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vol. xlviii
WASHINGTON: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1847.
PUBLISHED BY GALES & SEATON.
• THRICE A WEEK.
SIX DOLLARS A TEAR--RATABLE IN ADVANCE.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1847.
PROJECTS OF THE WAR PARTY.
As the Executive Officers of the present day,
with a commendable discretion, themselves keep
• their own counsels, it is only through certain fis-
sures in the Cabinet that any light or sound pro-
ceeds from which its purposes in regard to this
Mexican war, or indeed to any thing else, can be
reasonably inferred.
The proposition for the entire subjugation of
Mexico, started-since the rupture of the Armistice,
and supported'now but by the “ Union” and one
or two subordinate prints, is generally supposed to
be the project of the Editors of those prints only ;
and we verily believe that most persons attribute
no more consequence to it than to the loose vatici-
nations and apocryphal intelligence of certain of the
New York penny papers. If, however, those persons
had been heedful watchers of the signs of the times,
they would have known that this measure was in
contemplation by the Administration before the late
renewal of hostilities, and even before the march
of General Scott from Puebla was known here.
Witness the following disclosure by a trusted friend
and organ of the Administration :
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER.
“ Washington, August 30, 1847.
u I alluded, in one of my letters to the Ledger, to
‘ the fact that the puogramrie of the Administra-
‘ tion is now completed, and that, though the ‘ Union’
‘ as yet forbears to say a word, it is intended to
‘ prosecute the war, if need be, to the entire sub-
jugation of Mexico, if she persists in rejecting
‘ our offers of peace. Connected with this resolu-
tion is the determination to oppose the Wilmot
‘ proviso, ex officio, as utterly useless and impracti-
‘ cable, and only calculated to distract parties,” &c.
Some persons suppose, too, that a proper Con-
stitutional control over this War will be assumed
by the Representatives of the People in Congress
when they come together here. Short-sighted mor-
tals they who thus suppose, as if the Administra-
tion would suffer itself to be hampered by such
puny restraints as Congress might pretend to im-
pose upon its career of War and Conquest! From
the casual disclosures of the kind above quoted,
which we subjoin, let these persons learn to enter-
tain a higher respect for the more than Royal Pre-
rogative of the President, and more than merely
Ministerial daring of his Official Associates and
Confidential Advisers :
CORRESPONDENCE OP THE CHARLESTON COURIER.
, “ Washington, October 7.
“ There is no good reason to believe that Con-
‘ gvess will be disposed to limit the appropriations
‘ for the war, still less to withhold them. Besides,
‘ the Government will take at once, or before Con-
‘ gress shall act, such measures as will lead to
‘ vast expenses, and Congress cannot undertake
‘ to repudiate them. It is a matter of doubt, too,
‘ how far Congress can exercise any supervision
‘ over the conduct of the war. If the war be car-
‘ ried on at all, it must be by the Executive.”
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BALTIMORE SUN.
“ Washington, October 15.
“ I have ascertained, since my last, that there re-
‘ mains, as yet uncalled for, the sum of six millions
‘ and one hundred thousand dollars of the last loan.
‘ This sum will, together with the accruing reve-
‘ nue from customs and lands, be ample to carry on
‘ the operations of the war, and to meet the ordina-
‘ ry expenses of the Government till next spring.
‘ There is no danger that the war will lag for the want
* of means. Whatever may be the delay of action
‘ in Congress, the operations of the war will go on,
‘ AND AFTER EXPENSES HAVE BEEN INCURRED, WE
‘ SHALL SEE HOW MANY MEMBERS WILL VOTE FOR
‘ THEIR REPUDIATION.”
THE RESULT IN OHIO—THE EFFECT.
It is an indisputable fact that the late political
battle in this State was fought on the war questions.
Every where, in every county, these questions
were made the chief topics of discussion, the Lo-
cos sustaining the war* and the Whigs denouncing
its origin and objects. And the specific issues
made by the Locos against the Whigs were drawn
from the expressed opinions and the official votes
of Mr. Corwin in the Senate. Every where Mr.
Corwin was the special object of attack and vitu-
peration. Tom Corwin, the traitor—Tom Cor-
win, the Mexican Whig—Tom Corwin, the every
thing unpatriotic, vile, and execrable, were the
choice denunciations by which the Locos indicated
the issues between the parties, and on which theyN
asked an expression of the popular judgment at
the ballot boxes. The banking system and the tax
law were occasionally referred to favorably by the
Whigs and unfavorably by the Locos ; but.the war
questions, like the rod of Aaron, swallowed up all
the residue.
Well, in answer to their invocation, the people
have accommodated the Locofocos with an expres-
sion of their judgment on the war questions, and
have emphatically condemned the war, its objects
and authors, and as triumphantly sustained Tom
Corwin, the patriot—Tom Corwin, the American
Whig—Tom Corwin, the virtuous and heroic
Senator and Statesman.
And now, if the professions of Democracy put
forth by the Locofoco party be sincere, let them
recognise and obey the decision of the people ; let
them cease their unjust abuse and their indecent
vilification of Mr. Corwin, a man they know to
be as pure, and virtuous, and patriotic as any states-
man of the nation.
Had the result of the election been determined
the other way there is not the smallest doubt that
it would have been proclaimed throughout the land
as a popular condemnation of Mr. Corwin, and
the resignation of his seat in the Senate demanded.
Instructions commanding him to change his course
in the Senate would in such case be pushed through
the Legislature, and obedience thereto required.
_____ [ Cincinnati Atlas.
The English mail steamers to the Gulf of Mexico willr ac-
cording to a recent arrangement, run to the Bahamas, New
Providence, Havana, New Orleans, Tampico, and Vera
Cruz; returning upon the same route. A steamer is to start
every month. At New Orleans the landing point is Cat
island, which is on the track to Mobile, and by means of a
railroad and ferry can be reached from New Orleans in eight
hours. Cat island is healthy at all seasons, and the new ar-
rangement will be likely to furnish a very desirable escape for
the citizens of New Orleans from the unhealthiness of then-
own city during three or four months of the year. The plan
is likely also to facilitate the trade of New Orleans in all di-
rections.—Jour. Com.
