The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 April 1842 — Page 2

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ATLANTIC ALFD PACIFIC CAN AT. In the year 18^6 tho speaial attention of Our Government was called to the subject by tho new Republic of Central America, we were proffered by means of treaty nneq participation in advantages to be lv rr.-.j<p></p>S^=SgSsrss

fc, which

tras ever mad®-

ETwSng

was never

phens

THE

L„,

the

for

no report

™uto.oB»r«i.

1826

r^enS' to* Congress by

a memorial

wns

a New York compa-

Sid

from the

construct

Government

the proposed work, and

the

matter

tve believe was favorably entertained by the IJocise of Representatives, but there being no

definite nction

ed. In 1830,

upon it, the scheme totally fail

the

Government

merica ninde

was finally abandoned.

passed

consider the

privilege to

•tructing the

free

use

Central A-

contract with a society of the

Netherlands, under very favorable auspices, but O'ving to some difficulties which soon after occurred between

Holland and Belgium.it

In 1835 a

Congress, requesting

resolution

the

President

expediency of opening negotia

tions with Governments more

concerned, in order to

immediately

secure

by treaty the

individuals or companies

work, arid

con-

pe'mittmg

all nations

of it, on the pnyrnent of reasona-

tolls. A special agent was appointed by General Jacks on to proceed thither andI careful!) examine the

contemplated

nnd

routes of commu

nication, both at isthmus of Panama and at Nicaragua Lake. This agent examined the former route

reported that a sh canal

was impracticable at that point but, unfortunately, the latter route was not examined. Much as has been said and written, and the many speculations which have been indulged respecting the practicability and cost of a canal over this route, we believe that only one satisfactory survey has ever been made.— This was made 9ome three or four years since, by a Mr. Bailey,

half-pay officer in the Brit

ish Navy, who was employed by the Govern

men* of Central America. In consequense of •.

|9ii I MUI1I IIU |.Vy VI iJMUl fcV I IV II 114 VUI ll\/f CAV/Cpi

tjie

the dissolution of the Government, Mr. Bailey Northern |nrl of North America, shall was never paid for his labor, and the result

published, until Mr. Stephens com-,

municated it in his admirable work of travels

in Central America, lately issued. Mr. Ste-1

personally examined the most important.

than sixteen miles. The lake is situated 128

fcet above the level of the ocean: between is

intcrposed

again to the lake. I ho lake which is ninety-

five miles in length and thirty in breadth, has a sfficicnt depth of water for the largest class of ships,and empties into the Atlantic through the river St. Johns, which is seventy-nine miles from mouth to mouth. This river is navigable at all times for vessels drawing from throe to four feet water, ar.d by clearing out obstructions nnd lockage iy be male navigable for ships of any class. The whose length of tho route would be about 140 miles. The work is declared to bo entirely practicable. The only difficulty of any great magnitude which presents itself, is the very large excavation necessary to admit ships through the tun tiel. Tunnels of greater length hut less heights are contemplated in som« of the works of improvement in this country. Nothing in reality is requisite but funds to complete the work, and these, we nro well assured, will bo furnished at no distant period. The cost is variously estimated at from twenty millions to thirty millions of dollars. No doubt but laborers can be procured in Central America much cheaper than in the United States, though provisions may bo somewhat higher from the scarcity.

Tho advantage to bedeiived from this work when comp'eted, must be immense. The distance of China, Japan, and the Indian Archipelgo would ho somewhat shortened, and the trade from the United States would bo greatly facilitated by tho more favorable latitude for winds and currents. The trade to the Pacific would bo immeasurably extended. The infant colony planted at the mouth of Columbia river west of the Uockv Mountains would increase in population, commerce, and trade its resources would be developed, and, in the course of time, become a valuable acquisition to our national wealth.

This work would do much to restore peace and tranquility in the destracted country of Central America. In the language of Mr. Stephens, "a great city will grow up in the heart of tho country, with streams issuing from it, fertilizing as they roll into the interior her magnificent mountains and valleys, now weeping in desolation and waste, will smile and be glad. New marvels will be opened for products of agriculture and manufactures, and the intercourse nnd communion of numerous and immense bodies of the human race will assimilate nnd improve the character of nations/' Indeed,the whole world is interested in tho finnl completion of the work. Will not the Unied States Government see the property of some definite and speedy action towards securing the incalculable advantages which will most ccrtainly accrue ?—JSeuMi Torch Light*

LORD'S

PRAYOR IN FIFTY-

TIIKKK LANGUAGES.

