The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 28, 1849 Page: 2 of 4
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!-0.WBGEE!
MR. POLK AT MEA.PHIS.
Mr. Polk arrived at this place at 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning last. At day-break the
booiuini; of cannon announced his presence
and the comin.tlec of reception repaired
lo the boat and extended to him on behalf
of the citizens an invitation to partake of
'our city. At 9 o. clock he was escorted
"through the principal streets of the city to the
Navy-yard and Iroin thence to the Gayoso
wheic he was welcomed on behalf of the cit-
izens goncraly by Mr Spencer Jnrnngin in
the following address which was listened io
with profound silence by the dense crowd in
attendance:
Sir I have been designated by the citi-
zens of Memphis to bid you welcome on this
your jctum to the State of Tenncssec.Thc
duly assigned is a pleasant task because-of
the coincidence with my personal feelings
and I hope on this account its performance
will not be the less acceptable to you sir.
There is here presented a sublime specta-
cle worthy of the country .in which we live
and a high eulogy upon our institutions and
of our people. A former chief magistrate
in retiring to the shades of private life bavin"-
laid aside the robes of office and sur
rendered power and place without regret to
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ncnino nrnin 1 nrivitn riti7in nftbc Uiiitril
lccomc again a puwui cki.cii ui inu unuu
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States
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the cordial greetings of his fellow-citizens as
a returned Iricnd and brother.
It is but the expression of their grateful
hearts to an old and faithful public servant
and a free offering
Pile whole scene evin-!
ces how paltrv and ever contemptible are)
a 1 our political differences compared with
the depth and earnestness of lecling with
which wc all love our country and her insti-
tutions. To you sir let mc say for myself aaa fori
those I have the honor lo represent on thc
present occasion many of us have known you'
long ana intimaiciy aim mat acquaintance
has never tended to lessen our respect lor the
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man. You have devoted more than thirty
.'years of your eventful life to the public scr-
with honor lo
vice. vc nave seen you nn wun nonor io
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'UIvlL Jl V-ZlvJirv. ill llio x v.iiiii'SSiM uiioiuuu
to President of the United States and each
from the first conferred by the suffrages of
freemen. For your eminent public service
vou have the gratitude of jour countrymen
and for your private virtues the love of your
friends and high respect of your acquain-
tanccs. With them you have retired; they
have been fairly and honorably obtamed.and
Jet them be to you a balm in the coming
evening 01 Jr." I' J"
will never again hold office.
nil hnt'p ntct
Icfi the proudest and mostexaltcd station upon
carth.to which vou have been elevated by the.
..v .o..r.n.T.r..nn....n;;..e nn.l hmvo.-or
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2lilliil"v.a U IWUI IIIM 'VUItuuuu iiut.i.i
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upon many question ot foreign and domestic
policy yet even in the heat of pnrtizan feel- '
ing hut low denied to you patriotism ano
honesty of purpose. Your Administration
has been at a peculiar period m the affairs
of nations ami of the world and has been
marked by events most important and which
will ever remain memorable in the history of
Ihe United States and of the continent of
America
With them vour name will stand
connected and that of Tcnncssce.your State.
You have added lo her fame and she is
.proud of her adopted son and now wc a
portion of her citizens receive you tender
you the hospitalities of our city take you by
the hand and say from our 'icarts welcome
truly welcome home again.
To this address Mr. Polk replied with great
'warmth of feeling in substance as follows:
Sir This is the first point at which I have
'touched the State of Tennessee. I am deep-
ly affected by the kindness and cordiality of
x-our reception. The personal friendship
which you have been pleased to express on
yout own account and as the representative
of the citizens of this prosperous town I re
ciprocate with all my heait
Phis is the proudest moment ofmv life. 'seen no respoase to llicpiopoMtionby primary meet-1
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No honors which could have been paid mc
as President would have been as greatful as!
me respect anu com tcsy which i now receive.
I am a private citizen deprived of power
and without patronage. My public acts are
mailers of history. They will be judged im-
partially of this magnanimous people now
and hereafter. You do mc no more than
justice in according mc the merit of honesty
of purpose. And I agree with you perfectly
in the sentiment that in the midst of all our
personal conflicts and differences of individ-
ual opinion the American people arc essen-
tially patriotic.
The present spccfacle is one of the noblest
which can be presented by any orm of civil
'institutions. The public man of to day is
the simple citizen of to-morrow. Without
regret Siunfcigncd gratitude for the high con
fidence reposed in mc and the noble honors be
stowed I return lo the bosom of my friends
&. fellow-citizens. This cordial welcome upon
the soil of my own stale touches my heart.
I return to you individually and as the rep-
resentative of this vast assemblage of my
fellow-citizens my profound gratitude for
your generous welcome. I regret that the
circumstances of my arrival in a boat which
will carry me to my own door and which
cannot wait sufficiently long to enable mc to
enjoy your tendered courtcsicrs oblige me
so to decline them. Again I tender you and
my fellow-citizens here assembled my pro-
foundest respect and gratitude.
After receiving the salutations of his friends
he and his family took their departure on
hoard the C. E. Watkins amid the firing of
cannon and the huzzas of the multitude.
