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AND REPUBLICAN UNION.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 24, 1847,
Agents for the Gazette & Union.
. The following gentlemen are duly authorized agents
to receive" Subscriptions, Advertisements, and orders for
Job Printing, sad te-receipt for and forwartshs Lo o
so ws: Isaac L. Esisow, Bsq. Exeter,
. Gmorée A. Besverr, Esq. Newmarket,
- Narw’c Morzgiir, Esq. Epping. 4
. CoL PETER SANEORN, Dee‘rfiel'fi Parade,
. Bexnine W. Saxsorx, Concord.
Ernratx Tinserrs, Northwood, _
£ F. A. Marpex, Windham. i
s The Littleness -of the Federal Press.
Nothing can surpass the prcjudice, meanness and
injustice of the federal press towards the eminent men
of the democratic party. Its course”is the very oppo
site of that of the democratic press with reference to
the leading men of the federal party. While the lat
ter freely exposes and condetnns the absurd and un
just political dogmas of a” Clay, a Webster or an Ev
ans, as it is its office and duty to do, it seldom hesi
tates to award to these men and their associates, the:
honor of possessing high intellectual cndowments and
extensive acquirements, -and -especially - to- speak “of
their efforts and labors in other tields aside from that
of polities with justice and candor; if federal newspa-.
pers are to be believed a single eminent man i 8 not to
be found in the demacratic ranks. The" mrerits “and’
abilities of federal partizans are sally appreciated, and
their labors, in whatever field employed, eulogized to
the skies ; while the men who have oft encountered the
most profound federal statesman in the intellectusl
eontest and vanquished them on many a well contested
field, are the merest Lilliputians in intellect, whose ef
forts merit only ridicule and contempt. ~The very pot
house partizans of federalism are magnified to intellec- -
4nal giants, and even the. weakest and most unprinci
pled deserters from the democratic party—men who
wore jast before regarded too ignorant and dishonest to
be looked aipon by fedaralists—are suddenly trans
formed into the purest patriots and the greatest states
men, while an eminent democratic President who has
been honored with public station almost from his yoath
up, and discharged the duties of the many important
trasts which he has been called' upon to hold with dis
tinguished ability, is denounced as a man unknown,
wnprincipled, ignorant and inefficient, and such men as
Walker, Buchanan, Woodbury, Allen, Cass and-
Wright, are represented as dolts and jeme~ - -
men incapable of profound mov",“ o' ; ..,mr;nsfs—
. . - olt Oon any subject, or
’n;"w““.“‘.’le.fm, e effort in any field, whether that
-~ ur any other. ¢
* Bat this miserably mean characteristic of the federal
press is more ridiculous than singular. It has been
the fate of those in all ages and countries who have de
voted their lives and talents to the service of the cause
of popular rights, to be abused, misrepresented and
traduced, and too -often indeed to be treated much
_worse than this, by the friends of privilege and monop
oly, those born to rule, and their organs and tools ; and
it would betray much more -of ‘desire than reason to
hope for a different state of things in this country.—
We have our aristocracy—a ‘cod-fish and cotton aris
toeracy to be sure, and for this all the more igaqlen’ti
#nd presuming—an aristocracy possessing all of the vi
¢és with few of the virtues and merits of the corres
ponding class in the old world. It is composed: of
men of wealth and their hangers on—wealth which_for.
the most part Das been acquired from the sweat of the.
toiling mass, in a great degree through the ageney of
unjust laws,—men'who despise republican institutions
and haté the name of democracy with a perfect hatred,
and who form the nucleus and constitute the leaders of
the federal party. To this class of men the federal
press is even more subservient than is the press ‘of the
aristocracy in Europe to its masters and controllers—
Tt ig therefore by no means strange that the people’s
servants, menof strong & liberal minds who devote their
talents and energies to the support of the cause of pop
ular rights, should be the subjects of comstant abuse
and detraction through the columns of such a press in
suelf an interest—that they should be pronounced des
titute of talents and virtue, and that the violence of
their detraction shou'd be precisely proportioned to the
superiority of their powers and the eminence they have
attained. This characteristic of the federal press has
ever marked its conrse, from the birth of the nation
down——sometimes indulged sneakingly and insidious
-Iy, at others openly und boldly, as has best suited the
purposes and promised success to thé designs of its
lordly rulers and censors. ‘
Truth rarely makes it a visit, while candor and man-
liness are utter strangers to its colnmns. The three
great apostles of liberty and justice, Jefferson, Madison
and Jackson, were the subjects of its never-ceasing and
meost viralent abuse and destraction in their time ; and
it would be folly to expect that the eminent republi
cans of the present. day shewld escape its malignity.
Their sin lies in their firm, ardenf and effective sup
port of the republican cause; and they will pever be
forgiven or acknowledged to possess either talents; vir.
tue or decency until they abjure this heresy. This'ri- ]
diculous and eontemptible detraction of democrats. by
the federal press, however, while it serves to develope
in a clear light the true chatacter of those whose opin
ions and feelings it reflects, is potent for but very
little harm to those against whom it is leveled. The
people seldom fail to justly appreciate the abilities and
merits of their servants, and rarely has it been that the
sefvices of the republican champions have not been re
warded just in the ratio of the calumny which the lat:_
ter have suffered at the hands of their federal enemies
~such calamny only %erving to indicaté the measure
of howor to which they were entitled. . .~
. This subject has been brought to our attention at
- this time by @ notice in a recent number of the Ports
“mouth Journal, one of the least manly and candid of
the eless of papers in question, of the late commence
- ment-exercises at Dartmouth College, from which the
following is an extract: Pt ;
" 'The annual address before the Theologi i
was delivered by the Rev. Henry W'l}kes,loglfc;l(m{
It was an able production, and met with general accep
tance on the mdof the large audience assembled.
