Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-08-04

              WEEKLY 0 TO rm a rn A1 E JOURNAL VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1847. NUMBER 49. FUBL1SI1ED KVKRY WEDNESDAY MOKN1NO, BY WILLIAM B. Til HALL. Olnoe in (he Joumiil Building, south-east corner ot lligi street and Sugarallay. ' TE 11 MS: Turf. i Dollars pkr abhum, which maybodisehaicd by the payment of Two Doi.i.aks in advance, and tree ol The Journal is also published daily during the session of jlie I .ugislalura, and turice a wk mo ruiim.mi... . j for jffl i and three limow a week, yearly, forg. THUHHDAY EVENING, July 0, 1847. Whitewashing. A few weeks ago the simple announcement was made by sundry of our loeofneo neighbors, that Pur-uy McKi.ymt waa appointed Receiver of the Land 01 lice at Upper Sandusky, in place of Mr. Huber, removed. The appointed and the disappointed were both locofocoa. Thia announcement waa aoon followed by expressions of regret on the part of the Cincinnati Enquirer, that reporta highly prejudicial to the of. Jiai&l standing of Mr. Iluber, had obtained in the community. And thia again wai forthwith auccceded by the whitewashing brush of tho Statesman, cortifying that Hubtr had " promptly pnid at the place where ho made his depositee every cent that appeared against him on the examination of the government agent. It was paid before the demand was made against him!" Ah, indeed ! It muat be oven ao, for the Editor of the Ohio Statesman asserts it and ho rejoices, moreover, that Mr. Iluber hai been thus prompt in settling up the deficiency in hta accounta." The What! "The deficiency " to be aure J that deficiency, the prompt payment of every cent of which, by the proper peraon, at the proper place, before the demand waa made for it waa altogether ao very appropriate and the remembrance whereof ao atira up with joy the pure spirit of our neighbor of tho Statesman I Our neighbor infixing up this case, see me to have made hit wash a little too white I If tho payments of this Mr. Huuerwere mo promptly and to properly made, tvery cent of them, whence the necessity or propriety of his removal t Even since his removal from office the Suleiman certifies him a marvellously 11 honest" man. Then why not retain him in his office? Why thrust him out ? The truth of the matter is, that the very efforts of the Statesman to present a fairexterior, is of itself sufficient to excite suspicion that " there is some thing rotten in Denmark," or among the sub-treasurers about Upper Sandusky. And what that omething is, is pretty plainly shadowed forth by our correspondent " Wyandott" in the State Journal of to-day. Who does not remember tho echo with which the welkin rang a few short ycara ago, when after the moat searching scrutiny among all the Departments of the Government, after tho close of Mr. Adams administration, a single case of default was found ? And that not for seven thousand dollars, but for a comparatively trifling sum. Tho unhappy delinquent was thrust into prison, and his family denied the privilege of ministering to him there, lie was denounced through the length and breadth of the land as a " criminal." His case was mado the occasion of enacting that provision in the Subtreasury haw which denounces official defalcation as a criminal offence, and visits it with imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Where, then, waa tho Statesman's horror for the perpetration of such offence, in the case of its 11 honest" chum of the Upper Sandusky Land Office? It is muto as an oyster on the occasion, save its coo-ings'likea sucking dove" over tho " honesty " of tho perpetrator, and its rejoicings that he had bo promptly made good the delinquency, all at the proper time and place even before the money was demanded of him! Out upon such mawkish showing of honesty ! and those who rejoice at its exemplification. Our neighbor was endeavoring to " pull the wool " over the eyei of his own friends. Our correspondent tears off the thin veil with which the Statesman attempted to disguise the facts. Mr. Polk mid Hit uext Presidency Is it true that the Editor of the Statesman thinks Mr. Polk should run a second time for the Presidency, on the ground that he is now tho most popular man in tho " democratic " party ? Only see what appeals would be made in his behalf! A standing ar my a national debt a canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantipec, hut no canals in the United Stales An administration opposed to the credit system that carries on government by borrowing money, and so forth. Hut why should Mr. Polk have peculiar credit for these things ? Is there any loco-foco who dure disagree with htm ? Why should not all be equally popular? Is it true that the Statesman has thrown Silas Wright overboard in consequence of Mr. Polk's ti ceding popularity? If not true, how did the rumor get out? Or will ho deny that there is such a rumor? " Every man to his taste." Stick A Pi Turin.! Tho locofocoa are taking ground against the Chicago Convention. How long will it be be lore they will bo seeking western votes and propossing to be in favor of river and harbor improvements! Nut long. It is well enough to keep an eye to these " artful dodgers" Let us wait and Cm. Cass. This very explicit gentleman, has not been explicitly beard from since his amazingly explic it letter to tho Chicago Convention. The people of Michigan arc likely to have a wonderful attachment for that man! So tealous, so frank, ao devoted to western interest! He will bo somebodj's candidate for the presidency n i doubt ; and if any body will tell him whose, he will doubtless bo much obliged tuthem. Ilo is, if we remember right, the same Gen. Cass, ho was advertised in Columbus a year or two since, as tho " hero of tt'aupauknuttn." Why not ? Miillicotlic. We learn from the papers " that our friends of the goodly city of Chillicothe are amarting 11 some" un der their disappointment in regard to tho prospective location of the Westwnrd Extension of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. We arc not surprised at this and fur their sakes could wish it were otherwise. But they should take their disapjHiinlmeut with as much patience as possible, and not reproach themselves fur the fault is not their own. The fact is Uiat those hills, which like guardian gtnii aland round about Chillicothe, and impart to tho city many of its thousand charms (and whirh,hythe way, continue with but narrow intervals from Chilli-collie to Marietta,) -are rather formidable obstacles in the way of constructing Railroads. And then, our good friends of Baltimore, (who in ina Iters of this sort keep a sharp look-out for tho main chance,) bethought themselves that if they should cross over from Parkersburgb, and overcome the knobs and come over the valleys to Chillicolbe, the Philadelphiana and PitUburghers would push on (A fir works into the very heart of Ohio, touching Zancaville, Columbus, Dayton, and so onward and that this latter work, which would be constructed at a vastly less eijiensc, would be productive of by far tho greater prutit. Considerations like these would naturally have their influence upon those whose pockets were concerned in deciding as between the two routes. In (act there were three routes looking for Baltimore to send Ihem a Railroad through Ohio; and upon tho theory that "misery loves company," our Clullicntho friends should derive consolation from the fact that the people uf Columbiana and Starke counties are just as much outraged by the determination of the Wheeling conference, as they are themselves, and rhow their indignation much in tho same fashion because the I northern route has been neglected, as do the good folk of Chillicothe at tho alledged alight of the southern. We hope all concerned will become reconciled in good time and especially that our brethren of tho press will be restored to their wonted good hu mor. By all means let them adopt the philosophy of our mutual friends of Fiekateay, and consider seriously the expediency of making a Railroad connection at Columbus. It will prove vastly easier, and in our poor judgment immeasurably wiser for them, to construct a mad through tho fertile valley of the Scioto, from Chillicothe to Cotumhua, than to be delving and peering away among the huckleberry knobs of Hocking. There is no mistake about