THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
Moderation in victory is tlio host proof that the
victory was achieved by those who deserved it._ '
Gen. Tayi.or, as the representative of a cause', has ;
neither partisans nor political enemies in tho into- ’
lerant sense-of thosa terms. Men ol both parlies
and of nil parties are his fellow-citizens, nnd they
may all exjiect to Rhare in the blessings of good i
government under his administration.
o do not mean to intimate the opinion that i
Gen. J atlor will not lie decided in It is course of!
policy, or-that he will indulgn i:i the weakness of j
that )M>lilieul philanthropy which would entrust the
enforcement of his administrative purjioses to un
friendly hands, lhit we express the hope nnd en
tertain the lielief that the fatal doctrine of the
“spoils,” with its proscriptive ferocity, and its re
lentless sp rit of extermination, will receive at Gem
1 ay i.ok’.i hands a wholesome correction, and that
tho whole country will be made to perceive and
wiili joy to acknowledge that it is once more gov
« rued l»y (lie true spirit of tlio constitution.
A very able English journal, tlio London Kx
atnincr, has taken an intelligent view of American
politics, and particularly of Gen. Taylor's position,
from which it infers tho rao^i auspicious results to
■this country. It says :
“ 1 he nomination of (Jen. Tayi.or, nnd the
course of hit* relations with the party of which ho
is now the declared representative, indicate better
prospects in the republican horizon than have been
visible for many years. It is yet possible that we
may see divrelion, moderation, and integrity pre
vail in tho choice of the Chief Magistnto of Amer
ica. Gi>n. Taylor is not a trading politician. The
qualities ho lately displayed in the field, and the
judgment with which ho kept I limself aloof from
the extreme party that had obtained his services as
a soldier, concentrated public attention and esteem
tipon him. He is the only man. we buliuvo. since \
the greater race of American Presidents, who has j
at once united many parties. By Democrats and .
M higs, in primary ussonihlinA, in separate and
mixed in<" < Hugs, lie scorns to have been nominated. !
These nominations bo appears to have accepted, !
one at;cr tho other, without concealing or suppress- ■
iiiiT the fact t!ul he liehi the opinions of tho \\ liigs, i
niid now that the \\ h’gs, as a body, havo named I
him ili- ir candidate, In* frankly tells them that he I
w ill not he a party President. We havo hero the |
promise of a brave an.I lion irabic man uticonlami
nated with party madness.”
I he moral force ot (ion. Taylor’s pisilion ns J
President derives its chief element from the fact •
that lie goes into office unpledged, uncommitted,
nnd free to consult the host interests of the country,
with a calm reliance upon the good sense nnd pa
triotism of the people that they will sustain him in
his sincere course of duty. Let party animosities
die away in a measure, and then wo may indeed
hope that his Administration, judged without pre
judice, may make an effective appeal to the patri
otism anJ intelligent sense of the country. There
Are important domestic questions with which, in
fact, the existing relation of parlies as Whig and
Democratic have nothing to do. And probably no
man could have Iren called to the chair of the
Chief Magistracy so admirably adapted as General
Taylor, from charact. r, position, and previous sor
vices, to meet these questions and to soldo them
judiciously. The very fact that a man has been
elected to the Presidency in the lace of hi3 refusal
to ax proas any specific opinion, one way or the o
(her, concerning the Wilinot Proviso, carries in fi
*clf a strong confirmation of the deep and .-.hiding
confidence which the people ot a!) sections ot utc
country have in his good sense, his moderation, j
firmness, nnd patriotism. Without knowing pre
cisely what he will do, they are persuaded that he
will do what is right and reasonable in the eircum
Rtanec-s under which lie may be called to act.—
JBalt, .liner.
“Owe ok the ittsi i.ts,” rays the New Y'ork j
Journal of Commerce, “securely counted on from 1
the election of Gen. Taylor, is the strengthening in •
all parts of the country of respectable man, a class
which of late years has had but little influence in
the administration of public affairs. Every sound
observer of such events must hava witnessed, in all
directions, a tendency for many years past to low
er the standard of character required in filling offi
cial stations, nnd a corresponding demand for office
in quarters from which a few years ago no such
pretensions proceeded. Indeed, so far in tho de
scending scale have we been lowered, that, if we
judge from the composition of man}’ public bodies,
a want of respectability has l>ren somewhat of u
prerequisite for securing places in them.”
T his puls tlio case pretty strongly ; but the gen
eral fact is not to he denied. As far hack as the
period of De Tocqueviile’s visit to this country, i
some ten years or more ago, the observation was I
forced upon that intelligent scrutiuiznr of men and 1
principles that tho best specimens of intellectual ■
nnd moral worth in tlio United .Slates wore to be j
found out of official position.
It has been extremely difficult of late years for !
Presidents placed in power by combinations of po ;
litical leaders, cliques, and factions, to withstand
the influences to which they owed their elevations, j
They have been obliged to yield to the demands of;
their high feudatories, nnd to distribute offices ac- !
cording to a standard of merit and qualification not 1
known to the constitution or to tlio early days of
the republic. No doubt in some cases the I’resi- j
dent had no particular desire to rise abuvo (lie level 1
of those political calculations, which, founded upon
the more sordid elements of human nature, are sup {
posed by sow to embrace the highest wisdom of,
statesmanship. But. even hail the disposition exist- !
vd the ability would have 1**00 wanting.
