Vincennes Gazette, Volume 12, Number 52, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 June 1843 — Page 1

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TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR." YOLUMK XII. 1 VIXCEXNES, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUXE 3, 1SJ3. XO. 5'2.

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.s,i- i A ' . - lit, Th Beautiful. rn. fUiOVHr.tr. f o a bricht lull, with heart of lien". The angd of the season ciino, Took, its green sheath and hoJ away And turned it forehead ?-j the day, An ! from its blushln- dopths undrew A stream of incense pure, as dew. Hp ki'srd hii check nr? v.-.nt hi way An J then a firm with temples gray. Stead at its iJ. an 1 taught it how To shrink, tu shrivel, and to how. On the brown mo;;!.! its lip to lay, Anl blond with sweet things pass?d awaj T a fair r.ni 1, b lu'v ' spr:n;r, -Love's angel came on ra.iicnt wing. Nerved her light foot to skim the plain, AnJ nude her voice a music strain, Atnl clasped hi centus o"er her breast, Tiilewrv evo tier tiower confesse-.l. A ::' h. r f rr.i, wi;h s-h. lowy J.irt. l'.v " i t !ier c-.ueh an.l ehille I her hatt; i A br with roses lireil. Ai:,l h;r breath in groans expired: l?ut that which Shi mi her to the sky 1's-'-'-1 Li j shaft it eonU not die. From the Sunday .Mercury. Short Iato:it Sermon. V,v pr ?tnt (llscourse is drawn iVom tfiis t st: For !o ;-;.:;: ever wa:t on ir'.uo';s dtcJ; A though a late, a sure, reward succeeds. I ievo that ol vr;ii are irnplanteJ in everv human hoart; hut, with s,)::'.3 ihey ".n; p?rmiueil o rot, for ilui want of proper rsr-3 and fltte'ituMi. in a cold, unoongenifil suil u h.le wtiii others t!i-3 weeus of ice are allowed to overshadow and choke liiem in :!)? it'.rd.-' an i with others aain, ihey prin tip and flourish like hop-vines by 1 ;:i-iT-KH, a:td brin forlh fri.it, some ixtv, sdiin seventy, an 1 some an htinI re i fold. Ttiere u as h time, when vir"tie wis accompanied wit!i an immediate ewrd; hot, latter! v, it works in the system, somothin'j; like brother Smds' S;trsr.p:1 r;da slowly hut sorely for in the its beneneial eti; cts are certain to be n if nee At present, it is daily .r;cd, and vet f?.tni-iies for he want of m;c:"o-. It is a mere noto f f adniirc.tifm :, ih- ') w'i of benevo'ence a q mlili 'aiio;. ih.'it commmds iii ro respect than but neverth'-Iess meets w.ili its full oie.' tri .f meed ere t'te iniirmtt'es of r,t ovet'sbadow and be iarken every eart!i!y enjoyment. My friend' Kince we reap the rohl-m harvest, of virtue in the autumn of life, arid si its abiuid.nce depend? upon its cuUivat'"Mi in the spring timo and summer of our existence, 1 feel it to be my impera'ive d it v to bat into my young an -; :..-, with the oelle of per?uasive adice, a sense of fostering virtuous inclinations nli'de the of the heart is renierod productive by the gonial sf.owers , f vouto's gentle "i'riitij. Oli, you youncr i-i.Miradcs itt the thorn-skirted paths of petditien! how many cf y.iu do I pee running in a moral state of nudity amid the tor;ns of iniouito us folly, exposed to i'.Is which might eaeily ho avoided by !:tet!i:to parental advice and profiting by the examples of the few righteous around x on -.v hich, I must acknowledge, are just about as scarce, in these degenerate -Jays, as dolhrs it) the pocket3 of paupers. Oh. von loose samples cf youthful mortality! how much longer mnsi I have the mortification of seeing you jumping Jim Crow upon the prickly beds of vice, when you might just as well enter upon flowery lawns of virtue, ami revel amid the sweets of happiness! Yes, and you more natural mortals you who have been "pawned in the putrid pools of corruption voti superannuated specimens cf e'.f-intlicted misery I warn you to lorsako your midnight debaucheries and your daylight transgressions, or your !?trer elavs will be crowded with wo, or the thunder and I isrh Liiin of retribution will frighten peacu from her carnal dotr.icil, and leave it as desolate and dreary as the ito of ancient Uiby'on. Yea, and you ;.til! older and harder cases! -whoso heads have become whitened by the premature frost? of 5!u whose barren caputs shine like tin covered cupolas by moonlight w .hose knees tremble npon the very brink of cternitv! I must give, ytv.i nn admonishing dig under the ribs, r.nd hid you beware lest your names be destined to rot in oblivion, when you sha'l have been gathered into the mouldering sepulchre, ?ind the clod worms hold a harqut t in the deserted temple of the soul. Aye, old men I bid you bo ware, lest you go down 'o vour graves unwept, uncared for, and iishonored leaving behind vour names that will smell ranker i i tu3 nostrils of posterity than the highly concentrated essence of polecat. Be prepared, while life's short season remains, to die in vir-j tue'a cause, that yo.i may liv- in fame,! through nt least six or seven thicknesses ; of succeeding generation. ; My worthy hearer-1 there is -n r.ssum-; ! virtue, vhieh like the ctrimber v':;H';

