Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-06-30

              w Y Of m a man OURNA -!- Li VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1847. NUMBER 44. HJM.ISIII'.I) I'.VF.UY WKONKSDAY MOHNi.NU, BY WILLI -VM . THRALL. Ollico in tho Jourmil liuihlmg. south-east corner of Higli street nnd Su.ir iilluy " T K K M S : TitKK Toi,r.AtSrT.n a Km;, which may bediscl's;cd fay the payment of" Two Jiou. w.s hi snvnire, nmtr.uool noslnue. or of per centa-ie to ,V;er.;s or (.oilec-.ors. Tl'o Journal is also published d.-iy dinnm Jte serion of the Legislature, and tin ice a week li' rminvmbir o," t'ie joar for '; and thrtsu times n week, yearly, ior $1. TUUItSlAV UVKNINti, June 21, IHI7. TreiiKonTho King caa do no W route ! "What a Man nitty any nnd not commit Treason What he inny not. It is a great thing to live in a f.ee country, and it ii not very long siuue it wn generally supposed that America was free. Wo elect members of Congress to investigate and discuss and mnko laws. We Imve a Senate, a part of whose duty it was onco supposed to bo, to ki'cp a supervisory view of our foreign relations and domestic affairs, in order to advise the President, and when necessary, to check him. There wero certain men among us in old times, who could not believe they lived under a King, and obstinately persisted unto their death in the faith that all citizens, and especially all members of legislative bodies, had a right to think, to reason, and to speak. The people of this country have been so far led off under the hallucination of freedom, that they imve considered it a recommendation to aay of a candidate for the Scnato or House of Representatives in Congress that lie was a man of talent, able to form an opinion upon public affairs, and courteous enough to express that opinion when formed. Thero are those now living who remember when it was held that even error might be allowed its roco while reason was left free to combat it. But this m an age of progress. Theie are still some prejudices alive against the bums of King: but there is a strong parly in our country, ue terinined to have a King in reality, under the name of President a Democratic President-kmg. They not only intend to have one, but they say we have one already. They do not, as was done in primitive limes, choose their tallest man for King, but as was done at a later period in the history of the world, ihey set up a calf and worship him. Our Congress, they say in effect, has become a mere form. They may investigate, but they must investigate no farther than they are lold. They may debate, but they must all take one side. They may reason, but their faculties must run in the groovo that is cut for them. A very alight variation indeed, constitutes the highest crime known to human laws tiik chink or tukason ! The King can do no wrong. Whatever he proposes, set up no opposition, for opposition is treason ! Debate as much as you please, but it you disagree Willi him you have committed the infernal act of treason! Reason as much as you may, but have a care that your reason follows and olieys the King, or your head will finds its wny to the block. Not that you ore to bo actually guillotined, hung or shot we arc too refined lor that but you are to lie defamed by public and private means, and robbed of tho esteem of your fellow men. You aro to be branded as Cain was branded. The patronage of the government which you are taxed to aupport, is turned upon you. Five hundred venal newspapers make it their business to libel you. Ten thousand stipendiaries aro unleashed upon you with their cowardly and venomous tongues, to clamor for your destruction. The King and his government set their foot upon your neck. At every by-path an assassin of character, kept under pay for such purposes, rushes out and stabs you, and then slinks buck to bis lurking place. If you turn on him and pursue him, he flies and seeks refuge under the ample robes of the Democratic President-King. Jt therefore becomes a matter of grave inquiry, what a man may say, and what be may nut say. We sup-poso ourselves as a journalist, performing an acceptable duty in attempting to guide the feet of our readers safely over the burning plough shares of treason, so thickly plinted iu their path. First, then, they may not say this : "Show Mexico that you are sincere when you nay you desit'u nothing by conquest. Shit lias learned that alio cannot conquer you in war, and, if she had not, she is loo weak to disturb you hero. Tender her peace, and, my life on it, she will then accept it. lint whether she shall or not, you will have peace without her consent. It is your invasion that lias made war, your retreat will restore peace. Let us, then, close forever the approaches of internal ti-ud,aud so return to the ancieut eoocurd and the old ways of national prosperity and of permanent glory. l-t us here, in this temple counec rated to the Union, jieiform a mil u lustration ; let us wash Mexican blood trom our hands and on these altars, in the presence of that image of the Father of Ins Country that l-oks down upon us, wear to preserve honorable peace with all the world, and clems) brotherhood with each other." Senator Corwin said it in the Senate, supposing he bad a right to say it, but it turned out to be rank treason, lie remembered what had hcen said in stirring times by Hampden, Sydrey, Chatham, Patrick Henry, and old John Adams; and supposed our tyrant could not bo worse than those they comtmitcd. Uul it turned out otherwise. Neither Kiq Ch intrs nor Kino GEoitiiE were here, but a Democratic President calf-sort of a King; mute as great a tyrant and more spiteful, because, of his weakness. Mr. Corwin com milted what they call treason and his been outlawed. Agin. You may not say this nor the like of this Will the north consent to a treaty bringing m ter ritoiy subject to slavery ? Will the south consent to a treaty bringing in territory from whieli slavery i excluded t Sir, tint luturu is lull oi iiiineumes nun full of dangers. Wo are sullering to pass the golden opportunity for securing harmony, and the stability of the Coutiitulion. Wo appear to me to be mailing upon penis headlong, and with our eyes all open. Hut I put my trust iu Providence, and iu that good sense and patriotism of the people, which will yet, 1 hope, arouse themselves bufore it is tto late." Mr. Webster said it in the Senate, and be too is outlawed and declared guilty of treason. We will now tell our readers when they may speak and Aow, without being guilty of treason. Mr. C. J. lugersoll, chairman of the committee on foreign relations in the House, one of Mr. Polks loyal liegs, (and the man who, if we remember, was last winter nominated by Mr. Polk minister to France) on the :ld day of February lrilo, declared in Congress, that the true boundary, b-'tween this country and Mexico, was the desert between the Neuces and lira Ornndi this emphatic language. The stupendous deserts between the Nueces and tho llravo rivers are the natural boundaries between tbn Aiwlo Saxon and the Maurilaiiian races. Tfitre ends the valley of the west. There Mexico begins. Thence, beyond tho llravo, begins the Moorish peo. nU. Hiid their Indian associates, to w hom Mexico pro pi-rly belongs ; who should not cross that vasl desert if thev could, as we. on our side, loo, ought to stop there, because interminable conflicts must ensue on our going south, or their coining north, of that gigantic boundary. Whi e prate is rhrrishrd that bimmlaru will he sacred. Sat UH the spirit of roqt kst rants, will the people on either side molest or mix with each other ; nnd whenever Ihey do, one or the other races must be conquered, if not extinguished." Mr. ImnTSHlt in lHl.'t mi Mil nay thus nnd commit no treason. Hut Iho democratic king took another hoot and concluded lint peace should not be " rr-ishri" nor "MAI kiNftdVy h krttl sarrrd." Whit then did Mr. Ingeraoll do? Would it have been proper tor bun to adhero to what ho had said Not so. That would bo unfaithful, unloyal and taking sides gainst the king 1 It would bo treason. 