Vincennes Gazette, Volume 14, Number 21, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 October 1844 — Page 1

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From the Indians "Male Journal. A Whir SongWIlITTtX HI A lADt. John Anderson, my Jo, John, When we were first acquaint. You did pretend to he i Whig, For Harry, sir, you went. But now you have turned loco, John, And now for Polk ycu go. Against your former principle, John Anderson, my Jo. John AnJersjn tuy Jo, John, The whigi have fought lo;cther, And many a happy day, John, They've haJ with one anotbrr, Liut you have them betrayed, John. And why did you do sol A curpe upon all traitors, John, John Anderson, my Jo. John Anderson, my Jo, Johu. Why will you be a fool. And sneak about the Locos, John, Who u-e for you their too!; T' rv're laufVii.-ig in their sleeves, John, That they can gull you so. And thus obtain a vote for Polk, John Anderson, my Jo. The hrse Booster whig boy, John, Will never fell their votes, For Loco-poco promises. Or even Biiuh coats: Thev want a Protective Turin"" John, And Texa they forego. With her slave and her ten million debt John Anderson, my Jo. The Indian whig;. John, Will never jwu hi n or" And Poke root bitterNo mure than file The whisra wii' no f On cv , " N" You've -nerset. John AH y ' John Ande.un. my Jo, l hn. You've helped the, coco to kill; And done an act of cruelty That makes our Mo id run chill; XIo row among the whigJhn. Then minds if you would know,And lis: to their dep curses, John. Jjhn Anderson, my JTne following rem irks are fiom a papt:r that takes n part "m the pr:y conflic; of the day the w liter is n-'l a poUt'u inn who is seeking vu'.es for any tnn or party but f.e speake-ss an Americm, who has no theory to defuvi, and consequently, whose mind i unfettered by parly prejudice. The semarks of -on h a paper .re entitled to more weight than ihope which are daily engtul in jo!it;c:il discussions, in order to have f.n inll iencf on ihe approaching electiun. They r.re thrfentiments of every true American, when he iews the pubject in its proper light America contains genius and industry equal to that cf any country under heaven. What has man ovtr don that Americans cannot do? Why then ehonld our country have a name to be independent, while in fact s'.e does not posses true independence ul'i'e wo r dy upon n foreign power for supplies, instead of futniinng ;hni ourselves, and w hich, in the event f war, we must be deprived of, and involved in serious ditlicuities? Protection to American mechanics should be the wathword of every American citizen: From Wilson Sc Co.'s Dispatch. AM2KXCAM ENTSKPUISE. FAIR OF THE AMERICAN ISsTITlTE. The circular recently issued by the Atneriean Institutaot' this city, preparatory to the exhibition in October, displays unusual zeal in the cause of domestic industry. It is intended, if possible, to surpass id! former displays, and to show the world vhat Anieri.-an ingenuity and American labor are capable of performing. We confess we always feel a glow of piida at the contemplation of their handiwork. W e would like to see the American mechanic nirpa-sing every foreign competition, and there is no doubt in all t'le branches which he has yet undertaken, he has completely done so. Nothing can make this country so rich or so truly independent as the encouragement of our domestic industry, but the politicians on both sides have raised questhns, or in the language of the day, isnn this snbiect. which they are dis cussing mite for effect upon the ballot boxes, than the good ot the nation at laige. l'very thing they can lay their hands upi,n to'turti to political account, they seize with avidity, and the most opposite 6latenients are constantly mide in order to efV We believe it is possible to look at this suoject in a clear and distinct light, and the argument on both sides may bft fairly 1. BtrinDed o f all the fjUo theories a ;d delusions with which it is a fashion to mv.tify muter of fact. Without taking ihii trouble, s'? may nevertheless state some ihinj which are s-elf-f vi:1rnt.

