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I K John?We, from the weit, will send destruction
a Into tiiis city's bosom
S Ami?I from the North.
'M K Phil?Our thunder from the South,
? Shall rain their drift of bullets on this town
j? H*?t?O prudent discipline ! From North to South,
Austria and France shoot in each other's
mouth ?
j f' Such is the exact position of the present Congress
of the Un ted Slates, in respect to the factions which
divide it, ami in their combined relation to the country,
and its honest and patriotic Chief Magistrate.
The interests of the nation and of the Executive
, . Admmistrunoii ol the Government are targets against
which the valiant parlies iu Congress direct the fire of
their armament, and so bent on being revenged on
Mr. TyJer are they, that they
1 Shoot ui each other's mouth.
! V\ ere the result coutiued to the destruction of these
| opposing juntas, the country might be highly edified {
in folditig its arius and looking quietly on, even tho'
{ the people did " pay the piper," but as the best intei,
rests of the Union are exposed to their murderous fire,
it becomes a subject 01 serious consideration how
'M much exposure may be avoided.
19 The President is the immediate representative of
If the whole people of the United States, and it is his
r duty, as it was that of the ancient Roman consuls, to
see that " the republic receive no harm," nt quid tietritneiUe
Republica c apt ret. In the pursuance of this
high and responsible duty, he is guided by the chart
of the public liberties, under which we live and move
and have our political being. He is entrusted with
i... j.,.r ,v.f. |UWS1 0f |
the Union shall be executed, and in order to enable
hiin to discharge that important duty properly, the necessary
and co-eflicient power of originating appointments
to all executive officers in the government vested
in him by the Constitution.
^ The present Congress is divided i^to two factions,
the National Bank Whigs and the Sub-Treasury Locofocos.
The former is in a large majority in both
Houses. The President does not agree with either of
these parties upon the subject of currency and the keeping
of the public revenue ; but because lie does not,
they have each turned their artillery against him, one
from the North, one from the South, and both from
the West. The administration of the Executive portion
of the Government, they are both the sworn enemies
of, and to reach the President, they have united
their energies and power, trampling on the Constitution,
on the laws of the Union, on all the common
rules that regulate men's intercourse with each other,
and on the national honor, itself, both at home and
abroad. The ordinary expenses of the Government,
as graduated by law, they will not allow. They will not
(a trust dollar of the public moneys to the President, to
be disbursed under the title of "contingent expenses."
They have, contrary to express laws, and without repealing
them, cut down the expenses of the National
Judiciary from $475,000 to $375,000. They have destroyed
the utility of an immense public property in
the Mints, by refusing to allow the ordinary expenses
incident upon their working for the benefit of the
public. They have cheapened the nation in the eyes
of foreign powers, by cutting down and striking out
items for the sustainmentof our diplomatic relations
abroad. They have denied to the President the constitutional
right to select agents for assisting him in
the administration of public affairs, unless those officers
hold the opinions of either the majority or minority
in the Senate. They have, by force, invaded
the Executive department of the Government, and
ordered the officer appointed by the President, and
responsible to him alone, to surrender a report of his
labors to a Committee of the House of Representa;
tives. They have refused to vote the necessary supt
. p ies, and permitted the public creditor to go away
I unsatisfied. They have thrown embarrassments in
I the President's way, while engaged in delicate and
SI difficult negotiations with foreign powers. They have
I poured out upon the head of the Chief Magistrate, on
all occasions, the most bitter and violent abuse?
abuse that would be more fitting for the mouth of St.
Giles' blackguards than members of the American
| Congress. They have mutilated the appropriation
I bill in such a shameful manner, that provision has
: ? r iu.. *
A uui uccu uiduc ivu uic pujuieui UI1C HI IIVI V?l CIIO
| public servants whose salaries are fixed by law.
i In view of these facts, and of the determined opposiC
tion which will be made to him, for a year more, at
least, by these two factions, what, we ask, is the duty
of the People's President ?
It is plain, and thank God, he has the nerve to pursue
it, arduous and responsible as it is.
- It i-< his duty to see, that Congress shall appropriate
> the requisite funds for the payment of the public servanta,
and if the Appropriation Bill comes to him in
the mutilated shape in which our news from Washf
ington on the 30ih ultimo, announced it to be, he is
bound by the Constitution and the requirements of
; law, to return it to Congress to be completed And,
he will do it, let the factious groan and grieve as they
'n*y-.
; It is his duty to select such persons to assist him in
the administration of public a/Tairs, as -hall be qualified
for the trust intended to be given to ihem, and as
shall believe the policy of the President to be just and
proper, and if the Semite rejects them upon political
grounds, he is called upon, in vindication of his own
course, to continue to re-appoint them, until they are
confirmed. Such a course is absolutely demanded by
ihe exigencies of the moment. He inu-t, and he will
rescue the constituency of the country, from the unmerited
in.-ult which the rejection of such a man as
Tyson, has inflicted upon the nation.
' It is the paramount duty of the President to return
to Congress every bill which may be passed through
hasty legislation, or a desire to impede the regular action
of the Executive. Mr. Tyler has slain the many
headed hydra of a National Bank, and he is now called
upon, to put to death ihe monster of party. He cam
i do i!?he will do it.
