Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 21 March 1844 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

2Vt Cmu't weI, bat -that mt Rome.' fj-Advertisers, yearly and all others, are referred to our first pagre for terms, &c, from which no deviation will be made in any case. THURSDAY, : MARCH 21, 1844 FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, . OF KENTUCKY. STATE ELECTORS. Hcnrr S. Iane, of Montgomery Joseph G. Marshall, of Jefferson. DISTRICT ELECTORS. .1. John A. Brackenridge, of Warrick; ii'jamei Collins, of Floyd 't. 3. John A. Matson, of Franklin; I 4. Samuel W. Parker, of Fayette; 5. Hugh O'Neal) of Marion; 6. George G. Ounn, of Lawrence; 7. It. W. Thompson, of Vigo; 8. -William Homes, of Carroll; - O. John P. Biddle, of Cass: IO. Lewis S. Thompson, of Allen. . " We have been shown a manuscript letter from Robert Dale Owen upon the subject of the Canal, containing twelve pages of fools cap. Mr. Owen, seems to think that he sees his way clear now, and intimates that he will support the canal interest. The length ' of the letter prevents our making any use of ft thisvcek. - V OirWe 'learn from gentlemen wlio were - present on the occasion, that Mb. Dubbin, a

, " Catholic Priest from our neighboring State of

Kentucky,' in a lecture before the Catholic congregation of this place a few evenings since, denied the truth of our statement that Roman Weinzcepflein; the priest who was convicted of rape at the last term of the Gibson Circuit Court, had "a lair and impartial trial." We have only to say in reply, that we -TJiada the slatementWlhe authority of the prisoner's counsel, who expressed publicly in our bearing, after the verdict was rendered, that he had "as fair a trial as man ever had;" and we regret that a gentleman of Mr. Durbin's acknowledged intelligence should assert that a catholic could not have a fair trial before a jury of the- country or as he ex- . pressed it a Protestant Jury. In defence of the jury we will say that twelve more intelligent, upright and honest men never entered a jury box, and the verdict which they rendered is proof that they had no prejudice against the priest on account of his religion. As we learn there was not a . doubt ou the mind of a single juror as to the prisoner's '. guilt, and they consented to punish him with tentiary, instead of twenty-one which they could have inflicted, that the catholics might not ay they were prejudiced. A Protestant under like circumstances would not have got eiT so cheaply. ' (7Mr. Van Buren has recently written a letter to a committee in Pennsylvania, in which he endorses, in effect, the charge that the People were drunk in 1840 Perhaps he may think them drunker yet in November next. , , (ttrThe Legislature of Ohio has passed a law reducing the compensation of its members to two dollars a day, and making important reductions in the salaries of public officers generally. It is a Whig measure and has no saving clause in it allowing Sen ators and Representatives fo receive three dollars a day for the first six weeks of each session, like the . famous locofoco retrenchment law of Indiana. The Whigs of South Carolina are deter mined to do all that men can do to carry the gtate for Clay. Clay Clubs are organizing all over the State. A State Convention comes offat Columbia in April and from present appearances, there will be a full and enthusiastic representation in the Whig Na tional Convention at Baltimore in May next The good work goes bravely on. - One of the greatest Conventions Connecticut has ever witnessed, the Whigs recent Iv held at Hartford in that State. Upwards of ten thousand persons were present, most nf them as delegates. We hear from her next may she follow the lead so gloriously given by Maryland! A meeting of the passengers on board the S. B. "Duke of Orleans," was held near Natchez, on the 13th inst. Gen. Buckner II. Payne, of Louisiana, was called to the Chair; and A.L..Sbotwell, was appointed Se cretary. A vote of the passengers was taken for President, which resulted as follows Gent's. Cabin,

, Clay 59 Van Bcben 16 43 Clay 5 Van Buben 2 13 Clay 49 Van Buben 15 Johnson 1 Calhoun , 1 Jackson 1 31

Ladies Cabin. Deck Clay's majority 87

YOUNG MEN'S WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RATIFICATION.

