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PVMSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL. .PRINTED AKq PUBLISHED BY WM. H. HANDLER & CO. ' - V ft TSJL . tT ?' ; A FORPFZSlZENTi GEN, ZAG'HARY TAYLOR, Of Louisiana. -FOR F7CJ3 PRESIDENT: MILLARD FILLMORE, Of New York. 'WHIG ELECTOBAIi TICKET, THE STATE AT LARGE: JOSETIT G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. GQULOVE S. ORTtf, of Teppecanoe. DISTRICT ELECTORS I Hst IDist. Jobs Pitcher, of Posey. 2d " John S. Pavis, of Floyd. 3d " Miltox Ueeug, of Dearborn. Mth David P, IIoli-Owat, of Wayne, 5ih Thojas D. VValpool, cf Hancock, fiih ' J,ovell II. Rocsseau, of Greene, th " Edward W. McCrUAQHty, ol Park, 8th " James F. BriT, of Clinton. 9th " Paniel D. Pbatt, ol Casa, 10th M David KwsotLE, of Delaware. CITY OP EVANS VILLEi . MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1. The Cry of "Stop Thief.' The Democrat of Saturday has an article in which it warns the people to beware of "Wbi frauds," "Win" ! lies," "false tickets," and we don't know what' tisey wrju-n mat paper seems tothink will bei got up to deleat itsparty. We have been a citizen of this county for a number of vears.and have for the last ten years conducted a paper here, and we never before on the eve of the election saw such an appeal as the following which the Democrat parades in its columns "We say beware of all FRAUDS-ALL! , . ., , co,lve,mo' to msens the so !ES and ALL IMPOSITIONS, for thev will i Clal' cml auJ rel,Si"s condition and rights ot LIES and ALL IMPOSITIONS, for they will De attempted in almost every iorm, until the polls are closed." "We again repeal BE FIRM LOOK OUT FOR FRAUDS FALSE TICKETS AND WHIGS LIES." And we never before heard of "frauds or "false tickets"' put forth by either parly, and we do not believe any of our citizens ever heard ofsuchathiug or ever thought of such a thing. But the truth is this cry of "stop thitf" is put forth by the Democrat to cover its own rascality. Those who conduct that print are capable of just such rascality as is here charged against their opponents, and as the eaylng is "they ain't capable of any thing else." We Lave now before us a base and lying circular got up by the locofoco wire pullers and print ed at the Democrat office, intended to operate on the other side of the river against Mr. Crit tenden, to which is affixed a letter favorable to Mr. Powell, signed by Thomas Towles, the Whig candidate for the Legislature in Hender son county, which is a Forgery! The Demo crat endeavored to be very secret about this matter, and took every preacution to prevent a copy of this rascally production from falling into the hands of any Whig here, but notwith standing, we were favored with a copy by a friend, and, after exhibiting it to several of our friends, we at once transmitted it to Mr. Towles, whom we hope it reached in time to be answered and prevent its doing mischief. We learned, too, from the same person who handed us this document, that another election eering hand-bill had been printed at the Dem ocrat office, but he could not get us a copy, neither could he tell us what it contained nor for what legion it was intended. Now, in view of these facts, would it not Le well for our friends to be upon their guard, and be prepared to meet any thing of the kind that may be put forth. It may be that the hand-bill of which our friend informed us, is intended to operate in this county against Esquire Rowley, but if thelocofoco lcaderaud demagogues cope to profit by such a course r. . 'iuulutia' ma uuut mus mosuy consuir.ed in they for once are mistaken in the people of relating dry details of party practices, roiii to m mc jrajjiie vi Vanderburgh, who have too-much sense to be n-svol fr,, it,: . v. . ... ewayed from their honest purpose by suchshal- low ukta. Du,ius . a. a ha,. ,i,ad ieren-eliHTunevetjel heard of fraudsatthe runs, ia4iii; uauuuias, or anytning ot me kincl, and although for several years we were ine only press in Evansville,and printing tick - -a J ua r.rn iu ieiIIUH,-ll VS ets for this and the surrounding counties year the Richmond Whig, that speculation with re after year, we never before, nor did any of our gard to their cou.se will soon be ended by the citizens of either party, ever hear of two sets of reality. They hate Cass with a bitter hatred ticKets or "ialse tickets. It remained for the! Democrat, the office that this year printed the tickets, to make the discovery that such a thing could be done. The cry of "stop thief sound ed by the Democrat will serve to fix the eyes of the people upon that concern and those busy bodies that hang around it and encourage it in its dirty course. W e sincerely hope, although we have not presumed to dictate in- the matter in the least, that Nathan Rowley will be elected bur Rep resentative. He i3 one of our oldest and best ci,izens, having character and standing at home and abroad, a gentleman every way liberal, dig nifiqd.sndhihminded, and qualified for the station. But , much as we desire his suc cess wgfioutd not be induced to doasineleun- aair act or ssake use of a single persuasion of ,an exceptionable character to secure it: And il .we have judged Esquire Rowley ari0ht he would not have this or any other office that .was secured to him by fraud or deception of ny kind. There will be no fraud used unless the Democrat and its clique attempts it, and -we hope for tho sake of good morals they will otf "Protection to snags and sawyers" is a fia" jtaisej to a big snag on lhe river shore at Ri u X:hietown, by a closeii or more who were sup- uuncia ai air. roiR, ana not supporters of Mr as. Wheeling Times. The August Elections. On this day elec tions take place in several