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I ' tfos REPUBLIC.
K ^ WASHINGTON:
I SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 16,1858.
Movements of the Prerideit.
A despatch received from New York bet
evening informs us that Preeideet Pierce bed
reeolved to forego the honor of the city ban
quet, and would leave for Washington laat
night. He went on an exctirsion down the
harbor yesterday morning. We may look for
his arrival in Washington this afternoon.
The Republican Party.
The platform adopted by the State Conven
tion in Georgia, wh^ch nominated Mr. J m kiss,
has bwa ratified by a large and respeoUbJe
meeting of "Republican citizens." Although
the politicians will of course ridicule this organisation
aed attribute it to a desire to court
popularity under a new name, we shall not be
surprised if it prove the platform upon which
numbers of beth parties, unwilling to divide
upon the arbitrary issues inscribed upon s party
programme, will rally. The present condition
of parties proves that there is more cause to look
to the freedom of the country?the conduct of
its foreign policy, and the permanence of the
Union?than to settled questions of Federal
finance, or measures of protection or distribution
which have ceased to be expedient or desirable.
The Republicans of Georgia are of opinion that
there is an unsettled question of sectional right
entwined with the preservation of the Union
and paramount to the measures referred to.
They consider their duty to their State and
to the Union higher than their duty to party
designations, and refuse to disband the organization
which two years since perhaps preserved
the Union. -They behold the strife now going
on betweenV^ie Northern divisions of the
Democratic'party, and see that Mr. Pwac*
has "scotched not killed" the serpent of disu
aiun. xneysee that there has been an adjoarnment
of the Freesoil question until after
the politioal repast upon the spoils of conquest;
that there has been an ad interim compromise
upon the Baltimore platform, under
which the Barnburners agreed not to press
their opinions until a question, arose to render
it necessary; that the policy of appeasing an
antagonist with an office as pursued by Alexander
the Great, Napoleon, the British
Government, and to a small extent by Mr.
Pierce, rarely succeeds; and that to expect
to cure a radical party division by sealing
with a salary the lips of its leaders, is as
vain as to heal a bullet-hole with a bitofcourtplaister.
For can any one say that if a proposition
shall be presented to add to the Union
any Southern territory, that the whole Freesoil
army would not be instantly armed and organized
against its annexation without some qualification
of the rights of property as they are
understood in the South? Do we want a better
proof than the open assault upon the policy
attributed by the Evening Pott to the Administration
in regard to the institution of slavery
in Cuba?
The New York Tribune?a paper which
gave the same support to the Whig platform
of 1852 that the Evening Pott did to the Democratic?has
declared that it means henceforth
to vote for those candidates who will do most
good without regard to their party affiliations.
Can any one doubt that, upon an issue involving
the acquisition of territory, this paper.
with those who agree with it, would take sides
with the Free8oil interest! Now, if party allegiance
is not sufficiently powerful, or the awe of
party authority is not sufficiently dreaded by the
northern members of the Whig party to prevent
such an event, why should it be surprising that
the principles of patriotism and self-protection
should actuate the members of the same party
in Georgia to adopt a distinct organization 7 In
this organization they maintain the fundamental
principles upon which they understood the
Whig party to have been founded, yet declare
that they "will unite with all, of whatever
party," to preserve the Union and the Constitution.
The Republicans of Georgia seem to understand
correctly that the Freesoil question is
only adjourned. They are satisfied that the
question has its root in a settled hostility to
what is called "the slave power." They
know therefore that this power must strengthen
itself by all the measures of sectional prosperity,
and that this will render the Umjun
perpetual because it will teach the abolitionists
in America and Europe that the slave power
cannot be molested with impunity. Such is
the policy of the Republicans of Georgia; and if
there have been anv callinsr themselves Whiora
c * ?=>"
who have employed the great Republican Whig
organixation of 1832 to give increased profits
to bankers and manufacturers, or to furnish
local facilities at the Federal expense, let
them remember that the Whig organization
will have been broken up by the introduction
of 'a question of political right and of sectional
supremacy, upon which no Southern Whig
could take sides against the rights his section
and live. Those who have attempted to
combine the protection of cotton goods with
the destruction of the labor that produces cotton,
cannot be qprprised that the Georgia Republican
should prefer the safety of his own
property to the profit of northern capital, and
that he should rather abandon the protective
system of .Lowell than the protective system
of Savannah.
There has been n.oreover a necessity for
a radical change of policy which will even
throw the Georgia Republicans in antagonism
with many of tbeir political associates.
Regarding the United States and the protective
system mere interpolations upon
the original Whig creed, and measures
of temporary expediency, they have by
reaolntion declared them both " obsolete.'