If thi country was in a state of war! Z.ETTCK FROM IWR. CLAY. with England, is there an Anr'san alivo',., . T . . , r ,,. , , v j j , : , , ,- , , ,a i Jo the Editors of the National Ialtlliwho would not be fflad, it we werd sh e J to famish our own supplies? Would itt . ',' . k i i , t i Ashland, Sr.rT. 23, 18H. not be absolutely necessary, under s ica ' , ' ' , - (tEntlei;:n: circumstances, to reiy upon ourselvedt .. . . . ., . J ' ( .Since my nomination f t lialnmore in i ue answer to these questions is urn- ,. ( ... , ,, i . .i -May li-t, bv the U big (onventioii. a- a voidable. L.very reader anticipates them, t , , r - . .. , , .. J . . , 1 , icandidaie lur the oihee ol President of the lla e we nl several times oeeu r.pparent-, . , , , , , ,i .Liiiteil MfiM, 1 fiave received many et!v on the brink of a rupture? Are tWr-' - .... i ..l!,tu'r:j propounding to mo questions on pubu it some pcints vet to bo s-Ht;ed vvit'i . '. 1 n r , , - . , , , , , iri'"' durs, and others m iv have been adl'.ngland wlin-h viaij lead to dmiciiltvi Ih , , , , . . . ' . . , ,. r- i c" ' Ktressud to me- wii:c!i I never received. wo are to ueneve the friends ol i eas and , t i i , , to most ol those winch have reached me Oreo-on, IJritis!) presumption and aiiyresft i i ; .i ii -, I have replied; hut to some I have not, besion are bolder than ever! Is it w ie t.ien j . ' .. ' c .. . ,, - 1 l ; . cause either the subjects ot which thev for us to icait tnl we are involved in war j ' , r . ,11 ii.. ir, i treated were such as that, in respect to before we become truly and really inde- , , . . 1,1,1. 1 ,,- . k-.ii k, ..("ifm.my o;inioni;. I thought, hud been pendent? When tne country srall be m! ...... ' . , n . . .. , 1 . . c . ,1 ; : .1 , isiilneienuv protuu hrated, or that they dm a state of excitement and contusion, is that! - 1 . ' T . .1 .111 .' r , t s :i f) t p'-sess, in niv iiidgineii:, smlicietit the time to build up t:ie manulacturing and . j e

mechanical interests? Common sen says IVo. I'atriolisn tells us in peace prepare for war. We hold then that any policy which designs to attack the labor, the industry, or the skill of American operatives, is suicide to our best intc-resis. Politicians have no righ to blink this fact, and if they do, the people should not be led off blindfo! ! in the p uh of errr. We do not, in this plac, intend to discuss the charaett-r of the measures whi-di have this tendency, nor to say how high or how low n rariff should be constructed. We believe all parties sre for incidental protection,' and we do not lay aside our neutrality when we quote this generally received proposition as admitting all that is necessary, incidental protection,' if it moans what it says, is all that the manufacturer asks. Protection :' 'whether inci dental or otherwise, is all he cares for. Let others quarrel about words, the prac tical result is to him quite sufficient. - ( It is a very common thing, however, to hold up to the people the fact thct they f are enomuuiM V taxed on articles ol necessity. We saw the other day a friuhfid appeal to this subject in Reach's Sun. The tax upon some articles was displayed as an extortion from the pockets of the people. But it has long been known to practical men that the duty upon a fii7n article does not necessarily raise its price. Since the higher rates of the last tariff were established, gonds never were cheap er on the average than at present. We appal to every man's experience, whether he ever knew prices to be more reaso 1ab!e than now. It may indeed bi shown and demonstrated that the cost of most articles of necessity is less than it has ever been before in this country. To the consumer, therefore, the duties ar.-? in fact nothing. If they were taken ot?. goods would not be cheaper, as experience shows. And there are good reasons for it. First, because mon of the foreign goods sent to this country, are 6ent for a m rket at ill risk?, and at any price. Mor goods are old under the hammer in the United Mates than in any other country in the world. Wlipre this; is the case, the will of the buyer rules the market, and he gets the goods at the price he chooses to pay, or there is no sale. Second: because much of the 6tocks sent to this country are the balance left of what has been sold at home at remunerating prices. A manufacturer who has disposed of 10,000 of his wares in England at a round profit, will not lose if he send jC500, the balance of his stock, to be sold here at any price. Third: the competition which is produced by onrown manufacturers in cotton, woollen, iron, leather, &e., compells a corresponding fall in prices by trie foreign merchant who sends his goods here. And this is a direct benefit to the American consumer. The "reater our success in manufactures, the greater will be the supply and the competition. We contend, therefore, for the American mechanic. We do not w ish to see our blacksmiths, our turners, our hoot makers, our hatters, our jewellers, our nail manufacturers, our lailois, our printers and booksellers, ruined for any body's theory, or any one's ambition to be in office. If the American people can maintain themselves by their honest labor, we do not wish to see them prostrated. It would not help agriculture, certainly, if all our mechanics had to turn farmers to live. The over supply would knock lebnr down to the European standard, and there would be one great level reached of poverty and stagnation. We say agcin away with all theories that destroy the independence, business and prosperity of American mechanics. " ei"' Vanbvrenism not Polkism. No one will controvert the remarkable statements made below by the Newark Daily Advertiser, a paper of perfect responsibility in all its statements: Vanburen Elixtoks coming Oi;tAt the Whig meeting in Hanover (Morris county) on Saturday last, Dr. Fairchi'd. who was the Van Huren candidate for Elector in 1840, presided, and introduced Giles M. Hillyar of New York, and N. II. Congar of this city, as speakers. This is the tecond of the 'Democratic' electors of this State in 1310, who honorably refused to be sold to Polk &c Texas Judge Stule, of West Jersey, being the other. We hear that c.ie of the oth. ers will vote for Ulay and Frelinghuysen. l but arc not v rmiU" J i tuentim site name-