ill Before the tt'asktngton Vnion can adopt Taylor, it says it will require hi in to define his position. It is more than Polk required of Santa Anna; As trenl him blind as they say nut West. Polk may think, however, with the author of " lludihraa" " Sure, the pleasure's just as great Of being chnslrd aa to cheat"- And he certainly ought to know, for he has experienced both pleasures. A". Y. Tribune. For the Ohio Slate Journal. Mr. Editor In loukiuirover the Ohio Statesman of the 14lh inst., my eye caught an article headed " Receiver at Upper Sandusky," which slated aa followa: 11 Wo are pleased to be able to state that Mr. Hub eh, late Receiver at Unpur Sandusky, promptly paid, at the place where he made his deposits, every cent of the amount that appeared against him on the examination of the government Agent. It was paid before the demand was mado against him. Mr. H. always sustained tho reputation uf an honest man, and we rejoice that he has been thus prompt in settling up the deficiency in his accounts." Away with such " promptness," Mr. Medary or Mr. Statesman ! You know but little about the tranaac lions of which vnu aro sneaking or otherwise you choose to tell but little of what you know. The facts in the case are in this wise : Mr. Iluber, (as is well known by those who are in tho least acquainted with him,) is not even a common English scholar ; and ao far from being a business man, can hardly write his own name, and never wrote an olhcial letter to the Land Ollico Department in his life at least since he was commissioned, which was on the 13th of Februa ry, Iri:i(i. He did not, in all probability, know the exact amount of his deficiency to the Government, until the government officer called on him a few days since anil made the examination. 1 tie denaency, n 1 was correctly informed, was Seven Thousand One Hun dred and Four Dollar and Seventy-Five Vents! So soon as Huher's bail found out there wasa deficiency. , they almost initaneously made up the full amount, in wunt tno dear lovers ot locoiocotsm call Henion Mint Drops, and sent it to the Sub-treasury official, viz : swnte Patrick Collins, at Cincinnati. 1 here was one fortunate circumstance in ton trans. action in relation to raising the money : The bail, or at least a portion of them, embracing the following " democratic drgnatnries, were moneyed men lhat is to siy, the Hon. Ilodolphus Dickinson, Stephen Fowler, Amos E. Wood, Col. W. M. Buell, Daniel Smith, Joseph McCutchen, H. Knrsh, D. Ayres, and a lot of others. The money was promptly raised and paid over; but how do these dignitaries get compensated tor their uninterested service to 14 the democracy in signing Dither's bond and forking over the mint-drops to Swale Patrick? If I am rightly informed, they have taken possession of all the estate, real and personal, of Iluber, and are selling it off to the best ad-vnutuge possible. But in all probability each of them will in the end have to dance un to the tune of one or two hundred dollars as it is supposed tho property will not sell for sufficient to meet the deficiency. Bliould that he the case, there will prohahiy bo a twist at law between lluber's bail and tho Register. I nave not seen, nor nave t any opportunity m seeing, tho instructions from the Land Office Department at Washington : but am told the Register ban lull control of tho Receiver, and can shut up the Receiver's ollico whenever any thing is there found wrong. And that ho is strictly enjoined to count the moneys at the end of every month, examine the hooks, Vc. But it seems this careful olhcial who feeds at the public crib to the tune of three or four thousand a year, never counted the moneys for 31 or 24 months ! Stating for an ex cuse that tie had the most implicit confidence in tho Ueceiver s integrity, ivc. I' nitty excuse that ! The result ij, the People's money goes to defray the expenses of Agents sent from Washington, to examine nlo the default and difficulties in relation to the ollico. am not especially acquainted with Col. Jemmy Polk but if he is tho man 1 was told he was in 1H 14, there will soon be room for some poor, lean-sided Locofoco, as Register of the Land Ollico; as people making entries of land, under existing circumstances, can have but little confidence in the official reporta of the present incumbent in ttio Sandusky District YYVAKllOTT. For tho Ohio State Jouninl. Granville Female Academy Mn. Kimtor: I attended the examination of thia school, which closed yesterday, and I cannot refrain from expressing some thoughts with reference to it. It is probably known to many of your readers that Ghakvili.r is one of the most pleasant villnges in tha State for a ir.h a Seminary healthful, beautiful, intel ligent, moral, iho building ol the Academy ta a spacious edifice, four stories high, containing Jill or GO rooms, aim admirably adapted to the purposes ot such an Institution. Of the teachers I know not how to speak without appearing fulsome. William D. Moore, a graduate of Dartmouth, a finished scholar, practised tencher, and perfect gentleman, is the principal, and is just suited as a teacher and disciplinarian to give the right char acter to the school. II in assistants, Hie Misses hnowl-ton, Oliphant, Bancroft, and Brown, constitute on able array of female instructors, and are deserving of much praise for their faithfulness and success in their vari ous departments. The examinations were protracted and thorough, and tho answers prompt and accurate, nnd evidently from an understanding of tho subjects. i caiiuoi parucuinrize witnout uoitig injustice, anu yei I must mention the graduating class and commend their accurate scholarship. Lucrelia Dutihnm, Harriet M. Thompson, Olivo Stark and Catharine Sellings, are the names of the young ladies who have completed their course, and we doubt not they will be an honor and a blessing to their friends and country. The commencement t-xerci es were closed by an address from Rev. J. M. Stevenson, of Dayton, Ohio. The granting diplomas a neat and touching address by the principal a farewell hymn sung by tho school, and prayer by tho Rev. Mr. Little. IjUI parents who have daughters to educate, and who value a high tone of intellectual and moral ele vation with refinement of sentiment and manners, send to tlm Granville Female. Academy. 1 have no interest in its welfare, other than as a citizen of Ohio. I desire to see siirA schools overllowmgly patronized. The next session, as 1 learn from the catalogue, com mences the !th of September. A Visitor. Columbus, July 4 . Another Letter from Midshipman Rogers The following extract from a letter from Passed Midshipman Rogers, from the Philadelpha Pennsylva- man, is of the latest dates from the city of Mexico. The English Courier having left that city on the lh ult , and this is dated the W"th. It will be Been that the writer has dismissed sll fear of being executed as a spy, but is kept under strict surveilauce, as a pria oner ut war. We hoia that the next arrival from Mexico will show that (ion. Knott has taken deter-mined measures to procure tho release of this gallant seaman : Mt-uco, June itH, 117. I wish I could write cheerfully of my situation and prospects yet I cannot do so, without deceiving you alihoiigh, perhaps, such deceit would be pardonable. My position is melancholy enough and tiiere ia but little to hopo for in the future; it may be, 1 am not warranted in ao saying. When I shall return to you ia uncertain, for we hare been informed that the M limns have refused ta exchange vs. 1 know not if Gen. Heott has taken any steps to have us liberated. Hundreds of Mexicans Iiavo been allowed to go to their homes, whilst wo have been incarcerated in a common goal with abandoned felons, larking the necessaries of life and depending upon the chanty of for-eigne rs. 1 think I may dismiss from ynur mind all appro-hension of my being executed as a spy although, for a space of six months, I held my life by a most pro- carious tenure. Gd knows I have experienced some moat bitter lessons and may they prove salutary. I will not recapitulate hero the sufferings! have undergone suffice to ny, that my treatment would have been unworthy the Coinanches. There is no doubt but that we will be sent into the interior, upon intelligence of Scott'a movement from Puebla say ten days hence but to wfiat part 1 am unable to inform you. Some think we will bo marched otf to Aeapiilcn, on tho west coast, from which place, a few return, on account of the malignity of the climate and the bad character of the inhabitunta of that portion of the country. The object of this government appears to be, to get rid of us by any means, abort of open violence. 