States. In Indiana the election will be fo r members of the LegU lature? in Kentucky the election will be for executive officers, and members of the Legisla ture; iU Illinoisand Missouri executive offices, Conyessnu-n.aad legislators are to-be elected: knd in Jow a, Congressmen and the members 0f the Legislature are to be chosen. The election in North Carolina took place last Thursday for Governor .and Legislature. Look Out. The more we see and hear of the doings of the locofoco wire-pullers, the bet. ter satisfied we are that some develish trick is to be perpetrated by them against Esquire Rowley this morning previous to the opening of the polls jit the country tow nships, and wnen it u too late to send to town and have their lies contradicted. A friend has informed us that a secret circular has been printed at the Democrat office, intended to operate some where, and it is the opinion of a good many with whom we have conversed "hat it was got up todefeat thi Whig candidate in this county if possible. Of course it will not be shown in town where such a thing could be put down at once, but it will be sent to the country, and at a late hour will be exhibited by the locofoco leaders and sworn to, if necessary, by them as authentic. We feel satisfied that something of the kind is intended. Oa Saturday night last they held a secret caucus at the lower En gine house, to which none but the faithful were admitted, and from which they ejected a young Whig, although he had been invited up by a member of their party. At this meeting, our young Whig friend says they were very busy carrying round the hat collecting money on which to operate to-day, and no doubt were drilling their forces and practising them in the lies and slanders to be put forth in the country, where they hope to escape detection until after the work is done and the polls closed. There fore do we say look out, and especially must our couulrv friends be upon their guard, for it isin lhe countr.v these gentry will endeavor to uPeraic- Ae i-emocrai cries -stop irnei, and as that cry was never heard in our county be fore, we say it is fair to presume that it and its workers are busy hatching some diabolical scheme to swindle the honest voters. Woman's Rights Convention. There was i i i .. ... woman, at Seneca Falls, N. Y., on the 20th ult. Lucretia Mott. ihe elomient Quakeress - 7 was to be preseut. (Q-When Santa Anna approached at Bue ua Vista with his twenty thousand disc iplined troops, a council of war was called in the American camp. Many of the officers were opposed to risking the fate of the army in bat tle, and advised a retreat on Monterey. After hearing all the reasons in favor of retreat, Gen eral Taylor remarked with emphasis: "We'll not full back We'll fight. The council is adjourned until after the battle!" The Baiinecukees. As a very general anx iety has very naturally been felt to ascertain the origin of this euphonious toubriquet of one wing of the New York Democracy, and the principles by which they who bear it profess to be guided, we have deemed it expedient to insert the following explanution.by one of their own party. We copy from the Boston At las. "Mr. Smith, a young man, (a Barnburner,) replied, and presented his views of the case. Hemadea very irettv soeech. th imvst ; cr esting part of which was that which related uie uiiiu vi me terms uuiiKers and Barnbur ners. The former, he said, was 'ivpn r ilia- class of Democrats in New York w ho had sue ceeded in holdingall ihe offices of emolument iu the State their rulingtharacteristic being, 'to get what they could, and hold what thev got.' The name of Barnburners was given to the 'radical Democrac y of the Slate,' lroin this circumstances: the State bet ame involved iu its financial difficulties, and the radical Demo crats, in order to bring nnney to the Treasury, brought forward in the Legislature a proposi tion to tax certain interests, and abolish cer tain offices. Presently all the State office-holders came to the Legislature, crowded the lob bies, and declared that, if the bill ' passed, jt would ruin the cause of Democracy in the State. One of them it v like il.t who burnt his barns, in order that he mieht get rid of the rats that infested them. We&perse- vered, said Mr. Smith, and rrrcl ft. m ,1 and these old rats gave ut the namet of Bartl Kil n-lA r T 7 I .1 . iriaiiiij uij ueiuus vi pariy practices. goin to show l!'al he a,ltl n!s friends had been elected according In rlimvnt!i ncsiui ...-.,) .I,.., .i according to democratic usage, and that they SSSSVZjS SSS!. YorkStala. He umditd liliilr ou iheWiU UJUll"u,lsu While speaking of this wins of Democracv of NfV Yortr ' it m:tr l,a 1. of that there bly, more distasteful to theia than anv ' pt rson who could have been selected. They cau nev er forgive his desertion of them upon the Wil raot Proviso, and, according to the N. Y. Ex press and several other papers from the same region of country, are even now preparing for a grand Convention some place on Lake Erie during the present summer. The New En gland Democracy, as well as that of Pennsyl vania, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiaua, and Michigan, will be represented. The Express says in the most positive terms that they have a large majority, not only in the city, but in the State of New York; and that a strong sym pathy is felt for them in the States we named. Mr. Cass s chance will be but a blue one, if they run a ticket of their own in all the States we nave named. I hey certainly utend to do so in New York. A struggle is evidently ma turing in the bosom of thU great party, and if it be not settled in some way which does not now occur to us, it wiil prove highly disas trous to