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THOMAS LORING, F.OITOR AND PROPRIETOR :. . TriE CONSTITUTIO AND THE UNION OPTHE "-v VOL: IXv NO. M5. ,- T.H R E E D O t L . R S P ER'ANKB A . TlIESORTnCAUOLISASTANUAKU i 1S PCBtlSHED WEEKLY. AT three dollars ter annum, ix advance. Those persons who remit by Mail (postage paid) S5 will be entitled to a receipt lor $6, or two vVars' subscription to the Standard or two co pies for one year, tor tre same amuum for fir? copies, : : : : 'ten " : . : : " tiren'v" $ 12 22 j 40 ; The same rate for six monllis. " -. ta - . J Xo order mil receive attention unless the j AnvBTi?EMF.STf, noi exceeding fourteen lines will be inserted one lime for one dollar, and he charged 23 per cent, mgner man mc u&uai ; r.t1ff ' ! j . I .1.. !'!. A deduction of J.J;V Pcr ccm' ,,ltl"c l" those who advertise dy me vt-ai. I otters to the Editor must come free oj postage. u thev mav not be attended to. ' ?Tr-Office on Hillsborough street, south side, be tween McDowell and Dawson streets. THE LATE COMMODORE PORTER. Fro:u the Now York I'.vpress. This o-allant officer, one of the bright lumina ries thatlend to the page of American history a ic.w tint rpftVcts at once their country's glory ml their own, was born in Boston. He was the eon of a -North Ender," and sprang from that k the name of a tavern which now stands on the s'.ot. near Hancock's Wharf, where the future Commodore first drew breath. The name of Porter first appears conspicuous ly in the history of the American Navy, in the year 1S03. when a midshipman on board the ' Experiment," under the gallant Stewart, he sig nalized himself in the memorable action with the fri rrite L'Ensurarente. His station in that Inuevor. v.-as not long in coming. ilerit 'tS I 1-orter was niaae lieutenant aim iwaci,-ruu- , tlw -Experiment, unaer oapiam uiairv, with five guns and fifteen men, he captured a French privateer heavily manned and armed, with f much loss to the enemy, and not any whatever to himself Tins gave mm a name una u suuiuu ... the Navy which he has never lost, but w men in the rapid progress of advancement, identified him with the most gallant spirits in inai sen At the period of the declaration of war, against Great Britain, in IS 12, vc fin.l Porter a captain, ; Mmmin 1 nf thn '-Essex" frigate. 32 nuns. A(- tor tin glorious capture ot tho -Cuernere t.V i twenty-bve cents or eacn ; r , ; character tnan those ot trreaier leu-jiu i vith the "Phebe" nnd " , ... . c t-.no nnt mnrU-don them. ! v Jlu lut' 1 "tDe anu !::l;,Vm ed uniil ordered out. - tion Porter was li ..; i.i,;inpr,t and Sheriff's Sales, will j turned, with the remna ill I I' in " Imdv stock whence cmanatca tne -L.iDeriy noys, the -"Tea Party," the "Minute Men" of the ear v,,,t rpvnlutionarv times. "The Sailors' Home" en;:is;oment was m me Knei., a.m a..v,u acCcptabIv, when on Friday, the 3d 1 I ' c Juct that the lack ot influential menus a one momh ecis?I at meridian, he breathed hi s-iM tn have prevented nis preiermeni. x uio, - nr his couM not b3 uisregarueu m uu imam uay qucsts, and to perform for him the last sad office, o u- g.illmt Navy. Upon Commodore Larrons His disease was pleurisy, and for some daj'sprior coming into the command of the ' Constellation, . j decease he had felt sure that that event was AVest India station, un mis siauu u uu wijhi. ast that his body should be buried at the foot himself by many exploits of cool bravery ana 0f tne America flag staff! How like the last re gillantry. Receiving from Captain -I -i-"1 th-e quest of his compeer, the gallant Lawrence, that ,n,nmnn" 1 nf thp. "AmDhitrite" a prize scnooner, tuotti,f ajiriI,u h;c!imii i;a lronsKi-.s. vapi. i- ikiuiiu-l: kv-apuiu. umi . the jjng hero . and the period, we lee l assured, desiring to be relieved from that command) 'asjs not fxr'distant. when that country will reclaim appointed" to the latter, and a squadron was placed j thenij anc Ay them t0 rest, "until the last trumpet iiu.Lr his command, consisting of the ;Essex, ' j S3nn,j within the green and peaceful bosom Pjrter, an.l the "Hornet." Lawrence. This was j o- that rree home whJch his youth and manhood ia S ptem'uer, 1312. Bainbridge issued orders SQ gananlly defended. f.r tha cruise, prescribing to Porter a certain ir lendid achievements shall long strin-the nerves course, at tiie end 01 whien, not meeting witn tne , hi'r by the way an English packet, which yie t.l a l irc amount in prize money. The ves: ld- el riro a at a specified point, he was to. act at dis- j And his be the honors such merit deserves, c-W-vi ' Thu directed, Porter sailed from the ! And dear to each bosom i his death-daring sp:nt ! V ;!v , " i J . u 1-10 om The poet's high strain shall such mem'nes maintain, Delaware en the 2th of October, lol2, and com- . ' mulm lUmtoTime'i latent reisn : menced one of the most glorious cruises recorded j Vhile, roucd by the story, our sons shall aspire, ia our Navy's chroniclesr - To rival such deeds and to glow with such lire ! Under the letter of his instructions, he proceed- 7""'Z'"'"T , , , . ,i n l , 1 From the New Orleans Ticayun cd from the Delaware to the Brazil coast, captur- r . rtr. j . f.vfRtv-four Americans, the crews