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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1832._
f COMMUNICATED- J
Agreeable to adjournment a Meeting was held
at Farrowsville, Fauquier County, on Friday,
the 24th August 1832: a large and respectable
number of citizen* in the vicinity having assem
bled, on motion of Mr. John lerbv, Colonel
Aahbv, was called to the Chair, and James K. |
Marshall and Peter Adams, E-qr’s., were made
Secretaries. The meeting thus organized, on
motion of Major Ambler—
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a com
mittee ot twelve, to draft a preamble and resolu
tions explanatory of the object of the meeting;
-*hen the following gentlemen, were appointed:
M ajor Ambler, John Yerbv. Edward C. Mar
shall, John Marshall, Jr., Marshall Ashby, Na
thaniel Grigsby, George Glascock, Win G Yer
bv, Abner H Settle, Andrew M. Chancellor,
John Keerfoot and Robert Catlett. 'I he Com
mittee after having retired for a few moments,
reported the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
The National Republicans in the vicinity of
Farrowsville. following the example of their fel
low citizens, in other sections of the Union, have
assembled this day in the exercise of the “una
lienable right” of expressing mildly, frankly,
but firmly, their opinions of the principles upon
which the government ought to be administered,
and of the manner in which it has of late been
conducted. _ .
rirsr, men as 10 me .
al Republican party, these have been succinctly
and ab'v summed up in the address sent forth to
the p op.e of New York, by a convention lately
held at Utica.
♦• These principles aie broad and comprehen
sive; they are framed upon great and interesting
truths. In the struggle for our National Inde
pendence, the people of this whole country, con
sulted together: they fought, they suffered, they
triumphed as brothers of the same family, as one
people; thev presented to the foe an unbroken
trout, and they ehaunted the same song of victo
ry. They were Republicans and National Re
publicans. After the war of our Revolution was
ended, and our Independence achieved, the go
verument was re-organized, and the people of
the whole United Slates, for the express purpose,
as they declared, “of forming a more perfect
union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic
tranquility, providing for the common defence,
promoting the general welfare, and securing the
blessings of liberty to themselves and their pos
terity,” ordained and established that glorious
Constitution, under which we now live, and try
the aid of which our advancement in prosperity
and happiness is without a parallel in the his
tory ol man. The confederacy which existed
before tire formation of the present Constitution,
was found too feeble a bond of union and the
country required, what the hearts of the people,
then fresh from the revolutionary contest, de
manded a more perfect union. Now, we oppose
that construction of the constitution, which
makes the government a mere confederacy of in
dependent States, anil not a bond to unite the
people of the whole country; and thus reduces
us in effect, to the condition in which we were be
fore the foundation of the constitution. NYe be
lieve this instrument gives power to Congress to
promote, bv direct legislation, the domestic in
dustry of the country, and to provide for inter
nal improvements. We believe it is the light
and du*v of Congress to regulate the currency of
the country, ami as tar as practicable, make it
uniform, sound and wholesome. We hold the
enure independence of the Judiciary, and that
its decisions on all questions, arising undef the
_nrwl IfttAw »rp IlKlftillir Hilt Onlv IlnoD
individuals, but S'aie*. and all the different
b'anchc*of the Government. We hold that the
President is bound to execute every treaty, and
enforce everv law of Congress, where bis action
»s requited to i»s < nfirc; meet; and that after the
Supreme Court ha« pronounced such a law con
stitutional, his refusal or omission to enforce it,
is a just cause for impeachment. We believe all
la vs should be made in that spirit of conciliation,
and compromise, which gave birth to the consti
tution itself; that the interest of the people
should be consulted in the formation of laws, and
that the feelings and even prejudices, of the mi
nority should not be wholy disregarded; but the
doctrine of our party is, that when laws are du
ly enai ted.THKY awe supreme, & when not volun
tarily submitted to. must lie forcibly executed,
a> well against individuals as associations and
States. W e have hitherto, until recently, re
garded this doctrine as a fundamental principle
of our Republican institutions, and we regret
that there should be at the present time, a neces
sity, #9 we believe there is, lor its formal pro
mulgation.
