Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1847-11-03

              JI1U Y 0 0 STATE 0 VOLUME XXXVIII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1847. NUMBER 10. nw.isiiK.n F.vi'.uy wiidnk-tav mikning, UY WILLIAM h. TI1KAIX. Office in Hie Journal llmbling, south-cast corner of High street and Nigar alley. !: It M A : Tarn Pni.i.Aits rr.H annum, which may lie discharged ! m-ar four hundred, who, arrayed in tlx- regalia of Hw Correspondence nf the Ohio Matctman. Masonic. Zanksyii.it, Oct 21, 1H17. Col. MrnAitv : The Masonic, celebration enmo oft i yesterday, in n very agreeable manner. Tho day wan lino, uml the pniccnniuu of brethren numbered b the luvntcnt of Two loi. I. Alls in ndv nice, Hlid free ol pnetnifc, iir of per rentage (o gciitn or (.'nlb'doni. The Journal in also published iJaily nml 'I ri-Werkly do ring the year ; llaily, per milium, jfl ; Tri-W eekly . i. Tuesday evening, octoheu ao, itm. fraternity, made an imposing appearance. Tlie nidi walks were ft I It-d with spectators, whilst "beauty and fashion " were well represented at the doors and win lows of tin numerous private mansions throughout the tint) of ninrcli. Tim pubiie services, were had in Iho spacious chapel of lh Episcopal church, which ufford-oil acuta for u 11 Oh- brethren, and a (rood representation of Indies, though it was b hard squeeze for a incro " looker on here, in V leitna, lo (-11 Within tlie house Tlie Mulls Their Irrcirulnrltiei. On rehirnin'- home from a tcmi-orary absence fmm our post, our attention was called lo some remarks of and many went away without hearing the excellent r . .. . .. . . .1... I..!.. ....... I li.r lli.i i.i..nL.i 'I'l,., .u-,. n,ri;rir J our neighbor ot th oitttea ma ft, in rcierence 10 me complaint of a subscriber ul South Bloomlield, ot tho frequent failure in the regular receipt of hi paper. Our subscriber inquires: "Is Ibis your lault or the Postmaster's? " The Journal publishes the complaint of it it subscriber, 11 only to say to him, und to all others, that the fault is not ours." Our correspondent indulges in nn " impression" which goes to the fidelity of I lit' administration of the Post Oilice here; and tho Editor of the Statesman, (who is alau the Postmaster,) thinks wo "could not be serious in such an opinion." Tho Journal has ex pleased no opinion in tlie premises. It gave tlie "impression" of its correspondent nud that for the sole purpose of exonerating itself from censure, in a matter in which we were conscious of no blame.. As our neighbor has alluded 111 a spirit of kindness to tho 11 personal relations " subsisting between him anil our self, we take pleasure in nsMiirilig him that we ahull not willingly disturb those relations. And although the matter complained of by our Blnomfield enrrea-pondent is lo us wholy inexplicable nnd although we arc umblo to say "whose, fault it is " that repealed and frecpieiit futures sh-tiild occur between this and BloomOeld, (there liein no iiilervcuiuK ollice) yet we are willing lo a;iy, nud we say cheerfully, that we du not believe our neighb ir privy to, or conniving at, any irregularities or omission of duty in the administration of his office. With the in tern il arrangements of the Post Oilice here, wo are an uuich a stranger aB is tho citizen of Ashtabula or Hamilton. Wo have not hid occaaion to viml it perjoinlly more tli.m once or twice since our residence here now one year ; and do nut know personally, or by name, a person employed in the ollice. In justice lo those so employed, we mint say tint their oliii-i il iiilerr,ourt; with un has ever been courteous and rettpeclful ; ami had it been otherwise, we ahoiild have looked to their employer for tho prompt applxitiau of the appropriate remedy. We arc aware from experience, somewhat of tlie difficulty of avoiding complaints in even a faithful dis charge of the duties of I'ustmmter. We are aware that Iht Post Oilice is frequently blamed, when the cenmire properly hi-loii.M to th ine who report to il. Bui hiving used all diligence 011 mir put to furnish promptly our pitrons Willi their pipers, we are at a loss to explain how fill urea nhou!d bo fri'tiienL be tweeii (his olliee and Ulo.imlield The (reiilleiuin uniting this couipl'iint is nm-iiig tlie must respoiis.bh-ones in Pickaway comity. It ia proh.ible that lie; Clerks in the Post 0.!i'!o here may throw some light upon the subject; and if so, if the remedy is wtil.in our reach, it shall be applied. Wo will cheerfully cooperate willi the Postm ister, ill any practicable mean- lecture delivered by the speaker. This wan performed by VV. li Hubbard, r.sq., ot your city, lie waa ctio sen at a late hour, alter the ilntterinif hope of U arrival of the Grand Orator, the llev. W. P. Strickland, who was detained by indisposition at Laucater, but who ban since arrived here, was given over, t'onhid-enng this sudden call, tho worthy speaker has won hiiiim.'lf high opinions for the manner in which he fill filled tho task. Ami if his bn tlierun will prnttiet what ho prcuclietl, they will not tail to make good men mid patriotic citizens. Tho Ciratnl Lodge continued its session to-day, and will, ( am informed, probably not udjourn until Saturday. At table and sitting rooms ol' the hotels, considerable, and as 1 thought, somewhat miiunitrd conversation was had nuioug the delegates in reference lo the election of officers for Iho ensuing year, It appear that the late Grand Master, W. 11. Thrall, de ehiied a re-election, and that the delegates were divided in the choice of a succcLS'ir, more perhaps from a sectional feeling than a parliabty between the candidates proposed. 1 learn this evening that during the nlVnioon Hitting, Ur. M 'A. Kreider, of Lancaster, was elected Grand .Master : J. L. Vallier, of Cincinnati, Deputy Grand Master; J. N. llurr, of Mt. Vernon, Senior Grit ml Warden ; Kent Ja'vi", of Mnssillon, Junior Grand Warden? and T. Griffith, of Columbus, Grand Treasurer. Tio remaining officers of the Grand Lnde, I believe, receive their appointment from the Grand Master. Another topic of out door discission is that of the place of holding the next Grand Lodge Communication. Cincinnati, Columbus, Canton and Cleveland, are the point named. H seems to be u contest among the C's. Yours, tVc, t A KOJOUHNI.ll. P. 8. Fiun.tr Evi;i,sn, Oct. !JJ. When about to mail the foregoing, I was d tained on private business until it was too laic for this morning's until. This f. fords me an opportunity of adding tint the place delected for holding the next session of tlie Grand Lodge of Free Masons, in ColuuibuH, and the time fixed on I ho fourth Mondav in September, -. During the day many of the delegates depirted for their homes, nml 1 learn, that Invini tiuislid their business in hand Ibis afternoon, they have adjourned sine tlie. Il is said th il their doiiiL'H were rh:ir:ictchcd with irreat harmony nml good feeliiij-, and tint the fiateruity " u A prosperous condition ill the State of Ohio. May their fruits show forth the good of their labors. Hi-sides the topics above alluded to, as occupying tho attention of 1 he Grand Lodge, during a portion its late sitting, there waa another not second to uny or all of them in importance, and in which Ihe whole community are to s line extent interested. We allude to tlie establishment of a school, for the education of destitute orphans, ami the children of indigent Mis ma. An able rejnrt wa-t presented by a co ii uiitee ra'uej by the Gran 1 L idge a year ng chirgeil with the consideration of the subject. During the session of the Grand L-idge a proposition was forwarded It) that body, by giMilleineii, ci!i7.:'iis id' the town of WtnlUinony in ure having for its object the avoiding of all cause of ' in this county, inviting the location of the proposed complaint hereafter; and to this end accede to his j school at lint pi ice and a committee rai.u-d t ugifestioii in the closing sentence of his remark, and will hold ourselves ready to itnpirt to him ntiy information in our possession, which may be iHeful in the efficient discharge of his responsible duties. - Tlio Cost of ictory. The National Intelligencer of the tflid inst. contains a lit, occupying three of I he enpac on column of that piper, giving the names of the killed, wounded and missing, on the American side, in the several engagements in anil before the city of Mexico, from the eth to tlie loth of ScptetnlMT, inclusive. This list gives tlie names ul !Siti:;.i m simnn ami 1 wKiTv-rm Amkhicans, as included among the killed, wounded j and missing, in the four divisions of the Army, as fol lows : Gen. Worth's Division W Gen. Twig'' Division yt'l Gen. Pillow's Division 11- Gen. Quitman 1 Division Total. .. ItiJd Tins is the price in life and blood for a amIc victory, as paid upon the field of battle. To this should be added, in making up the grand total, the instalments in life, (sevcely leas hrge,) winch fell a prey to the ravageg o( disease, before reaching the theatre of " glo-rv." And iti this statement of the account, we have ..r,......... il... ol, ... ...111. .mi nt tr..