the Democracy. Fheedom of Speech. A tree spoken orator at Utica, recently compared Mr. Van Buren to "a whale whose oil would feed the lamps of liberty to all eternity! Enough tjnake the whole "Hunker" party blubber. From the Louisville Journal. The Land-speculating Secretary of War. -We published an exposition two or three weeks ago that has excited much attention and given rise to much comment throughout the country. We allude to our exposition of the conduct ol LewisCuss jn getting up, whilst he was Secretary of War under President Jackson, the" Western Land Association"forsp?culalion in the choice lands of the West," In order that no one, who failed to see that exposition, may doubt the fact of Cass's connection with such an association during his secretaryship, we republish a copy of one of the blank certifi cates of stock; WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION. Be it known, that Lewis Cass, Henry Hub bard, Francis O. J. Smith, Francis Markoe, junior, and Ramsay McHenry.on the 28th day of April, A. D. 1S36, entered into an associa tion with the combined capital of $220,000, for the purchase and sale of Public Lands, in certain Western States and Territories of the Union, according to certain articles of agree ment bearing said date, and signed by said par ties; and that is proprietor of thousand dol lars of said capital, whereof the aggregate sum specified in the underwritten certificate has been paid; and said thou sand dollars being a portion of the capital orig inally assigned to said in said articles of agreement, and Subject to a deduc tion of one third part of the profits accruing therefrom.and to the payment of a proportional fraction of the necessary expenses of the con stituted Agent of said Association, and to no other deduction. Bs it known, also, that said stock is trans ferable in whole, or in parts not less than one thousand dollars, by an assignment of this cer tificate by said or his Attorney, and record therefore being made by the Secretary in the transfer book ofthe asso ciation. Washington city 1S3G. President. Secretary. Cass's four associates, mentioned in the cer tificates of stock, were the Hon. Henry Hub bard, the Hon. F. 0. J. Smith, Francis Markoe, jr., and Ramsay Mcllenry. It was one of these gentlemen that gave us the factsset forth in our exposition and authorised and reques ted us to publish them, including the alleged facts that Cass, who, on account of his supe rior advantages as Secretary of war, hod the management of the whole business, was bold ly charged by his associates wiih swindling them of their money. We by no means in sist upon this charge of swindling, although our informant, who paid ten thousand dollars into the hands of Cass or his agent, says that he has never got anything in the shape either of money or land, and that Cass, after failing to render satisfaction to his associates when called on for an exposition of his transactions, quietly submitted to the charge of villainy from the Hon. Henry Hubbard, neither rebutting it nor resenting it. But with this charge we have nothing to do what we wish to hold up to public reprehension and scorn is the con duct of a Secretary of War in using the mighty advantages of his official station for land spec ulation, and monopoly. In order that our rea ders may have some adequate idea of the ad vantages as a land-speculator which Cass pos sessed in virtue of his office aud some adequate idea of the monstrous impropriety of his avail ing himself of those advantages to the injury and the absolute destruction of individual com petition, we invite attention to the following statements which our exposition has called forth in the St. Louis Republican. That pape copies the exposition and adds: In connexion w ith the foregoing, we pub lish the following communication from a re spectable citizen of this city, a gentleman who is every way able to sustain his assertions, an t wno will, wherever he is known, fiud en dorsers. When we first saw the statements of the Journal, they struck us as so monstrous, and as evincing such a degree of moral and official tur pitude.that we hesitated to publish the article. We had made frequent allusions to this specu lation and the connexion of the U. S. govern ment officers with it, but we did not under stand its full extent. ' The public will better understand the mo tives and the game whic h these high function aries of the Government were playing, when they reflect that this speculation was to be con fined to the purchase of mineral lands, in the Galena district, in Wisconsin, and the south ern partof this State. As the management, leasing, sale,&c:, of these lands were confided to the Secretary of War, and as he had the ap pointment of the agents, was the first to re ceive their reports, and have within the range of his official power the best possible means of know ing (as far as could be known) the most valuable mineral lands, and those promising the greatest return to the purchaser as he had k in his power to prevent the discoverer of the mine from entering himself the scheme pro mised a w ide field of profit. Why it has fail ed to produce the results anticipated, and w hich the official position of Gen. Cass gave him a right to expect, w e do notattempt to ex plain. The following is :he communication alluded to: Gov. Cuss and Land Speculation. In the Louisville Journal is a statement respecting an association entered into by Gov. Cass, Senator Hubbard and others, in the year 183(5. The writer of this was atBarnum's Hotel, iu Bal timore, in 1836, with a friend from New York. The geutleman was called out of our room, by another, then a high functionary of the U. S. Government, and a general