Lynchburg Virginian. [volume], July 20, 1848, Image 2

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FOR! It.\ INTELLIGENCE.
rv. mlh* l'nU\m< it %hnrn,<tn. July 14.
Further vitereeting detail* tf tie Irw.rrertufi aitd l!*w
ribilc Slauehlrr in Pam
Our telegraphic desptickes. published in yes'rtdj»y*«
American, nurained a brief mimnmv <{ tin* vrnt> «•
■vents which occurred in Faris dm ing tin- five days « *1' p
on the y*h of .June. |!y yes erday** mail wo bnv.
additional detail* of this hluudy affair which we j*rjreed
*». Uv before mir r»’aders.
(); • of the hh"Hli«*t dramas which the history of
Vn > ■ t'ss ■•er had to rvord h-»s Iso n enacted in lie
*: ;e . • ? P «
M ■ * d mg nt* of incessant (iglui"!, the
* v«ur;r -vlv va nquished, w ith an can mated
i ■«• • . and wounded
The n • t » have ln*en com neared Hv a
d»-pniaiiOii w h i waited iijmi M. Marc, at
ibe Lux< in isfened to iiie*c gnevasco*, and
observing t r - keamaw had U’cu aciitre io 11»*
affair of the i.. '. said U» the men: “ \ •*« are not
rhe slav* s ,*f this lua* ; v»n ran stale jiuir im n grwan
oea.” 'This was *Ust'«rt<*d amangtt the work
men, tka: M M*-. 1. ' called them slave*, and it serin*
to have \»eew the ^ \ f* tUc euaquraMt*. w ho had nr
gamaed a vast mov* u ont, io commence their* peratioiis
On Thursday night, t .**■» W<i *d June, tin lirst barricades
were raised, awd t ie iv.*tp« and tho Natl mal Guard*
called out. Ou Friday, the *dl, tho insurgent* pi*
t *'*ej themw .t.-s of a I l* i ition**f the right hank
of ihe River vhi *• ..mg fi..m the I’HuUuirg Nr
Vntutne to the ru* r. v% t *' n the led ha* k dies <»'cti
nl all that p i u *a! rd 'he t it*1, 'lie I’.iuhisirg St
fsreH.St. Victor, and the lower'p arlor ol At .1*
j ie*.
I tie comnwimoa«.on of the in«w<g**r.1s Ictwn n the
wo hanks of lhe mer w as ma tain* d *•> the p tsse*sion
t* the church St tiervaiM*. a ptTt of iho quarter "• th*
’ mpl*. the app* oselo-s of V ire I > * . and ilie hr id gs
sl N|' I* \ 1 •
the insurgent* occupied a va*t port l n of the most de
fensible pan of ihr city, and actually thnsteni-d th*
Hotel de \ ille, which if they lirt«l sticcred'*d in taking,
anight here secured the firm victory oil their *;de. < • <■
Fndav tin re Wi re partial c i ffcts. hut the in*ufp"uia
seemed lo Ih* occupied mote at fortifying thetf position |
than in actual lighting ; but w hatrver sure***-* the G"V
eminent troops mar h ivc had u various quarters when I
iconfiicta took p’acr, as at >i J)euia ami St M nrii.i, ii
now appears that it* * nilmsinstic c-atragi if ih** ii.*nr 1
■gent* repulsed them. rod • U»at them in 'lor parts!
fthe nilv. M 1.4 *1 ' wnli the at.il! ..f ( :ivaig
1C through Far** 1 the insurrection; hut It (
as evident that tin powrr ol aims c odd
e»<pi | the ium * ■ . I Th* li vi imm nt f r
»*s wire diVodd oi divi-ions, and large nns (
* of troop* win hr t io l*c.tr with nriilh ry up
) the jvisillous if lie- irgiiilv hill Mill Fruity
a sued, and the. in-urnr i n in! rvuhntly gniloud
reiiglti.
On Sriturdn v.llic I'lili.'b*- N i• i n I \ ••.nldy declared
• *
* g. Tin Kxectnixr I \* • i w a** .1* U gat* d h - lun ly
> t *vaigmc, and at ill , i- |M do- iin in'iets nl die
x r.i’ivi (. .Vf Him. u fi"» ; n»d liny d. clare.l dial
. \ all ild have mm . \\ in'iog m tbrir (lulu s and Imii
had lin y withdrawn • »nnl hi ‘■••dill >ii ur a publn
| il; they only will mi ic Aw
Report* p • ir- I i i every h ui ( , the \ mbly . nnd h tin
inielligen.’# arrived <>i !t»*• *d.i ugliie ol ill N i iii.il
<«iiard>, and the fall i t one («' i enl after another, \\ !i
«a» kille I or w ound* «l by the insurgents, tin- •* imninii be
came deep a d alarming.
\ an s j»r tut i • were issued by (\iv iig ac to m
duct* die ill*.:; t g i'ii' m n* i.i) d-iwii ill vi r arms, lull to u *
< fleet.
l'llfl whole "f Sain-.1:.V was employ.*! ill ib spi-rate
fighting w i .I.nli m|< imm pi a I ill during a In -h til
*nuii'b rst'trm. I i do ii t t "">11 I r11>!.1 y dn- c.inll . s
w* re without ini. i • On V.mrd.iv, I "Wi vi-r,
the carnage and balib "ll lb* w.iidi Kile 'fill 11 v»i
were h-T'dde. I> who nl I’ud iy night, and
until 3 o'clock O S lay.tli f iar of the arlilb n I'd
ill' Mills* uf ill ■ (|| . I. liiC Kin!. I I ibis fn III
fill slat* I ' i 'y Ih*it.iyi d not a little a
larm. 1). , V***M-inblv wot piopo*..!
t i gi vi I • ' n> l • C'*a»'- dus trittrie d.il
strife; bn! a i i i# p n :* proved that iln* liisiir
gents were! i \ \n fling up tin* strug-de w nli
aheir live*, and • v.tl.r was only surprised by their
desperate r« s be u
On Saturday o.ght ai S oVUh I;, the capi il was in
nnawlul slate I'. jhiii'O continued wi b im.io.iied fui v
I.xrge ii.i-wh u| tro .p* p mred in from ad thu neigh
boring d.pHitmciits. hnt still die insurgents having
■tendered their |**Kiiioti almoM impregnable, r» -Msl
cd nmre or h?sa effectuslIv all tin* fmee w.ieh could l*s
brought against them. The rnl ll ig tint hanner
ol the rrpublnpiu democratnpic el Soelalu y\as hoi*
ted.
On Sunday m<.ruing, at th* •;\.m ting f do* Nidnnnl
Awunbly, tin* President atmumi.' .l dial the govern
e i fees had completely succeeded in suppres ing
i * - isurre M -ii on tin- lell hai k *1 'the river, atn i s
1 •*. of ho nan lil< m l dial t on < <’.ivasgu.ic
h > *■ roe ns on die right dank till I * • o’clock
l" *-: , il they did not lav down their arms,
tie y\ , r «ntleiifhill' iU m the Faulsmrg Si
Ant * • re n >yv drivcn.nitd put tin* wh I *
hit In- > v lest arlilb ry li.nl hr ru brought to
bear up. little tlotihl could In* euterlamsd
ii hat tin* in -oif. -e i it ctruld l»« put down. The hope held
«*ut of the termii'-i'iou of the insurrection was not, how
s*rer,realized. I h*-fighting continued the whole of Sun
day, with a fearful I •«* of life, especially to the \ulio <al
Aiuards.
ftti M xiday the rceuforcomont* Ocu 1 .amoriciero had
received from ( avaignac, enabled him t • hem in the
insnrgen's in the Kist. m jr.irtnf the city; nnd allli.mgh
reduced i i» xirmitities, do Mil! fought with incredible
valor. It was thought on M . .,. iy morning, early lli.it
they they wronld surrender; bill again the h ipe llius In id
out of the termination ol llie insurrection, wamiot nu
mediately realized. Vi half past 10 ill * ftglrtugw .is
-resumed, and it was only alter a friglnlol niHiggle ot
shout two more hours, that the « x. rumciit tro pn t vi ry
where prevailed, and the front ot die insurrection being
'•roken, the insurgents were el 1 li«*r s!i it, liken prison
«t fled into the country in the direction towards Yiuccu
u»*h. Tlte eaiiem (juaiti rs, comprising lh** Uunmirg >>t
\ntoine du Temple, Menilm Ha i', and Pi ping C.ut1.
were the la*d subdued. Tin* |j-l hand l hi U luge m tin
oekbrated cemetery of IN* rra la (’liaise, hut iln t.. r t
Mobile hunted them even from this sanctuary, ami the)
Avert* slaughtered m the neighboring fields.
