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1 POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. ! Ik ii0 Yvh Himt. . MIL .VAN DURE AND THE HOlTTlL tv- i,... I l1.I uit.Ni from several imrt of It faither States, Ui My what wa tha of ti. V... it..-.- ...., IK Ufa war with Great Bnam what hi own oftbro kk'ii and aoutbara princinUe wor whether be supported Mr. LUnl'W iu oreiersnoe W flir. .nanaou, aim kl -war lii view and mWi m toe . ... - .i (1111 (Juration. , . Wa confess thai we art pleased to hear the 3M(iou4 nikoJ that the de-ierioMiatioo of Gsn. ackaon lo pre Mr. Van Burao upon I ha nation at bta KxMuf meet with proper oppulKin, and (hat a general tUm prevail at the bar prospect f nruutiiaiinc th evil under which the country U bow euuVing. All thai U aaceaaary ia the1 people to reed, to think, to act, lo awake (turn a sleep of rfoliMMM, and M a Incoming liiloro (if Ik euuotrj. la answering the questions, wkal we shall amy we can prova we aUia nothing wi mere rumor w puUiab beta, and dare denisl. Mr. Vaa Buren u alec ted a Senator from Co lumbia cmirty, tr Iha trat lime, to 1913, by a who wart oihkmikJ to iamea Madivjo, and tbo puli' ItciaiM of ilia uuiK,lnd ba actnd Cr lb lima tottb. fully with that prly. la Nowmbrr, 191 J, ha tuA bia aaat ia tha Hrnata, and a few day a a for. varda a rrand caucu waa callod lo aelnct camli. dataa tit Iba Klflctoral CuIIam. At thia caucua tra think Juhn Taylor, of tha Sonata, and Nathan Hand- . - fiird, of Of Aawmbt, praaidad tha invitation wu tratwinittMi only to mninbnra of Iba Irgialatura. John C. IIungnuorfn of Polumbta, tbmwwr root ' of Tmy, and awrthnr pemon, oo owinbura, oUain- . . ' . . 1 Ll M t . . 1 4 adiniaMon into ina oonaia voaniuor on uw w caaion. Mr. Van Duran, who had dmhi preparing hirmelf for thia) caucu ainca hi awction in April, maoa a atrongnoech,fnllof (breaand wihemonca, f r near y two iHNira, in (avor of Da Wilt Clinton, who had baen nominated on Iha Wih of Mar prrcodinff, and " waa Iba arorptod eandidata of Iba ultra fcloral par tr. Mr. Van Buro drew a ilraat and compart' Jm aua bf Iveea Mr Clinluo and M. Madiann, highly in Ctvor of Iba former, and olled to Mr. Madiaon oo rarioua "roqnda be proouuncod hit policy C- . '. . it .1 bM. na cuiMOerea nun warning in an ina omciiuim fliwlitiea Bocewaary to eonduct tha'aflairaoftbo na lion ha enndrmod en maaaa tha whole of tha ' - a-wthera putilkkua aoi tWr moaaurea, In Tnrolv ifi Iba ouuntry in a ruinnua war. He arownd. hi autira emirtion that Mr. Madiaon and hi ndvi- ' aer could never conduct that war lo a aoccwmful iaaue I and hii entire belief thai nothing could el trtcata tha country from ita thraldrom and pending rain, but tha eocene of Mr; Clinton, and Iha epul ' aijo from tha couocila of tha nattoa of tha politi- ciana of Iba South. Ilia language waa M loud and troci 2 " on theae potota. . H I call on thia meeting, aid Mr. Van Bureo, "to auataia the claim of Iha Btate of New York agaioat Iba nntiring ambition - . ; of Iha South;--! call on thia mertinjg to amitairiiha claim of Mr. Clinton to the Preeidencr -a a man better quahftrd, in mind and in energy of character, - to coodiict the operatKxta of thig government. General Eraatu Root (and he M now living, and, if wa do not atata beta, can correct u) Allowed in a alrong republican apeoch in favor of Mr. Madiaon. lzIathan 8anfir4 kw tpokt k hia behauVtU rmm "JStH grew warm and eiceedingty animated. . Bug a Irt ilubhard, Senator from Troy, and Martin Van Bu'ran lwuia lhaTeadiiig'apeakere In Favor of Mr. Cfiotoa i General Rout, Nathan Bandford, and z:z- aoma otbera, left iha caucua. .... . q0 jijj g November, both Uouaee met to :--.chuoa eloctora luc.Preaidaut and Vka Paidwit .and on rofarring lo th journal, tlto- name of Mr. Van Buren will be fbund rerordod agaHiat Jam Madiaon. General Root and a. few othere voted tbo Madiaon ticket, on which were the name of Gubrii'l Havana, John; Targoe, Jeaaee Buet, Jona than FUk, OiC .lSiC. -r- llra wa hive tha wot that tha eandidata who Uarnaon Oray, una and toe pence party general ly, owed hia nomination, in a great part, to Iba seal and activity of Martin Van Buren. ." -. From tlii pnaitiua ha cannot eacapa, and ha will do the aamajliing. again M nwrrow,if iha &utli "alMHild ifuiM to be (he pliant eupporter of hi pre ".'k Jt. jOaVJUuJlaBn- CKffiCwa "Tiiirortuuuto, Mr. Van Buren very naturally deaort ed him. : lie joined GorertHir ToorpVina, mmJo Lia ptiala with Mr. Madiaon, and' waa appointed to a valuable ofTice yet, when Clinton' atar waa ..again rininjf, ba joined him m 1818 rhn CTTnton ' la lS'JO wa again unHirtunate Mr. Van Buren de- aerted to the Uucktail party.