Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 2, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 2 March 1848 — Page 2

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WM. II. CHANDLER & CO.

The Tri-Weekly Jourxal is published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, ami Saturdays, at 4,00 per annum, ka advance. The Weekly Journal is published on Thursdays, at $2,00 per annum, in advance. FOR PRESIDENT; ZACHARY TAYLOR. WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. G0DL0VE S. ORTU, of Tippecanoe, DICTRICT ELECTORS. IstDtst.-JoHN Pitcher, of Posey. "2d " John S. Davis, of Floyd. 3d " Milton Gregg, of Dearborn. 4th " David P. Holloway, of Wayne. 5th " Thomas D, Walpole, of Hancock. Bih " Lovell 11. Rousseau, of Greene. 7th " Epv.ibd V. McGuaghey, of Parke. 8th " James F. Spit, of Cliuton. 9th " Daniel D. Pratt, of Cass. 10th ff David Kilgoee, of Delaware. CITY OF EVANSVULE: THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 31S. We call particular atten tion to pur Prospectus pu the following page. Cut it out and circulate. Iet every one help. Whig Electoral Ticket. We place at the hratl of our columns to-day, the electoral Ticket appointed by our late Whig State Convention. It is certainly one of the strongest ever forrnedin the State, and will compare with the Whig Electorial Ticket of any other State that has yet appointed, not even excepting Kentucky. CC5"For my part," says Daniel Webster, "in the daik and troubled night that is upon us, I see no star above the horizon promising light to us, but the intelligent patriotic, unit- - ed Whig party of the United States, Whig Harmony. The Whig State Con vention of Kentucky, has set an example of Whig harmony to the whole Union, which we hope to see practised by our party everywhere. Let the Whigs act in this spirit, and a triumph nnparalled, in the history of our country awaits them in November. Already do we Bee its influence at work for good. The Taylor State Convention, which met at Frankfort about the came time, appointed delegates to the Whig National Convention-ffo same delegate that had been previously appointed by the Whig State Convention, Hurra for Kentucky ! She is a glorious State. The way she will bear the Whig banner in the Presidential conflict will be awful for the Locos to look upon. tQHox. John L. Helm is the Whig candidate for Lieut. Governor of Kentucky. He is a true and gallant Whig, and just the man to tear the tanner or His party through the political conflict. Crittenden and Helm ! Their very names, we fancy, will scare off all oppoeition. The opposition have already became alarmed, and the Lexington Gazette strongly urges, the Locofocos to nominate Gen. Wnr. O. Butler for Governor. But they won't do it. for Gen. Butler won't accept. He knows a "bird in the band is worth two in the bush. Pating for the Dance. Mr. Vinton, chair man of the House Committee of Way and Means estimates the expenses of the coming fiscal year at 65,000,000, and cuts down the revenues from customs and sale of public lands to 828,000,000; so, to use a business phrase, Uncle Sam is respectively "short" 837,000,000 ! In other words we are going beyond our income at the rate of 837,000,000 her annum, just for the pleasure of fighting the Mexicans. CC3""We received a few days ago from Mr. Samuel Orb, a sample of his Sugar-Cured Hams, and, if vre are any judge of the article, they are certainly excellent. Those of our citizens who relish a fine, rich, sweet, jucy ham, will of course gire Mr. Orr a call. He has a ,fev more of the same sort left." fX!TYe beg leave to call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Clagett & Miller, Hardware Merchants, Louisville, in our paper to-day. Their establishment is well and favorably known to country merchants, and no one visiting Louisville for the purpose of adding to his stock will fail to give them a call. "Taking Time by the Forelock." Anticipating the absorption of all Mexico into our Union, a member of the Tennessee Legislature lately introduced into the House of Representatives, a resolution suggesting to Congress that Memphis would be a suitable place for the location of the seat of Government, and providing for the ceding of the county of Shel by to the United States, &c. The editor of i.he Memphis Eagle thinks that inflammable legislators will not fail to appreciate the location it is so convenient to Arkansas. C3The reader will find on the following page, the correspondence between Gens. Scott and Worth; also the report of the action of the court martial in regard to Col. Fremont, which will be read with interest. KjT There has been an immense amount of Ireight destined for the Wabash country, landed atour wharf in thelast few days. Every large boat . from the South makes a deposite, and several have left very nearly their entire cargoes here Fire hundred tons, principally sugar, tnolosses and coffee, were unloaded here last night from the Steamers Lafayette and Louisville, about one half of which is for our own merchants. There has not been less than three Wabaeh steamers at our wharf at any time for the last r month, and we learn they are doing a good bu siness this season. Our Vincennes, Terre Haute and Lafayette otemporaries would confer a favor on the pub lic by giving full and frequent statements of the river. We are enquired of half a dozen times a day to know "what the Wabash is Jo-

