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POLITICAL,
CANDIDATES FOR THE PPRESIDENCY, =
There are now three candidates for the
Presidency, distinetly nominated [or the
suppert of the American people. The
incumbent, Jadrew Juckson, is the oflice
bolder’s and office seeker’s candidate,
and may reasonably expect the support
of that (lass of the community with their
numerous friends, He has not one sin
yle qualification for the oft ce. From
the hour ef his inanguration to the pres
ent peried, he has deposited in other
). ands the important duties of Lis office,
reserving occasionally to himscl the
gratification of a temper and disposition
not the most amicable, The burthens
of government he has placed on other
shoulders, and contrived to fix his con
stitutional respousibilities on Lis secreta
ries and other officers. e was elected
Lecause he was the “lero of New-Or
leans,” and if re-clected, it will be be
cause the people are regardless of the
honor and prosperity of the nation, and
blindly devoted to prejudiced opinions,
John C. Calhoung at present Viee
President of the United States; is the
candidate of a small convention recently
held in the city of New-% ark. His own
State has not yet nominated him, altho’
it is quite possible he may command the
electoral vote of South Carolina, Time
has been when this distingnished civilian
was very popular throughout the coun
try, but that tine has long since passed
by. We fear that for his future reputa
tion he is too closely allicd to the nullifi
ers of South Carolina, The people of
this country will surely never eleet any
man their President, who contends that
one State can legally nullily the Tuws of
Congress. Mr. Calhioun isa gentleman
of eminent talents und unrivalled acquire
ments. Nearly his whole Life has been
gpent in the service of his country: not
like Gen, Jackson’s in the field] but hike
that of John Q. Adams, 1 the eabinet
and councils of the nation. Pat the peo
ple will not elcet him, becanse his views
on the great question of national poliey
are opposed to their views, Formerly
he was the advocate of ternal improve
ments, We have not forgotten the pro
position he made when a mawmber of
Congress, in 1816—17, to set apart and
pledge as a fund for iuternal improve
ment, the bonus and United States sharo
of the dividends ol the National Bank.
At that tise he was the advocate of the
protecting system: the friend of the Na
vy, of the Judiciary, of the Union: and
fortunate would it now be for him, it his
views on some of those important sub
jeets had not been changed. Ile s not
now as he was then, and as the people
would desire to have him. |
The third candidate is the slandered
and abused vepublican statesman of the
West, IITENRY CLAY, aname
known to patritisin and dear to every
lover of his country; a man whose life is
closely interwoven with the political his
tory of the last twenty-five years, He
is the people’s candidate. Mercenary
office holders have not nominated mor
will they support him, He is not nomi
nated by a single convention in a single
city, but by the National Republican
party through the countryv. 1" public
services, 1l patriotism, integrity and tal
emts, il a judicions devotion to the -
portant interests of his country, if a sim
tlarity in views and sentiments with the
citizens ol a large majority of'the States,
should eutitle a man to the Presidency,
then ought Mr. Clay to be elected.
