iv '.,-1-' f.'i'JfK.;'
Mft. CLAY'S LETTERS TO P. P. BLAIR.
The reader w.ll be attracted to the perusal of
Umm long talked of and foully misrepresented
. letter. For uinetcen year iliey have been the
baeie of the moat malignant calumnies Upon Mr.
Clay's public and private character. They are
t length given up to public inspection, and now
let the hardiest of the traducers cun.e before
the American People, and appealing to Heaven to
witness his sincerity, say that he believes these
letters of Mr. Clay contain one tittle of proof a-
gainst his honour as a man, or his integrity as a
Patriot 1 We defy them to it !
Mr. Clay is not only right for departing now.
from hi ordinal resolution of not publishing nis
letters to Blair, but he ought years ago to have
surrendered that resolution; from the moment
indeed that the seal of private confidence was
broken by Mr. Blair. As these letters were
made the foundation of criminal charges agaiust
him, there was no mode of repelling those charges
and of vindicating himself, but the production of
the letter. A correspondence is no longer con
fidential when one party to it, has betrayed the
trust reposed in him: nay to make it public is of
ten, as in this case, the only means left of sus
taining innocence, and holding treachery up to
merited scorn. All will admire Mr. Clay's firm
ness and fortitude in bearing for 19 years, the
most injurious imputations upon his character,
rather than clear himself iy the commission of
an act which he disapproved that of being ac
cessary to a violation of the confidence of private j
corespondesce. This passive fortitude is more
truly glorious and heroic than the insensibility to
danger which leads the soldier to face the can-
non's mouth. No man values an honest fame
and the good opinion of his country more than
Henry Clay, and yet with the power at any moment
of repelling the slanders of his dastardly tradu
cers, and of exhibiting them in the odious col
ours of libellers and calumniators to the country,
he has been content to suffer for nineteen years
under foul unfounded imputations, in preference
lo transgressing what he deemed a proper social
rule. Richmond Whig.
(should be lir).)
WasHWUTO!, 8th January,
My dear Sir : I send you, by this day's m.iil,
Lord Byron's Conversations, which, notwith-
tanding Mr. Walsh's unfavorable opinion of
them, 1 think you will find olteii piquant, and
worth, upon the whole, an extensive perusal :
Besides tlia literary and critical interest which
they posses?, they will have the effect of dimin
ishing, though not entirely removing, the odium
which he brought upon himself by h a con lact to
his wife.
My position in relation to the friends of tho
three returned candidates is singular eno:ih, anJ
often tome very amusing. In tho limt place,
they all believe that my friends hive the n nver
Of deciding the question -and then, that I have
the power of controlling my friends i Acting
upon this stipoositien, in theeame hour, I am some
times touched gently on the shoulder by a friend,
(for example, of General Jackson,) who will thus
address me : " My dear sir, all my dependence
is upon you: don't disappoint us ; you know our
partiality was fojr you, neat toLhe llero, and how
raueli we want a western rresuiem : imme
diately after, a friend of Mr. Crawford will ac
cost me " The hopes of the Republican party
are concentrated on you; for God's 'sajse prosene I
it: if you had been returned, instead ol Mr.
Crawford, every man of us would have supported
you to the last hour: We consider him and you
as the only genuine Republican candidates !"
Next, a friend of Mr. Adams comes, with tears in
his eyes "Sir, Mr. Adams has always had the
greatest respect for you, and admiration of your
talents; there is no station to which you are not
equal most undoubtedly you were the second
choice of New England. and I pray you to con
sider seriously whether the public go"d and your
own future interests do not point most distinctly
to the choice which yon ought to mike !" How
can one withstand all this ditdn'ereslcd homage
and kindness ? Really the friends of all the
lUlm IJCIHICUinH BID " ' V ' ' 1 1 I It. I II U 1.1 II. "
fectionate, that 1 sometimes ahnost wish that it
was in my power to accommodate each of them;
but that being impossible, we arc beginning to
thinkscrimislyof the choice which we must finally
make. I will tell you, then, that 1 believe the
contest will be limited to Mr. Adams and Gen
eral Jackson. Mr. Crawford's personal condi
tion precludes the choice uf him, if there
were no other objection to his election. As
the only alternative which is presented to us,
it is sufficiently painful, and I consider whatever
choice we may make, will be only a choice of
evils. To both of those gentlemen there are
strong personal objections. The principal dif
ference between them is, that in the election
of Mr. Adams we shall not, by the example, in
flict any wound upon the character of our in
stitutions ; but I should much fear hereafter, if
not during the present generation, that the elec
tion of the General would give to the military
spirit a stimulus and a confidence that might
lead to the most pernicious results. I shall there
fore, with great regret, on account 'of tho di
lemma in which the people have placed us, sup
port Mr. Adams. My friends are generally so
inclined. What has great weight with me, is
the decided preference which a majority of the
delegation from Ohio. has. for him overGen,
jacksos. if! therefore, Kentucky were to vote
for the General, it would possibly only have the
cffect.of dividing our friends, without defeating
ultimately Jhe election of Mr. Adams. Three
of the four States favorable to Mr. Crawford; are
believed to prefer Mr. Adams to the General.
