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l'UETKY. * For the Kn<,\drtr. THE SPIRIT WHISPER. I tov* tli* voice of the Autumn wind. For I hear in every breexe A spirit-whisper, ?oft and low, From among the leafless trees : Its tones ar<r sad, yet in promise sweet They tell of a hippy land, And tiiey say, "Come with us, from Earth away, And Join ye our Angel band." They tell me they dwell where the bright liow'rs bloom Where Pleasure knows no alloy, 'Mid realmsof everlasting Peace, And Truth, and Love,and Joy. ? ?0 listen, child," says the Spirit-voice, "The flow'rs of Earth bloom bright In the morning's sun, but sober eve Biing* o'er them a chilling blight. "Vet come with me to che Spirit-land, And I'll show thee fadeless fl iw'rs, Alike unchilled by beaming Morn Or Evening's shadowy hours. "The breath of Spring blows soft and mild Along the Joyous Earth, But Winter's biait falls on her buds, And chills them in their birth. .>pas,i?eavay! is the stamp of all Helow our joyous skies ;? We read it on Beauty's glowing cheek, And within her sparkling eyes. ?4Yes?tney 're passing away, Earth's lovely ones, Like leaves on the Wintry blast, ? Like the bk.omingflow'rs of yesterday They 're journeying on to Vie Part 'Then come w ith us to the Spirit-land, The land *here the brighi flaw'r* bloom, The land where Destruction entereth not, And Hope finds not a tomb." Northampton, Virginia, October 7th, 1849. FOKtilGN INTELLIGENCE. Arrival oi'llie <^alciioni?. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. Teleerapbed for ihe Baltimore American. B.stcn, Oct 12, P. M. The Royal uiail sieamer Caledonia arrived here 10-day, bringing one week's later advices from all parts of Europe. London dates 10 (he 28ili ult., and Live-pool '29 h. BARINGS'CIRCULAR. London, Sept. 28.?The Colonial markets were heavy during the week. Lower prices were accepted lor coflee and sugar?public sales o! which have been numerous ?nd extensive.? The deliveries ot bo.h articles, however, conti nues large. ... The cotton market hat been very quiet, both consumers and speculators acting with great cau tion, and although a lair amount ol business has been nansacted prices suffered a decline. The giain nade has btcouie dull? there is only a limited business coing forward, and prices have rather a downwaid tendency. The holders of Indian corn afloat in Liverpool have become more firm in their demands, but as yet no ciders from Ireland have warranted their increased pre tensions. The reports from the manufacturing districts sti l represent the Slate of tiade therein 89 being languid without any immediate prospect of improvement, particularly as ihe recent advi ccsliotn India are not favorable for extensive shipments ot goods 10 1I111 quarter. The accounts from ilic manufacturing dis tricts are discouraging and trade languid wiihout (he prospect ol improvement, particularly as le cent advices from It.dia are unfavorable. Money is in more demand, but the stock of bullion increases, and (he trade of discount re mains unchanged. There is no marked increase in ihe demand for American stocks for investment, but the par cels which were offered having been taken from ihe market at lO.'i to 104 for certificates and 104 and 105 lor coupon bonds, prices are firmer, and we quote 104 and 1044 lor certificates, ol which the supply is compatatively large, and 105J a 10C for bonds with coupon which are in more re quest. In the stocks ol s -para'.e States we have no varations ol consequence to mention to day. In several insuncts U.S. 6 s have been bought at 106 Livmpool, 29th.?The corn trade ru'ed dull throughout the week ami closed ai a decline o' about Is. per quaner in sales of considerable quantities. Flour is also lower. The lop pi in s for best western canal is :23s. per bbl. The libe ral supplies of foreign Iudiau Corn caused ihe demand 10 subside, though some were expecting an advance, but without any real cause. Cotton is languid and prices unsupported by the speculative purchasers. The mles lor the week are3:1,000 bale*, a"1' i,nP? ls 3 222 bale?. Liverpool Cotton Mahrbt, Sept. 28?We have agam to report a q tiet cotton market during the pasl week. Price* of American are wi'houi chaog-, but at the same time it his been diffi:ult either to boy or sell on saiistac'ory terms. This continaed dullness is not attributable to any change in the accounts received of the growing crops, which are still unfavorable, but to ih? dis-1 conragine state o! the Manchester markets, which as yet exhibit no signs of improvement.? The import for the week is only 322 bales ol all ?o??; the large sales ol Surats are 10 be attributed io tie unfavorable reports of ihe crops in the East, we cmnoi quote any advance; 8350 Americas, *500 Sural and 350 Egyptian, have been taken on speculation, and 2200 American, 460 Surat and 10 Madras for export, the sales for the week are 33,0Ufl bales. GENERAL NEWS The mortality irom cholera has further declin ed, ihe deaths from all causes in the London dis tricts for <?te weeks oi September, ending ?21, were 3160, :<?42 and 1981, thus the cholera deaths decreased from 2026 and 1682 to 839, in the same period; the deaths Irom cholera which were at the beginning ol ihe month 400 daily, lellon the l9ihto 110, and declined on the 2d:h w> 102, and on the 27th a further sattslactoiy re port appeared showing the much greater dimuni tion to 79 lor all L mdon, 331 tor all England and 57 for Scotland, the cases of diarrloci being 174. Tnis is the most satisfactory, return which has appeared since ihe first outbreak of the dis order. In Liverpool Ihe disappearance of the disease has been tqually signal. The overland mail has arrived, bringingdaies from Calcutta to August 8, from Hong Kong to July 26, and Manilla to July I4tk Bustntsi in China is dull. Heavy inundations have taken place in the neighborhood of Sh snghai, doing serious injury to the c>?U>n and rice crops. fKANCE now enjoys a peifect tranquility, and there is no prospect at present of another po litical agitation; indeed pullic opinion is appa rently becoming more and more averse to revolu tions in proportion as the increase of trade and .commerce exhibits :he advantages <t>f internal tranquility. Mr. Rives, wh> succeeds Mr. Rush, as Minister of the Uuited States to the French Republic, has arrived in Pari*. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.-Noihiag new has taken place in regard to the determina tion of the Sultan, not 10 yield the Hungarian Refugees to Austria and Russia, except that a Russian cflicer of high rank has arrived at Con stantinople to demand their extradition. There is nc doubt that the requisite facilities can be furnished the Hungarians, to g^t out ol the Tur kish dominions and go where they please. The latest intelligence lroin Vienna is di,wa to tfee 23d ol September. Cootorn h:id not sur rendered; and nothing ol any iropor'snee Irom that itk'iK'M was reporied. The Hungarians made a sail}* on the 13 h, and obtained some ad vantages over t^e fuiperiat troops. Nothing definite has been arranged in regard to Hungary. It does n. 1 appear '.hat there is any insurmountable difficulty iu Uie way of a final pacification on the ground of a complete union ? with Austria. The Emperor of Russia has re turned to St. Petersburg!), and his troops aregra dually withdrawn g within the Russiajn frontiers. Correspondence ol me Baltimore Sun. New York, Oct. 12, 9 o'clock, A. M. Church Excitement ? The Fair?Ad dress of Leoi Woidb-try ?Gn Scott?Stcn t try Crawf ird, Army MoVinisnti. Sfc The alleged mismanagement of ihe fiscal at falia ol St Peter's Catholic Church, has induced Bishop Hughes to interpose, and last Sunday he visited the Church, and at the hour appointed for afternoon smice he poured out a torrent of indignant scathing eloquence upou ihe cleigy and trustees. He declared his determination to take iheir temporal as well as t-puiiual affairs into his own hands, and informed the enngrega tioa thai in future they were to consider him as their pastor. He would do his duty, though he regretted 10 say that St. Peter's was the only Church that had descried him. All persons except owners ol pews were ihen desired io retire, atd a rnee ing ensued, the pro ceedings of v hich have not transpired. The Vice President visited the fair yesterday, I and subsequently listen d to the anniversary ad- < drerr by ihe Hon Levi Woodbury, at the Taber nacle. The Hon Geo W Crawford Secretary of War, accompanicd by Major General Scott, left town at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, for West Point, to inspect ihe military works at (hat place. It is his inten ion to return and devote to-day and to morrow to visiting the several military posts in this viciniiy. He stop? at the Irving House. 