' Let him throw around the interests of the country,
i the Constitution and ihe Laws, the shield of his power;
let him stand up and bid defiance to the mad and
furious partisans who are setting upon him in Congress
; let him use to them the language of Canute,
and point to them the Constitution and the Laws; let
him appeal to the people for support in the direful war
which the politicans are waging against him ; let him
see that the Republic receive no further harm from
the violence of the belligerents by interposing his
power to the utmost; let him
flout the kings
of party caucus, and all will yet be well. The National
Bank and Sub-Treasury partisans are sure to '
destroy each other, and the benefit of all parties, the
svront inr) rrlr.rinnu mnaa t*r 111 rullir rc.nn/l t Kr. r.i! not .e
...... ..... ........... .... k?w, ...
defender of the Constitution, honest and brave J ,r.r.
Tyler, and new men will he sent up to the next Congress,
to stand by the Chief Magistrate, and pan
a law to organize that most excellent an ) useful
of all measures of policy, the dollar for dollar exchequer.
Huzza, then, for speedy destruction of the .National
Bank and Sub-Treasury men ! Let every honest
inan urge them on,
from North to South
Austria and France shoot in each other's mouth.
A NEW COUNTERFEIT.
Office of Bicknell,s Reporter, t
7tj south 3d st. $
Commercial Bank of Philadelphia, 100's letter A,
pay bearer, variously dated, and signed Benj. P.
Smith, Cash., J. Dundas, Pres. The name of the
Cashier lithographed and tolerably well imitated.
That of the President not so well done. Engraved
by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, New York. The
words "State of IYnnsy V over the name of the.
Bank, and "Philarf'a" before the date, darker than
the other parts ol'the note. A little care will suffice
to detect them, as they do not resemble the true bills
id the slightest particular. The spurious bills have
for a vignette a large, figure of Mercury holding in
one hand a horn of plenty, Sic.., vessels in the dis
lance. Between ine umcer s names ai tne Dottom ol
the bill is the figure of a man with a sickle and
sheaf of wheat. On the right margin the denomination,
in two places, with train of rail road cars between
them. On left end the amount of the note.
The vignette of the genuine note is a female figure
resting on a box with an eagle at her feet. The
word Philadelphia before the date is engraved in
full. On right end medallion head of William Perm;
and on left end, head of Walter Raleigh. Engraved
by Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co.
Corrrspondt ncr of the A*. E. /.'re. Post.
Washington, May lb, 1842.
In the House of Representatives, several bills were
reported, art) a com nitiee of five was appointed to inquire
of the Secretary of War, the causes of the removal
of Mr. Sylvester, a clerk in the Pension Office.
Various siories are in circulation in relation to this re
movai, but which of them is true, it is difficult to de
termine. Mr. G. Davis, I believe, one of Mr. Clay 's
"white Charlies" is the mover of this resolution, and
while his hand is in, whv will he not include the hundreds
of honest men whom Mr. Ewing removed, not
for ilanrttring any member of the Cabinet, but si nply
for exercising the elective franchise. 1 pretend not to
say what Mr. Sylvester has said or done, to cause hiremoval,
hut Ian free to say, that it he made u e of
the lunguagc ascribed to him, he is bound either in
sustain his charges, or to tie branded as a calum
f*Mr.
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Prom Uu Journal oj Comment- I
REFORM BY REVOLUTION
We have been accustomed to place great confidence
in the institutions of liberty. We have seen
our own State and National Constitutions pass through
some fiery trials, and come out rather seasoned and
strengthened than burned. We have always found i
that although parties might rage and rave, )et when 1
the contest w as about to put in jeopardy the lives
of our citizens or the stabditj of our institutions,
the good sense and good feeling of the sober part
of the community have always couie f rward to
calm the agitation. But amid all the conflicts of
opinion in our country, we have never seen any
thing more strange, more dungeroiis, or more utterly
anti-American, than some movements in our city
in sympathy with the revolutionists of Rhode Island.
The question in Rhode Island is nut, whether the
right of suffrage shall be extended or not. It is
agreed 011 all hands, that it should be. The existing j
government of Rhode Island have already proposed a 1
Constitution extending the right ol sullrage to the '
whole people, with less exceptions than are custoina- 1
ry in the States w here sullrage is termed universal.
AH native-born citizens were authorized to vote without
any property qualification, and all foreigners after
a short residence in the State. This liberal Con- 1
slitution the Dorr parly voted against, and so caused
it to be rejected by some six hundred votes; and now
they go on to clamor for "their rights," and claim our 1
sympathies, as men oppressed, who have no remedy
but in revolution. The question is not therefore, at
all, whether the right of sullrage shall be extended to
uli the citizens of Rhode island, but whether it shall
be secured by reform or by a revolution. The Dorr
party refuse to take what they demand, when it is
freely oflisred m a peaceful manner, but insist on taking
the same thing sword in hand. We should like to
ask Air. Stephen Allen, Mr. Aaron Vanderpoel, Mr.
C. C. Cambreleng, and other such like gentlemen,
who are sustifining this imaginary Governor at the
point of the bayonet, which of the two ways of accomplishing
the end desired is most judicious, most manly,
most American, most Christian ? These gentlemen
not only refuse all recognition of the Government of
Rhode Island, but the Government of the U. States.
The Federal Constitution requires the National Government
to suppress insurrection and sustain the Governments
of the several States, it need be. If
the insurrection in Rhode island proceeds to violent
measures, the President will have no alternative.
He cannot investigate the controversy between
the parties. The Government, in fact, he is
bound to support. Yet this interference of the constituted
authorities of the nation, in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitution, is called & foreign
interference, as if it had coine horn France or Turkey
; and to bo repelled by other foreign forces from
our city. The gentlemen neither recognise a government
in Rhode lslund, nor in the United States.