Tho position which (Jen. Taylor will occupy, as
well as the sort of popularity which ho ihjsscrscr, i
may enable him to take a ground on this subject I
such as no other President for the last 15 or20 years j
has taken or rould take. Between an impraelica
blc Utopia of polities and a system of well-consid- I
ered moderation, soundly and firmly planted, so !
that the approbation and confidence of good citizens '
throughout the country would gather around it and i
bold to it, llirre is the widest of all possible differ- I
encos. The distinction between wisdom and folly
is not more marked.
The influence which the appointing power of the 1
Piesidont may exercise for good is very great._j
"XV hen it is found to select men of real worth and 1
ability, appointments wiii become truly honorable ; j
nnd the cultivation of high qualities lining nccessa- ■
ry to the attainment of official station, the moral i
force of the Government in that particular will he j
thrown on the side of virtue and intelligence. On *
the other hand, the appointment of a brawler to of |
fice, is a direct encouragement to brawling ; and
tbe ranks of the factious insist continually increase
so long as selections from those ranks are made to
fill public station#. Bait. Jhntrican,
\\ carr glad to learn from tbe Boston Daily Ad :
vertiscr that letters were received from Mr. Baa
rRorr, our Minister at Uondon, announcing that
he had effected with the British Government a
settlement of the difficulties in relation to the [>ost
ages by (lie British and United States mail steam
era.
Major Win. II. Polk, hrolher of the President,
has challenged a Mr. Burton, of Tennessee, to fight |
a duel. The controversy (»rlw ren them grew out j I
of the disp.i'n of Ux Governor Jours and Brown of i
that State, during ihe late eanvsss >
CONVICT EMIGRANTS.
AN o gave from nn English Journal smnu time
since an account of a scheme which had been tliero
philantliropically entered into f»r charitably colon
izing convicts iq>on our shores. A London letter,
ol October 12, to the New \ ork Comirercial, has
the following further reference to the matter :
J he London City Mission, of which Lord
Ashley is a patron und a Rev. Mr. Jackson an ac
“vo agent, recently made a collection to defray tho
excuses ot emigration ot ‘reformed convicts’ to dis
tant parts. 1 he qualifications necessary for this
peculiar charity were tho length and frequency of
their previous terms of transportation. According
ly fourteen individuals wore chosen as pru|**r re
cipients ol the mission. Instead, however, of being
sent out to Australia or other of tho British colo
nies, they were sent out (I think) in the packet
slop Victoria, the last voyage to New Yoik. Two
of the men left wives and families behind them:
and, upon their application to the parish for relief,
the n.alter became public. It bas been conceded
that the reverend gentleman has no right to jcirt
families, leaving them a burden on the public; and,
therefore, lie has been obliged to provide further
funds to sond out the said deserted wires after their
liuslmnds, to find them if they ran.
“The excuse that tho Rev. Mr. Jackson made
before tho court for selec ting New York for the
emigration of this class of men was, that, Wing un
known, they might become hereafter valuable mem
bers of society.
“Mr. Jackson lias another batch ready, I believe,
but I am inclined to think that a convict of seven
or fourteen years’ experience in Holany Hay is not
likely to become a very valuable citizen of the U
States.”
DEATH OF GEN. S! \V. KEARNEY.
General Stephen NN . Kearney, tho conqueror of
New Mexico and California, is now no more, ilis
disease has had a fatal termination, as was feared,
and lie died on NN ednesday, as is announced through
the telegraph from St. Louis. Of all tho officers
in tin* army, none lias roiulercd more service luhis
country, lie entered it in 1312, was at the fa
mous battle of (Queenstown, and from the rank of
Lieutenant, rose to that of a Brigadier General._
Hut the most remarkable service^that he perform
ed, was that in New Mexico and California, the
former of which, by the celerity of his movements
and the excellence of his plans, he entered and re
ceived the complete submission of the inhabitants
without a single battle; and the latter with the na
\nl lorer-s under Stockton, lit* conquered after 6ev
• ral hard fought and successful battles. His march
from Santa be to California was one of tho most
daring acts that heroism could undertake. With
only a few followers, between 20 and 30, be had
several engagements with an enemy greatly supc
nor in force, through all of which he cut bis way
successfully, though severely wounded in one of
the encounters. lie was a brave and ehivalricoffi
cer, was prudent as heroic, and the army and bis
country lose one of its most gallant spirits in his
death.. Congress, notwithstanding the opposition
made in a high quarter in the Senate, did an act of
justice when it confirmed his nomination to his pre
sent rank. Gen. Kearney was born in Newark
New Jersey, about tho year 1793, and was thus in
liis 5otli year at the time of his death.
THE TREASURES OP VIRGINIA.