Virginia ieoneof them.- tafn inclined to think
thatnearii three fourths giouir'tfelegaiwn have
yielded to the influence of theseviews and will
vote for Mr. Adams. My friends entertain the
belief, tht their kind wishes towards me will, in
the end, be more likely to be accomplished by so
bestowing their votes. 1 have, however, most
earnestly entreated them to throw me out of their
consideration, in bringing their judgments to a
final conclusion, and to look and be guided solely
by the public good. If I knewmyeelf, that alone
has determined me. 'Tour Represenative is in.
' lined to concur with us in these sentiments and
views ; and, if they should meet your approbation,
as I know he has great respect for your opinions,
I would be glad If you would, -by the return mail,
address a tetter la him, to strengthen him in his
inclination. Be pleased to show this leter to
Crittenden alone.
I remain, faithfully, your friend,
II. CLAY.
F. P. Blair, Esq.
' WasHuscxoM, 29th January, 1825.
Mv Dtr tilair:
I reo-ived this tnoroine.your very agreeable fa
vor ol the 17th inst A letter from you is always
refreshing, and I wish that I' could entitle my
self to expert them more frequently, by more
punctuality and diligence en my part in our cor
respondence. My last letter informed' you of
the unction that was unceasingly applied to me
by all the returned candidates for the Presidency
t rather their .friends. Siuce then, ,1 have a
vowed my intention tn support Mr. Adams, under
actual circumsances, and thereunto too oil has
Sees instantly transformed into vinegar. The
frhrttut st ' , and the devil knows who
eWe,for I thlkik if be does not preside ia their
I councils, he must be quite (onversant with them,)
have turned upon me, and with, the most amiable
i unanimity sgree to vituperate me. lama de
serter from Democracy; a Giant at intrigue; have
sold the West sold myself defeatingOen. Jack
son's election to leave open the Western preten
tions that 1 may hereafter Hi) them myself blasting
all my fair pro pec u, Sic. Sic. To these are ad
ded, a thousand other of the most gentle, and
kind, and agreable epithets and things in the
world.
who are themselves straining ev
ery nerve to elect Jackson, that the claims of
the West may be satisfied, and 1 be thereby pre
termitted, are accusing me of acting on their own
principles. The knaves cannot comprehend how
a man nan be honest. They cannot conceive that
I should have solemnly interogited my conscience
and asked it to tell me seriously what I ouirht to
do! That it should have enjoined me not to es-
tablish the dangerous precedent or elevating, in
tilts early stage of the Republic, a military Chief
tain merely because he has won a great victory !
that it should have told me that a public man is
undeserving his station, who will not, regardless
of aspersiors and calumnies, risk himself lor his
country ! 1 am afraid that you' will think me
moved by these abuses. Be not deceived. las
sure yoj that I never, in my whole life, felt
more perfect composure, more entire confidence
in the resolutions of my judgment, and a more un
shaken determination to march up to my duty.
And, my dear sir, is there on intelligent and un
biased man wlm must not, sooner or later, con
cur with me? Mr. Adams, you know well, I
should never have selected, if at liberty to draw
from the whole mass of our citizens for a Presi
dent But there is no danger in his elevation,
now, or in lime to come. Not so of his competi
tor, of whom I cannot believe that killing 12500
Englishmen, at N. 'Orleans, qualifies for the va'r-
ious, difficult, and complicated duties of the Chief
Magistracy. 4 perceive that I am unconsciously
writing a sort of defiance, which you may proba
bly think implies guilt. Vli;U will be the rosult?
You will ask with curiosity, if not anxiety. 1
think Mr. Adams must be elected ; Such is the
prevailing opinion Still I shall not consider the
matter fta-certatn, until thp-eledtion is over. Willi
my best respects to Mrs. Clair, and to Mr. Crit
tenden, I remain truly
Yuur friend,
II. CLAY.
A Mam Killed. On Thursday night, about
nine o'clock, a German named John Henry lira
gcr, residing in Ltund street, near Lancaster, V
I', was so severely beaten over the head with a
club as to fracture his skull in two places, ol
which wounds he died about one o'clock yester
day morning. An inquest was held over the body
yesterday. by Coroner Culton, and the Jury re
turned a verdict that the deceased catnc tu h;.
death from Mow.-t inflicted, with a club by sumo
person or persons unknown. An indivinul liv
ing in the same neighborhood was yct-tcrd.iy umr
mnt' arrested upon suspicion of being concerned
in the attack, but, alter an investigation before
Justice Jones, was discharged, thern being no
evidence to connect him wuh the transaction.
Nothing transpired during the examinations by
the Jury and the Justice to throw any lijlit what
ever upon the origin of the affray in which the
deceased received his death wounds.
About the same time, or immediately after
Krager was wounded, another person, whose
name we could not learri, was wounded in the leg
by a piotol shot. The wound was said to be not
serious. Several others, it is reported, were
knocked down in Bond street about the same lime
and beaten, but who by could not be ascertained.
The Mayor Ins cU'ered a reward of live hun
dred dollars for iheVconviction of the murderer of
Kra"er. Baltimore American.
