Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1845-04-30

              EEKLY OHIO STATE JOURNAL VOLUME XXXV. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL "30, 1845. NUMBER 41. THURSDAY KVKNINO, APRIL 1H15. Wrdiic-iUy, April 3:1 l'npi A partial examination ami pin)iiiry ha liirctid ui tu the con-rluimn ihnl much of llie fruit hni ln destroyed ill ihii tc-lion of (lie Stato by iho Croats a waok or two shire, and thai ).. Wiwat ficldi are lulfcriiiff very uvcnrly from Ihe pfotrac- led drwutta. Mm lutle ruin bu fallen lince th beginning of Mann. A ihuwvr a few ilayi sines made a lrmorary im-provomaiil in tho appearance of vrgcialimi, Thois aiipenr-nnect w.re dUsipali'd very soon by thf waim un. Several fiuldi of Wlwal in the wiRlitmrbnod of lhi cily, have linen ahandonad as worthleif, ami in moat of the ficldi il has a sickly, yellow appenranre. Ttt our lurpriao, iho apple hudi were io much injured liy tho fronts, that noma of our larjrel and inol valuable orchard in thi vicinity will irarccly yield more than enough fruit lo supply the families of the owners. The ilemmc.tiori cxti-ii'lcid even lo tho latest varieties of tho pplo. On tho lulls there is a prospect of a Ml yield; Iho later fruits mostly enrnpintf the frost. The peaches are nearly all destroyed. Wo har of very few in this serliop. The cherries have escacd most surprisingly, and promise a fair yield. into Convention In Tiny. We understand from Ihe Hlato Central Comniil'.ce that although there has Iweii a very Rcncral expression of opinion by the newspaper prens of ihe Slate in fuvur of a Stale Convent on iu Way, limy nt prepared lo rccnmmciH Ihe holdinff of such Convention at so early a day an has been soKneslcd. The opinion is el pressed from several quarters entitled to great weight in such mailers, that prcicnl action on Ihe subject of Aiuieialion may safely be entrmled lo the people in Ihcir primary assemblies by comities or otherwise. In due time, should it bo deemed artvimcWe by our friends in ihediflWcnl counties (-'onveulion of Delegates will assemble to express again Ihe opinion of Ohio on iho momentous question, and lo renew tho Proiesl of her People against ihe iiiiijnity which Is attempted lo be carried out by Ihe aid o( a majority of her pretended Representatives-in Congress, aninsl the exprened voice of a Urge majority of her independent voters. Ohio will vindicate her name agaiml Ihis foul stain on her character, and prove to the slavery parly that they cann it tranfer her lo the Nullifiers or Ihe South, wilhoitl paying the penally of so ureal a treason to Liberty and Free Government. The Virginia Klertlou. Virginia this day elected members of Congress, a I.egiila-lure, Ac. We am in the frame of mind iu which the Whig of IN. V. City entered the recent contest for Mayor. Wc eipect hut little and shall hot, probably, be disappointed. The State is so districted for members of Congress as lo Icrve lha Whigs scarcely a chance for nnyihing like a fair representation. Strong hopes are entertained that .Mr. Ileitis will be ehou-n in the Richmond District. Hut, owing lo di vision in Richmond amonj cur friends alKiul a candidate for Ihe Legislature, and a partial approval of tho Annotation scheme, given by some of them, lha chancel are against us there. Mr. Ilott is an niirouipn uniting opponent oi Annexation, and in a slavehohbog community this ii not calculated to add lo his strength In Mr. Summers' district the context is in all probability close, and the chaurei are ngtinsl us. The personal popularity of Mr. Summers carried him through. He is not iu ihe field, and unless Iho locof.iros were defeated by some hi lie divisions of their own, we loo for an unfavorable remit. The Whigs have made some effort lo secure the Legislature. W'ehope they have uecedcd, but we have almost cemed to look for much from a slave Slate, so coin-plelely have ihe dougiifaros of tho North lent themselves to the accomplishment of all that Southern prejudice could ask. rXJ We find ihe following gratifying announcement in the Xenia Turrh Light of yeitenhty: (iooli Nkws Thk Loam Mr. urn. We are plea ted to learn by a letter ftmn Mr. Mill, duled at llost.ni, April hi, to ii geiid'eni'iii iu this plare, that he has succeeded m completing negotiations for the whole live hundred thousand dol-Ui, liir Ihe completion of the I.Hllo Miami and Mad Itiver and Lake Kne Rml Rond. This renders the speedy com-pleliou of these roitds cerium. Ii n K IT SeHlKiinM.l. The stable o( Messrs. Neil dt Co., at Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, was struck by liht ning yesterday all o'clock, and enntumed. Five bead of horei were kdled and the Coarh shed in conneclioa with the stable, was aUo destroyed. Some oihor siabling, Atf. was partially destroyed at llie same lime, as we learn by a letter from Springfield lo Mr. Hartol.nfthil city. Oitm III IT. .There wus hut 3 feet and f inches of water in the Ohio river, at Wheeling, on Tuesday last, and it was still falling. This ii a very low since of water for the month of April. A number of Imai are aground, at ilill. rciit points, as we learn. Al Piltihurgh, on Saturday, there was 3 Icet of water in the channel. ClUtn Trim.. It U ih. r.l.ey i itw llriifsh n.-vern mcnt lo force American trade into Rnlith channel for the purpose of ceunng the carrying lo llrrtish shipping. To ar-comphth this, discriminating duties are latd in Uvor of imports from her colonics. Tho law of Coogrcrs allowing .ttLn. b on f.irtivH foods imtwrtedfrom Iho V. Slates into (Wla and St tiro, it denounced by the (lucbet Board of Trade in ihe following strain : s i.u k. ini-U iwpn rtinrled bv ihe t.eiritlature of ill I !..;....! i.i... .ii..w...,r a Ii-mw-Ii.it k "ii all Foreien goods that .. I.rn.;iltf Im iran-oorled through their territory lo Cana- da, which will not only most injunoiLly atl'ecl our eninuier- nnl ami stuppoig iiiten-nt, litni.n - " , l,n the internal rarrving Hade i.f Ihu wh.de Province. If. I ceiti repre..-nt.il.o.it have beea tawle by this t ouncil to the I'n.vincial tiovernoieol, eiiireatuig that legislative proviton mny I made with-mi delav, wtlh a view ol coutiicraciingHm-ba.'-lul eili'fts wlm-li must lutivuably attend the operation or such a law." . "We do not believe thai there are a dosen individuals in the I'iMed States. belonging lo (he Demof ratie parly. b" do n.,l whorate the one irnn pr.nnple. at applied in the I rest-tlcncy." M iHi nt.m, tht orm of tht rrjry. The announcement in Ihe alnive paragraph, eoming as il does, not Trillions Jul ks, but from ihe iww editors of the Waihtoninn, will eiciie no little surprise, while it cannot fail in Alliiril verv iff lie rnl srmufiralion lo ihe Whigt of the Union. We rejoice to find (hat our opponent! have aiiopled w ith surh eitrnordiuary unnnimiiy a prnn southern plnulers. They would make a free country there, Hinl nil our sluvus would run off to them." Thi IhIo wan for tin- people in excite their JKAl.oHfiv, nod DRIVE T1IKM 1NTOANNKXATION Wil li A RUSH. When the Treaty wat sent in for conlirmation, it was not urgud before the Seuntu ojnm those gromids, us thry were provrn U tit tutahjMte and unfumided Ttiey were raised alone for the purpose of deceiving the people as lo the real object, and not a titde of evidence whs adduced to tltow that Kiigbmd was desirous of gelling possession of Texas, or wan in (he least degree exerting herself lo accomplish that object. " On the contrary, rVicn wert ilintinet official ditamwmentt of any tuck Kith on th jKirf of Urntt Hi itain ; and so clear nod conelusive was thit, that Mr. Calhoun, ihe Secretary of Stale, who made the Treaty, did not dare lo place il be lore the Seuule upon these grounds. "The rc.iobieel in annexation wni THK PERPETCAj- TION AMI tiXTKNSION OF SI.AVKRV, and of the POLITICAL I'O WF.it OF THE SLAVE STATES! This was Ihe trround upon which the Trenty was pliiced be fore the Senate. The AUTIMHS of the Treaty deire to sec ki.avkht perpemnted io the Houili. THF.V DESIRED TO SEE THE SEAVEIIOLDINO INTEREST MdltE 1'OWERFCLLY REPRESENTED IN CtN(iRESS. Thty iriin d to get the controlling iujlutnct in tht evundli of tht nation." Tbe Texna I'rnnd. Among tho tricks resorted lo by the Nullifies to induce the Doughfaces to go for Annexation, during the pendency of the Joint resolution, was the story olxiut the discovery of certain papers on the person of Santa Anna at the lime of his capture, proving Ihe existence of a plot for Ihe sale of California to the llritinh (lovernment. The story found a voucher in the Waihiuglon correspondent of (he veracious Journal of Commerce, and was endorsed by Ihe whole Dough- faced tribe at the North. 