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:he minnesotian.
St. Paul, Minnesota.
SITURDAY, JUNE 26,1852.
FOR PRESIDEXT OF THE UNITED STATES,
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT,
OF NEW JERSEY*
FOR VICE PRESIDEXT,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
GEN. SCOTT NOMINATED !
The West Newton on Wednesday
hiorning, less than forty-eight hours after
the important event transpired at Balti
more, (the W. N. has thus had the luck
to inform St, Paul and the country above
Galena of both Presidential nonrnations)
brought to our town the glorious news,
that the war-worn veteran of an hundred
battles had received the nomination of the
Whig National Convention for President
of the United States. To ourselves, and
we believe we can safely say to nine
tenths of the whigs of Minnesota, this re
sult, although not unexpected, is in the
highest degree gratifying. At least this
proportion of our political associates in
the Territory, preferred Gen. Scott to all
other candidates named. Not that they
had the less attachment to Mr. Fillmore
and Mr. Webster, and the model Whig
administration of which the one is the
head and the other—to use a homely but
expressive phrase—the “ wheel-horse
not that there is a Whig in Minnesota,
who would not, had he a voice in this
election, glory in helping to elect either
of these statesmen and patriots President
for the next four years, and to accomplish
that end would have worked with untir
ing zeal and energy from now till the day
of final trial; but they have felt an abi
ding confidence in the tried hero and pa
triot, Scott, and that the country owed
him, perhaps more than any other prom
inent Whig, thus much, which if it ever
intended to pay, it must go about it
now, or nature, in its ordinary dealings
with mankind, might cancel the debt.—
Gen. Scott is sixty-six years of age, and
through the kindness of Providence and
the strength of an iron constitution, has
escaped the fatal result of that most fatal
disease contracted in Mexico, which has
stricken so many bright names from the
roll of our gallant army. He has been in
the most robust health for the last two
years; but it would have scarcely been
deemed proper to bring him forward for
the Presidency four years hence, at the
age of seventy. Therefore, now was the
time, and the only time, to give tlie coun
try an opportunity of rewarding, by its
highest honors, the man who, more than
any other that has ever lived, has contri
buted to the glory of our arms, and caus
ed the American name to be respected,
and American prowess and valor to be
feared, throughout the world.
lie will be elected. You may set that
down. The people will reward the tried
and scar-covered veterans, who have per
illed their lives upon their country's bat
tle-fields. Politicians may calculate, and
figure, and gas as much as they please—
talk about the Democracy of New York
and elsewhere being united upon Pierce,
a man to whom the country owes nothing,
and all that sort of thing. Let them
unite. The people —the great heart of
the American nation, will take care of
Scott. As it was in the days of Jackson,
and Harrison, and Taylor, so will it be
now. You may carve out your line of
policy, and erect your party platforms—
make them of whatever timber and how
ever broad and high you please ; you may
bring out your “ new man,” against whom
you aver nothing can be said; (we shall
see) you may cry Democracy ” till your
throats split, and you are as hoarse as the
Alpine hurricane ; the heart of the people
is still there , immovable as the lines of
bristling American steel at Lundy’s Lane,
or the fierce dogs of war that thundered ;
at the base of Cerro Gordo and the gates
of Chepultepec, and you cannot swerve
it the breadth of a single hair.
“Fuss and Feathers!” We will take i
you at this contemptuous cant phrase, as
we took you at the “ log cabin ” of Har- !
rison. We meet again at Phillipi, after
a separation of twelve years. “ Fuss
and F eathers ” let it be, then. You, by
one of the foulest conspiracies against a
war-worn hero, and faithful patriot, that
ever blackened the annals of a nation, dis
graced General Scott in the presence of a
conquered foe, at the city of Mexico in
1847, but you cannot disgrace him by i
such low-flung epithets as this before his
own countrymen, upon whose hearts is
engraven his every noble deed of valor
and tried patriotism, from Queenstown
to the Halls of the Montezumas. The
gallant old hero has kicked up a good;
deal of “ fuss ” during his life, we all
must admit, and has worn the “ feathers ”
of all the colors of different rank as he won ■
them, commencing with the p Ure white ’
plume of the Captain, and ending with <
the brighter tints of the Major General.
