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THE NEW ERA.
Wh it in it h it ;i M id nf Iiihv ••• ? f *o no*‘
NORFOLK AM) POL!SM<H TH
TUESI) \ Y. Sl’.!» I"KM «ER 10. ISIS.
OUR FLAG!
FREE TRADE -LOW IH'TiKS VO DEBT—SK
PAR \TI»N FROM" BANK'' -ECONOMY — Ul.
TRKVClIMKVT—AM) STRICT ADllEEENCi
TO HIE CONSTITUTION.
DKATII OK JL DliK STOKV.
By tin* eastern mill lu—l we receive ih
announcement «>f" ilit* death nl" .! .-•*|»11 Sturv, 1.1.
I)., out* ol Ilif* Justices ut ilm i . S Supte |
Court, ami Dine Prut'essor ut" l/.iw in Harvard j
Univeisity. lie expired al Ins residence in Cam -
bridge. mi \\ eduesday evening. al a ij larier n.-lor
nine oVI ifk. His pulse ceased to <•«*:«r. ami In
hauds w--re •‘••Id Indore 8, IV M. I Its disease was
stoppa^i* ut the luiestiues, or sti-uniilalinii, ills
same sickness which emltsl I lie llleol Mi. Ic-oart
in B-‘Sion, in 1843. Judge Sh.ry was C5 years
ot age. lie graduated al Harvard University. in
1798, ami was aj p onied to ‘die Judo* hip ,.| Hi
United Slates Court iiy President Madison, ih
1811. He has (tiled a high oflictt in tile judicial
service of his country, and a higher station ti
the public eye, and he has left a space which w.l
Hot he east'y filled. r
ARREST THE MURDERER.
NVe learned with extreme regret mi Sunday al
ternoon Iasi, that Major it .neri It 8.mill, was
basely assassinated m Solfdk. mi tin* .Saturday
previous, by a man named liiil. The cause to
this melancholy event, we understand, was that
Hill was a pp dll ted head of the Patrol, in a be.tt
Company. .Smith, as superior officer, did riot
consider Hill as competent to conduct the Patrol,
anil appointed another in Ins place. Hill, tm
Saturday, invited Smith to walk with him, anti
when a short distance from the Hotel stabbed him
iti the manner related in the advertisement he
low :
NAX8KMOMI Oou.VTV. v.l,, 1
Suffolk, Sept, l-lth, IS45. 5
To A U. GOOD Citizkn.s:
llb.V i.V III bb, a man about 5 feet, 7 to h
inches high, black hair, b ncK eyes, Mai face, tlown
look, dark complexion, -mpposed to h tve a mole on
his lace, toiher n good loo-i g man mid a Tailoi
by trade, Murdered .M tj >r RoVit K. S-nith at !i • 11
past 7 nViot k, last night. 11 invit .| Sm:th out
from ibe Washington II del, to sneak wit t him
and stabbed him iinmedi ttely over t ic be 111, widi
a Dirk dra«n from a Sw.ml Cune: giving Smith
no notice of his int- ntioii to strike him, mid ran
rapidly off, after striking the blow, ,md m ole his
escape bclore he coubt be arrested Smith died
this morning’ at 9 o'clock, after giving n full ac
count of rile ciicmuslA ce of the murder. Ii is
supposed that lie has gone, ,-i her to Gales or N rih
aiiiptotl C .unties, N. whcic he has relatives,
and from ilienee wi 1 link' Ins way South by wav
of Wilmington or Raleigh.
Ail Editors, and odi rs arc r-’quesle I *o give
publicity to • his odd hi mi led .Morder, and li n e the
ti ndisli assassin brought to ju tier. The relai ons
of liu- decraaed otl-r • reward oi [•' ve Hundred
Dollars to hiiv the murdt r r lirought to Jo-nice _
All goo i citizens upon receiving i enpv of diis no*
ties, will please forw ml it rapidly South, to Edi
tors. P 'he OfRi eis, ami mh-18
O. R. FI vim, rhos. G. Renton,
J-ssi-Perry, Sam ml Hi iss,
Nathaniel Riddick, Win. J. N ttingliam, and
Win. B Whitehead, others.
Suffolk, Sepl. 16.
TRIBUTE OP RESPECT.
At a Court held for l-de of W'ijrhi County the
1st day of September, 1848,
It having been announced to the Court, that
Captain James Johnson, who was a Captain in
in the war of the Revolution, a member of the
Convention that adopted the Federal Constitu
tion, repeatedly a delegate to the General Assem
bly, and lor many years the presiding justice of
this bench, departed this life at bis residence, m
this County nn ilie Kjlh ultimo, in the 03-lt year
of Ills age. III the respect and confidence of a I
who knew Inin. Ii is
Rrxi'lretl, That as an evidence of the prof.ond
regard hi which bis memory is lull, the members
of ilns Court and Ilie R ir, and ilie Officers nf iht*.