However they might have been once disposed
to advocate measures without regard to the
section which derived direct advantages from
their success, yet with a fear of preponderant
sectional power in the North, they are unwil.
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ling to strengthen Ike Federal Government or
the Nurth by a gift of the whole Federal fiscal
credit** of extnmgani wagw and dividend a
to be eaaptMed i* agitation tad injury to the
Snath andlpa Ofiion.
They mfReoTfr think that the aectioaal adran
tagee fcr rnannfoetecies which the South
paasaaaes will ultimately attract a large amount
of northern capital and skill, and thus promote
their safety and the harmony of the country.
They hare no motive, therefore, for enhancing
the profits of manufacturing investments by
Federal bounty, because in the competition with
other nations the eHmate, raw material, provisions,
and consu mption of the South being in
immediate juxtaposition, it will be much easier
for the North to bring the capitalist and operatives
to the point where these advantages are
concentrated, than to import them all into the
North to be manufactured and re-exported to
the South for consumption.
The Republicans of Georgia moreover say
that they "view with great alarm" the
partial appropriation of the public lands to internal
improvements in particular States, and
the appropriation of "the public money to wild,
' reckless and moan tic ache men of internal im
- ' provement intended for the promotion of par'
ticnlar interests." They contend that in
the appropriation of the public lands "the true
' rule of equality ie equity." This position is
directly responsive to the following "gigantic"
proposal made by the organ of the Whig Freesoilers:
"To-day the great want of our country and the
age is the Pacific railroad. Let the subject be
discussed on its merits, and 1st a vote be taken
throughout the land, without reference to party
organizations, on the naked question: 'Shall the
Federal Government expend thirty millions, if
necessary, to secure the construction, as early as
practicable, of a railroad from the Mississippi to
the Pacific?'?and the 'aye' would 'have it' by at
least a million majority."
Now this proposition involves the question,
where this great popular conduit sbsll be located,
and who shall be entrusted with its organisation,
and the control of its expenditures?
(a one plain line, what section thall secure the
commercial and political btntJUt to reeultfrom
the appropriation* of this "thirty"?or three
times thirty?"millions" of Federal money.
The Republicans of Georgia have invested a'
i largo axnouui in a system 01 rauroaas wnicft
uniting with those of Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia, the Carolioas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas, look to
an extension by a common stem to the Pacific.
They are apprehensive that, if the question of
location be left to numerical determination, that
the "million of votes" might?through their representatives?prefer
section to country, and bo
bestow an unequal and dangerous advaqcement
u pon one section over another. They may perhaps
foresee that population will accompany the road
to the Pacific, and thus the balance of sectional
power be so far overthrown as to tempt further
assaults upon the rights of the South, and thus
jeopardize the permanence of the Union.
v We think this Republican organization one
of the most important which has presented itself.
It is not sectional, because the same
party renounced its Federal affiliations in 1850,
and elected an Union Democrat governor.
Pursuing the same object, they now declare
tneir purpose to "maintain a political connexion
' with no party North or South, Whig or De'
mocratic, which is not devoted to the main'
tenanoe of the Rights of the States and the
' Union of the States."
Duties on Sugar.
The sugar planters of Louisiana have held a
convention at Donaldsonville for the purpose of
"aiding the Government in the execution of
the revenue laws." It seems that an extensive
sugar refinery in the city of St. Louis, to
avoid the loss from leakage and fermentation
of molasses imported by them, have reduced
I the weight and diminished the tendency to
waste by preparing the molasses before shipIment.
The article has then been invoiced as
I "Melado," "Concentrated Syrup," fcc. The
duty upon these articles being much less than
that upon raw sugars, has occasioned a strict
application of the law by the custom-house
officers of New Orleans. The planters of Louisiana
also have taken a deep interest in the
introduction of a preparation of sugar which, pro
lanto, supersedes their own productions, and
neutralizes the protection afforded,by the tariff
of 1846. The custom-house officers alleged
that the concentrated syrups, &,c., had been undervalued
in the invoice; they appraised them
again and required the importers to pay duty
on the excess of valuation, and a penal duty of
twenty per cent, to the collector. This decision
was affirmed by merchant appraisers; from
this decision the importers appealed, and the
matter is pending before the Secretary of the
Treasury. The planters of Louisiana have, as
above, offered their services to aid in the en
forcement of the revenue Jaws "as they understand
them."
>e? Publications.
Wc arc indebted to I'rofeiwor A. D. Baciif.,
Superintendent of the Coast Survey, for & copy
of hi* Avnt'al Report, showing the progress of
that work during the year ending November, 1851,
an 8vo. volume of 564 pages, from the press of
the public printer. Also for a copy of the sketches
accompanying that Report, comprised in a separate
4to. volume. We shall carefully examine
these volumes, and give to them an elaborate
notice.