()n l uesday the insurrection was definitely quelled
The 1 j*s of life has been terrific—no fewer ilian four
leen general otli nts bad been p it A t.i du conduit, •
•greater lost* titan in the most splendid cngagemeirs • >t
Napoleon. Amongst those w m tell, are tieneral Me
grier, ami (*< ucrals I). art and Urea. CioneraU Uliarcol
nel and llounu'i. 'n r-, severely wounded.
Four or fiv ilie National \ss. nhly, :iv
amongst tin* I any more wounded, lint
ihc most t in that of the Archhi.<di p ot
Paris.—'I to ite on Sunday volunteered
.lo go to the . nessengrr of jniace. C'avmg
line ft.mu dial mi w is full of danger, but this
Christian pastor p. lie advanced, attended by
his iwo vicars, t.\.i the kirrirades, with an olive
branch borne bef .re h iii when lie was ruthlessly shot
n his groin, and fell murt liv wounded. The vniera
ole prelate was ordefe he insurgents to the nearest
hospital in St At.' >**ro he receivod the laat sacra
•nenls, languished. u Mias since died.
The editor of (he .Pere Duchesne, M. Dafoche, was
•hot in the head at the buriir ide Utcdicchoart, where,
the dress of an oucrirr, he was fighting at the head
of a party ot insurgent*.
It will probably In* never correctly ascertained to what
^x'ent the sacrifice of human life in this frightful slrug
gle has reached. Some compute the loss on the pan
s.f the tr fin *s fro n fJ HKf to 10,000 slain, but we Imp.
*ihis is e\ !_,• raie i The number of prisoners captured
•s*f the insurg-nts exceeds 5,000. All of the prisons are
filled .as t ;i* the dungeons and vaults of IheTuillc
rie«, Tie L-uvre. Palais Royal, the chamber of D» p i
lies and the Hotel d Ville. A military commission has
been appointed m in such as were found with arms in
Omir found?, and they will probably be exj»Tti d to ilm
Marquesas Island*, nr some transit tlantic French eolony
A decree has been pr pos»d with that object. Wuhtve
ii’it apic« to reco i ittiie many acts of individual heroism.
Many soldiers **\!i *1 sublime courage. On theothnr
'.hard, the snv • y with which the insurgents
waged r - is iielief.
I'he-y • .if their own pris inert; cut ofi
tiaeir ha - cut , * M inflicted harbartiei worthy ot
savages The w ■ were hired lo poison the wine
sold to I in* who drank it, reeled and died. T
seen s to t>. rved generally, that if the, insurgent*
.hid auveeeded.m tallowing up thei/ most admiubly cun
dueled plan td* *ati*>n*. and Fixing * ’
lire and piwsc**.*! lh» #'•** lvi ■* . f the Hot.*! \
f.dl .wed up »fe*#T attieka a' >i! tin ««" bank* « l ibe nv
rr. tint the wlmt# city w.utld hive hern given tip t • |"l
'lege. Indetd tin* words piZ/ngr :uwl r.ncnn "H I In
have W -n ins.n'-t d on unr "I iheir ^ * h-—
than "«l/Hlti stand - I arm* have Ivon*, rj.’d and raptxJTod
in (lip Fm/k'UT](’ St. .ftlf nr ab»n. .
Fr mi the I rd.Mt Fin * ,f.f*nr
i On the lull Fluk ‘li*' ’'••Hi''. lb I, I: si i i • * X*.. . Id
! to flu* I'antlif n. by !•' v *t.>cp aid narr w lim- <1 tin
, rue * * ,/icyi-i.u .it'll to « • i j • htrri'.id.-! ami
♦•Veil f.>- ■»fi»• ! W it i fiiiiim, 'I i a tack ii tl is |» i,n ,
al *nec*Mit |."»h ur* hard and »in11»i* rrupted fight i » : yet
it was tin first u hi.’li w.ta reo.in.|>itjn d hy t h*- tnup*
Flic a ten k ml tke (i'll »l O W li;-d» • Vt. I to ill
ft* S' SAtuie. was c ndnei. .| by |. u n-mr, w li •
grid all) t-treed I. - way < >ii the 11. : I day l,» lim harrier*
*rWI then effected hinjtliicii ui with lim central di*i-mn
<f tir-n I Hi v i% t»-r. It may bo inferred tr mi the tegular
dwitt j:ntti*mi uf tin? insurrectionary !*• trs-fw, that thuir plan
wa* tu i a banal tin troop* !y n fruit lit** attack oil the
barricade* and then tn .isxum off.* i* re op rit > t * v
•dvnrea* of the t wo wing* uptu the .N rninl \*«em!d\
and lh^ wu*l • n I i fl'an*. *• a*'o pUr. d - t • >v, r n
ttaeiit between tin* two fir. * and t. duee it !•» inevitable
'I et'4 I i wine lliii ex#
rutioti of such a jdatt, extending uv- r a line of several
nidus in lungth and iii-’uni-iinud l ,r thu but lour day*
disclosed, \t perfectly incunet ivalde
Fury sp.vi. * ul artifi. w ,« < n|d >,'ud to convey ant
munition Tb p U of i! in M* Women, e* i do * "I III**
u.itin lu«l and even the r Ui i* of the dead, «i re luiiutl
, ‘ ■ i
ni iuny in gold and note . were di*cnv rud on the pet-mu*
i| mm apparently in i\trnitte pu’ertv, 'J "I loung
children. The w iiu i uf |b»r 1 t "d. i lit >4 *<• ivu part
in tb s r'i- I i y re \ey.',I orbit and * goal*
ittntigh the hutl«ft fire They carried of the wound
|*l, S' ip m* ul iluot perish, I iii tliu haffiewd,**, or lied
fr m tin Initisi h ui tl.u soldier*, wlill-t ■ »in' are cvsi,
tup fed to have inflicted the in ml refined haiinrititw
upon t :,uir w reirl* d 1, II., v ritir^u* w li t let I fallen pnx
oners inf > the'r hand* N Min were spared by the eh.in
ui * ur the nidiurrujjiitatinu fury uf Ilu* g. m ral slauoli j
ter.
From tin* 1 ,und >n Time# of June ‘2T
Tim pisitinn nf the itiM'ifipmN tinoiinhont tliu line I
have ment wed v i n netiMly * rung Tito linrricnde#
in advance of the ' artier* wo re ;h f <r mid abb a , rep.u'ar
engineers cmi Id ha vt const noted t nem fi lie liuiisnx
co\efing tliutu tN.rupit d the in* am uf passiiei Irolll one
to an,,'her ; tin* t-II house* nf the harrier oecnptd 1. v them
had the U n.duw h 1. ill .vrd, the lit Ml < • Ml tliu I* ill* . I r I j
were 111 r*' \* r III the pus**. siuM uf the rebel . fl'nl
man - I Midi v\ irk’ncn Wl.al firm ,1. however, the
x reie» th .*< tin • j -it * . i, wax the p» rl i it in uf i lie u all
"f tb, !■ iv, wlneli urn twelve ur l’,ii!?eeil I< i t liiult, ,t
interval* »tf S ,,r I tt yard#, and the ere at inn by that in, in* !
id several hundred I'Hiph'b* \\'In it those wlm have I
heett at \\ at' lino le iru lint luf iti m«* tin i a mil*- ilu
wall* of the <it\ I P.iris We.e a* pr>f'|sely foul.lud
with I < p h I'i is w i . i In gar ,leii wall of ! I mpem nit,
tluv will easily liin jinn ln>w l .rmid ible was ilu uln a
ele it present, d. \\ lieu lln*y •*11fVH'lit ir in mind that
the liaiii','u|. s in advance wen* co up 'se>l •! piv. nn till
• lines,da hull'll,,! w.ighl .null, Iir «l tin* I'll! st an h
l.,r a liuspttjil ui prun -.suf ereedmi. nnd that tin \ wt n* 1
piuti et, d hy h iiisi-H ndj miiuo i ur emuin ui«l:u/ ilu in ;
and lint as ihi.mi pi -euled i - If ilirnuolieul Sa'ur
da> and Suii.lay, n run .taut, nnetiiup ami deadly fin* j
W I* kepi tip n|i ll'i .'I'S Illn.u h\ :i'i al'Mist 111V ill** de
• • irri *n , tin \ w ill nut he snrpri •• d it the ptuluii * | r.• i
MiNtance. in11 at die ininn uxe 1 •. * nf III, amnn ;-l Hie
'• • ps ind National (iuard# that u tf>l uuaU 1. ut n
red.