AVe have had the pleasure of conversing with o
worthy gentleman from Louisa, in relation to some
recent and extensive discoveries of immense depo
sits of gold in that county. A late discovery on
the laud of Mr. Huxley, conducted by Messrs. Raw
lins and Fiaher, is said to surpass the mines of
Smith America. The place is called “Ally Coo
per’s,” about two miles South AVcst of tbp North
branch of J’amunkcy River. Mr. Rawlins, the
lucky finder washed in a small pan in a few hours,
(not exceeding seven.1 between ’i ',n,i .«no ,- '
weights, (91 cents to the chvf.) Mr. F. has dis
covered a very rich mine at Tinder’s, with the pros
pect of an extensive deposite or vein.
^ Tho mine of Mr. T. B. Harris, wrought by Mr.
G. \V. Fisher, continues to yield richlyTand a few
hand* arc collecting from $100 to $l7i> per day._
A few days since we saw a large bar of gold, weigh
ing about fiOOdwt., from tho AVIiito Walnut Mine,
said to be exceedingly rich. Wo trust that with'
the vastly improved process of extracting the gold,
the good county of Louisa may derive large bene
fits from the precious mineral diffused through her
hitherto poor lands.— l-lnq.
Military Stations on the Kio Grande._'
The present assignment of troops on the Rio Grande
frontier, by both republics, appears to he as follows;
United Slates Military Stations.—The Browns
ville (Texas) Flag of tho 2Gth ult. says : “The
following are, for the present, to he the stations for
the United Slates forces, consisting of eight com
panies of 1st infantry and two companies of artille
ry—two companies of infantry at Fort Brown,
headquarters ; one company of artillery at Point Is
abel; two companies of infantry at Clay Davis’s,
(Rio Grande City :) one company of light artillery
do.; two companies of infantry ai Loredo, and two
companies of infantry at Presidio Rio Grande.
Mexican .Military Slat ions.—The Mutamoros
F.l Bint Publico says : “General Don Anastnsio
Bustnmcnte lias been appointed by the Mexican Go
vernment to the command of the forces to he sta
tioned along tho frontier of tho Rio del Norte line.
A brigade of six hundred men, commanded hy Gen.
Don Francisco Mejia, is to garrison Maiamnrns.—
Another brigade of the same number of men, under
the cointumaiid of (Jen. Don Francisco Avalos, will
I* stationed at Camargo. These two brigades will
form a division under the denomination of ‘Devision
do Mejia.’ Private letters received at Mutamoros
confirm the statement, ana announce the early ar
rival of Mejia at his post.
Gen. Taylor Sketched ey Judge Story._
fn the 3d volume of Judge Story’s Commenta
ries on the Constitution of the United States, af
ter a thorough analysis of the organization of the
Executive Department, and the duties and powers
of the President, (he loarned author concludes with
the following words, in which he has unconscious
ly sketched a man known as Zachary Taylor :
Thus is closed the examination of the rights, !
powers, and duties of the F.xoeutive Department, j
Unless my judgment has been unduly biased, I 1
think it will be impossible to bold from this part of !
the Constitution a tribute ol profound respect, if
not of the liveliest admiration. Ail that seems de
sirable in order to gratily tin* hopes, secure the re
verence, and sustain the dignity of the nation, is
that ii should always be occupied by a man of ele- j
vated talents, ol njx; virtues, of incorruptible in- I
tegrity, and of tried patriotism ; one who shall for- I
get bis own interests, and remember that be re
presents not a party, but tho whole nation; one i
whose fame may be rested with posterity, not up 1
on the false nulog'es of favorites, but ii|k>o the solid
merit of having preserved the glory and enhanced
the prosperity ol the country.
Small Beginning and fstrgc lies nil.—There is I
a gentleman yet living, in bis *r<tli year, who ship
ped the first cotton from Charleston to Liverpool_!
thres hags—which he helped to pack by band, and j
with the seed. The consignees in Liverpool dis
couraged any further shipment, as they did not j
know how to separate it from the seeds. This
same gentleman has in his possession a bed quilt in
* good state of preservation, made from this parcel
if cotton by bis revered mother. The seeds were
picked out by her fingers.—St. 1 Antis Uej>.
Highly Complimentary.—We learn that al
ready. some six or seven young gentlemen, former
>’ Students at the College,over which Dr. Junkin,
President elect of Washington College,) presided, '
mva arrived in our village, in order" in prosecute
heir studies under his instruction. A number of* >
■ther« .vr» daily expreied— f.ezington (Jatetle.
=g SPECTATOR. ^
——**■>© ® a Tjy a? -ip © sj a —1
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1848.
lo ’11IK PATRONS OF T1IE SPECTATOR.
Induced by considerations of health, and with a
view to fomc morn active pursuit. I have disposed
of the Printing Office and Establishment t.f the
“Staunton Spectator” to Lyttelton Wau
i|ki.l and Jos. A. Waddell, Esqra., by whom
the paper will be conducted in future. All debts
due the office to tho 17th instant, aro payable to
me, and any who may bo in advance upon their
subscription* will be credited with tho amount on
the hooks of the new firm.
In quitting a post which I have so long occupied
—pleasantly to myself, and, as I have reason to be
lieve, acceptably to the numerous patrons of the
establishment—it is gratifying to me to reflect that
I do so under circumstances so entirely auspicious.
| It is under no lowering fortune—it is from no field
i disaster that 1 retire; hut at tho moment of vic
! tor>’’ nnt* "P°n lho signal triumph of those princi
i pies which I have zealously labored fur yoare to
promote. The gentlemen into whose hands I re
sign my trust, moreover, are able and competent_
men who may fully command the public confidence.
