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U U>M.ni'-.V M'.'RMNfi, SEPTEMBER
O I-'or I iirrnri Notirs-s mil n ( ?0111111
mrunoii 011 ihr Bepistr; Lnw ?ee riroi
l*n?r.
TT I'or an nsuaniog tnlr of Coquetry ?ei
Fourth fr*?;;?-.
The Appeal of thf Whig Mei ha.xk ? to tb<
Whig Nominating Committee of the City ot New
York, which we puhli-h in an.?tb*r column, rfcow
meod?it?eJf to the wriou* rmsutemtina not only
of those to whom it i- directly nddr<-?-*d. bat tn
every vote. v.!.r, hu at heart the best interns of
the Mechanic and laborer: It was unanimously
adopted ?ri motion of Chaklks RlDpr.e, Esq., by
whom it was rea.1. at a Inland rentable meet
: ,r of the Whig Mechanic*, of this City, held last
evening at Cofombian Hall, which wa? organized
by tlie appointme-nl of Mr. Wai.ias) A. Co-cast
President, Edward H. Dominir.k and James
McDonald Vice President?, awl N. G. Bradford
Secretary. It displays lucidly arid with fore* th*
evils which now oppress the Mechanics of out
State, titid wV:cb ran only be remedied by ih*
prompt ami energetic action 01" our Legislature;
and call- loudly upon the Whips not ."nly in the
Citv, i'tit throughoiit the Slate, 1? send sttch men
n> tie- Assembly at it-* approai hing Session as will
!?? aetive, earnest and efficient in priidiring de?
liverance. We trnst tint it. atttem*>nt? and aisu
menu will be widely read, thoroughly pondered
and wisely carried inn. effect! at the coming ron
tost. Let tin- Whig* of this City and Statt- tee tn
ii that tor* oppressed do noi appeal to there for
reLef in vain.
Tin S.st 1 ExrcDtTios.?Oar readers
may remember that sum' weeks -inn- ere stated
the Opinion of a judicious ami well-informed friend
that not one mnn in fn of the Expedition recently
.em nut from T'-vi-; to Santa 1? would ever return
alive t we gave as In- reitsoua for thi? belief the
-facts that they are to march some eight hundred
miles through an unknown country occupied by a
fierce savage foe .and at last, even if successful it,
reaching tin ir destination, they are ulmo-r eertaiti
to meet tin- determined opposition of tin- whob'
population. Our statements seem to have great!)
disturbed a St. Louis correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune, who replies 10 them at -tome
length, with lemorkable stupidity, and at be>?t a
very -!is;!il regard for truth. The insolent abate
he lavishes upon mir informant, he may rest as?
sure*), is quite thrown uwuy: for, by a l.snrr ac?
quaintance will, il,,- Texan people and character,
ami by tlie special pains he took to inform him-elt
with rt'ganl m ihi. identical Expedition, which he
was urgently solicited to join, he has become, be?
yond oil doubt, quite as well qualified to judge ol
its probable 1 es tilts as the champion of tlie part)
at St. Louis.
The latter, in the first place, flatly contradicts
our statement that the party is, in 11 great degree,
ignorant of the wild country through which thev
axe to pass; and declares, with great emphasis,
that ' the travel hat been niado before.' To be
sure it ha-?but bv ivh-.ru ' By a few trappers,
half Whites and half [ndians, who, from their in?
timate know ledge of the habits, nnd their sym?
pathy with the chnrac <-r, of the latter, had nothing
to fear frnm their enmity. They strolled through
this wild legion like tin- untamed ben.ts which
they hunted; but of what possible service will
thoir journey be to tin- present part) ' They made
no explorations, marked mit im path, nntl left no
record nf the route pursued. Hew, then, euo lliik
Expedition bo well informed ?* to all the difficulties
they must encounter in the travel of eight bundled
miles from San Felippsde Houston i*> Santa Fe '?
tut we teissert ihn this i- ihe distance, despite the ^
contradiction of our courteous assailant.
?There r.-. ty occur difficulties with i!,.- Cu
roaiichr-s,' he admits, but thinks 11 quite nnliL-ly, j
inasmuch n-i 'they provs.rl.inlly n.>,.'i fight but at 1
udvnntaire,' ;m.' are, moreover, quietly settled ut n ?
point quite mil of tlie jsniiv's line of mrtrrli. 'W it Is
*!! duo deference, wo submit whether it bo noi
slightly harnr Ions for this Robadil, valorous and
all-wise a- he is. to say precisely where fifttien hun
-ire-1 Camanrhe [ndians,the fiercest, wildest, lon-t
settled and most untnmcable of all Western trilies,
are to lie found one .lay after another ' 'I he Ex?
pedition, consisting ofbut300 men, may be march?
ing on in tin- utmost confidence that their Indian \
foe i> snugly ensconced far from their path : an.l
tiiev initv be first iiwakeiit'il from thi- pleasant
1 !
tlream by the sudden onslaught of a thousand
mounted, well-armed, blood-thirsty savages upon
their ihmk or rent-?for these Indians tire noted fir
he rapidity of their movements, and the sure,
swift destruction of their march.
