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IN E . i All Letters imif-t be o.t-iiud,j io receive attention. it; 5 ssKsaui V r.. k : THE F- SAUNZIlJlTj C: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, -1S52. - 1 i . i i i - - ' , From the 2jiiiinjil Intelligencer. GENE11AL SCOTT lx 3IKXI0O. . - - it. , There ai1 few' American Patriots, v.'liat ever be tlicir party predilection?!, Vliosc - : hearts will not swell Villiin their bosoms .in ihe perusal of the. subjoined -article. . For : . ourselves, .we-sire free to iconfess that there - ! ' . . j . ' is more than one passage iof.it. wliieli moved oiir feelings in more thai one way. ; ; The ' following ext U.bnt description of (en. Scott's cptrunce into the city of Jox; ico a from the pen. of an! ej'o-witneas, Mr. "Wiuhind, now. the editor off the Lowell ' 'Journal, wlio served in the Mcjxiean campaign- It "appeared -in that paper on the anniversary of the daw j . - (jEneral Scott's I'liiuMpiLrVNT entry in to the City OE'MeYICO AS A CONQUE- ItOU HIS DEIAUTUUH IKISOTER. " I FROM IT AS A Tivc - years ago this. Iniorning General Scott at the head of his brilliant SiafF, made his triumphant entry intcj the oncieni Capi till ft. the ; Aztecs. He Lad already order ctl a' portion ' of . the .troops -. 'to .the (3rand Plaza,"1 and. asr'at'd. Httlo after nme o'clock, .e rods up from tho western ;gari ta.' among 'j1 "n f;!l urirni, ml riiorrr.ted on his deer, and thfilllnirtnttrrcsrTa e v ui v . ji n can. The stars and stripes floated to the breeze from the National h Place, . Tlie old Cathedral loomed 'majiifipcntly up on one j viilvi of tho wmarp.. anil from 'the balconies i of the old Cortez edifices n the other Span- ish and Mexican -girls weSre their white handkerchiefs j seen to wuve .i euiblems of TK-ace. and silent petitioni;rs for favor iron! 1 - . " the advancing conqueror. Beneath .the pilars: of "the bazaar, "andi-umlcr the shadow j Vif fh'pP.ithodraL niidibe, scon L'rnn Mexi cans, "scowling from tliciij- scrapes, and be neath their bro;;d sombreif ewondcrstruck Vit the .'idea of their, beautiful capital of j:-ft;000 souls having thus suddenly fallen intct hands of less tjian ,8,000 American troops. i As fhc.Geiic-ral rdc through the Grand Pla-a, amid the YanVe blue jackets ih-.iwn 1111 in ncrfi-ct nr lcr U either id i - - 1 L .- 7 aw, cannon wji we-: tl uui !ers 1 1J T- (lit the cHiv befiinrwere !u'i:nr with 'Such leaiv fill effect' at Chapultepec,! ranged here aii 1 there", all discii-line for k m )menf scmied W -. 1 . . f, lwi.fi.virittoT. 1 iv- tli (frill-, nt soldier. -.. .. -t ,i-. i p. 1 ' j. .,,1...... Thev loved their clucti almost .to adoia-; ,. - 'rl,, , ti -i, , t lr, 1 tioii.-, T hey h:ull)een w lli hiiu in his pii- , --i -t- n , ;, i Ivwl tV.1- lous march from era Cruz, and had tol , t , - . . , , i j,. .T ' lowed loin into the bl:tV.e ot - cry vicni: 1- i , , -i ; it I v "' ' 'V &t . r . : : .ni ii-ffi,'.fi,.i.l -ii,l lirnr fm this monini. . -,'. . , n ..i ...... - , . .. , ., .. i 1(1 , i ,n. inv capita , their hearts ill led- .with joy-. JT v. i- ,. , o- n . f,.,;'V aud exultation. TliroWing o t ad restraint i . , - , : , , , P ',,.-, i as the old hero came forw;o-d Aipun his . - . - t ---,i f I ': i ,,... i . .-t.i ' prancing steed, the hearty ,huzzns and ST (Mill I III 1 I I I 1 M 111 f-i V V H' .1 IU 'lV' j ' , , - , . i t 1 -l t , ti . cheers rent the air. loner :md loud. As the ; General took off hi s can in acKiiowieuiiuieni : of the cordi; il greeting from liis il-toriotts ' the. bands struck up our mi- ' men, one of the tional air, and again, lo'udeiMhan before, the huzzas broke from the lips of -the exultant troops. Gen- Scott dismounting .at the -iate of the, .National Palace, entered the grand hall or saloon, from whence the edicts of Viceroys aud Governors and Presidents for centuries had been issued, and inimedi-' ' ately wrote an order announcing his oecu-' ' pancy of the Mexican Capital. In that an nouncement, a copy of which is before "nis, lie, says, and beautif ully I says : " Under the .favor of God the valor of the army, after many glorious victories, has hoisted the . colors in. the capital of Mexico,-and on the Palace of its Government." -The honor of the army and the honor of our country call for the best behavior on the part ofoall. The valliant must, .to obtain the approba tion of God and country, bo-.sober, orderly, imd merciful. His noble brethren in arms tvill not be' deaf to this; appeal from their nnnander and mend, r . On the afternoon of the same day Gen. tt again addressed the troops in these si; "The General-in-Chief calls upon brethren in arms to - return, both ln plic and private worship, thanks and gratitde to God for the signal triumphs whielhoy have recently-achieved for their countrX Beginning with the 19th of Au gust anYcnding the 14th instant, this .ar-, my hasdlantly" fought its way through the fieldstod forts of Contreras, San Anto-. nia, ChurVusco, lolino. del Rey, Chepul tepec and tc gates of San Cosme and Ta cubaya, inthe capital of Mexico. When the very' linked . numbers . who, have per fed.suchyiliiant deeds shall have be come known, he