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i u'esite now to say t ) the public, through you, that, considering the near approach ,f the Presidential election, I shnll henceforward decline t. transmit for publication, any letters from me in answer to inquiries upon public matter. After my nomination, I doubted the propriety, as I stiil do. of answering any letters upon new questions of public policy. One who may be a candidate for the Chief Magistracy of the Nation, if elected, ought to enter upon the discharge of the high duties connected with thatofiice with his mind open and uncommitted upon all new questions which tiuy arise in the course of its administration, and ready to avail himself of all the lights which he may derive from his Cabinet, from Congress, and, above all, from the popular opinion. If in advance, ho should commit himself to individuals who may think proper' to address him, he may deprive the public and himself of thosy rrreat iruides. En tertaining tins view, it was my intention ' a"ter my nomination to decline answe. for publication all questions that might ' propounded to me. But, on further reflection, it appeared to tne that if 1 imposed this 9ilence upon myself, I might, contrary to the uniform tenor of my life, seem to be unwilling frankly, and fearlessly to submit my opinions to the public judgment. 1 therefore so far deviated from my first purpose as to respond to letters addressed to me, m iking inquiries in regard to subjects which had been much agitated. Of the answers which I transmitted, some, were intended exclusively for the satisfaction of my correspondents, without any expecta tion on my prtof their being deemed -.or-ihy of p iblieation. In regard to those which have, bt-en presented to the public,! misconceptions and erroneous constructions j have been given to some of them which li think they did not authorize, or which, a!j all even's, were contrary to my inten-j tions. ' 1 In announcing my determination to permit no other letters to be drawn from me on public affairs, I think it right to avail mvself the occasion to correct the eironeous interpret ilion r f one or two of those which Iliad previously written. In Apri' lat I addressed to you. from Raleigh, ka letter in respect to the proposed treaty annexing Texas to the United States, and 1 have since addressed two letters to Alabama mon the -ame subject. Most unwarranted allegations have been made that those letter5 are inconsistent with each other and, to make it out, particular phrases or expressions have been torn from their context, ami h meaning attributed to me which I never entertained. I wish now distinctly to say that there is not a feeling, a sentiment, or an opinion expressed in my Raleigh letter to whien I do not adhere. I am decidedly rppised to the immediate annexation of Texa9 to the United States. 1 think it would be dishonorable, might involve them in war. would be dangerous to the integrity and harmony of the Union, and, if all these objections could be removed, could not be ell'ecied, according to any information I possess, upon just and admissible conditions. It was not my intention, in either of the two letters which I addressed to Alabama, to express any contrary opinion. Representations had been made to me that I was considered as inflexibly opposed to the annexation of Texas under any circumstances; and that my opposition was so extreme that I would not waive it, even if there were a general consent to the measure by all the Slates of the Union. I replied, in mv first letter to Alabama, thai personally 1 had no objection to the annexation. I thought that my meaning was sufficiently obvious, that I had no personal, privutJ, or individual motives for opposing, as I have none for espousing the measure, my judgment being altogether influenced bv genera! and political consid erations, which have ever been the guide of nr public conduct. In my second letter to Alabama assuming that the annexation of Texas m-'ght be accomplished without national disnonor, without war, with the general consent of the States of the Union, and upon fair and reasonable terms, I stated that 1 should be glad to see it. I did-not suppose it was possible I could be misunderstood. I imagined every body would cetrvirehend me as intending that, whatever might be my particular views and opinions, 1 should be hanpy to see what the whole nation might concur in desiriag und-.-r the conditions stated. Nothing was further from my purrose than to intimate any ch.n,-re of amn

