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' A deduction of 33 -3 jper cent will be made to those wb advertise by the year. - . - ' jL$ advertisements will be continued until forbid Tind chrgl for accordingly, unless ordered for a certain num ber of times. ! j .. j 0 Letters addressed to the Editors must come pott fjil'ta ensure attention. ! . . - : T3I JT " ; ' T - ! ' . From the New York Mirror. The following is by a very distinguished man if genius, now in his grave. We believe, it was nererjbefore published. IEA.VES FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A TRAV- LLEH Ilf EUROPE IN THE YEAR 1805. Tlsil to iriadame do Slacl. " , Aficr a ride lof some hours, we turned ud a read just at the entrance of Ccpet, and in two ' . . ; ' . 1 1 ' . '5 t - ' ..... ia7iitjtea.r3or4i Wfrp "at ftbe, seat: bribe great XWiteri V 'fllKthipfi 'nt tho - ... j aci' K-f- sent Up; a riotf 'to Madam e Staeli " T MW .CL4C. 21 1 It I . Ill r. I - . . ex- prcising our desire l9 !e? ncr. ; In the mean r the grounds. The" house is -tjnv.AV-- walked ovc Verywclleitua(ed; ih, with Copct and the lake before it, And, in j(ebackground Mont Blancl, Behind, after a littles court and arbor, came a infc circular jliw.nL surrounded with trees, and enlircnedj by a; small stream which turns a mill. Mcr sorae time ve returned to the house, and, while looking at the pictures in the anteJchain- ber, I heard,8dme forie say in a lively tone,- Ah ! Comment ous, portez vous, Monsieur 17 I turned found and saw a lady, who Iook wr. JV -. bv the hand. . Ha intrnH.,. me, and ve entered jthe saloon She was a lit . : . ji. --. J . f - V ne pjuuip womanj rather short, dressed en dis- fcabille m a gown, wilh a kind of jacket made nankeen. IJer lace was roogh and coarse, ber hair black, eyes and eyebrows of the same col cr,her nose inclining to what we would call a pug,' a mouth not gracefully . formed, but four teeth and; those! projecting, f She was therei fore so fceauty!i .btt-he- face., full of expression! wreyi full pt firo, and aniniated countenance, were infinitely mote 'pleasing than mere regu lar'rty of feature. jVVe sat down, and th6 con- wrsation "began byf a, question as totny inten lion of travelling further in Switzerland. Find. inff I was ffoing to OParis, she asked me tOL trour b!e myself :wjth a letter, to which I, of course , t- 4 i . i ..- t. ,A ' assented. ' We theh discussed the news. Entr. tiidYten&fitji-Acc She observed she wwthey took pur .essels on all sidek. (Ac count have lately appeared of American cap. lures.) :.";r .1 ;' We now . began to talk English which Mr. . . r r K-l made jher srteik. She did so reluctant. ly, saying, that the embarrassment of not speak- in g the JangMge well, was one of hef objec lions' lo visitirlir Inll and; Mr. K said it was like a horse in routine, a certain ci a mill -one had a certain rcle, out ofwhich. we Wou'd not stiri She obseiv rlecl, that "we alwa-s'said that wre could and ndt what we would." lIr. i askedjif she had Gibbon's posthumous Mtes ia the house. She' answered, no. TT uked whether she hpught they contained more Angncf-ms in his French, or Gallicisms W his . ! ; -:' hi O English, it appearing! to him that his French a$ hctte than This English, She said she had Bot seen them: latelrJ but her impressions was,' withe French wanted couleur." and that, in efforts to be correct, he.had been correct on- y, without obtaining ease or crace; ' 5fr. K mentiAned a. hook f !rriT- n. i - v M fifty .years 'ago! rs asol written in French bvan . i-. 9 I ! " tDJltshman. ! Shefexpressed neat curiosity to w if? and heiprooiifed to send.it to hej Mr. u then rcmemlwred thero was a question 8ich he wisjicd hji to put to Monsieur Cha teauhiandj who had just left Geneva. , It was, iat particular virtue Cbristiariity had added to ose alreadyjhnowi.; She said that she would nswer ; that-it had added mildness cWty ; &at n;laJ made wftman's condition better. I vusunca, i inougniiii naa ouerea more induce. joints to virtue, theije wards being greater than i the heathen system. She replied, that it had "Hu'rea morc to bcMlected than those ot Uilris nily, whicwere jvhblly spiritual, than ofPai oism, which w-er Jj material. 