Tin- character and prospects of ilii* famous Ex?
pedition may be fairly inferred from its history,
jit was at tirst announced a- having in view merely
trading purposes, as perfectly peaceful in its in?
tentions, which were to open a commerce with Now
Mexico. It was organized under the supervision
of the Texan government, nnd wen: out under it
special patronage ami protection; every thing like
hostility to the citizens was expressly disavowed
by all concerned, and repeatedly !>y the Texan C'mi
Mil himself. By these assurances many worthy
men were induced to leave their homos ami
join the party. Not a week had elapsed after
their departure, when the Texan papers proclaim
t-<l the object to be what all civilized men must
call plunder, pillage and the bnse-t otitroirp upon
an unoffending people, living remote from and un?
affected by all the troubles that have agitated the
Westens country. The laic of peaceful trade ami
commercial purposes 1- thrown to the winds,
and we are now told, with a very transparent
though most oracular mystery, of the ' eran.l atui
important results' upon ?hieb the 'reaching
mi ml of Lamar ' has been 1 exhausting its ener?
gies ' from the very tirst. This St. Louis Solomon
expects, and soon t->o. to see the rrrdit of Te.r
based upon a bettet foundation than .jay French
hanker earn i-'-and from the 'ausrire sotfofthe
yemng Republic' he expects to see it flow : w hich in
plain English mean* that if the Expedition sue
cssed in its work of robbery and public plunder?i:
ihe soil of Xew Mexico can be wrested from its
rtghttul Owners, and transferred by most iniqui?
tous conquest ro the Texan rule, the coffers of the
Statt* Finn. ?u, >1(>M fu ^ Um w thi.
Texan trv-astirv th?., 1
- w? loans in France at anv ih-i
cent, can give.
The Texan and X(.w n ,
. . , , , n^an- pap.-rs. since th"v
relia.iUt?.b*i the n.>,s>-n;, ,
' ti, 0? traditio PUr
pose*. h??.' abounded wiltl * 1
r ,' . f , """iranros that th.
o^pleol iivii* ru ?vere w,Uu
s ? ?s ? ita op.>ii arm.
to rerPh* this Expedtrioa a? their deBveretn from
th*- Mexican yoke, and language could hardly ex
pre-* with -uffident intensity their anxiety tor thetr
arrival. But now, forwotb, when it serve, his
; purj.oae. this St- Louis .-cribblcr say, the people ol
Santa Fe know nothing of the T-xans' coming,
: and mair tain? that they will be found quite anpre
p-,red. aiid will thus fall an en?y prey t* the ad?
vancing robbers. Unfortunately fur thf writer, a
?-ell a* f?r thf party, this is not true ; the dwell?
ers in S'tnin Fe and it- vicinity have learned oi
the approaching crusade, both from the govern?
ment of Mexico and from tin' St. Louis Expedi?
tion, which left that citv more than a month before
the Texati party got under way. In our opinion,
ton, they will ;>?* found weil prepared for the com
in? emCfgnncY. The St. Louis gasconade, about
' one hundred American soldiers vanquishing in an
hour thf whole government force that -"an ix* mus
tero.l in the Department ol Santa Fe,' mu-t win.;
extremelv silly to men of -en-e. though doubtless
the writer, from iii- rich ' personal experience and
observation' in things military, thinks it right val?
orous and patriotir. Valor i- r.ft time* very dis?
creet, especially when exercised out of reach ol
musket -hot.
The n-seni'-n that the St. Louis traders will from
jealousy lake part against this enterprise and stim?
ulate the people of Sante Fe to oppose its pr igress
to the utmost of their power, is said by the Pica
vune's correspondei t to be unfounded and mista?
ken t an,l he states as a reason for this contradic?
tion that a trailing house in tiut city Ims already
sent on to Santa Fe to make itself known in this
expedition. As to the purpose of their mis?
sion we have no knowledge; but it certainly
seems tons absnrd in tiie extreme to expect that the
Missouri trailers, who have for a long while en joy?
ed a monopoly nf the commerce with Santa Fe to
the amount of nearlv a million of dollars a tear,
should be anxious to forward thjs enterprise which,
by their own representation, is not only todeprivi
th.'tn of the trade, but take it entirely from thi
country ami give to Texas nil the benefit and emol?
ument arising frnni it.
Tlie so facts we have from authority on which
wc place uodoubting reliance : we are quite sutv
, that our informant has had u? good an opportuni?
ty of making himself familiar with tit is subject in
ail its bearings as the St. Louis correspondent ol
the Picayune. What his motive- -ire in upholding
tho Expedition and in vouching with so much em
phn?i* for it- ?nfety, we neither know nor inquire :
it is sufficient that WC believe hi- statements en?
tirely unfounded, bis opinion of the morality of
; this crusade of robbery and pillage, most hollow
and detestable, and hi- vaunting* of its high and
; sure success, illusory and vain.
Tin: Arrest .it Albany.?Fortheinformation
i of those who still steadfastly contend that the ur
: rest of .fames Finnegan in Albany, was for the
I murder of Mary C. Roger?, we again take the lib
>rty of stating thnt his arrest was not on thai
charge.
From J, B. La Porge, Esq. the counsel of Fin
, negan, we derive the information ilnit his client was
j arrested, nnd is now in prison, on a charge of hav?
ing attempted the commission of an assault som<
months since on a young girl of this citv, named
.lane Ann Tool, but did not succeed in the un
deraking, and that there is no other charge what?
ever ngninst him. That on Sunday the 25th July,
ihe ,luv on which Mary C. Rogers was murdere I
Finnegan, who is a private coachman, drove part
his respectable employer's family to chuich, both
morning nnd evening, and was not out of tlie Cit\
that day?that on the night ssn which the frail girl ai
Albany charged that he was with her nu.l gave hei
?i rim; with tlie name of Mary C. Rogers upon ii
I innegan accompanied his mother (who resides ii
Albany,) to church, ngnin accompanied her hom<
an.l remained in the house w?tl. ? ?ti tlir.r night
i if oil ?*??? tit*-- pro,if is so cnnelusivelthnt we undei
stand both the Mayor nnd Justice Taylor, who
have inve-tijntej the facts and circumstances, une?
quivocally declare that there is not the slighter
reason fot believing ihm I innegan ariilnny partici?
pation whntevei in the violation 01 murdei ..t'.\lur\
('. Rogers, Mis own sins he should answer for?
not for those of others.
Prospects it Washington.?-We find the fol?
lowing Extract of n Lcttei from Washington inj
the Baltimore American: /
Amiii-t the gloom which at one moment threat
cned the dissolution of tho Whig party, it is gratify?
ing to know that brighter prospect- now an-.-.