ion as long as any considerable and respectable portion of the Confederacy should continue to rtand out in opposition to the annexation of Texas. in all three of my letters upon the subject of Texas. I stated that annexation was inadmissible except upon fair and reasonable terms, if every other objection was removed. In a speech which I addressed to the Senate of the United States more than three years ago, I avo ved mv opposition, for the reasons there siated, to the assumption, by the General Government, of the debts of the several States. It was hardly, therefore, to be presumed that 1 could ho in favor of assuming the unas certaiued debt of a foreign State, w ith winch we have no fraternal ties, and whose bad f ii t li or vioUtio'.i o. its engngements can bring no reproaches upon u. I! ii'ing tints, gent'emen, made ths apology which t intended, for my omission to answer any letters of inquiry upon public aff.iirs which I mav have received announced my purpose to decline henceforward transmitting answers for publication to any such letters that I may hereafter receive; and vindicate some of those which I have forwarded against the erroneous constructions to which they have been exposed, I have accomplished the purpose of this note, and remain, respectfully, your obedient servan', II. CLAY. Mes-rs. Gai.e5 & Seaton.

Tho Good President Harrison. The l.vtng men ol tins generation can never forget the public dishonor, and private distress, which through all tune, wiil throw a cloud over the misrule of Martin Van Buren, and those who were banded to r . Tier with him in their attacks up- ' .'-.Icnstitution the Laws the Mor--the Peace of the Nation. "When . ked idle, the people mourn." saitl ...j .oice of inspiration. Five hundro'' thousand persons, pursuing their lawfin callings, were crushed into bankruptcy )y the government and two millions of human beings their parents, wives, children dependent upon them, humbled to beggary. A mountain of debt was entailed upon tiie penple---nud, unaMe to pay either principal or interest, the nation's shime went forth on the j?'?nds, to the uttermost parts of the earth."" The Spanish bho luounds, from the isles of the tropics, scenting after human flesh, were not more horri ! foes to t! 1 naked native of Florida, than thu hiudiwi of the capitol to the peaceful citizen. Laoor sickened, credit died. The earth seemed brass, and the heavens iron. Could t tie living men, who wt re then ruined, be assembled an l, with them the dead who died broken hearted, unable to sustain the ruin of their families thev would equal one quarter of the voters of the Republic a hot far greater than thosi who fell in the revolution. Then, the men of these ton-s and this notion, felt the desolation of a had governme.it and beheld, enacted by tdeir hearth, the tragedy whi h gives mournful interest to the history of ruined States an 1 fallen greatness. Instinctively, wo remembered the glorious ages gone. We thought of the sound wisdom of other days and, contrasting what was, with what had been, we cried with sorrow "Our fathers where are thy?" All the far famed heroes of the Council and War slept in glory. But the son of a Patriot who signed the immortal Declaration a man who had beisn commissioned by Washington, the. Father of his country one who had stood in battle, beneath the victorious banners of VTayt'e: the nncorrnpted son of the patriot sire, nursed at the feet of heroes, and breathing the earliest breezes that fanned the banners of freedom yet lived lived in good old age, the last link that bound tiiis generation to the statesmen of those unforgotten days. The times were evil. Public integrity had fled. Faith i') the virtue of public men was dying in the nations heart. Then it was that OHIO difclosed to the eyes of the peo,,ie an upright statesman, amid her own sylvan shades, giving a new illustration to the questions. MustFUch mind be nourished in the wild, Deep in the unpruried f.irest 'midst the roat Of cataracts, where nouri-'-.ing nature smiled On infant Washinutos?" Scarcely could the sight be credited. lis integi ity was without stain. Trusted he had been and found faithful. Governor, in years long since gone by, with king (v sway, of the vast realms of tho West with opportunities for princely wealth soliciting his virtue he ruled wisplv, as a fieeman should, in obedience to the Laws and, after the wraith of an empire had passed through his hands, lie was found with only his ancestral ploxign. While eager enquiry was on the lips of the young, a thousand witnesses appeared. From ihe hills of New England: from the fields and beside the lakes and streams of Pennsylvania, and the Empire State from the S-vannahs and prairies of the South and West thousands. : wid) one and the same voice testified to the virtues and the valor of their leader in days of difficulty, when they went soldiering with HARRISON, long time ago. There was that mysterious coincidence seen, whien appears, between the hero's life and the nation's wants and which marks, visibly, him whom Providence sends as the restorer of violated freedom 'n an cifsJ 1