1 We then talked tho condition of religion in America. ' She bought the-Ajmerican gavernmcntperfect in its teaduct towards n lligion, and approved of the fc!e, which liment oned existed in some states, requiring Of their tfficefs a belief inooVj wa m a future :stalp of rewards and punish. fnts ; thesej bcinjp great cardinal points, and rest me re jmattdr s of opinion. With regard tfee influeneje of Christianity, she said she had pTeo her sentiments in on'e of her books, to "cn saerelerreo; jus. ; &he said- theyW're ere before ATnnsetir Chateaubriand had pub- y "is. up exprcsssu mem oeuer man sne idone, butihe hi(l bofrow'ed the ideas f om rV I asked the ti ime of her work. She be t1 to tell me hrEnjlish, but, not going on flu wly shi Jaughed i X the idea- of notknowing name of,her own lwok; and gave mo the och title, Influence do la Literature, &c; has very, borrefcj idea about America, and great admirer 'ofjour Government, and more if 7?png son, teokv i,n Baris, whom she wishes to M to' CnWrgh-j j I asked her hoy she came ,referVlnglisy education fur him U She ; W(:red tbat she jhought it'Le that for wo ya ere were certain graces pecuirar to ? jo";'mie; inen,(embasisiogVthe' r?r?) shlhpught jhe' Euglishsupcrior; and J8! addedj?iwifirm mo in my opinion -.i l Madam de! iStael laughed, and replied t.4ia mai menca was a young Jtiq- k T ''an.a' t -fhe had just linished Kos- f r 1 '..1 .. . :r a k " . " . .- " V oi is;o a., with which she was much - vr, ' -fcrVcEEcr ctox ixx.,Torx;fc - ' ' "l 4 V ' V J" NEW. SERIES,' " , - : - -Editors & Proprietor. ? r - I r -Jvv Kciixs. Do. raw, iiro Libett . . . . -""w i v.8... ,,,,, :.mv: : -r :-.. ; -.zw-- J v.NTOIER OPt VOLUME IT : pleased. , Hewas jquiteifujfjir In Italtan liter ature. We spoko lof her going to Paris frdm which she is extlei She does not like Gene va. The house in ! which she lives, (where her family hvc side,) Aidle mhfc datdom-ense. went." After further conversation, we rose to takeoor leave had been) speaking of Chateaubriand, then at Lyons. ; She said she was writing to himl and, if I wished, would add alinbtintrcMibri: She followed us o the ante-chamber, and, ad ter many, polite, expressions", ended with a com-j pumcat truly i- rench. Ah I" said she, "Mr. K- if, a young:! Frenchman had made the same observatins lo me that Mr.JBiddle h, I should have embraced him and made him my bestiriend." On opr return,! read Marmontel's account of Neckefs family, in which he calls Mdlle. de Stacjl Uric flrmable'etourdie.? : Mr. K t had seen ajgood deal of Necker, who died last year. fHeJ had a high opinion of Ameiv icaj and was sorry We had bought Louisiana, though " he considered any thing better than French ne ighbors. . He thought we were too large with it, and that the natural course of things would be asheretofore we would quar rel, divide, and at If ngth end in a despotism. In speaking of IVIdle. de Stael, K - men tioned that she is not much liked in Geneva, be ing very unpopular among women, whom she takes no pains to p ease, regarding only men, to whom, in society, she addresses all herconver sation. SOCIETY FOR) THE ENCOURAGE MENT OF. MEDICINE. This is a small but very select society, composed of physicians, surgeons, and ge neral practittpnefs. Its object is the mu tual comparison, pso to speak it, of notes, r i r s- i ; -r. . ivr general euincauon. n meets once a week, at the hous'e of each member in ro tation. At the last meeting The chair was taken! by Dr. Hookie, at the head of His own tea-table. The wor thy chairman, wiih a cup of Hyson in his hand, begged to propose as a toast, "Suc cess to practice' Drunk unanimously. The secretary Mr. Jones) then stated that Mr. Baggs ouldwith permission of me oocieiy, reiaie an interesting case. The patient was jan elderly lady, tetatis 65 ; her complaint Avas. a sinkiner at the tomachr accompanied by a singing in the ears; together with a nervous affection, described by J herself as alIoveishness.,, lie (Mr.-Baggs) had the disorder Debili- las, and Tiriniliis Aurium. Ordered Phil. Micaj Panisj crumsbf bread box one, inree pius iq oe tauen every night: and a sixteen ounce mixture, composed of Tine. Cardamom Comp. drachms ten: Syrup : JSTmp. : ognce : two : and the rest, Aquatwater tlijce. table spoonfuls three times a dayi The patient had been two months under treatment expresses her self to have been pone a world of good 1 i.i i:t. aJ !.l i l uui auuuiu iiiic ugo on wiin me mcai- cine, tie (Mr. liaggs) considered that he had been very lucky in his patient, and oniy nopea ue migm nave many such. 1 1 : 1 I V . t . t A memner her suggested the propne y of drinking her health. (No. no: laugh ter.) - Anothermemberthought that Mr. Basres had made a good' thing of itr Mr. Baggs rather flattered himself that he had lie hadj charged " Iter each vi sit, 5s., besides mpdicinej, and he had seen the case daily. A The same mem er wished, if it was a fair question, Xo know what might have been the prime cost of j the drugs? Mr. Baggs said that the t incture in each bottle, hcshouldkhink, was about threepence-halfpenny, and the syrup perhaps thme farthings. jThe aqua was an insig nificant fraction of Ihe rate on that fluid; as was the Panisj of the baker's bill. One member considered that a few pow ders now and then, might have been sent in. Another! would Have applied an Em plastrumPicis to the Epigastrium. It would have been 3s. I, fir. Baggs' thought vthat a little moder ation was sometimes as well. , ' . The Society, generally agreed withi him. . Dunham Brown then recounted an instructive clse)f goutoccurring in an alderman. He had been in attendance on him for a twelve-month aajayerageJhree fees a week, j ' ;-.The chairhianrnextifead . valuable pa-, per 'On Professional Appearance,' in which be strongly recommended black gaiters. c A discussion ensued respecting the ad vantages of 4 spectacles in procuring the confidence of patients. At its conclusion; ; The chairman inquired who : was for a game of whist ? j Several members an swering for themselves in the affirmative, cards were introduced. The Society se parated at a respectable hour. Punch. : To prevent woQlcn goodjfrom shrinking after washing thf m in hot' Water, immerse tbem in cold water, then wring and hang them to dry. ' I ' : ' . ?EL HARRIS ..; At RIchfork, Davidsoii Cty. If. Cp, ; I. On the Great Stage Road from North to South , " T ' and South-West .... Eight miles North of Lexington, and ' ' -1 ' n . , 27 S. V. of Greensboro. -, f. y ,- f . ' t ' . - . SAIjISBURY, N, C ; COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM OF : MASSACHUSETTS. V-": xtracts from the first Annual Report of the Hon., Horace, Mann, , Secretary of ; the Massachusetts ; Boa of I2iucati6n7 Competency of IVflcA-nothercor ponent element in the prosperity of schools is the competency of teachers. " Teaching i3 the most difficult of all arts, I and the profoundtystof all sciences. In its abso lute, perfection, it would involvti a com plete knowledge of the whole being to be taught, and of the precise manner n yhich every possible application would affect it; that is, a complete knowledge of all dow- ers and capacities of the individual, with their exact proportions and relations to each other, and a knowledge, how, at any hour or moment to select and apply, from a universe of means, the one theh exactly apposite, to its ever-changing condition. uui in a tar more limited and faractical sense, it involves a knowledge of 4he prin cipal laws of physical, mental and moral growth, and of the tendency of means, not lv iuinieuiaic, man to remote results. Hence to value schools, bv length i of qualityis a matchless absurdity. Arith metic, grammar, and the other rudiments. as itaey are called, comprise but !a Small part of the teachings in a school.' The rudiments ot feeling are taught ! not! less man me rudiments of thinking. The sen timents and passions get more lessons than the intellect. r Though their open recita tions may be less, their secret rehearsals are more. And even in training he in tellect, much of its chance of arriving, in after lifer at what we call sound judgment or common sense; much of its power of perceiving ideas as distinctly as though they were colored diagrams, depends up on the fact and philosophic sagacity of uie teacher. He has a far deeper duty to perform, than to correct the erroneous re sults of intellectual process. The error in the individual case is of little conse quence; It is the false projecting power in the mind- the power which sends out the error, that is to be discovered and rectified. Otherwise the error Will be re peated, as often as opportunities recur. It is no part of a teacher's vocation, to spend day after day, in removing the hands on the dialplate backwards and forwards, in order to adjust the machinery and the re gulator, so that they may indifeate the true time ; so that they may be a standard and measure for other things, instead of needing other things as a standard1 and measure for them. Yet how can a teach er do this, if he be alike ignorant of the mechanism and the nronelliner nownr of the machinery he superintends ? j The law lays its weighty injunctions upon teachers in the following solemn and impressive language: "It shall be the duty of all instructors of youth