They set up the will o.' the people as the supreme un<i
only government, just as it society were 111 its original
elements, and now for the liist time to be brougtn
into form and order. But is not the existence of a government
in Rhode Island and at Washington a fact
of some importance in the case 1 We huve a great
machinery of government which we have found capa- j
hie of working out all the reforms which the advance- 1
merit of public opinion has dictated. Is this fact to he
entirely overlooked, and every movement ofthe popular
will to uroceeJ upoii radical principles'! There 1
have been a great many cases in which the will ofthe 1
majority has been for a while suppressed, und yet, so
far, the people have not resorted to lcvolulion as a
remedy. President Pyler holds his place, it may
be, with the approbation of only a minority of the
people of the eounli y. What, then! Bhull we huve
a revolution, and put him out of office, sword in hand !
Or suppose, in counting up the aggregate of votes, it <
should appear that a minority of the whole number 1
had elected the majority of our Common Council.? I
The will of the m .jority is the supreme law. Would I
not a government so constituted, be a usurpation; and I
ought it not to be overridden by a new government, ]
instituted by going back to the chaos of society f We i
say no; and wc say no to all the disorganizing and >
chaotic doctrines which have been set up in reference i
to the Rhode Island affair. Our firesides, our proper- i
ty, and our lives, would be utterly insecure, if the
fact of an existing government is not to be recognized a
as the fact by which all reforms are to be attained. 1
Least of all in the ease ol Rhode Island, is there any t
excuse for setting up doctrines so dangerous ; for as ]
we have said, the existing government is ready to I
grant, and has already tendered, all that is demanded, i
There may be some gentlemen who think little Rhode
Island a pony which they could ride all the way to i
Washington. Reasoning would of course not reach i
their understandings. Rut such men as Mr. Allen,
are known not to be governed by motives of this
sort. We ask all such men respectfully, to consider
well whether they may not be unsettling the principles
upon which their own dwellings stand, and which are
essential to the security of society? From all we can
learn, the Dorr party numbers in its ranks but a small
portion of the cool wisdom of little Rhode Island, and
is daily numbering less. Yet there are certainly some
men of worth who still attach themselves to that party.
It is not strange that they should insist on the ex- '
tension of suffrage, but we do not understand how patriots
and wise men and Christians can prefer to gain
by the sword that which they may take in peace.
The principles involved in the controversy are important
to us all. We are are all in one ship, and if
a part of the crew scuttle her, they will go to the but- :
torn just as certainly as the rest.
Next to the effrontery of the Rhode Island usurpation,
which bids defiance to the government of that
State, is the effrontery of the sympathisers in this city,
who bid defiance to the Government of the nation.
Because the National Government is disposed to
obey the Constitution, which requires it, on applica- '
tion to the Legislature of any State or of the Execu- 1
tive (when the Legislature cannot be convened,) to 1
protect such State from domestic violence, therefore
the sympathisers propose sending an armed force to
prevent the required protection from beinsr afforded !
No wonder there should be sympathy between men '
so entirely agreed in trampling upon the governments
under which they live.
Prom the Alt. Clemens (Mich.) Pair int.
Capt. Tyler has at length opened his eyes to his
owniuterest; he has become sensible that those who '
have been feasting on government pap since he came
into power, pay no regard to the instructions contained
in '.fce rircohr/' admonishing them to beware how
'h-T ,ol*r'ercd in the political contests of the day.
W' ir w il ;n Michigan they are as active in the
y * ' >. 1 fir. 5, and engage with all the asperity common./
attendant upon partisan efforts, as they were
in the days of coon skins and hard cider. Even in
our little village, the government office holders enter
into party politics with as much spirit as hired menials.
There is no question but that there is a strong Tyler
party, a party not to be despised, in Michigan?but
they are disheartened. They are headed in every
move to sustain the administration by the Clay Whig
office holders?who are fed from the public crib, and
who can afford to spend their time, which should be ,
devoted to the public service, and their money in elec- ,
tioneering excursions, concocting and executing plans
for the benefit of lord Ashland. The following is (
from the Madisonian ,
" It is taken for granted that the republican admi- '
nistration can never expect any mercy from cither
the Clay Whigs orihe Locofocos,and that the officersof
the Government are in a great measure in possession
of the partisan leaders of these factions. We argue,
thence, that inasmuch as the moderate Whigs and
Democrats love their country more than party, and
both very generally approve the measures of the administration,
they will not he likely to sympathise
much with the ultras when day of their demolition
arrives. And wc doubt not there are quite enough
moderate Whigs and Democrats in the country to fill
all the offices that may be vacated by the removal of
Locofocos and Clay Whigs.
" We doubt not that such a glorious movement
would be favorably responded to by the country.?
The ultra leaders would doubtless growl, and bark,
and lute, " for God has made them so," but their
vengeful throes would be impotent. Farties would
be independent of them. The people would truly be
" disenthralled." The country would revive and
proper." i
Indeed, we know many substantial, good men, who I
would give the administration a hearty support, if
Ihe President would but act with energy in reference
to the efforts of partisan office-holders and carry out
the doctrines promulgated in the ' circular.' "The
march of justice must not stop or falter."