TlMNQVILIING KFFECT OK I'lCTUFES Every
good picture (by which I mean every picture
that has something good in it) is not mere sur
face and color: it has a countenance, like the'
countenance of a fiieuil or a lover, ol ulnch cer
tain expressions are revealed only to certain
eyes at certain moments. -Then there tire the
associations of long acquaintance ; accidental
gleams of lamp or sunshine have lighted up the
shadowy rooks and start led the eye with reve
lations of hidden beauty or meaning ; or, in hours
of lassitude and sorrow, hours when the "fret
ful stir unprofitable" of this painful actual world
has hung heavy on the spirit, 'the light break
ing from behind the trees or far-off distance,
stretching away, away, and leading the fancy
alter it, till it melts into b'ysium, or rural groups;
revels, of satyrs or clowns, or face of pure-eyed
virgin or serene saint, has arrested the troubled
course of thought, and stamped a consecration
on certain pictures which it would be a plea
sure lo see commemorated, but which no acci
dental visitor can enter into. " I cannot ex
press to you," said a moxt distinguished states
man of the present day as we stood in the midst
of his beautilul pictnres, "I cannot express to
you the feeling of tranquility, of restoration, with
which, in an interval of harassing official busi
ness, I look around me here." And w hile he
spoke, in the slow, quiet tone of a weary man,
he turned his eyes on a forest scene of Ruys
dal, and gazed on it for a minute or two in si
lence, a silence I was careful not to break, as
if its cool, dewy verdure, its deep seclusion, its
transparent waters stealing through the glade,
had sent refreshment into his very soul Mrs.
Jameson't Companion to the Picture Galleries of
London.
'"Intense 'TefXincV. Wet copy 'the" follbwing
anecdote from the Boston Evening Post It is
to the very life :
The Attorney General, now eighty years of
age, and .said to bo most competent to the dis
charge of tho arduous duties of his honorable
station, than almost any practitioner of experi
ence, as well as a" remarkable retention of men
tal power, was managing a case In behalf of
the commonwealth in Middlesex county, where
a man was indicted for gouging out the eyes of
a girl, because she had made oath that he was
the father of her illegitimate child. Her brother,
an intelligent lad of 9 years of age, was on the.
standrs a government witness, and his relation
of the fact which he saw, produced au electrical
effect on the whole audience. The girl was al
so present, in total blindness, and every circum
stance attending the investigation of this horrible
barbarity, was highly exciting. The boy stated
the preliminary circumstances, and then said :
" I was cutting bean poles behind the barn, and
my sister milking. 1 heard her scream, and then
I ran with a pole in my hand ; as I came up, I
saw that he had pulled her over; then be look
ed over bis shoulder to see who was coining, and
I struck him with the pole and broke his jaw."
" Why did you not repeat the blow !" exclaimed
the Attorney General, carried away by the tre
mendous interest " why did you not repeat the
blow, and knock his d -d brains out !" " Mr.
Attorney," said the Judge, H you well know that
profanity in court is a high offence, punishable
by imprisonment, but in consequence of the unu
sual excitement of the case, it will in this in
stance be overlooked."
Onlt Seven Times One of the Locofoco
illegal Voters now in jail, charged with voting il
legally on Wednesday last, has, we understand,
acknowledged since his imprisonment, that he
voted in seven different wards, on the same diy.
A few such acknowledgments would easily ao-
count for the recent astounding Locofoca increas
ed vots ia Balthnorv Bafdmerl Potrxtt.
"LARGE AND RESPECTABLE."
Evory one knows or if every on dout know,
there are not a few who do, that the meetings of
both the great political parties) of the country are
always " large and respectable" that if, if we
are to give credence to the newspaper "organs"
of the parties respectively. We have had double
occasionally touching the 'numerical represen
tations made by them, when we have not had
opportunity for observation ourselves? but with
such opportunity, we have never had doubt at all.
But as our purpose is rather to illustrate the prac
tice of patriotism, than to vindicate our own judg
ment in respect to numerical estimates, we submit
the following anecdote related by a western cor
respondent of the New York Morning News,
who heard it at a political moeling, and who is
sufficiently1 impartial to attribute exaggeration of
numbers to the papers of both parties, in giving
acccuntsof their meetings. He reports the speaker
thus :
A couple of gentlemen resident in a couniry
town of Ohio, look it into their heads-to call a
county meeting for the expression of public opin
ion about something or other. One of these gen
glomen was very large, weighing 3 or 400 pounds
avoirdupoise ; the other was tall and slim. When
the day arrived for the meeting t assemble in the
court house, the two gentlemen were astonished
to find no one present but themselves Being
unwilling to let the occasion pass off without a
demonstration, the slim man moved that the fat
mail should lake the chair, which was carried
mm con. When the fat man had seated himself
in the chair lie moved that the slim man be re
quested to act as secretary to the meeting. This
was also carried. The secretary then proposed
that the fat man be appointed a committee to draft
resolutions expressiv"of the sense of the meeting
Adopted. The committee retired to agree upon
resolutions, that is, the fat man retired, (by turn
ing his back to the secretary, and drawing resolu
tions aire idy made, from his breeches pocket) and
soon returned, with the most sententious and
eloquent resolutions, which he introduced and
defended in a speech replete with the highest
displays of oratory. Tlmir adoption was moved
and seconded hy the slim man, who supported
them in one of his ablest and happiest efforts.