1 learn that General Garland, who has been ? aiioned here, iu conhtction with ihe recrui-ing s rvice, hasb-en otdered to join his brigade a San Amonjo, Tenas. The Pennsylvania of Friday reports ihe Seo ale all bight?17 Democrats to 16 ftderalists.? The House ol Represeniattves consists of 100 members. Tee Democrats will have at least 60 members, securing a large majority on joint bal lot Reto-ns from the counties for caral commis sioner-are not complete Wesimorelacd couniy i? reporied to give Gamble (Dem) 2,000 majority 36 counties, w ih Philadelphia, are reporied. so far, (ogive Gamble a majority of about 8,000. RICHMOND, VA. Saturday Morning, October 13# 1840* "NATIONAL PR0SPERiTY" Under this caption ibe Times indulge* in a pleasing view of tl?e present prosperity of the country, which it most strangely alcr'^t3 t0 1 'e "benign influence. of the present Whig ad ministration''? though the fact stares us broadly io the face, that the whole Democratic system of policy is in complete force, and we have but a misiy glimmering of the "administrative poli cy" which the Regency will recommend to its party minority io each House of Congress. The Times sajr "The credit of the Government, at home as well as ia the money markets on the Continent of Europe, is4?//er now tianit has been at any prior period in the history of the Govern,ncnt and the policy of the 'Man of Peace now at the helm of affairs, will have a direct tendency to increase confidence in the stabi i y institutions. He will not embroil the nation in uorighleous and unconstitutional contests with foreign States. He will not saddle fu ure gen erations with tho payment of a public debt, contracted in the prosecution of such contests. All his ends will be f.r bis country e good. Il is moil amusing to hear the Ta>lor press lauding the "Man ul Peace," who, in the lew months he has been in power, has through his ministers managed to get the country into diffi culties with several nations! Strange to hear "the (high)credit of the Government" ascribed io ??confidence'' in a Whig administration, when it is notorious that, np>n the revelations of the Pcussin emcutt through a confidential friend of Mr. Clayton, United States stock f*ll considera bly iu New York I The high credit of ihe Gov ernment ard the universal prosperity are jus.ly traceable, not to the Whig Regency which has done nothing to deserve cor.fiJenee, but io the sa lutary and beneficent operiyions of the great mea sures of policy commenced acd completed by the Democratic party. And thes* wise and efficient measures the Times proposes to tinker with, and once more make the business of the country a foot-ball for heated partizans. But, says the Times, "Two important interests of the country (coal and iron) do not share the general prosperi ty," and the tarifl must be accordingly increased. On the other hand, we have the evidence of the Baltimore correspondent of that conservative Whig organ, the National Intelligcncer, who writes on the 9>h inst: "After the most successful fail business cam paign of the last seven years, our merchants are gradually reducing their su>ck of goods. All t\e ramifications of trade seem to be in a healthy con dition, and the prospers ahead seem to le alto gether promising " Can language be more comprehensive and emphatic] Are not coal acd iron properly in cluded in "all the ramifications of trade;" and is not Baltimore an important coal and iron mar ket 1 Moicover, the recent endorsement of the Tariff of 16-16 by Pennsylvania, the great coal and iron S ate, should clo:e the grumbling lips of ih? protectionists. "ALL THE TALENTS AND DECENCY-" The N. Y. Even in? Post gives a glimpse of the primary meetings of the ciiy Whigs of New York. We transfer a lew touches ot ihe pencil: Discbdlr and Kitino.?Our whig friends had a particularly nxe time uf it at their prima? ry meetings yesterday. With few exceptions, these were, throughout 'he wards, one scene ol fraud, turbulence and riot. On ad hands it is admitted, thai no such scenes of disoider and outrage have ever, on any simi lar occasion, disgraced our city. In the First Ward, the "Dirty Sbirt" party, 8) called, carried the day, wuh the aid of the W hilt hall boatmen, emigrant runners, ' baggage smashers," &c., over the quiet and orderly peo ple ot ili? ward. Fourth Ward.?In the contrst in this ward, quite a prominent part was taken by the notori ous "Bill Sparks," now under indictment for an attempt to fire the Astor Opera Hvuse, the night of the riot. Fifth Ward ?Here the proceedings were most disgraceful- The election was, through out, a continued fight between the friends of Schultz and those ot Rodman, ana nnaiiy bu-ko up io a savage and general melee Slung shot and knives K-ere freely used, and the Tribuue says one man had h?s throat cut! Several were said to have been seriuusly hurt. The ballot boxes were taken away from the inspectors, and carried down the street, but recovered oy j the police, who were ail for the Schultz ticket. It is said there is to be another election. Sixth Ward.-There was a fi^nt here, be tween the partii ins of the regular and the Breu nan <iclcet? No election. Eiohth Ward.?Tne frier Us of Allen hid it i ail ihiir own way. They called the election at half-past 6 o'clock in the mornine, palled up ; wards of iwelve hundred voxs iu hss than two j luurs, and then started their otganiz^d banda ot rowdies and bullies, "short boys," &c., into the neighboring wards, io regulate thim without much reference io the wishes of the voters in them. There is an independent ticket in the field in the Etghh Ward. ELtyENTH Ward.?Four tickets in the field, acd the fighting incessant. No man could gel near the ballot boxes pithout injury to his clothes or person. Several men hurt. No election. FlCrtxentii Ward?Much lighting and tu mult; and the ticket beaded William S>. Woodj declared elcctcd. Sixteenth Wabd ?The usual proceedings here,?cheating and fighting. There can be n > doubt that ihe scenes of yes terday were thoroughly disgraceful, and rendered ihe elections something worse than a farce. While ibe Whi^s were ia a hopeless minority in the city nothing could exceed tnc quiet of their primary meetings. By Democratic divisi -ns ? hey have had the power and patronage ol the city government lor two or three yeais and the , general government lor a few month*, and already ; their primary e ectiuns are more riotous, fraudu lent and corrupt than any ever witnessed in the Democratic party alter nearly twenty years un disturbed ascendancy in the city, State and na tion. , ..... Undoubtedly all this proves that ihe Whig party only wanted the opportunity and the temp ta'ion to excel in wrong doing the worst of theii opponents, and lodevelnpc those evil ins'incts wnich unfit them to possessor retain the reins cf power. RUMORED RESIGNATION OF MR. CAL HOUN. The Columbia (5. C.,) Telegraph states "on good authority thai tio such ir.tertion has been either expressed or entertained by Mr. Calhoun; and that ihe rumor is entirely without founda tion.'' We learn from the New York Courier, that the Mcssrr Harpers will publish before a grea>. while, from the pen of Mr. Calhoun, a Treatise on the Elementary Principle? of Gov ernment and the Constitution of the United States?and that it is so nearly complete, that he expects io prepare it for publication in his leisure hours during the coming session of Congress. it is said ihat Mr Webster has marked ou; the plan of a History of Washing'on's Adminisira lion, and has done something towards its execu tion. RICHMOND COLLEGE. In spile of ihe dark and raiuy streets on Wed nesday nigh;, a large assemblage, including many of the gentler sex, assembled in the Se cond Baptist C.iurch, to wiioess the Commence ment ot this young but fljurishing institution. We had but a few moments to spare, but they were most agreeably spent in hearing an address from young Puindexter S. Henson of Fluvanna. His theme was "the age of eUvalry," io which his well-turned periods, glowing composition and striking grac.