It was a source of deep regret to Mr.
Polk's friends as well as the community at
large that his arrangements were such as lo
prevent his stay in our midst longer. There
were many whom it would have delighted to
iiavc taken him by the hand. A proper ap-
preciation however was placed upon his
great anxiety lo reach his quiet home after
an absence offouryears and aflcr too a te-
dious and protracted journey.
Four years have made quite a change in
Mr. Polk's appearance being that of a ven-
erable. At II o'clock quite a luxurious collation
was served up at the Gayoso where a Inp-
pv flow of spirits and the best .feeling pre
vailed. .Numerous toasis were nrnnit uy
whigs and democrats all partaking of thc
most liberal and patriotic sentiments.
At night a Ball gottp "P Pn qu.to a
magnificent
atrmticent scaic camu on m mu vuihihui-
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cial.but not being present ourselves we can
not speak as to particulars.
The whole nrocccdimr. in fine was of a
character highlv complimentary to Mr. Polk
and family gratifying to his friends nnd cred
itable to our city.
Memphis Appeal March 31.
Gun cotton was used by the Bombay col-
umn of thc 'British forces In cannonading
Moultan. It is said to have been fearfully
effective.
THE STANDARD
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN JOURNAL
A
A Ii orating
EQUAL 1UGIITS
PRINCIPLES BEFORE MEN
AND OPPOSED TO ALL CHARTERED MONOPOLIES
CLARKSVILLE:
SATURDAY. Al'KIL 2S 1810.
m We arc authorized So atmoupce COL. UUH-
1'1'IjL P. b.xll 1 11 a.- a camlitlate for the ilouse o
i!ti;ro. r ii.n iiM l.;ji.ro r..r l? 1
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Hiver County.
ICP We arc authorized loannounce II. R. RUN-
NELS E--n. of Bowie County as a candidate fo
Joint Itepresen'aiW of Bowie ami Red Ricr Corni
tiPS in the neM legislature of the Slate.
Wc arc indebted to J. A. N. Murray Esq. ami
l)T. 11. li. Howe lor late-iNcwUneans ami .Miruie-
port papers.
Corrccjinn.
Some weeks since we nuhiishml a tenor! math'
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v Capt. B. M. Balh.rtl. who wro.e to our SherilV
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that his son Uillentine Jiallard had been murdered
at the Saline britlae bv Francis M. Ililburn that !
Unburn without provocation shot him. Since ihcn.
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we learn fro... reliable . . Hot il.n fir. renorl
' ...o ... nn..i .-..i..i it.ii :.i. ..
uo v-'mt'iio. jitiiiiiti icotiuiivu tiruuiu turn
pistol rocked threatening to kill him if he did not
relav somo micx- xxliicl. lie bad paid for him by
Pcer K:irIi(r j.. hc sh()l iim .
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Unlcs 3ml n.m.
iJ Uticii xtoic-iim.
1 The Presidential election Iming pissed and the
excitement which ih 3 cinvass preceding such an'
ecm ai.ays rreates Iming subsi.h-d we had an.
tictnated-'l-at a denree of oniet indifference of the
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public mind to all elections of the present vear
"'"i momerence as passive ;
previous e.xciieinrnt was intense. But it
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won 1
seem from ll.c nit hcalions artiiinil us: lliat this is not
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to he. Gatherings of the people in various sections
of the Stale imheate that there is still alive at the
nUlic heart some of that interest which should al-
ways exist rc'alive to ihe selects .f public servants
f()r -. stnti(ln hl u.lic noI w-ltlistanilillg.
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XyS of . us excrc.se occasionally sinks so
'w flr l f r"d':s n alm-BtUwe doubt of ts
rxiMcncc and permits deplorable results m coasc-
quence. 1
Wc arc glad to sec that there is reasonable in- '
terest fell in the coining elections which ate impor-
tant and trust that the attention now given to ihe
selection of fit candidates will result well for the j
State
Beginning then at the proper place of beginning
a meeting at the City of Houston several weeks
sincc recommended that a Stale Convention should
be held at Washington on the first of May to se-
lect candidates for the support of the Democracy of:
Ihe State. To ibis there was no favorable response.
Many of the journals throughout the State objected '
lo any-action by such a body as would assemble for
ll.e iust reason that there was mi nrnbaliilitv- of n '
general attendance of delegates; and so lar wc bate
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ings of the people.cxccpt in the instance of a nicctin.
at San Aiiiis'ne. held on the 2nd inst.. which
nulllinaci legates. Since then however we un-
derstand anothing meeting Ins been held at lhat
place and nominated the Hon. J. A. Greer foj
Covcrror and Jas W Henderson ..r H-.rris coun-
uovcrnor ami jjs. . jitnutrsou 01 Harris coun-
iv. 'for Lieut. Governor.
On the 11th inst. a Convention in Upshur coun-
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ty which had assembled for a Senatorial nomina-1
tion concluded lo nominate candidates for Goern-!
or Lieut. Governor and Floating Senator and dele-1
gates representing Titus Cass Harrison Busk and
Upshur counties appearing; they nominated the
Hon. John T. Mills of Red River county for Gov-
ernor and Jas. W. Henderson of Harris for Lieut.