Cuurt. will wear the usual badge of m .urning f.r
thirty tlays ; and that it is hereby must respect Ini
Jy requested that the citizens uf'ilila county Will
do toe same.
It is further Resolved. That a enpy of these
resolution lie, by the clerk, forwarded lo the chil
dren of the deceased.
It is further Resolved, That a copy of this
preamble and resolution he published m ihe news
papers ol Richmond, Norf.dk. &.>•.
A Copy—Te-te. N. P. YOUNG. C. C.
BAITING WITH \ HlivJBUGTO CATCH
Gl DJKONS
Now. thinks we '• we got ’em,” as our eye f.-||
on the following ominous words, which ate .mri
bulcd to ihe Nationi! litlHIigeneer. travelling «•
/ founds of the whig press, “ n cimlicntion mnl
dinetosure." Mr. Clay has at last thought pro
per. to prove old George Kremer a mar, tor as
serling a fact twenty odd years old—he js nou
Ruing to wipe ..IT the pact of Ins having cmsnm
mated the bargain of corruption then, by viitmo
for ,1 .hit (1'iincy Adams, arid receiving the . p*,
of Secretary of Stale. He is going to falsify t,i„
letters to his “ clear friend,” Bi.aiu. who labored
hard Insecure Clay’s action in the way j| even
toally was directed. In short, it was to make
C ay as pure as an angel of light, and the di-mo
cratic party as black as Erebus. That would
be alchemy indeed. H »av w.is it to he done?
Why by taking an extract from a * n/nnimcn
»hrr,t” of Colton’s Cite of Clay. I lore it i*.
Wbat, the Disci >s ire ? No. Oily the " cx
tract." which pro owes that it shall b« made.
“ unlocked” in “ a future page.” Is nut the
whole matter now as clear as mod ?
“ Nome runs have been the occasions, as all
know, when Mr. Clay might have taken the
popular breeze, and I teen wafted to ihe highesi
pinnacle nfaotbition—when. too. as was tbonglil
and argued by his friends, Im might have done n
without reproach — when, inde-d. it aahs urged
a (Min him as a duty to his connirv, to Ins friends
himself. But, always judging for himself, HH
every man must do in all cases ofca«tii*iry, va hid,
can be settled only by the feelings of Ins „M „
heart, his answer has uniformly her n, ai hen mm.
ptdled by the decisions of conscience, to di^ei.i
from others in mi li debate—-| had ra'hor he ri*»lii
In.m In* PresidentIlis hi ion.tiniititv li.is, mi
mi *re occasions than mil*, barred tin* door to Itt
ailvancfiiii'til. In tin* imho of the tioiorioos charge
ot • !».iroam,’ (nr tin* •‘Ji*i*tinti Mr. Attains, hi
1825. n h:is. fir ii*-uly ;i tparter of a ooniurv,
bm-n in tbo power of Mr. C/lav at any moment. t"
prove ny p i'iMvo ovnlonoo. that the <lislt.ni ir.mli*
j> ip •sals were hi nlo hy those who brought the
charge; hot who, I avion iioi n s|nirnoil. ami null
•m pit inn an arra gummii on. iho a no oniioi, w«r«*
fust in court, hi li a gross la'm.aiion in their
right haml. Itnt inagonoliiii y. ami tli.H to a
|i ilnieal opp nioni, w tin was iiiiiist-ir ttio annul in
this trails.1*111111, his hnhorto kept ilio key to the
s.orot |n a hi Hire pane of this work, it w.ll lie
Ull^H■ke^l.,,
THR CAl M. OK KIM CAT.ON.
Si nee e **i hlishno lit ol the ** 0 </ Dmiliu
i»'i" pre-s in P rtsnimi li. hv Messrs. Kisk &.
Cnininighatn. llie.i.selit s.aml all those who have
h’ell III any way connected with it, to till- pregent
time, have alwaysheen the unceasing ml v teaies of
• li teraf system of popular education. Lmiji ili.l
tit's press siaml alone in Virginia. advoca'ing tin*
rights of the masses loan educatin', eij tal. re
publican. general, witlio tt fin linn a re«piusive
eeho fro n anv i| lifer. li it now iliev are re
jnireJ that the snhj<*cl they so loon almost hope
lessly espousml, soil wllleh t||**V Ceased not to
urge upon the public m n I. lias become the prin
eip.il topic of agitation throughout the State. The
Convention which was lately belli in R chin.mil,
the proceedings of which we published, has been
most gloriously reap mded to in various pirts of
the Stale, and Committees appointed to meet the
Kdiieiition Convetniott in Richmond in Decent
her next. We earnestly nroe upon the counties
of the seaboard to hold their county and town
nmetinxs, and sel**c*t their l)*-leg.ites; fur there
is no part of the Stale where the schoolmaster is
more wanted than iliroughout ibis regi.ui. Re
not lukewarm in this cause. |i is the cause of
patriotism! It is the cause of humanity ! Move
t o*n at mice, and let the C invention tie full ami
enthusiastic—as that directs, the Legislature w ill
act.
