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£«5^T,ON banks ECONOMY RE
^?»^!EN 1 AN,) sTRiC'r adherence
To THE CONSTITUTION
DR HOLLICK.
It gives ns pleasure t«> announce the arrival
among OR of Dr lldlirk. who. we understand in
tendR lecturing both in this town and Norfolk.
TROOPS SAILED.
The barque Exact. (-apt. Johnson, having on
board the Jefferson Company, Capt. Rowan.
Berkley Company. Capt. Alhnrtis. ami the Pi.rts
mouth Company. Capt Young. Railed from Old
Point yesterday, for the seat of war.
CAPTAIN EDWARDS.
\A e learn from the Beacon, ol .Monday rnorn
ing that the President has nominated ( apt. O. E.
Edwards, who has hepn so indefatigable in rats
ing R,lo sustaining a Company ot Volunteers in
the city ol Norfolk, to a Captaincy in The United
Slates Service, tinder the ten Regiment Bill.
REVENUE STEAMER •• POLK ”
This beautiful iron Revenue steamer, say« the
Richmond Enquirer, of Monday, now lies in the
stream at Rorketis. She has heeu transferred to
the Navy Department, and will probably leave
Richmond in n few days for the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, and from thence to the Gulf of Mexico.
THE NAVY APPROPRIA TION BILL.
Tho Navy Appropriation Rill, f„r the year
ending on the 30th June. 1848. was passed by
the Senate on Friday last, alter making several
amendments thereto. Ii was then returned to the
House for their concnrenee in the amendments.
ELECTION IN NEW ORLEANS.
An election in New Orleans on the 12th inst.,
resulted in the choice of two Democratic Senators
and the Represent ative from ihe 3d district_in
the 5th district there was a tie, and of course
there must be another trial.
A BILL OK DIVORCE.
In the House of Delegates on Saturday, the
bill divorcing William R. and Virginia Myers
came up nn its passage. «hen some opposition
arose, and after a short discussion a motion was
made for its indefinite postponement. The yeas
and nays were called for. which resulted in a
vote of 24 ayes, and 73 nnes. The hill was then
passed, Mrs. Myers is hereafter to be known as
Virginia Pollard, her former name.
PRIZE POEM.
The prize of 8150 offered hy ihe proprietors of
Graham’s Magazine for the best poem, has been
awarded to “ Autumn,” a poem by Jesse E.
Dow, Esq., of Washington, and which is spoken
of as a production of great merit.
OFFICERS OF THE VIRGINIA UEGl
MENT.
We copy from the Beacon the following list,
furnished hy Col. ILiiitminck, of the Officers at
tached to the first Regiment of Virginia Voluo
leers for the war in Mexico. The Regiment con
sists of twelve companies, ami musters one thou
sand one hundred and twenty eight strong.
John F. Hamtramck, Colonel.
T. B. Randolph, Lieutenant Colonel.
J. A. Early, Major.
W m. H. Anson, Surgeon.
Dr. Bell, Assistant Surgeon.
- Kemper, Assistant Quartermaster.
- Erskine, Assistant Commissary.
T. P. August. Adjntant.
John Brock. Seargenl Major.
H T 'owner and John Cunningham, Principal •.
Musicians.
Captains.— Robert G. Scott, Jr., James F.
Preston, Kenton Harper, John W . Rom an, Fletch
er H. Archer, John P. Young, Montgomery D
Corse, E G. Alburns, S. P Bankhead. Ed Car
rington, \\ in. M. Robertson. Wm. B. Archer.
First Lieutenants.—'I' P. August, (Adj.) F
Gardner, R. H. Kinney, John Avis. Franklin
Pegram, John K. Cooke, T. 8. Ashby. O. H.
Harrison. Thus. S. Garrett, G A. Porterfield,
Jas. L. Byan. L. M Shoemaker.
Secaml Lieutenants.—John J. Fry, Robert
Donnan H. II Rianger. Jas. M Wade. V. E
Geiger, Wm. II Harman, S P. Washington,
Wm. McCormick, I). A. VVeisiler,- Peter
son, E. J*. Blnmire, Wm. M. Levy.- Wal
ters. Jas. S. Douglas, Geo. W. Chambers, I).
W. Gray, I). D. Coleman,- Mahan, C. R.
Munfurd, II. H. Williamson, A. R. Shands, W.
J. McGoMan, R. II. Keeling, - Downing.
TIIE NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
This paper, published ni Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, has enter* d upon its ninety third
year, being ihe oldest paper in that State, and
ono of a very few in the United Slates which
have seen an equal number of years. It has,
from its foundation, invariably advocated the
cause of the People and of Democracy ; and its
history comprises ihe history of the Nation and
the State, from that period to the present. It has
recently been united with the •• Republican Un
ion/’ another democratic paper published at the
same place, and the entire imprest hi both sold to
Wm. P. Him,, Esq., who will hereafter con
duct the united establishment. under I ho name ol
“The New Hampshire Gazette and Republican
Union.” Mr. Hill has, fur a number of years,
been connected with the establishment of “Hill’s
N. II. Patriot,” at Concord, and, under Ins man !
agement, we have no doubt the Gazette w ill he
entitled to rank among the ablest Democratic
journals in the country.
