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rti VOLUME NUMBER 2 NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, JANUARY 5, 1848. JAV; R. ADAMS, EDITOR PROPRIETOIl. NATCHEZ COUEIER TBONOWTTSARi National Itcpablicof Ztiberia. Manifest Steamboat The popular Washington correspondent of the Charles count) To-morrow morning commences a new The New York papers received copies of Thp Whirr nrpw and ihp fripnds nf (letl Th desire for territorial tonquest and i ton (S.

Courier, says that the insulfi- Liberia Daners from June to October. 1847. year. iusni may uruye a vear in, -r r.i. pirsus.D iHi.vrr.titr aiid weekly bt W3I.

Ill ADAMS, CCftj) an Counts Jhintcr. i i axlok, in some ui me oiaes u(, uie aggrandization, appears to be rapidly sprea ciency of existing laws for the protection of containing a connected and highly interes- vvu or Union, are, we regret to see, a little qiviceu ding among the friends of, the administra 1119 ana property, irom wba ar called "ac- ting account of the organization of the Re with bounteous blessings and ahundaot comforts to all our readers and the whole human family, we sincerely wishi The rn lha cuKiarl Iw I rt rr tr nnt linlitmcr A tion and the members of the manliest public of Liberia one of the most remark Office two doors below the Planters Bank. National Convention- Soiriej are ofopin- ue opinion mat it is our re lbe resuIt of roS3 carelessness, or the able events ol modern lirries. it has at cycle has received another diminishing ion that si ftonventinn is hiahlv necessary. TERMS.

special mission as a on this, earUi fruit of incompetency on the part or cab. I w.7un I tracted less of p'ublic attention than it is "Te me resist ess progress ol time. but the major portfon, we ae happy to re nA a I. I. 1 I rill .1 The Semi-Weekly Courier lsissued.every Tues.

,1... 1 our peculiar prdVince-rto' propoga.te. free tains! or engineers, has attracted and republican principles, in if much attention in rihe ques- nuututr no ner year win mark js decidedly opposed to any such i una ii per annum, anvanuc. The Weekly Courier is issued every Wedne entiled to. dn account of its novelty as well as of its importance.

The papers state as Thus far, the proceedings of Congress have possessed little or no interest and not much can be' expected from that source until the termination of the holydays. Messrs. Gurley and Slicer, both eminent divines, have been elected Chaplains, the former of the House and the latter of the Senate. As yet, noihing exciting has transpired, but the premonitory symptoms which foreshadow a. stormy session, have already manifested themselves.

The most important business yet commenced, has been the introduction of resolutions. On the 13th, Mr. Johsoni of Louisiana. lita pass away, leaving its wast in marks upon rnovemen. fhey vew it as ill-ad vised need be, with fire and sword, taggot and tpn 0f expediency of further legisla- lay, at fi per annum, in advance, or 94 if Uot paid before the expiration of three months.

follows i me (Mtseiii jenpration, or sweeping mem an(i siane. is maniiestiy gamtngrouna among lion on tne subect has been brousht before i advertising One dollar per square, tor the nrst The birth of the new Tlprmhlii ivne i -i I tne senate, anu releireu to the Uommittee ebrated wiil great enthusiasm on the 24th away entireiy irom this lair and. beautiful with much justice; to the prime-workers in eartln The past year has been a memora- Ui that ajl-absorbing ambition certain classes of the The fo' sitions assumed by the President and his tnaenion, ana halt that price tor every suosequem one, ten lints or less, constitute a sqiutre. Any alterations made in advertisements after they on Commerce. We trust that this impor- aI August, when there was a general sus- Pension of business, and a grand civic and u.oue annais oi me worm.

war, of personal aggrandizement and emplu satellites, but a short lime since, are now nave Deen inserted, will be cliarqea extra. Yearly Advf.rthino For merchants and tra lUlil IllUllCi Will UC WCU tUUOlUC CU UV IMC I 1 rt militarv parade. Ihe flas. of the Union nf Pu.ence, anu lam.ne. nave ravaged some meat which i Old IW iety of almost wholly abandoned.