Clay Meeting in New York City. From twelve to fifteen thousand of the Whigs of New York held a mass meeting at Castle Garden on the 17th inst., and adopted a spirited and able address and resolutions, recommending Henry Clay as the candidate of the Whigs of New Nork for the Presidency, The New York papers concur in representing this meeting as one of the largest, most enthusiastic, respectable and orderly assemblages ever convened in that city. , The. Herald says: Of the meeti ng in Castle Garden, nominating lleprs Clay, little need be said to those who saw it. According to the estimate of our reporters, it numbered twetve thousand .persons, perfectly united and txcited as one man. The Whigs of this great city are decidedly, and by an immense majority, in favor of Henry Clay,

and no mistake. We admit thjs great fact broadly and completely. The Tribune, after speaking of the size of the meeting, remarks : Rut jts numbers vast as they were, were but a single element of this immense meeting. In character, intelligence, order, and dignity, we doubt whether an assemblage more deserving of respect was ever seen. Although the deep and ardent enthusiasm lor Clay would frequently burst out in cheers like thunder-peals, especially at every allusion to our great leader's name, yet no word (that we heard) was uttt red or sentiment evinced disrespectful of his rivals, and when Mr. White spoke of General layjor as a gallant and able commander, the expression was warmly responded to, despite the unanimous leetiug that Henry Clay was the mau for President. The address and resolutions were very clearly and forcibly read, and were listened to by the vast gathering witli-fix-ed attention, broken by frequent manifestations of approval. Of course, when Mr. Clay's name first occurred in the address, there were such demonstrations of delight asonly failed to bring down the roof above us, and the allusion to his Lexington speech was received' with hardly less enthusiasm. The resolution pledging the Whigs of New York to abide and sustain the choice of the Whig national convention was most heartily responded to, The New York Barn-Burners' Convention. The convention of Earn-burning or Wilmot Proviso Locofocos of the State of New York met at Utica on Wednesday of last week. About one hundred delegates attended. The sum of its work was the adoption of a strong and long address insisting on the limitation ol slavery to the ground it now occupies, and the appointment of thirty-six delegates to thegreat convention of May, at Baltimore. Two of these, Messrs. C. C. Cambrelengand Jared Wilson, are for the State at large; the other thirtyfour are from the congressional districts. The delegates go to Baltimore without instructions as to the choice of a Presidential candidate. A good many of the members of the convention were in favor of nominating Gen. Taylor for the Presidency, but it was not done. Among the resolutions adopted we find the following: Resolved, That Major General Zachary Taylor, by his masteily correspondence with the War Department, no less than by his heroic conduct and indomtiable coolness and courage on the field of battle, has shown himself to be not only a distinguished military chieftain, but a man of great mental and moral power, and whose whole life has given evidence of a strong head, an honest heart, and a republican simplicity of character. The New York Herald, speaking of the con vention, says : There is no mistake in the Utica convention. Their declaration their address their resolutions their position, will, most probably, break up the Democratic party of the Union, and produce an entire revolution in this great republic. They have boldly reiterated the issue of the Wilmot Proviso, passed at Herkimer, as applicable to any new territory taken from Mexico. John Van Buren and his friends stick to the textot tnerierkimer convention. Itieir thirty-six delegates, pledged to such principles will never be admitted into the Baltimore convention, with theconset of theSoutheru States never never never never never. Hence then utter demolition of the Democratic party at the ensuing election, unless they come out for the annexation andabsorptiou of the whole of Mexico, and the preservation of the domestic institutions of that country, in the same way as the Southern States have preserved theirs from the revolution of 1776, up to this day. Mineral Wealth of Alabama. The editor of the State Guard, at Wetumpka, says he has been shown, during the last six months, some of the finest specimens of gold dust and bars, obained in the upper part of Coosa and Tallapoosa counties, that could be obtained from any mines in the world. He also says there is a large capital now invested at Silver Hill, Tallapoosa county, in the digging of gold, which is yielding an excellent per cent to its owners. And in our opinion (says the editor) all that is required to make that mineral region of country become as famous as any part of the world is the investment of the proper quantity of capital. Metals of all kinds has been dis covered, in several instances in large bodies, such as lead, iron; silver, and gold; and no. country affords more and better water facilities for the purpose of carrying the rock through the processof separation. Life Insurance. Mr. J. P. Whitney, an old and extensive merchant of New Orleans, some time previous to his death, which happened lately in that city, effected an insurance of 5)30,000 on his life. This handsome sum will of course go to his widow. What conso lation it must have been to the good man in his last hours to know that, by the investment of comparatively .a small sum, he was leaving to his wife and family a certain and an adequate support. It is somewhat strange that while men are striving to leave a competence to their families, and in nineteen cases in twenty, fail ing, they should neglect this mode , which costs but a trifling yearly expenditure. In the East, life insurance is very generally resorted to, es pecially by mechanics, clerks, small dealers, and those who are dependent upon their sala ries for their support and that of their families it will meet witn lavor, we cio not doubt, in the West, when its principles are better known and when those whom it is intended to bene fit, give it that thought and consideration it deserves. . In this connection we desire to mention for the benefit of our public, that Mr. Allen C. Hallogk is the agent for one of the best Life Insurance Companies in the Union, and will take risks at low rates. We believe that it is only necessary to make the matter, known to our citizens, when it will at once be taken advantage of by them.