This is engraved on stone,nnd it may be useful as a Polvglot, and certainly, interesting to •II lovers of languages and of the curious. The specimens from the principal living nswell as dead languages, are all given in their proper characters, and some of them rarely to be found, such as the Amharic, Burmese, Carwnn, Chinese, Ethiopie, Sa mar tan, Gothic,

Runic, Lettish. Mooltanee, Sanscrit, Grebo, ~C',

an{*

executed. The Chinese has

the Denunciation according to the Mandarin dialect attached to it. Some of the lan* guages in different version, with the place and the year of printing nnd the manner reading are indicated. The sheet has passed under the eye of some of tho linguists and scholars in the thcolc~~'

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this city, as •imer, Prosfcs^ors Bash and Anthon, and has be*»n by them approved of. A specimen may be seen at Da vt«»n & Sexton's Bookstore, Nassau street.—N. Y. Jomr* COM.

A* AJWWW TU TOT DKTKWAST.—la the hits «£. don of hu Dictionary. Wefasier (MMadded a n« a ad OMBprahmsive vt»rb* thai To ». a. i» •baquatutato, ran rrapontic, back om*. eat dirt. A nU«nicks, take UM SsbiassMssad5 Amencsn

From the Baltimore American

TRPATT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SI.AVE TRADE. The Treaty for the suppression of the Slave Trade which has leen signed by England,

Russia,

A charge d'affi'tr*

St ructions to investigate jrun nrucuwii

,u—"o

WQS

Prussia and Austria,but which France

has refused to sanction, and which the United States will not enter into, contains provisions and stipulations which^ought to be generallyknown. .'v,~

The right of search is conceded by each of the contracting powers to the cruisers of the others within certain parallels of latitude and longitude—that is to say, from the 32d parallel of North latitude to the 45th parallel of South latitude ari9 from the East coast of America between the above named parallels to ihe 80th degree of East longitude. These limits include a vast spice—from the Southern extremity of South Carolina along the American coast as far as Paiagonia, embracing the Gulf of Mexico and the whole South American coast—thence Eastward to the African coast, including all the intermediate seas, from the Southern part of the Madeira islands and the kingdom of Morocco to the Southern extremity of Hindostan—thus running some ten degree* below the Southern point of the African continent which does not extend farther than to the 35th degree of S. latitude.

It will be seen at once that the space thus marked out includes the seas most traversed by our trading vessels, and by those of other commercial nations. To concede the right of search within these limits would be almost equivalent to granting a general right in any seas. Our trade with the West Indies and South America—our vessels bound to the Pacific either by the way of Cape Horn, or the Capo of Good Hope—even our direct commerce with Europe, if drawn by the Gulf stream below the 32d degree of North latitude, may become subject to detention and search under the stipulations of the treaty.

It is provided that all the commerce of each of the nations that are parties to the treaty, from whatever quarter it may come, except

Mediterranean, the coast of Europe, and

a|j|e to

|je examined by the cruisersof all

t|ie ot|ierg^ when

above

wjj|

incjLUjecj

pnrt of the route, and gives many valuable ^.y overhaul such vessels Jbefore it can be farts connected with the subject never hereto- ascertained that they really came from the fore published. From the survey leferred to, quarters thus exceptrd. it appears that the distance from tho Pacific conditions stipulated in the treaty as ocean to Lake Nicaragua is a fraction less

nuthorizing

np vvnr 0f

chant

the Palma mountain 015 English tmcting parties which shall, on reasonable feet above the level .of the ocean, and 919 gr0unds, be suspected of being engaged in the above the level of the like. It is proposed to traffic jn slaves, or of having been fitted out ascend nearly half-way up the mountain by for pllrp0g0 or of having been engaged means of locks, and then cut a tunnel through jn traffic during the voyage in which she a distunce of three miles, and then

shall

anj crujser may

passing within the limits

named. The exceptions here indicated

hardly save from detention the vessels

by them—because it may be neces-

search are to this effect: A ship

either party may search every mer-

vessel belonging to either of the con-

have been met with by such cruisers

detain,or send, or carry

may detain,or send, or carry

away such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial. The commanders who may make a search, are to receive special authority from their government.