There was some “ fuss ” at Queenstown
Heights, on the 13th of October, 1812;
some at Fort George, May 27, 1813; i
considerable at Chippewa, July 5, 1814; 1
and very considerable at Niagara, or 1
Lundy’s Lane, upon the 25th of the
same month of that year. And we pre
sume there are British officers and sol
diers, —as well as hundreds of Americans,
with the very best of memories, who live
all along that Niagara frontier—who will
testify that the“ feathers,” also, flew some
i upon all those occasions. And then again,
1 there was another “ fuss a big“ fuss ”
—at Vera Cruz upon the 271 hof March,
! 1847, and the five days preceding that
date. Another took place at Cerro Gordo
1 on the 18th of April, same year, as Santa
Anna—Polk and Marcy’s commander of
; the Mexican army—can well testify ; two
more at Contreras and Churubusco on the
19th and 20th of August, same year; and
still a couple more, upon a very large
scale, and very decisive, the 12th and 14th
of the following month, at Chepultepec
and the city of Mexico. All these were
“ fusses ” to some purpose, and all Scott
“ fusses ”at that. Now look out for the
next Scott “ fuss,” which will take place
November 2d, 1852! That will be rath
er the greatest one of all.
THE VICE PRESIDENT-PLATFORM.
By the Dr. Franklin last night, we re
ceived intelligence that the Whig Conven
tion had nominated Hon. Win. A. Gra
ham, of North Carolina, the present effi
cient Secretary of the Navy, for Vice
President. We have no time for remarks,
but must say, looking to the union of the
Whig party, the nomination is one of the
most judicious that could have been made.
The following is the vote upon the plat
form :
Mr. Ashrnun, of Mass., Chairman of
the Committee, reported a platform, which
was adopted by a vote of i3l to 66. The
entire Southern delegations, with the ex
ception of South Carolina, voted in the
affirmative. Of the Maine delegation
four voted nay; New York, 22; Penn
sylvania, 4 ; Ohio, 15; South Carolina,
8 ; Illinois, 5; Wisconsin, 4 ; Indiana,
not given.
FROM OREGON.
Mr. James Day, of our town, has hand
ed us a letter from a brother of his who
has resided in Oregon for the past two
years. It is dated at Lafeyette, some two
months since. One of the party who
went out from here by way of Red river,
last year, had visited Mr. Day. He
says :
“ They were lost for some time. They
first found themselves in the Russian
Possessions, at one of the Hudson’s Bay
posts, where they obtained assistance to
reach another, and so on until they reach
ed Oregon. They lost their guns cross
ing a river on a raft; so they had a hard
lime of it. Alter their arrival, one of
them passed near where we live, stopped
all night with one of our neighbors, and
related the circumstances of their travels
across the plains. He was on his way to
the Shasta Mines.”
The writer then gives a long descrip
tion of the face of the country, and con
cludes as follows :
‘• The seasons in this country are (livid
ed into wet and dry. For about six
months we have no rain of any account
from the first of May till the last of No
vember. Then it commences to rain in
showers, like in the States, which con
tinues until February. It then rains al
most incessantly, for two months, when
it ceases off into regular spring showers.
Some seasons there are showers all sum
mer. It seldom gets cold enough to
snow. We had about six inches snow
last winter, which remained on the ground
one week. We had some frosty nights,
cold enough to freeze ice half an inch
thick. I believe this is the greatest
fruit country I ever saw. I saw plums
on Rogue river as large as peaches, and
j* le best I ever tasted. There are alieadv
a considerable number of tame fruit trees
here, but they are of a very poor quality.
There are good nurseries planted, though
the trees are not yet large enough to bear.
I each trees will bear the second year.
' u , French have some considerable or
chards. They bear very well, but the
ruit is of a poor quality, though worth
tour dollars a bushel. This is as good a
I country for vegetables as can be found.
I saw a cabbage head which weighed
twenty-four pounds, when trimmed ready
tor cooking; a turnip that weighed thirty
pounds and every thing else in propor
[‘on. We cannot raise corn here; we
have no use for it, however. We scarce
ly feed anything here. Hogs get fat upon
the mast, and horses and cattle keep fat
I upon the range. We raise good oats;
and when we work our horses, we feed
oats. When we feed hogs, we give them
\\ heat. This is the best wheat country
in the world. It grows spontaneously,
and matures to a better crop than by cul
tivation in the States. Every'thing
grows spontaneously here that you plant
that is a second crop is produced with
out planting. We have the finest fish
imaginable—the salmon. They are a salt
water fish, and come up the river in the
spring in such quantities that you can
take just as many as you please. The
Indians subsist upon them entirely.—
T u vv are P lel } l y of oysters on the coast.