Chesterfield County. among oilier*: ha-: held
its inx» :»|»p linteil D.degites, an I ad >p'ed a
series «»f appropriate res .lotions,am mg which we
run! ihe follow ini*:—
** That we fei | tiip deeppst interest
in the eause ol' p malar education. :• ml lliai. emi
vmpeil ul'iliP insnlfi Meiiey of our present .ivstein.
we deem Ihe 1111-■ I ■ -111:«11* eslalillshui-ir of a mure
extensive ami etfi -leul one hv the Ijeoi*,| iioro. of
paramount i n|i>*r> anee in the pro>perilv. welfare
anil safety uf ihe S'ale, ami the preservation of
eonsiitniiunal liberty, anil demanded by every
consideration uf hu.nanny. patriotism and justice
to our lell iw miaous.”
HON. T. II HAV LY.
We are reipiested to rep ihlisli says tlie Rich
inond Fi'iipiirer. (lie following p.iriiplinieni to
Judge B.tyly from the Mirtiusburg (Va.) G.i
7a*lip:
*• Thomas H. Bwi.v of Accomac.— \
mnngsl ilie ilisiinviitslied names brought forward
hy the Deiiioprilie Party, as eamlidales for a seal
in I lie Senate of ihe I'niteil Stales, we pereeive
in ihe last K -ipiirer that of General Baylv of Ae.
c >mac We are pleased to see the claims ill ihw
gentleman thus submitted to public notice ; for al
though young, it may be said of him as Pm was
in ihe natul j ipularlv of saving of himself, * tlial
hisymiih was tile most pardonable of all hi< trans
gressions, f.r it was a fault llml mi-n<lril ilnihj.'
We were not amongst th*'Se who. m 1839. or at
anv time since, liave leh the slightest prejudice
against G *n. Biyly for his ah iiidoiimcnl of the
Whig party. Situated as he then was. and prin
ciples which lie then, we have no d mbt. with
•treat truth and sincerity avowed, tip could not
have acted otherwise, with any pr p r res|ieci f>r
hisnw n con-isieney and honor. I |e hassiorp then
earned a knightly renown in ihe Drmneratie
ranks, Gen. Biyly isa Ilian Ilf derided talent — »f
a greatly improving mind —of noeoinmoii parlia
uientary quickness mid dexterity— • ready debater,
a sound r**as nier. and ail attractive, if not an elo
qaent. sp *.aker. 11 »* is ptsst mutely devoted to the
true and tort tines of ihe ’ Obi I) imiiiiou.’ and
Would ne I lie I isl to Sill tier esoiliieoii bv any act
unworthy of tier r* pre-en anve.”
[ \Ve do not coii-ider llie a!» >ve any great coin
plimeiit afier.il*. Gdi. Biyly li is always been a
firm and unwavering de nocrai in pricinp'e, and
when ilie whig party and him anted in unison, it
was when that pirty proft'sneil to he democratic,
when I he lT. S. Bulk was “ an oleine idea.” and
the Tariff ^ ''iipro mse acl was tlie telllril /inlirii
of th»* country. When thit party on the Fasten*
Store left tlieir prnf’e.xsnl /iW/iri/i/rj, tlo-y left
Bayly, sttudiug where lie ever ti id si iod. high on
the fuck ol Jeff*rs eiia*i I) *m icracy.—10 Era ]
THE OLD DEFENDERS.
The Twelfth <it September wasobserved in ihe
city f fj i If i hi »r»* with much patriot it* feeling.—
The re tin ini "I that biave h mil, w hit un that day,
thirty uttc ago. m»*t G-*n. It »w, nnii saved
the *• beauty awl y'* ul B.ilitm .re from ravage
anil pillage, met in that city Iasi Frui ty anil were
presented l»y the Lelies with a beautiful f] ig.