TO THE YOUNG WHIGS OF THE UXITED STATES. Fellow-Citizens : The Young Whigs of Baltimore, assembled in Convention, have delegated the undersigned, to solicit, in their name, vour attendance at the Youug Men's Whig National Convention of Ratification, to be held, in this city, on Thursday the second of May. , . ! - - " The discharge of this grateful duty, requires us to enter upon no elaborate statement of the reasons, which prompt, us to desire your presence. The Presidential canvass has, already, been opened before the nation. : Already, the movements of the people have begun to indicate the profound solicitude they feel, for the proper decision of the great questions which it involves. These questions have been the subjects of your familiar discussion and anxious thought. You have nothing to learn as to the political faith you profess, and nothing can strengthen your conviction of the momentous exteut,to which the fortunes of your country depend upon its successful promulgation. Upon these things, therefore, we forbear to dwell. Four years since, your enthusiasm burst forth, upon this spot, into a flame, which went on, burning, into victory. We call up on you, again tp light your fires . among us, at the altar of the same patriotism. Now, as then, you have high principles to animate your counsels high aims to coucentrate your action, .Embracing, in itself, all that is comprehensive and statesmanlike, in pub lic policy : all that is thoughly and warmly American in scope and spirit blending all that deserves the approbation of the good, with all that commands the favorable judgement of the wise youb cause has a right to demand, thut you should give your ener gies and thoughts to its triumph. Upon the men, by whom that cause is to be represent ed before the country, the choice of a Na tional Convention has not,it is true, yet fall en. The public feeling however, echoed in a unanimily of acclamation, has left no doubt that the distinguished citizen has been, in fact, already chosen, upon whose genious and wisdom and virtue, the confidence of our party will, chiefly, rest the hopes of the Republic. Upon his character, comment is useless. It combines and illustrates all the elements of nobleness, which belong to the American people. The source of our high est pride it has been, not less, the centre f our wnrmfiqt nffecrli""- It 'was made for a natious reverence it has earned a nation's gratitude. Place can lend it no dignity higher than its own. The office to which Washington gave lustre, is the sphere to which its greatness belongs. Against our principles, sustained by such a champion, what opposition do we find ar rayed? So far as the discord, which results from unsettled principles and conflicting per sonal ambition, has permitted any thing like certalily to spring from the action of ourop ponents, it seems that they have nothing to offer, but another trial of the same men and the same measures already, so signally, ov erthrown. What they can promise-to them selves from such a policy, it is not easy for us to imagine,nor is it needful that we should inquire. It may be, that their estimate ofj popular intelligence and consistency suggests to them, that reprobation by the people, four years since, furnishes the surest guarranty of the people's admiration now! Perhaps they have some hope that their champions may gain in sympthy, as political martyrs, what was denied to them, in respect, as politica saints! Be that, however, as it mav.to them to us, the revival of the old war-cry but revives in tenfold force, every element of our former resistance. We deem their men and measures now as we deemed them when they last received their sentence o condemnation unworthy, the confidence of the country hostile to all that can pro mote ner weiiare uangerous to the purity and the permanency of her excellent insti tutions, . Four years cannot have made po litical corruption less corrupt,nor political im becility less imbecile. They are now what they were before. They can be discomfitted now as they wererouted then! Let our fellow Whigs, therefore, apply themselves to the task. It is easy, but it is of solemn import. Let the Young men of the nation gather themselves together! The country has need of their utmost deliberations. We have lately exerted ourselves,not unsuccessfully, here in Maryland, to make our State a proper rallying ground, for the gbeat Whig Council. We have shown, to our countrymen, a Whig victory, thorough and glorious, as the best pledge of our devotion to the common cause. We present them a regenerated Commonwealth,as our worthiest and most acceptable offering. It is to the Whig City of Baltimobe-!-Whig, at last, from centre to circumference-that we bid them make their pilgrimage of duty. Our banner is but waiting to be unfurled by their hands. Our homes are as open, to receive them, as our hearts will be?to give them welcome.

Come then, fellow-citizens, from far and neab, Let the JEast and the West assemble in fellowship! Let the olden brotherhood of the North and the south, be once more cemented, by a common devction to a righteous cause. That cause and its suc-