DcBow's Review, for July, may be obtained
of Mr. Fkanck Taylor, to whom we are indebted
for our copy.
Wm. J. Browv, of the Indiana Sentinr.l, asks
the question, "Is there a Whig party?" and proceeds
at some length to answer it in tho negative.
If William had not been of the feline species he
at least would not he alive to ask this question
now ; for wc one day saw him shake his head and
die hard under a Whig exposure in the Mouse of
Representatives. And a "bitter end" he made
of it.
The Philadelphia Sun says that wife-murder
has become an epidemic. A ligature around the
husband's neck is recommended by some as a
remedy,
Mr. Buchanan and his Mission.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday alludes
to the doubt generally entertained respecting
the declension of the mission to Eng
land by Mr. JccHAlUN, and hopes the report
wil{ prove untrue. It says:
"The selection of Mr. Buchanan for a post of
such responsibility gave very general satisfaction,
and it would be a source of regret to a large portion
of the American people, without regard to party
l>olitics, if he should at this late hour decline.
The story is, that some misunderstanding has
taken place between the Minister and the Secretary
of State in relation to the fisheries?an
unwillingness having been manifested at Washington
to confide the business to Mr. Buchanan.
But this strikes us as improbable,
inasmuch as that gentleman is eminently and
peculiarly qualified for the discussion and adjustment
of such u subject. He has doubtless
given much attention to all the details, and
from his experience in the Senate and in the
State Department, as well as from the equable
character of his mind, he strikes us as just tho
individual for the negotiation. But the whole
story of his resignation may be unfounded, and
yet it has not been formally contradicted. A
misunderstanding of some kind probably exists,
and without feeling any particular interest in the
ambitious struggles of such of our political opponents
as aspire to the next Presidency, it is natural
to manifest surprise at a rumored resignation
of so dignified a post without being acquainted
with the exact causes and reasons. Can our
brethren of the Washington Union or the Washington
Republic throw any light upon the subject'
Has Mr. Buchanan resigned, and if so, on what
grounds ?
The Inquirer expresses our own sentiments
in relation to the distinguished gentleman
whem it so earnestly commends. We, however,
are without reliable information on the
subject of its inquiry, and with it await the
response our more enlightened neighbor can
probably give.
Since writing the foregoing we have found
the following seemingly authoritative statement
i Nw York Timet of yesterday:
"Mr. Buchanan and the English Mission.?
The recent unfortunate difficulties which seemed
likely to deprive the country of the services of
Hon. James Buchanan at the Court of St. James
have been adjusted. President Pierce had an interview
with Mr. Buchanan at Philadelphia on
Wednesday morning, the result of which was that
Mr. B. signified his acceptance of the important
trust confided to him, and his determination to
proceed upon his mission at as early a day as will
suffice to make the necessary arrangements. We
are happy to bo able to make this announcement
on the highest authority.
"Of the terms of truce between Messrs. Marcy
and Buchanan, we are not, of course, authoritatively
advised. We do know, however, that the
Sfi<*rptnrv nf Strit# l?n? mnintninnH hiw rrrcimwl in.
gisting upon his own mode of arranging the diplomacy
of the country, and providing the means of
its conduct?and that Mr. Buchanan has had the
good sense to acknowledge, by his acceptance,
the right of the Premier to direct and control the
business of his department of the Executive Government."
European Intervention with Cuba.
The New Orleans Delta, with the view of
impressing upon the Government of the United
States the importance of Cuba in a commercial
point of view, gives the following statement
of our export and import trade with that
island:
Exports. Imports.
1849 ?6,301,000 ?6,578,300
1850. 4,990,927 10,292,398
1851 6,523,763 17,046,931
The clearances from Cuba to ports in the
United Sthtes in 1847 amount to a tonnage of
100,722. |
To show the danger of permitting Cuba to
fall into the hands of any other power than
Spain, the Delta adds that the annual value in t
1847 of the American trade passing through 1
the Gulf is two hundred millions, employing (
an aggregate tonnage of 200,012. [Mr.THaasHsr's
resolution, offered at Memphis, gave this 1
gulf trade at present at $300,000,000, employing
ten thousand ships.?Ed. Rbf.] Onefourth
of the commerce of Cuba is alleged by
the Delta to be with the United States; it concludes
its article with the following expression
of opinion:
"Looking at these facts, the continuance of
Cuba under the dominion of Spain, its cession to
another and formidable power, or its acquisition
by the United States, the question of its destiny
iB one of the most important and momentous of
the present time.
"We will not waste argument in attempting to <
demonstrate that Cuba could neither become an
independent sovereignty nor fall into the possession
of an European nation. The United States
will resist to the last extremity the establishment
of any foreign power in America. The very
statement of such a desire bears its al>surdity upon
its face."