1 he incident is ulluded to now lo show the nature of the machinery used to intluenco action on this question, Iho English papers received by the Ureal Western furnish tho loliowjng refutation of the fraud io the reported proceedings of Ihe House of Commons: Mr. Jon Stuart Vtoim.r.v nsked if there was any foumlaiioH tor thi parugnipli, which he read from the Timet the Hlh March ; " The I'rmte state, ihnl ' (lie fall of Santa Anna has ex posed one of the viuluil projects whirh Ihe undermining Hin-Inlinnof (treat llriliiiu ever conceived. Il apaars, trout ihe cnrreKpoudeiice of iho Ex-Creii'leiil of Wi-so o wnh the lint-ith Monster, that the former, for a sum of i!j,trt H,(MN piA Ires, of which he had renerved for limnelf a coutiilernble por tion, was mi the eve of ce'lnti; niisolutely to drenl llMiain Ihe in a tu lire nt province o( California, considered so vnluabie both by (irenl llninm and the CinletCSlHles, that the latter iu the ear 11KI7, offered 6,U(s),WtU dolbirs for ihe harbor of San Frnuciseo alone. It is not necexsnry in dwell upon the xlraordnifiry coincideiieo which exml between the means in ployed by the Mritnh ( Joveroineul with Santa Anna lor he poaseotiun of Cahluruiit and iIiom' formerly uteil with Lt-mnero lor the possesnoii of the islauds ol Anunbuii mid I'rinees, off tint coast of Africa," Sir Roiii.kt lEKt. believed the sttilcmenl to bo iillcrly without tiiuiiilalioii. " Sir, I see a great many reports spread nbroiul wnh referenrc lo the 1 or.ilenoimiiL' ambition of (treat llnlaiii)' but rmtcr lliuik they are ol'teiier circulated at a palliation ol' the ambition of others than ol the Itntudi (iov eruiiieut. ( t.iuid tUetri.l cun aNo nutwer for the bile lioverumetil upon litis point , a I litiil no trace whatever of inch a eorresiioinleiire. 1 reoeat it. the reuort is utterly des titute of any louiidalmn." Lord I'ti.Mi.Hvro. " On Iho part of the Inle (ifivern men! I lake the liberty of nuring the honoraMe centleinau, that thev ueillier iu lli.17. nor iu anv oilier year, offered i.UUU. tXJ dollars, nor any other sum, for any .Mexicnu port." lotvnt ICrfusea to Caniti In. Although tho door was opened wide by Congress for Ihe admission of lowtt, it appenri idic prefers to have it opened wiiler before he enters iu. According to ihe following, from the Cincinnati (ttuette, it w ill be seen thai Ihe Territorial lim it prescribed by Congres arc not acceptable, and that Ihe new Constitution has, in comequi'iice, leen rejected. It will be two or three years yet before she enters, it' un attempt is made to form a new CiHitlilulioii. Iowa. The good people ol ihe territory have rejected the new rotiftlilulion of Iomh, jul Miniiitled to litem. New plans are put lortli. Among others the I hibti'nie Exprest pro jmim' Hint Ihe laxmlalore jimi elected, unit whirli nM'iolles in May next, hall inke uieimuret for tlicnl.iiig of a new rnu venlioii to lie vim? a new roiMilulioii, with mrh (Haiudaiies as may lie acceptable lo t'oiiLri-ii. AdmiKioi' lh.it ihe boomla riet of tho Slate, as delined iu thi- rijecied fon-liloltoti. were loo exlenniw, Ihe Eiprens proposes, that the Mitioiiri river thnll In- iii'iNli'd upon as the wenleru bound, irv, and that a limit shall lie mloiited, oil tho iiorlh, whah shall cxclodv Dubuque, t 'la ton, Delaw are, and other roomie tioni the propo m-d Stale. The cmuilry thus excluded, it is propot d, slndl form a new Territory, lo Ih- called llie Terrilorv ul WiikIiiiiic Ion. The boundaries ol Iowa will Ik so iimrh reduced iu this way as lu relieve Congress Irum any olji vlioj un Ihut score. mciii article in the Whig Creed. If the assumption id ihe Msulisowan il eurrcci, me "progressives" have al last progressed into a posilton on one .i.i.-ti.on. iMMieficial lii the country and eoimstenl with the tpiril of old (a.hiowd "Ilnlry.,, Tin only drawback to our gratittratma is found m the fart that locofoco proftiiion Is sadly inninitcnl with locofoco prMtttt Not content with runninj: lien. Jack.on riro rrrras, tliey anoweu mm io , his siicceor. and then run thai successor lor a sfreiKl term. Alihoogh deft aiinl by an ovcrwlM-lniiug majority, a large proportion were deposed to tiring him on the track a UiirUlmte. n vk-w of such prdf.iccs, they will allow us lo rxprrs llie opinion that Ihe above from the Mad.soman is only valuable as an admission. We hav no kind of objertmns to a second heat with Mr. I'olk.and unless InroAtriMtm makes a virtue of SKCfisiry. we have no doubt Mr. IMk will 6ud an excuni for subiniltuig his claim a neond tune. The II en n I Ira m( n-Ulency. The delermioation of Mr. Jons I1. I U I K. the nnwrribfal Locofoco niemler of the lwl Congress from New llampthite. lo traverse hi Stale and apeal to the peopl" afainl Ihe iirtMcrintiiaitirnuounrcd by tbe leading Ibvnghfaccs at Wash ington fur hi vole Anurxalion. is likely to rant a lilihr trouble amoug the iramte"DcmcrBcy.' Tlw course of the narir in New ll tmpthire on this ouestmn previous lo Mr. Van liuren's defeat in Coavrtntitui, was Mmilar lo that in this State and New-York, as will appear by the following quota-lions from l.ofof.en pjters ol that Stale, which we put on record for future reference: Tlw A'ia4 f7.itrVof Nov. C, IIII3, ia speaking of the A no . in on nf Teiat, said: "The ot.jeel and drtign thrmiglHMM all ilbWk as ink hitler as bell. We hope and sincerely trust Ihew will lie no trucklinr on the part of oof Nor! tetn IL preseiilalives, wloti this mighty project shall come up below theui iu all its ques-tKinal.iv kh.ipes." Tue ifwlhmrihirt VMriot of Nov. ld, IBM, speakms; of Annexation, ta.tt: "He (lh President! and his gnng wdl probably attempt lo throw tin question mm Contret at a fin-brand. It may produce nu.chief, but we Imsi lhal Hk IVmcral have good seute enough lo auid being dtstrncled by the aru of the en-emv " Tr oeef (l,tirttt. in the fall of lfD.1. ptiblished a molt ablearlicle against ihe admitiiou of Teins into the Union, which, among oilier thing, say. 'Tim admission of Texas uitn Ihe Union would lw a pub-lie ditgrace, ami l.rrace us m Ihe eyes ol nil ihe civ.hied world. Il would array against its the moral mihiuiice ol all Cltmiendom, and draw upu us Adjust retrdiutma of an of- f-I ll.ul " These estracti aw f iled by the Iricnds of Mr. Hale as only a specimen of the language of the pwss on this question, for opiating which as be fell himself intruded ami bound in conscience as a Iriciid of his country to do, he has Iwr denmincwl aud ishunlwl by the Donghfacedndjunrl of the Slave power. While our hand is in, we cannot perhaps render a mow ae-erptibl service than by nam bringing to lite notice of our Matters Ibe following extracts in uoion wilh Ihe atovo: Ksirari from tht Letiei'To Tita DmornAi t or Onto" -Signed W. Allen. en. Tappan, John . Wellef. J. Ilrmk-erhoiT, F.mcry D. Toller, II. Hi John, W. C. McCauslen, J. Morn, J Maithewt, K. D-aii. A. Duncan, (ItwnhU Mtmhtr of (Wrm.J ilalwl WASlllftUToll, MaT I, stilt. "We vonr Isemorraiie Dehgnlnm in llie two Hoo.es of Cmmress. DEI't.ORK T II K NECESSITY WHICH COMPELS I S TO ADVISE it M ' that, muwiint wig in-. uie ol facts, set anw rsasen In V,ir thai a very swriout movement has hit weeks been on bml in tha (;, in the AH I aaat a or Tiia mori.a which is mteti.11 in act. if possible, iiimo that Convention, and to induce thnl bodv to KT asintt "I'llF. WILL UK THI! AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, thutesplicitly and solemnly eipretted to iweunl lae atii in raotv net r.il trtit ttm so tsprwtd. and to nominal in In Blead sesM ntare or ant othkh person.' From tbe Ohio Statesman, May S9, IHU. When lltr proposed annotntmn was first broached, It was crompaiiiad bv an outcry against the Hntish lor attcmpiuig ......'..ii ,l ik rmiiiirv. The cry wju "Enulaud nul,! m hold f il and abolish slaery, " " The llrituh would g Tesai and raita aoitoi, to Um wat injury ol the Kairnorilinnry Aahsssitpiissn. Tlw reply of Mr. llnch.inan, Secretary ul Stale, under Mr. i'olk. to the letter of tieu. Almonte, demanding his piS!iMirls 1 and protesting against the proceedings imi Ihe qucnlion of Aunexalioii, has been pnMiilied, al length, and is given below, i MSiuiiics, wiihoiil a blush, that Aiuieialion is already accoinob.bi-il mot nrofettes lo roat nt nreootternos uov oiijeeiions io tue .. , - . and insolence of this assumpt in view , inns as iney exit!, must ilnke with asloniihuieni all who feel that the jieoplc of this country h ivo netcr given their coimvnl lo annexation, aud would now, if the ipie-liou were placed fairly Mora them, rejeci it by an overwhelming majority. The recent e-lection in Connecticut affords an indication of llie Halo of P'ltdie feeling. The Town elections in New York show in what estimation il it held. Hut, how is the Tel as question lelltedf How and when was il "irrtrocaHy dtairt, so lar as inu unueu niaies m concerned f" If ihu proposition cinbraced in the resolutions of Mr. Hrown was submitted to the liovernmeut of Texas, id the detijti is to accomplish annexation under lhat propo sition, wo riiuuoi conceive how llie question can lc considered sclth-d. If all the condtiioiis of that prnMisiiiou we approve d ia, till) the question of ndunsHon remain lo be acted on by Congres. After slating lhat "Congress doih concnt the erection of a Slate out ot Hie territory ol l esas, me resolutions of Mr Hrown antics ihe following in the 11 Article, as the conditions upon winch thai consent is given : "I. Slid Slate to lie formed subject to tbe adjustment by " tint government of all qneitioutol Imhiii lary that may an mi "with our government t and that ihe einnlilution