* ol elocution, did lull justice. He gives bright promise of impressive oratory and distinction. Wc regret that we lost the speech of Josich RyUntl, of King ?& Queen, which we hear highly commended. Ii a short Latin speech, Rtveund Mr. Ryland, the President, de livered degrees of A. B io these two young gen tlemen, who were the first, and deservedly, io re ceive them. Mr. R. concluded with an excel lent address in English. The icterrring ceremo nies of ihe evening were gractd by some fine chants and anthems from an fd.nirable choir.? This College has an able Faculty, and the creditable performances at ihe Commencement show thai it is des;ined to a prosperous and use* fu! career. Success to ill LATER FROM CANADA. MOVEMENT IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION. Montreal, Oct lO-^-A. M. A declaration in favor ol the annexation to the Uni ed States has been drawn up, and in the snon space of five hours, received the signatures of 300 of our first merchants, land iolders and professional men, including two members ol par liament, and two ot ihe Queen's Counsel. GEORGIA. The Whig endeavors 10 sqaeez' oai a 'g maioritv in the Legislature -but yesterday mail settles the question. TheSouihern Recor der (Whig) ol .he 9 hsays : "The prts.nt Exec live has been le-eiectcd by a considerably ? ? creased majority [about 3.000 ] have likewise carried both branchesofthe Le lature. In the Straie the Democratic ma ?my House .1 Rcprtseniatnes u lbree !6f ' political opponent. In the ain>ve county Ware is not considered, as the ca 10 that coUD-y were tied." Our Legislative sirength would have much greater, but for culpable di"en8io"'1? Se* ven of the most decided Democratic counties n ,he State. On the whole, however, Georgia has done nobly. As the Federal Union says: ?^Messrs. Stephens and Tocrobs have learn^ essSSSsSs Zw congratu'late^he people of the State, upon over vice Never, in this State, has a candi date for the Executive chair bcc?90S?c^lo;ls9 ly villifted by the press opposed to him, ds been Gov. Towns. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Wc learn Irom a Iriend from Charlottesville, that on Thursday night he was informed by the Proctor that there were upward* of three hun drci students in the College AfU' this period last year 41 s'.ud :nts entered the College. GOVE'.tNuK. FLOYD Returned to the city oi Thursday evening in pood health and spirits, after a tour ol severa' weeks in examining the public works ol th* State. a FROM THE SHIP GLENMORE The following very intercs-.ing extracts are taken from a letter Irom a young Iriend to his lather, win resides in this city. It>s dated: Ship Glssmoke, Souih la'. 14" 30",) Od thecoasi ol Peru, Aug. 1, 184J. J We are now within a day's sail, or one hun dred and fifty miles ol Cal,a0'.and. \ ^Itpnwe mined to take thesaine precaution I did when wt ran into Rio, and write before arriving at Callao lor lear that something may transp.re to prevent me (rom writing as lully as I desire. When we lelt Rio we tell ihat we had a very perilous and hiz?dous voyage before us, and all looked with awe and dtead to rounding Cap Horn, on account ol ihe many reports and r umors circulated iu Rio in regard to its dangers. In (act iwo or thtee vessels had been compelled to rc'?r" to Rio, owing lo he damage and injury which tbev bad sustained in attempting to round ti. They of course gave the mo;i exaggerated ac counts ol its dangers and difficulties, and you will no doubt be agteeably surprised and grati fied, when I intorm you that we lounded this far la,n,d point, the dread ol all mariner!., on the 3d of Julv, 1849, under siudding sails, iBtwfniy tour hoar*: making a distance of more ihan -00 miles in th t short space ol time. But. know that you will be still more *g'eeably surprised when I tell you, that your humble servant, my dear la ther, performed a list which is almost as remark able as that of our gallant ship; a leal which I venture to affirm, no other living or dead Amer ican ever did, v hich was to deliver a 4th of July oration on the Pacific Ocean, off Cape Horn, in South lai., 57 deg , amid intense cold, snow and hail Verily we do not know wnat the luture and the fates will bring lorth and decree; for u any man had told me this on the 4th ol Julv lb4S, I wouli have laughed at him as an idiot'or a madman. This was an undertaking which I at first declined, bu: I was so pressed by many ol my friends, and when 1 took inio consi deration the pleasute which I knew it would af f, d vou, I determined to accept it, and lo endeav or to acquit myself as hantlh -mely as the circum stances under which it was wrinen would permit. I had onlv two weeks lo write it io, and what the sailors termed "extremely nasty weather ' bor below the River La Platte the sun scarcely ever shines, and when i.d es, it is with that pa e, lee bie and sickly light, 'hat i< moredi-agreeaMe and depressing than cloudy weather. But I wrote a in two data committed it to memory, and delivered it in hall an hour-recciving, undeservedly, the congratulations ol all. But all knew the disad vantages under which it was written ar.d most generously made allowances lor its many imper leciiuus _ , , f fll . The proceedings of the celebrution will bo sent lo the Richmond nnd Petersburg papers for publication; you will then seo the toasts, which w re drunk in co d toiler, and you will also s- e how the anniversary of our national birth day 11 commemorated on the bosom of the Pacilic by a body of Virginia adventurers. If my letters a>o ralhor loo egotistical in their character, you must miko charitibl- al. lowances and excuse it, for one can sea cely write on shipboard without egotism; for he is either directly or indirectly connected with ev ery thing that transpires. The weatner from Rio to the Horn was cold and disagreeable without being really stormy,. although we had some stiff gales?but we had only one severe blov and ihat was off from the Hirer La plattc. I thought that 1 had heard frequently ibe wind blow, but it seems that 1 bad not the faintest conception of its power until that night. We ran for twelve hours be fore the wind under b3re poles, with not a rag of canvass but a small sail called the "sponcer, and which is attached to ihe tniinmaat, and ihat was set io eive steerage to the vessel T went on the poop deck, and the wind was btowin? a perfect huriicane, creating a roar as it rushed through the shrouds, shit resembledhe tramp and bellowing of a herd o cattle , the o-ean at times was li'erally levelled by us vio lence and presented the appearance ol aii im mense sheet ol loam, at o.her times waves would roll not "mountains high," but some appeared alike and a* large j,s "French Garden Hill; ihey would strike the ship with gteat violence anrl make her quiver in every timber, sending ihe water Irom bow to stern. It was emphatical ly th-; most magnificent and awlully grand sight that 1 ever witnessed; and, instead 11 leeling that dread which I anticipated such a spectacle would produce, I experienced a leeling nt awe, a sen sation similar to that tell in readme a description ot a desperate charge made by two contcr.ding armies-most ol our men were extremely anx l0us to have a blow; they tpere all era,,fied''?f this was truly the largest kind cl a blow. uur ship braved the tempest most gallantly?there was no tear manilrsied by a single man, for all knew we had a plenty of sea room and great confidence in our ship and bcr officers. In latitude 40deg. ihe weather became coo), and gradually increased as we approached the Horn* but we all managed io keep ourselves comfortable by patting on plenty of clothing, and by keeping ourselves between deciis. I was agreeably disappointed in ihe intensity of the c.'Wl, for I have lreq'iently experienced equally as cold weather in the month ot November in Richmond. Soma ol our members soflered a little trora chill blains, which were produced more I expect, from the dampness and motstuie in the atmosphere, than from the cold; but ft?y ??ot ril ot them as soon as the tm'd weather ap nroachcd. They are all now in enjoyment ol excellent health; in fact 1 believe there never was a body men who havr enjoyed such an uninterruptid state of good health as our compa ny have been blessed with, since