-iHiin ' liret'ci able to uny m in they hive to oiler in the Di mci, nun u nuy iioro r oco id eiecieo, i- nope 11 win I the gelitletuitl Iroui Ohio. gotnte with t ie citizen aloresaid in the premises. Should it b deemed practicable and advisable for the Grand Lodge to engige in such an enlfrprise, Worth, ingloii pDss'-rfitt-a many advantijes as the piinl fir its location. Tins suggestion, however, need not pre elude citizens of olhr places from ulfering induce-tnetils f.tf oth'T locnti'mi which nny be addressed to the llev- Willi vn P. Strickland, Cincinnati, or William II. Hubbard or William li. Thrall, Columbus. W ho U Gen. itlhride f Ohio I" Can any body tell us was the above (piestion ever definitely settled? The General has llau d to the top iigtin ; and we feel considerable anxiety lo know " who is Gen. Walbridge." Tho N w York impress says : A Litkv II avi.. The Loco Focos nf the First and Second Wurdj, roinposmg an Assemldy District, have lloiuiuited Gen. Walliridge nf Ohio ns their candnlate at the coming election. The party have ipiarrelled ao hard in the First Wnrd that tin y could not ayrre on a suitable representative. They then went into the Hotels and found Gen. W , who hau recently arrived from i Mho. It see inn they had Nobody fit to rt-p.-i'setit tho Ward here, allhouli there were a great plenty worthy to represent the p.irly, but they could nut elect an v one of tbeui. Wlicii Loco Focosm is hard run ih ilis at present, it is a wise plan lo go abroad lo get candidate. It would have bet n better fur the nation if tlie-v had done so a long tunc since. (Jen. W. and what ia of more cmisenuence, the deleterious moral iulluences which result in engaging in that game which " fouls plnif at far the himJit of tings." In this slaughter, the Ohio troops escaped witli, a comparatively light loss. Tlie following ia given as embracing the names of the killed and wounded from Ohio : Kn.i.rn Privates, Joseph Grant, John II iviland, John llernck, Henry W. Stoyes, J. D Konml. Woti.Mit'.ii Captain Kdwaid A. King, Sergeant Jonathan Jones, severely. Corporals, Win Rock, Jus MeGill, mortally; II. l.von, sever ly. Privates, T. McLaren, J. Kbeh iny, Seth M ll-ngl-n, Jonfe Angle-inver, George Nomcvey, Caleb K-Sly, .M irvin Ward, severely; Lewis And -rm, CliriMtian 11 itinuel, Dun-combe .MeKiiiHey, F. L llarkiiiau, and Henry Hess, liglitly. Missing, pnvaie Ifirliin. Wo should be gratified lo know from some official aurce, ihe precise ohjrrt tor calling upon these men to lay down their lives and pour out llnnr blood upon a foreign soil. Is it Ihe Itipuhlie established by H'tisft-ini'tim, tint is thus calling i And is it the p.Uh century of the Christian era that these thing.) tukepluco.' Cut bono t Third l'nrty Convention. The National Convention of ihe Tlnnl pirly met at 11 n Halo on the Uh, for the iioiuiinlion of a candidate for the Presidency, and was organized by the appointment of S ami' v.l. Lt v M, of Cineiiiuati, as Cliainuaii The first day was occupied w.Ui preliininury movements. On tlie second day Mr. Gerrit Smiih,of New York occupied the most uf the fire noon in the dehv ery nf 1 speech, replete with agrahamsm, Ireo trade doctrines, Ac. He was answered by Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, who charged Smith with being a child 111 (he school of abolition, and having learned to spell baker was now undertaking to instruct those from whom he learned Ins lesson. During his speech he was twice interrupted by Mr. South, wh denied certain positions that Mr. Lovejoy dinged Smith with assuming, which were embraced in some spicy remark of Mr. I.rmjoy in relation to Mr. Smith's tetter to Mr. Sew ard. New York nlwavs lias something novel in its poll- and if there ure nmre gentlemen trom our sister States, stopping at our Hotels, and anxious to repre sent us lei llieiil speak ipliek. Grj. Twi.on us 111 Wt Hour. The Austin Texai) Dei rat of the i i of October announces that Major General Taylor Bet out iiboiit Ihe'Jolh Sep. lember from Monterey, on a visit to his family. Tim New Orh-itn National of the I Ith also anys : An oiheer ot Iho army, twenty-lour diva from (ieti. Taylor's camp, inform us tint Gen. Taylor may lie expected he re in Hie course ot a weak or ten iiavs. He was me oar in j; to leave Walnut Springs when our informant fist s.iw hou, am) he spoke id' Ins return to tie 1'iiit' d Stales Iteety, and anticipated Ihe pleasure lie should li ivi! oil his cotton farm. He ia 111 good health nml spirits. " At (ten. Tavlor'a camp, when our informant left, was the following immense nrmy : lira eg s battery and the skeleton reunms of three companies of the gd dra.'ouiis, under Col. Fauulleroy. At Monterey there was Col. TihhaMs with live companies of the Kith infantry. The city of Monterey, it is said, was under belter goerumeiit than at any tune since under our control. " Founriiv A man railing himself George llaunih, nud n-prcseniiug himself lo be a firmer, living 111 Ihe lieighhcrhond of Paris, presented to Mr. Petlibone nf this city, a ware house certificate, with a desire to dis pote of il. Tlie ccrlihVale purports In have 1 11 jjiven by Ciilp A CroiimiiLrer,of Plymouth, for five huo lred bushels of wheat stored wi'h lliem by George (latin ih, find deliverable on the Mninfu ld and Sandusky City rail road track. Mr. Pellibono purchased the cerldicnt and piul l-ir it. lie Momi alter wnrd learned thai the si 11 1 e iudivulnal had dupom d of a similar certificate fir -HID bushels to Mr. Steele ol M-.uroeville, which, when presented to Megra. Culp V Croiimnger, was by them declared to he a forgery ; th it they knew of no Hiieli man ni George Hannah. Of course Ihe individual has not been heard of si nee. Sn mi, y .Mirror. Fiir.iii r i t ti i". I.irn r Mimi ami Di srnrrriot or I'm 01 n rr We learn from a getitlemau who sr riveil hen la-.t po;1iI, that the recent heavy rains have ao swelled ihe Little Miami river, (lint ils banks are overflowing, and also that tho bottom lands are completely inundated. Large ipinutihes of corn and nth- r produce hive (-ei! RWrpt away. Iho "oldest in- Coi 1 miu a, JMh Oct , 1 H 17. W. II. Tuiuu., V.-t.lttnr Hir : For a considerable time past, in your reports of the Kutern markets, per 'iYfgrit'A, then haa been a glaring error in the quota, j hnloUnl " say that this river is higher now than ever tious of pork. The error is repenti-d in llns evening's known before. pier, thus : (New York market,) " .'ialrs uf HiMirnl We also b arn from n reli tbb source, lint Mill rreek Mrs .Vn ,nt tfi'i fu iJ'tilTV" bollonm are completely covered With water, and con- I wish you would explain how it happens that such ' aulerable damage hm in i n done to the funus border an absurd report is made, elm lly that the Telegraph mg on the cn t k. may not bo charged Willi llns blunder. 1 believe your j Tlie Ohio river opposite th'S city commenced rising Ktstcrn corrcsp mdent is ai fault ; but readers gem-r- ; very rapidly at yesterdiy noon, and Licking river is ally, I find, attribute it to the Telegraph. Itlame ! pouring out most plenteoiisly. Cm. limmrtr. ahonld not lie permitted to be charged where it dues I , - -- zsr.r ami I'oi rii' i.. 1 lie 1 ommereiiil gives the following as Lynn's it. It was dashed dV, im no I rest. Very respect'y your oli't serv't, 1 nus. iniumt., nr.SAHKsTho only rxplmntum we can irive is, , t"'"P'. l L'-uisv.lle, a few evenings amce,.mmg to .1 , .... 1" ., . . . 1 .,, 1 the lollowinr- iiicideiils : Mr. Loi'an w as culled uimn that we lo uw our bulletin to the very let hr. We ... 1. , , . , .., , , 1 :. 1 1 the slnL'e 11 a 1 rets n htr 1 nret in ed the ikik. h 1 v nl his carrying his watch ; he recmnted a but v of ihe company u ho happened to be present, to take charge o il (luring Ihe evening. When she relumed it to him, it was found to h ive stopped ihe moincnl it came into her possession. We do not recoiled hiving seen a fancy more delicate Until is expressed in Ihe Itul line : r.PM.n tv. My watch, my lovely Irieud. yon tav, " Mopt oinoiirbren-t," you're vex'd I irr, Tlie trinket tin yniir Iiohoiii Inv, And nu n iirt iiui: u 11 hi ei'ilncv. have examined these sinco our attention waa called to the subject, and the words in the bulletin are plainly written and tho signification in our key is " fork Western Mess No. I, $i;i.