world will! be' astonished and bur countiymen filled with joy and ad miration. ' ' ... In such fittinV language, did the- victori ous, conqueror; address the men under his 9 4 ' 4 com'mand upon his triumphant entry into the ; Mexican capital. How well his words were heeded, and with what devotion and patriotism he proceeded at once to the work of securing the great object of his mission i an' honorable peaccisj known Ho the na tion and the world... There never was an army whose bearing and conduct in a con quered country reflected feu eh' honor upou itself or upon its own country as the, American-arniy in Mexico. Upon its entrance into the capital, the Ilepublic had no i .Gov ernment and it therefore j become the first duty. of Gen. Scott to ; give the people an administration which sdiould protect their .rights of property and in their observances. - It ere it was that the victorious Chief dis played iSio.-e high civil and admiui.-trative talents; which won the admiration of the whole army, proved hi'-; unj;utionablc claim to the possession 'oil thie-higher i attri bute of the statesman issi well as of tli'n sol dier. We shall not dwell upon the jidmi nistration of affairs'dur'inir Gen. Scott s oc cupancy of the city of M(;xk-o further than to say that it was brilliant, and in all rcs- pOCts , SUCCCso sfiil. ?J.hiwurh his devotion. perseverance and also finally secured incessant lak rs, peace it Wo have briefly sketched the Conquer or's triumphant entrance iinto the National Palace on the morning off September 14th. Now the scene changes, and- tho picture is reversed. ' - i j ' : In six. months, to a'j d;jy, from the date of his, announcement of the occupancy of the" capital, Gen. Scott j'stood in the Na tional Palace a prisoner, and the chains forged'rby American hands at home, lie was summoned before: a i Court 'of Inquiry in the Palace' j. and Ss hi stood up before' hts judges, his-inferiors, his tall and com manding form, the observed of all obser vers, pleading his rights, Imodestly alluding to bis own services, and portraying the wrong he had received, one could not but say, " alas, there is reason to . complain of the ingratitude of republics !" On r the mbmiug of the 4th of March following his entrance into the capital, he stood before that Court in the Palace, and addressed his accusers, j Jl is words as he stood up boldly and itespectfullv.-4eforo: them, in the great saloon -we have referred to, werc'.as follows ' J . I " IIerv in the capital of Mexico, con quered by the American arms under my cpmmana, I Una myselt but & prisoner at large the chief criminal before this court." Stricken down from a high command, from "a; high military position the highest per haps ever occupied by any individual since the days of the Father of his" Country, the , immortal Washington I feel 4 deeply wounded; my military pride: has "been" cast down"into the. dust, notify tie pu olicene-. iiumc.1 2Ui mdl cOdld, 00 done in , tnat quarter to degrade and humble me, has 1 . - '1 ! 1 1 ,1 k 1 1 been" done. But sustained by the" Almigh- ty's arm, feeling strong in conscious re'eti- tude. stronr m mind and body, 1 bid de fiance" to my accusers ; Tlicre. was not an American in Mexico who, jis he listened to these wwds and saw he old Hero, like Columbus in chains, li honored by lii own country," did not feel mortified and ashamed- tliatlie should have received such treatment! Thti whole mat-- Ll L 1 ' 1 L LIU Vt-'lll 1 , 1 k.l J . 'MVl IT one knows, prov- ed a magnificent farci,' and was finally 'dropped 5as if the only j object of its insti gators had been todogrdc Scott upon . the very theatre of his' glorious renown. And now thescenp changes again. 1 ' On the morning of the22d-of. April, it .became' known to some few that .-General "S cot t; was about-'to leave, the capital of Mexico for his home, jln fhe evening of that'day a large 'assemblage of the friends of the hero collected in front of his quarters in. the city of Mexico .nid bade him farewell l by a i"and serenade. i - -,. "i . i . b. .i ..... uv a "Taint sercuaoe. -. revei.u eiy apii . c; . , . . i . . i - n f pnate and touching airs Avere played, a 1 ; - - f - ,i l- :lt th'i close .ox .the ,yery spirit-stirn , , -., ! ,;- ., - soiiiid. - j or " liail to the : Cliier, the co , . ' j mandinsr. lorni ot ttse (general was seen appro-- nd rrmg un to conie to the fit iit ofj the balcony, from , . , . , . - . - - . wlience he bowctl nis Uianks-, silently n is - . ., -u i L r- true, but the feelmirs of-many a-hounding -, - ... tint! warm heart responMcd, ami threei loud h i . j , and hearty cheers were given for General f v , T-1 .i . -.. ' -, , as lie u s.i tint area iroiu mo vviimow 4 . - M . . ; -"""i """"'"s '"vh. " " p"3 in fr01lt his quarters, as he came oyt to- start upon his. journey to Vera Qruz ? . me itilie Uuard was drawn up to .receive hurt, and. as he passed they presented arms Lfo their beloved commander for the last ""e, mi sueu tears cuuuiiiu ,..auu affected was the old Jlero .that he could hardly get into his carriage.. Officers and men -ciowueu aiouim juun, .um ;ih lie wiis too-much overcome to - receive' ' them