ihereof, "Willi the proper evidence uf Us adoption by Ibe np!e of "ihe said Repoldic of Texas, shall be Iran milled lo Iho " l'rejideut ol Hie U, Stale, to A hoi Ufort tm(rftt I iR its lit At. At now, en or htjort "las 11 day of January, ItiHi. ' How a question can bo considered "irrevocably decided, so far at iho If. Siales are concerned," when it has again lo come "liefore Congress for its aW arfin," may he clear lo the mind of ihe ditlmguihcd federal doughface of iV-untyl- vama, but wdl hardly succeed in misleading the people of the U, Stales, who have a voice in tho matter, aud design to nke it heard j despite the wiles of those who would bind them hand and fool aud transfer them like cattle, for a ihare in the "spoils" of victory. But it may be urged lhat the allernati.e of Mr. Ilenlnn, has been adopted and presented lo Texas in preference to tho pln of Mr. Hrown. He tins as it iny, H does not belter Ihe raw in the lentl. Mr. Henloii's alternative proposes the ap pointment of Commissi oner hy the I'residcut lo jro and negotiate with Texas ihe terms of admission. Hut, after those term are settled to the satisfaction of tho Commissioners they are then, iu accordance with his plan, "cither by treaty, lube submit led to the Senate, or by ai tides to be submitted lo the two llmttos ol Congress, at the ('resident may direct." It i clear thai then h it been n deliberate misrepresentation of the farts as ihey actually ciit, mado by Mr. Huchaic nan. We ran conceive of but two motives for lhat mirep nentation. 1st. Tu beguile Mexico into the belief thit op. postliim to Annexnlion i now hopeless, the whole question haumr been placed atmvc l.egitlalive ami l.xeeitnve union, il Iseyond recmitideralion. lit, . Io discourage the inovcincHlt that are now miking among Ihe people of thit eiaiiiiry, lo prevent the eoiituinuialioii of the meature, by producing the impression that the artiou of I oogre a hi without their knowledge, placed it tieyoud their rvai h. The impreition tonght to bu conveyed, in b'h insiancos, is de eeplivei a. id all hou h l Iter o i lm much reason lo Iwhovo that ihe present ad ttration will slop it nothing, necessary to carry out the project Tor increasing the slave represent n pou, wt the iuiiiiiloii blind erected Uy Mr Hucliaiiau will fail lo draw attention from the uiciuetits of the plot DifAnTMi jit or Si atk , ) Wtsiitaiiloa. March 10. ICI5 t The untlertiglied, Secretary of Siato o) the Cuili d States, ha reeeivetl ih-' note ol Oeiiend Abmaite, the Envoy Estra-or.lniarv and M-mtler rieioiiolenliHrv t'f iho Mexican Re public, of Ihe Tilh uit .aililresteillo hit predecetor, On- Hn. John (. Calhoun, proletlm; ill the name ot h' ttovernm niraiiitl the h solnlioii of ihe hue lVnt"i for annexing T iu lo the (liiited Stale and he has sulimilled lha nunc lo Ihe Frrtntenl : In aiMwer, the undersigned is inttnictrd lo say. thai ihe ad mission of Texas as one ol' ihe State to this V u hnv M-rivtol iIk sanctum IniiIi ol ihe Levitlalive ami Execoli Departments ol the (invernniniil, is How irrevocably decided, so lU at llie U. Ctiau are conrermu. ninnnn ooi uic iv fiial of Texas to ratily the terms and rombliont on which her admission depends, ran defeat tins ohji el. Il is, there. fore, I mi Inle at present to re-neu a oisriiifioii wiiirn nns hi ready bweii eshaiitlrd, and nwniii lo prove that Texas has long mice achieved her indeeiidence of Mexico, and now tlauds be lore Ihe world, Imih Ht jnrt and tV facto, at a sovereign aud indeendrul Slate amid Ihe family of nations. SiKlamitig this character, and mauilestioir a strong desire lo become one of the members of atr Confederacy, m'tlher Mexico nor any othi-r nation will have jusl cnute of complaint agiunst ibe Eniled Siales (or admillinc her uilo the liimm. The I'residetil iieverthele regrets that the tlovenimeiit of Mexico should have laki-u offence a tliese priH'eednigt, and he rarnetily ireslt that ll may hereafter lie dipotcd lo view them in a more favorable and Iriendlv light. Whi'st rntimng mi ihe duties of the rresideiilinl titlieo, ne rheertully cfnres iu advance lhat his most strenuous efforts shall In- de- vol ii I in ihe amicable adjustment of every catie ol compiaun between Ibe two foerumeiils. and lo ihe cultivation ol iho himk-at aud most Irwudly relations between Ihtj sisterRepublic. The iindersiitned has the honor In tram m it to (leneral Al monte his pattpurt according to hi request, and to itsuru hint of hit distinguished cmunleratum and record. (KMt JA.MI..1 Illtyll.tAil. To 0e Mi'L-ndirr lleueral. Don. T. N. Almuntk, r. Ae. cVe. A Pfetv nnd Vnlnnble Frrlottlcnl. Messrs. (tiir.r.LKr St Mi Ei.hath, of Ihe N. Y. Tribune, have issued a prospectus for a new and valuable work to he entitled " The Farmtri' Library and Monthly Journal of A' rimUurt." The extracts from tho prospectus given below, afford a proper conception of the character, aims aud scope of the protnsed publication, If il should be permanently established, wilh a liberal support, it cannot fail to accomplish much for the elevation and promotion of the Agricultural in-icrcHli of the country. Il will give dignity to Agricultural labor, while it improves the intellect and enhances the comfort, wealth aud privileges of the former. All well conducted agricultural publications, lend lo increase llie wenlih and improve the condition of tho agriculturists,, while ihey diminish his labor. The elevated character of the work profited to Imi piiMUhe.d, under the editorial nintuigeinent of Jut! it S. 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The poslege on Ihe "Monthly Journal" will be but b or R cent under the new law and a subscriptions may he forwarded free of expense by Postmasters until the tt of July, the publisher desiro lo hear promptly from those who aro disputed lo assist them in iho t rprise: The FuiMins' Linrunr.in which will be published eon linumiily the bent &timltrd W'nrlcx on Agriculture, embracing mote which, uy inetr con or the langunge in winch ihey ore written, would olherwiHC Seem beyond the reach of nearly nil noi.:ii.oi ruiiiirii. r or nmiuire, w nail iH'Eiil Willi file- mien t ihiok oj int v trm, a reeeiil IMi'.'liiti work ol Hie very Itighctl character, form nig a complete Encyclopedia of prnc- iil- reeiiont in inu niHoaiuiuian. Kits worn now cols Twenty six Dollars, ami cannot be had for a less sum, placing it Virtually out of hn reach of men who live by following Ihe plow. Hut iu llie Farmer's Library il will cot nuie two or three dollars, being edited and adapted to Ihe cli.iinleaud other cireuin-lancrt of thin country, omitting those portions which might mislead a beginner on our soil. Tliix work wdl be followed by others ot like merit, exploring and eXlnbiliiiL' the whole field of Natural Science, and developing Ihe rich treasures which Clieiiiisiry.Ocologv and Mechanic- have yielded and may yield lo lighten llie labors noil swell the harvest of the mlelhgeiil hiitbrndmiiu. Ihe work will lie so nrrnigned llial the Fanners' Library may be boom I up by itself, forming a mammoth volume of liOO pagos al the end oj each your or each work contained therein may bebnuud separately, Tint Movnit.v Jot h-ai, oy Acinic ui ti uk will likewise eonlain about .'jit page per month, and will cotnprie, I. for-tipt: Srlei lions from the higher class of Hfili-li, French and (i. Titian pitriodiniU devoted lo Agriculture, with exirncts from new books whirh may uol be pnblikhed in Ihe Library, cVc, cVc. J. Amrrican: Editorials, communicated mid selected Hccounlt ol eiperimeiiis, improved processes ditcove-ries in Agriculture, new implement, cVc, Ate. In tin department alone will ours retemble miy American work ever yet published. It ran hardly be necessary to add llmt no I'liblieal, Eionornir, or oilier controverted doctrine, will lie nirnlraled lbfou;'li tliif uiagaxuie. lis price Will be Five Dollars a year in advance, lor two royal octavo volumes of otX) pages each. IT There are indications ralher Km plain to be mistaken in Ihe last SlaleMiinn, Ihnl the editor ol thai paper has heard ns much abmil the proceedings of die Directors of tho I'eni-lenliary, the purrha-.e nfn quarry, &c. cVc, as he hat n stomach for juM now, Ids own hdII'isIi design and unmanly shufflings have been unexpectedly exposed to public gnu;, ami lie would fain etenpo under the shelter ot hi anonymous correspondents. Having thown.n wo believe lolhe atil'aclioii of nil disinterested person, that in the purchase of a quarry for the ue of the Stale, Ihe Direclor find Warden of the I'etu-lenliary endeavored in ct.ntull the Irue iulereils of the Stale and to carry out in its letter and spirt the art of the late legislature, authorising the criMlion of a rail road, we, are not ditHed to grab ly ihe Statesman by falling bark into n controversy with hit correspondents touching the Witrdenh.p. Wo tunc, from llie first, refuted tu lie iiilrumciiial in getting up 1 coiitrnvi-rty on lhat point. It was the mnbciou and underhanded aisuult on Ihu chnraeteri nnd moiirrt of thoif w ho have borne ihe reputation of honest muii, made and encouraged directly aud indirectly, privately nnd publicly, by