The search is to be made by the Commander or a Lieutenant of the cruiser. Upon boarding the merchant vessel he is to show his warrant of authority, and deliver to the master a certificate specifying his rank in the Navy, the name of his ship and country, and the object of his vieit. If it shall be ascertained that the ship's papers are regular, and her proceedings lawful, the officer shall certify, the same in the log-book. If, on the contrary, the officer shall be of opinion that there are sufficient grounds for believing the vessel to be engaged in the slave trade, or that she has been .fitted out for that traffic, or has been engaged in it during the voyage, and shall, therefore determine lo detain her, he shall send her to the place designated by the contracting nation to which she belongs, there to be delivered up to the competent authorities, who shall proceed to investigate the matter. If it shall result that the vessel was engaged in the Slave trade, she and her fittings and cargo shall ba confiscated and sold, nnd the proceeds of the sale shall be given to the government to which the cruiser belonged, to be disposed of according to her laws.

If, on the other hand, the competent tribunal shall decide that the vessel was not engaged in the slave trade, she shall be restored to her lawful owners. And if it shall be proved that th" vessel was searched and detained illegally, or without sufficient cause of suspicion or that the search and detention were attended with abuse and vexation the officer of the cruiser shall be liable in costs and damages to the owners of the merchantman. Or the tribunal shall assess the damages and the government to which the cruiser belonged, shall pay the amount within six months if the trial took place in Europe or within one year when adjudged by a tribunal in any pluce out of Europe.

These provisions are ample enough to give Great Britain abundant opportunities for throwing embarrassments in tho w^y of her commercial rivals. Russia, Austria and Prussia have but few trading ships that would be affected by tho treaty. France, being more extensively concerned, has refused to sanction the arrangement and the United States, upon whose commerce the chief grievances would fall, has steadily declined all solicitations to become a party to the agreement. We prefer to execute our own laws against the Slave Trade rather than entrust the execution of them to a Foreign Power— especially when such a commission would subject the ifchief part of our commcrce to the surveillance of that Power.

The right of search, as required by this treaty, CANNOT be conceded. The occasion is not a proper one for asking it nor could it be exercised without bringing on a collision between this country and Great Britain. The sacrifice of independence that would be necessary as a first step on our part is so repugnant to the sensitive spirit of the Republic, so contrary to the policy laid down by WASHINGTON, which was designed to guard us against entangling alliances with the nations of Europe .1 L!^. aIavia LwfevifllV Atlf Al that in this view alone, leaving out of consideration the embarrassments to which our commerce would be exposed, no approach towards an agreement in the proposed com-

and literary institutions off pact can be looked for by the British Qp*«rn-

if* ^r- Nord-] went. But our naval force in the African seas m,au be active and strong enough to secure the enforcement of our own taws on the subject of the Slave Trade, and to prevent the abuses of our flag which are now urged as a matter of reproach against us, and as a reason why the co-operation of British power shoo hi be admitted to retrieve and vindicate tbe

TIXAS—-• by th* teaNatehex. Mas-, papm, Oner mOw»-lUjorJ«h* Feato* meet. that a nomber oj jrosa* mw of that tit am pnnii»| I Iy ta Clark •lawtr, Mis, «f*d 100 im H* waa TFTAA, folly IRTRM} and oatofGtacnl WufciafHMi* lifeguards

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WHIG CONTENTION IN NOR tlXA. A great Whig Convention is to be held at Raleigh on the 4th inst., and a committee, of which Mr. Badger, late Secretary of tho Navy, was a member, invited Mr. Clay to attend it. to which he returned the following answer: i,

Washington 21 st March, 1842.

GENTLEMEN: 1 have the honor to acknw!edge the recept of your obliging letter, transmitting a Resolution adopted by the Whigs of Wake County, in conformity to which you have invited me to attend the Convention of the Whigs, which is to be held on the 4th of April, at Raleigh.

Having long entertained an anxious desire to visit North Carolina, I have delayed answering your letter, under the hope that I should find no circumstances or considerations opposed to my enjoying the gratification which such a visit, at ibis time, would afford. But I regret to be compelled to say, without adverting to other reasons, that the pressure of occupations, incident to the final termination of my service in the Senate of the United States, deprives me of the satisfaction of accepting your invitation, and obliges me to postpone a visit which I hope God will spare me to make, hereafter. :-I

