Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-10-20

              WEEEL 0 0 nn A nnBTi JO UM AT II It I i I Wl U I 1 1 jLJLJf VOLUME XXXVIII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ,20 1847. NUMBER 8. 9 t I'l liLlSIIKD KVKHY WI'.IIM'.sriAY MOHNINli, BY WILLIAM B. 'I'll HALL. Office in the Journal Building, south-east corner of Iligli street nnd Migar alley. "I'KRMS: Three UnixtRN frit annum, which may be discharged by the puyineut al Two DoU.Alis hi ndvunre, and free of pontage, or of por ceiiliigii to Audit or Collectors. Tint Journal is also publixhcd Daily ami Tri-Weekly during ilic year j. Daily, per annum. Jj'7 ; Tri-Weekly, Jjf I. WEDNESDAY EVENING, October 13, 1817. The Whin Cent nil Committee ol Fmukliu County to iheir lirnlhrcn, Grueling! Tlio Whig committee of Franklin comity have the gratifying privilege of announcing to their political brethern at home and abroad, that their promise has been redeemed, that Franklin has wiped out Hie reproach brought upon her by apathy lasl full. NerWhigs have done their duty manfully, nobly. Their opponent! were never more active. For weeks they have labored incessantly and they have not censed to bonst that the Whig majority of Franklin would this year be annihilated. Behold the result! Wo would not triumph over those who fed keenly the defeat that hns overtaken them. But we do feel proud that the (food nu j no of Franklin has been restored, that the reproach ha been wiped out, not" rubbed in ' that she stands erect, Whig all over, by a majority greater than she has given since 18-11) ! To those uf the townships and of the city, who have contributed to this result by their fidelity and zeal, the ooimmttee would tender their thanks nod lion rt fell congratulations. To their friend abroad, they would tender the results before ll'oin as a guarantee that tho heart of the State shall remain sound, whatever may be the condition of the extremities. JOHN TKI'.SDALE, JOS. ROBINSON, N. MICUION, JAS. D. OSIIORN, C. C. ROSE, JOHN I). THOMPSON, WM. DOMIOAN, CIIAS. COLGATE. F. J. MAT I'M EWS, ROUT. RIOBDAN. Whig County Ventral Committee. The Median. .The strife is over the die is east and the result, for weal or woe is now estahl wiled, and for the present at least, beyond the reach or control of the. people. All eyes are now anxiously looking for tidings of thai result. Tiie excitement incident to a contested cm-Vass is p Win jr. away, and the present therefore is per. hips a m i table time fur a retrospective glance at the prominent positions occupied by the two great parties contesting for the prize of popular approval. Wu are free to admit tint in our view of the mat. tor few eleotiom have transpired in the event oPwhieh the interest of Ohio were more deeply involved, hi reference to State p lu:y, lhe. interests were vitally onccrued ill the great questions at issue between the parties. For a series of years, the parly calling itself Democratic, led by a set of desperate political adventurers whose characters are defined by the appropriate term of locofoco, had borne sway in the State. They had full possession of the government in all its departments with the single exception f the ollico of State Treasurer. For a time t lit voice of those adventurers was omnipotent in the lulls of Legislation, in the Executive departments, and to a great extent on the judicial bench. For near ten consecutive years, with the single exception uf tlio years 1 -they " ruled the roast " in the matter of administering the government of the Stale, Ttiat wis a period eventful in the annals of our times. Often did the Stats need the councils of her bent and wisest citizens ; and opportunities were not wanting, had the ability and deposition existed, to render the State important services. How were thiiso opportunities improved? The histo. ry of the deeds of that party an before, us. Its course and tendency may be traced in its blighting effect up-on the interests of the Stile, as you would trace (he cutrse ol a devouring tjruado by the ruin and desolation which marks its train. The canals of the Slate, as originally projected, were just completed and care was rcquaif to preserve the credit and h mor of the Slate, without imposing tin ti-cetsiry burthens upon the people. Instead ot per forming this re ,1011,ill I e service, the lucofocn parly plunged headlong into a system of improvident pub l.o works dipln.mg th e agents who h id in that do pirimeitt guarded the public interests with scrupulous c tre, and substituting in their stead a lot of untried, hungry cormorant, whose chief recommend itiuii was their leal oil regard for the success of a party to which '. it looked fur booty and plunder as for their d uly bread. ; A might hive buen expected, a few years brought them up Blinding the Stale debt increased from four or five millions to n.jar twenty millions ! the works unfinished ! the public credit puilyscd! and the party al its wits' end for ways and means to keep up appearances, and to piy llrno who were laboring not on the canals, but iu the service of tkr party ! 'I his Wis the Jirsf slug of Ohm Locofocoism. The taxes were as high as thu people could wctl b-ar; laborers upon the public works Were becoming J amorous for their pay which nil acknowledged lobe their due ; the coffers of the St tie exhausted ; Hie in teresl ol the public debt unprovided lor; thu currency of the State al sixes and sevens and the charters of the hank about to expire. This was the ticoad stage Loeof coism m the State. The ezpedienl resorted l to as a remedy for these evils, and lo relieve the party, wen to sell tht Undt wlncli the forecast of their predecessors hid secured as a perpetual pledge for the youth of the Htate in all time to come, and apply the proceeds uf the sales to the aid uf the Slate iu this its day of Locofoco e xperimenl then borrow from the banks ot the St ile the rl dollar whirli the importunity of a Lncofoco Auditor of Stale could extract and then turn upon the creditor banks with a true L cofoco ferocity, and endeavor by all possible menus to destroy the credit of those hanks, and drive litem into immediate liquidation, while the notes uf the banks, nilh which they had just discharged Ibeir indebtedness for labor on the public works, tni yet in the hands of the people; let the b ink charters expire, and iihalinalcty refuse lu furnish the people any other currency than com, of which scarcely rnouu could be found in the Stale to pay th taxis. The symptoms went becoming truly bilious; and the Hople, as the only iok? of their temporal salvation, discarded such oouncili. The Whigs then succeeded to pnwer. They restored a currency equal to any in the world. They provided a revenue, adequate to the current demands ujwm the Treasury, and a handsome-surplus to be applied to the gradual extinction of the public debt. 4ud thereby they restored the public credit to an enviable condition. And it was under these cirvunutmieea that the Loco for o had the unpuallclrd presumption In go before thf IVople of Ohio ou yenterday, and nk that the Whigs should be displaerd. and Iheniaelves be again laken into favor I Could assurance go further ! ' The destructive tendency ul the policy of that par- I ty in the Nil tonal councils is equally apparent. From the peaceful purmiits of American cidaens, our pimple Invp been by the mere dictum of their creature the President, plunged iutu a moat unnecessary, ui). pUriolir, and sanguinary war. At llns day, if indeed our aruiira havn not been entirely rut off by the criminal neglect and blundering policy of the administration, we have now twenty thousand men, besides whole fleets uf a navy, in untamed at an mormons expense iu a far distant country and for what? To conquer the people of that country to add (heir en mi. try to our dotiiainslo compel them to forego their institutions, their language, their hahtls, and adopt ours, la this the appropriate, business of ,im(ricnntf W as (his the policy of Washington, of Franklin, of thu Adamses, of Mndiaou, indeed of any of the f'rrA-sr tkr RrmMic f If uoi, how is it that the politi cal fledgling of the day have become so much wiser than Ih tse who laid the broad