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: ( i , i -iT't7 1 Ul JJiVh, J Q VlUT DO WE UW FOB, BUT .TO OCBSI.LVF.. AND BE C8-.FUL TO ONE ANOTHER 1 . I SE 1 VOMWR III. i'Um-ioiiuu wiuaibi:.. .. ' : BENJAMIN- 8 IV AIM. is.jt.ua T. TWlar. rr nnnnm U ..I.....-J ' "? LT:: 1 r" r-Z "V rr "Vr or, .iiirwiiouaia, u nopaia wiinm iiiiw '. vuiu vi uiv first number received. i fe-Fubscnpliortp bo discontinued till oi, .nrravojNi uniessaiiue discretion of the Editor, i A mhu.o .u ,u, wmnuuimrb w. fore the expiration of the subscrip tion year, is equivalent to a new enjaement. . All letters, (Communications, ficc. to con.o post paia. 'Price for Advertising, Advertisements will be conspicuously j ! f l .1. cS. ..t w uiiivi uiivo wuc Well lakcll Vml handsomely ura.ncdit.tl 00 pcroul of(he wc ,vilh . . . ln wire of 10 lines ; and 25 cents for cv ry subscqucjn" inscrti(n.--No adver. scmcnt, towevejr short, will be charg i less than for a wiuarc. ain uracil ana ,naa. aiivcrc j ,or,unatt. 8uIi,ruri wcre a(, CoIlsiocd ty rants will bo charged 25 percent bi?h-, tfiC fira vc on Friday last, . i r (we sometimes have to w ait so long j . . ' Court Orders a rid "indicia t "advertise" r the pav.) Tliosc who advertife 1 y the year will .a a. at . mm 'cntiticu to a acauctionoi .w: icr cent roviJcM they pay in advance. From the National fnteftiercer. J MAUYLAND COXGHCSSiaAL ; ; ;; ixntTiox In the City of Baltimore, 1hc Van Cu- h candidates; Messrs; : tarrtlt andiM-; o, have rccieved an average majority i 395 votes over Messrs. Kennedy and hilt, the V big candidates, which ma ntytwre is no prpbaS hty 4 that the At in Anno Arundel county (forming part of tlw Districti unci from which ha ve not tusard) wi'l overcome so o Van Burcn caudidiEcsmay bo con rcd ai elected. Ti r4fcl flae; ations itvUa!ti.nyre have Ucn remark !lc &mvtt years a 20 tho Jarlson ma rity was ten or"telvo hundred. In Jyi 1837, tho Vao Duron c and whites cievcd a majority of less than 300; h the following April the whig candid , Air. ivenneov, rccicvea a majriiy fotmardi of Olds and now the Van Itiren candidates have succeeded by uiy luu-itiat party naving incrcas I its poll in little more than ono year, TiO vote I without trenchjnar at all on otlicr the Whig party having, in d, not only miintaincd its strcnghth, 4 gained upwards of two hondred tcs. , It is very plain, then, that thu "im of the vm Uuren vote has re ' frtnti no rctrgression in fuMic iiCiit and the greatly augmented Rxiuistraiim vote in Caltifimrc must assigned to other causes, which we re say are well understood there, and ill doubtless be eip'airied i sum of om we iiHshl nursuivu surmise, were Vctisary We hai. heard it sur sicuWtor- instance, 4hat -one case j hi poblv be frond in the undu 1 use which has been exercised m gistration t persons as voters If s oc so, u win aouuucss do xnosco the prursei on the spot Tho Bam xre (ronic!o of yesterday in en 'onci)2 Hie result of- tho election, ob r:s: We record this "result wi;h rrfoTmil5nificTrrnTrBiTd regret, ah ir close olnf rvaiionf the meant by men it was brought about had, in some casurey pepared os to cipect it." Witt Point, (Gt.) Sept. 18. W ELANC H0LY0CCU RUENCE. An orcufrcnce, which resulted in tho ''sth of for men, citizens of the ad- 'lung county of Chambers in tho ate ii Alabama, was c'aiieri to us tcrdayj and, from the respectability "ssoiirre, wo have no oouni 01 tta ,.L lt 1 . .il. . . ' I mh, AVe have not be m able to ob 't the naninhf the winiircrt. m It anncars that a wcl'. in tho rboodt.f Sjatiding llock, jhlhe roun. nciim wlxivb' mentioned, bavins failed to idd iu iiftunl .mntv nf wnier. thti ow- t determined to ha ve il cleaned out iHTBiiti tvi Int ili turn thu ih. ill wket and rope, but show cd' no signs of ction when at the bottom -he was lllc'l tn. (ml nd protiosed to go down and osccr ln what was tlio matlcr. and her also. utu m he arrived ai the bo.tou,, be. -mim supine 0l Silent. A th rd nr. p,!'scd lg--omi, with