For the purpose of carrying out into practical
operatiou these principles, the National Repub
lican party have nominated IIenhyCuiy, of Ken
tucky and John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, to
the nighest offices in the gift of the people.”
Our limits will not permit us to dwell upon
the character of these distinguished men. Mr.
Clav was born in this State, and has been the
artificer of his own fortunes; with his whole poli
tical course we are all familiar. John Sergeant
is a favorite son of Pennsj Ivania, is eminent for
his talents, for his public services, and is truly
illustrious from his private virtues; his name
must •* challenge universal respect.
We believe the United States Bank to be “ a
great and beneficial institution,” which by fa
cilitating exchanges between differeutjpartsol the
c; ion, and maintaining a sound, ample, and
healthy state of the currency, may be said to
suupiy the body politic, economically viewed,
*.< ith a continual stream of life blood, without
which, it must invariably languish and sink into
exhaustion. We believe this Bank essential to
all t!Je interests of the merchant, the agricultural
ist, the manufacturer aud the mechanic,
absolutely necessary to the prosperity of our west
ern brethren. The President of the United
States, has by a scrawl of his pen blighted all this.
The message accompanying this act, contains doc
trines novel, erroneous and monstrous. We
are compelled, from the nature of our meeting,
to forbear saying more upon this topic.
There seemed to be, prior to the last election,
a perfect reliance upon General Jackson s “good
faith'*_and how has it been preserved? by con
certing immediately upon accession, means by
which he might be re-elected, and yet in hw ce
lebrated correspondence, he insisted that the Pre
sident should serve but one term He complain
ed that the patronage of the government had been
abused—that the elections had not been free. ,
Yet he has corrupted the sources of all pohti
cal intelligence, by bestowing lucrative offices
on numerous editors of newspapers, as a reward
for the services rendered by them in that capaci
ty—measuring the value of the reward by the ex- ^
tent of the prostitution. . I
He has corrupted the sources of Legislation,
by conferring on various members of Congress,
offices of greater emolument and of higher digni
ty than that of Representatives, thereby buying
their votes on the floor of Congress, and then in
fluence always too great, with their constituents.
And this too, notwithstanding he had asserted ,
previously to his own election, that such a course
of policy must necessarily engender, if it did not
spring from corruption. .
He has denounced the doctrine of Nullifica
tion in South Carolina, while with a consistency i
peculiar to himself, he seriously sustains those
who carry the doctrine into practice in Georgia.
Where then i9 his “good faith?”
Resolved, That we approve of the nomination
of Hen.-y Clay of Kentucky, and John Ser- !
grant of Pennsylvania—and that we accept the j
electoral ticket^ recommended by the Staunton j
Convention, and will use all honorable and mo
ral means in our power to secure its success.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Na
tional Republicans throughout the U. States, to j
use redoubled exertions by distribution of news
papers &c , to promote the election of Henry
Clav and Jofin Sergeant,
Resolved, That the Veto Message be read by
Major Marshall, accompanied with such remarks
as he tnav deem pertinent.
On motion—
liesvlred, That the Editors of the Constitu
tional Whig and Alexandria Gazette, be re
quested to publish these proceedings.
v)n motion—
Unsolved, That this meeting do now adjourn.
TURNER ASHBY.
Chairman.
James K. M ausiiall, ? Secretaries.
I t rtii Adam% j
^COMMUNICATED. j
From itte Kpiscopei Kecnrder
IN BEH ALF OF THE PII» SICI \NS.