ot two wnann vessrtte taken on the Coast of Chili. Porter threw the pirate's" guns and ammunition over hard, an 1 freed the prisoners. He also recover ed one of the ships taken by the piiate, as she was -ing into Lima. He then pursued his metcor like course in the Pacific, doing immense injury ta the Eritish commerce in that ocean, capturing niair- valuable cargoes, sending some of the prizes m - f i vaon to the United States. He then - scoured i cennes, Captain Buchanan, arrived a lew aajs th-j coast to the La Plata, and thence for the Paci- since at Pensacola, came passengers Judge Hutch f arrivh-r at Valparaiso, after a Ion? succession inson, and Messrs. Jones and Maverick, three of nFb'i l weather, on the 11th of March, 1813. j the San Antonio prisoners, recently released to Thmcehe went to the Chilian and Peruvian General Thompson by Santa Anna. Mr. Maver roi an 1 encountered a Peruvian corsair, which j ick arrived in town yesterday. From him and htook. and amono- whoso prisoners he found ; from our correspondents we gather tne following to t!i United States and fitting out others as con- nveu trom tne city oi iviexico uu .mumum uc ; i,;a iinnt mi With the strines and snatches. ,A vessel had been chartered lmmedi- trs at his masthead, he "carried his little squad ron into action, and became a perfect scourge to t '.t rnr-riiv ;n those seas, bv the rapid and darin devastation committed upon their commerce there, squadron. . ' - ' - : , . V Mnle frigate" say? a Tecent writer, "was ' Droves of involuntary volunteers , were .daily I jrdin-Mt over tho Pacific, roving about the ocean ; being escorted under strong guards to the city of in saucy defiance of a thousand English ships ; ! Mexico,-tied in couples. On arriving, they are r-v-ellinrr in the spoils of boundless wealth, and j immediately put under drill-masters, and convert almost banishing the British flag from those re- ed into soldiers as fast as possible. The rumor is, -ions where it had so long waved proudly ana predominant." In vnin were vessels after vessels sent forth j in pursuit of him. His manner of cruizing. baffled til their attempts. No trace : ot his wnereahouts did he leave ; as now shooting into the - opcri sea, and now lurking among the island, keeping clear of the coast, he kept all research of the foe at bay, and went on all the time with his brilliant ex ploits. He took possession of an "island in the Pacific, called it Madison's, (after the then Presi dent,) fought with the natives, reduced them,'. re paired his ship, and having quite refitted and re stored her. sailed for the Chilian coast in Decem ber, 1813.' Thence he went to Valparaiso,' and there fell in with the British, Commodore Hill var, with two ships. As he went into the har bour one of these vessels fell foul of the "Esse?," and was at the mercy of Porter. The port was a neutral one, and he did not avail himself of this advantage. He was as magnanimous as brave, and this conduct earned him the warm ncknow- lwWmrnts nf the British commander. V bile in port, the most social and friendly relations subsist-j ed between them and their crews. - '.- The English Commodore put out of port, keep ing his ships together, to avoid a separate action, and regularly blockading Porter at Valparaiso. In vain did "the latter try to get a fightout of cither of his foes singly. Hillyar kept them snug, determined to give his enemy no advantage. At j Irngth the "gallant yankee put out:" the foe bore !(loYll Unon him nnrl nftnr gje agiXms a fa r superior force,: his gallant frirate, so long tne terror and scourge of the British Lion, was captured. Kis loss was tremendous. No where in the" whole history of naval warfare is there any record of an action more sanguinary, gallant and obstinate! The battle was seen from; the heights of Valparaiso, and all the sympathies of the spectators .were enlisted .in the cause of the brave commander and crew of the gallant little frigate, defending herself so bravc- y against a greatly superior foe, No battle ever fought upon the land or ocean more strongly and satisfactorily illustrated . the true courage which is. innate to the American same- contest of the "Essex" Cherub." At its termina- berated on his parole, and re nt of his devoted crew, .to uiu umitii oiaies, m me -.nsse.x junior. rjpiore he could come into the port at New York, anoth- rT-:.-.1 Pi.l. . L fiT- T J1 rt r jer Jtsritisn vessel overnauicd mm, and too Ic him prisoner, thus violating the terms of the parole Being then at liberty to act as he should find oc casion, the intrepid Porter found .neans to escape, landed on Long Island, and was received by bis fellow-citizens with . enthusiastic and grateful warmth. He was a,-hero in their eyes, his ex ploits for the last year having filled all minds with the highest admiration of his bravery and gallantry-- ' ; r ' - ' The subsequent career of Commodore Porter is familiar to all our readers. Peace - being rati fied, the life of the most gallant of our navy was thenceforth to derive its lustre by reflection from the past. The hero . of '-'the Saucy Essex" had gathered a harvest of laurels, upon which his fame could safely repose for all time, and while