- The Un? es were addressed by the Hon. Lew
is Cass, of Michigan. His performance was, according
o %wem, a very inferigr afl:air; bx_:t as the
bu school-boy manner in which the address
was may have concealed its brighter points, it
‘may be well to waive any further notice until it'is giv.
- en to the public.” , : -
- In this we are favored with a striking illustration of
the truth of what has been said above of the character
of the federal press. The address of the Rey. Henry
Wilkes was an “ able production ” meeting with general
- acceptatice, &¢. ; that by the Hon. Lewis Cass, “ a very
z".fi.n Gen. Cass is an cminent statesman of
“the republican faith, while it should not be forgatton:
that the Rev. Mr. Wilkes is a British subject, who;
- and institutions—which is amply sufficient to account
‘been the character in fact of the Rev. Mr. Wilkes's ad
dress, we have no hesitancy in expressing the belief
that the opinion given of Gen. Cas's | ruductiomis the
gi i nealtls Ttiiors front trutl aid éandor-<4hat
i fs.not in roerrden-e with « good judgement,” and no¥
‘Ppolitical prejudice and spiéen, which the publication of
the address will abundansly expose and refate. That
[ this would be the case,the writer’s own language proves
him to have been sensible, and that he was fully con-
Scious he ‘was giving utterance to calumny and false
{hood, when he excuses himself from noticing the ad
dress more nt Tength on’'the ground that its publication
may show its brighter points to have been obscured by
{ the dungling and school-boy manner in which it was read !
Indecd we are told by a geritleman Wwho wds present at
| the exercises, and who.is fully competent to judge cor
rectly, that Gen. Cass’s address; as might be supposed
by all who kiiow anything of the abilities of the man,
‘ was a highly able, appropriste and i"f?'.':ii.mé produe
j tion, and that-the sulnion entertained and expressed-of
the merits of the two addresses by those who listened
} to them, was thé very opposite of what it is répresent
od to have been by this federal. calumniator. Gen.
Cass, a man of mest vigorous and expansive mind, of
‘gred{and varied attainments and enlarged experience,
} whose productions whether s an orator, a statesman
or diplomatist are unsurpassed and place their author
anoh_g the very foremost -of -the eminent men of the
nation—Gen. Cass incapable of making an acceptable
‘and instructive address to a. collection of college pe
dants and students! Who will for a moment give cre
‘dence to such a story that knows anything of the man,
of his abilities, of the thoroughness and completeness
which invariably mark his efforts. - But we do not pro
pose to defend Gen. Cass- from this federal calumny ;
this weie quite a superflous work. It farnished a most
appropriate text for a’ chapter on the candor, veracity
-and manliness-of the federal press, which we have pre
sented, and trusting that the Portsmouth Journal and
Kindred prints mag profit by the facts and reflections
given, and merely. for their own credit pursue a course
in future approximating in some slight degree to truth
_and justice,” which:swe must: say -however is hoping
‘ against hope, wé for the present take leuve of the sub-
E Tk S@kbzn_tfi'x ,bOv?:x.—Sena.tdr Corwin, in his
-speech last winter in the U. S. Senate, said : '
- “The-bratal passions. of our soldiers can never be
restrained by any commander. Neither helpless infan
cy, decrepid old age, nor female loveliness can arrest
-them in the gratification of their brutal passions.”
Gen, Scott, in his proclaination so the Mexicans May
.11, quashes this piece of falsehood thus :—
“No! public sentiment is not to be created or anima
ted by falschood. We have not profaned your temples,
nor abused your women. nor seized your property, as
they would have you believe.”
- A letter from Vera Cruz to the Courier des Etats
Unis, ascribed by that paper to one “ who is probably
carried away by his Mexican sympathies.” =~ -
. g e penks of
the inveteracy of the Mexican bs* 3
i o > aed of the invaders,
but admits, nevertheless bk Vil Aiiks beh
admirably.” ~ that * the Am ricans behave
™. -
- ¢ history of the war will render full credit to the
general forbearance and humanity of the American
soldier and to the crnelty and barbarity of the Mexi
cans. The annals of the contest dre full of these indi
cations.
Hear Genx. TavrLor.—“ No one can support me
who opposes this war; HE 18 WORSE THAN A MEexi-
CAN!” '
What say the New England federal papers to the
above ? The answer. of several of them, if we can
judge from the tone of their editorials, is—
“ We'll go for Taylor therefore,
Without a why or wherefore,
if he is nominated by a whig. national convention”!