It was moved by the slim man in conclusion,
and carried, that the committee (the fat man) be
requested to have the proceedings of this meet
ing, with the resolutions, signed by the Chairman
and Secretary and published in the leading pa
pers of the State,
The Committee, alias the fat man, proceeded
to prepare the whole for publication, heading the
notice thus, in large type :
' At a large, and respectable meeting, held by the
citizens of llie county if F , at the town if
C the day and year 134 , the follow
ing prj&'xlings took pluce :" ,:
A few days alter the publication was made, the
si, in in in met the fat man in the street. Says he
to him "how is it you bonded our meeting as
i laMe and respectable meeting V Do you not
think it was ironiir loo lar ; "-.Not at ail, re-
pliad the fat man; "am 1 not lanra !" "Yes."
answered the slim man. " Are you not respecta
ble !" continued the fat man. " Yes," replied the
slim man wiUi a grin. "Then," concluded the
fat man, " w as not the meeting large ami res
pectable!" "True" laughed the sliui man ; "I
acknowledge the com."
The trinl of Mr. For.B, at St. Iuis Missouri,
..ii a charge of murdering Mr. Low, was brought
to a close on Saturday, the i!S;h ultimo, by a ver
dict of not guilty from the Jury, alter only five
minutes' consultation. The case had occupied
the Court nearly the whole week. The follow
ing remarks, copied from the New Era, will ex
hibit the grounds of this acq uiital :
" The ostensible defence set up was insani
ty, hut tho real and substantial reason urged for
acquittal was that Low had deceived the only
daughter of Ford by promise of marriage, and re
fused to comply with his engagement, and deser
ted her under circumstances well calculated to
excite the indignation of a parent. In their at
tempt to prove Ford's insanity, the causes and
symptoms thereof, the nature of his insanity, and
the objects upon which it operated, they brought
out tho whole history of intercourse between Low
and the daughter of Ford, and thus brought be
fore the Jury facts which probably had a power
ful effect upon them. Tlie feelings, sympathies,
and moral sensibilizes of a jury operate powerful
ly in favor of a parent who commits an act of vio
lence under such circumstances.
WHO COURT THE ABOLITIONISTS 1
We commend to such f our Loco Foco friends
as have indignantly denounced the Whigs for
"courting the Abolttionists," to read the annexed
paragraph :
Jajues G. Birnev Nominated fok Legislative
HV THE 1'oLK I,OCO-FoCOS.
Connomleiico of The Tribune.
I'orUiac, (Mich ) Oct. I, 1541.
p1R : We have just learned by a highly in
telligent and respectable gentleman from Saganaw,
that the Locofoc.os of Sganaw County held last
week a county convention, and nominated as Re
presentative to the Legislature James G. Ilirney,
Abolition Candidate for the L'resiiluicy .' 'Mr. Ilir
ney is not now at home, but there -is no doubt
but he will accept ; as previous to Ins departure
ir was openly and publicly stated by the leading
Locos that B.irney Would be nominated by their
- convention- when, it should- mn4 j- isd-1- under
stand that Mr. Birney's name was the only one
presented to the convention. It is not joke or
Lhnax, but a serious, business matter with them,
P. 'i - ...i. ..r :
auu is ine result oi a picvmuH uouuiMauuing
(without doubt) between him or his friends, and
the Locos. ' It shows where his sympathies nra:-
Tu the spring of 1S1J tlu Arm of James Read
& Co., of Boston, failed, owing about $850,000.
The sum subsequently realized by the assignee
in bankruptcy of the estate of the linn amounted
to nearly S'SOO.OOO, whkh enabled him to pay
the debts proved against the Mr in within an amount
somewhat over $00,000. Both partners received
some time since a full and honorable discharge,
and now Mr. Read, the active partner in the late
firm, has honorably added to what was realized
from the assets of the concern a sum exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, being the earning of
a prosperous eommisssion business during the
past two and a half years, by means whereof ev
ery creditor of said firm will reveive 100 cents
on the dollar of the amount of his debt, as prov
ed by him agjinst said estate and allowed by the
court
A Bio Scacw Loosa.-'-Commodore Stewart,
it is said, has declared be" will not vote for Polk.
He says the party deserted its principles at Bal
timore, and though he can't place himself In an
attitude of public hostility, nevertheless his pri
vate feelings are averse to the support of any
such diminutive and obscure leader as Jimmy
Polk.
,
A SIGN.
. A recent election for magistrate in Columbia,
Tennessee, which turned on national politics,
stood as follows: James M. White, Whig, 68,
JVremiah' Cherry, lco, 34 just two to one
against the Polk candidate. This is Mr. Polk's
owe. tewa.
A CONTRAST.
JAMES K. POLK'S HUMANITY.
Mu the yeir 1631, the wmiu.sa poor of
Georgetown District of Columbia, were frtaing
Irom i he intense cold of that season, and when a
oiotiou was made to give U) cords of the super.
Jtuous supply of wood belonging to the Govern
ment to av the sujjerert Jrutn perishmg, Uiere
was one man there titMstc lo the cry of dis
tress, who vO'.ed against lllo uioliuu THAT MAN
was James K. Polk."
in January, 1827, the city of Alexandria, Dis
trict ol Columbia, was nearly destroyed by tire.