he ever stood ready to vindicate anew the high name his country had acquired in arms, if need should be, lie yet needed no new occasion to sig nalize his claim to the remembrance of posterity, as one of her most gallant defenders. Being appointed by his Government to a diplo matic station at Constantinople, he had resided near that capital for. several years, during which time he had discharged all the duties of his posi- of last s last nH Tailor! frirnrl r-mil him tr TPrmrfi 111? list TP. nt d-stant Lottcrs from Constantinople, dated A deep crrave was accordingly prepared beneath pomatlc corps resident at the Turkish capital. witb qH the America mericans in that port, followed the remains thither, and the earth now. covers them. But will they be permitted to remain there? No! The grateful country, for which the brave Cap tain fought, so longanJ so well, will never per mit his bones to lie in a foreign soil. The re mains of the gallant dead belong to the land that had so mwch reason to be proud of the deeds of 0f all who the blessing of Freedom inherit ; LATER FROM MEXICO. On board the United States sloop-of-war Vin- . . , . -, r 1 interesting" lmormation. r -a.' Santa Ana was reported to be extremely unwell with a fever on the 3d inst., the day on which Mr. Maverick left the city of Mexico. It was expect ed, immediately on his recovery, if not before, that he would resort to extraordinary means to recruit the finances of the country. The Vincenncs left Vera Cruz on the 9th inst. The day before an extraordinary courier had ar- - J atfly, at a high price, to convey these despatches to Campeachey. It was supposed tney. nausome reference to the movements of Commodore Moore's mat &mia janna, mimug uew... "F - " catecos, intends sending an army of 35,000 men to that province, and fairly eat the inhabitants out of ;house and home ;'? or, m other words, use up their supplies, and starve them into submission. ' The news In relation-to the Texan prisoners, in the main, is gloomy enough; especially as re gards those retaken who belonged to Col. Fisher's command. The order to decimate the number retaken, (105,) we are fearful . has been carried in to effect hear Matamoras. ;The report is, that sev enteen were shot. . : 7 . . , We have heaid it stated that of this number yoimg Crittenden came near being one.. Fortu nately, however, the cutter; Woodbury brought an order for his release in season to save his life.; The Vincenncs touched atTampico-oh the 13th instant, with the expectation' of finding him there; but he had . left three' days before for the city of Mexico. Not a doubt - can be entertained ol nis safety: - We have, been unable to learn' the nanies of those shot.: - '. .'". -v: ; :' r'nl Fishen Gen. Green' Capt Reese, and Messrs;-onepnara, v an (ailu.lwu araved at Perote together with - such of the men n? nr.romnanied' them-some- eighteen' in all Fisher and Green arc chained together,' with hea vier irons thaiathe rest, and are compelled to work with the other prisoners, tarrying sand,- &c. ' A young brother of Captain Reese has been released ta X3f-n-k Thompsoii,. . - - on the day of his death, inform us that it was his itiui. iiiui iliti k.'iivuvA J l Colonel Fisher,; - Ayith four of his officers, was about a "mile in' adyance when the attack u pon the guard at.Salabo' commenced.' :Dr. Brcnham and Messrs.. Lyons llice, and Higginsoh were killed dead on. the spot ; poor Fitzgerald was - mortally woundedr-but survived some two or three days."-r-During this time, utterly ; unable to stand . he was carried in a cart, and treated in the most inhuman manner by the officer of the guard Captain Posas. ai is even saia tnat.ne was clraggea lrotn the cart before yet dead, but expired shortly after, and was buried by his comrades. ,Ih the attack' upon the, guard, some thirty of the Mexicans , were killed. " All describe the attempt to escape, when so far in the country, as insane and - desperate to the great est degree. ;-' ' . . V '.. Dr. Booker, one of the San Antonio prisoners, and a brave and meritorious man, was accidentally killed at. Perote, about the 1st instant, by a drunk en Mexican soldier. The latter , pointed his gun with the intention .of shooting one of his own offi cers ; but, ' unfortunately, the ball lodged in -the breast of Dr. B., who survived but a few days. It was currently reported that Santa Anna was soon to release Messrs. Colquhoun, Bradley, Pe terson, Truhart, and Van Ness all taken at San Antonio. General Tornel is certainly interesting himself powerfully for the latter. Antonio Navarre is still confined at the Acorda do, city of Mexico.' He is in " good health and spirits, and is confident of being soon released. It may be recollected that Mr. Navarre was one of the commissioners of the Texan , Santa Fe expedi tion, and the only one not released. " ' . ' " John and Wilson Riddle, and Capt. O'Phelan all of them taken at San Antonio have been re leased through the intercession of the British min ister. The latter was a great friend of the unfor tunate Fitzgerald, and served three years with him in Spain under Gen. Evans. A report is current- at the city of Mexico that Captain Elliott, the British Charge