I \ , ' l d I ill*!, W II » M !’'i* M.li 1:11 * * i'V ,
i « <d | lie in d i Wtill illll Irs id i ('liri I .ill prh d h night I
tn Ihmi.g back that mrngeoits nmltiItu rea m and j
pi-aee, was Imw 1y sli d fruii the li:»**U id a liarcii i h ; 111
ilu t. n. |t< -mner wlm li.nl survived llir iiiiun i. i
rauinnigi.s ot \> i« i, fell in like manner al a parley with !
the nun if M id 'ho lil’ifi S'( .111 nir. ^ Pm je |
•III.I Irm'ile ovetfl mV I tin* sir li o d pa ..i n . m l ( mo 1
I !• IIIN of 1111111.11111111111’ So l.-l'll ail.I h Ullllle a rev.ill I
w r mi * ht in tin heart of a ei’v hy tin' hands .-f Ip r own ■
rpr/i us. the w rid h is not wilm ,, | in the wli-di ,m
v«\ .f histniie memory •. and the aims of a .'rn",r and!
an enemy w •*u|i* have lieen devoted to Hern il infamy il
they had lull.el» d s 1 aw fnl a » In tt 1 un til mi the •nil
•■i’V "| I’aiH \ in hut hers. Ife.nihl punish her iniuni
t ea u 1 lin t In r doom.
What will h die aat mUtimcnf of the wmild nu 1 the 1
feeling of all military men in particular, when tie \ arej
• old lint the whole of ih so works wire defended hv j
Iwtweeu SO md I •'Irullim ' the larged num'iei slated 1
was -lntf || iw many of the iostirgen'ft were killed on
Sunday al the harrier |{ M’heeh.iunil, think v 01, while |
the I S4 nl the armed force w as more than |IMWI. One
ol tin 111 was shot through the leai i while linn ' through
a loop hole not six inches in diimder. Five wore
wound' I They rilll from loop hole to loop hole will*
ill ' agiliiy of monkey s They uly !< fi the corner >if the
high wall I 1 seek ammiimtiou of yvliich they ha I only a
sean'y and piecaii us snpplv.
I was how 11 the mark .d the eru nlde under the wall
in which th. y 111 lied h id f .r bullets during th light.
1 \ o \ - it tempted tn fabricate gunpowder \ gainst
these melt w-re hr ooght .as fine an ar nv, and asservi
enhle a park • f artillery ,a« the w rhi e mid produce, and >
nothing less would have si ffl •, .1 t.• tlisl »<l_• e them. Tin ir !
IHisi ion had heen turned and they hul been attacked m |
the rear.
I .et us recollect, however, also that on 800 other
points the tro ps w ore occupied in e intending yx ilh the I
rebels; and at the same moment, | m.l how tins must have
etnharassed the Item raU! 1111 it the usual imans of oh
mining informatioii wire not a\ dlahl *( imr was inf. r
•nation obtained to he r* lied on. \\ hen lliese facts shall
he taken into eons derail n, there will not he s 1 much
stlpprise at the ..tl usi\e and del* n-ive ell >rt 4 of tin* re
beU, whi, though com|taritively few in iiuinher, wete
iniiinitelv acquainted \\i;h the ground, strongly t un
Ii il.and supported hy sympathies and tin* positive et.
operation of the w hole p .pulalmn of the continuous line
of ! >wns that hofih r the Ihmlevafd «.
I i Vein llu S, mill I'.,It! u t<1 tin' I .nml m < »7i In . nf
.him
I In* in w Mims'rv «l»h•- not give timvet*:il salts!’jet ion.
Olruir-e M m\ per* ms complain if tT1 retciui m, in
}M\v< r a ml I irm of old mtui-tr*. viy K.mirt, Capit,
I i-* I Ii i n< >nt, and llaslide, and Hiked wliv !M Thiers is
•n*t ii mu d. I'.iev also e unplam lint what i s called tin'
rlvj'ir of ilie National Iris slill ll . a ,r* i.Jeury; and
maintain as a pro .I'the nomination of \ Imirai I.. Ilian.-,
as Minis!, r of the Mai me
As to the composition of the new Ministry, the only
r- ally had uomuaiioti is ilni ot ( amot. I' ns man m.il
nios' as objectionable as I,mini llollin; lor Ins i reulars,
when they were in p«wer together before the election,
were as violent us those o( l.edrtl K <11 til, ttlld s. Cllied
to have Item written hy the sum* hand.
Vst *Ki curi. lie is really an holiest, wi ll meaning re
puhlieaii. l or Tl years lie lias enj \. .1 an unsullied repn
tation III private life. ami none . t his public arts have
brought odium upon him. 11.Turnouts, the Munster of
Justine, is also an holiest man, ami a moderate re pub
I lea *i.
ll.istide, ilie Minister of F r. i mi \ Ifoiis, ahb mi *h long
iusn cted u( a t mh ucy 11 .1 ,1 ri pub i aanism, bi haved
nobly in the allair of I. ms llianc. lie was the only
Mints'er \vh » had tin* 1 ourage and the hoin sty to de
mand the arrest and trt il of that m id d* tingoyue.
The appointment \ hieh give* most satisfaction is 11 it
uf t« I I 11 ll • a M I *t< r lit \\’ ir .first. |*l mi I i.f
esteem dial IS entertained for Inn; secondly, from In* be
ing the broth 1 in law .■! M Thiers, whi h lends to the
siipp.sitton that Cavntgnnc intends, in due season, t . a
vail himself the tab'll s ol the brotlier m law ; and
third, not least, because the ap|>.>uitmeut proves that ( a
vaignac is above all jial.nisy. The e nduet of I .amort
ci. re m the late insurrection Ins made h m so popular,
that it ( avaiguae had not a noble mind, ho would not
have admitted such a rival of popular favor into ihe
Cabinet. ( amot cannot remain long in oili v -public
opinion is to * much against him; it was . yen d mh f, !.
ye.steid.iy. w heiht r h • wuut I Ik namt 1. Cm lig iac he*
it:Hed lone heiw e n him and M. It.irilmlcmy N. Ililnr.-,
w ho, nr M Victor l lug», will pt >*bly 1 ike h 1 p|
The National Guard ami tin* Line had revived 1 . in
*ist u|K»n h rigid enquiry into the cause* of the lite insur
rection, and every hour adds to their initatton on this
•uty et. It haa been 1
patches to the Provinces fur reinforcement!*, were not
sent otf with pro;* r rapidity, and ll is even reported ilia
others ol a different character, forged it t* said,were ! r
warded; hut these am r< ports 1 . whieh implicit er du
must not be afaehed. 'Che arrest of I,, dm U.dliu. I.»
marline and Floem. are generally spok. ii of m day. ot
up to the past hour 1 could not ascertain that they were
true. It 1* the general opinion, however, that tin it:m
ought to Ik* lust to securing them.
liar!*** made <pute mit ofl>cii)g released by hi- friends,
both on Fud*y and Saturday iu«t. but e his < nli. c
• ■ • • \ i lima
J , «»ehgmi **f I 14 per* *n. .ml ot» I* relay an I Saturday lo*
US* | NUI1M4 Till l.» TT I.JHI I M a* ai.xiuu ' V listen log to
every *< Mind \ - In X1 * rt, hr had declared lh.it hr Mi uhl
•«* in I'aiit no I'tiilay « vrn; .'.and lhat ihr insurgent a
had prepared 1 »r him a high post of «mnn.ind.