We see a letter published concerning
the gold mines on Queen Charlotte’s Is
land. A ship sailed for that place last
November. They found gold in the
quartz rock. They put in a blast, but
the Indians ran them off, and they came
back. Another vessel started out with a
company who attempted to work the
mines. They got off one blast, but the
Indians compelled them to leave also.
They brought back some pieces of quartz
containing gold. They offered to trade
with the Indians, but the Hudson’s Bay-
Company has so spoiled them that they
ask twice as much as the gold is worth
or any kind of barter. The gold appears
‘° n , be !. n v , ei " s running through the rock,
o? ,hi t d 10 A** There is a large cliff
?Thi isbnd k^ U#en Charlotte ’ s island.
-Ens l T? ° ngS t 0 Brit “ h Oregon.
Eds.] It only exist, at the one place
The vessel sailed Vound the island for
some distance, but without further dis
covery. Those who composed the expe
dition say there are large mountains on
the island of solid rock, and old decayed
timber which looks as though it had laid
there for centuries. We have not heard
enough of these mines to write about
them satisfactorily. The ship is going
back, however, and two or three more
vessels are fitting out to accompany the
expedition.
‘•I must give you the prices of things
in Oregon. Land claims rate from two
to three thousand dollars, for full seel ion.
A good brood mare is worth S2OO ; a
milch cow, SSO; a work horse, $150;
a yoke of working cattle, $100; butter,
50 cts.; eggs the same ; bacon, 25 cts.;
floursl2 per barrel; wheat,sl,2s; oats,
the same. Vegetables are lower now
than usual. Potatoes, 75 cts.; lumber,
$25 per thousand; shingles, $6 to $7
per thousand ; wages from $2 to $6 per
day.”
Facts and Fancies.
The severest calamity that Saint Paul
has ever experienced was visited upon
her last Wednesday afternoon. The new
hotel of Messrs. Daniels & Wasson, at
the upper landing, which was to have
been opened the next day, took fire about
half-past one o’clock, and in an hour was
a heap of smouldering ruins. Through
the exertions of the citizens, who were
promptly upon the spot, the new and ele
gant furniture was saved; but this is a
small matter compared with the loss of the
building. Every possible exertion of
which men were capable, without the
presence of fire apparatus, was made to
save the building, but without avail. The
entire hotel, with the out-buildings, to
gether with the new two-story building
and carpenter shop of Messrs. Baker &
Nickerson, adjoining, were destroyed.
These young men are worthy and indus
trious mechanics, and have lost their all.
Their case is one that appeals strongly to
the sympathies of their fellow-citizens.
The hotel cost about twelve thousand dol
lars ; and it is uncertain yet whether in
surance had been effected to an amount
exceeding two thousand. The loss not
only falls heavily and severely upon the
enterprising owners of the properly, but
also upon the whole community, as the
accommodation was one of absolute ne
cessity to our prosperity the present sea
son. It is not known how the fire origi
nated. It was first discovered near the
extreme of the north wing. Other prop
erty in the neighborhood was saved by
almost superhuman exertions.
Owing to the demand by our friends
who feel interested, for the number of the
Minnesotian containing an account of our
visit to Rolling Slone and Wabasha Prai
rie, we have been compelled to republish
the article, as the edition was exhausted.
It will be found on our first page. The
number of settlers at Rolling Stone now
numbers over one hundred and fifty, ex
clusive of ten or twelve who are absent
to bring oil their families. A communi
cation Irom Wabasha, which we publish,
will also be read with interest.
The Winnebago payment came off a
few days since. The editor of the Demo
crat, who was present, says the Indi
ans repudiated their debts to the traders
—refused to fork over a single dime.—
In this they but imitate the example of
the late “ Democratic” Legislature of
Ohio, which adjourned without making
provision for the payment of the July in
terest upon the State debt. But we nev
er thought the Winnebagos, bad as they
are, would “ follow in the footsteps” of
such a set of graceless scamps as those
old associates of the editor of the Demo
crat. The Indians ought to be ashamed
of themselves.
The old saw runs, that “ there is noth
ing like hanging to the wiillows till the
tree breaks by the roots.” So appears to
have thought the respective friends of
the three prominent candidates at the
Whig Convention. Scott, Fillmore and
Webster held their own up to the fiftieth
ballot, the two former “ neck and neck.”