to Texas, has recently written a letter to Santa Anna, in which he has stated, at the express request of President Houston, that the latter hopes that Santa Anna will treat the Mier prisoners with all clemency, but that they crossed the Rio Grande' contrary to his (Houston's) orders ! For the sake ofjiumanity, wetrust this rumor may not prove true. It would be virtually signing the. death-warrant of these brave men, in case Santa Anna wanted an excuse for shooting them Fisher, Green, and all. Gen. Somervel, who had command of the expedition at the time Fisher separated from the main body, has stated, under his own signature, that the latter had. his full leave for actincr as he did in fact, that it was by his orders. Now, if Houston has really senr. sucn a message as me one we iiavu uieiuiuiu.u above to Santa Anna, he has stamped himself a cold-blooded, heartless fiend, and deserving the ex ecration of mankind at large. We again hope that it may prove untrue. ' - Vote of T.'iznJcs to Mr. Robert Tyler, Son of the P resident of the U. Stales.- At a recent meeting of the Irish Repeal Asso ciation in Dublin, Mr. Daniel O'Connell moved a special "vote of thanks" to Robert Tyler, Esq., son of the President of the U. S., for the part he had taken in promoting the cause of Repeal. Mr. O'Connell moved the "vote of thanks," and Mr. Thomas Steele seconded the resolution : Mr. O'Connell next said : The next subject is one of deep and general interest, inasmuch as the matter I mean to propose is, a special vote of thanks to Mr. Tyler, son of the President of tho U. S., (cheers,) for the countenance he has given the cause of Repeal. . As an American gentleman, and distinguished in society as such. 1 should not feel it my duty to move a vote of thanks, so many others having joined in similar displays; . but I think there is a peculiarity in the case, by reason of his connexion with the elected Chief Magistrate of a free people. (Cheers,) . Though we do not find in that country any connexion between the family and the head of the Government with the politics of the State, yet the necessary association in the relation between fathcr.and son that kind of community of idea which" must be supposed to j exist where domestic dissensions do not prevail should lead us to believe that the sentiments of the son are not discountenanced or disapproved by the parent, hear, hear. I believe the character of the American President stands highly in this re spect; for one of the great things at popular ejec tions. is, that in consequence of the number of rival candidates, and of the enemies which those can didates must necessarily have, each party would be on the alert to find out every fault, which the others possessed. Hear, hear. The Democrat ic principle, then, not only gave freedom of elec tion, but is a.corrcctor of vices ; ; for no man' who is a bad husband, a bad father,, a bad son, or an unjust brother, can have a chance of being re turned., When men are therefore guilty of any. immorality, there is no doubt whatever of its being exposed, and these . elections thus . operate as a check on vice, and a reward and encouragement of public and private virtue. Hear, hear. After some other strong and eloquent remarks, Mr. O'Connell concluded. with .the subjoined sen timent, when Mr. Steele rose and seconded the motion : . . : ' -O' - v.'-1---.'1 . It is, therefore; that I want the ; Statesmen t of England, and the Statesmen of Europe; to know that I look for repeal, and not for separation, so as to make the connexion between the two countries truly perpetual. (Hear.) It is in that . spirit, I now move, that the marked t'lanks'of the Associ ation be conveyed to Mr. Tyler for the sympathy which he has.' shown, for the Irish people,' in their struggle to repeal the'Union (Loud cheers.) Mr. Steele. -As the people of America, fr6m one end of the United States to the other, are mak ing preparations to receive me, and-as-. I 'hold' my j self in , readinpss to cross the Atlantic whenever the time shall come, when my '."august ;. friend, O'Connell,? shall, in his wisdom, be of opinion, that I j should -, go aboard the Steamer", perhaps, it may be right, .thatI should be the seconder, ofthis resolution. (Cheers.) . . Therefore, Sir, first echo ing the disclaimer of my.. pblijti.Qal leader of any identification " with any sentiment . w hatever of our American friends and. brothers,, except that of anxiety for the, repeal of the. Union," I have the honor of seconding the resolution, and I call up on 3'OUi my countrymen,-to pass the ;:vbfe of thanks with nine" hearty cheers. (Cheering for some minutes.) -' - ':- ' - - - "The rhotion was then put froni the Chair, ani carried, y - v ;'':-'' :'-';'. -:' "'-; . , 'Assaults on EditorsEncouraging growth of yidrality.ln looking over our- exchanges ot re cent dates, our attention has been arrested by he frequent " recorded ' instances of barbarous and un provoked ' assaults uport members of the editorial fraternity, in one or more cases resulting in death, which -, have recently occurred. - The' account of the. sad and fatal affray, in, which the.