u.tl tates, my friends, whether you would not prefer butter that looks pale and unpalatable, but is rich and relishing, to that which appears fair upon the outside, but is foul and frowy within. 1 know very well that you would choose the latter. My hearers what is the worth of beauty without virtue? It is but a base counterfeit coin, that passea current with the foolish j-.iid unsuspecting; it is decidedly 'no go.' A woman, decked with the ornaments of personal attraction, but destitute of moral worth, may receive the homage of the weak sons of sin, the adoration c f whom is certainly not to be prized above the value of a July oyster. Look nt her as she (lirts and flourishes filer.;; that pestiferous path which leads nraitway to perdition. The lilies of lovliness ijrace her snowy brosv the artificial roses of health seem to bloom upon her cheek fortv thorns and devils are ampuls forth false blossoms that bloom for a short time, an i then fall to the earth without producing any fruit whatever, and having no other claim to merit than as useless ornament- in the garden cf mortality. There are some very pretty feminine posies to look at at present flourishing around us but they lack in fragrance. There was a time when they were a!! puritv in the bud. and the petals of genuine virtue were enfolded in the calix of tha heart: but what are they now? nothir.g but artificial blossoms, .vhose onhv we-todor is purchased at the shop of the perfumer, and that h wasted upon the midnight air. Don't endeavor to pluck thoe deceitful flowers, my young friends, without the gloves of caution; for their sterns are beset with thorns that protrude in all direction, threatening wo to the rash youth whose infatuation leads him to grasp hastily at such dangerous objects. Let them go it with a perfect looseness ti'l they burt the brittle strings of life's corets, an l fall to pieces in the cold embrace of Death! Ay! thev are fragile 3S they are deceitful and fair! A few more year5", and the wings of Time will brush every iota of retire from their cheeks a fewmore years, and the sparks that now glowin their eyes, will be ilim-ned in their optical sockets a few more years, and the unavailing tears of repentance will have worn deep gutters in their chins every trace of former beauty will be obliterated, and pale-faced Sorrow, haggard Misery, and the demons of wretchedness will accompany them to the tomb. , My dear friends I would have you espouse the cause of Yirtue, if von would live in peace, die happily, and be remembered by posterity, oho is the lovely damsel who scatters evergreen wreath alorw the. n?thwav of existence guards the gates of Paradise from the intrusion