This is the last balloting we have seen at
the time of writing. Soon after, Missou
ri gave W'ay ; and leaving Fillmore, w’ent
o\ er to Scott. Other Southern States
must have followed immediately, as he
was nominated on the 53d ballot.
As comfortable homes are reared and
social refinement advances in all new
American communities, a taste for culti
vating the fine arts always begins to de
velop itself. Yet we often sec fashion
able parlors decorated, with what are at
tempts at pictures—miserable daubs, that
would disgrace the interior of a Sioux te
pee. It always vexes us to see a mean
painting. A good, or even a tolerable
engraving is a thousand times more pref
erable and in better taste. Go then to
Combs and buy for a trifle some of those
splendid colored French lithographs,
which are elegant and artistic in their de
sign and execution, beautiful in appear
ance, and heavenly in expression.—
Combs has also everything else in his
line that man—or woman either—can
think of.
We learn that his Excellency, Gov.
Ramsey, has appointed John Somerville,
late of St. Paul, a Justice of the Peace
for Dakota County—a good appointment.
The West Newton has a new comman
der, Capt. Chas. S Morrison, formerly of
the Anthony Wayne; at onetime connect
ed with the Keokuk packets, and well and
favorably known all along the river be
low Galena. Mr. Gleim, a new man
also, takes the post of clerk. The West
Newton has proved to the world that two
trips per week can be made between St.
Paul and Galena, leaving the boat sufficient
time to do all her business in port and
at inlermediate points. No greater ac
commodation to our people could be con
trived, than thus affording them opportu
nities to make business trips to Galena
and back in three days.
The Galena Jeffersonian, after seeing
the 45th ballot of the Whig Convention,
came out on Monday morning in extacies
at the prospect that “old Fuss and Feath
ers!”—taking up the contemptuous cant
which the people will rebuke anon—u'as
“ doomed to slaughter.” That’s what the
last Locofoco administration, aided by
Santa Anna and all Mexico, tried to do,
but they could’nt come it. It would be
strange indeed if his own friends and
countrymen were to act so basely. Why,
thou most miserably false prophet! Cease
thy vocation, or learn belter the “ signs
ol the times.” A lady at Elizabethtown,
New Jersey, nearly five years ago, saw
farther into futurity than you, when, up
on hearing that Gen. Scott was ordered
to Mexico, she wrote in delicate pencil
mark upon her window casement: “Win
field Scott, the Whig candidate for Presi
dent in 18C2.” But “the wish w-as fath
er to the thought ” with the Jeffersonian.
The Temperance people of Minnesota
celebrate the approaching anniversary of
American Independence in grand style
here at St. Paul. We see there is also
to be a celebration separate from this. A
large meeting assembled last night to fix
the preliminaries. A committee of ar
rangements were appointed, &c.
We learn there was a liquor seizure
at St. Anthony this week, which will test
the validity of the licenses granted by
the County Commissioners at their April
sitting.
Another fire occurred on Thursday
evening, by which an old and vacated ice
house, adjacent to the ruins of the new
hotel, was consumed. It caught from
fire in the shavings and saw-dust, which
had remained burning since Wednesday.
No great damage done, though greater
care should have been taken by those in
terested. The building belonged to J.
R. Irvine. \\ hen will our people organ
ize a fire department properly and effi
ciently, and procure suitable apparatus?
The people must go to w-ork themselves,
and not leave the matter to rotten and
broken down political demagogues, who
endeavor to make this and other public
enterprises and reforms a stepping stone to
office. Do our citizens know- what we
mean and who we mean ? We should
think the}- ought to by this time. We
have but one meaning, and our meaning
is but one —singly.
LeDuc & Rohrer have Mansfield’s
life of Gen. Scott, which, as it is the
most accurate and faithful history of the
old veteran’s eventful career ever pub
lished—the General himself so regards it
—should meet with a ready sale. They
have also an elegant lithograph of the
same distinguished personage, by the En
dicotts, of large size, which every Scott
man in Minnesota should have a copy' of
to decorate his parlor or office. They
are bound to sell.
The nomination of Gen. Scott was re
ceived with tremenduous enthusiasm, at
Galena. A hundred guns were fired, and
the Whig people manifested their joy in
the most unrestrained manner—yelled
and shouted themselves hoarse.