ft.uudniuma of our He. public? It it altogether wise ami prudent Ui adopt the philosophy of these Hf light f riteao were the m litem submitted to Uie people of Ohio, and on which they passed judgment yesterday r rom lbo ooinplexmn uf the returns, to far a they havn reached m, the Judgment then prnnoaueed is righteous and jusl; and (Ik re is little danger of its being reversed by any writ of error. We rejoice in our Cl,n'ih net that the people are competent lo appreci ate their true interests i and Ihat although demagogue may dectivt fur a tune, ytt, at least among I lie inielli- I gent freemen of Ohio, a day of reckoning; and retri bution awaits them and that they will be surely overwhelmed by thv public indignation, and banished from the oonfidcncfl of the people until they shall have given evidence that they have furwikvn their evil waya, and brought forth works meet for repentance. For the Ohio btnto Journal. "The Church bells are ringing, The City is oav!" "V Drmocrutt como view tlio hole In which your Leaders tit I" Mk. TmtALi. : Forgive mo but it would be downright suicide did 1 attempt to restrain the deaire I havo to testify of the great joy I feel at the reault of yes- terdny's election. Certainly there never was more uauae lor Social gratulatioti ! nave we not fought a goodwill? Have we tint kept the faith I Is there not lieucefurth in reserve for the people of Franklin county, a rich reward winch none but the patriot,on-scious of having dischatgcd his duly to his country, nn enjoy r Never since this county could boast a name, has there been such a powerful effort made by the enemy. Night and day have been used an Ben Bona of untiring vigilance, by their entire force. Nothing was lull un done that could be done. The hive hud mnl forth its swnrms into every corner. Nothing that humanity could iierlorm, without princiulc to nustain it. wns uot left untried! But llahvlon has fallen. The Dugon, a lifeless trunk, decapitated ! to una cause we owe, to some considerable extent. our wreath of vtotory. Tins thought may hclmii strungo to some, but I deem it only necessary for them to come forward, nrut themselves, give to the people an intimation of what they are, and the measures they advocate (I lieg pardon, tlio measures they oppose!) (o render defeat sure and certain. Hud James K. Polk given an earnest of his present position, think you Unit he could have been elected 'resident of thu United Males ? Lasier far lor a camel to have gone through tiie eye of a needle ! Had he been known, would that sent have been polluted by such a political abortion? No! but there would have rested that mighty man, that eminent statesman, that boundless, philanthropic, soul which bus forever rendered immortal thu name of America! Ihc mnii above all other men IIKMIY CLAY!!! Yes, Mr. Thrall, the safest and mont expeditious mode to transform a Locuforo, is to get him to make himself manifest. Tins truth, thu action of yeaterdny morit beautifully contirms I would not willingly offend any man, (for 1 have nolhinir to du with men, any further than they are the representatives of cur- lam principles or policy) but how is it poamble in tlio nature of things that we could have anticipated a result, other limn the one which has filled my iuart with joy unspeakable ? " The issue is, fur thv country or for Mexico." The election duy is over. The Wing candidates for otlice have been sustained ; and will the StatritM.tn have the effrontery to say that the majority of the voters uf Franklin ci.unly are the enemies of their country? Would not moileaiy hush Hie conception of such a thought, and self regard or personal well being stillo a word to that effect? I trust so. That man who won Id dare to assail the character of the people of Krniiklin county, knowing the result of this last election, must have a soul ns black as the lowest pit in Ditto's darkened vale 1 can safely say this, tor well I know that ihere ran be none so vile, so low, so reft of nil that gives to man a claim uf being the image ol his God ! Since there is nothing to gain hy 1, 1 am certain the UtaUnman will utur 110 such thing. During the excitement of u political canvass that paper is not very choice of ita expressions. For party purposes any thing will le said, but now thai it it nil over, when reason can mount her citadel und command trie sense, there can he no jiisiiliuatiou for so heinous a reflection. Joining hands with you once more, I mn room to command. TUKASHKK. From tlio Syracuso Journal of October 7 W hig Statu Convention. oeront.11 a, ih47. The Whig State Convention met ut Market Hall on Wednesday, October i, I "17, at ID o'clock, A. M. A temporary organization was effected by the np. (ointment of A. It. Dkkiksov, of Steuben, us chairman, and Jams N. Lake, uf Herkimer, secretary. On motion, u C'Hiimittcc of two from each judicial district was appointed to report officers tor the convention.The committee canijin nml reported the following, as thi! permanent officers of the. convention ; 1'iu.Mnrrr : WASHINGTON 11 LN l of Niagara. 'n r I'husimk.sts : 1st. Ohkihaii NmtoMii, New York. i.'l. Ja. M. Twi.on, Kiugj. ltd. Kk 11 a id) Ktowi.ru", Ilensselarr. Hh- I'tt.ATHH Hiliiahiis, Wurreu. nth. Jons IlKini.Kt, Jefferson. (:h. J J SwAitrwoCT, Tompkins. Till. Cai.yi Hi.ouii, SlKiibeii. mh. Il uivKt I' l r a n , Wyoming. Shtm.TAim.s ; Lr.tvia Br.ii:iHf r, Jr , Altiauy. Wki.(oik It. Jl r., New Vork. William A. Ciiovls, Oneida. lii;n. J. J. 11 a uti in, Cortland. Tiie president wax conducted lo the chair by Messrs. ratlerioii ami Crawford, and made Ins acknowledgments for the honor ennferred on him, in a very ap-priato uildres, concluding 111 follows : Tlte duties devolved itpmi Us relate exclusively to State interests. Yet, in the, present condition of our country, it is impossible for Whigs assembled together, as we arc, Iu forgot the weighty obligations which real upon them as member of that great national party in which are centered ail our hopes fur the peace, prosperity and deliverance of the nation, lu the no-forluinte Mrngjli "f 111, we feared the most serious diamines wuld remit from the overthrow of the Wing cause It may he doubted, however, if any one conceived thu full weight and extent of the evils winch were lu be visited upon the country. At (his moment our country is p Hiring out the blood of its bravest sous in a war commenced by (he F.xecutivo William the sanriiun ol Congress a war lor conquest and slavery. Our governoieut has established a financial system hostile to the buniiess interests, and a commercial sys tem fatal lo many branches of the industry of Ihe countrv ; the worst burthens of iiiis-governmeut, W ithout affording that protection nod support which was the tirst obj.-ct of our glorious constitution. If there were no other incentive, a sense of these evils which prirss so heavily upon us should tn sumcient to arouse the Whig party to new vigor and more rHieu nt action. More than llm, we liud a higher incentive in ihe bright prospect now presented for the triumphant establish ment ot uhig principles and policy in our national councils. hi conclusion, gentlemen, I will express my ardent hope thai your proceedings may be characterized by a spirit of union and harmony, nnd that your delilicra-tiona may tend to advance our State still higher in its proud career of greatness, of civilitation and uf true glory. Mr. R N. Morrison moved that Hamilton Fish, of New York city, b the candidate fur Lieut. Governor, saying that if thorn wns a single voice against it, he would withdraw the motion. The question of his acceptance was raised, and the New York delegation HB.nimed Ihe responsibility uf his nomination. The motion was unanimously carried.Some one nf ihe delegates then came in and said he bad a letter from Mr. Fish, iu winch he positively declined a nomination. Some little debate ensued, lint without any disposition to rhange I lie nomination. On motion, the ronveiiliou proceeded lo an informal ha i l"l for a candidate fr the ollleo ot Comptroller. The fust billot resulted as follows: For Millard Fillmore W Scattering 10 Total HI!) Ou motion of F.. H Morgin.it was Hftofrrti, That Millard Kilmoro be unanimously nominated for the otlicc of i Comptroller. 