The Keene Sentinel frankly admits that “ The fact that
he [Gen. T.] is a slave holder should be no bar to his elec
tion.” Before the abolitionists in the Hillsborough and
'(Chcshire districts were prevailed upch to' go for Wil
son, the tone of the Sentinel was “'death to all slave
holders.” The federalists of New Hampshire and
t Maine;wikl;gq for Rough and Ready, at all hazards, if
ithe whigs nominate him, although he has declared,
" No one can support: me who opposes this war; HE 18
'WORSE THAN o MEexicax!” They will go for any
hing: oo oo A\- ey W 0 Sy
" SnEEP.~TIt"is stated that there are one hundred
thousand sheep in Addison county, Vermont, which
must be driven 40 other: sections of the country to be
wintered, or be.-slaughtered. The deficiency of the
crop of ‘hay and the ravages of “the grasshoppers have
-caused a scarcity of food. :
o>~ The Essex Banner suggests that a reason for
the extraordinary rejoicing over the baptism of Henry
Clay may be found in that scripture which declareth
that *“ there is more joy in Heaven over one sinner that
repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons who
need no repentance.” '
TeE DEATH PENALTY.—The Legislature of Louisi.
ama have declared it optional with the jury to have
persons who are convicted of murder, either capitally
punished in the old way, or imprisoned for life. The
jury, in the only case that has occurred since the pas
sage of the new law, decided on imprisonment, in pref
erence to hanging._ :
O The whigs in its legislature, gerrymandered the
State of North- Carolina, for the express purpose of
preventing” the' election of ‘a democratic meémber of
Congress. Yet the democrats succeeded in electing 3
of the nine, where they had 6 last year. ©Of course the
result is hailed as “ a great whig victory. ” -
0z “Philbrick’s Hotel,” near the southern extremi- ‘
ty of the lower beach at Rve, has been filled to over
flowing most of the time during the prescnt watering
season. This liouse has been repaired and enlarged
within the last year ; and its table, sleeping apartments
and other appointmerits are such as render it a first rate
hotel. It is kept as a temperance house.
New ExTerprisE—~The Editors of the New York.
Herald announce that they will henceforth issue, on
the saifing of each and every French steamship from
that port, a Herald for Europe, with. a summary of
American-wews, - prinfed in French, for the benefit of
-ghoce'*whd“sgsqax pequainted with the Anglo Saxon.
They witl @BO °prine the same in Bnglish, for the dene
fit of ‘thos& in’ France who are not a 1 home in French.
g™ Mr. Gpfisborohgh, the Whig candidate for Gov
ernot In" Maryland, has conclided that the better pert
of valor is discretion, and declined the invitation of
Col. Thomas the Democratic candidate, to stump it to
gether through the State.
. e s—r—t .
05 The wheat: crop in Michigan this year is no fail
ure. The Detroit Free Pross thinks the aggregate sur_
plus of the whole State will equal that of last year—
over 7,500,000 bushels.. . .
0~ Some of the friends of Henry Clay, in New
York, have chartered a steamboat to visit him at Cape
May, it seeming improbable that he will extend his
07~ Thomas W. Dorr has been dangerously sick at
Providence, and there was a report in Boston that he
died last Thursday. This report is discredited. Mr.
Dorr’s sickness, it is well understood, was originally
contractzd. while. confined in the Rhode Island peneten
tiary. by the Algerines of that State, on the charge of
“ treason.” 1k ~ o
07~ A new bark called the “ Samoset " was launch.
ed at East Boston, last Thursday. It bears the same
pame with Capt. Tucker's new ship, now lying at the
oot of State street in this town, and nearly ready for
EOC sl Ll S M g 1
G~ The Nashua Telegraph appears to think it was
wlittle to fast ini its controversy with its brother of ‘the
o ogr ey gt ot
ufter. It was very'wrong' sos the wh to
}mmmm«m be“a m~%w«zw
Boxss Pouxp.—One day last week, the Workmen
engaged ‘nsepairing dhe bighvay which Toads rom
the Lafayette road 4= the Pound, near the house of Mr.
gmw ¢ bones of a man who, had evi
dently bo?we& “séventy-five or & htmdrefl:'yiam,...
They Jaid Some three or four feet only below the sur
face of the ground, and were much decayed. In Ad
ams’ History of Portsmouch, it is Stated that one Eli
phaz Dow, of Hampton Falls, was buriéd on (or near)
this spot, after having been hung only a few rods from
it, in the year 1755; and the bomesin question were
doubtless his. Dow was convicted of murdering a
man with whom he had quarrelea," TNy parties pro
'posed te-=77% tneir differences by a fight, and Dow
killod his opponent by striking him on the head with a
hoe. It would, perhaps, at the present day, be diffi
cult to find a jury that would bring in a verdict for
murder under similar circumstances. In old times,
however, courts and jurics seem to have been otherwise
disposed ; and he who shed his neighbor’s blood wheth
er with or without provocation, was pretty sure to be
strung up for the gratification of those who would trav
el miles to witness a hanging match.” Together with
the bones, were found pieces of bark and leather. A
gentleman conversant with the facts, tells us that,in
old times, it was customary to bury a man hung for
murder in a rough box and with his shoes on. (Now-a
days the doctors are willing to take them without shoes.)