We have great confidence in the sue
cess of Mr. Clay bLetore the people at
the next election and that confidence is
daily incrcasing., Man. Journal,
From the Lexington Reporter, Aug. 8
THE KENTUCKY ELVCTION,
We have gained a signal victory,
against the most extraordinary and cx
ceptionable exertions ever made by the
Federal Administration in a single State,
Tor weeks prior to the election, the pub-
lic mail from Washington had heen baor-
hened with the Globe and other papers
ind documents, designed to intluence the
esult, Papers friendly to our canse
vere totally excluded, or eamie with ir
regularity. Missionaries from that city,
ibandoning their public duties; were
slanted in different parts of the State,—
I'he tederal oflicers nthe State were
wctively and constantly engaged. In
he office of the United States’ Attorney
it Frankfort more handbills were pre
yared and sent forth than Mr. Attorney
vill have bricefs for a year tocome. An
ngineer came to the monntains ot Floyd
rom Philadelphia, ii the short space of
even days, to make reconnoissances at
he instance of the Federal lxecutive,
o amuse and deceive the people with
maginary projects of internal improve
nents! Rumor specifies the sums which
yarticular Jackson candidates have re
cetved from abroad to disburse the can
yass|,
Notwithstanding the whole artillery of
the General Governmenat has been thus
directed against a single State, the Peo
ple have trivmphed in this unequal ¢dn
test. All the returns have not been re
ceived, but enough is known to enable
us to state that we have elected a deo
cisive majority of the members of the
House of Representatives of this State,
and that we shall have, in joint ballot, a
majority of 12 to 15, This majority is
\mpchgc(l, or rather g pledged to the
good cause of the People, of the conutry,
of publie liberty, and public morals, T
incontestibly secures the election of U,
8. Senator. Of this event our distant
friends may rest assured. Mr. Mar3all
(O) is elected in the place of Mr. Cole
man (J); Judge Tompkins in place of
Mr. Yancey; Mr. Allan as the succes-
sor of Judge Clarke; and wr. Letcher
and Chilton are both re-elected, On
the other hand, Messrs, Adair, Wick
liffe, Johinson, Daniel and Lecompte, are b
clected; making five National Republi
can moemboers :uvl fi\'(! Jau:lis.»uimn.—
Two disteicts (Guither’s and Lyon’s) re- |
imain to be heard trom, Should both be
ro-elected, there will be tive National-
Republicans in the next Congress and
seven Jacksonians, Atthe election two
years ago, there were ten Jacksonians |
and two of the opposition, Atthe recent
election the Jackson majorities every |
where are greatly reduced, and our ma=-
jorities and minorities greatly inereased,
But the fact 15 now asceitained be
yond the possibility oft a doubt, that a
lurg(- maujority of the people of the State
are against Juckson, 1t is proved, llst,
by the elections to the State Legislature, |
which is a more satisfactory test than the
election to the House of Representatives
ol the United States, The members to
the former are elected (rom the several
connties of the state of the latter, from
districts which may be so arranged, and
are in fact so arranged, as to refleet er
roncously the public sentiment of the
whole state, 2d, Itis proved by the ma
jorities given in the congressional dis
tricts. ‘T'he majority given to the Na
tional Pepublican candidate in this dis
trict, (say 1300) alone will neutralize the
total majorities given to the Jackson
candidates in four or five districts in
whichthey have been elected, The Na
tional Republican vote in another dis
tiiet (Mr. Leteher’s) is nearly double
the amount of all the majorities in all the
districts which have returned Jackson
members, including that of Col. Johnson,
where although there was no contest, it
is casy to ascertain the Jackson majority
from the clections to the State Legisla
ture. When all the returns are receiv
ed by us we will demonstrate these state-
ments
L Our distant friends may pessibly ap-
Ipn-h(‘:n!, that il there be a majorty of
the delegation fiom this state to Con
gress in favor of Jackson, in the event of
the Presidential eleetron devolving on
the House of Representatives, that ma-
Jority may vote against Mr, Clay.-
INOT SO, We believe, from what we
have heard, that the Jackson members
are pledged, in the contingencey suppos
ed, to vote according to the wishes of
the state, announced through the Elec
toral College. |
i Texvesser Ereerions.—-Mr, Benn
rand Mr. Bram are re-elected to Con
‘gress, Mr. Arxoun, who, it will be re-
T«:ullcctcd, contested the scat of Mr. Lea
‘after the last clection, has been cleeted;
‘the votes being, for Arnold 832—L.ca
615, On the subject of this last election
says the National Journal, we have re
ceived the following letter:—
A SMALL SIGN, BUT A SPLEN
DID ViICTORY!