they then in'rebel to the Depot, anil were irons
ported in the Cirsto \Vasbtuglon. where they
were rereiveil with open arms. After visiting
ihe President. who rece'vpil ami vv> learned them
witti his usual courtesy, they visiteil .Mrs. M nil
anil ihe various public buildings, they then
inarched to Brown’s Hotel, \vhere they partook of
an excellent dinner. When the cloth was re
moved several palmitic toasts were offer# d and
received with enthusiasm. May lltesp hravc men
long live to see Ihe advancing glory of their Colin
»ry*
AIH (HJN
A gptitlcinan of Philadelphia has shown ns an
air gnu of Ins ow n invention, m n,p f,rj„ of a walk
ing stick, which is of the most ingenious and ad
inlratde workmanship. We eatoi.a spare rim.n to
describe it, hot nothing of the kind lias been in
vented to compare with It. He*charges It by H
very smiple process in less than one minute, when
it will tire, unhotii a re charge of air, hemtj
linns. He Hred n repeatedly in our presence,
pulling a ball each time through a b-ard, with a
water upon it, at the distance of three or fur reals,
-snd generally within an inch ot the water He
has anuther m nli i <n il| spy ir|;i<<s ii|>-Hi ii.tliruiinh
wli «»!i In* iak*s ' I •_» 511 ; :* ml. when mil glinuliuo
<*r<nV', lir i« :iiil»* in see iln* very ••v*‘ ill ilii* ernw.
aid he has uflen |II|| till* lull dlreelly thruliwh It
iN'.i une fan deiepi tins trim from a co untun walk
• hi; stick. I In1 price ill' them is, nl course, cum
nar.iMvcIv ht>|Ii.bill we mul •rsiaiiil many lias heeu
in ule ami soli I t>y the inventor—JVctp.n.
| Plus is certainly a very remarkable jjun. in
ueiii.uis hi its coiisiruction ami operation. Will
Hie e.iilur ut llie ,\ vvs lulor.ii us whether ibe iru
is |*n I iiiiiui I In* bull or me Itonril, mil it’ll has
ibe i -fleet ul making t|„. boll mure in a ilireci line.
’ ur tu sol di tin* bwtril. Docs ibe powirot Ibe
spy-ulass enable ihe mark-man tu Ini the cruw s
j eye ? Il sl(< ||,rt tar would une ul* these air unu
I earry it It »--••’»* IVI -so, e were alia‘bed tu ii I—
JVdl* /’aVll,]
MVS I’KItloiJ.s l)|s.vpPftAlt,\NCRt
^1. John II. If on'h. lit?, irell Ii nnen JlJoo
role "J Vroifirroiier — Pne New V irk C muner
I eial A Iver iser ut* I'nursliV evening says:_
j ** Mr Cr uah arrived hi this city mi Friday eve
i ninjf. tin* "nil iiisi.,an l si .|)|i-.l at ibe Cruimi
il iiel. At er lei he dressed and went tu the
| store ut \I-ssrs. Sivm & M.l s, since when be
i h .s mil ti4*n seen ur beard Ir«» n. I|.» was dress
j ed in a blank dress mil and pnil.il m g. blaek
sum vest, hl'ick li ii. ^Tj • O ly. unker.) 15 m.m
h'niis. newly ionic,1. Fro n the appearance nf bis
baggage. ii was liis iateniioit tu return sma—but
Ins friends fear tint some accident ui foul play
has befallen him. If he lias been seen since Fri
day evening. the information addressed tu F- I)
11•• rltint & Co.. 81 Smili street, or llilhruok.
Nelson C*>.. Pine street. New Yolk, will lie
gladly received.5’
I'm* Journal of Commerce says there was a re
port, bill supposed tu he willinul foundation, I lull
Ins hodv hid been fund in 111** river, with murks
j "I violence upm il. II* had with Inn when lie
I lelt the lintel, a gold watch and cliiiu. and a gold
| ring, hearing the iniiials •* J. |i. (J.’1 ||<> |,a.l
! alsu mi.. m Ins pi<*k**i. It is said threats had
\ been made tli.it In* should lie r/rugger/.
PROKI FABLE HOTEL.
A writer from llu* While Sulpher Springs. Va..
savs. that the proprietor of the hotel has one hun
•Ired ami twenty nine dogs, consisting of grey
hounds, p lin'ers. Sc.'* . and a Corresp Hiding pur
Hon ol ti ie h irses. Tne profits ..f tins hotel, per
seas in. are never less than tJ5r).0J0, and smite*
■ times a.noun] in fllO'UMH).
A PRO FEW'S VALEDICTORY.
A prn ttin. in the Cleveland Herald ..flL-e thus
I111I3 adieu In Ills le upirary vnc.illon ; —
“ The ••oil round tilde” retires front the edi
torship, after liner, iluijn’ xtrricex. wiser in two
re-p-eis. First, tint editing a ilatly paper is a
lino’s life and second. Itial the pnhllc ilon’i
heijin In appreciate the services of editors anrt
printers—not even giving the •• devil Ins due.”
QUI i'E COWFOR FABLE.
' ^ e take the |..Mowing ex rant I'rnm a letter
i published m the Picayune nf the 5 h instant:
Cokpus CtittisTi. Aug. 30. 1815.
