Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 7, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 6 April 1848 — Page 2

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The Tri-Weeely Jotonal is published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at S4,O0per annum, in advance. The Weekly Jocrxal is published on Thursdays, t $2,00 per annum in advance. FOR PRESIDENT: .." WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET. ' - SENATORIAL ELECTORS. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. ODLOVE S. ORTH, of Tippecanoe. DICTRICI ELECTORS. 1st DisL-John Pitcher, of Posey. John S. Davis, of Floyd. 3d ' 4th th 6th ' 7th ' Cth ' 9th -10th Milton Gregg, of Dearborn. David P. Holloway, of Wayne. Thomas D. Walpole, of Hancock. Lovell H. Rous-seau, of Greene. Edward V McGuaghey, of Park. James F. Suit, of Clinton. Daniel D. Pratt, of Cass. David Kilgore, ofDelaware, CITY OP EVANSVILLE: THURSDAY, APRIL G, 18 IS. . Destructive Fire at Pittsburg. A telegraphic despatch from Pittsburg of Saturday last say: McNulty's extensive Canal Warehouse was destroyed by fire this morning. It was lull of flour and bacon, nearly all of which was lost. The loss, consequently, must be Yery heavy. , Algiers a Republic Concessions to Ire land: Undef the telegraph head of the Louis ville Courier of yesterday we find the follow A London paper, of Sunday, the 12th Inst:, leceived at Liverpool before the sailing of the Caledonia, contains s:me farther highly impor tant intelligence of events in Europe. Lord John Russell had resigned. The Duke de Aurnale proclaimed Algiers part of the Republic of France. On receipt of the news, the Prince de Joinviile united with . iheDuke. " The English Cabinet contemplates some im por'ant concession to Ireland, one of which is the eitension of the elective franchise. CCr"There are now One hundred and thirty tight Divisions of the Sons of Temperance in this State, and the application for charters are till going forward. C3We desire to call the attention of the public to the advertisement of Messrs Ahleriig & Brcmmeh in our columns to-day. Their tock of Spring and Summer' Clothing, we know from examination, is the richest, most varied and most extensive ever opened in our city, and being manufactured under their im mediate eye, will be found far superior in make to clothing generally offered for ' sale. Those who wish to make purchases will find it to their advantage to give them a call, as their prices re most liberal. Their very large sales proves all we have said. . Cajcal Letting. We notice by an adver tisement in the Terre Haute papers, thatorfy miles of the Wabath and Erie Canal, extending from Terre Haute to Point Commerce, on the West Fork of White River, are to be let on the 24ih of May next. The line will be divided in sections of a half mile in length, and payments will be made in par fundsasthe work advances. City Elections. The election for members of the Common Council took place on yesterday. There was considerable stir in some of the Wards, and vre leara that a few hundreds changed hands. Politics had nothing to do with the election it was hog and anti hog; license vs. anti-license; and 'Old Willard' against the field. Those who were elected stood the refreshments, and in some instances conceived they had the worst of the bargain. The following is the result ss near as we can learn: First Ward John M. Stockwell, 41; F. A. Linck, 13. 1 Second Ward Silas Stephens, (no opposition.) Third Ward Willard Carpenter, 33; Joseph P. Elliott, 22. : ' . Fourth Ward M. W. Foster, (no opposition.) . . Fifth Ward Dr. I. Hutchinson, 22, Crawford Bell, 12, G. W. M. Chadd, 4. Sixth Ward Stephen Childs, 32; Charles Harrington, 30. . Joshua Bowles was elected Inspector of Elections. BRlTisn Outrage. The St. Lawrence Merury gives the particulars of a shocking outrage committed by subjects of her Britanic Majesty on the person of an American citizen, on American soil. The facts of the case are briefly these. A gentleman was pursued by a mob into the village of Hopkinton. When in the most public part of the village, he called on he citizens to protect him, declaring he bad done nothing, and that the mob had no legal process against him. One of the party shot him; he fell, and was severely beaten. The wounded man was rescued from the. mob, carTied into a tavern, and his wounds, which were leriou?, dressed. ' His crime was owing some men in Montreal more than he could pay. "Works op John Q, Adams. We learn from the !N. Y. Express that Mr. Charles Francis Adams is very shortly to publish the works of Lis illustrious father, in some fifteen or twen ty large octavo volumes. The deceased States man, who carefully ie vised them for publica tion, by bis will appropriated a sum of money to defray the expense of printing. Among the unpublished writipgs of Mr. Adams is said to lea new version of the Psalms in Metre, a translation of Wieland's Oberon, and several xni nor poems; but the chief portion of his ilSS. will probably prove to be historical and tiographical works. - The "Whig young men of the city atd coun ty of Philadelphia have given notice of their intention to celebrate the seventy-first anni versary of Mr. Clay's birth-day on the 12th of April. They expect guests from all parts of vi ti Unioa.