1 have said almost too much aa I am not permitted to "tell the secreta of my prison house." For myself 1 fear no consequence, but I may compromise others. All of us havn abandoned the hope of returning to our homes if ever until (he war shall be concluded Wool The Washington (Pa.) Reporter speaks of the quantity of Wool in that county being very largo thia year, and in splendid condition mnrh lielter than heretofore. And aa a matter of courso, the wool growers receive higher prices for it, in consequence of its sujierior condition. Washington it a great wool growing county in Pennsylvania, and since her farmers have paid more attention to the quality of their sheep, and the condition of tfie wool, when taken to market, their wool ranks among the first m the country. A Chahci run Fortunk ."niib Rkwakd. The above reward will be paid upon the production of legal prool that the following named gentlemen have either sons or sons-in-law in our army in Mexico, vu : James K. Polk, President of the United States, James Buchanan, his SecreUry of State, Win. L. Marcy, tiis Secretary of War, John Y. Mason, his Secretary of the Navy, Cave Johnson. Ins Post Maxtor Gencrnl, Robert J , Walker, his Secretary of the Treasury, and Nathan Clifford, his Attorney General, Aa those gentlemen, the President and his Cabinet, involved us in the war with Mexico, the country it deeply anxious to know how many of the in have sent their sons, or sons-in-law, to fight the foe ; and aa much dithrulty has been experienced by the people in learning tho facts, tho ahovo reward has been offered, in hopes of eliciting the truth. The evidence may In filed with C. B. Cole, President of tho late Democratic Convention, and upon his certificate that such evidence has been furnished, showing that each uf the before mentioned gentlemen has either a son or sott-in law in the army, the above reward will be paid by tfie Wilms or Gr.onou, P. S. F.ditors friendly to the cause of knowledge, will pleaao circulate the foregoing. OVorgm Journal V Messenger. American Prisoners In Mexico. Release of the Prisoners Letter from Maj. Gaines Probable advance of General Scott. The following, which we copy from the New Orleans Picayune of tho 14th, will bo read with the greatest interest. We have at last direct accounts from the American prisoners in Mexico, which enables us to clear up the contradictory rumors we have in relation to them. Letters were received here yesterday from Maj. Gaines by his brother A. L. Gaines, dated in the city of Mexico, the th of June, with the use of which wo have been favored. It appears from them that the rank and (ilo of the prisoners have been released and sunt to Tatnpico. These wore doubtless the individuals at Huejutlo, as mentioned in our last. The officers had not been released on the 2(ilh ol June. We give the greatet part of Maj. Gaine'a letter, which, it will be teen, throws great light on Gen. Scolt'a movements at well as upon the fate of the American prisoners: Citv or Muxico, June i&lh, 1M47. Dear Sir I am sorry that I have it not in my power to advise you of our release from bondage. This execrable Government in violation of repeated promises and a solemn engagement entered into with General Taylor, tfie day after the battle of Buena Vista, still detains us as prisoners of war. On the &I inst., 1 received a note from the Govern mcnt to present myself at the Castlo of Santiago, our late prison, and there received tho 6nal determination of tho authorities in our case. At the Castle we were I informed that wo were exchanged, and that we should depart tho next day for Tampico the officers only without tfie men and were directed to go to the palace, receive our instructions, expense money, &c, &c, preparatory to our departure. At the palace we were told to call the next day, and on tho dext day were informed ttiat ttiey were without means to send us, and that we could not go. Thus were our hopes blasted, after having made all necessary preparation on our part for the trip. The disappointment was the more galling because tho reason assigned was known to be a mere subterfuge, and it turned out afterwards our men, one hundred and seventy in number, were sent off to the same place without our knowledge, which required a much larger sum than it would have required to send the oilicert. Indeed it would have taken a small additional sum to have sent us with them, and that we would cheerfully have paid ourselves. By sending off tho men without our knowledge they were subjected to gieat suffering and inconvenience on a long road to Tampico, without the preparation necessary in the way of clothing, shoes, &c, which were then in fact furnished them. Tfie true reason why the officers were nut al-, lowed to accompany them, remain to he seen. Since that tune (the 4th) 1 have heard nothing from this infernal Government, if Government it may be j called; but to-day I have received an assurance from Gen. Scott that immediately upon his arrival in the vicinity of the city, which will surely be within twelve days, fie will make a precmptory demand for us. ( will be complied in'M, as I tit ink. You may therefore look for me early in August. Gen Scott, we oro assured, has made every possi ! hie effort to procure our enlargement, but to no purpose. His approach to this city will certainly take place in a few days. His measures preparatory to moving aro all taken, and preparations nearly complete. He comes with a force siitficiunlto accomplish his object effectually. I have received no letters from tho States except one from A. K., since my captivity, so that tho world as to me may be suid to be lie nnCic ally sealed up. I have now the most positive information of Gen Scott's readiness to move on this capital withm the next three or four days. Ho will Iiavo an easy con-quest.My intercourse with Gen. Worth is frequent. By his generous conduct towards nie, he has endeared himself to me for life. Your affectionate brother, JNO. P. GAINES. Dickenson College Commencement. The exercises connected with the late commence ment at Dickenson, are said to have possessed great interest. The oration before the Belles Leltre Soci ety on tho morning of the 7th, was to have been de livered by tho lion. Lhurles Gibbons, but a sudden ness prevented hi attendance. J I is place wns sup plied by Professor McClititock, who spoke on " Devotion to the Truth," with an earnestness and an elo-iiuence, which showed tfie gifted sneaker to bo him self an ardent votary of the causo which he advoca ted. I he oration in the evening ol the same day, he-fore the General Union Philosophical Society, was delivered by William B. McClure, Hsq., of Pittsburgh. It is represented by those who heard it, to have been a moat happy effort. At the meeting ol the Jinard or I run tees on the same day, it appeared that the institution had been, during the year, in a highly flourishing condition. The mnnlier ol stuilenta had increased to VUI (I Jlol them m College and 0U in the I reparniory Department) and the seven ue had been sufficient not only In meet all tho regular expellees, hut also to make improvements about the buildingi, &c, to tfie amount of $'iUO, and to pay off if'.UO of old debts. 1 lie l rustees appointed a lommittee with powers to proceed to the erection of a new building for society halls, libraries, museum, Ac, so soon as the societies have raised their share of tho expected cost. On I hunt day morning tfie nth, the commencement was celebrated, when Hie degreu of A B was conferred upon fifteen members of the senior class, and the degree of A M upon twelve of the previous graduates. the honorary degree of .Master ot Arts, was con. ferred upon Joseph Salkeld, uf Connecticut, and Wilhiiin ii. Jnhiiiton ol dcriiiantnwn, fa. 1 he de gree of LL. I), upon Major Henry Brewer ton, Su perintendent ol the United States Military Academy. West Point, nnd upon ttio Hon. Kcverdy Johusun ot Uallmiorc, Md. The degree of D D was conferred upon the Rev. Fdward Neville, of Philadelphia, and Rev. John lie ec ha in, ol ijondon. lie next session of the collego will commence on the loth September. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. A Question fur Casuists. It hns be'en made known to all the world at least to all lhat part of it in which newspapers are read-that certain illustrissimi of one sort and another, in r.ngland, have put their heads together in the project to erect, somewhere, a luting monument or other tes timonial in honor of an r.nglishman who tins he dead a considerable numher of years, hut, being dead, has so long been remembered as the man who intro duced the art of printing into England. The first public demonstration o the illmurissimi was mado no table to us on the hither side of tfie Atlantic, by the presence thereat of Mr. Ilanerott, a gentleman whom we give nine thousand dollars a year, and the title of xce Henry, to make occasional blarneying speeches for us in England, and to figure at divers liiMhionnble fentivities, Queen's drawing rooms, diplomatic dinners, A (macks, (Vc , A,o. Mr. Bancroft was present and , made a speech, in which, among other things, he asserted tho right of Americans In tako an interest in the fame of Cnxton, and solemnly demanded that the monument, it placed in Wcstinmintcr Abbey, should be placed at the West end of that edifice, so that it might have a look out irrmi the broad waters towards the land represented by the sHaker, ttc, Ac., c. All this, no doubt, is very pnicr and laudibto ; but one curious effect of it has been, already to stir up doubt and disputation concerning the just right of the departed Mr. Cnxton to that posthumous honor of winch he has so long been in uict possession. Old chronicles have been rummaged, old librnriea have been ransacked, and it ts now said that in the public library of Cambridge volume his been discovered Which was printed at Oxford, in 1 Kid, ml wliirh entirely deprives Mr. Caxlonof the glory he has worn so peacefully. According to this volume, which professes to derive its information from an ancient record in Lambeth palace, 41 Henry VI. sent Mr. Tumour, his master of the robes, with .nr. iaxion, 10 iinaricin, to induce one of Gutenberg's men secretly tocouie to Knglaud ; one Corsellis was at length bribed and conveyed from Holland forthwith to Oxford, where a military guard was put over him that he might not effect Ins escape before he had fulfilled his agreement. So tfint printing began at Oxford, and Una before there waa either press or printer in France, Spain, Italy, or Germany, save in the city of Mentx. The King then set up a rets at St. A than a and another at Westminster, Ins ilaiestv himself having the emoluments arising from all the books in the kingdom printed. In tho latter press, it seems Mr. Cnxton was engaged. If all this is true, Mr. Caxlon'i share in the morit of bringing tho art of printing to Kugland waa very small, the said merit being divisible into at leaat three portions ; one and very considerably the largest, as well by r jynl right as by the right of origination belonging to King Henry the Sixth, and a second to Mr. t umour, by whom uaxtnn seems to nave been em ployed, only as an assistant. Jlnl another question arises in connexion with the whole matter, somewhat more interesting and impor tant than that respecting the jnxt partition of the honor between Cnxton, 1 iirnour and the King. I he process hv which the art was taken to Knglaud will hardly bear examination on the score of morality there ins to be an order t I lift I about it. I he art wait a secret, belonging of right to Holland and to Guten berg; and the question arises whether it waa either! just or honorable to lake it from the country and tho 1 nun, by such a compound process of bribery and lorce as tfie extract describes. On tho other hand.it is to bo considered whether, with reference to a matter of such incalculable value, to an agency an powerful and indispensnblo for tho progress ol art, science, morality nnd religion the end did nut justify the means , or indeed whether any man or any country had a right to keep such a thing secret, or could acquire such an exrhiMvc proerty in it aa to make any lueana of get ting it away indefensible. Here now are aonte nice questions for casuists to decide before the inouuuii'iil is erected. From the Cincinnati lute He. Rnther an Extraordinary Public Document. We find the following telegraphic letter in the Pitts burgh Gazette of the VMh inst. H is not very extraordinary that we should receive New Orleans dotes via Philadelphia later ttian those which reach us via the Ohio River in the summer stage of water, but tho document brought us in this instance does seem to us to be not a little extraordinary. We need not ask attention to it. fur ilH contents will arrest the attention of everybody. x'iiii.xdki.piiia, July Id, YZK, A. M. The Picayune Kxtra, of July 12. has received, by the arrival of the steamer McKim, which left Vera Cruz on tfie 4th inst.. fifes from the city of Mexico of the !Hh ult. The Government paper published a communication from tho Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed to tho members ut the Mexican I engross, and relernug the in to a dispatch from Secretary Buchanan, announcing tne appointment ot Air. inst, Mr. Buchanan's letter is dated April 15, and acknowledges the receipt of tho Mexican Minister's letter, of Feb. yd, declining to accede to our proposition to send Commissioners to J a la pa, or any other point, until the blockade of the Mexican ports should be raised, and tho Mexican territory evacuated by our troops. Mr. Buchanan insisted that the President holds such conditions absolutely inadmissible neither de manded by National honor, nor sanctioned by the practice of Nations unless by the complete subjugation of one of the belligerents. He shows how puerile a course it would be for a nation, which had sacrificed men and money to gain a foothold in an enemy's country, to abandon tho advantages thus gained, and withdraw its forces, in order to induce negotiations, without any certainty or security that peace would eimtio from such negotiations. tie men cites the case ot our last war with Ureal Britian, to show that we never considered for a moment that our honor renin red us to insist upon a with drawal of the British troops before consenting to treat for peace. We sent commissioners to Ghent, wfien a portion of our territory was occupied by British troops, and it was notorious that while negotiations were going on at Ghent, hostilities were conducted by both sides with redoubled vigor the most memorable battle of tho war occurring after negotiations had been concluded. Such a preliminary condition to negotia tion has not been acted on in modern times, in any instance ; at lenst Mr. Buchanan knows of none. He tticn exposes the unusual conduct of Mexico in another aspect. Tho President had desired to avoid the war, and had sent a commissioner to negotiate for peace, even after tho war hnd commenced, by the attack of the Mexican troops on Gen. Taylor. Tho President had reiterated his piopositiuns with a view to open negotiations, which should put an end to hontilities. He hud declared to the world that he would exoct no conditions that wore not honorable to both parties, and yet the Mexican government had refused to receive our minister, and after declining to open negotiations, had never made known upon what terms she would consent to a settlement of the difficul ties between tho two Republics. mere never win ben termination ol hostilities, Mr. Buchanan proceeds to say, if Mexico refines to listen to the overtures which Iiavo been proffered, nnd which tend to the re-establishment of peace. The President, therefore, will not innke further overtures lor the opening of negotiations, until he has reason to believe that they will be accepted bj the Mexican Government. Nevertheless, such is his desire for peace, and that thcevilsof tho war should not be prolonged, even one day Mcr than tho Mexican Government makes it absolutely necessary, he has sent in the quality of CoiniiiiaHioner, to tho head quarters of the Army in Mexico, N. P. 