I rejoice to hear of the fine spirit which prevails in North Carolina,and that the great Whig party of that State is about to assemble in Convention, for the purpose of deliberating on the present difficult and delicate position of public affairs. Our Country, brought fo the verge of ruin, by a long maladministration of its General Government, the sad effects of which pervade every section of the Union, and are painfully visible in every leading interest, had reason to hope, after the glorious issue of the ever memorable struggle of 1840, that misrule would cease, and measures, founded in wisdom and experience, would be adopted, to restore the prosperity of the Nation. 1 need not say how cruelly, in some important respects, ail have been disappointed. Our actual condition may be described in a few words. Instead of mutual confidence between the acting President and Congress, there is mutual distrust. Instead of his throwing himself upon the principles and the party that elevated him, he makes war upon both. Instead of harmony and co-operation, there is discord and opposition. A President without a party-, and parties without a President I A President, denouncing his friends, and coucting his political opponents, who, in their turn, without entertaining for him the least respect or confidence, give him flattery and praise enough, just to deceivc and delude him. A President, who affecting to soar in an atmosphere above that of all parties, and to place himself upon the board and patriotic foundation of the whole nation, is vainly seeking, by a culpable administration of the patronage of tho Government, to create a third party

This, gentleman, is a faithful picture of the present posture of our National Councils. There may be those who will think that it would be most prudent not to exhibit it to the gaze of the world. But I believe that bublic virtue, and the public interests, are always better subserved by promulging rather than conceding the truth. And, accustomed as I have been fo its language, throughout my whole life, I trust tfiat the precious privilege, of fearlessly uttering it, will abide with during th short remnant of my days.

The existing state of things is anomalous and embarrassing. But genuine patriotism takes )uns:'l only from its duty and its devotion. Unappalled, by difficulties, whatever may be their magnitude, it redoubles its resolution nnd its courage, as they increase and multiply, and finally triumphs over all obstacles which, lie in the way of the honor, the prosperity or the happiness of the country.

The Whig party, by a faithtul adherence to its principles, at the hazard of being proscribed by those whom it advanced to high power and the members of the late Cabinet, by a voluntary surrender of exalted stations, which they believed they could no longer h?!d without dishonor and disgrace, have demonstrated to the whole world thai with them the love of country is paramount to the love of office. 1 am sure that, in the good old North Slate, in which the first Declaration of American Independence was made, there will be a cordial response to this sentiment,

Gentlemen, let us persevere in this upiight course. I go into retirement, hut I shall not be there an idle or indifferent spectator, without sympathy, or interest in the welfare of the Umon. 1 only pass from one sphere of action, where it is doubtful whether in the actual condition of the public councils, I could render any public service proportionate fo the private sacrifices 1 should certainly make, to another, although, more circumscribed sphere, in which 1 shall still find duties to perform towards our common country.

I request you, Gentlemen, nnd the Whigs of Wake County, to accent my profound and grateful acknowledgements for the honor done me, by the invitation to attend your Convention, and by the friendly sentiments with which its transmission was accompanied.

I am, with great respect, Your friend'and obedient serv't. H.CLAY. To Messrs. Richard Hines, dcc.

A WEATHER WISE SWAN.—'This swan, the prop ret of Lord Braybrooke, which was 18 or 19 years old, had brought up mumy broods, nnd was highly valued by the neighbors. She exhibited, some eight or nine years past, one of the most remarkable instances of the power of instict that was ever recorded. She was sitting onfour or five eggs, and was observed to be very busy collecting weeds, grasses, to raise her nest. A farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with whiich she most industriously raised her nest and the eggs two feet and alia If. That very night there came down a tremendous fall of rain, which flooded ail the malt shops, and did great damage. Man made no preparation—the bird did. Instinct prevailed over rejtson—her eggs were above, and only just above,.the water#

Ho««n Tuesor—Mas DEE OP AN ACTOI.— A most horrible and fatal tragedy was enacted at the Theatre last night. After tbe curtain had dropped at the cooclusion of the first piece, & quarrel ensued behind the sceoe between Mr. Ewing and Miss Hamblin, both attached to the Theatre, in which the latter plunged a dagger to the heart of Mr. f£wieg, which caused almost immediate death. After the perpetration of tbe awful deed, Mas Hamblin made her escape by jumping out of the window, and at twelve o'clock hurt night had not been arrested, She left out in her Theatrical attire.—Mobile Adv. March 96.