tT3-I-DErESPENT' the Washington corres

pondent of the North American, says the mis understanding .between Gen. Scott and Mr Trist arose in this waf. WThen Mr. Trist ar rived at Vera Cruz, he. transmitted to General Scott, a sealed packet, addressed to the Mexi can Secretary of Foreign Affairs, with a request that it should be iortnwitn lorwarded to him Scott was then at Jala pa. He immediately ac knowledged this communicatioi;, and though he took exception to being the medium of delivering a despatch, the contents of which he did not understand, his real ground of objec tion was. that the Mexican Congress after the battle of Cerro Gordo had adopted the most violent decrees, declaring that the eiecuti ve should not even make an armistice. He therefore deemed it inconsistent with the honor of the country to send the packet without direct instructions from the War Department. At this Mr. Trist took umbrage, feeling all the consequence of his new dignity, and a sharp correspondence ensued. Subsequently they met, and a personat interview explained away all misunderstanding. In the letter of the 25th of July, from which 1 have cited, General Scott expressed his readiness to withdraw from the department all correspondence touching this unpleasaut subject, but said he, " ask no favor." ' The error on the part of Mr. Trist, was in not visiting Gen. Scott in person at the outset and explaining the object of his mission, for which he was afterwards rebuked by Mr. Buchanan, as will appear from the Documents. General Scott was ignorant of the whole design, except so far as Mr. . Trist signified his authority to negotiate a Treaty, comprehending the general power to make an armistice, which might, in judiciously exercised, have involved the safety of the army. This Scott considered a military right, and he justly refused to surrender it without distinct orders from Washington. It will appear that at least one. thousand brave and gallant spirits were sacrificed in the battles before the capital was entered, owing entirely to the supineness and imbecility of the Department here. . Ges. Lane. This officer, who by his soldierly qualities, manly bearing, indomitable courage and energy, and gentlemanly deportment, has endeared himself to the whole Army from the highest to the lowest, has arrived at home. Although we shall be glad to take him by the hand again and congratulate him on the success of his military operatious which have repeatedly called forth the admiration of his countrymen, and the approbration of the Commander-in-Chief, we regret, that he is called from duty to attend to his personal affairs, which have suffered greatly in his absence. His plantation in this neighborhood has suffered much from high water, and the great flood a a short time ago, -we learn, swept off neariyall his stock. - Before leaving the Army Gen. Lane addressed the following to the troops who were with him on his last expedition: Headquarters 1st Brigabe, 2d Div. Vols., City of Mexico, March 5, 184&. ORDERS. . . The general commanding this brigade las had the good fortune to command Col. Hays's iexan itangersand Aiajor rolK scavatry battalion in several expeditions, and he cannot suf fer himself to be r thought unmuidtul at his departure of their eminent services under him. So far as it may be proper for him to express. he assures them all that no troops ever hehaved betterin battle orupon the march than they have behaved. He is proud to have commanded them and to have Bhared their tnt ire success and honor. , For their courage, obedience, and promptness he tenders them : his sincere thanks. . . .. - The general can never forget the strong personal attachment evinced towards him by the officers and men upon all occasions. He parts from them with deep regret compelled to ah sent himself himself for a time by the condi tion of his private affairs. That they may long weartneu laurels, enjoy distinguished prosper it r, and finally return in peace and honor to their homes, their families and their friends, is his ardent and parting wish. By order of Brig lien. Lane: G. E. PUGH, Capt. 4th 0. V., Aid-de Camp Gen. Lane. The New Orleans Delta no licing the arrival of this distinguished officer a that city on his way home says: "We need not recount the brilliant and successful services which he had rendered his country in this short and stirring campaign. They are fresh in our recollection, as are his daring and noble bearin; at Buena ista. Gen. Lane is an officer of ex Inordinary energy, activity, and vigilance In service he is ever in the stirrup. On his march up from Vera Cruz, when continually harrassed by guerrilleios, he scarcely ever slept, and was certainly never caught a napping. He arran ged an admirable plan for the capture of Santa Anna, which was defeated by the respect paid to a forged passport of General Scott. In several skirmishes wi.h the Mexicans Gen. Lane show ed that his courage and tact were equal to hi energy and activity." , The Ten Regiment Bill. The Cincinnati Gazette says this bill has passed the Senate notwithstanding the ratification of the Treaty No public benefit could have been expected to fellow the passage of this bill. The declara tion tharit was needed to terrify the Mexican Government, was simply ridiculous. No one could have been weak enough to be influenced by such a consideration, particularly after the silly declaration of the fact, by the military chairman, Mr. Cass. The President has with out this act, power to raise an army of 60.000 men, a force larger than has been taken into service, either to conquer Mexico or conquer peace! The act is wanted for the patronage it affords the President, as a corruption fund for the next presidential election! It has passed the Senate in obedience to the command of the President. Will the House,- the immediate representatives of the nation pass it? We hope not. And sure are we, that if the representatives heed the wishes of their constituents, they will reject the bill. The people of the country :a very large majority of them, beyond mistake think the force proposed worse than useless, and axe opposed to it altogether. Significant. It is said that it has. lately been a common practice to bisa while "God Save the Queen" is being performed in the theaters of Dublin.