Brethren, pray for us.— 1 Thcs. v *25,
In this awful season, Christians should be, and
I trust are. particularly engaged in prayer. They
are the salt of tire earth and keep it from corrup
tion: it is in answer to their prayers that so ma
ny unprofitable creatures (a9 to God s glory un
profitable) are spared. They are commanded lo
••make praver and supplication for all men,’'
and the ministers of the Lord ask their prayers,
saving, as ihe Apostles did, *• Brethren, pray
for us.” But for whom should our prayers cs- j
peciallv ascend at thin time, when the destroying
Angel is reaping down hundreds and tnousands
in our land? For those, tneihinks, who are ex
posing their preiious lives in behalf of their suf
fering fellow-creatures. Honest, upright, bene
volent, moral men, (and I trust many pious men
too,) who are at all hours and through all incle
mency of the weather unremittingly attending
upon'the poor, the needy, the profligate, the in
temperate, and the abandoned. Pray that they
may have wisdom from on high given them, that
a blessing may rest upon their labors, that thev
mav be spared themselves from the pestilence
that walketh in darkness, and the sicknesss that
destrovethat noon-dav. that they may know how
to comfort the sick and dying,bv pointing them to
the Lamb of God who died for man; that the ;
Great Physician may lay His healing hand up
.. • __i- • II:.. u..f.,
I men vjwii siiui?) uittj •• *v
them and their families, and make them inherit
J ors of the kingdom ol heaven through a living and
| lively faith in th** blessed Saviour. Yes! Chris
; tfan, lift up your heart in behalf of these worthy
| men. \ml whenever you see a physician, (in
these perilous times at feast,) think you hear him
saying to you, >* Brethren piay for us.”
* fcOMMUKICATED.1
Mr. Snowden—l perfectly agree with the prin
! ciple9 put forth in your paper of this morning, on
! the subject of Emigration. It the Government
t of this country had enacted a law- requiring from
1 all emigrants a certificate, authenticated by the
j American Consul’.1, of gooA character, this coun
! try would not be a “ Botany Bay” for such men
j a9 are described in the article referred to.
It is not too late. 1 should give my heartv
' concurrence to any measure here which I, if I
lived in my own native country, would be wil
ling to support against all such characters coming
from whatever quarter they might.
A Naturalized Citizen, and a Native Irishman.
Sept. 3, 183^.__
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Gazette, Aug. 21
Resistance.—Mr. Crawford, the Mar-h l lor
the Southern District of Alabama was a short
time since resisted by a portion of the white set
tlers in the Creek Nation, while attempting to
earrv into effect the Proclamation of the Presi
dent of the United States, ordering an immedi
ate removal of intruders out of the limits of the
same. It appears that certain citizens formerly
residents of the lower |iart of this State, under
the impression that they would be shielded by the
•» Sovereignty of the State,” made it conveni
ent to build a town on Indian lands, and to name
it Erwinton. Upon the Marshal arriving at the
spot,he distinctlyinformed them that they had act
ed in direct violation of the instructions he had
received from the Executive, and requested them
peacabiv to leave. They refused to comply with
his request, and threatened him with their ven
geance.
