turn an arm like alabas
ter, which was encircled by a plain but
massive bracelet of Soodan gold, and her
uncovered legs were seen from below the
caftan clasped with chased silver. Her
feet, were also bare, lor in her dally with
the rest she had forgotten her slippers.
Her feet, as well as her bands, were dyed
with henna, of a bright orange color, over
her head she had thrown a light muslin
handkerchief, hut, in this sudden tumult
her curiosity got ihe better of her natural
caution, and she stood before tne quite un
veiled. During the uproar occasioned hv
mv intrusion the youthful daltisel was the
only one silent; hut now taking alarm from
the rest, she had hid her pretty features,
and cried in an anxious whisper, ‘Hush !
hush! hush! My father will hear, and
then, oh/ what will become of this young
Christian ?’
‘What do we carer’ said a woman, with
ryes that rolled like gooseberries in a sau
cer, and whom I took to be the most favor
ed dame of this party-colored assemblage
for her dress tar surpassed that of all da
rest in costliness. -It wns the Christian’s
fault for (taring to .’ She could not
finisli her speech, for the grid voice of
their lord was heard. ‘What is that noise?
Where’s the other Nazarene?’ And then
his tipnvy step « anie trampling nearer and
nearer. Off scampered all the surroun
ding-spirits, black, white, and grey. The
little damsel was the last to move, and,
evidently, with less apprehension than the
rest. Veiling closely till her features ex
cept one dea/ eye, she said to me, in a
quick whisper, ‘Don’t be afraid Nazarene.
Toll my father it was all our fault.’ Iliad
by luck, a rosebud at my breast. 1 an
swered by giving it to her with a thinking
smile ami instantly she flew after her
companions. ‘Ellee Haramy ! Hollo,
voung rascal/’ said the big man ns he
laid hold of me by thecollar, and 1 began
so feel that my head was rather insecure on
my shoulders. ‘Kah, knh, kali!’ and his
fat sides shook with laughter.—So, bov !’
(my chin was yet smooth,) ‘vou have been
among mv women, eh ! Don’t you know
vou deserve to die?’ suiting the action to
the word by drawing his hand across my
throat. ‘Eli! trying to carry off my gaz
elles! Eh ! you young Nazarene.’
RtmnrT.'nhlc To prating Wutcn .-—ln me
Academy of sciences, at St. Petersburg,
in Russia, is a repeating watch about the
size of an egg. Witltin is represented
the Redeemer’s tomb, with the stone at
the entrance, and the sentinels; and while
the spectator is admiring this curious piece
of mechanism, the stone is suddenly re
moved, the sentinels drop down, the an
gels apjiesi r, the women enter the sepul
chre, and the same chant is heard, which
is performed in the Greek church on East
er eve.
A presvurptuous Pccre*s. — The ‘l’roud
Duke of Somerset!’ was twice married.
His second wile one day threw her arms
around the neck of her pompous partner,
and gave him a—kiss 1 ‘Madam!’ ex
claimed the duke, 4 my first w ife was a
Percy, and she never took such a liberty!’
A crust}' old bachelor once annoyed by
the cries of n baby, testilv remarked it
was strange Demosthenes never thought
of a nursery, when be went to the sea-I
shore to strengthen his lungs, and accus- !
mm himself to noise and uproar.
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.
The following incident occurred a few
w eeks since in a village ol one of the south
ern counties of our Suite. It was a warm
Suhhath a lie mom), and the doors of lhe t
village church were thrown open to let in ;
the balmy air Loin the field without. ’I be j
congregation had assembled, and while
| the minister was reading the first hymn a !
beautiful dove enterud tlie door and came
walking up the main aisle.
Such a visitor drew’, of course, univer-j
'sal attention. But as the choir arose to;
sing, he seemed startled, and lifting him-;
sr 11 on his wings, alighted on the stove pipe
above him, w here he sat bending his glos-|
' sy neck and turning Ins head soastocaleh
the harmony ns it swelled through the
temple ol God. Whether it was the cho- ;
rnsoflhe voices or the lull toned notes of
the organ that captivated him, f cannot
tell; hut he sat the perfect picture of ear
nest attention till the music ceased.