VERMONT.
The Message ol Gov. Eaton was transmitted to
the Legislature on the 16th instant. It is a plain
and unpretending document, remarkable alike for
brevity and good sense. The following passage is
all that the Message contains relating to national
affairs :
“ I believe that the'position of Vermont is distinctly under-
stood in regard to all those great questions of national policy
which are from time to time agitating our National Councils,
and in which Vermont, in common with other States of the
Union, has so deep an interest. It affords occasion for the
most profound regret that the unhappy war with a neighbor-
ing Republic has not yet been terminated, but, on the contrary,
is making still greater and greater demands upon the blood
and treasure of the nation. It is believed that Vermont has
seen nothing in the progress of the contest to change her sen-
timent, either in regard to the insufficiency of the grounds on
which the war was commenced, or the unworthiness of the
purposes for which it has been waged. She cannot recognise
the General Government as committed to any career of con-
quest, nor will she regard any unaccomplished schemes of ter-
ritorial aggrandizement as presenting an obstacle to the speedy
adjustment of existing difficulties. Peace she unequivocally
and earnestly desires, and asks for no territory, whether slave
or free, as a condition of its establishment and security.”
Col. Martin Scott, who was killed in one of our san-
guinary battles before the city of Mexico in Gen. Worth’s
division, was a native of Bennington, Vt. He was educated
at West Point, and from that school entered the army some
thirty years ago. He has since then seen much hard service,
and conducted himself always with great caution, skill, and
kindness. In his youth he was famous among the sharp-
shooters of the Green Mountains, very few of whom could
perform feats to be compared with his. He never shot game
in the body; but, at whatever height or distance, always
struck the head. He would drive a nail into a board part
way with a hammer, and then, taking the farthest distance at
which his eye could distinctly see it, drive it home with his
unerring bullet. He has always been much respected and
beloved by his townsmen for his amiable and benevolent quali-
ties, associated with the most exact integrity. With a mode-
rate income, he has so economized in his personal expenses as
to support his own family and very essentially to aid two
maiden sisters, several nephews, and other relatives, who, i '«» gumjf. ±uc mo rauuui ue saiu ior any nxe nunmer
with his wife and immediate family, now at Milwaukie are ‘ of forty tbousan(l civilized people in the world. It is one of
left to mourn his loss. How these hearts Meed and alhe > I l*16 ®°°d fruits uf the PrinciPles PIante(1 b7 <be Pilgrims who
How many »ch circles of blecling .ebrng ^“.ve oar ; ** »t rr..ince,.wn, on ,h, end of good C,p« Cod.
vietories made ! The guilt of ah this misery must rest on j Ingenious and Useful Intention.—We have seen the
somebody. Who is it ? Wretched man. For these losses moc*e^ °f an evaporation grate, invented by Dr. Bettner, of
and this guilt the nation takes its pay in glory. What a pity tllis C‘ty’ wbicb promises to be very useful. With the excep-
that men should not reflect that all true glory is in doina eL\ i fi°n °f tW° handsom,e ornaments in front, it has the same ap-
r v r b , e n S g °a‘ I Pearance as any other parlor grate, yet, by a simple and
Liv. Y. Journal oj Commerce. j scientific evaporating apparatus, from thirty to sixty, and even
ninety gallons of water, if required, can*be evaporated during
the day. A mild vapor is thrown out, and not a hot steam ;
and the invention appears to be so complete that there is a
control over the amount of the vapor, and even over the fire
which produced it.—N. Y. Journal of Commerce,
For Sandwich Islands.—The new Barque Samoset
cleared at Boston on Friday, for Honolulu, Sagdwich Islands,
with a cargo valued at $90,000, of which $84,000 are of do
mestic products. She carries out twelve cabin passengers, as fol-
lows : Rev. George H. Atkinson and lady, of Andover, mis-
sionaries to Oregon ; Samuel E. Dwight, of New York, and
Henry Kinney and'lady, of do., missionaries from A. B. C.
M., for Sandwich Island station ; two Misses Mott, of New
York ; Miss Pratt, of Boston ; Charles Brewer, Esq. of Ja-
maica Plain ; Sydney Bartlett, Jr., of Eoston, for Canton ;
Charles E. Stone, of do., and George Wood, of Bridgewater.
Mr. Geo. Plitt, a resident of Western Pennsylvania, was
robbed at the National Theatre in Philadelphia, on Thursday
night, of his pocket-book containing bank notes to the amount
of $4,700.
In the storming of Molino del Rey, Major Sumner, with
his dragoons, charged a heavy column of the enemy’s lancers.
In doing so, they had to pass under a heavy fire from the en-
emy’s works. The following incident connected with this
charge is told by the correspondent of the Delta. It is not
uncommon in history for horses to show such discipline :
“ While the cavalry were passing in front of the enemy, in
order to charge the column of lancers, they were not un-
der the tire more than ten seconds, and, during that time, they
sustained a loss of six officers wounded, thirty-two privates
killed and wounded, and a loss of one hundred and five
horses. There were but two officers that did not have their
horses shot under them ; but there is one thing very remark-
able, that the horses from which the iiders had been shot
wheeled and moved with the same regularity as though they
had been mounted, until they came to halt from the charge,
when they all kept on in a body in direction of the enemy.”
FROM THE PHOTESTANT CHURCHMAN.
“You have heard much, perhaps, of the extreme cheer-
lessness and stupidity of Washington, at all times, except du-
ring the session of Congress. I think it is a great misappre-
hension. During the two warmer summer months, like all
the other cities of the Union, it is very generally forsaken by
those in whose power it is to escape ; but at all other times it
is, in my opinion, as animated and cheerful as most cities of
its size. Indeed, I know no society which has more resources
within themselves gjnd in their environment than that of Wash-
ington for rational and active enjoyment. It is a great mis-
take to take the representations of letter-writers from Wash-
ington, who live mostly in hotels, and see nothing of society
in the place but that of the shoals of strangers in search of
office or of pleasure, as to the true character of permanent so-
ciety at Washington. My own decided conviction is, that
there is not another place in the Union of the same size where
you will find so many persons of high intelligence, large in-
tercourse with men, and general accomplishment and attain-
ment as in this place. Neither is the religious character of
the plaee below that of other cities. Compare the number of
churches with the number of inhabitants, and I do not believe
one city in the Union will be found to be better provided. It
has thirty-five churches for a population of about as many
thousands of inhabitants. Deduct from the number of in-
habitants those who are too young, or old, or infirm to attend
the services of the sanctuary, and the provision of church ac-
commodation comes as near to being sufficient as that of the
most favored cities of the Union.”