Fire Engine New Invention. A Mr. Farnam, of Cincinnati has invented a greatly improved Fire Engine. It is on the novel principle of working horizontally, the operatives being seated in the body of the engine.. Those who have handled, in times of fire, Engines on. the ordinary principle, know what an exhausting process it is to work them with spirit, even for twenty minutes. In the present description of Engine, the men exert themselves as if rowing a boat, the motion of the body and the muscles employed being precisely the same. Eubank, in his celebrated work on Hydraulics,

appears to have referred to this very kind of Engine as a desideratum, in saying "when a man's strength is applied as in the act of rowing, the effect is nearly one hundred and fifty per cent, more than in moving a pump lever. This is sufficient to induce efforts to supercede the present mode of working the pumps of engines." . In these engines the firemen sit with one or both feet braced up nearly level with the seat. In this position a man of ordinary strength can raise a weight of one hundred and fifty pounds, thirty inches, and keep that weight passing up and down that distance as many times a minute as the usual number of strokes of an engine. As it has been ascertained that firemen working on side engines do. not apply on an . average over thirty pounds, and on an engine with long levers working across the ends, about fifty pounds, the advantage this engine possesses over its predecessors is manifest. On a recent trial, twenty men forced water up Race street, Cincinnati, on an ascent of thirty-five feet, a distance. of six hundred and fifty feet, and threw it from the nozzle at the end of the hose a further distance of one hundred a'nd twenty feet. Another great advantage these, engines possess, is their being one-half to two-thirds lighter in weight than those already in use, a difference which enables the first two or three who reach the engine house to start off io a fire at once, as well as lessens the labor of draggina the apparatus the whole distance. The Changes in Life. A friend called upon us a day or two since; and was not a little annoyed at what he described as an insult that he had just received. He said that he had passed down Chesnut street, and had met an individual with whom, some years before, he was on terms of close intimacy; and, on bowing to him in' a polite and friendly way, the other took no notice of him whatever. "And this," he added, "is the second time within a week that the same discourtesy, not to say indignity, has been practised." We made some inquiries, and ascertained that while our friend had, through misfortune and the failure of others, been getting behind-hand in business, position and pecuniary resources, his old acquiantance had been among the favored sons of fortune, and had grown quite rich.' And here was the true secret of his Unworthy conduct. He is of that class of men, who, when in power are tyrants, and when seeking power are sycophants and parasites. Our friend had been able in early life to assist and advantage, and then the other lavished every species of cour tesy and attention. He lauded, complimented and flattered. But circumstances having chang ed, the one having gone down, and the other up in the scale of worldly importance, the hollow time-server at ouce abandoned his old friend, turned from him coldly when he met him, and at last passed hira without speaking. What a base worshipper of the things of this world! What a paltryand unworthy spirit!- And yet similar cases are constantly occurring. - Look through society and watch the changes of fortune. Select out the proud, the haughty, the insolent among the sons of men the indi viduals who seem to think that they are made of better material than the masses, are entitled to higher privileges, greater immunities. The chances are ten to one that, in the vast majority f cases, they will be found among the mere mushrooms of the hour that large and heartless class who regard gold as their god, and pride as the incense to be offered io the idol. It too often happens that the greatest of ty rants are among those who, at the beginning of hfe, were not only humble, but powerless and poor. They cannot appreciate prosperity. TW cannot look back with true philosophy. They cannot see in the multitude around them human beings like themselves, many posses singmore virtues, and all struggling in a spirit quite as disinterested. Like the unworthy individual to wJiose case allusion is made in the preceding paragraph, pride lias hardened their hearts anit maddened their minds; and thus they mck themselves with the delusion that indicates superiority to play a base and ungratef vart towards the companions of tneir early TearS the playmates of their child hood and the associates of their purer but hum bler ctays. Death of J0HN Jacob Astor. John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest man in America, died in the city of New-York on Friday last. It is said that hiseslate 3 literally beyond calculation, enorrnoui,. for jt is impossible to give true ideas ot theaiae 0fn;3 multifarious resources forty millions 0f (0Hars would scarcely cover the worth of the real and personal property he has left. Sttpnen Guard's estate was compar ed with Astor'g. t wasalwavs far below it. At the time 0f e former's death, John Jacob asked: "How much di(1 he leave?" - " Seventeen miliions was the rerly. "That wontd0 id the survivor "that wont do." Since Girard'dj Astor3 Wealthhas nearly doubled. Tb summers 8g0f he made, in me piums ui ceriain nr..hases of real estate

within the city for more than sixty days consecutively 40 000a(lay trrTh'. follow are officers elected for the present qua,, in T u of JIonor DmaloTnNo4S-OCT., of this city: ; John Greek v p Allen C. HA r,T MW C AlU)CK, W. A. . VV. oAFFOgjj j, g Willard CasJ " " t JaS.D.WalT'P-S-Samuel Llste,, r BEm Alles i J. W. Stiksoj i" p Jacob Boyer, j J. E. PlTTM AS, fj' j

