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It seem* there is it dispute in the State of Florida
in relation to the Governorship. Two persons
ciuun the office. the present incumbent and the Hon.
T. ttrown. The following correspondence from
the Savannah Georgian explains the nature of the
difficulty:
Tali, ah asset, June l'J. 1849.
To hit Excellency W. D Multeity.
Sir: As some diversity of opinions have been
entertained in regard to the tune when your term
of office would terminate, and as there was no way
by which this question could be brought before the
supreme judiciary of the Stule, so that a speedy
and a valid decision could be had in time to settle
the difficulty, I addressed a note to the Attorney
General, as the highest law officer of the Slate, and
l ..?
UMIVCU II10 ujimiun IJII UIC (.Jiicaiion (II (.',(Hibiiiui ii'iini ;
law, which he bus given at length, and which, having
been published in the newsjiapers, I presume
you have seen.
I now respectfully ask you to inform me when
you consider your term of office will expire, and at j
what time you propose to turn over to me the Seal
of Stale, that I may ucl accordingly, and be in readi
ness to enter upon the discharge of my duties as
yoursuccessor, duly elected and qualified as required
by the constitution.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your most ob't, &.c.,
THO. BROWN.
Executive OrricK, )
Tallahassee, June 19, 1849. \
Hon. Thomas Brown, Governor elect, Sfc
Dear sir : I have just received your communication
of this date, in which you desire to be informed
when I consider my term of office will expire, and
at what time I propone to turn over to you the Seal
of State, that you may enter upon your dutiea an
my successor.
In reply, I have to say, briefly, that I concur in
the opinion on this subject which prevailed in the
General Assembly at the time of my qualification,
and do therefore consider that my term of office
will expire on the first Monday in October next,
and at that time I shall take great pleasure in transferring
to you, as my successor, the Seal of the
State, and all papers, Ac., relating to this office; and
at the same lime, and at all other limes, will give
you full information of all matters connected with
the executive department of the government which
may not be fully explained by tne public records.
Until that period I deem it to be my duty to
continue in the discharge of the duties of this office.
To me, individually, it would be a great relief to
retire from office at the earliest moment; but 1 cannot
consult my personal interests at the sacrifice of
what I deem tooea public duty.
1. I? Uo MAnpMlia/1 ihul ntiir /11 ATorortno nf
ii ib ii1uu1 iu Wicgicuv.i mu? uiij uiitvivMw vi
opinion should exist us to the time at which iny
term of office expires; but I indulge the hope that
no serious inconvenience will result from such diversity
of opinion, or from the course I have determined
to pursue, either to the public or to yourself.
I am, sir, very respectfully, yours, <fcc.,
W. D. MOSELEY.
Celebration of the Fourth of July at the
Fayette Springs, Pa.
The President of the day, on behalf of the com
pany, offered the following toast:
The Hon. Jl. Slewart?The champion of American
industry. His speeches in behalf of the tariff
more than any thing else contributed to secure our
late Whig victory by securing the vote of the Keystone
State for General Taylor.
After this toast, Mr. S., being loudly called for,
rone and said:
He had promised his physician last fall not to
make another speech for a year He had not yet
broken that pledge, nor would he do it now. But
in returning his thanks for the compliment conveyed
in the toast just offered, he must be permitted
to say, that although the vote of Pennsylvania
had secured the Whig victory last fall, yet it was
not attributable to any humble effort of his. It was
owing to higher causes. It was produced by the
re[>eal of the tariff of 1842, and the passage of the
tarifT of 1846, substituting for the spteific duties the
ruinous and universally rejected system of ad valoremt,
enabling foreign importers, by under valua
tions, 10 defraud the revenue, and drive out of their
own market8the honest American merchants. But
what was still worse, it ruined American enterprise
and labor by taking away protection when it was
most wanted, and giving it when it was not wanted
at all. If foreign iron, for instance, fell to *20 per
ton, thereby stoppingevery American hammer, then
the present duty of 30 per cent, ad valorem fell to *(
per ton, no protection at all; but if iron abroad rose
to $60 when it could not be imported, then the duty
rose to *18, and became absolutely prohibitory.
Besides, the duty, rising and falling wilh the price,
occasioned ruinous fluctuations; twenty-six dollar*
for iron at one time. ft78 at another?just the
reverse of the British " eliding scale," which raised
the duty as the price fell, and reduced it as it rose,
thus keeping the price in the home market always
steady and uniform. Qeneral Taylor, he understood,
was for restoring the specific duties, which,
under existing circumstances, was perhaps all that
could be expected. Moderation wan the true policy;
he had no doubt it would be the true policy. Both
parties in their zeal had doubtless pushed matters
10 extremes, and the true course was now to reject
what was wrong, and adopt what was right, from
hath sides.
Internal improvements of a national character
ought to l?e promoted as far as the means of the general
government will justify,and the object first in national
importance was the grent central railroad lo the
Pacific. With a view to this object, retrenchment
and economy should be studied and practised.
The army and navy alone now absorb nearly twothirds
of the entire revenue. The expenditures of
the navy were increased during the Inst administration
from about three to upw ards of eleven millions
of dollars a year. This cannot ar.d will not be
toU rated by a tax-paying (x-ople who are always
ready and willing to fight their own battles and
bear all necessary burdens.
Let Gen Taylor carry out the principles and
policy proclaimed in his letters published before tne
election and sanctioned by the popular voice, and
he will tie triumphantly auatained. Let him adopt
(food and moderate measure* and appoint good men
and true without regard to lastly?frue to him and
true to hit meuura. To appoint or keep in office
men opfmaed to him and to nia measures would not
only be .rutridal but piolativ* of the popular will
rr pressed by hia election. It never was done and
it never will he done by any administration?none
but enemies demand, and none but aimplet >n* expect
it.
There never wa* a time when union and harmony
were more imperiously demanded than at the present
moment, when the influence of our example
haa given an impulse to th# ball of revolution which
i* destined to roll over and crush avery vestige of
arbitrary and despotic power in Europe. Then
shall our eyes be gladdened on beholding free institutions
and constitutional liberty, the legitimate
fruits of our own glorious revolution shedding their
benefits and blessings over the nations of the earth
But while the fnenda of freedom have everywhere
our sympathies and our prayers, (he ou/y and ihr
Ht.il aid we ran give them is to raise higher and
present in it* brightest anil moat attrartive form for
their irru'ation, the glorious example of a government
and a people peaceful and proaperoua, happy
and free.