Speaking of 'he approaching elections in New
Hampshire, the last number of the Gvzetle says:
“ We have all faith to believe that it will (ell
snrh a story, as will fill the sotil of every true
democratic republican, not only within hut with
out our S’ate limits, from the Aroostook to thp
Rio Grande, with joy. The eyes of the Democ
racy of the whole country are now upon New
Hampshire. Retraved, as she has been for the
past year—not simply into the hands of modern
whrggery, but worse than that—into the close
embrace** of last war federalism, dilii'ered over
to ihe grasp of Ihe real Simon pure, bine light,
Hartford Conrenlian federalism of IHI2, which
preach) « ' pepee” w fieri ottf coirniry is at war with
an i- vading enemy, and would stir up war when i•
is,,- pace; which aims io eae.ite internal strifes,
dissension* and cum root ions at all times; which
ra’U and tunes at the caution of the Father o*
H • ( or. try. (.«•? given in his Farewell Address,)
ami bends 'is » very energy to “ alienate one sec
ton >r this glorious Union from another.’’ bv the
oonitnn.il agits'ion of ibe question of Slavery, for
the removal of which it does not, will not, and
— m II,, ■ivm.'w jin——m
cannot, |*r- pise a practicable plan — wo sav. be
trayed m New || ■ 11:tosliir•' bas been fir •in*» yo»r
• nin the clutches • • f aticb a fiction. ibe eyes of tlie
Democracy in every Jy.ate of the I'ntuii .r» now
naturally turned towards the ruining election,
which we believe will moat assuredly redeem it
from its present thraldom.
ARRIVAL OF I MF, STKAMKR C \MMRI V.
10 DAYS I ,\TEN FIS DM El HOPE.
Tlir Corn mill JS'tfiir It tilth J Jim's Suspended_
Ji Rapid Decline in Flour, Co in, (irnin ami
('oil on.
From thl» correspondent of the B MimiiVc Son,
we learn that the steamer ( imht'H arrived »t
Boston on Saturday afternoon, after a passage of
sixteen days, bringing dates from I/verponl fjf
fen (lays later than thirty brought hy the Sarah
Sands.
Sinee tin- sailing of the Sarah Sands, a rapid
decline has taken place in the Foolish markets in
the price ot Flour. Corn, Grain and Cotton. The
decline in flour and grain was caused chiefly hy
the suspension of the Corn and Navigation laws.
Its effects on our markets, will he made apparent
In a few davs
L i* said that on the departure nf the Cambria,
although large sales had been made, the stock of
flour in Liverpool alone, was estimated at 500.
000 barrels, with a corresponding stock of grain.
This news, it is Raid, has caused great surprise
among dealers in New York, as prices were look
ing up on Saturday.
Queen Victoria has given her royal assent to
Bills passed hy Parliament for the suspension of
the Corn and Navigation laws, which will, of
course, have an effect to lighten the effect of the
reduction in prices on the markets of this country
A Bill lor the suspension of Sugar duties was
under consideration hy Parliament.
The Cambria brings £2.0(H).000 in specie.
The Pope of Rune lias contributed one thousand
Roman crowns from his private purse for the re
lief of Ireland.
There was no mitigation of the suffering in
Ireland from the effects of the famine.
In Franc* there were more disturbances, and
a threatened famine seemed to he impending.
I lie Bank td Fnglanrt has again advanced its
ra'es of interest.
Lord John Russell has introduced in Parlia
ment his scheme for the relief and improvement
of Ireland, which consisted of a recoin..
that money he advanced for seed crops ; and that
loans he made lo landlords for the improvement of
water lands, or that they he hong lit hy govern
ment at fixed rates. If they w ill neither sell nor
improve, government is empowered to take at a
fair valuation.
He also recommends an appropriation of Xlt
000,000 sterling, for the reclamation of wasie
lands; that drainage he extensively carried out:
and that the laud purchased he resold in small
lots, creating yeomanry proprietors, for temporary
relief. '
The new poor law committees hy this plan are
to distribute the money and food ; out door relief
is also recommended to aged and infirm paupers,
making in all a promised outlay of at least X7.
000 000 sierlii g.
I he French Chambers have adopted a hill,
providing for the lowest possible rate of duty to
be levied on food until September next.
I he American loan to the extent of four mil
lions sterling, has heeh negotiated in London.
The French government has addressed a eircu
lar to their consuls in Mexico, prohibiting French
subjects from taking letters of marque.
Lord Palmerston stated on authority that no
person in England was authorised to issue letters
of marque. *
The Russian government is concentrating troops
on the frontier of Poland.
Contracts have been made for supplying the
French Government with two millions and a half
kilogrammes of Mary land Tobacco at 1034 francs
per kil gramme.
I hirty-five thousand barrels American fl »ur
had arrived at Havre.
Much distress prevailed in the manufacturing
districts of England. There was hut little work,
and food was high.
The Pope preached a sermon on tfir* I3'li of
January. which was the first sermon preached by
a Pope id three hundred years.
INTERESTING FROM THE ARMY.
Extracts from a correspondence of ihe New
Orleans Delta, dated.
Tampico. Jan.24ih, 1847.
Eds Delta — l arrived at this place yesterday
being just one month on the road Irom Monterey,
including 10 days vie passed at Ciudad Victoria.