(i,;i;.J." This is evidently a mistake ; and being so, ought not to have passed in to print. But this quotation being rejected, wc have no means of supplying the defect. We call the attention of our F astern correspondent to the subject. H1.iMir.1t.-We lake the following pnrngrnph from an exchange piper: " Il is a poor aoul that cannot bear slander. No decent in in eau get nlmg without it at least none who are engaged in Ihe liiiMiicaa pursuits of life. Have you had a bail fellow in your employment and discharged him he goes round and slanders you ; refuse anolhersome modest boon which lie asked, nod he goes round nnd slanders you ; let your conduct be such as lo excite the envy of another he goes round and slanders you In line, wo would not give a cent fr a person who is not sluidered he is either a milk-sop or a fool. No, no earn a bad name by bad lellow, (mid you ran easily do so Incorrect conduct,) it ia iho only way to prove you are cull tied luagood one." TheTuriH a Homely lllustntUuii I WUDNI.SDAV ICVUNING, October 27, 1HI7. nuppose we could Jure our garments made lio per cent, cheaper in iMirupe man ttiey ure now made nt home, ami thereupon ptocure them from Kurope, will nuy man seriously contend that our country would bo benelitted thereby ? Tribune. Suppose the clothing aforesaid should bo got of Knglaud for nothing, would any man seriously con-lend that our country would be impoverished, or labor suffir? Yet certainly, if again of li.") per cent, to the customer, is uu injury to tlie country, a gain of lOU per cent, is an outrage, Aihuuij jhtas. CinnillNT AMIA.NV KVKMSO JOtllNAf.. There is no originality in this Alias logic. Thcbril hant nleti which it setslorth, was more beautifully and strikingly exhibited by an Irishman many years since. Pat was told tint by the use of a stove, a room could be warmed with one half Ihe wood thai would be re qui rod in a fire place. Then, says Pat, " In faith, I'll buy two atoves und have all tin Wood ! " Pat's domcstuyiud the Atlas's political economy, are on a par. There is, however, tins essential difference in Pat's favor : His suggestion, though lacking sense, was not de- Iicient 111 wit. Ihe Atlas uuswer to the tribune, has little to botntt of in either respect. To talk of gelling ' tho clothing aforesaid" from England for nothing, is us senseless and uriinenti'iig, 11s lo talk ol an entire saving of fuel by the use of two stoves. The case firely staled staiida thus : A farmer, residing in Michigan, wishes to purchase annually, cloth, hats, and shoes, winch will cost ,411)1) in N- Y.,aml .yjr more if he buys lliem of the inaufactur-ers uud mechanic, who reside in the village one mile dmtaiit from Ins farm. He lakes his potatoes, buckwheat, poultry, eggs, cheece, butter, Ac, Vc, to the city, converts them into cash, semis it to New York, and ge's in return for his money, five yurds of cloth, live hats, and five pairs of shoes ; when several uf his neighbors exchange un equal quantity of surplus pro. duce with tlie village manufacturers and mechanics, get but lour yards of cloth, four hats, and four pair of slioea in return. Quid cut maximum boiiuiur' Tho free-trader boasts of his superior sagacity nnd success. His neighbors having as keen a relish as himself fr 11 good bari'iiiu, resolved to imitate his ex ample. Tlie next year (hey all convert their surplus produce into money, uml send to New York to make their purchases. AH are, thus far, highly elated at tho success of their free trade experiment. Hut on the succeeding year, when they go lo the village lo ilisposo ol their produce, they find the number of pur-diasers diminished, and the prices of these articles re- i duced. On inquiring Ihe cause, they learn that the weavers, the bailers, nnd the shoemakers, have closed shops. It was iiit lesH for them to weave chilli, or make hats nnd -dioes, which I hey could not sell. Some I of them were out of employ; they wanted butter,' cheese, t.Ve,., to b sure, but had no money lo pay for lliem ; others had abandoned their trades, on uriiing Ih it the farmers would 110 longer purchase Hie products of their l ibor; had become farmers themnelves, and were already in tho market with their butter, cheese, Ac, thereby increasing the supiily at a time when I here was a diminished demand lor these articles. The consequence wan a fill of ol) per cent., in 1 the village for simie of' these articles, nnd oilier could I not he sold for nuy price. What was to be done r When was ihe ft MM) to he got to end to New York ? The first idea that Mi-'e-led i'.nelf was to solid Ibis surplus produce to New York, and get the clothing wauled 111 hell : but it Was Soon iiscettutlieU that lite eg.rs, butter, poultry, buck wheat, potatoes, nud divers other things, which h id nidi d to make iij the islmi, before ihe village m.trifct was destroy ed, would not bear the xpein.' of transportation to ho distant a market as New York; ami int tended to nggravate the was, tint these articles, the value of which was Hugbenr. It has come to bo regarded by all considerate per-sons, if wc mistake not, as extremely improper to frighten children with the relation of what are familiarly tfTiwillfnifrlintr stories thai is, ficticious narra tives, calculated lo fill tho minds of children, and sometimes of elder persona of weak intellect, with un necessary and ubsurd alarms. There are real evils enough extant in the world, to bo avoided by pruden and considerate means, without u resort to fiction and taxing of the imagination for chimeras dire, with which to pester tho lives of those around us. Wo concur with the general sentiment uf mankind, in reprobating the practice (which wo perceive still to some extent pervails,) of instilling into weak and susceptible minds ueedless apprehensions and terrors, when no practical good can result from such a course. In relation to this matter,. we arc somewhat at a toss to know whether ounieighbor of tho Stattstnan comeg in for our prehension 011 our sympathy. It is quito evident that unless ho is attempting to frighten some of his weaker brethren of the Locofoco faith, he has himself been wrought upon by the more crafty of that school of politicians. That our readers inny form their own opinion upon this knotty point, and determine for themselves whether our neighbor is himself the priest or the victim, wo copy from his paper of Monday evening ns follows : The Withholding of Supplies. ' The stars und the stripes now float trom Hip capitol ot Mexico, planted there by as brave uu army uh ever wits gathered to avenge a country's1 wrong; and yet there are those in our midst, who would leave tliat unny in the country of Iho enemy, without provisions to feed or arms to defend themselves, merely to pander to Ihe basest spirit of Hart lord convention federalism. Accursed be tho lips that lir.il broached the btnimnus suggestion, and doub. ly nccurscd bo the vile truilor that would put it into execution. We acknowledge onrself somewhat at a loss to Bat- isfy our own mind from the foregoing, whether our neighbor has been imposed upon to believe what is therein iMni-rled,or whether he is experimenting upon the credulity of his readers ; possibly it may ho both. If the former, some kind friend should relieve him, by exhorting him to dismiss his fears, and by assuring him that they ore baseless ns "the fabric of a vision." Hut trom 'he anathema murnnntha with which the ex tract closes, we ure strongly inclined to the belief that whatever may be the real views of the writer, then1 is a manifest wish to operate it not upon Ihe fears, upon some of the baser passions of the liuuiun heart. Where are the "men in our midst who would do the acts heirlleges? We know of no one who has ever proposed any thing of the kind. Wc have indeed heard it suggested as the only re. -dy remaining to iho people against the kingly pre rogative claimed and exercised by the President, to " withhold supplies." This is the resort of the L'ng- li:ii House of Common!, (who are the representatives of the English people,) when it becomes neces- ry to restrain the grasping ambition of their Sove-ign. And no ICnghah monarch within the last two hundred years Ins picsitui'-d so much upon his impo. rial prerogative ns has our most democratic" Pre- thnsd imbed or destroyed, were ulto.niher the iiiohI i mdent ol the tinted Stales ! bhould they have done profit able prodti"ti f a farm, if a convenient market n, it would have been at the peril ot their lives was at hind where they coo id be disposed of. CAnrrs Slurarl was brought lo Ihe block for otfen- These Michigan farmers now begin to reason ration ' nntt ,i. ni,,,-,;,,. , n. ... ..i., 1,.