1 lie nullotings were then inn tor heeretary ol Stale : Ihe persona vot' d for being Messrs Morgan, Spencer, ifumis, Mopaiua uml roid. the, ihira balloting resulted as follows : For .Morgan !'7 Hpencer -lit Scattering Tolnl HI On motion of . . J'atterson, cri, That Christopher Morgan be unan niously nominated for ihe offu-e of Secret ny nf State. The eoiurntion then proceeded in ballot for Treasurer, with lb following result: For Alva Hunt... (17 For K. C. Crosby 44 Scattering U On inoh.m, Alvah Hunt was then unanimously nominatt' it. Tin convention then proceeded to ballot for Attur IK-V General Willi the fillownig result: For Ambrose L Jordan, (17 For Jonhua A Spencer t Si-ntlenng n Ou motion, Ambrose L. Jordan Was unanimously nominated For State F.ngineer Chas. U. Stewart ivua declared uuauimoii-ly nominated. The convention proceeded In ballot for Cannl Com missioner m Hie Western district nf the State. Jacob Himls, Nelson J. Iteach and Charles Cook wen nominated. The conveuiicii next went into ballot for inspectors of Stale prisons, easting For lsiiae Cmnxlot'lt (7 John II. Geduey , Mi I). U. Spcnuer , On motion, theae gentlemen were unanimously nominated. Mr. Urooks. from the committer, read the following address amidet frequent and prolonged oheeriug : To tho W higs of the Ntiite of New York. Fki.i.ow CinzrNs Hitherto, when we have assem bled in convention, there were well-known and well- recognized bounds tor our country ; but now that (lie spirit of conquest has been let looae, who can tell where is his country, whether ou the Rio Grande, the Sierra Madre, the Hto Gila or the Gulf of California, or whether part Spanish, much Indian, and some Ne. gro Santa Fean or Cahforniati, may not be as good nn American citizen as himself? Our ling is borne, with j fixed bayonet to uurround it, and unmuzzled grape shot to clear ita way, in tho conquering foolafeps of Cortes trom tliu tierrn calieiile ot Vera Cruz by the base of ihe snowy peaks of Popocatepetl, to the eter-nal city of the Aztecs : nnd Mexicans of every color and every breed, sprung Irum commingling Moor anil straight haired African, as well as from Castile and Leuti, arc made, American citizens, or prepared lor bo ng 1 nude so, hv the genlle logic ot reu-moulbeil artil lery, thundering from the heights of Cerro Gordo to Ihe blomly plains of Contrerns and Churuhuscu. Wherever that flag is, with its stnrs and stripes, the emblem of our nationality, there our hearts are, but wo ! to I bo men we cry, who nave despatched, it upon its mission of eounuesl, and, what is yet worse, the conversion of a free into a slave-holding territory, I rellow Citizens :l)iMLFuise the Mexican war as sophistry may, thu great truth cannot be put down or lieu down that it exists because ot the nunexaiion ot 1'exns ; that from such a cause we predicted such a mnscqitf nee would follow, and that but for that cnuse, no war would have existed at all. Disguise its intents, nurnoses and rouse one linen na sonhistrv llinv attempt to do, the farther great truth cannot be hm- Jetl.tliat its mam object is the conquest ot a market fur slaves, and that the Hag our victorious legions may rally around, flight under, and fall for, iu to be desecrated from its holy character of liberty mid emancipation into nu errand of bondage and slavery. In obedience to the laws, and in a due and failhlul Bubitiissiou to the regularly constituted government of our constitution, we will rally by and defend our ffig, on what-, vet soil or whatever sea it ts uiiturled but betore high Heaven we protest against the mission 011 which it is sent; and wo demand its recall to thu true and proper bounds of our country, ns soon as in honor it an be brought home. Wo proteat, too, in the name of the rights of man, and oi liberty against the farther extension of slavery in North America. 1 lie curse which our mother country 111 Hided upon us, in spile of our fathers' reiuoiiHtratices, we demand shall never blight the virgin soil of the North 1'ucifiu. We leel that it would be a horrible mockery tor the columns of Anglo Saxon immigration to be approach ing and looking down upon the dark, benighted races of Asiatic despotism, with Africans enslaved under the banners that lend their inarch, as "westward Ihe star of empire takes its way." We have no desire to ntrmge upon any one ot the compromises ot the con stitution. Ihe constitution ns it is, and the country as it is, is good enough for us. Tho Whigs of the North are conservators of the constitution, in ils essence and in its every word and letter. 1 tie tell and mischievous resnlls ot aholiliuu-idin arc no where better understood, or more contcmn- I, than in New Yoik. lint we will not pour out Ihe blond of our countrymen, if we can help it, to turn a U'rte into a glare soil. We will not upend from fifty to u hundred millions ot dollars per year, to inane a stave market for any portion of our countrymen. We will never lor such a purpose, consent to run up an uiitoiu national debt, and saddle our poslerilv with fund mon gers, tax brokers und tax gatherers, laying an excise or an impost upon ever thing they tnnle, touch or live by. I he Union as it is, the in hole Union, and J-THING but the Union, we will stand by to the last-mil hi) more territory h our watchword UNLKSS IT in-: mi;i;. Powerless as we are at present, thecommander-in-chief nf the army and navy, who created the war, nionc having the power to initiate the treaty or take the xteps that can end it, we caunol, and we would not if we could, withhold from our forces in Mexico all necessary reinforcements and all our sympathy, but we hold up lo the condemnation of iiinukind, to the reprehension of a Ciir'stian world and to the admonition of freedom every where in its struggles tor constitutional liberty, this alarming one man uoirer of our republ c, that iu spite of Congress and in defiance uf the popul ir will thus starts mid curries 011 a sanguinary War, if justifiable, yt unnece.isary and uncalled for, and lu every way detrimental to the true glory nnd interests of our country. This onk-man eoWKit, be it borne in mind, whose order removed our batteries from the peaceful lent of Corpiis L'hri.-ti nod planted Ihem frow ning upon Mnln-moron, a populous Mexican cily, no matter what mil lions of us humbler citizens may think, can alone start n treaty, or nlone recall a column uf our troops now in a foreign country, and thus, ns long as one inn 11 pleases, Hie mothers, the aisli rs nnd the wices of all who have relatives in the heart of Mexico must quiver nnd tremble in apprehension over every newspaper of the day; and we who deprecate his measures are reduced to the painful alternative of abandoning nml sacrificing our brethren in their perils or of giving to our civic chieftain (afu auough iu tin.' marble halls nt Washington) the means of realizing vain and ambitious dreams through the blood and sacrifice of his countrymen. Now, fellow citizens of alt parties, in vindication of these important principles, and in the time of such a war as this, is it uot your duly, one and all, to net in the forlh-cummilig Sute election i The Voice of New York is powerful in this Union, and when she speaks emio'iilicnMy that voice is significant, and, makes the one-man power tremble at Washington. We have striven faithfully to present good sound men In personate our principles. We feel sure that such ns we have presented will do justice to the StHe and at the same lime express to the country wh it wo think nf the administration. Upon these measures and their rouse-queuees we havo mainly dwelt, because they are the overrulmg topics of the day, and because New York will be presumed to a ji prove or censure nccjrdmg to the lone in which she speaks, and the best way to spi ak our opinion is in nn energetic and united support of the Whig ticket this day presented to the Whig f thf State Mr. Gur.i.i v, from the committee, presented the following resolutions, which, together With the address, were l KAMMoVftl.l XlioPTr.h: Hctalrrtl. That the Wings of New York have suf ficiently proved, and not re-affirm, Iheir unchanging devotion to the cardinal principles of Whig faith and action throughout the Union, among winch arc embraced the polny of fostering and encouraging the diversification nf industrial pursuits, and the creation and extension of home markets, by wisely adjusting discriminating duties on the importation of foreign products; the creation and preservation uy govern ment uf a sound and uniform currency alike for itself nml the oeoole: the- promotion and prosecution ol internal luiiirovemetits ; the studious cultivation of peace ami good understaniling ivilh all oilier nations; and in fine, whatsoever tends to diffuse morality, in-telloieuce anil prosperity among the whole people. limolctil. That Una convention recommend and approve a national Whig convention for nomination uf candidates fir President and Vice President, and that we trust the Whig members of Congress will seasonably demguute ihe timo and place of holding such convention, Itrtoiml, That in Mu.i.aku Fim-mor for Comptroller, Uamii.tosj Fish tor Lieutenant Governor, Cliimropiii.H MoitiiAl for Secretary of State, Al.