We have supposed that the Administration was
perfectly contented, and rather encouraged, than
otherwise, the doings of the Clay Whigs who live I
upon it- bounty. We find them openly and insidi- 1
ouslj working for Clay; they make religion and tern- '
peranee subservient to their wishes. A high func '
tionary of the General Government, who is also high "
in office in i Washingtonian temperance society in ?
the city of Detroit, made his brags to a certain clergyman,
that every member gained, especially for- '
cigners, was so much added to the cause of Clay '
Vfhiggery, and this hypocrite in religion and knave 1
m social life is receiving high wages, the reward of '
his iniquity, from the General Government What '
11 there to encourage the friends o! the Administra- '
lion to bold and energetic action ? Men Mil) not,
spaniel-like, fawn upon their oppressors. We say,
let the Administration do its duty, and it wdl nut
want for friends among the people. As matter* now
stand, no man, however fond he may he of political
warfare, will spend his time and waste his efforts in
the cause, while those whom he would support give
all the vantage grouud to the enemy?support vice
iiid trample upon virtue.
RHODE ISLAND REBELLION AT AN
END!
The following account is extracted lrum papers
received by last night's mail. Private letters
cotilirin the accounts and go somewhat
more into particulars. We congratulate the
country 011 the happy termination of this afl'aii,
which threatened to involve consequences ol
the greatest moment.
Yery important from Rhode Island?Rebellion probably
put down without bloodshed.?VVe give the follow ing
intelligence from the Providence Journal Extra,
with greater gratification than often falls to our lot as
public journalists. '1'he true iiirn 01 Rhode Island
nave aclea as uec.uiie me sons 01 sum an auocsuj.?
Tbey havu prosirated rebellion upon its first actual
approach ami driven disorganization into the ditch,
a id that loo by their own unassisted strength and
firmness. Sot a United States soldier has been employed.
We.l may Rhode Island be proud of her gallant
Governor, anil the bold spirits that surrounded
him in the hour of direst difficulty ! The noble little
State has earned immortal honor to; herself, ami performed
a service for the whole country which should
live in grateful recollect.oa to all time. If this rebellion
had been permitted to succeed, the consequences
to republican government would have been Rightful
indeed. Dorr has decamped in hot haste, and according
to the Chronicle, as hot y pursued by the friends
of Government. If he did not throw his sword unto
Lopez pond on his way to Woonsocket, its generous
New Yoik donor uiay possibly get it again. Now is
the time for true sympathy, and his friends ought by
all means to meet in the Park this afternoon and express
it !
Wednesday, P. M., May 18.
THE SPATE OF AFFAIRS.
We have passed through the most fearful and critical
day that ever dawned upon this State ; and when
we consider the hostile array, the excited feeling,
and the full preparation, it seems almost miraculous
that it has passed without bloodshed. The firmness,
prudence, and caution of the government cannot be
loo highly commended ; and the prompt and efficient
manner in which the citizens have responded to the
commander-in-chief, is entitled to equal piaise. We
go back beyond our postscript yesterday, and give as
clear an uccount of the whole proceedings as we can
fiunish.
Last evening, several of Mr. Dorr's near relatives
culled at his quarters and endeavored to convince him
of the utter impossibility of success in his mad design,
and urged upon him, by every consideration
wliich ever moved mortal man, to desist from a conflict
which could only end in the effusion of blood and
his own destruction. A number of the members of
his legislature were present, and joined in the entreaty,
and to their credit it should be said, his chief
counsellors- added their unanimous opinion against a
forcible movement. He refused to listen to any
ihing ; and when those who had called upon him left
the room, his own party friends also went and left
rim for the moment alone, as a token of their disapprobation.
He was a second time visited by the
same near relatives, and again urged to listen to reason,
but equally in vain. Nothing could move him,
rnd he issued his orders for an attack upon the arselal.
The signal gun was fired at midnight; the force,
iccompanied by Dorr in person, moved down Love
ane through Olneyville, and came up on the northiast
side of the arsenal. They brought six fieldrieces
and took up a position in a small grove, within
long musket shot of the arsenal. They afterwards
lpproached even nearer; their position was selected
with singular- imprudence; it was completely within
raniro nf rrrnrip nnit rnnistp.r and had thev fired !l
single gun, the return from the arsenal would have
been tremendous?murderous. Not half their force
would ever have left the field ; their force was variously
estimated at front two to four hundred.
A flag of truce was then sent to the arsenal, and
possession demanded on the part of Col. Wheeler,
and in the name of Governor Dorr. The commander
replied that he knew neither Col. Wheeler nor Gov.
Dorr, and in answer to the assurance that they
should take it and were fully able to do so, he told
them to take it. The insurgents then repaired to
their guns, and the order was given by Dorr to fire.
We are not certain whether they refused to fire, or
whether their ignorance of gunnery prevented them
from making any effective manifestation; probably
both reasons operated.
At about sunset, orders were issued by the Commander-in-Chief
and the Major General to the commanders
of volunteer companies and Brigade Generals
of this State. They were immediately despatched
by express, and a steamboat sent toTiewport, as soon
as she could be got under way. She returned this
morning at about half past 7 o'clock, bringing the
Newport Artillery with two field pieces, the Bristol
Artillery and a company from Warren ; in all about
one hundred and fifty men under arms. They have
responded promptly and manfully to the call of the
Commander-in-Chief.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to the Cadets,
Light Infantry, and Marine Artillery of this city.?
The gallant tellows in these companies, after a night
of fatiguing duty, looked as fresh as if they had just
risen from their pillows.
Early, this morning, the following notice was issued
by the Mayor. In compliance with this request,
the stores were generally closed. Numbers of citizens
proceeded to the Cadet armory and enrolled
themselves. The veteran Col. Wm. Blodget accepted
the command of the whole.
NOTICE.
City of Providence, )
Mayor1* Office, May 18, 18412- $
All citizens friendly to maintaining the peace
and good order of the city, are urged to lay aside
their business for this day and assemble at 72, o'clock,
A. M. with arms, at the Cadet Alarm Post.
THOS. M. BURGESS, Mayor.