In a short time after, a detachment of the Fe
deral troops under the command of a Lieutenant (
were marched from Fort Mitchell to the spot, I
and the town consumed by fire. Upon the news |
ot the conflagration, a process was issued against
the Lieutenant who commanded on the occasion, |
for the purpose of bringing him before the civil
authority of Pike countv, for a violation of the
laws of the State. The Deputy Sheriff attempt
ed to execute the process, and, in the attempt,
was pierced by a federal bayonet to such an ex- ]
tent that his life is despaired of—and so ended (
the matter. A few days ago the Marshal left
YVetumpkae for the white settlements in the up- *
per part of the Creek territory. What hay there s
been done we know not. A’o much for the doc- i
trine oj Nullification uhen put into practice. ,
The subject of foreign emigration to this coun
try, is now discussed with much earnestness in
several American journals;—and a theme of |
greater moment could scarcely be presented to j
the consideration of the dwellers in all the At- ^
lantic cities, and along the northern borders ot
the United States. I he weal of the republic,—
the coherency of its parts, and the integrity of (
its confederative laws, will greatly depend here- |
after, upon the manner in which this matter is dis- ,
cussed and carried forward, either by the press, ^
or on the floor of Congress. That legislation
will be called ultimately to interpose its preroga- 1
ives and behests with respect to the question,
there can be no doubt. In the omission of such ,
cognizance, there are en'ormous evils in store for
our people, which will be found grievous to be ,
borne, when it is too late to remove them. It ^
will be a difficult and vexed question that will
arise from the agitation of such a subject; but it
is clear, nevertheless, that its consideration can
not safely be delayed. The honor of the coun
try, the stability of those privileges and princi
ples which have been its heritage from the pil
grim fathers,—all suspend from it9 proper and
final decision. There are exigencies approach
ing, which must require the intervention of the (
legal arm to avert from the cities of our sea board,
a throng of calamities;—which relate to the
health of our great towns,—to the expenditures
from their municipal treasures; and to the peace |
and welfare of citizens. We believe the conside
ration of this theme to be as yet in embryo, but
will soon come to be prominent and engrossing.
We long to see able minds and patriotic hearts
earnestly engaged in the arguments and contem
plation of it.—Phil Gaz. ;'
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, j
Taken at the Alexandria Museum, August, 1832.
By T. Mountford.__
TlIEllMOM. i A
--——77 £ j p Appearance of the A\ ka
£ I S 7 Z “ £ - THF.ll, &C.
; £ if
►-* ’00 *“• “ ____ —
1 71 76 78 SE Alt showy*, cly. fair; op* lit
2 72 77 82 do Cloudy, clear; dense atm
5 75 83 85 calm Cloudy, hazv, humid, sultry
4 79 86184 $ Ditto* thunder gust
5 75 80 85 calm (Cloudy, gust; much ram I nt
6 75 82(85 s to SElClear; hot son elastic atinos
7 77 8o;84 s Cloudy, humid, fair, op heat
8 78 80 80 sw |Clou«ly, showery, sulny
9*71J7G .'8 calm 'Rain. *vy humid, cloudy, lair
10)79 77 79 nw j Fair, clear, elas atmosphere
11*68 78 40 t o 'Clear, elas alinos r. 62°]
12)75 80 84 s Ditto
18'78 85|8(i do Ditto
14 70 84|k 5 do Ditto
15)80*85186 oo Fair, t.ary, cloudy, opp atm
16*78^80(88 s to sw Clear, el atm [suu 119C]
17!8o'82l74 s to ne Hazy, civ, shy; m Iigh»n I nt
18 7*' 69)72 ne Rain* all day, extra tides
19 76 81 79 no AU show’y'cloudv; in rn 1 nt
20 70 79 801 nw Clear, elastic atmosphere
21 74i78 79 s Cloudy, oppressive atmo3
22 74 78 76 do Do fair, sultry, thun gust
23 75)79 81 nw Clear; showery last night
24 73178 79 do Ditto
25 56 65 69 do Do, cool for season [j>r. 53°J
26 63 7 7-2 do Clear, fair, hazy
27 66 69 70 s to sw Cloudy, humid
28 65 7 174 s Do do drizzle
29 72 76'79 do Do fair, do
50 73 82'85i no I Dense fog, clear, elas atm.:.
51 79 88 88 do Clear pure and elastic utinos
Comparative Statement:
Average ot this month - * 72®
Range of the Thermometer - 32
Wannest day * 88
Coldest day, . - - 56
During the month 12 clear days.
August, 1851:
Average.75* ^
Range of the Thermometer • 25
Warmest day 87
Coldest day . - - G2
During tlie month, 10 clear days.
Note.—The general temperature of the at
mosphere, this month, has been remarkably pure,
pleasant and agreeable. And the oldest inha
bitants have never known a more healthy season
than has been, thus far, enjoyed in this city.
