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From the Federal Union. |
gov. two last
These documents have raised no small stir
nnionest the Harrison presses. Our readers
will recollect that the first of these messages
called the attention of the Legislatu e to the
state of the country, and especially to the
pict, then no longer'douhtl'ul, that the crop of
cotton had turned out almost a total failure
over a large portion of the Stale, and that
the aggravation of the pecuniary embarrass
ment of the country called tor legislative ac
tion to avert the calamities winch would in
evitably icsult from it. To this message,
both branches of the Legislature responded
in effect, Governor, what shall tee do? I his
called forth the second message, m which
they are told that the credit of It e otte
should be used to raise a sum of money suffi
cient for the temporary relief ol our distress
ed citizens in this awful time, and that it
should be distributed by loans from the Cen
tral Bank. , .
We were present when the cut and dried
resolutions of both branches of the Legisla
ture calling for a plan for the relief of the
people, were passed. It was amusing enough
to see the air with which the measure was
carried through. If was plain they thought
the advent of their poloical ascension had ar
rived and that Governor McDonald had
“digged a pit” into which this studied reso
lution was to precipitate him lor life. Their
countenances changed when his reply came
in. They had not judged rightly of their
man. The message came straight for ward
to the subject, recommended the most effi
cient measure in the power of the Stale, in
terms too simple to be misunderstood. There
could he no mistake—the pit was removed
from the feet of Governor McDonald to the
ihreshhold of his adversaries. They dared
not go forward, they could not retreat. Ev
erv one has read the excuses with which they
have met the question. They are sorrv, ve- j
rv sorry, for the people, the dear people; bill
the imprudent only sulier. ‘They cannot vi
olate principle. Alt! principle is a great
matter. If they had stopped here, it would j
have answered well enough with certain
classes. But their old trade, misrepresenta- j
tion, hung too close around them. They
thought it unjust to tax the whole for the re- j
lief of a part of the people. They forgot !
that no taxation whatever was intended or
called for. That the borrower would be the
payer, and that a loss of the capital was all
the risk demanded of the happy few who are
now dear of debt. This risk, experience has
proven, is small. But to call on the creditor
class for any thing, was what they would not
do. “Touch not the Lord’s anointed,” was
not a more sacred proverb amongst the Jews.
This was the moral of the last Legislature,
and it cannot be denied. Every measure of
theirs was a two edged sword in the hands
of the creditor, or a chain and a gibbet for
the debtor. It was impossible to witness
their proceedings without knowing that they
intended to use the derangement of the mo
neyed affairs of the country, and the pi evi
dential calamities of the season, to sink the
debtor class of the community to a grade of
hopeless poverty.
But the case is now on the anvil of the
press. The year lias but just opened, arid
we see nothing before us but a scene ol con
fusion and dismay. Save himself who can,
is the word. All this would be well enoug ,
if the actual indebtedness of the country had
passed all reasonable bounds in comparison
with its wealth and productive industry. But
this is by na means the case. The amount
of debt due by the people at this time, is less
than it has been at any time for many years.
Want ol confidence—alarm—and, we fear,
-a fiendish spirit, which feeds on tne miseries
of others, tends to magnify the evils of the
times a hundred fold. The people have it
to bear yet another year. ‘The measures
which would have afforded relief, have been
rejected by the Legislature. The measures
which may yet he adopted, ought now to he
thought of by the people. II they are de
termined to he made hewers of wood and
drawers of water for a few lordlings, they
have only to send a few more such legislative
bodies as the last, and it will he accomplish
ed. They will be taught how to behave
j themselves in the presence of their “belters.”
They will still be able to earn half a dollar a
day by hard work.
With these desultory remarks, we drop
this subject lor the present. We shall lake it
up at our leisure. We are ready to meet
•our adversaries and argue the question coolly
and closely. We think the pressure of the
times called for the message of Governor
McDonald on the subject. We think the
measure he recommended was necessary,
and that it would have been effectual. V\ e
think the refusal to adopt that measure and
the repeal of the most important part of the
charter of the Central Bank, throws on the
dominant party in the Legislature, the res
ponsibilily of a great part of the sufferings
of the people lor the ensuing year. And we
think it most important 10 the Slate and its
people, to reform these reformers without de
lay. These opinions vvr shall enforce and in
sist on, unlest it shall appear that the money
ed difficulties of the times are less from the
measures we have objected to.
From the Mobile Advertiser, Jan. 6.
Our Races commence on Tuesday next, the
12th instant, and are hound to produce some
first rate sport, there being no less than ten
stables already at the course, in each of which j
there are known cracks. We have been giv
en the names of about forty nags, but do not 1
pretend to have the while of them. Many
have shown us their heels before, and others
have sent on their deeds to speak for them, i
Just read over the list below. Did you ever |
see such a string of rattlers. 1 “ Low down in
the forties” will be every day times. Bses- j
wing beat Grrydoc in 7.38: which is tail time.
Wagner made 7.43 in a fourth heat (in one
week.) Westvvind won easily a few days
since in 7.5'?, leaving such a flyer as Haywood
behind. But as all can point out their quick |
work, we stop. For the great four mile
sweepstakes, on the first clay, there are four
entries—and such clippers! Just mark!—
Westu'ind, a Chateau cole, a regular rusher.
Ruby, by Emiiius, the sire of Priam, and of
more and better racers than any other horse in
England. The own brother to Beeswing! and
last, not leagt, our old triend Wagner! is not |
that a held to make a turfman chuckle! The ‘
following is the regular entry :
Sweepstakes for all ages; four mile hea*s:
sub. SIOOO each, 8*350 forfeit To this the
Proprietor adds a silver cup, valued at 8500.
Mr. John Gooding eaters (J. Campbell’s) ch. h.
Wagner, G y. 0., by Sir Charles out of 51 ;-
ria West, by Marion. 113 lbs.
Col. Thus. Watson enters b. c. Ruby (or Rid- :
dlesworth,) 4 y. 0., by (English) Emiiius,
out of imp. Eliza by Reubens. 100 lbs.
Mr. I. J. Barton enters own brother to Bees-
wing, 4y. o. 100 lbs.
Col. V. Johnson enters (Gen. T. Scott’s) br.c.
Westwind, 4 y. 0., by Chateau Margeaux,
darn by Bertrand. 100 lbs.