On our arrival, ive found the town under com
mand of Hrig. G.*n. Shields, who had with him a
Free ot about 200(1 men. Hp has made many
additions lo the strength of the place, since the
occupation ofit, and numerous fortifications have
hepn thrown op in the rear of town.
At Altimira, one day’s march from here. Gen.
Patterson overhauled us with two companies of j
Tennessee cavalry, and lie reached Tampico situ
ultaiieniisly with the division of Gen. I wiggs.—
As soon as he got into town, in* received the usual
salute ot the discharge of ordnance j after which
ceremony, General Shields surrendered the gov
ernment of the town to him.
Th e whole I'ircp here now, including the corn- i
mands ot Gena. Quitman and Pillow, who are
encamped within It) miles of the place, will scarce
ly exceed 7(X)() men, and we expected to find, at
least, that noinner here he fore arriving with the
5000 from Monterey and Matarnnras.
I he health of the In Nips, just arrived from the
interior, could not he better, and although they
have ended a tedious march, they are ready and
willing to undertake another, at short notice, ci
ther to Vera Cro* or the •• Halls of the Montezu
ma*.”
One of the Government steamer* has ascended
the Panucosodie 75 or HO miles, without meeting
with any obstruction, and fruit and hide boats
arrive here very often from many miles above there.
I’he euc-impnient of Gen. Twiggs’ command is
immediately on the hanks of the Pantico, three
miles from ’Tampico, and In the right of the Vtc- !
toria road. Gen*. Quitman and Pillow are quar
tered for the present, on the same stream, though
higher up, being within 7 miles of Allarmra, and
10 ol'Tampico. Everything here now is quiet, and
all anxiously looking for the arrival ol Gen Scott,
whose pnsenre, it is supposed, will be the signal
for marching preparations. As I said before, it
is impossible lo say what wll he done, hot the
general impression is, that the whole force will
he moved on to Vera Cruz, and that it will go by
land as fur as I ospan, if not the \y hole way.—
The poneim have tie n working on the road for
some distance in that direction.
A “hurt time after the last o| Gen. Quitman’s
division had left V ictoria. 1 tjOf) L/incers w ho were
there when he first arrived, eame into the town,
purposing no doubt, to lake tip their old quarters.
A* some of the members of that division renamed
behind lor a time, arid have not corne up, it is sup
posed*that they have been captured.
Mr. B gelow,beef contractor for the 2-1 volunteer
division, just arrived, ran a narrow escape a day
or two since. He left the advanced division, ar-d
was proceeding to the rear one, alone, when tie
was beset by a party of Mexicans, and hi* leg
broken by a shot. He did not fall from his horse,
and by hard riding succeeded in petting into ^
* 'oilman’s camp followed hy tin* M< xica*is up to
• ! •• very lilies
In a letter dated January 2S'h— the writer
Ki. yk ; —
** 1 learned last night. (Jan 27.) that Lieut
II tohie. id ihc 4' Ii Int'iilry. Was assassinated a'
V lla ( Inernte t»v a M' \h mi. lie was mi liis
** ay t*> Victoiia. escorted bv a Company of Ken
lockv Cavalry, (ten Tavlor encamped itiere
f'*r the night, and tlie Lieutenant was sauntering
• out the town when it happened The next
ieoining the General had arrested Mie Ah-iete. hut
I have n t learned wIk-'tier the perpetrator of the
••ntraiie had Keen taken.
“ O e ol the officers ol Gen. Quitman’* divi
in staled to me yes’er.lav, ilia! the M>jcican
*valrv were in sight of them for more than hall
e march from Victoria. On some clear place
n the mountain side they xamtKI arrange them»
-■ Ives for a charge, and then start pell mell in
the direction o| the column. Hut I n**»’tl not sav
i" von that they never came •within musket shot.
Several of ihemeo w ho lagged behind were killed
i>a Mu hi. One. a member of the Haltimnre bat
talion. was killed cl se to the rear guard—being
fi si shut, and then lanced in the breast. I have
not ascertained to what corps the other missing
ones helongi iJ.
” At Aliimira. a Tennessean lost his horse _
liis Captain look the responsibility of sending
lor ihe Alcalde, and informing him that he would
remain a close prisoner until the horse was pro
•lured. In a short time after a horse was brought
in. belonging to another companv of the same
r*girnent, Mien another belonging to the same,
and ultimately the one in question Thp three
hail been stolen by the minions of the Alcalde,
and tlie arrest of that individual saved the ser
vice three horses. Gen. Quitman, it is said, put
the man under arrest for the responsibility.”
Wo hear nothing of an early movement from
this place, and from the preparations that are fie
ing made, it would be difficult to say when one
would he made. At the encampment of Gen
Twiggs, they are clearing off ground and build
ing wharves, as though they contemplated a six
week’s rest, and I understand Gen. Hillow will
move nearer to the town than he now is.
At §20 per mouth there are at least 100 Mexi
cans working on the fortifications here, and from
Mie manner in which they are being Constructed,
one Would think they had not the least intention
of ever surrendering the place again.”
The same correspondent in a letter dated
1 ampic.i. Jan. 31,’’ say*—There are rumors
here that G'*n. Taylor’s rearguard had been at
tacked, near Linares, and that tie had lost a num
ber of wagons and mules, hut I will not believe
it until 1 hear something more, although it is a
section of country where an attack of that sort is
most likely to In- made. Hcsides the numerous
hiding places about there lor Mexican soldiers,
and the large settlements, the Mexicans would
like in trouble old Taylor for that money transac
tion in l.inr.rrs. You may kick a Mexican, and
he will probably forget i'., hot touch his pocket,
and lie’ll remember you the longest day he lives.