The popular steamer St. Paul, which
now runs through to St. Louis under the
command of Capt. D. S. Harris, had the
misfortune to break a shaft on her way
up, at the foot of Lake Pepin on last
Monday night. She started out of St.
Louis with a tremendous trip, having
over three hundred passengers and three
hundred tons of freight. M. S. Wilkin
son, Lsq., Register of Deeds of Rainsey
county, came home by the St. Paul, from
a three weeks’ jaunt to the Hoosier state.
It will be seen that Messrs. Borup &
Oakes have formed a co-partnership for
the transaction of a general banking and
exchange business, an accommodation
greatly needed in St. Paul.
A new Grocery and Provision store is
opened on Third street, at Tracey’s old
stand. L. B. Wait & Co., keep it.—
Those who have been waiting for new
goods can now be accommodated.
Fifth street, from Jackson to Roberts,
is now passable for all kinds of vehicles.
A culvert has been placed over the ravine,
and a good road made to cross upon—the
work of citizens interested in the imme
diate neighborhood. Our street will now
become a general thoroughfare.
Gen. Scott whipped Santa Anna when
he had but one leg. Gen. Houston whip
ped him when he had two legs.— Cin.
Enq.
Exactly so. Gen. Scott whipped San
ta Anna when it was only half as easy for
the rascal to run away as it was when
Houston whipped him.— Lou. Jour.
We have received from Galena a state
ment of the facts connected with the ship
ment of Mr. Getchler’s liquors* now in the
hands of the Sheriff of Ramsey County,
which we publish by request. The liquors
were shipped from Chicago to Galena, and
consigned to one of the principal merchants
of the latter city. The owner visited Saint
Paul and returned to Galena previous to
shipping them to this place. Upon his re
turn, he informed the Galena merchant
that he had determined to send them up,
and run the risk of the law. The mer
chant strongly protested, and warned him
of the danger, stating that his informa
tion from here led him to believe, most
positively, that they w'ould be seized and
confiscated. Besides, the Galena mer
chant did not wish to be a party to an act
of infringement upon our laws. Getch
ler still persisted and ordered the mer
chant to ship. He went to Capt Smith
of the Nominee, who refused, uncondi
tionally, to let the liquors go aboard of
his boat. The Captain was then taken
sick, and the boat placed in charge of Mr.
Brooks, the clerk, for the trip. Getchler
then made another effort to get them on
board, and succeeded by signing a bill of
lading, relieving the boat from all respon
sibilily. When part of them had gone
aboard, Capt. Smith came down and
strongly tried to prevent the shipment.
But he had given the boat in charge to
Mr. Brooks, who had made the contract,
and it was not in the Captain’s pow-er to
break it. These are represented to us,
upon the most reliable authority, as the
facts of the case, all of which the same
authority says can be proved in court.
The House resolution to change the
name of the St. Peter’s river to Minneso
ta river, has passed the Senate, and re
ceived the signature of the President.—
Therefore, it is now- unlawful to speak of
the “ St. Peter’s.”
Ice cream and other nice delicacies in
the way of confectionery, can now be
had at “ The Cave.”
We arc under obligations to all the
steamboat clerks for papers.
steamboat clerks lor papers.
Fur the Minnesotian.
Wabasha Prairie—Errors Corrected.
w abasha Prairie, June 21, ’52.
Mr. Owens:—l take the liberty to of
fer a few lines for insertion in your paper,
, to correct an impression that has gone
abroad in relation to Wabasha Prairie,
, with reference to its being submerged in
times of high water, by the Mississippi
river; also as to its connection with the
■ Rolling Stone Association. While trav
• ding upon the boats, I have been fre
. quently asked by strangers from New
, York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, &c., if
this prairie is not covered with water in
1 times of high freshets, and if it is not the
place where the Rolling Stone Associa
i t ion is located ? Enquiries are also made,
. which show an impression to exist in the
minds of some, that the place is unhealthy,
I will endeavor to correct these errone
; ous impressions.
In the first place, at the highest stage
> of water this season, it did not reach the
. nearest shanty to the landing (which is
in quite a low spot) within six rods.—
One of our settlers, Mr. Gear, was en
; gaged in digging a well at that time, and
, did not find water until he had reached
the filteenth foot from the surface ; and
Mr. Gear s place is not the highest part
of the prairie. The point at which wa
ter was found was doubtless on a level
with the river at that time. Ido not ap
i prehend any danger or inconvenience from
the waters of the river, in the least de
gree.