cess demand your presence ! We shall be prepared to greet you! S.TEACLE WALLIS, ' LEVI JAMES, A. S. GATCIIELL, R. II. BROOKE; JOHN BUCK, JOHN N. MILLINGPON, CI I ALES WEBB, Jb. HORATIO L. WH1TRIDGE, J. S. NICHOLAS, J. B. STREETS, WM.S. BROWNING, ,. CHARLES H. PITTS, LEVI FAHNESTOCK, JOHN B. DALLAM, . THOMAS SEWELL, Jr. Baltimobe, March 9th, 1844. OREGON. The Louisville Journal referring to the rage of emigration to the land of Oregon re marks: "Every nation is addicted to some particular vice. The most characteristic ice of our nation is an insane rage for ter ritorial acquisitions. We have more land than we can use, and yet, like a miser with overgrown coffers, we tret that we have, not enough. Our avaricious eyes are by turns directed to Canada, to Texas, and to Oregon One fever is scarcely abated before we are afflicted with another. What is to. be, the result of this disease, the wisdom of heaven can only foretell. It may prove fatal only to our national integrity; or it may prove fa tal to our national existence. The . Roman Empire was broke up into fragment by the weight of its ill joined members; and the fu ture historians may have the same story to re late when dwelling on the fate of the Amer can Union. . -,' "What there is in the territory of Oregon to tempt our national cupidity, no one can tell. Of all the countries on the face of this earth, it is one of the least favored of jeaveu. It is the mere riddlings of creation It is almost as barren as the desert of Africa and fjuile as unhealthy as the Campania of Italy. -. .'' "All the writers agree in representing Or egon as avast extent of Mountains, and va leys of sand dotted over with green and cu tivated spots. This 13 the representation given of it by Cox, Bonneville, Farnham,and Hinds. Now that snch a country should ex cite the hopes and the cupidity of citizens of the United States inducing taem to leave comfortable homes for its heaps of sands, indeed passing strange. Russia has her Si beria, and England has her Botany Bay, and if the United States should ever need country tobanfsh her rogues and scoundrels, the utility of such a region as Oregon, will be demoustated. 'Those sections of Oregon, that are most advantageously situated for culture and profit, are unhealthy and abound in reptiles, and and insects which render life almost insupporttble. There are moccasins, copperheads, rattlesnakes, scorpions, lizzards, tarantulas, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, gallinippers and other pests, of which neither entomology nor zoology nor erpeology gives any account." The presence of ladies at several Whig celebrations seems have disturbed the bile of the Locofocos by exciting their fears. A paper in Ohio holds the following language : "The women of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, may engage in debaucheries and drunkenness they may sing songs, and swell the chorus in praise of. Henry Clay, &c, but the purity and virtues of Ohio's fair daughters will never receive such a stain." - Now what can a person who would utter such a sentence know or care about purity and virtue? If the Locofocos were really such friends to moderation and order, as in their zeal against Whig assemblages and processions and other "appliances" they affect to be, they would rather rejoice at the additional guaranty for the preservation of decorum and the restraint of party passion which is secured by the presence of the gentler sex at these large gatherings. Mrs. Child, in one of her excellent works, exclaims "Blessed be God, the custom forbids women to electioneer or fight!" , May the sentiment remain till war and politics have passed away. In their compassionate hearts, may the teacnings of nature ever be unperverted by maxims of war or that selfishness which so frequently dignifies itself with the name of patriotism! But when fathers, husbands, brothers, and friends have bound themselves to the great work of redeeming their common country from corrupt, rnischevious, and oppressive rulers, shall they not be permitted to grace those enthusiastic meetings as spectators? And if they goto witness the stirring, yet perfently harmonious and well conducted proceedings, and to listen to the eloquence and wit of the orators, and show forth their general sympathy in the good cause, is it not quite right and proper, and would any one with the soul of a man think of ap plying to them such foul terms as those quoted above ? Nashville Banner.