V,„

THE WHIGS OP NORTH CAROLINA. A convention of the Whig party of the state of North Carolina assembled, at Raleigh (the seat of Government of that State)

the 4«h

proportion

sented by

of some

of this month, at which a great

of the counties of the State repre

respectable

Delegates. We have

received, in an extra sheet from the office of the Raleigh Register, the result of the deliberations of this Convention, consisting ora report

volume andji number of resolutions,

all of which were unanimously adopted. This document is so materially connected with the politics of the day, that we consider it our duty to lay it before our readers as early as we can conveniently make room for it.

The most marked features of the resolutions, it nay be meanwhile staled, area just tribute to the memory of the late diseased President of the United States a determination to adhere to the principles upon which -his election was advocated and carried disavowing all political connexion with the existing Administration proposing and nominating Henry Clay for the next Presidency of the United States, and, pledging themselves to give the nomination a hearty persevering support nominating John M. Morehead, the present Governor oi the State, for re-election approving the Land Law passed at the last session of Congress denying the moral right of Congress to repeal thesam* and denouncing the vote of any member of Congress from that State who shall, after wh.it has been done, support any proposition lo withdraw the land fund from its present appropriation.

Nat Int.

i:» The nomination of Mr. Clay was thus announced by the convention, without a dissenting voice:

Resolved, That HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, by eminent abilities, extensive knowledge, sound judgment, liberal and patriotic views, and by long, arduous and unspairing devotion to the service of his country, has en, titled himself to the undivided confidence and support of the people of the United States— and that ho possesses the first places in the affections of the whole Whig party of this State and therefore.

Resolved, That this Convention do for themsevles, and the Whigs of North Carolina, propose and nominate the said HENRY CLAY for the next, President of the U. S. and do pledge themselves to give the nomination a hearty and persevering support.

A he on on do a a reSpectfuIl urge the Whig party of the Un ion to unite with their brethren of North Carolina in this nomination, and in steady and constant efforts to promote its success.

RIIODC ISLAND.

Some time ago, the sitizens of Rhode Island, who were not voters under the charter, held a Convention, formed a constitution, and Submitted it to the people, without any Legislative action on the subject, either authorising the Convention, or legislation the elections for the ratification of Constitution which it formed. But the election was held, and the non-voters adopted the Constitution almost by acclamation. The Supreme Court, immediately after, decided that the constitution did not go into operation, because there was no legal authority to frame it. But the nonvoters disregarded this decision, and went to work to effect the local officers created under it. Tho next session of the Legislature passed a law, authorising the voters to elect del* egates to a Convention toforma Constitution. They did so. The Convention met, formed a Constitution, submitted it to the people, and it was rejected by a majority of 676. This left the people, nnd still under the old Charter. But the farmers of the first Constitution are determined to carry into effect, peacibly if they can, forcibly if they must. In this state of things, the Governor has issued a Proclamation, commanding all citizens to submit to the old Charter, and ordering all officers to resist, with force, if necessary, any attempt to carry the Constitution into effect. And furthermore, that if any person shall attempt to elect officers, or do any thing directed by the Constitution, that they will be punished to the extent of the law. In this crisis, the citizens are arming themselves to carry the Constitution in effect, and the State Government is making warlike preparations to resist them. If things do not take a change, a civil war seems unavoidable.—Pitts. Intl.

PROTECTIVE TARIFF NECESSARY-NOT INCIDENTAL. We have before us proceedings of meet-

tiotjpl industry, to aid in restoring national, prosperity. The true spirit is up, and it must

rytThe

subjoined paragraph is worthy oT attention,and though we think that it ought to be enough, that the late tariff produced prosperity, and its abrogation brought distress,' yet when facts are at hand to enforce truths vital to the interes's of people, we shall give them from time fo time, and trust that' they will not be inoperative :—U. S. Gazete.

FREE TRADE.—Thestricklers for free trade will find a striking illustrations of the beau-!

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ings on all hands, called by thefriendsof na- lonve tho purlieus nnd stews of London, on 'account of their henl'h." Sum up these,and

ties of the system, so far as England is con- \l.m "w °l

efcmfid, in the following r,tes of dutie. laid

dian Corn 200 oats 300 buckwheat 200 potatoes 150 beef 150 pork

150 butter50 cheese50 hay 115 cotton 2:

rice 150 tobaco900 timber250:8ugnr250

cent and we'.recced upon'to admit eUry

We pause at the foot of tbe great oak and stfrvey its majestic height and wide reaching branches. We count on its trunk the many years that it has been rearing its head against the mighty storms that have in vain spent their force upon its gnarled boughs. We dig about its roots to find out the secret of its

safely beneath its braocbes. Tis the tree of Liberty, that points its head to heaven, in adoration of its high source, and stretches oat hs leafy arms for protection to the hardy sons of freedom, all the world over.—Pkila.Sen*

conwy of atvoBty amigmt*. wtll tnntd sad equipped, Mi MOBIICON UMMIII altmofar Tssss,on sad wdiniu ugmtdititim.