\\ e subjoin a list of the stables now on the
ground; in which, at a single glance, the prac
tised eye will detect a crowd of crowders.
The veteran, Col. Thos. Watson, has
Beeswing, by Leviathan, out of Black So
phia.
Ruby, imp. (or Riddiesworth,) by Emiiius,
out of imp. Eliza.
Sally Hilliard, by O’Kelly, dam by Shaw
nee.
Jacob Kreth, by imp. Luzborough, dam by
Sir Archie.
Thornhill, by imp. Glencoe, out of imp.
Pickle.
Espersikes, imp. br. c. by Bclshazar, out of
(Eng.) Capsicum.
i Messrs. Camp &. Blevins’ stable holds
Bay w >od, by Editor.
Bustamente, by Whalebone.
Tomboy, by Marion.
Denizen, by (Eng.) Actean.
Eliza Franks, by imp. Consul.
Col. Robert Gmitii’s string is formed of
John Go-along, by Eclipse, dam by Con
tention.
Old Missus, by Count Badger, out of Timo
la, by Tirnoleon.
Lorenzo Dow, by Leviathan, out of Mary
[Smith by Sir Richard.
Dephesda, by Pacific, dam by Henry Tou
son.
Tippecanoe, by .Mens. Tonson.
Mr. P. Brown’s stable possesses
Sir Charles, by Bertrand, out of Sally Mell
viile, by Virginian.
Tom Day, own brother to Sir Charles.
Mr. Bat. Smith’s stable has got
Fanny, 1 y imp. Fyide, dam by Art hie.
Mango, by (English) Emilios, out of imp.;
Pickle.
Eloiso, by imp. Luzboiough, out of Mary
Wasp.
Mr. G. Vanetta has
John Blocker, by Leviathan.
Phiiina, by
Mr. Jno. Campbell’s stable boasts of
Wagner, (j y. o. by Sir Charles, out of Ma
ria V/est.
Ahorf, 4 y. 0., by imp. Fyide.
Buckeye and Queen Victoria, with several!
others we have net heard named.
Mr. Jas. S. Garrison’s stable counts in it 1
Lizzy Hewitt, by Ivanhoe, dam by Tonson.
Charming Molly, by imp. Shakspeare, dam
by Tonson.
Fairfield, by (American) Zinganee, out of
the dam of Buckeye. i
Fairplay, by Hanslap, out of the dam of
Zmganee, by Chance.
John Crowell, by Robin Hood, out of the
I dam of Big Nancy.
Col. Thus. Scott, of Lowndes county, has
; with him
Westvvind, 4 y. o, by Chateau Margeaux. -
dam by Mambrino by Bertrand.
Donley, 3 y. o. by imp. Luzborough, out of
Colister by Crusader.
Chippola, 4 y. 0., by Robin Adair, out of
Rosabella by Kosciusko,
j Mr. B. Davidson’s stable consists of
Jane Splane, Serenade, and a Medoc colt.
The War Steamers. —The steam ships Lion
and Eagle, built by Messrs. Brown and Bel l ,
for the Spanish Government, and launched
yesterday, are now taking in their machinery
1 from the Novelty Works, at the foot of Twelfth
street. Messrs. Ward, Stillman & Cos., of that
establishment, never turned out more beauti
i ful specimens of their skill and science, as
| engineers and steam engine manufacturers,
than the engines of these splendid vessels;
and builders and machinists aro worlhy of
equal praise lor the workmanlike manner in
which they have performed the duties allotted
to them. The Lion and Eagle aro of precise
ly of the same size and model, and efcli is in
tended to carry four heavy carronades, and
one sixty-f. ur pounder Paixham gun on a pi
vot. Subjoined are the dimensions of each :
154 feet, length on deck.
30 feet 8 inches breadth of beam.
170 feet length over all.
49 feet 0 inches breadth over all.
Tonnage, 671 tons.
Each vessel will be propelled by two en
gines of eighty horse power. They will, it is
expected, be ready for sea in about two months;
and are intended, it is said, as a coast guard
for the Spanish West India Islands.
We learn that tlie magnificent war steamer
Kamschatka, built here for the Russian Gov
ernment, will be taken out to Russia by A
merican officers and seaman, who have volun
teered fur the service. They will have a
glorious time of it. The Kamschatl ais tak
ing in her machinery at Jersey city. —New
York Times.
From the Standard of Union, Jan. 8.
GOV. M DONALD'S MESSAGES.
“Recent develoj emenls prove, that where
the Executive and legislate branches of the
government differ so thoroughly as they now
do, all effort, on the part of one, to do good,
may be impeded if not altogether thwaited
by the other. The people will then have to
regulate this matter.”
V\ hen the people read the two messages,
addressed by Governor M Donald to ilie leg
islature, upon the present embarrassed S ate
of the country, which we copy into this arf
cle, and are informed that their suggestions
were wholly disregarded, no one who has a
heart to feel for the distresses of others, will
question the truth of the quotation which
stand’ at the head of this article, although it
emanated from a Harrison pen.
The second Message contains a specific
proposition, winch if acted upon, and adopt
ed, would have been successful, and afforded
the means of preventing a sacrifice of pro- [
pertv, and a scene of desolation and misery,
at the very thought of which, humanity shud
ders.
But how was it treated. Did they delibe
rate upon the suggestion? Did they propose
any nines? Was any committee appointed
to take into c nsideration, the unprecedented
state of the country, and report some mea
ure of relief? No—Committees were appoint
ed, not for that purpose, but to condemn the
treasure proposed bv the Governor, as intend
ed only for the benefit of those who are in
embarrassed circumstances, and therefore par-
I tial in its tendency and operation—and upon
; a plea so fhmsv and sophist-cal. they utterly
i refused, even to bestow a thought upon the
tens of thousand t of good citizens, who must
be made beiraars before the meeting of the
next legislature, for the want of that timelv
assis ance, which it was in the power of the
last to hes ovv.
Wl at excuse they will render to their con
stituents, for this wanton disregard of their
interests —or rather, this open refusal, even
to make an effort to mitigate their suffering'',
we cannot imagine* but that they will be held
to an awful account, is just ascertain, as that
the people are capable of comprehending their
own interests.