the understam I as lie called out. the " " w v n nil UII . ax ,gen. .c f... .l'- r. ... .l I . II w-V- 8l lime, tome meplutic cat at the bottom of the well. lie went down oui II WaS 01 comnanionn. the loot of the well, he called to be drawn up, but, when about half wa3 up, he feiifroin'the bucket I A fount. M,en proposed that ho should be lashed lust, and he would . descend, with ih understanding, also, tnai he , should be hauled up as soon as he called out. He had descended but little more than hall , way, when he gave the Word ; liey drewJnni up quickly, but had barely I II lift in niilnch tt't.r, l(r l:f .... . .,., ru ,... .i i." " ZT' of tlieui shoej the least signs of lil'q - o r r , ..-..mw the vital spark wasforever extinguished! This melancholy catastrophe happened onLniurstlay.atid the bodies of tho un- IIORUIBLE TUACnpV A deep and most painful . sensation was created in the conimumton Mon day morning by iho ru!i6rof a deed ot blood which it as iincenl" , hpcd at first as oul a ruoior -but which, aftcrinquiry, proved alas I too true. ; Those who have been accustomed to walk in 1 Chesnut street, iu the r.ciglibor IuhmI of IiMkicndeiK.e Square - point lcrhapf, with the'execptkm of. the Ex change, wltere both at day and evening our cauteni most 4)0 congiegatt1 must have frequently aiejiped int.ithecoufec. lionaiy store rclrcshntcm nvMusof Mr. Wood opjMisiie the Siato IImuu. Tneiti must remember also his fiandsonHS aitd: attentive dauchter, whose cbitf care it wa to attend to the more elegant min-: istriuenS M . ts.'slrlif.t,-,t' Slo wat a faithful and dutifutgirl. just bltisli ing into womanhocd. Arming her man. y admirers, was a young man in" Sixth street, of the name of Teak who;jsie. cewded in securing her aflijcfwins. . A bout two weeks sine, we understand, they were priratcly marricd,and on Thursdly eveumg tins young woman left the establishment of her litUerand joined her husband. On .Saturday he rcturnctl, and ail the circutmiuacTs were made ko'iwnto the former. lb instantly closed Tas shop much to the surprise of tbe public, more than parties ular attraction being now in tho ladies aprtmcnta striking. likeness of Queen icturia by a young artist of this city, having been placed there for exhibition. The demeanor of tna father to his daughter was imre aud unreconciling, althuugh ho had. previously invited her hnicj but sho strove by every means to avert his ill feeling, which, so f.tr as it rt as hUiylo end in anything dcsjHj rate, he ingeniously concealed, ies ierday morning, howevef,,at about 10 o'clock, an tho daughter w as fining in the room with her father, and wo be lieve wiih some other members of the family, he walked deliberately up to her and drawing a pistol from his bosom or his pocket, placed it almost against Jicr forehead, and shot entirely through the the skull, and fell ia another part ol the roonwr..'. ... ..v.,- ' -yA 1 - The murderous weapon was! at once thmwif from the hands of the desperate man, in the presence of his dying child, and himself secured. 'The sheriff of the city was sitting in fcis olfice,- and was imncdiately aware that somothing unusual had occurred. ; lo crossed tho street instantly j and .ascended to the a rartmetit where lhedced waJ dond, found the murderer standing, pale, and icrrii-Iv aiitntcd, with bis back to tne , 0 . - 1 ? I fire place, aud his daughter lying pros trate and bltjedin? on me floor, with het mi on me lloor. wan ner head near his feet. One child, a prom ising lad; was. clayping his knees, and averrim- witn tcartut eyes anu language U'f iinuhirins passion, that "faiher did rifU father conld not do tt r while other tHfmhersof tho family were sobbin2 and shrieking over the dying sister and rhikl. On tho entrance; of the sheriff, Wood lifted Ins arm as if man act of bring pistol, and exclaimed, 4I am the man- 1 shot her- snot ner 1 vt one wn . i .. V--.-1- ."