XX «• beari now t ■ e .ruvivr ill** danger in which we
i vef p ared i lew days ag" It i* as-Mainml that the
I intlirgeuU had resume- ■•, and that they had even |»fc;nr
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,MJ to ihr.u | \: tin- first ami second arrmdia emenu*] re
ss C
I lot in d* rat' |{r;m ihrans b* gm In think that thr l(>
p ililir i« s.afr, and it ih "’ll r Hit m attire y»u that irm
,| the gr. test ill icuer. who were anti republican only
a -A ilav- go, IlnW rXprr-iH I hope ! Il.it .1 VlCtoft His f
ji., i will hr r 'ahhsind -it is, they say, the Otilv
c fiance of rrs'i.ri' * d itneatie pe in-. They d- mand . h w
rVi r. very stiirt an l stern mev»'»re* against Mine "f tin
dnl,« and the iucead vy pr* as; tf these lie nut put down,
all rfilrf will hr tmpossthle the st.it,1 of siego cannot
last forever, and with the hist eumurage;Meut# a uarchy
w ill again raise itself.
Toe great H mi.ers have had a meeting to*day to dr
\ ih' :i a' t • is-i*i X{ (, niiiHi iii\, tie1 nr a Minister ol
I ,u m -r, arnl provide a rajntal fir tin « I'ploymmit of the
working rl.a .e«. Kvery • lf,rt will h made to | i- vnt a
*ri-a turn of papertnoneV. httl U seem- ini|*ossible to do
\\ lie'll It,.a- there Hirst hr lieW t.lNrs tip 'll 1 li • • W ll o
are noli, hilt who, III t ll • • present slate o| things,
tiivn a I Host is little.a . the poor I'lir pay o( the A t • ~
In rs Nall 'II.IUX has bn u resume I to k< • p tile li.i ii Ir on
strirv ition and prraiion, hut they are to hr iijiiuediatr
rrurganiit 1 tnd compelled t i j' nluctWo labor,
I ! | **n »-day—the
have NS'1!! ‘i J»»-r Cent, ■•lure til, fdofijllg prires lei -re the (
in-ur rrrtioii. I four Ml lihteis have but llmakdl to tak<
proper II I V 1 lit •» ' " o| I l|(l I* ilill Iriier thill* rt’poH «J III
them, mutter* will again r uue r mud.
i.x n>r.
| I’r un the of! editi m Imndoii Sun, .June of!, IV M |
I p>I I the lie! all , ll It nny hr >o call. d. upon the tie
errr to ii.t r-j oil the live or six llun-.and ptisuimrs taken,
( an I'lii'i*1 imr.st into a loud i iipinaium against theii cru
ellv.niul ft mil the tune «I the speakers, no dmihl exists
ill it the iiiMirgiins \k me supported by the Mon j uiN urns
ot lie- \ uMiihly. \ nmdy several legions if thu Nit linn
al (Hoards have hrci ilisarmi d hv ( nvaignae. I In ha >
hem eiii;*ow ■ led l • I : in a in'W Ministry. *1 "lit! fniluw
ing Mini itrv have Ihm ii appointed .
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(•ii Cnv 11 u m : 11* Ins .11»|>« ii nl« il ('linngniiMT ('< mii main I
«• r-111 ( In* I u| ilu \ 111<in tI (• 11.1111 ul I'.iih, ami (»t n IJr
dean Uoverimi of Pari The National A ewbly will
p U» elect a I'li bill'll in lln- | h r ul .M
Sr i irci, ami M I Pdaiise li..a been started as lln- eaudi |
dale n| 1 lu* modri.lte*. I
| I '-'iii lie n.iid Kdni.ni nf ilm Kuro|>cnn Times. |
I 11' 111ri a - nil • 11"in Paris ' lair dial (several changes
bad ial»rn jdarr m dm new Ministry. Admiral l/lllane
de 11a- - I ilu - il- r --I Minister ul Marine, and M. Uastide,
Minister i I pi \ ii o . ! id been appoint d in hi • !
plar". M Marie, laie nimbi r of die Kxecutive (iuv j
cMiMimt. is ... Picsident "f lln* \ sembly.
'I’be I >. Iineml Paedi(ple, uf tin- i'.'tli nil., which1
s,i" «gl.V reeoiniii' ini' -I (• ii. Cavaiguac as dm Inline]
Pn »di ul i I tin- IP public, was extensively circulated in
Pan I P cry IP pie .entail ve, as be en!( led the Assem
bly. Ii id a copy thiusl into Ins hand.
\ i m itu• ii lake plane in ou st nil nhern in the ipiar
lets where the (llsn III ten ted I • di •, a lid i in* ra 11 y at III jilt 1
III the si 11 els. 1 lie Instil mills, although coinpiiTcd, mi
ll) im me ms mibdlied, and H is not itnprubalilo hut that
Hi v me dti ii] tin ii \ the jtrugg . \ prom i .
how. vs r, t Ii v <o:i line llmir attempts i • p lisoning a ad sc
ciel uitirdeiu.
( oiirts Mnnlils were being In ld nil the prisoner* as '
rapidly as possi! de.
\ t the meeting ul llm Assent'dy on Tlmrsda v, 'POIM,
• •lilt 11 a lies well Vi ileil lo I In \ a t mnal ( Pi'ilds and I ,000,
(M)0 to the (tinrd N|" i|e. pin* n in ul tieii. Higiiterwas
noniiiialed Suli. I .met. in the rtli IP giim nt of die Kme,
and a pcnai-ii <•! $'»0O’la year given to the widow , NeV |
• rtask, ami lo die eiiddreii uf die (•moral.
()it one ul die Iusnigi nls was louiul the draft of a de j
erer w i it ti n in pi noil.
Ail. I All tin- riti/.rin w lm pay ttiote than ‘J00 francs ,
in taxes shall be ilejntn d of their civil and pi •' it lea I rights ]
l-ir ten yi am,
\ i. J Ml the property botlirenl ami personal, br|<nm
t ig toeiti/. t-s w h" Ii ive exercised puhlie Inticlioiis of any
inline sun e | ,S1 i, is i i> iIi .rated.
Ait. IP ( oiis!iiution ul l‘'iaue>‘id that cfIT'Jii.
\rt. i Phi irm.y is disbanded.
The Mem trial do K-iuen, say s. “ yesterday ninrnii’g
w* en die roll *1 die liberated eoiiviets to harvillance
at iPmeii was (‘illled over, It w as found that SUO were
absent.” This is a very significant fact, The estini
ati • --I killed and w • tinled ilill- i very materially. Some
ar wiinIs give ,‘f»,(H10 as the total on both sides,w hth oth
its give only 10,(100 (July 10,000 insurgent*,It now ap
pears, wile engaged ill (lie s'niggle.
The disturbances wlmli broke out m Marsellii son
tli J Jd till liuv* been iptcllcd. The dopiiluieuta ofFiance
>ev( rally are tranquil.
political anti TJomrotir.
TIIK CONSTKUNATION OF TIIK CASS
MKV
TIIK CONFIDKNCK OF Till. WIllCS.
We have now the echoing* of the Telegraphic fl nl,
wlueh struck the (\i>s men, in aim mu -mg the n Minna
ti 'ti <1 \ an Huron. \ liitinder cl ip itself e.nihl hardly
h ive seared .>r hurt linn more. To say that they chafe.
In t. or se Id,hut leehly depict the (tights they are III,and
it !-> even a !<< .! • >1 -s -lipti ai to a id that they I .am and
• nine. \ * II n (| hell »w. Some of their join mils cal! Mr.
\ an Huron everythin £ hut an h.Miesi man, thereby eon
r to all the charges that the Whigs lot twenty
years have been making against him, hut o' Iters give up
hi despair, and repose in a s u l o| melancholy slleiict that
I i 'Hules tin cnming l“>. ot ail animate n.
I lie contrast • t lie* W h g party is beautiful. Il is
i N \ I rlauil, New York, ami O
bin, the mime ol (■ icral Taylor waa nut the fay rite
i••ante, and that there wi re many 'symptom* of rebellion i
wlmi the T. Icgrayh first spread the m ws. The echo
tugs now, h wever, are about all heart could wish '
I lie sound, co ntu mi sense of the Whigs, and ‘of the
Whig party, its duty to itself and the necessity of pro
serving its organ;y.itioii, have so loreihly impressed near
ly all relisting minds, lli.it the nomination is likely to
i ■ eive a lull, and, in the end, iho h virty aupp rt of the
W big parly. As an \uhiirn corre*j*ondent wntesus —
I he I r* of the Whig have e an entire
change Their first impressions Were those of disappoint ,
tm iit an I \ < \atioii —the inevitable result of their preeoti- |
ccived w ishes and Opinions but they have now had
time |..r ia (lection and eon-bdi ration, and Li t ir sober se
(Mud thought tells them tieti, Taylor is a man, a great ;
mati timf not hi tig hut a man. Cayuga county is as sure
f" give him in •• hi majority, a* lie is to he the noil
i . t. . % * I /
Mil l.AUD KII.I.MOItK.