As to this place being connected with
the Rolling Stone Association, it has no
further connection than that it is their
landing place for the present, although
they contemplate having a landing nearer
and more convenient, to their settlement—
VY abasha Prairie being some seven or
eight miles below them. Within a few
days, there has been 160 acres surveyed
into town lots upon the prairie, adjacent
to the best landing place, and upon the
claim ol Mr. Johnson. The place is call
ed Montezuma; and as soon as the treaty
is ratified fhust progress rapidly. Many
people here are waiting very anxiously for
this important event to transpire. Wa
basha Prairie is from one and a half to
three miles in width, and eight or nine
miles in length,* with a lake of clear wa
ter in the rear, separating it from the !
i bluffs. The soil is a dark sandy loam, j
mixed with gravel ; and to judge by the !
present growing crops, planted since April
last, is very productive. The country
back of the bluffs is beautiful—slightly
undulating, prairies and openings, with
numerous springs of clear water, fiormin"
beautiful trout brooks. It is well calcu"
luted for agricultural and grazing purpos
es. The soil being sandy loam, it is warm
and congenial to the climate, and pushes
forward vegetation with a rapidity that I
have never seen equalled in any country.
A Settler.
•Tl.e statement which we gave of the .Ilmenslons of
tnlH prairie, which is toil ay republished, we procured
J™" 1 . a , l etler wr,t ? n from that place at the time of the '
\\ inoebago fuss” in 1849.—Eds.
The Territorial Temperance Society,
Will meet in connection with the grand ‘
celebration to be held at St. Paul, on ,
Monday, July sth. That Society will ,
occupy the alternoon ; and it is expected i
that Mr. Waterman, of Illinois, will de- ,
liver an address, and that written reports
will be presented from the local Societies \
of the Territory. Come together, friends )
of Temperance, of every name, from {
every part, and let us give another bold |
and true expression of our earnestness in i
seeking the complete “ Independence ” of
Minnesota from the dreadful tyranny of „
Alcohol. J j a
Per order of Ex. Em. "
C. G. Ames, j,
Cor. and Rec. Sec’y. i
St. Anthony, June 18, 1852. r
Reception Tendered to Meagher, and Declined.
The Common Council of the city of
New York having tendered to T. F.
Meagher the honor of a public reception,
he returned the following admirable and
eloquent reply to the committee:
mr. meagher’s reply.
Gentlemen t — Had the effort in which
I lost my freedom been successful, the
honors now tendered would not surprise
me. But, it was otherwise. Far from
realizing, it obscured the hopes which ac
companied and inspired it—ending sud
denly in discouragement and defeat.—
This, the wide world knows. This,
yourselves, must inwardly admit, though
the gcodness of your nature will seal
your lips to the admission, being fearful
of the disparagement it would imply,
The gratitude of the people is most
bounteous. It is quick to appreciate, to
encourage, to reward. Never slow or
stinted in the measure it pours out, its
fault is too precipitate and profuse. Es
timating merit, not by the severe standard
of success, it takes motives into consid
eration, regardless of the fortune which
attends them, and, for whatever sacrifices
they have entailed, awards a great equiva
lent.
In this, the gratitude of the people dif
r fers from the gratitude of kings.
1 With the latter, success is an essential
f condition of excellence. Pensions, knight
. ly decorations, orders of nobility, these
, are given by kings in exchange for the
trophies which decorate their halls, or the
acquisitions which widen the surface of
• their dominion.
) Not so with a people, as I have said.
They do not barter and economise their
} gilts. Whatever the result be, the mo
tive upright, be the deed honorable, and
’ their favors are forthcoming. Moreover,
J it sometimes happens that where disaster
t bus most grievously befallen, there their
sympathies are most envoked, and their
treasures most plenteously bestowed.—
: This it is which explains ihe proceedings,
- in my regard, of the noble city you rep
. resent.
I have sought to serve my county, and
been anxious to contribute to her free-
L dom. This I shall not assume the modes
ty to deny. Long before I mingled in
j Ihe strife of politics, it was my ambition
to be identified with the destiny of my
; country —to share her glory, if glory
were decreed her—to share her sufferings
and humiliation, if such should be her por
; tion.