The French News in New York--Highly Exciting Times. Never, it is said, were the

people of New - York city so wild and frantic with excitement as they(wereon Saturday, on the receiptof the intelligence by tlie Cambria, of the popular revolution in France. A letter thus describes it : The French people here, were positively bed side themselves. i hey knew not how to ex press their gratification at the realization of their brightest hopes. Ihey by common instinct abandoned their places of business and flocked to the French cafes, to talk over the matter and exchange congratulations. 'The tri-colbred flag was immediately hoistedon ev ery french Hotel and public house in the city. Attempts were made to get up meetings in different places, but the parlies were too much excited for any deliberate action, and. the idea was abandoned, to be carried into effect next week. The Irish too were in a ferment, and two or thre hours after the arrival of the steamship, the members of the Irish Confederation, without any previous concert or understanding, found themselves assembled in large" numbers at their usual place of meeting, the Shakspeare Hotel. A formal meeting of the body was proposed, officers were appointed, and some very exciting speeches were delivered, in which it was asserted that Ireland's time of liberation had at length arrived, and that she must i mmediately take advantage of' England's circumstances and free herself. Subscriptions to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars were proposed, the money to be sent as soon as collected, to the Confederation in Dublin, to be expended in the purchase ofarmsand ammunition. A great mass meeting of all the friends of Irelutid ' is called called for Tuesday evening. Our own American citizens, too, were excit ed: In fact, the city resembled a boiling caul dron. Many a joke was cracked, and many a laugh enjoyed at the expense of the ex-King of France. In the bar-room of one of our principal hotels I saw a neat placard, of some two feet in breadth and width, w ith this inscrip tion: , , . , FRENCH REPUBLIC. Democratic Wins Nomination for President. . George Washington Lafayette. Subject to the decision of the National Con vention. This placard was encircled with euaze rib bons, white, blue and red, and surmounted by miniature French and American flags, connect ed together. , It was very significant, anu attracted a good deal of attention.' The anxiety to hear further intelligence from Paris is in tense. Many are undecided whether the revo lution is complete and general over France, but the French people insist that it is, and that ihe rule of monarchy is over forever in their native country. ' We take the following from a letter in the Courier de Marseilles, dated Rome, Feb. 8: 1 he following is a piece ot news that no one dares to tell aloud, and wbich I hesitate in writing so incredible does it appear. A per son, wno irequents tne Vatican, assures me that proposals have been , made to the Holy father to abolish the celibacy of the clergy This, it is added, is kept by him carefully in his secretary, and every time his eye falls upon it, it forces Iroin nim sighs ot anxiety. Several most distinguished persons, and among them the Princess Belgiojoso, have , left Rome for Naples, that they may witness the recent regeneration of that kingdom. It is said that three hundred of our young men of the first families will shortly goto Naples, and inaugu rate a festival in honor ot the Constitution giv en by IvingEerdinand." The Trouble at Padua. There has been a very serious affray at Padua, between the Aus trian soldiers and the students, in which the citizens joined, taking part, of course, with the students, four ot whom tell mortally wounded One of these four, as he was expiring, wrote with his finger dipped in his own blood, on the wall of the cafe, whither he was carried, "Brothers, avenge us." For three hours the massacre continued, and from the beginning of the affair the tocsin was sounded, and kept sounding untn it wasover. ... Ihe peasantstrom the surrounding country, rushed in numbers to the gate of the city, but they found them bar ricaaed" and guarded by artillery. A most des perate struggle ensued, and ten dragoons fell Many citizens and students have been wound ed.and on the side of the troops, six officers have been killed, and several . soldiers wound ed, REMARKABLE COINCDENCES. An English paper presents the following co incidences between the French revolution in 1830 and 1S4S. The most remarkable coincidences are noticed between this and the famous three days rev olution of July 1830. On Sunday. Julv 25th, 1830, the ministers Charles X presiding decided upon the famous and obnoxious laws against the freedom ot the press. On Sunday, February 19th, 1848, the minis ters of Louis Philliope decided to oppose the reform banquets. On Monday 26th July, 1830, the ordinances were published, which stupefied alt rans. lne press entered their protest. On Monday, 21st of February, 1848, the liberal party headed by Barrot, protested asainst the measures to oppose the banquet On Tuesday, July 27th, 1830, the exaspera tion of the Parisian population was at its height Crowds assembled, and cries of " Vivela Chartel A has les Mmistrcs!" were heard. At half oast four. P. M there was a collision between the people and the troops at the corner of Rues . t.- i- -l I I ; St. rionore anu uicneueu, anu oarricaues eic raised. On Tuesday, February 22d, 1848, crowds collected, and the cry was " Vive la reforme! A 60s Guizot! The'struggle agaiu commenc ed at the corner of Rues St. Honore and Kichelieui ; - On Wednesday, July 22th, 1830, the conflict became general throughout tha city. On Wedr esday, February 23d, 1843, the struggle became serious -it was not an emeute but an insurrection. On Thursday, July 20th, 1830, the fate of the kingdom was decided. Many of the troops inined the oeoDle. Athalf-past one, P. M. the Louvre and the Tuilleries were in the hands of the people. Charles X and bis descendants were deposed. Ou Thursday, February 24th, 184S, at one o'clock, the Ta'lais Royal was taken and sacked anrl t iwo o'clock the Tuilleries shared the same fate. The troops ioined the people. Louis Phillippe, like Charles X abdicated in favor of his grandson. In the midst of the Chamber of Deputies, surrounded by th? people, a voice says of the abdication, "it is too late."' These same words were used by Odilon Barrot to CharlesX. ILre the coincidence ceases. In 1830, the people sought a conistitutional King as better than re publics now they will be contented with nothing short of a republic itself. First Passenger across the Bridge at Niagara. Mr. Chas. Eliet, jr., the contractor for the Suspension Bridge, crossed the Niagara river on a wire cabel thirty-six strands in a cradle to '.he American shore in perfect safety, at 11 o'clock, on Monday morning, of last week. The time occupied in crossing was two minutes and thirty econds.