Of the Senior Partner it is unnecessary for me to
speak he i9 known to the community and shares
largely its esteem and regard ; and the Junior, al
though less known, I am sure possesses every re
quisito of character and talent to render his connex
ion with the proas acceptable and advantageous._
1 bus retiring, I feel that I do so in perfect good
| faith towards all my friends, and certainly with no
| disadvantage to the cause of Whig Principles.
I he severance of such a connexion, however, is
l na‘urally painlul ; and I am only reconciled to it by
a conviction of its necessity. The steady and lib
eral 6iip|Hirt which has so long been extended to
me, places me under obligations liejond my power
of requital ; and I leave, with no truer regret, than
that I have not been able to do more to serve so
i generous a community.
I Occasions there must be, in the life of an editor,
i when he will be brought in conflict with the o~
I pinions and interests of valued friends ; but these
| differences, F flatter myself, in my own case, have
been fleeting and temporary; and there are few, if
any, with whom I do not part in entire good will.
To my brethren of the editorial corps, from whom
j F have received so many professional courtesies dur
| ing tny connexion with the press, I tonder my sin
cere thanks, with my best wishes for their prusper
iiy in their arduous and responsible labors. Among
thorn are men of both political parties, to whom I
should consider myself wanting in justice if I fail
ed to make my acknowledgments.
V\ ith these remarks, I commit the “Spectator’’
to the guidance of its new proprietors, earnestly
commending it to the natrona<re 0f its old friends,
arid binding ihoiu, one nnd all, an affectionate
AD,ElT- KENTON HAR1>ER. j
November IS, 1848.
| SALUTATORY.
In presenting ourselves before the public as the
future conductors of this paper, wo feel sensibly j
the responsibilities of a new position. Nut the
least of these is the fact of succeeding one who for
twenty-five years has so fully, ably and honorably
discharged the duties wo arc assuming—on« who '
without effort, has won the confidence of nil, and
whose retirement from the Editorial Chair is cal
culated, in the view of those properly estimating
the moral influence of the press, to produce* a gloom I
sufficient to obscure brighter claims than ours.
i he influence of the press is a mighty power,
for good or for evil, not to be estimated by party ;
politics, party warfare, or party slratagy and tac- j
tics, but by the value of principle, truth, virtue: !
and in assuming our new position we find ourselves
grasping tho lever of a great moral engine, which j
works upon and moves, to the extent of its powers, !
the public mind.
As an additional item of responsibility, we be
conio the organ of a political party ; and here, al- j
though we entertain no morbid views, believing ,
that parties must exist under any government, so
long as liberty enough is left to permit men to think
for themselves and of course differently; still the im
plied trust of such an undertaking brings along with
it no small amount of care, while it demands much
prudence iri the full sense of the tertn.
Tho considerations which alleviate tho pressure !
of this new and untried position, are to us truly
gratifying. Whigs ourselves, and believing verily
tho Whig party to he the conservative parly of the
country, upon the success of whose efforts, and the j
diffusion of whose principles, tho welfare, if not the ,
liberties of the country depend, it is pleasing to |
know that we commence our labors as editors in a ■
Whig community, alike nnteJ for liberality, intel
ligence, and a stern adherence to principle, both po
litical and moral. We tender ourselves then, dif- :
fidently to be sure, as the organ of the Whig par
ty of this region, while we ask their patronage in
carrying out their and our own political views.
Not holding the opinion that politics is one thing, ;
and morals another and different thing, we shall al
ways endeavor to place ourselves on the side of!
justice, Tight and honor; never meaning, when as :
Burning to become the organ of a parly, to craso to j
be honest and conscientious men.
It might have sufficed to say, that no change '
will take place in the politics of the paper, by pass i
ing into our hands—that our best efforts will be!
given to render it acceptable to our patrons, and that ,
it shall not decline from the dignity with which it
has heretofore been conducted.
We close by tendering our congratulations to '
tbe Whig party, upon the issue of the recent Pres- 1
idenlial election—we congratulate the country, that j
peace men, and honest men, and strong men will, !
for four years from the 4th of March next, guide
the destinies of llii«* great nation. To an adminis
tration such as we look for under Gen. Tatlob,
we shall be proud to give a cordial and firm sup
port. LYTTELTON WADDELL,
JOS. A. WADDELL.
Novemlter 18, 1848.
far?- Commodore Benjamin Cooper has hern np
xiinted to the command of the African squadron,
ind will sail io a few days on l>oard of the aloop of
car. York town, for that station.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
Th* following Table of Majorities, which has
been made up with all the care possible, will show
the volo in our own State as far as it has been re
ceived, contrasted with that of 1844 :
- Taylor. Cass. Clay. Polk.