Biennial Sessions. Several papers in the State are advocating the importance of a change in the constitution, so as to require a meeting of the Legislature once in three, or at most once in two years, instead of annually. For ourselves we think that a session once in two or three years, would be sufficient to do up all the public business, at a saying of time and money, and that it would tell finely upon the State Treasury. We can do just as well with a session every other year, and that would save just half the present expense make taxes

lighter and leave more money in the hands of the people, to devote to the. improvement of their farms or houses, public roads, schools, railroads, &c, &c. The Tei re Haute Express speaking of this matter, and alluding to the stampede among the members of the Legislature ou account of a case of small pox at the capital, says: "If the Legislature can adjourn from personal feelings without detriment to the State, the State would have lost nothing if the members had not assembled. And the character of the late legislation shows too, that Utile would have been lost if the Legislature had not convened, his winter at all, as niiie-tenths of the laws are purely local, and about some small matters that do no general good any way. Other States have seen the bad policy of yearly legislatures, and have abolished them; we think we might follow in such footsteps with much advantage." CC3"The Sons of Temperance had a fme turnout at Princetonon the 22cl, and after marching through (several of the principal streets, repaired tf theCourtllouse,wherean oration was delivr ered by Dr. D. WALLiNo,which,accoicling to the Clarion, was a beautiful and energetic effort in behalf of the good cause; "briefly tracing the history of the Order its origin and progress; and then answering the objections prevalent agiinst the Order as a secret association; concluding with an appeal in its behalf, on the grounds of its influence upon society, the brotherhood being found in a union based upon virtue and intelligence there beingnone too high or too low in the scale of wordly wealth but that they may avail themselves of its benefits honesty of purpose, and good moral character being the only test of the applicant." The Division at this place is in a flourishing condition, and doing great good in the community. Of the "Sons" in Terre Haute, the Express says: Seven or eight months ago, the first division of thebonsol 1 em pe ranee wasestabushed here; soon, a second division was instituted, and now, at the weekly meetings, the room is era phaticaily crowded. Some idea may be form ed of the numbers by those who know the size of the Town Hall, when we tell them that on Tuesday and Friday evenings, a stnngof members touching each other, reaches all around the room, while over by the stove and back of th principal table, the5 are two and three fold. Almost every evening, too, from three to ten are initiated, and about as many proposed for initiation on the succeeding evening. It is a comfort to say too, out of these only two or three have back-slidden. The institution asks no compulsion; it is raised and supported by voluntary offerings, and addresses itself only to the good sense and baiter feelings of the community. It seems that ultimately the cause will cover the land "as the waters cover the sea. fjf-A petition, numerously signed, has been presented in Congress for a grant to the State of Missouri of each alternative section of land htdd by the United States, five miles on each side of a proposed railroad, from Lex ington, Mo., via St. Louis, to Ohio city, at the mouth of the Ohio river. C3The weather for several days past has been delightful in the extreme, and our citizens, male and female, have takpn advantage of it to perambulate the town. It is impossible to keep housed during such weather as we now en joy, uur river is in line order, and tne ship ment of pTodllCe has been very brisk for the last two weeks. Since last evening, when the above was put in type, the wind has "chopped round'" a lit tle more to the North, and fires and overcoats are quite comfortable. Change, (except in an editor's pockets,) is the order of the. day, and the weather follows the fashion or leads it (?) Fatal Occurrance. We learn from the Indianapolis papers that Eleazer Luce, a young man, an apprentice to the coach-making businessin that city, came to his death on Satur day week, by being struck with a hammer by his master. The only person that saw the oc currence, was examined, and testified before the Mayor to the facts, in substance, that the deceased was an apprentice to the Gastons; be tween 20 and 21 years of age; that at the time the difficulty occurred, deceased and Hiram Gaston were working in the smith shop at the same fire; deceased was trying to fit a plate of iron to a buggy, and not succeeding, Gaston told him to let him have it and he would heat it and fix it; deceased answered "I'll not." Gaston then took hold of the iron with both hands. Gaston then told him to let eo, and they both pulled the iron, deceased replied won't." Gaston then got mad and instantly picked up a hammer, s wedge hammer, weighing about a pound, and f truck a side blow that hit deceased on the left side of his neck; deceas ed tell. Uaston raised him, threw water in his face, sent for a doctor, and tried to bring him to. Deceased breathed but a few minutes, and never spoke. Up to the moment that Gas ton picked up the hammer they were both in good humor, that if the blow had hit the body of deceased it might not have injured him. Witness has no idea that Gaston intended to kill deceased, as deceased and him were on the most friendly and social terms up to the occur rence. Gaston manifested deep anguish and distress at the occurrence. Black Lines." Mr. Thompson Locofoco offered a resolution declaring that the resolution of the House asserting the War to have been unconstitutionally began by the President is untrue and ought to be expunged. The res olution was laid on the table by a vote of 115 to 94. CCS" The Whig members of the Virginia Legislature have nominated Gen. Taylor for the Presidency by a vote of 87 to 18. Time is Money.' So Franklin observed. It is very true, and some people take plenty of it to pay latu aeDis.