This may account for the*appearsnce of the bark and
leather. ‘
Since the above was in type, we have obtained a
copy of Adams’ History, which thus narrates the cir
cumstances relating to the murder committed by
Dow: . s Gl SO
'. “May 8th,1775. Eliphaz Dow, of Hamptonfalls,
was executed for the murder of -Peter; Clough . of the
'same place. “It appeared upon evidence, that a-quar
rel had subsisted between them for a_long time* On
the 12th day of December, - 1754, they' accidéntly met
.at the house of Noah Dow, where some nhigh,vfrords
and threats passed between them. Clough challenged
Dow to go out of the house to fight, and™ went out
himself; Dow followed, and as hie went out took up his
brother’s hoe, which stood in ‘the entry, and with it
struck Clough a blow on the side of the head, which
‘instantly killed him. Dow was afrested and examined
‘before the honourable Meshech Weare, and committed
to prison, in this town. At'the February term of the
Suferior Court, he was indicted, tried, and convicted :
and sentence was pronounced upon him, that he should
be hanged by the neck until he should be dead. “The
Sheriff was commanded by a warrant from the Court
to execute this sentence on the 20th day of March fol
lowing, but in consequence of two reprieves from the
Governor, the execution of the sentence was resps ’~d
until this day. The gallows was erected on th~ M{h
road near the pound, opposite where the be } ssou
uel Tucker, jr. now stands- - bt~ o «dusie O Dam
telve sl Bhamss—"" ; «nd D 37 een the hours of
hapee -~ - andinree in thG afternoon, Dow was
v, aRd his body was buried in the road a few
rods from the gallows, just on the declivity of the
hill.”
Much uneasiness.appears to be arising through the
country, on account of the immense draft of specie
necessary to meet war expenses. About $3,000,000 per
month are passing into Mexico.— Concord Statesman.
The whigs also feel much anxiety on account of the
immense draft of specie which is passing into our cus
tom houses from foreign countries, in consequence of
Mr. Walker’s tariff. The amount will doubtless con
siderably exceed ** $3,000,000 per month.” The same
nuinber of the Statesman from which we cut the above,
says, that ‘ the clections.of 1846, and so far in 1847,
have taken place under circumstances unusually. for
bidding to whig success,” one of which (it admits) is
the fact “ the country has prospered in every department
of industry!” A strange admission is this to come
from a federal paper, truly. But it is none. the less
true, notwithstanding the predictions of the federal
high tariff men to the contrary. The federalists have
forced Mr. Polk’s administration into a war with Mex
ico. While the fearful responsibility of every drep of
blood shed in this war will, in all time to come, justly
rest upon Mexico and her federal allies in the United
States, the thanks of the nation will be due to the Ad
munistration which has so ably conducted and provided
the means of prosecuting it with honor to the coun-
Lhy, 7 R e e i
Hamproxn BeacH.—The several houses at this com
fortable watering place were crowded to overflowing
during the pleasant days of last week. -Among the dis
tinguished arrivals, in the editorial line, were those of
Col. Greenc of the Boston Post, and ‘C. W. Match,
Esq. of the New York Tribune, who sojourned at the
“ Upper House.” On Wednesday evéning, a “grand
fancy ball ” was given by the guests at the “ Winni
cumet, ” which is said to have put the recent Saratoga
ball entirely in the shade. We regret that we have not
roorn for a full description. Messrs. C—n and
W——s, of Boston—the first as “Miss Betsey Brown”
and the latter as “Simon Moderate”—convulsed the
company with laughter. The music was executed by
the “Boar’s Head Cotillon Band” in its usual inimita
ble manner. :
Oc7~ Speaking of the whig nomination of General
Taylor in Maryland, the Baltimore Republican says, it
“ comes too soon after the SEVERE CENSURE voted up
on him by the whig majority in the last legislature, for
there to be any sincerity about it. Thirty-seven whigs
in that body charged him with bringing on the war by
soliciting the President to give him orders to march in
to territory which they said was in dispvte between the
United States and Mexico, and in their speeches pre
ceding that serious legislative charge, they loaded him
with execrations loud and deep for that ‘ imprudent
and hasty step.’ ” '
Maixe Evecrion—~The Mexican federalists here
in New Hampshire are hinting that their friends will
carry the State election which comes off on the 13th of
September in Maine. We shall see. Are our friends
there aware that federal electioneering is this year done
entirely under the bish, and that no dependence can be
placed upon the seeming apathy in the opposition
ranks? Let the Democracy of Maine be making ready
to counteract the tricks of “ that same old coon.” Our
friends there may depend upon it, that they willat
least have to contend against a perfect union between
the whigs and abolitionists. : el V 3 §
03™ The Journal laments the trouble which it will
give “sixty-three eorporations, whichare summoned
to appear at Concord, by their representativeés, mext
June, to show cause why their charters should not be
amerded,” &. We beg oir neighbor to dry up his
tears. There is no cause for grief. We will be bound
to say that all of these corporations will be on hand at
that sime, “by their representatives, ” and would have
been. even had they not been summoned, as they have
been for years past—acting as lobby members, and at
tempting to regulate the” business of the Legislature,
inasmuch as the representatives of the people might
otherwise be over-burdened, with work. .
Tre Wric House or Coworess.—The Washing
ton Intelligencer, speaking of the whig majority in the
next House of Congress, makes the following remarks.
Coming from a party which has in its ranks more spend
thrifts than any other party in;the world, (says the New
York Post,) and which has always pursued the most
extravagant financial pelicy, they are really discredita
ble to that print : ' i
“ Bat with reference to the public %:dit.. for whatev
er purpose pledged, we have no doubt that it is fortu
nate, even as regards the administration itself, that the
whigs are now certainly ascendant in . the. which
has original jurisdiction over the Ways w Means.