In conclusion allow me to offer a sentiment :
Protection and Improvements, Economy and
Retrenchment, Moderation and Juatjce, Harmony
at home and Peace abroad?The true Ameri.-an
policy ; lei it be carried out by the present national
administration, and Pennsylvania will be among
the foremost to sustain it.
Iowa Whig Stair Convention.
From a private source, we learn that the Whuj
State Convention at Iowa city, on the 30th, passed
ofT very sgrreubly. The following gentlemen wen
.w.m.i.aicd for a Boord of Public Works: Tdiino
J. McKcan, of Linn county, President; William
M Ai i now, of Monroe county, Secretory;
Stlwamt, of Lee eounly, Treasurer. A eerie* 01
resolutions, promising full rapport to the preaem
Administration, were passed.
The publie office* of the city nnd county of Cin
c.mnati have l>een burned All the public docn
ment* and record*, however, were saved.
Eight hundred and forty-one emigrant* arrivet
at Philadelphia from Europe on the 13th instant
On the name day the ship Unicorn, with a verj
large number, paaaed the brenkwnler at the moutl
of the river.
The HA*raa?, of New York, are about to publial
a new work entitled " Mexico and the Unite
State*," by Major Ripley, of the army
i-br the KepubHc.
PHOMCHIPTIVB KKROHM.
On the 3d of November, 1828, aa soon aa the
j election of General Jackson waa known here, the
United Siatei Telegraph, the organ of the party in
thia city, aaid: M We know not what line of policy
Genera] Jackaon will adopt; we take it for granted,
however, that he will reward hiafrienda and puniah
hia enemiea." * * The people have aet him
an example, which we truat he will follow up."
" He haa been aelected by them ua the agent of
reformation." Tina i?, no doubt, the place where
the Union geta ita idea of " Frientla to reward und
enemiea to puniah.''
The victory of New Oneana waa celebrated here
on the 8:h of Januury, 1829. The following is
from the Telegraph of the 13th January, giving
an account of the dinner:
Gen. Vaw Ness, President.
Dr Sim, )
Col. TOWSON, mr. n , ...
mi 1 ; rice Presidents.
N. LotrBORuuoH, I
Or Wm. Jon&s, j
Regular TouU. I
| No. 5. " The People?They prefer Andrew Jackson
to war, pestilence and famine.11
No. 6. " Political Magnanimity?Too often the
hypocrite's expedient, and the slanderer's refuge.
This is ominous to the officeholders.11
| No. 7. " The Republican Party?Motto, Union ;
object, ReformThalia, enemies to punish.
No. 12 is somewhat prophetic, looking to later
limes:
" The late Presidential con/lict-'-Pennsylvaniu led
the churge on the right?Virginia and her sister
States of the South formed ' an undivided front'?
the united West, an irresistible centre?the
Yorkers of the left maintained their position?Little
Murylupd proved that the fire of the uold line"
was not extinct, und an auspicious eagle hovered
triumphantly in the farthest East."
By the Hon. Mr. Daniel.?" Political traitors?
To make any warfare efficient, we must shoot the
deserters."
By the Hon. Mr. Sprigg.?" The Militia qf the
United States in 1815?They successfully resisted
the invaders of their soil?in 1828, with equal success,
the invaders of their rights."
By the Hon. Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania?
"The Friends of Andrew Jackson?Those are not
real friends who would reward his enemies."
By the Hon. Mr. Hobbie?"The President elect?
May his supplicated magnanimity be instructed by
the fable of the Man and the Frozen Adder.1'
By Amos Kendall, esq.?"Office-Holders?The
just man and faithful public officer merits forbearance,
but let him who spares the savage beware of
his tomahawk."
By Mr. Washington?"The late editor of the
Hartford Times, Mr. H. B. Morton?The consistent
Republican and talented gentleman?his steady adherence
to the cause of Republicanism in a region
where aristocracy flourished, fully entitles him to
fKp (TPfltitiulo f\C iKa nPAnU " Thia Mi* M/ * ?<%?-? !
?~ & - ? ? r?r"" ?? "
the celebrated gentleman put into and out of office
by General Jackson so very rapidly as to bring the
word Nortonice into use for the first time. Mr.
Washington has held on much better than his Magnus
Apollo.
By Mr. Monica?"Political Trimmers?May
they meet with the reward they merit.*'
By Nathaniel Green, editor of the Boston Statesman?"Northern
Democracy?The legitimate and
virtuous daughter of Southern Rejmblicanism?May
she never be unwise enough to commit matrimony
with the aristocracy of either section."
It is very much to be feared that this respectable
daughter is doing something worse at the North.
By the Hon. Mr. Carson?"Amos Kendall,
editor of the Jirgw of Western America?An able, talented,
and efficient advocate of Jackson and Reform."
By Capt. James McGuiac?"General Jlndrew
Jackson?In his election to the Presidency of the
United Stales the people have proved their gratitude
to the military chieftain." This gentleman
found an old "Whig savage," one Dr. Wedderburn,
in the office of surveyor of the port of Alexandria;
he was soon tomahawked, and the valiant
captain haa, with a short interval, held the place
ever since 1829.
By Dr. J. Carson? The Piesidential Election of
1825?The principal manager not known until
George, of Pennsylvania, said unto Henry, of Kentucky,
thou art the man." A most excellent officer
was removed from the custom-house at Alexandria
to make room for this gentleman, who afterwards
got his son-in-law provided for as deputy
collector. The latter gentleman is now collector of
the port.
By One or the CoMrAvx?"G*n. Jackson'* ^
past enemies, his present friends?Such welcome and
unwelcome thingK at once, 'tis hard to reconcile."
By one of the Company.?"Of all the forms of
government, that best suited to the genius of American
people at this juncture is, Reform."
11.. /-v l_ I /~l i< n i ?_a_ n 1/
i oy v/oionci vj?akI'Nkh ? wmwrai jonn r. ran
-\>m, Chairman of the Jackaon Centml Committee.
A firm and unyielding patriot."