I he position taken ny General Tavl 0 is mie of
extreme beauty; anil when the eye fir^i tests up
on Ins camp, clustered with a III uisaml spotless
white leing. along the shelly ntare in nf ihe slum
of C -rptis Ctirisn hay, liresistinle bursts of adiui
ration follow ! |i is a |iosiiiun nf security as well
as neauty.
I Its tents are pitched nil a piece nf table-land
that reaches about a quarter ul' a in le in a range uf
. hills; at 1 lie distance ofh.ilfa mile from I lie crest
I. ol these, lie liissiaii Hied, as an nui guard, a force
ol one iiuinlred ami twenty hardy and well tried
l \a is, to w I lose fi.leliiy is intrusted tills mlier
, wise assailade poim. iM ijnr (Lily, coinuiiiid
j mg 1 lie volunteers I run New Orleans, is mtrusieil
, with guarding Ihe extreme le|i ; whilst the ex
] treme right is satelv guarded tty Cofuiel Twiggs,
<• •inmandiiig the ^ 1 d ran nous. I’lie centre is
■ co.iijMiseii ot ti e 3d, 4th. ami 7ih regiments ol' in
j fa n 1 ry.
I l ne nun iiimlmo general Inn thrown no a field
! Work, a wall t>l shells and sand. six feet thick,
ami ilir«-r hundred yards in |enuih. uu his riolil
t lo ease <d an nverp twermo attaek frinii tins i|nar
j ter. tile troops stationed Hillside id Hits wall are to
retre.it behind it. 'I’lie wh !•* I noth of the line
• lotto 111e shore iireiipied, appears to lie annul one
mile and a hall’.
I is pnili inlv line of the healthiest ami plenum!
jest spots in the world. From the earliest dawn,
j reireslnno tin-ez s invigorate toe body, diss pate
i ill" intensity of the he it. anil nerve the system I.,
a heaihtul .lelinti. I'm* eool uigins invite weirt
ness to " p >se, d 1stIIr’n il lielltier hy 1 lie prnineiiii
din's ll*i. nor the Imsziil'JC ill isijiiin.
I lie oiilv drawn,o*k in iMiiiinoiiiir ihis enrainp
inenl. is the scarcity of wood and water—the f«r
i mer the troops liaul ahmit three miles, and tin* lat
j ler is ipnte brackish. Ilinunii | believe there are
i one or t w n s nail w. ||s in the ramp, which suppl>
} a very ttitr beveraoe.
Toe olfi.-ers appear to enjoy themselves amaz
• i loly.imnsideriiiji tney were supposed to he all cut
up! Tney purchase Mexicans p mies at trom
j -i? 10 lo —ami excellent nags they are to ride,
j ion. I tie waters abound with fish and oysters.
; both of a stuffier kind, and tin* prairies adjacent
w ith rich flavored veins ai, l.arueaml lat tieeves
j an* slaughtered daily for the use of the troops—all
j which, with the lihdt.il supplies of |Tuc|e S m.
i i lies** occupiers id an independent nation’s soil can
| tret along mighty well with.
From the Nc.v Or Icons Picayune, Sept. 5,
AII MY.
I lie Northern Standard, published at Clarks
Villc. I r-xas. stales that the three comp lines n|
ilm 21 rejinieiii nt |J S dragoons, stationed at
I* nt Washita, have received mari-liing orders nr
the extreme w».m—either Corpus CliMsit or the
U r (.r amie. The Standard adds;
I hey proceed, os we umlersMml, tinder rntn
rnand *»l Mij. II all. the present eoinmamlant o|
■ the p st. W e are gl.ul dial their wish is grail
tier I ; they were uiost eaocr to go.’’
C >1. Kearney, of the first regimentnf dragoon*,
returned hr St. L nils mi Ihe 30lH ultimo, accoui
ponied hy snne < ffi ora of Ins stall and several
j citizens, who were with him during Ins laterxpc
, d it loti in the R ekv imrmiioins.
The FkENCM —S re.” said a French cliem
mist (o (••r* Kino, •• these iwo bodies {zoic and
an acid) trill Imre llic honor to combine before
your Majesty ”
From the New York Sun.
BR0TI1F/1 JONATHAN OU PWITTKD.
'•’"is government is expending niilli.iiw in de
fending « '•••nit'rv against an enemy that will never
appear. It Mill tie the policy „r Mexico to put tin
>e:tr alter year to all incest ami sus|>en4e of a
"ar without herself incurring the least responsi
•'InV. I his serves her own purposes and those
>1 hpiglalid at the • a lie lime. Great Itrilam,
trusting to the iutl.i nee of tier numerous journals
n this country, hoped to create through a war
pinte an anti-American party strong enough to
irtve os Iro n common sense, good faith and an
•• Xitioti. She has erred hi her calculations, as
she always does in her Anieric.in arttl mite, b--^
ausr she will [cave out ot her data the youthful
vigor and lm|d t'ltelli ence ot tlie national cliarac
• er. She measures it by the dwarfed progeny of
k ngerati. and so misses hall the figure when she
•a iipittes how iniich it will lake to frighten ns.