we left the Capes ol Virginia. Tne greatest harmony and Iriend sh:p prevail* We will arrive at Ssu Francisco two wocks beforo the Marianna, and I am firmly convinced we will make Ihe passage quicker than most of tbe ships that have left the ports of tho United States Those which we have met on the two Oceans bare been bealen badly by us, all hav ing left weeks before us. Among those that aro now fresh in ray memory are, tho Swan from NewYork-lbe Yeoman from Boston?the John Potter of Baltimore, uud tbe Marianna, which we gol five d<ys' slarl of from Rio. We all feel great anxiety and intereu about ihe info:maiion which we expec: to obtain on our arrival at Callao in relation lo the gold in California, for we aro sanguine of a confirma tion of the reports which induced us to leavo ournativo Stale. Our compauy are all in fiue spirits, and if there is gold io California to ihe extent represented you imy rely upon their willing dispositions and complete o'ganiz.ition to ensure tut.cess. EXPEDITION oK?ltt JOHN FRANK LIN. The Cleveland Plaindealer of the 5th instant, has a letter dated "Sle Marie Ri*".' Stpterabor 28th, announcing thp arrival of Sir John Richardson, from the fruitless search after the lost Polar expedition of Sir John Frank'in, of whose dreadful fate among Ihe ices of the Arctic Ocean there is left little or no room to doubt. Sir John Ricbardsou, having laileU to find evrn the remotest clue to tbe j Franklin Expedition, is now on his l? , England. He left there in April, 1 = 13; and fro.n the Sauli S:o Maiie has made the ?0)age in canoes and boats ar.d overlau-j, a distance of three thousand and five hundred miles and back, by way of Lake of the Woods, Macken zie's River, itc After reaching the Arctic Ocean, they traveled five hundred miles along ihe coast. He speaks confidently of the exis tence of a northern passage; practicability, be says, is another question, the summers being only from 30 to CO days long. He goesby way of Toronto and Montreal to Boston. To tke E lit 'Tt of the Enquirer: Wash kgt?k, Ocl. lOvh, 1849 "As you like ii," is one of tbe b:s: productions ot the English bard, and one of ihose plays thai speak forth the inimitable delineations ot charac ter there displayed. But Becock's "Li'-e maslc, like man," is being enacted over again in Wash ing on, superior to 'he days of Shakespeaie, m the person ol Mr Swing, and his confidential clertf, Mr Coffey : Mr Ewiug in his irar.sac tions by deputy, with Mr Douglas in the low rent of a r,ouset and Mr Coffey in his contract with his land-lady in the rent ol a sui*? of roo'"s at a rcduced price. The first promised the be stow meni of public gar e'en r,a salary ol twelve humlied dollars per annum,?the s: cond, copying from his iliusrious predecessor, promised l^e p' s owraeni of toaUknan Id the land'a 'y's kusband? but, both premises having failed in compliance, i the fi's: has bad to vacate ihe premises of Mr ' Douglas; and Mr Coffey, having deceived the I crtdulous lady, has been required 10 pay more for ' his room?, or comply with his contract, wh eh ne savs, he will do, it not hurried too unmeicilully. These are pretty exampks of the Whig transactions in this ciiy; and perpetrated, one of them by a member of General Taylor's Cabinet, Mr Ewing; and the other, by Mr Ew ing's confidential clerk. Truly, these ate limes for serious reflection toih; people of the United Stales?trading, bargaining politicians, even to the parcelling out of public offices at cent per cent, for thtir emoluments?these things are no fictions; they have occurrtd, and arespoken of freely by many. Shame! shame!! The Secretary of the Navy goea to the North with Gen. Taylor, who left this city this morn ing, lo resume bis journey ol observation to the Northern manufactories, and to look alter iheir wants of further pro:ection. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the abrogation ol the station of "Chief Navy Con j siructor," and says that Corn. Skinner is to fill I that place. The supposed cause for this, is that Mr. Grice, who filled the place alter the death of Ceil. Humphreys, during the latter part of Mr. Polk's f dininisiratio.), being a Democrat, has had leave to vacate the place, and go to l'hdad 'lphia, lo make room for Mr. Sou;hall, Whig, ordered to Washington. The idea of Com. Skinner being the "Chief Navy Constructor" is original, and will go far to advance the science of Mr. Preston in Navy tactics. Mr. Preston Ins also ordered certain work to be discontinued at Portsmouth, one of the best local stations for good work in the U. States, and lhai tbe same is to be done at Philadelphia or some of the East ern stations. It is shrewdly suspected this order has some bearing towards crippling the prospects of Messrs. Montague and Cunningham, in the establishment of the new pa* per ai Portsmouth, as most of the workmen be long to the Democratic party. Such plans, if such are intended by the Secretary, will tail. The Democracv ". ill soon supply their place?; and wheiher the work is done at this or that sta tion, Wbiggery is getting its due, and will get it, until it is rooted out of being. The few items from Pennsylvania that have come to Jnnd fr< in the e.'ection yesterday, justify the prediction, that Mr Gamble, the Democratic nominee for Canal Commissioner, will be elect ed by at least 15,000 majority. It is a pity the Congressional Elections do not take place at the same lime. At any rate, next year, when they do take place, General Taylor must take another journey, and like effects wilt produce like :c snlts. Whiggery, as the Intelligencer quaintly observes, in two years "will not know what hurt them," for there will be none left to tell the fate of the present deceptive party in power. Jacob FjItuful, Jr STATE OF DE5ERET. It has already been announced that the people residing in tbe Valley of the G.eat Salt Lake had instituted for themselves a form of Govern ! meet, which is to be submited to Congress at its next session. The Editors of the St Louis Re publican, who have been permitted to look at certified copies of the Constitution thus establish ed, and of the procerdings ol the Legislature under ii, and of the reasons which'led ;o these move ments, give the subjoined account o! them; The new State is quaintly styled the State of Dxsiret, which implies according lo ihi Mor tntn history and inierpretation, the '7/uney Bee," and is s gnificant ol hduit'y an.l ihe kindred virtues. I; is scarcely necensary io say to our readers that the population ot this new State is composed altogether of persons confessing the Mormt n laiih, of whom ihe number is rap id ;y increasing every year, ihat being ih? State lo which all their emigration is tending. In these proce'd ng?, as in every thing else, the peculiari ties of 11)is people an* preserved, thourh we can not see that this will offer any good bar to their application for admission into the Union. In one respect, at least, the Convention which formed ihe Constitution for the new State has S?t a good example. They ware omplnyarl only one week in action upon it, and we do not see | but what it is as good a one as some of our States have been able to form alter months of deliberation We proceed to give some of its j main features. Io February last notice was given to all the citizcns of that portion of Upper California ly ing east of the Sierra Nevada mountains that a Cnvention wouid be held at the Great Salt Lake city, on the 5th of March, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the proprie tv of organizing a Territorial or State Governs ment. Accordingly, on the day appointed, the Con vention met, "consisting of a largo portion of the inhabitants of ibat part of Upper Ca ifornia lying east of the Sierra Nevada mountains''? Daniel S;>oncer was electei chairman; William layton, secretary; Thomas Bullock, assistant creUry; and Elorace S E dridgo, marshal. After isveral addresses a poqimittee qf ten was appointed to draught a Constitution, under which they could govern themselves until the Congress of ihe United States should otherwise provide. Alfred Carrington, Jos L Heywood, William W Phelps, David Fullmer, John S Fullmer, Chas C Rich, John Taylor, Parley P Prait, John M Rirnhisel, and Eraslus Snow were appointed said committoe. The Conven tion then adjourned to Thursday, the Sill, when they met to receive the