-1 - -Aa to hi -eptnion of the South, and on the ad- mistion of Miaaouri, wa can any with confidence from our own knowledge, that he regarded tha ad. nuwion of new State to tba South and Weal, a materially impairing tha power and influence of liie INortaj and about thia time, and on the agita ting of these very auhjects, a bold and. injuJiciou article appeared in the Albany Argua, thon and now tha Stattf Moer. an article ore oared and mih. lished without doubt by authority. Tha .developjea J Tnent. ot a grand conloileracy, or rather ao,ttemi)t rrHoowrcorMj vmofi DYujuUns the voloiof Ohio. New York, and Pennsylvania for Van Buren, givea at thia time considerable interest to the luiclo in JL;J-'UH It i a fact, which ia atngular, from ita not bar. ag attracted more general observation, that our ablwt etatoimen, not ouly from the North, but in the .8outh.havo. recently apoken on tha floor-of i i:C,nSreMi w'lh the greatest apprehension ofthe alnrming increaiw of the confederacy. Thi ia ALU to tr South aho XVkt ; there it nothing in the - - North to bnlanco it, and the efluilibriuin I ocourae dwl6..- . " When our ablest atateamaa are questioned on , . , iha i .jubject; aoma will eiprtw ardent hopoa, biil alwaya mimtH with atrong fears; other will di rectly aav that there ia a point beyond which fe fW of the arch cannot It ttrtickrd ; that the Empire' cannot be extended to the Ultima Tkule ; and that it i evident, that in tlie mindsof ih.ima. . v.. pi.Md DC exaiHHittt the wihjfltf r," He 'grmtcil doubt, perplexity, nwl apprtkrntion trixt. All a;re that it i t piblimt trperiment. and if it uilU will be trury said, mnnut tameii ejttijil ca The Writer, after noticing the alarming rapidity . with which new State are admitted into the ron. ft'deraey, procoed to look into the manner in which the small Statca obtained admission after the con. i. . tinental air: . It i (latural enouilj to. luppoaa that (La tmaJI fflati, liiiiItf Ik Tr liJirri of imlm M, iT Has aM negotiator, availing llM-iiMHiItt Of toe uppor luiMjr w Um.W lUe dnt of the limes 4kroJ, maided on a proportion of power, winch, on any fair am) auuitalils principle, did uM U l'Mi lu litem, and the :ie.UNl m obtaining it II t natural enough, alio, lo suppoa llial the alava Hutu Would Wish) THW KMHiM TO B holding itru issti j and Ibey, in great ii.-mu aucceeded. Hal it is itleta, thai in tin compr m) between mm mi w-ih., .-.--, . -... Nw Ywtk.and MeehuwM gsiird nothing. Ibis particular, il may be auid, they were not par- liea lo tha Convent !, as they answered to neither if these desciitition of States. 1 ba principle I certainly enormously uneq.ml lo almost every practi cal purpose l it places 33.000 people ori an equality Wltn a million. Il give :uipi, uuuisiaue,or Indiana, which are entitled to only one represents. . . - ... .. . tiva, the same voca in Ilia Senate a ew Tors, which ha 27, or Pennsylvania, which send Wa advert lo Iha source of alarm csilsined in this orinciole. ahould the inlerests of two mmIioos of CiipM ever ba control U-d by ons-ieuin i inai num r, living it a disunce.'of diderent pursuits, man- ners, and babita, and situated on waters that lead to other clime." The writer then proceed to enumerate tba pew era of tha State of New York, and her ability to exist as a separata Republic, power which have more than doubled at thi tune, I'erhsna. under the oriviual ornnization of the Government, there would hive been no ground of apprehension, but the inequality and evil efft of the principal increase in a geometrical proportion with the eitenaum of empire. I he mates, notwun standing th delegated power lo t he General Govern meot, am itill free and iitdcpendciil aovcrrigntiea. New York, for instance, which make so brilliant a display on the map of fhe Union, eitending from the great Lake lo the Atlantic, reaching on the Su Lawrence ami reposing on the