'Prist, with full power to conclude a definitive treaty of peace with tho United Mexican states. Mr. Trist is represented as posset sine the full con fidence of the President, and m worthy of that of the Mexican government. In conclusion, Mr. Buchanan forbears commenting on the closing passage of the last letter from tho Mexican Minister, lest it should give to his present note a less conciliatory chancier than ho desired for it. He refers with pleasure to another passsnge in the same letter, wherein is expressed the pain with which the Mexican government hns seen altered the cordial friendship which it had cultivated with this republic, whose continued advancement it hod always admired. and whose institutions had served as a model of its own. Tho President, continues Mr. B , entertained the strongett desire to see the United Mexican Statet under such inslitutions as prevail witli us. They protect and secure liberty, and maintain an elevated position among oilier nations. 1 he first extraordinary thing in this doucument up on which wo ahall to. day make a word of comment, ia the assertion in tho sixth paragraph as above quo-led, that the President hnd drsirrd to avoid this irar, and hod sr. nt A Commissiokkii to negotiate for a peaceevr.n after the war had commenced by an attack of the Mexican troops upon General Taylor. What Cninmnmioner " can here be alluded to? The people of the United Stales now hear for the first tune that any such functionary was sent to Mexico at the jteriod specified. Waa it not the very refusal of the President to appoint a Commissioner to adjust the difficulties between the two countries, that precipitated the war.' Did not the Mexican Government ak that such a Commissioner might be Bent, and insist upon this point, as a necessary preliminary to any negotiation with the United States? And did not the President decline acceding to tho request of the Mexican Government? We cannot at Una moment lay our hands upon the published documents relating to that period, but such aro very distinctly our recollections. It can have escaped the remembrance of no man, that when Mr. Slidell waa appointed Ministtr to Mexico, the Mexican Government repeatedly and limit positively refused to receive him, becnuse such reception would imply its acknowledgement that a condition of peace and amity existed between the two nations, whereas such a condition did not exist, nor could it while the soil of Mexico waa trodden by the invading troops of the United States. The Government of Mxico therefore shut out a resident Mimstrr from the United States, and closed the door to reconciliation through the agency of such a dignitary. It at the same tune, however, opened anotlier door of adjustment, by atking the appointment of a special commission, 'o treat ot the great and at this time we think al inont the only question of dispute : vix. the boundary. Did the rremdnnt appoint any such commission If so, tho people have never till now heard of the fact, or wo greatly err in our recollection. What then does the assertion of Mr. Buchanan mean t la it an error that tins grown nut of a double translation between the dispatching of the let ter from W ashingtnn to the city of Mexico and its return as far as Philadelphia? or does the President now mean to take the ground lhat the appointment uf Mr. Shdell constituted such a commission ? The second remarkable thing in this document. which cslls for present comment, is the statement lhat Mr. Polk, in his extraordinary desire for pence," and his hum sue and christian anxiety 14 that the evils uf the war shall not be prolonged, hns sent in tmi "H'ALlTlf or Commimox.k, to the hrad yuarlrrs of the army in M'xico, N. P. Tnsl, chief clerk of the Stale Department, iriM full power to conclude a urtintttrs treaty of pence ! That is to any, after the expenditure of millions of money, after separating for more than a year thousands of patriotio husbands and fathers from their wives and children, and after aacrificingmi the field of battle scores of men who wen' among thebesl-belov-ed and most noble in the laud, Premdcnl Polk has con sented nay, lias been eVirm, to do ,H'"t what the Mexican Government asked and insisted that he should do, i the commencement of the wnr 1 I ho 41 punciiha' of Mexico, as it wns then called in the Administration journals, has prevailed. Tho pretence of an invading army has not been able to force a 44 Minister llendent" upon Mexico, but the qualms and fears of Mr. Polk, or the ominous signs in the political iodine of his country, have cnmH'lled him to yield, and appoint the very 41 Commissioner" demanded by Mexico, Why, ao for as the Administration is concerned, this ia even worse than tho Oregon back-out! But what a pity it ia that thia step had not been taken at the time Mrxico sitggeated that it should be. What treasure it might have saved ! what toil, and blood, and agony, it might have apnred ! The whole war, indeed, beyond the Rio Grande, might bave been prevented by it, and most probnbly would. But will it succeed now ? There ia a doubt at least. It certainly doea not in all respecta seem ao likely to do bo at this time, aa it did at thnt. Then, the conditions of a peace were few and simple ; now, they aro man) , and much more rumple x. But every good cit iien will hope fur success. May we hear of it, and aoon 1 Hir uiwn Titr CYmmi Timko. The New Hampshire Register gives tho following account of nu incident on the New Haven and Hartford Road, soon after it went into operation. The train slopped at Mer-iden to wood up, and a fidgety gentleman, who waa probably for the first lime in his hie, in a railroad enr, and who held on to his seat with both hands, from the moment the cars left Hartford, looking aa though he expected every moment to uo shook mil ot the win dow, auddently atepHd out on the platform, and took a rapid look at the locomotive. " Anything the matter?" inquired a wag who had greally enjoyed the counlryman'B perturbation. Anything the matter f I should think then1 was something the matter, if you ever noticed it! Why llipy've stopped right in tho middle uf the road, and hain't hitched the cussed thing t Hposc and it should atart? hey t I gnets aome of us 'uil be in the kingdom come, afore night !" A roar of Iniighlerfrom the pi Mongers in no wise altered tho man's views of the superior sntety of his position, 41 in ease the cusstd thing should start " The splendid viaduct which carries the railway over the river Nucrlhc, in fraucr, line fallen damage fMH1,!H)U. A hove j, llillcr of I In i..., tlx- N.-w -wnr. in wliii' ? ptftill.ttr iiy H im n Burr's New Fins Strawberry. rnrrcrt reprMtnlst inn of tlis vtrr mnerior new ircillin ilrnwlHrrr noted by Mr. John Burr of tlili city, and whirh thn mw. i '!""'" Hrirtii'iilturn! r'oriHf Wlitv to Ih, all llnnici i'm.iUrr(-dp tin- vrrr twit uruw l-rr now cultivated ; tt It-iut Tor lha Jiaror, It i urt in l hi ll tH.illl NllXL- II,,..!. i. ; ri-iiiiintitf fr inmiii-iil tin ali illi llui m, wlm mid labor Itu liu dui iMrt Ik-low.) 1,'ominiieil lie l win u ll urt-Mlv rui'Kiti it in mmlm ur to il. f.iht" tli al inriely, and niot titliri iirndnrtivr Mru, itu- Mo.iomi ofllit Ni-w fine it ttnminalr vurieiy, like liurr'i old I'l-illini) lo ( tdnntt-d uloiit ml-, in i-ntun h tiill crop 1 n miii n mi n I vu-id ) M-ruM'il. Hy no advi-rlm-iiit-iil no hut iiuki-, it will In- ?t-n Hint Mr. Ilmr oltirt lo iHI i.lnnli til it' lriiwtierrii-i ; nUo, I lit- uld ttumlnnl viinrot-. t imiri I) liopr llml lit- muy be m welded toiUie ftiutt ol tarn d to Hits iiiiiroi-niHil ol tliii ik-tii'iuiii and wlmliuiiie Iruil. OAiu Cultivator. liliinti of Report on liurr's Need I ins Strawberries. Bytfte Committee of the Columbus Horticultural Society. The committee havimr visited Mr. Jlurr'a Garden at several times during the hlossominir and fruiting of his Strawberries, take pleasure in stating to the pub. lie, thnt their observations the present season, have fully confirmed the high opinion expressed by this society the past year respecting the character of Iturr's Seedling strawberries; and as most of the old standard varieties were exhibited by Mr. Burr, growing side hy side with these, the committee had full opportunity for comparing them ; and they do not hesitate to declare that in their opinion several of his seedlings arc superior in all respects to any other varieties in culti. vaiion at least tor the climnlc and soil ol this region. the following named varieties are deemed worthy of particular commendation. He vera I of them were noticed in the report of last yenr, and have fully