It is not long i i. i i i dura, Fifty two squares comimiier, uu wiai ii wm uceiiauieu iu African Stales was presented to the oi me lairest portions oi me earm-the kers of ilh.r as hpinir lhp ipafhnf. since the present war with Mexico was pro I rt some, measures which shall (iovernor by a deputation of females, li renewable at pleasure. Advertisement out of the direct line of busl hessof the yearly advertiser, such as legal, auction ortheCouA causes that nroduced the movement. claimed as one to ''repel Mexican aggres- provide f0 ile certain accountability of of- is.

made of silk.and is, ornamented witli dying, and the wa.l.ngs of the wounded, As for vve ive it as our candid submitted the following resolution ketolve That the Com and plantation sales, runaway sliives, stray animals sion to avenge the American blood that gcer8 and owners of steamboats in all ca- "nr. will oe cnargeu lor separately ana at the or on many a desperately contested batt e- opinion, that the holding ol the proposed iiaa ueen spilt, and ail ttiat sort ol tiling. seS where life or nronertv are sacrificed. instructed toinqre intaihe expedTency 7t making an appropriation to suitable devices afld mottoes. When the procession reached the church, after prayer the "Declaration of Indepentence" was read by "the Hon.

(for they have Hunora-bles in Liberia bv courtesv- as well as in i umary rates. All political ddr esses will be charged as ad' a Ve alike ascended to Heaven, min convention is entirely unnecessary and un ah these provocatives to the last resort of It is one )f lhe hi2he9t duties incumbant navigation of the radle. vertisements. and payments required in advanee. gled with the glad rejoicings of millions in.

called for, and are inclined to the belief 4th The fee for announcing a candidate for oflice is 110. and no such annunciation will be made unless report, habiting more genial climes Our own fa nations-the sword -are now given the go- upon Congres8 t0 devise such salutary by, and it is a part of our manifest des- ausa8Wiji. most effectually protect the Louisiana, the ren 'ri mc in relation thweto, be that the proposition was first started by a re- the United States.) J. B. Blip tun and an oration was delivered bv the Rev.

J. 1 Will pul't in advance. innii. vored land has good reason to be thankful self selected few under whose lead the tiny to flog Mexico into a proper apprccia- property of the travelling and All Advertisements not marked with the number and wir. re ir," In the Senate, on the 14th, Mr.

Dick to the Uestower of all temporary blessings an- .1. I i I Payne of the M. E. Church. Other services were performed, and the procession insertions, will be published till forbid.

Whir party have always suffered disastrous lion ol the beneficence of our free institu commercial public. son, offered the following important resolu onvcyed by defeat. for the many acts of kindness and mercy to dons and the blessings of our glorious free then returned to the Government House reonu NATCHEZ. 31. 1S47.

us. Although engaged in an unfortunate "ore No We look upon this movement with an tions, which were ordered to be printed lletaheJ, That, in ortranizincr l.J" dom By way of securing indemnity Reception of Gen. Shields at Charles there was a public dinner, with patriotic toasts, and the usual ebullitions of public Jacob Sorit foreign war war is always to be re eye ol suspicion; it comes, a most eminent for territoriPS Sons of TEMPEnANCE.Tlie regular meet for the expenses of the war, we are going July S30. ton. The reception of lhe distinguished feeling on like occasions elsewhere.

ates. tfio vnn gretted we have underwent none of its treet 'quesiionable shape its main features jngs of Natchez Division No. 17, Sons of to extend lhe area of freedom" until the or l. hich ourfederati; lvZ7, Vl A letter from Monrovia, of the 19th of Gen. Shields at Charleston, on Monday last evils none of its desolating ravages, our are not at all pleasing; the policy it die- whole of semi-barbarous Mexico shall re m.ted, the true Snd V' October, gives the result of the election of week, was most enthusiastic, and eminent fair shores have remained unpolluted by tates is ruinous; the objects contemplated the first President and vice President.

dine in peace under the outspread wings lion he observed and the cy tuVZhll' ed, by leaving all questions concerni tfac Tdomel. lie poller therein IhiI.p l.r i A ly worthy of the well known hospitality of 4'he former has been conferred on Govern the presence of a fureign foe, and our starry by its auihors, according to fair influence of the American Eagle the length and wt No. a South Carolina. The weaiher was delight or Ruberts, a man of great vigor of intel- banner has streamed in triumph o'er many re destructive, and its wlole tendency is tht pf breadth of hose wings are to be extended. ful, and everything conspired to make the leci, weil cultivated, and ihe latter upon on trie g.orious batlle-field.

While one hand 10 throw into the hands of a few old the late Lieutenant Governor: 'lhe Hon ceremony touching and impressive. in order to meet this contingent enlargement of lhe area of freedom." We hope Temperance, will hereafter take place on Ionday evening of said week, at their llaM. cm Commerce, between Franklin and Jefferson streets L. V. BROWN, It.