A PEACEABLE COMMUNITY.
Barnstable, (Mass.) Sept. 10.
The Court of Common Pleas for this peaceable county has
been in session here for its semi-annual term; for, though
there was an able Judge present in the form of Judge Ward,
a suitable posse of officers, headed by the energetic Sheriff
Hinckley ; the full complement of Grand and Petit Jurors, with -
out a missing man of the pannel; a melodious crier, in the
person of the prompt Mr. Blish, to open the Court; a learned
clergyman, Mr. Palfrey, to make the prayer in conformity to
the pious usage of our ancestors ; and a bar full of lawyers
qualified to maintain either side of any cause, yet, after all,
not a case, civil or criminal, was found for the juries. In six
months not two men could be got to law with each other, and
nobody had committed a crime that required a verdict of guilty
or not guilty. The like cannot be said for any like number
Horrible.—A man by the name of Anse McDonald, con-
fined in the jail of Onondaga county, New Y’ork, under the
influence of delirium tremens, dug both his eyes out on Tues-
day last. He presented a horrible spectacle to the beholder.
CORRESPONDENCE FROM MEXICO.
The following letter, as will be seen by the date,
is from the headquarters of General Scott, and
gives a very animated view of the military opera-
tions which planted those headquarters in the Na-
tional Palace of the Mexican Republic. The ori-
ginal is written upon Mexican paper, found, we
presume, in the palace, as it bears the stamp of the
Mexican Slate Department.—N. F. Com. Adv.
National Palace of Mexico, Sept. 27, 1847.
In the latter part of August I wrote from Tacubaya, a vil-
lage much resorted to by the inhabitants of the capital and
within plain view of its frees and spires. An armistice had
then just been entered into, to enable our commissioner and
the commissioners on the part of Mexico to open negotiations
for peace. For some days appearances were sufficiently pro-
mising, but as time wore on the real object of the Mexican
Government and people showed itself to be merely to gain
time to recruit their army and strengthen the defences of their
capital.
So soon as the General became convinced of their want of
good faith he declared the armistice at an end, and immediately
took’his measures to enter the city by force of arms. Hos-
tilities were accordingly resumed on the 7th of September,
and an expedition under Gen. Worth was organized that
night, with the object of destroying, before daylight on the
8ih, by a coup de main, the national cannon foundry of the
enemy, at the base of the heights of Chapultepee and under
the guns of its fortress.
In the mean time the enemy had assembled in great force
for the protection of the foundry ,- and under the cover ofnight
had thrown up extensive lines of defence, and posted them-
selves in some strong buildings near at hand.
As the day broke our heavy metal opened its fire on the
foundry, (meanwhile the enemy lay perfectly quiet and for
the most part concealed,) and a moment after the storming
party advanced to the assault.
General Worth’s whole force fiund itself suddenly engaged
in conflict with more than four times his numbers. A fight
of the most desperate character tfren ensued,' which continued
about three hours. The results were that the foundry was
destroyed and ibe enemy driven in confusion from the field.
Our loss, though much less than his, was more severe than
we had yet suffered, particularly in officers—the flower of the
army. If the enemy, well informed of the character of each,
had intended to pick off the best, he would have selected those
who fell.
The captures on our part were seven hundred prisoners,
five pieces of artillery, and a quantity of powder. ,
This was the work of the 8th of September. The following
three days were consumed in reconnoitring the approaches to
the city and removing our stores and the sick and wounded
into depot.
The General having determined, on the 1 Ith, to approach
the city by the way of Chapultepee, (a castle deemed im-
pregnable, and long the pride of the Mexican nation and sol-
diery,) our heavy guns were put in battery against that for-
tress during the night, and opened their fire at sunrise on the
morning of the 12th. At the same time a strong demonstra-
tion with artillery and infantry was ordered against the gate of
San Antonio, in order to deceive the enemy as to the real
point of attack.
The operations at these two points were continued all day
with excellent effect—driving the enemy from some of his de-
fences in advance of the gate of . San Antonio, and keeping
him in great force at that gate on the one hand, and on the
other doing much damage to the garrison and fortress of Cha-
pultepec.
In the night of the 12th it was arranged by the General to
carry Chapultepee by assault the next morning. Accordingly,
at daylight on the 13th, two columns moved from differentdi-
rections toward the heights ; our artillery opened a rapid fire
and suddenly ceased, when our infantry rushed forward to as
sault. Onward and up they go, and a loud cheer announces
that the outworks are carried.
Next you see them, flag in hand, amidst a storm of fire,
planting the ladders against the main work; another mo-
ment—a moment of breathless suspense ; another cheer, and
the flag of our country floats from the walls of the fortress.
The enemy, driven from his works, is immediately pursued
toward the city. He is pursued by two roads. New batte
ries and new defences are encountered and carried, till night
put a stop to the pursuit. Then our troops, having pressed
forward near the heart of the city, halt for the night, expect-
ing to renew the combat on the morrow. In the morning it is
discovered that the enemy has fled, leaving the city in our
hands. So that, on the morning of the 14th of September,
1847, the American army, under General Scott* entered the
capital of Mexico, and planted the standard of the Union on
the walls of the National Palace—an achievement more won-
derful even than the astounding achievement of the conquest
by Cortez, when you reflect that the enemy, equal to us in
science, was fortified at all points to the veiy teeth, and large-
ly exceeded us in numbers and all the material of war. They
had resorted to all the obstacles known to the military art,
natural and artificial. Por example, a narrow causeway, im-
passable at either side from marsh and water, with a strong
work of ditches and heavy guns in front. “ Well,” I hear
you say, “ how did you get forward then ?” I answer, by
the General’s headwork. He made formidable demonstrations
at other points, causing the enemy to withdraw the guns and
forces in our front. Once in the suburbs of the town, our
people got on the roofs of the houses (they are all flat, you
know) and soon cleared the streets.