-, talented ed itor of the Chronicle and Old'Domihibn, Mr. Mel zar Gardner, so well and favorably" known in this city and, vicinity .as' the cdnducter of the Republi can, lost his- life,- we have: already" published in our Columns; and-ve are rejoiced to learn that the perpetrator' of this brutal and almost unprovoked homicide,' although once1 examined belore the au thorities and set free, has again been arrested, and will now be tried for his offence..! before the Supe rior Court of Norfolk; County, Norwich Neics. ' . '. .'.-;. v - . ; .... From the Madisonian. : V'K JOHN M.-BOTTS. :: : 'Out attention has, been v called to . the circum stance that some :papers ; have given currency to the latest, most improved, enlarged,. and illustrated edition of the base. fabrications - of - this notorious individual. He is represented "as having charged the President publicly : in his' late electioneering campaign, as having said to hi in on the third day of the extra session-1 . ' ' . - "-"' That ho meant to' be a candidate,' not only for four, but for eight years from the 4th March, '45, thus making the whole term of his service twelve years ; and then . -7 ' - - . -'-That the " President had offered him any office in his gift, provided he (Bolts) would sustain him in his aspirations ; and then ; That he, John Minor Botts, from this time ceased to visit -the President;"" . : So far as the . first specification is concerned, ice are authorized to say, that at the time of which this invented conversation of Mr. John Minor Botts is said by him to have occurred, the Presi dent had no intention, .of being a candidate for the Presidency in ISM.- The President was only prevented from introducing an annunciation to this effect, in his Inaugural Address, by consider ations of great public .weight, and would have made it in his second . Veto message, if h is then Cabinet had not urgently opposed it, upon the question being solemnly. submitted to them. So far as the second specification is concerned, we are. authorized to say, that the President never made to Mr. John Minor Botts any offer of any office, of any sort, or of any character, at any time or at any place, for any purpose or object what-. ever. And, . So far as the. third, specification is concerned, we are authorized to say, "that so far from Mr. John Minor Botts having ceased to visit the President from and after the third day of the extra session, he repeatedly called at tho -White House, -until he pursued a course which precluded the President from having any further communication with him. That transaction was this : During the pendency before the Senate of Mr! Clay's Bank bill it was ascertained that Messrs. Merrick, Preston, Rives, and Archer, would not sustain it without the inser tion of such a modification as would reconcile it with the constitutional scruples of the President, and with their opposition it stood in a minority. At this juncture of affairs Mr. John Minor Botts called ti pon tile President, with a. paper purport ing to be such an amendment, which he said had been drawn up by himself and thought would re move all difficulties upon the subject of a Bank. After exacting from Mr. John Minor Botts the positive assurance that if the ' amendment did not meet his approbation, it should be destroyed and never more heard of, the President took it and ex amined it, and instantaneously rejected it, with the emphatic declaration that he would inevitably ve to any bill containing such a clause. 1 Whereup on, Mr. John Minor Botts reiterated his promise to destroy it and retired. The President thought no more of tho matter until a few days afterwards, when the Wing press Was filled with laudations of Mr. Bolts for having fallen upon this very ex pedient; and Mr. Clay subsequently offered it in the Senate Chamber, substantially, if not literally, as an amendment to his bill! The. treachery in the whole conduct of Mr. John "Minor Botts - be came so apparent,' that the President ever after wards refused to hold -any intercourse' with him either by word or in writing.. f -v '- The charges of Mr. Bolts reminds us of one which he made against the President at an early period of the contest" between Mr. Tyler-' nnd -the ultra Whigs. The HonV gentleman (?) then sta ted that, while ' Mr. Tyler was at Brown's Hotel, acting as President; of the Senate, shortly after the inauguration of General Harrison, he waited up on Mr. Tyler at his rooms in -company with an other gentleman, and Mr. Tyler did then and there to them declare himself in "favor ofa Bank of the United States. We have never, by authority, "de nied this charge before but we are -now author ized to 'say; that Mr. Botts, in making such a de claration affirmed what was false in every particu lar: - '' ; ' -' " : .'.:- '' . . : ' ; . - - .Is it not a little strange that any Democratic pa per should give currency to the falsehoods of the. most uncompromising Federalist 'and unscrupu lous factionist in the land?" A; man who denounc ed upon the floor of Congress, ihe author of , thp Declaration of Independence,' and then James Madison as the simple' "cats paw" .of Thomas Jef ferson," and used by him -for -his; selfisli .and, de signing purposes ! We candidly confess that we should never have condescended to have given our selves this trouble concerning the always exap-- gerated ,aad other contradictory public remarks of Mr." John Minor" Bntts, but for. the fact.that others shbtild; have apparently countenanced .them, bv giving them circulation. We are sure, that all such as have done sowill publish this , statement. THE RIGHT". SPIRIT. - . . ' V "-.