The Washington Union from Washington, District of Columbia (2024)

April 7, 1843

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The Washington Unioni

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Leader-Tribune from Marion, Indiana

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Washington, District of Columbia

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Friday, April 7, 1843

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THE GLOBE from tse United States to British may now look at the general state of trade 69274 20 MO 980 19669749 26907076 1841 1 66 100t 1 00 100 8803560 6666224 2148326 11639627 8884881 2754746 8200000 8000 i 60000 320000 60000 60000 320000 at 1 63 100 at par at par at 1 76 100 at 1 45 IDO at par at 2 23 100 1828 1829 1830 1831 1834 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 A Good A yonng mechanic (a gunsmith) of Albany Mr Van Valkenburg recently made fifteen successive shots at the distance of two hun dred and twenty yards averaging two inches and three eighths from the centre The shots were made with a rifle called the common muzzle The Buffalo Courier states that ice was ent on Tuesday week from Lake Erie about a mile from the shore measuring in thickness in three several places 28 29 and 31 inches solid and trans parent Nonpareil Minion Brevier Bourgeois Long Primer Small Pica Pica 5009809 356045 1449564 IO8 cents' 84 66 54 46 42 40 NEW HAMPSHIRE Wehive a letter from a gentleman who knows all the bearings of politics in New Hampshire which gives us perfect assu rance that ill's efforts to create a schism in the Democracy will prove utterly inef fectual' (which Hi LL was enabled to draw off at the late election' we are assured was operated on by con siderations "more personal than We are further told "that it will be healed ere long as to all public matters that as to candidates for the Presidency we are all united to abide by the decision of a national This comes from a source which satisfies us that the little disarray produced by perfidy and imposture in 'the Democratic ranks will disappear by the next election A few corrupt mercenaries like himself purchased by the Administration patron age will join the enemies of Democracy the honest men whom he deceived will be found with their old friends 96 cents Agate 54 46 40 36 34 32 Liberal The Episcopal Recorder states that the amount of collections made on Quinquagesima Sdnday which upto the present time have reached the treasurer of the board of missions is 814000 for the domestic department and 12000 fur the making in al) 26000 The Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church commenced in that city on Wed nesday Bishops Waugh and Hedding were in at tendance with about one hundred and thirty mem bers STATE LOAN or the six per cent loan of $320000 to pay ar rearages to contractors Ac the following offers were yesterday opened by the commissioners of the canal fund viz: By King for 6150000 vis: percent print 660 000 for Cammann Whilehouee St Co al 1 60 100 CA 4MYI (6 64 I AA 50000 for eelf and olhere 6160000 John Ward Si Co for I Jamea Walker for Wm McMurray lor Philip Burrowee Joseph Kernochan Walla Sherman James Lenox Taylor eaahier It will be seen that the Commercial Bank of this city takes the entire loan at 2 per cent premium Albany Argus iom the Boston Daily Adreitiaer THE COMET Ma Editor: The elements of the orbit which I here send you are roughly computed and will need future correction They agree very closely with Mr noonday observations of ebruary 28th and were computed from Mr observatiftis of March 11th 18th 24th and 26th More correct calculations in which all his observations will be thoroughly discussed will in due time be presented to the American Academy Longitude of the ascending node 33' Inclination 39? 16' Longitude ol the perihelion 31' Perihelion distance 000872 Time of passing the perihelion ebruary 2701 days mean time at Cambridge Motion Yours most respectfully BEN PEIRCE Cambridge March 31 1843 We regret to learn that one of our Representa tives A Dudley esq was called suddenly home on Monday night last in consequence of an un fortunate accident which occurred in his family on that evening His little son about four years old fell upon an open knife in his hand which pene trated the upper part of the eye above the ball to the full length of the blade about an inch and a half After an ineffectual attempt to draw out the knife the manly little fellow very composedly walked into the room where his mother was sitting and called to her as he entered that he had fallen down and stuck a knife in his eye and asked her to take it out The feelings of his mother may be imagined but not described upon turning and see ing the knife sticking in the eye of her child She made two efforts to extract it but failed when a neighbor present after a second trial succeeded in drawing it out the little soldier remaining perfect ly quiet through the whole time A physician was instantly summoned from the city and the most serious consequences were for a time apprehended but we are gratified to state that at the last accounts the child was doing well and strong hopes are en tertained of his speedy recovery without injury to the Lexington Intelligencer A Lesson for Youno A correspondent informs us that he was acquaipted some thirtyforty years ago with three young men all then apprentices to mechanical trades who boarded together at a boarding house in Murray street Each of them was poor having no means but the scanty allowance of apprentices which barely sufficed to pay their board and provide them with working apparel so that on Sunday when most young men sported holyday suits in Broadway these lads remained at home reading having not one Sunday suit between them But all of them were honest industrious and prudent and as time wears on one of them has since been Mayor of Georgetown the second Mayor of Newark and the third is Robert Smith who we trust will very soon be Mayor of New York I Such young men are the rewards of patient industry and solid though humble worth New York TH bune Statistics of Crime number of convic tions in1 the courts of recordof the State of New York in 1842 was of the convicts 1491 are males and 111 females 609 are married and 680 single 650 have been temperate and 473 in temperate 880 were bom in the United States 100 colored and two are Indians The number of convictions in the courts of spe cial sessions was less than in 1841 On the evening of the 22d ultimo a Mr Robinson left Rome in Oneida county for Utica in a two horse sleigh He was slightly in toxicated and coming to the Mohawk where a bridge had been swept away