It was the kindling from a mountain Condition of ff 'omen in Europe. Proa beacon, whose broad lig'.t. strHnning f?ssor Swt, of Cincinnati, slates the through the night, shows the position of following facts, in 1 recent number of ths tho invading horde, and thousands of pat- American Biblical Rpogitory: riot soldiers, grasping the gleaming steel. We have, in the United States, no idea Give him. said the myrmidons of ty ran- of the h pless poverty to which great ma? ny the proud, insulting mockeries at es of people in other countries arc cmpublic honor, and foes of the people's Hemued. .Millions of industri uis and virpeace '-give him a log cabin and hard tuous families in Europe can afford in the cider, ani he will be quiet." liis Log severest weather to keep n fire only an Cabin was the White house. He drank hour or two in the morning. Coarse black the wine of a peoples enthusiasm. ! bread and water alone constitute the usu Twelve years equal to thrice that al food of the laboring people, and happy space in date, for sorrow plucks the wings do they consider themselves if they get of tim? -had the nation suffered. The 'enough of this. The women bring tha annals of the world never saw such for- produce from the fields and take it to the bearance in any people, whos? courage ' market in long baskets fastened to their despair had not crushed. They hoped : shoulders; and in none ref the slave States 3gainst hope. They reasoned. They re-' which I have visited hav9 lever seerine-

nioiisiiated. Time, which revealeth fol !y, showed the sign of distress fiorp the capitol. Congress summoned. But there are men who have not the capacity to learn. There are men whom heaven makes mad. that it may destrov the destroyers of the human race. The infatuated lead-!l

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the political banditti, saw, but could not interpret, the Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. They were reviled with gold cups, stolen from the temple of constitutional liberty, when the deliverer and tne avenger was at the gate. Was not the revolution of the memorable eighteen hundred and forty the greatest triumph of Freedom in the history ot nations? Line upon line, Wdffg States men for twelve years, had defended and expounded trie Constitution, and enforced 111 the nat, the true nrir tate assemblies. ij'vernment, Facts -.sted their w"nlusm. He that the rulers and 'ers, flying on to Europe bankrupt the which. itwt dom,; K ran ny l,-eir Wic, j wings o. 1 .ceiut . compelled bs assemble Congress, r lis extremity to 'ih of peace, aweke at last to fury an insulted people. Under any other lb' he government of our Fathers, they, won ave driven these Cossacka from t'n. f fcple of Libt-rty, affrighted by the tiarae of the sword and the lightning of the spear. As it was, with gloiious enthusiasm lliey assembled in ;eos of thousands. Tho soul of the nation flowed forth in song. The principles of Freedom were in every heart. The fire ol Liberty flashed from every eye. The name of ihe Patriot HARRISON was upon every lip. He died. As he placed his foot upon the thresho'u of the high places of glory, he d;ed. T the Hero of Freedom the orJcr was given, 1 Form on in a line with j our cornraJes in heaven His last words--breathed as a sacred leg,mv to hi surviving countrymen, were, "I WISH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION CARRIED OUT." The time has c--me 10 do it. The. hoar has arrived, when the dying nvndate ot our Hero and Patriot mu.-t be obeyed. SOLDIERS OF HARRISON STAND TO YOUR ARMS! li.islnn .Qtlai. Unblushing Fnblic Proclamation of Bribery. Our attention was califd yes ?rday to the following audacious rtsolution, passed by a Locofoco meeting at the court house on the 7th. at which John Cuny presided, and Mr. Ou'.hrie tnada a speech. The proceedings of the meeting were puM;ehrJ in the Democrat of the !ih inst.: Resolved, That if any of the Whigs ol this city or Stnte, "eel that their Whig patriotism would not be a sufficient safeguard against ihe blandishments of a golden influence, they are cordially and affectionately invited to enroll themselves with the unpurchaseable and unterrijled Democracy of Kentucky, and we hereby inform them that they will be cordially recelved into the Democratic fold and no questions asked. Wo hae never Ivan! any thing tha would compate with this reso'Vif.on in open, undistinguished, audacious profligacy. The mask is herp, thrown off, and corruption ceases to. show even outward respect to virtue or decency- This ir the last stage of rottenness, but we believe th-ro is morality enough yet am ng the American people to r buke this puh!i outrage. If there are any W bigs willing to take a bribe, let them come forward and enroll themselves in the Democracy 'tbei will be cordially receive I inlo the Democratic fold and no questions asked.1 What a resolution to be adopted by Locofocos a! a meeting called expressly for the denunciation of the charge that British gold is used by their party!!! The Locofocos deemed it necessary to call a public meeting to denounce the British gold charge. Now let the decent and honest portion of them call another meeting to denounce that most disgraceful resolution. 7ourWhere's Kendall? The Ltcfocos of Eaton, Ohio, were pppa'led the other day bv a very terrib'e omen. They undertook to raise a liberty pole, marked out into several part, each inscribed with the r -.. . "K if.... Av...fn.l , name ot a sif .e. .nico t try ni'-ucu ... carry. The uncr fellows, however, couldn't for th lives of them raise tneir pole until thev had cut off Ne York, Pennsylvania