-v ; . : ' '- - "- - ' . : ' '. ; - v The.Gennessee -Democrat and'. Adyertiserrhas raised under; its editorial he'ad r Fpr- President and Vice President, - the candidates nominated by the - Democratic; National v Convention.'.' r And it says v:'J ;; ..' :r--;' ""Cr ::-z -1 ' " ,.'In relation - to our own choice, ice' hoist to the breeze the nomination and election of that citizeii who. will lead ns on to victory- and whether that md i vidual be C as s," B ucii a nan ,v Johnson ; Cal iioun or-.VAN BuREjf j jn vvhom are united indi vidually, principles essential to the permanencj-lof pur free institutions, we go forth for the successful nominee, and as we fully belieye for the successful candidate." We do not deny .that we " have some feelihg of Stale pride, - and that in the elevation of General Lewis Cass to the "presidency,.. we should recognize a man' yho would take as his .model a Jefferson, and. who vvbu Id unite in theaclmlnistra tion of his 'government a true policy of Republi canism ; ,yet,. we discard all such feeljngs and throw them to. the fou r winds of . heaven should" som other A individual ; be nbmmated -by. the .National "-- - . ';.- '. . . Frooi Ihe Richmond Eimuirer. : WHIG LOGIC! ;: " ' " j " -Tho Richmond Whig- gives a cut represent ing H. Clay, as he actually was in early boyhood, a mill. boy, riding to. mill, . almost Iiterally in his shirt tail V ( Who does j-ecollecthis actual fig nre?) And, therefore, , we presume, the -Whig most , logically 'infers, that Mr.iClay should be elected President of ; the U.! S ! -. '. '---'" :";..;" :-;The"Pennsylvanian notices this beautiful move ment in the 'Whig," and . lashes it in the follow ing indignant manner:- -- .'- . :':: .' : ."-This js, Aye presume, a sample of the political literature of . "the same old coon that was. out in 1840,"- and probably . is a specimen of the style of electioneeripg which, , in some.parts- of. the coun try, is to be adopted on behalf of Henry Clay, the rnill boy of the slashes.' This sort of thing is quite complimentary tothe intelligence of the people, very flattering, to suppose that they are to be induced to support a candidate for a high pHice, because he rode (p mill with his unmentionables rather in a fractured condition ; Why, how many of us 'vho have done precisely the same thing in precise!' the same attire,' -.and '.yet'-- scarcely think it a matter" for boasting. It is like, enough that Mr. Van Bu ren and Mr. Buchanan, in their boyish days had quite as much indifference to the comfort of patch es as could possibly have been -entertained by the little Harry "Clay, and yet this fact;, has never, that we remember, been urged as giving them ad ditional claims to the Presidency. It is, rather a curious thing, by the way, that it is only the aristocratic- party in the country, who resort to , the pitiful mode of electioneering to which we refer!" The great Whig politicians are the ones who rise from damask cushions and luxurious lounges, to go forth into the streets, and ask "voles for them selves on the score of hard cider and dilapidated pantaloons. It is splendor alone which operates m such disguise- your great speculators, jobbers, bankers your revellers in silver plate, cham pagne, chicken, salad .and terrapins it i is they who masquerade, and have one; face at the polls and another for theirother fields of operation. In the.coonskin campaign, they 1 were wagon boys, log cabinites, hard ciderites, in tow garments and hunting shirts, and now possibly they are all to be "mill boys of the .slashes,"- with such nether integuments ..'as .are .described in the Richmond Whig. Their only idea of Democracy and de mocratic principles, is made up of vague.notions about uproar and torn clothes, and .accordingly, when they would pas? for democrats, they yell and roar and frisk about with tatters' over their broad cloth. True Democracy docs none of these things, for it consists of defined ; principles and not of ex ternal appearance ; and it knows well enough that even had Mr. Clay gone.to mill in his boyhood, after the fashion mentioned above, something else is required to fit. him for the administration of a great republic. It is to be hoped that bur oppo nents are not about in. play off their old farce. It cannot again be succossf'il, and it would be a mat ter of regret, if another iittcmpt of the same de grading kind, as that of 1840, were to be praclis-i tu - ior mougii u must ne useipss as a political engine, still its effects in other., respects are mis chievous by perpetuating the most paltry species of demagogue gueism." . From the Wilmington Chronicle, May 3, 1S12. GREAT FIRE. ;; We issued a hastily prepared slip from this of fice oh Sunday afternoongiving as fullan ac count as could then be inade up of the . awful fire which has laid an extensive and valuable