Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Vevay, Switzerland County, 4 January 1840 — Page 2

YEYAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.:

THE VEVAY TIMES:

10 saved, Onc -of/Iiose lost was a Air*Mann, of Boston,u pissbrtgcr; another .was .3Irs, Ililtori, of .Wtscassei, .aged 53. .One of the crew Francis Severn,- passed’ through Salem last evening. .'Schooner. Neutrality, of - Bristol, 3Ie. ( gone to pieces. >.

whole estate is probably worth $6,000,000 or $7,0O0,0CH), and this has to be divided between 6 or 7 The oldest," Stephen; married , a daughter of Mr. Bayard, a merchant of this ' city, resides near Albany—and every thing, is. done.in. bis name; - Another eon is Philip, he married the beautiful daughter of General Tallmadge, who created sucti a great sensation at the court oftho Emperor Nicholas, a short-time since;' he,-and his amiable lady reside witlrrher father in this city;'' And Mrs. .Van,Rensselaer (Ibo late patroou’s widow) resides at tho old[ Manor house,' hear Albany'; with her tb’reo, beautiful unmarried.daughters; the youngest 18, and the eldest '20, each of whon will have a fortune of $l,000,*000 when the estates are divided.

1 ISAAC STEVENS, EDITOR AND I*aOPHILT0B. Price 82 00 a.year la rul vancc,—S2 50 in six * months; or$3 nt tin?end of the year.

DEMOCRATIC . CENTRAL COMMITTEE, : FOa SWITZERLAND COUNTY, r. / .

The editor of thor Gloucester-Telegraph; says: ■ —“It is impossible' to say at present precisely , jhow many have perished, but all agree that the • number cannot to .less than fifty. The nbrlbera t shore of our harbor presents a scend that makes • the very heart.bleed—strewn as itI Is with .the 1 wrecks and ..cargoes of iwenty/or' iwentjr-live : vessels, and here and there with.lhe lifeless and r j Weeding boAics of unVorInnate mariners. Our • whole community arc in mourning; .while Byra- : pathy and bcnovolonco arc octively alive to the . wauto of- tho Eurvivlirj euifercr?/ A public . imeetirig of our citizens 33 to bo held’ihis cveri- - ping to devise ineqAs fur their relief.” " . - . ’ ? t FuftTiirn P.\nticrla hs,-^0f GO vessels in the s outer harbor of were driven !; -shore—of which latter.only one, tho Echr-.Dcl-l j ta/of Wh-casset/ was nol a total losM . Threc 1 sunk.and the crews are probably lost, ' 0f 21 that rcmainc'd iri’llie natcr hariofj atrfnchor.’all / liad'io/.cot uway their matt; hut seven. Other ; wrecks v;Crc seen oil 1 ho's!iorcs of Capo -Ann. At Charleston NavyArard, (opposite Boston,) 51 the sloop of war-ConcorJ broke, loose arid drove -1 a gains: ;lic CoS umbus 7*1, da ntaging both vessels. . jrieteralchriniieyb and sheds .were blown down, j In- the' towns in the country f many,barns, 1 fences, chimney? &c,j were blown down.'' / , Tho railroad from.’ SiJem to was to r h.-.v'jQ brtjn opined on Ttfesday, but iba"event is owing to "ilie Tho - avEist Boston \yas-blown down, and fi-the high tide injured thcjroad.; ! j, Thu (jimmities’:of sriOjw on tho rail rpiAfrom ; i Boston to-Worcester detained the riars, ; •

ntlSHA GOLAY, j WM. AHMINGTOX, 31. KYLE, P/ M. KENT. . cl TH4EDAUD, J. MENDENHALL, JULIUS DL'FOOR, . MAJ. I’. BETTENS, ISAAC STEVENS, LEWIS GOLAY, .F* L. GUISAUD, ’ U. P. ECUENCK. .

• The. Harris Imrgh Nomination. . ■ , - Notwithstanding the Whig-papers arc'endeavoring to impress the public with-tho belief that tbs nomination of Gen. 'Harrison is received throughout tho country with great demonstrations j of joy,- still there are Some oCthe leaders of that jparty who do.not reiiehit so ;wcll.- Take fur proof the following article from Bennett’s New. York Herald, as staunch a federal whig paper as (his country, affords. Although we do not approve of the language made use of in the article, still wo cannot forego a desire to give itto our readers, feeling confident that the federal papers will not publish it, hut would rather con.ccal |iho fact IhaiBome of their party cannot be whipped into the support of General, Harrison.