The Case of Gen. Scott. - It is not in Washington, alone, says the National Intelligencer, nor in the Eastern cities, that the public Journals are scandalized at the manner in which, at this moment, when a union of skill, courage, and discretion, such as that which composes the professional characte r of General Scott, is most required at the head of the Army in Mexico, that army should, by an Executive rescript of the most arbitrary character, have been deprived of the accomplished Commander who had just placed it. through a se

ries of successive victories, on the summit of military renown and glory. From the South we have the reverberation of the discontent felt here, and we haye something more, placing confidence in the source from which we derivethesubjoinedstatement.it is apparent thai the General Order for the Court of Inqui ry in the case of Gen. Scott, lately made public, places the act on false (or at least wholly insufficient) grounds, when it recites "charges" by Gen Worth as the ground of the in dignity offered in the presence of the army, (and of the enemy) to its gallant Commander, by subjecting him to a court of Inquiry of ju nior officers, From the New Orleans Picayune, We cannot believe that one of the distin guished Generals placed in arrest by General Scott, and Who has now been relieved there from, has counselled or remotely favored the present investigation of charges against his commander-in-chief. On the contrary, we be lieve we have good reasons for saying that he foresaw the evil consequences which would ensue from pressing inquiry into alleged wrongs at this moment. We are assured that he demanded investigation at such time as would not interfere with the exigencies of the service. We look to an influence, a malign influence, indeed, fiom another quarter as the origin of this evil. We trace it to the nisatid ble vanity, the unappeased vanity for distinc tion, of the same spirit which governed tne pen of "Leonidas" and "Veritas." He avowed to Gen. Scott his purpose of communicating with the Secretary of War, mo through the channel dictated by militarv rules; and for that he was arrested. But he had a deeper wrong to avenge; the affair ot the court martial upon the two appropriated howitzers had inflamed him with a deadly hate. This allusion shows Gen. Pillow to be the "malign influence' re ferredto.l This measure of the President in dicates to us that this man has accomplished one of his purposes. The singular, the unac countable control he exercises over the Presi dent has been brought to bear, We were told weeks ago that the blow would be struck, and we were told wliose influence would do it. The prediction lias Deen luinuect, ana in missus pension of Gen. Scott we have renewed occa sion to regret the most deplorable appointment which Mr. Polk has madesince the co nmencement of. the war. Once before has this man endeavored, through a contemptible correspondence, to filch from the brows of his illustrious commander the thick clustering honors of the victories of the valley ot Mexico. He was toiled in tne un worthy purj ose. His own partisans were made to blush tor him and to denounce his shame lessness. Again, in a mode equally indirect and unworthv, has he aimed a blow at his com mander. and this time with a surer, deadlier aim. liut tne justice ot nis countrymen win again interpose to shield the intended victim. lhe blow will recoil upon him who aimed it; and, though suspended from his high command and stripped of his authority, Gen. Scott will this dav stand higher in the altections ot his countrymen than if he were still dictating law to Mexico in all the bravery of a conqueror The Weather and the Comet. The Comet which is to make its appearance about the 10th proximo, is supposed to have some influence in reference to the mildness of the season. One of the meteorological reports published in Lon don, observes: The present season has hitherto been uuusu ally mild, more so than was anticipated; but probably not more so than might be expected lrom the approach ot the Comet, which is ex pected toappearin Vlarch, 1818, about the 10th 'If this occurs.' saysZadikel, 'the month of Feb ruary will be extraordinary mild, and March be less severe a great deal than is loretold by the planets aspects, ana then will the summer suf fer the reaction, and be excessively wet and stortnv. Italy and IT3 Fermentations The state of Italy, at present, is not only interesting, but entirely anomalous, The movement of the Pope is the least important part of it. He doubtless moved from the pressure or the great unper current; but he will do" nothing contrary to real Conservatism, and, in his hand, the political economy of Italy would be improved; but it is doubtful whether any more real substantial Liberty would be enjoyed. His object is, beyoud doubt, to concede something, in order to save the whole. But this is not the object of the people, and, without blood, they will not stop there ! Their object is to rid Italy of Austrian and French Bourban domination the one in the North and the other in the South of Italy. A Bourbon prince, governs Naples and the Sicilies, and Austrian bayonets govern five millions of Italiansin the North. This has proved to the Italians the worst of tyrannies, and they are and always have been tired of it. To get rid of this most unreasonable and vicious political arrangement, is the end in view, to establish on its ruins, Republican Government. There is, therefore, a universal fermentation, and this alarms the Pope, quite as much as the crowned heads. The London Times states a circumstance, which illustrates, in a stronger point of view than anything we have seen, the fermentation and excitement of the people. Milan is under the Government of Austria, and the most prosperous part of Italy. The Austrian Government derives a large income from the Monopoly of Tobacco, and other articles of consumption. The Milanese had heard that the Amer icans made their Revolution by refusing to drink tea! Forthwith an annonymous Procla mation appeared, announcing that the Austri an tax could beavoided, by the non-consumption ofTobacco, and other monopolized articles. No sooner said than done. The whole body of the people ceased to use Tobacco ! Anoymous publications threatened the punishmnt of those who did not obey the mandate! The consequence was, that no tobacco was consumed except by the Austrian soldiers, who puffed a double quantity, to show their loyalty! This shows the spirit and excitement of the people. (X3The writer of a fetter from Mexico was astonished to see so many Mexicans under the the employ of the United States, He estimated them at from 2000 to 2,500,