Upon the plea of partiality we join issue
with the Harrison reformers, aid lay down
i this proposition, that to refuse to legislate con
stitutionally, for a portion of ‘lie community,
1 whose circumstances imperiously demand the
I interposition of legislative aid, to protect them
| against impending ruin, is the extreme of
| cruelty and injustice, and openly at war with
the fundamental principles nfa republican go
vernment.
As well might the State refuse to incur ex
pense and encounter danger, to protect the
people.of Ware county, against the-scalping
knife and tomahawk of the Seminnles, because
every county in the Slate, is not exposed l
j similar incursions.
But it is tiic more extraordinary that such
: an excuse should have been resorted to hv a
| party, which recommends the doctrine of par
tiality and exclusive privileges, in its most o
idiousform —a party which advocates the es
tablishment of a National Bank, the ‘-reation
••f winch, wmilil invest a comparatively small
j class of American citizens, in connexion with
j foreigners of capital, with privileges foreign
jto the constitution, and powers sufficiently
istrong to overrule the government itself; plac
ing in its hands, all the revenues of the gov
eminent, upon which to bank ard speculate,
and grow rieh upon the use of the people’s
money. Ami they are the men who pro
nounce it partial, to loan the people money,
| in a time of unexampled embarrassment, and
that money raised upon their own credit and
resources.
Such a party as this, to startle at the idea
of partiality and exclusive privileges!
We h ild it to be the duly of the General
Assembly so to legislate as to better the con
dition of every individual , when it can be con
stilulionaily done; for ail free governments
were instituted to promote the prosperity ol
me people—and no man in his sober senses,
j will deny that the measure proposed by the
j Governor, is constitutional.
‘The course of the Harrison party, upon
j this subject is the more surprising, when we j
[take into consideration, their lamentation i
i speeches in the campaign of IS-10 their cry !
lof pecuniary distress, and their promises to j
| make money plenty, and times prosperous,
when tliev gain the a sc- m’ency. How
changed? But “change ’.s their motto. Las;
year, they addressed themselves to that class
who were the mosiembarrassed—and appeal
ed to the feelings of those who were in the
greatest need, to come up and help them, or
they were ruined—that “Harrison Reform”
would prove a certam remedy against hard
times, and bring them out of aii their and fficu!
ties. Now, they declare it partin Ito attempt
the least relief to the very same people—
scowl at the benevolent advice of the Gover
nor—adjourn the legislature, and leave every
man to his fate.
This argument of partiality, may be very
satisfactory to ilv/eir, who have laid up mo
n-v to buy propellv in hard tints, hut it will
fall like a death knell upon lire ears of thi u
j sands, who must get money, or be ruined.
All we ask, is, that the people will make a
j dispassionate comparison between the con
duct of the Governor, and the Harrison par
ty, in tlie legislature!—And when they have
done so, to pronounce a candid and impartial
judgment. The on • did all in his power to
afford 1 hem relief—tl e others, lift them to
struggle, unaided, with their misfortunes.
From the London Morning Hr ra'd P.-c. 4.
NAPOLEON’S REMAINS.
The Belle Pouie frigate, commanded by
the Prince de Joinvilie, has arrived at Cher
bourg from St. Helena, with the remains of the
Emperor Napoleon.
Tiie following is the report of his Royal
i Highness to the Minister of Marine:
j “Monsieur le Ministre, —As I Ind the lion
; or of informing you, I quitted Ail Saints Bay
on Sept, the 14th, running along the coast of
Brazd, with the wind at east, but which hav
ing veered to the north and north-east, ena
bled me quickly to get into the meridian of St.
Helena, without having to pass the 28tii par
allel. On entering the meridian I was delay
ed by ca ms and light breezes. On Oct. 8, i
came to anchor in James Town Roads. The
brig Oreste, detached by Vice Admiral de
Mackan to bring to the Belle Pouie a pilot
from the channel, had arrived the day before.
As this ship brought me no new instructions,
1 immediately occupied myself in executing
the orders I had originally received. My first
care was to put M. de Chabot, the King’s com
missioner, in communication with General
Middlemcre, Governor of the island. These
gentlemen having settled, according to their
respective instructions, the manner of pro
ceeding to the exhumation of the remains oi
j the Emperor Napoleon, and their translation
on board the Belle Pouie, the 15th of Octo
ber was fixed for the execution of their plans.
“The Governor charged himself with the
exhumation, and all that was to take place
within the British territory. I, by the order
of October 13th, a copy of which I hereto an
nex, regulated the honors to be paid on the
15th and 16 h by the division under my com
mand. The French merchant, ships, the Bon
nie Amie, Captain Gallet, and Indien Capt.
Truquetil, eagerly rendered their assistance.
At midnight, on the 15th the operation com
menced in the presence of the French and
Engl s’i Commissioners, Iv\ de Chabot and
Captain Alexander, of the royal engineers;
the works were directed by the latter. As
M. de Chabot renders 1 1 ti e Government a
circumstantial account of the operations to
which he was a witness, I conceive that I am
dispensed from entering into the same details,
and shall content myself with saying that a!
len in the morning the coffin was found in the
grave. After having raised it in fact, it was
opened and was found in an unhoped for state
of preservation. At this solemn moment, at
the sight of the easily recognized remains of
him who had done so much for the glory oi
France, the emotion was deep and unanimous
At half past three o’clock the guns of the fort
announced to the ships and vessels in the
roadstead that the funeral procession had com
menced its march towards Janies Town. The
militia and the troops of t he garrison preceded
the car, which wag covered with a pal), the
corners being borne by Generals Bertrand and
Gourgaud, and Messrs. De Lascasses and
Marehand, the authorites, and a crowd of the
inhabitants following. The guns of the frig
ate having answered those of the fort, she
continued to fire minute guns. From the
morning the yards were slung, and the flags
hoisted halfmast high, as a signal of mourn- ;
mg, in which the foreign ships and vessels :
[joined.
j “When the procession appeared on the quay,
the English troops formed a double line,
through which the cars passed slowly to ihe
shore. At the water’s edge where the Eng
lish lines had terminated, 1 had collected all
the officers of the French division waiting,
in deep mourning and heads uncovered the ap- j
preach of the coffin. When within 20 paces |
of us, it stopped, and the Governor, advancing j
to me, delivered up to me, in the name of ins
government, the remains of the Emperor Na- j
poieon. As soon as the coffin was lowered !