' PUBLIC OPINION. ... j The tide of public opinion is gathering

last, and sweeping on favorably for the whigs with irresistible force. Springs are pouring forth, and swelling up from all parts of, the and, and, by their force, deepening and ex tending its swell. Party passion is lulled the old battle cries drowned prejudices overleaped as, day by day, this mighty movement of the public mind is seen and heard, like old ocean's surge, breaking down and breaking up the barriers of the opposition, and making surer and surer the progress of the cause of the country. ' We wish to indulge in no idle anticipa tions, nor let mere enthusiasm run wild with us, or our friends. But the signs about U3 and around us cannot be . mistaken. The quarrels of the leaders of the opposition; their violation of the fundamental law, in Congress and out of it; their reckless abuse of State interest and State character wher ever they have ruled ; uprooting and level ing doctrines of a portion of their organs of the press; the fierce personalities and low abuse which mark their course; the foul ap petite for slander and rank political falsehood in which they indulge, leaving no protection to purity of character and paying no regard to private or public virtue, whenever a selfish interest requires either or all to be assailed the universal prostration of the public good for partizan ends : -these great and palpable wrongs are rousing the people of this country, as they have not been roused before, to make battle for the good cause; and do what they may to rescue, it from the ha nds of the Spoilers. , There were times, when looking at these wrongs, and the success which seemingly folowed the doers of them,' that many of ur best men trembled lor the . Republic. We felt no such fear. We felt even amid that success, and in our darkest hour, as if the cause-were safe. .Pride of feeling; party as sociations; some degree of distrust of all parties'; an unwillingness to embark hotly in a new political contest; a :wish to understand the principles of the Whigs, and the leaders of the opposition; these causes kept the majority of the people calm. ' But that very calm boded, jvhat we now begin to see, the full rousing up of all their energies for a com ing conflict. And they are armed and ready to enter it not .as soldiers of fortune, not for the spoils, or for spoilers, but as men with minds made up and resolved to tug and toil for the country, the whole country, and nothing but the country. They are wise, and considerate, as to what they wish to do, and mean to have done: they are acting upon principles as regards measures' and men; and thev will not stop in this conflict until the National Government, and the Stale Gov ernmenls are administered honestly by hon est Representatives of their choice. The last twelve years have witnessed the policy of our fathers uprooted under the march, of what is termed, a '-'progressive de mocracy." It has proved alfke fatal fo pri vate prosperity, and: public integrity, been marked by : peculation in high places re pudiation in certain states a prostration of the national credit and the national indus try, a destruction of a sound currency- and a wide corruption of the political morals of the land. And now the men of the country seeing these evils, and understanding the causes of them, yet not despairing of the Republic, are determined to do over what has been undone to build up what was so wantonly destroyed. They are rousing, aye, in the words of the song They're rousing, they're rousing, in valley and - glen, . : . ,. -. The noble in soul, and the fearless in heart; At Freedom's stern. call, to the contest again - They rush with a zeal she alone can impart. They're gathering, they're gatherings on hill side and plain, " They swarm every vale and o'ershadow each - - river; " .' . - -Each hamlet and dale is made vocal again With ttie soul-thrilling cry, "Our country forever!" . And so it will be, as in earnest, and with a wisj patriotic entusiasm, they move in solid phalanx together, determined to have a Sound Cubbency to meet our national wants, a Tabiff to sustaiu our National Independence, and Henby Clay for President, as the man at once most fit to carry .out these great ends, and at the sa-ne time to rid the Gouernment, in all its parts, of those corrupt and corrupting influences which have done so much to taint its purify, and bring a positive and deep distress upon the people.' . . . Cin. Gaz. ' The Locofocos in Connecticut have for a long time been consulting together on the subject of the Tariff. They don't like a high Tariff, a protective Tarif), nor a judicious Tariff; but at a public meeting recently heldjsolemnly they resolved that they were in faver of a "satisfactory Tariff." Will some of their friends inform us what kind of a Tariff would prove satisfactory tathem? Forum. Dead.- ExTSenator Kekb, of Maryland. He died at his residence in that State on the 21st ult. Overdone politeness is worse than overdone beef-stake. One sickens the, body, the other the soul. ,