A bill was introduced in the House of Repre
sentatives of tbe U. States, for the relief of ibe ill
ihgeut and distressed sufferers. The object, as
stated in a resolution for the introduction of the
bill, was ' to purchase Fool), clothing and other
articles of indispensable necessity for the relief of
the unfortunate sufferers by the destructive tire
at Alexandria." So urgent wasjhe necessity of
the case, that the bill was introduced on the mo
tion of Mr. Miner by Mr. Powell, of Columbia,
and passed the House on the sains day, by a vole
of 110 to CO. James K Polk voted against it
See Nilos' Register of January '7, 1627, pages
i and o-ia.
And now we see that the starving and house
less poor, driven from their houses by a calami
tous fire, could not touch Ins sympathies. A cold
and heartless NO, wa all the response he could
give to the pressing demand for assistance. In
Die inclemeiicyof winter for this was in January
he could do nothing for tho houseless, the
naked and the hungry population, which destruc
tive fire had driven forth to suffer. Consistent
With the inhumanity of his other votes, was this
vote alfo ; but what generous heart will not spurn
with iudignaiior, the proposition lo vote for such
a man for President of the U. States.
Contrast these votes of Junes K. Polk's and
the sentiments of his friends and supporters, with
the following extracts from Mr. Clay's speeches :
! CLAV AND THE POOR MAN
Iii his speech in defence jhe American Sys
tem, delivered in the U. S arcs Senate, February
d, y I and 6th, 18:, Mr. Clay said : " '
" Why should not a poor man be allowed to tie
a silk handkerchief on his neck, occasionally re
gale himself with a glass of cheat) French wine.
or present his wife or daughter with a silk gown,
to be worn on Sabbath or gala days ? 1 am quite
sure that I do not misconstrue the feelings of the
gentleman's heart, in supposing that he would be
happy to see the poor as well the rich moderate
iy indulging themselves in those innocent grati
licalions. For one, I am delighted to see the
condition of the poor attracting the consideration
of the opponents of the tariff. It is for the great
body of the people, and especially lor the poor,
ill.. i I have ever supported the American System.
It affords tliM) profitable employment, and sup
ply's the means of comfortable subsistence. Il
secures to them, certainly necessaries of lile,
manufactured at home, and places within their
reach, and enables them to acquire a resonable
.-lure of foreign luxuries ; while the system ol
ijpiitleiiien promises them necessaries made in
foreign countries, and which are beyond their
power, and denies to tliem luxuries, which they
would possess 113 means to purchase."
In his speech on the Sub-Treasury bill in the
II. States Senate, January 20, 1310, Mr. Clay
said :
" Mr. President, of all the subjects of national
policy, not one ought ti be touched with so much
delicacy as that of the wages, in other words, the
bread of the poor man. In dwelling, as I have
done, with inexpressible satisfaction upon the
many advantages of our country, there is not one
that has given me more delight than the high price
of manual labor. There is not one which i ml j -cates
more clearly the prosperity of the mass of
the community. In all the features. of human so
ciety, thereare none,! think, which more decisive.
Iy display the general welfare, than a permanent
high rate of wages, and a permanent high rate ol
interest.
Thrilling Orator. They hava some very
brave orators in hoosierdom ; that fact there is
no disputing, if we admit that the reporters
translate them aright, and of course they " don't
do anything else," as the following specimen of
lofty and burning eloquence will testify :
' Americans! This is a great Country widp
vast and in the southwest, unlimited. Our Re
public is yet destined to re-annex all S. America
to occupy the Russian possessions, and again
to recover possession of those, British provinces,
which the prowess of liier old thirteen colonies
won from the French on the plains of Abraham !
all rightfully ours to re occupy. Ours is a great
and growing country Faneuil Hall was its Gra
il,, i but whar whar will be found timber
enough for its coffin Scoop all the water out
of the Atlantic Ocean, and its bed would not af
ford a grave sufficient for its corpse. And yet'
America has scarcely grown out of the gristle of
boyhood. Europe! What is Europe ! Slie is
no whar: nothing ; a circumstance ; a cypher ; a
mere obsolete idea. We have.faster steamboats,
swifter locomotives, larger creeks, bigger plan
tations, better mill privileges, broader lakes, high
er mountains, deeper cataracts, louder thunder,
forkeder lightning; braver men, handsomer ico
mcn'aud more money than England dar have !
Thundering applause. Who is afraid 1
Close Voting. At the late election in the
State of Missouri, a member of the Legislature
of Lewis county was elected by a majority of on
ly one vote ; one from Clarke by five votes ; one
from "Shelby 1y five" voles' ; oiie frah Lincoln
by six votes ; one from Perry by live votes ; one
from Carroll by two votes, and one from Davis by
Gve votes. Some of the members from Howard
county were elected by ten votes, and those from
Randolph, Audrain, Grundy, and Caldwell by
small majorities. The Senator from Howard
was elected by a majority of ten votes, and the
Senator from Cooper by a majority of eight votes,
and the Senator from Benton by nine votes. '
From these returns every citizen should learn
the duty of being at his post, giving his own
vote in every election, and makingan active use
of all the legitimate influence he possesses.
AVw lira.