For the little I have done and suffered,
I have had my reward in the penally as
signed me. To be the last and humblest
name in the history which contains the
names ol Emmet and Fitzgerald—names
- which waken notes of heroism to the
, ! coldest heart, and stir to lofty purposes
• I the most sluggish mind—is an honor
, j which compensates me fully for the pri
i rations I have endured. Any recompense,
i of a more joyous nature, it would ill be
a come me to receive.
W hil>t my country remains in sorrow
- and subjection, it would be indelicate of
■’ lnt; 1° participate in the festivities you
f propose. When she lifts her head, 'and
i nerves her arm for a bolder struggle—
e when she goes forth, like Miriam! with
- song and timbrel to celebrate her victory
, -—I, too, shall lift up my head, and join
e in the hymn of freedom. Till then the
, | retirement I seek will best accord with
- the. love I bear her. and the sadness
| which her present fate inspires.
e j Nor do I forget the companions of my
e exile. My heart is with them at this
s j hour, and shares the solitude in which
- ! they dwell. Jhe freedom that has been
- restored lo me has been embittered by
d ; the recollection of their captivity. While
i they are in prison, a shadow rests upon
d my spirit, and the thoughts, that might
t otherwise be free, llirob heavily within
■ j me. It is painful lor me to speak. 1
1 should feel happy in being permitted tc
- be silent.
n For these reasons, you will not feel
- displeased with ine for declining the hon
ors you solicit me to accept. Did I es
h teem them less, I should not consider
o myself so unworthy, nor decline so con
r clusively to enjoy them. The privileges
i ! of so eminent a city should be sacred to
r those who personify a great and living
- cause—a past full of fame, and a future
r ; full of hope—and whose names arc promi
v { nent and imperishable.
J It pains ine deeply to make this reply,
t being sensible of the enthusiasm which
e glows around me, and the eagerness with
- which a public opportunity of meeting
f me has been awaited. I know it will dis
f appoint a generous anxiety, but the pro
r priety of the determination I have come
- to is proved by the inefficiency even of
> this consideration to overcome me. I
' k n .°w, too, that as it grieves me, it will
- ' grieve others, and that, perhaps, the mo
; I tives that have led it may be misunder
, j stood, misconstrued, and censured. But
am confident that, after a little while
I the public judgment will sanction the act
which a due regard to what I owe my
country, my companions, and myself, sc
i riously dictates.
Yet, so far as your invitation rccogni
zes the fidelity with which I adhered, and
still adhere, to a good and glorious cause,
he sure that it has not been exaggerated
or misplaced. Ihe feelings and convic
tions which influenced my career in Ire
land have undergone no change Still as
ever 1 perceive within my country the
lacu ties that fit her for a useful and hon
orable position, and believing that they
require only to be set in motion to prove
successful, I still would prompt her to
put them forth.
Besides, there is within me a pride
lhat cannot be subdued—there is within
mean ambition that cannot be appeased.
1 desire to have a country which shali
work out a fortune of her own, and de
pend no longer lor subsistence on the
charity of other nations. I desire to
have a country which I can point to with
exultation— whose prosperity shall be my
hie whose glory shall be my guerdon!
cunv*. 6 b° !‘ a fi Ve a C ° Untr >’ wl »*ch shall oc
mdyhv h enif ? ce , nt Portion in the world,
and by her industry, intellect, integrity
nfiv r haU COn,ribute ’ >n comm/ -
Inn • ' 3 f ree nat ' ons > 1° the common !
happiness and grandeur of humanity.— <
Hopes may have darkened, but the desti- >
ny to which I would see my country lift- '
ed, is before me still—a height like that of
Tabor, crowned with an eternal sun.
It is a bold ambition, but in this fine
country I could have none other.
The moment we set our feet upon her
shore we behold the offspring of Freedom
—the energy, the thrift, the opulence to
which she has given birth, and, at a glance,
we comprehend her fruitfulness, utility,
and splendor. We behold the wonder*
she has wrought —the deformed trans
formed —the crippled Colony springing
into the robust proportions of an Empire
which Alexander might well have sighed
to conquer —the adventurous spirit of her
sons compensating by its rapidity, in lit
tle more than half a century, for thou
sands of years in which the land lay still
in the shadow of the ancient forests—we
behold all this, and the worship of our
youth becomes more impassioned and
profound.