of sorrow or remorse, and sprinkles everv drooping flower of hope with the refresh ing water of heavenly love. Born of the angeh, and adopted by the wise and good, she i entitled to your regard and protection: and I ask, would you stand idly by and see her ravished by that infuriate monster Vice? No I know vou would fly to her aid fight for her sake an l, if necessary, die in her cause that you might have your ashes safely deposited in the urn of remembrance. So mote it be! Dow, Jk. - H'From the Sunday .Mercury. Short Tateat SermonI have selected these words a a text to my present discourse: Heaiity oon fa Ies, but Virtue- lives, And blooms when life is on the wane. My hearers as regards the real worth of beauty anl virtue, there, is as much difference- between them as there is between a substance and its shadow. The one is siiort lived and fleeting the other is enduring and lasting. Heaiity is but an ephemeral, aliuring blaze, that attracts the foolish insects of pride and fashion, oftentimes in a single day, to inevitable destruction, and then is extinguished forever; but virtue is a brilliant spark, that continues to glow, even in the embers of declining age. and is declined to shine, like a diamond aitnd the dust and rubbish of the earth, throughout the countless age? of eternity. Beauty is but a bloss,:oj that unfolds its charms w hi!e its petals are wet with the morning dews of vouth. It soon begins to wdt beneath the withering noontide cf maturity that boding afternoon hour of existence, the 3 o'clock, P. M., cf 3 mortal's life immediately .succeeds, and wr- find thrt the bright hues of the fond flower are too fatally touched with the corrosive sublimate of Decay to admit of restoration. Then comes the evening twilight of Decrepitude, when a lingering leaf of bt-auty may perchance still hang upon the parent shrub, but almost every trace of its former loveliness is obliterated by the hoar frost shaken from the grey pinions of Time. The night cf Death then ensues, an 1 the blossom of Iteauty, that lately was so inviting and fair, is crushed in the fust, as void of attraction as Uoho!-n in December. Beauty, my friends, is almost any thing that is fWting or fa's?. It is a rainbow that exhibits its prismatic lines f. r a few moments, end then sinks into the dark bosom of its maternal cloud. It h the rosy blush of morning t h f t soon palls in the broad glare cf day the crimson winged harbinger of a summer's evening, that lights ite!f to bed with a blaze

of glory, and is soon sound asleep beneath thedark mantle of night. In short,, beauty is like the gaudy colors of American calico

-very pretty lor a time, but exceedingly able to fade by a few washings in the

hot suds of matrimony. I. have submitted to vour consideration My dear friends allow tr.e now to three plans; the Bank of the United States, touch gently upon female virtue. If Beau- the State Bank svstem. and the Sub Treasty bo the blossom, surely Yirtue is the tiry ; and have told you to take your choice, fragrance of the flower. You may strip and I would be satisfied with either.' the corolla of its leaves, and endeavor to j 'But,' said I, 'Mr. Tyler, didn't you presene litem by skill, ingenuity or art, known that a Whig Congress would take and you will find that they will witherand neither the State Bank Svstem nor the decay in spite of your utmost exertions; ' Sub Treasury?' but if you extract the fragrance of the 'Certainly I did,' eaid he, 'and therefore flower, and cork it tight with a stopper you ought to be satisfied.' of prudence, watchfulness and caution, itj 'Well.' I answered, 'I should have pre-

" lJ-L iorcer. t uereiore, were i to jerreu mat you should have recommeiH,make a choice from among the fair daugh-jed a Bank of the. United States outright-, ters of earth, I would say, give me virtue land let Congress have come to your aid,