1 am persuaded that we are to realize ah
tlie results anticipated from tlie glorious revolution
accomplished by twelve years' perseveranceagainsi
the misrule of despotism and delusion of a major?
ity of the Republic. The President admit- thai
there is a virtual dissolution of the Union, for nil
commercial purposes, w hile exchanges are from
one toten per cent, between the States composing
the Confederacy, ami his mind is anxiously devoted
to apply tlie corrective in any mode consistent
with his constitutional scruples.
Tlie threatened outbreak on our borders, evi?
dence the importance of Mr. Webster's being re?
tained in the Cabinet. The confidence reposed in
i.i- wise, judicious and politic course, is manifested
by the recent debates in the British Parliament.
If any man can avert the horrors of war between
two of the most enlightened nations. bona-- to?
gether b) kindred sympathies ami identical in
terests, Daniel Webster is the inan. He also
can and will successfully aid in devising a system
of finance, which -hall realiz ? tin- anticipations
:';r-t conceived by the triumphant success of tie
Whig party, in conti.ling the destinies of the Nu
tion to n Whig ('.?iirress an.l a A\ sis President
Let us not despair of the Kepublii?all mav yet be
well;
It is understood that the Prince de Join
vills is specially charged to convey the congratu?
lations of tiio King of the Ftench to ihe Presidem
m his accession to that station. Tlie Prir..-.- wtl
l?e received and entertained with all the honor
due ts bis rank and worth.
Although liec. Clinch, of Florida, and G. (
Verplanck, ol New-York, ate talked of as promi?
nent for the War Department, nothing i- or wii
be known until it is ascertained that the no:.;;::???
accepts.
In my opinion, this vacancy in the Cabinet wili
be tilled from the S.ate of New-York, with ^re..
propriety, as none of her sons now occupy prom ?
nent stations.
SX-T* Cireen, the driver for the Herkimer Count)
Bank robbers tu their hurr:-- i i xcursion from A
bany to Saratoga before their arrest, has been
found and committed to j s.il for further examina?
tion. He confessed that the robbers gave him
, *500 as a present, and $150 more to secure the
owner of the injured horse against [ess,
Hon. Doin Webster, Secretary of State. :
still in this City, awaiting communications troai
Washington is relation to the at?trot Col. (m>*ar
[CT* The Prince de Joinville arrived at Baltimore
on Wednesday afternoon.
APPEAL OF THE WHIG MECHANICS
Xj ihc lVb.i;r X'ominnlin?; Cointnitlre of
Hfew-l ork.
Tho Whig Mechanics of the City of New-York
. lie-ire frankly and fully to lay before the Whig
L lectors and ti.eir Nominating Committee the rea?
son* which impei them to ask the -flection of an
Assembly ticket composed in good part of practi?
cal Mechanics, and entirely of citizens decidedly
and c->n-istent!y favorable to ?uch a change from
. out present svstem of State Prison Lahor as shall
deprive contractors of a lucrative and prejudicial
monopoly, and relieve the Mechanics from the op?
eration of an unequal and most ruinous compe
, tition.
We will not here go into a thorough examina?
tion of the s-xisting sy-tem of Stire Prison Labor.
It is not necessarv. It i* now generally known
that th? entire and most efficient labar of our
State Prison convicts?cacti often for the whole
term of his nehtenct?is leased out tu contractors
at agreed and very low rate-?a-.? * raging iome
twentv-five cer.ts per day. For this pittance the
State furnishes to Ccmtractors the labor of some
hundreds of ingenious, able-bodied men. all fed.
clothed, watched and compelled to labor faithfully
without other expense to the Contractors than the
meagre compensation atreaJy named. These
felon lnhorers are employed in the mechanical oc
cnpations which are our ?niy means of livelihood.
They can probably accomplish as much work daily
-.< we. The products of their lal*ir come every
where its competition with our products. The
price of o irs?the reward of our !:?!>? -r?is mate?
rially aftected by theirs. If, for example, a felon
Siioemnker. leased out by tlie Stath at i? cents a
ay. makes two pairs of shoes in that time, their
making cost- the Contractor but twelve and n naif
i; cents a pair. He can ri -hly afford to sell them at
twenty-five rent- a pair over the cost of the mate?
rials and be rapidly amassing a fortune. But we.
who have families to support, and believe ourselves
entitled to some ,|iure of the comforts of life, are
thereby impoverished and deprived of employment.
I lie State Prison -hoes m ole for twelve and a half
i : cents a pair arc sold, we will -ay for one dollar n pair,
while tho-e made by us cost the manufacturer a
dollar and a quarter. Now it is idle to assert that
: the average market ;>tico will hot be affected by
the prison-made shoes, fur uniform experience de?
monstrates the contrary. The buyer to sell again
. -oon finds thut he cm !iuy much cheaper of the
Prison manufacturer, and be buys accordingly ?
rbe consumer finds the Prison-made shoes off*red
at the lowest price, und he buys them. The neccs
? sary re-ult is that the manufacturer by honest
; men's labor finds his trade falling ud" or ruined.
lie must sell much lower orn.it ut all. He stops
. .list manufacture or demands that the work be done
by us at starvation prices. Can any one fail to
see that we aro deprived of employment, or of its
osr reward, mainly by the operation of the State
, Prison -ystom ?
We have given but a single view of the evils in
dieted on us by the State Prison Labor as now per?
formed. Its eff.-ct in tilling uur workshops with
prison-made associates, competitors and rivals, we
rive not insisted on. The utter prostration and
tbandonment to the Prisons of some trades, we
have not urged, let we think we have even here
tddueed enough to convince any fair-minded, in?
telligent man. who intends to ' live and let live,"
that the present system must be abolished. Let
no .me propose or hope for n compromise between
. right and wrong. Clue such device has already
icen tried, and the result was a -ni-urn'tile mock?
ery of our hopes. Warned by that example, we
iemand that the internal economy of our Prisons
>o now so modified tbnt the products of felon labor
shall toil come at til! into market in competition
: vitb tue products of the honest und free Median
' of our Stute.