fX30ur readers will perceive by reference

to another column of our paper, that the Kentucky Wnig Convention have nominated the Hon. John J. Crittenden, for Governor, and Hon. John L. Helm, for Lieut. Governor. The Journal of yestesday says; A noble list of Presidential electors has been selected. There is not a man of them all who jrj.ll pot do his duty with honor to himself and with hoiiorto the glorious cause of Whig principles. It will be. seen by the following telegraphic announcement, that Mr. Crittenden accepts the nomination, but will not yet fix a day for his resignation of U. S. Senator: Washington, D. C, Feb. 24, 1846. To Messrs. L. Combs, R. Apperson and J. F. Bell : Mr. Crittenden accepts the nomination of the Whig State Convention for the office of Governor of Kentucky, but his friends cannot consent that he should fix a day for his resig nation to take effect, because the posluie ol public affairs here, at this time, is such, that they cannot tell how long his services maybe indispensable in the Senate. ,1. R. mL"r.K.v uuu, C. S. MOREHEAD. AYLETT BUCKNER, JNO. THOMPSON, JOHN P. GAINES, GREEN ADAMS. Mr. Gamett Duncan is not in the city. Mr. Crittenden yields to the wishes of his friends, and accepts the nomination lor the office of Governor with which the convention have honored him. J. J, CRITTENDEN. NominatIon of John J. Crittendejt for GovERtJon of Kentucky. The Frankfort cor respondent of the Louisville Journal writes un der date of the 2d inst., the cheering intelli gence of the nomination of John J. Crittenden for the office of Go rernor of Kentucky. The writer says : The convention met this morning at 10 o' clock, and it proved a mass meeting. The Presbyterian church in which it was held, floor and galleries, would not contain them. Judge Calhoon was nominated temporary president, and a committee ot ten appointed to select of ficers and rules of proceeding. While, the committee was out the counties were called and 98 counties found to be represented. The com mitteeof ten selected Judge Geo. Robertson as president, and other officers, and then the convention adjourned to 3 o'clock; the delegations in the meantime to agree upon their votes for candidates tor the othces ol Governor and Lt Governor. Shortly alter the convention met in the afternoon, when they were on the point of calling the votes of the counties, without anyone having been nominated for the offices in question, Mr. Davidson, ol Liogan, announc ed that he had been instructed by the delegates Jrom that county to nominate John J. Crittenden for the office of Governor. This created a storm of applause and rejoicing, and it was at once perceived that the other candidates would decline. After some remarks as to whether Mr. Crit tenden would accept the nomination, all agreeing that he would, though some objected toimposing the sacrifice upon him, Mr. Wolfe announced that he was authorised to withdraw the name of Mr. Graves. This was received with thunders of applause. The name of Col Todd had previously been withdrawn byletter, and, shortly after, the name of Mr. Dixon was also withdrawn, when the rejoicing was renew, ed. About this time Mr. Squire Turners nomi nated Garret Davis to the office of Lieut. Gov ernor, which nomination was also received with great applause. Mr. Davis rose and pro fessed himself ready to fill any post assigned him, but begged to have the honor conferred on another. In the meantime Mr. Helm had en tered, and, setting some hint of what was pas sing, rose and declared that he heartily approved of whatever the convention had done,whereupon Mr. Davis again rose and entreated that Mr. Heim should have the nomination. The vote was taken on Mr. Crittenden's nomina tion, and wasof course unanimous. At length the convention adjourned without passing up on the nomination ol Mr. JJavis. lo-morrow they will determine upon that and also appoint uninstructed delegates to the Whig national convention. There is a large majority here in tavor ot Gen. laylors nomination by. the na tional convention, but nothing will be done in the matter by this convention. W. P. S. I forgot to say that after the nomina tion of Crittenden was acted on. Mr. W. An drews rose and said that he had a letter in his hands in which Mr. Crittenden agreed that he would accept the nomination. Chloroform. It is mentionad in rmo of the Loudon papers that Dr. Simpson, of Edin burgh, has been summoned to London by the Q.ueen. No v this fact, if it is a fact, "standing by itself, is of no particular importance, at least on our side of the Atlantic. The movements of Dr. Simpson, or any other Scottish physician, can have no very essential bearing per se, on the. interests of any body or anything in republican America; and we dont know that even a royal command adds much, it anything to their claims upon public attention. But when two other facts are added first, that Dr, Simpson has been for a considf rable time in the practise ol administering chlorolorm in the numerous cases ot mid-witery which he at tends, and, second, that the Queen has recent ly given notice to Dr. Lococ ; and Mrs. Lilly the matter assumes a shape worthy ol atten tion. lt is pretty generally known that inocula tion for the smjtl pox, was denounced in Eng land with almost universal dread and ab horrence until Lady Mary Wortley Montague, then a fashionable beauty, had the courage to adopt it for her children and we believe, for herself. Her example induced thousands to look with lavor tipou the preventive, and no doubt was the means ol saving niany lives. But Queen Victoria is a thousand limes more potent as a leaner oi iasnion, . ttian even was Lady Mary, and if she employs the chloroiorm in her hour of pain and peril, there is not 'one woman in ten among her subjects who will not do the same. The prejudice or apprehension that may otherwise forbid its use will be overcome; what the Queen does all will be in haste to do, notwithstanding even the religi ous scruples raised by some worthy fathers of tne Church in Scotland; who asserts that ltisa sinful flying in the face of Providence to seek mitigation of the penally denounced upon woman in the 16th verse of the 3d chapter of uem-sis. On the other hand should the Queen's lying in be attended with more than ordinary danger or with a fatal result, it is probable that the employment of chlorofoim in such cases will tall into dislavor, possibly into disuse. The issue of the experiment, therefore, will be looked for with reasonable anxiety, not only in England but in this and every other civilized country. xV. 1. Com.. Adv. The Quakers and the War. A short, and truthful position against the Mexican War, signed by 8,000 Quakers residing in New England, was presented in the House of Representatives a few days ago, with the usual motion to have it printed. Thereupon certain Locofoco members, denounced the Quakers as enemies and traitors to their country. All persons are traitors now, in the opinion of the administration and its followers and retainers, save them only w ho are for war, con