To this land I came, as an outcast, to
seek an honorable home —as an outlaw, to
claim the protection of a flag that is in
voilablc. By one of the wisest and mild
est of the ancient legislators it was de
creed, that all those who were driven for
ever from their own country, should be
admitted into the citizenship of Athens.
On the same ground, in virtue of the
sentence of perpetual banishment which
excludes me from my native land, I sought
a quiet sanctuary ill the home of Wash
ington. To no oilier land could the
heart, which has felt the rude hand of
tyranny, so confidently turn for a serene
repose.
Long may she prosper—continuing
faithful to the inheritance left her by the
lathers of the republic. Long may she
prosper—gathering into the bosom of her
great family the children of all nations—
adding to her territory, not by the sword
of the soldier or the subtlety of her
statesmen, but by the diffusion of her
principles and the consonance of her sim
ple laws and institutions, with the good
sense and purer aspirations of mankind.
Long may she prosper —each year adding
to her stock of strength, and dignity, and
wisdom, and high above her countless
fleets and cities, even to the last genera
tion, may the monument of her liberty be
descried! In the darkest storms which
shake the thrones and dynasties of the
old world, may it stand unscathed! In
the darkest night which falls upon the
arms of a struggling people, may it shine
forth like the cross in the wilderness, and
be to them an emblem of home and a sig
nal of salvation !
Mr. Meagher was then introduced to
the Committee individually, when rather
ail animated conversation ensued.
Burning of Ihe Steamer Forest City ! r
Cleveland, June 14—8 P. M.
The Forest City left here at 6 P. M..
with the Dunkirk passengers. When she
was about 10 miles out she was discover
ed to be on fire.
They now seem to have got the fire
under. One man was seen to jump over
board from the shore, hut was picked up
by a sail boat. The boat is entirely dis
abled.
The Alabama has gone to her relief.
Frightful Suicide.— Miss Laura
Lull, a respectable American girl of
West Brookfield, Mass., committed sui
cide a few days since under the following
painful circumstances : Ha\ ing been the
victim of a cruel and heartless desertion,
and laboring under a sensitiveness of
disappointment and wrong inflicted upon
her. she visited Worcester on the morn
ing ol the tatal day, but onlv to find her
last hope crushed. Returning to the
East Brookfield station, she left the cars,
and inquiring at what time the next train
would pass through toward Springfield,
(which would be in a short time,) she
started on foot towards Brookfield, and
disappeared behind an adjacent curve.—
A ery soon the train came up, and when
the whistle was sounded, she snatched
her purse, and taking a ring from her
finger and giving them to a little girl who
was walking by her side, telling her to
hasten up a bank out of the way of the
cars ; this done, she laid herself down
upon the track, and almost in an instant
was a mangled and shapeless corse.—A r .
Y. Times.
Some time ago, a half barrel of whisky
was sold by a house in this city, to a
country customer, which, on being open
ed after it was taken home, was found to
contain the body of a newly born infant
immersed in the spirit, and in a state
ol incipient decomposition ! The person
who bought the whisky attempted to use
in tact, did use a small portion—but
the taste, at the first, was somewhat pe
culiar; and on being exposed to the air,
it became so nauseating and offensive both
to taste and smell, as to excite suspicion.
Suspicion led to examination, and exami
nation disclosed the fact as stated above.
The purchaser at once returned it to the
city, and who had sold it just as they re
ceived it from Cincinnati—the cask nev
er having been opened from the time it
left the distillery until it was taken home
by the customer from the country. We
hope the affair will be traced to its source
at Cincinnati, and the perpetrators of so
hellish an outrage handed over to the con
dign penalties of the law.— Ea
gle.
Rothschild the Head of Israel.—
I he Pans correspondent of the Eva ige
list writes as follows :
Strange news reaches us from Con
s antinople. I should not mention these
rumors, if something had not been an
nounaed three years ago. I quote the re
ports without guarantying their truth.—
‘ Syria has been ceded to M. Rothschild
for 500 millions of francs. It is not yet
known whether he assumes the title of
King or Pacha; it is certain that he pro
poses to rebuild Jerusalem and the Tem
ple of Solomon; there are to be chapels
for all religions, a line of steamers from
Bcyrout to Marseilles, and a railway from
Alexandria to Constantinople. The new
states of Mr. Rothschild abound in iron
ore and forests of valuable timber. It is
said that M. Rothschild will appeal to hi*
co-religionists to return to the land of
their fathers, to possess the tents of Ab
raham and Jacob.”