portion of our town in ashes.' It is doubtless,1 all -things consideredthe most calamitous event that has ev er befallen Wilmington, ravaged as it has a num ber of times been by fire; once before, to a fright ful extent, within a little more than .: three' years.. The part laid - waste by the fire of January 1840, was almost built up again, and our town presented a cheerful aspect ; but alas for the cherished hopes of exemption from a similar .vfsitationY-'.we have how another large space'occupied , but by black ened walls and heaps of smouldering niins. The fire - of Sunday . last, destroyed, . we think,1 at least two hundred buildings, of every kind, besides ah immense deal of other species of property. - Between 11 and 12 of that day, whilst thexvind was blowing almost a hurricane from the South, the greater . part of the inhabitants being at the time engaged In religious services- at the varipus Churches, a blaze was .discovered issuing from -. i r . r . t '-1 1 1 "i i - - - i - v . tne rooi oi ine ou Dricic warcnouse, known as McKay's, on the alley next North of .the Bank of Cape-l- ear.. Almost immediately, the flames took t noiu ot sercrai aujacent wooaen ouiiamgs on the iNortheast, and "weeping in A rew minutes across Princess Street, to the dwellings of Mrs. Robeson, Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Noycs,; Air. Calder, and oth ers, cut off" nearly every hope of saving art y of the Northern part of the town above those points, be tween Front? and Waters and Front, and Second Streets. . -'.''" ' ." . -: . . Onward and onward the flames thence progres sed, driven by the violence of the wind, leaping from building to building, with appalling activity. B u rn in g fla k es we re h u r led; 'o fF at - i n c red i hi e d is tances, igniting roofs and other combustible mat ter jn a moment, every thing being, like- tinder from, the long spell ofdry weather. Flames were seen rising- up in .' numerous places at the same time, and all exertions to stay their force were in vain, v Not a hundred engines at work Wpuld have availed any thing. In less than two hours from the time the alarm was gi ven, ihe Rail Road De pot buildings, of brick, at a " distance of three eighths of a mile from where the fire commenced," had beeri reached by it, arid were soon destroyed. Long before these- took fire K however,? wooden buildings in their immediate 'neigbborhood were consumed.'--Indeed "buildintrs more than three- hundred yards from where the fire originated, were in; a blaze in fifteen minutes after it was first disco.vered.;'-,HilltonBridge, a mile from town, was set on fire by a flake .carried thither by the wind. North of the Depot, but one building was burnt, there being but a few scatterings and small tenements in .that direction-. '5'. : , '"'".. V. .Between Princess Street" and' the- Rail Road, and Second Street and the river," embracing more than eight Squares, jiot more than fifteen or twenty bii ildings are. left stafidin g.-: On the' iipper wharves there was' an-immense" - quantity of country pro duce,.sUch as ' naval - stores, - rumber" &c:; nil of which was ..burnt -We 3o ;tiot ' understand that there was a great value in I merchandize destroyed, the most part being got out, as the stores were not so directly in the first range taken by the fire as the'dwelling houses.; - -:". ,-" ;'' l- -"v;.- - I . .. Many-families lost all their furniture clothing, arid other household goods nearly all a part of each, and several, whose cirepmstances,1 were cpm- f fpftabfe, . are vsfr.ipied of; about every 1 hing they possessed, borne cases arc-really ot a distressing, character, and-appear." warm fy to the sympathies of the. less unfortunate, among us , Several of the houses burnt were among thn" , best n' the place, and a large proportion valuable ' ones. " . ' ' - : T . . . V '. There -vas one poor old black woman ''burnt try death iiV.her house, the only life lost, so far as is known.....:. ,-''. '- .. ..-'' . The Rail Road Company has suffered in a very heavy amount. - Alt the Depot building?, of every' description, two of them large- Bride- edifices, aro gone. They also lost five Locombtivrs, soth'i cars, the bridge over the ravine, several hundred feet of the road at thxs Depot where there wer many. paral lei tracks," and much other propoi ty The books and papers were: saved. - ;.: As to the amount of loss b' this drpadfrd fir a' We gave 300,000 as the estimate made in tho" confusion of the moment. An examination sinco has proved that that was not far from the proper amount, inclusive of the . Rail Road Company' loss. - The.insurance is not so much as was sup posed, 8100,000, but only about. $75 000. Tha Rail Road Co. had no insurance, .: ; - . . Annexed is a list of the sufferers. It is not pcr baps entirely accurate, but as nearly so as we have been able to make it with much pains taken. ; Families. Wm . H. B ri ggs, . Wm.- II. Ijh rk ins, Mrs, C. Robeson. A. Martin, . A lex. A ivdet son, Mrs. Noyes,' Matthew tLawt'on, Tl'ios. C. Mifh-r, EIvidder, Isaac Cason, Jas. IBryan, "Thos. N. Gautier, Rev. Jesse Jennett, Samuel Beery, I 'Wilson, Johrr Wafker, Wm. Calder, Tvir."'