Governor and Edward Clark of Harrison for Float-
ing Senator.
In Iainar county on
S niiinlrtv lnst n mpritno-'
was held which nominated Mills and Henderson f"r .
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Governor and Lieut. Governor and B. Rush Wal
lace of SanJAngustine for Floating Senator the
latter gentleman having been previously nominated
in Jasper and San Augustine counties and also
nominated Geo. W. Sniythc of Jasper county the
present commissioner of the General Land Office
for re- election.
The next mails will probably bring us demon-
strations from the West ami wc shall soon begin
to have a foreshadowing of the canvass.
In the mean time it should not be overlooked that
he zealous and highly efieclive organ of the VVhigs
in this village has called in ponderous tones upon
its co-laborers and co-worshippers to gird on their
armor and do battle to thc death in behalf of Whig
prin we beg pardon Whig ;uVycontcnding that
only by energetic ana unwearied exertion will the
gallant little minority in this State be made bulky
enough to be seen or felt in a dear sunshiny
day.
Oneof the meetings atSan Aiiguslincnominatcdor
rather prcposcd to noiniuatc the Hon. O. M. Rob-
erts District Judge of that Judicial district for
Bcprcsentativo in Congress.
In Lamar county Wm. M. Williams was nomin-
ated for joint representative of Fannin anil Lamar
Jas. Bourland for Senator for Red River and Lamar
and Wm. M. Bourland for Representative of La-
mar. Elsewhere and particularly in Harrison
county we notice inai conuwaws aim mi;i menus
are activc and in Harrison the Whigs have made a
j: .; ctiVe organization and proposed a ticket for
Scnalat and rcprcScntalive J. F. Taylor for
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Sonnlnr nnrl Phnrles T.lVlntTStOn
Senator and Charles Livingston for Rcprescntathe.
They first nominated Geo. Lane Esq. for Senator
but he declined k
In the Western district Col. Ilansbrough and
cx-Gov. Runnels both of Brazoiia county arc an-
nounced as candidates for Congress and we pre-
sume thc present able representative also a resident
of old Brazoria will be in the field in due time.
The name of Col Bell has been withdrawn and
Col. Augustus Williams who was a candidate"
died al Brow nsvillc of the Cholera.
Tlic Grntl Rnil Rontt Comt-iuioli nt Mrniplii".
Great importance seems to be attached lo this
movement by all our r'etcniporariesof the Prcssand
in various localities serious efforts are making to
send capable men lo the contention. The citizens
of Nashville Tennessee have delegated James K.
Polk and Neil S. Brown the present Governor of
the State. H e have nut a doubt that from all the
States interested and they arc a large number dcle-galions-of
the most imposing character for capacity
will be sent.
The people of our own locality should bo up'Vi
doing. There is no region of country more inter-
ested in the direction of tins route than the tier of
Northern counties in Texas. To them the obtain-
incut of the road through their midst is of the same
vital importance that the starting point is lo Mcnf
ni.ic it ; .i . . . - . n- . 1
pins. It is the greatest opportunity to effect an lm-
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mense benefit winch has ever presentee itself it
them and they will be derelict to all reasonable
understanding of self interest if they allow the np-jhavs be. u the central figure of this grand
po'itumty to pass without making an effort to profit! panorama tie distant the powerless the
by it. This is the true natural route for the road
whether it begins at Memphis or lower down tle
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........ w tj 'b 'lv. gauituu 101 IIHJ 111. lli.
without strnclion and otTcring such inducements
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( of wav. as cannot In1 nfirrpil clpulinro ( ni
" as cannot nc out reu culw litre l apalilt
Ideleaaics mav be induced to so from all these
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cmuiiicsiisomeciiorlismaue r.nu means suhscnucil
to pay the necessary expenses of tratel etc. Ca-
paiiie ilelcgatio.isr7;iii)l)cgntwillioult!ii because
the interest to lie advanced is the interest of the
irtr community. Not a man who owns a q"-Vrtcr
section Or a Town lot but will be benefited ant!
j greatly benefited sheuld the road pass through our
miiiitr or war it
We trust then that our citizens will net energeti
cally and do thriniilns a s nice.
In Lunar county a delegation Ins been appoin
ted an! in raunin one will be lo day
Our
neighbor Boftic can vi send dele-ia'es win
would do her credit as well as profit her and she
should not neglect to act.
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! " a X- liat aflcr !"n? 0r H. "c m '.
; hal "'vc 1" '"" 'O- ' do something we shall cer-
' l-inly fiil to receive l!.c eo.itenipl.Uet! benefits.-
I'eople of other sections will semi delegates ami
liolil out miiuccmcnto for the way of the road. We
cannot expect others to do for us they all have
their own interest to advance.
In connection with this subject we have been
requested to stale lint a meeting Ji he held at
the Court House on Monday next the first day of
Liiurt lo take action upon this ubjec:.
TJir dilifiiriiiiiii.
Tin. ni;.i .m...... ..:..!. 1 1 . T
- .I "iujuhi kkiiicu ii-inicv.Miuscu ai 1 atis.