Many of the gentlemen whose namea appear at
thia celebration were provided for by proscribing
" honeat, capable, nnd faithful officer*." Abraham
firadly waa turned out to make room for Colonel
Gardner. Phincaa Bradly waa removed, and Mr.
Hobbie waa put into hia place, which he holda to
thia day, or one equivalent to it. Mr. Kendall, and
all hia connexion*, were amply provided for; some
of them are still in office. Dr. Win. Jonea wan
appointed to the Citv Poat Office in place of Thomas
Monroe, an old and laiihful officer, and no on of the
*
rest.
I do not think if the Richmond Enquirer for the
year 1829 (when proscription firat came into practice)
waa examined from January to December,
that one single word of dianpprnbation of the JackMmian
or Democratic proscription of that day could
be found. It is to be hoped that General Tatloe
will not be moved by the course of the "sole
orgnn." When he waa supposed to be defeated at
I Palo Alto, this friend of the wooden legged hero
aid something like this: " If General Tatloe is
I cut off, it is his own fault?he could hare called for
as many volunteers as were needful."
INVESTIGATOR.
The Little Rock journals say that Mr. Upshaw,
1 United States agent for the Choctaws and Chickasaws,
has written that he had ascertained that the
maaaacre of n party of emigrant! to California, hy
C the Indian! on Red river, wm untrue. The atory
( viii originated hy two of the party, who for miacondnet
had been expelled.
Mr Benjamin Minor, once editor and proprietor
of the Southern Literary Meaaenger, hna made
public a propoaition to change the name of the
Union, and to call the thirty State* Virginia. An
| exchange pnper atatea that it haa no doubt that the
honor would be appreciated, but in that caac what
f would the "Old Dominion" do for a name? In
1 all probability call heraelf Old Virginia, and conaider
ihe other twenty-nine Htatea and varioua Territonea,
including California, aa annexed.
|l
d The Wilmot-Provian reaohrea have flawed the
f Inuar of Repreaentativea of Maine.
Citrrarg Notices.
Lad* Alice, oe the New Una. In two volume*.
Apple u>n dt Co., New York, 1649.
This i* e strange book?Rot a romance of the
Minerva press school; not a prose poem, like Hyperion,
or Henry Von Ofterdingen, but one of those
fictions intended to make religious dogmatism easy
reading. The uuthor is said to be an American,
which, if true, we are very sorry for?the whole
work, from title page to fiais, ringing with titles
and abounding in 6tars and ribbons. Its
purport is the history of the love affairs of an English
Lord Clifford, a Roman Catholic, and the Lady
Alice, or Una, an Anglo-Catholic. Such mon
sirousiy pereci oeings put one in nniui oi Uriel,
in Blangy's ballet, who turned out to be his satunic
majesty in disguise. The style of the book is not
particularly good, and the descriptions are altogether
outre. The bath scene is one of the most
preposterous ever written.
The idea of a woman donning the masculine
attire, und striding unobserved through the streets
of that most curious of all cities built by the descendants
of Eve. (Rome,) is ridiculous, and contradictory
of that perfect symmetry the heroine is suid
to possess. The secret of the book is an effort
to reconcile Puseyism, or Catholicism, with the
Church of England, and to prepare the way for an
attempt to introduce into the stern and severe temples
of Protestant lands the gorgeous decorations
of the church of Rome. The greatest matter of
surprise to the public will be, not that an American
should have written this book, but that an American
house should have republished it after it had
had rather a cold reception in England from all
except the members of the Anglo-Catholic Church.
Littel1* Living Age ?No. 270 of this valuable
publication has been received. It contains an
agreeable miscellany, among which is the continuation
of the married and single life of Mary Powes,
(wife of John Milton,) which we are only prevented
from publishing from its great length.
A Sketch of the Events which preceded the Capture
qf Washington, by the British, on the Twenty-fourth
qf August, 1814. Philadelphia: Carey &. Hart,
1849.
This is a very pleasant book, and one of the beat
historical tracts ever printed in the country. We
commit no breach of confidence in stating that its
author is the Hon. E. D. Ingraham, of Philadelphia,
who has put together a portion of the result of
long researches into the mysteries of American
history, und new and important materials accidentally
discovered. We are under the impression
that a very small number of this work has been
printed, and that it was not for sale, but for private
circulation. The book is, however, so well written,
and covers so completely one of the most painfully
interesting portions of our history, that it will be a
wonder if it does not occupy that share of public
attention it is entitled to.
Scraps, No. 1, 1849?Sketched, etched,and published
by D. C. Johnston, Boston. An amusing
series of caricatures on the prevailing follies of the
day, with here and there an attempt to throw ridicule
on things too serious to be made jests of. Art,
politics, customs, and theories are all burlesqued
and made ridiculous. They are more worthy of
attention than the average of similar publications.
On the 13th inst., a serious act of insubordination
occurred at the city prison at Charleston,
which, for the time, created much excitement. The
circumstances were as follows:
A negro, named Nicholas, the properly of Mr.
Wm. Kh.lt, who was some time since sentenced
to be hung, but on appeal was retried, and sentenced
to be imprisoned and punished in the workhouse,
for an assault on two police officers, in the
act of arresting him, gave evidence of insubordination
and resistance to the officers of that institution.
Several officers were called in to secure him, and
when they approached for that purpose, Nicholas
made an assault on them, and was immediately
aided by several of his companions, using hammers,
and such other weapons as were at hand. The few
officers present were overcome, being without arms,
one or two being severely injured, though not dangerously.
The negroes, headed by Nicholas, rushed
out of the door, and some citizens present having
attempted to arrest them were also assailed. Those
who got out of the door, about thirty in number,
at once fled. Measures were instantly taken to
apprehend them, and at the time of writing eighteen
had been arrested and reconfined.
There were, as we learn, about 80 negroes in the
yard, but a small portion of whom took part in the
affray, and several of those who escaped made their
way to the premises of their masters, evincing no
disposition to participate in the outrageous acts of
their companions
Prompt measures were taken to bring the prisoners
to trial, and a court convened for the purpose
on the 14th. As the law of South Carolina is very
positive and distinct on the subject of insubordination
in the slave population, the affair will probably
be speedily and summarily disposed off.