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THE •ADISON1A W—PRESIDENT L*ER«

The

Madisonian

TT-

is considered by some peo

ple the official organ of Government. Perhaps the arrogant airs it assumes, and, its insolent assumption of being in the confidence of the White House, justifies this conclusion. At all hazards, it affects to speak "by authority/* and as this is not dented, doubtless it echoes the sentiments of the Executive. The Whig party elected Mr. Tyler Vice President, but an inscrutable decree, known only to the eye of Omnipotence, placed him in the Executive chnir. The address which followed his inauguration gave ground for confidence in his principles. All charitably believed in his determination to pursue the line of policy marked out by the lamented Harrison. That would have consumed the great lending measures of the statesmen opposed to Gen. Jackson and cemented the harmony ofthe Whigs, ft would have given confidence to men of business, kept the Wheels of trade active and the industry of the Union would not have suffered from the paralysis which is now crippling one section, prostrating another and causing unspeakable distress in every portion of this illfated land.

Mr. Tyler was elected a Whig. Ho had subscribed to the leading doctrines of the Whig party,previous to his election. He disclaimed none at the Harrisburg convention. It remained for the people to discover their error too late and to find that his opinions were at variance with those who gave him office^ only when the evil was consumated and the step could not be retraced. The Madisonian has been and still is, the champion of tho Executive. Whether authorized or not. it is almost daily

making

discloseures, by

which it would seem there has been treason somewhere, if not perfidy in Mr. Tyler. We may excuse the treachery of the Madisonian, but its heartless jesuitism, we apprehend, is only borrowed from a higher source. Its treason to those who warmed it into life,is but the discolored rays reflected from another quarter.

We rarely examine thai journal without finding in its columes the most flagrant assaults committed and unmerited abuse lavished upon leading Whigs. Its fierce denunciaation of their measures and tho ruthless manner in which Mr. Clay has been used by its perfidious conductors, is sufficient to alienate jiall confidence in the Executivcand the "mag,?*riamity" of his Virginia blood. Mr. Tyler sanctions the course pursued by the Madisonian, nnd takes it into his secret counsels.

That journal commits flagrant depredations upon the honor and interest and integrity of those who fed it and placed the Executive in his present station. We feel unmeasured contempt for a traitorous journal and for those who npprove its mendacity We apprehend nothing prevents such men, except abilty, from elevating looo. focoism upon the ruins ofthe Whig party. iv

THE "TYLER PARTY."

Could the History of Fun be written, nnd written well—written as Irving could write it, and illustrated by Hognrth, in his best days—decidedly tho most interesting chapter in it would be the history of tho "Tyler Party," its ongin, progress and decay. Not a phrase of iJ, but would be rich with the most exquisite burlesque upon humanity, philosophy, morality and politics, which it is in tho power of man to conceive. Take it by and large," and what a tremendous affair this

Tyler

Wba'. Mr-

A™ ,.*., i..„,. ,u„ mending the repeal of this law, we cannot on American products by tbe Britsh Gov- ",e^'nK

ernment Dut/ott wheat J00 per cant |0.!d.vme but most l,kely he .. aru.ous to curry ,r htvAf frrtm thft l^rn rnnos mr nt4ittih-I re.ift* barley, rye and

a.re

Ca."

article manufactraed in England frpe of duty t°andcon*entmg to this attempt at 'robbery? We will not believe it until we into this country, because our products are admitted so free into British ports, that the restrictions imposed upon them amount to almost a complete prohibition !—Njntional Eagle. I 'WT, .•

deep hold upon tbe earth, and we discover fbia the duty and the whole duty of Conthat time instead of weakening its grasp, gives' gress in the primtses. It sickens us to hear it a firmer grip. This noble tree is a fit em-! unbought Whig papers exbortinj Congress blemof our matchless Republic it protects all to take the best measure which John Tyler that comes within its range.and stands upright ^jfi let them have. As Mr. Webster said durin every peril. It has no Upas poison lurking

about its fibres, and therefore all may rest ^jcb a bank, fas the Whigs improve,) the next •Louisville