grj women drudging in such toilsome cut doer labor as falls to the lot of laboring teamen, of Germany and France. And all this they do for less than the bare necessaries of life. In one of tho most fertile and wealthy provinces of gay, po

ne, sunny France, 1 have seen blooming ntire into the vineyards in baskets.' In looking over, recently, an ancient English publication of the last century, our eye fell upon a letter from one of the first settlers of Pennsylvania a Qiaker one Townsend to a friend in England, in whieh describing the then 'howling wilderness,' he gives tho ,-' account of his catching u 1 uts about the time that Phil: . f - , ed, which was in 1652: 'As I was in my meat . ; . during the haying seasc ., came out of the bushes r. jsi by, ana stood still and looked at me. 1 continued mow. ing, and the deer continued looking. After a while I laid down mv eeythe, and went genty towards him. Upon this ho ran off, but not far. I went to work again and the deer beeran to look at me again, so that I left my work several times to go towards him. But he still kept himself at a distance. At last. a 1 was stepping slowly and softly towards him, he, looking mo full in the face, and retreating did no; mind his steps, but stumbled, violently against the trunk of a tree. The shock stunned him o much that he fell. I now ran forward and getting upon him, held him by the hcs. After a grent struggle, in which I had almt tired him out, I threw him on my shodders. holding him fast by the legs, nr.d carried him about a quarter of a mile, home though not without difficulty from his fresh smugglings. A neighbor of mine, who happened to be there," helped me butcher the deer very handsomely, and he proved f-ervieeable to my family.' Boston Transcript. The Polk Family. The editor of tho St. Louis Republican, who was a delegate from .Missouri to the recent great whig conventions in Tennesse. gives the following summary of the POLK FAMILY pt Cfdnmbia the place of James K. Polk's residance; 4t the late wh'g" m; convention in Columbia, Tennessee, (Mr. Polk's residence) there were present five men by the name of Polk, all good true. Vhigs. They are no however, descended from Ezekiel Polk, of revolutionary memory, but Thomas Polk a gallant anJ tru whig of 1770. At the hepd nf these five Polks stood the venerable n l I gnored Bishop Pol!; Bishop of the Episrop-d Church of Tennessee, and a cousin of James Polk. Although connected by a flection and conrar guinitv to his cousin. 2nd at the head of a Church unbracing men of all pn rtir-5. ihi Bishop feels it a duiy to his country to protest, and does oppose in" ihe nrp-t I public manner, the flection of James K. Polk to the PrQiJericv. He frerly says tint he is unfit for so rlevated a station, and the principles he euppirts are pernicious. This is but one cf the many strong evidence? agnint Mr. Polk furnished by his immediate n.i.jhbora and most intimate r cquaintences.' ... Health of Mobile and New Orleans. The New Orleans Picayune, of tho 2 1 inst., Fays: Mobili:. We judge th:.t the health tf Mobile, by reading the following from th Register of Monday, must be pretty good, something like that of our city: The weather for two days ins been so cool as to be very uncomfortable in the morning aud evening, and to need fires. The health of the city docs not appear to have changed, (ienerally it is very good, with an occasional ca?e cf fever. The Debt of Texas Tho Houston Teh-graph, the principal newspaper in Texas, says that the debt of 'hat country amounts to one hundred dolhrs to each individual. And this is the debt which the people of ihh country are called on to assume. Are the ciiizet:a of the United S:ai:s wil ing to buy the inhabitants of Texas inlo the Union at the rate of $100 fur each man, woman sn I child? me Texas IIvmhio confes ed The editor of th Columbia (Tenn.) Observer ?ys that he is prpa'ed to prove, if it shall bn denied, that Mr. Polk acknowledged to a j Democratic ft iend cf Giles county, afirr the nomination rt Baltimore, that the as question was a humbug, b Jt 1 bat M vu!d 1 - - "-irS JASTY-