Mii.k.?We know not what the price has
hitherto been of milk at Louisville; but we
notice that the milkmen have just united in
an agreement, on account of the drought and consequent
scarcity of food for their stock, to charge
twenty cents per gallon when less than a gallon
a day is used, ami sixteen and two-thirds when a
gallon or more is consumed. We should think 1
these prices low enough.
Magnetic Telegraph Election.?At the an- i
nual meeting of the stockholders of the Magnetic ,
Telegraph Company between Washington and
New York, held at Philadelphia on Thursday, (
William M. Swain was unanimously re-elected ,
President; George H. Hart, Treasury; Joseph <
Sailer, Secretary; Amos Kendall and B, B,
French, of Washington; Zenos Bamuin and A,
S. Abcll, of Baltimore; M. Canby, of Wilming- (
ton; Richard M. Hoe and George W, Riggs, of \
Now York, and John Thornly, of Philadelphia, I
were elected Directors. At the quarterly meeting 1
j of the directors, previously held, a dividend of 1
j three per cent, was declared. J
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Burning of a Steamer.?The steamer Man- i
Chester, while lying at the Marine Hospital a mile 1
liclow Pittsburgh, on the 13th instant, was burnod 1
to the water's edge. The fire was caused by a work- |
man carelessly throwing a match down after light- t
ing his cigar. The boat was owned by Captain t
Bowman and George Recchnecker, first clerk, f
She wan nearly new and coat (124,000. She was '
insured for (>15,000 in the Delaware Insurance
and Firemen's Insurance Office, c
Speech of President Pierce at N. York.
In reply to the address of welcome delivered at
Castle Garden onThursday, the Fncsintarr said:
"I thank you for the kind and patriotie expressions
with which you have received me.' For the
first time 1 address, within their own borders, the
citizens of the Empire City, now, beyond all controversy,
the commercial metropolis of our blessed
Union. The rapidity, sir, with which New York
has arisen to so commanding a position as one of
the most important cities upon the globe, has no
parallel in history. Already the enterprise of
your merchants, the genius of your ship-builders,
the daring spirit of your vast trading marine, are
beginning to make you first in the markets
of the world. , Here, my countrymen?here
iu New York?will the ledger of commerce keep
the accounts of the nations of the earth.
."Near the spot on which we stand there are
striking points which mark the amazing rapidity
of your growth as a city. On the opposite side
of Bowling Green, if 1 am not mistaken, stands
one of the comparatively few edifices erected
prior to 1770. it is, I believe, the only one remaining
originally built of German brick. It is a reverend
relic of a past age. How surprised, possibly,
even the young men of the present day would
lie if they were flilTy to realize tnat six years after
its erection the waters of the North river flowed
almost to its foundations; and that, &r north of
where throe great parallel streets now teem with
activity and enterprise, was the landing of boats
upon that then free and uncircumscribed river.
How difficult it is, at this period, to realize that the
limits of the city at that date extended not beyond
Murray street, and that there were even within
that boundary many vacant lots, and that the
population hardly exceeded twenty thousand.
Shall we speak of the future? How can we, when
we revert to the calculations of really wise men of
the past, who, if 1 am not misinformed, built the
north wall of the City Hull of brick, because, as it
was to be presented alone to the unsettled district,
the exterior aspect 011 that side was of slight consequence.
"How far it is at this moment south of the
centre of population, wealth, and - enterprise!
In 1826 your city hardly exceeded 140,000; now
you number more than half a million of souls. In
tliat year 1 remember to have heard my fattier, on
his return from New York, after his first visit
here, subsequent to the close of the Revolution,
express his amazement at the growth and the
change of the city. Still, at that time, Brooklyn,
which now numbers more tlian one hundred
thousand souls, was comparatively a village, and
riding on horseback with old General Moreton,
he found standing a portion of the building on
Brooklyn Heights on which he had run up the
American ensign upon the evacuation of the city
in 1783.
"From the first date I have named, 1770, to
this hour, the history of the city has been the history
of patriotic devotion to popular rights and
popular liberty. That for a time during the revolutionary
struggle another ensign than ours
floated here is no cause of mortification; it was
the fortune of war; and, in our weak and embarrassed
condition, unavoidable. But the sun of the
25th November, 1783, rose here for the last time
upon the rule of a foreign power, and the anniversary
of that day is remembered by your 'sons
of liberty' with the same patriotic feeling that the
great national amiivcrsary of July 4th is regarded'
by the people of our common country. How are
you, men of New York, to show your gratitude
for the past' How are you to make the most of
the present' How are you to secure all the noble
promise of your future?