If any have not arms, they will be provided.
The following important notice appeared this
morning:
Resignation of Officer* under the People's Constitution.
We, the undersigned, elected Senators and Representatives
of the General Assembly and to other offices
under the People's Constitution, not having, in
accepting those olfices, contemplated carrying the
(Constitution i/ito effect against the power of the General
Government of the United States, which has
been called upon to act against us, and which the
President has signified his intention to grant: therefore
ir consideration of the evils which we think
must ensue to our common country from our engaging
in a contest with the General Government, although
we cannot surrender, nor have altered our
views of the right the people to form and establish
a government in the manner in which the
Constitution of this State has been framed. With
these views, and first protesting against the course
which the President has taken in regard to the contro
vensy between the old and the new government ot this
State, as being against the fundamental rights of the
people of this State and of the United States, we feel
constrained to decline acting further in the several
offices to which we have been elected, and which
therefore we hereby resign. Neither can we, nor
have we, countenanced, in any manner, the late movement
of the Governor electa^, under the People's
Constitution, but in every way have endeavored to
counteract and prevent so deplorable an act, and one
so destructive to the cause in which we have been engaged.
Hezekiah Willard, Eli Brown,
Benjamin Arnold, jr. Welcome Angell,
William M. Webster, John A. Howland,
Frederick L. Beckford, William Coleman,
Samuel H. Wales, J. F. B. Flagg,
Perez Simmons.
The military passed through Market square at half
vast 0 in the morning. It was a glorious sight. The
)est blood of the State was in the ranks ; old men,
lonored for their past services, and young men, the.
lope and flower of the State, stood side by side and
ihoulder to shoulder. Three cheers we|eomrd them
is they passed the foot of College street.
At about !) o'clock it was rumored t^at p0rr bad
led the city. His military were told to hold them>elves
under the command of their respprt|Vr COmpaiv
officers. Messages were despatch,,^ (o t[10 governor,
conveying tins information, but it was not received
witti full confidence. The insureent8 jn arms
itill remained around the House of Burrington An.hony,
and passed resolutions, the exact purport of
which we did not understand, but which amounted
to a determination not to disperse at present. Their
cannon were loaded, and pointed so as to command
all the sides of the house ; the situation is very open
and presents many avenues of approach The military
companies tt| proached and posted themselves on
ditferent sides.
The Governor, with the Sheriff, went into the
house and iuforuied the crowd that their object was
to arrest Thomas W. Dorr They were told that he
hud left the city ; the Sheriff said that he should proceed
to search the house. Against this they loudly
protested and made a show of resistance, but it was
done thoroughly though unsuccessfully. Dorr is understood
to have left the city for Worcester. He is
reported to have been seen in a carriage, with a pair
of fleet horses at full speed, making lor that direction.
His men are exceedingly indignant at his desertion,
and curse him openly and loudly. After placing
them against the wishes of all his counsellors and by
the exercise of his own indomitable obstinacy,in their
present position, he sought safety for himself in flight,
and left them to their fate. Before the arrival of the
military or immediately after, the greater part of the
insurgents who were armed, left the ground and dispersed.
About twenty-five, however, stood by their
guns, and declared that, although they were ready to
disperse they would not surrender them.
A strong party of horse followed Dorr in instant
pursuit, but we fear there is little prospect of his being
arrested in the State. A requisition will be made
upon the Governor of whatever State he has fled to,
and he will be brought here for trial. He will very
probably attempt to get up another sympathizing
meeting in New York, and come here at the head of
the ruffians of whom he boasts that he can raise five
thousand ; but he will never be allowed to come into
the State except in the custody of the law. His
course is run.
This is to give notice that L have resigned my seat
as a member of the House of Representatives, from
the town of Smithfield, under the People's Constitution.
May 18,1842. ELISHA SMITH.
The insurgents have not given up their guns, but
arc entrenching themselves.
EXPERIMENTAL LECTURES.
MR. ROBERT GRANT will give a series of illustrative
lectures at the Apollo Hall, commencing
on Monday evening, May 23, and continued
for three successive evenings.
The chief object which Mr. Grant has in view in
these lectures, is tire exhibition, before the Departments
of our National Government, of a variety of
interesting and philosophical apparatus, and of illustrating,
by actual experiment, several new and scientific
discoveries never before demonstrated.
fLj^Single tickets, for a gentleman and lady, fifty
cents?for the course $1?to be had at Stationers'
Hall.
Lectures commence at 8 o'clock.
May 21?3t
SUMMER DANCING ACADEMY.
FC. LABBE has the honor to inform the ladies
and gentlemen who are desirous for their children
to receive instruction in dancing this summer,
that he will re-open at his dwelling June 1st, and on
Capitol Hill June 2d. Days of tuition at his residence,
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays ; and on
Capitol Hill, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
The course to consist of twenty-four lessons.
May 21?3taw4w
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Mayor's Office, Washington, May 16, 1842.
~TT7"HEREAS there is good reason to believe that
VV the alarming frequency with which fires have
lately occurred in this city, by which much valuable
property has been destroyed, and much more exposed
to imminent peril, has been caused in part by wicked
and wilful incendiaries; and it being of the utmost
consequence, as well to the safety of property as for
the tranquillity of the community, that such atrocities
should be put a stop to, by bringing the perpetrators
thereof to condign punishment; I have thought
fit to issue this, my proclamation, offering a reward
of Five Hundred Dollars to whoever shall give tnfornrntlon
w'lich shall lead to the discovery and conviction
of any person guilty of wilfully setting fire to
any dwelling house or other building within the city
of Washington.