Waiting a moment as il to hear the strain
commence, he started from his perch and
; sailed on the top of l he organ, where he
furled his pinions, sat and looked upon the
audience. The young clergyman arose
to pray. He is distinguished lor the ear
nestness and the fervor of his invocation,
and as he stood with his hands around the
Bible which lay clasped before him, hum
bly beseeching ihe Father of all good to
send his Holy Spirit down, that beautiful
bird pitched from its resting place on the
organ, and sailed down on a level wing
the whole length of the church, and per
ched on the Bible directly between the
hands oflhe clergyman.
It was merely a natural occurrence, but
how beautiful the picture ! There stood
i llie messenger ol God w ith face towards
h oven pleading for heaven’s blessings —
i ilie Bible before him, around which his
| hands were reverently c lasped, while on
it stood that beautiful and innocent dove, j
The three thus together formed a group
i full of interest and symbolized all that is
( dear to man. The Word of God was be- j
fore the people, with God s chosen emblem
upon it, and God’s herald clasping them
| both as he prayed.
What wonder is il ifa superstitious fee- 1
ling ran through the house as the people!
watched that dove—the emblem of inno
cence and purity and the divine Spirit it
self—standing on the Bible and looking
gently on them. Beautiful I ird, it centred
for a time ihe affections of all on it; and
he who could have injured it there, would
have injured hundredsof hearts at the same
lime. The preasence of its tiny feet was
no sacrilege there; for the expression of
its soft eve was innocence and love.
The clergyman feeling the presence of
ihe bird, and fearing it might distract the
j attention ofhis hearers, gently passed his
hands over the Bible, 'i’lie dove unstar
tled, merely bopped over it on the cushion
wheie it sat tII prayer was ended. It
then rose and sailed away. 1 11 former
MUTT'S the dove would have been regarded
as a spiritual visitant from the unseen
world, sent on a special mission in an
swer io prayer, and awakened feelings of
awe and reverence.
j To us it was only a natural hut unusual
|occurrence, awakening simply the, senti
ment of beauty. It Was anew arid acci
j dental figure introduced suddenly into a
beautiful picture, giving greater harmony
and perlei lion to w bat we dec med perfect
before. There was no religion in it, but
it was full of beauty.—A. 1. Sunday Mer.
A Sight on the Siln. — These evenings
!on the Nile are the most beautiful that 1
have ever enjoyed. In the day time the
burning sun’s rays are so powerfully re
iverheiated from the water, the desert
[ sand, and the chalky hills, that one dies
not feel disposed to quit the cabin. But,
towards evening you come out, recline for
a couple of hours upon a broad sofa, and
breathe the light bland fresh air, Tbe
sun sinks behind the dark blue Lybian
hills, while his beams fall upon tbe Arabi
an summits as on a prism, clothing tbe in
with the lines of flowers, butterflies, and
gems. Some of the hills look like great
glowing roses, others like chains of ame
thysts in a golden setting. The quiet
water faithfully mirrors the beautiful vi
sion, only as with a light gauzy veil
breathed over it. The perfume of spring
tide fills the atmosphere ; fields of rape
seed, beans, lupines, vetches, and cotton
trees lie around us all in bloom ; acacia
i shrubs, interwoven with lilac and bloe
colored parasites, surround the water
wheels by which the fields are irrigated,
.or flourish on the banks of the river. The
balsamic refreshing fragrance is like
j the breath of spring in our fields and
woods during the fairest season of the
year. Wild doves are cradled upon the
j palm branches, or cooing and coquetting
i among the bushes. Sometimes a large
heron floats over, the stream, and now
and then the pelican, with heavy flapping
w ings,dives after a fish. When the sun
is down and the evening glow has faded,
another softer radiance arises in the south
Ito clothe the pale mountains again with
rosy tints. Meanwhile the stars have n
! risen. On the banks of the river life is
stirring. Fires are burning in the villa
ges, and the hearths are before the door
ways of the huts. Flocks of bleating
I sheep and goats are driven homewards ;
I dogs harking, asses braying, and children
j shouting sw ell the concert. Men ars
singing, keeping time with their action as
They fill their well-buckets from the Nile,
j and empty them into the troughs which
convey the wafer. Solitary songs from
those returning singly from the fiields,
loud conversations and calls are heard far
and wide. The Arabs call to each other
] from boat to boat ot across the river ; 1
might also say from village to village, so
j conversational are these people, and al
; most in a tone that sounds to me like a
j threatening cry. In a lonely barge one
,is beguiling the time by striking thei/nrii
{buha, the dull tones of which remind me
of the guitar. At last, all is still, and
j coolness comes over the water. [ The
Countess TTahn-llahn’s Oriental Letters.