outline of the Cass, Hubbard, & Co. proposed speculation was made, and an offer to participate was made my friend, who consulted me as to the prospect of entering government mineral lands, then un der the. direction and control of the war De partment Gen. Cass being Secretary was sup posed to be advantageous for such a purpose. My advice was not to enter into the specula tion, for if any ad vantage a rose from high func tionaries of the U. States beiug of the associ ation, they would be unfair or surreptitious. My advice was followed. How the matter ended eveutualiy, I do not know. M T July 26th, 18-18. In addition to all this, let us republish the statement made uniler oath before a committee of ihe U. S. House of Rep., in 1836 by the Hon. Henry A. Wise, now a Locofoco candidate for elector in Virginia: I believe that Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, was engaged in speculating in the public lands while Secretary of War; that he made exhorb itant allowances to favorites; paid one for services never performed; another after be had full knovyledge that the favorite had forged his official signature; permitted commissions un der him to be antedated, and has ordered a treasury warrant to be paid to the assignee of a aisoursiug pmcer, wno had gambled it away after it had been protested by a deposit bank, aud was countermanded by the Secretary of the' Treasury, and to have been guilty of several Other acts of violation of duty. vThe proof that Lewis Cass, whilst Secretary of War, did get up a company for land specu lation and "land monopoly is full and perfect. Even the locofoco editors, audacious as they are, do not deny the fact. ; Not one of them all daresdeny it. The editor of the St. Louis Re publican andhi3 correspondent, who is vouch ed for as a gentleman of high standing and res pectability, say that ihe. speculation was in mineral lands thatit was in lands,the manage ment, leasing, sale, &c. of which were confid ed by the Government to Cass as Secretary of War, he having the appointment of the agents, being the first to receive their reports, posses sing of course the best possible means of know ing the most valuable tracts,, and armed with full power to prevent the discoverer of" a mine from entering it and to take possession of it himself. Now we confidently appeal to all honest men, to all whose hearts , are not so far sunk in political and moral depravity and cor ruption that they can see no distinction be tween right and wrong, to say whether a Sec retary of War, thus prostituting the high pre rogatives of his station for the promotion of his own selfish and mercenary designs, does not deserve a nation's deep scorn and universal execration instead of a nation's suffrages for the Presidency! We doubt whether this'offi'jial turpitude has any parallel in the country's history. A CASS CATECHISM. Q. Who wore a black cockade in early life? A. Lewis Cass, Q. Who w rote a book in praise of the King and Court of France? A. Lewis Cass, Q. Who is opposed to the Wilmot Proviso, and in favor of extending slavery over territory now free? A Lewis Cass. Q. Whose voice is ever for war .regardless of the lives and happiness of his fellow men? A. Lewis Cass. Q,. Who voted to eensure Zachary Taylor, and the other heroes of Monterey, for their hu manity and regard for the lives of American soldiers? A. Lew is Cass. Q. Who brought in a bill to defraud the Mexican volunteers of a portion of their wages? A. Lewis Cass. 0.. Who was hung in effigy by the Pennsyl vania Volunteers in Mexico? A. Lew is Cass. Q. Who signed a bill to whip 'ptor neigh bor white men?' A. Lewis Cass. Q.. Who approved a law to hire out 'poor neighbor white men' by compulsion to sell them for a term and take from them their earnings? A. Lewis Cass. Q.. Who wrote the famous letter to the Chi cago Convention? A. Lewis Cass. Q. Who is the prince of Demagogues and Doughfaces? LEWIS CASS, Locofoco nomi nee for the Presidency of the United States. rutuburgh Uazetee. . Concealment of opinion which the people have a right to know. is presumptive evidence of intended fraud. Boa. Post. At Cleveland Gen. Cass was asked his opin ions upon Slavery and Harbor Improvements. His reply was that "the noise and confusion which prevailed would prevent him from be ing heard upon the subject to which his atten tion lad been called." Awful Destruction. A terrible fire occur red in Constantinople on the night of the 17th June, which destroyed nearly three thousand houses. Another, of no less consequence, nearly reduced to ashes the city of Ovel, in Russia. Twelve thousand and thirty-seven houses and fourbribges became a prey to the flames. The loss is estimated at three millions of dollars. Tit for Tat. The Boston Post reproaches the Dedham Democrat which now opposes Cass, because it said "Cass has been its favor ite for many years, and it rejoiced at his selec tion." To this the Democrat retorts: Very likely we have said so, but we have an illustrious example ofa change of mind in the favorite of the Post, Gen. Cass, who says in his letter to Mr. Nichol son on the Wilmot Proviso "I am strongly impressed with the opinion that a great change has been going on in the public mind upon this subject in my own, us well as otliers." . A Proposition Taylor stock in Missouri. A gentleman in St. Louis whose responsibil ity is fully endorsed by. the Republican, sub mits the following: Messrs. Editors: I beg to say, that I think "Old Rough and Ready" wili be elected, or rather, that Cass uill not be, Provided Taylor lives; and on this contingency, I beg to pro pose to the editor of the Union, or any ot his friends, to buy of him or them, from one to five thousand dollars worth of property