PUBLIC MEETING IN RICHMOND.
At a meeting of the Democratic members of the
Legislature, the Democratic party in the city of
Richmond, and other members of the party, visi
tors in the city, held in the Hall of the House of
Delegates, on Tuesday evening, the Kith inst.,
for the purpose of giving expression to the senti
ments of the meeting in relation to the recent ex -
pulsion of the Editor of the “ Union” from the
Senate Chamber of the United States, Col. John
Ruiherfoord, of the city of Richmond, was called
to the Chair, and \Y. R. Drinkard, of the town of
Petersburg, was appointed Secretary.
Washington Greenhow. E«q., of the city of
Richmond, submitted a few remarks in relation
to the H’i’mnt ptoviso to the “ three million” bill,
which lias just passed the House of Represent
lives, and presented the following Preamble and
Resolutions for the consideration of tlie meeting :
W her- as, the hill commonly called the three
million bill did on yesterday pass the House of
Representatives in the Congress of the United
Slates, with a proviso known as the Wilmot pro
viso. which attacks the domestic institutions of
the Sooth, and which proviso is in the following
words :
“ Provided, That, as an express and fundamen
tal condition to the acquisition of any territory
from the Republic of Mexico hy the United Slates,
by virtue of any treaty which may he negotiated
between them, and to the use hy the Executive of
the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any
part of said territory, except for crime, whereof
the parly shall he first duly convicted.”
Therefore, Resolved, I. That the Wilmot
proviso is in direct opposition to the compromises
effected hy the Constitution of the United Slates.
2. Resolved, That it is the duty, not only of
every Southern man, but of every friend of this
Union, to oppose such mischievous doctrine as
that asserted by the Wilmot proviso,
3. Resolved, That in making peace with
Mexico, no question involved in the Wilmot pro
viso should be considered by Southern members
in Congress.
4. Resolved. That in making peace, or con
tinning war with Mexico, we should, under no
circumstances, agree to make the one, or to prose
cute the other, upon the terms of the Wilmot
proviso.
5. Resolved. That not only every Southern
man, hot every upholder of the Constitution,
should resist the pursuance of any course which
shall carty out the doctrine of the Wilmot pro
viso.
t>. Resolved. That lh#» Democratic parly of
Vrirs*iniH am hound, hy their possession of the
Legislative power of the Stale, to take immediate
action upon this vital question.
/. Resolved, That, upon this absorbing ques
tion, all differences of political opinions should
he forg itteu, and all Virginians and Southern men
should unite, heart and hand, in resisting, even
unto Heath, the doctrines nt said proviso.
After Horne remarks, from various gentlemen,
upon the subject introduced hy these resolutions
and the propriety of taking action upon them at
this meeting—m.me thinking that they should he
referred to a general meeting of citizens ot nil
parties, and nil expressing their decided approval
•«f the principles which they set forth—
On the million of Robert G. Scott, |5<n , of the
city of Richmond, the following resolutions were
adopted :
Resolved, That while this meeting entirely ap
prove the sentiments expressed in the foregoing
resolutions, it entertains the opinion they involve
grave and important matter; not for the exclusive
consideration ol a party meeting, but of one com
posed of the people without regard to party dis
tinction.
Resolved, therefore, That they be referred to
a committee of twenty peisuns, to be appointed by
the Chair, from both political parties, with in
st ructions to consider the same and to call a meet
ing of the people, without reference to party, for
the consideration of the said resolutions, on Sat
urday evening next, at the hour of 7 o’clock, in
this ||a||.
1 he Chair appointed the following gentlemen
members of the Committee called for hy the last
resolution : Kobert G. Scott. John W. Jones, Vtn
cent Witcher, VV. II. Macfarland, Samuel K.
Good son, Samuel W atts, Washington Greenhnw,
I). IM. Ivlgmglnn. John li. Wallace, Andrew
Hunter, Ldward P. Scott, James Lyons, Lewis
K. Ilarvie, Gharles P Dorman, Win K. Ritchie.
George T. Yerby, Walter D. Leake, Win. C.
Carrington, James H. Carson, and John VV.
Sy me.
The following preamble and resolution were
•hen offered by Mr. Daniel of Prince George, and
adopted by the meeting :
fVherene, we have ever regarded ibo freedom
nf the t>n ss in the diseussion of public measures
■uni die ie>is >.t public iiii'ii,as the great safe guard
ut tinr liberties and insittntions; and whereas, we
should ever be watchful to defend and ready to
rc-ist any infringement upon it. so long as we
profess to be bee Americans and claim the inhe
rent rights • i freemen ; therefore,
Hcsnlretl. I hat, in Ihcopiriion of this meeting,
'he rrcent resolution of i tn • Senate of the l Ini fed
Stales, expelling the eilitots of ift«* Union trom the
Senate (‘haio'rcr is in utter violation of the free
dom ut the press, cannot tie justified by either ex
pedieney or principle, is oppressive in its effects,
dangerous n> us tendency, ought to be resisted,
amt receives our unqualified condemnation.