Since our last monthly report, we have been
further advised, that the Indian Corn harvest
mav be considered so far advanced, as, in the
end, to prove unusually abundant.
The disease called Asiatic, Spasmodic or Ma
lignant Cholera appears to be on the decline in
those places which have been so severely afflict
ed with it: or, in other words, skilful Physicians
appear to have gained a complete, a most tri
umphant, mastery over it.
Professor Chapman of the University of Penn
sylvania. a native of \ irginia,—who, as a Physi
cian, stands aniongst the first of the profe&ion,—
has. by his perseverance, disarmed the disease
of most of its terrors. He observes, “ that the
Cholera is more tractable than the yellow fever
or the winter pestilence; and that it yields imme
diately to medicine in the onset.”
This being an undoubted statement of facts,
why should we be alarmed? Rather let us he
'temperate, cheerful and serene in our disposi
tions. when, should the malady overtake us, we
shall be better fortified to resist its powers.
yjuseum, August S\st, 1833. ^ .. M ,
CatkoUc fi'ioka.
JUST received from the respectable Press of Field-,
ing Lucas, Baltim >re, s small consignment of Cs
holic Books,—including Bibles Testaments, Missals,
Pray er Books, (seversl in splendid bindings) Cate- ■
chisms together with s few dogmatical and controver
sial works. On sale t y JAS. ttIQRDAN,
sag 31 Corner K ng and Royal streets. 1
“ To”Rent,
MThat comfortable BRICK DWELLING oppo- , 1
site Mr Smith’s Foundry. It is sufficiently large |
to accommodate two families. For the whole or half:
of said house, apply to JQSI.VU H. DAVIS. I
ALEXANDRIA, (P. C.) |
TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 4. 1832. !
Those who have read Cooper’s delineations of
ndian character and manners, and his pictures
f their domestic and public life and condition, as
iven in his novels, may remember (hat they arc
pparently often highly colored. Indeed, it Was ^
leen objected to him by the critics, that he ,
nakes his savages, both in person, speech, and
ippearance, Greeks or Romans, and thus mars (
he beauty of the plot, as well as destroys the ef- ^
ect intended to be produced in the grouping or ;
ndividual acting of the dramatis persona. We |
eferred to this not long since, and attempted to
how that some injustice had been done to Mr.
hooper. That he is not altogether inaccurate in
iis account of the personal appearance of the abo
rigines of our country, is evident, from the de
scriptions given of them by travellers. We have
■cad a recent let ter from a gentleman now in the
• far west,” published in the papers, who in one
dace says:
I hare, fora long time, been of opinion that
he wilderness of our country afforded models
■quai to those from which the Grecian sculptors
transferred to the marble such inimitable grace
md beauty; ami I ain now confirmed in this opi
liim, since I have immersed myself ill the midst
)f thousands and thousands of these knights of the
Forest, whose whole lives are lives of chivalry,
md whose daily feats, with their naked limbs,
night vie with those of the Grecian youths iu the
jeautilul rivalry of the Olympian games.”
He goes on to add, that no man’s imagination,
with all the aids of description that can be given
inm, can ever picture to himself the picturesque
leauty ol scenes that may be daily witnessed in j
hat romantic country: of hundrcdsofthesegrace
rul vouths, without a care to wrinkle, or a fear
.licturK tlw> full pvnri<(«iiin of nleiisure and en
joyment that beams upon their faces—their long,
jlack hair mingling with their horses’ tails, float
ng in the wind—Hying over the carpeted prai
rie, and dealing death with their spears and ar
rows to a band of infuriated buflfuio; or the splen
did procession of a war party, arrayed in all their
gorgeous colors and trappings, moving with most
exquisite grace and manly beauty, added to that
bold defiance which man carries un his front who
is amenable to no laws exeqn the laws of honor.