bosom of the ocean, embracing an eilcnt of territory tmi ai to tnunno, a more fertile soil, and abounding with all tha means of agriculture, commerce, and manu hVlures. Tiii State kat all the attribute of to. tertigntf4 legislature, Judiciary and fir ren tier, tl inanctal, a m.umrrout and tee II trained Militi. artenalt. in thort, the it completely an imptrium in Imfirrio -clothed trilh every tperiet of risu aim military authority. She will shortly contain a million and a half ia people ; and we have no hesitation in say nig, that considering her local siluatioriji!! i.io or uaassLr,she is penectly com pelent to repel the assault of axy KMCar that at TTc naa. The above ia not to be mistaken. We ropy it from tin Jtrrvi, from that very paper that now audaciously charges us with being recreant to tlie Slate, when we enumerated the very same powers contained in the above as a warning to the Union, which the writer originally brought together and displayed, lo intimidate that very union into sub mission lo tin State. But we have not done with the extracts. The writer now shew how thi State could secure the revenue belonging to the General Covenuueot in tba event of separation, or creating what waa the ob ject then, and m now a Northern tonrdtraey, H New York, during the last year, paid into the United Stales Treasury, ten millions of dollars ten dotlart to a sow, besides supporting an exten mm and magnificent Slat Government, -'"X l imr be said'. perbapa,tbar ttw peopla do not pay tha. whula uf. Xbia euiaw but 4 hat a aonssderable portion of it arises from the inducements and con- renieocea which tha city and harbor afford aa an entrepot, but tha tame inducement would txitt if Ul ataie iter remained trparale. "The merchant will eyer make hia ihipmonU.to the port which i tfmrnnst profitable or conrement, It la upon Out prtneipl, that Hamburg, and many other cities of Europe, have arrived to auch wealth and spwodor I and it ia Immaterial to the people, whcloer 4hy pay- ta -to-aotAer government, from a mine vtfa (Aeir ausnsios, or from the pro duct o( labor i as it regard the two governments, they art both prieafe property. 0a the other it- widest tnat A'ew York njoyt no'iort advantage from tk trad of pie Or leant, than any foreign votrer at peace with m. Speakiog from the Florida treaty, the writer aavi ' . , , l r . "w' , n," j " Tbe treaty gone to the Senate (irr ratiflcatiDrutyeJJOwtRsts. whtr tiaro been"wurlTiiii for thirty Pernisvliaaia nd-;Nenr VwltrvrfffTTrfie' " Dob- ulation of two millions, are held in check by Lou isana and Mismssippi, with a motley population of 70,000, We eay nothing of tha fepugmlnoe of .viaaaacnuaetta to tha terms of auch a treaty ; for, having recently been, toothed b) the blanditkmtnU of Virginia, it ia possible her affection will travel farther south. tune mihi, nunc alia benigna." Every paragraph of the above ic puiatuuVaud Fas an obvious meaning. At the time this article wu written there waa no regency. Now we hare double tha population, and an immense increase of votes in Congress. 1 ha Albany Jtegency control tha entire legislation of the States-has all the ca nal and other public fund and properties at their disposal mamig the whole banking capital of the state through three Commiasioners-nJI all tha office of honor and profit haa a vast majority of the press throughout- th wirte mxwr crjT)trot"riag in pay .,n Cireign body .ojBwn..ktbis. cJicuMtetojalad by Ilia Jaikana-iiieiirgiif. iepvUvBTui that awe our electiofw noininatos (ot Congress, Souato, and Assembly and, in abort, all the- political and nacal power of this immense State firmly and e il wtTwr IrievoclyToTiciuT their hamla. Add to thia the Trcniur rated in Tr ett turn of the United states, and the patronage f tUe General Governmont, and what becomes of public liberty, rotation in oflke, and the rights of ilia several States t i. Let reflectiug and prudent men of the outh and west look at flie pioture, and auswer the qoeaiioa Tlw.fe.Ittt-aof VircinlajMl' awful responsibility imposed upon them. A migh ty effort is making jQ eojvo them, and Uiroogh them the country. . -- Mr. Vaa Buren claim to have bought Virginia, by promises of preferment tn her leading mfen they are all to be provided for in some share or