~ Onr elections are over; and alter a
contest, for ferceness and bitterness un
parallcled in the annals of even this dis
trict, Thomas 1. Arnold has obtained
a signal victory over Prvor Lea, backed
as he was, by the power of a press the
most foul and reckless in the land,—still
finther backed by the power of General
Jackson and Huogh L. White, The bat
tle between the Russians and the Poles
certanly did not surpass this struggle in
ardor and desperation, The Poles fight
tor liberty: while the fiiends of Arnold
have been contending almost for fredoom
of conscience and ol speech, againt a
faction its central head at Knoxville)
—the most intolerant, unrelenting and
despotie, that ever disgraced any era of
a lree people. Arnold s more obnox
ious to the Jackson proseriptionists of ths
country, than any other man, excepting
Col. John Williams,
We failed here, by small majorities, in
the elections of our candidates for the
State Legislature, Col. Joseph A, Ma
hry was the eandidate for the House of
Representativesand Joseph L. Williams,
the son of Judge White’s youngest sis
tery, was the candidate tor the Senate,—
Ao this electiong even as in Mr, Arnold’s,
the Judge, althongh lately offered the
clevated station of Seeretary of War,
attended personally and vigilantly on the
cleetion ground, distributing tickets and
even cross=examining voters, and baw
hng at the ballot box. T see the Judge
thus engaged with ardor and bitterness
against Joseph L. Walliams, wis remark
ed as a curtous and unnatural spectacle,
This unaccountable hostility of the un
cle to the nephew, is to be very deeply
lamented, as it hias exclnded for the [res
ent, from public employvment, a young
man of unimpeachable character and of
splendid and unrivalled talents, whose
geniug, thongh thus oppressed; niust rise
trimenphiantly over the malignant opposi
tion of party, and assert that station in
society to which it so eminently entitles
Its possessor, 5 /
The late disgraceful developements at
Washington have made a very serous
impression upon the virtuous portwon of
our community,
A SIGN.
- Tennessee Elections. We have not
vet seen the official returus of the elee
tion in the second Congressional Distiict
of Teuncssee; but it is ceitain that
Tuomas 1. Arxorn has been chosen to
represcut that district in the 22nd Con
gress, by a handsome majority over his
opponent Pryonr Lia, the late represen
tative, Mr. Arnold s majority is under
stoud to exceed that which Mr. Lea pro
fessed to have received over him, at the
election for the 21t Congress, |
I The success of Mr. Arnold is one of
MHERALD O TEHE TIMES,
the most signal triumphs which the repub-|
lican cause has yet achieved in its con
test with Jacksonism, The circumstan-|
ces attending the election were such us
to leave no room for cavil as to the|
grounds on which Mr. A was chosen.—
His competitor is the friend of the press
ent administration. Mr. Arnold is the
friend of My, Clay. Mr. Lea denonne
ed the American System and the Bank
of the United States, and stated that the
adim‘ni=tration was “staked” upon the lu
dian Bl Mre. Arnold avowed his de
votion to the Tarifl and Tuternal Tmprove
ments, characterised the Indian Bill as
a “wicked measure;” pledged hunsclf)
il elected, to go for its repeal, and de
clared that he knew of'no one measure of
General Jackson’s admimistration which
he approved! The press in the Distiict
was all against him: the local banks were
against him——six out of reven Sheriils
were against him, It is steted, moreov
er, that Mr. Seunator White was ardent
in his elorts to defeat Mr. Arnold; that
he attended at the polls on both the days
ol eleetiony serutinized the votes, aund
wis even involved by his unbecoming
'zfi into l.\vrsnnul altereations,
- Under all these discouraging circun
stances, in one of the strong holds of
Jacksonism, and in defiance of executive
patronage, Mr. Arnold has been elected,
Our readers recollect his contest with
Mr. Lea before Congress, in the winter
of 1820—50, and the ability and moral
courage which he manifested on that oc
casion. His constituents will; we doubt
not, find abundant cause in liis Congres
sional career to congratulate themsclves
on having elected hung and we trust that
his success will encourage the opponents
of the present wretehed administration,
to organize their strength against it, ev
en in quarters where that strength may
be apparently inconsiderable. Where
did Gen. Jackson scem safer than in
Tennessee? and yet even there he has
been made to learn that “truth is migh
ty, and will prevail,” With proper ef
forts on the part of the National Repub
licans, he will be tanght this lesson in
every part of the Union.—Nut. Jour,
The National Gazette gives the fol
lowing summary of “assertions that may
be ceredited,”
“That General Eaton did challenge
Mr. Berrien to mortal combat—-that
General Jackson used the phrase red ik,
as related by Mr. Ingham—that some
adjustment has been or s likely to be
made at Paris, of the claims of the Amer
ican merchants on the French Govern
ment —that Mr. Randolph has asked for
a second leave of absence—that the con
current memories of Messrs. Berrien,
Ingham and Branch will be truced by
the American people, rather than the
single one of Col. Johnson—that Gener
al Juckson cannot be re-clected Presi
dent, but will be induced to dechne a
contest—that a similar candidate will not
be again preferved by the country.”