he drove off the abut ments into the river and vb instantly killed A respectable snow A late number of the Auburn (N Y) Journal in speaking of the late snow storm says that between Auburn and Syra cuse the snow was twenty five feet deep for a long distance bn Jhe track and that east of Utica there was a long piece where itwas near forty feet deep: Taz Reported A vessel at Baltimore from Rio Janeiro ebruary left the United States ships Delaware and John' Adams at that port The report of a mutiny onboard the alter vessel arose from three men being discharged fot drunkenness at Rio and sent home in the brig Tweed to Baltimore: mherwise the best feeling and harmony prevailed aboard that ship 1 CURRAN respectful ly informs the citizens of the District of Columbia thit be has recently permanently es tablished himself in the city of Washington and is prepared to execute the above business in all its variety Having been for several yean engaged in building in the city of Baltimore where be flat teip himself be acquired a thorough knowledge of carpentry and architecture he is prepared tofor nish plans and estimates for buildings and' to exo cute in a neat substantial and fashionable man ner and on the most moderate terms such jobs an be may be patronised with He ean be found at bis residence on the corner of How York avenue and street or al his shop near the comer of and Ufo streets March tf RHODE ISLAND ELECTION The election for Governor took place on Wednesday the 5th inst The New York Journal of Commerce of last evening publishes returns from ten of the thirty one towns in the State which have given 1363 majority for enner the candidate of the Old Charter party The New York Journal of Commerce In no ticing the veto of Governor Porter ol the bill for the election of canal commissioners by the people says: uses the veto power as freely as if he were absolute The Journal is a staid and sober paper and may be considered as reflect ing the views of reflecting men Public Land The last Express (Dubuque Iowa Territory) says a gentleman t'ust arrived from Marion we learn that the sales iavC been exceedingly the receipts not ex ceeding $32000 There were thirty six Black Dr John Kirkwood of New Madrid Missouri states that the disease which has prevailed there of late and which was by some called the Black Tongut is the endemic winter fever of that country modified by sudden atmos pheric changes and characterized in addition to its usual symptoms by local palp of a neuralgic char acter and in some cases soar throat but in no case has the blackness of the tongue formed a symptom of the disease Malignant sore throat was in some cases the most urgent symptom the tongue in some patients becoming enlarged and swollen but in no even in fatal did blackness of the tongue supervene Ths very The British ship Greenock leck cleared at New Orleans on Saturday 21st ult for Liverpool with 3900 bales of cotton weighing 1912622 lbs and valued at $112529 35 This is by 445 bales for 279218 lbs) the largest cargo ever shipped from that port and is the greatest quantity of coUon taken out of any port in the countty by a single vessel The Greenock rates at 1307 tons A Ger man settlement In The Blooms burg (Pennsylvania) Register states that as sociation of Germans about three years ago pur chased a large body of wild lands situate as we are informed partly in Luzerne and partly in Bradford counties and induced a number of their countrymen to settle upon them on terms that were deemed highly eligible About fifty families commenced a settlement in 1842 to which a large number were added during the last spring and summer We are now sorry to learn that the situation of these poor people is shocking in the extreme In the midst ofa wilder ness nine miles from the nearest settlement with scarcely an apology for a road provisions ex hausted and without money they are said to be in a state of starvation It is reported that the whole live stock of the settlement is reduced to a yoke of oxen preserved from necessity superior even to the pressing calls of CITY WASHINGTON RIDAY EVENING APRIL 7 1843 rom the Hurlebon Reporter THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND GOV PORTER The characteristic trail of the Democracy of Pennsylvania is honesty Any public servant who performs his duty with fidelity will always receive a liberal support at their hands but should any one upon whom evidences of their confidence have peen bestowed prove false to his trust or recreant to principle they will be equally ready to mark the punish his perfidy unT le Democratic party is always in vincible It was only in seasons of division and distraction that Us ancient enemies were ever able to break down the strong walls of its defence and place the Keystone State under ederal rule Such was the case in 1835 a season when an unfortunate schism in the Democratic ranksbrought Gov Rimer into power and entailed upon the State a series of evils which the people are still groaning under and the effects of which will be felt for many long years to come But shocked at me result of their family feud the Democrats of Pennsylvania set themselves to work at once with hearty good will to check as far as possible the evil consequences of their great error andto redeem the State from the hands of the enemy Democra tic Representatives were elected in large numbers to the Legislature in 1836 and 1837 and in 1838 a gubernatorial candidate was nominated under whose banner all sections of the republican party united in good faith and prosecuted the campaign with a zeal which insured success It was under circ*mstances such as these that Governor Porter assumed the executive chair in January 1839 and the line of policy which he was expected to pursue had been so clearly traced professions of attachment to the Democratic party were so that few if any members of that party felt disposed to indulge misgivings of his sincerity or doubts of his ability and inclina tion to act with fidelity His inaugural address maintained sound Democratic doctrines and the message which he transmitted to the Legislature at the opening of the session of 1840 was so manlv in its tone and so just in sentiment that Democrats throughout the wnoleCommonwealth congratulated themselves in having assisted to place in the chair of state a man whobade fair to conduct the Gov ernment on sound principles and bring back as far as lay in the power of an Executive the good old days of honesty and plain dealing Itwasduring this memorable session that in consequence of the gross delinquencies of the banks of the commonwealth public opinion was actively aroused in favor of compelling those