Party" is, to be sure. already

numbers in its ranks, some hnlf a dozen recreant presses, whoso editors have been striving for years in vain to rise to the dignity of whigism, and have at length jumped like hungry dogs at the little dirty bone of public printing, (amounting to some eight hundred or a thousand dollars a yoar I) held up to them in the fingers of a President, whose base treachery has made him the scorn of those whose votes created him. Besides this, there area few of the very airtiestand unscrupulous nmong tho locofoco presses who have been cheaply yet dearly purchased, for a smile of Executive favor, to laud tho man whom not two years ago, they literally covered with the most scandalous abuse—and (we had almost forgotten to add) some three or four little, sneaking papers, whose editors for the most part, are a set of foreign ragamuffin penny-a-liners, who, from a habit of describing pocketpicking nnd petty

larceny,

t'ie

prevail, if the voice of the people is to have age—together with influence. any

came at length to

have "an itching palm," and were forced to

d,rect recipients of Lxccu ive pa ron

the never-to-be forgotten

"John Jones" and his Madisonitn, and you have a coup d^ctilof the "Great Tyler Party." May its shades never be less!—N. O. Bet.

THE DISTRIBUTION ACT. To the question whether Congress shall annul the Distribution Law, there is a universal and manly "iVo/" on the part of the Whig press* The Whigs are not ready to give up all their favorite measures and blot out of the record the memorial of their brief ascendency in the spring and summer of 1841.—

,m,rcr.

y^'yiewscan be .0 recom-

t'16 r^a'

favor from the Loco Focos for hissub-Treas ury under the thin disguise ofthe Exchequer, curious to know whether the Cabin?t

UnQ

wnciioncd this propoMlion to deprive the

MnnitAni

whisky 8500 fish prohibited fruitSOO per1 States of tbe.rnght lo the public dominion.

Webster, Forward and Spencer have been

know it. But lei the views of the Cabinet b* what they may, we are satisfied the voice of the country is ngaiftst repeal, and we hope the Whigs in Congress will resist the President's design inch by inch, until driven into the last ditch. They will deserve and receive the plaudits of the people, by so doing. :-:^.phio Slate Journal,

O^-The Madisonian is continually asking what ought Congress dot We can tell it: simply pass the charter they can for a national bank, and leave the rest to John Tyler,

the reign of Jacksw, if we cannot have

best thing is to have none.

Joum.

PBOFKHTT IH THE UNITED STATES.—A correspondent of the the Troy Whig says that tbe annual gross income of the United States is, for property, 9200.000,000 for labor, •800,000,000. He estimates the value of the property at

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l^npER FROM CARTEI^IETERIct.

Dear Sir,—On iny arrival here yesterday I received your reply to my letter of Februar last from Middlesex, and feel glad to find that: the communication I then made to you was well received and kindly acknowledged.

It is assuredly a matter of high satisfaction to me, to behevo that I

ion which feeling and duty dictated, in dofne the justice I designed, of effacing the indignity' cast upon you by the unfortunate, and, to me^ unhappy Fayetteville letter, that was and has been so much the subject of injury to you in he public mind. It is now, It nL, pTentirUy to rest in the minds of all honorable and candid men of whatever political persuasion, for, surely none can, or will henceforward, presume to countenance the miserable' ?Ia»nhier KI-

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0 the public against you. The entire revocajono. given by me, ought to overwhelm the author of it with utter shame and mortifi. cation, and if I had any right to sav, were I his situation, it would be my province, *sit should be an incumbent duty on me, to m^ke every atonement possible forsuch an unfounded and unprovoked attack upon vour integrt. ty and public fame.

Believing that your letter tb^and this reply, are calculated to benefit vou in the public mind I have sent both to the Richmond V\ hig and the Independent for publication. 1 reiterate expressions of health and happiness to vou, and remain, dear sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

CARTER BEVERLEY.

An authentic copy of a letter from the»Hun. lay to Carter Beverley, Esq. rw WASHINGTON, 17TH FEB. 1842. .» o!k received your favor of the 8th instant. The subject to which it ro-lates-the attack of General Jackson on me, of which you were tho organ of publicationhas been of late very rarely thought of by me, insomuch tint 1 found it necessury to resort to your Fayetteville letter to revive my recollection of the particulars of your ngency in it. Nevertheless, I am thankful tor the justice your letter has done me, which is creditable to your heart. Resting always under a perfect consciousness of my own rectitude, the letter was not necessary to tho tranquility of my own bosom but, hs there may be others not convinced of the calumny of which 1 have been the object, I shall avail myself of your authority, nnd publish your letter. 1 am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. CLAY.