-v.n Hirr for Treasurer, nnd Amiiiiosk L. Jouniw for Attorney General, with their assoriates on the Whig ticket, v.o present candidates known to Ihe people of New York, nlrenily honored by them in oth er stations, and proved worthy ot their trust ; ami we nsK I mm our n now cinzcna, nun i-nprcmny iruiu Whigs, that ardent and entlnisiistie support which their characters, their services and their principles emphatically deserve. , lirsolrra. I hut while the v nig ireemen n? rw York, represented in tins convention, will faithfully adhere to all ilie compromises"! the constitution, and ienlouslr maintain all the reserved rights of the Stales, they declare, since lite crisis lias arrived a-iien trie question uiiMl be met, Iheir uncompromising h-'slilily lo Hie rxiensmn 01 siavrry inio territory imw ire Fur the Uhin State Journal. . Rhymes lor the Timer. Old Franklin is coming, humming high, With nearly four hundred nisjoiity The Coons nre all out, and about, And they shout such a rout, And tlie'Locos they pout They quake and they quiver, they shake and they shiver, JSavigntiiijj Salt ltiver ! Mat (tilbert he fiziled He swore, sud lie miiiled, And look his guitar awny with linn up' ttiar, And sweetly he played to tlio iniihic We know, To the tunc of OKI Hundred, the words I). 1, O. And the Martin 'tis true Round the country lie flew every body he knew On the wuitf he looked blue ! Mo longer he flocks, hut iliv as n fox He peeps from his box," And thinks in the corner, Unit he is n gnnn'er And ho thinks about " W'ltloiiT !" Poor old Gray, he's resting to day, Feasting on hay, tlioy say ! His master the faster throws on the plaster, Pour Johnny (ireen leaf has'nt been seen Since ttio news gnvu him I he blues! Tho' laid on the shelf, if he don't hang himself This thing his heart molts He'll hang nobody else 1 Jo Peggt Jo Pegg! Treasurer Pcgg! J Saw my Leg Off, and miwlo with Coroner Friizell ! himes you (dndl have pone ' As long as the sun Ou Commissioner Dunn Shi ntt plain. Tlimc's a ( 'bain. JW far from your leg, Jo Pegg! Jo Pegg! fc From the Uiltimore Patriot, Oct. 8. Tho Kcault in Mnryliuid Four Whig Member of Cangrrii llltctctt, giving a Whig majority in tlte lluuttr. of iUprefr.ntutivcii ! A Whig Senate und Whig llousr of Delegates secured for tiro years ! The Whigs carried all but tho Governor. They elect four of the six members of Congress, securing a Whig majority in the next House, ol Keprcscnla-lives; and have also a decided majority in the Stale Legislature, hi a national point of view, thu result is a great Whig triumph. The Governor was carried by the cxlraordinnry efforts which wer- made by the party in this district, who were doubtless stimulated by ihe administration to detent tho election of Mr. Kennedy to Congress. They succeeded in I his by the astuliishmg number uf votes polled, and Ibis also elected .Mr. Thomas Governor. Rut out of ihe city of Haiti more, with one or two exceptions, the result has every where been favorable. We have elected Mr. Chapman tn Congress, in the First district, without opposition ; we have carried Mr. Roman, iu Ihe Second district, by a hand-so 1 tie majority, where two years ago, a Locofoco was chosen; we have redeemed the Fifth district, by the-election of Mr. Kvnus, which was confidently calculated upon by the Locolocos ; and we have elected Mr Cristield, iu the1 Sixth district by a large majority. Of Ihe Congressmen thu Locos only re-elect Mr. Ligon, and that bv adventitious circumstances ; and tin y have obtained the return of a Locofoco in (he fourth district, by means which take nwny from their success all the grace of a triumph. Rui tor Ihe effort made by the administration to detent Mr. Kennedy, we should have elected our Governor by a large majority, ami as it is wu carry, ns wu say above, every thing else that was at stake in the content four uf thu six me in hers of Congress, which gives us the House of Representatives nnd n targe majority iu the House of Delegates, which gives us the control of the legislation of the Slule ! Excitement among tho Indiuns. We regret to learn that considerable excitementex-ists among the Sac and Fox Indians, been one of thu treatment which they havo received from the United Slules Government. Wo are told, but cannot voiinh for the truth of ihe report, that so great is the dissatisfaction of Ihe tribe, and so impossible has it been to do justice to Ihem, from tho violation, by the t inted Htnles, of the treaty stipulation, that the Agent, Maj Hencb, who has been with Ihem some eight years, hns been compelled to resign his ollice. The Sacs nnd Foxes for several years past in fact ever since the Rlaek Hawk war have been peaceable, and relied en irety and implicitly upon the treaty stipulations for support nnd protection. Durmgthe past summer they visited the Agency, as they were accustomed to do, tor their rations and annuities. Uut, trom some uuex-plained muse, neither could be paid thetn without further instruction from Washington, and they were consequently about the Atfency, suffering, not only for torn), hut tor water, uniil disease set in upon mem, nnd hundreds have fallen victims to the neglect of Ihe Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Washington. So loud, soys our informant, bee nine the demand for re lief that the Agent, rather than endure Die distress which he was compelled Ut witness every day, paid over Ihe annuities of money without the requisite in- junctions Iroin the Department, and then resigned Ins post. This cnlnmity If our information may be relied upon, and we know no reason to doubt ils entire accuracy is entirely attributed to the inefficient man. r in which (he Indian Hurenu, under the superinten dence of the Comiuesstoner of Indian Affurs, Mr. Mc dill, of Ohio, is conducted. St. Ijoms lUpubluan. Miis. L.iFAVFTri:. In 17--1, Mr. John Adams, who was afterwards President of the I inled State, wns re siding in France for a season. Hi wile, who was a very worthy woman, called one day nn the lady of Gen- Lafayette, and soon this lady visited Mrs. Adams in return. Mrs. Lalayelle was very modestly dressed, while the American Indies present wen' mostly in very gay attire. While at the table, one of those who sat near Mrs. Adams, whispered to her, saying, " gnod heavens! how awfully she is dressed. Mrs. Adams rebuked the observation, nml returned the whisper by saving thai "the lady's rnrm placed her above ihe little formalities of dress." We wish it was ihecise now dial all who occupy honorable plucea would feel themselves above such small matters, and indeed that every one would consider that a brilli'iut and well trained ui'nd, g iod conduct and ocreeabb manners, set those off that possess thrui tn ahnosi infinitely better advantage than noatly array and sparkling diamonds. Kxter .Wwt Lttttr. The National Intelligencer, speaking of the result of the election in the Fourth CoiiLfreiotiul District uf Maryland comprising thu bra I tiiletn wards uf Ralii-Utore says " Although the result makes no political change in the represeviiiniion of the district, the majority may be Inrger iiga'iist Ihe Whig candidate