real estate anywhere in the city or State, or one third over its valuation, to be paid for not un til Cass is President of the United States. New Military Posts. We learn, says the N. O. Picayune, that Gen. Brooke has received orders from the Wai Department to proceed to the waters of the Upper Mississippi, and es tablish two posts in the Indian country; one at the mouth of Crow-Wing river, and the other some distance op that stream. One post is to be garrisoned by a company of infantry aud the other by a company of the 1st dragoons. These posts will be situated in a country where the Chippewas, the Sioux, and the W'inneba gos are living side by side, which circumstan ces doubtless suggested their establishment. COThe Victoria Advocate of the 18th says: "it is rumored here that Col. Hays is going to Washington City shortly, for the purpose of securing the appointment to survey the route for the great National' Road from Matagorda Bay to California and the Pacific Ocean." Quite Farisiax. Kendall, of the Picnyiuic went over the ground after the suppres sion of the insurrection in Paris. lie writes: ; Over in a yard we witnessed a scene so pe cidairly French that I must mention it. A little fellow, certainly not more- than eight years old, had a company of some dozen or fif teen juveniles about hisown age, armed with sticks, broom-handles, and anything they could lay hands upon, and these specimens of precoci ty he was exercising and drilling with all the earnestness and gravity imaginable. Andthen we saw funerals in every quarter, the slain of the recent strife being carried to their last rest-ting-places; we'saw innumerable lines of the country troops returning to their homes, loaves of bread decorating thei bayonets; we passed house w here they were searching for arms or prisoners; and finally, about dark, wejgot back to our starting point on the Boulevard des ltaliens, to find it thronged with the same gay and thoughtless crowd we had seen there before the revolution. T UE SPA Y -MORNING, AUGUSTS' The Election. The result of the election in this county on yesterday turned out disas trously for the Whigs. This was not wholly unlooked for. Again and again during the canvass have we heard the Whig candidate and those who thought with him that the true policy was to move along smoothly aud with out excitement, warned tuat sucn a course would certainly reduce our majority from last year if it did not indeed defeat our party. Our opponents have been most active during the whole canvass, were thoroughly organised in every township and neighborhood, were ma king speeches, calling meetings and collecting money with which to buy votes, (for with this do we charge them among other base transac tions,) almost every day since the canvass opened have had all their big speakers- Chamberlain, Owen and Lane among us, and their lesser fry have worked, and lied, and swindled, 83 even they never worked, and lied, and swindled before. On the other hand the Whigs have done nothing, have not made a single speech, nor called a single meeting, nor scarce made a single inquiry as to what was doing in any part of the county, and the result is before us. Even with all this a geinst. us we should have succeeded but for the base and lying slander that was secretly and industriously Circulated and sworn to by the locofocos against our candidate that he is a de faulter to the county and which among a cer tain class was believed. But there is no use in following these locofoco demagogues through their dirty w ork. W7eare beaten and by such means was never used before, at least in this county, and we hope the lesson will not be lost upon us. As for ourself, we consulted the wishes of our candidate and a number of our other friends and kept silent. Now.our hands are free; and and from this lime until the No vember election we shall icork we shall labor night and day and all times, and from the high est to the low est of these locofoco demagogues none shall escape, their rascality, shall be laid bare, and we shall see if a like result will fol low, The Michigan Revolt. The Ann Arbor True Democrat, organ of the Radical Democ racy of Michigan.edited by Dr.S. Denlon.of the State Senate, has hauled down the Cass and Butler flag, and raised that of Van Buren and Free Soil. The True Democrat is a publisher of the law s 'By Authority' for both the Nation al and State Governaients. It wields a pow erful influence.for the people know it to be holi est and faithful. The Grand Rapids Enquirer, a barnburnin Cass paper, speaking of Mr. Van Buren's let i i it,. .: . TT.r.. i c ter iu me uouveiiiiuu ai unca, peiore us re ception, says that it "contains councils of peace, words of concilation, and theearnest ad vice of o sage of Democracy, to union and con cession." "We do fear that iUwill work w ider iniurv than is generally supposed. The Free Press may sneer and talk about the Detroit John Dots, who will join in the Barnburner Move ment in Michigan and its vicinity, but we tell these w isacres that w e walk amid a smothered conflagration. ' . . The Pontiac Jacksonian, and Jackson Patri ot, which murmured at the Hunker nomina lion, have changed hauds, but the Barn bum era still control their columns, and they will eventually come into the support of Van Buren The Allegan Reccord, the Little John organ, first dropped Cass. Mr. L. was foremost in the Barnburner ranks against Gen. Cass for U. S. Senator in the Legislature. Lieut. Gov. Greely presided at a recent Barn burner meeting at Adrain." Hon. R. S. Wilson of Ann Arbor, and Chas. D. Smith, Secretary of the last Senate, and long editor of the Adrian Watch tower, are al so reported as converts from Cass and Butler to Van Buren and tree Soil Free Soil meetings were to be held at Pon tiac on the 29th, and at Ann Arbor on the 1st of August. Why don t Gen. Cass resign? Mr. J. D.