-. ti-l,rrii.t id-m ally up li the subject, ns nil men will reason when , ' . . ... . , . they hive been ni.de to sutler by the adoption 0f ft j thoao with winch our I residents m these latter days pbimoMe, though Inlse theorv. I hey Co to the con ort- obliging us 10 oe laminar. to nave 11 in nioru elusion that lo determine whether a thing is cheap or j royal rrlas in Ihe fragment nf a tltiglo presidential otherwise, some other things, beside the price it coat ! t,.n tlinii have ciniiuited from the F.nglish Ihrnnc in 111 dollars nud cents, must be taken intoeoiiauleration. They find that as ihey want to Convert their potatoes and iiiickwhofil into clothing, il is necessary for them to ider what the etleet will be on the price of these articles, be fire they resolve lo pursue a course which a ill either destroy, or greatly depreciate their value, so lunch, iud I, that they would have been greatly the gamers by the continuance ol the old system ; by which they nominally p:nd 'J' per cent, more, but 111 reality0,. percent less for their clothing, than they now have to pay under ihe Hew system. Let us tuke the account : oi bvsti;m. Dr. Clethin-f ftPJS Cr. 1'iii bush's buckwheat di. per bush. 4m " potatoes 3J. " o) $100 A Torciimi Si im: Parsing up one of our pleas-ant streets n few eu'tmie ago, we saw n man -h line-fully inebri ated, leaning Upon the vh'mldcr "f his young daughter, who was conducting linn home from the acetic ot his night's debauch. 'Ihe erring parent staggered In ami fro, swaying the fragile child as the reed ia moved by the wind. Those Aerc bitter tenra lint coursed down her pile rl k, and fearful were Ihe emotion which av lied in that young Imvnnt. Sacred before God, nugels, nnd men, was thai filial piety which prompted her loduty,nnd deplorable strange, passing slrnngc, Ihe wcnkncM uf that man and parent who called il into action miller eircuiiisMnees so dis tfnceM so worse than biulal Ucrr UtruiU. a whole century ! And yet, forsooth, it is claimed tint ours is, par e.er!lcneet tho ihf.i: country; and our children are taught to coiiimissernte the depressed and unhappy condition of a people who would not sub. niit far un hour l ) the exerc.se by their king of audi powers ami prerogatives as are being habitually claimed for our President ! Withhold iv of Supplies!" And it haacoine to be a heinott political olfeuce, then, for the Representatives of tho People to exercise their pmper and constitutional discretion, in voting or withholding supplies from our Sovereign, tho President! And it is "io mocratie " now, to denounce all such discretion on the part of Ih.1 people and their cho.ien Representatives! Aye, nnd it is downright " Hartford Convention federalism " to talk or thiuU of limiting the royal prerogative ! Wherefore then was it written in tho very first Arlicle of the Constitution, framed by Washington nud his associates, that " am. mu.s ton rmsinu kk- vKMJt; ill ti t oHiols ti: IS Tilt; iku sk or hi:piu:i:x tativ v. ?" For what reason was this cliuse inserted in our Magna Churtat but to secure to the people tho benefits of a salutary antral through their chosen Ke preventatives, over the vaulting ambition of an unre strained L'xecutivc? Why not permit Ihe Senile to originate revenue bills? Or what would bo still more democratic" according to the modern standardswhy not permit the President, through his Minister of Finance, commonly called the Secretary of the Treasury, to draw up these measures and present them to Congress for registration ? Why all tins care, to place this initter ol raising " ti'pn.ii: " tirlusirehj in tho h inds of Representatives chosen immediately by tho People themielves ? This feature of our Con slitiiliou waa designed and framed expressly to throw additional safeguards around popular rights, Il is the people's bulwark, their very nrk of safely agiinst tho all-grasping rapacity of a greedy federal Ktccutivo. " HurtJ'orit ('onrrntion federalism" indeed! The doctrine avowed in the brief extract from tho States iimsj, which virtually denies the right of the Poo-plus Representatives to exert a restraining intlu-ence on the action of tho Kxeculive, and denounces the constitutional exercise of that right that is fnler-alism rank, rampant, and unadulterated. We chat lenge the record of the " Hartford Convention " itself for a more perfect distillation of the federal theories thin is embodied in these few hues winch we copy from the Ohio Statesman. Subserviency unquestioning and n bio lulu subserviency to the Kxecutivo will, is at tho very foundation. Tlie President has in-volved us in a War with Mexico; it is the bounden dutv of tho pennle's lleiiresentalives to furnish " sua- weather. The friends whom pursuit ol health and plies" to carry on that War, thus unconstitutionally rnt:i:-Tit.iiiEt 011 m:w si'tr.. Dr. Clothing .... 0,:ihii hush Is buckwheat iis. per bush. ' potatoes s. " li-i $IMU; Leaving a balance of .V.) bushels of buckwheat 111 fa-! vor of' the old system. I The farmer never can increase tho relative value of his surplus produce by Btnrviug our manufacturers mil mechanics, ami compelling them to become pro-Iticers instead of consumers. Tims we see tlmt I nil bushels uf wheat, hill lui'hels of oats, and IMH bush- ds of potitoes, will bring more yards ot cloth, a renter number of hats and shot", if exchanged with iiinuiVlnrcs nud mechanics who live near Ihe snot .there they arc grown, than if sent oOd miles by inland navigation to New York, and .l,'dt) more across the oeenn to Fterlind A firm within a mile nf a nourishing manufacturing vill ige is worth double the amount of one ii.'i miles iltslant ; and yet the tree-trailer advises me lo inter lose the space of ;t, "illO imles between my farm and the ultimate market for Ihe sale uf its surplus pro ducts. 1 used to think Pat was joking when he rrcommen-led tlie entire saving of fuel by the use of two stoves; on venly, he wus wiser than the generation of free traders. A Mhiiioa Fa it m in. () Toniiit In spite nf ihe gorgeous livery assum. ed by iVituie during the month, there is always n aud l lie in the music of its hreexes, lis melodies are in n minor key. Winter already casts his tdiadow before, and Summer ll. es his apprortrh. Love our firesides us we may, we cling instinctively to the careless season when warmth wus Hot to seek. In an ideal Id'e, Summer would reign perpetually. When we iuure of brighter worlds; when we try to imagine what will In theconddinu of the blest, wlio ever thinks of fire Nit poet of the ideul ever draws a cheerinit or exalting image from winter. 'Thick-ribbed ice" nnd regions where 'air burns fro re, android performs Ihe rlli ct of fire ' h ive been called m to heighten our notion of a place of torment. So we never long tor the frosty Caucasus,' even when wo are melting under Cancer. Yet the plensitrrn of this season are neither few nor li'ht iloitie-brei happiness' begins with cool Iresh air Ins separated for two or three months, will now meet, and exchange greetings will) new lest. : All is animation and excitement between the history of summer wandering anil the preparation for winter. ll seems Ike a new lease ol lite to the happy, re. freshed ami inspirited by the heart-cheering breen s of nur lakes and mountains. May they include iho poor and m-rdy m their plana for the approaching severe season. One of tlie saddening iulluences of tho autumnal change, is Ihe prevalence of stormy winds, which will reiii'iid us of disasters nt sea. How many hearts will tremble ns the lnt loud blast of this month bring back Ihe t-utf rings nf last fill, 011 our wreck strewn maul ! God help the poor mariner, and spare lite hearts that watch for Ins return ! Mrs. hirkland. Direct Taxation. The Locofoco Slate Convention of Mi-jsachuftts, nt its late session, passed the following resolution ; " liisolml. That Ihe existing tanu" ia further de serving of general support, because it is, more than any that hue preceded it, in harmony with the sound-t'st principles ot (he science of national wealth, With tho grand movement of our age towards universil freedom of commercial intercourse, and with Demo rr.itic truth, winch leaches tint, while tarilfs and eve ry elli'T form ol indirect taxation rucoiirnge nnd con. ccnl intioiial extravagance, DIUF.CT TAXATION ALONK will at once constrain the public servants to observe a rigid economy, and enable the people to de teel and punish the lirt breach of fidelity 