S. weather for the la6t three days, may, be aptly termed 14 Tailing" weather Tor tlie tain has fallen almost incessantly, shrouding the skies in jloorti and causing our streets to become muddy and stop in the extreme. N. Brandon." las struck down in the destruction of its broken down demagogues and interest The Charleston Mercury furnishes the Md personal ik. wrath, a btubboi foe, on one continent, the ed wire-workers, who most generally the Eagle will not suffer during this neces following graphic account of the welcome: other has reached across the wide Atlantic rue bodies of the kind, the destinies of InUian CoRn Crop.

Estimates have been sary process of expansion. The poor Mexican's can't take care of themselves can't The General, accompanied by his excel IT. ty bef0T to R. Brad. and extended 6Uccor to stricken nations of the great parties of the Union.

If a i lency. Governor Johnson, was received at the railroad depot by a deputation of the knetl. bowed down to the earth under that most Convention of the People the real people made (says the Louisville Journal) that the Indian corn crop of the United States, for the present year, will amount to govern themselves don't know how to people thereof. -au. cuoseo ty the Resolved, That true policy requires the Rnrrn ment of the United Sta'tes tl hf and commercial relations vpnn ILh ontfin by the annexauon of territory conduce to that end, and cn be Justly obtain! fr-f at' neUljer "ch qtin nor in termonal orgamzation thereof, can any conditio i.

SeJ' "'iitJfonaTS1 v.led for or etablwhed, inconsistent with the risht uf tLe Thcse resolutions, before they are disposed of, will cause an exciting and interesting debate. Mr. Calhoun, on the loth, submitted the following which were also or' dered to be printed Jlet'tfved, That to ronrnmr manage their rich and inexhaustable mines Board of Aldermen, and a regiment of in- '6rn awful dispensation of an inscrutable Provi- could be held, and thU3 express the oice dence While other nations have and wish of tho whole people, the matter ffi.i i laniry unuer me command oi kjui. 000 bushels, which is about one-third more i i i -i. 1 he carnages containing the General, the suffered, under the decrees of the All-Wise, might be differently looked upon.

Th iu tuuivuie men leimesuii, wmc.i iccms l'el by John Governor, and their respective suites, and than it was in 1S45. The exports in 1S47 have amounted to 17,272,815 bushels corn, friends of that man of the people the upoiv us His bounteous gifts have been with every production, almost, known to the various deptitalions, having taken their A. U. Clerk nf Ik. tried, the true, the invincible, the heroic and 915,019 barrels meal.

This is an enor- showered in boundless profusion. In the "le of the temperate and torrid zones in fact, appropriate position in the column, it pro- and virtuous Zachary Taylor must per arts and sciences, in commeree and agricul Ihey "don't know nothing," and it's clearly ceeded down King street to Boundary street mous amount, when we recollect that from me payment II Trustee, jm i i icui.t: in nircLi i' an rui. (i ii ii i iiriuir til uir einptorily object to the proposed move ture, in the manufacturing and mechanic 1791 to 1819, the exports never much ex our manifest destiny to en'iiihten them. Ti.ii merit. lie is not groins to be the subser deeded two millions, and that, from 1919 to arts, we have increased beyond all prece What right have these halfcivilized scamps, In passing the Citadel Academy, the vient tool of any partizan convention, and 1845, they never amounted to one million.

dent. Blessed as we are with a genial cli ignorant and unenlightened, to occupy their procession was saluted by the Cadets either a province or ineVrrtte in ZrT', inconsistent with the nd 4 best bidder, so he has declared repeatedly so often. drawn up in line, while a portion of tlem mate, with a fertile soil, wilh health, with in any year. In laltf, they were a little magnificent country, when thev owe us ty mention- made the welkin ring with tht thunders over two millions. that the movement alluded to, can only be ui tH i Conflict 'osecutedt ils character an.l everything calculated to make us a great war-indemnity What right have they of their cannon, arid these were re-echoed vino Tto Xtei TE7arThe Dovil.

i. We ate by the Devil, to anhoiince that he shall, early wait upon his numerous friends and patrons his time-honored, annual New Year's Address." We hare no knowledge of the, merits of the produc in he intends to present to them on the interest, ing occasion, but of one ihing we. arc certain at least we are entirely convinced cf the fact that he will be the most polite, obliging and smiling little imp, that has ever made his appearance from any country, to say nothing of the varied accomplishments taught down He has spent at last three weeks in obtaining a correct apprccia linn of the sublime merits of bowing politely, (t la Fdriiieime, and can now "come" the French airs to a fraction. In the smiling department, he is unapproachable, having, during the severe process through which he had to pass before he arrived at his present acme of inimitabiHty, fractured three looking-glasses and nearly dislocated one of their fiames We would commend him to the attention of the public, who, by paying due respoct to his and happy people, our gatitude to the great by the guns at White Point, served by a Mr. Speaker Winturop Speculations, isif pi, coo looked upon as one hostile to him.