Secretary aro paid by the state-trough: directly I to beer ripen the freedom of elections! Can a[ ’more flagrant abuse of executive patronage be} produced than this! But Id us follow-litis subject a liltlc further. 1 David Wallace-is Governor, and J. 31. 31onro ia j his Private-Secretary, both paid by the elate,! and fjoth wliigs and both dependent upon therneult;.cf the Augu-H election,- for their stations,I The wliiga are in power at prprent., They have Itiled the state for many arid have divided ainoug themselves the “loaves and fishVs”--{the Private Secretary of tho Governor receiving- a utminoio for hi? share.) They’ hire literally brought to ruin both the people and stale—they (mvo prostrated tho system of internal improvements—luined contractors—starved day laborers —apdequondcrcd tho people’s money iu niillione. TJicir time of political-deatli ia- dravving near. They die hauh—ikcy struggle to keep their present situations—to? cal the /'loves .and li-Ji’ea” i anti to squander still more lavishly the peopled j money. ;And yet thesepnen u’lkof patriotism!:!! What {3 whig patriotisnl! ‘WlK-n life wings’ met j in trie ret caucus at Hcj-tfcrd, plo/riij trea?on agatn.-t the government—-f!;n; was v.jhig patriot- 1 ism. Wlicu the whole.Allamtcsci board ■ was! lighted' np Ayith* “Wae’/rfA/P* as Icacoris to the ■ their Country-—that tv as \v Iiig* patriot-1 is nr. When whfg'legislatures’declared it was] unbecoming a religious arid moral people to re- ] joico/or Amerfcan victories—that wa:t whig im-i triousm. . When supplies were refused to clothe arid feed a liu’ngiy eoMtcfy, fighting for’us- and for ohr liberties—that was whig .patnolisui. And to reiurn to our own sih’tc—where whig ’ misruje and whig milmaiiagcmeui Iiv. b briVugh:] the dircsl.distrcss upon the poopfe, v.iitg patriot- 1 ism steps forward and recommends-an issue" of; shin-plasicrs—a million of*otie„iwo;,thrcc and j four dollar note;’, to relieve tho (fistress. This j is whig patriotism—small notef! Cl! they arc so convenient,.so easy (ocarry, and so'sujc.to give rclicl! ; Whig patriotism Learns out brightly,—a profit of this kind will add at least two per c?Ht,, profit to thri baui; and cnabJtMvhig patriots, dr ppcculntorJ to large discounts. The people—.God bless the/people, exclaim iho wldgs— will tfind relief wjtfn tho bank can bnkqTwo per. Conf., and when v.*c—whig polijicians can' get'large discounts. Whigs by their party manage merit of tho syeyuri have fobbed as lnuch of tho people’s money a's possible, ant! ihc prcslmiiqn.etiggests ai}otlier plan to fob a little/more mfiney. . Wc wish every ucmocrH rimuld'rriad this whig circular, emanating from tho-private spereury of the -govcrnclf, wc liqpo every democratic prcfs will'- publish it, and Avo knovy the pcoplq .will Epu rn’ the dictation of the cxccutjye, arid Will pronounce it a'caluriiny upon' them and the preEcnt admiriialraiioirdf tho General Govcrnmcht.’

f ■ JVom the J/oorier. ‘ : Hartford'Convention.