80 we see Mr Ingerswll in the session of lMti-7 Inking tho back The Wur Fever. A great deal of enthusiasm is manifested by the cushioned heroes who prate largely of war and its glo ries. Masking in the smiles of Lxecutivo fuvur, re cipients of their thousands, how meet it is for them to brand the opponent of a war, engendered by ex ecu. live usurpation, as giving aid and comlort to tho enemy. Why do not these buskincd gentlemen prove by acts that which is ever upon their lips. K very day of their lives, is a living refutation of their professions. In every village of ilie land, the banner is unfurled large bounties aro offered how can you decline ao pressing an offer ! All operations arc at a stand the call is pressing tjnu can be welt spnrrdlhQ temples of God are not yet desecrated go and put the 41 Union " in your pocket a a carle.bhtnche for murder ru. pine and plunder. What, ho! for the Hulls of the Montezuma 1 Rend the following extract from a letter by a veteran officer in the service. How dim these far-off visions of glory, as reality discloses their naked presence. " We are dreadfully and most unfortunately crippled, at a moment when we want all our strength. Thus it was last summer, and ever will be when a foreign war is carried on depending in any degree upon short term volunteers, wIiohc term is sine to expire just when they are most needed. Gen. buolt appcul. ed to them to re-enter the service, but in vain. A volunteer for a second term would be looked upon as a wonder, and by his comrades as a fool. A year in camp rubs off all the extra patriotism that hot got them into the scrape. The Iruils of our victories uru in a good degree lost by not being able to push on ; the peuplo have recovered from their panic, and will not give up their cupiln without making another effort, and the lenst reverse to our arms will bring upon tis the whole nation, who, so long at victory declares in our in v or, prefer to remain miiet at home." TkI-KOHAPII SfSTKtl Dimci'I.TY OVKRCOMK. There is good reason to suppose that all cotitruverHy is now closed respecting the extension of the Telegraph from nsfar westward as Louisville. It i understood that Mr. Keiidntl, as the ngent of Profeusor Morse and other Pnlentees, hits concurred in the It tut Cfiiiiproiiiine made between Henry O'Kcilly, Kwq., and the Ohio Trustees, at Cincinnati. Although the whole line would have been constructed by Mr. O'llcilly, under bis contracts, even without compromise, it is plena-nuier ull around to have linnimuy in the progress of this magnificent enterprise From the progreat now niiide, and the arrangements for increased speed in con atruction, we doubt not that the MiHMippi will ho rcnchi-d at St. Louis before I he 1st of January. Hurrah, then, for the" Great West V Pitts. li'm. 1.1. In additiun to the above, it affords us great pleasure to state, as we nre enabled to do by private letters from the very best sources, Ih it fifty days is the limit-time f its construction to Cincinnati. Markets. In Philadelphia the Hour market is a good deal de pressed. Moles at the clno nt the 'Jlst ot 1 ,1JIHJ bbts. western at 7,00. Huyers contend for n further reduction. Hales kiln-dried corumeal at ifc'v'J per bbl. In New York, under the same date, sales are reported high, but prices mo.-n leady. Mixed brands 710 Michigan $i"n7,i',(i. (iciiesee ,7,'J.t. Iloslou advices are of the samu import, bales of Genessee cloned heavy at $H,00, June Ul. The Cincinnati Gaxelto of the -d, reports Hour nominally li tn at $.(00, Ohio sixes are stll on the advance. " Never was so much false aritnmelic employed on any subject as that which has been employed to purmiinle nations that it is their interest to go to war. Were the money whreh it tins cost lo join, nt the close of a long war, a little town, or a little terri tory, the ri'Mit to cut Wood here, or to cateh llnli there, extended ill improving what they already iien, in making roads, opening rivers, liiiildim; ports, improving the arts, and finding employment tor tln-ir idle poor, it would render iImmii much Ktrong'T, much wealthier, and much happier. This I hope will bu our wisdom." birch was the language of Jefferson such the sober conviction of one, styled by our earnest opponents, the " Apostle of Liberty.-' Would it not have been tho wiser policy lo rest content with our far-sweeping do- mains from the Atlantic to the Pacific; expending our resources in " making roads, opening rivers, building posts, improving the arts," Ac; or will the honor of1 seeing the elephant," counterbalance all this f Let the skeleton regiments, now wending their weary way homewards, answer. Let the hearth-s(om- made desolate let the accumulated millions of public debt let the amenities of life, ever outraged by the horrors of war, answer. It was the fervent aspiration of Jefferson, tint peuco should lie 11 our wisdom "not so the couin-ils of Mr. Polk. The coutiast is that only of Hjpciioii to a satyr ! Distort or Mi:xi o. Tti's is an opportune work, if well compiled, as apjicars to be the cue from the very cursory examination we have been enabled to give it. The early history of Mexico, civil wars, and colonial and revolutionary annats, are brielly sketched. Nearly bnlf of the volume is or ru pied with the Texan war, and our present content with Mexico an-tin) of the last brought down to the present time. Tile volume is well illustrated by diagrams and maps, and Will dou In I i'ms prove an attractive one at so inter-esliti? Ci'S-a as the present moment. The typographical execution of the work deserve special men'.ion. It would do credit to any press in the cournry. When it is remarked that the work is entirely western composition, printing, piper, Ac it must sa.-sfy the most fastidious we are decidedly progressive. An agent is in town, and will wail upon the cilaens with the work for their inspection. Mexico Late arrivals bring but scanty intelligence. Tho Capital is reported in utter confusion from the domestic broils of the different factions. Almonte is imprisoned, on suspicion of holding correspondence with the enemy. Gen. ticott has ordered Gen. Taylor to advanco on San Luis. Doubtful, without the former should re turn the loan of those " Regulars." As we understand it Gen. Taylor's movements are subject only to the order of tho War Department. 1 he Mexicnn Generals Sains nnd Valencia had left for Victoria, to watch the movements of Taylor. The result of the Presidential election is yet in suspense. No intimation of Santa Anna's movements waiting doubtless for the return of that "cork-leg." Col Doniphan had had a brush with the Caman ches killinv 17, nnd Bcattertnir them in every direc tion. The gallant Colonel bad readied Matamoras en route for the Ilrnzos. Gen. Scott wns still at Puebla. The only favorable sign for peace is the reported movement of the Bishop of Puehln, in acquirements and influence decidedly at the head of the Clergy. His intercourse with Gen. Worth, was very conciliatory and his opposition to Santa Anna and the war party, strong and decided. Tho intercourse between the citizens and soldiers is familiar and friendly. The Vomito is quite fatal at Tampico nnd Vera Cruz. Hlnte N toe lis lor Hanks. The Kuropenn correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer, under dale of 3d June, makes the following remarks on the use of Htate blocks as a basis for Hanking: ily the advices received on the .tint inwt , it apppenrs that the Legislature of New York had adjourned without admitting the United Stales Government securities to the privilege of serving ns a bais of bank circulation. Perhaps, without knowing it, the Legislature ban thrown a " wall of adamant ' around its own institutions. As long as the security of the funds of its merchants, us lung ns the income of the widows and orphans, as long ns Hie savings of the industrious poor, all hang on the solidity of the banks, and that solidity rests upon the joint endorsement of every New Yorker of the Htate and city, so long will tiie community al large lie deeply interested in upholding the integrity of their own Slate stock. Uul if New York mice admits the slocks ol the Federal government to an equality with its own, nn opening is made, nnd the stocks of Virginia and Massachusetts would soon follow then others not so good ; and finally your banks would rest on u Inundation Hot under the control of the Slate." DorTiitxti.. A correspondent of the XanesviDe Gazette, who wishes lo ullend a medical school next winter, inquires if "the Medical Department of the Willougliliy University, has become extinct since it removed 10 Columbus." I'he gentlemen of the Lancet will doubtless give timely notice. Voi.tsTr.Kits. Tue river papers contain sundry no tices of the return of the discharged volunteers, com prising the Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohic Regiments. Most of Ihem presented but a small remnant of those who enlisted with such high hopes. Nobly have they sustained their plighted honor, and nobly should liiey be welcomed home L.tKK Hi.tmiiok. At I tie close of May the snow still held its own. A leiti-r-wriler. under date of the 1th ult., Lagle Kiver, writes. We have had winter here iu nil its fury. Tiirhi- Jirr leel of snow have lulled at Ihis place during the past season Cl.i:vi t.AMl A Fill Pi I THI IHiH It MMtOlll. The Section between Wel."Ville and M liilkiu's mill, "JO nub's, js advertised for contract. A second will be ready for proposal by September. A kind henrti-d old lady in Newhurvport Mass. lately tent Victoria a box id' 1 pop'd corn,' and by the last steamer she acknowledges the corn. The old lady was mighty tickled at the "gracious condescension" of her majesty. This is worthy the attention of the soft-pnied sycophants, who announce their royal presents with such a llnurish nf trumpets through the press. If you have For the Ohio State Journal. Western Rivera and Steamboats. To a citizen interested iu tho advancement of the prosperity and greatness of the west, 1 presume the following sketch may not be without interest: it must certainly be a pleasing rM lection to every one, when thinking of the mighty strides and movements which huve bruught our western country to its present prosperous condition. Yet, great as it is, nnd lias increased since steamboats were first introduced on the western rivers, it is nothing, comparatively, to what it must at one day arrive. 1 lie re are at tins time trom to 1000 steam boats nn the Western Rivers. It5 years ago, the lirst bont left Pillsbtirgh and pnsHed down the Mississippi river, (and I think) entered a buyou for St. Johns, on Lake I'onchartrain. The boat grounded, and 1 believe went to wreck. The next boat I tint on tin; Western waters was iu 1HI4 the name 1 do not remember. The steamer " Kiitcrprtse " iu the year 1 HI .", left New Orleans and arrived at Louisville in todays 1T0U miles. Spec ula turn was rile as to the wonders ot steam boat Bneed und travel and it wns believed that the time would come when the liip could be inndo trom New Orleans to Pittsburgh in 'M days. Coffee about this time was bringing 41) and Tdt cents a pound, and an old man named Uiclmrd Deeriug, now at Louisville, made the prediction that it would one day be bought on the Ohio tr 20 cts. The " Enterprise " was built at Hridgepnrt, and wns the first boat that ever went to the mouth ot tho Mississippi. From the mouth she ascended the river to Pittsburgh, then discharged her freight, and continued on to llrownsville, to tlie great delight nnd as-InnMhinent of the ieople. This trip was performed in 54 days, including 'JO days for stoppages, getting food and freights. Whole distance li.lttl miles. The steamer " Klnn," mride in lNi what was then called a quick trip to New Orleai.a Iroin Louisville in l.ri day, (now tliemiuiervm be uiude in 4 ) In this same year, money wis subscribed by a company in New Orleans, lo build a boat to ply between that city and ew 1 orK llie enterprise was never carried out. In the year flHi the first boat commenced running between New Orleans nnd St. Louis. 'J lie first Inri'e boat wns built Ibis year in Louisville. 7(10 tons burden, and engine costing ,0,II00. The number of boats entrnged nt this lime in trade witli New Orleans was just with tonnage 'MiV-l, and about this time tho lirst mails were carried by steamboats on the western rivers. Tho "Maid of Orlenns" was built at this period, iu the city of Philadelphia, to run between that citv und Mi'hilc. This undertaking also failed. Col. John-sou, of Kentucky 11 1 ho in tins year built tue Johnson, winch lie dcHtLTurti i run as n regular packet on tho Missouri, but never carried out the undertaking; the bout was built but not put on the Missouri ; it was not until May, MM, that the lirst boat nseended the Missouri to Franklin, and the trip was thought an expeditious one, itliO index in 14 davs. The "Orleans" w.is snagged between New Orleans mid Natchez, in Mrt 110 lives lost. Fare throiiL'h this period (from l"l'Jto lr!l) was extravagantly Iml'Ii. Competition from the rent numhtr of boats, made it necessary to establish some regular price, and a convention of steamboat men was held I think in New Orleans, early in IrlH, and established tho fullowing prices as the fare to be " hr rruf'lr r " charged. From Louisville duirn lo New Orlenni jiT.V, up to Louisville from New Orleans l'S. Children from HI In I'J ha'f price under Jhat age quarter price. Servnnts half price. Way p;isseiigers I.J cts. per mile. 1'p to the tune of this convention 4it hunts had been built 7 hud been destroyed by wear, lire, sung and founder, and '4?i were on their way to completion. In the year l'.tt, the Robert Fulton wns built ot Now York, to run ns n pneki-t lietweeu that city, via Havaniia lo New Orlcuus but faded and did nothing. Mr Lekford was the proprietor. In May nf this year, '.'it boats were chronicled ns then lying at the (wirt of New Orlenns. In the nuoiber of bunts then in trade, on the western rivers wns W t'J increase since Mill. Several quite large boats now Wi re running; Hie "I'liited Stales" was the largest (i'tll tons burden. The peed of vessels was by this time very miK-h iiiereiined. The " Car of Commerce " made the Irip in this year from New Orleans to Sliawneetown IU" miles 111 III days. Koast beet I mm Kentucky und many other g I things were eaten nt a general jollification on tin- boat al her arrival in honor of the extraordinary lent, nnd llchrrt Fulton, the fnl her of slcnin boots. The slenmer Thomas Jefferson, was the lirst boat that embarked at Port Gibson it wns iu J .""! ; and Hie lirst that sent its hideous serean.s to Hie ears of the wild nations of Arkansas, wns the "Comet" in Ifjll. Snugs Were first taken from llie river iu the year The Steamer Cnlhoiin " wns the first to ascend the Mississippi to St. Antlmnv falls. Kavknskia first welcomed the " Franklin " in the yi nr riA H ilars from New Orleans. In 1".W, fare was any tiling to send, in the name of suffering humanity, very much "reduced ; between Cincinnati and New let it go tu her laiuisheil subjects ! Nt.w Voi.t.iTt'.Kii Ukuimkst. The election for field officers of the new regiment at Camp Ohio, Cinciiina. ti, reunited as follows : Cnpt. C. II. Hrough, of the Rough and Heady Ca dets, Colonel ; Cnpl. Werner, nf the Dayton I ompa-uy, Lieut. Colonel ; and Cnpl. Young, of the Hamilton Company, Major. Hauvkst. The Virginia piM-rs sl'eady give llie most favorable impressions of the in-coming harvest. The yield is slated as above the general average tbe grain never better. V. H. GAgr.rTK. Chandler, of "venerable memory," retires from the Gazette, full of honors, and what is quite as important in a worldly atpcct.fult of dimes. The paper has been purchased by the enterprising pro prietors of the North American, which lias already won a marked reputation as one of the most sterling whig journals in the country. Tho consideration was !tl.'.,nui. OisriATi ami Hamilton IUii iioao. Wo learn from the Gazelle that the prospects of this Company are very encouraging. Of the amount necessary tu grade the ro.id two-thirds were immediately subscrib ed. Gov. Hi bb was in the city, and canvassing it for further aid, with assurances of entire success. There was a beautiful sight off the harbor yesterday morning. A licet of some til ly sail vessels, wilb canvas lull spread, "stood out to sen," nil Invmg departed within a short lime for the west, with here nnd Ihere a steamboat and propeller to complete the f'i&-triiu. llujl'iito I'tmrirr. This will be an instructive paragraph for the members of the Chicago Convention, and should be stereotyped in the "Union." These fresh ponds aro something of an it-m ! SiifKv Aritoni. The Ut number of I ho Whig" Standard, of Shelby county, brings ns tlie valedictory t,.ck .nd .,.,. ill l,i.offi,,l r,,.o,t .hnilBd,.