W. W. SEATON.
May 20?3t
JAMES PHALEN & CO. MANAGERS.
DRAWN NUMBERS
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class 11.
57 38 39 71 5-1 51 29 40 53 19 14 06 4 37
Combination, 19, 38, 57, a prize of #1,000, was
sent into the country.
The following scheme is to be drawn on the 19th of
May, in Wilmington, Del., by Commissioners appoinled
by the State.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class No. 12.
1 prize of #10,000 10 prizes of 250
1 do 4,000 10 do 200
1 do 2,000 10 do 100
1 do 1,008 50 do 80
1 do 1,200 50 do 00
20 do 1,000 300 do 50
Certificate of a package of wholes #50 00
Do. do. halves 25 (X)
Do. do. quarters 12 50
Whole tickets$'5,00?Halves $2,50?Quarters $>1,25.
Orders for Tickets will receive the most prompt and
confidential attention ; drawings sent to all those who
order from us immediately on the receipt thereof.
The immense number of prizes distributed by us,
consisting of a whole of$>'0,000?whole of $4,00(1?
1-4 of $25,000, besides many other prizes, too numerous
to mention, will make it the interest of all pur chasers
to forward us their orders. Remember, our
big scheme draws on the 20th of May.
R. FRANCE, Agent for the Managers,
Corner 0th st. and Penn. av.
may 14-5t.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Post Office, Washington City,
April 21,1842.
The Great Eastern and Northern Maii. will
hereafter be closed at this office at 3 P. M. and 9
P. M.
Letters and papers received by it will be delivered
at 7'. A. M. and 7'. P. M.
The Great Southern Maii. will be closed daily
at 9 P. M.
Letters and papers received by it will be d livered
at 4'2 P. M.
The Great Western Mail, will be closed daily
at 3 P. M.
l.pllprR nrnl nmiprs rpreived liv il will hp dplivprpd
at 1\ A. M.
%~j' The Post Office will be kept open every day,
except Sundays, from 7j A. M. to 8 P. M. On Sundays
us heretofore.
This arrangement will be continued during the
summer, and until further notice.
ap'2-2 d'iw WILLIAM JONES, P. M.
FOR SALE.?Forty-seven thousand dollars in
Certificates of the United States Treasury, bearing
the inteiest of eight per centum per annum, until
payment shall be made by the Mexican Government
in money or Treasury notes receivable at the Mexican
custom-houses in payment of duties upon goods
entered for importation or exportation, according to
the article ti of the Convention of the 11th ot April,
1839. between the United States and Mexico, and the
act of Congress of June 12th, 1810.
The owners of said Certificates of the Treasury
Department of the United States, for the above sum
of 47,000, purposing to make a visit in Europe, will
??II ...tl,..r I i rt itu in a? I..
purchaser*, on accommodating terms, for silver or
gold. Offers to bo addressed through the post office
to S. H. & Co. In case of parity of offers, members
of Congress shall be preferred. Offers received until
t he I bi li ins!. 8. H> A Co,
Washington, D. C. March 2, 1842.
DR. T. G. EVANS' AMERICAN VEGETABLE
VIRMIFUGE.
XT is fair to conclude that every man will speak in
high terms of hi* own productions; but, with regard
to this prompt and powerful worm destroyer, the
proprietor has only to say, give Ha trial, and theresuit
will show you how much it i* entitled to its dis- ,
tinguished name. If worms be the cause of complaint,
a fair trial of this medicine will soon decide
the fact
It is compounded of pure vegetable ingredients,
and may be depended on as being both safe and certain.
For sale by
W. YOUNG,
Sole agents for the District two doors oast ofGadsby's 1
April t> 'M
JAMES PiiALEN Sl Co., Managers' Office, cor- 1
ner ofiiib at. and Penn. av.
The grand capital prize of $25,000, in the above S
lottery, !? sold in a share to a worthy and highly
rea pec table gentleman in I'hiladelphia. This is a continuation
ol our usual fortune ; for, in Grand Consolidated
No. 7, drawn April 14th, we sent a certilicale
ot u package of wholes which contained combination
14, 34i, ti 1, u prize of $10,000, to a gentleman in Noith 11
Carolina. i
We would particularly cull the attention of distant ;
and home adventurers to the splendid, magnificent,
and unrivalled scheme to be drawn May 20th, in Wilmington,
Delaware?which, beyond doubt, is the very
best scheme ever issued in this country ; and which
conlains over a million of dollars to be distributed
among the favorites of foilune.
Our distant customers may rely upon the most stiict j
and confidential attention to their orders, and, by
sending thein to us, they are sure to he in the road to '
fortune. I
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, t
OF DELAWARE. ?
Class A for 1842. (
To lie drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, May 2ti,
1842. I
Under the superintendence of Commissioners ap- s
pointed by the State. (
78 number lottery?14 drawn ballots. |
MAMMOTH SCHEME. I
I prize of $25,000 i I
1 do 26,000 S Amounting to 1100,000.
1 do 25'000 j ]
1 prize of $10,000 is 10000 ]
1 do 7,636 is 7636
1 do 5,000 is 5000 1
1 do 5,000 is 5000 1
1 do 5,000 is 5000 .