The Telegraph says, ‘Mr. Clay’s pros
peets of election are at an end.” Not
gnite =o fast, It is not denied that the
friends of My, Clay exhibit a great ma
jJority ol the State of Kentuckhy, in the
late elections, How then are “Mr,
Clay’s prospects of election at an end?”
Whose prospects does the Telegraph be-’
lieve to be brightening? Surely not
those of Mr. Calhoun, Looking at the
manner in which the results off some of
the elections are given inthe Telegraph,
we cannot but suspect its editor of a se
cretinelination to back into the ranks of
General Jackson again, and to hecome a
subordinate under Lewis, Kendall, Blair,
&e,—~Thid. ]
From the New-York Journal of Commeree.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
- Dlinois,—The Vandalia Messenger of
the Sth inst, says that Gen. Joseph Dun
can, the late Jackson member, has heen
re-clected, This State =ends but one
member,
ludiina.~—<The Vincennes Gazette
containsg returns from 15 counties in the
districts lately represented by Mr. Boon,
a Jacksonian, which give John Law,
Lsq. the Clay candidate, 833 majority.
Mr. Law is the son of the Hon Lyman
Law of New-London, Conn. and was
graduated at Yale College, in 18141,
~ln the distriet from which My, Jen
nings was lately a member, the vote stand
15 counties, for Wick (Clay) 1082; for
Carr (Jackson) 3525.
Virginia.—Tn the district lately repre
sented by Wm. Armstrong, a decided
friend of My, Clay, there has been a
warin opposition to his re-clection on that
ground. Three counties give him a
majority of 109 over his Jackson oppo
nent, which leaves no doubt of his event
ual success,
The election of Mr. Newton from the
Norfolk dirtrict is now beyond a ques
tion. lis present mujority over Loyall,
12 200,
The contest betwean My, Taliafero
(Clay ) and Mr. Chinn (Jackson) is very
uncertain,— Chinu’s present majority 1s
56, T'wo counties not heard from.
Inthe Rockingham district, Gen. Win,
MeCoy, [Jackson) the standing repre
sentative since 1811, is supposed to be
re-cleeted,
Kenlvely.-—<The accounts from this
state are far from being definite, The
Maysville Monitor, a Jackson paper,
says that Mr. Chilton has lost his elec.
tion by 15 votes. The Louisville Ad
vertiser of the same politics says he is
re-clected by 71 majority, The Lonis
ville Focus of the last date has the fol
lowing paragraph: “The Jacksonuen
now give up their doubts in relation to
Mr. Chilton’s election, admitting that he
is elected by @ majority of 71 votes,.”
“We have no doubt that [ Duvis C' | has
been beaten by Daniel for Congress,
In Alabama, Mr. Taylor, the late
highly respectuble member, hus proba
bly lost his election. Fouiteen coun
ties compose the distriet, in ten of which
the votes are for Muardis, 11505 Garth,
31855 Baylor, 2731,
Inviana, The ludianapolis Journal
and the Vincennes Sun, both of the 6th
inst, contain the returns of the clection
for Governor of thut State, As two of
the Candidates—Noble and Stapp, are’
National Republicans, by adding their
votes together it will be seen that the
strength of the Clay party in the Mtate
of ludiana 13 nearly double to that of
the Juckson party. The whole number
of votes for Noble is 11,032—f0r Read
11,1 26—and for Stapp 4,805, The bad
policy of thus dividing the anti-adminis
tration votes, and thereby contributing
to the success of the political enemy, is
sufliciently apparent; but it is equally
cvident that let who will be elected
Governor, the State is decidedly Cluay.