-Reid of Philadelphia, has invented an exhauster to carry off the electricity when lightning strikes the wires. The recent burst ing of the magnet at Concord and the constant danger of w hich telegraphic operators are sub jected by lightning striking the wires, makes his an important invention. Cass's Law to Whip and Sell White Men and White Women, On the 5th ult., Mr. Felch, one of the Locofoco Senators from Mi chigan, undertook to excuse Gen. Cass for sign ing the territorial law of Michigan to whip and sell white men aad white women. Felch, far from mending the matter, made it worse-and worse. According to the report of his remarks in the Washington Union, he said that the ter ritorial laws of Michigan, this whipping law among the rest, were enacted by four function aries, who constituted the only legislative au thority within the limits of the territory. These four functionaries, in w horn the whole legisla tive power was embodied, were the Governor (Lew is Cass,) the presiding judge, and tw o as sociate judges of the territory. So Cass accord ing to the representation cf his friend Felch, not only signed the law to whip aud sell white men and white women but was one of the four individuals by whom the monstrous thing was concocted. . To the editors of the Cineinaati Gazelle: Gen. Lass & Co., Land Monopolists. Gen-1 rLEMEN: The hard-fisted loa cabin sovereigns of the West and of the North, should distinct ly understand one very important thins, and it is this That Gen. Lewis Cass, the Locofoco nominee for the Presidency, while Secretary of ota le, got up a great numoug ".Land Company monooiy. lor ine express purpose ol buying up an tne best and most valuable portion of the public lands; so as lo enable them, when ever any poor farmer should wish to purchase a farm, he would be obliged to call on Lewis Oass& Co., and buy second-hand, and be obliged to pay an exorbitant price, or not get a farm at all. Fellow-citizens, recollect that thissame Geu. Chassis now calling upon you, to cast your voles for him for President, to en- abie him to farther exted his projects of land monopoly; a scheme nlled with danger and op pression to the poor. This land monoDolv- ought at once to be put down and the men who are concerned in such a project should be put down likewise. Remember, you farmers of the great West, and of the Northwest, that Gen. Cass is now, at this time, deeply inter ested in the great land monopoly. What do you think of such a man? are you willing to give him your support? - Proscription. The present Administration, finding that coaxijg cannot win back the barn burners of Nevvifork to the support of Cass, ha3 in its wrath dttermined to try what virtue there is in proscription. The first victim is AmosRathbun, postmaster at Auburn, who has been unceremoniously turned out of office to give place to a faithful supporter of Cass. The editor of the Buffalo Courier, a violent Admin istration paper, tlius exults over this proscrip lire act, and urges the Locofoco executioners to proceed with their work of decapitation: "It is to be licped that this is but the com mencement of a vigorous attack by the Admin istration upon its enemies of the democratic members in this Slate." The Albany Erening Journal well says: This is plain talk! The Barnburners are marked! Whether this threat will shake the integrity of the few Barnburners who are in office, or not, we can't say; but il is quite cer tain that Cass will show them neither favor nor mercy, if he should have the power of dis pensing the "spoils." Singular. Most people have heard the sto ry of the Dutchman w ho was hunting rats in his barn one night w hen they set the building on fire, and the exclamation of the enthusiastic destroyer of the vermin, to his boys, "go on with your rat-killin'and never mind the bam!" A correspondent of the Bos:o.i Chronotype, writing from Chambersburgh, Pa., tell the fol lowing curious story of a horse recently turn ing barnburner: . , A lare and destructive fire originated in the town ot Rocksburgh, a few miles from here, a week or two ago. A man having a sick horse took him into a field, and placing some dried herbs in a tin-pan, tied the same very securely to the horse'sunder jaw, and set the herbs on fire, that the poor beast might iuhale the fra grant odors . of the burnt offering, and so be cured of his ailings. Unfortunately not only the odors but the flames also ascended the horse's nostrils, w hich caused him to break from his ow ner, and iu mad fury he galloped a way to his stable, the door of w hich was open. The fire of the herbs was in an instant commu nicated to the dry hay, and in one hour the barn, a large and valuable hotel and six or sev en oilier buildings were le velled with theground So much for scorching a horse's nose. ' " From the Cineinaati Gazette. Gen. Taylor Slander Refuted. Some time ago a story was fabricated and set afloat that Gen. Tatlor was the ow ner of a large tract of land in the disputed territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, and that an agent of his had been recently in Washington City purchasing negroes to stock it. This false al legation has been industriously circulated, and we think has been repeatedly published or alluded to in the Enquirer, and in that pa per of yesterday, it is again alluded to as lol Iows: "Gen. Taylor and the Pnoviso.