We regret to announce the death of a most estimable
and beloved citixen of Philadelphia, Thomas
Earle, esq. fie died on Saturday, aged about sixty
years.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Niw Storks.?The capacious double building
on Market space, near the corner of Seventh street,
formerly occupied by G. A T. Parker, is undergoing
a complete and thorough repair, and is to be
divided into two fine stores, one of which will l>e
occupied by Mr. Edward Hall a* a grocery ; and
Mr. Kibbey, recently a clerk in Parkers', will commence
the name business in the other. Mr. Acker
ia now actively employed in the erection of aut>ntnntial
granite fronts to each ; and, on the completion
of the repair*, the appearance of the square
will be much improved.
Emosikiam Society?Thi* aociety, attached to
the Columbian College, will eelebrate n* anniversary
this evening, at the E street Baptist Church.
An oration will be delivered by the Kev. J. L RetNoi.ns,
of Virginia, with other suitable exercise* ,
to which the public are invited
The MrsicAt. pearoamance* by the Mnrine
Bnnd, at the Capitol and President's grounds, will
be resumed this week and continued on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, aa heretofore, until
further notice.
Ordimatio*.?Profeaaor A. J. Huntington, of
Columbian College, was ordained on Sunday last
aa a Minister of the Gospel at the Baptist church
on E street. Rev. Dr. Bacon, President of Columbian
College, delivered the ordination charge, and
the address of welcome to the ministry was apoken
with deep feeling by the He*. Mr Samson, pastor
of the church The services were impressive nnd
interesting
The City Councils held no meeting yesterday
evening, the day of regular session, l>eing with th>
Mayor and other officers of the Conjuration in attendance
upon the funeral of Mre. Madison.
THE REPUBLIC.
UTE niOM SOUTH AHEKICA.
The Havana Dutrio of the 38th ull. furnishes ue
with a review of late account* from Spanish South
America.
Blew Grenada.
A Carthageria correspondent, under dale of the
30th May, write* to New Orleans: "I would I had
time to speak of matter* at length in this country.
I will only nay that the troubles here increase without
our knowiug how they will end. The Minister
of Finance, Seflnr Rojas, resigned, and ScAor Mu ii
.? ?i:. n a ac
rinu, me ivjouster 01 r oreign miairs, was appotnted
in his place. Murillo doe* not enjoy in the least
the confidence of the country, and people are disgusted
at his appointment. Gen. Jose Marciu
Ovando has been appointed governor of this place,
and the Government has thereby nlarmed the people
of the town. 1 do not think it a prudent step
Gen. Mosvuera, the last President, lives in a village
of this province, where, as 1 am informed, he intends
establishing a mercantile house." The Bo
gota papers do not mention the change in the Ministry.
According to the Mo-Granadino of the 12th
May, the Chambers were occupied in devising
means for supplying the treasury, endeavoring
to avoid, if possible, the repeal of the law declaring
the culture and manufacture of tobacco free
until 1850. This measure had been suggested, but
was very much opposed by the people. The Cham
bers have been making retrenchments; but it is
feared they will not be sufficient to cover the deficit.
A long article, signed by a Senator, appears in
the paper above quoted, and the writer of the article
blames the editor for having said that there
was in the Upper Chamber a systematic opposition
to*the present government by the friends of the previous
administration. According to this article
there is no such opposition as the Mo-Granadino
supposes, although several reforms were made and
resolutions passed little favorable to the Ministry;
these, however, were introduced by the Liberals,
supported, it is true, by the Conservatives, as those
are called who supported the administration of
Mosquera. According to the same paper Congress
is to be prorogued for thirty days, as several urgent
and important projecta are before it; and neither of
these acts can, it in thought, be passed until a new
administration comes into power.
Eciutdor.
The accounts from this country are up to the
beginning of May, and are contained in the Carrto
of Lima. They are peaceful. The scarcity of
provisions in Guayaquil induced the Governor of
that province to remove the duties; but when he
submitted his conduct to the Executive, the latter
decided that he had no power to suspend the tariff.
The Governor consequently revoked his order, and
left the matter in the hands of the Legislature.
Perm.
Ibe hies of the Lima Correo up to the twelfth
of May have been received at Havana. Already
several preliminary meetings of the Chambers,
called for an extra session, have been held; and
from what transpired in these meetings it is probable
that when the Chambers are legally constituted
the discussions will be very angry, on account of
the opposition which the Government of Gen. Caatilla
encounters?or rather, some of his Ministers,
to whom is attributed the persecution which many
of the distinguished men of the Republic have suffered.
Bolivia.
Notwithstanding all the victories obtained by
General Belzin.and the suffering experienced by
the Republic in the last five months, in sonsequence
of that General's pronunciamientos against
the Government of Velasco, and those of the partisans
of the latter and of Ballivian against Belzin,
the country is not yet settled, nor is there any telling
when it will be.
New difficulties seem to rise up every day. Although
the prununciamientoin favor of Ballivian was
smothered, and he, finding it impossible to escape
r* 11 L:.L _I - i.e.
iiuiu vuuijt\y wci 11 iu vaiiau , which piacc lie icu ui*
the first of May; and although several of the chiefs
of thia party were shot, and others were obliged to
emigrate, President Velaaco has again appeared in
the held as the general-in-chief, having been appointed
by Don Jon? Maria Linares, President of
the last Congress at its extra session, which body
invested him with the ad interim Presidency of ihe>
Republic. Linares began to act as President at
Tupiza towards the end of March. Velasco supports
him, and directs the army. On the other
hand, Belttin, who calls himself Provisional President,
issues important decrees in matters of government,
commerce, &c. It appears certain that
Belzin governs the larger part of the Republic.
According to advices from Taena, Arica, and Tar
apnea, Velaaco had, in the beginning of May,
collected some forces in the south of Bolivia A
leuer from Arica, dated the 6th, says that the party
of Velaaco was gaining ground, and had poaaeaaion
of Chuquirara ; although the aamt- letter expresses
fears lent the Choloa Indiana repeat the scenes of
which La Paz waa the theatre.
Chili.