"You will keep high your standard of intelligence
and morals, because all apparent advancement
will prove fallacious, and weakness will be
substituted for strength whenever, as a people,
wo cease, with reverence and humble dependence,
to look to the Source of all power and wisdom.
You will educate your children in the belief and
conviction that you have neither power nor perseverance,
nor security, nor liberty, except as
you constitute one of the members of this vast and
now universally respected confederacy. You will
foster everywhere the living action, efficient sentiment,
that under the Providence of God these
great blessings may only be enjoyed under the
present Constitution. You remember yourselves,
and remind others that wise men framed that
Constitution. Men who knew what independence
cost, because in their own suffering and in the
privations and trials of their families and friends
they had paid a part of that expense.
''The great problem of the formation of the Union
called not only for all the wisdom, but for all the ,
patriotic conception of the wisest body of men the
world had eyer yet seen in council, If there are
those at the present day who,'having never made
for their country the sacrifice you have of ease, a
dollar of income, or one moment of personal danger,
would break up the foundation on which we
nave so prosperously and securely stood, the basis
of our happiness at home and our respect abroad,
the only sure pledge of all that we expect for
those who are to 6ome after us, it is to be hoped
that they are tew fn number, and their sphere of
influence limited V If there are provisions in the
Constitution of your country not consistent with '
your views of principle or expediency, remember,
that in the nature of things, that instrument could
only have had its origin in compromise; and remember,
too, that you will be faithless to honor and
common honesty if you consent to enjoy the privileges
it confers, and seek to avoid, if any, the burdens
it imposes.
"It cannot be accepted in parts; it is a whole
or nothing; and as a whole, witb all the rights it
secures and the duties it requires, it is to oe sacredly
maintained. I accept those honors, as
your servant, with a thankful heart; but I bear
with me, at the same time, a proud oonsciousness,
that by your free and unsought choice I am also
your representative, charged with the care of your
interests and your honor. If' to be encouraged j
ind strengthened in all nt cff< to promote the ,
one, and preserve unsn d the other, by such !
countenance and supp< on you, part as a fear- ,
less and faithful exorcis jf the functions committed
to me may merit.
"Mr. Mavor. this F.mnirp ( !i?v nnil tliiu F.m??liv,
State are ttio living exemplifications of tire talis- i
manic word adopted as your motto. Has it never
occurred to you, sir, that the hand which has in- (
scribed 'Excelsior'upon your coat of arms must ]
have been guided by a prophet's vision? This j
spectacle teaches all of us a valuable and signifi- '
cant lesson, May God, in His wisdom, make you i
sensible of the blessings conferred upon you, and <
during my term of office may He strengthen me j
ill my sincere and anxious purpose to aid you in ?
all your honorable and patriotic enterprises. For <
who can estimate the events of the future ? Who <
Klin 11 say to your great characteristic, and to the j
spirit ol oyr whole country, 'thus far shall thou i
go and 110 farther?' As you advance in your j
inujcstic career, new duties and new rosponsibili- i
lies are imposed, and as your conquering example ,
manifests itself on all hands, new conceptions of |
still further triumphs Will arouse and stimulate
your exertions,
"The Old World caught the inspiration from 1
the New, Nations closed to civilization fbr linn- i
irods of years arouse fVom the sleep of ages, and ]
itrctch out their hands to tho inquiring spirit t
which is constantly gatheriug in strength for now <
victories over tlmo and space on these shores, ,
Who will set limits to your just ambition when t
the Atlantic is bridged with steamers to the shores <
:>f Europe, and united to tho Pacific by tho groat r
thoroughfare that will evontuaUy bind these States ?
together as with hooks ofstoel? And, sir," with *11 J
these advantages?with all these privileges?with ?
ill these benefits of the present, and these antici- \
nations of the futuro?and, let me say, witli all J
the invocations of the past?how can wo fkU to
welcome those who come to us from tho grey old
nations of Europe? I>et them come! There is c
ooui enough for all?room in the hearts and in t
;he homes of the American people; and there is j,
vork and food enough for all. The moment they ?
inter into tlte brotherhood of American freemen v
hey cease to be citizens of other countries, and
hey hear their share of the burdens and enjoy
heir share of the blessings common to all in this
iappy Union.