all,.j those who had not the happiness of shak ing him by .the hand) were glad to get a sight of him as he departed. Those who had not even a chance; of seeing him moun ted their -horses and followed him on the road, determined that he who had led thenr from victory to victory should not leave the valley of his great operat ions without one adieu, - Around his carriage -for he was too much exhausted by his late heavy la bors, and the emotions of parting with his -I brothers in arms, to jrmV. on. hose-back i as it proceeded along the causeway to El Penon, the officers crowded, and as fast as? one could give the " God bless you, Gene-i ral,"'and fall back, his place was filled by another, and so the adieus continued for a long way on the roadJ , . i And thus did Winfield Scott leave Mexi co going virtually, ! a prisoner from the capital which but a few - months before he had entered as a triumphant conqueror ! Will not the people boar this fact in mind, now that they will have an opportunity of bestowing their loftiest honors upon one; who lias reflected such lofty -honor and re nown upon their country ? ' i i . William Fisher and "Henry Craighead, convicted of forging; United States coin were sentenced by Judge Kane in the Dis trict Court, at Pliiladelpliia, on the 1st, the former to five and the latter to six years' . - -. 1 - .- ; - - - i- , . imprisonment. ! -i : r-. . j i j From the Richmond Whig. jj ; EFFECTS OF FllEE TJIADE ! j i ' . . n - According to tho statistics exhibited by Capt. Carrington derived from the Lest sources, our imports last yeari were 625 millions, and our exports only 17oyinil lions making a difference of. fifty millions against us in one year. The same gentle man also adduced from Hunt's Magazine, a statement, by which it appears ; that Jour indebtedness abroad, in the shape of stocks, amounts to 201 millions 120 million's of which have been created within ;thc la four years. That is, we are going in debt at the rate of 30 millions a yearj for Inter nal .Improvements,, apart from h the fifty millions difference between our, imports and exports. i .j When and how is th'i vat indedteducss to be liquidated? That's 'a question Wor thy of the con-ideration of.tlte lumef-t gnd pmdtnt people of this country. P.-.y fciay must come. ' As a nation we are in lugh credit just at this time; but when the tide turns, what then? When the first failure occurs to pay interest on this vast sumjj or Miy portion of it, there will "be a,' general ru-h fur the principal. As in the case5! of a man:who owes -more than he can pay as soon as the fact becomes known,, all i'his creditors will be down upon him;' in a iin gle day. . " . We are said .to be in a - flourishing con dition at this time, notwithstanding. hd Free-Trade Tariff of '4G. ' But does not t!his exhibit, by which it' is shown:' that we lire borrowing millions more than we make,, prove, it to be an apparent and not a i;al prosperity? We are spending : borrowed monoy we appear to be flourishing, ttnd" may continue to appear -so until pay-daVsar-rhes. - A nation cannot, .any more' tjjaiK an individual, continue ,a business by whjich more is lost than is - made. A' .blowup must'take place. ! I ' 1 .Mr: AVise, in his speech at . Staunton, in boasting of the. acquisition of California, stated, that but for the gold bnnightfrpm the Pacific coa.t, the Banks in the' Atlan tic States would, ere this, have been enm- -pelled to suspend specie payments. Arid wny (. an any otwei reason be given tint n the Tariff of '4b which brinc,-s 1 try in debt auuually 50 million's? Snd this effect would have been produced, jj so drastic is that Tariff, but for the California gjld, although we are borrowing over year o0 millions froin Europe, in j(he shape of public stocks. .'It requires allhe receipts from .. California and the 30 mil lions borrowed in addition, to counteract the effects of Free-Trade, and to keep Our heads above water. . , ' . -' :l How long can this continue? ' - Already ; able to borrow 30 millions a rope: Ana now snau wo oe rawe to pay the principal? An examination of the statistics subjiSiit ted by Capt. Carrington, demonstrates, that for every series of years after the redaction of the Tariff, our imposts have increased and our exports decreased, until the .natur al and inevitable effect was -o-xporiopcedgof a monetarv convulsion. Jn l8i(), bur ixi- portr re "three i millions -.liiore than $uf imP,,ri In ISoO, the case was reversed,! ? under the operat ion of Free-Trade, alid uijg imposts were 100 millions and our exporter only izo. Ihe explosion ot o t -i oo.toll(iwij ed. ..Again in '40, under the effectsi of fche Tariff of '42, the imports and cxpoitts liad dioconio '.nearly balanced. But in '51, jin-i der the Tariff of '40, the imports hay-e rini up to 22- millii-ns and the exports olllyi 1 ! - "II"' Tl- . 1 I i tl reach !; millions, we may; I tnerett e,s 1 1 - 1 1 ' T 1 ' .1 in look out soon for another explosion unl&ssS the wisdom and -patriotism of the country5. sjioedily dchvpr us from the ruinous pi. of' the Locofoco;- In the laiia'iiagel of Gen. Jackson,, i 'te! ll'IT'l Ww'Tl itti l.Ml.Y Wllllll-Y'f- tf tll- TL. ll 1 . 