. . organized alter reaching the Cross limbers.
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'apl. Kdwardllunler of this co.mtv. (Captain of
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rkas:ls '"'"I18 at Uati Vist:l.) t Lieut.; Mr.
' "' 1"-'-'l'' co.miy .vruaesas 'Jntl
Lieut.; and Wm. II. Winlnck of this rounly 3d
Lieut. They numbered in all 101 men ami had
sceii families and 10 wagons along with them.
The pack mule company which started from
Prciton in Grayson county hail some TO members.
Another considerable company at List adwee-s
was said to be collecting at Bonhani. Tlicv wcie
from arious points below. Some from New Or-
leans. The Van Bure-i Intelligencer of Ihe I lth inst.
j says that Col. lloaue the Democratic candidate
'as !)eo" elected Governor of Arkansas bv T.j or
-CO majority. No interest has been evinced not a
"mi1 ' "IC democrats or hall tin Whigs of the
Slate volin? at a11- 1Ielrc e closeness of ll.c
otcs
riiiMr nmi v.'rii Timed.
I Ihe Star State pjtrict of the 10th we find as
a part of an article upon the Wilmot Proviso qucs-
lion the followimr as lo the impolicy of furfiier ?"-
.
'la''' "' "'c South upon the question. The tone
f the extract is the more notable as those who
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sccm to make most noise 1.1 that region have taken
'quite a difieren stand and raised a considerable
" ululoo " in their vicinity.
Under circumstances as they exist at present
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: evSta.lt n "y"'11"1 "" Enod; a"'1 maV
harm to the couth. Kspcnally do we protest
a-ramst its bcins part of the issue between nolitical
l'ariiesnr ine ma enai irom w men can oc manuiac-
' lUilJU 1-41.UI..I ! Hit IIIUUIUIIUII UI ll.li tjitlT Ui l Vl-
ain cls's of 110iitlriaM. jy Incans - ieso
the SouCi hereto 0 e has lost ground. She has
t 1 ....i ...- !.. ...... ....t;n nf ik ...1-. .r -..
been the victim of compromises ami serins dcs-
unci to i.csuc.1 lor ine uiiure especraoy 11 ncr
tltilmvis to be determined by over-wolent incptks.
Thereof defiance indu'ged in by some of the
Sonthern pv-ers. thouch we Imc no doubt of their
ho.ics.v anil natriol'sni! is to our mind ill-timed and
conducive to no good end. If the rights of Texas
should bo invaded 07 an attempt he mrde to wrest
irom us our posscssio
sessions la New Mexico her sons!
wi!! lit t'ntinl to llie occasion bbn is loo intlnnnrt-
dent fur exciicment and can afford to wai
attack oas bDcn made upon iter. Jntil s
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ait until an
such occa
sions shall offer wc are of opinion that her pros-
pcr'ty depends upon abstaining as much as possible
from agitation and upon directing her energies to
thc development of her great resources. This is '
an object wc are ardently desirous of Seeing accom- j
piisueu.
A"o Timc-Scr cr.
Even in the waste of polities there is now and
then a fragrant flower
i-i .lit
nice in a while some trait .
creditable to human nature will burst out amid all
Ihe selfishness and spoil-seeking which so degrades
individuals and cvtn whole parties. An instance
of this is the following letter from Horace Greeley
to his paper ll.c Tribune descriptive of the cere
monies and sights after thc Inauguration .
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V WW UUi UWIV.Ity 11 ItlV L'UUIIUIItOO ' 11IW i m- .
tor's political views nor do wo desire thc fruition
of all those points of policy for whose advocacy
he so commends Mr. Clay but we do admire the
generous fidelity to genius not in the ascendant
which he evinces; and that true manly feeling
which induces him to express it just at thw time.
Ho is equally our opponent whether as a Clay or a
Taylor man but we greatly prefer to contend with
men who have souls and dare express their prefer l
ences disregarding the disnensntinn of nntmnncrn
D 1 & '
over those who have merely profitable perceptions. )
Whai a keen cut is that about the resemblance of'
nli! Zacharv lo Washington thc resemblance ni"
-wc will not say it
great.
He writes as follows: . .
But As at thc Inauguration there is thc
least possible enthusiasm. Now and then a
cheer is attempted but thc result is so ncar -
ly aTailurc.that ihe daring leader in the e.v-
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ploit is among the first to laugh at the mis- sequcntly defeat our purposes. 'Confisca-
carriago There is not a bit of heart in it. Irion' oftho property of thc people of the
uTIikv ilnn't seem to eheor with mtirb Vnrth line l.nnn hint nil nt nnd SUTrestcd
unction. " I remarked to a Taylor original
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"Nc-c-o they don't cheer much5 he as
fainly lcplicd; 'there is a good deal of doubt
as to the decorum of cheering at a social
ball."
True enough; tho possibility of indecorum
sufficed to check thc impulse to etiecr. and
'very few passed the barrier. The cheers
"stuck in the throat' like Macbeth s Amen '
and the proprieties of the 'occasions were!
well cared for.