without beauty, rather than bcautv with out virtue. 1 will leave it to your individbushed in her invitingeye and she seems to be bound for the gates of Paradise, rather than for th realm- of endless torment: but. my friends, examine her as on would a watch. You will find that tha main-spring of morality has wholly lost its e.astic temper that the regulator:! ot tier thoughts and actions is entirely out oi order and tint the balance-wheel n her mind has ceased to perform its duty. for the want of a single drop of the od of virtuous resolution. You will see that the once fruitful soil of her, which nour-j fihes the promising plants of virtue, is now overgrown with the rank weeds of vice; an 1 that every bu 1 of youthful hope is trampled to the earth, beneath the giant footsteps of that monster of ail monsters. Temptation. Observe the situation, my friend-, of that female who has had the misfortune to loose that key which unlocks the iron-barred doors which open upon what the world calls 'respectable society.' She is left to wander friendless an l alone over ihe barren desert of the world, with no one to aid her none to snatch her from the flame towards which she i madly rushing and without a sixpense worth of salvation, to aid her on her short passage to eternity. She may have a worthy brother, who oftimes may have called on her, in vain, to forsake the path of iniquity, and turn to the ways of happiness and peace. A beloved sister may have time and again offered up prayers for her reclamation and parent", per chance, have shed their lat tears of grief upon the grave of their daughter's virtue, and bade adieu to the world and their Ioni lost chiil, in the height cf sorrow, but not in anger. My dear hearers if there can be found such a mixture, iti this adulterated world. as beatttv and virtue, combined in a single individual of the feminine gender, it is worthy of your devout c Moderation (a!! you who are bachelors, I man.) Fake unto yourselves wives, ere the davs come when you shall sav on have no pleasure in them, and a wife isn't worth the wear of the shoe leather consumed in running after her. Take a wife who is both good lookinir and good natured whoe modesty an.d morality are always above par whose virtue is never at a discount and you will be happy, so long as Providence allows yon to stain earth's fair carpet with your polluted footsteps; and may you ail entertain sentiments similar to those which I have advanced, and abide by them even unto the end. So mote it he! Dow, Jr. 1L o ran. botts, Tfu Madi'onian says: Our attention ha? been eal'e I to the circumstance that some papers have given currency to, tiie latest, most improved, enlarged, and illustrated edition of the base fabrications of this notorious individual. He is represented as having charged the President publicly in his late electioneereampaign, as having said to him on the third day cf the extra session That he meant to be a candidate, not only for four, but for eight years from the 4th of March, '4r, thus making the whole term of his service 12 years; and then That the President had offered him any office in his gift, provided he (Botts) would sustain him in his aspirations; and then That he, John Minor Botts, front this lime ceased to visit the President. These charges the Madisonian, by authority, denies as false in each and everv particular. Thereupon Mr. Botts makes the following statement under oath, as being true in r-ach and all its parts; Af'er gfettinrg through the business u hich carried me fo ihe President's House, Mr. Tyler said: 'Well, Botts, I understand you have been denouncing my Message;' to which I replied, 'No, Mr. Tyler, I havo said nothins about your message that deserves to be characterized as denunciation, though I am aorry to rind you have established a back stair influence here, to communi a;e every whisper that may be made. I'll tell you candidly what I did say of the message, when asked my opinion of it: I said it was a slip slop, milk and water affair, and not such as I hrd expected or desired to see. Mr. Tyler said with some animation, but good humoredly: 'Well, God damn it, what did you expect or wish?' Well, sir,' ssid J,'! would have had

you to have recommended a Bank of the 'United States, flat footed, and in the most unqualified terms.'