It is written that Sir Robert Walpolc,
the ablest man of his age, but also the
most awkward, was Vehemently ambi
tious of being consule) ed a prevx Cheva
lier, a lady's man of the first water, pre
cisely no doubt because he wav sensible
of the defect of grace and manner which
disqualified him to act the character:
Shakspeare, the High Priest of nature, il
lustrates this foible of our friend in the
character of ancient Pislol, the most no
torious coward whom he has immortal
ized, but whose " brave words" imposed
even upon Fluel!en. From the same
weakness we have continually exhibited
in this Country, protestations of unchanged
ableness from fickle reproaches against
tergiversation from the cameleons of par
ly anetcrnal "defining of position-" from
Jno. C. Calhoun, and die most ardent
vows of consistency from his little school
of followers!
CO MMUNlCATldyW
rot TUB KietSTIR.
Mr. Editor: The Standard" of the 9ih in
staut, contained the following account of the del.
egatiou from Wake to the AUtmaiiei Mast Meet,
ing:
, " On Ism Monday inornintf, most forlorn aoU
melancholy company , com. mug of sonis fifteen or
twenty, si.oinbled i I lie Capitol, snd took Up their
line ol inarch lor the Alleniance Mass Meeting., The1
Krgisier says ibey carried Um ' cheering account from
Maryland.' Their rejoicing over llie mulls ui Mary
land, minds us of llie whipped Irishman, who tent
up (bono of gratitude and thankfulness, and who,
when uttteU Hit) reason, replied ' faith, and by Si.
Patrick, sir, in rejoicing I aid that 1 Wave en sound
bone lell m my body !'
" We lenru dial Mr Badier, who is lo be preient
ui llie Alleinance Meenng, evinced his usual dignity
and good aeoe, ly riding on ahead of the loiloru
hope, leaving iheiu 10 cut their CBpers beloie oilier
eyes limn hu."
The above extract is from ihe Standard, and
you need not be surprised "at its falsity from be
ginning to end, as it is the Editor's usual way
of reportuig things. Now, Mr. Editor, permit
me to state spine few facts in relation lo the
above remarks : 1st, there were, at least, one
hundred and twenty-five in tho Procession, tho'
all of them, it is true, did not go; and 2d, Mr.
Badger, so far from riding before them, did not
start from home until the whole delegation had
gone several miles out of Town.
It shows plainly, that the Editor of that sheet
is regardless of truth, and therefore Cares very
little about the correctness of an article that may
nn....- :.. .1 . . r ' . i -
"I'r1" i" prim, was mis nis position in
1840 ! No, sir, if your readers will look over
the Registeb and Star, they will very soon find
out. Then battling in favor of the great and
good Hahiiison, he is now holding up a politi
cal mountebank for the suffrage of North Car
olina. The extract is false in every particular, and
the Editor of the Standard knew it. True it is
a matter of minor importance, but it should be
set before the public, that they may see fiow the
Jacobins about Raleigh, of whom the Editor of
the Standard is the tool, are electioneering for
Polk and Dallas. TRUTH.
Relief or the Inebriate. We are happy to
learn that active and efficient measures have been
adopted for the establishment of a fund in this
cily for the relief of reformed drunkards. This
benevolent and much wanted movement has been
originated by George Phillips Parker, Esq , a
wealthy gentleman formerly of Boston, but now a
resident of this city, and who has for a considera
ble i me past, demoted his personal labor and
abundant means to Ihe promotion of the great
temperance cause. The Mayor, Mr. Parker, and
several other respectable citizens, are the trus
tees of this fund. -V. Y. Herald.
TUi: AMEUICAN KEVIEW.
1' bavin hero determined (o establish a Political
and Literary Monthly Kmieur, to be condoned in
Hie city of New York hy GEOKGE H OOLTO.N.
Esq. and devoted to ibe permanent maintenance uf
Wiiib' principles and improvrmenl uf AaitutAs
Literature.
Tbe undersigned. Whig Members of ihe Twenty
figlitli Congress, from all section of the Union, mom
cordially approve of the design, and urge il upon the
Wbiga or the Republic for their unwaveiing support
And that confidence my be eitendrd by the public,
awurancs ia hereby given, that the continual atk
taoce of leading men of the Whig Party baa been
secured, and that full Iruat is reposed in the viewa
and abdilie uf the Editor.
Membert of the 'Senate.
Willie P. Mangum, N. C
(Jeorue Evn, Me.
J. J. I'rinenden, Kv.
J. McPherson Berrien, Ga
James K. Simmon. K. I.
Jul Alfred Perce, Md
Kichard H. Bayard, Del.
J. W. Huntington, t'l.
Samuel S. Phelp. Vt.
lcxandcr Barrow, La.
I. T. .VL.reliead, Ky.
Wi C. Hives, Va.
Woi. Woodbridge, Midi.
Epbraim H Foster, Teun.
W. L Dayton, M. J.
John Henderson, Mis.
Members of the House.
Giorr.it Davis. Ky.
Charles HudfOn, Mas.
George, W. Summer Va,
JSiimuel T. Vinton, Ohio,
.lohn VV hite. Ky.
Daniel P. King, Mass.
K. Kay Her, N. C.
George li. ilodney, Del.
IS. C. Semplr. hid.
F. H More, Me.
Milton U row ii, Term.
Washington Hunt, N. Y.
Henry Y Cranaton, It, 1.