Ue is willing to serve lhe whole people not an to their rich mines of gold and silver, when they have dared to "shed American blood Disposer should be limitless. detachment from the regiment of aHillery. fee. We find the following letter in the l's nnu 04-100 I'ul know isolated portion as President of the Uni throughout the entire distance, tht- streets (so Mr. Polk says) on American soil," and inr.ee No.

I Charleston (S. Courier of the 20th inst. It is dated Washington, Dec' 14th. The ted States, should lhe people see fit to call But our limits admonish us that we must bring this little article to a close. All that we intended at the commencement, was to were densely crowded, while from the windows and balconies the fair daughters owe us indemnity for the expenses of the me ena, subver sive OF OUR FREE POPULAR INSTITUTIONS.

ReoolveJ, That no He cf policy in the future prosocimon of the war oul.f Le adopted, Ich would lead to consequences so disastrous. Mr. Calhoun's elucidation of his resolutions, will be looked for with extreme interest. The developements of the future may prove fearfully interesting. Mr.

Downs of Louisiana, offered a resr, the north 'i Township hundred and him to that distinguished station. He has var I what right has she to the whole or of our city smiled a gracious welcome to items are well worth noting down never had any connection with cliques or onnl Section express our wish to our patrons that a the distinguished guest. any part of her extended territory, her As regards politics, we are thrown into 'Rht. Ranr Having reached the Gity Hall, General caucusses, and never will have. The po nappy new ear s' cnoicest blessings ports, harbors, bays and inlets, when such S-100.

Alirif utter co.ifusion. The whigs will no doubt elect iheir President: or rather, 1 should It went qutr. Shields was received by his Honor the Mayor, who in eloquent and appropriate lan sition which he occupies before the people of the United States is such thai it can re- might cluster thick around them, and that their future lot might be bright, prosperous right is opposed to the pro gressiveness of the Anglo-Saxon race, to our manifest wiftiiip num. say.no democrat can be elected. Who guage welcomed him to tne city, and ten i'n 1 uunarra re no accession of strength from the wme more and happy.

lutidn; which was adopted, instructing the' Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of erecting a military hnanit.l' and to the expansion of the "area dered him its hospitalities. The General will be the whig nominee is uncertain, but I can, tell you, with some certainly, that Mr. Clay will not be. rather think that a ne nr the responded with much fee and expres workings of any" of ihe old political ma of freedom It is her "destiny" to be id Office it counsels, may be enabled to settle more easily sed his deep sense of the kiudnesA every- will withdraw from the held, and that for disabled volunteers, at New Orleaus. chinery.

The aid of the lew spavined, broken-winded political mountebanks, who where manifested towards him hy the peo le la ver. After some ether business of no seneraf Gen. Taylor will be the choice of convention. The whigs lave rfully conferred together, since the meeiinsr of Congress, enlightened by the iron will and progressive character of universal Yankeedom. And we have gone about the matter, in obedience to the "manifest destiny" of usually thrust themselves into and control interest, the Senate adiourned.

such bodies, can be of no earthly or hea- Hottse of Representatives. A mpoW arid lhe conviction is that Mr. Ciav will not pie of South Carolina. He referred to his association wiih our friends and upon the distant of MeX-ino, and warming with his subject, he depicted in glowing terms, their sufferings, their services, and their brn verv, which had venly benefit to him, neither can they be 'I TYrm, our country, in the most gentle and becom from the President of the United Slates" was received and read. It containpd do We are like to have an acrimonious and bitter session.

The aboliioeists have for oi any serious uisau vantage, ihe signs ing manner. We have bombarded her towns, taken all her seaports, occupy most of the limes show indubitably that the ppointed at Presideni's objections, at great length, to the River and Harbor Bill, passed at ih' masses are going io nave rieir toay ur, A. v. allowance, the estate 0 in the coming struggle that they are of her principal cities, have possession of nearly one half of her territory, our flag floats in triumph over the topmost battle last session of Congress, but not signed by the President. no longer to be led or dictated to, by those never been surpassed by any body of men in any ae-or country.