report of the commiltcc This report was then made, in the shape of a Preamble aod Constitution for the govern ment of the now Stale. Tne first clause is as follows: "We, the People, grateful to the Supreme Be ing f ii the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him lor a continuation ot these blessings, do ordain and establish a iree and independent Government, by the came of the Stale of Deitrit, including all the, following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the 33J (leg north latitude where it crosses the 108 deg. lon gitude, west of Greenwich; thence runnine south and west io the northern boundary ot Mexico; thence west to, and down the main channel ol the Gila river, on the northern lice of Mexico, and on the northern boundary of Lower Cali fornia t-j the Pacific ocean; thence along the coasi northwesterly to tbe 118 deg. 30 min. of west longitude; ihence north io where said line intersects the dividing ridge of ihe Sierra Nevada mountains; ihence north along the summit ol the Sierra Nevada mountains to the divi ding rarii>e of mountains ihat separate the waters ffjwing into the Columbia river (run the waters running into the Great Basin; thence easterly along Ihe dividing range ol mountains ihat separate said waters flawing into the Colon bia river on ihe north from the waters fljwing in?? tbe Great Basin on ihe south, to summit of the Wind river chain of mojntains; thence southeast and south by the dividing range of moun tains that separate the waters flowing in'o the Gulf ol Mexico from the waters flowing in? to ihe Gulf of California, to the place of be ginning, as &et forth in a map drawn by Charles Preus--, and published bv order of ihe Senate ot the United States in 18-H" The powers ol the Government are then divi d.-d into three d*pariments?legislative, execu uvc, ardjudicial. 3'he article in relation loihe legislative depart ment is noi essentially different from ihe Cor.sti* tuiions of ihe several S atcs Members are re quited to be free white male citizens of the Uni ted Sta'es, and to lake an oath to support the Con j stituiion thereof. The firs; Senate is io consist of seventeen members, and the House ot thiriy five members. In ihe Executive Department provision is [ ma le for the election ot Governor, Lieu enant Governor, Secretary of State, Aaditor ot Public A:coun>s, and Treasurer. The jalicial power is vested in a Supreme Conrt ar.d tjch inferior tribunals as the Legislattue shall establish. A Chief Justice acd i\yo As-ociates compose the Supieme Court. 1 he fifih article provide. lor the el -ciion of the (fibers named in the Constitution, on ifae first MonJayof May, llast.Jaud lor a vote for or against tne adoption of tbe Constitution, "and if a majo rity of all the legal votes shall be in favor ot us fd ption, the same shall take effect from and af ter said election." In the Declaration of Risk's, it is declared "that all m?'D have a natural and inalienable right to worship God according io the dictates of tbeir 1 own consciences, and tbe General Assembly s'tall make Do law respecting an establishraeu ot religion, cr prohibiting the free exercise there of, or disturbing any person in his religions wor ship or sentiments ? Provided he does nut dis turb ite public peace not obstruct others in their religi us Worship." This Constitution was adopted on the 10th March, 1849. The first General Assembly met on ihe 2! of July. Millard Snow was elected Speaker ot the Hoose; Alfred Carrington, Clerk ; John D. Ltr, Assistant Clerk: acd Geo. D.Grant, Sergeant". ai-Armi. Alter ihe organization thr chairman announced to the House thai a majority of all the voles of the people had been givtu i r the adoption of the Constitution; and ihat Brighara Young had ie? csivtd a majority ol all ol the votes lor Governoi; HeLrr C. Kiaida'l lor Lieuien3nt Governor; Will.ua Richards Icr Sccre ary ol State, Win. Clayton lor Auditor of Public Accounts; Jjs. S. Hey wood for Treasurer; and they were severally informed thereof. On ihe 3J a lesolat.on was passed providing for a joint committee to memorialize Gonaress for a Sta.e or Territorial Government; which i was alterwarJs report'd and ailopied. On thi 5 n insiant, acceding to previous tesc I lutions, the Legislature met in joint srssion, and proceeded to ballot for a Delegate and Represen tative to Congress, when Almoo W. Babbitt, hav ing riceived a majority of all the votes was dc I clare.1 duly elected. On the 9th the Legislature adjourned tint die. | Before doing so iltey adopted a memorial to Con* gress, in which they set loith the reasons which have induced them to oigamzj a State Govern* , tnent They ciie the failure ot Congress to pro vide a government kr ihe terntory acquired I Ironi Mexico, the abrogation of the Mexican law, the anarchy which has followed. "The re volver and the Bowie knile," they say, "have been the highest law ol the land?the strong have prevailed against the weak?while persons, pro perty, character, and religion have been unaided, and virtue anprotccud Finally, they represent that there is now a suftitrun' Dumber ol i''h hi tants rtkiding within the State of PtStrel to sup port a S:a e Government, and to relieve the Ge neral Government from the expense ot a Teiri ti rial Government, and they therefore ask that the Constitution accompanying this memori.il be ratified, and that the State ol Deserct be ad mitted into the Union on an equal looting with the ether States, or that suih lorm of Govern ment may be given to them as may be deemed expedient; and that their Delegate may be receiv ed and thi-ir interes s properly rep.esented in the Congress ol the United State?. * No: a word is said in the Constitution about slavery or the Wilmot proviso, such things not having entered into the imaginations ol the law givers as important for their welfare. The Con stitution will beprefsed upon Congress, and, il ratified, two new Senators and a Representative will soon appear in that body (rom ihe S al: of Deserit?a State which was without a set'led in habitant (our yeais ago, and uhich j$ some twenty-five hundred miles from the seal of the Federal Government. From tke Philadelphia Ptnnnj'-vaaian, Oct. If). PENNSYLVANIA REDEEMED! A Dimocatic Canal Cjmmi'sion-.r ?A Demo cm ic Lsgu'atvl- And an tiveriohelming Dj m crati'. Majority on Popular Vote PHILADELPHIA. COUNTY REDEEMED! A I) mneralii SkeriJ', Regist-.r, Cummissiour, Cltrkof Ik'. Oipiant' C/U'l, County 'i'reusu rtr an. i Auditor, probibly elected! DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ELECTED, AND A DE MOCRATIC GAIN OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY!?THE INDEPENDENT CAN DIDATE FOR MAYOR OF THE CITY ELECT ED. I We knew thai noble old Pennsylvania w?uld not disappoint the hopes of the country. The result ol yeserday's election has proved that the people of this Commonwealth, uniting wi.k their lellow citizens ol other States, Nurih 3nd south, have declared against the corrupt and imbecile Regency now in power at Washington. Never before were ihe train ban is ol Federal ism so active, unscrupulous and desperate.? Headed by the reckless and bad man who now occupies our Gubernatorial Chair, and simulated by promises of < fire from the lead.