The Valparaiao papers aay that the recent elections
have fully proved the unpopularity of the
Ministry. The Chilian commerce appears to be
suffering severely from the troubles in Bolivia
fV Ik* Rrpuhlu
The ribald jests and general scurrility of a aenes
of trash published in the Union ever the signature
of" Heroic Age" have been noticed by the readers
of the Union generally, and aome of the more dignified
journals of the country have expressed a
doubt whether the Union was not to be considered
an unsafe paper for agenta to receive, under a late
righteous decision of Judge Parsons, of Philadelphia,
in relation to scandalous and scurrilous publications.
Now, we necessarily judge every thing
comparatively; and in comparison with the editorial
1 in the Union of Saturday Inst, even Mr. 44 Heroic
Age" himself might boaat of his gentlemanly propriety.
He mighi flatter himself that even his
(oarse buffoonerv oil the erovest subieciN can
sometimes provoke a laugh, while the groan ruigtrrtiy
of altvunon a rui rrniinuni of the rdUoriul can
only excite disgust.
1 It aeema indeed impossible to gratify the Union
or conciliate ita drapernte malevolence. If the
Poatmaater General removrn a Democratic clerk he
ia a " butcher," heartless and proacriptive. If the
t Secreury of War ih anti-proacriptive?if he has
thua far declined to remove partiaan Democrat*
I from any of the bureaus under his supervision?
| if up to Una time he ha* in his own office but one
Democrat leas than Mr. Marcy left him, (except
the messenger,) the Unum infers that he is " igno!
rant of his business," and does not " know sufficient
of his department"' A waggish Whig at
mv slltni* mvi if" u-r- l,w,k thrmian -t.,
- i?-i^. v?elee,
such as have worn a creaae m the Union't
no*, I don't know if the Locofoco is not hiilf
right " (i.
A convention previously railed to take into consideration
the improvement of the Upper and Lower
Mississippi rapid* met at Davenport, Iowa, July
4th, and waa preaided over l>y Wm Bracket, esq.,
of Rock laland But a email number of delegated being
preeent, it adjourned to meat at Davenport on
the 10th of October next, having previously appointed
arcomnuttee to conaial of E. Cook, Wm,
Vandeveer, and A. Saundera, ceqs , the latter of
whom waa secretary of tlie convention. The movement
ie important, as at certain aeaaone of the year
the people above the fulls experience difficulties
which might easily and at a small expense Ue
removed.
(Sorrceponbciuc of % Republic. ]
? -t- rnmmrn i
baltimokb, July 16, 1849.
From the telegraphic despatches which 1 sent
you laat evening you will have perceived that the
dreaded scourge is at length in our midst. Twenty- j
eight cases and ten deaths have been officially re- |
ported from the ulms-house since Friday morning, i
The numbei of fatal cases seeins to be in the ratio
of one-third. This is not surprising, as the bad
habits and jjroken constitutions of those unforlu- i
nate people afford opportunity for the full play of 1
the powers of the fell destroyer. One cuse has
been reported as huving occurred at the infirmary,
but it hut* not as yet been officially announced.
Hon John Johnaon, chancellor of Maryland,
and brother of the honorable Attorney General of
the United State*, has been named as successor to
the vacant Senatorial alippers of his brother. Mr.
J. is reputed to be a man of great strength of mind
and sound judgment, and as true-hearted a Whig
as ever claimed the name. It would doubtless be
a judicious, as well as popular appointment.
The friends of consiitutional reform propose
holding a convention in this city on the 26th inst.
Numerous delegates from a number of counties
nave oeen aireuuy appomieu, anu i perceive mm
other counties are now moving. It will, in the absence
of cholera excitement, be a large and enthusiastic
meeting, and I will keep you, from day to day,
fully informed of its proceedings.
At a meeting of the committee of arrangements,
at the city hall, on Saturday afternoon, the following
resolution was adopted in place of the previous
one, providing for a funeral procession:
" Resolved, That the 25ih day of July be the day
fixed for the delivery of the oration commemorative
of the life and public services of the late James
K. Polk, ex-President of the United States. And
that the chief marshal be empowered, in co-operation
with the executive committee, to make every
arrangement that their discretion may suggest "
The funeral procession is thus given up, upon
sanitary considerations.
Baltimore, July 16?5 p. m.
The breaking out of the cholera at the almshouse,
which is situated in Baltimore county, about
three miles from the city, has produced considerable
alarm. The epidemic now prevails there to an
alarming extent among the paupers. From Friday
last up to nine o clock this morning, there had been
thirty cases, and eleven terminated fatally?of
which eight new cases and three deaths occurred
ince three o'clock yesterday.
No cases have yet occurred in the city.
Mr. John D. Buck, a highly respectable gentleman
of our city, for some time past employed as a
clerk at the Smelling and Mining Company, on the
Fort road, south of the basin, was deliberately
murdered last night. He was sitting at the desk of
his counting room about 11 o'clock, when some
person went to the window and shot him through
the head. He died instantly. The dead body was
found in the room this morning. A coroner's jury
has been held over the deceased, but no traces yet
had of the murderer The affair has produced
much excitement.
I have recently visited New York and Philadelphia.
It is surprising to see how few persons are
travelling. The hotels in each of the cities are almost
deserted The landlords say they are not
paying expenses. Saratoga, Newport, Cape May,
and other watering-places, are very thinly attended.
The cholera rages very badly in both cities, and
is not confined to any particular class of persons.
The rich, and those best able to live prudently, are
falling victims to the scourge in equal proportions
to the poor.
Boston, July 13, 1849.
health or the citt.
You need not imagine that you have a monopoly
of the hot weather at the South. The last two
days here have been witheringly hot?hot, not
oniy in the city, but at the sea-side, on our promontories
that jut out into the Atlantic?hot, with the
surf curdling up at our feet, and our tents pitched
at high water-mark, while before us there is no
land in view to intercept the billowy horizon. The
thermometer at noon in State street to-day was at
98; and the atmosphere last night was stiflmgly oppressive.
A teamster dropped dead in one of our
street* just now, overcome bt the exceaaive ardor
of the noontide sunshine. Notwithstanding the |
heat, however, our city continues to enjoy a remarkable
degree of health. There are the usual
number of Iwwel complaints which are prevalent
at this season; but of cholera we hear nothing, notwithstanding
the marvel-hunting surmises of the
|?enny |wi|>cr* If there were actual cholera in our
midst, be sure it would be reported on good and
sufficient authority.