quest, and annexation.

[From the Louisville Journal, of Thursday.] THE TREATY OF PEACE According to the telegraphic d.'spatchof yesterday, Mr. Polk sent the proposition of a treaty of peace received from the Mexican GovernmeiH to the Senate, on Tuesday, for consideration. This is the course he. pursued in relation lo the treaty proposed by the British Government for the adjustment of the Oregon question. We hope the result in the present instance may be as honorable and advantageous to our country as it was in the former. The intelligence is that Mr. Polk has sent the terms of peace proposed by Mexico to the Senate for advice. If he be instructed by that

body to negotiate a treaty on the proposed ba sis, he will do so. in reierence. to tne uregon treaty, he slated, on submitting it to the Sen ate, that he was opposed to the compromise it provided for. Notwithstanding lhe majority of that body was composed of his friends, vet an overwhelming majority of the members, differing from the President as to the wisdom of the compromise, advised its acceptance, and ic was accepted to the great relief and delight of al most every man in the nation. We do not know whether Mr. Polk, on sending the terms proposed by Mexico to the Senate recommended them or expressed an opinioa unfavorable to them, or whether he se:it them unaccompanied with remarks for the approval or rejection of that body. A majority of the members of the Senate are Locofocos, and many of them have declared themselves in favor of depredating on the possessions of Mexico to a greater extent than the proposed cession of territory. Senator Rusk declared a few days ago that he would never vote for a treaty of peace which should establish the boundary between the two countries north of Sierra Madre. II he is true to that declaration, he will advise the rejection of the terms now offered by Mexico. Other Senators such as Houston, Foote, Sevier, &c.,have been less explicit in their declarations, but have assumed the doctrines of the "manifest destiny" portion of the Locofoco party as worthy of adoption, ihe Whigs will, we presume, vote in favor of accepting the terms, and we cannot doubt that enough Locofocos will unite with them to secure a considerable majority in the Senate. ' The question is not on the ratification of a treaty, but whether a certain project of a treaty ought to be accepted by our Government. To ratify a treaty a vote of two-thirds of all the Senators voting is necessary; whereas a bare majority is adequate to advise the Executive under the circumstances.- If a majority op pose the terms, the people, a vast majority of whom would doubtless hail peace on the terms with excessive joy, will hold them to a rigid responsibility. If any considerable portion of the Senators deliberately advise the rejection of the terms, declaring themselves in favor of prosecuting the war, in the hope of forcing better terms from Mexico, all such Senators will certainly fall under a weight of odium which will crush their political aspirations for ever. To advise the rejection of the. terms is to advise a continuance of the war is to advisea further bloodshed and slaughter is to advise a further demoralization of publicsentiment is to advise the accumulation ot a public debt which will sit like a dreadful in tubus on the energies of the nation through many coming years is to advise a course of policy that will inevitably produce financial embarrassment and ruin which must involve in one common distress and gloom every interest in the country is to advise a persistant on the part of our Government in a line of conduct disgraceful to the national character and perilous to our glorious Union. Under such circumstances, any Senator who shall dare to oppose the manifest interests of the counlry and the demands of public sentiment, byvoting for the rejection of the terms proposed by Mexico, will necessarily subject himself to the lightnings of . public indignation and the lasting scorn and contempt of all good meu. Mexico has offered us terms of peace! Now, what