-rs, ihey ex erted themselves wiih an energy worthy o! a good cause. The money ol the G neral Govern ment wa? openly u^ed to deleat me Democracy; , and in this city the corporation party resorml to the worst means to avert tbe doom that has be* ' fallen them. Hundreds of false voters were col - | onized in our midst, and the most s.andalous j coalitions were formed. B it the people, burning with the recollection of ihe deceptions that have ' been practised upon them, and aujious to pn-ve j themselves worthy ol liie responsibility devol- j ved upon them, marched to ihe polls, and spurn- ! ed the iniamous leaders and iheir vile schemes, by a vote singularly impressive and overpower- ' ing. I The defeat of the Whigs io this city, is an 1 era in political annals. It was brought anout : by peculiar ciroumstances; and while the credit > is raatoly due to the Independent men of all i parlies, we cannot forbear congratulating the Democrats for their uniUd stand in favor of tho Independent ticket We cannot yet say if the Independent Council ticket is choson. It is glory enough for one day. nowever, to proclaim that J->el Jono. is clected .Mayor of tho city of Philadelphia. To such demagogues as Johnston, Fuller, ar.d ; others, eager to promise or to bargain with any and all parlies ?foremost in thn falsification ot I faola on/I in |ho moat inilfftnnt <"?lnntni?M? this result is alike a lej<on and an adimnitioo To morrow we hope to give more ample de- 1 tails of the great victor/ which has bjen achieved by the Democracy of Ponniylvania ? We refer our readers io the return^ as given in the proper column. P S ?5 o'clock, A. M.?There is no doubt whatever of the election of the Democratic candidate for Sieriff; an 1 we think tho rest of ihe Democratic City and County Tukel is also safe. The frauds and co!oniziog of the City Corporation, have probably defeated the lode* pendent Council Ticket. i from the .Yea York Triiune.) DEATH OF EDGAR A POE. Eoqir Allan Pot is dead. lie died in Bal timore the day before yesterday. Tnis announce ment will startle many, but lew will be grieved by it. Toe poet was known, personally or by reputation, in all this country; he had readers in England, and in sercral of the States of Conti nental Europe; but he had ft* or no friends; and the regrets lor his death will be suggested princi pally by ihe consideration that in him iiterary art has lost one of il> most brilliant but erratic Mars The family of Mr Poe?we learn Irom Gris* wold's "Poets and Poetry ol America,1' lr?"n which a considerable portion of the lacts in this n.-tice are derived?was one ot the oldest and mosi respectable in Baltimore. David Poe his pater nal erandlather, wa< a U'lartermasier-G.netal in the Maryland line daring the Revolution, and the intimate friend ol Latayette, wbo, during his last visit to ihe United States, c-tiled personally upon the General's widow, and tendered her acknow ledgments for the services recdrred io him by her husba .d. His great-grandlaiher, John Poe, mar ried in England, Jane, a daughter of Admiral Jamr.s McBride, noted in British naval history, an i claiming kindred with some ot the most illus trious English families. Hislaiherand mo her, ?both ol whom were in some way counccted with ihe theatre, and lived as precariously as ? heir more gilted and' more eminent son? died within a lew weeks ol each other, ol con sumption, leaving him an orphan, at two years ol age. Mr. John Allan, a w.-althy gentleman ol Richmond, Virginia, took a fancy to him, and persuaded his grandfather io suffer him to udopt him. He was brought up in Mr Allan's family; and as thai gentleman had no older children, he was regarded as his son and heir. In IdIG he accompanied Mr and Mrs Allan to Great B i tain, visited every portion ol it, and afterward passed lour or five years in a school kept at Sioke Newington, near London, by Rev. Dr. Bransby. He retnrned to America in 18-J2, and in 1825 went to the Jefferson University, ai Char lottesville, in Virginia, wnere he led a very dis sipated lile, the manners ol the college being at that time extremely dissolute. He took the first honors, however, and went home greaily in debt. Mr. Allan refused to piy some of his debts ul tenor, and he has ily quitted the country una 1 Ctiixoiic expedition to join the Greeks, ihen 1 straggling lor liberty. He dul not reach his ori> j ginal dcsiinatlon, however, but ma le his way to St. Petersburg, in Ru-sia, where he bicamcin- j volved in difficulties, Irom which he was extri- ' cated by the late Mr Henry Middleton, the Ame- i rican Minister at that capital. He returned home in IS29, and immediately afterward euier ed ihe Military Academy at West Poiui. In aliout eighteen months (rem thai time, Mr A!Un, ! who had lost his firs; wife while Mr Poe was in Russia, married aeain. He wass;x:y five years ol ase, and Ihe lady was young; Poe q-i.urelied with her, and the veteran husband, takirg ihe I part ol his wife, addressed him an angry Jener, which was answered in ihe same spirit. He died sjon alter, leaving an infint son tr.e heir to his property, and bequeathed Poe no hmg. The army, in the opinion ol the young cadet, was not a place for a poor man; io he left West Point abruptly, and determined to maiu tain himself by authorship. He printed, in 1829 a small volume of poems, most of which wero written in early youth. Some of these poems are quot'd in a revicwal by Marg ret Fuller, in the Tribune in 1316, and are justly : regarded as among the most wonderful exhibi tions of the precocious deyelop nent of genius. They illustrated the character of bjs objlities, and justified bis anticipation* of success. For a considerable time, however, though he wrote ' readily and brilliantly, bis contributions to the ! journals attracted little attention, and hit hope of gaining a livelih od by the profession of lite rature waa nearly ended at length in sickne:s, : poverty and despair. But in 1831, the proprie- ; tor of a weekly gajelte, in Baltimore, offered two premiums, one for the best slcry io prose, j and the other for the best poem. In due time ' Poe sent in two articles and he wailed anxious- i ly for the dccUion. One of the Committee was Ihe accomplished nuihor of "Horse Shoe Ro binson,''John P. Kennedy, and his associates were scarceley less eminent than be for wit and critical sagacity. Such matters are usually dispose 1 of in a Tery off hand way. Commit tees to award literary prizes drink to ^he payer's health in good wines, over the urex8miued MSS, wbicb they submit to the discretion or publishers, with permission to use their names io such a way as to promote the publishers ad vantage. So it would have been in this case, but that oDe of the Committee, taking up a lil tle book, in such exquisite caligrap.y as to seem like one of the finest issues of the Pre,s ol Putnam, was tempted to read several page3, and being interested, he summooed the atten tion of the company to the half dozen compo sitions in the volume. It was unanimously de cided that the prizes should be paid to tbe first of geniuses who had written legibly. Not ano ther MS. was unfolded. Immediately .he 'con fidential envelop' was opened, and the success ful competitor was found to bear the scarcely known name of Poe. Tbe next day the publisher called to see Mr. Kennedy, and gave him an account ol the auth >r that excited his curiosity and sympathy, and caused him to request that he should bs brought to hie cftice. Accordingly he v*as introduced: the prz* money had not yet been paid, and he was in the costume in which he had anwered the advertisement ol hisgood fortune. Thin, and pale even to gha^tiioess, his whole appearance In dicated sickness and the utmost destitution. A tattered Irock-cnai concealed the absence of a shirt, and thewuins of boots discLsed m 're than the want ol s ockings. But the eyes ol the young man were luminous with intelligence and leeline, and his voice and conversation, and manners, all won upon the lawyer's regard. Poe told his his tory, anJ hisambiion, and it was tleteimined that he should not want means lor a suitable ap pearance in society. n-T opportunity lor a just display ul his abilities in Irerature. Mr. Ken nedy accompanied him to a clothing store, and purchase I lor hin a respectable sui?, with chan get ol linen, and sen: him to a bath, trom which hi returned with the suddenly legained bearing ol a gentleman Tne late Mr. Thomas W. White had then re cently established The Southern Literary Mts tcnger, at Richmond, and upon the warm recom mendation ol Mr. Kennedy, Poe was engaged, at a small salary?we bclk-ve o! 8503 a year?to bs its editor. He en'eie:! tipon his duties wi It letters lull of expiessions ol the warmest 8r?tj I tude to his friends in Baltimore wi:o in five or six weeks were astonished to learn that with characteristic recklessness ol consequences, he was hurriedly married to a girl as poor as him self. Poe continued in this situation about a year and a hall, in which he wrote many brilliant articles, and raisrd the Mtutngerio the first rank of literary periodical. He next removed to Philadelphia, to assist William E. Burton in the editorship ol the Gentleman's Magizinc, a miscellany that in ltJ40 was mprged in Graham's Magazine, ol which Poe becant-i on* i?t the principal writers, particularly io criticism, in which his papers attracted much attenkn, by their careful an I skillful analysis and gene rally caustic severity. At this period, how ever, he appears to have been