Interested partisans find much m the recent
Western Elections to spout and fume about. It
cannot, however, be denied, even by the stoutest
of those who go for Gen. Jackson—Kitchen Ca
buiet and all. that, whereas die whole vote of the
West in 1828 was given to Gen. Jackson, the
whole of the same vote is now, in 18.22, uncer
tain. Every State ts warmly contested: in eve
rt State thousands of converts have been made:
and from every State in the West, finally, we
have the most encouraging signs that they will
go for Clay and the Union. It is, to he sure,
not as necessary for people who have never re
ceived or expect any government “reward,” to
make quite as much noise about this, *»$ it is for
those who live upon treason pap. in the shapp of
offices and Post Offi e advertisements, to deny
it, and shout, to *• the top of their lungs,” that
Gen. Jackson is "bum to commandand that
he “ administers the government well for his
SUBJECTS.”
We have received, from the venerable author,
a pamphlet containing a sober Address on the
Dissolution of the Union, addressed to all tho*.e
who have any interest in the welfare, the power,
the glory or the happiness of the United States.
rn.wl it (l itli rtru-if nlptwnrp Thn ffl'lll*
try owes much to Matthew Carey for his exer
tions iu the cause of Union.
We have on our table a variety of publications
relative to the Cholera; but, as we are already
sick and tired of the subject, we cannot be ex
pected either to read or extract from them.
Langdon Cheves, Esq., <>f South Carolina,
has avowed himself as opposed to nullification.
Mr. Barnwell, Member of Congress from the
Colleton district, has admitted that the Address
which he signed with others of the South Caro
lina delegation, directed to the People of the
State, was in many respects erroneous. The
Charleston City Gazette says:—“The ‘signs
of the times,’ that so recently boded storms and
sorrows and a miserable shipwreck of our noblest
hopes, now indicate the most cheering and hap
py auguries for the future. Witness the manly
and vigorous efforts of Blair: the honest disclaim
er of Nuckolls: the sound and consistent and
independent vindication of our Drayton: the
frank and high minded acknowledgment of Barn
well, that he and those who signed the * mani
festo,’ were in error; and now the • still small
voice of reasonS that is put forth by the wise
and discriminating Cheves! What do they all
promise but the salvation and honor of the
State?”
Cholera.—We have already announced that
the Board of Health in New York have disconti
nued making daily reports. In Philadelphia, the
lisease has nearly subsided; the last report stat
'd eighteen new cases and three deaths. From
Norfolk, under date of August 31 at noon, we
lave the gratifying intelligence that, for the last
twenty-fciur hours, there were only two inter
nets, neither of which were Cholera, and that
10 new cases had occurred in Portsmouth. In
he neighboring city, Washington, the disease is j
progressing, tiut is said not to produce Much ex
citeinent. We subjoin what is said in jester
day’s National Intelligencer:
The Report of the Board of Health includes,
of course, only such cases as the physicians have
reported, and all the cases have not been report- l
ed. The number of deaths mly have been, we fl
suppose, from what we hear, double as many a? F
reported. We hope all our physicians will here
after report every case known to them, that the
exact truth may be ascertained.
[The greatest number of cases has occurred in
the square southwest of the General Post OfTue.
In two adjuining houses on that square there were
six cases yesterday. J ‘ *
Report of Cholera cases by the Board of Health
for the last 48 hours, ending noon ou Sunday:
Central Hospital.
New Cases.
3 white men, intemperate, from the avenue
2 do do from the canal ,
1 do from the canal
1 do stranger
7 new cases: old cases 4; cured 5; dead 5; rc
maining in Hospital 10.
Eastern Hospital—New case l.
Private Practice.
New Cases
2 white women; 3 white men; 1 black man, in *
temperate; 4 colored women, eating fruit; 1 do,
intemperate; 7 colored men; 1 do, drinking cold
water; 1 white man, working on the avenue; i .
do, intemperate—Total 21. Cured 1; dead 3. j
The deaths from Cholera in Baltimore for the
twenty-four Imur9 ending at 10 o’clock on the I
1st instant, were, white 10, colored 10; total 20.