insti tutions to a performance of their duty to the public and as both branches of the Legislature were pro fessedly Democratic the people had a right to ex pect that their Representatives would consider the subject of bank reform an important partoftheir official duty The House of Representatives by a party vote passed ahillcontaining wise efficient and salutary provisions for carrying out will and the co operation of the Senate and the Executive was looked for as a matter which was'sure to fol low thus establishing a new era in the financial history of the commonwealth and compelling cor porate institutions to observe the same honesty to wards the community that individuals are called upon to practise towards each other But at this critical juncture and just at the time when the Senate was about to consider and doubtless adopt tbe wholesome enactments made by the House of Representatives the whole State was tbe entire Democracy by an abrupt interference of the Executive between the action of the two Houses by means of a special message an interference as impertinent and im proper as it was unnecessary insulting and in violation of all the principles which were deemed essential to the Democratic character and the pre servation of the public interest What the operat ing causes were which produced that famous mes sage and prompted its utterance of aenunciauon irom any quarter nave Rot yet tieen fully disclosed The investigation of 1842 has unveiled a part of the secret history of those days and the time will come when all matters connected withit shall be fully disclosed Enough has al ready transpired however to show that influences were at work of which the honest and confiding Democracy of Pennsylvania little dreamed and that the Executive in whose behalf they had exert ed themselves so strenuously but sixteen months before was then acting with consummate insinceri ty and whilst he seemed to labor in the cause of the people was atfeaZZy though covertly assisting to thwart their will But a bare allusion to this Branch ot our subject is all that we have either time or room to give to day We shall resume it hereafter and refer to circ*mstances elicited by subsequent examinations which will be curious new and interesting to very many of the people of Pennsylvania The effect produced by the interference to which we have briefly alluded was of course to destroy salutary legislative action on the subject of the banks and resulted in the acquirement by those institutions of more and greater privileges and im munities than they ever contemplated possessing It resulted also in awaking doubts and suspicions in the public mind as to the firmness patriotism and political honesty of tbe Executive and placed him tn that position before the public which ought to be regarded by a right judging man as the most unenviable of all positions In March 1841 a Democratic convention as sembled at Harrisburg for the purpose of selecting a candidate for Governor Of course the patron age and influence of Governor Porter his cabinet board of canal commissioners Ac with their vari ous and multiform appliances had been brought to bear in anticipation of the meeting of that conven tion to have it composed of the right kind of mate rials to secure the re nomination of the then Execu tive The means used succeeded to admiration But two or three delegates out of the whole num ber were bold and independent enough to avow a preference for another and Governor Porter was thus thrust upon the Democratic party for a re elec tion backed by the influence of a party nomination It must be remembered however that the great Democratic party of Pennsylvania had been de feated in the presidential campaign of 1840 Gen Harrison was President the Whig party possessed a large majority in the national councils a nation al bank was the darling project to maintain Whig ascendency and the success of that measure was regarded as certain Dispirited and beaten down our Democratic friends felt imbued with little of the spirit necessary for the prosecution of another exciting campaign and probably the great mass of regarded another Whig triumph in 1841 as a thing so likely to take place that they yielded to Governor renomination under the circ*mstances as a matter of comparatively little moment Tbe Governor in the mean time after securing his re nomination was acti vely engaged in coun teracting the unfavorable impressions which the Democrats of Pennsylvania had imbibed in refer ence 'to his course He caused a most orthodox political creed to be published as his and avowed in his letter to Judge Shaler and other gentlemen of Pittsburg a code of principles which could not fail if adhered to to give entire and perfect satis faction to the Democratic party How far those avowed principles were consistent with his previ ous and subsequent practice must be left for future consideration The Legislature held an extra session during the summer of 1841 during which the celebrated lief project was matured The bill passed both houses and was sent to the Governor He returned it with his a document which was as pure and eloquent in its style as it was strong and conclusive in its arguments The bill finally passed the Legislature fn despite of the veto by a constitutional majority and the people of Pennsyl vania were taught to admire the virtue patriotism and firmness ofthe author of that veto without hav ing it hinted to them that with characteristic in sincerity David Porter exerted all his influence to secure the success ofthe measure which he as Gov ernor of Pennsylvania had but a few days before denounced in an official document as contrary to the principles and spirit of Democracy and destruc tive to the interests of the people We are free to confess for the conviction has been forced reluctantly upon that the Democracy of Pennsylvania were duped and be trayed into the support of Governor Porter in 1841 by false representations and that the major ity of twenty three thousand votes which he re ceived by our party votes (a majority greatly in creased however by the entire disruption and dis organization of the Whig party growing out of the death of General Harrison and the subsequent accession and course of President Tyler) were be stowed upon a candidate who was eminently unde serving of the suffrage and who is ready at any time to prostrate the Democratic party or transfer it to its enemies whenever a fitting oppor tunity presents itself for the advanceihent or his own interests or personal aspirations It is the duty of every freeman now to speak his sentiments Our neighbors of the have laid before the public a statement the circ*mstan