ted, and most cruelly climated, wc shall give at length in a few days. .Mr. Clay is finished,,but General Scott, though cheated by the politicians/ the people'thnifclres will yet rise up in their majesty, arid do him justice. Meantime ho will withdraw from the contest —go'ouuo grass for one year—and be ready to-enter the held at the close of tho general clccliona of 1S40; for the Presidential contest ol’ISd-l. He will le the sdccefsor of Mr. Van Huron, and .no mistake. We rejoice, therefore, that the result of liie Convention is nothing worse. Wc never expected any thing of such a body of-blockheads, nor have wc been disappointed. Between this lime and December, 1341), I shall have married, and then get ready to start Gen. .Scott again in the field. . v - ; / : . , Advertisement." S '' Lj. Salt- Riven - .—The Ship . called ijie Wiiio Pjoitv,’measuring 52,000 tons* 1,000 jackass power, commanded by .Mrs. Harrison, on old lady from Ohio, is how taking in coals and “cold wittals” at Harrishurgli, and will sail from thence this Week, uptoltho highest cataract of Salt River.. Thu rloiy.Weed, James W". Webb,’ 31. M. Kotl/and Charles King have all taken births. A'loafor called Bennett, who had one oflhe-enuggcst birihs, gave' it up, because, as he falsely alleged,/to was leaky, and the old lady oNjhio knew rising of steering. A guarantee on Unilcd'HtStea Banh"etdcI.sP5painft’ all leaks. The vessel was built by one Philip Hone, and has been eight years in ,thc sm'icivtNo second class passengers taken—none burnt Hilary and fiishionablc people*' \ freight or passage, apply ip ■ - Tnvntow W*ced,- Chief Cook. . -/ Front Me Indiana Demotrai, Wills Cbbcus— Dinmraing up Recruit?. Wc have been favored with* the pfedous document fomrtl below, ernnrisijingfrom the* Private Secretary (most dignified tuition! especially to ono who heretofore Jiad supA an fjalUlf opinion [ of the Govorripr,) of;lu3 Excellency; ‘ 2 , IndSiaxai’olis, (U.J 12;h D,p. 16.39Dcat Sir: *1* ' j The AVliiga throughout the Stale hare thought it advisable to hohKfStato Convention at this place, Tor .the Reinitiating suitable .persons as candidates for Elector// and also for Governor’ and-Lieul, Govt#n*r. f The'lGih of January - his'been fixedppowas the time for’the meeting of such Convention, • Fears however arc entertained ihatalhhe counties may not send delegates, and that even those appointed taay neglect id attend, ft U desirable in every point yif view that ea/h county should be represented in the proposed convention, and the ■delegates shouldibe punctually, here. The moat desperate expedients-wilt bo resorted to by ihc dominant party to continue’ themselves in power. . The press is subsidized to their aid, and the vast patronage 'X* brought la tear upon .the freedom of elections/ . Since the^present*party/misruling the government, came into power/|from afcjgh siato of prosperity/ we have suddenly hdlffld helbycd country broughCfo the ruin’. -Under the flattering termftf a “hard currency”.- wo have seen: broken down the .best circulating medium the world cve/know. Under the specious cry of “free trade and eailor’srighls,” wc have found ourselves thrown prostrate at lhe foot of:a ferrite0. P°^ e,i * thrisyren sound of/'Rcform—Reform,” wc have seen (he people’s money in millions, treacherously purloined from the’ and the Government iieelf become' bankirtipt. Undertho delusive name of .“Liberty/* wo have perceived.tho administration attempting to grasp, the revenues of thb nation, by means of the sub-treasury- scheme—thus to tinitfi ffilhinJbo control oTtbe Executive of the . United States, what olt lrue patriots' most depre- j catOj “ilie power of the sworij arid purse.” They have’boldly asserted,'arid acted upon the principle, that the “spoils belong to the viciors;”, the consequence; of'which ip, that corruption and proscription have marked the whole ..course .of the administration. . Ills time that wild experimenting should be arrested, and .that an attempt shoddbo made to save the. constitution from the gross violations la , which,fo|r the last few years, it has been subjected. -To do this, every trie ml to Ii ie'country should, he pri the a!e_rt /. let us cleanse this Augean stable. The “Spoils' party “can only be driven from t|ic|r strongholds by the union of oppositionThere is yet sufficient; virtue and intelligence to defeat them, if Whigs act in concert. ' Exert your . influence thereforp to prevail with yotir delegates to attend the State Whig Convention; ifyou have appointed ony&oin your ccotnty; amitf riot, call a county Convention immediately fdr ihat purpose, and you need no I fear appointing too tnantt*' ’ * / : U. W. TH03IP30N: ‘ Chairman Whig Central Cfommiltcs. ; J, 31. Jloonn, Secretary. " ,