into the boat of the frigate prepared to lei
ceive it, the general emotion was again re
newed—the dying wish of the Emperor N
- began to be accomplished—lns remains
reposed under the national flag. All sign of j
mourning Was from that time abandoned; the !
same honors which ihe Eiuperor would have
received bad he been living were paid to his
mortal remains, and it was aniids; salutes from
the ships, dressed cut in their colors, and their I
yards manned, that, the cutter, escorted by
boats of all the ships, pursued its way siowiy
towards the frigate. On arr.ving on board,
the coffin was received between two ranks of;
officers under arms, and carried to the quarter j
deck, which had been arranged as a chajpeHe
ardente. Acci rding as you had ordered me, a
guard of sixty men, eon-mantled by the senior
lieutenant of tl e frigate did the honors. Al
though it was already late, the absolution was
pronounced, and the body remained thus ex
posed a)! night. The almoner and an officer
kept watch by its side.
‘‘On the IGib, at 10 o’clock in ihe morning,
all the officers and crews of the French ships ’
of war and merchantmen having been assem- j
bled on board the frigate, a solemn funeral
service was celebrated; the body was then ,
lowered between decks, where a clui; tils ar
danue had been prepared to receive it. At
noon all was terminated, and the frigate was
ready to sail; but the drawing up of ihe pea
ces ierbeaux required two days, and it was
only on the morning of the 18th that the Belle
Pouie and Favorite were able to get under
weigh. The(Oreste, which left at the same
time, sailed for its destination. After a pros- j
perous and easv passage, I have just anchored I
in the roads of Cherbourg, at five in the morn
ing.
admiral, tiie assurance of my
respect. The captain of the Belle Pouie,
“F. D’Orleaxs.
“Roads of Cherbourg, Nov. 30.”
The Mouiteur Parisien says the funeral
ceremony is fixed for the 10th in.-:t. Thurs
day week, and that orders have been given to
hasten as much as possible the preparations
at the Invalids, and along the line which the
cortege will follow.
From the Boston Eve. Gazette Dr c. 2G.
ET The first article of intelligence by the
Acadih, and perhaps the most prominent, is I
the birth of a Princess Royal;
Her Most Gracioi s Majesty’s Queen Vic
toria Ist was safely delivered of a daughter
on the 21st of November last, and tha-, at the
“former date our Sovereign Lady, and Her in
fant,, the Pr.ncess Royal, were —“as .well as
could he expected .”
This great and important news was imme
diately made known to the town by the firing
of the Tower guns; and, the Privy Council
being’ assembled as scon as possible thereup
on, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, it
was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for
I the Queen’s safe delivery of a Princess be
I prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of
I Canterbury, to be me ! in all churches and
chapels throughout England and Wales, and
< the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sun
[ day, the 29th of November, cr the Sunday af
! ter the respective ministers received the
’ same.
Her Majesty’s marriage, it will be remem.
bered, took place on Monday, the 10th of Feb
ruary, nine months and eleven days since.
The Gazette Extraordinary says that Prince
Albert, the Duchess of Kent, several Lords j
of her Majesty’s most Hon. Privy Council,
and the ladies of her Majesty’s bed-chamber, 1
| were present. We may be wrong in taste, j
[but this scene to us is offensive. We are :
| told that in an adjoining room, the doer being !
open, were the Archbishop of Canterbury,!
1 :he Bishop of London, Viscount Palmerston, ;
i and a score of others. This was in adjoining
: room, with a doer open; and we are then fur- j
nished with a host of persons, male and fe
: male, who were in the “ante-room,” it not
: being mentioned whether the doors were open
or shut. We are not acquainted with the
Court distinctions between ante-rooms and
; adjoining rooms, but we must repeat our ex
pressions of disgust ol” the whole ceremony
as put forth in the Gazette. What would
such a patriot and glorious hero as Washing
ton have said it the noble command or virtual
Sovereignty of America had been imposed
upon him on the conditions that three or four
| score whiskered or mitred gentlemen were to
j be in his wife’s bed-chamber when his wife
1 was delivered. The moral sense of our pub
lic revolts at all these indecencies, and it is
I m vain to argue in their favor, that they have
the sanction of antiquity.
i The servants of the Royal Household were, |
on Sunday, furnished with a bountiful supply
of candle and cake to celebrate the birth of :
the Princess Royal. The old custom of giv
ing candle to the public on the birth of a
Pence or Princess was not observed on the
occasion.
It is generally supposed that the Princess
will receive the names of her august mother
—Alexandra;a Viet; ria—and that the christ
ening, which will bo on a magnificent scale of
splendor, will take place within a month. It
is also understood that the illumination in hon
or the event, ins e.ad of its taking place at
once, will be postponed till the evening of the
day on which the'christening takes place. On
that day, it is anticipated, all the public offices
and public buildings, as well as the various
club-houses, will Le most brilliantly illumina
te!, and that the demonstrations of rejoicing
will be most general.
The lady who has been engaged as wet
nurse to the Royal infant is Mrs. Par.; er, the
wife of a music master at Reading. She had
been at the Palace for some days waiting the
event.
Another paper says that Mrs. Jane Ratsey,
of the Isie of Wight, is another nurse that is
engaged for the Royal Princess.
Prince Louis Napoleon at Ilam. —ln the
last six weeks that the Prince has been at
Ham, ho has been kept in the closes', confine
ment. Not. one of Jus friends has been able
t > obtain perm ssion to visit him. All his let
ters, not except ng those from h s family, are
opened and examined. I ; Lis promenades
a space of about fifty feet has been allotted
[ to Jem, and lie is always attended by two po
lice agents, sent expressly from Paris to fol
low h.m in ins extensive walks. Although [
the care ol the castle has been assigned to
ihe officers and troops known for their devo
tion to ihe existing dynas:y, ihe least circum
stance-puts the whole garrison in fright. Some
soid.ers lately began to singsongs in honor of
the return of Napo ei >n’s ashes to the France he
loved so well. Tins inoffensive action was
qualified at Ham, as an attempt against the
safety ot the B>ate. A council of war was
assembled, and the soldiers have been severe- j
iy punished, it is a singular spectacle to
witness the nephew of the Emperor a prison- I
er at 11am, having, os his companion in captiv
ity, Gen. Mon hoiou, who was the most faith
ful follower of the Emperor at St. Helena,
whilst France is about to celebrate with so
much pomp and circumstance the return of
iiie mortal remains of the so mer Emperor.