Their gallant deeds, he said, had shed new glory upon the Palmetto State, renowned and illustrious as she had ever been fur patriotism and chivalry; The General's remarks were exceedingly well received, and were frequently interrupted by outbursts of applause. Hav- renled in-the Probate lav of each This who trade in principles and whose sole message ments of her haughty capital, and pur offi is explanatory of the President Vicksburo Sentinel. This old established democratic journal has recently received a worthy editorial accession. Mr. Franklyn C.

Jones, formerly of'the Car-rollion Democrat, has become associated wilh Mr. Jenkins in the management of the Sentinel, and the last nunber contains his introductory address, which is a neat, well written, production. In furnier years, we have enjoyed lhe pleasure of Mr. Jones acquaintance, and lake this occasion to again welcome him, heartily, as one of the brethren of the quill fraternity. Gen.

Taylor in Washington. Some time since the editor of the N. Y. Tribune, writing from Washington, used the following language: "There is a strong and urgent Taylor feeling here. It has penetrated deeper and extended farther than I had entertained any previous idea.

It embraces members of both parties, and prominent members too; admits of no compromise and insists upon every sacrifice." We objects are lo obtain a grasp at the spoils. prtketing, at the la St Session cers revel in the palaces of the Montezu- nths fof fta, cjiorting fofj Zachary Taylor is too deeply enshrined in mas." Was ever" manifest ate ana that wheu the old man call upon them. The Kivers. The Mississippi river, at this point, continues rising. We are happy lo have it in our power to state that the lately swollen and irresistible waters of the Ohio river and tributaries, have retired within the limits cf their accustomed channels.

The damage occasioned by the unparalleled freshet must be enormous. News. We really dislike to write the word. It is an obsolete idea" with us, as far as the publication of this number of our paper is concerned. Our mails, and they are few and far between," furnish nothing interesting or important wherewith lo fill up a paper interestingly.

The proceedings of Congress, as far as reported, are stale beyond precedent, and if anything important has transpired in the last fifteen days, the mails, under Cave Johnson's prudent and economical management, have not informed us thereof. We should have ha4 foreign news In communicate to our readers ere this. The non-arrival of the 'linia in tfcff crm of Mill the hearts of the people he is the centre and controlling star of" too great a move plainly manifest. In the way of regeneration, and indemnity for the expenses of the ment he is the hope ol too many thou war, we are invincible, unapproachable, in missioncTs, All we have got to do now, is to despoil Mexico of her nationality seize sands of moderate, right-thinking, consel1 vativc men, of every political hue and party, whose objects as contemplated in hi inr concluded, he was conducted to the Alderman's Room, where he was introduced individually to lhe members of the corporation. The military were then dismissed, and the vast assemblage dispersed without accident or untoward event to mar the pleasures of the occasion.

Fraud on 'f he Revenue. We find the following startling statement in the Washington Correspondence of the New Orleans her public domain pounce upon the national mines take possession of all the elevation to the chief magistracy of this Union are only circumscribed by the limits med a distinct organizaton in. the House. Mr. Palfrey is at the head of the small band, and he is not to be despised.

He was a clergyman of the Unitarian creed and succeded Mr. Everitt in the pulpit. He was likewise editor of the North American Review, and is undoubtedly a cen-tleman of talent and industry. His little band desired to get possession or control of the two committees, which have any cognizance of slavery the cdril'mittees, on the District of Columbia and the Territories. The Speaker has disappointed them, putting Giddings on Committee on Canals, and Palfrey on that of Agriculture (literally drowning one and burying the other) committees wjifch hav6 do, and the duties of.wlVich,.sho.u)d any arise, are not withtn their accustomed spheres of a'Stipn.

Mr. Winthrop has behaved weil to t'u'e Southern members. He is a gentleman and a sdholar-a cousin of the Winthrops of The' Western Telegraph. The telegraph has now been completed lo Carlisle, which is is only fifteen miles from St. Very shortly we may receive our New York and Washington news via St.

Louis. Gex Taylor in Kentucky. A Washington correspondent ol the New York large estates confiscate all property, both public, private, and to the sole use of national good and national benefit, and who have compromised hereditary parti and benefit of manifest destiny" pro I PPL fit State qf icld before said Court 1647.. appearini' 'The Got. ink of Ene reside be.

dinar pre upon themi 1 ill defend. zan prejudices, and united in the promo the bill fur the irnprovment of the great western hikes and rivers. We have not yet seen a copy of it. It puzzles us to' know how the President will manage the question of his opposition to home improvements, of vital aad paramount importance to opt people and to internal whilst he is in favgr of foreign improvement such as building a ship cinaf across the Isthmus of Tehuantfe'pec, in the south-, em part of Mexico, and of expending the public funds in fitting out expeditions for exploration of the waters of ihe Dead Sea and of ascertaining the probable location of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomor-' rah. It gave rise to considerable debate, at the ose of which, Mr.