Last Sunday was thq anniversary of tho 'commencement . of. , the' notable convention, which assembled in the city of Hartford, at a time when our beloved country was waging a* righteous war/ and struggling to maintain her rights and'independence, against.the cruel oppression,of a powerful and detertained enemy, to deliberate on measures best calculated to promote the unjust causa of those who had invaded our peaceful shores—to excite internal divisions and cdmjnotiqni ' -among us, and to do any and cvery expedicnl act io encourage fltho armies of Grdal ilritaih to persevere .in thff until happy New‘England should bectyne separated from the confederacy; o'gain .Brought under British tyranny, and they themselves {appointed to wield the besom ol 'destruction over iudexiLle freemen.- Some of the original :attors in that dark/and damnable'plot and many who appVoVcd of that desigo are.still among as; and that tho I5ih of Dec., 1914, m ay: never bo forgot ten—jhat the democrats may be'from ttmq to -time 1 , cautioned to watch with t jealous eye, the political movements of the members of that convention and their.associates, every democratic-ptoss in the Uoiowshould annually place their names before the people. ■ Here they arc—read and reflect.'

General Scott cheated by the Politician?; Nomination of Con. llnrriioo; Break ins op of the “Wills Party; Van'Boreal rc-cicctiou ccr.taitu ' f x ' \ ’ On Saturday evening, about 10 o'clock, a great 'scnsatioirwa!) created among .the variety circles that lounge around i he hotels,thy the announcement, onhke authority of Chandler Starr, one of the New York delegates, direct from llarrisburgh, that.the National Convention hid put in nomination Gcs. Wh. II. IUrrisox of Ohio, . as the. whig edndidato for the n'wt ire^ideilcy. . It was doubted, and ridiculeJ, of, and - sworn about', all Saturday, night, £uqday morning, and up todhe period of yesterday, when letters were ‘received from Harris GorgV confirming 'the curious and i atereBting fact. ; In another column will befound a full history ■ of tho stops vvInch Uddo this droll termination—this last act of the farces enacted during the list four years elections.: William H. Harmon is now the only Icgitimato antagonist of Martin Van Huron, General Scott having been abandoned . and chdated by the rascally politicians, t At the last election .Van Boren carried this State against ‘Harrison'-by 3d,000 majority, and what is to prevent him from again carrying U by as many! Nothing, ejcepi it bathe position which wo may ■ assume, in the coining conjest. And on this* pomt'wp find great difficulty in raakingiupa judgment; In Uie.last caivass, General Harrison was called the “old woman”—“the petticoat candidate"—“tho grann/ of Ohio, 1 * and the opinion was confirmed- by a very respectable majority, which elected. Van Bti’rcn by 28'electoral votes? Notv if all the wisdom and patriotism and-talents which (be Harris burgh Convention boasted bo much of* possessing,- must,:after having been three mortal days in the straw; bring forth nothing' better to support for the tiest Prestident than ai'neuicoat,” theymight have given us a young petticoat, ml not an'old greasy flannel garment. Witha fine, fresh,/all, beautiful, engaging, ripe young womah as a candidate for President, wd could have raised life with Van Buren at the'polls, and tie doubt elected, by acclamation, such Oifair young Prcsidentess for thisgloTiena land. But viVmvwa earth o?.nf'#rfc da with an ,{ old; woman,” but supply her With snuff, and ece herturied decently! Mr?. Harrison of Ohio, is undoubtedly a very excellent matron, in her lino, but if wo must take a woman for next President; let’s have youth and beauty, and not age ’ and imbecility. ' / ‘ Yet in eptle of this untoward accidcnti'I etn eo much under the influence of the petticoat—the interesting, petticoat—the diviner petticoat—that 1 should hot at a(l be surprised if I go. for Harrison against Van Buren. There is only one thing that may prevent me, anil other wise occupy my genius and talent b, • Having been defeated in selecting Vl President for this-country, I am l eo much cast o^wn'in spirit, that, like any man in misfortune, I must turn round and select somebody for Eomelhfttg. I ufust keep moving. ' Go ahead is my principle.. If I can’t select a Presi-dent-for this glorious country; by the holy, petticoat of the blessed Virgin, 1 shall go to work and select a wife for myself. Taking little interest in a contest between Van Buren and Harrison. 1 shall have time, daring the.season of neutrality, to pick out a wife, and then show tho National Convention that if petticoats are to be put up for the Presidency, they are yet io learn what sort and size, and shape, and took, and gait, should ■ have teen selected. Seriously, however, the nominationof Harrison, after such an expenditure oftjfent al)d wisdom and eloquence and patriotiam/hy the Contention, looks vpry much like a farce—a miserable farce—There him been in the whig party for ten year? past, a railing against all “military chieftains/’ by the lump. They would not—could not—should not touch such articles. No,

From CeritBtUs N. Y. Ileiald, Dec. 13.