must be thought of the endless rant and scurrillityof the Locofoco demagogues and Locofoco editors, who have declared that the course pursued by the Whigs of the United States rendered the continuance of the war inevitable? It has been vehemently asscrvated ten thousand times by all the various large and little Locofocos of the land that the Mexican authorities would never const-nt to make peace so long as the Whigs opposed a vigorous prosecution of the War that the Mexicans confi dently belkved that the Whigs would come into power and grant them peace and remunerate themfor all the expenses cf ti e War. What must be thought of the shrewdness and sagacity of those men; now that the fact that Mexico has offered terms more favorable than any one dreamed she would offer, stares them in the face? Vain and idle, infinitely worse than vain and idle, have been the rabid vituperation and abuse which have been heaped on the Whigs by the war party. The high and honorable and magnanimous course pursued by the Whigs towards the Mexicans has had a most happy influence on the minds of the Mexican authorities, and the offer of terms is the glad result. As long as Locofoco majori ties controlled the policy of the Government, threatening the Mexicans with annihilation, and their territory with absorption, the Mexican Government evinced a stubbora determination to resist our Government to the end at all hazards; but the whigs having succeeded by their resolute opposition to the war in securing a majority in the House of Representatives and being resolved on checking the wild and wicked and wasteful policy of the Administra tion, a change has come over the feelings of the Mexicans and they now come forward and ask for a peace on the basis of a treaty that Mr. Polk in vain sought to extort their reluctant consent to in September last Henceforth let the mouths of the Locofoco slanderers be dumb, and let their tongues cease to malign the true friends of the glory and honor of the nation. If, contrary to our expectations, the Locofoco majority in the Senate reject the proffered terms of peace, it will then be manifest that, ihey are resolved not to stop shon in their career, until they have seized on all of Mexico, and annexed it to our country. This being shown, the duty of the Whig majority in the House of Representatives to refuse supplies of men and money for the farther prosecution of the war becomes clear; lor ll the Liocofoeos, in the face of theircontinued protestations in fa vor of an honorable peace, reject the offer of sncn a peace, the Whigs ought forthwith to use the power entrusted to them by the people to save tne country irom uianonor and disgrace. Now that the terms offered by Mexico are uuder consideration in the S nate, the country will await the progress of deliberations of that body with intense anxiety. If those deliberr.tions result as an immense majority of the Deo pie desire.a thrill of joy will pervade the hearts ot all true patriots througout the Union The dark curtain will be drvn from the future, and the clouds that now impend over the country. so full of the mutterings of wrath, will be dis pelled and the political firmament will glowonce more with signs of promise and the rain bow of peace. Fast Colors. A lady, a short time since, sent an elegant dress to a flyer s with instructions that he should dy e it in handsome colors, warranted not to run: and she was somewhat surprised when thp garment was sf nt home or namented all over with beautiful little American flags, accompanyed with the followingexplanatory note : "My D.ar Lady : The colors I have selected and used for your dress, have been tried by the English, the French, and more recently by the Mexicans, and as they are convinced.no doubt, that these colors always stand, I have no hesi-

I tation in warranting them not to run.

From lhe New York Journal of Commerce. Gen." Taylor. Under all the circumstance, the advent of such a man as Gen. Taylor cannot but be hailed with universal joy. It is not for his military prowess chiefly that the people