111 the management ot Ihe public resources," The idea uf p.n mg a nilionnl debt of two, three, or, pcrh a pa, it may be, four hundred millions of dollars before the war is ended, by direct taxation upon farms aud other real esl.ite, will be rcfretdiing, 110 doubt, to tint farmers of the free States. They will cheerfully submit to have their taxes about four times as high as they are now for their share in the glorious privilege of re storing negro slavery m .Mexico w Here the .Mexicans had abolished it. Our Slate tax is now ja-H),Ol)U, and we think (hat pretty henvy. Hut Maine's share of a public debt of VJ:iiii!tiiiuiH) w,,uld be nearly seven millions ol iloiiiH,iiieannunl interest o which, with. Death ol' John S. Skinner. Our telegraphic despatch from Baltimore this after noon announces the death of Joun S. Skikweh, Esq., uf that cily. The Hood ! .The flood on the Liltlo Miami, waa more serious than the accounts which first readied us, led us to suppose, in tlie Little Miami Valley, between Morrow, (Todd's Fork) and this place, its effects have been severely felt, and the destruction of grain, &c, has been immense, iherailrond track was damaged 111 several places, but through the energy of thu superintendent, Mr. Clements, the obstruction wus but temporary. Tlie W ouster pike, in many places, was in undated in stretches of a mile. One ol tho abutments of the bridge at Milford was washed away, and the dam at Deerlield destroyed, causing a loss of about ,00l). Movtof the standing corn, on the banks of the stream is cither destroyed or damaged, and several horses, cows, hogs, &c, havo been lost. Phe Hood was not unattended by loss of human life. A man named Parker who was intoxiiated. was drowned in the road fouriniles beyond Union Hridge, on the Dethel pike, on which thu water was four led deep ! 1 here was considerable damage also on the Great Miami. The oiubnnkineiit on (lie Minmi Canal, soiiip distance above, gave way, and a teniiiorarv susncti.l ston of navigation will be the consequence. 1 ne ocquemici 01 the Miami canal, over Grerorv a creek, is washed away. The amount of damage, and Ihe time nenctuary lu etleet repaint could not bo as certained until the waters ahatid. 1 A rumor was current on 'change yesterday, that the wane waier ennni nan ueen Oailiy injured. The Turnpike near Franklin, was inundated, and a bridge in that vicinity destroyed. A small house about threo miles beyond Franklin, was swept off on naiurnay nigni. 1 ue occupants escaped. f Tho flood 111 the Little Miami reached its greatest iieigui at annul u on numiuy ntgiit tJie water being men nigiier tiinu in many years. The rapidity of tho rmo may bo judged from the fact that in 0110 hour the river swelled nearly threo ieei piumo 1 It is probable that we havo not yet heard anything like the extent of the damage by this extraordinary flood, and further advices from the valleys of the two Miuum areawuited with painful anxiety. Cineinnuti Commercial. Nntiouul Liberty Convention. This Convention has jiistndjmirned nfler a two day session at Uulfilo. Tlu attendance was vryfull; delegates appearing from all purls of the country the South, id' course, excepted. a nnuel Lewis 01 Ohio- was appointed President of the Convention, ittul Austin Wuley, tSlunley Mulh. ws and others, Secretaries. Thero were many tal ented ami eloquent speaker in the Coiivenlton, and much tune was spent 111 uisciusing the question whether the nomination uf a Presidential ticket should be made, or postponed till after the Democratic nnd lug parties had made their nominations. The noru mating party prevailed, and John P. Halo of New Ihmpshirc, was ncsignated as the candidate for Pres ident by a very largo majority. His competitor was trerrit bmitii. Leicester King ol Unto, wus nominated for Vice President. Mr. Hale is well known, has always acted with the Democratic party was elecled n a Democrat to Con gress, turned an Abolitionist, and was repudiated by his party at home. He then came out an independent candid ate, nnd alter several trilas Was elected bv the wings nuu Aiioiiiionisis uniting, anil also carryiny some Democratic votes, lly this coalition the Demo crats lost the Legifduture, and Hale was elected a United States Senator, his term commencing with the next Congress. Mr. King bus always acted with the Whig party in this State until within 0 few years. In 10 he took decided abolition ground, nnd slumped tho Stale as the Abolition candidate for Governor. Cleveland Viain Ueattr. Fi.omoA Ki.rcTio. The Tallahusa Floridinn of the I'th instant gives but partial returns of the election which look place on the -lib nod. ; but judging of the reports from the eastern part of the Slate, it is " apprehensive that both houses of the Legislature will lie Whig." And who can bo surprised ol this result ? W'oshini'tan I niim. H e are not at all astonished nl it. Our only wonder is tint in any State it should be otherwise. Tlie Union, we presume, hiuti, in this paragraph. at the celebrated attack upon the " r it re no ok tiik , rut:, in which Senators 1 iileft and Westcolt bore I such a cousiiicu ms part. And this reminds us to nsk, how it happens tint we have heard nothing about thai I " great outrage " since the spring elections in Virgi-1 nia? Or are the authors uf Ihe transparent humbug already asbaim-d of their position and anxious to have il forgotten :-ltichmond lVhig. thus needlessly and wickedly commenced ! This is tho argument And if it be wrong to enquire after tho matter now, it will bo no less so at any future lime during the progress of the War ; and the coiiseipienco is, that the President has Ihe whole matter in his keep ing, aud it is useless, perhaps "infamous" fur the people or their Representatives to trouble themselves about it. Our ncihbshsscoins to suppose tint there can be no withholding of snppliis" without " leaving the army in Iho country of the enemy, without provisions to feed or anus lo defend lhiinelves." We take it that the wisdom of Cong res is amply adequate to do tho one, and leave tho other undone. Wo take it that Congress is competent ill providing means, to proscribe the objects to which those means shall be applied. Tint as it is their privilege, so it becomes their duly, to iuvestigite thoroughly the causes which led to the commencement of this wnr and to determino for tli'Miiselvca, as they shall answer to the people-not to tho President the enda for which it shall bo prosecuted. If for conquest and tho mere lust for power, ff if be al'iiiidoind. Siy to the President, " here, sir, are menus sullicientto withdraw the troops which you havo must unwarrantably sent upon in ex pedilion of foreign conquest. Cull home tho troops ! Here arc means siillicieut to enablo you to negoiiato an honorable peace. And should the toil of our own court ry be invaded, every ciliien of tint country capable of bearing arms and every dollar in the laud shall be forthcoming for the defence of that country, and to rcH its invaders." Teach him that he is but a man, and that ns a public servant he is to be held to a rigid accountability for h'" 't- He not alarmed by the impotent "curses" of those who for selfish end would pander lo power nor divert d from the straight forward course of duly by the out reducing tho nnnciiMl, would be il'.H. I ! I oughesr cry 01 leiieransm or "iiarilorit V-oiiven. Clr-np ns n broom, when we consider tint the object is ' tion," wilh which designing demagogues would seek lo tasreurt pidinral potrrr to tlur, kidding polttinnns of frighten ihe timid. Tench them that they have to do l Mr VuA. aud tnaU'.r tmUttcal loat'irs to trt a rhnre of j A plunder. We are going on swimmingly, the Lo-co loco papers tell us ; but who is to pay Ihe cos I tbev do H'iMcll n, They are like the vagabond, without A copper in his pocket, who exclaimed lo the landlord, 11 (11 rr m Mr (Vmir, and a Jig for th upensr"hinnc' brf Journal. ri'irnri. Cohvlntioii. The House of niidttqis on Tuesday Inst concurred with the Deputies, in fixing upon Cincmnnli bb tho place of holding the next T11 iunial Cnnvrntti'ii. wilh men Jmrrwant ami not with children who can be alarmed at shadows, or mercenaries who con by a mess ot pottage be diverted trom their principles. Acquitted. Harah Pnindexlcr ami Hester Johnson, who have been on trial before the Franklin Common plena for nx days, charged with the murder of George Poiudexler, last Bummer, by administering to him a dose of poison, were ac quite d on last Monday nijtt. Govr.11.10R. Thu election beiiiir now over, the pi pers of both political parties are beginning to bring forward their favorites fur