than persona at a distance tiny have anticipabd ; yet here, where the unexampled efforts of the Government agents and partisans, and the elemenUund inlluences which were brought to bear on the election, are kuowu,lhis major- ty produces little surprise. TIU KSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, IH47. Philosophy. There are sometimes consolations in adversity with which the prosperous man intermcddlcth not, and which none but the true philosopher can appreciate or njoy. Of this character are the reflections of the disappointed politician, after the adverae result of an election in which his hopes and his prospects had been much wrapped up. He there finds comfort in reflecting that under other and more auspicious circumslan ce, the result would have been different and that therefore his case, after all, is not so very bad as possi bly it might have been. Our neighbor of the Statesman, who three short days itgo could but illy suppress his exultation in anticipa tion of the results which hisexcited imagination paint ed to his vision, now finds himself in this mood. Vis ions of " Senate printing," and State printing, and tat jobs, together with plenty of comfortable offices and salaried places for himself and his relatives, and many more to bo distributed among his friends and favorites these were all tlitling before his eyes no longer ago than on Monday evening. And they were coin foiUblo; they were goodly to his view. And then, to seo the Whigs scampering out of his way, leaving the good things they had provided, and the good pla ces they had enjoyed and all for tiie purpose of ena , bling him and his said friends to enter into the full fruition of those things ol which by their love of peace their desire to pay the public debt and their silly officio us tie sb in thrusting upon the community a vil lainous) mired currency instead of that prescribed by the Constitution the Whigs had proved themselves unworthy I Is it matter of wonder that such like things as these, viewed in nrar prospect, should have had their effect upon our neighbor, and imparted to his uditoriul labors for a few days before the election an air of superciliousness and arrogance t Rut tiie scene shifts and with its change vanish alt the brigfit visions . of our good neighbor ! Gone all gone with thu 'spir its of the vasty deep' and re I use to heed our neigh. 1 bur's calling ! We forgive, on our part, freely and fully, whatever of uukindneis there may have been in the manner of our neighbor while laboring under thu hallucination of his delusive dreams. It was not his nature it was tho evil genius of locofocoism that prompted it There is now rionmlace iu his heart towards the Whigs, although they have dispelled his brightest hopes. Why then should Whigs chorish hatred ur ill-will towards hint f Now listen to our neighbor, as he gives vent to his reflections last evening. Speaking of Ihe election of the preceding day, he discourse th as follows : " Fiianki.15 Coi'mtv. We give an unofficial ab stract nf the vote of tins county, as far as reported to And although this is adverse to our party and our hoMs, yet it presents a lesson that we hope may never again bo forgotten ; and that is, that all apM'ur-ances fail when there is a lank of organization. Twenty votes al each poll would nave changed thu icauli ; and who would say, thai by a close urgainzntion and strict vigilance on Ihu day of election, they could not have been obtained. Too great confidence sometimes tn an election is as fatal as too great alarm." True true as preaching. ' The result "presents a lesson " which will hot soon bu forgotten, nor lost upon the pupils who have so recently, and with so! much meekness entered upon their studies. There is too something approximating mathematical accuracy in the estimate. " Twenty votes at each poll " would yield an aggregite of -hi ) votes. And if our Locofoco friends could have contrived by huuk or by crook to procure twenty additional votes at each poll, it would have put a somewhit different uspect upon affairs and no mistake. It is, moreover, unquestionably true, that "a close orgini.ttion and strict vigilance " are sometimes very nunduuive to success. The beauty of thu thing is, that thu argument applies just as well, and with as much force, to the Whigs as to their op ponents; and we are sure that no party that intends to maintain its organization as a parly, has more need of such lessons " in this behalf, than the said Whig party. Good News from the Army. The telegraphic despatch received last night brings the highly gratifying intelligence that Gens. Worth Smith and I'tllow arc usisjunr l. Reports from the Army which hid previously reached us, represented these oflicers to have been dangerously wounded or killed. It is truly gratifying to be assured that there is no truth in those rumors. It would bo a bad bargain for our country, to exchange one such officer as Gen. Worth, lor all that we are contending fur in Mexico, The Next Consre Tim Ralliinore American snys The result of the recent election in Maryland goes to render it pretty certain that the Whigs will have a majority in the next House uf Representatives. According to a statement iu the N. Y. Tribune, tho elections in other Stales previous to that in Maryland showed Whigs 3 Independents, (vil: Petrie, of New York ; Tuck, of New Hampshire, and Lahm.of Ohio;) 1 Native, (levin, of Penn ;) IW Locos, and U vacancies in Ohio and Michigan, w Inch will be filled by Locos. The Maryland election adds 4 lo the Whigs and ti to the Locos leaving Louisiana and Mississippi, which Stales will probably choose 2 Whigs, and ti Locos. The probable state of parties in the House when coiupMe, may bo act down as follows: Whigs llli Independents 3 Locos llhj Nalircs . - I Uy Tclcnipli, lor Ihe Ohio State Journal. LATEST FROM MEXICO! Pittsburu, October 13, !) P. M. Editor Ohio fitate Journal : The New Orleans La Patria has advices from Mexico, saying that Gen. Scott was so nnnoyed by the leperos that he was compelled lo withdraw his troops from the city. Santa Anna hid ml vanned from Guada loupe with 10,0110 men, ami hostilities had been resumed. There is no direct communication yet with General Scott. Gen. Itea is said to have full possession of Fuebla in the Americans have the heights, and are pouring a murderous fire upon the Mexicans. Pittshiiroh, Oct. 1310 P. M. Editor Ohio State Journal: By thu arrival of Steamer Alabama at New Orleans, news from Vera Cruz to the i&th tilt, hns been received, and from Tampico to the 30th. This news confirms the news of the late battle. The American loss in ball leg, 25 oflicers killed, 47 wounded; and 4)ii men killed and wounded. Gen. Scott brought forty cannon to bear on the heights of Chcpullapec, took possession and turned the oannon on the enemy.. Gens. Pillow, Worth and Smith are uninjured. Geu. (Quitman had started towards Vera Crux, with 4(K)0 men to open communication and transmit de spatches. Reported that Santa Anna had resigned tho Presidency ; and Uenur Perex is appointed ita his place. elecYioFetijrns. ZAf.KSVIl.LE, Oct. 139 P. M. Editor Ohio State Journal : A letter from McConnelsville dated at 11 this morn ing, gives Haines' majority in Morgan Reports from Washington aru encouraging to tho Whigs. ZAsrr.svii.LF, Oct. 13 10 P. M. Editor Ohio State Journal : In Guernsey, the Whig Representative and Treasurer are elected certain. Morgan gives Whig majority, Washington TiOO Whig, Perryfc4t0 Loco, Belmont all Whig! "Good news and true." Zakusville, Oct. 14, 3 P. M. Editor Ohio State Journal : Letters from Belmont state the Whig majority in that county at 3!H The returns thus fur are favorable to the Whig Senator in the district. lu Guernsey the Whig ticket is probably rlccted. Correspondence of tiie Ohio State Journal, Xksu, Oct. 14, 1847. En. Joi hn al : The election in this (Greene) county has resulted in the complete success of the Whig ticket. The only offices contested were those of Representative and Prosccutinir Attorney. The majority of Ihe Whig candidate for Kepresenlalive, Mr. Drake, is n?'J, and the majority fur Prosecutor, Mr. Geit, (jill. In this hirlit our neree " war men and