ces of which although corresponding entirely with our own preconceived opinions have never before been made fully tangible We commend them for the spirit of independence which prompted them to spurn the shackles nt a tyrant master and hope to have their aid and co operation in the future ef forts which must be made to place the character and conduct of Governor Porter in its true light before the people of Pennsylvania Our present hasty sketch is but introductory to a close and care ful analysis ofthe secret history ofthe past three or four years We shall return to the subject at our leisure and promise our readers that iq the inves tigation we shall "nothing extenuate nor set down aught in rom ths New York Benld of AprilS MONEY MARKET The late news from England announced an im portant fact which is destined to exert a great in fluence upon the destinies di New York in relation to its trade with the great West refer to the modification of the English corn laws in rela tion to the United States so far as to admit the grain of United States growth into Canada at a fixed nominal duty of 3s currency per quarter or 7 'cents per bushel The motive for this measure in England is undoubtedly to test how far the Uni ted States are capable of affording a steady supply of the articles of agricultural consumption Many English statesmen were misled by the effect of the paper system prior to 1837 which so far impover ished the country in the midst of seeming prosper ity that large quantities of wheat were imported into New York from England This led them to suppose that the United States were subject to oc casional scarcity like other countries Theeffect of tbe new tariff will be to draw through Canada and the St Lawrence in British bottoms the whole produce of the great West at the expense of New York and New England English goods arriving in 1 he St Lawrence in British bottoms in return for free United States produce will inevitably pass duty free into all the Western ports in spite of all the steam cutters that the sapient Secretary will choose to send The oppressive duty of the present tariff operates as a bounty to divert the trade from the Hudson to the St Lawrence notwithstanding the natural disadvantages of the latter channel In the consideration of the subject it may first be well to recur to the trade with tbe British colonies up to 1842 from official tables as follows: Exports Communicated The Companion for April and the Lowell Offering for March have been received by the agents in Washington Hampton Sons The Companion is embellished with two beau tiful steel engtavings plate of fashions Ac and among the contributors are Mrs Embury Mrs Orne Mrs Stevens Mrs Osgood Ingraham and Burton The next number commences a new volume under the title of Companion and Literary with many improve ments among which are mezzotint plates por traits of distinguished men and a larger type than heretofore to be edited by Mrs Sigourney and Mrs Embury Price the $3 per year The Lowell Offering is well filled with original articles and published monthly at 1 per year It is edited by the factory girls at Lowell for which reason alone if no other it should be taken by all the ladies of the land of the Text in 1840 for many a fine sermon on the unity of brethren Now behold the fermentation which 'the country experi enced during hard cider campaign of 1840 brought to the surface the frothy demagogues ana selfish place Tyler paper its source that is a very remark Where would Mr Tyler and his hireling defenders be but for the cider cam paign of 1840? Instead of being the sickening scum on the they would be the poisonous sediment at the Natchez Courier March 20 Preen ths PnuylvsnUn' Th6 National Since the recom mendation of the Democratic convention of the State of Virginia as to the mode of electing dele gates to the Democratic national convention for selecting candidates for President and Vice Presi dent of the United States the importance of the subject has attracted much attention The Vir ginia plan is to choose the delegates by 'districts by a direct vote of the Desratic citizens of each dis trict ive delegates are to be chosen in each congressional district all 'of whom are to be en titled to seats in the national convention but each district is to have but one vole in the convention The plan heretofore pursued in Pennsylvania has been to select the delegates by a Slate conven tion to assemble at Harrisburg to be composed of delegates selected by county conventions The State convention1 which was held at Harrisburg in March 1840 will not soon be forgotten by the Democracy of Philadelphia It will be remem bered that this celebrated convention inflicted the grossest outrage upon the Democracy ofthe coun ty in refusing to give seats to their regularly chosen delegates This indignity was brought about chiefly by the instruments of the Executive who loudly declared that no one had a right to sit in that con vention who was not prepared to go wherever Gov ernor Porter should think proper to lead They did not hesitate to assert that' the wishes of the people were nothing while those of his excellen cy were everything and that had it been thought of in time to bring forward spurious delegates Tor the purpose othej counties besides Philadelphia should have been served in the same way The plan however was only in part successful Tbe real delegates were excluded it is true but the pretenders did not obtain seats as the legislative delegation from the county was admitted These things should not be forgotten They will not easily be forgotten by those who had an opportu nity of personally observing the overbearing arro gance and insolence of the Executive to ward the representatives of the people It was a new principle too in the politics of Pennsylva nia that conventions presidential or otherwise were the property of the Governor and his knot of money making operators and that it was for him and them to give seats or to refuse them It was (to use a homely figure) just about that time that the incumbent Executive of Pennsylvania first opened shop for himself' and decidedly dis missed the community from the firm He has done a large business so large that it may be called But to return from this digression among the The subject of a national convention has recently been discussed before the Union Associa tion of this county and resolutions approving of the Virginia plan of election by a direct vote of the people assembled in district meetings were to be acted on last evening at a staled meeting of the association HARRISBURG POLITICS More bribery and corruption employ ed to support the Executive patronage now prostituted