'T-Wl-f i Mniug,,v ijjLj:uua ui uurruweq mnney nit ' . '. y "o --"-jv- ... i'"vj I'-vsr: porina; more istrenuousiy lor tne election ot British merchants.- , It is tiine i we Hhoukbi",,. '. I; - . . - i , i .r.4l "" -v -i ! t i , si In Pierce than ihev did in n;hcir own , recent become a little mora Americanized, and iin-ijsi ,.f g. ' i :.. 'stead of feeding the patq.ers a nd hdH-il-ivs , Frb3tent'ay election; probably because of Knslaud, feed our ovni, or else in a si3r?f' British intcAsfcs are thought to be more 3c- tune,. by continuing our present, policy, WC; snau xe umu-ieu paupeiour.eives. , N 1111 i 1 .. l; These are the- words ofSyisdom and jjiai triotism. ' We copy further from Jhei sallies! high authority : , ;i r jj "Where has the American' faniierjj a; market for his surplus produce? Except for Cotton, he has neither a home noil a f'6r eign mark (it TV,,,,,,; , .Jr i..lB .in.-, 'lur,;'fj w hen there is no market at lioind or abroad,! that there is too much labor employed ,p u? agncuuure-: oimiiou sense at once pou. s. out the remedy. Take from acriculturciani1 the United States six thousand! men, WiO-ji men and children, and you will at once given a-' market for more- brcadstuffs than all E;u--i rope now furnishes us. ; '; ' jj i! .. .." It is, therefore, my opinion that a carc-j; ful and judicious Tariff is much ; wanted. ;!to!fi pay our national debt and to afford us the means of that defence within ourselves, m; which the safety of our country! and. liber ty depends, and last, though, noi least, give ;a proper distribution of our labor, whijirlrS must prove beneficial to the happiness,' in dependedee and wealth of the coinniuiiiifAlL"' AVith all Old Jae-kson.'s. faults aud ' lie had many, he yet had- an American heart in his bosom and these sentiments prove; it.. . " ; f What woukl he have said of the present Locofoco party, .vith the London Times Hi)r its ablest advocate ? ' I. 1 ii - - ! '. ' ' ' h ' 'I j! We learn from tlie New York Farmer and Mechanic that -Mr. Leon Lewcnbe'rg, an enthusiastic astronomer, has I purchased a piece of ground on the Pallisadcs, a"b;ou;a mile above Fort Lee', which is over 8 50. feet above the Hudson, and from which a jvidiv is obtained some twenty-live' miles in every direction. This magnificent site "(together with a telescope worth 82,000) he proposs to, give to an association, on which to creit an observatory 250 feet high.' This 'associ ation is already under way, and is to be composed of at least four hundred sharc holdersj paying 2o -each. ; ; i ffuit et of We findln the. iy.. Daily Advertiser the ftjlkwiri2 Q UtiOul i3jtowin - the course pf thel En Prcsa upon the rend' ing PitesideHtiall inthe' United States J I The Britiji pi the manner na2; ; f-f .ntiniially- boast, in iLlaby .their imita-. tions here, ofs tl enthusiasm , of the . e ineetings:I and K assembles., in crowds attending of the pvant fj favor of GenJ :Sc spec j mens of i the Tl '"'' ard a few. rwiivu. - . jieree is spokpn of y lUtifc-h adv0ei.tes, vho )nean tp clechml" 5sch"oodj or thy thing more solid, vail i , In- cyery pirt untry. pew sigtslT of .ilisaiiiiction jnJ rasrerf..flre -ris bo. . '-V- I can asseilL thlltr, e not' fotind.a sin-' gle man pf aiye r v m - the :social-i or political world wl Ar "iv?h any 4egi-ecbf earnestness, iiani te " ' utiriroral pf theJ action of .thc'Bal Co4AeirIi'?fav Out of th eix n.":!lvjmerican news-' papcrs,t with tlie c; ' fX thirty ,five or ioriy, ji naveioumi (ia,. earnest, rco- 1 1 lute, nianly,jpr a iriineere" advocacy VI- 111 nice: n on J. Scoffs HCll. DCOKk S 1 .ion wak. received ry portion'of the witli codnes in is All ilm fltfMimll W.n Tivmltn get up WhfYmay ( iin where his first exploit w'erlaJ.b. re. resulted iA the- Dwwt luin.f.nr-rnlr.' fl,, - , I " h:,X': 'i-ii- 'S':' " 1. -J.. U v.t.11. n icii, iitiiuriuuiu; wuum. iuu 1 vilest Hi a 1 u letter; rliu;,L, wjijt his. tonfrne.'- i wag He is .niovin aloil tlie-Presidential course noisilesisly, 4npre k iiMi) 1 tiiMi. 1 ruin mi. t the signs.! can re; our political jiopiz ctjt 7 - aU-1 ii. ihn. fiinfiiiiniwnf itne jour quaiters oi U I - ...y? V; j . win leave nisriva 1 far behind bun. I . ft-. Fij'iln thelsjijaon Time?. Thk triujnph (At e" candidate of the t , - - - Jjcmocri ttic party, rlught. forward by the the.iouth,lvfllfeecure probably for- men of ever, tlib aseeinden i)fhberal -commercial principles ; abd, if JioVd Derby should next f year ueui! riff for his it will serve WrenrWfiie last illusions of ill.'. -.1!- -i ; ;: ' .r U . t.. I me prowciiyi systjm .jrom nis nijnu. xn this' respect,: PtaihisVpoint,'.we.! take! Gen- Piorcti , e'l fiir representative of I the opiuoL3 t f Mrj CiVhouh and, as such,; a valuaLle ticaBalbr.to tlie-commercial .1 policy 01 t i coun Hy.?: " t!ic 1 s ; i, XL;'.-; LlV "in ihe-r that, we j feel 4ny.ppt:e akd-,wef'iBaawat-tl4e . not . without"A4r7n'fcheeQnfid THE BlRITISifrj, UFQX ..THE" rELSE Amcrkaii "friend ihat it .willjesult-rwie.-i'i Fromf'Wilmlr nft s,nith' TWwwil tjp 1 "As tegaiili England, public sympathy, it is needkssfto say is elilistcd on the side of the Democratic candidate. - Not that n T-5' f ' 1 .1 1 1. i L ti ii! I tt i ' i j 4 the noniinee bf that .great party in the Un- n n. 