Some ol the 1. t’ot .eo papers are circulating the story
that the.V it llitllihn, .vliih* it stippoit.s tin* minima
tion o| lien. r»y!or t »r President, ret uses to put the
n line of Millard Fillmore at the head of Ins column*.— i
II <w much truth tin re is in tins si.nyf which is circulated
locreaie tin- impression that Mr Fiitmore is not aeeepta
hie to S at.hern \\ lugs, the I dlowing i \ira*l Irom the
paper in tpn » ion w ill .show :
i'i m //ir.Wip Orleans flulhtin
**<h Millard I til more, we can not only say that we
ar. e nit ot with Ins nomination, but we are proud that
> Like (»
la\lor. Ins merit alone has secured him this distine
ti|,i|; n • party tactics—no intrigue-—no drilling has
l»r'light him forth. Commencing life without jx.wer
lul 11lends, | utrons or connections, he has Im’cii the ar
title, r o| hi-* ow ii fame; w ilh his clear head and holiest
heart, li» has obtained ihc confidence ol hts countrymen,
and won distinction. In New \otk, where lie is best
know i, |,e was last yeat elected to the highly respousi
| bits otii.-e of Comptroller by the majority uf 45,IKK) over
his competitor. Ills iiaim is nit so familiar with us
in I.oiilsiaoa, hut in the councils ot the nation, as a re-»
ut-ivi from the grt Hate of New York, lit* voice
11
lias betu a> remark aide l.r Ins urhuuity. Ills moderation. *
..ami hi* j'Oii'j, as tut Iiik iUticnan like
view* and vigor of intellect up >n rill ipiestt ms of natt un!
policy. I |e in **a U'mmI imin and true.'” with mt a hint
or -rain «m hi* -scut'-h. u, and wo Iherefuro agniu w« I
come him as the *id and colleague of “ll** old Ilian ol
IJuena \ ' i V
I would Im» d lH nit to ‘ od an vw here, a m ire cordial
resjumss- t ■> Mr. Kilim *r>’* n uni-i.iMou than this - nor
could any heartier or Utter he desired.
’I 11 ft I! Kill) OK lU’KN \ VIS IV
T o- remark of (irn. T n lor m tin ».»*tl« .-f 15•.* ;n
\ i*m, “a lit i !c Hiuru :'ia}*t», t’.ip\ I» eg . ” has !■ >: i * a
proViTb f»r ciic luragmncut in trying *\ cie-* The
•Jlisti igutshed < ifi •• r, wh» cimunaiided the battery on
that ocea«mu# w is on the 4>h lost, presented with a
* word hy the eili/. i * ol Mo • Il I'l ie.s Jejdy lu the speech
mid* i.u 'h lu ana! presentation of th-- sw ofd, l.»ut. t ol.
Hr igg s dd :
l ur all ihe success which has attended nv in pert >r
mmg I huSO duties, (m tile ha in • 10 M \.c •) I have i
indebted to the !■ nlid'-ue md kiudnes* o| toy c iinman
d«*r, and to llu* gallantry auJ devotion ul ih js** ** ho served
under me.
I‘ -snig hy the incident* of Kurt Hr »wn and Monte
rey, to which you have so eloquently alluded, I may he
pardoned lur saying, in reference lu the more iu>*innrnhle
11■ Id id Buena V j-'.i, ih ii the credit w hu h has bi i u
awarded me I r the pari p rlonin <1 hy my command un
that occasion, lias hail Us oilgin I t ill" d i*i nte res'ed ness
ami generosity oft Ul liuhle old ( duel’, W hu Is ever tl'icll
ned to bestow on otiit r* the In uor j.isdy dun to himself.
I u (•ell. I ay lor, und t» him il .lie, belong* till the
glory ol that achieve m fit And I hut express tilt? line
verstl i piui.il ol ih .«• ivhosi iv.tj under him. Hi sa\
mg ih.il no other living man uuuhi have obtained that
Victory. Nigleat wjs the coufideuc ■ reposed III him
hy lie. Iru .p , and u i ulher e . ild h.iv • «• uiiuiauded it.
Ilia: Ills pr» ■■>. iio* oil anv part ol the field was sullirieut
n l only tu chau/e despair ml * hope.hut lo giv as.uraue.
t»l i dory, an I d.*pi I all doubt * I uhimalc iriumph.”
I his i. i he true seciet i (Jen. I iylot *a
11 is prt s.-iK alone instill, d a cam rage in a i los soldiers
which never cu i| I le* d* I -.tied -and il b*yond all ll »ubt
is l rut1,'tut ii. other ollh er c old have gal mil the butt 1* - of
Hm-mi Vis'a. il i in bo d, any other would have ventured
to light n. It was, indt el, a tcirihli; and most un
e*pia| cu r l, hut the re ult j islifi d the Old ll-mm
making it, and mure emphatic.dl y, perhaps, than . I a y
gn il Imttl ■ that wr.s ever I ugh . m iy it >e • i d ul ih
battle ol liuctia \ i *t a, that it was the viet ny tdHue
ill Hi. 'The lame there gained is a nple to Cover all over
with glory every man who took part in it, hut still it
was essentially the “victory ol tieii. I’aylor.” Ills
name “is a host m armies” Ins presence made every
man under him a hero—w herever he appeared s icees
eiowuid the «ll jrts of his Holdierh and with Lmwasa
leader u » one double I >d ultimate triumph. Ii is^ l to
lie hared th ..a-the eolile.l next November, hu can he
lie lea led.
GKN. I A\ LOU.
W liilsl the procession last evening w.ii moving in :i!i
oilier part ol the city,.i ntimlier of persons m the iicigh
bnrhi oil of the.St. ( joules 11 >li I, p« reel veil Gen. Tay
lor in the ladies saloon, where lie hail been invited by
Gen. (i.n ii. s to w it ness the dtspkiv. The moment they
eanolit a ohiupse ol him the\ gave time eh*» . lor old
Hough and Heady. Gen Ti\f*r immediately retinal m
a part o| the r*nim in whlcdi he could mil he seen; hut the
crow d eoiiliuued l * increase and \\ ilji K the cheers 1 ■ <r the
old lli'inderer < I Hu* ua \ ista men-used also. In a low
minutes the streets in and an ut the hotel vu r* thronged
with a in n lut nil*.* ot pei sons a! I cm rung (•> n. la) lor.
Several 'geiiilemeu > I tile lUlllO'llse eoiiColltse o| persons
j :i•sent hit the crow d and went ! • G* u I a) lor and dt
sued him to app* ar at the window of'the saloon, as no
ih ugi l.se would satisty ami disperse the uceidelit.il as
semblage. Tin; General objected doing so, a * it would
seem .in i ul * - hut nee with the appointed ceremonies of
the night. Hut the crowd continued tw increase and the
cheering IiIicwim; lie at length appealed at tne window .
W lien he was seen by the multiludn below , the eln cnng
w as ihile ung. As soon as sdeucc e mid he o'otaluel,
(•mi la y lor addressed the people in the street to the
lollow mg i Ificl;
“l ’i Mow Citi/'-ns | am accidentally m this city , and
would I nn he an unobserved .special .r ot the proceedings
ol this night. The evening has boon 8**t apart to do honor
to a Irietnl, a brolht r soldier, rind a gentleman I respect,
and to w hum the country ov is a debt ot gratitude. I
bad hoped that no l'ilends of mine would notice my pres
ence in a -\ty to at tract attention. Hut since y» u have
* en (ii to manifest your partiality in a manner which
cannot escape notice, I can only thank you for the kind
ness ol the compliment and w ish you good night.)f
Gen. lay lor then retired amidst shouts which mule
the welkin ring. lien. Gaimswas then cheered in the
most i nthusi.iMic manner. The old veteran appeared at
tile window , ami made a f. w remarks in the spir t id
thi! additssol G. u. Taylor.