There has been considerable scattering dunnf the
laM five days among our population for the White
Mountains and the sea-side. I know of no place i
pc-fernble for a resort at this time to the old town I
of Gloucester, on Cape Ann, the northern piomontory
of our Massachusetts coast. Newport, Rock- 1
away. Coney Island, Cape May, Hampstead
lieach?none of them can compare, in my opinion, i
with Gloucester. You find here not only the most !
: ... I ..... A i
mn|rniM onu uucinintu iiiui mr r>< x.tir i y uri wyi ,ii- j
laniit coast, but the moat charming woodland view* |
dose upon the seashore; huge forest'* waving with- !
in nound of the breakers; the moat delightful drives, !
and the most exhaustlees flora. Gloucester is the '
only place in New England where the magnolia is
indigenous. That fragrant tree, with some superb j
varieties of laurel, makes a delightful show at this
time. People have not yet begun to find out the
many attractions of this place, but they will in the
course of the next twenty years. It is destined, I
t>elieve, to take precedence of Newfmrt nnd all the j
other watering-places.
the phillip's will case
This important case, in which nearly half a million
of dollars are at issue, is still before the court at
"P? wich. The venerable Joaiah duincy, late President
of Harvard College, was on the witness
stand yesterday. He was the executor of the testa- '
tor, Mr. Phillifw; nnd admitted that, in reference to
(he bequest of $100,000 to Harvard Collep*, he told
the young man, that "he hoped he wouln do something
for the public." In other words, Mr. Quincy
told him, "(hat some means were wanted to pay
the salaries of the observers at the observatory, |
and that it would be doing a great good by providing
for that purpose. Mr. Philli|>* said he liked 1
that, and asked what he should give. Mr. duincy
told him he should not say s word on that point.
"Well," said Mr. P., "will $100,000 dor'? To
which Mr d. replied "ample " Mr. Phillips asked him
for a draft, which he gave him; "and that is
all the influence," said Mr. U , "I ever exerted over
him on the subject of his will " Influence enough, ,
one would think, considering that the young man i
? 1 1? - -.-I i?.l . 1 I
WP1K imimirc nnu rnri i j iihiucmi^u. nini lllis
1100,000 js abstracted from sisters and near relations,
to whom it should have been given.
THE I.ocorocos AND FREE-A01 LEU*.
Locofocnism is raiher coy in its reception of the
addresses of the Free-Soilcrs of our State, and utteis
some hard and peiulant remarks about the
treason of those "Democrats" who went over at
the late election But this is nothing. Depend upon
it, the match will lie made; the coalition will lie ef- 1
fecied. Will the Union denounce it as "menacing
the best interests of the nation," as "disgusting," j
and "worse than Whiggeiy'"
THE HrRDT-GCRDT WAR
Sneaking of the "sole organ" reminds me of the
huruy-gurdy war now going on here One party
is for banishing the organ-grinders from the street;
another party eloquently defends them, and asks:
"Do Boston folks absolutely demand the dullest of |
streets? Having drunk and eaten, must they sink
I at once to sleep* In a climate which denies statuary
and the more graceful ornamenta of architecture to
the open air, which starves the eye, why should
the ear be robbed also? Where there are taste and
t grace in the saloon they find their way in rude irni- 1
tation every where; and the music of the palace 1
may not only be suspected to be nothing but a cu1
rious exotic, but is truly worthless, till you find it
' f< It and welcomed bv the rude echo of the streets.
I The cottage rose in England tells of C|jatsworth; the '
street dance in Italy ends in Taflioni; and amid
hat very German people, which has done more
huii any other for music, the young Lulher earned
tiiB bread by singing in the highways."
the steamer.
We tiave news to-day of the arrival of the
Niagara at Halifax. You will have her inlel- j
ligence by telegraph long before this reaches you.
The genera! (idea here ih, that the late enuult was |
?reai)y magnified by the government presses; and
Lhat the vaunted insurrection was merely a great
popular demonstration, inopportune, perhaps, and
impolitic, against thai infamous measure, the sending
of a French army to put down the 'Government
of the Triumvirs, and reinstate the Pope. It will
appear, I believe, that Ledru Rolltn and his friends
were right, after all. **
St. Louis, Mo., July 4, 1849.
This is every lhing_else but a national gala day j
in our uevoled city. 1 he only procession seen in i
our streets is the plumed heurse and the noiseless !
train, unit the voice of joy and mirth has been superseded
by the waitings and lamentations ot the
sorrowing and heart-broken. Feasting and amusements
have given way to fasting, humiliation, and
prayer, and the booming of cannon and the roll of
the drum to the solemn lolling of the "churchgoing
bell" and the plaintive dirge of the organ.
Affliction has visited nearly every household, and
dread apprehension shrouds with gloom the cnun- ;
tenances of all with whom you meet. To-day
your neighbor greets you in apparent health, tomorrow
you are summoned to follow his remains
to the city of the dead. Such is the present condition
of thipgs in St. Louis. Who, then, can wonder,
then, that the anniversary of our glorious independence
has been permitted to come and ge without
those usual demonstrations so becoming a free
and grateful people?
During the last twenty-four hours there has been
some mitigation in the fatality attending the epidemic
over the previous day, and, with the favorable
change in the weather, we anticipate a rapid
decline in the daily number of dealha. Over one
hundred deaths occurred yesterday from cholera,
and the total number of interments reached up
wards of a hundred und twenty. Business has
pnlirfflv MiiuriPtiHptl nrwi (hp #*ifir nnnpru hnvp
- - / ?> w"v r-r"*- ? advised
persons abroad not to snip produce here
for the present, as it is found next to impossible to
gel the necessary help to take care of it, or to find
purchasers therefor except at the most ruinous
rates. Vegetables und fruits of every kind have
been excluded from the city, and all that can be
found in our markets is beef and mutton, with occasionally
a few young chickens. Not even new
potatoes are permitted to be vended, and old ones
that are fit to cook cannot be procured at any price.
Yesterday rigid quarantine regulations went into
operation, and the foot of Arsenal island, several
miles below the city, has been selected as the quarantine
ground, where all boats are required to slop
before proceeding to the city and land their deck
passengers, as well as all those in the cabin who
are laboring under an attack of the prevailing epidemic.
Not less than twenty-five hundred emigrants
are now known to be on their way to St.