Holmes, of South Car- olina. submitted a preamble and resolu- lions as a basis of free-trade treaty of peace with Mexico, which were read for the information of members, auiTtlien the House Nothing of general interest, was done in? either House on the following day. Washington, Dec.s16. 184T1 lhe ice President c.nWrtf iSd are glad that the editor has at last become nlizhtened- He has been somewhat de tion of one great common endthe election of a pure, wise, virtuous and national chief gressives and then Mexico will be Redeemed and regenerated, the m'a'n'iTest destiny" of the Anglo-Saxon a'nd1 Aztec races consummated, and iWemiiity for the expenses of the wa'r," fully cidedly opposed to Taylor's candidature. magistrate.

The brave old chieftain of before the Buena Vista needs not, nor will his friends to be held Bee. We cannot but believe the writef is in error, and must have taken for fact, some vague and indefinite report, which would' admit of satisfactory explanation. It is impossible to conceive, iliat lhe head of the Treasury department, would assume the fearful resposibility of issuing an order, by which such a gross and palpable fraud would be practiced upon' the ptfbllc reve- If he continues travelling, he will become further enlightened, as to the inextinguishable determination of lhe people to have a candidateof their own, at lhe ensuing Presi accept for him, the tricky and corrupt ad By pursuing suclr course', all these objects iez on the juncts which usually spring from modernly and plead, ill of com 11 ha taken constituted conventions. The people will will be attained according to the modern, progressive locofoco logic Huzza for lhe manifest destiny" party Vjiaite, and thia order Pnue; devise other modes and make the expression of iheir will fully as effectual and honest, as the well cut and dried edicts of any modern convention. Wilmot Proviso.

Most of the southern test from the North. From the Cincinnati Queen City, of the tha sucee puper pub 22d we glean the following items of JLjCUrk. intelligence li'ttfe in size and little in im ua ic order to-day at 12 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. xVlr.

Uurley. Commercial says: "A Gentleman hasjUst arrived here from the West, who met one of the United States Senators from Ken. lucky, the other day, and was assured by him that in the State of Kentucky, Gen. Taylor would obtain a majority of forty Nulttde- cd bytba Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury, has been caught in a mo3t unpleasant predicament and one which should remove him from office.

It appears that Captain DeKay who commanded the Macedonian, which was dispatched with provisions, to Ireland, brought to New York4 a return cargo, consisting in part of some seven or eight hundred tons of consigned to Boorman li The duty on this importation amounted to' twelve or fourteen thousand dollars. On reaching New York, Capt. DeKay posted to Washington and obtained an order on Mr. Collector Lawrence, tqpas3 the Iron in question, free of duty, which he did. The duties probably went into the pocket of the generous Captain, minus, perhaps, a reasonable discount upon any opposing candi- 111 persona decedent, within, tb thousand votes over date.

arred: all guested to NOR lLXtevtor. by Johif hthday of i oflice of I the regular charges. Here is a bold and The Buchanan anj Dallas factions are at open war in rather in the city of Philadelphia. Each party, consequently, has called public meetings, to sustain the Administration each claim-ingto be the real Simon Pure, and denouncing the other as rebels' in disguise. 7Col.

James a distinguished and highly popular whig, is spoken of by many leading whig presses of Ohio, as the most suitable whig candidate for Governor of that great and growing commonwealth, at the ensuing gubernatorial electron lurpose of nrooeltfr (learner, which has been twenty days out, is somewhat surprising. But our readers are too intelligent td expect us to gire news when the ifcarket is ertllrely barren, there-lore, we will bring the chapter to a close without offering an apology. RteiCAN. The latest New Orleans papers contain somrf general items from Vera t'ruz, which are not of the slightest earthly interest or importance. Gen.

Twiggs has been appointed Civil and Military Governor of the Department of Vera Cruz, and will so continue until the arrival of Gen. Jessup, when he will return to the United Slates. It is supposed that Gen. Fierce will resign his command in the army as soon as he arrives at ho trie. New Democratic Journal in Ne Orleans.