AMERICANS IN ENGLAND.
The European Times says: “Some,
time ago we mentioned that steps were be
ing taken by the London clubs to stamp
‘re pudiation’ ns a crime against society.
We stated that Americans belonging to i
the insolvent States would he shut out of
the social and other advantage* w hich the
dubs afford to strangers visiting London,
The war of aggression has commenced,
hut it is much more stringent in its appli
cation that we intimated at the time, or
had any conception of. It w ill embrace
all Americans, without reference to what
part of the Union they come from. The
innocent w ill suffer disgrace equally with
the guilty States. When tne Cato street
conspirators, some twenty five years ago,
determined it) murder the British minister
lof that day in cold blood, one of the gang
pleaded hard lor the life of a particular
j member, on the ground that he was a good
and virtuous man. ‘He bed—d !’ was the
|exclamation. ‘Spare him! he must be
killed for keeping bad company !’ and the
ruffians prepared to sacrifice him accor
dingly. The retributive policy ol the
London clubs would appear to be founded
on the same principles of justice —A lea
ding metropolilanjourual, a few days hack
said, ‘We have heard il mentioned, as a
j positive fact, that an American gentleman
I of the most unblemished charnclei was r>*-
| fused admission into one of the largest
jclubs in London on the solegrouud ibal
I he belonged to a republic that did not ful
fil ils engagements. All possible pains
weie taken to convince the gentleman that
there was not the slightest personal objec
tion to bis admission, and that his own re
putation was such that the club would
have had the greatest pleasure in recei
j ving him, had he belonged lo a more cre
ditable government. In fact, the whole
affair and the matter in w hich it was done,
may be considered as reflecting quite as
much honor on the gentleman himself as
it conveyed a deep reproach to America.
From the feeling with which W’e have heard
this subject mentioned in the c ity, it is not
too much to expect that theexample will
he followed in other establishments. No
distinction, ns we underlain I, has been
made as lo the State to w hich an indivi
dual may belong, but the w hole United
Slates are looked upon as equally tarnish
ed.”
COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY.
lit Igian Treaty with the %<>// Verr'en:—
The Zoll Ye rein, or German Customs
Union, seems destined, as it is calculated
to exercise an imtiortant influence in the
commercial world. The principles of its
action has caused it to grow in importance
through accessions gradually made, as it
became more extensively know n and ap
preciated. The spirit of reciprocity is
the true spirit of fair and honest commer
cial intercourse, and it w ould be general
ly, if tint universally prevalent, had the
Governments of nation* been always ho
nest, and silicon ly disposed to regulate
their general conduct towards each other
by the golden rule, which requires that
each should do by all others as he would
that all others should do by him. But
they have not done so; on the contrary, in
I the' spirit of a heartless and soulless selfisli
! ness, they have sought each to secure ad
vantages for itself, regardless of the con
sequences to l he other, and sometimes even
as a matter of state policy, with a view to
that otlier's injury. Experience in this
wise begat retaliation, arid the arrange
ment of commercial relations, as of others
generally between nations resolved it self
into a governmental game, which was usu
ally won by ihe most skillful, sometimes
bv the least honest. Under this state ol
things tire energies of many a people have
been broken down by heavy burdens, tbeii
natural spirit of enterprise depressed, and
their material means of individual com
fort and happiness seriously diminished J
vet the Governments disposed to just tee
' were precluded from' the action that would
ligliteuth general horde# of oppression,
bv the counteraction of the less benevo
lent and less honest/
The period, however', seefns to have
been for some lime approaching, when
that American principle shall be ofgeftr
ra) prevalence, which asks nothing hot
what is clearly right, with the resolution to
;submit so nothing w rong; a resolution
which would he unnecessary, were all the
-governments of the earth known to be dis
posed to justice in their general relations.