Rise nnd Progress-of the Small poJafo War*

It very frequently happens .That: from , causes' exceedingly trivial in theirincipicncy, events of lira greatest'liiagnitutl A ultimately :ciiEue. ’And it U highly prolnhie ihat such rnay bc.iho result of the Il&ldcrberg Trimbles, before Urey arc bro’t ton cJofc.; U is even,possible that this little speck of trouble iq Albany and Schohariecounties, may ftot nniyebatige the whole- aspect ofj lljcc-ppsiiihg Gubernatorial election, hut also to| deci iio; ill oTat'e ofthe next election for I’residem. j ; These troubles.are m eh her new. nor. easily quelled; they may fcq smoothed over for the pre* sent, *but (l)o causo of grievance must beremoted crc.tho (iiHsaiistied will .settle doviinquietly, i The farms on the. Van- Ren sober cilate have I been disposed cV by perpetual leases!instead of granting a foe "simple of.tlibilands; these leases Were conditional tor the;payment of a certain lynimber of bushels of jwhcil (tip bushels tq 150 [acres) four fowls, day V service of a’man land team in January.- Jit this way the leases wefogiven,- with all reservations of roads, right of way, mill si reams, mines, minerals, timber, ice', besides all this,, the pairooa claimed a quarter of the nioney for. which a‘tenant might sell hU.lami or lease;, and no sate was ever to bft made untiLlbe refusal was to be offered to the patroon; upon the terras offered to the intended purchaser,’ . ; ; * . . -'S\ • At the time these farms were first- let by the 'patVoon, wheal was at 75 cents a bushel and the 'aggregate rent-of a farm of 150,acres amounted to about $17.- - -At. the ptcaqiiupriccs the rent of flic Fame sized Cum would b6 $47. vT’licshlc pairoyiiw as very: lenient - jo; bis tcnantsrallowrd them iq get largely Turn arrears,'and seldom or c\cr cs2ctfld the. full quarter sales, generally' ac: ccptmgl Jronr, to $lpn ihViet thereof. The tenants always thought ho would in his will re? leVid tbenUropi arrears, and-giveXap iliq qaaricr. sales;, some- wW*were suspicious oh this point applied to him so long birck as 182*1 fqr re* dress, which |io promised b tic procras 11 nated.— To spine’, however, Tve are told, lie gave Tcceips lor alt arrears : within 1 tnlsc few years, without exacting a dollar/ vAl'his dpath,f however, all arrears of rent due on the fiistof February last, yverc beqiioathed by will loT). O/.Uarnard, J. T. Van A'ochlbn and J. .Stevenson, in .trust.to cplK-ct in ilietr names dr the the csfcuVors, and to apply the money to pay 1 his.debts, ■ The attempted enforcement of these claims last summer began these troubles, and they have been brewing anil increasing ever fiincey until they have assumed the form of an insurrection.. The general however, that ibo.ftnich farmers refuse jo pay any rents, or refuse to'pay arrears,* is erroneous.. They ask to'Wallowtd to pay amoncy rent or$labusbcI for wheat and $1,50 for fowls, arid they also, ask to have a projiorUdnatq remittance of back .rent i i\ cxtrcino cascs; tobe released from all the quarter sales ami reservations hereil\cr,and to be allowed to buy the land pat Itnd out at any futufe time, Tor eirdi fum sis the interest thereof will amount to bit the amount of rent of each lot,- as proposed lo be hpw fiyed; The objection, however, is the quarter sales, to understand which,* Ict us |tate a case; we will fiuppdso one of Y»eso fnrmsof .150'acrcs, held .‘on. perpetual least, splil for $600; the pairoon claims $200 as bill share; suppose, the new . purchaser, re-sells ‘itfor $1,000; the patroon '. claims one fourth of fhe. increased Value,* or. $250, And this, is tho/greatp o mtof gric*ancc'about: which tho Dutchmen copiplain,They would probably pay all the rent required' very chcerfully, nnd inqhjde even all,the back rents; but they refuse to pay up until the patroon-concedca that point About mo quarter salcsjibey make tho payment of one com in gen ton the other.'.They have even no objects a-lo.Iot the sheriff attach their preperty.for tho arrears, provided tlie quarter ia given up. •■’They claim the full benefit of all their improvements on tho land, and thus make it a quesupn of equity. .\Thepatrooa, on the other hand, .reTuses tp'give up any point or to yield the least indulgence until' arrearsare paid, even to the ultcnnostTarlhing,and then each case is to ataml on its own peculiar merits. .• Ho refuses totljswn to ;any thhtg ; coming from t combination of tpe tenants. vTneto immense estates are mortgaged for. abpat $2fl0,000; lho sura is about equivalent to. all the back renls. wliich would pay off the TiiorigagS;.bu t the valuo of the improvements accruing from the quarter sales ate worth at least $1,000,000. This is the true and only bone of contention; ho says be will treat about tho reIcifeo of this point alter the arrears are paid; the Dutchmen Say that he shat) concede it before they pay scent: and thus iboyjoin issue. The eatailmcnthas not been broken, as the late pa-, trobn proposed, because the properly is still held in trust by.the executors for‘the heirs. The