admire and love him. It is rather, that he ia the friend of peace; though if war is his duty, firm as a mountain, and terrible as a tempest. It is not that his garments are crimson with blood, but that he has ever been careful of life. and never shed one drop of human blood in passion, or to grainy any selfish feeling. The people admire him because he is wise, sagacious, independent, modest, careless of himself, and careful only of his duty. His career as a military commander has served merely to exhibit the great qualities of his mind and heart. Other military men may have exhibited equal skill and courage in command, and yet no oth er has attracted such deep ailection. loo many military men seem to think too much of themselves. They fight for their own glory in general, and admiration. But Gen. Taylor is admired because he never seems to do anything for himself. He does not speak of himself, nor seem to think of himself. The anecdotes told about him are greatful to the feelings of the people. A gentleman of our acquaintance was travelling soon after the Florida war was finished and fell in with a Col. Taylor, who seemed to be a very sensible farmer. No topic could be introduced but Col. Taj lor seemed to know all about it. But our friend had been familiar with Col. Taylor for weeks before he learned that his associate was a veritable colonel in the service of the United States. Col. Taylor never seemed to think of himself, and never told what he had done, but was very interesting in his statements of what others had done. His military despatches will never cease to be admired as models of graphic description and modett eloquence. His letter to the Secretary of War, just drawn out by the call of Congress, will always be praised for its undisturbed dignity in the midst of circumstances which would have unsettled the self-possession of almost any otlu-r man. His life is quite remark able as a whole, lie seems to nave been successful in everything, yet never exhibiting exultation. Not one bad deed is attributed to hiin; temperate, social, friendly, and judicious, he is never in difficulty. A gentleman who sat at the table with him at the St. Charles during his latt visit to New Orleans, where th wine flew merrily round every day, says that the General lilted a glass to his lips but once, and then he did not drink. All his opinions expressed to the Administration have been not only the opinions of a skilful captain but of a profound statesman. If you are determined to maintain the Rio Grande as the boundary of Texas, said he. I recommend the establishment of a post on its eastern bank. Whea the Mexicans, contrary to all expectation, came over that river, he asked that his small army might be reinforced with five thousand meu, never dreaming of invading Mexico. What would the President not give now if he had done only what Gen. Gen. Taylor recommended? The manner in which he treats the new honors which are tendered him, is in keeping with his whole life. He will not seek the Presidency. He will not accept the nomination or support of any party as such. He will not pledge himself to any variv, old or new. He ...:n . l . i. .... i u :u it in iiui st'iiei uui icueis iuiuiu uies. xie niu do ncthingand be nothing but a good President if the people choose to have it so. There is an irresistable charm about all this, especially when contrasted with the game so much played heretofore. The people will not vote for him because, they dislike him less than his opponent, but because they love him personally. Their votes will bebrGen. Taylor, not against any one else. When he is chosen, he will not be obliged to adopt the crude. progTam of a nominating convention as his basis of adm:n- . o . - istration. He will be a wise, benevolent, independent President of the nation. Lt us make him that, and the Republic will fall iuto the track of her destiny again. The Case of Mrs. Gaines. Wm Christy, Esq., publishes a long brief in the N. Orleans Delta, .o show that the recent decision in the United States Supreme Court, of the case of Mrs. Gaines, disposes finally of the principat points involved in all the suits which she has brought for the recovery of her estate. This brief, as condensed by one of our exchanges, shows that there are some singular rnd most romantic facts developed by the evidence of the case. The mother of Mrs. Gaines was Zulims de Curriere, a beautiful Creole lady of Louisiana. In 1794, this child "of the sunny South," married in the city of New Orleans, one Jerome de Grange. The publications of. the banns, required by law, was omitted. TIw marriage was consequently illegal and void. But D.' Grange moreover had another wife living. He was prosecuted for bigamy, condemned, imprisoned, escaped, and was nfiver heard of afterwards. The late Daniel Clarke, an Irish-v man by birth, and a man of education, of extraordinary talents, and great pride of character, settled in New Orleans about the vpar 17 , - . j 89, as a merchant; his efforts were crowned with success, and in a few years he acquired a very large fortune. He had become smitten withZuIime de Curriere, and on the conviction of Grange, carried her to Philadelphia, married her secretly in 1803 and Mrs. Gaines, the legitimate offspring of this union, was born, in 1835 or 6, at New Orleans, and when eight days old was placed with Samuel B. Davis, to ba raised. At the age of 23 or 21, she accidently discovered her real par.-ntage, by reading a letter intended for Mr. Davis. Her mother became dissatisfied with Clark's conduct to her, and went to Philadelphia, where in 1807 or 8, she married a Mr. Gardette, under the belief that her marriage with Clarke was not valid. Thus she had three husbands living at tht same tivie, one of whom was her only lawful one, and as the evidence goes on to prove, (the most astonishing fact of all,) she acted in good faith in every instance of marriage. Growth of Buffalo. A late census shows Buffalo to have increased about 10,000 the past year, and gives 40,D2l as the present population of the city. CCF There are 5,800 taverns in the State of New York, 253,000 farmers, 5I,f)0 merchants, 13,000 manufactories, 123,000 mechanics, 3,600 lawyers, 4,000 doctors.and 4,300 preachers. At Paris, when the allied armies were there, a lady asked Wellington, if he didnot think it the greatest good fortune imaginable on this earth, togain a battle. He replied, "Jfo madam: next to losing one, it is the greatest of misfortunes." Wellington was then fresh from the fields of blood. Chloroform. We met a friend rather late the other night, and, on asking him how he expected to escape a curtain lecture when he got home, he very quickly chucked us in the ribs, and held up before our eyes a very minute speck of sponge! "Oh," said we, "chloroform!" "Yes, 1 become insensible in five minutes after lying down." (XMa, has Flour been sick?' Sick? Why no! you sarpent! What under the canopy made you ask that question? 'Coz the Express says "Flour is bctUr;" don't see how it could be better if it hadn't been wus&: nor how it could have been irwsr if it hadn't been sick. That's the how on't mother.' 'Jake: Waal, mother?' 'You'll be the death of somebody yet.' - lVllim ' Good Advice. If you are about .to leave neighbor's house, don't stand atammeriiiff and fumbling and saying, "Well I guess I must be

ung. t iieu u on; reuy, go atonce.