• V. O. I'icnyimc. July l.
Til K AH IT I L POPGKIL
Mr. \ an Horen, until Gen ( asig;\ersn
came nolmious, was thought to have munopolr/.cd this
classic sohriipiiet. According to the follow ing, from a
corn* pond* nt o| the New \ rk 11. laid, there has arisen
one w ho bids lair to nut dodge both:
W hat is to Come ot this Plica nomination? W h it
is the modern ( ato going to do for Home? W hat ol the
‘I t'Si ut, ni ,.| Worn sin! W hat of the Hu Halo P on veil
lion? NN’heie is (Jen Cass? Where is Gen. Taylor?
And Gen. Podge wlm never dodged an Indian, dodges
the proviso Kveu the frank and maul) Podge is trans
formed into the artful dodger. His letter of declination
remind* us of the epitaph lo another Podge of unfortu
nate memory - more unfortunate than the General:
'•Here lies a Podge, who dodged all good,
A ml do lord a deal of evil.
Hut alter dodging all her mid.
I le eould'llt dodge the devil.'”
Hut our Podge has if dged him; and Father Uitchic
fat Vs “well d me, good and faithful dodger, thou hast ev
eu do !g d the Little Magician and Prince John, who is
tie Prince of Darkness, and the H irnhurners, w ho are
the vpaw n of the ( Mil Democracy.” I lodge is a good
name, bill dodger Isa her* r. h*,neeforili. oh ! gre:,t In*
dian lighter thy style and title shall be General Dodger
i’oi.i nr u. no tic k
The undersign* 1. t' Whig el ctor, fu the I J h !) >•
trict, b* «leave to swy to tin people «»I Migusta, that his
professional eng ageuieuls hi the (ireutl Court, and tie
l •Mr i 'i \pp i - ti I. w . sbtirg, w » as ;>> ;• i<
venl him I;• •.11 addressing them upon the subject of the
I' filial Kh ion iet re tho Migust Court \t hat
time In* hopes i » be able to shew ihem not only that
tiro I'ayhr has principles, but that they are ui the
true stamp, and that In* is in every res perl worthy el
the c.u li deuce of the patriotic of all parties. 1 Its position 1
is not «m the Ualtlinore platform, or any nth r piatLrin,
hut upon the broad ami comprehensive ground of tile
Constitution.
lie hopes also to lie aide to pine ■ Mdlatd Fillmore
fairly !»«lore the public, ami utterly to refute the false
charge ofab ditiouisin which has been preferred against I
him. The undersigned served with Mr. Fillm • in
Congress, was intimately neqnainted with him, ami
«loi s not liesitiitn on his ow n p« rsmnl knowledge ami
responsibility t a pronounce tlm charge against Mr. Kdl
Uiore untrue.
iv, and probably more gentlemen w ho have fought
by (•• n 1 y in tho A|. xicin war, w i
preg* at at th i Mi just t i irt, to be.iir tin ir t* slim my t >
his im ms ns a sold:* r, a statesman and a <*• ntleman.
Al.KV II. II. Vir.vu r. I
“THIS LOOKS I.IKK KKUKI.IK>V“
The N Orb ins I)«111 pnbl ah* - a cal i for a mi ■
I I > MmsTats who are favorable to the eleeli. n et (o n
I ay I »r. l'he call is signe I by a r»u nher of the h adi »
I h'iiuM’ra■ s «>f the c.ty of New Oib*nus, who, in tie• eah
\pr. xs their gratili vmo.) at tin* nomination ,,f (.ener.il
I iyhr, b\ the Philadelphia Convention—their regret
;bit i.ii II iliimorr ( ouv« niion did not nominate him also
—ami invar tiniV 'li tcrmination to sujijn rt him, uomul
f<r by trlnmi numiaatnt/
Old “A ms vervoni'1 ef the Washington Union, will,'
il is understood, in ease of Cass’ defeat, resume his ipiiel j
home in Virginia. Well, it will Im consoling to his
Inemls to remember that one of ihe enusuahiies of life is
llial “A*Heines take wings “—Cleveland Her.
'1 he 11 ston \tl well remarks that the two lives of
Men. I ass Won t save him. It he had as many lives as
i eat, nine, his p 1tlic.il desl.uetion would be im vi'aale
' . a - titvl
MIt. FI.M.MOUK.
'I’lir* Richmond I’ iguiri r Ins the cr* * t of having
g i v • * 11 the cu Ii the whole I) ii<n*r t! i<* presi <! lie*
South, in preferring a charge of A . didomsm against
A11 lard Fi l;ure. d.e \\ ieg nominee fir t!i« Vice l‘rc>
nlrney. This charge w as based upon Mr Fillm nek
vote* upon eeraiii res 'lotions, in• vrd in lie* 11 o*1 o|
Represent itiv.s, on the llth of I feenulrcr, 1**3S, by
Air. Vtlierioii, et New I lampshire. Then* resol u dons,
as cit'd l»y the Kipiner.t il very hr short, f convicting
Mr. Fillm «r» .1 \ • dii • inst opinio •; f ,j it was iinm
: test from lh ir chtraeo r and from tin* voles, that even
> "ithem men might have votr d, ar d did \ do. a_ o >t
1 ih'*m Ummush ii| lh* ir ioa leoiiacy n« dee'nratlons ot
s otiu r i d* trine,w hilst N r hern men might li:iv< vo’ed,
and did v -te against them, because they might be can
trued as assailing the righ* of )>elitioit# w hich ever)
Northern p ditu-iau of the prcaml day regards ; * a car
. -I ii 11 principle. '1‘hc S .vummh Repaid can publishes a
very aide r >m nuiiicn lion, res iewiug the cn cm usances
tha' aMendt d the introduction of the Atin >n resolutions,
which we much regret that we cannot insert in our pa
p.r to day. and we shall certainly give place to it to
to.irrow. Rut we camint sull'-r our country edili m, of
<ins mornii g, to go t|ore its reader*, widest r briefly sta
j ting one very important Ihet, elicited 1#v the coiiiimiuicr
noii n h rred to, whieh triumphantly vindicates Mr. Fdl
more, i:• »ni die unjust stigma "t Abolitionism, and can
{ not toil to redound to the contusion of his accusers.
I'hijiixl o/ ihr, ttxoltilions, irith ,!/#*. i'tlmnn'n vote
u/itin ii, It ix nut In in juililt.xltt <1 In/ t!ir ruu/wrer, or tun/
ilt ntjiyislx. The reason will he ohvi.nis to the rea l
• i , w lo n lie *••- s tin- resolution. It was in these words:
I - ‘ If lived, I hat this government i# a government
*t limm-d powers, and lliar, by ill-* constitution of me
I tiled - I 4, I (JN(;UKSS II \S NO 11 RISDIU
1*10 N \V11A FFA F.R OV K'R I IIKINS I I il FI ON
‘»r s|.AVF.Il\ IN I I IK M’.\ KIUKM \ FI .b OF
I III'. ( UNFKOKRACV.”
When the Vote was taheii on lies resdutiou, M If.
FlU.MORK VO I'F.I) I A TIIK AFFIRM \ I IVK.
ilul n* nher the resolution, nor .Mr. Fillmore’s vote, is
alluded to, by die Kiupuier, hi its article, which has
been copied iIir.. gl, ui the South! Fho declaration,
'• nil.imed in the n s duliu i, isdiiectlv’ ami openly at war
with Vljolnioiiiam; and Mr. Fillmore’s vote m lavor of
ii would hive badly e imported with the charge, that lit*
was a it A >o 111 ui i-.t Hence, douhlh •>>, the u Mission.
(turn.id' rs wdl perceive, Irmu die luslorie.il review,
u Inch We shall puhhsli to m rrow, dial the first icsolu
iion, w as the only nue w hit’ll asserted a practical, sub*
•staiiiiv«* principle, uni lhal pimeipie opp.i,, d i aholnion.
I he v\ hole haleh Wi re contiived, ill a secret caucus, lo
serve party ends, mid not to advance any real patriotic
purpose. | hey were sprung upon the House, under dm
i apple alioii ofiiie gag, and hurried through against the
ienioiisii.mces uf both N nitherii and Northern men. Mr.