!'' ting this article, we Icafu that the lather, alter such on act, is sound asteep, witn a gmrd ofotTictrs 'over hi.ru An in. mcnserpwdpthered"arduad the place, yet none were admitted, but cer lain nrcnibers of the iriedical laculh, and ihe coroner's jury ;ol inquest, who will delay iheir verdicf , until 8 o'clock 'his evening The girl was lingering m great agony toward? the cto ol U.e forenoon, but not the slightest" hopes ol er recover) were entertained. . - , air. nooJ is 'ar Jt.nglisliman, who may do remembered as a fruitseller lot many years in the Chesnut s reet Tliea. Ire, and the keeper of a little shop in the Arcade? which his daughter and htmsotl attended. He has several other chil dren who, with their mother, are thrown into inconceivable distress by this dread act of murder and of blood. ' tfhuaWiphia Gaxtlte. ' 'rows the Lu GtuHtft ( Ttnn.J llhig THE WiilG FESTIVAL Our "Whig Fesfival onSuturday'lasi was tnoeed a pleasant and a splendid al lair. Every circumstance seemed - to combine to retider the scene enchanting: and agrecablothe weather wa very fine, and'all the arrangements were made ivitb neatness 'and older; which reflects much credit on the gyfltjeintn who superintended the wlioU A large number ot persons attended -we should say at least, six hundred dined. The Dinner was excellent, and every bodv appeared t beln good humor. . But the Hettglriftrf-tircqmtanTO ' iJbe while was the attendance of a Jarge nuoiber of hi dies, who seemed to e much :tt ifi 1 'VwBflvos.Mind uhose ter, ad 'Lati.bcrt ot tho District Herald, andrli ps f.iherC Besides these, we " company iu..a greatly 0 ma ze ot the 1 cnioIIuem:ed iy Ex xutivo patronage. entiiiii.iitii IVuio.igsC ihe inviui' V hen we see an Executive olHcer bu guests who were present,' vvasn;n. C ! sy in election,- we naturally conclude il. VVilfiams, l Lucas Esq., J. 13 l.o l as forgotjcii his duty to tho public, Ashe Al. Unlock, B D.gWl P. Per-1 and is initio il tii hire. X I'.ne I' 1! PoUl.... J A fill T . if . I . .'-II 1 .1 m . : I - ",M. .utn,uu.u ia. Kjts- -i .. v curiaiiatenw oy.iaw, 01 tne ut u.. a- - ana iucssrs. weans, iron a 20 ot tne Jfcaciat tux "PP1 8,",( -ne iWMonat tratcfuwy, 'great, ujw kn-f ihl g Messrs. Itivet-of the SoniOrill lnnr.lii'rtAi.;i if nnt'-ftkiwl wergra.uued tq meet many gentlemen pidly jncieasiug. and ought to bo dimin ol this Stale aud" Mississippi. The oc- isnedotherwiso its use- for " the ad- r.usi'-u vssoiiB 01 fuelling inieresi uie vaucemcni ot party ends and the promo unanimity of Jocling was very reiMfk.; tion pf personal ambition, will prove fa nuiu , ini-me- nigs stemeu inspired 1 I . . II m 1 11 I L . j ' - wnn a nxea' purpose ot mainiainm iheir priuciples wiih Jinnncss and 2 the spirit ol genuine patriotism bom fnm heart to heart, and a yful tconii-. the nation will be forgotten, ia the anx dence beaded in every fnnc U atl'ur- ietyfo secure the dewred event, and the dcuViH much pleasure To find Bogie of highest otfioer.uf a nation prent to the our Van Burea Iricnds "m"inylmtr. with w.rld4ho hu'mihatir snftr.inplA t.foW. uson tfse gladsome occasion, wlii,,uf pioneering lor votes: When it is under they did not sympaihise with our poliT! slood that but one term will be tolera eal feclinss, at ioasi wy seemed to en- tod by the"jeple, the motive to osft the jy the social endearments of the-festiv .patronago of the government, for per ity with equal clee with their Wrhig sonal aggrandizemcut is removed,' and tcllow-citizLiis kindly; and 'generous the government wilt be administered feclings.ruled iu every breast ,Wc must upon pure Republicao principles. -be permitted to sav, that 'for decorum, 7. Alemlnjrs of Congress should 'not ncttnessgood feeling, and social eiijoy- io appointed to Executive oilicea during" monvthe I a Craye Whig' Festival," the teim for which they have been dec far surpassed any an '( the M wo ted, nor within two years after it expires have ejer witnessed! antfilhia piiW Thus removing every imptdiment in" the ion We aro sustaiifcdby many of our t way of an indcjendent and unbiased distantluetas well as our own. citi- representative body and; removing) all Zens. ' 4 ' . Iftnntation from the immcvitiita rrvnnl . . . I :,UryhcEjerTin prcyRms 0 the Fes- 01 people ana tne talcs'. Iiivnt mir 1l..Ata wr eixAM u.'iik tLr1, 8 Strict cconemv in lhe e siW uwv, e , aou ai an ear y . . . . .T . 