the editor of Ihe Siale'iiian, lhat called forth the exmilion we ve made. Ileyoud lhat point we shall not rrocec d. Allliough the ilnlemeuts made iu Iho last Journal, nrc do- iiuuccd in wlmleinle term, the Smicsmnn lake very good enre lo deny mi material xint. This shilt of a cornered de magogue will be understood. It place him in his tiroiwr 1 1 . - in Il is alleged, however, lhat Mr. Sullivanl ha 150 acres of juarry land left. I hi may or may not be the c.oje. There aro tome otbtrg wo know who have some quarry land left. I ho contract made with Mr. S. does not nllow linn a 'glit to ihe quarry purchased by the Slate. That ii ihe point. hat Ihe editor of thn Sintetmnu oik-red to the Director, ib,itty, is not a point in controversy. Mis oiler was n rty staled iu Ihu last Journal, and he dues nol attempt to uy it. .'".r"'""'luion Staicsmnn says il shall not " go fully into iiie tune before he meddles w ith il again, we imagine, ns it aid a "burnt child dreads the fiie." Wo mutt be permitted sav, however, that ho goes into il some dittmico beyond ihe him'. of Iruih, when he intimates thai we have conveyed rough our column a "sneer al the people of Norwich aid I'erry townships." '1 he ieople of those townships, how- vi r much thev m) have wuhed to have llie ml -road ex- lended lo MarMe Cliffs, wcnild imi fancy Ihe scheme for giv g to die di. interested f.irmtr of the Statesman the " exclu live privileges' of a right ol way forever on n rail-road reeled lo Int farm, wnh an interest in a quarry alrendy well paid for. There wat a benu'ilul little M-cuution four ruled under these conditions. W hal a pily they should have bcei milled. "Home: Am tern by a Nrw-Yorktr in IU43-." This is a readable and pleasant book, free from the affectations of the flight-seeing traveller, and calculated to imparl information on (he subject of which it treats. The writer has succeeded in imparling a present reality to his description; in his criticism on taste and ihe arts, he avoids nil unnecessary technicalities, and comes down lo the evcry-dny understanding of thing. Take Ihe following criticism on St. Peter's, lhat wonderful pile covering near six acres of ground nnd coding sixty million of dollar, whose mHgniticenrc overwhelms the judgmenl of the observer, leaving for Ihe most part only con futed notion of vnsluesr and splendor: "The wonderful Temple of Jerusalem Willi its blocks of lone sixty feet long ami H hundred aud sixty-two columns, each a single shaft of while marble the Temple ol Diana, al Epliesiis, with its hundred and twenly-aeven pi 1 1 uric Italy feet high llie Temple of Jupiter Cnpiloluius, looking down on the Forum of anrieut Rome with a triple row ul pillars in from, and a double row on the sides none of these greniest of the monuments of ancient religions equalled the modern church of St. Telcr. Why then is H that this inont magnificent of all human structures never fails to disappoint ihe visitor, and ap-H!ur so interior to its real greatness) 11 roil says "Knler: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not Icstem-d, but thy mind, Expanded by the genius ul Ihe spot, Has grown colossal." Thil explanation i, however, more poetical than philosophical, and more flattering to one's self-love than siilisf'aelory to one's reason. Thu common cunt of criticism ncic-ris chat the building apjieara so much smaller limn it really is in coime-qiience of Us protmrlioiis being so perfect. The nbsurdily of this dogma will no 'hewn by interpreting it. An object is most perjret when il hint fulfils Ihu end of its creation. A temple devoted to rebgidn is in I ended lo impress Ihe mind with feeling of sublimity, awo and reverence. Appnrenl magnitude; is a mow important element in producing these impressions, for, ilmugli .Moul lllanc is sublime, on exact miniature .model of it would Ut only a curious while molehill. If, Ihen, a gi gun lie temple is so projiorlioiied by ilt architect a to lessen ihe eflWl of its size, u is tu lar a'fnilure, and its promr-turns aro imjttrftrtly ndju.iwi to mlaiii iheir proper end. Surh is the rnM! with Si. Peler'. The Roman I'autheoiiv nil llie contiary, npjawn larger than il really is; no that the grainiest ofChrihtiuii templet is les purlect ilnm the origmnl model of ils nn re dome; so inferior is modern lo aucieiil genius. Two cnuse unite lo lesseu Ihe apparent magnitude ol die church. One it the prolusion of ornament on hIIk parts, which flitters away llie c llecl of the great whole; but the chief cnuse is the colossal size of the statues Willi which il is studded, They are our natural standards of companion, aud nrliuls place figures ol men in their landscape paintings, thai we may coin-pare Ihem With the lemplcii, palaces, mid precipices, and judge from l hem how huge these objeett are. So in St. I'e-ler's, looking at the foln-tral slalues, aud instinctively supposing them lo be of ordinary sire, we measure by their scale the length, breadth, nod height of thu church, and we find lliat.lhut etiimaled it is nut mi many limes larger than the height ol a man, as we had exieclef. Such has seemed lo me, nller careful cantiderntiuii, tu lie the chief cause of tho disappointing and departing impression, to hard to anulyzc, but so easy to rcei v," The following is in a different strain. The author had been paying a visit lo n mirnculoiis wooden image of the Saviour 1'iirfiittmo imArno "carved by a Franciscan pilgrim, out of a tree wiirh grew on Ihe Mount of Olives, aud painted by Hi. Luke wliile the pilgrim was sleeping over his work," It is famous for it wonderful power in healing the sick of nil di wanes. "On returning homo and (ellinr my landlady that I had kissed the Ion ol II $anUitimo lltmhino, sheexcluimed thai 1 wn moil fbrlunaie, and that now I was sore lo enjoy perfect heal ill and prosperity a oug as I remained in Rome. When I laughed at this assurance, lo overcome my incredulity. fn told me a slory of a norarle performed by it in the lime of her grandmother. "The Holy fatmhim had been earned lo the house ol lady who win very ill, and wan left with her a day lo restore her lo henbh. Tie lady was, however, secrellv an unbeliever, and hc hid awry the It imhino. and made an ex act imitation of il, which tie gave lo the pries when they cnnie for ll. The) carm dsiu fnUe image to the church without anv niHpirion ol the Irani. Hut the Holy J'imimwnuld nol slay wnh the wicked lad. In lint nighi il got up. walked to llie i linrrh and knoeked at the door pit-pnl wnh ils little feel, Cat rf ' Who i thrrtf called ihe priest, ll knocked ngiiin with in hltl feci pit-pat and when lint priest opened ihe door, there he found rV uttiluiimn It imbino!" "So ran the story told me, and such nre the siqiuralilious of the vulgar; but I ought to dl, in justice to Komnn Catholics of ediiCHlion, Unit an illliHigelil Jesuit, wilh whom I alter-wants became acquainted, mil lo whom I repealed the story, laughed Bl it muil licariily, and when I aked him with surprise if he did not Ik-Ik-ve in the nurarle, he replied, "Certainly not, no more than you do " He added, in answer to my inquiries, l lint any Mron night sincerely iiishcliec even a u ceived miracle (such as the liquefaction of ibe blood of Saint Jauuarui al .Naples, and still Im a good Catholic, for he iihkIu think lhat ihe iti-ri was produced by natural ami physical causes; but, if he went about tay.njr that it was an imposture of the priests, In would hnujr religion iiclf into contempt, and therein he would sin deeply. The subtlety of llus distinction is w orthy of a Jesuit " To be had al Whiting At llunluiglon! Wiley & Putnam, N. York, publishers, p. tG Iti'Miins or Wxft were prevalent in Ihe eastern fine few day since. A report that intelligence had been received at Waidunglon of a declaration of war actually linvtng leen ide, is thus noticed by llie N. Y. Commercial : The tacit, as we understand, "have this extent, no more." lr I'Ackcnhatn. llie llritith Minister nl a.hiiiirtoii, ha re ceived inhumation bom the tnlih Mmtsler at .Mexico that. toon after the pnngc of tlw aonciatiou resolution Ihroiik'h tho ll-'uit was known in that city, the Mexican tioverunieul formally notified the r pretenlativcts of foreign (mwers of lis ml cut ion, should the reolulums pass the trmtt, to arcepl the act as a Mfwf brlli. ilh this view it would attiin a lime thin which resident eilirens of the I tilled fsiaiet wnulil lie quired lo rhwe iheir affairs and prepare to lea e Ihe roonlry ; ! lln' tliiveriimenl would take the reouisUe nieaurcs lo laim ihe fnllilmenl of the treaty stipulation by winch ihe two rt airree, in loo event ol astcrlcu wrong none oy one in he other, lhat Ihe injured li.irlv shall, tieloro nrortt-ding to anv hostile acts, make a formal rciireseiitalion and demand nl redress, thrmigh the ordinary channels of iiecucialhin. 1 n- Iter a relnsal to make this redicss a resort lo force liy either is iululnled by the treaty. I will be seen, from this exposition, lhat Ihe rumor tint run ff in liiiiirr ol llw farts. The declaration of llie Mexican f iovernmciil was only contingent and prospective am) ihe purport of ihnl declaration wat not war, but a resort lo llie mean expressly provided liy treaty for ihe contingency that hat occurred. Eniertaininir lh- views ll at the Mexican tiny- rnmeiii does enlertain.il could not do lets ; and its course is ....irL.Hl -,iio.lk' mm I.