-,! ;f I"- "1"'". l:J'J". "'' ""' I""""'1 "C was tv the boundary, as follows : ' Prrsidrn' I'tdh had no constitutional rA( la slop abort of lb" llravo; and in truth, the province of Texas extended to that r'ver by territorial configuration, which nature itself has rendered the limitary demar-1 cation of Hi at region." I Such reader, may you do and bo sate. No turn less sudden will answer the purpose much less buy a mission lo France. Swallow your words no matter how often! Gulp the in down, or you will soon find yourself a traitor. In conclusion, allow us to warn all ministers of the gospel to beware bow they preach sgninst tho mise-ries and vices of war all sober men and gmid cili-aens how they express any opinions ; all philosophers and pocls who havo been talking of " the spirit of thr rts" lo cense their dnngernus speculations and rhap-sod tcs : all fn titers and mothers, the bones of whose sons are whitening on the arid and pestilential soil of the tropics, to cease their lamentations : all women and children whose protectors have fallen under the stroke cf foul contagious, or more fortunate, have been man-tried and irlormuslv lorn to nieces in battle, to nut s.way their sorrow and wreath their lares in smiles as tbrv may. Hnl the KING is gone to WAR and the KING can do no wrung-. lie ware ot treason: Mr. Hmding In one of his first pnrngrnphs Mr. H. gives out tho following remarkable ann mncemenl : " We have sent to Cincinnati for a nrw Are, bill it has not yet reached us." A wonderful rily, this commercial Lmjmrtuui nf ours ! iSew heads made in order : e n 111 100s. ior the next number of tbe "Aurora" with anxiety. Ohio has KJ Counties I'.'TSt townships and 'X.Yi villages, towns and cities. Hnmillon county land is valued fJlljW it being Hie highest in the Stale. nn-wert county is valued at if'V the lowest in the State and the avernge value of land is er acre, t llAi.Tinnr. I'iti nt'tiH via. M -Cos an ls. vii i.k. The city council of II illiuiore have author-i:ed their directors in the llsltiinore and Ohm ILnlroad Company to subscribe NM),lMIU lo the MrConnells. ville lUilrond, on condition that pnvnlc subscriptions in the city amount to $4Uil,uu0, nnd the west will) llie city nf Pittsburgh rsises UllllU. The conditions nre rather imperious. Various other routes are noticed In our exchange papers with rmpurics as to Columbus! O.hk or Tiiy Tku urns.' Thero wns a meeting of the I'olk b hoys m I'erry county, a few d ivs ajo, winch was addressed by a chap named J. H. O Netll. He was the principal speaker on the occasion, nnd nfler stating that the Wlmrs said " all who went to Mexico lo light for our glorious liberties weru murderers," he proceeded : " Do you believe, fellow citixens, tint Col. Morgan was a murderer? No! He died in He- delence of I our bleed mi? nnd siitVerim' coiintrr hit tdtmd tin ndid tike inrrnsr to htaren f his home is in tht $hmmf sun and there be stands ptnutntj at thr hitr of t,nt for the rescue from the grasp of Democratic tones of our glorious country our liberties which have been trampled under foot by a foreign and inradtug foe!" Greal cheering by tliu " Imlt-t mints.") Statesman please copy ! For the Ohio Ptite Journal. Mn. L'mron t Let me suggest to you and your tunny reader. Hie propriety of visiting Mr. Hart's White Sulphur Foiioinin, in Hi" county of Delaware. II there is a want nf hut Ilk, tho two noble springs (Sulphur ami Chalybeate) present a most powerful atlrsc- ' tnm, inasmuch as tint one or other of these waters 1 will prove more or less ellicicious in muxt disenses. 1 lie two I'lHHhinro, are in some tvises, invaluable. II rrcrration and jdnmure are the nhjerls, they may also be hail there. The building are very large Willi spneinm verandahs, and nre situated upon a beautiful ininence, overlooking the rcioto. 1 be chamlicrs are delight Iu I the fare line Tlie neighboring roads pleasant lor excursions, 1 he ball room spanous nnd to thorn who enjoy the sport of fishing, the Scioto presents fpine an attraction. Tie writer of this communication knows from personal experience the value of these waters, and takes plensiire in saying that Mr. Hart's establishment is such an one ultogellier, ns Ditto should lie proud of and such as should lm generally patronised by her ciuiens ami outers, a way men, from unit care, nusi- nest nnd duslv streets. Go tin re, all who can, nnd spend a few delightful weeks. " llAiiuixaox I For the Ohio State Journal. lolk's Wur I'opiilnrtty. Old Mrs. Grundy's" L nioii, the " Statesman," and "a few more of the same sort," are pretending lo gin-rify Mr. Folk for his very great popularity. Yen, in-masid and inrttniung popularity on account of the Mexican war. Now these papers possess one of two things, certain. They nre either profoundly stupid and ignorant, or are mol savage 011 the truth. Mutilating and distorting it knowingly or ignoranlly. II the editor of the Statesman llunitho is sincere in Ins declarations, I will wth pleasure introduce him to an old geutlemnu now in tins city from 1'iekaway rouuty, who J rather suspect nf In vi ii:' onee been a rank, hurrah l'olkite, but now lias joined the tdk popular intst, in denouncing this nd- ministration hi (lie nint sguiiicnnt l rm, and " the Colimel " can learn from tins homt old man Hint a volunteer arrived in Cirelevtlle a few days ago, from ie nrmv,nnd desired to know of its landlord how Mr. oik and Ins administration were getting mi 111 this country f 1 lie innitioni, witn true i.oeo inmmct, informed liim that he wa. ernwbng up tincly, nnd was growing very popular. The soldier told him he thought he ought to rnitri dd for lie had lost every thing Hint went to Hie arm v, and himself among the rest, Another I'ickawav laruier slnn k in and gave the disin terested Imidlord to know that hi and some dureu " Dnuiornt ' 'neighbors bad onee Voted for Folk, but they would now alone tor il, it they bad a chance, by giving him a coat ol tar nnd fenihers, and n wood- u h rsc tor a slion journey. j,ct llie l oloiiei lake Ins cane nnd knapsack and go about the country, and hi? will hml III it m every corner o this I 111011 in si mirh declarations Hill be made by jintt such men, and indeed they nre not about Mr. Folk exclusively eilher; they extend lo the fullness of Loeofocoistii. And ns the Wings nre benevolent souls generally, I guarantee Hint they in Hie goodness nf their hearts Hill Welcome Mr. Flh and Ihs party to such mcrensnig popularity ; desiring Hint il may tend to render him " aid nnd comfort " Hi Hie hour nnd tiny of reckoning, ami Hint it may facilitate his passage to join Ins boon companion, S inta Autin, nt the bull fig'its ami rock pits of Cuba, where they ran dole out "if transit glorta niwiidi" tu their hearts content. G. Nr.w Corf Tl'HvciT A pnrkaec of jji iOO, nil fives, on the Lnt'nvelle Hi ok of Cincinnati, was shown us Hub morning, " good bills nnd true," "most perfect specimens of the nrt," only the signatures Were put on by pruru. They had esenped detection at the Mullahi Innks, and came lie-re for exehnnge, Good joke. Ttiey were d T'cted here by observing a want of the Anir fine, Ihey being wholly jrmie or (put hubs-tiuei. n Hie genuine bill there are two hair lines im d'T the engraver's name, and but one iu the counterfeit. The p iicr, too, is a shade 1' iliter and a little more glossy thin the genuine bill. Imlund I'iaindrattr. The Washington t'nioti enn discover " no evidence of txtraordiuaiy sagacity 111 Sanin Anna." Nor enn we. To in sure he on I willed Mr. Folk but that's 1 nothing l.ums. Juur, Orlenns, up the river 'i. dyirn &'lt. hi f-:it steamers were running, and some ril more construct-ing; since then they have increased near three hundred per cent, nnd if husine with this ratio continues to increase, whal will our mighty west be m another century. t Item by tho Cumbriii. Fortiigal is still revolutionary. The Junta nt Oporto decline the otter nf the ilntish ncgolialion, but Great llntain, having been invited to inal.e peace, will en force it nt the cannon's mouth. Sir Charles Napier will command the expedition a must Spun. Kwilzerlamt has adopted a new nnd in nre radical constitution by a vote ofTiNfi to III -7. Tlie result was tue suiijeet ol much popular toy. I no open war lietweeu the King ami (Jueen ot Sp un we have In-fore noticed, and the I'ope, it is ecru, is called upon to annul the solemn bonds ul alliance between the ill-mated pair. I he emigration from Germany continues on a gi gantic scale, and the Government is ularuied at the loss of its subjects. I ostage hv the r reneb steamers will be one franc. bes des the inland postage of ID centime. Journals, periodicals, unbound books, pamphlets, catalogues, printed mimic, Ac, will be ten centimes tier journal or sheet, besides the territorial postage. I. ul little diminution o suitering in Ireland, nnd Hie i lfects nf famine are indeed seen elsewhere than in this uiifortunnte country. In Knglaud there is much I tvplius fever and it is raiher tliem the increase than decline. The pestilence iB doing its worsl in Ireland and the 1'olato blrjrlit has ngiiu nimcnrcd. 