Anoiiiiumsis united against the Whigs, and the means they resorted to tu ensure success were of the mosl disreputable chnracter; but they hnve failed, as they always must, when old im-ene puts lortn a mmeiy oi ner mug strength. The majorities are the largest ever given at nn election in which nothing but legislative and county offices were to till. Ihe vole polled was about il;r.tlt, and stood as follows: K.F. Drake, (W.) 141)11 John Charters, (war man)... riM Whig mag. 072 J. G. Gest, (W.) 144 J. M. Johnstone, (Ab.) K'3 631 The majority in favor of the Railroad subscription is one thousand out hundrid and sity-ftpe. In haste, McB. Lkbavon, Oct. 13, 1HI7. Dear Sir : The storm here yesterday was tre men dons it rained nearly all day. Not much over one half of the Whig vote of the ciunly was polled. The majority of the Whig candidate for Representative it between four and five hundred The entire hig ticket elected. Truly yours, Vi. Pennsylvania Mclion. FlTTSRITRt,!!, Oct. 130 P. M. Editor Ohio Slut Journal : The Democrats have carried the following counties in Pennsylvania : Philadelphia cily and county, Montgomery, Schuylkill, Berks, Westmoreland, by large majorities. The Whigs have carried the following counties : Chester, Lancaster, Delaware, Franklin and Lebanon, by large majorities. The resnrcled Uoman Catholic llishop, the Rirht Rev. Dr. Power, we regret In av, departed this life last Friday morning. We alluded iu our last to his illness, which was caught in ihe discharge of his du ties ns a clergyman amonir die sick pmr. ids Cord ship wns in the prime of lite, being only 44 years of nge. lurontu t utnot. C AtJTiojt. Now thnt there are so many rogues prowling about with counterfeit money, both nun and paper, it mny be well for merchants to caution their boys against changing lulls early in the morning, ur in the I'venmi; during their employer's absence, jmt to ne coiuodale " strangers. Rogues generally einhrace that time to pass off their counterfeits on boys not good judges of money. Vin. (int. We learn from a private source that the Governor of Keuturky has received a call from the War Department, tr a regiment each of horse and font, and us many more regiments of infantry as can be euib 'd. led 111 a given lime, to serve in Ihe Mexican war tho cavalry regiment to furnish their own horses. Cincin-nati Atlas. StncioK Goilieb Locw, residing on North street, committed suicide on last Saturday night, by rutting Ins thmal with a razor. 1 he deceased was s lieriuau. which may be hereiilter aeiiutred by any action ot the but had resided lor a number of tears in the United government of our Union. tStalea, pursuing his ocrupatioii generally, as a stone Utsohcd, Tint the president nf the convention be I cutter. During Saturday, he wasengnged nl his work, authorized to nominate a Slate central committee, j hut seemed depressed 111 spirit and somewhat flighty. Alter hind and repeated calls, Hon. C. Morgan, That niejit he rcipiesU d Ihe attendance of a religious gave a brief ami cloipicnt address, which was re ftiend, who remained some time with him, and on his spoiuli'd to with loud cheers. expressing a wish to retire, his friend returned home. Mr. RohinsoM, (Itichelien) was called mil, nnd ninde About 1 1 o'clock he left the room, and soon af terwards a brief, hut excellent speech, after which the following 1 Ins wife followed hmi with a light, when she found he resolution wns presented : l;ui committed the fatal dt ed. He wns still sensible, Utsolred, That the thanks of this convention be nod lhtnc.h the larceralion was extensive, the large prevented to Ihe Hon. U iMlhitT'iN Humt, for the j blood vessels had escaped, and the Wound being able and impartial manner in which he has discharged 1 dressed, he lingered until Sunday evening, the duties of the chair. Tiie d ('ceased was 41 years of age, and has left a The president acknowledged Ihe compliment in an wife and six children, v. ho-e condition, appeals strung- uppropnatc ami etnipieui ( on, liner wiucn uie con- ip to the philanthropic. Aanrtftie Uuittlt, vciitiuo adjourned auu inree goon m-nny c intra. Selected for the Ohio State Journal The i'irhl Locomotive In the year It'Od, 1 enjoyed the never to be forgot, ten gratification of a paddle up the Hudson, on board of thu aforesaid first steamboat, that ever moved on total of 1 10 I the waters ol any river, w th passengers. Among the voyagers was a man I had known lor some years previous by the tinine of Jaln-t Doohttle. He was an industrious and ingenious worker in sheet-iron, tin and wire but his greatest success lay in wire work, especially in making rat-traps and for his last and best invention m that hue he had just secured a patent and with a specimen of his work he was then on a journey through the Stale of New York, fur the purpose of disposing uf what he called " counly rights," or in other words, tu sell the privilege of catching rats according to his patent traps. It was a very curious trap, as simple as it was ingeuious, as most ingenious things are, after they are invented. His trap, at Uie time to which I allude, absolutely divided the attention af lha passengers, and for my (tart it interested me quite as much as did the strain engine, because, perhaps I could more easily compehend ils mystery. To me Ihe steam rugiue was Greek, the trap was plain Bn glish. Not so, however, to John Dooliltle. 1 found him studying the engine with great avidity and perse-verance, itiaomurh that Ihe engineer evidently became alarmed and declined answering any mors questions Well, " said I, " Jsbei, what do you think of this mighty machine?" "Why," he replied, "if that critter hadn t got nted up so soon, a body could tell more about it ; but I n cknn, 1 ve got a leetie notion nn't " and then taking me aside, and looking carefully around, lest some one should overhear nun, he then and there assured me in confidence, in profound serrery, that if he didn't make a ragon gn by steam, before he was two years older, then he'd give up invention.Tune went on. Steamboats multiplied; but none dreamed, or, if they did, they uever told their dreams, of a steam wagon; when, about 18 Pi, I got a letter from Jabel, telling nie that he wanted lu see lite most desperately, and thai I must make him a visit al his place mgh Wallingford. 1 nlieyed his summons, not knowing but that something of importance to the army or nary might come of it. On reaching Ins residence, imagine my surprise, when he told me, he believed he had got the notion. Notion? w lint uotmn ? " 1 enquired. " Why, " says he, "that steam wagon 1 tell d you about, a spelt ago." This brought us to Ihe door of an old, clapboardt-d, dingy, long, one-story building, with a window ur two in the roof; and over tha d'Nir he wns unlocking, was written in bold letters, NO ADMITTANCE." This was his sanctum was irresistible. Jabel," said I, elevolunr mv vmi above lite buzxing noise of the machine, -'there only one thing wanting." " What is that?" an id h eagerly. "Immortality, said 1; " and yuu shall hnv. it, patent ur nu patent ! " And with that, I pulled thv crank, that twisted the connecting trunuel head into Ihe travelling wheels, and in an instant away wen' the machine, with Jaheas on the top of it, with th-whi and rapidity of a flushed nnrtridim. The ait).. ,. the old building presented the resistance of wet paper One crash, and the first locomotive was ushered into this hreuthing world. " I hurried to the opening, and had just time to clamber to the top of a fence, t. i-.nix.n uiu last, glimpse 01 my iant departing iriend Niiturdiiy EYeiiiug Delightful season, when the nnud, like a tired arti san, lays down its implements of toil, and leaves thu long-accustomed hninlirraft ! 