. Mearrs, Robert H. Cowan, P. K. Dickinson. A. A. Wan et, Gen. J. Ovven, Mis. .Kellv',-Mrs. Colina, Ro3a DiVis, David Jones, Hotel, Levin Lane. Mrs. Las piere, Stephen D. .Wallace, Mrs. Pi ner. . -; And a number.of families of Blacks. - Stores, Warehouses, --Offices, tyc. Sh( Iton So' Mallory, W. C, Lord, S. W. Dunham, Cusiom House, - (books and. papers saved), . J. I. Bryner, Th'os. Stewart. E. Peterson, John McRae. David Thally, Geo, W. Davis, Alfred Dudhy, Hall cc ArmstrongJesse Jennett, Jesse! Bowdcn, Uectoy McKellar, R. & C. Grant, W. A. Ron rice, Wm R. Larkins, Mayo, Wm. B. Giles &, Co , L. S. Yorke, E. AVesse!, Hentz & Banners, O. G. Parsley, Alex'r Vebster, Gen. Cost in, Mihs Cof tin, John B. Craig, . 13. F. Mitchell, John Hall, Wm. R. Laikiiisj R. Smith, JtflVeys & Kin', Rail Road CofTee House. ' Owners of Buildings not included in the fare going. --Wilmington &. l?aleigh Rail Road Com' pany, Alex, McRae,-. Estate J R. 'London; Mr.!?. London, Sen., Wm. J. Love, Sr., Jere. Nichoh?, E. P. Hall, Dr. Berry, iMfthodist Clinch. Estat i M. Camphf 11, Estate McKay, John' D: Lnve, . G. Hall, W.H. Beattyi Mrs' S!wle;s. St. John's Lodge. , ;., ' ; .- ,.":.-. " ,.. - '.."..- J Owners of other properly lost. B. Flanr.r-r, A. J. Battle, H. Nutt. Brown'fc DeRossef, B. Sha man, B, Halh tt. Mr. Warren. Miss Hort, J. Bal lard, G.Potter, Mr. Thane, W. Latimer. . " . I'roiu the OU Djih.ioi. - -'-.' ' v ... A CARD. ' The nn lersigned, being about to leave this pbcts takes this opportunity to express her gratVf'ul eriv of the sympathy and kindness wbich have beeu manifested towards her an I her children, by ih? citizens of this townand ; Norfolk. Tin; va'riou and peculiar expression of common regard a fa such as to "forbid any specification. They . will each become subjects of grateful 'recollection, thro all her days.. 7ords are too feeble to e.vprew her appreciation of those unexampled exhibition of kindness. Thpy hare wrought. .. fW-linirs of thankfulness-within her, which are only equalhd by those emotions of bitterness, and those pangs f affliction which have been caused bv the dRth of her beloved Husband.- . MARTHA GARDNER. . .Porlsmouth, April 24, S4H , -Another Suit. Another suit has been' insti tuted against. CoaV. Mackenzie by McKinh-y. on of the persons brought home in iror)?. .; Macken zie has commenced a pros cution against the Jour nal of Commerce for libel, in publishing that sev en of the members of the Court. Martial ver in favor of convicting :him. .There is likely to' Ihi plenty of law arising from thecase, if not pLn'y of justice. . ; .. ' . ' ' '.. . . . If your coat is comfortable, wear it two or three months longer; no matter if the trloss is off! If jypu have no wife g t one;, if you have onr. (Gol bless her) stay at home witb her.'lnHeau of spnu- mg your evening in expensive looiern-s. lii' hon est, frugal,, plain ; seek content and dappirS3 at hpme , be industrious .arid, persevering ; and- orir word for it, if you are in debt, youjviJl soorf g t out of.it ; if your ,circurristanc.s , are now embar rassed, they . will soon become easy ; up matter who may be President or what may be the price of stocks. " ' : . v'"": A". Y. Sn. The Spoils. Henry Cjay, in a late . tpci-ch delivered by him at Ijexington, ; Ky., said, 4t!int in his opinion, if a Whig Presiilent sliould; b elected, it would be his -imperative duty to do am ple justice, in the administration' of public putron age, 'to the great ""-'whig' part' of the country." Here- then is a full and unequivocal avowal, by ihe acknpwledged leader of the -Whig party, of the 'principle that 'lp the " victpis befchg' tins spoifs'-a principle" which they hypocritically condemn in othes.vbut invariably, practice them selves whenever a fitting 'opportunity' is afforded. ' .";';. "--"'-": '-' ; - Btltimore Republican. Both of A iiu-E.-rrWhile Gen. Dronigoole a candidate for Congress" in Virginia,' was making j a speech a short time since in Notta way county, ri whig enquired ot him '-whether the . whigs had betrayed JohnTyler, or John Tyler betrayed tbo whigs ?":-"- Dromgopfe replied, f'that . it'" was . riot his province, to ini'erfefe.' in this', family, jar ;; yet, since" he had beeri called upon, he would say, that he believed, rJohri Tyler had betrayed ihi. wjiigs, and, the 'cliigs. John '- Tyler f and that they had each betrayed their country A truer spying, wa nevf r uttered." f v. - - ' AT. II. Patriot: ;. - ,.":. - :, ' -,- : '- . -. -: ' . A cure for foundered ; Horses. If your Horse founders over night,"; in ; the rnorning take a pint of hog's lard," ; put it in a vessel . and make it boil ing hot, clean him well.'sVt his foot in tbe lard. Heat ft lor;; each foot boiling, hot ; take a spoon and put the Tat over the hoof as bear the hair as possible and he will be fit foruse in three hours if it is done early in the ' morning, it is better to remove the" Horse's shoes ;' but I have made aerefal cures without. - I have tried this on many horiies during a period of fifty ycirrsr and never krrowii it to fail. -.- t ; . . - - - - - ' ' ! ;! t!. 1 VFPY POOR MATERIAL
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 10, 1843, edition 1
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