'File mortality from Cork from famine nnd fever appears to be tremendous. There were ii?7 free interments in the Matthew Ceinetry in one week in one day HI ! In the work house there were I'll dealhs. From Upper and Central F.giMit, one of llie great granaries id' the world, we learn tint there was n mag-inliceiit harvest nf Grain, winch took place nt lue eloe of Apnl. F.gypt will ex peit four million heclo. hires of com by tln end of July. 'Flie prospects of Urge irraiu crops, nt the ensuing birvest 111 the south ol German)1, nnd on the shores of the Mediterranean, also appear exreedmelv eiieoit. raging, mm trom the following ptu(iT.ip!i it would seem that abundance from last year s crops rcmniu on hand. a iciior says: " Account from Gihrnlfer slnletbat (hiring the 17ih, Hth, '..Mth and V'Jd ult , uiiwnrdsot!iOor!itill Vessels, which had been wind-bound for some time, had succeeded in parsing the Gut. The ma jority were laden with grain Ac. Alter passing Hie slrnils Ihey pmree. ded westward. Il is IwlieVcd lliat the great majority were bound for Great llntain and In land." Tho Next Mection. Tim Fall election is diawing mi apace, nnd we hope Hint the Second Tuesday may not, n often heretofore, find the bigs of Ohm slumbering in funded security of success, indnTi-reilt to the result, or unmindful of the vnst iiiiporluuee nf continuing Whig p-diey in the councils and governmental ntl'ursof the Slate. U hen Hie sky is bright nnd the sun shines hriehily, fle are prone to forget that Hie one is sometimes lowering ami gloomy, and the brilliancy n the oilier oMcn objured hv clouds, so when the M'opc nre prosperous, and Hie nll'iirs of Hie Slate unrnlmrriiH-ed, we ollen lose Hie reineinheranee of pnt ditiniliies, nnd criminally Heeler! to guard nguiiisl tlu ir future recurn nce. We have now u sstem of govermeiilal policy, excelled by lliat of no Stale in the Union m point of isdmu and adaptation to all the wants of the people. Wo have a currency nn Hie soundness and safetv id' which nil confidently rely a system of taxnlnm winch nll'o-ds ample revenue to the Slile, nnd promises iho speedy eximgundimcut of a vast debt contracted by Loeoloco improvidence nnd rascality. In these we have the fruits of lug triumphs nnd Wing legislation in these we have the luthlluicut n( piomises hereiofort mmlc by llie Whig paitv, and an cur-nest of their faithfulness ;t) the future. In striking contrast is nil this With LoeolVn promises nnd Loeoloco policy, the former of which are never made but to deceive, nnd the latter, when adopted, is productive of naught hut mischief. Wo have been taught a bitter lesson by the experience of Hie past ; let Us show to the world Hint we have profiled by its teachings. Then may we expect our Stale lo progress rapidly in lis career of greatness nnd Ms people to enjoy Hint proj-portty Hindi is always coincident with llie sue-seess of llie Whig party. ,ogn (mutte. From the National Intelligencer, liitcriml Iinnrnveinnnt. The government paper is out in lull force against tue iiiicago Uonveulion to concert measures lor Hie security and improvement of tho navigation of the great Western Lakes and Rivers. This course if it have no other merits, may certainly claim that of consistency both for the Administration and ils Editor. The author and the applauder of the successive Vetoes on appropriations fur affording to Western Navigation the same degree of protection which the General Government has, most wisely, always extended to Fastern, might be expected to be opposed to any concentration of popular sentiment intended to instruct them in their duly tu the people in this particular. And yet it is passing strange that an Administration which can derive from the Constitution of the United Stales power to the President to establish governments in foreign territories, and to naturalize entire populations beyond the hunts of the United States to the extent of bunging them for treason; which can seu nothing in tlflt instrument to prevent the President from levying taxes at his own will and pleasure on our own and other citizens in a foreign land, or from expending the proceeds of such taxes at his own arbitrary discretion il is strange tint such nn Administration should consider uny uttempt by Congress, in its exercise of its plainest authority, for purposes beneficial to our own country and citizens, us tending lo " a dangerous perversion of the powers grunted by the Federal Constitution!" If any filing of party bigotry and blindness, to say nothing ot the gross presumption, enn exceed this claim uf prerogative lo Hie Executive, and denial of vested right to tlie Legislature, we have yet to live to see it which surely we should not do, were we to livo to the age of Methu-snh h. Hut our object just now is to place the fact before our reuders and not to raise an argument upon it. Tlie time for that will come. " Wo deem the projected Convention says the Union) inexpedient and unwise. It is peculiarly ill-timed. It is at war with the wisest opinions and the best precedents in our policy. It tends to a dangerous perversion of the powers granted by tbe Federal Constitution; nnd it is urged upon us from one quarter nt least, and by one class of advocates, which should make it nn object of suspicion and distrust lo the Democracy of llie country." It so happened that, immediately after rending this passage in the " Union," we met with a paper con-tuiimig a speech delivered by Senator Hi vru very recently nt Jefferson, (Mo.) in which we find the con stitutional scruples of those who oppose on that ground the improvement of Hut Western Waters liiMtcd iu a manner which can hardly fail to amuse even those of our renders who do not altogether like it, among whom we presume may be numbered tho friends of the distinguished Senator from South Car olina, whom Hie Colonel seems not to be disposed to spare 011 any occasion. Tbe use, however, of the phrase so peculiarly nnprnunalcd lor ninny yearn by the venerable Kditor of the " Union," in the following extract from the Hon. Missoiirinn s speech, seems to show that he had the Government Kditor and his friend the President at the same time also iu his ey K vriiAcT inoM Mu. Huston's Stkixii. " Col. If. Maid he had long been an advocate for the improvement id' our great Western rivers. About twenty years ago, and when fresher from the classics and from hi Unman rending than at present, he had characterized tlie Mississippi in the Semite as the Ko mans did their Mediterranean Sea. Mure nostrum was tlie term be applied lo it, in allusion to the sea which divided the earth iu the middle, nnd saw one flag wave over it nil. The Mississippi, like that sen, dtvtded our land in the middle, und, with the help of steam nnd its tributaries, afforded ns much navigation as the Mediterranean, and collected nil ils waters and rolled all its Hoods under ill' single U ig of Hie American Union. He called it Oi h Si:a, but without the slightest Hiispicioii that he was making it into a sea or altering a clause of the Constitution of the United Slates. " A short Mine ngn a Convention he believed it was called a Kiver Convention assembled at Memphis. It made the discovery that mure monim wns not a mere figure of speech, but a reality ; that what were formerly only rivers h id expanded into sens inland Hens ; nnd that the Coimtitutiou accommodating instrument! like the miraculous tent iu Hie Arabian Night", so compressible that it might be S(iieeed into the gin ip id' one shut hand, nnd so expansible that it could spread over the whole encampment of an Oriental army, had expnuded also to cover the length and breadth of the new sea, and that now these improvements were per fee Ily constitutional iu the same river, under the name of " inland sea,' which were perfectly unconstitutional under its on 11 name, or under the classic embellishment of mure nos truoi, or the equally classic and still more appropriate title nt Hie same lime bestowed upon it of Hi x Fl.u-vim King of Htvcrs. Tlie constitutional dillietilty was solved ; but there was n practical dttliculty. There were many rivers in the United States, and of many sixes, and all could not be seas. "The pinch was to assort them, and the genius of the I. (invention was emial to tlie dilhciilty ot Hie task A rule was given a general rule nothing like gen