FRIGHTFUL SCENE WITH A LEOP

ARD. The Equestrjan Company, now per forming at Front street Theatre, as has been their frequent custom, passed through sevetal of our streets yesterday afternoon, with a band of music, and their troupe of horses. Accompanying them was HerrDriesbach, in a carriage, driving with him one of his Leop ards. When in front of Dix & Fogg's Fountr aiu Inn, Light street, it was agreed upon to partake of refreshments, for which purpose they alighted and went into the Hotel, Herr Driesbach taking with him his Leopards After remaining awhile, the party proceeded to retire to their horses and carriages. Herr Driesbach had the Leopard under his right arm. When nearing the door, he was encountered by a crowd of boys, whose ungovernable curiosity led them to see the animal. , In the crowd, just as the lion-tamer had stepped upon the pavement, a boy about ten years of age, named Flemming, son of Patrick Fleming, residing in Camden street, was thrown against the Leopard by some of his companions.. It caught bira with its paw and in an instant grasped the little fellow's head firmly in its jaws. Driesbach, with great nerve and firmness, immediately thrust his hand into the Leopard's mouth, thrusting it down its throat, and by means of pulling out its . tongue, caused the animal to release jt3 hold. The boy received a severe wound on the cheek, about three inches in length, and depth nearly to the bone, besides one or two other wounds on the head. He was taken to the office of Dr. McLaughlin, who dressed the wounds, which are not consider ed dangerous, although very painful. The Bfcopard apeared perfectly furious and determined on making sure of its prey. The keeper called for a knife, when endeavoring to subdue his pet, and intended to take its life, but it had let go its hold before an in strument could be handed him. The keep er deserves credit for his presence of mind in this encounter, but we hesitate not to speak in condemnation of taking such' beasts of prey, uncaged and unchained, through the public streets of a crowded city. Bait. Pat. CLAY IN MISSOURI. ; A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, who writes lrom St. Louis, says: I say to you (and my means of knowing aie of the amplest kind) that the great bat tle of 1844 will beiought as bravely, as determinedly, and as powerfully in Missouri as in any other State. 1 bus early the slogan is heard along all our borders, through the midlands, over mountain and plain, in every Whig habitation, every where. We are resolved to be the Cinderilla of the Union no longer. Organization and preparation for action are going on with heartiness and una nimity. 'Every Whig heartbeats with one pulse, and that is for him of Ashland. . And the sum of the whole matter is, that if Mr. Van Buren is the Locofoco candidate, we proclaim to the great Whig party .throughout the land that, unless all human calculations and foresight shall be put to naught, Missouri will vote for Henby Clay. . Fronithe Broome (.Y. Y.) Republican. "It is truly gratifying to see a large ma jority of our young men taking: the right side in all party questions. At least four out of five of the young voters cast their ballots in favor of Henry Clay and sound republican principles. This is as it should be. The liberties of the country cannot be subvert ed so long as the young men remain uncorrupted." - ' ; . - BBMABK.S OF THE ALBANY EVENING JOULNAL. Thus speaks the Broome Republican in reference to the signal triumph achieved by our friends in that '. county at their recent town elections. The fact stated about the political predilections of the young men .is a most eratifvinir one, and as significant as it is gratifying. We believe with the Republican ihatfull four-fifths of theyoungmen of the State are tried, devoted, ardent Whigs, And who shall doubt the success ot a cause which thus commends itself to the favor and enlists the active and zealous exertions of the young men? A SMALL TOUCH OF THUNDER. . The Democratic Capitol, a new Locofoco paper, published at Washington city, .thus asks and answers a very importantquestion. "Fob what do we Fight? For princi ples principles born in the bloody revolu tion written upon the shields ot the war riors pf '70,and inscribed on the tomb-stones of the dead of those days." ' -: From which it appears that the Locofocos, in fijihting for the restoration of Van Buren' the Sub-Treasury, and free trade, are fight ing over again the battles of our revolution' Now we were not aware, before the Capitol kindly informed us, that Mr. Van Buren was "born in a bloodly revolution" that the SubTreasury scheme was "written upon the shields of the warriors of ?7G," or that free trabe is inscribed on the tomb-sfonc. of , the dead of those days." Louisville Jour. -: BRITISH WHIGS. ' ; i So the locofocos denominate all who belong to the Whig party Yet the Whigs, as a body, do all in their power to Inx British Goods and to encourage American industry, both farming and mechanical whilst the locofocos are incessantly striving to break down the tariff so as to admit British lahrtcsduty Mree,' to the great in jury oi our farmers, and ruiu of our manufacturers aud mechanics. The locofocos are for'free trade' which means free for the British to send here what they please ; but no trade M all for us Which, then, in lact, is the BfiiTieu party? ; Cassius M. Ci.av has announced his determination to etnnncipn'e all his slaves In the course of the present year. Mr. Clay is ' a very large slave-holder; cud is said to bathe richest man in Kentucky.

MR. LEGARE'S OPINION OF ROBT. FULTON.—The following eloquent remarks of Mr. Legare, the late Attorney General of the United States, were made by him, in the House of Representatives of the United