They will doubtless hoid the administraion, in every
mnmm,qf it, to a_rigid amn%fl!ig. they fnay
¢ o lay taxes on the necessaries of life, as propos+
ed at the lasg session, fi‘ foreign luxuries may come
S 0 ey eot ity ; ek, o the v with
Mexico be | il ‘the meeting of Congress,
(e e ]s,e 3 e
b : gorsoon oo 15 :
Plles il e found 1o puca iop (0 oo wan
g 3™ Dudley §. Palmer, we learn, is employed a 6
‘the assistant editor of the New Hampshire Statesman.
e ~ Dt e o - . v < R
0@ The Concord- Statesman glorifies over the re
‘sult of the late elections in some of the wicked “ slave
states ” where Gen. Taylor is récognised as the whig
‘candidate for the presidency, and where the whigs them
selves (as in Tennessee)" recognise the justice of the
war with Mexico, and denounce the Northern foderalists
for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, thus helping
to protract it! The Statesman affects to believe that
“ the result is cheering in the extreme,” and talks about
“ the great, honorable.and patristic Whig party.” Fiddle!
The whig party in New Hampshire, represems=2 by the
Statesmar, ians itself over months ago, body and soul,
to John P. Hale and the abolitionists. It is now the
Mexican federal party—anything but * great, honora
ble and patriotic.” Whigery in such states as Kens
tucky, Tennessee, &c. is (professedly at least) a very
different thing from whigeiry in New England. :
Parry Usace—A. W. H. Clapp, Esq., the demo
cratic nominee for Congress in the Cumberland (Maine)
district, waives his right of nomination, and the Coun
ty convention to assemble the 26th inst., will act anew
upon the question of a candidate. The Argus says—
“By party usage Mr. Clapp would still be entitled to
be considered the regular candidate of the Democracy,
he baving réceived a nomination in August last, and
there having been-no election, and but one trial, since.”
“BSaviNes Banks. "—The Journal publishes an ex
«cellent article in relation to the manner the Savings
Bank in this town is managed, which we would copy
entire had we room. The Journal is entitled to much
| credit for so far departing from its usual cource, as to
condemn some of the men who control the wealth of
Portsmouth in such a way as to completely blast its
l‘bus_i_ncsg prospects and cripple. its resources and the
}; energies of its merchants and mechanics. It would ap
pear that of $374,229 deposited in the Portsmouth Sa
vings Bank, the whole ‘sum which can have even an |
indiréetfbenfing upon the interests of this town is only
about $54.000. The remaining $320,229 is loaned
$52,000 to the city of Albany, $50,000 to the city of
Bangor, $21,000 to the city. of New York, 957240 to
the State of Massachusetts, #2l 000 & the State of
Ohio! &c. &. We .cannot forbes~. quoting the close
of the Journal’s pertinent art~” oin refation to this sub.
ject, so important to s, business - interests of Torts
mouth: ‘
&». ” -
right“ir: wij not say that there is anything but what is
the-* all this ; the Trustees have certainly consnlted
- Interest of depositors in making investments ;~-but
it does appear to ut that while we see such cities as
Bangor, Albany, &c. on the capital which we aid in
furnishing them, outstripping our town ten to one—
and at the same time our own citizens trammelled in
their schemes of enterprise, because money cannot be
raised on a property basis—it does seem that an aspect
is presented, with some one better acquaintad with po
litical economy than we profess to be, might examine
with advantage. Of $344,131 deposited in Dover Sa
vings Bank, the'only investment in any stock which is
not of direct local interest to Dover, is 100 shares in
the Boston and Worcester Railroad. $279.138 are re
ported as invested in notes receivable, which are most
ly secured by mortgage on real estate. This keeps the
money constantly at home, and makes the Savings
Bank of bencfit to the town of Dover, as well as to de
positors. ”
- Commox Scroor CommissloNEß.—The federal pa
pers, the Exeter News Letter in particular, are in a
pucker because Prof. Haddock has not been re-appoint
od Common School Commissioner. When Mr. Had
dock originally introduced his bill creating this office
into the Legislature, he doubtless intended that the first
incumbent should hold a life tenure in it; and we con
fess that it was rather hard that his anticipations should
not be realized, especially after all the trouble he took
to get the bill through, and Jimself appointed. A bare
perusal of his late report, however, will convince any
man of common sense, that the duties can be performed
equally as well by one able man as another ; inasmuch
as the duty required of the Commissioner, simply con
sists in collecting certain statistics, according to a form
already prescribed, and visiting schools, during twenty
weeks of the year. As Prof. H., in addition to his du
ties in Dartmouth College, for which he receives SI2OO
per annum, is also usually sent to the Legislature from
Hanover, Governor Williams may have thought to have
done either him or the College a service by relieving
him of this 20 weeks labor—at least for one year. One
of the whig counscllors voted for the new incumbent,
Prof. Rust, of Northfield, and another is said to have
assented to appointment. We are also credibly inform
formed that many prominent whigs are nearly “ tickled
to death ” (for'some rcason best known to themselves)
because Prof. Haddock is not re-appointed. It would
thus appear that the only object of the federal papers
is to make a little political capital out of the matter.