to make influential the co alition between Tylerisni and Porterism Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer Harhsbcro April3 1843 Mr Hinchman (chairman ofthe committee to whom was referred the bribery case reported on riday by Mr Hill of Armstrong county) made a repqrt of the testimony taken by the committee Mr Hill the principal witness swears positively that canal commissioner Overfield offered to him the selectloh of a collector at rankfort Armstrong beuhty on condition that he would help them out if the they were then in by sustain ing the veto The same offer had been made to him by Gen aqd Mr Kerr of Mercer members of the House and they did not deny or disprove the statement except they say they were not authorized to speak by life canal commissioners Mr Barrett a member of the House appeared before the com mittee as a friend the commissioners to cross examine the witnesses but nothing was elicited to weaken the statement of Mr Hill by which it ap pears that a shameful attempt at corruption has Men made by Mr Overfield The subject had not been disposed of when the House adjourned pftOPdskiJ f6r boAL TV Navy Aozmt's Office Washington April 1 1841 IN pun as nee of insirnetions from the Chief of the Bureau of Yaids and' Docks proposals will be received at this effire until 3 o'clock on Mondaj ibe 4th of May next for the delivery ot the following quantities and descripticns ot etals the aery gird Porlssnmsth Nm Hsmpeklr 3600 bushels of Midlothian average eoals' A the Meg jurd Beetms Mesuchusetts 9000 bushels average Midlothian coals 1200 tons Anthracite coal Alcnevf erdrie Yorfc1 4000 bushels average Midlothian coals 125 tone Anthracite coal 7 i Mtrjsrd Phihdelfhit PrtZe 95 tons of Anthracite coal the nny ywrd Washington DisMet yf Celdmbin 10000 bushels average Midlothian coals 10000 do aMp a0 10000 do Cumberland do A the navy ymd Nlssffbllt wgfaia 6000 bushels average Midlothian coals Alliof the above' coals must be'of the best qual ity and subject to tbe usual inspection wheq de livered at the respective navy yards Bonds with approved security in twice tbe amount of the con tract will be required of the contractors for ihe faithful performance of the contract Payment will be made in thirty days from the date of each delivery deducting therefrom ten per cent till tbe whole is delivered to the entire aatisfhetion of tbe respective commandants The Midlothian coat most be delivered five pecks to the bushel and the Anthracite 2240 lbs to the ton In case the person or persons whose offers are accepted shall fail to enter into contract and give such secuijty within ten days from the date of the notification of his or their offer being accepted the contrac will be given to the next lowest bidder Persons offering proposals will make and for ward them in duplicate to this office endorsed to furnish coal coal or Anbraeite coal as the ease may be WILLIAM SCOTT Mm Agmf April 2awt4May Will be published in the City of Washington by the 20th of April the first number of tbe weekly GERMAN NATIONAL GAZETTE A newspaper devoted to the political' social and literary interests of the day Terms per annum $2 strictly payable in ad vance A number of correspondents in Europe amongst them some of tbe ablest German writers cf the day are engaged for tbe paper which will llso contain articles in the English language' In connexion with the above is published the monthly GERMAN IN AMERICA of matnmo'h size and now the largest paper la the Union The 8th number will be issued on the lit of May Terms £0 per annum in advance Both papers sent to oue address for 3 in advance The German in America is a paper principally of a literary character and intended to be an in terpreting medium between the literary genius of the Saxon and tbe Anglo Saxon nees It Will ex hibit some of tbe beet literary productions espe cially poetical national airs songs Ac in each language with parallel versions in tbe other To those therefore of the Anglo American public who are studying the German language or wish to become familiar with Germap literature this pa per is strongly recommended It contains a com plete list of all books periodicals Ac' published in Germany Business men who deal or wish to deal with the American population of die German tongue will find it greatly to their advantage to advertise in this paper It has already acquired a circulation which extends over the whole Union the contiguous South Canada and Germany and by far transcends that of any other German paper in the Union its character being not ofa local bnt ofa general nature Besides this tbaehaiges for ad vertising are made by a new rnle (viz threecents per line) which renders them so low as to enable evervbody to advertise who can be profited by it 53 Publishers will oblige by early communi cating copies of new publications which will be critically noticed We intend to furnish our Germap reader here and on tbe another side ofthe Atlantic wiih a complete review of all produc tions of the American press worthy of notice All commttnicatidns most be addressed to A SAGE A CO Publishers Washington Papers which will insert the above will entitle themselves to the thanks of the publishers and exchange of courtesy April 7 It seems that whose death was currently reported is alive and is merely detained near Ballston from meeting his anxioos disciples by sickness We confess that we thought it far more probable that he rather than the world had come to an Albany Argus Rsuoiods The number of persons admitted as probationers into the Methodist Epis copal Churcn since the last New York Annual Conference in the City of New York is 2532 in the city of Brooklyn 739 in the village of Wil liamsburgh 100: total 3371 The United States ship of war Vandalia Com mander McCluney sailed from New York on Sun day for Norfolk The Legislature of Maine passed a law at its recent sessfon to admit evere person of good moral character to the practice or law in that State It passed the Senate with only one opposing vote Every honest man in the State is now a lawyer The Cash The American hith erto a subscription paper price 10 per annum has determined to come out on tbe cash system and publish at two cents per number jThe revolu tion in the newspaper press of the country ispread ing far and wide The testimony in the trial of Singleton Mercer has been closed and the jury has since been address ed by Mr Carpenter the prosecuting attorney for the State and by ex Governor Vroom for the de fence Ohio River At Wheeling on Tuesday the' Ohio river had 18 feet of water in the channel At Pittsburg on the same day there were 12 feet bf water in the channel Howaiti street flour