other, ho know the imincoMxaluaof Vifema ro-Titr - . -v I'mrnwr; and is ready to pay any price tor her vote. Pay is the ward ; for there is no public man in this Union that he imagine lie cannot purchase by pro mise of o.Brw-Ht is his mode of dealingbta sys tem of corruption he deals with all mankind in this fashion "who is he, what is hia influence, and what doea he want H . Is Virginia, proiid and patriotic -Virginia Vir ginia, the birth place and aepulcher of the bright est patriots "that ever lived, to be bought and sold thus f Heaven forbid I We hope always for the best, but have seen with deep regret tha deceptions now prarticinf on ler Cilizna nee piim wiik,o, ko tbiiM mi ffoeraJ practwo, bate um oiu; iw- lomlkt ,rw York Xle.. CONNICTICUT ELECTIONS. I cannot convey, in a more clar and aatisfactory nmniH-r, the tau- winch b W to Iha aucceaa the adininitratiou party, in a Wala known to have been ever BUiforni in it politic and steady iu Ha object and mas, than n' tmg a cotitrraalion if rave iiinrt. lifld jeatrnlay with a tnenn ana iiilMlrttant of New lUoo, who Lad juat kndud from iba Htiiambunl am glad lo ee you. Escaped, no dooU, from tke bualki and ccxifuiimi of ilia ekeclnai, to recruit iu (hi peaceabM citv. no giud old re k-ral Connect arul, Hartford t onveiiiMai, and all, have atruckj the Jackwxi flag. Miraclr il seem will never exua. 'Vaarr. Yeaj CUecticut haa gKie for Jark- . i . '. 1 1 t.. am. How could we do otnerwine i i imp wu iu deral parly, the iimwI true and coiMtent of all par lie in the coiait ry, ha rn all the principle ther cMileiMld for broadly adiitcd by (jro rl JarkaiKi. What shallow of ru uae could we have dt keeping up I lie o)jiihxi r Editor. flow can thia pnmibly be, when Pemo rracy i the banner umh-r ahicb both Jackson and an uuren aaauine to marcti I 'J'mriflUr. Mr wortla. They march umler what banners they please ( we require no declara tion of political faith more strong and unequivocal than that contained in the l'rw-lamation and Force Bill : the doctrines are even carried out further than those cohIc-imIihI for by Fisher Aiim-s, IVker iug Hamilton and oIIkts of the old federal stliool. tMttor.A did it occur to you, that thmic doc trines, like the general slullsof the adiiiiuintration, were only assumed to attuui a sjiecific olpct, tlial there is neither honesty tmr sincer'ity in them T rraetller.XX. might bo so cowntlcrud, if (lie measures of the I'resiliit were not entin-ly in consonance with the view ol our political menus in advocating a slnsig government. Die demo cracy have tuo long ruled ui tins country ; we have now the pr(xtt of overturning it ; even when fighting under its very name ; breukjng them down with their own weauisi, ami destroying them with their own men. All New Kngland with auch view will, 1 think, follow ('.mneclicut. tUlilor. If that be so, New England may pro biiUy vuni fur Van Borrm as the next Preiknt. Traveller. It ia by no -means unlikely j our opinion of Van Buren is precisely the true opinion every where enterluim'il ot' him ; the rlouk of ! uiocracy sit loons enough upon him ; buf New Enghuid inuu cau btm aeourvly eotoe tn umler Ins adiiiinistraliHi that under auy of the candidates. Ulitttr. But Van Buren being the candidate of the Federal flutes, pledged to their taritr and other interests, must loe the Ssilh aisl West. 'I'rarfllrr. Thai's his look out ; he is playing hia Car tU in every direction, and can suit hi view to time and place. The truth is, the democratic Statea are all South and West. Editors What! tl not New York a democratic State 1 Traveller. Not quite aa much as Connecticut. We do object to some, act of the President, but in iNew iork it is a total unqualified submission, it is an unconditional surrender of liberty at the foot stool of power- t ... " RlUar-Vtrr trueC "Built ia evident that Van Bo eon would never be the choice of the New Eug land Stales, unless a' great object waa to be acbie red in which he ia to bo the mere instrument. Traveller. It ia so. Wo want a northern man ; we are tired of the ambition of tins South and West, and the ooutinued encroachment on our interest. Wa are opposed to shivery; opposed 16" Ihe" rapid augmentation of new States ; opposed in abort, to tMitor. n bat is it J Traveller. He