Generous Conduct. —When the news of the
; safe accouchement of her majesty reached
| Carlisle, a gen ieinan, who is well known for
| his humane and charitable actions authorised
Mr. Orridge, governor of the goal, to discharge
alt debtors in ids custody who were confined
for sums under £2d, he undertak.ng to pay
the debt and cos.s in each case.— Carlisle
Patriot.
Present to the Queen,. —Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent; has given directions to
| have- a splendid coverlet made for the infant [
j vVincess Royal, to be presented, on tha day [
• she is christened, to her Majesty.—lt is to
I be composed of the richest green satin lined
| with white silk, and ornamented with flowers |
I and embroidered in a manner perfectly unique, j
The decorations are to be superb in the ex-;
treme, and several i jgenious Jennies are etn-:
ployed finishing it against the time it will be 1
wanted. The whole is to be composed of j
British manufacture, and the work completed j
byCEnglish nr .sis >id their as, ist r,ts. —The :
pattern drawing colored for the coverlet is
very beautiful.
The Royal Infant —’File Isle of Wight has
■ the honor of supplying the person who is to
suckle ill 3 young- Princess. She has been
i selected—a royal messenger was sent o.r ex-
I press on Saturday, to Air. Charles Day, sur
geon, of Cowes, io announce to Mrs. Jane
Ratsey, wife of Mr. Retseil Ratsey, of Medi
na-;.e; race, West Cowes, that she.has been
appoin ed wet nurse to the Queen, autl to de
sue that she would proceed to Lojidon imme
diately. She arrived in town by the South
ampton mail-train on Sunday morning, to un
dertake her high and hoaorablootfice. A per
; son apparently more admirably suited for the
’ situation cou.d not .possibly have been select-
I ed. Report says that it was her Majesty’s
j particular wish that a wet nurse should he
! choseil from the. vicinity of Cowes, from ob
serving the very healthy state of ihe women
land children during her residence in the Isle •
jpf Wight, and from the exceedingly great j
benefit Iter own health received liroia her visit j
to that beautiful island.
From the New York Time-.
CHRONOLOGIC Ah TABLE OF PRESIDEN
TIAL ELECTIONS.
We have prepared the so lowing correct
! statement of Electoral votes given the various
candidates for President and We president
of the United Slates, since the adoption of the
Constitution. It should be observed that at
the four first elsdlious the Colleges of Elec- j
tors were required to vote for two persons, the 1
highest of whom was to be ‘President , and the
next highest Vice President of the United
Slates. In consequence of the equal vote
between Jefferson and Burr in 1800, the Con
stitution was amended so as to require the
President and Vice President to be separate
ly voted for,*a i at present.
1789 — Ten Ht-xfes ntitl dto 73 votes —Geo.
Washington (53;‘John Adams 34; John Jay 9;
R.EcriU. Harrison G; John Rutledge 6; Jnc.
ilTKod-. 1: G .or. e Clinton 3; Samuel Hun- 1
lijgdon 2; John Milton 2; James Armstrong]
1; Edward Telfair 1, and Benjamin Lincoln 1. j
George Washington was unanimously elect
ed President. Rhode Island and North Car
olina not having at the above time ratified the
Constitution, chose no electors. New York
did not vote. Two votes of Maryland and
two of Virgin a not given.
1792 —Fifteen Stair* entitled to 135 votes —
George Washington 132 votes; John Adams
77; George Clinton 50; Thomas Jefferson 4;
and Aaron Burr 1.
George Washington was again unanimous
ly elected President, and John Adams by a
plurality of votes, Vice Presideut. Two votes
of Maryland and one of South Carolina not
given.
1790— Sixteen States entitled to 138 votes —
John Adams 71 votes; Thomas Jo tier sou 68;
Thomas Pinckney 59; Aaron Burr 30; Sam
uel Adams 15; Oliver E lsworth 11; George .
Clinton 7; John Jay 5; James Iredell 3; Sam
uel Johnston 2; George Washington 2; Jno. :
Henry 2; and Charles C. Pinckney 1.
John Adams was elected President and T.
Jefferson Vice President.
1800— Sixteen States entitled to 138 votes —
Thomas Jefferson 73 votes; Aaron Burr 73;
John Adams 65; Charles C. Pinckney 61;
! and John Jay 1.
No choice by the people. The House of :
Representatives, after balloting six days and
on the thirty sixth ballot, elected Thomas Jes- j
ferson, President. Aaron Burr was duly e
lected Vice President.
President. Vice President.
1801— Seventeen States entitled to 176
! votes.
j Tho’s Jefferson 162 1 Geo. Clinton 162
| Ch’s C. Pinckney 14 j Rufus King 14
1808—Seventeen States entitled to 176
1 votes.
Jas. Madison 122 George Clinton IL3
| Ch’s C. Pinckney 47 Rufus King 47
George Clinton 6 John Latigdon 9
.las. Mad son 3
James Monroe 3
One of the votes of Kentucky not given.
1812—Eighteen States entitled to 218
votes.
I James Madison 128 I E .bridge Gerry 131
\ De’ Witt Clinton 89 | Jared Ingersoil 86 i
One of the votes of Ohio not given.
1816—Nineteen Spates enticed to 221
. votes.
J unes Monroe 183 j D. D. Tompkins 183
Rufus King 34 I Jno. E. Howard 22 j
j James Ross 5 j
I Jno. Marshall 4 j
| Robt. G. Harper 3 ■
Three of the votes of Maryland and one of
the votes of Delaware not given.
1830—Twenty four States entitled to 232
votes.
James Monroe 231 D. D. Tompkins 218
John Q. Adams 1 Richard Stockton 8
Daniel Rodney 4
Robert G. Harper 1 1
Richard Rush 1 1
1824—Twenty four States entitled to 201
votes.