'i - . i, . Vt ?! ion who desife-to push the principle fit tree trade to its utmost limits. - ; . From ihe Manchester ftx-mnmcr. I bp elecion of Gen.. Pierce will at any' rate prjive tat, the Democratic majority,' whatever mar be their other differences, arc unfOiimots in their testimony on behalf; of a lilibral cfimmcrcial policy, and any Go- 4: A I . X nil 1 1 s veruuium, neamav mim win oeone on wiacn; Mhis coin try nay rely for effectual co-ope- ration mi renacing, wnercver practicable, ex- isting . mpeuBiuents to international inter course. ' i f ! -It - i I . - . I i Thcfje anils other English journals areila- (Si T - . ." f ' . T n . T T . 1 pendant on tlie sway- ay of Locofocoism in our th. tlmt the Earl of )crbv or my Qt icr 3inister- at home. Tini JAW-SLAPPING The Loccffocos "call the. statements which have been Ipublished in reference to this ;rilu ill ''"'6 vwui"")r, -."JS 5 v 1 falschdod.'l' In this the Locos betray more th-truth. ' Every fo as of ; Democratic p thinsr in regard on cm. Uaptam vrfe. is the gentleman who savs his im-. , , O mt it pres'siom was; that General Pierce was in-i iulted without resenting and acting as be came a linan of courage. He may have been jjmftaken in his impression' but he says so1, nd says he is responsible for what be sayfe. I He is a'Democrat. ' Thejttfuth is, the most unfavorable rep rcsent;tins that have been made of Gene-i ral PieirJa, have proceeded from Democra tic pouilafs. iTsaac Hill, the father of New 'JIainpjl$rc Democracy, charged General I'ieree J-4ith wilful falsehood, with disgrace-; ful dritiainnebs, with making merchandize! of the -hf to' the ruiii of his neighbor, with aiding jl i ale and another, in plundering 4hc TreasiwT 'at i Washington" of thousands of; dollars " Inihis city a report is' current,; and hajs never been contradicted, thataDe-; mocra tL fwho iwas in i Mexico with General IMerceJ tvheni heard of the nomination, de-1 Glared life would uotivote for him, because be was worse uian we will describe him. Aje liava heard no Whigs make such cifirges against. General Pierce 1- ; though they have had every provocation to retaliate! But when General Scott has; been ealfed "coward," "liar," swindler," etc.", tljej Whigs -have not gone into a rage, about it J They did not regard such stuff, 4-and fhey I knew nolxidy else would. They Were rather gratmea at it as it ar-i k "i M ' i 'i? j i:' c gUCU Bhsat sort Ol uespciuLiuu auuu.ciiz.jr which itfthe sure fore-runner of destruction. . But, nevertheless, they may be provoked'; to iretoitt, especially as they have Demo cratic weapons with which to. do it. But they wil do it in good humor and not with' ant malice towards Gen. Pierce, who, considdring the sort oi me ne nas leu, is 1 ton as worthy a, man'asjould be expectr ana tney wiu ao u uur sut me cieuib the country jthan for. the" sak .of party. -. ,.- ' ' -RiKmond Whig; . eral From 'the' JfationaUntelligencer. " - , . A JUST' PAKAHiEL. , ; - .W;find in the-Mariettas Intelligencer the account given ' below of ?om.e remarks toadelafthat town by the .Hon. .Samuel E; Vinton, respecting the Whig'nd l)em oeratie: candidates for the Presidency: It is much says a Latin adage, i laudato lau darij to be praised by the praisworthy, and our f Marietta contemporary does well to attach great weight to the calm and fair statement of the resnective1 merits civil not mihtary-f Generals Scott and ! ierce, .7 : - T " ' ' , X !.. made .by Mr. .V mton, man tms irre- proachable statesman, our national coun- f ' . '' 1 fi ' V: I in- i--wi,;i, i ... f... nr tliirtv vMr i , i; ;i- , V1i vi bourne 'a most useful and honorable part, have rarely contained a man more valua- blel at once for soundness of I purpose, is : i t i I . practical wisdom, and the remarkable mod- Lfinn.and-candor with which he always y" , , T. regards not only tne measures uui me pei- Mi .s i i ii . sons of. foe and friend alikei Always fair Army," liod his face slapped by the, Q and truthful, and with the best opportuni- ter gentleman, a Statement of fact, we h- ties' of forming a just udgpicnt, the per- lievc nooouy uouuis umc n "fx-i- at ' v t ; in lin". Tit is added, all the party were wfl somil testnnony of Mr A mton p in tins yJ aa uvi.."."s v " ' and this iniisi bft acknowledged by all un- preiudiced men wh& have had also the op- : ii t.,.ii! i.,. n.,T,,i;,i..tn0 .. '? L 1.. ' .n mr marietta namesaive sneaKs as umuns. . . ;. . ... From the Marietta Intelligencer. Mr. Vinton in his remarks at the Whi ... fPUJ,Jw HiA iTv'ti ln h-irJ 1 . . , -,v 1' . 