But we think the Nashua Telegraph entirely over-shoots
the mark when it characterizes Prof. Rust as * a dema
gogue.” He is a highly respectable clergyman of the
Methodist persuasion, and does not (like Prof. Had
dock) interfere in political matters at all. So we are
told. ‘
Tue Poraro Ror.—Within the past week, fears
have been entertained by many in this vicinity that the
potato crops will be injured by this disease, the pres
ent scason, to an extent as great, if not greater, than
jast year. Hon. Ichabod Bartlett informs us, thag
about one third of the potatoes which have thus far
been dug on his farm are taken out cither in a decayed
state, or rot soon after they are harvested. He also
tells us that several farmers in his immediate vicinity
(on the Newington Road) cemplain that they are simi
larly afflicted. - ;
Frrsco Painting.—We recently noticed that the
interior of Rev. Mr. Ilsley's (Baptist) meceting house
was being remodclled. The painting of the walls in
fresco is now finished, and presents a very fine effect.
The work was executed by Mr. Daniel M. Shepard of
Salem, who has also been employed to paint the inte
rior of St. John's Church. There is probably ne way
in which two or three hundred dollars can-be so profi
tably expended upon the interior of churches, halls, &ec.
after they have become deficed, as by employing a
good fresco painter. We have ncver seen the interior
of a charch edifice repaired in this manner that was not
made to look even better than when new. The ex
pense may be made very moderate. ‘The walls of &
common sized meeting-house in the country can be
handsomely painted for SIOO or $l5O.
RaciNg ox A Rairroap.—A portion of the East
ern Railroad between Salem and Boston is furnished
with a double track. = Last Thursday evening, the pas
sengers-going to Boston were favored with a nice little
trial of speed, just after leaving Salem, between the
Boston and Marblchead trains, both proceeding in the
same direction. The race commenced on the long
bridge south of Salem. Sometimes Marblehead train
was ashead, and sometimes the other train. By-and-by
Marblehead fell back into its place, where it belonged, a
short distance from the junction. No doubt the engi
neer of the Marblehead train was highly amused with
the fun—but to some of the passengers it appeared
otherwise, especially when the two trains were along
side each other crossing the'same bridge.
# A Goop oLp Wule.”—Under this eaption, the Bos
ton Atlas tells of an old fellow in Tennessce, one John
Van Hoozer, who is one hundred and fourteen old,
and voted nt the late election there * the full.wf::‘g'”tick-t
et.” Mr. Van Hoozer, it would seem, is only about one
hundred and ten years older tham the party which
¥ Wpditmson i ettt |LR gAY 4 F
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ton, published by J.- M. Whittemore, 114 Washing
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cuionof 8 omnt pag, e, o sg, i
s3'per annum. " It-may be had -at the book stores-of J.
¥. Shores Jr., or J. W. Foster. A
By+ MoNpay’s MA;L.——¢cn.,Fsérce was at Ja
lapa, J ulg% 26, waiting for the arrival of & provision
train.. Another rumor (net credited however)
that Mexico has appointed commissioners to con.
fer with Mr. Trist. Itis said that Her Brittanic
Majesty has engaged-not to-recognize revolution
ary goyernment which mdy be set up in México.
Gen. Taylor will move for San Luis Potosi, Sept
1. Appearances indicate the election of Stanton,
dem., in the Memphis (Tens.) district ; whig gov
ernor elected by about 800 majority, and it is re
ported that the whigs will have 9 majority on joint
ballot in the logislature. Flour sold in Boston on
Satfirday for from $6,12 to 6,25; yellow flat corn
for 82 cents. ' ‘
To BE LAuNcHED.—The fine new packet ship
“ William Penn,”” so be commanded by Anthony
Michael, will be launched from Mr. Badger’s
yard in Kiitery, next Saturday,at high water. She
is intended for Messrs. Richardson, Watson & Co’s
new line of Philadelphia and Liverpool packets,
and is 875 tons burden.
. THE NAvY Yarp.—We have been shown a let
ter from Hon. John Y. Mason, Secretary of the
Navy, to a gentleman in thistown, in which, speak
ing of the Navy Yard and the mechanics employ
ed there, Mr. Mason says—
“lts local advantages are very great, and the char
acter of the mechanics well estublished. The ves
sels constructed there: have proved to be of the
highest efficiency, and the Department bes recent
ly given cvidence of a desire to make the yard a
valiable, by erdering the ¢ovsiruction of a fine war
steamer at that place. ” =
“Wurenr#'s KiTTery ?”—7The new steam-ship
“ Waskington, ” built at New York to run between
that port and Bremen, after making a single voy
age, is now hauled up for repairs, and some $25,-
000 or 30,000 will, it is said, be expended in alter
ing her model! The New York papers may well
enquire *“*Where’s Kittery ?” The Portsmouth,
and Kittery and Eiliot built ships are always sure
to go the first time, at least so far as their models
and sailing capacitics are concerned.
From the Boston Post, Friday.
" : ELECTIIONS.
- JowA.—The trinmph of the democrats in Towa
is of more importance than all the whig victories of
the season. The returns show that Wm. Thomp
son, democrat, is elected to congress in the Ist dis
trict over Gen. Brown, the possum whig candidate
by a majority of from 650 to 700 votes, and Shep
herd Leffier, democrat, in the 2d district by a ma-
Jority 200 votes over Thomas McKnight, indepen
dent whig. The democratic state ticket is elected
by a majority of from 500 to 1000 votes: I. W.