to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth, committed to their care and instruction, the princi ples of piety, justice and a regard to troth, love to their country, humanity and uni versal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and tem perance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican consti tution is founded; and it shall be the duty of such instructors, to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above mentioned vir tues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of i liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite Vices." Moral Instruction. Among the Pagan Greeks, the men most venerated for their wisdom, their Platos and Socrates, were thejjducators of their youth. Our teach ers address themselves to the culture of the intellect mainly. The fact that chil dren have moral natures and social affec tions, thert in the most rapid state of de velopment, is scarcely recogniseSd. j One page of the daily manual teacher the com mas ;' another, the spelling of words; an other the rules of cadence and emphasis ; but the pages are missing which teach thcr laws of forbearance under injuryi of sym pathy with misfortune, of impartiality in our judgments of men, of love and fidelity to truth ; of the cver-during relations of men, in the domestic circle, in the organ ized government; and of stranger to stran ger. , How can it be expected that! such cultivation will scatter seeds so that in the language of scripture, instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and in stead of the brier shall come up the 1 myr tle tree V If such be the general condi tion of the schools, is it a matter, of sur prise, that we see lads and youngf men j thrckly springing up m jhe midst of us, who startle at the mispronunciation of se yorf as though- theyjwere personjally in jured, but can hear vollies of prafanity, unmoved f who put on arrogant airs of superior breeding, or sneer with contempt, at a case of false spelling or grammar but can witness spectacles of drunkenness, in the streets with entire composure:' Such elcvatioh of the subordinate, such casting down of the supreme, in the education of childrenTis incompatible witb all- that is worthy to be called the prosperity: of their manhood. : The moral f tmiversefis j con structed upon principles, not admissive of welfare under such : an-administration of its laws. - In such early habits, there: is a s , MltCH l; 1845. gravitation and DrocIivitv'''fovrultimat downfall and riiinv If persevered in, the consummation of a people's Iclestitiy may Still be a question of time but it ceases to be onf certainty, i ' To avertithe tas jtrophe, jwe.mrst look tcf a change in i our own measures, hot to any repeal or ' sus pension of the ordinances of nature. These; as they were originally framed, need ho amendments Whoever wishes for a change in effects, without a corresponding change in causes, wisnes for a violation of nat ureV iaws.. He proposes, as a remedy for the folly of men, an abrogation of the wl5dom ot Providence. bvoxBY Rigoox, one of tho Mormon " El- ders,"j who has! separated from "the Siint3, and commenced the publication of a magazine at Pitt$burg, makes some terrible disclosures in the January number of his periodical. The brothejrhbod cf fanatics have according to his account of the matter, been even more steeped in guilt of the rhost loathsome character than they have heretofore been charged with. ! The " Elder " says their domestic arrangements were upon a scale of almost unbounded licen tiousness. Polygamy of more than Turkish liberality has obtained, not only among the deni zens of the holy city itself, but the " spiritual wife "j system has extended to all the branches of the; brotherhood. The Saints in this city, Philadelphia, Boston, dec, have all been called upon tb practice its rules to immense extent, and whenever any reluctance has manifested itself- any scruples of remonstrances urged a gainstjthc foul and revolting system they have been silenced by the thunders of authority, and the disgusting practices enforced without mercy! "Everyone," says Elder Rigdon, "who was known, tb be opposed to this system, if he or she could not be won over, or made to succumb by threats, was excluded, and their characters as sailed in a mosi outrageous manner, in order to destroy their influence, that their testimony might hot be believed." Such disclosures as this will have no effect, we suppose, in break ing up jthese nests of pollution ; but they will go on, people will still run after these creatures, and it jwill still be considered 44 persecution " to speak of them as they deserve ; nay, alto, gether inconsistent with the 44 spirit of the nine teenth century " to punish them for their abomi nations ; though we think, as it seems to us, every high-minded man and woman in the coun try will think, that these atrocious sinners should at once be made to answer before the legal tri bunals for their transgressions.7 If this Sidney Rigdori Jcnoics what he charges upon the Mor mons, !be ought to be made at once to erive evi. dence !arainst them, and the dplinmiAnt- promptly made to suffer for their j crimes. Ar. Y. Courier and Enquirer. I ! Tarbobough, Febbuakv, 15. TJie Disease, Since our notice, two Weeks since, of the fatal disease which raged in the fkmily'of Mr. James Ellinor, in this county, his ne;ro woman, Cain Hammonds a free near- man living with him, and the wife of Benjamin Anderson, have died with the same disease making seven deaths in all Eli Parker, James Ellinor and wife, their cook, and Hammonds, five atjMr. Ellinor's house Edward G. Thomp son, this place, who attended Mr. Parker and caugty the disease from him and Mrs. Ander son, living near there, who visited the family. The others that were attacked, have recovered or arej convalescent. The disease is still vari ously designated as St. Anthony's fire, black tongue, Scc. We are informed by our physi ciins that there is now no case of it in the coun ty. Press. Sickness in Arkansas. An extract of a ! letter dated 21st ult.. from a eentleman in i the neighborhood of Mount Vernon, St. I Francis county, Arkansas, published in the i Little Rock Banner, says: "Since my return home, our part of the country has been visited by one of the most awful mortalities -that I have ever experi- ... . - enced. At least one-seventh of our Donu- lation have been swept off in a few weeks! I cannot attempt to describe the disease. It is of the most fatal kind more dreadful even than. the. cholera!. Our physicians know nothing of it, and do not pretend to give it a name. But, I have reason to be thankful, that, in the midst of disease and deatli, a kind Providence has, so far. pre served me and mine in good health." ! We'll If ever Drink Again. i . : - Ant Netex fast again." Tis good, dear friends, to sign the Pledge, That sets the drunkard free Come join the happy, happy band Wherever' they may be r 1 Choeuju We're marching to the field of strife. To ghrej the dying drunkard life ; Let TYrhp'rance then, triumphant reign And never let us drink again. I ) -Oxi Voice. What, never drink again t - Aix No, never drink again - O.xb Voice. What, never drink again 1 '' : Aiti No, never drink again : I Let Temp'rance, then triumphant reiga And never lei us drink again ! Weep not; dear children, weep no more, Weep not thoa loving wife ; . . , ': The father and the husband lost. Is now restored to life. - '' "( .We're inarching, Ate . ;r; Behold the bright array of men, v l United in the cause; k! s - ;t'" 1 , Thai thoosanda of the human nee . : -t Around it standard drmwa. , " & Z fI'ft'ti vWere marching, 4e.-, -, : ' The jTemperance banner and the Pledge' I ; 7 iBy us Bhall be anniifd, Z' "' ' - Aad it shall be. oar pride and boast . ;, 4- We're marching, &,c. . - r - i i . Corretpondenee of fie JYVu? Ttrk Exprct. ' , i 1 Wasbixctox, Feb. 13 v 1 l , Thursday evening. Polk has comei k Mr. Polk: n Ismn K It1 Knox "i " President VknrirVri.mr:- .vwu,I,cre w"es us as iot past six,theroarmjtof cannon fVomJ torHill toldnhe citizens of Washington a neighborhood that it was even so. I have this day, learned, from an un it !?tc,.1,gfn( was brouf.ht by telegraph qacstionable source, that at the . time that thejust now greatest lion ofthecoun- Santa Anna's fall, aircatywas 'in wosa try was on his way, havtnsr landed nt tVn nm) nMfiv Anen;,-J r..