()ir ideas are extensive—like our geography —
and we have the will and the energy to execute
them w11liont iron •l oir the milliner Queen to tit
b*T "in an I tucker for our wearing.
She can encourage Mexico to fret and threaten,
and so make ns some needless tionhle about the
I defence of our W a e-n garden, but she need not
nope io pot this chi Id ’.>» play ii|hiu us much linger.
It Mr. Polk temp^yises loo | mg. the people and
C >ngress will request him to end this nonsense.
It ta easily done. He can through the Mm stemf
any friendly nation £we would have said France,
but that h ranee scons shuffling and unreliable
since Victoria amt I.mis Ptnlippe met to talk over
family interests J say to Mexico that aniiexatt n
is the settled—completed—policy of the United
Si nes, and ask her to appoint commissioners to
neet onrs on th quesiii.u of boundary. If Mexi
co refuses to reply, then, but not before, it becomes
lbe doty of our Kxeciiltve to give peace and secu
rity to the rl-bateatde ground hv extending the
as'isofthe Union to the Rio Grande. Tlie Uni
ted Slates ami the commercial interests of her ctli •
»•*"» are u >t to in* kept in uncertainty and hazard
realise Mexico chooses to have a fit of sulks and
won’t speak to Uncle Sam. If site will not define
tier position, we may at least have the indepen
dence to define «mr own.
From ill*- Kulooon.l Kuquircr.
SENTIMENT OF THE WHOLE COUN
TUY.
“ A Georgia Whig,” writing from Savannah
1.1 the V\ :islun<riM|| Union, castigates with seven
IV the course of the VY’hig pap-rs. (the National
Iniellisenoer al the head.) in denying the aiithnri
•V of* ilie President in slaimn his troops rmw hi
I’exas. and ihnse which mav hereafter go there,
op.n ifie hanks <d* ttie Rio Grande. He employs
ihe I dl iwinjr e uphaiic Imguage, which is Imi an
elm of itie feelinos id an overwhelming majoriiv
•d ihe nation. The spirit of the Whir press
* hit’ll he criticizes, he declares in be •• tana ical
and suicidal.’’ and calculated eeriainly to •* drive
'lie Whit; Pariy of the cnuutrv. en masse, to the
support of the A'lniiiiistraiioii.”
* This nnilioritv (in send the troops to the
■auks of the Ri > Grande.) is viewed in lliis re
rion, hy nine mil of* every ten men. (aside from
piny feeling.) as unquestionable. I am a Whig
oyself. hut I will noi acknowledge any man as a
leader of 'lie parly who will, or can adopt such
vi. vvs and such a course; and, believe me, such
s ihe feeling i.l'a host of others. The course
vour jonrnol has defended and adopted up m'lhis
question, has given universal ... „nd al
low me to say, that tlie administration u ill be tri
■impliantly sustained in its views and measures
upon ibis question, hy every American heart in
ihe country. Our country first, Iasi and ever, is
the universal sentiment • and if Mexico is so
thoroughly blinded hy (Mission as to ohseme her
tieiier judgment and make or declare war ilium
■is, then it will l>e :hp duly of ihe President lo
to march a force of fifty thousand men lino the
country, ami plant our glorious banner upo'n the
’national palace’ i self: ami not only take posses
'ion. tint hold ii also till Mexico not only sues for
peace. Inn guaranties the payment of the expenses
•if the war. ‘
We want no foreign mediation upon this sub
i’ct and ought not to accept aov—being entirely
competent to manage our own afTiirs.’’
RUINOUS -VftKY. ■
rii#- Ri'-lmi n<l Whig says ili.il Iarge quantities
I k'""l are brought to »h *t market from the rnun
!;t*s Wfiil .if tin* Blue R dge. and the article meets
•'■•It a ready sale. A house in that city made
-ales one day last week amounting in value
tn }IOOO, at 28 rents per pound. Woollen
iM'iut irlurers are amut to c unmence operations
" Virginia on a liberal scale, ami the editor of the
•'lug remarks that every year will multiply
Well, lint we thought no thp election of Mr.
I’ilk the whole system of M loofactures was to
ie destroyed, and the country mined:—such was
•he language ut the w It try orators and the whig
papers. One would have supposed after hearing
>r reading one o| their speeches that the death
■low had already been struck, and nothing short
d the election id Henry Clay coni I possibly save
■ lie country from utter ruin. Now we see that
•• inantiinctiirers a re about to commence operations
m a liberal ^-ale in VirginiaTruly, the l)e
ntocracv cannot tie such dratruclionisi* after all.—
Ji'i'iistn Dmnocrnl.