Tbe ZoK Verein seems disposed to hasten
; the approach of ihat time by an infusion
of the principle ol reciprocity, to at least a
considerable extent, into their commcr
jcia! relations with such nations sis will con
sent to make new, or remodel existing ar
rangements with them. How- we refused
such consent by the Senate’s rejection of
the treat v concluded by the President with
them through our minister, is well known;
whether the subject will be again pre
sented by the Executive, it boots not now
I to conjecture our purpose at this time be
ing only to present a summary of the pro
visions of a treaty concluded between Bel
gium and the Zoll Verien States, as we
find it in Wilmer & Smith’s European
'l’imes, with the appended remarks touch
ing its effect upon the iron interest of En
gland, which nation will not reciprocate
with them:
The treaty which has been concluded
between Belgium and the Zoll Verein pro
vides for many important reductions of
duty on the produce of each country.
The Zoll Verein is to admit iron of Bel
gian origin at a considerable reduction on
tlieir general tariff".
The exoort duties which are charged
on wool in the Zoll Verein, are to be re
duced to one half in favor of Belgium.
The import duties which are charged
in the Zoll Verein on cheese, are to he re
duced 50 percent, in favor of Belgium,
and the latter country is to be allowed to
send into Germany 15,000 sheep, free oi
duty.
On lhe other hand Belgium is to reduce
the present duties charged on German
wines. The present duty charged on
silks ts to U* reduced 25pc r «tm. ilJul
iis agreed that neither wines nor silk* ‘
tiny other country shall be admitted' *
more favorable terms than those of Gerl
many. (f '
The haberdashery of Wurtemburg j,
he admitted in Belgium at 5 percent ?
articles of fashion (mode) at a duty of?'
cent ad valorem. Cotton goods j f
tools, and hardware shall not be subject
to higher duties than the present !
Brunswick thread is to continue to head
! «i"" and at the present ra.e, to the extent ?
250,000 kil. in each year.
'l'he treaty is to be in force for six year
It mil January Gth, 1845, and to l>e * tli,?
determinable year by year, bv either
ty giving to the other six months ‘
thereof. *
The chief interest nfGrrai Britain which
will Ik* interfered w : ih by this treaty will
oe by the advantage given to Beigj ; , n j r „ f ,
in Germany. Our exports oft| a j anid,.
in 1842 in Germany and Prussia n
led to .£393,000, and to Holland, some
pans of r> hi. h would no doubt |>e in irnn
|sit lo the Rhenish provinces, we exported
to the value of £278,000 more. It j s n , (
100 non h to say that it is a trade of £.500.
000 per annum,”
Another English paper has the fi,|| ow .
ing remarks, not by any means unworthy
I of the notice of our national authorities
“As regards England, the measure ha
most injurious one, as the duties on p n .
glish cotton and silk manufactures are
greatly increased, while the prod unions
of France and tie* Zoll Vercin are fld,i»it
ted at I lie present duties. The effect will
he* to drive the manufacturets of Mum-lies,
•er out oflhe Belgian markets, and to have
them replaced by the manufacturers of
Rouen and Mulliansen.” —Baltimore Sun.
THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
U e have already informed our readers
thill the Hon. James K. Polk was in have
a public reception at Nashville on thetftli
of lust month. In reply to the spokes
man on that occasion in Behalf “the De
mot-nicy of Nashville," Mr. Polk made
the following Address:
“ I ret mu to you, sir, and to my fellow
citizens w host organ you are, m\ sincere
and unfeigned thunks lor this tnanilesia
lionol the popular regard and confidence,
mid for the congratulations which you
have been pleased to express to me, up
on the icnnniiiuoii and result of the laic
political contest, 1 am fully sensible llot
these congratulations are not, ami cannot
| be, pt rsonal to inysi If. It is the cmiiivml
success ol our common principles wliiclt
has spread six h general joy over the land.
I he political struggle through which tliel
country liasjusl passed Ims been cleeplvl
jexciting. Extraordinary causes have cm
isie.i to make it so. It has terminaiecl—l
it is now over—and, l sincerely believe,l
has been decided by the sober and scttlcdl
judgment of the American people.
“to exchanging lunlnal coiigniltilaliona
with each other upon the result of the bnJ
; elect ion, the Democratic parly should i-t
member, in calmly reviewing the contest*
that the portion ol our fellow-citizens ulufl
have differed with us in opinion littvil
equal political rights with ourselves; dial
minorities as well as majorities arc entifl
lied lo the full and free exercise of dual
opinions and judgments, and that till
I rights of all, whether of minorities or trial
joritics, as such, are entitled to equal r<l
sped and regard. f
“ In n joining, therefore, over the wH
1 cess ol the Democratic party, and ol dul
principles, in the late election, il shouß
fu* in no spirit of eXitltufion over the H
feat of our opponents; fait it should ■
l>e( nose, as we honestly believe, our pmH
M-iples and policy are belter calvjhl'B
than tln irs to promote the Hue interests
the whole country. 1
“In the position m wlife'll I have '
i placed bv she voluntary and oasougH
suffrages of mv fellow-ci'fiZ’eiTs, it
come mv duly, be inv pleasure,
arrd truf* Jo repiesrirt, in the ExecutjH
,departirreiit of the Government, tV[ ,n H
rtph saod policy of the great pirtv B
country who have elevated me t«> it •
' at the same Mine, it is‘proper that I slhj®
declare that t .shall not repaid inys<Hß
the repre.*r»)*amr of a partv or?W. b" ■
the whole people of the t fiited
and I trust that the future poln'V'dj
I Government may lx* such ns to
happiness and prosperity of Alt- wt**
distinction of parly/’ I
Cotton. —The New Orleans Fi < - I 'J
notices the receipt in tb it city "I **''l
samples of rein.ti kalde cot [on, [ r * 1
plantation ol Mr. Abbey, on the I
is anew description ol cotton.
(i>re grown in the l nited State?, .""I
twenty bales have been picked t ■ ■
Mr. Abbey has called it the “Mass''"■
'cotton, considering it much finer' 1,1,1 J
!grown from the Mexican seed.
lie states w as procured in the fit'
ico four years ago. Itw'asifot ■
grown there to any extent. •*" J!' B
ly he had tit oije bit a piece," 11 I
iho price actually paid 1 ,,r '* - a - '
man who brought a few from • 1 I
pocket-book to the United
Abbey intends [limiting no >e ■
forth, thinking that he can ra, f fi . M
to 100 per cent more from tins - ■
usual seed. |
A Clergyman Denounced-- _ S
John Clark was oneol ihe de <g ■
the Texas Conference to t |f •' ■
Conference ol the MetJt'X t-'
the city ofNew\ork. ' ir t!,rfl
mar. by birth, not intPW ,n S_ ,
Texas, he very naturally
North on the questions "'« qvviß
two parties in that body- n ; . so fre®
per just received we find a
lions, passed try tb® ci rC “H
Conference of the Washing < : I
which Mr. Clark ««lci»° u noe l M
abused the trust and con n , fl ®
in him, and grossly
SP n. inients of the Method.stsC J