Accomac 241 — 84
Alexandria 313 —
Albemarle 212 — 210
Ahghany — 75 - GO
Amelia , — 34 — llf»
Amherst S — 10
Augusta -631 — 733 _
Bath -35 — — 54
Barbour , — 904 — 247
Bedford 356 — 302 —
Berkeley 04 — 120 —
Botetourt >— 222 — 301
Booiio 51 _. _
Buckingham — 17 4S
Brooke — 45 110
Brunswick — 123 — 214
Campbell 25G — 177 _
Carroll — 39 --w 147
Caroline — 58 93 _
Charles city 100 — 157 _
Charlotte —13 _ 9
Chesterfield — 204 — 200
Clarke 9 — — 21
Culpeper 50 — 98 —
Cumberland 73 — 67 —
Dinwiddie 54 — — 48
Doddridge — 109 — —
Elizabeth city 18 — 10 _
Essex 51 — 43 —
Fairfax 1G9 — 19 _
Fauquier 232 — 154 —
! Fayette 150 — 80 _
j Floyd 44 — —173
: Fluvanna 81 — 01 _
Franklin 2 — — 52
Frederick — 93 *— 82
Giles — 61 — 83
Gloucester — IG 13 —
Goochland — 85 — 153
Grayson — G — 181
Greenbrier 358 — 358 —
Greene — 211 — 234
Grcensvills — 53 — 03
Halifax — 452 — 097
Hampshire — GO — 19
JlanciKk — GG — _
Hardy 300 — 261 _
! Harrison — 102 .— 281
Hanover — 17 70 _
1 Henrico 200 — 173 _
Henry 64 — 48 —
j Isle of Wight — 294 — 377
! James city 60 — 64 _
’ Jefferson 144 — 101 _
j Kanawha 530 — 541 _
King &. Queen — 3-1 — 78
King G purge 37 — 48 _
King William — 141 .— 228
Lancaster 30 — — _
Lewis — 188 — 355
Loudoun 1035 — 1031 ._
Louisa — 101 — 161
Lunenburg — 100 — 137
Madison — 450 — 447
Matthews •— 33 — 50
Mason 75 — 63 —
Mercer 19 — — 4
Middlesex — 10 13 _
Monongalia — 330 — 387
Marshall 64 — _ _
Morgan 3 — — 33
Marion 10 — — 4
.Mecklenburg — 155 — 342
Monroe 15 — — 35
Montgomery 31 — 19 _
Nansemoud 31 — 117 _
Nelson 162 — 152 _
Norfolk county — 22 37 _
New Kent 75 — 20 _
Norlhnmbnrtin.1 - 64 HI
Nottoway — 20 — 5
Northampton 75 — 124 _
Ohio 499 — 495 _
Orange 30 — 49
Pago — 618 — 578
Patrick 115 — J7
Pittsylvania 248 — 203 —
Pendleton — 24 .— 143
Preston — 65 — 122
Pocahontas — 106 — 146
Powhatian — 54 5 —
Prince Edward — 41 113
Princess Anno 74 — 78 _
Prince George — 88 -—87
Pri ncc William — 20-4 302
Pulaski — 8 8
Putnam 10 — _ _
Randolph — 12 8 _
Rappahannock 95 — 45 _
Rockbridge 162 — 153 _
Richmond county 32 — 43 _
Roanoko — 66 — 102
Rockingham — 1260 — 1420
Russell 106 — 2
Shenandoah — 1222 — 1202
Sinyth 18 — — 96
Spollsylvania 13 — — 4
Stafford — '25 — J!3
Surry —64 —50
Scott — 119 — 255
Southampton 33 — — 65
Sussex — 191 — 201
Taylor 18 — — 15
Tyler 40 — 70
Tazewell — 350 — 527
Warren — 103 — 195
Washington — 194 — 352 !
Westmoreland 188 — 238 _
Wytho II — — 241
Warwick 47 — 43 _
Wirt 78 — — _
Wetzel — 228 — _
Wood 104 — 203 _
York 32 — 4 _
Norfolk city 204 — 231 _j
Petersburg 59 — 40 _j
Richmond city 733 — 505 _ !
Williamsburg 13 — 16 _
9489 9436 7639 12828
Many of the above returns arc unofficial, and are
not to be entirely relied upon. Allowances must |
also be made for errors in adding up. Five coun
ties remain to be heard from, viz: Lee, Jackson,
Braxton, Gilmer and Nicholas. We, of course,
concede the Slate to Cass, but bis majority will be
small.
AUGUSTA ELECTION.
The following is the vote of the County, ns cor
rected by the Commissioners, who me; on Wednes
day Isst :
Tatlob. Cass.
Staunton, 471 213
Waynesborough, ) .",4 119
New Hope, 102 f>8
Mount Sidney, 125 70
Mount Solon, 100 125
Middlnbrook, 130 58
Greenville, 125 02
Deerfield, 52 10
Craigsville, 20 2
1,354 ^23
Taylor’s maj. 031.
Goon Tools.— In providing yourself with farm
ing iioDlements, nlways endeavor to obtain the
best. It 13 ha,) policy to select a poor or imper
fect instrument, simply because you can get it
cheap. Your fen cent pen knives and shilling ra
zors are ihe dearest in the end, every one will ad
mit, and the same remark applies, with espial cor
rectness, to cheap scythes, axes, shovels, spades,
plows, hoes, &c., &c.
In Slnnly CotMIff, Norih Carolina, 730 vote
wero polled at tho lato election, of w hich 724 werss
">r Taylor and I 4 for Cass.