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000 1
] do 5,000 18 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 ,io 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is . 5000 1
1 do 5,000 is 5000 ,
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000 i
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,1)00 is 5000 i
1 do 5,000 is 5000 |
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 do 5,000 is 5000 1
1 do 5,000 is 5000
1 piize of 4,000 is 4000
1 do 3,000 is 3000
1 do 2,000 is 2000
100 do 1,000 are 100000
10 do 600 are 6000
10 do 500 are 5000
10 do 400 are 4000
205 do - 300 are 61500
128 do 100 are 12800
128 do 80 are 10240
128 do 60 are 7680
128 do 50 are 6400
5312 do 40 are 212480
28224 do 20 are 564480
34,412 $1,217,216.
Tickets $20?Halves $10?Quarters $5.
A certificate of packages of 26 wholes, $240
" ' 26 halves, $120
" " 26 quarter-, $60
" " 26 eighths $30
5j"Pcrsons at a distance may be assured that
their orders will he promptly and faithfully attended
to.
All communications are considered and held strictly
confidential.
All prizes sold in our Lotteries will cashed on presentation.
Address
R, FRANCE, Managers' Office,
W ashington city, D. C. I
May 3 tf
J. G. GREGORY & CO. Managers
MOST SPLENDID LOTTERY!
To be drawn May 21, 1842.
Capital 50,000 Dollars
$25,000?$12,500?50 prizes of $1,200, &c.
15 drawn numbers in each package of 26 tickets
UNION LOTTERY?Class No. 7.
To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C., Saturday,
May 21, 1842.
78 number Lottery?15 drawn Ballots.
splendid scheme. ;
^ 1 grand capital prize of $50,000 is $50,000
1 capital of - - 25,000 - 25,000
1 do of - - 12,500 12,500
1 prize of - 9,000 - 9,000
1 do of - - 6,000 - 6,000 ,
1 do of - - 4,000 - 4,000
1 do of - - 3,000 - 3,000 I
1 do of - - 2,617 - 2,617 ,
2 prizes of - - 1,250 - 2,500
50 do of - - 1,200 - 60,000
in .t? ,.t . . Enn _ e nnn .
'-20 do of - - 500 - 10',000
20 do of - - 400 - 8,000
20 do of - - 250 - 5,000
25 do of - 200 - 5,000
300 do of - - 150 - 45,000
12G do of - 100 - 12,000
126 do of - - 70 - 8,820
120 do of - - 00 - 7,560
189 do of - 50 - 9,450
9,048 do of - - 30 - 181,440
20,295 do of - 15 - 439,425
36,265 Prizes?39,711 Blanks.
Or, about one Prize lo a Blank.
Tickets only $'5?Halves $1.50?Ciuarters S3.75?
Eighths $1 87.
gjp The price of a certificate of a package of 20
whole tickets in the above splendid Lottery is only
$105; a certificate of 26 halves only $82 50; a certificate
of 26 quarters only $41 25; a certificate of 20
eighths only $20 62; and a certificate of a package
may draw the fiye highest prizes.
Tickets and shares and certificates of packages
in the above splendid Lottery constantly for sale at the
office of the Managers, next door east of Gadsby's
Hotel, Washington.
gj* All orders by mail will meet with the most
prompt attention ; and as soon as the drawing is over
an account of it will be sent to all who order from
us. Address,
J. G. GREGORY & CO., Managers,
Washington, D. C.
april 2?2aw4wd&c
WILLIAM YOUNG, (2 doors east of Gadsby's,
Pennsylvania Avenue,) has just received a
fresh supply of WHITE SULPHUR WATER,
direct from the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia, f
which he will sell on reasonable terms, and in quan- C
titles to suit customers?in half barrels or otherwise. ]
ANALYSIS.
The solid matter procured by evaporation from 100
cubic inches of the White Sulphur Water, when v
dried at 212^, weighs, agreeably to the experiments c
of Professor Rodgers, 63:54 grains, this consists of (
Sulphate of Lime, Chloride of Calcium,
Sulphate of Magnesia, Peroxide of Iron, s
Sulphate of Soda, Phosphate of Lime, fj
Carbonate of Lime, Sulph. Hydrate Sodium, j
Carbonate of Magnesia, Organic Matter,
Chloride of Magnesium, Precipitated Sulphur, ^
Chloride of Sodium, Iodine. s
The gaseous matter consists of s
Sulphurated Hydrogen, Nitrogen,
Carbonic Acid, Oxygen. nil9
NOTICE-MILITARY ENCAMPMENT. ,
Office ok Transp. B. B. R. R. Co. ) t
Washington, May 19, 1842. " (
f PIIE public are respectfully notified that the fare T
L from Washington to Baltimore and back will be a
reduced to 03, with the privilege, of returning at any Q
time during the ecampment.
May 19?31 j.
BLANK BOOKS, * d
Ot the most durable kind, made from the finest linen r
paper, and bound in a manner unequalled, in this ?
country for strength and dural ility. Books made by ]\
their predecessors upon the plan still followed, have ,
been in use upwards o( sixty years, without givjnh
way, and any of Iheir superfine books which may bo
ordered will be \vairanted to stand usage lor that length
of time.
Orders from public offices, institutions, and indiv 1
duals, will hi attended to with promptness, and at fair p
rates. HOGAN & THOMPSON, ti
No, 30 North 4th st., and No. 108.
Chesnut, st., Philadelphia, k
may 28?ly n
C. II. VAN PATTEN, M. D?
DENTIST.
Pennsylvania avenue, a few doors from Brown's o
Hotel nov 23, is ly e:
n
THE M A ETI SON IAN
WA!4!ILME'r<)N CITY.
^ATIJ RDA Y, MAY 21, 1842.
hi THOBE TUINOS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LET THEHK
IK ONIT*?IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY ANI( IN All.