next Governor of Ohio. Amongst our opponents. Judge Wood nnoears to be the favorite, and w ill, perhaps, be the most formidable man in their ranks. The Whignartv is a little differ ently situated. They have so many good and true men that almost every editor has named a ditlereut one. Jiut all will be union and harmony the moment the convention names the man. We do not know how it may stnud mi other sections of the State, but in this county the Whigs prefer Jauks Coi.mkh, L'sq., o(' pieuoenvuie, 10 any other man 111 the Stale I and wc Jo nothing more than comply with the ueneral feehnirs 01 i ne tiuign, ny raising tus name lo our mast head, there lo remain, wo trust, until ho is triumphantly eiecieo. uc win mane a sianuaru nearer 01 which no no man need be ashamed, and on the stumo is more than a match for the Judin-. or aiiv man of the nartv likely tu receive a nomination. He takes with the masses always an important consideration and has ine happy laculty ol pleasing all. if he cannot convince an. Ytith him for a candidate, we need not fear tho result. Lower Sandusky Itlcgraph. From Saltillo. j The company of the First Dragoons which had been sent on an expedition against guerrillas, return.; ed to S iltillo on the Dth ult. It visited several towns, runchos and villages, but saw no guerrillas, and was well ireated every where. Two Texan Lieutenants with nineteen men, had descried and gone to Mondavi. As they had been very troublesome in camp, Gen. Wool concluded Ihey were not worth sending for. A teamster who had run off wilh $'U0t waa taken und brought hack. "Since commencing this letter I have seen Cnpt. Lnne of the Texan Ranger, who haa just returned from an expedition to Sun Miguel, whether he was sent by General Wool, to apprehend Goniales, the proprietor or leasee of a hacienda, who attacked an nftiju of mules loa, led with corn intended for the (fiiar-teruinster s Department acircumslance which 1 have heretofore mentioned in one of mv letters. Voun Iho arrival of ('apt. Lane and his troop, Don Gunxales was found wauling," having left some days previous, ll wns discovered that he had not been lighting on his own hook, but held a regular commission from no .Mexican uovernment as a guerrilla captain. In his house wns found secreted a considerable quantity of goods, contraband under our tan If, which were seised by Cnpt. Lane. Capt. L. came homo by the way of I 'arras, having been absent nine days, lie saw no traces of any guerrilla bands, and found Ihe inhabitants all peaceable and quiet at least so fur as could be judged from outward nppearnnces. A paper Ins oeeu rccciveu to ilay iroui ban Luis as late aa the 1st urn., containing an account ot the action at Con Ire. ras, written by Gen. Snlas Imin 'I lalpam. where he was a prisoner, and accompanied by a hat of the generals ami other ollicers killed, wounded or taken pns ne oan I."' peopie are apparently in a great stew at Valencia's defeat and tho nrosneet of neace. Tin Governor of the Department of Sun Luis, in a proclamation, saya it is tune lor the Coalition lo act and organise a central government of their own, and recommend tho passage of a law most stringent in its provisions, against all Americans, or those aidmg'and abetting them, and repudiates the idea of peace. The hess also not only scouts nt the idea of pence, but denies tho right of Ihe Central Government to make il." Lr.m r Ksvr.i.oi'.;,. The F.htorof the Charlcslou Patriot mnkcN aonie very sensible suggestion to business men upon the use of envelopes, now becoming so general. As he very justly remarks : " Where tho subject matter of Iho epistle is business, and where there inav possibly be occasion nl some future period to refer to the iiost-mark as a proof of the time when tho letter was mailed, envelopes should be carefully eschewed. Merchants, therefore, m the transmission nf their business correspondence, should never use thrill. Letters 011 which the post mark is not endorsed, (and this is, of curse, the case in all letters that are put up in envelopes,) are evidences against the writer, but afford none in Ins favor." As carelessness on this point might entail toss upon aoinu who have not reflected upon the subject, we give the warning, although the majority of business men ure doubtless well awaro ol tho luct, and Uo not need the caution. 8f.STr.jira or x (I tMiurit.-A man named Kerri. son, convicted in Philadelphia of gambling, Ins been sentenced to pay a tine of .(I0, besides the costs, and to undergo an imprisonment m me r.asieru 1 euiien-tiarv. in sohtarv confinement nt lalnr, for three years. Tins is the first conviction under the new law, nnd Judge Parsons, m passing sentence, snui he considered gimbling worse than larceny, and thai he was de termined to break up the numerous houses wiueii are kept throughout the city, and every ease tint enme before him, he intended lo enforce the law Willi vigor and tu its lull extent. The mayor of N.ishvillo has tssurd a prnrlnmstion calling nn iho riti.cn In constitute themselves into patrols for the pioUctioti ol the ciiy. The Mississippi Vnlluy. A traveling correspondent of tho National lutein generr furnished, some two or three yours since, tho following condensed review of the grand basin lying between tho Alleghanies and the Rocky Mountain-.; " To see, render, for yourself, what the Mississippi valley is, suppose you go on board of one of those steam Louts lying nt the wharf in New Orleans and about to start for the Upper Mississippi river. Leaving ine orange groves aim sugar plantations 01 the aouui, in about ten days the boat will land you at the Fulls of Saint Anthony, ttccntu irs hundred miles up the Mississippi river; if you think you are not fnr enough north, you enn walk round thu Falls, and, taking another boat, ascend tight hundred or a thousand miles farther. On your wuy up you will have passed llim' many climates, and seen the production of each under cultivation, and over a vust mining region, abounding in coal, lead, iron, and copper ore, all found 111 veins of wonderful richness. As you return, should you wish to take a peep at Iho West, you will tuke a boat at St. Louis bound up the Missouri river. After a couple of weeks or so of good hurd running, the will land you at thu Great Falls in the country of the Rhickfoot Indians, about thirty-nine, hundred miles a-bove Ht. Louis, and Jir-e thousand from New Orleans. Returning, ycu would of course wish to sec some of the tributaries of the Missouri, lor tJiis purpose you would make a httlo excursion of elrrn hundred miles up the Yellow Stone, or sixteen hundred up the Plutte, and of tier be. hundred up tho Kanzas, and so back to St. Louis on the Mississippi river, ttettre hundred miles; from New Orleans, There you tuko a boat for the beautiful Ohio and run up that Btream lo Pittsburgh, one thousand miles from the mouth of tho Ohio and Oo thousand from New Orleans. You will see the flourishing towns of Louisville, Cmcinnnli and Pittsburgh ; Ihe most luxuriant en ps of nil thu grains and grasses; line inid numerous flocks nud herds of every kind; you would smile to see the primitive contrivances walled on Ihe bosom of tho Ohm, bearing the products of Ihe Ohio valley to its distunl market in New Orleans, nnd moro thun all you would rejoice to see the healthy, happy, smiling faces of the, people. He fore you again embarked on the Mississippi, you would no doubt run three or four hundred miles up the Cumberland, and six nr stern hundred up thu Tennessee river, to see what were Ihe first cotton regions of the valley, and now highly cultivated and improved. Once more on the Mississippi, 011 your way downward, you would be prompted to shoot Jiftevn handful or two thousand milts up tho Arkunsas river, just tu seo where all those hides and furs come from. You would no doubl run tw o or three hundred miles up the Yazoo, nud two hundred or soup the liig Illack, both in the State of Mississippi, to see tho countries that send out those stupendous stiomboat loads of cot t'm that you met on your wny up ; and just before you reached New Orleans you would be surely templed lo pop n thousand or Jiftren hundred miles up the Red river, to see the splendid cotton plautat.ons of Louisiana, and give a finish to your excursion. When you got back to New Orleans, you would have a tolerable uccurate idea of what Ihe Mississippi valley is, and by putting the distances together you will find (fiat you have travelled very comfortably by steamboat sixteen thousand miles, and, in going nnd returning, double that distance. Should curiosity lend you to investigate, you will find that