On 'tie motif.I'M'. Smith, of the State Sen
! ate. the proceedings ul this meeting were ordered
, to t*e puhiislieil in :he city papers.
On iiintion. the meeting adjourned
JOHN RUTUKRFOORD. Chairman.
W. R Dkinkxkd. Secretary.
At the meeting on Saturday night, tlie above
resolutions relating to the *• Wtlrnot Proviso.’’
were adop.ed, together with a supplemental reso
lotion ot Mr. R. (i. Scott, pointing (,ut the true
course to he pursued by the South.
From the No** York Sun.
THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.
JWrfMily of Immediate Action.—The question
has I een asked in what way will the contributions
for Ireland be transmitted .in money or in grain and
provisions ? This is a question of some imporianpe.
If money ts sent, fond must fie purchased on the
spot at a great advance of price, including all the
expenses of shipment, See. A much better arrange
ment can he made by chartering vessels and send
ing grain direct. A depot in this city is now open
to receive every thing that may he sent for the
relief of Ireland. Corn meal, the principal ar
ticle, together with flour and provisions, may he
purchased in the interior of the State much cheap
er than m the city, and probably the railroad lines
will firing M io the city free of charge. Cargoes
of bread stuffs and other articles would be easily
raised, and if ships are prepared to sail far Dublin
or Cork or any safe depot near the Parishes which
are suffering most, the relief will be prompt and
acceptable. In every Sea port in llte. Union a
vessel could be immediately chartered an.l loaded
with provisions nfall kinds, and thus a fleet would
arrive nn the Irish cuast in April and thedestruc
live famine would be stayed until harvest time.
A very large sum of money can he raised for the
object it the whole Union will only move imme
diately . and ifcorn.and wheal, and flour are ship
ped whenever a vessel is ready to take a cargo on
board, there are many hundreds ••fhenevulem men
who will throw in a few dozen hams ant) a barrel
of salt beef, and each m this way can contribute
his mite in free will offerings which in the aggre
gate will he a great alleviation Vo the present suf
fering. No time should be lost in carrying out
this design. The poor are dying. Pes ilence and
famine arc; doing their work of death. We can
reiieve them if we move in time.
From the Washington American.
•• DIED OF STARVATION!”
Written alter reading the above words—the ver
diet of a coroner’s jury—among the accounts
brought by the late steamer of the appalling
distress of Ireland.
BV EDW. M. HEIST.
“ Dieij of Starvation God of Heaven !—
We wildly ask—can this be so?—■
/IV. to whose board is kindly given
Each bounty that earth (an bestow.
So well are all our wants supplied.
That we scarce deem it true, when said,
That human ones, like us, have died—
Arc dying now—for want of bread !
“ Died of Starvation !”—Ah ! no more
Pause at the words, or doubt the talc .
Each ship that cometh to our shore
From Erin’s island, brings the wail
Of millions calling out for aid —
Ofsirk and dying humankind—
For, in the track by Famine made,
The Plaque, dread monster, stalks behind !
“ Died of Starvation !”— Did’st thou hear
Those words, proud woman, on thy.throne?_
Victoria ! did thy gentle oar
E’er hark a starving wr trh’s moan ?—
If not, go list the frantic call
Of those who cry aloud for brrnd—
Go where, like blighted leaves, they fall,
And gaEe on the uncofiined dead !
Dif.p of Starvation !- Shall we stand
Unmoved, by Erin’s misery?
Alt, no! but let the helping hand
Go from amidst the blest and free ! —
Let us divide with her our wealth —
For her s id onrs our granaries ope —
And to their wasl forms give health,
And to their drooping spirits, hope.
From the Philadelphia Keystone.
A TRIUMPH FOR THE PEOPLE.
I he case of Dr. 1 lollick which camp up on
Tuesday, and occupied the Court of Quarter
Sessions during the whole day, was given to the
Jury on the adjournment of the court ; yesterday
the verdict of not guilty was rendered. Tins
was precisely ns we expected, tlie intelligence
beaming lortli in the countenances of the Jury,
left no doubt, hut (Ins must he the result, as it
was on the former trial.
i vv»»Hst11uii«»n ot onr 2i"riouR Rppnhlic ro
cognizes the right of every citizen to (iommunicate
w hatever iiiio vledge he may possess, (and none
cm he so important as that of a knowledge
of human nature.) to his fellow-citizens. This
was the “ head and front of Dr. II..Hick’s offend
ing.” lo a few jealous professionals, whose minds
are as small as their practice, or they would have
known that persecution and sympathy in such
cases, invariably accompany each other.
During the trial on 'Tuesday a stranger in court i
could riot hiil have noticed the highly respectable
and large number of gentlemen who were present
as witnesses on behalf of Dr. II., and the pity
they manifested f..r the unfortunate individuals to
whom J. G Clarkson, F«sq., ihe learned counsel
for the defence, administered such a withering
castigation, an.I never did a rebuke apply more
forcibly, or the recipients feel it more severely.
I he charges against tho Lectures were uncon
ditionally abandoned—the same as at the former
trial, thero being not a particle of evidence against
them.