maintained the high character then awarded them : 1- Ohio Mammoth. r ruit very large, averaging larger size than any ulher strawberries known ; shape lather long, conical and somewhat angular; color light red, llavorswect and excellent; folinge large and plants vigorous, hardy and productive; flowers perfect, or sta minute Produced from Burr's old Seedling and Unvey's. ii. N:w 1'iiik. Fruit large, color pale red, flavor very high aromatic, sweet and delicious; very early and uncommonly productive; plants vigorous and per feclly hardy ; flowers pistillate believed to be the best strawberry cultivated From Uurr's and llovey's. 3. Rival Ih'imos. Fruit of a dark and shining red color, resembling tho Hudson of Cincinnati, except Hint I he fruit and stem are longer; flavor very rich and excellent; plants tmrdy and very productive a very handsome and excellent variety for market, or domestic use flowers pistillate, l'rodueed by the old Hudson and Burr's 4. Coi.tMBDi Fruit large, nearly round, of a beautiful dark color and rich sweet ftnvor; plant uncommonly prolific and quite hardy flowers pistillate. From Uovey's and Burr's. 6. Scioto. Fruit of large aize, color light scarlet, flavor rich sweet and delicious ; plants very productive, vigorous and hnrdy pintillute. G. 8i Aiu.tT Mkj.tikq. Fruit rather long, with a neck, color bright red or scarlet, flavorexcellent, flesh very tender, (melting readily in a dish with sugar,) consequently, not suitable fur transporting to market, though delicious for the table ; planta very productive, of rapid and vigorous growth and hardy pistillate. 7. 1'Hort'SioK. Fruit medium size or small, flavor rich and sweet; plants hardy and a prodigious bearer iillO perfect berries having been counted on a single plant pistillate. H. Latk I'Hoi.inc Fruit of good size, largest ber riea measuring over three inches flavor rich and excellent. A Very valonhltj variety owingto its lateness of ripening being full ten dnys Inter than most other varieties nnd its great productiveness 135 quarts of the berries were pirked from a bed 6 feel by 20 ; which is equnl to 2 bun he Is to the rod plants uncommonly vigorous sna hardy pistillate. 6. Brim's old Sf.kim mo. (Slaminale,) maintains its high reputation, in this region, for productiveness and excellent flavor and is found to be the best variety for planting contiguous to the pistilate varieties to ensure their productiveness. II. Latham, M- B. Batkiiam, S. Mehahv, John Mim.kh, Committee. A llrillinnl 8pcctaclt'f And one not often seen by an American, the annu al review by tho Kuipernr of the Kussian Imperial Guard, at Ht. lVteraburgh, numbering some sixty thousand men, is thus described in a letter in the New j Haven Register, i he account will be read with in terest : I St. pRTKRsnuRan, June, 1K47. " Every year this Review takea place at the Imperii I City, preparatory to the departure of the troops for their summer quarters. For about four hours I had a good view of the magnificent sight, and my hurried pen wil fail to give you an adequate description of its exceeding splendor. When i arrived upon the ground, the troops had already begin to march. The balconies and windows of the public buildings and el-egant private residences surrounding the field, were! filled y ladies and gentlemen, and the Bides ot the field itself covered with a dense mass of men, women I and children. Un one aide of the field a gorgeous tent : waa pile bed upon a raised platform tor the hm press, and before her Majesty and the Emperor the hoops were to puss in review. The panoramic view of the wlmla field you can readily imagine, was beautiful. But to the review itself, of this great tody of 00,HH) troops, who in part only, compose the garde Impiriale of the Emperor Nicholas, and who arc distinct from the main army of Husaia, which 1 believe n umbers near one million rank and file. The foot soldiers, infantry principally, first passed in review, marching hy platoons of companies containing, perhaps, one hundred nnd fifty men each, and in double order. As the several platoona arrived opposite the Emperor, the peculiar Russian hurrah went up the whole length of the line, making the welkin ring. The soldiers were all picked men, tall, athletic. and every one of them with a heavy black mouatache. They moved Willi a mathematical precision, and whether on a alow or quick inarch, seemed like pieces of mechanician), and their muskets not varying, it seemea, an men, either in Height or, inclination given thctn. Of all the marching 1 have seen, and I have seen American, French, Dutch, and Prussian soldiers. none will at all compare with the Kussian. 1 he uniform of the infantry was blue and red, not unlike our militia uniform in Connecticut. It was about two hours before the infantry had passed in review, and then enme the cnvalry advancing in double order, by platoons of sixty horses abreast; and here was a sight that beggars description, and which, when I recall it seems like a magnificent vision. First came a company of Caucasian Frinces, mounted upon black, oal black fiery steeds, with long manes and tails, al. most sweeping the ground. The Caucasians were iireased in a red garment fitting closely to the skin, nnd over this a finely wrought steel chain armor covering the entire body, fell from the head loosely over me neca anu snoutuera ; upon tneir feel they wore a kind of sandal, and upon their legs leather leggins, similar to those of our Indian warriors; across their hacks they carried a bow with well filled quivers ; in their hands a carbine, and in their girdles tho savage looking uaghtigahn. They are a fierce, though handsome looking set of fellows, next enme the tartars, upon their wild- looking, fleet, little horses the horses, all of them carrying their necks forward and their heads high up in 1 1 if air, aa it snutting the ureexe,or, ao uniform was the line of heads, as if I hey were drawn up by pulleys. i lie cusimno of tho 1 artar soldier is a blue I rock, trimmed with silver, and a kind of skull cap, bound wiin tur; in his hand ho carries a spear, the end uf which he rests upon the head, between the ears of his horse. Then came the Chrralier Ijtncers, splendid looking men, drriaed in white rassimere, with heavy and highly polished breast plutes, and brass helmets surmounted by the Imperial eagles, all mounted upon uinatelegnnl horses. Regiment atVr regiment passed hy, each regiment with di lie rent colored horses, and the horses in enrh regiment so well matched in site, form, color, and indeed in every respect, that to distinguish thvin, en rt had brmded in his mane his number upon a small plate. The Lancers are all nicked men.and are the flower of the Russian army, the officers Wing of noblf birth; and were it not for the different pennants they carry upon their Inner, and Hie cnlt of the horses, nu one regiment could be distinguished from another, so nearly alike are the?. After the Lan. cers, came the Imperial Hussars, in their costume of red, with high fur caps, and mounted every one on white steeds. This regiment, it is said, is the favorite of the Empress. Then came the Imperial Carbineers, mounted ou black horses, and dressed like the lan. errs, except that their helmeta and breast-plates were nj sieei, highly polished, following these came the Cossacks their black stecdacarrying their heads high in the air. Tha dress ot the Cossacks is similar lo that of the Tartars, whirh I Imve above described, except in their caps, which are high and of fur; their weapon is a steel, sharp pointed lance. a a The rear of this immense body of cavalry, amounting to over !10,KH, was brought up by regiments of mounted artillery, six horses, three abreast, to each S tin, and of sappers and miners; and then came the aggng wagons, and the ponton tram. But the great-ratsiuhl was the marching of the horses attached to the different regiments. They seemed like machines, You think il strange" no doubt, and jet lis no less " sirange lhan true," that every horse in march-"IT kept perfect (tiHf, nth his ftrt, with the music. I never snw soldiers on fool do it betterindeed, not so well, for when a quick lively tune was played by the music every horse commenced a trot and kept up the same uniformity, as before when on a walk. And then to see those horses wheel hy companies, in uouhle or der, eoming round with the