1 low sweet, amid the buiy avocations of the week, to look forward lo tb.s slmit interval of repose, when for a time at lenst, Ihe grinding shall cense, and the henit be permitted tu indulge its secret lotijtings, anil listen to the soil whispers of its own way wiinl fancies. I love the didVr far nitnte nf Saturday evening! It is an interlude be-tweeu the swift-succeeding ncls of life, the close of a seven-days' journey j a golden clasp, that fhuts each weekly volume of our hmtery ; n.goal, where Time pauses lo rest his wing, and turn lit glass; a typo of that longer interval o rest, when our evening sun shall be going down, when nur lengthening shadows shall " Hont towards morning, " and wu shall be looking forward to an eternal sabWth ! lions in Ohio The chief clevk of ihe Auditor's ilepartiuent furnishes the Cincinnati Alias with a com. plete list o the milliner 01 nogs assessed in the seve ral counties ol the Male el whin in the year 1Mb. and their value according to the assessment, and the number and value, assessed in eleven counties (all from winch returns have Ih-cii made) in IMT. Il will ho borne iu mind thai the assessment is made 011 all which are six months old mi Ihe first nf June, and necessarily embraces nearly all which would be fattened the following fall nnd winter. In ll(i Ihe whole number was 1,4n;,liV Value nf same $,'i,h?li In the II counties finn winch returns lor lr47 have been made, ihe increase over l."4ti is ."ti,4l8 hogs, or about per cent I lere. Herald. I At New Orleans on ihe 'Jd instant, Ohio flour was I selling al glojtl.l'i per bid. Total !W Should Messrs. Tuck and Lalun, Independents, vole with tho Whigs, as we think they will, the Whig ma jority in the House will be d, without counting Mr. levin (Native,) who is decidedly opposed to the Ad ministration. Ihe South Carolina delegation (all Locus,) will also act against the Administration on soinu questions. Knx County Bank We take pleasure in saying we are authorized to state that the organization of the promised new bank branch of tho Stale Bank at Una place, is tuiiy concluded upon, and the subscriptions of stock rapidly filling up. We arc also authorized lu suggest to tiie farmers, mechanics, and other citizens of the county, who desire to take stock 111 the proposed institution, and who have not already subscribed, to attend to the mailer without delay, other wise me opportunity will he losttu llieiu, ur- Al. W. Stamp, II. 11 Curtis and C. Delano are a cnmuiillee fur receiving subscriptions and payments nf stock. Now for that Home Currency !" We hope our neighbor of the Banner will find himself at home iu this matter, and ready to lend his aid in furnishing the people uf Knox a good home currency, the waul of which he sometime since apeared so much tu regret, and charged Ihe default upon the Whigs. Don't be backward, neighbor. Mt. l emon Times. GcnnniA Et.xcnni --The Augusta Chronicle of Thursday last says: The result of the election, as far as heard trm, is unfavorable for the success nf the Whit' enndulnle for llnvurimr In 'Jti finiili.. T,iL-na ! (L F ) Ins gained near iht votes umn the vole nf sanctorum-aiid there it stood, Ihe concentrated lo-Crawford in 1H4." a corresponding gain in the remain- C,IB ,'1 P"""'' rays of inventive genius, THE ing 07 counties, will elect hnn by 4inl to MM) votes. FISIIT LOCOMOTIVE; an unpainied, unpolished, The mail of this morning will probably remove all j unadorned, oven-sluped mass of double riveted sheet doubt, snd it is useless In speculate. ,rm, Wltn cr"i " P'P'''. d Irunnrl heads, and The intelligence in reference lo the Legislature i- 1 acrews, and valves, all firmly braced on four strongly- however, mm h more cheering for the W lugs, asil in- irf'ir wheels. ll is s curious cniler lo dicates a majority of Whigs in hth brandies. The ; ,H,k " Jbex, " but you'll hke H better, when lsi Senate had a Democratic majority of three Ihe ' 'uu "'c 11 nmliou. " He was by this time igniting House was Whig by seven majority. We have al quantity nt charcoal, winch he had sturted under Ihe n ndy a clear gam of live in the two Iloiises-whieh ,""1' r- " -''led the bikr," says he, "alter I slopped without oilier losses, secure us both. "r Wnr,ir yesterday, and it ha u l leaked a drop since. It will soon bile up, the coal is first rate." Very Destructive i'ire nt Richmond. Sure enough, the boiler anon gavo evidence oftrou-Rii-Hvonn, Va , Orl. In, 111 A. M bled waters, when, by pushing one slide and pulling One nf the most destructive tires with which the j another, the whole machine, cranks and piston, were city 01 Kicitmnmi has ever been visited, nroae nut in motion. t works slick, don I it? said Jabet. Hns morning about oav light. It hrst eoimnrticed in Chavalie's (Gallego) Mills, owned by Messsrs. Warwick Haiksdale, which wen entirely consumed, to. gelher with a large quantity of Wheat and Flour which were stored in them, 1 he nre also rxtemieu to t lie Sclinckoe Warehouse, which was destroyed, with about 1 1 HI h litis), ot lobaeen. and a 'so tn several houses be longing to Messrs. Bullock and the estates of Marks and Harrison, - The honsrs destroyed were occupied hy Messrs. Rives At Harris, John Robinson, Itaxall Si ft rot hers, Williams dt Hnxall, Furd A Wnndsnn, Winl'ree A Sheppnrd, as Commission Merchants. The proerty destroyed ts partially covered by insurance. .imir. Intellect. ClerL of the House ot Heps, of the U hint ok. Hon. Jamks Haki.as. The Eastern uanera tin v. been discussing tho merits of several gentlemen u, view of their fitness to fill the othce of Clerk of ih House ol KepresenlaliveB tn Congress. Of Ihe auul ideations of the gentlemen named, we have no reasm to doubt and nave not a word to say in derogation But we have recently heard mentioned the name ut a gentleman in this connection, of whose qualification in an respects, we can speak with entire conhdence from our own knowledge of them. We allude to the rion. janes iiahi.as ot f rankfort, Ky. Mr. Haiii.an was a member of Congress some years, and to thnte who served with him, it would bu a waste of time tn soy any thing in his lavur, for we venture to renuik that there is not a man who ever served with him m any capacity who will not join in testifying thai in promptitude, fidetily, laborious perseverance, real ability and superior elegance of performance, there are few equals and no superiors. It is a well known fact that Ins laboriousness and fidelity while in Con gress, saved the government millions of money in ex posing and, defeating fraudulent land claims; and it was 111 reference to this lad that Mr. 1 oi k, then Spea aer 01 11 ic iiouse, inougn 01 opposite politics, said, in expressing regret at Ins voluntary retirement from Congress, Hint he had done more tor the country than any other member that ever sat in that House, AAV have no uuubl this praise was entirely deserved. His acquaintance with the entire routine of Cumm-a- sjnnnl business; his extensive political knowledire: his great abilities as a lawyer; his thorough business habits: his super-eminent clerical qualities ; has nev er-tiring industry , Ins spotless persnnul integrity and purity ot morals ; ail uiese quiiitncthnii united in nn xtraoruiuary degree point him out, in our deliberate judgment as altogether the fittest mnn in the United Slates lor the place of Clerk of the House of Representatives, Wo speak strongly, we aru aware; but we speak whit we know, and what every body else who knows Mr. IUki.a half as well as wo do, will most heartily join in testifying Cin. Atlas. Glnncea at the Future. The official paper announces that now Mexico hna refused to cede all of the territory east of the Rio Grande, the whole of New Mexico and Upper and Lower California, together with the rieht of wnv across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, it is the intention of our Government lo wage a war of redoubled vigor ; that hitherto " we have shown humanity to her," but now, alter the rejection of "demands conceived in a spirit of signal justice and moderation," she must he ' made to " feel the full pressure and power of war " In tins iKpect ot things, it is instructive to hear Ihe views which dispassionate and intelligent public wri ters lake of the case. We quote, there, the comments uf the Washington correspondent of the Journal uf Commerce, who adds to intelligence a candid, we might say tnendly spirit, in all that regards the nets of the Administration, hi his letter of October 4 this wriier remarks : The Administration have determined to pursue the war with redoubled energy. What is thu object in view does nut distinctly appear. It cannot be to force a