Audrew Jackson 99 John C. Calhoun 192
Jolm Q,. Adams 84 Nathan Sanford 30
VVm H. Crawford 41 Nathaniel Macon 24
j Henry Clay 37 Andrew Jackson 13
M. Van Buren 9
Henry Clay 2
No choice by the People for President.—
The house of Representatives elected John
Q. Adams. (One of the votes of Rhode Is
land for Vice President, blank.)
1829 Twenty four States entitled to 261
votes.
Andrew Jackson 178 J. C. Calhoun 171
John Q,. Adams 83 Richard Rush 83
William Smith 7
1852—Twenty four States entitled to 288
vo es.
And’w Jackson 219 M. Van Buren 189
Henry Clay 49 John Sergeant 49
John Floyd 11 William Wilkins 36
; William Wirt 7 Henry Lee 11
Am is Eilmaker 7
Two of the votes of Maryland were not
giyen.
1830— Twenty six Stales entitled to 294
votes.
M. Van Buren 170 R. M. Johnson 147
Win. H. Harrison 73 Francis Granger 87
Hugh L. White 26 John Tyler 47
Willie P. Mangum 11 William Smith 23
i Daniel Webster 15
i R. M. Johnson elected Vice President by
j the Senate.
1840—Twenty six States entitled to 294
votes.
VVm. H. Harrison 234 j John Tyler 234
Martin Van Buren 60 |R. M. Johnson 48
j L. W. Tazewell 11
I James K. Polk 1
AUOLI HON.
w e give below an extract taken from the
‘•Philanthropist,” a rabid Abolition journal
published in Cincinnati. We akhr it a
calm perusal front the South; we ask lorn
tliai consideration which it demands, it com
ments for itself.
* * * * “Van Buren has received the
votes of only two free Stan sand five slave
holding States. The free Stoles nave been
cent’ nted by the power and influence of Ab
olitionists, ami will remain cemented. Let |
the South mark tiiis prediction. There is
nothing to sever the fste States on the ques-
I lion of slavery. Ti ey wiil continue to com-
I plain of the inequality of repre eutation in the
House of Representatives of the United
i States and the sm of slavery; and as they
have a pledge from Gen. Harrison, “that he
will veto nothin'.',” they f cl encouraged to •
go on. under ihe expectation wii.ch seims to
be well grounded, that the ‘ free Slates wi I
lierealh r invariably control the election of:
Picsident, and eventually array Ihe whole of j
I the Execuiive power against slave represen- |
tations, and slavery as it exists n the States. ‘ !.
.
From the Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 31.
We have returned to <>ur Pest—but we find
| so many papers, which have accumulated in
one week, that we have not yet been able to
I glance through them, supply ail the omissions
1 which have been made during our absence,
| and expatiate upon all the important points
1 which have appeared upon the political hori
i zou. We have read with infinite pleasure the |
i Kepi vof Mr. Wright to Mr. We aster. It is
| a conclusive refutation of the state cents of the 1
j sophist. Never were two adventurous Knights
| so completely unhorsed as Messrs. Clay and
; Webster, during the two Debates which they
have provoked. Neither of them has added
to his reputation, as a Statesman. Their
movements were precipitate; their attacks in
discreet—and their designs to justify an extra
Session, and to hurry on men - notable reforms
and vaunted changes, aro too palpable to be
disguised.
| All doubt upon one important fact is now
at an end. It jis ascertained beyond the pos
j slbility of a mistake, that Daniel W ebster is
I lobe the Premier of the new administration;
| and with the full concurrence of Mr. Clay.—
; This is a sign which cannot be mistaken. It
j speaks a language to the State Rights’ W higs :
I which is calculated to arouse all their tears
and to call forth all their exertions. The De
; mocrats, in opposing the election of Get era!
Harrison, described him as a federalist They
predicted that lie was Federal in grain; and
thathis administration would be conducted on
: the principles of Alexander Hamilton--’hat
1 an attempt would be made to saddle the L . S.
with a National Bank; to construe the Con
stitution on the most laiitudinous grounds; to
extend the powers of the Federal Government
i at the expense of the States and the People;
to augment the Protective Tariff; to enlarge
the system of Internal Improvements; and to
restoie the Federal Dynas'y and these ultra
principles, which General Jackson had so:
much contributed to arrest. Can any one ;
doubt the accuracy of these predictions, when I
we see the very first act of Gen. Harrison is j
to place the first office of his gift, th ’ premier
ship of his administration, in the hands ot one
<>! tlie most ultra-Feieraliss, one of the most
latitudiuous constructionists in the Union! —
W hat State Rights man can view this move
ment, Without the strongest suspicion and the
I deepest indignation? what have we to expect
; from an administration, organized o; such ma
terials’ It is in vain, that Mr. Daniel Webster I
has lately pre’ended to be a Democrat—a Jef
fersonian Democra’ in Suffolk—a Madison an
l Democrat in Richmond. Who bedoves him?!
“W e are not yet sojt. enough for that.” The
! only advantage he has reaped from ins impos
ture is, to be d.strusted, where he attempted
! to deeieve. lie has shaken his moral force as
an old, bold, uniform, consistent and conscien
cious Federalist, without gaining the slightest
, credit for the new character he has assumed.
I He plays the new part of a political Charlatan,
in the disguise of a pretended Democrat. Tal
! levrand never would have been guilty of so
j egregious a blunder.
• • . i
From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 2.
LOOK AHEAD!
Past Events casting their Shadows before.
The recent indications from various quar
ters concur in demonstrating, that the Distri
bution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands is :
an essential feature in the future policy of the
Whigs. Mr. Clay’s Land bill devolves the .
i design. Mr. Webster declares himself will-’
| ing to appropriate the proceeds of- the sales
s o paying the interest on the State Debts.
; The Governors of Kentucky and Indiana have
! urged the Distribution upon their respective
Legislatures. Every one knows that Gener
! al Harrison has recognized the measure in his j
■ late travelling speeches—almost the only!
1 prominent opinion, by the by, which he dared
ito declare. Thus, the President elect and
the heir apparent have urged the proposition,
and we may look to the very next session of
Congress for the theatre of the operation.
What results? The vacuum in the treasury
must he supplied. The Tariff must be iu
j creased. This American System, to which
■ Mess s. Clay and Harrison were once so open
ly committed on oilier grounds, will be again
| expanded, and to the utmost point to which
! their adherents in Cos gross can be persuaded
>to carry it. As one e\ idence of this design,
1 we lay before our readers the following let
i ters:
“Washington, .