Huzza fob Polk and Locofocoism! One hundred and fifty million of dollars will not pay the expenses of the war with Mexico. What good to the nation has resulted from it. Look at what the expenditure might have done A correspondent of the Philadelphia News, on this subject well remarks: - "With this sum we might have tied the Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico by a solid iron rail road. We might have tied the Pacific to the Atlantic by another. . We might have improved all our harbors and rivers, covered our coasts with Light Houses, furnished schools and teachers to the children of the poor, and established benevolent Institutions all over the country. These works of Peace would have given employment to all our laboring , population, and have paid for the transportation of emigrant laborers from famine and oppression in Ireland and Europe generally to liberty and plenty here. But all this would have been unconstitutional. Mr. Polk vetoes a half million bill to improve our harbors, because it is unc jnstitutional. In his opinion it is constitutional only to squander tens of millions in an unnecessary and unconstitutional war. A war declared to be, in its commencement, unconstitutional, by the peoples Representatives, chosen while the. war was raging."

'The following is the closing paragraph of the last letter of the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun. The. last remark of this semi-official will atixact attention : It appears that after all the amendments offered we shall have but a chargeship'to Rome, and two commissioners to Mexico. Col. Sevier is much better and will start' for Mexico as soon as his health will permit him to do so. The vacancy in the cabinet is not yet filled; but it will be supplied either from New England, or from the Barnburner faction in New York. Toward the close of an administration it is best perhaps to reconcile every interest and all its friends. But who is there who can say positively that this is the end of the administration of Mr. Polk. Great Speech of Mr. Webster. We copy the following from the National Intelligencer of the 24th inst. Mr. Webster's speech will be looked for by the nation with great interest: . -' 1 ' ' Mr. Webster yesterday addressed an attentive audience in the Senate, the.lobby, and the galleries, for more than two hours, in a masterly aigument on the .subject of the war with Mexico its origin, designs, and disastrous consequences; on the cbjectionable features of the treaty just sanctioned by the Senate; and especially, in a most emphatic remonstrance and argument against the admission of new States into the Union to be formed from foreign territory.. We have hardly ever, perhaps never, known Mr. Webster so deeply moved and earnest. It was, we believe, the opinion of all his numerous auditory that thesptech was worthy of his highest fame, and certainly we never witnessed from him a more majestic display of intellectual powerandof all the attributes of the most elevated Senatorial eloquence. How deep and solemn must have been the convictions of public duty which prompted and sustained such an effort, when it is considered that the Senator had received only an hour or two before, a summons by telegraph, to the bedside of a dying daughter! In obedience to this sad summons, Mr. Webster is now already' on his way to Boston. 03" The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American gives this interesting extract ofa letter from Gen. Scott to the War Department. This passage in Scott's letter has been repeatedly referred to. It is remarkable remarkable for the prediction contained in it, and remarkable for the fearlessness and loftiness of its tone toward an envious, malignant, and. tyranical government: Extract from. Gen. Scott to the Secretary of war. Puebla, July 25, 1847. The first letter dated (Feb. 25) received from j ou at Vera Cruz, contained a censure and I am now rebuked for the unavoidable my wise if it had not been unavoidable release