-Our neigh bors of the Whig press, and probably other neighbors not connected with the prjss, have labored patiently hard to delude themselves in to the be.lief that Gen. Taylor is opposed to the extension of slavery, and would not inter pose his veto to a prohibition of it in the new territories. We do not suppose they have suc ceeded in this effort Gen. Taylor's location his 230 slaves his recent purchase of more land and more negroes to stock it the very at mosphere of slavery-wiili which he is urroun- ded all are ponderous facts standing obstin ately arrayed against his attempt at self-delusion." Col. Mitchel of this city, wrote to Gen. Taylor several weeks since, referring to the' allegation, and enquiring as to its truth. We annex the reply. It puts this vile slander at rest, as an unmitigated falsehood. Read ami judge: Baton Rouge, La., July 14. My Dear Colonel: Your kind letter of the. 13ih ult., has been duly received. In reply to your inquiries, 1 have to inform jou that I have no land on the Rio Grande, nor have 1 sen; $10,000 or any other sum to the district of Co lumbia to purchase slaves; and I trust that if 1 had such a sum in my possession, I could put it to a better use than buying lands on the Rio Grande, or slaves in Washington. Among the many accusations brought against me by my opponents, I should be much gratified to learn that they had succeeded in substantia ting the charge that 1 have in my possession so large a sum for any purpose as the one above mentioned. I beg that you will not put yourself to any trouble to meet the objections urged against me, by those opposed to me, if they are as groundless as the one in question, for when ihey see fit thus to disregard the obligations of truth it is useless to contend with them. With my best wishes for your health and success, I remain sir. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR. Col. A. M. Mitchell, Cincinnati, Ohio. An Irish Harvest. There is, savs the Na tion, growing to-day on Irish soil 80,000,000 worth ol produce, by the reckoning of the best accountants. lhereare begging to day be tween tne hedge-rows that fence in these trea sures, 2,000,000 of the Irish people; there dwell next door to beggary and bankruptcy in the towns and ports through which - this vast horde of wealth, it is said, must be smug gled away before Cristmas next anoiher miser able million. To our minds, if these JL'80, 000,000 were boldly taken advan'age of, a new foundation for life might be laid in Ireland. Let us suppose the thing about to be tried let us suppose a thousand clubs, of 300 men, spread over Ireland their club-rooms over against every barrack in town and country their scouts spying through every pass their thousands battalioued in every city their Irish League or Council of 300 honest, clear headed and brave what gracious purpose might pot a regeneration fund of .80,000,000 be turned to? . Less than one half of it w ould feed the peo ple till another harvest had forced its way into the light. It is the opinion of even English economists.that one year's produce in Ireland is two years' food. Upon the appropriation of J this first part there could be no quibble, and should be tolerated no argument. Ifanv man said nay, and put forth his hand upon the. peo ple's food, their answer should be the pike . i i ii. ftf. point or me uunet. ui course tne mortaoees. Jews, and absentees w ould suffer. They must be clipped of their rack-rents, and usu ihjuo icmara, ui me people must die or be banished, ihere is no ajternative. .There must be in Ireland a social revolution or a wil derness. England, Italy, France and Prussia, all have had their peasant insurrections, their revolutions in tenure, their wars for the pos sesion of the soil. Ireland's is at last at hand. One of a Thousand. The N. Y. Commer cial has a subscriber who lias taken that paper for fourteen years. : In a late letter inclosing another year's subscription, he relates the fol lowing as his experience in the way of enjoying life: "My means are small bull abjured wine alcohol, and other strong drinks, in June '32, and have honorably kept my pledge. The sa ving under this head more than pays for my uewspapers; and the gratification which the perusal of them gives me, is beyond calcula tion in dollars and cents." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. In the Democratic Review for November, 1842, there war an account of the trial of Hen ry Blake for murder, who was convicted upon circumstantial evidence, and hung. About three months after his death, the Judge who presid ed at the trial received a note "from a prisoner under sentence of death, requesting to see him without delay , as his sentence was to be carried, into effect the day follow ing. On his way thither, he overtook an old man walking slow ly, whom he accosted and recognized to be Ca lebGrayson, who had been a witness on Blake's trial, sod had a similar note of his own, but equally al a loss to kuow the meaning of his summons. They both entered the cell togeth er.' The prisoner did not move, but ouly rain ed his head. Grayson recollected having teen him at a tavern the night before Blake's execu tion, and at the gallows. "Well, Judge," said "he, I sent for you to see if you camget me out of this scrape. Must 1 hang to-morrow??' - ' The Judge shook his head. "It's idle to hope; nothiug can prevent your execution." "An application might be made to the high est authorities," said the prisoner. "Pardoni have come sometimes even on the scaffold." "None will come in your case," replied the Jndge; "it is needless for me to dwell on your offence, now; but it was one that had no pal liation, and you may rest assured, that what ever may have occurred in other cases, no par don will come in yours. In fact, I understand that an application has been made for one by your counsel, and has been reiused. The features of the prisoner underwent no