-r ii lion and nronrieiv The upshot will' lie.prnliatdy. that Ihe acquisition of Texas will cost ut several munn minion, .n pnyinrm i iwm n well as Ike indefimle miliums that will be abtoibed in the en nchuiff nl Texan serin and bond holders i for In llus eomplex- ton, no ilcaitu, the tmrcaui will come ai mm, ihuw nosinnoiujt he iimvito of Mr. Ilii.wu's resolution, that lexas stiall pay lier own dulils if she can. (T7" The Wheeling Times foniaiti the following allusion lo a circumstance painfully mysterious. We hope that some clue may be given that will lend to the discovery of the cam-es thai led lo the concealment of - r-f . "-- ' h,,..h it i. much In he fram! Wnt cars from o many quarters. She probably loved, was seduced and abandoned. Or, to conceal her own shame she ha probably abandoned her home and friends, and user tho means to destroy llie evidence of guilt, which have hirricd her to the grave. Hro- ken hearled, without kindred oi friends lo soothe ihe ngony of mind and Imdy, she has last down to die. All this may and probably will be yetdiselord. If so, where is tht: author of ihis misery I In whal circle it he ihe observed of observer, caressed and flattered by resectable, perhaps faihiomblt mother and daughter T Wiero aro the si rung cords of a sound public sentiment and tht salutary provisions of law that w ill make an example of the wretch whose unbridled passions have thu withered ami blasi d the hopes of the weak and Ihonghlles : MvfTs-.utotis. Some twr nr three weeks since, a young woman came to the irsima Ibuel in thi city Irom ai-lcam-boat. She w as in such kebh health Ihnl it w as iwcosary lo rarry In upon a tcllee. A hvsician was called who pro iiouiired her disease the effed of an injury sustained in child-built, and gnceher to imdettinil that she could nol reenter. I n Frid -y Usl she ihc d. Dcrmg her dines she stated that she had no friend or rehliv. and refuted, lo the last, lo reveal her name ; nor did she l ave any due by which it roiil I be discovered. Slio bad sulV istul iiiouej lo pay funeral aud ither expenses. Since ihe almve was placol in ly we find ihe following in the Wheeling Tunes of a lusrr dale: DIED At the Virginia IVt' l. Wheeling, on Saturday, the I '.Uh insl., A LADY, nawe unknown. The riremnstaiiem ennected with her arrival and decease at Ibe Hotel, are the folb.w.ic: Cpin ihe upward trip ol the steamer Cineumali, on Wedn sday, :in msi.. sue came lointr I Intel with a her lady, iu s nl.A.- ol great debiblyi she was received and treated with eirry aliciiiion as a travel er. She refusei! lo give her natm-. er lo answer lo any interrogatory The name of Mint F.ahi marked upon one of her hanitkerrhiefs, and the corresponding imiialt cqHin her tnmk. Her wardrolie. which is good, convey no furlher iulelhgeuca of who she was, or who archer irii-nd. I'he proprietor hopes, that by this ptitiitf noueo, ne may reel such attention in the singular occurrence stated, as shall Prepnrinff for the Worst, Il is staled thai a squadron about to set sail for the Medi terranean, has received countermanding orders, and has proceeded to the (iulf of Mexico, lo protect our commerce against the Mexican cruisers, ir case of hostile proceedings. A Ciianci rott Cohtractlks. The Memphis Enquirer snys that Ihe oeiiing of Ihe projected Canal from Wolf Itiv- to Ihe city of Memphis, is an extensive, job and one that ts many inducement to contractors. I he floslon Alia of Friday says, thai the lion. Lrvkrrtt Sai.Torstai.L is dangerously ill at his residence iu Salem, From Ihe New York Tribune. When iho news of the complete triumph of Loco Foeoism cily election reached IH ark well's Island tho nrisoners inu i vmiemiHry spontaneously gave tnrte cnteri. Well they might. They will now bo taken out and aired election day, as heretofore, Tur. Mail Lettish. Tim I'ostmnMer General, together ilh his r irst Asxislanl aud a sulbcienl number of clerks, arc ployed day nnd unrht in oneinmr the bids of New York and New England. t e are auliilieil lhat the contract at Ihu Icllmir (will Imj given oui ai a suvmg ol one hundred per cent, upon Ihe lor- mer leiiniirs. We learn ihnl tho Post matter General ha determined to mnke no amioimcemenl of the rciull of the lelliti(( until the isi oi jiay. iUuanurinin. IlitoKK Jail. James Smith, who was sentenced, during the last term of iho Court iu Jackson county, to imprisonment Ihe Ohin Feniieiitiary for six yi-ars, broke jail on I hn I4ih insl. Wt understand thai he passed llirouib Kirlunoud on dncsday niL'lit Inst, and slolo a irrev horae beloniriiur In r. Hijrby of thai place. A reward is offered for his auure- ensiou. Chitlicotht (iattttt. War with Mkiico. We hear trgreal deal said about a war wilh Mexico, as ihoueh a war wnh inch a ouwrr mold be anything more than a forlmlil's visit to Vera Cruz and ihe itnrls adjacent, and a triumphuul return wilh the spuds of the ucai. .- Ik. I..lt,'. I nr t-lntiollS. AdilrVSS, Hit JAMES TANNER, of J. A. RI.INK, Va. Ihttl. Tlitt Ainerlenis Review. 1 It is with a slront feeling of talistactmn lhat we call atten tion lolhe April No. of this work. Ils content are varied and rich, nnd il is wiih pleasure that we add lhat the supjKirt extended In il by our Whig friends throughout lha country ensures ilt permanency. Such a work, il i acknowledged on nil hand, wa needed a a correction of the erudites that are senl forth from ihe opoiiiun prets calculated lo wound Ihe canto of UcMiblicmtm and eontliiution.il government. ! he first article of llie present So. it ilcvnteil lo a si gi.i aud An'.nr iiniica of 4,The Last Cuief Executive. Let nm rest. The second i a very able review of Ilii"rs' 1 rench Uevol wi. which wdl nmi'ly repiy perusal Then follows "Some Words with a .Mummy" an article about Bud and Audulmn Walloniana Catles and trertt pa limit of India "I am Sir Oracle," Jke. all ex-ellcnt, exhibiting fine writing and good latle. We eonsider this llie best ncl'iilscr yet istiH'd, ami aenin renew our recnmmendnlion to send tor the work forthwith to those who have not. Tim next No. will lie embellished with a portrait of John flnincy Adams, "the old man eloquent." Ii. II. Coi.tom, Ediior, 1 IU Natiau si. N. York, five diilUr a year in advance. Monit Hooks No. 'A of Harper's INeinrial Hilda has been received at Messrs. Wihtino V lit STlNOToft's. "Til: NrKoVisAlonr," from Ihe Danish of Hau Christian Anderson, translated by Mary Howdt, constitutes No. 411, of Ilarei's Librnry of Select Nnvoli. It may bo had as above. Thk tltnin'i W wr., a novel, by tho author or tho Young Prima Donna, cVc, il No. W), of Ihe Library ol Select Novels. It may also be had at Whiling A. Iluutinglon'i. (IT The AVsr 1 or tit raid, a paper that eem lo enjoy much of the confidence of Iho administration, nr, at least seems m have access lo its secrets lo a very considerable ei lenl, announce that Jacob Mrdary, of this cily, is to succeed Mr. Mer iu the Colnmlms I'osl Olliee, after the 1st of June, at the expiration of the commission of Mr. Miller, the present incumbent. If the friend of Jacob do nol get llie oil ice lor him, il will not be for want of effort. OT L. Ii. Hira, formerly of the Ltlwr'y Herald, will ronntctetl with II. II. Dxtms, in the management of tht "Ohio American," after this mouth. MiatsTKH TO iiii,Aai. The Madisouian of Saturday says that the appointment of Minister to England has been offered to Mr. Klmohk, of S. C, and that he has declined it on account of other engage men'. requiring hit personal atlen- lion in Smith Carolina. Off with the head of Evorolt, Ho is an accomplished arholar and a sound (talesman but such qualifications are not in demand Jul now. " Tho I'iciident ut the nation and not of a parly," can only and use fur the "thiraliy" aud the "dnsrgftiirc. Tlie (Irand Jury of Ihe U. S. Circuit Court, at New York, have iadirled W illiam Harnelt, llie pilot of the aleamboal Swallow, for manslaughter, lie had not bout arrested, but would probably lurrcndei bimtvlf. ftw Ttirl Tsws I'lmlsMtj C omplete. The Albany Evening Journal furnishes a statement, eom-ptele, of the result of llie town elections iu lhat State. As compared with loll, the billowing gramying reiuo n led ; Kill. W, l.nrn. Lib. Sf Sat. HVrfg. .ecu. Lib. Xll. :vH 4.K, 17 W H 1 In IHU, Whig over Loeo, H In UH, Lorn net Whig, 39 sImiwuij a clear Whir ram over iho Locos of m'arfy-em Tho Emmie State has redeemed henef. With such encour- airemenl ihe Whiffs, of that Stale should buckle on their ar mor and calculate on a viclor.out conlel next fall . Keeping clear of Nativeistn ami every olher urn Ihey should wqie out the reproach placed on the Statu by a doiiAhuced Ue legation in Congress. Oirtt e iiKrt.iani nr A l.otototo. Doubt it nol. Wei have In-fore us. incredulous reader, the evidence, in black and while, that one Mr. Tilostrsntj, who wa appointed by the (inventor of Mississippi to lha vacancy in the