1 v 1 - i i lUtJCUUlT, Oil J. litii uay , ...rmu " , I q gco-tt intimatelr for twenty years. ' lie had Deen pnviiegea to rneei J ri., , . .. ; - ' 1 -It 1 VUV 1 , - -1 . . Wltn nim prooauiy a. uuuuiuo, umcs siii mv cojnpany of the ablest statesmen l' or this COuntry, and with the 'representatives of fofeigi countries. i : He considered General ' Scot? to be one of the best read men in the civil and political history ot the., country wh0m he ever knew. He had; fr'cquently the ea-rly legislative history of the United . . J , c 1 . -tt. .i states and 01 tne several ptates- xie sei Jom met, in these conversations of intelli vrent statesmen; a' gentleman of as correct information upon all subjects pertaining to tne ejni administration ot the government a s Gen. Scott : and he never knew a man who tlio lwa nnd rivll authority of the - country. He believed bfv president, with high honor to him- self; and with great usefulness to the coun- ! lie' had also known Gen. Pierce several :ears havinS a member of the House ,S S t0rm . .Mr; M1 !'as u,e ' SC".1" n: l m 111 "d h M-intnii during Mr. Pierce's term of service in the eniiin- ined JUUILLLJV H.'lllHlll 1 friendly relations with his fellow-members: but. he -was never. considered by Jus party. nor by Jus warmer y his M'armcst iriends, as. a', r man ot mark," and no -body sought to, learn his views on any; great, measure of public .poli cy. He. was not put forward to advocate or defend even party, measures, nor placed by: a party Speaker on committees where important work was expected. One thing alone was expected of him', to wit, that he would "vote to a scribe?' what he consid- tired to-be New Hampshire Democracy ! ' i . t r 1 T j. , , 1 .. l 1 n r- Z . i .i.i;ur. V . contrasted t he history ot Rcott and Pierce, not soi much, as military men as ci- yilian-s statesmen at some length, and siiid that, in view of that history, and from his. own knowledge of the two men, "he had no, hesitancy in saying, that the civil qualifications he wouliPnot presume to as sure his audience that his military capacity Was equal to that of (Jen. Pierce, but the civil qualifications of Gen. Scott were vast ly superior to those of Gen.' PioTce. T 1 . " ;i ' ' i ' j iSothing, can be more strictly ..within bounds than: all those assertions of; Mr; ..Vinton especially the last." ' For not only will the known and proven civil qualifica tions of General Scott bear the most advan- i , - t- ..... ! tageous" comparison' with those of his ad- mittedly respectable cgmpetjtdr General Pierco,! but may be fairly measured,; now that Mr. Clay is no more, and his great compatriot Mr. Webster excepted, with those of any of our living publiq nieh.- Even his friends, in the? enthusiasm which his dazzling military- exploits excite,; forget tliat General Scott was originally a man of high civic education ; that he has for full twenty successive years pit. face to face with this Government of ours in all its changes ; has, with that constant activity of mind for which he is so remarkable, and patriotic in terest in which none .surpassed him, can vassed in private, along'with' all our leading men of both sides, all the public questions which have agitated or can well agitate the' country ; has come to know personally the value of eycry body as a public servant who has done or is fit for any thing of impor tance;' and, besides allthis, ihas participa ted in many of thonost important public counsels of his time, whethej Whigs were in power oriDefifiocrats n power. General Jackson confided to him most dangerous and .critical matters', in whibh he was to play, and did. play the. politician so ably' as to have no need to play the soldier. So did Mr, Van Buren.f In short, nothing among us is riper or aippler than General Scott's political experience, and few could I have better profited by t. Though so well ' ' -m " ' " I -. . ' read a man that we haye orten,-considering his active military lif4 been surprised at the extent of his reading, yet his states manship is more practical than theoretical. All, therefore, we repeat, which Mr. Vin- I ! " r I i '- . - '!.- i . f - ! -.- '. ' ; i'; - . j has said of his civil qualifications, t strictly true. If to this we add, as all Gen-o Scott's personal history poves we msx.. do with equal truth, that he is one of th7 most humane and kind-hearted of men, an at the same time one of the 'most niorai conscientious, and just, the reader will havjf what we can vouch to be a faitliful portrait ture. of tlie personal character of Winfieli Scott,' . . - ' . ' ! THE .DANGERS OF OBSCURITY The New York Express points oi soma of "the-perils attending the nomiii!& llOll Ul till JUlUlt UVWO VXAXV-i X mendation was based upon the insignifj cance of his actions and the obscurity c least fatu)mcJ tUo obscurity and satisfied jtself. that there was. nothinsc which it r.a- yealed, could bring a scandal upon v f' ' ITT 1 " ' .1 . 1 - cause..' ' we ciare say, uie -uevau iwucio. touching Mister Pierce will cause all Cow- tft n(mX 1111 1 1113 11V.1 1,111111 IV ... ..v . , - CUrious condition of the public min;i illustrated in the discussions going on fci the Western and Southern papers abojt General Pierce. It is admitted that Ge. rierce, wmw i'",.r,"n v,4VM' " l.:i nVnnn . r-'ll-ilc Ulllir . SlBV .u- -tll (ioL Ararruder, of the R there is not jan'1 card i. laying, dapping," the admitted facts; but upon the question, " did or did not t,pn. 1 jc on thesDot properlv resent tne insuu.a The Democrat insists upon it tnat ne .w. . . ,TT1 . - . . n. -nr,T.,nn'0 sion, which we published that he dtd'nt. " p . : ....-.,. . , .- i.1 6-i. .... 