States, upon a bill for the relief of the heir of Fulton. They do equal honor to his head and heart. " - - Mr. Legare said, he trusted that the ques tion would at once be put, and that the noose niiuiu imna lite: 11111- iv . " kmiiviikii inn ; high authority of the chairman of the Committee of Claims (Mr:, Whittlesey) that the demand wasjust and fair. ' Every consciencious man would-feel justi fied on that ground alone, in voting for t'ae Bill; and he was sure every generous man would feel dissatisfied if he should be induc ed to vote 'against it. , ' - - Mr. Legare well remembered when the Report they alluded to was rendered. He was then in the city, and bad an op portunity of personally witnessing some of the misery it was here 'intendetT to relieve. The memory of it could never be efaced from the miud. It seemed like some bideons dream that in a country which was . the one great monument of Fulton's, genius, such case could possibly be real, .y; . Never had Poet, Siatesman or Hero. a mongst the. Mausoleums iii Westminister Abi.... .i, o r,i,.ii.ivrie.iif Imrl heejj raises nr UCV. U1UUUIUV". Fulton's memory. ""'-.' Let anv.man eo to the 'lofty peaks ot the Alleghenies, andidok down upon the scene spread out below. . ' - . ' ..:... Let his eye glante down the valleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, alive: with all thewonders of our internal commerce.' - Let his eye wander on the wide spread plainsj on the other side, covered with cities, that spring: up, as it - were but yesterday, f Let them . i . . i i i.t contemplate tne nappy scene oi uusy weajiu and enterprise aqd successful industry, which every where presents to view." Alt ;hiswas: the creation of the genius of one man. Andyet bichildreri, in the midst of this spectacle of social prosperity, were seen knocking ag paupers, at the door of Congress- and asking in his name for bread. ' ' " - , He repeated that such a sight, seemed to him like some frightful vision. ; It Could not be reality. . - : -. , ,. . t Yet such had been the fact ; and at this late day their claim still remained unsatisfi-" ed, and there were men found who were for J denying this tardy justice still longer, 'j1 he house had heard the testimony of one on whose scrupulous integrity, or whose un bending fidelity to the demands : of public justice, it had for years relied and never re lied in vain, in decided advocacy of this Bill as a matter of right. " Can they refuse a claimrthus vouched! But there was another ch cumstance in the case, which gave the claim peculiar force. Not only, did . Mr. Legare believe in his conscience that Fulton had done more good for 'this country - than any ' man (save ONE) who had ever breathed im it. hut iiiQt 9Q Via' w-na alinul In 'rpan t!-L Tint-. vest of his fortune, the just reward of his great talents and meritorious exertions, a point of . law was started j the exertions of counsel were calle'd in f Speculators thought they had now a good chance of success; and in the hour of anticipated reward, Fulton found himself bound a sacrifice on he tltaT of the law, to a stern principle of eon-i stitutional right. "It was indeed a double; sacrifice: ; ' ' s 'His own hope, and that of bis family, pef ished in a moment, by the breath of a legal decision. ' Mr. Legare invoked the house to do justice. They could do no more' than justice to the memory of such a. man. If they were to give twice the sum propos'edby the bill, they would still be within the mark. " ' N. B. The Bill passed by a large majority, but too late for , the Senate that session; and it has since twice passed the houseof Representatives, but lost by delays in the Senate. ,: .... "... .., From the Indiana State Journal. Influence of Wosian.-Ii was the remark of a man well versed in the movements of the human mind and the springs of human action, "Give me the making of the ballads of a Nation, and I will give up readily all other sources of power and influence." Give usy say we, the influence of the'fairer sex, themoral power and efficiency of the singlehearted and virtuous women, of the community so ready always . to every good word and work and we would iv;e up in exchange, were it necessary much of the rriaV chinery of parly tactics -much of the animal and out-door excitement of a; political con--flict. Such a surrender may or may not be necessary -but we see no indications as yet of any timidity on the part of the gentler sex at the notes of preparation- sounding and reunding from the - Whig camp. Even the crack ot the "Rifle," issuing, from our of fice, we are happy to nua' croes uot aianri them for 'we are proud to Humoer, ?'nce our last week's report, an accessioit of several intelligent lady subscribers to- its- lisf-TWe welcome them to the field of our common: interest and common glory-to. the support, im their appropriate sphere, and io their animating and encouraging manner, of our gallant champion Heney Clay.', Their p.esejnce and countenance has power'; to convert the political arena into the very "diamond oftha desert.?' With such auxiliaries the country, is safe. We do not and cannot allow oarselves to anticipate defeat! " CLAY is in the fore-front of the combat, battling for the right aided by strong arms' and cheered on to victory by still more effective smiles and aspirations and prayers. In a contingency not now at all. apprehended as shadowed forth in the initiatory lines, we quote, for the applicability of the concluding ones and the perfection of the whole, tho expressive stan za - - "If he falls, like the warrior he falls oil his duty. II is country shall hail lum and angelsapprova; If he conquers, ha wins, from the bright hand of beauty, ..... The wreath wovs by liberty, friendship and Impobtant Advice. A- gentleman who has occasion to walk with -two ladies wiih one umbrella, should always go in the middlethat secures a dry coat to himself and showing no partiality io cither of the ladies.