can do much to throw the pow er north ot the 1 otoniac, and can do every thing alter a travels north, to keep it there, El'Uor. How so T Traveller. Why, with the gigantic, QjKe,f i tneOTateof New York, couplod with the control of the U. Stnte Treasury, and increasing patron age of the General Government, it will bo imposi- ble for the Presidency ever to be dislodged from it position north of the Potomac. Why should. yesr to obtain an influence in the government, not seize upon the present times, when men are in power, who act upon our principles, and when our sectional objects can also be achieved by coming forward to their aid. Ciiitor. But do you imagine that the southern and western State, the producers, whose seventy or eighty million per annum, and whose area! and intullecUwl patiiotie nien, by-this operation, will become slaves and tributaiy to the magician of the North, Will submit to this arrangement ? Can you not perceive that while their wealth sustains L. . -i .. .:n ..... i .1 . .i . mo uvnnuuniii, mer win not uo iiirown Bl llie lOCl I of the barren north, in perpetual submission, ac cording to your own showing I Traveller. Well, what can they do T .Rior .-Suppose several States of wealth and in. fluence, to the S. and West, should withdraw from ina coiunueracy, bihi ui rigni ui oecession IS con. case, would be reduced to States which absolutely J .t - - Tl. . tl t . B .... I proauce noming. tv e snail oe cut up and divided. A rich and powertul repiMig wnulrf spring np.4 the South and West, which would soon be crowded with i eastern jrDB.ttd..wnofthej!Jortlihleftalmein our glory, too poor, probably, to sustain our own government, and finally, tot mutual protect.! in and support, asking U be admitted in the now republic. Tmmller Well, then, we ahall be as we were bcfoie the somerset. ' lff(r,f;Ye87nTTiner muclTtrouble and - pnse, projyintmtiua Kara and mvohHwnt an all this is to gratify the selfish ambition of one man, who ovr pretended to-"jhaToriiDy'MuwTolhi)' Presidency. TVeefer-We cannot look ao far ahead, con sequences and results must take care of themselves. We strike while the xrorutiliot xZttlorl- Well, - then", youf nomination of "tt. Webster meant nothing more than to cover the advance of Van Buren 1 Traveller Not so. Mr. Webster is sincerely our choice; if we can have a chance io elect him, but if there ia no chance, wa have to make our ar rangements with Mr. Van Buren, and take him as Ritchie took Jacksuou an alternative," not choice. ' . ... ; Editor. Do you think that Massachusetts and Vermont will agree to rote for Van Buren under any exigency I i . : Travcllerel think it will happen. Vermont look lo policy and ulterior views. JJJiof-Wull, then, thia aHroaching cisitcat is, in reality, tba North against the South and West, il ia the' hsig contemplated Wow agaiimt the slsve liJling States, and the steady and intelligent people of New Inland are alsait loauing lliemsf-lve for thi purpoae to advance tha object of intrigue and corruKiou to sow iutoatiiib division in the land, lo turn a garden into a wilderness, to teinii a to re ign herd lo our shores, by a participation in the lspo4U,' louwl iUiwm4 with ihetrowNofliees, and lo place I lie Presidency in a Slate from which nothing but a revolution can dislodge it. The (rinriples ujstn which this government i fouisled isve undergone a complete change, ami wIm'H il is lou Isle, the people uf the South and West will re. gret that they did not in tune form a stnrng union, as a barrier to this rorniit northern alliance. I wish you a good nMiniing air, good morning. ('orrrmJriire of the lUllimori Patriot. Wasminutom, April '.'