Heraly of the Times,
NEWPOR'T,
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25th, 1831,
Nuticnal R publican Zonvention Nomi
nation, fur Repre entatives in the
-~ Twenty-second Congress,
DUTEE L. PEARCE, of Nowport,
TRISTAM BURGESR, of Providence.
pe 7= An adjourncd mecting of the
National Republican freemen, was held
at the Court House on Saturday even-
ing last. The meeting was very re-
Ispcctubly attended, and after transacting
;lhc business for which it was called, ad
journed to Monday evening next, at hall’
past 7 o’clock, at the same place. It is
‘very desirable that the freemen should
lgi\'c a general and punctual attendance
‘on that evening, as business of inuch In
;pnl'lull(_'(‘, will be laid before them., Sev
ceral gentlemen we understand; are ex
jpcclcd to address the meeting.
Erecrion. The freemen of this State
will assemble in their respective towns
" . -
on Tuesdey next, for the purpose of
clecting Representatives to Congress,
and Representatives to the General As-!
Isch»ly. In this town, we would par
[ . .y ‘e
ticularly caution our political friends to
be at their post early.—An opposition it
is pretty generally understood, will be
made to some of onr Representatives
in the General Assembly. It is there
fore highly important that we should be
‘at the polls in season and not leave the
ground until the contest is fairly over and
won. We know of no opposition to our
Congressional Representatives, but
nevertheless, hope the freemen will give
them a large and respectable vote,
! The following letter from Gen. Greene
originally appeared in the Providence
Journal of Monday, the 11th inst.
I In the “Literary Subaltern,” of' Fri
day last, I find I am named as a candi
date for Representative in the next Con
gressy in the place of Mr. Pearce.
| The nomination is made without any
authority fromme; and I could not, con
sistently with what I deem my duty, ac
‘cept the appointment, under any circum
‘stances, at this time,
I I beg leave, therefore, to state explic-
Jitly, that any use of my name as a candi
date at the next election, will be unau
thorized by me, and against my wishes.
Lam, §e. +-ledc s,
: ALBERT C. GREENE.
Fast-Greenwich; August 15, 1831,
IFrom the Prov. Journal.
I It appears that a great number of re
spectable and influential eitizens of this
State made nse of the opportunity afiord
ed by the sitting of the Court of Common
Pleas, in Fast Greenwich, to meet each
other, and such as might be attending
‘that Court, on Thursday last, for the
purpoge ol conlerring on the ensuing
Congressional Election; and giving and
receiving suc h mutual information of oe
currences and movements in their re
:spccli\'c towns as might hayve an influ
ence on that Election, As it is well
known that very active though silent
‘measures have been in progress by the
Jackson party, to defeat, or at least to
weakong the expression of the public sen-
Aiment in favor of Messrs, Burges and
Pearce, and to scutter the seeds of dis
cord amongst their friends, 1t was cer
tainly important that the citizens of dif
[ferent towns should take an opportunity
to compare notes, and inform each other
of what was going on, m order that ef
ficient measures might be taken to pre
vent misrepresentation and mischicf,
- No formal or organized mecting was
‘contemplated; yet, us most ol those pres-
lent did unot belong to the National Re
publican Convention holden in June last,
and as it was believed that tickets were
prepared to be circulated in the different
towns with the names of ditierent candi
dutes to embarra=s the choice of the free -
men, it wias thought adviseable not to
separate without some distinet expres
sion of opinon respeeting the nominations
tiade by the Convention. In the alter-
ROON @& VEry NUmCrous meeting was ac
cordingly organized in Mr, D, Updike’s
Hall, by the choice of Judge Thomus
Whipple, of Coventry, for Chairman, &
General Levi Haile, of Warren, for
Seeretury, The meeting was briefly ad
dressed by Colonel Dixon, of Westerly,
Judge Tomtellot, of Glocester, and Mr.