\\ c copy the following from the Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser:
Make \N at for Illinois.—The following was
received by Speed’* Western Telegraph lino" this
forenoon :
Chicago, Nov. 13—10 1\ M.
1 HO counties have been heard from. Whig gain
—40 counties to Ixj heard from. Taylor 1A*
proliably earned the State.
Iowa ani» Wisconsin.—The editors of the Re
public received a telegraphic despatch on Saturday
, night, from Milwaukie, which states that the way
( bill ot the Western stage, just in. has the endorse
ment that Iowa has gone for Taylor.
The same despatch stati*That Van Burcn had
as many, if not more votes in Wisconsin than Cass, j
This, if so. gives the State to Gen. Taylor.—A'. !
; y. Exp re St. A'or. 13.
A Great Truth Beautifui.lt Expressed.—
At a recent dedication of a new school-house in
, Boston, Mayor Quincy, after stating that $200,000 ■
j had just been expended by the city authorities in 1
! the erection of school houses, gave utterance to the |
j following noble thought:
“If hut once in a century a little Ix'ing should lie ■
j sent into this world, of the most delicate and licau |
! *'ful structure, and wc were told that a wonderful j
i principle jx-rvaded every part of it. capable ofun- !
I limited expansion and happiness—capable of bettur
; afs”ciated with angels, and liccoming the friend of
! *,<H); «r if it should receives wrong bias, growing
I up in enmity against Him and incurring everlast
ing misery, would any expenso of education which i
would contribute to save from such misery and ele- !
vate to such happiness he too much ? But, instead
of one such little being, twenty-five thousand are :
' now trusted to the care of tho ‘city fathers,’ and
their education in this world will determine their fu
I ture destiny—of companionship with the ungels. I
| or witht lie degraded, wretched enemies of God.”
i he Wonders op the Telegraph.—We
yesterday gave returns received by Magnetic Tele
graph front no less than eighteen States of the U
nion. They wi re sufficiently full to settle tho
question ot the Presidency, in all human probabili
ty. 1 he; achievement was truly extraordinary.—
No less than three millions of freemen voted in dif- ■
ferent part* of the Union, and many of them seott- 1
tered thousands of miles asunder. And yet, by
means of the Telegraph, information was received i
in Philadelphia from eighteen of the thirty States
—information of a character sufiicinntly compre
hensive to enable us at midnight on the day of elec
tion to firm a pretty definite opinion as to the re
sult. This we believe to lie unexampled in the
history of the world. It at or.co illustrates tin* pro
priety of a general vote on the same day, ami tho
utility of the great discovery of modern seieuce,—
1‘liiladvljiliiu Imjuircr.
For California.—Tho steamship Edith, of i
Quartermaster’* Department, Coulyard, master,
sailed from Now York on the 7th inst., bound for j
San I* mncisco, California. Passengers on txiard,
Scbaeflet, 1J. S. Army, J. Keller and
VV. P. Humphreys, U. S. coast survey.
1 ho New V ork Express says that the auxiliary' I
steamship Massachusetts is now at anchor off the '
Island, receiving a detachment, and will leave in a 1
fow days for the same place. The ship Iowa, also !
under Government orders, left on W ednesday for '
California ; and the Silvie dc Grasse, formerly a
Havre packet, will take the remainder. Thus our
new possessions on tho Pacific are rapidly attract
ing h hardy, intelligent and enterprising population
from tho Khorus of lb© Atlantic—necessarily of a ;
military character at first it may be, but after- i
wards mercantile and agricultural.
Cass and the Omens.—Number each letter of,
the alphabet in its regular order, A. No. 1, B. No.
C. No. 3, etc., and then apply tho respective i
numbers which attach tj each letter to those which
0,^-1. n name --^aciiarv Tatlor,’" xml they j
will sum up 17.1, and in like manner tho letters1
which form iho words “teill be PreiiUrit,” will 1
also sum up L 3. The aU.ve statement appeared1
in the Dee of'1 hursday, and we now add, that on
the same plan, tho letters which spell “Lewis!
''■***• ,riahn 11*'. and those which form ihe words <
•lei/f he Lenten,” likewise make J10. The coin- !
cidence is curious, and the friends of Gen Cass w ill
thus see that even the alphabet lias decided against
him.-V. O. Bulletin.
Rovai. Carriages and Cattle.—The Edin
burg Witness, in reference to the Queen’* visit to
Scotland, says:
“ J *'c Roy al horses and carriages selected for the
use of Her Majesty and Prince Albert, on their
visit to Balmoral, arrived in tho harbor of Aber
deen on Monday afternoon.”