CARTER BEVERLEY, ESQ. ,,

DECREASE OF THE PltECIOlS METALSIt is well known that pure metal cannot be obtained, except from the purest ores, without the use of quicksilver, consequently, tho qunantity of the precious metals is dependent upon the supply of quicksilver, and the price at which it is held. 'I he only mines of quicksiver in the world that are worked to any extent, arc those in Spain and Germany. Those in Spain have been, till within the last eight years, worked by the Government, and the price of quicksilver was kept at about 40 dullara per quintal. Since then, they havo been in tho possesion of Mr. Rothschild, nnd the price of the quicksilver has been raised tc 120 dollars pe quita!, which is treble its formor price. The proprietor of the mines in Germany, probably through tho influence of Mr. R. simultaneously raised tho price of the article there.

The effect of these measures has, it IM estimated reduced the supply of the precious metals in Europe during tho last eight years, no less than twenty millions sterling. It is stated in the Bnnker's Circular that the yearly produce ol silver alone from the mines in Amcrica, formerly Spanish, whHe quicksilver was supplied at a cheap rate by the Spanish Government, was sixty three millions of hard dollars. But at the present, thousands of ions of silver dug out of the minesof Mexico are thrown aside, because they contain ioo little silver to admit of profit when working them with quicksilver at its present high price. At itsformer price, every pound of this ore would have been worked to bring forth the silver contained in it. The exports of quickfilver from Liverpool to Mexico, Peru, 6iC. in 1837, 6ic. were as follows.

Years 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. Bottles, 14,800 14,573 10,811 11,093 If the suppfy of the two latter yearo were increased thirty per cent, it would be brought to the level to the two former and if the price were reduced to the old rate of 40 dollars per quintal, it would be of vast importance to tho commercial world. At the present price, Rothschild is said to make a clear profit by working the mines, of £80,000 per aunum."— N

NEW SCHEME OP EMIGRATION,—/C' ^IGNII. tic scheme of Emigration has lately .been submitcd to the English Government. It proposes to turn the tide of emigration now flowing to this country, in favor of Canada, by raising a fund of 950,000 000, and by means ot that to take out all persons disposed to emigrate, free af charge, and give them a permanent settlement in Canada, with little or no expense to themselves. When Ihsse emigrants have become settled, they are to pay back to the government the amoun: invested in thnir behalf. Thit mny do very well, but it will not have the effect on the United States that it is expected it to have. Those who will take advantage of it, will be of that class whose advent among us we have no reason to desire. 7'hey will bring noesp* ital with them, and will be of no advantage to any country.—Exchange paper. •—u.i ii•»»•• I.

A Laeowomn AKMUTEV sv WOKKS —On the com. pletiot) «nc« of the railway, on die T'TTII and Bridge over tHeCflnMrteBwimp, nnd river,s senoral imigration of (ha Cfctfefptltors of Richland, look place towards the S». Matth«w* thorn. An nrmr of worm*.peempytnt in solid Column, tho imn rairfor opwsiMa of orw niil#, presented, as ww www^d. b0t feeble barrwr to the power of «Mm. A Locomoir«, w,thaf»H tram of cars loaded wild Iron, and mormg

ZZtT he swamp by :hesein7V "j tne tgrner of aand alons, ireely di* inhaled on the drawing wharfs, was ft ahl« to overcome th«Mt. ItVMi eoms them. It ni» aaiigtunary victory in which mtliMMM were erushed to death toooeh the eiitrrpil. lera maintained their arroond and enjoyed a irinmph in waiing "JT.* v™*«v«n tbe power of tbe Low motive.—CkmrUtUm PotriU.

CCIKXTS CttcCLATwm —Uncle Sam is now ohtigad to pay f20U) per diem lor Congreanonal Sttmiona of thret honrv deration- Thia is upward* of 066S par h««r! The time required to make the call of tho House ia a boat to minutes, oonyqiienity every sail of tbe ayes and naya eoata (be MIPR $f&'•

Spirit vt tU Timnr-

Tst FSMIBSSCT.—In Pannsrlvanie, forty-fvs ps. pen barecooMoot b» fawof ftaater Ihinehesaa for tfasMxt pntUenejT'....