more ambitious ol securing distinction in romantic fiction, and a ' collection ol his compositions in this depart ment, published in 1811, under the title of "Tales ol the Grotesque and the Arabesque," establish ed his reputation lor ingenuity, imagination, and extraordinary power in tragical narration. Near the end ol 1841 Poe removed to New York, where he conducted for several months a literary miscellany called "The Broadway Jour nal." In 1815 he published a volume ol 'Tales" in Wiley and Putnam's Library ol American Books, and in tbe same series a collection ol his poems. Beside these volumes he was ih- author ol "Arthur Gordon Pym," a romance: "A New Theory ol English Versification;" "Eurtka,"an essay on the mateiial and spiritual universe: a work which he wishtd to have ''jud^'d as a po em," and several extended series ol papers in Hie periodicals, the most noticeable ol which are "Marginalia," embracing opinions of book* and authors; "Secret Writing,1' "Autography," and "Sketches cf the Literati of Nc* Yirk." His wile died in 1S47, at Fordham, near this City, and sens of our readers will remember the paragraphs iu the papers at the time, upon his destitute condition. His wants w^re supplied by the liberality ol a few individuals. We r-'inem ber that Col Webb collected in a few moments fitly or sixty dollar lor him at the Union Clut; Mr Lewis o Bro< klyn, sent a similar sum from one of the Courts, in which he was engaged when he saw the statement ol the poet's povmy; and others illustrated in the same manner tlu el fo.t ol such an appeal to the popular heart. Since that time Mr Poe had lived quietly and with an income Irom his literary labors sulliciem lor his support. A lew week, ago be proceeded io Kichmofid in Viiginia, where he lectured upon the poetical character, &c ; and it was under stood by some ol his orrespondents here that he was this week to be married, most advantageous ly, to a lady ol that city, a widow, to whom he had be-n previously engaged while a student in the University. The character of Mr. Poe we cannot attempt to describe in this very h istily written article.? We can butalinaeto some ot its more sinking phases. His conversation was at times almo-.t supra mortal in its el q lencc. His voice was mo du lated witli asiom-hing skill, and Ins large and variably expressive eyes looked repose or snot fiery tumult into their3 who listened, while his own lace glowed, or was changeUs* in pallor, as his imagination quickened his blood or drew it back frozen to his heart. His im igefy was from the wotlds which no mortal can see but with the vision ot genius. Sud.'euly starting from a pro position exactly and sharply defined in terms ol ii'most simplicity and clearness, he rejected the forms of customary logic, and by a crystalline procrsiol accretion,built uph.s occular demon strations in lorms of gloomiest and ghastliest gTandeur, or in those ol the most airy anJ deli cious beauty?so minutely, and distinctly, yet ?o rapidly, that the alctnion which was yielded to him was ch lined lill it stood among his wonder I'll creations? till he himsell d ssolved the spell, and brought his hearers back to common and base existence, by vulgar fancies or rxhibi ions ot the iguobiest passion. He was at alt times a dreampr?dwelling in ideal realms?in heaven or hell ?peopled wuh the creatures and the accidents ol his brain. He walked the streets, in madness or melancholy, with lips moving in indistinct curies, or with eyes up urned in passionate prayer, (never lor him sell, for he It-It, or prole-sed to feel, that he was already damned,) but (or iheir happiness who at the moment were objects ol his idolatrj; or, with his glances introverted tc a heart gnawed with angui-h, and with a lace shrouded in glo>?', he wouid brave the wildest st-Aras; aid all ni>ht, wuh drenched garments and arms beaiin.' the winds and rains, would speak as ifios.mits that at >uch times only coul 1 be evoked by him Irom the Aidenn il >se by whose portals his disturbed socl sought to lorget ihe ills to which his constitution subjected him?close by the Aidenn where were those he loved?the Aidenn which l.e might nev er sec, but in fitlul glimpses, as its gates opened to receive the lessliery anu more happy nature* wh >se destiny to sin did not involve the doom cf death. He seemed, except when some fi.ful pursuit subjugated his w.II and engrossed his (acuities, always to bear ihe memory ol some controlling sorrow. The r?markible pt em of T\: Huncn I was probably much more nearly ihan has been stippn-d, even by iko-e who were very intimate witn bun, a reflection and an echo ol his own history. He was that bird's Unhappy master, Whom unmerciful dM.vner Followed fj?l and followed faster. Till ht? *ong? the burden bore Till the dirgei of his hope, the Melancholy burden bore Of "Nevermore," of "Nevermore." Every genuine author in a greater or less de gree leaves in his works, whoever their design, traces ol his persoual charade ; element- ol his immortal being, in which ihe individual survive- ' (he pet* >n. White we read the pag?*8ol ihe f\.ll ? oflht Hiusc of Ut'ier, or of Mesmeric R^vdatiom, we sec in the solemn and state y gloom which in vests one, ana in the subtle metaphysical analvnis ol both, indications ol the idiosyncrasies ?of what was most remarkab e and peculiar?io the authoi's intellec-ual nature. But we sec here only the better phases of ih:s nature, only the symbols ol his jester action, lor his harsh expo- , rience had deprived him of all laitb, in man or [ woman. He had made up his mind upon the numberless complexities of the social world, and the whole sys em with him was an imposture, i ? Tnis conviction gave a direction to his shrewd and naturally unamiable charactt r. Still, though he regarded society ascompote.t altoge her ol villains, the sharpness ol his intellect wjs not of that k?n l whicn enab'ed him to cope with vil lainy, while it continua'ly caus -d him by over- ! shots to tail ol the success ol honesty. He ! was in mar.y respects like Francis Vivian in Bulwet's novel ot 1 Ths Cax ons." "Pa-sion, ! in him, comprehended many cf the worst emo-. | tions which militate against hunun happiness j You could not contradict him but you raided j quick choler; jdi could not speak of wealth, but bis cheek paled with gnawing envy The astonishing na ural advantages of this pocr boy ?his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit (hot breathed around him like a fiery atmos phere?had raised his constitutional sel.'-cotifi dence into an arrogancs that turn-d bis very claims lo admiration into ptejudices against him. Irascible, envious-bad enough, but not the worst, lor these salieut anglesj*ere all var nished over with a cold repellent cynicism, bis passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility; and, what was more remarkable in a proud nature little or nothing of the true point of honor. He bad, to a morb'd excess, that desire to rise wbieh is vulgarly called ambition, but to wi-h for the esteem or the love of bis species ; only the bard wish to sueceed?not shine, nor serve succeed, that he might have the right lo despise a world thai galled bis self conceit." We have suggested the influence of his aims and vicissitudes upon bis literature. It was more conspicious in his later than in bis earner writ* ings. Nearly all thai he wrote io the Ian iwo or three years?including much ol his best poe% try?was in some sense biographua'; in drape rics of his imagination, ibose who had taken the trooble to trace his steps, cculd perceive but sligb ly concealed, the figure of h mself. ' There are perhaps some ol our reader* ?bo will ucdeiaiatd the allusions of the following beaunlu. poem. Mr Poe preseo'ed it io Ms i0 the writer'ot these paragraphs, jual before he lelt | New Yurk recently, remarking that it was the last thing he bad w.itten. ANNABEL LEE. It w as many and many a year ago, In a ki? gdom by the *ea That a maiden thera lived whom you may know By ihe name of Ajinabbl Laa; And tins maiilen she livrd wllh no other thought ! Tuan to .ove and be loved by me / was a child and skt was a child, In U,ii kingdom by the sea, But we loved u ith a love that waa more than lore-. I and my Anxtiu I.bi? With a love iliat the ? ingrd seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this waa the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew oul of h cloud, chilling My beautiful Akmhfl I.it; So that her high born kin.mm came i And bore her away from nie, To shut her u|> In a sepulchre In tbl> kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying lirr and me? 1 Yeg ! that was the reason taa all men know, In this kingdom by Hie era) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, | Chilling and killing my Akmibbi. Leb. But our love it was atronger by far than the love | of those who were older than we? Of many fir wiser than we? And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, ' Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Ansabel Liu ! For the moon never beams, without bringing ms dreams j Of the beautiful Aisn*Br*. Lib; And the stars never rise, but I frel the bright eyes i Ol the beautiful Ass??si. I.Ki: i And so all the night-lldi-, I lie down by the side Of my darling?my darling?my life and mj- bride, I In her sepulchre there by the nea? In uer limb by tt.e sounding sea. i We must omit any particular criticism ol Mr. ! pL.e's wotks. As a writer ol talcs ii Mill be ad | milted generally, that he was scarcely surpassed in ingenuity ol construction 01 effctive painting. As a critic, he was mote remarkable as a dis*ec ter ol sentences ihan 2s a commenier upon ideas; he was little better ihan a carping grammarian. As a poei, he will retain a mcs: honorable rank. 01 his ' Haven," Mr. Willis observe*, thai in bis opinion "it is the most tffectivc single' exam pie ol fugitive poetry ever published in ihi* coun try, and is unsurpassed in English poetry lor sub lie conception, masierly ingenuity ol versifica tion, and consistent sustaining ol imaginative I ill," la poetry, as in prose, he was ruo* suc cessful in ihe metaphysical treatment ol the pas, sions. His poems are constructed with wooder? Jul ingenuity, and finished wi It consummate art. Tney illustiaie a morbid sensitiveness ol leehng, a shadowy and gloomy imagination, and a tasie almost faultless in the appiehension ol that sort ol beamy most agreeable to bis it taper. We have not '.earned lie circumsiatc.s o( his deaih. It was sudJen, and 'rom ihc laci ihat it occurred io Baltimore, it is io be presumed that he was on his return to New \ork. ??After life's fitful fever he Bleeps well." LUDWIG. THE PHILADELPHIA RIOTS. Tne following Iron) If Philadelphia Ledger gives an account ol the continuation of the riois Irom the p >int where our report leli off yester day: We resume the details of the riots from the point ai which our account ol yesterday broke off li si correcting an error, waich was the result ol'supposing that the authorities, having control of the military,alter going to the trouble ol rou sing them at m dnight, wou d, al leas1, take eili* cieot measures to prevent a recurrt nee ol the riot. From their marching down Six h street, the sup position was natural that they would be posted so as to be most effective; but it seem> ihat, instead tf this, the force was marched as lar as Shippen street, when they returned by way o! Fifth street to Ch'e-uut, and oul to the Museum building, and soon alter were dismissed. The consequence was, that the riotets ascer taining that tnc military lorce had retited, te commenced their lawless acts, and by daylight the disturbance was raging furiously. Some ol the rioters jumped the fence . bove the California House, and set fire to ihe Iramc building in the rear of the open space between it anJ the dwel lings above. Tne colored population residing in ""the vicinity commenced moving, when even the females were pelted wiih s ones by the riot* ors while carrying off articles of furniture.? The flames spreading in ihe meanwhile, brought ihe firemen again to the spot. They sailed down thefireet, and the rioters retreating before theru, the Phoenix was put in service. In a shi-rt time, however, the rioters returmd, and let fly a volley ol b'iplm, um'H ol B'o arms, and the member's of the Phoenix were forced to tly from their carriage. Ths firemen, however, were reinforced by citiz-ns. and returning again to the ft re, the Good Wiiland Pl.u'nix were put into service, and prevemed th: further spread ol ihe fire, which, at this tim?, had communicated to a tow ol court houses, ruuning west Irom Sixth sir. ei, the roots ol vaich were all d maged. The Robrt Morris Hose Company had laid their hose for the purpose of assisting in extin guishing ihe lire, when the momueri were bea t*n off the carriage and taken possession of by the rioters, who ran off the hose, (wbieb was cu; by them,) and then carried off the nppara* tus into M .yamonsing. li was afterwards re stored to the company by John Kueas and some other watchmen of that district. Tho hose ot the Diligent Fire Company was hacked with knives so as to be useless The State House bell again gave the signal for the assembling of the military, but up freight o'clock a suffi cient force bad not mustered in the Siate Housp yard to warrant their going down to the scerp of riot At this time Sixth street, from Wal nut to Lombard streets, was thronged with people curious to mj ? whit was goin^ on, and from Lombard to South the battle of r-ricks ai.d buckshot w.is going ? n, with occasional in er missions. By half past 8 o'clock the tumult had ceased, the rioters having nearly all dis persed, and those remaining coild not be dis tinguished from the spectators with whom they were mingled Several persons were wouni ed in the atlray, of whom the following were ad mit ed into the hospital: J.imes lieasely, a member o! the perseverance Hose Company, received a ball in his bteas' ? He was convey d to the hospital, where fie re mains in a crmcal condition. He lived in il?e vicinny of Broad and Arch street*. La trance McShane, while looking out of the window of a hous: in wmch his sister lived, ?a? struck ih the temple with a chance shot, and re ceived a severe wound, which will probibly prove fatal. . . . A young mecical student received a ball id his thigh, while linking ou the afliav. Tne following colored men were also taken ! the hospitals : R. Kandall, badly hurt, sboi in t < batk of his head. Charlrf Anderson. s.at>b>u i ihe thigh, and George Tilletsoq, stabbed to t brcast- * A colored buy, in the employ ol Saenu L. i ? hJd ihree shots ex racirii Irom his leg, whu were received while passing Six.b and Lom?a - A young mm, the son of Captain Walker, he keeper of a tavern in Seventh below South was wounded during Tuesiay night. A nnrble h-t<i from a musket struck a rib, and glancing, ir>u?r * td a severe flesh wjund. The marbe was ex iraeud by Mr. Uizer. . Ai about 9 o'clock the military, in command General Pauerson and Colonel Bohten, too ul ih; line ol march. On reaching th* scene nt not, ihc companies were posted soas 'o com mand all the approadrs to it. The line ol - ' tinels were rxtendel aloeg Sixth, Irom f i' Shippen, and along Lombard and South s.ree , from Fifth to Seventh. Two field piec^ posted in Six'U s reet, p .inting North and b?o.o, and a company ol cavalry was in readiness to ac, il nece sity r?-quirrd it. The """P _0.ho. provided wuh ball cartridges, and fully aa riz?d tolire on the riotern. . ;n Cornelius Speel, one of the election jUu? the Sixt-i Ward, Southward, was struck on tf.e forehead with a ipent ball. The injury was not Sf The colored church in Lombatd street, beV* Sixth an I the oldchJrch ed.fi.e a t Fifth atd 0 kill streets, have been converted into barrack lor the use of ihe military. .. , 0[ Wi ll the exception of several discharge .0 lor signal* by the rioters, no diaturbaiice ofc last ev.-ning. in vi.i ing the scene of the ? distuib^nce, we loon l the streets id th . - cojipletely desrrua, ihe rain having ha l t ' of driving me rioters as well as the spectatots iheir hom:s. , enirg McSnane died at the hospital !?? about dark. Tnts mak-s the third He had arrived in this country but a I since, and was making preparations . intending to s'ait the l?s' ot 'his w.e<, LATEST FROM RIO ^g^VruV, The Baltimore Clipper bark W ti u Rooms lurnishes us with the lollo g Wrigh'# '?She brings as passengers, wf||( E Esq , Ot R.O, and Thomas C ^ {j ol U S Consul at St. Catharine , at R"5 dispatches Irom the American u WaJling!..n d; Janeiro to onr Q-"v<frfl,nMr'D,'iient io the B'l" also, from the Brazilian Go" GoVefn<net.i of zilim Minister ies.id.og near id ^the United Siates. Sun,