Royal horses! We have heard of Royal tigers
often, but never, till now, of a Royal horse. There I
must also be a royal road leading somewhere, be
cause it is said that there is none to Mathematics ; ;
but wc can hardly fancy a carriage invested with 1
the attribute of royalty. We should bo seriously
puzzled hot • address a royal horse. Ought we
to say, Wo! your chesnut Majesty? or/'mny it ,
ph ase your Royal Nagship to geo up ! Wo should '
wish to observe all proper etiquette in talking to ]
royal blood horses.—Saturday Courier
|
Another act of the Arkansas Tragedy._ i
On Sunday last, we gave an account (copied from <
tho Batesville Eagle,) oft, dreadful nlimy which i
recently took place at Vellsville, .Marion county', i
(Ark.) in which three n.cn were killed, and several i
severely wounded. A man named Sinclair was a
prominent actor in the dreadful tragedy, and killed <
w?® Simeon Everett. We learn from the Bates- 1
ville Engle, of the 21th tilt., that Sinclair was kill ! i
ed a few days ago in Searcy county. The Eagle I
says: “A party "were in pursuit of him, and came
on Ins horse tied in the woods, and not far ofT, in }
the top of a tree, bo was sleeping. They aroused *
bun—he ran, and was fired upon, two halls taking 1
effort, and producing death. is rppre!tonted ’
having been a desperate man, and fond of violence.” 1
Death of Gf.n. James Taylor.—Tho Cin- i
ctnnati papers announce the death of this gentle- I
man at Newport. Kentucky. He was 80 years of ,
age, and for the last year has been declining in «
icalth, and for the Inst two months has been con- ,
fined to bis rejoin. Early in the morning of the
residential election day, he requested that the i
judges of the election would receive bis vote They
accordingly waited at his bedside, when he gave
the first vote recorded in Newport that day. for bis ,
relative, Gen. Zachary Taylor. 1 laving thus tx-r- I
formed Ins last public duty, be gradually sunk into
Inn arms of death, and closed his life, as the sunset I
closed a day remarkable in political annals.
CO- Wo would call the attention of all concern- j
ed, to the 39th Sec. of the X Chap, of the now I
Criminal Code relating to unlawful assemblages of 1
slaves, free negroes and mulattoes. We learn from !
high authority that when a construction shall bo
given to this section by the Courts of the country,
many gatherings heretofore doomed lawful, at any 1
rato tolerated, will lie adjudged contrary to the sec
tion referred to; such as night meetings for religi- r
oub worship, even when conducted by a white c
preacher, gatherings at corn flushings, Sui. As the ’
penalties are serious, wc give a timely warning.
Mr. Clay’s Indisposition—1The Jxiuisville
Democrat makes mention of a report that Mr. Clay J
did not vote on the day of the election. The fol- ,
lowing article from the Lexington Allas, explains
ihe matter. It was certainly Mr. Clay’s wish and
intention, says the Jxiuisville Journal, to vole for '
Gen. Taylor : \ 1
*‘We regret to learn that Mr. Clay lias been vo- i 1
ry seriously indisposed for several days, so much i
»'», that lie has not l>cen able to mine 1o town.
•
Extraordinary C \sk.—There foH under
0 BervsHon, says the Kingston. (Ulster co., N. Y.)
V ' H n,,JSt singular cast* of disease wo ever
T TTrd- Thc *8 8 i»nn nartfr-d Sy"
der. aged 35 years, residing i„ ,ho town of W£
' !,"si "VH"l r”""y- F,,ur 'nonths ngo he )iad
an attack of sickness, but recovered and w as to-aJI
I IZTC° '""'V ,,ea"hy- Ab,M,i a fortnight
after h.« recovery he was seized with drowsing
nml lor some tiinn after, slept nearly two »l.ir.ir-r
*•*»• Tliin cunilnuod .o’in"™
h« would sleep two or three days without wakincr
" hen we saw him ho was continuing an unintJr
jupted sleep of five days. His pulse is regular
though not very full, his respiration is easy and’
natural, and his skin moist and coo). If food or
,aok ’c I'ktced m his mouth, he swallows it; And
.I'.nT'l k8o''ii-Ml,Hl by lhe ,,and «nd slightly sup
f iw* I " ^ h,urad*y last l,e awoke from a sleep
of two days, spoke a few words, struck a lady *h£
! T n,, tb*,ruo'" violou.ly With a chair, and almS
1 mined lately afterwards sunk into his present slum
I her. He is on I,,* way to the New York Hospital.
| Tiik Jkivs in Favor.—A letter from Warsaw
NM l ^.8.,alC9 «,,at»Mka80 of the Emperor’
Nicholas which has been published, accords Mine
extension to he rights whict, the Jews enjoyed in
i eland. It declares that m thirteen streets where
only three Jews have been hitherto admitted to
live as many as five can reside for tho future ; that
all the other streets of the capital, and in-all the
Other towns of Poland, where the JeAvs Vine pre
i vented from residing, they may establish themselves
many number they please; that they may even
purchase ground to tuiilcl on. provided that thev
erect on it houses of stone. These liberties are ac
corded to suit such Jews as possess from *) OOti
j rox,l,l™ (30.000*) to 3,000 roubles according to the
S,T! Irnnn'vhi<i1.' "'P wiah to roside at Warsaw,
and I ,.>00 roubles for all other towns. They must
, besides be engaged in business as bankers, or have
some other r< sjH-eta|,|e calling.