Tillinghast, of Providence, A full and
free interchange of opinion took place, &
the following Resolutions reported by
Colonel Dixony, were unanimously pas
sed:
At ameeting of citizens from the sev
eral counties in the State, holden at 1.
Greenwichy, on the 18th day of August,
1831, Thomas Whipple, Lisq. was ap
pointed Chairman, and Levi Haile, Isq.
Seeretary,
I Resolved, "That this meeting highly
approve ol the consistent, energetic and
patriotic conduct of the Representatives
;ul' this State, Messrs, Burges, & Pearce,
i the Congress of the United States; &
‘that the ability and fidelity with which
these gentlemen have represented the
true interests of this State and of the Un
ion, entitle them to our continued confi
ence and support,
- Resolved, 'That we approve of the nom
ination of Messrs, Burges and Pearce
by the National Republican Convention,
holden at Newport in June last; as suita
‘ble persons to represent this State in the
22d Congress of” the United States, and
that we will use all fair and honorable
‘mieans to promote their re-clection,
THOMAS WIIPPLE,
Chatrman,
Levi Haine, Seerelary.
The Supreme Court of this State con
vened in this town on Tuesday morn-
ing last. At the opening of the Court,
Chief Justice liddy, delivered a very a-
ble charge to the Grand Jury, who
subsequently preferred two indictments
for slight oflences., The Court have
thus far been principally occupied in the
trial of causes on the civil Docket,
The Steam-boat Berjamin Franklin,
Capt. E. S. Bunker, made an excursion
to New-Bedford from Providence und
this place, on Monday last. The weath
er was so extremely unpicasant and the
sca was so rough, that nearly all the pas
sengers, (particularly female) were sea
sick. It was Capt. Bunker’s intention
to have made an excursion from Bedford
to Warcham, but owing to the lateness
of the hour at which the boat arnived, &
the inclement state of the weather, it was
deemed expedient to proceed no further,
Capt. Bunker, we understand, intends to
gratify the people of New-Bedford with
another visit of his splendid vessel on
Monday next, it the weather is pleasant.
The new and elegant Steamer Boston,
will make an excurston from Providence
to this place to-morrow, and return in the
evening.
| John Quincy Adams will deliver an
Eulogy in memory of the late James
Monroe, in Boston, this afternoon at 3
IO’CI()CI(.
' The annual Commencement of Brown
University takes place at Providence on
‘Wednesday next.
I Licursing. During the tempest yes
ftcrdny morning, the dwelling house oc
cupied by Mr. David Barker in Tanner
street, was struck by lightning It en
tered the chimney, split the floor joist,
'passed down the garret stairs, through
the chamber floor, and escaped at a
window necar the sink. The damage
done to the house was very trifling.—
Mrs. Barker was severely stunned by
‘the shock. The rest of the family, five
‘or six in number, sustained no injury.
I The rope-walk of Mr. Abraham
‘Tilley, we understand, was also struck.
" Treary wirn Fraxce.—The import
ant news received at New-York, a few
days since, of the conclusion of a treaty
with France, scemed at first doubted by
many of the partics intorested. We
learn, however, from a source entitled to
full eredit, that a treaty has bheen con
'¢luded with the French government by
M. Rives, providing for the payment, to
our injured fellow-citzens of about five
imillimm of dollars.-~U. 8. Gazelle.
I The New York Courier has the fol
lowing paragraph.
“Ivpraxa.—No doubt of the Jackson
candidate for Governor having been
‘elected in this State.