'Now, by CJod,' said Mr. Tyler, 'that she ws how damned hard you are to please. and stood shoulder to shoulder upon the question, instead of sayinc that each had been condemned in its turn; and we should then have escaped the taunt we now uipet with from our opponents 'that we have a W lug President who dare not recommend a Bank.' 'But.' I continued, 'there was I another objection I had to your message would have had you to recommend the ' distribution ot the sales of the public , lands, wuhout qualification. 'And so I have.' said he. 'Oh no,' aid I, 'you have attached a proviso, that the duties to be levied should 'nt exceed those contemplated by the act of 1So3, which vou know we are compelled to do, in order to raise enough revenue for the support of the Government.' ' There it is gain,' said he, 'why by God, sir, you don't understand the Compromise Act,' anl then stepping off to his table, lie brought the volume of the laws containing th'i Compromise Act, and read from it the passage which declares that nomine herein contained shall be so con strued as to prevent the passage of anv act prior to the 30th day of June, in the contingency either of excess or de ficiency of revenue, altering the rates of duties, cVc, so as to adjust the revenue to suit either eon'ingency. 'Now, sir,' said he, 'hasn't the contingency arisen? is there not a deficiency in the revenue? and what is there in this act to prevent you from raising the duties to 20, 30, 40, 'oor 101 per cent, if it shall be necessary 'without violating its provisions?' 'Well, said I, 'Mr. Tyler, if this be. vour construction of that act. why did you say any thing about the 'duties contemplated by it,' in connection with the subject of Distribution?' Oh,' said ho, 'you know- what a certain p rtton of the country think of the Compromise Act, and it is well enough to humor them.' And for this it was that I denounced his plnrisaical and hypocritical account about the Compromise Act when he vetoed the Tariff Bill because it violated, as he said, its provisions, and therefore required us to give up the Distribution clause. At this point there w aa a slight pause in the conversation, when I said, 'Tyler, there is one piece of advice I want to ewe you. and as vou have invit-'d me to talk freely with you. I shall do so. You are a poor man, and will feel it more sensibly when you retire from your present situation, than you have ever done before you will find it necessary to live and entertain in a style different from w hat you have been accustomed to, and unless you provide the means now, vou will be placed in an embarrassing situation. You ought to lay up from your salary sl-),'!00 a year, which in four years will give you 60.000. ami that in Williamsburg will be a fine estate, upon which you can live after the payment of your debts, as will become your station. 'Botts, sai l he, 'why confine me to four years?'' Why confine you to xchal?'' said I with surprise. 'Yes, why confine me to four years? Why ni t twelve? I am now only finishing out the unexpired term of General Harrison, and if I can make my administration popular, why should I not be entitled to an election on ttiv own account, and then if I could make myself acceplable to the people, why should I not serve out my own eight years, as others have dono before?' Why, Mr. Tvler,' I answered, 'yon forget the one, term principle.' No, 'said he, 'if every body else would be bound by the one term principle, so would I, but nobody else is, and why should I be.' Mr. Tyler,' said I. 'let me entreat you. even in jest, never talk in this way to any feodv else.' This having been said apparently half in jest and half in earnest, I was doubtful how be intended it, until, in a more serious tone, he resumed: Now Botts, don't vou go off ha'if cho ked, and oppose my administration I had rather any man in Congress should oppose my adrninis tration than vou I am under eater obligations to you than any body ele, and there is no man whose interests 1 should take greater pleasure in promoting than yours. Now, sir. I have n Cabinet around me not of my own selection; thie is General Harrison's Cabinet, and I do not know how long I can live in harmony with them. I don't know how soon I may have to call around me a political family of rnv own choice, and when I do. where should I lao'c so soon as to mj

old friendi, from my own doors, extending both, hands towards me. Said I, 'Mr. Tyler, it is time you and I had coma to an understanding. You sayyou had rather any man in Congress should oppose your administration than I. Now, sir, let me say to you, if it is your purpose to act with strict fidelity to that great Whig party to which I am and ever have been attached in principle, and which brought you into power; if it is your purpose to carry out in good faith those measures of relief which we have promised to the country you shall never want a supporter on that floor while I am there and able to render you assistance; but. by G-d, Mr. Tyler, if it is your purpose to betray that party, and to defeat the ir meas