The General, with his staff) escorted by the dragoons, en-
tered the National Palace at* about 9 o’clock, and in a few
moments issued his congratulatory order to the army. On
the 15th and 16th small bodies of our troops were still en-
gaged with the rabble, who fired from the tops of the houses.
Since then the shops are all opened, the streets crowded by
people on foot and in carriages, the churches open, bells ring-
ing, and every thing as orderly as in the good city of Phila-
delphia or New York. Indeed, here we are in quiet posses-
sion of a city with 200,000 inhabitants, with an army of less
than 8,000 fighting men. The Government has fled—the
Mexican army dispersed—and, strange as it may seem, we
are as far from a peace as when we landed at Vera Cruz. So
say the foreigners resident here, and such is the impression of
the principal men of the country who are in favor of a peace.
The country is divided into factions, and there is positively
no Government to treat with. Some of the States—seven,
whose representatives are in session at L’Argos—have de-
nounced Santa Anna as a traitor, and proclaimed any person
a traitor who dares to entertain piopositions with us for peace.
Others, by the decrees of their representatives, have authoriz-
ed each State to raise and equip a force of 3,000 men for the
purpose of carrying on the war. And thus they go—all is
anarchy. Santa Anna was last at Puebla, with a few hun-
dred men; as usual, plundering the inhabitants by levying
contributions. Bustamente has been named, by some of the
refractory States, commander-in-chief of the army. Pena y
Pena, Chief Justice of Mexico, is the constitutional Presi-
dent of the country, but it is reported that, having appeared
before one of the State Legislatures the other day to be sworn
into office, they refused to administer the oath.
I will now mention some objects of interest in this magni-
ficent capital. First, the Cathedral. It is larger but not
more tasteful than that of Puebla. In the exterior wall,
standing out in relief,"is the famous astronomical chart of the
ancient Mexicans. This stone was removed from the rock of
Chapultepee, of which it formed part. Its mass is huge, and
somewhat resembles a mammoth cheese, with curious figures
carved upon it. It has four concentric circles upon its disc,
intersected by radii, the intermediate sections filled up with
symbolic figures. The cardinal points are distinctly marked.
In the Museum is a sublime equestrian statue of one of
the Spanish Charleses, done in bronze and in one piece, the
work of a native artist. The same court contains the famous
sacrificial stone of the Aztecs. This also is a huge mass,
wrought over with all sorts of incomprehensible figures.
There are besides many mythological individuals, seeming en-
tirely independent of each other, and every one apparently
trying to outdo his neighbor in excessive ugliness.
ITIOR SALE THE FREDERICK CITY HOTEL.
_£? The subscriber will offer at public auction, on the pre-
mises, at two o’clock P. M., on Monday, the 27th of Decem-
ber next, that long-established and well-known Hotel in Fre-
derick. The main building, of three stories, fronting sixty
feet on Patrick street, with extensive back buildings; the
whole affording about fifty rooms. The lot runs back two
hundred and thirty-eight feet, with a stable lot of sixty feet in
connexion, fronting on Court street.
The advantages of this City Hotel property are so well
known that it is unnecessary to particularize them.
The terms of sale will be: one-third of the purchase mo-
ney payable in hand on the clay of sale ; and the balance pay-
able in one and two years from the day of sale ; to be secured
by notes, with security, to be approved by the trustees, bear-
ing interest from the first day of March next, when possession
will be given. Upon payment of the whole the property will
be conveyed to the purchaser.
It is understood that earlier possession may be had by ar-
rangement with the present tenant.
NIMROD OWINGS,
G. M. EICHELBERGER,
R. POTTS,
B. NORRIS,
oet 13“--2awtds Trustees.
FROM TEXAS.
At the latest dates from Galveston (of the 16th
instant) the yellow fever was prevailing there to a
serious extent. Thfere were thirty-eight interments
for the week ending the 14th instant.
Col. Isaac Van Zandt, one of the candidates for
Governor, and formerly Minister from Texas to' j
this Government, died at Houston on the 11th in- I
stant, of fever—by some physicians said to be yel- :
low fever.
The Civilian estimates the present population of
Texas at one hundred and twenty-three thousand, i
It opposes the division of the State, which is now
agitated, on the ground that the population is en- j
tirely two small for two States.
STAGES vs. STEAMBOATS £1ND CARS.
FROM THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE. j
Our friend Wharton of the Wheeling Times spent a few - j
days in this city last week, very pleasantly we think. The j
“ Times” advises us of his safe return home in this wise— j
Some loye to ride
When the river’s wide
On a steamboat whistling free; . - j
'But a prancing team—
Strong axle beam,
And a whirl in the stage for me.
There, it is out now ! That little fraction of a parody kept
smuggling its ugly proportions through our excited brain, among
other gay visitations, while a few days since we were being-
carried over the track between this good city and Columbus, j
Ohio, on our way to Porkopolis, or the Hamburgh of Ame- ;
rica, known in the Gazetteers as Cincinnati.
We do love a stage ride—we are old .fashioned enough to
prefer it to railroads or steamboats. It brings you up close to
your neighbors, and they just enough in number to form a j
social republic, who perforce must so conform to the republican
doctrine as to promote each other’s comfort and happiness as
much as possible. They must converse, and oftentimes as
much information is given and gained in a stage as anywhere
else. If there are lad es every one has an oppoitunity of show-
ing his gallantry ; if there are children his fortitude ; and either
of these are blessings which we should seek to develop.
You are brought, too, close to the products of the country;
you can see the flowers, the trees, the vegetation generally ;
you can botanize at pleasure ; you cau see the value and na-
ture of the soil, the degree of cultivation it has received ; you
can see the people and judge of their wealth, their intelligence,
and their character. Your time of travelling is not lost as on
a boat, where you are simply one of a crowd cut off from the
world past not through which you are travelling.