'H1NG8 CHARITY. Jiv&USlill.
The President of the United Stales returned
roiu Baltimore by the train of cars last evening.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Honorable Churchill C. Catnbreleng, Lie
Vliuister to Russia, after paying obsequious ho
nage to_ the Emperor of all the Russias, comes
jack to the United Slates, and his first public
ict is to preside over a meeting called for the
sole purpose of heading the President and de
louncing war and extermination against the
roops of the United States if the President
shall be reduced to the necessity of ordering
:heui to Rhode Island to put down domestic vio
ence. Aided by the Honorable Mr. Vanderpoel,
they get up a chant about majorities and
minorities?free suffrage and King Charles
Charter?and talk of swords and guns, and
powder and ball, as if the world was made to
believe that they were perfect fire-eaters, and to
say the least of it, that they were swoin devotees
of liberty and its almost exclusive charn
pions. Without seemingly having stopped to
inquire whether a majority of the People of
Rhode Island did, in truth, require a change of
their Government?without even deigning to
inquire into the manner in which the votes for
the "People's Constitution" were obtained?
without looking, as it would seem, into the
course pursued by the existing Government in
regard to the extension of the right of suffrage ,
a course adopted in convention regularly and
legally called?without, as we firmly believe,
having even read the provisions of Mr. Dorr's
Constitution, they rush into public meeting, cry
out at the lop of theii lungs and brandish defiance
in the face of the public authorities of the
Union.
They, the citizens of another State, seek to
break down the existing Government of Rhode
Island, and, with the aid of a foreign and hired
soldiery, trampling over the dead bodies of its
citizens, force upon the people a Constitution
which is not asked for by an ascertained majority.
Now, what we ask of those redoubtable
HEROES is, that they will not content themselves
with simply contributing money to pay
this loreign soldiery, but to throw themselves in
the front ranks and conJuct the assault which
they so loudly threaten. Instead of playing
mock-heroics in the Park, prove themselves true
heroes in the field.
We do not mean to say that the Government
of the Union will find it necessary to interfere
with an army, either of militia or regulars, in
the affairs of Rhode Island. We hope most
sincerely that the People of Rhode Island will
have sagacity enough to settle their differences
without the interference of the Federal Government.
Should such interference be necessary,
we do most earnestly hope for the honor of the
ex-Minister and ex-member of Congress, that
they will not, while encouraging the honest la
borer and mechanic to commit treason against
the United States, conceal themselves in their
stately mansions and be only content with resolving?the
amount of their resolves being just
to set others on mischief, and keep their own
garments untorn. Forthe honor of human nature,
we do hope that these noble advocates of the
rights of Mr. Dorr and his party, will take
the field openly and like men. Not only advise
the treason, but commit it themselves, and in
the event of defeat, be the very first to mount
the scaffold with ropes around their necks.
Rut to hp nprfpptlu cpriniis with what Fhpp
! v "" ? --5 "
can these gentlemen charge an improper interference
with the affairs of Rhode Island on the part
of the President, because he lias answered a let:eror
letters from the Governor of an indepenient
State, and simply affirmed, in the very
anguage of the Constitution and laws. How,
we ask, can they be justified in interfering?
'hey, the citizens of a State foreign to Rhode
Island?having nothing to do with its mu
aicipal legislation, with its charter, or with
ts representation ? How comes it that they
ire so prompt in espousing the cause ol
Vlr. Dorr, who has proclaimed himself Governor,
ind opposing that of Governor King, whose
jreatseal has been recognised as legitimate,
rom the time of the Revolution to this day?
rhere is but one answer to be given to this inluiry,
and we are sorry to be forced to give it.
What else has led to this, but the desire to
ally the People to the standard, ultimately, of
lome favorite for the Presidency, and invest
hat favorite with more than the power of the
Smperorof the Russias. The power to play
vith States at pleasure, and to convert him into
he universal constitution-maker of the States
ind of the People.
While the President is resorting to every
iroper means to terminate the controversy ami
ably, while he is urging the Governor of
Rhode Island in his public letters to the adopion
of a course of conciliation and harmony?
vhile every reason exists to believe that liberal
oncessions will be made by the Government of
he State so soon as the reign of law and ormT
hall be restored, and before a single bayonet is
ixed or sword drawn under the authorities of the
federal Government?Messrs. Cambreleng and
fanderpoel proclaim war to the knife, and
wear to trample in the dust the stars and
trine* of the Union.
Will the Democracy of the country sustain
hem in this course? Are they ready to unite
n this crusade against the Constitution ol the
Jnited States? What says the patriots of all
iarties ? Arc they prepared to admit, that if
ny man or set of men shall rise up in any
state anil proclaim themselves the Government,
hat a war is to be declared forthwith in their
avor, and the existing Government he put un
ler the ban ? Are they prepared for change and
evolution in the North, in imitation of the
south American States? Will they follow
Messrs. Cambreleng and Vanderpoel to such
xtremities ? We shall a 1 of us see in the
equel.
AN IMPROBABLE STORY.
A little paper called the " Evening Gazette," pubished
a pretended extra from the Madisonian yeserday,
containing an account of a duel said to have
iken place between Wise and Stanly at Alexandria,
nd in which the former is represented to have hi en
illed. The Madisonian extra is dated on Tuesday
ight, but the paper of yesterday says not <i word vjton
\e subject. The. whole story is doubtless unfounded.
-Phil. Inquirer.
We are glad no one believes the fabrications
f such "Gazette*" We issued no such
xtra.
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