precision of a compass describing a circle ! it exceeded any thing 1 ever imagined.After the whole army, fur the Imperial Guard ia organised aa an entire and distinct army, had passed in review before the Fmperor, the infantry left the field, and the cavalry remained in full possession of it, and went through with some evolutions. First the Caucasians came at a full run down In the Held, and then the other regiments in succession. A tier tins, the whole body stationed themselves at some distance opposite the Emperor, in close order, and at a given signal half of this body, over lo.lHHI horsemen, started nn a run, and suddenly halted a few feet in advance of the Emperor, prrserving aa they hailed the asme contrariness and the same perfect front whirh they had before slatting. A few evolutions which I have not time to wrile about now, finished the review of the day a dny which has done much to impress on me the remark of Napoleon, that with an army of Russian soldiers he would conquer the world. He spoke of the soldiers, not of the ollicers, of whom ho had a high opinion. The Russian soldier ia a mere machine, and has not a thought beyond his Church and the Emperor and for both he believes it his duty to live and die. Most of the army ia composed of serfs or slaves; and tfie pay of the soldier ia about three dollars per annum. He is fed Uxm coarse bread and a kind ot aoup, and upon some great fete day he is given meat as a luxury. The pay of the Russian officers ia very mall, A Lieutenant gets about 500 rubles per annum, which is a little more than $100; a Captain 7HI rubles, and a Colonel only 3,000 rubles. You ask how they live i The officers generally have a competency beyond their pay ; aome there are who have not, and their condition ia worse lhan the soldier s for the latter is provided with a uniform, and is fed at the expense of the Emperor. 1 finish this letter by daylight, and yet it is after ten o'clock, P. M. The sun doea not act here, at present, until '.'i, P. M. The Secret History of the War We have had for some days before ua a series of significant queries addressed to Mr. Secretary Buchanan through tho columns of tho New Orleans National, but delayed to republish them in the hope that the I nion would find it convenient to make aome response, or to take some notice of a publication which, in our judgment, very seriously allecta the character of Mr. Buchanan. In this hope we have been disap pointed. 1 he othcinl 10 overprompt generally to contradict authoritively the thousand and one stories emanating daily almost from Washington, or given out in various parte of the country has not a word to say in reply to the following queries, which are nevertheless of a nature that would seem to require aome little notice from the official mouth piece and defender of the Pres ident and his cabinet: Sr.Hiors Questions ron Ma. Buchanan to An-swaa. 1st. Were you not, aa well as Mr. Folk, informed by letters, that if Gen. Taylor moved hia for ces, and look a position opposite Matamnras, a col lision would take place, and were not these letters from such a source, as you could not and did nut (as subsequent events prove) discredit them? Hare yon not thtse letters on fits among the private papers of the Deftartmtnl of State t and did yuu not refuse laat winter to give copies of them. 3d. Were you not shown the correspondence of Gen. Arista with a gentleman of high standing in the Uniled States, one who had tilled an important diplomatic office in Mexico, in which Gen. Arista stated that the Government of tiii UsiTrn States cor id niT av mEATV on ri'ncti aib to the line of the Rio Grande ltd. Were you not shown a note of Gen. Arista'i in which lie stated ttiat if the Government of the United States acquired title by purchase or treaty to the Rio Grande, the provinces of Tamaulipas, St. 1 .eon, and Zaeatecas would unite tiikmbelvks with Texas, anu come into tiix cnnreiiEnAcr or tub UsiTr.ii States I Is not tho letter alluded to above, on file in your department? I 4lh. Were you not informed by an express direct 1 from the camp of Gen. Arista, lhat the Government of Mexico would receive a commissioner lo settle tha boundary question, but would not receive a Minister, and was not Mr. Hlidell sent otf on his useless errand alter you received the express from Arista e camp? Have you not got the letter aent by that express in your possession, and others, subsequently written, by the same hand from New Orleans i ftth. Did yuu not have several private interviews in Washington, with tho gentleman who sent tho express frmn Arista's camp, in which you thanked him in behalf of the United Htates, for the services he had rendered tfie Goveanmeiil, and did you not endeavor to detain Inm in Washington, to avail yourself of hii presence and information? dlh. Did you not, at a Cabinet Council, lay before lit member ttio whole enrreapmidt-iioo, and did oil noi concur wun lion. 11. j. Walker, and other mem-hera (the Hon. John Y. Mason, dissenting,) that tub timr rna AnnitKRtiYB MKABitRrs on the part of the United States had arrived ; and did not the Hon. R. J. Walker, at that meeting, ritorosK a flan to si-bju- QATE MUKO WITH A STANIIIHO AHMT Of 5000 MEN? 7th. Have you not been urged hy men In and out of power, to produce the letters alluded lo above, to relieve you of the charge of acting with duplicity towards Mr. 1'tdk, and of pretending ignorance of the facia contained in the correspondence we have called for? Upon some of the points alluded to in these questions, we have alresdy had satisfactory teatiniony. The remarkable letter from Mr. Consul Marks to Mr. Secretary Buchanan, whirh waa made public through tho columns of the Charleston Mercury originally, and was thence reprinted all over the country, proved very clearly that but for the inexcusable order to Gen. Taylor to advance from Corpus Chnsti to the bank of the Rio Grande, Mexico would not have resorted to hostilities. More than this, too, waa communicated to Mr. Buchanan. Ho was told thai .inst waa then maturing a plan for uniting the northern provinces of Mexico in an independent confederation, from which the United States could easily oblnin a title to the Rio Grande if deaired. He waa assured that if Gen. Taylor were ordered to advance with his comparatively small force, the Mexican General would lie cnniH-llrd to attack him, but that if the Americana remained quiet at Corpus Chrisli, no forward movement would be made by the Menrnns. All this and murh more was known to Mr. Buclmuan upon authority, that ha had no right to disregard. He was informed exactly, how and through what quarters, the questions in dispute between the two countries, could bo amicably and advantageously settled but such a settlement would not forward Mr. Folk's views for tho succession, and all representation were in vain. War was determined upon unnecessarily, inexcusably forced upou Mexico and ne are now reaping the fruits. What the end it to be, wlm can tell, but be it what It may, let not the country forget the nmttvea and the turn, through whirh, and by whom, tho war waa com incucud. ,Vtw lerA; 1 tur He and Times. Frosa the Ripley Bet. Ripley Bank A meeting of the whole people of Brown county, is requested nt the Court House In Georgetown, ON NEXT TUESDAY THE Kith INST., AT 10 O'CLOCK, A. M-, to consider of the project now on foot to establiiih a Bank in Ripley, of ffOO.fHH) capi-la'' l j' published in a paper at Columbus that about me half of tho ;tb Stockholders took their oatha be-fore the Assessor, when listing property in 1847, and last year also, (1840) that they had no moneye or ere-dila to be put on their tax list, for either of these years, and that now, the same individuals subscribe to Ihe Ripley Bank, overfrf),000 dollars. Come out, fellow citizens, one and all ; organize your meeting, and have the County Records of tfie organization of the hank, including tho name of each stockholder and the amount of stock taken by each. Then send for the Auditor's Book, and the affidavit on file in his office, and see how much money each hoe given in for the year past. Then make your report to Governor Bebb, before he issues hie Proclamation authorizing them to issue Ui'l". &c. FAIR PLAY. Georgetown, July 10, 1847. The foregoing handbill having been circulated generally throughout the county 0f Brown, State of