Fill non1 ' oid i r dm only prnposidmi which was w >i di
a rush to the cause of Nun hern rights.
(Bn Cass and (ien. Paylor have Im!Ii heen f r ninny
yrais in tin pit dir soviet;. I ) tring all lint li no l av
lor Ii is hei n distingm-died hy extra serf ice and Cans I r
extra pay.- Iv.srillc Jmnuil.
I’KNNSYLVAM \ AM) OHIO.
Krn<*us Brooks, tin* intelligent r*»li'*»r of tin: Pitts
burgh 11 17.' It* . Ii. s riitly in ele a lour through por
tions i l tin in N t i « s. I i I lie I d I i w in g letter to tin* .\ .
\ I. \ | r' ss, lie gives Uni r< suit "i his u iser vat ions:
W \siiim,ton, .Inly 5.
l’UOS|*K( I S WT.STW \ Ivl V.
\ week’s:distun e front the eapitul in lit * West, and
fie.pn lit roiimmuie itlou with the citizens of Ohio ami
Pennsylvania, give me eon 1 encouragement that the
\ tie* of both these great Sla'es will In* given for the
NYlug nominees. I met a gentleman I o n Columbus,
who has travelled in nearly every rotinty nflPiio since
ihe nominations at Philadelphia. I Ii* faith was strung,
atnl founded up u reason, ton, that Oioo, not w it I, stand
mg all the di-satisfaction there, —ami it d a s not extend
mm-h heyond the |{i serve, would oive T.ixhua tna
j'-rity of'from leu to tirr/ilr/ thuusmnl I s. In W es
tern Pennsylvania thelnemlsof \ an Bunn are pia
paring for an organization, and will draw largely trout
the rig nlar Ice loco strength Pile Whigs may lo*e
mu thing in thu strong A * SI tvt ry eo . tit , throu {h
the am'iie.y ami urgency of \holit »n, hut the divisions
on tin-otln r side are m..re in number and far more hit
ter. («* ntleineii \\ ell informed assure me that old \!l
oh oiv, the Whig Thermopy he of the W t s', w if give a
Whig majority -I from three to four thousand. The or
ganizati >n had begun lie re and in the neighborhood, and
thtre will he no ie*t until victory is secure. lYnn-yl*
v a inn, however, is ile'aleable ground, and ton* of the
fierce,t battles in all the campaigns is lu bo lough
there.
TO TIIK VIRGINIA TLBLIC.
Tin Southern ipers gen* rally have announced lhaf
tin- J mrii:• 1 puiilisiud in Billmore, and known as the
1 “\\ * stern ("<inti ient,v is now under the control and con
duct ot .1 >hn I) ina Ms mi, Ks | .and my~e||'. Mr. Deti
, al.Lon :s a ge illeman wi ll known in Bahiniorn as a ripe
scholar ami an accomplished wn ter. lie is the author
.it one u| the lu st w ritten Domestic ’Tales that, has em.i
. tinted from the American Tress. In addition, we have
I t w o gentlemen associated with us of the highest literur*
i attainments. One of them, pnr'ieulailv, is among the
' finest w riters and reviewers in this country. The notices
and reviews, not only of the higher order of Iviropean
and American Literature, hut of Kuroppan and Amer
ican All'Mrs generally, will constitute Ins immediate and
peculiar depaitmeiit in the T’oiitiuenl. The leading
literary matter w ill he drawn 1 rein the hi st Kuropeau
Maga/.ines, some of which are not republished in tins
countiy, and are-maintained only at great pains and e\
pense. Our own and Foreign Journals w ill also be
draw n upon for tlnnr choicest gems in the lighter walks
•t l.iterature. Original articles also, from some ofour
a lest writers, will. from time to time, grace our col
umns. But wi•shall not till our paper with original
•irtieh s at the expense of 'he snhstaniai asd excellent. —
Others may ho-.si that thetr papers ire filled with origi
nal pieces, no (I: Mien It thing now a days, lmt it shall he
outs, that we give our readers what is worthy t i he read
ved, whether it I or selected. In
I addition to the literary eh tract, r of our paper, it w ill con
tain the latest and most authentic Foreign Do.ii— ie
j and Commercial .New- -also, a record <d' such passing
events as ma) he w..rt ) of notice. If is designed t » he
a S-fjthern Literary Family J urnal, ami one that may
he read a!« ud by a father to his w ife and daughters at
every fir* id* in this «• »unlry. ’l l1 - st »|o j ike and ** -
»'* an* pun will find no place in our columns. It will be
entirely ueulrt I in Religion and T dities. It it wt r * oth
erwise proper, in a paper of this kind, exciting discus
Moris (*u any topic, are not suited to afamilv fireside.
I appeal to tin s nth to s s .tin its ow n. to stand by
those who ate of them in hirth.and w ith them in prin
eipies and I'. , ling. It is the only j mrnal of the kind
that dart & i * fly from its mast-liea i the words, *‘A Sen'll
♦ • r:i Family Tapi r f> We an* all S mth* rm rs. B it I
make this individual app* al a> a \ irgiu an to Virginians.
I know to whom it is ad J risk'd, ami it would he useless
to say more.
II. M. GARLAND, Jr.
I *.< of / S. Schooner On ha /.»/ r.—'The British
hrig 11"pe, t ipt. .Mori v , w hieh arrived at tliit port last
night from 'Turks Island, brings information that on the
ill tilt., the w reeking s inmner Nimlilo reached then',
having on board Tasscd Midshipman W agner, of the U
s- schooner On ka-hv e, which v*ss* l was wrecked anil
lost on the I st ult., at the B'lie Hill, Caicos, not far j
from tin1 spot w here tin 1 . V slo .p of war Aostoti was '
lost Sonic time ago. The offi -eis, crew and he new
(yharge to (iiialmnla, who was on hoard as a passenger, '
«* re sived, as also was a portion of the materials of the
vrrrL
I lie hrig New Orleans had been chartered to t ik<
Faptain Berry man and crew to Cbagrcs. There are!
no further particulars.
(. ufnmnnicated i >r ibe Southern Ar; ri|S,
A M IsAN(. K IN lili\ MK.
If w |iruV'.|»inu
\A lie'll in Mam Stria-t vm are \\ ill. in a
Ami u iih siiiiii- pr< i:y hull* crrauir taiiv111_r,
1 a li ti i1 a ti ll„i.' amukin",
1’ukinu,
A step nr i ii'i» liiithr.' ynti,
An it' to burp Vnu,
And p.Hiim.
At every iilhi*r»t, p a nimul nfsiimkr—
-Making the lailv i.t whom I spike—
Cli .k. ?
A outline
In the noli fa reward f*r sttcji n dirty j ike.
t'uLK. 1
I 7Tic Wiit' ,\-itionul Convention.—The opponents
■ f ilm Wing ti-*!i«»i ar *tu! uvoruig to or ate Ii .sillily to
it on tin plea ilia: die National Convention adopted * »
rrsoluliout setti:ig f rili tin* onnr.iplea uf tiic* Wliig pir
tv: an.l prof*-M'-.lly Whig pn;xr.s h ire urged this facias
a rc.-is-Mi for not .* •■•opting and supporting the muniua
ti an made by that ( Mivenitoti. TimTribune some days
since declared ns If released fr itn all obligation to sus
tain the v\ |, g ticket, ?.y the fact tbit the Convention
si t forth no pi n! nil f Whig principles. And the earn**
thing has Ii mi m ppa*edly and warmly urged in ma
ny respectable and influential quarters, as seriously
imp- aching the vali lily id* the d dugs of the Convcu
lion.
It is riot easy to sec from wh it source such an impr*s i m
could arise. IF/ng* .Yutionut C-mvcnto l ever a top
ft l such resolutions, — *r attempted to lay down a plat
I »rm ol W nig principles. No resolutions wo re passed
y the Harrisburg (’oiiveiiti m which nominated («en.
Ilarrisoti in I - I 1 N me were pass I by the Conven
tion at Baltimore which nominated Mr. Clay iti 1^11 —
\\ hy, then, sh od f the Philadelphia Convention have
been expected to deviate from the established usage of
the party, simply to follow l.oco Foco precedents/ —
It is no part uf the business of each Convention to
sot I -rib the principles of the party, except as they
1 d • it hy the n itiitnations they are com i.issioned to
; make.