Louie from New Orleans alone, seven-tenths of
whom would die of cholera if permitted to land
amongst us at this time. During Sunday and
Monday of this week, over six hundred reached
here on three New Orleans boats, and if the same
fatality pervades among them that attended some i
three hundred brought up by the Sultana on her
last trip, by Saturday night not more than two or
three hundred of them would be in the land of the
living.
At Alton, Illinois, there has been a large number
of deaths since Sunday last, and in fact there are
but very few places in either Missouri or Illinois
where the epidemic has not made its appearance.
The visitation of this pestilence has completely
put an end to political discussion and excitement
of all kinds; and even Colonel Benton, for the time
being, has resolved to defer his further peregrinations
through the State. The Hon. Mr. Bowlin,
of this district, is in as perfect a state of betwecnity
as a political weathercock ever was known, and
both divisions o? his party are after him to ascertain
under which king he designs serving. The
Benton men claim hin., for the reason that he did
not subscribe the southern address; and the antiBenton
men insist he will be with them, for the rea
son that it will anoru him the only chance of ever
again getting the nomination of the party. Selfinterest
und not principle control, however, all his
actions, and he will be sure in the end to be found
where he thinks he can with the most success personally
aggrandize himself.
1 am glad that Mr. Preston, the universally esteemed
and popular Secretary of the Navy, is turning
his attention to the propriety of placing the hempgro
wersof the weston a par with the foreign producer
in furnishing supplies of this article to our navy.
Under the past administrations the most gross and
intentional injustice has be< n meted out to the western
hemp-grower, and a system of rigor was established
that amounted to a prohibition of the purchase of
domestic hemp, though of a better quality than foreign
hemp, that was procured in preference to our
own for the use of the navy.
The great Stales of Kentucky, Illinois, and Mis- '
souri have a deep and abiding interest in the being '
permuted to enjoy the benehu of a home market
for the great staple product, hemp; and in no way
can Mr. Preston or the administration give themselves
more strength with the great body of the
people of the west than to do justice to us in this
respect, and encourage the purchase of American
hemp for American purposes This, however,
will never successfully be accomplished until the
old chiefs of bureaus urc made to give way to competent
persons not prejudiced against the west, and
who are disconnected in feeling, if not in interest,
with the importer and dealer in foreign hemp. After
the next census, however, the west will have
the strength to take rare of itself in this and other
respects, and if they then exercise that power rather
arbitrarily, it will arise from the system of
prohibition that has been so long practised lowards
them, from participating in furnishing their proririionste
supplies lo the General Government,
hope Mr. Preston will persevere in this measure,
that our navy may I* secured the use of American
hrmn. which is a far better article than the aver-.pe
quality of foreign hemp that ta now almost exclusively
consumed by our different navy yards
SPARTACUS
\\ V T KLE(. R APH.
REPORTED FOR THE REPUBLIC
1.ATRNT NRWW BY THR NIAGARA.
Hit Express and Telegraph
New York, July 16?'J p. m.
Vhe papers here contain their usual despatch of |
one day's later news from Europe, by express and
telegraph from London to Liverpool.
Later front Rome.
The latest accounts from Rome state thm the
French government had received a despatch annourcing
thai General Oudinot was .teeupying the
Mount Orio, which gives him command ot the city
of Rome.
AaitHta Vletarki < ontmdlrte<l.
The victories of the Austrian* over the Hungarians
are contradicted.
ArronnU (Htm Tnrhrjr, Atr.
The Turkish government has acquired a permanent
paaa through the territory of the Austrian dominions.
There is nothing else of special moment
beyond what has previously been foreshadowed
in the news already sent.
N?w Yoaa, July 15.
The board of health reports 88 new rases of
cholera and .10 deaths for the 34 hours ending
at noon to-dav, showing a considerable decrease.
The weather has become cool and pleasant.
Murkriwlr DrllTrrtil uu.
New Yoke, July 14.
Wm L. McKenzia, who wax before Judge Kdwnrda
a few daya since on writ of habeas corpus,
haa been delivered up lo the Canadian authorities
by order of the Seen-iury of State
Accident on (he Albany *?i?l HniTaln Hall
road.
A leant, July 14?2 p. m
The expreaa train, on ita way Weal thia morning,
ran off tha track, near Seneca, Cayuga county,
when the engineer and one firemen were killed,
while no material injury waa done In any of the
paaaengrr*.
< holera In Albany.
Albany, July 14?6 p. m.
The Board of Health report II raaea of cholera
*nd 5 deatha.aa having occurred in the last twentylour
houra
New Yobe, July 16?2 p. m
The stock market ia steady, but not active;
Treaaury note 6'a 116).
Flour ia steady, but not active?small sales of
\ "i
western brands at $4 44 a |4 6S. Corn ineal and
rye flour unchanged.
Sale* of red wheat at 98 a 102c., and Oenesee
lib a 122c
Corn is tirm?prices slightly advanced. Yellow
60c Oata 45c
Provisions unchanged?holders firm. Groceries
are ijuiet.
The cotton market is firm under the news, and
prices have udvanced 1 to 1 c. since the steamer.
Sales of 600 bales.
Whisky is selling at 22c. per gallon.
Philadelphia, July 16?1 o'clock.
The board of health reports 59 new cases of
cholera and 23 deaths for the last 24 hours; a considerable
falling otf. The weather is cool and agreeable.
Philadelphia, July 16?<2 p. in.
Slocks nre steady, but not active. Sales of Pennsylvania
6'h at 101J. Nothing done in U. S 6's.
Plour is steady at f4 5fi u $4 68- Sales of red
wheat at 98 a 105c.; yellow corn CO a 61c.; oats
30c.
Provisions without change, and very little doing.
Cotton is held firm, and j to jc. per lb. under
the steamer's news might be realized.
Whisky 21 a 211c. per gallon in bbls.
Baltimore, July 16.
The latest news from Europe i?, that the French
had entered the breach of St. Pancraza, at Rome, in
considerable force, but with great loss. They had
made no further Dmgreaa in the final taking of the
city. The reported advantages of the Austrian and
Russian forces over the Hungarians is contradicted.
The Sultan of Turkey had peremptorily refused to
grant permission for the passage of tne Russian
troops through his dominions.