ures; if it is your purpose to break them down and set up a party for yourself I'll be damned if ever you did see a more violent and bitter opponent than you will find me; and as for office, to which yon have alluded, let rno say to you, that ihere is not an office in the gift of the Executive that I desire to hold, and not one that I would consent to accept, if it were to be attended with the slightest sacrifice of mv political integrity, or the confidence of my constituents.' Well, well,' said he, 'we won't talk any more about this now come, take off your hat and stay and dine with me.' 1 tried to excuse myself; he insisted, and took my hat and umbrella from me; and 1 staid, and broke bread that day with him for the last .ime in his own house. From the Michigan City Gizette. Keep it before tho People, That the Lneofoco party are opposed to the dis tribution of the proceeds of the public lands a protective Tariff and any currency, except gold and filver. As a proof of this last charge, the Globe thus discourses, in commenting upon a letter received from Senator Tappan of Ohio, denying the constitutionality of all bank, and telling the people that they have no use for bank notes. But hear the Globe: We think with .lu Ige Tappan that the gradual EiTi.vrTiov of banking institutions, ai their present character expire, is the only means of prevention against the recurrence of the calamities triat now overwhelm the country. If banks are ever to be useful and salutary, they must be established upon the French model issuing pkcik ALONK for a Currency and paper OJily for eichange." Is not that tsk'mg broad enough ground! Are the hardy yeumanry of Indiana piepared fur this dose Ulair who riots in the wealth he has plundered from tho people, cannot see why the mechanic, the Farmer and day laborer, could not flourish under the French mode of banking. His nest is feathered, and little does he care for the honest Log cabin boys of the West. Cut what is the French mode! Let .Mr. Ca.s answer. lie i n Loco, and while minister to France under Mr. Van Buren, he thus deseirbed the operation of the French mode upon the working classes: 'Is it impossible for an American to conceive the true state of the Working Class. Perhaps TMinTt cests per diy may be the aviuiaok phice OF LABOUK Throughout France! and out of this THE WORKMAN MUST FEED A.D CLO THE II IMS EL F! A nd then come the reason of interruption when work is almost discontinued and when the STARVING MECHAXICS xns thkowx vpox thr commcs iTT TO SEEK. THR SCPPOHT Of LIFE AS THST CAM' Can you reconcile yourselves to 30 cents a day, and support yourself and family Can you educate your little offspring, or ever hope to acquire enough to buy a winding sheet under such a mode? If you think o, then vote for W hitcomb vote the Loco ticket throughout. But if yon havo some feelings of Independence about you if vou dare to "holt' from such doctrines, vote for Bieeer and Bradley, and the true Demo cratic Whig ticket. -.M,0j Si Riipixo ix. Transactions in this department of business have been of late rather limited. An effort was made to do something in that line on Friday evening, of which the following are the particulars: As Green L. AIsop, rather a green looking Iloosier, navigated along the Levee, he was arrested by a couple of customers, whose names are Patrick Healy and Martin Ryan. They presented tohim a small box containing a si-re enough pold watch and several articles of mock jewelry. They represented to him that they were -hard up' and were willing to se'l or sacrifice the box and its contents for eight dollars a mere trim ! AIsop looked at the pedlars and then at the witch, and assuring himself it was gold, thnusht. as he himself said, there could be 'no suck in it. no how.' He paid them the eight dollars, and Healy, by some juggle in putting the lid on the box.extraete Jthe gold watch, unknow n to the unsophisticated tloosier. To show still farther his solicitude lor the preservation of the articles in the box, he tied a handkerchief round it, and in a manner which Alsop found it very difficult to undo When he did undo it, however, he found he himself was undone, and that the gold watch was not only going but gone. He informed the police of the affair, who shortly afterwards arretted the itinerant jewellers. A. O. Pic, Ma j 14. Burning of the City Theatre. About one o'clock, on Saturday night, tho City Theatre took fire and was burned, together with two adjoining coflee-hones, one on each side cf it. It is said that the conflagration was the w ork of an incendiary.' the building having been set on fire in several places. The fiame cast an exceeding bright glare over the city. The theatre belonged to ths venerable S. Drake, and was net insured. We do not know what losses, if any, were sustained bv the several actors and actresses in the burning of ward robes, &c. W understand thnt fifty or sixty dnliais, the proceeds of Saturday night's performne?, were stolen from ihe manager's room during the fire. Lou. Jour. wlow giver give meanly ot gra leu.

The St. Louis Republican, of the 13th instant., says: "Abraham Sh&ffer, the clerk of tho county court of Clay county, has placed himself in rather an awkard predicament by lf:s connection with the murderers of ( harvis McDaniel's principal abiding place was the office of Shaffer; and immediately on his return he entered his office, and hid therein a share cf the booty After his arrest, Shaffer locked up the office and refused to allow the premises to be searched, until his fears were awakened by the resolute determination of the citizens. He stated to Judge Thompson that McDaniels had deposited somo articles in hi9 office, the nature of which he did not know, and that, if they wero valuable, he was not apprised of the fact; but after considerable opposition he agreed to admit two or three centlemen. Dr.