NAMES OP 31 EMBERS. *■ 1 ' F)rom\Vtiiiachvtelt. . ; ' Gen. Cabbot, ; Sam’ISi Wild, Nathan Dane,* Joseph Lyman, , Win. Prescott, : S.Longfellow, jr, Tim. Biglow,' Daniel Waldo, Joihoiia Thomas, George Bliss, • • . ■ Hodijah Bailies.' From Connecticut. Cltasi Gaodricli, Zeh. Swift, ■ Jas. HMlhousc, *. Nathaniel Swift, John Treadwell Calvin Goddard, .. Roger Minot Sherman. \ From iZAotle Jr/and. . ■Daniel Lyioany: .Edward Marsloe, Samuel Ward, Beoj.-Hazard, ’ 'From J\icio Iltrtpthirc. Bcnj. Weit. . Mills OJcoit. , • . From Femont. William Ifalfjr, Theodore Dwight.

Destructive' Storra—Lojs of Life. I

./The following parlicitlars relalivo to Iho great snow.Btqrm which was; experienced at. the eastward on Suridaymrid Jtmday last; show.its ecverity, At Uoston eeveraf chimneys and trocs were blown down',/arid'.horises unroofed. The shipping suffered severely^--were torn from their moorings arid much/‘daniajgqd. ’ The' papers of Jlonday aay:. . -30-- ’ ;/ During the. gale 90 Slonday, schr/ Harwich; at anchofin the' stream/dragged agi(nai 6hlp Columbiana, at LewiB’ri tvharl and jcarricdlway mainmast, stove,, stanchions; bulwarks,*A;c.— Tlifr C. had her cril-Wiiter knocked off,, her an-, chor torn and was ba/lly chaffed;-; /’ Sclir, Hcsperious, a t Anchor in' thq stream parted chains anil drovet ngains; ship Wm. Badger, north side Ilowc’s;tv hnrfj'parted her fasts;nail drove up across tho dock; echr. carried away herbowsprit, imil stove her bow. -Tivj; slrip. was] badly called, and stove end of gjLbuoiu through the upper window of (lie four story store opposite. V ■ ; • .

Indiana' Legislature.

In the House of Representatives there are Iff* mombers indudiD? the officers.of .Whom ihf-rc arc 55 farmers, 18 lawyers, JT hicrchants, 10 physicians,;3 millets, 1 merchant and farmer, 1 printer, ,1 tavern keeper, 1 carpenter,'! boatman, 1 teacher, 1 sadjejr, 1 spcctilaior, and 3 unknown. *,66 of lit cm aro democrats, good ami true, HO. wliigs, 1 cdrisen* a.ti ve, 1 con.-t iin iionai1st, 1 for Indiana, andU * , »nappin»*l«rtlcr* t * The dge oi the yonngestmember is 21, a;id of the widest, 6$.— ff r a(ntk . . In the Senate, there are, ihdudirg the officers, 52 members,’of whom there .are 31' farmers, 3 liwyers ahd farmers, I physician.ahd farmer,. 1 ’ merchant and farmer, 4 mcrchahu, 1,tanner, 7 lawyers, 4 physicians, 1 general agent, 1 attorney',.! carriage maker, 1 blacksmith, 1 manufacntrer,’ I miller,-1 haiipr, l.eaddler, and :i unknown. 25 of thcm.aro democrats, 23 whigs, and 2 conservatives. The age of the oldest member is 62, and of the youngest 20. *,