charge; nor did the expression of his face alter in the least. But after a moment's pause, be said: "Is this true, Judge upon your honor?" "It is," replied the Judge. "Then I know the worst," replied the crim inal coldly, "and will now tell what I have to communicate, which 1 would not have done while there was a hope of escape. "You," said he, turning to the judge, "presided at the trial of youug Harry Blake, w ho was accused of murder,aud sentenced him to death." "I did." "And you," said he; turning to Grayson, "were one of the witnesses against him. You swore that you saw him stab Wickliffe. On your testimony, principally, he was hung." "1 was," replied the old man, "I saw him with my own eyes." ; The prisoner uttered a low sneering laugh, as he said, turning to the judge. . "You, sir, sentenced an innocent man." "And you," said he, turning to the other, swore to a falsehood. Harry Blake did not kill Wickliffe. He was as innocent of the sin of murder as you were more innocent than you are now." The old man 6taggercd as if he had been struck, and leaned against the table to support himself, whilst the condemned felon stood op posite him, looking at him w ith a cold, indif ferent air. "Yes. old man." said he sternly, "you have blood and perjury upon your soul, for I I," said he, stepping forwards so that the light of the lamp fell strongly upon Ins savage fentur s, "I murdered William Wickliffe! 1 did it! Thank God, I did it, for 1 had a long score to settle with him. But Blake had no hand in it,. I met Wickliffe on that afternoon alone with none to interfere between us. I told him the injuries he had done me, aud I told him the: lime had come for redress. He endeavored to ' escape, hut 1 followed him up; 1 grappled with him and slabbed him. As 1 did so, I heard the clatter of horses' hoofs, and I leaped into a clump of bushes w hich grew on the road side.. At that moment Blake tame up, and found Wickliffe lying dead in the road. You know ' the rest. The tale he told w as true as the gospel. He was only attempting to draw the knife from the mau'a breast, w ben you came up and , charged him with the murder!' "Good Go I! Can this be possible?" ejacu lated the old man. "It cannot! Villain, you area liar!" "Pshaw.'" muttered the man, "what could I gain by a lie? To-morrow I die." "I don't believe it; 1 don't believe ' it!" ex claimed Grayson, pacing the cell, and w ringing his hands. "God in mercy graul that it may be false! that this dreadful sin may not beupoit me!" . The prisoner sat down, and looked at the judge and the witnesses with a calmness w hich had something almost fiendish in it, when con trasted with the extreme agitation of the one, and the mental agony of the other. At last the old man stopped in front of him; and w ith a calmness so suddenly assumed in the midst of his paroxism of remorse, that it even overawed the criinnal, said: "You are one w hose life has been a tissue of falsehood and crime. You must prove what you have said, or I'll not believe it." "Believe it," replied the prisoner, I saw the whole transaction, and heard your testimony at the trial; for 1 was there too. I'll now tell you what occurred at the spot of the murder, which you did not mention, but hhich 1 saw. When you rode up, the man with you jumped off his horse, and seized Blake by the collar; your hat fell off on the pommel of the saddle,, but you caught il before it reached the ground. You then sprang off your fcorsc, aud while Wil son held Blake, you examined the body. You attempted to pull the knilcffrom his breast, but it was covered with blood, and slipped iiom your fingers. You rubbed your hand on the. ground, and, going to a bush on the road sid, broke off some leaves and wiped your hands1 upon them, and afterwards the handle or lha knife. You then drew it put, and wash ed it iu a small puddle of water at the foot of a sumach bush. As you did so, you looked round at Blake, who was standing w ith his arms folded, and w ho said, 'Don't be uneasy about me, Caleb; I didn't kill Wickliffe, and, ) don't mean to escape.' Atone, lime you were within six feet of where I was. . It's lucky you did not fiud me, for I was ready at that mo ment to send you 10 keep company with Wick liffe; but I saw all even when you stumbled and dropped your gloves, as you mounted your horse-" ; i , . "God have mercy on me!" ejaculated Gray- ' son. "This is all true! but one word more. I heard Wicklifle, as we rode up, shriek out Mercy, mercy, Harry!'" . 7 "He was begging lor his life my first name is Harry!" ' ' The old man clasped his hands across his face, and fell senseless on the floor. 1 : It is needless to go into the details of tha prisoner's confession, which was so full and. clear that it left no doubt on the mind of the ' judge -that he was guilty of Wickliffe's murder, ; and that Harry Blake w as another of those who -had gone to swell the list of victims to Circum stantial Evidence. CO" There are now about four thousand troops stationed at Jefferson Barracks, below St. Louis. The Barracks not being equal to the accommodation of the troops, a numberare encamped in tents around in the delightful groves that surround the Barracks. Vin Buren's Distinguished Characteris tics. The N. Y. True Sun a Locofoco iaper of the "Old Hunker" branch of the patty, in a severe article against Martin Van Buren, de fines his characteristicsas follow s: "Hiscourse is deplored, principally, because it reveals his own utter unworlhiness proving the truih of the old federal charge, against the force of which, evcrwhere, the democratic presses and orators have struggled for years viz: that Mr. Van Buren's distinguished characteristics are selfishness and a propensity for intrigue..