We see by the New Orleans papers, that a new democratic paper, entitled The Nation is shortly to make Hi appearance in that city, under the auspices of Mr. P. K. Wagner and Mr. James" GRAtfAt," Both Gentlemen are well knovfrn in the political community of New Orleans, and are rigorous writers.

With- Mr. Graham our acquaintance reaches batfk to when we were in the first stages of boyhooJ, and we have always found him to be an honorable, Upright and worthy man, a sound friend, and a good citizen. He has been loUi? connected with the press, and has always Kielded much influence in his editorial vocation. We are sorry that he is suth a terrible but, all success to him', pecuniarily and personally. Gen.

Quitman. Our distinguished fellow towniman, Gen. John A. Quitman, has been received with the highest of honors ll along bis route to Washington City. At Monigomery, Alabama, his reception enthusiastic, and at Charleston, S.

C. whole-souled citizens of that ancient (are him a warm and generous wel come. ID WeTirTiofbT Path, TJ. S. Senator from MiWM'PP fur.tt aluble public document, Virties coir kith day ci its of IV the dential eleciion.

Ihe same writer says: Gen. Taylor, I learn, will come North as far as this city, during his leave of absence from the army. His presence is ardently desired by many, and will be most gratefully welcomed by all. Whatever may be the contrariety of sentiment in regard to bis pretensions for the Presidency, there is, there can be. but one feeling for his servi-vices, but one opinion of his merits and but one hope for his welfare." We do not think it is the old hero's intention to proceed any further northward.

Should he, however, do so, his whole way will be one triumphal march. The bright arid lhe beautiful will strew the hero's path with flowers and the hearts of thousands of brave and chivalrous men, swelling with gratitude for his great services, and admiration for his unparalled deeds, will bail him with a patriot's welcome. Benjamin Story, an old, wealthy and respectable citizen of New Orleaus, and for rainy years President of the Bank of Louisiana, died on the evening' of the 25lh instant. Public to the Washington Union, 5,786,185 acres of Public Lands are advertised to be sold' in' the months of January and February next distributed from Green Bay, hi Wisconsin' Territory, to Biscayne Bay, in. Florfda.

The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says "By the way, a member of Congress, who has' just returned from a flying visit torBichmbnd. informs me that almost every wlrigf irfenr-ber of the legislature there is for "Old Rough and Ready" for the Presidency whig members of Congress from Pennsylvania. I balieve, are in favor of the same distinguished The iide eei tt.iiBS in faror of Gew -Taylor from all garters," mgn-nanoea hci, wunuui uw ui jujuum-lion of any. by which the Treasury is openly defrauded of rts legitimate revenue, that a slavish' pirtistfn' may be accommodated at the public expense. How long are these sort of things to be endured, or is Congress prepared- to' see its enactments thus insulted and infringed, without punishing the guilty offender.

Ltet htm be impeached' and' dismi'ssdv He has earned it before, by lhe ptac'tices. which ha-s putslfied in' reference to the public' of 3. H. f. Helmn, locofoco presses are now raising a terrible outcry about this odious measure the exclusive bantling of their own party in order to prejudice southern" pjeople against Mr.

Winthrop, the whig Speaker of the House of Representatives, charging him witli being ultra in its favor, and to injure the prospects of the southern whig members of Congress who voted for him. Now, we would be obliged to some of these locofoco they would explain to us two or three plain propositions What practical effect woutd the Wilmot Proviso have, were' ft in force Have not the people inhabiting the territory proposed "to be admitted into the Uaion as a State, the sole control of its domestic concerns? Would they not have, in; the formation of their State constitution, the absolute power to admit or prohibit slavery, as they ehoosed, according to all law and precedent, without any regard as to whether the Proviso was in force, or not Could the adoption or rejection of this measure, either compel the inhabitants of any territory desiring to come" into the Union as a sovereign State, tolerate ojr to prohibit slavery We wish that some of our democratic coteiripbrari'e's vfho' exhibit so much Jhig-n'ati'on' oivthis subject, would enlighten our poor understanding, as we hve always thou that the question which the Wil itfot Proviso touches was exclusively vested in the sovereign people of each and every State antf Ferrifory of the Unionv Rough a.nd Ready in Alabam. Lurge and enthusiastic meetings, nominating Gen. Taylor for the Presidency, have been held, and are: being- held, in various portions of Aldbaraa: ihs people are moving. portance New York.

Dec. 215, P. M. Holders of Flour have put the market up, but buyers do not meet them. The market for Wheat has an upward tendency.