Respecting Dr Hulliclt's writings there is but
one opinion, and that was clearly expressed in the
W ashmglnn Union on the 19th of January last,
ami is now endorsed by the twelve intelligent
citizens who have decided that Dr. llullick is
‘■.Noi Guilty” "f the charges brought against him,
We sincerely hope he will continue to disnemi
mte those valuable troths, for which his Lectures
and Books are proverbial, and by which means
alone the mass of the people can acquire them.
I he monopolists in knowledge, and especially in
medical knowledge, well kn..w this information
and the mysteries of ihe profession cannot harmo
nr/.e. Well, let us have more light on the sob
jeet — the more the better, either for individuals
or for the whole community.
Lacncii of \ .Steamship at Cincinnati.—
A Steamship called ihe Fanny, was launched at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 10'h mst. The Chroni
cle of that oily says :—“ The vessel is 600 ions
burthens—165 feet in length—30 in breadth of
deck, nr j | | bold. Stir is to be rigged bark
fashion. Her engine is built by Darkness. She
is owned by Capt. Deshnn, and will fie comman
ded by Capt Pnifield. no . Xperiericeii and accom
plished officer She is destined for tho Gulf ser
vice, and lias, we understand, been chartered for
Government transportation through that channel.
I be United Slates troops, (numbering 38 rank
and file.) stationed at Fort Pickens, were to leave
Pensacola on ilie 9th for New Orleans, thence to
rmbr.rk for Tampico.
From the Boston Po»t.
“ OUli COUNTRY—IIOWRVKR ROUN
l)KD.”
I Ills toast, given, I behove, hv nor whig repre
'sentalive in Congress. Mr Winthmp, ha* been
i repeatedly censured, without evidently any just
! cause, by those who are disposed to give aid and
, comfort to ihe'enemy, embarrass our government.
; 'lid dn all the injury they eau ro this country
while engaged in a war of self-defence. The
phraseology smells of the shop, and undoubtedly
comes front the IcohI expressions in deeds of con
veyanecs, where, after stating the boundaries, it
is usual to add, "or however otherwise hounded.”
! I he meaning of the toast is plainly this. •• pro*,
periiy and well being to the whole of oor own
country, within its actual legal boundaries, wher
ever those boundaries may be.” Thai any one
should object to such a toast, is unaccountable.
Whoever would not assent to il is an a Vowed
j enemy of Ins country. Rvery one, however, has
| a right to fix those boundaries for himself, in his
j «'w o mind, and is not obliged, in drinking the
I toast, to accept of the opinion of any other person
I in regard to them.
Rut let us consider the sentiment in another
point of view. 'The constituted authorities of
| this country have legally receiver! Texas into the
I Union ns one of the Federal State*. Texas was
| an independent State, so recognized hv us, and
also by the principal powers of Rurope. She
i freely and law tolly, according to the proper forms,
consented thus to come into our Union. The
boundaries of the State have been fixed and de
clared, and were also expressly acknowledged
and agreed to. |»v treaiy with the existing gov
eminent of Mexico. We had, by the union with
Texas, become Ijonnd to protect her and her
rights; and an invasion of her territory, thus fixed
and settled was an invasion of the United Slates.
’The G overnmeni could not, therefore, do otlier
w ise than protect ourselves and our own territory.
I exas, so In mi mled, is actually our country. A*
such, even with this understanding, who but a
traitor, one totally divested of the instinctive love
of country, and worse even than savages, could
object lo the toast —
" Our Country however bounded ?”
CONFUSION OF PAllTIRS.
1 he war in Mexico has created a strange con*
fusion in the ranks ot the two great political par
ties. and in Congress we see those who have been
considered leaders acting directly at variance with
the wishes of a large nnmhpr of the party they
have always been attached to. Some Democrats
may be found acting against Democrats, and even
some of tlif* leading Whigs are in the same cate
I gory. Col. Webb, speaking of Mr. Corwin's
speech,says ;
\\ fine i am <lplighlPtl to the highest
praise upon the manner of tlie speech, the sub
stiinee of it. | regret to say. was such as excited
in itie Itreasts of nine-tenths of ifie Whigs who
heart! it, feelings of regret, disappointment and
vexation. A more thorough anti war. and, in my
judgment, anti ,imerirnn speech, in very many
particulars, cannot be imagined. Do not mison
derstand me. I do not inlend to cltarge Mr.
Corwin with any anti American feeling ; hot
sorb are his private, peculiar views of the war
with Mexico—views which the ultra anti slavery
feeling in Ohio tends to foster—that if nor Whigs
in Congress were generally to adopt them, the
Whig party of tho United States would be re
duced to a miserable handful of factious spirits, of
far less weight, in the future political struggles of
the nation, than were the anti war Federalists of
1812.”
A NEW THOUGHT ABOUT EXPLOSIVE
COTTON.
We see hy the Democratic Pacijiquc of Paris
that the European Governments are in no small
trepidation about the discovery of the new explo
sive cotton. It puts a terrible power in the hands
of the people, which can he manufactured very
easily, and concealed in spite of policy researches
The French government wishes to suppress, but
it found that it would have to suppress so many
materials—all kindsnf acids,cotton, hemp, paper,
&c., that it would he impossible. Revolution no
doubt will he greatly facilitated hy this invention,
and it comes at a time when reform ideas agitate
the masses more deeply than ever before. The
act is that the kings and rulers of the world will
have to undertake tho work of elevating peace
fully the oppressed and miserable masses, or takp
consequences far more serious titan have hereto
fore fallen open them for the neglect of their
duty.—JYcicarlc Daily.