eralization. It was laid down nnd accepted, Ihnl, where a river washed three States or more, il became 1 a sen an inland sen ami entitled to the benefits of the Constitution; and where not, not. This was the rule; and now for the application. Applied to the htile States in New Knglaud, and a river nf three hundred miles long became a sea, und received a constitutional improvement ; applied to the (J rent West, nnd a river three thousand in 1 lis long (the Missouri) remained only a river. It was no sea, by llie rub1, for it had but one Stale upon it ; und, consequently, could have no constitutional improvement. "This was an awkward exempltcalion of the rule; but it was not a case of despair, and no hope or consolation. There was light abend, nnd nous ferrous. Other States might grow up on the Missouri, in fuel another Ins nlreadv come, (lows,) and in time there may lie a third. Then this great river, which comes from tlie setting sun, nnd washes the base uf this cap-itol, and goes on towards the rising sun, may complete its growth and become a sea nn inland sen nnd be entitled to constitutional improvement. Col. ti. snid that the idea of the growth of a river wns not new, mid not origimal to the Memphis Convention only borrowed for the ocensinn by Hint illustrious body. It was nn old idea, and otten shadowed lorth in Hie ex- nnatioii of the astonished traveller nt finding a Inrge river, like the Mississippi or the Missouri, in a new country ; This is a large river for a new country ! " In this exclamation was the seminal conception ol the idea ot tlie growth of rivers, so felicitously developed in the proceedings of Hie Memnhis Convention ! Oil. metaphysics ! poltticnl metaphysics! thy name shull hencelorth be Memphis Convention." Tho Mar with Mexico. We are as forward to bring to view auy alleviating circumstances iu reference to the War, ns we are those which aggravate i'i character. A correspondent nf I he Journal of Commerce stales, that Itejon, one of the most eminent of th Mexican statesmen, told acili-t-n of the United Stales that his country would never bo regenerated without a long war with ours such a war being necessary to break down the milita ry despolism which lias so long crushed the liberties mid llie spirits nt the Mexicnn people. The govern uient, he said, miMt be connuered before the people could atlam their rights. Tho correspondent continues : " ll is in this nspert of the case that our war willi Mexico is 110 les odious in our estimation than a war for revenge or for plunder, or eveu for the punishment of unjust nggression. It becomes us to prosecute tlm war in such 0 manner that il will relieve the Mexican people of their burdens instead of adding to them. It was n mistake tin some who are best ncipiain-ted Wild the Mexican people tell me to send Jesuils among them tor the purpose of conciliating the rler- latter before we enn punish the former. Further, the project involves an attempt to seduce the people from their allegiance ; in a word, the adoption of that maxim, long since exploded frum tho Christian code, " Lotus doevil, that good may come." Chris. Mir. UndMunr BKTivr.Ks Vmuiai and O1110.-Governor llebb bus appointed Hun. Thomas Ewing, Alfred Kelley, and John lirough, Ksijrs, Commissioners on the port uf the Stale of Ohio, to meet the three Com. uiissionera of the State of Virginia to adjust tlie questions of boundary and jurisdiction, arising out of the contest whether the jurisdiction of Virginia extends to the middle of the Ohio river or to low wnter mark on the northern shore. It is expected they will meet in theCity of Washington, some time in the month of January next. We trust the result of their consultations will prove entirely satisfactory lo both great States. Cincinnati Atlas. Latehfuom Mauu.anii. The Gubernatorial Con-venlion, held on llie ljth inst. hud the following pro ceedings. J lie following resolution offered by Mr. Buchnnnn, of Washington county, wns adopted unanimously nnd with loud ucclumnlion. This we believe is the first Stale nomination of old Rough nnd Rendy. Itesolrrd. 1 tint the high intellectual capacity, Ilia noble and generous qualities of the heart, the cool bravery, extraordinary prudence, nnd strong practical good sense which have uniformly distinguished Major urncriu .arhanj Imjlor, as a citizen und a soldier, "give the world assurrance of a man" in whom tlie highest trust under the Constitution may be reposed with entire confidence. A Rot cAiiniF.D ovr.n Niaoaua Falls. A melancholy sccidftit occurred nt Niagara Falls on Sunday A line Ind ot tbe name ot John Murphy, aged last. about LI yenrs. in tho employ of Judge Porter, crossing to Chippewa in a canoe, was drawn into tho rapids on the Canada side, and iu Hie 41 Great Horse Shoe Fall." The broken fragments of the frnil bark were all that were found of the little mnriuer. A widowed mother and three children mourn the loss of a sou and brother. lloch. ,'hn SmciiiK. A man by tho mine of Akermnn com. milted suicide in this city on Monday evening, by inking arsenic. having procured under the pretence of killing rats, sufficient to put uu end to the lives of a dozen men. lie died in six or eight hours after Inking it. Cause supposed to lie intemperance, and its consequent domestic broils. Slntrtmon. Mu. Mutcv. For what warlike exploit wns Mr. Marcy nppointed Secrelury War! .ilhatiy Journal Some think that it was for his unprecedented charge upon the Stotc of .Vcw York. htu'mrille Jourmil. Or rather for his extraordinary skill in repairing the damages iu brcechrs.Cin. Chronicle. The N. York morning papers are now enabled to publish, by the assistance of tlie telegraph, daily commercial reports from four different eihes to die evening previous us also n fifth report from New Orleans, one day in advance of the mail. The whole comprising a circuit of one thousand miles. A Sktti. r.n The Richmond Knquirer boldly charges the Whigs with misrepresentations touching certain movements iu Mexico, nnd declares Hint a ceriain proclamation, issued by (ten Taylor iu June, 114(1, is expressive of that commander's opinion ns lo the cuuso of Hie wur. The National Inlelligencer grnvely in troduces the folio .vitig order, winch shows the origin of the proclamation: Letter of the. Sirrrtarif of War to dm. Taylor. War Dhaiitmist, June 4, I Mb. Pin : I send herewith a number of copies of n proclamation in the Spanish language, addressed to the people of Mexico, which you are requested to sign, and cause to bo circulated in tbe manner, and to tliu extent you may deem proper. You will use your utmost endeavors to have Hie pledges nnd promises therein contained carried out to llie fullest exlenl. There nre niso sent some copies nf the ploclamuliou iu Hie F.iiglisn language. Very respectfully, your nbd't serv't, W. L. M wiry, Secretary of War. Brevet Major General . Tnvlor, Commanding Army of Occupation, Texas. Nr.w Tost Oi ricr. Law. In the publication which wns made on the 1 tit Ii inst. at the request of the P. M. General, nn unfortunate typngrnpliical error occurred, which entirely changes the meaning of one important provision in the law. As we published the article, Iho sentence rends: " And it shall not he lawful for any contractor, or mail carrier, to transport newspapers out of the mail for sale or distribution to subscribers." Tho sentence should rend ".