(), IH.U You are waiting, I suppose, with some sniiety, to lesrn wliat cbangea are arlually to take place among llie Kitchen diguilariea, c, of thia city. There ia much in embryo I can assure Jihi, hot the bubble will not be fully burst before the VOtli ot neit nsHith. Tlien, sir, hsik out for breakers. Il is again eonfi.li iiily aMerlel that Major Harry is lo leave lhi Post t)thce directly, and proceed on a Miasiisi to Spain, ami that Amoa KcihImII i to luke hia place at the head of tlie Poet t ll'n e Deiiartinenl thi tranxfer him at once from the lower to the upper Cabinet. Mr. Van Buren still linger here, and bin hand ia not only iu this transfer of places, but lie watches every movement upon the iMilitical chess board, sud takes care that all got to bis own advantage. I have reason to believe that Major Lewi i ar ranged into favor again he will retain hi present place aa Second Auditor, ami " find lord of tlie bed chamber," with the prouiine of advancement, lie has b!en touched by the wand of tbo Magician, and ia growing less White-mh. it i really wonderful how General Jarkson live To-day he will be taken down violently iek, with scarcely a hope of hi ever recovering, and lo mor row, presto! lie will lio riding out for bin health! Hut Una riding out u getting to Is; pretty well tin- clentood. It is all done for elU ct tthroud. The old man t very low ami feeble irrrleel, nnd when he riih" out ' he is very carefully pliired in a ebwe warm conch, and carried but a very little distance. Were any other man in hi very fire ble lule, I would say he could not survive till mimmer. But General Jackson ia a phenomenon, phaul, moral, and p4ilical. Siienkinirof the rresnlenl, how much ofhm sala ry oi'Q'Jo.tHIO do you upxwi he annuiilly lavs up 1 I have heard it repeatedly declared, by llnwe who have the means of knowing, that it is not leu tbuu 813,000. 1 uu may say lie has levees, and gives dinners. Very true ; and what is there in I hew, to make them very expensive to him who gives them? One gets a sight of the rooms, the furm ture, and the visiters at the levees, and this is pret ty much all. Well, as it regard dinners; the Pre sident gives one round to about two-thirds of the Members uf Congress. Foreign Ministers, etc., dtc. ror these duuiers, his marketing may cost him $30, and the wine oh he has double the amount consumed, yen . him every, year. . And then the President is away froni Waihingtoo no linld "piirtion'of his tune, when it of course costs mm out very little to live, ueneral Jackson u also nut over fond of mauifWimz his charities. I am told that, whenever a charitable object is pre seuted before him, and his aid is solicited, he nteets it at once by sayiruj " Jim Monroe (ha always ... ... . - "w. . , . i.-viV-..J' cans ine late rresiueui .vionroe, Jim; leu me rre sidency a bankrupt, and Andrew Jackson will take care that he saves him.iclf ! . The .salaries of tho Chirk, in the Depnrtmcnts in this city are full high, and their labors are too easy, generally speaking, both for their own health nnd reputation, and for the interest of (he Government. Their sular ju generally, are .mm .auO io f i 500 per annum. 1 hey go into the offices at about ten o'clock in the forenoon, and come out to dine at 3, after which they have nothing more to do for the day. How do they spend their leisure (into T II I musL btLempluycd some how; nnd it iruoTfiflTcuTt last lor one io imagine, how a great -part t them employ it. If these geutlemen clerks had to work a trifle harder, and their salaries a In tie reduced. it Would be no great damage lo them. GENERAL JACKSO.VS PREFERENCE. . .The object and effect of the President's letter to the Rev. Samuel Gwin can no longer be inisunder stood or misrepresent. The object was to settle the question oT lffe urcf iofi in favor" of the candidate of the Caucus. The first questions which wilt be asked by the people, upon the perusal of this Exe; cutive ediet, will be, What right have the Cau cus to choose a President for the Republican party 7" w nat individuals will compose this Caucus, and to whom are they responsible for their acts T and " Who will be the Cacus candidate T" This right assumed for the Caucus will be unanimously and .iudiaiantlyjdeuiei andjyith. eqiiiit uiiamnirty, will the-people come to the conclusion that the Caucus, so far from repre senting their feelings and wishes, will consist only of office-holders and office-seekers, whose houes of sunmiuuneo in, ui atuessiuu to omce, depend upon iklupon the elevation ot iUarrin Kan vuren I Ooe any one- believe that a single man will fee sent to the Baltimore Convention who is not bound to vote for theTiorninaTtdnrfur Fan Uuren f " Does any one imagine that the wishes and interests of the people, particularly of the great mass of the re publicans st tha South and-West, will receive the slightest consideration from this