Then the air of a stage is not made foetid by a travelling
cookshop, nor is it heated by steam ; but blows past you in
its pristine freshness and vigor.
So much for the general principles of stage riding, and for
the Ohio company’s lines westward from Wheeling, we hesi-
tate not to say they cannot be beaten in this country- for comfort
and speed, for good teams and coaches and careful drivers.
They are right.
The Asiatic Cholera.—The approach of the Asiatic
cholera is beginning to cause some little apprehension in the
minds of those who have been marking its steady progress for
many months past, from the plains of Scinde towards Western
Europe. Rather more than two years ago it ravaged the
banks of the Indus with severity, inflicting serious loss upon •
the British troops at Kurracbee and Hyderabad. About the
same time, or a little later, it raged in Affghanistan ; spread
from thence into Persia, which it traversed from east to west,
spreading to the nortward into Tartary, and southwardly into
Turkish Kurdistan and the pachalic of Bagdad. Early in the
present year it made its appearance to the west of the Cauca-
sian Mountains, and committed great ravages in the Russian
army acting against the Circassians. About a month ago ac-
counts reached this country of its appearance in Europe;
having broken out at Taganrog, Marianopolis, and. other ports
on the westerly shores of the Sea of Azof; and we now give,
in another column, details of its progress through Central
Russia, where it has manifested itself at Kief, Smolensk, and
it is said (but the statement seems to need confirmation) that
the disease has appeared on the shores of the Baltic, at Riga.
Great alarm has consequently been felt in Poland and the
authorities.at Warsaw have been busied in preparing hospi-
tals, and making other arrangements to meet the coming evil.
In its former progress towards Europe, in the years 1830 and
1831, the general course of the pestilence has been nearly
due northwest; and seems, so far, to have travelled at about
the same rate as on that occasion. In 1831 it made its ap-
pearance on the shores of the Baltic (at Riga, Dantzic, and
Memel) in the month of May ; at Vienna and Berlin in Au-
gust ; at Hamburg in October ; and reached England in the
beginning of November.—Manchester Guardian.
Destructive Fire.—The large and exi^nsive card man-
ufactory of Messrs. Isaac and Edward Crehore, at Milton
Lower Mills, was totally destroyed by fire this morning at
seven o’clock. There was a large stock of paper and cards,
and much new valuable machinery in the factory, which
shared the fate, of the building. We are not able to' state the
entire loss, but it is supposed to be between $20,000 and
$30,000. This was the only card factory in the New Eng-
land States, and the business done was very large.
Oaicum Picker.—The Kennebec Journal says : “We
saw, at Hailowell, a few days since, a machine, invented by
Mr. George Pollard, of that town, for picking oakum. He
picks, fit for use, fifty lbs. in thirty minutes ; while by the old
process of hand-picking, some seven or eight lbs. is a day’s
work. The machine can be worked by hand, horse, water, or
steam power.”
15. B. LEE, Attorney and Counsellor at JLaw
New Orleans, La.
TNFORMS his friends that he continues to practice Law in
JL the various courts of Louisiana. All business entrusted to
his care will receive the most prompt and punctual attention.
REFERENCES.
William Hogan, Esq. )
Seaman St Muir, V New York.
Silas M. Stillwell, Esq. )
David Hoffman, Esq. )
David Paul Brown, Esq. > Philadelphia.
Hon. L. C. Levin, ) sept 21—3m
| > EVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.—I am in possession's
JlL authentic documentary evidence of the services and
claims of the officers of the Virginia State Line and Navy to
half-pay for life, and bounty lands, and of the officers of the
Continental Lines of the several States to pensions, commu-
tation pay, and bounty lands. The evidence will be furnish-
ed, or the claim prosecuted at the option of the claimant.
Letters directed to Gen. John P. Duval, Attorney at law,
Tallahassee, Florida, post paid, will be attended to.
oct 14—cptf JOHN P. DUVAL.
jT^UBLIC bALE ot Valuable Real Estate, situated in
JL Prince William and Fauquier counties, Virginia, includ-
ing three very desirable Fisheries.—By virtue of competent
authority from the heirs of Alexander C. Bullitt, deceased,
the undersigned, as agent,-will offer at public sate, at the mar-
ket-house square, in Alexandria, State of Virginia, on Mon-
day, the 29th day of November next, at 11 o’clock A. M. of
that day, all the lands and real estate of which the said Alex-
ander C. Bullitt, deceased, died seised and possessed, situate
in Prince William county.
T. he Prince William estate is situated on the Potomac river,
about thirty-five miles from Alexandria, and contains about
. °lie thousand acres of land, about three hundred of which is
arable, and the balance well wooded and timbered. Three
j valuable fisheries are attached to this estate, one of which is
known by the name ot Opossum Nose ; they are leased for the
year 1848. The buildings on the shore are new and extensive.
Also, sundry houses and lots in and near the town of Dum-
fries.
Also, on Thursday, the 2d day ol December next, at Wea-
yersville, in Fauquier county, at 11 o’clock A. M. of that day,
if fair, it not, the next fair day, the Fauquier estate, which
consists ot about two thousand five hundred acres ot land, si-
tuated near the town of Weaversville, and is now cultivated in
several distinct farms. Plats of this estate will be exhibited
on the day of sale, and it will be sold entire or in separate
farms to suit purchasers.
Possession of all the above property will be delivered to the
purchasers thereof on the first day of January next, except the
fisheries attached to the Prince, William estate, the actualpos- j
session of which cannot be given until the first of January, !
1849 ; the purchaser, however, will be entitled to receive the
rent for the year 1848.
4 he terms of sale will be as follows, to wit: One-third of
the purchase money in cash on the day of sale ; and the resi- !
due in equal instalments at the end of one and two years, to
be secured by bond and security, bearing interest from the 1st j
of January next. Upon the payment of the whole of the pur- j
chase money and interest a good and sufficient title in fee sim-
ple will be executed to the purchasers, free and clear of all in-
cumbrances.