( if shall be luirfitl fur any contracture or mail earrirr to transport nrwsfuiprrs out of the mail for sale or dtS' tributionto suhsrnbrrg" I nion of 17A. Jcst So Five of Hit! sweetest words in the Kng1 lish language begin with H, which is only n breiith : Heart, Hope, Home, Happiness nnd Heaven. Heart is a hope-place, and home is a heart place ; and that man sadly mistaken, who would exchange tbe happiness of home for anything less than heaven. TitfcMoRUo. Tkvpi.c This celebrated edifice has been sold to a committee of the Catholic church for $7.lilD. This community have also purchased other projierty nt Nauvoo. The building is lo be appropriated to educational purposes, connected Willi the church into whose hands it has passed. The contract requires only the sanction of the llishop, to complete it. The last of the Mormons in Nauvoo, consisting of thirty or forty families under charge of Daniki. II. Wki.i.s, have left Nauvoo, to join Hie California expedition. t a niiiTT & Co., still remains nt Nauvoo, to close up the affairs of the Mormons. These farts are stutcd in tliu Waruaw Signal. W. Louis Hepublico n. We learn from Hie Scriptures, tbnt King Nebueli-adut'XZir, in bis war ngninst the Jews, robbed their churches, and carried off their gold and silver to Rnb-yloii. As a punishment for that and other sins, be was driven out by llrnvn from mi long men nnd compelled to " eat grass Idto an ox." When will Mr. Polk be turned out to grass iLiuis. Jour. Time to pass it The facetious Dr H., of W , having inadvertantly preached one of his sermons for the third time, one of Ins Parishioners having noticed it, said to him niter service, ' Doctor, the sermon you preached us this m orniug, having bad three several readings, 1 move that it now be pasted.' " Mary. I nm glad your heel has got well." Why ?" said Mary, opening wide her large blue eyes with nsioiiishmeut. "Oh, nothiiij;, says Mag, "only I see it's able to be out .'" Umu'Lv I.oroMorivn The editor of the Georgia Luminary has been informed by a gentleman acquainted with the circumstance, that a new and splendid locomotive, named Gen. Taylor, tried on a railroad in Georgia, would not back ! One of the London Journals lately used this remnrk-nble expression when shaking ol the I nilcd States: " It is a country we cannot understand ; it fights one country and feeds another." LlHI.IUI. DoVATlON. TlIK oN. HtKMr.H I):Y, of Pittsburgh, has presented to the City, eleven nm-s of Laud, valued at $1 1,11110 ns a loenlo'm for a Hospital. Such liberality is worthy of all commendation AiuuirssTo tiik Wmt.s or Ohio We need not call attention to the address of the big Slate Central gy or llie people I lie Jesuits artMidiouslo the.Mex-U.l(mm...,. whi(.i. ,, . . Sil,t, JimMlJ1i ..o-, ,0,. uo- uroer lias iH-en suppressed III HietrcoUll-. ,. M . -.,!, -ki,, ,l..eo " t ti ,,, lf,,lilLtt proper mode of c.oncd.al.on Will be to ail- v I,relhin,f n truU- .,nirmtte.i.ml. Alll.oinrh the gentlemen, whose names nre subscribed to the address, put il forth nn nn expression of their nwn indi vidual opinions, or winch Ihey nlone nre respe.iip.iii try. Tin thorte our Generals to send tor the civil authorities of each town or Stale they enter, and oiler them V nnd protection for the persons nnd properly of Fiatr IIask or Ohio A branch nf this institu-lion, ended the " Richland County lirnue," is n bout to be established nt this place, ami will probably be 111 oMrntion by the Insl of August. The requisite amount of capital has been subscribed by a sutistmitial company of capitalists, principally of this town, nnd wi'h the exception uf one nr two individuals, all of tins county. Our personal acquaintance with a targe majority of the stockholders, enables us to say, without hesitation, that no similar institution in (he State is founded mi a tinner Ikims than is the " Hiciibind County Hriiich of the Stale Hank of Ohio " The extensive bunuess operations nf our community render tin" branch iteeessnrv, ami we believe nil ku'ids of bti'iuess will be greatly I'neilil Hod by its rhtablishulelit. Jtjfirfoninn. their cihens, nnd the free exercise nf nil Iheir nghls, on condition that they will not act ugauisl the Fuili d Stales in any measure, nnd that lin y declare themselves indeH'inleiit of the central nubt iry government, whether it he under Paretics or any body elie. 'I he people will, everywhere, gludiy avail themselves of nn opportunity to bu rtd uf the army and lis oppressions.We must do another thing, nnd do it immediately, take nil the .Mexican ports ami give to Mexico, through 1 lirm what she has neyer enjoyed, a frrr tntdt. Give them our collnii goods Without tiny duty. They Will be excellent eiHlouiers, pi ing iu bullion, hides, and wool, iVc, A trnde might commence imiiieibate- ly under the protection of our fleet mid nrimes, that would be vastly beneficial to the people of both coun tries. When Hie exorbitant duly shall be taken olf of quicksilver, mining operations will become more pro fitable ; lankee skill will soon bu applied to Hie pro duction of the precious tucMls. I'he conmlete political, inoial, nnd industrial regen eration nf Mexico may be nccomphsdi d in Hie course ol a war ot some three or four years Proceeding in this manner, we shall insure success not only to our nrms, but to our institutions ; nnd we shull'be enabled to see whether there is any intrinsic virluu in those institutions (hat w.ll redeem Hum id' other races than our own from political bondage, and eb-vnte them m the scale ol untinu morality. We will see what free trnde and fVeeibmi in the pursuit of nil employ men ts will do lor lliciu. We will see whel Iter cheerful nnd hnppy counti minces cnniiol be sulmti tilled for that uniform nnd seitled lisped of despair winch is worn by Hie whole Mexican people." Home part, nt lenst, nf this probable; and yet It may bo a iiinuiruver to silence complaints. It niiht, at least, be well for us to show acoiutmssiou from tin Siipteme Governor of the untmiis for conducting this work of ehiKlisi ment. Another inlclicilv of the pro leet is, that we cann ot get at the government but throujli Hie people. We must kill oil' muny of tho John GiiMpnrd Lavntcr. A.VIl TIIK POOR WlimW. It was a practice with Lavater, to read every morning several chapters of the Dibit, arid select from them one particular passage for frequent and specinl mediation during the day. One morning, after reading the fifth nnd sixth chapters ot the Gospel of St. Malhew, he exclaimed. What a treasure of morality ! how difficult 10 make a choice of nny particular portion of it !" After a few moments consideration, he threw himself upon his knees, and pruyed for divine guidance. W lien he joined his wife nt dinner, she asked hirn what passage of scripture he had chosen fur tho day. "Give In him that nskelh of thee j and from him that would burrow of thee turn not thou awuy," was the reply. "And how is this lo be understood?" said his wife. " Give to him that asketh thee, and from Inm that would borrow of thee turn not thou away are tho words of him to whom alt and every thing belongs that I possess," rejoined Lavater. " I am the steward not the proprietor. Tim proprietor desires mo to give to him who asks of me, and not to refuse him that would borrow of me; or, in other words, if I had two cunts, I must give one to him thai has none, and if I had food, 1 niust share with Inm who is anhungrcd and in want; tins I must do without being asked; how much more then when asked ?" This, continued Lavater, in his diary, appeared to be so evidently and inconlrovertibly the in enn ing of the verses in question, that I spoke with more I linn usual warmth ; my wife made no further reply than that she would take these things lo heart. I hud scarcely left the dining room a few minutes, when an nged widow desired (lo speak with me, and she was shown inlo my study. " Forgive me, dear sir," she snid "excuse the" liberty 1 uiu about to take, 1 am really aidiaiucd, but toy rent is due to-morrow, und 1 am short six dollars. I have been confined to my bed with sickness, and my poor child is nearly starving; every penny that I could save, I hnve laid by to meet Ihis demand, but six dollars arc yet wanting, and to-morrow is term day.-' Here she opened a parcel, which she held in her hand, and said. "This is a book with a silver clasp, which my lute husband gave me tlie day we were married ; it is ail I can spare of the few articles 1 possess, and sore it is to part with it. 1 am aware it is notcnuugh, nor do I see how I could ever repay hut, dear sir, if you can, do assist me." " I am very sorry my good woman, that I cannot help you," I said, nnd pulling my bund into my pocket, I accidentally felt my purse, which contained about iwu dollars ; lliese suitl ) to 111) sell, cannot exlncnte her from her difficulty ; she requires six ; besides, even if they could, 1 have need of this money for soiiio thor purpose turning to the widow I said, " Have you no friend no relative, who could give you this No, not a soul ! 