Bsltiuoss, July 16, 1849.
John D. Buck, a clerk in the office of the Baltimore
and Cuba Copper Smelting company, was
found dead this morning, shot through the head.
He was killed whilst writing at his desk at the office
of the company. The murderer has not been dis
Cholera?Markets?Fire raffing in Allegheny city?
30 homes destroyed?Firemen not allotted to work.
Baltimore, July 16?9 p. m.
Cholera.?There were nine new cases and five
deaths at the alms-house to-day.
The market for Howard street flour, fresh
ground, is entirely bare. We have sales of 150
bbls. at f4 75, which clears out receipts for to-day.
Sales 280 bbls. old at $4 62J, to be re inspected.
No city mills or Susquehanna in the market
Sales of red wheat at 100 a 103c. for prime.
Sales white corn at 57 a 58c., and yellow at 59 a
60c. Very little here.
Nothing in oats.
Whisky is scarce and dull at 23c. in bbls.
Pittsburg, July 16, 1849.
Fire raging in Alleghany city?thirty buildings
destroyed, including Dr. Swift's church. No efforts
made to extinguish it, in consequence of a disagreement
between the firemen and the city council; the
latter having refused an appropriation for repairing
engines. The Pittsburg firemen, having repaired
to the scene of conflagration, were not allowed to
work by the mob.
Baltimore, July 16?8} p. m.
Accounts received from New OrleRns to the 13th
state that on the 12th sales of cotton amounted to
fourteen hundred bales; prices rather favorable to
sellers. The Falcon sailed for Cbogres. Gen.
Gaines' will has been proved; the property is to
be divided between the widow and bar two aona.
Paredes hne declared Tor Santa Anna. By the
revolution, the independence of the Sierra Madre
ia expected to he declared. The report of the
maaaacre of the New York emigrants from Fort
Smith haa been confirmed. The weather at
Charleaton is cool and healthy. There was a
heavy rain yesterday. Should reports reach you
of excitement respecting the negroes, be assured
they are incorrect. The whole matter originated
in tne workhouse, and the end will be the eapture
of the escaped negroes, some of whom are now on
trial.
Baltimosx, July lfr?9} p. m.
In Albany 46 cases of cholera were reported today,
and 16 deaths. In BufTalo 89 cases and 21
deaths by cholera have been reported since Saturday.
BaLTiMoaa, July 16?9} p. m.
The interments at St. Louis on Saturday and
Sunday by cholera were 149.
The weather is cool. The fire at Alleghany
city is atill raffing. The military were called out
to disperse the mob and protect the Pittsburg firemen.
x IIOIC wrrr w uronm unci menu* ai vuiuunaii
in-day, and 49 of other diseases.
Latest from Mwalbo.
Boston, July )5.
We have datea from Maraeaibo to the 13th
ultimo All quiet, but a revolution was expected
to break out about the 5lh of July.
Cholera tm the West.
Cincinnati, July 15.
The cholera still rages badly. The interments
yesterday in all were 161, of which 101 were of
cholera Business is almost entirely suspended.
St. Lont, July 15.
The cholera still prevaila to an alarming extent.
The number of interments during Thursday and
Friday last amounted in all to '230, of which 199
were of cholera.
The steamer Governor Briggs. in passing down
the rivrr yesterday, struck against the wreck of one
of the burnt steamboats, and so great was the concussion
that she sunk immediately.
We have later news from the Plains. Colon*!
Levering and his troops had passed the South Fork
Platte st last accounts, and were all well.
Interesting fmm the Plains?Cholera, dke.
St. Lotrit, July 14.
By an arrival here from the Mormon settlement
on the Salt Lake, we have dates to the 6 h or May.
It is stated that the country is very healthy, and
the crops promise an abundant harvest. There
had been many fine rains in the volley.
Many of the Mormons had gone in the search
of gold, against the counsels of the elders of the
church.
The Crow Indians had committed a number of
drpredaUona, carrying off horses, cattle, Ac., whenever
opportunity offered.
Cols. Levering and Back ens toa, with troopa,
were met on the south fork of the Platte river.
They were felling along very well.
The cholera is rapidly disappearing from among
the emigrants on the Plaint.
The first company of emigrants met at Fort Laramie
on the 33d of May.
Several serious quarrels and fights had oocurred
among the emigrants. Many were taking the back
| track for home.
i The reports of the cemeteries yesterday show a
Mill further decrease in the ravages of the cholera,
and it is now thought that we have seen the worst
of the terrible acourge.
The rivers above are fallimr Here the nvsr ia
fit a stand.
If Thnmaa (P. Bowie, Em)., of Prim*
(ieorge, will consent to run as a candidate for the
next Congress, hp will rereive the vote of Montgomery
county. MANY VOTKRs!
July 17
PHILIP BARTO* KEY will attend to any
business he may be entrusted with before either
of the Courts of this District; and will alao attend
to the prosecution of Claims before Congress and
the Department* Office on C street.
June 17?tf
TMRYKW CYA. The | ja.ty Mir* .. th. N. ?
I'na. a novel, this day received for sale at
TAYLOR It MAl'RY'8
J one 17 Bookstore, near Oth St.
MR. A. Be VAt DRlCOtRT begs leave to
inform his friends and the public that, having
[jorinancntly lorated in Washington, he intends to
???r hip nuriuHin wi Wir umn?n vi mi*- rrrnrn,
Italian, and Kpanixh lanfUMW, *nd *!??> of the
Pian* Fort* and Draw in* in all it* branch**. R*
frnacM of th* v*rj hiffheat r*?p*c tability will b*
riven by applying at hi* rnddenr*, (12th *tr**t.
between 0 anil next door to Mr. Gibaon'a Acad
emy,) or at Davi*' Miiaic Htore, and Mr*. Ander
aon a Stationery Store ,
July 17?eodlni
JOH*?TtW1 (amaiardal Chart af Uto
World, London, IH49~on Mrrcator'aprojection
?containing the poailion of every place of rommer
rial importance, "bowinpr the principal current* of
thr i?'?n, with their direction and rat?of prowreaa.
kc.t kc. A ainrlc copy, fully mount**!, juat im
ported and for aale by
, TAYLOR k MAURY.
June W BwkacUet*, uear 9th atr?et.