Persons desiring to purchase are invited to view the pre- ;
mises. ^ The Prince William property will be shown by Mr. j
McEwing, who lives on the estate, and the Fauquier property
by Mr. William H. Page, of Weaversville. 1 P '
oct 27—cptds JOSEPH R. PRICE, j
No. 6995,
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE STUDENTS OF
BETHANY COLLEGE
Upon the announcement of the circumstances con-
nected with the imprisonment of Alexander
Campbdl in Glasgow, Scotland.
Upon the reception of the news of the imprisonment of their
President, the students assembled in the College Hall, when,
on motion, Mr. Shears was called to the chair, and Mr.
Speer appointed Secretary. The President stated, in a brief
address, that the object of the meeting was to give expression
to the feelings of the students in relation to the imprisonment
of President Campbell.
| A motion being made that, a committee be appointed to
I draught resolutions to that effect, the following gentlemen were
j appointed, viz : Me=srs. J. A. Black, C. A. Oaroland, B. R.
; Salgrove, W. S. Spear, and J. F. Whitelaw.
| The'committee presented the following report, which was
| adopted :
) Whereas we have received the following authentic intelli-
! gence of the circumstances connected with the imprisonment
j of A. Campbell in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, viz : After
| having spent the months of June and July mostly in England,
i preaching in her principal cities, not only without interrup-
{ tion, but-with many marks of public approbation, Mr. Camp-
bell proceeded to Scotland, and, according to his previous ap-
pointments, entered upon a course of lectures in the city of
I Edinburgh, designed mainly to develop his views of Christian
| Reformation, and in no way connected with the subject of
Slavery. Soon after he began his lectures in that city, and
when large and attentive audiences were thronging to hear
j him, the Rev. Messrs. Robertson and Kennedy, with a Mr.
Hunter, called upon him stealthily, not informing him that
| they came as a deputation from the Scotch Antislavery So-
| ciety, but as if in a courteous and hospitable manner, and,
j after some desultory conversation on the subject of slavery,
J indirectly introduced, asked him if certain extracts which they
, read upon that subject were his language. He promptly an-
! swered (not so much for the language as the sentiments) that
they were, and went on in further conversation to express his
regrets at the ill-advised measures pursued by the Antislavery
party, both of Great Britain and America, as no way calcu-
| lated to promote the end to which they were professedly di-
J rected. Mr. Robertson then desired to know of Mr. Camp-
| bell whether he would lecture upon the subject in Edinburgh.
| He replied that the Gospel and Church, and neither Slavery
nor Abolition, were the objects of his mission; and, on being
further pressed, stated that, though he did not care if all Scot-
land knew his views, his list of appointments already pub-
lished filled his whole time, and did not allow him an even-
ing. They then took an apparently friendly adieu. But in
a few hours afterwards they issued placards, and placed them
in all the prominent places in the city, and circulated them
on the backs and breasts of heralds, warning the public to be-
ware of him as a “defender of man-stealers and the ally of
slave tyrants.” These were circulated not only throughout
i Edinburgh, but in every city to which Mr. Campbell’s pub-
! lished appointments carried him. He was thus compelled to
; notice them, and define his posiiion as to the question of sla-
: very, which he did a few evenings afterwards before one of
the most tumultuous meetings in the city of Edinburgh.
I Hisses, groans, and every kind of noisy interruptions were re-
j sorted to to prevent his being heard, but he was able, despite
1 it all, to proceed for some two hours, with only feeble mani-
festations of approbation, when, on leaving the room, the as-
| sembiy broke up in great disorder.
| In these interruptions the Rev. Messrs. Rofcertson and
! Kennedy were conspicuous leaders. Before this, Mr. Robert-
j son had put forth along with his placards a challenge to Mr.
Campbell for a discussion. To this Mr. C. replied in public,
| that it had been only given after Mr. Robertson knew that it
| was impracticable for Mr. C. to meet him, owing to his pre-
vious engagements and appointments, which had gone before
him ; and on that account he had delivered it. But that he
would debate the question with any man in Great Britain
whom the Antislavery Society would endorse, at a time named,
if oral, or at any time if written, even with Mr. Robertson
himself, provided he were not a certain Air. James Robert-
son, of Edinburgh, who had, been excluded from the Baptist
Church for violating the fifth commandment. This he sub-
stantially said also in an article published a little after in the
Edinburgh Journal. Not content with having thus placard-
ed Mr. Campbell, Mr. Robertson, who was also the Secretary
of the Antislaveiy Society, followed Mr. C. around to the
cities he visited, and exerted himself to prevent his success in
his mission as a preacher of the Gospel. But, finding that
his placards did rather good than harm, and being himself ra-
ther unwelcomely received in some places, he resolved on an-
other mode of attack.
At Glasgow he brought suit against Mr. Campbell for
libel,* laying the damages at ,£5,000 steiling, and got out a
fuge warrant to prevent his leaving Scotland. On this Mr.
Campbell employed counsel, and on demurrer to the warrant,
succeeded before the High Sheriff of Lanark (Mr. Alison, the
historian of Europe) in reducing the amount of damages laid
to £200, but failed in an attempt to set aside the warrant as
illegal. He then appealed to the Supreme Court of Edin-
burgh, but, as ten days must intervene before a hearing could
be had, he was in the mean time compelled to go to jail, or
give security for his appearance to the amount of £200. Se-
curity was kindly offered him, but he refused it; and the offer
of Mr. Robertson’s counsel, granting him leave of absence
upon his promising to return, he also refused, and replied .-
“ I believe that in ail this I am persecuted for the truth’s sake.
I stand for the Bible doctrine, in, faith, in purity, and in mo-
rality ; and I have resolved to give no security. I will go to
the prison first. ” Accordingly, he was sent to prison, and
there remained in the uncomfortable confinement of a damp
stone cell, till Lord Murray, upon hearing the case, decided
that his imprisonment was illegal, and ordered his release.