Semple president of the board of public works,
Paul Brattan treasurer, and Charles Corkery sec
retary. The canvass has been thorough, and two
democratic senators in congress may be confident
ly calculated on, to be chosen by the next legisla
ture, in which vacancies have been filled at this
election. ;
Tennessee.—The election of Neil S. Brown as
governor by the whigs surprises them at least as
much as it does the democrats. Like Gov. Young
of New York he was a man not widely known, nor
in any way famous. He, however, seems to have
tickled his * fellow countrymen” on the stump, on
which Le stood up for a vigorous prosecution of the
war. The Nashville Banner, the leading whig pa
per, said. in 1846 that we had sufficient cause for
the war, and- advocated the Rio Grande as our
boundary. Gen. Washington Barrow, who has
been chosen to Congress in the Bth district by the
whigs, was then editor of the Banner. Col. [as
kell, elected by the whigs of the 11th congress dis
trict is one of the officers of ¢he army in Mexico.—
It is aitogether probuble that six democcrats and
five whigs are chosen to Congress—the same as
before. The election of Gordon, dem., is conceded
in the 6th district; the 10th only is not heard from.
Should there be a whig majority in the legislature,
they will choose a senator in place of Spencer Jar
nagin, the whig whose term has expircd.
LKentucky.—The Louisville Democrat says we
must * hand over the prize to the democracy of
old Kentucky. The democrats of this State have
gained a member for the 30th Congress. No State
in the Union has yet done as well.”
Indiana.—The New Albany democrat states that
the Senate of Indiana will stand 26 democrats to
24 whigs. The house will be very close, probably
a small whig majority ; last year 54 whigs, 46 dem
ocrats. . ¢ 3
Alabama.—Mr Martin, the late governor, was
chosen by whigs and disaffected democrats. Now
the regular democratic candidate, - Reuben Chap
man, is elected by several thousands majority.
MiLitaArßYy ComrosiTioN.—We have been fa
vored, says the New York Herald, by a gentle
man of this city, with the copy of a letter written
by Gen. Scott to the Hon. Millard Filmore. It is
said to be authentic; it is annexed :
HrADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY.
My Dear Sir: I have received two letters (one
from the Rev. Mr. Angier, and the other signed by
Mr. Van Wyck,) asking on several grounds, the
discharge of 3amcs Thompson, a private of the 2d
Regiment of Artillery. Ist—He has, since his en
listment, reformed nis habits. This is an argument
in favor of his serving out his time lest he should
relapse, if discharged, before confirmed in his re
formation—military discipline highly favors refor
mation. 2d—He has become pious. This makes
him at once a better soldier and a better man, and
fortunately we are not without many pious officers
and men in our ranks: but 3d—it is alleged that
he has imbibed conscientious scruples against per
forming military daty. If the man be mad he can
be discfilarged on a surgeon’s certificate to that ef
fect—But if he has only turned coward, we have
ample means of punishing him if he should, when
ordered, refuse to fight. I return the letters yon
enclosed, and remain, my dear sir, with great es
teem. Yours truly,
' Slot li\’mrmw Scorr.
Hon. M. FILMORE. ot e
YrrLLow FEVER AT NEW' ORLEANS.—The N’
Orleans Board of Ilealth have issued the following
e 2 A 8 s i T M 3 Sl
Boarp O HearTH, August 2, 1847.
It having been: weil established by the observa
tion of the physicians of the city thatthe yellow
fever is now prevailing in' nearly every part of it,
and farther appearing by the reports’ of the medi
cal men of the public and private hospitals, and of
the cometeries, that the cases of this disease have
been numerous during the past week, and 47 there
of fatal, it becomes the duty of this Board to ap
prise the public, and particularly the anacclimated,
tihat we are on the eve of «an epidemie, . that the
latter may absent themselves in time, aund avoid
such exposure and imprudence us may increase
their susceptibility to the disease. ’ i
A SxARL.—No less than seven trains were'to
gether at the depot in Salem, on Friday afternoon;’
about 6 o’clock—the train from Boston, (due at 4
1-4, but delayed by the giving out of the engine in
Lynn) the Express train for the Eastward, and
‘the Manchester, Danvers, Marblehead, mai}
Boston, and Merchandize trains. What with the,
fizzing of steam, the crowding ‘of passengers, the
backing and filling of locomotives, the shouting of
orders, and the hurrying to and fro of conductors,
| bcgg:lfe masters, &c., superadded to the confusion
caused by tbe building- OE:?ltibfi going on, there
was a precious scene. The disentanglement, liow
mr, w»&é%m fiu‘nder'::;% d;;rectjon of
r. Albert Knight, Depot Master, and all proceed
i touvel over the Ewstern Ruirond ecntinves
to be immense. -On Thursday ‘evening the East
ding some 300 emigrants, fakén 10 Portland in the
. Letter from Gen. Taylor,
The Louisiana Floridian of the 7th 'August con
tains the. following remarkable letter from Gen.
Taylor. It is addressed to Dr. Delony, of Clinton,
in this State, who is one of the most radieal, deter—
mined, out-and-outyglemocrats in Louisiana or in
the South. The General replies to the direct in
terrogatories of the Doctor ‘in regard to his opin
jons on the leading topics involved in the contests:
of the two great political parties, by declining, very
properly, to give an opinion upon the justice of a
war which he is himself conducting.
As to the tariff and national bank questions, he
says he knows but little of these matters, never
having given them much attention, and that he will
be under the necessity of studying them well be
fore he can come to any decided opinion.— New
Orleans Deita, Aug. 11. .