1 am ashamed to ro from house to house, I would rather work dny and night; my ex- use ior ueing nere, is, mat people sneak so much ot your goodness; if, however, you cannot assist me, you at least will lorgivo my intrusion, and God. who has never yet forsaken me, will not surely turn away from me in my sixty-sixth venr At this moment the door of my npartinent opened, and my wifecuter- u. 1 was ashamed : and vexed ; gladly would 1 huve ent her away, fur conscience whinnered. "Give to Inm that nskelh of thee ; and from hriii that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. She came up to me, nnd said, with much sweetness " I li e is a good old woman ; she has certainly been ill of lute ; nssist her if you enn." Shame and compassion struggled in my darkened soul "I have I ul two dolls rs," I said in a whisper, "and she requires six; III give her a trifle in Hie bund and let hr go." Laying her band on my arm, and smiling in my face, my wife said aloud what conscience bad whispered before " Give lo him that nskelh of thee, and from him that would burrow of thee turn not thou away." I blushed and replied with some little vexation. " Would you give your ring for the purpose ?" " With pleasure," aiiswend my wife, pulling off her ring. The poor widow wns either too simple or 1oo modest to notice what wns going nn, and was preparing to retire, when my wife called her to wail in the lob-, by. When we were left alone, I asked oiy wife " Are you in earnest about the ring ' "Certainly, bow can you dmibt it?" sh' said. " Do you thmk I would trifle with charity Hemrm-Imt what you said half an hour ago ; oh, my dear John, let us not make a show nf the Gopcl. Veil are in geneinl so kind, so sympathising, how is it that you now find it so difficult to assist this poor woman ? Why did you not without h'-sitniion, givo her what you had iu your pocket? And did you not know there wero six dollars in your desk, nnd that the quarter will be paid to us in less than eight days!" She, then added with much feeling. "Take no thought for your life, whnt ye slil cat or whnt ye shall druik, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put mi. Heboid the fowls of the air; they sow not milder do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet you heavenly father feedeth them." kissed my wife, while tears ran down tnv cheeks. "Thanks, a thousand thanks for this humiliation." 1 turned to my desk, took from it six dollars, and open. ed llie door to call in the poor widow; all darkened around me, al the thought that I had been so forgetful of the omiiisceiire of Ginl, as to say to her. 11 1 enn- not help you." Oh, thotl fiilse tongue, thou false henrt! 1 If Hie Lord should mnrk iniquities, Lord who shall land " Hero is what you need," I snid, addressing the widow. Al first she seemed not to understand what 1 ment, and thought I was offering her a small contribution, lor which she thanked me, and pressed my hind; but when she perceived 1 had given her the whole sum, she could uul find words to express her clings. She cried, "Dear sir, 1 cannot repay it; alt I possess 11 this little book, and it is old." " Keep your book, I said " and the money too, and thank; God and not me, for verily 1 deserve no thanks after having so long refused your entreaties. Go in pence, and forgive an erring brother." I returned to my wife with downcait looks, but sho smiled and snid, " Do not take it so much to henrt, my dear yon yielded at my first niggesiion ; but promise me, so lung as 1 wear a gold ring 011 my finger, and yon know that I possess several besides, you will never allow yourself to say lo any person, I cannot help you ' " She kissed tue and lefl Hie apartment. When I found myself alone, 1 sal down and wrote this account in my diary; in order to humble my deceitful henrt this heart which ho longer than yesterday dictated these words, " Of nil characters 111 the world, there is none 1 would more anxiously avoid being than a hypocrite ; to preach the whole moral Inw, and fulfil only Hie ensy part of it, is hvpocracy. Merciful Father, bow must I wait and relied and struggle, rre I shall be able to rely on tho perfect sincerity of my profession? I read over once more the chapter I had read Ihis morning wilh too htile benefit, and felt morv ashamed and convinced that there is no pence rxcept where principle nnd practice are in perfect accordance. How peacefully and happily I might hnve ended Ihis day, had I acted up conscientiously lo the blessed doe-trine I professed. Dear Saviour, send the Holy Spirit into this benighted heart! dense it from secret sin, and leach me to employ that which thou hast committed to my charge, in thy glory, a brother! welfare, and my own salvation !" Floi-hii Nr.w Yoitpx Theaiuouut of llrrnd Stiifl'a received in New York from the opening of navigation to Hie evening of the mb, is given as follows: '''"i" .iMMtarrels. N l't ,"4,i;H bushels. t'rii .7:C.,;p.V1 bushels. Notwithstanding these large arrivals, flour is taken from New York nearly as fust as it arrives). The export is full ten thousand barrels a dny, and the demand for neighboring Stales, particularly lor tbe East, is very large. have no hesitation tit staling our Iridic!' that ils spirit nnd principles will be ippiaudcd by the entire Wing party lliroiiohnut the L'mon, nnd,ntso, not a few Democrats. Most especially Will the di elnralieii against the conquest of Mexican territory be sanctioned by nil who wish tlu pichervntiou uf the Con-stilutiou and the t'lii 11. Cin. .UIhs. Wmu AniMtess. Tlie Whig Ceulrnl Committee of Ohio have just issued a long and well-considered ad-diesstoibe Whig of Ohm. It is a sort of r tiif mi-bianrrr or summary of good old Wing principles-such us alwns have and nlwas nniot, animate tho party while they remain worthy of llie 11 ime of Whig. We shall give the address a place in our next. Thero is a little twang of enorlti;iwinff in it, on the slavery subject, which adds no sircL'th to the paper; and there are some words on the I'n'sidi ill nl topic, which come very well from the committee " as the expression f their own individual views;" but are of no manner of force 111 our otiiiiniiou. But Hie mMrcss is, on the whole, a good one, and will, we believe, nwnl.cn Hie Whigs of Ofiie to ncliort, in view el' the responsibility which rests upon them as uonsc rvntors of tho honor and prosperity of the State. Scioto UaitUe. The Loeofoens boasl of the prosperity of the country, contrary to Whig predictions, Suppose we illustrate this matter. A certnin prodignl pursues a course nf conduct which Hie prudent Ii retell must rcMilt in rum to the fortune of 0110 or two millions flitch Irs father left him. He nisnngen to spend the iwo millions iu less than two years, nnd siieeei ih iu borrowing some thir ty or loriy millions which lits ancestors imd set 11 purl ns a patrimony for Ins successors, nnd being enabled to do this he boasts that the prophecy of Hie pnidcnt has proved false ! Tins is precim ly wh.it Locofocoism lias done. The country is dancing to the tone of Lo-cofnfoiNm, but posterity timet pay f r the fiddling. tiiijjitth .idrcrtisir. Counterfeit f.Y on the Lafayette llank of Cincinnati, hive made their appearance, ' Tin y nre so ttell engraved and so perfect an imitation nf the genuine note of tlut denomination, as to defy deleclmu in the ordinary passing of money from band to hind in business operations. This counterfeit is also in rircela-lion nt riltshurgh. Two of the notes taken in that city were dated November, I-:!, and signed George Carl. sic, president, and W. G. Gauo, cu.hicr. Gen Shields eamo to America twelve years ago from. Ireland and .-eliled in Illinois. Ily his talciita and ability be soon became conspicuous in the Democratic piriy m the St ite and wns sent to Congress. When Mr, I'olk came into power he give Inm the appointment of commissioner id' the public Innds, whirli otliee he held until ho n appointedbrigsdtcr-gene-nil commanding the lilmo'S volunteers. Like nil Irishmen lie had an cnlliui.ilic, impetuous temperament, and pre .ied on loo lar 111 advance of his men, .Ytw ..r Jdr. A large snd spirited ineetinif of cilitcua from all pnrts of Mii"i''hu.iells wns heldnt Itoslon Inst r'rulav, to appoint delegates to represent the old Hay Stste in the Chicago convention r'ifly delegates; were lp-pointed limn llostoii, and perhaps twi, e ni tunny iniuu from other parts of the Slate. Tlie .Was says: The list of delegales is large, and they nre jndicl-ously selected, comprising tunny 1 f 1 ur ablest men, of both pohticil partu s, 'i Ins delegation will Well represent llie intelligence, lilicmlity und business talent of the Commonwealth. Mi Mi'iei sen, The Chirlcston Watchman pub-ImIics nn anonymous letter from Profess- H. srs of Hie M-iss. Newton Theological Institute (H.iplisl) iu lliat state eiii'l.iptiHg tUirrm:r of unt fAoioriN dvllurs rocA, two of Vilm h are to go tounuls a peruiam ut 1 fund for support of the I'n -tmh-ui of Hie institution and the third for the beiiclit of the A. l M. 1'iimn.