on parole of the prisoners taken at Gerro Gordo even before, one word of commendation from' Government has reached thisarmy, 011 account of its gallant conduct in the capture of those prisoners. So in regular progression, I may, should the same army gallantly bear me into the city of Mexico, in the next seven or eight weeks which is probable if we are not arrested by a "peace or a truce look to be' dismissed from the service of my country! You will percieve that I am aware (as I have long been) of the dangers which hang over me at home; but, I tooam acitizen of the United States.and well know the obligations imposed under all circumstances, by an enlightened patriotism. Mexico and France. The late news.from France will have, it is supposed, considerable influence with Mexico in inducing her to ratify the treaty with the United States. The Phil adelphia American says: The revolution of Paris, in fact, leaves Mexico at our mercy or the mercy of our rulers. A new state of things has arisen in Europe; where all governments, occupied with necessary preparations against a storm that ; may at any moment burst out with a Jury threatening their own safety, have forgotten the, to them, petty interests'of Mexico, and the designs, whatever they may be, of her conqueror. The Mexicans will know this Messrs. Thornton Mackintosh, Macnamara & Co., will know it, the Mexican Government and Congress, above nil, will know it. Nothing could have occured more opportunely to reconcile all parties in Mexico to the treaty, as modified and sent back to them from the American Senate. Every hope of assistance, in any form, from Europe money, arms, counsel, mediation even is now at an end; and the treaty affords to the unfortunate republic her only path of escape. ' Attorney General. It is now said that Judge Mason will act as Attorney General during the absence of Mr. Clifford in Mexico. 03T Louis Philippe owns 10,000,000 dollars worth of property in New York so the papers say. A Chapter of Political Wonders! Some one has quaintly rrmarked, that if peace be now made, this will be the first example of a war begun without authority, and ended without authority! But this is only a part of the wonders which attend this most extraordinary Chapter of History. Look at these, for example: 1. The President makes war without the authority of law. 2. His Ambassador ends it without his authority or any authority. 3. The President of this country permits the ablest general of the enemy to take command and fight us as hard as possible. 4. The general of our forces, who conquered the enemy, is arrested in the midst of victories, and, without offence, is to be tried as a crimnal! 5. We propose to pay twenty millions of dollarsfor territory we have already occupied. T XT I .1, .i ,. o. vv e nave tne Dest lands in the world, and we are exceedingly anxious to get ttie worst! C in. Chronicle.

- , LETTERS , . FrOruIIOn. John Quincy Adams to his Son On the Bible and its Teachings. f LETTER IV. ' We were considering the Bible in its historical character, and as the history of a family. From the moment when the universal history 'anishes, that of Abraham begins, and thenceforth it is the history ofa family of which Abraham is the first; and Jesus Christ the last person; and from the first appearance of Abraham, the whole history appears to have baen ordered from age to age, expressly to prepare for the appearance of Christ, upon - Earth. The history begins with the first and mildest trials of Abraham's obedience, and the promise as reward of his fidelity, that in "him all the families of the earth should be blessed.". The second trial which required the sacrifice of his son, was many years afterwards, and the promise was more explicit, and more precisely assigned as the reward of his obedience. There were, between these periods two intermediate occasions, recorded in the 15th and 28th chapters of Genesis on the first of which the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision, and