in ihe Mississippi river nnd its tributaries, the Mississippi valley possesses a steamboat navigation of from tirentij fire to thirty thousand miles. Such is a brief but true geographical glance at the valley. To the mind of nn Atlantic or Lumpen 11 reader it may appear more of a " 1'ntiey sketch" than a (rue description. Let them not suppose that truth is violated because our rirrrsarr large. ; we did not make them and are not responsible for that. We have, however, plenty ot such lillle stromas a the Hudson, Ihe Delaware, tho Potomac, the Severn, tho Mersey, Ihe Dumber. Hut wo do not dignify them with tin names of rirers; wo call them creeks or bayous. With us if takes ri'rer to make a river." The New Indiana Issue. The Slate 11 ink of Indiana has just had engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch t!t Kdson, of this city, new plates of its isiies of Fives, Tens nnd Twenties. It is the intention of the Directory to call in their old issues, as soon as possible, and replace them with these. Only a small amount of the new notes are yet in circulation. Tlie mechanical execution of these notes, done un der the superintendence nf Mr. Jones, who has charge of Mi-Msrs. Rawdon, Wright. Hutch & F.dsou's oilice in this city, has never been surpassed in the United States. The designs are beautiful, and in exceedingly good taste. The vignette is Ihe same on each denomination tlie Stale arms in front, with a farmer seated on Ihe right, grasping in his right hand the handle of uu axe, with ihe axo itself resting by his side on the grounu; ins nil nana gracefully thrown inicK, aud xienuvu toward another Inrmer gathering corn in the back ground. Oil the hit is the figure of Justice, with her sword and balances, and still further to Ihe left, in the background, the capital of the Slate. Surmounting the entire vignette is a spread eagle, his wings extend from the centre of the head of the farmer lo the same point over the fiend of Justice. On Iho upper corners of the fives ore large figures indicating ihe denomination, wilh children tedding bunches of wheat, which encircle the figures. On Iho right lower corn r is the Goddess of Liberty, standing, her left arm reclining on the lop of a figure five, and holding Ihe ohve branch in her right hand, with tho usual attendants in the back ground. On Iho corres. ponding corner, at the left, is one of the most-plensint nud lieauliful female (nces wo overlooked upon. Centrally at the lower edge of tho note, between the President's and Cashier's signature, is another large figure five. On the tens nt the right lower corner is the full liength figure of nn Indnni girl, her left arm elevated, holding an ear of corn, while the left arm falls at her side, the hand resting on the letter X On the upper corner is the denomination in figures. On the left end at tiie lower corner is 1 imfi'ilo, in the centre a fancy in, anil at the upper corner a atag. rainlly printed Ill's are stamped through the right and left centre, be low the mam letter line. The twenties have a full statue female figure on the centre of the right end, wilh the word "twenty " at tho corners nlmvo and below. Figures " iid" are placed at tho right of the vignette above, aud at Iho lower left corner of the note. At the bottom of both tens ami twenties are tho Roman characters which mark the denominations, corresponding in poaition with the numeral on the fives. The engraving throughout is bold, distinct, and in every respect finely executed. The drawing is also beautifully done. The entire work reflects the highest credit upon the author; and must convince all impartial minds that it is not worth while to go farther east than Cincinnati to find some of the most skillful workers in this line to bo met with any where. We predict there will be few successful counterfeits of these notes C'i. Chron. Natiount Debt. A greater curse than a heavy national debt could not, perhaps, befall any country. Look at England-she has acquired a territory upon which the sun never sets. Ask her people, and they will tell you that it is an empire upon which the sun never rises. The perpetual shadow, that which detains her toiling masses in unmitigated wretchedness, is her national debt and its consequent burlliens. Her thrones and titles are are but feathers, comparatively the mountain upon her heart is her debt. From beneath the pressure of thai mountain, she will never rise. Look, now at our own country and see if her fortunes are not hanging as by a hair over tho samo vortex . Venly, is Ihe samo gulf which has swallowed up the liberties and destroyed the pence, prosperity and happiness of Hntiah subjects, open ready to receive 11s also. The nucleus of a great national debt haa been formed; the ball has been set in motion, aud it gathering velocity at every revolution. The projectile force is iho Mexican war, which hns already created a debt that increases itself; and what is most alarming, Iho expenses of the war increase, while its end is scarcely to be seen in the distance. Tiie relleclion is frightening! We are on the verge ol a yawning and hopeless gulf of iNsol.VKiu-v, nnd unless sou:ellnng is done speedily wo will be hurled headlong into Us loathsome and detested chasms. What must be done to avert this impending calamity ? The President and Ins cabinet are lost toall honesty of purpose, all regard for the rights of the peoplo or Ihe wclfure of the nation, and harbor only Ihe ons idia of perpetuating 81. ivr.Kv we may expect nothing from this source. They are determined to over run nil Mexico, be the cost what it may. Congress From the Snuibpori American. The Great Lnkea. The chain of " Fresh Water Mediterraneans " that go so largely towards dividing iho territory of " Uncle daiu" ftoui tho domain of " Mrs. Vic," are a geographical wonder. Extending from east to west over nearly fifteen and a half degress of longitude, they seem, regarding them upon Iho map, to rest like a crown of waters upon tlie head of tlie Union, their centre of gravity the Island of Mackinac, balancing upon the meridian which aepnrates Indiana aud Ohio, equi-dividea Kentucky nnd Tennessee, and pusses between Georgia and Alabama, and Hast and West Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. The difference in the ialiiude of the northern and southern extreme points of the Likes is nut fur from eight and a half degrees. The estimated area of country draining into them is IlJDjODO square miles the extent covered by the waters of the whole is 1K1,0U0 square miles, divided as follows : Ontario, 0,300; Erie, H,UO0 ; St. Clair. HoO: Huron. 20,4UI); Michigan, including the Bay, ii4,4D0 ; Supe rior, ,ouu. 1 no waters 01 ihe " r ather or Lakes (Superior) are OXi leet above Ihe level of the sea; which elevation is attained by equal gradations, each hike rising above the previous one, from Ontario to Superior. Tho surface of the waters of Ontario is feet above the tide water of the St. Lawrence-Erie nees S'.V.l feet above Ontario St. Clair 6 feet above Erie Huron and Michigan are 13 feet higher limn St. Clair, and Superior rises 44 feet above tlnme. Tho St. Clair is by far the shallowest of any of the lukes the average depth beimr about UO feet Erin averages in depth about H4 fret Ontario 600 Superior HOU Huron nnd Michigan 1000. as nenrlv as can he arrived at. The deepest soundings are found in Lake Huron. Off Saginaw Bay, wo are told, lends havo sunk ,HI)0 feet, or 1,200 feet below ihe level of the Atluniic Ocean, without reaching bottom. Great difference is observable in the transparency and purity of the waters of the several lukes. Those of Onttrio, Erie, and the Southern part of Michigan imve no peculiar excellence While those of the Ixorih- em pariot Lake Michigan and ol Lake Huron, surpass in clearness and flavor any waters of which wo havo ever drunk, though a still greater purity and a higher relish is said, by those who havo visited Unit ake, to distinguish the waters of Superior. So completely transparent are the water. nF llumn that tho rays of the sun are said to pass through them as through Ihe cloudless atmosphere, without meeting wuii pnuu ma tiers in suspension 10 elicit tl.eir tieut. Thus Dr. Drake accounts for the fact, which he him. elf ascertained by experiment, that tho water on the surface and tint two hundred feel below tho same spot, had precisely the same temperament, fifty-six degrees. Through the Wetland Canal the navigation ul'ilm lakes is uninterrupted for tho distance of tiU miles from east to west the diatanco north and south is, ... u.Bl-, iiiiuiui, ranging irom J-i miles as the ex- ireiiieuiaiunce. 