sold in this city yeerday at 12k from stores with a good demand: hold ers generallv aak that price City mills is quoted at $4 $4 25 with sales at the former rate BaUSun mi We at different periods: Vj jua or exports from ths Uhitsd States to the Brituh Colonies at different psriods also ths whole ex fort OP THE SAMS ARTICLES ROM THS UNITED STATES Candles Lumber Naval stores Beef Sec ork Sec Iforsea dec lour Wheat Corn Rye and Indian meal Bread Apples and po tatoes Rica Other articles Total export 2726567 Io Am vessels 2656293 tn foreign do 09274 Total exports from the Uni ted Stalos 14599219 This table presents the fact that heretofore more than one hair of the agricultural exports of the United States has been to English colonies In relation to wheat and flour the results for 1840 ana itHi were as follows: 1840 Ptour Exports to Great Brit ain 63387343 Exports to Colonies 3494030 Exports to other pla ces 3369242 Total exports of ths United Stales 910143615 1 1840 was a year of low prices in this country and high prices in England The large exports from the United States caused the average price ol 1841 to run higher than in which accompa nied by a good crop in England caused a large falling off in the exports which was not supplied by a market in any other quarter: hence a large surplus and low prices in 1842 These are incon trovertible facts showing that our agricultural pop ulation are dependent upon England for market for their wheat This market will be largely ex tended by the altered tariff and made permanent The question then is what route will it takel Will it leave the United States Atlantic border cross to Canada and go down the St Lawrence leaving the New York canals a or will its swelling tide increase the trade of New York and Boston! These are points dependent entirely upon the policy pursued As affairs now stand the St Lawrence route will triumph These questions we will proceed to examine in future The New Orleans Picayune mentions the loss by fire of the schooner Rover at the mouth 0: Pearl river The passengers and hands escapee by means of the cotton bales but the captain Joseph easter who on the burning until all had got off threw overboard at last a bale of cotton but in attempting to jump upon it fell short and was drowned There were one hun dred and eighty bales of cotton and large sums of money on board belonging to the passengers A There was considerable of a smash on the Mohawk railroad last evening The en gineer on nearing the plane was in the act of un hitching the tender from the first baggage car when it by some means or other got on the track broke loose from the tender and dragged with it the two other baggage cars and the mail car The baggage cars were knocked into ten thousand pieces and the baggage more or less injured The mai car suffered considerable damage ortunately no person was Albany Advertiser 1 9 7 1 The Mobile Register says: Southern pa persare very anxiously inquiring fora particular impose why Mr Van Buren should be offered iy his friends for the Presidency having already been supported twice Twice they think is suffi cient for any man It is an odd coincidence that they who make the most of this argument were originally very hostile to his being supjxirted even once and have not yet reached the liberality of having supported him the twice which they think Raleigh C) Standard double dealing The Mobile Register thus turns to scorn the' 1 double dealing which now disgraces the Chief Magistracy of the Union: Madisonian has a summary way of killing off public men and building up two at a time One day Mr Tyler is a Democrat so un dented that it would be treason to Democracy to op pose one of his nominations or to call up the mem ory of bis associations with Whigery Martin Van Buren and Thomas Benton who have Eown old in battling for Democracy without falter or tampering with its adversaries are insur gents in the camp to be shot off as mutineers for not surrendering the flag of Democracy at once to the hands that bore the Whig banner floating in in solent triumph over ns in 1840 Mr Tyler 'and his Administration aje according to the Madison ian the best and most unimpeachable Democrats the same time attedrding to the same au thority Mr Tyler and his Administration espe cially his Secretary of State are' the impersonation ofpureWhigery Mr Clay is only the counter they are the genuine unadulterated article The attempts to ostracise Mr Webster by the Whigs have ai the Madisonian says tailed totally He is as much entitled to the respect and support of the Whig party as his rivaL He greater strength in the Whig party than Mr Clay him self? Mr Tyler therefore is a better Democrat than Van Buren and Mr Webster a better Whig than Mr Clan and being thus at the head of both Whigs and Democrats it is no wonder that great things should be expected from the orh two When that happens (as of course it must soon or else the calculations of the Madisonian are at fault somewhere) there will be a great Ad ministration but not till The Nashville Whig of the 30th ultimo men tions that a rumor was current there that Harris esq editor of the Nashville Union had Iteea appointed commercial agent at Trieste TRK UTURE LIE TY WILUAM CULLEN BBYANT 1 lliee in lhe which keeps Whfti spirits of the dead 1 a nA tlat Time could wither sleeps' And pensbes among the du4t we treadl Nnr Nor hear the voice 1 love nor read again In thy serenest eye the tender thought Will not thy own meek heart demand me therel 1 hat heart whose fondest throbs to me were glvenl My name on earth was ever in thy prayer Shall it be banished from thy tongue in keavenl In meadows fanned by life breathing wind In the resplendence of that glorious sphere And larger movements of the unfettered mind Wilt thou forget the love that joined us The love that lived through all the stormy past And meekly with my harsher nature bore And deeper grew and tenderer to the Shall it expire with life and be no morel A happier lot than mine and larger light Await thee there for thou hast bowed thy will in cheerful homage to the rule of right And lovest all and tenderest good for ill oj me tbe sordid cares in which I dwell and consume the heart as heal the scroll And wrath hath left its scar that fire of bell Has left its frightful scar upon my soul though thou the glory ofthe sky Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name 1 he same fair thoughtful brow and gentle eye Lovelier in climate yet the same? Shalt thou not leach me in that calmer home he wisdom that I learned so well this The wisdom which is till I become Thy fit companion in that land of bliss? A Cuatoua A partially deranged young man by the