I Hudson Bay Company—A fetter from Wash*
ington says :—“It has been reported that Mr. Buchi
anan has declined to resume tho negotiations with
! tho agents of the Hudson Bay Company f„r the
purchase uf their actual possessory rights, and their
far more extensive claims, in Oregon, h would
ap|K-ar that the British Government has intorposed
! wuh an tt'Jttnctton u|m>ii tho t.flicors of the coinna
ny. restraining them from transferring to the United
Slates any of the right secured to it by treaty_
1 ho principal*of iheso is tho right to t!,« ftoo navi
j Ka},ua "* ’I'1* Colutiihia. This looks as if the Bri
tish Government intended to assort some national
rights in that territory ft „ not at all unlikely
tint siriotis troubles will grow out of the British
pretensions in that quarter under the treaty Tho
idea of giving up the point of an exclusive naviga
tion of tho Columbia, is no more to bo entertained
than a proposition to open the Mississippi to the un
restricted commerce of tho world.”
Tho mode of electing the Presided! and VTco
President of the Untied States is comprehensively
staled in the Philadelphia Ledger. The electing
who werechosen on the 7tli instant assemble in the
capitals of their respective Slatrson the first Wed
nesday in December, and vote for the candidates or
their choice. Having recorded their vote, copies
or it are made, and forwarded to Washington bv
special messenger liefore the first Wednesday in
January. J he votes of all the Slates are opened
on the second Wednesday of February in the pre
sence of both Houses of Congress, and the persona
having a majority of the whole number of electors
are declared ro he President and Vice-President
duct.—Halt. Jlnxcrican.
Criminal I rials.—'Piic Superior Court, for
the trial ol criminal cases, holden by Judge Nicho
las, terminated yesterday, after a session of 15 days.
1 he business on the docket was unusually large,
atid the session of the court arduous and incassant.
1 lie convictions punishable by confinement in the
1 enitenliary, were as follows :
llorso stealing, 4 cases.
Stealing or abduction of slaves, 2 casos
Grand larceny, 1 caso.
Unlawful stabbing, punishable by confinement
in the common jail, 1 case.
Correction of an error in sentence of prisoner in
the Penitentiary, 1 case. r
Forgery—Indictments where Jury under act
of Assembly found prisoner insane*, and sent to I u
xiatic Hospital, 3 cases.
Premium I* arms.—The. Committee of the Bur
lington County Agricultural Society, on the J f if.
ultimo,.awarded the premium for tho best farm to
John S brick He has JOS acres, exclusive of
woodland, producing a nett profit of il,(>47 <J2 for
one year, ending March 25, 1848. VVe presume
this means dear profit, after paying all proper fam
ily expenses. *
We know a farmer in Whitemarsh township
Montgomery county, says the Germantown Tele
graph, whose farm consist of about SO acres, who
lias laid by, according to fiisown statement, $1000
a year for the last thirty years, after paying ull fam
ily excuses.
A.n Important Invention—The Winchester
Republican has l>ccn shown the model of a furnace,
(for which n patent has been taken out,) for the
purpose of making malleable iron from the ore. It
seems to us to he an invention of great importance
to iron -Manufacturer*, calculated to produce a sav
in; ol $ 10 per ton over the present mode. It is the
invention of Mr. Lorenzo Seibert, of Shenandoah
county, an experienced manufacturer.
Stilt. Another New Patiit—The last now
medical treatment imported from Europe is called
hnpalhy. Tho principle is to placo upon the dis
eased part the similar organ taken from a healthy
animal. If the heart is diseased, the heart of a
sturdy bullock is applied as a cure, but it requires a
fresh heart daily.
A Monastery in America.—Ono thousand
two hundred and sixty acres of land havo been
bought in Kentucky f..r tho Trnppist Monastery
which is to be founded there. About eighty ofthe
members of the order are now on their way from
Nantes, and the community will be organized nexi
spring.
The Cholera—OrrictAL Despatch—Ad
vices have been received by n,,r Government fmm
the U. 8. Consulate nt London, in regard to the
prevalence of tho cholera in Great Britain. Ac
com pa nying them are valuable documents and in
humation from the Genera) Board of Health in re
gard to the disrase. These paper* (says the Jour
nal of Commerce,) Mr. Buchanan will, no doubt,
soon mako public.
'1 RiMsr rl Tr.ovE.- A person in England, Iste
\ rmn,nj,|ftng among bis family documents, found
" /" on,1 H 'ar’k ttn old (jeed some words in*
< ra mg tint a pot of gold was buried in a certain
P ace in the garden. It was at first rogardrd as a
max, but on digging up the spot an iron pot came
H?lit. containing 15,000 guineas, and a srrnp of
parchment much decayed, on which was w ritten,
I lie devil shall have it sooner than Cromwell.’*
Aerr.Bs.- Mr. Am Smith, of Txjck
port, Niagara county, goes out in the Europa, and
takes with him about ‘>,000 barrels of choice ap
pics, of some twenty five different varieties, select
Bd ,fr<MTl ll,e orcliards r>f Niagara county, with so
cial reference to the foreign market.
KS'PI't A Y.
^ 1 RAY ED from the bead of the Big Calf Pas
... hire, in Augusta County, on the.—
R>tb mat.,
A SORREL MARE, I
w bite Gee arid one white hind foot ; no _P
'tber marks remembered. A Trrsonahlo reward
«ill be given if the Marc is delivered to Samuol
Hunter, near Lebanon VV bile Sulphur Springs
JAMES' HUNTER.
Nov. 22, 1843.—3t«