Charles M. Reed, Penu.
John J. Hardin, III
II. Carroll, N. Y.
Jame Dellet. Ala.
William A Mowdy.N. Y.
Rolicrl U. Sthenck. Ohio.
'Ales. H ftephen, (ia
J. Phillips Phceiiii, N.Y.
- Earnctly approving of the plan of tuch a national
orgnn, long needed and ot mauifeat importance, the
undesigned agree to contribute foe il page, from
time lo time, such communications an may be requisite
to el forth and defend the doctrine beta by the Uni
ted Whig Party of the Union.
George P. Marh,
I). D. Barnard,
J K. Ingeraoll,
E Joy Morri,
T. I,. Clingmim,
J. Macpherann Berrien,
Holier! C. Winthrop,
Tliomaa Duller King,'
Hamilton Fiah,
J. P. Kennedy.
J. t'ollamer,
John J. Hardin,
W 8. Archer,
Kufu C'honte,
Alexander H. Stephen.
It i unnrceaoary to eel forth the reason that have
ld t -this 4egn T-ttrj f many- and wilt present
thpmnelve to every mind. But to the above the Edi
tor have to add a word. It ic known that the same
enterprise haa been two or three times before si tempt
ed by other ; and that they failed a signally a they
were weakly begun. We caru nut to investigate the
chum, but their failure ha Mood greatly in lbs way
of the present undertaking. . We can only give un
qualified aisurauce that Uiw Itevuw will appear every
n.onth for one year at leaat, from January, 1845.
Whether it ahall connnu e longer must depend upon
Ihe support of throe who can ten the importance of
such a work. Thi vuppoit we earnestly request,
believing that tbe work will be ill all respect able
and useful.
The Heview will be published in ihe City of New
York, to be railed "Thk AafEKiciii Rkvikw A
Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Arts and Sci
ence. ' Tkms: Five Dollar a year ; paid en receiving
the fii it number.
Each number containing s hundred and twelve
pages, printed in double columns, on fine psper, will
conaint of s leading political article, with literary
miscellany in history, biography, criticism, fiction,
poetry, (tatist.es, science and the arts, from ttv ablest
writer in the country. JS'o. I. bearing date January
1845. will appear preliminarily in a few day. It will
contain powerful articles from varioua writers with
two heutifl mexxotint'Engraving of Mr. Clay aid
Mr. Frsfingnuyaen, with sketches of their lib and
character. Every second of third number afterward
will also present a likeness and sketch of some di
tineuisbed Ameriaan.
Tbe conduct of the Review will be under the con
trol ef Geo. H.'Cohn, aesocialed, however, with o
ther genttrmeq of known standing snd attainments.
To Committees, Societies, Clay Clubs. A.C the
following terms are offered I Five copies (20 v Thir
teen copies for 60. Or any person becoming re
sponsible for four copies will receive a fifth gratis.
Agenda are invited far distant plate.
By law, remittances may ha made free, through
tbe Poet Master.
A II communication to be addressed, past paid, Is
the Editor, G. If. Coltou : Office 118 Nassau tt
NswYork. ,
It's Histn lti A-piwfl ... fi..l'v.
Ihe Yankees are tolerable - good ,t .i
bg game, but Texans can be,t ,hern J
casionally. A Down-Easter," it i,gi
recently toiaatitizen of (be Lone S J
Republic," thai noihin eould beat .1
con, ,n Connecticut. ThTexan .aid
knew1,lhlng0f,hecrop8nfhal8eci
but in his couniry I he corn Malts bore n
ven orci.ht lame ears: .,.,1 . ..V
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. J, :"c Ke iook hiahatandrns
mat
cucu. si. roui if, ;
vvini,,
Mt.lLF.iGIt
WITHIN
MILES OP NORFOLK,
40
BTJ HE 8ub.cribeMake the liberty of hfrini
IS the Ciim. of R.leiffh and th.
couniry, that he ha. located himself on Favett.
Klrl ,tarlw nniiA.il. .I. D . ...r- "J"WHI(
ing lately occupied by W. W. Holder,, Esq " v
Sulwciiber would be leave to inl,m ,i . !.
that the Oyler season i at hand, and fK.,... ""l
be ued again by them. He would re9-Cfu,v '
torn his in..st incere thank fm the hbersl i,,,,,;,..
heretofore received from them ; and in MUt t",
their kind feeling, and liberal p.ir.msg,. ,uwi'
him, he will use Ids bft endeav,,t (0 Mr,e h .
punctually and with an atsnrante on hi. i...
hi Oyter ahall be of Ihe beat quality, uct, j,,
would not offer to any one unless he were willing 0
p.irtuke heartily of the same, ruch ha beni his
conduct heretofore, and be will most s.utedly
guided by Ihe same rule. He ha been i-fivi,,. ,1.
" oi naieign wiui uyster since 1839, ancf ,
yet to be tuld that he forfeited the confidence niatej
in him
My first Oyters'will be offered about the Ktl, d
the month. JOHN WILSON
fiaietgh, Qd. 3, 1844.
Uectory Hoarding School
IIAMDEN, CONN.
!HE Subscriber having been engaged in Teachint
1 both at the NoriJj and South, fur seveial year
past, and having been induced to open a Family Ii.,s.
ding School, fur Boy, i prepared lo recrive a ftv
pupils in addition to his preteni number.