Mamburglt brig>Eri!wina, for lUhimotc, end |of India wharf, has chafed 01T all her sheeting, fare ami aft, split several planks, carried Away jib and mat;) Looms, A’-:. . ' '* ■■■:

JMcopHiar, in #anic dock filled andsuttk. Brig Ajax, at Fo*tcr’sNiv1 1 aff, ($ricd riway bowsprit, A * At Carlton’s warf, brig Cyprus considerably dialed—schr. Clorind.t lostMoremast and howsjirit, tilled and suukr-sloop Jlepaibeiit; filled and sunk. . ■ r .■ ’ ■

Mr. Thos. Brooks, filtimficr near neighbor, in company with three oilier?, on ■ Tuesday last, wentinto Kentucky'on a hunting expedition. He with oni bfhis comrades, the other two having been . list in the' woods,* on Wednesday evening, returned to the river in order to pass ; over. The ferry boat’had ceased to run; and they and two ferrymen attempted a passage inihe.yawl, and the icqVruomug quick, and tho'bow’of the boat- running on a cake of. :ico, the stem went down and the boat. filled.— The party were thus emcrscd'ih ihe waier and icc,-atid only one of party, Mr. Fox, was saved after being about half an hour in the water. — Thh names of the two lost, besides Mr. Brooks, were Hiritn Barber, engineer, and David Cline, Mr.‘Brooks, was an industrious respectable man, and much respected by his neighbors, and has left a .wife’ and four children to lament his los.—Cm. Adi, J

Unfortunate chsnalitf.

Schooner Caihariqo iVichpU, Woodward; from Philadelphia, wilri a cargo of coal.for Cliarlcstawri, wont on_the rocks ai Nahant, aid oriilock on Sunday afternoon, and is a totaUvrock. 3Ir’. Hatch arid twcunen tost. Captain and one mao aavO'd. •

Cape Ass. —Wo have/conversed with a genii cman who left Gloucester:this (Monday) mowing, from whom wc learn.'that the destruction of life and ■property in that vicinity ho3 been very great. At tire ‘commencement of thb storm a great many coasters ontcjrcd the harbor, and tho most of them Kert: L compelled to anchor at the onlranse. ,About t wen tyvof these coasting vessels were driven as!ioVe,'of \vliich lfi wont to pieces,' hnd many df tho individuals on board, probablya fourth part were Oil* informant saw-17 dead bodtca'laying on thobbach; among them was the.body of .woman,; found lashed to tits windless bins.of a.Casimo schooner; two of the crcw of this schooner wcr6[Iost. One the vessels on t lhe hcachwas the Splendid; of S— ■ —; loaded with/'lumber, also. ilio Mary and Eliza, of : Belfast, j Tha Eione3‘.whicfr oc : currcd during Ihb yesterday)• were truly heart . rending; ■ TheWcssels which drifted ashore lay withiil thirty*' yards of terra firma, between which d nd th em daahed ; tlie formidable waves, breaking with great fury; insomuch that assistance by bolts could not kb tendered. Some wero washed ashore and escaped life—and oiliera by rafts, or by -ropes, reached’the shore much exhausted. | Eighteen. or twenty; sail of vessels, by cutting away their masts,'rode out the gale. ; ' The scene at Gloucester, as described by an eye-witness, was most distressing, Ourdnformant \v*th alarge number ofotber persons,-was on the beach all night, most anxious to render assistance, but unable to do So, from the fury of the storm. Within plain sight.of them lay a schooner with three men lashed : to the shrouds. Mottling could live betwebh them and the shore, and with a full know led go, probably of this, they bore their sufferings in silence, until finally, after swaying to and fro, by the motion-of the Waves, they vero submerged and drowned. At Sandy Bay, a schooner, namo unknown, loaded with fbnr, struck on a reef, while entering the harbot, and intent instantly to* pieces.— It is thought that all ob board were drowned. ■ Schooner favorite, of Wiscassct 2 lost and