- r ".. tt ' i i 1 wSe?0me !ih.irt,y mile? from th SrV: lh,stcIe?raPh,cdpsPSh bassoon irii. ! iTie event has been rrrfrl through the day. Ihc most prominent n naS neflen floaut,n- of - PoIk and Dallas flag from the great Slave-pen i-r? 5:-'a5 i r theLsame misnomer of a Liberty Pole from whence it floated uiiuugn me wnoie oi the Presidential campaign. l he city presents a busy and interesting spectacles Pennsylvania Avenue is lined with new faces. The hotels are full, and overrunning; each of them filling almost a long page of names a day, and parlors rooms, bee are beginning to fill up, and will be full by the fourth of March. Mr. Polk will find friends here that he never dreamed of. Some who are already upon the ground look as lean as Gassius, others with spec tacle on nose and'pouch on side,' look like some Judases who having betrayed their friends now carry the bag to get the re ward of be,trayal. Now and then you see one, like "the fat boy " of Maine, " with fair round belly and capon lined," looking as though he had been well fed from the public crib, but had a stomach capacious enough to hold more. More, however, re semble in appearance the sixth of the seven ages of man and would pass for the justice. " With eyes severe an J beard of formal cat. Fall of wise saws and modem instances " Lean and slippered pantaloons." The picture has some life in it, and the .Loco i'ocos are as merry and frolicksome as school boys going to play and expect ing they hardly know what. The scene here for the next two, three or four weeks will be amusing enough. There will be obsequious bows and fervent grasps of the hand. Mr. Polk will be told that he is the greatest man that ever lived in the tide of time, and what is more,Tie will believe it, if he is the man he was when in Congress. All sorts of people will crowd around him, anjd all as troops of friends. Some for a high place and sqme for a low one, some few for others atjd very many Sot themselves, some to go abroad and some to remain at home a few will condescend to take a place in the Cabinet, and a few more will sacrifice their personal inclinations and interests so far as to take foreign missions. Burma ny officers as4here are, there are already more applicants than officers. Patriots will be as plenty as blackberries in sum mer, but patriotism I fear as rare as vir tue in a house of correction. iiau-past 7. The cars are in. A young creation of " Young Hickories n are crowd- . arouC(i the Depot, and cider heads are ioo'ilnS on. At both ends of the city can- nons. are finnSand Mr. Polk has received a no,s if not a cordial welcome to his four 'Pars home A national flag is hung out luiom f " 1 ! Iml. 18 the ver' ncatIy fitte" uZT i g n ?apy PCrsons nave .iMnmnnniPil Mr Pltr U- :.. but of the many who cam(f. how manv j fin iuin iv tuu-eiiv. belong to the travelling suite it is hot ea sy to say. The Vice President came with Mr. Polk and Mii.X5ilpih. Robert Tyler and others were in the cars. ! The scene at the Depot when Mr. Polk ! arrived was rich and racy. A Committee took charge of Mr. Polk, and with music, and banners marched to Coleman's Hotel where a faint attempt was made at cheer ing. Mr. Polk came to the window of his room, bowed once, twice and thrice, and then returned, and the crowd IpIV i Several Executive nominations were sent to the Senate to-day, and it is 'said that the nomination of Prosper M. Wet more is among them. He has had the promise, or his friends for him, of Mr. Suy dam's place. The House will probably enter upon the consideration of the General Appropria tion Bills to-morrow. In the Senate, the Texas debate wiil probably continue ten days at least. ; P. S. M'. A. V. Brown, of Tenn.. had charge of Mr. Polk" and conducted him amidst the crowd to the Hotel. Mr. Dal las, the Vice President, was in the charge of some other member of Congress. The procession was amusing, and the whole ! scene farcial 1 enough-' from beginning to j end. The attempt at cheerincr was no more than two, cheers and boy ,to three cheers, and Mr." Hammett, of Miss., acted as spokesman for. the President at the Hotel., Conspicuous among those who have taken charge of the i President, be sides ; a self-constituted committee, were Dodge of Iowa, Brown of Tenn Parmen ter of Mass., Seymour of Cpnn Hammett of Miss.i Jones of Tenn., stray; fellow . , . - . . . xrom tne Jumpire uiuo, occ, But enough and enough. Mr. Pc!!: cc ted wisely m arriving hero at iiiht. Had thercbeen the light of day thrd i:r, hb fnends he might have-been ashamrd of some among those whn or of be,ng;?r excellence, the representa tives cOis friends, or perhaps he might- uavu ueeu compcueu to cry aloud save mo . I forbear to 'sketch some of the scenes 'r connected, with -Mr. "Polk's rprPnt;ri l' There was heithcrriack of- vuliraritv' of - manners or lowhesa nf Innmifro nmnnJ!, some oi tnose who claimed to be the pe culiar friends of the President elect H IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTONj ' - Our correspondent Benezctte (says . the ' Tnnpnnl P.