HORRID OCCURRENCE.
A circumstance of rafher a heinous character,
bordering on crime, was related to us on hoard the
steamboat Selma. On her downward trip n Rev.
Mr. J. D. Lee, who has been a resident of An
tattgua County for some time past, and has per
formed many pastoral duties in the neighborhood
adjoining our city, came on the boat at Gardner’s
Landing, with two iadies tinder his charge, arid
25 or 30 negroes, which he said were going on to
Louisiana. The morning after the embarkation
a new born child was found hy one of’ officers of
the boat, on the cotton aft of the wheel house,
and immediately under the ladies’ cabin. After
the matter was exposed on the boat and things
became public, suspicion, from among ten or fif
teen ladies, rested on one of Rev. Mr. Lee’s com
pany, though both of those ladies were at the
breakfast table Mint morning. Evpry person bp
ing anxious to ascertain the perpetrator of so hein
ous a crime, the captain wisely gave it out that
no person should leave the boat, on her arrival at
Mobile, until the fact was ascertained When
the gentleman was openly accnspd of it, he came
forward and slated that Miss Reddy, one of his
company, was the mother. After the occurrence
the gniliy man undertook to add a new theme to
the crime, by trying to throw the child overboard,
and thus bide the stigma of the woman by bury
ing it in the river, ft seems that this Miss Red
dy was a daughter of his (Lee's) sister, and had
been living in bis house from childhood. The
culprits arrived in Mobile as the Lake boat was
leaving for New Orleans, and the unnatural moth
er taking the feminine creature along with her.
thereby baffled the civil authorities of the city
from their rigid course.—*lla. Stale Guard.
Fioin the N. V. Tribune.
A TRAGEDY OF DESTITUTION AND
AVARICE.
On Monday. 81I1 inst. about 4 P. M. a woman
59 years old, named Betsey Rich, having a tiro
ken arm, ho.I living alone, in a little room at 207
Sixth Avenue, wliilo rooking a miserable meal
with wood shavings in h«r fire-place, accidental
ly exposed her apron to ih<* blaze and was instant
ly enveloped inflames. Her cries speedily brought
a crowd around her, but lot* late — her clothes
were extinguished w hen nearly destroyed, and, at
the recommendation of a physician, she wa« con
veyed to the Alms Mouse, where she died on
Thursday morning. As she adhered to the Epis
copal denomination, though not a member of the
Church, a clergyman of that Church attended to
give her a Christian burial, and an Episcopal lady
volunteered to pay the funeral expenses, when the
clergyman suggested that her apartment, which
had been fast locked meantime, might as well be
searebed to see whether she did not leave enough
to pay the sexton. 'The suggestion was followed,
when, to the astonishment of all, especially of the
philanthropic gentleman who had been foremost
in smoothing her dying pillow, and on whose
charily she had subsisted all Winter, thpre was
found a good Bond at Mortgage for $2,800, (be
side $100 accrued interest, which had been offer
ed her but she insisted on its being retained to
draw interest with the Bond.) a Savings Bank
book on which stood $9G 09 to her credit, $38 in
■ ifold and silver in tbr**** purses wound on in lint:
halls, beside a lull rh. Ki of Balding. Clothing.
&'* The poor creature, though sin- hail lived in
filthy and squalid beggary wah this abundant
wraith at her command, staled on her death bed
(without hinting at »l»»» possession ofthis property)
that she hail fjl.fifVt duo her in Conuecttcut, of
which, however, no trace w»s found among Itnr
• fleets, nod that a land-agent named Hiram Par
ker had recently nh-e unfed. defraudim/ bur of
$200.
Alter two days* di i'tgcnt inquiry, the benevolent
tew who had taken an m erest in her miserable
late, discovered a nephew ot her first husband
(she had had two) a young ship carpenter in tine
nt nor ship yards; hut it is understood that shu
leh a daughter who is married, hut of whom no
recent true- can he found. Perhaps thjs article
•i*:,v ri ddn her to claim and receive her mother's
proper y, w. rlli over $3,000 in ready cash.
PERILS OF THE SEA.
A letter from Mr. Israel Wood, of Providence,
(U I .) dated Liverpool, states that he sailed
Rom New York in November last, in the * Theo
dore Frelinghuysen.’ hound In North Carolina,
and tor thirty one days after leaving New V rk ,
they wore subjected to a succession of violent
galea, driven a long way from the coa t. their
vessel much shattered, and their provisions and
water nearly all consumed. On meeting an En
gltsh slop, they requested to be taken off, which
could not then he done, in cone* qneneo of the
heavy sett, hut the captain promised to lie by
until better weather. Soon nfier which, during
the n:ght, the two vessels came together, and
before they separated. Mr. ..I and Ins son,
and two of the crew, climbed on board the ship.
In the morning thh schooner could toil he seen,
and it is supposed that site went down with all
on board.
PRINCE MURAT.