In Corn there is a good deal doing, and the market is firm. Sales of white at 75a78c, and of yellow at 80c. I of no sales of -Provisions to-day worthy of report. Nothing is said of the, From Washington we learn, that in the Senate on the a bill for the repeal of the pilot laws w'aVreferred to the Committee on Commerce fn the House, Giddings presented a pKayirrg- fox the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Cincinnati, Dec.

22 morning'. Flour The market was heavy yesterday, and the only sale reported was .100 bbls mixed brands from Canal, at $5 25, At the close there were sellers at $1 25 to $4 30, hut no buyers. r7The Trite Democrat, a locofoco sheet, lately published in Paulding, Jasper county, has bursted, exploded, and gone to that bourne from whence newspapers seldom' re-turn, Jifortaeif" the. receipts and disbursements did not tally well together, the former being much smaller -than the latter, therefore rendering collapse inev' itable, The Clarion, published at the sarne place, still remains in existence, and. we presume, its notes will be tuned to l'oSb-foco harmonies, as heretofore.

DC7It is propoieJin Washington thatthe House should adopt the plan of the French' chateWrs, and thV members should" speak from a tribune, in front, of thV speaker's chair, aW th'us face thV whofe House The alteration might possibly be productive of good results, but we venture the prediction that it will not be adopted. v. Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, appeared to day. was sworn, and took his seat.

The Vice President laid before the Sen-" ate the proceedings of a war raeetino-in Philade lphia, which were laid on the Mr. Foote announced the death of Sena tor Speight, and after pronouncing uporV'' him a brief but eloquent and touching eu- logyrthe Senate passed the accustomed resolutions of mourning and and transacting fariher business, until Monday. House. On motion of. "Mr.

Charles J. -IngersolL the special order of theday'beV ing the report -of the Committee on the Rules, was postponed till to-morrow. Mr. Botts offered a joint resolution to Tea-tore the mail between Washington and Richmond 'id old at the rates formerly allowed, and to indemnify the new contractors for damages. -The message of the President of the United States, giving his reasons for with- -holdins his signature to the River and Har-T -bor Bill, passed by the last Congress, came' up next, as the unfinished business of yes-' -terday.

Mf. Petlit made a spTrited.speech against 1 the reference of the message to a "select committee, as proposed yesterday by MrV Vinion. After Mr. P. had cbh'tluded, 4 Mr.

Jacob, Thompson arose and announ- ced the' dksCih'ot Senator Speight; and after pronbuncing upbnfiim an appropriate eulogy, the House a Jopted the customary resolutions of mbiifuing. Bhd "adjourned. Washington, Dec. 17 P. M.

The Senate was not in session. to-day h. In the House, Mr. Pettit, of IbdiahaV Iivered a phillippic against the teakfStti Mr. Ritchie, in the Union to-day, and hi' speech on lhe Veto Message.

Mr; Bbtts presented resolutions in: faor- of replacing the Southern Mail, ,4 Mr. Mead delivered an eulogy oa the memory of Geo. C. Dromgoole ve month the com K8, aheePi Llantation, pwarda oV Iowa. A telegraphic' despatch from' states that a call for an extra' session' Trnstee.

slwt of the fowa Legislature has been publish A Hoggish Conveyance. A farmer of St. Albans, Vermont, recently made a grand entree into that place, mounted on a small car drawn by four large hogs. He entef; ed the town at a b-rsk trot, amidst the acclamations of hundreds, who were soon drawn together to witness the uncommon After making the tour of the market plad'e three or four times, he went intdthe wobf-ptrck yard, had his cattle unharnessed and taken into a stable together, wUere they regaled with a trough full of beans and wash. They remained abbUV two hburs, wMle' je dispatched his business, as usual, a't therjnarket, when they were pun to and1 driven' again, multitudes cheering hSm.

This' man, it is ed, to meet on the 3d of January. There are threr seats held by Democrats' Wrr-icri' will b'e contested, on the gro'und of tlte'in-eligibifity of tire' claimanW If iKef are allowed to retain thefr seats, the Democrats" the hforJde a al heJ," of ati wilt have a majority of two. It o'otand an election is ordered, the majority may 6e for the Whigs. There arje two- United1 Kxec'n gaTd. only hyd tWesV apfinals utrd-Vr elected- 0Z7" Major Gaines and Capt.

C. M. Clay each, received a public welcome on reach Ing their homes ia glorious olt Kentucky. training six njontns. Ageniieraan on tne spot offered him $240 for lbe concern, i stood, but it was indignantly Nsm London flfrwj.

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