His health, already impaired by one hundred days’ almost in-
cessant talking, suffered much from the confinement, and he
was unable to address an immense concourse assembled to hear
him after his release in one of the largest rooms in the king-
dom. On being called for, however, he was compelled to
show himself to the people. Therefore,
Resolved, That, in view of the above facts, we feel it our
duty to our President, to ourselves, and the American people,
to express our feelings freely and fully.
Resolved, That we sympathize with Mr. Campbell in his
having to endure an illegal imprisonment in a distant land.
Resolved, That Mr. Campbell’s conduct, in refusing the
proffered security for his appearance before Lord Murray, in
giving himself up to the disposal of his persecutors, in delibe-
rately entering jail and remaining a prisoner, was truly mag-
nanimous, and worthy of himself, worthy of the cause of truth
which he was on a mission to promulgate, and worthy of that
exalted position he has long occupied in the eyes of the Ame-
rican People,- and that his behavior under all,the circumstances
connected with his unjust imprisonment has supplied whatever
was wanting in his beautiful career to associate his name with
the memory of all the great and good.
Resolved, That the illegal imprisonment of Alexander
Campbell, an !American citizen, and a Christian Preacher,
while on a peaceful mission, was a most extraordinary event,
and on the part of his persecutors was a violation both of the
rights of hospitality and the principles of religious toleration,
and was in direct opposition to the philanthropic professions of
the Antislavery Society of Scotland.
Resolved, That our President, in his firm and unyielding
course, has taught us an emphatic lesson and set us an ex-
ample which we consider worthy of our imitation ; and we
shall henceforward value more highly the excellence of that
Christian intrepidity for which he has been so long and so of-
ten distinguished, and which in this instance prompted him to
prefer imprisonment to purchased liberty.
Resolved, That, while we entertain not a feeling of resent-
ment towards the Antislavery Society of Scotland, nor their
applauded Secretary and agent, Rev. James Robertson, and
would not characterize either by the opprobrious epithets they
have so liberally bestowed upon others, yet we do in all calm-
ness believe that they both, by their insidious and unjust per-
secution of one of the greatest and best men of the age, for
mere difference of opinion, have deserved the contempt of all
the judicious and pious of this and of all other enlightened
nations.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted
for publication to the Editors of the Harbinger, Protestant
Unionist, Edinburgh Journal, and the principal papers in
the United States ; and that a thousand copies be printed for
gratuitous distribution. NOAH SPEARS, President.
W. S. Speer, Secretary.
* 1 he words, as found in the Edinburgh Journal, upon which
the suit for libel was based were as follows : “I will meet any
gentleman whom they (the Antislavery Society) may select—
even Mr. Robertson himself—provided only that he be not the
Rev. James Robertson who was publicly censured and exclud-
ed from the Baptist Church, for violating the fifth command-
ment, in reference to his mother, of which I heard something
in Dundee !” There were three Rev. James Robertsons in
Edinburgh, and Mr. Campbell did not know which of them the
champion who wished to engage him might be, and therefore
excepted only the one thus alluded to.
WM. B. 1J. CROSS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Office on Louisiana avenue, near the City Hall,
sept 21—eo2m
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE.
~j\/TEDICAL DEPARTMENT, Session of 1847 and 1848.
ill Professor J. C-. S. Monkur, M.D., Theory and Prac-
tice of Medicine.
Prof. E. Foreman, M.D., Chemistry.
Prof. Wm. T. Wilson, M.D., Therapeutics and Materia
Medica.
Prof. Wm. T. Leonard, M.D.. Anatomy.
Prof. Wm. H. Stokes, M.D., Obstetrics, Diseases of Wo-
men and Children, and Medical Jurisprudence.
Prof. George McCook, M.D., Surgery.
Dr. Wakeman Biiiahly, Demonstrator of Anatomy.
The annual course of lectures will commence on Monday,
25th ol October next, and continue four months.
The College has greatly enlarged its capabilities for impart-
ing medical instruction. The hospital department, underthe
control of a resident member of the Faculty, has been filled
with cases of disease. A museum of anatomical and other
preparations has been established, and many important addi-
tions to the obstetrical department have been received from
Paris. The rooms for the resident students are numerous,
comfortable, and economical, and will prove greatly advanta-
geous to such as wish to pursue an assiduous and uninterrupt-
ed course of study.
FEES FOR THE SESSION.
Matriculation ticket........................$5
Professor’s ticket, each.....................15
Demonstrator’s ticket.......................10
20
sep 29'
Diploma... 0.
i 29—3tawtNfiv
E. FOREMAN, Dean.
NATIONAL
(Acting under IfreVa
nnHE ANNUAL CO
•rite
AL
OICAL COLLEGE,
r of the Columbian College,)
(sMngton.
___- ____________JSE OF LECTURES in this In-
Ji_ stitution will commence, as usual, on the first Monday in
November, and continue until the first of March.
Faculty.
Thomas Miller, M.D., Professor of Anatomy.
John M. Thomas,. M.D., Professor of Physiology andJVIe-
dical Jurisprudence.
Wm. P„ Johnston, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and the
Diseases of Women and Children.
Charles G. Page, M.D. and Leonard D. Gale,M.D.,
Prolessors of Chemistry.
Joshua Riley, M.D., Professor ol Materia Medica and
Therapeutics.
John Fred. Max, M.D., Professor of Surgery.
. Grafton Tyler, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Prac-
tice of Medicine.
Johnson Eliot, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Clinical lectures delivered and operations performed on pa-
tients from the Iufirmary, which is attached to the College
and from the public Dispensary.
The rooms of practical anatomy will be opened early in,
October. s
The fees for a complete course of lectures will amount ta
$90. Demonstrator’s ticket, including las recapitulatory lec-
tures, $10.
WILLIAM P. JOHNSTON, M.D., Dean,
may 28—eotd 7th street, between E and F sts.
MRS. GENERAL CARRINGTONS SEMINARY
FOR YOUNG LADIES
Commences on the 1st of October, and closes on the
31st of July:
/TRS. CARRINGTON spares no pains to have all the de-
Jli parturients filled with competent Teachers, and ven-
tures to promise as thorough an Education as can be obtained
in any part of the Union.