"It is thin great truth that invokes us against
.11 schismatic organizations not strictly Ameri- I
an, and that destroys the claim that ours is a s
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nation governed by men of dm rue alone. Mo
single race of men can boaat that to them alone
ia humanity indebted lor mch a country aa this. It
the fbaion of a| nations ktto one that haa given
to ua the attitude wo nowoceupy, and that baa
crowned our anterferiaoa *lth aneceaa. Your own
experience ia the proof of this. All raew have
contributed to the population that new arowda
your ahipe, builda your cities, aita in votkv councils
and educates your children. The hardy anna
of New England and the descendants of your
own pioneers mingle with the tide that (16ws in
from other nationB until all characteriatica disappear
before the progressive and courageous
spirit that animates the citizens of our owu country
and protects our free institutions. And now,
my fellow-countrymen, once more I thank you
for this brilliant and extraordinary reception, a
tribute which you pay to the Government of your
choice and attention, and to our heaven-favored
Union, in the person tjfyour Representative in the
Presidential chair." ' y
The President was frequently interrupted with
the plaudits of the iiWiWice, and at times, particularly
when he referred to the commerce of
New York, the cheers were almost deafening.
As soon as the speech was over the Presidential
yixny auuiupuiu iu leave; dui me crowa caiiea so
vehemently for Jefferson Davis, that, to quiet
them, he was compelled to present himself, and
briefly addressed the assemblage.'*
The President's Evening Reception at
New York.?The Times, of yosterday, says:
"The President dined privately at the Astor
yesterday afternoon, and in the evening was waited
upon at his parlor by many citizens and
strangers, among whom were General Quitman,
Governor Seymour, Thomas F. Meagher, esq.,
Senators Thompson and James, ex-Senators Dix,
of New York, and Bradbury, of Maine; Hon.
George Ashmun, of Massachusetts; August Belmont,
esq., G. C. Hebbe, esq., and Mr. Harding,
the artist. We are happy to know that the President
lias liorne the fatigues of his trip remarkably
well. Although quite exhausted last evening,
and somewhat hoarse, Bom frequent speaking in
the open air probably, as much as from the cold
under which he has labored for several days, his
spirits seemed to have lost none of their elasticity,
as was manifest to those who were so sociably received
by him Jast evening. We understand that
he will remain in the city and attend the banquet
at the Metropolitan this evening."
The Mesilia Valley.
We have already placed before our readers certain
historical facts relating to the question of
tiuu tu inns lerrnory, wjucn were oucitcd at a recent
meeting of the citizens of Sante F?, New
Mexico. In quoting this Nummary, the Memphis
Inquirer of July 2d says:
"It appears that Mr. Bartlett was misled and
imposed upon by the second article, of the constitution
of Chihuahua, in which the boundary line
of that State is claimed to Iks at 320 47' 43".
This line was run by Messrs. Staples and Conde
in the year 1834, but was not adopted by the government
of New Mexico; it was an act on the'
part of Chihuahua ibr which she had no authority.
The editor of the Santa Fe Gazette was in Chihuahua
at the time this survey was' made by Mr. Staples,
and vouches of his own kuowlcdgc these
statements to embrace the facts.
"Mexico claims under the treaty stipulation of
Distymell's map, and the initial point fixed by
Commissioner Bartlett. The facts given above
would seem to render our claim valid. We think
it clear that tlte dispute is one that should be settled
by fair and friendly negotiation, and ought
not to give just grounds of war to either party.
Rolling-Mill Destroyed.?The new rollingmill
nearly completed at Danville, Pennsylvania,
by the Mountain Iron Company, was destroyed
by fire on the afternoon of Wednesday. The loss
very heavy.
The Rebellion in China.
Tien-teh, theJpretender, is strongly entrenched
in the affections of the native Chinese, and he has
hitherto l>een uniformly successful. He has overrun
many of the southwestern provinces, and according
to one account has under his sway seventy-five
of the three hundred millions of the population
of China, and has established the seat of
hie government in the great city of Wu-chung-fti,
the capital of Hupeh. It is said, too, that he has
organized an effective administration. The New
York Evening Post compiles from an article in the
China papers, written by Dr. M&cgowan, the following
account of the pretender and his prospects:
"Tien-teh, who is the acknowledged head of the
movement, and already exercises imperial powers
over many millions of the Chinese, is a young man .
now in his nineteenth year, a descendant of the
prince who overturned the Mongol rule and estab- .
lished the Ming dynasty. His family continued '
to govern China for upwards of two hundred and '
fifty years, and with such moderation and justice .
as greatly to endear them to the people. They .