name of Towar better known in this city as the of the jumped on Saturday into an empty lumber sleigh belonging to a brewer in Albany and applying tne whip to a powerful pair of horses dashed off at full speed for the Troy road The snow being very deep and much drifted renders turning out a rather difficult operation It happened also that (he road at the time of which we speak was crowded with sleighs The dismay of their occupants therefore can be better imagined than described when they beheld this crazy charioteer thundering along with his heavy sleigh and elephantine horses directly in lhe middle of the track Those at a distance were first warned that something unusual was going on by perceiving the sleighs in front of them turn quickly out into the snow drifts Before they had time to speculate upon What this mieht mean the was down upon them standing up in the sleigh bareheaded although it was as cold as Lapland and shouting to his horses at the top of his voice In such a slate of things resistance would have been perilous AH therefore hastened to get out of the way of the lunatic car as rapidly as possi ble to save themselves from broken limbs or thus leaving tbe the of way even attempting to dispute it The drove on until he reached Port Schuyler where he stopped and was soon over taken by the owner of the team who knocked him down without the least ceremony and resumed possession ot his Troy Daily Whig The late March snows covered sections of west ern New York (to an extraordinary height The Rochester Post thus describes the appearance of the snow in that vicinity: rode out a few miles on the Auburn rail road on Monday to look at the snow hills through which the company have dug open their track It was a strange sight for this latitude and we could not but ask ourselves what would a railroad be worth in those sections of country where such snows are of common occurrence cannot tell why bnt we were constantly think ing of the passage of lhe Israelites out Of Egypt as the cars darted through the narrow excavations just wide enough for their passage with a perpen dicular wall ot snow on either side sometimes rising to the height of twenty feet and from which every now and then as the cars inclined to either sifte wnnld chavp rtnwiAn nf which fell about them like a new shower Such was the appearance on Monday The rain on Tuesday gave them the appearance of walls of water and the sudden fall of temperature last evening has converted them into masses of ice Such are the changes from hour to hour which this strange season has VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS Dromgoolr Hunter Jones Gilmer Smith Steenrod Coles ant Hubard These gentlemen who have been put in nomination for Congress in their respective districts have served with distinction here tofore AU (with the exception of General Dromgoole) were in the last CongressTKe Democracy never presented to the Old Dominion an array of abler or better men for her service 'We see an attempt in the Petersburgh ederal print to produce dissatisfaction among the friends of Mr Calhoun by as serting that General Dromgoole was chosen because he is a friend of Mr? Van Buren to supplant Mr Goode who is the friend of Mr Calhoun This is but a finesse of ederalism Congress will have nothing to do with the nomination of the candidate of the party for the Pres idency and no matter whether Mr Van Buren or Mr Calhoun be nominated by the convention both Messrs Drom goole and Goode stand pledged to sup port the nominee In such a case their personal predilections are nothing and had nothing to do in the selection of one con gressional candidate THE BRITISH PARTY We do not pretend to say that our feelings were more exeited than would be those of any true American upon reading the following sentiment of a correspondent in the National (Whig) Intelli gencer upon the subject of the right of search and visitation which is now exciting all Europe and the United States is it that Great Britain proposes? To le gislate for us? No all fhe asks is to aid in giving practical' effect to our own Is not this enough? Steubenville (f)hio') Aiderican Union It was once thought to be amoiistrous thing by Whigery that President Jack sow felt himself bound by his oath to see "the laws faithfully as he un derstood them But now it seems to be considered quite reasonable that we should execute our laws as England ('(Queen Vic as she is pleased to call herself) understands them "AU the atht (says the National Intelligencer) it io aid in giv ing practical effect to our own Mod est' this in our mother country! She wishes to visit our ships merely to see that foul wrong is hot done to our flag! So says Sir Robert Peel Valuable vegetable or sale by' JAMES March 29 Comer 14th and atraets GRAVITATING INKSTAND WMT ISCHER baa recently received for sale a a novel Inkstand' called the Gravitating patented by Messrs James Perrydt Co London which to bo appreciated mast be seen CHEAP To be completed in eight numbers with notM snd numerous etchings on steel price 25 cents per number irst number te just published' and thiu da received for sale by TAYLOR? Also No 5 Branded Encyclopedia of Arts An 4 i MOVEMENTS THE CABINET AT WASHINGTON' IN PENNSYLVANIA' POLITICS Since the induction of Jf MJ Porter a Secretary at War the long ripening in trigue between the high contracting parties for the State of Pennsylvania and the Uni ted States has strongly developed itself The panders of corrupt influence always work upon and through the public press to taiiit the body The following ar ticle of the Harrisburg Keystone makes the most startling exhibition of the demor alization of the public press by executive influence and appliances ever presented in this country: Paoora or thb Ip our last number we took tbe responsibility upon ourselves of exposing to the people of Pennsylvania the bargain which had been made between the head of the General Government and the present State administration to transfer tbe Democracy ofthe Keystone State to the support of President Tyler In doing so we were well aware that we would bring down upon our heads the denunciations of those who were pledged to the support of the which is to be sprung upon the country by the aid ofthe power and patronage of the State and General ad ministrations but so far as we have yet learned the main facts set forth in our expose of Saturday last have not been denied But an effort has been made to induce the public to believe that Gover nor Porter knew nothing of the contents of the communication handed to the Kevstone It would be singular indeed that the Governor should have an open communication in his possession