We a<k of you, fellow-citizens and friends, your
sympathy, your influence, and your hearty coope
, ration, in this soo.1 work of Relief and Reform.
H e a-k it on the common grounds already men?
tioned ; but we ask ii of you also as members of
be Whig Party, to which we are attached by con?
viction, by preference, by mutual erTorts?by the
memory of reverses nobly borne n.-iJ triumphs man
fully achieved. We ask your cooperation us Whigs
'or the following reiisotis: .
I. Because the Whig Party, with inconsiderable
exceptions, have been uniformly favorable to the
Protection <o Amkrica.n Imu jtkv. Our Po?
litical Opponents may prie-laim themselves advo?
cates of thai strange sort of ' Free Trade," which
consists in opening our men ports to the ships and
Bommodities of all the warld, leaving other nations
r* admit or shut out our productions at pleasure;
. ?iit the Whigs as a body have uniformly and justly
insisted on a reciprocity of benefits or a refusal to
admit freely those foreign products which come in
;ompetition with our own. others have advoca?
ted the policy of ' buying where we can buy cheap?
est :' but the Whigs have always insisted that the
mere money value of the rival foreign nri.l domes
tie nrticle- did not constitute an absolute criterion
?that we might buy for :he fewest dallars of for?
eigners w\i i exclude our productions, yet substan?
tially pay Mitch mar*; than in buying at a highet
nominal price of our ow n artisans. In other won!-,
it is not the number of dollars paid for a thing,
>ut the effect of buying it on lite reward- of Indus?
try in our own country?not how much i- paid.
>ut how it is paid?that is the great consideration.
Need we urge that these proposition; cover the
whole ground on which we demand Protection from
'he unequal competition of State Prison Labor?
Who en:] fail to see their application * And we
will add that if it be unjust and impolitic to sub?
ject American Freemen to an unequal and ruinous
competition with the ill-requited pauper labor of
Europe, it cannot be otherwise where the laborers.
Iriven by desperation to crime, have tied their
country and at length become inmates of our State
Prisons. It is still constrained, unpaid, debased
pauper labor, and ought not to be employed to
lepress the rewards?never too liberal?of honest
II. We ask the k^rty co-operati.m of the
Whig party in securing the overthrow of the State
Prison Monopoly on another preund?that of con
-i-ter.ry ef character, and a completion of a sy-tein
?:' wise measures having the same general ten?
dency. Four vears have now elapsed -mce tiie
Whig- obtained the ascendency in our State coun
? eils. With plea;ure and pride do we regard them
as years of .substantial, benehrent Reform. For
years bef.ire 1337. our State had been a proverb
tor Political Corruption?for that basest kind of >"or
t option of which pecuniary advantage is the means
and almost the ?nd. For ten vears a monopoly of j
the power and business of Banking had been e.?
joyed or sold by the partisans of the Albany Rf
gertcv. under that strange mealy of good and er
of finance and pjlitic?, the Safety Fund System
The granting of Bank Charters and the distribu
tion of Bank Stock were notoriously. a;d with
scarcely an attempt at disgu:?-. mad'1 the powerful
instruments of Political mflucoce and ;:;tr.g::e. The
nrst year of Whig ascendency witnessed the down?
fall of this scheme and the establishment of a bet?
ter, if not yet perfect system?a system wl icl
whatever may be its faults,abolished the Monopoly
ef Banking and the exercise of Political influence
therein. Thus was a great and dangerous >??? il ex?
terminated.
So with the Auction Monopoly. Prior : ? I 137,
no man could aet as an Auctioneer without a com?
mission, which could only be obtained by party
fealty to Van Burenism, or by purchase of some
one who had so acquired it. Commissions were
openlv advertised in our journals, and their aver?
age price to political heretics ?a< rive hundred do!
iars per annum. In the Spring of 1334 the eleeti in
of Mr. Verplanck a- Mayor was doubtless deft ite I
bv the desperate efforts of the Auctioneers?men
who were rewarded by the wanton plunder of the
public for their services to the Albany Regoncy.
Tili? abuse has also been thoroughly corrected un?
der the Whig ascendency.
The reduction of the exorbitant fees of certain
Judicial officers, of the extravagant cost of the
State Printing, the prevention of Flection Frauds.
& c. A c. are also the legitimate fruits of the Whig
ascendency in our State through the last lout \ears.
All of us know that to vote in a warmly contested
Flection in our City was formerly an operation ol
difficulty, delay and even danger to the feeble and
infirm. Peaceful, inoffensivecitizens were required
to remain al the polls for hours, and nr last to el
bow their way through tho ruffianly, the riotous,
and the exasperated, often maddened by intoxica?
tion. Torn or besmeared clothing wa> a light nt
fliction : personal indignities or in juries were by
no means infrequent. All tins is now happily abol?
ished; and the voter, instead of spending hours tit
the poll, in peril of personal violence, now bestows
five minutes at the Ward Registry ami three more
at the District Poll, which is ''nought near his own
lio.ir. Violence is unknown; the three days ol
drunken insanity are happily exchanged for one of
peaceful, .juiet effort. So far from being mobs,
there are now not even crowds at the Polls.
Fraud is almo-t banished from our Flections,
long n by-werd for their corruption. And this
glorious change has been effected solely by Whig
effort, and. though originally proposed by our op?
ponents, has been resisted at every step by them
w ith desperate malignity and calumny. But the
People perceive and know the reuson of tin- hos?
tility.