promised him he should have a child, from whom a great and mighty nation should proceed, which, after beiug in servitude 400 years in a strange, land, should become the possessors of the land of Canaan from that of Egypt to the river Euphrates. On the second, the Lord appeared to hnn and , his wife, repeated the promise that they should have a child, that 'Abraham should surely become a great, nation, and that fall , the nations of the earth should be blessed in him," "for I know him, saith the Lord; that he w ill command his household after him, and that they will keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken ol him;" from all which it is obvious that the first of the promises was made as subservient and instrumental to the second that the great and mighty nation was to be. raised as the means in the ways of God's providence for producing the sacred person of Jesus Christ, through whom the perfect sacrifice of atonement lor the original transgression of man should be tonsum mated, and by which "all the families of the earth shall be blessed." I am so little versed in controversal divinity that 1 know not whether tbisxviiith chapter of Genesis has ever been adduced in support of the doctrine of Trinity; there is at least in it an alteration of those divine persons, and of one not a little remarkable which 1 know not how to explain; if taken in connection with the 19th, it would seem that one of the men entertained by Abraham, was God himself, and the other two, were angels, sent to destroy Sodom. Leaving this, however, let me ask your particular attention to the reason assigned by God for bestowing such extraordinary blessings upon Abraham. It unfolds to us the first and most important part of the superstructure of moral principle, erected upon the foundation tf obedience to the will ot God. The rigorous trials of Abraham's obedience mentioned in this, and my last letter, were only tests to ascertain his character in reference to the single, and I may say abstract point of obedience, here we have a precious gleam of light, disclosing what the nature of this will of God's was, that be should command his children and his household after him, by which the parental authority to instruct and direct his descendants in the way of the Lord was given him as an authority and enjoined upon him as a duty; and the lessons which he was then empowered and required to teach his posterity were, "to do justice and judgment." Thus, Obedience to the will of God, is the first, and all comprehensive virtue taught in. the bible, so the second is Justice and Judgment toward Mankind; and this is exhibited as tha result naturally lollowing from the other. Ia the same chapter is relat ed the intercession of Abraham with God for the preservation of Sodom from destruction; the city was destroyed for its crimes, but the Lord promised Abraham it should be spared if only ten righteous should be lound in it: the principle of mercy was therefore sanctioned iii immediate connection with that of justice. Abraham had several children; but the. great promise of God was to be performed through Isaac alone; and tne two sons ot Isaac, Jacob, the youngest was selected for the foundation of the second family and nation; it was from Jacob that the multiplication of the family bzgan, and his twelve sons were all included in the geneaology of the tribes w hich afterward constituted the Jewish people. Ishmael the children ot Keluiah, and Esau, the eldest sou of Isaac, were all the parents of considerable families which afterward spread into nations; but they formed no part of the chosen people, and their history, with that of the neighboring nations, is only :ncidentally noticed in the Bible, so far as they' had relations of intercourse or hostility w ith the people of God. The history of Abraham and his descendants to the close of the book of Genesis, is a biography of individuals; the incidents related of them are all of the class belonging to domestic life. Joseph, indeed, became a highly distinguished public character in the land of Egypt, and it was through him that his father and all his brothers were finally settled there which was necessary to prepare for the existence of their posterity as a nation, and to fulfil the purpose which God had announced to Abraham, that they should be four hundred years in a strange land. In the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, many miraculous events are recorded, but all those which are spoken of as happening in the ordinary course of human affairs have an air of reality about them, which no invention could imitate. In some of the transactions related, the conduct , of the patri archs is highly bluiri' able; circumstances of deep depravity are particularly told of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, upon which it is necessary to remark that their actions are never spoken of with approbation, but always with strong marks of censure, and generally with a minute account of the punishment which followed upon their transgressions.. The vices and crimes of the patriarchs are sometimes alleged as objections against the belief that 'persons guilty of them should ever have been especially favored of God, but, vicious as they were, there is every reason to be convinced that they were less so than their cotemporaries; their vices appear to us at this day, gross, disgustingand atrocious,' but the written law was not then given, the boundaries between right and wrong were not defined with the same precision as in the tables given afterward to Moses; the law of Nature was the only rule of morality by which they could be governed, and, the sins of intemperance, of every kind recorded in Holy Writ, were at that pe riod less aggravated than they have been in after ages, because they were in a great measure sins of ignorance. From the time when the sons of Jacob were settled in Egypt until the completion of the four hundred years, during which God had foretold to Abraham that his family should dwell there, there is a chasm in the sacred history. We areexpresaly told that all the housed Jacob which came into Egypt, were three score and ten; it is said then that Joseph died, as did all that generation; after which nothing farther is related of their posterity than that "they were faithful and multiplied abundantly, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the laud was filled with thein, until there arose a new king who knew not Joseph.'' On his first arrival in Egypt, Jacob had obtained 9 grant from Pharaoh of the land of Goshen, a place particularly suited to the pastorage of flocks; Jacob and his family were shepherds, and this circumstance was, in the first instance,the occasion upon which thatsepa rate spot was assigned to them: a nd, seconda rily , he was the means provided bv God for tmn. separate two nations thus residing together;e very shepherd was an abomination to the Egyptians, and the Israelites were shepherds, although dwelling in the land of Egypt; therefore the fs-

raelites wore sojourners and strangers, and by mutual antipathy toward each other, originating from their respective conditions, they were prevented from intermingling by marriage, and losing their distinctive characters. This wa the cause which had been reserved by the Supreme Creator, during the space of three gener-' ations and more than four centuries, as the occasion for eventually bringing them out of the land; for, in proportion as they multiplied,' it had the tendency to excite the jealousies and fears of the, Egyptian kings as actually-, happened. 1 "These jealousies and fears suggested to him a policy of the most intolerable oppression and the most execrable cruelty toward the Israelites; not contented with reducing them to the most degraded condition of servitude, and making their lives bitter with hard bondage, he conceived the project of destroying the whole race, by ordering all the male children to be murdered as soon as they were born. In the wisdom of Providence, this very command wrasthe means of preparing this family when they had multiplied into a. nation for their issue fiom Egypt, and for their conquest of the land which had been promised to Abraham; and it was at the same time the immediate occasion of raising up the great Warrior, Legisla