Rut just imagine Oi.n ITm. walking down
that staircase the just inaugurated Prcsi-'
dent of the Untied States into the midst ol
three thousand ot the eltlc ol ine ucauiy ami
Chivaliy of the Whig- party and think
now ine rauers wouiu nave iiuneiuu nun work. We leel comment iney win not nhusc
'lie universal acclamation ! Just tliink oijj10 solemn trust committed to their charge
some one stopping to consider wiicathcrlai that we will hear from them at an early
it might not be indecorous to encer on sucu
an occasion! What a solitary hermit that
considerer would be!
Let those who will flatter the chief dispen
ser of Fjxeculhc Patronage discovering in
every act and feature some resemblance of I
u "Shmgton 1 am content to wan ami nope
1 hum no incense on his alter.atlach not Hat
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tering epithets to his name. I turn lrom
.: lm ' :nrr nn:nl ro rich in Hitter so
I poor j feclin" til think of him who should'
I unforgotten 'behind the mountains but not
' setting the eloquent champion ot Jineny
' in both hcmishpcrcs whose voice
thrilled
i 1 II
trampled
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sons of Lconn as and Ncnophnii whose ap-
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nca s for c... . Anmr can ndencm dice were
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lumi 111 liiu iitisiuj iiiusiticu pijiiiuuiFM.1 ..
JSolivar and nerved them to sweep lrom this
fiir continent the myrmidons of Spanish op-
P'cssion. iiy neail is wnn nun in ins ir
southern abitling-placc witn linn the early
advocate of African Emancipation the-Iong
champion of a diversified Home Industry; of
Internal Improvement; and not less glorious
in his later years as the stein reprover of the
fatal spirit of Conquest and Aggression. Let
the exulting thousands qualTthcir red wines
at the icvel to the victor of Monterey and
Bncna Vis-ta while wit points he sentiment
1 with an ep-grnm and Beauty crowns it with
her smilcsi .1orc jrrateful to mc in the still -
"css ol" J'.I)ncIy chamber this cup of chrys-
tal water i: which I honor the cherished
memory with the old familiar aspiration
'Here's to you HutiiY Ci..v!'
i-"n'n"r Mnlriiirnl.
"Wc all remember how vio'entlv the lo-
I cofooos everywhere' especially throughout
the South denounced Mr. Van Burcn and
the platform of the Huliitlo free-soil conven
tion thai r.dnimated linn lor the Presidency.
S. P.Chase tesq.- was a member ot that
free-soil convention and lie it was that wrote
and oTeretl the platform resolutions and he it wis
that nominated Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency.
. ml now the Locofocos of the Ohio Legislature by
a unaii'.noiis rally upin S. P. Chase bate elected
ill tn to the Senate of the 1'nited Slates' Tonk oh
je men of the South at the conduct of your ""na-
tural allies" in the iiou-sIaehold!ng States!
Ijiu. Journal.
This is a fair specimen of the justness of Whig
representations in general.
The Democrats of Ohio hail a choice either to
elect a Whijj l'fc-Soiler or a Democratic Prce-
Soilcr and as a fiee-soiler it had to be they elect
cd the Democrat with that objt ction existing be
cause he was a choice of evils.
Kalltrr Srirri" upon Aailr lit".
The following caustic article is from the Balti
more American of March 2Sth.
BO.MBASTES AND HIS BOOTS.
There is trouble brewing in South Caroli-
na. The rest oflhc Union docs not seem to
be aware of it but there is no doubt of the
fact. The "Ctiiul varmth of the sniir.g ill-
I stead of animating her more kindly syir.pa-
""cs on.y lermeiiis mc sap 01 uer nspcruj
Her patriotism and her palmcUocs become
green together. The temperature of her he-
roic ardor lises with the mercury and by
the time of the dog days she will be equally
ready for the hydrophobia or a fight.
The newspapers of South Carolina aie
talking of committees of safety and corrcs
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1 Y-"" nou-imercourse c . i.se.uiou uuu
sucn rctoimioii.irj tun s. i.i mis is cp
I nlnrmiti'T- vrt snnh is tht aoatnv ot the ntib-
I . -Pi 1 - r. 1
lie ill. nil nun. we cuserve nusrtia ui n wnuie
some terror anywhcie. The little State is
quite in earnest; yet the public mind will
not believe it and ifthey did believe it
1 so much is hero:sm at a discount that we se-
! riouslv fear no body would care about it.
; ; . 1 - .
! Lct. lor 0lr ov-'" pari sucn is the admiration
wc cherish .or cuivnry mat 11 is always
sure of our applause even though it appears
mounted only on the stnmp or figures no
where but upon paper. It may be a perver-
sity of taste but wc musl confess that our
d f hero ;3 thc reater in proportion as
. . . . c 'n t .