-. l 'r ' l0U ndeateof - V -V v . . " " WAsiiiScTosf. Feb. 18; ; j ; vuiioMinuiaiiu, ? iyf 4UBv enure cession of California, or New Mexico, to! Great Britain, it onlvbeinff defeated bvK seems that pa- found on his - t fant ;nfn.ma,vn ..,v.:.l i . our government. It thus appears that Yhil England Avas indirectir opposing the annexation of Texas, she wasat thS same time negotiating for tho acquisition of a country still more extensi ve and val- uable. San Francisco is said to be' one of the finest bays'and safest harbors on the coast of the Pacific. Wiih the pos- session of this fine harbor, England could control the commerce of the whole coast of the Pacific Ocean. WnrHVm n.iL fornia to the possessions of Russia. past :' but never could get holdof any thing tangible on the subject uutit now. Thia news will necessarily create surpris6 and attract attention dmong our people. I send this off in-great haste, hoping you will lose no time in giving.it to your readers.; THE CABINET. ; The Philadelphia Ledger's Washington 1 V correspondent, under elate of the 1 8thiin " rr stant, says: ,. t-. !-- v'r-- 3'-.r !: " I have no doubt in my ojwn mind that v the Cabinet is now fully determined uponj V 5 but will not bo revealed, for reasons of - T ! State and other important considerations,'- i until near the 4th of March. If theinfor-f i ;'S mation of the new government was iiow 4 1 proclaimed, every Cabinet Minister.would f ; -be inundated with applications, and beset -' j 1t with the most annoying importunity every j J i hour till the period of his" instalment.V- . T ; From a very credible source I learn that -Mr. Buchanan was. tendered the Depart-' meni oi otate on Saturday, which was: " confirmed at a special interview and ac-j , - r cpted tliis morning. There are also some f k I indications that, Mr. Walker wili?be in Vl- ted to the Treasury. If the first appoint-, ; ment is made, the other seems more thau : : ' probable. ! j - i -?'v- j , -. !f:. i j : ; , ; . Correspondence of the Bklt. American. ". Washixgtox, Feb. 20, 1845. The President gave out about 1,500 in-! H I vitations for yesterday evening to a 'fare- , I well Ball, at which more thajnj 2000 per-1 'J V ' sons were present; among them, howev-J X er, but very few Whig members of Con-f f gress. 1 he members of the other party 1 were generally present. Dancing was " ' ept upuntil two or three hours past mid- IX night, and the oldest of ther 'Government t officials took part in the danee. The For-Jl ' eign Ministers were presentr and officers I l of the Army and Navy in uniform. " TJioT assembly was one of the gayest and mer-1 ricst of the season. " - . -''Pi'-' " - The Whigs of iXeu lWrTh'e NeAv York correspondent of the National Intel ligencer says: J The Whigs of thisicitv have resolved to rally in their strength at -the coming municipal election, and, rc-ir Ejecting all projects of a coalition, to vote i tor their own men, without regard to con- I sequences. No candidates-arc to be nbm-! inatfcd for their suffrages whdwillnot pro mise to withstand all attempts to induce them to decline. A perfectly independent course will be pursued in regard to nomi nations; and. ifanv third Dartv wishes to influence them, it must seek for it i will not be sought. . DC?3 It appears, by a statement recent- f Iy made by Mr. Cave Johnson,. in. the! House of Representatives, that in a fevt years past, Congress has voted away $GS7,M 050 for books to be distributed among the' members of that boo v. In addition to this I of the last session7 (of this :hxofocoj Con gress, be it recollected, and let it be under stood that Mr. C. Johnson is himself a lea der of that party.) appropriated 8100,000 more to purchase books '(including the Congressional globe.) A large proporiton ! of these books he declared to be utterly useless! Wbylheniverebe purchas ed I Mr. jonnson gives ine answer.-r- "-The purchase of them seems designed. (he said,) to benefit the printers, as f much as to? inform the membera ofhe: IIouse.n No wonder the editors of the Globe have. I within the lew years that they have been .... - - . . ... r in Washington, whither they -went, the one penny less and the other a bankrupt,1 oecome naoops ana millionaires; ana that the senior is able to enjoy his u country residence asf well as his " town houstJ? and to give entertainments so magnificent andcostlyasftd rival in splendor, magni- ficehce and expense those of the Europe an-, nobility Lynch? Virginian ', i -;: - "? 1 .1 f i i it si i . . . if 1. .."1 i (,- .t 1 - v 4 1- V 5 vt, I I 4-,! - 4 y r 4. 1