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CINCINNATI AM) St LOUIS.
BT THEM'iEl.VBS.
“ >S'*"*'«gc It'nror as a member of the City
Council lately termed it in.debate. •• Hell’s half
icre,” is known to those only who freipient the
•vbiff. as one of the most q larnloune potions of
•nr city, from the fact that no less than sixieepn
■r eighteen rofTep houses are located therein on
thp block facing the river, between Broadway
md Ludlow. Assassinations, murders, and rows
•f every description, have been freq ienl in this
Row for several years; and the day watch have
•oiisianily to keep an eve on its visitors, many of
w hum are of the most suspicious character.— Gin.
This sounds vrrv much like a certain portion
>f nor ow n eti v. hot belter known 'in mir ritiz»ns
by the appi’litioti of ••Untie R.w.”and never
did a street, lane, alley or avemi~, from the nature
■fits occupants, receive a more appropriate name.
Utitle R -w. w Ini is it that has n -t heard of Bat
tle R >w , it is as famous for toe manufacture
j >f crime in this city as High Hulhorn is in
i London for old clothes, anrl it has inaniifictured
nearly as many c mviets. criminals, loafers, iiluody
noses and heads as any other row in Chris
lendotn. Such are the nature of its inhabitants
that row ami riot seem tube indispensable to their
very existence; here are Cong regal ed the |.w,
vile ami depraved from all quarters, and although
we have a dark picture furnished of Sausage Row.
still. I-r tno altlv. s ihrieiv, peace and good order,
its darkness cannot exeel the midnight gloom of
Battle Row.— St. NtiC Em
u
, From tbc New York M rror.
TABLE LECTURES.
BY A LADY CONTRIBUTOR.
NO. II.
Enter j\Jr. Eenlherheathn zrent haste—he com
pare* hi* watch with the clock on the mantle
piece.
Mr L.—Oh, just in time ; my watch is a Jit
lie too fast, the click is exactly three.
Mrs L.— A rj iarit r of nn hour too slow.
Mr. L—L it, Mrs. Leatherhead ? | wonder
"‘ho knows best; I set my watch by the town
clo-k. ami that i« always right to a second.
M'S. L.—Excepting yesterday. Mr. Leather
hea l; yon men th nig ii it was very m irh out of
the w.»y ■ but the dinner is r*aly—shall Peter
rill • tile hell l
Mr. L—Kmo the bell! Isthe woman crazy 7
W hy. don’t you know that two of mv friends are
to dine here ? | told you so at breakfast.
Mrs. L. — Indeed yon did ho/-«-\ou merely said
yon miirht tuin^ company home to dinner; but no
ina ter—urn dinner is nicely enuked, and Peter
can easily put □ eoi>pte m ire plates on the table.
Mr. L -No, Mrs. Leatherhead, he can wait
t’1! Mr. Pringle and Mr. K uldle mm |. Let
hem see h .w affairs go on at home. Let them
see Ilia■ I do not sleep on a bed of roses; and now
ring for Peter, and let the fis, come op at once.
Von need n «t a-are in that wav. Mrs. Leather
head. as if you never heard of , man's ordering
Ins •liimer h- brought up.
Mrs. L.— Would it nut he b-tter to wait a few
moments until your friends arrive? Y *u certain
ly dd I l|el|| ... ,r /
iMr L».—No, I Khali not wait. Tliev shat' s e
what a poor henpecked creature I am; ami if her
l.»<e th-Mr dinner by mistaking the hot*. t| «y
ill take care to etcourage a bet'er memo * t g
time. Tlia’s the cod, h it ? Yes.ih.- c-s.k
as salted it with a vengeance; all fl king open
I k»* a dried salt coil ; and wdmre is the »-gg s un*- ?
I nis is celery sauce, and I am tired of celery
I sauce as you must know. What, have vu egg
likewise ! Heavens' how much all w. men arc
alike! L) * vu think that I make no much rn* n-y
'hat I can alf.rd to have two kinds of s-on-e to a
snail cod ? So von rail it a large r.uf, do you?
No matter. I must resign myself to the expense.
I’m ttie egg sauce on this s do. unless Mts.
Lealherhead prefers it there. No. no. Pemr. let
it reimin where it is—I can a-k for it. if I-prefer
it to the celery sauce, and_
Mrs. L.—On, Mr. Leaiherhe id, do stop - talk
i"«r while you eat, for I am half beside myself.