were finally overthrown by the irruption of the '
fierce Tartars of the North, and those of the <
princes who survived the wars which followed
concealed themselves in the southwestern portion :
of the empire. Tien-teh is descended from one of
these, ana appears therefore before the people, not
as an unknown adventurer, but as the representative
of a dynasty that is still remembered with
warm affection by the Chinese. The extortions I
of the Tartar Emperor and his swarm of corrupt 1
officials have prepared the people to welcome any
change, but when that change involves the over- ]
throw qf a foreign dynasty and the restoration of
their native princes, a national feeling is begotten. ]
Enthusiasm incites the rebel armies, ana their I
Ivno unti Ia fl?n *! * ' * ' 1'
bivi*wu tv V1|U jiwwuto uiai, uu LM50UJUUa patriotism J
and loyalty to their rightful rulers. Under such ]
auspices Tien-teh has steadily progressed in his ,
conquests, until he has now under his sway not I
less than seventy-five millions of his countrymen,
whom ho governs through the medium of a regularly
organized administration, assisted by minis- 1
ters ana generals of great sagacity and ability. 1
"The real difficulty of a native dynasty would t
commence with'the expulsion of the Mauchus, <
Tor its stability would bo iA perpetual jeopardy <
FVom the incursions of those naray adventurers, i
To maintain themselves against such warlike ?
neighbor^, the Chinese Would be oompelled to i
jourt the alllanoe of Christian States, so called; ]
ndependence is utterly out of the question?the *
lioice living between subjection to the Mauchus, c
>r a reliance on the power and friendship of the i
'barbarians from afar;" of these alternatives, the i
alter would be preferred by all who have at heart
lite present anil future well-being of this large
lortion of the human family. It ts by rendering t
ikliffilijnllti af till** ltlml tlssa* *1""' n*
, *. MM? aai?w UTOV Ult/J mv CO Ul) t'UII- |
'I I in tod, and not by aiding tiioir conquerors to re- ?
:ain the offensive yoke." ^
Missouri Ei.f.ction.?In District No. 3 the "
Whig nominee for Congress is J. J. Lindley, and t
n District No. 7 Samuel Caruthers. The St. h
Louis Intelligencer thinks that both will be elected, t
is there will be several Democratic candidates in
sach district, In District No. 3 Claiborne F. t
laekson is tlio Auti-Bonton candidate, and the Ben- r
on men have not yot nominated theirs. They will
sertainly not vote for Jackson. In District No. 7
Thomas B. English is the Anti-Benton candidate, ^
md Messrs. J, E. Cowan, F. A. Rozier, and A.
laokson, are all stump candidates of the Benton
trine, though it is thought some of them will
vitndraw, for the purpose of concentrating the
ienton strength in opposition to English.
"When the Hon. Mrs. Norton was applied to,
>n Hood's death, for a contribution to the fund
lien raised for his destitute widow, and headed
>y Sir Robert Peel with the munificent donation ?
>f -f.r)0, she promptly sent a liberal subscription,
nth the following lines: t((
"To cheer the widow's hoart in her distress, r<
To make provision for the fatherless, j.
Is but a Christian's duty, and none should
Resist the heart-appeal of Widow Hood."
Wry, punning, and piety, all of the genuine sr
ort, are not often thus happily united. I
ItMM.
To beoome rich it is not necessary you should
inake uiueh; but qiwaye uve a portiou of what
you do make. A little accumulation will make
for itself.
July this voar is not so torridly wrathful as
June. We nave pleasant days and nights.
Burrington Anthony, late United States marshal
for Rhode Island, died in Providence on
Tuesday morning, alter an illness of sonic
months.
Have your children ready for Bchool in September.
Grass, it is said, will soon grow in the streets 4
of New Bedford. Seth Thomas lost his pocketbook,
containing |80, in Purchase street, on Saturday
evening, and found it on Monday morning *
ih the pleee whose it foil, with the money un- 1
disturbed. J
The use of idle. mmninirlftaa ur/tr/la nn/1 nliMionu 1
is contemptible; when indecent or profane the
practice is disgustingly so. Many a man and
boy is shunned by the worthy for no other reason.
The Northern Light, of Hallowell, challenges
creation to make 4 rhyme,for Stebbings, One of
the admirers of that hero sends us the following:
"Raise your voices, boys, and go it,
Break through all entangling webbings, 3
Open wide your hand ana show it, I
Put in strong and vote for Stebbings."
A man famous for hunting up enigmas philosophized
thus: What strange creatures girls are.
Offer one of them good wages to work for you,
and ten chances to one if the old woman con spare
any qf her girls?but just propose matrimony, and
see if they don't jump at the chance of working
a life-time for their victuals and clothes.
The Watertown Union states that fifteen Brit
ish deserters made their appearance there on the
4th of July. They left Kingston for the "land of
the fVee" on the night of the 3d. A sergeant and
his whole guard made due preparation For a journey,
and actually arrived at or near Cape Vincent
before their desertion was discovered- They were
safe beyond the reach of pursuit when they heard
the alarm gun, which was fired us soon as they
wore mi toed.
The Edgartown Gazette relates a tough fish story,
which it calls upon us to believe. We will
repeat the incident, and suspend an opinion for
the present. The Gazette states that Deacon A.