Whigs of New-York .' You have long enough
labored under the imputation of supporting the in
terests of the rich and great at the expense of the
poor am! depressed. We know the falseness of
this accusation ; our nets have proved that we de?
spise it. But mnn\ of t'tie ignorant though well
meaning are still influenced am! poisoned by it, in
despite of the evidence of the facts which we have
briefly stated. You have now a glorious opportu?
nity to answer it. Come out decidedly, efficiently,
ardently in behalf of the injured Mechanic, and the
blessings of thousands shall be your abundant r..
ward.
Arrest <<r Grooan.?The Montreal Times ex?
presses a ' fervent hope ' that there is no foundation
tor the representations of tlie American papers that
Grogan was arrested by British soldiers on tlie
United States side of the line, but says that if it
was really so. the fact that he was connected with
the firing of buildings an the frontier during the
lute rebellion might be pleaded in extenuation, as
? his reappearance on the scene of his former out?
rages must probably inspired apprehensions of a
renewal of the injuries to which innocent fami?
lies on the frontier had been exposed.' It will
hardly do for the Canadians to plead tin ir .; mi
less fears ns an apology for invading our territory
and soir.itig by military force our citizens who are
entitled to, and will without fail receive, ihe pro
tection of the whole power of this Republic.
Murder tv a Sr.ivF.?We learn from the
New-Orleans Picayune, thut Samuel S. Fox was
murdered on his plantation, a few miles above
\ icksburg, by a runaway slave of his own. on tlie
morning of the 11th inst. He was riding out in
one of his fields when he came upon the negro,
who lmd a gun. The negro immediately fled,
when Mr. Fox sent one of his boys back t?> the
house for his gun. and galloped on after him. Be?
fore tin- boy could return a gun was discharged,
and on approaching the direction from which the
sound emanated, he was found stretched upon his
back, weltering in his own gore. The murderer
had not been taken.
Nassau !f.\.*r..?The annual Commencement of
the venerable College of New-Jersey u ns celebrated
at Princeton on Wednesday, the 20th ultimo. The
exercises are said to have beer, highly interestii g :
?? ghteen young men received the decree of Bachelor
of Arts. The Address before the Literary Societies
was delivered by Peter M'Call, Esq. of Philadelphia.
KT* The Hon. Benjamin T. Elmore, presi
otiicer of the Council and Intendant ot the town
of Columbia, S C. died at Glenn Spring* on the
HJfh ult. He was an otiicer in the second war of
Indejieiideiice and in the Florida war. His loss
is greatly deplored by his fellow citizens.
As Oi.n McLEOO Case.?A venerable and n ist
rcstsected friend has addressed the following '.? t:>-r
to us, stating a case in the Revolutionary history ot
the country, which exhibits features analogous to
that of McLeod. We wnite with our correspond?
ent in hoping- that the trial of this person will be
conducted with unprejudiced intelligence:
<reniUmen: It is yet uncertain whether MeLeo-l
w ill be acquitted. Then; may be contradictory evi?
dence as to the material tact uf his i-eing present at
the taking and burning of the Caroline. Whatever
rr>?y be the result of the testimony adduced. I hone
the Court and Jury will re me Tiber the celebra:e.i
ca.-e of the British soldiers who. bef ire the Revo?
lution, tired upon the mob in Boston : they wer>
tn.iieted and tried for murder, but in consequence
of the able defence of the great patriot, J,,;;:.
Adam-, the Court and Jury acquitted them on tie
ground of their having bsren uere irurr\ment.t.
obliged to obey the ordpr? of their commander-.
This is ar. American case exactly in poinr. I hot>e
there will be found a John Adams" among the counsel
of tho prisoner, and a Judge equahv learned, ar.J a
Jury equally just as those of Massachusetts on the
occasion above mentioned. The times were then
disastrous, and the mixds of the peo:-!e much more
exasperated tnan they can be at the present mo?
ment, even on the frontiers of the British Provinces.
[Philadelphia National Gazette.
Fr.ov South Ajurica;?The brigs Plymouth
j .nd Georgian arrived at Boston on Tuesday.bring
: rig dates from Buenos Ayrcs and the River La
Plata to the 'ith of August. The long expected
! iction between the fleet of the Ba;:da OriorituI and
hat of Bneno* A;, res t >ok place on the 3d of that
?nnnth. Comm.niore Coe in his official account of
he engagement, say* that his squadron hud a very
itsadvantageous position, but that a lively cannon?
ade was kept up until after nightfall, when the
enemy abandoned their position, sailing toward*
Point Indio, ?hither rbey were chased until the
darkness rendered farther pursuit impossible.
Com. Coe's loss was -..gi.r. The Commanders of
the opposing fleets are thus described by the Daily
Advertiser's cornrspondonc:
Bnuvii is the sa:m* that r.gnrod so honorably
during the war of this Republic with Brazil, sivme
vears since. Ho is a S.-otriimaH by birth, and a
brave white headed old statt of seventy years.
Alrhotigh his wounds and disappointments have
ctippled both his mind and body, yet he walks with
a quick step, and manifests some strength of intel?
lect. His men are a medley of various nations?
but few- that are truly s.rvicvahlo belonging to the
country for which they have enlisted.
C<x?*is h native American, from the State of
New-Jersey?erved ander Brown in the Brazil
war as Captain, ami is admitted by ali to have dis?
tinguished himself as a brave man ami good ohVor.
He" married the daughter of the late Governor
Balcarcp. who, rrevitiu* to the last revolution* was
: compelled to vacate l:is office and flee the city, by
? the powet ni infl icnce of Rosas. Mr. Toe is about
' thirty-eight years ?>fage, rather below the middle
1 stature, a good figure, has a quick, piercing eye,
I and apparently' a determined, resolute man. He
hi-, from his own confessions, nndertnken tor die
Orientals in consequence of the provocation of
? Rosa, in confiscating bis enure property in the
province of Etitre Bios, where be had som.* years
since retired to pass a quiet life as an F.stnnciero
or Farmer.