1)-n’t you see that you have been helped to egg
sauce, and plentifully, too? As to the celery
sauce, it was only what was left of y stenlay. (
had it warmed op lor mvsell", thinkm; that —
Mr. L.—Oh. yes, Mrs Lealherhead, you-we e
thinking. You women are always thinking; aod
I di.re say that the pmr children are to eat that
stale, rancid sauce ? You never can remember
that a child has not the stomach of an ostrich.
Remove the fish, Peter. O. I beg your pardon,
Mrs. Lealherhead; I thought y.ot had finished..
It h'il ■' you We not be*‘in y*i ? and why did
yon not hegm ? inn mere, preparing the chil
ilren s dinner f i thought they were to have the
lainh ch ips. You are us changeable as the wind.
Plus morning you thought fLli unwholesome. /
luhl yon that they should eat fish? I wonder at
you my dear! Why, I expressly gave in to your
wishes about the lain!) chops, lint I forgot to
mention that I ordered some cherry tarts. For*
sent the hoy mrny ! Upon my life that was a
pretty joke. 'YVnature we tohive for desert ?—
Clier y podding! Whoever heard of cherry
pudding! You are mistaken, my mother nev» r
made cherry pudding; they uere cherry domj
lings. Oh' you meant cherry dumplings:_
l lien why did you nm say so. Half my time,
alien I am at home, is spent, in unravelling y..ur
blunders of speech. It voii th night clearly yon
would speak clearly. Hold my tongue and eat’
my dinner ! Well, Mrs Lealherhead, you are
verv lady like, and—*tpe the sauce off my
aaiatconst! Thai comes of in. king the mure so
thin. I complained of its being too thick, J'
did? Pray when was that—not to day, certain
ly, tor — ili re—run Peter. I dare *<y that the
iwo gentlemen are coming. Was there ever
such a table, ami the cod is cold. Send away
the two girls, but let Ned stay. What! you are
glnd they are going? I being to think, Mr*.
Lealherhead, that yoi are an unnatural mother.
Von are half crazy are yon, and f yon dared,
you would t row a tumbler of water in my face!
Is that what you said ? oh go, if you choose-—
leave the table by all means, and pray set the
children against their father—that would be all
in character. Only the ice cart ! Step after
Mrs Lealherhead, Peter. 3nd tell tier to pay the
man she has no money ! — did she s.ty she had
no money, Peter ? why |—Imt no nutter, tell
ihe man to call to-morrow at my nfli-e. Here
Ned. hold your p|ate f„t a „j|rp bacon. Mother
s„ys you most not eat bacon to day, wby not ?—
there ts no law against eating haC'<n on Thursdays
Oil, you have thought hetter of it, and have Come
br.rk. Mrs. L*a'herhead. A pretty example you
set your children—nowever, yon shall only spoil
the girls, lor as soon as Ned and lloh are old
enough, they shall go hi boarding clmol. Don’t
w hi-per to the hoy when I am talking to him.
Yon did not know that I was speaking to him!
I ray, was | speaking to the chair*; hut I mioht
■'* Wh7 thing 'hat I can see. Hold my
tongue I iiis is twice that y..n have made that
uncivil speech. Leave the table, Ned, it i* not
p-oper lor you to sit by and hear your father
abused. Thank you. Mrs. Lealherhead, you
•brow the water in my iace ! Is that what you
•nut'ered—Who would have the worst of it ? f„r
* should have to change mv cldthes. These are
the cherry dumplings, are th y ? If I <aid cher-y
I meant hlackb. rry—and so | am disappointed of
my desert, for I won’t cat such bullets a« these.
,'y d ' 1 uy lhpm ? Yes—| might try them,
", 'bey were blackberries. Ob, half of them are
•lackheme*, are they ? We||-w hy did you not
mention it. and now that I recollect right it was
j' rlM r"rrant dumpling*. What yon once made
Ibem. and I Would not touch one of them? If |
'!" they must have been execrable,
tor upon my life, she has thrown a tumbler of
*aier in my face, and left the naun—this come*
'»l getting married — I must take off my rravat
nod waistcoat, hut I meant to do it, and | sna
pect the gipsey knew it. this is the first time *he
ever talked hack, and this I presume is the begin
ning of regular battles.
Our of ..nr tnioamnarie* having taught a negro
to read the latter wished to giv« hi* countryman,
who l.a.I oev. raeen a honk. an idea of it, and
Maid—-*• My dear glide broiler*, I hah de ple«ur
to iiilorin ye ail, dal readin' ia de power oh heann
•will de eyga inotid oh de earn.”
How TO OET RIO or TROUBT.r.aOME Ac«
fttiaiNTAi* it.—Give out a report that y..n hav*
met with reveraea of fortune, and it ia aatoniahing
how y.nir •• fair weather frienda’’ will mind their
'own bu'Mneaa