for some time that he should hand it to the editors of this paper for publication and that they after keeping it for several days should hand it back to his Excellency with their objections without his knowing what was in it Now we aver that he did know what was in that communi cation and that he was displeased when we refused to publish it But let us refer to some few facts and circ*mstances connected with this matter with a view of showing the public that the Govern hand has been in all the movements in favor of Mr Tyler throughout the State This particu lar communication was in our possession some where about the first of ebruary last About the same time we received two or three others from certain gentlemen who said that occupying the position which we did towards the State adminis tration we ought to publish them all of which we refused insertion tn our paper At that time the canal commissioners made their appointments and there were a number of office holders under the State administration at Harrisburg and then it was that a regular system of operations in favor of Captain Tyler commenced at the seat of Govern pent Many of these office holders hinted it about in the lobbies ofthe Capitol and in the bar rooms of hotels and in a very short time it excited so much attention as to be introduced in the debates ia lhe Legislature but even then it was regarded by many as a mere matter ef fiction The plot however soon began to develop itself These office holders returned to their homes in the vari ous sections of the State and what do we next see exhibited to public view? Why the Berwick Sen tinel a paper edited by a collector on the public works comes out in a'series of communications in favor of John Tyler The Clinton County Dem a paper under the influence of canal officers out in communications in favor of John Tyler The Columbia a paper edited by a collector on the public came out in several communications in favor of John Tyler The Upland paper edited by an office hold er under the State administration came out in several communications in favor of John Tyler The Easton a paper devoted to the interests of the' State came out in several editorials in support of John Tyler The a paper edited by ourahiqvitourneighbor ofthe the Best editor in Pennsylvania who resides in and advocates specially the claims of three candidates for the next came ont in communications and editorials in favor ol John Tyler An office holder under the State ad ministration in the county of Philadelphia who was in Harrisburg about the first of ebruary goes to Philadelphia and beads a Tyler meeting in Kensington and acts as chairman of said meeting Another officer of the State administration in Phil adelphia heads another Tyler meeting in the city of Philadelphia and various other symptoms of Tylerism were manifested in different parts of the State undertbe same influences Besides all these things after we hnd refused to publish the com munication referred to in our last and had return ed it the little of this place which had battled most gallantly for more than a year under the glorious banner of the gallant Johnson became suddenly metamorphosed into the tearing down the flag of the of and deserting the came out in a leader of great length and power in support of John who was set forth to be the second choice of the people of Pennsyl vania And in a very short time the identical communication which we had refused to publish came out in said paper with a few verbal altera tions These are some of the circ*mstances con netted with this most unrighteous attempt to trans fer the Democracy of Pennsylvania to the support of this second Benedict Arnold (as the member from Crawford happily designates him) and we think they are sufficiently clear and conclusive to show the hand that give direction to the whole of tne movements in Pennsylvania in lavor 01 jonn Tyler for the Presidency in Keystone CONNECTICUT ELECTION The New York Evening Post of last evening publishes returns from nearly all the towns in the State for Governor giving Cleveland (Dem) 643 majority over all and adds the following in regard to Con i jress and the'State Legislature: Uncler the new apportionment Connecticut sends four members tcr Congrees In the first district the Democratic candidate Thomas Seymour is elected In the second district John Stewart the Demo cratic candidate is elected by one1 to two hundred votes over his competitor In the third district George Catlin the Dem ocratic candidate is elected by a great majority In the fourth district the result is not decided The Legislature will contain a large Democratic majority both in the Senate and House DIED' In this city on Thursday afternoon the 6th in stant JOSEPHINE daughter of the Hon John Clark "of New York in the 15th year of her age 7 Gentle and affectionate gifted far beyond her years and giving rich promise of every grace and excellence of character that can adorn her sex the feelings of loneliness and sorrow that overwhelmed her bereaved parents will find a deep sympathy among the wide circle of friends to whom the de ceased was known and by whom her early death will be long lamented Her funeral will take place at 12 to mor row the 8th instant from Mrs on Capitol Hill The friends of the deceased and ot her family are invited to attend TYPE AT REDUCED PRICES Types and all other Printing Materials manufac turedat UNITED STATES TYPE AND STEREOTYPE OUNDRY CORNER NASSAU AND ANN STREETS NEW YORK Can be hadal eighteen per cent deduction fromi prices THE undersigned respectfully inform the old 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Mad A InL AUCT10N I shall sell at public auction on Saturday next 8th instant at 2 at the dairy of Andrew adjoining Samuel Burchefe the following property viz: Ten first rate milch Cows one good family Horse ono good Carryall one Plough one Harrow one Cut ting Box one large frame Stable that will hojd twenty four horses with nnmerons other articles too tedious to mention Terms' made known on the day of sale By JACOB 8YERLY DAVID WATERS Auctioneer I have on hand at my store on 7th street an assortment of DRY GOODS and ANCY AR TICLES very low tor cash 7 April is WJOTICE Wanted to hire a middie aged XV white one that is accustomed to children To such a one of good a permanent home and good wages will be given by applying to John Hands Jr near uller hotel April 3t MISS PE ALE PORTRAIT PAINTER At street between 10th and 11th Streets Colonies lour Rice Beef Pork Tobac bbls Ice bbl bble 96719 1239 707 3983 91089 1067 814 10416 149966 2 052 491 6035 251187 6 432 6877 14754 23707 7955 11604 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