Mrs. C.’s dwelling is in a beautiful, retired, and healthy
part of the city, combining many local advantages not gene-
rally found in a city residence ; and the internal arrangements
are such as ensure the comfort of the inmates.
The boarders are considered members of the family, and
required to conform to its regulations, but they are governed
by the law of kindness.
TERMS PER SESSION OF TEN MONTHS.
Boarding...................................$200
Higher English branches.................... .40
Lower do ......................30
>French and other modern languages, each........20
Latin..............'...................... .20
Music on the Piano.....'.......................60
J/o on the Guitar...........................60
Do Vocal....................... .60
Use of instrument.............................10
Washing................... 20
Half payable in advance ; remainder on the 1st of March.
Each young-lady will provide herself with a'silver fork,
table and tea spoon.
No boarder will be allowed to shop or raise accounts with-
out the express permission of the Principal.
The boarders are expected to attend church with the fami-
ly, free of any charge for pew rent; nor are they permitted
to go abroad unless under the supervision of Mrs. C. or one
of the Teachers. No departure from this rule will be allow--
ed, unless by express agreement with the parent or guardian.
RICHMOND, 1847.—-july 27— cp3m
MARSHALL COLLEGE, Merrersburg, Fenn.
•UTMiti WINTER SESSION of this Institution will com*
g inence on Thursday, the 21st day of October. Faculty
as follows :
Rev. John W. Nevin, D. D , President, and Professor of
Intellectual and Moral Philosophy-.
Hon. Alexander Thompson, LL.D. Professor of Law.
William M Nevin, Esq., A. M., Professor of Ancient
Languages and Belles Lettres.
Traill Green, M.D , Professor of Natural Sciences.
Rev. Pinli t1 Schaf, Ph. D., Professor of JEsthetics and Ger-
man Literature.
Thomas D. Baird, Esq., A.M , Professor of Mathematics,
Mechanical Philosophy, and Political Economy.
A. J. M. Hudson, A. M„ Rector of the Preparatory De-
partment.
E. W Reinecke, A M. ) T
J S. Lrmentrout, A B. j
Course of education parallel with that of the first colleges in
the land ; with peculiar opportunities also, for such as wish it,
to secure a good knowledge of German.
Expenses for the year : Tuition, $30 ; room rent, $6 ; con-
tingent expenses, $4; boarding $1.75 or less per week ; wash-
ing 7. Altogether, $117 per annum.
In the Preparatory Department, boys under sixteen years
are received as into a boarding school. Tuition per year $35;
other expenses as in the college.
The situation of the College is retired ; fifteen miles from.
Hagerstown and Chambersburg, surrounded with scenery of
the finest order, and in point of salubrity not surpassed cer-
tainly- by- any other locality in Pennsylvania.
sep 16—eo2m
jVTGTICE TO TEACHERS,—The Trustees ot Wash-
1_ xj ington Academy, in Somerset county, Maryland, desire
to engage a teacher competent to teach the Latin and Greek
languages, and all the branches in the English department
usually taught in academies.
He w'ill be required to produce satisfactory testimonials of
good moral character and scholarship, and to submit to a per-
sonal examination before the B ard of Trustees. His com-
pensation will be $400 and the tuition fees, which have aver-
aged about $350 for tile last three or four years, and he will be
expected to enter upon his duties on the 16th day- ol Novem-
ber next. S. W. JONES, )
J. H. DONE, > Committee.
WM. T. G. POLK, )
Princess Anne, October 20, 1847. oct 23—3t
TEACHERS.—The Trustees of Primary- School No.
j 48, of Anne Arundel county-, Maryland, are desirous to
procure a teacher immediately in said school. A gentleman
who has had experience in teaching would be preferred. To
one qualified to give instruction in the different branches
which pertain to an English education and also in the classics,
and can come well recommended as to moral character, a sala-
ry of $300 and perquisites of $50 to $75 will be given. Ad-
dress (postage paid) the undersigned.
BENJAMIN E. GANTT,
Rev. HENRY A1SQUITH,
WILLIAM SANDS, M.D.
Trustees of Primary- School No. 48,
oct 23—eo3t Millersville, Anne Arundel county. Md.
T7ALUAB1B LANDS .FOR SALE—Having dis-
Y posed of only a part of my lands lying in the county of
Orange, the remainder is still offered for sale at private bar-
gains. The following tracts are now in market, viz :
THE MEADOWS.—This farm will be sold either as a
tract of 1,005 acres, or reduced to 7-25 acres, to suit the pur-
chaser ; of which 500 acres are cleared and under cultivation.
The farm is now in good order, and is marked off tor eleven
fields, with running water in each, and is admirably adapted
to tillage and grazing. It has a very comfortable dwelling-
house containing six rooms, thoroughly and newly- repaired
and painted, with suitable out-buildings, stables, &e. upon it.
THE WINDER TRACT contains 600 acres, adjoining the
Meadows, upon Mountain Run, about 300 acres ot which are
open land. It has a small tenement upon it.
BIRCHLAND contains also 600 acres, a large proportion
of which is bottom land, upon Mountain Run, ot the first qua-
lity for grass or crops.
THE INDEPENDENT TRACT contains 468 acres, ad-
joining the Meadows, and is mostly upland.
These four tracts are situated in a pleasant and healthful
neighborhood, say two miles from the Racoon ford, on the
Rapidan river, thirty from Fredericksbui g, and twenty from
the Louisa Railroad*. The low grounds stretch upwards of
two miles on the Mountain Run, which passes through each of
the lour tracts, and are of very unusual breadth, furnishing
very fine high meadow, wheat, corn, or tobacco lands. They
are free from marsh and swamp.
A vein of very- superior limestone shows itself at intervals
along the Run, and on the Birchland Tract it forms a high bluff,
thus furnishing material for the further improvement ol the
lands.
The high lands upon the four tracts are in fine order, and
clover grows luxuriantly under the action of plaster.
Any-further information will be given by my-brother, Je-
remiah Morton, who is fully authorized to act for me.^ My
brother’s address is “ Racoon Ford, Culpeper county, Va.
sept 28—2awlstNoy JACKSON MORTON?
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