Tu: Vellow Fever .n New-Orleaxs.?The
New-Orleans paper- ail agree that in no previous
season for the last ten years have the ravages ol
the yellow fever been so terrible us at present.
The Picayune says thut business is in the main
suspend od and the principal occupation ol those
who have been so fortunate as to escape the dis?
ease, i-> ministering to the stek. tending the dying,
and burying the dead. ? New-Orleans is literally
shrouded in mourning and sorrow.' Still the mor?
tality is confined almost entirely to those who have
recently gone thither from tin' North: persons who
"nave become acclimated are comparatively -ate
from its attack*.
Printers, Ahoi '.?Messrs. Voung ?& Deb-n??
hre, of London, an- said to have constructed an in?
genious machine, which will place the movable
types u*ed in printing in tin- same position, with
regard to tie- spelling nf word-, ti- they are now
placed i.\ the-compositor. By mcans ofthis ma?
chine, a column ol a newspaper, containing ICOUO
types, i*composed, including what is called "justi
I ficntion," and putting into lines, in two hours,
which is six hours less than an expert compositor
will act implish the work by hand. Go ahead,
locomotive; [Boston Transcript.
Ba ker'. Historical Collections or the State of
New-Yoek, coutai ling a general c-l action of the most
inta estiog Fi cts. Traditions, Iti graphical r-k^ ches,
Anecdotes &c, relati g to Iis History and Antiquities,
with geograpbical description of ev-ry township in the
Stiit.-. illustrated by a Map -n.l S30 Engravings, by
John W. Baasca, Author of Connecticut and Massa
cbasetts Historical Collections, and Henbv Howe, Am
thor of ibe Memoirs of blminent American Mechanics
New-York, Published for the Authors, and for sale by
ib- Ag :nt, l i- Nassau-street, .1 II. Bradley, l'rice, $1
Tin- work is on- of real value to all the sobs auJ
daughters of the Ian:.ire ritaie. It i. ou the same pla as
iae preceaing mm oi Coausn ticwi ssid >r t--ai auseia Ttte
Authors spent unitedly more than two years of close und
laborious application in collecting the material-for the
work. ?? It is a mine of interesting information, in ?hieb
you may dig at your leisure aad always find something
uew to repay your toil,. Here you have news of the
Cities, Villages, Monuments, Ancient Houses, with the
most romantic scenery which the Slate furnishe*. The-.
view- greatly enhani ?? the value of the work i od are cor
; rect as fir at are are acquaint) I with the originals. The
frontispiece contains I'or.r tits of Peter Stuyresant, Phil
lipSchuyler, George Clinton J hn jay, and I)e Witt
Clinton. This,avith the engraving of Albany and New
York,are in a high style i f the art of engraving. A- a
w ork of referent e, u is ami; ailed ; u'.rfu1 to the traveller,
j mm of business and mau of leisure, and should be placed
hi liic Library of < very lam.ly In the Stale.
j Grapes.?A line large basltel of beautiful and delicious
j Isabellas, from Croton Point with "Dr. Underbill's re?
spects to the F. litor<." ?rare ?ent to our ortic- yeater
I day. We like to have our friends pay their " respects''
to u? in manner and style aforesaid , n is evideuco not
only of good feeling mi their part, but it likewise implies
. oiiti.Ieue.- in ?i" i'.inj f..s.v of the I'.ditorw. The jr.- er
ous confidence of the Doctor in ib.s ease ?<? assure him
*a- not mi.-applied. In sui a matters wo profess to be
! rounoutnrs. If .my doubt, let thorn call at A.G. Crasto's
agency, in the Asior Hou-v, Vesey-etreet, and purchase
a basket of the-an;e arte l ?, ani judge for ihemselv s.
Hoves;f Ms in Real Estate.?Our reaJcrs will notice
in another coli mn, in a mere extended form thaa we have
yet published, the proposed terms of salaof ib.- Village
j ok new-BsroiiTosr, end its splendid improvements. The
plan i- identically the -jujc by wb:i h the large ? Hermit
age Estate ' .vis .old in thii city in Isii-. Wo understand
that out of 50U shares, more than one b df are already tu
kcn. The object of the Trii.t-es in to close the alfairs if
the i ..mpusy within the penod to ?hu ii it.- orgiiui/.ation
is hunted. It seem/tu us that lie- cui.il.liut.s of the -ah
?re exceedingly liberal, and that those who are able to
iuIim ribc, cannot do better than Investigate the merits of
the prospectus. The characters of the Trustees, Messrs
Nicoll, Ouer, Patter.on auil Robm-on, are a sufficient
guarantee to all that it will bt fairly and properly con?
dneu d.
r'icson John Nagel.?The second concert ol this 1
splondid violinist takes jdaee at tin City Hotel this eve?
ning. We believe that no musical debutant basbesare
reived in o'jr city with so unbounded or so well deserved
piun.e. as th:f pupil of Pasanin L T ie party, power I
aad .' eate gnee of hi* performances ham never been
scrpas ej by any artist ?lirnn ?o have heard. He came
tu this country heralded Uy the loudest, ruo-r uaqualiflesi
applao of the best Esropean judees; and he is fast ful?
filling all tiie expectation* tlio e praises ?xcited among our
masic-loring public. lie will of course have a ciowded
bouse acd those who intend to bear hi:n will do well u>
secure their tickets early.
Official.
TRElSCSV [Is.PaaTMKS'T, J??pL27, 1841,
Proro-sls wp| be received at this DepartancoL under
the p.-ovisi-.ii of the Act of Cong-e,s pa-sed July U). Mil,
entitled - Aa Act authorizing a Lain not exceeding the
sum of twelve millions of dollars," unt.l Wednesday, th
i'-.n day of October next, inclusive, for a loan of iwr, mil
boos of dollars, benrinr interest at the rate of six per
centum, payable qaarterly, and irredeemable before the
?I st December, 16H, being part of the loan of twtlve
mild ir.? of dollars authorized by the ea.d Aer.