2" J":. J ... I nour mc ncxi niormnz. mev nourea in rornreyery quarter, until our atrccts were naod with people. . ; . .. A II. lutein rnJ!nlrtl hnnr ttiA ttf.r shals (Major Collins, Col Bluckwood. Capt. Goodwin and ,T. R. Cocke Esq.) proceeded to form the procession. The t.i.: -t and displayed an 'exiensive column f of independent Irccmdh. The Ladies pro - w . 1. . tm cession formed af tho crovc. near the Enisconal Cliurchl in the order Drescri tod bv the committee ot arrangements and marched up Second Street to Main Street. ,Thc ladies' line, in consequence of Us novelty and elegance, attracted much attention. Il wat orecceded bv a Band of Music next came the Ban ner, with the figure or the . Goddess ol Liberty, executed expressly for the oe ftasion by the accomplished : artist. Mr. Wood, and borne by two young men ; next 26 girl, bearing flags, representing the Utatcs, sunportod by the same num ber of boys'w ttli lashes and moitosj and next a ong mcol Ladies with their es- cris, uie wnoie presenting a most love- 7. a4 arrival oT tho Ladies 111 frolit oTtfTe cit izensthey were received with uncof r', Vd heads and three cheers. -I The jihol! procession then moved in ha ndso.no or- bflfK; T nM rud b V B. Anderson, Esq.. preceded by a few appropriate-remarks. The procssion was then again formed, 10 tne same order, and mnv. d in M ladies aud gentlemen, partook of a most . xcelleat Dimier. Tho Tables were ar- r,n'hetrrUrm ff Mlvwiquare,-. and were sufficient v extensive i. nr.. u,rtmrii,h.Mlt r..I ; . . . . w uuuui vu I 3UI1I a I t one time. It was a splendid sight, to witness so large a concourse of. people I mi pniiasmg togeuicr 01 usQcial meal, apd the utmost harmony and good hu mor reig dug through the entire assem bly .S; 'V:. '. ' 'Immediatdy after. dinner, the follow? synopsis of. the Trnciplcs of the Whig Farty of Tenbssee.' which bad bv'fcn nqied bftfb Cmmitee, was read by Air. J, f5hecd. and was Veeeived ty the peopfc viih acclamation. .'WHIG POLITICAL. CllEED, 1. A majority o( the people 1o rule ii all cases, under the Constitution. -2. .The rights.ofthv minority as sec u red h$ the tnsiitu'tioxt, to be held sa cred and, invinlahie. .-J '- " 3 GovcrmndA is designed for the benefit of the wliole people, and not of a party, JNd public oilice sTiould place the welfare of his party, before that of the country, , . L '.. , " - . 4. A ure and free elective franchise, ecuttve. Ex originally .'.too reaterrtbaC'a.t Kt tin vA-rIdk will soon La ten timet greater than it is. Tliis ftrotiage has increased, is still ra- iai to tne tioerty or the 'people. ; - i.' tl II - r ........ ww.. wm.m ftr ...u.rnninnl ort ItTnli.in In !. Cttnl . -."j . ' M,I4 to the actual wants of an ccouomicai .sumiuiMuiiuirui w nuiis 01 uie-eoy jemmeou lS ? v 9. Suict accountability in all public 9";" i the entire reform f of: abuses, and an honest i.nd faithful discharge of ,uu-H WU"'T . s . . , ; J " 10. Io proscription lor opinion s sake -noncsty. lautiin.ness ana ability, bung i ntx ftr 1 1-1 in jsiiiB iiritfivikti w. . f 1 1 n 1"' " vv if v.v-. il. A nauonai uanK upon sounu prin ciples, as tho'onlv means of securing ! t -.! uniform and hound currency for tho peo p'e 5 a he best agency for keeping. iransterring ana aisoursing tno , puuno revenue, bomo agency is necessary ' for performinff theso duties lor IheTrea wy, and a national Uank is most pro. Pr wr auaming mo cna, ana conse qucntly is not prohibited by tho consti tution. . . . - ; ; 12. Tho currency of tbe country not to be' tampered .with ano unsettled for party purposes No doubtful experi ments to blast lhe) prospects and embar c Jye ler 'or -he rresidency." 