Ohio, and posted up in many public placea therein, a meeting of the citizens of said county, in consrquence thereof, convened at the Court House in Georgetown, in said county, this lltth July, 1847. Oil motion of P. W. Sellers, the meelintr waa or. ganized by appointing Dr. E. B. Fee, of Ncwhope, to the chair, and S. F. Dowdnev. Eso.. ni Genriretuwn. Sec re I a ry. Mr. Sellers moved that a committee of five persona be appointed by the chair, whose duty it should be to visit the offices of the Recorder and Auditor, and examine and report to the meeting the facta on file or on record in aaid offices connected with the organization of tho Ripley Hank, and the list of property returned for tax to the Auditor by tho stockholders and directors) of the same ; which being decided in the affirmative, the chair appointed Preaton W. Sellers, Samuel Horn, Joseph Slnnleton. IJenrv Martin, and A. Lig gett, said committee. The committee then retired to attend to the duties of their appointments, and, in a short time returned, when a majority of them namely, Samuel Horn, josenh Starjleton. Henrv Martin. and A. Liggett, by their chairman, Mr. Liggett, inadu the following report : A majority consisting of four out of the five appointed a committee to make examination in tho Recorder's and Auditor's offices and report the facta e x- iiiuiieu oy i ue records and hies in said offices concerning the organization of the branch of the Stale Bnnk oi uuio ai iiipiey, and the character and standing. (n ti....aijr .nu ouierwise, oi ine a i rectors and stockholders of the aame, have discharged that duty and isk leave to report. That they first visited the Renrdor' nfTir u-f, Ihey found on record a document purporting to be a certificate, signed and sealed by the stockholders of ,u pruposea jana, allowing its name- to wit Tho tanners' Brnnchofihe Slate Bank of Ohio at Ripley,' the capital ftlOO,00, the numberof shares subscribed by and the place or residence uf each stockholder; and that ihey find elected to become a branch of tho maie nana ot Uhio, a copy of which also accompanies this report. They also found on file the atlidavit, signed and acknowledged, of the directors, in the form, and containing the substance required by the statute, as well as your committee could judge, a copy of which is also herewith returned. The next visit of your committee waa to the Audi-tor's office, where they procured a transcript, certified by S. T. Bronson, Esq., Auditor, from the dupticute of Tax for the year IH47, showing the sum each stockholder of said Bank ia listed on aaid tax duplicate, and upon which he pays tax for the current year, for renl estate, money and credits, caoital in trade, anal other chatties, which transcript, duly certified by the auditor aa aforesaid, is herewith presented. By an examination of said transcript from the duplicate of , I win uv munu uiai me stockholders ot the said bank, in the aggregrate, are listed for tax to the amounl of fill 1,873, under the following heads, namely 1 Real Estate, $14H(fr!n Money and Credits, 97,06 Stoch in trade and chatties, including Merc hints, capital, .6Ti,PG8 Your commute found nothing more on record or on file in aaid office, connected with or calculated to throw light upon the subject matter of their inquiry, all of which ia respectfully submitted. A LIGGETT, ' 8AML. HORN, HENRY MARTIN, J. STAPLETON, Committee. Mr. Sellers, dissenting from the above report, signified his intention to prepare a minority report at aome future time. The meeting was then addressed a4, length hy A. Liggett, in explanation of the report of the committee, in vindication of the stockholders and director from the charge aud insinuations made against them in acommunication to the Ohio Statesman, Columbus, signed , md some few weeks since published in lhat paper, and in the handbill calling this meeting. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Liggett tUted to the meeting ttiat over thirty four per cent, or rising thirty four thousand dollars of the capital stock of the Ripley Branch had been paid to the directors in the currrntcoin of the United Slates, and in certificates of deposit in Philadelphia Banks. Mr. Sellers followed on the other aide ; efW which the following reso- m.m.i,,. wrrr uioveo ny 1. w. Mng, Ksq., which, af-ter having been debated by Mr. D. H. Murphy, and 8. P Dowdney, Esq , and a few very appropriate and timely remarks by Gen. Loudon, in which he tnggr. w M iiicHoineni wnicn prevailed, were adopted vu. umc uiwnung vote, namely 1 Whereas, an investivalion nf th ennriii l nf ih engaged in " getting up" the Farmer' Branch Bank of Ohio at Ripley has been called for, and whereas an investigation has this dny been had, all partus con-oerned being represented, tlisrefore flfMirrtf, 1 hat in the opinion of thia meeting, Dm statements compiled from olf cial and other source by four of the five members of the committee appomird for that purpose, showing the condition of the atlairs of the said Bank, are satisfactory and fully refute the slanders that have been put in circulation derogatory lo the character of the gentlemen in tare ate d in aaid DI1K. Knotted, That this meeting have full confidence in the honesty, integrity, and solvency of the stockholders and directors of the Farmer Branch of the State Bank of Ohio at Ripley, in thia county. rrrs, i nai me report 01 the committee and accompanying documenU from the Auditor's and 1t. enrder i offices, showing that the stockholders of the r armors Branch of the Slate Bank of Ohio at Ripley, are listed for taxation for the current Tear, for real catnlr, moneys, credits, stock in trade, other chatties, . iiiiiiuiii m f.ui.nM, an the report ol the minority nf aaid committee when prepared, be published. Rtsotred, That tho proceedings of thia meeting he signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and that the " Democratic Standard." Georgetown. "Bee." Ilmlev. " Ohio Statesman" and " Ohio State Journal," Co- luiui.m, am requested 10 puniisti the same. The meeting then, on motion, adjourned. E. B. FEE, Chairman. Loro-Pocoisai arh Literatcri. Mr. Aiken aLo-co-Feeo memltcr of the Illinois Constitutional Con-venlion, introduced in that body on the I'th inst. a preamble and resolution, ol whirh tha folinBimr .. . fat simile, orthography and all : nurrvaa, iir. hail in a sermon on the 11th day of July, in the rennd I'rttbittriam denounced III. exit tlltf Wr With Mt'IlCO H bfirnr Htiin.l .nil rack declaration oujhl not to ba tolerated, more u-pKiull) in a rrpublinn government nmi, Yarrrae it u unbecoming minielrr of tha (lO.lirl to UM lllch L.limi.m. in . fln.n.1 of before Ihe joiing end riling (lenertlion Tlierelore, MewTen, that aaid Mr. Ilatl be rlnua. ed from holding prayer in thia oonvention fur the I'u lure. The Convention, Ihoueh lteo by t large majority, would not awallow Mr. liall'a doae, buteruellr laid it A on the table KJ to 'M. Thi Fimt Pumi m Aarxici A meeting Wai held, on Monday forenoon, at the Boaton Courier Of-lice, lo conaider the aulijcct of erecting a monument to the memory of Steuben Dave. Ihe i,mi... -i. ealabhahed a printing preaa in the United Blatea. It or(.niiiMl Djr llieclioice ot Joaeph T. Bucking-ham, aa Chairman, and (ieorge W. Light, aa rJeoretn-ry. Meaaara. J. T. Buckingham, T. R. Marvin, II. W. Dullon, John Ford, and William Nichola, were appointed a CuiiimilHe to report what meaaurea almuld be adopted to carry out the obiccla intended Au.tuia .ItUi. 11 1 any, Jim, oan you apcll polaloei with only one letter t ' No neither can you." " Now I reckon I can." " l.el'a have it then." " Wi ll, we will put one o put twno'a put three o'e put four n'e put five o a put ano put aoven o'a rut eiiiiit o'a ! " Tit Scttiik or Tma IHlfi. Thirty-two years ago there waa at Vienna a general Congress of thn crowned heads and plenipotentiaries of all the European sovereignties, for the purpose of establishing mutual relatione and the future policy of the naluu.o there represented. There is not now remaining a sin gle crowned head or all those who then awayi d tho sceptre s of Europe, nor of all the plenipotentarie who were then present doe there remain more than three, Mettrrnieh, N esse I rode and Wellington. A1 the rest have gone down tn the gave, their heads, onro soesalted, are now on a level with the despised peasants of the yallvy, iWo &fi Gautts.