Cofhn, of that town, while fishing off the south side
of the island, July 6, caught a large shark, which
for some time after lay in the bottom of the boat
apparently lifeless. A knife was brought into requisition,
the back iiu taken off, its throat cut,
the entrails taken out and opened, six scuppangs
taken therefrom, and the fish tlirown overboard;
when, wonderfbl to relate, it swam off as though
nothing remarkable had happened.
The North American informs ub that a Native
American political State Convention, composed
of delegates from various parts of Pennsylvania,
will assemble in the city of Philadelphia on the
10th of August next, to agree upon candidates for
the offices of Canal Commissioner, Surveyor General,
Auditor General, and Judges of tno State
supreme court, to be voted for at the ensuing
election, on the second Tuesday of October next.
The llev. Dr. Ilevel, Moderator of the Waldensian
Synod, says the North American, who recently
visited Philadelphia and delivered an address
in one of our churches, giving an account of
*1... 1- i?
till; uiiuiuniill^ IIUUIUCJ I1U rOjirCOUIUH) IlttH HU116U
from New York for Liverpool in the steamship Baltic,
taking with him $4,900, contributed by benevolent
Protestants in Philadelphia, New York,
and othor Atlantic cities, for the purpose of building
a church at Pigucrol. lie will take back to
his native valleys a warm appreciation of the people
of the United States.
Notwithstanding the prospect of a vigorous opposition
to the establishment of Nebraska Territory
by Congress, it is stated in Western papers
that quito a number of families iirom Missouri
have emigrated into and settled upon that portion
of it lying southwest of Cass county, Missouri,
which, it is said, is not claimed by any tribe of
Indians.
The harvests, in most parts of the Union are
said to have abundantly rewarded the labors of
the husbandmen, notwithstanding the dismal forebodings
with which the newspapers were favored.
Prices of Gas.?We find in one of our exchange
papers the following list of prices per
thousand cubic feet m some of the principal cities
on the first of January, 1853:
New Orleans $4 50
Louisville 3 00
New York. 3 00
Pittsburgh 2 10
Baltimore 4 00
Boston 3 50
Hartford..... 4 00
New Haven 4 00
Providence 4 00
Troy 4 00
Albany - 4 00
Buffalo 3 50
Cleveland 3 00
nnlnmKiia ^ ^
Nashville 4 00
St. Louis 3 50
Wheeling 3 00
Philadelphia (the works being owned by the
city) 2 00
Richmond, Va 3 50
Charleston. . 4 00
Savannah, Ga 5 00
Washington, D. C 4 00
Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, recently
reduced 3 50
Mobile 4 50
Springfield, Ohio G 00
Brooklyn, N. Y 3 50
Newark, N. J 3 50
\ugusta, Ga 7 00
Cincinnati 3 00
Financial Operation.?Palmer, Cook & Co.,
rankers of San Francisco, received from the
United States Government $400,000, to pay for
lie construction of the new custom-house in that
:ity; but wh'en called upon by the contractor to
lisburse, they refused to pay his bills, for want of
nstructions. It appears that Congress appropriited
the money, but neglected to insert a clause
n the bill ordering its disbursement; so that
Messrs. Palmer, Cook &. Co. will have the snug
nun of four hundred thousand dollars, for a year
ir more, free of interest, but which they can use
o good advnntagc in their banking business at the
ate of three per cent, per month.
Hard Case.?An old negro inan, at Covingon,
Kentucky, some time since bargained with
lis master, Patten, for his freedom. The price
igroed upon was four hundred dollars. The ncjro
has paid two hundred and fifty dollars of the
tmount, but the payment is now denied by Paten,
and he threatens to sell Norris unless he is
low paid four hundred dollars. The matter is
uider investigation at Covington, the main quesion
being whether a contract made by a slave
with his master in Ohio would be legal in Ken
ucky. Governor Morchend appeared for Noris.?Louisville
Courier.
Bai.dnf.58.?A writer in a late number of the
.ondon Quarterly Review given the following reeipt
for making a preparation to cure hahlness:
Purified beef marrow 3 iiij.
Acetate of lead .... 3 j.
Peruvian balsam 3 iii.
Alcohol 3j.
Tine, of cantharidos, cloven, and cavella. Mix.
Beautifully gorgeous was tho sunset sky: The
i?t notes of the summer birds fell upon the ear as
icy retired to their resting places in the grocn
irost, and everything whispered of love, as I
.ood with my loved one in a beautiful garden,
igaled by the odor of a thousand flowers. Gent'
I drew my arms around her delicate waist, and
as about to impress a kiss upon her lips, when
?e looked me saucily in the eyes, and with a
nile upon her countenance, said, "Don't," and
don'ted.?American Prlxt Tale.