!s stature is less; we p.eler Gen. I humb to
"-c Belgian giam; anu cannot imagine a per-
feet chiimpion except in high-heeled hoots
i and of such altitude only that he would have
i0 stand on tinioc 'o null an adversary s nose
South Carolina is remarkable for perse
verance in wrath. She varies only in the as-
nccts of it. She will not he in a good humor
on Sny terms. Her nose like her musket
is always cocked. She would consider it an
abandonment of dignity to put oh an affable
look and state rights would be in dinger if
s-ro 3tl0Ud oncc relax into a smih. 'Hie price
of liberty is eternal vigilance and she watch
j'cs hers so 'cioscly lhat she has no liberty to
' do anything else. The latest pronwiciameii-
1 f t". .1 I.....1 ..(!. tfl.. .IInm. 1 It. Iw. llMMfl
lrom ine luiiii u ojiiv uuiuls .v. w .unu
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is to the following effect"
"The people of this state may after due
deliberation and reflection adopt a strict
non-intercourse in trade and commerce as
regards the northern Elites. This if adop
ted would doubtless have the same effect
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uui 10 maut: 11 iiiuiuuKiiii ""'" " uu"i
1 receive the full consent of the mass of our
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lUre UI1U U.ttlll llUtlUUHUIUII. .. num .v......
no storm raised within our own confines;
wc would deprecate any measure that would
arrav one portion ofthe people of this state
against the other cither in sentiment or ac-
tion. Whatever course is deemed advisable
tohcofanyavail.it must be adopted with
the greatest una.iimity.
When "agitation was necessary 10 arouse
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ine outline iv ua uui uuii - ...... ...
the matter. Now that the people have taken
the initiative in their district meetings our
.tit; sc;st.-iiiui.iiit;u ui.uuiy uuu titu unit wt ..- i. ....-0
the difference is too the state wc believe to be thc securing of
rintv. nnd the diltv ot the press tliroUgUOUl
perfect harmony and unanimity of opinion in
their further acts and deliberations. To this
task the South Carolinian will apply itself
and will endeavor to avoid tho agitation of
nnv scheme which might "carry within itseir
the elements of its own destruction and con-
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Web
elicve such a poposition wholly indefen-
it this time. It is an extreme measure
cimIo nt
-nj oi.n..m k Jpinl nt ibo last cxtremiiv.
And where is a man of common sense who
docs not know that such a procedure would.
al oncc involve us in civil war? Better farl
better would it be for thc whole south calmly to
avow their determination to withdraw from the
confederacy and define the limits of a new re-
public.
The course to he pursued mc moue oi arnveu ytsieruay on her way to New (Jr-
ction to be adopted is now we consider leans. She came into this port for it supply
ntirnlv in the hands of the Committees of of fuel. About thirty-five or fortv California
entirely in th
Safety and Correspondence. J hey must get
j0 wor'j. flic people mil not appoint them with
- 0lfir expectation but that they would
jav
hnr limo or limits will not permit us lo consider
the non-intercourse proposition to-day; we will do
so probably hereafter. W e believe the suggestion
Un he a aond one; and that no teller means coul!
he used lo bring the people of the North to their
sondes. But it must lie the voluntary sacrifice ol
the whole people and must !c the policy of moor
more Slates to rentier it successful to any great ex-
tent." - . -. .
It is Inmcnlalilc lhat with a heart so set upon
treason this unfortunate couimnnucahh should never
mitt ner way 10 11. 1 no tantalus ot btatrs slie
pines within sight of what she longs for. vet cannot
reach. She is always baffled when she plots rebel-
lion and cannot by any accident stumble upon it.
The disclosure is gnen forth however that it
"must he Ihe policy ol two or more Slates lo ren-
der it successful to any great rxient."
There i: thc drawback. She would willingly
break into the citadel of the Union ami despoil it of
Us treasures lint sue cannot venture without an ac-
complice: she must have "a centre-bit and a bov."
But thus far she sits alone in the realms of non-
content. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle one of the
best papers of the South give some wholesome ad-
vice lo the little termagant State which the latter.
ol course will not follow. 1 he Chronicle intimate:
that the be:
iwaj 10 caiiisi a proper decree ol
. . . - .
non-intercourse
South Carolina to manufacture for the asclves every
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article now untie for th-m in Acw England; that
anti-abolition resolutions will not prevent. the Stale
from losing a representative under the ratio of the
next census; ami it has the temerity In add that a
cart load of manure is worth more lo the common-
wealth than a thousand such resolutions. The
ulea ! .Male rights and guano liberty and lime
that it should come to this! Disdainful chivalry cx-
pim'.s iti ofiemled nostrils.
But it is further added that " the trade and com-
merce of a small aggregate of deserted desolated
cotton plantations ' meaning thereby the imgnnn-
imous State of South Carolina" will be of "liltln
consequence to the rest of ihe Union;" and that in-
stead of exporting so many emigrants ami their
property for which no return whatever is left be
hind t-otilh Carolina should lake mcasares to in
vite emigrants with their capital their industry and
uieir cnierprLse to come and settle permanently
w-itliin her limits But. as wc have said this ad-
tice will not le followed at least not vet. South
Carolina will stick to her two stanlc3. noliiics nnd
cotton: ami as the latter falls off she will cultivate
the other more largely. She will manufiicturc
nothing but resolutions. In proportion as she loses
her ieprese-itatives m Congress those that remain.
like the Sybilline book will increase in importance
as the nnmlier grows less; if but one should be left
the whole Slate would scarcely be large enough to
hold him: if all should disappear she would b-
represented in the lower House as she is already is
m the fccnate by a gigantic shadow.