'i.i. ..11 nAolriri.nTil Arlixl WC See, J11LO U mump """o' " -T" torial writinir. and is likely to liave no n- considerable ellect upsm tne vote 01 at - l iri'Ll.. .1.:.. J U,.Ua,. -P Ull.n . .; . e-- -- .. 1 may DC caned me ennanous i-naitD f i ,yiv TJmon. That Col. .Magruder made aliwip Lvjth (cii Fierce after the slapping; fiat thcy arc friends "now,." and were soon'. ater the - slapping is obvious from a ; letter -it- ten to G en. Pierce on another subjeeig in which he speaiis very kiuui 01 iiiv.v Hampshire General. ! " ' Now this card playing and slapping-rind drinking bout is hardly touched upo$ as yet in the Northern States, certainlyhas attracted but very little attention, ang: Is cared but little about ; but the little dis cussion there is upon it is altogether oanT other than" the Southern and Western vein. Tl thoughts proved ''here 'are that ard playing or gambling will not aid him vith where men get up to the fever of ljaw slapping," ' Presidents arc not in exactly good company. The Northern pcopli in quire very little into the great Soutenif and Western question, wether General Iferce sufficiently resented Col. Magruder's slp, as they fire more absorbed m the conder ations provoked by the scene. . -Q! This affair of ( Jeneral l'iercc, so -fj- off as the City of. Mexico, demonstrates tn tub lie men, or men likely to- bo public i)en, and all arc in-danger sincc-Geu. Pit-c's sudden elevation the care they slfcjuld take of their associations and their'Mficts even in prLvatc'.cfrcle. General Piercfillit tlc thought how much such a scone vvs to figure in his history, and what a pafi he was to play on' the broad arena of ,thi jtle public.' ... . Ij Another consideration suggests iplelf, and that is, that when a great party Hikes up a man for high public office because of liis obscurity, to the sacrifice' of suchmb lic men as Mr. Buchanan, General Ca or Mr.' Marcy, there is quite as much 'dagger in thus elevating a man of whom Tou Eiiow nothing as of men of whom ou. know q'vc ry thing, the worst, even, because Jlieir whole public history is known. "FroniS ob scurity there often comes out a r-.ord worse than the record well known. Gen. Pierce was undoubtedly takeiil up for the -Presidency, because - he was non the record on the Slavery question, anithe Barnburners of the North admitted wiat cy voted for him because he did notlan-. swer the t ugitivc Slave letter of JMr: Scott of Richmond, as other candidates did.l llis New Boston (Foss) loathing the law speech, however repudiated since the noininjion, there is no reasonable ' doubt, was hireal sentiment prior to the nomination. &The use of this speech has been an offset Sj$ all the "Scott Sewardism" talked so '!nch about in the Southern States, i If lathis had been known to the nominators of Balti more, Cass, Buchanan, Marcy ,qr Da.glas ' all men well known, or some othcinan just' as well known, would have got;the nomination.. Gen. Pierce was seieetclex prcssly becausej nothing being knoh'-of Iiim, nothing could be said against Viim. The facts we have been setting forth, Sow, whenever obscurity is ransacked, how Much can be made out of it, and how it mn de volve facts more detrimental than effn a rather bad public history. - . 4 SIGNIFICANT. At a meeting of tho Free Democracy, held at Fort Montgomery, Orange confyy New York,' on the 25th ultimo, the flow ing resolution was adopted ; ' '; Ilenoh-ed, That the only hope of the Northern Democracy ia to follow the noble example oPfMar tin Van Luren, John Van Eurcn, B. F. Butler, II. B. Stanton, Gilbert Deane, and Watson G. II!ynea, and thousands of other Free Soiler?, and s&pport Franklin Pierce, aa the surest means of effeyng a repeal pf the fugitive slave law, by giving a North ern man the control of all the important ofiiges of the Government. : ' . f - i ---' - .'.-;" ;. Dr. Frankfort, who has been woipdng some abandoned lead mines opened at Iid dletown, (Conn.) during the revolutionary war for the supply of bullets to our arpy, has found more than enough silver to pay the expenses of working the mines, thus leaving the lead obtained as clear profit. The amount of silver appears to be increas ins. .... ,-.. .' '. . ;..-. " " nor . '; . CAST IIRQN MONUMENT TOHEN1 W . . .,..;,. . '..-.(. Fijom the Thiladelphia NortTi American. We Itake pleasure in laying before out reader the following description, of ;th' monunient about to be erected in; the bbr oughbif Pottsville. The design is' drawn5 by F. Hewson, Esq. : tlie statue a correct ; likeness of Henry Cby, to be furnfsbei J; from the celebrated ornamental iron works of Mr Robert Wood of , Philadelphia, is of 1 . : cast irn. -The model is being prepared by Mr. Wlood's principal artist "and sculptor ., 1L. AVpschc, Esq., a pupil of the distin- , guisnefi ocnaninaier anu vjorneuus,vuuBu j . i . T- . . . , . V t -1 ' ' . reputation attained to a .nign aegree oi ex-, cellende in Europe, prior to his engagement ; : with Mr. Wood, to whom he was introduced ! some hree years since by the highly tele-? bratedl Von Siebald, St. Martin near.Bap: pare op the Rhine, whoj in his flattering letter j of ' introduction, congratulated the hew .wlorld that Mr. Wesche designed to . dcvot( his talents and active life to the pro-; . motioii of the arts in this country. "It a late visit to Pottsville I was much: gratifi'd to' witness the public spirit and, no-, ble patriotism evinced by the citizens of that mace and surrounding country, in crcc- ; ting :i beautiful cast-iron monument to the: meinijryof Henry Clay,' which is now be- - y, irig rdared on a beautiful and conimaiiding onYiucjncc near the centre of the borough. . '1 raajc pome inquiry of the persons who' have Vhiirgo of the matter,, and learn that: the dt'siitn of the monunient, as i drawn by' lYIIewson, Esq., and adopted by the. corn-; initt(T, .is as follows : v : !