1 he country to Which these waters are the great highway of transport, has often been tho theme of high wrought eulogium, for the variety and richness of its soil, and tho extent of its resources. As well as the justness of these oraiaes. as Ihe extent to which this fertility is beinir subjected to the hand of culture and tho rapidity with which these resources are being developed, under Iho life-bringing touch of the enterprise which peculiarly characterizes its in. habitants, ia gathered from a bare glance at the fact that Ihe commerce of the four lakes, including all cap-ital afloat, during the year If i:i, was estimated by the Topigraphical Bureau at $fi.,i:ou,000. Tho total amount expended by the general govern merit on these lakes for the improvements necessary to protect and convenience this commerce, is stated by Mr. Whittlesey of Ohio, at ,100,000. hen tlio projected ship canal around the Falls of Ste. Mario, shall be completed, the wide expanse of Lake Superior will be added to the present extent of tho lake navigation allowing the adventurous com-merciaiist to croud some 17o miles still farther North and several hundreds further West. The length of tlie route proposed to be cut by thiscinal is said to bo but three-fourths of a mile, and the whole expense of the improvement is estimated, if we rightly remember, at about $'.J;tO,0(IO. By this comparatively small outlay, less than Ihe cost of three months congression al iiiucK-guarU, access is at once at lamed to tlie wholo untry tributary to Lake Snnerior a trnct so rich in timber and mineral wealth that il haa not been unaptly termed the " Denmark of America. " A Chapter ou I'eniulea. Wc like to look upon a healthv woman she prodigy in tho nineteenth century. Where very you go you see scores and hundreds of spleeny, sicklv, feeble girts, who can hardly mutter ci urairo to nuikt their beds, wash their faces, or drive an intruding cow from the yard. Tell them about early rising, fresh air and healthy exercise, and they heave a sigh as long aa iho moral law, and about fuint away. You exnect them to get up before day to work in the kitchen to breathe Hie fresh air of inorninir! Prenosti-rmis nA absurd. They have never seen tho sun rise, nnd win. Id hardly know but the sun continues to shine forever, if il were not for ihe almanacs and their grandmothers. .10 wouuer uini every year sweeps to the grave ao many young women, who have been sickly and etlem-inate, ever since they were born into iho world: anil leath will continue to select them as his victims, l.ll Ihey learn their duty, and pursue tint room- which hi- Bun s nennii, strength anu long file. Our great-grand parents lived to a grent age und never thought of lying down to die till Ihey had at least readied the meridian of hie. I hey wereatoiit, strong, happy mil hearty. Why? They rose early worked like be a. vers, and never spent tho midnight hours in dancing. Instead of being frightened at a mouse nttlu ir feet. a beetle on their neck, a fly's foot on their anna, in 1I0- abaence of their fathers and husbands, they would load their guns, and shoot bears and catamounts, and keep at buy party of savages. How have these daugh- leisuem-mTairur ivnni icinuie is there now a davs who would nt run from a gun, even if it had no lock f the indies ol olden tunes outlived their husbands vear midyears. How is it now ? Widows are lew and fnr between. 11 was no singular thing for our grand, mothers to have three or four husbands in the i-nnrM of their lives. Now it is the reverse. Men have about as many wives diseases of lata have been no fstnl among the female sex. Do yon know the cause t It is found in listless idle ness inactivity lite hours thin shoes muslm dresses a horror of the fresh morning air, and in lb at detestable stuff, stitched in pink and yellow covers, w11n.11 uoouiug our country. 11 ihey will do nothing else, young ladies will sit and read from morning till night, thatsickly, sentimental, impure, and we will say licentious lra-.li, lhatia thrown in such abundance from the press. This shrivles tho mind, wraps the affections, chills the belter feelings, and makes the htb wretched beyond description. Let females look Into this subject and act like reasonable beings, and wo should soonsee a different stale of things. Weshould hear of no fainting away no sickly constitution no affection of the lungs noelupcmenta and no suicides. Coltsicorthy. Roorr.-CAT. uio Bv Tiii-korani. One Philip Crane alias Deloney, last week stole a trunk and con. tents, together with about $(ll in g-dd, in Portland, Me. Il being suspected that he would proceed to Boston a telegraphic despatch was forwarded to that city, giving the necessary information for his arrest. Ho was accordingly apprehended, which fact was sent back to Portland, but no satisfactory answer being returned, he was released ; the recovered good, however, were retimed. Next day Crane returiud and demanded the goods, but an officer from Portland having in Ihe meantime arrived and being then p resell I, recognized him and took him in custody. Cor. Wrn tn Tho nominee of a portion of tho Locufoeos, J udge Wood, a Soft, is to havo an opponent, it seems, in the race for the nomination of the patty. The Holmes County Fanner, (Hard) in its last issue, nominated John II. Weller, of Umler county, as its candidate for Governor of Ohio. Well, Wood vs Weller will bo a contest well fought, and, when the vm.or ui-cmrcu, mo ivn'gs will turn in and buy Inm. The Colonel will probably get the nomination, being a Hard, and nothing else, and the Soils must swallow the nomination. ZunesritU Couritr, has the power to control this matter, bul hna not here tofore taken il into hand Will the next session do any thing tSttubcnnile Herald. Tiir Onto Lt niM.iTt nr. In looking over the list of members of ihe approaching General Asembly, the enquiries suggested themselves to our mind, who will tie the Speaker of the Senate Who of the llnitsc ? There are many new members, and several with whom we have no acquaintance. Both Houses are Whig, and Wings will In elected of cnurse. In the Senate, we should suppose that one of the following Senators would he elected : Charles B. God-da nl, A. H. Lewis, Franklin T. Backus or John F. Heaver. In Iho llnuxe there are E. F. Drake and Charles Anthony, each of whom have formerly been Speaker. To these we may ndd the names of Joseph L. Hawkins, Win. II. Trimble George W. Barker, Wilham Lawrence, Samuel A. Russell. Either of Ihese would discharge well the duties of (he Chair, and each is a sterling good Whig. Cm. ('ii:r(t'e. A Lr.xnrn Woon StwrKH. We have in this citv a German about 30 years of age, who waa educated in one of tho German universities. He is an excellent Laiinist,agonl Greek and Hebrew scholar, nnd speaks and writes French, Spanish, German and F.nghsh.and ia nn excellent mathematician. Willi all these accomplishments he is compelled, for want of heller employ u.cu , to saw wood fur a living. ihtrvtt Journal. Dam auk to tiii Little Miami lUn.aoAn. Wsj learn Hint the flood in Todd's Fork haa carried away Iho bridge, on which the cars passed over that siren m, so as to obstruct the passage of regular trains. The cars continue to run, however, either way to aud from Ihnt point, nnd the passengers are transferred from one train to the other. Signal. CiT.VKi.ar4n xnii Coi.tMaus lUu.HOAn The directors of this company have culled in an installment of ten dollars on each share of the capital stork to bo paid to the Treasurer on or be for the first of December next. This looks like going ahead, and go abend we have the best assurance for saying they will Ucrs. Herald. The Bum of f ;..,00 has been recently offered for the patent right of an artificial leg, lately invented bv n iKni.ee m ,-,ew Hampshire, it is estimatrd that one leg per day is wanted in Now EnglMid alone, while the Mexican war is crealiinr a md n.nrk..i he south. If tho same (Tenuis could invent he could probably dispose of a number ai Wxlun,.!,,., Itmr;. Tritotuni 0r Tiioi-sani. Mirrs On Batur- ilnir lh. l.'.lb in. I ll. 'l'..l-....l. j ', : "M , M k I wrre eonueo ted Irom iew lurk through lo Montreal, and a direct communication opened between the two cities a distance of over ouethoiisnnd miles. This is the great, st distance yet achieved over the wircB. Ririmitt A ne mo hashwii arrested, and l..i in, be tried, in Indiana, on tho charge of bigamy, or having two WIVCB, ' Insatiate Archer, could not one suffice?" IfTEaat Monday evening the Whigs of Wnnstrr were having a noisy time in rejoicing over the hig victory in the State. Fifty guns were firrd.