U. S. n- ale, occasioned by ihe resignalmn of Mr. Walk t;H, declines the appointment. If we o nol hesr thai Air. l hompmn lias been nrolfcml a more lucrative ollico under Mr. I'olk or some body else, we'll surrender all claim lo our old hat. hT Wonder if the shaving, tptrulatinp editor of the Staics mnn, ia nol a'raid lhal the new lax law wi'l trench on ihe thousand he has drawn from the pocket of the people, in Ihewaynf " constructive charges t" tVc.tVc. Having provi hi miinfrrfitVciVsi ia o many instances, it would lie loo uncharitable lo supmte lhat any thing but love for the vtry dtar people, prompt hi attacks on the lax law. rjT"Wlial is the difference between a cJitrtViuU and broking a cant t " Hton I'ott. Thai' a question easier asked than answered. Can Rob-inion of the Enquirer and Johny Teesdala ul llie Journal, cypher it out. Oiio Stattm-m. Some Mile reminiscences of the memorable rampnign of III 10, justify tbe suspicion that the editor of tht Statesman, can throw some light on ihe point. QT The constant clamor ol Iho Statesman about "rhickn las " Ac r. ha induced the suspicion thai il editor ralrti a ted on mnnopoliiing the chicken market, by the products of Ih "Marble Cliff bum," with lha aid of eielusivo privileges on lhal rati road. It is lo be hoped that the untoward legislation of last winter, will imt defeat this happy srhumo n( ihe de-capitated State Printer. Mi mh Durst. We loam from iho Newcastle (Io.) Courier, ttmt on Friday night f Inst week, the xlonmve Oil Mill. Wool Canlinp; Factory and Nnw Mill bclonLMny to Mr. Uzzicl Church, in tho vicinity ivnttrhuitown, wore entirely consumed by lire. io Ions is very heavy, sny from three to four thou sand dollars; and nlthoueh it docs not lttavo Mr. Church in an entirely destitute situation, it has swept way tne greater portion ot the CHmings ol a life o iniiest industry anil toil. Tho lire broke out about three o'clock in the morning, and from tho naturo of the buildings, nil efforts to subline it were unavail ing. There was no insurance on tho property. Thk Echo. Some time ago we saw it slated that Senator Suvicr would mnko the best minister we could send to Mexico. The Little Hock U azotic spenks rts if I lie thing was settled. It snys: "We have good reason lor believing that the mis sion to Mexico will be tendered by the President to Col. hevier in iho course ol the summer. Whether ho will accent or not, is of courne unknown to any save his most intimntc friends. In tho event of his acceptance, it is said Dr. Borland will go as secretary legation." Tub Pismal Swamp. A friend informs us that tho recent lire in tho Swamp has driven from their hiding plnces a large number of runaway slavos who have, in many cases, been secreted for years. An old black woman, being burnt out of her capacious iotne, sought out and claimed her master: aud, in ad- ition to this return of property, sho brought with her leven children, all her own, serving as an indeinni- or remunerntioit lor her long absence. Any quan tity of bears, foxes, and other animals, already roost- is to bo tounU; and all that a hungry man has to do is to hie to the smoking incuts and satiate his ap petite. I Mketino or Old Soi.DtKits Wo learn by the the New Haven Register that Simoon Sanford, of Litchfield, Conn., a revolutionary veteran of 70, tnte- invited tho revolutionary soldiers of his neighbor- Hid to an entertainment Five veterans were pre- nt, tho aggregate ol whose ages was 414. Daniel Lanuon, !U years old, who was tho battlo of Utin er Hill, made a speech; and Iho patriotic company entertained each other with many anecdotes and re-minisences of the eventful day of their early manhood. Alter an interesting and social interchange of friendly feeling, tho, old soldiers shook hands and purled, moat likely to see each others faces no more. Trial or Nicholas Gotinn, The jury in tho been discharger! in consequence of inability to agree a verdict. 1 hey arc soiu io navo sioou, v iui m; iital and II for conviction. No attempt was made . LritKr ihe irinl. nn the uart of tho defence, to cs- tnblirdi that story about tho gun which was the foun-1 daiion of John tJordon's application for a respite, and on the strength of which it was tried very hard to ninku it appear that he had been wrongiutty con ned and executed. 1 he court acicu on ui mo tion of (Jordon'a counsel to release htm on bail, lix-ing the bail ot $10,001). This was immediately procured, and ho is now at large. Nrw Jr.nsKY. The new Kteclion Law, which hat just paused iho Legislature of New Jersey, en- rp v noes awny wiin an mo vuiurr .-h.-v.icmiii m bat State, and renin m nit iho lull elections lo do held on 'tho Tuesday after the first Monday in Nov ember," which is tho some day fixed hy Congress at its late session lor tho rresiuetmai r-iecuons io do hold in each State in tho Union, and lor ont any on ly, and not two as formerly. Harrikruruii, Pa- April 11. The Dabes in thk Woods." A touching in cident occurred among tho mountains in tho upper Mid f thin coiintv. ast week, while tho tiro was ra- ging in that vicinity. A iHrs. l.upotu tins ucun somewhat deranged occasionally, for some time pant, but was nol considered mucii out oi mo way ; unui m.t Anv lat wMk. in the absence of her husbnnd Jin lull her infant in tho crad e, and Inking with her two other children, one about five years of ago, ibn nilmr nnlv three, fled to tho mountains, and noth ing could ne discovered oi tnem mini oawruny huh, when sho was found almost lamisuoa ami neany na kod : but the children were missing. 1 he neighbor hood twin turned out to scour the mountains iu search of them, but in vain until Monday laat, when some men providentially happened to como upon mom in ..in nf thn wihleat reiriotis of that wild country. where no ono would have dreamed of looking for them. They had been out four daya and four nights cold nighls, too, barctootcd anu nan nanuu mncr wise, their clothes being nearly lorn oft them by tho under brush, and their littlo legs blackened by the ashes of tho conflagration through which they had wnndcrcd, and thoir flesh a good deal lacerated. Thev had cried thcmiolves sick and ono of them had taken off iu dress to mnko a bed of j and there they lay, al the root of a tree locked in each other's arms, unntlle to spent, naving caien wiiiiing, u supposed since they left homo. The poor little sufferers were taken to the nearest honso and comfortably provided for, and aro said to bo doing well. They were lonnd ten nines uisinm irum un win. b their mother was first discovered, and lhat they did not perish is altogether providential, and almost miraculous. 'Aim. ftron. NoBt.r Co-rnt ct. A merchant from Pittsburgh who had jml bought a bill of poods from a Phtladcl-nhia mrrchnni. atnountiiiff to more thnn I 1 ,000, when the news of ihe firo arrived, and wilh it tho entire destruction of tho store and goods of the buyer, he called nn the merchant from whom ho had made the purchases, and begged him to H.ko back his goods, as he was not ablu to pay tor them. Tho other was ovidnntlv tuuehed. but with scarce a moments hesi tation ho stepped to hi writing desk, and as promptly as it could be dono, handed to his honenl-hearted customer of Pittsburgh, a bill and receipt lor tho whole amount. The Flew I'm l.nw Opinion mf the Press. In order lo show in which way Ihe current of public opinion is selling, in regard 0 the new lailaw, we (five considerable space to-day lo el tracts from the Ohio press: From the Xenia Torch Light. New 'I'stir Law. Whom does this law affect injuriously ? Not tho owners of real estate, tho farmers and mechanics of the country for the levy on their croperty was actually reduced on (he passage of this bill. A bill, as we learn from the Jonrml, had passed tho Houso levying a tax of I f mills on the dollar, for the support of ihe State (iuvernment, but when this bill to tax money at interest, etc., became a law, tho levy on real estate, &c was reduced to one mill. So the tax of the farmer ifl one-fourth of a mill less thnn it would have been but for this law. Of course, they cannot complain, and all the sympathy displayed for them by their "peculiar friends," the Locos, is thrown away. Nor has the honest merchant who has heretofore made a full return of the money employed by him in the prosecution of his business, cause to complain of tho present law, fur under it, only ono half the amount so returned ia put upon the duplicate for taxation, whereas, under the old law, tho whole a-mouiit rclurned was taxed. Ho, too of the honest money lender. Only one-half tho money at interest is put upon the duplicate for taxation. The object of this provision in the law is to put those men on an equality with tho holders of renl estate, whoso lands are usually returned at one-half Iheir real value. Who, then, has just cause of complaint against the law ? No one. But the men who do c omnium are those who havo heretofore managed to have no money ai interest on the first day ol April, and who, by buying and shaving notes, havo generally managed la employ a largo capital, real ire a more titan legal intorcst, and escape all taxation. These are the men who raiso an outcry against tho law, and theso are tho men with whom the Locos join in denouncing it. Heretofore Ihe Locofocoa have beon tho professed antagonists of such mon, and have let slip no occasion fur emptying upon them the visls of their hot wrath and scorn. Hut now, for the purpose, if possible, of making political capital, they aro rallying to a man in their cause, and moving heaven end earth ngninst the lost Legislature, fur having put these men, with other holders of proper ty, uon the tax duplicate. 