A competent Assistant is associated with him. an,
syatrmatic and thorough inslructiun will be given u
all the branches of an English education, and in al
studies requisite f,.r oil mission to any of our Collrgei
as also in the Fiench and Indian Languages, il it
ircd. The nature of the School, ihe limited numUi o!
pupil, and their peculiar relation s members of Ik
same fumili. will necessarily retjuirelhe discipln.eic
he strict while it is intended that iUhali be decidedly
varentul.
,'J'he location being five milea North nf Kew (,.
ven, and two mi es Enl of the North Havrn Depi.t
of the Hnrifnrd and New Haven Kail lioad, i al ours
pleasant and be.illhlul, eary of access and retired.
The term of admission, will be $2l"J r,i,num,
payable half yearly i' advance ; and this mil mUe
board, wattling, mending, fuel, light, and tuition
Pupil can remain during vacations, without extra
charge.
For further particular apply to the Kector.
C. W. EVEKEST.
Rifertnce may be made to
Ul. Ilev. Dr. Ive and Louis D. Henty. Eq . E.
leigh. N. C. ,
Kev J.rvi B. Buxton, C. P. Mallei!, E. W. Will,
kinga, and E. J. Hale, Esqrs., Fayetlevills. N. C.
L. Mallettand Joeepb H. Walter, Esq., Wilniing
tun, N. C.
The neit session will commence on the first Mon
day of November next.
Hamden. Sept 16, 1844. 80 it.
AUciifioii ! 351li Krgiiiiciit.
YOU are hereby commanded to parade on Hills
borough Street, in the City uf Ralegh, on Satur
day the 1 9ih uf October, al 1 1 o'clock, for Regimental
review.
The Commissioned Officers will parade at their
usual parade gioui.d, on tbe day preceding, al bnlf
past 10 b'clock, armed and equipped according lo law
There will be an election held on Friday ibe 18ihr
I.ieuienant tiolnel to fill ibe vacancy occasioned lj
tbe resignation ol Cut. Horlon.
JOHN 11. MANLY, Col.Com.
Oct. 1st, 184 4 . 60,
Olate of IV or Ui Carolina. Buu
County. Court uf Equity Spring Teim ,1644.
Horace I., liobards, Devisee Sic.
vs.
Nathaniel Robards, Sarah Bryan, and Jee Iiler
and wife Mary E.
The affidavit uf ihe Complainant having been duly
filed according to ihe slaluie in such case made sihI
provided, that the said defendants (who are tenant.'
in-roninj"n with him in the possession of certain Mi
ning land lying and being in said County1 ate resi
dent without ihe bounds of this Slate; al his innisiice,
it ia diiected lhal publication be entered fur six veeka
in the Kafeigh Hegisier, notifying the said Defenilanli
that lliey appear before Ihe Honoiable Court ot Equi
ty, to be held for the County aforesaid al the Court
House in Mo'rganion.nn the 3d Monday after ibe 4lh
Monday in r-epiember nexl,lhenand thete to plead. in
awer or demur to Complainants Bill, or the same will
be taken pro eonfesso, infa heard ex parte a lo ihem
Witnes, Edward P. June, Cleik and Maslemf
said Court, al office, the 27th day of July A- D. 1H44.
ED. P. JO.ES, O. & M E.
Aug. 27 704-Gw
TI- Court of Equity Spring Term, 1844.
Horace L. Robards, Devisee, dec.
alhaniel Robards, John Lewi and wife Fanny, and
Lucy Hodiie, Elizabeth Hodge, James Hodge and
Wm. II. Hodge, Minor heir, of Wilhm Henry
Hodge, dee'd.
Tbe affidavit of the Complainant having been du
ly filed, according to the simute in auch case ma
and provided, that the said Defendants (who are ten
ant in cojnmon with him in Ihe possession of cer
tain Mining lands, lying and being in said County)
are resident without the bound uf this State; al I'1'
instance, il is directed Ihut publication be entered i"
six week in tbe liaieigh It. giier, notifying Ihe iu
Defendant, that they appear before Ibe Honorable
Court of Equity, to be held for the County aforesaid,
al tbe Court House in Morganton, on the 3d Mon
day after Ihe 4ib Monday hi September next, then
and there lo plead, answer or demur 10 Complaina""
Bill, or the atne will be taken pro eonfesso and bean.
ex parte aa lo them.
Witness, Edward P. Junes, Clerk and Master.of
said Court, st office, the S7th day of July, 184.4
ED. P. JONES, C'& M.E.
Aug. 0. 70 6
FIELD sfc TAPPEXr
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AN
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
82 Water Street, fiew York,
ill
Wnilhl run, tfllllv inform lh Marrhanl of K1"!
and Fayetieville, aud the sunoundlng country, uS1
they are prepared lo sell Groceries ",w
City in tbe Union, snd lo receive sll kind ol rn
DUCE on Consignment. Country Mercbsnt ca
rely upon getting- good article, and upon getting
best market orices for Produce. We hps, by m
attention lo buiiie,and honorable dealing, to "
hare of public patronags.
Reference for particular, to
VVistom It Gaies. Esq , Rsleih.
New York, April Si, 1844. 9
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