Tb? proposals will ?'ate the amount offered lobe loaned
and the rate at w.ocj such loan will be ma Je ; the rate
however, must not be I. than the par value of ibe stock
Upon the ac.eptxnce of the propo-al by the Secretary of
the Trasury. tha piynient fir tr.e , ock ciu.-t be mate in
?pecie, or the nofs of .pe-i*-piyiDg b.nks, convertible
into specie at the place of depo-ite to be deposited to the
credit of the Tr-Tur-r of the Cited States, in such de
posi'oric? as may l-e dm un ited by the Secretary in Bos
too. New York, or Philadatphia.
The *t ck wi I he n-cribed on the bnc-ksof the D>part
raenr. acd :.;ruri -ates b-arirg iuterest from the day ol de
^:F\*Jr\}mi:*',M for???reapeeuve sums loa.^d.'
VVALTf.R FORWARD. Strrttary of fA, Treasury.
U ro b: publi-ned in the C.iuner. b-'.toa. Journal of
Commer-eaud the Tribune, New-York. and ?M Inquirer,
t-aibvlelphia. dsiiy. tiU the -tih October.
""i,<)s'rsi,ui;T.
By tais Horfliiip's Statten Baft
to Tin: hun. s. ij hobbie,
Actin ? Postmaster General
Sir: Iiiformutijii havingbeen leccivedtn
entitled toaitention I it the V stmtuters ax.?**'
! IVnr.-vivam.i, and ""'. Ohio, ...i-.,- ?.,;*v.
ohued" the obligation* which they impliedh
I sninod on taking office under my Admimstra-k
: of absrnining from nny active partl-at.sl; ??.or i
[any way nimiecting their offices with panr'pnJ
j poses, I have t? request that inquiries ?hall ~,
I stanily instituted into their conduct, and that jf^
\ charges against th- ni befound to !?? true, rhn
immcdiatelv turned out ol office, and cti/e.i,.
j pointesi in their place* who will otherwise corkjvt
j themselves.
The Post Office Department, in ai! it*
tions,.sh mid be conducted for ti e single puq ...
I accomplishing the important object* for v ....
I vcm established. It should in an especial r.?>
ner. so fur as i? practicable, be disconnected
j party politics. It was establishe i for specifiedpej
j poses of equal importance to every citizen, \
convert it into tin e:i?i::e of p-irty. to !>e u-oj-'.
[ party purposes, is to make it the fruitful sonnte
j the most alarming evils. Ramified a* ir is, -j,
? extended to every neighborhood, the purity of jj
. administration, and ;.?. essarily ut it- u::c:.t-. ,
j bo particulatly guarded.
? Fol :i Deputy Postmaster tn us*> his l'r.v',
privilege (a nrtvilegT bextnwed upon him for ??.
j sole purpose of e\o lerating htm from oppress!-,
i charge- in the necessary correspondence of hi* jg"
fice) in scattering over tbe country pamphleti?.
j newspapers, and prvsreedingsi to influence election ?
! is to outrage all propriety, and must noi for a,'-,'
' be tolerated Let thi* be left to the pob'ticuu&l
j I should he happy it one or two .-\a- :: ,e< .\..,\ [.
fot.n l sufficient to coriect ?n evil which has -.>.-,
{ tensively pievailed.
1 will take this occasion. :tl-.>. to add for yo.:
; instruction, that the appointment to. and conti
J ance in th.' olhVo of Postmaster of any one cditi
: a political newspaper is in the highest degree ab
j fectionable. It involves most of the consequent*!
: above stated?introtluces politics into the IV.:
Offici?liminisbes the revenue?and confers pri
I vileges on one editor which all cannot enjoy, It,
? a word, it is my fixed purpose; a* tar a- in me lies
to separate the Post-Office Department from pa
? tic*, and bring about that reform which the coat,
I try has so loudly demanded. Joh> 1>uk.
September ?s, IsII.
iHJ* The Mexican Consul at New-Orleans bti
given notice, by direction of the President ofta
Mexican Republic, that nil persons traveling i
I California without obtaining pa*sr>rts, ui'1 ^
subject to be driven from the territories, withs
I rendering the Government liable for ans indei
' nitv. inasmuch as they will have failed t,. cor:
I w ith the formalities required by the laws of u>
Republic.
kt The Charleston papers state that then
: lads named James Dunn and Charles Greens
I have been arrested for defrauding a merchant n
j that citv of the proceeds of n check for $1,391.
(ET* There wer.- 'I deaths of yellow fevert
! New-Orleans on the [8th and 19th.
H 10" The Prixck De Joinville. son of theK .
of the French, arrived in tin- city yesterday, *::t
his suite, from New-York, when- the Frigate
he commands is now King, lie i* at Bros
Hotel. ' [Nat. Int.
From Florida.?Tho correspondent of the Sc
van nah Republican, -luting Fast Florida, Sept
22, writes as follows :
" Gentleme.x : Col. Worth, the Command*!
of Florida, has again been successful. A potnoi
; of Hbspitaki's people, numbering sixty, according
i to promise met him ur Pontu Resas, ami sreti
; safely taken care of. The balance of the triii*.
mustering some two bundled nnd twenty, are |,i
j meet him to-day on Pease Creek. No doubt but
they will come in. and it. is equally certain if they
do they will emigrate, a* tbe C olonel makes it t
point of honor not to di-.upp.iint these infernal iu- ?
nl< in tluit particular. The officers of the Aimj
expect to finish the operations in Florida by the 1st
of January."
XT Hon. G. r>i:-'i?N. from Taxas, w-s a:t;.-ksil witi
n cough, on arriving in this eity, tust a waned ii n is Is
r i in . *ix ofS lerinan's Cough Lozeugos entirel} rciiei?.
him. He - \yn be had beard much oftbem Befar? bi 11
Texas, but uppos d their viriu s-wero exaggerated. H?