Hut it has been said that every attempt to obtain a
declaration of principles f;om the Phila lelphia Conven
tion was treated with*eonto npt ntid laid upon tin* table.
Hus is a great mistake. Only two “attempts’* of tho
sort were made, and they were defeated on v iy
dill rent grounds Irotn those a'legrd. One was embod
i'-d in a resolution ufl' red hy a delegate front Ohio, de
• daring, in Nubstauec, ih .t tin* Convention would nomi
" lie n • m i l whi would not pledge himself to use a 11
, \u* ojjit iul in/Jncnrr to carry into * lf< cl the princip'p*
and measures of the Whig party. I» was at oueenhj. c
te«l, ih at ihe Whigs hive always dcnonucrd ihe inter
l e renc o» tin* K\ ecu live with the legislation of Oougros*,
y any such use of Ins • •*»lli«* a I inline ace’* as that in lie %
j ted, as oppose' to the whole sp ril of the C'iistitiuioc,
Mul 11 a an tin- force uf this objection, the resolution wis
ktid i pun the table.
I be other rcsolu lion dee I a red that the Cmivcnti >ri
w nld vote Ibr no candidate who was n .t a \\ big:—a d
>' "as laid on tin* table, because it \v s taken I -rgiiiuted,
•'is a matter of course, that noae hut a W hig would Uu
uom:■; i .d o\ a W big Convention
N-.w in this aeiton, there w as certainly no indication
of a di-sp i ibandoii W ing | 11in jd s. Pin
resdutioiis worn rejected mainly bee.him- they were
ile-oisel vi s ut wav wilh tier spirit of Whig prmci
' pies, and because they were at all events entirely super
fluous.
Id. cry attempt to impugn the action of the Conven
tion on tins ground, mu-1 prove nbortivo. It w .s a
W big Convent ii v Wbigs, co up is , f
W lugs, and acting for the leui tit of \\*tiig-; an 1 ill Us
proceedings were m stiiet c of rmiiy with usag s in
'similar cases. N > resolution, declaring the priuci
! pies of the party, h ive uv* r been adopted in any Whig
National Convention, met to nominate Presidential Can
didates. It is always assuiqed that W hig principles
need no new deli at ion. They are settled and estab
lished, an I are just as explicit an I just as Weil under
stood, as if they were proclaim d anew every month.—
It Ims b -Mi usual lntlu rui for the ratification meetings,
bebl after the u imiuutioiis, 11adopt resolutions expres-.
ing tln ir sentiments in regard t > the canvass. So u
was in I»a 11 i 111 ire, h .lb in IS l11 an 1 LSI-l, and so it was
in Philadelphia in 1848. Thero lias been nothing, in
tlm doings oi ine omissions, of this Convention,ai all un
usual, or calculated t » warr.i it any W lug in withhold
ing Irom its duci.siuti his full assent.
*V. V. Courier and Ilnqnircr,
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTIIl’TK.
The la-xiiiglnti G.z-tte gives an account ol* the !al«
e iiiinience.ue ii ut tin? Virginia Military l hit utc, from
wlncli we in ike ill ■ fill • ,vi ig extract.
At II oVock the exercises were commenced in tho
I*re-<!iyt» ria11 Climcli by lilt* r-ilingof the I) ehratiur.
"I Indep *nde i • •. by Gadet Jones ol Marsha l—a Nn
• ti.iiial Oration was ihei. delivered by Cadet Garland, of
11 v nch 'mi rg. who Woo fir hio*** 11 luo i • • 1 a vvlihdi will not
->in f ile, lie i ivesteil the sti'j- ci wrhaeharm which
is rarely tube I >1111 1 in y«Mii.lihil addr«-s*s—and msiead
L.f w< ir\ing I:ie minds .*1 Ins an he i.-e by a repeitti >u
| uf hackneyed and set phras > launch • 1 !• »rI Ii ml i a u*w
channel, in vn r I ".>••! I in j lue .-ubj ei ut ois add l'e»3, Will. *t
j he avoided a loti lieipien; n f- r* lice to it.
The * xerei-es *1 tin G.ndnating class w*:e com
menced 1 v a hand - -in Snlu'a.oiy \ hi less by l atlel lit».
Raid wii , ol An mis n county. Ill wu> I’lllowed t »y l a
' del .) j;i. s ofF thri-A..l’ld Hie e\er H'S Were closed ell
1 ibe p trl of the Class by a biuuliiul \ aletiictory from
' l .idet C otmeil ol N - 11 ik.
I Owing to illness, C idcI Finney w is prevented from ful
li l ug il e public duty assig ad to him.
(iov. S iiith then udur* s>ed iho Giaduatbig Class.—■
There w ts on lue pat of many of our citizens much anx
' n v t » hear Ins A 1 Iress. \\ e too had never had an
! opportunity. ami felt a strong desire to leiru whether
his reputation as an Orator was as deserved as u was
great with some tif our citizens. M e wa re disappuiul
i d, and to :i gr* at degiee. We do not merge our *sti
mate tu « iir political differences of opinion, but we base
me rem.uk upon the tddress itself, There were ’many
giiii-l tilings m it, but as a whole it was Very deficient
m that dignity which was hecomiug the occasion and
die Oilli e »I Governor ol the Old Dominion. We had
expected an Address w hich would be a guide to the
young iiit'ii, who were just entering ii|*on the threshold
of manhood, and would impress them deeply with thu
importance ol their position, hut wv did not expect that
I every pice* -of'advice would be so completely led in far
; cicui representations of the subject as rather to excite a
foiite.npt than a love ol it. Wo speak the opinion of a
large proportion ot the audience when we sty, that il
was far inferior ill p ml ot excellence to the Addresses
delivered by tile voting gentlemen, and so devoid of dlg
1 nity as to call forili the eoiuleiunaii* it of nearly nlljaiitl
parti ularot the Ladies, to whom lie paid llu grossest
! adulation.
The nmnher of Graduates was 31—a much larger
miiuoer l ban lias ev* r I teen sent forili at any one time.
Me have never been furiiishetl with a list of the nanus
of tiie young gentlemen, and of course cannot give
| them.
i
W say ('as-'ami Roller forever.—[N. Y Sun.
M e say Taylor and Fillmore fur f.mr years.—I Louis
villi: Jour.
F.gvpt must afford a fine opening for Senator Foote,
the \ hint eer hangman from M ississippi :
“ Tic 1‘acba of F.gypi has hanged a deputation who
had been appointed by a large public meeting to apply
lor a redress ol grievances. It will, doubtless, bo dilli
cult to raise another committee.”
Foote’s business seems to be brisk around iho pyra
mids. Can’t bo bo induced to emigrate by the promise t
ofawtuation ? N. V. Courier.
■F.M.-I I .J1J_J™ - >
V\ t )L N t * LADY of more than extraor limry <|u.tl
. ifiontions and experience, wants a situation, as a
Teacher in a Female School, or Govern ess, in a priva'B
family. A line addse-sel to G. ii.,Lynchburg, pus -
p aid. w il receive attention.
July 17—ot
n.mu.HA'S! is.niu.H.Ys : :
A IT D NO MISTAKE
SIIKI/rON & MATCTIF.il
n.\VIN(i determined to discontinue their present
. business, otr- r their entire Stock o'* Moods at ros'.
i'll--se in want ot'(j.toils in their line, u ill do well to
give theni a call, as ihey are determined to sell. Any
one wishing to engage in the
iuv.ia'I) Sinn: rn sLY/css,
would do well to examine the Stock,as ih• *y arc dis|*‘*cil
to soil a great bargain. They have many desirable-goods,
such as fine 11 \TS and BOOT’S. Also, a lew fino
Silk L’MBRF.I.I.A^ tor gentlemen. We particularly
invite the attention of those who \vi>h to hoy to sell
gain.
July 17—ts
./ FJIUI Foil B&/W Ml.lli LYJSVHMUMO
f I til F. Subscriber otters, lor rent the et>s»*rr>g year, her
I Farm, situated in Amherst county, about two and
a half miles from Lynchburg. It lias on it a good
Biuck Dm i i.i.inci, and convenient Out I louses.
l ily \7 ttt FRANCE? v. WARWICK. .*