We base been permitted by Mr Delony, to
whom it was addressed, to give publicity to the
following letter from Gen. Taylor. It may be
proper to say that it was not his intention to have:
it published, but from the great interest which:
seems to engross the public mind, and the variety
of conflicting views as to Gen. Taylor’s opinions
and intentions in connection” with the question of
the Presidency, and as therc is no impropriety inc
so doing, it was concluded to lay it before the pub--
lic. &
CAMP XEAR MONTEREY, Mzexico, June 9.
* Dear Sir—Your letter of the 15th ult., from Clin--
ton, La., has just reached me, in which you are
pleased to say, “the signs of the times in relation
to the next Presidency, and the prominent posi
tion of your name in connection with it, is a suffi
cient excuse for this letter.” That “itis a happg
featare in our government that offivial functionaries:
under it, from the lowest to the highest station, are
not beyond the reach and partial supervision of the
humblest citizen, and that it is a right inherent i
!every freeman to possess himself of the politicai
principles and opinions of those into whose hands
‘the administration of the government may be pla
ced,” &, to all of which I fully coincide with yous
‘in opinion. :
Asking my views on several subjects, “ First.
As to the justice and necessity of this war with
Mexico on our part. Second. ~As to the necessity
of 4 national bank, and the power of Congress for
creating such an institution. Third. As to the
effects of a high protective tariff, and the right of”
‘Congress under the Constitution to create such a
system of revenue.” :
As regards the first interrogatory, my duties and
the position T occupy, I do not consider it would be
proper in me to give any opinion in regard to the
same ; as a citizen and particularly as a soldier, it
is sufficient for me to know that our country is at
war with a foreign nation, to do all in my power to
bring it to a speedy and honorable termination, by
the most vigorous and energetic operations, without
inquiring about its justice or anything else conngc
ted with it ; believing, as I do, it is our wisest poli
¢y to be at peace with all the world, as long as it
can be done without endangering the honor and
interests of the country. -
As regards the second and third inquiries, T any
not prepared to answer them; Icould only doso
after duly investigating those subjects, which I ean
not now do; my whole time being filly occupied
in attending to my proper official duties, which
must noi be neglected under any circumstances;
and I must say to you in substance what I have
said to others in regard to similar matters, that I
am no politician. Near forty years of my life have
been passed in the public service, in the army,
most of which in the field, the camp, on our west
ern frontier, or in the western country; and for
nearly the two last, in this, or Texas, during which
time I have not passed one night under the roof of
a house. ¢
As regards being a candidate for the Presidency
at the coming election, I have no aspirations in that
way, and regret the subject has been agitated at
this early day, and that it had not been deferred
until the close of this war, or until the end of the
next session of Congress, especially it Tam to be
mixed up with it, as it is possible it may lead to the
injury of the public service in this quarter, by my
operations being embarrassed, as well as to produce
much excitenment in the country growing out of the
discussion of the merits, &c., of the different aspi
rants for that high office, which might have been
very much allayed, if not prevented, had the sub
ject been deferred, as suggested; besides very
many changes may take place between now and
1848, so much so at to make it desirable for the
interest of the country, that some other individual
than myself, better gualified for the situation, should
be selected ; and could he e elected, I would not
only acqifiesce in such an arrangement, but would
rejoice that the republic had one citizen, and no
doubt there are thousands more deserving than I
am, and better qualified to discharge the daties of
said office.
If T have been named by others and considered
la candidate for the Presidency, it has been by no
agency of mine in the matter; and if the good peo
ple think my services important in that station and
elect me, I will feel bound to serve them and all
the pledges and explanations I can enter into and
make, as rezards this or that policy, is, that 1 will
do so honestly and faithfally to the best of my a
bilities, strictly in compliance with the constitution..
Should I ever occupy the White House, it must be:
by the spontaneous move of the people, and by no
act of mine, so that I could go into the office un
trammeled, and be the chief magistrate of the ma
tion, and not of a party. >
Bat should they, the people. change their views
and opinions between this and the time of holding
the election, and cast their votes for the Presidency
| for some one else, I will not complain. With con
siderations of respect, T remain your ob’t serv’t,
Z. TAYLOR.
Mr. Epwarp DeLoxy. ! ;
P. S. I write in great haste and under constant
interruption. ‘ T
———— é A
Froyx MExico.—A letter in La Patria of the
Bth inst., dated * Vera Cruz; August 2,” . econtains
some particulars from Mexico that we have not met
‘with elsewhere. We translate as follows:
" The Mail of the English Minister arrived bere
on the 81st ult, bringngvintefligenee from ' the
Capital up tothe 20th. The political informa
tion brought by private letters amounts to. the fol
lowing . ol ol N Beodanis Bt 2
In the Capital there are collected 28.000 men
20,000 of whom are" lfin vops, and the rest
national wilitia. This erease of the forces has.
been caused by the arrival of General Valenvia
from San Luis Potosi with £SOO et wad 8 piéses
elt pieces of practicable artillery in the c:;
;ita]. The command-in-chief of the army is still'
‘held by Brigadier Genergl Mflbm
destitute of merit of every kindi . Without ever
having been in circumstances 1o prove his value,,
cither in-braveryor intelligenee, be has beed pie.
ferred to this p ' ‘q our! ....
r:m* are_residing i Mexico. iA.-
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the Capitnl except the Diarip Offciah 1t js unti
m Dlan 55 mw%:w ish @ ] Beadlterabii
Ly ek Te R e Li R
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; bsi s ;}“;{1& ot* LTR e
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