?liil not liimk it possible to cure ?ivm- <?-.-.?? in > f<?
hour-, which be .n* freely admits and believes, lleiiu
? a- tlie ttueen offsjh iba -i.nl wbon sbe r>-i.i:ru?<l Iro.nS'i
! vj.it loSoloaon, sthat tbe ba'f Iis! not listen told."?
I They nre sold at 106 N issan-sun at
I ' (.'oils-;;*- ol" 3*li v-.ii iiiii-i ii ml Niirgeem
?Prki.i.minsrv Couast or LacTcnas^?The pnlnai
i nary coarse ol Loci tires in this Instil itioii aiII coBtasoa
na .Mi.I,.I... t.. ml, r I. Ur. Jos. JJ. >.,,,? I. \i..-i;.,' .
Hogri?,nt 10, A. M., nnd Dr. ToaaitY on Medienl BtU
ny :.: II, A. M. Lectures wi|i be delivered .it tae
Ii .ur- daring tbe whola month of October; l?r-. Paris'
! tVatti, and Oilman, follortiog Drs. Smith an.l Turn; ',
Tboso I.er:tar. s mil l,e irej to tlie S-n l.-n'- ..I" iliel'-t
lege, an J the Lecturers wouhl re-pn |..llv invite lie
members of the profesaion generally to attend irbensvn
it may suit their convenience. ci s83i04
XT The Ohenpcei 1 lists Inilor ITeh?
PETER V. KU5T?D, Merchaut Tailor, No. I Clistlisn
Square, corner of Catharine street, make- Clothing in or
der In jicr cent. chcRjii.-.? nnd 10 per cent better ihan us
cht:j|t.-.i Cash Tailor in the city.
N.IL?A good fit ia all caaaa warranted. (2) a7tf 1'
i r Entporititu of t heup Gnrmenls, bj B
T. JEMN1NGS, 3S9 Broadway, un ler A oerican UoteL
_ Ctj si I la
rrcir raoNEV wit.i, itj-: re turn?
ed if the pureba cr i- dissatisfied *ith Chapman's M>?k
ilaxor3trop witb Metallic llom-, manufactory i ?> Wiliuc
street?Retail prices 50 cents, 75 cents, $1,00, 91^15, ssf
*ji 50. Fire minutes will be ample time tor putting i?i
dull) t razor la t>..rf.>ei Ardor g, ,0 lo
-?wj?
XT .1 Gcittletuan ol Li i id i , lift
menu, who is ready to give asy desired testim slsls sl
ins iijtejfnt> tad capacity, wishes tn obtain a situation?
Editor or Assistant Editor of some Pu il c J.. iraal?? lbs
Literary, inip.rlnl rr Whig; the latb i preferred. A lite
'po-t paid) to S. II. can; ot'ii.-s Editor ?f thispspsr, w01n>
eeiye iamedLte attention._ (2> .^7.:
1 r Why trill ye i .-iris and Die * rout
to!.!-, when Pease's Hurebound Candy, <? ir! / t-ies
? ill enra yoa In twenty-loar or forty-algst h- .ir; Mu
i-ier.,, t.a .; er?, Puiiiir. Speakers, and Auctioneers, i rot
-.not a rieur, full k.ice lo ascompaay a eirar head, bsael
)t. is eivei op sritha siiekof Peatt's HorebonndCassIr
Sold wtolenale and retail,-15.Oivisi n-.t. cj; ol It
XT flitin .1!oii?aeiiur tie E,ainest.?TSpisos
le-st tiuiiity -twin l)', l.aiur?, au desirable colors for fd
Dtvs.
ISO pieces plain colors with Satin stripe, 3-6 pcrys/i
oponet! t! i, moraing at 50Cstherine-ttresrt.
These Goods being vsry -c.rce oor cu.>tnm?-s ?rill ?
w.ll to supply ihtimseh^ mm, diatrly. 'I ii? a-../Uo?:
?I colors vs. .11 uk found ..upe-ior to any In the city
BROWN a' URQfJHART,
ol-It' (2) Ko-SO CatberinerCPr, of Ms'isb*
V' Five Doilaia SSe-.vnril ? Lost jfV.--'.'
inortiuir. between r*i. Paul's t.'nurcn, Broadway, ?bJ &
foot of sVteeoth-street, Eaat River, a Suction Hosssbssl
ten faetlong and two and a hall inches d ameier. 1**
ovc tes .nl *ill he paid To.- it if sVlive-od at ihe efie?
of die New Ya k Poaiir. -.te i'., i.picv !..-t V.-?'.ii't^1
up stairs, or it ihe yard, foot of I5tb ?t..:^t. Itv w? E?*
River, by D K. MI.VOR (st) eUtfJ
t^r' Chnrgre until ihe linia- ia Keitored
?BEALSS HAIR RE-ITURATIVE is now vt"', :ci
the atiov,. orirh terms :?? ap wards of 300 psissSAf
:hf ..lfice, No, ItA Broadway, up stur?.
N. B ?Personal r^f?rr.i-^- rt-.en to sons* of our Irst s*S
zen. us to its succes-. Pric, $1 teil ?3.
s9 Ini . 2) _ U I. BEALS * c*
rrGoldamitb'M VVlimNG AM) BOGKKEBJ
IN'G ACADEMY, -Ail Broadway. Room. op?c omm
lay and evening. (2) ?*?
rr Particular Notice.?Tbwae persons bati?
fnrnhnre 01 -ay J?:.". rip?uo to dispose of, or nao
ireaking Dp house-keeping, will find a ready **jJt^3
. ortmn or all of iheir go<sl?. by tsinding tbfir wiinm
calhn/ upon the sub.criber.
liooiii to any amount pur. bused.
?71ntis Saw (n; F.COLT?N, 197 Chathsm itr*"