peace, fur that appears to be out of the question A war of extermination is threatened n our part, but it is doubtful how fur the Government will be supported in prosecuting such a war, when it is niamfci-i thai every honorable end that we have in view can In attained by withdrawing the troops to a certain line, winch we may adopt as our boundary. "The first object would be to relieve our forces which are already in Mexico. According to Coli.nel Child's letter of September Iflth, he, with his force of me thousand men, is hemmed iu al Puebln, and Ma jor Lally at Jalapa. Generals Lane and Cushmg Will soon push forward with their brigades to their relief. Cetlers trout Lol. Hughes s command slate that they have reached the National Bridge, and have driven the guerillas away from before Ihem, on every side. But still tfie guerillas hang around them. "The financial arrangements and nrosuects of the Treasury will be essentially altered by the preM-nl Btutc ui mings. it was nniy last ween mm mr. v ink er congratulated himsell upon the fact that another loan would uot he wanted. If we are to pursue the war merely with a view to punish the Mexicans tor refusing to treat, we shall want a new loan of tiit millions. To mil id adequate and certain punishment. according In the plan of the Union,' wh must send nn army of fifty thousand men to ravage and desolate the country." in another letter, the same writer, generally well informed, stales that " Home of the Cabinet are in favor of establishing a Government in Mexico, and taking possession of the country as a part of the territory ol the United States, no matter What may be its cost in blood and treasure. I lie I resident must soon decide what to do. He hns been advised by smne to do now what General Tayhr proposed two days after the battle of Monterev, that is, to draw a linn uud Withdraw the troops ' Now is ihe time for the President Intake the lead in that policy, for there is scarcely a doubt that It will be embraced by Congress and Ihe people.' the generally well-advised correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger also says lie " has reasons to be- lieve that runout opinions prevail in the Cabinet as to the extent to which war ought to be prosecuted " May these diverse views result in the course winch wisdom, justice, and the true glory of the countrv. demand ! " ,'at. Int. "But," 1 replied. " it don't move ! " Ynumran, said he, "ihe travelling wheels don't move; well, I don't uiean they shall, till 1 get my patent. You see," he added, crouching down, " that trunuel head there, that small rog wheel. Wi ll, that s nut uf gear just yet; when 1 turn that into gear, by this crank, it fits, you see, on the main travelling wheel, and then the null scrape will move, as mgh as 1 ran calculate, a lee lie slower than chain hghtiuu', and a darned leetie, loo. But il won't du in give it a trial be to re I get the patent. 1 here is only one thing yet," he continued, "that I ha n't contrived but thai ia a simple matter, nnd that is, the shortest mode nt stop pm' on her. My fust notion is, tu see, how fast I ran make her work, without suinshiiiir all tn hits, snd thnt s done hv screw- To I,, inMuMrd -ilh II.. ..rfnn,'..i.i,. ?;"-:!" ing screw in ime hand, and a horn of sosp lal in the Ircl, is an accident, which seldom hapHns but lo Itma, I who are remarkable for the want ot intellectual powcre : W henever nature leaves a hole in s person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick ooat of self- Conceit. t.-jnaftllvw. Cistiniiati a'h Si. l.oi is It 1 li no tn. The line nf that portion of tins eonlrmplsled work is tmw being located Itetween this city and Hamilton, by aneiH- rienci d errgmeer with an efficient corps. CinnnNuli other, and commenced screwing down the valves and mlitig the pisinn red and cinuk loiuis, and the motion 01 tiie mysterious innss in ere a d, until all seemed a biut. "It is 11 gh about perhrliun.aint it.'" says he, I stood Bloated in Contemplating the object be fore me, which I confess, I could not holly understand. As I was surrounded with notions, it was not extraordinary, thai nneshouldiake full possesion nf me; it was lo see the first locomotive uiovu off. The temptation Tub Citv or Michigan. Never, since the davs of the Genu, has there been a more sudden creation of cily in the forest, than has occurred iu the ense of nf the " Vtty af Mirhigan. " the future capilal of Ihe rentnsuis sinte. At the time when the law parsed changing the location of the seat of government from ieiron, 10 section no. ti in the township ot Lansing, some four months since, there was but one log house, and the frame of a saw mill, on the section. The editor of the Detroit Free Press has recently made "a flying visit " lo the new teat of government, and says thnt "now there cannot be less than Ion tenements, and a population of 5u0 souls from vsrmus portions of that state, Ohio, New York and the New r.ngland stales, and many of them uu-n of considers ble utrans. Ho counted eleven dry goods and grore ry stores, two blacksmith shops, two shoe shops, one tailor shop, and various other mechanical shops In the two villages. One nf the most prominent features in Ihe inhabitants, which he noticed, was that every man was at work no idlers were to be seen. The ar rivals of fortune seekers," or land lookers," were large each nay, and many purchases being constantly made." The pubic buildings are represented as progressing with great rapidity, and will be ready for the slate departments by the middle of December, at ihe farthest, and Ihe legislative departments will her a dy by the meeting of the legislature. Cire. lleruld Thk 8 tor We have private advices from Winchester Va., Frederick, Md , and along the cannl line, which assure ns of immense damage done tn the corn fields and other proerty, particularly in Ihe valley of the Potomac and bhenandnah. W hole fields corn have been washed bodily away, and with il smm of the best of Ihe soil. Houses have also been under mined and destroyed, and large quantities of lumber, provisions and other things of value carrird off We regret also to learn that great dsmage has brett done to the Chesapeake and Ohm canal, the breach a being many, and some of them very serious. We bur that the navigation will be greatly retarded, which is a serious injury at this season of the year, when the canal navigation must soon close. Pitts. G , I'Jih. Laju ooisjo Bkooiso. The State of Arkansas, saya the Arkansas Banner of ihe (i'h inst. invites emigrants to come and take lands which have been f r- frilrd fur lakes, and no payment will be required fr them. The Auditor, upon proof o settle meni, volt 1 make a deed, winch deed the Supreme Court o Ihe Stale has decided will he valid The forfeited tract comprise some uf the finest lands in the Slate, ami now is the chance for a cheap home or a siMculai'on The Banner oflice has jusl issued a volume nf octavo pages, containing a list of all the lands which the binie oan donate, and uie lawa relating nun i" .va. Jour, - RC4 4HR A RI.C FaMII V GRRAT DoMIBTIC CaI.AM itv, On Sunday last, three youiha pasaed throuuii this place on their way to Ihe Blind Asvlutn in Columbus. They live in the town of I'n'ton in tins county. They are brothers, and in the family ot which they are members, there are five individual-who were horn blind. Wt have never heard of an instance Upon record where so man v in the same .m i) y were thus afflicted. Five out of right of this nn fortunate household, are (hns shut nut from the I ght of heaven, and condemned to a hfe of eternal darkness. Awful calamity J We understand that thrcnin-e I the dire misfortune is the Irrquent intermarriage ot blood relatives in the saute family . Miyfvn i'luns FtTAi, Casiai.tv. As Ihe Dayton al age-coach was coming in on Saturday night, a Mr. Dernll, qme nn aged man, was run over and eiushed tn death ihe horse' hoofs striking in upon him, and the wheels "f the veheielr passed length wise over his body Ih-had been inebriated durmgthe afternoon, and was m turning home at the tune of the accident. The tup hi I being dark he was not seen by the driver until it w as too late lo save hnn tin. Cvmmertiut.