-, .' " The 'statue is to be a correct likeness of. : the great-' statesman, and made of cast-iron, fiffec'i feet in height, aniLwill stand upon a Grcc an Doric column, ; tiiso of cast-iron, f starting' from a base of conglomerate rock ; . thcVrholc height of column , on ' base .C3J feet, jibove the neat lines,) being 133 feet, abovi ! the- sidewalk, on Centre street i with . the following-inscription on the faCcAof the. monfmenti" " In honor of ! -' i " . henry cl; ay; . I," Aiierica's great Orator, Statesman,; and Patriot, i - "This monument was. erected by the Citi zens of Schuylkill County, and bequeathed. -, to their children as, a record, of .their grati-" tude for his -iHustriaus'jrserviccs, which . broiight peace, prosperity, and glory to his- ' counjtry. - - " - j " A TRIBUTE OP AFFECTION, , " Fdr the virtues which adorned his useful, life.knd won for his imperishable name the. ..' i - - .. . m ' -1 T f.- ' . ' . j respect ana anection oi . manKina. rrHrrgyrrite(l -lunumcTit.-- IT!U - ' . - engfiged'in laying the foundation on'wliich is t be reared this, noble ' stmcture, and wasjinfoniied that the cast-iron work for ; tlie column was being-made at the foundries '. in tlie , borough, and thc-statue was con- . traded fpr, and to be furtishcd at the ear-' liest possiblotinie, by Mr. Robert -Wood, j friHi: his ornanhmtal iron works on Ridge' Road, Philadelphia-. . ' " And, what , was cquallyriniportant, T was told that the funds neoessiary to its fi- . nal completion could be mostj readily col--lectc il-the subscri)tions being of small a- ; moil it, in order to give all an; opportunity !; of ct ntributing. The nici hanics and work- J inguien are vicing with each other inmak- ing up the largest contributionLs from their nunc s and workships. . - I fflow gratifying such a upccta'cle ' is to the patriot to see the worliingmen of af ' coniuiuHi.ty anxious to proclaim by their "u nitcc efforts iu the erection of such memen toes their gratitude and affection 'for One . who has done so much to promote their own and the universal' interest of mankind. - . And dot me ask 'where you will find more of thps noble trai t of character In the whole -commonwealth of Pennsylvania than among the citizens oi Schuykill county ? So. far as I have observed, others talk while they act. If-1 am not mistaken, there has been , i pio movement of the kind any where1 else in Pennsylvania, and yet tlie services render ed hy. that illustrious patriot arid statesman to make : Pennsylvania what slid now is, and what she is destined to be, arei sufficient to erect monuments to his memory in every coun y in the State j " j . was also shown a beautiful drawing ' of th y ground and plan of the monument, which is intended to be lithograplied and distributed among, the contributors to this : noble work, - which will make" a beautiful picture, alike Worthy of the architect who ' planqed the design and the) artist -that -' ;ketciied the view". , ' ' " In conclusion, permit me to say, in the. QxanMe here: set by the enterprising peo- plc))j Pottsville it will.be gratifying to see ' other, towns and villages following, -until ev ery, cpuuty in'the State shall -i point to her momJmcnt erected of Henry Clay, Ameri ca's brightest ornament and most honored son. j E. D. S.' , " iiilapelpiiia, August jl5, 1852." , TtlE METHODIST PROPERTY. ' Tlifi Commirsioner appointed by theCir-' cuit 'ourt to ascertain the amount And, val ue ofj the property of the Methodist Chrrrcb, between the North and the South; branches'' has liade a partial report. He 'fin the aggregate value ot the property at and im: mediitely preceding the, division --"bf 4 th- churcli in May, 1845, viz: January" xouj w nave ueen tcOOzaoL ' - Thp annualprofits' from that tiihri f liave Varied greatly, having" been in icv, and U,bo() iff 1851. and ha erageil about thirty thousand dollars. Ahe value of the Drooertv .T.innfiW 1 !' i flE. ia put at ?608,418, being an increas V0 184 of 46,171. The number r me.m" bcrs qf the church at the time pffivision; was stated at 1,100,619, of whorc60' belong to the North branch', arid00" to the; South: The equitdble n&h the property , is a nice and comptclinat" ter ; i is expected ithat the cas m 1x5 in readiness for the'decision of eSnprciae. n -iLi nr. 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The Salisbury Herald (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Oct. 30, 1852, edition 1
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