For the twenty-four hoursending on the 2d, there
were, white 20, colored 15; total 35. There i?
no means whatever, that we know of, for asccr
taining the number of cases in Baltimore, as the
authorities there will not report them.
—
Naval. —The General Court Martial which
has been held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, Com
. .• a n f ie v i
ITlOllore ^oaunney pii-»iuui£t o. u. rvitapp, juugc ^
Advocate, lias adjourned without day. Hut one
trial came on, that of a passed Midshipman, or. |
charges of disobedience of orders, and other a!
legations, which occupied the Court five days —
The members of the Court, besides Commodore j
Chauncey, were Captains Newton, Spencer ar t f
Stringham, Lieuts. Paulding, V oorhees. Bill and
Hudson. Counsel for the accused B. B. Phelps.
A General Court Martial convened on Wed
nesday, on board the United Stales ship Colum
bus, at Charlestown, bv order of the Secretary
of the Navy. Capt. T. H. Stevens is President
and Andrew Dunlap, Esq. Judge Advocate.
We understand that Com. Crane takes the
Portsmouth station, in room of Com. Henley,
ordered to the West India station.
Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Alesau;
dria Gazette, dated
Nrw London Ckoss Roads (Pa.) Aug. 31.
I embrace the first convenient opportunity,
since my arrival in this neighborhood, of address
ina you a tew lines. The soil about here is not
congenial to Jacksomsm. Many of the plants
which have beeu propagated have become unthri
ving and sickly. And as whear, stunted and
impovei ished, will sometimes degenerate into
cheat, so a portion of the Jacksonites, through un
friendliness of climate or season, arc changing,
or, as the orthodox of the party would say. are
deteriorating in'o a different growth. The cause
is certainly sinking,as far asl have observed,thro’- j
out the country. At Barnutn’s table, in Balti
more, I expressed surprise to find every one I
conversed with, Jinti. On board the steamboat
I found the same state of political sentiment.—
The changes in Pennsylvania are considerable,
but whether sufficient to effect a revolution at the
polls at the Presidential election, is yet doubt
ful. I am of opinion that there are a majority
of the voters of the state opposed to the re-elec
tion of Gen J ickson. Some who are not very
warm politicians pronounce, unhesitatingly, that
Jackson will lose Pennsylvania—if so, he assur
edly loses iiis election.
_
The August number of the African Reposito
ry contains, as usual, much interesting informa
tion for the friend# of the Colonization Society
The annual commencements of the Northern
Colleges have, in some instances, been suspend
ed, and in others conducted with less animation
and spirit this year than usual, owing to the cpi
, deinic which i# prevailing.
At the commencement at Harvard College the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was con ferred 1
| on Washington Irving of New York, and Jona
than Sewall of Lower Canada, and that of Mas
ter of Arts, on Charles C. Sewall of Danvers
The Cincinnati Commercial Daily Advertiser,
heretofore neutral, has come out for Clay and th<
Constitution.
France.—By the Charles Carroll, at New
York, files of Paris papers to the 20th July in
clusive, have been received. It appears, that
there was no ground for the last report that the
number of cases of Cholera had materially dimi
nished. The weather had become much cooler,
from which favorable- anticipations’of a change
for the better were entertained. The papers are
full of speculations on the act of the Germanic
Diet of June 28rh. The Constitutioae! considers
it as a threat officially held out against France; a
manifesto of the Holy Alliance against the spirit
of revolution. The Gazette de France thinks -
this but a narrow view of the subject; and, tak
ing a review of the progress of the cause of li
berty in Europe, since the reformation, and the
present aspect of affairs in all the principal king
doms, treats the proclamation as applicable to
them. It cornea to the conclusion that good rr