Moss, Judge Thompson, and Dr. Wood entered, and found in McDaniel's wardrobe a large piece of silver bullion, weighing about sixty-nine pounds and a half. "The conduct of Shaffer, during the search, was not of an honest mm, who "did not know the nature cf the articles" deposited by McDaniel; but on the contrary, he showed a disposition to throw obstacles in the way of a search, and hide from the citizens a portion of the money. When the firm determination of the citizens to promptly bring to punishment the accrs in this drama became manifest, Shaffer yielded up to the sheriff in gold bullion and dust about svi.SHO. There is little doubt entertained about his being accessary before the fact, for it is generally known that he assisted McDaniel in procuring bis outfit; and his conduct after exhibits him strongly in th light of a party in the affair. There should be no hesj:;uion in arresting him, if it is not already done." ? Yankee Sea-Cavtain. Wo learn from the Boston Post that the vessel described as the 'T nited States ship Alert, which was reported to have taken possession of a fort on the western coast of Mexico, (about the time of Commodore Jones's acting in the same manner upon the rumor of war with Mexico,) was a merchant ihip of that name, from ihe port of Boston, commanded by Captain Piielps. The Post gives tho following account of the proceedings of this vess-l: "The Alert was at anchor in the horbor of Sandiego, Msf October, end had nearly all her stores, and part of her ballast on shore ready for taking in cargo, when intelligence was received of a declaration of war between the United States and Mexico, and cf the capture of Monterey by Commodore Jones, and that the so'diers from San Pedro (a place about three miles from San Diegoj had received orders 10 proceed forthwith and capture the Alert. On the 2Sih of October tho intelligence was confirmed by a partv of hunters, (Americans.) who came on board the Alert, with all their property, seeking protection from ihe anticipated movements of the hostile troops. Captain Phelps immediately tool; possession of the fort ashore, spiked the guns, and then got his slores on board and every thing ready for shipping his cables if necessary. Tho Alert had four six pounders on heard, which were brought to bear on the shore; and aa the vessel lav within pistol shot of the land, her guns fully command: d the beach. With a crew of sixteen mc.u and boys, half a dozen hunters, (excellent rifleman.) and plenty of arms and ammunition. Captain Ihielps determined not to slip the cables or abandon bis rnrgo on shore, without burning a little gun powder. But, on tho 1st of November, the official intelligence of the evacuation of Monterey, was received, and ns a matter of eours, Capt. Phelps ceased warlike operations, and commenced putting bis ship in order for taking the cargo. The Alert arrived a: this port on Thursday afternoon.'' Connecticut. Thisst.ite Ins no debt. The receipts into the treasury, diirimr the last year, exced tho disbursements bv S23,lOf). The revenue from the school fund, which now amounts to two millions and upwards, has ben for the Inst year nearly S2o,C0.1; f which $118,496 has been distributed among the school districts; bemsr about 01 40 10 each scholar, and exceeding by more than SI, 000 any divi lend previously made. The whole number of children between four nd sixteen years of fie, enumerated in August last, w as 8 1,64 h Tho State prison, et Weathersfield, Ins yielded a surplus during the year, of So, 000 and upwards, over its expenses. Seventeen deaf and dumb pupils during the year received the benefit of State appropriation for their education in the asylum at Hartford. Lou. Jour. Birth of a Royal Princcsi. Her M?'jesty Queen Yictorn has graced the Irt ish nation with another Princes. Tbio event whs made kn-wn through ih;5 columns of the metropolitan p-apers on th 25th int. Buckingham Ma'te. April Vl". This morning v four o'clock, iht Queen wrs delivred cf a Princes?.. Judge of what nviy. '-y what has occurred, there sterns everv chance cf Mr. O'Connell's wph. being grstified, fbatth Queen should hsve as r"anv children as his grandmother two and iwmty!