I he Riiston Post has a long letter from Talla
hassee, Florida, in which occurs the following
notice of a naturalized citizen, whose name when
bourne hy his father, made some noise in the
world :
“ Among the prominent citizens of Florida, we
find a live Prince; the son of Murat, King of
Naples. Prince Aehille Murat is a singular ge
nius Inheriting all his lather’s courage, hut lit
tle of his chivalric love of glory, he has settled
dow n on a plantation, the quiet citizen and spec
tator of the affairs ol the world. Various anec
dotes are related of him. The prince once fought
a duel. He catne on the ground with his surgeon
and took his station smoking his cigar. Ho quiet
ly puffed, and when the wind was given he fired,
Plie unfortunate Floridian, his antagonist, was
shot and fell. Moral’s surgeon, seeioir his cm
ployi*r boll upright, ran to assist the fallen.
I hi* prince, who hail a little finger cut nearly
oil by the other’s hall, railed to his suropdfi—
'Vi»at f*T y« n go there? See you. doctair,”
holding up his finger dangling by a bit of skin,*-!
want you t<> cut my finger off. Let him, poor
devil, go. He got what ho come for. I pay you
vnn hundred dollar to coino here and cut bullet
out of my body if that rascal shoot him in. L*>t
him pay for his own carving. It he not satisfied,
I give him another hall just as soon as you can
cut off my finger.” But one ball did satisfy his
antagonist, and they retired.
I he prince is fond of hunting, and goes in for
the profits of the field and moor. Nothing that
swims the water, flies the air, crawls or walks
the earth, but that lie has served up on bis table.
Alligator steak, frogs’ shins, boiled owls and
roasted crows arc found palatable; hut there is
one animal that the prince don’t like. The buz
zard is one too many for him. “I try him fried ;
I try him roasted ; I try him stewed, and I make
soup of him, but the buzzard is nut gout. I have
no prejudice against him, I but conk him every
way, and then I no like him.” Buzz lid’s soup !
think of that ! It takes a Frenchman to dtvelopc
the resources of a new country.”
BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS.
Attended by police officers, and a few curiously
disposed gentleman from nut of town, we lately
paid a visit to tin* old “ Brewery Building,” in
Anthony street. We had to pass through" what
is called “ Murderer’s Alley,” which is about 100
feet long, when we found ourselves in a very
large and rickety building, which was cut up in
small rooms. 1 he number of families which are
supposed to call that their home is sixty, and a
more miserable sei of beings wo have never seen.
Our visit was in the night lime, and most of the
residents were at home. In one room we saw a
husband and his wife, with three children, sound
asleep on a bed of shavings, and the furniture of
the room consisted only ol a pine box, a wooden
bowl, which was lull of meal, and a tin cup, whiln
on the hearth of the empty fire place were scatter
ed a few meatless bones. In another we saw a
woman in a beastly state of intoxication, whose
child, wrapped in some fihhy rags, was lying
upon a bed of tvarm ashes in one corner of the
fire place. In one a lot of half clothed negroes
were fighting like hyenas; and in another a for
lorn o*d mao was suffering, with delirium tre
mens. As our leader walked on peering into the
dark rooms of poverty ami infamy, we were fnret
tdy reminded of Dante's description of hell.—
1 In- majority ol women were widows, ami we
were informed that the rent they paid varied from
2 to G shillings per week. Our guide directed
our attention to the back yard, where, within the
last two years upwards of twenty people were
found dead. I heir histories remain in inystety,
.and we are told of the very singular fact that a
funeral has m>t neen known to occur at the Brew
ery, for many years,—as it is the market place
for anatomists and their menials. VVe could
hardly believe, until we saw it. that such a place
as the Anthony street Brewery actually existed
in the Empire City.—JY. Y. Express.
Pekcival tiie Poet.— Percival the poet, of
whom we have not heard a syllable fora long pe
riod, has turned misanthrope it seems, like Kotze
bue's “ Stranger,” and rp.sides in the Hospital,
near New Haven, Conn. The Horne Journal
says, “ there are not half a dozen individuals in
the city, with whom he will hold converse—and
there is a story abroad, that a brother poet, Wil
lis Gaylord Clark, attempted to pay him a frater
nal visit, bat after announcing his name, was com
pelled to give and receive Communications through
a dubious crack of the door. Pereival seldom
goes abroad, and when he does, we are told lie
may he distinguished by the abject slovenliness of
hts appearance from any man in the street. Dis
appointed love! what obliquities in character and
conduct dost thou riot produce.”
A tv Ft) r. Dbp i*. a vTTr.—The Shelby Ky., News,
of the ,Stl, relates that Mr. Dowdeu, a Hiptisl
clergyman in Spencer county, had been led to
suspect the fidelity of Ids wife, lie started off as
she supposed on a preaching tour of a week or
more, but returned the next night, lighted a can
dle and went into Ids bedroom, where lie found a
full verification that his suspicions wpre not un
founded, a man being with his wife. Mrs. D.
immediately jumped out of bed, went to a bureau,
and got from a drawer a large butcher knife, with
which she stabbed her nnsband three times in the
stomach and bowels—wounding him mortally.—
lie made not the least resistance—apparently de
termined to let her who had so basely betrayed
Ids honor, and destroyed his peace, also rid him
uf life.
Kdgar A. Poe has obtained a verdict of
:igaiost ihe publisher of the New York Mirror,
lor thr* purification of a libel. Tim article all*g-'d
to bp libellous was a severe letter written bv
I hos. Dunn K.nglisb, reflecting upon Mr. Poe’*
rharacter and habits, of which the press took sotno
notice about aix months ago.
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