“Now the fact ts that Mr. Noble, one
of the two Clay candidates, is so far
ahead of the Jackson candidate, as to
render his election almost sure, The
Courier could have had no information
to justify the above assertion,
N. E. BOUNDARY.
Much attention is now directed to the
North Eastern corner of our State,
which the King of the Netherlands has
scen fit to give to our neighbors, We
feel some interest for the fute of the set
tlers in that region in case the decision is
conlirmed, They are mostly comprised
in the town of Madawaska, are some
thing over two thousand in number, and
as they are scattered on both sides the
St. Johing a part ol them, in case of sepa
ration, wust become British subjects.—
What adds to the interest of the case, a
large proportion cl these settlers, per
haps nincteentwentieths,are the descend
auts ot the old French Acadians. Of
the more influcatial of the present sct
tlers, a part are suid to favor the Aweri
can side, and others are i the British
interest. T'he Catholic priest, who of
course has much inlluence with a ma
jority of the residents is said to favor the
British cluims,
It isimpossible to predict what will be
the final settlement of the boundary, 1f
the decision of the arbiter is set aside, a 9
it ought to be, for it s abswdly unjust,
the matter must be begun anew, and
where we shall find another umpire who
can tell? I the decision is conlirmed
by the general government, then all that
our state can do, will be, to enter a comn
plaint for damages and a demand for in
demmity, Whether we shall get indem
nity is doubtful, There will be many in
Congress and elsewhere, who may allow
our right to the jurisdiction of the terri
tory, but will deny our right to the soil
as State property.
~ Itis understood that two distinguished
citizens of our State are now on a visit to
the Madawaska country charged we pre
sume with commissions {rom the Stute
Government, to make some investigat. ns
by which the progress of the question
may be assisted. It is probable they
will collect such facts and estimates, as
may be necessary, if we shall have to
prefer a demand on the United States for
indemmity.— Penobscot Journal,
AMERICAN SYSTE M.
The activity of trade in Bangor at the
present time, 1s cheering to its citizens,
and excites the admiration of strangers,
A large skare of our merchants are in
the very comfortable condition of having
as much as they can do. OQur streets
exhibit the bustle of a city, and a fleet of’
shipping is constantly in our harbor,.——
Boats and rafts are passing on the river
at all times, in all directions. A large
number cf buildings are in progress, -
cluding several blocks of stores. Six or
seven brick-yards, within this village, are
in constant operation. A spacious ho
tel, we believe the largest in the State,
is well filled. Laboring men are in
great demand, and atthe highest wages.
The country around finds a ready mar
ket for its productions,
What is the cause of the present ac
tivity of trade in this quarter?
The answer is plain and easy. The
great staple of our market is lumber.——
This is carried out of our river in im
mense quantities, Where does it go?——-
Does it go to the British West [ndies?-
Does any one believe that the opening
of the Buitish ports, has had the shghtest
eflect on our trade? Does not every
one know that we have not yet had any
lumber of consequence that was fit for
the West India market? And have all
the British ports in the world, received
hall a dozen cargoes of lumber from our
market, this season, or in any other sea
son’?
The demand for our staple product,
comes from the manufacturing towns and
rillages of New England, and others in
their vicinity-~towns which have grown
up, and are now living and thriving to
the satisfaction of every body, under the
influence of the American System; that
system which sets all things in motion at
home ; which gives labor and a price for
labor, to every man that will work. The
influence of the American System is felt
in every counting-room in our town; on
every farm and on every stream in the
whole region watered by the Penobscot.
It is this System, which the friends of
Gen, Jackson wish to break up and de
stroy; which was condemned without a
hearing, by the majority in the last Leg
islatuie. s Ibhid.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM
ENGLAND,
The ship Providence has arrived at
Providence, from Liverpool, bringing
London dates to July Bth.
The lust accounts from Poland mere
ly confirm the favorable views already
before the public. According to a
statement in the French papers the
patriots in Lithuania were encompassed
by the enemy and from whom they
could not escape only by a bhattle.—=
Accounts from Warsaw to 27th June,
discredit this news, for every thing
then looked prosperously. T'he Rus
sian army in Il‘ulund had dwindled down
from 150,000 men, to 60,000 infantry,
and 19,000 cavalry, having 432 can
non,
I Bilgium.—After a debate of several
days, the question on which the assum
tion of the throne by Prince ].eopom
depends, remained unsettled on the sth.
The proposition it was supposed would
be aceepted by a large majority.
| Gireat confusion prevailed at Lishon;
the people and military had been brought
into frequent collision, and a union with
Spuin was talked of. The French
squadron was still making captures,
The arrival of Don Pedro in I".uropo
was known in Portugal, and had pro.
duced a great sensation,
* Alter a debate of three days, at b o'-