8 Iran go consistency, t.int, truly. bo much has been said about this law by men who are ignorant of its provisions, that it may be as well to say what the law does not do as what it dot$. By the law, Mechanics' tools are not taxed. 'i'he mechanics' wares on hand as. for instance. the carringea of a curri ago-maker, tho chairs of a cliair-muker, dec are not taxed. 1 ho notes taken for real estate, white in the hands of tho seller of such real estate, are not taxed. lisd debts are not taxed. A man is not taxed for all tho money he has at interest. But for one-half the amount fior deduct tug- the amount ho is pitying interest on. Notes not drawing interest, are nol taxed while they remain in the hands of tho purty to whom they wero originally given. A merchant is not taxed for all the goods he sells during the year, nor is a trader for tho amount that may pass through his hands during the same time, but, instead, ono half the mcitiim amount of capital employed in tho prosecution of his business: us for example say the Ua.it amount of capital employed by a merchant or trader at any one time during tho year is $2,000, and the grrale.it amount $ti,000 tho medium amount ul this. 4.000. is the sum the mer chant or trader is required to return, fifly percent, of winch is deducted, and the auditor enters the bal ance, $'i,000, on the duplicate fur taxation. Under Ihe old law, the trader wus not taxed at all. and tho whole of tho merchant's slock was entered for taxation. The only instance n which there is the appearance of unfairness is in the case where a merchant or tra itor is required to return tho amount of capital employed by him in the pursuit of his business, without rrgurd lo whether il ia his own, or has been borrowed and he is paying interest upon it. In this instance the credit of the man appears to be subject to taxation. But yet it would be hardly fair to allow a man who had brought his gocda or capital from beyond the limits of Ihe 8tate to compete with our own merchants and traders, and to have the benefit and out subjecting him to taxation, or to allow him, free of tax, to engage in distilling or man muciu ring, on monev borrowed in Indiana would be giving him an advantage over citizens, and men who employed their own capital in the same branches of business. Some objection may, and douotiess win Deiaxcnio this provision of tho law, but on tho whole, when it comes to be fairly understood, we believe iho law will be very generally approved. From tbe Greene villc Patriot. The New Tai l.ssw. Much has been said and written within tho last two or three weeks respecting tho Tax I.aw passed at Iho late session or the (jeneral Assembly oi tins State. Iu soma parts of tho State it ia strongly condemned, and in others it is advocated. So far as the cilitciut of this county have cxpressea en opinion in regard to it, they npprovo of its provision with but few exceptions, and (w, wo ocueve, aro Disposed to give it a fair trial. In Cincinnati, the case is for different. The merchants and cnpitalints of that city (who are nioro materially affected by iu operations than any olher portion of our cilitens.) haVO denounCCQ ll Wlinotll nuni. nun nnvci nirrnuy raised tho cry of Rrptat! Repeal!! RKPEAL!!! against it, before either themselves or tho people of the Stato generally are prepared to decide under standingly up m its merits. In this unwise, inconsid erate and raeh movement, we regret to see me - on-2ffte"and .Uta$ heartily co-operating. Now it occurs to us, lhal if the Law prove unjust and op pressive in its operations, tho people ot Ohio will not enrTer it to remain in force more than ono yenr; and hence wo cannot see the necessity or expediency of thus attempting to forcstal public opinion and prevent the law trrnn receiving a fnir and impartial trial at the hands of the people. This cry of He ptaln comes wilh an ill grace from a hhig at any 1 1 mo, and more especially in the present case. The Law was discussed in bom nranenca oi uie Legtsia- will have a tax of at least $15, while the wealthy man, with a yearly income of $5000 will not have a cent of tax. Is thisfair? Wull.under the new law, the nabob capitalist will have a tax of something like I 00; and the farmer's tax will thereby be partly lessened. Such is tho spirit of the new law. We will give our reodere tho act, in full, in our next, when they may judge of its details themselves. Meantime, let no man echo the objections of others; but let each suspend his judgment until he reads the act. After tho above was in the hunds of the compositor, we received tho fullowiug communication; For the Chronicle, We are told the new lax law is producing great excitement in Cincinnati. The feeling has run very high wo are told by the Gazette. I hope tho journals of Cincinnati will keep us duly advitrcd of the progress of this excitement, in tho Queen City. Tax nnyers through the country, who have toiled and went to raise money to pay lor improvements, to pour wealth into that great city, should know whether those who are reaping the benefit of those improvements, are willing lo bear their proportion of the Government. Repeal, says the Gnzelte.muitbotho nhWt. W shall see. If that favored city, which, in merchants, mnnt-ycu&nu uroKerr capital, was tr.44,U(MJ poorer iu IH41, than it was in Ifcll.ifthe asseMsment for taxation was just, can w hoodie, bamboozle, and cheat the people of tho country into a repeal of Una law, it will argue badly for the future. I would advise ihe Cincinnstiana to be ae still as they can. They had better, I think, bear it polient-ly. Kvery man must admit its justice, and no friend to his country can complain that his taxes are in proportion to his wealth. There has been unparalleled injustice in the distribution of taxes heretofore. Hamilton county, whore you find Brokers with nearly if not quite $1,-000,000 in one office, profitably employed, paying no tax, and single mammoth stores with tome half million, or more of capital employed, are only taxed, for mercantile capital, money at interest, and brokers capital $l,Jft),000. Who that knows any thing of Cincinnati does not know that of that kind of capital, there must bo not lens than thirty to forty millions? Tho Kditors of the Uazcito can't understand this law. Judging from the previous assessments in Cincinnati, wo might, in charity suppose that the old law was not understood there, and that the people there cheated the rest of the State ignorantly, and not by design. If ever they found out what the old law meant they must have most culpably evaded it. It would be well for the offended Cincinnatisnsto examine themselves and see whether their objection to the law is not because they cannot, under it. evade a fair tax, without the guilt of perjury. C. From the Guernsey Times. Thet New Tmx Lnw, Wo publish to-day the new tax law pntsed at the last sesKion of the Legislature. The object aimed at by this law, it will be seen, is llie taxation of the floating capital of the State. There are millions of money in Ohio, invested in various ways, drawing interest all the while, much of it, too, at an enormous rate, yet not one dollar of tax is paid upon it A has fitly thousand dollars in morttrai-es. bonds. judgments, tVc, drawing a heavy interest, but pays imi. unci win ui tax upon tu jus neignnoi, u, who, wiih industry and frugality has secured a freehold worth sny 9 500, upon which he has to pay ten dollar tax ! Is there any justice in such a system ? Thie error the law seeks to correct. It doubtless will be unpopular with many, but there are few read to deny that such a law is needed. The bill did not pass the Legislature as a pnrty measure, but members belonging to both parlies labored for its adoption. Wr. Armstrong, our lokie Senator, and Mr. Meredith, lokie our Representative in part, voted for the bill, as well did many others of the minority. It is one among the very few no party bills, of a general character, passed at the last session, which ia certainly a recommendation, to say the least. From the Lancaster Gaieti. New Tna Law. For the benefit of all cotycrncd, we publish in our paper of this week, the Instructions drawn up by the State Auditor, to Assessors, county Auditor and others, in relation to their duties undor this act. This law seems to meet ihe approbation of the public in all places except cities and large towns, where K el Iff for Ihe l'sltbiirtih llMsTrrrra The eilirens of Louisville bare inbscribrd more thnn five thnesiiiid dollars In aid the iiitTi-rers at Putsbursh. The Uncrn City, t'inriniiali.ttaslrnn-milicd some seven thousand dcillnrs, losrllier with some provisions, (or tho same ofijert, Wisconsin. Tlie Milwniilcie Sentinel snys that wherever ihe Whins made nominations and were in the field as a party, tliey have been almost without eireption successful. The Comity Commissioners of Hancock county, Ohio, have snbsrrilwd tisly thousand ditlUrs In the capital slock of tht Mad Hivvr and Lake Erie Itail Head Comoany. Fatal Arram i MiaaiMirri.