Caucus! Why. kriwwlroledii prcpurru ai Aioany, a lonmgni ago, Dy ino journey, men bf the Magician, and the whole apparatus waa brought on to Baltimore the other day bv the incoe. of the Globe, who is lo aet it in motion qn the 20th JiZ--Tht4oplexii IKuTAloany Caucus, transferred to Baltimore, under (he name of a Convention of the Democratic Re publican. The intelligent republicans of the South and West understand this imposition, and they will blow Jt 'sky, highThal..GenejlJaxlUM do ceived by it, ia not a matter of wonder to those who know the men by whom he is surrounded and influenced ; but hii certificatory manifesto cannot lead tha people into the same error. They know a wooden nutmeg when they sen it, and no Al bany legerdemain can impose, it upon them as genuine, There ia already abundant proof that tha re of Gen. JacksonS letter will be to attract tho most atuiouj attention of the people to the snsres prepared for ihein by llie NewYork p"litiv aii7aitf trgif e .r6niiTrtf rvd uTiaiiiuiTTy'L iba' tillorta of the pooj'lo' candidate, Judge II Aire. from th .Wat Yueh V.vening I'vl. CONFLAGRATION OK THE MAILS AND BAG. - GAGE ON THE RAIL ROAD. A few minute after Ui Rail Road Car li ft Il.nW lowo for tins city, yotordsy, It wasducovsrwl Uiat Ui car cisitaining the tsigirige was on firs. 1 lie guard perreivwl a Volume ol lUina and smok KMimg frwa tHa inwer part nf the baL'lfstfO beneath bun. The lucu- iihAivs was tiipjH.d, ss snui aa practicable, an tlie alarm being given, but not belbr Uia Are had uuuls such pro-grt-aa that Um whole car wt enveloped in Dimes, which rune in a column of nfWn or twenty fuel, Tha m aeiiger ru.liixl cisifuM-dly from Uieir several ctri, each' eager to v his own sliirouf tli property ( but, owing to Uieir want of lie-Hud in their etlorts, and the rapid ifadiii of the con IU jmt ion, they succeed in ruacuu.g otily a lew trunks anil i kages from destruction. 'I'lis burning car, alter sue delay, was overthrown Irixii tho Iratk, and its blaxmj content thus diainlncated and wittered, but nut Ulofu much the larger portion waa rrnler-d wlmlly wurthli-i by the lire. 1 lieru werti atmut one liuiiilnd paiw njfern, ii)ly or eighty of wlimu have loul their entiio iMuiiaie, aiM aoimt ot them arti cle of vreil value, Tlie Inllnwinir iwrtx uUni are iri- lliured Iroiii the iiMirmiigjwper, iiiuly tlie liatelle. A lauy or iVMiiiu Hwi a large uiiunlity ot very valua ble clothing, entiiiwlrd Ui In- worth lillevii hundred (Jul- '. ller (Juipm.ikI. iihI other jeweliy wer Mow Aimtui, of the 'llieaire, .t all her biggige. m- cliKlirig many kalnable irtirlenof Jrei, but wived i l.-x uf jewel wlui li wm liken limn the ceiilieul her trunk. Mr. KiMiwli,or.i.ilierl, .MiwielniN'tlii, ln.l i inh k- agu in hm trunk, i uiitmiiing l.'i.lMNI wlnili li.rtii- mtely ri'Mind I rum the llmuea, the lniul llie dunk lm v in tf ljeii burnt up. We unlerUiHl (lie iihmii v una put mlii Ini rliargc by one ot 1 1 if I'liilaUelplua llunka lor a .New Vuik llrnik. A ticrinnii gentleuian ami hii wife, wlinlmt all their clothing, were t'oiiunaie etiiHigh to recover s tin box, winch wna in en ie ol tleir truck, containing document niTi'Mir) liir the nt overy of a Urge enUtu in EuruM-, wlnllier he prM'lmg lot that purioae, The iiHiriutig mail tr.xn I'IiiUi!i IiIiiii m tberrnt" ami idiared the tnte of the rent. A neon lied IhiihIIi) w liit h reiiminiHl waa brought to the I'mt Min e, and mil ot' It the mierM'ritinn forty tour on let.rrn were ilfyiherel. '1 In mail iwually coutaini ImM lew 1. 1. tern, ami llne n. t ol llie liiot valunlile kind. I low trie lire origiliuli'd In not ceiUilily a-riTUllntl. It lud irn'atily been binning ).r a ft w nti iiiit i, tuiiii. it I ' 4 lre.li brei-M', winch liinwing ilirigoinlly acr.. 1 1 , Ira. k of the can., m-rteil, when adde.l to their inotii 11, In curry out tin; Kinokc uA lu llu: ir. w a to prevent Ita U in wen. , riMigli eitimate of tlie linn wan mule hy tlie . wngeiK, ii.I it unii computed to auiouul to upvvarda uf live tliouioiiid dollura. ROUIIERY AND 'MURDER. A guntlcuwu uiiUirtol tliu I'olic- idlii', ail nhttetl to Mr. Sl..ilirnn, tin: clerk, that there wa a relative 1,1' In iniwiiig, mipriKcd to have Is-en iiiunlerid. Hip re lative's name wa Abraham Willwy, ind wa a young firmer