1 eal "; Whil ai incumbent is auliered to look ided foward to a re-election, thefnteresta of NUMBER 8. rasi the buiucM jwmnd, safe, a .f 1 " 'lit I'l l convenient and pern r the same lor the iroverm - r. r.:. To.-: - V""- 13.' A simple and strict construction ol the Consthution - Th ?powe Z ted to be exercised for the go,Kl ot tho not grantor not,ry and most proper to carry into -eflect those clearly granfed.to be scrupulously avoided. 7 14. A strict accSuntabiht y of the ren expressed. ' . 1 v 15. The right of Property, the "Fred dom f Conscience, tClClm Tt R,t tc.1j - .. . 1 4'?V.V"? ' . . '-noii"e rress. strictiv guarded and scrupulously res To these great Republican rrinciolcB. we pledge our cheerful and hearty sup port, regarding men only as Instruments' to carry them outAnd believing the acts and p.licy -of the present Adminis tration to be subversive of the great 'in Jeresls of the w hole people, and fatal to the perpetuation of onr elorious civil in stitutions, we declare "uncompromising ' lioMilify to the re-election, of Martin Van Buren. ; ':': ;i:ty. r:. An Address baa been prepared by' the Committee, to arcontpany the fore-' goina Declaration, which shall be pub-' lislied as soon as rirartirnhlo 1 "f Alter the reading of the Declaration : the Toasts' were announced, as follows REGULAR TOASTS. Ir-Our CovHtryJ Purchased b blood and treasure of the noblpt 3Vma, land of Whigs that ever graced the world; may ner sons guard wiih unwavering firmness her soil, her banner, liberty an3 J laws. -;;', . - , 1 2. The Constitution of the XT -The fairestabric of human government that ever rose to; animate Ihe hopes "of ' civilized ma n :-. Esto perpetua . " ' 3. The Union 1 0 the State.. .Its most valuable elements, mutual kindness mutual frtrbearanee ; may we never he boid one sectionstandm-f-ia. inenacin'" and hostile array against the other : asf Whigs wc pledge ourselves, our all, for 7 its perpetuation, ' r " . ; 4. The irhis tf 76 and the : White of 1839. 0ae in principle ono " in heart; the former acheived our in.de- ' pndence Iromr British oppression Mho latter, with the shield of truth, tho . ban ner of patriotism, and the artillery of reason, w ill triumph over tho wild and ruinous experiments of the "spoils par- 5. The Great Whig Party. Mar they remember that uniteM they mus't conquer, and , may they concede those minor differences That have causod de feat to the great object of wresting the .country from the devouring rapacity of political specu!itors. . -... Om Executive Patronage. When dispensed with justice and wisdom, and limited to the intention of the Constitu tion, a beautiful stone in the Republican edifice; may it never aguinbeprostitu- v ted to the base purpose of securing tho, succession.w : " ': ;';; ; ; a "y-t, "i. The lUliot Box? A zeallous care of the right of elections by. the pcopIe. Jefferson. A direction pf the abuses which have brought patronaeo of tho ; government in conflict with . the free- doffl of e ections" Jackson. .' Ativ wa t,rtfitbv their counsel . , . 7 8 The Presidtneu, May the VVhiirt ncverforget the advice of Andrew Jack son, that the President should be ' at tho bead of the nation, and not of a party. 9. The reserved right of the States and of the Pepole. : May they be pro tected by the same republicau zeal which ddgtnally secured them. V in. 'fir. ir.;ki Tk. r- thcr ol his count rv. . lLViWM Madison. The father of the Federal Constitution. 12. John Marshuit. The father of the Judiciary, ; .' " ;. -. 1 , 13. Thomas ' -Jtjferson. The ex pounder of the Republican creed his) commentary is the' Whig's Manual 1 4. Freedom of Religion, . Freedom of tho Press, and no proscription for 0 pinion's sake . w . . ' , 1 5 The; Zegistatfve. Executive' and Judicial powers. VYpe betide the tyrant who shall dare to disturb the corK Btitutional equipoise of th Ulanw. r.t t w I
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