-Tho Ronton (Miss.) Utinner states, that on the Hist tilt. John U. n: ' i ).-.! r.-w miles from that place, by r i ..is 11 it aoems. had maltreated his wife, who had sought rcl'.ge in her father's house, . . ..ii i r..l...l.!i.i in rnniirtltipneo nf turn miicn nonnn vwn iiu' i - i whirh Im hnd tlircatciinl violrnco iiixra Iliy perjoni of Iu. oife, Mr. Loll, ml olher nicinht-r. of In. rain-ilv lloliii.llyc.moiiiMldi'iiiiin.U'il lim clnlil, will. s dmiiilt) ii.rri'HL'ii gun m m. """-i ...-- .... ,ou... on li.iwb.ck, .nJ ihroitoniiuj o .Loot njr ono who touched hint, -hen Mr. Ml flreil nnd killed li.ni, nd win oxaniinwl mid ne.iiiUcd. Tim Nnw Yowl Ca.i..-T"0 number of bout. cleared on llio canal t Wert ' roy.we nr.. my, wa. II. and Ihn amount ol loll receive.! . .... Al Albany Ihem were Kl Uoata clearer! al me col lector, oilier, and ono boat "ivcu ai 01.ue11n.wu7. Tt.. t nf tlm fund at l'ltt.burrh, on thi L.l,.,lm.,l ihu recciotof J,I(W .V in ail, 1111 I" that time, .VHI of which wn. from tho lion. Jamci Uucbanan, Secretary of Slate. lure, ably and thoroughly, and received die .auction of a majority of the People'. Reprcenla- livoa after malura reflection and deliberation ) and wo con aeo no pood reason for tlm. anailin; and denouncing it, oefore iut oporaliuti. havo been at all tertc.1. Fur our own part, we believe the Law to be a good ono. We cannot ace how it will operate to tho prejudice of any portion of our fellow.citixcna ; and .0 behoving, we .hall continue to advocato and defend it, notwiih.tanding the denunciationa heaped upon il by our neighbor, of Cincinnati. It propo.ee nothing moro nr lea. than to artivo at Iho amount of capilal actually tmfhytd by pvranni enfigcd in tra.lo or merchandise, aud tax it arrordingl). We can aee nnihing mon.trou. in thi.. If a man employe HXI.UOO in trade, from nhich ho dcrive,orcpucla to derive a rrolil, it i. nothing moro than limplo jut-lirt lhat ho should bo taxed for it and tin. i. all lhat i contemplated by the Tan Law about which there it .0 much complaint Under iho old hip, every mnn wa. laicd for all the money which ho em ployee; in morchan.liio and traoe, ami me "fir inu prupoie. to tax only half. Hut the 'rub" ia, tho present law reiuirfa atntementa of cnpital, &.C, (0 be miulr under oath ! Thi. ia what .object, it to the condemnation of our friend, of the " (jjiirm Cily ; " for it must be apparent to every man, that it mo capital taxed by llie new law ha. born corrrrMe rrporttd to tho Aaseasor. horeloforo, tho ta of tho merchant and money lender will in future be juat hdj whal it formerly waa. Thia thing of being required to (ill tht IruM, in busincaa matters, ia what troublea tlie onemiea of Ihe new law. If Ihe provi.iona of llie Tax U prove unjual and oppressive, wo will advocato and vote fur il. repeal ; but until wo see aomo good reaaon for abseil ing it, we shall oppose every cnori um may no i-reclcd against it Our .ubaenbera havo all received a copy of Ihe iaw lliey can road and judge of it lor them.clvea. Ffom ihf llrlmonl Thhiaifl.. Tli. N.w T.s l.w. Wo have boen not a littlo amused at tho several objections given to tin. law, during the past week, r.. m.u ...I.... ii i. evident tho obiectors do not un- drralan.l tho law, while in others il would appear that .elfish motives draw oul tho objections. In order to understand tho aniiilof U10 law, let us uppnso a caso under tho old law. A person comcaj into Ohio wilh (,'iUUO and invests his capital in land) imu.ril.sirl. ho is iin.lur tax. while he has to work hard to bring from the farm a return for tho monev invested. Another come, with tell times as much camtal. i.lO.lXK): and invests it by loaning It at tere.t, incorporating the principal and interc.t, into one, in post nolrs, the interest so incorporated being mistaken in saying Ifjut the ett.cl ol Una law woul. lighlon tho tax now paid by the farmers; yet if it docs not havo thai cflcct its operslion will be to secure that class of tax-payers from any additional euraens. 1 ne amouni iiiiueno raisca, nas oeen louna inadequate to the wants of the Htale and in ordea, to pay off tho interest of the public debt, and meet other demands promptly, a considerable additional sum has become absolutely necessary. To raise this, some new objects of taxaliun muat be found, since no one could think of adding anything to thu onerous tnx now paid on farms and farm proKriy. class of traders in money and other property, and herctotoro annual wnuiiy exempt irom puDiie exactions, will now be compelled to pay their share. If theso money broken and thrifty dealers be mostly Whigs, aa our opponents say they arc, why should the Locofoco pres. complain? ll ia not often that Locotocoisni ia found shielding tho Whiga from thrcatoned harm. A single year's trial will be sufficient to show whether llie law shall be continued or not; fur if it does not work well it can be repealed but let this be aa it will, it ia probablo that the whole system of taxation will be ao amended aa to bring about an entirely new scheme of assessment, under which everything will be regulated by ilia money standard. , Fmm ih. C.nc.nii.l) Chronicl. Tk. Nrw T.s l.w. This law, though severely condemned in Cincinnati, is hiirlilr approved in msny of the countrr town. Thru inu' that they have paid much higher taxes nn personal property than llioso paid in Cincinnati.The bad atlribulca in the law aro chiefly in the moils rather than the result of the lax. 'I'he law will do good in one respect: It will lead to a revision of all the tax laws, and finally lo Iho taxing of oil tpteta of property al town rain, wincn ia me Iruo principle ot taxation, iiorcioioro many species ot vsluable property havo escaped taxation altogether, 11110 omcra nave oeen laxeu ai inoai unequal rate. Il is ollcn said that tho taxes in Cincinnati are) thirty stills. 80 tliey are on the face of the receipt.; nut every well iniormeo parson xnows mis is not truo in fact The real tax is aoout ten mills ene patent. Hut even this tax is enormously high for llio united oiaics. v uai cause. 11 r Almost entirely Uie City taiei. Our Internal Improvcmetite, our Schools, our Water Works, and other thing which bring wealtli and conilort to the cituena. causo Uie taxes ; and there ia probably not a single cilizon who would not prefer thoao works wiih the taxes to boing relieved from the taxos and going wiilioul mo worKs. .... ... 1 I ulin mttmtl'Wn1 Samuel .ephon, 1 lie co, o,.u ,,n . ... . r , x Uiis. bo. an aged negro some in ... . 1 '"""-'.. i, :.. he ha no note, bearing imrr.-t. '-t. ::iz zlz icd ,.0, iTbu.'.i,. w.u. i... i-., im I1CM niUlVRwVU "J Fmm tlis Rtirltsye Scnilntl. Th Hew Tax Law Our renders will And in to-day's n riper the new tsw in relation to taxation. This lw is very important one, mn much ss it brinps a Isrye amount of property on tp the tnx list which has heretofore entirely escaped taxation. It will have a tendency to relieve the firming interest, which haa always been cavily burlhened ami ettrct a moro eouttrible td- jUBtmcut and equatiiation of iho objects of taxation. r or our pari we can see no reason why a man who can snort hit 150 dollar buggy or carriage should not puy a lax on tne same as well at tlio man who ownt the tamo amount in value of wild land on whirh perhaps he hat just erected his cabin, and began in Ihe world with aearcely the ability at the end nf tho year, to raise aullicicnt ready cash from the land to pay tho taxes. An additional tax wat found necessary to defray the current expenses of the State, and pay the interest on the dent, owing lo the failure or the late Loco authorities to make the requisite provisions. This could nut be dono except by increas ing the per centum on riimnu ouectt ol taxation which wcte a I irmly nuavily tiurthoned or mini new objects on tho tax list. Tho latter course was adop ted at the most expedient An attempt haa been made to niako it appear a party measure. This however, is not true : the journals show that it was sup ported hy into ot both parties that it was (Ideated m Ihe House and that a locoftco moved its recon sideration, which was carried, and the bill was finally paased hy tho votes ot men ot Doth parties, lha law will be sustained by tht people Ms laboring nvif $rt despite tlie croakings of motuy thavers and a few WA nabobs. Tim N:w Tax Law. This law meole wilh con siderable opposition in Cincinnati and we do not at w miilcr al it, at utuler Iho old one, a Croat portion of her business men escaped taxation to a conside rable extent, i Ins has Deen the case in otner placet. To remedy the evil, and nlace the burthen of taxation equally upon tho ahnuWra nf al), tho pro tent law wat passed. VirtUville ihratd. J