tor a.ld Prophet, who was to be their deliverer and leader. ... Thenceforth, they are to be considered as a people, and their history as that of a nation. Daring a period of more than a thousand years,' the Bible give3 us a particular account of their destinies: an outline of their constitution, civil, military and religous, with, the. code of laws presanted to them by the Deity, is contained in the books of Moses, and will afford us copious materials for the future consideration. Their subsequent ' revolutions of government nader Joshua, fifteen, successive chiefs, denominated Judges, and a succession of kings, Until they were first dismembered into two separate kingdoms, and after a lapse of some centuries, both conquered by the, Assyrians aiid Babylonians, and at the end of seventy years, partially restored to their country and their temple, constitute the remaining histori cal books of the Old Testament, every part of which is full of instructions. J3ut my present purpose is only to point your attention to their general historical c haracter. My next will con-? tain a few remarks on the Bible as a System of Morals. . In the meantime, I remain your affectionate Father, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. The Printing Establishment of the Harpers. We find the following in the Editor' table of the Southern Literary Messenger of this extraordinary house: We submit a few figures of which we were put in possession by F. Sunders, Esq., the oblijing gentleman, whose difficult office it is to decide upon the publication of original works. and to settle foreign ones for reprint. There are 22 presses in the establishment, of which 3 are Napier presses and 19 worked by steam. They work off regularly 70 reams of paper per day, i. e. 36,600 sheets, making 201,600 sheets per week, 10,432,200 per year! This is equal to 1000 octavo volumes of over 500 pages per day, 6,000 per week arid 312,000 per year. The fixtures in the bindery are valued at 813,000. Here are used annually 52 barrels of., flour for paste, 42 barrels of glue, 1,000 packages of gold leaf, 60 tons of paste board and 740 pieces of muslin of foity square yards each. Then 14,000 sheep must be slain yearly to supply skius for covers. Beneath the buildings (for the.reaie 5 tenements) are immense vauhs, where the stereotype plates are deposited. These have been accumulating for 25 years, and now amount to 500.000 pounds weight,-worth 7J cents per pound. : 800 punds of metal are used weekly forcssting making41,000 pounds per annum. In the composing room there are from 60,000 to 70,000 pounds of type. The amount paid to employers, (about 400 in num.cer, one forth of whom are females,) is $200,000 per annum. 'Messrs. Harper & Brothers have paid to authors very large sums of money. Stephens has received from them about 50,000, and Preacott about $25,000. Dr. Anthon, too, has re ceived a fortune from them for his works." Ireland Her Music and Characteristic! W. Moonty, the celebrated Lecturer on Ireland, and Vocalist, is to be here on Monday, to give our fellow-citizens a grand night of Wit, Humor and Songs all Irish to the Core. We copy elsewhere his Card,' and we select from the many newspapers testimonials he has eent us the following illustrative scrap. From the Toronto Mirror. "On Wednesday Evening we went to the .Old City Hall, expecting to pass a couple of hours in hearing somethingabout Ireland, told, of course, in the usual way. It was a - cold night, but the. subject was to be Ireland, and we must'go. Go we did, and if we were not pleased, then its a caution. We laughed, and we cried; we kicked, and we clapped; and we felt happy and miserable, just as it pleased Mr. Mooney to work upon us, for two hours,and it half. We heard Mr. Mooney sing the soul-stirring songs of Erin, as we thought, w ith more power, and pathos, than we have ever heard them sung before. Where, the secret of his command over our affections lay, we are almost at a loss to account for. It was not in the superior performance of the Vocalist. Mr. Mooney make no pretensions to musical powers. , It was the spirit of the song the glowing ferver of the bard the throbbing pulse of Erin, embodied in the heart-speaking music of Nature herself, that thrilled our soul, and carried her away, a willing captive, to the mighty despositism of our early love. . , , Mr. Mooney sings the melodies of Moore, with that eloquence which none but an Irishman can throw into the song none but aa : Iri&hmau can feel." , The French Revolution Effect on Com mercial Affairs. The probable effect of the revolution in France, is now engaging consid erable attention. The New York corresrion.x dent of the Philadelphia North American says : ' -; Some of the AVall street operators areue. that should the results of the revolution extend be-" yond France, and a general war in Europe fol; low, mat tne immediate euects would be disastrous to this country. Thev predict that all European credits being then but blank paper that all remittances toany part of Europe would be in specie, and that every bank in the United States would suspend payment in 30days. They also predict that the disturbance in the mercantile, world of Europe, following such a war, would break every merchant in this country, who has any connections with Europe. On the other hand the most sanguine predict that a general war in Europe would . throw all the carrying trade of the world in our hands, induce a large immigration, bring vast sums of money here and open the universal market to our produce, as Europe could not fight battles and grow corn or manufacture cotton at the same time. Should the disturbance, however, be confined to France, it is admitted Iheimiuence here cannot be important. It will produce an advance in sterling, probably., 1 French bills are now a dead letter, and settlements will be made in London; causing an increased demand fgr sterling. In anticipation of this drawers have advanced their rates J to J per cent, but there is not much doing at anyirn.-.' provernent. Brown's are selling at 10 pet cent, but very good bills are offered freely at 91, and some have been sold at 9a9J, which

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