The enclosed letter is another proof of the
j ruinous delusion, which has come over the
i Southern people who supported the election of
Gen. Harrison. His party seems to have se
cretly determined to advocate a Protective
Tariff to enrich Northern and Eastern Capi
talists at the expense of the South. Among
| o;her evidences of this determination, is the
; published letter of Governor Seward of New
I York to the great Whig Committee in Mas-
I sachusetts, and the secret, mission of that
i Governor’s brother to North Bend, where he
went expressly io obtain from Harr;son’s lipr,
whether, if elected Presideut, ho would sup-1
port the great manufacturing interest by the j
policy ot a Protective Tariff; and that the
Miss on resulted in satisfying the Embassa
dor that the North Bend Candidate would do i
so.”
From the 1 Vest, Sept. 2.
“In a conversation with , Esq. an
eminent lawyer, of Cincinnati, and lormeny of
the bar of this State, he gave me some infor
mation, not confidentially, it appears to me
io be of some importance, as, if it should be
generally known, it would certainly deter
mine the vote oi the South in (he approach
ing Presidential election. The substance is
this: Mr. said that about two weeks
previous to the tune we were conversing,
which would be about the 15 h of last month,
Mr. Seward, whom he had before seen, a
brother of the Governor of New York, call
ed on him in Cincinnati, and said to h in that
he did not wish it should be known that be
was then in the city—that lie wished he woukt
accompany h m to North Bend, and introduce
him to Gen. Harrison. This he assented tu,
a carriage was procured, and they arrived j
there befere dinner, and remained until ha f |
past four o’clock. lie said, while on their |
way down, he drew from Mr. Seward’s con- j
versation, that his object in going to see the i
General, was to get an expression from his I
own lips as to his then opinions in relation to a
Protective Tariff; fir, said Mr. to me,
you may have noticed in the letter of Gover
nor Seward, to the committee on the Canard
dinner or festival, at Boston, chat he alluded
so “.he great manufac'uring interest of the
North,” and said he, I have no doubt that, a
Protective Tariff is already determined on, as
part of the policy of the Harrison adminis
tration. He said he heard much conversa
tion between the General and Mr. Seward, on ;
tins and other polilical subjects, and left them !
together while he went to see ; he tunnel, now I
making near North Bend. While in the !
carriage on iheir return to the ci f y lie asked
Mr. Seward what he thought of the General’s ;
opinions? Mr. Seward repaed with earnest
ness, “he is as good a Whig as we want.”
“Now if a high Tariff is already decided
upon, it is but fair and right that the Souffi
should know it—it should not be privately
used for Harrison’s benefit in the Tariff States
only, as he is using Abolition in the same j
quarter of the Union.”
‘Plie New 1 .irk Herald of Friday, speak
ing of exchange on die B<ulh and ihe indica
tions of a general resumption, has the Ibilow
ing remarks:
“The rates of premium on specie indicate
the degree of depreciation of die local cur
r neies tl.ro glmut and e South, an t ecifier. it
| degrees of indebtedness to ihe commercial
j cenlre of the Un on. it will lie observed that
I die iate of hills on England, being in depre
ciated currencies, are generally lower than at
I ibis port, and are in every instance below p r
| tor specie Whether the proposed resump-
jtion will extend to al these points or not, is
yet problematical. Lesters from New Oi
lcans are confident that it cannot be effected
diere. The resumption by the United Mates
Bank is a juggle, and will in ail probability
not last three months. New Orleans is a
commanding point, and the branch of the
United States Bank there an J the Merchants
Bank, exert as great an influence as the mo
ther bank dues in Pli ladelptiia. Popular
| opinion docs not set so strongly in favor of
; resumption in the former, as in the latter city.
It is therefore feared that non-resumption
in New Orleans will he made the cloak for
another suspension at an early day, unless the
deposiles of the federal government are re-1
t red to the United Sla>esßank. If this can
not be e flee ted, anew suspension and de
rangement of affairs, will make it the instru
ment ol new political intrigues.
HAPPY HIT AT THE PREMIER!
The following is an extract from die speech
•of Mr. Win. B. Shepard in the Senate of
North Carolina. It is a cutting hit at the ,
i imposture of the new Premier—rota the j
| hand of a brother Whig. The Republican j
I dye which Mr. Webster employed on his vis- i
it to Virginia, is ail factitious. It appears like
the dye which is used to conceal the color of
the hair. It. soon wears off, and then shows
the trick which has been practised upon the
public eye.
“As it is my intention that my constituents j
shall see how they stand in the favor and af
fection of their Whig brethren in caucus as
. sembled, I will mention an incident occurred,
which, from his novelty, at least, deserves to
be recorded. I have already said this caucus
refused to pass a resolution on the subject of
Nags Head; that interest was too trifling and
: beneath their notice. They closed their la
i bors, however hy passing a resolution recom-
I mending an individual as a fit person to fill
j the Cabinet appointment of Attorncy-Gierteral
af the United States.
“Jeu. Harrison will doubtless be much
obliged to them for saving him the trouble of
thinking for liunselt, upon this important sub
ject. Ido not know what the peculiar claims
of the individual are: but I sujqxise, from the
known constitutional opinions, of the gentle
-1 man, who proclaimed Ins merits, that when
jour Senators proceed to execute the instruc
tions of their constituents, they will address
the President somewhat after this fashion;
“We are authorized to present to you, for
your Attorney General* a gentleman of dis
nnguished abilities, who is a pure Republican
and Jeffersonian Democrat, of the iaiest fash
ion, and most approved model, revised and
corrected by Darnel Webster.”
“By the by, Mr. Speaker, if you will par
don the digression, I will mention a fact,
which may be of service to some persons pre
; sent. lam told, that ingenious Yankee in
vention, called the “Democratic Jeffersonian
! Republican Dye:” so much in request last
j summer, is getting scarce. 1 see it stated
| that the supply in Boston is nearly exhausted
! —not, it-is said on account of the number
|of persons using it, but from the prodigious
quantity of the article which it takes to make
a Democratic Jeffersonian Republican oui of
: a Boston Federal st.”
From lin- Cincinnati AitvcrtisPr.