Tills circular is a strange prodtrffion.'and it may not be amiss to eay a few words .respecting it. A d is position has manifested itself in many quarters, to lay Gov. Wallace upon the table, on accountof iris want of tho necessary.qualifieslions for Governor. .It has boon thought advisable by his friends, and the junto, to crril! a contention nomination. Titclfilh day of Jan* uary-hasSbeen named as tlic most suitable time for bolding the Whig Convention, because thav day, (as wb are informed) is the ojrtlt day of Ilia Excellency. (.Mmanacmakers \Vul please notice This remarkable event.) It is fcjjfrmi that but few .will attend the convention, artfnencc the. Governor's Private.Secretary issuesd circular, secretly, privately, and by order of King Caucus, to the faithful adherents of his ISttcclloncy. The circular says “the vast patronage of the Government is unblushingly brought to hear upon the freedom of elections.’’ Here is the private secretary of the Governlr, paid out of tho public crib, circulating printed letters throughput the state—organizing a party —drumming up recruits .—interfering with the rights of Ike peoples and dieIdling to them who they shall and who they thail not support. The Private Secretory bf the Governor—paid by tho stale—issuing circulars, filled with the most abominable trash containing the grossest slanders upon the and upon the people, who support the administration, and yet declaring that “the patronage of tho government is brought to bear upon tho freedom of elections.” la not this act of the Governor’s Private Secretary interfering with the freedom ofelcctioUBl Ia‘not the patronage of the State Go vernment—for the Governor and Private

Asricnllnrat Bank of Ifatchcr.

•The Vicbhurgh, (Miss.) Sentinel, iaye, that they traced a twenty dollar fourteen months post., note without.intorcsi-of this institution, a few/ days*go;and havosincelearned that a $500 bil. of similar character has-been offered for change in that city* ■ ; They. caution. the publi e. to he on their gnapd against post notes. They have reason to belief s I that the bank has adopted a most ext entire syi- . ■tern of fraud and swindling, to enable jtto : pay the Government debt and release the directory front'the' bond which they gave to wears too payment of lhe.public doppsites. It is now evidently- the policy of the bank to make fices to enable it to pay the Federal Government, and -thereby." release its rich dirccjors from tho penalty of their bond lolho Federal Government. This is evident from the fact of its using every means to prevent judgment from being issued against it at Jackson, to gain time, by tho issue of post notes, 19 get possession of funds to pay the Government. Then tho banks will blow up, its insolvency will become manifest, and the peopie who bold its notes will be tho.victims of this base fraud.. They have understood that a largo amount of these post notes have been sold by the bank in New Orleans, aud in a short time they will find them in market at 20 cen|a per dollar. They worn the people to bo on their guard, and not taka them in payment of labor or merchant diie. They are utterly worthless, and are issued with the design of robbing the public.

not they. Well, what of it! The rery first chance they have, they not only select a “military chieftain,” but select one of the weakest, ’ oldest^and most superannuated of the*lot. ‘ All thoso biilitaty chieftains, now before the nation, wholpoesesfr talent, energy, freshness, vigor of body and mind, are .passed over, and the very ,6ne whose light foot is in tho grave, and tbc oiler hard .behind, is tho cream of their choice, . 0! most lamd and impoteut 'couclufion of wh;g wisdoto! i . ... . They havfc, however, the sanction of usage, long established in'a high and holy quarter, for * this rooEt exquisite act of folly. During the last twelve centuries, His Holiness, tho Pope, has been selected from among the oldest, weakest, 1 - fooltshesl of .the college candidates. Some two or more of the more.yoothful cardinals or candidales electioneer and intrigue against caoh other for the purple. They fight and lie, cheat and humbug in the Vatican, as our college of candi- . dales have done at Harrisburg!]. ■ After insult- - irfg high heaven above, aird outraging the world below, one picks up some woak.old woman thai ho can rule, and electa him vlco-gerent cf God - upon earth. Thus it has been at Hafrishorgh. Gen. Harrison is verily another namo for defeat. . The whole history of this intrigue, from, ber end, with'tbe manner in which the " real und original, friends of (Setr. Scott and Mr. Clay have been outgeneraled, outwitted, outvo-