Hon. A. II. Stephen'. Everbody ha
written or talked about the scamp who set
fire to a shanty mEphesiis in order to make
for himself a great name; and .Mr. Stephens
of Georgia seems to think the speculation
worthy of imitation. On Saturday last be
fore an atonisIiett House he exploded in-
to a speech that breathed sulphur ill every
line. The display is said to have been quite
tempestuous and dramatic. He introduced
Mr Polk into the debate in various disguises:
First in the peaked cap of a Spanish brig-
and terrible with mustachious and fiery
with pistols. Then he changed him into a'
likeness of Charles the Second who liked
to have his own way with the laws and la-
dies. Then he transformed the Ex ccutivc
into a gambler cheating Mr. Benton out of
his mint-drops Mexico out of Caltomia
and poor Mr. Wilmot out of his proviso. He
would agree to nothing at all Mr Stephens
wouldn'l. He was against California against
the isthmus railroad against a standing army
against Judge Thompson's expunging reso-
lutions against appropriations against the
Senate against the Protocol against the
treaty; and against the awful degeneracyof
the times." The House listened in grave
terror and hid its diminished head. The la-
dies in the galleries grew white with fear
and the aisles of thc capitol were troubled
with strange echoes. Everybody felt reliev-
ed when having distressed himself suffi-
ciently having screamed himself out hav-
ing vomited up all the perilous stuff that has
made him peevish so long the meteoric
Georgian sought his seat' pale with rage
nervous with excitement and weak with
intense exertion. It is to be hoped now that
he will resume his wonted good nature; and
that his proverbially halcyon temper will
no longer he called upon to emulate rude
Boreas " blustering railer." Pcnnsylrani-
an. Formation of Hail. Professor Stcley
at a meeting of the British Association read
a paper on meteorological phenomena in j "e took of America. 1 hey won't come &. at-
which he attempted to account for the forma-. tack us merely because we xeduce our ai-
tion of hail by supposing that it must be form-1 jmanents to 10000000. On the contrary
ed when after the fall of some rain a sud- her countries I believe will follow ourcx-
den and extensive vacuum being caused the ample.(Chcers.)
quantity of caloric abstracted wrs so large m. -n..-m c.. i c
' J .1 c . 1 r 1 he Power of Steam. A win of water
a to cause the rest of the drops to freeze it.j u . r 1 n -.ii
. r 1 i-i - - evaporated by two ounces of coal swells in-
to ice bulls as tncy formed. This pnnci-'. u. .ii i-.. n - .
-1111 . 1 1 1 j 1 to two hundred and sixteen gallons of steam.
nip lif cnttl lintl hpon clMnirn't- nrnrlnnKnn . . . O
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a though since the days of Sir John Leslie
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eery penoi. was lamiiiarmi. e.M.e i.i.e ms
on a small scale illustrative of it. lie alsoi
He al
said that
the interesting mine of Chemnitz
ry afo-ded an exhibition of tho
in Hungary
formation of hail on a magnificent scale.
In lhat mine the drainage of wafer is raised
by an engine in which common air is violent-
i uim in.-ni tu a tuigc t.d nun tissvi.
1.. 1 :.. 1 t : ..-
ivi:i .i i. i. ; n;k M
HH till Ull IO III IH OkUtl. J llllll .UWilM.Ow I
SIIJI1 U WUtllliatl UL'3tlL3 a ISIIU1 tU 11'JiU
: i .!: ..:. 1...1.1
his
I-t before a cock which he turns; the
com
pressed air as it rushss out over the sarface
ot thc water within brings on some with it
which is frozen into ice bolts by thc cold
generated by thc air as expands; and these
shoot thro' the hat to the no small annoy
ance of one party but to the infinite amuse
ment of the other.
The trial of Ucorge A. Davis before the
examining court for killing young Benton
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s concluded .Monday cvming and resulted
nthc prisoners commitment tojail. Five
.- -. ...
was much excitemcn in the community
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Jct wo are gratified to state that no violence
was threatened on either side. Davis upon
r ''S ' "Vision 01 mc justice ruse du
thanked the court for their indulgence
P" investigation ... 5eu
Ihe case and said that he was at all tunes
xvtllinn - In cuhmil tsttlir InWs nl 1114 Mnntrv
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I Attention is claimed in Wisconsin for roads
lorreed ot ctiarcoai wmen are asscrtca to ue
more durable and costing two-thirds less than
- - . - . . . .
plank roads. One is now being buili from
Port Uloa in Washington county to some
Pnt in ougcomuy
CPThe Senate adjourned sine die. on the (J
21th March
train the Gale est on JVetcs.