from Ontairo County, who hnd never b. u m the city U liire. lie arriveil ill town 011 Saturd.iv mclil, and came to Uii gentleiuan'a hooie. Tin lia.k ill aey to .Newark on Monduy, where they mailt1 w.iin-ir-clMmes and returned to llu city. In the evening Uiey went to the B-iwery Thenln-. The gentlemen told hi ruiabve turuinaiu in the U1, while he utepped out a tew minutes, or elne he might be t bv wandering 01,: ilour, being strantfer to any city. There were wmie hiik. picious characters in the bnx, who overheard the con versation of the gentleman and bis relative about mo ney maltera. .WJien the gentleman returned, In friend was milling, and could not be (hum! during die cvenim.'. The gentleman aeawliedJwuse and ocigbUM4tmd, but could not 'learn' any thing. When Um gentleman - reached home and did hot mid him tht-ie, and when 1 ti 1 1 .11 1 . , .... . iHeniny, nunetwyj an iiw-wtri, am xni W'eea no far pamied, tlie grntlemnn'a mother and iisti'M declared that he must have been munlered. He had letl bnggags at Uie Western Hotel, corner of West and Oourtlaiult itrocta, and had much money about him in (3 bills uf (teneva Bank. It is suppueied that h was enticed out . of the box by rme of the bad charActers ineiilioned, un der the pretence that his relative had snt fur him to aotne place, where doubt lera the viIUbiih, m privacy and in cold blinvl, have deprived the uulortuiwle ytmng mnn of Hi life and secured their booty. The Police m iim tho lookmit fir the ssMimiiiM, snd we refrnin from naui ing the mii'iHK.'led per .us but they mnj he Umu tin ir guard. Anv information on the (Uibjcct, lull al Mcatm, ILrker am JaV Jh'at'Jf guud. ;iwwv A.-Aaiwau .1 atluut,'wiir be Uiaukl'uliy received. -V. 1'. Truntcript. EARTI1QUAKK AT ST. THOMAS. Extract from ('not. John IMrnirrnirr'n fjin fimik. 1 a - rTirTtWjf vr FebTlTn A Twenty-minutes past 10 o'clock, eienem-ed a heavy shock from an Earthquake the shock lasted about twenty-five seconds the reMirt one and a Imlf minutes. At the time it commenced, I was in a long store, in company with Mr. N. Car riiigtou. The Rtore was comKscd of brick, Mtono and lime, and stood on made. Juud ot ground, and tho shock cuuaed the building to rise and full like a long flat boat, riding on the waves. The pots, hams,, and other articlcs-usoally hung on the beams of stores, were all put in hiotion, swinging to and fro. Tho shock was also felt by t'apt. Hale, of the brig Roealba, of Baltimore, in lat. IS 27, Ion. 62 30, which lasted about one minute." Another Extract from the tame January 22. " Tuesday, 10 of tho clock1 in the evening, in passing the Island of Nevis, I was a spectator to a scene that surpasses all description. A BUtlden Stream nf firf hnrvl nrw.n our ainlil tl.nl asfomsfie 3 arid delighted us. it was a broad sheet w namer "ntummaTmghepace6T many" niiloa emitted irom the volcano on the inland in a lew minutes the flame disappeared and ' again burst forth in one sudden and and apliull 4tmittrrtiftr- from the horizon and broadening until it reached tne sky, and extended over the whole island. 1 he sight was sublime, baffling all description. I was about twenty miles- from trmislmdhcTrlrt isa p " pcared, altogether, and left us as dark as Erebus." EARTHQUAKE AT OMOA. --The New Orleans- Buttntinof the 31st, gives the SiMWM agUeydataA--.-. Omoa, February 7, 1835. The rnoat tremendous eruptioiis of volcanoes have taken place in the interior, upon record five burst simultaneously in different places, attended with tre- nrendousjajXhquak go that no trace of them re mains, and destroyed a laree portion of Su Mieuel. and St. Salvador. The air was so obscured by ashea and smoke that for erght days the inhabitants were abliged to grope their j;ay with torches. The reportawerelikeTheliringof muskets and cannon, attended with. showers of rocks, atones and cinders. The lava in some plaCTs-ytheisfance "br aixfy leagues, destroying every thing in its course. In Alanche they thought the day of Judgement had arrived, and more than three hundred marriages took place among people who had previously lived in a hIiiIm nf i.nni.nk!n. . 1 1 L that kind might be beneficial in New Orleans. The earthquake was. felt yert sensibly both here 5
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