Democratic Van Buren Flag. — We lake
pleasure in publishing in this day’s paper the
following let ter from the Hon. Tims. 11. Ben
ton, Senator in Congress, approving of onr
having hoisted 11 it? fLg of Democracy, for the
election of Marlin Van Buren to the Piesi
denev of the United Siaies in 1844:
Senate Chamber, Dec. lU, IS4O.
Dear Sir. —I am glad to discover Ilia you
have hoisted the Van Buren Flag lor 184 ’.
This is the third time since the commence
ment of our Government, that the Democra
cy lias been defeated in a Presidential el.c
lion, and 1 think the party should do now ; 8
it lias done heretofore, and immediately tnke
up their di feate I candidate, an I mo e
forward with him wit! out division and with
out faltering. This ,s the wav the Demo
cracy acted in 1796, when Mr. Jefferson
was defeated by the elder Mr. Adams, and
iu 1821 when General Jackson was defeated
by John Quincy Adams. In each of these
cases the Democracy, instead of vvasiit g their
vain regrets, or weakening themselves by
i divisions, immediately took tip their defeated
candidate, app'ied themselves to Ins proper
presentation before the public, and carried
him triumphantly through. lam lor follow
ing the same course nmv, and can see no
reason lor an hour’s de'ay. For ot e I am for
Mr. Van Buren against the world, and that
upon a full view, and a full approbation of
li:s conduct, public and private, for twenty
years pa<t. I want no heller candidate, no
better Presided, t o better man. I want no
fairer trial lor the Democracy than a second
contest in bis person will afford The late
! election ldo not tegard as setting the *iues
-11 ion of party supremacy It is a great victo-
I ry for die Federalists, and a great defeat f>r
! the Democracy; but the line was not fairly
drawn between them, and l require anew
trial before I surrender ti e Demoor tip,cause.
I want anew trial in the ppr-on of our de
bated hut irreproachable candidate, and k ok
lor the same result in bis case which the de
mocracy of firmer days found in t e src< nd
trial of Mr. Jefferson and General Jackson.
Yours irniv.
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Moses Dawson Eq.
The ‘Richmond \Y tug expresses some doubt ,
whether Mr. Webster is to I e appointed Se
cretary oi Btaie. lie may now dism ss eve
ry doubt upon the su ject. Ihe Whig will
tie compel ed to swallow a premier, who is
dyed in the deepi sl hues of Federalism. It
is certain, that M . We lister is to be 8 ereta
rv of State m dot the Harr son Administra
tion. and Mr. Crittenden. At ortiey G> nerat.
The other seats io the Cab.net tire not tisce -
mined. Rumor indeed speaks of Mr. Jolm
Sergeant as Secretary ot the Trea.sm v
A letter from Wn-Jiinglon of the 29:h (by
last evening’s mail) says “It is confid ntly re
pined that Ewing will not accept the Post
OlTice Department, find that I h-oldens Ste
phens wiii take charge ol it. That will alter
much the reputed cast of the Cabinet, it is
bought that Granger will he Secretary of the
Navv. — I hear, the Brother of N. P. Tal
madge is to District Atrorney of New York,
Sec.” — R irltmond Enquirer.
The Movement. —The Federalists, who
are about to take the reins of power, must
have ad stribuiion of the pro; eedsofthe Pub
lic Lands, and an augmented Tariff to supply
he vacuum in the Treasuty. Ti ev must
repeal the Independent Treasury, in order to
establish in lieu of it a Natio- al Bank. They
will have an Extra Session, if they can bong
it aboil’, to mature these and other Federal
nvasures. A hundred Signs show such to
be the policy of their measures.
Governor Wallace ol Indiana, has just urg
ed in his message the distribution. Gover
nor Letcher of Kentucky, presses both a distri
bution and a National Bank. There is n i
, lotiier a doubt that a National Bank is to be
j come a fhvorite measure oi the nexi Admin
is.ration. Mr. Clay’s friends in the Kentuc
ky Legislature have already offered reso’u
tions in favor of a Bank. “Mr. Wickliffe
took a very decided stand eganst it, and gave
a description of the consequences which re
sulted to die West from tie establishment of
the last one, when a very large portion of the
real estate became the p operty of the Bank.
Upon being told that it was a j arty measure,
arid by taking die eodrse he did, be was op
posing the Harrison party to which I e be
longed. he renied that he had voted for G> -
reral Harrison, but that his attachment to
General Ha rrison could not i< and ce him to give
his suppoA to a measure calcu'atid to lip go
disastrous as them? under eonsidi ration/’ —
But the resolutions will pass—and thus anew
impulse vvil be given under Mr. Clay’s aus
; pices, to the I’ edera! friends of Gen. Harrison
in other Legislatures and in Congress. Eve
ry sign indicates that the next Administra
tion is to be conducted on strong, Federal,
Hamiltonian principles.— lbid.
Population of England. —The English pa
pers give an abstract of the report of the
Registrar-General, from which if. appears that
the population ol’ England and Wales is con
templated to have been 15,000,800 on Janua
ry f, 1839. The population of the United
Kingdom was then about 27,267,844. It may
i now amount to 27,774,200 persons, compris
! ing 6,080,000 fencible met:, aged 20 and tin
der CO. Ireland possesses rather less than
lone-third (32 per cent.) of the entire popula
! tion. The population of France is about
34,370,0! 0. The report states, that the man
lier registered for England and Wales for the
year ending June 30, 1839, were—BY he
480,540, deaths 331,607, marriages 121,083.
| The proportion of the marriages to the popu
! latii n was lin 120. It appears that 10,800
more boys were born than girls; and the pre-
I per k>ns were about the same in deaths, viz :
169,112 males, and 161,985 females. It ap
pears from the abstract of marriages that in
the whole of England and Wales, out of 421,-
080 couples married, there were 40,587 men,
and 58.959 women who could not write.
The number of Quakers in England and
V- ales, estimated by the number of marriages,
is about 10,000 —and of Jews at about 20,000,
Boston Journal.
Tee Largest Vot\ —New Hampshire gave
the largest vote, at the late Presidertial elec
tion, in proportion to her population, of any
S:a ! e in the Union. According to the late
census, she cast one vote for every 4 4-stl(
inhabitants.