JenoM the Kio Grande. The steamship
Globe Capt. Kllery from Brazos Santiago
. emigrants uiu returning on the Globe for
the most part
.hardships utt
on account of the dangers and
attendant on the journey. Seven
teen. of them belonged to Col. Webb's com
pany lrom New York and they have cer-
tainly been most unfortunate. The cholera
which is raging at all the settlements on the
Rio Grande thinned their numbers and to
add to thcir'mislbrtunes. thev were robbed of
their funds twelve thousand dollars nt Rio
Grande City (Clay Davis's.) Their' Trcas-
I .. - .'
urer placed the money in the hands of a bar
keeper at a tavern kept by a man named
Armstrong and on the next morning it was
missing. The bar-keeper was afterwards
attacked with cholera when perhaps under
the influence of a troubled conscience and
fear of death he disclosed thc whereabouts
of 1000 of the lunds which wcie recov-
ered. The company at the time was scat
tered and thc party some nine or ten who
had charge ot the funds lost half their num-
ber within a few days. One gentleman who
returned stales that on one occasion he
with two others wcntlo sleep in a small room
and awaking about three hours afterwards
found both his companions dead.
Col. Webb on the first breaking out of
the cholera went oil" as he said to purchase
mules and his company have not since heard
of him. Several of those remaining belnntr.l
to other companies lrom Massachusetts
York Mississippi and elsewhere.-
I'hey all agree in representing the ravages
ol thc cholera as fearful in thc extreme ren-
dering it impossible for a body of men to stay
together. At Brownsville the cholera had
abatisJ but in iMatamoros the mortality was
very great some say fifty and some seventy
a day.
ilier is thc highest point to which any of
the returning emigrants have been and they
report the cholera on the river thus far. At
the mouth Brazos Santiago and Point Isabel
ine uitcasc was less virulent inau at other
towns higher up and may be said to exist
in a sporuldic form.
A CONTRAST.
In thc course of a late speech in England on hi.-
scheme of tmaiicial reform. Mr. Gutidcu made tho
tollowing masterly contrast.
Take care ot" the Lmu-d Staus. America has
three tunes within the last tea years been lit collis-
ion with two ot the greatest Powers of the world
twice with England ouee with France. We had
the .Maine bouinury and the Oregon territory to set-
tle wilii 1I13 1'nited States; and America had her
quarrel with France arising out of a claim for com-
pensation of 1000000.' much the French go.era-
msiit refused to pay. What was the issue "of the
controversies' When the claim was refused by
France General Jacksoa at the head of the Amer-
ican Government published his declaration that if
the money was not paid forthwith he would seize
French ships and pay himself.
At lhat time I have it from Americans
themselves the French had three times tho
force of ships uf-tvar that America h;id; AdN
mtral -Mackan was on the Gulf of Florida
with a fleet large enough to ravage the wholo
coast of America and bombard her towns;
but did France rush into war with America?
She paid the money. Why Because sho
knew well if she uiovoked an unjust war with
the United Slates her men-of-war were
nothing compared wirh the force that would
swarm out ol every American port when
brought into collision wilh another country.
France knew that America had thc largest
meicantile mariuc and though at first the
battle might be to ttie stronger in an armed
fleet in the end it would be to lhat country
which had the greatest amount of public
spirit and the greatest amount of mercantile
ships and sailors Cheers. j
What was the case with England: In 16-
40 there was a talk of war w ;th "America
on account of Oregon. Bear in mind that
America never spent more than .1000000
on her navy. U e are spending this vear
7000000 or S000.U0O: but will anybo
dy tell me that America fared worse in that
dispute because her resources of ships of
nurwcrciar imcrior to ours; iSo but we
increased our navy and we have a suuadron
of evolution as it is called. America never
mounted a gun at New Vork to prevent
the bombardment of thecitv; but did she fare
the worse? We sent a peer of the realm
(Lord Ashbtirton) to Washington? it was on
American soil that the quarrel Was adjusted
and rumor docs say that America made a
very good bargain. LCheers. It is the spirit
of the people the prosperity of the people
the growing strength ol" the people the union
of the people the determination of thc people
that command respect. Now what 1 want
you as a nation to do is to believe that other
countries will just take thc same measures of
.with a mechanical force sn Ihcienttoraiso a
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"eight of th rty-seven tons a foot high.
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S V r'ln. "'.""' " J
er a"aned' at least efluaI m amount 0-the
Five pints of water evaporated by a pound
of coke in a locomotive engine will exert a
mechanical power sufficient to draw two tons
.:l -i l.i: r -i
..i3m uu a i.utuuu a uoiaucc ui 0110 muo
in two minutes. Four horses in a stasre
coach on a common road will draw the same
weight the same distance in about eight
minutes.
Four tons of coke worth twenty-five dol-
lars will evaporate water enough to carry
on a railroad a train of coaches weighing
about eighty tons and transporting two hun-
dred and forty passengers with their luggage
from Liverpool to Birmingham and back a-
gain a total distance of 1IM) miles in four
hours and a quarter each way. To trans-
port thc same number of passengers daily
by stage coaches on a common road be-
tween ihe same places would require twen-
ty coaches and an establishment of three
thousand eight hundred horses with which
thc journey in each direction would be per
formed in about twelve hours.
A more striking illustration of the incal-
culable saving time and money produced by
steam cannot be given.
Dr. Jjardncrs Iittl'ire.
Thc Mormons are increasing ih numbers
both in this codntry and in Ennland. The
London Globe says that there is a large
body of them in the neighboring districts who
arc preparing to emigrate and to colonize in
California. They have chartered four or
vessels for their accommodation and
intend to leave this spring;
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